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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1893-12-29
IBN EZRA.

| An Historical Sketch by Rabbi s. HoRwfrz, Of
Petersburg, Va.
It is an undisputed fact that Spain has given
to the world her full share in the line Of jew
ish savanta But no century, either before Of
after, has produced such triumviate IN Jew
ish learning as has the twelfth century. Rabbi
Abraham ben MAR (Ibn EEra). Rabbi Judah
Halevi ben Samuel, and Rabbi Moses Maimon
(Maimonides), who compose this triumvirate,
first saw the light of this world in Spain but
strange to say none of them breathed their last
in Spain.
Abraham Ibn Ezra was born in Toledo about
1889. His parents were very poor, and wele
not in the position to enable him to obtain
thorough education. But being highly gifted
by nature, and having strong desire for know
ledge, he travelled from place to place, sat 1t
the feet Of great and wise mon, and listened to
their words until he reached the goal Of his
ambition. While still young he gained both
distinction and renown.
He acquired great eminencs in almost al
branches of science theology, philosophy,
mathematics, medicine, astronomy--all yielded
their tribute to the treasury Of his Learning
He had perfect knowledge Of tho Hebrew,
Chaldais, and Arabic languages. But this
vast amount of knowledge was overshadowed
by the light of his spirit
In all his travels he came in disguise ~
poorly clad scholar and whenever it was dis
covered that this poor scholar was no other
than the great Ibn Ezra, he was not permitted
to leave that place without being the recipient
Of great many honors But whenever posi-
BILE he preferred to remain unknown.
i As nature blessed him with al the quali6ca-
lions Of . great man, just 60 was he blessed
with well-educated, highly accomplished
lpsrtner for life He married the daughter Of
the already we'll known rabbi, judah Halevi--
and in most singular manner did he obtain
! her marriage
It is said when Rabbi Judah Halevi was
fifty years old and had strong desire to travel
to Palestine, his wife kept urging him. day
after day, to marry off his daughter before he
started on his journey.
} In order to quiet her insistence, heswore one
; day that to the first unmarried Jew that would
, enter his house the next morning he would
/ give his daughter.
r Fortune brought Ibn Ezra that next morning
into the house of Rabbi Judah Halevi, dressed
Q as usual as q poor scholar. Personally Rabbi
, Judah did not know him in his disguise, but
Q within in a short time, having conversed with
him on different topic, he recognized, in spite
of his modesty, the great spirit, and received
him as one of his disciples.
4
D Not 50 was it with the wife, She wa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
IRON AND STEEL COMBINE.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

CINCINNATI. April 1.-THE announce
mens is made to-day of an immense iron
and steel combine that includes thirteen of
the most extensive companies in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. They are organized under
one mar cement. with q capital stock OF
S12, ,O0O. 600. and Cincinnati Is TO be dis
tr;butlna point. All the preliminsries
to the combine were finally arranged to-
day through Cincinnati and New York
brokers. 4 meeting of all the interested
parties was held ct Pomeroy, Saturday,
and future arrangements agreed to. The
agreement was signed by the heads of the
different firms. and May settled upon as
the day on which to elect officers and incor-
pofate the company, besides settling upon
Its name.
The new deal consolid ates all the iron
interests of the MahonlDg valley. including
all the mills of Youngstown. Warren, Cir
ard and Pomeroy. The first move after or
ganizstion will be to shut down many of
the lesser plants and run the larger
ones TO the full limit. The CON-
panies that have signed the agreement
are the Ohio Steel Company. L mon Iron and
Steel Company, which controls the Cart
wright mill. Youngstown, Warren. Girard
and Pomeroy mills. Youngstown Steel Com
pany. Brown Bonnell Iron Company. Brer
Iron and Coke Company. Andrews Broth
ers' Company and the Mahoning Valley
Iron Company. The new concern Will be
incorporated under the laws of Illinois.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
TROUBLE FOR ALEXANDER.

Servian Liberals Are Trying to Incite the
People TO Rise Against the King.
BELGRADE. April 1.-THE general acqui-
escence, if not approval, with which King
Alexander's coup detat was hailed Is al
ready interrupted The Liberals have
gathered courage since Thursday night,
and now apparently propose to excite the
people against the governments. The Lib
erals have issued manifesto in which
they describe the new Ministry as usurpers
of political power. and as having melted
the King to the comp d'etat in violation of
the Constitution and laws of Servia. The
Liberals state that they make their stand
upon the rights of the people, which, they
claim. have been outraged and ignored by
the alleged usurpatioD.
TroEhle has already begun for the ex-
ReQeT Is Ristitich and Belimarkovitch and
their late Ministry. The new government,
as a result of investigations made concern
ing the finances of the country since Alex
ander acquired power by the coup d'etst
of last Tbursday might. has made demand
that the ex- Regents andkex-M Ministers shall
reimburse the government for the sum Of
2400. 900 dinars or francs rllisAppropriated
during the regency under the pretext of
having been used in the secret service of
the state.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18

Editor Morss Trying His Persuasive Powers
on the Office Distributors.

Editor Morss Trying His Persuasive Powers
on the Office Distributors.
Special 60 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. April 1L-Editor j. O.
Shanklin, of Evansville, seems to have Left
his case here without an advocate. His
name Is seldom heard In Washington. Az
soon as he got ont of the city Senator Tur-
pie. for whom he did so much. forgot the
past. and until editor Morss arrived no one
took the pains TO speak up for Shanklin.
Morss and shanklin are the best OF friends.
and the Indianapolis editor will do ell he
can to have his Evansville colleague reooe-
nized by the administration. Mr.. Morss
left for New York tonight He will re-
turn here on Thursday. and arriv. IN In
Judge s. M HeDch. OF Fort Wayne. who
held a prominent position under the
Second Controller of the Treasury four
years ago, is here seeking another appoints
ment The Judge made very good record
when under President Cleveland before.
and if the mo ex'' rule is not applied TO him
he will likely get another place.
Louis ID. johnson. OF Urbana. o.. fs et
Willard's. He is casting about 20 see Il
there is anything lying around loose which
: NJ H Kidd, on old ex-editcr Of Wabash
ia in the city on business before the In
terror Departments. incidentally looking
after the Office colamn.
the new pension board at Lancaster, OF
J. b. Hershberger. I. X. Mason and II. r.
HummelL
Editor William NJ. Moss. of the Bloom.
field Democrat, who was en- applicant fof
the collectorship of internal revenue. IL "a
be given another office. Mr.. Moss 10 con-
sulfing the blue book, but has reached nc
conclusion as TO what 10 available for him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
IT CAUSED A SENSATION
Most Damaging Evidence Comes Out
Against Clark, the Lafayette Rioter.
Teller Peckham Boldly DECLARES Why the A.
P. A. Believes 1t Is Right in Taking Sides
Against the Catholic Church.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Speclal 10 the Indianapolis JOurnaL
LAFAYETTE. Ind, April 17.-This was an
important afternoon in the trial of Peter j.
Clark. charged with assault with intent to-.
murder ex-priest Rudolph. Several wit
nesses no testified In the case were heard.
when the State introduced William Dex-
ter, q young man not before upon the
stand. Dexter testified that he was within
five feet of Clark and saw HIM raise his re-
vclver and fire at Rudolph. Dexter told
his father Immediately after the riot of
what he had seen. Dexter also saw Clark
In fight few minutes afterwafd. This
is the first witness who has testified to see-
ing Clark shoot. Miss Della Shaw corrob-
grated John DIehi as to seeing GER
tain persons on Sixth street on
the night of the riot. and testi-
fed that Diebl said to her on
that occasion that there was Peter Clark.
The last witness called was William Peck.
ham, teller Of the First stionsl Bank. He
saw Clark at the opera house fourishinR a
revolver and called out to the police to ar
rest him. as 'he was the leader of the mob"
On cross-examination Peckham admitted
being an A. p. A.. and when asked by Col.
DeHart if his obligation did not require
him 10 distinguish against Catholics, IN.
swered as follows:
IF you want TO know where we (the A.
p. A. stand on this business l would %
ashamed of it. We distinguish against
Roman Catholics on three points. and three
only. First. their allegiance to the Pope
and church is superior to their allegiance
to the United States government We op-
pose them, politically, on thaS ground.
Then, because of their position on the pub
lic-school question. Thirdly. on the ground
of the open Bible. We oppose them upon
these three grounds. and these ouly. and
you can't bring anything else in.n
Colonel DeHart then asked IL will ask
you If part OF your oath does not require
that you distinguish against Catholics In
busineesP
peckham answered: "Not in the slight
est degree"
Peckhsm was asked if he had contributed
any money toward aiding tins prosecution
aud replied that he gave S.. He was asked
when he gave this money and responded:
III was after we learned that Father
Walters. pastor Of st. Mary's Catholic
Church. had been around with q su bscrip
tion paper and the knowledge had come
from three or four sources"
Peckham said he did not know personal
ly that Father Walters had been around
with n subscription paper. The paper had
not been presented TO him. Very little
progress was made during the morning,
the bar having attended the funeral of
Robert Jones.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
zANTE ALMOST DESTROYED.

The Island Shaken by Earthquakes and
Many Persons Killed.
ATHENS. April 17.-Zante. one of the
principal Ionian islands. was visited by o
most destructive earthquake this morning.
resulting in great loss of life and property.
The shock appears to have been most
violent in the city of Zante. the greater
part of which was destroyed. The people
are panic stricken and the authorities help
less. The streets are impossible. being
filled with masses of stone and timber, the
wreckaee OF the houses which were
thrown down by the earthquake. Thus
far the bodies of twenty persons
killed by falling walls have been re-
moved from the debris. and 1t Is
feared that many more dead are still in
the ruins The number of persons injured
runs up into the hundreds. The greater
portion of the inhabitants have fed to the
plains back of the city. where they wan
der about In distracted manner. bewail-
ing the loss of their homes and property.
A large number of. tents that were taken to
Zanre to shelter the people who were rem
dered homeless by the former earthquakes
have again been set up. and under them
some of the women and children have taken
refuge.
The shock occurred at half.past z A. NJ.
Most OF the buildings that stood erect after
the shocks of February and March were
either thrown down or shattered so as to
be unsafe for occupancy. The Church OF
ST. Dionysius aud the government offices
were demolished. Advloes from the in
terror show that the whole Island has been
devastated. Many villages have been de-
etr0yed. and il Is thought that the loss of
life has been very great. News of the dis
sster comes In very slowly, as communica-
ton with the interior of the island has
been greatly interrupted by the destruo-
tion of many of the telegraph lines. 1t is
pointed out here that the Zante disaster Is
confirmation of the prediction made q few
days ago by Professor Faib, who predicted
the former earthquakes and that dis
turbance more disastrous than the recent
ones would occur on April Is or II. His
prediction has proved trne. for this morn
lng's shock Is the worst that has ever Wis.,
tied Zante, which is noted for its earth
quakee.
shocks have shaken the islaud. The people
are fleeing from all towns TO find safety on
the plains aad hillsides. ALI are terror
stricken. Thousands are without shelter
and few have sufficient food. The British
minister resident has telegrsphed to the
British Foreign Office request for war
sbips to be sent at once to Zante, with men
and building material, that temporary
sheds may he erected for the shelterless at
once on the plains and hillsides. The
Greek government has acted promptly In
rendering aid to the sufferers. The iron
clads Hydra and Spezia have already
started for ZaDte. having on board q de.
visions and medicines for the survivors of
the calamity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18

Changes I'm Indiana Fourth Glass Postofices
Made by Executfoner Maxwell
Special TO the IndIaDapol Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-lndiana got an
other good sized lot Of new postmasters to-
day. Out Of fifteen appointments there
were thirteen changes made by removals
The appointments were as follows:
Bippus, Huntington county, Ira Shoemaker.
vice p. c. Omacher, removed; butlerylile, Jen-
nIngs county, j. W. Clarkson. vice J. w. Myers.
removed; Coesse, Whitley county. jackson By
ram vice III. BOrgx. removeds Cromwell. Noble
county, ID. IL. Clark, vice j. Il. Pollock. resigned;
Hayden. Jennings county. Jas sullivan. vice j.
Vanriper, removed: Liberty Hills. Wabash county,
u. Menser. vice Helen Cordiar. removed Macy,
Miami county. John hartman, vice e. H. Norris.
removed: Montgomery. Davless county. i. b.
Shallding vice ID. l. Neimer. removed; New
Harmony Posey county, William Richards, vics
IL Husband, removed; 0ssian. Wells county.
w. A Woodward vice A. Il. Davis. removed
Owensvillc. Gibson county. L II. Hoberg vice
E. q. Wilson, removed. eelvin. Warrick county.
W. T. spradley. vice w. r. Temple. resignedi
seryia, Wabash county, G. G. eteller. vice j.
Lindemann, wee j. A. Gardner, removed; Wa
waka. Noble county. 4. j. Forrey, vice Charles
North, removed
Representative Conn. who has been -
pulsed by besdsman Maxwell in naminG Z
the appointments of fourth-class posts
masters and who has withdrawn all recon.
mendations for postotfice appointments.
preferring to take no responsibility II he
cannot control appointments pas deter
mined upon new pelicy. dc ~ reoeo'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
NOISY DAY AT FORT MONROE.
Arrival of the British Fleet-Numerous Sa-
lutes from the Blake

Arrival OF the brit1sh fieet-NumerOus Sa.
lutes from the Blake.
FORT MONROE. Va. April 17.-Before s
o'clock this morning Colonel Frank. com.
mandant of the army post. was informed
by Rear Admiral Gherardi that the British
vessels expected to take part In the naval
review were coming mp from the capes, and
that they would be along in an hour This
was o notification to stand by to salute the
visitors after they had fired twenty -one
guns in honor of the American coiors. and
the fort was prompt In doing this Many
of the hotel visitors were awakened by the
terrific BON mbardment which ensued, and
the reverberatiOn of the big guns of the
Blake. and the answers that came quickly
back from the military post and the flag.
ship Philadelphia. Hardly had the smoke
disappeared from the muzzles of the guns
when the Blake began series of salutes to
the French. Russian and Italian flags.
During these ceremonies the flags on all
ships were constantly changing from that
of one country 10 that of another.
The appearance which the five British
ships presented as they moved past the
outer end OF the United States fleet TO the
Rear Admiral Gherardi was q beautiful
one. At the head of the visitors was the
big armored cruiser Blake. counterpart
OF our own ship New York, of nine thou
sand horse power, heavily armored and the
most formidable ship that will be In the
review. In her wake was the protected
cruiser Magiclenne. and behind her came
the big ermored cruiser Australia. with
her sides fairly filled with high power guns.
rear was the little barkentine rugged
cruiser Partridge. At the masthead
OF the Blake was the penpnnt OF
Vice Admiral 10 HOPKINS K. G.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
Republicans Elect Nearly Everything.


BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,. APRIL 1.-THE annual
city election of Bloomington took place
to-day. and was an exciting contest. Mayor
Dave f. Foster. Republican, who has held
the Office two terms. was reelected. George
L Parker was the Democratic candidate,
and heavy vote was polled. The mayor
atty fight was not on close party lines. The
question was whether or not the laws re-
specting gambling should be rigdly en-
forced. Foster favored liberal policy
and Parker was committed TO decided re-
form in that regard. and rs o result Foster
carried strong Democratic precints, while
Parker carried the Sixth. q strong Rspub-
hean ward. The aldermen elected are as
follows: First ward, B. f. Hooper. r.;
Second. Otto Cation. r.; Third. Frederick
w. Smith, r.: Fourth. William O. Schultz.
D.; Fifth, Edward Holland. d.; Sixth,
Harvey Hart. II. The City Council re-
mains unchanged. and has nine Republic.
ans to three Democrats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
SHORT AND VICIOUS FIGHT.
Tom Williams. of Australia. Whipped in TIVE
Rounds by Billy Smith. Of Boston.

NEW YORK, April ia large and en-
thusiastic crowd of people took advantage
of the fine weather to-day and visited
Coney island TO see the two fights sched-
uled to take place before the Coney Island
Athletic Club. The first event of the
evening was q bout of ten rounds
between Johnny Van Heess. of Chicago,
and Denny Russell, of Bridgeport. Conn,
for ne.thoussnd-dollar purse. Russell,
although looking to be fifteen pounds the
bigger man, was outclsssed. He knocked
Van Heest down twice. but was himself so
badly used MP by tho end of the third
round that the referee stopped the bont
and gave the Il rht to Van Heest.
The card of the evening was the fight for
the welter-weieht championship of the
world and purse of $4,000. The contest
ants were Billy Smith. of Boston. and Tom
Williams, of Australia. Williams was
looked after by Warren Lewis. of New
York, and Tom Burrows and Arthur
Walker. both of Australia. Mysterious
Billy Smith, of Boston, was seconded by
Alexander Greggains; of San francisco,
Billy Hennessy and Jimmy Kelly. also of
the same place. The light was short.
Round 1-After little sparring the men went
at it hammer and tones. The blows struck were
something awful, Williams being sent TO the
floor repeatedly. He was game and took his
punishment, while iu1icting almost as hard him
self. smith went down from clean left and
right, but got up and foored tie Australian
several times more. When the gong sounded
Williams was almost out.
Round 2-The moment the gong sounded the
men went at each other like two Wild beasts.
Smith was the better of the two aud had a slight
advantage in reach. Williams was knocked
down several times In this round before he re-
ceived the Knockout blow. Each time he came
up ganlely, but showed greater signs OF fatigue.
Smith also was quite unsteady on his feet, even
when he planted the finishing blow with his
right on the point OF WilIiams's jaw.
The crowd arose and shouted like q pack
of fiends. Williams was q much used-up
man. while Smith was little better, but
success kept him smiling aud he forgot his
aches IN getting the opportunity of his life,
and that was to fight the great Dempsey to
a finish at the island
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r., eommander.in-chief OF the nee.
The Bake slo ed down just as she passed
the Newark, and when abreast of the Phil
adelphia her signal Was displayed TO tne
other ships at anchor. At IL O'Clock Aa-
miral Hopkins was pulled over to the fnii-
adelphia to call upen Admiral GnersIul'
after which he returned and soon after
ward received the return visit Later IN
tho day Admiral Hopkins called on Coionei
Frank. and Colonel Frank returned the
call.
The weather here continues perfece ana
the water is smooth for the roads. Baraes'
steam launches and gigs are plying con-
stantly to the ships. carrying those anxious
to see the new arrivals.
The Dutch frlgate Van Speyk and the
Hussard, small French gunboat, siso
joined the fleet IN the roads this afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
Riot ut Bucharest.

BUCHAREST. ApriilL-Hundreds of work
inRmen and their wives made demonstra-
tion before the parliamentary building to-
day against the increase of the ootroi. The
Minister of Public Works was attacked as
he rode from the chamber, stones were
thrown through the carriage windows. and
three men tried to drag him into the street.
Several policemen were injured with stones
when they tried to protect the Minister. A
squadron of cavalry which was sent to as.
sist the police rescued the Minister and
cleared the open space before the build
ing. Two cavalrymen were knocked from
their horses with stones. Half . dozen
rioters were arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Letters Addressed to the American Legation
Not Opened by the Turks

Letters Addressed to the American Legation
Not Opened by the Turks.
CONsTANTINoPLE. April 17.-Mr. New
berry. secretary of the United States leaa-
tion. who investigated the recent reports
OF the persecution of Christians BIZ Mo-
hammedans. has made . statement
in which he appears to consider
the action of the Turkish authorities
as. In part, at least justifiable.
He says that the distur bances had their
beginning in Turkish or Armenian con-
spiratJrg IncitinR the populace TO revolt.
Mr.. Newberry also found that bombs
charged with dynamite had been seized by
the authorizes. Mr.. New berry induced the
grand yizier to grant amnesty to six hun
dred of the nine hundred prisoners
arrested. and they were released. The
remaining prisoners will be brought to
trial In court at Angora. Mr. New berry
denied the truth of the report that letters
addressed to the American legation had
been opened by the Turkish authorities.
The letters had been delayed, and the
American legation has, therefore. demand
ed that the postoffice authorities give
prompt and more regular delivery than st
Dreselt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
Fast Argentine Cruiser.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Argentine
cruiser Meuve do Julio. Admiral Enrique
G. Howard, Capt. Martin Reverda. from 81.
Michaels, Azores. april 10. arrived at quar-
sntine es 1880 this morning and anchored
of Staten island. The cruiser was built as
Newcastle. England. and completed to-day
her first voyage. She is formidabie-look-
ing craft and has crew of S44 officers and
men. She mounts twelve large guns ana
twenty-four quick-firing guns. If the rep
resen tations of her officers are correct. sne
would give our crack cruisers stern chase,
as il is claimed by the De Juiio's officers
that on this voy age she steamed at the rate
of twenty-three and q half knots per hour.
and hence is the fastest cruiser sfioat. Inc
De Julio left the hands of the builders
April 2. She has twin screws, triple ex-
pansion engines and two tunnels and two
masts She Will take on supply OF coal
at this port and proceed to Hampton roads
to ioln the feet.