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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
NUDE MAN IN A TREE.
Mind of Andrew j. StOtt, Law Stu
dent, Deranged Again.

dent, Deranged Again.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, Ind, July z9.-Considerable
excitement was caused in this city to-day
by the exploits of Andrew j. Stott, a young
law student, who has been studying at In
danapoEs. Stott was placed in the insane
hospital at Indianapolis some months ago
for treatment. He returned to this city a
few days ago on a furlough to visit his
parents, and has been acting strangely
since his arrival. This morning he made
his escape and made for the woods. About
two miles in the country he met a farmer
coming to town in buggy. He got in the
buggy to take q ride Suddenly he drew a
razor, grabbed the lines and cut them into
bits. The farmer jumped from the buggy
and grabbed the horse, which had started
to run away. Stott began slashing himself
with the razor The buggy was tipped over,
and Stott jumped TO his feet and dashed
into a barbed wire fence. The farmer came
to the city and the sheriff, with several
others, started out to find Stott He was
found in a tree, with every stitch of cloth
ing gone. He was persuaded to come down.
when he was overpowered and brought to
the city, where his wounds were dressed. He
was then taken back to Indianapolis on
the noon train. Stott was a very bright
young man, and his family is one of the
best in the county,
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Indinnn Notes.

Miss Sallie Mlburn, aged forty, of PATIO
ka, Gibson county, was found dead in bed
yesterday morning.
Cal Parker, John Kerr and John Rich
are in Jail at Winchester charged with
burglarzing the store of Jacob +. Him
shaw, OF Lynn, on July 20.
AT ConnersVille yesterday Clarence Baker
fell into a recently eXcavated cellar and was
picked up in an unconscious condition. He
has an ugly cash, six inches long, on the
back of his head and a badly strained
back.
Morton Billy was assisting in threshing
few miles west of Connersville yesterday,
and while trying to repair the engine his
left hand and arm were mutilated, so much
so that it is thought amputation viii be nee
essary.
A district soldiers reunion of the counties
of Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland
will be held at Vevay Aug. 10 and IA
Vevay has cement walks, electric lights,
shady park, three large halls and every
convenience and comfort for large as
semblage.
The Board of Regents of Minnesota have
invited Mrs. Virginia G. Meredith, of Cam
bridge City, to organize the department for
young women about to be established in
connection with the School of Agriculture
at ST. Anthony Park She has accepted
the invitation and will go there in October
to remain six months.
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Southland College.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, July 29.-Members of
the missionary board of the Indiana Yearly
Meeting of Friends. which has under control
Southland College, near Helena, Ark, a
school for the education of colored people
met here last night and selected a faculty
for the coming year. The members are;
Stanley A. Pearson, TonganoXie, Kan,
president and treasurer; Mrs. Pearson. ma
trCn; Edgar H. Ballard Richmond, princi-
pal; James S. Hiatt, Richmond, Latin and
English Miss Estella p. Coffin, knights
town. head of the primary and interme-
diate departments; Miss Amy Francisco
Richmond, head of the musical department
and normal assistant; Miss Nettie A. Vance
Southland, primary assistant. The annual
catalogue of the institution. just issued
S. ows it to be in excellent condition and
work is now in progress of adding indus
trial features
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BIG OIL WELL.
Hartford City Claims to Have Opened
a GOO-BarreI Gusher.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind July 29.-Noth-
ing in recent years has caused as much ex-
element here as did the striking of a 500
barrel oil well just outside the corporation
limits al noon to-day. The we'll is owned
by the Phoenix Oil Company, and is To-
Gated on the S. s Carroll farm. The sand
in the we'll was reached at a depth of $50
feet, thirty feet deper than in the Karnes
well, directly east of this city, which
proved dry hole. The flow of oil was en-
countered between sixty-five and seventy
feet in the sand. Drilling has stopped on
account of lack of tanking and hundreds
of barrels of oil are flowing over the ground
and going to waste. tank has been tele-
Tonight. "A Journal correspondent learned
from the drillers that the we'll is one of the
greatest ever found in Indiana. and only
equaled by the mammoth wells drilled in
by the Diamond OIL Company. of Indian
apols. on the Godfrey reserve There is
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COLLISION NEAR BEREA.
Engineer Probably Killed and Con-
ductOr and Another Man Injured.

CLEVELAND, July 29.-One man was
probably killed and several injured at a
wreck on the Big -Four road, near Berea.
this afternoon A switch engine used for
handling cars in the quarry yards backed
en- the main track and came in collision
with a through freight. The engineer Of
the switch engine is under the wreckage
and is thought to be dead Conductor J. b
Ryan. of the through freight, suffered a
fracture of the right leg. A trainman
whose name could not be learned suffered
a fracture of the skull and may die
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District NJ. e. Conference.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


BEDFORD, Ind, July 29.-Last night
closed the exercises of the Bloomington dis
trict conference, which has been in session
in this city the past three days. Some sew
enty-five ministers, with their wives and a
goodly number of laymen and visitors, have
been in attendance. Their reception by their
brothers of the cause in this city was very
cordial. "A large number of subjects of i'm
portance to the members, laymen and min
listers of the Methodist Church were
brought before the conference, and were
discussed in a manner that showed their
hearts were in the cause. During the con-
ference sermons were preached by the most
noted ministers of the district; the call of
the local preachers and their charters
passed, and license for the coming year re-
newed in almost every instance. The re-
ports of the Sunday-school superintendent
and district stewards were made, and an
able discourse delivered by Rev. Knots on
ministerial Courtesy" Rev. Grgsby. of
Bloomington, preached the closing sermon
last night, and the conference closed with
a lOVefeaSt.
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Lady Somerset Asked to Stay.

LONDON, July 29-By an overwhelming
majority the executive committee of the
British Women's Temperance Association
has voted to request Lady Henry Somer-
set to withdraw her resignation Of the pres
idency of the association, which she ten
dered as protest against the refusal of
the branch associations to be governed bv
her desire, expressed in a recent circular
to the presidents Of the branches that they
should not approve sign petitions to
Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state
for India, against the renewal of the con-
tagiouS-diseaSeS acts Tor india
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TOPEKA, Ind, July 29.-After Governor
Mounts most excellent speech at Island
Park yesterday he, with Hon. J. N. Bah
cock and wife, were driven to this place
where an informal reception was given him
at the residence of John Yoder. The streets
of this village were alive with people, and
Sycamore Hail. where the Governor adj
dressed the Literary Society of Northern
Indiana was densely crowded His speech
bristed with good common sense and en-
couragement to the farm boy and farm girl
At the close of the address to the Literary
Society, he addressed the Parliamentary
Law School and Mock Congress, organized
here by the young men Of this town and sur
rounding country. Governor Mount is the
guest Of his friend, Hon. J. n. Babcock
while here
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REWARD FOR LYNCHERS.
Gov. Atkinson Anxious to Arrest DIR.
w. l.. Ryder's MuPIerers.

ATLANTA, Ga. July 29.-After giving a
secret hearing to-day to two of the brothers
of Or. w. l.. Ryder. the white man
lynched in Talbot county last week, Gov
ernor Atkinson offered the following re-
wards; Five hundred dollars for the arrest
and conviction OF the first two members of
the mob that lynched Ryder: $1G0 for each
subsequent arrest and conviction and $3.50
or persons hindering or interfering with the
bringing of the lynchers TO justice The
Governor announces that he has in his pos
ing mob, which numbered only fifteen with
positive proof against three of them He
expresses the determination to exert the
fun power of his office to punish the guilty
parties.
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Injunction Asked.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MORRISTOWN, Ind July CIV. A.
Bodne, leading merchant, and Charles
IT. Williams, president of the Union State
Bank, both of this town. have filed proceed
ings before Judge Buckingham, sitting in
chambers, to enjoin the board of trustees
from making any contract for cutting
down and grading Main street and side
walks. These gentlemen are backed by a
large number of the leading citizens and
taxpayers of the town, who believe this in
tended work will not only be useless ex-
pense, but win be of great damage to some
of the best business and residence property
adjoining this street.
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Anarchists Tortured in Spain.

LIVERPOOL, July 49, - band of An
archists who had been exiled from Spain
arrived here to-day on their way to Lon
don. Several of the members of the party
We're interviewed, and related their expert
ences in Spanish prisons. They said they
had been fed upon salt fish and had been
deprived of water for eight days at time.
The prison authorities promised to give
them water if they would make confessions
Owing to this treatment one of their num-
Der went mad, and was shot down in his
cell. Others were branded with hot irons.
had their nails pulled out and were tortured
i'm or ar
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CAR THIEVES.
Breaking Up Gang That Has Been
Operating at Ell1hart.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
ELKHART, Ind, July 29.-The police
force of this city, together with the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway detec-
tives have uncovered an organization for
wholesale stealing and receiving that has
been doing land-office business in this sec
ton. Recently Elmer and David Long
were caught in the act of shipping large
quantities of brass to Toledo in sacks, and
were arrested in Toledo, when they went
there to receive the stuff. They tried to
show that they bought the brass from two
boys, Erie Moore and Asa Miller. Elmer
Long was sent to the penitentiary and Da-
vid was acquitted. The two boys, Moore
and Miller tried to convince the court that
they had been induced by Elmer Long to
do the stealing, and their case is yet to be
disposed of. William Brown, who has been
in the penitentiary for stealing on previous
occasions, was arrested yesterday for re-
ceiVing stolen goods, and a search OF MS
place revealed a large quantity of clothing
stolen from the cars of the l.. >. & NJ. ,.
Railway, as well as two watches and a
pair of opera glasses taken from the house
of Samuel CroWl, merchant, on Decora-
ton day Brown was bound over to-day
AL O'Donnell a well-knOwn painter was
also arrested for receiving stolen goods and
for aiding tramps in stealing from the rail-
way company. He was examined by Detec-
tive Carney and in the course of his evil
dence showed that, HVlng IN Il pOTGlOn OF
the city thickly infested by tramps, he was
kept in constant terror by them, and had
frequently loaned them his horse and
buggy to haul goods to surrounding places;
that he had promised them to secrete
goods in his barn, and had loaned them
cooking utensils. as well as securing a va
cant house from another man for them to
live in. He claimed to have. done these
things because he was afraid they would
burn his property and Kill him and his
family. An effort is being made to catch
the tramps, and O'Donnell and his family
have bera moved into the body of the city
by tramps from freight cars have aggre-
gated a large amount Of money, and a
strong effort is being made by all the
police forces along the line and the detec-
tive force of the railway to break up the
practice as well as the rendezvous of the
+rar
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DESPONDENT COUPLE.
Unemployed Photographers and Bride
of Week Commit Suicide.

HOUSTON. Tex. July 29.-Jules Bun
nell, photographer and Miss Ella Lu VIII
Hanson were married at San Marcos last
week and went to Galveston, where Bum
nell thought he could get work He failed
TO find II and the young couple came here
They were found In their room at the
Hutchins House nearly dead from the ef-
fects of morphine taken with suicidal in
fhnrn hlf hnfh died.
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InAuIfed Xicforia.

LONDON, July 20. - A dispatch from
Lucknow, India says that on Saturday
Maulvi Sidayat Rasoul arrested on a
charge of having insulted Queen Victoria
and the British government at recent
ulate the Sultan upon his victories over
Greece. II is alleged that at this meeting
Maulv declared to the assembly that but
for the Sutans forebearanCe the old
woman's ribs would have been broken
years ago" The case was adjourned.
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Islands Seized by Britain

LONDON, July 29.-According to the Of
fetal colonial list, Great Britain has es-
tablished a protectorate over Jarvis island
and the Phoenix group, comprising Phoe-
nix, Brine, Hull, Gardner and Sydney ISL
ands and over Washington Tor New York;
island, and Palmyra and Johnson island
After the words johnson island" is an
asteriSk, referring to a note which reads
as follows: "Since withdrawn and ac-
knowledged to belong to Hawaii on con-
dltion that the right to land q cable is con-
ceded, II desired The asterisk, however
does not clearly Indicate whether the foot
note refers to the last-named island John-
SOM only or to all
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Temperance Society.

OCEAN GROVE, N. j., July 29.-The Ma
tional Temperance Society begins it's seven
teenth annual camp meeting here to-day,
to continue until Sunday evening. Several
of the best-known temperance speakers in
the Union will attend. among them being
Colonel w G.. Balm, of Kentucky; Rev. A.
]. Jynett, D. D. LII. D., of the American
Ant-hquor League Rev. c. H Mead, d.
tjo al SncietS Be-, n r Thora
as l. Pulson, of New York, and the Rev.
p. S. Henson, D. D., of Chicago. The
speakers at the opening session were Pres
ident Joshua l. Bailey and General Secre-
tary James B. Dunn This afternoon the
camp was addressed by Rev. c. II. Mead,
D. D. of Asbury Park. and Rev w c.
Steele. ID. D.. of New York. The addresses
of the auditorium meeting this evening
were by Principal Booker II. Washington
Of the Tuskegee Institute. Alabama, and
Rev. Q. z. Clifford. D.. D.. of Buffalo
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Seriously Hurt in Runaway.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SHELBYVILLE. Ind, July 29.--Mrs. W.
F. Law met with serious if no1 fatal ac-
cident this morning AS she was turning
her horse on a street in the south part of
town II became frightened at some children
and ran away. The buggy collided with a
telephone pole, throwing Mrs. Law upon
her head on the ground She was still I'M
conscious late this afternoon, and prob
ably suffering conclusion Of the brain.
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DIES MONIES. Ia, July 29.-E. L. Eaton
yesterday nominated for Governor by the
ProhlbitiOnists. is ineligible for the office OF
the required two years. He is a Methodist
minister who came TO the State last fan
from Wisconsin. $. r. Leland, Of Charles
City. DR.. Eaton's only competitor will
probably be placed on the ticket to an the
vacancy.
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Mrs WinsIow,s SOOTHING sx-rn =,

Has been used over fifty years by millions
of mothers for their children while teething
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child
collie, reg Ilates the bowels, and is the best
remedy for diarrhea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. For sale by drug
gists in every part of the world. BE sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup
20 cents a bottle.
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Germany PlaCRfed.

CONSTANTINOPLE. July 29-At a meet
ing of the ambassadors to-day the indem-
nifty clause in a form satisfying the views
of Germany was agreed upon. 1t now
awaits the approval of the respective for
eign officers. Another meeting will be held
doris are concerned, the negotiations will be
concluded
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Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind. July q Nicholas
Warrisee and Miss Marie Kronne were
married to-day at st. Mary's Catholic
Church. The ceremony was to have been
solemnized last Tuesday but the groom s
mother objected so strongly that the we'd
ding was declared off after the party had
reached church. Mrs. Warrisse protected
against the marriage because she would be
forced to live in another house. The couple
and the bride came to this city few weeks
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not another we'll in a radius OF two or three
miles of this great gusher, and compare
lively but little leasing has been done
northeast of here Thousands and thou
sands of acres lying between here and
Camden, Jay county, are not yet under
lease, and it is expected a regular stam-
pede Will ensue for this Unbiased territory.
Home parties are already at work endeavor-
ing to secure leases but the farmers are
waiting for more competition.
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Forger Cnught in canada.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
VINCENN5S. Ind, July 2S-Fyffe Hem
derson, the confidential clerk and book
keeper of ]. c. Stewart & Co. ST. Louis
contractors who are erecting a distillery
here. and who absconded a couple of weeks
ago after fraudulently obtaining S212 80 by
means of altering the amount OF a check
which had been signed by the Stewards,
has been captured in Toronto, Ont. He
confessed to the charge and says he will
return TO this city for trial without requsi-
tion papers Chief of Police George N
White left tonight for Toronto and will
return with the prisoner.
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New Militia Company.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. July %
A state militia company was organized at
this place last evening by Major Harter. of
the Fourth Indiana. The successful organ
ization of this company is the result of long
and incessant work on the part OF ex-Sen-
ator b. f. Clemens and others. The fol-
lowing officers We're elected. Captain B. Il.
Clemens first lieutenant, John Dunbar;
second lieutenant. John Jenkins. The COM
pany will likely be attached to tho Third
Indiana, with headquarters at South Bend.
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VIII Drive out Foreigners.

BRUSSELS, July 29.-The Chamber of
Deputies has passed bill compelling all
foreigners who have resided in Belgium a
year to enroll themselves in the Civic
Guard. The measure is the result of the
very great increase Of late in foreign colo
MES at Antwerp and in this city. 1t is ex-
pected that the Senate will kill the bill, but
M. Scholaert, the minister of the interior
and public instruction. threatens to resign
into law
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A Notorious AEitator.

LONDON. July ga dispatch from Bonn
bay says that the notorious Professor
Gokhalee, an agitator against the British
administration, has just landed here The
police searched his baggage but contrary
TO expectations, did not arrest him. A
crowd of Mahrattas cheered him upon his
arrival. The English papers will invite
him TO withdraw his allegation against the
conduct OF the British soldiers In their
efforts 10 stamp out the plague. Gokahiee
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Result of an advertisement.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind. July pa pretty
little romance is being discussed here. A
wedding of considerable prominence will
take place next week. when Miss Lena
SeitZ, of this city, and James Skinner. OF
Elkhart. Ind. will be married Through a
newspaper advertisement the couple began
a correspondence which resulted in Mr..
Skinner coming here to meet the young lady
to-day. The time for the wedding was then
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spent the day in Muncie in conference with
the Midland Steel Company, and succeeded
in adjusting some differences that will re-
suit in the big plant resuming work in all
departments tomorrow. The company
formed a new scale of wages for the men in
the blooming mill II was decided that the
entire crew work on the tonnage system,
based on one hundred tons, the scale of
wages being so that they can make as
much or a fraction over last seasons
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Not His Strong Point.
New York Tribune

Bryan's declaration that there is only
$500, 000 coo in circulation in this country diff
fers from the treasury report, which says
that there is 81. 646 600 and odd, not count
ing in the Klondike increment, which up
there is currency, but here will have to go
through the mint first. Figures, except
those of speech, were never Bryan's strong
point, anyhow.
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BIed to Death.

Special II the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, July 29-Henry Nc
Caslin, who was assaulted Sunday by Or
lantas Simms, who used "knucks" bled to
death tonight
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, July 29.-Elmer f. Merre-
dith, a member of the law firm of Mere
dith & Meredith. of this city died yester-
day at tie home of his parents, at Sardinia
Decatur county of consumption. He WAS
aged thirty-four years and was a popular
young man. He leaves a young wife.
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Beautiful Helen no doubt had fine COM
plexion but 1t is more than doubtful
whether it exceeded in purity the com
plexions of the ladies who use that in
GIenn's Sulphur Soap. Sold by all drug
gists.
Hils Hair and Whisker Dye. black or
brown. soc.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
OSGOOD Ind. July 29.-Major Lee, the
Republican candidate for Congress, was
here to-day. He received his numerous
friends with a hearty greeting and met
with a cordial reception at the hands of
the vast crowd in attendance at the Ripley
county fair
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PARIS, July 29.-The Figaro says AN
amicable settlement of the Hawaiian cues
ton will be reached, America yielding on
the most important points to Japan"
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Carnegie's Latest Benefaction.

EDINBURGH, July 29.-Andrew Carnegie
has offered the town Of Stirling, the seat
of the palace and parliament house built
by James V, the sum of $4,000 for a public
library building