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Indiana Obituary.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. Jan. 19.-Harry A.
Scribner. aged seventy-one years, died last
night of pneumonia. He leaves q widow
and two children. For over twenty years
he was cashier of the New Albany National
Bank, retiring about six years ago to en-
gage in the book and stationery business
He was born in this city. being descend
ant of the Scribners who were among the
first settlers in this city and vicinity.
MUNCIE. Ind, Jan. 19.-Catherine Witt
aged seventy-six years died from the eff
fects Of a stroke OF paralysis this morning
Mrs. Otto Messmer. aged twenty-eight
years. died this morning suddenly Of heart
trouble.
RICHMOND. Ind, Jan. 19.-John Tag
CART. sr.. aged sixty-eight years. a prom
inent resident OF Richmond. died to-day in
a hospital at st. Charles, No.
MARTINSvILLE. Ind, Jan. 19.-Omaha
johnson. business man Of this city, aged
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Indianapolis Man Hurt.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Jan. ia rear-end
wreck occurred at the White-river bridge
at Rockford this afternoon by light en-
CINE running into the rear end of the
Columbus and Seymour local freight train,
the engine of which was taking water. All
the men in the local caboose jumped out
over the trestle and escaped uninjured.
Brakemen James Mckane, of Indianapolis
jumped from the engine and struck his
head against post and was picked up in
an unconscious condition. Engineer A. NJ.
Crandall sprained his ieft ankle by jump
ing from his engine. Engine CAT was
stripped of her front end and two cars
loaded with straw were demolished, be-
sides the caboose, which was broken into
splinters.
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which 500 city of London volunteers were
present. Lord Mayor Newton and the
sheriffs of London. with the Duke of Con-
naught were also in attendance. Despite a
drizzling rain the line OF march from the
barracks was crowded and enthusiastic
people filled the cathedral and stood cheer
ing outside. DIR. Mandell Creighton, lord
bishop OF London. addressed the troops and
congratulated them upon rising above their
ordinary selves to do their duty to country
and to God with whom rested the issues OF
every endeavor. They sail tomorrow.
Mrs. Adair. president OF the American
Hospital Ship Association, presided at a
meeting of the executive committee to-day.
Mrs Joseph Chamberlain and the Duchess
Of Marlborough were among those present.
Plans for continuing the work and assist
ing both the British and Boer wounded
were submitted. Encouraging responses
with this end in view have already been
received from America.
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DAZZLING ARRAY OF GIFTS.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
kOkOMO, Ind, Jan. 19.-As Tod Sloan
is In California. the report that he has
been barred from the English tracks can
not be confirmed here. 1t is certain. how
ever, that he will return to England in
three weeks, as he has leased the S.iaftes-
bury Theater in London for a year. and will
return to manage 1t. While here, Sloan dis
played a dazzling array of presents, said
TO have been received from English turf
patrons. Among them were: From Lord
Dunraven. a large horseshoe of rubies
with diamond center; from the Prince
of Wales. a diamond scarfpin; from Sir
Waldemere Griffiths a diamond jockey
cap; from the Duchess of Marlborough,
pear shaped pearl In Turquoise settings;
from Mrs. Langtry, large white pearl
and diamond pin; from Lillian Russell, a
large pearl with diamond settings; from S.
b. Joel, the South African diamond prince.
diamond cluster scarfpin and gold coin
box: from Joe" Lewis, the legatee of
Barney Barnato, the 'Kaffir King" a dia-
mond jockey cap and cuff buttons, and
solid gold revolver; from Mortimore Sin-
ger. a sapphire jockey cap and whip
Among the presents are three hundred
scarfpins varying In value from s. to 500.
Tod values the collection at $40, 0O0 He has
had the list carefully catalogued for future
reference.
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LIBEL SUIT FILED.
Democratic Politicians of Hancock
County I'm the Courts.

In the COurtSs
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENFIELD, Ind. Jan. 19.-Yesterday
Captain A. l.. Ogg, of this county, a prom
inent Democratic politician, brought suit for
criminal libel against E. w. Felt, another
prominent Democratic politician, who re-
Gently resigned the Craftsmanship of
the county central committee and
became a candidate for nomination
for judge before the primary which
will be held March 10. Austin p.
Boots and Howard Branham, who were
at the time managers and proprietors of
the Evening Tribune, in which the article
was published, were also made parties to
the slut. The article which Captain Ogg
says was libelous was one published Jan.
Is, 1898. concerning him in connection with
the railroad election which was held to
vote whether a subsidy should be given by
the township for the branch railroad from
Greenfield to the Big Four at Maxwell.
Some of Mr.. Felt's friends say 1t Is a
political scheme against him. The Demo-
cratic political pot in Hancock county is at
the boiling point. Each of the parties gave
bond in the sum of 800.
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sTRATHCoNA's COWBOYS.
His Lordship's Little Army VIII Cost
a Million Dollars.

MONTREAL, Jan. 1.-THE new body OF
mounted Rifles to be raised in Canada at
the expense Of Lord Strathcona, the Cana
dian high commissioner at London. will be
known as Strathcona's Horse. 1t will be
got together by the Militia Department and
will be forwarded to South Africa from
Halifax, but Lord Strathcona will meet the
entire expense and W.T. furthermore main
tain the troop in South Africa during the
continuance of the war. 1t will cost Lord
Strathcona not less than a round million
dollars. The troops will consist Of three
units of 125 men each. and will be drawn
from the mounted police force and the cow
boys and ranchers of the Canadian North
west. A distinctive feature of the force
will be that each member of IL, whether
officer or private, will wear a band of his
lordship's Tartan around his cowboy hat.
Otherwise they will be equipped in the same
manner as the $50 rough riders who are
now on the way TO the front.
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ENGLISH AS WORLD LANGUAGE.
Ii May Soon Supplant French I'm Dip
lOmacy.
New York Telegraph.

Considerable comment has been occas-
toned among officials of the State Depart
ment within the past few days over the
fact that the new commercial treaty be-
tween Mexico and China is written In Eng
fish.
The use of the English language In draw
ing up international agreements Is some
thing unprecedented. French has had the
distinction of being the diplomatic lam
guage, but the State Department officials
now think that the drafting Of the Mexi-
can-Chinese treaty marks the beginning OF
the end of the general use or French In
this particular.
For the past two hundred years In q
large majority of negotiations looking to-
ward the formation of international agree
ments, the language OF the French people
has been widely used by diplomats IN Of
fetal correspondence and in the actual
drawing of the treaty itself. This rule.
while general has not been universal, but
the few exceptions have only gone to prove
the rule.
French has been the great social Ian
guage. Nearly all men OF education have
been taught Ii, and in the social intercourse
Of Europe IL has been generally spoken
From the fact that the diplomats OF the
world have been familiar with IL, IL has
crept into diplomatic intercourse TO the all
most total exclusion of other languages.
The treaty of peace between the United
States and Spain was written in French
as have also been the majority OF inter-
national documents during the past two
centuries.
Mllnln IcCtul years a iuit ldc ttcn Anduo
In diplomacy by which a diplomatic rep
resentative in official correspondence may
employ the language OF his own country,
or that of any other If he chooses. Not
withstanding this rule the French has
been retained I'm perhaps a majority Of In
stances.
The German ambassador now uses Ger
man in his correspondence with the State
Department. and England's representative
the English. The Swedish, Norwegian.
Russian, Belgian. Turkish. Italian and
Greek diplomatic representatives all em-
ploy the French. while those Of China and
Japan use English.
In large measure English Is supplanting
the French both as a social and CONNER
cial language. The statistics OF the Inter-
national Postal Union gave the number OF
letters addressed in English from all parts
of the world as being about IS per cent.
In foreign universities the tongue OF the
Anglo-Saxon race is taking the place OF
the French. and IL is fast becoming the So
cial medium OF intercourse. From the gen.
eral prevalence of the language IL Is thought
that IL will, before quarter of a century,
be the diplomatic language
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BULLER' ASSISTANTS.
Gems. Hildyard, Warren and Lyttle-
ton and Earl Of DundOnald.

The four generals assigned by Sir Redvers
Butler to accomplish the exceedingly diff
cult feat of crossing the Tugela river are
all seasoned commanders. any one of whom
would have been deemed competent TO
carry off an ordinary military coup in ordi-
nary difficulties. This fact only goes to
show how vigilant and how strong are the
enemies of the British near Ladysmith.
Major General the Earl of Dundonald.
who, with his mounted brigade. took the
bridge over the Tugela at Springfield. has
been i'm the army since 1870, and distin-
guished himself in the Nile expedition with
such valor to win special mention in
the dispatches" One of his ancestors, by
the way, won fame for himself in the de-
struction of Napoleons fleet in the Bacque
roads in 1909, and afterward in the South
American wars.
General Lyttleton, who held position at
Zwartkop during the attack on the bridge,
has breastful of decorations won for bril-
liant achievements In several campaigns,
among them notably the Jowaki expedition
of 1877 and the Egyptian affair OF 1852,
where I'm. at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir he
won a brevet lieutenant colonelcy. medal
and clasp. bronze star and the fourth-class
Osmanli.
General Hildyard, whose brigade was
sent from Springfield to hold the bridge
and enable the other troops to pass, has a
military record not 0lsSlmllar 10 tnat OF
Lyttleton. He served in the same cam
paigns mentioned as pertaining to Lyttle-
tons career, and won the same honors as
fell to the lot of that soldier. The work
these two men did at Springfield was. there
fore, not the first of its kind in which these
generals have been associated.
General Warren, whose duties required
him to cover the movements OF the three,
and to divert the Beers with a feint, and
later with an actual attack on their flank,
is by far the most distinguished soldier Of
the quartet. His record as a fighter Is al
most exclusively confined to the very coun-
try in which he is now engaged. He has
been considered not only capital fighting
man-at least in British conflicts with
black men and soldiers of the Fuzzy WuZzy
-school-but he is also capable and proved
good military and civil engineer. The rec
ords of these four men, when considered In
connection with the need of their con-
certed action to enable the British to get
across a river, are the highest possible en-
comiums on the valor. strategy, activity
and genius of the unknown officers who
are I'm command of the problematically
large or little army which the burghers Of
the Transvaal and Free State have in
northern Natal.
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HYDROPHOBIC PANIC.
Two Townships of Wayne County
Under Reign of Terror.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAGERSTOWN. Ind. Jan. 1.-THE fear
Of hydrophobia in Green and Newgarden
townships. in this county. has developed
into a real panic So many animals have
been driven mad by being attacked by
rabid dogs that men are fearful OF going
among their stock. Cats. chickens hogs.
cattle. and even horses have been affected.
Two fine horses, the property of Mr.. Shelf
fer. a farmer. were bitten. by a dog. In
a week one OF the horses became unman-
ageable and was confined In a stable A
few days later the other horse became
affected and the two were kept In sep
arate stalls. The two animals developed
the most violent symptoms. When II be-
came certainty that they would not re-
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Suspected of the Bank Robbery.
| to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, JAN 19.-Sheriff
Metchins has prisoner whom he is GER
tain is one of the Silver Lake bank rob-
bers. He gives his name as Ferguson and
answers the description of one of the rob-
bers almost perfectly. He reached Column
bia City this morning and hired a livery
man TO drive him to Cherubusco, and there
engaged another to drive him to Fort
wayne. He could have reached either
Cherubusco or Fort Wayne by train much
more quickly. At Cherubusco he gave the
name or Murphy and here he said his
name was Ferguson. He said that he was
from Mentone, but 1t developed that he
knew no one in the town and that he did
not even know where 1t was He carried a
revolver from which three cartridges had
recently been discharged. In his pocket
were a bloody handkerchief and SOS in
CASH He wore no shoes. but had a pair of
RUBBER arctics He tod several contradc-
tory stories about his whereabouts on
thursday and Thursday night The off,
GERS are positive they have one of the
robbers.
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Evidence of a Fenian Plot.

LONDON, Jan. 20.-Under the caption,
Revival of Fenian Activity" the Times
this morning gives extracts from a secret
circular and other details Of conferences
held last September in the United States
between the Croninites and the anti-Cron-
mites. 1t gives also long secret circular
from the Croninite headquarters dated
Nov. 20 of last year, to the officers and
members of the organization urging that
1.-The time is opportune to take advantage
of England's difficulties in the Transvaal,
the first object being TO smash the Anglo
American understanding, leaving England
without a friend in the world" The cir
cular then invites volunteers for active
service wherever needed" The Times re-
CARDS this as proof of the existence of
Fenian plot
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THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
VicerOy CurxOn Says Millions of PeO-
ple Are Suffering.

CALCUTTA, Jan. 19.-The Council to-day
considered the famine situation. The Off
cial estimates show the cost to the govern
ment of the relief workers, etc, to the end
of March will be 40,OO0,O0O rupees. About
100000 persons are now affected in British
territory and about 27,0O0,000 in the native
states. The viceroy, Lord Curzon of Ked-
dleston, said the famine area had extended
surprising the worst fears, and they were
now facing a cattle, water and food
scarcity of a terrible character About 81
100000 persons, he continued, were already
receiving relief While in 1897 the world
shared midas sorrow and contributed hun
dreds of thousands pounds toward the re-
lief fund. the viceroy pointed out, India
now would have to struggle alone, for the
thoughts of every Englishman in the world
were centered on South Africa. 1t would
be the duty Of the government to pursue
the task of saving millions of lives and it
would spend it's last rupee, If necessary. to
do SO.
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DEFEAT FOR GAGE.
Courts Refuse to Allow q Reappraise-
ment Of Imported Lace.

NEW YORK, Jan. 19-Secretary Of the
Treasury Lyman j. Gage met with a legal
defeat to-day. when Judge Townsend. of
the United States Circuit Court, handed
down a decision sustaining the protests of
Loeb & Schoenfeld. St. Gall lace import
ers. This is a case where the secretary
of the treasury Iried to direct the collector
of the port OF New York to order a re-
appraisement made by Appraiser Wake
man upon certain laces from Switzerland.
Judge Townsend says in his decision that
Secretary Gage was not empowered by
law TO direct the collector to appeal from
the appraisers valuation Of the laces
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NO BODIES RECOVERED.
HeligoIand a shapeless Mass Of Iron,
Sails and Cordage.

ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland. Jan. 19.-The
tug Ingraham has returned here from the
wreck OF the Heligoland, in st. Mary's bay
"A diver who went down yesterday after
noon found a shapeless mass of iron, sails
and cordage.
The only letters Of her name now re-
manning are "Hel.' AS yet no bodies have
been recovered.
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OSMAN DIGNA CAPTURED
HE WAS TAKEN UNINJURED In THE
HILLS BELOW SUAKIM.
Lord Curzon Makes n Statement Con.
corning the Millions of Famine
Sufferers I'm British India.

CAIRO, Jan. 19.-News was received here
tonight that Osman Digna, principal gen.
eral of the late Khalifa Abdullah, has been
captured.
1t has been known that he was in the
neighborhood of Tokar six days ago, and
several expeditions were organized from
Suakim under Captain Burgess, with the
result that Osman Digna was taken un-
hurt in the hills yesterday. He will ar
rive at Suakim tomorrow.
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WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Rang an Alarm After She Had Re-
ceived Her Fatal Injuries.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 19.-At West
Alexandria, Wayne county. last night Mrs.
Henry Wysong. while filling a burning
lamp with oil, received injuries that re-
suited in her death. An explosion took
place enveloping her in flames. She ran
screaming to her husband at the barn, who
tore off her clothing, badly burning his
hands and arms. The house was discov-
cred to be on fire, and while the husband
was trying to extinguish the flames Mrs.
Wysong crawled to the big farm bell and
rang ii to alarm the neighborhood and
save their home. She died soon afterward.
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BULLET-PROOF SHIELDS,
British Soldiers Will Wear Plates
Over Vital Portions of Body.

LONDON. Jan. 2O.-Speaking yesterday at
a Conservative meeting in Bradford. Mr..
Williamson, a municipal councillor said
that 1t was within his personal knowledge
that thousands of bullet-proof shields,
weighing seven pounds each. were being
manufactured IN Sheffield for the British
soldiers. These are designed to protect the
vital parts at a range Of four hundred
yards.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, Ind, Jan. 19-Joseph
Linden. alias John Ryan, John Norton,
alias Alfred Childs, and Patrick Jones,
alias Teddy Monahan the three safe-crack-
ers charged with robbing the Owensville
pank last week, were brought here tonight
from Evansville where they have been held
since their capture. Sheriff Murphy of
this county, and three Evansville Of
ficers. escorted the prisoners, who were
handcuffed, shackled and closely guarded
The men were placed in jail with a special
guard. They will be arraigned tomorrow
morning before the Circuit Court and their
trial will follow. Over LOCO persons were
at the depot tonight TO see the arrival.
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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Pumping Station Wrecked and the
Day Fireman Killed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CONVERSE, Ind, Jan. 19.-One of the
boilers at the Logansport and Wabash
Valley Gas Company's pumping station,
three and one-half miles south of Converse.
blew up about $50 o'clock this evening,
wrecking the other boiler and killing John
c. Clark, fireman on the day Shift besides
wrecking the entire south end of the build
ing and breaking all the windows in the
building. The loss is $4,000.
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LONDON, Jan. 20.-The Daily Chronicle
says editorially to-day: According to ad-
vices we have received from Washington, a
canvass of the Serate and House of Repre-
sentatives has placed it beyond dispute that
Congress will not only pass the Nicaragua
canal BILL but will pass it in a form direct
ly at variance with the Clayton-B ulwer
treaty. This is a statement of decidedly
serious Importance. and we hesitate to be-
tieve that the United States government
will commit itself to a course which this
country would have to regard as un-
friendly"
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Will Look for Gold in Georgia.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Jan. ia number of
prospectors Of this city and Fort Wayne.
headed by Dick Townsend, the well-known
hotel man. will leave here the first of next
week to investigate the Georgia gold fields.
The party will have all the capital neces-
sary. and should their Investigations prove
satisfactory they will make some large pur-
chases, organize a company and begin min
ing the yellow metal at once.
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NITROGLYCERIN USED.
Bank at EllettsvfIle Robbed of Fiji
teen Hundred Dollars.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMlNGTON, Ind, Jan. 19.-At /
o'clock this morning the bank at Elects
vile. seven miles north of here, was en-
tered, the safe blown open and $500 in
cash and 500 in notes and other valuables
secured. The bank is a small brick building
and is located on the Monon, some dis
lance from the business part of the town.
Inc robbers pried the windows open with
crowbar and placing nitroglycerine un-
DER the large safe, almost demolished It,
The explosion was heard by a number OF
men near by, but by the time the scene
was reached the robbers had escaped. A
handcar at crossing south of the town
a mile showed that the thieves had made
their escape and then rode away in
buggy. The bank belongs to Chicago men
ana is private concern, with George w.
Fryhofer as cashier. The loss is fully in
sured. As yet no cleM is KNOWN
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stock Men and the Arid Lands.

FORT WORTH. Tex, Jan. 19.-The third
annual session of the National Livestock
year at Salt Lake City. Resolutions were
adopted. declaring that the arid and semi
arid lands of the West should be classified
appraised and leased to stockraisers for
grazing purposes under fixed limitations.
to avoid the prevalent evil of overstockinf,
the ranges IN many parts of the West.
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Greenback Taxation Case.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. ia case
against the Sullivan County Commissioners
has been brought to the Vigo Circuit Court
or change of venue, in which the right
to tax greenbacks is in question. Six ciIl-
Gems of Sullivan county want to recover
$3.50 taxes they were compelled to pay on
greenbacks. 1t is alleged that at the time
they were entered on the tax books they
were exempt from taxation by virtue of
United States statute.
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cover they were killed. The stable was
burned by order OF the state authorities.
In the two townships named all dogs
must be kept muzzled. A dog that is seen
In public is Immediately slain by the first
man he meets A strange dog seen on the
highway is the center for the assembling
OF squad Of men with guns who pursue
the unfortunate animal until il is overtaken
and killed. In addition TO the two men
who have died from hydrophobia a num-
Der Of domestic animals have also died.