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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-17

indianapolis Gang PIanned,,tO Make
Break for Liberty.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE. Ind, March 16.-To-day at
the trial of Walter Donnelly alias Harry
White, for completely in the Carthage bur-
glary, the confession was made by Don
nellys pals. under sentence of seven years
each. that they had planned to make a
break for liberty last Friday night just
after they were sentenced The trio who.
with Donnel.y, alias White. robbed New
SONS store at Carthage. this county, Jan.
81. are Albert Rabb. alias Paul c.. Revere:
William Gleason. alias Charles Smith, and
Robert Lands. alias Harry Roberts. They
are desperate men and have for long time
been known to the Indianapolis city police.
While at Connersville a few weeks ago
plot to break Jail was discovered by let
ter Bill Gleason had written Last Friday
the trio pleaded guilty. Getting a heavier
sentence than they expected the trio agreed
that wnen the crowd in the courtroom had
pretty well thnned out the gang would
make dash for the doors and windows.
The only thing that prevented the execu-
ton of this daring scheme was the fore
sight of Sheriff McFarlan, who had four
armed men stationed inside the courthouse.
While on his way to this city Friday Rabb
tried TO pick the lock of his handouts. but
was caught in the act by one of the de-
tectives. Young Donnelly. on a plea of
guilty. was to-day given three years at
Jeffersonville. He is nineteen years old He
was arrested at Indianapolis in December,
1895. on a charge of burglary and after
ward indicted by the Marion county grand
jury, but managed to escape punishment.
All the rest of the gang have done time
in different prisons. They will be removed
to JeffersOnville Friday. Detectives Kin
ney and Thornton accompanied the men to
and from Rushville to-day.
Constable Huston of Greenfield the Off
Ger who pursued the fleeing burglars from
Greenfield to Irvington Sunday morning
Jan. 81. to-day recounting his expert
ence before the convicted men. Said Rabb:
II tried pretty hard to kill you. but you
got down your stomach in guerrilla
of a shot at you"
Yes" replied the constable land maybe
I didn't try to get a bullet into your hide
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NOTED CONvICrs TO BE MOVED.
Some of Those Who Are tn Go from
JefYersOnville tn Michigan City.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind. March To-
Among the prisoners TO be sent to Michigan
City April 1 are forty-eight lifetime men,
seventy-seven who are serving terms of ten
years or more. and fifty-eight who are
serving terms OF twenty-one years or more
There are two men who have been confined
who have bene confined four times three
his sixth term. serving his fifth. three
who have been confined four times three
three times ard thirteen doing their sec
ond term Alex Fleetwood has served long
er in the Prison South than any other con-
Wet there. having been sentenced May %.
1874. Ralph Jones Is next. having been SEN
fenced Aug. 6. 1874. Both are life men. The
sentences of Thomas SheDhardson and
David Slls. both life men. were recently
commuted TO twenty years each. The
most noted of the life men are: William
the unprovoked murder of DIR. Armstrong.
the murder creating sensation: Henry
Berner. cent from Nincennes in 1878.
charged with killing a friend To secure his
money; Henry Becht OF Dubois county, for
a murder when the real culprits escaped.
10 turn states's evidence. and was sent up
for life William Benson. sent from Har-
riSon county for numbering his adopted
father Is another notorious man. He was
sentenced to hang. but had his sentence
committed at the last moment William
Druggist Eyster In Indianapolis three
years ago will also be In the party. The
best known OF all TO be transferred is the
Rev. w. f. HinshaU. who murdered his
wife at Beievilie, Hendricks county. the
history OF which crime is too well known
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Other Deaths in the state.

MUNCIE, Ind. March 16.-The funeral of
DR.. j. G.. Hollinger held at Brownsville
last evening, and interment at Moreland.
Deceased was forty-five years old.
Miss Cornelia Frazer. aged twenty-five.
died yesterday of consumption.
Mrs. Marian Shirley died yesterday. and
the remains Will be taken to New Castle for
burial.
Laura, wife of Charles Solars. died yes
terday. aged twenty-five. The husband and
four children survive. The funeral will
take place at Yorktown
SEYMOUR. Ind. March 16.-Mrs. John
Lehan. aged eighty-three. died yesterday of
inhrmities. Mrs. Lehan has resided here for
siXty-three years. and was the mother of
four children. Daniel and Timothy Lehan
OF the indianapolis Gas Company. being
two OF her sons.
RENSSELAER,. Ind. March 16.-John E
Randle. one of the oldest and wealthiest
residents of the county. died to-day of
pneumonia after six days illness.
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IL May He an Electric mp of an En-
tirely New Sort.
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer

Experiments are now being carried on i'm
Europe which scientists think may revo-
lutioniZe the whole lighting system of the
world. The incandescent and the arc lamn
as we now have them will become obsolete
and the promises of the Tesla system of H.
Elimination will not need TO be fulfilled The
scientist conducting these experiments is
the grea. Austrian physicist. Pului (pro-
nounced Puluie), whose researches and dis
coveries i'm the domain of what is known
as cold light have given him prominence
teen years ago he invented so-called
phosphorescent lamp. 1t excited little COM
ment then. as II was thought To be but
an innovation of the tubes of GeiSsler or
Crookes But in the light of modern ether
theories il has taken on vast Importance.
IL generates not only very intense Roentgen
rays but IL also transforms nearly all of
the energy of the electric current into light.
Ii emits an intense greenish-white light in
sufficient quantity To illuminate a small
room" Professor Ebert the well-known
German scientist has made measurements
which show that a single horse power OF
electric energy would be sufficient TO oper-
ate II. 100000 Puluj lamps.
Pulujs lamp Is not operated by dynamos
or storage batteries. Ii operates with a dir
ferent kind vi electric current Ii is lighted
by means or an induction coil or a glass
plate electric machine. The static electricity
thus produced is the same i'm every respect
as lightning II Is atmospheric ami it's volt
age or electro motive force is 80 great that
IL will readily pass through the air VI need
lamp OF the induction coil tthe negative
pole for instance) is connected 10 H. The
lamp itself Is shaped very much the sam,
as an ordinary Edison incandescent lamI
except that the wires leading into rne lamI
do not extend up the neck from a socket
| They extend directly through the side Of
| the bulb. They are made of aluminium. Tn.
negative pole or cathode ends In small
refiector-shaped disc. Hanging from IN.
| point or apex of the lamp globe IL a smal
square sheet Of mica The piece q naic-
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CHICAGO. March 16-One young woman
was burned to death and another probably
fatally injured last night in fire which
destroyed the residence of William Spier,
No. S5i3 Vernon avenue. Mr.. Spier. who is
an invalid. was rescued By neighbors. and
his wife and three children had barely time
10 escape from the building before the roof
fell The victims are: Barbara Newman,
eighteen years old. niece OF Mr. Spier i'm
prisoned on top floor of building BY flames
and body burned to a crisp; hose Mayfieid.
sixteen years old. niece of Mr. Spier.
jumped from second-story window. burned
about hands and face. may recover; VIM.
Spier. forty years old. an invalid. overcome
by smoke: Mrs. Vim. Spisr. thirty-eight
years old, burned about the hands and
face. The Spier home is i'm a fashionable
district. and the fire created intense excite
ment among the residents in the vicinity
The nieceS were on visit to The family.
The excitement attending the rescue of Mr.
Spier greatly affected him and IL is feared
that the result may prove serious.
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MISS HALL IS TALKING
but Iy Is NOT LIKELY THE P;BLIC
WILL LEARN HER STORY.
Young Wife at Evansville Driven to
Suicide by GOssip-Muncie House
Wrecked by Gas Explosion.
1ecIaI 10 tho Indiananolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind. March 16.-AIiss
Mae Hall is now conscious. but il is re-
ported by her friends thlt Ter mind seems
to be blank concerning the awful tragedy
of last week IN which Will Colerick sacri
feed his life and which may yet result in
her death. Ii was given out to-day that
IN her rambling remarks she said some
thing about VIII and herself having
tainted and again she said: will will
soon come. Mrs. Hall. her mother. and
Dr. Porter, IL is claimed. have not put any
questions to her. believing that she will
tell the story without being questioned. it
IS believed by many that Miss Hall has told
her mother the whole story, but il is not
expected that the public will ever learn the
facts unless the girl makes il public. The
1uneral OF Attorney Colerick this afternoon
was one OF the largest ever held i'm Fort
Wayne.
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LIZZIE CLAWS FEAT.
Broke the Worlds Ten-Mile Bicycle
Record for Women.

CHICAGO. March 1.-THE worlds ten
mile bicycle record for women riders. es-
tabiished in the siX-day race at latter
sails last night was lowered fifty seconds
tonight. Lizzie CLAW leading the bunch.
The new record is 27:05. Title Anderson.
the Chicago wonder. lost one lap in her
fiftieth mile through a punctured tire. The
lead thus established over the faNorite viii
insure hot race from this out. The score
of the afternoon squad follows: La Blanche
"a miles: Mack. Il miles; koNalski. as
miles. laps; Raymond. 81 miles; Haskell
Il miles laps: Mullen, 13 miles. laps
Day. 81 miles; Fiering. 80 miles. laps
BARLEY. 90 miles.
The score of the evening squad: Claw. VI
miles Farrswcrth " miles: Alien. 81
miles: Anderson. NJ miles. 3 laps; Gable. ~
miles, 3 laps: Berry - miles laps. The
former worlds record for four hours in
a like contest 80 miles.
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SUICIDE OF PRETTY WIFE.
Gossip and Her Mothers Action WAS
Too Much for Mrs. Nummensen.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. March 16.-Neigh-
borhood gossip. caused pretty Anna Louise
Nummensen, wife of a prominent grocer of
this city, to commit suicide by shooting
herself i'm the right temple with 3S-calbre
revolver. Her mother had called on her TO
invite her to her sisters wedding. which
was set for next Wednesday. and during the
ter took with young folks. Mrs. Nummen-
sen Immediately left her mother and rush
ing into the store seized the pistol from be-
hind the counter and shot herself in the
presence of a number of customers. The
suicide caused big sensation. as all par
ties concerned are prominent people.
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Indiana Notes.

Rev. w. r. Swickard. for several years
pastor of the Lutheran Church in Portland
has accepted a call TO a church at Frank
lin, Pa.
Myrtle Garlitch. aged twelve. while burn
ing brush at Shelbyville yesterday, set her
dress on fire and was burned nearly TO
death before help could arrive
Doak f. Best has sold his half interest in
the Steuben Republican to his partner.
Oscar +. Rakestraw Mr. Best retires from
journalism and resumes the practice of law
in Angola.
The Haynes Wheel Company. at Port
lana, began operations again yesterday.
after an extended shutdown. Receiver
Charles b. Feibeman of Indianapolis, has
been taking some good contracts.
The struggle TO secure municipal owner
ship of the Richmond electric plant came
to an end last night. The ordinance for an
issue OF bonds to purchase the plant was
defeated some time ago. and last night 5
meeting was the last at which the action
could be reconsidered. No action was
taken
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GIFT FROM ROCKEFELLER.
$25O.OOO Presented tn the Baptist
Home and Foreign Mission Society.

NEW YORK, March ia meeting Of
prominent Baptists from different parts of
the country, who are interested in fulfilling
the conditions Of the gift of John d. Rookie
Teller. held in Newark tonight The
Baptist Home and Foreign Mission Soc-
ETY. is i'm debt to the extent of $4S6.OOb Mr..
Rockefeller offered $25OOOo on condition that
the remainder of the debt should be raised
by subscription. A general meeting will be
held in Pittsburg on May 10. Reports were
raised in New England A like amount was
expected i'm Greater New York: New Jer-
sey was in a fair way TO raise S2o,OOO Chi
cago had already paid i'm $4,000 Detroit
had $1,000 and Providence $4,000. The work
ers will leave in the morning for Ohio,
which State will next be canvassed. The
money is being raised almost entirely by
laymen.
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DUNKIRK TRAIN wRECKERs.
Panhandle Passenger Bumps Into an
Obstruction of Ties.

Specicl TO the In Annapolis Journal.
ROCKVILLE. Ind. March 10. = An at
tempt was made to wreck the west-bound
passenger train the Panhandle near
Dunkirk at an early hour this morning by
placing railroad ties the track and
fastening them to the rails. Luckily, the
engineer discovered the obstruction in time
TO stop his train without more than good
shaking-up of the passengers. The tram
men succeeded in arresting two suspicious
men I'm the vicinity The company Is in
vestigating the affair and will pronaoly
catch the miscreants
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Treasurer John Il. Carson.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Upton, Ind. March l6.-City Treasurer
John f. Carson died last night after lin
gering illness with tuberculosis, aged twen-
ty-eight He was appointed to the office of
city treasurer about eighteen months ago.
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
T.. A Thatcher. He was secretary of the
Republican county central committee, and
was a highly respected citizen. This is the
fifth death among the city officers of Tip
ton during the last two wears.
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General NOieH.

WASHINGTON, March 16 - To-day S
treasury statement shows: Available cash
balance s213. $50 s7O gold reserve. $15. las. 1872.
The secretary of the treasury. acting un-
der an opinion by the attorney general.
has instructed collectors of customs that
a drawback shall be allowed on reimported
domestic alcohol entering into Il manufac-
tured article for export and otherwise
treated as an imported material within
the meaning of Section 20 of the act of
Aug. %. 1894. The amount of the drawbac ok
is the same as the duty paid less l per
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Antonio Molaniski. They were taken TO 81.
Alexis Hospital but cannot live.
EXPELLED FROM THE CHURCH.
Rev. f.. j. OIdknOw Wilmington and
His Paramour Punished.

NEW YORK. March 16.-The congrega-
ton of the Fairmont Baptist Church, OF
Newark tonight by rising vote. exclud-
ed from fellowship in the church the pastor,
Rev f. j. Oldknow Wilmington and Mrs.
Dorothy Dickerson who recently eloped 10
Canada and subsequently returned TO New
ark. No voted in tho negative. MI
Milington and his family left the city to-
day. The Essex county grand jury has be-
gun an Investigation OF the elopement.
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Obituary.

LONDON. March 1.-THE Hon. Sir Eben-
ezer Kay. lord justice OF appeal. is dead
He was born I'm 1S22 and was appointed a
Judge or the Supreme Court in 1881. was
subsequently knightcd and succeeded Sir
n. Cotton as lord justice of appeal i'm 1870.
OSWEGO, ~. Y. March 16.-Captain An
drew Robertson. well-known lake captain
and father OF Morgan Robertson, the writer
OF nautical stories. died to-day after pro-
longed Illness. He was eighty years old.
ROME. March 16.-Signor Grimaldl. the
Italian statesman and ex-Cabinet minister
IS dead.
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Is the kni.er Insane.

LONDON. March 1.-THE Daily Mail
says: The vagaries of certain continent
tai sovereign are causing profound anxiety
20 his family. and especially TO the diplo
mats who recognize that the concert Of EE-
rope may at any moment be disturbed
Punching guests and tryihs TO trip them
with his sword are among the antics attrib-
uated TO the insane sovereign The para
graph Enthusiastically hints at Emperor Viii
liam OF Germany.
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THE HOUSE WRECKED.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. o. Null Badly Burned
i'm Natural Gas Explosions.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE. Ind. March I5-At an early
hour this morning natural-gas explosion
occurred i'm this city, nearly destroying the
house owned by r. NJ. Cosby, of Indian
apols. and occupied by the families of Z. o.
Null and F. NJ. Needham. One of the walls
in the two-story building settled. breaking
gas regulator, and the escaping gas
filled the house and ignited from a
stove The front of the building was blown
out and the two families were more or less
injured Mr. Null was burned about the
face and legs. but his wife suffered the
worst. her lower limbs being burned to a
crisp. and she pleaded with the firemen az
work saving the property 10 kill her and
end her sufferingS.
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Resi- pby,icinus Had Failed.

Mr.. J. +, Clarke 81 South Illinois street.
Indianapolis, Ind. says: Il had dyspepsia
for years and was treated by some of the
best physicians in the city without obtain
ing relief | was forced TO lose great dear
of time from my WORK Il began using Mum
yons Remedies short time ago and never
felt such a change IN my life as l did
after taking the first dose. | have not lost
an hours time on account of my health
since | began using the Munyon Remedies.
and feel that my cure is complete.
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LARISSA. March 16.-The situation
the frontier Is now infiammable. AT sew
eral points the sentries and outposts of the
Turkish and Greek forces within forty
PAGES OF each other. The Greek fleet has
4 magnificent position off Skiatho. Volo
has been well reinforced by gunboats. tor
pedO boats and transports. shiplOad of
600 Hungarian horses has arrived there.
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shot His Little brother.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MITCHELL. Ind. March l6-Vernon
White. the five-year-old son of DIR. c. w
White OF this place. was accidentally shot
this morning by his older brother David
who was playing with a rifle.
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LONDON, March IA dispatch 10 the
Times from Canea giving further details
of the terrible accident which occurred on
Monday on board the Russian war ship
Cizoi Neliky. when one of her turret guns
exploded while the vessel was practicinG
outside of Suda bay states that five more
% the victims have succumbed 10 their in
Juries. The number OF killed outright by
the explosion SaS fifteen
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Mr.. E. BOETER.
Mr.. J. E. CLARKE,
GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY.
They Ire Glad to Tell Of Their Release
from Disease BY Munyon's Treatment.
THR0NGS OF PATIENTS
Are Daily Taking Advantage Of Munyon's
Generous 0rer OF
FREE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

The Munyon Offices Are for the Bene-
fit of Every One. No Matter What the
Disease May Be-If You Have nm
Ache or Pain and Want an Honest
Opinion ON Your Case Consult One
of Munyon's SpeciaIists-Nou WAn
Not BE Allowed 40 Pay One Penay
for the Doctors Services.
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Highuander- Ordered to Crete.

LONDON. March l6.-It Is announced this
afternoon that a detachment of six hundred
men from the Seaforth Highlanders has
been ordered to the Island of Crete imme-
diately from Malta. The vessels belonging
TO the British Mediterranean squadron now
at Malta have been instructed to sail i'm
mediately for the Island of Crete to rein
force the British squadron now in those
Va
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Tabitha Sims. Second Attempt.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELL WILLIE. Ind. March 16.-Miss
Tabitha ms had misunderstanding with
her sister about the household duties and
attempted to commit suicide by taking
three teaspoonfuls of carbolic acid. The
acid burned her mouth. throat and stom-
ach and she is in great agony. A few
years ago she took morphia with suicidal
intent. She is aged twenty-five.
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Anti-Rhodes Testimony.

LONDON. March 16.-At to-day's session
OF the parliamentary committee inquiry
into the Transvaal raid the Hon. w. p.
Schreiner. who was attorney general in
Colonel Cecil Rhcdes's Cabinet, was exam
iued He repeated his evidence as given
before the Cape Colony committee last
year. 1t was very anti-Rhodes throughout.
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Colonel vn-.o... Position.

CANEA. March 16.-Colonel VasSos has
transferred his headquarters To Sphakia.
the most mountainous and inaccessible po-
sition on the island. This is held to ind-
cate that Greece is firmly resolved not to
recall her troops. step which is regarded
as impossible I'm the face OF the strong ma
tioHal feeling. Colonel NaSsos will strongly
foNify his new camp which is revictuaied
for several months. He is now able TO
await the progress of events.
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CLEVELAND. March 16.-Three m.n
were fatally burned at the Emma blast fur
mace to-day by a series OF explosions OF
molten metal. A number Of other men were
struck by the flying pieces OF red-hot iron
but were not seriously hurt. The men We're
at work drawing the seething mass into the
trenches and while this was being done a
number of explosions occurred. Tue injured
men are: John o'Rouxks- Holm Burns aud
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Alleged PRISONERS ON Trial.

BUDA-PESTH, March 1e--The trial of
twelve women and two men was COM
menced to-day. The prisoners are charged
with poisoning their husbands or others of
their relatives in order to obtain insurance
money. Some of the prisoners are accused
OF four or five murders. The chief prisoner
Is a midwife. named Marie JAEGER. who Is
charged with supplying the poison with
which the murders was committed. About
two hundred witnesses have been called.
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Shot His vic and Himself.

OMAHA Neb March I'D. r. Myers
shot his wife twice and himself once this
evening. Neither of Mrs. Myers's wounds
are serious. The husbands wound is in the
head and may be fatal. The couple have
not lived together since coming TO Omaha
from Memphis several months ago and
Myers has made threats of killing his wife.
Last week he drew revolver to shoot her,
but was disarmed He was then placed I'M
der bonds to keep the peace.
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Pillsbury Now One Ahead.

NEW YORK. March 16.-The eleventh
game of the chess match between Piilsbury
and Showalter. which adjourned late
last night at the Hamilton Club Brooklyn,
was resumed at an early hour this morn
ing and was finally won by Pilsbury after
siXty-six moves. Score-fillsbury. D; Sho-
walter 4: drawn, 2. The twelfth game will
be played on Wednesday at the Hamilton
Club.