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Indiana Notes.

William Dollins blew out the gas at an
Elwood hotel and came near being asphyx-
lated.
The JeffersonvilIe City Council has or
dered a call published for bids for the sale
of 700 of refunding bonds.
The saw and planning mill of Miller, &
Askew at Albion, was destroyed by nre
yesterday. Loss, about $500; insurance
$780,
The celebrated Miller-Popejoy ten-thou-
sand-dollar damage suit from Wells county
closed at Decatur yesterday, Miller getting
a verdict for $7,000.25
The Hale-Ross wrestling match to have
taken place at Columbus last night, for the
championship of the State, was declared off
on account of Ross not showing up.
An effort to escape was made by the pris-
oners in the Brazil Jail Wednesday night.
They secured tools and cut hole four feet
by three in the walls before being discov-
cred.
The honorary degree of doctor of philoso-
phy was conferred on Rev. j. A. Zahm,
professor of science at the University of Mo-
ire Dame, by order of Pope Leo XIII,
Wednesday night.
At mass meeting of colored citizens of
Madison, Wednesday. due honor was paid
the memory OF Frederick Douglass. Rev
w. J.. Bray, a personal friend or the late
Mr.. Douglass. delivered the grafton.
South Bend has decided to observe the
Fourth of July this year by an old-fashioned
celebration. A permanent organization was
formed and officers named as follows: Pres
ident, G. b. Vanpelt; secretary. X. III.
Lyon.
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HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Feb. Safeguarding
the smallpox situation in Hot Springs, the
ry, this evening issued the following bull
letin:
1.-TWO persons have been sent out to the
smallpox camp and two new cases are
found in the city. Everything Is more
quiet A few physicians were careless
about reporting. The law requires prompt
reports. and If they are not made II Grip
Piles efficiency of the service. and we
tru physicians will all be prompt in
thi ter. A failure to do so subjects
tn, penalty, and the board viii not
spa any one. There was one death to-
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PARIS WILL GO FREE.
Prosecution of the GreentOwn Banker
Is Perhaps mt an End.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
FRANKFORT Ind, Feb. 28.-It now
looks as if the prosecution of John w.
Paris, of Paris-Dwiggins bank fame, has
been practically abandoned by his victims
of the Greentown bank, who had him at
one time all but locked behind the bars of
the northern prison. 1t will be remembered
that after considerable trouble the ruined
depositors of the Greentown concern sue
ceeded in having Paris, together with ex-
Governor Chase, indicted before the How
ard county grand jury for embezzlement
and obtaining money under false pretenses.
Paris'S attorneys secured change of venue
to this county. The first trial commenced
in last June and lasted three weeks, result
Ing in the jury finding the defendant guilty
of false pretense and assessing penalty of
81 900 and six years in prison. The court
set the verdict aside. The case was fought
again, the State bending every energy to Sc
cure a conviction for embezzlement ThiS
trial lasted fourteen days, and the jury
failed to agree. 1t was expected that the
case would be tried again in the December
term, but 1t was not. Next IL was an
nounced that the cause was down on the
calendar for this term, but court has adj
iourned without any action on the part or
the State, and the accepted explanation Is
that Howard county and her people nave
ready been placed. some $1,000. and refuse
to spend any more. The abandonment of
the Paris prosecution practically ends the
ernor Chase will be dismissed. Paris,
out of fortune of $4,000, besides the many
thousands he received from the Howard
county farmers, has only a few shares of
stock in the Mexican gold mine LEFT. he IS
now concerned in a patent telephone, which
he is introducing in the smaller cities OF the
country, and is said to be in a fair way to
retrieve his lost riches.
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Attempt 10 Blnckmnil Fair.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2s.--Charles l..
Fair has received second letter from an
unknown correspondent at Brookings. ;. D.,
stating that he witnessed the abstraction
of the will of the late Jarf&s q. Fair from
the county clerks office ON Jan. g. and Of
fering to reveal the identity or the thief for
$4,000. The writer gives Fair until Feb 20
to remit the money. At the same time he
wrote to the attorneys for the executors,
making the same proposition. The recip-
tents paid no attention TO the letter, but
there is much speculation concerning the
c.hlr1lssv but uersistent matchmaker. n
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butter ana Cheese Makers.

ROCKFORD. H., Feb 2S.--At to-day's
session of the National Butter and Cheese
suited: President, b. w. Segar: vice presi-
dent at-large, N. $. Hines. Stella, Neb.;
secretary, f. l. Bridge, Chicago; treasurer.
n. r. Loysster, Hudson. Mich. One vice
president was also elected for each State.
J. r. Bentley. of Ohio, read q paper on mar,
III b. C.urIer read one on ripening and
churning temperature The meeting closed
with banquet rendered by the city.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The troubles be,
tween the Southern Railway Company ana
it's employees we're finally brougnL 70 an
The schedules proposed by the company
were accepted with certain a men ass
niaht the schedules and rules were signed
nv Vice President Baldwin and by the
representatives of the men, Both sides ex-
messed great pleasure over the happy re-
suit of the troubles. The schedules go into
lou
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FIGHT WITH TRAMPs.
Fifty Open Fire Ola Decatur Police
md Three Trnmps wounded.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Yesterday
gang of about fifty tFamps struck this city
and went into camp on the banks of the
ST. Mary's river. east of town. During
the afternoon and evening they visited the
residence portion of the city, begging pro-
visions. When they visited house and
found there was no men about the place
they would demand food, and at several
places frightened the women away from
home and took everything they could find.
The Mayor was notified, and an extra police
force was on duty all night, and the officers
were kept busy during the night chasing
the gang away from houses This morning
Marshal Cowan and "A posse of deputies
proceeded to drive them from town. They
got the gang together and drove them
across the railroad bridge. when the
tramps who were armed with revolvers.
opened fire on the officers. The officers re-
turned the fire. Several volleys were ex-
changed. Finally the tramps fled, carrying
three Of their number. who were shot. The
only thing that saved the officers was being
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ID. A. No. 3, X. Of L., secede..

PITTSBURG, Feb. 2S.-After a stormy
meeting which lasted until midnight.
delegate convention y, a OF FROM a. 70 o = r. Of
join the independent Knights OF Labor
Application for a charter was ordered
and the executive officers are expected here
soon to establish the district The
fight against leaving the old organization
was made by three locals-the printers,
the transfers and the cigar makers The
delegates from these locals made a. bitter
fight and voted to remain with the k of
J.. There are over $4,000 members in the
district, nine-tenths of whom are now in
darnndenf KNIGHTS.
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yerdict Against q Countess.

BOSTON, Feb 2S.-Elizabeth and Julia
Schollard, two sisters were to-day. awarded
a verdict of $3.50 against Caroline Car
csno. a countess, residing in Desio Italy,
by a jury in the Superior Criminal Court.
The suit was brought by the sisters, who
son. TO cover S76G4 promised for services
rendered to the defendant in preparing a
contest of the win of the late Mrs. Rich
ardson in this city, a cousin OF Countess
Carcano Mrs. Richardson, who died in 1888,
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NOR FOLK Va Feb. 2S--Justice Bur-
roughs rendered decision to-day uphold.
ing the constitutionality of the law or
Virginia prohibiting the manufacture, sale
and public catering of oleomargarine and
similar substitutes for butter: Cases We're
sam Small attorney for the dairymen, and
answers were made. Swift e. Co. OF CHI
cago, employed White q Garnett 70 fgnl
the law. The case will go finally, perhaps,
to the Supreme Court of the United States
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Taubeneclx Not Denounced.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Representative
John Davis, of Kansas, prominent member
of the Peoples party, made denial to-
day of reports that the reform press as
ISOLATION adopted resolutions at its recent
meeting denouncing Chairman Taubeneck
Of the Peoples party. Said Mr.. Davis:
mo official action was taken at the meet
ing condemning Mr.. Taubeneck and there
was very little criticism of him. All the
opposition was fostered by two men--Mc-
Lalin, of Kansas, and Morgan, of Missouri
and 1t was mostly confined to a small eau
Gus which did not amount to much"
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ROME Ca. Feb 2S-Preliminaries con-
firn,ing the location of the Southern branch
of the Massachusetts cotton mills at this
place were permanently settled to-day;
'rhe citizens of Rome donate two hundred
acres of land with unlimited water supply
to the company. The land will be paid for
nv popular subscription. The mill Is TO cost
SiooS06 and will run $4,000 spindles, 1.0Gl
looms and employ 500 hands. Contracts are
to be let at once The mill will be ready
for business Nov. !.
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GUTHRIE. O. r., Feb. 2s.-The Housa
to-day passed Representative Little's bin
for the promotion of athletic sports which
allows sparring matches and prize lights.
The council has been polled and Will pass
the bill as unanimously as the House vher.e,
only two votes We're against It. This viii
open the territory to Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons and any other national champions.
without fear OF interference.
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France VIII Not Act Hastily.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.--The French gov
eminent has so far acceded to Secretary
Greshams representations i'm the matter
of attempting forcibly to- collect indemnity
from San Domingo as to abate for time
its insistence on immediate settlement
of the claim for indemnity of the French
Bank and leaye this to be settled by dip
lomatic negotiations. 1t insists, however,
as condition for this action, that the gov
eminent of San Domingo shall Immediately
pay the indemnity claim for the unwar-
ranted killing of q French subject during
ell
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colonel Coit Plend. Not GuiIty.

WASHINGTON c. H., O., Feb. ss;-gol.
Judge Newly, of Highland county, and
pleaded not guilty to the Indictment for
.manslaugnter. He asked change OF
venue and Judge Newly took the matter
under Amusement Colonel Colt commanded
the troops during the riot last October when
five persons were killed and several wounded
in efforts to lynch Dolby. the negro, who
outraged a prominent white woman.
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CsAI.EsBURG, ILL.,. Feb. 2S.--At the Re-
publican congressional convention at Galva
to-day, after three days OF ba,loting and
all-nipht session. George w. Prince. OF
Galesburg. was nominated as Republican
Candidate for Congress in the Tenth llli-
nojs district on the l.479th ballot.
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Suicide OF Frank Burkart.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR Ind, Feb 2S.-This morning
Frank Burkart, painter, of this city, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself with a
shotgun. One of his small children found
his lifeess body lying on the floor of his
room. 1t is supposed he put the muzzle of
the gun to his breast and pulled the trigger
with his foot, as the charge entered the left
breast and passed out just below the Shout
der. He was twenty-seven years old. Finan-
cial reverses are given as the cause of the
suicide.
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Attempted Suicide I'M jail.

ALFRED, Me-. Feb. 2s.-Leroy Fernald,
who killed his aged mother yesterday and
taen set fire TO the house with the intention
of burning himself to death, made IA des-
perate attempt at suicide in Jail TODAY.
When found he was bleeding profuse,y from
a wound in his throat which be made with
a tack knife He resisted Interference until
weakened from the loss of blood He is
~ no insane
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Big Four switchman killed.

Special TO the Indlanapols JOURNAL
COLUMBUS. Ind, Feb. 2S.-In the Big
Four yards here. this afternoon, Walter
Sanders extra freight man, while attempt
ing to do the work of a swtchman fell be-
meath moving train. His right leg was
cut off close to his body, was his right
arm. He was taken to the City Hospital,
where he died two hours later.
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bills signed by the President.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S-The President
has signed the following bills: Making the
Surveyor of the District of Columbia a sal
,aried officer; for the relief of the First
State Bank of Mound City, ILL.,; the post
office appropriation bill; amending Section
ABA of the Revised Statutes, relating to
steam boilers.
The President has sent to. the House his
veto of two bills granting rights of way
through Indian Territory to the Arkansas &
Northwestern Railroad Company and to the
Oklahoma Central Railroad Company.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Feb. 2S.-A large number
of people gathered at Fountain Park ceme-
terry, near this city, this afternoon, to wit
ness the final interment of Mrs. William E.
Hinshaw Rev. Hinshaw and Mrs Oyler,
the mother OF the deceased, We're both pres
ent. The services at the grave were con-
Quoted by Rev. j. K. Waits, pastor of the
NJ E. Church., of this city,
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VIII Not Join the silver Party.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Nc
Laurin, of Mississippi, speaking to-day of
the proposed formation of new silver
party, said: 81 am in favor of the I'M
limited coinage of silver at is to ], but I
am Democrat, loyal to my party. and 1
hope to see this accomplished by the Demo-
ty. The Democratic party is go5d enough
for me- This statement was called forth
by an alleged interview with him. pub
lished in morning paper in which he
was made to declare in favor of the pro-
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BRISTOL. r.. L., Feb. 2S-The apparent
ly well-founded report that the material for
plating the new cup defender. now building
at the Hereshoffs works, would come from
the Pittsburg Reduction Company, OF Pitts
burg, Pa. and not from the Ansonia Com
the boat will not be plated with Tobin
bronze as was the Vigilant. but will have,
instead a plating of aluminium bronze. a
metal similar to Tobin bronze, but possess
ing many advantages over the latter.
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pacific ocean Phenomena.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-The American ship
Reaper, of Bath. got here last night from
Portland. Ore. after a voyage OF 139 days.
Pacific. about 800 srniles above the equator.
a month after she had left Portland. the
Reaper passed through a strip or black
water. about sixty feet wide. extending as
far as the eve could see, from northwest
to southeast. Or parallel with the west coasts
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Cutting Teeth at Nine,y-Eight.
specialF to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the IndlanapOIlS JourndI.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. ga remarkable
case of cutting the third set of teeth is re-
ported by DR.. Reynolds, of this city. Mrs.
Ann Featherston, aged ninety-eight, has
been feeling badly for some days, and her
physician was called. He found that she
had just cut large jaw tooth. She is now
conyalescent,
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OLIVIER TuTTLE HANGS HIMSELF.
Another Victim of the GRIP Driven
to Suicide.

Another Victim of the Crap Driven
to Suicide.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT. Ind, Feb. 2s.--Oliver B.
futile. a well-known citizen of Logansport,
committed suicide by hanging himself in
woodshed at his home on Broadway to-day.
He had been suffering for week from a
severe attack of grip, and after complaining
of terrible pain in his head told his wife
he would go to the woodshed and work 1T
off. Fifteen minutes later he was found by
his wife swinging by the neck at the end of
a half-inch rope He was still struggling,
and upon being cut down every effort was
~ Ma ~ s vseors MN, pu, WiSnutS avail anu
pioyed at the Panhandle shops, and was in
comfortable circumstances. He is thought
to have been insane. He leaves a wife and
two children
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SleepIess for 152 Nights.
,acia1 tn tho Fundamentals Journal


ELWOOD, Ind, Feb. 2S-David Jones's
long spell of sleeplessness has at last been
broken. After going 152 days and nights
without a wink of sleep, he is again sleep
ing Last night he retired to his room to
rest little, and when his family went to
see him he was found fast asleep. His case
has proved mystery to the medical fra
ternity. He had similar spell two years
ago, and went ninety days without sleep.
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New 5oo-BarreI OIL Well.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND, Ind, Feb. 2S.-The Standard
Oil Company drilled in 5O0-barrel oil well
on the Ware farm, three miles south of
this city, to-day. This is in new territory
and places Portland in the center of the
Jay county oil field.
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QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2S.-Arrived Bril-
fannie. from New York
GLASGOW. Feb. 2s.--Arrived: Pomeran-
ian. from Boston
GENOA, Feb. 2S-Arrived: Normannla.
from New York.
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Masked Men Hold Up an Agent.


VINCENNES, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Three
masked men entered the Airline railroad
office at Mount Carmel, ILL.,, at O'Clock this
morning and held up the agent, William
McMahan and took his money and gold
watch. Three waiting passengers were
also held up and relieved of their valuables.
The robbers tried to make young McMahan
open the office safe, but he told them that
he did not know the combination. This
was only excuse. The robbers then
locked the thee passengers in a box car
and, after handling the agent pretty rough
ly, told him they would return and blow
his brains out ii he gave an alarm, and
they left .
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Not n Good Statue Of Grant.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-The joint
library committee of Congress has disap-
proved the application of the Grand Army
Encampment committee to place the statue
and pedestal of Gen. II. S. Grant executed
under its direction in the rotunda of the
Capitol building. The committee was
unanimous In its opinion that the head OF
the statue did not convey correct repre-
sentation OF the features of General Grant,
being otherwise considered inartistic.
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Indinnn Denths.

PLAINFIELD. Ind. Feb. 2S.-Harris Al
nond, one of the Oldest citizens of Hen
bricks county, died at 2 o'clock this morn
ing Of congestion Of the lungs; IN the eg s.I,
was native of Ohio, and came to Indiana
in 1871 In the fall of 1926 his parents re-
moved to Bridgeport, Marion county, where
his father died. His third wife, who was
Mrs. Parthena Tucker. is now lying crit
ically i'll of pneumonia in the home of her
deceased husband.
EDINBURG, Ind, Feb. 2s.-Dlllard l..
Deming a prominent c.tlzen Of Edinburg
and well known throughout this county,
died at the residence of his mother in this
place yesterday morning. He was born in
bartholomew county, near Edinburg, in 1884.
He was a prominent Mason and ODD Eel,
low and those orders will attend the funeral
tomorrow
SEYMOUR, Ind, Feb. 8.-Thcmas Full
bright, former resident of Seymour. died
at his home at Medora. last night, with
brain trouble. after ten days illness. A
wife and four children survive.
TERRE HATTE, Ind. Feb. 2S.-Ernest
Langen, the junior member OF the printing
firm of Moore & Langen, dice to-day after
a long illness.
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The Paper Mill Guilty.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 28-The case in
which the Paragon Paper Mill Company. of
Eaton, is charged with polluting the water
in the Mississinewa river was settled to-day
by the jury finding the accused guilty and
assessing the highest penalty on them-a
fine of $500. The suit was brought by farm
ers residing along the river, aud several
other like suits are pending. There are sim
liar suits pending against the strawboard
works located in Muncie, Albany and York
town. The case will be appealed to a higher
court by the company. There is no place
but in streams to run the refuse water. and
If these channels are closed the mills will
have to shut down. The farmers claim that
they cannot stand the awful stanch that
arises from the refuse. The water is rem
dered unwholesome for stock to drink, and
all the fish are killed. ,lhe case was tried
before Judge Bundy. of New Castle. on
change of venue. Professor Purdy, of In
dianapolis. gave the expert testimony and
the defendant was backed by the straw
board trust, which spent considerable money
in the case.
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the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SELMA, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Hon. James Orr is
very sick, and there Is no hope of his re-
covery He is suffering with obstruction Of
the bowels
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protected by the bridge. There is great ex-
element here and talks of mob running
the gang down before night.
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SPRINGFIELD, o.. Feb. 2S.-Experts
have been here from all parts OF the coun-
try the past two weeks examining the dis
covery of George Harley, in notwithstanding
the manufacture of iron Capitalists from
Chicago, Detroit and elsewhere are here
to invest in producing malleable iron direct
from the mold like cast iron. The Harley
Iron Company already has one million
capital with furnaces and extensive expert
ment works where Harley has been work.
levers in the patent. One of these hackers,
G. c. Hail. of New York, went to Chicago
to-day for Harley. If the making OF the
ly as it has experimentally, the discovery
will be the greatest since that OF BeSsemer.
by the process were submitted to experts
in Chicago without telling them that II had
iron was pronounced first class.
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Renublican.. A..ailants AcauItted.

CHICAGO Feb. 2s.-The trial Of John
assaulting r. Nj. Dickson, a. Republican
challenger, al the polls last election day.
was concluded to-day, the jury returning a
verdict of not guilty to all.
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Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The people who are writing anecdotes or
Napoleon must be very near the end OF
their string or narratives