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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-22

ROCHESTER,, Ind, Nov. 2.-Dr. c. F.
Harter, of Akron, Fulton county, died sud-
denly Monday afternoon. while attending
n patient about three miles from his home
His health had been bad for several
months and he was gradually failing I'M
der repeated attacks Of heart failure, one
of which caused his death. DR.. Harter was
sixty-five years old. He was a member of
the Fulton County Medical Society, and
at one time was secretary of the County
Board of Health and pension examiner
for the county.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. Nov. H.-Geo
j. Liebel, the leading jeweler of this city,
died while sitting in his chair at his home
last night. He had been suffering from
tuberculosis of the throat for some time
but his death was unexpected He was
talking with his wife when the end came
Mr.. Liebel was thirty-four years old.
MONON, Ind, Nov. 22.-William III. Ha-
becker, of Monticello. nearly seventy years
old, is dead of heart disease His body
taken to Fort Wayne yesterday. Will
liam Pennison, well-known farmer, and
octogenarian, is dead. OF cd age.
FLORA, Ind, Nov. 21.-Daniel Zeck one
of the best known residents of Cass coun-
~, Is dead at his home in Young America
He was seventy-eight years old and left a
widow and three adult children.
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PROTEST AGAINST A BRIDGE.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Nov. 21.-The IL
censed pilots and masters of steamboats,
for the upper Wabash river have taken
action against the Big Four Railroad Com
pany, which is putting span in its bridge
over the Wabash at this point that will do
away with the draw and, therefore, be in
violation of the federal statute The law
provides that no bridge may be built over
a navigable river, except on condition that
IL is high enough TO permit of free naviga-
ton or has a draw. The bridge did have a
draw. but 1t was in one of the spans that
went down in the wreck last February
The company's engineer decided that the
pier on which one end OF the draw rested
was not safe. for the reason that the cur
rent was continually undermining IL and
therefore, IL was decided TO throw one
span OF "a feet over two of the old spans
This work Is now being done.
The steamboasmen went before United
States Commissioner Higgins to-day TO file
charges against the railroad company, but
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COLLEGE ANNIVERSARY.
Wabash Celebrates the Completion of
Its Sixty-Eighth Year.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE,I Ind, Nov. H.-The
sixty-eighth anniversary of the founding
OF Wabash College was observed to-day
at the college auditorium with appropriate
exercises. The meeting was called to or
der by President w. =. Kane, ID. ID. Prayer
was offered by ex-President Tuttle. and
music was furnished by the college glee
club. The address for the occasion was
delivered by General John c. Black. who
dwelt mainly on the institutions of our
country and the perpetuity of the same.
On Nov. q, 1892 nine Presbyterians, five
of whom were ministers. met and founded
selected the first board of trustees, which
consisted of the Rev. James A. Carnahan,
Williamson Dunn. John Gilliland, the Rev
l.. O. Hovey, ID. D.. the Rev. Samuel CT.
Lowery, the Rev. Martin M Post. D. D.,
the Rev James Thompson and the Rev.
John $. Thomson. On Dec. 3, 1888, the
college was opened for the reception of
students, with twelve in attendance, and
with Professor Caleb Mills in charge. The
college was chartered in 1884 under the
name of THE Wabash Manual Labor Col
was changed in 1851 TO that of Wabash
College. In 1894 the first faculty was
formed. and consisted of Caleb Mills. John
S. Thomson and T.. o. Hovey, and in De-
cember of the same year the Rev. Elihu
w. Baldwin, D. D., was chosen president.
On Nov. y, 1892, the site for the college
was dedicated, the ground being the gift
or Williamson Dunn. In 1895 the present
college campus was purchased and South
Hail. was commenced, and in September
1885, ii was destroyed by fire. The first class
graduated in 1898, and consisted of
Archibald G. Allen and Silas Jessup. There
have been five presidents of the college:
the Rev. Elihu w. Baldwin. the Rev.
Charles White, the Rev. j. +. futile, the
Rev. @. s. Burroughs and the Rev. W.
l. Kane-the president at this time.
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SUICIDE OF AN INVENTOR.
OrviIIc G.. Hursen, Who Was Respon
sible for the Photo Button.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2.--Orville G.. Hursen.
who killed himself by taking strychnine I'm
the basement OF his residence. is said to
have been the originator of the photo but
ton and wire jewelry. and the Office he
established in the corridor of the Palmer
was one of the first evidences of this class
of business in Chicago Mr.. Hursen's
friends at the hotel say his death was due
to a nervous affection aggravated by the
recent death of his two children and by
losses in election bets. HurSen was born
in Vicksburg, Mich, in 1860. He was the
inventor and promoter of many novelties
and had accumulated considerable for
tune at. the time of his death. Slender
strands of gold were manipulated by him
into lovers knots. initials, names and other
forms, and, though the idea was quickly
appropriated by others. it netted him a
large sum. Later the inventor stumbled
on the idea of the picture button. In
short time thousands of the buttons were
on the market. The miniatures yielded a
fortune.
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Damage Mt San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-For several
hours to-day this city was almost entirely
cut off from Geographic communica-
ton on account of the heavy wind and rain
storm of last night. The damage. SO far as
reported, was of minor character and
was confined chiefly to the destruction of
trees and fences and small buildings OF
frail construction. The traffic lines suffered
to a considerable extent, particularly in
the suburban districts, where the tracks
were flooded, roadbeds washed away ard
cars driven from the tracks. Along the
water front there was damage to the ship
ping in the harbor, but not of a serious
consequence
The schooner Daisy Rowe which sailed
for Puget SOUND yesterday was driven on
the rocks near Point Bonito and wrecked.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal
FRANKTON, Ind. Nov. 21.-The Frank
ton rolling mill. owned by the Republic Iron
and Steel Company, is now prepared to re-
sumo operations after an idleness since
February. The mill has been undergoing
extensive repairs, and it is now practically
new and in much better condition than at
any time since its erection. Delay in start
ing has been prolonged by the nonarrival
OF scrap iron, but this is now coming in by
the train load. The muck department will
start at once, and the finishing department
in few days. When in full operation the
plant employs 200 men.
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volunteer fleet to resume commerciaI func-

volunteer fleet TO resume commercial func-
tions.
The typhus epidemic at Copenhagen IS
assuming serious proportions. Twenty
new and serious cases were officially report
ec yesterday.
A law has just gone into operation in
Norway permitting the conditional dis
charge of convict for good behavior after
he has served two-thirds OF his sentence.
Emperor William lunched with the En-
press Frederick yesterday. on the occasion
o. her birthday His Majesty toasted the
Empress in the presence OF six reigninS
princes and princesses.
Bagiardi. an Italian Anarchist. recently
arrested in Sweden. was transported 10 the
Itaian frontier, where he was delivered
10 the Italian police, turns out TO have been
at one time intimate with Bresci, the as
sassin of King Humbert
John Alexander Dowie the Chicago Zion
list, abandoned his meeting in Manchester.
England. yesterday and hurriedly left Lon
don last evening. His departure was due
TO the threatening attitude of demon
stratipn by Owens College students, some
OF whom were arrested.
Colonel Thys, manager of the Congo rail-
ways, Is now returning TO Belgium. from
New York where he purchased for n
group OF hianciers concession for part
or the future Hankow-C Canton Railroad.
The Belgium government Will undertake
the construction of the entire line.
Yesterday being a day of public peni-
tence in Prussia. all public buildings. the
Reichstag and the theaters were closed.
NO evening papers were published and the
president of the police of Berlin forbade
the Royal Opera chorus to sing in the
evening parts of Wagner's "Parsifal' and
Handels 1.-The Messiah
Russian telephone franchises were sold
at auction yesterday. The new regime
begins in November. 1901. The govern
ment has prescribed the condition OF rent
ais. and the franchises were given to the
parties fixing the lowest subscription. The
St Petersburg municipality won. agreeing
to demand ID roubles annually. The West
ern Electric Company. of the United States,
was unsuccessful everywhere.
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looking at things away off, to notice
more important things near by.
One-sixth Of all deaths are from con-
sumption. But the man goes along with
his eyes bullying to watch cholera and
yellow fever. He disdains to cure the
cold or check the little cough, and con-
sumption trips him up
Don't neglect little ailments. Keep
the system up to the point of effectual
resistance against disease This is best
done by the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. II strengthens the
stomach, increases the action of the
blood-making glands, cures all disorders
of the organs of digestion and nutrition,
except cancer of the stomach, purifies the
blood, increases the vital energy and so
enables the body to resist and throw of
disease. Even when there is emaciation,
weakness, hectic, cough, bleeding at the
lungs and other alarming symptoms,
Golden Medical Discovery" can be
counted on to help every time and to
heal % times out of every hundred.
Sick people can consult DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, NY, by letter, without fee
or charge. Every letter is read in private,
and treated as a sacred confidence. All
replies are sent in plain envelopes.
LAST spring was taken with severe pains In
my chest, and was so weak could hardly walk
about the house." says Mrs. G. E Kerr. Of Fort
Dodge. Webster Co. Iowa. II tried several
physicians and they told me had consumption.
heard Of DR.. Piercc's Golden Medical Discov-
cry and thought would try some of il. Before
i had taken the first bottle was very much bet
ter; took five bottles of il and have not yet
had any return Of the trouble"
Headache is cured by using DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind, Nov 21.-The Sol
dicrs' and Sailors Orphans Home enter
tanned a delegation of veterans from
George H. Thomas Post, G.. A. r., and their
wives and daughters. of Indianapolis. to-
day, in the manner usual on such vista
lions. There was an inspection of the we'll
kept departments of the home, music by
the band, recitatioDs and few remarks by
Superintendent Graham and several of the
visitors. In the Indianapolis party were
James III. Porter and daughter. Mrs. Null
Ian; Henry Nicolai, Mrs. and Miss Nicolai,
John H. Reade and Mrs. Reade, j. ID. Clark
and Mrs Clark, Henry Comstock and Mrs.
Comstock, Garrett III. Shower and Mrs. Sho-
yer, John Rhenschild, Milton Robinson and
r.. Nj. Smock. assistant adjutant general of
the Indiana c. a. r.
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QUEER CASE AT MUNCIE
YOUNG WOMAN DIES IN THE REAR
OF A BARBER SHOP.
Young Man Held for fnvestigntion-
kokomo's Spasm Of Virtue-Anni-
versary of wabash College.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. H.-Miss Jessie
Crow, twenty-one years old. Of Pennville.
died this morning under circumstances
which are causing investigation by the
police and coroner The young woman Wis
tied Harry Galloway at his barber shop
in the suburb of Avondale yesterday after
noon and was taken sick at the shop The
young man did not call physician until
too late this morning and she died on a
bed in rear room. The body was taken
10 the morgue. where an examination was
made this afternoon, Galloway being de-
tanned at the police station in the mean
time.
The examination showed cause for hold
ing the man until further investigation
is made tomorrow. The young woman had
been employed as a hotel waitress in Mum
Gle for some time, and once before was
taken i'll at the barber shop and was re-
moved TO the hospital.
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CLUBBED BY A POLICEMAN.
Contractor Who Protested Against an
Anderson officials Brutality.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Nov. H.-Frank
Burke, of Burke & Peters, the Chicago
contractors, who are building the Big
Four yards. was beaten by Pstrolman
Hensley last night. He objected to the Of
icer using his mace on helpless man
head, when the officer turned and knocked
him down with the club and then struck
him again repeatedly. The contractor was
taken to Jail and although he has several
thousand dollars in bank here his check
was refused. He was not allowed TO call a
friend and remained in Jail for two hours.
No charge was placed against him this
morning. but, instead, the patrolman was
dismissed from the force. Superintendent
of Police Robbins condemned the action
severely and apologiZed TO Mr.. Burke.
Hensley will be prosecuted. Burke paid the
fine for Mat Kelley, the man whom he
was trying to defend.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PLAINFIELD. Ind, Nov. 21.-Plainfield
10 experiencing one of the greatest revivals
ever held here. Already large numbers of
people, many of them not in the habit of
attending church, have became interested
in the services, which have been held in
the opera house for several weeks, and
have decided TO live different lives. The
protracted meeting still continues at the
Christian Church. 1t is full OF interest and
q number of accessions have been made to
the church. In connection with the revival
is a strong public movement for the eradi-
cation of gambling and the social evil from
the town.
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FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY.
Threatening and Warmer, with Prob
ably Rain, To-Morrovy.

WASHINGTON. Nov H.-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Kentucky-Fair on Thursday ana
Friday; colder on Thursday in eastern por-
tion; variable winds
For Ohio-Fair on Thursday; colder in
southern portion. Friday fair; variable
winds.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair on Thurs
day; Friday threatening and warmer
probably ram; fresh southerly winds
For lower Michigan-Fair on Thursday
except probably snow on the west shore
Friday partly cloudy; probably rain or
snow in southwest portions: fresh north-
erly winds becoming variable
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Real winter i'm British Columbia.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. PA snow
storm is spreading over British Columbia
to-day. Intense cold is reported from
many towns. At Donald it is 80 degrees
below zero, and at Laggan 81 below. The
Frazer river is frozen over, an unprece-
denied thing so early in the season. and
the river navigation is at a standstill.
The storm also prevails on the gulf of
Georgia and practically no ships are NOV
ing to or from Vancouver. Two japanese
fishermen are believed TO have been
drowned this evening near the entrance
% the harbOr.
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MAY LIVE IN AMERICA.
Duke Of Manchester Applies for Menu
bershfp I'm Cincinnati Club.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 21.-Application for
membership I'm the Business Mems Club OF
this city has been made by the Duke OF
Manchester through two members OF the
club. Eugene Zimmerman. his father-in-
law. has also applied for membership. 1t
is said the duke will shortly be here and
that his father-in-law intends to place
him in business.
BELFAST. Nov. 2-The Duke and
Duchess OF Manchester arrived at Tan
deragee Castle, Armagh. yesterday and
were received with great rejoicings Bon
n lI oiazea ana iiiuminauons We're general.
through the town. and the duke thanh I'd
his tenants for their reception Of his bride.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Burial of George c. Clark, of Rush
Vile, Beside His Parents.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE. Ind, Nov. H.-The late
George C. Clark banker and lawyer, was
buried this morning by the side of his
father and mother in the old Quaker bury
ing ground southwest of Arlington. AL
though the public generally hoped Mr..
Clark would be buried in beautiful East
Hill Cemetery, IL was the expressed desire
of the deceased that he be buried near his
parents. and in Difference to his wishes he
was laid TO rest there. The funeral serv-
ices were attended by the bar association.
bankers and odd Fellows in a body, and
their respects TO the dead banker. The
services were held at the home of J. w.
Brown on East Third street, where Mr..
Clark died. Court adjourned and the banks
closed for the funeral.
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OBITUARY.
Baron Farnhnm, of the Scottish Peer
age, Astronomer and Physicist.

LONDON, Nov. 22-Baron Farnham died
yesterday. He was born March Z. lSi9
Henry Maxwell Somerset, tenth Baron
Farnham and twelfth Baron Calderwood.
was a justice of the peace and deputy lord
lieutenant of County Cavan, Scotland, and
the owner of about $4,000 acres. He was
educated at Harrow and was a close stu
dent of astronomy, natural history and
physics contributing numerous articles on
these subjects to the scientific press. His
heir is Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, born Oct.
2, 1879.
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Another Count CasteIIane.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-Count Aldemar
De Castellane arrived from abroad incog-
nito on the steamship Aquitaine. The
count who is a cousin OF Count Boni de
Castellane embarked from Cherbourg last
week Under a forgotten family name he
passed unrecognized on board the Aqui-
tame He was registered on the ships book
as "Comte De Norante" A report that the
count is engaged TO Miss Lucille Bacon.
daughter of Daniel Bacon, of this city, was
denied by Miss Bacon Mr.. Bacon also dis
credited the report.
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HAS FAITH IN THE MINE.
John Hays Hammond Thinks the In
dependence Has N Great srrture.

VICTOR, Col, Nov. 21.-John Hays Ham
mond, after an examination OF the Inde-
pendence mine, cabled TO London advising
a reduction of dividends and extensive de-
velopment He is having assays made on
thousands OF samples and will soon make
a full report. He is confident that the
mine still has a great future.
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Marine Tornado i'm Hawaii.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Nov. 14-Honolulu and the
Hawaiian islands have just been visited
by one of the worst windstorms that has
been experienced in years. The weather
bureau says that ii was the end of a
marine tornado, and that the storm is MAX
ing its way to the Pacific coast, where it
* likely to be severe
For three days from the 9th, a continu-
Gus gale blew over ali the islands, making
heavy seas in the channels and compelling
many of the island vessels to remain
water-bound in safe places. The steamer
kineu lost one native sailor overheard
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SOON WILL BE busy.
Ball Brothers, Big Muncie Glacs Fac
tory, with $500 Men.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 21.-Ball Brothers
to-day announced that within ten days
their full force of workmen in the great
fruit jar factory, numbering 1.500, will be
at work. Two tanks are now being worked
and the other three have the glass boiling
in them. soon ready for business The
factory has been almost idle since last
June. awaiting for the result of the presi-
Dental election.
Every one of Muncie's big iron, glass;
steel and wood working industries are
again on the double turn system. working
night and DAY i'm most instances. There
are big improvements in course of con-
struction here. but work is delayed for
want of workmen.
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Orphans in the Glass Factory.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, Nov. 21.-The Rev.
Father Charles Die. of this city. one of the
principal owners of the Sanspareil Glass Com
pany's prescription ware plant here. has
evolved plan to solve the scarcity OF juvenile
labor in his glass factory. He returned last
evening from Feehanville, ILL.,. with ten young
sters, ranging in age from fourteen To sixasen
years These boys came from an orphans home.
and will be given employment in the factory
and a home by Father Die. This first consign-
ment viii be followed shortly by thirty more
from the place. Father die has pur-
chased two lots across the street from his par
sonage. on which he will erect home for the
boys and bring them up together.
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ChiId's Body Found on the Track

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Nov. 21.-To-day Charles
Akery, a farmer, while out hunting, found
the body of boy baby within six feet Of
the Vandalia Railroad track, five miles
east of here. Mr.. Akery's dog first at
tracted his attention to the body. 1t is
believed that the infant, probably not over
a day old, thrown from a train. De-
tectives are working on the case under
Coroner MerShen.
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Missionary Home from China.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind. Nov. H.-Miss Kate
Ogborn. a missionary of the Methodist
Church, who has just returned from China,
is here, the guest of her cousin, Senator
A d. Ogborn. and her sister. Miss Ogborn
was stationed at Kiu-kiang, which was a
hotbed of the Boxer movement. After con-
siderable hardship she managed to reach
the coast, where she was protected until a
vessel sailed for home.
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VANCOUVER, Il. c., Nov. H.-An inter-
esting gold find has been made under a
main street of Roseland. in continuation
OF the Alice ledge, near the Queens Ho-
tel in Columbia avenue. Assay OF n
specimen shows SS.14 per ton in gold and
per cent. copper, so that IL is likely the
owning company of the Alice will work
the ore under the street taking care not
70 infringe the public's surface rights for
traffic
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Kokomo Soldier Badly wounded.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. 21.-Harry Blazer,
a private in Captain Aliens company. Thir-
ty-eighth United States Volunteers, is on
his way home from the Philippines dan
gerously wounded His mother, who lives
here has received word that one leg was
amputated and that he was otherwise in
a serious condition. Blazer was a member
o. Company l., ne-hundred-and-fifty-
eighth Indiana Regiment, in the war with
Spain.