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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-16

tnat the newspapers are suggesting the for
nation of a theater with the Earl of Ross
lyn as manager, Caryn Craven as scene
painter and Ian Malcolm as dramatist
declaring that such a theater would pay
py the attendance of Americans and CO.
lonials alone. Woodstock is still fiuttered
Dy the Blenheim theatricals, and there has
peen endless gossip because the event bur
ied the feud between the vicar and the
Marlboroughs, the vicar having refused to
ring welcome on the parish bells upon
lne occasion of the homecoming OF the
late Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
VINO was formerly Mrs. Louis Hammers
ley, of New York.
Vanity Fair announces the adoption by
the Melton Golf Club of pink evening dress,
trimmed with gold lace. due Ito a public
spirited attempt to bring back Mr.. FoXhall
heene TO Melton. This gentleman, 1t Is
added, has given up hunting for golf, as,
peing dressy man, he finds the game al
fords more scope for elaborate toilets"
The hunting papers are chaff1ng Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley-Martin upon their alleged
love of rank and titles 1t appears that
the door of everybody staying at Balmacan
bears large card with the occupant $
name and title The door of the nursery of
the baby of Lady Craven daughter of Mr..
Viscount Ellington" the title of the eld-
est son of the Earl of Craven, the child
which was born July 81, 1897
In spite of the unusual amount OF rain
along the Riviera and in Egypt, visitors are
fiocking there in large numbers. Many
royalties are already on the Riviera, in
Guiding the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
and Duchess of Cumberland and the Crown
mania. The Queen of Roumania has also
taken villa at Nice. The Princess Louise
of Belgium will have one of the finest villas
at Ciniez. She is expected here next week
with twenty horses
Mr.. Gladstone continues well and cheer
full at Cannes.
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LITTLE BOY KILLED.
Fifteen-Year-OId Youth Suspected of
Committing Murder.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ia case was
reported to central police headquarters late
to-day which bears every indication of SUBJ
sequent developments showing that a five
year-old boy has been murdered by youth
of fifteen years. Percy Lockyar, aged five
years, who resided at No. 6130 Hazel ave
nue., in the outskirts of West PHILADELPHIA
did not return home last evening. and vigil
liant search failed TO disclose his where
abouts. The distressed parents notified the
police, and a detail OF officers made a thor
ough but unsuccessful search Of a strip of
woods near the little fellows home To-
day it was learned that Samuel Henderson
aged ifteen years. whose home is near that
or the Isockyar family, had been seen i'm the
woods with little Percy. He at first denied
having seen the child, but on being closely
questioned by the police he astounded his
hearers by saying that while he was whit
ting a stick with large knife Percy had
accicenta!ly fallen against the blade which
entered deeply into his breast. Henderson
said the blood spurted from the wound and
the child fell dead. Fearing he would no
arrested. Henderson said he threw the BODY
Into a creek which flows through the Woogs
In confirmation of this story he led the
searcheTs TO where the boys hat and coat
had been hidden They were identified nv
the parents. He also pointed out the place
In the creek where he had thrown the bodH,
The creek was dragged for quite a ,Iistance
put the body was not found The police he
ileVe the story of the child's death and are
OF opinion that the killing was the deliber-
ate act or Henderson. They think that Tho
body has been carried down tbs 'n@s str.a,,n .le
which was unusually high last night In con-
sequence or a heavy rainfall. Hendercou IL
IN eustQdy and the search Is being prosa
culso tOvtlsht py twenty-five policemen.
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Inain and the cold standard.

CALCUTTA, Jan. 15.-Sir James West
land, the finance minister of the council.
at yesterdays meeting of that body made
a speech in which he said he was unable to
give final reply to the question of the
introduction of the gold standard. One
thing was clear, he said, a great advance
had been made in the direction contem-
plated by the authors of the policy of 1893,
namely, the gold standard would become
possible; Many obscure points had been de-
asters of 1897 had been followed by a boun-
tiful harvest and the renewal of trade dis
cussions of last autumn had prepared the
public and official opinion In England to the
possible necessity of the gold standard,
which might involve the actual diversion for
Indian purposes of a certain amount of
gold from the general available stock. The
speaker said also that he was fully alive
to the grave commercial bearings of the
subject, adding that if the legislation of 1888
had not been introduced exchange might
have dropped to pence, and the present
situation might have been worse
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FREE CHROMOS AND CUT RATES
Rival Iowa Justices Trying to Work
Up a Boom in Marriages.

KEOKUK, Ia, Jan. 15.-Intense rivalry
exists between two justices of the peace in
the little city of Abba, Ia, and war is LA
BILE to result unless mutual friends patch
up truce. A cut rate in marriage cere-
monies was inaugurated by one of the JUS
tices, and each is now bidding for patron
age in a manner at once original and anus
ing. The competing squires are named
Robb and Hickenlooper. respectively.
Squire Hickenlooper openly accuses Squire
Robb of loafng about the clerks Office and
when a couple apply for a license of using
unfair methods in seeking to prejudice them
against Hickenlooper and having Robb per-
form the ceremony and pocketing the fee.
On the other han1, Robb claims it is per-
fectly legitimate for him to hustle for trade
and that Hickenlooper, who is an expert
crayon artist, has time after time met him
while taking a couple to his office, and by
his suaVe manner, with the display of a
crayOn portrait of the bride, which he pre-
sents to the couple upon marrying them
caused the groom to go to HickenlOoper to
be united in marriage Then Robb adopted
the plan of giving free sleigh ride TO all
couples whom he married and furnishing a
driver to point out to the couple the inter-
estng sights of the city, but the snow has
now all left, and Robb will ask the County
Commissioners to issue an injunction
against his competitor The following is
a copy of the advertisements taken from
the local paper there:
NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY.
''Since the snow is again with US, those
contemplating marriage should see me.
furnish free to all parties / unite in the
holy bonds of matrimony a ride over the
city. Pretty certificates given. No ques-
tions asked. Charges reasonable
~. M. ROBB, j. p.
"a FREE CHROMO.
II give crayon, up-to-date chrome with
all marriage ceremonies i perform. Sleigh
rides don't go here. / give a lasting and
useful ornament that will look well on the
walls of any newly established home No
compulson about kissing the bride either
Yours for a square deal.
"IIARRISON HICKENLOOPER, ]. p"
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Relief Expedition Not Abandoned.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--Acting Secre-
tary Meiklejohn, of the War Department,
pronounces to be absolutely untrue the
statement coming from Portland, Ore, that
General Merriam. the commanding general
of the Department of Columbia, has been
ordered from Washington to postpone the
departure of the government relief expedi-
tion to Alaska. The department has been
much annoyed by the circulation of stories
that it had any intention to abandon the
relief project. Nothing that has been re-
ported to the officials as to the alleged suf-
tcency of food supplies in Dawson has
come from source that carries conviction
and it can be stated on the authority of
Acting Secretary Meikeljohn that the relief
expeditions are going forward as rapidly as
the department can possibly push them If
there has been any change made by Gen
eral Merriam in the arrangements for ship
ping of the expedition it is said that he has
undoubtedly done so because he could Sc
cure more advantageous conditions. 1t is
also said that reindeer will be used for
transportation, as originally intended.
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EIGHT NEGROES KILLED.
whisky and Cards i'm "Biind Tiger
Led to n Bloody Fight.

MIDDLESBORO. KY, Jan. ia dis
patch from Hyden says that the fight on
Sandy Fork. Leslie county. continued all
day yesterday Eight men were reported
killed. as follows: John Williams, Thomas
Wilson. Robert Colewell, Thomas Shelton.
Peter borough. Mack Paine, Elias Howard
and Abel Coombs, all coloreJ. Simeon
Paine. Larry McComas, Sidney Martin and
Lewis Gossom were seriously wounded
The fighting began on Wednesday, when a
party of negroes who were playing cards
at what is called blind tiger" got into
4 dispute concerning the way the game was
progressing. Drunkenness added TO the
brutality OF the fight that followed. Four
men were killed then. and subsequently the
fighting was renewed by friends OF both
sides and four more killed.
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JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.
Suicide of n DespOndent BOOkkeepeT
in Chicago's Masonic Temple.

CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-Alfred C. Greenleaf.
a bookkeeper committed suicide to-day by
jumping from the sixteenth floor of the Ma
sonic Temple. Greenleaf had been out Of
employment for some time. and, becoming
despondent, decided to make way with him
self. His first attempt was made in the
Chamber of Commerce building. where he
was caught in the act of jumping over the
railing from the twelfth floor to the rotun-
da and elected from the building. He then
went TO the Masonic Temple, ascended TO
the sixteenth floor, climbed upon the railing
and jumped off into the rotunda His body
struck marble landing on the third floor.
shattered a slab two inches thick and
landed on the balcony OF the second floor
The body was reduced to a mere pulp
Greenleafs fail was witnessed by scores Of
people ia the rotunda.
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COAL TRUST INDICTED.
Illinois Mining Companies Charged
with Conspiracy to Defraud.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 15.-The grand
jury of the Sangamon Circuit Court to-day
indicted several of the companies forming
the alleged Springfield Coal Trust. They
are charged with conspiring to defraud The
coal companies indicted are: Black Dia-
mond Coal and Tile Company. Citizens
Coal Mining Company, Springfield Iron
Company, Springfield Coal Mining and Tile
Company Springfield Cooperative Coal
Mining Company, Capital Coal Company,
Woodside Coal Company, Sangamon Coal
Company, Junction Mining Company and
the West End Coal Company. The COM
panies formed the Springfield Coal Associa-
tion and advanced the price of coal so cents
per ton, claiming they were compelled to
advance the price to consumers because
ployes. The advance in wages to their en-
ployes was 712 cents per ton
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STANDARDS OF TEA.
Four Importation Rules Adopted by
the board of Experts.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.--The United States
Board of Tea Experts, which has been
holding executive sessions in this city for
the purpose of considering and adopting
standards to govern the importation of teas
for the ensuing year, announced to-day that
four of the eighteen standards to be adopt
ed had been decided on. The standards
adopted are practically those of last year,
and govern the importation of Japan teas.
In the schedule of standards they are
known as Japan tea, pan dried; Japan tea
sun dried Japan tea, basket fred and
Japan tea, dust or fannings. In the first
three the condition is made that the maxi
mum percentage of dust or fannngs must
not exceed per cent. when sifted through
d No. 80 sieve, made of brass wire, No. 81
The board has yet to determine fourteen
standards. The board announces that no
especial effort will be made to raise the
standard of last season.
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London,s Great Evil.

LONDON, Jan. 10. - The scandalous de-
bauchery in Regent street and Piccadilly
this city, has led to the preparation of two
bills for presentment to Parliament One
of them makes 1t crime for man or a
woman to live on the prostitution of women
In the case of foreigners the bill provides
for the repatriation of the guilty persons
The other bill provides punishment for So
Letting. Those who are responsible for
those two bills point TO the condition of the
West End of London as being unbearable
The foreign 'bullies' living on women's
prostitution are responsible for hundreds of
recent cases of assault, robbery, blackmail-
ing and unspeakable denominations.
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LONDON, Jan. 15-The death of Louis
Carroll" the Rev. c. H. Dodgson, author
of "Alice in Wonderland" has caused the
greatest regret in all parts of Great Brit
ain. The papers are full of "reminiscences
of his many stories, showing how intense
was his love for children and how univer-
sal was his shyness and dignity to others.
Lewis Carroll was very particular as to
his personal appearance. His alert figure
and general vigor conveyed the impression
that he was much younger than sixty-fve.
He never wore an overcoat in his life and
continued to take long constitutionals to
the end The deceased was staying with
his sisters at Guilford when he died.
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LONDON, Jan. 15.-The revelations made
during the trial of the suit of Mr.. Daniel
Jay, the money lender, against Lady Tat
ton Sykes to recover money loaned on prom
issory notes which he understood to be
signed by her husband, have not surprised
her friends, who have long known of her
passion for gambling. Her Ladyship was
a member of a clique of elderly ladies whose
high play astonished the men. They were
in the habit of meeting frequently at each
others houses. A few years ago one men,
ber of this set, who is now dead, had apart
ments at Kensington Palace, and there was
a great when the report of the goings-
on reached the Queen
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Canal Commission at Managua.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 15.-Rear
Admiral ]. G.. Walker, head of the Nicara-
guam Canal Commission; Civil Engineer A.
G. Menocal, and the members of the COM
mission, arrived here to-day from Granada
by special train sent by President Zelaya.
The party was in charge of Senor Munoz,
minister of the interior. The visitors were
escorted from Granada by United States
Sonsql II Paul tS Wie5ihe, Rudolph a WeiSer the
gan, of Alabama. They were met at the
railway station by the judges of the Su-
the national Congress, the military band
and many citizens. The national palace
and the principal streets of the city were
decorated in their honor All are we'll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-16
Cable Notes.

Influenza has penetrated to the Sacred
College at Rome. But few of the cardinals
are exempt, and the condition of Mgrs. Pa
rochi. Agliardi, Oreglia and Martel is grave.
The Pope thus far has escaped.
The health of ex-Empress Eugene is dis
quieting. Her rheumatism grows worse,
and she is unable to cross room unassist-
ed However, it is hoped her stay on the
Riviera will recruit her health.
"A special dispatch from Paris says that
the continuance of heavy rains on the
Spanish frontier has done much damage.
In the district of Perpignan the River Tet
has overfiowed, flooding the country for
miles. The low villages have been evacu-
ated, and relief parties are rescuing the
householders in boats.
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sandwich women. Guyed.

LONDON, Jan. 15-Several indignation
meetings of sandwich men, have been
held as an outcome of the innovation of
sandwich women" a procession of whom,
good looking, young and picturesquely cos
tuned in white, with white Gothic hats,
paraded the west end of London this week.
The display was successful for the adver-
tiser, but it is somewhat unlikely to be con-
tinued, as the women were chaffed until
their faces were crimson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-16
GRAY GABLES BURGLARIZED
Ex-President CleveIand's Summer
Home Ransacked by Thieves.

BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass, Jan 15-Gray
Gables, the summer home of ex-President
Cleveland, has been visited by burglars,
who ransacked the house from attic to cell
lar and made good their escape without
leaving the slightest cIew to their identity
When the burglary took place is quite as
much of mystery as is the identity of
Wright, who has charge OF the Cleveland
estate, made the discovery several days
ago, and he Immediately reported the facts
10 the town officials and notified Mr.. CleVe-
land. The amount of plunder which the
thieves took with them cannot be known
until Mr.. Cleveland has been heard from.
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whitecapping in England.

LONDON. Jan. 15.-The English press,
which has frequently condemned the White
Caps of the United States, now has to re-
cord a similar outbreak here The parish
toner's of Llanbisher Radnorshire, scandal
lied by a breach of morality. recently or
ganized a gang of White Caps who, with
black faces, serenaded with tin pans, etc,
gether, and compelled them in their night
dresses to wade twenty minutes in the river
They then fogged the unfortunate couple.
cut off their hair and marched them up and
doUu the field
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-16

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Spectator de-
votes a leading article to Mrs. Hearsts
plan for the University of California, which
it pronounces, on it's face to be a grand
scheme, reminding one of those famous
competitions in Italy. wherein Brunelleschi
and Michael Angelo participated" There
is" the Spectator says. "the making or
marring of a magnificent idea in the
project" Apropos, the Spectator discourses
at length on the striking contrasts in
America, where so many men of wealth.
whose money has been derived from coal.
iron or railways, are not governed merely
by utilitarian conditions when they endoW
the public with their surplus wealth. and
adds: This is a sign of idealism, which,
as Lowell said, lay hid in the American
character
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InsoIvent Liquor Firm.

? SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.-Mrs. Elise
Kohler, widow of the late Charles Kohler,
of the well-known liquor firm of Kohler,
Frohling &c Co., filed petition in insolven-
cy this afternoon. The liabilities aggregate
$333,173 and the assets $323,735. The assets
consist of $5Z3, 'SS in property, not including
q judgment for $34,S9 against the Southern
Pacific Company for damages to the Vadeau
winery, near Los Angeles, caused by the
construction of railway bridge. If this
judgment is upheld by the Supreme Court,
it will, when added to the assets, leave q
margin in Mrs kohIer's favor of S25.452
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-16
LONDON SOCIETY GOSSIP.
Smart Set still at Country Houses
The Bradley Martins.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-January is an "off
month for social London The doings of
the smart set are still transferred to the
country houses. Chatsworth, the seat of
the Duke of Devonshire, is again the meet
ing place Of a big party, including Earl and
Countess Spencer, Viscount and Lady Chel-
sea, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain and
Sir William Vernon Harcourt and Lady
Harcourt
Theatricals are so prevalent in society
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MIR. White Greater than the Queen.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-There has been much
good-natured chaff in the newspapers at the
successful claim of Henry White, secretary
of the United States embassy, for "diplo-
matte exemption in the case of his son,
J. L. White, and Spencer Eddy, secretary
to Colonel John Hay, the United States am
bassador, who were charged before the
Maidenhead County Court with riding their
pointed out that a few days ago man.
who was leading an unmuzzled dog belong
ing to the Queen across Windsor bridge
was summoned for so doing, and claimed
exemption But the magistrate said The
bite of Queens dog is equally dangerous
with the dog of another. The Queen must
pay fine of shillings." The Queen paid
the fine,
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stand out for complete victory. and say
the withdrawal of the demand Tor forty
eight hours work per week does not end
the difference. They will insist on COM
plete control of their works. and Will effect
a reconciliation only on the terms outlined
at the last conference.
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MiId weather and In0uenza.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The mildness of the
weather Coses are blooming and hundreds
of butterflies have been seem is increasing
the spread of influenza TO point unknown
in London since 1895, with more than the
usual number of deaths, especially among
days of the blackest fog during the past
Naak
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500 DuiIdings Burned.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15-Oficers of the At
las line steamer Andes, which vessel arrived
to-day from Haitian ports, say that eight
hundred buildings were destroyed by fire.
which devastated Port-au-Prince, on
Dec 2S.
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MANCHESTER, Jan. l5-Inttrest in the
engineers strike has shifted to the attitude
Of the employers. They are disposed to
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-08-13
HIS FIRST APPEARANCE.
ehe Northern City Welcomes the Pros
porous southern Visitor.

CHE Northern City Welcomes the Pros
porous southern visitor.
He came into town this morning fresh
from Georgia. He smelled of magnolia
and live oak and sweetest summer. He
was long and fat Il peculiar combina-
ton, out his in truth lie was liaht and
dark green IN alternate stripes. the for
mer the shade of new grass, the latter
that of baseball that has seen sea-
son. usage on the diamond.
The passersby looked at him and
smiled, and with his stripes twinkling
he seemed TO smile back at them and
say, "See, L have come" and then the
stripes would stretch into a grin, posi-
bly, sarcastic.
Little boys looked at him in awe and
uudged each other and said, "Hully
gee!' or something else equally express
i've.
An old man going by remarked,
Pretty early for you to arrive, but you
are looking well, whereat he simply
grinned the broader \ little black
newsboy after inspecting him from all
sides, backed away to the curb aud said
half TO himself, dat am de rell sign
dat summer am came"
Beside him stood a man in an apron,
but no one questioned the man concern
ing the stranger. He is none of US, +"
matrOn said as she whisIed by, and
kindly old gentleman touched him soft
~ with reverence and so gently that he
did not feel.
He sat there on Woodward avenue
for hours gazing at the passersby and
smiling, us happy as a bird on sun
shiny morning. About o. clock man
walked up to him and insolently thur.p-
cd him and said, els he ripe?" whereat
the fellow i'll the apron said, Eyes, but
we haven't plugged him yet. =" Then
the insolent man said, "How much?"
When he vas told, he whistled long
and low and then went across the
street to % real estate Office and bought
n corner lot on Woodward avenue in
stead.
So the first watermelon of the season
just sat there and grinned And it's
likely he'll be there tomorrow, too, for
no one feels like investing winters
savings i'll him, even though every ono
is interested and would like to own
him.-Detroit Free Press.