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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Another Deadlock Probable.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE Ind, May 1.-THE fourteen
Rush county delegates to the Eighth dis
trict Republican judicial convention met
here this afternoon All of the former can
didates for judge were withdrawn and the
delegation agreed to support Claude Cam
bern for judge and Ned Abercrombie for
prosecutor. Both live here. The district is
composed of the counties of Rush and De-
catur. The latter will vote for the present
judge, David A. Myers, and prosecutor, E.
E. Roland. Both counties have fourteen
votes each Four years ago, in similar
convention, the two counties having equal
representation. balloting continued for two
days and two nights and an adjournment
was finally taken to a later date when
delegate from Rush voted for the late
Judge Miller, of Greensburg. Appellate
Judge w. j. Henly. of this city, was then
Rush county's candidate. Claude Cambern,
the caucus candidate, is one of the leading
lawyers of eastern Indiana and was not at
all an applicant for the place, but in the
interest of united delegation he consented
to make the race.
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ROOsevelt's millionaire Privates.
N Cvhioarxo


The young millionaires who have Joined
Teddy" Roosevelts Rough Riders ran up
against the real thing when they started
from Washington to San Antonio TO join
their regiment They were in charge of
veteran sergeant of the Fourth Cavalry
who fought Indians in Arizona for eighteen
years and has broken in a multitude of re-
erults. These young gentlemen from the
clubs of New York and the classic halls Of
Harvard had been mustered into the army
and We're wearing their uniforms which
We're fresh and stiff. All of them had taken
the trouble TO so 10 the railway office in adj
vance and purchase sections in the sleeping
cara single berth was not sufficient-and
when they arrived at the station they took
their luggage into the sleeping car and were
shown TO their places by the porter AS the
train started, however. the irish sergeant
came through, and, looking at his recruits,
oontemptuously remarked
Git out of this now, all o. yez Go farard
into the other car. and take YOUR kits wild
you. None but officers are allowed in the
slapin' cars.
The young milionaires endeayored 10
soften the heart of the sergeant by persua-
sive words and gifts of cigars aud offers of
money, but he was inexorab BILE The disci-
pline of the army must be maintainedc and
the young gentlemen left the sleeping car
for one of the ordinary coaches. which the
sergeant had chartered for their aceommo-
dation and when night came they c1Irlad
up on the seats like veterans
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12

NEW YORK, May 11.-Hilliary A. Her.
bert, secretary of the navy during President
C1eveland's last term, was seen last night
by World correspondent in Washington,
who asked what, in his opinion, would be
the general destination of the Cape Verde
squadron. He replied: "I have been in
formed that the Spanish fleet has gone to
Cadiz. If tEis is so, 1 think the Spaniards
propose to consolidate their fleet before at
tempting to cross the Atlantic. They will,
in my opinion, get together as strong a fleet
as possible and will then sail for America.
/ do not think it will ever be necessary for
our vessels to attack the Spanish coast II
We capture the Philippines, Porto Rico and
Cuba we will practically end the war, but
1 believe the Spanish navy will be forced
to come here and give battle. No dynasty
could live in Spain that should refuse to do
this"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Antitrust Plant Cuts wages.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, May 1.-THE Penn
Plate Glass Company, which has absorbed
the American plate glass plants in this
county, has started in on a general slashing
Of wages and salaries. President Pogue
who was getting 5000, has been cut down
to $500; the superintendent, who was get
ting $500 month, has been cut one-half, and
other officials have suffered. Several have
been carried into the shops. Skilled and
common workers have been cut from to 30
per cent. and $50 polshers have gone out,
and it is feared all will follow. Men are. be-
ing brought from Irwin, Pa, to take the
places of those who have gone out. The
Penn plant is the antitrust concern.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 11.-David Pyke,
who has been in poor health for some
weeks, died this morning, taking by mistake
a dose of carbolic acid He had been TAX
ing medicine for the relief of grip. and at
$50 o'clock went to the medicine shelf and
got the wrong bottle. Mr.. Pyke was born
in Pennsylvania in 1920 and had been a resi-
dent of Indiana since 1888 For years he
was engaged in business here with John
Purdue and Mr.. Morgan. and later was of
the dry goods firm of Pyke & Pyke He
was at one time a county commissioner
He was a lifelong Methodist and was one
of the men who contributed literally to the
fund to build Trinity. A brother and three
sisters survive and of his own family are
left William R., of Colorado; DR.. A. b.. of
Romney; c; C., of this city; Fred p. of An
derson. and Mrs, Harry n. Throckmorton
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SPANS UBIQUITOUS FLEET.
Doubt Cast on the Report that 1t Has
Returned to CadiE.


LONDON, May lion the Stock Elk
change here to-day the report that the
Spanish Cape Verde squadron had returned
to Cadiz was generally discredited, though
the opinion was freely expressed that if
the rumor was true it indicated the in
tention of Spain to throw up the sponge
and leave the West Indies to their fate
thus opening the way to an early peace
This is understood to be strongly desired
in certain quarters, and the effect of the
seeming backdown of Spain was beneficial.
Inquiries made on board ships which have
recently arrived here from the Canary
islands, the Island of Madeira, Teneriffe
and Gibraltar show that nothing has been
seen of the Spanish fleet The British
steamer Galicia, Captain Bird, which left
Cadiz on April %, reports that the only
Spanish war vessels there were the aux
Hilary cruisers Norma mia and Columbia,
two torpedo boats and an armed yacht,
Tetuan, which arrived here to-day from
Gibraltar. after leaving Las Palmas on
April 30. Teneriffe on April 30 and Madeira
on May l, saw no signs Of the Spanish
fleet.
The Globe publishes here this afternoon
dispatch from. Cadiz, dated Saturday last,
which said the following ships, which were
all ready for sea, with the exception of the
Pelayo, were all at that port: Pelayo, Car
los V, Almirante Oquendo, Vizcaya, Maria
Locza, Cristobal Colon, Alfonso Xiii. Plu-
ton. Prosperino, Osada. Audaz, Vittoria
Furor and Terror; also, several torpedo
boats, transports and the Normannia and
Columbia, formerly Of the Hamburg
American line, which have been renamed
Patricia and Rapido, respectively The
Globes correspondent adds that he believed
the squadron would sail on Wednesday Ito
day. and said a number of troops would
leave for the Canary islands on May 10,
while three battalions of marines were
quartered at San Ferndinado ready for en-
barkation
Lieutenant Colwell the naval attache of
the United States embassy said to-day that
he was by no means convinced that the
Spanish Cape Verde squadron is really at
CadiZ.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VERSAILLES, Ind, May 1.-THE follow
ing resolution was adopted by the Moore's
Hill District Ministerial Institute, Indiana
Conference of the NJ E. Church. during to-
days session:
our country with Spain to be in the provi-
dence of God and that we will encourage
our people in a righteous and patriotic devo-
ton to the interests of our army and navy
until the god of battles shall have brought
the conflict to a terminus by which the suf-
fering people of our neighboring isle of
the last vestige of the power of medieval
monarchy shall have persisted from this con-
tinent."
The preachers also. approved of the anti
scalping bill in Congress-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12

New Testament Teaching as to Pastors.
Elders or Bishops" Rev. Joseph FranKHn'
OF Bedford; discussion led by Rev. j. e;
FLOYD, of Winchester; THE Moral ana
Spiritual Import of Our Plea, Prof. T.. ..
Ames. Phi. D., Butler University: barriers
to Union and How to Remove Them. KEY.
John E. Pounds. of Irvington; The WORD s
Needs, How Shall We Meet Them, Kew.
John L. Brandt, of Valparaiso.
Rev. Mr.. Brandt recently returned from a
tour through Mexico and Cuba, and TO-
morrow night will give lecture and stere-
opucon illustrations of what he has seen IN
the island
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Hut TAX CAUSED MASSACRE.
EnGIand's Greed Responsible for Mis-
siOnnries' Deaths in Sierra Leone.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. May I'm F..
Hatfield brother of Miss Marietta Hatfield,
who was one of the missionaries massacred
at Sierra Leone says the latest letters
from his sister told of a rising spirit of re-
bellion among the natives because of the
imposition of what is known as a hut tax
by the British rulers. The natives thought
the tax was wrong. and they made no dis
tinction of the Americans in their hatred
wrote She said the natives were refusing to
sell at any price, food articles which they
sion. she did not expect violence but said
the natives were very much wrought UP
over the tax Those farther I'm the interior
there was no anticipation of their coming
to the mission.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, May n.-Prof. John
E. Baldwin, the Dalton, Wayne county,
balloonist, was here to-day. In an interview
he confirmed the report that he is to go
into the government service as a member
of the signal corps using his balloon. He
has an official notice from General Greeley
to hold himself in readiness for a call.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
LETTER FROM NAT USHER.
He Is Commanding the Torpedo Boat
Ericsson in the Gulf.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
VINCENNES, Ind, May 11.-Everybody
here rejoices to know that Lieut.. Nat Usher,
commander Of the torpedo boat Ericsson, is
alive and well and that his gallent boat is
afioat A week ago telegraphic reports
reached this city that the Ericsson had
encountered a storm and gone down, but a
letter from Lieutenant Usher from Key
West shows he is well and happy por-
ton of his letter follows: The Ericsson
is doing its share of work in the Cuban
waters and as soon as the army gets a
move and is ready to hold what we gain we
shall take Havana and make a short job
of this war. My station is close in, right
off the entrance to MORO Castle. They
throw the searchlight on us every night,
but do not fire. Why l cannot tell, for
they fire freely enough from other bat
terieS.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
A Fatal Entertainment.
al to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SUMMITVILLE. Ind, May 1L-To-day
while workmen were blasting stumps from
the roadway of the Union Traction Com
pany Interurban Railway one mile south Of
here Handy Crowell was killed by being
struck on the head by a piece of falling
stump. He was q spectator and was stand
ing behind a tree watching the work and
was blown above the tops of the trees He
leaves a wife and two children and carried
81 900 insurance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Heavy Cannonnding Heard.

NEW YORK, May IA dispatch to the
World from st. Thomas, West Indies, says
heavy cannonading was heard Monday
night off toward the Porto Rican coast,
where the United States cruiser Yale was
last spoken. 1t is regarded as possible that
it was an engagement between the Yale
and the Spanish cruiser Isabella II and an
unknown four-masted Spanish vessel which
was sighted yesterday. The Norwegian
steamer Gyller has passed here, bound for
Galveston from San Juan, Porto Rico, for
Spanish supplies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
INDIANA OBITUARY.
Rev. G. Il. FusOn, Formerly Baptist
Preacher at Charlottesville.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE,I Ind, May 11.-Rev.
G. P. Fuson died last night after long i'll
ness from consumption. He was formerly
pastor of the Baptist Church here, which
charge he had to give up on account of his
illness The funeral will be Friday after
noon, in charge of Rev. D. r. McGregor. of
Marion, Rev. r. E. Nabor, of indianapolis
and Rev. r. o. Trick, the present pastor
OF the Baptist Church in this city. Rev.
Nuson was born at F1atrock, ILL.,, Aug. r.
1916. He served three years in the civil war
He was married on June 20. 1866. to Mary
Jane Malcolm They had five children, one
son now being dead. He was a member of
the G.. a. r., P. o. S. of A. and l. o. O. F.
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from an injury received about six weeks
ago, when he was assaulted by highway
shot from his assailant took effect in his
foot and he has been unable TO be out of
county and lived in Washington township
until 1885, when ne was elected auditor and
moved to this city. Funeral Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock, Rev. II. ]. Norris, of New
Castle preaching the sermon.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind, May u.-Workmen
erecting an elevator at Decker to-day
stretched rope across the Evansville &
Terre Haute track. The freight trains
passed under, but Brakeman James
O'Maley did not see the rope and was
dragged from the top of a car and cut to
pieces under the wheels. He lived here,
was twenty-five years old and single
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Miniaterial Conference.
spec,sl 70 the indianapolis Journal

Spec1aI 10 the IndlahapuIIs JOuIHaI.
MUNCIE, Ind, May 11.-At the Indiana
Christian Church Ministerial Association
to-day the register showed nearly five hun
bred visitors in attendance. The pro-
gramnae at the meetings to-day contained
the following: Church Organization and
Discipline" Rev. Jabez Hail, dean of Bible
College. Butler University; discussion led
by A. ]. Frank, Of Lebanon: What is the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
PendIeton BowIers Win.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PENDLETON, Ind, May n.-Anderson
and Pendleton bowling clubs met here last
night in the last series of games for the
championship of Madison county. Pendle-
ton won without trouble winning five
straight games. The scores by games were:
Pendleton ..S72 1874 SA 713 TAO
Anderson 800. 49,. 672 500 100 6T 612
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Held ON the Fugitive Charge.

Frank Kirk, aged twenty-four was ar
rested yesterday on the charge of lettering
Last night Police Captain Dawson received
a telegram from Superintendent Deitch of
the Cincinnati police, requesting that Kirk
be held on the fugitive charge. Kirk saws
he is plumber and that his home is in
Cincinnati
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Two war sbips mt Bahia.

LONDON, May ia dispatch to Lloyds
from Bahai, Brazil, dated Wednesday
p. m. says: Two American men-of-war have
put in there. The cause of their coming is
not known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12

LONDON, May 1.-THE British steamer
Belmuir. which has arrived at Aberdeen,
reports that Spanish gunboat fired at and
stopped her in the straits of Gibraltar on
May g. A Spanish officer boarded her. ex-
amined her papers and allowed her to pro-
coed.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, May 1.-THE
price of Indiana oil dropped l cent to-day
and is now quoted at "a cents a barrel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NoBLESVILLE. Ind, May 1l.-W. TAYLOR
Johns, ex-auditor of Hamilton county. died
at his home in this city last night from
sIood poison, aged fifty His death resulted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12

British advisers who are recommending a
campaign of mastery inactivity as our
most effectual method OF war do not know
the American people. 1t was ''masterly In
activity" that put them out OF patience ana
brought on the war. The country wanta
action and plenty OF 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Saw Five American war ships.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE steamer
Navahoe from Port De Paix, reports that
May l, five American men-of-war were seen
in st. Nicholas Mole, Haiti.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-12
Discovered

Philadelphia North American
Emperor William claims to have informa-
tion that we will not annex Cuba. Gracioust
can II be possible that he has had access to
a certain resolution recently passed in oman
session OF the Congress Of the United
States2
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-20
A QUEER "eRouNp."
discovered by n LIpcman while Re.
pairing n Leak.

Discovered by a LIncman While Re.
pairing n Leak.
"Who ever heard Of a snake not over
three feet in length grounding a tele-
graph wire and rendering it useless for
two days and as many nightsY" was
the question asked Of q number of rail-
road men by q w~ell-knowL ineman who
has care Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company's wires along the line
of n Of the greatest trunk systems
in the state Of Ohio. ut was this way:
During the republican. national coAI
vention at st. Louis, In iS06. when every
wire in the country was needed and
taxed to it's utmost capacity with bull
letins from the convention, that one of
the through wires from st. Louis to
Cleveland became grounded on my'di-
vision, causing me no end of trouble.
and compelling me to go, from pole to
pole for two days before locating the
trouble, which, to my astonishment,
was caused by a small snake of greenish
color, and about three feet in length.
One end of the snake was lying across
the wire, while the other end was rest
ing against the lightning rod which
is placed on every fifth pole of a tele-
graph line. The snake when taken of
and examined was found to be nearly
burned in two, caused by the strong
current oflthe telegraph wire and the
direct ground circuit obtained from the
lightning rod. How the snake came in
this position will always he a mystery,
but no doubt II was thrown there aftet
being killed by some 6ns walking along
the railway track.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-20
A KNOWING DOG.
He Had n Glass Eye and Never
Rubbed 1t Out.


Marmaduke is dead. He was only a
Blenheim spaniel, but he was wonder
full in his way, for he had a glass eye.
He vas bred by the duchess of Marl-
borough, who takes a great interest
in the famous kennel. AS will occa-
sionally happen to small dogs, he tried
to show his superiority over the feline
race; but on one occasion a pugnacious
cat declined to take orders from Mar
maduke, and enforced it's refusal by
giving Marmaduke one in the eye"
with it's claws. The result was that
Marmaduke's eye was destroyed. The
duchess then sent the spaniel to a
veterinary surgeon, to be fitted to O
glass eye, as she was especially fond
of the little fellow, and the sight of the
empty socket was repugnant. After he
was sent back with his new eye, her
grace was made nervous by seeing his
staring artificial eye, it being just a
little previous to a visit Of the earl of
Blandford. and so a home was sought
for the unfortunate little blue blood,
which was found with Miss r. L. Moore,
of Denmark Hill, neal Woodstock. The
glass eye is the right one, and is ex-
actly matched to the other brown, an
mated one. Marmaduke never tried
to scratch OF rub out the eye, but
seemed to understand why it was there.
He was run over by q van.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-20
Cheerful, Though Blind.

doesn't it seem strange that the
average person afflicted with hopeless
blindness should have a Cheerful dis
po~sition?" remarked a philosophic
citizen. you'll generally find the
blind good-natured." "Did it aver
occur to you that they're happier
that way than they would be if they
regained their slght?" asked his COM
paniOn, a prominent physician. @Let
me cite a case in polLt. Some years
ago l a called IN to prescribe for
an est nable old woman who WAS
suffering from a slight cold. She
was utterly blind, and hal been 30
for forty years. l took a look at her
eyes. and immedi ltely came to the
conclusion that her sight could be re.
stored. Her blindness had come
upon her when she was about thirty
years old, and at that time the science
OF opthalmology was in it's infancy.
@She was delighted at the prospect
I regalDlng her vlslOn, and put her
self under the care of a specialist.
Her sight was soon re stored to her,
but it made her a changed woman .
She had been cheerful and happy he
fore, but now she became misan
thropic and peevish. Everything was
changed for her. For forty years she
had carried in her memory the bright
rosy faces Of her children. Now,
when she saw them as gray haired
men and women she vas disappoiut.
ed, completely disillusioniz ID. And
so it was with many otller things.
The beautiful dreams Of her blind.
ness we're better than the visual real.
ties."-Philadelphia Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-20

An Animal which Stands with tn
Feet Imbedded IN Rocks.


Feet Imbedded IN Rocks.
On the Miles Wilbur farm, less than
two miles from Palmyra, Wis, nearly
midway between Bald bluff and the
Curelian spring, on a wild. rocky hill
side of the Kettle range of bluffs. may
be found a huge rock known far. and
near as the "stone elephant" says the
Boston Transcript.
It is annually visited by large num-
bers of people, some of whom pronounce
it a petrifed elephant of monster size,
but the theory most generally believed
is that it was hewed out of the solid
rock in which it seemed imbedded CEN
turtles ago by some prehistoric race.
AS if to s~ubstantiate this latter
theory, from time to time many val
liable tools, relics and implements I'M
known to the people of this age have
been found about it's base and in that
immediate vicinity. The elephant is
about 20 feet long, six or eight feet
high, of Il dark gray color and weighs
hundreds of tons. The body only is
above the level OF the ground, it's legs
being deeply sunk below, holding it
firmly in a standing position.
A tradition believed by many is that
around this huge stone the Indians
gathered to offer sacrifices to the great
spirit and burn their prisoners ut the
stake, Or make them the victims of
slow torture known only to the In
dams. 1t is n long established and gen
orally believed theory that in this i'm
mediate vicinity and about Eald bluff
and the Big springs were some of their
most famous battle fields and hunting
grounds.