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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
PROSPERITY MANIFEST.
Merchants FIOcking to New York to-
Purchase Goods.


PITTSBURG, Aug 12-The Post of this
city, which was one of the Bryan organs
that predicted all manner of dire things if
the Republicans were successful last fall,
says in a dispatch from New York: The
promised commercial prosperity is in evil
dence. New York is teeming with West
ern and Southern merchants, who are eager
to purchase goods. The rooms of the
Merchants Association, in the New York
Life Insurance Company building, Leon
ard street and Broadway, were thronged
to-day. Scores Of visiting buyers regis
tered at the association rooms before 8
O'Clock, but this did not Indicate by hun
dreds the number of merchants from other
cities who had come to New York during
the day to purchase their fall and winter
goods. Every hotel in New York had it's
quota of merchants and in most cases they
were accompanied by their wives and chill
dren.
President King, of the Merchants Asso-
citation, declared that at least 1900 persons
had already visited this city by reason of
the inducement offered by the association,
and that during the past week alone it was
estimated that 900 had been expended
in orders on wholesalers, hotels, amuse-
mentS and living expenses. Never perhaps,
in the history of the metropolis has so sue
cessful a venture been inaugurated as that
of the Merchants Association. 1t has ex-
ceeded all expectations.
over 1900 nonresident members have al
ready been enrolled, and the list Is daily
increasing. The railroads report that their
agents are besieged with inquirers looking
for information regarding the aims and
objects of the association, and that this
information is not alone desired in the
region contiguous to New York, but as far
west as Chicago and in scores of cities in
the South. This fact has caused the pro-
moterS of the association some surprise,
but of a gratifying nature.
That the wholesalers Of other cities are
alarmed at the flocking of merchants whom
they formerly regarded as their own ex-
elusive customers is evidenced by the tone
of the local papers of Chicago Cincinnati
St. Louis Omaha, Kansas City and ST
Joseph. The tone of editorials is beseech-
ing, but the buyers appear to thoroughly
realize the advantages TO be derived by pur-
chasing In the principal port of the new
world.
President King. of the Merchants Asso-
citation. as he watched the neyer-ending
stream Of visitors enter the room yester-
day said: Il cannot fail to feel gratifed
at these evidences Of the success Of our
undertaking. We expected success, but not
of so pronounced a nature Every man In
New York seems TO be striving TO aid US
in our undertaking, and on all sides We
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
SCIENTISTS CHOOSE OFFICERS.
Prof. +. w. Putnam to BE President
and l.. o. Howard Secretary.

DETROIT, Aug. II. - The nominating
committee of the American Association Of
the Advancement of Science met to-day at
the Hotel Cadillac and decided to present
to the general session tomorrow morning
the names of Prof. Frederick Warde Put
nam, of Cambridge, Mass, for president CT
the association, and Prof. L. O. Howard,
of Washington, d. c. for permanent Sec
retary The treasurer, Prof r. S. Wood
ward, of Columbia College, New York,
holds over. The national convention of the
association will be held in Boston in 1893.
Interest in the work of the sections does
not abate. long list of technical pa
pers were disposed of to-day, most of them
being followed by short discussions. The
anthropologica1 section continues to be the
most popular To7day's speakers before
that section were H. Z. Parmalee, Warren
X. Morehead, Alice c. Fletcher, Prof. f.
w. Putnam, William Wallace Tooker, I1ar-
Ian j. Smith and others Recreation VIII
be mingled with work, and Saturday sew
eral excursions and sightseeing tours have
been planned by the local committee on en-
tertainment.
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WAGON WHEAT, sic
ACME MILLING CO..
Old 352 West Washington St.
FIVE HUGE WATERSPOUTS
About Lake Erie and DO Dam
age at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. r. - strange
phenomenon was witnessed by the residents
of this city at about o'clock this morning
Five dark and enormous waterspouts were
seen far out in the lake, moving in an east
erly direction. One of these whirling water
spouts went traversing the distance from
the western horizon, where they were first
sighted by the lookout at the lfe-savng sta
ton, to the eastern horizon, where it finally
disappeared or struck the shore, in fifteen
minutes. Two struck the shore near the
foot Of Wilson avenue, while the other three
pursued their easterly course down the lake.
The largest spout struck the shore at the
foot of Coe street with terrible force The
large gate of the Avery Stamping Company
was twisted from its hinges and the large
timberS scattered in every direction. The
shipping department of this plant is now
being repaired, and a large section of the
roof taken off. A box car on the track
at the side of the shipping house was drawn
sixty feet one way on the track and then
blown TO the end of the track in the oppo-
site direction. Windows were broken and
several large sections of the roofs from sur
rounding sheds were blown off. Then the
force of the whirlwind, for such it was
seemed to spend itself. The path seemed to
be about five hundred feet in width and pur-
sued a southeasterly course through the
city. No one was injured.
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ILLINOIS MINERS.
Bodies of Marching Strikers Attempt
ing to Close All Pits.

DECATUR, H.. Aug. 12.-About three
hundred miners from Lincoln and SPRING
field are now in camp at Mantle They are
quiet and orderly and so far have shown
no signs of giving trouble at any time. The
men stayed at work in the Mantle mine
all day, and told the management that it
was their desire to continue at work Sher-
iff Nicholson and Major Taylor drove to
Mantle this afternoon and advised the
marching miners not TO come to Decatur
and told them any indication of violence
would meet with prompt measures of re-
preston The Decatur miners say thar
they will stay al work and they will be
fully protected. The marchers will reach
here tomorrow. The sheriff will endeayor
to keep them out of the city. He already
has 100 deputies and the city will be placed
under martial law.
CoFFEEN, H., Aug. 12;-Frank Camp
bell. who was until yesterday the trusted
lieutenant OF General" Bradley. was forced
to fee for his life from the strikers camp
west of town this evening. He was pur-
sued by an angry mob of Slavs. who
charged him with having sold Bradley and
his men out TO the Coffeen Coal and Copper
Continued on Second Page.)
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ACCIDENT AT A FUNERAL.
Rotten Porch Gives Way and Several
People Are Seriously Hurt.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. ia serious
accident occurred about 9 o'clock this
morning at the residence of Capt. A. Man
dis, during the ceremonies at the funeral
of his daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Tierney. A
dozen people had gathered upon a porch
twelve feet high in front of the building
The porch collapsed throwing the people
c. Clark, the funeral director, had his head
badly cut Mrs. E. q. Conner suffered a
sprained ankle and bad her head cut
George Vice was cut about the head. Mrs
Nellie McGraw and Mrs. Kent were seri-
ously bruised about the body Mrs. Lom-
bard had one Of her legs broken, and Mr.
Older had his cheek cut the bone being
exposed The tfmbers Of the porch had
become rotten through age and the struc-
ture was not properly braced
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

Course of the Mexico Changed ON Pc
tition of Christian EndeavOrers.


SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 12.-It will re-
ouire an inquiry by the government in
spector of hulls Captain ]. w. Bryant, to
determine the facts of the wrecking of the
steamer Mexico at the entrance of Dixon's
sound 1t is stated with seeming authority
that the rock which was the cause Of the
Mexicos undoing was West Devil rock and
that it shows on the charts. The first ac-
counts of the disaster are to the effect that
the rock was hidden beneath the waves
and was not down on the charts. Dixons
sound is on the inside route to, Alaska and
has been considered an open highway. 1t
was stated on the authority of DR.. Bos-
we'll G.. Anderson a passenger on the Mex
leo. that the steamers course was changed
so as to send her outside in the hope OF
saving sixteen hours on the trip The
change was made by the captain as a re-
suit of a petition circulated by the Chris
tlan Endeavor excursionists on the boat
who were anxious 10 reach Seattle before
the time limit OF their return tickets TO the
East had expired. Pilot Cornell IS an eXpef-
fenced navigator and has been employed
in these waters for number OF years lie
WAS on watch and Captain Thomas was In
his stateroom. Whether Pilot Cornell was
neglecting his duty or miscalculated the
course will only be determined by the IN
quiry now in progress.
Several Christian Endeavor tourists from
Indiana were among the passengers aboard
the Mexico Nearly all. including the Misses
Myrtle Sloan and Bertha Fletcher, or
Franklin have left for their homes. Miss
Sloan is u charming Hoosier school
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
NOT WITH GREELY.
Murderer and Suicide Did Not Partici-
pate in Polar Expedition.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Charles W. Clifford,
who killed his wife and himself yesterday
at their home, No. 3O2 Rush street, was a
member of the famous Greely expedition
to the north pole. He was with Lieutenant
Greely during all the long and terrible trip
to the frozen regions of the north. He
saw his companions starving to death or
succumbing to the cold and disease. He
took part in the killing of the Inflated
Henry whom hunger had driven to steal
part of the supplies portioned out to others.
Clifford went with the expedition as a car
penter. Policeman Gustav A. Penner of
whom Clifford was jealous, has been sus-
pended by Chief Of Police Kopley pending
investigation.
Sergeant Julius Frederick, of this city,
SAYS Clifford was not g. member of the
Greedy party. The sergeant exhibited the
records of the expedition last night and
Clifford's name does not appear in the
book.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

meet with encourag agement. That the asso-
ciation will prove of incalculable benefit to
New York and her commercial interests
cannot be doubted. 1t will bring millions
of dollars into this city that have hitherto
been expended in other commercial centers.
needing"
Colonel D. b. Sickles. vice president Of the
American Surety Company, said; The
cannot assign the cause on commercial
grounds. 1t appears to be case OF thought
transference. The new tariff has not had
any effect yet II is too early. Hope is
what has inspired the commercial revival.
We are all believers ia this country. This
IS the true explanation, when all IS con-
Si6nrnH -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
HANGED BY GREASERS.
Kansas City Boy "ROped" from His
Horse and Strung to Tree.

Ell PASO, Tex, Aug. 12.-Harold Morley.
of Kansas City, the fifteen-year-old son of
a division superintendent of the Kansas
City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad, left his
fathers ranch near Chamberino, in Dona
Ana county, New Mexico, last Friday even
ing to visit neghbors Sunday evening the
boys horse came in alone and search was
made for the youth. His body was found
road from Chamberino to his home. He had
evidently been dead twenty-four hours. The
ground showed that the boy had been roped
from his horse by mounted men and strung
up in the cottonwood. The murder is sup
posed to have been committed by Mexican
neighbors of the Morleys with whom the
boundaries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
Merchants Excursions.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.-The first Of
a series of merchants excursions, arranged
by the Trades League of this city. will ar
rive at noon tomorrow. The start was
made to-day from points on the line of the
Pennsylvania road in Indiana, Kentucky,
Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
over two thousand Western merchants and
their families are expected and the mer-
chants of Philadelphia have completed all
arrangements for extending them a well
advantages and opportunities of the city.
The excursions have been so arranged that
each visiting merchant will have an oppor-
tunity to spend some time at either Cape
May or Atlantic City
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 12-Prof.
Francis Wayland dean of the Yale Law
School. has requested the Associated Press
TO send out the following statement: The
open letter recently published, addressed to
certain members of the faculty OF Brown
University in reply to a letter from them.
heretofore published, was not written as
reported. by Dean Wayiand, of the Yale
Law School, but by the Rev. DR.. H. l..
Wayland, of Philadelphia Dean Wayland
has written no letter. and what he has to
say on the subject will be said in a report
to be presented to the corporation of
Brown University at its next meeting Sept
l, by the committee appointed to confer
with the president, of which he is a mem
he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
INDIANA At HALIFAX.
The Big American Battle Ship in n
Foreign Dry Dock.

HALIFAX. N. s.. Aug. 12-The battle
snip Indiana was successfully placed in dry
dock this morning.
The big battle ship in dry dock was an
interesting spectacle to thousands of visi-
tors, among whom were Admiral Erskine
ana officers of the British war ships in port
"A sailor of the Indiana named Johnson fell
from a staging alongside to the bottom Of
the dock, breaking u leg and sustaining
other injuries. To a reporter Captain Tay-
lor, of the Indiana, said: THE ship is rest
ing easily. The dock is a solid structure
The ships bottom is moderately foul suffi-
cient TO decrease the speed. The examina-
tion of the bottom is practically complete
but VIII be continued tomorrow. The pipes
etc, are all right. There was not a bare
patch of iron discovered. The Indiana will
be out OF dock in two or .hree DAYS"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

EASTON. Pa, Aug. 12.-For several weeks
400 men and twenty teams have been at
work at West Portal, a Jersey hamlet
twenty miles below Easton. on the line Of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, but it was
not publicly known until yesterday for
whom the work was being done. 1t is
learned that the Edison Concentrating Com
pany at the head of which is the famous
electrical wizard, is erecting an immense
stone buildr g 10OX500 feet in dimensions and
five stories high in which iron ore will be
separated from the rock and dirt by Edi-
sons process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
NO MORE FREE RIDES.
Sixty-Five Negroes Fined for Trying
to "Beat" "a Hallway.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 12-Sixty-five negroes
We're arrested to-day, fined $40 each and
sent to Jail in default, for trying to beat
the Western Maryland Railroad out of
ride. Many of them are women. For some
time past,tt has been the practice among
these negroes to board excursion trains and
refuse 10 pay their fares after leaving the
city limits. This morning forty policemen
boarded one Of these trains and at a point
just outside of town ii was stopped ON a
high trestle. Then each person who failed
TO produce q ticket was arrested. loaded
into Il box car and brought pack to town
where all were arraigned and finel.
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FAILED TO AGREE.
Window Glass Workers and Manu-
facturers Adjourn Till Aug. FL.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-No agreement and
an adjournment until Aug. q at Cleveland
was the result of the conference between
the committees from the WindowGlass
Workers Association and the manufactur-
ers at the Auditorium to-day. After con-
siderable discussion the workers reduced
their demands to a 20 per cent. increase
instead of 70 per cent. The manufacturers
positively refused to change their PROPOSE
ton to place the scale where it stood under
the Mckinley tariff, which would be an ad-
vance of 10 per cent. over the present scale.
1t became evident that nothing could be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
DRIVEN FROM CAMP.
Italians Routed Out at Midnight and
Forced to Take the Road.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 12-Complaint was
made to-day to DR.. Cuneo the Italian con-
sui in this city, by Joseph Phillips, an Ital-
ian labor boss, that he and twenty-five Ital-
ians who he hired to work the grading
of the electric road now under construction
in the Cripple Creek mining district We're
driven from the camp by fifty men, who
aroused them at midnight and compelled
them to take to the road Immediately. The
men are struggling homeward, most Of
them having been compelled to walk the
entire distance, over l20 miles. 1t is prOba-
bic that the incident will be the subject of
international correspondence and investiga-
ton.
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w. A. SHEEHAN ARRESTED.
Trainmen's Ex-Grand Secretary
Charged with Embezzlement.

PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 12.-W. A. Sheehan,
ex-grand secretary and treasurer of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, was
arrested to-day at the instigation of the
grand trustees, charged with the embez-
Element of $1,S4O He was released on CIV
ing 81, 800 bail. He claims that it is an over
draft The information was attested in
Justice Storey's Court by j. w. Mcclure,
a member of the board of trustees. 1t is
claimed by Mr.. Sheehan friends that the
prosecution is simply persecution. and that
the matter might easily have been ad-
iusted within the organization. Sheehan's S
attorneys became his security on the bail
bond
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PULLED THE WRONG TEETH.
Duluth Dentist sued for $4,000 by Miss
LenOre DubruieI.

DULUTH Mimi. Aug. 12.-Miss Lenore
Dubruiel brought suit against DR.. w. w
Schiffman, dentist. for 5000 for having
pulled two teeth against her will. She asks
81 900 for the teeth and $1,000 for having
compelled her 10 relinquish her finger rings
as collateral when she refused to pay for
the extraction Of the teeth that she had
not ordered out.
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rhe Iniunction Extended.

WASHINGTON, Pa, Aug. 12.-J. V. H.
Cook, coal operator of McGovern, came
into court this afternoon and complained
that strikers were again trespassing on his
property; that Andrew Savage, leader al
ready enjoined, was there, and he thought
they had instructions to go when and where
they pleased in disregard of the injunction
At his request the court made an order in
cluding the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, President Ratchford and Secretary
Pierce and the Pittsburg district mine
workers, President Dolan and Secretary
Warner, in the injunction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.-The Chinese
minister at Washington proposes to correct
the Chinese calendar now in use in this
country, which was calculated at Hong
Kong, but Is one day out OF true reckoning
being made for the difference in longitude
Acting on instructions from the Chinese
minister the Chinese consular agent has
Just issued a proclamation which was yes
terday posted in Chinatown and sent out
TO other places in this State, setting forth
the error and the cause of IL, and directing
that IL shall be corrected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
OWNS NEW YORK BONDS
DOwager Empress of Germany Draws
Interest on American Securities.

NEW YORK, Aug. lat Is not generally
known that the Dowager Empress of Ger
many is a property owner in New York. but
such is the fact She holds $34 200 OF New
York city bonds issued for improvements in
Central Park. and draws interest on the
same at the rate of per cent. The sum of
s4337 rs is remitted TO her twice a year by
the city chamberlain. on the books OF the
city the distinguished bondholder appears
as Her Imperial Majesty Victoria Ade-
laide Marie Louise Dowager Empress
Frederick of Germany and Queen of Prus-
Ella, Princess Royal OF Great Britain and
ireland"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
Mimic Massacre of Custer

NASHVILLE Aug l2-The attendance
at the Tennessee exposition to-day was
large, the occasion being the celebration of
tie, massacre of Custer" took place on
the military plaza and in the surround
ing forests late in the afternoon. Five
hundred Indians in costumes and several
hundred militia, scouts and cowboys took
GaTt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
UNEXPLAINED TRAGEDY.
Maud Young shoots Jennie Meyers
and Then Kills Herself.

MONTPELIER, o.. Aug. 12-Maud
Young, aged sixteen, and Jennie Meyers,
aged nineteen, were visiting with Mrs Jane
Leek. They were in a side room talking
and laughing when a report of a shot was
heard in the room. Maud came out and ex-
citedly exclaimed: Il have killed Jennie -
Jennie had been shot in the head and is
not expected to live. Maud rushed back
into the house, shot herself and died in M
hour. They were close friends, and ex-
pected to attend party together this even
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
Miners, Aid Committee.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Aug 12.-
Joseph Hind and Peter Flemming, two coal
miners of Parke county, were in the city
to-day soliciting aid for the striking coal
miners. They received about SIS, which
was forwarded to the State relief commit
tee, at indianapolis. The two miners went
to Frankfort from here.
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The Popular
MoNoN ROUTE
Il iine .Hs to CHICAGOGGna%e.sa Fs H. HOURS


Leave 1ndianapolis-7OO a. M. u:5O a. m, s:35
D. M, 1856 night.
Trains Arrive Indianapolis-S,3o a. m. 7:45 a.
IN. 235 D.. m, 4:3S D. m.
Local sleeper N Indianapolis ready at $3.50 p.
m. LeyYes Chicago, returning, at 2:45 a. m. Can
be taken any time after $3.50 y. IN.
Ticket offices. West Washington street Union
Station aad NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEPOT.
GEO. W. HAYLER D. ?. A.
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DEFoRM1rY APPARATUS. Trusses Elastic
Hosiery. Largest stock OF ARTIFICIAL EYES
In the State.
WIN. H. ARMSTRONG & GO.
GIew No. 12D II S. Illinois St.. Indianapolis Ind
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STUCK IN THE PASSES

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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-29
ltalS'EiiIsSvIa.I.E.

Mr.. Coleman is having the old drain
box Oh the sidewalk of Central avenue
from Avenue y to Avenue C.: removed.
and the walk made solid with dirt, which
is quite an Improvements.
The Union Transfer horse which was
run into last Monday when the wagon
belonging to said company was in COLL
sion with Mr.. lronmongcr's farm wa
Enn nj the corner Of Church street and
WASHINGTON avenue, is doing RS well
as could be expected under the c.rcum-
stances. Both poles We're b:nken al tho
time. and the horse mentioned above
badly hurt.
Miss Evelyn Savage. OF Central ave
nue., has returned from Cha rlottcsvillc.
where she attended the school of meth
eds.
Miss Leila Co.son. OF Barratt's Neck,
Nansenond county, has returned home.
accompanied 10y her cousins. Misses
Pansy Clffcc and Mamie Nugcnt, whom
She was visiting on Outtcn street
Miss Ni"cic Cromwell, of Central ave
nur, has returned from a visit to Eal,i-
more, accompanied by Miss Mabel Poul-
ton.
Alrs. Ricka Elmer was reported sick
Yesterday al her horre on Central ave
nue..