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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-22

Special to the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind Oct. 21.-At this morn
ing's session of the Olive Branch Synod of
the Lutheran Church Rev. Huber, president
of the synod, presented his annual report
During the past year corner stones were
laid for the new Lutheran Church at Rock
port Ind, and for st. Marks Church at
Batesvllle Ind. The president recommended
that as the synod is now entering on its
fiftieth year a committee be appointed to
arrange for the celebration of the fftieth
anniversary next year. John H. Ohr, who
has been the treasurer of the synod for the
past twenty years, made report showing
a balance OH hand of nearly $1,000. The
annual election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, Rev. Conrad Huber, Rich
mond; secretary, Rev. William S. Sigmund
Columbus, Ind; treasurer, John H. Ohr In
dianapolis: statistical secretary, H. H.
Combs, Shepherdsville, Ky.
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AN OAK 500 YEARS OLD.
Greatest Tree of It's Kind in the State
Is FeIIed mt Cnrtersbprg.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CARTERSBURG, Ind, Oct 21.-The "Old
Oak" a monarch of the forest, with no
rival in the State, has been slain. Lumber
men James Pope and William Douglas, of
this place, are now engaged in cutting up
its remains. At the base, three and one-half
feet from the ground, it measured nearly
nineteen feet in circumference. 1t was fully
100 feet high and 60 feet to the first limb
According to the log books, the tree will
yield nearly six thousand feet of lumber
BY counting the growths it is about five
hundred years old, making the tree at least
one hundred years old when America was
discovered; nearly two hundred when the
first settlement was made; three hundred
and seventy at the time the Declaration
Of Independence was signed and had been
growing fully three hundred years when
the white men visited this region of coun-
try. 1t was tree 419 years old when In
diana was admitted as a State Historically
speaking, this tree is of great interest.
There is not perhaps, another oak in In
diana at this time that can be compared
with 1t. The grain is almost perfect and
not single knot is seen to mar the per-
feet symmetry. 1t will be shipped to In
dianapolis the latter part of this week
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MUST SET MARRIED.
Two Girls Ordered to Select Husbands
or Leave Home.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct 21.-Jacob Burhart,
retired engineer, of No. 4511 North Twen-
tieth street, is the unhappy possessor of
four pretty daughters and three stalwart
sons Recently the old man considered at
length the question of the extent to which
OF his girls. and finally reached the conclu-
sion that the legal age ought to constitute
the unit. SO yesterday he issued a mandate
10 Two or his daughters, Lolita and Ella
notifying them that unless they were mar
ried by the last of December they would be
turned from the house and given an oppor-
tunity 10 earn their own living. 1T is
true, said Miss Laura, the youngest of the
girls, that father has given US notice to
get married or leave the house. but there
married. We can get along without that .
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Bad Wreck on the Monon and Several
Cars Burned.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE explo-
sion of an oil tank on a flatcar in the mid
die of a south-bound Monon freight train,
near the city limits, at 1855 o'clock this
morning, caused a bad wreck. The train
was coming into this city at a fast rate of
speed when the oil tank exploded from some
cause at present unknown. The train was
stopped and the engine and thirteen cars
We're cut off. The caboose was also cut off
and showed away by the train crew. The
first explosion was not loud and was no.
ticed by but few people, but at 2:10 O'Clock
another tank exploded with such terrific
force that one-half of the citizens We're
awakened and nearly every one thought an
earthquake had occurred. The flames were
communicated to three more oil tanks, but
they did not explode, the contents burning.
Five cars of merchandise were also de-
stroyed After the fire was eXtinguished
temporary track 500 feet long was laid
around the wreck and the night through
trains arrived and left on time. This morn
ing trains were transferred by way of Mitch
ell over the b. & o. S. w. road. This
afternoon two of the oil tanks. in which
gases had accumulated, exploded and were
torn to pieces, but luckily none of the throng
of sightseers was injured.
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FROST IN THE SOUTH
RAY OF HOPE FOR THE YELLOW
FEVER INFECTED DISTRICTS.
Only F0rty-Three Cases and Two
Deaths at New Orleans Yesterday
Situation Elsewhere.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21.-The fever sit
uation improved to some extent here to-day.
The Board of Health reports: Cases of yell
low fever to-day AS deaths to-day 2; total
cases to date, 1024; total deaths to date, liz;
total cases recovered, 519; total under treat
ment, 1893.
The weather this morning was cool, and
reports from below New Orleans are to the
effect that there was a light frost last night.
Col. l. d. Ellis, of Governor Fosters staff,
said this evening that he had received ad-
vices that there had been frost in St Ber
nard parish and on the outskirts of the city
last night. The deposit, however. was slight
and possibly not sufficient to stamp out the
disease here. 1t is possible, however, that
the fewer cases this evening are a result
traceable to the change in the temperature.
1t does not now seem at all likely that the
fever will continue here for any length of
time. Business is greatly depressed, but it
is confidently believed that with the APP
proach of cold weather the fever will die
out and New Orleans will recover some of
the trade she has lost through the fright of
the past few weeks. This is the record to-
DAY of new cases and deaths:
New Cases-Josephine Gravel, Sybil
Capron, Jennie Muruen, Lilly Brown, -
Williamson, j. Witnineyer, - Dahn, An
thony knoblick Charles Grogreve Frank
Wllllams, Hunter Coieman, Theodore Dan
Tiger, Miss Isabel Danziger, John knouCn,
DIR. Belden's servant j. ii. Ferguson, Sal
vator Junata Miss Monroe Mrs. r. A.
Lewis, j. H. Langsing, James Rieley, Henry
Medal, Willie WmsiOw, Pat Ford. e. Bar
rosse, Matte Skinner John Falkenheimer,
John M. McCune, Leurs Green (colored), f.
Gonzales, Annie Cohn, Rebecca Cohn, Sadie
Cohn, Morris Cohn, Mrs. Charles Melchert,
Jolis Jolis, J. l.. O'RouTke, Miss
Charlotte Payne - Hunt, Master Morris.
Charlotte Payne, - Hunt, - Master,
Morris Stitch.
Den hs-Sister SYLVESTER. Patrick Dovle.
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Indinnn Mates.

James F. Harvey, who has been Judge of
the Circuit Court at Charlottesville for six
years retired yesterday and was succeeded
by jeremiah West.
Canton McKeen. of the Terre Haute Patri-
archs Militant, Odd Fellows, who won the
prizes at the recent prize-drill contests at
Springfield, ILL.,, has decided to send drill
team of fifty members to the national con-
test at Boston next August
There Will be a pigeon shoot on the farm
of Henry p. Gordon, near Morrstown next
Tuesday. Over six hundred birds will be
liberated and big time IS expected as
crack shots from over the country are ex-
pected. DR.. r. S. McCray is managing the
affair
RICHMOND, Ind. Oct. 2I.-The Rich
mond firm of Setphen r. Virgins & Sons,
which recently went into the hands of re-
ceiver, was reorganized yesterday by fling
articles of Incorporation for the Virgins
Tannery and Leather Company. The CAPT
tai stock is $4,000.
Odd Fellows of the Noblesvile district met
at Noblesville Wednesday afternoon and
night, with over five hundred present The
Rebekahs did some effective team work.
Odd Fellows were present from Peru Tip
ton, Broad Ripple, townsville and Lebanon.
Grand Secretary Leedy and Grand Patriarch
Bodine were also present.
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Union and Henry counties. At the expira-
ton of his term of Office Mr.. Reynolds re-
moved 10 Kansas, where he became promi-
nently identified with the Prohibitionists in
that State. After a short residence in Kan
sas he returned to Indiana and soon estab-
lshed reputation as a temperance lectur-
er. He has been elected to the State Leg
islature from this county three times, max
ing his last canvass in 1886, when he was
elected by majority greater by 900 than
the Republican majority in this county. Mr..
Reynolds is strong advocate of temper
fed with temperance reform movements
believing the desired legislation will be en-
acted by the Republican party. President
Harrison appointed him Indian agent
and Cleveland removed him. Mr. Reynolds
is the owner of some fine farms in this
neighborhood and resides on one known as
Upland Home
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A Great BIackbird Roost.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DUBLIN, Ind, Oct. H-Every fall and
spring the blackbirds have been making
many trees about Dublin their roosting
quarters. In March as they return from
the South they come here to roost, and for
a month or six weeks the trees about town
are almost loaded down with them They
TENDER, when they again come here to roost
and remain until the last of October when
they migrate South. At this time about
sunrise each morning one may see hundreds
of thousands fly off southeast for perhaps
from ten to fifteen miles, where they gather
along the water courses to find something
to eat They are a perfect nuisance to the
city, but all efforts to drive them away
have failed
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one survivor of a Wrecked Yacht.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.-The follow
ing advices were received to-day per the
steamship Alameda, which arrived from
Sydney via Honolulu this morning: On
Sept Is the yacht Zenobia. while cruising
off Moosa, near Brisbane, capsized in a
squall and five of her occupants lost their
lives after drifting about the wrecked boat
for some days. The survivor, Arthur Kim
Der, finally reached the shore on the fol-
lowing Sunday almost crazy. Two of the
party, Fred Clawson and his little son
Harry. died during the first night and an
other died in Kimbers next day while a
fourth jumped overheard in derium and
was drowned. Late on Thursday evening
VIM. Clawson, hoartbroken at the loss of
his boy and nephew. died with his head on
kinnber's shoulder and after casting the
dead bodies overheard Kimber lay at the
bottom of the boat to die She drifted in
Laguna bay and grounded however as he
had given up all hope of being rescued and
almost dead he lay upon the beach until
picked up
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Young women's Christian Association

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 21-The thir-
teenth annual convention of the Young
Womens Christian Association of Indiana
met here this afternoon at the First Bap-
fist Church. There was fairly good at
tendance. Tonight Mrs. Persis l.. Chris
tan, of Eureka Springs. Ark, delivered an
address on THE Duty and JOY of Service"
Mrs. Christian is widely known as a promi-
nent worker in the Christian Church. Miss
Perdue and Miss Hauck, of this city, sang
q duet during the exercises. The conven-
TONS sessions proper will begin tomorrow
morning and continue until Saturday even
ing. Sunday many of the delegates will take
pa TT in the services in tn various churches
of the city. Mrs +. c. AcCrea, of Indian
apolis is state president. Most of the dele
gates are from the schools and colleges of
the State.
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ResuIts nj FIeetwood.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-There was good
attendance at the third days meeting at
Fleetwood Park and the sport was decidedly
high class. The first event on the card was
the 2:45 postponed trotting class, in which
Clayton and Nell Gwynne had two heats
and Unabelle one. Clayton had no difficulty
in landing the deciding heat, with a little
to spare. The 2Z2 pace, in which Blue
Wilkes had TWO heats to his credit yester-
day, was not quickly decided las Maud
H., the original favorlte, landed two heats
in impressive style. In the deciding heat
she got the worst of the start and broke.
Blue Wilkes beating her out by two lengths.
A fast field met in the 2:12 pace and the
field sold for $25, with $40 each for Valleau
and Winfield. The veteran Tony Wilcox
captured the first heat in drive with b. b..
but there was no mistake in the last three
heats. as Winfield went out from the word
spare. ~
In the 2:9O trot Lucy M. was the favo.ite.
put the chestnut mare Logan won the first
Allie Iare. won the second with equal ease
when the race had to be postponed, as sun
down had arrived. Results:
2:45 Trot; purse, $500: Clayton won the
first third and sixth heats. Best time,
2;l51a: Nell Gwynne won the fourth and
fifth heats. Best time, 2:20. Una Belle won
w o0NOru HSoC ~ HLSz2' Dolldru wilkes,
Alma Wilkes, Libler, Os, ar Red Frank
Hazel Black Henry and Jim Mansfield also
started.
Pop Pace; purse, $500: Blue Wilkes won
the first second and fifth heats. Best time
2:1l1a. Maud H. won the third and fourth
heats. Best time. PISA. Abram S., Russell
H., Mr.. Fullerton, S.nilax and Dan K. also
started.
2:2O Pace; purse $500: Winfield won sec
ond, third and fourth heats. Best time
213A. Tony Wilcox won the first heat in
2:l5. Mithra and Harry S. also started.
2:30 Trot; purse, $500 (unfnished): Allie
Tare won the second heat in 2:22A. Legena
won the first heat in 2:221a Harry p. and
Lucy M. also started.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
ELkHART, Ind, Oct. 2I.-The City Ma
tional Bank at Wakarusa, in this county
was broken into some time last night and
the safe blown open. How much the rob-
bers secured has not been made public by
the officials. The team the robbers used in
making their escape was stolen from a
farmer named Gresnawalt and ii was
found this morning wandering about in this
city in very jaded condition. The officers
found $500 in silver quarters and pennies in
the bottom of the wagon box, where they
had been spilled by the robbers. There is
no clew to the robbers, but they are sup
posed to belong here
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SISTERS OF ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL
Scored for Refusing TO Receive IA jew
ish Woman in Distress.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, Oct. N.-There is
very bitter feeling among the Hebrews of
this city tonight against the action of the
sisters in charge of st. Johns Hospital The
Jewish women have sewing society," and
for the past two years they have been la
boring to assist the sisters and build up the
hospital They have never asked a favor
until yesterday, when Mrs. Orbaski, who
was in delicate condition, fell and injured
herself. The Jewish women, seeing her dis
tress, asked that she be admitted to the
hospital When they reached there the sis
tiers refused to accept che patient. The
women attempted to impress on the sisters
the seriousness of her case, but the poor
woman had to be taken back to her scant
apartments. This morning she gave birth
to a child, which died. The matter has
raised so much of a sensation that it de-
mands the attention of Father Mulcahey.
The sisters explained their stand to-day on
the ground that they had positive rules
against admitting any woman in Mrs. Or
baskis condition. This is not at all salts
factory to the Jewish women nor to the
great majority of gentiles who know of the
work the Jewish women have done on the
hOSDital
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NEW YORK. Oct. 2L-Arrived Phoe-
nicia, from Hamburg Sailed: OLDHAM, for
Rotterdam; Normannia, for Hamburg;
Karlsruhe, for Bremen Patria and Nor
MAMMA, for Hamburg.
QUEENSTOWN Oct 21-Sailed: Rhyn-
land for Philadelphia; Germanic, for New
York.
BREMEN, Oct. 21.-Arrived; Trave, from
New York, via Southampton
CHERBOURG, Oct 21-Arrived: Fuerst
Bismarck. from New York.
NAPLES, Oct. 2l.-Arrived: Kaiser VIII
helm II, from New York
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.-Sailed: Mel
derland, for Antwerp.
HAMBURG, Oct. 2l-Arrived: Palatia.
from New York.
LONDON, Oct. 21.--Sailed: Mobile. for
New York.
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How Oil Leases Fail.
Bluffton Chronicle.

The William Ogle farm in Nottingham
township, which was formerly the banner
lease in the Wells county oil field, is now
only an ordinary producer. The eight wells
have run the same course that all others
run, and now they are producing but thirty
barrels a day. When company of Bluftton
spectators owned the lease in 1895 they got
from the eight wells $50 barrels of the crude
a day, and that was about the average pro-
duction when the company sold their prop
erty to Joseph Casper, of Toledo, in March,
1896 One month after Mr.. Casper made the
purchase he disposed of the lease to 9. NJ.
Coghlin, who is the present owner, for $40, 900.
Not only has the supply of oil been constant
ly falling off, but the price has been falling
off also. In 1895 the price ranged between Sc
and 81 cents per barrel, the average being
about 20 cents during the time the Button
company owned it, For The past six months
the average price has been AZ cents, SO that
the farm that once paid $252 per day now
pays but $3.50.
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DeathS-sister sylvester. Patrick Doyle
Four Cases and Three Deaths

MOBILE Ala, Oct. N-Four new cases.
three deaths and six recoveries were
ported at noon to-day. The new cases are:
Mrs. T. n. Fowler, Mary Dunn, H. 3. Mat
thews, Felix Bowers. The deaths are: Mrs.
S. K. Smith, Nellie Sullivan, j. F. Holberg.
Total cases to date 1871; deaths, 26; recov-.
cries. 127; remaining under treatment "a.
Jessie Mabel Smith was a native of Will
kinson, o., and came here with her hus-
band nine months ago.
Two cases of fever are officially report
ed at Wheelervilie, eight miles west of the
city-D. Blackman and wife. Two new
cases are reported to-day at F1omaton,
Ala.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, Oct. 21.-The most serious
fire that has visited Peru for years &C.
CURED tonight. The two-story brick livery
barn owned by G. L. Murden was de-
stroyed, with most of it's contents, includ-
ing cabs, carriages. wagons and buggies
When the fire broke out there were about
forty horses in the barn and fifteen were
burned TO death. The loss Will amount to
at least $500, partially covered by insur-
ance, the amount of which cannot be
learned to-nighg Many of the horses and
eehicles belonged to hoarders and were not
insured.
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NO WAGE SCALE SIGNED
GLASS WORKERS AND MANUFAC-
TURERs AGAIN FAIL TO AGREE.
Firm of Terre Haute Lawyers on
Trial for UnprofessionnI Conduct
Other State News.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. H.-The joint
wage conference of window-glass manufac-
turers and workers held to-day to arrange
a scale for the ensuing year adjourned to-
night without reaching an agreement. Both
sides presented their ultimatum and there
is no telling when another meeting viii BE
held The iatteners and cutters were lot
represented on the committee of the work
ers. although the manufacturers believed
they would have accepted the offer made
by them and gone to work had the blowers
and gatherers accepted or offered a colnpro-
ofcp
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shot His Son for Chicken Thief.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, Ind, Oct. H.-John Nc
Crea, living three miles north of this city
shot and probably fatally wounded his
twelve-year-old son Charles last night
Shortly after dark last night the elder
McCrea heard the chickens making a noise
and he supposed that thieves were among
them. He hurried to the chicken coop with
his shotgun and saw figure moving about
IN the darkness. lie raised his gun and fired
ana was horritled to hear his own boy cry
out in agony The father rushed up and
found his boy had received the charge in
ms breast, which is a mass of shot wounds
he is IN precarious condition The father
Is almost craZed over his terrible mistake
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Burn. probably Re-Elected.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct 21.-The election of
new officers fer the window-glass workerS'
organization. is virtually over, and the re-
election of President Simon Burns is as
sured. 1t is now believed that he will treat
the long-standing trouble among the glass
workers with consideration of all
classes, and will pacify the cutters and
gatherers, who think they have been mis-
treated by President Burns to please the
other classes of the trade
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the legs ard Holsapple was shot through
brought Green Slaughter and placed him
in jail did not know the exact condition Of
the wounded, but is of the opinion that at
least Holsapple is badly hurt. Green
Slaughter is forty-two years old and was
formerly railroad engineer the Louis
vile Southern Railroad. Family difficulties
mother was the cause of the trouble.
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A. NJ. f. Conference officers.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND, Ind, Oct. 21.-The A. M. f.
Conference of the Richmond district, in
session here, selected the following confer
ence officers: Chairman. C. c. Townsend;
secretary, N. v Saunders assistant secre-
tary 7: E. Wilson. Committees Finance,
Kelly; credentials, II. T.. Wilson, C. Smith
and A. L. Murray. Mrs. S. L. Young was
chosen to represent the women of Allen
Chapel, of indianapolis Rev. A. l.. Muir
ray, of Indianapolis is taking prominent
part in the services.
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ANNUAL ROLL OF DISASTER.
Eleven GIOucester Vessels and Fifty
Nine Lives Lost i'm q Year.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Oct 21.-The an
nual roll giving the names of the fishermen
who have lost their lives during the year
ending Sept. 80 has been made up and
shows loss of ffty-nine men and eleven
vessels during the past year, against the
loss of seventy-four men and thirteen YES
sells in 1885, The crew of the schooner Lizzie
j. Greenleaf, numbering eighteen men,
probably went down with their vessel, as
they never have been heard of. The total
value of the vessels lost was $65, $50.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 21.-Dr. G.. B.
Thornton. president of the Board of Health,
tonight announced a suspicious case of
fever in the southern portion of the city.
The sick man is B. H. McFerrin yard man
that, even if the case under observation
should prove to be genuine yellow fever,
''The sanitary condition of the city is al
most perfect said the health officer, land
at this late season there is absolutely no
danger of a spread of the yellow plague
even should it exist at present"
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Oct. 21.-The gen.
eral store of Charles A. Kelly was entered
last night, the safe cracked and a steel box
containing $3.50 carried off. The burglars
closed the safe after the theft and it was
not discovered until to-day at noon. Mr..
Kelly ordered bloodhounds from Roachdale
to put on the trail of the burglars, but no
clew to the robbers was obtained.