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SOME FIRsTS AND LASTS.
Of the Opening and Closing
of the Civil War.
New York Press.

new 1Ork freSS.
Some persons will not die in calmness and
resignation until they know the names OF
the first men killed and wounded and the
last killed and wounded I'm the civil war.
and on that question controversies have
waxed hot these thirty-ive years. IL seems
pretty well settled that the first wounds
were received by Luther Laid and A o.
Whitney, in the Baltimore riot. though the
war did not officially begin until nearly
three months later. when the Star of the
West was fired on.
Jacob Erwin. a private in Company G,
First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry. "A Phila-
6elphian, was the first cavalryman. III not
the nrst soldier killed In the civil war. IL
was in the fight at Pohick Church, Va. on
Aug. is. 1861. in a charge on a squadron
of Confederate cavalry. Captain w. II.
Boyd, OF Company c. commanded the Union
side, and the Union men were victorious.
There was a fight at Sangster's Station,
Va, on March 19. 1862, when a detachment
of the First New York Cavalry, under First
Lieutenant Harry b. Hidden, OF Company
H. on a accommodating expedition. charged
a larger body of Confederate infantry. In
attempting TO take" a fence over which
some of the enemy had retreated. Hidden's
horse refused the leap, and in running him
again TO the fence the lieutenant was shot
in the shoulder, the wound proving mortal.
Major Stevenson, in Boots and Saddles"
says: Hidden was the first cavalry Of
fcer that fell i'm defense OF the Union"
Hidden came of a fine old New York FAM
lily, and his body lies In Greenwood under
a splendid monument.
Major Stevenson has placed this on rec
ord: Lee was trying to reach Lynchburg
ahead of Sheridan. after the battle of Sail
or's creek, Va Clusters division had the
lead of the Union forces. and that impetu-
Gus general made straight for Appomattox
Station, and on the Sth of April he charged
the enemy at that place. I'm the darkness
of the night, scattering them TO the winds.
capturing four immense trains of cars
loaded with provisions for Lees hungry
army. etc. In this charge Lieutenant Wal
ter, First New York Cavalry, and Major
Howe, First Virginia Cavalry, were killed.
Walter had fought his way up from the
ranks. and was a brave and valuable Of
fcer." This was the last cavalry charge
on the Union side, and Walter was the
last trooper killed.
The last engagement OF the civil wal was
at Palmetto Rancho. Tex. and the last
man wounded by a Confederate bullet was
Sergeant Crockett. The first ann was
fired by Captain Abner c. Doubleday.
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Indiana Notes.

The spring meeting of the Fl, Wayne
P~resbytery will be held Monday add Tues
day. April Is and IS. at Huntington.
Valentine Winters, head of the Dayton 81
Western Traction Company, has notified
the people of Richmond that the road will
build in from Eaton, o..
George Coale. son of Walter Coale, Rich
mOnd. recently for a cadet
ship at West Point, failed to pass the ex-
animation for lack of time to prepare.
DR.. Cornelius Woelfkin. of Brooklyn. N.
Y. chosen to deliver the baccalaureate at
Earlham College, has cancelled the engage
ment on account of the death OF his mother.
Judge George Beeman, Of the Fourth Jul
dicial Court. Of Starke and Pulaski coun
ties. fined Gus Riess. a Hebrew merchant,
SIC for contempt of court In refusing TO
serve as a juror.
w. r. Jones. manager of the American
Window-glass COmpany's No. 2 factory, at
City. has resigned. He will prob
ably build an Independent plant or a bot
tie factory in that city.
William Bonshire. a well-known flint
manufactures of Hartford City, will build
a bottle factory at Chattanooga, Tenn,
where he has been given a large bonus.
The product will be beer bottles.
The Tippecanoe Driving Club has been or
ganiZed at Winamac with the following Of
fcers: President, Joseph Shields; vice pres
ident, DR.. Henry G. Stephens; secretary.
John w. Morrow; treasurer, Rufus l.. Nc
Lee. All are owners of fast horses.
The cornerstone of the new Masonic
Temple in Seymour will be laid Monday
afternoon, April 10. The officers of the
Grand Lodge will be present to participate
in the ceremonies. The chief address will
be delivered by Rev. Virgil w. Tevis, of
indianapolis.
The Democratic township convention al
Clay City, repudiated Frederick Loman, the
present town marshal. Loman was elected
last year by the reform element. Law
lessness has not decreased, however. and
there will be a bitter fight between the
saloon element and the reformers.
Mrs. S. II. Millikan, who has been teach
ing in the schools of Wayne county for
twenty-seven years. retires from work this
year. She has been uniformly successful
and gained considerable reputation by the
introduction in the county of the study
of foreign countries through a system of
correspondence.
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Effect of n Report That Work Would
BE stopped This Week.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. March
is a probability that work will not be con-
tInued in many Of the mines in the State
this week Notwithstanding that an informal
agreement was arrived at by the nearly
one hundred miners delegates and the
operators TO continue work pending final
settlement, when an adjournment of the
joint convention was had last Wednesday
until next Tuesday. Both the operators
and miners, who had been in perfect good
humor, decided that 1t would be better
for the men TO continue at work, the terms
for their labor to be on the basis of the
contract as finally agreed on. 1t was re-
marked that one clause i'm the wages con-
tract of last year. and which had been
accepted for this year, provided that when
ever there should be a dispute at a mine,
or In a particular field. that work should
not be suspended pending a final settlement
by arbitration. On that principle the
miners and operators thought that work
should be continued this week. The agree
ment was informal, but the delegates were
TO report IL on their arrival home The
trouble was first caused by the publication
in the Terre Haute papers that as the
joint convention mad adjourned over the
first of the month there would be a sus-
pension of operations at the end of the
scale year. which was with the month OF
March. Then the Associated Press sent
out a report from here that work would
be suspended. The result has been that
ir some fields In the State the men do not
accept the agreement and have ANNOUNCED
that thy will not work until the annual
contract is signed. President Van Horn
says he hopes and believes that the agree
rent will be respected in most of the fields
in the State. To make the effort more
difficult the Evening Gazette of yesterday
quoted him as saying he had heard from
all parts of the State and that there would
be no work, whereas he says he told the
reporter that he thought the agreement
would be generally adhered to. Tomorrow
is the eight-hour-day holiday. There will
be no work anywhere, and ii will not be
known until Tuesday how many places
the miners'will work pending the final set
tiement.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, March 31.-Dr. Helen
McIlvaine. daughter of Major NJ. II. Kidd.
OF this city. who has just returned from a
trip through old Mexico. states that Ameri-
cans In the twin republic are living i'm daily
anticipation of an uprising among the Mex
leans. Her brother, Ed s. Kidd. is a con-
ductor on the Mexican international Rail-
way. and he informed her that people on
this side OF the boundary had little concep-
ton OF the feeling OF unrest that prevails
among the lower classes of Mexicans. He
is saving his salary and whenever he gets
500 in Mexican money he exchanges IL for
United States currency and deposits IL in
San Antonio. The lives and property of
Americans, he asserts, would be of little
value If the revolt should break out.
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Cnrgoes That Kill.
New York Herald.

"You don't know how much you can de-
test the smell Of coffee until you have been
on board a cargo steamer laden with the
green berry, said the captain Of a trading
vessel. quoted in Answers.
For a week or ten days IL isn't so bad
in fact. it's rather a pleasant smell, that
of the green berry; but after that IL begins
to worry you. In damp weather. il it's a
long voyage. it's something terrible. I've
seen a whole ships crew nearly crazy. and
unable TO touch any food. simply because
OF the coffee. which seems 10 impregnate
everything on board.
Some other cargoes are just as bad.
Sugar. for instance. Didn't suppose there
was any smell in sugar. Ell? Well, you
take IL In a bowl. and there isn't. But take
a cargo OF IL. and let it steam in a tenn
perature OF from 90 to 40. and It's worse
than coffee. Ive felt sometimes as If L
could drink a gallon OF vinegar Favored
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NEW HOTEL BURNED.
- on the udson and stood 25o
Feet Above the water

NEW YORK. March s1.-The new Hen
Dirk Hudson Hotel. at Park Hill, near
YOnkers. was burned early to-day. The
building was TO have been ready for occu-
pancy on May !. and part Of the furnish
ings mad been put in. This cost of the
structure ana furnishing was $4,000. and
the building was so thoroughly damaged
by the fire that the walls had TO be pulled
down. There is said to be ample insurance
10 cover the loss. The building u said to
have been the largest hotel on the Hudson.
and stosd on top Of a hill 80 feet above
the water. Ii was OF stone and brick. and.
had been Iavishly decorated. IL IS not
known how the fire started.
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Tcrrc Haute After Factories.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ERR HAUTE. Ind. March 31.-The
Commercial Club has decided TO raise the
money necessary TO secure the location
here of a factory that employs 500 men all
the year and which is seking a new loca-
tion because its plant was destroyed by fire
where IL has been located. The visit of
Mcssrs. Ball and Hemingway. of the
Muncie glass fruit jar factory, at Muncie,
the largest in the world. also has caused a
good deal of speculation. The gentlemen
came 10 inspect the gas process used by
the three glass factories established here,
and which is said TO be better for the pur-
pose than the natural gas the factories
had been using before they moved TO this
CITY.
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HAMBURG. March 31.-Arrived: Graf
Waldersee. from New York via Plymouth
and ~Cherbourg.
QUEENSTOWN, March 30.-Arrived: Bel
genland, from Philadelphia. for Liverpool.
and proceeded. Sailed: Servia, from Liver
pool. for New York.
NEW YORK. March 31.-Arrived: La
Bretagne. from Havre; Rotterdam. from
Rotterdam and Boulogne; Bulgaria, from
Hamburg and Boulogne.
LIVERPOOL. March 31.-Arrived: No
madic. from New York; ottoman, from
Portland. Me. Sailed: Livonian, from
Glasgow, for Philadelphia.
SOUTHAMPTON. March 31.-Arrived
Kensington. from New York. for Antwerp:
Barbarossa. from New York, for Bremen.
Sailed: Westernland. from Antwerp, for
New York.
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Revival Meetings for students.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE. Ind. March 5L.-The ex-
ecution of a plan long contemplated by the
faculty OF De Pauw University was begun
yesterday evening by the Inauguration of a
series OF revival meetings for the benefit OF
the students. conducted by young ministers
who were connected with the university nj
some time. There are four here now en-
gagged in the work. Rev. Horace Ogden. Of
Attica: Rev. Perry T. Powell, OF Peru: Rev.
L. F.. Dimmitt. OF Bloomington. and Rev.
A. ]. Waller. OF Plainfield. The meetings
will be continued several weeks. The
Methodist churches OF the city united this
evening in the services. listening to the
evangelists.
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DETROIT, Mich, March 3l.-The state
election for justice OF the Michigan SUI
preme Court and two regents of the State
University will be held tomorrow. Neither
Judge Allen A. Adsit, Of Grand Rapids,
Democratic candidate for justice. nor Judge
Robert NJ. Montgomery, of Grand Rapids.
Republican candidate, has made an active
canvass. Cities of the third and fourth
class will elect municipal officers. There
has been little interest in the campaign
and q light vote is anticipated.
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with lemon juice. just TO take the sweet
taste out OF my mouth.
But pine lumber is the worst l re-
member one voyage when we had a cargo
of pine. and before we had been out of
port many days the resin from the wood
seemed TO lave got into everything. We
could taste il in the water. and ii was al
most impossible TO drink il at all, and We
were all parched with thirst. Three OF the
men died of fever. and when We got into
port again we were the worst looking set
of men YOU ever set eyes upon. Ii was
months before / could get rid of the effects
myself
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slix.ard Az Northwest Texas.

FORT WORTH. Tex. March s1.-one OF
the worst billiards. OF the season is pre-
vaiiing IN northern Texas IN the Panhan-
die. Reports from ny the Fort Worth &
Denver roads says nov began falling early
this morning and at 3 o'clock was nearly
four inches on a level at Quanah. The
thermometer registered IS above AT Tex
line Above that point the blizzard is
much worse. the snowfall being accom-
panied By a fierce wind No particulars
have been learned on account OF the wires
working badly from Che blizzard section 10
Fort Worth. Tn story VIII nave a bad
effect ON the cattle Interests In the Pan
handle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-01
Mrs. Philip BinkIey Dead.

Special to the Indianapolis Journa;.
CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind. March 31.--The
wife of ex-Representative Philip Binkley.
of Wayne county, died at her home. in
East Germantown. this morning. She had
been sick only a few days. having con-
into pneumonia. She was about sixty-fve
years of age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-01
Divorce Cases increasing.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. March 31.-Despite
the restrictive rules made by the local
courts in divorce proceedings the num-
Der of divorce suits is increasing. In the
first three months of the year ending
yesterday there were i'm all 15i suits filed
in the two local courts, and of these
fifty-one were divorce suits. In the same
three months 122 marriage licenses were
issued.
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Thank. from kansans.

WASHINGTON. March 3i.-After the ap-
polntment Of General Funston. yesterday,
Secretary Cortelyou. by direction of the
President. wired the news To Governor
STANLEY. of Kansas. To-day the following
response was received from the Governor:
Expires TO the President the thanks OF
the people Of Kansas for his recognition OF
General Funston"
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Cassini Visits the variag.

NORFOLK. Va, March 31.-Count Cas-
SIM. Russian ambassador at Washington.
and party were received to-day on the new
Russian cruiser Variag in Hampto Roads.
They expressed themselves as delighted
with the Variag. She will be fully coalel
and stocked with supplies for her long
voyage 10 Russia probably before to-mor-
row night. The ambassador later visited
the Soldiers Home at Hampton and to-
night left for New York.
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Burglars I;aiding summer Cottages.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind March 31.-Burglars, evil
IDENTIFY professionals. are raiding the cot
tages at Lake Wawasee. The finest sum-
mer home on the lake, belonging to W.. III.
Hoops. of Goshen. was among the number
visited and much valuable property was
carried off, while the building itself was
damaged. The Indianapolis clubhouse and
the fine cottage Of the late Eli Lilly. OF
indianapolis, were also robbed. On the
Vawter Park side of the lake. where many
Wabash people have cottages, no depreda-
lions are reported.
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lee Piled I'm Huge Pyramid.

LA CROSSE, Wis. March 31.-The re-
mainder of the ice I'm the Mississippi rive
went out to-day. Large cakes DESTROYED
the piers and sheer-fence at the wagon
bridge. Part OF the protection along Tho
levee was washed away. The ice washes
over the banks along the levee and is now
piled up in huge pyramids ten feet high
The damage TO the city and bridge will he
large.
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National Municipal League.

PHILADELPHIA, March H.-The seventh
annual meeting OF the National Municipal
League and the ninth conference for good
city government will be held in Rochester.
~. Y, on May s. . and 10. This years ses-
sion will be OF more than usual Importance.
not alone for the subjects that will come
up for discussion. but by reason Of the
prominence of those who will participate
in the deliberations of the meetings.
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To Learn from America.

London Mail.
The directors of the Midland Railway
Company have decided to send two of their
engineers, Mr.. r. Mountford Deeley and
Mr. J. w. Woolliscroft, 10 the United States
for the purpose of making a thorough in
v~estigation of American engineering meth
DDS. They will study the building and run
ming of engines. and also American methods
of adapting electricity to railway purposes.
They are expected TO be absent from Eng
land for about eight months.
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Woman and BOY Burned.

NEW YORK. March 31.-A fire in a tene-
ment house in Williamsburg. Brooklyn. to-
night resulted in the death of Mrs. Eliza
beth Mari and a boy named Benjamin
Levy. The other tenants. a hundred in
number had narrow escapes.
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Neil GilmOur.

NEW YORK. March 31.-Neil Gilmour
formerly superintendent Of public instruc-
ton of the State of New York and registrar
of the United States land office at Bis
marck, n. D., during President Harrison's
administration, died of valvular disease of
the heart at his home in Ballston, n. Y,
to-day.
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ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, March H.-The Health
Department Of this city thought it had
smallpox about stamped out a week ago.
but since then thirty-five cases have been
a~uarantined In this city. The rapid spread
ing of the disease Is exciting alarm through
cut the northern section Of the State.
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and Church streets. Rev. James 5. Ainslie.
Of Chicago. preached to an .assemblage
which filled the large auditorium. DR.. Z. u.
Curtis. OF Indianapolis, assisted, offering
the dcdicatory prayer. The church is prac-
tically out of debt and is a monument TO
the faith and zeal of its popular pastor, j.
Challen smith.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, March 31.-John Schue-
Ter. a butcher. committed suicide this morn
ing by hanging i'm his stable. He had been
Respondent over business affairs for several
months. He was forty years old and leaves
a widow and four children.
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MANILA. March 31.-Aguinaldo continues
70 express himself as pleased with and
impressed by the courteous treatment &C
corded him by General Macarthur 4 am
a prisoner" said he to-day. but L am
treated like a guest
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IONA. Mich. March 31.-Fire which start
ed at 9 O'Clock tonight destroyed the ware
house and elevator Of Page & Co, entail
ing a loss Of 5000. half OF which falls upon
the Grand Trunk Railway Company, which
owned the elevator building. Fifteen thou
sand bushels of grain and 5000 worth of
wool were burned in the warehouse. The
property was insured for $4,000
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congregational Church Dedicated.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. March H.-Services
at all churches were dispensed with this
morning IN order that the people in general
might be present ar the dedicStory exer-
cises OF the new Neutrality-suspicious. Con-
gregational Church at the corner OF Canal
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Christopher Columbus Gibson.

HENNIKES, NH, March 91.-Christo-
pher Gibson, a musician and
composer died at his home here to-day
from an attack of apoplexy. Mr.. Gibson
was born here. on Aug. "a, 1924, and has
always resided here. He was one of a
musical family and had played in all of
the large cities of the Union as a violin
yirtuoSO.
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GALLUP. ~. NJ. March 31.-There werc
only three men I'm the Weaver mine at
the time OF the explosion yesterday. It
was thought a number OF Japanese were
entombed. but this seems 20 have been n
mistake. The three men. as reported. two
white and one negro. were killed, and the
workings of the mine were destroyed.
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part for Manila with two companies Of the
First Infantry. the third squadron OF the
Ninth Cavalry. the second squadron Of the
Tenth Cavalry and a battalion Of the EleV-
enth Infantry now at Governor island and
Fort Ethan Allen.
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Mai. H. y. Archer.

RICHMOND, Va, March S1.-Major Rob-
ert s. Archer, superintendent of the Tired
cgar works, which were the mainstay of
the Confederate government for heavy
ordnance. died last night. He was known
over the South among the iron trade.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 31.-Daniel
S. Twitchell, a prominent lawyer and poll
tician of this city, died to-day, aged sixty
seven years. He was born in Scio, Mich,
was at one time recorder Of Ann Arbor,
Mich. and i'm 1876 was Republican candidate
for Governor of Missouri.
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Yrs. Margaret T.. Alvin.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 3l.-Mrs.
Margaret Z. Atwill. mother of Bishop e.
r. Atwill, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, died to-day aged lightweight
years. She was a resident of Toledo, o.,
from 1880 TO 1890.
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FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW.


WASHINGTON. March S1.-Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday
For O~hio-Generally fair Monday; fresh
TO brisk north to west winds. Tuesday in
creasfng cloudiness-
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair Monday;
fresh northerly winds. becoming variable.
Tuesday probably fair.
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Standard Oil Company Promotion

TOLEDO, o.. March 3l.-J. c. DonneIl
has been elected vice president of the Ohio
Oil Company. the Standard, and will re-
move the headquarters from Oil City. Pa.
10 Ffndlay, O.. He succeeds William Flem-
ming
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NEW YORK. March 81. Ex-senator
Thomas H.. Carter. OF Montana. who was III
Saturday, in the Waldorf-Astoria. was re-
ported. tonight. TO have quite recovered.
his nalady was acute indigestion.
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PARIS. March 31.-Abbe Hertzog, cure Of
the Madeleine Church Of St. Mary Magda-
lfna- died Yesterday