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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-17

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 16.-The predictions
are now made that the trial of Jesse Bar
rett of indianapolis, for murder will not
conclude before the last of next week.
Lawrence Barrett, the thirteen-year-old son
of the defendant, testified to-day that in the
divorce the father was given custody Of
the children, but soon after Mrs. Barrett
was married to McFall he sent the boy to
his mother. Lewis Engstrom, an Alexan-
dria glass worker, and Marsha. Houston, of
Alexandria, also testified. Mrs Rosa Bevel,
sister of the defendants divorced wife,
proprietress of a boarding house at Alexan-
drie, said that soon after her sister had left
Barrett in Indianapolis and came to Alex
andria and purchased a boarding house
Barrett came there and made inquiry rs
that villain here? meaning McFan. He
then went to his wife's home, and next day
Mrs. Bevel went there to employ a woman
who was boarding there. She was told by
Daisy Barrett that the woman bore a ques-
tionable reputation. and Barrett said she is
likely as good as her company. Mrs. BeVel
and Barrett had quarrel at this time and
you into eternity" Mrs. Bevel started to
leave and was followed out by Daisy Bar
rett who told her to rum as her father had
gone to get a gun. On crOss-eXaminatiOn
the defense developed malice on the part of
Mrs. BeVel against the defendant and the
fact that she had once been confined in an
asylum Allen Revel, husband of the previ-
Gus witness, testified that he called on Bar
rett once at his office on Kentucky avenue
indianapolis, and Barrett said: Il think
would be justified in killing him. Lorenzo
ID. Keller, a constable at Alexandria, was
the last witness.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 1f-On June Is,
1898. Guy L, Smith, son of ex-Representative
b. Wilson Smith, and Miss Dora l. Moore
were married, the public remaining in
ignorance of the important event until to-
day. Young Smith is a postoffice employee
and his wife is estimable and pretty
young woman who won her way by force of
her own energy. She came here in 1892 from
Missouri and took employment at the Allen
knitting works She was soon promoted to
a position of forewoman in one of the de-
partments. The Smith family objected to
the young mans choice. Late last week the
young man sent for his father, who now
lives in Indianapolis, and made confession.
but it is not known whether the paternal
blessing was extended. The younger sister
of the groom had knowledge of the secret
from the first, it is said, but had not re-
vealed it to the family whose objections are
said to have been based on his youth and
limited financial condition. Since the we'd
ding the bride has been living with a sister
in neghboring town. but the couple will
now go to housekeeping
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copied in manner and costume in THE Jolly
Musketeer." Among the principals assist
ing De Angels are Maud Hollins, Bertha
Waltznger, Van Rensselaer, Wheeler. Hell
ena Frederick. Winfred Blake. Harry Mae
donough, Joseph Smiley and ole Norman.
Marie Wainwright Slaughter, known as
Marie Wainwright. the actress, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy in New York. Liza
bilities S11052 and assets 800, in clothing.
which she claims is exempt.
Both Miss Bridges and Miss Daily, of the
Grand stock company. have played in
Moths" before this. and both were i'm
pressed with the strength of the play. The
former will appear In the important role Of
Lady Dolly, the heartless mother of Vera
(Iiss Shannon). whom she is trying to mar
~ off. feeling that the presence of a grown
daughter makes her appear old Miss
DalyS part is that of American girl
who smokes cigarettes and is about as gay
as any OF the French set with whom she is
associating. When Ouida wrote Moths
she satirized American girls by presenting
an impossible sort like Fuschia Leach, the
character referred TO, who, however, had
some good qualities mixed with her many
Moths as dramatic production was Rose
Coghlan, who played the part of Vera six
teen or seventeen years ago at Wallick' S
Theater, New York, with Osmond Teare as
her leading support. There will be three
more performances Of Too Much Johnson"
by the Grand stock company-to-night and
tomorrow matinee and night
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showing Again.

ASPEN, Col, Feb. 16.-It has been snow
ing for the past thirty-six hours here, and
conditions surrounding the camp are fur
Their complicated. While railroad traffic has
been partially resumed, the mountain trails
to the outlying camps are about all blocked
by immense slides of snow drifted many
feet. AT Independence about dozen people
are still hemmed in, with two teams, and
the problem of their getting out is becoming
more difficult every day. The miners at
Ashcroft have not been heard from for a
month, and friends here are greatly con-
cerned about their safety. The snowfall in
the camp has been the heaviest In fifteen
years. In the spring of 1884 about twenty
men were killed by slides in the immediate
vicinity of Aspen, several being in what are
now the suburbs of the city. People con-
tinue moving out from under the fToWning
peaks of Aspen mountain.
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A HAPPY FISTlC CARNIVAL.
Some Royal Sights Witnessed by the
Police.

The Indiana Athletic Association. recently
organized, held "fstic carnival" last night
at Phoenix Hall, on South Meridian street,
and several hundred men, chaperoned by
policemen, attended The principal attrac-
Jack" Cullen. Both men fouled repeatedly
and considerable blood flowed. In the fifth
round the police warned the men to be more
humane, In the sixth the referee awarded
the decision to Cullen on a foul The referee
was Marion Scott, a saloon keeper, who the
crowd saidy WAS too slow to be a pail
bearer" AT one time during the fight he
yelled, 60 - 1t, gentlemen They're do
ing the best they can and so am l."
An interesting fight was that between the
the Stewart House Coffee Cooler who is
colored and whose castoff name is Adams
and Kid Sappenstein, Hebrew The
Rosebud drew considerable admiration
because of being attired in white duck
trousers and a red belt. Some one requested
him to kill that jew" The fight was a
four-round draw. Not enough colored men
could be induced to enter the battle royal
and a white man, his face BACKED with
burnt cork, participated. One big negro
stood in the center of the ring with his
arms folded like James j. Corbett, waiting
for the trouble to begin and one of the 9TH
ers slipped up behind him and struck him
such a blow in the face that he had to be
carried out. There were several "also rams"
A member of the association was asked
what the purses would be. He replied we
don't know yet in an Offhand manner.
During the progress of the affair Edward
Smith and Frederick Kroekel came together
on the outside of the hall and one put the
other lin the clear" Both were arrested.
they did not know when they had spent
such an all-round enjoyable night
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Indiana Notes.

The old Indiana House, the first hotel ever
built in Liberty, was sold yesterday at COM
missioners sale for $2525.
Mrs. Ida Goosens while driving at Hart
ford City. was thrown out of her buggy dur
ing a runaway and her head struck the
curbstOne. She has since been unconscious.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the Henry Klemer Furniture Company,
of New Albany. The capital stock is $50 600.
Nearly two hundred men are employed in
the two factories.
Jacob j. Beck. Pennsylvania yard con-
duCtor at Richmond, fell from the rear of a
tender beneath the wheels and was instant
ly killed yesterday. Beck went to Rich
mond from St Louis.
The Boone County Commissioners have
passed an order for a new courthouse at
Lebanon. Last term of court so many
remonstrances were filed against the project
that the commissioners weakened and failed
to pass the order. 1t was supposed that the
matter had been given up entirely and when
the order was passed yesterday it caused a
sensation,
At Patton, Ind last week. during the eX-
tremely cold weather Rev. l. l.. Carpenter
immersed sixteen converts in the Tippe-
canoe river. A hole was cut through the
thick ice and. surrounded by a large con-
gregaton, the sixteen persons were bap-
tized All were at church the evening after
their baptism, showing no i'll effects from
the ice cold immersion.
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Mbanola
DENTTCT DIR. A. E. BUCHANAN
DuNAAOA 1898 When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.
ERgIish's-.Rupert of Hentznu

ERglish's-'Rupert of Hentzau."
James X. Hackett. a chip off the old
Hackett block, in Hopes Rupert of Hent-
Eau" attracted the largest audience to Eng
lishs last night that has turned out in this
city in months to see new star and a new
play. Theater-goers out this way had heard
only the faintest rumors of the ability of
young Hackett, but the sequel to THE
Prisoner of Zenda" had been widely read
and an interesting performance was eX-
pected. 1t was more than interesting. The
drama was thrilling in every act, more so
than "Zenda," and the star lorded the
stage during every scene as Sothern has
never done. One seldom sees a more alb
sorbing performance. Such play should
be able to entertain Indianapolis play goers
for week at time. Nearly all the old
characters of "Zenda" were there, and
there was more flesh and blood in them
than in Hopes earlier production. Young
RasSendyll Is more handsome, more heroic
and better fighter than ever for his queen,
and Hackett's rapid doubling in the role of
the dpsomaniac king won him as many
curtain calls and as much spontaneous APP
plause as any actor has received on Eng
lsh's stage this season The impersonatiOn
of the king Is no puppet-lilke mimicry due
to the costumers art or the box of grease
paint. Hackett gives the first good repre-
sentation of this mythical ruler of the myth
tcal kingdom of Ruritania yet seen here.
His is psychological study both in appear
anee and In speech and the transition from
lsassendyll to the king is remarkable ar
ttstic triumph Jobyna Rowland the
stRtuesque artists model, playing Flavia,
makes a picturesque-looking queen and if
she ever learn TO talk may make a fine ac-
tress some day. Mabel Amber as Rose Holt
plays the faithful girl well and received a
nattering reception. Theodore Roberts as
Colonel Sapt, Arthur Hoops as Count Ru-
pert, Brigham Royce and Robert Elliott as
Fritz and Bernenstein and the rest of the
le.f- rlne- tut -k..As
the Anthony Hope people. There is not the
love making in Rupert of Hentzau" that
was one of the chief charms in ''Zenda -
the scenes between Rassendyll and Flayia
being more tense and pathetic and they
were handled in a mastery fashion, show
ing Hackett to be equally as powerful in
quiet as Well as in heroic Incidents The
duel with Hentzau was a realistic piece Of
work, and after the act there were numer-
Gus calls and the young actor finally came
out and modestly thanked the audience for
It's appreciation. Hacketts production has
not yet been seen in New York, and il is
predicted he will make the hit of his life
on his old stamping ground when he opens
there - @
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION Ind, Feb 16-SwayZee ten
miles from here, was visited by a serious
gas explosion this morning that luckily did
not prove so serious as the one in Marion.
A. w. Fry runs a grocery store in that
place Escaping gas had accumulated under
the floor and exploded with terrific force,
destroying a great part of the stock and
damaging the building. Mr.. Fry and a
clerk escaped without injury.
Last night while Walter KimbrOugh aged
thirteen, and tool dresser were standing
near the pipe that furnished the gas to the
boiler where a gas well is being drilled in
Liberty township, the pipe burst, causing
the gas to ignite Kimbrough and the man
were badly burned. 1t is thought that Kim
brough inhaled the flames. and the physi-
clans offer little hope of his recovery.
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GAS BLOWS UP A HOUSE.
Shocking Accident at Marion and Two
Probably Fatally Hurt.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, Feb. 16.-The home of
Charles Pumfee at o'clock this morning
was wrecked by an explosion. the house
being torn to pieces and both Mr.. and Mrs.
Pumfee were seriously injured. The ruins
took fire, but the flames were soon extin-
guished. Pumfee arose shortly before 6
o'clock to start a fire. He was burning
wood the gas having been disconnected
about week ago because of the poor gas
service. There was a leak in the gas mains
in the street in front of the house. and the
gas had followed the pipe from the street
into the house When a match was struck
by Pumfee to light the kindling the ex-
ploson occurred. Neighhors rushed to the
scene and assisted in pulling Pumfee out
of the debris. His wife was found lying on
the bed with the roof on top of her. She
was unconscious and has been so ever since.
Both were removed to a neighbours house,
and Mrs. Dumfee, who was in a delicate
condition, is not expected to recover. Pun
fee is twenty-eight years old and may re-
cover.
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Indiana Obituary.

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Feb. 16.-Dr. Edwin
u. Powers, one of the oldest and best known
physicians in this part of the State, died
yesterday morning from complication OF
diseases He was SeVenty-tWO years old ana
After graduating in medicine he came West
in 1859. locating in July OF that year in TINS
city and for nearly forty years had pre-
scribed for the ills OF the community. In re-
cent years he had not been active in prac-
tice. His widow and one son survive.
Benjamin Holt one of the oldest of In
diana printers, died at his home here yes
terday, aged eighty-two, from the innrml-
ties of old age. He was born in New York
State and came to Lafayette nearly rory
years ago. working at his trade unul n.y.
For thirty years he held cases on the
Courier. a surviving brother Is proprietor
of the kankakee Qll.) Gazette.
BEDFORD, Ind. Feb. 1.-THE death of
Mrs. Jane Boone removes one of Lawrence
county's most respected and oldest women
Mrs. Boone had seen the county grow from
wilderness She was the widow or Col
Noah Boone, who was a prominent citizen
when he died thirty-five years ago She
leaves two sons, Daniel and Virgil Boone.
and two daughters, Mrs. John Short and
Mrs. Alb Armstrong.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. 16.-Charles
w. Landes, Well-known book and drug
dealer of this city, died last night at Cand-
Ter, Fla, whittier he had gone in search of
health. Mr.. Landes was an aumnus of De
Paw and was one of Greencastle's fore
daughters. Mrs. Landes was with him in
the South and left for home with the re-
mains to-day
RICHMOND. Ind, Feb. 16.-NIrs. Susan
Reisinger, aged eghty-four, died yesterday
at her home in East Germantown. after a
short illness. Two weeks ago her husband,
Israel Reisinger. aged eighty-nine, died.
Mrs. Reisinger was the grandmother Of
Mrs. II. II. Bradley, of this city.
VALPARAISO. Ind, Feb. 16.-Mrs. John
Goodger died suddenly this morning of heart
disease. aged eghtIy y G Mr. and Mrs
| anniversary last Saturday. She lived in this
city fifty-Cre years.
LIBERTY, Ind. Feb. 16.-Mrs. Any Nut
ter, aged eighty-three one of the pioneer
women of Union county, died at her home
six miles northeast of Liberty this MORN
ing.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 16.-James Ander-
son, a prominent resident of Switzerland
| county and an old member of the Masonic
fraternity died yesterday at VeVay.
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SERGT. LOVES ASAFETIDA.
If He Survives This He Will Not Have
Smallpox.

Police business being dull, the attaches
of the station are engrossed in considera-
ton of smallpox. The station has been
so thoroughly flImigated. despite the profess
tations of Superintendent Quigley that
Charles Brooks did not visit the place, that
yesterday morning it meant a slight stran-
Cling fit to enter the doors. In the City
Dispensary a microbe is in captivity under a
glass globe. For further security it is
chained to the wall. A card in the globe
announces that it was captured in the po-
lice station by Sergeant John Lowe and
Patrolmen Lancaster and STREET.. 1t is a
potato, with a peanut for head and
matches for legs, and is horribly marked
with purple circles The fact is, it was
created by DR.. Kennedy. It's capture is
attributed to Sergeant Lowe because of his
apparent intense fear of smallpox. He has
been eating asafetida in unknown quantities
for several days He having been a member
OF the police force since Indianapolis was an
Indian traders post, according to legends
of the department, his memory runs back
to several other smallpox plaques.
In 1888 an epidemic occurred, he says,
One dark night he and Stillman j. Meek,
who was then a policeman, were standing
on the Circle. They heard the clatter of a
horses hoofs and saw man approaching
on horseback, with no saddle, but meal
bag.
S-s-s-s!' exclaimed Lowe; there comes
a horsethief.
They, in whispers, arranged to dash out
and grab the horses bride, and followed
out their plan when the horseman was OPP
pOsite them.
Who are you. and where are you going?"
demanded Meek in voice of thunder.
I'm DIR. Henthorn." was the reply, land
I've come to town to buy supplies"
The policemen dashed away faster than
they had ever dashed before. DR.. Henthorn
was in charge of the pesthouse and lived
there, For many days thereafter, it is told.
Sergeant Lowe ate asafetida SO greedily
that he was ruled out of the roll-call room.
Because he did not have the smallpox at
that time. it is averred, he is now eating
the drug and recommending it to all others
who would be immune.
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MAY BE IN THIS CITY
LITTLE GIRL SAID TO HAVE BEEN
KIDNAPPED AT GREENsBURG.
Fatal Gas Explosions Becoming Com
mon Since the Cold SpeII-Attempt
TO wreck Train.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


GREENSBURG, Ind, Feb. 16.-Judge
Morris, of the Circuit Court late this even
ing issued a writ of habeas corpus for a
little girl, aged nine, supposed to be in the
care of Jesse Jones, proprietor of a restau-
rant in this city. The writ was issued upon
the petition of Robert Acre, father of the
child. He claims that he and his former
wife separated when the child was nine
months old, and that the mother took the
child to the home of David Weeks and
there abandoned her. The Home Mission
airy Society of the NJ. f. Church, aided by
the w. c. T. u, has several times sought
the child to place her in the Hadley Home
for Girls. A few days ago the father made
application for her admission to the home
when Jesse Jones, who rooms with Weeks
took the child away. When the sheriff
called at Joness restaurant neither Jones
nor the child could be found, and it was
claimed he left for Columbus or Indianapo-
lis. This is the second time Jones has de-
feated the w. C. 7. L. in their rescue work.
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AWARDED ON A FOUL.
Billy Stiff Bested by Jack Root he.
fore a Good Crowd.

DAVENPORT, Ia, Feb. 16.-Jack Root
and Billy Stiff, of Chicago, battled here this
evening before 200 spectators for the mid
dleweight championship Of the Northwest.
The fight was scheduled for twenty rounds.
1t was a fierce one from the start, Root
in the first round opening a big cut above
his opponents left eye and nagging him at
long range throughout six rounds. Stiff re-
lied chiefly on fierce rushes and striking his
opponent in clinches, which was allowed
under the conditions of the fight. In the
seventh round Root still had the better Of
the fight He went down on one knee in q
rush before Stiff was struck by the latter
when down and Referee Malachy Hogan
gave the fight TO Root on a foul. Tommy
Ryan challenged the winner and has been
accepted for twenty-five rounds under the
auspices of the Davenport club.
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shaIe-Up on the Pennsylvania.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
JEFFERSONVILLE Ind. Feb 16-Quite
a shake-up is to take place among the en-
poyes of the Pennsylvania Railroad and
the change viii necessitate the removal of
several railroad men from this city to In
dianapolis, while others from indianapolis
will have to move to this city. The rule will
go into effect on March l. when the six con-
ductors of the "Dinkey' line, between
Louisville New Albany and this city will
be superseded by Bagga gCmasters White
Waggoner and Clayton and Passenger
Erakemen Shipman and Davis. Of the main
be transferred to the main line as passenger
brakemen and baggagemasters Conductor
John Brooks viii be the first man in line of
promotion. and every ngan will have to go
through this opening Before he can become
q conductor on the main line.
The action, ii is claimed, was taken be-
cause of the refusal OF White, Shipman
Davis Waggoner and Clayton to accept
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Pay of Peace Justices.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Bills for reform in township and county
business are being pressed in the Legisla-
ture, but not a word is being said in re-
gard to reform in the offices of justice of
the peace and constable. In all the offices in
the gift of the people of this State there is
not one that requires the incumbent to per-
form services for the public without COM
pensation as is required of justices and con-
stables Take, for instance, all cases of
felony brought before justices where a pre-
liminary examination is required and the
trial had by transcript the case is certi-
fed to the Circuit Court The justice will
consume one day and perhaps more in the
examination, and the constable may have
spent two days in subpoenaing witnesses
for the trial. The case is then certified
to the Circuit Court and that Is the end
of the matter so far any fees to these
officers is concerned-''none paid" so that
the maxim Of the laborer being worthy of
his hire in cases of this character is a
nullity. Some have advocated the policy of
making justices salaried officers. This pol
Icy would work injustice and at the same
time be expensive. There may be some
townships in the State that would not, per-
haps, have a dozen cases, both civil and
criminal IN year. In such cases how
could the salary be made equitable through
out the State? The limit of the justices
jurisdiction in civil cases is $500. Why not
give them jurisdiction to the amount of
say, $4o0 with the same fees as are now
allowed, and even then, where judgment
was rendered and transcript was required
to the clerk of the Circuit Court the costs
would be less to citizens than if the case
was brought in the Circuit Court in the
amount above indicated Another reform
that would be of some benefit to the office
of justice of the peace would be to abolish
the office of county coroner and let the
justices of the townships of the several
counties act as coroner in their respective
townships. 1t would seem that the average
Justice would be as competent to hold an
inquest as the average men who now fill
the office of county coroner. All that any
reasonable man could ask would be reason
able pay for his services. 1t would seem
would remedy the injustice complained Of
H. l.. MORELAND, J. p.
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