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is FLOWER RESPONSIBLE
A PardOned Convict shoots a Girl, a
Farm Hand and Himself.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, July ia girl of
sixteen years was murdered and an old
man fatally wounded by an ex-convict, at
Chapel Hill, near Lowville, Lewis county.
last night The victims of the assassin
were Minnie Ingersoll, who lived with her
brother Eugene, and Nicholas p. Strife.
farm hand. in Ingersolrs employ. The
murderer is John Hoch. aged thirty years,
who was convicted of attempting to muir
der young woman in Denmark, Lewis
county. several years ago. and who was
sentenced to seven years at Auburn. Two
years ago he received an absolute pardon
from Governor Flower. and since that time
has lived in various parts of Lewis county.
came infatuated with her, but the girl
would have nothing to say to him. Yester-
day morning Hoch drove from Lowville to
chapel Hill, but the girls brother Eugene
ordered him away, and he drove 10 his half
sisters home for dinner. Driving back TO
Lowyille he bought a Winchester rifle and
cartridges. Late in the evening Hoch
sneaked into the Ingersoll barn, and when
Miss lngersoll passed with pail of milk he
fired, the ball lodging in her heart She fell
dead. Strife was following the girl with
pail OF milk. and the murderer fired Sec
ond time, the ball entering Strfe's left side
Strife ran in terror and alarmed the house
hold. Hoch made for the woods and es-
caped. This morning the sheriff found
Hoch at a farm house. He had told George
Graves, the owner, the story of the crime
threatening death to him IL they said a
word. He showed fight TO the officers, but,
finding resistance useless. he put a revolver
skull. Strife may die. 1t is expected that
Hoch will recover.
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wrNDER.s GREAT TRIP.
The Warsaw Rider Who Is Making
the Circuit af the Stnfes.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW, Ind, July 11.-Thomas w.
winder the Warsaw cyclsst. who started
on the 14th day of last March TO make
tour of the border of the United States. ar
rived at his home in this city this morning.
Mr.. winder started on the above date from
New Orleans La. The distance around the
United States is estimated at 2l.6oO Up
to date he has wheeled 1900 miles, leaving
1900 yet to be covered by Jan. l. 1896, when
the stipulated three hundred days, in which
he is to accomplish his task. expires. He
reports many hardships while passing
through the Arizona desert and the
sparsely settled mountain regions OF the
Northwest. The route through Idaho,
Montana and North Dakota was the most
lonesome. For over 500 miles not town
of 100 population was encountered, and as
consequence Mr.. Winder was compelled 10
go many hours at time without food and
sleep on the ground a large portion OF the
distance. West of the Rockies the roads
were 80 rough that TO ride bicycle
over them without puncturing the tires
was an impossibility, so he was compefled
to walk through the sand and over rocks.
pushing his wheel. sleeping outdoors with
out covering and going hungry; AT Duluth.
Minn., Winder was taken Ill with lung
trouble, and was for several days confined
TO his bed. He was in Chicago Tuesday,
and rode through from that city 10 War
saw. via South Bend, distance or l4O
miles, in twenty hours.
After visiting at his home In this city for
a day or two Winder will resume his long
ride. going from here to northern Michi-
gan, then following the shores OF lakes
Huron, Erie and Ontario, the northern
boundary Of New York, Vermont. New
Hampshire and East as far as Bangor,
Me-. at which place he will turn his wheel
south, following the Atlantic shore as far
as st. Augustine. Fla. and from there west
to New Orleans, the starting point.
Mr. Wnder speaks in high terms of the
courteous treatment he has received from
the bicycle clubs in the cities on his route.
The local club rode several miles out of the
city to meet him this morning, and on his
entrance into the city he was greeted with
cheers by the populace and paraded the
principal streets behind brass band.
reception was rendered him at the opera
house this evening. Winder is the special
correspondent Of the Buffalo Express.
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A BUSINESS MEETING.
l.. A. w. Omcials and the Cycle Board
of Trade Confer.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ASBURY PARK, ". j.. July IL. = The
League Of American Wheelmen, officials and
members Of the Cycle Board of Trade came
together here tonight at the Coleman
House. in Asbury Park per request Of
President Widdiston, to confer on matters
of mutual interest 10 both bodies. The
matters to be considered are, briefly. a rec
ord OF stolen wheels. prevention of stealing.
the subject OF good roads, transportation
matters and the conducting of professional
riding. A committee was appointed, consist
ing OF MeSsrs. George Pope, z. (. Stearns.
c. W. Dickerson and Howard r. Raymond,
with whom the l.. a. w. racing board will
act. Some plan will be discussed by these
sport, such plan to be referred TO the entire
body In session tomorrow noon. II is no.
ticeable fact that the members of the Cycle
Board Of Trade appointed on this committee
ment of professional teams this year. as
outlined in a previous dispatch The manu-
facturers do not care to take up professional
racing with the present contracts or the
men in force, preferring to wait until such
time as new contract can be made calling
for division of the prize-winning.
In regard 10 the proposed control OF pro-
fessional racing by rival body composed
Of trotting association men, one or the MEM
bers of the Cycle Board Of Trade said to-
league and the Cycle Board of Trade it
would be a simple thing to blacklist any
rider in the new organization and to suspend
any manufacturer employing such black
listed man. Should a manufacturer then
employ the man, he WOULD be debarred from
country and in other ways cut off from
privileges.
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THE OPENING MEETINGS.
Enormous Crowds I'm Mechanics' Ha
aud the Two Tents.


aud the Two Tents.
Hundreds were unable TO obtain admission
TO the Mechanics Building this morning.
The stage portion. reserved for
the speakers, was occupied by
one section of the chorus of nearly
one thousand voices. This chorus started
songs of praise long before the convention
formally opened, and continued the hymns
until President Clark appeared on the plat
form. The advent of the founder and lead
er of the Christian Endeavor movement
was a signal for the outbursts of tremen-
dous applause, which continued for several
minutes.
At $50 o'clock President Clark called the
convention to order with the gavel present.
ed TO him by the Salem (Ore) Christian
Endeavor Union. Rev. Smith Baker, Of
East Boston. led the devotional exercises,
and then President Clark appointed the
business committee, as follows: Secretary,
j. w. Baer; Rev. f. III. Harwood. wiscon-
sin; DIR. 4. Kelly. California; w. II. Leads,
State OF Washington. and Miss Ottie z.
Virgins, OF Ontario. Or. F. II. Smiths
hymn of welcome was first read In con-
cert cert and q p1nr,h then sung With VIII Rev. Al
coined the delegates in behalf of the Boston
pastors. Hon. s. b. Capen, chairman of the
committee OF 1895, made the address of wei
come In behalf of the committee.
President Clark then introduced Governor
Greenhaige. Again, the convention broke
out into applause and cheers while the
Governor bowed acknowledgements. He was
given the Chautaueua salute The Gov
crnor welcomed the delegates to Massachu-
sets. saying. among other things: 1T Is
net OF material wealth this State boasts.
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LEFT NOTHING FOR CREDITORS.
bond FOrger Lewis and Family Car
ried On Everything Movable.

URBANA, o., July 11.-No new forged
bonds turned up to-day in u. I. Lewis's s
case. The amount of $l25.00O spurious bonds
remains unchanged. Frequent inquiries
from outside brokers in regard to bonds
came In and will no doubt bring to light
more fraudulent securities. 1t now looks as
though Lewis had premeditated this COL
lapse and had prepared for it, His wife
went east in April, but turned up at st.
Clair, Mich, later. His daughter also went
TO ST. Clair two weeks ago A visit to the
residence this afternoon revealed that every
particle OF clothing of the two women had
been taken away. The sealskin cloaks had
not been forgotten In the pack-up. While
the family may have known nothing of the
expected collapse, Lewis himself knew il
and was prepared for it. 1t has just been
developed here that Lewis had a scheme
concocted to get hold OF $4,000 natural gas
bonds of this city. His object was to re-
place per cent. bonds with 5 per cent.
Had his plan been successful 1t would have
resulted I'm the possible issue OF cool
million. The sudden collapse baked his
game.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. July u.-Back tax
collector r.. J. O'Mahoney was to-day in
dcted for the embezzlement of S7 back
taxes collected from Major Thomas. the
famous turf man. and not turned into the
city treasury. This is one OF scores of SIM
liar cases developed by expert accountants
now going over the city collectors records
for the past ten years. involving a loss TO
the city of $4,000. AS fast as shortages
develop they are charged TO Deputy Col
lector w. p. Walsh, who was drowned a
year ago while fishing alone. and who, il is
now believed, committed suicide, knowing
that exposure was inevitable. OMahoney
says he indorsed Major Thomas's check
and truned it over to Walsh but the books
show no record OF the transaction.
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Indu.triai Activity I'm the south.

BALTIMORE, July n.-Special reports TO
the Manufacturers Record show a contin-
uation of activity in all lines of industrial
interests throughout the South. The recent
heavy advance In iron Is forcing all IRON
making and coal mining companies TO push
their plants to their fullest productive ca
pacity, and Is already resulting in arrange
ments being made for large additions to
established plants and in the starting OF
new enterprises. Several projects are now
being matured for building new furnaces
by experienced iron men, backed by ample
capital. All indications point TO as great
activity in the iron and coal interests in
the South as has recently been seen In the
fexfile line
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OAKLAND, Cal. July 1.-THE trial of a
suit brought against Dr. S. A. Ambrose
for practicing medicine without license
disclosed the sensational career of man
who is either a count and friend of the
present Czar of Russia or one of the wild
est rolnancers who ever faced a judge.
The Doctor says he was a classmate of
Gar Nicholas III and graduated from two
celebrated medical colleges in Russia, from
which certified copies of diplomas were TX
hibited. The diplomas are pronounced
forgeries. The Doctor says he was banished
from Russia and that the present suit is
a plot to deprive him of his title of count
and the vast estates to which he Is heir
as under the Russian law, when citizen
is imprisoned a year for felony he for
feits his titles and estates.
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ond; F. j. Jenny. Utica, third: ". r.
Simms. Washington. fourth Time. 1:1C 3-5.
One-half mile open, Class A-C. Ertz. New
York. first; Tom Butler. Boston. second; "
Time, 1:3l 10.
Two mile, national championship. seven
starters-Nat Butler. first: Gardiner. Chica-
go. second; C. r. Coulter, Toledo, thru;
Earl Kizer, Dayton. fourth. Time, 4:26. z
B. Stowe, of Springfield. Caldwell of Man
chester, and Terrili, of San Francisco, aiso
rode.
One mile professional: first prize s75. Sec
ond $40, third S25, fourth SO: seven starters
--Berls. Boston. first: Starbuck second. Bas-
tholomew third, McCurdy fourth. Time.
2:lS 2-5.
One mile open. Class b, Zimmerman anC
Wheeler pacing-Bald first, Titus second
Allen third, Church fourth, Mcdonald fifth.
Time, 2:07 3-5.
One mile tandem. three teams started
Caldwell and Butler first. Henshaw and
Owen second. Time, 2:3o 10.
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NEW YORK, July 11.-Philip ID. Armour.
the wealthiest man In Chicago, was a pas
senger, on the steamer Paris which sailed
yesterday To the reporter he said before
leaving: The beef and pork-packing indus
try IL still in very unsatisfactory condi-
with regard to the business in which am
interested. There has been no trust formed
TO advance prices nor to take advantage of
a mythical scarcity OF cattle TO corner the
market. The cattle raisers are masters of
the situation. They are holding their cat
tie at such figures compel the packers
to pay Improbable prices for stock. and in
order to get out without any loss. we have
had TO advance prices to the market men.
The result. is that there has been no money
in meat for a long time"
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AN INSANE MOTHER
Hangs Her Two Children md Her.
self, but the Baby Survives.

PITTSBURG, July 1l.-Mrs. Lena Roesner
hanged herself to a closet door yesterday
after she had hung up two OF her children
in another room. She has been sick for a
long time. and IL is supposed she was in
sane. She sent her eldest daughter. aged
nine. to visit relative. Then she hung her
daughter Ella, aged three years to the bed
post. After that she ted a towel about the
neck OF her baby and hung il up on the
post OF its crib After that she hung her.
self. When discovered all were dead except
the baby. and it was chewing the towel with
which IL was tied.
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suicide of DIR. Janex.

LEXINGTON. Ky. July u.--Dr. Edward
Jones, aged fifty-three years. for many
years superintendent of the Eastern Ken
lucky Asylum here. committed suicide to-
day by jumping from the second story of
the institution of which he was once su-
perintendent. He had been an inmate the
past year. He was distinguished surgeon
in the Confederate army, and was a brother
OF the late General j. Lawson Jones'
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ELKs ELECT OFFICERS.
W.. G. Meyers Chosen Exalted RuterI
and q. w. june, Tyler.

ATLANTIC CITY. July li.-In view OF
last nights accident this mornings meet
ing OF the Elks was not SO largely at
tended as the previous session. The hrst
matter brought up for consideration WAS
the unfortunate affair and the Grand Lodge
adopted resolution extending sympathy
TO all members of the order who were
themselves or members OF whose families
were injured in the accident and instruct-
ing the grand trustees to inquire into the
condition. physical and financial OF The
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FAILURE OF A COLONY.
Rumor that the Negroes Now I'm Mex
leo Will he brought Back.

Ell PAso. Tex. July n.-News reaches
here from Mapimo. Mexico that William
Ellis. the negro who induced eight hundred
negroes to leave Alabama and Georgia and
go to Mexico. where they have become
practically enslaved, has been sent to the
colony to conduct the negroes back to the
American border. where they will be turned
loose. The negroes have been dying so fast
and have proven so unruly from ill-treatment
that the colony managers have resolved to
set rid OF them. The colony is regarded as
a failure
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a Cb,cnro Bu.ine.. Sensation.

CHICAGO July 1.-THE recent failure
of the Leader department store took a
of the firm were arrested at the instance
of J. V Farweil & Co. Carl Dernburg.
Lipman Click and Joseph Horner, members
tody on an affidavit made by j. v. Far
well & Co., charging them with making
false statements in regard to their credit
and obtaining goods on the strength OF
such statements. The three men were re-
leased under heavy bonds
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students Missing.

ROCHESTER,. n. Y, July Hilary
May and Cleveland Coke. nephew of Bishop
Coke. of Buffalo, students at Hobart Col
sege. started on Saturday last TO row
around Seneca lake. and have not since
been seen. A boat resembling theirs has
been found upset on the lake. and friends
OF the young men fear they have been
drowned
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but of our superior ideas and ideals. In
the name of the Commonwealth OF Massa-
chusetts. / welcome you from whatever
State. Territory or country you may cone.
You are all welcome with the welcome If
the great heart and soul of Massachusetts.
After you go your sunshine shall remain
With us so long as life shall last" At the
close of the Governors remarks. at DIR.
Clarks request the entire audience shout
ed, God save the Commonwealth OF Mas
sachusetts." Rev. Z. r. Dill. ID. d.. of San
Francisco. whom DR.. Clark called "a loyal
Methodist" then made the response in be-
half of the board OF trustees of the United
Society of Christia.i Endeayor.
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CLEVELAND. o.. July 11.-ihe city Of
Cleveland will celebrate its centennial an
year and ending Sept. TO- A commission
composed of Governor Mckinley Mayor
McKisson and other State and municipal
officers and citizens has been organized,
with Wilson NJ Day, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. dfrector-general.
An Industrial and maritime exposition is
contemplated and several important pub
lie improvements will be inaugurated dur
ing the celebrations.
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COLORADO SPRINGS. Col, July 1l.-rt
is believed that the work of the govern
rnent surveying party now here will dis
close an error In the reckoning made from,
the old Kansas Pacific survey of the ele-
walton OF this locality. and that the altitude
or Pixies Peak will be proven 10 be 15647l5
feet, gain Of over 1.l00 feet.
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NEW YORK. July 1l.--Mr, and Mrs
James Britt. well-to-do residents of Hale
don. ~. j., near Paterson told the police
of Bloomfield that they had been robbed by
two footpads on the Paterson road in
Brookdale. of $i.70o in cash and jewelry
The thieves. after compelling Mr.. and Mrs
Britt TO give up their money, rode away on
their wheels and Ii has since been impossi-
bic for the police 10 obtain a clew.
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sold His Gospel Boat.

ASHLAND. Wis. July f.-captain Bun
dy. for thirty-seyen years a missionary
among sailors on the great lakes to-day
sold his gospel boat Glad Tidings. 10
Washburn parties. ana viii seek retirement
IN his old age at Chicago.
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NOGALES. a. T.. July ia courier has
1u,ns d,sfrict ~ Sonora with the tnforr,s :
ton that on the 4th instant. near that
place. SIX men were publicly executed by
series Of robberies which had been un-
earthed over there.
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pron..rx GEORGE n. Foote.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. July ll.-Dispatches
on the falling. last night, OF the Atlantic
city. n. j., Casino. placed &C. NJ. Foote.
Minneapolis" among the list OF the in-
iured. Ii is believed here that mistake
has been made in the name OF George -.
chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway
who was attending the convention.
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THE BIG 4 ROUTE
OFFICIAL ROUTE
Annual Meeting Of the B. Y.P.U.
BALTIMORE, Md, July IS to Il.
$10 For the Round Trip SS10
FROM INDIANAPOLIS.

indiana a sneciai train viii leave % India M M
apolis at D. m, July IS. and run through
via the Chesapeake & Ohio, reaching Balti-
more early the next afternoon. The sleep
ing car rate from indianapolis VIII be "a
per double berth. Those intending to take
bic the undersigned or L. A. Clark. trans
portation leader B. Y p. u. Crawfords-
vile. Ind Tickets win also be good going
on any train leaving Indiana points July
Is and IL and will be good returning until
Aug. 5. Inclusive H. NJ. BRONSON,
A c.. p. A.
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The Man Who Knows II ALI.

The Philadelphia Record says: The man
who knows it all is luxury which no decent
community, however forbearing. can easily
afford to tolerate. With all his blatant ego
tism he boils down to an asinine specimen OF
the rarest kind. He is bore. an itch, dis
agreeable nuisance anywhere and every
where. He knows everything about every
knowledge upon every one in all places
You go into the street. he is there. You sit
in your study and up comes his card. You
90 to the theatre or to any place of
amusement, and behind you sits this ire
pressible ass. You go to see your girl and
10, he is there also. Neither place nor per-
son is sacred from his profane presence. He
outpreaches the preacher, outlies the lawyer
and leaves the doctor far behind in sending
you to your grave.
Just now he has new hobby. 1t is poll
ties. He knows exactly why we are thus
and so and can tell us easily how to be other
wise. He has all the leading questions of the
day down to the finest of fine points. Tariff
currency, Monroe doctrine are at the tip of
his tongue. He knows all about exports.
imports, internal revenues and the whole
calendar of industrial complexities. If Il
fight break out in New Orleans the man who
gets shot used to room with him at school or
college. Ii Brazil and France have "A set-to
he can tell in an instant the cause of the CON
troversy and the merits OF both sides"