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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-05
Notes of the stage.

Royalties were paid on receipts of 50, 200
or eleven performances of What Hap
pened 10 Jones' in johannesburg, South
Africa.
Maseagni has written hymn in honor Of
Admiral Dewey and the victories of the
american nation. When performed at Fe-
!dro Tor the first time, in the presence OF
kuO people, II was declared to be one of
the best things the composer has written.
Maud Adams has proved herself inde-
pendent Of plays. Anybody who can crowd
theaters as she did with Romeo and
Junet can prosper In anything. Therefore
Lady Bahbie may look forward to the COM
ING season with equanimity.
Julius Calm has begun the publication
OF the monthly edition OF his "Oficial The
atrical Guide" The issue is a neat one
and useful to those interested in the pro
1esslon cam has become something OF
an author In recent years publishinp
theatrical guide which contains over ZOO
pages and IL valuable book 10 all peopIe
connected with the stage and also 10 COM
mercial travellers.
Engifsh's box Office VIII be opened again
to-day for Tho Purple Lady" advance sale
/ Of seats In the company playing this
Resented farce is Teresa Maxwell a
fioosier girl. who Is receiving praise for
ner beauty as well as her acting. Miss
Maxwelfs name of the stage is the good
oid, patronymic Ryan. and her father Is
Commander-in-chiefR Ryan of the Indiana
q. A. r., as well as being a minister Of
the gospel at Utica. Ind.
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to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Sept 4.--One Of
the mos, peculiar phenomena ever encoun-
tered in the Indiana oil field is found north
Of this city. 1t Is known to the oil operators
as the lobe" and has caused an outlay to
the operators of many thousands of dollars.
1t is nothing more than a zig-zag strip
about two hundred feet in width, extending
from the Van Buren, oil field across the
State to the reservoir on Lake Mercer, IN
Ohio. Its peculiar and expensive feature
lies I'm the fact that wherever encountered
the limestone is on an average of five hun
dred feet deeper than elsewhere. This ne
cessitates about $50 feet of extra drive pipe,
which at the present high price of iron,
Until limestone is reached IL is one solid
depth of gravel and sand. 1t is believed
that at an early period IL was a river. and
the lobe marks it's course. The 1,S00-bar-
rel well-Shirley oil well. the biggest ever
drilled In Indiana, was found in the lobe. "
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after that date-giving an account OF the
confession Dreyfus was reported TO have
made TO Lebrun-Renault
Twelfth-Telegram, signed "Esperanza,
sent by Esterhazy and Nile. Pays to Colonel
Picquart also a letter signed with the same
name now in the hands OF the War Office.
observation-disclosures, signed Blanche,
attributed by Roget and Cuignet TO Du Patty
de Clam.
Fourteenth-Registered declaration by
General Gonse affirming that NJ Hadamard
preyfus's father-in-law) and NJ. Painleve
F'ifteenth-An article published by the
Eclair and falsely dated Jan. 5, 1886, whereas
il was written Jan. 5. 1885, Ii was meant 10
prove that Picquart knew EsterhaZy before
PicQuart received the petit bleu."
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FIFTEEN FORGERIEs.
History Of These Tells the story Of
the DreyfuS Case.

the Dreyfus Case.
New York Press.
In forgery is written large part of the
history of the Dreyfus case. There are fif-
teen OF these forged documents. Here is the
list:
First-Telegram, dated Nov. 2. 1894, from
Panizzardi to the Italian chief of the gen.
eral staff. This telegram was properly
translated by the Foreign Office but falsified
by the War Office.
Second-Letter from Schwarzkoppen to
Panizzardi known as "Cette Canaille de
D." chat rascal D.
Third-Letter from Schwarzkoppen TO
Panizzardi. dated August. 1895, related by
Henry, March, 1894. In this an initial desig-
mating the name of a spy was scratched out
and replaced by the initial ID.
Fourth-The document known as the
faux Henry" read in the Chamber by NJ
Cavaisnac. and posted in 5000 communes
In France.
Fifth-Two letters forged to strengthen
this document.
Sixth-Six letters from the German En-
peror TO Count Munster concerning Drey-
fus and letters from Dreyfus to the German
Seventh-A letter signed otto" from a
. Ger@aa dipomatist to EsterhaHy. This
letter Is known as lie faux Lemercier-
Picard.
Eighth-I.etter attributed to Colonel
Schneider. military attache to the Austrian
embassy in Paris produced by the Generals
Mercier and Roget at the court-martial at
Rennes the most conclusive proof of
Dreyfus's guilt
Ninth-Letter known as 1.-The letter Wey-
ler" dated July 1896, sent by IIepon TO
Dreyfus at the lie du Diable. Between the
lines In invisible ink was revealed the plot
TO substitute Esterhazy for Dreyfus. How
ever this failed TO bring any response from
Dreyfus. who explained before the court.
partial that he did not understand the let
Ter.
Tantb-The scratching on the petit bleu.'
done after Colonel Picquart had left the War
once. and for which he was imprisoned for
eleven montho
Eleventh-Letter from General Gonse.
dated Jan. (. 1U1-but written two years
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Durbin.s Regiment to Meet.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 4.-The officers
of the Observation-Disclosures first Indiana
will hold reunion with Colonel Durbin in
this city Saturday, all members being his
guests. They have purchased fine saber,
which they will present the colonel at that
time 1t is possible that Colonel Durbin
may announce his candidacy for the NOM
iration for Governor that evening and OFF,
cially issue IL Sunday morning. Colonel
Durbn was very popular with his regiment
and takes a deep interest in the privates
and the officers.
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Anderson Wire Mills to Start.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind. Sept. 4.-Welcome La
Dor day news was received by the 500 men
who have been out of the wire mills at this
point since May. The trust notified them
thas 'hs mills would be started up just as
soor as they could get the steel here. The
trust is having great deal OF trouble In
getting hold of billets and is now begin
ming TO catch up. The antitrust people are
having little or no trouble I'm this respect
and arr, operating their mills at this point
and elsewhere up TO the fullest capacity.
Ii seems that the two combinations have
been lighting each other to get corner on
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English Wall Paper Trust.

NEW YORK, Sept. A dispatch TO the
World from London says: The most dar-
Ing and what will probably be the most
successful trade combination ever formed
in this country will come into operation on
Monday. All the manufacturers of wall
paper. with the exception of four firms in
London. have agreed to pool their profits.
The capital aggregates 100000 The pro-
motors have guarded against foreign com
petition by an arrangement with the deal
ers, who have signed the contracts not 10
deal with foreign manufacturers for ten
years. BY the end of ten years IL is ex-
pected the syndicate will be strong enough
10 ward off all competition. The price of
the cheapest sorts of wall paper Is 10 be
raised Immediately 2Jo per cent. About
one-third OF those engaged In the trade will
be thrown out OF employment."
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Marion Normal school Faculty.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Sept. 4.-The Marion Nor
NAL College has just opened the new year.
Prof j. L. McMullen, of De Pauw Uni
versity, takes charge of literature; Mrs. A.
Kate Gilbert, method work, and A. G..
Vredenburg, music. The other members OF
the faculty are: G. W. Boucher, principal
and teacher of mathematics; Mrs. c. w.
Boucher. associate principal, algebra, ora
tory and civics; Prof. A. Jones' grammar,
arithmetic and psychology; b. F. Temple
ton, Greek, Latin and mental sciences;
Frank Nj. Life, science; Luella c. Rose,
Latin and rhetoric; d. B. Gilbert, reading
circle work; +. c. Weber, bookkeeping; o.
w. Ford, commercial arithmetic: Blanche
E. Meyer, art; G. III. Herrick, penmanship;
Rev. John C.. Schacht, German: William
Valentine, German: o. w. Ford telegraphy
c. A. Root, railroading; Miss Emma Stock
niger, shorthand; Mary Z. Owen, special
culture: j., o. Briggs, chorus class, Carrie
Harvey, elocution: G. A. Henry, dean of
law department: Hon. r. T. st. John, Hon.
j. L. Custer, Hon. Hiram Brownlee, T.. A.
Huffman, G.. w. Thompson, w. ID. Lett, g.
ID. Dean, II. Nj. Elliott and p. b. Manley,
law lecturers; Will Wittrig. secretary;
Alice Withers, librarian. The attendance is
large and the regular classes strong. The
present year will go far beyond any other
in the history of the school.
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TEMPLATE STRIKE OFF
IDLE MEN IN FIVE CITIES RETURNED
TO WORK LAST NIGHT.
Double Tragedy mt Greentown, where
and Then shot Himself.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 4.-The men who
went out on strike at the Tin-plate Trust
mills at this point Saturday morning, on
sympathetic strike with the 400 out at FL
wood, returned to work tonight. and word
received from the men out at Atlanta, Gas
City, Montpelier and Middletown indicates
all returned to their places tonight and
have left the Elwood men to fight out their
own battle. They return on the advice of
President Schaffer. of the Amalgamated
Association, who discredited the orders for
them TO go out.
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SpeciaI 10 inc IndianapoIIs JournaI
COLUMBUS Ind. Sept. "A fire involv-
ing loss of se.7oo occurred at St. Louis
Crossing. small town seven miles north
east of here, late Sunday morning The fire
originated in the general store of Lee 10y
and the building and contents were de-
stroyed The loss on stock is 5000. with
insurance of $1,000 in the Farmers Insur-
ance Company. of Pennsylvania, and $3.50 on
household goods The loss on building is
$780, with insurance of $500 in the Ohio
Farmers The fire is supposed to be OF in
cendiary origin. Currency 10 the amount of
$780, which had been placed under the boys
pillow prior TO retiring, was either stolen or
cremated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-05

PARIS, Sept. 4.-General Gallifet, minis
ter Of war. has allowed TO be said that he
is entirely opposed to secret sessions of the
Dreyfus court-martial at Rennes. II is
stated that General De Gallifet has tele-
graphed TO the government commissary Ma
jor Carriere, in this sense, stating that to-
morrow's session of the court-martial in
camera should be confined to acquainting
the judges with the name of the foreign
government mentioned by Cermusbi, the
tro-Hungarian refugee who testified be-
fore the court to-day, and adding that the
government desires that the truth shall be
established in the full light of day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-05
sixtieth wedding Anniversary.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
AUBURN, Ind, Sept. 4.-A1r. and Mrs
Charles Watson ST., of Jackson township
tomorrow will celebrate their sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary. Mr.. Watson is in his
eighty-fourth year. while his wife is five
years younger. They located the farm
where they now live before their marriage
Rev Mr. Robe rode on horseback from
Fort Wayne, a distance of thirty miles. to
perform the ceremony. They have reared
four children one daughter and three sons
The daughter Miss Lydia, and two sons
have always lived with their parents. All
are ProhibitiOniStS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-05
Groenendyke Not So Very Sick.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Sept. 4-Rev.
Montgomery Groenendyke. the United
Brethren minister who was reported dying
of congestion Of the brain, is much better
to-day and able to sit up. Rev. Groenen-
dyke for a time was In a delirious condition
due to worry, loss of sleep, mental anguish
and excitement. He strenuously denies his
guilt and will endeavor TO clear his name
of the disgrace. He says he can prove he
is the object of conspiracy. The United
Brethren Church here is divided and the
pastor who brought the charges had only
a small portion of the congregation during
the last of his term. This Rev. r. s.
Minshall who has been sent to Greenfield
A large faction of the church has no SYM
pathy for Groenendyke and declare he had
a fair trial.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
WILKINSON, Ind. Sept. 4.-Polly Cauld-
well. aged seventy-three, died yesterday
with dropsy at her residence in this place.
She had been aiIing for several months. Her
husband died on the day before. there being
about twenty-five hours difference in their
death. Mrs caldwell also wanted to die
and be buried with her husband. They never
had any children. Their remains were both
taken to the Christian Church at Warning
ton to-day at IL o'clock, and a funeral SER
mon preached by Rev. George W. Wagner
of Greensboro The Masonic fraternity had
charge of her husbands remains. They
were both inferred in the same grave in
HayS cemetery.
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Northwest NJ. Il. Conference.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT, Ind, Sept. 4.-The North
west Indiana NJ. f. Conference convenes
In Frankfort Tuesday night, with Bishop
Hurst presiding. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Judge j. V. Kent, and
Rev G. W. Swtzer of Lafayette will re-
spond. In all probabilities the case of the
Rev. Schell. of Chicago, secretary of the
Epworth League, will come up in the form
of a church trial, as he is a member of this
conference, and his accusers. among them
the Zion Herald announce that they will
push the charges. Mr.. Schell is accused of
official wrong doing in accepting royalties
on books from publishers outside the reg
ular church channels. The fight against
him is headed by the famous DIR. Parkhurst
Fully five hundred ministers are expected
to be present.
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Gamblers Annual Harvest.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Sept. 4.-The an
nual exhibition of the Shelby County Agri-
cultural Association opens her tomorrow
with the usual horse racing and fair. Since
Saturday night large numbers of strangers
have arrived. Nearly every gambling lay
out known to the world is spread out here
open manner Shelbyville will be a wide
open town all this week and every "old
thing will go. Driving horses, guideless
attractions.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind Sept. 4.-This evening
Mrs. Glover and Mrs Bassett of the plate
glass residence district, had a savage fight.
and as a result Mrs. Bassett is not expected
to recover. Bricks and chunks Of broken
glass were used as weapons. A warrant
was issued for Mrs. Clover, who Is herself
badly cut and bruised.
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Indiana Obituary.

DUBLIN Ind. Sept 4-Mr. Mordicia Gill
bert aged seventy five. died to-day Of heart
trouble Mr. Gilbert was the only surviving
member of the Gilbert family, one of the
largest Quaker families in Eastern Indiapa.
He was born on the tract of land purchased
by his father when Indiana was first
settled, and where he has since lived. He
was a minister of the Friends Church for
many years.
RICHMOND. Ind, Sept. 4.-Dr. G. r.
Meredith. a young and well known physi-
clan. died yesterday of consumption, after a
long illness.
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MIR. wickwire Is Home Again.

Special I'd the Indianapolis Journal
AUBURN, Ind, Sept. 4.-Dr. Garry N.
Wickwire, a prominent physician of Angola,
and one of the four Alaskan tourists who
left that city last year, surprised his friends
by unexpectedly returning last week. He
left st. Michael's on q sailing vessel Aug
and came to Seattle. He brings word that
his partners, Otto WEIGH, Edward Frey
gang and Charles Tasker, are probably on
their way home. as they expected to start
by steamer shortly after he left.
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Tru,t Clo.e. Bicycle FACTORY.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Sept. 4-The Marion Cycle
Company closed it's plant in this city Sat
urday evening. throwing out over 200 people.
1t has been rumored to-day that the COM
pany has sold out to the trust and that it
has closed down for good Philip Matter
owns nearly all the stock. and he has gone
stockholders of the Union Traction Com
pany
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Sept. "A company Of
local capitalists has been organized to put
In a new transfer line here. using ex-
clusively the automobile. A line will also
be run to Steele's Park. near the city. Jas.
n. Fristoe, one of the promoters, is now
in the East negotiating for the purchase
of automobiles, and the new line Will be
put in operation as soon possible.
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Sill be held under the auspices of the
Farmers Institute of Illinois, and farmers
from Illinois. Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri,
Michigan. Indiana and Ohio will be invited
TO attend. Speakers of national reputation
will address the gathering and subjects of
interest 10 the farmer will be discussed.
The congress will open Oct. and will con-
tinue until Oct IL.
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STORMY TIMES AHEAD.
Dreyfus Proceedings May he Quas h ed
and Military Clique Punished.

NEW YORK, Sept. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Rennes says:
Doubts of full acquittal Of Dreyfus, even
Of any acquittal, are becoming general
that the Cabinet yesterday discussed the
situation, and a movement was begun to
take the matter before the Court OF Cassa-
ton with the design of having the proceed
ings quashed on the ground that the
procedure before the court-martial has
illegally transcribed the limits set by the
Cessation Court in transferring the case TO
a court-martial Advices from Paris to-
night state that the ablest lawyers of the
parliamentary bar have been asked to re-
port on the question. which Is difficult
one, new TO French procedure. 1t is also re-
ported on good authority that II Dreyfus
u condemned the Cabinet will either resign
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Letter from Hoosier Lieutenant.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
PARAMOUNT, Ind, Sept. 4-Allen ID.
Parker, second lieutenant in the Twenty
ninth Infantry, has written an interesting
letter from the Philippines to his parents
in this city, saying he is in full charge Of
Company T., as the captain and first lieu
tenant were promoted. Parker was a cor
poral in Company A, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tieth Indiana Volunteers and passed ex-
animation on his arrival in this country at
Fortress Monroe.
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Maie.tic DistiIIery to start.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 4-For the
first time since it was built, the Majestic
distillery, owned by the whisky trust, will
be started. The plant. which is the largest
owned by the trust and which has a ca
pacity of over 5000 bushels a day, will be-
gin work within few days and the In
diana, the other trust plant, will be closed
down for repairs.
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Reaui.iticn for Bradlette.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. 4.-Governor
Tanner to-day honored the requisition of
the Governor of Indiana by issuing a war
rant for the return Of John Bradlette, under
arrest in Pontiac and wanted in New AL
bany, Ind, for murder.
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TRAGEDY AT GREENTowN.
James hall Kills His Father-in-Lavv
and Then Commits suicide.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind, Sept. 4.-Greentown. this
county, was the scene of a terrible double
tragedy at an early hour this morning
Occupying a handsome cottage residence in
the town was the family of James Ball,
consisting of himself, wife and two daugh-
tiers. For several weeks Mrs. Balls father.
Henry Murden, aged seventy-five. we'll
known real-estate agent and merchant, has
made his home with them. AT 1 o'clock
this morning Ball left his bed, and. with
32-caliber revolver, went to the room of his
father-in-law and shot him. placing the re-
volver at the the center of Mr.. Murden's
forehead and firing twice. One bullet
glanced off and entered the headboard of
the bed, but the other penetrated the skull,
causing instant death. Mrs. Ball ran into
the room and found her husband sitting on
the bed. brandishing the revolver. With the
aid of her eighteen-year-old daughter Flor
.ence, Mrs. Ball struggled with her husband
to secure the revolver, during which time
he fired another shot, grazing the head or
Mrs. Ball and shattering a window. The
struggle, lasting several minutes, in the
house, yard and street, finally resulted in
disarming the man. The girl, on securing
the revolver, ran to q neighbours across the
street TO hide the weapon and call for help
Ball then ran back into the house. took
double-barreled shotgun. went back into
1.-The bedroom where his father-in-law lay
dead. and committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head, discharging both bar
rels by using his toes to pull the triggers.
The crime is generally attributed to tenn
porary insanity 1t is not known that any
Ill feeling existed between the men. Mr..
Ball had been worrying for several days
over a land trade. having recently pur-
chased farm near Denver, Miami county.
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NIAGARA FALLS. n. ". Sept. 4.--The
electric power house OF the Niagara Falls
Park AZ River Railway. situated Just above
the Horseshoe Falls, IN Queen Victoria
Park. was destroyed by fire this evening
The loss Is estimated at $4,000.
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Empire-"Bon Ton BarIe.quer..,

One of the additions to the "Bon-Ton
5urlesquers." which began weeks en-
sagement at the Empire yesterday after
loon to house filled to the doors, is Wei
and, clown juggler. who does number of
Juggling tricks with a high hat and stick
and other properties. including three can
non balls" one of which he unkindly threw
at the audience. IL the Hoosier nine were
as good at catching fielded balls as weiland
IA at catching potatoes on a fork. the Kan
Larry Smith and Mamie Champion are re-
pearing their family fight, with horsewhip
obligato. OF last year, and Frank Byron and
Louise Langdon are also doing the same
thing over again. Both acts were well re-
cetyed. Gallagher and Barrett, sidewalk
rag chewers. perpetrate a lot of Jokes
with high percentage of new ones in the
bunch. and do their work well. May Tay-
Tor. the sunbeam soubrette," casts a ray
by singing out various victims in the audi
ence. fat men preferred. The Dream of
the Orient In which Egyptian dancing by
q dozen young women Is the most prom
fnent feature when given in the large cities
was toned down yesterday 10 a very mild
two-step for Indianapolis production
though the girls are allowed to appear in
costumes of the Midway order. The closing
burlesque Is practically the same as last
monkey business by Byron and Smith. as
the two countrymen. Larry Smith has sue
.eeded In getting better grasp on the char
scter and makes a much more realistic
farmer OF the part than last season, Daily
natinees Will be given all week.