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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
REICH'S FAMILY BURNED
FATHER, MOTHER AND FOUR CHILL
DREN PERISH IN THE FLAMES.
Sad Night Following New Years Fes-
tivities I'm the Three-StOry House
Of AdOlph Reich.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-Six members of one
family were killed by flames and smoke in
a fire that occurred early this morning in
Jersey City. The dead are:
ADOLPH REICH, forty-two years DID,
the father.
EMMA REICH. forty-two years old,
mother.
TILLIE REICH, twenty-five years old.
IDA REICH, fifteen years.
ALBERT REICH fourteen years.
GUSTAVE REICH eight years.
Several others were injured, and it may
be that another member of the Inflated
family will die. He is the nineteen-year-o
son, and his body is covered with burns.
John Conway chief of the Jersey City fire
department, was badly burned. He fell
through a burning floor and was rescued
with difficulty.
Henry A. Reich, seventeen years old, man
aged to make his escape from the house
with bad burns on the neck, face and hands,
but he is not seriously injured.
Adolph Reichs home was at 81 Germania
avenue, near the Hudson county boulevard
in the Hudson City district. He was a real
estate agent and well to do, living in a
pleasant house of three stories
1t is believed that the fire broke out from
a heater in the basement and it worked its
way up to the third floor, where the Sleep
ing apartments OF the family were located.
Henry Reich said it was late when the fam
lily retired, the evening having been spent in
entertaining New Years callers. Early in
the morning he was awakened by shouts.
Running into the hall, he saw the smoke
and flames in the lower hall. His father
was there, and they managed to get out or
the house in their night clothes. Young
Reich ran down the street and gave the
alarm. When he returned his father was
nowhere to be seen, but one of his brothers.
Sigmund, was there. badly burned. He was
taken to neighboring house, where he said
that some one had awakened him and that
he had jumped through the binding smoke
and flames GSWn the staircase and out into
tho open air. Several engine companies re-
sponoed promptly to the alarm and ten
minutes later the fire was out.
Then began the search of the house. The
rays from the tiremenS lanterns disclosed
three charred bodies against the wall at
the foot of the stairs. They were those
OF Adolph Reich, his daughter Tllie and
little Gustave. The father mad fallen on the
were burned almost beyond recognition. In
the basement of the mouse the searching
party stumbled over the remains of Ida ana
Albert, two blackened corPses with arms
intertwined. Portions of the limbs had been
entirely burned away and the faces were
in the dining room. She was but slightly
burned. Her face showed no look of pain.
She undoubtedly died from suffocation. The
bodies were sent to the mOrgue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
UNKNOWN WOMAN'S SUICIDE.
Took CarboIic Acid ut windsor Hotel
in New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. Am unknown wom-
an committed suicide tonight in the Hotel
Windsor. on Fifth avenue, by taking car
bolic acid. She was about thirty years old
brunette handsome and richly dressed.
Who she was or where she came from no
one knows. She was not registered at the
Windsor. A maid found the woman lying
unconscious on the floor in one of the ante
rooms, with an empty bottle labeled car
boic acid by her side. The efforts of ply
sicians were in vain, and the woman died
few minutes after her arrival at Flower
Hospital. All Of her clothing seemed new
and expensive. Nothing was found thet
might lead TO Identification.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03

Mail, which is under the same proprietorship
as the Evening News, responsible for circu-
lating the unfounded report here, tries 10 ex-
plain by a Berlin telegram alleging that
Emperor William was the innocent cause of
the rumor. The dispatch in question says
that during the New Years receptions at
the Schloss, in the course of a conversation
with some officers, the Emperor mentioned
tEat he had received serious news from
Friodrichsruhe. This statement spread
through the city and grew into a ruruor that
Prince Bismarck was dead. No other Ber-
I'm correspondent, however mentions this
ingenious explanation.
Among the holiday gifts received by Prince
Bismarck, one that gave him special pleas
IRE was a beautifully carved goblet, cut from
an old yew tree in the park behind the Prus-
sian Oberhaus, adorned with an inscription
to that effect, together with the Bismarck
arms. The gift was accompanied by pretty
poem. The Prince thanked the giver in
these words: With my sincere thanks for
rich in memories, unite cordial reciprocal
tion of your friendly greetings"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
Greenfield Courthouse Finished.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENFIELD, Ind, Jan. 2-The new
Hancock county courthouse has been turned
over to the county commissioners by the
contractors, Geake & Henry, of Fort
Wayne, and it was thrown open Friday
night for the inspection of the public. Yes
terday large number of taxpayers from
over the county came in to inspect the beau
ttful building. The stairways and wains-
cOting are of marble and the building is
fire proof throughout. The frescoing is par
tlcularly admired. All of the county officers
have suites This includes the Judge of the
court, auditor, clerk, recorder, treasurer
sheriff, commissioners, prosecutor, assessor
surveyor and county superintendent of
schools. The courtroom is said TO be one of
the finest in the State. The total cost was
S242 500
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2. = 1t is an
nounced that M. Kuril Alexeieff has been
intrusted with full powers to promote the
development of the commercial relations
between Russia and Corea in competition
with British and Japanese influences, and
to aid in furthering the prompt construc-
ton of the projected orthodox church at
Seoul"
The Novoe vremya, commenting on the
respective positions of McL.eavy Brown and
M. Alexeieff under the compromise effect
ed by an arrangement according to which
the two will work the Corean customs to-
gether, says: Nobody will regard Mr..
Brown as the representative of the British
flag. He is merely official in the serv-
ice of the Corean government directing the
customs. M. Alexeieff will attend in a
higher sphere as adviser to the Corean
ministry of finance"
The Novosti says: ANY serious conflict
between England and other power would
be certain to excite rebellion among Great
Brtains Asiatic subjects. The only course
open to Great Britain is to fully maintain
the status quo in Asia and to preserve
friendly relations with Russia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
NEW YORK LEGIsLATURE.
Republicans in Assembly Have a Bare
Working Majority.

ALBANY, n. Y. Jan, 2.-The Legislature
of 1898 will meet at the Capitol on Wednes-
day, Jan. 5. at noon. The Senate by virtue
of the new Constitution remains for third
year. the same the two previous ses-
sions. In the Assembly. the Republicans. in
contrast 10 the enormous majority of last
year, have but bare working majority of
four votes. including two Citizens Union
members from New York city. This small
majority means that no appropriation bills
can be passed without the aid of Demo-
cratic votes TO make up the two-thirds and
three-fifths votes demanded by the Con-
Btitution on all bills appropriating state
money The Senate has very large ReDub-
licsn majority, there being thirty-six Re
publicans and only fourteen Democrats
James NJ. r. OGrady of Rochester. will be
reelected speaker of the assembly. Among
the questions to come before the Legisla-
ture viii be notifications of the Raines
liquor law. improvement of roads. amend
ment of the so-caled antitrust law ana re-
duction of the prices of gas in New York
city
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ADVANCE UP THE NILE,
Important Move of British Troops To-
ward MeneIik.

CAIRO, Jan. "A battalion of the Cam
eron Highlanders has been ordered to be
in readiness to ascend the Nile fortnight
hence. A dispatch from Malta says that a
battalion of the Ssaforth Highlanders has
been ordered to Egypt.
LONDON, Jan. 2-The CARR correspond
ent of the Daily Mail says, as part explana-
ton of the British advance up the Nile.
that it is believed French expeditions have
arrived quite close to Khartoum. Accord
ing to the same authority the British force
will be commanded by Maj. Gen. Sir
Francis Grenfell.
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: 81 learn from private sources
that the Italian Foreign Office has received
information that Emperor Menelik has sum-
moned the Abyssinians to arms in support
of the French enterprises in Equatorial
sian Count Leontten, governor of the equa-
torial provinces of Abyssinia. Menelik him
self is setting out at the head of an army,
and it is believed the movement marks an
expedition against the Anglo-Phile Ras
Mangascia, whose province, Tfgre, the
Negus wishes to annex. l also hear that
Menelik, calculating upon the remissness
of the Italian government, purposes an adj
vance toward the coast"
The Daily Mail commenting editorially on
the foregoing dispatches from Rome and
Cairo, suggests that the Marchan expedi-
ton has gone beyond Fashoda and reached
Khartoum. 1T is impossible, says the
Daily Mall for the expedition TO have
fought its way there, ana it can only have
arrived in alliance with the khalifa, thus
creating very serious situation.
A dispatch from Cairo via Paris on Fri
day announced that a French expedition
had occupied Fashoda, on the Nile, about
400 miles south of Khartoum, and that it
was reported among the natives that the
French were descending the river.
In response to the request of Sir Her
bert Kitchener it has been arranged to
send four battalions to Cairo to replace
those destined to take part in the British
advance toward Khartoum one each from
Malta and Gibraltar, and two others to be
stopped while en- route for home from In
dia. The morning papers editorially COM
ment on the gravity of the situation that
been completed. The Times suggests that
it would be safer to send a larger force.
The Morning Post calls the force INSULT
cient, and points to the suspicious attitude
of the Marchand expedition, which, it is re-
ported, has occupied Fshoda. 1t says If
the expedition has advanced in defiance Of
the authority of the French government its
members are filbusters and must pay the
penalty. If, however, they have any sort
of sanction, 1T is time for Great Britain
to make her views clearly understood"
A dispatch from Cairo says while 1t is
hoped the Dervishes will make their pro-
jected attack, it is considered likely that,
on learning our preparations to meet them
they will prefer to remain in their strong
hold at Metemneh."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03

FRANKFORT. Ky, Jan. 2-The caucuses
FOR the organization of the General Assem-
bly, will be held tomorrow night but there
is very little general interest in the outcome.
The absorbing question is what will be the
character Of legislation adopted at this SEES
sion Few politicians OF prominence had ar
rived here tonight All important measuI es
will be submitted first 10 a steering commit
tee. Though there has been mucn talk of
violent attacks on the corporations, the
members say there is no ground for such
q belief and that the Democratic policy will
be conservative. The Populist members viii
put the Democrats on record by introducing
aoEle bills embodying Populist principles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
BUSHNELL 4 CANDIDATE.
Believes that Ohio Republicans Are
Tired of "BOssfnm.v

COLUMBUS. o.. Jan. 2.-Governor Bush
nell, in an interview last night made the
first al .nouncement Of his candidacy for the
senatorship. He said: Il am candidate
only In the receptive sense. l want the
members OF the General Assmebly to settle
1t for themselves. If 1 have any political
future / want to rest it right now on
my opposition to Senator Hanna. The people
OF this State. in my opinion, are tired of
oossism. 1 am blamed because of my ap-
pointees here. some OF them, working against
Senator Hanna. The city is full of federal
employees from Washington for him, and
nothing is said about that. 1 am tired of
this attempt to hold me up. 1t seems to
me that / do not owe anything to Senator
Hanna after the way was treated by him
and his friends in the last state convention.
If Senator Hanna's friends think they can
scare me by threatening to stop the inaugu-
ration exercises they are simply mistaken in
their man. Here IS ex-Congressman A. G.
Thompson, of Portsmouth, telling it about
the hotel Hobbies that ii l don't look out l
viii have no inauguration ceremony at all.
II the people OF the State don't want 1t
am sure i don't care
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
OBITUARY.
Four Prominent St. Louis Men Dead
in One Day.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 2.-Four prominent men
of this city died to-day. Charles S. Taus-
sig, an attorney, was found dead in his
bed this morning. He was aged forty years
and death was caused by bursting blood
vessel.
Emile A. Becker, a real-estate man and
prominent in G.. A. r. circles, died of soft
ening of the BRAIN
DR.. James Backett, aged sixty, one of the
foremost physicians of the city, died from
an overdose of chloroform. He had long
been a sufferer from stomach trouble and
was in the habit of taking chloroform to re-
lieve the pain. The coroner decided he had
taken an overdose by accident.
DIR. Fred Roepke, aged eighty-fve, we'll
known German physician of fifty years
practice in st. Louis died of old age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
CONSENT FOR RAILWAY.
Russia Obtains Another Concession
from the OrientaIs.

from the Orient0ls.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-The st. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Times says: ut is re-
ported that China has given consent to Rus
sian survey for railway to Port Arthur as
a branch of the Russian trans-Manchuria
Railway, and not a mere extension of the
Chinese Tien-T sen Railway. 1t is also stipu-
lated that the route is to avoid Mukden,
the capital city of the Tartar dynasty"
(Mukden is the capital of the province of
Leao-Tong. Manchuria, and is about $50
miles northeast of Picking. 1t was the last
residence of the Manchu sovereigns before
the conquest of China and is the place
where the early Emperors of the reigning
dynasty are buried.)
The Daily Graphic claims to have author
ity for the assertion that no agreement ex-
lists between Russia and Germany with re-
gard to China, that Germany occupied Kiao-
chau without Russia's cognizance, and that
the occupation annoyed the advisers of the
Car.
A dispatch to the Times from Picking dated
Friday says: THE arrangements with Rus
STA for the guarantee loan are actively pro-
ceedng, and when completed the Russians,
on the plea of supervising the collection of
the land tax, will obtain the right to enter
every yamen in the empire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03

n them there Il left has gone. he says, to
The department stores, whittier also has
drffted the chief part Of the business OF
franIng Prior to 1884, he said. the sale
az reDroductions of various sorts was profit
able: since then It has been growing yearly
less urofifable until now, as stated, the de-
nartrr,enf stores have got whatever there is
ieft Of It. All this ought not to be sur
prlsing. perhaps, considering how processes
IF reducing pictures have multiplied within
fuenfv vesIrr and how their products have
been scattered abroad. OF course there are
more-vastly more-pictuTes made and
framed now than ever, but that it should
have come. to be done by wholesale, and
ceased TO be profitable according to old
methods. is credible enough. The picture
deaIer's story is not unlike the reports that
we get from some of the old-time book
sellers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
THE UNRELIABLE GAS.
1t Causes an Early Morning Blaze on
College Avenue.

At 1880 o'clock this morning fire origi-
mated in the poolroom operated by Parker
G. Gregor, 9O6 College avenue, from an over
heated stove 1t seems that the gas was
low yesterday and was left turned on fun
in the evening. During the night the pres
sure came up, heated the stove red-hot and
set fire to the premises. The one-story
building in which the poolroom was located
was owned by Mrs. Levi. The loss was
$780,
Before the fire was extinguished by the
fire department it communicated TO frame
dwelling occupied by Sherman Cunningham,
ham was $50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
Other Fire L0sses.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 2.-The sash and
door plant and planning mill of the c. J.
Hamilton Company, employing $50 men,
was practically destroyed by hre tonight,
together with an immense stock of made
up lumber. The loss will reach $l20000, with
$4,000 Insurance. principally in New York
companies.
PITTSFIELD, Mass, Jan. 2-Fire to-
Burbank block, occupied by William Cooley,
grocer the Pierson Hardware Company, A.
A. Mills china and silverware; H. l.. Greg
CRY, Shoes Enright Bros, shoes, and Thos.
Beahan, harness. Loss $4,000.
SAGINAW, Mich, Jan. 2.-Fire originated
in the furnace room to-day and destroyed
the Warren-avenue Presbyterian Church.
Loss estimated at $4,000; insurance, $1,000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
FORTY-FlVE KLONDIKERS
Left Dawson City Previous to Nov. 25,
and Deny Famine Stories.

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 2.-Forty.five
Klondikers arrived here tonight on the
steamer Corona from Skaguay and Dyea.
They brought no late news, as all Of them
left Dawson previous to Nov. %. In refer
ence to the food situation they confirm the
stories of last weeks arrivals, that there
will be no famine this winter, although pro-
visions are scarce. 1t will be necessary,
however, they think, to send supplies in the
early spring, as the stock on hand will be
pretty we'll exhausted by the time the Yukon
opens for navigation.
Among those coming from Dawson were
DR.. Van Zandt, Peoria, ILL.,. Allan r. JOY,
Portland Ore. and A. E. Murphy and
James Z. Kelly, of Helena, Mont.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
Jewish Funds Misspent.

NEW YORK. jan "A movement has
been started against the old Jewish organi-
cation which has for its object the support
of INDECENT Jews in Jerusalem, and the
charge has been made that a large part of
the money contributed by the Jews of New
York has been misspent. The men in the
new movement have formed an association
incorporated under the title THE American
Congregation, the Pride of Jerusalem"
julius ID. Eisenstein is president of this as
ISOLATION
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
NEW MERCHANT STEAMERS.
Five New Vessels That VIII BE Second
Only to the St. Louis.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE New York
and Cuba Steamship Mail Company has
just completed a contract with the William
Cramp Ship and Engine-buiding Company
of Philadelphia, for five new 5,O00-ton, six
teen-knot twin-screw steamers. The plans
Of the proposed ships fully meet the gov
ernment's requirements for second-class
auxiliary cruisers. One hundred and fifty
first and second and from 100 to $50 steer
age passengers can be carried. Next to the
ST. Louis and ST. Paul these will be the
largest merchant steamers built in the
limited States.
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i to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
GREENFIELD, Ind Jan. 2-John H
Binford, Of this city; Nathan c. Binford of
Carthage; l.. e. Mcdonald, of Morristown
and others of this city and county have
taken steps to organize the Capital State
Bank. The capital stock will be So, 000 with
j. H. Binford the largest shareholder n c.
Binford will be the president and l.. E. Nc
Donald cashier. The safe, furniture and fix
lures have been ordered, and it is expected
to open up for business in February. Green
field has borne for years the reputation of
being good city financially. and this new
institution will give it additional prestige
The men who are organizing the new bank
have plenty of capital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03

The London Times in its financial article
this morning, urges placing the Indian cur
rency on a gold basis as soon as possible,
for otherwise the minis must be reopened.
The Tribuna, at Rome, reports that bread
riots have occurred in the province of Cir
genti Sicily. The rioters have fired on and
looted the Municipal building. The troops
have been called out
The British steamer KhiO, from Cardiff
for Galveston, has put into Lisbon with ma
chinery disordered. The Norwegian bark
Undine, Captain Hansen, from Tyne for
Table bay, was abandoned al sea. Part of
the crew have arrived at Nasareth, Portu-
gal. Eight We're drowned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
Fatal Fight Between Lapel Boys.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON. Ind, Jan. 1.-Two weeks
ago Willie Crooks and Frank Holland, two
boys employed in the Lapel glass works at
Lapel, just west of this city, engaged in a
fight and Crooks hit Holland over the
head with an iron blow pipe. The Holland
boy has been unconscious most of the time
since then, and for the past two days has
been bleeding almost continually. The at
tending physicians say that he cannot sur
vive. CroOkS'S father was in the city yes
terday and retained attorneys in anticipa-
ton of his son being charged with murder
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Judge Edmund Bennett.

BOSTON, Jan. 2.-Judge Edmund H. Ben
nett, the venerable dean of the Boston Uni
versity Law School, died to-day. after an
Illness of a few weeks, aged seventy-four
years. From 1865 to 1861 he was mayor of
Taunton. From 1867 to 1871 he was lecturer
at the Harvard Law School, and he mad
been professor and dean of the Boston Uni
versity Law School since the latter date.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-03
SURPRISE FOR BRYAN.
Can Have Fusion Nomination for Con-
gress in Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3.-Political friends
of Mr.. Bryan have arranged little sur
prise for him on his return tomorrow in
the shape of the proffer of the fusion NOM
ination for Congress from this the First,
district. Some believe he will accept; 9TH
ers say that he still confidently expects to
be the Democratic standard-bearer in 1860.
This district has been represented by Re-
publican since Mr.. Bryan retired.
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Doesn't Know where Mrs. Lueteert Is

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 2.--John p.
Schoneld, of Boston, who is in this city,
prcnounces untrue the statement that he
had notified friends of Adolph Luetgert.
the Chicago sausage maker. that If giTen
$500 he would divulge the hiding place OF
Mrs. Louise Luetgert. the missing wife Mr.
Schoheld has been Interested in following UP
clews of the reported appearance OF the
woman and believes she is alive but dis
claims any knowledge Of her whereabouts.