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SUICIDE WAS EPIDEMIC
FIVE SUCCESSFUL CASES in NEW
YORK ON SUNDAY.
Two Attempts at Standardization
Made Without Success-FOrmer De-
troit Merchant Is I'm the List.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-An epidemic of
suicide seemed to strike Kew York to-day
number of such cases was considered by
the police being extraordinary in that
the cold weather Of last week has super
seeded the period when suicide were more
frequent Besides the successful attempts,
the police handled number of cases where
the persons failed to accomplish their pur-
poses.
Magnus Swenzn, cabinet maker,
drowned himself in the North river after
tying his own hands with fish lines to
make sure of the job.
George Burck, an insurance solicitor, shot
himself in Tompkins Square Park. He had
been complaining recently of carbuncle
on his neck.
John Meyer took poison in a Third-ave-
nue. hotel and then turned on the gas and
was found dead later.
James Campbell fatally shot himself in
Central Park. He had been INDUCING in
too much liquor
Edward Schwarzwald. a one-time pros
porous merchant OF Detroit, and later of
Chicago. also ended his life in Central
Park. He had recently come, to this city
with his wife, from Porto Rico, where he
had planned for the erection of large
modern office building. Failure to raise the
capital required for the enterprise so af-
fected him that he decided to end his life
Mary Crane swallowed poison, for some
unknown cause, but did not take enough to
kill herself.
Elmer Bates. of Jersey City. jumped from
the dock OF an East river ferryboat and re-
fused assistance from passing yacht. One
OF the yachtSmen. however. jumped i'm the
water and after fight with the would be
suicide, managed TO get him aboard the
smaller vessel
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Is. via Taku, Sept %. and Shanghai.
Sept %:
Changes in the plans of the allied COM
manders indicate the evacuation Of Picking
before the winter sets In: The British lead
tensive supplies, and the Americans are
also making evident preparations for de-
parture. AT the same time all foreign
residents have been warned TO prepare TO
leave Picking.
1.-The German legation will soon move
elsewhere, and the Russians are already
withdrawing to Tien-Tsin and different
stations in Manchuria. 1t is also extremely
likely that the japanese will make the town
of Nagasaki their winter base, instead of
some Chinese town, as was originally their
intention.
The missionaries are protesting against
this 'desertion.'
From north China come reports of a
long series of disturbances. The attempted
control of the local authorities there is
synonymous with anarchy and the country
is safe only where floats the allies flags.
Native Christians are still being attacked
and besieged in many different places in
the province of Chilli.
THE allies are beginning to realize that
the city of Peking Is, after all. an empty
prize. Communications between the for
eign forces and ENJOYS and the Empress's
government Is next TO impossible The
new capital. in the province of Shen-Si
is 400 miles from Picking, and the journey
has TO be made by cart, which requires at
least Sixty DAYS.
There has been change in the American
front in the direction OF an aggressiveness
which probably will be the last important
demonstration before the evacuation. Gen.
eral Wilson. with 500 United States Infan-
try. GOO British and six guns. slightly aided
by German column. marched against the
Boxer city of Pei-Ta-Chan, sixteen miles
northwest of Picking, and surrounded IL
with the intention of capturing an impor-
tant arsenal located there.
courier reports to-day that General
Wilson's attack was successful from the
first. There were no losses on the foreign
side.
For the present all campaign plans mean
guerrilla warfare Both the military and
the Typographical situations in China for
bid anything else
Efforts at pacifcation have resulted in
the return of small number OF people 10
business The jealous guarding of the For
hidden City by the allies makes the Chinese
believe that the foreign leaders are afraid
TO desecrate IL.
The American authorities here intend to
urge the severe punishment OF the persons
guilty Of the Pao-Ting-Fu murders Sum-
mary vengeance will, II they can AFFECT II.
be exacted for the slaughter Of the Sim
coxes and the Hodges and Pitkin party.
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swITCHMEs MAY STRIKE.
Trouble May Come ON the D., l.. & W..
Road at Scranton.

ROAD at scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 2s.-It now be-
gins to look as if the strike would ex-
tend to the railroaders, at least in this
region. The switchmen had another confer
ence to-day with their national officers,
Grand Master Frank T. Hawley and Grand
Secretary John Z. Upton, of Buffalo. to
discuss the request of the striking miners
Nothing could be learned of what was
done. further than that the national Of
flcers and a committee of the local switch
men would go to New York tomorrow,
and that on their return something definite
would be done. The purpose OF their visit
could not be learned. but 1t is supposed it
is to petition President Truesdale, of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, to
spare them the task of handling the nom
union washery coal. and Save them from
the alternate of striking or refusing the
miners request. The scare resulting from
the announcement that the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Company would
make an effort to operate the Bellevue
colliery. tomorrow. is now learned to be
without foundation. Superintendent
lack of preparation at the colliery bears
The Rev. w. p. ODonnell, pastor of the
Holy Cross parish. I'm which the Bellevue
coliiery is located, attended each of the
three masses this morning, and counseled
the people of his congregation to keep
away from the mine tomorrow, and do
nothing that would in any way tend to
cause disturbance. He announced that
he would celebrate special mass for them
In the morning and entreated them, espe-
cially the men, TO attend Ii. He said he
apologized to any who were offended by
his remarks. but at the risk OF being con-
sidered by some being an intermeddler
ne felt constrained, by reason of the un-
fortunate affair at Shenandoah, to counsel
the men not TO trust themselves too much.
Organizer Dilcher said to-day that the
miners had been assured of outside helm
that would permit them TO continue IN
strike for six months at least, after their
own resources had been exhausted Sig
nlncant remarks along the same line were
made at mass meetings in Laurel Hill Paris
last night. and again at Throop this after
noon by National Secretary Thomas Kidd
OF the Woodworkers' Union, just arrived
here from Chicago, and A. G.. Cattermill
OF the executive committee of the Unitei
brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
III occasion demands liz. Mr.. Dilcher says
cooperative stores and bakeries will h.
established all through the region and
rations Issued after the fashion of the
army.
Jonn McManus, driver of a provision
dealers delivery wagon, was held up by
six men near Sibley late last night at the
Point OF a revolver and his wagon de-
| spoiled OF big load of groceries 4 far.
mer coming into Scranton with a wagon
lead of potatoes and apples was held u,
| and the potatoes taken.
The tie-up remains practically the same
| as when the strike went into effect a wees
| ago. All the mines are idle, and the ter
washeries continue TO operate The min.
workers now claim TO have 10000 OF ths
1000 men of district No. / enrolled on their
organization
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MORE SORROW IN TEXAS
CLOUDBURsT IN NUECEs VALLEY
TAKES MANY LIVES.
Thirty to Forty sheep Herders Re-
ported Drowned. with Others Seat
tering-Much Property Destroyed.

DALLAS, Tex, Sept pa cloudburst In
the Neuces river country, ninety miles west
of the Southern Pacific road, resulting in
reported tonight Meager details have
been received but II is claimed that from
thirty to forty Italians employed on the
sheep ranches were drowned and all the
ranches swamped. Many fiocks OF sheep
have been lost and a large amount OF
property destroyed.
From the most reliable information OBJ
tainable tonight extensive storm damages
have been inflicted on the Upper Colorado
and the Concho river valleys, particularly
at and near Brentwood, Blanket and San
Angelo. Wire communication with all these
places is cut off, and the railroad lines
damaged so that no trains can reach
them.
Reports indicate that the heaviest dan-
age is at San Angelo, although many
bridges in Brownwood have been wrecked
or injured. 1t is also feared many lives
have been lost. The last telegram from
Brentwood, sent out at about 10 a: m,
stated that the town was Hooded and en-
tirely surrounded by water, and that people
and goods were being removed to places or
safety in rowboats and RATS.
Bulletins from Temple state that the
tracks of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa re
railroad are under water TO the depth OF
fifteen feet south of Brentwood, and that
nothing can be heard from places up the
line. The rain is pouring down and streams
still rising The country districts cannot
be heard from.
Ii is raining hard for approximately 100
miles In all directions from Brentwood,
and as the streams in that part of Texas
are now very treacherous in the matter OF
sudden rises, disaster is feared.
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VOLCANO in THE GULF
BRITISH CAPTAIN REPORTS 1T ON
ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK.
Submarine Disturbance Of the Coast
of Yucatan-COlumn of VapOr and
Boiling of the Water Seen.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-Captain Liddle.
of the British steamship King Beddyn.
which arrived here to-day, brought in a
tale OF the discovery of submarine vol
cano on the northeast edge of the Cam
reche bank at the mouth of the Gulf or
Mexico Every man on the freighter cor
roborated the captain. The location by
observation made by the captain. was 1O2
miles north of Cape Taoche, the nearest
point of land.
The captain says that late in the after
noon of Sept. 16, he saw a great volume or
vapor one mile away. 1t seemed to cover
space at least one hundred feet square.
The air was clear and the sun shining at
the time. He could see the vapor plainly.
1t arose like a thick cloud of vapor sixty or
seventy-fve feet In the air. The water
around or near the space seemed TO De
perfectly clear. Occasionally the vapor
would clear" said the captain, "and then
saw the water froth and break as IL
over a shoal. Now, 1t is impossible that
any shoal exists there, and If 1T did, that
would not account for the vapor. The
chart shows forty-one fathoms. or 246 feet
Of water near the point over the Campeche
bank, and just to the eastward, on the
bank. it deepens to 800 fathoms, or 1900
feet
I'VE watched that vapor and the occa-
s1onal boiling of the water for nearly an
hour, and the disturbance was still goins
on as lively as ever. 1t certainly looked
Ike a volcanic disturbance to me. The
mate at first was inclined to think 1t was
a spent water spout, but II that was the
case. the vapor would have cleared and
the water would not have been alternately
smooth and then bursting into waves as
in this case"
Captain Liddle took an observation and
marks the spot being lat. 23:14 north
and long. S:07 west
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High Water on the Brnxo..

WACO, Tex, Sept. 23.-Heavy rains on
the upper Brazos brought down a fifteen
foot rise i'm the river to-day. At s o'clock
this evening the river showed signs of a
food, but at 10 o'clock il was rising very
slowly and lacked six or eight feet of
leaving it's banks. Residents of the fats
In East Waco are moving out tonight.
fearing that later rains reported to-day
may cause an overflow. Cisco and the
adjacent country were visited by heavy
rain this morning, and the Texas Central
lost its bridge across Deep creek. north
of Cisco. Advices from Brownswood are
TO the effect that water spout was pre-
cipitated on that city and its vicinity to-
day, and the rise in Pecan bayou swept
crops, fences and farmhouses away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-24
NO APATHY IN WAYNE.
Republican Meetings Have Had Large
and Enthusiastic Crowds.

Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept 2S-The meet
ings held the past week in Wayne county
by Representative James E. Watson and
Frederick Lands, of Logansport, were
we'll attended, and showed that the much
talked-of apathy among Republicans is not
in evidence among Wayne-county farmers.
AT Greensboro. Friday night, the town hall
overlooked AT Economy the afternoon
meeting was very good. AT Whitewater.
Saturday. hundreds of people attended the
first all-day rally held in the county this
campaign. There was a pole-raising and
a basket dinner. Messrs. Watson and Lam
dis spoke at Fountain City last night.
Mr.. Watson expresses the greatest salts
faction with the situation in this district
Corporal Tanner and ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hanna will be given a big meeting
here next Thursday night. William Dudley
Foulke will speak here Oct. /.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH DEDICATED.
Beautiful New Structure at wabash
Many Thousands Present.

beaut1I new STRUCTURE 0u WABASH
Many Thousands Present.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, Sept. S.-The beautiful
rev st. Demands Catholic Church was
dedicated here to-day with impressing GER
emOnies. Five thousand Catholics from
surrounding cities came in on special trains
and attended the dedicatory services con-
Quoted by the Rev. II. d. Clarke, of the
Holy Family Church. of Columbus, O.,
who chose his text from the eighth chap
ter of Kings, likening the new church to
Solomon's Temple. High mass was cele-
Grated in the morning and vespers In ths
afternoon, grand parade of the church
societies of Wabash. Peru, Logansport.
Lafayette, Marion, Huntington and Fort
Wayne taking place at o'clock.
Priests assisting were Fathers Guend-
ling. of Fort Wayne; Crosson, of Logans-
Fort; Quinn, of La Gro; Horstman, of
Notre Dame; Roche. of Huntington; Quin-
lin, of Lafayette. and Meissner, of Peru.
The church was beautifully decorated
with flowers and was densely crowded
two thousand persons being turned away
Complete, 1T cost over $4,000.
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MANY VESSELS DAMAGED.
Reports Continue to Come I'm of Storm
Havoc Among Fishermen.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept 2S.-Damaged
the Grand Banks. One reports a collision
between two French fishing schooners dur
ing the gale, carrying away the masts Of
both. They were driven out Of sight, and
1T is feared that they foundered. which
would represent loss Of about forty lives.
The crew of the schooner Kestrel made
land yesterday. The ship rode out the gale,
but was so leaky that she sank while en-
deavoring to make the land the men reach
ing shore in boats
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NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-Arrived: Bull
garia, from Hamburg and Boulogne; Phil
adelphian, from Liverpool; Island, from
Copenhagen, Christiansand. ETC.; La Gas
cogne, from Havre.
BEACHY HEAD, Sept. 23.-Passed
Grosser Kurfurst, from Bremen, for Cher
bourg and New York.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 8.-Arrived: Hong
Kong Maru. from San Francisco. via Hon.
olulu, for Hong-Kong.
ST. MICHAEL'S, Sept 23.-Passed
Vera, from New York, for Gibraltar
Naples and Genoa.
QUEENSTOWN. Sept 2.-Sailed: Cam
pania, from Liverpool, for.New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 23.-Arrived
Trave, from New York, for Bremen.
LIZARD, Sept 23.-Passed: Europa
from New York, for London.
ANTWERP, Sept. 23-Arrived: Western
land, from New York.
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ALTOONA, Pa. Sept. 23.-Retailers of
hard coal have raised the price here 50
cents ton as result of the strike. The
supply is running short. This telegram has
been received from Boyd. Stickney e. Co.,
in response to several orders:
All orders are subject to indefinite delay
and will be filled only at current prices"
Former Governor Hastings, who Is en-
gagged in bituminous mining at Hastings.
says a satisfactory condition exists be-
tween operators and men in the soft coal
fields. I'VE have no trouble" he said
NOR are we counting it. We are quite sat
isfied with the way things are going"
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NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-With her cabins
crow 1cd to their utmost capacity with
Americans returning home the Cunard
steamship Umbria arrived this morning.
She left Liverpool Saturday. Sept. 10, and
Queenstown the following day. On her
third day out she ran into heavy gale.
and for three days the vessel had TO pound
her way through heavy head seas. She
suffered no damage. Archbishop Kahn of
st. Louis, was one Of the passengers.
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SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Sept. pa cloud
hurst In the valley of the Neuces river,
Saturday night, did much damage to prop
orty, and also, according to reports re-
ceived here. resulted In loss of life on the
ranches in that vicinity The Neuces. al
Uvalde. rose twenty-five feet in two hours
time and broke telegraph communication.
number of ranches were inundated. and
one English sheepman Etheibert Melon
aid, and several Mexican sheep-herders,
are said to have lost their lives on a ranch
in the mountains near Bracket
From reports of colony of nomadic Ital-
ians, 1t is thought that two lost their
lives in the flood that went down the
NeuceS.
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GRAND PORTAL DESTROYED.
Famous Mecca of Natures Beauty
Lovers Wrecked by IN storm.

MARQUETTE. Mich. Sept. 2s.-Grand
Portal, the principal scenic attraction OF
the famous pictured rocks of Lake Supe-
rior, has been destroyed by northeaster.
Grand Portal was one hundred feet high
by 10 feet broad on the water line. The
cliff in which IL was cut rose thirty feet
above the arch and "A great mass OF rock
fell. crushing IL i'm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-24
Heavy Rural Republican Gains.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Sept 23.-The Republic
an precinct meetings held in every town.
ship last week gave evidence of a vigorous
campaign in every niche and corner of the
county The farmers are coming over, in
the townships, to the Republican standard.
The Democrats concede loss among the
farmers, but hope to Offset this by gains
in the cities by PROSECUTING among day
labOrerS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-24
Big Coal Deal Chased

PITTSBURG. Sept. pa large coal deal
has been completed by the purchase by
Coleman Il Liggett. real estate brokers rep
resenting local capitalists. OF $500 acres of
coal lands In Houstonvlle. on the Pam
handle road, for 100000. The purchasers
have already formed the Hickory Coal
Company. and will develop the tract at
once 1t has six inch vein and the mines
when opened will have capacity of 1900
tons daily
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-24
A PASTORS CHARGE.
strike Fomented by Bituminous Coal
Men for Purposes OF Profit.

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 2s.-The Rev.
Luther Hess Warning. pastor of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church. one OF the lead
ing divines of the city. preached a strong
anti-strikc sermon tonight. He charac-
terized the proposition of the United Mine
Workers TO have general arbitration OF the
grievances of the whole anthracite region
as absurd. and said he was firmly con-
WINGED that the whole trouble was foment-
ed by the bituminous coal men for the
purpose OF besting the anthracite opera
tors In the coal markets.
He also contended that many OF the
miners realised this, and were only on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-24
WYOMING VALLEY Is QUIET.
Good Priest of Scranton Will Enforce
the Temperance Pledge.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, Sept. 23-The
strikers of the Wyoming valley spent a
quiet day, to-day. There were no demon
STATIONS of any kind. At St. Johns
Church, Pittston, this morning Rev Father
Carney, the vicar general Of the Scranton
diocese, spoke at length on the strike and
the shooting at Shenandoah. He said these
were times of excitement and those en-
gagged in the strike should keep cool. The
use of liquor in times of strike oftentimes
causes trouble. The speaker was of opin-
ion that the strike would be long-drawn-
out affair. and that the men might just as
we'll accept the inevitable and be prepared
for the siege.
To better prepare his Pensioners who
We're among the strikers. Father Garvey
said that he wanted all the strikers In the
church next Sunday morning, and that he
would administer the temperance pledge
L. them, the same to be kept while the
strike lasted.
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BIG MEETING EXPECTED.
Indiana Friends Will Gather in Large
Force at Richmond.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 23.-The arrange
ments are now complete for the Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends. which will open
here next Wednesday. There are indica-
tions of very large attendance and i'm
portant sessions.
Among the visitors expected are William
and Elizabeth Hobson. of London. Eng. !:
Meade A Kelsey. of North Carolina: w.
K. Hotchkiss, of Cleveland; Thomas c..
Brown, of Carmel, Ind; Charles Stacker.
of Westfield. Ind; James r. Jones. of
North Carolina; Nathan and Esther c.
Frame. of Jamestown, o.; William X
Pruitt, Zenas l.. Martin and William j.
s. Cattell. of Iowa; Tillman Hobson and
William h. Cox. of California; jefferson
w. Ford and Maude Miner, OF Ohio; Will
liam III. Perry and Albert Bailey, of Kan
sas. Thomas Newlin, vice president of
Wilmington College. will deliver the adj
dress before the Christian Endeavor So
ciety, Saturday evening.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 23.-The Fort
Wayne Railroad Mems Club was reor-
ganized last night. with $50 members as a
starter. The club will meet at county
headquarters. officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, Robert Johns; secretary,
w. r. Gerberding: treasurer. William
Glenn. The railroad vote here promises to
be as strong for Mckinley as in 1896.
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SHAMOKIN. Pa. Sept. 23-All was quiet
in the strike situation here to-day, but 1t
Il feared trouble may be precipitated by
an attempt to start the Cameron colliery
In the morning. At largely attended
meeting of the United Mine Workers at
Treverton, last night, Ii was resolved TO
remain away from work until the strike
f. declared OF. John Fahey. district presi-
dent OF the United Mine Workers, went
70 Hazleton this morning, on a call from
President Mitchell
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CONVERSE SALOON RIOT
DRUNKEN ROW IN WHICH A MAN Is
BADLY INJURED.
Escape-PoIitical Apathy Is
Gone in Wayne-Beautiful Church
Dedicated mt wabash.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


CONVERSE, Ind, Sept. 23.-ln small
sized riot this afternoon in the rear OF
Prouse Brothers saloon, Duke McManus.
horse trainer, was severely beaten and
cut by three local toughs. He was struck
on the head with beer bottle, an artery
being severed and was cut in the abdomen
with knife. Prompt medical attention
saved his life. His ASSISTANTS escaped.
McManus came from Kentucky.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. pa Santa Fe
passenger engine erased through a wharf
at Point Richmond to-day and sank in fifty
feet OF water. carrying with IL Engineer
Henry A. Allen. Teiegrapher MuIcahey and
Fireman Press 8 Adams The ho.sv 90
Adams Is pinned beneath a hundred TONS
OF steel at the bottom OF the bay. The
two other men were injured. but not IA
tally. The wharf which sank beneath the
engine mas been In place only a year.