Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 56, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1904 — Page 2

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ancse AWt was going at full a . S. a Hat-t i. it is presumed mat ed vessel might haw gone vpnir. lunation of incompletnss of s squadron as seen off Welhat he possibly loft some ten off Port Arthur, lis of this engagement from iurces arc awaited with the independent fll ästest Interest, but it Is believed the reports that Japanese battleships or transports were sunk should be taken with a degree of alio war A dispateh received here from Tokio this morning explains the recent suspension of Japan-?- naval ;eratlons to hav. ! n due chiefly to bad weather prevailing in the Gulf of Pe-Chi-U, where there have been heavy winds, snowstorms and fogs. The general opinion In London Is that Admiral Togo after possibly returning to Japan to effect repairs will next devote his attention to the Russian Vladivostok squadron. It is officially announced from St. p. t rsburg that th- Russian government has ex pressed its wai fft thanks to Great Britain for help giv-n th cr ws d' th Vartg and the torp i gunbo..: Korietz by the British cruiser Talbot, at Chemul 0. In a dispatch from Che-Foo a correspondent of the Daily Mail says 5.000 Russian troops have mov d frm Mukden to Hsiu-Mln-Ting. apd that skirmishes are reFAIR WEATHER TO-DAY; RAIN OR SNOW FRIDAY WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: Indiana Fair on Thursday. Friday rain or snow and warmer; fresh north to east winds. Illinois Fair on Thursday. Friday fair In east, rain in west pertion. Wisconsin Fair on Thursday. Friday probably snow with warmer in east portion; variable winds becoming easterly and brisk. Ohio Fair on Thursday, except snow in northea-t portion. Friday increasing cloudiness and warmer followed by rain or snow; variable winds, becoming easterly Friday. Kentucky Fair on Thursday. Friday cloudy and warmer; probably rain. Western Pennsylvania Fair on Thursday, except snow near Lake Erie. Friday increasing cloudiness with snow in north and rain or snow and warmer in south portl fresh north to northeast winds. Lower Michigan Fair on Thursday. Friday increasing cloudiness, probably followed by snow In the afternoon or night; variable winds, becoming easterly and fresh. Iowa Fair in east; rain or snow in west portion; Thursday warmer. Friday rain or snow and colder, except fair in extreme west portion. Minnesota Fair on Thursday; snow at night or on Friday; warmer on Thursday; winds becoming easterly and brisk. North Dakota Fair Thursday and Friday. Sörth Dakota Snow on Thursday. Friday fair. Nebraska Rain or snow on Thursday; colder In southwest portions. Friday fair; cohler In east portion. Kansas Cloudy on Thursday; rain or snow and colder at night or Friday. Local Observations on Wednesday. Bar 7 a. m. .30.04 7 p m..3t'.is Th. R H Wind. Weather. Pre. N'west. CI'dy. 0.00 West. Clear. -0.00 Maximum temperature, 3ti; minimum temperature . Csttparative statement of moan temperature and total precipitation Feb. 94: Temp. Pre. Normal 37 O UJ Mean 81 0.Ö0 Departure for -ay 6 0.13 Departure for month 225 0.62 Departure since Jan. 1 414 0.27 Plus. W. T. BLYTHE, Sec. Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Abilene. Tex Amarillo, Tex Atlanta, Ga."..... Bismarck. N. P.. Buffalo. N. T Cairo, 111 7 a. m. .. flu .. 40 ,.. 46 .. -14 22 .. 40 Max. 7 p. m. 76 06 72 66 2 22 50 8 64 58 IS 40 22 32 60 20 70 6.' 16 2 86 68 tj 8 36 74 48 66 64 46 4 62 64 72 56 74 44 64 60 60 36 80 28 50 36 60 34 48 - 66 90 66 68 31 56 32 I b2 58 58 0 18 48 4 54 56 16 36 18 28 ) be o'l 10 4 80 62 M 8 12 68 44 54 62 40 0 68 62 64 48 68 31 60 54 M 32 74 34 36 28 56 10 16 40 0 62 S6 58 62 Co 4 J4 38 ."J Calgary. Alberta 12 Chattanooga, Tenn 50 Cheyenne, Wyo 30 Chicago. Ill 12 Cincinnati, 0 34 Cleveland, 0 22 Colnmbus, 0 30 Concordia. Kan. ... 36 ... 20 ... S ... 30 8 Davenport. Ia Denver. Col Dodge City, Kan. Dubuque, Ia Duluth. Minn 16 El Paso. 56 a 4 28 48 40 L"J 42 38 Galveston, Tex tiran.l Junction. Col. Grand Rapids, Mich Huron. 8. D Helena. Mont Jacksonville, Fla Kansas City. Mo Lander, Wyo Little Rock. Ark Loulsvilk. Ky Marquette. Mich llemphb Tenn Modena. I'tah Montgomery. Ala Kaahvill. Tenu New Orleans, La.... New York. N. T Norfolk. Va Nrth Matte. Neb... 44 50 44 54 36 46 .4 Oklahoma. Okla 41 Omaha. N'-b Palestine. Tex r. . . . 64 Parkershurg. V. Va.. 36 Philadelphia. Pa Pittiburg, Pa Pueblo. Colo 34 Qu' Aprelle. Aasiu 20 Rapid City. S. D 28 St. Louis. Mo 36 St. Paul. Minn -6 Salt Lake City. Ctah.. 40 Ban Antouio. Tex 56 Santa Fe. N. M Shreveport. La 60 8pHngnVld. Ill 3.' Springfield. Mo 38 Valeatlne. Neb M Washington. D. C ;. U Wichita. Kan 40 Just a Tip on Hats We mak . !ty of the Autowear $2.00 Hats Three reasons why you should wear an Autowtar: First, you get the style that's right. Second, you hu at. inua- - . Un.. 0f styles to select from. Thlr.l. you save ON'K DOLLAR when you buy the Autowear because you get a $3.00 value and a 13. 00 style for $20 Daabury Hat Co. No. East Washington St.

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linese regulars and Rus sians near Shan-Hai-K wan. It is rumor. I from Peking, this correspondent continues, that Paul Lesar. th- Russian minister to China has offered written assurance thrt the Russian gunboat Mandjur shall not leave Shanghai until the conclusion of hostilities. lut th- Japan -m- insisted that this essel be disabled. Cabling from Tokio, a correspondent of the Times says the Russian movements on the Lalu are not considered serious in Japan, where the town of Ping-Yang. Korea, is considered safe. It is rumored that the constant exodus of Chinese coolies from Manchuria, the Tjm.s correspondent goes on to say. is causing some inconvenience to the Russians. REPORTS THAT EXCITED ALL ST. PETERSBURG ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25. 2:12 a. m Reports of a Russian victory at Port Artnur were current late yesterday afternoon and early in the evening, and about midnight they seemed to have been definitely confirmed, but in the absence of an official announcement, which is momentarily expected, th toftsi of the dimensions of this victory were most conllicting and confusing In character. The most circumstantial report was that the Japanese had attempted to bottle up Admiral Stark's fleet in Port Arthur by sinking two stone-laden vessels at the entrance of the harbor, employing the tactics which were considered, but not executed, by the late Admiral Sampson. C. 8. N.. with the Mcrrimac at Santiago during the Spanish-American war. According to this account, two Japanese ships appeared off the harbor with a fleet behind them and ostensiuiy in pursuit. The Russians, however, suspected a ruse, and their ships steamed out, sank the stone-laden vessels, engaged and defeated the enemy and drove them off. The reports of the loss inflicted, however, are conflicting. All the stories Included the feature of the vessels loaded with stones, but according to some versions the Japanese fleet was convoying transports with the purpose of effecting a landing at Pigeon bay, and after the failure of this preliminary maneuver, the Russians played navoc with bth the Japanese transports and warships, linking four of the transports and two of the warships. One account even gives the name of the battleship Retvizan as the vessel which particularly distinguiahetl herself during the action by ramming and sinking one of the Japanese battleships. Rumors of this victory were spread far

Y Saf and wide over the city during the early arvJ i at of the evening, and the crowds which "Bk Iiai gathered in the streets in spite of the f-f us8 tht news wen greatsi? ly excited. One newspaper printed an ex

tra relating the victory based on a meager telegram from London, but as the night wore on without official confirmation the crowds disappeared, except from around the newspaper offices. These remained thronged with officers and others who were resolved to await the official announcement. The news of victory was accompanied by two stories one that after the first decisive Russian victory the Emperor would offer peace, and the other thut Japan had deposed the Emperor of Korea and formally annexed that country. Both these reports aie without confirmation, and they are given dimply as examples of the stories which floated about in the excited crowds. Instead of diminishing the crowds at the Admiralty and newspaper and telegraph company offices kept increasing, and the excitement attained the fever point when it was known definitely that the Emperor had received a telegram giving more details and showing the Russian victory was yen greater than was at first reported. Newspaper messengers waited at the- Admiralty with fast horses, ready to carry Sway the news, which it was know was beiug prepared. When the sheets were finally distributed, at -.' this morning, a rush was made for the exits, and assembled officers cheered wildly and repeatedly. The crowds showed no inclination to disperse, hoping that further news would be received showing the exact extent of the Russian victory. It must be observed that In his dispatch Viceroy Alexleff does not mention the number of steamers which the Japanese tried to drive upon the Russian ships, and it is not yet known whether the four vessels th captain of the RetVtsan observed going down, in addition to the two destroyed, were also laden with inflammables or whether they were warships. The greatest praise is given to the commander of the K-tvizan, and the splendid action of this American-built vessel places her name foremost on the roll of the Russian navy. Viceroy AlexlelY's dispatch was an amplification of a briefer telegram received by th- Emperor, earlier, but which was not given out. Later it was said that Russia sustained no losses in the engagement. It is evident that Vice Admiral Stark no longer commands the Russinn Port Arthur n.:.il forces, Viceroy Alexieff mentioning a temporary commander of the fleet without giving any names. Stories to the effect that the Japanese designed an attempt at landing in Pigeon bay at the same time that the engagement occurred are not mentioned in the dispatches, but it is assumed these are without foundation. L IPAXESE SHIPS SEEN PASSIXG U EI'HAl-WEl WET-HAI-WEI. Feb. 24. Four Japanese battleships and nine cruisers passed this port to-day bound eastward. CHE-FOO, Feb. 24.-The steamer Governeur Jaeschl, while passing Port Arthur at 3 o'clock this morning, heard heavy tiring in that direction. There is a persistent rumor that several Japanese warships have been disabled, but so far it is unconfirmed. Another steamer passing Dalny about the same time that the Ooverneur Jaeschl was off Port Arthur reports that she heard no tiring. Thirteen warships are sail to have passe! Wei-Hal-Wei today heading east. Thin- were sixteen warships in the original Seat TRIED TO REPEAT HOBSON'S EXPERIMENT PARIS, Feb. 25. In a dispatch from Harbin the correspondtnt of the Matin says that the Japanese, in an attempt to repeat at Port Arthtrr the experiment made by the Americans at Santiago, sent in thn e merchant ships to be sunk in the entrance to the harbor. The Russian battleship Retvizan. although she was still stranded, P rceived them and sank them before this design could be carried out. ieeroy Alexleff has postponed his arrival here, adds the correspondent, and horses are being sent to Mukden for his use. ICE RAILROAD ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL WORKING IRKUTSK. Siberia. Feb. 24 -Great activity prevails here in connection with the transport of troops. The ice railroad across Lake Baikal is expected to continue working until the end of March, when the Icebreaker will resume operations. The prices of provisions are rising by leaps and bounds. A local paper demands the adoption of measures against speculation in Ä'KHlstuffs. A fortune of $100,000 was made in a few days by a man who bought up all the available felt used for lining. After he hud secured all thp supplies a tehgram was received bf the nvernment otf.cials Instructing them to line the inside f railroad ears with felt, and cnnsequently the authorities were forced to buy all the speculator's stock at over double the price he had paid for it. ILL JAPANESE ARE SUBSCRIBING TO LOAN TOKIO, Feb. 2i.-Aceording to the reports of local banks the national lan of 100.000,000 yen (49,8tO.OOO) has been covered nearly four times. The intense patriotism of all classes Is evideneeifToy the fact that en servants and laborers are contributing from their savings. According to the Seoul correspondent of the Niehl Niehl. pro-Russian intrigues are 1 1 1 m: arrieij on theri under the active i.. !r nip : Yi You ;ik. former minister of v nr. Th correspon! ni avers that the rs meet at night at the French legation. Tb:ir object 1. h Buys, to get the eror to rernov with his court to I m-Chion, fifty uniea tu the eastward uf beoui.

8 RUSSIAN INFANTRY CHINESE ARE WARNED H VICEROY ALEXIEFF Residents of Manchuria Must Assist Russians and Not Obey the Bandits. CONSUL MILLER'S WORK YIN-KOW, Feb. 24. Viceroy Alexieff has caused a proclamat;on to be issued throughout Manchuria, notifying the Chinese that Russia is at war with Japan on account of Japan's treacherous attack on the Russian fleet. This proclamation is under six headings. The ilrst warns the inhabitants that they must prevent the encroachment of Chinese on Russian territory. In the second Russian and Chinese interests are declared to be identical; but, as China says she wishes to maintain neutrality, therefore all officials in Manchuria, instead of hindering, must assist the Russian army. The third says the people shall continue their occupations, and shall treat the Russian troops with confidence. The fourth says the railroad telegraphs are left to the protection of the people, who will be held responsible in case they are injured. The fifth heading wai ns the people not to obey the threats of the Chunchus (bandits), who are the curse of Manchuria, but to assist the troops to exterminate them; if they don't assist in this they also will be treated as robbers. The sixth says if the people antagonize the troops or show them hatred they will be externdnated without mercy. The government is taking all steps, in any event, to protect it? interests. The proclamation makes an earnest appeal for the sympathy of the people in the present crisis, when, it says, "Russia must put her back to the wall." H. B. Miller. United States consul at Nleu-Chwang, is increasingly active In his endeavors to protect Japanese refugees, and has made further demands for information as to the whereabouts of refugees. He has made strong representations in the matter of right of search and inspection. The reorganization of the vice regal administration is now going forward and is expected to take one month. In the meantime there is considerable complication and uncertainty in all international and domestic matters. AMERICAN BEEF SEIZED BY THE JAPANESE NAGASAKI, Feb. 25. The Japanese government has seized 670 tons of mess beef which was shipped from San Francisco on the steamer Korea Feb. 2, and which was consigned to the Russian government at Vladivostok. It is thought the Japanese government will purchase the beef. RUSSIAN GUNBOAT TO REMAIN AT SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Feb. 24. It is reported that the Chinese Foreign Office has agreed to allow the Russian gunboat Mandjur to remain at Shanghai on the condition that she dismantle her rudder and draw her fires. The Japanese cruiser Akltsuphlma, which arrived at Woo-Sung, near here, Feb. 19 to wait for the Mandjur, proceeded north to-day. LONDON, Feb. 24. The under foreign secretary. Earl Percy, replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said the British consul general at Shanghai had taken no part whatever in the demand made for the withdrawal of the Russian gunboat Mandjur from Shanghai, as reported in some European newspapers. HOW THE CENSORSHIP WAS LIFTED IN RUSSIA LONDON, Feb. 24.-Reuter's Telegram Company has given out an explanation of how the abolition of the censorship in Russia was brought about as follows: "The abolition of the censorship of news telegrams sent abroad from Russia is understood to be the direct outcome of an interview which Melville HL Stone, general manager of the Associated Press, has had with the Czar at St. Petersburg. Mr. Stone urged upon his Majesty the wisdom of abolishing the censorship and as a result of the manner in which the matter was represented to him, the Czar called upon Von Pl'hwe, minister of the interior, for a report upon the sublet. This report having been made, the Czar gave an order that the censorship shoulu cease." MOVEMENTS OF THE . ARMIES IN KOREA SHANGHAI, Feb. 24. The Japanese army corps landed at Chemulpo, Korea, totaling about 30.000 men, has already been deployed between Seoul and Ping-Yang. The advance guards are even northward of the latter place. Oing to the partial thaw, the roads are bad and the transportation of provisions and war munitions is most difficult. SKOl'L, Feb. 24. The Russians are keepingeommnnication between Wlju and Anju. Korea, open. Othtrwise no advance to the southward has yet been made. Russia;: ships, however, are reported to be in the vicinity of Ping-Yang. ( rontlrr to Accompany .In pn neue. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Colonel Crowder, of the general staff, who has been selected to accompany the Japanese army in th, held during the war, left Washington to-day for San Francisco whence he will sail for Yokohama on March 5. Having fii. ally decided to employ Brig. len. Allen as a military observer in Korea and Manchuria. Lieut. Gen. Chaffee to-day cabled to that officer at Seoul his necessary credentials and Instructions. Nominally General Alien will be military attache to the I'nited States legation at Seoul. Soni- coiilii: i' ii :st: as to the name of one of the i'nited States army officers who is going to Japan to aeeompany the Japanese army. cpt. Peyton C. March and not Capt. Frederick Marsh is the officer who has been assigned to that duty. N.t lole?cd I v Japanese. COLOMBIA. Ceylon. Feb. 24. The Russian volunteer Ii t i tamer Voronej from Port Arthur via Singapore, arrived here to!.i. without hiving been molested. She passed the Japan se eruiM rs Ninshin and Kasuga near Formosa. "Fighting floh" t Mining Home. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24 Admiral Evans eabi.d th Navy Department that he will sail for hone about March 24 on the battleshls Kentucky.

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NEAR THE YALU RIVER. SPANISH PRETENDER'S SON TO FIGHT FOR Says He Is Ready to Give His Sword and Lite to Help the Muscovite to Win. COMPARES THE SOLDIERS ROME, Feb. 24. Don Jaime Bourbon, son of Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, declared in an interview today that he was enthusiastic to give his word and life for Russia and the Czar. Among other things he said: "Russia must win in th' far East, as the white race must absolutely maintain its moral and material preponderance over the yellow race. The Czar did all he could to prevent the war and is deeply grieved at the conflict, which nobody In Russia expected." Speaking of the military situation, Don Jaime said the soldiers of Russia were strong, capable of great resistance and so well disciplined that even after a defeat they preserved their faith in their oflteers. The Japanese soldiers he chara terized as agile, small, without resisting powers, nervous and impatient to attack the enemy blindly, and said they would easily throw off discipline. "Japan was pushed into this war by the Anglo-Saxon countries." said Don Jaime, "and this 1s something mat Russia will not forget." Don Jaime will leave Thursday for St. Petersburg. He expects to go at once to Manchuria with General Kuropatkln. Princess Alice. Uter of Don Jaime, who was recently separated from her husband, the Prince of Schoenburg- aldenbourg, Is also now In Rom She will soon have for the far East, however, to act as a Rus.-M.'n Red Cross nurse. Referring to her new duties recently, the Princess said: "After my recetrt miseries I cannot find greater solace than in helping those who are fighting and suffering for the honor of their fatherland." BRITISH COAL BEING LOADED FOR JAPAN SFAKIM. Egypt, Feb. 24 The captain of the British steamer Luristan (from Newport, Feb. 5, for Bombay) reports that ho was stopped and examined by Russian torpedo-boat destroyers a few miles south of Daedalus island, in the Red sea, who informed him that three British St minus, ladeu with coal for Japan, had been captured by them. LONDON. Feb. 24. About 25,000 tons of British coal are now being loaded on Japanese steamers for Japan. The Biugosfaru is loading 8,000 tons and the SadoMaru 5.000 tons at Cardiff, while at Barrow the Kawachi-Maru and another vessel are taking on board the remaiuder. A sperinl dispatch from Kobe. Japan, says the liritlsh commercial agent at Vladivostok has arrived at Nagasaki and reported that the commander of the Russian garrison at Vladivostok had ordered all British subjects to leave that port. Alexandria Steel Mill Closed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Feb. 24. Despite professions of ignorance of- the order to close by officials who were asked yesterday morning, the Republic Iron and Steel mill, in this city, closed yesterday evening for whst is understood to be an indefinite period. The mill Is being stripped of its electric lights and belts, giving rise to a rumor that it will be removed. Thplant has run but a small part of the time for the last two years, due partly to alleged lack of orders and fuel, troubles. The local officials say the mill will start as soon as enough orders to warrant it are on hand. Woiuun Sued for Arrountlnff. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind., Feb. 24.-CharIcs E. Clawson has brought suit in Circuit Court against his sister, Mrs. Estelle Ice, a wellknown Laporte woman, and administratrix of the estate of her mother. Mrs. Sophrane Clawson, alleging that defendant had failed to account for 16,000 in the settlement of the estate. Clawson claims his mother sold property in Henry county, Indiana, to Joseph Providence for $5.000, taking part cash and the rest in notes, and that afterward she was induced by Mrs. Ice to give the latter the money and assign the notes and mortgage to her. Theater to lie Reiiileletl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Feb. 24.-The Gennetts, who own the Gennett Theater, the city's chief playhouse, to-day announced in detail the changes to be made in the property and which will make it one of the best in the State. Additional ground has bei n bought st the rear of the building, and the stage will be made ten feet deeper. The lower floor will be r seated. n-w dressing rooms will be put in and the building will be redecorated both within and without. Everything will bo done in accordance with the modern requliements for tire protection. Burned in ti GAS lAplomion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind., Feb. 24. -Elijah Burrows and John Smithaker were sariously burned to-night about the face, head and hands by an explosion of natural gas which destroyed the Burrows greenhouse, two miles east of Marion. The two men were in the heating room of the greenhouse when a vas pipe burst, tilling the room with gas, which ignited from a gas jet. The burns of the men are serious, but they will recover. The loss on the greenhouse amounts to $2,000. Mricken on Hi Wedding trip. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind Feb. L'4.-Stricken with Bright ' disease while on his wedding tour in Florida. Dr. Charles Laval was brought home to-day in n dying condition. He is wealthy and prominently connected. He was twice elected treasurer of Venderburg county and was an electrical railroad promoter. He has been married twice. Mb ! WaatS a N Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind.. Feb. 24 -Argument was heard to-day by Judge Buckingham on the motion for a new trial of the case of Clad With Abel, of Bartholomew county, who at the !.ist tern of court was convicted of murdering Charles Abel. Important ra w evidence was Introduced by the attorneys for Abel, but Julge Buckingham has not ruled on the motion. A til AH MEI I) Cl'RE FOR PILES. Itching. i;;n1. Bleeding or Protruding Fl loa. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OIMTULNT falls to cur you to to It days. Mo.

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10 ACTION VET TAKEN BK WSBASH FACULTV Freshmen Undecided as to Course in the Riot Cases Banquet of Junior Class. ELECTION OF EDITORS

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 24,-No action has been taken in regard to the punishment of the sophomores and freshmen involved in the Washington birthday disorders by the faculty of Wabash College. The I'r. shmen have not made definite plans SI to their trial or plea in the riot cases, but it ia thought that they will hire a good lawyer and try for acquittal. The lawyers they want to get are at present mixed up in the Greeg trial, and this may force the freshmen to secure a postponement. The freshmen are trying to make arrangements to hold a banquet next Friday night. The junior class held its first banquet, last night. S. A. Cunningham, president of the class, was toast master. The responses were si follows: "Red Pepper." Burl Johnson; "Squad. No. 2." C. D. Livingston; "The Home Guard.' Robert Schröck; "The t'hain Gang." Ralph Frlnk; 'Standpipee and Handcuffs." Andrew Thornell; "Look Backwards," E. C. Courtney. After the social session the editorial staff for the Wabash, the annual which Is edited by the senior class, was elected for next year, as follows: W. D. Funkhouser, editor-in-chief; associate editors. C. D. Livingston, city, literary; S. A. Cunningham, Waynesville, 111., local; Charles A. Lehmann, New Albany, assistant local; E. O. Sow rwir.. , Nobiesviiio. fraternity; w. ft, Reed. Warsaw, athletics; Merle Stokes. Lebanon, alumni; H. L. Adams. Pendleton, exchanges: Ralph Frink, Elkhart, Y. M. C. A.; Robert I. Schröck. Decatur, business manager; Davy Walters. Columbia City, assistant business manager; Charles Hawkes, Rockville, treasurer. MUCH INTEREST IN A COMING DEBATE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 24 The coming debate between Earlham College and De Pauw University is arousing more interest in college circles of this State than any other event that has taken place in college circles for years. The institutions are bitter rivals; each has suffered a defeat at the hands of the other, each has been fighting for the oratorical supremacy for years, and both have been athletic rivals from time immemorial. All the other colleges agree that Earlham ami. Do Pauw are the premier debaters and orators of the Stat- and the recent defeat of the Methodists by Earlham in the oratorical contest and the victory in basketball the next day, get the smaller colleges all agog. Now they are waiting for the result of the battle in debate. INDIANA OBITUARY. MARTINSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 24. Mrs. Fr'd Shireman, of Terre Haute, Is dead, as a result of an operation at St. Anthony's Hospital in that place, on Sunday, for appendicitis. Mrs. Shireman was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Kelly, of this city. Ret mother and brother were with her during the operation, and the latter came home yesterday, reporting her as improving nicely and saying titat Mrs. Shireman expressed a desire to see her father, who took the train last evening for Terre Haute. A message came this morning announcing her death. Her husband formerly was clerk at the Grand Hotel in Indianaiolls. ELKHART. Ind., Feb. 24-Tullar J. Woodard died Tuesday night, aged sixtythree. He left a widow and three young children. Mr. Woodard was a machinist at the Lake Shore shops thirty years ago, and earned capital to become a money broker and real-estate dealer by making short loans Mrs. Frank Noten, a widow, aged ninetythree, died at Nappanee, and the body will be taken to Louisville, Ky.. on Thursday. A son, Frank Ntden, jr., of Hot Springs. Ark., and a daughter, Mrs. A. C. Gardner, of Elkhart, survive. TKRRE HAFTE. Ind.. Feb. 24 Sister Eulalie, who is Clementine Jocuqual, of Peru, Ind., entered the Order of the Sisters of Providence forty years ago, and for twenty-seven year has been at St. Anne's Orphan Home, is dead at the age of sixtyfour. Mrs. Mary McCarthy, whose husband, Dennis McCarthy, died Monday nigh l. died this afternoon. Preparations had been made to send his body to Earlington, Ky., this afternoon. The widow was too sick to be informed of his death. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., Feb. 24. Philip Sindlinger, one of the best-known stock dealers and wealthiest men in Shelby county, died at his home here this morning at 9 o'clock after an illness of eleven months. He was born in Philadelphia on Christmas day, 1835. and came to this city forty years ago. purchasingaVi meat market soon after locating here. He was one of the heavy stockholders in the Farmers' National Bank of Shelbyville. He left a widow and son. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Feb. 24.-Mrs. Mary A. Hawkes, aged sixty-five, died at Orestes last night of a complication of diseases. Her husband survives. Philip J. Negley, formerly a resident of this city, died yesterday at Shelbyville, Tenn., to which place he removed a year ago. The body will be brought to this city for interment. He was forty-five years old and leaves a family. PARIS, 111.. Feb. 24.-The death of Miss Abbie Arnold, a native of Rhode Island, in her seventy-eighth year, occurred last night at her home Just east of Paris, due to catarrh of the lungs. She came to Illinois hi 14. The body of Mrs. John G. Keepers, a former resident of Paris, sixtysown years old. who died yesterday at Terre Haute, will be brought to this city for burial to-morrow. UNION CITY. Tnd., Feb. 24.-Will!am Heuss. a plor.eer settler of Jay county, who moved to this country four years ago, died at his home near this city this morning, aaed seventy. The widow and eleven adult children five sons and six daughters survive sen Mrs. George Wahl died very suddenly at her home in this city last night. She was sixty-six years old. MARION, Ind., Feb. 24. -James Hubbard, SSjed eighty, a resident of Swayzee for the past fifty years, died to-day at his home after a week's sickness. He was a successful farmer before his retirement. George Elliott, a contractor of Marion, died to-night, after a week's sickness with pneumonia. He leaves a family. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 24. John Ecklebarger, one of the old residents of Wabash county, died last night at his home in Waltz township, aged eighty-five. Mr. Eckli barger's demise was due to old age. He was one of the wealthiest land owners in the couuty, leaving an estate of about $50,mj. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 24.The widow of Alexander Foster, prominent in the business and social life of the city, died to-day, agtd sixty-three. She was the mother of Judge John H. Foster, of the Vanderburg County Superior Court, and sister-in-law of ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster. GREENSBFRG. Ind., Feb. 24.-B. F. Wiles, aged seventy-tWO years, died at his home in this city at 7 o'clock this morning after a long sickness with Brlght's disease. Mr. Wiles was a veteran of the civil war. having served as captain of Company H, Seventieth Ohio Infantry. He left two grown children. AURORA. Ind., Feb. 24. A telegram received here this morning announced the death of Howard J. Lamar at his home in Fan Francisco, Cal. He was rUty-three yeara old and was formerly a dry goods merchant of this city. HILLS BORO, Ind.. Feb. 24. The funeral of Mrs. Berry Hardin, wife of a farmer southwest of this place, who died on Monday, was held to-day. PETERSBURG, Ind.. Feh. 24 -Mrs. Roxanna King, aged eighty-three, a piner resident of this city, died yestei day and will be burled to-morrow. Tvo fn ii fl I it ale from Denrhorn. Special t the Indianapolis Journal. l.AWRENCEBl'RG, Ind.. Ftb. 24. Republican County Chairman R. H. Oslt has issued a call for a meeting to be held In this city Saturday for the purpose of selecting delegates to the district convention. Dearborn county has two candidates for Aelesjate to the national convention. They are Jacob M. Bauer, u wealthy manufacturer of this city, ari'l Joseph j. Small, of Aurora, The race syi b closely conic I ted.

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