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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-19
German Baptists' Meeting.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, May 1S.-This was the
big day of the national conference of Ger
man Baptists (old order), now in session
few miles east of here. near EldoradO, o.
The attendance was very large, and the
bill of fare prepared to feed the assembly
consisted OF soup from nine beeves. 400
pounds of bread COO pounds of butter, five
barrels OF pickles and 200 pounds of coffee.
There We're preaching services, morning
and afternoon, and tonight there. was
communion and feet washing. The ex-
pense of entertaining this large gathering
is borne by the members of the denomina-
ton in the State in which IL meets. Last
year the conference was held at Cerro
Gordo, III. The members of the old order
are chiefly in Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Illi-
nois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Dakota and
California. The visitors are sleeping in
barns in the neighborhood OF the meeting
The lumber in the two tabernacles erected
will be sold at auction when the confer
ence closes.
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state Normal Notes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. May 1S.-Chester
L. Fidlar. of the Indiana State Normal
senior class, won the interclass oratorical
contest Friday night with 9415 per cent.
Miss Enneking, of the freshman class, was
second, with 81 per cent; Harry Miller,
Junior, SO 1-S per cent, and Thomas l..
Knipe, sophomore, 50 per cent. Chester
Fidlar is a Terre Haute teacher; Miss En-
neking, Batesyille, Ripley county; Mr..
Miller. Cataract, Owen county, and Mr..
Knipe's home is in Kokomo.
President Parsons has secured Secretary
Amos Butler. of the Indiana Board of
Charities, for a lecture Tuesday, and his
subject will be Outdoor Poor Relief"
President Swain. of the Indiana University.
will be here June and lecture on "A Ma
tional University"
The Girls Home, the new dormitory to
be under the management of the Young
Women's Christian Associa ton, will be
opened next Saturday. 1t is intended TO
have most OF the roOmers from among
those that will attend the summer term of
six weeks. which will run into the first of
August.
The City School Board has granted the
request OF the Normal for six weeks
term of the higher grades in the Training
School, which is conducted in the Normal
building. This will give the students at
the summer term of the Normal opportu-
nifty to continue their observations at the
Training School until the final adjourn
ment.
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GERMAN BAPTIsTs MEET.
Forty Thousand Are Gathered at the
Conference at Harrisburg.

HARRISBURG, Pa, May 1s.-Forty thou
sand people worshiped to-day in Paxtang
Park. where the annual meeting and Cen
eral Conference of the German BAPTIST
Church is being held. The crush az the
open air tabernacle was so great that over
flow meetings were held in every available
spot on ths grounds and i'm the neighboring
groves. In addition 10 the thousands of
German Baptists who are here from every
State and Territory i'm the Union there were
also present hundreds of brethren from
Lancaster. York Juniata. Huntingdon and
other counties where IN church is estab-
lished. Visiting elders occupied the pulpits
to-day of al the leading churches of Har-
risburg and the neighboring towns within
a radius OF ten miles
The days services in the park opened
with a Sunday school meeting, at which
5000 persons were present. The meeting
was in charge OF S. H. Hertzler, OF Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Pa. who was assisted by c. E
Arnold. of Kansas. and Levi Minnich. of
Ohio. S. +. Sanger, OF Indiana. preached
I'm the tabernacle TO 1900 people this after
noon on Christian Courage and Convic-
ton" sermon on the History OF the
Brethren also was preached this afternoon
By S. q. Shoop. OF Indiana. A missionary
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EarIham Graduates Abroad.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, May 1S.-The cata-
iogue recently issued by Earlham College
contains a list of educational positions be-
ing filled by members of the alumni. The
list is a long one, showing thirty-six in
frst-rate positions. twenty-seven in sec
ond-rate places and fourteen in third-rate
places Among the best positions filled by
Earlhamites are the presidency Of Swarth-
more College, chemistry professorship of
Howard University, chair of mathematics
or Purdue University, presidency of Will
mington College, professor OF biology of
Earlham College, professor of German of
Beloit College, presidency of Penn College.
professor of elOcutiOn and oratory of the
University Of Michigan, professor of geol-
ogy and physics Of the Wisconsin State
Normal, instructor in chemistry of Indiana
University, botanist at the New Mexico
Agricultural College, professor of political
science of Haverford College, professor of
chemistry in Gulford College, professor of
chemistry in Vassar College, professor of
Latin in the Wisconsin State Normal. lee
turer in the law department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania professor Of Ger
man in the Pacific College, instructor in
English of Purdue University. instructor
in German and French of the Michigan
State Normal.
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urday evening, Esther Butler, of the China
mission. delivered an address upon the
subject. THAT Which Is Worth While in
Foreign Missions" and the Sabbath morn
ing sermon was delivered by the Rev.
James r. Todd, OF Chicago, who also ad-
dressed the young people in the afternoon.
There are thirteen yearly meetings rep
resented in the conference and delegates
have arrived from the farthest Eastern
and Western States, including Maine and
New York. California and Oregon. Two
missionaries are here from Alaska, one
from the Indian Territory, and from China
and one from the West Indian islands. The
purpose Of the convention is to review the
work done by the society during the past
three years and to devise plans for the
future. One OF the interesting features or
the conference the address OF the
president, Eliza G.. Armstrong, in which
she gave a review of the work, including
a report of the department of interest and
organization.
and great interest is manifested by the
people in and about Westheld in the work
in which the society is engaged. The citi-
zens have opened their doors to the visi-
tors, a cottage has been procured for their
convenience as a place OF rest and the
local committee has spared no pains TO
make their stay a pleasant one. The cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing term will
take place or Monday Afternoon and the
conference will close on Monday night
with a sermon by the Rev. James r. Todd
upon THE Holy Spirit in Missions"
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FRIENDS MISSIONARY UNION.
Proceedings of The Gathering at West
heId-Papers and Reports.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WESTFIELD, Ind, May 1S.-The wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Union OF the
Friends Church is holding it's fifth tri-
ennial conference here. The conference be-
gan with an informal reception on Thurs
day evening at the Friends Church. on
Friday morning the conference proper
opened. During the forenoon the reports
from the various departments were re-
ceived. and in the afternoon Harriet F.
G. Peele. OF the Wilmington Yearly Meet
ing. read an interesting paper entitled
What Has the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society Done for the Friends Church
in Twenty-one Years."
Georgia Griffith Reese. of Iowa. read a
paper on What Has the Womans Foreign
Missionary Society Done for the Mission
Field?" This was followed by a paper on
"Our Future-What Shall Be Its Aim?'' by
Martha Newlin. of Western Yearly Meet
ing. The relation OF peace to the cause
of world evangelzatiOn was very ably
portrayed in a paper by Hannah j. Bailey
OF Maine In the evening Mr.. and Mrs
ReIlogle, returned missionaries from
Alaska. addressed a large audience upon
THE Power Of the Gospel" and the great
contrast between Christians and nom
Christians.
Saturday was devoted 20 the business of
the conference and the discussion of
various branches Of missionary work. Sat
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TWO BIG RACES.
Entries and Weights for This Weeks
Handicaps at Morris Park.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Following are the
weights and entries for the Pocantico
handicap for three-year-olds at a mile and
one furlong, over the HILL TO be run on
Tuesday. May 20, at Morris Park: Heno,
126; Chiffon, lis; Dixie Line, 116: San Diego
and Precentor, us; Whiskey King, ia;
Water Boy, llS; Gunfire, III; Gay Boy and
De Reszke, Ill; Port Royal and Flywheel.
ITO; Pretorius. 109; Northern Star. los;
Smart Set and Brunswick. 1O7; Bon Mot
and Remorse, LOG; April Shower and Firing
Line, los; Enright Met Albert and Hanover
Queen, 1O4; Five Nations and H. l.. Cole
man, 100; Joymaker, Trump, White Crest
and Pearlfnder, 80; Essen, "a; Ben Howard
and Par Excellence, SO; Geraldin, 90; John
Barleycorn, 80.
Following are the weights and entries for
the Vancourtlandt handicap, for three
year-olds and upward, 10 be run over the
last seven furlongs of the Withers mile
on Wednesday, at Morris Park: Ten
122; Dublin, III; Black Fox 120; Old Eng
land Lady Schorr and Ballyhoo Bey, lis;
King Pepper and. Intrusive. III; Colonel
Padden, 1l6; Charantus. lis; Hatasoo. ia;
Carbuncle and The Musketeer, 113; Arsenal,
Chiffon and Kinnikinnic. 1l2: Joe Frey,
Gulden, Smoke, Sombrero and Irritable,
ITO; Whisky King and Belviuo, 100; Morn
ing Side and His Eminence, los; Disadvan-
tage, l07; Ben Mac d Hui, All Gold and
Unmasked, l06; Emshoe, Igniter, Reina,
Gay Boy and De Reszke. los; Himself and
Port Royal, 104; The Amazon. 103; Pre-
centor, Northern Star and Wealth l02;
Brunswick, Lady Lucas and Firing Line,
100; Delagoa, Stranger and Smart Set, IS;
Enright, @. Whittier, Hanover Queen,
Ranald and Bonner, 81; Termless, &c. Moor
and Honolulu 95; Highlander and Phos-
Phor, "a; The Hoyden,. Musidera, Flying
50; Ben Howard. 80; John Barleycorn, 81;
Tenagra, Sc; Knight of the Bronx Sc.
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MANY PERSONS HURT.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, May lS.-Saturday was a
record-breaker in this city for the number
of serious or painful accidents and possible
fatalities 10 residents Of Muncie.
The first accident occurred Saturday
morning, when Mrs. Andrew j. Hunter, an
aged woman who resides on West Six
teenth street. was run over by a horse
driven TO a delivery wagon at the corner
of High and Howard streets. About $50
o'clock last evening Charles Andrews, an
iron puddler, fell from a street car on Wal
nut street. He was painfully but not seri-
ously injured. An hour later Roy Brown,
aged twenty-five, jumped from street car
on East Main street. The car was run
ming at high speed. Brown fell and suf-
fered a severe conclusion of the brain. He
is still at the Muncie Hospital, having not
yet regained consciousness. He may die.
At about the same time old man named
Timothy Curtin, of Van Vert, o., was run
down by horse and buggy driven by an
unknown man, who was accompanied by a
woman. Curtin was painfully injured. AS
a climax to the list came the alteration
between Lewis BOurdina and Ryer Penwell,
neighbors, who resided on West Ninth
street. Bourdina struck Penwell in the
head with a brick, fracturing his skull and
exposing the brain. Penwen is resting
easier to-day, and unless complications de-
yelop he has a chance to recover, the hos
pital physicians say.
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Company Collectors Have Hard Time
Gathering Mixers and the Courts
Must Decide.
BOY KILLED BY STREET CAR
FIRST ACCIDENT ON THE TRACTION
LINE AT MADISON.
Friends Missionary Union-Meetinss
of German Baptists-News of
Indiana Colleges.
peeial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, May ls.-The natural gas
situation has reached a town meeting
stage in Kokomo. and a mass meeting was
held in the City Hall 10 protest against
the action of the companies in removing
the mixers from all heating stoves and to
discuss and consider plans for the prOtec-
ton of consumers. The hall was crowded
with indignant citizens. 1t is the general
belief that the removal of the mixers
means that they will be retained by the
companies until the consumer will sign
contracts agreeing TO pay double the pres
ent ordinance rate or to take gas by meter
measurement at % cents a thousand.
AS "A matter of fact the companies are
having poor success in gathering in the
mixers and the collectors have an I'M
pleasant job. They are refused admittance
10 more than half the houses and in many
instances they were threatened with vio-
lence by the inmates. One collector, after
working all day came in at night with his
trousers torn by dogs and had six mixers
in his basket The women are particularly
angered and in several cases they had
kettles of hot water ready TO scald the gas
man. Some patrons permit the removal OF
the mixers and replace them with others
after the collectors have passed. Plumbing
ana gas hitting shops are having good
trade in mixers.
AT the meeting it was proposed to appoint
committees TO cooperate with the Council
in defending the rights of the public and
this will be done at another meeting. The
Chicago company. which has nearly all the
gas here, is bound by ordinance to supply
kokomo at a stipulated price as long as it
has gas TO sell. The company is receiving
about 70 cents a thousand for gas piped 10
Chicago and the supposed object of the
corporation is to get stiff price for its
commodity here or pump IL all TO Chicago.
On this point the city will make it's fight.
IL is the opinion of good attorneys that If
the company abandonS Kokomo and How
ard county IL vitiateS its franchise and
rights of way and that under this contract
II must stop sending gas TO Chicago. 1t
will go into the courts on that issue.
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Indiana Obituary.

RISING SUN Ind. May 1s.-Mrs. Sophia
j. Downey. widow of Judge A. G. Downey,
died at her home in Rising Sun this after
noon. She was seventy-two years old and
was well known throughout southern In
diana. She left two sons, George T.. Dow
ney. present mayor Of Aurora, and Harry
s. Downey, of Shelbyville Z. E. Steven
son, an attorney of this city, is a son-in-
law. Judge Downey died two years ago
He was once a Supreme Court judge, dean
OF the De Paw Law School and a promi-
nent Mason.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 1S.-A telegram
was received from Baltimore late last night
announcing the death OF Miss Bessie
Strouse, the only daughter of Abe Strouse
a wealthy clothing merchant of this city
The young woman had been attending
school al Washington and was stricken
but few days ago, when she was removed
TO the home of an uncle al Baltimore The
parents of Miss Strouse are touring Europe
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Fight over Ice Rates.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, May 1S.-The fight of the
people against the advance in the price of
ice announced by the Muncie Ice Company
and the Crystal Lake Ice Company, the two
local companies, at the beginning of the
present season, eliminated to-day in the an
nouncement made by j. w. Neagles, of this
city, that he will organize a new company
Immediately to sell ice at the lowest posi-
bic cost The old companies raised the price
from 30 cents 10 80 cents hundred pounds
The first carload Of ice will arrive to-mor-
row.
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STATE UNIVERSITY.
Col. Denby's Lectures on China-Per-
sOnaI and Fraternity Notes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May B.-Colonel
DENLY, formerly United States minister to
China, has been in the city a couple of
days the guest of Indiana University by
special invitation of the Y. NJ. c. A. To-
night he lectured at the gymnasium on
"China and the Far East"
Leo f. Rettger, for two years assistant to
DR.. Lyons in physiological chemistry and
bacteriology, has received his Phi. D. de-
gree at Yale and has been appointed in
structor in bacteriology in the Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale University.
An interesting diversion from the work
of the university was a vaudeville given
for the benefit of the Woman's League
at the gymnasium Friday night. The pro-
gramme included a number of special acts
Clyde Driesbach, class '03, has been
elected by the great council of Sigma M
to assist in the institution of new chap
ter at the University of Wisconsin the last
of June.
The senior class will include about 100
graduates and the demand for teachers
this year has been unusually large, which
has greatly decreased the ranks OF the
class.
A social function of the past week was
the Pi Phi reception in honor of Miss Mil
dred Chase, of Laporte, who has been the
guest of Miss Edith Gamble, of Logans-
port. Refreshments were served, dancing
was a part of the programme and the
Among the out-of-town guests were Mr..
Geiss of Evansville, Mr.. French of Ander-
son, and Miss Bryan of De Paw.
M. e. Haggerty has begun the compila-
ton of record of all the graduates of In
diana University. When concluded il will
be interesting memorandum and will
give the occupation and residence of every
graduate.
A c. Muhse, doing postgraduate work in
the University, has been awarded a fellow
ship in Cornell University worth $500. He
will enter Cornell next term.
Beta Theta Pi gave an informal recep-
ton Friday evening at the chapter house,
which was the first entertainment since the
home was burned, early in the year The
building has been completely remodeed
and is even better than it was when first
constructed.
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DETROIT. May l8-Six pitchers were
used in the remarkable game that was
played at West End Park this afternoon.
STREET. held Detroit down well for three
innings, but in the fourth Mcclure. with
the bases full, drove the ball over the
fence for a home run. STREET. lasted only
one more inning. and both joss and Lund-
bloom, who succeeded him. were hit freely.
-Four errors and three hits gave Cleveland
five runs in the third and two errors.
coupled with three hits and two bases on
balls, brought in the five talies in the
seventh gathering storm made IL 80
Gark that IL was necessary TO call the game
in the seventh inning. Score:
RHE
Detroit .............O 0 o 4 5-l9 Is s
Cleveland ..........0 o o 5-n 10 1
Batteres-Siever, Mullin, Miller and Nc
CURE; STREET., Joss. LundbloOm and Ber1is.
Base hits-Om Siever, a: of Mullin. 5: OF
Miller, /; or STREET., s: of joss. 4; or Lund-
bloom, f. TwO-base hits-Holmes MCGUIRE,
Yeager, Wood. Three-base hit-leager.
Home runs-McGuire. Buelow. Sacrifice
hits-Harley, Pickering. Stolen bases
Buelow. Thoney. Bases on balls-On Ste
yer. !; OF Mullin. 5: of Miller. !: on STREET..
3: off Joss. 2; OF Lindbloom. .. Hit by
pitcher-Yeager. Elberfeld. Bases on err
ors-Cleveland. ?. Left on bases-Detroit.
5: Cleveland, 7. Struck out-By Mullin. ];
by Miller, l. by STREET.. =. wild pitches-Joss.
LundblOom. Time-2:3f Umpire-Connelly.
Attendance-5.Oo.
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LITTLE HOPE FOR PEACE.
Both sides Are Determined in the
WfIkesbarre District.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, May 1s-The
striking miners Of the Wyoming region are
much interested in the visit Of Secretary
Ralph NJ Easley, OF the National Civic
Federation. 10 Hazleton. TO confer with
Mr.. Mitchell. The business community is
also much worked up over the matter.
ard the hope IS general that II may be a
fOrerunner OF an armfstice The local oper-
They say the only way 20 end the conflict
now about 10 enter its second week is for
the miners 10 give up their demands and
return 10 work
number OF coal and iron policemen,
who were commissioned yesterday, went
on duty at several OF the colieries in this
region tonight. John MullShey, secretary
of the State Firemen's Association, whose
headquarters is here. says the firemen
stand ready 10 respond TO any call the
United Mine Workers may make on them.
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SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUsTs.
They Appear in Floyd County and
Furnish Food for Chickens.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, May 1S-Seven-
teen-year locusts in great numbers ap-
peared at John o. Greene's farm on Silver
Hills, near New Albany, on Thursday,
May 10. At the same time they were re-
ported from Edward Fawcett's fruit farm,
in the same county. The cast-off shells
of the locusts are found on the ground
or adhering thickly 10 blades of grass;
and the locusts are occupied in droning dis
mally. or in flying in swarms from tree TO
tree. Chickens and English sparrows are
pursuing and devouring the locusts with
great Zest. Three vsitations Of the seven
teen-year locusts are remembered by the
older residents since the Floyd county hills
became suburban dwelling property. 1t is
not recalled that previous visits were at
tended with much appreciate damage to
trees crops.
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Poor Base Running by the Local Team
columbus and st. Paul Win
Other Sunday Games.
American Association standing.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May S.-After
knocking Altrock out of the box in the
third inning. the Indianapolis players con-
tinued their onslaught on Olmstead for
the remaining six and batted out victory
by the score of 10 to 4. 1t was a well-played
game, in which poor base running on the
part of the locals added materially to the
defeat by the visitors. The feature of the
game was the batting of Kuhns. who, out
of six times at bat, gathered a total of
four safe ones. two doubles and as many
singles. Olmstead's one-handed stop of
Fox's grounder in the ninth was the clean
est piece of fielding during the game and
spoiled what looked like a safe one for
the visiting second baseman. The game
was loosely played from beginning to end,
and both teams showed lack Of snap and
vigor that was anything but pleasing to the
large crowd of fans i'm attendance Score.
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A Good Word for Funston.
Leslie's Weekly

LeSne weekly.
Those who have the privilege as well as
the pleasure OF a personal acquaintance
with the why little fighter OF the Philip
pines. Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, will
be inclined 10 Justify his caustic criticism
of the venerable senator from Massa-
chusetts. Mr.. Hoar, TO the effect that the
latter lis suffering from an overheated
conscience" Mr.. HOar has been one of the
most vituperative and violent assailants of
President McKinley's Philippine policy and
has placed himself on record in many
notable public utterances. While he was
criticising the policy of Mckinley General
Funston was fighting at the risk of his life
TO maintain and vindicate that policy. 1t
is not singular, therefore, that, modest,
retiring and unassuming as he is and al
ways has been, he felt called upon to ex-
press himself regarding the un-American,
not TO say unpatriotic attitude of the
querulous senator from Massachusetts.
President Roosevelt in the interests of the
public service may have thought IL neces-
sary TO reprimand General Funston, but
public sympathy in the matter is obviously
with Funston. and we are inclined to be-
lieve that il ought to be.