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GrnbIe Is stranded.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 4.-Francis c. Cradle,
the promoter and financier, is still in st.
Louis. He stays in his room at the Plant
ers Hotel, where his meals are served, and
refuses to see anybody except a few per-
sonaI friends and an attorney, with whom
he has held several consultations Mr..
Cradle absolutely refuses to say anything
further about his business affairs, and his
future movements are kept a secret. Last
night Judge Chester II. Krum, prominent
attorney, was closeted with him for several
hours. He was introduced to Mr.. Cradle
by a relative of the latter's wife, living in
this city, but what passed between them is
not known. 1t is presumed that the promot-
er was seeking legal advice in his present
difficulties. The judge held another confer
ence with Mr.. Cradle to-day.
Wade Chance, the financier'S private sec
rotary. who has stood between his employ
er and the reporters who have beseged
him since his presence in town became
known. left the city to-day for Omaha. He
refused TO say what he was going there for
and whether or not Mr.. Cradle would follow
soon after This he did say, however: Mr.
Cradle is financially stranded at present,
and has not been able to meet certain obli-
cations. This has been reported about and
presumably, married his credit Mr.. Cradle
has considerable money tied up but these
investments are yielding slowly. Others
should wait as he must do
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MURDERER SURRENDERS
ESCAPES FROM PRISON AND LATER
RETURNS TO MEET HIS FATE.
An Agreeable Surprise for Kansas
Oficers-Young Man Under Arrest
for Double Poisoning.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Feb. A murderer
under sentence to be hanged, who had es-
capped to a point one hundred miles from
his nearest pursuer, voluntarily surrendered
to the authorities here to-day, after noti-
flying them of his intention by long-distance
telephone. The convict was George w.
Finch, of Kansas City, who followed young
Frank SWoffOrd mere from PaOl, Kan, and
murdered him for few dollars. hiding the
body in the bushes. To-day Finch called up
Sheriff Wheeler by telephone from Lamont
Mo-, and said he would be here on the even
ing train to help mend the prison bars that
he had broken. Finch escaped from the
combined federal and state prison here on
Tuesday last, in company with seven other
prisoners. He says he rode from here to
Kansas City on freight train. He lodged
near police headquarters there on Tuesday
night, and the next day he went to visit
his mother and sister on a farm near La
mont. From the day of his arrest they had
not visited him, and he said his one ambi-
ton was to see them again. After staying
over night with them he went to Lamont
and asked constable to accompany him
back to prison. 1t was then that he called
UP Sheriff Wheeler and gave notice of his
coming. Sheriff Wheeler thought Finch
was bantering, and wired the officer at La
mont to hold him. However, when the
Memphis train came in tonight from La
mont, the sheriff and three hundred citizens
were there to receive the convict. While
they We're waiting the murderer arrived on
another railroad and, smoking a cigar he
walked with his escort, the Lamont consta-
BILE, leisurely up the street to the prison
door.
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assessments. The case first came into court
in 1883 and has been there ever since. There
was a suit over the remonstrance against
the project and another over the assess
ment In fighting the case the farmers have
spent more than the cost of construction
and many have been impoverished by the
case. During the legal complication the
ditch was neglected and now for several
miles is filled in and worthless. The con-
tractor of the ditch was Henry c. Paul. Of
Fort Wayne, and the contract price was
$l7, COO, which he recovered in the Jay county
Circuit Court. Ditch Commissioner c.. A.
Rhine, of this city, paid the judgment while
another case was pending in the Supreme
Court, involving the question of whether
the ditch had been constructed according to
s OBLIGATIONS by Paul. The decision was
against Paul and action was brought to
compel an accounting from the ditch COM
missioner. The case has been before the Su-
pre,ae Court twenty-Seven times. The pres
ent decision is expected to end the matter,
after the Supreme Court has passed upon
II. The decision comprises sixty-three find
ings and one conclusion of law The judge
finds the ditch to be more adequate than if
it had been made according TO specitica-
tions. He decides that the ditch commits
sioner is protected in the payment of the
contract price TO the contractor. The de-
cision means the bankruptcy Of several
farmers, whose land was ditched.
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SURRENDER of an American.

HAVANA, Feb 4.--Advices from Gibara,
Santiago de Cuba. say that an American
who has been serving with the insurgents
as captain of artillery, and who had 5000
in belt, has surrendered to the Spanish
authorities there. 1t is added that the cap
tain took this step because the insurgents
had failed for some time to give him his
pay as agreed on. The name of the Amer
lean is not mentioned
Major Henry w. Faim, of the insurgent
forces, Who surrendered to the Spanish au-
thorities at Gibara. arrived here this even
ing. He denies that he ever received or
requested pay from the insurgents or that
he ever belonged 20 the United States army,
as at first reported. He is an American and
belongs to a New York family whom he is
about to visit. He landed in Cuba about
wear ago near Baracoa. The insurgents in
that district he says, are well supplied with
provisions and ammunition, but are badly
off for clothing. He never saw General
Maxine Gomez, but served under Insurgent
Leader Vidal.
men, including six volunteers, who We're
bathing in the river near Gibara. The fate
of the prisoners is not known.
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WITH GREAT COURTESY
OFFICERS OF CRUISER MONTGOMERY
WELCOMED BY SPANIARDS.
Arrival of the War Ship at Matanzas
Followed by an Exchange
of Greetings.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The Navy De-
partment has received u telegram from
Captain Converse, of the cruiser Montgom-
cry, announcing the arrival of that vessel
at Matanzas, Cuba, yesterday. The captain
said that he fired a salute, which was duly
responded to by the Spanish forts. that
visits were exchanged between himself and
the local officials and that he had been re-
ceiVed with the greatest courtesy. Every
thing was unusually quiet at Matanzas,
added Captain Converse. He will leave the
place in the Montgomery tomorrow for
Santiago, on the south side of the island,
and his stay there will be brief
The Brooklyn, which is bound for cruise
in the Windward islands and thence
through the Caribbean sea, winding up at
Colon, sailed to-day from the New York
navy yard for Hampton roads for coal. She
will make her next stop after leaving
Hampton roads at St. Thomas. and her
itinerary does not carry her into any Cuban
port The training ship Annapolis has ar
rived at St. Croix and the gunboat Will
mington has sailed from Trinidad for
Grenada
1t is said at the Navy Department that
the vessels of the European squadron will
rendezvous at Lisbon in a short time. When
Commodore Howell passed through Wash
ington recently on his way to take COM
mand of the European station he asked II
the Navy Department objected to his max
ing a northern cruise with his squadron
He was told that the ships had been kept
in the Mediterranean by Admiral Selfridge
of his own voltion, after the subsistence
Of the disturbances resulting from the
Turco-Grecian war, and that the depart
ment left the movements of his ships en-
tirely to himself He, therefore, was grant
ed the permission he sought and has an
nounced that he will bring his force to-
gether at Lisbon. A cablegram from him
announces that he relieved Admiral Sell
fridge and took command of the European
station at Genoa on the I'd inst, and 1t is
expected that he will take his flagship, the
San Francisco. and the gunboat Bancroft
around to Lisbon very soon.
The battle ship Maine will be relieved
from her station in Havana in the course
of a Jew days 1t was not the purpose of
the Navy Department TO keep the ship
there for any length of time when she was
ordered across the strait, and 1T is felt that
the ships crew must feel uncomfortable ly-
ing close aboard ship in the harbor of Ha-
vana The Marbehead or the Detroit,
which are better adapted to comfortable
existence in such a climate as that OF Ha-
vana than the Maine, probably will be sent
to relieve the latter.
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The Promoter.. Bopk closed

CRAWFORD, Neb., Feb. 4.-The State
Bank of Crawford did not open it's doors
this morning. c. j. Cradle, the cashier, is
in the East. E. A. Hobson, assistant cash
ier will say nothing of the bank further
than that, owing to the absence of Francis
A. Cradle, its president, coupled with the
fact that the currency which was expected
this morning did not arrive from the East,
he thought ii better not TO attempt to run
through the day. Mr.. Hobson says the
bank will pay all liabilities in full. This
bank has been conducted on a conservative,
safe and paying basis, and it is generally
conceded by local creditors that its papers
and assets are gilt-edged. Its assets are
about $4,000 and liabilities, outside OF stock,
about $4,000 There is no excitement.
Cashier Cradle will be here Monday. Local
depositors express unboUnded confidence in
Cradle and Hobson, and it is believed that
the bank will be open as usual in few
DAVIS
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Capt. James SteeIe's Death Recalls a
War story.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Feb. 4.-The death
of Captain James Steele, at Knightstown,
this morning, calls to mind the fact that
he brought Joseph Dean a colored citizen
of this place from the South at the close
of the civil war, and thereby hangs tale
of considerable interest. When Dean was
ten years old, living a life of freedom in
Upton county, Ohio, Dan Rice's circus
came along and he ran away and joined the
circus. In the course of the season they
showed at q town in Louisiana and young
Dean was Confscated and sold as a slave.
He was taken by his master to the Red
river country and set to herding cattle. He
married a slave belonging to a neighboring
planter and in few years had the sorrow
of seeing his wife and three children sold
and scattered. He never saw them again.
At the time of the Red river expedition
he was on the prairie with his cattle when
Captain Steele and the sixteenth Indiana
came along and captured both man and
herd. Dean became Steeles body servant,
continuing with him through the remain
ing years of the war and then coming
North to Steeles home In this county,
where he remained three more years, after
ward coming to this city. He married again
and has a family. He went to his old Ohio
home after the war, but his parents and
brothers and sisters were gone.
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Me. Grnhle.s nrother Talls..

BEATRICE, Neb.. Feb. III. s. Cradle
ex-mayor of Beatrice. brother of Francis
G. Cradle, was in the city to-day and while
here talked at length regarding his broth
er's business troubles. }. S. Cradle left
Beatrice about two years ago to take up
work for his brother. and since then he has
been closely connected with his interests.
He is manager of the Edgemont and Union
Hill Smelling Company. He said: This
company has mines and a stamp mill at
Galena, and smelter at Edgemont, all of
which we have been constantly working on
developing the mines and hurrying to COM
pletiOn the smelter on which, unless II has
been stopped since / left there work is still
going on. Francis Cradle has had no
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Oil Shipments for january.

The letter was returned to Mrs. Store
husband, in this city.
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THEY HEED THE WARNING.
Columbus Churches Will Adopt the
Individual Communion Cups.

Individual communion Cupss
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. At may not be
long until the tale OF THE Old Oaken
Bucket and of the town pump will be only
traditions in Columbus individuality in
drinking utensils is all the rage with those
to whom is intrusted the public health.
The recent letters sent out by the State
Board of Health have been responsible in
a measure for this state of public opinion.
through the press of the city and upon the
streets, of the desirabiity of an individual
communion service for the churches. The
Rev. Fuller Swift, pastor of the Baptist
Church, has greatly favored the plan, and
the Rev. T.. b. Schofeld pastor of the
Christian Church, is equally enthusiastic
over the idea. The matter will probably be
presented at the next meeting of the Minis
terial Association in this city Both the
Baptist and Christian Church may be said
to have practically decided to use the in
dividual communion cups. DIR. Ct. II. Nc
Coy. secretary of the local Board of Health,
is strongly inclined to the idea He said
tonight that the public schools would soon
insist upon each scholar providing himself
with "a drinking cup. He says that q case
of scfofula contracted by a public-school
teacher undoubtedly came directly from the
use of a public drinking cup An epidemic
of diphtheria in Columbus was helped along
a year ago by q lover kissing his sweet
heart goodnight and since then the people
have been aroused to the necessity of san
itary measures in public and private life.
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Zig BIZ, MASON wanted.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1.-The police of
this city believe that if they can lay hands
on big BIZ Mason, well-known West
ern crook. they will have the murdered of
Maj. William c. Wilson, the aged librarian
who was battered to death at No. iii Wal
nut street in August last. Mason is fugi-
tive from justice. but is at present believed
TO be in New York and the police hope TO
have him under arrest in a few days. He
is said TO have had Major Wilson's missing
watch in his possession. Mason was first
implicated in the affair by two convcts in
the Illinois State penitehtiary. whose CO.
operation he bad invited, according to their
story. Mason was all but cornered by local
detectives on Christmas last. They traced
him 10 Camden and by a clever scheme
got their hands on him in an alley leading
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CHICAGO Feb. 4.-Attorney Lawrence
Harmon began the closing talk in behalf of
Adolph L. Luetgert to-day. He compared
the position of the prosecution toward Luet-
CERT to that Of the French republic in the
case of the imprisoned officer. Dreyfus, on
Devils island. He asserted that as lola
had dared to question the righteousness OF
that condemnation challenging the justice
and equity Of the court-martial, SO he and
others had dared to appear in defense of a
man whom they believed innocent. Mr..
Harmon scored the police for what he
termed was their willful prosecution of a
wronged man. He will speak tomorrow.
all of Monday and all of Tuesday If his
physical strength permits. Then States
Attorney Deneen will close for the state
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Indiana Notes.

The Mckinley Club, of Portland, has been
organized with the following officers: Presi-
dent, John Detamore: secretary j. L. G.
McAdams; treasurer Thomas Dellinger.
At meeting of the Marshall county Re-
publican central committee Hon RolIo Il.
Oglesbee was elected chairman, w. e. Leon
ard secretary and j. W. Hess treasurer.
While Mr.. and Mrs John Herschauer
were trading III Shelbyville their home, four
miles south of the town, caught fire and
everything was destroyed, without insur-
ance. Loss about 1000.
The ninth annual meeting of the Cass
County Farmers Institute is in session. c.
NJ. Hobbs, of Bridgeport Ind, president
of the State Horticultural Society, and S.
H. Todd of Huron county, Ohio, were the
principal speakers.
Hon. VIII Cumback, of Greensburg, has
accepted an invitation to address the stu
dents at the Culver Military Institute on
the 4th of March. On the last of March ne
will deliver three lectures before the Chau-
tauqua Assembly at De Funiak Fla.
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Charged with a Double Poisoning.

SUISUN, Cal, Feb. 4.-Frenk Bellew has
been arrested on a ranch near Elmira and
lodged in the county Jail here charged with
numbering his brother and sister by poison.
Lewis and Susie Bellew were two of the
most popular young people in Dixon county
and lived together in cottage on the out
skirts of the town. The night before they
were poisoned, early last November Frank
Reflew ate supper at the house. He was
the one person who had access to the water
and food. When the victims took sick he
was almost the first person to come to their
house. He helped the nurses TO make Cruel,
using water from the teakettle he is alleged
to have poisoned. The day before the crime
Frank Bellew called on his hrother-in-law,
John W. Bird, photographer. He COM
planned to him bitterly as he had done to
others that he had not received enough of
the property of his parents. who had over
looked him in their will He added: Bird,
| am going TO commit a terrible crime to-
morrow. / am going to commit Il tragedy
that will shock the whole community.
After the crime Bird had reason to believe
that Bellew intended to Kill him and has
made a statement which led to the arrest
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other peaths in the state.

WILKINSON Ind, Feb. AIRS. Mary j.
Thomas died at her home, near Willow
Branch, five miles west of this place. this
morning with paralysis. She leaves several
children, Mrs. E. w. Felt, Mrs. ]. L.
Smith and Mrs. Willie sWinslow. of Green
field, and ]. W. Thomas. near Dublin. She
was sixty-five years old. Funeral Sunday at
the M. e. Church at Willow Branch.
ANDERSON. Ind. Feb. Arthur Nc
Gullough, aged .h tiwen odt l., ex-court
home, in Chicago, yesterday and was
brought to this city for burial. Mr.. AIcCol-
Tough was well known over this county and
was somewhat prominent in politics at one
time.
BEDFORD, Ind, Feb. ATLAS Teney,
aged hfty-four, of this city, is dead of can
Ger of the liver. He leaves a wife and sew
eral children.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind, Feb. 4.-During the
month of January the total shipments of
oil from the Ohio and Indiana fields
amounted to 1892, O4S barrels. The runs from
the two fields for the same period were
Las ia barrels, showing that for the month
there were just 1884 barrels taken from
the stocks stored in tanks to supply the de-
mand. If this will continue for the year
1898 then there will be at least 5000, 900 bar
rels of oil less in the storage tanks. For
the entire month the daily average ship
ments were 61,033 barrels and the runs 47,036
barrels, a daily difference in favor of
the shipments of 1897 barrels. This is con-
fined only to the Buckeye Pipe Line Com
pany in Ohio and the Indiana Pipe Line
Company in Indiana. The figures of the
Manhattan Oil Company and the Cudahy
Pipe Line Company are not included 1t Is
estimated that the two companies run about
5000 barrels per day.
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visited the Rerormatory.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILI.E, Ind, Feb. 4.-Gov-
ernor and Mrs. Mount arrived in this city
at noon to-day and were driven to Superin-
tendent Hert's residence. This afternoon
the Governor made an inspection of the
Reformatory and expressed himself as be-
ing highly pleased with the institution, with
the exception of its crowded condition,
which makes it necessary for several hum
dred men to sleep on cots in the corridor
This afternoon Mrs. Hert entertained in
honor of Mrs. Mount. The mana
gers of the Reformatory returned from
Frankfort Ky, to-day, where they went
to visit the Kentucky prison. They were in
session this afternoon. but transacted
nothing but routine business.
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Also visited the RefOrmatOry in JEFF
fersonviIIe, and a Reception Is
Given Mrs, Mount
INDIANA BUSINESS FAILURES
RECEIVER FOR BUILDING AND LOAN
NAMED AT ANDERSON.
Judge kirkpatrick Settles Long Liti-
gatiOn-IndividuaI Communion
Cups at Columbus.
,peeial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Feb Am audi
ence of nearly two thousand greeted Gov.
Mount at the Lyceum Theater tonight at
the celebration of the twenty-sixth anniver-
sary of the organization of the Young Men S
Christian Association of this city. He pre-
sided over the meeting The programme
consisted of a service of song, under direc-
ton of d. r. Gebhart, and short speeches.
Addresses were made by c. B. Willis, of
Milwaukee, and T. j. Kirkpatrick, of
Springfield, o., and Governor Mount. The
executive arrived at Je1fersonville at noon
and visited the Indiana Reformatory, and
at 4 o'clock came to this city and was en-
tertained at the residence of Hon. jesse
j. Brown, where he was rendered recep-
ton
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AFRO Arms warned to Leave Florida

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CONVICTION. Ind, Feb. 4.-Azro Arms
who went to Florida to bring to justice the
assassins of his brother, will soon leave
that State to return North. Ira Arms
owned four hundred acres of land near Es-
meralda, Fla. which he fenced up, Incur
ring thereby the dislike of cattle owners in
the neighborhood. The crackers wanted
this land to Craze their own cattle. He was
also an active party worker for the Repub-
leans IT is thought these are the reasons
for his murder. AFRO Arms has been noti-
fed that If he does not wish to share the
fate of his brother he will get out of the
State at once.
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BUILDING AND LOAN RECEIVER.
Another Out of state Company Tied
I'D at Anderson.
the IndianaDolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON Ind, Feb. 4.-Judge Nc
Clure tonight appointed H. c. Galloway
receiver for the Indiana assets of the
Equity Building and Loan Association, of
Bloomington, Ill. This is the third receiver
appointed in this county in the past ten
days for foreign building and loan associa-
tions, because of recent court decisions
holding them outlaws and depriving them
OF protection in making collections Some
of them have been exacting 80 per cent. in
terest. The receiver tonight was appointed
on application of Indiana stockholders led
by w. /. Hall. The receivers appointed for
the National Home Building and Loan, of
Bloomington. Ill, and Security, of Milwau-
kee, were on similar applications.