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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
The Bicycle as a Mitigator.

New York Evening Sun.
The bicycle has long been acknowledged
to be the best possible means for running
away from the blues. No other species of
locomotion is half so expeditions or effec-
tive. Lately, however, the wheel has been
discovered to be of even more practical
value as a respite. Blues are largely mag
nary-if those who know nothing about
them are to be beieved--and may be dealt
with accordingly But grief, trouble and
worry of the definite, actual sort are not
so easily evaded; it takes all ones strength
of soul and body to bear them heroically
and anything that will Tighten the burden
is to be welcomed. In it's own unassumirg
way the bicycle does this. 1t is no respecter
of conditions, and it rests the mind and
stress almost as effectually as when triv-
ialities are concerned. Ones mental health
is largely regulated by ones physical health
after all. A case in point is that of fam
bers in their seclusion so pined
away that there, was great danger
clan finally ordered them to ride their BIZ
cycles. 1T will give you exercise and at
the same time divert your minds" he said.
AT first they were aghast at the thought;
not only because of the ''looks of it." but
because anything pertaining to pleasure and
diversion was so at variance with their
feelings. Good sense ultimately triumphed
however, and the Doctors orders were
obeyed. OF course all the riding for some
months was done at night and chiefly in
their own grounds, but the gain was the
same, better physical health and a better
state of mind. In no wise was their grief
lessened or mitigated. but, thanks to the
magic of regular outdoor exercise. all faint
lily at present under the affection of the pro-
longed illness of one of it's members finds
untold respite and relief in daily bicycle
rides. In no other way, they say, could
they bear up under the strain. The bicycle
may not pose as a universal panacea, but
as frst-class mitigator it is hard to beat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
GOLD IN OLD MEXICO.
Big Strikes Reported to Have Been
Made i'm Placer Fields.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 81. w. Corkns
a well-known citizen of Sedalia, Mo-, went
prospecting for gold in the northwestern
section of Mexico recently and writes to
friends in st. Louis that he has discovered
a veritable Klondike. Mr. Corkins's letter
is dated from Hermosilo, and reads as
follows:
Il promised to write what 1 thought of
this country as a gold proposition. / have
gone over about 250 miles of territory of
what is considered an average The portion
l have seen is virgin, with surface indica-
lions of being one of the richest gold fields
in the world. The natives have gophered
the lodges from ten to a hundred feet all
over this district and found rich deposits of
free milling ore, which they reduced by
placer mining is done by the Indians in
very primitive way. The Americans have
recently prospected the placer fields and
made some very good strikes. man from
California got $4,000 out of his claim last
month. His claim is situated upon one of
the tributaries of the Vague river. Other
parties have placered out as high as $4,000
in thirty days.
"There is a small-sized rush here from
Colorado and California. They all say that
they are we'll pleased with the change A
party of four leave here to-day in the inter-
est of W. G. Stratton, of Cripple Creek,
Col, to secure claims and prospect the
country. The biggest deal made so far was
concluded by G. H. Gage, of Colorado. He
owned an eighty-foot ledge which assayed
from $36 to $1,000 per ton. He sold it for
$250,O00. The parties expect to have a hun
dred-Stamp mill upon the premises within
the next six months.
1.-The Minas Pretas mine, situated thirty
miles southeast of here and owned by an
English company, is the best developed mine
in the State. They are down 600 feet and are
taking out 100000 per month. This mine was
worked by the natives and abandoned many
years ago for some cause or other. Three
years ago the present company reopened the
old shafts, and now have a plant worth
millions of dollars. This section is honey
combed with rich mines which were worked
by the Aztecs, and abandoned shafts only
await the coming of the American to con-
vert them into paying properties.
Generally speaking, the people in the
United States know nothing of the oppor-
tunities to make money in this part of
Mexico not only in mining, but in manu-
featuring of every description. One great
advantage at the present time is the differ
ence in the value Of our money. You can
leave the United States with s., 900, and when
YOU get here you have 800. Good miners
can be secured at $1.25 per day in silver"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
NEW ROUTES TO BE OPENED.
Macintosh Discusses the
British Gold Fields.

NEW YORK Oct. 2--Gen. c. H. MacIn-
tosh, lieutenant governor of the Northwest
Territory, in which the gold mines of the
Klondke are situated, arrived in this city
from Southampton on the steamship st.
Paul to-day. THE greatest possible inter-
est is taken in the discoveries of the Yukon
by all the English people, he said, and l
was compelled to delay my departure two
days on account of an order l received to
address officially the leading financiers and
public men upon the resources and pros
poets, not only of British Columbia and
the Yukon but Of all Northwestern Terri
tories generally. Lord Dufferin, former
governor and vceroy of India, was in the
chair, and Mr.. Whitaker leading London
financier occupied the vice chair. My adj
dress was given at the Savoy Hotel, and
all the representatives of the financial press
and many noblemen and peers were pres
ent At the conclusion the general con-
sensus of opinion was that the empire owed1
it to her premier colony that British capt.
tai should be invested in the development
of wealth from mineral sources in Western
colonies. When Lord Dufferin so expressed
himself at the meeting the cheering was
Vociferous.
improvements in the methods of reaching
the upper Yukon, for three good paths
through the British Possessions will be
available The first of these is from Edmon-
ton by the Mackenzie river, thence to the
Porcupine and so straight TO the Yukon
Another good route will be from Revel
Stoke on the Canadian Pacific Railroad
through the Tetteguan pass to the Francis
lake. and so to the Louise river, and thence
to the Yukon This is about 1000 or 7C0
miles by water and rail. Probably the best
route of all will be by water to Fort Wran-
gel on the Pacific coast, thence to the Stick
enc river navigable stream of water open
to both Canada and the United States under
the Washington treaty. Light stern-wheel
boats drawing three or four feet of water
and even more could run to Telegraph
creek. in the northern section of Cassiar, in
British Columbia. The construction of a
railroad from Cassiar to Lake Tesin, a
land section of little more than one hun
bred and forty miles, would make all the
waters from that point available direct to
Dawson City. The whole route would not
be more than l. 200 miles. Those routes will,
within a very short time make the region
of the klondike accessible as any other
part of the British possessions.
"A big company has been formed in Eng
land" continued General Macintosh, TO
thoroughly explore the mountain ranges of
the West Splendid specimens of quartz
have already been discovered ut adjacent
points. Every report received also indorses
the stories of enormous rich aluviai de-
posits but personally ] doubt very much
if we will get at the legitimate eapability OF
that country for two or three years. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
FROM HAUNTED HOLLOW
GHOSTS OF A MURDERED FAMILY
TERRORIZE THE TRAVELLERS.
Meeting and Decide to Assist
Brothers in Illinois.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
DECATUR, ILL.,, Oct Near Liberty
Mills, small town northwest of here,
stands an old log cabin and barn, in what
is known as Haunted Hollow" The old
buildings have stood there since before the
war, being located just off the road, near
Eel river Ghosts have always supposed
to haunt the place, and many are the sto-
ries handed down, but not until recently
has there been anything like notification Of
the many versions. The entire place has
long been neglected, no tenant having the
nerve to live on the place on account of
the uncanny things going on. Haunted
Hollow" lies only a few miles west OF
"Haw Patch swampy piece of land,
which was headquarters for famous gang
of horse thieves before the war. 1t is sup
posed this gang murdered the original own
er and his family who lived in the log
house. The victims are supposed to have
given evidence against the horse thieves;
at any rate, the family suddenly disap
peared one night years ago and was never
heard of afterwards Since that time the
place was considered haunted. People pass
ing the house at night always drive at
breakneck speed. Ghostly forms of a man,
woman and children have been seen fit
ting about the place at all hours of the
night, and sometimes wild screams are
heard. Nothing unusual has been seen for
some time until one night last week, when
Farmer Johnson was driving home, about
II o'clock. AS he neared the cabin screams
as ii some one were being murdered
reached his ears. His blood ran cold and
his team stood still and shivered with
fright. Suddenly a woman dashed out of
the door and ran across the road. Mr..
Johnson's team broke into a run and tore
down the highway throwing the driver out
of the wagon and leaving him at the mercy
of the ghosts. He says man and sew
eral small children. robed in white, would
rush back and forth from barn to cabin,
continually screaming, while the woman
disappeared in the woods. He took no trou-
BILE to investigate further but followed his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
ALL MINING SUSPENDED
For One Day While the Block Coal
Wen Meet and Discuss Matters.


Men Meet and Discuss Matters.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Oct. I'm response to a
call for a general mass meeting of miners
here to-day, every mine in the county was
forced to suspend work and the miners at
tended the meeting in body. Secretary
John Kennedy, of District is of the United
Mine Workers Of America, was present and
gave the meeting short talk on the con-
dition of the Grape Creek miners and the
strikers in northern Illinois. He was of the
opinion that settlement would soon be
reached at Grape Creek. The miners COM
mittee here has on hand $250.19, which it
received since the strike was declared off.
1t was decided by the mass meeting to for
fard that amount at once to w. ID. Ryan,
state secretary of the Illinois Miners Asso-
ciation to be contributed to the striking
miners in that State. 1t was also decided
that the miners here should contribute 10
per cent. of their earnings to the men still
out in northern Illinois. A motion was then
made to have the check weigher at each
mine to check off the dues of the organized
miners, to be paid TO the treasurer of the
organization through the coal company.
This caused much opposition and the meet
ing was in a constant turmoil until adjourn
ment was secured. The miners will take
a vote of the various locals to determine
the ACCESSIBILITY of working only five days
q week 1t is believed that this plan Will
be adopted. as the sentiment of the mass
meeting was decidedly in favor of it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
FREIGHT RATES CUT.
Decentralization Among Western Rail-
ways Said to BE Increasing.

CHICAGO, Oct 2.-The decentralization in
Western freight rates that has been trOub-
ling the Western roads for some time is on
the increase rather than on the wane. and
a meeting of the Western Freight Associa-
ton has been called for the purpose of
seeing what can be done to betterment.
The meeting will be held in this city next
Wednesday. With all the business they can
handle and crowded SO badly for cars that
they are at times forced to let business go,
the roads, especially during the last three
weeks, have had great trouble in keeping up
rates. There has peen much cutting of rates
where there has been little or no need of
1t, and some OF the roads have actually
thrown away money in the way that they
have cut the rates when they had all the
business they could handle at a large tariff.
It is announced that when the Monon Sc
cures control OF the Chicago & Southwest
ern road as it expects to do through fore
closure the newly-acquired property wild be
practically rebuilt from Anderson to Brazil,
Indiana.
Tic Baltimore & Ohio has taken new
departure on the construction of express
cars. 1t has had ten cars constructed with
movable stalls so that the cars can be used
for the transportation of fine horses. When
the cars are not in use for carrying live
stock the stalls will be taken out and the
cars then used for ordinary run Of express
business.
1t is likely that another meeting of the
Chicago-St Paul lines will be called in the
near future for the purpose of seeing if
something cannot be done at once to settle
the passenger situation. The roads inside
the association say that they are not able
to maintain rates as long a number of
their competitors are not members of the
association, and the roads which are on the
outside say that they are not, and have not
been responsible in any manner for the de-
moralization. The next effort to stiffen up
the rates between Chicago and st. Paul
and Minneapolis will call for heroic meas
ures, and the executive officers, who are not
fond, as a general thing, of meeting to do
the work of the general passenger agent will
probably apply the remedy without much
hesitation when once they have reached a
conclusion as TO what that remedy may be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
Movement. of stenmers.

NEW YORK, Oct. ARRIVED: La Tou-
raine, from Havre; Etruria, from Liver
pool; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam; Georgia,
from Stettin, etc. Sailed: Mobile, for Lon
don; Aller for Naples; La Champagne, for
HaVre; Lucania, for Liverpool; Spaarndam,
Cor Rotterdam.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. ARRIVED: Georgia,
from New York. Sailed: Nomadic, for
New York.
CHERBOURG, Oct 2.-Saied; Furest
Bismarck, for New York.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.-sailed: Rhyn-
land, for Liverpool.
SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 2.-Sailed: st.
Louis, for New York.
BREMEN, Oct 2.-Sailed: Karlsruhe, for
New York.
STETTIN, Oct. 2.-Saied: Island, for
New York.
HAvRE Oct 2.-sailed. La Bretagne, for
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
Successful street Fair Closed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Oct Fifteen thou
sand people participated in the closing fes-
tivities of the street fair This was Hoosier
day. and the attendance was up to the ex-
pectation OF the fair managers. The premi-
ums were awarded to-day, and everybody
was satisfied. The cost of the fair to the
business men in the erection of booths,
premiums and advertising was about $1,000,
but the expenditure of this large sum has
brought large return in advertising the
city and in the large increase of business
done by the merchants during the week.
The finale was grand parade tonight, COW
ering the streets occupied by the booths:
Business was suspended at CLOCK, and
merchants and their employees Joined in the
parade, carrying Chinese lanterns. After the
parade Mayor Joseph Balsley addressed
vast audience from a large stage on West
Second street and the fair closed with three
rousing cheers for the success of Seymour
in the coming courthouse election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
SNAIL FARMING.
Peculiar Branch of Agricultural In
dustry In France.
Nature.


Snail farming forms a peculiar branch
of agricultural industry in France and 9TH
er countries. and the consumption of them
in France is very large. Edible Snails vary
greatly in size: the large white ones are
the real escargot, but this term is usually
employed to designate all edible snails
adapted to table purposes. But in the mar
kets. besides escargot. there are two other
varieties known as hmace and lmacan,
the former being of medium size and th1
latter quite small Though the great ma
jority of the edible snails produced in
France are of natural growth. their arti-
fetal culture is carried on to a very con-
siderable extent. They are propagate
" prepared for the purpose, and are fed
with cabbage, clover. etc.
During the winter they are sheltered in
houses composed of brick or wood. and
they are gathered and marketed from April
10 June In the Tyrol from june TO the
middle OF August the snails are collected
from every available damp place and taken
TO the feeding ground near the owner 5
dwelling This is a bit of garden ground
free from trees and shrubs and surrounded
on all sides by running water In this
feeding ground are little heaps OF mount
ain pine twigs. mixed loosely with wood
moss. and these twigs when dry are re-
placed by fresh ones. Every day .hey are
fed on cabbage leaves and grass. and when
cold weather sets in they so uncsr cover,
that is. they collect under the heaps of
twigs and bury themselves and. there seal
themselves up for the winter. When this
has been successfully accomplished they
are collected, packed In perforated boxes
lined with straw and sent of TO Paris and
other cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
Kokomo to Have Cheaper Gas.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 2. - Kokomo Will
have competition in natural gas, notwith-
standing the practical absorption of the
Kokomo Natural Gas Company by the In
diana Natural Gas and Oil Company. A
new company came to town this week. and
mains are already being laid in the streets.
The competing company is the j. NJ. Leach
Company, which has a factory line. The
City School Board yesterday entered into
a contract with the new company at price
20 per cent. lower than was paid last year
for heating the schoolhouses, the price
heretofore being $145O for year of seven
months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
Narrowly Escaped a Mob.

Special to the IndianapoIis journal.
HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Oct. 2.-Last night
at 9 O'Clock E. A. Nixon went home in a
drunken condition and assaulted his wife
for not having supper ready. He became
furious when she asked him to go to the
bakery for bread, and kicked her and beat
her brutally. Her screams caused great
crowd to assemble, which was prevented
from tarring and feathering Nixon only by
the determined action of the officers, who
hustled the man to Jail. Even after he was
securely locked up the crowd clamored
around the Jail in a vain attempt to get at
him. Mrs. Nixon is a weakly woman, and
has suffered for years from her husband 5
abuse. Nixon is about fifty years old and
draws a pension.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
Indiana Obituary.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. Mrs. Jacob
Bunger, one of the oldest and best-known
women of the county, died to-day, after a
six months illness. She was a native of
Virginia and had four sons to die in service
during the war.
Caldwell, a well-known pioneer. died last
night, at her home. in Cherry Grove, this
city. Death was due to old age and gen.
eral debility. Mrs. Caldwell was in her
eighty-third year. When a child she came
with her parents to Indiana and located in
Washington township About sixty years
ago she became the wife of Jonathan Cald-
we'll She was the mother of fourteen chill
dren six of whom are living-Mrs. Jane
McIlvaine. of Mays: Mrs. Wall and Mrs.
Samuel Stoker of Indianapolis; Train Cald-
well and Misses Lou and Ollie Caldwell, of
Rushville. Her husband was once in the
pork-packing business in Connersville and
Cincinnati Mr.. Caldwell died three years
ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
MOTHER" M'KlNLEY THERE.
Reunion of Old People at Al
lance, o., Yesterday.

CANTON, o., Oct. AT Alliance to-day
there was held the fourth annual gathering
of the old people of this section. There
was a large attendance, among the number
being Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley. She
went from Canton expressly for the day $
gathering, accompanied by her daughter,
Miss Helen, although trip of twenty miles
had to be made. In spite of her lightweight
years, she enjoyed the journey and the
gathering. AT the reunion there were three
Centenarians, twenty nOnogenarians and
about seventy-five ranging from seventy to
riretX wears old.
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ster, he being a machinist employed in the
Munce rivet factory. The frame of the
wheel is only eleven inches high. and the
rest of the apartments are of equal proper
tions, tbs wheels being less than twelve
inches high The Juvenile rider was taught
to ride at his home on the parlor carpet, and
it required but one hours time to prepare
him for street work unassisted. Yesterday
more miles We're added to the score of his
cyclometer. The first wheel made by the
father was for his own use, and was the
result of him being unable to purchase one
with frame high enough for him. 1t meas
ures thirty-one inches while the largest
frame offered for sale is twenty-eight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

CHICAGO JUNCTION. O., Oct. 2-One
of the most disastrous fires in the history
of this section of the country is now prevail
ing in the New Haven marsh, one and a half
miles south of this place The ground is
composed of dry weeds and rotten vegeta-
ton and is easily ignited. The fire was
caused by the burning of a brush heap by
farmer, and has been burning Aearly a
week and to-day two thousand acres of the
tract of six thousand is a smoking mass.
Two houses have been burned and dozen
more are in danger
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

requesting the court to strike the soul
from the record.
You must only give your own conclu-
sions from personal observations. re-
marked Judge Tuthill, addressing the wit
ness.
The bone which had puzzled the experts
was a portion of a rib which had been in
troduced by the prosecution.
Both OF the hands of Charles Boos, a ste
nOgrapher in the states attorneys Office
are swollen badly and much in1amed B0os
has been reporting the Luetgert trial and
has handled the bones placed in evidence
quite freely. physician who to-day ex-
amined the stenographers hands said they
showed evidence of Iubercular germs. the
result may be serious. The trial will last
at least three weeks longer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
one of the Christian Band Arrested.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct q = Fred Hubbard,
president of the late Young Mems Christian
Band, which caused so much excitement here
a few weeks ago by prosecuting merchants
who did business Sunday, was to-day
arrested on an indictment charging him with
carrying concealed weapons. Hubbard was
one of the men attacked in the law office by
three prominent business men. When the
police went to quell the riotous fight the
revolver was found on Hubbard who mad
drawn it and attempted to use it. The
threatened indictments against business men
for violating the forgotten Sunday law did
not develop. Hubbard gave bond.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
Bullet Took a Queer Course.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. &c. w. Dowell
and John F. Campbell, insurance agents
occupying adjoining offices in the Wilson
block quarreled over rent to-day and a
bloody fight followed, Dowell using a re-
Campbell was shot in the side, receiving
slight flesh wound, and Dowell, who got the
worst of the encounter, was badly hurt.
mail carriers, was able to continue his
duties. The bullet, which entered his right
side, was found in his left stocking.