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Resignation of Consul General stowe.

WASHINGTON, July s.-The resignation
of James G.. Stowe. United States consul
general at Cape Town. has been received
at the State Department. The resignation
was based on the utter inadequacy of the
salary OF the post. The cost Of living IN
South Africa, under the present conditions.
is exceedingly high. and in time of war
such as prevailed for the past two years
the $1,000 salary allowed by Congress for
the United States consul general would not
defray the cost of maintaining a family in
modest conditions at Cape Town. The
United States consul general is the worst
salaried consular officer at the Cape. Mr..
Stowe was appointed from Kansas City,
Mo. The vacancy has not yet been filled.
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WINONA LAKE ASSEMBLY.
Children's Day at the Park-DevO-
tiOnaI Lecture Course Begun.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINONA LAKE. Ind. July S.-The Sec
ond week of the assembly. which is to be
one of the biggest weeks of the season,
opened to-day with a special children's
day. One of the features of the assembly
for the past two years has been a club
composed of boys from ter to fifteen years
of aye. Especial attention as been paid 10
the cub this year. Capt. George Reddick
Of the Northwestern Military Academy. at
Highland Park. ILL.,, has charge of the club
and this summer a girls club also has been
organized and placed under his control.
The management makes special effort to
provide a-musements for the boys and girls
and the children's day at the assembly was
arranged partly for this purpose. This
afternoon the Hungarian Gypsy Band gave
a concert in the auditorium and tonight,
Following a m excursion on the
lake. an entertainment was given by Karl
Germaine. the magician, assisted by his
sister, Miss Ida Germaine. Other amuse-
ments for the members of the two clubs
were devised by Captain Reddick. This
was the first of a number Of special days
which have been arranged by the manage
ment. Among them will be Aquatic Day.
Old Settlers Day. Field Day, Farmers
Day and Woman's Day.
The Winona devotional lecture course was
opened this afternoon by Rev. DR.. w: G..
MOorehead, president of Xenia, o., Theo-
logical Seminary. The service will be con-
tinued daily. for a month, under his charge
Others who will appear in the study series
are the Rev. F.. A. Sunday. the ex-ballplay-
er; DR.. D. G. Martin, of Great Reform
Church, Pittsburg; S. ID. Gordon, the cele-
brated Bible student. of Cleveland; Sam
Jones, DIR. Cullen, DR.. Willetts and other
noted men. The services begin with a re-
view and study of the Epistles.
1t Is expected th9t the park will rapidly
fill up this week. Among late arrivals at
the hotels are the following:
Winona H~otel-Jdhn Ross. Kokomo; Mrs.
c.. NJ. Hill, Frankfort: l.. +. Yarnelle, Fort
Wayne; DR.. j. A. Robson, Olive b.. Will
son, Chicago; Frances Benedict. Marion; J..
A Rondthaler. Chicago; Eli r. Ritter. In
dianapolis; w. F. Schultz. II. j. Scrog-
gans. Louisville. Ky; +. A. Palmer. Day
ton; Robin r. Reid, Greenville. ILL.,; *.
Germaine, Miss /. Germaine, Cleveland.
Minnewawan Inn-A. II. Tomas and fam
lily, Summitviile; Miss f. Belle Kerr. Rush
Vile; Jenkin Williams. David r. Jones,
City: Mrs. NJ. r. Milleson, ~Shelbyville;
G. F Crooks, Atlantic. Ia; Jessie M. Man
love, Mrs. NJ. w. Manlove. Connersville;
w. j. Moenklaus, Bloomington; James
Creighton. Chicago; J. r. Long and family.
Muncie; Ed Colbert. Wabash; J.. f. Shower,
Indianapolis; Francis w. Sutherland, Sagi-
nav. Mich; Frank Won DENSE, Greenville.
Mich; Joseph Louth, Delphos, o.; William
NJ. Taggart, Fort Wayne; Walter S. Darby.
Alexandria; Louis c.. Hames, Bluffton.
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NOT ELIGIBLE TO ENTRY.
Persons Who May Not Take Up Lands
Under the New Openings.

WASHINGTON. July S.-Commissioner
Hermann, of the General Land Office, has
issued a general circular specifying the per-
sons who are disqualified from making
homestead entry in the Wichita and Kio-
wa, Comanche and Apache ceded lands.
Those disqualified are as follows: ANY
person who has an existing homestead en-
try. or after June 6. 1900, abandoned or re-
linquished such entry; a married woman,
unless deserted or abandoned by her hus-
band; those not citizens, or who have not
declared such Intention: any one under
twenty-one years old not the head of a
family unless he served in the army or
navy fourteen or more days In actual war;
proprietors of over 100 acres of land any
where; any one who has perfected title TO
a homestead Of 160 acres by proof of res
idence and cultivation for five years, Or
under Section 2, act of June 10, 1880; any
one whose title acquired or now being ac-
Quired by him under the public land laws
in pursuance of entries made since Aug.
30, 1880, with the tract now sought to be
entered. will make al aggregate of over
40 acres of nonnineral land"
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quartet composed OF Prof. Clark r.. Park
tr. Alfred PcgiOw. Edwin Morse and Ber-
tram \ Orr. which Will be followed by
prayer by the Rev. Walter Scott. OF Ober-
lin. O.. formerly rector OF ST. Paul's Epis-
ccpal Church CT this city. The quartet
Will sl.5g Nearer. my God. TO Thee fol-
lowing which the Masonic funeral service
for a master Mason will be held. the Rev.
Mr.. Scott acting as chaplain OF the lodge,
d position which he flied during his resi-
dence IN Laporte. Following the service
at tie residence. the Masons. Knights
Temllars. Elks. LaDOrte County Bar As
ISOLATION. Knights OF Pythias and other
civic organizations and societies will form
fl line Under the direction OF Francis II.
Doran as marshal and accompany the
body 20 Pine Lake Cemetery. the last
resting place of the deceased. The Ma
sonic burial service viii be used at the
grave. The active pallbearers will be John
". POttinger. +. w. Davis. Daniel Grover.
Judge j. G Richter. J.. H Buck. w a
Banks. DIT. E. ]. Church and William T.
Anderson. Honorary pallbearers will be
kelected from among the Masonic Grand
Lodge officers present.
At a meeting Of the Bar Association this
morning a committee was appointed to
arrange FOR the holding OF memorial serv-
ices In court az a token Of respect to the
memory Of the member who has passed
away.
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&. +. r. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official.
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nifty. so that the birth hour is practically
without pain or suffering. 1t enables
the mother TO provide a plentiful supply
of healthful nourishment for the healthy
child. 1t makes weak women strong
and sick women we'll.
There is no alcohol in rFavorite Pre-
scription and it is absolutely free from
opium, cocaine, and all other narcotics.
Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free of charge. All cor
respondence strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DIR. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
81 gladly recommend DIR. Picrce's Favorite
Prescription writes Mrs. J. W. C. Stephens.
Mia, northumberland Co.. Virginia. eBefore
my third little boy was born / took six bottles.
He is the finest child and has been from birth.
and ] suffered very much less than did before
In confinement. ! uuhesitatingly advise ex-
don.'s
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a
pleasant and effective laxative medicine.
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in THE CODICIL
jacob s. ROGERS INTENDED TO GIVE
A NEPHEW $4,000,
But Wrote "Seventy-Five Thousand
Thousand Dollars" Which Is
eventy-Ffye Millions.
NEW YORK. July s.-The Journal and

NEW YORK. July s.-The Journal and
Advertiser will say, tomorrow: the
precautions OF Jacob s. Rogers 10 disin-
herit his relatives may go for naught by
reason of an error-intentional or other
wise. he made in his will. but which. ac-
cording to lawyers, must stand as 1t reads.
The error appears in the codicil dated Oct.
.. 1900. The codicil reads: 1 hereby further
will and bequeath 10 my nephew; Iheo-
dore b. Rogers. ir., son OF my brother,
Theodore b. Rogers. the sum or seventy
five thousand thousand dollars.
THUS the codicil gives to his nephew s1o,-
600. 600, or about ten times the amount OF
the estate. Necessarily 1t leaves no residue
for the Metropolitan Museum OF Art. Inc
paragraph. as is the entire will, Is In the
handwriting of the testator. The error. u
an error ii be. is INCREASED and unchanged
Lawyers say it must stand as it is
NEW YORK. July S.-Howard Rogers. a
nephew of the late Jacob S. Rogers. OF
Paterson, has been served with notice from
the relatives Of the deceased millionaire
that the latter's Will beGueathing the DUH
Of his estate to the Metropolitan Museum
of Arts will be contested.
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FISHERMEN MAKE THREATS.
interference with illegal Methods
Makes Trouble Along Eel River.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY, Ind. July FISHERMEN
along Eel river have become defiant, some
of them having threatened the life of
Deputy Fish Commissioner Nathan Comp
ton. of this place. Compton has captured
and destroyed one large seine and twenty
six other nets and traps. Owing to threats
made he finds II difficult to secure as
slstance. Reports have been sent to him
that certain persons have been lying in
wait for him among the bushes along the
river. armed with shotguns. ready to
shoot him down. A man in the vicinity
of Meals mill brought a basket of bass
TO town one day last week ana turned
them over to j. W. White, who was offer
ing them for sale on the street. Some of
them were under nine inches in length.
and should have been returned 10 the
water when caught. as required by law.
The law is being violated in every county
GIgging, trapping, netting, SEEMING and
d~ynamiting being carried on without in
PERMISSION. Hundreds of pounds of fish.
weighing from three TO forty pounds each,
have been sold on the streets by persons
who make a business of trapping and net
ting.
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WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind. July S.-The trial of Jo-
seph w. Brill. OF Cleveland. for the at
tempted murder of Attorney Ellsworth T..
Weir will begin Wednesday morning in the
Laporte Circuit Court. before Judge Rich
ter. This morning the indictment against
Brill was quashed. but he was Immediately
rearrested on affidavit and Information filed
by the States attorney. Later on he was
released on 5000 bond. This afternoon the
defense attempted to have the affidavit and
Information qGashed, but the court over
ruled the motion. Brill waived arraign-
ment, and the defense announced that IL
was ready for trial. Temporary insanity
will be the line of defense. Brill shot
Weir because of the alleged relations Of
the attorney and wife. and because she
had engaged Weir TO bring action for di-
vorce from Brill.
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HONOLULU. July 2 (via San Francisco
July S.-Paul Neumann died suddenly to-
day of paralysis of the brain. age sixty
eight years. He was one of the ~best-known
and most popular citizens of the islands.
He was a popular member of the bar, and
had been mentioned as n gubernatorial pos
sibility since the reports of Dole's possible
resignation. Neumann represented the
Hawaiian government in Washington and
in various capacities before annexation. In
1893 he represented Queen Liliuokalini at
Washington during the troubles that fol-
lowed the overthrow of the monarchy
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1t Is not the intention Of this government
10 interfere In Cuba TO the extent OF pre-
venting the payment of Cuban bonds should
the new government OF Cuba determine to
assume the bonds issued by the former So
called government and junta. Under the
Platt amendment the amount OF the indebt-
edness is limited by the provision that the
new government shall not assume or con-
tract any public debt which the ordinary
revenues OF the government Will not pay
the interest upon. and also create a sinking
fund TO pay. after defraying the expenses
Of the government. Under this clause the
United States will determine when the debt.
either contracted or assumed has reached
a limit II is stated that the Independence
OF Cuba carries with il the right TO create
obligations and TO incur indebtedness with
in these limitations.
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NOT A GOOD


HARTFORD, Conn.,, July S.-Insurance
Commissioner Schofeld to-day made pub
lie the report of the investigation of the
Connecticut insurance department of the
Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias. By
the report it appears that the reports of
the officials of the Connecticut State in
surance department have not reported the
true condition of the order. In the year
ending Dec. 81. 1900, the report of the
Knights of Pythias officials gave a total
admitted assets of s644, 500, with liabilities
Of s19, 161. leaving a balance of s225. S07. The
investigation howed the assets on Dec.
80. 1900. TO be 1894, $50 and the liabilities
S6O,l2S, making a dencit OF 500 and a
actuaries. however. absolves the present Of
fcials of the order from blame.
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CANNOT RUN FOR MAYOR.


NEW YORK, July S.-Some weeks ago
the Republicans OF the Twenty-first assem-
bly, district of this city Endorsed a sugges-
ton that Andrew Carnegie be a candidate
for mayor of Greater New York. A copy
of the resolutions was sent TO Mr.. Car
in Scotland and a reply has been
received from him. This reply is made
through his private secretary and reads:
MIR. Carnegie desires me to say in reply
TO your highly complimentary letter of the
31th OF March that his time viii be so fully
occupied for a long time TO come that il is
impossible for him to accept your ~fiatte--
ing suggestion. In doing so he wishes 10
assure you that his interest In New York
is not excelled by any OF its citizens"
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORTNILLE. Ind, July sergeant o.
]. Chappell, OF Company L. Forty-seventh
Volunteer Infantry. is the last of the Fort
Vile volunteers who served In the Philip
pines TO reach home. c. c. Brown and
Charles Jarrett having arrived Saturday
and Sunday. respectively. OF the seven who
enlisted from this place one. Vinton Rich
ardson, of Company l.. Forty-fourth Reg
iment, died in Cebu. of variOla. His body
is still there. although efforts nave been
made to have IL shipped to his friends.
Another member. Charles O. Fort, arrived
home In February. having been discharged
owing 10 a serious wound In his chest.
He Is slowly recovering.
The late arrivals seem to be i'm the best
of health. and say they were not sick a
day while in the service.
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Working for N New Industry.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG. Ind. July S-A mass
meeting was held in the courthouse park
here this evening for the purpose of arous-
ing greater interest among the people to Sc
cure the location of the Rushville furniture
factory at this place. Mayor Willoughby
presided and speeches were made by Judge
Myers. the Rev. j. i. Lathrop. VIII Pulse.
ID. Silberberg and others. Greensburg must
furnish the building, which will cost SOC, 600.
The improvement Association has sold
nearly ninety lots at sl60 each. but IL wants
TO sell about seventy-lve more lots In order
TO give the factory the amount agreed upon
and also have enough 10 pay the original
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NORWICH. Conn.,, July S.-An effort is
being made to affect a combination TO in
clude manufacturers of cardboard and pa
per used in the making of paper boxes,
with a capital of sO.CO0.0c0. The Uncase
Paper Company. of Norwich. the Ameri-
can ~Strawboard Company. of Chicago. and
the Chicago Coated Board Company are
likely to be the principal members of the
navy concern
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THE OIL BURNED.
Boys Experiment Damaged n Launch
and Endangere His.Lifc.
to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind. July Sat Lake Wa
wasec, Sunday, one of the finest aunches
on the lake. the Anna Jones, owned by A.
NJ. Jones. was badly damaged by fire. The
craft was moored to her pier and James
Jones. son of the owner. threw overheard
a quantity of oil that he thought of too
poor quality to use. One of his companions
suggested that he touch a match to the
floating oil, to see If 1t would burn. 1t did,
and a fierce fire was soon in progress,
flames reaching ten feet above the waters
surface, and badly scorching the boat. He
jumped aboard the launch. unfastened it
and showed it from the pier, and beyond
the danger line. when the fire was quenched.
In the meantime his own clothing caught
fire, but he escaped serious injury.
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OBITUARY.
james StilIman, Another Cor
resnOndent and JOurnalikt

LONDON, July 9.-The death was an
nounced last Saturday of William James
Stillman, the author and journalist, at his
home in Surrey. He had been Ill for a
long time, but seemed to be slowly i'm
proving.
William James Stillman was born June
/. 1928, in Schenectady. n. Y. He was edu-
graduation. founded and edited the Crayon.
a New York art journal. In 1861 he was
appointed United States consul to Rome.
ard four years later was transferred to
a similar post in Canea, Crete. From that
date his attention was largely occupied
with literature and journalism. In 1884 he
became the Rome correspondent OF the
London Times.
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VIII Not Contest the VIII.

NEW YORK. July s--The Evening World
says: prince Franz Won hatfield said
to-day there was no truth in the reports
that he and the Princess were going TO
contest the will of the late c. p. Hunting
ton. The Prince and Princess Won Hatz-
feldt are at the Holland House in this city.
In an interview to-day the Prince said:
The Princess is quite satisfied with the
terms Of her fathers will. The will was
most generous TO her, and she has never
thought of demanding a daughters portion.
l cannot imagine how this rumor has
started. 1t has caused great amusement to
the Princess
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind. July S.-Ernest RI.
Meyers began suit to-day against H. +.
Beverford, a local druggist. for $500. He
alleges that William +. Bennihof. a clerk
in Beverford's employ. sold the plaintiff
cotton saturated with carDolic acid, for APP
plication TO his wife's ingrown toe-nail,
when carbonated cotton was what was or
dered. The cotton caused great pain and
gangrene set in, which caused the Death
OF the plaintiffs wife. Prior TO her death
two amputations We're made in the futile
effort to save Mrs. Meyers's life.
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PHILADELPHIA. July S.-The stock
holders of the Cambria Steel Company, at
a meeting to-day. decided. by a unanimous
vote, to sell their property and assets to
the recently formed Conemaugh Steel
Company. There were 233, 094 shares voted.
Vice President j. Lowber Welsh said the
result of to-day's meeting assures the sue
cess of the merger of the Pennsylvania
steel companies. outside the United States
Steel Corporation, although there will be
another on Aug. 10 TO ratify the action of
to-Gay's meeting.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. July s.-Resi-
dents of the South Side are complaining
bitterly of the influx of "grafters' and the
immoral shows which are in attendance at
the Belgian carnival. 1t is feared that
trouble will ensue between the glasswork-
ers and the "grafters." as already threats
have been made by the South-siders that
the takers and ''grafters" must leave or
conduct themselves properly. Heretofore
this class of people has been unable to Sc
cure privileges and only did so this time
through Misrepresentation.
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HIGH TEMPERATURES.


TOPEKA. Kan. July S.-This has been
a day of unprecedented temperatures in
Kansas. In Topeka the mark reached was
lO4. In Marysville los degrees was recorded.
Fort Scott reports loo degrees. Reports
from numerous Kansas counties tonight
failure.
PIERRE. s. D.. July S.-The government
thermometer registered lQ here to-day.
Business was practically suspended.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, July S.-Mr. and Mrs.
r. E. French. were called to Chicago, this
morning. by "A message stating that their
daughter. Mrs. Cora French Moore had
been burned to death. The details of the
accident reached here to-day. Mrs. Moore
was burning gasoline in a kitchen stove.
While she was pouring a quantity of the
fluid in the reservoir an explosion occurred,
completely covering her with fire. Her
aged mother-in-Iaw was in another room
with a baby only a few months old. but
could not render assistance. The body was
burned to a crisp and the house almost de-
stroyed by fire. Mrs. Moore was very
popular when she lived in his city, and
was married but two years ago.
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NEW YORK, July S.-A sheriff jury in
the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, to-day de-
clared that Miss Anna King Gilman. half
sister of the late millionaire tea merchant.
GEORGE F. Gilman, was insane. The pro-
ceedings nave been taken in order that
her interest in the estate of her half
brother might be protected. Miss Gilman.
who is now sixty-three years old. is con-
fined in a private sanatoriIm in England.
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RICHMOND. Ind. July S.-Jacob La
motto, a prominent resident of the county.
was buried yesterday at Bryant's Chapel
His death was due 10 hasty consumption,
superinduced by measles. His age was six
ty-eight years.
KOKOMO. Ind. July S.-Charles G.. Arm
strong, of the manufacturing and hardware
firm of Armstrong. LaEdon & Co, is
dead. aged seventy years He was a brother
of Mayor W. S. Armstrong.
V~INCENNES. Ind. July S.-Joseph Gray.
employed by the Standard Oil Company
here. dropped dead this morning of heart
disease at the office.
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partment has received of the
death from sunstroke of Robert O'Neil
Wickersham. vice consul and deputy com
mercial agent of the United States at Cas-
tellamare di Stabia, Italy. He has been in
the consular service since 1879.
WELLLINGTON, o.. July st. r. Her
rick. father of Col. Myron T. Herrick. died
suddenly to-day. Mr.. Herrick was seven
ty-three years old and was widely known.
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Movements of Steamers.

MONTREAL. July S.-Arrived: North
western. from Liverpool. for Chicago:
Workman. from Antwerp and Hamburg,
for Chicago.
GLASGOW, July S.-Arrived: Sarmatian
from Montreal. Sailed: Sandman. for New
York; Sicillan. for Montreal.
NEW YORK. July S.-Arrived: Minneapo-
lis. from London: Anchoria, from Glasgow:
Cevic, from Liverpool.
NAPLES. July S.-Arrived: Hohcnzollern,
from New York. for Genoa