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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
Prices at Skaguny.
Harper's Weekly.

Money goes like water through sieve
1t costs a dollar to look a man in the
face Men are like wolves; they literally
feed upon one another Wages for packers
any one who can carry seventy-five to one
hundred pounds on his back and work ten
hours-are $3.50 a day and upwards. XIX
perienced'' horse packers are getting as
high as-in one instance / know-S20 a day.
The teamsters are making more than that
One was heard growing because he had only
made $50 that day; they sometimes make
800. Horseshoe nails are 81 a pound at
Skaguay. At the foot of the hill they have
fetched 10 cents apiece; single horseshoe,
at the foot of the Hill, has cost $780, Rub
Der boots that cost S. sell for 50. shoe
maker, a blacksmith, matchmaker, also
have set up shop. A constant surprise is
the number OF women. Some of these are
at the dancehouse, but the majority are the
wives of miners. There is but one child in
the whole place 1t is a town of grown-up
people. The women dress, some of them
in short skirts, with leather leggings or rub
Der boots, or else in out-and-out mems
trousers.
l stop and ask man what is the name
Of the main street. ooh, don't ask me-"
he replies i've been here a week, and
come up here every day, and get lost"
All is movement and action. There is MOTH
ing fixed The tent of yesterday is a wood
en- building to-day. Where a tent stood yes
terday there is smooth spot and some
tent-pin holes only.
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SHOT HIS SWEETHEART
THEN QUICKLY FIRED TWO BULLETS
IN HIS BREAST AND DIED.
Widow of the Late l.. ID. Root Dies on
Surgeons TabIe-Unl<nOwn He
brew Suicide at Lafayette.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Oct. 15.-Charles
Warde, a well-known young man about
town, employed in the Howe plow-handle
factory, shot and fatally injured his sweet
heart Laura Bopp, shortly after o clock
tonight. He then shot himself twice and
died instantly. The shooting took place at
the residence of Gotlieb Shaffer, local agent
for the Indianapolis Brewing Company, at
which place the girl has been employed as
servant. Warde and Miss Bopp have been
lovers for three years and their friends
supposed that they were soon to be mar
ried. For several weeks this summer Miss
Bopp visited friends at Lansing, Mich, and
during her absence Warde began drinking,
so that on her return this week she broke
off the engagement and refused to him.
Last evening Warde called at the house
and asked her to take a walk. She refused
and he then asked her to step down to the
gate which she also refused to do. Both
were standing at the rear door of the house
and on her second refusal TO accompany
him Warde drew revolver and fired two
shots at the girl. The first struck her just
below the right lung the ball lodging near
the spine. The second shot missed its
mark and lodged in the door frame. Then
turning the weapon on himself, Warde fired
twice. both shots entering his breast. He
fell and died at the girls feet. Miss Bopp
was taken in the house and physicians We're
called. They were unable to locate the bull
let and gave little promise of her recovery
Miss BOpp is eightee en- years old and well
thought of by a large circle or frlendS.
Warde was twenty-SeVen years olu ana q
general favorite among large number OF
acQuaiQtaQceS.
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CONFESSION OF A NEGRO.
Says He Was Hired to Kill n Prom
inent Texas Democrat.

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 15.-Effie Jones' a
negro has been convicted of the murder
of Riley W. Stewart, a prominent and in
f1uential Democrat of east Texas, and the
death penalty assessed Stewart was MUIR
dered on the night of May Is last Effie
Jones confessed that he had killed Stewart
with a club, and that he had been hired to
commit the crime by William Jones, of
Long View, because Stewart carried $4,000
life insurance in which Jones was interest
ed. William Jones was one of the most
of the State A few nights after the muir
der and confession Stewards friends broke
into the Tyler jail and shot Jones to death
dealt with by the law It was the most
sensational lynching Texas has ever had
and scores of white men of east Texas are
Effie Jones' the condemned negro still adj
heres to his confession.
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GALLlNGER TO SCHURZ.
The Senator's NFinaI Contribution to
an Interesting Controversy.

CONCORD, N. H., Oct 15.-United States
Senator ]. II. Gallinger to-day made public
what he says is his last contribution to the
controversy with Carl Schurz which arose
some time ago over the Senator's criticism
of the civil-service law. The following is an
extract of Senator Gallinger's latest letter
to Mr.. Schurz:
You make a great ado over certain ut
terances l have made regarding the civil
service law. For instance, you say that
said fifty thousand employees were placed
under the protection of the law under the
last order of President Cleveland while
there were but 81, 1872. The statement made
was upon the authority of the leading
newspapers of the country, and
am still of the opinion that it
was nearer correct than the figures you
give. But as a matter of fact it is ut
terry unlmportant whether the number was
hfty thousand or fifty. What | especially
criticised was the fact that those persons
We're placed under the protection OF the
law without examination, q fragrant VIOLA
tlon or every principle of justice and fair
play. Under that order there are in office
to-day in New Hampshire many persons
Who could no more pass a ciVil-serVice eX-
animation than the Cardiff Giant could
teach theology
You advised that a rule should be pro-
mulgated that would keep them there In
definitely. Fortunately for decent politics,
two judicial decisions have been recently
rendered against your view and the contro-
versy now in progress between the secre-
tary of the treasury and the Civil-service
Commission will doubtless end in a way
not pleasing to you You likewise make
much noise over the fact that | said Presi-
dent Clevelands last order was dated Nov
z, while you assert that it was issued in
May. Now, do you not know that the rule
governing that order was dated Nov. 2, so
that the order was an accomplished fact
until that time? If it can be proven that
It was not so, 1 will cheerfully withdraw
the charge"
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GUIZOT,s STRICKEN OFF.
school Teachers Don't Need to Pass
on History of Civilization.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KENTIAAND. Ind, Oct. 15.--A case of
interest to public school teachers through
out the State was decided in the Newton
Circuit Court this morning by Judge S. p.
Thompson. Alva .Stinson. a teacher in the
public schools of Grant township, appeared
before w. w. Pfrimmer, the county SUI
perintendent, in July, TO take the regular
teachers examination. The questions pre-
pared by the State Board of Education
were submitted TO all applicants and in
Guided photography, reading, writing
arithmetic, geography, English grammar
physiology, history of the United States
scientific temperance and theory and prac-
tice to govern such schools. StInson passed
by a safe percentage in all the branches
enumerated. Inc studies named are
authorized by act of Legislature, but the
ton included GuiZot's History of CiViliza-
ton and directed the county superintend-
ents to require applicants to pass in this
branch before a license would be issued.
In this case Stinson failed to pass in the
latter study and the county superintendent
refused to issue him license. An agreed
case was submitted TO the court by At
torney Frank A. Oomparet. in which ii was
asserted that the state board were un-
authorized by the statute TO require an eX-
animation in any study not provided for
by law. The court took this view of the
case and directed the county superintendent
TO issue a license and strike GuiZot's His
tory of Civilization from his examinations
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ANDREE is ALIVE.
Confident Opinion of Mr.. Heard, Who
Was Acquainted with His Plans.
New York Journal.

There is not the slightest doubt in my
mind that Andree is alive. / believe he
is steadily carrying out the plans he SO
carefully mapped out before he made the
ascension last July at Danes island, Sritz-
This was the emphatically expressed opin-
ion of Mr.. Richard Heard one of the man
ayers of DR. Fridtjof hansen, the Arctic
tanned by some of the greatest scientists in
Europe. The popular mind has depicted An
dree as a wild harum scarum chap with a
visionary idea, to carry out which he has
risked his life. This is far from the truth.
He has not started on this journey without
making a careful study of the chances of
currents a study for years, and he could
tell you the different currents in the upper
region easily as navigator could de-
scribe the ocean currents. He would tell
you that the atmosphere surrounding the
earth obeys certain fixed laws. Studying
these currents in connection with balloon
ing he has been enabled to make journeys
in the air that to an ordinary aeronaut
would have been impossible. He has fire.
quently gone in a balloon from Stockholm
across the Baltic and descended in Finland
weather. Again he has timed his ascents
so as to land on some particular island and
almost invariably has succeeded. He is in
ured to hardships and never was known to
ION one occasion his balloon anchor
caught in a rock on bleak part of the
coast. and he was thrown violently to the
ground. He was picked up unconscious by
peasants, and two days elapsed before he
recovered his senses. His first act was to
send a dispatch TO friends, reading: Landed
all right; balloon safe
Before Andree left Sweden for Spitz-
bergen I had a long talk with him regard
ing his great effort He said he expected
Danes island over the polar region to the
American side. He did not mention the
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pole but what he literally meant was that
| he would pass over the north pole to the
American side. There, he said. he expected
70 meet current of air that would take
him over the Lena delta. where he would
descend in northern Siberia. He would re-
main at the uniform height of two hundred
meters, or about seven hundred feet above
the surface His experience told him that
at this height he would meet the currents
he desired, and It was specifically agreed
before he started that the balloon should
travel at that altitude.
You will remember that DR.. Ekholz de-
cided at the last moment not to go with
Andree This was because the Doctor did
not agree with Andree concerning the num-
Der or guy ropes or the character of them
me Doctor also believed the balloon should
remain up for TWO months, and il had been
Dullt only 10 sustain an ascension of six
weeks duration AndTee was decided in
his opinion that the balloon and its guide
ropes We're all right, and so the Doctor
wouldn't go. l forget who went in his
place. Strindberg was the third man in the
After seeing Andree 1 consulted Baron
NordenskJold, professor of geography at
the University of Stockholm, who was the
first man to make the northeast passage.
and who is regarded authority on air
currents. He said Andrees theories regard
ing the currents were absolutely correct,
and that he believed Andree would succeed.
1t is true we have had no specific message
from Andree since he left Spitzhergen I'M
arctic whaler, who refused to give 1t up.
His vessel, as you remember, was caught
III t4V ASC le'NS III July, anu we uO nOt YET
know what message that pigeon bore. 1t
will not surprise me- however. if we do
not hear from Andree inside of a year.
shall not regard the silence as boding any
i'll TO him, knowing the man as we'll as /
do and where he expects to end his journey.
DIR. Nansen is not inclined to look with
any discredit upon Andree's attempt. Just
before | left Norway had a pleasant
the Weslemoy Qittle GirD. which was ly-
ing in one of the small fjords not far
from his villa of Lysaker, some twenty
minutes ride out from Christiana- DR.. Nam
sen was careful not to commit himself to
any opinion as to the success of the under
taking, but it was evident that he regarded
Andree as a scientific man. who had under
taken one of the greatest problems of this
century in q scientific manner"
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Indiana Notes.

L. c. Harrison, formerly of Richmond,
issued the first number of the Spiceland
Gazette yesterday. 1t is a four-page, five
column weekly paper, neutral in politics.
The barn of Reed Sharp near Corydon
was destroyed by fire at o'clock yesterday
morning, burning up a horse, COW, three
calves, six hundred bushels of corn and
some wheat.
Miss Lizzie Dcan, for twelve years clerk
in the office of the superintendent of the
Richmond schools, has resigned to accept
similar position in the Office of Superin-
tendent j. N. Study, Of the Fort Wayne
schools.
Two candidates are in the field for the
Republican nomination for joint senator
from Fayette and Wayne counties. They
are the Hon. Frank T. Roots, of Corners
vile, and John w. Judkins, of the western
part of Wayne county.
Mr.. Ely Burton, one of the oldest pio-
neers of Lawrence county, celebrated his
ninetieth birthday yesterday at Mitchell. A
large number of his children, grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren were present.
Mr.. Burton is hale and hearty, and gives
promise of reaching the century mark.
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A MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Aged Hebrew Found Dead in BED at
the Lahr House.

Aged hebrew EOun0 Ia 11eO "a
the Lahr House.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 15.-There was
another suicide at the Hotel Lair early this
morning. About midnight an elderly gentle
man, who signed William Smith on the
register, arrived at the hotel. He did not
write his place of residence, but the guest
who had registered prior to him wrote Wa
bash, and the suicide made ditto marks OPP
posite his own name He paid for his bed
and breakfast, giving the clerk a dollar.
This was about all the money he seemed
to have, and his purse this morning con-
tanned but a few cents. He retired and
nothing more was thought of him until the
chambermaid. in her rounds this morning
about oclock, found the door to his room
unlocked. She walked in. The occupant was
dead. There was a CHASTITY hole over the
right ear, made by bullet. There was an
American bulldog revolver beside him. Two
of three chambers were empty He had a
pocket knife, purse, snuff box and pair of
spectacles. But there were no letters or
documents, nothing to throw light on his
identity. He was about sixty years old.
There was a portion Of a laundry check,
bearing the name of c. Reese e Bro. on
the back of which was written 736 North
Leavitt street, and this is supposed to be
Chicago. There was the card Of the Fruit
Cordial Company, 1z7-129 Market street,
Chicago, the table, and the back of
this was written Dearborn & Van Buren,.
No one in the house heard the pistol shot
and there was no struggle. The man had a
growth of grayish beard of two or three
weeks standing. He had been identified by
a dozen or more Hebrew citizens as Louis
Heine, of Cincinnati, hut this afternoon a
telegram was received from Cincinnati that
Heine was alive and well there The body
is at Lancaster'S undertaking establishment
awaiting identification. 1t is learned that
the dead man came from Chicago on the
midnight train over the Monon. At Ham
mond he stepped off and Conductor Byers
had some trouble to induce him to get back
on the car. He spoke German, is Hebrew
and complained of a pain in his side. The
the influence of drugs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
How Mrs. Lease Got Into Politics.

In 1890 the Farmers Alliance sprang into
existence. and Mrs. Lease wanted her hus-
band to join the movement and become a
politician. But he declared that he was not
of the stuff of which politicians are made,
and suggested that she go into it herself
and leave him in peace Mrs. Lease had
never thought of entering politics but she
consented to try it. How when and where
Finally a neighbor Dixon, was taken into
the deal, and he arranged it so that Mrs.
Lease could appear before the next Farm
ers' Alliance county convention and make a
talk She was there on the appointed day,
end as soon as her name was mentioned
she rose and made a Decline to the stage.
Her maiden speech, they say was a stem
wnder She was the sensation of the hour,
and before that campaign was over Mrs.
Lease was the best-advertised politician in
Kansas
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct 1.-THE Amer
lean Humane Association closed its annual
meeting to-day The final session was de-
voted to the election of officers, the consid-
Grafton of the report of the committee on
resolutions and hearing addresses by Gov
ernor Robert L. Taylor and Miss VIII Allen
Dromgoole. John q. Shortall. of Chicago,
vas reelected President; Francis II. Row.
ley of Fall River, Mass, secretary; Il. c.
Parmalee, of Cleveland, treasurer The
matter of time and place of the next meet
ing was left 70 the subeXecutive committee
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The Social Democrats of the German
Reichstag, ii is announced, intend to propose
the abolition of the lese-majesty paragraph
in the penal code.
The foundation stone of what is intended
TO be one of the great commercial ports of
Russia was laid at Vladivostock Yesterday
with considerable ceremony
The Italian minister of finance has issued
circular to tax collectors intended to re-
move the grievances growing out of the
Objectionable system of assessing the in
come tax, which occasioned the recent riots
at Rome.
The subscriptions to the loan of the gov
eminent of the Dominion of Canada in
vited bv the Bank of Montreal, amounting
TO 81. ZOO, 900 I'm 212 per cent. inscribed stock.
at not less than 81. have been closed All
London. The subscriptions amounted to
GA2G5 $50. at an average of G91 los sd
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Mrs. Newcomb,. viii Broken.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Oct. 15.-The cele-
brated Newcomb will case was given to
the jury at noon to-day, and after seven
hours deliberation verdict was returned
setting aside the will of Mrs. Newcomb.
Mrs Heiner sought to break the will be-
cause her sister, Mrs. Fleming, had been
favored by their mother, Mrs. Newcomb.
BY the terms of the will Mrs. Heiner re-
ceived only $500 out of $4,000 and Mrs.
Fleming the remainder. The case was
tried in Richmond some time ago, but the
Jury failed to agree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
Cost of Missionaries.
Harpers Weekly.

A Baptist clergyman of New York is cred
tied with the assertion that the Baptist for
eign missionaries are sustained at less cost
that those of any other denomination Ac-
cording TO his computations the average cost
of maintenance of a Baptist missionary Gin
GLIDING native teachers) is 5000. 43, whereas
he says a Methodist costs SEQ and Presby-
terrain 800 more. The annual cost of the
missionaries of the Christian Alliance he
places at $40a.10. That makes it appear as
If the Baptist missionaries offered the best
investment; but prudent investors will not
divert their funds on the strength of these
representations without further investiga-
ton. Cheap labor is not always profitable
and Ii Is easily possible that one missionary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
X. of p. District Meeting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
BATESVILLE, Ind, Oct. 15.-The fourth
annual meeting of the sixteenth district
knights of Pythias met here to-day with
25O members. John H. Russo, p. G. c.;
Union B. Hunt, G. c. c.; George w. Pow
ell, G. l.; Frank Bowers G. X. of R. and
S., were present. District Deputy C. C.
Creigmile presided. Resolutions were adopt
cd favoring opening meeting during the
sessions of the district meeting. A public
meeting, addressed by U. b. Hunt and
others, was held tonight.
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The Fight with Scarlet Fever.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLB, Ind, Oct. l5.-This morn
ing DR.. J. H. spuhrier, city health officer,
issued an order continuing the local quar-
antine closing the churches and schools I'M
til further notice on account of scarlet
fever. Three new cases were reported in
different quarters of the city to-day, and
this caused alarm at the health office The
announcement had been made that services
could be held in the churches next Sunday
and that the schools could resume M onday,
but the fresh outbreak shows the epidemic
vet resulted
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Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 15.-This morning
two small children of Ephraim Tucker. of
Greentown, We're playing with matches in
a barn. The building took fire, and the
youngest child. three years Old was
burned to death. Another barn across the
alley was also destroyed
The residence of Jasper Collins at Cen
ter south of here, burned to-day. Loss,
81 500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
King of siam Has No Friends.

LONDON, Oct 1.-THE Paris correspond
ent of the Daily Mail says: The attempts
of the King of Siam to obtain an abroga-
ton of the clause in the treaty between
Siam and France, which reduces him to the
position of a king without subjects have en-
tirely failed. the other European powers
have refused anything but neral support
and the entertainments of the French upon
Siamese territory are likely to increase.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
Not Too Old to Love.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Oct 15-Josiah
Weesner aged eighty-four years, and one of
the best-known residents of Morgan coun-
ty and Miss Mamie Elliott, of Moores-
Vile aged sixty, were married at Paoli on
Monday. Mr.. Weesner'S home is near Gas
burg. this county. He is still vigorous
old man and frequently walks several miles
to look after business matters. Mr.. and
Mrs Weesner are both members of the
Quaker Church.
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AIbanus Refuses to Prosecute.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Oct. 15.-The trial
of Henry Grodseik and wife, charged with
Matchmaking Charles Albanus, the wealthy
young German known as Monte Cristo .
was called to-day but Albanus refused to
testify and requested that the charge be
withdrawn. A compromise effected by
Grodseik returning $4,000 he got out of AL
banus and agreeing to leave Fort Wayne at
once They go tomorrow.
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New Winaov-CIaas Trust.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 15.-An Indiana
window-glass manufacturers in the trust
will hold secret session at Muncie to-
morrow and will then sign the agreement
of the new American window glass Trust.
With this act will expire the life of the In
diana association, which has been so sue
cessful and led up to the organization of
the present trust.