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Danvlllfe, 111., Oct. 25.—John H. Gernand has been asked by a jury to pay Mrs. Carrie Corbett $54,333.33 for breaking off ah engagement which Mrs. Corbett understood to be bona fide—the breaking off baing caused by jealousy over the attention Mre. Corbett gave to a young man from Indiana, during the excursion of the Christian Ettu'eavortia to California last summer. It i. thought to be the largest and most soothing balm, that has ever been awarded to satintv a. broken heart. It is so big that there js prospect that the fortune of a wealthy man will be dissipated in an effort to get a h^gbw* court to place a lower estimate on the affections of a handsome widow Xvii.i a son 12 years old.

Mr. Gernand has long been ore of the most conspicuous men of this eecticn.

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is a three times widower. He came into the community forty-two years ago, and prospered as the country became developed and a town appeared on the prairie. There was a general suspicion that he was ore •of the richest men In all the region, and his descendants down to grown grandchildren had been able to gather wealth as he had done. He is 71 years old.

Mrs. Corbett, who is exceedin?ly pretty and 35 years old, is one of the compirai'vely recent comers. She is modest an 0 ovoid of ostentation, and Mr. Gernand paid no attention to her for a long time, confining his visits to very short and business like trip.* for the collection of the monthly rental.

THE BEGINNING OP IT.

Mr. Gernand told the court that the trouble began one spring morning when he called to see how the painters were getting along with some new» decorations he had consented to make for his tenant. This was eighteen months ago. He declared that he first met Mrs. Corbett, aside from his business call, at this time. He appearad in the hall and was giving instructions to the painters when Mrs. Corbett came out and joined in the conversation. They stood in the hall for some time, and then Mrs. Corbe:t suggested that they go inside. This .'s where Mr. Gernand thinks he made the tvstake. He sat upon the sofa with her, and 'n court Mrs. Corbett made much of the incident.

The widower admitted that he subsequently made frequent calls upon the widow, but purely in the course of business. Mrs. Corbett had missed paying the rent one or two months, and Mr. Gernand had went around to see about it. He said he told her she must leave the building unless sbe settied for .the amount due. He then confided to the jury -that he was able to ?ix an arrangement with her whereby in the future the question of rent would be a minor on«. Mrs. Corbett said that from that time on Mr. Gernand insisted upon marriage, and after he had presented her with a ring he would not allow her to settle any of the bills.

Danville began to talk about the courtship of the widower and the widow about this time. Mr. Gernand's relatives were worried! over the turn matters had taken and urged him to get most of his property into safer hands than his own. He refused to do it, and the excursions of the devoted pair became more numerous and extended to more distant places. They grew from buggy rides along the country roads to trips to interesting towns iUa distance, and at one time they went to Chicago for ,a vacation, Mrs.. Corbett being chaperoned by a friend of hers there.

THAT MAN FROM INDIANA. It went along this way for a bng time, and then came the disrupting trip witli tBe Christian Endeavorers. Mr. Gernand announced he thought he would make thejourney, and Mrs, Corbett testified that she suggested she would like dreadfully well to make the trip. He saw uo reason why she should not make it. The jury .hear! say that he objected on the ground that it might not look well, but that hi.v sweetheart begged him on bended knes to give her money

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tier, but durin£ all the tjnje he irfsisrs the# were properly chiperoned and lf,'I'l= whom they knew perf^c -ly well.

Mrs. Corbett had by this time a ring, which, she said, Mr. Gernand had given her as a marriage pledge, and for the joke of the thing both admitted that it was frejuently convenient for them to be introduced is man and wife. ,:

The man from Indiana appeared during this trip. He was also a Christian Endeav-. orer excursionist. He fell in with Mrs. Corbett. and Mr. Gernand claimed he was chagrined at the attention she gave the young man over him. He lamented that part of the time he was forced to sit in the back end of the palace car and amuse himself while Mrs. Corbett was carrying on a llirtatiou with the man from Indiana. He chided her for it, and she called him an old eoose for his jealousy. This did not satisfy him, and after they got back to Dmville ht1 called frequently in his effort to prove to himself that he was the one man in favof.* He admitted this in the trial.

Mrs. Corbett was not in favor with the relatives of her lover. They ima^'nFd that trouble was brewing, and a short time ago the greater part of his possessions was transferred to other names. Mrs. Coriiett began insisting to him that he had promised to marry her, and produced the ring on her finger as an evidence of the plight ar,d betrothal. Mr. Gernand began to gei alarmed, and otic evening told her he wou'.d not marry the last woman on earth if there were no others ever to be born. He said he "had already had enough troubi? with women, and he would not wed one "even if she was hung from head *o fojt with gold." He declared Mrs. Corbett was entirely mistaken in supposing be had taken her seriously.

ASKED FOR $75,000.

Mrs. Corbett then began suit for breach of promise. George Mabin was engaged to take charge of the case, and Colonel W. J. Calhoun, the special envoy sent to China by President McKlnley. was the chief counsel for Mr. Gernand. She asked for $75,000 in her bill, placing the damage to her affections at that amount. The suit was started in. August, and after it started there was hardly a dollar of the Gernand estate in the veteran lover's name. All the time since then has been filled in with sensational incidents. ".:j

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Gernand admitted to the court that had made an offer of $200 to a police nfftcer in case he would come Into Mrs. Corbett's room with a paper accusing her of violating a statute covering a matter of orderliness.

Mrs. Corbett claimed on the stand that Mr. Gernand had agreed to pay her $1,000 if she would go to Denver.and start a millinery store. She told him she would not do him such an injustice, and there was no reason why she should leave Danville. The police officers told of the offers they had rwelved to do something to cast suspicion on Mrs. Corbett, and Mrs. Corbett's son testified to the visits of Mr. Gernand and of xo other people to his mother's apartment.

The jury took but little time for deliberation. On the first ballot all were agreed that the defendant was guilty. The amount

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of the damages was then voted upon, Th® highest was $100,000 and the lowest $40,000. The juror who wanted to make the amount $100,000 was asked to drop $50,000, but he declined to do so. The amount was then placed at $54,333.33.

When the jury returned into court and the verdict was read it was a surprise even to the attorneys of Mrs. Corbett, It was a sum far beyond what the most sanguine of her friends had expected. It is the-consen-sus of opinion that Mr. Gernand's admission that he had sought to bribe a police officer to harass Mrs. Corbett had much to do with the bringing in of so large a verdict.

There is much conjecture as to how Judeg Bookwalter will look at it He may cut the verdict down, may set A iside iipon the ground that it is excesfiit^ aid not in' accordance with the law and 'the facte inf the case. It can be appealed to the higher courts, but to do so a ion?d for tWfce 'the amount iand the cost® niust be given. Mr. Gernand has disposed of all his property, and may find it difficult to furnish a bond for over $100,000.

'"'GREAT STORM OFF CAPE MAY.

The Worst in Nineteen Tearis—Widespread on 4 1

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Gape May, N. J., Oct. 25.—The northeast storm which has prevailed along the coast for five days deyeloped into the worst storm which has struck Cape May in nipeteen years. The tides cover over a third of the territory of^ the town and surrounds the mammoth Stockton Hotel and all the section northeast of it. The wind reached a velocity of forty-five miles an hour, and is still blowing a gale. Four miles of trolley lines on the beach are entirely broken.

An unknown two-masted schooner, sailless, is at the mercy of the elements two miles off shore. Sightseers say that one vessel went down off shore about 6:30 this morning. Trains over the South Jersey Railroad can not get across the meadow. South Cape May is also badly flooded, many cottage porches and fences being- washed away. The train service to all beach resorts is suspended. Telephone service between the life saving station is interrupted.

The Weather Bureau'* Warning:. Washington, Oct. 25.—The report of the weather bureau today says: "The tropical storm continues central near the Virginia coast, where the barometer has fallen rapidly during the night. This storm is apparently moving slowly to the north end is attended by winds of hurricane velocity on the Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina coasts. It will probably continue its movement to the northward, causing dangerous northeasterly gales on the New England and New Jersey coast tonight. It is unsafe for any vessel to leave port from Norfolk northward."

WILLIAM R. FOSTER ARRESTED.

He Stole $193,000 From the New York Produce Exchange.

New York, Oct. 25.—A private.cablegram received in this city from Parte France, annnounces the arrest of William R. Foster, who, in 1888, stole $193,000 from the gratuity fund of the produce exchange here and who since that time has been looked for in many parts of the world by detectives.

When Foster disappeared from New York he was accompanied by a music hall performer, known as Lulu Benoit, who passed as his niece. The cablegram states that his whereabouts were discovered through following a womfin who is alleged to be Lulu Benoit,"

Paris, Oct. 25.—The United States embassy will make an application to the French government for the extradition of William R. Fester, Jr., who absconded from New York on September 26, 1888, with, it is claimed, $193,000 belonging to the gratuity fund of the New York produce exchange audi who was arrested at Neuilly last Saturday,

Locked In the Bar Boom With the Booze. There is one man in Terre Haute who thoroughly enjoys a good drink of whisky, but when it comes to being leaked up in a room with several barrels of it makes- vigorous protest. Just who tjjis fellow is Timothy Ryan is trying to fi^d pu^\'(Wh?ri Mr, Ryan closed his saloon Saturday pight^e did it supposing everybody had gone out. But,there was a "sleeper" in .the place. &oi&e fellow who had taken on morfe, of tpe ardent than,he could (handle conveniently £iad ,}ain down- in a corner behind the ice box. and gone., to sleep. It was early Sunday morning when he woke up and found he was a prisoner in Timothy Ryan's place. The place was all right, but he wanted a drink to steady his nerves. He didn't want to take anything without paying for it, and after studying the matter over walked to the front of the place, picked up a big. iron spittoon and hurled it through one of the large plate glass windows. He knocked a hole in it big enough to squeeze through and was soon out on the street in search of another saloon where he could find .someone to take his money in exchange for a drink.

"Hilly" Parrott to Leave the City. The fortunes of a man who works for a railroad company are decidedly uncertain, and the fact that this is so will cause no little regret among the friends of Will Parrott, who for years has been in the employ of the Vandalia in the freight offices. Mr. Parrott yesterday received a telegram from St. Louis ordering him to report to General Freight Agent Taylor at St. Louis and the night train over the Vandalia carried William over to -the Mississipp river city. Just wha,t he is going to do Parrott does not know, but it is a sure thing he is to get a promotion. In case he is kept at St. Louis a change will have to be made in the roster of opera house employes, Mr. Parrott having been appointed door keeper on the first floor. Billy Parrott has a host of friends who hope the promotion may lead to even better things.

A Moral Wave at Brazil.

Brazil, Ind., Oct. 25.—The police board this morning ordered that every saloon should be closed on Sunday and every night in the week at 11 o'clock, with the exception of Saturday night, and then at midnight. The screens were ordered removed and the Nicholson law- otherwise enforced. The gambling houses were also ordered closed, and the police chief was directed to employ

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bfficers, if necessary, to preserve the peace and quiet of the city.

There is a Class of Feople.

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grotery stores a new preparation called GRAIN 0, made of pure grains that takes ihe place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over oue-quarter as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c and 25c a package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.

A New Triple Century Krcortl. Chicago. Oct. 23.—Emil Schuler, of the Morse Cycling club, lowered today the triple century amateur record, made recently toy J. Hoffbauer, by sixteen minutes, finishing strong. Schuler rode the first seventy-five miles unpaeed. finishing the first hundred miles in 8:35. He rested one hour and thirty minutes and started out on his second century, riding lb undated and in total darkness in 11:3i. His actual riding time for the 300 miles ts twenty-nine hours and fifty-eight minutes, and the total time thirty-four hours, eighteen minutes. Schuler is only 18 years old.

Educate Your Bowel* With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever 10c, 25Ci If C. C. fail, druggists refund money

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Paul Baganz died at th4*4ftne of his brother, Adolph Baganz, yest£fcj!ay afternoon at 4:15 tfclock. His death the result cf a shocking accident' whiah rtosfeH him laet

the home -of his ^brother Place. He drdvte up in'a buggy'^'kii?'the horse home for Adolplj/who ls^k^ioye^ at Geiaselbrecht's theater as ticJaet seller. The two men had driven over thfr City during the afternoon and Adolph allowed brother to take the horse home in order that he might to at

When T"aul Baganz reached ^tbe house he unhitched the horse and took It iiito the stable. He told the people at ,ihe house b\. didn't -need a light. After turning the animal into the stable he went.to thp loft to throw down some hay. While thus engaged he stepped into a hole aBd was precipitated to the floor below. He fell directly into an old barrel or box filled ^Ith broken bottles. He fell wua hisjfase .i* the barrel and was found a short-time-.later unconscious.' He was cut in a horrbl3 maimer, being almost unrecognizable. His nose was almost cut away and there were wholes all over h'is face and neck where the sharp points of glass had penetrated,

He was carried into the- house and a physician summoned. It was- then found that his injuries were not alone Confined to the glass cuts. Thursday his lower limbs became paralyzed and after suffering for nearly four days Sie died. An examination as to the exact cause disclosed the fact that his back was either broken or dislocated. Paul Baganz was 45 years of age. His body will be removed to his home on North Center street today. £4-^

Died at the Age of 98.

Mrs. Hester Barrett died yesterday morning at an early hour in the little cottage No. 115 Eagle street. She was one'of the oldest, if not the oldest, women in Terre Haute, being 97. Her children do not know her exact age, but it is said she wa^'bom on Chirstmas Day, 1799. She was born

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 26,1897

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IHE JFALL OF PAUL BAOANZ LAST WEDNESDAY BESDCtSO FATALLY.

Be Died at 4:15 YeSter&jJEvenlng—Mrs. Hester Barrett, Aggi|f$7. Is Dead —Other

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has resided in this city for nearly thirty years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Anna Moudy and Mrs. Saijah M. Cheek, and one son, Andrew J. Barrett. Ortfer sister, Mrs. Mahala Sneed, also survives.' pqr a long time she has been very feeble and for the past year has. been unable to' sjjeak.

Death of Mrs. Prentice ,Lee. At 5 o'clock Sunday evening Mre. Prentice 1 Lee, aged 43, died of paralysis,. For several weeks she has been a sufferer^"from a paralytic stroke, but was so much|iec^r Sunday morning that she was able jton.visit her daughter, Mrs. Kate Cliver. Upon her return home, she became rapidly worse. She leaves one daughter. Mrs. Clivertwo brothers, William and Thomas Rob'ey, and two sisters, Mrs. Cenia Shuster and Mrs. Orin Hanford. The funeraf will take place this forenoon at 10 o'clock from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Orin panford, at Sixth and Locust streets.-

THE CHAINLESS BIKE

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Feeling Very General That a Lot of Riders ^•^iWlU,Tolerate Tjhkelr Chal^JFor J.I "ML? a Time Yet.

Among the wheelmen of the city tkere is a great deal of speculation in regard to the ehainless bicycle.

Some of the manufacturers have sent out their pictorial advertisements, showing the mechanism of the new wheel, and all riders who like, to keep up with the times are wondering what they ought ,'to ',do to be saved. 'j

One thing Is certain—the chaitiW^s^iiycle is not going to be available for ^°so%g. It will cost $125 and this factor in^th'e, problem is likely .to help a good man^'p|ople to decide whether they will try',4^ef Ipnovati°n. or not.' -nm tsj

There is much theorizing as. td benefits and damages, so to speak, of, ths latest specimen of mechanical skill in tjie Jjne of bicycles. Wheelmen are wondering'yhether the friction will be less with the cogs than it is with the -phain and not a fy# ai inclined to the opinion that it wi%?i"Sjfafch a chain there is always more or les^Jogf. motion, or valueless power, and it is believed that this difficulty is overcome in the new style of gear.

It has been a question in the miflds of numerous bicycle riders as to what oan be done with the cog arrangement to provide against the looseness sure to result from wear. This necessity is met in the case of the chain by a means of tightening up the gearing. As the sprockets wear and the chain does likewise the slack resulting is taken up by turning the rear screws a few times. But how about the cogs? Is there not sure tc be a looseness as the machine is used such as cannot be removed?

This question is answered by the manufacturers in the negative. They say they have a means of neutralizing the results of wear and that the cog-wheel arrangement will be as satisfactory in this respect as the chain has heen. They say the friction is reduded rather than increased, because of the smaller contact surface, and that the new wheel is destined to "crowd the chains out of use as certainly as the safety succeeded the ordinary.

From the pictures illustrating the American ehainless wheel—pictures that have been received by'all the bicycle dealers In this city—it is very manifest that the Yankee is far in advance of the Englishman in this test of ingenuity, as he is in the whole realm of mechanical effort. The English ehainless wheel is a disappointment to an American. It is toft clumsy and unsightly. It wduld scarcely sell in Evansville. It would call out the cry of "Ice" from every small boy that sawsit in Terre Haute. The American style of tlSfe recent Invention is light and graceful and has no esthetic drawbacks of any kind.

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HAD PLENTY OF AUDACITY".

How Mr. Moody One* Organized a flrtet Charity In Ten Minute#. On one oooa6ion Dwlght L. Moody liad convened a great conference in Liverpo&l, writes Professor Drummond In McClute's Magazine. The theme for discussion Wafcji favorite one, ''How to Beach the MasSBfer1 One of the speakers, the Rev. Charles Garrett, in a powerful speech, expressed" hfk conviction that the chief want of (fife masses in Liverpool was the lnstitutioii ot cheap houses of refreshment to counteract the saloons. When he had finished, jMr. Moody called upon him to speak for ten minutes more. That ten minutes might almost be said to have been a crisis social history of Liverpool. Mr. Mdofly spent it in whispered conversation with' gentlemen on the platform.

No sooner was the speaker done than Mr. Moody sprang to his feet and announced that a company had been formed to carry out the objects Mr. Garrett had advocated that various gentleriten, whom he named—Mr. Alexander Balfour, Mr.

Samuel"Smith, M. P., Mr. Locihart and others-—had each taken 1,000 shares of |5 each, and that the subscription list would be open till the end of the meeting. The capital waa gathered almost before the adjournment, and a company floated under the name of the British Workmen company, limited, which has not only worked a email revolution in Liverpool, but— what Was not contemplated or wished for, except as an index of healthy business— paid a handsome dividend to .the shareholders.

For 20 years this company has gone on increasing. Its ramifications are in every quarter of the city it has returned 10 per cent throughout the whole period, except for one strike year, when It returned 7, and, above all, it has been copied by cities and town^ innumerable all over Great Britain^.

To Mr. "Gairett, who unconsciously set the ball a,-rolling, the personal oonsequences were as curious as they were unexpected. "Y0I1 milst take charge of this thing," said Mr. Moody to him, "or at least you must keep your eye on it." "That oannot be,',' was the reply. "I am a Wesleyan. My three years in Liverpool have expired. I must pass to another cir-, cuit." "No," said Mr. Moody, "you must stay here." Mr. Garrett assured him it was quite impossible the Methodist conference made no exceptions. But Mr. Moody would not be beaten. He got up a petition to the conference. It was granted —an almost unheard of thing—and Mr. Garrett remains in his Liverpool churoh to this day. This last incident proves at least one thing— that Mr. Moody's audacity is at least equaled, by his influence.

THE TOPSY" OF PLANTS.

•ruffees Grow Without Roots In the Vicinity of Oak Trees. Concerning truffles there is much mystery. Where do they eome from? "I 'spect chey growed," Topsy might have said of them, but nobody knows exactly how they do grow. They have not any root, and no one oan tell where they will he found, except that experience has taught that, as a rule, they are most plentiful in the vicinity of oak trees. There in the ground, a few inches below the surface, lie these corrugated balls, emitting an odor which is rather siokly and overpowering. Pigs and dogs have a great affinity for. this scent, and formerly pigs were used to direct the seekers after truffles to tfteir place of concealment. Dogs in these times are solely employed in Perigord, whence we derive the bulk of our supplies. Some axe to lie found in England, in Hampshire, but these are deecrihed as having a musty taste and are without the rich and delioate flavor which makes the French truffle dear to the heart of the chef.

To indulge one's appetite for truffles after the taste for them has been acquired is a very expensive luxury. They require to be well seleoted. Some may be as small as a nut, and some may weigh fully a pound, but the best ones, says M. Benolst, who has specially studied them, average six or eight to a pound. In this country the consumption is not so large, but it suddenly expands at Christmas time, and it is possible that when the supply IB short, as. it sometimes is, pickled truffles may W worth 8t) shillings per pound. As truffles, soon waste and go bad, it is obvious that it is a speculative article, unless the demand is regular. The French have learned to appreciate these dainties very highly,' and the skilled 000k can In illimitable dishes make effective use of them, to the delight of the gourmet, if not of the gourmand or glutton. In Paris more truffles, are used in one day than would suffloe the needs of all England for two months, served though they be as vegetables with hot or oold dishes.—London Telegraph.

DISEASES OF BEES.

A Number of Maladled to Contend With, Like pther Communities. During the last few years, thanks chiefly to the enterprise of the British Beekeepers' association, the keeping of bees had made great progress in this country, and it is now rare to

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tage without its two or three hives, while in the course of a railway journey one may often see a large field dotted over with the elaborate structures, which serve the modern bee for a residence, all of them carefully facing the oast so that their inmates glipuld be waked by the first rays of the sun, and-surrounded with other fields in which honey produoing blooms reduce their lab£tr to a minimum.

With the increase of bees, however, has come the spread of disease in much more rapid proportion. The old method used to be to keep the bees in a straw skip, and when they, had filled it with comb at the ond of the season to suffocate the entire community with sulphur and appropriate the results of its industry. This of course was not only a cruel, but an extremely wasteful pietbod. Nowadays, with the modern frame hive, the honey Is taken without disturbing the bees, and they are carefully packed up and preserved during the winter and even fed if they run short of food.

The modern hive, however, is subject to the beekeeper's principal troublenamely, what is called "foul brood." Nobody knews exactly what this is, or bow it is produoed, but it takes the form in the first place of a discoloration of the combs, and afterward of a complete putridity, which is equally patent to the eyes and the nose. It is extremely infectious, and as bees are constantly visiting one another's hives for predatory purposes, when it appears in a district it speedily spreads. It is said that when the ljeekeepers of Kent reoently employed an expert to examine their hives, 109 were found to be diseased out of 807.—London Chronicle.

Andrew Lane's Protest.

A correspondent asks me why I have called Charlotte Bronte "a hysterical governess." But when or where did lever write such nonsense about "the vestal of Haworth?" If I err not, the accomplished Shirley brought th8 charge against me in Good Words. I read it with amazement at Dingwall and forgot about it. The only article that I ever wrote on Miss Bronte, I think, was in Good Words. Looking over it, I see that I did say she was a governess and expressed the usual regret for the unhappy lives which are too often lived in that underpaid and difficult profession.

One catcHfes an echo of many laments in Miss Bronte's novels. Her materials are inevitably derived from her experience. But I find nothing about "hysterical governess." People have called Jeanne d' Arc "hysterical." Genius and hysterios have points of contact. But I did not even say that, as far as I am aware, and if I am to be accused of doing so by Shirley or any one else I must ask for documentary evidence. "No other is genuine." If the thing can be proved, I shall recant and burn my fagot if it cann£be proved, perhaps the myth will be wi^rawn. Nobody can remember all the foolish things he may have written, but this particular folly, I fondly trust, is beyond my power. —A. Lang in Longman's Magazine.

Informs oa-Himself.

San Francisco has probably one of the most peculiar thieves in the country. He is William H. Kinney, a middle,aged Australian, who takes anything in sight when drunk and then when sober gives himself up to the police. Ten years of his life have been spent in jail for petty thefts of which no one would have known but for his voluntary confession.

Not long ago he was released from jail after serving six months. A few days later he saw a nickel-in-the-slot machine in a saloon, and when the barkeeper's back was turned he stole it and pawned the machine for 75 cgnts.

FURY YOUNG DIVINE

RET. MR. MOUNTAIN PKKACHKS A FKKVID SKBMOK AT TBE I. C. A.

Says Mm At* Afraid to Surrender Theaa•elvei the Holy Spirit Lest Be Hake Them Bldlcaloos..

At the Young Men's Christian Association Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock a large audience of men listened to an Impassioned sermon by the Rev. W. W. Mountain of Trinity M. E. Ghulrch, They also listened to some aweet singing by Mr. Paul Gilbert, who has- been assisting Mr. Mountain in evangelistic work.

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Trinity's pastor was in an aggressive frame of mind and he delivered himself with! feeling against Christians who have not the Holy Sprit and who sing that they will go where the Lord wants them to go, do what the Lord wants them to do and be what the Lord wants them to be when as a matter of fact they have no* intention of doing any one of these things.

Mr. Mountain announced with emphasis that "it is no snap to he a Christian," that it requires blood and iron. His text was a part of the eighth verse of the first chapter of the Acts of the apostles: "But ye shall receive powe? after that the Holy. Ghost haa come upon you." This text "was the heart of the. sermon. Mr. Mountain took it that the reason the Christian people* of Terre Haute are of IJO more force than they are is because the Holy Ghost has not come upon them—because they, have not God. "Men are afraid fo"'surrender tibemselvei to the Holy Spirit,'*" said Mr. Mountain "they are afraid he Will make them ridiculous. And yet they Will put a goldbug on their coats as big as my hand and parade up and down Main street without any thought of being ridiculous." The young preached sad it required courage to follow Christ that it led Paul iiito prison. "And," he continued, "J suspect that is just where it would lead you here in Terre Haute. I have an Idea that if you would follow Christ valiantly for one week in this city you would be in jail."

The pastor of Trinity said many other things calculated to create an unusually large ripple of interest. Speaking of consecration he declared that there was enough consecration around Methodists' altars in one year to save the world, "if it amounted to what it ought to amount." But he affirmed that after kneeling at the altar and laying down all for the cause of a risen Savior the great bulk of Christians clasped everything back to their bosoms before getting upon their feet again.

All in all Mr. Mountain's sermon was one of'the most interesting and unconventional heard in that Y. M. C. A. hall for a good while. Among the men who heard the address were number of the most prominent citizens of the town.

HAVE" CHOICE POSITIONS.

Sdme Indianians Who Were Fortunate In Getting Offices. Washington, Oct. 25.—Indiana has in a quiet way managed to secure some or the best federal plums in the department here, as well as to retain several others. Here are the leading places in the department that have been given to Indiana Republicans since the administration changed: Robert j. Traceweil, comptroller of the treasury $6,000 Percy S. Heath, first assistant postmaster general 4,000 Joseph N. Tyner. attorney general for postofflce department 3,500 W. Li. Peofreld, solicitor for state de-, partment .. .. 2,250 N. L. Chew, assistant register treasury. 2,260 Paul Leibhart, superintendent dead letter office 2,250 A. h. Law she, deputy auditor postofflce department .. .. 2,250

The Indiana men are all very popular officials and are making enviable records. The most recent appointments are those of Judge W. L.' Penfleld, A. L. Lawshe and N. L. Chew. There is a movement on foot to raise Judge Penfleld's salary to $4,500. The office is one of the most agreeable in the public service, and Judge Penfleld is a very popular official. He came to Indiana and settled in Auburn in 1873. Prior to that he had resided in Michigan, was a graduate from the literary department of Ann Arbor University and taught language two years in Adrian College, at Adrian, Mich.

He was a delegate to {he Minneapolis convention of 1892 and to the St. Louis convention, and was the elector for his district in 1888, and the messenger chosen to bear the electoral vote to Washington. At the time he was appointed solicitor for the state department, on the recommendation of Senator Fairbanks, Judge Penfleld was* serving on the circuit bench of Indiana, to which position he had been elected by the largest majority ever givep for any judge in that district.

A. L. Lawshe, of Converse, Ind., who was appointed deputy auditor for the postoffice department on the recommendation of Congressman Steele, had been for a number of years publisher of the Converse Journal, and was postmaster under President Harrison. He was connected with the Wabash Courier for three years, and*worked in a job printing office in Indianapolis at one time. He was a delegate to the last national convention.

Mr. Lawshe bears a striking resemblance to William J. Bryan. He Is the counterpart of the late Democratic presidential candidate in dress, manney, appearance and voice. •He now wears the safne kia4 of a black cutaway co&t, with a low-cut vest and a laydown collar, with a black bow tie, that has characterized Mr. Bfyan ever since his face became familiar to the public. The most striking part of |,he resemblance is in the voice, gestures and manner. Mr. Lawshe has a habit of turning hiB arms akimbo and resting his hands on his hips and throwing his chest out, as does Mr. Bryan, and his voice could not be distinguished from that of the silver exponent if its author was concealed from view. It is seldom that a resemblance is so completely marked. Mr. Lawshe is a great admirer ofr Consul-Gen-eral Gowdy. He calls him by the endearing title of "Uncle Jack."

Nolen L. Chew, of Noblesvllle, who was appointed assistant register of the treasury, has the most congenial berth of its class in the government service. He was appointed at the instance of Congressman Charles B. Landls. The latter went directly to the president and asked for the appointment, and finally secured it. Mr. Chew has been very active in local politics, as chairman of the Hamilton county committee. He is a contractor by profession. This is the first office he ever held.

SERMON TO LIQUOR DEALERS.

Resolutions Adopted By the Association Taken As a Text. Special to the Indianaoolis News.

Martinsville, Ind., Oct. 25.—The Rev. J. L. Hudgins, of tht Cumberland Presbyterian church, took as the topic of his sermon last night the resolutions adopted by the National Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, in session at Indianapolis lait week. He said that he was glad that the resolutions had been adopted, as they, gave the opponents to the traffic an opportunity to know just where the liquor dealer*, stsipd^

He said he thought the association did hot expeet the intelligent Npublic to believe the resolutions. "That all todes of moral ethics recognizes the use of {such beverages. 4s

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the code set down in the Bible to refute thi* statement- "That such beverages are useful and natural," etc., was treated by reading from the physiology in use in the public schools. The charge that the opposition to the trade came only in the last half century was refuted by naming earlier reformers, and the portion saying that the traffio had always been recognized as honorable waa answered by reading clauses from the first known legislation on the subject. He created something of a stir when he referred ti their claiming to be law-abiding citizens iJ telllngf of eitaumslances he had observed it town «ni {hat '.day: that indicated that th* salqpns were open.

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Weak *nd D41irloos fie Lay In the Water *Aiil Night fipetfitf td tlHfc Ifidiaaaoolis Ntw*.

Martinsville Ind., Oct. 25.—William Hamilton, of Morgantown, who waa reported to have received fatal injuries while 'coon hunting on last Tuesday night haa recovered sufficiently to talk.

He says that when he left his home to go hunting he went along the road for some distance, and then turned into the woods. After he had gone a short distance some ono walked up behind him and said "Hello, Bill:" He turned to see who it was, not recognising the voice, and waa hit on the head by some weapon, he thinks a club. He was knocked down and kicked and finally thrown into the creek, where he lay all night. r,

It had b^efi raining, and started to rain again shortly after he was thrown there, and the water covered his body. He had worn no coat, and soon became chilled. He shouted for assistance until exhausted, but couid make no one hear. He lay there in the water from 8 o'clock In the evening until 4 the next morning. He was conscious a part of the time, but frequently fainted from pain. He had just recovered consciousness when he saw a nearby farmer going to the barn from his house with a lantern, and he called to him, but by the time the farmer reached him he was delirious again and was raviug about the assault. This was thought to be a hallucination on his part, and littie attention was paid to it until he became conscious and repeated the story.

It is not thought he can live. His hip is fractured, and he has a bad cut on his head and two ribs are broken. One of theso penetrated his lung. There is no clew as to who assaulted him.

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CLAIMS GREAT DAMAGES#

Charles Austin Bates Charges He Has Beeft Beaten Out of $2,000,000. New Tork, Oct. 25.—According to a summons and complaint filed in the county clerk's office today, Charles Austin (Bates claims he had been defrauded of $2,000,000 worth of stock of the General Electric company of Chicago, acid he names the members of the firm of J. P. Morgan tc Co., as defendants. In the suit to recover It the other defendants being Lucius Clark, A. G. Wheeler and Perry A. {Hull of Chicago.

Bates, in hla comprint, alleges fhat in November, 1895, he purchased 20.000 shares oi the" stock of the road. Soon after Defendant Glarkl represented to him that in order td successfully carry out the objects for which the corporation was created it was necessary to have a controlling inteiut placed temporarily in he hands Of one person. Batel says he turned over to Clark his 20,000 shares, but that he had repeatedly tried in vain to get Clark to return the stock. Bates saye that he then discovered that Clark transferred the stock to Defendant Hull, that the latter transferred it to a man named Stlnsoa, who In turn transferred It either :o J. Pierpont Morgan or to J- Pierpont Morgan & Co., who, Bates declared, now have it in their possession. All the transfers, Bates declares, were pretended and made without consideration and he brings suit to recover the stock and asks the court for an injunction restraining the defendants from disposing of the stock.

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The Czar Seriously Affronts Germans. Berlin, Oct 25.—The refusal of the czar and czarina to receive the grand duke and grand duchess of Baden at Darmstadt sifter the latter had intimated to their majesties a desire to visit them is vigorously criticised by the German press. The grand duke and grand duchess of Baden received a reply from the czar saying that his majesty had already made arrangements covering every day until his departure from Darmstadt and therefore his majesty would be unable to receive them. The" government issued orders today forbidding the telegraphing of any comments on this subject and its gravity may be gauged when It la added that many of the German newspapers regard the occurrence as an lrtsult to ths whole nation, as the grand duchess of Baden is a daughter of Emperor William I.

The Catamaran.

•the catamaran, made of a hollowed log, shares the popularity of the M&ssooia boat with the fishermen of Madras. The rickety looking contrivance can weather any storm in the skillful native handB, and letters are sent by this means to ships in the offing when other communication with the shore is impossible.

The catamaran requires steering with a paddle through the raging surf, and, though the boatman may be frequently dashed out of the rude skifT by the violence of the waves, he leaps into his fiail bark again with the efficiency of long practice, and the catamaran, flying over tbe crest of the great billows which threaten instant destruction, accomplishes the perilous voyage in safety.—All the^Year Bound.

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Indianapolis?. Oc.. 25.—A meeting of the stockholders of the Ft. Wayne, Terre Haute. & Southwestern was held here today. The meeting was called by Porter Skinner, of Rock Island, 111., who oWns nineteen-twen-tieths of the 2,100 shares of stock. Noble C. Butler was appointed by the United States Circuit court to preside. The direcors chosen were Charles M. Bradley, Hock Island, III.,

G. Skinner, 'Mo'.ine. IH. Fred A. Gregory. Jbhn J. Appel. Wm. H." Daggett, Oliver Wlsne and W H. Kappea, Indianapolis. The road is incomplete. The real object of the meeting today was to elec* a board of directors who will represent the views of the majority of Hie stockholders. The road was intended to be a stone and coal feeder to the Monon, but the latter road failed to consummate the required bh-15#"- ... ..

Wake Up.

Yes, wake up to the danger which threatens you if your kidneys and bladder are inactive or weak. Don't you know that if you fail to impel them to action. Bright/a disease or diabetes awaits you? Use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters without delay. Ic has a most beneficial effect upon the kidneys when sluggish, and upon the bowels, liver, stomach and nervous system.

May Build Another Street Car. Judge Henry yesterday granted the applU cation of Receiver Jump of the street railway company for permission to finish the construction of another street car to bo placed on the system. The court also ordered the receiver to make such changes in the switches and the road bed in general aa would be beneficial to the service.

Charley Nehf Haa Mad a Functor*. Bicyclists are all talking about the tire which was yesterday taken from the Wheel of Charley Nehf. The tire might not have been any better than hundreds of others, but it could hold atmosphere a good deal longer than the ordinary tire. Mr. Nehf jjumped up the rubber tube on November 2. 1896, and tie valve was not opened again until yesterday when the tire was taken off the wheel. It was punctured Sunday and Mr. Nehf is thinking of keeping it as a relic of the past. He has ridden the wheel constantly since blowing up the tire and that it held the air so long is a mystery to the riders.

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