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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
PennviIIe commencement.
70 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
PENNVILLE. Ind. March 26.-The COM
mencement of the Pennville High School
was held at the NJ. L. Church last evening.
Rev. Hindley. president of the Ridgeville
College. made the annual address. The
valedic was delivered by Wendell De
Wees. one of the graduates. An original
poem was recited by Mazda Phillips. one
of the graduates, which was dedicated to
the class of 1897. The graduates are: Eva
Griffith. Maud Hartly. Lillian Heller. Dewie
Jones, Mazda Phillips. Harry Sarber. Elva
Scott and Wendell De Wees. G. f. Shrimp
is principal of the school. A Bluffton or
chestra furnished the music.
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VERNE GROVES Is FOUND.
Girl Missing an Week Tells IN Fairy
stcry About Her Experiences.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CITY. Ind, March 26.-Ver-
Me Groves. the seventeen-year-old daugh-
ter of G. l. Groves. OF this city. who has
been missing from her home since Sunday.
has returned. She was found at the Hart
cell Hotel at Montpelier by Marshal Sloppy
and sent home. She tells a strange story
or her disappearance. saying that last Mon
day night she was taken 10 Montpelier i'm a
buggy ia an unconscious condition and re-
members nothing whatever that happened
uuring the time she was away. Her hotel
Dill was being paid for by "A cousin VIII is
staying ar Montpelier. Her story will be
thoroughly Investigated by her father. who
promises TO make il warm for parties con-
cerned i'm the affair.
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Another Amerfcan Released.

HAVANA, March 26.-Caesar Esquerra
Montero, an American. born at Key West,
but not able to speak English, was placed
under arrest eighteen days ago. He has
finally been set at liberty, and though not
compelled to leave the island, intends TO do
so at an early date.
1t is understood that the American State
Department is trying 10 ascertain the
whereabouts of Thomas w. Sleeps. the
newspaper correspondent. When last heard
from he was at Santiago and about to
leave for Santa Clara. The civil authorities
deny any knowledge as to his movements
1t is not known whether he has been ar
rested or caDtured.
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Long Trail by BlOOdhOunds.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. Ind, March pa. H..
Green's drug store at Taylorsvilie was
robbed last night of s1G0 worth of jewelry
and a small amount of cash. When the
robbery was discovered early this morning
the bloodhounds i'm this city We're sent for
scent to this city and down the Madison
railroad to EliZabethtown. where they We're
called off. 1t was learned that a suspicious
looking man had been seen in the neigh
borhood lately. and from descriptions given
he is thought to be the thief. Sheriff Cox
went down to North Vernon this evening,
where he thinks he will capture the thief.
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HIT HARD.
Had Many TENDERS i'm the Embar
rassed Order of Equity.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind. March 26.-Wabash was
caught hard by the failure of the order
OF Equity. There are said to be between
100 and $50 members of the organization in
Wabash county. agents of the society hav-
ing worked the county from end to end.
When the order got into financial trouble
last year some of the members wrote to
the officers In alarm, asking whether the
concern was solvent. They were imnnedi-
ately advised that the receivership pro-
ceedings were spite work. that the receiver
would be discharged after a hearing, and
that the order was making and would make
money sufficient TO redeem all obligations.
In spite OF this assurance a considerable
proportion of the members here dropped
out. but there were many who remained.
and who will save little or nothing from
the wreck
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Two Killed I'm an Explosion.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
PAOLI. Ind. March pa boiler explo-
sion at the Sumers & Poe sawmill. twelve
miles southeast of this city. killed Leonard
Fears, the engineer. and Frank Moon, a
helper about the yards. Not a scrap of
the boiler or engine was left i'm place. pieces
having been hurled a quarter of a mile.
Fearss body was found one hundred yards
away, traced by shreds of clothing and
pieces of flesh on the trees. III was crushed
to a jelly. The body of young Moon was
found fifty yards in the opposite direction.
The neck was broken. arms and legs shat
tered. and the body cut in two across the
heart. The head sawyer who was filing
the saw at the time, escaped without a
scratch.
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Destroyed nv Spauin rd~.

TAMPA. Fla. March 26.-Spanish troops
under General Molina lately destroyed the
sugar estate Carmen" belonging to AL
fredo Hernandez. at Sabinalla. MatanZas
province. His residence, machinery and
crop, and a summer house near MatanZaS
were wrecked. Hernandez is an American
citizen. Hernandez. through his attorneys,
Coudert Brothers,. of New York, will file a
claim for damages against Spain with the
State Department for $500, 900.
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Can Hold Office for Life.

PLAINFIELD. Wis. March 26.-William
Schenck. town treasurer of the adjoining
town of Pine Grove, has the most remarka-
BILE history regarding his Office and age of
any person in central Wisconsin. lie is past
eighty-three years. is hale and hearty. and
has been treasurer OF Pine Grove nineteen
consecutive years. He was born In New
Jersey. Nov. 10. 1914, and settled I'm Wiscon-
sin In 1858. and has lived in this town and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Marion Club Federation.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MARION. Ind. March 26.-The Marion
Club Federation. at its annual election this
afternoon. chose Mrs. o. II. Keller presi-
dent. Miss Alice Goldthwaite secretary. and
Mrs. George Sweetser treasurer. The an
nual meeting was held o-night an address
being delivered by Prof. w. ID. Weaver on
the "Witchery of Women" This closes the
second year of the federation.
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Strike Of Nail Workers.

CLEVELAND. o. March 2S.-The H.. +.
nail works We're closed to-day. four hun
dred men. including all the naiimakers and
their helpers. having struck The works
were closed this morning AT the request OF
the men TO al ow them 10 attend the funeral
OF a me mher of the union. After the funeral
the men met and decided not TO go back
TO work tomorrow. nor until they had Sc
cured a satisfactory adjustment of the
scale
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind. March 26.-The Ar
derson Commercial Club has made arrange
ments for celebrating the tenth anniversary
Of natural gas. Committees on arrange
ments. invitation and reception are propos-
ing that the affair will be one long to be
remembered. Governor Mount will be al
invited guest. The remarkable develop
ment of the city will be set forth in an
appropriate manner and an exhibit of the
industrial development shown. AT the time
of the drilling of the first well in Anderson
for natural gas there were not TO exceed
limits of the city, but now there are more
than ~ Ql
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Baldwin ON the stand.

SPEECH 20 The Indiaa lpolis Journal.
Ind, March 26.-The defense to-
day in the trial of l.. ID. Baldwin continued
the drift indicated i'm Attorney SteeIe's
statement yesterday. the purpose
being TO fasten the responsibility for the
activity OF Grief Matthews i'm the Jury
DriDing case upon John w. C:um. one OF
the defendants, in whose behalf the Jurors
are alleged TO have been approached. At
torney l.. ID. Baldwin, the defendant. was
and to-day. lie denied all guilty knowl-
edge OF the alleged bribery. He had stated
that he had very little conversation
with Matthews for years. The indica-
tlons are thst the. evidence will not be- con-
cluded before tomorrow night and the trial
will no doubt continue into next week.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE. Ind, March 26.-The
Wolf-Weakley contest case for councilman
has advanced one step to-day. Wolf. the
Democrat, filed suit for mandamus against
Mayor Enos. City Clerk Norris and the
four Republican councilmen. and Judge
Buckingham this morning sustained a de-
murrer as to Clerk Norris and overruled
the same as to the others. Tomorrow they
will be compelled TO enter an appearance.
The attorneys on both sides seem equally
confident. Weakley still retains his seat
and has appealed To the Supreme Court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27

MONTREAL. March 27.-At 1910 this
morning another severe shock of earth
quake was felt in Montreal. which lasted
twelve seconds. 1t was fully as severe as
the shock felt on Tuesday evening last, and
was accompanied by a series of noises like
an explosion. The most substantial build
ings in the city were shaken. and the en-
ployes ran out of the newspaper offices and
the postoffice in fright.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Suicide of Inventor Mclean.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind. March 26.-J. NJ. Nc
Lean. of Chicago. patentee of the Mclean
gate. who has been in this city for the past
week selling his gates, committed suicide
last night by cutting the arteries in his left
wrist with a razor. In his books We're found
letters. One was addressed to his son. II.
b. Mclean. No. 423 Fifty-fifth street. Chi
cage. i'm which he told of his intended sui
eide and gave him some good advice. The
other was to his wife. No. 2017 Milwaukee
avenue. Chicago. i'm which he charged her
with marital infidelity. but saying he for
gave her
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Holding the bag ant HARTFORD City.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. March 26.-The
Journals account of the failure of the Or
der of Equity yesterday caused great COM
motion among the certificate holders i'm this
city "A NUMBER OF persons were caught by
the collapse. and il is estimated that sew
eral thousand dollars was pulled out of the
county. The collapse was a great surprise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Nuncie Embezxler Caught.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. March 26.-Gus Stredle-
meir. bookkeeper at the Whiteley malleable
iron works. was arrested this evening in
Cincinnati and 4 deputy sheriff went after
him. Stredlemeir came here from Cincin-
natl a wear ago. and since his recent de-
parture il was discovered that he was short
nearly 5000 with the company and failed to
turn over other money he collected from
employees for merchants. He claims the
money was lost gambling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Farmer HadIey FniI- Tor sI5.OoO.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. March 26.-John
F. Hadley, a prominent farmer. and for
several years county commissioner. as
signed to-day. He owned 30 acres of good
farm land near Mooresville. seven lots in
Bruce Bakers addition to indianapolis. be-
side personal property. Estimated assets,
So, CO.,; abilities about the same.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Living with a Bullet in His Brain.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. March 26.-William
Cummins. aged thirty-one. made a prob
ably successful attempt at suicide by fir
ing a bullet into his brain this morning.
Cummins entered the Welcome saloon and,
greeting the occupants of the room pleas
antly. walked rapidly through into a hall
way in the rear of the barrOom. Almost
instantly the shot was heard. The wounded
man was taken to the home of his moth
er. He is still conscious. but there is no
probability of his recovery. Dependency,
induced by i'll health and dissipation. caused
the act.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
BuiJdtug Permits.

William p. Jungclaus. brick warehouse. 81
Massachusetts, avenue. si.20a.
Hattie Johnson. repairs to ST9 North California
street. So.
Elizabeth J. Ferguson. frame house, p West
Pratt street, 500.
James craig. frame house. SO North West
street. si.6o0.
Mrs. r.. l.. Butler. bara. 1885 North Senate ave-
nue.. 500.
Fred Brandt. cottage. Pleasant street. 1900.
Sarah y. Van Slyke. frame house. Omer street,
$50.
henry Miller. addition to Isl East Vermont
street. ga.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27

ST. PAUL. March 26.-William +. Bickel,
vice president and manage of the Mime
sofa Savings Bank. was arrested late TINS
afternoon under an Indictment charging
him with grand larceny, in that he accepted
as a deposit the sum of S26S from Huldah
Peterson. entering il on her pass book. but
not in the banks. book. The Minnesota
Savings Bank failed three months ago, and
this is the first public action by the au-
thorities I'm line with various sensational
rumors that have been current.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Indiana Beet-sugnr scheme.

CHICAGO. March 26.-Advices from New
Carlisle. Ind, reached this city yesterday
that Nelson Morris. of this city. had asso-
ciated himself with an Indiana syndicate
which has purchased a large tract of land
In the mi region for the development
of the beet-sugar industry. Ii Is proposed
Z 10 build an immense plant and reclaim
thousands OF acres OF land I'm the vicinity
10 open a vast area for this industry. Mr..
Morris n not In the city at present, and will
not return from a pleasure trip for several
weeks. His son Herbert admitted last even
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Fatal Fight at LaDeZ.

PLYMOUTH. Ind. March 26.-During a
fight at LapaZ last night between Jacob
Leeds and Blanchard Thomas, Leeds was
fatally stabbed and Thomas was shot and
instantly killed.
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Arrested for Arson.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER. Ind. March 26.-On last
Sunday night the barn of Hiram Pickett.
five miles southwest Of here. was burned
by incendiaries. The case was placed I'm the
hands of Detective j. NJ. Fletcher. who
followed up the ciews furnished 10 such
purpose that Clint Lever. i'm that neigh
borhood. was placed under arrest this aft
ernoon and IL Is expected that his accom-
plice in the crime will be appreherded to-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
stone nurinc.. Picking Ip.

Special To the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD. Ind. March 2s.-The pro-
duction of stone at this station is
rapidly increasing. and the outlook for
this year is splendid. The average during
the past week has been about nifty cars or
stone forwarded daily from this station.
The Monon Is running a stone train be-
tween this city and Bloomington especially
for the stone business. and they have been
compelled 10 make overtime ever since the
flond went down.
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stree Commissioner Remoyed.

BALTIMORE. Md. March 26-Mayor
Hooper to-day sunmarily removed DIR. c..
yelling Bryant. colored. from the office of
street cleaning commissioned on the charge
of defrauding the city. which charge. IL is
said, Wellington has admitted To be true.
The amount involved is said TO be about
s.. 900. BRYANT came mere from Ohio.
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Cost Him soas.sO to See the Town.

Special 10 the Indiana pOIis JOURNAL.
SEYMOUR. Ind. March 26.-Word
reached here this morning that Marcus f.
Bennett. a farmer and live stock buyer.
was behind the prison bars at Cincinnati.
Bennett left SparksVille Wednesday with
two carloads of live stock for Cincinnati.
Arriving there he sold the stock for $3.50
cash. This amount he put In his pocket
and started out to see the sights. After
being run in by the police last night Ben
nett had but 20 cents left.
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an iron pillar in the Union Depot. Pitts
burg, by the crowd who were trying 10 see
the President-elect. President Mckinley
also sent IL personal letter of coincidence.
in which he recalled the incident perfectly
and expressed the deepest grief at the un-
fortunate occurrence.
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~FiIibusters Landed.

TAMPA. Fla. March 26.-Col Figueredo.
Florida delegate of the Cuban Junta. has
received information tina the expedition
which sailed from Punta -Gorda last Friday
night landed safely on the northern coast
Of Cuba on Monday morning.
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ing that the deal was being negotiated, but
he preferred not to say anything until his
father returned to the city. He said that
the land was at present under water. but
could be drained and converted into a
splendid acreage for sugar beet culture.
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Slain.

HAVANA. March 26.-During a number of
small skirmishes which have recently taken
place the insurgents left thirty killed in all
on the field. including two leaders. and the
troops captured five prisoners and a box of
dynamite. The troops had fifteen men
wounded
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ASphNxinted.

LEADVILI.E. Col. March 26.-E. r. Jen-
nison, superintendent of construction of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. was
~asphyxiated at the Rusk tunnel to-day.
where he was experimenting some wire re-
pairs. Deceased was sixty years Of age and
a resident of Omaha.
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ALTOONA. Pa. March 26.-Among the
floral emblems which We're received by the
family of William Painter. who was buried
yesterday. was a beautiful wreath from the
White House Conservatives. "A gift from
President Mckinley. Painter. who Was a
resident OF this city, was crushed against
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Soldier Violates His FurIough.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. Ind. March CIV. Il. Tuil.
"A soldier in the regular army. stationed at
Fort Sheridan. Illinois. was arrested here
this afternoon on a charge OF desertion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27

He has been visiting his relatives here for
about a month and ran over his time OF
furlough. he was lodged in jail to await
the coming of the officers from Fort Sheri-
dan. who Will arrive tomorrow.
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Won berg ATTEMPTS Suicide.

Frank Won Berg. who was convicted in
the Criminal Court Thursday OF obtaining
goods under false pretenses. took morphine
at the jail Thursday night. He said he took
forty grains. II required considerable work
TO keep him alive. but he is now well again.
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Pine Grove since 1853. He will probably be
reelected again this spring. as the voters
intend TO give him the office as long AS he
lives.
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WASHINGTON. March 26.-For Ohio
Partly cloudy weather; light flurries of
snow along the lakes: north winds.
For Indiana and Illinois-Generally fair
Saturday; north to east winds; slightly
warmer in northern portion.
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WARMER AND FAIR.
Predictions and Observations of the
Local Weather Bureau.

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for
the twenty-four hours ending at IL u. m.
March 27-Warmer, fair weather on Satur-
day.
General Conditions Yesterday-Nearly
normal baroInetric pressure prevails, with
depression over the southwest and north
west portion of the country. Warmer. fair
weather prevails, except slightly colder in
the lake region.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27
Local observations Friday.

Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre-.
Z a. Mas % % West. Clear. 900
I u. m..29.96 So 46 INVEST. Fair. 90
Maximum temperature. 46; minimum tenn
perature. q.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation March %:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
KING C0UNTY'S BUILDINGS.
Court House and Hospital Are Sub
staHtiai Firepreof structures-
Farm Almost Gelf-Supporting.

King county can fairy be said 10 nave
the value of cts money in the courthouse
and county hospital. These buildings,
w'ht.e not as ornamental as some OF tho
kind. are solid and substantial and wei
adapted for their purpose. The coureaouse
has a commanding situation on the brow
OF the abrupt NIL overlooking the ha-oor
and IS landmark from afar off on the
water.
The building was erected in 1880 on the
block bounded BY Seventh and Eighth sv-
enues, Terrace ard Alder streets. 2i0 and
go feet, which is owned by the county.
and is set of on the front and ends by
wesl-kept lawns and fiower-oe<is. Il is
POI feet 10 inches hong, l29 feet lnches
VIDE in the center, where a wing projects
at each side. and 81 feet inches WIDE q:
the ends, and has a basement and two
stories. with tower rising l6e feet from
the basement. The walls are built on
footings of Chuckanut sandstone four 10
six feet wide, and the basement - OF the
same material. The upper walls are OF
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

The hoz-rz1sing received great sssufo-
rs from TIE lDw press - wheat. farmers
hn51ng Z more pro8caese ~ feed 4 than
20 sell !. a. less than gne cost c4 pr,oduc-
tton. TIE Palouse wheat belt Is one OF tae
largest producers. Eftn Garfield. Wh.TEnan
ard Columbia counties. and in fact ali fEs
farming sections % The state. Where a.
faif4 grows hogs are easy fag1ened. as Z
3 excellent fodder. both green ard IN hay,
ard On & and cne lower grades OF wheat
boys can Be raised a. a good profit For
some time there was a denat1bic question
whether corn-fsd or Ehcat-sed pork yss
the best TIE chicago packers made Sc
RES of exhaustive tests twc years asc 20
solve this question. The conclusion was
that pork fattened on wheat was n every
way superior. and ssrce then the packers
have been doing ail they can 70 encourage
the use OF wheat AS Fhis Is a wheat. and
not corn state. Washington hogs are
classed as the best IN the market About
s39eV hogs are killed annually N tbs
state. The price has run during the year
from 81 cents 20 81 cents per pound Ow-
ing % the high price OF wheat last fan.
large numbers came into che market, and
by next May there viii BE something or 3
scarcity. and the pr-ce Is reasonably GER
rain 70 go Up 10 Sc per pound or over.