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THAT VERACITY ISSUE

Comes Up Again in the President's litercourse with His Fellow Citizen.

AUTHOR PUTS III A COMPLAINT

Executive Has Gone Out of His Way, Dr. Longr Declares.

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I hear no shouts as the soMters come To ths mellow throb of the distant drum. They come A fragment of what they were; The ranks are scattering: year by year, For one by one with his olden air Has answered the summons of Death with "Here!" I nee them waver and falter on. Their blue grown shadowy gray with ust Grown shadowy gray, as in years agone Their sabers fell into thadowy rust. O, this the vision that comes to me; I watch them trudging adown the street. The ready soldiers that used to be. With vibrant drumming to time their feet; I see them swinging along the way With brave Old Glory above them all; And all the lines are complete to-day-Made so by the mystical trumpet call. And quick and eager, erect and bold.

They march triumphantly through my areara The soldier men of the day of old With flags ablow and with swords agleam. The cannons rumble their warring note. The muskets blaze on the battle's marge, And out of the bugle's brazen throat There shrills the terrible cry of "Charge!" But hold. The mist that was In my eyes Now drifts away as a cloud is blown, And the shadows fade, as across the skies The silent arm of the wind is thrown. And gray, and grizzled, and halt, and lame. They falter on to the rounded graves That glow to-day in the grace of fame Beneath the flag that honor waves. They go A shadow of what they were; The ranks are vanishing year by year.

For one by one with his gallant air Has answered the summons of Death with " And so they waver and falter on, Their blue made shadowy gray with dust The fading host that in years agone Bore forth the grail of the nation's trust. And into the shadows march they all To the sign of a far-o trumpet calL

Demands That Apology and Retr&c

tion lie Made Dispute la Over a Fact In Wild Animal Life.

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M TIME III COURT

Lawyers Wax Wroth and Give Each Other the Lie Direct and Positive.

JUDGE FINALLY TAKES A HAND

Telia One Legal Light That He Will Send Him to Jail

tThen lie Makes a Rule That Associate Counsel on Either Side Must Not Butt in Any More.

San Francisco, May 29. Of the fifty veniremen summoned Into court for the completion of the Schniits jury eight jurors already having been Eworn to try the case forty-one answered the clerk's roll call, nine were absent, twenty-fire offered excuses to the court and were allowed to depart, leaving sixteen among them whom to select four jurors to complete the panel. Talesmen L. S. Bachmau, A. A. 'Altcoeyer, Joseph Hush, Jainej M. Brittain, F. G. Eckhorst, William Meizner and Bernard Worubold were all excused on the ground that they had jformed strong opinions as to the guilt ;or Innocence of the accused, lu all twelve of the sixteen men were let go for bla3, etc., and another venire of fifty names was ordered. Exciting Incident Occurs. There was an exciting Incident dur2ng the session of court, that led to a Hhreat by Judge Dunne to send Attorney John J. Barrett, of the defense, to ail for contempt It occurred during 4he examination by Assistant District

'Attorney. Heney of Talesman J. II. Blanchard, a street contractor. "Did 3"ou ever pay a $400 commission for the collection of your claims against the city after it had been held up by the board of public works?" demanded Ileney of Blanchard. "Well, not recently," said Blanchard. "Paid It to Maestretti." IIoy long ago?" "Well, I pall it to Maestretti." "Oh, you did? And when?" Well, it was about a year and a half ago Just after the lire." (Frank Maestretti was at that timepresident of the board of public works. He was later removed by the mayor.) "And did you." demanded . Ileney, 'go to the mayor and complain of this iiold up?" "I tried to see him," rejilied Blanchard. "I went to his office half a dozen times, but I never could find him. Maestretti was the only man that ever held me up."

"Maestretti is a member of this prosecution and " Heney jumped to his feet, his face red with anger. "That's false, r. Barrett," he shouted, "and you know it." "It's not false, and when you say u

Is you are falsifying," retorted Barrett, hotly. "Mr. Barrett," said Judge Dunne, "if you interrupt1 counsel again like that I will send you to jail." Barrett started to protest that he had a right to be heard with his client's Interest, hut Judge Dunne cut him short with a csrt order to be seated. Then Judge Dunne turned to Campbell and said: "Mr. Campbell, If you are going to conduct this case I want you to do It alone. This court will not suffer any further interference by associate counsel. I make the same ruling with regard to the prosecution. One

attorney must must speak for each tide." Ex-Judge Falrall, of the defense, resented the court's remarks, demanding to know whether any Imputation was meant against himself. Judge Dunne replied: "I have made a rul

ing. Mr. Fairall." i "Then I except to the remarks of the court as being Improper?" Fairall rejoined. ! "We challenge this juror," said Ileney, "on the ground that the facts themselves show that he is not in the proper frame of mind to do equal justice between the prosecution and the city. He concealed a crime the ( rime of extortion committed by a public official. He made no effort to lay it before the grand jury. He is not fit." The defense resisted the challenge? and this provoked Judge Dunne to remark: "He is a man personally interested in the city administration. The challenge is allowed." Blanchard stood

aside. Assistant District Attorney Ileney pays that it his been discovered that the police force is being used in an at

tempt to reach prospective jurors and witnesses in the graft prosecution. Heney's statement was supplemented by Special Agent Burns, who declare I that Mayor Schmitz "is using the police department to gather evidence In his behalf and for other like improper purposes." The defense denied thfe imputation that improper means were being employed. Snow Fails in Texas.

Waxahachie, Tex., May 29. Snowfell near Midlothian yesterday. It afterwards turned into cold rain.

Stamford, Conn., May 20. Dr. William J. Bong has made public a letter sent by him to President Roosevelt. The letter says in part: "The issue between you and me is no longer one of animals, but of men. It is not chiefly a matter of natural history, but of truth and personal honor. In a recent magazine article you deliberately attack me, as well as my book. You have used the enormous influence of your official position to discredit me as a man, to injure my reputation, and Incidentally to make a poor man even poorer by destroying, If possible, the sale and influence of his work. Pith of Roosevelt's Attack. "In my book I have given the result of long years of watcning animals In the wilderness with no other object than to study their habits, and so far as man can to understood the mystery of their dumb life. In every preface

I have stated, and I now repeat the statement, that every incident I have recorded from my own observation is true as far as an honest, educated man can see and understand the truth. In your recent attack this is what you chieily deny. I have spoken the truth and you accuse me ff deliberate falsehood and misrepresentation. .

Went Out Hunting Trouble. "As president of the United States you have gone out of your way publicly to injure the private citizen who was attending strictly to his own business: as a man you have accused of falsehood another man whose ideals of truth and honor are quite as high as your own. This is the whole issue between us. I meet it squarely and so must you. If I have spoken falsely; if in book or work of mine I have intentionally deceived any child or man regarding animal life, I promise public

ly to retract every such word and never to write another animal book. On the other hand, if I show to any disinterested person that you have accused me falsely you must publicly withdraw your accusation and apologize. As a man and as president no other honorable course is open to you.

; THEIR LAST TRIBUTE PAID People of Canton took Finally on the Remains of Mrs. SIcKialey Eight I Thousand Pass the Casket. Canton, O., May 29. Banked with flowers on every side whose fragance filled the entire house and was wafted as an incense to the throng of people waiting in line to enter the McKlnley residence, the casket containing the mortal remains of Mrs. McKinley was passed by thousands of persons. Cantonlans paid their tribute in the best way they could, since by request it had been denied them the privilege of any funeral decorations in the city or any general municipal participation in the ceremonies. It was estimated that 8,000 people passed through the

McKinley home in the time alloted. Dr. and Mrs. Hermanus L. Baer, of New York, arrived last night to attend the funeral. Mrs. Baer is the only child of the late Abner McKinley, and is best known as Mabel McKinley. The funeral services this afternoon will begin at 2 o'clock and will be simple and brief. MAYOR WIELDS HIS VETO

POSSIBLY POLITICAL

Murder of the Armenian Priest at New York Still Much cf a Mystery.

WAS A POLITICIAN AND PRIEST

Connected with Revolutionary Doings

Another Armenian Receives an Infernal Machine, but Is L'nhurt

McClellan Disapproves of the Public Utilities Kill, a Pet Measure of Gov. Hughes. New York, May 29. Mayor McClellan has recorded his official disapproval of the public utilities bill, which he sent back to the legislature where it is expected to be repassed without the mayor's signature. In a memorandum accompanying the measure the mayor explains that while he Is in accord with the general principles embodied in the bill it is as a whole ko destructive of the principle of home rule that but one course was open to him. This was his basic ob

jection, but the mayor adds, in effect, that such legislation would result in

evitably In the appointment of partisan commissions who in times of party stress would use their power to coerce the transportation companies into supplying funds with which to corrupt

the electorate.

DISPUTE OVER A WOLF STORY

Demands a "Square Deal" and a Pub-

lie and Open Apology.

"You base your recent charges chief

ly on the matter of a big white wolf

killing a young caribou by a bite in the chest, described by me in 'Northern Trails.' You declare the thing to be a mathematical impossibility, and

declare 4by no possibility could a wolf

perform the feat.' "

Dr. Long declares he knows from

his own observation and from the testimony of Indians that wolves do sometimes kill in this way, and then quotes

the signed and witnessed statement of S. J. Hapidau, an educated Sioux In

dian, who states that he saw a horse

which a wolf had killed by tearing

its chest. In addition to this Dr. Bong

savs he himself had seen a deer which

had been slain in this manner by i wolf, and further recites that his In

dian, Matty Mitchell, of Bonny Bay, Newfoundland, declares that the big white wolf frequently kills caribou in this manner. Continuing, Dr. Bong says: "These are the facts underlying the incident which you declare to be impossible and false. If this testimony is not enough

I will till it up to full Scripture measure. You cannot at this stage, Mr. Roosevelt, take refuge behind the presidential office and maintain silence. You have forfeited your right to that silence by breaking it by coming out In public to attack a private citizen. If your talk of a square deal is not all a sham, if your frequent moral preaching is not hypocrisy, I call upon you as president and as a man to come out and admit the error and injustice of your charge in the same open and public way in which you made it."

ON HIS NATIVE HEATH

Speaker Cannon Visiting the Place in

the Old North State Where He Was Born. Greensboro, N. C, May 29. Speaker

Joseph G. Cannon, of the national

house of representatives, has arrived here. He was met at the station bv Vl

reception committee from this city and from Guilford college. In company with friends and relatives he visited the place of his birth, seven milea from the city.

Last evening he was a guest at the

alumni banquet at Guilford college.

six miles from the city. Today he will make the commencement adress at the

college and this evening will be a guest at a dinner and reception in his

honor in this city. ' '

Queen Victoria Sits Up Daily. Madrid, May 29. Queen Victoria's health continues excellent. She was up Sunday and took breakfast with the king, and now sits up daily. Dr. Guiterrez, the Spanish physician who was in attendance upon the queen, will accept the title of marquis bestowed upon him by the king. He has refused to accept any pecuniary remuneration for his services.

Recount Bill Is Passed. Albany, May 29 By a vote of 38 to 8 the senate has passed the assembly bill for a recount of the ballots cast in the McClellan-Hearst mayoralty election of 1905 in New York city. One Repubican voted with seven Democrats against the bill, which is one of the measures specially urged for passage by Governor Hughes.

New York, May 29. Notwithstanding that the motive for the murder of Father Kasper Varlorlan, the Armenian priest whose body was found on Sunday jammed into a trunk in a West Thirty-seventh street house, is not yet clear, some facts have teen learned which may dispel all doubts as to why the priest was slain. Father Kasper, according to some witnesses who have been found, was a politician as well as a clergyman, and was identified with an Armenian secret revolutionary society in this city. Split Engenders Bad Blood.

It appears further that recently ths

revolutionaries in the local Armenian colony split and that much bad blood

was engeuered by the division. Failure

of the police to arrest the murderers may result in the organization of

groups of the better class of Armenians in different cities to prosecute the

search for them. About an Armenian Society.

Vahram Serposian, an Armenian

restaurant proprietor at No. 337 Fast

Twenty-sixth street, who knew Father Kasper well and is an educated man

and versed in several Oriental languages, hints that the affairs of the

New York branch of the "Honchekis''

society may bear some relation to the

murder of Father Kasper. This so

ciety has for its object the liberation

of Armenia and other Christian coun

tries in the near east from Turkish

rule. The New lork branch of eociety was formed some time ago, Serpossian says, and its members

worked harmoniously until about two months ago, when a serious schism oc

curred. What caused the quarrel Serpossian will not explain, nut he admits

that feeling still runs high between

the two factions, and great bitterness

is rife. Father Kasper was one of tho

toeiety.

Here's Another Armenian Trouble.

Detectives are trying to obtain ti

clue to the sender of a dangerous in

fernal machine which was received by

Dr. M. G. Dadirrian, a local physician

When the machine was opened at po

lice headquarters it was found to con

tain three shells loaded with shot ar.

ranged to explode when the lid of the

box was lifted. On the inside of tho

box was drawn a crude skull and

cross bones with the following scrawl:

We hope this -will- kill you. If it

docs not we will get you yet. Black

Hand."

He Acquits His Compatriots.

Dr. Dadirrian is an Armenian and physician of standing. For some

time past he has received "Black

Hand" letters in which demands for

$10,000 were made. The police had

been notified of the threats, and the

physician has remained on his guard.

A suggestion that attempted assassina

tion was a development of the politi

cal squabbles of local Armenians was

not entertained by the intended vio-

tira.

D RAYLAN WAS A W0IIAN Consequently Her "Wife" at Chicago Can Have None of Her EstateMarriage Not Valid. Fhoenix, A. T., May 29. The body of Nicholal de Raylan, whose sex has been the subject of dispute and litlga-

tion since last December, was ex

humed and taken to an undertaking parlor, where the facts of the disinterment were made known upon the

arrival here of Baron Schlippenbacn, the Russian consul at Chicago, accompanied by Samuel J. Schaeffer, attor

ney for Mrs. Anna de Raylan. The body was in a fine state of preservation and the face was entirely un

changed. When the white casket was

opened the body was seen attired in a.

woman's white robe.

Baron Schlippenbacn, after -viewing

the body, said: "This is the t.dv of

Nicholal de Raylan, who was fo? twelve years my secretary." The result of the Inquest establish beyond a

dor.bt the identity of the corpse as the

body of de- Raylan, and that the person In question was a female. The

effect is to invalidate de Raylan's marriage of a Chicago woman, ami de

prive her of any estate she may huvo

left.

Telegraph News by Direct Wiro from All Over Indiana.

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V0LIVA GETS IT IN THE NECE

Czar of Zion City Runs Up Against

the Receiver and Gets the Worst of It. Chicago, May 29. General Overseer

Voliva, who succeeded in ousting John Alexander Dowie from control of Zion Citv. has been ordered by Receiver

John C. Ilately to vacate all leases of

buildings May 31. This action was taken by Ilately as a climax to a bitter quarrel between Voliva and the president of the Zion City bank.

Voliva presented his check at the

bank for $l,S00and demanded iayment

at once. The bank otiicial declined to

comply with the request until he had

some advice from Receiver Ilately In

the matter. When Informed of Voliva's

actions Receiver Ilately ordered tho cashier of the bank to withhold all

moneys from Voliva and then notified Voliva to vacate.

WILL ABANDON FOUR TRAINS

BARRETT AND HENEY CLASH

Judge Also Does Some Clashing and Peace Is Restored. "DJd you make any effort. Mr. Blanchard, to lay this matter .before the grand jury and have Maestretti punished for his crime?" pursued ne12 ey.

Attorney Barrett sprang to his feet

Yes; We Know It. Washington, May 29. Remarkably unseasonable weather, with a cold wave extending throughout the country east of the Rocky mountains, thermometers in some regions registering the lowest temperatures for the season in many years, is reported by the weather bureau.

Big Company Incorporated.

rhoenix, A. T., May 29. Articles of

incorporation of the "United States Syndicate." the capital stock of which

is $r.00,000.000, have been filed here.

The purpose of the company is to build

i railroad to connect North and South

America.

No Chicago Street Car Strike.

Chicago, May 29. The employes of

the Chicago City Railway, who threat

ened to go on strike unless their de

mands were made, have decided to accept the company's terms, which

gives them all a raise In wages.

Lives with. Her Mother-in-Law. ' New York, May 29. Mrs. Harry Thaw, who has made the Hotel Lorraine her home during the many months her husband has been in the Tombs, has left the hotel, and with her mother-in-law, Mrs. William Thaw, has taken up her home in a house on Park avenue near Fifty -ninth street. There the two women will remain in seclusion for the summer.

f.We object to that question,': lae cried. cross -the plains to California la '49,

Eocentrio Millionairess Dead. .' Bellingham, Wash., May 29. Miss Achha Clark, a native of Baltimore, reputed, to be worth several million dollars,Is dead here, aged 90 years. She lived alone for years in a tumble-down fchack in North Bellingham. She owned property in every Pacific coast city. Miss Clark was the first woman to'

Cummins to Try for a Toga. Des Moines. Ia, May 29. It is announced definitely that Governor Cummins will be a candidate for the L'nlttd State senate subject to indorsement of the Republicans at next year's primary elections under a recently enacted primary law. The seat he will try for is that occupied by Allison.

Tariff Revision in 1009? Honolulu, May 29. Representative E. L. Hamilton, of Michigan, who is one of the congressional party now visiting Hawaii, in an interview with the local press said that a revision of the tariff would probably be undertaken at the first session of the Sixty-first consrress.

Reformed Presbyterians Adjourn. Flttsburg. May 29. The annual synod of the Reformed Fresbyterian church that has been in session In Allegheny has. closed after decidlag to hold the next aynod in. tho Third church at Philadelphia.

Will Move to Avoid Labor Troubles

New York, May 29. The Erie Rail

road company announces that owin

to the present labor troubles at Galion

O., the company Las determined to remove its machine and repair shop3 from Galion to Marion.

One Result of the Passage of "Regu

lator" Laws No Bluff, Either, the Company Declares. Cleveland, O., May 29. The Haiti.

more and Ohio Railroad company announces that It will abandon four passenger trains on account of financial

loss incident to tie 2-cent railway far

enacted by the legislature during its

last session. Trains No. 59 and 10,

between Lorain and Akron, and Nos.

7 and 8, between Akron and Youngs-

town, will be taken off June 1.

The officials of the road declare that

the trains are not removed out of a spirit of revenge, but that they are act

ually operating them at a gacrilice. It is reported that other roads operating out of Cleveland will follow the example. Looks Like a Case of Murder. Cleveland, O., May 29. Robert Strong, 22 years old, of 275 LaSalle avenue, Chicago, was found dead in Collinwood, a suburb, with his head crushed. The police believe the man was murdered.

Indianapolis, Mav 29. The preme court holds that a city

dinauce, not only forbidding saloon outside of the business part of thu city, but al?o denning the l-oundarlea of the business part, so ns t includa only a few squares surrour.ding the court house and the place where most of the business is done, Is valid. It holds that the only ground on which,

such an ordinance can be successfully attacked is that the city has teea guilty of an unreasonable abuse of lt power and discretion in declaring such, boundaries. State Controls the Traffic. It also declared that a state m&f authorize salens to be licensed and that the saloon business is lawful except as declared unlawful by the state, A judgment In favor of John W. Thompson, in a prosecution against him for violation of a city ordinance of Greencastle, by keeping a saloon

near tue lilg rour station, was reversed and r new trial ordered.

He Violated the Ordinance. The ordinance fixed the boundar'cs

of the business part of town as Co

lumbia street on the north. Market street on the west, Walnut street on

the south and College avenue on tho

east, and Thompson's saloon was four squares north of Columbia street. It was surrounded by two railway stations, a !eer depot, an oil storage tank.

a livery stable, a poultry house and a restaurant, respectively, on different sides, and the nearest residence was 300 feet away. States Have l-Hill Authority. After quoting the language of tab new city and town act, that cities "may define sich suburban or residence and business parts of any such city," may "tax" saloons and charge a license fee for any saloon within two miles of the city limits, Judge Montgomery said that it is "well pettled that the several states in the exercise of their sovereign power, have full au

thority, except as restrletc-d by constitutional provision, to enact any measures deemed expedient to suppress Intemperance and minimize the evils resulting from the traffic In intoxicating liquors, whether by prohibiting or by

restricting and licensing the sale of

such liquors.

KEUi&u uses a njairn

SHE ASSAULTED A DUKE

Woman Who Had Been His Mistress Resents Being Cast Aside by Galleria. Paris, May 29. A woman named Mine. Guggenheim was fined $20 in a

civil court for having committed an

assault upon the Duke of Galleria, husband of the Infanta Eulalie, aunt of the present king of Spain. Mme. . Guggenheim recently awaited the duke outside of a store in the Rue de la Paix, and when he came out she belabored him with her parasol, much to the edification of the passers-by. She alleged in court that she had left her husband for love of the duke, and that he had subsequently neglected her.

Stabs a Man for Making Disparaging Remarks About the Colored Race in a Street Car. Denver. May 29. Angered by comments made against his race an unknown negro plunged a knife into the breast of Fred Thomson, an employe of the WTestern racking company, fatallyinjuringhlm. The assault occurred on a crowded Larimer street car, and was the outgrowth of a fight that Thomson and a friend named E. It.

Coumbs had previously with another

negro. The two white men had been victor!

ous in this fight, and were talking it

over with disparaging remarks con cerning their opponent and his race,

it is said. The negro who stabbed

Thomson was sitting nearby and over

heard their conversation. Glowering

at the two men he said something in

a low tone and then suddenly sprang

upon Thomson and stabbed him in the

region of the heart. The negro rushed

from the car and escaped.

His Body Found in the River. New York, May 29, The body of Frank A. Sperry, of Brooklyn, ex-corporation tax commissioner, was found in the East river. Sperry was private secretary to Secretaries of the Treasuury Folger and Gresham, was an assistant corporation counsel of Brooklyn during the administration of Mayor Schieren and later served a term as a member cf the state legislature. The loss of employment Jan. 1 and the mental collapse of his wife are supposed to hare so depressed Sperry that he drowned himself.

Taft Off for St. Louis. Washington, May 29. Secretary Taft has left Washington for St Louis, where he expects to arrive tonight. He will not stop at Cincinnati as he originally planned.

Methuen to South Africa Again. London. May 29. Among new military appointments announced Is one of nnusual interest, that of General Methuen to the command of the British forces in South Africa.

President Is Coming West. Washington, May 29. President Roosevelt has left here for hi trip west, to be absent from Washington until Saturday afternoon.

Adverse to the Independents.

Albany, N. Y., May 29 The court cf appeals has afllrmed the judgment of the lower courts in the case of the people ex. rel. New York Electric Lines company vs. William B. Ellison,

commissioner of water supply, gas and

electricity of New York city. The effect of the decision is adverse to Independent telephone companies which

sought to obtain a foothold in New

York city. Solves Perpetual Motion?

Naples. May 29. Considerable inter

est has been aroused here by a motor invented by Giovanni Dileo, a resident of Andria, aged 22. The motor Is o

erated by compressed air, and the young inventor makes the claim that he has solved the principle of perpet

ual motion-

SAID SHE WOULD RATHER DIE

Girl Quarrels with Her Fiance on tho

Day Set for Marriage and Takes Poison. Marion. Ind., May 29. After a quar

rel which resulted in her refusal to

marry William Burns, Miss Linnlo Lawrence, aged 17 years, attemptel

suicide In the presence of her fiance, at

the hour set for the wedding. The na

ture of the disagreement has not been divulged. Burns called nt the Law

rence home dressed for the ceremony. He found the girl talking with her mother and apparently unprepared for

the marriage. He tried to persuade her to go on with their plans, but for

some reason she refused stubbornly.

Suddenly she excused herself for a

moment and returned with a bottle of carbolic acid, purchased In the morning. "1 would rather die," she cried, stepping toward Burns. Then she swallowed the contents of the vial. Burns ran to the street to search for a physician and soon three were on hand, but

it 13 believed that the girl cannot live.

Twenty Days' Drought In Texas.

Houston, Tex., May 29. Under

the construction placed on the new li

quor-regulating law of Texas every II

cense of a wholesale and retail liquor

dealer in the state expires July 11, and

as it will require twenty days to have

the new licenses Issued it Is held that

every saloon and wholesale liquor deal

er in Texas will have to clo. for that

time.

Case Is Indefinitely Postponed. Washington, May 29. Because of

the failure of the prosecuting witness

to appear the case against Charles Edwards, secretary of the Democratic congressional committee, charged with assaulting Alejandro Garland, an attache of the Peruvian legation, with a dangerous weapon, lias been postpone indefinitely.

Looks Like Going to Work. Indianapolis, May 29. A mortgage for $15,000,000 made to the Western Trust and Savings bank, of Chicago, on the property of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Evansville railroad, to secure a bond issue in this sum for the construction of the road, has been filed at the ofiice of the county recorder here. A representative of a Chicago construction company made the statement that work would begin on tho road at once. Kitten Has a Cotton-Tail. Shelbyville, Ind., May 29. Eart

nigglns, who lives In this city, has a freak kitten, which has the appearanco

of an ordinary cat, with the exception that it has the tail of a rabbit. U travels over the ground with the Ions swinging leaps which distinguish tho rabbit and the tracks left resemble those of a bunny.

Thomas D. Jordan Indicted. New York, May 29. The May grani jury which has been investigating the affairs of theEquitable Life Assurance society has returned eighteen Indictments against Thomas D. Jordan, formerly controller of the Equitable. Perjury and forgery In the third degreo are charged. Locomotive Enjrineers in Council. Dallas, Tex., May 29. '.he Brct'icrhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Grand International Auxiliary began a three days session here wiOi acuut GOO. delegates in atte nee.

Struck by Lightning In Church. Wabash, Ind., May 29. While Binding in the choir of the Enited Brethrea church, of which her husband is pastor, Mrs. D. W. Zartman was struck by lightning, rendered unconscious, and perhaps fatally injured. No one else was struck by the bolt, which put out the lights In the building and caused a panic. Just as Old as the State. Evansville, Ind., May 29. Isaacr Anderson, aged 01, who was born at New Harmony on the day Indiana waa admitted as a state into the Union, April 19. iSlG, is dead at his home la New Harmony.