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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24
GREATPARADE
FIVE THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE
= BUND PARTICIPATED.
Many Prizes Awarded-Master Me-
the homeopathic Institute.

PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-Ffve thou
sand Turner's participated in the street pa
rade of the North American Turnerbund to-
day. The parade ended at the baseball
park, where the great interest of the spec
tators centered in the p~entathlon. or con-
test OF five events. The events were hop.
step and jump. throwing spear. one-hun-
dred-yard dash, putting the shot and
wrestling.
From the spectacular point of view, the
mass wand exercises, in which two hum
dred of the active members participated.
was the event of the afternoon. They COW
cred the entire field to the blk track and
they went through the long and elaborate
drill with the polished iron wands with ma
chine-like precision.
In the swimming contests the final heat
of the northumberland race was won by
John TAYLOR, Central Turnverein, Pitts
burg; Bernhardt Koehler. South Bend, Ind,
second. Time, 1:13 10
Taylor also won the fve-mile race in
1856 2-5. +. 4. Krause, of this city. was
second.
The pentathlon, consisting of hop, step
and jump, throwing the spear, running,
putting the shot and wrestling, reused the
spectators to a high pitch. For this feature
the Philadelphia circuit had rendered a
special prize, a gold medal, which was won
by Emil Zell, formerly OF Philadelphia
Turngemeinde, but now a member of the
Union Hill On. j. Turnverein.
Tonight the golden jubilee concluded
with a midsummer nights festival at
Washington Park, during which the prizes
for the gymnastic contests held during the
week were awarded. The North ST. Louis
Turnverein won first prize for class turn
ing, having made 46.9S points. In the sing
ing contests the Philadelphia Turngemeinde
took first prize with n points: New York
second with 20 points. John f. Bissinger,
New York, took first prize for apparatus
work with AZ points. In calisthenics the
greatest number of points were scored by
Gustave Gerhardt. of Rochester, whose av-
erage was $3.50. c. VALID Bait. of Chicago,
made 57.25 points in fencing with foils, ard
T. c. Grenier, of Chicago, took first prize
in the b~roadswords with 1915 points. The
fve-mile blk race was won by A. r.
Ahrens, of Chicago, who finished in
1903 1-5. The club swinging contest was
won by Emil Weight. jr., of st. Louis, with
80. so points.
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CHICAGOANs IN TIEN-TsIN.
Thirteen There When the Trouble
with the Boxers Began.

CHICAGO, June 25.-The Chronicle says:
IF the news which comes from Tien-Tsin
be true, thirteen Chicagoans have persisted
under the Boxers sword. II Tien-Tsin is
destroyed the mission workers of China
have lost their central station, including
the two largest and oldest hospitals in the
north. OF the Chicagoans who have gore
to north China as missionaries the best
known are DR.. Henry Porter and Rev. Ar
thur Smith. These men. with their fam
lilies. are supposed to have gone to Tien-
Tsin from their station at Pang-Chuang
FIVE weeks ago for safety With them was
Mr.. Porter's sister. Miss Mary II. Porter.
foremost among the representatives of the
women's board Of the interior in china
Misses Grace and Gertrude Wyckon left
Pang-Chuang last spring to max their
permanent station at Tien-Tsin until the
trouble farther south should cease. Miss
Nellie Russell. while not a Chicago girl.
studied here and went from. this district.
notified friends at Bessemer, Mich. recent
ly that she had left her station some miles
south of Tien-Tsin to take quarters In the
city. Last OF the list OF those whose fate is
uncertain IS Miss Frances B. Patterson.
whose ~ermanen station Is In Tien-Tsin.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, who IL perhaps the best
known Of the American mission force Ia
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind, June pa new way
10 punish alleged chicken thieves has been
developed here. Thomas Gray and William
Malloy. who have been tried before for
stealing chickens, came in at midnight with
a wagon load of poultry. They were ar
rested before they unhitched their
horse. Both boldly stated: I'VE have
the chickens; now you prove that we
stole them" and. as a matter of fact,
though several reported having lost a large
amount of poultry, none could positively
Identify his property. When the case came
up for preliminary hearing before Mayor
Wallace the prosecution made the charge of
cruelty TO animals" claiming that the
chickens had been rowde so tightly in
sacks and boxes that several of the fowls
were killed by suffocation. Being unable
TO furnish the bond fixed, Malloy and Gray
have been placed in Jail to await trial.
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ROUGH RIDERS PROGRAMME.
How Theodore Roosevelt VIII Be En-
rtain i'm h

OKLAHOMA, o. T., June 23-It is esti-
mated that a hundred thousand people will
attend the Roosevelt Rough Rider reunion
here July 1, 2. 8 and 4. Roosevelt will make
his speech on the Sd, the first set speech
since his vice presidential nomination. He
will then speak IN Missouri and Kansas.
THE Rough Riders Association" has
issued the following programme for the
four days OF the reunion On Sunday. July
i. there will be a welcoming address by
Governor C. M. Barnes and by Mayor Van
Wrinkle. and memorial services for the
Trough Riders who fell In Cuba. Mon
day. July 2, there will be a free homes
jubiless, an address by Hon. Dennis T.
Flynn and an exhibition drill by the Sixth
United States Cavalry. besides roping and
riding contests At night a pyrotechnical
display. 1.-The Battle OF San Juan" will be
given and there will be a military ball In
honor of Governor Roosevelt. On Tuesday.
July 3. Governor Roosevelt and the Rough
Riders viii lead a civic and military pa
rade that will be participated in by men,
bers OF the sixth United States Cavalry
and the Twentieth Kansas Regiment, First
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FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY.
Parents of n KOkOmo Mail Clerk Are
Missionaries i'm China.

Missionaries in China.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind. June 2.-Among the
American residents of Tien-Tsin, China,
are the Rev. ]. H. Pyke and wife. OF this
city, and the Rev. and Mrs. ]. F. Hayner,
also of this State. They are Methodist mis-
sionaries. Arthur Pyke. a clerk in the post
office in this city, a son of the Rev. and
Mrs. Pyke, who was himself born n
reared in China, where his parents have
been missionaries for thirty years, fears
they have been murdered by the Boxers.
No word has been received for many weeks,
though letters came regularly heretofore.
1t has been the misfortune of the Rev. and
Mrs. Pyke to be in all the most dangerous
districts, and they were several times
driven out by Chinese %uprisings with mar
row escapes. Arthur Pyke. the son, who is
now here, is we'll acquainted with present
conditions in China and is glad to get home
before the last outbreak. He says the an
tipathy TO foreigners is not confined to the
secret organization of Boxers, but en-
braces nearly the whole Celestial popula-
ton. The outrages are most pronounced
in the mining districts and along the lines
Of railroads being constructed by foreign
ers.
The native Chinese as a rule have no love
for missionaries. While all sects are looked
on with suspicion and distrust, they are
particularly venomcus toward the French
Catholics, whom the natives regard as their
worst enemy.
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Deserted His Bride Six Years Ago
Returned TO Find Her Married.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind, June IA romance of
Encch Arden flavor developed in this
vicinity this week. Six years ago Howard
Fritz and Mary Brandon were married.
Within a week Fritz disappeared and soon
afterward was heard of In Texas. Last
year a Texas paper gave an account OF
Fritz getting a divorce and the abandoned
bride taking the newspaper article as true,
married Joseph Sanders. three weeks ago.
wednesday the l~ong-absent Fritz reap
peared at the home of his wife and her
new husband.
Here the Enoch Arden smile ends. In
stead OF peering silently in the window and
witnessing the happiness of his wife with
another husband, then departing for other
lands without making his existence known,
Fritz bolted boldly into the house and de-
manded possession of his wife. He denied
being divorced and threatened immediate
prosecution for bigamy IL the woman re-
FUSED to leave her late husband. She de-
ned him and in Circuit Court at Frankfort,
Judge Kent nullified the last marriage. She
has applied for divorce from Fritz and
Will remarry Sanders.
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AMBUSHED BY FILIPINOS
OVER 100 AMERICAN
TRAPPED ON CAGAYAN RIVER.
Reinforcements Unable to Assist
Them - Nine Killed, Twelve
and One Missing.

WASHINGTON. June 23.-The Wa De-
partment has received the following cable
gram from General Macarthur:
"a detachment of four officers and one
hundred men of the Fortieth Volunteer In
fantry, Captain Miller commanding. left
Cagayan on June Is, OF a reconnaissance
up Cagayan river. The men were am
pushed by insurgents in strong position.
Fifty men were sent to. reinforce from
Cagayan, but could not take the position
and the troops withdrew to coast post.
Our loss:
"Killed-Company Fl, Robert III. Coles,
John H.. Haywood, Fred Holloway. John
t. Pelham, Frank Salisbury Company NJ,
Corporal Jesse G. Moody, Michael j. Nc
Quirk.
"Wounded-Company ], Capt. Walter B
Elliott. slight; Company II, Capt Thomas
Miller, thigh, slight; JEFF Efig, moderate;
James W. Jeffreys. slight; Roxie Wheaton,
moderate; George Hollarif, slight; Murley
Phillips, severe; John w. Smith, severe.
Company NJ, Edwin Williams. severe. Com
pany K, George w. Wells, severe; L. NJ.
Katters, moderate
''Missing-Company H, Sergt. William
Northcross.
Full detailed report not yet received"
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CLYDE JONES is GUILTY
yERDICT IN THE BERGER ASSAULT
CASE AT PERU.
Posey County Farmer Kills HI. wife
and Himself-Troubies of a Hero
met. III. & 1. Railway Sued.
Special to the indianapolis Journai.

Special to the Indianapolis Journai.
PERU, Ind, June 23.-CIyde Jones was
found guilty, to-day. on the charge of
criminal assault and the abduction of Mel
lie Berger. and the jury recommended his
commitment to prison under the terms of
the ndeterminate sentence act. The jury
was out all night. Much satisfaction is ex-
pressed with the verdict.
The personnel of the case, not less than
its peculiar features, has been of absorb
ing interest. OF chief interest has been the
marvellous GOODNESS shown by Jones all
through the trial. Only twice did he show
violent anger, and rarely was annoyance
visible In his countenance or manner.
Jones did not show any change of counte-
nance when the verdict was read. He was
expecting the result and had told the off,
GERS for several days that he knew IL would
come His attorneys at once made a mo-
ton for a new trial, and the afidavits will
be filed in court Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock. 1t developed during the day that
Jones is not quite twenty-one years Did.
His sentence, therefore, will be one to
twenty-one years in the Jef%fersonville Re-
formatory.
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NINE WE'RE L
Two Omcers and Ten Men Wounded
Traps Laid by Filipinos.

MANILA, June ga detachment of for
~ men OF. the Fortieth Regiment, Captain
Thomas Miller commanding. left Cagayan
de Misamis, Island of Mindanao, scouting,
on June Is. During the morning of June IA
they encountered a strongly ambushed and
intrenched force of the enemy. The Ameri-
cans attempts to charge were frustrated
by the Fflipitos pitfalls and traps. The ad-
vance line. consequently, was under a
heavy fire in front and on its TANKS. and
fell back on Cagayan. The American loss
was nine men killed and two officers and
ten men wounded.
Reports nave reached Manila of troubles
in the Island of Samar. whittier reinforce
ments. a battalion of the Twenty-ninth
Regiment and a battery Of artillery. were
dispatched to-day.
1t is believed in army circles at Fam
boanga hat the Petit court-martial will
result in the colonel's acquittal.
The United States cruiser New Orleans
has sailed from here. and it is supposed she
is on her way to China 1t is expected that
the armored cruiser Brooklyn will proceed
to china shortly.
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AN IOWA MAIDSTONE STORY.
Chunks of Ice Fell and Rolled Into
Piles Over a Foot High.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, June 23.-Reports are
coming in from trustworthy sources OF
great damage done by hail. rot. only TO
crops, which have been injured in this vi.
cinity TO the extent OF 20 per cent. in
strips, but to live stock and human beings.
Drifts of hailstones a foot and a hald deep
piled Up. Chunks of ice fell In places. They
bruised a girl near Neville, this county,
so badly she may die. Hogs and sheen
were struck down and killed by the score.
The storm seems 20 have wreaked its
greatest fury near Neville. and $4,000 Of
damage was done TO crops there.
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FURTHER DELAY AT MANILA.
Ninth Infantry Cannot Sail for Taku
Until the 9th Inst.


WASHINGTON. June 2s.-The following
dispatch has been received at the War De-
partment from General Macarthur at
Manila: Departure of Ninth Infantry de-
layed until Tune q in consequence of the
storm which broke the railroad telegraph
and made approach to the transport i'm
possible" The officials are very much
chagrined over this further delay. 1t is
proposed TO send the Ninth Infantry and
it's transportation equipments, including
mules and wagons. to Taku on the trans
ports Logan and Port Albert. Inasmuch as
the voyage will take at least six lays it
will be impossible to land the troops on
Chinese soil before the Sd of July at the
earliest.
Adjutant General Corbin Is authority for
the statement that nothing has been heard
from General Macarthur on the subject of
sending additional reinforcements to China.
The department. however. is making ar
rangements for the prompt transportation
TO China of as many troops as can be
spared from immediate service in the
Philippines. Acting Secretary Meikeljohn
was in close consultation during the day
with General Miles. Adjutant General Cor
bin. Quartermaster Ludington and Colonel
Bird. the quartermaster in charge of trans
portation. 4 is no secret that the delibera-
lions related to the execution of plans for
affording substantial relief TO the small
naval force which has so far borne the
brunt of battle at Taku, Tien-Tsin and on
the road to Picking in conjunction with the
larger forces of the allied powers.
SO far as the transportation service is
concerned there will be no difficulty in for
warding additional troops from Manila TO
the Chinese coast. The big transport War
rem, which has been cruising in southern
Luzon, is due at Manila on the 1st proximo
and will be available on that date for
transportation OF about 1900 troops. The
Sherman also Is due at Manila from san
Francisco about July /. This vessel could
undoubtedly be employed TN taking TROOPS
to China within the next few weeks In case
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such a step Is necessary. In addition to
these two large transports there are sew
eral smaller ones used In the interisland
service, including the Pennsylvania and In
diana. which could be utilized in the move
ment OF troops TO China in case OF neces-
sity.
The War Department officials are con-
sidering the advisability of changing the
destination of the transport Grant from
Manila to Taku. She will carry two squad
rons of the Sixth Cavalry, numbering about
500 men. and a battalion of marines, num-
bering go men. These troops are now be-
ing assembled at San Francisco and are
scheduled TO start for the East on the 1st
proximo. The Grant is a fast ship and can
make the trip to China in tw~enty-eight or
thirty days. The horses of the cavalry
troops are to be taken over on transports
from Portland, Ore.
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AMERICANS IN BATTLE.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
Asiatic waters, showing the extreme need
of a large force of officers.
The Navy Department received a dis
patch this morning announcing the arrival
of the Solace at Nagasaki. Japan. No ex-
PLANTATION is given at the department as to
why she went over TO Nagasaki instead of
remaining with the American fleet at Taku,
but 1t is believed that she made the trip
to the japanese port for the purpose of
being in more direct telegraphic communi-
cation with the department. 1t was the
original plen to have the Solace put Major
Walters marines ashore at Taku and con-
tinue homeward to the United States. but
in view of the critical state of affairs in
China 1t is probable that she will remain
with the rest of the Taku fleet and be used
as a transport or a dispatch boat. 1t may
be that the department viii find 1T neces-
sary to send duplicate messages to Kempff
via Nagasaki, and the Solace could carry
dispatches back and forward and estab-
lish direct connection with the department
in this way.
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II. III. & L. Railroad Observation-Disclosures
Eight Thousand Dollars Involved.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 23.-Suit was
brought to-day against the Terre Haute
& Indianapolis Railroad Company for pay
ment of several notes issued some years
ago TO the Rose Orphan Home and Mr.. w.
r. McKeen. Two notes are each for $4,000.
with a credit Of 10000. issued to the Rose
Orphan Home. and three are for an ag-
gregate of $4,000, two for $4,000 each and
one for $4,000 issued TO Mr.. Mckeen. The
money was borrowed TO meet emergency
obligations OF the company not long after
Mr.. McKeen sold the road 10 the Penn
syIvania Company, six years ago. John u.
Williams, of indianapolis. who was gen
eral manager Of the road when Mr.. Nc
Keen was president, drew, the complaint
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TROUBLES OF A HEROINE.
Miss Creek Prepares to Sue for Her
Medal and Diploma.

srecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, June 23.-To-day
Miss Jennie Creek and her foster parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel P~ersonett, appeared
before a notary public here to-day and
made afidavits that it was Jennie Creek
who tagged the Worlds Fair special at a
burning bridge at Mill Grove. this county.
in 1893. Miss Creek has { medal and diploma
from the French Legion of Honor, as a
memento of her heroic deed.
Several weeks ago she entered into n
contract with a Marion publisher and S. NJ.
Mcdonald to issue a souvenir booklet, but
afterwards withdrew. Mcdonald then pub
lished a story that the deed was not per-
formed by the girl, but by her foster father,
and so informed the French Legion of
Honor.
TIL badge and diploma which are noi in
the possession of the Marion publisher will
be replevined Monday.
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san DIEGO. Cal, Tune Z.-Capt. ]. J.
Meyler has been directed by the War De-
partment 10 have plans drawn for a battery
of two three-inch guns. 10 be located on
North island. at the entrance to San Diego
harbor. The guns will not only command
the entrance 10 the harbor, but will be able
to destroy any small craft that might steal
up under the big ten-inch guns of Fort
Rosecrans. located directly across the
channel. These big guns cannot be de-
pressed sufficiently TO hit the ship at close
range. and the three-inch guns will be
placed to soIve this problem.
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NYACK, N. Y, June Brew. A. B.
Simpson, president of the Christian and
Missionary Alliance, and his associates are
anxious for a number of their missionaries
who are in Picking and Tien-Tsin. DR..
Simpson some time ago cabled 10 the mis-
sionaries there TO fee to the coast, but he
has not been able TO hear from them.
Among the Christian Alliance missionaries
in hat part of China are Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Woodbury., Miss Il. Rutherford, Miss Lett
hauser, Miss A. Gowans, Tien-Tsin; Miss
D. w. Down. Miss Amy Brown and Mr..
n Mrs. Larson. Picking. The alliance
also had thirty missionaries further south.
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Contract for New Telephone System.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, June 2S.-Brook Sale, Of
Indianapolis, representing the New Tele-
phone Company, of that city, was here to-
day and awarded the contract for building
a double copper metallic telephone circuit
from Wabash to Marion, to c. L. Olds, Of
Fort Wayne. The contract provides that
the work shall re completed within thirty
DAYS after the material is on the ground.
Orders for wire and poles were made to-
day and the line, which will give indie
pendent telephone subscribers IN northern
Indiana connection with indianapolis, will
be completed early In August.
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SHERIDAN READS VIEWS.
He Thinks Foreigners at Tien-Tsin
Arc in the British Concession.

NEW YORK. June 23.-Sheridan Read,
formerly United States consul at Tien-
Tsih, discussing the dispatches regarding
fighting in that city. said, last night: 1T
is probable that all the representatives of
the British concession, where they will de-
fend the position until the last. There are,
no doubt, at least four thousand regular
soldiers there, besides a volunteer corps. 1t
is not a surprise to me to learn that the
American consulate has been RACED, for it
is really on Chinese territory. The other
consulates are within the concessions of
the various powers. Most of them are in
the British concessions. Our consulate, be-
ing isolated, could be easily attacked.
'It was planned at the time of the Chi
nese-Japanese war that. in case of riot, all
Of the foreigners should go to the British
concession, and signals were arranged.
The American consul, Mr.. Ragsdale, has a
family of seven persons. 1t is likely that,
upon the first sign of trouble, he packed
his archives and moved over to the British
concessions. The missionaries probably did
the same.
II think it likely that the Chinese have
mounted artillery on the mud wall, about
fifteen feet wide, which surrounds the city.
The wall is six feet wide at the top. The
foreigners, very likely. have drawn a cor
don about the so-called old CONCESSIONS
which is about half a mile long and a
quarter of a mile wide. 1t is a populous
district and has some substantial build
ings- The center of the defense would
probably be Gordon Hall, In this district
there are the German, French. japanese,
Dutch and Belgian consulates. Austro-
Hungary is represented by Great Britain.
The Chinese Military College, DESTROYED
by the allies, consisted of several very pre-
tentious structures of brick. 1t was sur
rounded by intrenchments. There are gen.
orally two or three hundred young men
there. There is an arsenal about two miles
from the foreign concessions, where con-
siderable quantities of ammunition are
usually stored. 1t may be that the bonn
bardment is being conducted from that
point"