The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-01

made. The Pence brothers have for this
State che right to use what is known as the
dry process and the tests so far MADE have
been very satisfactory. The work of secur-
ing the gold will be conducted on scientific
principles. and It will be but short time
until it will be known what there Is In { he
Brown county gold fields.
Commencement at Knightstown Home.
Special 20 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
KNIGHTsTowN. Ind. June 3O.-The school
Orphans Home, in Rush county. ended yes
terday. The closing exercises commenced
with a musical entertainment. given by the
pupils of the home. Wednesday evening.
Thursday morning. at 10 o'clock, a
class of seventeen boys and girls
received certificates from the hands of
superintendent Graham. A silver badge
was presented TO each graduate on behalf
of the department. encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. and Mrs.
SDicely. of the board of trustees. gave
each one a Bible. Thursday night
q public entertainment was given
in Lincoln Hall. the commodious and beau
tful new chapel. Many members of the
q. A. X. and w. K. G.. and other friends of
the institution attended during commence
ment season. including Department. Com
Department. President Mrs. Conklin, with
her staff.
Seven Glass Factories Shut Down.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUKCIr, Ind, June 30.-The natural-ga
fires in the several furnaces of Munoie's
seven glass factories were turned off to-
day at noon for the first time, barring &C.
cidents. since last September, aud about
two thousand persons quit work. A ma
jority of them are blowers and their help
ers. who make from s25 to $50 per week,
and they can we'll afford the two months
vacation till Sept ]. There are several
hundred hands employed in the factories
who earn scant wages. and the shutdown
Is very serious to them. The factories that
closed are Maring. Hart " Co.. and c. II.
Over. wIdnow-glass factories. Ball Broth
ers' two fruit-jar factories and the Hem
ingray. Port. Nelson. and Muncie flint glass
works.
Music Teachers Convention Adjourna
Special TO tho Indianspo polls Journal
LAPoRTE. Ind, June 30.-The sixteenth
annual meeting of the Indiana Music
Teachers Association closed tonight with
concert at Halls Opera House by Frau
lein Adele Lewing. pianist of Boston;
Mackenzie Gordon. a Chicago tenor. and
Adolph Schelschmidt. the Indian polls vi
oloOcellisr. The officers elected for the en-
sning year are Max Leckner. of Indianap-
oils, president; William j. Stabler. of
Richmond, secretary; Lillian G. Smith. of
Lafayette. treasurer. and Martha T.. Beal.
Rev. Addison Parker and Edward Mslloy,
or this city. as the executive committee.
Furious Ex-Conviot-
Special TO the Indian apolis Journal
HARTFORD. CITY. Ind, June 30-Allen
Pyle, who lately returned from the peni-
teniary. where he served out a sentence for
arson. is In Jail again. While In prison his
wife was granted q divorce. Since his re-
turn Pyle had the divorce proceedings set
aside for the reason that the divorce was
obtained without giving him notics. Last
night he went to the house where his wife
lives and forced an entrance. Her son.
Richard Huffman. was there and attempted
70 eject him. Pyle attacked III If man, cut
tinV terrible cash in his back that may
cause his death.
Editor Searles Horsewhipped.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON. Ind. June 30.-Ellis Searles,
city editor of the Democrat. was the victim
of an attempted horsewhIpplng this morn
ing. A sensational article in the Democrat
was interpreted by the proprIetress of the
Fair. Mrs. Franklin. TO reflect on her es-
tablIshment. together with her husband and
her female help. She waited for Searles
in n hallway aud struck him several blows
with a buggy whip before he could
make his escape. Searles ms 10 10 re-
sistance. but warrant is out for Mrs.
Franklin for assault and battery.
More Factories for Albany.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ALBANY Ind. JunesO.-The Albany Land
Company to-day closed the contract which
will locate the Diamond plate window.
glass factory. of Findlay. o.. employing 200
men. anu the Giles 81 ClOugh green flint
glass and hol 10 W ware factories of Bowling
Green. o.. and Redkey. Ind. employing 200
men. In this city. Work on the buildings
ten large factories located here by the AL
bany Land Company within the last sixty
days.
Robbed of His Worlds Fair Money.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
YORKTOWN. Ind. June 3O.-D. w. Flow
ers. Yorktown merchant, while on his
way TO the worlds fair last Saturday
night. on the L. f. 81 w. excursion. was
robbed of his pocketbook. containing $50
and three tickets to Chicago. The purse
was afterwards found ut Peru, Ind, with
the tickets and other valuable papers still
IN IL. but the money gone. The work was
done somewhere between Muucie aud
Upton.
Lamp Chimney Factory Closes Down.
Special 10 the 1DdiaDap Journal.
ELwOoD. Ind, June 30.-Tbe G. A. Mo
Beth lamp chimney factory. of this city.
employing nearly six hundred hands.
closed down for the hot season to-day and
will not resume operations until the mid
die of August. It is the intention of the
company To complete the buildings by that
time and get more pots ready for use, Civ
ing two hundred more hands employ ymen {.
Signing the AnalGamated Scale.
Special 10 the Indianapolis JOurna.
MUNCIE. Ind. June SO.-To-day the Mid
land steel works signed the scale OF the
oil rod TrOp apd Staal Workara n m a