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Civil Service Examination.

A competitive examination will be held on Friday, October 6th at 1:30 D. m., to test the fitness of applicants for the position of Sergeant in the Police Department
 Application blanks and further information will be furnished daily at Room H. City Hall, between F and 1.
 No blanks accepted after Thursday Octo- Der 9th <, GEORGE R. MARTIN,
 s3O It President. Civll Service Board.
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CLAIRVOYANT.
NOTICE.


 The Annual Meeting of the legal voters of the Town of Hamden will be held at the Town Hall, in said town, Monday October 2d lS99 from l2 0 clock noon unul o cock in the afternoon, fol. the following pur- poses. viz: To elect three Seleetmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, two Assessors; two Registrars Of q Board of Relief, five Censta bles, three members of the school l, ComImittsei .oI @ to vote nue from the City Line to Davis street, and other improvements, to vote on the question a term of years not exceeding five years; to appoint two Road Commissioners or Inspect yote on the question of consolidation of school Districts of the Town to authorize such sums of money as may be necessary for Town purposes, and to lay tax on the
 H. D. JOHNSON,
 s. T. COOK
 PATRICK NOLAN,
 Selectmen. Dated Hamden, Sept. 25. 1899. s2s 4t
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Palace Market.
BARGAINs IN POULTRY. MEATS

BARGAINS IN POULTRY MEATS AND
 VEG iETABLEs
 Special This Week-Loin and portarhouse Steak 14c ID, 5 lbs Hamburger Steak for keys 12c b Roast Beef S-1Oc b. Sparerib 1Oc lb Butter Cheese and Eggs; Canned Goods of all kinds; 2 lbs Coffee for 25c. the famous Old Hermitage brand a5c. lb Prompt delivery Phone i20.
 F. sCHo NBRRGRR k SONS
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bureau. Yet the law creates these condi-
tons. and ii Is not within our power to do
otherwise than execute the law as construed
by the department. but In nearly all of
blame when II attempts to carry out the
law as IL exists. The disability which en-
titles one to the maximum pension Si2 per
month"; under the new law is substantially
the same as would entitle to a pension of
so per month under the old law. Yet we
lind that under the old law only 81, 691 SOL
diers are ~pensioned at $50 per month, while
under the new law 163. 367 are drawing the
old law only 1867 soldiers received s12 per
month.
During President Grants first term,
from 1869 to 1872. there were allowed in all
term. from 1877 to 1881. 80. 945 claims were
allowed During the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1895. 1854 original craims were al
lowed. IL will be seen that the number OF
than the number of allowances for the en-
tire four years Of President Grants first
term and the entire administration of Mr..
Hayes. The commissioner, both deputy
commissioners. the medical referee, chief OF
the board OF review and nine of the chiefs
or divisions and most of the clerks who fill
important positions in the bureau are all
ex-Cnion soldiers. and. as you well know,
the entire organization of the bureau Is con-
troiled by men who served the soldiers bu-
reau,' and in all matters pertaining to the
question of organization Of the different d.
Visions. In appointments and promotions,
the x-Union soldier always has the pref
erence- The different commanders of the
Department of the Grand Army of the Re
pubic have all commended the Pension Blu
feau for its faithful observance Of the stat
ute which gives preference to the soldiers
OF the rebellion"
Commissioners Evans closes his lengthv
letter TO Senator Hayward with information
as TO fees allowed to attorneys.
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Prominent Farmer OF Scott County,
who Recently rendered His Res
~ignation as Trustee.
CAPTURE OF D. 0. HARRIS
MURDERER OF GEORGE BROWN AT
SEYMOUR IN JAIL AT SALEM.
Daughters OF GeorRe Palmer Now
LeOnards-RichmOnd Art Exhibit.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, June n.-Shortly
after noon to-day John Taylor Mount, one
of the most prominent farmers living in
Finley township. this county, shot and
killed his wife and then fired a bullet
through his own brain, causing instant
death. The tragedy took place in an old
log stable, about an eighth of a mile from
the family residence. Mount had asked his
wife to go with him and see a piece of land,
which was a short distance beyond the old
barn. She walked as far as the garden
and then went into the barn. Soon after
they left the house, a ten-year-old son went
out near the barn and saw his mother
lying down. He called to her twice, and,
receiving no answer, ran to the house and
gave the alarm. When others arrived at
the spot. Mount was dead, but his wife was
yet alive. Physicians were at once sent for,
but before they arrived Mrs. Mount died.
The shooting was done with a 32-caliber
bulldog revolver. The ball penetrated Mrs.
Mounts temple and passed entirely through
her head. Mount shot himself in the right
temple. and the ball ranged across and
down and lodged in the left jaw. There
was but one door to the room in which the
shooting took place. and from the position
of the bodies it is believed that Mount stood
between his wife and the door when he shot.
Mrs. Mount lay about eight feet from the
door, while Mounts body was within a few
feet of the door and under him was the
revolver. But one chamber of the revolver
was empty. and in Mount's pocket was an
other cartridge. 1t is the theory that after
shooting his wife. he again loaded the re-
volver and shot himself.
So far as is known no financial or do
nestle trouble existed. For some months
Mount has suffered from an ailment re-
sembling Bright's disease and had been
greatly worried over 1t. He had been under
treatment in a private hospital in Louisville
for some time, and returned home a few
days ago apparently much improved. In
1894 he was elected trustee of Finley town
ship and assumed the office in August of
that year. Because of the condition of his
health he was advised to give up all busi-
ness cares. and last Friday he made a set
Element with the County Commissioners and
then rendered his resignation, asking that
1t be accepted at once. This was done. and,
after approving the report. the commission
ers appointed his successor. He had not
settled with his successor, but 1t is
funds In bank to pay all that is due the
township. He owned one of the finest farms
in Finley township and it was well stocked.
Seven children are left. all sons, two of
whom are married. and the five at home
range in age from ten years to twenty
years of age.
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THE l. MURDER.
Daughters of the Dead Man Say the
Are Innocent.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, June 1.-THE latest
turn i'm the Palmer murder mystery is the
sympathy expressed by the daughters Of
George Palmer. the murdered man, for Alb
ner and John Leonard, the young men held
for the crime. Mrs. Dora Lloyd and Miss
Anna Palmer, the daughters, have both in
terested themselves in behalf of the Leon
ards and assert the innocence of the latter.
Miss Anna Palmer and Abner Leonard were
to have been married a few weeks ago, but
the girls father interfered. Finding his eff
forts to compel his daughter to give up
Leonard Of no avail, Palmer ordered her to
leave her home. and she has since lived
with her sister, Mrs. Lloyd. Palmer is said
to have threatened to kill Abner Leonard
and several encounters between them were
narrowly avoided. Palmer was furious be-
cause Of the continued attentions of his
daughter to Leonard. On the other hand,
the Leonard brothers are said to lave made
threats to kill Palmer on sight. Coroner
Wooden will hold his inquest in the morn
ing. The police say they will have no trouble
fastening the guilt on Abner Leonard and
holding his brother as an accomplice.
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BULLET IN HIS HEART.
Max Suesskind Lived for Eight Years
without Pain or Anxiety.

NEW YORK, June n.-For eight years
Max Suesskind lived with a bullet in his
heart. He suffered no pain and seemingly
was as healthy as any man. 1t was not
until the bullet left his heart and worked
it's way into his abdomen that it caused
him any bother. He then decided to have it
removed. Suesskind went to st. Marks
Hospital and the doctors agreed to perform
the operation. First the X rays were used
upon him and the bullet was located in a
cavity of the abdomen. The operation was
performed and the bullet removed. Suess-
kind was delighted, and said he would carry
the bullet in his pocket as a mascot. For
the first three lays after the operation
Suessskind progressed favorably, and both
he and the attending physicians believed
that he would soon be well. On the fourth
day, however. peritonitis set in, and yeSter-
day Suesskind died. The dead man lived at
Nc. 25 Sixth street. He left a widow and
two young children. He had married while
the bullet was in his heart.
More than eight years ago Suesskind was
shot in the neck just below the ear by a
woman. The bullet took a downward
course. After recovering from the wound
Suesskind never tried to nave the bullet
removed. An examination Of his body
showed the physicians at St. Marks that
the bullet had worked WV into the
pericardium of the heart, where Ii lodged
for many years
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AN OLD STORY REHASHED
CHICAGO TO HAVE MORE GAS FROM
THE INDIANA FIELDS.
Pipe Lines May BE Used for OIL After
Natural Gas Ii Exhausted-Pipes
Torn In I'm Ohio.

CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Record to-mor-
row will say: Extensive precautions
against a shortage in C~hicago's supply of
natural gas are about to be taken. Con-
tracts lave just been closed by the Chicago
and Indiana Natural Gas Company, through
whose mains gas is piped from the Indiana
fields, for the erection of an immense pump
ing station at Howell Corner. Grant coun-
~, Indiana, and the construction OF a new
ten-inch main line into Chicago. The total
cost Of this Improvement will reach 81. go
900. 1t is said the territory surrounding
Greentown, where the present pumping sta
ton for Chicago is located. has become
alarmingly weak from heavy drains. and
extension of ines twenty-five miles into the
heart of the gas belt became a necessity
to insure adequate service. Tn extension
will bring the lines in contact with those
of the Ohio Natural Gas Company.
Coming at a time when authorities have
said that Chicago's days for Indiana natural
gas were numbered. expansion of the serv-
ice of the magnitude indicated is reported
to mean that the companies now pumping
gas are preparing to utilize their extensive
plants for oil pipe lines when the earth has
been drained of gas. The improvement plans
of the Chicago and Indiana Company are
said to lave their incentive in SUCH inten-
tons through an amalgamation Of interests
with the Manhattan Oil Company, while
new operations of the Ohio Natural Gas
Company are credited with having their
foundation in a coalition with either the
Manhattan or Cudahy Oil Company. Not
less than 400 miles of mains and sixteen
pumping stations are in the Indiana gas
fields. BY slight alterations IT is represented
that the plants devoted to gas may be trans
formed into fully equipped oil producers.
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WANT DAMS REMOVED.


CHICAGO, tune 1.-THE business men
and politicians of Chicago are to be asked to
use their influence with the government to
have the two federal dams across the lower
Illinois river removed before the water from
the sanitary canal Is turned into the Des-
PLANES river A mass meeting is to be held
at Whitehall the latter part of this month
and Mayor Carter II. Harrison, the trustees
of the sanitary district of Chicago, the mem
Ders of the sanitary canal inspection COM
mission and prominent Chicago business
men are to be invited to attend. Senator
CulIom, Senator Mason, Governor Tanner
ana all the congressman whose constituents
are directly Interested in the removal Of the
state and federal dams are expected to
De present The mass meeting is to be
called by the owners Of farms in the valley
or the lower Illinois who claim the federal
dams at Lagrange and Kampsville. which
were built for the purpose of providing slack
water navigation, have caused a loss of
100000 a year by holding back flood water
until II is too late to plant corn. 1t is
planned to adopt strong resolutions calling
on Governor Tanner to demand of the fed
eral government the removal of the dams be-
fore the sanitary canal is opened.
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Murderer of George Brown Now i'm
Jail mt SnIera.

Jail mt SaIera.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, June 11.s--David o. Har-
ris. who murdered George Brown on Chest
nut street last night, was arrested at Little
York. near Scottsburg, at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon by Henry Clark, a brother-in-law
of George Harris. a brother of the murder
er, who is now serving time in the Michigan
City penitentiary for an attempt TO murder
City Marshall Thicksten. Harris offered no
resistance, but begged to be taken TO the
Salem Jail and not to Brownstown. He
was lodged in jail at Salem at IL o'clock
tonight.
In the excitement which followed the
shooting last night nothing could be learned
as to what causesd Harris to commit the
crime and most everybody was led TO be-
lieve that il was a cold FLOODED murder.
An eyewitness was seen to-day who was
talking TO Harris just a moment before the
tragedy. He says that he was standing with
one foot on the hub of Harris's buggy, when
he noticed Brown coming out of a drug
store on the opposite side of the street. He
mad the remark: We'll, l see Brown is
around and, with an oath. said: Come here
Browni' To this Brown made no reply, but
walked over across the street to the public
where the buggy was standing and, walking
around 1t, struck at Harris with his fist
and at the same time grabbed the whip,
with which he also struck the murderer
twice. At this Harris whipped out his re-
volver and fired two shots in rapid sue
cession, one of them entering Brown body
above the heart and severing the main
artery. The wounded man walked about
thirty feet, when he fell and expired i'm
mediately. Several thousand people saw him
weltering in blood. After the first shot
Harris stood UP in the buggy and shot
again, but the ball went wide of its mark
and hit the brick street, from which it
glanced off and grazed the stomach of a
man named Williams. Browns body was
taken TO Hustedt's morgue. where 1t was
viewed by thousands of people last night.
found an open knife in the pocket. 1t is
thought that after Brown went to the well
he opened the knife and returned to the
Harris.
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~RICHMOND's ART EXHIBIT.
Work of Students and Pictures by
Well-KnOwn People to He shown.

Work of Students and Pictures by
People to He shown.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Ind, June II.-To-morrow
evening the annual art exhibit will open
at the Garfield School building, In this city.
From 1000 to 1000 specimens Of work, rep
resenting a dozen different departments.
will be shown. The loan exhibit will be an
especial feature. and the artists of Indian
apolis have literally contributed nearly fifty
pictures to this department. Among those
contributing are: T. C. Steele, William For
syth. Otto Stark, r. b. Gruelle, Emma B..
King, Margaret Rudisill, Bessie Hendricks,
Julia Sharpe. j. r. Miller and NJ. o. Halde-
man. Some of the best known productions
OF these artists are here and they are no
small part of the loan exhiblr.
Among other outside artists VINO contrib
ute are: John c. AFTER, Amy Cross and Will
liam Ritschel. all of New FORK: H.. III. Gal
hson, Mrs. 8. H. 81. John. William Stone.
Mrs. Alice Stone. Mary N. Richardson. Eel,
phia M Palmster. Mercy Bailey. Sears Gal
lagher. Kathryn t. Raymond, Jean Oliver.
julia Peck Hadaway. Emily Percy Mann.
man. all of Boston. There are also pic
lures by the late D.. Scott Evans. of New
YORK, VINO, with his daughters. was lost on
the Inflated B~ourgoyne.
Probably no place in the State. according
TO population. has more famous pictures
than Richmond. The collection of William
Dudley Foulke is especially worthy of no.
tice. Among his pictures are the following:
The Larder.' by Mieris. one of four dining
room pieces from a castle in Savoy: Cruel
fixion."" part of an old French altar piece:
The Picture Book" by Il. Taninski. of the
Society OF Polish Artists. This picture has
twice been removed from the original can
vas on which IL was painted. Ii is declared
by one of the best German experts TO be
genuine. Katherine Won Bora" (wife of
Martin Luther. first half or the sixteenth
century, attributed TO Lucu. Cranach. and
bears his monogram. but probably painted
by a follower. st. John the Baptist" Ze-
peda. Mexican artist. painted I'm l776. The
Wine Bibber." unknown artist. purchased
from collection of German baron near
Mainz. on the Rhine Venetian Scene"
Caneletto. an Italian artist, 1697t17l9. crayon
sketch of a head. attributed TO Caracci.
Bologna. latter part of the sixteenth GEN.
fury. The Nativity" on copper, Parmi-
gianini, OF the Lombard School. l50s-l540.
painted vision Of st. Jerome, In National
Gallery, London. Nautical Scene" Will
liam Nandervelde. the younger. This artist
was one OF the greatest marine painters of
his time.
Among the local artists VINO will have
work ON display are: +. J. Girardin, NJ. r..
Nordyke. Charles Connor. j. EIwood Bundy,
Miss Florence Ch7ndlee. Miss Mary Green
leaf. Ellwood Morris. Al Gregg. Fanny Bal
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NO MORE CHEAP FUEL.
Use Of Natural Gas I'm Northwestern
Ohio to Be Abandoned.

OhhO ~ nC
FINDLAY, O., June 10.-This year will
witness the passing of natural gas as fuel
in northwestern Ohio. The mighty systems
of pipe lines which carried gas to Toledo,
Tifin, Sandusky, Norfolk and many smaller
places are being abandoned and the pipes
taken up. The pump stations of the North
western Natural Gas Company, the Stand
ards representative in the gas business, are
hut down for good, as are those of the
city of Toledo. which invested $1,500.0o0 in
the effort to give it's people a cheap fuel
and now has only the old junk to show for
it's money. Even in this place, the "city
of natural gas" there is not enough press
ure left to supply the wants for domestic
fuel, and in the cool days of May house
wives were compelled to use wood to keep
their cook stoves going. Yet IL is but a few
years since gas seemed to be as free and
permanent as air, and one had only to
punch q hole a matter of 1000 feet into
the earth to secure a seemingly ~inexhaust-
ible supply
The waste of this fuel In the early days
of its discovery was one of the greatest
mistakes in the worlds industrial history.
Ten years ago the capacity of the wells in
the Findlay field was about 3O,OoO,U0 cubic
feet of gas per day, and to-day this is di-
unfinished so low as TO be of but little service.
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Travelling i'm Alaska.
Harper's Magazine.

have seen many pictures of the manner
in which the Eskimos travel, and the man
is generally seated comfortably on the sled
cracking q whip and the dogs are going at
a smart gallop. but We soon found that pic
ture to be a delusion and a snare. Journey
ing In the arctic regions consists mostly in
pushing behind the sled, for the poor little
animals frequently have to be helped over
the rough places and In going up hill or any
rise iE the ground. Where there is no beaten
trail-as was the case most of the distance
we traveled-the dogs have nothing TO
guide them. and one man is Obliged to run
ahead. He generally runs some distance
and then walks until the head team comes
up with him, when he runs on again. When
dogs, with an average load, will maintain a
trot which is too fast for a man TO walk
and not so fast as he can rum. BY alter
nately running and walking one does rot
become greatly fatigued. Natives who
travel from village to village are so accus-
toned to this mode of travel that they can
keep it up all day without showing signs OF
fafigue-
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Pythinn Memorial Services.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind. June Henderson
Knights of Pythias held impressive memo
rial services in this city to-day. Both of the
lodges united in the ceremony and parade.
Several thousand people visited the ceme-
terry where the exercises were held. Hon.
Edgar E. Hendee. of this city, delivered the
memorial address, which all agree TO have
been one of the best orations ever delivered
on a like occasion here.
COLUMBUS. Ind. June 1.-THE knights
of Pythias of this city. together with the
Uniform Rank, decorated the graves of
their deceased brothers to-day. Twenty-six
members of the Seymour Uniform Rank
ompany were present and participated in
the exercises. Hon. Union B. Hunt, of In
dianapolis. secretary of state. made an adj
dress. Maj. George +. Peters, of Seymour,
commander of the fourth battalion u. r. K.
of p, and James D.. Parker. of Evansville,
were also present.
RICHMOND. Ind, June IA memorial
service was held at Greensboro to-day,
with addresses by Judge d. w. Comstock
and Editor j. Bennett Gordon, both of this
city.
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sixteen Japanese Barred.

TACOMA. Wash, JUNE 11.-Au the Jap
anese immigrants examined by Major
Walker on the steamship Tacoma passed
muster and were admitted. but sixteen who
left the ship at Victoria will return across
the line. After finishing the examination
at this port Major Walker FASTENED to Seat
tie and met at the gang plank sixteen Jap
anese, who came over on the Tacoma and
contracted to work on American railroads
while I'm Victoria. They refused to give
had work as soon as they reached Seattle.
The inspector turned them back. and they
will return TO Victoria on the Utopia.
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BIacksmiths' Union Picnic.

SpeciaI 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, June 1.-THE
B~lacksmiths' Union had a picnic to-day at
the fair grounds. A special train was run
from indianapolis. and there were delega-
lions from Lafayette, Terre Haute, DAN
vile, ILL.,, Greencastle. C%ovington and Lo-
the places named. Mayor Gilmore gave a
short address of welcome, and replies were
made by several persons, among whom was
John A. Griffin. There were two exhibition
drills by the boy cadets and the Ben-Hur
Zouaves, both of this city. The balance Of
the time was taken up with athletic con-
tests and having a general good time.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Inc 1.-THE fight in
stituted here several months ago against
the Richmond Natural Gas Company owing
to an increase in the price of gas is still
in the courts and actual litigation will be
resumed before long. 1t is reported, but the
members Of the company will not confirm
the report, that the price will shortly be
raised from Is cents per thousand to =
cents and that all consumers will be re-
quired to use meters. The gas company has
failed to find gas ia the vicinity of Win
chester. A few days ago a well was COM
pleted, having been drilled 10 feet into
Trenton rock, but when shot with 80 pounds
of dynamite failed to develop any gas.