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The record-union., 1899-04-10

INDIANAPOLIS, April 9-Dr. Geo.
A. Rawson, who figured in a sensational
divorce case in Seattle, Wash. few
years ago, committed suicide at the in
sane hospital here to-day by hanging.
His Wife's name was Nancy Horton,
and she is a relative of an Ex-Governor
of Virginia and a cousin of Prince
Yturbide of Mexico, who created some
thing Of a sensation in Washington sew
eral years ago.
They were members of the exclusive
circle Of Seattle, and she brought suit
for divorce, making sensational
charges. It was a nine days wonder
The divorce was granted, and Rawson,
who was in New York at the time. dis
appeared. In 1891 Mrs. Rawson ap-
peared in Washington with her cousin,
Prince Yturbide, was received by Sec
retary Gresham and given social atten-
ton.
Rawson appeared in Indianapolis
about three weeks ago, and was found
wandering about the streets by the pc
lice He was victim of cocaine, which
had driven him insane. He was ad-
mitted to the insane hospital April it,,,
and this morning was found dead in a
closet. He made rope of two towels
and hanged himself.
The record-union., 1899-04-10
Change in Mems Clubs.

Mems clubs do not seem to be the
objects of animadversion that they once
We're. At least they do not appear in
that role so persistent1y in the public
print. There was time, not so very
long ago, when the air seemed to be
full of feminine lamentations, and the
burden Of this outcry was the mans
club
There is no such chorus now. and for
the explanation thereof one has not far
to look. It is largely because, during
recent years, men and women have
been finding larger and more frequent
bits of common ground in their amuse-
ments 1t is not enough that they
should live, love, suffer, and die to-
gether. The world will be full Of
jangles so long as men and women do
not laugh together. That, happily. is
what they are learning to do Of course
there is a tendency to go to extremes.
Take a weight out of balance, and it
goes up with a bound before it settles
into equilibrium The weight of old
time restrictions has been removed
from the lives of women, and the new
balance has not yet been reached. They
are ON the rebound now, and they show
it in nothing so much as in their amuse-
ments Maybe the spirit of camaraderie
with men has been carried too far. but
no one can deny that it exists.
One of the proofs is the very dying
out of the cry against mems clubs and
the arising of a new wall in it's place.
This latest lamentatiop comes from the
clubs themselves. 1t seems that a good
many Of them are having a tolerably
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FRANCE AT PEACE WITH ALL.
Dupuy Says the Situation at Home
and Abroad is Satisfactory.

PARIS, April 9.-Premier Dupuy, in
the course of an important speech TO
his constituents to-day, at Lepuy. said
the situation both at home and abroad
was eminently satisfactory.
He referred approvingly to the recent
agreements with Italy and Great Brit
ain, and said France was now Tree Tor
industrial and commercial development
and a large field of colonizing.
Reverting to home affairs, ne said.
'~The agitations are only on the surface.
Beneath are calm industry and secur-
ity. The end of the Dreyfus affair ap-
pears to be in sight. and the compiica-
tion will be unraveled by the Court OF
Cessation, whose judgment Will De
acknowledged by all.
The Government. however, attaches
Importance to reiterating its determin-
alton to repress all polemics which call
the national army in question. As soon
as the Court of Cessation has given
Judgment the Government will take the
necessary measures to determine re-
sponsibilities, and will act accordingly,
if that should be necessary; but these
acts and the punishment of Individual
faults will not affect the army, which is
our hope for the future and the indis-
pensable guardian of the Constitution
and the law
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FIERCE BATTLE.
Between Candidates for West Point
and Highland Falls Youths,

WEST POINT, April "a fierce bat
tie occurred at Highland Falls at a late
hour last night between candidates for
admission On to West Point as cadets
on the one side and boys of the village
on the other.
The candidates are attending the pre-
paratory school at Highland Falls, prior
to being examined at West Point next
June for admission to the academy
There were about thirty of them in the
fight, but they We're out-numbered
three to one by the boys of the town.
The trouble began with a hand-to-
hand encounter, and the crowd soon in
creased to such an extent that stone
throwing took the place of fists. Sew
eral of the candidates were more or less
injured, the most seriously being u. S.,
Grant, third, appointed at large by the
President. Young Grant was assisted
to his quarters at the Cranston Hotel.
Many of the boys of the town were
also badly used up. The service of all
the doctors in town were required to
dress the wounds of the injured. Hos
tilities continued for nearly an hour
The record-union., 1899-04-10
What Dreams Signify.

To dream of sudden riches is a bad
sign.
To dream of a rainbow denotes COM
ing changes.
To dream of an anchor is a sign OF
hope.
To dream of banquets is favorable
sign.
To dream of birds denotes lawsuit.
To dream of marriage denotes danger
To dream of riding in coach signi-
fies pride.
To dream of death signifies wed
ding.
To dream of holding flowers is a ia
vorable sign.
To dream of music indicates that good
news is coming.
To dream of seeing a play denotes
good fortune.
To dream of ants denotes a grasping
disposition.
To dream of a boat on clear water on
of playing at cards is a sign Of coming
good fortune.
People whose dreams are few seldom
escape some vision or other on Christ
mas night, and, alas, they are not al
ways pleasant OF course, thsre is a
reason for this, but we will leave the
explanation of the mystery to the doc
tors and provision dealers.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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TROOPS ON THE GRANT.
Many Are Unfit for Immediate
Service

Copyrighted, 1899. by Associated Press }
ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES
ARMY TRANSPORT GRANT (Singa-
pore), March 4.-T1e officers of the de-
tachment of troops which the Grant is
hurrying to enforce the American army
at Manila make no secret of the fact
that their men are not fit for immediate
service. Hardly % per cent. of the
Fourth Infantry and the Battalion of
the Seventeenth on board the Grant are
veterans. The others are recruits, all
Of whom Were enlisted within two
months of sailing from New York, and
some We're taken in during the last day
or two. Their drill has been limited
to what the small deck space of a
crowded transport will allow and dur
ing the first month of the voyage it
amounted to little more than setting
up exercises.
Save for the recurrence of Cuban fe-
yer, which frequently attacks even vet
Grams, the physical condition of the
troops is excellent.
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A Missionary Schooner Lost.

NEW YORK. April 9.-The American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions has just received news of the
loss of the schooner Robert w. Logan,
one of the missionary fleet of the board,
in the South Pacific on November 3Oh
last. The Robert W. Logan was of 80
tons burden, built in San Francisco in
1885 to replace a vessel of the same
name which was lost at sea. The new
Logan was on duty among the Microne-
nesian Islands last November. She was
caught in a gale while cruising in the
Mortlock group, and was driven ashore
in the Satoan Lagoon. No lives were
lost. The passengers and sailors were
carried on a, trading schooner to Ruk,
115 miles distant, a few days later.
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For Interfering to Prevent Ineommun icado
Law Applying TO Americans.
Railway Communication From
Havana Eastward Suspended
Because of a Strike of Two
Hundred Employees of the United
Railways, Causing Great Tncon-
eral Provinces.

HAVANA, April 9.-Secretary Of
Justice Lanuza will probably not COM
ply with the request of Judge Ortiz of
the Guadalupe District Court, Havana
Province, to prosecute General Ludlow,
the military Governor, for interfering
to prevent DR.. Jolliffe and Mr. Barton,
Americans, being kept incommunicado,
as provided by the Spanish law
= If the matter is brought to an issue
the question will be whether an Amer
lean official has a right to issue an or
der contrayening a Spanish law, unless
supported by the decree of the Gov
ernor General Judge Ortiz insists that
the incommunicado law is in full force
like all other Spanish laws, which Gen
eral Brooke's proclamation of January
lst affirmed were to be unchanged.
General Ludlow interviewed in the
case of Jolliffe and Barton because the
Spanish officials refused to allow the
attorneys and friends of the prisoners
to have communication with them. 1t
was this condition of things that
prompted his written instructions to
Judge Ortiz not to apply the incomnlu-
nicado rule to Americans.
All railway communication from Ea-
yana eastward is suspended because Of
the strike of 200 employees of the
United Railroads. 1t affects the prov
inces of Matanzas and Santa Clara, as
we'll as the routes to Guanajay, prov
ince of Pinar del Rio, and to Bata-
banao, where the steamships make
their communication with Havana. No
freight or passengers could be moved
to-day The inconvenience resulting is
very great. 1t is hoped, however, that
the strike will be settled amicably.
To-day the Cuban Generals who yes
terday elected General Gomez Com
mander- -in-Chief were to notify him Of
ficially of their action. They had rot
done SO up to o'clock this evening, but
it is reported that he is to be waited
upon by committee during the course
of the evening. There are so many con-
Trajectory reports as to their intentions
and doings that the fact of their ac-
complishing little or nothing is beging-
ming to discredit in advance whatever
action they may ultimately take, which
at the best will be merely comforting an
honorary distinction as General Brooke
is preparing to handle the payment Of
the Cuban army quite Independently OF
General Gomez.
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TIE DREYFUs CASE.
CONTINUES PUBLICA-
TON OF EVIDENCE.
Dispositions Of zurlinden, Mill
tary Governor of Paris, and For
mer War Minister Chanoine.

PARIS, April 9.-Continuing its pub
| lication of the evidence given before
the Court of Cessation in the Dreyfus
case, the Figaro" gives to-day the
dispositions of General Zurlinden, mill
| tary Governor of Paris, and General
Chanoine, formerly War Minister.
General Zurlinden deposed that when
he entered the Cabinet last autumn he
knew nothing of thel Dreyfus affair, but
the suicide of Lieutenant Colonel Henry
provoked him to study the dossier,
which convinced him that Dreyfus was
Justly condemned. The documents in
| the doesier proved, he declared, t. at
the traitor belonged to the general staff.
There was no malice in the designation
Of the cuiprit, and, therefore, the legend
of the .entrapped Jew must be set
aside.
General Zurlinden proceeded to show
| by technical details that the particulars
indicated in the bordereau were highly
important to a foreign nation. With
reference to the phrase, 'I am going to
the maneuvers," in the bordereau, he
said that the military students were
wont to attend the maneuveers, but on
August .27, 1894, the day to which the
! Plli ds- LIZ tiiC DOl oCd OeAd ~, eAiSS
did not attend. This fact he said, he
regarded as having great bearing on
the discovery of the author of the bor-
dereau.
Proof of the culpability of Dreyfus,
he insisted, existed outside the deposit
tions of Lieutenant Colonel Henry and
Colonel Patty du Clam, and he appealed
to- the court to reject revision, which he
said he would have demanded himself
| in the name of the army if he had or
did have the slightest doubt of the guilt
OF Dreyfus.
He knew nothing, he asserted, Of the
| relations between Comte Esterhazy,
Lieutenant Coloney Henry and Colonel
Sanherr, or of the communication Of the
secret documents to the court martial in
1894, nor had he any knowledge re-
specting the correctness of such rumors.
In concluding his evidence he remarked
that the whole army wished the fullest
| light to be thrown upon the affair.
General Chanoine testified that he had
examined all the dossiers placed at his
disposal, and that these in his judg-
ment established the culpability of
Dreyfus. He also deposed that he had
spoken on the subject with many per-
sons who were acquainted with the cir
cunstances of the trial in 1894.
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hard time to keep going, and that the
managers are put to their wits end
to devise attractions which will draw
the members to the club Even the
restaurants of some of the clubs have
become solemn and funereal places,
where few habitues sit in oppressive
and silent grandeur, except when a spe-
cial feast is provided with "distin-
guished guests" Meanwhile the list
of cheerful table d'hote places has
grown amazingly. and men who twenty
years ago would have patronized club,
because it meant good-fellowship and
good cheer, may now be seen gossiping
gayly with their wives across some
table i'm bohemia And finally another
straw to show which way the wind
blows is the unbending of the clubs to-
ward women. Several have opened a
ladies annex; others have inaugurated
frequent ladies' days; while one of
them, and a large political club at that.
has opened it's house daily, from 10
a. M to 5 p. M, to the wives of it's
members.-Harper's Bazar.
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ENCOURAGES THRIFT.
Savings Banks Which Collect
Small Deposits.

If a man who lives and works in the
outskirts of the city has boarded up
11.9 cents, it is not likely that he will
journey downtown to deposit the
amount in a savings bank. There are
raetical business reasons which pre-
clude such a course. The carfare down
and back is 10 cents, or perhaps 20.
In either case the money would be ex-
hausted on transportation, and in the
latter event it would be necessary to
walk home or hitch on behind. There
would be much greater satisfaction in
beer, and also an economy of time.
But over in Germany the banks en-
courage thrift by sending out for the
11.9 cents. Their method, according to
a report by Walter Schumann, our Con-
sui at Mainz, is as follows: A system is
established, which invites weekly de-
posits of small sums, ranging from the
11.9 cents go pfennigs) up through l.,
2. 3, 4 and marks to 10, the mark be-
ing rated at 23.S cents. The applicant
for a passbook gives his address and
states the amount which he wishes to
deposit regularly. Then collectors call
and save him all further trouble. At
the first call he is presented with a
passbook in which the proper entry is
made. Subsequently printed coupons
are left with him by way of receipts.
The account is footed up at the end
of the year. or whenever withdrawals
ere made. If a coupon is unpaid within
eight days the bank reserves to itself
the right to close the account. Interest
is allowed at the rate of 311a per cent,
beginning with January 1st Of the year
following that in which the deposits
are made.
Under this system the collections at
Mainz for the year 1896 amounted to
S165, ,392, and in 1897 they We're SI76,-
10. The number of depositors for
these years was 5,263 and 5,4S5. re-
spectively; the amounts withdrawn,
$141 .656 and S154. 622; the balances due.
$112, ,663 and S137 ,030. Figures for the
year 1898 indicate that the most popu-
lar sum for deposit was 2 marks al Is
cents). The number Of depcsitors in this
class was 1,730, the 5O-pfennig class
numbered pa, and the 1O-mark class
357.
1t is stated that the banks did not
start this department as an institution
Of profit, but for the very good purpose
of melting poor people to save their
earnings, and lit has met with a we'll
deserved success. We should say also
that the policy thus inaugurated was a
wise one for the originators, as well as
a beneficial one for the depositors. 1t
tends to promote good feeling between
capital and labor which is to be greatly
desired the world over, and nowhere
more, we may add, than in the United
States of America.-Chicago Times
Herald
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WENT INTO THE RIVER.
A Barge Loses Three Thousand
Sacks Of Grain.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 9.-About
5000 sacks of grain were lost on the
Sacramento River last night. The
steamer San Jose was on her way here
with a barge in tow. On the barge
were 1000 sacks of wheat for the river
ship Primrose Hill. The barge partly
overturned, and nearly all the cargo
went into the river. Some of it was
recovered and put aboard the San Jose,
and that vessel came on to San Fran
cisco, leaving the barge half under wa
ter and tied up to the bank near Rio
Vista.
During the run down the river the
wheat on the San Jose began to swell
and the bags burst. The grain ran all
over the decks, and when the steamer
reached the sea wall it had to be show
eled ashore. The portion saved is now
only fit for chicken feed, SO the entire
barge load of 1000 sacks is practically
a total loss.
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The Unpaid Refor1ner.

A man was. seen the other day stand
ing on a prominent street corner and
gazing with great earnestness at Win
dow near the top of tall office build
ing.
What is it?'' inquired two other men.
whose curiosity impelled them to stop
and see what was up.
He made no reply.
Other men stopped and looked UP at
the same window.
Whats the excitement" they asked.
When nearly a dozen more had join
ed them he turned around and said:
Fellow up there washing a window
in the fourteenth story"
What about him?"
Watch him."
The crowd craned its collective neck
and continued to gaze upward.
More men Joined the concourse.
Whats the excitement here?" they
demanded.
Fellow up there washing a window
in the fourteenth story"
Whats the matter with him?"
Watch him.
81 don't see anything remarkable
about him. He's got his safety belt on,
hasn't hep"
Watch him."
rs he going to test it?''
rs it some new fire escape?"
us he drunk?''
Whats he going to do?"
Watch him.
What for?"
Then the man turned around and
faced the crowd again.
Because my neck is getting tired
he said. "Allow me to remark, fellow
citizens" he continued, raising his
voice, that I, personally, don't see any
thing surprising or unusual about him.
He seems to be an ordinary window
washer. Uses a sponge, or possibly a
wet rag, and a rubber arrangement
with a handle, following it up with a
dry rag. So far as can judge at this
distance from the scene Of operations
there is nothing to distinguish him from
the hundreds of other human beings
who make a precarious living in the
same line of business. It does not re-
quire any special gifts or qualifications
to wash windows. 1t does not come
under the head of skilled industries. No
particular training or education is
needed to become an expert window
washer Hence, you will permit me to
say, there is nothing necessarily excit-
ing or awe compelling in the spectacle
of a man in the ordinary pursuit of such
calling. My only object in stopping
to watch him was to ascertain approx
mately how many blamed fools would
gather in the course of two or three
minutes merely to see a man washing
The record-union., 1899-04-10
Home Of Berries.

Cranberries were first seriously
grown in this century, near Cape Cod,
and are now exported to Europe and the
Indies.
BIueberries are natives of Northern
Europe, Asia and America. Blackber-
ries we can claim, for they are found
only in this country.
Whortleberries are native of Eu-
rope In the middle ages the berries
of the myrtle were eaten, and to-day
these berries are called bilberries.
Currants. as most persons are aware,
come fr1m Ger nth They a.e a variety
Of the grape family. The currants we
grow come from North Europe, Canada
and England.
In the early part of the seventeenth
century strawberries, which were ma
tive to Europe and North America,
were taken in hand and cultivated with
the present result.
Raspberries belong TO Europe and
Asiatic Russia. Black mulberries
come from Persia. Gooseberries are
native in Central Europe and Western
Asia. They have always been culti-
waited in Great Britain, but not until
lately has the rest of Europe appreciat-
ed them.
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The Wrong Measure.

Employment Agent-Those are fine
recommendations that gurl has, num-
Shall I send for her to come and talk
with you?
Mrs. Brcnston-Is she tall or short?
Rather tall, mum; but
rs she fat or thin?"
Rather stout, mum; a good strong
us she stouter than ] amp
.'Oh, yes, mum, a good deal"
She won't do. She'd split the seams
of every dress have''-New York
Weekly.
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Fatal ARRAY at Newport News.

E NEWPORT NEWS (Va.), April O.
Charles Wilkerson, yard conductor of
the Chesapeake and Ohio, was shot and
seriously wounded today In a fight with
Ben Bates, a burglar at Fort Monroe
About dozen friends of the two prin-
cipals blazed away at one another with
revolvers fifty or sixty times during the
fight Bates fired at Policeman Fisher
t. ball striking the officers badge,
which undoubtedly saved his life. Bates
is under arrest. s,s4
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PITCHED BATTLE.
One Man Killed and Three Others
Wounded, One Fatally.

BRUNSON Is. c., April g. A
pitched battle was fought in the streets
here late last night between James
Preacher, Charlie Preacher and Aren
Preacher, brothers, on one side, and
George Ried, Mack Ried, James Ried,
brothers, and Joseph Connolly, on the
other George Ried was killed, Mack
Ried probably fatally wounded, and
Joseph Connolly seriously, and James
Preacher slightly wounded. Bad blood
had existed between the two factions
for some time. The Preachers are sons
in-law of Colonel Lawrence w. YOU
mans, the largest planter in this sec
ton.
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PROF. b. L. WHEELER.
May be the Next President of the
State University.

ITHACA IN. W, April 9.-During the
last two or three days it has been re-
ported among the members of Cornell s
faculty and student body that Professor
B. L. Wheeler of Cornell University It
likely to be the next President of the
University of California He lately
made a trip to the Pacific Coast, where.
it was said, he went to deliver some LEG
lures at the California institution. It
is now thought the main object of his
visit West was to see the institution
and negotiate with the authorities. Pro-
fessor Wheeler refuses to say anything
on the subject, and does not deny that
he has been asked to accept the Presi-
dency. 1t is the general opinion that
he will decide within a short time.
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Troops Bound for Honolulu.

LOS ANGELES, April 9.Five tour
ist and a Pullman car, comprising a
special train bearing Battery A, 120
men strong, of the Sixth Artillery, U, S.
A., passed through Los Angeles this
AFTERNOON en- route to Honolulu via San
Francisco, where the regiment is to do
garrison duty. Battery A. comes from
San Augustine, Fla, where it has been
garrisoned. and is commanded by Cap
tain F. Marsh, who has with him his
mother, wife and child. The only other
officer on the train was aLieutenant
Banta, assistant surgeon, Us. A, who
is going to the Philippines.
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to-day killed its keeper, Frank Fisher.
Fisher had returned to the tent in
toxicated, and tried to make the diff
ferent animals perform. Coming to
the elephant, he ordered it to open its
mouth Becoming enraged, Rajah
crushed Fishers arm, and, throwing
him to the ground, made repeated ef-
forts to pierce the PROSTATE trainers s
body with its tusks. Unable to reach
him, Rajah finally knelt upon Fisher,
crushing his life out before assistance
could arrive.
Fisher was % years of age, and his
home was in Montreal Canada. He is
said to be Rajah's ninth victim.
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jefferson Banquet Abandoned.

CHICAGO, April 9-The Jefferson
day banquet of the Monticello Club has
been abandoned, owing, it is said, to
dissensions over the recent invita-
tions and William J. Bryan, who was
to be toastmaster, was wired to-day
not to come, 1t was also announced
that the club as an organization will
cease to exist May 1st. The direct. cause
of the abandonment of the banquet is
said to be the refusal of Mayor Har-
risor to be present if Ex-Governor Alt
geld, who had accepted the invitation,
was to be among the speakers