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The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Indiana Notes.

Charles IAn11e's large farm residence near
Clifford, burned yesterday. Loss, $780, with
$500 insurance.
Col. A. A. sprague. general agent for P.
P Argersinger & Co, of New York, is at
his home in Charlottesville very sick with
grip.
Frederick Weller, an employe Of the Wa
bash Paper Company, injured ten days ago
while at work in the mill, died yesterday
of peritonitis.
There is an effort at Portland to organize
commercial club for the purpose of induc-
ing manufacturing interests to locate in
Portland. 1t is expected to raise an eighteen
thousand-dollar fund.
The firm Of Cronin & Winters, of Hart
ford City, and one Of the largest mercantile
firms in northern Indiana dissolved part
nership Tuesday. E. l. Winters purchased
the interests of his partner for $1S,25O.
Elmer Stoner's large barn, near Sala-
monia, burned Tuesday, with all supply Of
grain, farming implements, one horse and
a number Of hogs and sheep. Loss not
known. but insured in the Farmers Mutual
of Hector.
over five hundred Boone county Repub-
Icans celebrated Iincoln's birthday ami
versary with banquet Tuesday night in
Bochinvar Hall. Judge T. ]. Terhune pre-
sided as toastmaster. Hon. w. r. Jewell,
of Danville, H.. delivered the address.
The Shelbyville taxpayers committee has
filed its second suit to enjOin the County
Commissioners from carrying out the re-
cent contract with A. E. Smiley, of Rush
vile, ana the New Castle Bridge Company
for six bridges in different parts of Shelby
county. The taxpayers claim that the last
contract was let without any competition.
The Cambridge City Council granted the
Cambridge City Interurban Electric Street
car Company a franchise this week for a
street car line through the principal streets
of the city. Cambridge City will be the
central point for this company which will
have lines operating to Hagerstown, Dub
lin, Germantown and Milton. The terms on
which the franchise was granted include
the location and maintenance Of a $4,000
neOnle
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WOuId-Be bandits Run Away.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, int. Feb. 15.-Ernest Wilhelm
and George Martin, thirteen-year-old sons
of prominent parents in this city, have gone
West in the hope Of acquiring fame as lead
ers of band Of boy bandits. or, failing in
that, try their hands as pirates on the Pa
cifc. They left home last Saturday with
$lO0 in cash, four revolvers, four deerfoot
knives and all the other weapons they could
carry, telling the envious chums they left
behind that they would soon be heard Of as
the most successful and daring adventur-
ers on the frontier. The fathers of the
boys, David Wilhelm and George Martin,
sr., are now out in pursuit of the would-be
banditti, tracing them to indianapolis Con-
nersville and finally to Hamilton, O., where
the scent was lost. The parents are on the
Warpath themselves, and if the youngsters
be caught their career s wild Westerners
will dissolve into scene at the hot end Of
a skate strap.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Cable Notes.

Charles Alexander Douglas Home, twelfth
Earl of Home has been appointed knight
of the Order of the Thistle in succession
TO the late Lord Napier
The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the birth of
Carl Schurz will be celebrated in Berlin on
Feb 25.' Theodore Barth will preside and
Andrew D. White, the United States am
bassador, will attend.
According to the Madrid correspondent of
the London Daily Mail, the question of sell
ing the CarOlines and the Ladrones is still
undecided, because no power has yet made
a definite offer, and the idea of abandoning
them altogether may be considered IL no
offer is forthcoming.
The British government has appointed
Baron Edward Tx MacNaghten, lord of ap-
peal in ordinary; Major General Sir Charles
Ardagh, director of military intelligence,
and Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Hold
ish, superintendent of frontier surveys In
India, TO form a tribunal to arhitrate the
Argentine-Chile frontier dispute.
William Turnour Tromas Poulett, the
English organ-grinding claimant to the
eardom of Poulett, says that he has re-
ceived offers of money with which to
further his claim from a gentleman In
Massachusetts. He also asserts that other
offers of a like character have come to him
from Montreal and elsewhere in America
The Constantnople correspondent CT the
Standard says: During the recent festival
of Bairam Oscar Straus, the American min
ister insisted on the custom house being
opened to clear a cargo Of flour from the
United States. After some difficulty fis
request was complied with, but the incident
caused great annoyance in Turkish cncles. "
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
BARRETT MURDER TRIAL
THE PRISONERS EX-WIFE AND
DAUGHTER ARE AGAINST HIM.
Cass County Girl kidnapped by Reject
ed SuitOr on Eve of Her Wedding
Chaplain Newton Dead.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 15.-There was IN
creased interest in the Jesse Barrett murder
trial to-day and every bit Of space in the
large courtroom was occupied by witnesses
and spectators from here and Indianapolis,
Alexandria, Anderson and Muncie The de-
fendant spent the day beside his trio of at
torneys, using tablet of paper taking notes
of the testimony. One Of the first witnesses
was Mrs. Daisy Madison, Barrett's six
teen-year-old daughter, who was married
three weeks ago. after securing the consent
of her father and is alleged to have agreed
to testify in his behalf To her is credited
the real cause of the murder Of her step
father Jack McFall, as the father is al
legged to have learned that McFall had driv-
en- the girl out Of the house. The girl stated
that before her mother had secured
divorce she had heard her declare her love
for McFall and that she would marry him
Mrs. McFall, the widow of the murdered
man and divorced wife of the defendant,
was on the stand nearly all day. She said
she married Barrett eighteen years ago and
they had lived in Columbus, St. Louis, three
times in Indianapolis and twice in Alexan-
dria~ In February, 1897, she went to Alex
andria from Indianapolis and purchased a
boarding house from her sister-in-laW, Mrs.
Snowden She and Barrett had often quar-
relied and he did not come to Alexandria
until the fall Of that year. He quarreled
again ana Iilen leIt ner. IN the meantime
she had fallen in love with McFall Her
daughter Daisy and son Lawrence went to
Indianapolis to visit their father, and she
went there and lived with him a week to
induce him to come with her to Alexan-
dria. She failed and McFall started to come
after her. but she met him at Fishers Sta
ton, where they stayed a week. returning
to Alexandria. The divorce was granted on
Jan. 10, 1885, and she and McF'all were mar
ried a week later at Alexandria. She stated
that she never saw Barrett after this visit
to Indianapolis until the day of the tragedy.
Mrs. Matte Snowden, sister-in-law of
Mrs. McFall, testified that when Barrett
first came to Alexandria after his wife had
purchased the boarding house from her that
to run away with him. Other witnesses to-
day were Dr. Strauss, of Alexandria, who
held the post-mortem on McFall; Mrs. May
S. E. Sells, ex-coroner of Madison county;
Taylor Hopkins, a boy; Mrs Lulu Fauset
and Clinton Greer.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

Special to the indianapolis Journal
JEFFBRSONVILLE, Ind, Feb. 15-
Charles Mccoy died at Flint Ridge a week
ago Of a pistol wound and mystery sur
rounds his death. While his wife claims he
committed suicide on account Of jealousy,
there are many other theories, the strong
est Of which is that he was murdered in his
own home. Coroner English, of New Wash
ington, who conducted the inquest, returned
persons. McCoys wife said her husband
came home and began cursing and abusing
her. He then asked her for his revolver
which she gave him. She then told how her
husband had placed the weapon to his head
and fired. Monday night the widow took her
children and went to spend the night with
a neighbor and returning the following
morning found her house in ruins. 1t was
evidently destroyed by incendiaries.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

PERU, Ind. Feb. 15.-The Deiterich nat
ural gas syndicate to-day made a PROPOSE
ton to the City Council for the appointment
of a committee to take charge of all the
mains, regulators, wells and the Office in
this city to verify the statement that the
present pressure at all cities controlled by
them was all that could be furnished. There
have been indignation meetings in various
cities over the suffering resulting from the
cold wave, and insinuations were made that
the pressure was cut down for the purpose
city against the company now in the United
States Court A committee will be appoint
ed. The question is a vital one, inasmuch
as 80 per cent. of the Indiana gas is con-
trolled by this syndicate, which supplies
twenty odd cities and towns.
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other nenthr in the state.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. ia tele-
gram from Heltonsville, announced the
death of Lewis Utterback, which occurred
and was debilitated by an attack of typhoid
fever over year ago. He was a we'll
Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen,
and was at Hetonsville on an extended
visit
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 15.-Mrs. John Lynn,
of injuries suffered Saturday in falling down
cellar. She was unconscious from a short
time after the accident until her death
Mrs Lynn was nearly eighty years old
and the mother Of the treasurer of Wabash
county. The funeral takes place Thursday
at o'clock.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 15.-Joseph Stan
ley, well-known resident Of this county,
died at his home in Walesboro late last
night Of lung trouble, aged fifty-nine years
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTlES.

President Diaz of Mexico, is confined to
his bed with the grip.
There is no yellow fever in the Island of
Jamaica nor has there been any for more
than a year.
The directors of the National Biscuit
Company have declared a regular dividend
of ia per cent. on the preferred stock.
George Panzeter, Of New York, while in
toxicated last night, shot and killed his
wife and John GoeltZ, a cigar maker, who
boarded in the house with Mrs. Panzeter.
PanZeter escaped.
Nearly all Of the leading professional and
business men of Brattleboro, VT. have
joined in q letter to Rudyard Kipling, ex-
pressing qualification at the writer's return
to this country and the hope that he will
make BrattlebOro his home as heretofore
At Milwaukee last night Hall Adali, the
Turkish wrestler, defeated Captain Tom
Shields, Bert Scheller and Tom Cannon in
ment Shields was thrown twice and Can
non and Scheller once each The bouts
were catch-as-catch-can.
The Manhattan Fire Insurance Company,
of New York, will pass into the control of a
Cleveland syndicate. G. j. Squire, w. +.
Powers, r. M. Parmaley, Daniel Myers and
others have secured a majority OF the stock,
and Z. B. Armstrong and others associated
with him in the management of the concern
will retire.
Only 1850 miners are at present on strike
In the ChOctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf mines
in the Indian Territory, but the prospects
in Arkansas and the Indian Territory will
be declared in a few days. The miners ask
reinstatement of discharged men and other
concessions.
The Minnesota Democratic state commit
tee yesterday adopted the following resolu /
ton: THAT the Democratic state central
committee do hereby reaffirm and indorse
the national Democratic platform adopted
by the Democratic national convention in
Chicago in 1896, and the principles of the
Democratic party as therein enunciated.
Coils p. Huntington president of the Pa
cifc Mail Steamship Company, says two
steamships for its service are to be built
by the Newport News Ship Building and
Dry Dock Company Each is to cost 81, ,750- =
900 and is to be $50 feet long, 63 feet beam
and of 1900 tons. The vessels are intended
for the Pacific basin passenger, freight and
mails, etc.
Augustus Van Wyck has been appointed
receiver for Eiseman Brothers, New York
silk jobbers, in an action brought by Moses
L. Eiseman against his brother Samuel for
a dissolution of partnership. The sales of
the firm during the year 1898 are stated in
some of the affidavits presented on the
hearing of the motion to have amounted TO
more than S3,000O0O.
In recognition of the distinguished service
of the late Senator Justin 5. Morrill, 10 the
cause of education, the executive committee
of the Association Of American Agricultural
Colleges has appointed next April A. the
anniversary of his birth, a day TO be
observed with appropriate exercises by all
the agricultural and mechanical colleges of
the country, organized and established
under the sO-called Morrill, act of 1852.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Other Hires

NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-Fire to-day at
Nos III and l19 Prince street, this city,
destroyed the establishment of Joachim
&. Finkelstein, cloaks and suits; Hyman,
Ossusky x Co., laces and silk caps: Gus
tav Mendelssohn, infants wear; Gustav
Reno, iaces; Adolph Miller. dress skirts, and
the Novelty Tea Gown Company Van
keuren & Thornton. white goods, suffered
considerable loss from water Several firms
I'm an adjoining building suffered from dam
age by water. The total loss is about
SO, 900.
AKRON, O., Feb. IA fire that broke
out at 1890 o'clock tonight destroyed the
immense plants and Office building Of the
Thomas Building and Lumber Company.
The property loss will amount to $100,000 or
more largely insured.
CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-The bicycle factory
anu 81 M ida t S5s9p y ToI,rt,t gu S Bros
partly destroyed by fire at 4:30 o'clock this
morning, causing a loss of about $4,000.
AUBURN, n Y, Feb. 15-Fire in the
scythe manufacturing plant of David Wads-
worth & Son tonight did $4,000 damage
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
KIDNAPPED A BRIDE.
Cass County Hero and villain StruS-
gle for Fannie Bishir's Hand.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. 15-The mar
riage tonight of Miss Fannie A Bshir and
James Jester at the home of the bride $
father, Albert Bishir. well-to-do farmer OF
Boone township, ends a story that reads like
a chapter from a yeIlow-backed novel Jes-
ter, accompanied by the girls father, was
in the city yesterday getting the license and
while here told their story, which was, in
substance, that the bride-elect had been
kidnapped Saturday night by a rejected
suitor who was a favorite with certain
members of the Bishir family. According to
Mr.. Bishir, John ingalls,, a young man Of
the neighborhood, who figures as the re-
jected suitor, accompanied by a friend, Mel
vim Gill, drove up to the Bishir home at s
o'clock Saturday night and called for Miss
Bishir. When the young woman appeared
ingalls, got out of his buggy and she was ap-
preached, seized and, placing her in, whipped
up the horse and was out of hearing before
the startled Jester and the girls father, who
had witnessed the whole performance, could
interfere Jester gave chase as soon as ne
could procure a horse, but the hdnapers
euded their pursuers.
After several hours fruitless search Jester
returned to the Bishir home to find his be-
trothed there ahead of him. According to
her story, after getting her into the buggy,
ingalls, ard Gill had taken her to the home
OF an uncle named Worden, but finding that
she was determined to marry Jester they
arranged with the uncle to take her back
to her home. Bishir was waiting at the
gate armed with a shotgun when the buggy
drove up and declared he would have fired
had ii contained the two young men.
Monday morning q constable appeared at
the Bishir home and arrested the father and
lover for threatening to kill ingalls, and Gill.
The case was called before a justice of the
peace at Royal Center and dismissed as soon
as the court heard the particulars. ingalls,
and Gin were then arrested for abducting
the girl. They were placed under bond but
this charge was later dismissed and they
pleaded guilty TO a charge of assault and
battery paid their fines and were released.
From the story of Jester and the girl 5
father it seems that ingalls, was a favorite
Of q grandmother of the girl, who used every
influence she could TO make a match. In
gals is pretty well fixed, and II is said that
he offered the father a money consideration
IL he would use his influence with his daugh-
ter In his behalf, and offered the girl wed
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New odd Fellows Lodge.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind. Feb. 15.-Dr William
Peck, Of Frankton, district deputy, and SEN
ator Cranor, Of Muncie, grand master of In
diana Odd Fellows. are in Anderson insti-
tuting a new lodge of Odd Fellows in this
city. The new chapter begins with a charter
membership Of sixty and the services We're
followed last night with a banquet. Ander-
son and Pendleton teams are comforting the
degree work. The officers elected are: Past
grand, James Arnold; noble grand, DR.. A.
II. Sears; vice grand, Joseph Delapaine;
secretary, D. II. Webber: recording secre-
tary, Grant Westerfield; treasurer, Henry
Aronstein; trustees, Samuel Rhoades,
Joseph Richards and Samuel Clark.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 15.-What IS said to
be the largest bass ever caught in northern
Indiana was landed Monday on the farm of
John Summerland ex-treasurer of this
county, in Pleasant township. There is on
the place little lake covering six or seven
acres A fisherman angling through a hole
in the ice felt prodigious jerk which al
most took him under and after playing
with the fish for a quarter Of an hour drew
it up to the surface, grasped it by the gills
and dragged it out The bass weighed four
teen and three-quarter pounds and meas
ured twenty-eight inches 1t was found to
be unfit to eat after 1t was cooked the flesh
being strong. The head is now nailed to the
wall in the postofflce at Disko.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Solution OF the samoan Question.

spondent of the Times says: The Samoan
correspondent of the Melbourne Argus
writes that the only solution of the difficult
ties there lies in an immediate annexation
of the islands by Great Britain. He says
the natives throughout the entire group are
almost unanimously favorable to such a
step and that 1t is also ardently desired by
the british and American residents Failing
whole population is imperative and in the
opinion of the correspondent of the Argus
the abolition of the kingship Is absolutely
necessary to prevent constant disturbances.
The rival chiefs he believes, would be salts
fled If appointed to rule their own districts
with small salaries"
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
OBITUARY.
Lawrence e. Myers, a Famous Short
Distance Runner.

NEW YORK. Feb 16-Lawrence E.
Myers, the famous short-distance runner,
died suddenly in this city last night of
pneumonia He would have been forty-one
years old to-day. He was born in Rich
mond, Va. His running records, which still
stand, no runner, professional or amateur,
having equaled them, are $50 yards. SO 4-5s,
Philadelphia Oct. Is, 1881; 400 yards, 43 5-Ss,
New York, June 3, 1882; 66O yards, I'm 22s,
New York, July II, 1880; 800 yards, I'm
A 2-5s, Brooklyn. Sept. 16, 1882; $40 yards,
I'm 48 3-5s, London, England, July 6, 1885;
1000 yards, Pm 13s, New York, July 8, 1881.
Mr. Myers had been amateur champion OF
America at one distance or another ever
since 1879.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. 13.-The an
nual business meeting Of the North-Central
Indiana Poultry Association was held in
this city last night. officers were elected
and Kokomo was chosen as the place for
holding the annual exhibit next year. The
annual exhibit of this association for the
past two years has been held in this city,
and the exhibits in point Of number Of en-
tries, both in the poultry and bench depart
ments, have each year been exceptionally
good, while from a financial standpoint the
exhibits have been unusually successful. the
association closing the recent one with a
handsome balance in the treasury. For the
past two years Richard Twells has been
president and Sol D. Brandt, secretary, both
OF this city. The new officers are:
President, L G. Foss, Kokomo; vice pres
ldents Zone for each county in the district,
Cass, Horatio Thornton; Miami, Abe Reese;
Howard, NJ Kenworthy; Carroll, A. D.
Wood; Wabash, S. A. NoftZger; Jasper,
Mrs. A. A Stoner; Pulaski c. V. Keeler;
secretary, E. E. Sanders, Kokomo; treas
urer, q. w. Newall, KokOmo. Executive
Committee-C. NJ. Barlow, W. w. Cole and
Lee Albaugh, of Kokomo; ]. S. Kreider and
J. G. Bridge, Of Logansport. The next eX-
hibit will be held at Kokomo, Jan. II to "a.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Mrs. Margery McK evv.
the Indiananolis Journal.

Special 70 the IndlanapoNS journal.
RIDGEVILLE, Ind, Feb 15.-Margery
McKew, widow of Arthur McKew, died at
noon to-day of grip, aged seventy-eight. Mrs.
McKew was a daughter Of Jacob Ward, one
Of the founders of Newton, now Ridgeville,
who settled on the south bank of the Mis-
sissinewa river near Ridgevile, in 1919. He
raised a family of fourteen children six Of
whom are still living. In 1921 Margery was
born and in about 1910 was married to
Arthur McKeW, who died in 1888 Mrs. Nc
Kew and her husband were closely identi-
fed with the developments of the town,
making a number OF additions, besides
donating the college campus and a large
number of lots and considerable money to
Ridgeville College. She was the mother Of
five children, one surviving her.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Our .swhite Mans nurden.''

with no apologies to r. Kipling)
''Take up the White Mans burdeng'
What hollow words these?
'Tis the croak of the nk-pot raven
That fits on the seven seas
Take up the White Mans burden?'
Why, who are you to prate
To those who swept the desert
From Maine to the Golden Cater
Who gnawed the crusts Of famine
Beneath Virginia skies,
TIL the white man blood water,
But never the white mans eyes?
Take up the White Mans burden?'
Who set their backs to the main,
And sent the OF the forest
To skulk on the treeess plainl
who harried the iends of torture.
And gave their sons to fight
With the poisoned arrow by daytime,
The brand and the knife by night?
Who shackled the scalp-locked chieftains,
And bade them abide IN peace,
And housed them and cl thed them and taught
And gave them the lands Increase?
Who fondled their sons and daughters
While their fathers crept out Of the mountains
TO flood the valleys with strife?
OF dead in rank and nle
Yet we nurture and pray and waiting
AT Hampton and Carlisle.
Who struck the letters Of thrandom
From off the limbs OF the slave,
And thundered the anthem Of freedom
Through cloister and choir and navcf
We gave the blood of our fathers
We children who cast out Spain
To pay white debt to the black man.
And split home in twain.
Take up the White Mans burden!"
Godsi a Lincoln's death
The pause OF a life Of shadow,
The end OF empty breathe
An Of white mems burdens
Ran out with that lfes sand;
And the sweat OF that day Is heavy
On the brow of our Southern land
Take up the White Mans burden.
Oh, well have borne share
Till heart-strings cracked with the stTainingf
But knew not how to despair.
And now II the load has grown greater.
Well, we have grown greater. too
Wen tread our measure in South ana East
And Wen ask no help OF YOU
w. ]. Henderson. in the Criterion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Amateur billiards.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The big gymna-
sium of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
was taxed TO its limit tonight to accommo-
date the billiard enthusiasts who gathered
to witness the third game in the Glass A
amateur championship billiard tournament.
Wilson p. Foss Of Haverstraw, and Way
man G. McCreery, of St. Louis, were the
contestants Results:
Foss-4, 9. 8, 10, 0. 40, 0, O. 5, 0, 13, /, 40, 8,
0, 2, 4, q. y, 0. l. 81, g. Il. 4, 2, 3 IA, O. O. 0,
8, 0, 8, s, s. %, 5. 9, L. 14-iO0 Average, 9 31-4l
High runs, n, 40 40 81 and 26
McCreery-1, u, o. 0, 2 4, 6. 2 5. 10. 6. 40, /.
0, s. 0, !, T. q, 6, 0, O. ], 81 0, 4, p. 13, O. o,
Q, 0. l, 9, l. 0, 9. 81. p, L. 22-3l9. Average.
Z 32-n. High runs, 40. 81, % 2 and q.