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a woman and Her Dog.
Washington Post.


There's an elderly woman of Washington
who is always moving She has moved
on to the New Jersey coast for the sum-
mer, believe, but it's dollars to doughnuts
once before the season Wanes She is, as
| began by saying, elderly. She has money,
a really kind heart young husband and
a dog The dog is the apple of her eye
She calls it her baby, and says, Come to
mamma, pet" to the little beast. 1t sleeps
in tiny bed lined with rose-cOored silk
and it eats with its fond mamma and
that's one of the reasons why mamma
l. owes on so often. She went to live in
boarding house once upon time, board
ing house in Seventeenth street, kept by 4
gentlewoman. She brought the dog 20 din
ner with her and asked that cover be
laid for him. Some unreasonable persons
opposite objected, and the landlady said
that the dog would be fed in The kitchen
The elderly woman drew herself up at that
and flushed to the very edge OF her blonde
tsWhatr' she cried, my dog eat with
servants? Never" And that very day she
moved on again.
female, at a great big apartment house
A woman ! know lived in the same house
The woman | know keeps nearly all the
letters she receives. A hundred or so of
them were in a trunk in the storage room
Of the house. Their owner was called out
of town unexpectedly one day, and required
the trunk. The porter ~earelessly empted
the letters into a box, meaning to carry
them to the owners rooms later. / sup
pose he forgot them. At any rate the
erratic elderly female remarked to a third
woman in the house a few days later:
Mrs G.. is a very careless woman.
think Her letters are scattered all over
the storc-room floor; And they're letters,
about family secrets. Some of them are
love letters. / should think she'd keep
them locked up. And then. with naive
unconsciousness of the obvious inference
she concluded: Some of them are awfully
interesting.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
DR.. ID. c. ScuII, WideIy-KnOwn Res
ident of Boone County.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, July 24-Dr D. c.
Scull, one of Lebanons best known physi-
clans, is dead after lingering illness with
chronic gastritis. About four years ago his
health failed him and he was forced to re-
tire from active practice. For the last three
years he had been an invalid, and for the
last fOrty-nine days he had partaken of no
nOurishment whatever. DR.. Scull was born
in Moscow, Rush county, Indiana, Feb
1889. and was one of fourteen children He
received a common school education and
took short course in the Thorntown Acad-
envy. When the war broke out he enlisted in
Company G, Thirteenth Indiana Regiment
and served three years. He was in a num-
Der of hard fights, but never received
wound and was never sent to a hospital
When he was mustered out, July l. 1854 he
had been promoted to the rank of sergeant
On his return home to Rush county he
Thompson, now a specialist of Indian
apOlis. He also attended lectures at a Gin
ciunati medical college. From Moscow he
moved to BroOkville, from there to Wal
drOn and thence to Lebanon. taking up his
residence here in 1878. He was three times
third wife and three children survive him
DR.. Soul was member of the Boone
County Medical Society, the State Medical
Society, the G. A. r. and the Masonic fra
ternity. He was also member of the Pres
byterian Church He was at one time
candidate for the nomination for Congress
on the Republican ticket in this district
but was defeated by Major Charles T.
DOXey, of Anderson. In 1888 he was chosen
presidential electOr for the Ninth district
noon at 2:30 o'clock from the Presbyterian
Church.
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GIGANTIC COMBINATION.
All the Great Trust May UDite-One
Billion Dollars Involved.

CHICAGO, July 24-The Post says: AN
industrial combination on a scale which
will mark an epoch in Capitalization is
promised in the near future. According to
Stock Exchange gossip, the following cor
porations are mentioned as likely soon to
merge their identity into one colossal
whole: Standard Oil Company, United
States Leather Company. American Sugar
Refining Company, National Lead Com
pany, United States Rubber Company
American Tobacco Company, American
Spirits Manufacturing Company, American
Cotton OIL Company and New York Chi
cago and Bay State Gas companies Their
total capital is $685., 1000. To this capital
stock must be added the various sums rep
resented by bonds of the above companies
together with the appreciation in value of
some of the stocks-Standard Oil alone rep
resenting nearly four times its nominal face
Value-which together will bring the total
value of capital interested to double the
above total, or, in round figures, to $1,000
OO0,CQO. The guiding spirit in TINS mammoth
combination is said to be the Standard Oil
Company
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Alleged Attempt to Blow Up the Lake
Shore Boiler Shops.

BUFFALO, n. Y, July A.-An emplOye
of the Lake Shore boiler shops made a
sensational discovery this morning when
cleaning the ashes out of a pit where boiler
plate is heated. In the bottom of the pit,
under two feet of ashes, he found fifteen
flfty-caliber cartridges, one 150-caliber car
fridge nearly six inches long, and a bomb
filled with dynamite and powder. Fifteen
mem usuallywor around the pit when it is
in operation. 1t was not the day for clean
ing the pit but the workman whose duty
it is to build the fire this morning having
plenty of time decided to remove the ashes.
Had he not taken this precaution, terrible
explosion would have occurred BY some
it is thought the explosives We're placed in
the pit for the purpose OF lnJurlng the men
who took the places of the striking boiler
makers recently.
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OFFICES FILLED.
Appointments by the President and
Combinations by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate: To be collectors of internal
revenue, John c. Entrekin, for the Eleventh
district OF Ohio; Philemon b. Hunt for the
Fourth district of Texas; James d. Brady
for the Second district of Virginia; Quinby
Vance to be surveyor general of New Mex
leo; Robert y. Cameron, to be register of
the land office at Alva, O. T.; Henry D.
Bowman, receiver of public moneys at Las
Cruces, n. M; Ablal Lathrop, attorney of
the United States for the district of South
Carolina P0stmasters; Hiram G. Dunlap
Kankakee, Ill; Ernest @. Howell Geneva
H.; William d. Page Fort Wayne. Ind
These nominations We're confirmed to-day
by the Senate: Rear Admiral John g.
Walker, L, 5. N; Captain 0. b. Carter
Corps of Engineers L. S. A; Lewis NJ
Haupt, of Pennsylvania, engineer from
civil life, to be member of the Nicaragua
Canal Commissions; Norris d. Wickersham,
attorney of the United States for Southern
tornev of the United States for Eastern dis
trict of Tennessee; Creighton NJ. Foraker
United States marshal for the Territory OF
New Mexico. Collectors of internal rev.
enue: John c. Lynch. for the First district
of California; Andrew H. Morrison, for the
district of New Mexico. Albert d. Elliott
of the District of Columbia. clerk of the
District Court, district of Alaska William
S Clanton, assayer and melter OF the Uni
ted States assay Office at Charlotte n. c.;
Miles Cavanaugh George d. Greene of
commissioners to examine and classify
lands within the land grant and indemnity
land grant limits of the Northern Pacific
road, the Helena land district Helena. T. H
Lamar. TO be postmaster at Petersburg,
Ind.
Library-Alfred c. Harmer. Pennsylvania
Tonight the following additional confir-
nations were announced: To be collector
of internal revenue: John c. Entrekin, for
the Eleventh district of Ohio; 2. Il. Hunt
for the Fourth district of Texas; engineer
in Chief j. w. Collins, of New York, 10 be
captain of engineers in the revenue cutter
service; Quinby Vance, surveyor general of
New Mexico r. A. Cameron, register of
the land office at Alva. Q. T.; II. ID. Bow
man. receiver OF public moneys at Las
Cruces. n. NJ. Abial Lsathrop United
states attorney for the district of South
Carolina. Postmasters; H j. Dunlap, at
Kankakee, H.; f. G.. Howell, at Geneva.
H.. w. D, Page, at Fort Wayne. Ind
Henry A. Rucker, of Georgia, collector of
internal revenue, district of Georgia.
The following nominations failed OF con-
firmation by the Senate: Terence V
Powderly of Pennsylvania. to be commits
sioner Of immigration: Thomas Fitchie, of
New York, to be commissioners of immigra-
ton, port Of New York; Alyah Eastman, TO
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind, July 4.-Maj c.
W. Lee, Republican candidate for Con-
gress, addressed a crowd of 500 citizens and
eX-soldiers from the courthouse steps this
afternoon, mush enthusiasm being mani
tested. He set forth in eloquent terms the
return Of prosperity to the farmer, farming
products having advanced since last year,
especially wool, tobacco and wheat, and
spoke very touchingly to the old soldier.
Mr.. Lee is confident of election, and said
if Republicans did their duty on Aug. 10 he
would be the next congressman; that, log
1Cally, he was the proper man to be elected,
as this district furnished large number of
soldiers and had never. except for the short
time represented by General Browne, been
represented by a soldier. At the close of
his remarks the soldiers came forward and
each assured him of his loyal support.
AT night a second melting was held and
was largely attended. Major Lee will re-
main here over Sunday, the guest of Rev.
AlOnzo Murphy, and will commence a per-
SOEal canvass of the county at Adams on
Monday morning
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BENNINGTON BOBs UP AGAIN.
The Air-Ship Man and Mrs. Durrant
Visit Fort Wayne.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE Ind, July 24-E. ]. PEN
nington the air ship man. who has been,
with Mrs. Durrant, busily engaged in
avoiding his wife, whom he agreed to meet
in Cincinnati a week ago, was in the city
for one hour this evening, stopping from
train No. is on the Pennsylvania road to
take the limited for New York. He gave
his name as E. J. Graham, and said he was
travelling with his wife and stenographer
He avoided reporters as much as possible,
but was recognized the moment he stepped
from the train. He was exceedingly anX-
ious to get away. and the one hour seemed
long to him. Had his creditors known of
his presence in the city he would have been
captured, and he exhibited great nerve in
stopping here He told the reporters the
lady with him was his wife, and not Mrs.
Durrant. He engaged his sleeping car sec
tons in the name of Graham, but when
recognized acknowledged he was Penning-
ton. He showed a big roll of money when
he paid for his tickets, and told several
friends who met him just as the train was
leaving, that he was prosperous and made
plenty of money as soon as he got out OF
Fort Wayne.
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IN new york was anticipated. 1t amounted
70 ABOUT $50.0OO. supply of flags for the
christian Endeavor convention in San
tratlclsco was made and shipped long ago.
AS for the Fourth of July trade. that keeps
the presses going from early in January
until week before the day.
Most of these flags are made in New
YORK. one concern is said to control four
nfthS OF the business of the country but if
it had any disposition to create a monopolv
1t could not do so, because every awning
maker in the United States is a f1agmaker
All the flags for the navy and many Of
those for the army are made in the army
and navy establishments.
me cheapest flag you can buy is the mus
lin flag, by inches, at IA cents a gross
The most expensive article in the regular
the largest is forty feet long Silk flags can
be bought for 30 cents q Dozen and YOU
can have a silk flag made at cost OF
$l,OO0 II you like. great many flags cost
ing $50 and $500 are made every year and
an order for an $500 flag would not be con-
sidered remarkable Yet the demand is for
the cheaper flags, and the bulk of the bust
ness is in the printed muslin kind.
flags are printed on fast presses. like a
newspaper. A web of muslin or silk is fed
into the press and IT comes out after the
one operation printed in two colors on both
sides. The muslin is in oil colors which Will
not run, but silk flags are not in fast col
OrS, and they should never be exposed to
the rain. Oil colOrs on silk would run in
printing and they would cake and grow
hard afterWard.
The printed web is cut up into individual
flags under a big knife operated by steam
power, which goes thro@gh several hum
dred thiCknesses of cloth at once. The little
are made up in the country, and are
shipped to the city by the carload. Some
times the web is shipped uncut, 10 be used
in draping buildings and halls
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MILLIONS OF FLAGS.
Patriotic Americans Buy Great
Many Every Year.

New York Herald
More than fifty million flags are bought
every year by the people of the United
States to display on the Fourth of July
More than 100 900, 600 flags are flung to the
breeze on that day
The flag business to-day amounts to $780,
600 a year, and fully One-half of the yearly
product is Immediately destroyed. As more
than one-half the flags sold used on the
Fourth of July, it may be reckoned that
$125, coo worth of flags which were displayed
on Independence day this year VIII be
thrown away. All these will be re-
placed year hence. Truly the hagmak-
er has reason to bless the American habit
of celebrating patriotic anniVersaries.
There is no business more capriciOus than
the flag business This was illustrated dur
ing the campaign OF last November, when
people who favored the election Of McKin-
ley and Hobart were asked to display the
national colors on the Saturday before cleo
ticn day. New York city that day saw
greater display of odd glory" than ever
before.
Ordinarily New York is not so patriotic
as some others of the large cities of the
Unitea States. In fact, hagmakers say the
greater demand for flags is from the West
ern cities. But on flag day the New York
demand could not be supplied. In Chicago
there were not enough flags to go around.
million more banners could have been
used If il had been possible to buy them.
1t is estimated that 0000 worth of
flags were displayed on that OCCASION an
amount equal 10 the normal business OF the
entire year.
The conditions were extraordinary how
ever Usually big demand for flags can be
pretty we'll foreseen. Dealers all over the
country keep their eyes on future dates
when flags Will be needed. For example
this year the dealers in Philadelphia saw
that a large supply Of flags would be
wanted when Presideit Mckinley visited
the city TO help dedicate the Washington
monument They notified the fiagmakers
several months in advance ana there was q
sufficient supply on hand when the day
came.
The demand for decorations for Grant day
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OIL PRODUCTION.
what the New Wells in Madison and
Wells Counties Are Doing.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind, July 24.-Some ex-
element prevails in the Alexandria pool
over the strike of the StillwelI brothers on
the VIM. Black property. This well is by
far the best yet completed in the field, and
is good for 240 barrels. This report is cor
rect, as it is the gauge of the production.
Lutz & Co. S well No. 2, on the Peck prop
erty is in and failure. No. l on this prop
erty maintains daily production of thirty
five barrels. Barnes & McDonalds well on
the Davis property, that has been reported
good for from 1,500 to 1880 barrels, never
furnished any such amount of oil The
first twenty-four hours output of the Well
was thirty barrels and it is now down to
five barrels. The Doxey Oil Company's we'll
on the Doxey lot is flowing twenty-eight
barrels. Black & Harmon's two wells on
the 3. Carver property are doing forty bar
reIs. Long & Co.'S we'll on the Grosclose
property is doing fourteen barrels. The De
PAW Glass Company S well on the Garrison
property is doing a oozen barrels, while the
initial we'll on the Carver farm is doing five
barrels
The Ohio Oil Company has completed
well No. on the j. z. and G. Maddox farm,
in Section 3d. Chester township Wells coun-
Acme Oil Company'S well No. Z, on the p
and =. Perry farm, in Section 2S same
Roebuck, Brown & Co. have finished we'll
No. s. on the J: N. Shade farm iii Section
g. same township, and it ala ninety barrels.
A. Urban's we'll No 3, on the j. 3. Shade
farm, in Section IS, same township, did for
ty barrels. West Bros. No. 2, on the S. A.
Richards farm in Section 10, same town
ship, started at thirty barrels. The Indian
apolis Oil Companys No. 4, on the w d.
Huffman farm. in Section s, same township
is about a tive-barrel producer. The Ohio
Oil Company's we'll No. 4, on the J. Griffith
farm, in Section 2, Jackson township, Wells
county is "a light affair, only good for about
fifteen barrels The Rockwell Oil Company
has completed good we'll in No. ), on the
William Ralston farm, in Section 3D. Not
tingham township Wells county. 1t did
ninety barrels. Kerline Bros. have COM
pleted well No. 2 on the Sam Weber farm.
in Section Is, same township, and it started
at thirty barrels. The Montpelier Oil and
Gas Company finished a dry mole on the j.
M. McGeath farm, in Section II, Harrison
township, Blackford county. The Miami Oil
COmpany'S well No. l, the KirkWood
is good for fifteen barrels.
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Free Roads in Parl<e County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ROCKVILLE, Ind July 24.-Citizens of
Florida township this county have voted
to build ten miles of new gravel road, es-
timated to cost over $4,000. This will make
1870 miles of free gravel roads in Parke
county, with forty more miles in prospect.
Several weeks ago one road was voted and
defeated, it being a cross road. Parke
county is already noted for its fine roads
for bicycles and drives.
The county is second in the production
of coal and will be first ere long. The fine
clays and stone are being developed, and
with big hay, corn and wheat crops, Parke' 5
prosperity is due. For the year ending
May 81 1897, there were 1913 mortgages given
on farms, aggregating $126,02l and Ill sat
isied, amounting to $115653. On town lots,
sixty-one, aggregating $l4OS4 sixty-nine
were satisfied. with considerations of
$23, 1883; the chattel mortgages were 1872,
amounting to 22,532; satisfied chattels, 1853.
the consideration being 1888. There were
574 deeds recorded, the selling prices being
$409641. In the last ten years about $500 600
has been expended for bridges across the
Wabash river and various streams.
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Exodus of Congressmen.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July A.-There will be a
general evacuation of Washington by the
statesmen during the next forty-eight
hours A great many senators and repre-
sentatives left for home this evening, and
others will follow tomorrow. The major
ity will remain here, however, over Mon
day to look after odds and ends around the
departments. Senator Fairbanks wanted to
start for Indianapolis this evening, but he
has some important matters to attend to
which will require his presence here for
two or three days longer.
Charles l.. Henry's family went to the
mountains of West Virginia yesterday to
spend a portion of the summer. Mr.. Henry
will go to Anderson for a short business
afterWard will join his family.
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DanviIIe Normal school.
ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE Ind, July A.-The COM
mencement exercises of~the Central Nor
nal College began Friday evening with the
class day exercises of the scientific class.
Sunday evening the baccalaureate sermon
will be delivered by Rev. H. G. ogden, of
Kewanna, Ind. On Monday night the
musical department will hold it's concluding
exercises. On Tuesday night the graduates
of the law department will receive their
diplomas, Judge Chapman, of Anderson. de-
llvering the address, and Judge Monks. of
the Supreme Court giving the oath of adj
mission to the Supreme Court Wednesday
evening the alumni will hold their reunion,
the address to be delivered by Hon. w. L.
Sturdevant of ST. Louis. On Thursday
and Friday the graduating exercises Of
those in the teachers, scientific, pedagogy
and classic classes will be held
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Agriculture in Alaska.

WASHINGTON, July 24-secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson believes that Congress
al it's next session will authorize the estab-
lishment of an agricultural experiment sta
ton in Alaska. He said to-day he had no
doubt the people in some parts of Alaska
would be able 10 produce their own VeSota-
bles and to some extent the cereals they
will need. The hardy classes of animals,
he said also could be grown there. The
cattle from the mountains of Scotland, he
believed, could be raised successfully in
Alaska but so far as known now the min
ing regions in the vicinity of the head
waters of the Yukon river are about one
thousand miles away from any part OF
Alaska in which agriculture would be nee
eSSarily pursued
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The Huntington Impeachment.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, July A-Council
held its fourth session Friday night in the
impeachment proceedings. Examination of
witnesses was all that was done. The pro-
ceedings were disgraced by a cOwardly at
tack by Counsel Jim Branyon on Census
Enumeration Hatfield, whom Branyon de-
nounced as guilty OF forgery and perjury
He afterwards withdrew the offensive lam
guage. but Council made no effort to pro-
teet the witnesses or to restrain Branyons
abuse.
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, July 24-To-day's treas
ury statement shows Available cash bal
ance 1926, 600 5O4; gold reserve, SAB, 5S0956.
j. r. Christian, eX-clerk of Hamilton
county, Indiana, returned home this even
ing.
Drs. j. w. Compton and NJ G. Ralston
have been appointed pension examining
surgeons at Evansville.
William D. Page, who was to-day APP
pointed postmaster at Fort Wayne, was
recommended some time ago by Senator
Fairbanks He succeeds Editor W. w
Rockhill, of the Fort Wayne Journal. Mr.
Page is a prominent printer of Fort Wayne
Congressman Steele has recommended the
appointment Of ri. S. Grimm as postmaster
a Roanoke The congressman will leave
for Marion Monday.
The formal presentation of an elaborate
silver service to the United States gunbOat
Helena from the citizens OF Helena Mont
took place at the Potomac river wharf at s
o clock this evening.
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Preachers SON shoots Himself.
eciaI to the indianapolis Journal.

STecial to the Indianapolis Journal
CONVICTION, Ind, July 24.-Arista Ora
hood, the second son of Rev. I. n. Orahood,
who lives al Coal Creek, committed suicide
yesterday. Young Orahood was a brother
of Attorney Orahood, of this city, and was
twenty-three years of age. Wednesday
afternoon the young man drove from this
city on his way to his home, near Snod-
dyS Mills. He did not get home that even
ing, but the following morning his horse
and buggy were found at the gate. Search
was at once instituted, and his body was
found on the roadside near the residence
of Patrick BOner. There was bullet
wound just above the right ear, made by
32-caliber revolver, which lay by his side
The coroners verdict is that Mr.. Orahood
committed suicide the act being caused by
dependency due to i'll health.