Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 January 1897 — Page 8

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TIN WORK A SPECIALTY.

We have just added a

New Shoe Department

in our new store, and just got in large stock of the best manufactures in the west. Come to see us if you want bargains, and good goods.

Clothing Sale.

Any Overcoat Or Heavy Suit

In the House

Bverything JBlse

We need not tell you that this has been a phenomenally mild winter—in fact we have had no winter to speak of. As a result Clothing did not sell half as fast as in former years and we find ourselves tremendously overstocked. 7

1-2 Price.

You know from past experience that what we advestise must be true, so you can depend on us as always before. In our forty year's experience in the Clothing business in Terre Haute, we have never seen clothing so cheap, and when we offer it at exactly one-half the usual low prices it almost seems like giving it away.

Hats in all Me Latest Shapes and Best Qualities at HALF-PRICE,

Underwear at Less Than The Material Cost.

As we need MONEY this sale must be for CASH and CASH ONLY.

TERRE KAUTRIND. 324 WABARH AVE.

The People's Friend. In use for fifty years. Cures Cough, Cold, Croup, Whooping Cough, Grippe, Bronchitis, Asthma and Lung Affections. DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP is sold everywhere for only 25 cents. Refuse cheap substitutes.

Chew LANGE'S PLUGS, The Great Tobacco Antidote.lOc. Dealers or maiLA.C.Moiar & Co.. Balto..M4

SOLD BY.

ffm. Jennings Neukom, 648 Lafayette Ave. Geo. Reiss, Second street and Wabash Ave. Ca,rl Krietensteln. Fourth and Cherry Sts.

S. L.FENNER

1200

Main Street

HARDWARE

LEVIN BROS.

1125-9127 E MAIN St

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Roaches ^Bedbugs*Moths*antS'Etc*

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WE MUST HAVEL MONEY, ...

And in order to raise it we make this most remarka of

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Joseph & Son

SEVEN NUNS PERISH

CONVENT OF THE URSULINE DESTROYED BY F1JRK YESTEKDAY,

Seven Sisters Perish Id the Flames While Fifty Inmates Narrowly Escape a Similar Fate.

CONVENT LOCATED ON LAKE ST. JOHN

VICTIMS

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OFF FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE

And Were Smothered By the Smoke—List of the Dead—How the Fire Started.

Ottowa, Ont., Jan 6.—The convent of the Ursuline nuns at Roberval, on Lake St. John, about 120 miles north of Quebec, was destroyed by fire which broke out at 6 o'clock this morning, and seven sisters are known to have perished in the flames, while about fifty inmates had very narrow escapes a a a

Were it not that most of the students of the convent had gone home for the holidays the loss of life "might have been much greater. The students were to have returned tomorrow. Shortly before 6 o'clock the vll« lasers were alarmed by seeing a reflection from the neighborhood of the convent. The greatest excitement prevailed, augmented whep the alarmed villagers found the flames

bursting from the ooevent building,. Ordinarily there are about ,thirty, nuns in the institution and about fifty pupils. The vil-lage-has no water' works and the work of saving the contents was therefor® made difficult, while the flames had made such headway that their extinguishment was an impossibility. Many of the nuns and pupils slept in a dormitory on, the second story and these managed to escape, but others occupied a dormitory on the fourth floor. There is a Are proof tower neat this but the'rapidity wi'h which the flames spread prevented the nuns from reaching it. They .' were smothered by the smoke.. The names of the dead ajse as follows: ^.s'/,

ELI25A aOSSELINf 'of St. Jean Chrysostome. EMMA LETOURNEAU of Quebec..

LAURA HUDON of Herbertville. CATHERINE BOULTE of Deschambault. MARIE LOUISE GIRAHD of Roberval. ROSE GOSSELIN of St. Jean Chrysostome.

CATHERINE GARNEAU of St. Foye. Another nun was badly burned in trying to extinguish the fire. Thq convent and the school are a mass of ruins. Just how the fire started is not known certainly, but this being the Feast of Epiphany, it is supposed that a lighted candle near the cradle of the infant Jesus Ignited the draperies and floral ornamentations and in an instant the whole place was a mass of flames. The fact-that parts of the convent were uncompleted caused the fire to spread more rapidly.

APPOINTMENTS MADE Cf

Indiana Senate and Honse Members Mate j*'.. Glad Many Applicants. Special to The Express.

Indianapolis, Jan. 6.—The senate and house members held caucuses this evening for the organization of the two bodies. They were fairly tame affairs. The house caucus of Republicans made the following selections:

Speaker—Henry G. Pettit of Wabash. Clerk—Ben H. Prather of Indianapolis. Assistant Olerk—J. O. Lambert of Middletown,

Dooorkeeper—Q. M. Groves of Tobinsburg. The senate selected the following: Secretary—Charles R. Lane of Indianapolis.

Assistant Secretary—J. W. Egnew of LaGto. Doorkeeper—C. Pelzer of Booneville. riThe senators went about this business In a systematic way. This afternoon a preliminary oaucus was held at the Denison House and Ward Watson was agreed upon as chairman of the caucus. He was authorized to appoint a patronage committee on the plan of the famous "plunder committee" appointed two years ago. This evening after the selections noted above had been made in the caucus the gentlemen elected were asked to come before the caucus. They appeared and were stood up in a row. Mr^ Watson arose, cleared his throat and addressed them thu "The Republican members of the senate have by an informal ballot indicated that you gentlemen are their choice for the several positions which you have sought. The law gives to your offices certain patronage but it is good politics that these appointments should be properly distributed over the state and we do no believe that anybody is so competent to say who is deserving of an appointment from a certain district as the senator from that district. In order to relieve you of the worry incident to investigating all these claims we have appointed a committee which will furnish you with a list of men you are to appoint. This will be done by the committee after proper consultation with the Republican members. If any of the appointees furnished you should prove incompetent you have but tO-appeal to the committee and it will adjust matters by putting him in another place or by dropping him and requiring the senator who named him to furnish another man."

Naturally the applicants agreed to this and they were thereupon declared elected, glad enough to get rid of the worries incident to the distribution of patronage.

REINHART DISMISSED.

Government Failed to Make a Case Against the Santa Fe Ex-President. Chicago, Jan. 6.—Ex-President Joseph W. Reinhart of the Santa Fe Road was dismissed from court on a nolle pros of the indictment as against him. This was done at the conclusion of the afternoon session, when it was shown that the government coajld not couple Reinhart with the alleged deviation of rates. Senator Duncan, representing Reinhart, was angry at the detention of his client and, turning to J. H. Shields, the special atttorney of the interstate commmerce commission, he said: "5Tou, sir, assured this court last spring when, the case was first called for trial that you expected to prove Reinhart to have been connected with this transaction. I told you then that you could not do so and asked the court to dismiss him. It was on your clear statement that he was held on this charge."

Mr.. Shields' face flushed and there was a tremor in his voice as he jumped to his feet, saying: "I did. sir we have failed to connect him with this matter. It has not been our fault. Ther are reasons for not being able to do so that I do not wish to now assert. It is, perhaps, a very strange thing that a man who directed the affairs of the Santa Fe Railroad during a period when it paid over $4,000,000. in rebates had no connection with this.", "That will do, Mr. Shields," broke in Judge Grosscup. "You are going into something outside the record," and Attorney Shields took his seat.

Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.

F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O." Sold by druggists, price 75 cents.

The Colorado Legislature.

Denver, Colo., January 6.—The eleventh biennial session of the Colorado Legislature convened at noon today. The Populists aDd silverites captured the organization in both the Senate and the House, with the aid of the few McKinley Republican members. Edwin W. Hurlburt was elected speaker of the House ,Francis Carney (Pop.) was elected president pro tem. of the Senate. Governor-elect Adams will be inaugurated on Tuesday, January 12.

One Hundred and First Suasion. Concord, N. H., January 6.—The 101st session of the New Hampshire Legisiature convened today with the usual cerc-monies. James F. Briggs of Manchester was elected speaker of the House, and Chester B. Jordan of Lancaster, was chosen president of the Senate. The present Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. In the Senate there are twenty-two Republicans and two Democrats while in the House there are 291 Republicans and six Democrats.

CATARRH THREE YEARS.

A Cor* to Found at UH In Or. Bwtmu'i Free Treatment. It reads .like a novel. Every word of it, however, is prosaic history and. exact truth. A young man has before him a brilliant career. Chronic catarrh has fastened itsfelf upon" him. He tried many remedies in vain. Aa college a room-mate persuaded him to try Pe-ru-na. Pe-ru-na cures him in a short time and he goes on his way rejoicing WithoutS^ the Pe-ri^-na the success'in life" wiould ,bo" impossible. Chronic catsjiyh hajj ilaste0iiany a career It would have blasted this young man's career if it liad not been for the kind suggestion of a friend. Jleadjyhat A.F.Stern, ^arine-City, Mich., says: "I" was troubled with catarrh for three years and tried almost every catarrh medicine I heard of. I went down to fe^.ware. O., to attend college,' where I gqppaa of one of your almanacs,. and saw another remedy for catarrh.- "1 was almost discouraged with trying all I kinds of medicine, but my room-mate told me-that your medicine was all right, and so I tried it. After taking seven bottles acccording to directions, I was cured and felt like a new man. I recommend it to all who ar& suffering with this dreadful disease. It is the best medicine for catarrh I owe my health to you."

All catarrh sufferers will be interested In a book written by Dr. Hartman. It is an instructively illustrated 64-page book and treats of catarrh in all its stages and locations. It will be sent free for a short time by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.

GUARDIAN SOULES SUED.

Pearly Knight Demands a Settlement From 8onle«' Bondsmen. William H. Soules was yesterday made defendant in a suit for the settlement of an estate. Soules was young Knight's guardian. Andrew Grimes, J. N. Phillips and Charles Monninger are also made parties to the suit by reason of their beifrg Soules* bondsmen.. In the complaint it is alleged that as guardian of Pearly Knight Soules collected from the government the sum of $889, pension money due plaintiff. It is further alleged that defendant Soules has failed to file an inventory of the estate and also has failed to make a report of receipts and disbursements. Young Knight alleges there are $8)0 due him. S. M. Huston and Sawyer & Rhueby are attorneys for plaintiff.

Mr. Soule said last night, in speaking of the suit that there is a dispute about the ward's age and as to his being the son of the soldier that a final report has been filed and is now pending and the facts will show that the ward Jias received more money than'he is etfjihtlea to. Also that all

questions could have' been settled without a suit on his bond which is purely malicious.

DOUGLAS H. SMITH.

Kind Words of an Editor Who Knew Him Well. The Rockville Tribune in speaking of the death of Douglas H. Smith pays the following tribute: .. .. "Douglas H. Smith) formerly of Rockville, died at the home of his mother in Terre Haute, December 31, 1896. The death of Mr. Smith was a shock to his friends here, as few of them knew of his rapid decline in health. During his residence in Rockville, Mr. Smith spent much of his leisure time in the Tribune office, and. was at times employed to do editorial and special writing on this paper. Oftener, however, the work that was done by him in this office was voluntary, and done in a spirit of friendly interest hence it is with no passing regret that we apeak of the death of this bright and gifted young man, who was for a time associated with our dally life. Those who knew him well had high hopes for his future, and it seems incredible that all the light that animated his being should so soon go out, leaving in place of peculiarly lovable personality, only the gloom and silence of the grave. Douglas H. Smith was not merely a ready newspaper writer and natural journalist, though he was both of these he possessed literary talent of a high order, and had he lived, would one day have been famous. Those of his friends who were permitted to see the manuscript of the libretto for the opera upon which he had expended so much time and labor, working often far into the night, and doubtless wasting the much needed strength in this most arduous form of toil, writing, can testify to the high order of literary merit displayed in his work. He possessed a wonderful command of language, a rare fund of general Information arid ai gift of versification not short o? marvellous." In addtition to all these qualifications, he had the indispensable sense of humor, and his lines sparkle with brilliant touches and bits of ^genuine wit. Aside from his remarkable talents, Douglas Smith was a gentleman, a devoted son and brother, and a warm, sincere friend, and those who knew him well will long cherish a rememberance of his rare and brilliant individuality."

Stricken With Paralysis.

Piqua, O., January 6.—James Kirk, who in 1844 strung the first telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington, has been stricken with paralysis and is in a critical condition. Inventor Morse was one of his most intimate friends and in the early days of telegraph construction he was prominently identified with several companies, chiefly the Western Union.

McMaster & Co. Asfligrn.

Toronto, Ont., Jan. 6.—The wholesale dry goods house of McMaster & Co. has assigned for the purpose of liquidation. The firm has issued a circular to its customers, annnouncing the liquidation and giving I losses during recent years as the reason. iThe circular states the asssets as $345,000 liabilities, $213,000.

Connecticut's

Geucrnl Assembly.

Hartford, Conn., January 6.—The General Assembly of Connecticut met and organized today. The House has a membership of 218 Republicans and 24 Democrats. All of the 29 Senators are Republicans. Joseph L. Barbour. of Hartford, was elected speaker of the House.

The W. E Hin«hawC»»e. Special to the Express.

Indianapolis, Jan. 6.—The Supreme Court today spent the day in listening to arguments in the appeal from the decision nt the lower court refusing a new trial tor the Rev. W. E. Hinshaw, who is now in the Prison South for the murder of his wife in Hendricks county.

Approaching Monetary ConforebC'e*. Special to the Express. Indianapolis, Jan. 6.—Delegates are being reported in large numbers to the committee in charge of the arrangements for the monetary convention. Today telegrams and mails reported delegations from Detroit. Buffalo, Macon. Ga.: Covington, Ky. St. Paul and Boston. Word was wired that delegates have beeen seiectod by Nashville, Tenn. Columbus, O. Masailon, O., and Kansas City. It now seems certain from the tone of the letters received from delegates that the convention will result In a number of resolutions laying down some fundamental principles and pointing out

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defects in the present currency system and in the appointment of a commission of twelve or thirteen men for the purpose of devising a new system. It is the opinion of the members of the executive committer that the convention will last two or thre* days. A reception committee of over 204 businesss men of Indianapolis was announced tbday and.a meeting of the com* mittse was held this afternoon, at whlcl complete arrrangements were made fo# comfortably taking care of the delegates as they arrrive.

AUiliiol# General

Sprl^ffleld, 111., January 6.—The opening of the fortieth session of the Illinois Generdj Assembly occurred today. It was attendee] by no unusal incidents. Both Houses as-* senibled, and went through the usual fornt of organization, and adjourned.

E. C. Curtis (Rep.) of Kankakee wan elected speaker of the House in accordant with the Republican caucus instruction H, V. Fisher (Rep.) of Henry County was elected president pro tem of the Senate. Governor Altgeld's biennial message^ was then presented to both Houses and an adjournment taken until tomorrow.

AmTuin* His PatlenU.

An np town physioian, who has a very large office praatlce, has adopted a simply bnt effective plan for the entertainment of bis patients while they are waiting. He has provided half a dosen ingenious puzzles, which are strewn carelessly around on the tables and cn the mantel in the waiting room. Froqnently there will be a scoro of persons In this room, and for somts

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tbem, especially the nervous ones, the waits would be very fatiguing if it were cot for the puzzles.—New York Times.

CLEVELAND AT THE THEATER.

The President Receives As Mach Attention Ah the Performance. Washington, Jan. 6.—President Cleveland is already anticipating his season of relaxation from official cares. He attends the theaters once or twice a week, accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland, and it is observed that he is in better health apparently than for some time. Saturday night he witnessed the performance. of "Robin Hood." The President and Mrs. Cleveland, with three guests, occupied one of the boxes. Just after Mr. Cleveland entered the box and wlas seated he was wildly applauded by the audience, which was one of the largest ever seen in the theater. The president seemed pleased by the demonstration, and acknowledged it by a bow. He entered heartily into the enjoyment of the occasion, and applauded "Brown October Ale."

In the intermission between the first and second acts the irrepressible small boy in the audience, with an expanse of collars and cuffs, and a waterfall of little Lord Fauntleroy curls, expressed a desire to see tha president and Shake his hands. He had back of him the prestige of a prominent family name and the usher carried his request into the president's box. Mrs. Cleveland was first spoken to about the proposed presidential reception to the small boy, and she appeared to demur, but the president overheard the conversation, and requested that the boy be shown into the box. The usher retired, and Mrs. Cleveland followed him out, and escorted the youngster in.

Mr. Cleveland shook his hand and asked him a few questions and elicited an answer, finally, which caused the chief executive to lay back and laugh until his sides shook. The large audience all the while was deeply interested in this pantomime, and when they saw Mr. Cleveland laugh, they applauded again. It is the first time the president hag ever been so cordially received at a theater in Washington. One of the gallery gods caused an interruption in the ovation by shouting: "Did you get that duck?" lfit the president joined in the laugh a't his own expense, and even Mrs. Cleveland seemed not displeased.

Warner's Safe Gyre

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ARNERS

Owing to the many requests from its patrons, Warner's Safe Cure Co. put on the market a smaller size bottle of Safe Cure which can now be obtained at all druggists at half the price of the large bottle.

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MALARIA.

is not only a scientific vegetable preparation and does all that is claimed for it, but it is the only Kidney and Liver medicine used by the best people of four continents. A medicine that bears the stamp of the world's approval, and maintains its position for a fifth of a century, must necessarily possess peculiar merit.

LECALS

OTICK OF SALE.

To the Following Named Persons and Whom it May Concern: Whereas, The following named persons have borrowed of the undersigned for on« th sum attached deposited as collateral the articles thereunto attached:

D. K. Carter, gold watch and chain. $85, M. .1. Houlihan, gold watch, J20. F. P. Bruster. gold watch, $10. W. W. Rumsey, gold watch, $15 diamond ring. $-'. _r

Mary B., two diamond rings, $15. Emma Geyinan, diamond ring, $10 gold watch, $7.

Wm. Kooper, one lot household goods and loan (storage.) Francis Crew, one lot of office fixtures, storage and loan.

You are therefore hereby notified that on tae 22d of January, 1897, the undersigned will in front of 320 Main street, In the city of Terr« Haute, Ind.. sell at public auction, for cash, the above named articles, or such part as may be necessary to pay debt, interest, cost and charges.

Max Blumberg.

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MONEY TO LOAN—We have $100 and »E0 tc loan on real estate security. Beecaer & Kelley, loan office, 511% Ohio street

FOR RENT.

TO RENT—We have twentr-nlne acres of fine land one mile northwest

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or £eU en reasonable terias. Ponuwy part of Wilfovd fled-as estaie. Bescacj Keiley, law office, 511 Ohio street.

FOR SALE 0»

TRAD&-,

FOR SAI.E* OR 1TIA.DE—Five and acres gocd land with four room house good barn, six miles west Oi ^re HauM on national road. Beccher Kelley, lal office, Ohio str®e*