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He Toes the Mark.
WASHINGTON Post.

That makes me think, speaking OF stu
partly because OF his own indiscretion, and
partly because Orwell. let me tell you.
The man Is married and he has a wife
who understands perfectly now 70 make MN
toe the mark. He spends all OF his time, let
me say in that process Of tOeing. Now. the
wife went away last month TO spend a Few
weeks with her mother in Cincinnati The
husband decided that his health imperative
~ demanded a trip To Fort Monroe. OF
course he didn't want his wife 10 be wOr-
ried about his heaith-his motives were
really noble-so he arranged to keep her In
Ignorance of the trip. Accordingly ne wrote
a number Of letters-one for each day OF
his absence-and intrusted them TO his Office
bow To mail. They were lovely letters-all
about how lonely he was how GTcary his
evenings were how hard he was working.
how early ne went home nights-yOu know
the kind OF letters husbands write TO their
wives Now the Office boy Is a creature 0f
extreme sagacity. He was not wholly i'm his
employers confidence. The employer is too
wise for that. He merely mentioned Incl
dentally that the letters were 10 20 one az
a time. The Office boy Il economical He cal
cuiated that one large letter Is less ex-
pensive TO post than seven small ones. 50
he put the seven letters into one large en-
Velope and sent them off. The wife came
home UNEXPECTEDLY. So did the husband His
health improved marVelOusy after "A telc-
gram his wife sent him. He Is toeing the
mark more carefully than ever these days
but the economical Office boy Is IN search
of employ mcnt.
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JUDGE CRAVENS DEAD
ONE OF THE PROMINENT NATIVE
CITIZENS OF INDIANA.
Scheli, the Fort Wayne Financier,
Now Said to Have Got Away with
S3OO,OIO-Other state News.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MADISON, Ind, March 26.-Judge John
Robert Cravens, one of this city's most dis
tinguished citizens. died this afternoon at
his suburban residence, FairmOunt, on hill
top north of the city.
Judge Cravens was born in Madison Nov.
y, 1919. He was the son of DR.. Robert
Cravens and Sarah Grover Paul The
mother was the daughter of Col. John Paul,
founder of Madison. DIR. Cravens died when
his son was u small boy, and his widow
afterward was married TO DIR. Samuel NJ
Goode. The boy was educated in private
school and at the Indiana University at
Bloomington. He was graduated from the
university when he was nineteen years old.
He returned 10 Madison and read law in the
office Of Joseph G.. Marshall. He was mar
ried to Miss Drusilla Lanier Feb. ], 1874. The
milling business attracted him and he en-
gagged in it for several years until his mill
was burned. Shortly afterward he became
vice president of the Madison & Indianap
oils Railroad ana president Of the Shelby
Vile & Columbus Railroad. For several
years he was owner and editor of the Nadi-
son Banner.
After going out of the newspaper bust
ness Mr.. Cravens took bold and aggressive
an Abolitionist and was brave and out
spoken In his opposition to the slave sys-
tenn. His courage and eloquence made him
popular as. an orator during those stirring
days. 1t was said of him that he had no
superior and few equals as a speaker. He
was one of the organizers of the Republican
party.
In 1861 in 1850 and In 1866, 1868 and 1870 he
was "a member of the state Senate and ex-
erted stroI influence in the General As
sembIy. In 1861 when Henry 5. Lane was
elected to be United States senator Lieu
tenant Governor Morton became Governor
and Mr.. Cravens by virtue of his election
as president of the Senate became acting
Lieutenant Governor. This Office he held
until 1863, when he became paymaster in
the United States army with the rank of
major. He was reelected TO the state Sem
ate after the war.
In 1872 Mr.. Cravens left the Republican
party as an organization and became identi-
fed with the cause represented by Horace
Greeley, Lyman J. Trumbull, George w.
Julian and others who had been Republican
leaders. He was on the Democratic state
ticket for the office of Lieutenant Governor
with Thomas A. Hendricks.
Mr.. Cravens was appointed judge of the
Circuit Court in 1873 TO fill a vacancy. He
served the city of Madison as school trus-
tee for several years and was a trustee of
Indiana University and of Hanover College.
Since 1858 he had been stanch member of
the Second Presbyterian Church. He was
president of the board Of directors of the
Madison Opera House Company, of the
board of directors of the Madison Hotel and
of the Madison stove foundry. His children
are Robert, James, Alexander, William,
Joseph and Charles Cravens, Miss Drusilla
Cravens, Mrs. w. r. Davidson and Mrs.
John Sage.
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Service Over n WAR Governor.

PITTSBURG, March 26.-Services over the
remains of Ex-Governor Francis Harrison
Pierpont, war Governor of the loyal Vir-
ginians and father of West Virginia, were
held this afternoon at the residence of his
daughter Mrs W. II. Siviter, on Dithridge
street, Oakland, where the famous old char
acter passed peacefully away last Friday
evening. Hundreds of friends were there to
pay the tribute of their presence to the dis
tinguished dead.
The body will be removed tomorrow
morning 10 Fairmount, W. Va.
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Famous swindIer Bidweu.

BUTTE, Mont, March 26.-George Bidwell
the elder of the Bidwell brothers, who, with
several confederates, gained fame by de-
frauding the Bank of England out of
$5,OOO,oOo through forged securities, died this
morning after two weeks of illness from
pneumonia. The death of his brother Aus
tin here, three weeks ago, was a great blow
10 him, and he took to his bed a few days
after the younger brother died. Both bodies
are at an undertaking room, awaiting burial
and it is probable they will be inferred by
the county.
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Gas Belt League Falls Through.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind March 26.-Jap Poor, who
has been endeavoring to organize a league
of baseball teams in the Indiana gas belt,
to-day announced that he had abandoned
the project and will devote his energies to
the organization OF baseball team here
10 put a club in the field. Articles of assO-
citation for such a purpose were drawn yes
terday and q canvass Is being made for
stock subscriptions. Lack of encouragement
In many places caused Mr. Poor. who has
labored indefatigably to form the league,
to give UP the scheme.
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Richmond RIOTERS Coming.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, March pa large DEL
egation will go from this city to Indianapo-
lis to attend the state high school ora
torical contest. The high school delegation
will be increased by delegations from both
the Richmond Business College and Earl
ham College. A special train has been Sc
cured to make the trip. 1t il confidently
expected that the local representative, Crit
fifth Z. Ellis, will take high rank in the
contest. Wednesday morning he will de-
liver his grafton in the chapel exercises, the
public having been invited to hear him.
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China to Resist Armed Foreigners.

LONDON, March H.-The Shanghai corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says: THE
dowager Empress has ordered the governors
OF the maritime provinces of China to resist
forcihly any landing of armed foreigners"
According TO dispatch from Shanghai to
the Daily Mail it is reported there that "A
Mohammedan rebellion has broken out in
the province of Kan-Su, the most north
western province of China, between the
provinces of Shen-Shee and Se-Chuen on the
enc side and Mongolia and the Desert of
Geobie on the other.
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SHOCKED At HIS OWN IMAGE
Pathetic story Of "a Prisoner of the
khaIifa-
London Mail.

According TO our Rome correspondent. the
Italian L.erchsnt Cuzzi, who together with
Father Rossignoli and Slatin Bey was made
a prisoner of the Mahdi and of the Khalifa,
but who, more unfortunate than his COM
panions, was kept there fifteen years until
the liberation of Omdurman by the Anglo
Egyptian troops in a book relating his adj
ventures recently published says
During the fifteen years OF my impfisOD-
ment | never saw mirror, so that l grad
ually lost all interest in my personal ap-
pearance and In the features OF my face.
When / knew for certain that an expedi-
ton was directed towards Omdurman,
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to-day from Santiago dc Cuba. Crowds
gathered along the piers. cheering enthusi
asticatly. and all the shipping in the harbor
was be1agged The various public buildings
We're decorated with the entwined union
jack and stars and stripes Guards of honor
have been ordered 10 receive the American
admiral Tomorrow A long series of en-
tertainments for the officers of the squadron
Is being arranged, and the governors and
naval annual receptions have been post
poned i'm order TO fall within the period OF
Admiral SIMPSONS stay.
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Gov. FIetcher's Body Going Home.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The remains
of Ex-Governor Thomas c. Fletcher of Mis-
souri,, who died here yesterday, accompanied
by Mrs. Fletcher and daughter, left this city
on the $3.50 o'clock train via Pennsylvania
Railroad for St. Louis. Aside from a prayer
offered by Rev. DR.. Clark, of Foundry
Church, there we're no services over the
body here. ~ delegation from the Union
Veteran Legion stood by while the remains
were taken from the house 10 the hearse
preparatory 10 their removal to the railroad
station.
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recent practice shoots he made the following
score: Ninety-seven out of 100; IS out of 100;
19l out of 200; 50 out of 100; l23 out Of l25; p
straight: 100 straight: 50 straight; 1O3
straight: 1S9 straight out of 90. Out of a
total of 1.097 rocks he broke .C65. making an
average out of a hundred of SO $40.
Ebelssor Is entered in the An,e rican ham
dicap. TO be shot at Long Branch April ii,
II and Is, and expects to carry of the hon
ors- He is, besides being a champion shot,
a composer of music, and has just issued q
step" Mr.. Ebelsisor is = member of one
OF the best-known and ~ealthiest families
in southern Indiana, being an heir to the
great Wiliamson estate in Philadelphia-
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M'KINLEY AND SMITH
GENERAL MEETS THE
PRESIDENT AT TOWNSVILLE.
The Presidential Party, Including
Vice President Hobart, Returns
North Tonight.

TOWNSVILLE. Ga, March 96.-Presi-
dent Mckinley spent quiet and restful
Sunday. attending to no business save few
arrangements for the return trip 10 Wash
ington tomorrow afternoon and listening TO
what Postmaster General Emory Smith had
TO say of his observations of conditions in
Cuba. The weather was very warm. the
thermometer registering s. degrees, but a
breeze was blowing.
The President and Miss Hanna were
driven to the Methodist Church for the
noon service. Mr.. Mckinley wore a light
weight black coat and a soft straw hat The
church was filled and the President on COM
ing out smilingly returned the salutation of
many of the congregation. In the early aft
ernoon, with other members of the house
hold, he went driving and later received
Postmaster General Emory Smith, who
reached here on a special car from Tampa
and will journey north with the President
tomorrow. Mr.. Smith was driven direct
from the station TO Senator Hannas home,
stopping long enough to say to a reporter
that his views Cuban affairs had been
fully stated in an interview sent just before
he left Havana.
The presidential party will leave here late
tomorrow afternoon and reach Washington
after the close of office hours Tuesday. Vice
President Hobart has decided to go north
with the President He has not been feeling
as we'll the last three or four days as dur
ing the early part of his visit and believes
a cooler and more bracing climate will
prove beneficial. His attack of the grip last
winter was very severe and it will take
time and the best of care to rid his system
of its effects. He caught fresh cold
Wednesday night and this with some
stomach trouble made it necessary for him
10 keep quiet and observe his Doctors direc-
tons. He has been able to move about the
house, however, and this afternoon was
feeling slightly better
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Commi..ion I'm Porto Rico.

PONCE. Porto Rico. March 26.-The
United States colonial commission. General
Robert p. Kennedy. Major Charles W. Wat
kins and Henry G.. Curtis. arrived here yes
terday, and in the course of the day re-
ceived number of merchants ard frOmi-
nent citizens who made statements as 10
the general condition OF the district and its
particular needs. This morning the COM
missioners left by the revenue steamer
Blake to inspect Puerto de Jobos. the port
of Guayama and that district. The re-
ported uprising in this district as quite with
out significance.
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Mrs. BESSIE Hough FusseIman.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, March 26.-The
funeral of Mrs. Bessie Hough Fusselman
will take place at Greencastle Tuesday
noon, instead of Monday, as announced in
to-day's Journal. Short funeral service
will be held "a family residence here before
leaving for GreencaStle, and the body will
be- taken direct to the cemetery from the
train for interment at Greencastle. Mrs.
Fusselman was born May Z, 1859, at Terre
Haute. but lived number Of years with
her uncle at GreencaStle.
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OPINIONS OF LONDON EDITORS.
without Exception They Believe in
Americas Final Success.

LONDON, March 27.-The Philippine cam
paign Of late had rather lost interest for
British readers, but to-day there is an en-
tire change. All the dispatches are printed
prominently and at length. Most of the pa
pers contain editorials expressing admira-
ton for the bravery Of the American troops
and sympathy with them in the difficulties
they have encountered. The general opin-
ion is that the American victories are not
conclusive, since the Filipinos have not yet
learned the lesson of the hopelessness of re-
sisting the United States.
The Standard says: The Americans are
fighting the rebels with dash and vigor
that are in marked contrast to the faltering
blows aimed at them by the Spanish gen.
erals. Englishmen will read with sympa-
thy Of the successive charges of the Amer
lean infantry across the open in the face of
a heavy fire. Work such as this has had TO
be done times without number in the course
of our own empire making"
The Daily Telegraph says: "All the ac-
counts show that the Americans will have
to bear their full share of the White Mans
Burden The experience the United States
is gathering to-day is that of every power
which has sought to found an empire be-
yond its own shores
The Daily News: THE ultimate result can
hardly be doubted, but strategically Manila
is still threatened"
The Daily Chronicle says: "All America
has TO guard against is guerilla warfare
and the only way to do that is 10 drive
roads through the heart of the country and
to pen the insurgents in corners from which
they cannot escape"
The Daily Mail. remarking on the i'm
proved tactics of the Filipinos, who in many
cases seem to have better arms than the
Americans" says: I'VE now see the results
of sending an army into the field imperfect
ly organized and improperly armed"
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PHILADELPHIA, March 26.-Capt. James
Mcqueen Forsyth, who has been recovering
in the naval hospital here from a severe
illness, received word to-day from Wash
ington of his appointment to command the
cruiser Baltimore, now in the Philippines.
Captain Forsyth during the war with Spain
had charge of naval supplies at Key West
where he taken ill, Captain Dyer,
whom he now succeeds, recently being Or
dered homo because of ill health.
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Suicide Of Barkeep Everman.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KIRKLIN, Ind, March 26.-Dud'ey Ever
man. a barkeeper for o. III. Reagan, went to
the rear of the saloon where he was en-
ployed at o'clock tonight, and, placing
the muzzle of q revolver to his mouth, sent
a ball into his BRAIN Death was instantane-
Gus. Everman had fired several shots at
random on the streets during the afternoon.
For a month more he has been melan-
choly Some time ago he had an affair
with a woman, which left him in despon-
dent frame of mind. He was single and
about thirty years old. The coroner has
heen summoned from Frankfort.
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HARRISON VALLEY GONE.
Fire Licks Up Business Part of a
Pennsylvania Village.

CORNING. n. Y, March 2G.-Harrison
Valley, Pa, lost almost its entire business
portion by fire this morning. The Harrison
Valley House and ten other bull IS We're
burned to the ground and the 'aining
hotel and three stores were onE ced by
tipping barber shop over into eek. The
village has no protection from fire and the
departments from Knoxville and Westfield
came on a special train to help them. The
loss Is $4,000, with much less insurance.
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Aguinaldo's False Reports.

MANILA, March %, via Kong-Kong,
March 26.-Insurgent papers received here
from Malolos show that Aguinaldo is en-
deavoring TO deceive his followers into the
belief that they are winning great victories.
All the recent engagements are proclaimed
as American defeats. The papers describe
the insurgents meeting with the American
forces at various points and end their ac-
counts with the assertion that the Amer
leans retired to their original lines after
suffering great slaughter
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To Experiment in Alaska.

SEATTLE, Wash. March 25.-Professor
Georgeson, of the Agricultural Department.
accompanied by G. II. Robinson and II. ID.
Nelson, have arrived here on their way 10
Alaska. where they will test the agricultural
possibilities of that section. Stations will
be established at Sitka, Kodiak and kenia.
Grains, grasses and vegetables will be
planted. Professor GeoTgeson is convinced
from the results OF his experiments last
year that the climate and soil OF Alaska
are very favorable for agriculture.
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DIR. william G.. sinex.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, March 2s.-Dr. Will
liam G. Sinex, aged seventy-three, died to-
day, after an illness of several months. He
was stricken with paralysis shortly before
death. He practiced medicine for many
years in this city, Salem and Greenville.
He leaves a son, William b. Sinex, of this
city, and u sister. Mrs. Maria Collins, OF
Salem.
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Henry Lewis.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD. Ind, March 26-Henry
Lewis, well-known young man of this
city, died last night of consumption after
several months illness. Mr.. Lewis was ex-
tensivey known among the quarrymen of
Indiana, and was engaged for a number OF
years as engineer of one of the travellers of
the Consolidated Stone Company near here.
He had many friends here and at Bloom
ington and Pomona who will regret TO hear
OF his death. He was member of the
knights of Pythias, and that fraternity will
have charge of the funeral Monday.
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Robbers Murder nm Old Man.

OREGON. Mo-. March 26.-Near here Sam
uel Crow, aged seventy-six, an eccentric
character was murdered while asleep by
robbers. Who beat his head 10 pulp with an
AK handle Robbery was the motive. Cow
being considered wealthy. The amount of
booty If any, secured is rot known The
robbers escaped.
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Germany's Effort to Be Friendly.

LONDON, March 27-The Berlin CORE
spondent Of the Morning Post says: In
their desire 10 effect a friendly settlement
OF the Samoa difficulty, the German authori-
ties have decided to discontinue their sup
port of Mataafa, hoping that this will in
duce the United States TO recall Chief
Justice Chambers"
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CHICAGO. March 2s.-Frank Kinahan, an
electrician, was killed to-day in a street
duel with two unknown men. Over twenty
shots were exchanged Kinahan before dy-
ing acknowledged that he knew his assail-
ants, but refused TO divulge their names or
the motive for the assault Kinahan Cor
merly lived In Kansas City.
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Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WORTHINGTON. Ind, March 26-Last
evening a public reception was given Rev.
l.. II. Graham. of Irvington, who has re-
Gently accepted q call from the Christian
Church at this place. The address of well
come was delivered by DR.. w. T.. Kes-
singer and responses by Rev. w. III. Grim,
pastor of the NJ. f.. Church. Rev. q. w. Ter
ry. pastor of the Baptist Church, and Rev.
Graham
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Mr.. DAVlTT STONED.
The Irish Nationalist Had n Hot Time
i'm County Cork.

LONDON. March 27.-The Cork corre-
spondent OF the Daily News says: MIR.
Davitt, Nationalist member Of Parliament
for South Mayo. was stoned and several Of
his supporters were badly injured at polit-
fcal meeting in Charleyville, County Cork,
on Saturday. The rival supporters of can
d1dateS for the county couEcilorship joined
In the melee, with clubs and stones. Mr.
Davitt spoke amid a perfect hail OF stones,
which finally broke UP the meeting
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This announcement resulted in strenuous
objections being offered by a number of
those present. but the report was adopted
with the additional paragraph. land we
affirm our undying devotion TO the princi-
pies of the Chicago platform and our full
confidence in w. j. Bryan.
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Harry r. Norehend

CINCINNATI, o., March 26.-Harry b.
Morehead. prominent here for years as a
broker and promoter and formerly president
of the Commercial Gazette Company. died
to-day. He spent much of his time in recent
years in New York and London in connec-
ton with railway interests.
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Yesterday. Temperatures.

G. r. r. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official.
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The Republican Changes Hands.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CONVICTION. Ind, March 26.-The Re
publican has again changed hands. Mr.. I.
A Clifton of Fowler, has repurchased the
paper from -. NJ. Hane. who has moved to
Valparaiso.
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Fifteen Inches of snow.

DENVER. Col. March 3.-The snow
storm which began yesterday has been gen
eral to-day over a large part OF the State
and has been OF the heaviest OF the
winter. Fifteen inches on the level Is re-
ported at Holyoke- The mountan railroads
are again experiencing trouble, although
traffic has not been stopped.
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Old Indinn Chief DYING.

SPOKANE, Wash, March 26.-Indian
Agent Anderson reports that Moses, head
chief OF the 1900 Indians on the Colville
reservation. Is dying of Bright's disease at
his place near the Mes Pelim subagency.
He is nearly eighty years of age.