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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-05

PERU, Ind Jan 3-The great oil excite
ment has about abated here, and but few
wells are under way. Close to $50 wells
have been completed in the field, while the
daily output is around the two-thousand-
barrel mark, which shows decline of one
half. as the production at one time was UP
to 1900 barrels. The Ohio Oil Company and
Kier have completed a dozen wells on the
Kunyon property, and the daily output of
them is less than three hundred barrels.
The Shirk Oil Company has completed
eleven wells on the Shirk property, and
they are doing about the same as the
Ohios s. w. TAFT & Co. have completed
eight wells on the Wabash property, and
they are doing close to two hundred barrels
a day. while the Peru Oil Company has
finished eight wells on the Brownell prop
erty, and they are doing close TO four hun
dred barrels The Bunker Hill OIL Company
has completed test well at Benefits sta
ton. dozen miles south of town, in Deer
Creek township. The venture proved a
blank failure. The Broadway Oil Com
pany's last well on the north side of the
pool proved good for seventy-five barrels
the first twenty-four hours. The People
Oil and Gas Company mas come to the
conclusion that the background We'll 10
worthless, and have pulled the casing.
The prospects are better for the opening
of an extensive oil field at Broad Ripple
at the present time than ever before since
oil was first discovered in Marion county.
The White River Oil and Gas Company is
pushing the drill to some extent, and the
indications are that the company has struck
a rich thing. This cOmpanys we'll on the
Claypool farm started at 100 barrels; No:
on the Hamln farm at fifteen barrels; No.
l on the Virgins farm at thirty barrels,
and No. l on the Carver farm at forty
barrels. The Marion Oil Company has met
with some hard luck in its ventures in this
field 1t has completed two dry holes;
one on the Thompson farm and one on the
BaSSon farm.
Solomon Perry has completed an impor-
tant test well on his farm, in Wabash town,
ship. Adams county and has a dry hole.
Green Bros have completed buster on
tant test we'll on his farm in Wabash town
ship, same county.
The Studebaker Oil Company has COM
pleted we'll on the James Cloud farm. ID
Van Buren, township, Grant county, and II
is good for twenty barrels. d. 5. Kemp
has completed a dry hole on the Karnes
farm in Washington township, Delaware
county.
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VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. 4.-Hon. Thos.
c. Lyttle one of the beSt-knOwn men or
the county, dropped dead in business
house this afternoon. He came here from
Wayne county, Ohio, in an early day. and
was prominent in the organization of the
Republican party. He was elected sheriff
of the county twice and mayor of this city
six times.
WARSAW Ind. Jan AIRS. Catherine
Killinger. aged fifty-six, dropped dead of
heart disease last night Immediately after
arriving home from prayer meeting. Mrs.
Killnger was q member of the Sloan fam
lily, one among the several families which
assisted in the organization of Kosclusko
county
FRANKLIN, Ind, Jan. -4.--Early this
morning at his home in Needham town
ship. occurred the death of John Owens a
pioneer. He siXty-six years old, and
was born on the farm on which he died
For years he served as justice of the peace
He leaves four children.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 4.--Dr. A. W.
Spain a prominent physician and member
of the Board of Medical Examiners, died
this afternoon. DR.. Spain was assistant
surgeon of the Eightieth Indiana, and
served in that capacity for several years
during the war
CRAWFORDSVILLEI Ind. Jan. 4--David
Divine. who has resided in this city since
1854. died this morning from a stroke of
paralysis. He was born in Beverly, Va,
in 1881. His wife and five daughters survive
hss.
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ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Jan. 4--What prom
ises to prove a serious split among the
Republicans in the Maryland Legislature
developed tonight, when an attempt was
made to caucus for officers of the General
Assembly, which convenes tomorrow.
Twelve of the eighteen members from Bal
timore city refused to take part in the
caucus. and after waiting for an hour be-
hind the appointed time the other Repub-
licans met without them. The recalcitrants
are known as 'Malster men, because they
are adherents of that faction which recently
dethroned United States Senator Wellington
from the leadership of the party in this
State and elected their candidate for mayor
of Baltimore in spite of the regular drgani
cations effort to defeat him. To-ni5hts ac-
tion is looked upon as a protest against the
proposed election OF Judge McComas to the
seat in the United States Senate now oc-
cupied by A. +. German, and ii is asserted
that the ''Malsterites'' will combine with the
Democrats and organize the lower house to-
morrow unless their demands are complied
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SMALL CAUSE FOR SUICIDE.
LOng-Trusted Express Agent Takes
His Life at Mulacie.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Jan. 4.-Isaac II. Beck,
for almost twenty years local agent of the
American Express Company. committed
suicide this morning at 3 O'Clock by shoot
ing himself in the head. He was in small
sleeping room in the rear part of the office
used by delivery clerk The bullet passed
through his head and struck the wall. In
all his time in charge of the office here
there has never been trouble as TO losses
or shortages that could be traced to the
carelessness of the agent with the excep-
ton of a recent occurrence. which is given
as possible cause for the tragedy. 1t was
of a trivial nature. Mr.. Beck bore such a
high reputation with the company that ne
had not been compelled TO furnish the Gus
tomary bond. A few weeks ago he billed
pony East to some point, and by mistake
on the bill the animal became lost, and
several times recently the agent had been
informed that he would have to pay. $45.
This the office attaches claim has been
preying heavily on his mind. 1T being ms
first error, and this morning after receiving
another letter from the company he went
to the little room and took his life. Ihis
story is given by Mr.. Beck's son, William
Beck, who is employed in the office. Rep
resentatives of the company are here In
vestigatipg the affairs of the office Mr..
Beck leaves a wife, two sons and TWO
daughters.
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Indiana Notes.

indianapolis wholesale grocery men have
taken charge of the store of Pat McMan-
nus, at Charlottesville.
r. A. Hughes and A. II. Peters, of Ander-
son, have purchased the Laporte Journal, a
German paper, and will start it as the Bull
letin in English
Last night Mount Tabor Methodist
Church. three miles southeast of Muncle,
was destroyed by fire as a result of the
irregular natural gas pressure. The build
ing was a new frame structure, valued at
81 800, and insured for $1,000. A revival
service was being conducted by Rev. ID. ".
Williams. of Selma circuit.
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Cable Notes.

Miss Marie Corelli. the novelist has been
seriously i'll and been compelled to undergo
an operation, but she is now recovering.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Daily Chronicle denies that Germany has
any idea Of purchasing the Danish West
Indies.
The German Transoceanic Electric Com
pany, with headquarters in Berlin, has
formed, with a capital of 100000 marks,
for the purpose of erecting electrical sta
lions in America A central station will
first be established at Buenos Ayres for
lighting and general supply.
The Rome correspondent of the London
Morning Post says that Mrs. Draper wife
of General William F. Draper United
States ambassador to Italy, almost riyaled
Queen Margherita at the New Years re-
ception at the Quirinal in the value and
magnificence of her diamonds.
A dispatch from Oviedo. capital of the
province of that name, in the Asturias dis
trict of Spain. says that two hundred kilo-
grammes about 40 pounds) of powder ex-
ploded yesterday at the San Manjoya fac
tory. Seven persons were killed outright
and many badly injured. The buildings
were destroyed.
An imperial trade just issued directs that
the projected contracts for guns intended
for the Turkish navy shall be given to the
Krupps, and that the contracts for the pro-
posed four new Turkish ironclads be given
to the Armstrong;. 1t appears doubtful.
however. whether either guns or ships will
be ordered in the near future.
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Madison County Medics.
the Indiananolis Iournal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 4.-The thirty
seventh anniversary of the organization of
the Madison County Medical Society was
celebrated in this city to-day by the three
remaining charter members and the mem
bers Of the organization at present The
morning was given over to the regular quar-
terly conference. and among the interest
ing papers read was one by DR.. Terrill
Appendicitis After the conference the
annual election was held, at which DR.. W.
NV. Neale, of this city, was elected presi-
dent; G.. H. Brownbec, of Pendleton, vice
president; G. H. Whitledge, of Anderson,
secretary, and Dr. A. e. Otto, of Alexan-
dria, treasurer.
The banquet was given in the afternoon
at the Anderson Hotel. Dr. l.. r. Alexander
presided as POSTMASTER. Responses to
toasts were made by Drs. Neale, Strouss
and Wishard, Judge Mcclure, Rev. Ball,
Mayor Dunlap and Horace stillwell The
Madison County Medical Society is one of
the Oldest in the STATE. The three living
charter members are Drs. Chittea lon and
Suman, of Anderson, and DR.. Edwins, of
ElWOOd.
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Moro ReIief Needed in Cuba.

WASHINGTON. Jan. A. = The National
Relief Association for Cuba has appropri-
ated an additional sum of $500 to be sent
to Consul General Lee for the relief of the
distressed in the island. The association
makes renewed appeal to its members
and supporters throughout the country to
redouble their efforts to secure donations
Of money, medical supplies and food for the
suffering people in Cuba. In view OF the
opening of the direct and official avenue for
relief through the government, the associa-
ton hereafter drops from it's name the
clause lin aid of the American Red Cross. -
1t was announced from the White House
tonight that over 81 800 had been collected
in Cleveland, o., to swell the fund for the
Cuban sufferers
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EN- ROUTE TO MEXICO.
Gen. SanguiIIy, the Ex-Cuban Leader,
Did Not Land at Havana.

HAVANA, JAM 4-The Ward line steamer
Saratoga with Major General Julio San
gully on board, sailed at sunrise to-day for
Tampico, Mexico. He was closely watched
while the steamer remained in port Much
surprise is expressed in Spanish circles at
the presence in this harbor of the former in
surgent leader.
The Barbastro Battalion, it is announced
from Spanish sources, has been engaged at
La Crenega de Habana with an insurgent
force under Collazo numbering about 200
men. The insurgents, who occupied an in
trenched position. are reported to have
abandoned it with the loss of ten men
killed. The troops subsequently destroyed
the Entertainments. The government force
is said to have lost ten men killed and four
teen men wounded.
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VENTURESOME CYCLERS.
Three Men Start Trip That Will
ReQuirc Five Years.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-With the prospect
of a journey of five years duration confront
ing them, three hardy bicyclists sailed from
this port to-day on the Savannah line steam
er for Savannah, from which point ride
awheel will begin The trio of riders are AL
bert H. Postel, an experienced traveller;
Frederick Turner jr., and Walter B. Young,
all hailing from Pennsylvania. Their tin
erary will take them from Savannah 10
Key West, across war-stricken Cuba,
through Central America, down the east
coast of South America, up the west coast,
and, entering North America, they will pro-
coed as close to the coast line as possible
all the way to Alaska. From the latter point
the route will lie through Asia and Europe.
Mr., Postel, the leader of the band of three,
was a member of the Palestine Exploration
Society which made memorable visit to
the Holy Land in 1892.
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A HARVARD MANS GIFT.
$4,000 for Establishing a Lecture
ship ON French Literature.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. Al. H. Hyde,
of the Harvard senior class, has given to
the Cercle Francois, the French literary and
dramatic society, of which he is president,
a fund amounting to $4,000 for the estab-
lishment of en- annual lectureship on sub
jects connected with French literature. The
lectures will be given in the French Ian
guage by some prominent man of letters,
who will be invited to come to this country
each year. Mr.. Hyde is a New York man,
son of Mr. H. b. Hyde, of that city. The
lecture fund will be held in trust by a New
York company who will put the income
each year at the disposal of the Cercle
Franchise upon the conditions stipulated.
The first course of eight lectures will be
given next March by Rene Doumic, the
we'll known literary critic of the Revue des
Deux Mondes. The subject this year will be
French ROrlanticaSm."
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prominent grain and commission merchants
In southern indiana and has always stood
that MIR. Hodapp has been guilty of any
wrong doing and it is the common express
sponsible parties, who are seeking to inlure
him. The i'll feeling existing between
Brownstown and this city over the. county
attention by the grand jury. the foreman of
the jury being one of the most bitter
enemies of Seymour in the county. Al
though this township and city contains one
fourth of the entire population of the coun-
ty only one man was placed on the grand
said he was known to be against the re-
moval of the county seat. The finding of
the indictments against the citizens here
has caused the relations between the two
towns to become more bitter than ever.
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Springfield Republican.

Readers of Barrie will remember the
provincial subeditor' who headed up" an
article which said that the Zulus had taken
umbrage, "Umbrage captured by the
Zulus." An equally delightful blunder
comes to us from Australia, where news
paper lately published letter from It's
London correspondent announcing that "a
savage landor' had tried to reach l-hassa,
and had been horribly maltreated in con-
sequence. This remarkable statement pro-
ceeds: sThe landor himself was captured
by Thbetans, who tortured him with red
hot irons, and he narrowly escaped with
his life" II. Savage Lander should ~
clude the latest maltreatment in the ac-
count of his adventures which he is to
write for the McClure's. He will get q. large
price for his story but then the price he
paid was big too. Most of us would rather
live in poverty.
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THE ST. LOUIS BALL DEAL.
views of President stucky, of the
Louisville Club.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Jan. Ain regard to
the transfer of the st. Louis Browns DR..
T. Hunt Stuchy, ex-president of the Louis
vile club, who is we'll versed in the in
tricacies of baseball law and diplomacy.
said:
Though it is against the National
League agreement for one club owner to
hold the controlling interest in any other Of
the twelve clubs. still John T. Brush will
get around that all right, and nobody VIII
be the wiser AS he has Spalding and the
others with him, there viii be no difficulty
to securely hide just where the controlling
interest lies
For the interest of the sport, all of the
magnates of the National League will re-
ioice that the sale has been made and Won
der Abe is out of the business. Brush, with
his great energy and resources, will soon
put the ST. Louis team on a basis that Will
command the respect of the lovers OF the
game in that CITY,"
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SEYMOUR CALLS 1T SPITE.
Forty-Two Citizens Indicted by the
Brownstown Grand Jury.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Jan. 4.-Deputy Sheriff
Mahlon Boyatt, of Brownstown, was in the
city last night and had warrants for the
arrest of forty-two Seymour citizens. who
were indicted by the grand jury at the last
term OF court. The indictments are mostly
on account of trouble which took place on
the night of the county seat election, Oct.
70. when A. A. Dawson. of this city, was
egged by a crowd of boys at the Baltimore
& OHIO Southwestern depot for the part he
took against Seymour during the fight. John
H. Hopewell, night policeman, was arrested
on the charge of neglect of duty, although
he assisted in getting Dawson away from
the boys and escorted him part of the way
home. Another arrest was that of L. c.
Wallick proprietor of the Lynn House who
is charged with melting the rob of boys to
violence.
The most important arrests We're those of
Mr.. J. II. Hodapp and George Weinken-
hotter at one time president ard secretary.
respectively. of the defunct Home Furniture
Company. They are charged with misap-
p-opriating money belonging TO the COM
pany. Mr.. Hodapp is one Of the most
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-05

Major General Gatacre Will Take
Charge of the Soudan Expedition.


Cha rye of the Soudan Expedition.
LONDON. Jan. A dispatch from Alder
shot says that Maj. Gen. William Forbes
Gatacre has been ordered to Egypt to as
sumo command of the Anglo-Egyptian ex-
petition in the Soudan.
Major General Gatacre was born in 1S43.
He entered the Seventy-ninth Regiment
when in his nineteenth year, and in 1870 be-
came captain. In 1881 he was appointed
major in the Middlesex regiment, becom-
ing it's lieutenant colonel and colonel in 1886.
He served with the Hazara field force in
1883 and with the Chitral relief force in 1898,
when he was in command of the Third
Brigade and mentioned in the dispatches.
From 1875 to 1879 General Gatacre was in
structor in surveying at the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, quartermaster general
at Aldershot during the following year and
military secretary to the commandments
chief at Bombay during 1881. From 1884 TO
1897 he was in command of sccond-class
district in Bombay, and during the early
part of last year he was one OF the Bombay
plague commissioners. Since that time he
has commanded the Third Infantry Brigade
at Aldershot, with the temporary rank of
major general.
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yesterday. had arrived at Rafai, in the Tam
bura district Of the Nile basin. on Sept II.
and was proceeding to occupy Rumbek, IN
the territory Of Bahr I'll GhazeeD, published
In a newspaper OF Toulouse, says the french
force consists of twenty-three white men
and five hundred Senegalese rifemen. De
scribing the hardships endured the writer
says: The native carriers give much trou-
tempted to escape at every opportunity
We vainly shot or hanged those who were
recaptured, but others continued to escape.
Many were recaptured, but several sue
ceeded in getting away. We were obliged
TO enter villages with few rifiemen and
seize all tbs men and women found therein.
Sometimes the whole population fed. We
then burned a few huts. which generally
induced the natives TO return. We then
seized the chief and compelled him to give
us the slaves TO carry our loads. This is
the only way TO deal with these nrutes.
whom we have seen quarrel over the bodies
of their shot comrades for food"
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Ru.siaxille,s New hank.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
RUSSIAVILLE, Ind, Jan. 4.-The Bank
OF Russiaville opened its doors for bust
ness to-day The stockholders are John ii.
Cox of Sheridan; r. c. Kincaid, of Russia
ville Thomas L. Harris, of Sheridan; Low
ell w. Cox, of Russiaville; Prof. John Col
lett, of Indianapolis. The officers are John
H. Cox, president: Robert e. Kincaid, vice
president and Lowell w. Cox, cashier. The
personal liabilities and paid up capital of
the new institution is over $l50,0OO The
stockholders are also stockholders of the
State Bank of Sheridan The opening of
the new bank has been delayed for several
weeks on account of failure to receive fur
niture safe and other fixtures. Russiaville
has been without a bank since the failure
of the late-lamented Paris-DWiggins bank.
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DEADLOCK PROBABLE.
Concluded from First PageD

quest and argument. Such acts on the part
of workingmen are not to be punishable
as conspiracy.
The Republican members of the Assem-
bly, held a caucus tonight seventy-seven
members being present and unanimously
nominated Speaker ]. M. E.. OGrady.
Archie Z. Baxter was nominated for clerk,
J. c. Crawford for sergeant-at-arnls, Will
liam II. Craig, F. ]. Johnson and Charles
r. Hotaling for doorkeepers, and Henry c..
nees will be elected by the Assembly The
Democrats of the Assembly held a caucus
and nominated a ticket headed by Thomas
F. Donnelly who will be the leader of the
minority in the Assembly. The Republican
senators held a caucus and nominated j..
S. Whipple for clerk. Mr.. Whipple will re-
appoint the assistant clerks of the last ses-
sion
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OIL AND GAS IN DANGER
SHOULD BE A LAW TO PLUG OLD
WELLS AND KEEP OUT WATER.
Forfy-Tvo Seymour Citizens Indicted
by an UnfriendIy Grand Jury
at the County Seat.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER. Ind, Jan. 3-Consider-
able has been written by various corre-
spondents throughout the gas belt of this
State about the waste of gas, but this
waste is not the greatest enemy to the sup
ply. The most hereditary enemy to the gas
rock is the inflow of fresh water. Fresh
water will kill the oil or gas supply quicker
than anything else. The Legislature ought
to pass a bill at once on the plugging of oil
wells. for the reason that if a well be not
properly plugged when abandoned 1T allows
the fresh water to work it's way into the
Trenton formation. In Ohio there is law,
but it is of little use, as there is no one to
watch the plugging of the wells outside of
the owners and contractors. The State
would be wise TO have man who will
visit every well abandoned, and If a we'll
be abandoned without the officer knowing
it or not being present there should be. a
big fine attached. Tho salary of this officer
can be paid in different ways; the State
can stand the expense or allow the officer
fee of s. for every well abandoned and
the well owner to stand the cost. Some
thing must be done to protect both the oil
and gas industry. A well-known oil oper-
ator was asked about the fresh water ques-
ton. and says that it is the worst feature
fthe oil and gas business to contend with.
For instance, take the oil field at Portage,
o.. where a great number of good wells
were drilled, and at that time the prospect
was good for very good and prolific field,
but its life was short, owing to the fact that
some we'll owner there abandoned his well
and did not plug it properly. and the con-
sequence is that the field within snort
time was no good, the fresh water had
drowned out the oil and gas, and the same
thing will occur here in case nothing is
done to prevent it. If protected the State
has a gas supply that will last for times
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