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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13
BOND OFFERS ACCEPTED
OVER SEVEN AND HALF MILLIONS
TAKEN BY SECRETARY GAGE.
Price Satisfactory to the Government
Only sIS6.eOO Rejected-Mr.
Cages Statement.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-Secretary Gage
to-day accepted offers of bonds aggregating
s., sos, 800. made in response to his announce
ment of last Tuesday that he would re-
ceive offers of all denominations except the
new twos. The amounts and price, were
as follows: $4,000 tours of 1907 at 1925. s3S
900 tours of 1907 at 1l2.75. sS.50o.Oo0 fours OF
1907 at 113. 1872 $4,000 fours of 1907 113.5oO,
$3.50 tours of 1907 at sl125O, sSS,5Oo threes
of 1908 at 1Os $4,000 fives of 1904 1Os so 90
fives of 1904 at 1878, $4,000 fives OF 1908 at
1875. $4,000 tours Of 1925 at 140 s175 600
tours of 1925 at 1Ss, $4,000 tours of 1925 at
1870, $500 fours of 1926 at 13S, $3.50. 900
tours of 1925 at 40 and interest The offers
rejected amounted to $lS6, 800
Secretary Gage in speaking OF the pur-
chases to-day said The average mean
price the market from Sept. / to Sept.
10 for United States per cents. was 1851
This bond at that price yielded the in
weston 1.65 per cent per annum interest on
his money. In the bonds accepted by the
treasury to-day the price paid Yields TO the
government within the merest fraction a
rate of interest equal TO that realized by
the investor on the new per cents. bought
in the open market"
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

NEW YORK. Sept. 12-Arrived: Penn ,yl-
vania. from Hamburg: Norge. from Baltic
ports; Spartan Prince. from Genoa Naples
and Palermo Sailed: La Savoie for
Auguste Victoria, for Hamburg. via Plvm-
outh and Cherbourg; Barbarossa. for Bre-
men. via Southampton.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 12.-Arrived: Servia.
from New York: Suevic. from New York:
Germanic. from New York: Rhynland.
from Philadelphia. Sailed: Commonwealth,
for Boston.
QUEENSTOWN. Sept. 12.-Sailed: Teu-
tom for New York; NoOrdland. for Phila-
delphia. both from Liverpool
HAMBURG. Sept 12-Arrived: Deutsch-
land and Patricia. from New York Via
Plymouth and Cherbourg.
LIZARD. Sept lS-Passed: La Cham
payne from New York, for Havre.
ROTTERDAM. Sept. 12-Sailed: Mas
dam. for BoulOgne and New York
GENOA Sept. 12-Arrived: Traye. from
New York via Naples
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Musical Farce at the Park.

1.-THE Irish Pawnbrokers." farce with
musical accompaniment. was presented at
the Park Theater yesterday by a company
headed by Maize Trumbull. Several MEM
bers of the company are old acquaintances
of the Parks patrons. Miss Trumbun and
her sister, who is now a member of another
company. used to be with their brother
Ollie Mack. in 'Finnegans Ball" Len Del
more and Fred Wilson were with Murray
& Mack's company for long series of sea-
sons. Joe W. Spears, proprietor of 1.-The
Irish PawnbrokerS." formerly was business
manager for Murray & Mack
A part of the present entertainment is a
reminder of ''Finnigan's Ball" Miss Trum-
bull dances with an Italian harp hung from
her shoulders and the heavy instrument
impedes her movements. She and her sis
ter used TO dance with harps. Miss Trum-
bull pleases in song with the other wom-
en- or the company in the first act Fred
Wilson is good HUNDRED that when he
entered at the performances yesterday in
his old Irish woman makeup and ex-
claimed, as he has for many years. "Oh.
dear" between each sentence ne was for
given If he had chosen to develop new
ideas he might have been we'll up in vaude-
Vile by now. but he has let his talent
waste. He still makes his audiences laugh
but not so heartily as they did five or six
years ago.
Charles A. Morgan. as a detective that
changes DISCUSSES every few minutes. is
the liveliest member of the company, and
he dances remarkably well. His auickness
Is in contrast with the manner of the rest
of the company, which is slow and some
times listless. The musical director over
works himself in an effort to wake up the
company IN ensemble songs. The company
began its season only a few days ago. and
no doubt will take on more speed and
brightness The audiences yesterday were
not stirred, and at times the gallery be-
came restless for lack Of amusement
The farce itself lacks comical situations
entirely and the comedians that style
themselves the Two American Macs" and
are featured with Miss Trumbull are rot
nearly clever the men that originally
bore that partnership name. Mr.. Spears
who Is charged with having written the
farce. should try again. and the company
should work IL they enjoyed IT, The
Hawthorne sisters have clear, strong
voices and when the company sings in
chorus II shows that IL could be lively if IL
pleased 10. The engagement is for matt
nees and evening performances the rest of
he
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TEST CASE TO BE MADE.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal
BLUFFTON, Ind, Sept. 12.-The City
Council of BlufftoA, in refusing to pay
County Auditor W. A Marsh for placing
the city tax levy on the tax duplicates along
with the county and State levies. has given
rise TO a question on a point of law that
has never been decided by the State APP
pelate or Supreme Courts, says City At
torney c. T.. Sturgis.
For years the city has paid the county
auditor 500 annually for placing the city
levy on the tax duplicates and the county
treasurer $50 for collecting the same. This
year the City Council refused to make a
contract with the county auditor for the
work and he refuses to do ii unless he is
guaranteed the extra pay. The city at
torney claims that according to the provi-
sions of the State law ii is a part of the
duties of the county officers TO do the work
for the city. He has been instructed by the
Council to make another request of the
auditor to do the work for the city. and If
he again refuses to apply TO the courts for
writ of mandamus compelling him to
90 So The auditor says he will not comply
and it is probable that a test case will be
the result.
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Mary French Field to Be Married.

Chicago Record-Herald.
The wedding of Miss Mary French Field
and William G. Engler, which was an
rounced some time ago to be celebrated
Oct 16. will take place at st. Peters
Church at 100 o'clock in the evening. The
details for the wedding are now complete
and the bridal party selected. a touch
of romance is given to the event in that
it is the anniversary of the marriage of
Miss Fields mother TO her father, the late
Eugene Field. The ceremony will be per-
formed by Rev Frank Du Moulin and the
church celebration will be followed by a
reception at the house Of the brides moth
er, Mrs. Eugene Field, 1893 Clarendon ave-
nue., Buena Park. The bride will be attend
ed by Miss KATHERINE Maus as maid OF
honor, and four bridesmaids-Miss Char
lotte Mallory and Miss Frances Sangston,
of Chicago; Miss Lillian Mccarthy, of Aus
tin, and Miss Adelaide Merriwether, Of
Louisville. John Witherspoon will be the
best man. The ushers will be Robert Grin
nell, Il. Julian McGill Of Minneapolis. Wal
lace S. Cheney and the brides brother,
Frederick COmstOck Field. The bride will
be given in marriage by her elder brother,
Eugene Field
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Not Threatend with Discharge.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
On July ? your correspondent at Jeffer-
sonville. Ind. in his report Of the Labor
day celebration, said:
"A large excursion from Madison arrived
at noon. The Madison people claimed that
Saturday afternoon order was issued
10 the effect that all employees absenting
themselves from work that day would con-
slider themselves discharged. As a result
500 working men and girls who had planned
TO come 10 this city did not Many, how
ever, voluntarily resigned before leaving
the plants Saturday.
The cotton mills is the only establish
ment in Madison employing 500 persons.
Your correspondents statement is with
out founda ton, and II is an unjust refec-
ton on this company. There was nothing
said or done here, directly or indirectly,
that would Justify such false report.
r. JOHNSON.
President Eagle Cotton Mills Company.
Madison, Sept. 9.
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BAREKMANS ON TRIAL.
Accused of Burning Methods,
Church in Knox County.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
VINCENNES. Ind, Sept. 12-The trial Of
Isaac Brakeman, his wife Lucy and their
daughter, Helen Brakeman. was begun to-
day in Circuit Court. Two hundred wit
nesses have been subpoenaed. The Barek-
mans are charged with burning Barekman
Chapel a pretty new Methodist church.
five miles east of this city, last March.
Bad feeling existed in the congre6 ton
The Barekmans were arraigned against
practically the entire congregation. The
trustees of the church caused the name
"Barekman' to be painted from over the
church door. This greatly embittered Mr..
Barekman, who had given the site for the
church. On the morning after the fire. it
is alleged, horse and cart were tracked
from Barekman's gate to the church and
back.
The Barekmans are prominent people,
and the trial has created more interest and
a greater sensation than anything that has
occurred here in years.
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which he suffered for ten days He had
been a resident Of Bartholomew county
since his early boyhood. Seven children
survive him. His funeral will be held sat
urday afternoon and the burial Will be at
Newbern. under the auspices of the Ma
sonic fraternity.
JEFFERSONNILLE. Ind. Sept r.
William II. McAuliff. a wealthy business
man. died early this morning OF Bright :
disease after an illness of five weeks. Ills
end had been anticipated for several days.
He was fifty-seven years old and was born
in Ireland. He had conducted a large gro
Gerry here for many years. He left four
daughters.
GREENSBURG. Ind. Sept. 12.-Miss
Pearl Carper, daughter of William Carper.
died to-day of typhoid fever. She was
about twenty-siX years old. She spent one
year as a student i'm Hanover College. She
was a member of the First Methodist
Church and was president OF the Epworth
League at the time of her death
GREENCASTLE. Ind. Sept. l2.-Mrs.
James Grantham, daughter of Rev and
Mrs. Stevens, OF North Salem. died this
morning at her home in this city and will
be buried at her old home near Ladoga
tomorrow afternoon.
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Valparaiso Woman Assaulted.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
VALPARAISO, Ind. Sept. 12-This even
ing about $50 two strangers, who came to
work the county fair, went to the home of
Mrs. William Haberkorn, who lives in an
outlying part of the city, and asked for
something to eat, but were refused. Seeing
the woman was alone, they assaulted her.
and when found half an hour later by her
returning husband she was unconscious
Physicians who were summoned say her
wounds are serious.
The desperadoes then ransacked the
house, taking 800. The sheriff and a posse
of neighbors sought for the men, but no
cleW could be found tonight.
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Remaining I'm Indianapolis POstOmcc
Thursday, Sept. II. 1901.

II not called for n two weeks these letters will
be sent 20 the dead letter once. Persons calling
for letters In the following list viii please say
they are advertised give date Of list and pay
cent for those obtained Free delivery Of letters
by carrier 20 the addresses residence can be
secured BY observing the following rules.
her.
second-Request your correspondents 20 do Ike
wise.
Third-Have written or printed request for re-
turn on.yOur envelope. giving street and number.
fourth-Use ink when addressing letters when
possible. and leave sufficient open space At toe
OF envelope FOR stamps and postmark.
Letters addressed TO persons known 20 be tran
sient should be marked Transient" in lower
let-hand corner OF envelope. a b G. General
Delivery. or similarly addressed letters. are
fictitious" and not deliverable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13

Failing, He Asked to He Arrested for
MurderOus Assault.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE family
of Sheriff G. r. Unthank had 4 novel ex-
perience to-day. At noon a man named
Richard Lawrence, living southwest of the
city. came to the Jail and asked to be
locked up. He had a revolver and showed
a wound in his breast as a proof that he
had attempted suicide. He said he was
guilty of felonious assault. and being
unsuccessful at suicide, had determined to
an investigation. 1t is believed Lawrence
is demented.
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The police are searching for young man.
who secured about $50. net. upon three
forged checks. He presented checks of diff
ferent sums. all under S15 to ]. w. Neu-
mann, 116 South Delaware street, the West
ern Produce Company, 07 West Maryland
street. and +. T. Shideler e. Co, IS South
Delaware street. in payment for lemons and
oranges, and I'm each case received the
change. The checks purported to be issued
by the Kiefer Drug Co, on the Mer-
chants National Bank and in favor of G..
NJ. Hammond. The signatures were poorly
forged, but an appearance of reliability was
given by use Of a rubber stamp, printing
the firm name in large letters on each
check
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13
Sweeping Injunction Sought.
cial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind. Sept. 12-The prose-
cutting attorney Of this district, Thomas
NJ. Honan, has fled suit in the Jackson
Circuit Court to restrain the Adams and
the United States express companies from
doing business in Indiana. The suit is
prompted by the refusal of these COM
panies to receive express packages from
for delivery to points outside of Indiana
The law passed by the last Legslat ure re-
curing all express companies to receive
and transport express packages from all
other express companies doing business in
the State provides that company viola
ting this provision of the law shall be
stopped from doing business in the State
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13

New YORK Telegraph.
Mr.. 'Dooley" visited Wall street yestep-
day. After he had been taken into the con-
fidence of the professionals and given an
insight into the fine points Of the game he
remarked: Il can't help being Impressed
with the warm blooded emotionalism OF the
professionals the exchange. They never
take their eyes from the sick bed at Buff
falo, or from the bulletin boards giving the
reports OF the attending surgeons on the
temperature of their distinguished patient
They go right along. as before, selling on
the rallies dn temperature) and buying On
the breaks. You can't beat en-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13
Marion Wins at Golf.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. Sept. 12.-Another Of
the Marion-Muncie-Ric golf tourna-
ment games was played here this afternoon
by Marion and Richmond. Marion won by
a score of up, the individual scores being
as follows: Stratton. Richmond. defeated
by Masquelette. 2; Pounds l, Richmond de-
feated by Sweetzer, 5; Sutton, Richmond,
defeated De Shore. s: Comstock. Richmond,
defeated by Hiatt. 1; Rogers, Richmond, de-
feated by Willard. 1; Elmer, Richmond, de-
feated by Wilson. 3.
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HELENA. Mont. Sept. 1.-THE national
bank OF Montana to-day brought an action
in the District Court against the Great
Northern Express Company 10 determine
the liability or that company for $4,000 OF
unsigned notes consigned to the bank and
secured by the ~reac Northern train rob-
bers at Malta last July. The action 10
brought TO test the validity OF the act Of
1892 which provides that unsigned cur
Tency shall be recognized as money. The
question has never before been IN the
courts and will eventually come before the
United States Supreme Court.
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Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Sept. Ma tilda
Lockhart has brought suit for $4,000
against Samuel McPheeters for breach of
promise of marriage. She alleges in the
complaint that McPheeters had promised
to marry her on Aug. IL, but that he failed
to appear on that day. From that time
until Sept Z he promised several times TO
marry her lin a few days" On Sept. Z.
after she had bought her wedding clothes
and had told her friends to come to the
wedding, McPheeters said he would not
marry her thai day any other day. The
plaintiff AYERS that the defendant is worth
$4,000, according to his own statement.
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Another Alleged Abduction Cn.e.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Sept 12-Flor-
ence Brown, a pretty eighteen-year-old
daughter of f. p. Brown, a Vandalia en-
ploye, has returned TO her home telling a
queer story about her mysterious absence
since a week ago last Sunday She SAYS
that after leaving the house she was kid
mapped by a strange man and taken i'm a
ca b 10 Brazil and that she had been under
the influence of drugs ever since. When
she arrived home she acted peculiarly, as
if dazed by a drug. The police will not
talk about the case.
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JOY OUT OF THE NORTH.
Former KOkOmO Woman Returns from
Alaska with Much Wealth.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Sept. 12.-Miss Jennie
Chance. who left the home of her father,
Capt NJ. II. Chance, this city, eighteen
years ago, and the first woman to land at
Dawson City, Alaska, eight years ago. re-
turned to the parental roof yesterday She
brought home s150.0O0 in gold which she
made in mining and keeping a boarding
house. She also found a husband i'm the
gold country who cleaned up $4,000 at
Nome City. The husband. Mr. Charles
Yeager. is still in Alaska. Mrs. Yeager sur
prised her father by paying off a mort
gage on their home and liquidating all his
debts Mr.. Chance was a private in the
Mexican war and a captain in the civil
conflict. Mrs. Yeager will return TO the
<londikp next week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13
Rural Free Delivery Service.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Free rural de-
livery service has been ordered TO begin
Nov. l In Indiana as follows:
Columbus. Bartholomew county (addi-
tional service)-Length OF routes l33 miles;
area covered. liz square miles: population
served. $50: number OF houses on routes
Sc; carriers. l.. Il. Williams. Charles West
Jesse Van Wye William Cressell and T. A
Moore. Pos off1ce at New Bernt 10 be dis
continued. Mail TO Columbus. Ind
Kirklin, Clinton county-Two carriers,
length OF route. - miles: covered. A.
square miles; population served. 400; num-
Der OF houses on route. 333. carriers James
Lawrence and Frank Hollis. Postoffice a,
Reese Mil 10 be supplied by rural carrier
Mail TO Kirklin, Ind.
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PAID FOR HIS DERELICTION.
MOtOrmnn Who Failed to Heed u
Warning Killed i'm n Collision.

Special to the India polls Journal
DANVILLE, Ill, Sept. 12-This after
noon, on North Vermillion street, switch
train on the Big Four Railroad collided
with an electric street car. The motorman.
John Young. was instantly killed and two
passengers, Miss Whited and Miss Mat
thews (cOlOred). were seriously injured The
other passengers saved themselvs by jump
ing off the car, which was carried sixty
feet by the force Of the collision. The acct
dent was caused by the failure of the mo-
torman 10 observe the signals OF the cross
ing Waterman.
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VIII Begin Paying Market Money.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PENDLETON, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE Ameri-
can Window Glass Company has decided to
pay it's employees one-half market money be-
ginning next week This is in response 10
a petition sent into J.. A. 300 by Anderson
workmen and the word is received here
through Simon Burns the president The
money thus advanced will be deducted from
the pay of the workmen after the fire goes
in in trust factories about Nov. l.
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4 Petition for Dismissal.

The defendants in the suit for damages
for 100000. brought by David A. Jennings
against twenty-eight citizens of Salem,
have filed motion asking that the case
be dismissed. The defendants allege that
the plaintiff has violated the United States
Courts instructions by failing to separate
his declaration into paragraphs and num-
Der them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13
james l.. Parsons Released.

James l.. Parsons, of $40 East Fifteenth
street. who arrested several days ago
and charged with practicing medicine with
out a license. was found guilty in Police
Court yesterday, but was released upon sus-
pension of sentence He showed he was a
student at the Physio- Medical College and
wrote prescriptions after consultatio with
members of the faculty. He was formerly
a minister
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ST. PAUL. Mimi. Sept. IA disastrous
freight wreck occurred to-day on the Great
Northern Railroad. near the Cascade tun-
mel in Washington The cars jumped the
track and piled up in heap. Fire ensued
and thirty-One cars loaded with merchan-
disc we're destroyed. The engineer. Frank
Dahlgren and the Fireman John Campbell
were unable 10 escape from the engine and
were killed Conductor Hordoutst waa
seriously injured.
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Graham is lying at the point Of death at
his home in this city and II is feared that
ailment is Bright's disease. from which he
has been a sufferer for several years, but
ne has been confined TO his bed only since
last Wednesday. He was born in this
county on March 6. 1S47. He was graduated
from a medical school i'm Cincinnati I'm
1871 and later from the University Of Louis
I'll
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind. Sept. John Sanderson
and Miss Josephine Breitenbach of Green
town. were married on the Glover Leaf
passenger train between that place and
Kokomo tonight. At a given signal of the
engineer. while the cars were going fifty
miles an hour. the couple stood up and were
married by Mayor Rogers. OF Greento1n
that official having accompanied them here
for the procurement of the license.
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Beer Drivers Union Convention.

According to private advices received
from Philadelphia, where the Beer Drivers
Union is holding it's national convention.
strong efforts are being made to bring
the convention to this city next year. OF
the several cities now candidates for en-
tertaining the members of the national
body next year Indianapolis seems to be in
the most favor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13
INDIANA OBITUARY.
The Rev. william ID. Crawford. Well
known Presbyterian Minister.

Special 20 the Indianap polls Journal
PRINCETON. Ind. Sept. l2.-The Rev
William b. Crawford. sixty-five years old
and one OF the best known Cumberland
Presbyterian preachers in the State
dropped dead at his home here at o'clock
this evening. sudden attack of heart
trouble was the cause. He held many pas
torates during his long service his last
charge being at Oakland City, Ind He was
a veteran Of the civil war having served
over four years in the Northern army