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The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

Ere the bellows-draft quickened the smouidering
spark
So life is a spark; and life is a FIRE:
And life IS flame rising higher and higher.
One free breath of nature ere hope dies ia men,
And the fast-fading eInbers will waken again.
Thousands of people die of wasting weak
ening diseases every year who by all rules
of nature and reason ought to be restored
to health asd strength The medicines
they receive from the average doctor ac-
cording to regulation, stereotyped practice
are mere temporary palliatives; they do not
reach down deep into the vital organism
where the spark of life lies dormant wait
ing to be awakened.
In numberless cases where every other
remedy absolutely fails DR.. PieTce's Golden
Medical Discovery breathes its strong VIZ
talizing power upon the slumbering forces
of life and wakens them into active energy.
1t quickens the digestive and blood-naking
glands and empowers them to supply fresh
rich nourishment TO all the organs and tis-
sues imbues the heart and lungs with vi
tality; destroying and excreting naturally.
from the system the bile poisoned dregs
which lurk III the circulation, thus building
up new constitutional vigor and activity
II took severe cold which settled on my
lungs and chest, and suffered intensely - writes
Mt Harrison Smith, of Gapcreek, Ky. II
tried several of our best physicians and they
gave up all hope of my recovery they said had
consumption and could not live more than few
weeks. took five bottles of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and am sound and we'll to-
day. feel better than have in ten years"
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
John Holman Four Years Missing.
SneciaI To the Tndia M rnlia Journal

INUI5LdI IIOIIs
KOKOMO, Ind, Feb 15.-John e. Hol-
man, the Kokomo lawyer, who left the city
four years ago, was sued for divorce to-day
by his wife, Eva Holman, who asks the
custody of their two children. The where
abouts of Mr.. Holman is not known, as he
has not been seen or heard of since his sud
den disappearance, under a cloud, Feb. 1,
1898. He was a defaulter for a small amount
with an insurance company, but the short
age was paid by friends and there was no
necessity for his remaining away, as prose-
cution was dismissed The continued silence
OF the missing man leads to the suspicion
that he may have committed suicide or
have died in some foreign land under an as
sumed name. He was deVotedly attached to
his family. Mrs Holman has given up all
hopes of her husbands return, and asks the
court to grant her divorce, on the ground Of
abandonment. A report is current that HOl-
man had been seen in Cuba and was an offi-
Ger in the insurgent army.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
An old stradivarius Recovered.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
AUBURN, Ind, Feb 15-After searching
for eleven years, DR.. S. Z. Tarney, of this
city, has again come in possession of his
166-year-old violin. The instrument was
loaned eleven years ago, the borrower dying
a few days after, and the instrument was
never returned. The doctor has since kept
watch on all violins and yesterday sue
ceeded in trading a young man out of this
particular one which he remembered by
certain cracks in the top and by the in
scription ''Stradivarius, Ammo Domino, 1885,"
pasted in the bottom. Mr.. Tarneys violin
is worth the best eighty-acre farm in this
county. 1t was brought from Germany
twenty-five years ago by DR.. Roscon.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
How the Gas Has Been Wasted.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind.,> Feb. 15.-The
extreme cold weather of the past week has
suddenly aroused the people of the gas belt
to the stern fact that the gas pressure is
steadily waning. The efforts to make an
oil field out of gas district has had dis
tressing effect on the supply, and the ex-
tension of the oil field is now proving a
detriment to the field. Millions and millions
Of cubic feet Of gas have been wasted, first
by the fambeaux and since by the oil op-
orators The history of other gas fields tes-
tify to the fact that gas is a temporary
blessing. Gas wells in this city which
few years ago showed a pressure of $50
pounds have now dwindled to 220 pounds.
Waste from the oil operators alone was
enormous, and it is astonishing that steps
were not taken long. before to stop the
shameful waste Oil and salt water are
making rapid work in quenching the gas
flow. There is no doubt that $40 100000
worth Of natural gas has been wasted since
It was first discovered in the State. Resi-
dents of the gas belt for number of years
refused to admit the supply was falling, but
they are now face to face with the reality.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
veteran Operator Dead.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES. Ind, Feb. 15.-Col. Dewitt
c. Sellers. aged sixty-seven. died to-day Of
paralysis after two weeks illness. He was
a manager of the Postal Telegraph Cable
Company here and was probably one Of the
Oldest telegraph operators in this State. He
began in the Western Union office in 1648,
when dispatches were received on roll of
white paper. indentures of characters being
made on the paper as it was drawn out of
the machine. During the civil war ne was
stationed in the South in the signal corps
and his service for the Union army proved
to be most valuable.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Robbed q saloon Safe.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. Feb. 15.-The Mil
waukee House saloon was robbed yesterday
of $15765. In the morning about o'clock
the keeper OF the saloon counted the money
and put 1t in shot sack and placed it in
a drawer. He intended to put it in the bank,
but was too busy. In the evening about $50
o'clock when he went to get it to pay a
creditor from Anderson, he discovered that
the money was gone. Some one sometime
during the day had taken the money and
there is no cleW.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Swallowed His False Teeth

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 15.-Frank Nolt-
ing. Of this city, swallowed his false teeth
last night while in bed asleep and came
near dying. He soon went into spasms, and
his wife telephoned for DR. Banker. who
Noting was chloroformed and the set of
teeth was removed from his throat.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
DelIenbaugh Asks New Trial.

CLEVELAND. o.. Feb. B.-Counsel for
Judge Dellenbaugh to-day fled motion for
be vacated for the following reason: First,
the findings, so far as they concern sTec.Ica-
ton third of the charges against The re-
findings are not sustained by the evidence;
third, for error of law occurring during the
trial of the cause IN the admission Of 6Ni-
the rejection of evidence pertaining L. the
findings during the trial of the case; fifth.
because of the error that findings in regard
TO the third specification should h3v" leen
fGI the respondent anl not agalnst him.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL4, Ind, Feb. 15.-Three of the
oldest persons and earliest settlers of this
place are nearing deaths door. Uncle
Johnny Nutter, as he is Familiarity called,
who settled in this county in 1912 and has
resided in the town ever since it's organiza-
tion, who is eighty-two years old, is critical
ly i'll with Bright's disease.
dent of this IS place and vi Vicinity for the last
fifty years, Is in a dying condition with
grip. She is ninety-four years old.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
A Restaurant Blown Up.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 15.-At Albany to-
day the restaurant owned by Miles Miller
was destroyed by a gas explosion and sew
eral persons were slightly injured. Miss
Myrtle Hobbs, employed in the restaurant,
was directly over the place where the ex-
plosion occurred and was thrown a dis
tance Of fifteen feet and is believed to be
seriously injured. There were eight patrons
at the counter at the time. The floor was
torn out, the walls and ceiling sprung and
the glassware shattered.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
INDIANA OBITUARY.
The Rev. Richard A. Newton, Cha plain
of the 123d Indiana.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE Rev.
Richard "A. Newton, a superanuated minis
ter of the NJ. E. Church, who was for a
period of forty years an active minister in
the Methodist Church, and who has been a
resident of this place since 1860, after a
weeks illness with grip and acute Bright's 8
disease. died at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. D. A. Lindsay, last night. Father
seventy-seven years old He had been su-
peranuated for about ter. years though, he
was an active man of his age, preached
G. A. r. pest for the last ten years. He
was a veteran in the One hundred-and-
twenty-third Indiana Regiment. He was a
man Of great natural ability and a scholarly
minister. and was loved by all who knew
him.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Scores of BicvcIe Ridern

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The score at
1854 p. m. the forty-sixth hour Of the in
ternational bicycle run, was as follows, the
previous record being 100 miles and / 232
yards. made by Pierce at Madison-square
Garden last December: Gimm, S43 miles,
4 laps; Miller, S24 miles, laps; Barnaby, S02
miles, 8 laps; F'redericks. 500 miles; Nawn.
795 miles, 2 laps; Hale, 7S7 miles laps;
Pierce, 1S5 miles. 3 laps; Aaronson, 776 miles,
5 laps; Albert, 763 miles; Lawson 744 miles.
8 laps; PilkIngton, IA miles; julius 6s2
miles. laps; AshingeT 6Il miles lar4
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
FAMILY OF THREE BURNED.
No Trace OF Mail Carrier Marie, His
Wife md Infant Son.

" IIt oUHs
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-There seems to be no
doubt but that three persons were burned
to death in the fire last night which de-
stroyed the Arlington flats, at the corner of
Forty-first street and Grand boulevard.
Those supposed to have perished are: Fred
A. Marte, a mail carrier, Mrs. Fred A
Marie, his wife. and their infant son. Marie,
who was a mail carrier, did not report for
duty to-day at the postoffice. >and, as every
source of information in regard to the pos
sible whereabouts of the family nave been
looked into without success, all hope for his
escape has been given up.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
FIRE In THE MARKET.
Mice Believed to Have Started a Blaze
Under TOmIinsOn Hall.

About ]: 80 o'clock this morning fire was
discovered in one Of the stands in the East
market under Tomlinson Hall. The market
was filled with smoke, although but little
damage was done to the stand, in which the
fire is believed to have originated from mice
gnawing at matches, of which quite num-
Der were kept stored. A good deal of dam
age appeared to have been done to the
fruits and breadstuffs in other stands by the
smoke, according TO the firemen.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
The "Guinea piggy VIII Stay.

LONDON, Feb. 15.--In the House of Com
mons to-day the debate on the address to
the Queen, in reply to the speech from the
throne at the opening of Parliament on Feb
Z, was resumed The amendment intro
duced last evening by ]. Swift MacNeill,
Nationalist member for the south division
of Donegal, on the subject of guinea pigs
2Az TO 142
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
AN OLD RUM0R REVIVED
ARCHDUExE JOHN, ALIAS JOHN ORTIZ,
SAID TO BE ALIVE.
Reported to BE Living on the River
Parana, in South Anne with
His MOrganatic Wife.

LONDON. Feb. 1.-THE Paris corre-
spondent of the Times says: According to
letter just received here from Argentina,
the Austrian Archduke John. alias John
Orth, is now residing with his morganatic
wife on a farm on the River Parana, and is
more than ever resolved to renounce the
prerogatives of his BIRTH
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Feb. 15-Reports
by farmers from all parts of the county
state that all kinds Of birds have suffered
severely by reason of the recent cold
weather. Hundreds of quail have been killed
As an instance a flock of nineteen was
found dead III one place. Other birds have
also suffered, and in the woods and under
cedar trees the frozen bodies are lying on
the snow.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

the consumers an hour to replace them.
"Bige" Bayless refused to put his mixer
back on and would not let them shut off the
gas, so the company had him ar
rested for burning gas without mixer and
the trial will be tomorrow. The Monon
Railroad has donated a carload of coal for
the poor, which is being distributed to-day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Young Steele Instantly Killed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Feb 15.-Word has just
reached this city that James Steele, son of
John Steele, a prominent business man Of
this city, was instantly killed on the Grand
Rapids & Indiana Railroad, near Lagrange
this morning.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Rochefort Returns and Riot Follows

MARSEILLES Feb. 15-The return here
to-day from his Algerian trip of M. Henri
Rochefort, editor OF the Intrinsigeant the
Radical organ led to a renewal of the anti
Semitic demonstrations and street fights
which marked his departure for Algiers on
Feb A. Able Daniel was hooted while on
his way to church and another priest at
tackled while going to a convent. Windows
in several churches and synagogues were
smashed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
3. y. Coombs,s Residence Burned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Feb. 15.-The fine resi-
dence Of B. F. Coombs was partially de-
stroyed by fire tonight. Loss estimated at
So COO; insurance. 81 600 in Rockford, of Rock
ford, Ill; $500 in Delaware, of Philadelphia,
and $500 in Royal. Origin of fire unknown.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSvILLE. Ind, Feb. 15.-The
natural gas people are convassing the town
and inspecting the gas stoves to see IL the
mixers are removed or bored out They
find many mixers off. and in each case give
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16

ding present of forty acres of land. Failing
IN this he resorted TO force to get an unwhl-
After a short visit with relatives in this
county Mr.. and Mrs. Jester viii go to Poto-
mac, Ill, where the groom resides.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
PLAGUE Panic in Gold FieIds.

OMBAYO, Feb. ia plague panic has
occurred in the southern Kolar gold feds
of Mysore About $500 coolies have bolted
and it is feared this may lead to SusDen-
sion of the work. There have heen siyty
cases of plague in southern Kolar, and fer
ty-tive deaths from thai disease have been
reported.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
Commnnder nnnth-TncIler I'M.

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-Commander Booth
Tucker, of the Salvation Army is said to
be seriously Ill at his home in this city, the
result of overwork ard exposure in the di-
rectng relief work during the recent bliz-
zard.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-16
THE GRIP Guar THAT DOES CURE.

Laxative Bromo Quiniae Tablets remove
the cause that produces La Grippe The
genuine has L. 3. q on each Tablet. 25c.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
NO AGREEMENT
WAS REACHED

Washington, Feb. 20.-The joint high
commission has decided to adjourn today
until midsummer, when it will reassemble
to agree finally on pending questions of
difference between the United States and
Canada. An agreement on several of the
most important issues pending is appar
entity impossible at this time
The full commission held a joint session
today at which a wide margin between
the representatives of the two countries
was again brought forward. This time
the matter was given greater attention
than heretofore, though for several days
the meetings have been marked by the
suggestion that it was useless to continue
the negotiations at this time. Adjourn
ment at this stage, it was stated, might
result in a better prospect for harmony,
and this view prevailed after a discussion
which lasted some time. prominent
member of the commission said this
afternoon that the postponement was
not to be considered a rupture of nego-
tiations, though there seemed no pres
ent prospects of agreement on main
points.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
WILL THAW OUT
FROZEN PIPES

Madison, Wis, Feb. 21.-Prof. r. w.
Wood, instructor in physics in the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, has originated the idea
of thawing out frozen water pipes with
electricity and made two successful eX-
periments. In view of the fact that water
pipes in a number of cities of the north
west are frozen at this time, his discovery,
which is simple and inexpensive, is of
great Importance. He takes the electric
current used for street lighting purposes,
attaches one wire to the frozen pipe in
side the cellar of one house and the other
wire to similar pipe in the adjoining or
any other house, thus completing the cir
cult. A current of about so volts is then
turned on, heating the pipes and melting
the ice within. Prof. Wood uses trans
former to reduce the voltage so that the
current will not melt the pipes.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
His Popularity Increases as
He Advances.
FIGHT AMONG THE CLERGY
Cuban Priests Renew Their Fight With
the Bishop of Santander
With FierceneSS.

New York, Feb. 21.--A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says: The Cuban
assembly has sent a committee to Ma
tanzas to confer with Gomez, whose pop
ularity is increasing as he nears Havana.
Those who have been with Gomez rep
resent him as suffering from fever and
lacking the strength to endure a recep-
ton, but he says that it is a part of his
political mission to unite all classes.
The Spaniards continue divided, though
the majority will accept Gomez's leader
ship. They are warning those who op-
pose it to heed what happened at Car
denas. The Spanish colony there refused
to join in the reception, but after Gomez
arrived the members Of the Spanish club
invited him to the Casino, and when he
accepted many of them declared adhesion
to his policy.
The controversy between the bishop of
Santander and the Cuban clergy has been
renewed with fierceness. The Cuban
priests are aggressive in their opposition
to the bishop of Santanders authority,
and they are pushing their propaganda
to secure his recall and that of the Span
lsh priests on the ground that they are
inimical to Cuban aspira tions The
bishop retorts that they are pugna cious
and mutinous and take no notice of his
ecclesiastical office.
Archbishop Chappelle is in Santiago
and is expected in Havana soon. He will
find difficulty in reconciling the bishop
and the clergy. The priests complain of
the bishops action in trying to prejudice
them with General Brooke. AS the
American authorities have explained that
the church and state are entirely diversi-
fed, they are keeping out of the contro-
VerSy.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
HARD ON HIS NERVES.

The old proof-reader, who had been for
more than a score of years correcting the
thousand and one minor errors which the
haste of newspaper making allows to
creep into copy before it reaches the
printers hands, was most methOdical
man, as proofreaders are likely to be. He
came to work at the same hour and min
ute every evening, worked in the same
methodical way and knocked off at the
same time, starting Immediately for home
with one particular chum.
But one night he made chance in his
mode of procedure, which was the most
remarkable coming from him.
1t was tho end of the week, and like
all well egulated printers, he borrowed
his weekly dollar and started for home.
But instead Of taking the nearest road he
struck off on a roundabout course. T.
whats the matter?' inquired his
part, why don't you go down Twelfth
street tonight instead of taking this long
rOute?"
The proof-reader hestated a moment
and then said:
well, I'll tell you. I'm getting so I
can't bear Twelfth street any more, the
signs over the stores are so badly spelled
and punctuated."
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
Applied the Torch

Manila, Feb. 20.-9:35 a. m.-The natives
of the village of Paco made a bold at
tempt last night to burn the quarters
of the First Washington volunteers by
setting fire to the huts adjoining their
quarters in the rear. Fortunately the
wind changed at the moment that the
fire was discovered, and, famed by a
stiff breeze, the flames spread in the OPP
posite direction, destroying fully twenty
shacks and houses opposite the ruins of
the church. The incendiaries escaped.
Mysterious signals We're frequently made
along the enemys lines during the night,
and this led to the belief that an attack
had been arranged, but nothing hap
pened. The rebels are leaving the vicn-
ity of San Pedro Macati in small parties
and are reported to be moving toward
SingalOn.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
RUSSIA IS
BRANCHING OUT
There Will be No Closed Door
in China.
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Will be Extended so That the New
Trans-Si berian Road Will Be-
come 4 Paying Proposition

Chicago, Feb. 21.-The Times-Herald's
Washington correspondent says: Count
Cassin the Russian ambassador, in dis
cussing remarks made by Lord CHARLES
Beresford, relative to the establishment
Of an open door in China, says:
"a great deal of misinformation exists
concerning the conditions in the far east,
and a determined and regrettable effort
is being made to misinfOrm the public in
this matter. There is no closed door in
China, Lord Beresford does not say that
at present there exists a closed door, but
he says that it is possible that in the
future there may be a closed door. So
far as Russia is concerned it is to her
interest to have free trade in the far
east. 1t is necessary, in view of the con-
struction of the trans-Siberian railroad,
that there shall be an extension of COM
mercial relations in order that the road
can be operated on paying basis. 1t
has been declared that the construction
of the road was due to the strategic ad-
vantage which Russia would gain by
these operations, but a road of 10000
versts in length cannot be built for
strategic purposes only.
The policy of Russia in the extreme
Orient has always favored the introduc-
ton of foreign commerce on an equal
footing. Vladivostock has been and is
maintained as a free port. Iallen wan
was placed under Russian authority in
order that they might give her an open
port in winter. All territory in China
within Russian sphere of influence is
open to the commerce Of the world. Lord
Beresford states that Russia wants to
take possession Of the north of China and
leave the south Of the country to France.
Now he proposes that England, America,
Germany and Japan shall take charge of
affairs in England, fer England to have
control of the army, customs, etc, very
natural from his point of view. Why
does he make exceptions of Russia and
France? He does so on the ground that
they are not commercial people. This is
a mistake. France is a commercial ma
ton. Russia will be. The Siberian rail-
road is a commercial idea. He says it is
built only for strategic reasons. This is
another mistake. | am sure that Lord
BeresfOrd expresses only his private
views and not those of his government"
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-21
A BIG PURCHASE OF
REVENUE STAMPS

Louisville, Ky, Feb. 21.-The Continen-
tai Tobacco company dropped a bomb
into the camp of the independent tobacco
factories yesterday when it purchased
$13S,303 worth of revenue stamps. This
is an unprecedented sale of stamps. Sew
eral theories have been advanced as to the
cause for the big purchase of stamps.
One of them-the most believed by to-
bacco mems that the Continental To-
bacco company is preparing to begin it's
big plunge into the tobacco market. The
great amount of stamps purchased by the
tobacco trust represents an output Of 49,
GOO 900 pounds.