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Crusade at Decatur.

Special TO the IndlanapoNs JOURNAL.
DECATUR, Ind. Jan. THE various
Protestant churches of this city have all
united in a war against sin and vice in De-
catur. and expect TO revolutonize the NOR
ais OF this tewn during the present month.
They have flaming posters out announcing
revival services at all churches. The town
is flooded with invitation cards and small
bills and the pastors are making d house-to-
house canvas, urging the people 10 attend
the meetings The services of noted revival
isis have been secured to assist in the work.
The Evening Democrat came out the other
day with leading article attacking the sa-
looms and drug stores and condemning the
city officials for allowing gambling dens and
houses of i'll repute TO flourish. There is
considerable excitement and the war Is
about the only topic of conversation.
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Caught by Falling Debris.

WlNTERSET. Iowa. Jan. IA large two
story stone building. occupied by c. D. Ber-
ington & Co.. hardware dealers, collapsed
this afternoon. carrying down with IL an
adjoining building occupied ~ ire Smith
Drug Company. Nineteen workmea, who
were in the basement of the wrecked build
ing, barely escaped with their lives he ng
warned by the cracking of the walls. John
Couch was caught by the ellIag debris and
badly injured, and L. +. Mordis aud NJ. IL.
Smith, drug clerks, were less seriously IN
Jured- The ruins caught ere, 5u. tie
flames were quickly subdued. The collapse
was caused by overweight on the sccord
floor. Loss, about $50. 0e0.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. THE continued
reports Of the assembly of a large United
States fleet in Turkish waters are discredited
by those in position to know at the Navy
Department. Ii is pointed out that the
fleet already there is ample 10 give any
moral effect to such urgent demands on
Turkey as this government might determine
on This fleet is said to equal that of any
of the European powers, although their in
terests in Turkey are more important than
those of the United States Admiral Bunce's
squadron lies off Hampton Roads. apparent
~ waiting orders. 1t was thought repairs
to the Maine might occasion some delay in
case of a movement, but the Admiral tee-
graphed that these repairs can proceed at
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Indiana Notes.

On account of the weak pressure of nat
ural gas as furnished by an indianapolis
syndicate the consumers in Lebanon are
very much dissatisfied and are talking of
organizing home, company.
The McBeth and McCloy lamp chimney
factories of Elwood, employing about 1900
men, resumed operations yesterday after a
two weeks close TO allow their employees a
vacation.
The Elwood city school board will at
once advertise for bids a $4,000 school
building and will let the contract Jan. q.
The First National Bank of Elwood City
wants to invest at least 5000 in gold in
the new bond issue.
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Strike of stone Cutters.

CHICAGO, Jan. Flight hundred stone
cutters were ordered TO throw down their
tools to-day and strike. Attempts
to settle the trouble between the proprie-
meeting OF the central organization held
last Friday the strike was decided upon, II
the employers did not yield. Twen-
~ yards are affected. The trouble
is over the stone-planing machines. which
do the work of several men and may be run
by common laborers. Wherever these ma
chimes are used the union demands that
only union stone cutters be employed.
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Safe Easily Robbed of $500.

Social to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind, Jan. 7.-Mathias Kreid-
ler's clothing store was broken into this
evening and about $500 in money taken. The
merchants generally have adopted the early
closing hours, and the robbery was COM
mitted between and z o'clock. The pro-
prietor intended to return after supper to
make up his cash account, and had not
thrown the combination on the SAFE and
the thieves had no trouble in opening it,
The vault containing the money was pried
out and carried away.
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-FOUR PEOPLE BADLY HURT.
An Electric Car Runs Into Carriage
mt 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. Am electric car on the
Lindell railway ran into a carriage at
Twenty-seventh street and Washington ave-
nue., about noon to-day. and severely In
jured four of It's FIVE occupants. The car
riage was turned over, and the horses and
those inside were dragged more than half a
block before the car could be stopped. The
injured are:
Mrs. DANIEL BERGAN, head badly cut
ana back severely bruised: may die
Miss MOiLIE WILLIAMS. badly cut.
JOHN EGAN, one leg broken and the
other bruised
JOHN EGAN, jr., a boy. shoulder dislo-
Gated and other injuries: serious.
JOHN WILLIAMS. only slightly hurt.
The motorman claims that he did not see
the carriage until Il was too close 10 avoid
a collision
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NEW YORK, Jan 7.-Memhers OF the SUBJ
committee appointed by the Republican
national committee to supervise the ar
rangements for the June convention are on
their way to ST. Louis. party OF Re
publican leaders, including Joseph II. Man
ley, of Maine William y. Crane. OF Mas
sachusetts; Hon. j. s. Clarkson, OF Iowa.
and ex-senator Thomas G. Plat. left town
together for Washington to-day. All but
Mr.. Plat will go directly TO ST. Louis.
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last night under circumstances which con-
vince the police that he was here for no
good purpose. He entered saloon in COM
pany with man named Smith and raised
a disturbance. He was elected ana just
as he seemed on the point of drawing re-
volver was arrested. The weapon was
searched bunch of skeleton keys was found
on mis- person. He had a valise and had
just arrived in the city. The police think
arrested
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Assaulted n Bob-sIed Party.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, Jan. IA party
Of young people who were out in bob
sled last night were attacked by eight men,
who assaulted Floyd Williams and Cal.
McCabe in a brutal manner. Four of the
men have been arrested. The assault seems
to have been unprovoked, as the victims
are peaceable young men and represent the
best families in the city. They were
companled by six young women, who were
SpectatorS to the assault
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INDIANA OBITUARY
Rev. Jesse Sparks, Over Fifty Years a
Methodist Prea cher.
the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KEWANNA, Ind. Jan. REV. Jesse
Sparks, since 1s41 a preacher in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Indiana. died
Sunday and was buried to-day. He was a
pioneer preacher, and in his prime was
a most eloquent speaker. He has been sta
toned in Marion Wabash Decatur and 9TH
er places In the North Indiana Conference,
and at Fulton. Kewanna and other points
in the Northwestern Indiana Conference. He
leaves a widow and two surviving children,
one of whom, Jere Sparks, is at the point
of death The funeral was in charge of
Rev. Horace G. Ogden.
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PRIDE OF THE NAVY.
Battle Ship Indiana, from League ISL
md. on Her Maiden Sen VOYAGE.

and. on Her Maiden Sen Voyage.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. THE new Unit
ed States battle ship Indiana sailed from
the League-island navy yard on her maiden
voyage at $50 o'clock this morning. She
goes first to Newport for her torpedoes and
gun cotton, and will then formally join
Admiral Bunce's fleet at Hampton roads.
After the great battle ship has been cere-
monously received by her sister ships of the
squadron she will go to Port Royal, ). C.,
where she will be placed in the big govern
ment dry dock Captain Rcbley ID. Evans.
the commander of the Indiana, is confined
to his bed on shipboard by a return OF the
attack of rheuma tism from which he has
suffered so much this winter.
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Glass workmen Kicking.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, JAM 1.-THE window glass
factories in this and other Indiana cities
will close down next Saturday, Jan. II, and
remain closed one month, when they will
resume operations again. There is a great
discomfort among employees at being idle
during cold weather and then being COM
PEELED to run on up to June 80, and the feel
ing is growing in certain quarters that the
workmen Will not work longer than May
30 this year. and thus retalate for being
made idle now
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A Little Romance.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. Ton Dec. % Rev.
Phillip Jameson. of the First Presbyterian
Church of this city. was called to perform a
wedding, and a pledge of secrecy was ex-
tracted from him which he faithfully kept
and beyond the fact that a marriage had
occurred there could nothing be learned.
To-day. by the merest accident, 1t was dis
covered that the contracting parties were
Miss Mamie Long, of this city, and Mr.. A.
j. Holt, of Bellaire. o. Miss Long is one
of the young society leaders of this city,
She is now receiving congratula lions.
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last night After a short time they ceased.
ard at daylight this morning the bow Of a
large steamer could be plainly seen through
the binding snow. The after portion OF
the ship was submerged, but she had two
tunnels and IL is possible she was pas
senger vessel There are no steamers due
here except the Portia, from st. Johns,
Newfoundland, but il is hardly likely to
have been her. as she had only one smoke
stack. As soon as the news was received
several steamers were made ready mere,
and they Will start for the scene at day.
light. The steamer Fastnet is taking two
divers.
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Madison County Doctors Meet.
special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON. Ind, Jan. THE Madison
County Medical Society held its quarterly
meeting in the parlors of Hotel Doxey to-
day. Papers were read by Doctors j. w.
Mourse. n. e. Otto and ]. M. Lttler, all of
Alexandria. DR.. j. b. Fattic. DR.. M. ".
Hunt and DR.. w. n Morne, Of Anderson,
resident physicians who attended from
Alexandria, Elwood Pendleton, Frankton
Summitville and Lapel were banquetted at
the Doxey
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The "Uprisingv at Birdiik.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE Turkish le-
cation received from the Sublime Porte the
Following telegram under to-days date:
Contrary TO the assertion made the Incl
dent provoked by the Armenians at Birdiik
had no very serious Importance. Order has
been restored, thanks to the energetic meas
ures taken by the local authorities. Thirty
one Mussulmans and Armenians were killed
and fifty wounded. No disorders have taken
place anywhere else"
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Rev. Lane Resigns the Pulpit.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Jan. 7.-Elder E. T. Lane,
a descendant of Henry 8. Lane. for the past
five years pastor of the Christian Church
of this city, has handed In his resignation
on account of ill-health. Rev. Lane was
very popular as a minister, and thoroughly
posted in politics.
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big business and advertised 10000 capital
stock. IL developed that he had no capital
stock and the directory was merely nomi-
nal. Many complaints were received OF no
returns. Shaw used the mails for advertise
ing and was arrested for using the malls
for fraudulent purposes.
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Starving I'm Alabama.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FARMLAND, Ind, Jan. 7.-Word has
been received from the party of men, COM
posed of Chas. McAllister. Samuel Waldo,
Freeman Stewart and Wilson Stewart. who
were taken prisoners in Alabama several
months ago. but in short time set at
liberty after causing them considerable
trouble, that they were having considerable
bad luck. They claim they can hardly get
enough food TO keep them alive in the South.
Some of them have written here for money
to return TO the HoOsier State.
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PINGREE'S VETO SUSTAINED.
Tom JOhnsOn's Detroit Street-Rail-
way Franchise Not Extended.

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 7.-Mayor Pingree
tonight presented the City Council with
his veto ordinance, by which the franchises
of the Citizens Street-railway Company
were TO have been extended 10 thirty years,
with eight -for-a-quarter tickets and 5 cents
for transfers. The veto was sustained by
vote OF % 90 6, although the ordinance had
passed by nineteen affirmative votes last
week. The company's present franchises,
which are good for about fourteen years,
permit the charge of five-cent fares, but
eight-for-a-Quarter tickets are being sold
as experiment I'm view OF the New De-
price.
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.Jo,ue. yeatch Post.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ROCKPORT, Ind. Jan. 1.-THE name of
Spencer Post, No. 1i3, of this city, has been
changed to James c. Veatch Post, in honor
of the late Gen. James G. Veatch, who was
a member of the post. and who served as
its first commander Spencer w. r. c., No.
H. WILL also. hereafter be known as James
c. Veatch COrnS. ~.
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Actual saving to the city per annum SIG, 500

When ii is considered that nearly half the
people of the city are using electric light
in their homes and are thus enjoying the
best light in the world at less than the
cost of gas the appreciation of the people
of the new enterprise may be imagined
They are highly gratified at the showing
and will possibly set a day on which to
hold a jubilee to celebrate the successful
year and the demonstration of the superior
ity OF municipal ownership over private
This city was the first in the State to as
sumo control of an already existing private
water works plant and has met with the
same success in that line.
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Los ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 7.-At a prayer
meeting at South Pasadena Charles Craw-
ford arose under deep excitement anC stated
he could not hold his secret any longer.
He then announced he was Albert Deffen-
dorfer. son OF a wealthy merchant Of Hunt
ingdon, Pa, and a fugitive from justice un-
der sentence for burglary and larceny In
Pennsylvania He came to this city to-day
and gave himself up to the sheriff.
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Lived Nearly a Century.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

0fcOIef 10 tIIC
KNIGHTSTOWN. Ind, Jan. Mrs.
Ursula Lewis. aged ninety-fve. died in this
city to-day of old age. superinduced by in
juries received in a fall short time ago
Mrs. Lewis was born in Harrison county.
West Virginia, Dec. 90 1900. She removed
to Indiana in 1SSS and has resided In Henry
county since 1887. Her life throughout has
been spent In absolute quietude. She never
mingled in society to any great extent and
was never known TO ride on a railroad
train In religion she a Universalist.
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Brakeman Loses Both Legs.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTI.E, Ind, Jan. Arthur
Branham, brakeman on the Vandalia. fell
under train at Reelsville to-day and had
both legs crushed so that amputation was
necessary. Branham is twenty-four years
. and his family resided at Limedale.
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Other Deaths I'm the state.

WARSAW Ind, Jan. 10. II. Aborn, q
pioneer resident of this section Of Indiana,
died suddenly yesterday of neuralgia of
the heart. He was for many years clerk
Of the Circuit Court of Kosciusko county.
DECATUR, Ind, Jan. John Nicols, aged
seventy-five, one of the oldest residents of
this city. dropped dead yesterday afternoon.
Heart trouble was the cause
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
Iczeta OF Salvador.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-A dispatch to the
Press from San Jose de Guatemala says:
President Antonio Ezeta, of Salvador, is
off the coast of that country with fill
clustering expedition. He is attempting to
make landing at La Libertad or Acajuta
The Salvadorans are prepared to resist his
landing
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No Alrrm for the baltimore.

WASHINGTON, Jan. mo alarm is felt
at the Navy Department over the United
States ship Baltimore, reported at San
Francisco to be overdue. She was under
sailing orders TO stop at Yokohama, and IL
she had laid up there a week for any cause
would not yet be due.
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woman Drink. Concentrated Lye.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind, Jan. 7.-Louisa
Ollie, sixty years old, living north Of this
city, attempted suicide this morning by TAX
ing a quantity of concentrated lye Her
condition at present is dangerous and 1t is
feared that she will die. The attempt is
the outgrowth of dependency. She is I'M
married.
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Special TO TIE indianapolis journal.
DANvILLE. H., Jan. Mrs. j. II. Berg
stresser. aged fifty-five. was struck and
killed by Big Four freight train this after
noon. She was walking on street that
crossed the railroad at grade.
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Crushed Under a Tree.

SELMA, Ind, Jan. 7.-Thomas Sutton.
young living near this place. was
accidentally killed to-day while cutting
timber on the farm Of Lewis Keesling.
When the tree started to fall he ran the
wrong way, and was caught and his head
crlrched
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CINCINNATI, Jan. Edgar J. Shaw.
and Builders Loan Association. was bound
over in 5000 to-day by United States Com
Shaw went TO Jail. Shaw has been doins a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
Movements OF steamers.

MOVILLE JAM 7-Arrived: Anchoria.
from New York for Glasgow. and proceeded.
ArARSEILLES, Jan. ARRIVED: Britain
MIA, from New York.
HAMBURG. Jan. ARRIVED: Moravia.
from New York.
GENOA, Jan. 7-Arrived: California, from
New York.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. THE acting Portu-
guese minister, Senior Taveria, has received
cablegram bringing the intelligence of
the capture of Gungunhama and his son,
Guidide. by Captain Moushino. of the Por-
tuguese troops. The party reached Lo-
renzo Marques and will at once convey the
prisoners to Lisbona. The cablegram fur
Their announced that the news of the cap
ture of the leaders of the rebellion In
Mozambique caused the greatest enthusiasm
In Lisbon, and that 1t is considered in Por-
tugal that the capture means the terminal
ton of the rebellion. Gungunhama, who
has been a native King for several years.
became discontinued and dissa tisfied, and
inaugurated rebellion among the natives
Of the Mosbrough country. To suppress the
rebellion 1t was necessary for Portugal at
much expense. to send 5000 troops to Mos
brough to conquer the 30 900 Gungunhan1a
had been able to muster.
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An EventfuI Voyage.

NEW YORK, Jan. THE Hogan line
steamer Manhanset. Captain Welker. ar
rived at quarantine this morning after
very eventful voyage. The Manhanset left
Rotterdam for New York on Nov. %. She
experienced a succession OF heavy gales and
tremendous high seas. On Dec. g. about
fifty-six miles east-southeast of Sable island.
a furious gale set in from the southwest,
accompanied by very heavy cross-sea. The
ship labored and pitched heavily. and the
taii-end shaft was broken. The disabled
steamer lay TO and hoisted signals OF dis
tress in the hope OF being sighted by some
passing steamer. On the 5th the Wilson
steamer Martello, Captain Rea, from Hull.
sighted the vessels distress signal and bore
down TO her assistance. A heavy tow-line
was sent board. and the Marteilo pro-
ceeded with the steamer and towed her
safely TO Halifax, where she arrived on
the 9th.
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Union City Gun club Challenge.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. THE Union City
Gun Club has challenged the Muncie Gun
Club for a team shoot and the challenge
hassbeen accepted. In three previous shoots
between teams from these clubs Union City
won the two first matches and Muncie the
Ia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08
Kelly Had skeleton Keys.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
LOGANSPORT. Ind. JAN 7.-Wiliam Kel.
ly, a man who arrested with Others
and acquitted OF the Foutz murder few
months ago at Elwood. was arrested here
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basis When the President had sent his
Venezuelan message 10 Congress 1t had been
received with acclamation by the people,
this chamber. How had England responded?
Not with shot and shell and saber stroke
ties on the market. The power OF money
was 10 be used TO crush us. On Monday.
when the Secretary of the Treasury had is
that II was not issued sooner) notifying
the country that the bonds should go 70
the highest bidder, Wall street. was dissat-
isffed Two syndicates had cornered the
goli-one paper said 800 0o0.0c0. They were
opposed to selling bonds TO the public. 1t
was humilating that the most intelligent
people on the globe whose heritage was
continent. should when they undertook 10
protect their financial system, be met by
an autocratic ukase We've got the gold
and YOU must get II from US at our price,
HE PREFERS WAR.
Mr. Vest. with glowing eloquence. said he
would rather have war. There were
calamitles greater than war. Better any
thing than to have US manacled AMI glib
betted as we were now.
Mr.. Vest next challenged the statement
that the people had any gold in their stock
ings. Where are the old women with their
stockings full OF gold?' he asked. II would
like TO see one outside OF Wall street /
could make more than my salary exhibiting
her financial curiosity" d-aughter.) II
there were s50o.0O0 Oo0 in gold in the country
he thought IL was largely in the hands OF
the banks. In his estimation full 81 100000
900 OF our currency was not In circula ton
The actual per capita circulation he placed
at s.. as against SO I'm France. which he
declared was the proudest AMI most prosper
Gus financial country the globe
In conclusion he made a strong plea for
the free coinage OF silver and financial
Independence THE conflict" he concluded
sis irrepressible. III TO have the sold
standard and the domination or the national
banks go 10 the people and have them rivet
the chains But believe the people VIII re-
spond.'
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Vests remarks
the Senate. az as p. m, went into execu-
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steamer and All ON Board Lost.

NEW YORK, Jan. S-A special to the
Press from Halifax, ~. s., says: In
heavy gale last night large steamer went
ashore Off Drumhead. small fishing viii
lage near Isaacs harbor, and without doubt
all those on board were drowned. Her dis
tress signals were observed about II O'Clock
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Huyler's Cocoa and Chocolates are unsur-
passed for taelr purity and deliciousness OF
fiayor. All grocers.