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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-27
EIwood,s Bic Engine Works.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Oct. 26.-The newly
ganized Elwood Manufacturing and Mining
Company met here to-day and elected Off
GERS as follows: w. r. Covert, of New York,
president; J. H. Taylor. of st. Louis. vice
president; c. C. Andrews, of St. Louis,
secretary; H. d. Seymour, of Elwood, treas
urer; Frank j. Korte, of Roanoke, Va, gen.
eral manager The company is composed of
capitalists of Missouri, Indiana, Virginia
ana West Virginia, and has paid-up cap
ital stock OF $2,J00,0J0, being Incorporated
under the laws Of West Virginia The COM
pany received large concessions of city lots
and has already turned many of them into
revenue to bear the expenses of building.
The big factory will be located in
the north part of the city, and
will consist of five large iron and steel
buildings and many smaller ones. Mr..
Korte, who owns the Roanoke (Va.) engine
works, win move the plant here.
The company will manufacture the
famous Duvall engine, the peerless Culver
boiler, the standard nut-lock engines of all
kinds, various kinds of boilers ard all kinds
of castings. This factory was liFst estab-
lished at GAINESVILLE, o.. in 1880 and was
removed to Roanoke in 1852. All arrange
the plant hefa, but the late Democratic
panic prevented. The ground is being pre-
pared for the buildings, and many men will
at once be put to work constructing the
plant During the past twenty years this
factory has turned out over ten thousand
engines The establishment of this big in
dustry here means much for Elwood.
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ORDER OF UNITED workbench.
Twenty-Ninth Anniversary Celebrated
at Terre Haute TO-DnN.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 26.-The COM
mittees having in charge the celebration of
the twenty ninth anniversary of the An
cient Order of United Workmen to be
held here tomorrow, are confident there
will be not less than five thousand MEM
bers of the order from different parts of
the State in the city. Evansville, which has
the largest membership of cities, will send
between one thousand and twelve hundred
on special trains. one of which will carry
a cannon to salute the towns along the way.
Indianapolis is counted on for a large dele
cation and two bands of music Eastern
Illinois towns also will send delegations.
There will be parade in the afternoon,
ending at the courthouse, where an address
of welcome will be delivered by Mayor
Ross, with responses by Grand Master
Workman Neal, of Frankfort, Congressman
Robinson, of Fort Wayne, Hon. Leory
Wade, of Mount Vernon, and Hon. Peter
Luther, of Brazil. In the evening there will
be an address by Mrs. Genevra Miller of
st. Louis, past superior chief of the De-
gree of Honor, the women's auxiliary.
There will be dancing at Germania Hall un-
III the time for the special trains to leave
the city. Dinner and supper will be served
to all visiting members.
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Patents Granted Indianians.

WASHINGTON, Oct 26-Patents were
issued to Indianians to-day as follows:
James ID. Adams, Wabash, bushing for pull
ley journals; Stephen j. Austin, Terre
Haute, railway crossing; George NJ. Beck,
Lebanon, washing machine; Henry J. Burt,
Liberty, gas generators; Emil +. Cazalet,
kentland grain purifier and drier; William
L. Keefer, Bedford, animal trap; Irene r..
I<iniball, Owensville, hook and eye Jere-
miah Lockwood Sullivan, pump; William
II. Saladee and j. Gather, Bedford, dancing
toy; George c. Toner and j. w. McCollum,
West IndiaI apolis discharger for pneumat-
ic straw stackers, also, pneumatic straw
stacker William II. Tucker Indianapolis,
caster; Albert e. Whitney, Muncie, clamp
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RESULT OF A BANTER.
RecIxIessness Causes the Death OF an
Iowa Merchant.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia. Oct. 26.--At Coving-
ton, yesterday morning. while a number OF
young men were gathered in the store Of
James H. Usher, Usher picked up a pouch
filled with silver and told w l. Rowland.
the night operator of the Milwaukee road
at that place. that he could knock him
shoot him with a revolver Rowland had
Just been showing a revolver he carried
from which he had removed the cartridges,
but had reloaded il second before on the
impulse of the moment Rowland lowered
the revolver and pulled the trigger. The
bullet passed through the heart and Usher
died in thirty minutes. The coroner's jury
found that Usher came to his death through
the carelessness of both, but Coroner Turn
er arrested Rowland and to-day he was
held to await the action of the grand jury
in the sum Of $1,000 on charge OF man
slaughter.
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PERE HYACHINTHE.
He Rejects Overtures Looking to o
Return to the Roman Church.
London Letter in New Yorl. Sun

London Letter in New York Sun.
1t is declared upon the authority of Pere
Hyacinthe himself that overtureS have re-
Gently been made to MIN with "A view to his
return to the Church of Rome He ex-
plains that these advances have been die
tated by the kindest motives, but he has
courteously rejected them for reasons
which ne gives. II his marriage had been
the only question, he says, his reconcilia-
uon with the Church of Rome would have
been accomplished. Some of the Oriental
branches of Roman Catholicism in which
the marriage OF priests is recognized by
the Pope would have opened TO him an hon
orable door through which ne would not
have been the first to pass. With a more
elastic conscience he might also have
the Pope. He acknowledges the primacy of
the See of Rome, constituted by the
ecclesiastical law of the early centuries,
Dut ieJects, as dld the theologians and
bishops of old France the absolute and in
faliible authority of the Bishop of Rome,
Patriarch of the West, and first among his
cinthe}, 1t is not an isolated dogma, how
ever important it may be, wht;a reventS
MIN from returning to the Church # Rome.
II is the general condition of the Latin
Church, and especially OF the Church of
France. which Is beng more ard more
abandoned to superstitions of Which it
formerly left the melancholy privilege to
Italy and Spain, ultramontane countries,
and which has totally surrendered its an
cent Gallican liberty. M. Loyson, who
seems to take a very gloomy view Of things,
says that he long ago predicted the advent
of the clerical republic as the heir of the
positivist republic, and that his prophecy
is being gradually fulfilled, the govern
ment, through ignorance, puts up with pro-
ceedings inspired by the Vatican, which no
monarchical government would have toll
Grated for moment. ii L. a great hunlil-
iation, he exc aims, Tor a republican like
himself 20 nave 10 regret Tor the independ-
ence of the state the ecclesiastical policy or
Charles X and Napoleon III. Therefore, in,
spite of the dear friends which he still has
in the bosom of the church, and in spite Of
very tempting overtures he will not stand
ing as he does on the brink of the grave,
submit to monks and prelates who govern
with impunity the France of st. LOUIS or
Louis XIV. and of the revoautlan of l1S9.
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ties, who are known to have cashed at least
a part of them on a premium as brokers,
or others. Will be the ones &c stand the loss
is not known. Secretary Bliss stated to-
day that while there were about $50 900
worth of bogus warrants out for the Greek
payment they had not been paid. Who holds
the warrants cannot be learned, he said
but the government would not lose cent
Further than this officials refuse to talk
Plans for the payment of the Indebtedness
We're about c0nsummated and the shipment
OF the money about to be made to the Ter
ritory when the discrepancy was discovered.
Ihe warrants We're on the United States
subtreasury at st. Louis and the arrange
ments for the payment We're Immediately
suspended pending the investigation. Spe-
clal Agent beverly, who practically worked
up the case, is expected here before the end
of the week He Will then confer with
Secretary Bliss, laying before him all the
facts gained in the investigation which has
been on during the past three weeks and
submit his report. The advices so far re-
ceived have been Of a preliminary character.
Pending his arrival the definite facts as to
many points in the case will not be known.
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1t has been locked by the air pressure. The
combination is set the safe locked and
then Il is carried to the car. The air is
turned on and a turn Of the dial sets the
tumblers which are held in position by the
air pressure, whereupon the lock will re-
spond TO combination in the possession
or the messenger. From the safe a cord
runs throughout the entire length of the
train In case the train is attacked by
robbers the engineer, conductor or any per-
son on the train can Immediately and Sc
curely lock the safe from their place in the
train. When the safe is so locked it cannot
be opened by any one except the agent at
the END OF the run, who has received the
secret OF the combination. In case of wreck
or derailment the safe will be locked by
the withdrawal of the air and danger from
robbery and fire will be removed.
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STATUS oF ALAsKA INDIANS.
Question Thnt Wiz probably Have tt
BE Decided by Congress.

Question That v i'll ffoDaDly nave 10
BE Decided by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The status of
the Indians in Alaska and their right 10
take up or hold mining claim, according
TO the United States mining laws or pur-
suant 70 any treaty with Russia at the time
of Alaskan purchase. is discussed in an in
teresting decision made to-day by Commits
sioner Hermann, of the General Land Of
flee. 1t is held that the right to prospect
locate enter and receive patent for mineral
lands is conferred on citizens of the United
States ard to those who have declared their
intention to become such and this right is
based on the act of Congress- approved
May II. 1884 AS to whether a native-born
Indian Of Alaska is a citizen Of the United
States, the commissioner cites the case of
Waters VS. Campbell in the United States
Supreme Court which held Alaska is not
Indian country in the usual sense of that
term except so far as the introduction and
disposition Of spirituous liquors is con-
cerned and subject to this restraint is open
to occupation and trade generally A for
mer secretary of the interior held that I'M
der the treaty of March 80, 1867. tne unclvlI-
tied native tribes OF Alaska VIII be sub
Ject TO such laws and regulations as the
United States may, from time TO time,
adopt. The status OF the natives as race,
the commissioner says, has never been de-
fined bv statute nor has their political
status been fixed. The Office of the Indian
affairs has never exercised any jurisdiction
over any portion of the inhabitants or
Alaska All laws referring TO Alaska and
its aboriginal Inhabitants bore no reference
TO IL as 'Indith country, nor to them as
.'Indians, and the conclusion, therefore,
Is that contracts with these people are not
required TO be approved by any officer of
the government, as Is essential IN otner
cases between white man and Indians.
This subject is likely TO prove an interest
ing issue in the next session of Congress.
Though similar legislation was defeated at
the last session the recent Developments are
held to have brought Alaska into conditions
ripe for representation by a delegate
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WIFE MURDERER CAUGHT.
Newton kempfer Killed His Wife and
Shot His Child.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Oct. 26.-Newton Kemp
fer, residing at Donaldsonville, shot his
wife through the left breast in1icting a
fatal wound, this morning and then sent
bullet through his four-year-old daughters
right arm. Kempfer was greatly wrought
up over his wife's affections for a young
man named Peter Burns. He accused her
or loving Burns better than she did him.
and brooded over the loss of his wifes af-
fections until he determined to kill the en-
tire family. 1t IS believed he would have
committed suicide had not neighbors in
terfered. He fled to the woods and could
not be found all day until this afternoon
He cut off his mustache and endeavored
to disguise himself in hopes of eiuding the
ofhcerc He boldly left his hiding place in
the woods and boarded street car for the
Vandalia depot to catch a train, but the
conductor knew him and caused his arrest
He insisted that he was a stranger in the
city, but was subsequently identified Mrs
Kempfer died this afternoon.
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AT meeting Of the Cercle Francois de
PUniverstie Harvard it was decided that
lie Medecin Malgre Lui," of Moliere.
should be the play given this year The
time arranged for it's production is short
~ after the midyear examination. This
year the cercle mas secured most attract
i've list of lecturers for it's regular meetings
Among the lecturers from outside the cercle
are Jules Luquins, head of the French de-
partment al Yale, who will lecture on Nov
"a; Prof. George NJ. Harper PHI D., pro-
fessor of romance languages at Princeton.
who will lecture early in December; Prof
Adolph Cohn, of Columbia, and Prof Van
Dael, of Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. NJ. Rene Doumic. literary critic of
the Revue des Deux Mondes, who is to
give eight lectures during the first part of
March in Sanders Theater under the au-
spices of the cercle. win take as his subject
The French Romantic Movement During
this Century, in Poetry, the Novel the The
alter and Other Literary Manifestations. y
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MUNCIE BADLY FOOLED.
Tappan Shoe Company Stealing Out
of Town at Night.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 26-The Tappan Shoe
Company is one of the industries located in
Muncie y few years ago by the Citizens En-
terprise Company, and for four years past
has employed two hundred hands making
ladies' and misses shoes. Some time ago
the citizens Of Coldwater, Mich, donated a
building and snug bonus for the removal
of the factory to that city, but the COM
pany disclailned that they intended to move
the machinery from Muncie, saying that
the Coldwater plant would simply be an adj
dition to the Muncie factory. Recently the
Enterprise Company officials discovered
that the entire plant was to be moved from
Muncie. and steps were begun to enjoin the
removal of the machinery, claiming that it
would be q violation Of contract. Tonight
it was discovered that the work of loading
the machinery on cars was being carried on
under the cover of darkness. Steps will be
taken to prevent the removal.
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Hirh Tides on the COAST.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.-While the
northeast hurricane on the middle Atlantic
coast has abated in fury tonight, sharp
squalls are still blowing around the Della
aware capes and enormous tides are re-
ported all along the bay and river. The
list of maritime casualties grows larger
as further details of the gales havoc are
received. The Italian bark Francesca r.,
which sailed from this port Ocf. Is for Opor-
to, went to pieces at Fourteen-foot bank,
eighty miles below the city. The vessel 5
master Captain Calivano, and eleven or
the crew of twelve men men reached the
city tonight after a day and night of
thrilling escapes from death. The twelfth
man of the crew, Marion Castenallo, sea-
man, refused to leave the ship and in all
probability is lost.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Karl Decker,
who rescued Miss Cisneros from prison in
Havana, was the guest of honor at a din
ner given in his honor tonight by his fell
low-newspaper workers Of Washington. The
decorations of the banquet room were Of a
most elaborate character in which chrys-
anthemums and palms predominated. Near
ly one hundred guests were present, among
them being a number of Mr.. Decker's in
innate friends not engaged in newspaper
work. The guest of honor sat at the head
of the table and Mr.. Angus McSween in
troduced Mr.. Harry l.. Merrick, who acted
as postmaster. Representative Amos j..
Cummings, of New York, Mr.. Decker and
others made speeches
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REALISM ON THE STAGE.
John Fay Palmer Orchard lid Badly
Hurt in Sword Fight.

BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 26.-During per-
Torrance of Richard III" at Mcguire S
Opera House last night John Fay Palmer,
who played Richmond, had a narrow es-
cape from fatal injury at the hands of John
Griffith, who attempted to play Richard.
In the sword fight on Bosworth field
Palmer accidentally drew blood from Grit
hth's hand and suggested that the curtain
be rung down, but Griffith told him to con-
tinue the fight. He did so, and moment
and caught Palmer across the face, cutting
a frightful cash down from the right eye
brow over the nose and breaking the nasal
bone
The curtain was rung down and Palmer
was removed to a doctors office, where a
piece of bone was removed from his nose
and the wound sewed up. Griffith is very
much broken up over the affair.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CLINTON, Ind, Oct. %.-Mr. Peter
Lamb, aged seventy, and one of the oldest
residents of Clinton. died this afternoon aft
er an illness of several months. Mr.. Lamb
came to Clinton during the construction Of
the E., T. H. & c. Railroad, now the Chi
cago & Erie Railroad, being the first labor
er employed when work on the road
through Vermillion county was begun He
was separated from his wife for twenty
years. During the blue ribbon movement,
twenty years ago, he reformed and after
a probation of few years his wife re-
turned to him. Since his reform Mr. Lamb
has been model citizen. He accumulated
a comfortable fortune, which, with the in
surance, leaves his widow in good circum-
stances
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BARGE BOILER LET GO.
One Man Killed and Five Injured on
the River Nenr EYnnaXiIIe.


EVANSVILLE, Ind, Get. 26.-The boiler
on Bedford, Weikel & Nugents gravel-dig-
ging barge blew up this morning, killing
one man and wounding five Others The
dead man is Jacob Macer. superintendent of
the boat. James O'Conner, William Bender
Henry Close, Jacob Beeer and Charles
Jones were the injured. The body of Macer
was blown into the river and has not beer
recovered. OF the injured Jones's condition
IS most serious. He is badly scalded and
can neither sit nor lie down. The force of
the explosion broke the boat in two, and it
sank where it was anchored in about six
feet of water. The steamer James l.. White
was half d mile up stream and the explo-
sion was in full view. officers and passen-
gers on the White say the explosion made
terrific noise and the boat seemed envel-
oped in steam for several minutes. All hasIe
was made to reach the wreck and the five
injured men were brought TO the city on
the White, where they have been given at
tention.
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Receptfon to DIR. Nnnsen.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Dr. Fridtjof
Nansen, the Arctic explorer was given a
reception tonight at the Arlington Hotel
by the National Geographic Society. The
parlors and banquet room Of the hotel were
appropriately decorated with plants and
flowers, and the Norwegian ard American
flags The guests were introduced to DR..
Nansen by DR.. David T. Day. of the
geological survey, and Hon. Gardner Hub
bard, and assisting the explorer in feceiv-
ing were General Greedy of the army, and
Engineer Melville, of the navy. Those who
called included Secretaries Long and
Alger, Assistant Secretaries Vanderiip and
Roosevelt, Associate Justice Harlan, of the
Supreme Court, Hon. John w. Foster and
distinguished public men. After the recep-
ton General Greedy made few remarks
complimentary of Nansen and his work.
Engineer Melville introduced Nansen as
the grandest hero who ever went into the
Arctic sea, and the latter briefly responded.
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Movements of steamers.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Arrived: Deutsch-
land, from Hamburg; Idaho, from London;
Mohawk from London Sailed: Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, for Bremen; Georgia. for
Liverpool.
ANTWERP, Oct. 26-Arrived: Pennsyl-
vania, from Philadelphia.
MOVILLE, Oct 26.-Arrived: State of
California, from Montreal.
AMSTERDAM, Oct 26.-Arrived: Amster-
dam, from New York.
CHRISTIANA, Oct. 26.--Sailed: Thing
valla, for New York.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 26-Arrived: Illi-
nois, from Antwerp.
GLASGOW, Oct; 2S.-Arrived: Ethiopia.
from New York.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Elder Matthias Mount Van Cleave,
Once Daniel BOOne's Friend.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Oct Peel
der Matthias Mount Van Cleave. one Of the
best-known ministers of the old-schooI
Baptist Church, died here this morning aft
err an extended illness. He was born in
Kentucky in 1910, but lived in Charlottesville
since 1924. He claimed to have married
nearly a thousand couples. In connection
with the demise of Elder Van Cleave little
incident is told which is suggestive OF the
story of "Grandfather's Clock" In the
aged mans possession was clock which he
had owned since early life and which, until
yesterday afternoon, was a most reliable
chronometer A few. moments before the
elders death the clock stopped, and all eff
forts to start it have been unsuccessful. Ell
der Van Cleave was personal friend of
Daniel Boone, they having been raised to,
out the town site of Browns Valley, in
Brown township, this State
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Appointments by one President.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The President
has made the following appointments: Will
liam B. Sorsby, of Mississippi, consul at
San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua:
William K. Van Reypen, surgeon general
and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery, United States navy; Wilson r.
Gay, United States attorney for the Dis
tIict of Washington; Keneda III. Thompson
of Oklahoma, marshal for the District of
Oklahoma.
DR.. Godfrey Hunter, of Kentucky, it is
understood, has accepted the mission to
Guatemala, and will be appointed soon aft
er the election in Kentucky.
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PATENT SAFE LOCK.
Two HaEerstown Men Have an In
tercsting Invention.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Oct. pa patent
for a pneumatic lock has just been granted
to Daniel w. Dearborn and Charles N.
Teetor, Of Hagerstown. Ind. This lock is
designed for express safes in transit The
bolts in the lock are held in position by
air pressure from the train pipe. II the
pressure is suddenly reduced a spring valve
releases the bolts. pulls the door shut and
instantly locks the safe The combination
is set at one end of the run and the secret
transmitted by mail or telegraph TO the
agent who Will receive the safe at the ter
minus OF the run. Under no circumstances
win the messenger be given the secret of
the combination that unlocks the safe after
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Bridges,s brick works Burn.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Oct. 26.-Last night the
large brick works of Bridges & Sons were
burned. There were three hundred thou
sand brick in the xilns at the time, but
they were not injured. The sheds and all
of the expensive machinery for making
brick are a total loss. The estimate on
this property is $1,000 and there was in
surance of $500 in the Lancashire and
1850 in the German-American, New York
The fire started in the engine room.