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Indiana Nores.

The Kokomo public schools ave closed
until after the holidays on account Of the
prevalence o. diphtheria.
Camp No. 296. Sons of Veterans. of Rock
port. has elected the following officers:
Commander, Charles l.. Martin; senior vice.
commander, James Robinson: junior vice.
commander. James EskrldGe; represent
atiye division encampment, Z. Partridge.
Mrs. Emma Pbipps has been given judy
ment for 500 in the Circuit COnrt of Clark
county. Mrs. Phipps was struck by an
Ohio IL Mississippi train, while in a buggy,
and was seriously injured. She brought
suit against the railroad for $40. 600 dam
ages, and was awarded the amount stated.
Spencer Post. No. 102. Woman's Relief
Corps. OF Rockport has elected the follow
ing officers: President, Julia 4. Belts; sem
Tor vice. president. Jennie f. Hardy; jnnior
vice-president, Ella Cosgrove; chaplain.
Barbara Felgel; treasurer. Maggie Hurst;
conductor. AIMS BslderSon: guard. Caroline
Balderson.
Three Chicago crooks. arrested last week
for confidence game played on an English
man named Blackwell, on the Chicago "
Erie train. were bound over to court at
huntington in the cum Of $500 each. Chicago
police officers were present at the trial and
recognized them as Chicago toughs u
gamblers. Other crimes are alleged against
them there and the outlook is for q peni-
Tertiary sentence in either this State or
Illinois.
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MISSHAPEN ONLY In IODY.
Death of Rfss Donohus. q Horribly Deformed
Woman, Who Was Contented and Happy.

PAwTUcKET. r. l.. Dec. 18-Roso Dono-
hue died here on Friday. aged ~forty-seyen.
She was stricken with paralysis at the age
of nine and for thirty-eight years had not
left the little crib in which her three feet
OF body reposed. nor during that lime had
there been an apparent growth in the
limbs. shoulders or trunk. After q time
her feet became locked. one on top of the
other and KNIT together, so that the right
foot, which was beneath the left. could
hardly be seen. Nevertheless her head
gre as rapidly to its proper proportions
as that of o person who enjoyed good phys
zeal health. Her hands were painless and
the four fingers on ner right hand and the
three on her left were homeless bits Of flesh,
six inches long. Her memory was remark
ably clear and her eyes beamed with
brightness and intelligence. She was a
constant reader of religious works and re-
niemhered everything which she read and
would repeat il from memory. She devoted
all her time to reading works of eminent
Catholics and In prayer. Although she
never expressed 1t when people called on
her. it could be plainly seen from her man
ner that she was i'll &C ease when gazed at
too long. In regard to her condition she
would never say O word but was always as
happy and c0ntented as possible.
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GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS"

The public cares for no critical study OF
James Whitcomb Riley's verse. his meth
DDS or his style. Long ago be went straight
to the hearts of the people. and while pro-
fessional critics considered his work. COM
pared 1t with standards set up by them
selves. and INDUCED in improbable dis
cussions as to his exact place in the literary
world. the poems were becoming house
hold literature all over the land. The com
mon people, whose verdict decides the
fame of all poets. quickly recognized Mr..
Riley's quality. They needed not that his
poems departed in form from classic models;
they knew their grace and genuineness;
they knew that he expressed sentiments
and emotions common. msyhap. to all
humanity. but also to each man and woman
eacredly personal. as no one else had done;
they laughed at the bumor and quaint con-
celts and yep a. the homely pathos in bis
dialect" and were swayed by the tcnder
sympathy and intimate comprehension
with which be touched tho chords of grief
and interpreted the thoughts of childhood.
Mr.. Riley's poems are not only read; they
are loved, and re-read. and memoriZed. and.
therefore, when he offers q new volume it's
welcome is already prepared bee ause Of the
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THE PREsBYTERY DEFIED.
Members of a DstrO t Church Stand by Rev.
Welton, Their Suspended Pastor.

DETROIT. Mich. Dec. 1s.-lt certainly
looks as though the members of the con-
regation of Thompson Presbyterian
Church were entirely In earnest when they
stated that it was their intention to stand
by their pastor, the Rev. NJ r. Welton, who
had been suspended by the Detroit Pres
bytery. and to resist any action on the
part of that body to fill the pulpit which
it had declared vacant. That this atti-
tude of the congregation is not assumed
without the intention Of maintaining
1t was conclusively shown this
morning. The presbyte had declared
the pulpit vacant. and accordingly
had appointed q pastor to appear ut the
church for the purpose of preaching. The
congregation, or rather the majority. said
the pulpit was not vacant. that the presby-
terry had erred in its action, ami that il
their pastor. Mr.. Welton. could not preach
there on Sunday, no one should. This was
the situation this morning. and. naturally,
there was a great deal of interest shown in
the outcome. The congregation maintained
their positions: they certainly did exactly
what they said they would do. They locked
the doors of the church and posted q notice
on each door in the name of the members
of the congregation TO whom the church
and the property hal been transferred
while the present difficulty Is pending.
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The Prohibition Party and Prohibition.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
The announcement in the news depart.
ment of the Journal. last Saturday, that
Gen. Bidwall, the Prohibition candidate for
President, received not Q single vote in
South Carolina. Is very significant when
taken with two companion facts. The FIRST
is that the Prohibition party never had an
organization in that State. and the second
that in the South Carolina Legislature.
now in session, Q very stringent prohibitory
law passed the House, last week, by q
vote Of 50 to A, with o reasonable proba-
bility that il will soon become q law. But
this is not exceptional. The only States IN
which p~rohibitory laws have ever been
passed are those in which there had been
no Prohibition party prior TO the passage
have passed such laws within the last eiQhu
years are the two Dakotas. and In neither
OF these was there even the shadow of .
Prohibition party until this year, when in
North Dakota the party got o few hundred
votes, but not enough, il is thought. to Sc
riously endanger the law. Until after
much missionary work in Kansas and Iowa
the Prohibition vote in these States reached
several thousands, no fears were enter
but they are known now TO be in immlnent
peril If not in absolute danger of repeal or
fatal changes. No wonder that in so many
cases the saloon influence has contributed
freely to maintaining the organs of that
party and otherwise befriending 1t. 1t 10
their only hope. u. L. SEE.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. II.
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BITTER AGAINST BEATTY.
Some Of the Homestead Men Would Like to
Make Way with the Alleged Prisoner.

PITTsBURG. Dec. 1s.-The feeling against
Beatty. the alleged Homestead p~oisoner.
among the non-union men at the mill is
vary bitter. and from the rumors adoat it
vesld seem that he is much safer in Jail
than out of il. 1t 10 stated that an organize
tion has been formed among the non-union-
lists to put him out of the way if ne should
be given his liberty. Last week a paper
was circulated In the mill by some hot
heads, in which the signers agree TO draw
lots. and the one receiving the blank
was TO attend to Beatty in the event
of his release. The authority for the
above was n workman who refused TO sign
the paper when IL was presented 10 him.
He then went among his friends and cau-
toned them against doing any thing rash
while IN their present excited condition.
The man stated that the paper had Q num-
Der of signatures.
Louis Sim. q Hungarian who worked at
the Carnegie s~teei-works at Homestead
during the strike. died at the ALLEGHENY
General Hospital to-day, and the phy-
sIciaus say it il believed he was
poisoned. This 10 the first case of
the alleged poisoning reported to
the coroner. and . thorough investI-
CATION viii be made. Coroner Mcdowell
says he will have n chemical Analysis
made OF the stomach. liver and kidneys
TO ascertain II the man died of poison.
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THE SOUTHERN METHOD.
Threats Made to Lynch a Prominent Repub-
lican if He Is Acquitted by The Court

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 1e.-Counsel for
Judge BaumaD, o prominent Republican,
and ex-Mayor of Kennerville, who has been
IN Jail for the past month charged with
conspiring to assassinate Judge Long. the
present Mayor of Kennerville, has applied
for a change of venue. alleging that public
sentiment in Jefferson parish is influenced
against the accused. 1t 10 alleged that
witnesses who would testify in behalf of
Bauman have been driven from the parish,
and thev have declined to furnish their adj
dresses. Matters in the case are beginning
to assume a dangerous aspect for Judge
Bauman. He was indicted on the testi-
meny of Mildred Williams, who charged
that Judge Bauman paid him q certain sun
of money TO shoot Judge Long. Williams
has now contradicted that testimony, and
says he was forced TO make the statement
for fear of his life. Public sentiment is
against Bauman, and the feeling in the
case 10 becoming more intense every day.
1t IA an open secret among the white peo-
pie in Jefferson Parrish that II Bauman is
acquitted on the charge they will lynch
him. Bauma fears these threats will be
carried out, aud that IL his main reason for
seeking o change of emu
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OPPOSED TO MEETING AGAIN
British Delegates to the Silver Confer
. ence Wanted to Adjourn Sine Die.
Senator Allison Thought the Coming Demo-
cratic administration Should Havea Chance
Bail Refused for Charles De lessepa
THE BRUSSELS coNFEREscE.

Senator AlIison's Speech ut the Closing
session-Britain's Delegates Ready To Quit.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1s.-After NJ. Dinenze's
motion had been proposed at the monetary
conference. yesterday, Senator Allison
made q short speech IN behalf of the United
States delegation. He aid emphasis upon
the fact that throughout the debate nobody
had suggested that either of the money
metals be discarded. During the adjourn
ment. he said. the delegates would have
time to study the Rothschild and
other proposals that had been sub
mitted. Although the conference has
been of brief Duration he continued.
'"the discussions that rave taken place
have been of great value. and we think it
wise to resume the deliberations after q re-
cess. Any agreement st which the confer
ence might arrive would probably require
large concessions on our part. 1t Is, there
fore, natural thai the Democratic admin.
istration which is about to come into office
In the United States. and upon which the
responsibility for such action would fail.
should have an opportunity to direct the
course of the United States delegates 1t
would, consequently. be advantageous TO
the United States if the conference should
adjourn long enough TO enADle pne new
government to consider what shall be
done.s
Nh. Bertram Currie. of the British dele
cation. objected 70 the reassembling OF the
conference. on the ground that. as three
previous monetary conferences had failed.
there was little prospect of the present one
being o success. Sir c. Rivers Wilson,
OF the British delegation, CONQUERED
in the opinion of Currie. He said
that tx the conference should re-
oaaarnlla rfo f0ok sh0nlH ho ennfinad Tn
an examination of q perfectly explicit
proposal from the United States or some
other power which would not interfere
with the fundamental principles govern
Ing the monetary s. stems OF the various
states concerned. In the meantime. he said.
Great Britain would reserve complete lib
erty Of action. NJ. Di Renzi's proposal was
adopted and the conference adjourned.
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ENGINEERS GREET THEIR CHIEF.
Over 500 Meet P. nj. Arthur and Discuss Their
Inlerests-New Seals Wanted.

JACKSON, Mich. Dec. 1s.-Between five
and six hundred locomotive engineers met
in this city to-day for q jubilee meeting
behind closed doors. Grand Chief p. NJ.
Arthur, of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers. was present, and engineers
within q radius of $50 miles were
here TO greet him. Excursion trains were
run from Fort Wayne. Ind. and Port
Huron and Bay City. Mich.
Early this morning Q rumor was current
that the engineers had q big grievance to
lay before their chief. and from the fact that
jackson Division. No. 2. held o protracted
meeting n week ago to-day. this story
gained some credence. That this number
of engineers should come $50 miles to grasp
Chief Arthur by the hand and AVE q social
time did not seem probable. but such was
evidently the case, as the railroads issued
passes TO all their men and showed them
many courtesies which would hardly have
been the case had there been trouble brew
ing.
Chief Arthur was interviewed. and said:
The locomotive engineers are here to-day
for q union meeting and q general social
time. invitations having been sent out to
the various divisions by Jackson Division.
No. 2 An opportunity has been given the
membership to discuss matters of interest
to each other and the grand chief. There
arc many members of the order VINO do not
fully understand it's workings. and to such
nomberS an opportunity has been given to
question me. six years ago l attended q
similar union meeting In this city. At that
time Q public meeting was held. as we
needed the sympathy of the public Ia our
work. but now we are able to stand alone"
When asked as to the question of griev.
ances. the chief said: MY brother en-
gineers had no grievances TO lay Defore me.
Had such been the case i would not hest
tate to tell the public about it. as In such
instances we alwavs publicly define our DO.
sition.. The only time that q grievance was
mentioned was when the late troubles In
the East were referred to. The outcome OF
such troubles Is not made public. hence to-
days meeting was held In order that all
might understand the lay of the situation"
The meeting was OF one session, being
called to order at l o'clock and lasting five
hours. Chief Arthur spoke en- hour and q
half. OF the condition OF the order he said:
Our order has never been in q more
flourishing condition. Since April l.. the
close OF the fiscal year, sixteen new
divisions have been formed. During my
nineteen years as grand chief l have
never seen q more prosperous state of
affairs than at present. Grievances have,
of course, arisen at variOus times, but
all of the 25 600 of us are now happy" This
evening the grand chief addressed u meet
ing held by the Ladies' Auxiliary Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. He leaves
tomorrow for Cleveland.
Unoffic1ally il was learned that worlds
fair tIafic was discussed at length. The
engineers want a lew scale of wage to be
railway officials to adjust the matter will
he soon held.
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certainty that it contains messages for all
hearts. Green Fields and Running
the book Just issued, 1t IS not too much to
say, will meet oil expectations OF the writ
er's most ardent admirers. In it are some
poems familiar through their appearance
I'm newspaper or magazine. or through the
authors public ROTATIONS; but there are
many entirely new to the public, and the
shows Mr.. Riley's versatility of genius as
perhaps no other single volume previously
issued does.
Every page tempts to quotation. The
first poem takes the reader at once into
green fields" along "A Country Pathway"
where
Above the arching jimson-weedsf flare twos
And twos OF sallOw-yellow butterflies,
Like blooms of lorn primroses blowing loose
When autumn winds arise.
The path strays through the meadow and
across q stream where
A boat-hacked bug drifts on a helpless cruise,
Or wildly oars the air,
As, dimly seen. the pirate OF the brook
The pike, whosejaunty hulk denotes his speed
Swings %pivOting about, with wary look
or low and cunning greed.
Further on he SINCE Of the Banks o.
Deer Crick:'
1 never seen the ocean ner I never seen the sea-
On the banks o. Deer crick's grand enough fer
me.
He celebrates the iron-hOrse in words as
ScuO no CSci cuuB w u pAoASo Va sAS
Bedouin's sfeed:
There's a fierceness in his ire
A maddened majesty that leaps
Along his veins In blood of fire,
Until the path his vision sweeps
Spins cut behind him like a thread
Unraveled from the reel OF time.
Here is the ever-popular Jap Miller"
who
stumped old Morgan county, through the sum-
shine and the rain,
And helt the banner up'ards from a-trallin' in
the dust,
And cut loose on monopolies and cussed and
cussed and cussed!
In q mood tina comes to world worn souls
more often than they would openly admit
he says:
o we who find sins pillows wild and rough,
Do We not feel how more than any gold
Would he the blameless life we led OF cid
While yet our lips knew but a mothers kissi
All. Though we miss
All else but this.
To be good Is enough!
The inimitable "Riley boy" the real boy
who is now good and now bad. and whose
mind is full of queer fancies-this boy
figures again in this volume. He gives his
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RANDOLPH COUNTY CUKIos.

Interesting Relics Exhibited at a Fair Held
by the Ladies of Winchester.
specialto the Indianapolis Journal
WINCHESTER, Ind, Dec. 1S.-In connec-
ton with the fair held here last week the
women had one department which was
designated the "Old Curiosity Shop" One
of the first things to attract attention was
q mammoth shirt worn by i. w. Vancleve
thirty-ive years ago. 1t was exhibited by
his niece. Mr.. Vancleve was the first
white child born in Dayton, o..
and his weight at the time the
shirt was made for him was 465
pounds. Grouped about an old-time
fireplace with Its swinging crane and pom
derous andirons were various relics. among
them being q sieve 125 years old, a huge
knife box one hundred years old and
sndirons. the property of Mrs. Ed ward Ed
ger. yet living here and almostn ninety years
of age. These andirons were the property
of Mrs. Edgers mother and arc 175 years
old. Just al0n gside m old German Bible
OF huge bulk and long ago musty with
years vaa q book OF sermons and memoirs
of Rev. matthew Clark winch Is 165 years
DID. This last book Is the property
Of Rev. J. X. Waltz, of this city;
n rnsa there n, wns Pew tier a DTsad
piotO ~ pAOpOAbJ VA eAO AiVat
great-grandmotber of Mrs. +. j.. Watson.
This plate boasts the distinction Of having
boen buried by the family along with other
articles of value. during the troublous days
Of i776 TO 1850. that it might not be bOr-
rowed by the soldiers in the absence of it's
owners. A pair of heavy iron-framed spec
tacles. belonging to Mr.. Calvin Edwards,
of thIs city, one of the descendants of
Robert Edwards and III heir of the great
Edwards estate. was o curiosity. The
frames of thess spectacles were made by q
blacksmith and reflect credit on the skill
of the workman. Is they ore nicely finished
though large and heavy. These .'specs"
are said to be four hundred years old.
The glass in each side seems perfectly
fat, and they are q perfect circle.
There was also a brass fax hackle brought
TO this country from Ireland in 1907 by the
father of Mr.. Edward Edger. Mr.. Edger,
who is past ninety years of age and gets
about the town with ease. says this hackle
Is over two hundred years old. Not far
from the hackle vas an iron meat fork
some two feet in length, which is quite a
junior, being not much past seventy-tive
years old. This Is the property of Mrs. T..
l.. Watson. There were many other
articles that made the curiosity shop a
place of great interest.
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Para Brewer Pabst Reconciled to the Secret
Marriage of His Son and Miss Mather.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MILwAUKEE. Wis. Dec. ia reconcilia-
tion has taken place between Captain
Pabst. the wealthy Milwaukee brewer. and
his son Gustav. whose relations were es-
tranged some weeks ago through the an
nouncement of the secret marriage of
young Pabst and Margare ct Mather. the ac-
tress. After the announcement of the mar
riage Gustav Pabst resigned his position as
of the Pabst Brewing Com pRny
and arranged to engage in business ut Terre
Haute. Ind. Since then the reconciliatlon
has taken place. Yesterday Gustav and his
bride arrived here. and they are now at tho
mansion of Captain Pabst. on Grand av-
enue. where they are to permanently re-
side. Mr.. Pabs will return to his place in
the brewery.
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version of Jack the Giant-klller," who.
after reading, high on the wall. the an
nouncemept that whoever could blow the
great trumpet should cause the giants over
throw
An Jack, he thist reached up an blowed
The stufin' out of It; an th'owed
Tn castul-gates wide open, an
Men tuck his gold sword in his ham.
An thist marched I'm & ole "Bumblebore,"
An, fore he knowed, he put bout four
Heads on him-an' chopped 'em OF, tool
Wisht at I'd been ~Jack.-don't youi
Those who prefer Mr.. Riley's serious
verse to the lighter dialect have here
HIS Mother with its insight into maternal
love. has in il a thought that goes beyond
the common teaching of the sacrifice of the
Son. TIE mother prays-
All What stress of love
Thou givest me to guard with Thee thfswise:
It's fullest speech ever to be denied
Mine own-beiDg his mother! All thereof
Thou knowest only; looking from the skies
As when not Christ alone was crucifled.
Here is that tender poem. The Watches
or the Night" which Is at once q pray or
and a benedictiOn:
Till the silence of our sobbing is the prayer the
And His hand is laid upon us with the tender
In the waning of the watches of the night.
Friendship 10 celebrated over again:
'He Is my friend,D / said.-
BE patient" Overhead
The skies were drear and dim;
And 10. the thought OF him
Smiled on my heart-and then
The sun sh0ne out again.
Of dialect, however. there 10 no lack
dialect which is the daIlv speech of the
uncultured Hoosier. and not the wearisome
jsrgon that most writers make it:
Right here at home. boys, in old Hoosierdom,
Where strangers allus joke us when they come,
And brag o. their old states and interprise-
Yit settle here; and fore they realize,
They're "Hoosier" as the reet or us. and live
Right here atholne. boys, with their past fergive.
And here is Sister Jones's Confesslon.D
which must be given in full and all the
rest of the treasures of the volume be left
for it's readers TO choose from as they take
up the book at their firesides:
thought the deacon liked me-, yit
warn't adZacSly shore OF it
Fer. mind ye. time and time ag'in,
When liners nd he COMM IN.
I'd seed him shakin' hands as free
With all the sistern AZ with me,
But jurin last Revival. where
He called on me to lead In prayer.
An kneeled there with me-. side by side,
A whisper'n', "he felt sanctified
Jes' tetchin OF my armen hem"
That settled things AZ fur as them
Thare other wimmin was concerned.
And-well-I knowed l must a-turned
A dozen colors. Fhurriedf-ia!-
No mortal sinner ever saw
A gladder wilder than the one
A-kneelin' there and wondernn'
Who'd prayi So giad. mon my word
rally couldn't thank the Lord.
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binding with the authors other works.