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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-04
DE PAW SPY ROBBED
EARLHAM STUDENTS ~HELD HIM UP''
AND TOOK AWAY HIS NOTES.
The Rev. Jacob Sorter Fined at kO~
kOm0 for "SIugging'' DIR, William
Cooper Indiana News.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, March 3.--The dis
covery of a spy from De Paw University
at the Earlham primary debate last night
was timely for the latter institution, for
De Pauw would otherwise have been prac-
ticaily in possession of all the arguments
advanced by the Quakers. and also have
had copies of the tables of statistics pre-
sented. The spy is said to have been Roy
Strattan, an alternate on the De Pauw
team. After the debate several of the Earl
ham boys followed him out on to the cam
pus, and, stopping him, told him that while
they were always glad to see visitors. yet
they did not think they could allow him to
take away q copy of their tables and a re-
port of their arguments, because Earlham
did not feel under obligations to furnish De
PAW with material. He was asked to give
up all the notes he made, to which he at
first objected He was given to understand
that he might as well give them up without
q fuss as with one, for it had to be done,
and, seeing trouble ahead, he turned over
everything. The notes will be returned %
Strattan by Earlham after the debate but
meanwhile they will be kept with care.
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Other Deaths.

;. ALAMEDA, Cal, March S.-Bishop Will
liam Taylor of the Methodist Church, has
received news of the death of his niece, DIR.
Jennie Taylor Gordon, who was known to
all interested in foreign missions as DIR.
Jennie. She expired at Malange, Angola
on Dec. 20. Her husband is an African mis-
sionary. and her parents reside at Me-
chanicsburg, Pa.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 3.-Judge Chase
Vanderburg, IL native of Saratoga county,
New York, Il resident of Minneapolis since
1856 and for ten years a justice of the State
Supreme Court, died to-day. Judge Wander
burg has been Il prominent figure in the
Northwest for the last forty years.
HOLYOKE, Mass, March 3.-Judge w.
b. c. Pearson died at his home here to-day,
aged fifty years. He was brother of DIR.
y. K. Pearson, the Chicago millionaire and
philanthropiSt.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. March 3.-Capt.
Marcy H. Randall, of Murray, Ida, a we'll
known mining expert, died to-day.
CANNES, March 3.-Lady Cartier, widow
of Sir George Cartier, the Canadian states
man. is dead
LONDON, March 3.-Dr Allen, the anna
teur golf champion, is dead.
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Succession Rural delivery.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, March 3.-Hancock
township, in Bartholomew county was one
of the districts selected by the Postoffice
Department at Washington in which to try
the experiment of a rural mail collection
ard delivery. The plan has grown daily in
popularity. In this district during Feb
ruary, 1893, 3,105 pieces of mail were dis
tributed and 1876 pieces were collected. When
the experiment was first started in this dis
trict there We're but two daily papers taken.
Now the carrier has more than sixty to de-
liver each day. If the government should
not establish this institution permanently
there viii be much disappointment to the
residents of Hancock township. Other out
liVeries.
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CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Republicans who VIII Direct the
CRmpaiGn This Fall.

WASHINGTON, March 3.--The executive
committee of the Republican congressional
committee was announced to-day as fol-
lows: Representatives j. A. T. Hull of
Iowa; j. G. Cannon, of Illinois; ID. III.
Mercer, of Nebraska Senators Redteld
Proctor, of Vermont; j. III. Gallinger of
New Hampshire; John L. Wilson, of Wash
ington, and Representatives j. r. Nc
Cleary, of Minnesota; H. c. I.oudenslager
of New Jersey and Richmond Pearson of
North Carolina. In addition to the execu-
tive committee it was also announced that
Representative McLeary, of Minnesota. will
have charge of the literary department Of
the congressional committee. This is an inn
portant post. as large amount of Repub-
lican literature will be put out this cam
paign and circulated throughout the coun-
try.
Chairman Babcock, of the congressional
committee. said to-day: "The coming cam
paign will be fought out on the lines of the
platform adopted at st. Louis That will
be our only guide save as new issues are
created, as contingencies arise and new
policies are made in Congress. No commit
tee has right to make a platform for the
party and so we will be governed by that
adopted in 1885,"
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rmRouGH cANApA IN RoNp.
Amount Oe American Merchandise
THAT Crossed Into the Dominion.

Amount at American Merchanuise
That Crossed Into the Dominion.
WASHINGTON. March Sin view of the
uuni0rous Enquiries by members of Con-
gress acd others. and the increasing inter
est IN The subject, the Treasury Depart
ment mas prepared a comprehensive state
raent showing the amount OF domestic mer-
chandise of the United States which dur
ing the calendar year 1897 passed through
Canada in bond from one point i'm the
United States to another. The statement
shows that the law authorizing these ship
ments is In no sense local in its application
to points oil the Canadian frontier On the
contrary. il shows that every State and
Territory in the Union has contributed to
the totals in one OF both directions. The
amount Of domestic merchandise OF the
United States so shipped during the year is
shown 10 have been 5.S6l $50 tons, requiring
for its transportation 4l3s75 cars. The mer-
chandise is classified as follows:
Agricultural products. z090373 tons; ami
mai products i.l74150 tons: products of
mines. 665,1 6l tons; products of forests 1885,
~ tons; manufactures. S44 800 tons; miscel-
laneous, 2Se l73 tons. The States and the
amount OF merchandise shipped from each
Alabapsa. 60: Arkansas, 2.9l2 California.
5,0SS, Colorado, 2.Al; Connecticut 1851;
Delaware 30i; Florida. Is: Georgia. 201;
Idaho, 26S; Illinois. 1.407 SS5; Indiana. go $50;
Iowa, 59.S27 Kansas. APT; Kentucky, 49,
Ilt; Louisiana, 7a3; Maine. 20 760: Maryland,
IL: Massachusetts. 1899; Michigan, ,ss3
$50; Minnesota. l.75l959: Mississippi. 1850,
missouri, 1895; Montana, 5.e98; Nebraska,
1,s72. New Hampshire, 38,686: New Jersey,
50 s6ei New York, ST 93S; North Dakota.
MIA. I4.e0l; Rhode Island, IS; South Da-
kota, 23Ols Tennessee, 1915 Texas, l,IO0:
Utah. 70; Vermont. 5s,Ooi; virginia. II;
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ALLEGED SWINDLER.
w. p. LeavelI Arrested at Louisville
ON Federal Grand Jury Indictment.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March S.-William p.
Leavell, a young man of about thirty
years was arrested here to-day on an in
dictment folnd by the last federal grand
jury at Cincinnati. Leavell gave bond to
answer at Cincinnati April 5. The ac
cused man is the son of John Leavell, who
was arrested some months ago at Cincin-
natl for conducting a scheme to defraud
through the mails and who had headquar-
ters in this city at No. EOS West Jefferson
street Leavell is said to have operated
in connection with about fifteen others in
Il scheme to defraud and is said to have
apportioned his time between Louisville.
Indianapolis and Cincinnati, at each OF
which places there are headquarters of the
concern.
CINCINNATI, March 3.--Recentiy Leav-
veil. with John S. Thurman, Ellis T. Sill
vius, John p. Burgess, f. Barrett, Alpheus
Fay and others were indicted here for using
the mails in furthering schemes to defraud.
They claimed to be patent attorneys. Bur-
CESS is under arrest at Indianapolis. Other
members of the gang are held at Lebanon
and Dayton, and their trials will likely de-
yeiop great scheme of patent promoters.
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"YELLOW, JOURNALIsM.
How the ShreNd MIR. Hearst Uses Great
Men for His Purposes.

CHICAGO, March 3.-W L. Curtis sends
the following to the Record: There was a
great deal of amusement at the Capitol to-
,day over the slick manner in which Mr..
Hearst, the dashing proprietor of the New
York Journal, gathered in for advertising
purposes such veterans as Senator Thurs
ton of Nebraska, Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire, Amos j. Cummings of New
York, and Congressman William Alden
Smith of Grand Rapids Mich. and these
gentlemen will have to submit, to a good
deal of chatting from their colleagues when
they get home. Senator Money. of Misss-
sippi, has been there before. He went to
Cuba year ago as q reporter for the New
York Journal and received a big fee for al
lowing himself to be used as an advertise
ment 1t was given out that he was going
down to obtain information to guide his ac-
ton as member of the committee on for
eign affairs, and his movements were re-
ported by all the newspapers until the Jour
nal claimed him as its own, and then he lost
ihurston IS no tenderfoot, and Senator Gal
hnger and Congressman Cummings are
newspaper men, that they have no ex-
cuse for being caught in the little game.
They might have known when they accept
ed the invitation of the proprietor of the
journal TO make a voyage to Cuba at his
expense that he would get his money back
IN advertising, but they doubtless had no
iuea that he would have the audacity to
announce them as a commission from Con-
gress going to Cuba to represent the inter
estS of his journal.
IL is one of the secrets of the Department
or State that so great and good man as
IhomaS r. Bayard was very nearly caught
IN the same trap when he was ambassador
TO the court of ST James. A few weeks be-
fore the coronation of the Car Mr.. Bayard
cabled Secretary Olney for permission to at
tend the ceremonies at Moscow in his per
Mr.. Olney was about to grant the leave of
absence when 1t occurred to him that per-
haps Mr.. Breckenridge, who was only a
minister, might not like to have an ambas-
sador from the United States present upon
that occasion, even if he went unOff1cialiy
and without letters of credence Therefore
he cabled Mr.. Bayard that he feared it
would be inadvisable for him to poach upon
Mr. BreckinridgeS preserves. Two days
after this message was sent Mrs. Hearst
called at the Department of State with a
telegram from her son, the editor of the
induce Secretary Olney to reconsider his re-
fusal and permit Mr.. Bayard to go. The
good lady was perfectly innocent in the
matter, an unSuSpecting instrument of her
sons enterprise, and to Mr. Olneys amaze
ment she disclosed that the audaciouS Mr..
Hearst proposed to send the United States
ambassador to the court of ST. James to
journal. Mr.. Hearst had rented a furnished
house in Moscow and chartered a private
car from Calais to that city. He had in
Vited two or three very prominent Ameri-
cans in London, including Mr.. Bayard to
accompany him and a corps of reporters
Olney interfered may be left to the imagi-
nation.
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URGED by BUSINESS MEN.
Creation of a Department of Com
merce and Industries.

merce and Industries.
WASHINGTON March 3.-The Senate
committee on commerce to-day listened to
arguments on behalf of the National Bush
ness League and the National Board of
Trade in the interest of the establishment
of new department of the government, to
be called the department of commerce and
industries, and to be presided over by q
Cabinet officer. The league was represented
in the hearing by it's president, Ferdinand
w. Peck and its general counsel, John w.
Ella, both of Chicago, and the Board OF
Trade by ex-Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Charles Hamlin, Alden Spear and
Col f.. II. Haskell, of Boston, and +. b.
Thurber. of New York
Messrs. Thurber Haskell Spear and Ham
lin all made speeches in support of the
movement, and Mr. Ella read a statement of
this interest. submitting letters, resolutions,
etc, in support of the movement from
ninety-eight different organizations of bust
ness in tWenty-six different States, and Pc
titions and letters from AS prominent man
ufacturers and business men in ihirty-three
department. The arguments were general
ly made along the lines tiat the United
States is the only country of Importance
which has not department corresponding
to the one proposed, and that IN national
Industries and commerce could ger have
supervision their Importance der ads with
out having seperate supervision. Mar. lcla
said. in reply to question, thSt 1t would
not be satisfactory to place work in
charge of a bureau officer o. q Agfjcul-
department was already doing all that could
we'll be expected of Ii.
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The FIuctuatlons in ON.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, March 3.-All
the big producers of Bluffton, Warren, Van
Buren, and Montpelier are either here in
person or have representative stationed
here waiting for the price of oil to reach
the 60-cent mark, at which time the drill
will become active again. Oil men say I'M
less oil does advance to 60 cents no more
drilling than is necessary to fulfill their
lease obligations will be done. They be-
lieve the sudden squirt in oil is ruse of
the Standard Oil octopus to increase the
production in order to flood the market,
after which it will drop back again. In the
year 1894, from Jan. IL to Dec. II, Lima and
Indiana oil remained steady at 4712 cents.
On Dec. ID, 1894, il advanced to 4S1a cents,
and slowly crawled up until April II, 1895,
when it advanced from 7219 cents to $1.05.
On April 10, from $1.05 to SIPS. This was
the highest ever paid for Ohio and Indiana
oil. The market tumbled 10 cents on April
20, 1885, and continued downward until Oct.
is, 1897. when it remained stationary at Al
cents, until the 18th of last month when it
started upward. Old producers also think
that the Standard is endeavoring to set the
pace too hot for the Cudahys, who have
been contracting to pay cents more per
barrel than the Standard
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Washington, 155: Wisconsin. 119.124: ARR
iona, 14G. District of Columbia. 1,156: New
Mexico. 4.s69; Oklahoma, 80; total. 5.351. $50.
The points through which these shipments
were made are given az follows: Bangor.
Me-, ,3s9: Portland Me, 2S.265: Island
Pond, VT. 6S,6S1; Newport. VT, 1871; Rich
ford. VT. 52,67l: St Adams VT, l9O.26l Buff
falo, 37,237 Ogdensburg, n. v. 25,2l5: Sus
pension Bridge. n. Y. 77s.21: Detroit.
Mich, 1850 ,s67; Huron. Mich. 1855, 264; Penn
bina, n. d., y, 257; total. 5.35l, $50.
In response TO resolution recently
passed concerning the reasons why the
Navy Department had shipped certain ma
chinery from the Niles tool works, at Ham
ilton, o.. to the Mare Island navy yard,
the secretary Of the navy to-
day sent to the Senate a communication
stating that the department had purcha sed
some machinery from the Niles tool works.
but that no contract had been entered into
by the department for the shipment of it.
As matter of fact the department had
nohing to do with the shipment OF the ma
chinery.
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OBITUARY.
Wright Quincy. a Noted COIOred Re-
publican Politician of Texas.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March S.-Wright
Quincy, colored, of Galveston, for years the
leader of the Republican party in
Texas. died here to-day of consumption
Mr.. Quincy had been in failing health for
several years, and for the past twelve
months had been in western Texas. He was
d native of Waller county, about fifty
two years of age, and held many prominent
political positions. He was for years
member of the national Republican COM
mittee, was collector of customs at Calves
ton for four years during President Harri-
sons administration, was chief inspector of
customs for several years. and served as
alderman and as member of the Board
of Public Works.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
VINCENNES, Ind, March S.-Depart-
ment Commander Dodge, of the g. A. r.
of Indiana, and his adjutant general, r. NJ.
Smock, paid an official visit to Jeff c. Da-
Wis Post, of Vincennes, Tuesday. A recep-
ton committee in carriages met the distin-
guished guests at the train. The old sol
diers We're on the lookout for a grand time.
AT p. M, promptly, the visitors entered
the hall of jeff c. Davis Post. escorted by
the chairman of the committee, Comrade
HI. j. Watjen, and were received by salute
OF the post and arms presented by Il spe-
cial detail. Commander Dodge was at once
seen to be man of fine appearance. His
Introduction to the audience, of which many
We're ladies' by Past Commander Ayers,
brought forth applause from every one. In
opening his address the department COM
mander set the audience at rest immediate
ly as to his ability to hold a crowd for a
number of hours. Every one was delighted
with the manner in which he handled the
soldier subject, and at its conclusion they
were sorry that he did not continue an hour
longer. Adjutant General Smock followed
in a twenty-minute talk to the veterans.
This was the most rousing meeting the
''old boys here have had for Il long time.
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Judge sneer,s Remarks.

SAVANNAH, Ga, March S.-Judge En-
DRY Speer. of the United States Circuit
Court. in arging the grand jury at the
opening o. he term to-day, denounced as
disgraceful the recent court scenes in
France, when lola was berated and iu-
suited by a mob In the presence of the jury
which was trying him." Judge Speer said
such thing would be impossible in the
courts of uited States, Continuing,
the judge ours is the great. strong,
human, rvative nation He then
quoted n 5 famous signal to his fleet
when sailing against the fleets of France
and Spain; England expects every man
TO do his duty" and said the United States
expected every man 10 do his duty now.
was regarded az significant and timely by
the auditors
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MATTHEW'S, Ind, March 3.-The gray
wolf that the Smiley boys have been chas-
ing was killed by Art Shaeffer as it came
out of ''yoker" pond on the CHM farm,
two miles and a half east of here, yester-
day The chase was renewed yesterday and
after eight hours the wolf was surrounded
in the pond. As il came out within thirty
steps of Shaeffer he poured the contents of
double-barrel shotgun into its wQolly
hide The Smiley boys had badly wounded
the animal which was found TO have been
shot twenty-five times. 1t is pronounced
were numerous here in early days but
this is the first one seen here since the
war. 1t will be sent to Fort Wayne and
ton in Frank Smiley's drug store in
Matthews.
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Mr.. Overstreet CongratuIated.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Representative
Overstreet was the recipient of many quiet
congratulations to-day over his approach
ing marriage. The news reached his fellow
members through the Journal and they
FASTENED TO extend to him their well wishes
Some of them nut in bids for his bachelor
quarters on Nineteenth street. Mr.. Over
street took the tenders good naturally and
declared that he had no property for sale.
though If any of his friends wanted to in
vest i'm a choice lot of furniture suitable for
bachelor house keeping they might talk to
him about the 1st of June. He advised
them to first take steps to gain the good
will of his side partner. Representative
Hemenway, who is joint owner in the estab-
liShment
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Policy HoIders Fighting.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PARIS, ILL.,. March 1.-THE local policy
holders of the Covenant Mutual Insurance
Company, of Galesburg, held an indigna-
ticn meeting here to-day and took prelim-
mary steps toward contesting the legality
of advanced assessments recently imposed
on the older members. The increase APP
plies TO those who became members OF the
organization prior to 1890, and those who
are effected by the ruling feel that it is
designed to crowd them out and make them
forfeit their insurance. a general meeting
of all policy holders in eastern Illinois has
been called for March 10 in this city, to de-
termine on u line of action
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PARKERsBURG, W. Va, March 1.-The
bodies of Mrs. Samuel Furman, who died
Ellsworth who died the same day at Sis
tersvlle, became mixed at Pittsburg while
en- route, and instead Of Mrs. Furman's re-
were sent to Erie, Pa, the corpse of Ellis
worth being delivered TO the waiting friends
OF thA lady, liberal use or the teiegrSapn
after considerable delay, reached their prop
er destinations and were Inferred. A strange
ing at Sistersvile years ago Mrs Furman
was the next door neighbor and intimate
friend of the family of the man whose
corpse was delivered by mistake TO her rela-
tiVeS
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. March 3.--An other can
didates having withdrawn their applications
for appointment as postmaster of Newport
Vermillion county, Mrs. Flora Sanders,
widow OF the late postmaster. David W.
Sanders, deceased. has been named for the
place. Representative Faris had the APP
pointment made to-day.
Folrth-claSs Indiana postmaSterS were APP
pointed to-day rs follows: Boxiey. Hamil-
ten county, Mrs. Eta Wright vice Mrs
NJ T. Mitchell. removed: Lewisville Henry
county, Luther f. Symons, vice Charles c.
Brown removed; Midway. Spencer county,
Henry l.. Meyers, vice Simmons W. Gwalt-
neN. removed
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Big staunton store burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind. March 3.-Staunton was
visited by a fire last night that destroyed
the building and general merchandise stock
of ]. N Vancleve. nothing being saved in
the building except the books The citizens
of the town worked the greater part of the
right to prevent the fire from spreading.
Vancleves loss win reach 5000 The amount
of insurance could not be ascertaned The
origin of the fire is unknown.
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Charges Against en- AppOintee.

WASHINGTON. March 3.-The Senate
committee on commerce to-day decided by
unanimous vote 10 report adversely the
nomination of Henry Demas to be naval
officer Mt New Orleans. There were many
charges against Demas rejecting on his
general character. but the one which
seemed to influence the committee most was
q change that while a state senator he had
been in the employ of the louisiana lot
terry, in which capacity he was alleged to
have received $3.50 per month.
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A Throat-Cutter ON Trial,

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, March 3-The trial of
Edward Devers, charged with assault and
battery on Benjamin Reddinghaus, with in
tent to murder, began in the Circuit Court
to-day and is attracting large crowds.
Devers and Reddinghaus are young men
who attended a party at the Kroma home
last December. Both were admirers of
Miss Rosa Kroma and in a fit of jealousy
fled. He was captured at Fostoria. o.
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Dislocated Els Own Neck.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EMISON, Ind, March 3.-Joseph Witten-
meyer, Oldest son of Albert Wittenmeyer
a prominent Democratic politician of this
place, in an effort to get up this morning
threw his head in a backward position, dis
locating his neck. His head was restored
to it's position by pressure which was fol-
lowed by a severe chill and considerable
swelling of the neck. At last accounts he
was resting easier, with chances for speedy
recovery