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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
MAY RACE IN A GALE.
Vigilant and Valkyrie Likely to Have
Plenty of Wind To-Day.

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-If all signs do not
fail. the Vigilant and valkyrie will have
plenty of wind. and sea, and rain for their
race tomorrow. At the signal office it is
said that storm is coming from the south
and that it will reach here in time for the
start OF the race. There will be rain. q
cooler temperature and wind with q
velocity of twelve to sixteen miles an hour.
Possibly the wind will be stronger. No
matter what the weather, however. both
yachts are ready for it. Captain Gram
field said to-day that he would
take whatever the Lord Almighty
oh ose to send and make the best of
it. He would prefer q good. stiff wind, but
not too much wind. as he wanted to show
what his cutter could do. That LORD Dun
raven has not abandoned all hope was
shown this morning by the fact that about
q ton OF lead was put aboard the Valkyrle
and slowed away in her hold. This was
done in the hope of getting her back 20 the
weight that she had before she came over.
In conversation with q. l.. Watson. her de-
sIgner. at tho clubhouse of the New York
Yacht Club. that gentleman said
rie's sail plan l sacrificed one-tenth
of her possible sail area to avoid the
measurement taxation. That tenth would
about ovme TO the Vigilant's sail plan area.
The Valkyrie could have been made q
particle heavier and then stood the extra
thousand square feet easily. She could carry
the sail erhnps now. but her lightened
power. in comparison with the ordinary
keel type, made me fearful. and gave the
VaIkyries sails tho spread which L
thought her hnll could Garry surely and
safely. Both the Vigilant ana
the Valkyrie are more or
less racing machines, although
the Valkyrie has ample accommodations
for her crew Of thirty Six. and ten of these
men are surDlusage. The Vslkyrie's crew
are numerous enough. and what the ViRi-
liant needs of O crew 90 much larger Is q
mystery. The Vslkyrie is something of q
cruiser. and her model might have been
improved at the cost of cruising quarters"
Mr.. Watson intends visiting Can ada I'm.
mediately after he gets over tho Americas
cup play. and may visit Chicago and the
great lakes before his return. which he
says must he prior to Got. 25. He is rather
inclined to think that long interval will
elapse before another international cup
contest.
The result OF the measurement of the
Valkyrie to-day by measurer Hyslop. after
the additional ballast was put In, makes her
lead water line s. 96-100 feet. and reduces
her time allowance to one minute. thirty
five aacnnds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13

Scandal Involving the Chief OF the
Council Bluffs Department.

OMAHA. NEB. Oct. IAN arrest was
made in Council Bluffs this morning which
promises Sensational developments. as II In
wolves portion of the fire department In
serious difficulties. Shortly before III
o'clock Wednesday night, an empty build
ing was set on fire, the blaze being dis
covered by officers, who extinguished it.
Half an hour later the same officers found
the fire burning again. After extinguish-
ing it they followed two men who seemed
to be skulking about the fire, and saw them
enter the upper Broadway hose house.
Knowing the fire would probably be
started again the officers concealed them
selves, and caught sight of fellow
prowling about, and followed him. They
caught him just as he had reached the
upper floor of the engine house with big
chunk OF waste in his hand saturated with
kerosene and carefully wrapped in paper.
he proved to be fireman named Weber.
Search OF the hay loft revealed CHIEF
Nicholson lying on pile of hay sleeping on
the effects of a night of dissipation In
Omaha, where he had been accompanied
induce the Council TO increase the size of
the department ever since his appointment.
Weber has been subbing at various engine
houses for several months past.
The matter was taken up by members Of
the Council committee on fire department
and an investigation is in progress. soense.-
tional developments are looked for and a
tomorrow night by Mayor Lawrence, at
which 1T Is expected that several changes
will be made In the membership of the fire
department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
THE wAYNETOWN FIRE.
The Losses Will Reach $4,000, with
Only Partial Insurance.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE,I Ind, Oct 12.-The
losses by the fire at Waynetown last night,
will foot up near $4,000. 1t originated in
frame warehouse, which was set on fire,
In the rear Of the hardware store of Hor-
nell & Henry. and nine business rooms, one
dwelling, livery stable and two stables
were consumed. The insurance amounted
to s17,SOO. as follows:
w. S. Thompson, building, loss. 81, 200.
with $500 insurance in the Traders; Louise
Brant, building. loss. $780, with $1,000 in
surance. $1,000 in the Traders and 1000 in
the British American; Emilia luck. building
loss, s., 600, insured for 81 600, 81, 600 each in
the Reading and Phoenix of Hartford; An
thony KostanZer, building loss $1,000 in
sured for $1,000 in the Indiana Underwriters;
Simon Rice livery barn, loss. $780, with 500
insurance in the Milwaukee Mechanics;
William Rider, dwelling house, loss, $780,
store. lumber end coal yards loss 5000,
insured for $780, $1,000 in the Traders of
Chicago, 5000 in Western of Toronto, $500
I'm Milwaukee Mechanics, LOCO in the Liv-
erpool, London & Globe, S,5cO In the lndi-
ana; Thomas Taylor. drugs, loss. 5000. In,
sured for $780, 1000 in the Concordia and
$500 In the Milwaukee Mechanics; l. o. o.
F. Hail. second story and lodge fixtures
Lawson Parker, merchandise loss $500, in
sured for $1,000 In the Concordia and 81. 900
barn, stock. loss. Ss5' insured for $50 in
grocery. loss. sl2oO. $500 insurance in the
National Of Hartford; Heron & Pickett
saloon loss 500, no insurance; Company
H. State militia, loss, $50, no Insurance;
Addison Heffner, stable. loss, Sl5O, no In
surance; 3. F. Merrill, stable. loss. $50. no
insurance.
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INDIANA SYNOD.
Prcsbyterilns Adjourn to Meet at
Fort Wayne Next Year.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 12.-The In
diana Presbyterian Synod this morning dis
cussed the report of the committee on home
missions. Each Of the eight presbyteries In
the State. except the Vincennes. were shown
to be in good condition and raising enough
money to care for the churches I'm its re-
spective presbytery that were not self-sup-
porting. The Vincennes Presbytery has
thirty-two churches, of which eighteen are
self-supporting. The church averages only
two organizations to 3 county in this pres
bytery. The committee recommended the
employment of a State superintendent of
missions, at a salary of $1,000. The Rev.
Dickey, Of Peru, was elected to the posi-
ton. Indiana Presbyterians are an excep-
ton 70 those of other States, inasmuch as
they do not send their home mission money
to the national board. The home mission
committee was authorized to employ evan
gelists. w. n. Jackson. of indianapolis. was
relieved, at his request, as treasurer of the
synod, and d. w. Coffin, of the same city.
elected his successor. The assessment
for the coming year by presbyteries were
fixed as follows: Charlottesville, S2S; Fort
Mayne i I ss Se% ss & Via
cennes, Sl9, and Whitewater, s24. The as
sessment is on the basis of one-half cent per
member.
A motion that the synod refuse to ep-
prove the records of the Logansport Pres
bytery because 1t had refused to grant a let
ter of dismissal to the Rev. James S. White,
who Is now In New South Wales, unless he
returned to Indiana to answer accusations
against him, was lost.
The committee on benefcence reported in
favor of each church member giving one
tenth of his income to the church.
Tie churches in Owen and Clay counties
were transferred from the Vincennes to the
Indianapolis Presbytery. A report was
adopted In favor of overtures looking to
reconcilia ton and reunion with the brethren
Of the same faith In the Southern States.
In regard to the organization of the synod
IS delegate or representative body. q COM
nnittee of sixteen, composed of one minister
and one elder from each presbytery, was
appointed to obtain information regarding
the sentiment of the elders of the church
ter, the same to be reported at the next
meeting of the synod. Fort Wayne was Sc
lected as the place of the meeting in 1894.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
BrOther-in-Law McCafferty's Boot Heel
Found to Fit the Imprint of Tracks
Near the House.
A POTATO PATCH TRAGEDY
Shooting ARRAY Near Marion That
Will Be Investigated.
Adjournment of the Presbyterian Synod
of Indiana-Statistics of the
Evangelical Lutherans.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Ind, Oct 12.-This has
been an exciting day in the history of the
search for the murderers of the Wratten
family, and a clash between the officers
and a number of farmers living in the
neighborhood OF the crime is imminent
The excitement was caused by the fact that
strong circumstances have developed I'M
plicating Charles S. McCafferty, brother
in-law of Wratten, and the man whose
wife is the only heir to the Wratten estate,
In the murder. McCaffertys boot-heel tai
lies with the track prints in the window of
the Wratten house, which was kicked In
by the assassin when he failed to open the
door leading into the old woman's ROOM
McCafferty's neighbors believe him inno-
cent, and they have entered a strong re-
monstrance against the officers further In
vestigating. The officers are very indig-
nant at the treatment given them, and are
spurred into renewed vigor. The remon-
STRANGE has deepened suspicion against Nc
Cafferty, and 1T Is believed by many that
he and "Bilr' Kase did the work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
B'NAI BIRTH JUBILEE.
Hebrews Celebrate the Fiftieth Annivcr-
sary of Their Order.

NEW YORK, Oct l2-There was not an
inch of space to spare in the large aud bril-
liantly lighted hall of the Grand Central
Palace tonight. The hall has q seating
capacity of eight thousand. and fully four
thousand more crowded the aisles and pas
sageways. The occasion OF ell thia throng
was the Jubilee of the independent Order
of B'Nai Birth. The order is q benevolent
one. and was founded by Henry
Jones and DIR. Morris Meyer fifty
years ago. Chairman Morris Goodheart ex-
planned in few words the reason of this
ubilee. and said he hoped they would al
ways continue to live IN brotherly love and
harmony. Julius Bien. on being intro
duced, said that the order of BNsi Firth
had grown TO be mighty power
for good and paid glowing
tribute TO Its founder. Henry Jones'
Mr.. Simon Wolf. of Washington. who was
at one time consul general 20 Egypt. was
the next speaker. Among other things he
said that the order of B'Nai Birth served
to instill noble ideas into it's brethren and
served to disseminate enlightened phi
lanthropy in civilization. Civil Justice
II. Nj. Goldfogle was the last speaker aud
he went into details and described the
workings of the order and the benefits &C.
crulng from IL TO Its members.
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Indiana Notes.

The farm residence of Frank Mabbitt,
northeast of Sedalia, was destroyed by fire
Wednesday morning. Loss $1,000; no in
Surance.
Harry Sullivan, a pickpocket, sentenced
at Terre Haute, for three years. escaped
from Sheriff Stout, at Seymour, while on
the way TO the Jacksonville penit cntiary
William H. Myers, of Elkhar:, died
Wednesday night in Toledo hospital,
where he was being treated. He was a
prominent Knight Of Pythias and Mac
cabee.
Arthur Long, the fourteen-year-old son of
Plus Long, of Hamilton county, was ar
rested and sent to the Reform School for
attempting to poison his father by putting
large quantity of arsenic in his coffee.
He claimed that he didIlnot intend TO kill
his father, but only wanted to make him
sick.
Sheriff Rhodes, of Hamilton county, dis
covered an attempted jail delivery in time
to recapture a United States prisoner
charged with counterfeiting and who had
escaped to the roof and was concealed i'm
the gutter of the caves. He was provided
with a rope for the purpose OF lowering
himself to the ground.
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DEMOCRACY RESPONSIBLE.
DepiOrabie Condition of Business In
the Brazil Coal Fields.

the Brazil Coal Fields.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Ind, Oct. 12.-The business de-
preston now existing in this country has
never before been equaled. During the
memorable strike among the miners bust
ness was, of course, dull, but while Il
mines were al a standstill the rolling mills
machine shops. turnbuckle factory, furnace
and spike mills furnished hundreds of men
employment, which kept things moving
briskly. This alleviated the depression
brought on by the strike and aided the
merchants in holding up until the conflict
settled The present state Of affairs
has been gradually coming on, and the
prospects are favorable for even worse
period. The machine shops are working
about third OF the time, the rolling
mills, turnbuckle factory, spike mill and
furnace are averaging about two days a
week, and In the entire district the miners
are not getting half time. Ii is estimated
that there is at least four thousand miners
In Clay county. The rolling mills employ
over four hundred men, and several hum
dred are employed In the machine shops
and the railroads. All these are now
working only two or three days a week III
Is therefore safe to say there are now at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
Wallaee-Street Stables of the City
Street-Railway Company Laid
i'm Ruins Last Night,
VERY FEW ANIMALS ESCAPED
Others Became Frenzied and Per-
ished in the Flames.
Origin of the Fire Said TO Have Been
an Explosion-Losses by the
Blaze at WaynetOwn, Ind.

CHICAGO, Oct. 12-Frenzied with fright
and driven into a stampede by raging fire
that broke out tonight in the Wallace
street barns Of the Chicago City Railway
Company, nearly six hundred horses were
burned to death. The barns were destroyed
and the total loss entailed to the company
will reach a high figure. The building was
a two-story brick affair, which extended
four hundred feet on Wallace street and
ninety feet on Thirty-ninth street. The
fire, when first discovered. was in the
northwest corner of the upper floor, and it
was not thought TO be a serious blaze.
but it gained rapidly the fremen and
before much of anything could be done to
save the horses the entire building was in
flames. The number of hostlers around the
building was not large. and though they
did their best, and were aided by men
from the rapidly-gathering crowd, they
were able TO rescue but few of the poor
beasts.
All the horses were on the first floor,
and in ten minutes after the fire was dis
covered they were helpless. They were
blinded by the flames and the smoke that
rolled through the place in great volumes,
and soon a stampede was in progress.
The animals surged back and forth in
groups of fifties and hundreds in their eff
forts to escape. Their loud neighing and
an occasional cry of pain told the people
on the street of the fearful scenes that
were being enacted on the inside. Yet
little or nothing could at first be done to
save any of the animals. Gradually the
sounds of the stampede grew fainter, and
It was apparent that they were being
killed off rapidly, and when the first group
OF fremen had fought their way into the
barn they saw charred carcasses lying
about on every side.
In the south end of the barn were gath
cred about seventy-five horses. They were
huddled together compactly that they ap-
peared a mass. The men pushed for
ward, hoping TO drive them out, but they
themselves were compelled to retire by the
heat and smoke. Ten minutes later they
But the group of horses was much smaller.
Fifteen only had survived, and they were
driven over the dead bodies of the others to
the nearest door and taken out in safety.
In the upper story were thirty cars. There
were also two hundred tons of hay and five
hundred bushels of mixed grain. Soon after
the fire started the floor fell. and with 1t
the heavy cars and tons of grain and hay
It Is believed. by being crushed beneath
this mass.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. James
+. Weatherwax, barn foreman, says that
he heard an explosion Just before he first
the fire. II was standing outside, he
said, when 1 heard a report l went to
the door and saw flames coming through
the ceiling. i also sent in alarm, and
then went back TO help fight the fire and
rescue the horses. i cannot account for the
explosion" The total loss is estimated at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
Testing a Mining Law.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. IA test
case of a mining law has been raised, the
first since this particular law went into
effect. State Mine Inspector McQuade filed
charge against Thomas Morgan, superin-
tendent of a large mining company at
Grant this county. 1t is to test the law
which requires the employer to pay the
miner for his work on the basis of the
weight of the coal before it is screened.
The custom is to pay for the screened coal,
and the operators say that the rate per
ton makes allowance for the screenings.
They prefer to pay for screened coal be-
cause 1t is an inducement to the men to
take out the coal in better shape. The men
have been clamoring for the enforcement
OF the law for some months. The opera
tors will resist, and say the law will be
declared to be unconstitutional on the
tract
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least i've thousand workmen in this coun-
~ who are barely receiving enough employ
ment TO keep their families in the neces-
sarles OF life, and matters seem 10 De
growing worse instead Of better.
Inc Oldest citizens of the county Claim
that they never saw business so Thoroughly
stagnated as Ii is now. There are many
families In the city that are In actual want,
ana are existing the mercies OF thei,
neighbors. The men are industrious anu
willing to work. but cannot secure employ
ment at any price. The farmers are grum-
bling over the prices they are forced to sell
their products at Last year at TINS Tune
the mines were running ever day, ana the
rolling mills and turnbuckle shop were
working night and day, employing TWO
shitss Us, OF men, and even then II was oiIncuit
TO MI the vast amount of orders which
came In daily. As natural result all the
railroads leading out of the city put on
extra crews and every available man was
forced into service. Even then the demand
was not supplied. Trade was excellent, and
Every Industrious laborer found no trouble
IN supplying the wants of his family, many
or wnom, anticipating q continuance or
good times, bought homes on payments. and
are now forced to give them up. SO great
a change in so short a period of time is
among all classes of citizens. The business
men who have large outstanding accounts
are unable to collect, and VIII sooner or
later go to the wall unless a rapid change
of the present status of affairs takes place
This crisis has been brought around. il is
claimed, by the fear that the present ad-
ministration will make such radical changes
in the tariff as will greatly affect all the
industries of this country. The owners of
the mills and factories are unwilling to con-
tinue business until some disposition is
made of the tariff question by the present
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ISIS; trotting: purse. 5000.
Racing at bourbon.

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Time-2:32%, 2:32A, 1924.
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Collision on the Track.

TOLEDO, o., Oct. 1.-THE last day CT
the fall meeting here, to-day. was SHINY
attended and uneventful, with the excep-
ton Of an incident in the free-f'e-all trot,
In which Latitude and Lees Pilot came to-
gether. smashing the latter's sulky. Foul
was claimed, but not allowed. Results
2:34 trot; purse, 500. Colonel SIZZLING
won; Katy c. second and Kittie Glencoe
third. Best time. 2:29l4.
Free-for-all trot; purse, $500. Latitude
won; Lees Pilot second, the others dis
tanced. Best time. 2I7h.
2:25 pace; purse, 500. Alert won; Kate
Hall second, Senator Mills third. Best
time 2:201b
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SHOT AND KILLED.
The Slayer Admits the Shooting, but
Claims 1T WINS Accidental.

Special to The indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Oct. 12.-Some time ago
Abraham Stumpf1 solicited the help of
Frank Stevens in raiding a potato patch
near here. The particular patch was one
belonging to William Lemon, a brother-!n-
law of Steyens's. The latter notified Lemon
that the attempt was to be made last
night Lemon armed himself and secured
the company of Anderson Hatfield and
Martin Adamson, each armed with shot
gun. When Stumpff made his appearance
he was shot and fatally wounded. He was
taken home, a distance of three miles,
where he died this morning. Adamson adj
mits that he did the shooting, but claims
that 1t was done accidentally. Stevens says
he left Stumpff before he reached the Lem
premises, but Stumpff stated before he
died that ,Stevens was with him. Stevens,
Lemon and Adamson have been arrested.
and Hatfield is expected to be behind the
bars tonight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-13
LUTHERAN SYNOD.
Statistics of Membership. Church
Property md Cash contributions.

Property and Cash Contributions.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal :.
FORT WAYNE Ind. Oct. 12-The Evan
gelical Lutheran Church Synod closed its
session last evening, and will not meet
again until late in 1895. the selection of the
place being left to the officers OF the synod.
Among the most extensive reports of the
session was that of the committee on sta
ustics, which shows ten synods and 1926
ministers 2.21 congregations and $50, s62
communicates. 1855 baptisms, 1859 con-
frmations, GIG parochlal schools 1865 pu-
pills. 1,146 Sunday schools. 1922 officers and
teachers, and 165, 9H scholars. The value of
church property is l2,307, 452 Contributions
for congregational purposes were 81, 946 426;
for German home missions, $677; English
home missions, So, AS; foreign missions,
S20,359; educational institutions, $5S,543: or
phans $21, IA; general benefcence, $S3 491;
total for benevolence, s2sl, 957; total contri-
buttons for all objects, 81 22S, 1853; four the
illogical senlinaries thirteen colleges. pre-
senting total of 80 professors, 2,029 stu
dents; endowments. sS5l .4S4; value of prop
erty S794,542.
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Other Lo..es nv Fire

FARIBAULT, Mimi, Oct 12-Fire broke
out last night In the Shattuclz school build
ing. and before IL could be extinguished
property valued at $4,000 was DESTROYED.
Armory Hall, in which the fine telescope
of the school was located. was also burned
and the telescope, which was valued at
$4,000. irretrievably ruined. A number of
cadets were taken out in an unconscious
state. having been overcome by smoke.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct. 12.-Early this
morning fire destroyed four blocks OF build
ings along Perry creek. Many of the
structures were empty. Loss about $1J0.-
600; insurance small.
FORT WORTH. Tex. Oct. 1.-THE Man
chester cotton mills. about three miles east
of this city, burned this morning. Loss.
$lOc COO.