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BAELY PALLADIUM, WEKKL EKTABLISHF.rlH3I. I A 1 IV tSTABLIsllKl) RICIIMOXu DAILY lVXJVDIUlI; MONDAY, XOVHAIBER 11, 11101. ONE CENT A COPY.

A PUBLIC APPEAL

People of Indiana Invited to Contribute to MeKinley Memorial. INDIANA'S SHARE IN IT Auxiliary Committee Has Issued an Appeal to the People of Indiana to l Well Their J'art. List oi tbe Members of Committee and Maimer of riaeiu? tbe People's Contributions. Indianapolis. Not. 11. The Indiana auxiliary comznitee of the MeKinley National Memorial association has issued the following appeal to the people of Indiana: The MeKinley Natiional Memorial Association ia organized under the laws of Ohio for the purpose of erecting and maintaining at Canton. Ohio, a suitable memorial to the late President MeKinley and raising the necessary funds fcr said purposes and after fully providing therefor, the surplus, if any, to be devoted to such memorial as may be provided for the late president at the national capitol. The Indiana auxiliary committee has been formed pursuant to the au thority of the MeKinley Memorial association, and the co-operation of all good patriotic citizens of the state is earnestly desired to the end that we may erect In memory of our martyred president a memorial which shall express in tbe fullest degree our love for our institutions and our appreciation of the great and noble qualities which were so emphasized in his life and work. We believe that all the people, irrespective of party or condition, desire to contribute something toward this great undertakingwhich, when completed, will be an honor to the country and to all of those who participated in it. The more patriotism we inspire in the breasts of our people, the better we are, and the stronger and better our country will be. Ve must teach obedience to law; that honorable and patriotic service in the interests of the people is no crime; and, that the observance of law and order is the highest proof of our civilization. The services of this committee are voluntary, and it desires to do its utmost to insure the success of the work at hand. It must rely upon the hearty and cordial co-operation of local committees in the counties, villages and cities of the state, and upon the newspapers of every locality, to promote the work. The co-operation of the mayors and officers of municipalities, postmasters, and the assistance of all religious, educational, industrial, civic, patriotic, fraternal, benevolent and other organizations is invited. The officers and employes of banks, mercantile, manufacturing and other enterprises, are desired to aid us. In Bhort, we appeal to every man, woman and child in the state to co-operate in an undertaking of far-reaching importance. All who participate will always have the satisfaction of having associated themselves with one of the grrat undertakings of the American people. The association will prepare and distribute to donors to the fund a souvenir certificate, which will be worthy of preservation as an evidence of the holder's participation in the work. The name and postofflce address of each contributor will be forwarded to treasurer of the association with the fund remitted, for preservation in the permanent archives of the association. We respectfully invoke a prompt and ready response from the people to this appeal, so that Indiana, always generous and patriotic, may take her rightful place in the work which is going forward m every 6tate and territory of the Union, and in foreign countries to suitably commemorate the life and achievements of the great American whose blood was shed by an enemy of the country and its institutions. Subscription blanks and all necessary information will fee furnished by Frank I- Jones, secretary. Room 29. State House, Indianapolis, or by the respective members of the Indiana auxiliary committee in the different congressional districts. Subscriptions should be remitted with the subscription blanks to the Union Trust Company, Treasurer. 118-120 K. Market SC. Indianapolis. Ind. Signed by the committee: Winfield T. D.'r'jin. President, Indianapolis; Addison C. Harris, acting president. Indianapolis; John H. Foster, Evansville: R. W. Miers. Bloomington; N. T. DePauw, New Albaay; Joseph I. Irwin, Columbus; W. R. McKeen. Terre Haute? Charles J. Major. Shelby vUle; A. C. Harris, Indianapolis; Frank L. Jones, secretary, Indianapolis; H. S. New, Indianapolis; S. E. Mores. Indianapolis; C. R. Williams. Indianapolis; F. L. Purdy. Indianapolis; Hugh Dougherty. Bluffton; EU Marvin. Frankfort; Fremont Goodwine. Williamsport; Quincy A. Myers. Logan 8 port; Win. T. Breen. Fort (Wayne; John B. Stoll. South Bead.

Not Dead Yet. The projects for incomi ng t ract ion lines are not yet dead after all. They are doing nothing here but are working elsewhere on the lines. The line between Knightstown and Greenfield, which is to be a part of our Icdianapolis line has been stopped on account of the steel strike, which prevents them from getting rails. Mr. Puis of the Eastern Indiana company was at Winchester Saturday and said

contractors were figuring on the line and that inside of a week he would have the matter closed up between Ridgeville and Marion.The lines east and north from thi- city are no longer mentioned by any one. PHILIPPINE News lurgents Defeated Suffering from Famine. ,f Manila, P. I., Nov. 11. Major William L. Petcher of the eighth infantry commanding the Mind&ro expedition reports that the garrison at Abra De Hoy was attacked yesterday by a force of insurgents under Lenoos, who attempted to repeat the Samar massacre, but the Americans though breakfasting were fully armed and completely routed the insurgents, who left five men dead on the field. Ooe American was seriously wounded. Capt. Noyes of the thirtieth infantry captured Deserter Richter of the sixth artillery in the uniform of an insurgent lieutenant. Major Petcher recently captured three officers and a large p&rt of an insurgent company all fully armed. Catbalogan, Samar, P. I., Nov. 11. Insurgent are flocking northward and suffering greatly from famine. Many isolated Bolomen have surrendered. Liubkin's proclamation threat ening those who surrender is the only thing preventing a general submission. It is expected this will be secured in a few days. fEOOLP. The Sad Fall of a Brilliant Young Man From Preble County. A dispatch from Augola, this state savs: "Angola has been all "torn up" the past few days over a scandal which involves Philip i.. ilolp, for two years pastor of the Congregational church in this town. About two weeks ago officials of the church commenced an investigation of certain ugly rumors, and they found proofs which promptad them to suspend him from the pulpit and at a subsequent meeting of the membership the suspension was ratified by unanimous vote. There are several charges against Mr. Holp, one being gross immorality. "He was notified of the meeting referred to, but instead of attending it he left town before it took place, and a letter received from him since indicates that he is not comiDg back. He has a wife and two children living here, Mr. Holp is a man of superb literary attainments, and is not only a pulpit orator of unusual power, but was popular on the lecture platform." "Ed"' Holp, as he was familiarly known by his friends and acquaintances, is a rative of Preble county, Ohio.having grown up at Euphemia. After acquiring a food common school education he took a course at Otterbeio University where he was very popular. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant and promising youtig men in the college. He entered the ministry andlecture field soon after leaving there and had a very promising future. It seems from reports that Holp has been livirg a double life for some time and that his fall from grace is complete. Honors to H. J. Hayward. At a meeting of the Chicago bar the following resolutions on tbe death of Henry J. Hayward were adopted: "Whereas, The bar of Chicago has lost by death one of its highly honored members in the death of Henry J. Hayward, and, "Whereas, We all honor the memory of his honorable life and conduct, both as a citizen and valued member of the legal bar, with respect and esteem, and recommend to all the emulation of his honesty and consistency, therefore, "Be it resolved. That we offer our tribute of friendship and praise for his consistent life as an exemplar of virtue and honesty, and, "Be it further resolved. That we extend to the afflicted faaaily our heartfelt sympathy in this hour of their sorrow commending to them the quiet dictum of the life of the dear one they mourn as an indication of submission to a will that is supreme to ours, " Judge Clifford, whose friendship for Mr. Hayward was of long standing, praised the life of the lawyer. A. Bierbower, who has been for a long time the intimate associate of Mr. Hayward, also paid tribute. Other members of the bar spoke feelingly of their former associate.

ROMANCE ENDED

THE STRANGE STORY OF D. S. DIBBLE. TL c . . 5 . I c.u.j The Estate IS A" eK,ca and the Money Has Been Given to the Wife He Had Neglected for 21 Years. One of the strange, happenings ever recorded in the history of filch - mond-it reads so much like a ro em plays go could be built upon it without the exercise of any v.ry extensive amount of imairination was completely settled up and ended Saiurday night. The fiual settlement the estate of the late D. S. Dibb was effected and the last money paid over to the rightful heirs. With much of the history of the matter our readers are already familiar; how that Mr. Dibble cam here, set up in the commission business: was a straight forward, honorable citizen, valued as a friend by all who knew him; a prominent and influential member of the Entre Nous club and also of the T. P. A.; finally died here with apparently no friends on earth beside those his upright methods had made for hime here. Then came the unfolding of the romance. Before his death be had never invited or allowed any inquiries into his family or friends in the past. The years gone by were to him as a sealed book and he never referred to them in any way. He was supposed to have no immediate family, and had said to Frank Chambers, who was his bookkeeper and confidential cierk.that if he had a relative on earth he did not know it. His sudden death left things in a very peculiar shape. There was a business so firmly established that it could almost run itself, with a man in charge capable of carrying it on, unlimited creait, and money in the bank, and no head to the business. Mr. Dibble was buried and then Mr. Chambers was left to wonder what to do with the property thus forced into his charge and finally sent the matter into court, and , under this d'rec.tioc the business was closed ud. Mean time the publicity given tbe affair in the papers bad started rascals to thinkincr and manv schpmM wprp tried, to get this estate of a dead man with no protection except that of honest men and the court. Letters began coming from every part of the union claiming relationship. Then there were other dishonest attempts.Three separate persons,oneof them in an adjacent state showed up with notes signed by Dibble for 3,000 with many years of' interest accrued, which were clear forgeries and proved so. One man came here who was a brother of Dibble and it took the strongest of court pursuasion to i convince him that he was not. He came here all ready to be appointed administrator. The matter was placed in the courts, however, by Mr. Chambers and thus protected by the strong arm of the law. Finally one day a man came into Mr. Chambers office and handed him a photograph, asking if he knew who that was. Mr. Chambers replied that it looked like some one he once knew. The man said, "Yes, it is D. S. Dibble; the picture was made many years ago though. " His name was H.J. Tibbetts, from RavenDa, Mich. He was a second cousin of Dibble s and I

had affidavits as to his name, his how gold is produced in the Black residence and business. Stranger j Hills. At- any rate and at the risk than all, he said Dibble had a wife ! of being prosy I will try and desand five children in New York. which j cribe what a novice saw and how it

information nearly knocked Mr. Chambers ofif his" chair. Mr. Tib betts had with him the affidavits of the wife and the children, with full power of attorney to represent them. Then the strange story ail came out. Twenty-three years ago Dibble was located in Ntw York and not doirg any good for himself or his family. He had a w.fe and four children. The fifth child was born two months after he left home and he never saw or knew of its existence. His brother, then living at Muskegan, Mich., wrote him to come west and try what he could do and he finally came, intending to send for his family if all went well. Things prospered with him, but he did not send for his family. Though their relations had been pleasant, he sent them little money, wrote them a few letters and then apparently forgot them. They seem to have kept track of him to some extent, however, and one of his daughters once visited him in Muskegan, but of late years they never corresponded, even.and he sent them nothing. The wife supported the family , taking in washings and doing other work until they were able to shift for themselves. The matters of the estate were thus placed in a shape for settlement. Mr. Tibbetts finally came here with relinquishments of all claims on the estate from all the children, who are all now over 21 years, giving it all to the mother. Mr. Tibbetts has been here three days. Saturday- night he

left for his home in Michigan and to dav started tor the east. He took with him a neat little roil of $5,500 in cash, the balance of the estate, which will place Mrs. Dibble in easy circumstances for the balance of her life.. She is probably about 55 years of age. Dibole was 56" at the time of his death, two years ago.

! Don't Want Bang Tails. J "Washington, D. C, Nov. 11. President Roosevelt is unable to find J a pair of horses to suit him. He will not consider baDg tails, no matter what other Qualifications thev mav have. Bank Dynamited. . Greensburg, Pa., Nov. ll. Burglars dynamited the Smithton Na-j-S tbUt 0S 1?. 1, f toiree .,000 csh in the V?16 buddm s Partly Jtijf j. h&f ' ' ' Eleven Hundred Feet How Gold Is Extracted from v the Bowels off the Black Hills. Correspondence Richmond Palladium: Lead, Sol i n Dak., Nov. 3. In a former letter I gave a short and hurried description of the Biactc Hills country as seen by a tenderfoot, and a month's stay in the hills has changed my ideas somewhat, and led me to beaeve that South Dakota at least is not responsible for all the bad weather she has been accused of brewing. Back in Indiana when a particular - bad piece of weather strikes us, a regular twister, it is the accepted idea that we are having a regular Dakota "blizzard, when as a matter of fact October, November and December are ideal Indian summer months in South Dakota, and the high altitude, nearly 6,000 feet, makes life a luxury. In the hill country little attention is paid to agriculture, though no better Irish potatoes are grown in the world than in any part of this state. Nothing is talked of here but mining and mining claims and the hotels are fall of eastern capitalists seeking investmers. . , . .- -- f.Tbe VfA-lr 101s air'XS'th ift the production ; of gold in the United States, its product for the vear 1900 i beinsr six million dollars. That this amount will be largely increased there can be no doubt. The Homestake company, which is the largest and best equipped in the world, has two new mills almost complete, each to contain 200 stamps, which will give them 1,500 stamps. Each stamp will reduce four tons of ore every twenty-four hours. Until recently for every ton of ore milled, one dollar's worth of gold escaped and was carried off in the refuse. The new cyanide process, however, saves all this and practically saves all the precious minerals, which means a large saving in cold and silver. The Black Hills ore is what is known as low grade ore, running from $2.50 to $20 per ton. The rock in which it is contained is of a reddish sand stone color, and with the improved method can be milled at a cost of $1.25 per ton, and from all ap-! pearances the ore is inexhaustible. The Homestead company employs ! 2.000 men and its pay roll is one hundred and fifty thousand dollars every month in the vear. 1 wonder if your readers would be interested in a short description of looked to one who had heard so much ' about such matters and found he I knew so little. Under the guidance and protection j of Mr. George Northam the company 's right hand man as guard, detective : and general purpose man, and his i deputy, Harry Tier, both being tvpi-' cal old time frontiersmen, gentlamen j in every sense and handy with a gun, i :,L - . , m t : ! witu a passion lruai.ur. i.j. uncr, the company's gentlemanly and courteous general manager, we started to do the mining act which proved exceedingly interesting from start to finish and ended in a gold brick scheme. Down in a not a coal but a gold mine we drop eleven hundred feet in an elevator shaft. The descent and ascent reminded me vividly of the old darkey's story at Vicksburg duriag the siege in "63. Our men had tunneled under one of the rebel forts and with several tons of powder blew it up. An old gray headed darkey chanced to be in the fort at the time of the explosion and was hoisted 40 or 50 feet in the air and came down in our lines without much injury to himself. When asked how it felt le Sii I, "I tells you marsa, 'hit seems like I -war nebber gwine ter quit going up, but I comes down powerful quick like." In this 1100-foot shaft there are three shifts, or what is known as the 1-6 and 1100 foot levels; from these three levels latteral tunnels or drifts

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i are iaiu auu s.mau nanu uump cars I are used to convey the ore to the j main shaft where it is hoisted by the 'elevator to the top level where on I other tracks it is conveyed to the mill where it is fed into "the stamps use corn m a nopper ana poundea into fine sand. A stream of water is constantly j passing through and over the quartz I as it is being pulverized, the sand j and water dropping into a box or j cattery of quicksilver, which holds ! and fastens tbe precious metal, the I St a 1 and d rt passing off down a j sharp itclice or apron. Every ten days there is a "cleanup " The s quicksilver in the battery which has ' krathered the gold is taken out by I haod. the mass is squeezed into balls, squeezing out all tbe quicksilver pos sibie. Ibese balls are placed in irou kettles and hauled to the assay office a few hundred yards away, carefully guarded by Mr. Northam with his Winchester repeating rifle. Here it is carefuly weighed and placed in retorts or long iron pots and subjected to an intense heat in a furnace for several hours, the intense heat meltj ing t he metal and reducing the quickj silver to a vapor. The vapor passes off through tubes into water where it changes into its original form and is ready fcr use agair. When sufficiently cooked the fires are shut off, the pots taken out and the contents p u -ed out on theheavy iron floor and with hammers and chisels broken into small pieces the size of an egg and smaller. These pieces are again placed in long iron pots and placed in another furnace, and again subjected to an hour's cooking that is made intensely hot by coke and coal The iron lids of the pots are lifted off from time to time by the foreman, and when in the proper condition the pots are lifted out by a rope and pully, and with a long pair of tongs which fit around the pots of gold the molten mass is poured into a heavy iron mold about 5x12, and here's your gold brbk worth a king's ransom. The beautiful ribbon of gold as it is poured into the molds is a sight worth a trip across the continent to see. It assumes all the colors of the rainbow painted in its grandest hues, and words fail to describe its wonderous beauty. Pour bricks was the result of the ten days rojnd-up, and the average of each was 1,900 ounces or thirty thousand and four hundred dolars per brick, one hundred and twentyom thou-nd dov-r tor th tea days' 4 clean up, or three hundred a'nd sixty J thousand dollars lor trie month. Every thirty days these bricks a"e shipped to New York. It is not at all strange that the company employs a couple of keen eyed, fearless men to keep watch and ward over the product of the mills from the time the ore is taken from the quicksilver battery. A lump the size of a base ball, 70 per cent, pure gold, would be a pretty good pocket piece to cirry away by one of the many who handle it, and a chunk half tbat size after it has passed through the retort and has been chopped up into pieces for the smelter would still be worth looking after and quite i&si'y secreted. Deadwood and the many near by mining camps have had a history as wild as the wildest, and its murders and killings have for the past twentyfive years been fast and furious. The Peteche mine near Central City and about a mile from Deadwood was one of the first mines worked by drilling into the hills and was supposed to be very rich, which soon caused a deadly strife as to the ownership and resulted in the death of five men who were shot from ambush while attempting to work the mice, and strange to say not a dollar has ever been taken out of the mine and it has been wholly abandoned. Harry Tier, who has been mentioned, bas a history of his own which he has gathered in every land, an assorted lot of romantic adventures that would fill a good sized book. He was the guard on the old Deadwood stage that took the first shipment of gold out of the Black Hills, His run was eighty miles to where driver and guard were changed. The route was through a rough and wild country. Jtst before the stage got to the end of his route he noticed a man's head peering out from behind a large boulder near the side of the road; and he at once got the drop on him with his double-barreled gun loaded with buckshot, and held it till the stage passed out of danger. At the end of his trip be told the new driver and guard what he had seen and that he was sure it meant a hold up. H arry said the new driver and guard did not seem to thank him for any information and gave him to understand they were on to their job. From where the man behind a boulder was seen the stage road made a long detour of some fifteen miles, but it was only five miles across for men afoot or on horseback, and sure enough the stage was halted and the guard ordered to throw down his gun and ''hand up." Failing to do so promptly he was shot and fell from the seat. ' The driver was ord. red to throw out the box of gold, which he did without the second invitation, and was then ordered to move on, which order he also willingly obeyed. L.

E Marks the Meetings of the Filipino Federalists At Manila. A PUEL IS moroSED Senor P.nencainino Want t Fiarht Seuor Velasco Hut the Challenge Was Kefused. Gen. Smith Is Going After tho tSamar Iusursrents In a Way to Do Things. Manila, Nov. 11. The federal convention continues its meetings, but tbeee are as a rule of a turbulent character and very little is aceomplishedPersonal bickerings prevent harmony. Senor Buencamino challenged Senor Velasco to a duel, but the latter refused to fight on account of the age of the challenger. Many provincial delegates have already left in disgust. St nor Sabella Reyes wanted to enter i'1-on the minutes of the convention ac expression of the regret felt by the delegates at the lack of Interest displayed in the work of political organization. Thrice Senor Buencamino left tLe room, saying he would never return. In each instance he yielded to the persuasion of his friends tbat be should go back, and finally be formally tendered his resignation, but only to put in an appearance again at the evening session. The question of theft iars bas been occupying the tlmeof the convention. Intense antipathy is shown toward them, and the sense-. of the convention was practically unanimous that they must so. According to advices from CatbaIogan, capital of the island of Samara, l.ukban. the Insurgent leader has sent a message to General Smith declaring tbat he will not listen to negotiations for surrender until all tbe Americans have withdrawn from the Gandara valley. General Smith has ordered every American Boldier tn the island ot Samar and the island of Leyte never to be without arms, even at mealtime. He is determined that there shall be. no mure surprises, and commanding officers' will be held re sponsible General Smith also directs &it acoU5)iistti,LUflue incessant ly nd thkt ail vice anl hemp capture most b destroyed. !e considers ther y a question of capture or l.ukban or a very short time. Kvitlrnoe Accumulates. Manila, llov. 11. Incriminating evidence is accumulating against Gibson F.eston, the representative of two of the largest firms in Manila, who was recently expelled from Samar ca a charge of dealing with tbe insurgents, and he will, probably be arrested and trifed. Lukban s commissary general. . vho was recently captured, saya tht -both concerns had an agreement with Lukban to t'uinish 500 sacks o:" ri?e euch year, lie has given the da .ca f 1he delivery to men now m Cebu. The authorities have not yet decided as to the extent of the liabilities of tba fir irs. Foot Ball. The game of foot ball Saturdaywas changed from Reid Field to Highland park, which probably cut the attendance some. The latter wast light, just about payinif expenses. The Business College team were heavier than the New Castleteam by abo;t ten pounds per mar, and the latter were not ;.n it at anytime. The backs and ender for ther former did good work by the support that was given. The score was 12' to 0 for the Business College team. When time was called on the last half the ball was within three feet of thegoal, which would have made another touch down for the Business College -team. The Iodianapolis Journal,, speaking of the game heads the account "Advantages of a businesstraining." Willard Carr, son of J. A. Carr, is at Exeter and Spalding's foot ball guide contains his portrait in lh Exeter team. Saturday his teai played Andover, and in the eveningMr. Carr received a telegram from Willard reading. "Glory hallelujah!. Exeter has won. " Bank Robbed. Springfield, 111., November 11. The bank at Chatham was robbecT by burglars early this morning t f 1,500 cash. They escaped on a Laid - car. Congressman Caldwell is a. roost exclusive owner of the bank. Another Fire at Logan sports Lobars sport, Ind., Not. 11. TVwhole city was threatened by fire iaonight which destroyed the Lovu flour mills and the Presbyterrso church. The loss on the church i. $35,000, insurance $10,000, on thtj. mill is $25,000, insurance $15,000; LATEST QrOTaTIOX&. Chicago, 111., Not. 11. Waewr 72i. Corn, 591 . Oats, 39. Toledo, O., Not. 11. Wheat, 1

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