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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
FIRE In Kinks STORE.
Blaze Started in Paper boxes on Top
of Il Table.

A few minutes before 2 o clock this morn
ing, ''Billy, the Kid" a hackman who has
a stand on the '~levee,' saw the interior
of Kinks cloak house ablaze. The hack
man had just come from Smiths rcstau-
rant. He turned back and sent in a stll
alarm to fire headquarters. BY the time
the department arrived the entire store was
filled with Il binding smoke. Breaking
open the doors the hremen saw that The
fire was confined to the center OF the room.
Two of them got down on their knees and
crawled back toward it, They found that
the fire was in a lot of paper boxes on a
table. With considerable courage they
grabbed the burning table and hurried with
it to - street. A stream from one line OF
hose soon drowned the smoking table and
the fire was out. The fire department WAS
complimented because no water was
thrown into the room and the only damage
to the stock will be from smoke. Most Of
the large stock of cloaks and valuable fuis
are kept. in air-tight glass cases and VIII
not be damaged TO any great extent. Joseph
Rink, proprietor of the store, has a tee
phone at his residence. He was notified
and a hackman drove to his mouse 70 pfilS
Mr.. Rink to the store. He met him on the
road painting and GREATNESS. Mir. Rink
was considerably excited when he arrived
but was relieved to find the damage no
greater. They told he my store was burn-
ing up he said.
The table that caught fire was directly
beneath an arc electric light ana the only
way TO account for the fire is on The theory
that the red-hot carbon crumblcd of and
fell among the goods piled on II. Mr.. Rink
was unable to make any estimate OF the
damage that had been done. but thought
that it would not be very great.
Mr.. Kinks store is located at 30 to IS n.
Illinois street, on the ground floor OF N. II.
Spades Windsor block, d large compart-
ment house. HaCkmen from the levee
awakened the tenants of the hotel. There
was some smoke curing Up from the store
room, and as soon as the families We're
awakened the widest excitement prevailed.
Half-dressed men and women began DuG-
ding up their effects in sheets, tablecloths
and anything else available. After the tire
department arrived and they learned that
the fire was not serious, they got a little
calmer, but it was q long time before they
became quoted down enough to return 10
their slumbers. This is the fourth fire that
has occurred in the downtown districts in
less than a week.
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week plds fair TO be one Of important re-
suils. according To agreement q vote VIII
DS ldEen on the arbitration treaty. OF
weohesuay. Ii Is also quite probable thas
that the tariff bill viii be reported 10 the
senate. FOR the rest. Senator Morgan PROV
dply, VIII can up his Cuban resolution. the
sunuTy clVl appropriation bill may pe
passea ana senator 1oar has gwen nottee
that ne Will move to nave the committee
on rules discharged from further consideTa-
tion OF mis- amendments TO the rules Tor TIE
limitation OF debate. There is great uncet-
lalaty as 10 the fate of the treaty, ana Il
now looks as If the margin would not ex-
coed two or three votes whatever the re-
suit may be. There are a few unascertalTled
votes winch Will decide the result. "A Call
Vass made yesterday shows forty votes GER
tam Tor the treaty and twenty-five certain
are Sufficient to defeat it. but the Oppose
ton do not know just where these TOUR
votes can be found. There will be CONSIDER
able sparrlng over the treaty before the vote
is TAKEN, put no prolonged DEBATE y sAI
pected. Consideration of the Sundry civil
appropriation bill has been postponed until
Senator Allison, who will have charge OF IL
in the Senate. can be present. Ii senator
Hoar fulhlls his promise TO bring up the
question or the amendment TO the fules nls
Democrats. Those of them who favor the
changes proposed will not assent TO them
on the eve of the tariff light. The new SEN
ator from Kentucky, Hon. w. j. Deooe'
probably VIII be sworn in tomorrow.
The House programme contempldteS au-
for three days from Monuay
and Wednesday. Should the conference re-
port on the Indian appropriation OH reach
the House 1t Will be considered. A suSSe3II
ton to take action on the bankruptcy Dill
passed by the Senate is being thought over
and may reach some definite shape DeIolS
the close of the week.
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TariY Bill Delayed Again.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-The tariff bill
as amended win not be given to the finance
committee tomorrow. No meeting Of the
committee as originally intended will be
held. Tine reason given for this is the abb
sence of Senator Plat. of Connecticut, a
member of the subcommittee on tariff.
Some questions nave arisen in the past few
days concerning which it is considered
necessary to consult the Connecticut sena-
tor, and he has found it impossible to
reach the city until tomorrow afternoon,
TOO late for the meeting. A meeting prob
ably viii be held Tuesday. The Republican
members viii. in the meantime, continue
their efforts to have the Democrats fl a
time for reporting the bill. The latter.
howeyer. persist in declaring that they will
enter upon no agreement on this point until
they shall see the bill and have an oppor-
tunity to examine it. The Republican sub
committee spent the entire day working on
the bill
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LEVEES STILL HOLDING.
People of Louisiana Are, However
Taking No Chances.

NEW ORLEANS, May 2.-Dispatches
from all points along the river to-day show
that the ievees are holding. A fall of one
and a half-tenths at Lake Providence
strengthens the belief of the engineers that
the worst is over along the Louisiana front
from the mouth of Red river to the Arkan-
sas line. The danger points now are from
Red River Landing southwark. AT Plaque
to-day the river rose three-tenths and
the levee workers in that vicinity are hav-
ing a hard time oftlt keeping the line in a
condition of safety. The gauge here showed
1913 tonight. Major Richardson, chief Of
state engineers, came to the city at the
Governors order to act as advisory engi-
neer on the local work, and declared the
defenses well constructed. Here and else
where the day was devoted TO hard work
and no mishaps are reported. There is
still considerable alarm about Davis levee.
but extensive enforcement will be begun
there tomorrow morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
INDIANA TOWN SUFFERS
BLOOMFIELD LOSES ELEVEN BUST-
NESS HOUSES BY FIRE.
Opera House m Ruins-TotaI Damage
About $3O.000-Gas Supervisor
Leach in a Quandary.
cal to the Inaiannpolls journal.

SPECIAL to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMFIELD, Ind, May 2.-Early this
morning fire destroyed eleven business
houses in Bloomfield, including the opera
house, one of the finest small houses in the
State, which was remodeled last season.
The fire broke out about o'clock, and the
entire east side of the public square was
destroyed. The heaviest losers are: T.. G
H~attabaugh. owner of the opera house,
valued at $40, 600, with no Insurance., and
Grave & Hasler. hardware, loss $1,000. The
postoffice building was destroyed. Other
firms who suffered were S. S. Stalcup.
drugs; Kidd Bros, saloon; DR.. j. w. Gray,
James Helphinstine, barber: Lewis Bros,
restaurant; George Grifiths, billiard hall;
Masonic lodge. r.. Coen, boots and shoes;
Victor Rainbolt, job printer; Vanbuskirk &
Pate, lawyers; Asbury Haines, barber; ID.
Soames & Co, timers; Bloomfield manufac-
tory and the Bloomfield Bank. The total
loss is about $50, 900; insurance, $10,0 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
EDWARDS BOYS CONVICTED.
Case That Has Worried the People of
Several Towns for Years.

Several Towns for Years.
SPECIAL to the Indi lnapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE. Ind, May 2.-The case
of the state against George and Richard
Edwards, of Eminence, for assault with in
tent on John Avend, has just terminated
in the Circuit Court and the. Edwards boys
will pay a fine of $50 and lay in the county
Jail for three months. The case was given
to the jurors just before noon Saturday
and they wrestled with each other over the
verdict all afternoon and night and until
8 o'clock this morning. The trouble began
between Avend and the edwards boys in
September, 1895, when Avend ground some
sugar cane for George Edwards, but the
mOlasses was not satisfactory to Edwards.
There has been an exciting difference be-
tween the two families ever since. Several
times has there been a war of words with
an exchange of courtesies between them.
The climax came on Jan. 29, when a sort
of running fight was kept up all day, dur
ing which, the evidence disclosed, the Ed
wards brothers used knives and brass
knuckles on 4Avend to his physical dispar-
agement. The young men have been neigh
bors for twenty-five years or more. Judge
Duncan, of Bloomington, was on the bench
during the trial and suggests that the res
identS of Adams township erect a branch
courthouse at Eminence in order that jus
tice may be dispensed nearer home, as they
are continually before the courts. More
than one hundred witnesses were sum-
moned in this case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
THE WASTE OF GAS.
Supervisor Leach in 81 Quandary Be-
tween r. and Manufacturers.

SPECIAL to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, May Estate Natural
Gas Supervisor j. c.. Leach, of this city, is
experiencing no small degree of embarrass-
ment just now by the appeals of manufac-
turers and citizens of manufacturing towns
generally to protect the natural gas in the
oil country. Professor Leach has been re-
peatedly sent for by the citizens of Alex
andria, where a big oil well is flowing and
where several others will be opened soon,
to stop the waste of natural gas. The oil
well on the Carver farm is blowing OFF 800
600 feet of gas daily, there being no way
of stopping the waste as long as the oil
is permitted to flow. The manufacturers of
both Alexandria and Montpelier are object
ing strenuously to the prodigious waste of
the fuel, which they regard as worth many
times the value of the oil produced at this
premature stage of development. 1t is con-
coded tina oil will finally displace the gas,
but manufacturers and residents of towns
prefer the gas to the oil and want to keep
the former as long as possible. The farm
ing community, on the other hand, want
the oil for its increased income from leases
and the sixth of the product. Inspector
Leach is in a quandary how to proceed in
the PREMISES.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
Hamilton Fish ON Grant.
From a Reprinted Article in the Independ-

From q reprinted Article IN the 1ndepenG-
ent.
l think he was the most scrupulously
truthful man l ever met. He had little idea
of the value of moneys and had no tendency
to it's accumulation. He was lavish in his
expenditures and generous in his charities.
He gave TO all who asked of him, being
often unnecessarily and unWiSely prOIl .
in his donations. | have not infreqUCnity
known him to give sums from five to TEN
times the amount of what the applicants
could have reasonably or probably eX-
9ected.
In his family he was the fondest and
most fndulgent and liberal of husbands and
fathers. He had a large fund of hGmor, en-
Joyed a good story, and had the faculty Of
telling a good story, and of telling it WC}.
[ never heard him use a profane or an oo-
scene word.
The habit of public speaking came to him
after the end of his presidency. While he
was President, on one occasion, q large
body of clergymen called upon and made
him a long address to which he had to re-
ply, and which he always disliked to do.
After a sentence or two / noticed that his
voice faltered, and, fearing that he might
be at q loss what next to say. standing
next TO him | caused a diversion by begin
ming to cough violently so as to interrupt
fortunate it was for him that had that
cough, as he had felt his knees begin 10
shake, and did not think that he could have
sooken another word.
His Indignation was always intense
against any case of marital inhdelity; and
| have known an instance of his refusing
consideration of applications in favor OF an
individual of high public position who lay
man of much political influence. who had
been thus guilty, recommended and was
urging upon him some action. the general
remarked, after his withdrawal: That man
had better take care of his own moral con-
duct than come and give advice to me en-
any question"
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not be a candidate and he would not per-
init the use or his name. He went into
the campaign. however. with great vigor
and was one Of the powerful factors IN
swinging Indiana back to the Republican
column.
Among the first appointments Of General
Harrison was that of Governor Porter TO
be minister to Italy. This proved accept
able TO the Governor and during the per-
iod of his residence at Rome the New or
leans riots brought up a delicate question
of diplomacy, which he handled with a skill
and dignity that contributed greatly TO an
amicable settlement of the question and
called forth a letter of thanks from the
President. Before the close Of his term ne
returned home on leave and was impor-
united to permit the use of his name for
the gubernatorial nomination, but he de-
clined, though he participated in the cam
paign. In 1893 he retired to his home. in
this city. and resumed work on his history,
which is still unfinished.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
Grant on a Third Term.

Hon. James N. Tyner. in the Independent.
While in Paris l essayed to talk with him
about the presidential race at home in 1880,
but he adroitly turned the subject. / made
two or three attempts to draw him out on
the seven days trip, until at last, with a
holder determination, when we We're within
two hours ride of Pittsburg, | struck cut
with the suggestion that the recent death of
Senator Zachariah Chandler made it neces-
sary to select a chairman for the national
Republican committee, that the committee
would meet shortly for the purpose, ard.
in view of the belief that the management
of the committee might affect the nomina-
ton, I asked him If he had any preference
for any one named? He answered frankly:
The choice should fall to the man who
could manage the preliminaries best. /
have had letters from Conkling. Logan.
Cameron and others. urging me TO stand for
the nomination.: but ] don't want TO do it.
| have had all the honcrs Of the presidency
and have encountered all the hafdships and
embarrassmeats of the place; these are
emo gh 70 satisfy my ambition. only for
the salary. which / would ike 10 nave,
could / be Induced to accept I must hunt
up a job pretty soon or buy a farm.
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still Rising at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, May 2.-The continued high
water has excited a great amount of in
terest, as was eyinced by the enormous
that flocked to the river front to-
day. The river continues to rise, marking
800 feet in the morning, and 1886 feet at
4 o'clock this afternoon. At a number of
places along the levee the railroad tracks
were under water. The Termina Associa-
ton, whose tracks are partially under
water, expresses no ureaslness over the
situation. One of the officials stated that
it Would take i've feet of water before all
it's river tracks would be submerged and
that the association had engines that would
work in three feet OF water, therefore it
present stage before the company would be
ipconuanjpOcad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
G. A. r.. ENCAMPMENT.
Preparations for Receiving and En-
tertaining Veterans About Complete.

Preparations for Receiving and En-
tertaining Veterans About Complete.
SPECIAL to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, May I'm a little over
a week the State Encampment of the G.. A.
r., which includes this year also the an
nual conventions of the w. r. c.. and the
Ladies of the C. A. r. and the annual
meeting of the Indiana Loyal Legion, will
meet in this city. The preparations are now
about complete and the prospects are for
an attendance of about six thousand men,
bers of the G. A. r. and w. r. c., to say
nothing of the many other visitors who Will
be attracted to the city by the cheap
rate of l cent a mile. Sol Meredith Post,
of this city, has nominated John w. Tin
gle, who is the post commander, for the
position of senior vice commander, and as
it has been customary to select this officer
from the city in which the encampment
meets, his election is practically a fore
gone conclusion. The local w. r. c. will
have a candidate for the position of senior
vice president of the w. Il. c. in the per
son of Mrs. c. G. Swain. She was a candi-
date for the same position at South Bend
last year and came near being elected. the
programme of the encampment has been
changed to include four campfres instead
of three. Word has been received from
Commander-in-chief Clarkson that ne VIII
be here on Wednesday, the 10th, which Is
the day of the parade. DR.. A. r., Tucker,
of NobleSville, chief of Commander Cay
lor's staff, has accepted the invitation to
lead the parade. 1t is announced that the
gift from the national department to Past
Commander-in-chief l.. N. Walker, OF IN
dianapolis, will be a silver service: 1t will
be presented by a committee appointed by
the national department and is zone at
this time because Mr.. Walker wished the
remembrance to be given him at the meet
ing of his own department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
Imports So Large that the DingIey
Tariff Bill VIII Probably Yield Lit
tie Revenue the First Year.
APRIL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
INCREASE OF MORE THAN 100 PER
CENT. OVER JANUARY's FIGURES.
An Argument i'm Favor of the Retro
active CIause-SOne of the Effects
OF Mckinlcy's Election.
SPECIAL to the Indianapolis journal.

SPECIAL to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-The treasury fig
ures for the month just ended confirm
Chairman Dingley's statement made a few
days ago that there is likely to be nearly
a years supply of foreign goods in the
country when the new tariff bill gets into
effect. While the retroactive clause, so
called, of the Dingley bill probably pre-
vented some of the new contracts which
would have been made, and the new orders
which would have been given, it did not
reduce the amount of goods brought in dur
ing April, as compared with the preceding
month. That clause of the bill provided
that the new rates of duty should apply
upon all goods coming in after April 1,
which had not been purchased prior to that
date. This, of course, permitted all goods
contracted for or ordered prior to
April l to come in under Wilson law
rates and also left it largely in the hands
of the importers to indicate by their own
statements whether goods coming in after
April 1 had been purchased or ordered prior
TO that date. Some of the importers have
also chung to the belief that this feature
of the bill would fail to pass the Senate,
especially in view of recent publications so
indicating, while still others have chosen to
take the risks upon being required to pay
the extra duty in case this feature of the
bill should become a law. The result of
these conditions is that the April importa-
tons have been p~henominally large, as large
indeed as those of the month preceding and
larger than those of any other month since
the Wilson law went into effect. The i'm
portation of foreign goods during the month
of April will foot up a total of probably
$50, COG, 900 in value. Those of March were in
value $76, 372, S31. The customs collections for
the month ran about the same as for
March, and it is believed that the impor-
tation of nondutiable merchandise, especi-
ally wool and hides, has increased very
much during the month, and that the esti-
mate of $50, coo, 600 for April is a low one.
The table given below, covering the i'm
portations into the United States during the
past nine months, indicates the hot haste
with which foreign manufacturers and
home importers have filled the warehouses
of the United States preparatory to the ad-
vance of duties contemplated by the new
tariff. The total importations OF foreign
merchandise into the United States Aug.
l, 1886, to May l, 1891, folloWS:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
The Powers Not in Concert.

LONDON, May 2.-It is semi-oficially
stated that Lord S~alisbury's proposal to the
powers for q conference at Paris to discuss
measures with a view of ending the war
between Turkey and Greece has already
been under consideration for several days
at the various foreign offices. and may now
be considered definitely abandoned.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Mail learns that the powers will not consent
to the levying of indemnity on Greece, and
that both Austria and Germany are trying
to induce the Porte to modify it's demands.
Reports were current in Athens to-day
that the powers are about 20 mediate be-
Austrian ministers have had a long inter-
view with VI. Rail- and NJ. Scouiodis at
Athens.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
RAILWAY RATE WAR.
Price of Turner's icket to st. Louis
Cut from $7.2O to So.

CINCINNATI, o., May "A rate war be-
tween Cincinnati and st. Louis has broken
out because of the national convention Of
the Turner's at ST. Louis this week. Many
organizations had |arranged to rendezvous
here and make up special trains. The Big
-Four had secured the Cincinnati societies
at a rate of $7.20. The Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railway yesterday cut the
rate to SO. To-day the Turner's nave been
holding meetings to protest against the cut
rate. These societies had sold tickets at
$7.20 to most of their members. There are
many shippers among the Turner's, and
they are taking part in the rate war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
Two Leaky Levees.

NATCHEZ, Miss. May with an ex-
ception of a half-tenth rise during the last
twenty-four hours, the river situation re-
mains unchanged. The weather having
cleared beautifully, the situation tonight
seems more hopeful. A reporter to-day
visited the leVees at Vidalia and Cowpen
Point. While the levees are probably In
fair shape they have many streams OF
a large ditch to be dug on the outside to
carry off the water at Vidalia. They are
being worked on by a large force and close
ly guarded. In many places the river is
within less than a foot of the tops and the
current is very swift.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03

SrecaI to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, May PRO
grammes for the Wabash College COM
mencement season have been issued, and
the several exercises Will be as follows:
Friday, June 1~1-Preparatory prize con-
tests.
Sunday, June 13-Baccalaureate sermon in
the morning and commencement sermon in
the evening.
Monday. June 14-Baldwin oratorical con-
test and senior class cay exercises.
Tuesday, June 1@Trustees meeting
sophomore orations, freshmen declamations.
Austin prize debates and alumni banquet.
Wednesday, June 16-Commencement ex-
ercises and presidents reception.
The vote for an alumnus candidate to be
elected trustee In June resulted in the Sc
lection of four-one of which will be elected.
The four candidates are Rev. Geo. l.. Mack
intosch, G. B. Lander, w. A. Woods and
Thomas r. Marshall.