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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-17

A TIMELY VICTORY.
Indianapolis Still I'm the Lead by a
Narrow Margin.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. 16.-The
champions had an easy time defeating the
yellow fellows in the last game of the sea-
son between the two teams on the Grand
Rapids field. Five pitchers were used by the
two teams, and all Of them except Da-
mon were as wild as March hares. Ma
haffy lasted three innings. and four runs
were made off hin, He was succeeded in
the fourth by Knippers. an elongated
Hoosier. who pitched one inning without a
hit being made off | m. In the next he
filed the bases by his wildness. and Da-
mon was substituted. He pitched an ex-
cellent game. but two hits being made off
OF him in five innings. Kid Luther, the
Grand Rapids underground pitcher, occu-
pied the center just one inning. Three
bases on balls and a wild pitch sent him
to the bench. ana Mcfarland was substi-
tuted. He was wild. and seemed to have
lost both his speed ind curves. and was
batted at will. In the fourth inning two
three-baggers. a double and two singles
mixed up. and five runs were scored. A
home run by Sheibeck, two singles. an
earror. a base on balls and a wild pitch
had netted four runs in the third inning,
giving indianapolis a lead that was never
questioned.
Stewart carried away the honors both in
batting n in fielding. Notwithstanding
the terrible condition of the diamond
Stewart accepted eleven out the dozen
chances offered, and at the bat made a
hit each time he came up. One of them
was a triple against the back fence.
Hogriever, Sherlock and Motz did good
work with the stick. Score:
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sOUND-MONEY l.
Union City People Give Close Aften-
ton to Judge Chapman.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY. Ind, Aug. 16.-The cam
paign was opened in this city last night by
the organization of a Mckinley Republican
club. with over $50 members at the first
meeting TIL meeting was held In the
magnificent Cadwallader Theater. which
was filled with nearly seven hundred peo-
pie. The meeting was addressed by Judge
Chapman of Anderson. who spoke for over
an hour. This was the first speech on the
money question that the people of this city
have heard and they were extremely anx-
ious TO hear the subject discussed I'm an
able and intelligent manner. as il certainly
was at this meeting The speaker showed
TO the satisfaction OF the audience the fall
lacies of the free silver claims. and pic
tured with great force the effect on the la
boring man and the farmer of the adoption
OF that standard He also took up several
of the Populistic theories which are being
discussed in this locality. and treated them
as they should be treated. His speech gave
great satisfaction His speech has un-
doubtediy had widespread influence, espe-
cially among the laboring and farming ele-
ment. of which the audience was largely
composed.
DIR. Ed Rynard. of this city. was selected
president of the new Mckinley organiza-
officers are composed of some of the best
business men. who have the welfare of the
Republican party at heart. and they. Will
the club. Will do their utmost towards roll
ing up a large Republican majority I'm RAN
dOlph county in November.
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INDIANA
Maj. James Conner, Who Had an En-
yiable War Record.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Aug. 16.-Maj. James
Conner, aged seventy-two, died Friday
night at his home in Fountain City, after
a long illness. He was one of the we'll
known citizens OF Wayne county and had
an excellent war record. Mr.. Conner was
born in New Garden township, this county,
in 1924. At the breaking out of the civil
war he enlisted in Company ID. Eighth In
diana Infantry, and was commissioned its
second lieutenant and subsequently pro-
noted to first lieutenant. AT the expira-
ton of his term of service he returned
home and almost Immediately recruited a
company of 10 men The citizens of
Wayne ounty donated 124 horses. and they
were assigned to the Second Indiana Cav
airy as Company G. and Mr.. Conner was
commissioned it's captain. AT Corinth he
was promoted to major of the regiment. In
1862, on account of falling health, he re-
signed and returned home. but in the spring
of 1888 enlisted as a private in the One
hundred-and-frst Indiana. AT Chickamau-
ga he was wounded in the right arm and
disabled for a time. He was detailed to the
recruiting service and returned TO Indiana
and raised Company b, One-hundred-and-
twenty-fourth Infantry. At Atlanta he re-
ceived an injury from which he never re-
covered. After a war record of four years
Mr.. Conner was discharged and returned
here, remaining until 1877, when he moved
to Fountain City.
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Air Navigator. Awful Death.

DALLAS. Tex. Aug. 16.-Guy Borsen.
%aeronaut. was killed while descending in a
parachute at Oak Cliff. a suburb of this
city. at 6 o'clock this Afternoon. His death
was a very remarkable one and occurred
when least expected. When within forty
feet of the earth and failing gracefully,
his big umbrella struck an electric wire
pole. almost capsizing the machine and
t~hrowing the man into a small elm tree
near by. His head taught in a fork only
ten feet from the ground. dislocating his
neck and causing instant death. Borsen
hung between the limbs as though at the
end Of a hangman's rope. He had been
here only n few days and nothing is
known of his history.
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STORM VICTIMS SOUTH
RAGING ELEMENTS AND BROILING
HEAT IN DIXIE LAND.
Fifteen Lives Lost During n Cyclone
in AIabau u-Nercury I'm Dallas,
Tex, at O in the Shade.

SELMA. Ala. Aug. 16.-News was re-
ceived here to-day from Augustine, Perry
county. fourteen miles from a telegraph
station. that a terrible and most destruc-
tive cyclone swept over that place on
Thursday last. leveling everything in its
path. Twelve negroes and three white peo-
pie were killed by houses falling in on them
and ten other persons were more or less
injured. Twenty-four head of horses and
mules were crushed TO death by falling
barns. The cyclone was followed by the
heaviest rain that has fallen in that Sec
ton in fifteen years. Creeks and branches
were converted into raging torrents. sweep
ing away cotton. corn and other crops.
causing heavy losses TO planters.
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Michael Caney Has Anthrax.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES. Ind, Aug. 16.-Michael
Caney. livery stable keeper. is afflicted with
a severe case of anthrax, a disease peculiar
TO cattle, which may be contracted by men
by incubation. In shaving him a barber
cut Caney's face and he Immediately after
ward visited a drove of Texan ponies where
one OF the microbes came in contact with
the wound and he became inoculated. Next
day a hat could have been hung upon his
cheek it was so swollen. His life perhaps
has been saved by the surgeons undermine
ing the afflicted part and burning il out
with carbolic acid. Only one other case OF
anthrax has ever been known here. Twen-
ty-five years ago a hide dealer contracted
the disease from cattle skins and was dead
in ten hours.
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A SPLIT EITHER WAY.
Result Of PopOcrats' Failure to Fuse
in ThOrntown Convention.

In Convention.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON. Ind. Aug. 1s.-The outcome
Of the Populist joint senatorial convention
at Thorntown on Saturday. at which w.
b. Gill. of Montgomery. a s~traight-out
Populist, was nominated n a commit
tee appointed to confer with the Demo-
Gratis looking to the withdrawal of one of
their candidates and the Endorsement Of
Gill. was a bitter disappointment TO the
Democratic managers. Chairman James
A. White and Secretary C. F. s. Neal, OF
the Boone count central committee. and
maintained headquarters. from which they
worked hard the whole day long for the
fusion that never came The Populists
G. Vandever and the other by David w.
Shockley. 1t was through the v%andever
faction that the trio of Democratic schem-
ers hoped TO succeed In getting the
convention to indorse their candidates.
But the crowd was too
strong. 1t is understood that neither of
withdraw. Mr.. Hedsecock. it is said. tel
egraphed the result Immediately after the
convention to the chairman Of the Clinton
county central committee. saying that he
would not withdraw and asking that the
chairman stand by him. 1t is further said
that Mr.. Hedgecock left late in the even
Ing for MONTGOMERY county for a confer
ence with Mr.. Gill.
Notwithstanding the apparent defeat of
their plans, the local Democratic leaders
profess to be pleased with the result. The
reason for this came TO light last night.
c. F. 8. Neal. in conversation with Attor-
ney Henry Wills. said that he had a writ
ten agreement that the name OF Gill would
be Withdrawn before election day and that
the Democratic nominees would De in
dosed. This is taken to mean that a deal
has been made with the vandever faction.
which hopes still TO control the party. The
withdrawal of Gill under such circum-
stances means the revolt of the ShOcklQv
following and the disruption Of The party
In this district.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 16.-Yester-
day with the celebration CT Assumption day
at St. Mary's of the Woods thirteen young
women took the veil and became novitates
to the order of Sisters of Providence, of
which st. Mary's is the mother home. The
day is the last of ten days of silent devo-
who come from the educational institu-
tons throughout the country participate.
These sisters come to the mother home
at the end of the school year and at the
end of the retreat, AS the visit is called. are
given directions for the ensuing year. as
to their location for the year and the duties
to be performed. In all there are perhaps
700 Sisters OF Providence. which order was
founded by six sisters from France. who
located at St. Mary's more than half a CEN
worth of property in the United States.
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STORAGE.


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Warehouse Co. -6S-zsS
South Pennsylvania street. on Pennsylvania
tracks. Phone 13s3-
sToRAGE-INDIANA STORAGE n TRANS
FER COMPANY. Registered warehouse. hisn-
class building: insurance low. q TO q North
Capitol avenue.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Aug. 16.-The members Of
the Grant county Republican central COM
mittee and their advisory committeeman
to the number of 300. held a business meet
ing Saturday and the results are more
than satisfactory. Never before was the
party so thoroughly organized in this coun-
ty so early in the campaign. and the results
are noticeable in the large number of Dem
Ocrats who have come out flat-fOoted and
said they would vote for Mckinley. Dis
trict Committeeman George A. Osborn was
district and gave good advice for a closer
or ganization. Representative Steele was
present and spoke for a half-hour urging
that each one take a personal interest in
the oncoming fight.
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longing any Democratic speaker in the
United States TO a joint debate on the po-
litical questions OF the day. Mr.. L. L. Nc
cial question, gave a brief talk in which
ne explained the monetary and coinage
laws first passed I'm the United States. His
explanation was very careful and was
quoted from official documents. Taking In
consideration the fact that the Republicans
had TO wait until after s O'Clock TO secure
the courtroom, because of a meeting of the
Democratic club in the same room. the
club membership Is considered exceedingly
large for the first meeting. and II is ey-
pected that at the next meeting the roll of
membership will be increased 10 nearly two
hundred
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Texas BrCiIS at los.

DALLAS. Tex. Aug. 1e.-The sun went
down last night on a parched and withered
earth. the mercury registering los. 1t came
up boiling hot this morning and at 10 o'clock
it scored 104; at 3 o'clock this afternoon
the mercury reached The unprecedented
height of los degrees, the hottest weather
on record for this section. Men painted like
tired hounds from the chase, and sought in
every way TO avoid the intolerable heat.
At IL O'Clock a little shower OF rain, with Il
gust of wind, came up and the famished
earth drank up the water greedy. This
sent the thermometer down TO IS and gaze
the people hope that this was the culminat-
ing day of the most extraordinary heat Pc
riod ever experienced in Texas.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MORRISTOWN. Ind. Aug. 16.-The OPEN
ing Republican rally of the year here was
held at Blue River Park yesterday after
ncon- Hon. James +. Watson was the
speaker. He addressed an audience Of 1000
people. speaking for an hour and a half on
the money and tariff questions, showing
how the real question is the tariff. ard that
the money question has only been agitated
by Democratic and Populist pol
iticians 10 attract attention away
from the real issue and deceive the
people. He gave a complete his
tory of the coinage of silver in the United
States and made a remarkably clear pre-
sentation of his subject. In the evening
he addressed an audience of several hun
dred in Morristown and continued
his discussion of the money and
tarin question, closing with a euiogy Of
Mckinley and an appeal to all people to
vote for their own interests and prevent
the threatened disaster of free silver. The
Morristown Male Quartet and the Airing
ton band furnished music.
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had it not been for Donohue's wild throw
TO second. Dolan's fielding was a feature.
Attendance. $500. Score:
T. III. r.
Louisville 49,. o 0 0 . 0 % s
Chicago 49,. 0 0 o 0 0 , 05 s 3
Batteries - Cunningham and Miller:
Briggs and Donohue. Earned runs-Chi-
cago. 3. First on errors-Louisvilie. ?: Chi
cago, !. Left on bas~es-Louisviile. I: Chi
cago. 4. First on balls--Om Cunningham.
3: off Briggs. ,. Struck out-By Briggs. O.;
By Cunningham. =. Three-base hit-Dahlen.
Two-base hits-Cunningham. Ryan. Deck
err. Sacrifice hit-Donohue. stolen bases
Miller, Rogers. Pickering. Double play
Crooks. Dolan and Rogers. Wild pitch
Briggs. Time-l:55. Um~pire-Emslie.
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MILTON. Ind. Aug. 10. 1896.

Court. OF Wayne county. State OF Indiana. 1 W.
offer al public sale. upon the premises IN MI
ton. Wayne county. Indiana. at l.J O'Clock y ms
August 81. 1896. the following described properly.
to wit. The entire plant. machinery, toot1. hne
shaftlng, pulleys. betting. fixtures and appii-
ances. and real estate. belonging TO the kits
Misunderstanding Company. of Milton Ind also.
inctuding it's patents on hay tedders and grain
drills, with patterns. etc. subject 10 a certain
mortgage executed 20 Iinv1fie Ferguson ana
Allah =. Hoffman for 8, 900. a chattel mortgage
executed 10 J. A. Fay & Egan company Tor
S4s5. 20. and accrued interest. and a chottel mort
rany for 500.
Terms OF Sale: One-third cash. one-ehird In
six months and one-third In twelve months. pur-
chaser TO give notes with approved security.
The plant 20 be sold as a whole. The fixtures.
appliances. merchandise. etc, IN parcels. Or as .
whole. 10 the Highest bidder. A. l.. LAGER
Receiver FOR the kits Manufacturing Co.
IL. g.. FIX. attorney.
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Pioneer Republican Club.
the indianapolis Journal.

= 20 tHC TVIIs Jul
KOKOMO. Ind. Aug. ia pioneer Re-
publican club has been formed here, COM
posed of voters who cast their ballots for
the first Republican candidate for Presi-
dent o h c. Fremont, in 1856. The club
has a membership OF 265 in the city and
county and the list continues to grow. OF
this number more than forty began voting
as early as 1910, when they voted for Will
and voted in the same precinct for sixty
years, and one, John Moulder. of Russia
Vile, cast his first vote for John Quincy
Adams, in ISIS. More than fifty have not
missed an election during the entire forty
years. Mr.. Moulder. who is the GRANDPA
Their of DIR. j. Mclean MCulder. of this city.
and ninety-four years old, has voted for
seventeen presidential candidates.
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special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
ScOTTSBURG. Ind. Aug. 16.-The Re
publicans OF this place met at the court
house last night and organized a Mckinley
and Hobart club. with George W. Walker
president. Willis ridden first vice president.
Capt.J.M -Harrod second vice president. 10.
Ray secretary and treasurer. About sixty
signed as members of the club. After the
club had been organized. Mr.. James s.
rutherford. who last spring deserted the
Democratic party because of his protection
and sound-money ideas, and joined the Re-
publican party. made a brief speech in
which he showed the fallacy of the doc
trines OF the Democratic party OF to-day.
He closed his brief speech by openly chal-
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Indian Springs Sold.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHOALS. Ind. Aug. 16.-The famous In
dian Springs property in this county has
been sold by the part owner. Alfred Guth-
RE. The deed was delivered Saturday 70
Mrs. Ada T. Brundage. of Chicago. who is
at the head OF a syndicate of Chicago cap
italists. who will ~inaugurate a system OF
improvements TO this already fine prop
erty. which will place it at the head OF
summer resorts in this section. The sale
was made through Messrs. E. G. Baxter, of
Chicago, and j. c. McGann, of Franklin,
Ind. representing the purchaser. and j. c..
Malott. Of indianapolis. representing A.
Cufhria
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AN A%ERONAUT'S FALL.
Balloon Bursts ard the Professor
Killed mt Quincy, iii.

QUINCY, Ill. Aug. 16.-B. Frank Jacobs,
IN aeronaut travelling with a circus. met
with a horrible death here to-day. in the
presence OF his wife and young child and
an assembled throng. He was having a
balloon race at Baldwin Park with Prof.
Dudly. when his balloot burst two hundred
feet from the ground. His parachute failed
10 open and he was dashed TO the ground,
breaking almost every bone in his body.
The same balloon burst Friday night and
he then had a narrow escape from death.
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STOLEN.


STOLEN-Conde bicycle. 1895. No. 15s0s. Com
mon iron seat post, wood rim. Reward. No
questions asked. Stolen at Iryington- Room zol.
Lemcke Building.
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FLORENCE, Ala, Aug. ia terrific
storm passed over Florence about 5 o'clock
this evening. Great damage was DONE, but
no fatalities have been reported. Two
frame houses were blown down and avn
ings. chimneys and trees wrecked. Trees
were uprooted all over town and on Court
street large plate-glass windows were brok-
en- by the fury of the wind. The storm
came from the north. the storm cloud be-
ing met by another black cloud from the
southwest. 1t is thought that considerable
damage has been done in the country. The
storm lasted less than twenty nut and
was accompanied by rain and hail.
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apolis, 6.
Two-base Hits-Motz. 9
Three-base Hits-McCarthy, Stewart.
Home Runs-McBride. Camp. Sherlock.
Stolen Bases-Gilks. Esterquest, Sheibeck,
Hogan. Hogriever.
Double ~Plays-Gilks. Mohler and Carney:
Sherlock. Stewart and Motz o.
Bases on Balls-Of Luther, 3; off McFar-
land, 4; off Mahaffey, 1; off Knipper. s:
off Damon, 1.
Struck Out-By Mcfarland. 3; by Mahaf-
fey, i; by Knipper. /: 10y Damon. 9
Passed -
Wild Pitches-Luther, /: Mcfarland. /
Balk-Mahaffey.
Umpire-McDonald.
Time of Game-2:l2.
Attendance, !. 300.
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Tri-state sptrttuaIists.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 16.-A special to the
Commercial Tribune from Hkksville. o..
Says: One of the largest gatherings ever
held in Defiance equity assembled at Went
worth's grove. four miles south of here
to-day in attendance at the yearly tri-
state Spiritualist conclave. 1t is estimated
that over 1900 people were present; The
meeting has been in progress all week and
wound up tonight.
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Biz crowd to Hear Mount.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEWPORT. Ind, Aug. 16.-The biggest
crowd that has assembled in Newport for
sixteen years greeted Hon. James A. Mount.
the Republican nominee for Governor. at
this place Friday night. The meeting was
held in the courthouse yard. Fully 1,5Q0
people were present. After the speaking a
Mckinley club of 100 was organized. Nine
Democrats Joined the club and pledged
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Indiana Notes.

One of the largest family reunions ever
held in eastern Indiana was that OF the
Baker family Saturday, near Woodboro.
in what is known as Bakers grove. Be
tween 600 and 700 attended.
Edward Holler. who fell from a Big Four
freight car two weeks ago to-day and sus-
tanned a broken back. is still alive at the
st. Elizabeth Hospital. in Lafayette. Hol-
ler's home is at Danville. III.
Charles w. Phillips, of Littlefalls: EN-
route to Fort Wayne. was injured by a
Fort Wayne train at Valparaiso Friday
night and died Saturday night. His re-
mains will be sent to Wrightson, Wis.
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Travelling Mems Mckinley Club.

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Aug. 16.-Last night
there was an enthusiastic meeting of the
Republican members of the Travelling Mems
Association and they organized n McKin-
ley club, with the following officers: Presi-
dent. Charles S. Downing; vice president.
Charles G.. Yeim; treasurer and secretary,
Lewis r. Thompson. Addresses were made
at the meeting by Col. Richard Z. DeHart,
ex-senator William S. Haggard. George d.
Parks and others. The campaign in Tip
pecanoe county will open in earnest to-
morrow night. on which occasion Hon.
James A. Mount. Republican nominee for
Governor. and Charles b. Lands, the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in the
Ninth district, will speak at the opera
house.
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BUSINESS CHANCE.

BUSINESS rare chance TO make
money. For sale, the right 10 manufacture,
operate and control in this State a patented
penny-in-the-slot machine now working with sue
cess in other States among saloons, cigar stores.
etc. Address II. and l.. RABIGER * Co. Ltd.
northeast corner Broad and Hamilton streets.
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