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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The crops in a strip five miles wide and
thirty miles long brock county, Mime
sofa, were destroyed by hail Thursday
night.
Near Talladega. Ala, fourteen-year- old
son OF Press Nored shot and killed his
three-year-Old brother with d didn't know
it was loaded pistol.
In wrestling match at Martinsville, Ark,
between Gus helms, a professional and
Farris Farmer, an amateur, the latter burst
blood vessel and died
Lee Davidson has been arrested at Ozark,
Ark, accused of infanticide. 1t is said that
he threw his wifes baby into a hog pen
and it was devoured by swine.
Matte and Estella La Boint, aged ten
drowned in Mill river, at Northampton,
Mass, yesterday. The girls lived in Fort
Dodge, la.
Under the will of Mrs. A. ]. Mcdaniel, of
HopkinsVille, Ky, the Cumberland Uni
versity of Lebanon, Tenn, is given $4,000
in trust for the benefit of the theological
department.
Rev. c. O. Brown, formerly of San Fran
cisco. but now a resident of Chicago. has
appealed for reopening of his case before
the Bay California; Conference of the Con-
gregational Church.
At De Graft, o. Thursday night. Frank
Wright was found lying dead on his wifes
grave with a bullet in his brain. Wright
was formerly resident of Springfield O..
but lately lived in New York.
The Natchez (Miss) cotton mills have
posted notice tnat work will be suspended
after to-day on account of the lack of raw
cotton to work on Three hundred people
will be thrown out of employment.
John Johnson, colored, was hanged at
Livingston. Ala, yesterday for the murder
of A f. Clarke, white man, in January
1896. Johnson made a full confession in
which he said that he hired to murder
Clarke.
Maxine Martinez was hanged at Flores
Vile Tex. yesterday for a triple murder
committed on June last He killed Jesus
Garlic and wife, aged couple. and
Juanita Acosta, eighteen. whom he first
raVished.
The National Association of Dental Ex-
aminers began its fifteenth annual session
at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort
tives of the dental colleges of the United
States assembled in annual meeting at the
Hygeia.
AT WATERFOWL, Wis, Thursday night AL
bert Schultz, young married man, fired
four shots at his wife and then turned the
brains and dying instantly. Mrs. Schultz
will recover. The shooting was the result
of domestic troubles.
J. H. Ingram, indicted for the murder of
John /. Hoss, escaped from Jail at Con-
way, Ark, yesterday Hoss who was
travelling salesman and brother of Rev
E. +. Hoss, of Nashville, Tenn, editor of
the Christian Advocate.
The manufacturers and conference com
mittee of the Amalgamated Association Will
not meet until to-day il being found i'm
bama and Indiana to reach Youngstown
O.. in time for meeting yesterday. The
prospects now for settlement tomorrow
are very good.
The trial of Lewis Thompson, at Decatur
Ala, ended yesterday. he was charged
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REPRESENTATIVE STEELE.
He Is Pleased with the Agricultural
Features of the New Tariff.


Major steele glad to get home. and well
satisfied with the new tariff law that Con-
has just g6q 9d P ba o laM
as good as it was as 1t origin
ally passed the House, but it was SO
much better than the law as it came from
the Senate that he thought the country
had a right to be congratulated Under its
provisions all the manufactured products
of this district we'll protected except
wood pulp. That product, also, would have
been properly protected had the manufac-
turers taken hold of the matter in time. but
as it is the wood pulp mills will be enabled
to run at fair profit. Under the new law
window glass, skewers and products in iron
are we'll taken care of, and in the matter
of agricultural products the tariff has been
raised all along the line.
Major Steele expressed the belief that the
thing in the tariff law that would most
commend it to the country. and especiallv
to the agricultural element, was the adj
justment of duties in such a way as to en-
courage the raising of beets and their man
utacture into sugar. While some conces-
SionS to the sugar manufacturers were
necessary in order to secure the passage OF
the bill through the Senate the conditions
that the law affords are such as should in
sure the building UP of magnificent beet
sugar interest in this country.
1T has been demonstrated, p" said Major
Steele, that sugar can be profitably man
ufactured from beets that contain per
cent. of Saccharine matter. Dick Thomas
of this county, who has been growing sugar
beets finds that in the beets he has raised
there is from IA to II per cent. of sac
charne matter. The German sugar beet
has about II percent. of saccharine matter
and the manufacture of sugar from the
beet there is immensely profitably. Be-
sides that, the soil in this country is newer
and more productive, and can be renewed
by fertilizing with the pulp of the beet. or
by rotating with clover, while in Germany
IL must be renewed with phosphates."
Major Steele has sent sugar beet seed
to every county in the district and the re-
ports he has received show good results
and an enthusiastic interest in this new
versify production. Major Steele believes
that If capital could secure any kind of a
guarantee that the present tariff conditions
would be maintained that there would soon
be a beet sugar factory in every congress
sional district in this State, and that il
would be but a short time until this country
would be making not only all the sugar
needed for domestic consumption but that
thousands of tons would be exported an
nually.
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with raping little white girl while negro
woman held the child He was found guilty
as charged and the penalty was fixed at
death. Another negro man and the woman
VINO held the child are yet to be tried and
the result will probably be the same.
BY the premature explosion of a dyna-
mite blast, on Beechwood boulevard, Pitts
burg, yesterday, three men were danger
ously hurt. They are: August Wauich, An
drew Aver and Thomas Terphy. Wauich
will probable die.
The review of the first and second bat
talions of the naval militia of the State of
New York by Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt, was held off Gravesend
yesterday. The first division on board
the United States battle ship Massachu-
sets, while the second battalion was in
camp at Bath Beach.
At Mddletown, Conn. yesterday
dam gave way, letting down a ire
mendous volume of water. The huge
stones of which the dam was built crashed
into the factory of William Wilcox's lock
shop and the lower floors of the factory
were flooded. Forty wCrkmen We're COM
PEELED to fee for their lives.
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Trouble at SeottdaIe.

SCOTTDALE, Pa, July 30.-As the after
noon turn of nonunion men who have taken
the places of the striking iron workers at
the Scottdale iron works were going home.
one of them, said TO be, a man name /
Painter, became incensed at the remarks Of
some boys and deliberately fired at them
A large crowd was gathered about the sta
ton at the time and they started after the
nonunion man, who fired four or five shots
into the crowd before he reached the Geyer
House, where he boards The hotel was inn
mediately surrounded by an excited crowd
and 1t was with some difficulty that Bur
CESS Porter got them cooled down, and had
he not had the assistance of the strike
leaders there is no telling what the mad
dened crowd would have done. Another
nonunion man, whose name could not be
learned drew his revolver on Pittsburg
street and fired several shots He was
Knocked down and pretty badly beaten be-
fore he could be reached by the officers
and taken to his boarding house The ex-
cited crowd is massed about the station
and the rest of the men in the mill are
afraid to venture out.
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Prosperous Times at Anderson.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, July 30-That times in
Anderson are vastly better than year
ago is evidenced by the fact that the Amer
lean Wire Nail Company is engaged in the
construction of a sixty thousand-dolar adj
dition to its plant in this city, which will
require at least one hundred more opera
tives, and by the announcement that
Messrs. j. E. Van Devcnter and Marx CARL
owners of the Victor Windows glass factory,
had completed arrangements for converting
their plant into a tank factory whereby
their capacity would be more than doubled,
giving employment to almost two hundred
skilled workmen. The National Tin-plate
Company is running full time, is the Ar
cade File Company. The managers of the
Wright Shovel Company state that their
plant was never so crowded with orders
as al present. The Buckeye Manufacturing
CompanyS manager states that their plant
is busy and that new additions will be add
ed this year. The farmers of Madison coun-
ty are receiving " cents per bushel for
their wheat and rs cents for corn. Last
year but so cents was paid for wheat. Then
the street corners were crowded with ca
lamity howlers and free-silver orators, but
now the scene is changed. Men are find
ing employment at factories or in harvest
ing the crops Of the farmers, and the
calamity bowler and free-silver orator are
the only persons out of Job.
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CITY CANDIDATES.
Some of Those Who Are Being IsSOm-
inentIy Talked OF.

Councilman John G.. Ohleyer, of the Fiji
teenth ward, says that he is not candi-
date for denomination. There are four or
five other Democrats, however who nave
announced a desire to succeed him.
William Fl. Cooper. the Republican men,
Der from the Eleventh ward, is not cam
ddate in the sense of 'hustling" for the
nomination. Mr.. Cooper has been The
councilman from that ward for several
terms If his services are regarded as sat-
isfactory by his constituents and they eN-
press any desire to continue MIN, AIR.
Cooper will accept. but he does not care to
make fight. So far as is known no Re-
publican candidate has announced himself
in opposition TO Mr.. Cooper.
John r. Allen, of the Second ward, is in
about the same attitude as Mr.. Cooper.
Mr.. Allen is willing to hold over for an
other term, but does not care TO TO into an
active canvass 1t would of course, be-
gratifying to Republicans who have been
on the minority side the last two year5 to
have a chance to be in the Council when
there is a Republican majority in that
body, when there would be more of an oD-
portunity for them to serve the people.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. July 30-The
oil excitement caused by the opening of the
big well yesterday continues. Every train
brought in leasers from surrounding towns.
e. K. Curtain. the field manager of the
Manhattan oil Company. which owns the
wells, arrived to-day. A tank was built
and the well drilled deeper, increasing the
flow at every stroke. The gas pressure is
too strong TO premit the well to be shot.
and when completed 1t is expected to be
more productive than was first estimated.
The Manhattan Company is preparing to
put down wells Immediately. as are several
other companies. Many prominent oil men
from Montpelier, Warren, Button, Van
Buren, and Alexandria visited the we'll to-
day and it was pronounced a phenomon
and the greatest one in the oil field S S
Carroll. on whose farm the well is located
is in a critical condition. Being a man
we'll advanced i'm years the excitement
brought on nervousness and he tainted on
the street last evening while talking ex-
citedly about it, Later in the evening he
had CONCLUSIONS and he may never recover
to enjoy his prospective fortune
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The Police in the Yukon Region.

Now. as to the Canadian police. They
We're sent there during the Cleveland adj
ministration. at the request of Americans
were menaced by the failure of their own
country to do anything for Alaska, al
though at that time the American diggings
ada. sent a handful of mounted police up
there in 1894. and it received it's first re-
port from its inspector and its first Yukon
customs duties in gold dust in August, 1888.
The Klondike strike was made last year.
lust as great a hit may be made in innu-
merable places in the territory of the
United States. There is, therefore, more
the United States to arrange for the ade-
quate protection of its interests in the Yu-
kon valley.
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FEARS OF REV. DR.. HALL
HE THINKS CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR-
ERS MAY BREAK THEIR vows.
Their Pledges, He Says, Are Too EIab-
crate and Far Reaching to BE
Kept by Young People.

WORCESTER, Mass, July S0.-Consid-
cradle comment is heard to-day over the
criticism offered by President Hall, of
Clark University of the pledge taken by
members of the Christian Endeavor Socie-
~ and his intimation that it was almost
sure to be broken. The words of DR.. Hall
We're spoken in connection with lecture
at the summer school on Certainty and
Puzzles" He talked a. some length on
profane and formal oaths, and discussed
the wisdom of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety pledge. He said: I'VE find elaborate
vows in the Christian Endeavor Society.
How much shall we rely on them? That
is grave question. The oath should not
be taken too early, and certainly no oath
should be taken that cannot be kept. For
% young person to take oath which ex-
tends for years into the future and which
is almost sure, it seems to me, to be bro
ken, is a very serious thing and should not
be entered upon lightly"
DR.. Hall continued: What shall we say
about all this? 1t is difficult question and
the answer is not easy. Some of these
forms of oaths should be preserved. 1t
seems to me that a proper regime of the
soul requires that the soul rise sometimes
to the very height of affirmation in great
crises. 1 believe there should be some
thing by which the soul can express it's
whole conviction. We need to have stand
ards. Swearing is a form of classification
of a perception. 1t is Standing up d less
degree of certainty against a greater es-
tablished degree and thus lending strength
to the lesser. On the other hand, oaths are
vulgar, and it is a demOralizing habit to
always talk in superlatives. This over
emphasis as it is appears in underlying
words of writing, seems sign of degener-
alton losing of the power of discrimi-
mating degrees of certainty. 1t Stays the
sanctities In this connection we should
discuss VOWS. 1t is a grave and serious
question how far we should go in taking
vows like that of the Christian Endeavor
Society Certainly such vows should not
be taken too early in life or be too elab-
crate"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-31
A Distinguished Jurist.


The information that Judge Thomas M.
Cooley, of Michigan, has lost his mind,
and has been taken to an asylum, will
cause feeling of regret in all parts of the
country, and especially in legal circles. For
many years he was recognized as the most
try His breakdown a. the age of seventy
three is said to be due to the arIuous work
which he performed as a member of the
lnterstate-commerce Commission, which
position he resigned in 1891 He was three
times elected to the Michigan Supreme
Court and is the author and reviser Of
many textbooks which take high rank
among legal authorities.
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DisappOintnen
Toronto Mail and Empire.

People at home who are expecting at
tractive presents from their friends and
relatives shopping for them in London and
Paris this summer may undergo some dis
now abroad may encounter a rude and
painful surprise when they return to the
toms duties apply to all foreign purchases
exceeding 500 in value This is eminently
just, but it is likely for time to cause
the shedding of some tears on the pier by
will become accustomed to the new rule
after awhile. and there will be a great con-
seouent reduction in the enormous amount
of American money that now goes into the
tills of foreign shopkeepers.
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NEW YORK, July 30.-Arrived: Patria
from Marseilles: Colombia, from Ham
burg; Lucania, from Liverpool: ST. Paul.
from Southampton. Sailed: Rotterdam
for Rotterdam.
HAMBURG, July 30.-Arrived: Fuerst
Bismarck from New York.
LIVERPOOL. July S0.-Arrived: Bowie.
from New York.
MovILLE. July SO-Sailed: Anchoria,
for New York
QUEENSTOWN. July SO.-sailed: Gallia,
for Boston. m
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Obituary.

NEW YORK. July 30.-Police Captain
John H. johnson, of Brooklyn, died yes
terday after an illness lasting almost a
year. Captain Johnson was born in Au-
rora, ILL.,, in 1874 He served during the
war as chief of scouts with rank of lieu
tenant under General Sheridan. Johnson
was one of Sheridan's most efficient men
and on one occasion at the risk of his own
life saved Sheridan from capture.
BOSTON. July 30-John r. Lowell man
ufacturer Of firearms. died yesterday He
was one of the foremost arms manufac-
turers in the country. the concern being the
largest factory of the kind In Massachu-
setts. He was also largely interested in
the manufacture of bicycles.
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WINDOW-G WORKERS.
Wage Committee Stin Working on a
ScnIe=l.etter from Mnnnfncturers.

PHILADELPHIA, July 30.-The joint
wage committee of the Window glass
Workers Association continued its sessions
to-day, but nothing was determined in the
direction of the general wage scale. A
communication from the National Manu-
facturers' Association was received re-
questing that the workers representatives
on the question of wages meet the manu-
facturers' representatives in conference on
Aug. IL. in Chicago. This was agreed to
by the committee and is looked on as a
belief the part of the manufacturers
that business promises to be brisk and that
they desire an early settlement of the wage
scala nccnrdinglX
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Christian Workers, Conference.

NORTHFIELD, Mass, July 3O.-The
morning session of the General Conference
for Christian Workers was held in the Au-
ditorium. Mr.. Sankey led the singing and
Rev E. H. Marling, D. D., of New York,
read a scripture lesson and made few re-
speaker of the morning, Rev G.. Campbell
Morgan, OF London. Mr. Morgan is d very
earnest and thoughtful speaker His SER
mon seemed to make an impression on his
hearers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-31

AS the fairest way of deciding the con-
test for precinct committeeman in tho first
precinct of the Eighth ward, the contest
committee decided that another election
should be held under the supervision of
Thomas E. Potter and George b. Elliott
neither of whom live in the precinct. The
election was held last night. Louis Klein
received AZ votes and w. II. PIERCE % Mr.
nous
Elections were held in the Third and
Seventh wards to elect ward chairmen
Austin b. Prather was elected in the Sew
enth and Robert II. Bryson in the Third.
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tonight for shooting a Sunday school pres
idenk and several Sunday school children
this evening. Vaughan, while crazy drunk,
went to the park grounds where 500 little
Sunday school children were picnicking and
began shooting at every man, woman and
child he could see. He chased young ladies
through a dry creek. Half a dozen chill
dren were hit. Vaughan is in Jail. but an
indignant people may string him up before
morning.
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Silas Workman. an employee of the Dug
dale can factOy, came near losing his life
yesterday by taking an overdose of laud-
anum. He suffered with collie and took the
drug TO relieve the pain. When DR.. Horne
arrived the man was almost gone. He was
given restoratives and is now out Of dam
ger. He lives at 917 (old) South Meridian
ctr
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"A late gauge Of the wells in the new
Alexandria pool shows that the one com
pleted by the Stilwell Bros. on the William
Black lot in the town is by far the best
yet completed in the field, as it's produc-
ton, after being shot, amounted to 240
barrels per day. Black q Harmons Nos.
l and 2, on the e, Carver property, are do
ing 40 barrels a day combined; Doxey &,
Co.'S No. l, on his lot, is doing rs barrels
Long & Co.'S No. !, on the Crosclose prop
McDonaldS No. l, on the Davis property
is doing 5 barrels; the Lima Northern Oil
Company's No. l. on the n. Carver farm
holds at barrels; Zimmerman K Co. S No
|, on the Kelley property is putting out IL
barrels day; LutZ d Co.'S No. !, the
Peck lot, is doing 35 barrels, while No. 2,
on the same lot, is a buster. The output
daily of oil in the Alexandria pool amounts
to some over 300 barrels.
During the month of July there were II
wells completed in the Indiana oil field, of
which 20 were gas or dry holes, the balance
showing a daily output of 1,625 barrels, an
increase in new production over the report
less wells completed and one more dry hole
is recorded. There are So strings of tools
at work. and 45 rigs up and building. This
is total of 103 in new work under way a
decrease of 26 from the June figures. Tie
average production per day per Well for the
month OF July amounts to 3512 barrels,
which Is an average equal to any month of
the year. But very little work is doing in
any part of the oil field, as the work is
pretty we'll scattered among the various
fields. Alexandria seems to be the seat of
operations, and will evidently remain so
until an advance is made in the price of
the product. The following figures will
work of July against that of the month of
June:
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Socialist CITY Ticket.

The Socialist party has adopted a plat
form and nominated the following city
ticket: For mayor Philip II. Moor for
clerk. Harry c. Sharp; for police Judge.
John Burkhart. The platform declares in
favor of municipal ownership of telegraph
and street-car plants. and recommends that
all city employees, where worthy, be pen
stoned.
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KITTRELL. n. c.. July 30-Miss Mamie
Catlett. a respectable young white woman
near here, was brutally assaulted by a
young negro late yesterday evening. Her
assailant captured, tried and committed
TO Jail. The people are very much excited
had gone to the spring and while on her
way the brute sprang out caught and
choked her and accomplished his purpose
The negro was brought before the young
lady in company with several other ne
groes. and she Instantly identified him.
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Snikea on the Track.

MASSILLON, O., July S0.-The Wheeling
& Lake Erie yardmaster at Dillonvale
found a number of spikes on the main track
this morning. supposed to have been placed
there for the purpose of train wrec6ng.
The deputy marshals have been removed
from Dillonvale. and the property is being
guarded by the company's men only at
ma
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-31

George Gray, bricklayer. working on the
cellar walls of a building being erected on
Chestnut street, near Arizona street was
overcome by heat yesterday morning. Or.
Rhodes of the city Dispensary, responded
to a cali and removed him TO his home
at 10 DOTman street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-31

The races at the Business Mems Driving
Park yesterday were not so well attended
as usual The several events were hotly
contested for. however, and the sport was
good. The free-for-all event was not run
off but the three other races were up to the
high standard so long maintained.