Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1894 — Page 9

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The Result of a Blow Dealt by Lavigne In Friday Night's Prize Fight at New Orleans. Never Regained His Senses After Being Knocked Out. Principals Arrested, But Later Released on Bail. The News of the Death of the Ptmllint a Severe Ii low I. vlgiie Attribute Rn wen's Urn Iii to the Fall Fltsnlm. hi od Offer to Aid I.wa lne Corhett TalUs of the Affair Other .Mill Postponed. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14. George Lavigne and Andy Powen fought tonight in the Auditot ium c'.ub in the presence of about 4,00') ,-opl?. The parse was $3,000, divided, $1.7w id the winner and $500 to the loser. John Duffy va chosen referee and the following rir.g celebrities acted as seconds: Billy McCarthy, Dl'.Iy Layton and A! Spirzfadden looked afar Bowen, while Vanprigg of Chicago was his timekeeper. Sam Fiijpitri k, Jim Hall and Martin Murphy esquired I-.avi.srne and George F. Considine of Detroit held th? wa;ch for the Saginaw kid. Referee Duffy announced before the fight that a decision would he given at in? end of the twenty-iifth rem. J in other words the contest would not be declared a draw. Both men were over weight. rtiwen weighing 1S3 and Lavigne 13:.. Th? weight asrreed un n was 130 pounds. In the first round Laign? slipped to the floor twice. Up to th? third round he was the aggressor and had the better of the fight, though r owen landed s. me stiff body blows. In the fourth round Lavigne hid all the bsi of the tight. landing several heavy right-hinders on Bnven's face. Staggering the home man as the gong sounded. Tne fifth ami sixth rounds were also in Lavlgn--s favor, though little or no effective work wis done. In the si-vi'iitli round Ilowen was cut over the eye. Lavigne looked every Inch a winner. The eighth and ninth rounds wer both Lavigne's. liowen was clearly outclassed. At th end cf the ninth round Bowen had bellows to men I. while Lavigne was unscathed and seemingly as fresh as when he begin. In the tenth and eleven t.a round.- Lavigne had much the best of the fight, Bowen being knocked all over th" ring. In the twelft.a and thirteenth roundIt was the same old story Lavigne did all the forcing. In the fifteenth round Bowen was nearly thwnel by h. he. ivy ri h :-h.i ihIit on the jaw and would have been floored had not the gong saved him. In the seventeenth round Ttowen was knocked and fell down, lie received terrible punishment, though ho; took it gamely. In the eighteenth round Hnwun was knocked out. lie fought a game tight, but was never in the contest. Lavigne fought fairly, but furiously and deserved his victory. Bowen was carried, limp and s?nsele?3 from the ring by hl seconds to his room, where Drs. Finney. Schuppert and Harnan waited to bring him to. There was great excitement in the man's room, with the fear that he was about to die entertained by all present. Dr. Harnan. who has had much practice and experience in conditions cf this kind, said Bowen was evidently suffering from concussion of the brain. One of the bad symptoms was that the pupils of the eyes were of different colors and a spe.. of vomiting again cau.ed the man's friends much alarm. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15. On the gatepost of a modest little cottage on Thullat. hangs a streamer of crepe, announcing to the passerby that one who has been railed Iry the angel of death lies within. Beyond the iortal. In a well-furnished parlor, l!c3 all that Is mortal of Andy Bowen, the be3t lightweight the South has ever produced and one of the pluckiest fighters who ever entered a ring. The cottage? is removed frm the street, with a pretty flower garden In front, and the Interior Is quietly, but neatly furnished. The dead pugilist had been married for several yers, and despite his calling was domestic in his life and habits and had surrounded himself with all the comforts of life. Ills wife was waiting for him to return from the flgn:, hopeful that he would, com to her victor in the battle, and some Idea miy be f irmed of the shock to her nerves when he was borne Into the house all but dead. But she bore up bravely under the strain, and with the devotion thst had always mirked her conduct toward him she helped the physicians and the friends who came from all Fides to make th? sorely wounded pugilist as c-omf stable as possible under the tragic circumstances. The physicians, who had been called into Ito wen's room at the club, accompanied him home, and, reinforced by the family physician, remained with him to the end. The coroner's Jury declires the cause of death to be concussion of the brain, but failed U3 determine whether it was produced by Lavigne's blow or by Bowen's head striking the floor of the ring. The legal proceeding? In connection with the fatal fight have hardly terminated yet. The grind Jury, It Is thought, will take the matter upon Monday and the state's attorney, for their part, will prey 3 to a conclusion the toil; airalnst the Olympic club. In which the legitimacy of these glove contests Is Involved. Tummy Ityari will leave in the morning for Chicago. Jack Dempsey, hearing that Ityan said it was a good thing for him that the fight did not come off, hunted up Ityan and offered to fight in iivate with bare knuckles, but Ityan declined. All the fighter agree that the Bowen incident is a deathblow to pugilism. Jfever Ilfunlnrd Consciousness. Andy Bowen died this morning at 7:13 while Father De'.aney was praying over his inanimate form. lie never regained consciousness from the time the blow was landed by Lavigne In la3t night's prize fight and was conveyed from his dreeing room at the club to his home on Thalla-st., near Magazine. The scene at the house this morning wag a most pathetic one. Dr. E. D. Martin was called In at an early hour and did all that human skill could do to save the life that hung In the balance, but to no avail. The mother of the pugilist, when he was carried lnt tho house, predicted that he would never recover, while hLs young wife grew hysterical In her agony. They eat by the Pile of tne unconscious man and wept and prayed aa only women can, but

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I It was of no avail. Ills eyes had looked on them for the list time and he never opejied his lips. 1 Between 2 and 1 o'clock this morning 1 faithful watchers stood by the dying pugil

ists Eide, hoping that his eyes would give s?me sign of Intelligence. Medical science raked its brain in search tt a remedy, however violent, that would quicken the pulse and set the brain to working. At 3 o'clock Dr. Finny thought that Bowen had Improved and at that hour he did not think that the fight would have a fatal termination, and in reply to a question from the chief's office Or. Kinney pent a certificate saying that Bowen was bet:er. It was a message of relief to Lavigne and Duffy and the second, who had been arrested when Bowen's condition became alarming, and who were prayerfully waiting to hear that the unconscious pugilist had come back to life. The doctors remained wl:h Bowen to the end and with his wife also standing by his bedside. Just as the hands pf the clock were creeping around to 7 Mrs. Bowen leaned over the bed and said: "Oh. Andy, my son, speak to me," anl her ears were strained to catch the word. Andy shivered and groaned, his frame shock, and then, without ever having come back to consciousness after Lavigne had landed, he breathed his last. IJowen's Denth n Shock. As soon a3 Bowen had died a handkerchief was tied gently about his face and a message was sent to the police station cer the nearest telephone, notifying that office of the delta of the pugilist. The police siatbn In turn qukkly sent w?rd to the corj.ner. A rep Tier was at the B?wen residence shortly after Andy breathed his li-t. The news of his death spread with lightning-like rapidity and In les.-? time thin it his taken to write this account the intelligence had hen commuicated to the f iur corners of the United States. Crowds immediately began to congregate about the It wen h nie ind the newspaper men and friends or th dead pugilist, with his relitives, wer? permitted ti view the remain-?. Th? dead mm t-iowed ?igi3 of tne ruiir'i treitment he hnd received. Those wh siw the tight said it was not so much th1 1.1 w which Lavigre had struek up .n tiie jiw. but that f cr.cussl.m produced by his fill on the ,r. P.. oven's body wis on h!s ba"k when th? r-p r: r saw it this m irning. The lip? we.-' swollen and there was a tinre of purple ab itit aim md his rilher larur? face seemed i-'ir.ewhat larger than usual, jlth .ugh th -re was no strong .-ig:a of p.ii.i upon it. The features were natural, the m mth p irtly open. Tiie news of Bowen's deith was mad kn wn to Livigne and his party shortly after it hid be :i c mmunicated 'y telephone t th" central station. Lavigne hid b -en detained at the still m with his s orids and attendants ill night, and he had slept but little, being anxi us every nn-meri-to get the n-ovs from the b'd-ido of the wounded ptitrilist. Lavicrne was inexpressibly shocked wlen hA he.irl the news of Bowen's d -ath and expressed his pr of und sympathy f r B nven's wife. In answer t a question he said that he did not f'-i th.it h- hnd been the direct p-ue of th- deith of the putrilist. or. in otner Wrds, tint the bl w whleh h-1 hid delivered .-n H iwen's j.iw hiil been sutlb-i ntly f. rcefu! to hive ei tried with it fat.il ro-.-efiuenee.'. lie Slid .V bell 'V'd thit When Bowen f-ll th it his h?id had struck the pine ft h. ring and that thi c ncns; n hoi been the imin-liite cans- of his deith. Lavigne was n t only s rry for Bowen's Uealh, but he wi- in noieii apj,r:-hn-..n as to what would bi-eome of hims If !n cennectio:i with the tight md how hug it was lilcdy that h? would b kept In prison, friends a-iii-ed him thit h woul 1 T ib.il.ly hive no ditlieulty in obtaining h.s release after the itsual f M milities of the law hid ben comfilinl with and thit he need have r.o feir of a lack of friends and Influent:? to hlp him ou: uf his unfortunate dilemma. All Are Ileleaned on Hondo. As soon as the news of Bowen's death beeani" pe.ier.llly known, pports of all kinl.s lK-Kin to jj.it her about the second recorder's court, for it wns correctly supposed that If there were any arrests art arraignments th'y w.ml.I te made before Judge Aueem. By noon a large crowd had assembled and the court room was tilled. Lavigne w-s the principal in the case and was arraigned along with his manager, Sam Fitzpatrick, Jim Hall and Martin Murphy, his seconds, and Billy MeCarty, Albert Spiufnden, Billy Lay ton, Bowen's second.-?; George Considine. Lavigne's timc-k-per, and Irof. John Duffy, the referee of the light. Iavigne w.w charged with murder, the others being charged as accessories to the act. Sergt. MeCabe made the affidavits again-t them und when they were all arraigned b.fore Judge Aucern he placed Lavigne under a ten-thousand-dollar bond and the others under a tive-thousand-d-d-lar bond each. Lavigne wore a sour look. Mr. (iuilaime. went on th bonds of Duffy and Spltzfiiddcn for $.".,WU each and these parties wen? released. Mr. D. C. O'Malley signed Iavigne's bond for JlO.OoO. and th" bonds of Billy MeCarty, Pain Fitzpatrick and Martin Murphy for $5.000 each. Mr. L. A. Gourdalne signol the bonds of George Conslline and Billy Lay ton. Ian Igiic'n Ilegrels. Lavigne was asked regarding the death of Bowen and the arrest of the participants in the light. "I regret it very much, indeed," he replied. "Bawen was a good fighter and one of the pluckiest fellows I have ever met. It is a gross injustice to me, however, to say that the knock-out blow I gave Bowen caused his death. That blow wus hardly a knock-out lick at nil. It was the force of the fall which killed poor Bowen." The "Saginaw Kid" is a very nffoet innate soul, and he spde of the grief his arrest would cause his mother. Prof. Duffy said the affair would come near killing prize-righting in Nev Orleans. The 2d of January was set by Judge Aucern as the d.itti for a hearing of the case. Mayor Fitzpatrl'-k had been a witness of the light last night and was much concerned as to Bowen's condition after he had been carried from the ringside. The mayor had granted a iermit for the contest and was naturally anxious that Ihere fhould not be a fatal termination. When Bowen wu taken home his honor hid b-en led to believe that the man's condition had Improved and the mayor went home expecting to get up this morning learning that no svrious consequences were to result. The mayor was shocked when the news was conveyed to him that Bowen was dead. The first act of the mayor after reaching his office today was to revoke the iermlt for the Dempseyityan contest, which was to have taken place tonight. The Auditorium club had, however, already declared the fight off. In speaking of the revocation of the permit Mayor Fltzpitrlck rsald: "I do not knnv what effect the death of Bowen will have on pugilism In ths future. A material point, I should say, would be the actual cause of death, which will be decided at the autopsy. If death was caused by the blow which Lavigne struck, then the sport Is fatal, but If death resulted from Bowen's head striking the floor, then the death was attributable to a circumstance which can be avoided in the future, and the sport In not fatal. I have revoked the permit In order to remove any responsibility of a repetition of last night's accident." notren Career. Andy Bowen was born In this city In February, 1SCS. There was no incident of special Importance in his early life, bui In his earliest youth he had always shown a predellction for athletic sports. Including base ball and fighting, ami it was his ambition to become a fighter of not. He commenced his career as a pugilist when he was but sixteen years old. Among those, he ha defeated are Mike Murphy, John Wilson, Frank I'erder, James Boyle. Jlmrry Oliver, Chlcago in nine rounds; Norton, Chicago, two

rounds: Charlie Wilson In three rounds; Tommy Ityan, light-weight, In three rounds; Charlie Johnson, thirty-nine rounds, draw; Billy Myer, twenty-eight rounds, and a second decision on a foul; beaten fcy Jimmy Carroll, beaten by Austin Gibblns, defeated Joe Fielden, a draw with Jack Burke, 103 rounds; defeated Jack L'verhardt in eighty rounds; Stanton Abbott, a ten-round draw. Ills last encounter resulted in a twenty-flve-round draw with Jimmy Ccrroll.

nELIEVES IT WILL. IIUHT rCGILISM. Champion Corliett Talk of the KillitiiC of Ilovrea. DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 13. James J. Corbett being asked: "What do you think of Lavigne killing Andy Bowen in their fight la-t night. Give your version of a kind of a blow Lavigne delivered." "Is Bowen dead? Truly I'm sorry to hear it. I read the account of the fight In this morning's newspaper, but had not heard of his dea:h and wa3 h?plng that the worst fears were ungrounded. As to the bbw I da not know what kind pf a one Lavigne used, but it must have been a terrible one. v It will hurt pugilism and makes me more eager than ever to get out of the business. The mmy fatall.ies that have taken place of late cannot, I believe, be ascribed to the style of fighting, but to the men who use it. In these days fighters train more, an; in better condition and in every respect more skillful and scientific than they were in the days when the London prize ring rules were in v gue. One reason why s? many more accidents attend boxing these days Is that the boxers pick out vital spots on which tD sirike a man, and, with addd skill, ure able to reach their aim more often. The boxers of today are more scientific thn these of former days, ani to this alone may be charged most of the recent accidents. The contests under London prize ring rutins were tar more brutal than those fought under Qu'ensberry rules. London rules permit a man to throw his antagonist and then jump cn him afcer he Is down. No. I deii'i bt-lKve th. re can be any comparison between the two methods of fighting." KiliKlmiMons'N Oh nervations. LOL'ISVILLK, Dee. 1.",. Bob Fitzsimmons was seta by an Associated Press representative touisht just before he went on at the Buckingham theater to spar ihree rounds with Tom MeCarty. and asked for his opinion of the Lavigne-Bowen fatal b ut at New Orleans. "I have nothing to say," said Fitzsimmoiis. "further than I regard the affair .-is very sad and unfortunate. I don't believe Lavigne killed Bowen. His death was caused by his head violently striking the pine floor of the ring." "Will the termination of this fight affect your mill wiih Corbeii?" was asked. "Not in the lea.-t: the adverse publi: opinion will die out after a time and everything will go cn as hcrctof.-.n ." When shown Corbet ft statement that he was iicuste 1 with th business and wanted t) retire, Fitzsimni ns replied iaconiially: "Well, he may have a chance after I meet him." This ended the interview as the Australian refused to discuss the subject further. Sullivan Thinks the rail Did It. rur.AXA. O., Dec. lr,. John L. Sullivan w.is see:; a: the Market squire :he;iler t-night, wh r? his company appears. Ibsaid thai th blow on the jaw of Bowen ' old not have resulted in le.ith. bot til" fall, striking o.i tne b.n-k of his head with su h force caused c ntusion of the le-.iin, and death must have resui.ed from the fill. He anticipated that the DempseyKyan cont -st w. u!d be declared off. The death of Con Iliordan and Bowen following each other so soon would have a tendency t sto boxing contests, but in time .he effects would weir off and th"se contests would be resumed. Sullivan hid b-en deeply concerned f r .Tack Dempsey luring th. Lay, and was very anxious that ho should win. I'onul't lti ltiinuil. CINCINNATI, I"0. IS. Tammy Hopin of I'ittsburg defeated Lstlly of Cincinnati in nine rounds at Havlin's theater here tonight. Both were lightweights. The fight was hot. In the eighth round Lally was weak. Ib'gan forced the lighting and knocked Lally down. In the ninth, just as Hogan was about to administer the kr.ock-out hi aw, the poli-e interfered. Fought to a Flnlnh. PEORIA. 111., Dec. 13. Last night late Jack Ityan of Ironwocd, Mich., and Charles Gibson of Dunlap, this county, fought to a finish, three miles from this place. Gibson was knocked out in the third round. It was a hot fiht and witnessed by more than three hundred sports. DENS FOrXI (il'ILTY. Sentenced in Six Month Imprisonin cut for Contempt. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. "Guilty ns charged." was the finding announced today by Federal Judge William A Woods egainst President Eugene V. Debs of the American railway union. The same finding wa3 reached against the other American railway union leaders on trial with Debs. The men were charged with contempt of court, in failing to obey the Injunction not to interfere with the running of trains during the Pullman strike last summer. Mr. Debs was sentenced to six months In the county Jail. The others on trial were given three months each, except McVane, who was released, because there was no evidence against him. The finding of the court was that the defendants were guilty of contempt, but that any punishment Inflicted would not be cumulative. In other words, thfre were two cases before the court, one for contempt and the other from violation of the federal statute, and the latter cause Is merged into the former. ItelieilnK Ills Mind. The doctor had told Farmer Chawhay that his hours were numbered. Then the gaod old man beckoned the physician to his side. "Doc." said he, "there Is somethln I orta tell you 'fore I g.a." "All right," answered the doctor. "It Is only this, doc; 1 been a sort of hlppercrlt for these last twenty years. All the women folks has give me credit for beln' si true to Sarah Ann's memory that I never marrit again, an' I've allowed 'em to think that was the reason. Truth is. them there firteen years I lived with Sarah Ann gimme all the experience In marrit life that I wanted, an' that's the reason I etayecl a widower." Cincinnati Tribune. Hot Politic in Kmtlnnil. The Saturday Review of London, which grieves, or rather exults, over "the coarse virulence of Amerlcm politics." ought to tell what It thinks of the following stanza, which Is ung with tremendous fervor at tory political meetings. When the Grand Old Man goes down to his doom He will ride on a fiery chariot. And sit In state on a re-hot plate Between Satan and Judas Iscarlot. Said th devil: "I'm rather full, you see, Hut I'll do the best I can. I'll Jost let Ananias and Judas go free. And take In the Grand Old Man." See l'awe f. Subscribers to The Weekly "Sentinel would do well to reid our great offer on page 5. Be eure you read it.

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UW .- rls 'mMhsmtä?' UUSrAVUSrlDOLPriUS III FRIENDS RELIEVE HE WOl'M) 31 AK II A STUOXti CANDIDATE, Con ureN man Cooper Says He Would II" On. of the Mi!t I'r in lln 1.1 e Icn the I'nrty l'onld Noiiilmite ReiireMenbiliie Springer' Vletvs. Bl'BKATT OF TUB SRNTINKh. WASHINGTON. ,D. C, D c. 14. Approaching events cast their rays before them. Th? statement recently given to the press by Senator Vooihets outlining hi? pr.sitin on the pr"'p.-iBd:ion for the establishment cf a ei jture rule for the senate, and on the tariff and currency questions, is attracting a great deal of aUePtion among members of both house and senate. Particularly is this the cas? rince the rumor has gained currency that he intends at sometime withia tiae nee.r future to deliver a speech in the senate in support of a bill which hewill introduce providing for the rehabilitation of i-ilver to its rightful place i:i our monetary system. It is now a recognized fact that the next democratic presidential nominee will be a western man and on- who is friendly to the white rntal. Since the repeal cf the purchasing chuse of the Sherman law, whuh measure was championed by Senator Voorhee.s and the passage of which was secured by his personal efforts and leadership, an impression has prevailed that he was opposed tvi the free coinage of filver. For this reason many mn who looked upon him as the logical candidate of tiie party for the presidency in IMG had changed their minds and were discussing the inmes cf Viee-President Stevenson and Morrison of Illinois with considerable earnestness. The intimation which has gained currency and which it is believed is well founded, that the seuator is going to come out forcibly in a speech for the restoration of silver, if not the absolute free coinage of it, is turning the tide of popular sentiment among the members of the party in the house and senate strongly in his favor. Could Carry Indiana. His claim to the nomination for the presidency in ' will not rest entirely upon his position upon the vital questions at is.ue In that campaign. In order that the democracy shall meet with success in that campaign the question of carrying certain well known doubtful states must ba taken into consideration. Among these states, and one of the most prominent, is the state of Indiana, the home of Senator Voorhees. With him as the party's candidate, It is the mature Judgment of those who have made it a careful study that he will be successful in triumphantly carrying his own state. This much cannot be sail of VicePresident Stevenson or of Mr. Morrison of Illinois. The apportionment of that state by the republican legislature which was elected last month, will prevent, it is believed, the democracy from meeting with success there in '90, no matter if an Illinois man is nominated. Again, it is asserted with posiri veness by men who have made the conditions in that state a careful study, that Senator Voorhees will be a stronger candidate than t-ither of the IllinoU gentlemen mentioned. His great reputation as a statesman of mature years and judgment, a min above rep; aach. a wise eenator who inspires confidence by his public utterances, all add to his claims to the nomination. Not only this, but his selection would unite all factions in the state of New York, which is, of course, an important factor in a presidential campaign. The Hill-Tammany element would Join hands with the anti-snapper faction and a eoli 1 front would be presented in that state with a reasonable show of success.. The capitalists of the country would recognize that in the selection of Mr. Voorhees their interests would be respected, while the labor element would also know that their interests would always receive his careful and prompt attention. The South would know that with him as the head of the party the great questions in which they are so largely Interested, of silver and tariff, would be adjusted upon a satisfactory basis, and the West would appreciate the fact that their interests wculd be taken care of. Cooper nnd Springer Enthusiastic. A" these questions are being prominently discussed now by leading members of the party, and the more they are thought of the more general becomes the opinion that the senator from Indiana would be the most formidable candidate of the party to the enemy that could possibly be put forward. "The question of the nomination of a presidential candidate at this time may ba a little premature,' said Congressman Cooper to The Sentinel correspondent, "but there Is one thing very certain, and that Is, should Senator Voorhees desire the

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north" ) st Udo 13 nomination the Indiana delegation will be a unit In favor of him. He is a man in whom we take the greatest pride. His long service entitles him to the position. He is in accord with the democracy on all the vital ouestions at Issue and I believe that his nomination may be accomplished." Congressman Springer of Illinois said: "Of course as a citizen of Illinois I should like to see a nun from our state chosen a-? the standard-bearer of the party in '96. Wo have one excellent candidate in th? person c.f Adlai K. Stevenson and I should tike to see hirn nominated. I doubt very much, however, whether ho could b2 nominated if Senator Voornees should enter the race. There Is no man living that I would rather see nominated, if we have t go outside of our own state, than Ser.at r Voorhets. He would b-? an excellent mm for the position. He would be able to unite all factions and present a united front to the common enemy." Of course, speculation a to who the next candidate for the presidency of either the democratic or republican party will be is at the present only a mattf r of conjecture. What the conditions will be whn the time for nominating arrives is impossible to tell at the present tim?. Th-re an be no doubt, however, that sh ej'.d Mr, V.vrhees come out. as it Is expected he will, in favor of a larger use of silver in our currency. If not for the absolute free oiinAKe of it. he wilt he 1 okfd upon bv m any as the m ist valuable presidential timber that can possibly be selected. H. D. OWEN LÖST HEAVILY HE WAS INTERESTED IN TIIE HARRIS ;et-hicii-qiick scheme. He Roneht the RlKht to Manufacture mi Iridescent Fnel Gas In Nehrnska nnd Ionn mut Lost about JjtO.OOO Mr. OiTfU Vns Only One of .Manr 1 ml la ni ans Who Were Doped. The arrest in Now York a few days ago of William H. Harris, the notorious swindler and confidence man, recalls the most gigantic of his many schemes, which was the organization of the American gas company for the manufacture of fuel gas. This company was organized under the liberul laws of Kentucky, with a capital of $10.000,000. and with Harris at the head of it. He claimed that by the invention which the company was operating gas could be perpetually manufactured so cheaply as to outrival even natural gas itself. The system by which the company operated was by selling territory nnd giving exclusive privileges in that territory. Harris came to Indiana In 1S91 for the purpose of selling the state, and J. X. Huston of Connersville was one of those interested in the scheme by Harris. Tho Indiana gas company was organized and a number of Indianapolis business men took stock. The eherne looked feasible, and aided by the oily tongue of Harls no trouble was experienced in disposing of the stock. An experimental plant was erected at a cost of nearly $20,000, and this dragged on for more than a year before it was proven to be an utter failure. Th scheme was worthless, and all who had invested were out the entire amount of their investment, while Harris disappeared. Hut there were others caught even worse than those who Invested in the Indiana company. Harris succeeded while in Indiana in inoculating a large amount of his pretended enthusiasm over his project Into W. D. Owen, recently elected secretary of state, and Mr. Owen not only invested largely but induced a number of his friends to put their money into the pcheme. He was, no doubt, sincere in his faith, for he lost nhout $40.000. Mr. Owen met Mr. Harris frequently, and the la;ter explained to him his scheme for the manufacture of cheap fuel gas. So plausible did it sound that Mr. Owen was nt last induced to invest all his money in the enterprise and bought the states of Iowa and Nebraska. Had the method worked out as it showed up on paper large profits would have necrued. Hut the bubble subsequently burst and Mr. Owen was left practically penniless. Harris h.i3 at last been run to earth in New York, and hiä career with Its dark wake of failure nnd disappointment is ended. Mr. Owen, while he was commissioner of immigration, went west and started the organization of companies lo manufacture gas at Omaha, Nob., and P-urling-ton, la. About the time he attempted to float bonds the panic came and his scheme failed. Knows When It Is Whipped. There Is one thing to be said for the democratic party as a party it knows when It is whipped. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. j Subscribers, Attention! Before renewing your subscription read our offer on page 5. Read every word of 1U

5i do n V Cn MINISTER GRAY AT HOME CALLED HERE RV TIIE SERIOl S ILLNESS OF HIS SUN PIERRE. lie Does Xof Believe- Mexico nnd f 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 t : , . t MA.i ! ...... i . . w . . .... ... .... . m . . . ran Are FiiMt Moilerntirlnjc Meilen Tlint Country, Snj Minister Grny, Hum a. 11 rl hl Future lU-fore It. The Hon. Isaac P. Gray, United States minister to th? Mexican government, arrived home Wednesday af.ern on, and Is the guest of his son, Pierre Gray, on St. Mary's-st. Mr. Gray av.h called h me on account of th? seri us illness cf his son Pierre, whom he finds sljwly recovering, but he will remain several weeks before returning. "."It has now be n a year sine? my wife and I went to Mexico," Paid Mr. Gray last night, "and I am sorry to say the climate does not seem t - agree with us very well. True, the weither Is beautiful the year rami, perennial spring weather being f und in the City of Mexica, but tliro seems lo be something in the climate at an altitude of 7,00') feet that dees not. agree with u. Mrs. Gray has list in weight twenty pounds since we went thr?. Wiir (loud Will I'ann Over. "Everything is quiet in diplomatic circles in Mexico, with the exception of the little war cloud over the boundary line with Guatemala, but I do not think that this will annunt t anything. During the fiurteen years President Di.iz his been at the head of the government there baa been continual peace, and this Is bis policy. During that time th country his been rapidly developing, capital has been invested, railroads have been built and the country generally has enjoyed i greater d-giee of prosperity than ever before. The Guatemalan trouble is only a little ripple up m the surface of international affairs and will b? settled by a commissi'.!. Even when I left the city la.st Friday there was a commissioner of tne Guatemalan givernment there with sune proposition for mutual settlement of the trouble. "Mexico U being very rap'ully Americanized and Is profiting by it. Ameriem. English and German capital Is being largely invested throughout tin country in mining, railroading and planting, ami this modernization has br night on a new era. The g ld mines are being worked, new railroad enterprises are springing into existence constantly, and now the coffee planting fever has come. The widely diversified soil and climate of Mexico make the country naturally adapted to raising a great variety of products. Coffee planting is the newest thing ami this will in the near future be a lirge factor in increasing th. wealth of the country. So far 4t has been highly successful and a larg? capital Is being invested in this enterprise. And this influx of wealth Is being manifested in a saUstantial way in the capital. New buildings of m di n design are being erected; we have eix railroads, telegraph lines, telephones, improvel streets and a general metropolitan a:r. Tho Thouonntt American. "There are In the capital about two thousand Americans, or residents of the United St ates rather, and our relations, s -cailly ani diplomatically, are nothing but pleasant. The moth adists, episcopalians and presbyterians each have a church and there is a Y. M. C. A. and an English daily newspaper with press dispatches. The Mexicans are charactt-ristioal'y polite. Their suave natures, gentie manners and courtly bearing can be noticed even in the beggars on the streets, ami among the h gher classes the deportment is perfect. At no time does a Mexican so far forget himself as to be impolue. The court of President D'az !s brilliant and formal, but the social affairs, as-well as those of state, are happy occasions. "The introduction of railroads and the telegraph has had much to do with the modernization of Mexico. Oa account of the rapidity with which news now travels, and the facilities afforded fur the rapid transportation of troops, the reign of the banditti chiefs is over, and this element his now been almost entirely eradicated. It has had much to do also with the elimination of petty rebellions, which before the advent of President Diaz were so prevalent, and which kept th country in a constant state of unrest. The first indication of trouble Is now felt at the capital within a few hours, warnings are sent, and, if necessary, troops are hastily massed before the trouble has been a. lowed to crystallize. The day of the Mexican bandit haa pissed and modern civi.izatlon lua succeeded him. "The power exerted over the country by the people of our own country Is evidenced in the fact that everything is tending toward the American. Where French was formerly the favorite foreign tongue, and In fact for a time vied with the native Spanish for favor, the English language is cow supreme aa a foreign favorite, and

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children are taught It as an accomplishment. Where a few 3"fcars ago a eenienca of spoken English would cause one to turn about In astoniehment. now It Is heard or all sides and is tpuken to a great ext;nt in the sh-jps. Futur of Mexico llrlht. "I think the future c Mexico !s very bright. W:th a widely d;versirled climate, fertila 'soil, magnificent mountain ecentry broad and fertile plains, a vast coast line, almost inexhaustible natural resources and a liberal p?l!y toward strangers, It Is attracting large capita!, and this will continue the rapid development which It ii now enjoying until Mexico will be one of the great centers of wealth. The dirk age for Mexico ar pist nni thi fjture is tri cht with brilliant prosp-'cts. "Sino I w?nt ta Mexico no important diplomatic matters have arisen between the two governments. There was th murder committed by Adam3 cf Louisiana, but this was a clear case of unprovoked killing and our government did not Interfere, except to havo his sentence commuted. Adams came to the City of Mexico from Louisiana, and oro day, while under the inJluencu of li.juor, sat down in a restaurant and ordered his dinner. It seems thi waiter to whom he gave the ordr did not wait upon tho tabl at which Adams wm totting and citll.-.J another. This angered Adams, and pulling out a gun he shot the waiter dead. 11 was found guilty in the lovr courts by a Jury, the superior courts affirmed tho verdict and lie w:i3 ?'tteneed to le shot By request I was urged to secura a commutation of his isentenee to Imprisonment, which I was able to dc and ne Ls now servins a Sentence cf twenty years. "The eiher case wus the murder of Robir.sort, the newipaiier correspondent, which occurred but a fe.v months ago. The affair was treate! of at great length, I noticed, in tho press dispatches to all the American pajn-rs. Upon my urgent solicitation the Mexican government sent a war essel and a detachment of troops to the isl.ar.il of Tiver-ine. in the gulf of California, where the murder occurred, but no signs of the Indians could be found. They are. no doubt, momb r.s of th barbarous" mountain Indians that inf.-st that country and Itobinson and hi-3 companion were und tuhtedly murdered for their pun and clothing. The story that they had beea eaten by the Indians I do not believe." THE CENTRAL HOSPITAL A Fine SlinnlnR Is Made by Superintendent Edenharter The trustees of the Central Indiana h'spital for the insan and Superintendent George F. Edenhartcr filed t:i"ir annual report with Govern r Matthews yesterday. The report Is a remarkable one and shows the Institution to have Kn manag.-d with wonderful ability, both as to the finances an.l the care of the patients. The financial report shows th foil .wing conditions: lie.il estate. $1.47j.ih'; peisoiial property, $.'o3.S7S.es; toUl. $1.67s.7s7.0S. The annual tippropriaiieii lor maintenance was $1';0.000; fT doihing. $12.00; fo- repairs. $15.hi'. Ha lances rt-nuin as follows: Maintenance fund, 5.57.4t4; cl 'thing, $id.3:5; repairs, JJi',7..7. The trust.vs say that tho maintenance fund is ad-iuat. but that the repair fund s-hoiild b in reased to fjö.ooo. Th.-y also rec i:i;ii'iid appropriations as foil ws: l-'.ir the laundry. JlJ.0-3; piintlmr. JlO.cim; prccn house, Jö.ooo. Superintendent Ed.n!i'irter n-ports that the per capita eist for tiie care of the inmate for th." year was $101.77. which Is a reduction ( t $l.:l from the am 'tint in ?n$3. This is the lowest the per capita cost has been in twelve years, and the number of inmates c.ire.l f r was l,4'.e. aiüilnsl l.."12 when the -ost was so lat ;. The numb?r of patients in the hospit.il (let. SI was 1.40s. During the year i'C were received and 32ö ilisoh irgel. There an- sixty-six patients in the li.tspital properly belonging to other districts. Of t.iose admitted in the last year 107 were single nun, l.?9 married men. 12 siir-tl w nien and 134 married women. Acute m.ir.ii is the most I r.'va' 1 an.nen:, nin-ty-.-eeo:i of thse received in the year suffering from it. The percentage, of rcoveiics In all cases treate! was 7.S0; the percentage of death was 7.13. Superintend. nt George F. IMenharter s.ays that the dea.h rat1 was higher than usual; several pitl-nts were s'nt to the h'ispital In an exhausted eondithn. nnd fourtien died within a month after they were rc!ved. Efforts are to be made to secure sufil 1 nt funds t put the men's department in proper condition, the buildings being merely pieces of patchwork. I'sril Djnninile. PAULDING, o.. Dec. 1.'.. An attempt was made last r.ight t a bl nv up the house of David Hart, father of the mu-derer cf the Good children. Three dynamite cartridges were used, only one expl id d. Hal till g ne off. the house wnil 1 hive ben wrecked. Hart and his f'.milv are terribly frightened, and left thn morning to go to rclaiivts in I:iiiara. The comm. n pit-as court at Paulling is now being alj mrne.1 from diy to day. s th.it Murleivr Charlys Hart may bJ arraicied without its b-ing publicly known in lime to attempt a lyn hing. If he pleads not guilty bis trial will take place in soma neighboring county.