Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 October 1896 — Page 2

DEATH OF AN AUTHOR

0EOBOIS DC MAURIER WHO WROTE "TBttBX."

(fetal Affliction Came With His Prosperity—Hla Career and Work.

London, Oct. "8.—George Du Maurier, the artist-novelist, author of "Trtlby,"' died at 2:30 o'clock this morning. His end was painless and he passed away surrounded by friends.

The illneis of Mr. Du Maurier was pathetic in the extreme. For days he has been hovering between life and death, at totefvals conversing with bis friends regarding his work. Upon one occasion a friend at the dying man's bedside referred tb the success of "Trilby" as a book and as a play, whereupon Du Maurier replied: "^es it has been successful, but the popularity has killed me at last."

One of Du Maurier's friends, who Was present at his death, said: "He died almost as tragically as Svengali. At the son* ith of 'Trilby's' fame Svengali became a victim of an affection of the heart, and Du Maurier has gone the Bartie way. At the height of his popularity the author has succumbed to the heart trouble from which he always suffered, his suffering being accentuated by the constant succession of excitiDg incidents in which the closing few months of his life were spent. Checks rained in upon him as his old heart trouble increased. This, complicated by tin affection of the lungs, took him off."

DU MAURIER'S LIFE AND WORK.

An Interesting Account oi Bis Career Given By Hlmmlf. One Of the most Interesting and accurate accounts of Du Maurier's career is given in an article written by Robert H. Sherard, *nd published in McClure's Magazine, shortly after "Trilby" had become such a,sensation. In part, it is as follows:

As one enters the house (Du Maurier's) he notices on the wall to the left, just after the threshold is crossed, the original of one of Du Maurier's drawings in "Punch," a drawing concerning two "millionairesses," with the text written beneath the picture in careful, almost lithograhplc penmanship. "That was where I received my training in literature," said Du Maurier, "so Anstey pointed out to me the other day, jyhen I told him how surprised I was at the success of my books, considering that I had never written before. 'Never written!' he cried out. 'Why, my dear Du Maurier, you have been writing all your life, and the best of writing practice at that. Those little dialogues of yours, which week after Week you have fitted to your drawings in Punch, have prepared you admirably. It was precise writing, and gave you consiceness and repartee and appositeness, and the best qualities of the writer of fiction.' 'And," added Du Maurier, "I believe Anstey was quite right, now that I come to think of it."

well liked of the great king. The Aubreys and the Bussons married and intermarried, and I can not quite say, without referring to family papers—at present at my bank—

"My father was a small rentier, whose

Kh Ta,n'

of mine, and invar ?bly discouraged it. A Ulusical Family.

of omnibuses. But m* father always discouraged me. I remember one night we were crossing Smithfield market together, and I was talking to my father about music. 'I am sure that I cauld become a singer,' I said, 'and, if yoti like, I will prove it to you. I have my tuning fork in my pocket. Shall I shbw you my A?' 'Yes,' said my father 'I should like to hear your idea of an A.' So I sang the note. My father laughed. 'Do you call that an A? Let me show you how to sing it.' And then and there rang out a note of music, low and sweet at the outset and swelling as it went, until it seemed to fill all Smithfield with divine melody. I can never forget that scene, never the dark night, the lonely place, and that wave of the sweetest sound that my ears have ever heard. "I remained at the Birkbeck Laboratory for two years, that is to say, till 1854, when my father, who was still convinced that I had a great future before me in the pursuit of science, set me up on my account in a chemical laboratory in Bard's Yard, Bucklersbury, in the city. "My poor father died In 1856, and at the age of 22 I returned to Paris and went to live with my mother in the Rue ParadisePoissonniere. We were very poor, and very dull and dismal it was. However, it was not long before I entered* upon what was the best time of my life. That is when, having decided to follow art as a profession, I entered Gleyre's studio to study drawing and painting. Those were my joyous Quartier Latin days, spent in the charming so* ciety of Poynter, Whistler, Armstrong, Lamont and others. I have described Gleyre's studio in 'Trilby.' For Gleyre I had a great admiration, and at that time thought his 'Illusions PeVdUes' a Veritable masterpiece, though I hardly think sO now. "My happy Quartier Latin life lasted only one year, fOr in 1857 we went to Antwerp, and here I worked to the Antwerp Acade-

It was here that I first saw Du Maurier, a quiet man of no great sature, who at the first sight of him impresses one as a man who has suffered greatly, haunted by some evil dream or some disturbing apprehension. His welcome is gentle and kindly, but he does not smile, even when he is saying a clever and smile-provoking thing. He said: "My full name is George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier, but We were of very small nobility. My name Palmella was given to me in remembrance of the great friendship between my father's sister and the Duchess ofPalmella, who was the wife of the Portugese ambassador to France. Our real family name is Busson the 'Du Maurier' comes from the Chateau le Maurier, built some time in the fifteenth century, and still standing in the Anjou or Maine, but a brewery today. It belonged to our cousins, the Aubreys, and in the seventeenth century it was the Aubreys who wore the my under De Keyser and Van Lerius. And title of Du Maurier ahd an Aubrey Du it Was on a day in Van Lerius' studio that Maurier who distinguished himself in that the great tragedy of my life occurred." century was Louis, of that name, Who was The voice Of Du Maurier, who till theft French ambassador to Holland, and was had been chatting with animation, Budden-

ly fell, and over the face came an indefinable expression Of mingled terror and anger and sorrow. "I was drawing from a model, when sud-

when the Bussohs assumed the territorial denly the girl's head seemed to me to dwin-1

Maurier, and his name is always followed, taken? I could see as well as ever. But L{

papew which refer to him, by the when in turn I covered my right eye, I gjant

income was derived from our glass works defstruclt.' Seeing my dismay, Van Lei-iua in Anjou. He was born in England, for -anle

out, and they returned to France in 1816. 1

was married to my father at the British

Champs Elysees. It bore the number SO.

It *as afterwards sold by my father, and

has since been pulled down. I often look at the Bpot when I am in Paris and am

walking down the Champs Elvsees, and what I most regret at such times are the pine trees which in my childhood used to be there—very different from the miserable stumpy avenue of toijay. It is a disillusion which comes upon me With equal force at each new visit, for I remember the trees, and the trees only. Indeed, I on'v lived in

the house of my birth for two vears. for in I

My grandmother was a bourgeoise. Her {0USiy consulted that same day comforted name was Bruaire, and she descended from me

Jean Bart ,the admiral. My grandfather

I.h?eed'

WhMSt hC WaS

in England he had mainly to depend on the

liberality of the British government, which allowed a pension of £20 a year for each member of his family. He died in the post of school master at TourS.

Hi» rhiidhnod rt.ui Vontb.

"My mother was an Englishwoman, and

eotlt

1S36 my parents removed to Belgium, and \that

here I remember with peculiar vividness a

Belgian man servant of ours called Francis. "We stayed three years in Belgium, and when I was 5 years old I went with fay parents to London, where father took a house—the house which a year later was taken by Charles Dickens, Devonshire Terrace, Marleybone road. We only staid a year in Devonshire Terrace, for my father grew very poor. He was a man of scientific tastes, and lost his money in inventions which never came to anything. So we had to wander forth again, and this time we went to* Boulogne, and there we lived in a beautiful house at the top of the Grande Rue. I had sunny hours there, and was very happy. It is a part.of my life which I shall describe in one of my books. Much of my childhood is related in 'Peter Ibbet»on.' My favorite book was the 'Swiss Family Robinson,' and next, 'Robinson Crusoe.' I used to devour these books. "I was a late speak r. My parents must have thought me dumb. And one day I surprised them all by coming out with a long sentence. It was 'Papa est alle chea le boucher pour scheter de la viande pour maman.' and so astonished everybody. We used to speak both French and English at home, and I was brought up in both languages. "From Belgium we went to Paris, to live in an apartment on the first floor of the

Slala sSfil

Souse NoTlfiS fill the Champ-Elysfces. Hie Ibeen my feat about my eyW. Aptit .WfBl hou»e still fttaads, but the grohad floof nbW that I have been very happy." is a cafe, and the first floor is part of ft. j' As Du Maurier was speaking, his I feel sorry when I look up at the windows' son, Charles, 'i. tall* handsome yOtith of from Which my dear tfaother's face used to distinguished manners, entered the room, watch for my return from school, and see' "Ah, that is, the 'Mummer, as we call waiters bustling about and my home in- him," said Du Maurier. Charles is playing vaded. I weattojfcchocl at the age of 13,' 'Money' at the Garrick, and doing well. in the Pension. Frotuaardj^n the Avenue He draws £3 a week, and that more than du Bois de Boulogne. It was kept by a man my eldest son. Who is in the ifiUjTi ill eamoalled Fnrassard,' a splendid fellow, whom, tegI admired immensely and remember with "Most of the jokes in Punch are my own, affection and gratttud&~' but a good Many are Sent to tile, Which "Yes, I am ashatned to 6jjt that I did hot twist and tufh into form. But PoStledistinguish myself at school, shall write thwaite, Bunthorne, Mrs. PosOhby 'Tommy school life in a new novel, 'The Mar- kinfe, Sir Geofglass Midas a'fid the othef tianis.' At the age at I we&t ap for my' characters associated ate bachot, my baccalaureate degree, at the all Otf tsvrb creations." t'iL'vtfci Sorbonn^ and was plucked for my written h« Story of "Trilby." Latin version. "Then, going on to speak of his literary. "When 1 was quite a bdy 1 Was enthusi- work, Du Maurier said: "Nobody more astie about BJton, and Used to read out than myself was surprised at the great sue'The Giaour' ahd 'Don Juan* to my mother cess of my novels. I never expected anyfor hours together. I knew the shipwreck thing of the sort. I did not know that I Scene in 'Don Juan* by heart and recited could write, had no idea that I had it again and again aBfl though my admira- any experience worth recording. The cirtion for Byron has passed, I still greatly cumstances under 'which I came to write delight in that magniflc:nt passage. I can Were curious. 1 Was walking one evening recite every word of it even now. Then with Henry James up and down High street came Shelley, for Whom my lovfe has lasted,! in Bayswater. I had made James' ac« and then Tennyson, for Whom my admira- quaintance much in the same Way as I have tion has never wavered, and will last all my

Clement Scott, a most gifted pianist), and me and

then myself. I w3s at that time crazy about X^er^

music, and used to practice my voice wher- haDter'nf p-fn

ever and whenever I could, even on the tops

title Gefttilhomme verrier—'gentleman lear&ed what had happened. My left eye •*-..«. t._ „n t* glass blower.'

It was so SU(

imied:

embassy in Paris, and I was born in Paris "That was the most, tragic event of my on March 6, 1S34, in a little house in the

might be altogether lost.

jden a blow that I Was thun-

his fathor had fled to England to escape matter, and when I told him, he sAid that the guillotine when the revolution broke

a'nd asked me what might be the'

^as hothlUg that he had had that him-

nd so on. And a doctor whom I anx-

and said that the

ing one

ing

accident was a pass

However, my eye grew worse and

worse, and the fear of total blindness beset

constantly." It was with a movement akin to a shudder that Du "Maurier spoke these words, and my mind went back to what I had heard from the girl preacher as I crossed

the heathj as in

w|tIl the

iie ame "low tones, and

same indefinable expression, he

has poisoned all my existence."

Du Mauripr as

tronbliKg obses

though to shake off a

sion. rose from his c-'

and walked about the room, cigarette in hand "In the spring of 1859 we heard of a great specialist who lived in Dusseldorf, and we went to sec him. He examined my eyes, and he said that though the left eye'was certainly lost, I had no reason to fear losing the other, but that. I must be very careful.

and not dnnk

brpr*

on"

as very

rooms lh

.com'ort*

1 was not

to know

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quite shaken off the terror of that apprehension. itirtklng °wn Way. "In the following year I felt that the time had come for me to earn my own living, and so ono day 1 asked my mother to give me £10 to enable me to go to Loudon, and told her that I should never ask her for any more money. She did not want me to go, and a3 to nevef asking for money, she begged me hot to make any such resolution. Poor woman, she would have given me her last penny. But it happened that I never-had occasion to ask her assistance on the contrary, the time came when I was able to add to he copiforts of her existence. "My first lodging in London was In Newman street, where I shared rooms with Whistler, the actor. I afterward moVed to

Earl Terrace, in the house where

Walter Patlr died. I began contributing to Once a Week land to Punch very soon after my arrival in London, and shockingly bad were my drawings at that time. My first drawing in Punch appeared In June, 1S60. and reprcsrhfe't Whitt'er and myself gOing into a photographer's studio. The photographer Is very angry with us for smoking and says that his is not an ordinary studio, where one smokes and is disorderly. "My life was a very prosperous-one from the outset in London. I was married in 1S63, and my wife and I never once knew financial troubles. My only trouble has

made yours. James said that he had great

life, though now I qualify him with Brown- difficulty in finding plots for his stories, ing. Swinburne was a revelation to me. 'Plots!' I exclaimed. *1 am full of plots When his 'Poems and BallaJB' appeared, I ahd then I went on to tell him the plot of Was literally frantic about him, but that has 'Trilby.' 'But you ought to write that worn off. Story,' cried James. 'I can't write,' said. "My father, then, never reproached mej'I have never written. If you like the plot for my failure in the bachot examination, 6o much, you may take it." But James indeed, never once al'uded to it. He had Would not take it. He said it was too valmade up his mind that I was intended for I uable a present, and that I must write the story myself. ''Well, on reaching home that night, I set to work, and by the next morning I had written the first two numbers of 'Peter lb-

a scientist, and determined to make me one. So he put me as a pupil at the Birkbeck Chemical Laboratory of University College, where I studied chemistry under

Dr. Williamsoh. My ambition at that time: betson.' It seemed all to flow from pen, was to go in for music and singing, but my without effort, in a full stream. But I father objected very strongly to this wish thought it must be poor stuff, and I detefr mined to look for an omen to learn whether any success would attend this new de"We were all musical in our family my i!!out into the garden, father, my sister (the sister who married tS,

CONNECTICUT GOLD MEti.

In the course bf K1S speech, alluding to the Democratic national convention of last July, Mr. Waller said: "I take pleasure in 'rfcportlhg that all the members of the delegation of Which I was the chairmah Were as earnestly opposed as I was to the socialism, the Populism, the trampish, the Tillmanism and the 1G to 1-ism bf the Chicago platform, thoUgh one or two of them, who haVe sincg their return been 'lost, strayed or Stolen,' were not quite so intense. "1 am," Mr. Waller added, "for the defeat, of the Chicago usurpers alid their populist allies, first of all, by somebody sure, by National Democrats under the blue and gt%y and the leadership of Palmer and Buckner, men we reverence and honor, if It can be done: if not, by national patriots from whatever party they come or whatever banner the? bear, if it is not red. and has not upon it th4 16 to 1 hieroglyphic, not the faces of either Altgeld or Tillman. This Is not an ordinary political contest in which we are enlisted and in which the laws of party discipline prevail. It is a sectional socialistic warfare, In which every man must do what his conscience dictates Is best for the good of his country and his party, too, with respect, but without regard to what others do.'"

At the conclusion of Mr. Waller's address the report of the coniniittee on platform was submitted and' adopted. "The platform reaffirms the declaration of the convention held on June 10 of this year, and on the currency question, «ayS: "While we favor the most liberal use of silver consistent with the enforcement of a gold standard, we are unalterably opposed to the free coinage of silver, deeming it adevice for the debasement of dut rutreiffi and the compulswy purchase of silver by th government. Under existing circumstances t3 pay pubiic debts in silver coin is repudiation: to pay private debts in the same coin is t'tl rob the wage-earner, and to provide for thrf free coinage of silver means the destruction of legitimate business and great suffering among tile laboring classes. "We believe the safety of ouf national finances requites a system of sound bankiapf by which a bank note curredey ample tfl supply the needs of the whole country pha!) he iroated. safely secured and always" uUfl everywhere redeemable in gold/'

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1896.

SaW was a

comoforted

y°U

WlU

re"

eelb®rl"ow

the first

Ibbetson-'

Some time later I was dining with Os-

good, and he said: 'I hear, Du Maurier, that yau are writing stories,' and asked me to let him see something. So 'Peter Ibbetson' was sent over to America and was accepted at once. Theh 'Trilby' followed, and the 'boom' came, a 'boom' which surprised me immensely, for I never took myself au serieux as a novelist. Indeed, this 'boom' rather distresses me when I reflect that Thackeray never had a 'boom.' And I hold that 'boom' means nothing as a sign of literary excellence—nothing but mohey."

His Method or Cotnp6*Ul»ii. Du Maurier writes at irregular intervals, and in such moments as he can snatch from his "Punch" work. "For," he says, "I am taking more pains than ever over my drawing." And so saying he fetched an album, in which he showed me the elabbrate preparation, in the way of studies and sketches, for a cartoon which was to appear in a week or two in his paper. One figure, from a female model, had been drawn Several times. ?.There was here the Infinite capacity for taking-pains. "I usually write on the top. of-'the piano, standing, and I never look at my manuscript as I write, partly to spare any .eyes, and partly because the Writing seems literally to flow from pen. My best time is just after lunch. My writing is frequently interrupted, and I walk about the studio and smoke, and then back to the manuscript once morei Afterward, I revise, very carefully now, for I am taking great pains with my new baok. 'The Martians' is to be a very long book^ and I can not say when It will be finished.

Du Maurier speaks willingly and enthusiastically about literature. He Is an ardent admirer of Stevenson, and

name of Du Maurier, but ray grandfather die to the Size of a walnut. I clapped my igates of a new career. He reminds one as -^country to pursue, is it necessary to comname was Robert Mathurin Busson Du hand over my left eye. Had I been mis-1

a very tt

quoted with I is

FOR THE ARMENIANS

RBSOitTT

rker, whose name is Emile Zola. jin order to carry this one single hobby to

But he is altogether original and him-.jisuccess? It requires an Immense a&iount self, a strong and strik'ng Individuality, a of propping up to keep this tottering supman altogether deserving of his past 2nd erstructure of political fanaticism frofh gopresent gcod fortune. ing to pieces, propping material, WitbOtit

Their State Convention Today— El-Gov ernor Waller's Sppech. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 8.—There were about 50(1 delegates to the National Democratic go'd standard ^state convention here today .when the call to order was sounded by William JMllls of New Haven, a former member of the state central Committee, but who resigned at the New Haven convention. Mr. Mills in* traduced ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller a? temporary chairmati. The appearance of Mr. Waller was the signal for long continued applause, and his remarks elicited cheers.

The. convention placcd In nomination presidential electors and a full state ticket, and also indorsed the nominees for congress, stat senators and Judge Of probate selected bv the several caucu&ses. The State ticket 1£ as follows: "For governor, Joel A. Sperry lieutenant governor, William Waldo Hyde: secretary of •taW Judge WUliam B#lch*f: -stM® treasurer

George H. Hoyt comptroller, Hobart Curtis.

tOIfS Si THB AMERICAS

I BOABO tMT HlSliONli I Committee Appointed to Aoqwalnt the freildent of the u&lted States With tiU Board's Action,

Toledo, O., Oct 8.—This was a field day i& the cOflvefctibn of foreign missions. At tMe fofehoon Session President Ahgell of the University of Michigan read the two Bete of reeolutlOns^Ofi the Amebian question, The first set commend* the steadfastness, Courage and faith of the American missionaries in Turkey aad pledges the board to stand by them in maintaining their work.

The second set recitcs, in five preambles, that American citizens have with the full consent of the Turkish government, established Bch&ols, colleges ahd hospitals, Bet up presses and published books, provided for the relief of the needy and instruction of the ignorant, bringing to the Turkish provinces the blessings of christian civilization that under the treaty of 1830 as construed by both governments for sixty years American citizens in Turkey have the right not to be "in any Way vexed or 'molested" or "disturbed in their affairs," and when accused of offenses to "be tried by their minister or consul that in violation of these rights nearly |2&0,000 of property belonging to American citizens in Turkey has been destroyed, their houses bUfhed, themselves attacked ahd imprisoned, and ih some cases dmeti from their homes that thiB government has demanded redress of these injuries and punishment of the offenders, but has obtained neither, and that these violations c»f treaty rights indicate a purpose t6 destroy the whole fabric of christian civilization which has been erected with so much toil, sacrifice and cost.

Resolutions were adopted urging the president of the United States to insist Upon the issue by the Turkish government at the proper "exequateur" that our consuls may Securely occupy under the flag of our country the posts .which our government assigns to them, and in the interests of justice and in accordance with treaty rights admlhiBtet1 With authority the duties of the office. It was reBolved that a committee of three be appointed by the president of the board to present the resolutions to the president Of the United gtato's.

The commltteee oil nominations reported the following officers for re-elections President—Richard S. Storrs, D. D., L. L. D.

Vice President—E. W. Blatchford. TOsq. Members of the Prudential Committee for Three Years—G. Henry Whitcomb, Esq., James G. Vose, D. D., Hon. Henry D. Hyde Hon. J. M. W. HaH. for two years, in place of Nehefnlah Boynton. D. D., teslgnedi William H. Davis, D. D.

Secretaries for Correspondence—Judsori Smith, D. D., Charles H. Daniels, D. D., James L. Bartdfi, D. D.

Editorial Secretary—E E- Strong, D. D. Recording Secretary—Henry A. Stimson, D. D.

Assistant Recording Secretary—Edward N. Packard, I. D. Treasurefi-Fftnk H. WlTgin.

Auditors-^Saiftael-Jfthhson, B. H. Baker and E. R. Brown.

GOOD NEWS FflOM MISSOURI*

Letter Received by J. M. Norrls of This City From a. W. Arnold of Springfield*.^ A letter has just been received from George W. Arnold, quartermaster of Captain John Matthews Post, No. 69, Missouri department of the 0. A. R., with headquarters at Springfield, Mo., by J. M. Nor-'

gusto the passage in "Kidhaped," where jani reads in part as follows: the scene between David Balfour and Cluny "Your words of good cheer from Hoosleris described. "One would'have to look at'dom, my hative itate, were truly exhileratone's guests," he said, "before inviting ing and caused good here in emphasizing them, if not precisely satisfied with one's the march of Comrade McKinley under the hospitality, to step otitsfde and take their banner of protection, reciprocity, sound measure. Imagine me proposing such an money and loyalty to everything Bavoring arrangement to a giafit like Val Prinsep." of truly American principles, to a most cer-

The day on which he is able to devote! tain and glorious victory. How it is that the most time to writing is Thursday, the honest yeomanry of this great free and "C'est mon grand jour." On Wednesdays ^enlightened nation cannot discern, in even he is engaged with a model a female *a casual glance at the political horizon, the model comes every Friday. It is cbafae- great lack of merit there is in a tenet bf teristic of the man that he should wetk ^faith in the salutary effect's of free and iinwith such renewed application at his '-did

craft, in spite of the fact that circum- -Jto 1 is somewhat a mystery to me. Why!

anees have thrown wide open to him 4he r-lf It is a sound and logical course for this

physique, and in certain manifestations 'bine every paltry political organization that

Vegard to soundness of intrihsid ValH8 being

muchly in demand. The Popotifats here seem much less sanguine of Vlttttil-y thafi they were a month ago, middle-of-the-road Populists are feeling chilly, sound money Democrats are becoming Active and with

the vigorous campaign now being made by

the Republicans I feel Confident of the sue-j

be successfully treated."

A LETTER FROM M'KINL§Y.

Read at th* Republican Tjrftgne at Syracuse, N. V.—(lther Tetters. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 8.—The State League of Republican Clubs of New ork begaii its annual meeting today in this city. George Green presided.

Letters at regret were read from ex-Gov-ermsr McKinley, National Chairman M. A. Han^la, ex-Presideht Harrison, Speaker Reedi Senators Allison, arid Qiiay and Sena^ tor T. C. Piatt. Mr. McKinley wrote: "The fact that circumstances constrain me to adhere to the rule I iaid down at the opening of the cdinpalgii to remain at my home, will, I ath sure, be taken as sufficient explanation Why I cannot accept the invitatiom Biit I avail myself of the opportunity to moke acknowledgment of my deep appreciation of tfite loyal, enthusiastic and effective service of the league in the Republican cause. Your convention will meet Within a mortth of otic ol? the most ifnpof-: taht elections our country has ever held, and I am confident that the result In the Empire State Will be greatly prorated by the thorough and Unselfish work of the great volunteer army of the Republican party enrolled under the banner of the league."

Mr. Platf, In hife letter, takes issue With the proposition of Sehator Hill and other of the gold standard Democrats, that the campaign be fought on state questions. The real issue, he said, Is that of national honesty, of a currency that represented actual value.

CASTLES ACCUSED OF STEALING

their Arrest la London Causes Grrat Snrpfl*n ht Kr:«nel*ricl. S'ew York, Oct. S.—A cable dispatch from Lotldon says: Thefe is an air of-eobslderab'e irtysery about the easts of Waiter Mlthau?! Oftstlc, the American Ixlofchant. Ella Castle, !ii« Wife, and Fred Castle, his lO^yeir-dld sofa, who were arrested yesterday at the Hotel "oCll and were eharged With stealing "feveral "able and chinchilla skins, worth £21 from three firms. The police coafesa themselves

tb be much I»ttzsl*i by the cftrt. The evidence against the prison*** seems to be can lined to the fact that tB*y had f&ttred t! shops making the complaint, and aftor cxamUU&g the fUrs left Without buylhg any. The furriers Alsted the goods liamfediateb aftdrvart, attd notified the poflea. The latter claim that they found the missing tcrv. together with much yewelry, and some

this city, which contains good news

Jlimited

coinage of silver at the ratio of IB

eryous temperament, of another 'are opposites in all other political doctrines

ci:

hand-painted china in tfi« cattle*' trusts »•, the Hotel Cecil. Mrs. Castle is claimed have said when she waa ta&pn into custody "My God, we bought most of the things in Geneva, and oae skin ire bought from a twin the Btreet."

A dispatch froa Baa Ffanelseo say*: The Hews of Walter CasUaJs arrest was received by merchants and prominent men hero aimbst with horrof, aad visitor* from ail aroifte city floeftea to caatle Bros.' stew and offered every kind7of assistance. Albert act] Arthur Castle received a cablegram froti Michael Abrahams, an attorney, and relattv of the Castles, advising them td get all the aid from the stats department* and to send on proofs of the honesty and Integrity of Walter. The fashlt was that cablegrams Were being sent to Loadon all day ions- The 1 •jading English houses Were all cabled by thr-lr representatives to do everything possible for Walt6f Castle and secure his release.

Sir William Lane fiooker, formerly firnisfi consul at this place, and afterward at New York, is now ia this city on a visit* He if Well acquainted with the CaStle family, and has known Walter since the lattef's beyhood. He sent a long cablegram to London. The United States-Chamber of Commerce also cabled Minister Bayard in Castle's behalf. The firm of Chalmers, fiuthfle ft db.. feoffee importers, of London, Cabled the castle brothers here that everything possible was t-eliig done for Mr. and Mrs. Castle. One of ihr most important cablegrams sent was that of Qdvernoi* Budd td the American embassy at London. United States Minister Bayard and Patrick Collins, United States consul genera! at Lotlddfa, ana reads as follows: "1 vb'jch for the respectability and high standing of Walter Castle a&d family, citizens of this State, and arrested in London, and request your best offices in thelf behalf."

No news has yet been received ftttm the Castles tliemselves By their relatives regarding their arrest.

Meitsag64 to the Department, Wasblngtdti, D. C., Oct. 6.—The knowledge that the state department has of the arrest in London on Tuesday of Walter M. Castle, the San Francisco merchant, and his wife, Is confined entirely to the statements contained Ifl the telegrams from his friends, for although Ambassador Bayard, has been instructed to look Into the matter, he has not yet reported. Meanwhile telegrams Continue to pour Into the state department from Mr. Castle's friends, some coUChed lh stlch Intemperate language as te suggest a misconception by the senders of ftrltish lesral procedure. tor the offeftsf's of th* Amerlciti etiibasay can hot rtttsnd further than to insure a fair triU for the prisoners. Who can not clHltn

r-v^mption not accorded te a Briton in a Crlmihal proceeding.

THE CAMPAIGN'S PROGRESS,

The SleKtnlejr Stdttmekl lh Chicago Yvry Htrong. Spenlal to the Indianapolis News*

Chicago, Oct. 8i—'The Chicago Record's test vbte by postal cards has up to this time shown McKinley leading by a vote of 4 to 1. Yesterday the local free silver committee of Cook county Issued ah official warning to silver men not to participate in the balloting. Just why is hot clear unless they fear thejf-estilt of publishing tif the World the overwhelming Sehtlment in Cocik county for McKinley,- whieh the vote would certainly disclose. The fairness of the plan of voting had been comtnehded by men of all partl6!s Up to the time that the silver men discovered It might Show their weakness. If all. surface indicationH In Cook county are not deceptive, the majority for McKinley Will be Something phenomehal.

The News correspondent was talking yesterday to a prominent man in professional life, who has an office on the West Side Where he has been for nineteen yearSi He is a former Virginian, and has always been a Democrat Said he: "I know of thirty former Democrats in our building here who will Vote for McKinley. Some of them are professional men, Some dlerks in the store beloWi but all of them are McKinley men. The view of people I come in contact with in my profession from day to day convinces me that a surprising ntimber of former Democrats here in Chicago Will support McKinley. Professional and business men are almost a unit in opposition to free silver. A few Weeks ago there ytks Considerable alarm among this class fcr fear Bryan might win, but now there seems to be a settled conviction in the minds of the people that he will be defeated. Among my friends and patrons are many laboring men, and while I flhd a few who are inclined to vote fot Altgeld, the great majority are opposed to free silver."

The opinion expressed above represents the sentiment generally lh Cook county. Whenever one goes he hears the same story. At theaters, public gatherings, in large wholehouses, or wherever representative

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crowds of voters are to be found, McKinley Is tHe favorite by great odds. People Who have heard the wail raised by the Cook county silver committee against the Record's test vote attribute it to a fear on tht) part of silver leaders that their Weak showing may influence sentiment throughout the country.

,An Epidemic of l\vphold. Special to The lOxtiress.

Indianapolis. Oct. 8.—The state board of health has bosn ifiVesti&atirig a remarkable state of affairs existing in what is known as the Rock Lane Neighborhood in Johnson countyt where fully 75 per cent nf the population suffered at some time during the past year from typhoid. It was found that all those who had been ill had been attendants at the Rock Lane church, where there is a well from which they have been in the habit of drinking. A microscopical examination of the water froni this Well shows it fuii of intestinal biicterla and a chemical analysis showfe it badly polluted. The well has been condemfaed and closed UJ).

Watson'n Money ttiii 5fofc llnvri Fond (I. The police have ho clue as yet to the wherabouts or Identity of tlie thief who

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cess of our nArtv ih this atoto taken from the window, Which causes nian and Elsie Cariipe, flower girla, preceded "P. S.-tX ,U cZ«j,,, (M. Ire, "Sdm.nt 0U

silver is not a panadCa With Which the ills "ePu^iican stolen the coin and of the balance of the Chicago platform can ibl

persons passing the store yesterday looked in the window to See ths,fc!W remaining coins and a sign reading as follows: "Owing td the demand for any old kind ot free money our 'object lesson' is spilt."

Ditl liritlces Killed.

Dal Bridges, a yardmaster Of the liig Four, was killed lit the yards of that dompany at East St. Louis yesterday morning. He was doing some switching and in mak:ng a coupling fell between the cars and was killed. He Was a brother Of James Bridges, the popular passenger conductor on the Vandal la, Who went to St. LoUis yesterday to make arrangements for the funeral. The funeral will take place at the old home of Mr. Bridges, in Southern Illinois.

NORTHWEST STflOD.

IS i3#fc««U»n Of XH* SOCIKTY UJB1N JUaJftOOfctf ATTJUtlMSD.

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dii Tua the Nor Unrest of lh« Il»* Ufcftnft la United BtAU* opeatC it* day'H twsstua at thft ohUWh yesterday .i^r«log. Tii) n/ii -call

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100 members wen pretest, representing Um l-i iliSi&t-tt, tluu, ... Kentucky, TeiUUNMMM, iUUMfch Nubui hoaoU and MluoUrU All th3 Ue\i C. •iv ra taken In charge by ttwmbers of Ziuu a

bride and groom. Immediately after the ceremony ttiei1*! Was art elaborate diMiiWf. DfttHilng followed. The bride has a large circle of friends in this city. Bho is tho daughter of Mr. ahd Mrs. Sol Goodman and a relative Of L. Oooaihun 6f Tci-fe Haute, the grdotli is enijaitfa iti the wholesale slide business at Norfolk Va. Those who went down to Sullivan from this city to witness the ceremony are: MessfS. itnd Mt'idnir.es Lee Goodmari. Au^Ust Goddfttan. 8. A. Ilirshler, Sam Goodman. Mis. J. Uaet. Ml.^sea fcumia Ftaiik. Mitiam Gnodmitiii Messrs. Jsaao Gondmani IScKinuid Goodman, Masters Atthuf Leon, M. and 13. Goodmari ar.tl iifliph ilirsciiler.

The following residents of Sullivan wpte present: The bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pol Goodman, her sisters, Misses Addle aiid Clare Goodman. Mr. and Mrs. GUslaVe tlooilmiin, her fcousiiis. Misses Rose a?i(J LUiie Go'tflwaii, Mr. ahd MrS .lohn T. ltays. Mr. and Mis. William lienmrd. Mr. and Mra. Molcy, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kf-Ufi, Mr. and Mrs. llai'icy Drake. Mr. .lullim fiitry. Mr. Jess Moley. Miss Mitttie Hays. MI9S MeOlhbon, Mr. and Mrs. P. 11. Hlue and MtsS Ofr:-.arl.

In adition to the abo\e I'n-Jo wore jfueStS present froiil Cievflanti. t'litcfnuatl. Indi'mapolis. Wabash. Princeton. Newark, N. J. aad WnKhifnrKiv. liid. Mr. aud Mrs, Lowenberg will reside at Norfolk.

Killed One of Mis Tormentors^ Special to The Bxpress, Indianapolis, Oet. 8.—This evening a crowd of men on Irish Hill were indulging in horseplay with William Brooke ,a negro boy 16 years old. The vidtlm, Brooks, finally became exasperJted and shot one of his tormentors, l^rank Matthews, through the eye, killing him instanly. Matthews was a 'Lawrence of ftiley. He was bringing it Id white man 27 years old. The murderer vras the city and had stopped at the Idaho groat once caught and turned ovei1 to the po- eery to water his horses. While his wagob was standing in the street the hay was discovered to be on fire. The horses were un-

Conilnj: pmi.-i*.

A few of the dances which have been arranged to "take place this month are the following: Mkceabees on the l3!h at Mofgati'a Hall, the Royal Club at Taeoma Hall on the 30th, the Nonpereil Culb at Tacoma Hllll Ob the 29th and thg Haymakers at T4* coma Hall November 25th.

New scrap, lunch and picnic baskets, also a full line of woolen yarns and hosiery, at Hoberg'a, near Seventh. .'

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The burning of a load of bfty rtedr the Idaho grocery yesterday morning occasioned a great deal of excitement In the neighborhood. The hay belonged to Wllllitti

Tiuder»)ant-H"i!deri«oi« hitched and an effort was made to put the The residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. Lytle, fire out with a garden hose. A stili alarm 421 Eagle street, was the scene of a pretty was also sent to the ftfo. 1 hose company, home wedding Wednesday night. The con- It was impossible to rave the hiy, however, trading parties were Mr. W W. Henderson It is supposed that two boys are responsible of Paris and Miss IVasl A. Ililderbrand of for the burning of the Wagon and its conNew York. The ceremony was performed tents. by the ftev. Dr. WhltflSer Of the Christian Church in the presence of many friends.

Miatm«4 ehufaft, with ih« atatttbars if the byted Will tad •atort*l&nunt the t*lue of ihd aerritft The awaisa was tolled *9 order by the HeV & If1, Erie tit of Leuls-» vltle, Ky, aad the &a¥t)tlafi&l exaroiMa were usadueted by the IiaYi )Ft W. Uaaaohea et iMiayeUa, laL

Dr. J. JvucilUig of ft Wayne. Ind., was sleeted to the ofiiSe of ytfeaMeni for the year iS96-9l. Kqv. G. £ngalmaiua was elected curitecreUry by acclamation. lt«v. 'V, t-\ Horstttneicr of 3t Leuia was then callctl to the chair, Dr. Kiiililiig having retired make up tiiti nsoeasary standing oommltteee. then followed the reading of the following icports, wbleh were referred to the reipeellve t:ummlttees: Report of the church atectlen iund, by the Rev, Kriete repertaaf the coard of truiteea and visitor* of the Mla3loa Houso College and Setalhiry, by Dr. IH. A. itluehlmeier of Franklin, WU.,' a repot oa lb a orphan's home at FL Wayne, Ind., by the Rev B. Rief of Berne, lad. a report from tho board of publication*, by tho iter. H. Noa 'it Mllwauhae, Wis.

The church efreotion fund has up to date a oapIUl at nearly add wa« Incorporated -ua luuuaed lur the purpose of assisting peo^ -jungregattonS In buildiag chapels. The Mlslou House College la situated la JTraaklln, \VU., and has the aim of educating young men to the ministry. The faculty cofiaiits ol eight professors and several aeslitanta, and last year's catalogue showed an attendance of 100 Students. The otphan home In ttu Wayne Is in a good condition. Tho publishing house at Cleveland, O., whieh Is th« Ohiy publishing house fully oWned and controlled by the Reformed Churqh In the United States, represents a value of $182,000. The following are the standing committees which will report In course of the sessions:

On religious serticei, Dr. F. SeHWfedoS, chairman overtures, Rev. ft. Voraholt, chair* man minister of classes, ReV. j1. W. Hordtmeler, chairman general syned, Itevi K. Nott, chairman synod. Rev. J. J. Janett. cbairtnaai cbrNspoadence, Of, 11. atuenlmeler, chairman cxarainatlon and ordination, Rev, C. J*. Ifrlete, chairman state of religion and statistics. Her. J. J. Janete, Chairman MIS* Kicn House College, Rev. J. O. Vlt*, ohalrman} tn'seidns. Ptafesiot V. tlfether, chttlfmafij publication, Rev. A,. Helnemand, ehairmanj church erection fund, Rev. E. Grunsteln, ylialrmani orphan's heme, Rev. L. 0. Martlft, chairman! schools, Rev. H. W. Vlts, ehalr* mat) flnaUceS, ftov. A. O.,Oskeler, chairmani bOnilntttlauS, Hev. H. O, ^Orria, chairman} mileage, Proteeeor D. W. Vrljscn, ohalrman.

A tepoi-t Was read dti pafoehlal scboola by the Rev, fit VornUolt. Theh folowed the rrt-* port on ho&e missions, by tir. id. (4. I. Stern. A petition aekitig that the synod sot aside a half day for the discussion bf theological questions Was feterfed to a EpSclai committer. The Reformed Church Tidings is a new paper Issued In the interests, of home, missions. The flrat nuriiber of Which each delegate of tha synod received a number, is 190,000

All other reports of the afternoon were referred to spediai committees. The devotional services last evening were conducted by the ReV. J. H. Rbsch of Ft. Wayne, Ind.. and the Rev. H. W. Vita of ,Franklin, Wis. The meeting was well attended and great Interest was shown In tho work which the ministers are ddihg.

The meetings for the rest of the Week aro: TODAY. Day sessions devoted to business Including the hearing of report of committees. 7:30 p. m.—Divlile Services conducted by the Revs. A. Heiuethann of Chicago, and S. Romeis of LoriU) 111.

SATURDAY.

Day sessions devoted to business includlh|( further committee reports. 7:30 p. m.—Divine services conducted by the ReVs. Dr. J. Knelling of Ft. Wayhe, Ihd., and F. P. Leich Of Jackson, Wis* Preparatory services for the Lord's suppen

SUNDAY.

On Sunday the visiting delegates Will preach In the Various Terre Haute churches whose pastors will come personally to the synod and make the request to the president. 10:00 a. m.—Celebration of the Lord's supper by Dr. knelling of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Divlbe services bji Professor F. Grether of Franklin, Wis.

2:30 m.—Sunday school festival services by the Revsi G. Beisser of Elmore, Wis., and D. Hagel3kamp and G. Eiliker of Waukon, Ia. 7:00 p. m.—Christian Youth society vesper services (In English) Services by the Revs. 11. C. Nott of Milwaukeei Wis., and II, O. Joerres of ReeSCville, Wis. 7:80 p. tn.—Mission festival. Services by the RevS. Dn H. A Mueliltneier of Franklin, Wis., president of the Mission HoUse( and Von Grenninger of Nashville, Tenn.. in German and J. F. Winter of Iluntingtbii, ind., lh Eltiglish.

MARRIED AT SULLIVAN,

NiiptlHl* of fttiNH Certrudf antt •Tiii-oh l.fHri-nlM'rjj. Mise Gertrude Qoodmaii, a young woman woll-kuown in this city, was married Wednesday night at the residence of her parents in Sullivaii) to Jacob Lowonberg of Norfolk, Va. 'There were a uuinber o^ *Terre Ilauie peupls in attendance. The ceremony was performed by Itabbi Ueinard of this city, in tho parlor of the McCafflmoh Hotel, it was the very pretty ring service. ProfesSdf flteinlg in charge at the iicllpsp OrchesfM furnished music. The Wedding party entered the parlor lit 8 o'clock. First came the ufthel-s, Julius Ilathy and Isaac and David Gobdtoatl. Thejr were followed by the fathpr aiid hint 111 01 both the bride and groom. Clara Mood*

I'K'kpntlt' ,lrri'«ti i|.

Harry Sullivan, the pickpocket arrested in this city in 1803 and sent to JefTcrsonvllle for plying his trade here, has been arrested at Chicago. Sullivan, It will be remembered, is the man who escaped from Sheriff Stout while en route to JeffersonVlllo. He was afterward recaptured at Cincinnati and taken to prison. The Chicago police had ito charge against the crook, but knowing he bad once escaped from Stout, wired the local department, asking jf he was wanted. There is no Charge against the man her*.