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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-12-30
PRIVATE BANK CLOSED.
Failure of William md John 8. Van
NOrtwicl<. of batavia, HI.

BATAVIA, ILL.,, Dec. 80 - William and
John S. Van Nortwicks bank did not open
its doors to-day. Although over $40
was taken in yesterday in deposits no
trouble was caused or excitement created
outside the institution. Something over 81
900 was paid out yesterday, according to
Cashier Grimes, and all money taken i'm
yesterday and during the time within the
law will be Immediately paid back, accord
ing to the cashier. There was no run on
the other banks of Batavia to-day as a re-
suit Of the closing of the Van Nortwick's
bank. and no failures were reported The
Van Nortwicks held 464 shares i'm the Atlas
National Bank, and the closing of their
bank here is due to the assignment of the
brothers to the Equitable Trust Company
Of Chicago. Cashier Grimes, who was in
charge of the Van Nortwicks bank, said
to-day that he had no intimation that the
bank would liquidate until 4:20 yesterday
afternoon, when c: w. Wilson, representing
the Equitable Trust Company, walked into
the bank and said that he had been sent
down by the company to take charge
DO you know of any other failures re-
suting from the closing OF the Van Mort
wick's bank?" the cashier was asked.
The assignment made by the Van Mort
WlckS incluueS everything that they have,
even to their homestead. They held back
nothing. and it is my belief that the cred
itors OF the bank will be paid dollar for
dollar all that the bank owes them.''
Cashier Grimes further stated that he
knew of no reason why any of the in
stitutions the Van Nortwicks were Interest =
ed in should close their doors as they were
all making money. The Van Nortwicks are
understood 10 have gone 10 Appleton Wis
last night, where John 5. Van Nortwick is
president of the one of the principal banks
| i'm the Appleton Manufacturing Company.
Attorney A. w. Green, who drew up the
assignment papers for. the Batavia bank
| disclosed the principal causes which led
| up to the assignment In an interview at
| Chicago to-day. Aside from the Atlas
| Bank liquidation the most important factor
| in the Van Nortwick crash he said was
| the recent failure to dispose of $500 '6oo
| worth OF bonds on the Boston market Sc
| cured by the great combined Lock mills
| situated on Fox river in Wisconsin. and
valued at $4,000 in Clear market. Negoti-
| ations for the conclusion OF this deal had
nearly been completed when the National
| Bank OF Illinois failed. That Immediately
stopped the sale of the bonds. and the Van
Nortwicks We're thrown their cash re-
sources once more. Mr.. Green said III this
bond sale had been successful the Batavia
Bank would have been tided through the
| present storm. There Is no question but
| that the creditors demands will be paid in
| full" said Mr.. Green. The immediate
| cause of the assignment due TO the
| Atlas Bank liquidation. The Van Mort
/ wicks were indebted to the Atlas to n CON
/ siderable extent. and were unable TO pay In
| cash. These loans are secured by the Ap.
| pleton (Wis.) paper mills. and there Is
no question but that In time. when al
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DIDN'T MAKE EXPENSES.
Decatur Horn Carriers Tell WOefuI
TaIe to MuiOr Mckinley

CANTON, o., Dec. 29.-The big tin horn
which attracted so much attention i'm the
Illinois campaign reached Canton to-day
borne by the men of Decatur ILL.,. who set
out on Nov. 10 to make the trip and carry
the horn TO Canton. The horn is thirty feet
long and has a bell six feet in diameter
and it requires about dozen men to bloy
il. The men are laborers, two of them be-
ing carpenters, two timers and two paint-
ers. 1t was a condition of the undertaking
that the citizens of Decatur would contrib
ute purse of $1,000 I'm the event that an
equal sum was raised by the men while on
the march 10 Canton. But the men have
not had smooth sailing. They declared that
up TO the time they reached Indianapolis
they had good success i'm selling pictures of
the horn and in other contributions but
that since that time they have not made
expenses. The men, soon after reaching
the city. went to the Mckinley home and
presented the horn TO the President-eIect
who received the visitors very cordially
on account OF the incessant rainfall no
demonstration was made.
General Arson McCook. of New York, one
CT the fighting McCooks." spent the after
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Sweeping Down the FIesl Valley and
Destroying Homes, Cattle and Ev-
erythinE Else I'm It's Path.
AN AMERICAN WOMAN'S STORY
WHY THE PRINCESS DE CARANAN-
CHIMAY LEFT HER HUSBAND,
Went to Gay Paris and Then EIoped
with n Gypsy Musician, Who Was
Acting as Bandmaster.

DUBLIN, Dec 2a.-During the past night
and this morning the bog slide near Castle
Island. County Kerry. continued un-
checked, copious rainfall helping the
movement. The mass of bog. a mile and
a half wide is roaring like the ocean. car
rying away bridges and roads, destroying
houses and farms, sweeping through the
Flesk valley and emptying peat, carcasses
OF cows. sheep and donkeys and debris OF
houses into the largest OF the lakes OF Kill
larney The people living I'm the direction
in which the bog slide is coming have fed.
and the police, searching for bodies, are
arriving on all sides. Lord Kenmare has
caused d Gordon of guards to be drawn
around the slide i'm order TO prevent loss
of life. The greatest excitement prevails
in the vicinity and all the houses there are
opened to receive the hundreds OF people
rendered homeless by the disaster.
Later-The destructive movement of the
bog ceased tonight Two bodies have been
found a mile distant from the scene of the
disaster
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GLASS JOBBERS WON.
Secured a Satisfactory Rebate Sys-
tenn from manufacturer.

CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-Window-glass manu-
facturers and jobbers met at the Audito-
rum Annex to-day. The jobbers have re-
beled against the manufacturers scale and
threatened TO place their orders In Europe
If a greater profit is not given them by the
American manufacturers. The scale fixed
the price at small margin and rebate
system. by which the johbers were expected
to enlarge their profits. The rebate
scheme was satisfactory TO the large job
bers, but the small men protested against a
scale that gave a rebate OF but per cent.
TO purchasers of less than 81. 900 during the
year and per cent. TO larger purchasers.
The jobbers presented their ultimatIm in
very vigorous fashion and the manufactur-
ers, after some deliberation, granted their
demands and rebate system was agreed
upon. The system secures for every pur-
chaser who buys 5000 worth OF glass in
six months a rebate of 2iA per cent. and TO
those buying $4,000 worth in six months a
rebate OF per cent. No advance i'm prices
was made.
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noon with Major Mckinley His call was
OF social nature and is understood to be
without political significance. He is an old
friend of National Chairman Hanna. and
has been visiting at the latter's home In
Cleveland. Other callers during the after
noon were Charles W. Mackey. of New
York. and ex-State Senator Hodge. Of
Cleveland One of the early callers to-day
was Hon. Charles Allison. of Knoxville,
Tenn. Mr. Allison was active in the recent
campaign and led the fight in his part or
the State. In an interview Mr.. Allison
stated that. in his opinion. Tennessee would
hardly be represented in President Mckin-
ley's Cabinet. There has been great
deal of talk about Mr.. Evans, said Mr..
Allison, but l do not think he will be
selected. i believe that Judge Gof, of West
Virginia. is a favorite man TO represent
the South. if that section of the country Is
to he recognized
Hon. Frank Mcdowell of South Dakota.
was also a caller this morning. Mr.. Nc
Dowell is a close friend of United States
Senator Pettigrew Among others who
visited the major were Eugene V. Smalley.
of ST. Paul: r. ]. Smith, OF East Liver
pool O.. Colonel Caleb B. Wick. of Youngs-
town. o.. Hon. Niles Haugen of Taylor
Falls. Wis, and Mr.. Arthur j. Stewart, or
Manchester. England.
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LOCATED BY X RAYS.
Coin Found in n Child's EsOphagus
and Removed by FOrceps.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Dec. 29.-An unus-
ual operation was performed yesterday by
DR.. +. w. thinner, of this city. child
twenty-five months old swallowed penny
sixteen days ago. A radiograph was taken
a week ago and the coin approximately To-
Gated in the esophagus. prolonged at
tempt was then made by ordinary means
to extract the coin, but without success.
1t was finally determined to use the huoro-
scope. During the operation the observer
directed the movements from his obServa-
tion of the coin and metal instruments as
they appeared on the fiuorescent screen.
Thin boards were placed under the Crookes
tube. The observer placed himself be-
Meath and with the of new metallic
screen of inch mesh, definitely located the
coin. The tube was then placed under the
child, and DR.. thinner proceeded TO grasp
the coin under the direction of the OBJ
server The coin was safely removed after
slipping once twice from the forceps
The child was under the influence of ether
and the observer saw every movement Of
the fOrceps. The child is now considered
out of danger.
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CANAL SCHEME.
Plan for Constructing Waterways BE-
tween the Lakes and the Hudson.

TORONTO, Ont, Dec. pa gentleman
who was in Detroit during the sitting of the
Deep Wate ways Commission and who took
an active interest in the deliberations of
that body. is authority for the statement
that should the Dominion government still
refuse to give its consent to the deepening
of the ST. Lawrence river to twenty-one
feet. the American commissioners Will rec
commend to their government that a canal
be built between Lakes Erie and Ontario,
commencing somewhere near Buffalo, it's
whole length to be in Unite1 States ter
ritory. From there ships would sail down
Lake Ontario 10 Oswego. whence a canal
would be constructed through the M2hiwk
valley TO the Hudson river. II is claimed
that on account of the natural formation of
the ground between Oswego and Albany a
canal twenty-eight feet in deblh could be
constructed between these cities at a COM
paratively small cost. Such a plan. If ear
ried out, would. without doubt, Sc 'ioIIsly
affect the shipping business now done by
Montreal and Quebec.
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AT WAR WITH QUAY
wANAMAKER's FIGHT FOR THE
PENNSYLVANIA sENATORsHIP.
Interview with the Merchant Prince
That shows the Contest Is Be-
coming Very Bitter.
GOV. BRADLEY MAY RETIRE
KENTUCKY's EXECUTIVE SAID TO BE
TIRED OF PUBLIC LIFE.
Decatur's Horn Carriers mt Canton
with a WOeful TaIe-Hanna Con-
fers with Politicians.
GOV. BRADLEY MAY RETIRE
KENTUCKY's EXECUTIVE SAID TO BE
TIRED OF PUBLIC LIFE.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29-John Wana-
maker, who is opposing Boise Penrose for
the seat In the Senate now occupied by Mr..
Cameron, was interviewed tonight on the
situation of the campaign, which is one of
the bitterest known to Pennsylvania poll
tics He began with the statement that If
the next four years don't give good times
to the United States, the new century will
usher in changes that will be severely felt
in the most remote corner of the world
Pennsylvania's responsibility I'm the admin
istration of national affairs is thrown upon
her congressman and two senators. The
terms of these two senator's expire. one at
the beginning of and the other during Pres
ident McKinley's administration. and as
the time approaches to fill the next va
cancy some of those who labored incessant-
ly to defeat the nomination of President
Mckinley and carried the vote of Pennsyl-
vania in the convention against him are as
Stunning to dispense the federal patronage
in advance of his inauguration, in order to
influence the votes Of the members of the
Legislature"
Mr.. Wanamaker spoke in strong terms,
saying: THE old commonwealth is dishon-
ored by the claim that one man owns $50
votes out of the $50 chosen men composing
the Legislature. not yet assembled and
added that lone boss had defiantly taken
the State by the throat and dictated his
own terms
Concerning national issues, he said he ia
vored a tariff high enough to remunerate
manufacturers, so that they may be able to
keep employees going the fuil week at good
wages, and to exclude everything that we
can grow or make i'm this country. He de-
clared that the Wilson bill had destroyed
labor in America, and that the working
people were the first sufferers from mpor-
tations. He advocated a greatly restricted
immigration law. and asserted his unalter-
able opposition to any tampering with the
monetary system which would tend to de-
stroy the Nations credit or depreciate the
coin.
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Reasons Given by N Princess for EioD-
ing with a SfrOlIing Musician.

BJJDA PESTH, Dec. %. - The presence
here of Princess De Caraman-C -Chimay for
merly Miss Clara Ward. an heiress OF De-
troit. Mich, who eloped from Paris LAST
summer with a Hungarian gypsy musician
named Jancesi Rigo, has caused sensa-
ton in certain circles. The princess yes
terday received a delegation OF members
of the press to whom she spoke In the
freest manner. She said that IL was incor-
rect TO suggest that her husband, Belgian
nobleman of French extraction. had be-
haved in an ungentlemanly manner to-
wards her On the contrary. she insisted.
the prince had always conducted himself
as a gentleman. But he was of "A cold, re-
served nature, and was always more at his
club or on the turf than with his family.
The couple have two children living
The princess was then asked why she left
her husband. and replied: That Is "A re-
markable story. i have also asked my
self why 1 have done so, and can ma
no reply TO the question. Soon after our
marriage I went with my husband TO Brus-
sells AT first / found the Belgian aristccz1
racy very sympathetic. When. however,
there was talk of high personage hav-
ing shown me especial favor an enuro
change occurred. The sympathy first shown
me was withdrawn, and therefore went
TO Paris | there became acquainted with
NJ Jancesi In the Cafe taillard lie was
acting as band master Rigo liked me bet
ter than his beloved music. The rest you
know. -, -, -,
In COntluSiOiss ~
like very much TO see my children again.
but the law has given them TO their
father / on the other hand. have given up
half nv income. $1,000. for their education
i shall remain two months IN hungary
The high parsonage" referred 10 by the
nrincess I'm this interview is understood
mere 10 refer TO King Leopold of Belgium.
and is said TO furnish the cause for the
-afusal OF the Queen Of Belgium TO be In
troduced To- Princess I3e caramen-chimay
al a garden party at laeken. the royal
park and palace near Brussels.
rhe suit for divorce Instituted by the
prince against his wife l. now I'm progress
al Charlesoix Belgium They nrst met az
Nice and were married In the presence or
The United States and British ambassadors.
Rigo is now said TO be trying TO induce
his wife TO commence diNorcc Lroceeolnss
money II she will do so. IL h added. now
ever that the deserted woman refuses 10
take this step. as IL would enable hiso 10
,aarry the princess.
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UNDER THE DEBRIS.
Two Charred Bodies Found at the
Scene of the Cahaba Bridge Wreck.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 29.-Two more
charred corpses were found deep under the debris
of Sundays wreck of Birmingham Mineral
passenger train and brought here to-day. They
were too badly burned for Identification. but IT
is regarded reasonably certain that they are
the todies OF s. w. Ti5bs and wife. of Algeo,
who ale missing. The bodies recovered to-day
the list of dead up TO twenty-four A. IL.
Hinton, OF Pratt city, was here to-day searching
for his eighteen -year-od son, who he says left
home for Gurnee Saturday and was to have left
Gurnee for Blocton Sunday morning. He has not
since been seen or heard of and IL Is feared that
he. too. "A victim OF the wreck. which will
make twenty-five lives lost. The death OF An
drew BTyson injured passenger which is
likely 10 occur at any hour, Will swell the death
list to twenty-sx There was ten funerals vie
Tins of the wreck at Blocton to-day and the
business OF the town was suspended for the time
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WALLER In THE LEAD.
Two Laps Ahead of Maddox, the Amer
lean Bicycle Rider.

lean Bicycle Rider.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - Waller. the
German held the advantage by two laps
over Maddox. the American. at the close
tonight of the second days racing in the
international six-day (eight hours per day.
contest at Convention Hall. The two men
have kept almost neck and neck during the
long ride until to-day, when Maddox pune
tured his tire and lost two laps. He made
desperate effort to make up the loss
sustained, but unable to do so. The
day was replete with an example of the
survival of the fittest, the two weakest men
dropping by the wayside after pedaling as
long as they could stand the terrific pace
set by the leaders. These two were Shock
and Albert, who threw up the sponge and
left the track to the remaining eight rid
ers, who, with the exception of Ball. are
punched within five miles of each other.
When the racers finished for the night
at 1925. the score was as follows: Waller
291 miles laps; Maddox. 29l miles; Ashing-
er, $50 miles laps; Lawson, 2SS miles
laps; Hunter. 2SS miles, Chapple. 2S6 miles
2 laps; Foster. 2S6 miles 1 lap; Ball. 26s
miles laps.
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FORCED TO RESIGN.
Rope Placed About the Neck of Ken
tucky ToIlroad President.

FRANKFORT. KY, Dec. 2e.-Tollgate
raiders I'm Anderson county warned the
Hon. r. N. Crossfield that unless he stopped
collecting toll on various pixies. of which
he Is president they would hang him.
Crossfield did not heed warning, but contin-
ued collecting toll. Masked raiders visited
his house night before last, took him out.
placed rope around his neck and warned
him If he did not resign as president of the
road they would hang him. He promised he
would resign, and was released. This story
comes from Crossfield's son, who is here
to-day. He says his father has resigned.
Crossfield has represented Anderson county
several years in the Legislature.
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IreIand.s Dangerou. Bog..

Bogs, wet, spongy morasses formed OF
decayed vegetablematter. cover hundreds OF
square miles i'm Ireland, and frequently oc-
cupy the beds of ancient lakes. as is proved
by the heaps OF fresh water shells found
at their bottom. In many instances this
process of displacement is still i'm progress
The lakes invaded by the marsh plants
gradually grow smaller till they resemble
wells. dangerous to the wanderer unaware
of their existence. Occasionally, too, the
spongy mass pours forth "A stream OF mud.
This happens after heavy rains. which
cause the bog TO swell until its coarse It's
sue of vegetable matter is no longer able
TO resist the pressure exercised from be-
low. The gasses shut i'm beneath the upper
layers of turf then escape with a noise re-
sembling that of volcanic explosion, orl
the roar of the sea on the western coast OF
Ireland, and streams of water or liquid
mud rush out through the openings ef-
fected by them. One OF these eruptions
took place i'm 1921, i'm the peat bog of Kin
alady, near Tuulamore. about the center OF
the great plain. Rumbling noises had been
heard from the bog for some time. and its
surface heaved like an agitated sea, when
at length a torrent of mud, sixty feet Ia
depth. burst from a creVice, overwhelming
the houses and trees that stood i'm its way.
and spread itself over an area OF hve
square miles. Sometimes calamties of this
kind result from "A want of oversight on
the part of peat cutters. BY removing the
peat from the neighborhood of a lake the
rampant that retains the still liquid mass
that occupies the interior Is sometimes
weakened TO such an extent as TO be inca
pabe OF resisting the pressure from within,
and an eruption of mud is the result. The
history OF ireland abounds i'm inetances or
this kind The wanderer who wends his
way across the bogs can tell at once when
he is passing over a concealed lake, Tor
the soil beneath him quakes with every
step he takes. and he feels as IL he were
walking on carpet stretched oct In mid
air.
The Dublin dispatches locate the scene OF
the present disaster near Castle Island
This is probably an error, for the lakes or
Killarney are far south OF Castle Island,
and the Flesk river, in whose valley the
moving bog is creating havoc, empties into
the River Maine, which runs I'm an oppo-
site direction from the lakes. III the bog
is being carried into the largest of the Kit
larney lakes-the most northerly-it must
have been located on a small stream that
rises not far from the head of one OF the
branches of the F1esk, but which flows
south into the lake. Recent letters re-
ceived i'm Indianapolis from near Castle
| Island say that the rainfall in County ker-
ry in the past two months was excessive.
| and that every low place had been con-
! verted into impossible morass- This
probably accounts for the eruption OF the
bog that Is pouring its muddy waters into
| the Flesk valley and repeating the disaster
| caused by the eruption of the kinaiady bog
| in 1921.
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Demands of Ohio Miners.

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. 2s.-The Ohio min
ers' State convention adopted four resolu-
tions to-day TO the effect that the machine
rate shall be three-fifths OF the pick mining
wages, provided Western Pennsylvania
consents. that union men shall be
employed in turn. provided 1t
Is not illegal: that nOnunion men
I'm union mines shall he checked on
TO pay expenses of the miners organization
same union men; that the mining rates
be revised and that no scale for this year
be signed by the organization. A resolu-
tion was adopted recommending to the ma
tional convention the restoration of the
scale of 1S93 which was based on 20 cents
a ton for mining in the Hooking Valley
and opposing an annual agreement The
Ohio miners favor joint board of opera
tors and miners TO have full and absolute
control of the scale question.
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CITY In DARKNESS.
Dynamo Building at Newark, n. j.,
Destroyed by Fire.

NEW YORK, Dec. %. - Fire swept
through the dynamo building of the New
ark Electric Light, Heat and Power Com
pany, on the Passaic river. tonight. and
Newark was plunged into darkness. All
the streets. houses and stores which de-
pended on the electric power for their light
were cut off. Very few of these were sup
piled i'm any way with gas light There was
great excitement during the progress OF the
fire, for thousands OF people had gathered
ut the scene. and the almost complete
darkness OF the streets outside the range
of the burning pile added new dangers TO
the people who had gathered there. The
power house was destroyed. and if. as is
feared, none of the machinery can be re-
paired the loss will reach SlS50OO
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SHOT HIS SWEETHEART,


HURON, s. d., Dee. 29.-Edward Rosa,
who made his home with his brother Gale
Rosa. a well-known ranchman near Forest
city. shot and killed his sweetheart Miss
Mary Brehl. at the home of her sister Mrs.
Stewart. in Forest City to-day. After kill
ing the girl Rosa blew out his own brains
Tney had been TO dance Christmas,
where Rosa believed he was not given
proper attention by the girl. Both belong
to excellent families