The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-18
NEWS IN SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume of Events at Home and Abroad
ChrOnicled i'm the Issue of Sept. IL.

Mrs. Cleveland IS convalescing RAPIDLY.
All of continental Europe just now is en-
gagged IN mimic war.
Vim. III. Powell shot and X illed DR.. NJ. L.
Hartman as Aullville, Mo.
Texas, New Mexico aud the railroads col.
ebrsted at the worlds fair.
A wholeesle Jail delivery was narrowly
averted at Terre Haute. Ind.
DR.. Charles Briggs addressed the Worlds
Congress of Religions at Chicago.
Northern Michigan is still hunting the
train cobbsrs who got Nv az with $4,000.
Secretary Carlisle is being urged to order
the insecure federal building ut Chicago
vacated.
News from Buenos Ayres Is that the
Brazilian rebels have captured the capital,
Rio de Janeiro.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clonser. of Mans
field. Ill. celebrated their s~ixty-ninth we'd
ding anniversary.
Senator Voorhees, again tried to lave a
time fixed for a vote on the ailver question
by the senate. but failed.
Samuel l.. Copeland. who robbed the
Moorhead tMinn.l National Bank on June
~. has been arrested at Sioux City. la.
France gave the Car. Is q price OF Rus.
sian support in an emergency. q naval sta
tion OF Nice. and will make q big loan.
Trouble among the Catholics of South
OIOhCh Oub oihCon. IL OunIk
Will be preferred against Bishop Marty.
Gladstone's great speech outlining the
new parliamentary programme of the Lib
eral party will be made at Edinburgh Sept.
~.
Costa RIGA celebrated her independence
day yesterday by granting amnesty to ex-
lies and guaranteeing the right to haheas
corpus.
Mysterious hunters are after buried
treasure among farmers near Oakland. ILL.,,
By digging holes In their farms during
night time.
garding the silver problem. The President
Is using his influence to get the opponents
OF repeal into line.
Howard BAN, the %defaulting cashier of
the Home Bank of New York, waived al
examination and was remanded to ieil in
default of Sl0.0 Co bail.
Just now France and Russia, Germany's
and Austria's EN- Derors and Italy and Eng
land are all IN the demonstration business,
doing each other honor.
England. as on Offset TO Russia's naval
station move to the south OF France. IS
said TO be seriously considering neGotia-
tions with the Dreibund.
National Ball League: st. Louis Z, Wash
ingtOn q: Boston Z. Plttsburg 5; Brooklyn
II. Louisville ); Louisville IL. Brooklyn 9;
Cleveland9 .. Baltimore o; New York IL.
Cincinnati q; Chicago 8. PhiIadelphia f.
From the Second Edition of The Sunday Journal. ]
Aiix Won the Great Race.
CHICAGO. Sept. 16.-Alix this afternoon
won the ninth and deciding heat in the
great free-for-all trot in 2:094, the fastest
ninth heat ever made. The race nns been
one of the bitterest contests ever held Oh q
track and ak won with every thing against
ness to aid her. The usual hard scoring
preceded the final heat to-day, but
the horses were finally sent TO a start good
for all but AlIX and Nightingale. who were
a length back. Pixley. who had the pole
rushed to the front. closely folio wed by
Aiix. who went through the bunch like q
whirlw,nd. PIXley held hor lead down the
back stretch. but ak chung TO her flank
and could not be shaken OFT. The half mile
was made in 1:O5. and then AliX set ont for
tho heat. She gained steadily on Pixley
going round the turns, and was head and
head with her at tho threc-quarters. The
pace soon became too hot for Pixley. game
and fast as she Is. and at the dis
the race. As Bur:y's blue cap flashed
under the wire the crowd went wild; hats.
umbrellas.and walking-stIck were thrown
into the air. and o chorus of yells showed
how popular was the little mares victory.
Down In the betting ring IL was different.
The "boOkies" resped a harvest, but the
vast majority or heavy betters are badly
caught. They had plunged heavily on
1l1luos Al WnOh th0b . WINS 4 ~
they could only win ont by taking the
field against AK. and the effort to save
the $50. 700 which the pool boxes held was
the cause of ali the troble made for Alix.
She was out of, bothered, bumped INTO the
fence. wearied by excessive scoring.
b s-Quarter of which could have
been avoided. and interfered with
i'm every possible way short OF
actually injuring tho horse and driver.
1t was an immensely popular victory with
the crowd, whose 81 m Dathies were with
Alix, but it carried woe to the betters. The
race was remarkable in several respects. /,
lasted three days. held the fastest heat, the
fastest sixth heat and tho fastest ninth
heat ever made in a race. Both ak and
sPIx!ey cut the record. and the average
tImo is the fastest ever made In q race OF
that length.
Cartridge had no trouble in winning the
2:22 trot IN straight heats, but CoastmaI
had TO fight Tor his victory IN the PIT pace
Belle Nara l2:0e24} was sent against tne
worlds trotting record OF 2:0s. but coulC
only make the mile in 2:0Jl2. In the tirsl
attemp t she caught ~ boot anu had to bt
pulled down directly after leaving tue
half-mils pole. Following is the summary
for the free-Ior-all race: