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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16

Special to the acknowledgement
MARION, Ino-, Aug. 15.-Major George
". Steele is In receipt OF a letter from
Robert Mansfield. recently appointed United
States consul at Valparaiso. Chile, on the
west coast of South America. The letter
states that the writer arrived at his desti-
nation and post OF duty on July I. after a
voyage of thirty-twO days from New York.
He SAYS he would not recommend the trip
FOR pleasure seekers. lie finds Valparaiso
a city of 10000 inhabitants. fairly wide
ne wrote ne Was stopping Al the Grand
Hotel, and had made that place his tenn.
porarv consulate.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Aug. 15.-There was an
exciting fire near North Manchester yes
terday. when a spark from a Big -Four
train ignited a stubble field. The flames
ran rapidly toward the big barn on the
place owned by Henry Mills. and the hired
ing a furrow. The fire, however, overlook
the man and team. and to save the horses
they were cut loose from the pillow. AS the
house the North Manchester fire depart
ment was called and arrived barely in sea-
son TO save the buildings. A bad forest
fire also broke out on the Woods farm on
the Indian land, in this county, yesterday.
and destroyed a large amount of valuable
timber and much fencing.
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Bridge Went Down with Him.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, Aug. 15.-Walter
Graves. a we'll known farmer living near
here, had an unusual experience when a
thirty-foot span of a bridge over which he
was driving a wagon loaded with thirty
three bushels of wheat suddenly dropped
from under him, falling horizontally TO the
bottom of the river twenty feet from the
level OF the bridge and under twelve feet
of water. The wagon, horses and driver
dropped with the span, bu: Mr.. Graves
and the horses escaped injury, though the
animals were rescued with difficulty, Ii
being hard for them to climb the bank near
the bridge The wagon was demolished by
the weight of the wheat and the wheat
was ruined by water.
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The plan for reducing the time of the
transatlantic passage to four and one-half
days has taken form sooner than was ex-
pected. The plan contemplates the estab-
lishment OF new steamships and railway
terminals at Berehaven. on the extreme
southwest coast Of Ireland. from whence il
Is claimed special trains and fast steam
ships can make the distance to London in
thirteen hours. As the project has received
the approval OF the British House of Lords
its contamination is probably a question OF
brief time.
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Barns Destroyed During the Storm of
Wednesday Night.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FARMLAND, Ind, Aug. 15~.-Lightning
struck the barn of Jacob Hutchens, south
of this place, during a severe storm early
this morning, killing a fine horse and set
ting the barn on fire. burning it to the
ground before help could be summoned.
Several tons of hay and the entire yield
of sixty acres of wheat were lost.
BRAZIL, Ind, Aug. 15.-During a storm
last night the large barn OF Richard Camp
bell, who lives north of the city. was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. The contents, consisting of sixty
tons of hay and many farming implements,
were also destroyed. Loss, $500; partly
covered by insurance.
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CHANGES AT wINONA LAKE.
Preparations Are About Completed for
the Great Bible Conference.

Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
WINONA, Ind, Aug 15.-Many changes
are going on at Winona in the population.
Hundreds of busy men and women who
have spent their vacations here are hurry
ing to their homes, while hundreds more
are arriving daily to attend the great Bible
conference. DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman will
preside at all the meetings. He will be as
sisted by such men as the Rev. John Nc
Neil. Of Scotland; the Rev. Rowland Ed
wards. of England; the Rev. j. w. Vande-
venter. of Scotland: Mr.. Todd Il. Hall, the
detective evangelist, of Baltimore, and
scores of others. This morning John Nc
Neil spoke earnestly 70 a large audience.
In the afternoon the Imperial Bell Ringers
gave their second concert. after which the
Rev. ID. G. Martin, Of Pittsburg. lectured on
The Relation of Divine Government to Ma
tons" This evening W. NJ. French. of the
Art Institute, OF Chicago. talked on THE
Wit and Wisdom of he Crayon."
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Anxious to Oblige.

Chicago Record-Herald.
A Chicago man went into a bookstore the other
day and asked for a copy of Boswells Life Of
Johnson
The clerk hunted around awhile. ard then re-
turned with n biz. thick volume. saying:
I'VE don't seem to have that, but here's the
Life and Works of william j. Bryan" that
we're selling away below cost. II you want a
bargain. Johnsons Life OF Boswell isn't in it
With this
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The statements of Rev. DIR. Crafts. made
q few months ago i'm Washington. were so
painfully lacking I'm the element of prob
ability that mis- declaration that all the
honorable commissioned officers of the
army are in a conspiracy to make the
anti-canteen law odious will be held i'm
allegiance until the evidence is presented.
That all army officers should enter into a
conspiracy TO weaken discipline TO obtain
a thing of no advantage to them is scarcely
within the range OF probability.
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No Absolute Certainty.

Chicago Tribune.
You want to marry my daughter, do you.
What reason have you to think, young man, she
cares for you?"
None at all. sir. except that she always
kisses me good night when 1 take my leave after
calling on her, and says she'll be swfully lonely
till she sees me again. But / don't know much
about the ways of girls, sir"
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independent of Outside Help.

Special 20 tho indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind. Aug. l5.-H. +. Lane.
vice president of the Eastern Indiana Trac-
ton Company. which was Incorporated for
the purpose OF building an electric line from
Richmond to Portland. was here to-day
completing arrangement 10 begin taking
up the right OF way. This viii be done
immediately and the construction contract
let 80 that work can begin this fall. The
company Is not asking any subsidies, but
announces that IL has ample capital 10
construct the line.
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Sleeping Child Run over.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE. Ind, Aug. ia little
son of Henry Williams, out toward Nor
g%antown. was run over in a peculiar way
last evening. lie was playing about the
house about dusk. and, becoming weary,
lay down in the public road and went to
sleep. Soon after dark two men driving
rapidly drove over the little fellows head
and he lies in a precariOus condition.
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INDIANA
G.. Il. kayser, Philippine Soldier, Is
Buried mt Clay City.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY, Ind, Aug. 1.-THE body of
Christian +. Kayser, of Company +, Thir-
ty-first Regiment United States Volunteer
Infantry, arrived here to-day from the
Philippines, and vas inferred at Green
wells cemetery. Kayser enlisted on July
20, 1899, and died on Dec. z. 1900. of fever
contracted while on duty in the Philippines.
He was thirty-eight years old and single.
His father, seventy-nine years old, two
brothers and two sisters survive. A large
assemblage witnessed the arrival and bur-
iar of the body.
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Another Philippine Soldier.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Aug. 15.-The body
of Daniel f. Griffin, late Of Company c.
Thirty-frst United States Volunteers, ar
rived here to-day from the Philippines, and
after identification by Herbert Morris, a
comrade of Griffin and also of this place,
who was with Griffin when he died of
fever, the body was taken to the family
home. The funeral services will be held
Friday, and the local company of the Ma
tional Guard will do escort duty.
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Michael j. Hayden.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 15.-Michael j. Hay
don, aged sixty-seven, for fifty years a
glass worker; a blower for forty years, and
one Of the founders of the Green Bottle
Blowers Association, in Pittsburg, died to-
night. he Will be buried In Pittsburg on
Monday, from st. Joseph's Church. He was
widely known in the trade.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
kO1<OMO. Ind. Aug. 15.-Yesterday four
boys in the north part of town were play
ing marbles when they quarreled over the
game and a twelve-year-old lad named Nc
Vety hit Eddie Mckee, aged thirteen. with
a stone. The blow produced conclusion Of
the brain. from which Mcke died last
night. An arrest for involuntary man
slaughter will follow.
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Hopeful of Early settlement.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION. Ind, Aug. 15.-Indication are
that the plumbers and steamitters' strike
in this city will soon be over. State Labor
Commissions Mccormack. of Indianapolis,
is here in an effort to bring about an adj
justment of the controversy between the
union and the local Master
Plumbers Association. The workmen have
been on strike for over a month, and the
building industry here is at a standstili as
a result of the trouble.
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Victim of an ARRAY Dies.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SPENCER, Ind. Aug 15.-James Green.
who was shot by A. S. McBride at Freedom
on June q, died yesterday as tho result
Of the wound. An autopsy was held to de-
termine the nature of the wound. The
coroner's verdict has not yet been report
ed. McBride has been under 81 .00 bond
since the shooting. He will be held to the
grand jury on an increased bond.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16

The Cracker Preacher Expresses His
Opinion of the Democracy.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Aug. 15.-The Rev.
Sam Jones. of Georgia. was interviewed
here to-day about the Democratic party. He
said: II feel sorry for tho Democrats. The
Republicans seem TO have let them down a
well and pulled up the ladder. AS long as
the Democratic party has leaders like TILL
man, Altgeld * Co. they will have TO take
deck passage on the ship OF state. There
amt stateroom in any decent ship that
would give them quarters. They have got
to put the brains in front and couple the
brains on co the mouth of the party or the
Republicans have got a cInch on this gov
eminent for a hundred years TO come"
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Farmer Fatally burned.

Special to the Indians polls Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. Aug. fighting
fire in a field at his home yesterday, near
Muncie. Harris Jefferson fell to the ground
I'm an epileptic fit and was so badly burned
that he cannot recover. The man lay in
the flames in an unconscious state until
found by his brother, who was attracted by
the fire. Jefferson is a well-to-do farmer.
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Cincinnati Man Took the honor.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND. Ind. Aug. b.-rhe third
annual sweepstake shoot OF the Richmond
Shooting and Fishing club closed this
evening. The honors both DAYS were won
by 4. W. Phillis. OF Cincinnati. who on the
first day broke rs Of "a possible iS targets
and on the second day 15 Of a possible 40
targets.
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ALMOST AN ACCIDENT.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
GREENSBUEG, Ind, Aug. 15.-Fully L.
600 people attended the street fair here to-
day. A light rain last night laid the dust,
and by 9 O'Clock to-day the streets were
crowded with people. All the attractions
are clean and are receiving a large patron
age. The browning OF Miss Lena Eich as
carnival queen at Z o'clock tonight at
tracted great crowds. She will appear in
the floral parade on Friday afternoon. Fri
day will be one OF the best days OF the fair.
which will close on Saturday night with a
grand display Of fireworks. Six hundred
people from Shelbyville came in on one
train this afternoon. John Weathers, of
Indianapolis. made a balloon ascension to-
day, but when high in the air he was I'M
able to cut himself loose from the balloon.
He came down rapidly with the balloon.
and every one expected to see him dashed
TO pieces, but he saved himself by jumping
TO the roof of a house and escaped serious
injury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16

the superintendent OF the mine President
Van Horn. of the Indiana district. ordered
the men TO return TO work pending a proper
consideration OF the grievance. as provided
In the contract with the Indiana operators.
but the men would not obey his order. and
then President Mitchell gave them warning.
The strikers are very bitter against the
officials of the miners organization and
say they will win the strike in the end. The
nnina is Sill idle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16
Boy Accidentally shoot Himself.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Aug. 15.--This aft
ernoon Charles Adele. the six-year-old son
of ex-Councilman Chris Adele. of this city,
accidentally shot himself through the hip
with a revolver which he had found i'm a
buggy while playing in a neiEhbors barn.
The woHnd is serious, but not necessarily
fatal
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Special TO the indianapolis journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, Aug. 15.-Fire starting
from a spark from a traction engine con-
sumed George Krouse's barn, in Madison
township, with all its contents, consist
ing of farm crops and machinery. A horse
was cremated. NJ. C~onstable's threshing
outfit caught fire and burned also. The
loss is in excess of $1,000, with partial in
Surance.
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the Office longer. That the sheriff elected
Al the last election. by reason Of the law
passed AT the last Legislature. does not
begin his term until Jan. !. le2." There
fore IL Is stated that IL Is the duty of the
Board OF Commissioners % meet on Aug.
p and hll the vacancy by appointing a suit
able person for sheriff for the interNcuinS
time between then and the ist of
TnnrarN
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Another cracker trust is reported 10 have
been organized. Que doubtless to the fact
that other capitalists have discovered that
cracker trusts are good things. 1t is al
ways the case that a business affording a
good profit lures competitors.
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Wayne County Barn Burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 15.-Late last
night lightning struck and burned COM
pletely, with its contents. the large barn of
Jonas Marker, near Campbellstown, east
OF here. The loss is $1,000.
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CAYuGA STRIKE STILL UNSETTLED.
Miners Are Preparing to Appeal from
President Decision.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE Ind. Aug. 15.-The
members OF the locai union OF the United
Mine Workers at Cayuga, whose charter
was taken from them by National Pres
ident Mitchell. are preparing to appeal from
his action The local went on a strike in a
mine at Cayuga over a controversy With
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ling. formerly Of this city, and inventor of
the famous Calling gun. has turned his at
tention towards farm machinery is old
news. He made important inventions in
that line before he began to experiment on
a gun. The new motor pillow now spoken of
Is probably a revival of one he invented in
~or-
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1t is worth while to note that i'm the Dem
ocratic convention in Plymouth county,
Iowa. the Bryanites carried things with a
high hand. proffering "undying support TO
our peerless leader. William j. Bryan"
One wonders IL there are counties in In
diana where Democrats will do the peer
less act when the conventions are held.
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Permanent with Him.

Philadelphia Press.
Hello. fren'!' cried the jolly inebriate, come
have drink"
that kind Of a fool"
TOO badi If we was ye might sleep off yr
foolishness. Too badi'
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The Board of Assessors of Trenton, n.
T., has established a new precedent by
taxing the rights OF way of corporations
using the public streets. The franchise GER
tainly has very substantial value.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16

How much better 1t would have been for
Mr.. Taggart TO nave named his candidate
Cor mayor at the outset than to nave it
appear that he has rejected two or three
aspfrants-
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eided to place all church rarsonages on the
tax list. This is right. Whatever may be
said in favor of exempting churches does
not appiy 10 pastors' residences.
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Can be found ~ the following places;
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. p. o.. News Co, III
Dearborn street, Auditorium Annex Hotel
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley & Co., 1f Vine
street.
L~OUISVILLE-C. r. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co, go Fourth avenue.
st. ~LOUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-sRiggs House. Ebbitt
House and WIZARDS Hotel
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Those Democrats who signed petitions
Cor candidates for mayor should have gone
TO Chairman Farming first TO learn if their
1avorites are acceptable to the Taggart
offcehosderS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16

Ii Is a pleasant departure from the usual
run OF Southern news TO read that an Ala
bama sheriff deied a mob with a Shotgun
and successfully protected a colored pris-
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Record In on Wen Dr'Il,ns.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind. Aug. IA record was IS
tabIished In drilling oil wells IN this field
last week. The work was done by Nick
selbert and Charles Hasson. driilers. aud
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8. COL -
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At the Ocean Beach Hotel.

Puck.
Friend-Howdy, Colonell Taken your morning
dip yet?
Colonel Kaintuck (puzzled)-Dip? Amt It usu-
ally called nip" sab?
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Worse.

PhIIdueIphIa buIIeIIn.
do you think a girl ought to chew gum? ?"
"Well. L can stand that; but excuse me when
she begins to chew the rag"
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The latest from Kansas Is that the rains
have revived the corn and that a Fair crop
may yet be secured, but not enough, It Is
predicted, 'to burn"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-16

If President Shaffer is passing the hat
around now, to whom can he pass the hat
when he has a general strike and nobody
can earn money!
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Two Democratic conventions in session
yesterday seem to have forgotten the
s'peerless and matchless leader"
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Small BOY Fell Under a Train Before
Hundreds of People,.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
UNION CITY, Ind, Aug. 15.-Willie De-
bolt. aged nine, while attending the Ger
man day celebration at Ansonia, ten miles
east of here, with his father, a ~well-known
veterinary surgeon, to-day. fell under a Big
Four freight train and his head was cut
off. The accident was witnessed by hum
dreds OF the people who were present at
the celebration.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-03
DEFEAT FOR CLERICALS

New York, Aug. 22.-Dr. A. ]. Rest
repo, Diplomatic Agent of the Liberal
party, now attempting to take pos
session of the government in Colombia
received dispatch today from the Lib.
eral agent at Quito, announcing anoth-
er battle with the government forces
The dispatch Is as follows:
Quito, Aug. 20.--The expected bat
tie near Paste was fought on the 18th.
and the Liberal Generals LegiO, Perez
and Rosas triumphed over the Glen
Gals" .i.tig
Through his Secretary, DIR. Restre-
po explained that Paste. where the bat
tie was reported TO have been fought.
was In the extreme southern part oil
Colombia. 200 miles from where Gen.
"ral Uribe-UJlbe was operating, and
that 1t indicated the successful execu-
ton OF the pan OF campaign mapped
out by General Uribe-Uribe and for
warded to the commanding officers of
the other Liberal forces before the
general left New York early in the
summer.