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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
Wire-Nail Strike Settled.
to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON Ind, Aug. 27.-The differ
ences between the American Wire Nail
Company, of this city, and the three hun
dred employees in the wire department were
adjusted at an early hour this morning and
the men will resume work on Monday The
employees abandoned their purpose of hav-
ing their organization recognized by the
company, ana after that the settlement was
an easy proposition. Last night a commit
tee of five of the wire drawers and Messrs.
E. j. Burlington, f. II Gedge and c p
Garvey, representing the company held
conference lasting till this morning Both
sides made concessions and several slight
changes were made in the scale submitted
to the employees by the company a few DAYS
ago. The settlement is greeted with ap-
prevail on all sides. The entire plant is now
nonunion. but the scale that is being signed
lty is considerable above the average of
similar plants in the United States
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be the orator. and Judge Fl. B. Shively.
Captain B. F. Williams, Captain Swadley
and others are down for addresses. Large
tables upon which dinner will be served to
all corners are being erected in the grove.
The thirty-seventh annual session of the
Teachers Institute of Decatur county closed
yesterday at Greensburg. The instructors
were Mrs. Sarah Tarney Campbell, of An
derson; Prof. W. p. Shannon, of Green's
burg. and Prof. w. NJ. Alley, of Shelbyvilie.
A force of two hundred employees was put
at work yesterday by she Terre Haute Can
ming Company to put up tomatoes. The
company contracted for more than five
hundred acres of tomatoes. but owing to
as counted on.
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Sale of am Insurance Companv.

NEW YORK, Aug, 27.-The American
Fire Insurance Company of this city has
changed hands. The offer made by the
Manchester Fire Insurance Company OF
England some time ago was accepted and
while the companies will be run separat ely
as in the past, the stock of the American
Company will be owned by the English syn
dictate. The latter paid 800 a share or an
advance Of 100 per cent. on the original
value. The capital stock of the company is
$400. 900. Two-thrds of the stock has, been
sold, and the holders of the remainder Of
the. shares will have until Jan. next in
which to sell at the same terms The
American Company is forty wears old
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CHASING A RAVISHER.
Mrs. Ellsworth Harness Assaulted and
in Serious Condition.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind, Aug. 2z-Officer Welty
was called to the west end of the county
this morning with his bloodhounds. Mrs
Ellsworth Harness, a niece of Prosecuting
Attorney B. F. Harness, was brutality as
saulted by an unknown person, and lies in
a serious condition. She was alone and on
opening a closet door man raised uD and
threw a coat over her head, the ruffian
having previously secreted himself in the
closet while she was out in the yard. The
scoundrel filled her mouth with rags to pre-
vent her making an outcry. then threw her
to the floor and choked her into insensi-
bility On recovering consciousness Mrs
Harness found the villain had gone She
managed to drag herself to the door where
who was at work in a field. The blood
hounds took up the scent at o'clock to-
day. but with no result so far. A lynching
may follow if the man is caught
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search for Ferdinand MAY.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 27-Ferdinand
May, who fed from Germany with nearly
$1,000, 900 intrusted to him by clients, is sup
posed to be in Australia The steamer Mar
iposa, here from Australia. was carefully
searched before her departure the AUSTRIA
lian authorities suspecting that the minal
would attempt 20 escape to the United
States. He is thought to have reached
Sydney by the Arcadia or Australia man
answering his description having boarded
the latter vessel at Suez 1t is also re-
ported that he was traced to Brisbane, but
there the detectives lost track of him.
Substantial rewards are offered for his ar.
rest. He is man of culture and excel-lnt
prpcopcp
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Indiana Notes.

Miss Lucy Francis of Richmond, a
graduate of Earlham who has done special
work at Bryn Mawr. has been elected to
the position of teacher of science in the
East Liverpool, O.. high school.
Wednesday the Sixty-third Regiment Of
the Indiana Volunteers held reunion in
Covington. In the afternoon a meeting was
held in the courthouse and addressed by
the Hon. Andrew Marshall and Major
Jonathan Birsh, mayor of Greencastle.
Arrangements have all been completed for
a grand reunion of the soldiers of Wabash
county at Lafontaine Saturday Sept. 4.
Invitations have been sent to and accepted
by all the G.. A r. posts of that county.
and the members and their friends to the
number OF several thousand VIII attend.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 27-Arthur Storey and
his wife were shot and probably fatally in
jured at their apartments. No. IS Forty
third street, tonight by II. c. bunker, a
barber who had boarded with the couple
for several years. Tonight bunker accom-
panied Mrs. Storey TO the theater. On re-
turning home they found Storey awaiting
them. A violent quarrel ensued. bunker
drew a revolver and fired two shots. The
first bullet entered Storey's groin. The
second lodged in Mrs. Storey's spine. Tho
wounded couple were removed TO a hospital
and there is but little hope for their recov-
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Ind, Aug. 27.-There has
not been time in twenty years when the
farmers of Daviess county were in such
high spirits as they now. They find
ready sale for everything they have and
at prices that net them handsome profit.
The wheat yield in DaViess county last
year was 33i ,020 bushels, and it sold for
$17610. This year the wheat crop is. esti-
600 bushels have been sold, leaving a re-
mainder of about $4,000 bushels, worth to-
day 1885, 500, or 1854, $50 more than the entire
crop of 1896 brought. This. with the en-
HANGED value of cattle, hogs, sheep, horses
and other products of the farm, will put
into the pockets of Daviess county farmers
a half million dollars more money than they
received in 1896
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Ranker TolIant sane Again.

CHICAGO Aug. 27.--John l.. Tollant. the
San Francisco banker who became vio-
lently insane last Saturday while Journey
ing to New York, and was removed to a
sanitarium at Geneva Wis on his arrival
at Chicago Monday. is reported TO be en-
tirely recovered. Mr.. Edward l.. jayne
ranged man, was in the city to-day ar
ranging for Mr. Tollant's transportation to
New York. 1t Is expected that Sunday he
will continue his journey
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other Deaths in the State.

SEYMOUR Ind, Aug. N.-Mrs. Bryan
Doran aged seventy-six, died last night
of heart trouble. Mrs. Doran was one of
the pioneers. She leaves a husband and
daughter
Miss Jennie Holmes, aged sixty-seven,
died this morning of flux. She was sister
of the late Samuel w. Holmes, at one time
mayor of this city.
MUNCIE, Ind. Aug 27.-To-day Mrs
John Adams died at the home of Robert
Sanders Her home was in Cambridge City
and she came here to attend the races. She
was taken suddenly with helnorrhage of the
brain.
PORTLAND, Ind, Aug. 27.-Mrs Eliza
beth Hiser, one of the pioneers of Jay coun-
ty, died at her home to-day aged eighty
one.
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Miners short of Rations.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Aug. 27.-The miners ex-
ecutive board held a secret session here to-
day for the purpose of making more vigor-
Gus efforts to raise funds for the destitute.
The dependents have increased to 7547, and
only sufficient means is in sight to furnish
rations tomorrow at the rate of cents
per capita. Notwithstanding the destitute
condition of the strikers they remain firm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
A0,er,con reef for Japanese.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. PA million
and half pounds of mess beef for use
by the japanese army and navy is being
prepared in this city by the Armour Pack
ing Company. The shipment is the largest
single beef order ever filed by Kansas
City house. The first shipment has been
made in a special train of twenty cars over
the Chicago Greatwestern. At st. Paul the
cargo will be transferred to the Canadian
Pacific road for Vancouver whence it Will
go by steamer TO NagaSaki
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DUBOIS, Pa, Aug 27.-The Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg Railway shops at
this place closed down indefinitely to-day
This is a direct result of the miners strike
The roads freight business is principally
hauling coal and there being no coal for
shipment there will be no need to build
or repair cars. Two hundred shopmen and
many railroad men are out of employment
account of the strike.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
Fugitive Freeman Captured.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, Aug. z..-Sheriff Dob
bins received word this afternoon of the
arrest of Frederick Freeman at Newberry
Green county. Freeman is charged with
embezzlement of funds of the Jung Brew
ing Company while acting as their agent
here; also forging the names of his father
in-law and several other prominent men to
a purported bond in order to secure the
SnrinP
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
INDIANA OBITUARY.
Robert Worster, an Aged Pioneer of
the State.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Aug. 27.-Rob-
ert Worster, aged eighty-three, one Of the
first settlers of Blackford county, died yes
terday morning at his home, in Montpelier.
The deceased was born Dec. Z, 1914, in
Fayette county, this State. Brief funeral
services will be held a the residence Satur-
day morning. Rev. Hollopeter. of Mont
be taken to Liberty Center where services
will be held in the Baptist Church. Inter
ment in the Morshug Cemetery, where two
of his children are buried.
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ROCK ISLAND H.. Aug. 27.-By the
fall OF a scaffold this afternoon c. ]. w.
John Lowe bricklayers, and Joe Crudup. a
colored hodearrier, were precipitated from
the third story of new building to the
stone sidewalk. Willis died within ten min
utes, Schreiner received a bad wound on
temple and internal injuries. Lowe and
Crudup were fearfully bruised. 1t is be-
lieved all will die
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLFAX, Ind, Aug. 27.-William Blacker,
the young man from this place who was in
jured by a Vandalia freight train night be-
fore last, as he was coming home from
Franklin, where he had been working on
the railroad as a section hand, died at his
home here this morning and will be buried
tomorrow. Some of his friends think he
was murdered, and his body thrown from
the top of the car down under the train.
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KLONDIKE AT HOME.


wheat was quoted nominally at $1.O6A, and
No. red at $l.02A. both f. O. b. atlOat.
Corn was not so active as yesterday, but
showed plainly the hand of strong bull
leadership While wheat lost about DC
bushel, corn lost less than q cent and
closed pretty firm. There was some rain in
Nebraska, but in other important corn
States drought prevailed. Gables were
higher and foreign houses bought. Decem-
Der ranged from 371sc to 3S1sc, and closed
a 273sp
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 27.-After
consultation with creditors the Terre Haute
Soap and Chemical Company has placed it's
business in the hands of trustee for six
months. 1t is believed that this will enable
the business TO be Strengthened out with
out serious embar IRA ssment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
Grape Creek WIN Keep Up strike.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE, ILL.,. Aug. 27.-The ST. liking
miners held mass meeting in Hooton's
graveyard to-day "A vote was taken which
resulted in favor of continuing the strike.
Committees were appointed to visit all the
mines and appeal to the miners who are at
work to come out.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Aug. 27.-The
marriage of Col j. r. Weaver and Miss
Emma Mattern, both Of the faculty of De
Paw University, will take place at San
dusky, O., on Monday, Aug. 3d. a o'clock
been previously announced for Sept l.
They will take d trip to Niagara Falls
after the ceremony and will arrive in this
city by the opening of the next school year
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT Ind, Aug 27.-Mrs. Sarah
Lytle Johnson is dead from old age and
general breaking down of health Mrs
Johnson was the widow of the late Will
liam H johnson and the mother of John
F. johnson, ex-president of the old State
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Aug. 27.-Elwood is to
have two new and important industries that
will employ not less than one thousand
hands Negotiations have been pending for
some time between the Elwood Land Com
pany and New York capitalists to locate
the Culver boiler and locomotive works and
the Covert nut, lock and bolt factory
Enough ground will be secured to build
the factories and start a beautiful suburban
city, giving the employees an opportunity to
own homes near their work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
5000 Old settlers Meet.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON. Ind. Aug. 27.-The old
settlers of this county held their annual re-
union at the fair grounds yesterday. Over
three thousand people were present. Judge
Watkins read list of citizens of the coun-
~ over dfty years of age who had died
during the last year and paid tribute to
their memory. He was followed by the pio-
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sand men employed there from the strip
pings and breakers, shutting down the
mines completely. The excitement was in
tense. The streets were crowded with men
and women, great crowds going from this
city to MilnesviIle with the strikers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
CycIer Develops "a Chest Tumor.

Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Aug. 27.-Yesterday Ed
ward Davis, young man who has become
an expert bicycle rider, had an operation
performed by having tumor the size of a
hen egg removed from his breast bone.
Davis has only been riding the wheel for
six months and has won several races.
When he began riding only small red
spot was visible where the tumOr was re-
moved but constant riding so rritated the
spot that 1T developed into a tumOr. Dr. M.
+. Gerrish has advised Davis to give up the
NNhRAl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
BIoOdhOunds After Barn burners.

Special the Indianapolis Journal.
ORLEANS, Ind. Aug. 27.-The large barn
belonging to William E. Hatton, ten miles
southeast of this place, was burned this
morning by an incendiary. The loss will
reach 81 500, with $500 insurance. Mccoy S
bloodhounds were sent for and left for the
scene of the fire at o'clock.
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KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Aug. 27-Prices for
hogs are the highest in two years, having
advanced in this market 40 cents hundred
since last Friday 20 cents since Aug. and
nearly a dollar since the middle of July
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Engineer Fatally Hurt.


Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR. Ind, Aug. 27.-Word was re-
ceived here this afternoon by Rev. Andrew
Graessle that his son Charles, a fireman on
the Baltimore 81 Ohio Southwestern Rail-
way had fallen from his engine and sus-
tanned probably fatal injuries. DR. G. c..
GraeSsle, brother of the unfortunate young
man, went to NincenneS on the afternoon
train. The accident occurred at Allison, III.
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FouIl>e,s Life of Morton FINISHED.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. Aug. 27.-Oliver T.
Norton of Chicago, son of Governor Oliver
P. Morton, is in the city, the guest of the
Hon. William Dudley Foulke His mission
here is to review the life of the elder Nor
ton, which Mr.. FoulSe has completed after
four years work and which will then go
n ha T1loliShar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
Happy Home" Magazine swindIe.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. Aug. 27.-From de-
velopments TODAY it is evident that num-
Der of the residents of Connersville have
been swindled by representative of a
company alleged to exist in this city. Rich
ard Davis, of that city, was here to-day
and reported the case to the police. He
says that man representing himself to
be an agent of the Empire Publishing Com
pany of this city, secured subscriptions
from numerous Connersville people for the
Happy Home" magazine. The magazines
were to be paid for on the instalment
plan, and advance payments were de-
handed Each subscriber was promised
not since been heard from. No such COM
many exists here
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neer takers. one of the most prominent
speakers being Col Lambdin r. Mili!gan,
Der OF relics were exhibited, some OF them
a hundred years old. Among them was an
old-tasnioned tanning mill, with WOODEN
cog wheels; also, a set of waffle irons three
hundred years old. Officers elected for the
coming year were: Joseph Suits, president;
II. s. Sprinkle. vice president; s. NJ. Sayler,
secretary; Nehemiah Brown. treasurer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
Young Dickerson's Body Found.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Aug. 27.-The lifeless
body of Otto Dickerson aged nineteen, son
of Farmer w. H. Dickerson, in the northern
part of the county, was found this morning
in field about a mile from his home. He
had been killed by lightning. He left home
Tuesday morning on a hunting trip and
four hours search his body was found
The hair had been burned from his head,
his clothing torn from the body and his
shoes snatched from his feet and hurled
ten wards AWAY.
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Firemen.s Tournament a Failure.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, Aug. 27.-This was the
last day of the tournament of the State
Firemens Association, but on account of
the slim attendance the sweepstakes and
other races appointed for to-day were not
run. The tournament generally is regarded
as a failure, as there were but two teams
here yesterday, Goshen, Ind, and Mount
Carroll, ILL.,, the others having gone home
on account of a misunderstanding. This
morning the Warsaw and Elkhart ball
teams played at the tournament grounds,
the game resulting IS to 5 in favor of Elk
hart. a game between the same teams this
afternoon resulted II to in favor of War
saw
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WARSAW, Ind, Aug 27.-The City Coun-
ell at its session last night decided to grant
a franchise to Messrs. James Lille & CO.,
of Kankakee, ILL.,, to construct an electric
streetrailway in this city and to Winona
Park. If the right of way along the pub
lie highway can be secured from the Coun-
ty Commissioners this line will be extended
to Vawters Park on Lake Wawasee. 1t is
to be completed and in operation by May
next. The streets of Warsaw are also to
be improved by paving them with Vitrifed
brick within the next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-31

Mrs William Grady, assisted by Misses
Maggie and Birdie Grady and Miss Mamie
Flavin, IS Fenton ST. ne; to 10.
Miss Marion E. Godfrey. with Mrs. R. V.
Belt, 1874 10th; to Z.
Miss Josie German will assist Miss Bros
nahan at 9l6 18th; to s.
Mrs. Clara Glaze. assisted by Mrs. An
ME Lacy. 9l1 s.w.; II to 4.
Miss Bessie Gray and Miss Dora Ha-
veneer, 1918 9th s.w.; 6 to II
Mrs. E. D. Godfrey. with ladies of Ham
line NJ. f. Church: after 4.
Mrs. L. A. Gilbert, with the w. c. T. u,
91O F.
Miss Elizabeth Gobel, with the W. c..
T. u, 910 F.
Miss Anna Gee. with the W. c. T. u,
go F.
Mrs Aria T. German of Mt Pleasant,
assisted by Misses Erminie I. Beatty, Bes-
sic McHugh, Estelle Randolph and Edna
Emerson; to Z.
The Misses Gibson, 1922 s; after 2
Mrs. Charles Gates. assisted by Mrs
VIM. Shane, Mrs. George Kaufman, Mrs
Samuel Story of Philadelphia, Miss Jones
of Maryland and her sister, Mrs. John
Wilkerson, II E s.w.; to 10.
Miss Anna NJ. Griesbauer, with Mrs. H.
B. Wilson. 1912 Kenesaw ave-; 3 to 0.
Mrs. Ginter. assisted by her daughter
Rose Miss Edith Kirkley of Baltimore.
Mrs. Feast, Mrs. Kennedy Mrs. Rosenberg
and Mrs. Harding, Sd and o; 1 to g.
Miss Blanche. Griffith, assisted by Miss
Spieser and Miss Lowe, II Jefferson Ana
costa; 6 to 0.
Miss Emma Gaisberg, with Miss Gals
berg, 1881 VT. ave-; after 8.
Miss Carrie X. Gaisberg assisted by Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-31
A Chapter Of Delays.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

One evening not long ago a slight blaze
was discovered in the neighborhood of the
corner of Prospect and Erie streets, and u
rush was made for the fire alarm box. AS
sometimes happens. the whereabouts of the
key was not known, and for minute or
two there was a lot OF wild anxiety rum
ming to waste. All sorts of suggestions
were offered, but nobody took advantage
of them. Fortunately, short policeman
came trotting up and presently produced
his key. 1t was attached to chain and
the box was pretty high up. and the key
didn't come within six inches of the key
hole The short policeman pulled and
tugged.
well by GEORGE. he said.
Lift him up" roared somebody
Hold on, boys said the officer, "Iu
loosen the chain"
He unbuttoned his coat and vest and the
waistband of his official trousers and final
ly released the janglng attachment A
moment later the door of the box flew open.
Let me see," said the policeman, you
turn something, don't your"
The fact is he didn't know anything
about 1t.
Say" said a funny man In the crowd,
will somebody kindly step around and ask
that fire to be as deliberate as possible?"
This made everybody laugh.
II guess the cop takes this for Lunnon,
don't you know" said the funny man
again.
Pull down the KNOB" yelled a small boy,
and the short policeman obeyed.
Luckily 1t was only a trifiing blaze.