davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

spring migration Mr.. Durham Is well
equipped for the work having spent much
time In the mining camps OF the West, ana
for eleven years he has been one of the
corps of experts OF the Labor Bureau en-
gagged in the Investigation Of special prob
lens. He was instructed by Commissioner
of Labor Wright TO make critical inquiry
into the opportunities TOR business. for in
vestment of capital, employment Of labor
wages. cost Of living, climate, best means
of reaching the gold fields, and kindred
subjects. He will go direct TO San Fran
cisco and will sail from there Aug. g. TAX
ing tho, Juneau overland route and reach
ing the klondike region about the middle
of September. He will watch the winter
and early spring work, and is expected TO
send material for a special report which
it is hoped will be published about March.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

ST: PAUL July S1.-CoL Albert Scheffer.
whose trial on the indictment charging him
with embementzel because of an alleged
has been on for several days was to-day ac-
quilted. Judge LOOMS directing the jury to
bring in such verdict. 1t was shown that
the overdraft was a matter Of bookkeeping
and that the checks in the case wore drawn
to pay the debts of the bank and were not
personal. The prosecution did not oppose
Scheffer is a well-known politician and
banker and his indictment was one of the
sensations growing out of the bad furry in
St. Paul's banks last winter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Nearly 400 Gold Seekers sail.

PORTLAND Ore, July 31.-The Oregon
Railway and Navigation Companys steam
er George w. Elder sailed for Dyea, Alas
ka, at IL o'clock last night with 1888 pas
sengers, nearly all of whom are bound for
the Klondike. She carried 1000 tons of
freight, her full capacity 100 horses and
burros and seVenty-five dogs. All day long
hundreds of people congregated in the vi
cinity of Ainsworth dock where the Elder
was moored, and at O'Clock 1t was esti
mated that one thousand people were on
the river bank or on the bridges to bid
Godspeed to the gold hunters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Dentists Fail to Agree.

FORT MONROE. Va. July S1.-Almost
the entire time Of the Dental Examiners ald
the Association of Dental Faculties was
taken up to-day in endeavoring TO reach an
agreement upon the question of preliminary
education for dental students, The Dental
Examiners Association faVors maintain
ing the highest possible standard of prelim-
mary education, holding that only persons
having at least good common school edu-
tai colleges, The Association Of Dental.
Faculties claims that the standard is as
high as II should be- and hesitates TO give
Its assent TO the propositions submitted by
the Dental Examiners. A conference com
mittee composed OF members of the two
bodies held a aesslon o-night, but declined
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

NEW YORK. July 31--Two thousand
members of the Pants Makers Union, No.
IS, District 49, of the Socialist Trade and
Labor Alliance. at a meeting which was
held tonight at Central Hall, decided to
order general strike in this city. Brook
Ign and Brownsville. l.. l. In consequence
Of this decision 25O shops in the Greater
New 1ork district Will be deserted Monday
morning, and $500 operators and 5000 finish
ers out of work. The strikers claim that
they cannot earn more than $3.50 per week
on an average, working from clock in
the morning until 1880 in the evening, with
out intermission. Formerly they earned an
average Of $14 and SIS week. working ten
hours each day. The present strike is for
return OF the latter wage scale and the
adjustment of the sweating system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
A Commercial DueI.

PARIS, July Sl.-The Eclair, comment
ing on the denuncation of the Anglo-Ger-
man treaty, says: 1T is the commence
ment of a gigantic commercial duel and q
threatened outbreak between the two coun-
tries. AT the same time it is a real decla-
ration of war, and the struggle will be
fought to the death. The future appears
heavy with threats and dangers"
BERLIN, July 81. - The Borsen Courier
says: The general opinion in official and
commercial circles is that an agreement
viii be reached between England ard Ger
many the tariffs. A tariff war is alto
gether out of the question. There are too
many interests at stake on both sides"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
MANY PEOPLE DROWNED
DISASTROUS FLOODS IN THE CRIMEA
AND PART OF GERMANY.
At Least $50 Lives Lost at Kertch and
Much Property Destroyed.

LONDON, July 31.-A dispatch from st.
Petersburg says that the Novosti estimates
that at least $50 persons have persisted in
the recent floods at Kertch in the Crimea.
OF land forming a peninsula of the same
name noted for its mud volcanoes, on the
strait of Yenikale, connecting the sea of
Azov with the Black sea. It's site is that
OF ancient Panticapaeum, the residence and
burial place of the celebrated Mithridates.
The town is Of very recent ori In 1877
it was declared a free port. The govern
ment has established a naval yard there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
ITS NAME is BAD.
Another Murder at the Texarkana "16
to i" Saloon.

TEXARKANA, Ark, July 81. - The IA
nous "16-to-1" saloon was the scene of an
other sensational murder this afternoon,
both parties to the tragedy being prominent
men. Wiley Balthrop, merchant of Buch-
anan, was shot and instantly killed by ].
w. Foster. Threats had been made by both
men. Balthrop was getting in his buggy
when Foster drew a revolver from his
shirt bosom and shot him through the
throp was very popular, and has many
friends who are very bitter against Fos-
ter. The murderer is under arrest, and
him,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Cable Notes.

AS a result OF a mountain slide on the
southern slope of the Koppen, one of the
Risen-Gebirge peaks, six persons were
killed.
The Norwegian Storthing has authorized
maximum customs tarin against all coun-
tries according less favorable treatment to
Norwegian pi oducts and ships than is ac-
corded TO other countries.
Phylloxera is ravaging the vineyards in
the province of Navarro and spreading
through tho central districts OF Spain The
result is a marked increase in the price
of wines in the province OF Valladolid and
throughout Valencia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

RAINY LAKE CITY, Mimi, July a.-A
rich strike has been made at the Randolph
mine near Mine Center. ore that will as
say from $500 to 81 900 to the ton has been
uncovered. A blast that was made there
two days ago threw up several good-sZed
nuggets. One of them weighed twenty-five
ounces and Is pure gold. The discovery Is
country. The controlling interest in the
mine is owned by Louis A. Hall, of New
York. The news has caused a great deal
OF excitement throughout the gold fields.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Devastation in Germany.

BERLIN. July 31-The devastation
caused by the floods in Silesia is wide
spread. Nothing like it has occurred in
that district for a century. The loss al
ready reaches many millions of marks. 1t
is estimated that a hundred persons have
persisted from drowning in Silesia and
Bohemia. At Loebtan town hall recent
~ built and two other large structures
have collapsed The rivers are still rising
At Isohl the people are leaving their
houses. 1t is feared that the great Eliza
beth bridge will be swept away. A large
bridge at Lauffen has been torn down by
the floods The Emperor, who displays the
greatest interest in the situation, is being
kept closely advised from all parts of the
devastated district
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Texans to Vote This Week

DALLAS Tex, july 3.-Three amend
ments to the State Constitution will be
voted on next Tuesday IN Texas and the
event has excited unusual interest The
amendments provide for the irrigation of
arid semi-arid lands, 10 permit certain
counties to issue bonds to aid in the CON
struction of railroads and 10 validate bonds
issued by certain counties for public I'M
proVements and which were bought by the
State with money from the public school
fund, and which bonds are void because OF
technical infringement or violation OF ex-
listing constitutional provisions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

PHILADELPHIA, July S1.-After three
days conference behind closed doors the
joint wage committee Of the Wndow-glass
Workers Association adjourned to-day UNI
til Monday morning. The meetings are
chiefly for the purpose of adjusting the
more equal basis An agreement on this
subject was reached yesterday, but the de-
tails will not be made public until confer
ence is held with a committee of the manu-
facturers' association at the Auditorium
Hotel. Chicago on Aug. H. No conclusion
has been reached on the question of the
wage schedule for the ensuing year 1t is
expected that an agreement viii be reached
Tuesday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
NotiopnI HANK Closed.

ASHEVILLE, n. c., July 31.-The First
National Bank of this city did not open
this morning. A notice was posted on the
door stating that owing to the inability to
collect and the stringency of the times, the
bank will go into voluntary liquidation.
The last statement made on May IA showed
loans and discounts, $30S, 267.94; overdrafts,
$1O. S23 %; deposits, $76 $50 So; capital stock,
500 0C0 surplus, $4,000. The three other
banks in the city opened as usual No run
has been attempted and there is no ex-
citpmpnt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, July M.-The
dead body of John j. Smith. aged sixty
two. brother of Otis Smith. president of the
Smith Manufacturing Company. of Rock
FAN, was found tonight lying across the
bed in his chamber with the upper part of
the body badly charred. He was a bachelor
and lived alone. He had been burned to
death by his clothing taking fire. The dead
man was the inventor Of several valuable
devices controlled by the Smith CompanY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Return of MhitelnNv Reid.

NEW YORK. July 31.-Jubilee Embassa-
dor Whitelaw Reid and family were passen-
gers on the steamship St Paul which ar
rived from England to-day. MIR. Reid told
all the reporters who saw him that he had
emit and that, even if he had, his first duty
was to report to the secretary of state and
to the President. He therefore answered
no questions whatever, positively declining
to be interviewed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
swatis RepuIsed Again.

LONDON. July 31.-The India Office has
received a telegram from Simla saying that
word has reached there that Chakdara was
attacked by the natives about o'clock D.
m. on Thursday and that fighting contin-
ued until about s o'clock a. M Friday The
English lost five wounded. The native loss
is not known, but it is believed to be heavy
The government is also informed that the
British force sent to reconnoiter in the di-
rection of Chakdara with a view of push
ing through, if possible, was unable to eff
loot nc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

NASHVILLE. Tenn. July 31.-To-day the
grand jury returned into court indictments
againstW W. Berry, J. A. Demoville, 5. 5.
Wharton, y. d. Phillips, Z. NJ. Neal and
IT j. Webb, leading wholesale drug men.
charging them with violating the antitrust
and combine law, in that it is alleged they
entered into an agreement to control the
price of certain drugs and made contracts
with manufacturers accordingly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
A Historic Document.

LONDON. July 3l.-The Brussels CORE
spondent of the Pail Mall Gazette has made
an interesting find. At Antwerp he has I'M
earthed a document which describes the
first loan contracted by the United States
1t is now in the possession of a prominent
Belgian family. 1t is dated Antwerp, De-
cember, 1871, confirmed" at Philadelphia
May 5, 1892, signed by George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson, and certified by
Alexander Hamilton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Aaoinst the jones islanders.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 3I.-Judge
Seaman, of the United States Court to-day
rendered an opinion in favor of the Illinois
Steel Company against John BudzisZ and
others known as the Jones Islanders in d
case involving the titles to great amount
of Milwaukee property. Judge Seaman
holds that United States patent is the
originates out of the public domain, and
that the title 10 public lands never vests in
the Indians
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

PITTSBURG, July 31.-The price OF win
dow glass has been advanced about per
cent by the manufacturers The new rate
goes into effect at once and is to continue
until Aug 10. then probably. if trade con-
ditions warrant it. another advance will be
made The new discounts are as follows:
For five-thousand-bo lots, TO- TO and 2Ia
tWo-thousand- box lots. q and TO- carloads
40 and ". less than carloads. 60 and %.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

CLEVELAND, July Ex-senator Nj. A.
Hanna left on the yacht Comanche for a
three weeks cruise this afternoon He was
accompanied by Mrs. Hanna, Misses Ruth
and Mabel Hanna, Miss Phelps and Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Gc=1line. of Tciedo SEN
ator Hanna viii NICE. President Mckinley
in couple of weeks and cruise with him
for few days on the yacht
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Another Big Four RumOr.

MARTINETTE. Wis, July 31.-Several
officers of the Big Four Railway system
arrived from Peshtigo harbor to-day. 1t is
said the Big Four Railway Company con-
templates the purchase of the car ferries
Wisconsin and Michigan and then extend
ing the lines to Duluth. The Big Four is
the company using the Wisconsin and
Michigan at Benton Harbor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Pardoned Inv WeyIer,

HAVANA, July 81. - Captain General
Weyler has signed pardon for DR.. Jose
Rafael Montalvo, a leader of the Autonomist
party; Antonio Escobas, former editor OF
La Discussion; Tomas Alfonso, Enrique
Garlic and forty-one other persons eXiled
to Chafarfnas and Fernando Pc penal set
Elements.
The Spanish mail steamer has returned to
Spain with General Lono lightweight otfi-
GERS and $50 sick and unavailable soldiers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

JOPLIN, Mo, July 31.A rich lead mine
has been struck on Main street within
few blocks of the business center of town
III. d. Graves and Sam Vaughan, two min
ers who found it, took out at the depth
OF seven feet. over ton of ore. Machinery
VIII be put IN and the mine will soon be in
operation right in the heart of the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Mint Employes Dismissed.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3l-Thirty-two
day that they need not return to work on
Monday morning next. Superintendent
Daggett states that the wholesale dismiss
sal was made in obedience to Instructions
from Washington. on account of the stop
page of the coinage Of silver. the appro-
priation for which is already exhausted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

Association this morning and no business
session. was held At the afternoon ses-
sion ReN-fheodore Gaehr, of Cleveland o..
read paper on The Mission of the
Young Peoples Alliance in Large Cities"
Ihe rest of the session was taken up with
q discussion led by Rev. c. A Thomas, of
cleveland. and Rev. l.. Fl. Seager, of Akron,
o., on The best method OF work in order TO
carry out the aims of the organization"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Cargo of Arms for Cubans.

WILMINGTON, N. c., July Silt is re-
ported here that a cargo of arms and am
munition for the Cuban insurgents was
transferred from a small sailing vessel to
a steamer (both unknown off Topsail
island some fifteen or twenty miles from
Wilmington, Wednesday night, the 2Sth
inst. Nothing further could be learned here
about the matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Two Young Men Murdered.

SELIGMAN Mo, July 3i.--Near a rail-
road crossing three miles north of here two
little girls found the dead bodies OF George
Tucker and l.. W Harper, two young men
Ilnasville, Ark. The skulls OF both men
show marks OF violence and they are be-
heyed 10 have been beaten 70 death and
robbed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

SPRINGFIELD. Mo. July 3l.-CampbeII
Confederate Camp, of this city has decided
creek reunion 70 be held here soon. The
Grand Army objected 10 the carrying OF a
Confederate flag in the parade ana ex-
10
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

LONDON, July 31.-John w. Foster left
for New York by the St. Louis, from
southampton this morning. ambassador
Hay and the members of the United States
embassy were at Waterloo station to bid
him farewell. Prince Chang Yen Hoon, the
special envoy Of China to the jubilee fes-
tivities, is also passenger by the ST.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
The Crew MAY Have Deserted.

PORT TOWNSEND. Wash, July 31.-In
view Of the fact that the steamer ALI, from
Alaska, is past due, some credence is being
placed in the statement of one of the
steamers crew while the ship was here, on
the way north thirteen days ago. At that
time one OF the crew remarked that 1t had
been arranged by the entire crew to desert
the Ali at Dyea and strike across the sum-
NIT for the Yukon valley and the Nlondike.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Jeffrey to Go to the Lake Shore.

CHICAGO, July S1-Private dispatches
received in this city to-day from Denver
are to the effect that Il. T. Jeffrey, presi-
dent of the Denver & Rio Grande, has been
offered the presidency of the Lake Shore,
and that he will accept.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

CHEYENNE Wyo., July BIN accord
ance with orders received to-day from the
War Department Captain II. p. Ray and
Lieutenant Richmond. of the Eighth In
fantry, stationed at Fort D. A. Russell, will
leave tomorrow for Alaska. They go TO
Investigate the situation and report on the
ACCESSIBILITY of sending troops 10 that re-
Eion. 1t is understood that If they report
the need of troops there Colonel Randall
Will be ordered north with one or more
companies as soon as transportation be-
comes POSSIBLE i'm the spring
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

LISBON, July &.-An official dispatch
from Lourenzo, Marquese, says that the
government troops have defeated the rebel
Hous natives in an important engagement
in Gazaland. The natives lost 800
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Thinks Andree Is Lost.

NEW YORK. Aug General A. W
Greedy, the Arctic explorer. 81 an inter-
view in the World, says he thinks Prof
Andree, the ballon voyager, will never be
heard from.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
In all the wide

In nll the wide
range Of human
sorrow there is no
more pitiful trag-
edy than that of
the d ath of a
mother al child
birth. It cuts off
a life just at the
moment when il
has achieved it's
grandest duty and
at the very outset
of its greatest hap
piness. It leaves
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
Shot by . Highrnsman.

Lynn. Mass. Aug 1.-Owen J. Barker. q
teamster, aged thirty, was held up on the
street tonight by two masked highway
one of the robbers to the ground and the
other shot him through the lungs. He Will
die
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01

PITTSBURG, July IA boat ride on the
Monongahela river took up the time of the
delegates to the biennial convention OF the
Young Peoples Alliance OF the Evangelist
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
MURDER SECRET OUT.

to make its report public. 1t will be sub
United 70 both associations on Monday.
The herald., 1897-07-04
A COLLECTOR ARRESTED
Charged by the Crescent Laundry
With Embezzlement

w. c. Jones was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon on complaint of the Crescent
Laundry company on charge of embez-
element. Jones was formerly employ
ed by the Crescent as collector, and it
is claimed that he did not turn over all
the moneys which came through his
hands. The amount involved is only
SIS. He put up cash bail, and was re-
leased until Tuesday. when the matter
will come up in Justice Owens court for
hearing.
The friends Of Jones claim that there
is absolutely no ground for the arrest,
and that it is a piece of spite work on the
part of the laundry company. For a
long time he worked for the Crystal
Laundry company, and carried their
accounts until their consolidation with
the Crescent company. He then left
their employ, and, it is claimed, settled
all back accounts except one, amounting
to SIS. Half of this amount, it is said,
belonged to him personally. and the
company collected all that was due
them from other personal claims belong
ing to Jones, after which he was called
upon to settle up the SIS debt, which he
refused to do. A warrant was then is
sued for his arrest. The whole thing
seems to be nothing more than busi-
ness misunderstanding.
The herald., 1897-07-04
Song Birds Make It Gay

In the years 1889 and 1892 society in
Portland Or, introduced 400 pairs of
song birds from Germany into that state
at an expense of little more than $4,000.
Of these the plain and black-headed
nightingales have probably become eX-
tinct, because few of them survived the
long trip and none have since been seen
but the other species have multiplied
with great rapidity especially the sky
larks, which rear from four to two
broods every year, SO that the whole
Willamette valley from Portland to
Roseburg, is full of them. Besides these
there are black starlinge, wood larks,
song thrushes, black thrushes, gold
finches, chaffinches, siskins, green
f1nches, bullfnches, crossbeaks, robin
redbreasts, linnets, singing quails, gold
hammers and forest finches. When it is
remembered that the insect and fungus
diseases most dangerous to our vegeta-
ton are those which have been imported
into this country from abroad, and that
animals and birds which are held in
check by some balance of forces in their
native land often become nuisances in
foreign country, just as rabbits have
been in Australia and the English spar
row in this country, it is possible that
| some of these songsters may prove in
furious to the crops. The chances are
however that they will do more to help
the farmer by keeping insects in check
than they will do to injure him.-New W
York Tribune.