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2:45 Class: mixed.
Nashville Bicycle Races

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 26.-The Coli
scum races opened tonight with an au-
dience of 1900 John S. Johnson paced by
triplet, rode an exhibition mile in 2:O4 %
Jimmy Michael, paced by triplets and sin
giles, rode ten miles in q minutes 80 1-5 sec
made by Michael, at Chicago. of p 4l24
The final heat of the mile-open professional
race was won by H. r. Strenzon, Syracuse
N. ", with A. c. Mertens. ST. Paul. sec
ond. and Clarence Woodward, Nashville,
third. Time, ZIG 40 Tomorrow Johnson
and Michael go for records at Cumberland
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Blackburn Is still Blackburn.


Joseph S. c. Blackburn is rather pleased
than otherwise at the indignities heaped
upon Secretary Carlisle at Covington. This
is not surprising. Joseph is the type of
statesman to have a fellow-feeling for row.
dies and egg throwers. He belongs to that
cheap lot of fire-eating swashbucklers who
have been the bane of the South. For a
great part of the time he is in an ire
sponsible condition. only recently he lost
himself for several days BY some mis-
chance. however. he was found, and it is
apparent that he is the same old Joe.
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Special 10 the IndlardpOIIs JOuIHdI
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct ga COM
mite composed of members of the faculty
of the State Normal School has been ap
pointed to devise a plan of organization
of a mutual benefit association. 1t is to
be in the form of a sick benefit and for
death as well, but for the latter not to in
volve the payment of a large amount In
stead, it is merely to cover the funeral
expenses. 1t has been found that some
thing of the kind has been needed. In
most cases the students at the Normal are
not provided with more money than their
actual living expenses, and in case of sick
ness are embarrassed for the lack of money
to paY the additional expenses.
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KILLED BY AN OLD RAM
MRS. ELIZA MrNEELEY FATALLY
HURT WHILE DRIVING SHEEP.
List of the New Oil Wells in the Imdi-
ana Field Contains Only One Dry
HOIe-Other state News.
Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
SCOTTSBURG. Ind, Oct 26.-Mrs. Eliza
McNeeley. an aged lady residing about six
miles northeast of this place, died early
this morning from injuries inflicted by a
vicious buck sheep. which she attempted
to drive from the yard. A flock of sheep
got into the yard and children were sent
to drive them out, but returned, saying
they We're afraid. Then the old lady went
to drive them out and was attacked by
vicious buck, which knocked her down and
inflicted wounds in the side which caused
her death
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Thayer at Etna Green.
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ETNA GREEN Oct. 26.-The Hon. II. G.
Thayer, candidate for elector at large, adj
dressed the largest and most enthusiastic
audience assembled here during this cam
paign. He given royal welcome, and
satisfied the people that sound money and
protected industries meant prosperity and
happineSS for all classes.
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voluble Billy. Warming.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

Mr. Bryan has issued a manifesto of
warning to boilers. Il want you" he said
ito understand that the prodigal son who
leaves the Democratic household this year
and goes off to feed the hogs-when he
comes back he has got to come with the
understanding that he must saw wood a
long while before he gets to the table. :"
Voluble Billy was treated more kindly
after his support of Weaver. The Demo-
cratic fatted calf was killed for him. liter
ally as well as figuratively.
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Nickname for an Archbishop.

London Letter. ,
ago. are noticeably prevalent here. Du
Maurier. you know, was called kicky
by his friends. Now the starting iact mas
leaked out that the late DR. Benson. Arch
bishop of Canterbury. also had nickname.
The reverend gentleman, you may not be
aware had a son who, IL seems, was guilty
of that light novel ''Dodo, which you
probably read couple of summers ago.
Well the irreverent always called the
father of the novelist by the sacrelfgious
nama. Of the ..Dodo's papa.
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French IDENTITIES Kissed.

CARMAUX, France, Oct. 26.-The Social
list Deputies who opened the new co-opera-
tive glass factory at Abb yesterday, which
has been undertaken by the former strikers
of the Carmaux glass works, had a bad
reception when they arrived here owing
to the fact that the Carmaux wOrkmen are
displeased at the opening of the rival Abb
factory. Crowds gathered and Kissed and
threatened the Deputies on their
arrival and the municipal musical
bands played the Cagmagnole. The police
finally seized the bands musical instru-
ments to put end to the disturbance.
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Broke the Maine Liquor Law.

Letter IN London Mail.
Having got this wrong end of-a-telescopic
view of an American election, the only di-
version left was to break the Maine liquor
law. Ii was put into my head by the genial
samtation of gentleman who could only
just keep his legs. In Maine. you
know, the buying and selling of alcoholic
liquor Is Internationally forbidden under
do not quite know what penalty / thought
would try to incur that unknown penalty.
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watson Speak. for johnson

special to the Indianapolis Journal
oHELBYVILLE. Ind, Oct. 26-The Re-
pupiicans OF the southeast part of this
county had rally at Waldron this after
noon that proved to be the greatest gather
Ing ever held by any party in that part of
the county. Hon. James E. Watson made
the address There were not less than two
Thousand people present. In closing his
talk Mr.. Watson urged on ali his friendS
70 vote for Hon. Henry u. Johnson Re-
publican candidate for Congress. this re-
marx GAZING forth tumult OF applause In
this city tonight Hon. H. L. RemmeI Re
publican candidate for Governor of Arkan-
sas. addressed an audience of not less than
l,50V people. II was not known until this
morning that Mr.. Remmel would be here.
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Noyements of stenn,ers

NEW YORK. Oct. 26-Arrived: Edam
from Amsterdam; Saale from Bremen
GIBRALTER. Oct. 26.-Saied: F'ulda
from Genoa for New York.
ROTTERDAM. Oct. 26.-Arrived: ycen-
dam. from New York.
AMSTERDAM. Oct 26.-Arrived: Zaan-
dam. from New York.
BREMERHAvEN, Oct. 25.--Arrived: AL
Ter, from New York.
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Latest Popocratfc Arru,ne

st. Louis Globe-Democrat
1t has not taken the cheating dollar long
to get down to the level of the free coinage
CT rotten eggs as an argument.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. Oct. 26.-Leander Hen
bricks aged forty-five years, committed
suicide to-day by placing a revolver against
his head and firing. He called on his di-
vorced wife, now married to another, and
said he intended to kill himself because
in case he took sick no one would look after
him. She promised to see that he
cared for. but that did not satisfy him.
The crime was committed at the home of
Thomas Dean, east of Muncie.
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Kansas City Journal.
Several Indiana young women have
promised to marry their sweethearts when
Bryan is elected. The heartless coquettes.
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Bright Young woman Dead.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR, Ind, Oct. 26-Miss Laura
Klippel, aged seventeen, died suddenly this
morning of throat trouble. Miss KlippeI
was one of the graduates of last spring S
class and was very popular
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Oct. pa number
of passengers and the crew of the British
steamer Taft which plies between the ISL
and of Mauritius and Bombay, We're landed
here to-day They claim that the vessel
foundered during gale Sept. "a and that
twenty-Seven natives were drowned.
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cial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind, Oct. 26.-James Rus
sell, president of the Free-silver Club of
Pennville, last night renowned Democracy
and joined the Mckinley Club. A tent
holding 5000 people is secured for the Har-
rison meeting here next Friday. Repub-
lican clubs from Lima, ST. Mary's. Celina
and Albany will be here special train.
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Detroit Fielder Loses an Eye.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 26.-"Hub"
Knoll. the great fielder of the Detroit base
ball Club, whose home is in Evansville,
was badly injured yesterday by being shot
by a companion while in the country hunt
ing. The injury is not fatal, but one eye
was shot out, and his usefulness on the
diamond is probably ended.
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Two Bike Record. Broken.

DECATUR ILL.,. Oct. 26.-Two tandem UNI
paced records We're broken here to-day by
Lou E. Rogers and j. Frank FAIRIES. They
made third of a mile in 80 2-5 seconds the
former record being 81 seconds. They made
half-mile in 81 2-5 seconds. The record
was 81 As seconds
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Two Fools.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If Mckinley is elected President the
Rev John Oiler. Baptist minister,
of Coalton o.. will preach sermon
with his coat, vest and trousers turned
wrong side out. IL Bryan is elected
Davis Armstrong, jr.. a coal operator. will
attend church with his apparel reversed to
hear the Rev. Mr.. Oilers sermon. Such
" as the agreement u.adc here to-day.
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Or Else His Wits.

kanSaS CITY journal.
1t has reached a point now where one
can't publicly declare his faith in Bryan
election without discrediting his honesty
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Out at Louisville the cremation of a body
seems still to be thought worthy of a news
paper story, in which the old time illusions
to atheism are wrought over again, In the
East cremation attracts no attention what
are digging open old tombs and placing the
skeletons in museums the steady growth of
cremation may perhaps be attributed to a
not unnatural desire upon the part of the
living to keep their bones out of the muse
llms of the future.
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Incendiaries Burn "A House.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD Ind, Oct. 26.-The farm resi-
deEce of j. A. Waymire east of this city,
valued $1,000, was destroyed by fire. In
STRANGE, $1,000 in the Madison County
Farmers Mutual Company. The fire is
thought 10 be the work of incendiaries
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Making Vote. for McKinIey.

Special to the Indianapoiis Journal.
DUGGER. Ind. Oct. 26.--Hon. Smiley N
Chambers, OF indianapolis. filed the APP
pointment of Hon. James r. Johnston at
this place tonight. A large and attentive
audience listened TO the speech The Bry-
an-hoodlum element was present as usiI-
~ but their conduct was so disgusting to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
MiteheIl's Big Rally.

Speciai TO the indianapolis Journal.
MITCHELL, Ind, Oct. 26-Governor Will
Cumback, Hon. G. w. Fairbanks and Col.
A. M. Hardy, Republican candidate for
Congress from this district, made stirring
speeches here to-day for protection and
sound money. Mr.. McDoel, general man
ager or the L.. N, A. a. G.. railroad spoke
this evening, and as result quite a num-
Der of prominent railroad men arc here
from a distance, excursions bringing
crowds from every direction. At II o. clock
Today there was monster parade, with
delegations and big wagons from Paoli,
orleans. Lost River Bryantsville and Bed
FORD. Fully 1850 people were in line
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Have You Any Wbenf.

Detroit Tribune 6op.)
If Mckinley is already elected il is pre-
sumably in order to pass up our plates for
u little of that prosperity
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Results at Medford.
DAYS races

BEDF U1tD, MAss OCT. Zb.-ResuIts OF TO-
days races:
2:16 Pace-Architect won first. third and
fourth heats. Allen Boy won second heat.
Time-2:17A, 2:1514. 2:17A, 2:17A.
2:20 Trot-C. III. +. won in straight heats.
Time-2:2O%, 2:171a 2:17A.
2:13 Pace Diminished - Robert Wilkes
won second and third heats. Prince Albert
won first heat. Time-2:131a, 2:1324 215
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Attraction for Philadelphia ms.

With a Wanamaker's in New York there
will seem to be no further reason why the
Philadelphia people should be put to the in
convenience of doing any of their shopping
at home.
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ketcham Make. Converts.

SptctaT 10 the IndianapoIis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. 26-At the
conclusion of VIM. A. Ketchams address
here last Saturday afternoon, J. j. Roush,
prominent insurance agent of this city.
and Well known throughout northeastern
Indiana. renowned his intention to vote for
Bryan and free silver and came out for
mckinley and sound money. MIR. Roush
has been lifelong Democrat. f. L. Mer-
Ger, one of the most extensive property
owners of this city. and interested in lum-
Der companies in nearly every town in the
gas belt has renounced the free-silver plat
form and will vote for sound money
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Free-siIver Man Converted.

decent Democrats that 1t acted as a boom
erang. Some who were undecided have
come out boldly for Mckinley.
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Henry II. MOrange.
Cha rIes a. EIdridg

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Oct. 26.-Ex-Con
gresham Charles A. Eldridge died this
morning, after a prolonged illness. He
served six terms
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Merely Inflated.
Chicag1 tribune.

Chicag1 tribune.
There yet a few people who think
Bryan is inspired when in fact he is only
inflated.
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TROTTING AT BELMONT.
2:45 Glass Event Won by Emma e.
md the e 20 by Cling.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.-Fine weather
and perfect track marked the opening of
| the trotting season at Belmont to-day. sum
marieS.
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OBITUARY.
Paul Amand ChallemeI-LecOUr
French Statesman and Diplomat.

Paul Amand ChallemeI-LecOUr. a
French Statesman and Diplomat.
PARIS. Oct. 26.-M. Challemel-Lecour is
dead.
Paul Armand Challemel-Lecour was born
at Avranches, May 19, 1927. He obtained
a degree in philosophy in 1S49 and during
the same year was made professor of
philosophy in the Lyceum of Pau, after
ward, in 1851, accepting a similar position
in the Lyceum of Limoges. He was at
this time remarkable for his republican
ideas, and after being imprisoned at Paris
in 1852. He became in 1856 professor of
French literature at the Polytechnieum in
Zurich, and after his return to France was
concerned in the management of several
journals. few days after the 4tl1 of Sep
TENDER. 1870, he was appointed Project of
the Rhone and Commssary of the Republic.
In 1872 he was elected representative of
Bouches du Rhone in the National AS
sembly and took the place at the Extreme
Left. In the senatorial elections in 1876
he was again returned from the BoucheS
du Rhone. Later he was made embassad dor
of France to London. and for some time
was Minister of Foreign Affairs. Recently
he was President of the Senate.
Henry III. Morange.
NEW YORK, Oct 26.-Henry H. Mo-
range, formerly a popular lawyer of this
city, died in Mount Sinai Hospital to-day
For eight years he led the life of recuse
in Asbury Park Mr.. Morange was a men,
Der of the Seventh Regiment and was
thought to be a wealthy man.
Charles a. EIdridge.
FOND DU LAC, Wis, Oct 26.-Ex-Con-
gresham Charles A. Eldridge died this
morning, after a prolonged illness. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-17
WON THE THIRD, TOO.
The Senators Approaching the De-
sired Ninth Place.

The Senators Approaching the De-
sired Ninth Place.
By winning from the Brooklyns yesterday
the Senators approached few points near
ninth place. and if they can manage 10
day to take the fourth consecutive game
from the visitors. both clubs will be tied
in the league race, with the chances In
favor Of the local club winning out. The
Washington club is playing snappy ball
these days, and as the remaining games
of the season are all to be played en- the
home grounds. there Is reason to believe
that the club will end the year higher and
with a better percentage.
Mercer was sent in to pitch yesterday,
the second time in the present series. Mer-
Ger seems to be the Brooklyns' hoodoo and
the spell was not broken yesterday. Six
hits were made off his delivery, and in
OILY one inning was there Il succession of
safe drives Opposed to Mercer was Stein
whom the Senators found to he easy. con-
Meeting safely with the ball sixteen times
Tor total Of twenty bases. Bunched with
the hits were errors on the part OF the WIS.,
itorS, that the local club took the lead
from the start and was never headed. nor
was the issue of the game in doubt at any
time.
Farrell led with the stick making sac
! rifice, two singles and double out of five
turns at the bat. Setback, O'Bricn and
Cartwright also knocked out doubles, and
| l..
For the visitors, Jones, the right fielder,
carried off tho honors, making three sim
giles, and at his last turn at the bat knock
ed one that looked good for three bases,
but Brown captured it after a hard run.
Yesterdays game was devoid of sensa-
tional plays, and was marred somewhat
from the spectators standpoint by contin-
uous and Intellectual kicking by the Brook
lyn players against the impartial decisions
of the umpire, Mr.. Heydler. Smith. how
ever made beautiful stop of Mccarthy s
bunt and threw the runner out at first.
for which he deserves credit. The score
follows:
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x,cararuan Change OF Duties.

The State Department has been informed
by United States Consul Wiesike at Man.
aqua that the Nicaraguan government.
finding that the effect of the law of De-
cember last fixing duties on imported wines
and spirits has been to stop the importa-
ton of California and other light wines
and spirits which we're formerly largely
used, has adopted new law, which went
into effect August 10 last readjusting the
duties. Hereafter duties will be imposed as
follows:
On wines not more than twenty degrees
strength, 6 cents about 2.61 cents United
States coin) for each pound Spanish weight
gross, and ono cent more for each degree
of strength In excess of twenty degrees
Mixed LIQUORS not more than twenty de-
grees, l. cents 5.22 United States) for
each pound gross, and one cent for each de-
gree in excess. Wines and mixed LIQUORS
above thirty degrees, and not over fifty. 80
cents Q3O5 United Statas); beer, cents
Ola United States) per pound gross; cham
payne and sparkling wines, Il cents or
United States) per pound.
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To Stump the Slope.

The republican national committee has
decided to send campaign speakers Of ma
tional prominence out through the silver
producing states and the Pacific slope.
The advance guard of these opponents of
republican principles will be ex-Congress-
man Butterworth of Ohio. who will speak
in Wyoming September 2S and %. and in
Colorado September 80. From there he
goes to Oregon. where he expects to deliver
three speeches. and thence to California.
where five speeches are scheduled. Other
speakers are being communicated with, and
will be sent west when negotiations are
completed.
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course with those who have resided there.
as it did with the recent arrival Of body
of British troops from Bombay to Suakim.
In Egypt. where several cases of the dread
disease broke out. proving the fact that
the source Of the evil Is in India.
JAMES F. LOVE. NJ. d.
DR. WALTER WYMAN, Surgeon General
United States Marine Hospital Service,
Washington, D. c.
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Earned runs-Philadelphia, 6; New York. 1. First
base by errors Philadelphia 9: New York, 1.
Left on Philadelphia. 3; New York, S. First
l,se on balls-Of Carsey. .: off Meekin, 1. Struck
0ut-By Carsey, = by Mcekin. 5. Home rln-DeI.-
hanty Three-base hit-Joycc. Two-base hits
Lsjoie. Herman. Sacrifice hit-Delehanty. Stolen
bnses|Van Halt:cn. Stafford Double plays-Davis
and Becklny; Carsey. Cross, Grady and HUI IN.
Passed ball-wison, I. Hit by pitched ban-By
t,ursey. 2 Umpire-Hornung Time-Two hours
ard four minutes
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BARNIE MAKES CHARGES,
Says the Newarlxs Counted Exhibition
as Championship Games.

Manager Billy Barnie Of the Hartford
club, which finished second in the Atlantic
League race. is indignant because the New
ark club, as he states, has been awarded
the pennant by President Crane. Barnie
claims that Newark played a number Of
exhibition games. and that they were
counted in as championship contests. He
also claims that Newark played a pitcher
In five games who really belonged to Hart
ford, as he says the pitcher was legally
awarded to his club. He also says that
Newark played man from the Roanoke
club who had been blacklisted.
President Crane Of the Atlantic League,
in reply to Barnies charges, says that
Newark has not been awarded the pennant.