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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06
THE MAN THE CASE.
1t Was Captain Won GnblenZ-Eskeies
Who ElOped with Princess Louise.

NEW YORK, Feb 5.-A copyrighted
cable dispatch from Vienna 10 the New
York Journal says: II am now able to
give the name of the man who eloped with
Princess Louise. wife of Prince Philip of
Coburg. and daughter of King Leopold of
Belgium. He is the Chevalier Heinrich
Gablenz- Eskeles captain of the Eleventh
Hussars. who for the last five years has
been detailed to act under the orders of
Prince Philip. / give this information on
the authority of an Austrian nobleman.
Herr Won Gablenz- Eskeles is forty years
old. and comes from a very distinguished
family. He is a nephew of the famous war
rior the Austrian General Gabenz. The
nobleman in question who gave me the in
formation has also served in the Austrian
army and seems to be well informed in all
intrigues. He said: i am not surprised
that this affair came to an open scandal.
Gablenz was always very reckless. Last
summer | called on him here In Vienna; he
was lying on a very elegant sofa. which
was embroidered i'm gold ana silver SLY l
off, saying that it would be pity to ruin
that piece of furniture He laughed and
said: If il gets damaged the Princess will
send me another At that time there was
a young doctor present. and L warned
Gablenz to be more careful with his state
ments
1T was about twelve years ago that the
gossips of Vienna and Buda-PeSth first
took up the name of Princess Louise. At
that time she resided during the entire win
ter season in Buda-Pesth and was a daily
visitor at the skating place of the fashion
able skating society in the Bots de Bou-
logne of Buda-Pesth. She did not skate
herself. but liked to ride on a sled. and it
great distinction for the aristocrats
to be asked to push the sled. Among these
men was Cedeon De Rohonczy. member of
the Hungarian Parliament and one of the
social leaders of the Hungarian gentry,
widely known because of his love affairs
and duels. Very soon he became the steady
cavalier of the princess.
AS Princess Coburg belonged to the i'm
perial and royal family. he had to live ac
cording to the rules of the imperial and
royal household. One of these rules is that
when a nonmember of the royal family
wants TO visit royal prince and princess
he must ask for an audience. When the
rumors mentioned reached Prince Philip
and usual he the last one who
learned of them-he called the attention of
Rohonczy to this rule. and the cavalier had
the good sense TO understand the hint and
he ceased his visits L hear that the count
is making an investigation of the duel said
to have been fought between Prince Philip
and Captain Won Gablenz-Eskeles. IT is a
law that no member of the royal family
shall engage in a private combat and
Prince Philip may be made to suffer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS.
EDgland's Policy in Regard to Egypt
Explained in the Commons.

LONDON. Feb. 5.-Some important state
ments were made to-day in the House of
Commons on the vote OF S79SS02 for the eX-
pense of the recent Anglo-Egyptian expe-
dition up the Nile to Dongola. Sir Michael
Hicks Beach, the chancellor of the eX
chequer. referred to the decision of the
Egyptian mixed court of appeal in refusing
to allow the funds of the caisse of the
Egyptian debt TO be used to defray the ex
penses of the expedition, thus compelling
Great Britain 10 advance the money re-
quired. The chancellor of the exchequer
declared that the Court of Appeal had thus
created an almost absurd position" adding,
land next year a grave question will arise
regarding the courts power and authority
and whether it should be allowed
to thus interfere in fairs. The main cause
of the prolonged British occupation is that
France especially never allowed Great
Britain a free hand i'm Egypt. In volun-
tarily retiring from that country France
has now thrown upon Great Britain the
whole responsibility of the safety of Egypt
and Great Britain may fairly demand
free hand in the performance of her re-
sponsibilties. The government believes
that their party i'm Egypt is right and will
not be run off it by difficulties such as the
refusal of money. The next advance Will
be to Hamed and probably the advance
later will go farther. but how far it is
imDOSSibie TO saw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06

Port Darwin. south Australian
Town. Almost Wiped Out.

VICTORIA, b. c., Feb. 5.-Port Darwin.
a small but important town in South Aus
tralia, was almost entirely wiped out by
one of those fearful hurricanes which
periodically strike the coast of Australia,
destroying property and very often life.
Luckily in this no lives were lost. but
from the meager reports which have been
received in Sydney previous to the sailing
of the steamer Wartime, which has just
arrived here. the loss of property must
have been very large The wind was ac-
companied by heavy rain that ruined the
furniture in residences and goods in stores
which had been deprived of their roofs.
The residents had to obtain shelter as best
they could. 1t was miracle that no one
was killed. The telegraph wires were de
moralized by the storm and consequently
news from the scene of the disaster Is FAR
from full. The rain and lightning started
Monday. Jan. 4. and rain was pouring down
on the following Thursday, when the barom-
eter began to fall and the wind to howl.
The wind was at it's height by Thursday
morning and kept it up all day. Among the
few dispatches received from sydney was
one from the postmaster in which the fol-
lowing paragraph appears: The town is
practically destroyed. all buildings being
either heaps of ruins or very badly dam
aged. The rainfall Monday ana Wednes-
day 4.39 inches. ON Thursday one inch
recorded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06
FREE LIGHTNING RODS
ONE RANDOLPH COUNTY FARMER
WHO BEAT THE sWINDLERs.
Cripple Berry i'm Soldiers Home Has
Been Drawing His Pension md
that of a Dead Brother.
;pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FARMLAND. Ind, Feb 5.-One day last
summer a well-dressed man. driving a team
Of blooded horses called at the residence
of Thomas Green. a prominent farmer of
Green township. and stated that he desired
TO advertise i'm that community his newly
patented lightning rod, which was warranted
to ward off the most severe electrical dis
charge. He offered to rod Mr.. Green's large
barn for 10 cents in order that his neighbors
might witness the practical working of his
lightning challenger" Mr. Green con-
scented and signed what he thought was
contract to that effect. In few days an
other man came around and placed the
rods over the barn. then presented a big
bill for the work. The farmer refused TO
pay but was shown his signed contract
foot. After spirited discussion and much
threatening on the part of the willy agent
q compromise was made whereby Mr..
Green signed note for $40 with credit of
So written on its back in order that he
might be released from his former contract.
After being called on often for payment of
the note he agreed TO pay $50 on ii If IT was
sent to a Winchester bank for collection.
Green Immediately replevined it. The case
was tried before Justice Caldwell and Mr..
Green was given possession of his note as
the holder of the note failed to show up al
the trial. 1t is rumored that there are sew
eral other prominent farmers in this county
who had dealings with this advertising
agent, but did not escape as fortunately as
Mr. Green
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MUNKACSY DEMENTED.
The Great Artist i'm N Private Insane
AnNIum Near Honn.

VIENNA Feb. 5.-Michael Munkacsy. the
celebrated hungarian artist, stated in
the dispatches few days ago, is very i'll.
but no change was reported in his con-
dition to-day. He is said TO be in private
insane asylum near Bonn. 1t is doubtful,
even if he should recover from his present
illness. that he will ever paint again. for
his once bright intellect is reported to be
clouded.
Munkacsy's Christ Before Plate made
Il sensation in Europe before it was ex-
hibited in America. 1t is considered by,
some who are great critics the most mas
terly Interpretation of "a theme that has
been essayed by many of the worlds great
painters.
Munkacsy sprang from the humblest
rank of life. His parents were poor and
lowly. AS a boy he was apprenticed to a
carpenter. but his instincts revolted against
the drudgery of the bench, and, despite
the restraint of his environment and the
encouragement of stern and ignorant par
ents his thought asserted itself and he
mixed his paints and put his brush to the
easel. Drifting TO Paris. he found a pro-
tector and "a patron in banker named
Sedelmayer, who was something of a Midas.
The Hungarian's genius expanded under
the influence of gold. and. in 1870, when
he exhibited in the Scion THE Last Day of
condemned PRISONER, people knew tnat
a new painter had arisen. Next came his
Might Prowlers.' ''The Studio" THE Two
Families and Milton Debating Paradise
Lost To His Daughters" In 1882 Christ
Before PLATE" was shown. and the Hun
garian was firmly seated in his fame. The
latter picture was purchased by John Wan
amaker. OF Philadelphia. In 1884 he paint
ed Christ on Calvary" and two years
later The Last Moments of Mozart"
Philadelphia has especial reason TO lie in
terested in Munkacsy, IL was a Phila-
delphia patron of art, the late w. +. Will
stach. who gave him his FIRST commission
and opened for him the doors of the Paris
salon. and il was another Phladelphian.
John Wanamaker, who purchased his two
greatest pictures. paying him prices that
confirmed his title to a place in the front
rank of living painters.
Moreover, these three great examples OF
the great ATTEST are permanently placed
among the artistic treasures OF Philadel-
phia. the first mentioned being The Last
Day of Condemned Prisoner now in the
Wilstach collection in Memorial Hail. and
the other two. Christ Before Plate" and
Calvary" being i'm the Academy of Fine
Arts Alunkacsy has. of course. painted
many other pictures I'm the course of his
brilliant career. but these three character
istic works are his masterpieces. and he
nas never executed any other so important
or so typical OF his peculiar talents.
Men of genius often require certain
roundings 10 spur their imaginations TO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06
OIL FIELD OPERATIONS.
Business Expected to he Quiet for the
Next Four Months.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER. Ind, Feb. 5.-Operations
are dropping of to some extent in the In
diana oil field. and the present outlook is
for about four months quietude. The pres
ent prices of the product will hardly slim
ulate work. Dollar oil would cause hus-
tie among the operators. but that is hardly
in sight at the present time There are
many thousands of acres of good oil-bear-
ing lands in this State that have never been
discovered. The drill will be pushed here
to some extent for many years to come or
so long as the product has a value to it,
The Northern Indiana Oil Company is
pushing the drill in the Glendenning dis
trict in Hartford township, Adams county
This company has nearly dozen wells I'm
der way there. This company's No ) on
the William Glendenning farm i'm that dis
trict is good for five barrels Same COM
pany's well No. 10 on Updegraf's farm in
Nottingham township Wells county. prove d
a failure. while the same company finished
Il thirty-flve-barrel producer in No. 3 on
the Henry Schott farm in the same town.
ship. j. w. McCausey got a Twenty-Five
s earrel well in No; 10 on the T. Williams
derson had failure in his No. on the
NJ: Watson farm. same. township. w. c.
HlIlman' of the National Supply Company.
struck Il fve-barrel producer on the s.
Bouse farm. same township. Lehman *
Co. have Twenty-Five barrel well on
Thomas Updegrafs farm i'm the same town
ship. The Ohio Oil Company completed a
good gas well on the r. A. Beavington farm
in Jackson township. Wells county Same
company finished twCnty-five-barrel well
in the same township on the S. V Griffith
farm. The Northumberland OH COMPANY
finished Il dry hole in No. on the Levi
Kline farm and a ten-barrel well in No :
on the Jones * Cloud farm, same township
The Davenport-Mason Oil Company's No
on y. +. Currys farm. same township is
good for five barrels: Newcastle OIL Com
panys No. 2. G. Griffith farm same town
ship. ten barrels Acme Oil Company fin
ished a dry hole on E. Perry farm, Chester
township. same county: Bettman x Co.'S
No. 3. +. Shade farm. same township good
for fifty barrels; Brown Oil Company and
Roebuck's No. ). j. y. Shade farm same
township, forty-five barrels: Kerline Bros
Co. dry hole in their first venture on the
Z. Ponfius farm in Wabash township. Adj
ans county; Union Supply Company. TWEEN
ty-barrel We'll Hale * Hamilton property.
Jefferson township. Huntington county:
Myron l.. Case. OF Dundee. No. 6, John
Thomas farm. Van Buren, township. Grant
county. twenty-five barrels: Phoenix oil
and Gas Company. fve-barrel well on j
Wood farm In Washington township Black
ford county; Diamond OIL Company's No
). A. H. Myers farm. Harrison township
same county. seVenty-five barrels; Mont
pelier Natural Gas Company. ten-barre,
well on William Gale farm. same township
Il. II. Montgonery's No. 8. G.. r. Gemmel
farm. Penn township. Jay county, ten bar
rels. Benjamin Fulton q Co.'s No. t. Jane
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CRITICISM OF RAINsFORD.
Working People Want the Bradley
Martin BALL TO Go On.
New York Letter.

view
An entirely unexpected and rather bewil-
dering reply to DR.. Rainsford's recent criti-
ciSm has come. not from those to whom his
advice was tendered-they are ignoring tina;
advice-but from the very class in whose
interest DR.. Rainsford spoke.
The Musical Union has passed resolutions
which are practically criticisms of Dr.
RainSford. The musicians say that if enter
tainments of the kind condemned by Rains
ford are to be abandoned. they will lose one
OF the chief means of support upon which
they always rely in the social season.
So, too, the florists speak in no kindly
terms of DR.. Rainsford: not alone those
who deal in flowers, but the workmen who
are paid for raising them. One of the flor
lists of the city said to-day that the Brad
ley-Martin ball meant employment for more
than fifty extra hands, who welcomed the
opportunity for earning something in win
ter which had been decidedly barren or
good and steady employment.
Rev. DR.. Heber Newton. who has certain
ly taken a decided stand against some So
cial tendencies. as DR.. Rainsford has DONE
said that i'm his view the rich ought to
spend all they can. except for immoral or
unlawful purposes. and he added that the
two balls. that which the Bradley-Martins
are to give and the charity ball, meant sup
port to a far larger number than was gen.
Nearly one hundred extra hands have
been called in to make paper flowers for
the decorations for the charity ball. How
much this employment means TO many of
them we cannot fully realize" said DIR.
Newton.
Opinion is quite general here that DIR.
Rainsford made a great economic mistake,
however just his criticism of ostentatious
display may De.
distinguished clergyman of this city,
while speaking of this exciting discussion
to-day. told an interesting anecdote which
came within his personal experience.
When William III. Vanderbilt plan
ming his new Fifth-avenue home. the first
idea was that il should be palace i'm eX
ternal appearance. A friend said to Mr..
Vanderbilt
Don't do that. In a democracy there
should be no unduly ostentatious display of
wealth. Make your house unobtrusive in its
external appearance. and put all your lax
urious display inside, where none but
friends or at least those who will not un-
justly criticise. will see it,.
Mr.. Vanderbilt believed the advice was
good He changed his plans completely.
and after the house was built declared that
To have constructed Ii i'm accordance with
his first idea would have been great mis-
take.
My luxuries are within it's walls. No
body pays particular attention to its out
side appearance. That is as ii should be-.
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Mr.. William Clement, Of Freeport, Hi.
nois, is a well-known commercial traveller,
and represents the large Chicago house OF
Reed, Welsh & Lange. In his early life Mr..
Clement migrated to the breezy west and be-
came cowboy in Colorado. After doing as
much, at cow punching rs he desired, he
turned his attention TO mining, the exposure
from which and his life on the plains under
mined a once strong constitution, and rhcu-
matism, liver and kidney trouble and dropsy
made their unwelcome appearance.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas were visited
in the hope of relief, bat he was disappoint-
ed. and SO he took up his residence in I'LL
nois, and obtained employment as drum
mer for large house in Chicago that has
long since gone out of business. Physicians
were consulted both at home and while on
the road, with only pecuniary benefit to the
doctors, for Mr.. Clement grew worse instead
of better, and constantly had to lay up for
weeks at time.
1t was then that the sufferer conceived the
idea of trying DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. ard did so.
81 thought" Mr.. Clement said to the re-
porter, "that fifty cents would not be much
expenditure, so L bought a box of the pills
and began taking them according to direc.
tons.
Il did not have many days to wait before
/ found marked improvement in my condi-
ton, so I kept on with the treatment. First
my kidneys began 10 do their work thorough
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06

comfortable. There was an absence OF the
intense pain and delirium. The patient
took more nourishment than usual. While
still very i'll, the physicians believe the
worst has passed.
The House committee on commerce to-day
gave hearing to \. T.. Harvey. OF Lincoln,
Neb.. who exhibited a patent safety device
and spoke in advocacy of bill To- compel
the equipment of freight cars with safety
appliances 10 prevent employees from falling
between the cars.
Senator Thurston. OF the committee OF
the international exposition. to-day re-
ported favoraby the bill to encourage the
proposed Omaha exposition.
Senator Mcmillan to-day introduced by
request a bill declaring the "Star-spangled
Banner" TO be the national song of the
United States.
The American Forestry Association is
holding its annual session in this city. The
association. which organized in Gin
cinnati in 1892 was incorporated in this
city to-day.
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Leonidas Abbott Exposed.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 5.-Leonidas
Abbott was arrested here and taken 10 JAS
per county on a charge Of passing forged
check at Huntingburg. He had escaped
from the Jail several weeks ago. The police
found him playing with his child. and as
they were leaving the house they met the
wife, who had not known of his arrest in
Jasper county he having accounted for his
absence while iii Jail by saying he was out
on the road He says a horse thief, who
was in Jail with him, did the jail-breaking
and led the way out. Abbotts explanation
of the forgery charge is that he received
the check, which WAS for s20 in good faith.
from "A travelling man he met on the train
coming from Louisville. Abbott moved
here from Paris. ILL., He is not a member
of the local post of the Travelling Mems
Association. but has been travelling for u
Cincinnati house.
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derman, and the secretary was given an OPP
portunity to reply. He said that the meth
cd OF estimating adopted was his own. he
complained that both companies had re-
fused TO exhibit their books. and said: IF
We had the books they would show precise
ly what is the cost OF manufacturing ton
OF armor. / estimated that cost according
TO the reports made by officers who were
specially charged with observing. so that
Trey might accurately report the price of
labor the price OF materials. the amount of
materials and all that" The secretary said
tina. i'm his opinion the government could
duplicate either the Bethlehem or the Car
negie arrnor plant for 81 coo Coo and he rec
omme 1ded that Congress appropriate this
amount TO be set aside and used in case
the companies refused to make reasonable
terms. Il think" he said. that we ought
at all events TO have the power to build,
buy or lease a gun plant and an armor
plant for the reason that although these
gentlemen agree to this rate of 800 per ton,
you will remember that "A contract for ar
NOR contains great many details.
The secretary then related the difficulties
he had encountered i'm getting a reduction
on the price of armor plate on the two
ships now building. Il was contemplate
ing. he said. advertising for the con-
and everything else to build the ships COM
plete. These gentlemen objected. | an
SWered them We had long controversy
on the subject. Finally they asked me why
II was | wanted to adopt that plan. To
tell you the truth i said, j want to get
you gentlemen TO compete with each other.
and you must bid lower One of them said
that his company would not bid under GER
tain circumstances. / said, Il do not care
whether or not you bid; the other COM
pany can manufacture all this armor but
unless you come down on this article L will
tell you / will not make any contract with
you. i will simply refuse to make any con-
tract with you and will report the matter
TO Congress and ask il for a remedy They
then asked me how much reduction / would
require. / said. as much as you can af-
ord. They then agreed to submit a prop
osition. After few days they did make a
proposition which was substantially the
same from both of them. that they would
lower rates at least $50 a ton. IL ought to
be said TO their credit that when the bids
were made they did come down $50 a ton,
so that the contracts for the present ships
are at a rate that much lower than pre-
Y.CIS conf racfS''