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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
DEVOURED BY SHARKS.
Fate of Chinese Who Deserted a Ship
and Took to Rats.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. S.-The story of
the loss of the British steamer Hupeh,
on her voyage from this city to Hong
Kong, via Java, has been received in this
city and the details show that the loss of
the vessel was accompanied by far
greater loss of life than the cabled reports
told Of The vessel sprung leak after
leaving Java with a cargo of sugar for
Hong-Kong. The Chinese crew refused to
work and the ships boats, with one ex-
ception, were destroyed during a storm
and the crew built a number of RATS,
launching them and setting them afoat
leaving the captain and one passenger on
board the sinking vessel
THE Europeans occupied one raft and
the ChiEese were divided on six OF seven
others. The RATS were soon surrounded
by hundreds of ravenous sharks who in
their eagerness to get at the shipwrecked
sailors. jumped far out of the water Soon
several of the Chinese RATS were over
turned and IL was then that the Europeans
decided TO return to the vessel. The only
remaining boat was repaired and launched
the captain taking command The island
of Lubaun in the Philippine group was
finally made, and on the natives learning
that the marines were British subjects
made them comfortable and later sent
them to Manila. Nothing was ever heard
of the Chinese crew, numbering forty-five
men, and they must have been drowned
and devoured by the sharks.
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MADAME BAZAINE DEAD
WIDOW OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH
MARSHAL DIES IN MEXICO.
Succumbs to an Operation for Cancer
"A Great Beauty i'm the Time Of
Napoleon the Third.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. s.-Madame
Bazaine, widow of the famous French
marshal, who died some years ago in exile.
in Spain, died at private hospital in the
suburbs of this city. where she had gone
for an operation for cancer. The case was
a critical one and there was barely a
chance in a thousand of preserving her life
and she succumbed. Her maiden name
was De La Pena. and she was allied to
many aristocratic families here. Her mar
riage to Marshal Bazaine added to her
social prestige and she received by her
alliance the title OF Excellency. For q
time after her husbands return to France
she was one of the ornaments OF the court
of Napoleon the Third. where her beauty
When Marshal Bazaine fell into disgrace
she adhered to his fortunes and on his inn
prisonment she plotted successfully for his
escape, which was bold and romantic and
chrohicled at the time in all journals OF
civilization. During recent years she had
resided in this city with her daughter
Eugenia, who has inherited much of her
mothers beauty. There were also two
sons by this marriage, the oldest dying in
Cuba of yellow fever. From q brilliant
position Nine. Bazaine came to occupy a
comparatively obscure one though held i'm
respect for her noble qualities and her
distinctly aristocratic lineage. The funeral
was private and attended by only a few
friends.
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sCHENK TO QUIT VIENNA.
Says He Is n Victim OF. Envy and Ig-
nornnce Of Rivals.

VIENNA, Jan. s. = Prof. Samuel L.
Schenk, the professed discoverer OF the
secret of sex. who was censured by the fac
ulty of the University OF Vienna, of which
he is a member. made the following state
ment to-day:
II am victim of the envy and ignorance
of the Vienna University professors. but
lose nothing by their action-on the con-
trary, IL sets me free TO pursue my system
unfettered by the chains of professional eti-
quette, by which mediocrity restraints indc-
PENDENT action. Long before / published
anything on my system L had numberless
women indirectly follow IL successfully, and
my practice became so large that had To
revert TO the discovery to avoid the censure
of the university. Now L will establish my
self in Switzerland or America and openly
practice my system. which has only been
partially explained in any book. i hope
10 do for the Car of Russia what i have
already done for Archduke Frederick, for
whom my treatment secured a man child
after his wife had borne eight daughters"
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Cable Notes.

The miners strike in the st. Etienne dis
trict of France is now practically at an
end. Last evenings figures show that vir-
tually all the men descended into the pits
yesterday in accordance with the arrange
ment made by the arbitration committee.
A story circulated in Paris yesterday that
a duel was fought on Sunday between NJ.
Loubets son, Paul. and friend, NJ. De-
launey, arising from the conviction of M.
Deroulede, appears to have been incorrect,
though IL is said a challenge was sent. Sec
onds. however arranged the affair.
The Dublin corporation has unanimously
resolved 10 place on record its high appre-
citation of the honor conferred on Lord
Mayor Talon by the President OF the
United States on the occasion of his lord
ships visit 10 Washington, and the warm
reception given him on that occasion.
Francois Cope. the French author and
dramatist, In response 10 a telegram from
NJ. Deroulede. from Genoa, has accepted
the candidature for NJ. Derouledes seat
in the Chamber Of Deputies. The Nationals
lists will fight hard TO secure a victory for
NJ. Cope, blow for the government.
NJ. Cope is a fanatical Derouledist.
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issued the ultimatum. Even the tactical
misfortune at Ladysmith or the extent
of the Boer invasion of British territory"
said Mr.. Balfour, lis not such as need by
itself brighten even the most timid''
In defending the artillery equipment he
observed: do not believe that your
soldiers are sent to the field with worse
gun than France or Germany would use i'm
similar circumstances. The guns supplied
to Sir George White were intended for a
mobile force, not for the defense of a be-
leagured fortress. The course of the war
has revealed the necessity for guns less
mobile but of great range, and these
are being put out abundantly''
After extolling the transport service
and the ready response of the reserves
he declared that the government had given
the generals an absolute free hand; that
the war was lone in defense of our African
empire" and that through good and evil
fortune. they would pursue it unswervingly
to the end. so that no such war should
ever be waged in South Africa again.
In conclusion Mr.. Balfour ridicued the
foreign prophecies that the dissolution of
the British empire was about to begin.
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WINCHESTER SOLDIERS.
Fraternal Association Celebrated Its
Thirty-FOurth Anniversary.

Thirty-FOurth Anniversary.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Jan. SIN jan
uary, 1867, Col H. H. Neff, of this city, in
vited the resident civil war soldiers of this
city to meet at his home with the view of
organizing an association to be known as
The Winchester Soldiers Association. Thir-
ty-two of the then soldier residents of this
city attended that meeting, among the
number being such men as Gen. Tom
Browne, many years representative from
the old Sixth congressional district of In
diana, Colonel, later Judge, Silas Colgrove,
Col. NJ. b. Miller, Col. Geo. w. Riley,
Capts. j. S. Fisher, Asa Teal and Edmund
Engle, Stanton j. Peelle and others of more
less prominence. AT that meeting 1T
was decided to limit the membership to the
original thirty-two members and TO con-
tinue the meetings so long as there should
be two more survivors. Colonel Nen,
now in his eighty-fifth year, was made
life president Eighteen of the original
membership survive and are scattered and
widely separated. Three of the number,
Peelle, Miller and Lieutenant w. E. Murray
are in Washington, d. c., one, Colonel Col
grove, in New York, Captain Fisher in
Pittsburg and others in different parts of
the country. The thirty-fourth anniver-
sary, just celebrated, was at the home of
G. G. Smith, a resident member, and, con-
sidering the limited number of members,
was well attended. In recent years the
wives and daughters of the original thir-
ty-two participate I'm. the meetings.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Mrs. Mary Tolerton, of Elkhart, Who
Was Niaety-One Last Week.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
.ELKHART, Ind, Jan. S.-Mrs. Mary
Tolerton died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Frances Peck No. 200 Kinzie street,
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, of old age.
She was ninety-one years old last Wednes-
day and had been i'll from the infirmities
of old age for some months, though her
condition did not cause apprehension until
the last few weeks. Her mental faculties
remained clear TO the last. Mrs. Tolerton
was the widow of Dr. Alexander Tolerton,
who was we'll known an old resident
and practitioner Of Fort Wayne. She re-
sided with another daughter, Mrs. Frisbe
T. Beck, of this city, for a number of
years, until Mrs. Peck moved TO this city,
a few years ago. Mrs. Beck and Mrs.
Peck are the only surviving children of the
deceased. The interment will take place at
Fort Wayne Tuesday
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SECOND DISTRICT POLITICS.



Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMFIELD. Ind, Jan. S.-The
fight for congressional honors in the
Second district is waxing warm. Greene
county candidates are bobbing up thick and
fast. For the Democratic nomination there
are at least three asDirants from Greene
county, with possible fourth. The names
of two Greene county gentlemen will in
all probability be presented to the Repub-
lican convention, making in all five or six
candidates for Representative Mierss seat
in the House. The candidates for the DEM
ocratic nomination are Cyrus r. Davis,
William l.. Slinkard and Seymour Riddle,
to say nothing of w. NJ. Moss. editor of the
Bloomfield Democrat, who, while not likely
to make a fight for the nomination, has
his friends who claim he should have the
nomination on account of his close fight
before. The other three gentlemen named
above are all Bloomfield lawyers. Davis
fore and was beaten by ex-Representative
John l.. Bretz. He is a very able man,
a brilliant speaker and logical debater.
Slinkard. too, is a good lawyer and one of
the most successful at the Bloomfield bar.
He was one of the earliest advocates of
free silver in this county, and is strongly
in favor by this element. Seymour Riddle
is the youngest of the three. He was for
merly a Populist and made the race for
representative in this county few years
ago on the Populist and Democratic tick
cts, but was defeated by Charles T.. Hen
derson. He is rated a very clever man,
and has a strong following. In addition to
these candidates from Greene county, Da-
viess county will present the name of Eph.
Inman, who was born and raised in Greene
county, and who counts his friends here by
hundreds. 1t is doubtful if any Greene
county candidate can get the full vote OF
Greene county with Inman in the field; in
fact, Ii is quite likely that Inman will get
a good share of Greene county votes in
any event. While Greene county will have
three or four candidate, every county in
the district Will have at least one candi-
date, which would look like the chances
for the denomination of Representative
Miers were not very bright. Yet, Mr.. Miers
is very popular with the masses of the
Democratic party in this county. The fight
promises to be so spirited that. whoever
is nominated, there win be left several
good-sized wounds to heal.
On the Republican side, the names of Os-
car w. Shryer. a Bloomfield banker, and
Thomas Van Buskirk, are mentioned as
candidates. Both are able men. Shryer
has long been leader in the councils of
his party, is well versed in politics, and a
debater that is hard to match Van Bus
kirk is a distinguished lawyer, a man of
magnificent presence, with strong and in
fuential friends Either man is the peer
OF any man mentioned by the Democracy
and would wage q successful fight.
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ST. LOUIS. Jan. S.-The Castle SQUARE
Opera Company here tonight at Music
Hall produced for the first time I'm America
Nicola Spinelli's lyric tragedy, "a Basso
Porto" Crhe Lower Harbor). II was a suo-
cess. the crowded house attesting its ap.
prevail of the new work by unlimited ap-
plausc and encores. The work Is OF the
new Italian school. Intensely tragic ana
above all. realistic. The scene Is laid along
the quays OF Naples and the story 10 of
lowly Neopoiitan life. The music Is passion.
ate. Spinelli having thus portrayed the in-
most feelings OF the principal charactero;
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Indiana Notes.

Alva Hickum, of Bloomington, twenty
years old. was cut in two by a Monon
freight train at Gosport yesterday. He
was Glover Leaf employee.
John Abbott, P. & z. freight conduc-
tor received probably fatal injuries at
Knox yesterday. He fell from the train
and sustained internal injuries, besides
having his foot crushed.
Madison County Council, in session at
Anderson, increased the county expendi-
ture appropriation $4,000 An expert ac-
countant was employed to audit the books
of the county clerk and the auditor for
the past year.
Otto Lockton, while using a stick to
throw off a belt in the Anderson wire
nail mills, yesterday, had a silver three
and a half inches long driven into his
face below the eye. 1t went under the
bone, penetrating nearly to the brain. The
silver was extracted and his recovery is
probable.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, Jan. S.-Mrs. Eliza Kililcom-
iqua, aged sixty-eight years, died to-day
in the Indian settlement She was
daughter of one of the Godfreys, and her
mother was the daughter of Frances Slo-
cum, the white woman whose capture by
and life among the Indians is generally
known over the country. The Slocum
grave is a few miles from Peru, and the
descendants are to put up bronze monu-
ment in May.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
BurgIaries by ParOled Prisoner.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Jan. S.-Dan
McCool, of Montpelier, who is out on parole
from the Jeffersonvi.le Reformatory, was
caught in the act of burglary at Mont
peler Saturday night and is now in Jail.
Two years ago he was sentenced here for
burglary and had been on parole several
months. Recently burglaries have occurred
almost nightly at Montpelier. Saturday
McCool was discovered in a small room in
the Opera House block above the latter
store. The door was broken down and Nc
Cool captured. A skeleton key and watch
and several revolvers were found on him.
He confessed to a number of robberies
ana has implicated several associates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
Anderson Light Plant Enlargement

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. S.-1he electric
light commissioners of Anderson have con-
tracted with f. Sargent, of Chicago, an
electrical engineer. to prepare plans for the
extensive enlargement of the electric light
plant of this city. The present plant was
purchased a few years ago from c. L.
Henry, and the earnings have so far more
than met the maturing obligations. The
City Council has voted an appropriation(oi
$4,000 for the Improvement of the plant
The commissioners announce their inten-
ton to give the public service at minimum
cost.
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COOPERATIVE FACTORY
May BE Built by Tin-Plate Workers
at Hartford City.
ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Jan. ga large
number of tin-plate workers of Mont
pelier, who are out of employment on ac-
count of the shut down of the American
Tin-plate Company plant there. are here
to-day endeavoring to induce local capital
lists to take stock in a cooperative tin
plate mill 10 be built here. They are meet
ing with much encouragement and it is
quite probable that tin-plate mill Will
be added to Hartford .Citys long list OF
industries. The workers say they want TO
locate here on account of the abundance
OF natural gas. The work of tearing down
the machinery at the Montpelier plant
began Saturday
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woman burned to Death.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Miss Johanna
Lynch. twenty-eight years old. who lived
1rith her brother-in-law, George Wilson, in
a tIree-rcom apartment on Madison street
was burned &c death there early to-day
Aroused by the explosion q n lamp, which
set fire TO the place, Miss Lynch had got
safely out of the apartment. carrying In
her arms her six-ysar-old nephew. But In
the mistaken belief that her sisters baby
had been left behind, she went back into
The room in which the fire was raging
Overcome as she searched. she fell to the
floor AMI was burned TO death. All other
members CT the family assembled to the
roof OF the building In safety.
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FOSTORIA, o.. Jan. S.-Prairie Depot.
an oil village twelve miles north of here
was visited by fire last night. Eleven
business houses and one dwelling were
destroyed and a number of other build
ings more or less scorched The fire broke
cut in an oil we'll supply store and spread,
destroying il and Lewis's drug store,
Heath's saloon. Stump'S restaurant Loud
cnslager's bakery, Jefferies's drug store,
Dern & Sons hardware store. March 3
livery barn and John Wise's residence. The
insurance will not cover one-third Of the
losses. The place was provided with only
an old nand engine for fighting fires.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
VIII Help the Deaconess Home.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. S.-Mrs. A. p. NJ.
LETTERS, of this city. whose gift of sec. OO0
to Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware.
o., was announced yesterday, has decided
to make liberal gift to the Indiana Metho-
dist Deaconess Home and Hospital, re-
Gently opened at Indianapolis, and for
which a special building is to be erected.
The gift, it is understood, will be between
$1,000 and $500. Mrs. Jeffers's first hus-
band. whose name was Meharry, give $50,
600 to De PAW University, and Meharry
Hall was named in his honor.
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GANG OF YOUNG THIEVES.
Eighteen Gathered I'm by the Muncie
Police Force.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. S.-The police to-
night rounded up eighteen boys, ranging
in ages from six to thirteen years, who
have been doing systematic stealing. They
took brass and copper metal and beltings
from factories and railroad shops, and
sold it for junk, often stripping machinery
of valuable pieces of brass fittings. Henry
Mullenix was the ringleader They all con-
fessed and accused one another. Several
Junk dealers will suffer also.
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Other Deaths.

BRAZIL Ind, Jan. S--A. 3. Wheeler,
one of the Oldest residents of the county,
died last evening of heart trouble He was
making preparations to attend the funeral
of his neighbor, Mrs. Mary Ruigo, when he
became i'll. Mr.. Wheeler was seventy-eight
years old and had the distinction OF being
the second white child born in the county.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. S.-John G.. Cous-
man, aged forty-four years, died yesterday.
He was a member of the Red Men, Odd
Fellows and knights of Pythias.
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Bridge wanted at Merom.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN. Ind, Jan. S.-Citizens of Sui
Ivan county, Indiana, and Crawford coun-
~. Illinois. have prepared petitions to Con-
gress for bridge across the Wabash river
al Merom, Ind, ten miles ives of here. The
petitions, bearing more than five hundred
signatures, are in the hands of John G.
CLANCY, of Sullivan, who will bring the
matter TO the attention of one of the In
diana senators and a representative from
Illinois and, II possible have bills author
izing the construction of the bridge intro
duced simultaneously in the two houses
An appropriation of $4,000 will be asked
for.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WINAMAC Ind, Jan. S.-Great excite
ment prevails near the village of San
Pierre, Starke county. over rich oil strikes
made within the past few weeks. The
Standard Oil Company. through its Ohio
agents, has secured a large number of
farm leases. Oil vein strikes are being
made in the Kankakee valley marsh lands,
and farm lands have advanced two hun
dred per cent. in price. Oil experts who
have been over that territory in the Kan
kakee valley marsh lands say that when
developed II will produce more oil than
any other fields in all Indiana.
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LOURENZO MARQUES. Jan. 5.-The
Standard and Diggers' News publishes
Presidents Steyn's New Years address to
the burghers OF the Free State. The ad-
dress concluded as follows:
Next year the Afrikander nation will
enjoy peace and rest. and that peace will
be established on the basis that the enemy
who has oppressed and prosecuted us dur
ing the whole of the past century shall no
longer be in a position to spill innocent
blood. May God in His infinite mercy
grant this"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
Lovers Caught Fire.

Special the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Jan. S.-A peculiar
accident occurred in the south part of the
county last night at the home of a Mr.
Whetsel, near Bloomingport. Seward
Hardwiclx was at the home of Mr.. Whet-
sci. keeping company with a daughter,
Miss Belle Whetsel. During the night the
young people who were sitting not far
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-09
ITS OWN GLASS FACTORY
NOW RUN BY STEWART DRUG CON-
PANY AT HARTFORD CITY.
Plans for n Cooperative Tin-Plate
MiIi-SeveraI Notable Trials Be-
gun-Indiana Politics.
special to the Indianapolis journal.


HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Jan. S.-The
Daniel Stewart Company, wholesale drug
gists, of Indianapolis, has purchased a
half interest in the Diamond Flint Glass
Company, OF this city. The stock of Fin
ley Geiger. Nate Campbell, Moses En-
shuller and Theodore Clapper was pur-
chased. The consideration has not been
made public. The plant is a twelve-pot
concern, and the product is prescription
ware and TASKS. 1t is said the plant will
he doubled i'm capacity.
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from the fire. fell asleep. and in some man.
ner the young woman's dress caught fire.
This so frightened her that on awakening
she ran out into the yard where her
screams soon brought Hardwick to the
rescue. but befre he could help her, her
clothing was consumed, her hair burned
ner. In his efforts to rescue his sweetheart
young Hardwick was badly burned.
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Three Fort Wayne Failures.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. S-There were
three voluntary actions in bankruptcy begun
here to-day. Jacob Bailer, a clothier, who
has a store here and one at Auburn, has
liabilities aggregating $4,000 ana $4,000 as
SETS John Ashley, of New Haven a travel
$40 assets. A. W. STAGE, a local grocer,
gives his assets at $500, and his liabilities
at So Co.,