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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-20
Il GERMAN AND HIS DOG
SENSATIONAL STORY CONCERNING
THE ACTIONS OF HERR WOLF.
An Explorer Who Assumed the Role
of Judge and Liberated Thirteen
Murderers of Missionaries.

BERLIN, Aug 20.-Herr Eugene S. Wolff,
the wellknown German explorer, who has
just returned from China, where he acted
as the correspondent of the Tageblatt, is
being prosecuted upon a charge of having.
without authority, assumed the role of judge
and having liberated thirteen Chinese
murderers of German missionaries Accord
ing to the evidence of Bishop Amer, on
which the prosecution is based Herr Wolff,
having heard of the trial, appeared in court
with dog named Schuster. Four vacant
chairs stood in the hall in which the trial
was to be held. Wolff seated himself in the
most imposing of these saying: "Ill take
the highest and you, Herr Schuster (ad-
dressing the dog), will take the second high
est to my right" Then he ordered the clerk
of the court into the next chair on his right
and lastly, with a gesture, babe the wonder
ing mandarin to take the fourth and lowest
chair
The mandarin questioned VOLTS author
ity; whereupon the latter drew a roll of
papers from his pocket and f1ourished it as
his authority, and the prisoners being intro
duced and declaring their innocence, Herr
Wolff solemnly acquitted them and declared
the proceedings ended. He then saddled his
horse and departed.
The story caused the utmost astonish>
ment. Bishop Amer was in Germany al the
time of the alleged occurrence, consulting
the government in regard to the murders,
which ultimately led to the occupation of
Kiaochou, and only learned of what had
happened on returning to China. 1t appears
that Herr Wolff often posed in China as
German envoy
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The members of the New York Produce
Exchange have decided to close the ex-
change to-day
There was an explosion yesterday at the
works of the American Forcite Powder
Manufacturing Company, Kenville, N. j.
Three men were injured, but none very
seriously, and the financial loss was small.
d. ]. Lowney, formerly manager of the
Bay City team in the International League,
and at present with the Chatham, Ontario,
team, has signed to play short for ST..
Louis. LoWney is an eX-University of
Michigan player, and was with the Grand
Rapids Western League team two years
ago.
VIM. T.. Davis. superintendent of the Clin-
ton bridge and iron works, was shot in his
room at the Windsor Hotel, Clinton, Ia,
Thursday, night The verdict rendered was
that the deceased came to his death by a re-
volver held in his own hands. Whether or
not his death was caused by accident could
not be determined. Davis's home was at
Athens, Pa. He leaves bride of eight
months.
At Kansas City, Mo-, yesterday Thomas
G. Crittenden, Ex-Governor of Missouri and
ex-minister to Mexico, began a personal
damage suit for 81, 500 in the Circuit Court
against the Metropolitan Street-railway
Company. On May Is last the grip of a
car on which the Governor was riding
struck a crossing cable and stopped the
train so suddenly that Mr.. Crittenden was
thrown over the fender to the pavement and
badly cut and bruised about the head and
body
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John Barrett, in New York Journal.


Apropos of the changing of the names OF
the Paris and New York to the Harvard
and Yale, Captain Lamberton, of the Olym-
pia, is responsible for a practical sugges-
ton in regard to remaining the prizes cap
tured by Admiral Dewey from the Spanish
in Manila bay. When the admiral was go
ing down to Marivalo recently on the Nc
Culloch, and a few of US who were fortunate
enough to be aboard were sitting on the
poop deck enjoying a conversation with him
and occasionally asking him questions on
various points, which he did not fully I'M
derstand he spoke of the Callao and Leyte
the two small gungoats taken as prizes. Il
think / shall rename them at once said
the admiral with smile that indicated an
amusing side to what he would say. You
know that it is the style now to name men,
of-war after educational institutions. Two
of our principal auxiliary fast cruisers are
the Harvard and Yale. Now, Captain Lam
berton has made n suggestion to me which
think l will follow. He advises that
change the names of the little gunboats
Callao and Leyte to, respectively, The
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology and
The Philadelphia College of Physicians and
Surgeons If you gentlemen want some
news-both important and brief-to tele-
graph home, there 1t is for you.'
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CLOSE OF THE CHESS TOURNEY.
First Prize at the Cologne Match Won
by Expert Burn.

COLOGNE. Aug. 19.-The fifteenth and
final round of the international chess tourn-
ament played to-day. Schiffers beat
Heinrichsen Gottschall beat Schlechter;
Albin and Popiel drew; Showalter beat
Cohn; Steiniz beat Tschigorin; Charouske
beat Fritz; Burn beat Schallop and Janowski
and Berger drew. Total score: Albin won 4,
lost IL; Janowski won 71a. lost 712; Berger
won g. lost Z; Popiel won Z, lost s; Burn
won liz, lost S1a; Schalop won g. lost II;
Charouske won 1O1s lost Az; Schffers- won
7, lost 8; Cohn won lo1a, lost az; schletcher
won 9, lost 6; Fritz won 3l2, lost 111a;
Showalter won 9, lost 6; Gottchall won 5h
lost 911; Steiniz won 91@, lost 5l2; Heinrich
sen won 4, lost Il; Tschigorin won 1O1s lost
Az. Burn therefore, won the first prize:
Charouske, Cohn and Tschigorin divided
second, third and fourth prizes in equal
shares; Steinitz took the fifth: Schlechter
and Showalter divided the sixth and sew
enth. and Berger received the eighth. The
prizes, eight in number, were to the follow
ing amounts: First prize, 1000 marks; sec
ond prize, $50; third. 500: fourth. 400: fifth
800; sixth. 200; seventh, $50; eighth 100.
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Indiana Notes.

Hon. w f. Harkins of Portland, who
has been deputy internal revenue collector
at Fort Wayne for several years, having
been appointed under President Cleveland,
has rendered his resignation, to take effect
Sept. l. He will devote his attention to
business.
Two men who gave their names as Arthur
Hiser and Frank Searle were arrested at
Hartford City yesterday while disposing of
hides supposed TO have been stolen in either
Anderson or Muncie. They were driving a
horse hitched to a dilapidated rig. The men
refuse to say from where the hides came.
The young man who was killed by the
train between Farmersburg and Pimento,
Thursday morning, has been identified as
Charles Watkins aged twenty-nine a gro
GER, of Terre Haute. He was engaged in
the poultry business and it is supposed he
had been to Farmersburg to buy produce.
His head was severed from his body and his
right arm cut off.
The Marshall County Teachers Institute,
under Prof. George D. Marks, county SUI
perintendent, was held at Plymouth this
week. The following instructors were on
duty Prof. Sanford Bell, of the Northern
Indiana Normal Prof. Sherman Davis, of
the State University: Prof. w. T. Giffe, of
Logansport; president II. b. Brown, of VAL
paraiso, and Prof w. 3. Sinclair, of Knox
Evening lectures were delivered by William
II. Smith, historiographer of Indiana; II. G.
Thayer and G. p Drummond, of Plymouth
and Sanford Bell, of Valparaiso.
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Winchester Pioneer who Served ON a
Jury Fifty-Eight Years Ago.

Jury Fifty-Eight Years Ago.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Aug. 19.-Several
old tin ers here to-day were discussing the
Marshall murder trial when Col. Henry H.
Nef, the oldest original settler of this city
and of the county and for some time clerk
OF the Randolph Court of Common Pleas,
referred to a case which was tried here
in about 1910, and in which he served as a
member of the jury. 1t was the case against
Elijah Arnold, charged with larceny, and
the colonel says it was reported in New
York law journal of that time. An affidavit
had been made charging Arnold with pass
ing counterfeit money. He was arrested
and brought before Squire Eltzroth, where
he was confronted with the bill, which, dur
ing the trial, was placed on table. Watch
ing his opportunity Arnold seized the bill,
chewed ii up and swallowed it. Thereupon
which was alleged to be genuine, tried con-
victed and sent TO the penitentiary for two
years, where he died. At the time of this
trial Jehu L. Elliott was judge of this judi
cial circuit, which then comprised the coun-
ties OF Union, Fayette, Wayne, Henry RAN
dolph, Delaware, Grant and Madison. Col.
Nen, who is in his eighty-third year, is
yet alert and active, and has a faithful
memory Of the celebrated lawyers who then
practiced before the court here. They COM
prised such illustriouS names as those OF
Oliver II. and Caleb 3. Smith, George w.
Julian, Oliver 2. Morton, Newell Williams,
others scarcely less noted Colonel Neff
came with his fathers family to this city
early in the thirties, when the town was
few struggling cabins in a mudhole. For
many years ne was editor Oh the Wincnes-
ter Patriot, one of the first papers published
here.
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Cable Notes.

The celebrated matchmaker Lobner. CT
Berlin, has perfected q mechanism capable
of measuring and recording the thousandth
part of a second
The Russian government has ordered a
INSTRUMENTATION ironclad cruiser from the
Krupp works at Kiel and similar vessel
from the Vulcan works at Stettin
All the Liverpool shipping firms sailing
under the Spanish flag to Cuban and Porto
Rican portsNhave announced the resumption
of regular trips within the next few weeks.
a sensation has been caused by the arrest
of an alleged Russian spy at Jaroslav, near
Premysl. The prisoner is baron and an ex-
officer of the Austrian army, who resigned
his commission and secretly entered the
Russian service.
The Kolnische Zetung denies the rumor
that Germany has protested against the
United States acquiring a cUaling station at
Pago-Pago, in the Samoan islands, and de-
clares that she would not dream of objectinf;
to a step which America has an equal right
with Germany to take.
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brought a Sick soldier Home.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Aug. 19.-Philip Owens,
first lieutenant of Company L. One-hun-
dred-and-fifty- eighth Indiana Regiment, ar
rived here from Camp Thomas to-day on
ten days leave of absence. He accompanied
Leslie Lewis, a sick soldier, home Lewis
was recently promoted from a private in
Company l. to division orderly with General
Mckee Lieutenant Owens says the One
change camp from Chickamauga to Knox
VILE next week.
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A Unique Crusader.
special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PARAMOUNT, Ind, Aug. 19.-Walter c.
Rush, who caused sensation here and
among the Quakers over the State gener-
ally year ago by confessing and implicat-
ing twenty-one prominent business men of
this city in blowing up Luther Morris
saloon by dynamite. has renowned the
church and turned crusader" He makes a
speciality Of holding services in public places
and painting large scriptural passages on
fences and convenient bill boards. His fine
home situated on the hill just out of this
city has been despoiled, passages of
Scripture nearly covering the same, and it
can be said that the lettering lacks con-
siderable of being artistic. One inscription
reads:
Open doors to hell: Church festivals,
Christmas entertainments, secret orders,
saloons"
He has renowned all regular churches Of
any denomination and now holds forth with
a small band of CRUSADERS they term
themselves. and holds services at their
different homes several times during tie
week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-20
Loca ting the Blame.
Philadelphia Record.

Honolulu advices tell a shameful story of
overcrowding aboard the transports Peru
and City of Pueba, which lately reached
men being slowed below decks in such a
climate with an air allowance of only sew
enty cubic feet. whereas the garrison al
that some of them collapsed and had to be
sent 10 the hospital. or that 600 of them
begged to be allowed to sleep upon the
vvharvesi And no wonder that "the Homo
lulu citizens and the Red Cross Society
thought such overcrowding was both
shameful and dangerous Fancy the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-20
Killed on an Excursion.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CARTHAGE, Ind, Aug. 19.-William Cof-
fin, the twenty-year-old son of Enos Coffin,
of this place, met his death in an accident at
Benton Harbor yesterday. With party OF
excursionists he was taking a street-car ride,
and while leaning from the car, watching a
bicyclst, he struck by car coming
from the opposite direction. Death resulted
Immediately.
A dispatch from Rushville says: John
Bundy, who was with young Coffin, was
seriously injured at the same time. Coffin
and Bundy were leaning far out of the car
over the track and did not notice the ap-
preach of a car from the other direction.
Coffin was struck on the head and the top
part of his skull crushed in. He fell between
the cars and never moved. Bundy had his
collar bone broken. Cofhns parents, EnoS
Coffin and wife, were not notified until the
remains arrived in Carthage at 1 a. m. AS
the excursion train passed through North
Manchester man whose name could not
be learned had one foot cut off.
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Reunion Of the sixty-sixth.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to The Indianapolis Journal
SALEM, Ind, Aug 19.-The Sixty-sixth
Regiment held its annual reunion here to-
day, with forty members present. All the
old soldiers here turned out and joined with
the members of this regiment, so that the
G. A. r. Hall would not hold the crowd. At
the campfire at the courthouse many were
turned away Comrades Sales, Garriott
Rhodes, Lawler, Cadie and Condor spoke
at the campfire. Captain Andrew Ffte, of
New Albany, was reelected president of the
association. The other officers who served
the past year were reelected. Seymour
asked for the reunion of next year.
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Richmond District Endeavorers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MILTON, Ind, Aug. 1.-THE tenth an
nual convention Of the Thirteenth Christian
Endeavor district closed it's sessions here
last night at the Christian Church. About
$50 visitors and delegates were present from
a distance. Among the well-known En-
beavers participating were Rev. Jacob Kapp,
Richmond, president of the Indiana c. E.
Union; Miss Jennie T. WATSON, secretary
of Indiana Union: Rev. Burris A. Jen-
kins, of Indianapolis; Rev. Willis Mont
gomery of Mount Carmel; Rev. H. N.
Mount, of Connersville; Miss Corda Barnes.
of Liberty; Miss Ellen Peele, of Vincennes
The decorations were pronounced by the
visitors to be among the most beautiful yet
seen at the district conventions Of the State.
Richmond district is the name of the new
district into which the thirteenth will be
merged. 1t includes Wayne, Union, Frank
lin Fayettc, Rush and Henry counties, the
latter two just being added. Charles A.
DRAPER, of Liberty was reelected district
secretary. The next convention will meet
at ConnerSville
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MISS DE HORITY'S TRICK
DAUGHTER OF ELWOOD BANKER
oUTWITs THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
Married During KOkOmo Visit and
Now on Wedding Tour--Verdict or
AcquittaI for Sam Marshall.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Speclal 10 the Indianapolis journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Aug. blast Tuesday
Miss Tillie De Hority, daughter of Banker
]. H. De Hority, of Elwood, came here as
the guest of Mrs. c. w. Ovens. The same
evening Mr. Curtis Howe, an Elwood drug
gist. Joined Miss De Hority, and the couple
went to Logansport and were secretly mar
ried, being accompanied by Attorney Bert
Call. of Elwood. Mr.. Howe returned to Ell
wood and the bride resumed her visit here,
where every day she has been the guest of
honor at social gatherings. Yesterday a
telegram from the new husband to the bride
disclosed the secret, and Mr.. Ovens, who
had been an innocent instrument in the de-
ception, at once informed Mr.. De Hority of
the affair, and word came back to hold the
bridge until a brother could arrive to take
her home. The husband, who had an ink
ling of the plan, beat the brother here, and
the couple left the city together this morn
ing. Mr.. Howe was widower.
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factorily answered, this might be the end
of the discussion. But in these days of ours
il is, perhaps, well to go on proving. that
honesty is really the best policy. What
shall we do with these Spanish colonies If
we do annex them? Are these colonies or
any part of them such that we could with
safety make States of our Union of them
! challenge the advocates of annexation 10
show me single instance of a tropical
shown themselves able to carry on demo
cratic government in manner fitting it for
statehood in our Union.
Let the thought of annexing these
islands and their population to the United
States, either as States or subject prov
ii'ces, be abandoned. Let Cuba and Porto
Rico be occupied by our military forces I'M
der discreet commanders until they are
thoroughly pacifed and until the people
thereof, with such aid on the part of the
United States as may be necessary, will
have formed effective civil governments and
an armed force of their own for the mainte-
lance of public order and security Let
then, in accordance with the explicit prom
Use given in the resolution of Congress, the
control of those islands to be turned over
TO the people thereof; and let this final set
Element include agreements with them Sc
curing to American citizens on the islands
the fullest protection in their right of own
ing property and carrying on all kinds of
THE problem of the future of the Philip
pines is no doubt much more complicated.
But as TO the main point that concerns the
United States, shall say that the same
principle should be adhered to as in the case
of Cuba and Porto Rico-that is, we should
obtain. by means of agreement, the great
est attainable facilities for commerce and
csvilizing influences with the least political
responsibilities and entanglements; in other
words, we should not annex, but secure the
opening to our activities of the territories
concerned"
general discussion followed, partici-
pated in by Judge Grosscup, Carl Schurz.
Harry G. Garfield, of Cleveland; +. b.
Thurber, Of New York; John w. Coughlin.
of Fall River; J. b. Dufield, of Fall River;
+. Shack, of New York and others.
night made a lengthy and strong address in
favor of territorial expansion. Congress
man Frederick II. Gillett, of Massachusetts.
made an address en- the immortality Of prize
money
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The Fourth District Convention.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Aug. 19.-The names of
Thomas Kobbe, of Bartholomew county,
and Frank S. Jones, of Versailles, were
presented at the Fourth district Republican
convention yesterday, but Maj. Charles w.
Lee carried off the honor on the first bal
lot, as follows: Lee. 100; Kobbe, 40; Jones.
IS: scattering, 16. While the convention was
in session letter was received and read
from Hon. o. H. Montgomery, of Seymour,
thanking Republicans of the district for
standing by him in his unsuccessful race
for the Supreme Court nomination in the
state convention. Mr.. Montgomery was I'M
able to attend the convention on account of
sickness. He is confined to his bed with
typhoid malaria, and his condition is given
out as serious.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 19.-Preparations
are being made by both the Republican and
Democratic central committees in this coun-
ty to open the campaign between the 1st
and 10th of September. Thus far, there has
been but little attention paid to the ap-
preaching election The time has not been
long since Madison county was lined up
with Shelby in the list of Democratic
strongholds, but the evolution which has
been brought about by the location of fac
tories has worked radical change and the
majority this year should run close to a
thousand Republican. The Democrats have
taken steps for an aggressive campaign.
The state committees of both parties will
be asked to send the best speakers to this
county,,
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New York Evening Sun.
1t is said that there are more bicyclists In
Toronto in proportion to population than in
any other city in the world. In fact so
many are there who go awheel that the
pedestrians have been regarded as having
no rights. 1t has been found necessary to
make some stringent rules. According to
with feet off the pedals or with hands off
the handle bars; no one is allowed to carry
a child or children upon bicycle or tri-
cycle, and when a party of cyclists are
riding together not more than two of them
are allowed to ride abreast. The art OF
walking the streets of Toronto must have
be en- a difficult one before the changes were
made.
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A Hermit Found Dead in His House.

Special to the Iniianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Aug. 19-The re-
mains of John Robinson, who lived her
mits life in Greenville township, were
found to-day in an advanced state of de-
composition on the floor of the little house
on his farm. Robinson came to this county
from Ohio about twenty years ago and I'M
til to-day nothing could be learned regard
ing his past life. He spent all his time on
his farm and avoided his. neighbors. Among
Charles Boon, Fredericktown. Knox coun-
ty, Ohio. kilograms were sent to Boon and
it developed he was q brother-in-law. Rol
linson had not communicated with his rela-
tives for years. A small sum of money was
found in the house and a deposit book
showed he had several hundred dollars in a
local bank His farm was valued at $1,000
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LYONS STATION, Ind. Aug 19-Mrs.
at her home yesterday of general debility.
Mrs Honeas was the widow of the late
John Honeas, and the last of the old Simp-
son family, which came here in 1909. She
was born in Tennessee. and was the daugh-
ter of Thomas Simpson, who was born in
Maryland in 1773 and came here in 1865 or
1906 and settled what is called Simpson
Greek, where Mother Honeas died.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Aug 19.-Joshua p.
Beckett, a farmer, died to-day at his home,
nea Hymera. Of consumption, aged fifty
five years He was a prominent Odd Fellow
and Mason.
PORTLAND Ind, Aug. 19.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Losch, one Of the pioneers Of Jay
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 19.-Frank S.
Wood weli-known travelling salesman for
drugs, has been arrested on charges of
larceny, embezzlement and obtaining money
under false pretenses. He is charged by
Mrs Charles Willett widow of an old friend
of Wood, whom he was supposed to be be-
friending. Wood assisted the widow in the
bookkeeping and ordering new goods and
finally obtained a transfer of the stock to
himself by signing a paper which she did
sence he sold it to Clay Harrod, who opened
a drug store in another part of the city
and move it bodily out of Mrs. Willett's
building.