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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-23
ABSTRACTER OF TITIEs-
THEODORE STEIN.
ABSTRACTER of TITLES
Corner Market and Pennsylvania streets. Indian
Lemcke." Telephone I76o.

less thrilling than the history OF Whites
oriiiant exploit on the heights OF Chara-
Sir George Colley, in command of the adj
vance division Of the British troops- mum
pering S2 men, had taken the big hiil over
sepksni,ns Laing.s Mex without encounterina
his army on the veldt beneath The norfberr;
crags OF Majuba. Exhausted With their
iGsIYrious climb beneath a semi-tropical sun.
lakeland overlooking the Seemingly de-
serted veldt. and backed by steep inclines
camn e,y without cover. Beneath the British
SamP was a mass or rugged powders. fallen
IN ages past from the ledge on which the
With hat sublime confidence which has
oi,en cost the British dearly. Colley per-
United his tired troops TO sIeep practicajiU
.hguarded. Had he sent scouts into the val
ley peneath he would have found that every
sharpshooters. and behind each minnosa.
push stolld Beers stood. rife I'm hand. lou
pert han hidden his little army with marvel
Gus Skill While the British slept. General
Joupert, himself leading the way. the Beers
crept silently along the veldf until the
Mnoie nao reached the cover of the bowl
aeIs Deneath the British camp. and with the
nrst peep o. dawn they commenced to pick
on their enemy one by one.
sr george Cooley was the first 10 fall.
Every outlet found its mark. The Dutch-
men were of that class who thought IL foIlv
10 hamper themselves with more than one
only , one s 9n bunting expedition when
For a while the startled British sought to
return the Beers fire. but the deadly fusil-
rocks and strewed the plateau on the mono-
am side with dead and dying. They wavs
cred. turned and fed.
Inen did Joubert dash out. followed bv
his fighting farmers. and give chase 10 fbs
nerdomner Engleesman." They scaled the
Gins ike goats. There was no quarter for
Of Maju6a Hill We're thieki h0r strewn s' 1Pt5
Dom Pauls stricken enemies. Few reached
the summit OF the hill. More than fhree
nunored dead was the British loss. Com
mandant General Joubert lost not a sinrie
man.
Tn heroes Of these two famous military
exploits now stand face to face in norfhern
Natal. The clash of their Commands cannot
fail TO be terrific when IL comes.
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between Harvard and Wesleyan, when
Ellis. the Harvard right half back, made a
run of thirty-five yards and jumped over a
Wesleyan tackler's head. scoring a touch
down. The same feat is described in Mr..
X. II. Barbour's new football story, THE
Half Back and the exciting incident is
illustrated I'm the frontispiece of the book,
which has just been published by ID. APP
pleton & Co.
The mystery which surrounded the mother
of Abraham Lincoln. giving rise to covert
attacks. which. for want of evidence could
not be met, has been an unfortunate stum-
bling block to historians. 1t is therefore a
matter of genuine interest that Mrs. Caro-
line Hanks Hitchcock. in the course Of
gathering material for a genealogy of the
Hanks family, has unearthed document
and facts which settle the question COM
pletely and for all time. In Nancy Hanks:
the Story OF Abraham Lincoln's Mother"
announced by Doubleday & Mcclure Com
pany. she offers a straightforward account
of her researches. with facsimile reproduce
tions of the important documents among
the illustrations.
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a CONvICT'S CONFESSION
j. c. M'BRIDE TELLS A REMARK ABLE
STORY Of CRIME.
Says He Has Committed 1t Least Four
Murders and Various Burglaries
and Highway RObberies.

SALTWATER. Mimi, Oct. 22.-J. c. Nc
Bride. a convict at the prison, received from
Jackson county IN December last to serve
three years and five months for an assault,
has made a remarkable confession, showing
him TO be one of the most high-handed muir
derers in the country. His confession was
made to Warden Wolfe in a letter written
Oct. s, and in 1t he related the murder of
two officers, Joseph Grant and John Nc
Mott, at Geneva, ILL.,, on Aug. %, 1856: the
murder Of Julia Buckmore, at Geneva; a
postoffice robbery and the murder of the
marshal of Osawatomie, Kan; the burglary
of a hardware store and the shooting of a
policeman at Guide Rock, Neb., and many
buiglaries and highway robberies. If the
story is true, he has been a veritable terror.
Speaking of the circumstances of the muir
der of Grant and McNott, at Geneva, Nc
Bride says: II shot Joseph Grant and John
McNott. Three of us, two pals and myself.
were in the act of committing a burglary
at Geneva at about / o'clock in the morning
on Aug. %, 1856. We entered the house of an
undertaken for the purpose of robbery. My
two pals were arrested by these officers. 1
walked some distance away from the place
of the robbery TO the courthouse and Sc
GREETED myself behind q tree. When the Of
fice-s came along with my two pals, L
shot them. killing officer McNott instantly
and wounding officer Grant FATALLY"
Continuing he says: Il also murdered a
woman by the name of Julia Buckmore IN
the outskirts of Geneva about two weeks
before / murdered the officers. / cut her
throat with a razor because she recognized
me while in the act of committing a robbery.
1 carried the body to a hencoop and set fire
to the house. The body was found in the
bencoop the next morning"
Mcbride says his right name is George
Bullock and that he was born of respect
able parents who have resided in Geneva
since 1871. He has served two terms in pris-
on in Illinois and one in Nebraska.
After receiving the letter and calling Nc
Bride into his Office for a more explicit
story of his crimes. Warden Wolfe commu-
nicated with the authorities at Geneva and
elsewhere. He learned that the crimes were
committed, but has received no additional
information.
Mcbride Is now thirty-three years old. and
says he has followed the life of a robber
and murderer since he was eighteen years
old. While relating the story of mis- crimes
he gave all the details in a matter of fact
manner and evidently felt relieved. He
claims to have confessed because his con-
science bothered him and says he is anxious
to be punished for his many crimes. In the
murder of the officers at Geneva, he says
he had two pals. one of them. Harry Es-
ter, later arrested and sentenced to Joliet
penitentiary for fifteen years. The con-
fession covers four large manuscript pages.
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Indiana Notes.

Peter Rishel. a carpenter, aged forty-one.
died at Muncie yesterday from the effects
Of having fallen from a two-story building
ten weeks age
Members of the Methodist Episcopal The
illogical Institute for Itinerant Ministers
were i'm session at Muncie last week. Over
fifty ministers were examined for the differ
ent branches. but the results will not be
known for some time yet.
In the insanity inquest on "Shug" Stewart.
brother OF Ace Stewart, of the Indian
apolis baseball club. the Terre Haute physi-
clans and justices of the peace could not
agree. The physicians did not think his in
sanity such as would justify his commit
ment to the asylum.
DIR. Andrew Gray, a brother of Prof.
Thomas Gray, vice president of the Rose
Polytechnic Institute, has been elected to
the chair of natural philosophy of the Uni
versity Of Glasgow. Scotland. to succeed
Lord Kelvin. the eminent scientist who has
held the chair for more than fifty years.
The jury in the case of J. E. Mccoy ye--
sus Charles Murray, on trial at salem,
brought in a verdict of s. damages. Nc
Coy wanted $1,000 for alleged false impris-
onment and damages to character. The YER
dict was a compromise. The costs, about
$500, are thrown on Murray. Both men live
at Orleans.
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CHARLES WHETZEL CONVICTED.
Jury BASED Its verdict on Remark
able Circumstantial Evidence.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, Oct. 22.-Chas. Whet-
eel was convicted to-day on a chain of most
remarkable circumstantial evidence for the
attempt to assassinate Night Superintend-
ent Hefferman, of the American straw
board plants at this point, who was fired
on one night while at work in his office.
The glass in the window DETECTED the shot
and his life was saved. The wadding from
the CUR was picked up in the room and
saved by the police. 1t proved to be made
from pieces of a Cincinnati paper of the
date of Oct. 16. 1898. Whetzel was later ar
rested as a suspect. His gun was found to
have one barrel empty. He said he had
discharged IL a month before. The other
load was drawn and it was found to con-
tain the same kind of shot and the wad-
ding was made from the same paper. This
bit of evidence clinched the case against
him and the jury returned a verdict Of
guilty.
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Publishers Notes.

Early in November Charles Scribner's Sons
will publish a novel by Mrs. Burnett. on
which she has been engaged for several
years. 1t will be entitled I'm Connection
with the Willoughby Claim" The claim is
one that Is being fought out in Congress-,
and II Is therefore a Washington story.
An Anglo-Spanish omance hat deals
with the most exciting lays of Elizabeth,
and tells for the first time the life story of
Sir Walter Raleigh. has been engaging the
pubIished by Messrs. r. f. Fenno & co's
under the title of The White King Of
Manoa."
Mr.. Frank T.. BuIIen's forthcoming book
will be entitled THE Log of a Sea Wait"
The brilliant author of The Cruise of the
Cachalot" and "Idylls OF the Sea" presents
In this new work the continuous story of
the actual experiences of his first four years
at sea. 1t will be published by the APP
pletons.
Laird & Lees Diary and Time-saver for
1900 Is a convenient memorandum book for
the vest pocket and the desk. 1t contains
many features besides the diary and calen-
dar part. Among them an Identification
card. the complete rates of postage and the
er signals and antidOtes for poisons: also
a table OF special war taxes
The Baroness Bettina Won Hutton. whose
story. Miss Carmichaels Conscience" has
just been issued by the j.. b. LIpp.ncott
tchnPdls, II III american DIV Dlrtn, the
niece OF the late Thomas A. Scott. ormerly
president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Some two years ago she married Baron Won
Hutton, a many times great" nephew of
Clrfch Won Hutton. OF the Reformation.
r. ii. Russell & Co. issues the version of
shakspeare's tragedy used by Miss Adams
in her popular production. giving complete
stage directions for its performance as
played by her at the Empire Theater. New
York. Fully illustrated by Ernest Haskell
and G. Allen Gilbert. and with many pic
lures OF Miss Adams and her company In
the principal scenes of the play.
Messrs- George W. Jacobs & co. will issue
about Nov. / a new novel entitled Stephen
the Black" which deals with the problem
OF the white mans burden I'm this country.
the scene being laid In the black belt Of
Alabama The author. Caroline IL. Pember-
ton. a niece OF the late Confederate general.
John e. Pemberton, has also written "A
study OF the cfild-criminsI entitled Your
Little Brother James" which has met with
marked fsvor.
The old adsge about truth and fiction was
justified again In the recent football game
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-23
To Alaska for Gold.

A subtitle to this story by Edward Strate-
meyer designates it as a story of THE For
tune Hunters Of the Yukon" 1t is a story
for boys, and tells in a graphic way the
fortunes of two brothers,. orphan lads from
the lumber regions OF Maine. An uncle in
California who is an experienced miner and
has been in the klondike sends for them to
join him in San Francisco for a second trip.
The preparation of a miners outfit and sub
sequent journey to the klondike are graphi-
caDy described. and much interesting fnfor-
nation Is given regarding mining OUTFITS
and operations. The party do not have any
phenomenal luck. but they get some gold
and come back alive. The book has enough
of adventure to interest young readers, and
is written I'm a spirited style. Boston: Lee
4 Shepard.
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SUICIDE OF A II
Was Dependent Because Her Father
Was So Addicted to Drinking.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL. Ind, Oct. 22.-Miss Myrtle Bond,
seventeen years old, daughter of David
Bond. residing near Clay City. committed
suicide because her father refused to quit
the drink habit. She had been appealing to
her father for a week to cease drinking. He
promised to comply with her request, but
got intoxicated again last night. and scolded
the girl when he came home. This was
more than she could endure. and to-day she
took morphine, which caused her death. A
letter which was found on the bed by her
side gave the above cause for her rash act.
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election laws, abstract OF vote for State OF
ficers In 1898. formation and organization OF
counties. county officers elected in Novem-
Der, 1898, names of township trustees, United
States postal regulations. postofflceS In In
diana. Indiana in war, call for troops In the
civil war. index TO Senate and House rules,
beginnings OF Indiana, and a gererdl lndeA.
The foregoing are only a portion OF the
topics considered in the first state manuai.
This work meets a want which those VINO
have desired to obtain Information regard
ing Indiana have long felt, and for which
Yearly ali other States have provided. Mr..
Henry has put a vast deal OF intelligent Ia
Dor into this manual. which makes IL
Invaluable. since nothing seems TO nave es-
capped which will be of use to all those re-
curing information about Indiana. Only one
thousand copies have been printed. and
these are distributed by the act providing
for the publication of the manual,
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TOWN MENACED.
Concluded from First Paee.)

and have come to terms with the young
woman.
Openly, Irishmen seek to obtain autonomy
only-a parliament of their own, which
would speedily work out all desirable re-
forms. In reality, little faith is placed in
the feasibility Of this scheme. Even at
present secret meetings are being held pc
riodically in every city and hamlet. New
distributions of arms and ammunition are
made constantly, and the oath renewed to
rise at the signal and drive the hated
.'Sassenagh' off the island or die in the at
tempt. The signal is expected from Paris,
where the most fervent chiefs have to live.
Maud Come is the moving spirit of this
group of conspirators.
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Fought ON a Preachers Farm.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, Oct. 22.-Kid Grim.
who has defeated prize fighters of all
classes in Indiana, had his worst battle to-
day and came out victor in the fourth
round. defeating Jack Tierney, of Kokomc.
by flooring him with a left on the chin
and a counter in the same place. The fight
from first to last was a hot one. There
was on land in Henry county owned by a
preacher, who was away from home at
tending church. Grim was challenged by
shine" Russell. of Alexandria. and Kid
Welsh. of Nuncie.
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Haunted by His victim.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. a2.-The warden
of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the In
sane to-day notified the relatives of John
Davis. of This city. that he could not live.
and they were called. The case is a peculiar
one. Ten years ago Davis killed a man in
self-defense. He was promptly acquitted on
that ground. The vision of his victim.
however. impressed itself upon him. and
gradually il was always before him, during
his waking as well as sleeping hours. This
began to tell on his mental faculties, and
alteration followed. and in its wake came
hopeless insanity and probable death. Da-
crate circumstances previous to the trag-
edy.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Oct. 22-Robbers looted
the general store of c. j. III. Zehner. at
windfall, last night, the loss being esti-
mated at $1,000. A horse and road wagon
stolen from Ray Austin was used in haul
ing the merchandise away. The track of a
wagon going from the barn TO the store
was followed to Alexandria and lost.
Among the stolen goods was 800 pairs of
shoes. one case of ribbons, thirty shirts
and thirty blankets. 1t is believed the
stolen goods are Secreted in Muncie.
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street-RaiIway Franchise Granted.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the 1ndlanapOIls Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. 22.-At the
regular meeting of the City Council last
evening a street-railway franchise was
granted F. G.. Brownell. of Muncie. which
completes the franchise and right-of-way
part of his interurban line between Muncie.
Eaton. Dunkirk and this city. The railway
IS 20 be operated by electricity, compressed
air. or any other modern power except
steam. Mr.. Brownell says a syndicate of
wealthy Philadelphia and indianapolis cap
italists will build the road just as soon as
he completes the preliminary arrange
ments in the way of franchises and right
OF way.
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woman Assaulted by Tramps.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
CONVICTION, Ind, Oct. 22.-Mrs. Hal
2, own. wife of a well-to-do farmer living
near Hillsboro, this county. was criminally
assaulted by two tramps last Friday even
ing. while her husband was working in the
field. They wore masks, and threatened the
life of her small babe. No trace of them
can be found. Mrs. Brown is in a dangerous
condition, and II is thought her mind is af-
fected-
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Indiana Obituary.

man, one of the largest land owners in this
part of the State, and a prominent stock
buyer and d~istiiler, is dead. He was very
wealthy, and was buried this afternoon In
a $500 casket. He was sixty years of age,
and had just inherited much of his fathers
wealth. The latter died a year or two ago
at the age of ninety-two.
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boost the price of bread. Fifteen of the
sixteen establishments were represented.
and 2 combine was effected Kokomo peo-
pie will hereafter pay straight ; cents per
charged A cents. The bakers say that to
sell at less than 5 cents is ruinous at the
present cost of -four. The baker who re-
at the former prices.
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Charged with Criminal AssauIt.

Special 10 The Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. Oct. PROT Frank n.
Freeman. a blind teacher of French, Ger
man, Spanish and a half dozen other
tongues ami vocal and instrumental music.
was arrested last night on the charge Of
crfninally assaultfng thirteen-year-old
Anna Miller and attempting TO assault an
eleven-year-old girl. both at his home. two
weeks ago.
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A Two-Year-OIi Traveller.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind, Oct. 22.-Perhaps the
youngest traveller in this section of country
is a guest at a Kokomo home, the visitor
being Master Paul Carr, of Chicago, two
years of age. Paul came from Chicago yes
terday, and is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Earl
Graves. having made the journey entirely
alone. He is a bright little tot. and proved
quite entertaining to his fellow-passengers.
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Cuha and PORTO Rico.

This book. by A.. D.. Hall, seems to be a
tardy contribution to the floods of literature
regarding Cuba and Porto Rico which Gull
minated several months ago. 1t is a COM
jpiIation which might easily have been made
from other books or newspapers, and adds
nothing to the knowledge already possessed
by the public regarding the early and later
history of the islands. New York: Street
AZ Smith.
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Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, Oct. 22.-William Herren-
deems. a Wabash freight brakeman. from
Delray, Mich, was run over and killed in
the Peru yards Tonight.
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Mention.

In McClure's Magazine for November III.
]. w. Dam will tell the story of Sir Henry
Irving's career on the stage. largely from
conversations with Sir Henry himself. The
paper will be illustrated with a series or
portraits.
DIR. Weir Mitchell has written a new story
called THE Autobiography of a Quack,'
I'm the November Century. In constructing
this work DIR. Mitchell is said to have made
use of his knowledge of the under side OF
his profession in a way that gives an un
usually attractive psychological study.
The important subject of Food Poison
ing In Its Relation to Health will be dis
cussed by Prof. Victor c. Vaughan in APP
pIeton's Popular Science Monthly for No
vember. He calls attention TO the danger
from poorly canned foods, especially meats,
and the desirability of buying only from
reputable makers who have a reputation to
sustain
Mr.. Richard whiteing. the author of that
popular book, mo. 5 John Street" Is writ
ing a series of papers on interesting phases
of modern life in Paris, which will be
printed in the Century Magazine during the
coming exposition year. with a great num-
Der of pictures by Andre Castaigne, who
will be thoroughly at home in this field. Mr.
Whiteing's knowledge OF Paris life ante
dates the exposition of 1867.
The Medical Record. published at 81 Fifth
avenue, New York, has for years been the
leading organ Of the medical profession in
America, and has gained a worldwide rep
utation as the recognized medium of inter-
communication between. the profession
throughout the world. II is intended TO be
in every respect a medical newspaper and
contains among its original articles many
OF the most important contributions to med
zeal literature. 3
The regular issue of the Youths Com
panion for Oct. 10 is the annual announce
meEt number, and contains a full illus
trated prospectus of the contributors and
contributions already engaged for 1900. The
list OF writer's embraces many of Ameri-
cas- most famous soldiers and sailors,
while statesmen, scholars. travellers and
gifted story writer's of both sides of the
Atlantic will vie in the enrichment of the
Companions pages during the new year.
Among the interesting articles in the
Worldwide Magazine are Mr.. Neufeld's
account of his twelve years captivity I'm
chains i'm Omdurman while he was in the
clutches of the Khalifa: Oliver Roberts's
experience with snakes and bats in an aban-
doned mine: Rev. Il. r. Edwards's illus
trated sketch of the Juggernath festival I'm
Bengal Mabel PeHneman's lone Thousand
Miles on Muleback:" Rev. w. Tasting
Kelb's story of a wreck In the Dead sea
and Captain T. r. Gellatly's experience
while adrift in the Arctic ocean. Besides
these features there are short stories and
odds and ends from all parts of the world.
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Braxinx the Dynamiter..

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FLORA, Ind, Oct. 22-Vance S. Harmon
has given notice that he will apply for a
license to conduct a saloon at Sedalia. The
last saloon conducted there was blown up
with dynamite.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 2-william Wilke, aged
nineteen. died last night one hour after
receiving blows on the nose, jaws and pit
of the stomach in "A prize fight with Charles
Chelius, also aged nineteen, in the base
ment of the Wilke home. The boys be-
longed TO amateur clubs and fought for s..
Chelius was arrested.