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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

IAN green things on earth, bless we the Lord!''
So sang the choir while deceased branches beat
The frosty window panes and at our feet
The frozen, tortured sod but Knocked the word
And seemed to cry like some poor soul in pain,
Lord suffering and endurance fill my days
The growing green things will their Maker
praise
The happy green things, growing in warm rain,'
whitet''
1 said; then smiled, remembering southwark
far,
How pampas grass swayed green in summer
ltgnt
Nay God hears always from this swinging
star,
Decani and Cantoris South and North
Each answering other praises pouring forth.
Anna c. Bracket. in Harpers Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Ada Howe's pathetic story.

Ada Dell Howe was the name given by a
fourteen-year-old cOlored girl arrested last
night in an empty house at 1883 North MIS-
souri, street The neighbors complained that
she was spending her nights there with
different men The girl tells ptiful story.
She says She came here with her mother
from Decatur, III. few months ago,
leaving her father from whom her mother
was divorced Her mother married an
other man and two months ago died. Her
steDfather then deserted her and she mas
since been '.knocking about eating and
sleeping where people would ttEe her In.
She said she went into the empty house
La IT night 10 find place to sleep.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
Senate Has Not Yet Made Public Its
Adverse Action.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE failure OF
the Senate to make public its action on the
arbitration treaty has created an unusual
condition of affairs. There is no official in
formation that the Senate has taken any
action or that the treaty has been rejected,
or that the defeated treaty was different
from the one originally submitted. All that
IS known officially is that a treaty was con-
cluded by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote and sent to the Senate. 1t then
went into executive session, so that no Off
c1al information has been given as to the
amendments made and the final action
taken. The secrecy of executive sessions
does not permit the State Department or
the British government to be notified as TO
what has occurred It is felt to be due to
the other contracting party to the treaty
that some notice should be given as to
what has been done, and to the form of
the treaty when it rejected. In case
the Senate never should make it's action
known, the last official record on the
treaty would be it's submission to the Sem
ate four months ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
RloOdX Prize Fight.

ALLEGAN, Mich, May THE most bru-
tai prize fight ever fought in western Mich
igan was pulled off early this morning in a
barn east of this city. Eddy Shannon, of
Detroit, and Lew Agney, of Jersey City.
were the pugilists. There were two hundred
spectators. Three times the referee tried
to stop the fight, fearing thar shannon
punishment would prove fatal. but the men.
who were dripping with blood, kept at it
to the forty-fifth round. when both fell
from exhaustion. Shannon sprained his
wrist in the twenty-siXth round, but con-
timed TO fight like a fiend
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
General Notes.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Secretary Gage
has accepted an invitation to attend din
ner at the Union League Club, at Phila-
delphia, on May IA, as the guest of Chris
topher S. Patterson.
To-day's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash ball
ance $40. 732, 406; gold reserve $14S, 2S9 1884.
The President to-day approved the joint
resolution appropriating $50, 600 for the
tertainment of delegates to the Postal
Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

CHICAGO. May THE body of a we'll
dressed man was found in the river near
the State-street bridge to-day 1t had evil
IDENTIFY been in the water for some time
In a pocket the police found an insurance
book containing a number of names and
addresses. one of which read, John Kuntz-
Ter Bradford Pa" The other names bore
Philadelphia addresses. The dead man was
about twenty-five years old. wore a short
black mustache and had brown hair and
eyes. The police think the man was an in
6urance agent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Meeting of wholesale Grocers.

PEORIA, H., May THE officers of the
Wholesale GrOcers' Association of Illinois,
Iowa Kentucky Indiana. Minnesota, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin mC6 here to-day to con-
slider trade and transportation matters. The
principal subject of consideration was the
probable effect of the sugar schedule of
the senatorial revision of the tariff bill on
the trade and the bearing upon the contest
action was taken, but meetings of the state
associations viii be called at an early date.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Hartford CITY Gas Gushcr Struck.

Special to the Indianapolis JournaI.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, May IA three
milIion-foot gas well was struck on the
poor farm, four miles west of this CITY, To-
day. The drill struck Trenton rock at $50
feet, thirty feet nearer the surface than any
other well here The well explodes the
theory that gas is giving out in this sec,
ton Hartford City does not want an OIL
field 1t has thousands and thousands OF
dollars tied up in gas leases with which 10
furnish fuel to the large MANUFACTURING
concerns in this city and county. Hartford
CITY spectators believe gas to be greater
benefit than oil for the reason that an OH
magnet that will attract manufacturers for
years to come The well just drilled is on
land adjoining the three-tho.q4sandI1Ia tGl,
tract leased for oil purposes by Dry Hole
IonabaIIgh. the owner of the big AleXan-
dria oil well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Obituary.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. May I. - Charles
Button, a capitalist and formerly of the
wholesale drug firm of Greene q Button,
dropped dead while entering his carriage
on Wisconsin street to-day
BALTIMORE. Md, May Alexander
Bechhofer, publisher of the Baltimore
Herald, died this morning, after lingering
Illness.
LONDON, May 7.-Count Nicholas Ester
hazy, the celebrated sportsman and breeder
Of race horses, is dead
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McKinIey,s Trip TO PhiIadeIphia.

WASHINGTON May Z. - The arrange
ments for the trip of the President and
Cabinet to Philadelphia to attend the exer-
cises at the dedication of the Washington
monument in Paramount Park May 10 have
been completed. President Mckinley and
the Cabinet will leave here on a special
train on the afternoon of Friday. May A.
at l o'clock. They will be the guests of
the Union League Club at a banquet to be
given in their honor the same evening, and
will return TO Washington after the exer-
cises in Paramount Park on Saturday.
Neither Mrs. Mckinley nor the ladies of
the Cabinet will be of the party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
GottIeib Reider Found Dead.

SpeclaI 70 the IndianapoIis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, May THE body
of an unknown man was found in an out
building on the premises of Frank Schwart,
of this city, this morning. He had applied
to Mr.. Schwart for lodging the night before
and had been permitted to sleep in the out
building. The cause of death is unknown
ana the coroner has ordered an autopsy
IN the pockets of the dead mans clothing
q number of trinkets were found. including
a pocket atlas of the world in German and
naturalization papers made out in the name
or Gottlelb Reider, dated Chicago, 1892. The
Dody IS at the morgue awaiting identified
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
MunicipnI Lenwue Adtourns.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May THE business
of the third annual convention of the Ma
tional Municipal League was finished this
morning, and the league adjourned to meet
at the call of the executive committee. The
cities which are making a bid for the next
convention are Indianapolis, Omaha, Den
yer. Atlanta and Boston. drive over the
city this afternoon and a banquet at the
Gait House this evening closed the enter
tainments offered by the city committee
At the banquet Lucien b. Swift, of Indian
apolis, spoke on the Merit System in Mu-
niciDal Affairs"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
1t cures painful swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out OF eorns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dlscoN-
cry OF the age Aliens Foot-Ease makes
tight-dtting or new shoes feel easy. 1t IS
a certain cure for sweating, calious and
bv an druggists and shoe stores. by mail
for 25c In stamps. Trial package FREE.
Address
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

Special to tie Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR Ind, May John T. Deal
was found guilty of assault and battery
in the Lawrence County Circuit Court on a
change of venue and fined 500 and costs,
which amounted to about $205. Deal brutal
ly beat his wife, and for some time it was
thought she would die. She was taken to
the home of her brother and nursed to
health Mr.. Deal then persuaded her to live
with him. since which time they have been
living peaceably together But for the wife
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Indiana Obituary.

RUSHVILLE, Ind, May :. - Robert G.
Cowan, assessor of Richland township died
yesterday of kidney and heart disease He
was about sixty years old and has been in
failing health for some time. Mr.. Cowan
served in the Thirty-seventh Indiana Regi-
ment.
KOKOMO, Ind, May 7.-Aaron Silvers.
formerly an active minister. died suddenly
Thursday, at the home of John Lamb at
Jerome. this county He fell from chair
dead. though apparently in good health at
the time. He was seventy-nine years old
ELWOoD, Ind, May Z. - Mrs. Poland
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Two Mammoth Teeth Found

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MORRISTOWN, Ind, May Two we'll
preserved mammoth teeth We're found Just
out of town and in the last few weeks
quite a number of Indian relics have been
brought in. The archaeologists of the place
are constantly adding to their collections
many specimens of considerable value The
postotiice is full of specimens of quite re-
cent discovery here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

ST LOUIS, Mo, May THE first annual
convention of the National Association Of
Local Fire Insurance Agents convened in
this city at the Planters Hotel to-day.
Delegates from twenty-one States were
present. Prominent local agents from all
sections Of the United States were present.
The number of local agents, members of
state organizations represented, exceeds
IA 600. Detroit was chosen as the place for
the next annual convention. The following
officers were elected: A. @. Simrall presi-
urer; c. H. Woodwork, vice president.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
western Art Exhibition.

DETROIT, Mich, May THE first an
nual exhibition of Western artists opened
this evening in the Detroit Museum of
Art. The exhibition contains 240 works of
art by 1856 artists. II is the first occasion
wherein the pictures of Western artists
have been shown free to the public. The
exhibition is considered 10 be of more than
usual excellence throughout.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Young Story Known at Rushvine.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, May Frank E.
Story, who got away with 500 of the money
of Tolin, Totten, Tibbs & Co., came from
Rushville two years ago from Grand Rap
ids He had wife there, but succeeded in
getting divorce from her shortly before
Unable young woman of good family.
Story is a sign painter by trade. He sang
in the churches and was considered trust
worthy young man. The news of his fall
caused considerable surprise in Rushville
and has been the sensation of to-daY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Had a Fit in Boat and Drowned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind, May This
morning at about $50 o'clock Oscar Bittin-
GER son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bittinger
of this place, was drowned while out in a
boat on the Wabash river fishing with sew
eral companions. The unfortunate man was
q victim of epilepsy and fell from the boat
during a fit. The body did not rise after
sinking, and for that reason Bittingers
companions We're unable to rescue him. Bit
finger was about thirty years old. The
body was not recovered until II clock This
foreman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
TOO Much Translation.

WashlngtOn Post,
There is a certain young woman in
town who speaks five languages She is. TO
tell the truth, a bit of a crank about it,
and when she speaks one language she
translates into ii every word she says, even
to the proper names when possible She
met the leader of the Marine Band one
evening last week. and, as English was the
language of her hostess, she addressed the
musician in that tongue. She remembered
that in Italian "fanciullo' means boy"
and she proceeded forthwith 70 translate
Fanciulli's name. She called him Mr..
Childs the whole evening
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
E,.ht in y Court-street saloon.

There was a fight in the saloon kept by
Henry Miller on Court street last night be-
tween a man by the name of Foster and
Theodore Coleman of 105 Patterson street
Foster seemed TO get the worst of it, He
ran ont of the saloon and his assailant
tried to escape by flight. Several persons
sInf ar Coleman Patrolmen Miller aE1
Henderson arrested him at Market and
Delaware streets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
The TransyaaI Heeds Britnin

for the colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain, replying
to-day in the House of Commons to a ques-
ton by Sidney c. Buxton. Liberal who was
under secretary of state for the colonies in
the Rosebery Cabinet said that no official
confirmation had been received OF the report
that the TranSvaal government had re-
pealed the immigration law, but that there
was no reason to doubt the truth of the
report. If the report turned out to be cor
rect, added Mr. Chamberlain. ii would
greatly relieve the tension which unfortu-
nately existed betweea Great Britain and
the Transvaal The statement was re-
ceived with cheers.
PRETORIA. May 1.-The vote by which
the VOIksraad has repealed the alien immi-
grafton law on a report from the commit
tee of the whole in secret session yesterday
was % TO g.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Oakland City Oil Company.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
OAKLAND CITY, Ind, May THE oak
land City Gas and Oil Company was or
ganized last night by eighteen leading bust
ness men. The capital stock is fixed at
SIS 900 and the object is to drill for gas and
oil at once. DR.. G. c. Mason is president;
w II. Stewart, vice president; j. w:
Skenvington secretary and treasurer. All
of the stock was taken
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
HENRY JONES EXECUTED.
The CoIored Murderer of Harry Will
Hnms and Omar Thomas.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MICHIGAN CITY. md. May THE drop
fell shortly after last midnight and Muir
derer Henry Jones's neck was broken by
the fall Warden Harley had been warned
that Jones would attempt to kill a guard
before he was executed. but when the time
came he walked firmly from his cell to the
gallows in the prison and made no trouble
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

for the officials during the operation. He
had always beer an African brute, and
died without showing that he realized or
cared that his life was ended No confess
SIGN was obtained from him, and nothing
was learned about his family except his re-
mark to the chaplain that he once had "A
sister in Pensacola Fla. He is said to have
murdered four men--one white-at Savanna.
Ala. He was as brutal and heartless as
tiger. He killed "A coiored man in Jackson
vile, Fla, in addition TO the Savanna man,
before he went TO Indianapolis, where he
murdered Harry Williams, a colored
tough in a craps game on the night of
June II, 1895. in the rear of a saloon on In
diana avenue. He got tWenty-one years for
this crime. the evidence of Omar Thomas,
a colored burglar. being largely responsible
for his conviction He threatened to kill
Thomas, and they should have been kept
apart in prison. The officers knew Jones
thought he would be able to carry out his
threat.
During the visit of a number of strangers
to the prison on July 5, 1896, exercises were
held in the chapel. Thomas was seated in
front of Jones, who reached forward and
buried a sharp knife in Thomass bowels.
from which wound he died. The knife had
been stolen from the table and secreted for
some time by the murderer He was given
the death penalty for this crime. When he
was returned to prison after the trial he
mashed a guards head with a poker and
nearly killed another On several occasions
he had attempted to kill the guards, and
was kept most of the time in solitary con-
hnement. He also attempted to commit
suicide several times after his sentence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind, May Gus Bower.
aged thirtytwo a timber buyer, of Ken
ton, o., was struck by an east bound CIo-
ver-leaf passenger train at noon TODAY.
He was knocked fifteen feet resulting in
foot broken and internal injuries He will
lecOVer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Thirty-One Graduates

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DECATUR, Ind, May THE seventeenth
annual commencement of the Decatur High
School was held in the courthouse tonight
There were thirty-one boys and girls in the
class. The reception was given in the au-
dltorium of Central School building
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Killed on Lost River bridge.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
|, ORLEANS, Ind, May IA man giving
his name as Hudson, aged about seventy,
was struck by the engine on the early
morning train to French Lick Springs on
Lost river bridge, about four miles south
of here, this morning. and injured so badly
that he died in two hours. Both legs were
cut off above the knees. Only one pair of
trucks passed over him and then the en-
CINE had to be backed off before he could
be eXtricated. When first seen by Engineer
Erwin he was down between the ties of
the bridge and could not get off in time.
Last summer a colored woman from Louis
vile was knocked off the same bridge and
injured so that she died in few hours.
II was down grade and impossible to stop
the train. This makes three people
killed by Erwin's locomotive during the
past wear
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Didn,t See the Air shin.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May THE desire
20 see the air ship of Professor Barnard
which on is trial trip yesterday showed
that the inventor had built a machine which
could be steered In any direction and which
responded readily to the propelling power
attracted many visitors to the Centennial
exposition grounds to-day, but the ship was
not on exhibition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
THE DUO D'AUMALE DEAD
INDIRECTLY A VICTIM OF THE PAR
is BAZAAR ACCIDENT.
Died of ApOpIexy on Hearing of the
Death of the Duchess D'Alen-
con, His Niece.

PARIS, May THE Due d Aumale died
yesterday at Zucco, Sicily, from the shock
he experienced upon hearing Of the death
of the Duchesse d'Alencon. The immediate
cause of death was cardiac apopleXy. The
relationship of the Duchesse d Alencon and
the Due d'Aumale was that of uncle and
niece by marriage, the Due dAlencon hav-
ing been the second son of the Due de
Nemours, brother of the Due d Aumale. The
attack which caused his death lasted but a
few moments and he expired without suf-
fering.
The Princess Clementine Orleans, wife of
Prince Auguste, of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
and sister of the Due dAumale, at whose
villa al Zucco she has been staying for some
time past, is very ILL, The princess IS
eighty years of age and the shock caused
by the sudden death of her brother follow
ing closely upon the tragic death of the
Dmchesse d'Alencon may prove fatal.
Twenty victims of the fire of Tuesday
last at the charity bazaar on the Rue Jean
Goujon were buried to-day. The churches
where the funeral ceremonies took place
and the routes traversed by the corteges
were thronged with people The crowds
displayed the deepest sympathy for the rel
The funeral of the Cemtesse de Hunol-
STEM sister-in- law of the Duchess Dues,
took place to-day from the Church of st.
Clotilde The Russian and German embas-
sailors were present at the services and
delegations from all the charities supported
by the comtesse followed the coffin. The
deceased was one of the victims of the
bazaar rre
EASTON, Pa, May THE officials of
the National Switch and Signal Company,
whose big works are located here are
alarmed for the safety of President Oak
leigh Thorne and Mrs. Thorne, who have
been in Europe for some time They were
due at Paris on Monday and were to have
visited the charity bazaar. No word has
been received from them since the holocaust.
Their friends are fearful lest they should
have been in the Inflated building at the
time of the fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
No Quick Divorces.


Judge.
If you want a divorce il win be necessary
for you to live in South Dakota year, in
stead of three months, as heretofore Ihus
are hearts broken and purses emptied that
South Dakota may have perpetual holi-
daV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Indiana Notes.

aged eighty-three died after a short Illness
to-day She was the oldest settler of this
irfn
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"Mnrk T,nnin. Much Alive.

LONDON, May THE report that Sam
uel L. Clemens mark Twain is dead is
false. He is in London and in excellent
health
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08
Renedicite.

ably never can compete in style with the
carriage that is hauled by horses.
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A CURIOUS AIR POCKET.

To counterfeit the influence of the Varia-
lions in the temperature and the density of
the atmosphere the gas, according to the
Hermite- Besancon plan, must be MAIN
tanned constantly under pressure. An in
side air pocket will accomplish this. If the
gas dilates' it eXpels the air contained in