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Orator PIanette Gives n Reception.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
o Ind, Jan. ~
Last evening Edward Planette, the victor
at the State oratorical contest, gave his
Hanover friends a reception at the College
Point House. The decorations were in col
lege colors. Thursday morning the day of
prayer for colleges was observed here. The
Rev. Edward E. Barr, of frankfort, deHV-
cred an address before the students on the
theme. THE Potency of a Life" 1t was
expected hat Rev. Samuel A Moftett, class
of "a, returned missionary from Corea,
would be present and address the students:
He has been in the mission work for several
years and associated with Rev. William Nj.
Baird, class of 50. and a brother or Prof.
John F. Baird. Mr.. Baird has recently
been put in charge of the entire educa-
tional work of the Presbyterian Cnurch IN
Corea. He will be located at Seoul. MT.
Raird offers to the students of Hanover
College several prizes for the best essays
on missionary topics.
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COLLIDED WITH A SNOW PLOW


ROCHESTER,. ". Y, Jan. 9.-Henry
Snyder. conductor. of Rochester, and Train
man George Craster were killed in a wreck
on the BuffeIo. Rochester & Pittsburg road.
Eve miles west OF Leroy, last night. Fire
man NJ. McLain. of Rochester. was injured.
probably fatally. Brakeman Robert Nc
Laughlin was pinned under an engine and
badly injured Fireman Ryan. of Roches-
ter. was also injured. though not seriously,
and James Carrigan. of Rochester, was
badly hurt. The injured. with the exception
of Ryan. are at the Hotel Pavilion The
collision occurred between a time freight
going west and "A ~snOwDlow from Sala-
manca coming east The snowplOw was to
take a siding for which the switch was TO
have been turned by one OF the freight
crew. This was not done and the locOmo-
tives came together in a binding snow
storm.
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Rates to the Battle Ground.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9Th railroads out of
Chicago have already begun nguring on the
business TO the coming prize fight in Ne
vada and one road has declared that it
will make a rate of not over $50 for the
round trip from Chicago to the fighting
ground no matter where it may be located,
provided, of course. that it is in the State
of Nevada This road has declared that it
VIII make the rate no matter what action
may be taken by the chairmen of the West
ern Passenger and Tra~nscontinental Pas
s@tger Associations. If permission to make
the rate is refused, the road will make the
rate on its own responsibility under the
clause of the association agreement which
allows Independent action after giving the
chairman ten days notice Of the action
which il desires 10 take.
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Eriaax,s LocnI Obseryation..
Yesterdays Temperatures.

G.. +. r. W~APPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official
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To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
I wish to heartily indorse your article in
this mornings Journal upon our fish laws
If the people of the State you'd pay a
little attention to the matter they might
possess a magnificent food supply and
most delightful recreation which al present
is entirely neglected. The commissioner OF
fisheries for Wisconsin gets a salary OF
81 800 per annum and 5000 per annum TO
expend in enforcing the laws. As "A result
the State Is enriched by tourists going there
in midsummer for their outings. one-half
of whom pass through our state 10 get
there. i hope you will continue your good
work and that the Legislature may be i'm
fuenccd 10 do something reasonable TO aid
the commissioners I'm his efforts TO enforce
our laws on this question.
T.. T. SWEENEY.
Columbus Ind. Ian. 2S
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AND ALL POINTS A S
VANDALIA LINE.
The Short Line for ST. LOUIS and THE WEST.

Leave Indianapolis Daily-S:l5 a.. M, I2:40
noon, z p. m, u:20 p. m.
Arrive ST. Louis Union Stations .55 p. m,
7:32 ID. m, 1:+ a. m, Z a. m.
Parlor car on 1910 noon train daily and
local sleeper on 11:20 ID. m. train daily for
Evansville, open to receive passengers at
$50.
Ticket offices, No. IS West Washington
street, No. IS Jackson place and Union Sta
ton. GEO. +. ROCKWELL. ID. Z. A.
K. A. FORD. General Passenger Agent.
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Wrestler Atberton Defeated.

ROCK ILL.,, Jan. 29.-Dan Nc
Leod tonight made a plaything of Ed
Atherton, the wrestler. The match called
for three falls in one hour for Mcleod, and
he got them. The falls came in twenty-five
and eleven minutes, and on the third effort
Anterior quit after fifteen minutes. Far
mer' Burns was to be here to make a
match tonight, but defaulted. Lewis.
while here this week, is said to have admit
ted that he laid down" to Burns in Chi
cago two years ago Mcleod to-day claims
to be the practical heavyweight champion
of the world, with money to defend the
title,
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WARMER AND FAIR.
Predictions and Observations of the
Local Weather Bureau.

Forecasts for indianapolis ano vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending Il p. M,
JAN 3O.-Warmer, fair weather on Saturday.
General Conditions Yesterday-High at
mospheric pressure continues and although
the temperature has risen everywhere,
freezing temperature still continues south
TO near the gulf coast and in northern
Florida, but only in North Dakota and
British Columbia il is slightly below zero.
Fair weather prevails and ight local snow
fell only near the lakes and in the upper
Ohio valley. Rain Is falling in Utah.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-For Ohio-Gen-
orally fair. except light local SHOWS on the
lake; west to south winds; warmer in
southern portion.
For Indiana and Enthusiastically fair
Saturday, with south winds.
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OVERDUE STEAMSHIPS.
The Cevic, State of Georgia and Othe
Atlantic Liners Related.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The delay in the
arrival of the steamer Cevic, Of the White
Star line, which has been overdue since
Tuesday night, occasioned the agency in
this city no apprehension. according to
statements made there to-day. 1t was ex-
planned that the ship had & very light cargo
main unheard OF. They are the steamship
Fort William, from Shields: the State of
Georgia, of the Allan line, from Dantzig:
the ship II. T.. Cakes. from Hong-Kong:
the British bark Lord Dufferin. from
Montevideo: the ship Henry Bischoff, from
Japan. and the ship Hereford, from
Surinam.
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New York sports Pleased.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Sporting men in
this city are greatly pleased over the pros
pect of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight be-
ing brought off in Nevada. AL Smith, the
stakeholder for the big fight. in an inter-
view said: The public has wanted to
know for three years who is the better
man. and now that the thing has been
worked up TO a head there has got to be a
fight. / have talked and corresponded
with both the principals, and l believe
they want to come together. The Eastern
sports will be there in Il bunch
"Parson' Davies said: I'm glad the bill
has been passed. 1t is a good. sensible
movement. and will be a splendid antidote
for the sickly condition into which a good,
healthy sport has fallen. Corbett and Fitz
xrilI nr-al rooat
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Outrage by Spanish officials.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Jan. 29.-The three
masted schooner Jennie A. Stubs, of Le-
noise, Me-, Captain Door, which put in
here last night after an unusually rough
voyage from Rum Key, West Indies, re-
ports maltreatment at the hands of Spanish
officers at Porto Rico. The Stubs left
Philadelphia in December for Porto Rico
with a cargo of coal and Captain Door car
ried a bundle of American newspapers for
his consignee. on arrival at Porto Rico
the Stubs was boarded by Spanish officers
who relieved Captain Door of his nevspa-
pers and subjected the officers and crew to
the closest scrutiny. They were logged
throughout their stay on the island and at
every turn were watched and annoyed by
Spanish officers.
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Indiana Notes.

John Bristow. a coal miner. was killed
at Evansville yesterday. the result of a
blast in the Union mine.
Miss Maud Powell. the celebrated violin
list, will be initiated into the Alpha Chi
Omega fraternity at De Paw to-day. She
gives u concert there this evening.
TIL prospects for baseball at De Pauw the
coming spring are fiattering. Several new
members are in training and De PAW
promises to surprise some of the other
teams and the intercollegiate League. John
Haskell was elected captain yesterday.
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Columbus. Ind. Jan. 2s.
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Y. p. $. C. f.. District Meeting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Ind, Jan. 29.-The third annual
convention of the Sixteenth Christian En-
deavor district is being held at the Presby-
terrain Church.. The attendance is quite
large. Mrs. +. r. McCrea of indianapolis.
lectured on Christian Endeavor work last
night TO a crowded house. Those from a
ercises are: Miss Francis Buntin, Rev.
John Blair. Prof. j. b.. Wisely. Miss Helen
Condit. Edgar Dick. Mrs. T.. G Roach
(colored). and Elder w. w. Wilmer. of
Terre Haute: Mr.. Il. F.. Ginel, Clay City,
and Miss Jennie Mason, State secretary,
IndiananOliS-
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Sweeney VIII Protect Fish.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS. Ind. Jan. 29.-The southern
Indiana Rod and Reel Association Is the
name of a society formed some time ago
for the protection of fish and game In IN
diana, but its existence has hitherto oeen
kept secret. The following officers were
elected: n. T. Sweeney, Columbus, preS1-
dent: c.. w. Shuts. Ewing, vice president;
Thomas Jones, Seymour, secretary; Henry
Doup. Columbus, treasurer. and an eXecu-
tive committee composed of NJ. o.. Reeves,
Columbus and Joseph Hodapp and ii. }.
Godfrey, Seymour. Since Mr.: Sweeney has
been appointed fish commissioner by Gov
ernor Mount the association will have a
better chance for good work in the future.
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HIVE Confidence in MIR. Knox.

LONDONDERRY. Jan. @.-The National
lists of Londonderry city nave held a meet
ing TO consider the letter of Mr.. Vesey
knox their representative in the House of
Commons. who wrote to the electors OF his
district offering to resign his seat rather
than accept the new constitution OF the
irish Parliamentary party, which he said
replaces the old Irish party by a faction
lists secret society" Mr.. Knox's constitu-
tents adopted a vote of confidence in him.
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LEXINGTON. Ky, jan. 29.-At Madison
Vile. Hopkins county. to-day. fire de-
stroyed Rays opera House and five or six
adjoining buildings. Loss, $4,000: partially
insured. Snow on the roofs prevented the
fire from spreading.
KANSAS CITY. Nc, Jan. 29.-Fire which
started I'm Boomers furniture store. at
Pa~ttonSburg. destroyed that store and the
remainder OF the block, entalliDg a loss OF
80. 90 insurance small.
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Mrs. Amelia ID. Post.

CHEYENNE. wyo., Jan. 29.-Mrs. Amel-
IA II Post, one of the leading woman suf-
fragists of Wyoming, is dead. 1t was main
ly through her influence that the first Ter
ritorial Legislature of Wyoming passed a
law granting women suffrage in 1869 and
she has since held a number of important
political positions of the Territory and
State. Mrs. Posts husband represented
Wyoming in Congress n 1SS2 and 1895.
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LONDON. Jan. PA special dispatch
from Monte Carlo published to-day denies
that the Princess De Chimay. formerly
Miss Clara Ward, of Detroit. and her
gvnsv lover. Janos Rigo, have quarreled.
An interview is published with RIGGS wife
i'm which the latter is quoted as saying she
has received a letter from the princess urg-
ing herNto agree 10 a divorce in order that
the prjncess's child may not be born out
80 xUa1tnck
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Drilling and Rigs Up
Net decrease

drilling 5
Decrease rigs up and ildln
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Injured i'm a Mine Explosion.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CARBON. Ind, Jan. 2.-At 3 O'CLOCK
this afternoon, while tamping and ar
ranging TO fire a shot in Eureka mine,
Thomas Kehoe and two sons. John and
Thomas. were badly burned. The shot ex-
ploded. catching them before they could re-
tire from the room. The two boys We're
brought home unconscious and the flesh
about the face and arms of the father was
burned until il peeled off with the clothing.
John Kehoe is not expected to recover.
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90 DO Coz 90 nal 4as

The above figures show that there were
%. 30. O09 barrels Of crude oil run from the
Trenton rock fields during the year 1896.
while the shipments amounted to 0,021, i66
barrels. The Pennsylvania fields for the
same period show that there We're 3~3,455.S10
barrels run and 2~9,2Si.119 barrels shipped
For the period the Eastern fields, with all
its gushers In West Virginia only produced
IL. 245. SOL barrels more than did the West
ern fields. This alone shows that the pro-
duction of the Western field cut quite a
figure in the oil world. The following re-
capitulation shows the work for December
and January in the Indiana field:
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LONDON. Jan. PA dispatch from
Madrid says that Lieutenant General Az
carrada, the Spanish minister for war, will,
according to report. soon be appointed
governor general of Cuba in succession of
General Weyler, who. however, will retain
command of the military forces of Spain i'm
the island.
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Case off the Three Friends.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The attorney
general to-day applied TO the United States
Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to
bring the case of the Three Friends, one
of the alleged Cuban filibustering craft. be-
fore the court. Counsel for the owners of
the vessel represented that they had not
had sufficient notice of the application and
asked that the matter be postponed until
next Monday. II was so ordered.
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Trains stalled by snow.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Reports from the
eastern end of Long island Indicate that.
despite the work of the five %snowplows and
the efforts of the large gangs of men. the
tracks of the Long Island Railroad are
still blockaded. The greatest trouble was
on the Montauk division. east of Moriches,
and on the main line east of RonkOnkOma
Four trains which ran last night are still
fast in the snow. Two are stalled between
Riverhead and Mattituck and two near
Watermil.
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DEADLY EASTWOOD CROSSING.
Two Vincennes Girls Killed by a Ii
& o. s. w. Train.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind, Jan. 29.-Thls even
ing, while crossing the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railway at Eastwood, Misses
Katie and Dollie Miller, aged fifteen and
seventeen, were struck by a passenger train
and instantly killed. They were daughters
of Samuel Miller. a wealthy suburban
farmer. They were on their way home
from school in the city. The buggy was
demolished and the bodies of the girls
hurled one hundred feet. The Eastwood
crossing is one of the most dangerous on
the line and many fatalities have occurred
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Movements of Steamers.

NEW ORR Jan. 29.-Arrived: Munchen,
from Bremen: Mobile, from London;
Britanic, from Liverpool.
PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 29.-Arrived
Manitoba, from Glasgow. Sailed: Numi-
dian. for Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 29.-Arrived: Belgen-
land. from Philadelphia; Germanic, from
New York.
BREAKWATER. Del. Jan. 29.-Arrived:
Indiana, from Liverpool.
ROTTERDAM. Jan. 29.-Arrived: Am
sterdam, from New York.
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ST Mo-. Jan. 29.-Judge Lafay-
cite Dawson. one of the most prominent at
torneys I'm Missouri. Is dead at his home
I'm Marysville. Judge Dawson was born in
Illinois In 1889. He was an electOr on the
Tflden and Hendricks ticket in 1876. Presi-
Alaska In 1SS5, but he resigned in lSSS. His
death was caused by cancer.
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Merchant Policeman F~olzenloglc last
night arrested William Darke. OF 26 South
Meridian street, on a charge OF lettering.
He thought the man was acting suspicious
Iy near the corner of Maryland street and
Capitol avenue and he searched him. lie
found a candle and a lot OF matches In the
mans pockets.
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OBITUARY..
Gen. John r. Smith. of the Illinois
.Lend MING Regimenf."

CHICAGO. Jan. 29.-Brevet Major Cen
eral John f. Smith. retired. died at his
home in this city to-day. aged eighty
years. He was born in Berne. Switzerland,
I'm 1916. During the civil war he was colonel
of the famous Lead mine regiment" the
Forty-fifth Illinois. General Smiths father
served under Napoleon through the Russian
campaign and ar Waterloo.
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Safe Blowers Get SI,1OO

Special to the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Jan. 29.-At an early
hour this morning four men entered the
Evansville Furniture C~ompany's store,
overpowered the night Waterman, bound
and gagged him in the office and then blew
open the big safe with giant powder
and secured 81 .lOO. They escaped.
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Two New American Bishops.

ROME, Jan. 29.-The Rev. Father Z. p.
Allen. president of Mount st. Mary's Col
lege, Emmettsburg, Nd, has been ap-
pointed bishop of Mobile. Ala. The Rev.
John Monaghan. assistant priest at st.
Patrick's Church, Charleston, has been APP
pointed bishop of Wilmington. Del:
Rumors regarding Il pontif1cal brief 10 the
North American clergy are premature, as
the date of the council to be had In Baltl-
more. at which the brief will be read, has
not vet been fixed.
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Shnrkey Challenged by JefYreys.

o ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 29.-Efforts
have been made 20 arrange q pugilistic
contest between Tom Sharkey and j. j.
~Jeffries, a local heavyweight. Sharkey at
first seemed willing to fight. but he after
wards discontinued negotiations. To-day
Jeffries challeng d Sharkey to a ten-round
contest before the club offering the best
purse, with u size bet of from 81 900 to 81. 900.
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..Firebug" Sentenced.

YORK. Jan. 29.-Adolph Meyer
pleaded guilty to-day TO setting fire to the
about two weeks ago and he was sentenced
to serve twenty years in states prison. The
fire was set at night and endangered the
10
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

LONDON, Jan. SO.-A dispatch TO the
Times from Odessa, commenting upon mil
itary and naval preparations on the part of
Russia, says that the Black sea fleet, con-
sisting of seven ironclads, as well as
cruisers, gunboats, torpedo boats and tor
pedo d~estroyers. is continuously Kept UNI
der steam and ready for active service. As
for the Sebastopol fleet. the correspondent
of the Times at Odessa asserts II never
was i'm more splendid trim for flghtlng.
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The Plague in FormOsa

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 2s.-The off,
Gals OF the Japanese legation here con-
firm the report that the plague has broken
out in the island OF
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Of old age last night at the home of her
)n-in-law. Stephen Brown. Mrs. Doughty
was born in Butler county. Ohio. and came
to this State about forty years ago
Robert Cross, aged seventy. died OF par
alysis last night. The remains will be taken
to Denver, Miami county, Indiana, for
burial.
PLAINFIELD. Jan. 29.-Mrs. Obed II.
Dennio died suddenly at 6 O'Clock last even
ing of heart trouble. She had been ailing
for several days. but her condition was
not considered serious. She was a native
of North Carolina and came to Indiana
with her parents when she was two years
old.
WORTHINGTON. Ind. Jan. oh. d.
Anderson. sixty years old. a prominent
citizen Of Smith township, died of paralysis
yesterday morning.
NINCENNES. Ind. Jan. 29.-Councilman
Henry II. Hickman died this evening of
Bright's disease, aged fifty. He had a brief
illness.
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GOOD NEWS, IF TRUE.
Home Rule to BE Grnnted Cuba and
HOstilities to End.

LONDON. Jan. 3O.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Telegraph claims to be in
possession of indisputable facts which in
dictate a speedy cessation of hostilities in
Cuba as a result of the application by
Spain of the principles o. home rule to that
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The Mohawk FIOated.

NEW LONDON, Conn, Jan. 29.-The
freight steamer Mowhak, of the Central
Vermont line. which went ashore on
Goshen Point Thursday morning. came off
at high tide this evening after nfteen min
utes' working of the propellers and floated
under her own power.
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Countess CowIey VIII Get a Divorce,

LONDON, Jan. 9.-Wh the hearing of
the petition for divorce brought by
Countess Cowley against Earl Cowley was
resumed this morning, counsel for the petit
toner asked leave to amend the petition
so as to include the cases of adultery
which were admitted yesterday by the de-
PENDANT during his cross-examination, and
that the case against Mrs. Charrington be
dropped. The court agreed to this and Sir
Edward Clark. Q. c.. for the defense. an
nounced that he would not contest the case
any further. Mrs. Charrington was called
and denied having committed adultery with
the earl. The amende petition of Countess
Cowley will be heard on Monday and VIII
not he defended.
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DIR. W. III. Burt.

CHICAGO. Jan. 29.-Dr. William III. Burt.
one of the foremost authorities Of the
homeopathic school OF medicine in this
country. died to-day as the result of an
apoplectic stroke. aged sixty-ive. He was
born In Brunswick. Ont, I'm 1891.
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Tenncxsee Bank Closed

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 29.-The Wau-
taga Bank. OF Johnson City. was closed to-
day and it's cashier. r. Ii. ST. John named
as trustee. The liabilities are SOS, 200; assets
nearly s94, 900. Loss OF depositors and bad
collections are the cause OF the trouble.
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who have very large holdings i'm the In
diana oil field. contemplate selling their in
terests to the Standard Oil Company Rep
resentatives of the parties are here, but
have nothing TO say. 1t is understood that
the price offered for the property is Sl25. 600.