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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
WEEK OF GOOD BUSINESS
NEARLY $1,000 LOADED CARS HAN
DIED BY INDIANAPOLIS LINES. g
Through Business East Bound Very
Heavy and West Bound in Excess OF
the Usual January Average.

The train records show that in the week
ending Jan there were received and for
warded at indianapolis 27,021 cars, 20, SS7 be-
Ing loaded. and 6,1S4 empty In the loaded
car movement there was an increase Of 2,7SS
as compared with the week ending Jan. /.
an increase over the corresponding week
Of 1897 of 5,313 and over 1896 an increase of
2,7S9. The increase over the week ending
Jan. 10 was not so remarkable as that over
the corresponding weeks of 1897 and 1856, as
there was a holiday in the week ending Jan.
/. The increase last week was entirely with
east-and-west lines, the north-and-south
roads handling about their usual average,
but the through lines especially east-bound,
are handling an immense tonnage of grain
and cotton, the Pennsylvania and Big -Four
proper having their power employed to it's
fullest capacity. Between indianapolis and
Columbus, Indianapolis and Cincinnati and
Cleveland, the loaded car movement is
heavy beyond precedent, and the Vandalia
is handling the largest business in its his
tory. In connection with this heavy east
bound movement a handsome increase is
shown in the fact that the Panhandle last
week brought in 104 against 1,O69 loaded
cars forwarded; the Vandalia brought in
1871 against Las loaded cars despatched
westward While there is very heavy
movement Of grain and cotton eastward,
the shipments of dressed meats, hides, pro-
visions and cerealine products are consid-
erably in excess Of those of the correspond
ing period last year. West-bound there is
an unusually heavy business in high-class
freights for so early in the year, and each
week shows a larger tonnage of coalJ coke,
railway supplies, glass, nails, and in fact
in nearly all lines of traffic, and if rates
are held to tariff a handsome revenue win
be realized on both east and west bound
business, as through traffic is at least so
per cent. heavier than in January, 1897 Lo-
cal business continues very satisfactory.
Receipts of grain, live stock, lumber and
coal are much heavier than at the CORE
spending period last year, and the shipments
of provisions, produce and cerealine prod
ucts are large. The packing houses, the
cerealine mills and the starch works are
making shipments largely in excess of 1897
and with this the manufacturers zach week
are shipping more goods. This is particularly
applicable to the Union iron works and fur
niture manufacturers but in every line the
shipments are in excess of those of any
January, say local freight agents, in many
years. More men are employed IN 6epots
and in switching services than at any time
for several years. Below is given the car
movement for the week ending Jan. s and
for the corresponding weeks of 1897 and 1885,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Courted by Cipher.
Chicago Post

We desire to congratulate our distin-
gushed friend, Ignatius Donnely, who at
the ripe and thoughtful age of sixty-six is
to espouse in the form Of his private secre-
tary a charming maiden of twenty-one,
We have not heard the story of this roman
tic courtship, but knowing Mr.. Donneny as
we do, and realizing the establishment of
his neighbors at the announcement of
the engagement. it is easy to understand
that the entire affair was managed by
cryptogram. While transferring to the type
writer the matter submitted by Mr.. Dom
nelly Miss Hanson easily detected the burn
ing cipher that has resulted in making her
one of the happiest of women and that has
stamped Mr.. Donnelly one of the greatest
of men. And now having congratulated Mr.
Donnelly, we take the liberty of congrat-
ulating Miss Hanson. who has preferred a
ripe old gentleman of intellect to a foolish
young fellow of pleasing exterior.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the
mind;
And, therefore. is winged Cupid painted
blind"
1t may not be out of place to remark for
the benefit of the thoughtless that these
lines may be found in Lord BacOn's justly
celebrated comedy. "A Midsummer Nights
Dream
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
THE MAN IN THE IRoN MASK.
Proof that There Never Was Such =
Parsonage.


Since the invention of printing II has be.
come increasingly difficult to transmit a
story subject to the laws of growth, be-
cause the original statement is permanent
and easily accessible. One story however,
has seized on the imagination of the peo-
pie and flourished since the eighteenth CEN
fury precisely as the old stories grew.
The story of the MAN in the Iron Mask
is almost entirely destitute of foundation.
Voltaire first gave the story currency
about 1850. In the supplement- TO his Steele
de Louis XIV he sets down some bits of
gossip about the court. Among these he
hints that a very important person was
detained at the Bastile whose Identity
was carefully concealed and his features
always covered by a mask Afterwards the
idea of an unknown prisoner behind an
Iron mask took possession or tne mag
nation of the French people, and in this
century Dumas the elder and Du Boisgo-
hey have constructed ingenious romance9
one the story NJ. Yung has spent much
time and labor to prove that the iron
mask concealed a Lorraine adventurer
hired to poison the King. Various serious
writer's have amused themselves with con-
lectures as to the identity of the prisoner,
the favorite theory being that he was
twin brother of Louis XIV, whose appear
of primogenituTe. The notion that ne was
served in great state by the governor or
the prison only was favorite fiction.
Examination proves that all the prison.
orc eonnnitted 10 the prison are accounted
for by death or discharge; that the plate
thrown out with message scratched on
from another prison by a Huguenou ana
that a number of prisoners were allowed to
walk on the ramparts for exercise. wear
ing not iron masks. but hoods covering the
neck and shoulders and obscuring the race.
Tor fear that If they were recognized from
below excitement might be caused among
the populace who were favorable 10 them.
But "a few years ago in prisons in French
country towns this favor or walking on the
walls In disguise was allowed 10 female
prisoners.
In brief there never was Man in the
Iron Mask" There was not even an iron
mask for a man to be put in. yet so great is
the power of the imagination that this
man who never had any local babitation
or name IS as real 10 the people or
France as Joan OF Arc, as real as King
Arthur is to the peasants OF Wales, where
IL is dangerous 10 express a doubt that he
once reigned over Britain. Some French
men believe that the mysterious prisoner
was a son of Anne of Austria and Cardinal
Mazarin: others that he was Monmouth,
the illegitimate son of Charles ii Of Eng
land: others that he was a son Of Oliver
Cromwell. The story suits the french I'M
agination so we'll that the French people
refuse 10 give II up. It has a wider ac-
ceptance than IL would receive ar II We're
true At the same time, the French are
not imaginative nor eredulousheople.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

SUSANVILLE, Cal, Jan S--Thee court
room of the LaSsen county Superior Court
was this afternoon the scene of an extraor-
binary alteration between a judge on the
bench and an attorney at the bar. For some
time relations have been strained between
Superior Judge F. A. Kelly and Attorney T.
" Spencer. Spencer this afternoon took
strong exceptions to a ruling by the court,
several ironical remarks passed and then
Judge Kelly fined Spencer $50 for contempt.
Spencer defed the judge to his face and the
court retorted with the statement that
Spencer was a falsifier. Judge Kelly fol-
lowed it up by leaving the bench and strik-
ing Spencer. Spencer attempted to strike
back, but Deputy Sheriff Martin interfered
and the judge returned to his seat on the
bench Spencer stood at the bar of the
court applying to the judge offensive cpl
thets The court then ordered the deputy
sheriff to remove Attorney Spencer, but
afterwards modified the instructions and al
lowed Spencer to return.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

The ]. B. Allfree Manufacturing Com
pany is experiencing a great demand for
it's automatic self-oiling engines and in
ternally fired boilers expressly for electric
light plants Within the last ten days it
has received orders from the Lieber brew
cry of this city; Browning & King, of New
York; Thomas Keogh, of New York; the
American Alkali Company of Detroit; the
Upton Qnd) Electric Light Company; the
American Tin-plate Company of Atlanta;
the Zohrlaut tannery, of Milwaukee. and
the Pfster & Vogel tannery, of Milwaukee
Among the contracts received last week by
the company was one from the Chicago
Hospital for an internally fired steel boiler
and a self-oiling automatic engine to which
will be directly connected a multipolar
dynamo. This makes compact and eco
nomical plant which will light the building
operate an electric elevator and electric
fans for cooling and ventilation During
winter the exhaust steam from the engine
will be used to warm the building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

II. II. Riseman, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Southern Indiana Rail-
way formerly the Evansville 81 Richmond,
announces that the road will be reopened
for freight and passenger traffic to-day, and
all restrictions covering the road east of
Bedford are removed. Following is a list
of stations and connections: Elnora, Odon,
Burns CITY, Blankenship. Tunnel Switch
Indian Springs. Gale. Bossert, Williams
CoXton Bedford, Millersburg, Heltonvile
Zema, Norman, Kurtz. Freetown, Surprise,
Cortland Seymour. Reddington. Azalia,
Elizabethtown, Grammer, Alert, Sardinia,
WeStpOrt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
NEWS In SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Review of Chief Events Printed In the
Issue of Jan. ..

Secretary Sherman has issued another
appeal in behalf of starving Cubans.
The cigar makers at Canton ILL.,, are out
on strike. They refused to agree to cut
of 81 per thousand
The National Fishing Congress will meet
in the auditorium of the Tampa Bay Hotel
at Tampa Fla, Jan. l9.
Four negroes were lynched in Arkansas
"Blackeye," an alleged murderer, was
hanged by mob at Colfax, Wash
Railroad Commissioner John II. Reagan,
of Texas has withdrawn from tne race for
United States senator from that State.
w. j. Bryan was the chief orator at the
Chicago Jacksonian day banquet. His
speech was OF the usual Popocratic order.
Representative Griffith, of Ohio. one of
the original boilers wrote letter to Mark
Hanna Saturday saying he would support
him for the senatorship
A conference Of leaders of all the silver
1900 15e!I ~ "a soIid f,ont boiS -
presented in the congressional campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

The following shows the shipments by rail
of the various industries of Indianapolis in
the year 1887: Flour, 249, 5O4 brls; wheat, 49,
900 bu corn, 375,6OO bu; oats, 100000 bu; rye,
5. 400 bu; barley, ZOO bu; , bran;
corn, $4,000 lbs; cement, 43.S3O
brls: coal. 1893 cars; coke, 1876 cars;
cooperage, $50 cars; corn meal and hominy,
ia 254 226 lbs; cotton, 260 bales; cattle, 54423
mules. $3.50 head; sheep, AZ. 1893 head; eggs,
i4i.52S cases; fruit, 1SoO9,O79 lbs; hair and
brstles 995,2S0 lbs; hides; II ,S25 lbs; ice,
667 cars; iron, $50 cars; lard, 7O,S79 tierces;
lath. cars; lime, 1870 cars; logs, cars;
lumber, 1852 cars: machinery, 1888 cars;
meats, bulk 146S20, 233 lbs: OIL, 6O,S66 brls;
pork II, 439 brIs; potatoes, 23,S19 bu; poultry,
5 1884 900 lbs; provisions 10,003 694 lbs; salt.
1901 brls; shingles, 25 cars; spirits and
liquors, 1874 brls;a starch, 81 TAP ,S95 lbs;
stone 773 cars; tallow, 6,S04 80 lbs; tobacco,
1870 622 lbs: wool, 10000 lbs; miscellaneous,
2q4 a26 7S2 lbs. merchandise. 1 993 914. 607 lbs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Its Name Is Blank.


New YOrk Special
New York's oddest-looking newspaper
made its first appearance here to-day. 1t
has the New York -" Ii was the in
tention of its publishers to call it the New
York Commercial. but an Injunction, OBJ
tanned by the Commercial Advertiser, COM
PEELED the omission of the word Conner
cial, not only in the title, but wherever
the word occurred In the columns as the
name of the paper. The substitution Of the
dash is to answer all purposes until the in
junction is vacated. The editor remarks:
In the meantime, we are here, snd the
next edition of the ---- win be issued to-
morrow morning"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
CITY NEWS NOTES.

A. reception will be given visitors to the
Boys Clubs new quarters tomorrow after
noon and evening.
Wednesday night the Council committee on
public safety and comfort will meet to con-
slider Councilman Clarks ordinance licensing
boxing and sparring contests.
The Uptown Dancing Club was recently
organized, with s. G.: Patterson as presi-
dent, and II. A. Croft as secretary The
first dance will occur at Brennekes on FRI
day night, Jan. 81
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Chained to a Tree and Burned.

FORT SMITH, Ark, JAN S-Justice in a
more horrible form than that melted out to
Henry Smith, at Paris, Tex, was admin
istered by a mob on the Oklahoma border
Friday night to j. Markus McGesey and
PaImer Simpson, two Seminole Indians.
They were charged with murder their vic
tim being Mrs. James Simmons, a respect
able farmers wife living in Oklahoma. The
crime was most revolving one and the
! criminals were punished in most revolt,
ing manner. Mrs. Simmons was outraged
and murdered. The body was horribly
mutliated. The crime resembled in atrocity
those perpetrated in the Greek nation by the
infamous Buck gang, the members of which
were hanged at Fort Smith two years ago.
The murder and mutilation of Mrs. Sim
mons SO enraged the neighborhood that the
people organized to hunt down and punish
the guilty Indians. The posse went to the
home of McGeiSey, near Maud a small
town in the Seminole nation, where Nc
GelSey and Simpson We're arrested. After
securing their prisoners the mob set fire
TO McGeiseyS house and barn and did not
leave until they saw all of his earthly pos
sessions reduced to ashes. The prisoners
were then carried back across the line into
Oklahoma Territory and near the scene of
their crime they were executed by Judge
Iynch'S order in the most horrible manner
that human minds and hands could devise.
They were burned at the stake. The In
dams met their doom with the usual stoi-
ciSm of their race. After life was extinct the
mob allowed the fires to die down and they
then quietly dispersed to their several
homes. No secret as Il ade of the fact that
the InuldnS mao DeeIl burned 10 dedln, ana
this morning their charred bodies, burned
beyond recognition, were found lying in the
ashes of their funeral pyre. Everybody in
the vicinity seems to know that the Indians
were executed for the murder of Mrs. Sim
mons, but everybody appears to be entirely
ignorant of the individuals who composed
the mob.
Info nation was received here of the terri
BILE affair from persons who saw the charred
bodies of the Indians. Great uneasiness eX-
lists along the Oklahoma border and the
impression prevails that much more blood
shed will follow the work of the mob. This
is the third instance of mob violence re-
ported in the Indian Territory in the last
twenty-five years, and by singular coin
cidence the mob in each case came from
points outside of the Territory. 1t is said
the enraged people are searching for three
other Indians who are alleged to have been
concerned in Mrs. SimmonSs murder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Packing House Addition.

Work on the new addition to the packing
house of Coffin, Fletcher & Co. is progress
ing finely, the weather having been very ia
vorable to outdoor work. When this addi-
ton is completed this plant will be one of
the most complete in it's conveniences in
the country. There are larger packing
houses, but none more complete in every re-
spect. Mr. Fletcher, sr., has been in the
business for fifty years, but this is the first
year that he has attempted to operate both
a summer and winter killing house, which,
with Kingan e. Co. the Abattoir Company
and the Gardiner abattoir, gives Indianap-
oils four winter and summer packing
houses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

In the year 1897 there were sold at the
weekly sales of the two auction sale stables
9O16O horses and mules, and the outlook for
a larger business in 1898 is very favorable.
1t is quite probable that before the summer
is over anot her large sales stable will be in
operation in the vicinity of the stock yards.
About so per cent. of the horses sold were
shipped East or sold for export. During the
wear several thousand horses have been sold
to go to England France, Germany, Den
mark and other foreign countries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Counterfeit Gold Coins.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Three counterfeit
ten-dollar gold pieces We're received to-day
by Acting Chief Bracket, of the secret SER
vice. They IRE said to be of excellent work
manship and in general appearance are far
above the average of spurious coins. In
weight, however, they are eighty-one grains
short. United States Commissioner Barks-
dale, of Danville. Va, who brought the coins
to the treasurer said that large number of
them were in circulation in Danville and vi
entity, and although the police had captured
the tools and kit used in their manufacture
the maker nor the person who passed them
ha hapn annrphannpl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Tbe year n record Breaker.

D. M. Parry, president of the Parry Man
ufacturing Company, states that 1897 was
record breaker with his establishment the
company in the year 1887 shipping 6.499 carts,
II 2S6 wagons 20,477 buggies. 4,944 surveys
and sic pllaetons Its new four-story brick
building is nearing completion. When oc-
cubied it will give 105,12O more square feet
of floor room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
OTIS A. BlRGE DEAD.
A Young Man Well Known Among the
BicycIists.

Otis A. Birge, a travelling salesman, who
was in the employ of the Mohawk Cycle
Company last season, died yesterday of leu
cocythaemia, at the home of his parents,
800 North Davidson street. He was twenty
nine years old and unmarried The funeral
win occur Tuesday at o'clock Brge was
a Well-knoWn young man about town, and
numbered many friends among bicyelists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Enemy wrecks Gas-Belt Trolley.

ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. S.--The first
wreck on the new gas belt electric railway
occurred last night between this city and
Alexandria, supposed to have been caused
by people Intentionally placing rocks on
the track. One of the cars jumped the
track and nearly went over an embank
ment. All of the windows in the coach
were knocked out and the occupants in
jured 1t is claimed several attempts have
been made to wreck the electric trains, on
one occasion a pin being fastened in a frog
the same as the pin which caused the Big
Four's Thorntown wreck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

Yesterday afternoon there was a large
and enthusiastic gathering of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick at the Bates House.
At this meeting the officers for the ensuing
year were elected. 1t was resolved TO give
q banquet March II that would be worthy
Of Ireland's patron saint and the Irish peo-
pie. The following officers were elected.
a. NJ Sweeney, president; Frank b. Burke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
A Despondent womnn,s Attempt.

Mrs. Charles Richards, twenty nine years
old, living at 1928 Brookside avenue. at
tempted to end her life early last evening
by taking morphine. Her condition was
discovered and DIR. Hinshaw was called in.
lie used a stomach pump, and Mrs. Rich
Dependency is the reason assigned for the
atttaIpOt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

Kinley, of this city, a second cousin of the
President. is very sick and is thought to
be dying tonight. He has called all of
his relatives and a message has been sent
to the President. He is fifty-eight years old
and has children residing in Greenfield,
Ind, and Paducah, Ky. They are at his
bedside tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
A Record Breaker.

The transfers over the Belt road and the
deliveries at the stock yards by Belt road
engines in the week ending Jan. s. exceeded
all former records There were transferred
over the Belt a total of 1851 cars. Belt
road engines handled at the stock yards
6s4 cars and for private switches on its
lines 946 cars In the three items named
the business was the heaviest in the sew
enteen years the Belt road has been in OPP
Grafton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

Since Nov. /, when the winter packing
season began. the Indianapolis packing
houses have killed 100000 hogs, against 1885,
600 in the corresponding period of last year,
increase this season, 1000 hogs At the
twenty-four points which report their bust
ness 45l5 coo hogs have been killed, against
$50 600 in 1895. an increase this season of
945 600 hogs. With each year indianapolis
meat shipping point There are now killed
daily at this point from 800 to 600 head of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
'aggart Seventh district commit

Thomas Taggart Seventh district commit
teeman.
Creditors of the Premier steel plant are
seeking to have the sale of the plant post
poned.
John l.. Reagan was appointed assignee
OF the krag-keynolds affairs, TO succeed
Edward l.. Mckee.
John 7. Brushs home the Lombardy,
east OF the city, was destroyed by fire Sat
urday morning. The loss is about $40 000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
At the MaIIeabIe Iron works.

The Indianapolis maiieable iron works, for
the first time since they were built, have
.oneration. and are now giving employment
to over six hundred men, the largest num-
Der in the history of the works, and their
branch plants at Cleveland and Toledo, o.,
are enuallY busy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

In the week ending Jan. there was
handled during the week an average of 2SS
carloads of stock a day. eclipsing all form
er records in this respect for an entire
week, 1854 carloads being handled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Tbree PeopIe Killed at a Crossing.

ATCHISON Kan, Jan. S.--Jennings
daughters, aged eighteen and fourteen
years. were run down and killed by an
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe train tonight
at a crossing half mile west OF Atchison.
judah attempted to drive across the track
in front Of a rapidly approaching passenger
train
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10

Chicago Inter Ocean.

The death rate of veteran Union soldiers
iE now about one hundred per day, and
every year adds largely TO the mortality.
IT ought 10 be very consoling to all these
groaners and mourners over pension
frauds and national paupers." An emil
nent sOIdier-statesman recently remarked:
.'If you want good soldiers for the next
war, treat well your old soldiers of the last
war" IL is a great truth. The men who
followed the flag from 1861 TO 1865 have not
been overpaid for their services. nor do the
honest. patriotic people believe they have.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
Indianapolis.

Colonel William G. Young received a let
ter from his brother who is in Dawson City.
The Democratic primaries Saturday night
resulted in delegation that Will elect