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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-11
BLOW AT CANADIANS.
Bill to Prevent Their Vessels Stealing
Our COasting Trade.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Frye
to-day secured the passage by the Senate
of bill amending the navigation laws in
important particulars affecting the coasting
trade of this country. The bill is of general
application, but is intended especially to
prevent Canadian vessels from securing an
undue share of the carrying business be-
tween Alaska and other American ports. 1t
will prevent Canadians gaining part of our
coasting trade. Complaint has been made
that Canadian vessels were attempting to
participate in the trade by starting from
their own ports and then stopping success
sively at more than one American port and
taking on passengers and freight from one
American point to another on the theory
that all were embraced in one voyage. The
bill passed by the Senate to-day provides
for the forfeiture of any merchandise ship
ped from one American port to another,
either directly or via a foreign port, in any
other than an American vessel. A like pro-
vision is also made in regard to the trans
portation of passengers by foreign vessel
from one American port to another, except
that the penalty in this case is placed at 500
each. The penalty under the existing law
is 81.
The bill authorizes the secretary of the
treasury to prescribe regulations for the
transshipment and transportation of mer-
chandise imported into the United States
by sea for immediate expectation to for
eign port by sea or by river and also
amends the present law found in Section 3109
of the Revised Statutes so as to read as fol-
lows: THE master of any foreign vessel
laden or in ballast, arriving, whether by sea
or otherwise, in the waters of the United
States from any foreign territory adjacent
to the northern, northeastern or north
western frontiers of the United States shall
report at the office of any collection or
deputy collector Of the customs, which shall
be nearest to the point at which such vessel
waters.
shall not transfer her cargo or passengers
to another vessel or proceed farther inland,
either to unload or take in cargo. without
a special permit from such collector or
deputy collector issued under and in ac-
cordance with such general or special regu-
lations as the secretary of the treasury may
in his discretion from time to time prescribe
This section shall also apply to trade with
or through Alaska. For any violation of
this section such vessel shall be seized and
forfeited The bill is made to take effect
one month after it's passage.
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New Industry for Stock Buyer Hibner,
of Seymour.
o the Inaianapolis journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Feb. 1O.-Leonard Hib-
ner, q prominent stock buyer of this city,
has started in to convert his 100 acres near
this city into a ginseng farm. Sang dig
gers" at one time We're common enough in
this county, but the destruction of the for
ests, the natural home of the ginseng, has
created scarcity in the article and made
the business of ''sang digging Improbable.
Mr.. Hibner has commenced the cultivation
of the plant in the forest on his farm. Last
year, after searching through the forests
of several counties, he gathered together
1900 ginseng plants which he transplanted.
Besides the plants he sowed 1900 seeds.
The seed was purchased in New York and
averages $500 to the pound, costing SIG a
pound. The plants collected are from one
to eight years old and have given nim a
good start in the business. This spring Mr..
Hibner intends Planting another acre,
which will require 10000 seeds, the hills be-
ing made one foot apart. The plants are of
very slow growth it requiring eighteen
months for a seed to terminate. Alpha
Cox, a druggist of this city, who has been
experimenting with the plants on small
three-year-old plant is from eight to twelve
inches high, according to the location and
the soil; and that the fruit which ripens
in September. is scarlet berry, one-eighth
of an inch in diameter, and has imbedded
in its fleshy pulps three round, hard seeds.
Mr.. Hibner win have to use the product of
1884 plants in order to secure seeds to
plant an acre, the value of which is about
$S5. Ii requires from five to seven years
for plant to fully mature, and the root
of each healthy plant will weigh from one
half to three ounces. The root is shipped
to China. where it is considered valuable
for medicinal purposes Prominent medical
men of this country have found the root
of little value for medical use The Chi
nese believe the root holds a supernatural
Influence on the human system, capable of
curing all manner of ills. preventing
plaques, and, especially, prolonging life to
extreme old age. Lockhart. in writing of
the value of ginseng root in China says:
Tn price it varies from s. to $12 to the
enormous sum of $500 or $500 an ounce. Root
of this quality can, of course, only be pur-
chased by the most wealthy. and the great
est care is taken OF such pieces by the ven
DORIS
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 10.-Capt Coburn,
ex-chief of police and the deputy who led
the posse that rounded up the Goodman
gang at Summitville three years ago, and
who, in the firing that was INDUCED in,
was shot through the side by Dick Good
man, the leader, whom he wounded in sew
eral places to-day took the initiatOry in
obtaining parole. if not pardon for the
leader OF the notorious gang. Goodman and
for each other and she is fatally i'll now
and calling for her son. Goodman himself
is in the hospital and has been there all
the three years he has been in the peniten-
tiary. The wounds inflicted that night at
Summitville have formed assesses which
are taking his life away and he always will
be a physical wreck.
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A MISERY'S MONEY DIVIDED.
Son of the Brown County RecIuse Gets
the Fortune.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 10.-About $1,000
of the fortune found in gold and notes on
James H. Wilson, the Brown county miser,
who died in the Columbus Hospital three
years ago, will go to the old miser's son,
whose identity has been acknowledged.
About a hundred claimants to Wilson's
tate appeared, consisting in alleged wives,
offspring and more distant relatives, but
the court has given the bulk to Theodore
II. Wilson, of Columbus, o., who is be-
lieved to be a son of the dead man. Other
claimants will receive small amounts. For
years Miser Wilson had lived alone in an
old hut in Brown county, near Weed Patch
hill One night some men passing the place
heard groans and entered the little cabin
and found Wilson in great agony. He was
brought to Columbus and placed in the hos
pital, where ii was found that he was suf-
fering from gangrene in the foot. He would
not let his clothing go oct of his sight DR..
A. j. Banker thought Wilson had money,
and after his death Banker Irwin, with the
doctor, examined the miSer'S clothing and
over $500 was found in bills and gold.
Court costs and taxes have eaten up part
of this since then. James l.. Hilton, of
Nashville, was made administrator, and be-
fore he had filed his bond dozens of claim
ants appeared for the miser'S money. 1t
has now been proven that Wilson was mar
ried in Virginia, and that Theodore Fl. Will
son is his only child He is a mechanic at
Columbus o.
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LONDON PRESS COMMENT.
Views of Editorial Writers and Corr
respondents in America.

respondents in America.
LONDON Feb. 1.-THE Times this morn
ing in an editorial echoing the views of its
New York correspondent, Mr.. George w.
Smalley. says: 'It is from every point of
view Geplorable and lamentable that so use
full a career should have been terminated by
an act of the basest treachery. Senior De
LONE has long been the object of profound
detestation to the Cuban ring because he
frustrated their deep-laid plots. Honest
men, whether in America or in England,
must regard with contempt too profound
for words party which sinks to such meth
DDS of warfare. That party" the Times
continues, sis doubtless exuiting in it's sue
cess, but it cannot abolish the good work
Senior De LONE has actually accomplished.
1t must be recorded to President McKin-
ley's credit that although he might excus-
ably feel personal resentment, he has re-
fused to exaggerate the incident in any way.
This has greatly disappointed the Cuban
ring"
The New York correspondent OF the
Standard says: President Mckinley was
the coolest man in Washington and almost
exaggerated the slightness of the personal
offense in order to steady raging congress-
men,
The Standard editorially says: "The re-
sponsibility for preventing the affair reach
ing dangerous phase appears to lie wholly
with Spain. The sympathy of observers
will be with President Mckinley rather
than Senior De LONE, whose letter shows
that he is destitute of the qualities required
by his profession. We confess we should
like to know the facts as to the alleged
theft of the letter, whose opportune produce
ton looks suspicious; But if its use We're
designed to hasten the crisis the designers
seem likely to have gained nothing beyond
a change of ministers"
The New York correspondent of the Daily
News says: "Senor De LONE was some
times troublesome on account of his dispo-
sition to assume high manner over Cuban
found it unsuccessful. A less tactful sue
cessor may precipitate a crisis for the sit
uation is full of dangerous elements, but
trouble may be avoided if President Nc
Kinley holds the affair completely in his
own hands"
The Daily Telegraph eJitorialIy censures
Senior De Lome's ''injudicious and ill-timed
letter."
The Morning Post says. editorially: 1.-The
Cuban Junto has quite unconsciously done
President Mckinley considerable service.
Amid the breakdown Of his fiscal policy and
the gloomy prophecies as to the coming
elections, the De LONE letter is a happy
discovery. II enables the Cabinet 10 as
sumo an air of outraged dignity, and then
insist upon repara ton from Spain without
in any way committing itself on the gem
elal question of Cuban politics. The letter
was quite natural for Senior De LONE to
send. and the impetuous and high-handed
proceedings of the Washington government
form another illustration of the total con-
tempt for good manners which character
ICES the State Department. In this case
their energy is stimulated by the oppor-
without actually provoking Spain TO de-
clare war;"
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New Barnett Hotel Sold.
! 10 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. 10-A. c. Bar
nett and wife have transferred to DR.. M.
A. Jordan one-half interest in the new Bar
nett Hotel property for $4,000 cash, Jordan
to assume half of a $4,000 mortgage held
by the Union Trust Company, of Indianap-
oils, and advance 1880 with which to pay
insurance, taxes and interest. Shortly after
the transfer was made it developed that
Barnett and wife had made contract in
writing to sell half interest in the hotel
to George b. Forgy; that deed had been
executed in pursuance of this contract and
placed in the safe of Judge Windfeld for
safe keeping, pending the completion Of the
deal. Mr.. Forgy insists that his purchase
was bona fide, and that his contract is legal
in every respect and binding This after
noon Mr.. Forgy, by his attorney, flied a
complaint asking the enforcement of the
contract The case raises the question as
to whether Barnett sold to Forgy and Jor-
dan each half interest, or whether he has
sold to Forgyl and Jordan the same half
interest.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Feb. 10-Merchants
and business men of this city are involved in
one of the most intense, good-natured con-
tests the town has ever experienced. About
two years ago the postoffice was removed
from its location on Broad street, where it
had been for half g century, to room on
Main street, the old room not being large
enough. The new location has not been sat
isfactory to all and they looked forward to
the change of poStmasterS for another
move. In the meantime the old room had
been enlarged and fitted up and it was
hoped that the Office would be relocated
there. No sooner did the matter begin to be
agitated than the Main-street business men
offered to buy complete new set of post
Office fixtures at a cost of about 900 If the
office would be kept ~ it's present location:
The Broad-street men heard of this and
they offered to do the same, provided it was
moved. The inspector was summoned and
the matter was thoroughly investigated by
him. but his report has not been made pub
lie. At any rate new fixtures will be GER
tainty
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Excursion for Gas Syndicate.
ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 10.-This after
noon special train was run by the Fort
Wayne Natural Gas Company to Bluffton,
in charge of General Manager Henry c.
Paul, of the gas plant that feeds the city.
His principal guests were: c. d. Dieterich,
of the New York syndicate that controls
nearly all Of the Indiana gas fields; A. B.
Proal also of New York; James Murdoch,
of Lafayette and John r. Pearson, of In
dianapolis. Besides these Mr. Paul had as
his guests two hundred prominent business
men of the city. The object was to witness
pumping station completed this winter at
Bluffton for furnishing additional supply
of gas to this city. Returning home Engi-
neer Dan O'Niel made a fast run on the
Lake Erie IL Western, covering the twenty
four miles in twenty-six minutes, exclusive
of stops.
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NEW AMERICAN COUNTESS.
Miss AntOinette WOerishOffer WEEDS
Carlo Won SeiIern, of Austria.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.--Miss Antoinette
Woerishoffer, a granddaughter of Oswald
Ottendorfer, was married to-day to Count
Carlo Won Seilern, of Austria, at the Prot
estant Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
Bishop Henry Satterlee, of Washington, Of
ficiated, assisted by the rector, Rev. VIM.
NJ GrOsvenor. Baron Franz Riedl Won
Riedeman of the Austro- Hungarian lega-
ton at Washington, acted as best man.
Count and Countess Won Seiern will visit
several Southern cities on their wedding
tour, witnessing the Mardi Gras festival at
New Orleans, and will return to this city
probably in March They will sail for their
future home in London about the middle
of April
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Left for Unalaslxa.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE,I Ind, Feb. 10-One
hundred men, forty of whom live in this
city, left at o'clock tonight on a special
train over the Illinois Central for Unalaska,
where they go to put together the four
boats built by Capt E. j. Howard for the
Alaska Commercial Company, for use on
the Yukon river They go via New Orleans
to San Francisco, where they take a steam
er to the Island of Unalaska. The last ship
ment of the boats was made by Captain
Howard week ago. The men will be gone
eight months. Several of the men will go
to the gold fields from Unalaska. C. A.
Johnson, general manager of the Excelsior
Yukon Gold Mining and Transportation
Company, Of Chicago has been in the city
for several days arranging with Captain
Howard for building a sboat for his COM
pany, to be used on the Yukon. The COM
pany owns a number of mines at Circle
City and also conducts transportation
business. The boat will be constructed here
and then shipped in parts to the Pacific
coast. where it will be put together.
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SENATOR MURPHY CENSURED.
And a Resolution offered for Inn
peachment of Mckinley.

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 1O.-In the AS
sembly to-day when the Weeks resolution
asking for the resignation of United States
Senator Murphy as called up, Mr.. Weeks
offered substitute which censured, but
does not demand resignation A protracted
discussion was precipitated and Mr.. Oliver,
Democrat, introduced substitute calling
for the Impeachment of President McKin-
ley for aiding in the election of United
States Senator Hanna. The resolution CEN
surfing Senator Murphy was finally adopted
by vote of 70 yeas and 63 nays
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The Ruccnneer.s zinc.

HAVANA, Feb. 1O--The government has
offered to remit the fine of $500 imposed on
the American yacht Buccaneer for break
ing the Naval Department regulations" on
condition that she will not return to Cuba
Her owner has instructed his captain to
give bond for the fine under protest, but
not to accept the conditions offered The
Buccaneer probably Will sail to-day.
Ii. E. Teachou, vice president of the Home
Savings Bank of Des Moines, Ia; James
w. HILL president of the Commercial Bank;
j. Boyer. a merchant. and J.. f. Ross, of
Livingston, ILL.,, arrived at Matanzas yes
terday for the purpose of visiting the coun-
try.
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QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 10-Arrived: Ger
manic from New York, for Liverpool; Bel
genland from Philadelphia. Sailed: Males
tic for New York.
NEW YORK, Feb 10.-Arrived: Saale,
from Bremen. Sailed: Stuttgart, for Bre-
men.
LONDON Feb. 1O-Arrived: Britannia.
from Philadelphia; Manitoba, from New
York.
MARSEILLES. Feb. 1O.-Arived: Cali.
fornia, from New York.
CHRISTIANSAND. Feb. 10.-Arrived:
Norge, from New York.
COPENHAGEN, Feb 1O-Sailed Thing
yalla, for New York.
PHILADELPHIA Feb. 1O.--Sailed: Swift
erland, for Antwerp.
GLASGOW, Feb. 10.-Arrived: Ethiopia,
from New York.
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RACE WAR In OKLAHOMA.
Whites Say Blacks VIII Not BE Per-
mitte1 to Live at Blackwell.

PERRY, o, T., Feb. 10.-Bla ckwell. o. T.,
a town thirty miles uorthaof here, not To-
Gated on a railroad, is on the verge of a
race war. The people of Blackwell have
never allowed negro to live in the town.
Some days ago Colonel Blackwell, founder
Of the town, procured colony of negroes
to settle in Blackwell and gave each family
a residence lot. The negro families have
commenced arriving at Blackwell, and the
whites declare they shall not live there and
the negroes say they will stay in the town
in spite of the whites. Trouble is expected.
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HoAxED nY 4 MoTro BUTToN.
Immigrant Thought "YOu Can't Lose
Me, CharIie,' Was "a Passport.
Nnrnr Xnrlr E,uanirlcr Sun


Among the immigrants landed at the
Barge Office a few days ago were two iusty
young men from Finland. They We're broth
ers, and We're on their way TO West Super
ior Wis, to work on their uncles farm.
They were not unlike hundreds of other
immigrants and would have passed
through the inspection process without at
tracing especial notice mad it not been for
a button which the younger one had fas-
tened on the tippet about his neck. He
seemed very proud of 1t and anxious to
keep it continually in sight.
The button was one of those so common
during the political campaigns of the past
few years, and the inscription on 1t read:
You can't lose me. Charlie. .
Some cunning Scotch sailor on the ves-'
sci which took them from Finland across
to Hull, England, has put that thing on
him for joke remarked one of the regis
terry clerks.
The Finlander said through an interpreter
that man on the ship gave it to him, and
told him that it was passort, and that
if he would go ahead of his brother and
always keep the button in sight they would
reach their unces house in safety.
He was not undeceived and wore the but
ton at his neck when he left the Barge
Office for the railway station bound West.
Both young men were prov ded with
through tickets and, of course, would not
need to ask questions.
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reliable information" La Lucha adds. ito
the eject that the Letter attributed TO Senior
De Lone was intercepted before il was de-
livered TO Senior Canalejas. Other things
are SAID which will be cleared up in time
and cause considerable establishment
The publication of the news as to Senior
De LONE S letter produced a profound sem
sation in Havana. In political and military
csrcles. at the theateTs and in The coffee
houses it was the theme of eager discus
sion. Not for a long time has any piece OF
news been the subject of such widespread
and absorbed attention. In all circles the
letter is pronounced 'tindscreet." Senior
Muruaga is considered as likely to succeed
Senior De LONE
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Feb. 10.-Mrs. John
r. GLADDEN., of Clark's Hill, this county,
shot herself through the heart this morn
ing with a revolver secretly taken from her
husbands store two or three days ago.
Since December she had been inconsolable
over the death of a young daughter but
suicidal mania had not been suspected
While her husband and children were at
the front gate, bidding farewell to some
friends who had called, Mrs. GLADDEN. wen-
into the kitchen and fired the fatal shot
She was fifty-four years old. Her husband
is a candidate in this county for the Re-
publican nomination for recorder.
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Echo of John F. johnson Failure.

Special 10 the IndianapOllS JOuTnaI
LOGANSPORT, Ind Feb 10.-The State
National Bank case against Joseph II. Nc
Nary and John f. Johnson was dismissed
to-day at the plaintiffs cost. The suit was
brought on two promissory notes amount
ing to s17.5O0. signed by ''AfcNary & Co."
the allegation being that McNary and john
son were partners and had overdrawn the
bank account. Judge Chase ruled that
these notes could not be produced in evil
dence on the grounds that no evidence of
the alleged partnership had been presented.
The dismissal is said not to mean an aban-
donment of the old banks purpose to re-
cover the Maple Grove property.
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Everything connected with Prince Henry's
voyage TO China has been funny, but the
funniest feature of the whole enterprise will
be his reception by the Chinese at Shanghai,
a port where he will be practically the
guest of Englishmen. and where the Chinese
have about much power as they have In
Berlin. Here he is TO strike the dreadful
blow at British interests-if his supply OF
British coal ever takes him that far--and
here he is to begin to preach the gospel OF
nese are a solemn race, but they will be
less than human If they don't laugh at a
spectacle like this.
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DE L0lE PACKING UP.


and devoid of ny mention Of politics.
After the panquet4e was spoken 20 IN re-
lation 10 the De Line episode and asked
what action, if any.the Senate was likely
to take. THAT is ard question: he re-
piled. AS yet the mater has not come up.
next few days will doubtless develop SEN
ator Hanna then went n to say that the
feeling against the Spanil minister in con-
that the majority of the nore conservative
members were with the PRECEDENT in the de-
cision not to split hairs oveit the manner of
from the country, and that qickly.