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OUTSPOkEN AND FEARLESS.
of the Late Empress
Dowager-Her First Love Affair.

Victoria Adelaide May Louise. eldest
daughter of Queen Victoria, born at
Buckingham Palace in 1910. For year
she was heiress to the crown of England.
and then Alfred Edward was born. The
wit of the royal child amazed and rather
frightened the kindly mother Queen. The
Prince Consort delighted in il. for he be-
lieved that when it was matured and soft
ened IL would be a powerful factor in her
career. She minded not what she said
or to whom she said il. She had her first
love affair when she was thirteen years
old and ii was with the boy whom she
married five years later-the Crown Prince
of Prussia. This royal match was quite as
much a love affair as that of the Queen
of England and the Prince Consort. When
she was married her wonderful mind was
already making itself felt throughout the
country. She knew craftsmanship and po-
litical economy like man. She talked
ably and wisely with the great men at
tached TO the court OF st. James.
was outspoken, independent, fearless in
the Anglo-SaXon way. She was her
intended all her studies and reading and
was her companion from the time she
could talk. The Crown Prince also found
that she had a head which thought out
by the rules that are laid down tor court
life. She was 50 strong. moreover. that she
niZed the members of the court at Berlin
1t did not make matters any easier at
court when the Crown Prince began to
defer TO his wifes judgment over and
above everybody. II will ask my wife"
was his common saying. After the present
Emperor married and was completely in
control of the government, the Empress
Frederick turned the great abilities to the
advancement of the German women. The
splendid nursing by women on the field in
1866 and 1870 was accomplished by her. She
established the splendid modern hospital at
Hamburg during the Franco-Prussian war
The greatest result of her intellectual work
is that wonderful Victoria House for the
Care of the Sick.
She had four sons and four daughters
Wilhelm. born in 1853: Charlotte. born in
1850; Henry, born in 1862; Sigismund born
In 1864 and died in 1866: Victoria. born i'm
1866; Waldemar, born i'm 1868 and died in
1879; Sophia Dorothea, born i'm 1870. Mar
garet, born in 1872.
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Of fremen and policemen are at work re-
moving the vast amount Of wreckage. but
at this writing have found no bodies.
There are many persons missing, according
to the statements OF neighbors or Of those
who were familiar with the movements
of those occupying the buildings. 1t is
supposed that a number Of bodies will be
found in the ruins OF the restaurant of
colored patronage. Quite a number were
seen in the place before the explosion. 1t
Will require several hours hard work TO re-
move the piles of roofing, flooring and
walls. which fell into the cellars of the
wrecked buildings which covers the un-
fortunate victims Of the district.
From forty to forty-fve persons are to-
night lying in the several hospitals suffer
ing more or less severe injuries
AT a. IN the rescuers came across the
inanimate body of a colored woman. but.
remarkable 10 relate, the woman was alive
and asked for water. She was quickly
placed in an ambulance and sent TO a hos
pital. She is Lizzie Watkins, aged eighteen
years She had been in the ruins for four
and a half hours. Five minutes later the
body of a negro man was found. He was
not Identified
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NEELY CASE DISPOSITIONS.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 5.-Attorney ]. J. NJ.
La Follett assistant federal district attor-
ney for Indiana, was in Muncie, to-day, and
before United States Commissioner Ellis
evidence taken in the Neely Cuban
postal robbery case, from Muncie witnesses,
who will not go to the island TO testify for
the government. Ross j. Cowan, of the
Nicely Printing Company; Harry Richey, of
the Muncic postofflce force, who was en-
ployed in tfe post q sersfge in Cuba; w. =.
kutz and others testified, and their deposit
tions will be sent 70 Cuba at once.
Mr.. La Toilette refused TO give out any
thing concerning the nature of the depos-
tons, but late tonight it was learned that
W. D. Kutz, head bookkeeper for the Union
National Bank, testified that after Neely
went 10 Cuba he put more than $4,000 on de-
posit in the institution 20 his own credit.
Ross j. Cowan president of the Nicely
Printing Company, testified that after he
had purchased Neely's interest in the COM
pany, the government printing secured
from Neely on behalf Of the Cuban aUthor-
ties amounted to about $4,000. Ii had been
supposed heretofore that this item did not
exceed $1,000 or $1,000. The testimony OF the
other witnesses was unimportant.
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time. Mr.. Williams was particularly inter-
ested in the reports OF the shipments Of
negro labor from the South to the mills Of
the trust. He said the stories concerning
the bringing OF coored from the South
were ridiculous. The fact was there was not
over dozen skilled workers to be found in
the South, and these were in the unions.
The mill laborers were all in the Federation
Of Labor and made excellent union men,
The experience in the past in bringing col
ored men into the Northern mills had
proved costly and unsatisfactory TO the
manufacturers and Mr.. Williams did not
believe it would be attempted again. Re
sarding the strike Mr.. Williams said he
was confident there could be but one re-
sult-victory for his association.
Trustee John Pierce has just returned
from trip through the Western mills,
where, 1t is stated. he has been preparing
the men Of the National and Federal steel
companies for the struggle. 1t is declared
by the workers officials that it is with the
utmost difficulty that the men employed by
these companies are kept at work until the
officials order them out.
President Shaffer expects the aid Of all
the other labor organizations, but it is not
probable there will be many sympathetic
strikes ordered, for the constitution of the
Federation of Labor. the greatest labor
organization in the country. forbids sympa-
thetic strikes. All the unions, however.
will render financial assistance, and some
of the leaders so expressed themselves to-
day.
In an Interview this morning Mr.. Shaffer
said he would issue the general strike or
der within week, but he modified this
declaration tonight
An important feature of to-day's news Is
the statement for the first time definitely
made by President Powell. of the tin-plate
workers. that the executive board will not
order the men TO finish block plates rolled
in nonunion mills. This cuts off the posi-
bility Of working any of the tin-plate mills
with nonunion rollers. The general strike
order will find the union men in the Wheel
ing district well prepared Dozens of emer-
gency organizers were to go TO work to-
day among the more doubtful men, and
careful watch will be kept on all who are
for any reason suspected of strike-breaking
tendencies. Official sanction of the strike
on the part of the coal miners has gone
as far the call on local financial aid,
but the leaders say the miners can and
probably will refuse to dig coal for non
union mills. Railway men have given no
expression as to their probable action.
SIMON BURNS'S OFFER.
Simon Burns, president of the National
Window Glass Workers Association and
general master workman of the Knights of
Labor, made a proposition this afternoon
to the Pittsburg Leader that he will agree
to pay as high per cent. assessment out
OF his salary each week to aid the Amalga-
mated Association as any national officer,
ex-officer or member of any organization
in the country. If they will agree to this.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COL. Al
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BOY SET FIRE TO RUBBISH
And the Kansas City Exposition Build
ing Went Up in Smoke.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 5.-The ex-
position building, erected during the boom
of 1887 at a cost of over 100000. was de-
stroyed by fire in less than two hours
time this afternoon. The fire started short
ly after 1 o'clock a boy, among a crowd
gathered 10 watch a circus across the
street, set fire in the spirit of mischief
10 some loose rubbish on the floor. In
a moment the flames leaped beyond con-
troll spreading almost instantly through
out the whole building, which coupled half
a block. Soon the whole structure was a
roaring furnace. Hundreds of people had
gathered for the circus performance, and
for a time a wild panic prevailed The
circus hands were called out, however. and
quickly restored order and everybody was
moved to a place of safety. No one was
injured.
The exposition building was situated at
Twelfth street and Kansas avenue. three
miles from the center of the city. 1t had
not been occupied for ten years. Recent
ly il was sold to a syndicate. which had
planned IL next Saturday with dy-
Mantle. TO make way for modern buildings
The loss is nominal.
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he yachts flag was Immediately half

masted.
The news spread slowly in London. The
Associated Press gave buckingham Palace.
Marlborough House and the Mansion House
the first Information that her Majesty had
passed away. AS all members OF the royal
family and many of the officials are out OF
town for the holidays il Is probable no Of
fetal recognition OF her MaJeStys death
will be issued before morning. The bells OF
St. Paul's Cathedral VIII be tolled when
the home secretary. Mr.. Richie, ohcially
informs the lord mayor OF the death OF
the Dowager Empress. The oficials OF
heard the news al $50 p. m Their col
leagues at The Hague. on the other hand.
received the news OF the Dowager En-
press death before it occurred and half
masted the flag al about p. IN. The for
eign minister and the members Of the lega-
tiOn here cahled the legation at The Hague
when the mistake was discovered and the
half-masted flag was hastily removed.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra Will
leave Cowes for Marlborough House to-
morrow. 1t is not likely they will start
for Berlin until Wednesday.
All the London papers appeared to-day
with mourning borders and all published
editorials expressing deep sympathy with
the two mourning royal houses. eXtoiling
the virtues of the deceased and referring
generally 10 the great difficulties incidental
TO her relations with the Hohenzolierns,
especially the bitterness displayed toward
her by Bismarck.
The Daily Telegraph says: "She was
great by birth: she has been great by her
husbands dignity and she may yet be
greatest by the policies and achievement OF
her august son, directed. We hope they
will be. toward the interests of peace and
enduring friendship between Great Britain
and Germany"
AT a late hour King Edward intimated a
desire that the Cowes regatta programme
should be proceeded with. thus following
the precedent kept by Queen Victoria at
the death of the Duke OF SaXe-COburg.
The race for the King $ cup will. therefore.
be sailed tomorrow "wednesday, but II is
not known whether the Meteor will COM
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ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
Receivers of the Order of Chosen
Friends File Suit at baltimore.

BALTIMORE. July 5.-Cyrus J. Clark
and Andrew c Trippe. receivers OF the
Supreme Council OF the order OF Chosen
Friends. brought suit in the Court OF Com
mon Pleas to-day against the Fidelity and
Deposit Company OF Maryland asking
$4,000 damages for alleged nonfulfillmcnt
OF contract. The bill alleges that on Oct.
l. 1885 the Fidelity and Deposit Company
bonded William q. Wilson. OF Newark,
~. j.. supreme treasurer OF the order OF
Chosen Friends. in the sum OF $4,000 The
premium on the bond, amounting 10 Sl40
annually, was duly paid up 10 the year
1900. In the meantime. the bill says, the
order suffered a loss OF $500 through
Wilson. but the guaranty company has re-
fused 10 pay over the amount OF the bond.
the hands of receivers on Dec. 81 1900.
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Mondays Crime Catalogue includes
Couple OF Suicides and a Grim
inai Assault Case.
MURDER NEAR OAKLAND CITY
ONE YOUNG FARMER SHOT AND
KILLED BY ANOTHER.
Lively Farm Fire Near Lagrange
Damage Suit at Greensburg.
speclnl 70 the IndIananolls Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON. Ind. Aug. 5.-The Com
mercial Bank. a private institution. estab-
lished at Andrews about two years ago. by
j. VI. Key, of ST. Louis, closed its doors
Saturday. and its president, Mr.. Key, Is In
Jail in this city TO answer several charges
of forgery. His present bond Is fixed at
5000. with other cases yet 10 be fled.
Mr.. Key AYERS that the trouble OF the
bank is due 20 the failure OF the Cromwell
and Avilla banks. I'm Noble county, in
which he says he was interested. and 20
which he forwarded funds from Andrews
His arrest on the forgery charges IL due
to the presence here of o. NJ. Packard. a
representative of the Capital National
Bank. at Indianapolis which institution
holds. as security for loan OF s.. 200 notes
given 10 the Andrews bank, several OF
which are alleged TO be forgeries Andrews
depositors probably will lose about $4,000.
Key is about forty years old and has
been very popular since he has lived in
Andrews. In addition 10 his banking inter-
ests he erected an elevator. established
telephone system and was active In trade
generally. There has been complete re-
Vusion of feeling. and the sentiment
against Key is very bitter at present
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PROBABLY AN INDIANIAN.
Unknown Young Man Commits Sui
eide i'm wichita, Kan.

WICHITA, Kan, Aug. 5.-A respectable
looking young man Of twenty-three. COM
mitted suicide at the Hamilton Hotel, to-
night, by taking laudanum. lie tore his
name off his marked garments, including
his hat, and left an unsigned note asking
that his body be kept for three days, when
Elmer Scriptures of Westport. Ind, would
take charge of it. He is evidently a bank
clerk, as he had letter from a bank Of
Hope, Ind, recommending Herbert Rob-
bins. He registered under the apparently
fictitious name Of r. j. Harding. OF St.
Louis.
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NITROGLYCERIN EXPLOSION.
Driver of a Wagon Blown TO Atoms
and Lives of Others ImperiIed.

BOWLING GREEN. o., Aug. 5.-A ter
rifle explosion of nitrogylcerip occurred on
the Mum road, near this city this after
noon in which one man, VIM. Radabaugh,
twenty-five years old, driver for the Her
cules Torpedo Company, was blown TO
atoms and many OSher persons narrowly
driving a wagon loaded with eight hundred
quarts of the explosive, and when nearing
the tracks of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton road. whipped up his horses to
cross the tracks ahead OF an approaching
passenger train. The jolting exploded the
stun on the tracks and the train was
stopped within a few feet of the gaping
hole made by the explosion. Pieces of de-
bris were hurled with great force against
the train, but none of the hfty passengers
Abraham Teal and her sons, William. aged
seven. and Roland, aged nine. was wrecked
and Mrs. Teal seriously injured.
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MILLION DOLLAR PALACE.
j. ID. Rockefeller tn Build Marble
Palace mt Pocantico Hills.

NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-A report is in cir
culation In Westchester county to the
effect. says the New York Tribune. that
John y. Rockefeller is 10 have a marble
palace at Pocantico hills. New York, to
cost something like S1.O00.OoO. According to
the different reports the palace is to rival
some OF the large castles of England and
Scotland Mr.. Rockefeller now owns 1000
acres OF land in northern Westchester. The
new stable OF the Rockefeller estate is
about completed. 1t cost several hundred
thousand dollars and is built OF highly poll
ished granite. Young Mr.. Rockefeller. ii
is said, will purchase a string of valuable
cObs and coach horses while in England.
The grounds are also being laid out on
magnificent scale.
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EXPLORER DECORATED.
Captain Scott, of the Antarctic Steam
Discovery, Honored.

LONDON, Aug. 6.-Yesterday morning
King Edward. evidently not expecting
sudden termination of the illness Of the
Dowager Empress Frederick, fulfilled
long-standing engagement to visit the Brit
ish Antarctic steamer Discovery. He in
spected the vessel carefully ana displayed
the greatest interest in the preparations
for her hazardous voyage Queen AIexan-
dra and Princess Victoria accompanied him.
Just before leaving the Discovery the
King addressed her commander, Captain r.
s. Scott. r. N. and her officers as f)llows:
1T has given me great pleasure 10 visit this
most wonderful ship. 1t has often been
my lot 10 bid farewell 10 men going To war.
but. in this case, il is solely in the interest
of science" Then, having expressed a
hope and n confident expectation that the
issue of the voyage would be successful he
presented to Captain Scott the Victorian
order.
Subsequently the King. Queen and prin-
cess visited former Empress Eugene on
board her yacht.
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Failed to Secure Money at wabash.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind. Aug. flames Key.
president of the failed Andrews bank, made
two attempts 20 secure money from the
Wabash National Bank, OF this city. AL
though the officers Of that institution had
never heard of Key. he asked them ta-
send him Sl.J10 in currency, one month ago.
They telephoned him for references and
were informed the money was Tor George
Todd. wealthy stock dealer OF Lagro.
this county. The Wabash National people
Informed him that Mr.. Todd himself must
make the request. and this ne did and the
money was sent. \ week ago Key tele-
graphed the Wabashs National as follows.
ship Us one thousand dollars. exchange
In transit. Cashier Robertson. suspicious
OF Key. refused 10 send the money The
mail the next morning showed that Key
had sent no draft, but on the second day
the draft appeared the letter however,
being postmarked day later than when
Key had telegraphed. indicating that hs
had not forwarded the exchange when he
said he had. but had later forwarded Il
TO make his story hold. Cashier Robert
son returned the draft with the remark
that it was presumed Mr.. Key had OBJ
tained he money elsewhere and IL was not
needed.
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servia's Novel Secret Ballot LAW.

BELGRADE. Servia. Aug. 5.-The first
elections under the new constitution have
resulted in the return of eighty-three Min
isterialists, of which number seventy-one
are Radicals. The remainder are Liberals
and Independents. Thirty-eIght second bal
lots are necessary. The new election laws
are regarded as very liberal. The registra-
tion amounted TO 10000 out of 2S5, 900 ell
gibles. Secrecy of the ballot was secured
by inclosing the voting slip in rubber
ball. Members Of each party erect their
own rubber-lined urn in the voting BOOTH
the voter walks past the urns and pushes
his fist into the funnel-shaped mouth of
each urn, so the officials do not know where
the voter has dropped his bali.
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Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
GREENSBURG. Ind. Aug. 5.-Late this
afternoon Abe buchanan. OF this city.
vas arrested at Williamstown. Ind. and
brought here by Sheriff Davis and lodged
in jail affidavit, filed by his wife.
charging him with criminal assault on their
year-oid daughter. Jennie Buchanan.
The girl told her mother and also some
neighbOrs that she had been ravished by
her father and a physician was called
The affidavit was fled or his report. The
case will be heard by Justice Thomas Pow
ers Tuesday morning. Buchanan IS a day
la borer. about thirty-fOur years old.
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Capital Banks Loss IL Small.

An official OF the Capital National Bank
said, Monday night: Information was re-
ceived this morning az the arrest Of James
NJ Key, president OF the Commercial Bank
of Andrews, lad. Several notes given by
Key TO the Capital National Bank as coll
lateral for a loan. were found 10 be fOrger-
ies. and upon this Information his arrest
was caused. The loss To the Capital Nation
al Bank will be small. since some OF the
collateral deposited with IL by Key Is found
TO be good. II al the notes deposited with
the Capital by Key had proved 10 be for
geries which Is not the case. the banks
loss would be only $3.50, the amount OF the
loan
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Magyar Ascendency Resented by the
Germans of KIausenberg.

LONDON. Aug. 6.-"The town of Klaus
enberg. in Pennsylvania. is in open revolt
against the Hungarian authorities" says
a dispatch from Vienna 10 the Daily Ex-
press. "a majority Of the inhabitants are
Germans. Resenting Magyar ascendency.
they have stormed and wrecked the munich
pal building and house OF the prefect OF
police. the occupants barely escaping with
their lives An urgent summons has been
sent for troops TO Qucll the rising. There
have been numerous casualties >,
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AvILLA BANK CREDITORS


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Aug. 5.-The Aviila
bank failure caught William III. Meyer.
John l.. Henry and Sumner X Randall all
OF Avilla. who came here to-day and filed
an application for bankruptcy against Hen
ry W. Leach. proprietor OF the defunct
bank. They ask that "A prefermcnt OF Rob-
ert r. Clear. for $780, be set aside They
aver that Leach has left for parts un-
known. removing a considerable portion Of
his personal property with intent TO de-
fraud. Meyer places his claim at 81 900:
Henry al 500. In addition TO $3.50 surety.
and Randall a Ike sum
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TREASURE FOUND.


MEXICO CITY, Aug 5-The official
journal of the State Of Jalisco says that
Mexican residing in the Quiche district OF
the Republic OF Guatemala. has had the
good fortune 10 discover there a portion Of
the treasure of the ancient kings of Quiche
Ono OF the articles found IS a crown valued
at half a million dollars. Jewels. idols and
many other objects in gold and silver were
al found
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PREPARING FOR WAR.
Chinese Arsenals Busy and Troops
Said to he Drilling.

LONDON. Aug. 6-'An American official
named Brill. who recently returned from
China. where he had been in the govern
ment service, has been interviewed here"
says the Calcu tia correspondent OF the
Times. "anG asserts that there is great
activity in the arsenals and factories in
Fu-Chau. Han-Yang, Nankin and Chen
Tu. which are turning out smokeless pow
der and hundreds Of rifles daily. He de-
clares also that the Ho-Nan army is be-
ing drilled by Germans and Japs."
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SOUGHT DEATH BY FIRE.


PROVO. Utah. Aug. 5.-James NJ. Wilson.
a patient at the Insane asylum. threw him
self head first into the open door OF fur
mace to-day. He was badly burned before
being pulled out. While bandages were
being prepared Wilson broke away and
again threw himself into the furnace. this
time being so frightfully burned that he
died within short time.
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CARRIE JONES KILLED.
Daughter of Alabama's Ex-Governor
Crushed to Death Before His Eyes.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Aug. 5.-Miss Car
RE Jones. daughter OF Ex-Governor 7. G.
Jones. was crushed to death by street
car this morning. She was attempting to
cross the street in front OF the car. The
accident occurred in front OF the executive
mansion and was witnessed by the ex-Gov-
ernor. The girls head was mashed 10 a
pulu. She was twenty years OF age.