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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-21
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Either the souvenir photographs of shat
popular little comedian. Frederick Conger,
who talks with his mouth full of semi
colons and gesticulates like a geometric
demonstration, or else the desire to wit
ness the revival of that old play, Moths"
attracted one of the largest first night audi
ences 10 the Grand last night since the
stock company season opened. The dramati-
cation of Ouida's story is well suited to the
stock company players. there being good
parts for all the leading people. The action
takes place in picturesque scenes that have
given Mr.. Bellows another rare opportunity
for attractive stage settings. In the last
act there is a winter scene In Poland, a
raging snowstorm being shown outside the
retreat where the final tragedy of the play
takes place
Mr.. fIansel has the unsatsfactory part
Of Lord Jura, the n0bleman, who vainIy
loves the daughter of Laddy Dolly and hero
ically gives his life for the much bewildered
and ow-l girl before the final cur
Princ Zourod, a fellow who is not always
the unmitigated villain that some OF the men
have 10 be when Kirkland plays them.
ZOuroff is bad and brutal enough In the end
TO have his death i'm a duel give the audi
ence a thrill of delight. Mr.. Patton is the
the truthful Vera, and Mr.. Conger puts
many comedy touches INTO his friendly acts
that help IN making matters turn out right
in the end for those who deserve the re-
ward Of virtue. Miss Bridges is the heart
less Lady Dolly and plays the part with
much character insight
Miss Shannon, as Vera. the innocent girl.
who Weds ZourOm so that she may go on
reRretting II during the rest of the play,
y In her glory and gives one OF her charm
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The "City Club played yesterday at the
Empire to the usual big houses drawn by
this company under considerable handicap.
Bert Leslie is not with the troupe and Miss
Fannie Everett, leader of the burlesdue. is
now in a Cincinnati hospital enduring an at
tack of typhoid. Her place was taken by
Miss Irene Young, who made an acceptable,
though nervous understudy. The same
gorgeous scenic and transformation display
is given that was used in the previous en-
gagement. Jack Rose. Hebrew comedian, is
at least an Improvement on Harry Thomp-
son, whose place he has taken. Nellie
Waters, more by her jolly personality than
her singing, won the heartiest applause. Joe
Nestor, Alice Wrenn and Irene Young made
the usual hit with their little mixed sketch.
Others of the olio were Sigfried, in his inn
presentations of notable men. some of them
of much accuracy; Lew Palmer, limitations,
original PAROLES and sentimental songs,
and Charland and Searles, singing and dane
ing soubrettes Of fair ability. The closing
piece, '"The Divorce Court" went off very
we'll when the recent shifting of characters
and the consequent uncertainty of the per-
formers is taken into consideration. Much
Improvement was noticeable in the night
performance and the show may be expected
to run more smoothly through the rest Of
the engagement, which closes Saturday
night.
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T"ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Col. W. J.. Bryan spoke at Pontiac, Mich.
last night.
Damson, Wolfe & Co, publishers, of Bos-
ton. have failed: No statement OF the
Rev. ]. f. Bartlett, pastor of the Austin
Baptist Church, Chicago, has accepted a
call to the Tenth Baptist Church, of Phila-
delphia.
Navigation has been resumed on the whole
length of the Ohio river. Boats are running
on schedule time, and are carrying enormous
frelghts.
At Independence, Mo, Mack Oldham, a
a mulattO, and then committed suicide
Jealousy was the cause.
Professor Stephens, who was convicted al
Easton, Pa, on Saturday of setting fire tc
Pardee Hall, Lafayette College, was yester-
day sentenced by Judge Scott to serve min
years in prison.
At Perry, Ia, yesterday, while insane as
the result Of grip, Frank A. Liddell, an en-
gineer who has been pulling the Milwaukee
flyer from Perry to Omaha, killed his
wife with a cleaver.
Mrs. Catherine Ellis, who had been miss.
ing from her apartments in the Hotel Ran
Ter, Chicago, since Friday last, returned yes
terday In a daZed and helpless condition.
unable to explain her absence.
Richard M. Montgomery. a note broker
of New York, yesterday filed a petition in
bankruptcy. with liabilities of 1851, 102, OF
which 1902, 54 is due to unsecured creditors,
Nominal assets are given in the petition.
The cotton manufacturers of Fall River,
Mass. voted to appoint a committee and
request a conference with representative
of the labor organizations in regard to the
demand of the latter for a restoration OF
wages.
Thomas O'Neil, a butcher employed al
Swift's packing house in South St. Joseph,
Mo, was literally cut TO pieces Sunday night
by his two young brothers, Edward ano
Jack The men lived together, Thomas be-
ing married. They had a dispute over
money matters,
Charles Mason, Richard Burke. Edward
Fitzgerald, Isaac Cohen, Joseph Cohen,
Charlie Brett, Fred Knee and Howard Ell,
lis, poolroom operators, who had been ar
rested at Wellston, just outside the city
limits of st. Louis. were yesterday fined
$1,000 each for conducting poolrooms.
George r. NJ. Harvey has bought the
North American Review from Lloyd S.
Bryce and David A. Monroe. The price
is reported at $225,000. Mr.. Harvey took
possession of the property at New York
yesterday and will assume editorial direc-
ton of the magazine with the May number.
After a struggle in his front yard with
his Oldest daughter, who is a mute, William
Corey. of Ypsilanti, who is a veteran and
pensiOner, committed suicide yesterday by
gashing his throat. The girl rescued d razor
from her father and threw 1t as far as she
could. but he got the weapon again and
quickly sank dead. Ill health had affected
Corey's mind.
General Passenger Agent F. L. Whitney.
Of the Great Northern, announces that that
company will make a special rate from st.
Paul TO points on that system as far as the
coast for hOmeseekers and settlers. the rate
being one fare plus 81 for the round trip, or
one-half fare plus 81 for one-way tickets.
these rates being good on the first and
third Tuesdays in each month.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. M.-In the Barrett
murder trial the defense rested it's case this
afternoon, after examining about fifteen
witnesses, and the state started on it's re-
buttal testimony. The opinion is that Bar
rett will escape with a sentence of man
slaughter. The plea of insanity has not
been well established, but many look at the
case with sympathy for the defendant, be-
cause the man he killed had ruined his
home. James Morrison, a carpenter, resid-
ing at Indianapolis, testified that he be-
lieved the defendant of unsound mind. The
cross-eXamination of Mrs. Daisy Madison,
d~aughter of the defendant, further stated
to-day that her father told her he was soon
to be remarked again. John o.. Edmunds,
an indianapolis carpenter, also testified that
tie defendant was of unsound mind. Super
intendent Quigley, of Indianapolis, testified
that the day before the killing he got a tel
ephone message from Alexandria asking
him to arrest Barrett for nonsupport of
family. He did not know who sent the
message. William Milan, an Indianapolis
policeman, testified that he knew Barrett,
and that the man was crazy. w. S. Hall,
of Alexandria, assisted in the capture of
Barrett and testified as to the capture, and
believes the man was not crazy. Elwood
Board, believes him of sound mind. Frank
Underwood, a shoe clerk at Noblesville, tes-
titled that he was sane. The testimony of
l.. e. Keller, a constable from Alexandria,
and s. ID. Stewart, a NOblesVille attorney,
was along the same lines.
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NICARAGUA'S REVOLUTION.
Captain of a British Cruiser Takes n
Hand i'm the Trouble. e

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, via Galveston,
Tex, Feb. pa dispatch from Bluefelds,
by way of Greytown, says that on the 18th
the captain of the British cruiser Intrepid
requested General Reyes, who is %endeavor-
ing to retain command of the Atlantic coast
department of Nicaragua by a display of
force, to permit Gen. Aurelio Estrada, who
was chosen by President Zelaya to succeed
him, and other official refugees who were
at the consulate to go aboard the Intrepid.
General Reyes refused the request and the
captain of the war ship thereupon issued a
circular forbidding foreigners in Bluefields
to sell supplies to the revolutionists or to
aid them in any way. President Zelaya's
army has established headquarters at
AcOyapa, Department Of Chontales. No
battle has yet occurred. The revolutionists
occupy the mountain passes and are occa-
sionally seen to the westward at La Manga
and other points.
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Special to the Indianapolis journal.
MARION, Ind, Feb. M-John Roesler, Of
Muncie, chairman of the executive board of
the G%reen-glass Blowers Association, on
Sunday afternoon assisted in u~nionizing nine
fruit jar blowers OF the Safe glass works,
at Upland, who went on strike a few weeks
ago, demanding the union scale and per-
mission to join the union. The strike at Up
land was on but one day, when Manager
Giles consented to the mems demands. The
strike situation at Swayzee, Redkey and
Greenfield is practically unchanged. At
Greenfield the firm made an attempt to start
last week. They took the carrying-in boys,
whose ages are from fourteen to eighteen,
and intended to teach them to blow. The
nonunion men warned the boys that they
had better not go to work and also warned
their parents. The boys paid no attention
and last week the men made an assault on
the boys. and since that time the boys have
not returned TO work. There are hfty-fiVe
blowers out at Greenfield.
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NOBLE BAND OF WOMEN.
Work OF Daughters of American Rev
OIutiOn During the Late War.

WASHINGTON, Feb. a0-The first session
of the eighth continental congress of the
National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution began at the Grand
Opera House here to-day. Mrs. Daniel Man
ming, president general of the society, opened
the regular proceedings with her annual adj
dress. 1t dwelt especially on the aid the
society had given to the soldiers and sailors
of the Union during the war with Spain,
saying that as a result of its labors 1000
thoroughly trained women became nurses,
and over $780, oO in money and supplies was
furnished. She said in part:
THE national board of management Of
Tered our services as a society TO the Presi-
dent of the United States and the surgeons
general OF the army and navy, which action
was duly recognized, approved and accepted.
It was determined to form a hospital corps
FOR direct work. The committee was elected
and at once entered upon its arduous task,
the outcome of which was magnificent. We
faithfully worked under the orders of the
government, with the result that one thou
sand thoroughly trained women went out
as nurses to the various hospitals within
our borders and beyond the sea. Money was
sent TO the surgeons commanding nine diff
ferent hospitals, and supplies 10 every gen.
eral hospital in this country, to Cuba. to
Puerto Rico, Manila and to many field and
division hospitals. That committee re-
celved 45,549 garments, contributed by 1877
chapters"
ITO the Daughters of the American Revo-
utlOn the trained nurses OF this country
W to-day their standing in relation to the
United States government. A regiment of
noble women went out to serve and die. if
need be, for their country. Theirs was a
baptism of patriotism in which we all re-
Joice. AT the May meeting OF our society it
was decided to issue war fund resolutions
looking to the raising of a war fund and the
broadening of our lines. We urged the chap
ters and members at large to aid needy
families of men who had gone to the front
and to furnish comforts for soldiers and
sailors, whether regular or volunteers We
also sought to organize immediate and
united action for the accumulation of a
large sum to be used in response to emer-
gency and eXigency calls, such as are at
tendant upon the conditions of a nation en-
gagged in warfare The poor and the rich
wrought side by side and with but a single
ambition, to serve our country and up
hold our flag. The lives which have been
saved, the comforts which have been given,
the hospitals which have been supplied by
the Daughters of the American Revolution
can never be estimated. Nearly $500. 600 of
money and supplies have been provided by
Them"
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A CRACK IN THE EARTH.
Mysterious Fissure Opens in the subs
urbs OF Chicago.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
In the discovery of a long and ragged
fissure in the frozen earth on the prairie at
Fifty. first street, near Calumet avenue, res
idents in the Hyde Park district believe
they have discovered the cause of the de-
t~onation last Wednesday night that caused
buildings to tremble and give rise to the be-
lief that Chicago had been visited by an
earthquake. Since the peculiar assure was
first seen by residents in the habit OF TAX.
ing short cuts across the prairie TO board
alley IL" trains at the Fifty-first-street
station many a visited the spot, and
while only a few offer any explanation as
to the cause, all agree that it was the
cracking of the earth that aroused them
from their slumbers.
The crevice begins at the rear of an apart
ment building at No. 5l45 Prairie avenue
and extends northward a distance of four
hundred feet and then crosses IN alley,
passing under the elevated road structure
and is lost in a field covered with dry grass
and shrubbery. Two branches spring from
the main assure, one branching westward
for a distance, while the other extends
northwest and ends at the rear of the build
ing at No. 932 Eifty-first street.
The bursting of the ground occurred just
before midnight last Wednesday, and those
who heard it first thought there had been
an explosion in the vicinity. Joseph Ripley
was just closing his saloon at the time and
he says for a moment the glassware on the
bar ratified and the building shook on It's
foundation. He made an Investigation. but
was unable to learn the cause of the detona-
ton. r. f. Lawson. No. 695 Forty-ninth
street, was also in the neighborhood at the
time, and when he reached home members
of the family had been aroused and were
making inquiries as to the cause OF the
strange sound.
The block pavement on Union avenue, in
Engiewood. Is badly damaged by long fs-
sures, which extend clear across the street
in MANY places. making the roadway in1nas-
sable for wagons and running the whole
stretch Of pavement. No such wholesale
tearing up of pavement from natural cause
can be remembered since the street was
first covered with the layers of cedar.
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OENTTCF DR.. A. E. BUCHANAN
UuN11O4 1888 When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.
EngIish's-"Mistakes VIII Happen

Observation-Disclosures VIII Happen
The first real farce-comedy seen at Eng
lish's since early this season is Grant
Stewards Mistakes VIII Happen" which
opened last night for the first half of the
week. The play is a novel and lively en-
t~ertainment from the first to the last cur
tain. 1t is full Of delightfully."- ingenious sur
prises in every act with lines that sparkle
with wit. The play is a fair rival of the
Broadhurst or Du SOuchet inventions and
has the very necessary attraction of n dis
tinguishing scene, This is the second act.
where the action takes place in Mr.. Hun
ter-Chase's -coachhouse. showing the stalls
and carriage room below and the hayloft
above. The loft. the hay rack. the stalls.
the coupe. the oats bin and the stairwayS
leading upstairs are all used by the char
acters for many laughable episodes. The
plot of the farce is a series of mixed-up stu
ations that result from a wealthy tena-
ment-house owner and his young wife ac-
cidentally meeting a couple of actors in
their boarding house. Before the meeting
IS over Mr.. Hunter-Chase has arranged for
a date with the actors wife TO hear a new
play, and Mrs. Hunter-Chase has made an
appointment for a theatrical lesson from the
actor. OF course both meetings take place
In the H~unter-Chase co%achhouse where the
coachman and his German sweetheart also
help to tangle up the situations. The great
charm of the piece is as much in the beauti-
full manner in which the characters are por-
lFdyeu as IN the play ilSel- CnaIleS DICK
son is the facetious actor who undertakes
10 teach Mrs. Hunter-Chase in the person
of Henrietta Cr0sman. These two brilliant
performers are almost a show in themselves.
Ethel Knight Mollison is the winsom wife
of the actor and it is no surprise that old
Hunter-Chase, in the person of Charles
Harbury, is anxious to cultivate her ac-
quaintance. Carrie Behr receives many
laughs for her rather too boisterous German
servant. who talks more German than Eng
lish, while Adah Eckert gives the most life
like representation of the city boarding.
house keeper of hall bedroom fame that
can be found outside the comic weeklies.
The farce cleverly avoids Frenchy situa-
tons and Is an entertainment as a study of
characters. 1t will remain at EngIish's I'M
tia Wednesday night. with a matinee
Wednesday,.
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MORE BRIBERY CHARGES.
Utah Legislature Trying to Rival the
California Assembly.

SALT LAKE, Utah. Feb. 2O.-Late to-
night Representative Law filed additional
charges of bribery in connection with the
senatorial contest. He makes the charge
that r. w. Sloan, acting for McCune, tried
to induce w. G. Nebeker to assist In the
election of McCune to the United States
Senate, and stated to said Nebeker that
money was being used therefor and that he
wanted to see his %(Sloan's) friends get some
Of it; that about Sept. 10 Il. G. WINS, who
represented that he was repeating the ex-
preston of Fisher S. Harris, manager for
McCune. who had said to WINS that Jack
sons vote must be obtained. no matter at
what expense" Also that Representative
Farr had stated to Representative Cook in
substance that If he Cook, With the two
Nebekers and one other man. would vote
for McCune, they could get $4,000 or $25, 0O0
fnr 60 doing
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LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 20.-There were nc
additional signatures to-day to the petition
for a Republican caucus on the senatorship,
which still lacks twelve of the number nee
essary to elect. The ballot to-day was with
out change. At the conclusion of the ballot
Senator Canaday. a Populist, moved that,
inasmuch as the Legislature has invalidated
any election for senator that might here
after take place by reason of its failure &c
ballot on Saturday. as provided by law. the
joint convention be adjourned sine die. II
was voted down Republican members ex-
planned that the authorities at Washington
had decided that adjournment OF the Legis-
a ballot necessary only when both houses
were in session.
The joint ballot vote for senator in the
Legislatures of Pennsylvania. California
Delaware and Utah yesterday showed NO
material chance from previous ballots.
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Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Feb. 20.-John Beller to-
night ran Town his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jo-
sephine Riley, catching her as she attempted
to escape in a residence or Adams street,
The Infatuated man threw the woman from
the porch in a small hallway between build
ings and stamped her face and breast. She
was taken to the City Hospital and will like
ly die. Beller is an eX-convict from Ohio
and would have been handed roughly had
not officers kept the crowd back. He ac-
cused his mother-in-law with causing his
wife's application for a divorce.
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DEATH IN THE FLAMES
MRS. sHIREMAN's HOUSE BURNED AND
LITTLE BERTHA A CORPSE.
Ex-COnvict at Muncie Had a Grudge
Injuries Her-Barrett's Trial.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 2O.-During a fire
about 4 o'clock this afternoon, in Adam
S%hireman's residence, in this city, his Ave
year-old daughter Bertha was burned TO
death. Mrs. Shireman had gone to a neigh
boris and had left her daughter at home
alone. When Mrs. Shireman returned,
about thirty minutes later, she found the
house in flames. She rushed in to save her
child, but succeeded in securing only a
l~ifeless form. The fire is supposed to have
been started by the child playing with
matches. The house and furniture were
destroyed. Loss, $3.50. with insurance to
the amount of $500 in the Ohio Farmers.
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Turns Warm and Too Much Gas.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVIL,LE, Ind, Feb. 20-The
natural gas regulator at the station here be-
came uncomfortable last night, and the
pressure of gas was so great that every
stove in tow was soon redhot, and in order
not to set the town a1re the company had
to cut off the entire supply. The '~regula-
tor was then fixed and by noon to-day
the pressure was again turned on. 1t did
not make much inconvenience, as every one
in town is now burning wood for fuel and
using the gas only for kindling- The regu-
and showed there is plenty of gas some
Mhere.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Hundreds Of people
in Chicago tonight heard De Wolf Hop
per's opera THE Charlatan" through tele-
phone transmitters. Manager w. J. Davis,
of the Columbia Theater, had telephone
transmitters placed in the footlights, wings
and OH each side of the proscenium. These
were under the control of a
switchman seated at one side Of the stage.
The choruses and ensemble numbers. as well
as the lines of the numerous actors, We're
carried with great distinctness over the
wires. Mr.. Hopper's voice being particular
~ plain. The new instrument is called the
theaterphone. and the experiment tried this
evening was the first in Chicago.
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ing and often pathetic ~portrayaIs of the
heroine who gets all the sympathy. Miss
has a spicy little part that is cleverly
handled and she has one line-'"They lynch
such men in my country''-that seemed to
suit the temper Of both parquet and gallery.
Ihat line appeals to an American audience
like the waving of the flag and betrays the
existing sentiment which has been making
II hard for Governor Mount to get the
proper anti-lynching legislation through
this session over at the Statehouse. Moths"
is brilliant in spots and always interesting
and will afford excellent entertainment dur
ing the week at the Grand.
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BOSTON, Feb. M-Richard Mansfield to-
night Cancelled his entire Boston engage
ment. A week ago he Cancelled the first of
his three weeks contract here on account of
his health, and tomorrow was to have be-
gun the first of the two remaining weeks
engagement. He had hoped that his COM
plete rest of a week would do him more
good than it has, and tonight it was said
to be possible that Mr.. Mansfield will have
to quit the stage for some months. He is
not sick, but has an obstinate and severe
cold, and has besides about exhausted his
nervous system by the constant hard work
in ''Cyrano de Bergerac."
Manager Rich, of the Hollis-street Thea
ter, and Mansfield had "A long conference
this afternoon, until which time it was ex-
pected the latter would appear tomorrow
night. AT this conference it was decided TO
be unwise to go on with the play here.
There have been 1000 worth of tickets sold
already for the engagement Of Mr.. Mans
field, and all this will have to be returned.
Mr.. Mansfield will go to New York in the
morning and will open his Baltimore engage
ment Monday, March s, if his health per-
mits, of which there is some doubt.