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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-17
KIDNAPPING At DE PAW
sOPHOMOREs CRUELTY HUMTLIATE
THE HATED FRESHMEN.
Ripley County Grand Jury Again Re-
fuses to Tndict the Lynchers-GOv.
Mount at south BEND.
snecial 10 the Indianapolis Ionrnal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE. Ird., Feb. 1.-THE war
between the freshmen and sophomore class
es of De PAW University continued to-
night several members of the freshman
class being carried off and not permitted
to attend the annual party Last night
Ralph Todd. president of the freshmen
class, was abducted and taken to the coun-
try, and no trace of him could be learned
until to-day. A rig in which he was driven
by his captors was also missing Todd's
friends secured the country for him, but the
sophomores kept the secret. desiring to hold
him a prisoner until after the freshmen
party tonight. Late to-day a message from
Cloverdale, nine miles south of this city.
stated that Todd was there safely guarded
by his captors. The freshmen had learned
the location of their captive president and at
once took out warrant to search a resi-
dence In Cloverdale. but warning from
the ''sophs" gave the secret to their fellows
holding Todd and he was removed to anoth-
err house. He missed the freshmen party.
and this point was the chief contest between
the classes.
An attempt was made this afternoon to
abduct Vice President Valiva of the fresh
men class, but it failed. Tonight Messrs.
Baird and Wade, two more prominent mem
bers of the class, were kidnapped and taken
to a farmhouse in the country, where they
were kept until midnight. In the meantime,
the freshmens annual party was being held
at Womans Hall, and the sophomores claim
a victory in forcing their rivals to agree to
hold their party at the dormitory, submit
to q chaperon and close their function at
1916 o'clock. The "freshies.'' guarded by
juniors, marched in body to their party,
and an officer saw that the agreement be-
tween the classes was carried out.
The mayor and city marshal have warned
the classmen to drop their hilarity and it
will cease with to-night's developments.
The class of 1900 claims victory all along the
line in forcing its rivals to agree to terms
and in the abduction of the freshman pres
ident. t5f+
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GOVERNOR MOUNT IN COURT.
Did Not Testify at south Bend, and
Left for Home.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 16.-The case
against George West. indicted on a charge
of robbing the South Bend National Bank
Of S156O0 at midday Of Dec Z, 1893, came up
this afternoon in the st. Joseph Circuit
Court. Walter A. Funk, of South Bend,
one of the brightest Of the younger attor-
neys of northern Indiana, presided as spe-
cial judge by the appointment of Judge Lu-
cius Hubbard. Deep interest has been taken
in the case by reason of the diligence of
Myron Campbell cashier of the robbed
bank, who has labored increasingly ever
since the robbery in an effort to discover
the robbers. The result of his efforts was
the indictment last September of George
West, d convict in the penitentiary at
Michigan City serving a ten-year term for
aiding in the robbery of q bank ut Bloom
field Ind, in October, 1894. The courtroom
was crowded all afternoon with spectators
following the routine processes of securing
a competent jury. One of the interested
spectators during the early part of the
afternoon was Governor Mount, who ar
rived from Indianapolis just after midday
in response to a summons of the defense
He came with State papers supposed co
have some bearing on the case, and on the
agreement of both sides permitted to
deposit the papers with the county clerk
for future use if required and returned to
the capital city. The afternoon was spent
in an attempt to obtain q. jury.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb 16 - Yesterday
afternoon the police of this city were in
structed to look for and arrest Clinton Nall
and Mabel L. Inskeep, of Romney, this
county, the couple having eloped. They
did not appear here, but subsequently it
was learned that the ceremony had been
performed by Rev. Henry Ross, of Shade
land, to which point the couple had driven
For weeks every effort had been made to
prevent the union, the bride being but six
teen years old. License was secured in this
city on Jan 4, but stern parents interposed
at that time to prevent the wedding, the
girl being locked up for some time in a
room at home and prosecution of George
Fox having been commenced for perjury
in aiding to secure the license This phase
of the contest was dropped, however, with
out explanation. The young man then in
sisted that he would win and would keep
d horse and buggy in waiting for the es-
cape of the girl and would carry her away
at the first opportunity. Parental care haN-
ing relapsed, the girl escaped from home,
and the marriage has taken place.
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new English farce, at Hoyt's; Henry Miller,
in Stuart Ogilvie's THE Master at the
Garden; The White Heather" at the
Academy. and Never Again at the Grand
Opera House.
Western and Middle States theater man
ayers having dealings with the New York
theatrical syndicate are complaining more
this year than ever against the wholesale
canceling of dates and shifting of COM
panies, which has been worse this season
than at any time in years. This year the
theatrical syndicate has had full swing, yet
it is reported that managers of theaters
west Of New York have all suffered. The
syndicate which furnishes attractions for
EnghshS Opera House in this city has re-
peatedly moved attractions after they were
announced to appear here. English's has
been dark from one TO three nights nearly
every week since New Years simply be-
cause frst-class attractions could not be
secured. 1t Is reported that this state of
affairs was brought about by Manager
Boda refusing 10 let inferior syndicate at
fractions play here II the syndicate be as
strong as it is advertised it should be able
to keep one house supplied in Indianapolis
at least. Charles Frohman has seven COM
panies playing In New York this week, and
has about sixteen. under his own control,
yet the best he could do for Indianapolis
tits year thus far has been two No. 2 COM
panieS early in the season, barring Joseph
Jefferson one night and Sol Smith Russell
two nights
Miss Francis of Yale" begins return engage
ment at Englishs tonight for the rest of the
week.
The sale of seats for Fanny Davenports
gagement at Englsh's opens this morning Miss
Davenport will give Cleopatra Monday and
Tuesday nights and La Tosca" on Wednesday
night.
Darkest America win be given at the Park
to-day and the rest of the week The entertain
ment is given wholly by negroes. and cake walk
will be one of the features.
Miaco's City Club returns to the Empire to-
day for the rest of the week. This vaudeville
company is one of the Empires strongest cards.
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FORECAST FOR TODAY.
Warmer, Fair Weather, Followed
Possibly by showers.

Forecast for indianapolis and vicinity for
twenty-four hours ending II p. M, Feb. IL
Warmer; fair weather on Thursday; posi-
bly, showers Thursday night
General Conditions Yesterday-A low bar
ometric area, west of the Mississippi, moved
with its center southwark from Montana to
Kansas. The temperature rose except near
the lower lakes near the Atlantic coast and
in the northwest, where it fell Fair wealth
er prevailed except light flurries of snow
from Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota. Iowa
and northern Illinois southwark.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.--For Ohio
Threatening weather and light snow; warm
er; fresh to brisk southeasterly winds
For Indiana and Illinols-Light rain or
snow; warmer; southeast to south winds.
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HARTFORD CITY OIL BOOM.
DriIIers and OIL Men Generally Gath
ering in the New Field.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE oil
boom which has been predicted for this city
the past several months was formally
opened to-day. Oil men are pouring into
the city on every train. The productive
field southwest of this city is the magnet.
Altogether, it is believed that $50 leasers
and producers are quartered here and this
number will be doubled before the week is
out. Among the more prominent oil men
are LIS. Gordon. Lima, o.; Jerry Smith,
Geneva; G. NJ. Miller, Blufftcn; j. M. Grit
fin, Lima, o. George w. Edwards, Mont
pelier: f. ID. Clouser, Lima, o.; E. r. Cur
tain, St. Mary's o.. S. w. Van Cleve,
Lima, O.; r. Mcdonald, ST. Mary's, o.; j.
w. Cochran. Lima, o., and w. S. Holmes,
of Lima, field manager of the Manhattan
Oil Company. Besides, there are many 9TH
erS representing smaller concerns The
work of drilling hole on the Sarah Trash
farm, one and half miles west of town,
was begun to-day. j. w. Cochran, of Lima
staked off a location on the Allen Gadbury
farm this afternoon. The sand was reached
III the J. A. Gadbury well to-day. The
Fiddler well was shot at noon to-day and
is flowing $50 barrels S. F. Karnes will be-
gin Monday to sink we'll for Pierce Bros
on the Maddox farm, a half mile east of
town.
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The Girl wife's story.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb 16-The wife of DR..
Nelson Clouser, of Hartford City who is
here, and about whom there has been much
said with reference to their domestic
troubles, because she is sixteen and he is
eighty-four, to-day made statement for
publication. denying the allegations the
old gentleman made to the press a few
days ago. She states that his story that
she had been extr avagantly spending his
money since the day of their marriage last
September Is not correct and that he has
given her but $45 in all this time, and that
was spent for house furnishings in their
home, and not used to benefit her family.
as he states. He claims to have intercepted
q letter from an old lover of hers, causing
the trouble, but she claims that II was from
q distant relative, and she was not sur
prised. as he read all of her mail She says
further that her coming to Muncie was to
visit u sick relative, and that she has not
demanded $50, coo or any sum from him.
She further AYERS that her marriage was
not for a consideration other than love.
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Fireman Plunmer killed.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 16.-This
morning as an east-bound Big -Four freight
train with thirty-nine cars, hauled by two
engines, was starting up grade near the
Sugar creek bridge, west of this city, the
coupling bar between the second engine and
its tender broke, and the fireman, H. L.
Plummer of Mooresfieid, fell under the
train and was killed. He was shoveling in
coal and was standing with one foot on
the engine and the other on the floor of
the tender, and by the breaking of the
coupling he fell through to the track and
the entire train passed over his body. The
remains were brought to this city and for
warded to his home this afternoon.
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Fred Nicholson, aged nineteen, living at No
327 East Ohio street. told the police a strange
story yesterday morning He claimed to have
been held up by gang of men Tuesday night
who accosted him on Alabama street, near Court
and took him 10 a room on East Court street
where he kept during the night. He was
robbed of 65 cents. He his way home
from band practice at Liberty and Washington
streets when he met the He said he man
aged to escape about oclock in the morning
Last night the police raided the place where the
boy claimed TO have been taken, and arrested
eight men the charge OF vagrancy. They were
round in rooms in q ten-eent LODGING house.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
John Mitchell, Who Helped Build
EARLY Indiana Railroads.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLFAX, Ind. Feb. 1e.-John Mitchell
aged seventy-nine. one of the best-known
men in this section of the country and one
of Clinton county's oldest pioneer settlers,
died at his home on his farm, one mile
southwest of this place, this morning. He
was the man who surveyed the route for
the old Lafayette & Indianapolis Railroad
now the Chicago division of the Big Four
He was also interested in the construction
of the Richmond & Terre Haute Railroad
now the main line Of the Vandalia, and the
New Albany q Salem Railroad. now the
Chicago Indianapolis 4 Louisville. He was
an old soldier and Mason He leaves a
widow aged seventy-seyen years They
never had any children, but have raised
fourteen adopted children, most of whom
are living
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) the indianapolis JournaI.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE,I Ind, Feb. 16.-For
the first time i'll several years commence
ment speakers will be chosen from the
members of the senior class. Six men will
be selected on the basis of general scholar
ship and oratorical ability. The names will
he announced in few days
Final arrangements have been made for
the annual Pan-Hellenic dance, which will
come off Feb. "a
President Parsons Of the State Normal
School, delivered the third of the college
lectures ON the professions this week at
Wabash College.
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ADJUSTMENTS.


Speci4l &c the Indianapolis Journal.
BOSTON. Feb. 1.-THE trial of a suit for
$4,000 damages against Charles II. Hoyt
the playwright, was begun before Judge
Sherman and jury in the Suffolk Superior
Court yesterday. Edwin q. Bates, of Bates
& Bendiy. music publishers, and musical
director of the Castle-square Theater al
leges in his complaint that Hoyt, one night
in the lobby Of the Park Theater called him
= liar before large crowd of people, and
IN the presence of women, and that Mr.
Hcyt, after "exhausting his vocabulary of
indecent and blasphemous ds''-wnich
was exceedingly voluminous. according to
the bill-"spit upon the person of the
plaintiff" The plaintiff says that he
has been greatly damaged and out
ragged in his feelings and put to great
mental suffering. The trouble all grew out
of the copyright of the song, "Swee1 Daisy
Stokes which Otis Harlan sung in The
Black Sheep" Bates and Bendix own the
copyright, and Bates refused to permit q
newspaper to use the song when Hoyt
asked such permission. Hoyt denies that
he used defamatory language toward the
plaintiff and is contesting the result.
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Fort Wayne scottish Rite otncers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE Ind, Feb. 16.-The Lodge
of Perfection Scottish Rite Masons, Valley
of Fort Wayne, held the annual election of
officers for 1898 this evening, resulting as
follows: Thrice potent grand master, Will
liam Geake; deputy grand master, d. l..
Harding. senior grand warden. j. w. Hay
grand orator, II. c. Hanna: grand treasurer,
G. w. Pixley; grand secretary, c. r. Hig-
gins; grand captain guard. w. j. Probasco;
grand master ceremonies, c. A. Wilding;
grand hospitaler, George Reiter; grand ty-
Ter, Marion Teagarden; trustees, G. w. Pix
ley J. w. Clark and r. A. Liggett.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Feb 16.-The poi
soning of the Romine family and the death
of the aged mother of John Romine, is
beginning to have sensational features as
the coroner proceeds with his investigation
Harry Romne a son of John Romine. testi-
fled that he was not at home at the time
of the poisoning, but this statement is found
tG be untrue. John Romine's wife, who was
the least affected of any of the family, is
credited with having made threats as to her
mother-in-law when her husband brought
her to the house.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 16.-Gen. j. 3.
Gordon. of the Confederate army, lectured
in this city tonight. Both Union and Con-
federate veterans formed an escort for him.
The little sensation Of last week which was
caused by some of the veterans rising in
anger when Confederates called at the G..
A. r. lodge rooms, blew over in a happy
T a9r last nnvs I f 6 IN ms lecture on
every assurance of the good feeling of the
South towards the North, and of that sec
tons loyalty and interest in the crisis
Opera House was filled to overfowng.
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Knight Dodges the question.
necial 10 the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis JournaI.
WASHINGTON, Ind, Feb. 16.-State
President Knight, of the United Mine
Workers of America, made a. personal in
vestigation of the books OF the local order
here to-day and reported that they were
carefully kept. The proper keeping of the
books was never questioned, 1t was wheth-
er or not the money received from outside
miners to assist local strikers had been
properly distributed. President Knight
made no statement on this point further
than that the books showed where the
money had gone and that they were salts
factOTily kept.
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.Jacrx. BIoodgood Deaa.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-John Bloodgood
died of Bright's disease at his residence. So
Clifton place. yesterday. Mrs. Bloodgood
was with him at the time of his DEATH Mrs.
Bloodgood is now enacting the role of
dancing girl in THE Conquerors'' at the
Empire Theater Paul Potter's new play
John Bloodgood, more Familiarity and affec-
tionately known as Jack was the elder
son of the late John Bloodgood. Until the
loss of his fathers wealth Jack was
prominent among the younger set in society.
Mrs. Bloodgood was. before her marriage
TO William Havemeyer. Clara stephens Sut-
ton. A divorce quickly followed and then
followed her marriage to Jack" Blood
good Soon troubles began to crowd upon
them thick and fast. Mrs. Bloodgoods
seriously attacked by Brights disease. It
was at this time that Mrs. Blcodgood went
on the stage, hoping, in part, to retrieve
their fallen fortunes Despite the time and
worry incident TO her stage debut she de-
voted many hours to nursing Jack
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VIII BE Gone Two Years.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Feb 1s.-Andrew
Miller, Fred Ruoff and Harry Lefus left to-
day for Seattle, Wash, and will leave Feb.
26 for Dawson City. Nearly five hundred
people bid them goodbye at the station.
They are backed by the New Albany Min
ing Company, recently organized, with a
capital stock of s. ,000, and go thoroughly
equipped for a stay of two years in the
Klondike. They will take the short route
via Dyea, Chilkoot pass and down the
Yukon
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other Deaths In the state.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. Feb. 16-After
an illness Of less than a week. DR.. Jacob
Bruner died this morning. He was eighty
seven years old and was the oldest practic-
ing physician in southern Indiana. He was
born in Green county Tent essee, and moved
to this State early in his life. He had held
many of1lces of trust and was member of
the School Beard of Port Fulton.
SEYMOUR. Ind. Feb. 16--Mrs. n. c.
Durland. aged eighty, died suddenly this
afternoon OF heart failure. She leaves two
sons and five daughters
TER RE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 16.-Mrs. ID.
W Minshall, wife of Terre Haute's capital
ist of that name, died suddenly this evening.
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to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 16.-No definite
information has yet been given out con-
corning the resignation of President J. J..
Mills, of Earlham College, the members of
the board of trustees declining to state
what has been accomplished. Indirectly it
is learned that Mr.. Mills has consented to
remain at the head of the college in case "a
vice president be elected to share his labors.
The board, so the information goes, is at
tempting to get Prof. j. Frank Brown, of
Indiana University, an alumnus of Earl
ham, to take the place.
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Mrs. Elizabeth s. Meek.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO Ind, Feb 16.-Mrs. Elizabeth
s. Meek, widow OF Rev. III. J. Neck a
well-known Methodist minister, died at her
home, in this city this morning. aged sew
surviving children are 6. E. H J., Will
liam and Misses Augusta and Matte Meek
OF this city, and Charles and Morris Meek,
of Indianapolis
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Special TO the indianapolis jour- al
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. Ia Mrs. Rebecca
G. Anthony was stricken with paralysis
this morning at her home. aid her life will
not last long. She was the widow of Ed
win c. Anthony, one of the best-known
men in eastern Indiana ard quite wealthy
having amessed q fortune in the Florida
largely interested In the vicinity Of An
thony, Fla. She is seventy-six years old
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sheets's Dairy Barn Burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NORA, Ind, Feb 1.-THE large stock and
dairy barn belonging to Mr.. George Sheets,
one and one-half mile west of this place,
was destroyed by fire last night Sixteen
fine dairy cows, five horses, forty tons of
hay five hundred bushels of corn, four hun
dred bushels of oats besides buggies and
carriages, were destroyed The origin OF
the fire is unknown.
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three miles east of Columbus, last Satur-
day night He attended the Democratic
convention last Saturday and started TO
drive home. 1t is supposed that he fell
asleep in the buggy and that the horse left
the road and overturned the rig The ford
Of the creek a this point is called fatal
he'd
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rncendiarie. Burn a New House.
.ial to the indianapolis Journal.

IIIAIdIIt1IVIIo JUL
DECATUR, Ind, Feb. l6. - Early this
morning fire almost destroyed the new resi-
dence of II. E. Moser. the photographer
The house was just receiving the finishing
touches. and Mr. Moser intended to move
into it the first of next week. The loss will
be about $1,000, partly covered by insur-
ance. The fire was the work of an in
cendiary.
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LEBANON posroFFrcE ROBBERS.
officer Roach, of Lafayette, Rounded
Up the Entire Gang.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Feb. 16.-R. A. Will
liams, Joseph Smith and Harry Thompson
were arrested last night as Migrants by
Officer Roach, who effected their capture
by declaring that he would kill the first
who attempted to escape. He marshaled
them to the police station, where a search
developed that all were heavily armed and
had in their pockets twenty-five pension
certificates stolen from the Lebanon post
Office last Friday night Subsequently.
Charles Howard surrendered to officers on
the street, and from him it was learned pos
itively that the trio was connected with the
robbery This morning all of them were
arraigned before the United States. commits
sioner and held under $I500 bonds. They
have given various names to officers and
their identity has not been clearly estab-
lished There is no doubt, however. that
they are guilty of the robbery.