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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
SUPREME LODGE.
Users Of the German Ritual Severely
Scored by ChanceIIor RInckxycII

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S-Tlhe conclave OF
the Supreme Lodge. knights OF Pythias.
was called to order by Supreme Chancellor
w. W. Blackwell i'm Builders Exchange
Hall at 10 o'clock this morning. Great Sc
crecy was observed and the entrances we're
carefully guarded. The supreme officers
wore Grape badges on their arms as a token
of respect TO the late past supreme chan
cellor, Shaw, of Wisconsin. Roll call was
answered by delegates from nearly every
State and Territory. Supreme Chancellor
Blackwell and Supreme Keeper OF the Rec
ord and Seal L. L. c. White read their BIZ
ennial reports.
The report OF the supreme chancellor win
attract wide attention. both inside and out
side the order, and especially for the Wig, =
Gus manner in which he deals with ques-
tions arising from what he terms an organ
lied rebellion of certain persons who per-
sisted in publishing and using German
translation OF the ritual, despite the refusal
of the Supreme Lodge 10 permit such trans
lations. He gives the following as the sta
tistics of membership according to unolfi-
cial reports Of July !, 1894: Grand lodges
81; subordinate lodges. 6.2s2; total number OF
members s55.741, a net increase OF u o25
members during the past two years. The
financial condition is most satisfactory. The
order universally Is in a most prosperous
condition, and the times propitious for
a much greater increase during the next
two years than ever before IN its history
No small amount OF friction. the report
says, has been engendered in the past two
years. growing out OF the action OF tn.
Kansas City session dissolving all connec-
ton heretofore nominally recognized as ex-
listing between the Pythian Sisters and the
Supreme Lodge. and thereby bringing this
institution under the ban OF prescription
through its adoption OF a new ritual. The
Supreme Chancellor was Of the opinion that
the Grand Lodge is in honor bound to lift
the ban. This can be done by special edict.
making an exception so far as the opera
ton OF the law may AFFECT them. ana let
ting Il stand as 10 all other organizations.
Under the head of '"rhe German oues-
ton" the Supreme Chancellor says: You
are confronted with an open. defiant ele-
ment Of malcontents. who. having violated
every principle OF honor by having taken
the law in their own hands and translated
the ritual, now have the hardihood to come
before you, reelCing with treason from head
10 foot and under the guise of loyalty ask
YOU 10 grant them something they already
nave. VIII the spirit OF American doctrine
never 10 treat with treason-prevail of
will you 20 contrary to that other equally
important principle-that . majority mu4
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
SOUTH CAROLINA FEUD.
1t Leads to Street Fight and the Kill
ing of Two Men.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. Aug. 2S.-This after
noon, at 2:3O O'Clock. bloody tragedy was
enacted at Blackville, whereby Solomon
Brown and John Gribben, a dspensary
constable. were killed. The double killing
was the result of an old feud between
Gribben and the influential Brown family.
Gribben went to the depot yesterday and
opened a case of dry goods consigned to
solomon Brown. ostensibly for the purpose
of seizing contraband whisky Simon
Brown, the father of Solomon, met Gribben
on the street later and reproached him for
opening his package, accusing him of per-
secution. The quarrel waxed warm and
Brown was joined by his sons, Solomon,
Isadore and Herman. Gribben offered to
fight any one of them, and Isadore, twen-
ty-two years old, accepted the challenge.
Gribben struck at him. but the blow was
parried and Brown knocked Gribben down.
At this juncture pistols were drawn and
six or seven shots were fired in quick sue
cessiOn. Gribben was shot through the left
shoulder and near the heart. He staggered
into store. firing al the same time.-at
the Browns. A bullet struck Solomon
Brown, when he fell half way to the
ground. Gribben continued firing and one
bullet penetrated solomon Browns head,
NM Duitl Dtsllt-
trated his heart When Grbben's pistol
was emptied he walked through the store
TO the back yard where he fell and died in
ten minutes.
Some persons contend that Coroner H p.
Dyches. who was standing in a store al
the time. fired the shot that killed young
Brown. The coroner proceeded TO hold an
inquest, however, but the sheriff arrived in
the midst of it and arrested him on
charge of having been an accessory. The
trial justice Hammel. then impaneled
jury and took testimony in relation to
Gribbens death. The verdict was that ne
was killed by Brown and that Simon and
lsadore Brown were accessories before and
after the fact The inquest over Young
Browns remains will be he'd Tomorrow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
THE GRAND PARADE.
Fifteen Thousand knights Reviewed
by President Cleveland.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.-The feature Of
the Pythian encampment was the grand
parade of the Uniform Rank this after
noon. Fifteen thousand Knights were in
line, marching by State brigades. and the
procession was more than two hours pass
ing the presidential reviewing stand Penn
sylvania avenue was crowded with more
than 100000 people, a large proportion of
them visitors from out of the city.
The President reviewed the procession
from small stand erected on the curbing
just in front of the White House. A few
minutes after o'clock he emerged from
the executive mansion, in company With
Colonel Kaloe, chief of staff, representing
the Knights of Pythias and Colonel VIII
son, United States engineers. The Presi-
dents appearance was greeted with cheers
by crowd of several thousand people as
sembled about the entrance TO the White
House. He walked slowly TO the western
gate. and thence along the sidewalk, which
had been inclosed by ropes, TO the stand.
AS he stood up the great crowd broke into
cheers and hand clapping which continued
for several minutes, while the object OF
this attention removed his hat and bowed
his Acknowledgements. Then ensued
rather disagreeable wait for the process
sion, which was late. The President seated
himself and waited patiently for fully
twenty minutes before the head of the line
appeared. Then he arose, and, as the
Knights swept past. he Acknowledged the
salutations of the commanding officers by
bowling repeatedly.
Ranks were formed in the camp around
Washington monument, whence, at 4
O'Clock, the body started. Their line Of
march was through the white Lot" past
the executive mansion and down Pennsyl-
vania avenue 10 the Peace monument in
front Of the Capitol, whence the body was
countermarched on the avenue TO the
Treasury Department. The scene was a
brilliant one looking down. the mile stretch
of the avenue, with double lines of march
ing men, buildings covered with bunting,
packing the open spaces and improvised
stands. AT the head of the line rode the
members of the citizens committee in
black clothes and silk hats, escorted by
crack military organizations of the city.
After them came Major General Carnahan
and his staff horseback. All the Knights
were uniformed in black broadcloth frock
coats. with silver buttons, red belts and
white or silver helmets, with heavy scarlet
plumes. Their officers were mounted and
richly uniformed. Every division was head
ed by a band and displayed handsome ban
ners Major General Carnahan reviewed the
line near the Treasury Department on it's
return march, and the review was not end
ed until after o'clock tonight Tonight
the United States Marine Band gave a.
concert in Convention Hall
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
EDUCATION A PRIVILEGE,
And Children Not Vaccinated Can Be
Kept Out of Public Schools.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Aug. 2S-Judge Bart
lett, of the Supreme Court, handed down
a decision to-day in the suit OF Chester A
Walters for a writ of mandamus 10 compel
Principal l.. b. Hanaford, of school No. %,
to admit Chester y. Walters and Ada Wal
ters TO the privileges of the school. The
principal had refused the children admis-
sion on the ground that they were not vac
cinated. Judge Bartlett holds that the prin-
cipal of public school has the right To eX-
clude children who did not conform 10 the
school regulations. Education is a privilege
and not a right, according to the court,
and, therefore, he denied the application.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Fifteen Thousand Members of the Uni.
form Rank Take Part in the Grand
Parade at Washington.
MR.. CLEVELAND REVIEWS 1T
And 100000 People Watch the
Well-Drilled MarcherS.
Members of the Order Who Use the Ger
man Ritual Receive Scoring from
Supreme Chancellor Blackwell.

Special to the indianapolis Journal:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Mayor Denny
says tonight that there is reasonable
doubt that Indianapolis viii get the next
Pythian encampment- There were only
two other claimants for the honor-L,ouis-
vile and Minneapolis-and while both these
cities at first made quite a fight. Louisville
has now withdrawn and Minneapolis con-
cedes indianapolis the victory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
PLAYED with Dynamite.

TUNKHANNOCK. Pa, Aug. 2S.-One boy
killed and another horribly injured as
this village last night. Alexander Preston
digging a well on his farm in North
MOreland township, using dynamite 10
blast away the rock in the hole. \ stock OF
explosives became wet and he put il on n
nearby rock 10 dry Harry Preston, aged
sixteen year. and Lee Preston. aged seven,
two of the farmers sons, exploded the
dynamite by dropping a stone upon il.
The force of the discharge threw Harry a
distance OF fifty feet, killing him instantly.
while Lee was crushed by flying rock 1t
WAS ranorted TODAY that he has died.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
WHISKY TRUST SCANDAL
Officers "Rig" the Market and Neglect


CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-The Post says:
cles of Chicago and New York over the
performance within the last few days of
the men at the head of the Distilling and
Cattle-feeding Company. better known as
the Whisky Trust, whereby some favored
individuals have made a profit of almost
$l,O0000O in speculating in the shares of the
company, and at the same time an oppor-
tunity to save for the company a great sum
was thrown away. By the operation charac-
teriZed among spectators as rigging the
market the price of whisky shares was
carried up, then down, and then up again,
and immense profits were made by those
who knew how the cat was going to jump.
But the stockholders of the Distillng and
Cattle-feednS Company are indignant.
They complain that the interests of the
corporation were sacrificed that some one
might grasp large winnings in the stock
market, and some even charge that certain
oompany'S affairs because, by rigging the
market for the stock, they could make
money than would come to them from
the legitimate profits on their holdings of
stock had they made their personal inter-
ests subServient TO those of the company.
Certain brokers seemed to know in advance
just what would happen and went right
along with the market, and the profits on
the 10000 shares traded in are estimated
at more than $S00,000. This great sum of
profits, almost S1.000,0C0 goes into the pock-
cts of the men who knew the inside of the
negotiations about the loan. Meanwhile the
Distilng and Cattle-feedng Company will
have to pay the full S1.10 tax on it's goods
and meet the competition of the independ-
ent concerns that paid the low tax. Hence
the stockholders are angry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29

Congress The letter started on Sat
urday night, and it was nearly daylight
weary pen and sought rest. Again on Sun
day did he turn his attention to the un-
satisfactory task 10 tell Catchings OF his
disappointment" The letter was written
and rewritten laboriously. and the perspira-
tion from the fevered brows OF the chief
traYersed the paper. 1t was just few mo-
ments before its delivery that the letter.
which had caused so much labor and so
much distress, was finished and ready TO
be copied by the skillful executive clerk.
one humorous person said that the Presi-
dent had lost at least twenty pounds IN
form writing it, but such a statement is
probably a canard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
SUING FOR SUGAR BOUNTIEs.
Action to BE Begun in the Court of
CImims by Southern Planters.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Judge Morris
Marks, Of New Orleans, representing a
number Of Louisiana sugar planters, is here
for the purpose of entering suits in the
United States Court of Claims for the
recovery of the sugar bounty for the year
1915. The petition recites the provision
of the Mckinley law that on and after
July 1, 1891, until July l, 1861 certain
bounties shall be paid to the growers of
sugar, upon certain prescribed conditions
as TO the filing of bonds and taking out
of licenses. 1t recites that for the present
year all these formalities have been COM
piled with and have been formally accepted
by the United States; that under the pro-
visions of the section quoted the planters
have gone ON and enlarged the areas of
sugar planted, secured advances from their
brokers, and have made their crops, and
they demand that the United States shall
carry out its part Of the contract The total
amount of bounty expected TO accrue on
this years crop will be somewhere in the
neighborhood of $11,OO0,0O0.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Goods I'm Bond at Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2S-Chicago merchants
have about s4.5OO.OOO worth of imports tied
up in bonded warehouses of the city. The
customs taxes on these goods will amount
to 81. .500.O 900. There is a large amount or
cigars on hand, which the importers will
rush through under the reduced duties OF
the new bill. The reduction, small as II
appears will save importers $500 on every
10000 cigars brought in under the new
tariff. Liquors and wines will make more
trouble than any other class OF goods 10
be re-examined. Collector Russell expects
the rush TO continue fully thirty days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Ring Found on the Custer battlefield.

CHAMBERLAINS, :. D.. Aug. 2S-A c.
williams. of Pcrcival. Neb.. has found a
graved around the band are the names OF
fifteen of the principal battles of the civil
war Most Of the names can easily be made
out with a magnifying glass The owner of
the ring Mr.. Williams thinks. proba bly,
pershed in the massacre on the Little Big
Horn. Mr.. Williams has made every effort
to discover the whereabouts OF any one
who would recognize the ring, but without
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29

that retail leaf tobacco dealers, under the
new law cannot sell to consumers Since
under the old law retail leaf tobacco DEAL
ers were practically restricted TO consum-
ers, IL would seem that this construction
of the new law must drive them out or
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Cardinal Gibbons VIII viait Rome.

BALTIMORE. Aug 2s-Cardinal Glib
bons, it was authoritatively announced at
will go TO Europe in the fall. He will visit
Rome. aud expects TO remain abroad some
months IL will be his first visit across the
upon him in 1851,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-Timothy Graham
who has been on trial charged with kick
ing eight-year-old George Ryan 10 death
in a drunken rage, was found guilty to-
day and sentenced TO fifteen years i'm
nrisonment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
A Lnborious Effort.

Washington Special.
Mr. Cleveland spent two days in prepar-
ing this Catchings letter, which promises
TO be as notorious as his Wilson letter and
To be used by the Republicans for cam
paign material along with the other ex-
traordinary events OF this remarkable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Didn't Receive CarIisIe's Circular

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Aug. 2s.-The first
snarl over the new tariff law came up at
the port of Genesee to-day. In the press
dispatches yesterday there appeared e. let
ter TO collectors of customs from Secretary
of the Treasury Carlisle containing this
paragraph:
"Al articles heretofore subject to duty.
but made free by the provisions Of the new
act, may be withdrawn from warehouses
on and after Aug. 2S, 1894. without the pay
ment of duty"
The Waterloo Woolen Company has for
some time had a quantity of wool in. the
bonded warehouse here. representative
of the company came to Rochester last
night TO take the wool out OF bond. Col
lector Houck's mail contained no copy of
Secretary Carlisles letter and, while he
believed the Secretarys letter as published
in the press dispatches was correct, he took
the position that the Waterloo man should
pay the duty on his wool and then enter a
protest TO the Treasury Department This
was done and the wool was released.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
The Indianapolis Warehouse Company
WAREHoUsEMEN, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.

Money advanced on cOnsi gnments. Registered re
ceipts given. Nos. 265 TO 273 SOUTH PENNSYL
WANNA STREET. Telephone i343.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
Leaf Tobacco Retailers In a Fix.

ST. LOUIS, Aug 2S-Colonel Dalton COL
lector OF customs, was under considerable
pressure to-day from importers who wanted
to get their goods through the custom
house. but he mad to put them off until he
received official notice from Washington
that the new law is in force. 1t begins TO
appear that the new law puts retailers in
leaf tobacco between the devil and the
deep sea" Deputy Collector Willis tele-
phoned to Washington, to-day, asking for
a construction OF the new leaf tobacco Sec
tion, and what he received in reply did not
throw much light on the mater The Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue telegraphed
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-23
A Large Potato Farm.
American Agricultural.

American Agricultural.
On an old Southern plantation, in
Central Tennessee, formerly owned
by the ancestors of President Polk
there is an immense potato farm
comprising 700 acres of planted
land. which yields annually 125, 900
bushels of tubers. s. s. Clawson
and NJ Stevens, the owners, are two
enterprising young farmers who went
there from Indiana, about ten years
ago, for the express purpose of rails
ing potatoes for the wholesale
markets. When they bought the
1000 acres of land in the plantation,
it was badly run down, being covered
with brush and briars. Though
laughed at by the native whites, the
young Hoosiers cleared the land and
planted it as fast as possible, until
now one hundred negroes and eighty
five mules are needed to run the farm.
Two crops are planted each year, the
early crop giving the larger yield.
Their potatoes are growing unusual
~ fine this summer, in the light soil,
which is SO rich that the potatoes
are raised without the use of any
fertilizer. A cooperage factory on
the plantation makes the $4,000
barrels used each ear for shipping
the product, and there are other
features of economical and effective
management.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-23
How to Tell Pure Lard

The United States Department oil
Agriculture has Just described q
method by which pure lard can be
distinguished from fictitious. The
point Is made that stearine eOnsti-
tutes one of the principal parts OF
the bogus product, giving to it firm
ness 1t Is first TO crystalline, when
held In solution with other fats,
and its branch groupings are easily
determined under the microscope and
also appear very bright by polarized
light. To test suspected lard, heat
q small quantity in a suitable vessel
over flame and allow it to cool off.
Ii it hardens quickly in a tempera
ture OF rs degrees F. it will be found
to contain large quantity of stear-
inc, but if the saEpie consists of pure
lard or oieO or u mixture of these
two it will consolidate or harden
very slowly compared with the lard
which contains considerable Dor
ton of stearine. The fumes which
arise, while heating, will also Indicate
to certain extent the composition
of the fat. II composed largely of
leaf or other lard the lard odor will
be easily recognized. II it contains
only trace of lard this odor will
only be barely perceptible. If acrid
fumes arise, producing a tendency
to cough on the part of the operator,
the presence Of cotton-seed oil is
pretty clearly indicated. The two
fats which enter largely into the
fictitious lard are commercially
stearine and cleo, to which cotton
seed oil Is added to reduce the mix
ture to the proper consistency.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-23
HOW TO UTILIZE AN OLD HAT.


A Few Suggestions to Those Who Are Eco
nomical.
If you have an old straw hat, take
the trimming off and dust the straw per-
fectly. Take half cup of clear coffee
and a clean black cloth and wash the
straw, rubbing it vigorously until it
seems to be pretty wet through; then
lay the hat ON a fiat surface with a
dark cloth under it and another over
the brim, and with moderately hot
iron press it till it is dry. For the
crown select a tin pan or bucket that
Is about the same size as the crown and
press it over that; then put your wire
back in the edge of the rim-if it had
one-and bend the hat in the shape that
you desire to have it.
You can change the shape entirely If
you like. If the crown is too high, take
out few rows of straw close to the
brim. where the trimming will cover it.
And if the brim is too low for the pres
ent fashion put in few rows of straw
taken from another hat or piece of
buckram. 1t will be covered by the
trimming Then. get some good shoe
polish aud give the hat three coats of
the liquid backing waiting for each to
dry. You will see your straw look like
new. This is good way to freshen old
hats during the summer. Brush and
apply the polish without removing the
fri
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-23
Bis of Information.

Only one man in 203 is over six
feet high
Elephants have been known to live
$50 years.
No one has been within 400 miles
of the North Pole.
The Greeks believed a perfect body
insured perfect mind.
1t would take q snail exactly IA
days hours to travel mile.
The ancient name OF Corea means
1.-The land of morning calm"
No one can breathe at greater
height than seven miles from the
earth.
.'Pilgrim's Progress has been
translated into 203 languages and
dialects.
Only 5.73 per cent of the foreign
element of this country live in the
Southern States
In 1850 the foreign-born pOpula.
ton formed 8 SO per cent of the
whole; now it is 1477.
Over 900 men have been sheltered
at one time beneath the branches oil
one banyan tree
ar amount of blood equal to all
that Is contained In the body passes
through the heart every three min
uteS.
1t was not until the close of the
last century that the torture Of Grim
mails was generally abolished in
Europe.
The average weight of the brain OF
an adult male is three pounds eight
ounces; of female, two pounds four
ounces.
DR.. lung, German specialist, says
that the average number of hairs on
q blonde head ia lao, 900; On the red
not more than 10000.
If Texas were rs densely populated
as the State of Massachusetts it
would have IL population greater
than France aud Great Britain COM
bined, or about 100000.