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BREvITIEs.

Andrew J. Robinson. a New York builder
doing business under the firm name or
Robinson & Wallace, assigned yesterday
for the benefit of creditors. Mechanics
liens were filed against the firm OF Rob
inson & Wallace aggregating over sloo.VW.
Mrs. ]. b. Angel. wife OF the president
of the University OF Michigan and ex-
home of friends I'm New York. Mrs. An
CELL suffered a stroke OF apoplexy while
on a train on the way to New York from
Annapolis last Monday
Mrs. Phoebe A Hearst has promised
81, 600 and Mayor James ID. Phelan, OF san
Francisco, $50 toward the $500 which the
Greek department of the University or
its share of the permanent endowment Tor
the American school at Athens.
Fuller T.. Brown, thirty-six years OF age.
committed suicide in the Helena, Mont.s
jail by dashing his brains out on the CO.
ment floor. He was 10 have been arraigne0
for forgery, but when summoned by an Of
ficer jumped headforemost from the upper
tier of cells. His home was In Kansas.
Possibly the greatest cooking main ever
known In Ohio was held at GAINESVILLE
Wednesday night Sportsmen OF the whole
dollars changed hands. most OF which was
lost b. GAINESVILLE people. as the home
birds were worsted. No police Interior
ence was attempted.
At the annual meeting OF the trustees
OF Oberiin College the resignation or Mrs
A. A. r. Johnston, dean OF the woman's
department, was accepted professor
as professor OF Esglish literature. A gin
OF $4,000 was received from DR.. and Mrs-
Lucien c. Warner. OF New YORK.. Tor 9
new mems gymnasium.
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INDIANA
William w. Mooney, One of ~Indiana's
Pioneer Leather Makers.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, March S.-William W
Mooney, the veteran tanner and senior
member of the well known firm of w. w.
Mooney & Sons, died at his home in this
city yesterday afternoon in the eighty-first
year of his age. The surviving members of
his immediate family are Edward Mooney,
Thomas Mooney and William A. Mooney,
his sons, who are associated with him In
l.. NJ. Keyes and Mrs. Mary montgomery,
of this city, and Mrs. L. ]. Weiser. of Chi
cago. Mr.. Moneys death was the indirect
result of a severe cold contracted about a
week ago. although a severe attack of
pneumonia about a year ago came near
proving fatal and greatly weakened his
once robust constitution. Mr.. Mooney was
born in Woodford county, Kentucky, May
Z, 1918, and with his father came to Indiana
when a boy. He married, in 1S4S. Eliza j.
Bergman, OF Edinburg. Mrs. Mooney de-
parted this life about two years ago..
William w. Mooney was one of the
pioneer manufacturers of leather west of
the Allegheny mountains, having COM
menced the business with his father. Ed
mund Mooney, in Bartholomew county, In
diana, sixty-three years ago. or in 1897. In
1868 the tannery, then operated by w. w.
and j. +. Mooney, was removed to Column
bus. and has been in active operation ever
since and has grown from a small begin
ming TO one OF the largest harness leather
tanneries in the United States. il not In the
world. Mr.. Mooney also was interested
financially i'm the Globe tannery at Louis
James Z. Mooney. the millionaire tanner
and CAPITALIST of Cincinnati.
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OIL COMPANIES ABSORBED.
Foreign Branch of the Standard Buys
It's Chief Competitors

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TOLEDO. o., March S.-The greatest SEN
sation in the history of crude oil in the
Trenton rock fields was sprung here to-
Gay. when it was stated that the foreign
branch of the Standard Oil Company had
swallowed up the Manhattan Oil Company,
the Cudahy Oil Company, the Indiana Pipe
Line and Refining Company, the Northern
Indiana Oil Company and the entire hold
ings of the Cudahy and Manhattan Oil
Company in the Trenton rock fields. The
consideration was 500 900. This leaves
only two competitors in the field against
the Standard, the Sun Oil Line Company
and the Paragon Refining Company. This
is probably the largest deal ever consum-
mated in the oil business of both States,
and is reported larger than the deal when
the Standard Oil Company purchased
what is now the Ohio Oil Company in the
early days Of the field. 1t is reported tha&
Grover Cleveland, William G. Whitney and
a number of other Eastern capitalists are
connected in the purchase with the Stand
ard, and hat three new directors have
been elected that were former owners in
the Manhattan. Many of the producers
are afraid that 1t will be the commence
ment of the decrease in the price of the
product, but this is hardly probable, as the
product Is decreasing, and as long as II
remains in that shape the markets will
hardly go much lower than they are at
the present time.
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ANOTHER DOLLAR DINNER.
Radical Speeches by Sulxer, Lentz
and Other A~gitntors.

NEW YORK, March S.-More than $50
men and women sat down TO the Lincoln
dinner given by the workingmen's COM
mittee of one hundred at Terrace Garden
tonight. 1t was "a dollar dinner. but
both menu and decorations excelled those
of the celebrated Bryan dollar dinner
given in the Grand Central Palace last
year. Labor organizations and political
clubs were represented. Blank circulars
containing a petition TO be circulated for
signatures favoring free trade with Porto
Rico were given out TO those present. A
telegram of regret from VIM. j. Bryan
was read.
Cuba, the Philippines and Porto Rico puts
us in a worse light than that in which
Spain appears before them. People Will
ing TO die for freedom are. he said. COM
petent to live for 1t. The flag, he de-
clared is what ii represents, not merely
red, white and blue bunting. The man
who wrote criminal aggression on the
flag pulled it down; Who pulled down
the United States. [Applause.] Il wish a
Lincoln would arise"
Three cheers for Bryan" shouted some
body. and there was great applause, ,,a
firm purpose of the working people 10
''unitedly support those principles OF
right, justice and manhood and equality
for which Lincoln stood and which are
ever opposed TO the spirit OF aggression,
which If 1t progresses to its logical end.
must lead not only to the brute conquest
of other peoples, but as well TO our own
moral degradation, the upholding of a
powerful military government at Washing
ton and the erection of an empire on the
ruins of a free Republic"
Congressman Sulzer spoke on "Labor's
Interest in Congress-" saying: This evil
monster, the trust. is the greatest foe the
toilers have to-day and they must chal-
lenge 1t, grapple with 1t and destroy it
or il will before long destroy them
Congressman j. j. Lentz responded to
'Militarism, the Idaho Bull-pen." He
said: II would rather live under a mon
archy than a purchased oligarchy. l would
rather live under a Car than a govern
ment maintained by bribery and fraud"
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ARRESTED FOR WITCHCRAFT.
Ancient Law Revived to Fit the Case
of n Palmist

NEW YORK, March S.-Under a law
which was enacted in 1903 Nine. Steller. a
palmist, is in Hackensack Jail, charged
with exercising witchcraft. The law reads:
ANY person who shall pretend to exercise
or use any kind OF witchcraft. conjuration.
sorcery, or enchantment shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $1,000 or three
years Imprisonment or both" Justice
Cumming, of HackenSack. committed Nine.
Steller on complaint OF IneZ Backus. a
negress, who said she had been swindled
out of $50. "She told me she could not tell
my fortune unless / gave her some money
to hold in her hand said Miss Backus.
'I let her hold a $50 gold piece and that's
the last / saw OF IT," After being I'm Jail
ALI night Mime. Steller got a writ OF error
before Justice Seabriskie, who will decide
whether she is a witch.
Nine. Steller said her right name is Mrs.
Stella Philips. and that she lives at 216 East
One-hundred-and-sixteenth street. this
city. with her husband and two children
She was held TO await the action OF the
grand Jury.
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BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED
1 At FORT WAYNE; Los MORE
THAN FIFTY THOUSAND.
Notable Court Procedure Decision at
~TiptOn-The Block Coal Situation
Huge Oil Combination.
ecial 70 the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, March Sire
broke out in the ive-story Bash block, on
West Columbia street, early this evening
and wrought damage variously estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000. The fire started
IN the Imperial Waist factory's rooms on
the second floor and spread to other stores
in the building.
The losers are: Imperial Waist Factory
Company. $4,000. insurance, s14, 600; C. S.
Bash, owner of building, $1,000, covered by
Insurance.; b. w. SHELTON. grocer stock,
worth $4,000. probably entirely destroyed
by fire and water. insurance. sI1 900; A. l..
Johns, saddlery and harness manufacturer
stock damaged several thousand dollars by
water.
The insurance loss is divided among the
following: Continental Insurance Com
pany, of New York; CALIFORNIAN, of Scot
land; london Assurance Company; Ira
ders', Of Illinois; Philadelphia Under
writer's; National, of Connecticut; Phoenix,
of Hartford; Pennsylvania Fire Insurance
Company; Lancashire. of England. and
German, of Freeport, Ill.
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Indiana Notes.

Fielding Price. fifty years old, a miller
of Benton, Elkha county. had his left
arm torn off just below the shoulder by
getting it caught in the machinery yes
terday morning.
The Central Indiana Baptist Missionary
Association held it's annual conference at
Franklin Wednesday. A number of re-
turned missionaries from western fields
made interesting reports.
The funeral of Police officer George
Benadum. of Muncie, took place Wednes
day afternoon. There was a very large at
tendance, including member of the Muncie
police and fire departments, and visiting
officers from many gas belt cities.
The Indiana Ice Manufacturers Asso-
citation and the Northern Ice Manufac-
turers' Association will hold a joint meet
ing at Marion, Tuesday and Wednesday.
About seventy-five manufacturers from
Ohio. Indiana. Illinois and Kentucky will
be present.
Interviews with a number Of the lead
ing peach growers of Jefferson county, In
diana, and Trimble county, Kentucky, indI-
cate tina in about half the orchards there
are no live buds, while In the other half
the conditions point to a crop ranging from
a half TO fair.
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DR.. Miles,
Nefvine.

Don't put it off but get it today,
and you will have the first night
of soothing, sweet, refreshing
sleep you have had since the
grip first got you in its clutch.
81 had LaGrippe and the disease hung on
me for FIVE weeks in spite of everything. I
had a auttering pain about my heart could
not eat anything, was rundown, weak, nerv-
Gus and unable to sleep. In fact l was al
tired out and had no ambition for anything.
i began taking DR.. Miles Nervine and found
rest and sweet sleep the first night I also
used DR.. Miles Heart Cure and DR.. Miles
Nerve and Liver Pills, and can say. truly.
they accomplished wonders for me-"
MRS. ELIZA ]. MAsTERso Monitor, Ind.
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold at all drug.
gists on a positive guarantee. Send for free
advice and booklet to
Or. Miles Medical Co, eIkhsrt. Ind.
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of the Union men of that section. For
their Union sentiments he, with other
Union men, were arrested and placed in
Salisbury Prison. and she made it a point
to visit them and provide for their wants.
Later they were sent to Libby prison, at
Richmond. Finally Kennedy was ex-
changed and by the help of friends in
Philadelphia he was sent to Indiana, and
notice sent TO his wife, who came through
the lines and FASTENED TO his bedside, ar
irving in time to nurse him a short time
before his death. Mrs. Hall has been a
lifelong member of the Friends Church.
a woman of good judgment and ability and
OF much usefulness In the community in
which she lived.
BATESVILLE, Ind, March S.-William
T. Demaree, ex-commissioner of Ripley
county, died at his home in Shelby town.
ship Monday night. Mr.. Demaree was an
ardent Republican.
RICHMOND, nd, March S.-Mrs. Mary
Moore, widow of the late Ira Moore. died
to-day of pneumonia. She was eighty-six
years old. p
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Deadly Mine Explosion mt Clinton.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CLINTON, Ind., March S.-By an ex-
plosion of dust in the Torrey mine last
night three miners were fatally burned and
eight others badly hurt. Those in the first
class were Charles Kaski, Antonio Pasco
and William Kelly. These inhaled the
flames of gas in addition to receiving other
injuries. The other victims were John
Bachol, George Fair, John Moore, Joseph
John Wagner and Jacob Buneni. About
eighty men were in the shaft, 22 feet I'M
der ground, and the survivors were saved
by the GOODNESS and courage of the pit boss,
w. +. Brown.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind. March S.-Mayor NJ.
NJ. Dunlap, of Anderson. gave out an inter-
view to-day in which he states in most
positive terms that he is not and will not
be a candidate for the nomination for con-
gressional honors in the Eighth district
against the Hon. George Cromer. of Mum
Gle, but hat the latter gentleman will be
given the party honor by the unanimous
vote of the convention. which will meet in
Muncie Tuesday, March Is. Mayor Dunlap
takes not stock whatever In the attempt to
make political capital out of the vote of
the representative on the Porto Rico bill
and is a firm supporter of the administra-
ton.
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WITHDRAWN FROM JURY.
Railroad Damage Case, on Account of
Acts Of Plaintiffs Attorney.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Upton, Ind. March SIN the Circuit
Court to-day the case of Letitia Craig En-
ders against the Lake Erie & Western
Railroad Company, that has been on trial
for the past ten days. came TO a sudden
termination, Judge w. w. Mount with
drawing the submission of the case from
the jury or the motion of the railroad COM
pany. The cause for his action was that
l.. J. kirkpatrick. former Judge of the
T~hirty-sixth judicial circuit, counsel for
the plaintiff, while cross-examining DIR.
Joseph Eastman, one of the defendants
witnesses. yesterday. asked a question. at
the time holding in his hand and reading
from a decision of the Supreme Court of
Indiana. The defendants attorney objected
TO his doing so. whereupon Judge Kirkpat-
rick insisted that his action was proper,
and stated. in the presence of the jury,
that he was reading from a case like the
one on trial in which the jury had awarded
$4,000 damages, which verdict had been
sustained by the Supreme Court. Because
OF the action OF Judge kirkpatrick the mo-
ton of the defendants counsel was insisted
upon and sustained by the court.
Great interest was caused by the ruling.
IL Is a pioneer decision by a trial court In
this State In withdrawing the case from
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PLOT IN SANTO DOMINGO.
State of Siege Declared and Consti-
tutionaI Guarantees Suspended.

SANTO DOMINGO, March S.-The gov
eminent has apparently discovered that a
political movement In opposition to it is in
progress. General Depin, the former Gov
ernor of Santiago de los Cabelleros. has
revolted against the government and gov-
ernment troops have been sent against
him. A state Of siege has been declared
and constitutional guarantees have been
suspended in the southwest part of the
island. Several arrests nave been made and
a change in the Cabinet may take place
soon. This city is quiet.
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NEW YORK. March s.-Arrived: Rhein.
from Bremen Sailed: Cevic. for Liver
pool; "a Champagne, for Havre.
QUEENSTOWN. March S.-Sailed:
Oceanic, from Liverpool for New York.
ROTTERDAM. March s.-Arrived:
-Spaarndaam, from New York.
LIVERPOOL. March S.-Arrived: Teu-
tonic. from New York.
ROTTERDAM. March S-Sailed: werk-
endam. for New York t1fAe3aa
GIBRALTAR. March 7.-Arrfved: Aller,
from New York. 81 o9r
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COAL OPERATORS SATISFIED.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, March S.-The In
diana uituminous coal operators, who were
In session here last night, found, on COM
pairing notes. that the indications for a
prosperous year were never before so I'M
m~istakable. All agreed that there would
be no advance in the selling price before
April /, the date when the higher price for
mining goes into effect. but they smiled
and said nothing when asked as to the
amount of advance after that date. The
operators believe that the market of the
Northwest is coming to belong to this
State and Illinois more than used to be the
case.
The Indiana associations executive COM
mittee is to confer with the Illinois opera
tors in regard to selling prices for the en-
suing year, with the view to reach an
agreement which will prevent the cutting
of prices. The Illinois operators have
signed their scale with the miners. agree
Ing on all the minor phases of wage con-
ditions not cared for in the interstate Joint
agreement. The Indiana operators are to
meet the Indiana miners March % for the
same purpose.
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HEMENwAY IN THE FIRST.
enthusiastically Nominated for His
Fourth Term I'm Congress.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
ROCKPORT, Ind. March S.-The Repub-
licans OF the First Indiana congressional
district. In convention here to-day. nomi-
mated James A. Hemenway, of Warrick
county. for representative in Congress.
This is Mr.. H~emenway's fourth nomination
and was made by reclamation. The con-
vention was largely attended. enthusiastic
and harmonious at every point.
The resolutions say that free trade and
free silver are still advocated by the
Democratic party merely for the sake of
consistency, and because 1t has nc other
issue on which to appeal to the people;
that the unparalleled prosperity of the
country is due in a large measure to the
stability Of our currency and to protection;
that the Democratic party is seeking to
array class against class. capital against
labor; that 1t blocks progress and OPP
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, March s.-Mrs. Henry
" Use. wife of a farmer who lives two and
one-half miles southeast of Gas City,
was the victim Wednesday of a criminal
assault by a tramp who is supposed to be
under arrest, though the identity of the
assailant and of the man now in Jail at
Marion is not absolutely established. The
prisoner narrowly escaped lynching at Gas
City this afternoon.
About 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
while Mrs. Wise was working in the kitch-
en- a tramp entered unannounced. His APP
pearance frightened her and she retreated
to another room. The intruder followed
her and she fed across the road to school
house No. 6, of Mill township. Ernest
knight, the teacher. returned with Mrs.
Wise and asked the tramp to explain his
conduct. He said he was looking for
work. knight warned him to leave and
the tramp departed. Mr.. Wise, who had
seen the tramp from the field, where he
was working. came to the house, but re-
turned soon after to his work. thinking
there was nc danger.
About 4 o'clock Mrs. Wise stepped from
a bedroom into a dark hall, when some one
STdSpeQ neT anu tuTtW q Ciotu oNCi hcl
head. at the same time pouring a fluid
from a small bottle down her throat. She
remembers nothing further until some
time later, when her children, returning
from school, found her unconscious on a
sofa, her hands; lied behind her with a
towel. Her husband was notified and he
called I'm Drs. Horne and Mckinney, who
established the fact of a criminal assault.
A bottle containing an ounce or more of a
powerful opiate was found on the floor of
the hall.
A posse was organized by Marshal Frank
Griffith, of Gas City, and Marshal Penn
berton, of Jonesboro, and a tramp answer
ing the description given by Mrs. Wise
was arrested at the Upland depot late In
the evening. He gave the name of Fred
bunker, and claims to be a French Cana
dian. Mrs. Wise was unable to see the
prisoner last night, but this morning she
identified him as the tramp who called first
yesterday afternoon. She was unable To
say If he is the man who seized her in the
dark hallway. bunker admitted being at
the Wise home once, but denies a second
visit and the criminal assault.
On the return of Deputy Sheriff Gaines
and Marshals Griffith and Pemberton with
the prisoner to Gas City this afternoon 9
small mob of the woman's ~neighbors tried
to take the prisoner away from the OF
fcers. A rope was thrown around his
neck, but it was cut by Deputy Gaines,
and the prisoner was hurried aboard a car
and brought to Marion for safe keeping.
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r SOLD FOR $196, 900.
Flying Fox, Winner of the Last Eng
lish Derby, Disposed OF.

LONDON, March Sat the sale of the
late Duke of Westminster's string of
racehorses, which took place to-day at
Kingsclere, Flying Fox. winner in 1899 of
the Derby, the two-thousand g%uineas, the
Eclipse stakes and the Doncaster st. L.
ger, was purchased by Edmond Blanc for
1850 guineas (about sls6,sOO). Blanc is the
son of the founder of Monte Carlo and
brother-in-law of Roland B~onaparte. Fly
ing Fox is a 4-year-old bay colt by Orme-
Vampire. Ormonde, the grand sire OF Fly
ing Fox, was sold for 5000 Gl5O,0OO TO
McDonoghue, of San Francisco, about six
years ago. Flying Fox, therefore, brought
about SAG, 500 more than his ~grandsire.
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New York Evening Post.

NOW lOTk ENtHITB VSIs
North Adams. Mass, was the scene ~
Gently Of the novel teaching OF a moral lee
sen. A citizen of the town who wished 70
be absent on municipal election day suc-
ceeded In arranging a pair with anothee
citizen who was in favor OF a different cam
didate. When election day came. however.
the latter violated his pair and voted for
his candidate He was promptly discharged
from a position in a prominent
turing establishment there, his employers
taking the position that. while they did not
care how any OF their employees voted. they
did object 10 such a lack OF a sense OF honor
as was shown in thus violating a pledge.
And now comes the sequel OF his interest
ing episode. The discharged employe comeo
out In a card apologizing TO his fellow
citizens For his conduct and saying that
he had not before realized the seriousness
CT his offenso.
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Foundry Company Organized.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARAMOUNT, Ind, March S.-The Lo-
Foundry Company was organized
ir this city to-day with a capital stock of
$4,000, one-half of which was taken by F.
b. Wilkinson, of this city, and the re-
mainder by the members of the Marion
Grey Iron Foundry Company, of Marion.
The buildings and works are almost ready
tor occupancy and when completed will be
one of the finest iron works in the State,
with a melting capacity of seventy-five
tons per day. The product of the company
will be of iron of all descriptions, but it
will make a speciality of grey iron.