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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

seventy four years of age and still in the
hey-day of his power."
If Chinanan, usually regarded by us -
a barbarian, can live to healthy, hale old
age, why cannot Americans, with their
more advanced civilization, do the same
The reporters discovered during Ii Hung
Chang's stay in this country, that he took
upon the simplest of diets and never passed
a day without consulting his physician.
He limited his toll TO a reasonable number
of hours and would not deviate from his
rule in this matter. american men follow
just the opposite pra .tice. They work to
the limit OF erdurancG will not even take
the proper time fof eating, resting and
sleeping, and never think of their health
until it is gone There is wonderful med
icine for hard working men. 1t is DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II
takes the place of physician. 1t keeps
away ill-health and restores health when It
is lost 1t is the great appetite sharpener,
blood-maker and flesh-builder. 1t makes
the digestion perfect, the liver active and
the blood pure and rich. Medicine dealers
sell it.
MY husband had been robust young man'
writes Mrs. NJ. ]. Tedder, of Ellington, Reynolds
Co, Mo. when he was 81 years old he began
to cough very hard He had pains through his
chest and lungs. His mother and the rest OF his
family had died with consumption. lie con
tinued to cough every winter, until in 1883 he
had an attack of pneumonia. His cough grew
worse and worse. He would vomt Immediately
after his meals. In 1883 he coughed hight and
appetite. He commenced DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets He
improved. His appetite got better. When he
had taken seven bottles he looked like new
man and felt like new person. He weighs
more than he ever weighed before. He gained
twenty eight pounds and is cured"
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hoy Kills Marshal and Takes Poison

CLARKSVILLE. Tenn. Dee. 7-At 80 a.
m. City Marshal A. g. Bryan was shot in
the back of the head three times and almost
instantly killed while seated in the tel
egraphers office at that place. The muir
derer was a boy named Hughley Mccall
Mccall fled to his home and committed sui
eide by taking morphine. The cause al
legged for the murder was that Bryan ar
rested Mccall last Saturday for drunken
ness and city law violations.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

NEW YORK, Dec ARRIVED: Majestic.
from Liverpool Sailed: Ems, for Naples;
St. Louis, for southampton; Noordland, for
Antwerp; Britannia, for Liverpool
SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. ARRIVED: ST.
Paul, from New York.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. ARRIVED: Teutonic,
from New York.
LONDON, Dec. 7.--Sailed: Minnesota, for
Philadelphia.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7-Sailed: Dresden,
for Bremen.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
A Thin-skinned Councilman.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Dec. 7.-Notice was
to-day served on Councilman John New
house that he is charged by Councilman
Theodore Detrick with unparliamentary and
offensive conduct and will be tried at the
next meeting of the City Council. AT the
last meeting Newhouse called Detrick a liar.
Detrick demands Newhouse's expulsion
from the Council if he does not make a
public retraction,
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Peter NJ. Layton.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CONVICTION, Ind, Dec. Peter NJ. Lay
ton died this morning at o'clock. He was
president of the Covington Banking Com
pany. He will be buried Sunday by the
Masonic Lodge. He came to Covington
from New York in early life and followed
the occupation of farming until three years
ago. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Hob.on wan Go TO Maniln.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Assistant Naval
Constructor Hobson will go to Manila to
superintend the raising of the sunken war
vessels. He expects to leave about the Goth
of this month. Hobson will shortly visit his
home in Alabama, but only expects to stay
three or four days. He has not yet given up
hopes OF successfully raising the Colon, but
1t is doubtful whether or not the Navy De-
partment can be induced to so to further
expense in this work.
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Amos Hackney.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. Amos
Hackney, aged eighty, one of this city's
pioneers and a prominent Odd Fellow, died
yesterday at his home, five miles south of
town. The burial was under the auspices
of the local l. o. o. F. Lodge. of which
the deceased had been member for many
years. He had been a resident of the coun-
ty fifty years
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
General WheeIer Urges CIemency.

WASHINGTON, Dec i.-Major General
Wheeler has recommended to the President
that the sentence of death imposed by
court-martial upon Stephen Lindsay, a col
ored soldier of Troop F, Tenth Cavalry, for
killing another soldier In a brawl, be COM
muted to Imprisonment for life. The SEN
tence of the court-martial came before
General Wheeler as a reviewing authority
in the usual course, and the case is now in
the hands of the President, who alone has
the power to grant the Communication, which
it is not doubted he will do, in view of the
fact that war is not actually in progress,
and the crime. therefore, should be pun
ing the civil punishment for like offenses.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

HONG-KONG. Dec. 7.-General Riewodi-
dos and DR.. Lesdajluna, representatives of
the Philippine Junto, started to-day for
Washington under instructions to "en-
deavor to remove misapprehension and sus-
picions and cultivate the friendiest rela-
tions with the American government and
people,.
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suicide OF an Unhappy Girl.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind. Dec. MAY Powell. aged
fifteen. daughter of Frank Powell, commit
ted suicide to-day by taking Rough on
Rats. Her parents were divorced some time
ago, and the father married again. The girl
made her home with her mother, whom She
did not like and she then went to her
father She took suddenly i'll last night.
and afterwards told her father what she
had done. The girls life had been very un-
happy
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
Lacking for Rect sugar Bounty.

NORTH JUDSON, Ind, Dec. 7.-Jamison
& Heidrich, of Peoria, H., have purchased
from Daneson & Ellingson, of Hamlet,
this county, 1850 acres OF land for $50,5O0
1t is proposed to establish a beet sugar fac
tory if the coming Indiana Legislature pass
bounty law. Sugar beets testing 22.9
per cent sugar were grown on this land last
year. Jamison e. Heidrich have further
option on 1,S00 acres owned by the same
firm and, it is said, on several thousand
acres of individual tracts
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publication in his paper of an editorial re-
fiecting on the white women Of the South.
ana who has since resided in Asbury Park.
n. j., has decided to publish his paper the
i'm Wilmington. There are I'M New York sew
eral thousand colored people who formerly
lived in North Carolina. and the leaders
among these have given Manly assurances
that they viii support his paper. The paper
will be published daily, as 1t was in Will
mington,
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Thirty LIcenaen Grnnted.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE. Ind. Dec. THE County Com
missioners to-day granted over thirty IL
censes for retail saloons in Delaware county.
Among the number were three from Eaton.
in which town there has never been retail
saloon because of the persistent efforts of
the temperance people CASTOR and Dale
vile are dry towns, and will remain so for
some time. There are applicants from each
of these towns, but remonsranees were
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.--Genera1 Mer-
riam has orders from the War Department
to muster out the troops of the Utah cav
airy and the Utah light artillery now sta
toned in this department. There will be
thirty days furlough, as is customary, and
the mastering out will take place here. The
First New York Regiment, which arrived
here from Honolulu yesterday, will leave
for New York some time next week to be
mustered out.
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uortford City kIondiker Dead.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Dec. Word
has reached here that ex-Deputy Prosecutor
Isaiah Cortright, who went to the Klondike
IN company with John Shambarger, is dead.
Shambarger has returned, and relates har-
rowing tales of their sufferings and hard
ships while in search for gold. When he
left Cortright at Dawson City he was sick,
and his death was not unexpected. Sham
barger started home with $40 and Travelled
1850 miles on the Yukon river in All open
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scores mtg IN.
Riders.

NEW YORK, Dec. S-The scores Of the
fifteen leaders at o'clock this morning
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
Joseph smith Charged with Murder

special 10 the Indianapolis journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Dec. 7.-Joseph
Smith, horse trader, was arrested tonight
on charge of killing John King, another
horse trader at Minonk, Woodford county,
Illinois, last July. The men quarreled over
trade. The officers have been watching
for Smith for several days. He denies he
is the man wanted, but answers the de-
scription.
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Dying of blood Poison.
i to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 7-Joshua Knull,
aged seventy-one, is at the point Of death
with blood poisoning contracted from a
slight scratch on his right thumb. He
paid no attention to the injury, even after
it became serious, and not until after he
was all but unconscious was a physician
called, and the doctor stated that 1t was too
late. The victim and his wife recently cell
ebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 7.-While Dr. L. z.
Custer, of Dayton, was experimenting with
an oxyhydTogen blow pipe before the State
Dental Society at the Great Southern Hotel
this afternoon an explosion of the gases oc-
Cured. The windows were blown out and
DIR Custer and his assistant in the demon-
stration DR. J. b. Brauman, of Columbus.
were badly burned by the flames. The In
jured men were given medical attention at
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
Two Guests Burned in a Hotel.

WADENA, Mimi, Dec. THE Central
House has burned and two men have lost
their lives while all the guests in one wing
were obliged to escape through the windows
Two bodies burned beyond recognition,
have been recovered. but they are undues-
tionably G. j. Solquist of Sebecka, and
Frank Austin, of Thomastown, who are
missing. Several people were seriously in
iured. The properly loss was small.
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Regulars to Succeed Volunteers.

DENVER, Col, Dec. THE Rocky
Mountain News has received the following
telegram from Secretary of War Alger
'It is proposed to send regular regiments
to relieve the volunteers in Manila just as
soon as transportation can be arranged
The volunteers will be returned to the
United States in the order in which they
l.af+
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Defense Wanted Damaging Evidence
Stricken Out of the Record.

Special % the Indianapolis JOurraI
WINCHESTER, Ind, Dec. THE prin-
cipal part OF the day In the Cadwallader
lrial has been taken up in private session
with the court and attorneys in presenting
and arguing motions OF the defendant to
strike out the testimony OF Pierre Gray. a
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

NEW YORK, Dec. THE cruiser Buffalo
left her anchorage off TompknsvilIe about
noon to-day and sailed for Manila by way OF
Suez. She had on board about 700 men fol-
Admiral Dewey's feet at Manila and who
are to replace those whose terms have ex-
pired. She also takes ammunition and vari-
Gus supplies for Admiral Dewey's ships.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

WASHINGTON. Dec. No business was
transacted by the Senate to-day in open
session. A few minutes after the Senate
convened it went into executive session. At
R:i5 business in open session was resumed,
bounced and the Senate adjourned as
mark Of respect to their memories.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Dec. 7.-George W.
Hanchsett, one of the pioneers of this coun-
ty, died at his home in this city to-day He
was veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars and was seVenty-fiVe years old.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ROCHESTER,, Ind, Dec. 7.-Richard Con-
stantine, aged seventy-eight, dropped dead
here to-day. In his youth he became men,
ber of the Odd Fellows at Baltimore. He
claimed that he had been connected with
that order longer than any other member
in the United States.
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Obituary.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Benson Ferris, for
nineteen years president of the Westches-
ter County Savings Bank, was found dead
was seventy-four years of age. Washing
ton Irving bought ''Sunnyside' from Mr..
Ferris's father.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 1.-THE closing ar
guments in the trial of Mrs. Cody for seek
ing to blackmail the jag Gould heirs were
made to-day and the case went to the jury.
The jury had not agreed at 10 o'clock TO
night, and was locked up for the night II
is the prevailing opinion around the court
room that the jury will disagree.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. Mrs. Marietta
Hoskins, aged thirty-three, wife of Nathan
Hoskins, a prominent farmer residing near
ElizaGethtown, died this morning of con-
SUMPTION
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. THE care
less handling of lighted match by an efn-
ploye Of the Standard Oil Company caused
a fire this afternoon, which destroyed the
company's works in East Los Angeles.
Loss 500 900 with no insurance.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
Paymaster Havens Will Go to Havana.
Savannah Journal

Maj. B. F. Havens, paymaster, who has
been on duty here in Savannah has received
orders to proceed at once to Washington
and from there to New York to take
steamer to Havana. Major Havens will be
the resident paymaster in Havana, and will
be succeeded here by paymasters who will
arrive here from ATLANTA to-day. The work
of paying off the men will then begin Mon
day or Tuesday, and it may be that the reg
iments Of the Second Division will be the
first to receive their money, as they are to
leave before the First Division.
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boat. When Shambarger started he weighed
2O5 pounds; on his return he tipped the
scales at 100 Cortright was clerk of the
county here for twelve years, and was
prominent secret-order man.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

OAKLAND Cal, Dec. 7.--An earthquake
shock was felt about o'clock this evening.
II was severe enough to cause brick and
stone buildings to sway and to break some
glasaNare No real damage is reported.
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To CURE 4 CoLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Brom0- Quinine Tablets. An drug
gists refund the money II Il fails to cure. &c.
The genuine has L. B. 9. on each tablet.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
BURNS REELECTED.

Count Finished on Second Ballot for
Glass Workers President.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. Sat 2:30 o'clock
this morning the count of the second ballot
for officers of the Window-glass Workers
Association was finished. 1t resulted as fol-
lows For president, Simon Burns, 1908; l.
G. Getsinger, ia: A. Z. Kline, 1872. Burns g
majority is 81. Another vote will be re-
Quired to elect an assistant secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-26

| located the much-desircd lad. He
turned out to be Il nervous. timorou.
child. George MainZ by name. Office
boy to William Schinnef@ bamtcemtmtn,
boy to William Schimpcr. Il nickel pla-
ter.
For some time neither Mr.. Schimpor
por myself could get much out Of
George. But finally he broke down and
confessed all he knew. Sure enough, rs
Ee had passed the corner Of Wooster
and Spring streets thar day. he had seen
Il little man answering the description Of
SoIoa GuarreIing with Il tall. strong
mulatto The mulatto had Il knife in
his hand. and George had seen him sticI.
the knife into the others breast. Then
both disappeared down the stairs and
the boy. terribly frightened, ran away.
He did not tell his employer. because he
was afraid that the mulatto would pur-
sue and kill him.
ASKED if there was ANYTHING re-
mark;blc about the mulatto besides his
color. the office boy replied that he had
a terrible scar on his left check
With this information | once more
turned my attention TO the Cuban pa
irons of Soloa. After weeks Of seeking
| found ont the identity of the man with
the scar. He was Il Cuban negro named
Augusta Rehclla and Il member Of the
secret society known as the .NiazZas
\ photograph Of the '\iaZZaS' had been
taken. and Of this ] secured II copy
George MainZ Went over the faces one
by one. and at last discovered and iden-
titled that Of Rebela.
.Iebela : comrades in the secret so
ciety did III they could to shield him /:
but eventually the murder was brought
home to him At Los Dos Amigas cigar
factory. in Washington street where he
worked | found that on November >
he had only made 100 cigars. whereas
his average daily output had always been
200. Moreover. he was known as n reg
ular patron Of Antonio SoIoa: and George
Mainz identified him on the stand as the
man he had seen stabbin@ the China
man.
\ DETECTIVE MUST BE FEAR
LESS
a detective MUST not know fear
He must be prepared to go into any
and every dive, no matter how unsav-
DRY, at the call of duty. That he risks
his life 20 times day must cut little
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-26

the regular detective force. During my
incrmbency of the detective force chief
ShD i was my habit 10 keep q sharp
lookout for promising young Datrolmen
If / learned of any such | sent for them
and gave them Il month $ trial. During
The month they had the power and the
time TO show the sort of stuff they were
made Of. | believe the same custom is
in vogue in the police bodies Of all big
American and European cities.
DETECTIVE LITERATURE NOT
ACCURATE.
But let me caution the intending de
tcctire to keep away from all fiction
protesting 10 describe the pursuit. Even
the better class Of literature Of this
KIND Is harmful. because it is untrue.
Take Conan Doylc's Sherlock Holmes.
70 Il practical detective il is absurd
from start to finish. The young man
who fancics he could make himself i
detective by digcnt study Of Works
such as those Of Doyle Gaboriau or Dn
Bosgoby, is @rievously mistaken The
proper study Of mankind is man. The
proper studies of the detective are Grim
inalS and crime.
amateur 'slcuthing' is somewhat dan
gcrous. but if the amateur be Il brainy
and discreet yOungStcr. he may DICK up
many nointS in this way, and eventually
work himself into Il successful position.
! would not advise beginning in the of
fees Of minor private detective agencies.
such agencies are frequently of Il most
shady character, and. before he knows
il. the young aSpirant may find himself
claSeed by the police as the associate of
a criminal catcher.
"An instance of this has just occurred
10 mo. Not long ago there was an off
color private detective agency doing
Lusincss in New York. a youth from
the country joined it, confident that he
was going to make his reputation
thereby. A few days afterward he was
sent out on n mission. which was moth
in" less than a scheme Of blackmallinS.
He was not !; stpid youth. ana he
PAUSED awhile That pause was ms
salvation. In the meantime the chieiS
Of that precious private detective
agency were arrested and two OF them
are now serving 14-year sentences Tor
felony. The lucky young man from the
country blessed his stars and has SINCE
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-26

I rant keepers own knife; and the most
| protractcd search Of the place revealed
no cleWs as to the murdercrS 5 identity
'S0loa, or Ching Ong. had lived many
years in Cuba. where he exchanged his
Chinese patronymic for 4 Spanish one,
and learned to speak not only Spanish
but also Il little French and Italian. In
New York he set up 4 tiny basement
restaurant. and thrOyc III 4 modest way.
1T was an exceptionally puZzling
case Al first | fancied that the push
cart peddler DAILY. who first discovered
the dead body. might have been the
murderer. But one Coughlin. Il resi-
dent of Wooster street. had seen DAILY
from the time he entered the street to
the time he ran wildly up the Chinaman $
stairs with the news that Antonio SOloa
had been killed Coughin'S evidence
cleared DAILY | was disappointed. but
| started off on new tack. The mu-
tilationS which had been inflicted upon
the body were suggestive Of the bar
barOuS east. At once the idea occurred
to me that the ugly work had been done
by highbinders. The peculiar quiet with
which the crime had been carried out
also pointed towards Il concerted plot
Of the dead mans treachcrous fellow
Mongols. | went around among the diff
ferent Chinese haunts. and had all the
trains leaving town watched FOR SuS-
piciouS Cinnamon. But try as | would
could not fasten the guilt upon any
of SOloa's countrymen. Many OF them
came to his restaurant: but not L single
Chinaman had been seen in the neigh
borhood on the day Of the killing.
Next | sought zealously among SO
lOa's Cuban customers. but here. for
Il time at least. my efforts were equality
fruitless | did not despair. Once more
] began at the beginning-made thor
ough research of the little underground
restaurant and instituted minute in
oIirieS as to the identity of c*ery per
son who passed along Wooster and
Spring streets on the day Of :hc muir
der.
AT last I made u discovery. Some
children playing at the next corner had
seen Il hoy pass by the restaurant door
at about the time. according to medical
evidence Of the killing. | went after
that boy with all my energies All the
shops in the neighboorhood. all the fac
tories and most of the private houses
were inquired at, until, in the long run.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-26

joined the police force. His was Il mar
row eScaDe.
DO not understand ne as condemn
ING the bona fdc detective agencies.
Some Of thrm are no doubt good schools
for The young detective: although. rs 4
rule. they prefer old and experienced
men in their ranks.
'SuppoSing the Young man to have
gotten his first start. either in the po-
lice or in Il trst-claSS private agency.
he must then make M his mind that
hard work and plenty Of it lies before
him. That IS where the requisite Of
patience comes in. It's do@ged as does
il with the detective. No matter how
bright the young man is. no matter
what sort Of genius he has for picking,
up clews and doing the fine work of the
profession. if his nature is one Of those
easily daunted by temporary setbackS,
then he had better get out of detective
work at once. The easy things" don t
count-thc jobs which any merely cev-
or man may accomplish without OK
cossivc labor. 1t is the hard case which
wins the lasting reward. and shows the
sterling quality of the Young detective.
You must excuse me bringing UP my
own career. but YOU see. | know 1t best.
and can more readily select proofs and
evidences or what L am STRIVING to tci
yen from events in which ] took person
III part. On dozens Of different occa-
sions when baked iii Il given direction
II have forced myself to go back over
the ground again and yet again. until
finally. after many such cndeayOrS. |
reached the goal | was IN search Of.
Professional criminals are reSourcefu
beings They have to be- indeed: Of else
they could not thrive even for Il brief
space of time. Naturally they manage
to throw plenty Of obstacles in the way
OF the pursuing detective. He must cN-
pcct these obstacles: and if he cannot
SurmOunt them. he must find Il means
of getting around them.
SOLVING \ PUZZLE IN MURDER
''As an example. let me give you one
Of the many cmharra SSing murder cases
which | have successfully cODGd with.
On Nov. >, 1880. Antonio SOlOa, 4 China
man. whose real name was Ching On@
was brutally murdered and mutilated III
his little restaurant at the corner OF
Wooster and Spring sts New York. The
murder had been done with the restau-