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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

BALTIMORE. Md. May 5.--The American
tomorrow will say: News reached this
city yesterday that an attempt had been
made to destroy the government magazines
at the Indian Head proving grounds, on the
Potomac river twenty-five miles below
Washington. A huge pile of wood, contain
ing thousands of cords. located near the
magazines, was destroyed by fire of an in
cendiary origin last Tuesday night. Sew
eral suspicious characters have been seen
about the neighborhood for some time past.
and 1T is believed that a spy In this employ
of the Spanish government had something
to do with applying the torch"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
WOMAN CHEWS A BABY
FIENDIsH ASSAULT OF DRUNKEN
LANAHAg AT LAFAYETTE.
Charlottesville Elected Two Mayors,
and Democrats Protest-Oth-
il .eF state News.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind, May 5,-A woman
named Lanahan while intoxicated last
night, savagely attacked a two-year-old
nephew residing with her. The child was
seriously bitten all over its body, many
ugly wounds resulting on the face, neck and
arms. 1t was in such a condition that its
clothes could not be put on to remove it to
hospital and it had to be wrapped in
blanket. The baby's condition is serious,
blood poisoning being feared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
Verdict Against the Panhandle.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May 5.-Yesterday
in the Circuit Court, for the second time, a
judgment was rendered against the PennsyI-
vania Railroad Company for damages for
ejecting passengers from its trains Some
time age Mr.. and Mrs. George League
bought first-class round trip tickets from
Upton to Indianapolis which were marked
good only for ten days" They attempted
to return from Indianapolis to Upton after
the ten days had expired. and were put off
the train at Noblesville. Suits were brought
for damages and several weeks ago Mrs.
League got a judgment for $500 and yester-
day Mr.. League got damages in the sum
of $780,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
Labor Commissioners at Muncie.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind. May 5.-State Labor Com
missioners Mccormick and Schmid were
sent here by Governor Mount to-day with
view of settling the strike at the Muncie
flint glass works where two hundred carry
out boys quit when their demand for more
pay was refused. They held conference
with the boys this evening and will prob
ably succeed in patching up d truce. Five
shops in the factory resumed work tonight.
The firm stoutly refuses the demand for
more paw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

SAN FRANCISCO. May 5.-Edna Wallace
Hopper was to-day granted divorce from
her husband. De Wolf Hopper, by Judge
Hebbard
a few days ago the report was industri-
cusly circulated in New York that the little
souhrette, who has been given prominent
part in De Wolf Hopper's company for sew
eral years. would wed Tod Sloane. the
Hoosier jockey, as sbon as she secured her
divorce. The soubret:e and the brilliantly
dressed jockey are about the same size and
arc great FRIENDS Their marriage would not
be surprise to many In New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
WARFARE IN CUBA.
Weapons SO Precious They Are All
Tied On.
Philadelphia Times.

While talking to Lieutenant Mazurra he
noticed that attached TO the hilt of his ma
meaning was asked for he was told that It
was to attach the weapon to the wrist so
that il could not be lost in the stress of
conflict that the Cuban insurgents could not
afford to lose any of their belligerent be-
longings. This care of their accoutrements
is carried TO an extreme that is made neces-
sary by their lack of equipments and lack
of funds to purchase them. For that reason
the carbne hangs by snap catch from the
belt on the side, the revolver is suspended
by string strong cord through Its butt,
and hangs on the left side. The machete
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.

special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Ind, May Sat Hanover the
citizens ticket candidates in the election
this week received less than half the votes
cast for the straight Republican ticket but
the election board gave certificates to the
Citizens candidates, because there was no
eagle in the Republican circle. To-day the
Republicans flied quo warTa1lto proceedings
demanding the offices and damages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

SpecldI 10 Tue IluIanapoIls JOuFndI
RUSSIAVILLE. Ind, May 5.-The first
annual commencement exercises of the Rus
siavile High School were held last night at
the NJ. f. Church. The graduates were Asa
Merrick. William Richinson. Miss Winnie
Woods, Thomas Ratciff. Carl Clifford and
John Baird The address of the evening
was delivered by Rev. T. II. Kuhn, of the
mas were presented by Prof G. G. Bauer
principal of the schools.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. May 5.-Rich-
ard II. Green. aged seventy-five, one of the
pioneer residents of this city was found
dead in bed this morning. He was a civil
engineer ana yesterday worked the greater
part of the day. and was in good health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
Not Ubiquitous.
nudge.

Doctor-Your wife must have chicken
broth three times a day. and you must give
her a spoonful of this medicine every hour
during the night. st
Mr.. Jackson ly)-Wal-al doctah,
/ doan' see how yo expeca me toe pervide
her wifi de chicken broff an glib her dat
medicine at de same time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
Indiana Oil Advanced &c.
special 20 the indianapolis Journal

Special 20 the IndIahdpoIls JoufnaI.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, May 5.-The
price of crude petroleum advanced cents
on the Eastern product and cents on the
Western to-day. Indiana Is now quoted at
81 cents. the first advance in several months.
II is not believed that the advance will slim
ulate operations throughout the field
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

Philadelnhin Tim,

Philadelphia Times.
1t doesn't lessen the impression that war
Is what General Sherman said it was that
these Spanish ships went down,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

IIIuIdUdI OII5
= CONVICTION. Ind, May 5.--The city cleo
ton here resulted in the choice of Demo-
Gratis for all the local Offices. Inc Republic
ans and part of the Democrats formed a
citizens ticket, which did not become popu-
lar. The neWly-elected officers are: William
Mates. mayor; N. g. Harlow, treasurer; T.
III. McGeorge. clerk; Arthur De Haven,
marshal; Charles Brown, Mike Mayer and
Pat Mcmahon, counclmen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
MIR. Hopper and Miss BERGEN.

Nella Bergen, the prima donna OF De
Wolf Hopper's Opera Company until she
was transferred TO Sousa's bride Elect
where she was recently supplanted by Hilda
Clark. causing a rupture between Mr.. Hop
per and Ben Stevens. his old business man
aver. has set the gossips talking in New
York this week by giving her address as
Fargo. n. y. Until recently Nelia Bergens
address was Meridian, Conn. Mr. Bergen,
her wealthy husband. himself admitted his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
F,ambeau Law yiolators Arrested.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALBANY. Ind. May 5.-About ten of the
most prominent citizens are very indignant
over being arrested this afternoon on a
state warrant ordering them to appear be-
fore the Circuit Court forthwith to answer
TO the charge of burning flambeau burners
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
park-.The Ferris Comedians.

The Ferris Comedians keep things NOV
ing at a pretty lively gait in their comedy
of "Greased lightning which opened at
the Park yesterday. There is as much plot
to this farce as to most pieces of a similar
nature. the chief idea of the entertainment
being to furnish just story enough to en-
able the company to Introduce all sorts of
singing and dancing. Grace Hayward and
Lulu May gave something new in what is
known as French novelty dance" and
it made the audiences laugh yesterday when
they discovered wherein lay the novelty. 1t
is. a clever idea and fools everybody for
the time. Besides this there is some good
eccentric dancing by Sam Mylie, some buck
dancing by Ed Carroll, bit of burlesque
opera by Miss Hayward and Dick Ferris,
lot of ballads by various members of the
company and any number of medleys and
choruses. There is plenty of life 10 the
performance and 1t was we'll received yes
terday the theater being filled in spite of
the bad weather: Creased Lightning will
be repeated this afternoon and Tonight To-
morrow the bill will be changed to The
Mechanical Man and new specialties will
be introduced. Next week Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Wayne and their company will APP
pear In four strong plays, the opening bill
Monday afternoon being e. e. Roses COM
edy drama, Jim, the Westerner."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

Attorney w w Thornton has retired
from the firm of Blackledge & Thornton,
and has formed partnership with Albert
w. Wishard. The new firm VIII have Of
fees In the Lemcke building. Mr.. Black
ledge will continue the practice Of law
alone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
The Only Time.

I@IIF
Tramp used TO ride in my own car
riage.
But not since your mother pushed it,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

inces are ruled by governors. alcaldes. or
commandments, according TO their importance
and position.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
NENTTCT DR.. A. e. BUCHANAN
UuN11W1 az.sa Whes Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.


English's--sA Bachelors HoneymoOn.'
A bright and always entertaining Amer
lean farce. written by an American. aud as
good as anything foreign in the same line
can be deservediy said of "a Bachelors
Honeymoon that opened at English's last
night for the remainder of the week. Com
ing here with only few days announce
ment and with nothing known as to its
merits, it was not surprising that the audi
ence was not large, but there were enough
people present to give the company ard
pretty play a glad reception. 1t is distinct
~ domestic farce and as full of laughs
as a sieve IS of holes. Innocent and fresh
amusement is furnished In all three acts,
with the interest cumulative and entirely
free OF tiresome spots. The story has only
a slender thread of a plot, but 1T is admir-
ably consistent as farces go and the parts
are taken in q natural manner, with no one
spelling the authors work Dy going out of
the characters for the sake OF originating
laughs. The situations themselves carry the
play to success. John Stapleton has written
a work which any author might be proud
10 father 1t contains a. number of original
and ingenious situations and the dialogue
is frequently clever. The company leaves
little to be desired in the matter CT interpre-
tation. George F. Nash is an excellent
Benjamin Bachelor, the widower who
started the farce wheels grinding. Bachelor
brought his wife home where his spins:er
sister kept house for his two metherless
twin daughters, both of whom were looking
for a husband. Nita Sykes was acceptable
as the sister, while Florence Milford and
Phyllis Ashcomb made a dainty aid enter
tanning pair of twins. The two tiil-ln char
acters as prospective husbands for the
twins were DR.. Schwartz, a German part,
delicately and comically taken by Robert
Patton Gibbs, and Stephen Howston, with
little to recommend, except the brilliant
fashion with which John t. sullivan played
the part Sullivan has roaring drunken
scene the result of an attempt to prevent
a case of rabies after being torn up by &
house dog. and there is an overwhelmingly
funny scene in the last act when the two
lovers who are both expected to- fight a
duel with Bachelor, hear him sho 0ting 1T Il
mark outside and ringing the bell at every
shot This scene alone, if original with
stanleton. gives him high rank us farce
writer Velia Macleod plays the actress
who has eloped with Bachelor and rather
enjoys her new husbands trouble, es any
actress would in a. similar position. The
events of the play all take place in one day
and start Bachelors honeymoon OF in a
way never to be forgotten, There will
be Saturday matinee.
Anna Held, with her pompadour hair and
her much-photographe shoulders, her
smiles and her Come Play Wiz Me- songs,
will be at Englshs for one performance
next Monday night in connection with The
Cat and the Cherub" company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06
We Cnn.

New York Evening Sun.
If the Spaniards can stand our shells, we
can stand their bad language.
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80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-06

Anna Held, with her pompadour hair and
her much-photographe shoulders, her
smiles and her Come Play Wiz Me" songs,
will be at English's for one performance
next Monday night in connection with THE
Cat and the Cherub" company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
BANGoR,s GOLDEN sLIPPERs.
MoecasIns Again In Demand In CONSEQUENCE
or the Rash t0 Alaska.

BANGOR, Jan. s.-Ths yellow-legged mecca
sins. Dangers golden slippers" they are some
times called. are again In style. The United
States Government has ordered Q supply Of
them for the troops who will be sent to the gold
regions of Alaska. No other footgear would
suit the soldiers 80 we'll. because the moccasin
ia the warmest footgear in the world and easier
to the foot than silken sandals.
Time was whom the moccasin business was
one OF the greatest OF Bangor'sI industries, but
now only a vestige of 1t remains. The making
OF moccasins began here away back in 1851. and
It grew rapidly. until at ono time. soon after tho
war. there were four large factories and several
smaller ones employing about 800 hands and
turning out hundreds Of thousands OF pairs OF
moccasins yearly.
Tho moccasin Is made of common leather. as
. rule. tanned In a peculiar way. Salt and
alum are used in the process. This makes the
leather soft and pliable. and there is = way In
which. at somo additional expense, 1t may be
made waterproof. The secret OF the process is
known to only a few. and the tanning 10 carried
on for the most part In Rhode Island. Leather
thus tanned was first used for mill betting, and
1t was years before IL was discovered that 1t was
good for boots and shoes of the easy and bulRy
kind. Mt for lumbernen, who like 10 wear two
tho woods and start on a three months cam
palgn with snow.
The original moccasin was a bAggy and un-
slightly thing. but now they have some pretence
the place OF the u~nSlghtiy ridge on the side Of
the leg. and the tongue or upper, formerlyA all
wrinkles, 10 now pressed into shape by ma
ehihsry. There are three parts In . moecaSin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
SEVENTY TEARS 4 Preacher.
Uncie Andrew MoutGemery. . Freed slave lOO
Years old. Gomez North on . Mission.

henrB Old, Comes North on . Mission.
Uncle Andrew Montgomery. who was q slave
for sixty-nine years, and who has been an ex-
horter and preacher in Atlanta. Ga, for more
than seventy years, visited THE SUN Office yes
terday. He had just come on from Washington.
where he had called on President Mckinley and
had q special audience with him. Uncle An
drew Is somewhere in the neighborhood Of 1O3
years old. although he doesn't look and doesn't
oct Q day more than 60. He is black as q coal.
end he has a voice like a fog horn. He has more
religion and less education than any evangelist
who ever stirred q New York audience. He is
not quite clear about his age. but he knows that
bis Youngest son is "a years old;
He was the property Of j. NJ; 6. Montgomsrs,S a
wealthy planter He served him and his son for
81 The close Of the war in 1855. In the mean:
time he had married, and his wife had been sold
70 another master. IL had 2 chance to go with
and did so. When doubt was expressed con.
s~erninR his age Uncle Andrew produced half a
e esssa ls'' 81 his Sn' former mss n masesR. y %yho '1 Is
Atlanta This sEandson Is himself So years old.
s ss1 r not 's se%am assd The 10 siF FtRs o fF Uncle Ih 3n li +
He knew that as far back as he could remember
man servant in the family. and that was more ~
isfo@ Fesideats p Georgia WHO rsms@SsreS as
ell agreed that Uncle Andrew was already an
oa man when they first knew him.
"BresB the LAwd." said Uncle Andrew. 81
3es'' been a,preechin' an a.growin' on aud on
sPS o., n ths old Niger amt dead yet He
Uncle Andrew said that he established the
had been the preacher in 4 for hltE;ave years.
amt got NO book leArnin', he said. "but he was
called o. God { preach, n he's been a-doin' of it
always" He talked on for half an hour about
{elgion and his success as a preacher. Book
learning, he said. wasn't necessary. but he
said he; "a little ednoation :. e good thing for q
makes q man preach, bress the Lawd. mono.
itsthe blessed Spirit It gifts into a poor ole
man like me n it's got Z come out. ! amt got
edlcation. but / never was at o loss for the
right word, and I'd as soon talk TO q million as to
one"
This Is the first time that Uncle Andrew has
been away from the South. He had heard about
New York and about Washington. but had
never seen them. They had each filled him with
wonder that he could hardly express. "Wha do
~ the people como from r. he demanded.
Mia do they come from r.
ms companion suggested that they might
nave rained down.
"Bress tn Lawd, there must "a been a deluge
tneh; want no ordinary Storm" exclaimed
He went on to tell of his trip North. He said
that q year or 30 ago no was inspired to build q
home for aged ex-slaves. He had started IL and
Re wanted the people to help him finish II. He
mad undertaken the trip North In spite OF his
sge, because he felt that here was the place to
bhere.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
FREE BEER IN HONOLULU.
Lively Scenes or GrswIer RushinE-seiHuFes Of
smuEEIOa Opium.

HONOLULU. Dec. 24.-This town. built up by
missionaries and still controlled by their do
scendants, saw q scene on Thursday Of this
week calculated to mako them turn in their
graves. About q month ago a coast brewery
sent q consignment of beer In barrels to a COM
mission house here. The beer was placed in
cold storage under bond. and there 1t stayed.
There are few saloons here. the license fee being
very high, and they were under contract to
handle other brands Of beer. 80 the consignment
remained unsold. Growing tired OF paying the
cold.storage charges. the consignees asked the
customs authorities to spill the beer so that
the barrels could BIO returned. The beer was
taken to one of the docks. 20s barrels in all, and
the Dungs were started.
There were five drayloads. The first one was
disposed OF in quiet; but by the time the second
came the word had been passed around and a
number OF GROWERS appeared. Natives. Portu-
the bung holes. Old hats, tin cans, anything,
barrels and hdd them well filled when the sup
ply gave out. The wharf was crowded with
were enacted. The anti-annexationists should
have held a public meeting on the. same even
ina in de dasS S sontfa ss TO t hsd PII sss m Ua e z
The Custom House has in its possession nearly
5000 tins OF opium, that have been captured
save for medicinal purposes. and tho demand
among the Chinese and others leads to q con-
sorted to by the smugglers. The purser OF one
OF the steamers was apprehended not long ago
carrying a quantity Of the drug ashore. II WAS
a very warm day. and he made several trips up-
was suspected. searched. and arrested, but man
aged TO get out of the country before trial.
Ono lot was brought in by officers
of another steamer and after dark q nAwser
was run out to another pier and the tins of
opium sewn In sacks were let down into the
water, fastened 10 a moose running on the haw.
ser, and then pulled over 10 the opposite pier by a
light line. On another occasion a lot OF Chinese
shoes were found to contain small tins con
cealed in the thick sOles. Hut very little opium
gets in at this port; IL Is generally landed on
the other islands and brought 10 this island in
small sailing vessels and smuggled into town in
small lots. A year ago about 5000 tins were
cut open and dropped into the sea, and the
present stock has accumulated since then. Al
$ll q tin . neat little sum might DO made BY the
Custom House By selling Il on the coast
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
SMALL DEBTORS pERsEoUrED.
The Present Law Made the Cloak for Gross
Injustice. Mr. speFanEa Dsclarea-

AbJuhttCes AHFs VbA1
Gino C. speranza, a son of DR.. Carl Leonardo
Speranza, u professor in Columbia University.
declared last night in an evening paper that the
law relating to body executions and arrests for
small debts was the cloak for gross injustice
and that hundreds OF ignorant foreigners were
yearly sent to Ludlow Street Jail practically
without cause. The prosecutors IN these cases
are men engaged In the business of selling goods
on the installment plan. Mr.. Speranza says:
THE method pursued is described In the re-
port of the mmit of the Prison Associa-
ton as follows: There are dealers engaged in
the business OF selling goods on the installment
plan. principally to poor and ignorant foreign
ers, who are usually unacquainted with the
EnRnsn language. The goods sold may be de-
scribed as cheap bric-a- brac. or household lux.
uries, such as clocks. pictures, jewelry. albums.
and things OF that kind. are sent
out who induce these people TO purchase such
goods on the installInent plan. They sign a
paper which ~recitss that the title remains with
the vendors until the goods are PAID Tor. III an
, ,msnd nsRnd is not VII, pad cIai a man that Is b se9 dem no as,
the return OF the goods; a suit Is then brought
in one of the city district courts against the
PPo opdds"'sr .of una iadsmeSt is Geco y taD
" an execution Is issued against the prop
erty and returned unsatisfed, and then an ex.
%ecution against the person is, issued under
which the defendant is arrested and taken to
Continuing, tie lawyer declared that these
Judgments were almost invariably obtained by
default, and that the debtor was hardly ever
served with a summons as required by law:
tt c first he knew was when he was arrested
$40 cases which he had looked up and found
10 be as stated. In several of The cases the debt
was less than 80. Some cases OF arrest he men
toned specifically indicated gross outrage. He
thought the Bar AssOci alton should take the
matter up and prosecute the persons who were
guilty gull y,b Of lt sSe S SHas 3 Sna sSGSesasd td 5pT dsss
should be amended 30 that no rson should BE-
Imprisoned Tor Z debt OF less than $50. :