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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
BANK CASHIER HELD UP
DARING ROBBERY OF A YONkERs
SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
S4,4OO stolen by Two Men, Who Es-
capped While Police Were Learn
ing what Had Happened.

YONKERS, n. Y, April 12-Shortly after
noon to-day two men entered the Yonkers
Savings Bank, on Getty square. in the heart
of the town, held up Lyman Cobb, the aged
cashier, stole $4,4O0 and escaped. About 12:l5
o'clock, when no one was In the bank but
the cashier and Treasurer Williams, the
latter In an inner room, young man,
cleanly shaven and dressed in a light suit
Of clothes, entered and engaged Cashier
Cobb In conversation telling him that he
expected to meet a friend there who would
make a large deposit. The young man
turned to go and the cashier returned TO his
desk, under which he noticed something
black, which he at first thought was a dog.
The black object sprang up and moved to-
wards the cash drawer. The startled CASH
Ter turned to the window, expecting assist
ance from the young man with whom he
had been talking. The young man, howe
ever, covered the cashier with a revolver.
The man inside also held a revolver to the
cashiers head while he transferred pack
ages of bills to his pockets. dropping a $500
package in his haste With his revolver
still covering the cashier the man on the
inside backed slowly to the gate, opened it
and passed out, walked through the narrow
passage in front of the executive office door
and around to his companion.
The men hurried out of the door, keeping
Mr.. Cobb covered with their revolvers to
the last. 1t was some seconds before the
cashier recovered. Then he caught up his
revolver, pressed the electric button and
rushed towards the gate. He shouted as he
ran, and as he hurried through the pas
sageway met Treasurer Williams coming
from his office. Shouting that the bank
had been robbed, Mr.. Cobb hurried to the
door. Down Hudson street in the direction
of the Hudson River Railroad and the Hud-
son river two men were seen running. A
few minutes later several police officers ar
rived. Mr.. Williams did not know what had
happened, and Mr.. Cobb was TOO much ex-
cited to tell. The officers understood the
bank had been robbed, but how they could
not gather. Mr.. Williams tried to calm his
excited and almost hysterical associate.
Finally the police gained idea of what
had taken place, but by that time the rob-
bers had disappeared. Cashier Cobb cannot
give a good description of them, but re-
members that both appeared under twenty
five years old and wore mustaches.
The money stolen was mostly 81, $40, $40
and 500 bills There was also one $1,000 bill
and two checks amounting to $500. The
thieves were evidently professionals. While
the first was talking with the cashier the
second crawled along the floor, through
the gate and under the cashiers desk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
RICE CROP FAILED,
And Now Death Is Reaping a Harvest
Among Famished Chinese.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 12.-According
to advices brought by the Gaelic, natives
in the vicinity OF Ichang. China, are dying
by hundreds of starvation. The grain crop
last year was almost total failure. and
the people exchanged their maize for
rice to last them through the winter, food
has been scant for long time. Supplies
are now exhausted, and the harvest of
death has begun. The officials are making
efforts to furnish food for the starving
people by sending in rice, but the supplies
they are able to contribute are so small
and the number OF those in direct need is
so great that little good is Accomplished
Owing to the difficulty of transporting the
rice in the famine districts, only those Nv
Ing along the waterways are aided. For
those In the interior there is no help. and
the mortality is great and growing stead
lily. Even in the sections that the relief
supplies reach the amount given TO each
family is small that il serves barely
to sustain life, and does not relieve the
pangs of hunger. No estimate of the loss
of life Is given, but it is reported to be
heavy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
FRENZlED BULL RUNS AMUCK.
Sensational Wind-Up of La Grande
Fiesta De Yuma.

YUMA A. T., April Fla Grande
Fiesta de Yuma wound up last night with
wild West sports and Spanish bull fights
which constituted a crowning feature of
the five days revelry. The feature of the
show which drew the crowds was the Span
ish bull fight, headed by the renowned bull
fighter, Captain Carlos Garcia, from Juarez
Mexico. Captain Carlos Garcia and his
troup Of torreadors and picadors, including
La Carlota a female bull fighter. displayed
wonderful skill in fighting fierce animals
but a magnificent black bull Porf1erl DiaZ
proved himself almost invincible, and be-
fore he was dispatched in the third fight.
i'm which he was used, he caught Captain
Garcia on his long slender horns and ripped
open the mans jaw. Captain Garcia 5
wound may prove fatal. After goring and
madly mutllating Garcia, the bull, stlng
to frenzy by the torments of the torreadors
and picadors. charged full at the bun pen
and though IL was strongly built, after sew
eral desperate attempts he smashed into
kindling wood the panel of the pen and
charged into the grounds surrounding the
amphitheater which was filled with peo-
pie Many were injured. The roulette table.
stacked with gold and silver coins. was
tossed high in the air and the money scat
tered i'm the dust Straight through the
crowd the enraged animal sped. out into
the main street OF Yuma, but fortunately
no more people were in the way. After a
long chase and hard work the bull was re-
turned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
PASSING THROUGH THE CITY.
COnvicts Shouted and Sung-SmaII
Crowds nm HIND

The transfer of the convicts from prison
to Reformatory and from Reformatory to
prison was of considerable interest in In
dianapolis. However, not many people saw
the trains pass through, as few knew what
time to look for them. The understanding
that the time of the departure Of the trains
from Jeffersonville and Michigan City was
TO be kept a secret caused many 10 doubt
of the time the trains might be expected in
this city The Journal yesterday morning
said that the train from JeffersonvilIe
would reach this city at about IL o'clock.
but too many people. who would have been
pleased to have seen the train took this
statement as an announcement of the
prison officials TO deceive the public about
the movement of the train. The conse-
quence was that comparatively small
crowds were along the line OF the roads
over which the trains passed through the
city. There was also doubt as TO whether
the trains would come through the city
changing at South street, or would pass
around the Belt road.
1t was nine minutes after IL O'Clock yes
terday morning when the train bearing the
longtime men from JeffersonviIle pulled up
at the side track opposite Garfield Park
and stopped. Monon engine No. 80 had been
waiting at the Belt crossing for some min
utes. and there was crowd OF several
hundred people there. Three policemen.
We're also with the crowd, and the opinion
seemed TO prevail that the change OF en-
gines and crews would be made there. The
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
The "stock-Ticker, Case Sent Back tn
the Circuit Court.

WASHINGTON, April l2.-The Supreme
Court of the United States to-day denied
the petition for a writ of certioran in the
case of the American Bell Telephone Com
many VS.. the Western Union Telegraph
Company 10 compel the Circuit Court or
Appel for the First circuit to certify the
case TO the Supreme Court The case IN
wolves the question of royalties claimed
from the Bell Company by the Western
Union Company, and was originally
brought in the Circuit Court for the Dis
trict of Massachusetts, 10 secure an account
of these royalties. 1t is understood that
about 100000 is involved. 1t appears thai
after instituting the suit the Western
Union sought to have il dismissed. and
after IL was dismissed the Bell Company
appealed TO the Circuit Court OF Appeals.
when the decision OF the Circuit Court was
reversed The Western Union Company
sought TO have the case reviewed by the
Supreme Court, but the opinion rendered
to-day denies this petition Ikis has the
effect of taking the case back 10 the Cir
emit Court for further proceedings In ac-
cordance with the decision OF the Circuit
Court OF Appeals. The case Is known as
the stock ticker case.
In the case OF the American Publishing
Company vs.. the Fisher Brewing Company.
appealed from the Supreme Court OF the
Territory of Utah, the court, through jus
tice Brewer, rendered an opinion holding
as invalid the territorial statute validating
VerdlctS In CIVIL cases IN Whlcn OnIy nine
Jurors concur The ground on which the
law was pronounced Objectionable Is found
in the seventh amendment 10 the ConSti-
tuition and In the federal law confirming
the statutes OF the various territories.
far as they authorize a uniform course or
proceeding In all casese whether legal or
equitable. The court expressed the opinion
that uniformity was prerequisite In all
Territorial cases. No opinion was expressed
as TO the validity OF such a law under a
state form of government The case itself
involved a claim OF ZOW0.
The court affirmed the decision OF the
Supreme Court OF Washington in the cases
from that State involving the right 10 en-
join the State and county authorities from
leVying upon the safes time locks and
other personal property OF the banks under
the state law of 1891 IL was cOntended
that the law was in conflict with Section
52l9 OF the Revised Statutes or the United
States, but the court held that such was
not the case.
Justice Gray rendered the opinion OF the
court IN the case OF Morris l. Gladson vs
the State Of Minnesota, affirming the de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13

by Warden Hert. at Jeffersonville, for two
years The convicts accordingly viii be
permitted 10 wear the uniforms they had at
Jeffersonville.
The arrangements for the transfer or the
thrty-eight federal prisoners from the he-
formatory TO the State Prison was one OF
the quickest jobs on record 1t had been
the intention of the federal authorities TO
make this transfer later in the week. but
on Sunday morning Marshal kercheval re
celved orders from the attorney general
10 make the transfer as soon as possible,
a list of the men TO be transferred accom-
paiying the order. This he received in the
mail at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The
long distance telephone was brought into
service and arrangements were made with
superintendent Hert for the manufacture OF
SnackleS. Contracts were made with the
two railroads on the same terms obtained
by the State Six deputies were pressed
into service and Indianapolis was raked
high and low for handouts By 3:25 o clock
in the afternoon of Sunday all arrange
ments had been perfected and Marshal ker-
cheval and his deputies were on their way
to JefferSonVille
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
KILLED MANY PEOPLE.
Confession of j. w. Fetzer, Who Was
Arrested for Making Bombs.

SALT LAKE, Utah, April 12.-The Des-
eret News prints what Is claimed to be a
confession by j. w. Fetzer. who is under
arrest at Dillon. Mont, in which he says he
killed DR.. c. III. Nichols. superintendent of
the insane asylum at Washington. d. c., in
1873. He says he has ten or fifteen other
victims. but will not plead guilty unless he
can get death sentence. Fetzer was ar
rested here last week for making dynamite
bombs and was turned over TO the Montana
authorities, charged with swindling the
State.
WASHINGTON, April l2.-The DR.. Mich
q natural death
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
MORE WARRANTS ISSUED.
Officers Ordered tn Arrest Officials os
the Globe Savings Bank

CHICAGO. April 12.-More warrants were
issued for the officials of the defunct Globe
Savings Bank this afternoon. and officers
were sent out 10 arrest c. W. Spalding
president: A. ID. Avrill, vice president and
9: G Churchill. cashier OF the institution
The complainant. Adolph Edeiman. charges
them with embezZlement In that they ac-
cepted deposit from him on the afternoon
or April 3. knowing that the bank was in
solvent. The bank closed on April s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
strikers Not Upheld by Their Union.

CHICAGO, April 12.-The Illinois steel
works. at South Chicago, resumed opera
tions this morning. About one hundred
rail finishers. whose striking involved 2 500
men. were not re-emplOyed The finishers
were not upheld by the officials of their
union and as a result their places We're
filled, the 2.4OO men in other departments
returning 10 their labors. and the mills are
now I'm full blast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
Hurricane i'm Louisiana.

HAMBURG, Ark. April I2-News has
been received here OF hurricane which de-
Vastated the country near the Ouchachita
river Several plantations were swept clear
or houses and stock. The wind was fol-
lowed by hail. which destroyed crops
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
The POpuIar
MoNoN ROUTE
1; I;ns the oHe.tCHICAG0 dn... re. ;o 4s HOURS
FOUR DAILY TRAINS

Leave Indianapolis-1:oo a m, IL 80 a. m. 3:35
q. m, l2:55 night.
Trains Arrive Indianapolis-s:3o a. m. 7:45 a
m, 2:35 .. m, 4:3s d. III.
Local sleeper IN Indianapolis ready at $50 D.
m. Leaves Chicago. returning. at 245 a. m. Can
be taken any time after $3.50 p.
Ticket Offices West Washington street, Union
Station AID Observation-Disclosures DEPOT.
GEO. w. HAYLER. d. p. A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13

TOLEDO AND DETROIT TRAINS
c., III. a. ID. RY.

Arrive. Arrive
Toledo Detroit
Lv. Ind'p'lis. 7:05 p m 4:09 a. m. 6l5 a. m.
Except Sunday.
Tickets and information at Union Station and
No. West Washington street corner Meridian
GEO. W. HAYLER. d. p. A
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Deformity Apparatus Trusses. Elastic Hos
iery- Largest stock OF Artificial Eyes In the
State. Invalid Chairs OF all kinds and acces-
sories for the sick room. Trusses made and
properly adjusted. Store open every Saturday
WIN. III. ARMSTRONG & CO.
n South Illinois Street. indianapolis. Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13

Peacock of Attica. j. w. Copp of Chicago,
II. b. Darling OF Laporte, J. b; Faulknor
of Michigan City. c. ]. Robb OF MICHIGAN
City, w. a. Bray OF Michigan city. r W;
Quimby, trainmaster of the Monon, ana
representatives OF three Indianapolis
papers.
way over the Monon tracks 10 Indianapolis,
and from Indianapolis on down over the
j.. NJ. * /. tracks to JenersonViue- Ieie-
grams were sent 10 the Governor at the
Statehouse from every telegraph station.
The wrecking train at Monon. with It's en-
gine fired up and its men on DUTY, were
ready to start out at an instants notice in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14

nearer to her own. AS for you, my
good conte, on my return | shall make
est the rather large debt | owe to you
my honor will be satisfied, and
you. / am sure, will have a better opin-
ion Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14
THE MILKWEED AND THE BEE

Two months hence an occasional
silky messenger viii float from the
glistening clouds about the open
milkweed pods, but who ever thanks
the bees of June for them? The flower
is but a bright anticipation-an ex-
preston of hope in the being of the
parent plant. It has but enc mission,
All its fragrance, all its nectar, all its
beauty of form and hue, are but
means toward the contamination Of
the eternal edict of creation Increase
and multiply" To that end we W
all the infinite forms. designs, tints.
decorations, perfumes, m~echanisms,
and other seemingly ineXplicable at
tributes. Its threshold must bear its
own peculiar welcome to its insect. or
perhaps to its humming-b bird friend.
or counterpart; its hectares must
both tempt and reward his coming,
and its petals assist his comfortable
t~arrying. Next to the floral orchids,
the mechanism of our milkweed blos-
som is perhaps the most complex and
remarkable, and illustrates as per-
fectly as any of the orchid examples
given in Darwip's noble work the alb
sciute divine intention of the depen-
dence of a plant species upon the
visits ot an insect. Our milkweed
flower is a deeply planned contrivance
to insure such an end. Ii fills the air
with enticing fragrance. Its hectares
are stored with sweets, and fancy
each opening bud keenly alert with
conscious solicitude for its affinity.
Though many other flowers manage
imperfectly TO perpetuate their kind
In the default of insect Intervention.
the milkweed, like most of the orchids,
is helpless and incapable OF such re-
source. Ell close this budded umbel in
tarlatan gauze, And ii will bloom
days after its fellow-blooms have
fallen, anticipating its consummation,
but no pods will be seen upon this
cluster William Hamilton Gibson in
Harper's Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14

row loathed the creature had once
lcyed-could not look upon her physi-
cal loveliness without a foolish thrill
OF passion awaking within me-pas-
sion that had something of the murder
Gus in it-admiration that was almost
brutal-feelings which | could not con-
troll though | despised myself for them
while they lasted. There is a weak
point in the strongest of us, and wicked
women know we'll where we are most
vulnerable. One dainty pin-prick we'll
aimed-and all the barriers of caution
and reserve are broken down-we are
le2Gy to fling away our souls for a
smile or a kiss. Surely at the last day
when we are judged-and may be con-
dcmned-we car make our last excuse
tC the Creator in the words OF the first
misguided man:
The woman whom thou gavest to
be with me-she tempted me. and I
did eat"
! lost no time that day in going to
the Villa Ronani. drove there in my
carriage, taking with me the usual
love-offering in the shape OF a large
gilded osier-basket full of white violets.
Their delicious odor reminded me of
tl.at May morning when Stella was
hCrn-and then quickly there flashed
into my mind the words spoken by
Guido Ferrari at the time. How mys-
terious they had seemed TO me then
bow clear their meaning now, On ar
ut-;,. -, A. in 7 f..xzI -. -. -.
her own boudoir, attired in morning
deshabille, IL a trailing robe of white
cashmere trimmed with Mechlin lace
and s~wan's-down can be considered
deshabille. Her rich air hung loosely
on her shoulders, and she was seated
in a velvet easy-chaif before a small
sparkling wood fire, reading. Her at
titude was one of luxurious ease and
grace, hut she sprung up as soon as her
maid announced me, and came forward
with her usual charming air of well
come, in which there was something
imperial, rs of a sovereign who re-
ceives a subject. | presented the
flowers | had brought, with a few
words of studied and formal compli-
ment, uttered for the benefit of the SER
want who fingered in the room-then
| added in a lower tone:
81 have news of importance-can
speak to you privately"
She smiled assent. and m|otioning me
BY a graceful gesture of her hand TO
take q seat, she at one dismissed her
maid, As soon as the door had closed
behind the girl | spoke at once and to
the point, scarcely waiting till my wife
resumed her easy-chair before the fire.
II have had a letter from signor Fer
rarI."
She started slightly, but said moth
ing, she merely bowed her head and
raised her d~elicately arched eyebrows
with a look of inquiry as of one who
should say, Indeed! in what way does
this concern me?" ! watched her mar
rowly, and then continued: He is
coming back in two or three days-he
says he is sure and here | smiled,
that you will be delighted to see him"
To be continued.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14
NO VERBOSITY NEEDED.

When you have something to say,
say 1t ana be done. Force Is either
compressed or lost in words. The
fewer words the more force, as a
.ule. Same way with ads. Don't say
too much. Get at the essential points
OF your g~oods-those points that will
attract interest, Then study the brief
est possible expression for them.
Sometimes you can express whole
volumes in a picture. Use a picture.
Perhaps a few terse sentences will tell
the whole story, set them in white
space where they will be seen. Sue
cessful advertising is frequently the
result Of knowing what should remain
uusaid. 4 good thing viii get out and
make friends, Il it Is properly intro
dueed. No yerbosity or buster is
Notwithstanding Experience.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14
SPECIFIC ADVERTISING BEST.

One reason why we advertise
specific advertising as better than
general is because OF its two-fold re.
suits. You get immediate returns:
you know whether or not your adver.
Using is effective, and you get all the
general benefit you could possibly de-
rive from general advertising.
You can not trace the results OF
general advertising except in a gen
eral way, II at the end Of a year. or
a number OF years. YOU have been
successful, it is fair TO assume that
Your advertising has been of some
avail.
on the contrary. if Your advertising
deals viii particular items to be
taken at once. you can see an immedi-
ate effect or. you don't. and accord.
ing as Won realize Immediately or
otherwise van are able to Judge Of
the effectiveness Of your advertising.
Dry Goods Chronicle