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Emperor William, the Gar and the
Prince OF Wales are cigarette-hends.
Lord Portman, the richest land
owner in London, has doubled his
rents in all cases where leases have re
Gently expired.
The election of General Harrison as
surcs the appointment Of James Whit
comb Riley Of Indiana AZ poet iaure-
ate of America In this connection y
may be mentioned that Mr.. Rileys
book OF poems, recently published III
England, is meeting with warm praise
from the Bfiti-h critics
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Lace curtain nets big sale Cieary.
81 sDlendid white spread. Cleary.
Eastern casa prices; c.oaka CIeary.
Rags wanted for press room, P0sT-ISrEI
LIGENCEg Office
-5c shear Lawn embroidered hAndker-
chiefs. Chester Cleary
Fancy silk display next saturday even
ing IOkiAs. siBgerrnau 4 Co
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| Intemperance as a Ground for Di-
VnrPa.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Civilian L.
Washington, wealthy Virginian, has
brought suit in this city for divorce
from his wife, Maria J Washington
on the ground of intemperance. She
asked the court that he be ordered to
pay her $3.50 a month alimony, claim
ing her husband is worth $50 600 and
has an income of $4,000 a year. The
plaintiff is 4 son OF G. A. Washington
a wealthy banker of Robertson county,
TpupASSaa
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Rannuet tn Cen NfiIes

SAN FRANcIsCo, Dec. CA compli-
mentary banquet was this evening ten
dered Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COM
mander of the division of the Pacific,
at the Pacific club. by Major-Gen. Di-
mond and the officers of the second
brigade, National Guard of California.
To the toast, The Armies of the
United States" Gen. Miles responded
in a befitting manner. Gen. Dimond
replied to the toast. 4" The National
Guard of California"
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SALT LAKE, Dec. ca. Il. Cavenar,
second grand assistant engineer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
arrived yesterday from his home in
Oakland, Cal, aad left for Denver
this morning over the Rio Grande
route. He goes East for the purpose
of making, ii possible, settlement
between the Chicago. Burlington Il
Quincy and the strikers who have been
out so long.
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TAH~. ne. Iu the deputies th.-
evening l4rsso. who IL friend az
Ferry ANA who tayar> severe anti
blu.anEl.t mea-ure- having init
mated a desire "a move vote Of LACK
al euuudeurr ia The cabinet. Premier
Flaluet sail tbe government was
gate ready Go meet &c. laro>o replied
chat be would introduce his motion ar
IA. rr.rztar fg.rs.
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BERLIN, Dec. G.-The election for
member of the landtag by the sixth
electoral college, resulted in the sue
cess of Herr Herrfurth, minister OF
the interior, who received 202 votes
against l46 east for Schneider, liberal.
The industrial bill was defeated in the
reichstag TODAY.
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Ellcn.barsh Municipal Nomination..

kllESsEy B0H. Dec. at large
wa~. meeting of citizens of Ellens-
hurgh az the courthouse this evening.
W. Is. Abrams, manager of Ben. r..
suipc IS Co.'S bank. was nominated
unanimously for mayor For the
council She nominations were; r.. +.
Wilson. J. r. Focarty. J Mccarthy.
+, Lombard, C. Palmer, for marshal.
John l.. Wallace
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NJ. wilson "a he pro-.cn,.1

PAEIs, Dec. The chamber Of dep
utles to-day approved the report of the
committee recommending that Wilson
be prosecuted for libel The members
Of the right did not vote on the ques-
ton.
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Defeated Demncrats Dissaiisfieh.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Dec. Ga
special from Nashville says. GOV.
Tay was enjuined to-day from issu-
ing a certificate of election TO II. Clay
Evans, Republican congressman-elect
in the Third Tennessee district. The
petitioners charged fraud on the part
of the Republicans.
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New York sun.
Patroluian Gilligan->hure McUufk
has Ia Dist post in ia precinct.
PatrOlman Macintosh 0ately APP
pointed An phat's that
Gilligan-Phy, tn wan wud dc ateen
apple stands an two blocks iuii az
purity servant guris.
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international sculling Contest.

BRISBANE, Dec. Arrangements
have been made for an international
sculling contest The first prize will
he $500 Beach, Kemp, Searle. Mat
tersOn, Morrison, Stansbury. Nelson
and Macclear will compete.
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\ LITTLE GIRL MIss1SG. - Lucy
Bland, a 12-year-old girl is reported
missing from her parents home on
the Duwamish since Wednesday night.
Her father made inquiries for her at
police headquarters Yesterday II is
feared she is drowned. Al police
officers are instructed to be on the
lookout for her.
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Cause of Hail McAiIister.s Death.

SAN FEAYCIsCo. Dec. ct is now
officially stated that the autopsy on
the body OF Hall McAllister showed
that death was indirectly due TO tu-
NOR on the brain, and that the tumor
was probably OF one years growth.
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TAKEN IN By THE PoLicE.-Six ar
rests were made by the police last
night on variety of charges. J. T.
DAILY was apprehended by Officer
Thompson for threatening to clean up
saloon by wipinc the floor with the
best man present. Felix Madour was
arrested by the same officer for Great
ing disturbance in ST. John saloon
on Washington street. \ Chinaman
was placed behind the bars for pur-
Joining chickens, and Lawrence Dolan
was held to answer the charge of wife
beating and drunkenness. The other
cases were ordinary DRINKS.
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'st.Fr Q-e p,c e.- Thres men
asH.ra FoaTs.ar father -oE 4lt.
ucpser .r.t here Yesterday IL O. boat
GER their koue. ibis Wora5uE .Eeir
t"4is, ncrc ioaul .u tAc boa Death
rc>u.tet from exhaustion ard cE-
le-.rr
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JCDGE BOYLE Has RETURNED
Chief Justice Boyle returned yesterday
from holding court at Mount Vernon.
Except the Marsh heirs ". Cavana ugh
heirs case, and the LaConner selling
liquor with license cases, the session
was devoid of interest.
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Agents sWfNW
FuF trimming. Chester Cleary.
Price our uew pushes. Cleary
Handkerchief. Chester Cleary.
Great sale; table linens. Cleary
sale OF hosiery. Chester Cleary.
New trimmings. Chester CleAry.
Display Of Christmas goods next satur-
day evening Ioklas, singermsn & Co.
Fans OF every make and design Display
next saturday evening Foklas, SluEerIna
& Co.
Seckweer for Christmas Display next
saturday evening Toklas. -ingerman
& Co
Real lace handkerchief display next
Saturday evening. TOklas, Singerman
& Co
Haley K Wright
Leading GroceYS
Would be pleased % see you this morning
At 20 second ~, next door to pos:o flee.
sstius. Chester Cleary.
Shawis. Chester Cleary.
Towels. Chester CIeary.
Ribbons Chester ClesYy.
Ribbons. Chester Cleary.
Blankets. Chester Clea-y
Napkins Chester Ciezry.
Wooden hosiery Chester Cleary.
Sew dress goods Chester Cleary.
Price our azulels- Chester Cleary.
Come and see our display next satu rday
-yeaing. Toklas. sinscrmen & Co
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Seventeen Sailors prowned.

LoSDoN, Dee. The British steamer
Bartelehools has been wrecked at
Egersund, Norway. Only four Of the
crew OF u were saved.
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uA"'" VIM" fiaytng with Fire.
SAN jose, Dee. G.--Annie Double. a
3-year-oid step-daughter OF Amodo
Castro, was dangerously burned while
playing with fire last evening and will
probably die.
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french RaiIroa1 acci,I.r,

PARIS, Dee. 6.-An accident has oc.
Cured on the railroad bstween Mar
settles and Toulon it is believed. with
serious result.
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Evans CASE CoSTISUEB ~ The
United States postal authorities have
secured a continuation OF the Thomas
w. Evans ease before L. :. Commits
sioner Emery until to-day, when the
postoiiice inspector is expected to
arrive from Portland.
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DIED OF CoSsUNPrIoN. - Leander
Lambert, a young man OF 10, died
the Concord house yesterday morning
OF consumption. His body was taken
to Cross 4 Go. s. and will be buried as
soon as directions can be received
from the father. who is in California.
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SALEM, Oregon. April 10.
have just been cured Of quite a severe
attack OF Catarrh Of the Bladder aud
structure OF the Urethrs. mainly bv use Of
a couple Of boxes OF the OREGON KID
NEI TEA, aud can therefore recommend
OF the Kidney and Urinary Organs.
IED WILLIS.
Stewart x Holmes Drug Co. Wholesale
Agents swfGw
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seminal weakness Many die Of ~ -, arr,
eulty. ignorant Of it, cause. a PIT
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There il % be Auother census taken
ia lsi3, u ae i0laNei hv re-SpPof-
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PASSENGER LISTS.

LONpuS Dee G-Inhn Rrial..,.- -
dition is worse tonight.
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he au2lgamation question was
then brought up definitely. Messrs.
Furth, Davies and Levy representing
the chamber The reluctance of the
hoard oelng still 50 apparent. Mr..
furth said ii the board didnt want to
unite with the chamber all il had TO
60 was u refuse to appoint q commit
tee on conference.
Mr., Humphrey for one couldn't see
what benefit Wa likely 70 result from
the union
Mr. Furth thought that in eases ike
that OF waiting upon the Manifestation
comm ;jee. united action OF the board
ami chanuer Wa always advisable
President Adair renewed the obiec-
tons 20 4malgatlou and gave history
q, Roth organization IL was not adj
ylssbie - have the business Of the
board 80 open as q union with The
cham Ter oi commerce would necessi-
tate. since IN the chamber there were
attorney representing the Interests
81 numerous fore. IN camme
gl4l Institutions, Ike Bradstreets
Dun a Cos etc. and every action OF
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind. March 8.-Conductor W. B.
Haywood, of the Lake Erie e. Western railroad,
died to-day from the effects of Sunday nights
stroke of apoplexy. His remains will be in
TERED at his old home at Lsoni. Mich Mr.
haywood was knight Templar, a member of
the Order of Railway Conductors, and of
the popular conductors the road. He
had charge of the train in Ohio, few weeks
ago, when the Mayo troupe was so badly shaken
up, and by his bravery not only prevented more
serious injury to the company. blu. prevented
disaster by extineuishing the flames. He was
badly burned in so doing.
RICHMOND, Ind. March 8.--The venerable
Mrs. Sarah 81. Ward aged eighty-four years.
who had been a resident of Richmond for over
sixty years, died last evening She had been
helpless about a year, aud lndispossd q year
and Q half. bat had previously enjoyed surpris-
ing health and energy for one of her age. The
funeral will occur on Saturday afternoon.
BALTIMORE. March ga special from
Charleston. w. Va, says that Gen. d. Ell.
Strother, Porte Crayon," died at thai. place to-
to-day.
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OBITUARY

Beebe Booth, Aged Father of Ex-senator
Newton Booth.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
& GREENcAsTLE, Ind. March 8-Attacked by a
cold, last Saturday, and weakened by his great
age, Beebe Booth died to-day at 1920 A. NJ
He was the son of Walter and of Mary Booth
whose maiden name Mary Newton,) and
was born March %, 1793 at Woodb bridge Conn.
One sister, Lucy Allne, of Woodbridge. sur
wives him. In 1917. being temporarily in North
Carolina on business, he was persuaded by
Micah Newley to go with him to Indiana They
came to Salem, and there engaged as partners
In the dry goods trads until 1912. 1t was the
custom of the country in those early DAYS for
merchants to keep whisky for sale aud to treat
their customers. But in 1924 s'itinerant
preacher" brought the subject of the evil of the
sconsnitiag no one he emptied the firms whisky
into the street. In 1913 he, with Ebsnezer Pat
rick, established the Tocsin, a weekly ne Wi paper
a. Salem. About five yssfs afterward he sold ous
his -. share (of the expenses) IN the
paper to Mr. Patrick. In 1928, with David
Campbell, he built, and until 1912 carried on. a
cotton-,nlil at Salem To this they also adde
a waoen-mill He removed, in 1912. from
Salem to Terre Haute, where he continued in
the dry goods business until 1850. with Jonathan
Kimbal Greenough-a graduate Of West Point
and civil engineer on the national road. @About
1874 he established a. branch store ip Marshall,
His extending his business to Paris and New
tom, Ill His son Walter died at Paris, ILL.,,
April 5, 1881, and his son Lucius at Terre
Haute, Nov. 81, 1881. His wife and MS sons,
Newton Booth of California, and Lyman Booth,
of Marshall Ill, and his daughters Mrs. Mary
B.. Ames, of Greencastle. and Mrs. John S. Tar
kington, of Indianapolis. survive him.
In politics he was a Wing and Republican. In
every business and relation of life he walked
upright In that light which ''iighteth every man
that cometh into the world" He was pure and
peaceable. He was enterprisine in business,
but as merchant he made no profit by the ie-
norance or helplessness of bis customers. Fond
books, he sought information of the nature
of life, its conduct and destiny He met every
duty of life with performance. For many.
many years he walked not in opinion, belief a
blind faith, but witha conscious possession of
that quality of life which is immortal His last
hours were full of the peace of a certainty of
spiritual immortality.
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be taken to bring him back TO bartholomew
county TO answer for tho crime he committed
there.
The Democratic Daily and Weekly Herald
News Company was organized yesterday at
Madison. The authorized capital is three thou-
sand dollars The directors John r.. Cra-
vens. Charles Korbiy, john Scott, Joseph Alb
bolt, Joseph Brashear John luck, j. c. Bart
lett. Doctor Hutchings and John Adams.
David Friday, a wealthy retired merchant OF
kokomo, Is afflicted with a curious monomania.
that of anarchy. He thinks that he is being
chased By Anarchists He acts In 3 perfe city
rational manner until something occurs to sug-
lent.
Martha Bush is just one nundred and one
years old, She lives with her daughter, Mary
Love, at JeffersoEville. She attends to all
household duties and still threads fine needle
without glasses. She was brought 10 Kentucky
by John Bush and worked several times for
Generals John Morgan and Kirby Smith. just
before the war she purchased her freedom for
The Friends and Methodsts of Winchester
are now in the midst of interesting and success
ful revival services. Miss frankie Pierre, an
Ohio evangelist, Is assisting the Friends, and
Rev. Wade, of Muncie, the Methodists. The
PresbYterians isnd Christians haveI each just
closed very successful revival services. The
Christians New Light will soon beginlt the
erection of house of worship at Winchester
Simon f. Carter, ex-recorder and ex- clerk of
Benton county, died Wednesday. The i'm
mediate cause OF his death was Brights disease.
He was the founder of the Evening Mail, the
first newspaper published in the county He
was an extensive breeder of fine poultry. and
had national reputation in this line. Mr. Car
ter was of the leading Republicans of the
county. and man OF much executive ability.
Mrs. Lucy d. NORTH Bishop was born in Far
rlngton, Conn. March 3, 1874, and died at OK
ford, o.. March 5. 1888 She was married in the
same house which she died. to the Rev. John
M. Bishop. Nov. TO- 1916. For these forty-two
yeArs she has been faithful, happy and success
full worker in the Presbyterian Church of Indi-
Her unexpected death will be a sore be-
reavement to many hearts who have been asso-
ciated with her IN Christian work.
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Baby and Nurse Fatally Burnea.

GEORGETOWN. O.. March 6.--Mandy johnson
a colored woman. went out to do homework
yesterday, leaving her baby in the care of
another young coored woman, Katie Banks.
Katie fell asleep, and awoke to find her clothing
and the baby's cradle fire. The frightened
girl could not escape from the room, the door
being locked, and in her agony she threw her
self on the bed in vain effort to smother the
blaze. A ne1ghbor hearing her cries for help.
and seeing smoke issuing from the house,
forced the door. The Banks girl rose from the
bed. staggered few feet and fell She pre-
sented horrible sight. Her clothing was en-
tirey burned from her body. leaving only
waistband about her: her hair was
burned off her head, and at the slightest touch
the skin would peel from her body. Both she
and the baby will die.
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ILLINOIS.

Two Thousand Delegates I'm Attendance on
the Republican Club Convention.
SPRINGFIELD. March 8.-The Republican clubs
of the State met as 10 o'clock this morning to
organize a State Republican League. w. w.
Tracy. after reading the call, stated that over 400
permanently organized Republican clubs in Illi-
nois have reported to the executive committee,
and these clubs are represented here by over
1000 delegates. Hon. l.. B. Croker, Of Men
dota. was made permanent chairman of the
meeting and Richard ates was made perma-
nsnt secretary. James H. Foster, presidents of
the Republican League or the United States,
was introduced and addressed the convention
and briefly reviewed the tariff question and the
position of the Prohibition party. Permanent
organization effected at the afternoon ses-
sion and adjournment taken until tomorrow.