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ANOTHER MYSTERY.
Conviction of w. A. for For
gerry Recalls a Peculiar Case.

FRESNO, Cal. April 24.-Prof. w. A.
Sanders was, last night, convicted of the
crime of forging the name of William Wool
on to a draft of l,4o0 on the Kutner-Gold-
stein Company, a local mercantile firm. The
case is one of the most sensational tried in
the county and back of it is a mystery as
yet unsolved. William Woolon was a native
of England. aged seventy years. Years ago
he came to California and finally settled in
Fresno county, where he prospered. He ac-
cumulated money and bought land until
he could stand in his doorway and gaze
over three thousand acres of his own land.
On the last day of June, 1894, Woolon dis
appeared and to this day no trace of him
has been found. Shortly thereafter Sanders
filed for record a deed to the Woolon lands.
Suspicion was aroused that Woolon had been
murdered by Sanders, as he had been the
last man seen in the rancher's company
and that the deed was a forgery. Sanders
presented a draft of a local firm for 81, 400,
purporting to have been drawn by WooIon
in his favor. This was also thought to be a
forgery. Finally Sanders was arrested on a
charge of murder, but the grand jury failed
to indict him on the charge. Sanders told
this story: 81 had been negotiating with
Woolon for the purchase of his ranch for
some time. intending to use the money of
John Knausch, a lifelong friend. on the
last day of February, Knausch and a man
named Graves went to Woolon's ranch.
Sanders says he had gone to Woolon's house
in a blackboard and was there when
knausch arrived. knausch offered Woolon
$4,000 for the ranch. Woolon wanted $50, 900.
Then knausch brought forward two sacks
of coin, and emptied lao pieces on the
table, saying he would check for the bal
ance on a Los Angeles bank. The bargain
was made at $45, 000. Woolon gathered up the
coin and put il into the sacks. which he
loaded on to the blackboard, intending TO
bring the immense treasure to Fresno for
safe keeping. All four men started for Fres-
no In vehicles, Woolon and Sanders riding
together, carrying the money. Woolon be-
came angry on the way at Sanders and,
aking the sacks of coin into the other We
hicle, he told Sanders TO go home. Sanders
turned back and since that time he has not
seen Woolon, Graves or knausch. The Pc
culiar part of the story Is that Sanders is
the only man who knows knausch and
Graves, and it is he who has secured pos
session of Woolon's wealthy estate. knausch
has never returned TO claim the property
which Sanders says was bought with his
money. Charles Ronloff, Woolon's hired
man, saw Sanders and Woolon drive away
from the house on the run. Woolon sitting
stiff and immovable, like a corpse. Every
thing at the house was left in confusion,
$1,000 worth OF notes lying scattered on the
floor The grand jury indicted Sanders for
forgery. He was tried and the jury dis
agreed and the result Of the trial was as
stated.
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plemented by a series OF experiments with
FERTILIZERS to determine the exact necessl-
ties of q given soil.
One of the novel features of the present
experiments will be q Photographic gallery
now being erected on the agricultural
grounds The pots OF soil experimental
upon will be. on tramways, and will at
stated intervals be run into this gallery
and photographed. SO that the growing
plants can be photographed and thus fur
1lfsh' fndisputable eveidence of their pro-
ductive qualities, and, by comparison, of
their fertility with different classes of fer
tilixers. The experiments will last sew
er&l years. and might be extended 10 an
indefinite extent, but practical results will
be obtained at once, and will, 1T is thought,
prove of immense benefit to farmers
throughout the country.
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A NEIGHBORHOoD OF FIRES.
Several Small Blazes Near Park Av-
enue and Butler Street.

There were a number of small fires In
the vicinity of Park avenue and Butler
street yesterday afternoon, and for an hour
there was considerable excitement in the
neighborhood. About las fire was seen to
burst suddenly from the stable at the rear
of No. 100 Central avenue, the residence of
Edward T. Heller. An alarm was quickly
sent in, but the flames evidently had a good
start inside the building, as twas enveloped
in fire by the time the department arrived.
A carriage was badly burned. The stable
is about ten feet from the old Central-ave-
nue. Methodist Church. which, being a. dry
frame structure. was soon burning. The
stable was entirely destroyed. but only the
roof and one wall of the Sunday-school
room of the church was damaged. The loss
on the stable was estimated at $500, and on
the church $3.50. The department had just
begun 10 reel up the hose when flames were
discovered in a shed on the rear of No. 210
Park avenue, owned by. Noble &. Butler.
From this fire the fence around the lot of
was soon in flames, which were presently
extinguished. The loss on Mr.. Buffers shed
was about SIS. The engines had left the
another alarm was turned in fromsthe same
box. that at the corner of Park avenue and
and wagons had returned the roof of NJ. ID.
Williamson's house, at No. pa Park avenue,
was blazing. Sparks from the recent fires
for some time before they had broken into
flames, but by that time considerable head
way had been gained and the department
did not succeed in controlling the fire until
a loss of $500 had been caused.
While the fremen were fghting there, and
all attention was directed to that house,
sparks ignited the roof of the house across
the street, at No. 235, occupied by William
d. Seaton, but a stream of water was quick
ly turned on to it and only IS damage was
done. After the department had left the
occupants of the houses for a block In
either direction were almost afraid to go
inside, but constantly watched their roofs
for evidence of fire.
A defective fiue, early yesterday MORN
ing, caused a loss of $40 by fire in the house
at No. 1863 North New Jersey street, occu-
pied by Henry Modlin
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%TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIEs.

At Paducah, KY, yesterday, while at the
breakfast table, Jake Brewer shot and in
stantly killed his cousin.
United States marshals, having in charge
twenty convicts, have started from Fort
Smith, Ark, for Albany, N. Y. In the
crowd is the notorious Bill Cook, who goes
for forty-five years.
The carpet and plush mills of James
Dobson, at Falls of Schuylkill, Pa, were
closed indefinitely last night on account
of labor troubles, throwing two thousand
employees out of work.
The Dime Savings Bank, of Willimantic,
Conn, has not formally closed, as reported,
but has suspended payments under the
ninety days notice to depositors, as al
lowed under the State law. 1t has a con-
siderable amount OF money tied up in the
national bank.
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In A RUSSIAN PRISON.
Citizen of Montana Thrown Into a
Dungeon Without Trial.

GLASGOW, Mont, April PA letter has
been received here from John Gonseburg,
a citizen of the United States, and a former
resident of this town, who last October
vent to visit his parents in Russia. Imme-
diately after crossing the border from Ger
many into Russia he was seized by the au-
thorities and thrown into prison. All out
side communicate was cut off and he has
been lying in Jail destitute of clothing since
that time. The authorities have refused
him any trial. His letter recites a tale of
hardships and privation. The citizens adj
yised United States Senators Mantle and
Carter and Representative Hartman, of
Montana, to-day, of the matter. Gonseburg
is now in Pink, Russia, in one of the sub
terranean jails. He was a contractor here
and held In high esteem. He was by birth
a Russian, but had taken out his naturali-
Zation papers here some years ago.
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l DEER CREEK FIND
FARMER THOMAS FLOWS UP MON
EY BURIED ny THE INDIANS.
Man Who Tried to XIII a Muncie Po-
lfceman Fatally Beaten-$s,OOO,-
0 Estate Not Taxed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, April PA rich
find of old coin supposed TO have been
buried by Indians was found yesterday on
the farm of A. III. Thomas. ON the banks
of Deer creek, at a point where an Indian
village was once located. While blowing
over the. piece of ground which had never
before been disturbed, Rufus Armstrong
.unearthed fifty-eight silver half dollars,
dated from 1907 to 1884. A bone that a
physician pronounced to be a piece of the
radius bore of the arm, was also found.
Search will be made for more treasure. 1t
is said that the Indians when they drew
their money from the government would let
the sauaws take part of it and the bucks
would go on a spree until their. portion was
spent. The squaws always buried the
money. Many years ago during one of
these periodical debauches, the villagers fed
in great haste. 1t is supposed that the
fugitives in their hasty flight into the
wilderness left large sums of money behind
them. There will be much digging for
buried treasure along the banks of Deer
creek during the next few weeks.
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THE IsGRIG GIRLS EsCAPADE.
with Two Men I'm 81. Louis
Their Mothers Part.

A dispatch from 81. Louis. yesterday.
stated that Mrs. George Laird, of this city.
had created quite a sensation there. which.
at the muzzle of a revolver. she drove Jo-
seph L. Fendrick, who claims to be a phil
adelphia detective, into the hands of the
police, and with the man and her daughter.
Della Maud Isgrig, was taken to the Four
Courts. where the details of a double elope-
ment were revealed. The girl said she
was nineteen years old, and hat she, with
her sister. Grace Marie Isgrig. age~ffteen.
were unable to agree with their step
father, George Laird, an ex-policeman OF
this city. ana that they had met two men
ago, planning an Opponent. She said that
she and her sister had been sent TO visit
r men had w " Mq the@ Money ali- fira but s. thf Lo sMo
and they had changed cars at Peoria. going
to 81; l;oSuis, where they met the two men;
the other Lawrence DinkiespieL alias Larry
a detective working for Fen
road station and took them to a hotel last
Friday. Dinklespiel and the younger girl
We're not found until later in the afternoon,
mont street and were taken TO the Four
Courts. Mrs. Laird tried to conceal her
of Lebanon. Ind, and that the girls were
her nieces, bus she later acknowledged be-
The Isgrig girls are the same who were
found In a room in the Castle Hotel in this
home on account of their dislike for George
Laird. their stepfather, who has been a
member of the Indianapolis police force.
1t was some time before they were located.
and 1T was suspected at the time that there
were some men concerned in the case, al
though the girls stoutly denied any such
assertion. They declined to go home with
their parents, and 1t was not until they
were given their choice of returning homo.
or going to the reformatory that they CON
scented to the former. II seems that they
they again became restless and were given
money to go to the home of a sister at
Monmouth. As they did not arrive there
Mrs. Laird Immediately set on foot a
seal ch for them. 8tnt
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TAX COLLECTORS FIND.
About $S,OOO,OOO of John Nj. Nash Es-
tate Not. ON the Duplicate.

AoOuN PS,OOU,UUO OF Jchn NJ. Nash LIS
tate Not ON the Duplicate.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April A.-Notice was
this afternoon served on Hon. John r. Cof-
froth, one of the executors, and on James
Buck, trustee of the estate of the late John
M. Nash, notifying them to come before the
auditor OF this county and show cause why
there should not be placed on the tax dupli-
cate OF this city and county a large amount
of property belonging to the late Mr.. Nash,
which has been either hidden or overlooked.
The notice begins with the year 1881 and
continues down to and including 1893, and
no tax has been paid during these thirteen
years is almost $1,000, 900. The present step
is taken by Prosecuting Attorney William
II. Wood, who entered into a contract with
the Board of Commissioners whereby it was
stipulated that the county would allow him
% per cent. of all omitted property he sue
ceeded in having placed on the duplicate
Mr.. Woods figures, there is due to the city
and county the sum of $3.50, 900 in round num-
bers on this property. If the prosecutor
succeeds in getting the full amount, he will
himself fall under the eyes of the income
tax fiend. Much of the property on which
the mortgages are held Is said to be located
in Ohio. Mr.. William Goodman, of Cincin-
natl, is one of the executors of Mr.. Nash's
estate, and papers have been sent to that
given five days in which to show cause why
the omitted property should not be placed
on the duplicate, and If not done at that
time the auditor proceeds to charge 1t up.
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MODJESKA EXPELLED
THE NOTED ACTRESS ORDERED
AWAY FROM OPPRESSED POLAND.
Her Speech af h Worlds of
full to the Russian Government.

LONDON. April 24.-A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Vienna says that the Rus
sian government has expelled Nine. Mod
jeska, the well-known actress. from War
saw, owing to a violent speech she made
against Russia at Chicago.
On Feb. 27 an order was issued by the
Russian government forbidding Mime. Mod
jeska to fiji an engagement at the War
saw Theater in consequence of a speech she
had delivered before the Chicago Art In
stitute on the subject of polish Women"
Soon after this speech Nine. Modjeska was
notified that she could not again appear on
the stage within the Russian Jurisdiction.
In the course of her speech, Mime. Mojeska
said:
Il shall not dwell upon the DEVELOPMENTS
Of ou, political institutions. They Qhe
Russians) have laughed to scorn the belief
that there ever was a Polish nation. They
have restricted, if not wholly prohibited,
the use of our language. Under such condi-
of women? Why it would be considered a
political crime; 1t would bring it's punish
ment. / cannot tell you what the Polish
women are doing, because to do so would
bring punishment upon the heroic workers.
We have had a constant struggle for
Independence. An unholy alliance was
formed to- crush out our country. rob it
of its free.government and destroy our in
Men have deserted Poland, but her women
have stood guard at the gates OF their
country. It was she who preserved as a,nsr,I patriot riot
what is worse. the lash, to the everlasting
disgrace of the Russian government Our
they have destroyed us. As long as a,
Polish women lives. Poland will live. We
may have merited punishment for our frail-
have heard much of the Roman and Spartan
mothers. That is well; but l hope the world
will hear more of the Polish mother. The
Polish mother is waiting patiently for the
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together, brethren; get together.'-said Bish-
op Wesley J. Gains, as he called the mem
bers of the Baltimore African Methodist
Episcopal Conference to order to-day. And
his call to order was answered with a
chorus of "all right. Bishop" Bishop Gains
question. 1.-THE only thing to do is to treat
people white and they will treat you right.
OF course, good blood is a good thing. And
a lot of US have good blood in our veins
/ know that / have. My mother vas a hall
sister to Gen. Robert Toombs, and down in
Georgia we think that is the best blood in
the world. And my father was one of the
biggest men in the State. oh, we've got
hlnnd -
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@:A.!l! R Fs%dsSz
ABSOLUTELY PURE

of the city of Cleveland. AT this very mo-
ment he is constructing in the town of
biggest steel mills in the world. Radical
free-trader. he frankly takes the benefits
of a protective tariff while voting them
plumber. He is a great man in Ohio and
a happy man. He would be a great man
in Chicago, but would he be happy away
naces? Probably not. At any rate. If Tom
Johnson were TO come to Chicago he would
come as a terror to the free silver men.
Honest American and patriotic citizen, he
has no room IN his broad affections for the
that is appraised against the credit
of the Nation. He is a free-trader in Con-
he is an honest-money man first. last and
all the time. here, there and
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MENACING JAPAN.
France, Germany and Russia OppOs-
Ing the Peace Treat

Au6 HI GaCC EC1t
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The Japanese
officials here are disposed to treat lightly
the reports from European capitals as to
trouble over the Chino-Japanese settle
ment. Minister kurino is satisfied all will
be amicably arranged If, as he jocularly
expressed it, "a temporary armistice of
the European press reports can be ar
ranged In other official quarters, how
ever. there is considerable apprehension at
the menacing attitude of Russia, Germany
and France. The report that Russia had
instructed her ambassador at Picking to
demand a cession of territory for a harbor
on the Pacific confirms the view that
Washington diplomats have long held that
Russia would obtain port Lazareff before
the negotiations ended. A prominent dip
lomat who has visited Port Lazareff says
it is a superb harbor and viii give Russia
one of the finest naval stations on the Pa
cific. The cables fail to bring out the fact,
not China, SO thai the Russian demand.
while primarily made on China. must also
be made to Japan snd to Corea if the lat
ter's independenceEis recognized. The fail
ure of England 70 : join in the menacing
action of other European powers is ex-
planned by the fact that England already
has her Asiatic possessions and Pacific
~ n vy,l cfaffnnG M
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Pollard Got Even with HanseI.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April 24.-William
Pollard, of this city, who murderously as
saulted Thomas Hansel in Louisville last
night, was. arrested here tonight and re-
turned to Louisville without a requisition.
Pollard caught Hansel with his (Pollard's)
wife. whom he followed from this city.
Hansel is expected to die from the knife
wounds.
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INDIANA LrMEsToNE
Growing In Favor and May BE Used
ExcIuafveIy b. the Government.

Exclusively by the government
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April t2.-The limestone
from indiana quarries is fast gaining the ia.
vor of the architects division of the Treas
ury Department. as well as of private build
Ing contractors OF Washington. The sccre-
tary of the Treasury has decided to use this
stone in the construction of the postoffice
building at Sioux City, Ia, and the propo-
sition TO use 1t In the construction of
buildings elsewhere is now being consid-
cred. The executive officer of the Treasury
Department said to-day that IL ii had been
left for him to decide he would have con-
structed the magnificent new postofice
building now under way in Washington of
the Indiana stone. The building will be of
granite. and the cutting of the stone will
cost the immense sum of $780, 900. He says
the Indiana limestone, while easy to cut.
Is az durable as the granite and hardens
with time. This consideration of cutting
granite will doubtless influence the govern
1nent officials TO use the Indiana stone
whenever they can.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, April 24.-Passen-
gers on the vandalia morning trains saw
the body of a man hanging to the limb of
a tree near the track, ten miles east OF
this city. The body is now at the rnorgue
here and no one has identified it.. Nothing
was found in the pockets by which identity
could be established. All that was found
were several powders. but no druggists
name was on the wrappers. The body is
that of a young man, the clothing is good,
and to all appearances he was not a con-
frmed tramp. He had tied a handkerchief
around his neck and fastened a leather belt
to it, the other end being fastened to the
limb of the tree
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UniversaI PostnI Guide.

WASHINGTON. April 24.-Superintendent
AZ. NJ. Brooks, of the foreign mail service.
has received copies of the Universal Postal
Guide, issued by the International Bureau
of the Postal Union. The volume is a huge
quarto. printed in large. handsome type,
containing the names of over 200, 600 post
offices. One-third of the whole number are
IN this country. The guide is brought up
10 Oct. /. 1894. Supplements will be issued
eacn july and January hereafter, hoWin
s1dditions and changes. The volume Is
printed in French, but the names of the
postofhces are given In the language of the
country. in which they are located, except
where the domestic and foreign names of a
weli-knoWn city are different. Then both
are given. The book Ia sold from the bu-
reau at Berne. Switzerland, at cost, plus
postage, which makes its price about 81. 75.
I,he Postof1ce Department will distribute
the copies 1t received to all the United
states postofices that have foreign ex-
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4 JUDGE HAS BACKBONE.

b Grand Jury instructed to
Look Into Charges of Fraud.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, April 24.-Judge Shively,
in Circuit Court, to-day, delivered a special
charge to ethe grand jury to Investigate
thoroughly the accusations made by the
Wabash Times. the Democratic organ, of
bribery in bridge contracts of the Wabash
County Commissioners. Judge Shively said
not. without being remiss in his duty, over
look the allegations, and he held that the
taxpayers were entitled to know whether or
not the assertions had any foundation. The
Judge thought the failure of the commits
sioners to begin proceedings against the
newspaper for libel gave the case a serious
The grand jury begins its work tomorrow
morning
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General Notes.
% the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 2L.-Thomas r.
Harter. of Sweetser. and VIM. III. Hutch
inson. of Mount Vernon. Ind, have been
admitted 10 practice before the Interior
Department.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
awarded to the Fred j. Meyers Manufacture
Ing Company. OF Hamilton, o., the contract
for the ironwork OF the first three stories
of the Kansas City public Euilding. The
contract price is $20,9 $50.
Among Indiana arrivals to-day are Henry
Wolf. Indianapolis; Fred N. Haines, Terre
Haute, and Thomas Moran. New Albany.
Miss Harriet Voorhees,. daughter of the
Senator, will leave one week from to-day
for Denmark, with Hon. John L.. Risley,
United States minister to that country, a
relative of the family.
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Eva Ashley Fatally Burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
kOKOMO, Ind, April 24.-Eva Ashley,
aged fifteen, daughter of Robert Ashley, a
well-known resident of this city, was ia
tally injured last evening under extremely
sad circumstances. She was waiting on her
sick mother, no one else being in the house.
She was at the stove preparing a poultice
of lard and turpentine. when the mixture
took fire and ignited her clothing. The
helpless woman was compelled to lie and
watch the flames, unable to stir a ham to
save her daughters life.