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Dinner to Prince Henry.

BERLIN, Jan. A.-Andrew d. White,
the United States ambassador here. gave
a dinner tonight to Prince and Princess
Henry of Prussia at the Kaiserhof. John
B. Jackson, secretary of embassy, and
Mrs Jackson, Commander William II.
Beehler. naval attache, and Mrs. Beehler,
Mai John B. Kerr military attache to the
embassy, and all the embasSy's staff were
present, as were also Count Won Buelow,
the imperial chancellor, Baron Won RIGHT
hoff, the German minister of foreign af-
fairs, and Admiral Won TirpitZ, secretary
of the German admiralty, and their wives,
and most of the members of Prince Hen
rvs suite on his forthcoming trip to the
United States. There was much pleasant
conversation about America, but no
speeches were made nor healths drunk.
Prince and Princess Henry remained one
hour after dinner
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Is WRITING A BOOK.
Princeton woman who Recently Was
Released from Prison.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, Ind, Jan. 2i.-Mrs. Rebecca
Rosenbarger, who was convicted here three
years ago on a charge of having attempted
90 poison her seventeen-year-old son Alva
in order to obtain his life insurance, has
been paroled and is now the welcome
guest of her daughter and many old-time
friends here. She was tried before Judge
.. NJ. Welborn. without the Intervention
of a jury and sentenced TO serve seven
years i'm the Woman's Prison. There was
no discriminating evidence against her ex-
cept that Of her own son. who testified that
his mother gave him hydrate of choral to
beautify his complexion. In her defense il
was proved by numerous witnesses that
he said he took the drug with suicidal in
tent, and told a dozen different stories as
TO where he obtained it. in one of which
he made a written confession that he
stole IL at Dr. Hudson's, but. finding that
he became an object OF notoriety. and
fearing prosecution for stealing it, he ac-
cused his mother. saying that he would
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. A.-The fast east
bound New York-St. Louis train on the
Big Four struck open switch at Raj
eigh switch. three miles west Of Pendleton,
at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon, and gave its
many passengers a severe shaking up.
There is station at that point. where
two long sidetracks have been built TO ia
cilitate the passing Of trains. The train
was running a mile a minute when Ii
struck the switch, and in making the sharp
curve from one track TO the other the pas
sengers were thrown promiscuously about
the cars, but fortunately none was more
than bruised. Ii is believed that nothing
but the immense weight Of the huge en-
CINE and OF the Pullmans of which the
train is composed kept ii on the track, thus
preventing a dreadful accident.
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Other State Neurology.

GREENCASTLE, Ind. Jan. 24-John w.
Lee, for many years agent for the Monon
and Vandalia railroads at Limedale, a mile
west of this city, and former county clerk
of Putnam county. is dead at ST Louis and
will be buried here, probably tomorrow.
He was we'll known among the employees
of the two railroads. He had been an en-
ploye in the clerks office of the Pennsyl-
vania at St. Louis lately He brother
of Col Jesse NJ. Lee, of the United States
army.
RICHMOND. Ind. Jan. 24-George T.
Stevens, aged fifty-eight, died last night at
his home in this city. Death was due to
paralysis of the brain. resulting from a
fall. The deceased came here twenty-five
years ago from New York. and had en-
gagged in various lines of business. He
was prominent in Masonic circles. He left
a widow.
PETERSBURG, Ind, Jan. 24.-Jonathan
Bowman died yesterday afternoon, aged
eighty-five. He was one of the pioneer set
tiers of Pike county. For many years he
served as township trustee and as county
commissioner. He was a Democrat.
EDINBURG Ind, Jan 24.--Mrs. Stout,
wife of Thomas J. Stout, telegraph opera
tor at the railroad station in Edinburg
died very suddenly to-day just before the
noon hour. aged about thirty-two. The
husband and one child survive.
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NEWS OF MUSIC EVENTS
CHORUS FOR SPRING FESTIVAL AL
READY NUMBERS 800.
First Rehearsal VIII he Held on Feb.
Standardization Lee
Tonight.

Three hundred of the persons that have
applied for places in the chorus of the
Thomas spring music festival have been
accepted. John II. Stem, who is in charge
of the matter. says that the chorus COM
plete will number 400 voices. Applicants
will be heard between and O'Clock
this afternoon and every afternoon next
week at the Starr piano store. The
first rehearsal of the chorus will be
held Wednesday evening, Feb. 5, in
the assembly hall Of the Shortridge High
School. IL will be in charge of Assistant
Conductor Stock, of the Thomas orchestra
and thereafter he will come from Chicago
weekly TO direct the rehearsaIs. The fes-
tival will be held on the evenings of March
81 and April IN Tomlinson Hall Theodore
Thomas will direct his orchestra and the
chorus and there will be four soloists.
XXX
At the German House tonight Carl Arm
bruster will give the first of two lectures
on 1.-THE Life and Works of Richard Wag-
ner" 1t will be in English Mr.. Arm
bruster Will be assisted by Pauline Cramer,
soprano. Of Bayreuth who will sing selec-
lions from the Wagner music dramas. The
lecture Will be illustrated with the stere-
optcon Seats are on sale at the Starr
piano store or may be had at the German
House box office this evening The sec
ond Of these concert-lectures will be given
next Wednesday evening.
Seats may now be bought at English's
for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
concert on Monday evening. Harold Bauer,
pianist. will be the soloist. The sale Of
seats for next Thursday evenings recital
by Jan kubelik. violinist. will begin on
Monday morning, at English's.
ON account of the illness of Mrs. James
NJ feathers the recital which was to have
been given tonight by her and Edwin Eel
Ter In the Schelschmidt studio has been
postponed until week from tonight
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Took in a Big Herd.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 24-The Fort
Wayne Elks added 1O1 new members to
their lodge this afternoon, the list includ-
ing many of the leading business men.
lawyers and merchants. Several applicants
were black-balled because they are en-
gagged in the liquor business. The degrees
were conferred by a prize-winning degree
team from Grand Rapids. Tonight the
rev members participated in their first
social session at a banquet given in the
ballroom of the Wayne Club, where covers
for $50 were laid. The lodge now numbers
nearly five hundred members. 1t began
rehearsals last night for the annual charity
minstrels, to be held on Feb. and T. uls
der the management of c. A. Grubbs, oil
Chicago.
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NEWSPAPER CHANGES.
Charles LoveIace, of Huntington
Purchases the wabash Times.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, IND, Jan. "a - Charles e
Lovelace, for several years in editorial
charge of the Huntington News-Democrat,
the Democratic organ of Huntington coun-
ty, to-day purchased the Wabash Times,
a local Democratic paper, owned by Mel
son G.. Hunter. The Times publishes daily
and weekly edition, and was founded in
1885, succeeding the Wabash Courier as
the Democratic organ when the late Lee
Linn made his sensa tional turn to the Re
publican party. Established by a joint
stock company, the Times at last fell into
the hands of Mr.. Hunter, who has con-
trOlled 1t since. In 1896 he refused 10 sup
port William j. Bryan for the presidency
and the free-silVer wing of the party
backed the Wabash Star, which has di-
vided the field with the Times and is now
running. The price paid for the Times is
under $4,000 it is stated. Mr.. Lovelace will
assume control on Saturday evening and
expects continue the publication a
morning Democratic paper.
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OIL FIELD FIRES.
Considerable Damage Done I'm the
Hartford City Pool.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Jan. 24.-Fire
during the last few days has done consider
able damage in the oil field near here On
Wednesday morning the boiler house on
the Hugh Moore farm destroyed and
Irwin Butcher, the pumper, barely escaped
with his life. His clothes, a gold watch
and $50 were destroyed This is the second
time the boiler house has burned within
three months.
The Ohio Oil Company's power station on
the Ross Harold farm in Washington
township, was DESTROYED on Thursday aft
ern0On. 1t is the second time for this TO be
destroyed and the loss is So 600, not count
ing the loss of production that cannot be
handled until a new power plant is erected
The gasometer building on the Widow
Kelly farm, in the same township, owned
Tuesday night by fire. The origin in all in
stances is unknown.
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CHNEIDER-KING

PORTLAND, Ind, Jan. A.-Mr. Fred
Schneider and Miss Alice A. King, both of
Richmond, were married here yesterday
afternoon. The Rev. +. l.. Snyder per-
formed the ceremony.
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courtesies toward their seniors In college
work. RevOlvers were carried by a mum
Der Of the boys and they boosted In public
that they would shoot anyone who inter
fered with them.
The only punishment ever inflicted by
the college authorities for these disturb
ances on the street and elsewhere Is sus-
pension for few hours, and last fall ths
suspensions in several cases were postponed
until certain football game was played
in order that the ones 10 be punished might
play. The city authorities do not interfere
with them. much TO the dissatisfaction OF
the town boys. who say that similar con
duct from them. especially the carrying oi
revolvers. would result In heavy punish
nent
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street. by Father Gavisk. assisted by the
clergy. on Tuesday evening, Jan. y. sup
per will be served from until 10 o'clock.
Mr. H. WiIlauere Lowe of Cincinnati.
and Mr. Glenn W. Parks. Of Nashville,
Tenn. graduates Of Chicago University,
are here in the interests of the university
extension lectures. Mr.. Lowe is nephew
Of Mrs. G. :. Denny.
Miss Bertha Short, of the Minneapolis
School of Expression. gave a number OF in
teresting readings at Miss Dressers pri-
vate school yesterday morning. The num-
beers included selections from Ben King and
Riley's Child Rhymes
Miss Clara Onutt. of Greenfield. who has
spent several days with Miss Emma Pear
son. will return nome to-day. On yester-
day afternoon few friends were invited
TO meet Miss OnUtt. who is a member Of
the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
The Woodruff Place Club dance took
place last evening. The hostesses were
Mrs y. II. Dillman, Mrs Johnson, Mrs.
Huey. Mrs Admiral Brown Mrs. Haines.
Mrs Fraser and Mrs. Eddy NJ. Campbell.
Pink and red roses added to the attrac-
tiveness Of the home of Mrs. Harry Eugene
day afternOOG for her guest. Mrs Bre-
count. and Mrs. Noonan. visiting Mrs.
Louis II. Levey Both are from Cincinnati
and formerly lived here.
Mrs John T. Chenoweth January
bride who. with her husband, is visiting
MIR. and Mrs. Daniel y. ChenOweth. was
the guest of honor at a delightful luncheon
Yesterday The hostess. Mrs. ID. y. Cheno-
weth. had with her as special guests Mrs.
StoIl and Mrs. Nelson, who are visiting
Mrs Evan Lilly. The center piece
for the table a French basket
OF Bride roses and smilax. resting on
the bridal veil. which covered the
white satin cloth. At each plate was a
gilt-framed water-colOr portrait painted on
white satin, the whole being aglow with
white candles under cream-rose petal
shades.
The active chapter of the Pi Beta Phi
sorority of Butler College gave a recep-
ton and dance last evening at the home of
Miss McCOllum. 2S12 North Illinois street.
Broad satin ribbons, of wine and blue, col
of the sorority, effectively ar
ranged in the parlOrs and carnations. the
flower of the society, were scattered
throughout the rooms. The latter part of
the evening was devoted to dancing, for
which MOntani Brothers furnished the
music. Miss McColum was assisted in en-
pertaining by Mrs. Robert Moorehead. Miss
Ethel Curryer. Miss Emily Helming and
Miss Jessie NJ. Scott, of Greenfield Among
the guests were Miss Kemp and Miss Flor
ence Province, of Franklin.
SCHNEIDER-KING.
PORTLAND, Ind, Jan. 2i.-Mr. Fred
Schneider and Miss Alice A. King, both of
Richmond, were married here yesterday
afternoon. The Rev. +. l.. Snyder per-
formed the ceremony.
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Lost Estate by Fighting for IL.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE. Ind. Jan. 24.-The jury
in the Fry will case returned verdict for
the twenty heirs who sued to set aside the
will on the ground of undue influence on
the part of George Broumer. a nephew.
The decedent Frederick Fry. aged ninety
two at the time of his death. was brought
from Iowa by Broumer and placed in a
Catholic hospital, where he received the
best of attention until he died. Then this
will turned up giving Broumer all the es-
tate worth about $500. The other heirs
offered to settle with Broumer on the basis
of 500 each. but he wanted the whole es-
tate and stood trial. The result is that he
will participate on level with the other
heirs and will receive approximately $500,
whereas his share under the compromise
plan would have been about $1,000.
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Miss Barnes's Talks at Y. w. c. A.

The addresses of Miss Helen Barnes at
the Y. w. c. A. are attracting a great
amount of attention. At the gospel meet
ing last night the gymnasium was filled
with attentive listeners to Miss Barness
address. There will be one more noon ad-
dress, and that will be held to-day from
12:15 until 12:45. At o'clock this afternoon
Miss Barnes will speak to schoolgirls,
though not exclusively to them. Her sub
ject will be What the Schoolgirls Are
Doing for the Young Women's Christian
Association" Miss Barnes may conclude
her visit to Indianapolis with a talk to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock. There is
desire among the young women of the as
ISOLATION for Miss Barnes to give one more
of her factory talks Monday noon.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Dramatic Incident Mt the Grave of a
KOkOmO Woman.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Jan. 4-There was a
dramatic incident at the funeral of Mrs.
Alice Caster Hutson here to-day. Mrs. Hut
son before her death had prayed that her
brother Dawson Caster, a Philippine sol
der, might return and see her before the
earth closed over her forever AS the body
was about to be lowered into the grave the
brother appeared on the scene. On his ar
rival at the depot he was informed that
the funeral procession of his favorite sister
had just passed. Caster appropriated the
first horse in sight and rode furiousy to
the graveyard. reaching there just in time
to see the face of his sister as she had
prayed for. He did not know of her illness
nor did the family know he was coming
home.
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TOOK ACID AND WILL DIE.
WOman's Deed Caused by UnfaithfuI-
of Her Husband.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Jan. A.-Mrs. Frank
White this evening called on ]. B. Wood
with whose wife her husband had eloped
at one time. and in his presence drank a
quantity of laudanum and carboic acid
from the effects of which she will die
Frank White and Wood are oil men. One
year ago White ran away with Mrs. Wood
but things not going we'll with them, they
returned and the two families were re-
united.
The relations between them continued and
though efforts were made to adjust mat
terS, they were unsuccessful Mr. Wood
and Mrs. White were aware of the facts
but neither would make an effort to pre-
vent them.
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Double Funeral from One Home.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind, Jan. 2.-Woodford
Matherly, farmer who lived four miles
in the country. who was born on June 6,
1916, the day the State of Indiana was adj
mitted to the Union, died at his home day
before yesterday of old age His daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Matherly, ffty-one years
old, from overwork and long exposure in
waiting upon her father, contracted in
Illumination of the lungs and near
deaths door at the hour of her father S
death. Yesterday while the body of the
father was being put in the hearse for
burial the daughter expired, when the ia
theirs funeral was postponed until to-day,
that the father and daughter might be
buried together.
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CARSHOPS TO BE BUILT.
Hammond to BE Benefited by the Com
ing of a New Industry.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal
HAMMOND, Ind, Jan. 2.-Messrs. Toll
bert and Peckham, Chicago capitalists,
have just purchased the site of the Corning
steel plant here, which has lain idle since
it was absorbed by the trust, paying $50 900
for the site. They will build car shops to
be used in the manufacture of railway cars
and locomotives. A Chicago grain corpora
ton also has decided to erect series of
huge grain elevators, and the distributing
elevator will be built here.
other important industries to be locat ted
here soon are a boiler works and a large
iron foundry. The number of men EN-
ployed by the concerns mentioned will
number nearly one thousand.
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LIFE INSURANCE CHURCH.
Cult Gives Sick and Death
Benefits, Physical and PsychicaI.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, jan A.-The Rev. ].
d. Hagaman, whose license to preach in
the Church of God has been revoked, has a
large following of the membership of the
church They met last night and organized
a new denomination and named it "The
Church of the Eternal Life-saving Associa-
ton" Mr.. Hagaman made the statement to
his followers that many years ago ii was
organize a new religious denominatio
which should be beneficiary. In accordance
with this plan the members pay tithes and
i'm return are eligible to sick and death
benefit payments. The new cult has de-
cided not to contest for the Church of God
property
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Has n Democratic Mayor.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Jan. 24.-Mayor
A. f. Kinsley resigned as the executive
head of the city at the regular meeting of
the City Council tonight. His commission
as postmaster arrived Thursday and he
will assume his duties Saturday night. l..
Q. Edison was elected mayor. He is the
first Democrat to. be selected as mayor of
Hartford City, and will serve until May
l. EX-Mayor Kinsley succeeds Z. d. Moi
felt as postmaster.
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w. f.. Mick Buys n Block.

The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company yesterday sold the three-story
block at the corner of South Meridian and
Norwood streets TO William E. Mick for
$4,000. The lot is 6711x14O feet and the build
ing contains four storerooms and thirty
one living rooms. Mr. Mick will erect two
double frame dwellings in the rear of the
lot. The sale was made through the Spann
az
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Lodge of RebeI<ahs at Hobbs.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD Ind, Jan. PA new lodge
of Rebekah degree of odd Fellows was in
stituted last night at Hobbs. the Elwood
and Upton lodges having charge of the
work. The officers of the new lodge are
N c.. Miss Bertha Bates; V. c.. Mrs. Ida
Warne; recording secretary, Mrs. Ella
Good financial secretary. Mrs. Rosa
stephens; treasurer. Mrs. Marie Francis
chaplain, Mrs. Jennie Parker. The mem
bership numbers about thirty
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ELECTRICAL WORKERS WIN.
Contractors and Union Sign n Higher
Wage Scale.

The Electrical Workers Union and the
contractors last night agreed upon a scale
for a year. The electrical workers struck
for an increase in wages from Is cents
TO 50 cents an hour, eight hours a day.
a compromise was effected by the con-
tractors agreeing to pay 20 cents an hour
for nine months of the year and nine hours
a day. and 3212 cents an hour for the re-
naming three months. eight hours day.
This virtually means that the electrical
workers have secured eight-hour day
after this year. The helpers scale was
increased from Is to 20 cents an hour. All
of the contractors of the city signed the
agreement and the men will return TO work
this morning at the new scale.
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New Ruling i'm Liquor Cases.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, Jan. A-Judge ]. D.
Ferrall, of the Elkhart Circuit Court, has
decided that when a person advertises that
he will apply for a liquor license, after
learning that a remonstrance has been filed
against him, fails or refuses TO apply al
the following term of the Commissioners
Court, the demonstrators may file their re-
monstrance just the same as though he had
his application in, and the remOnstrance will
stand good against him for any application
he may make for two years from date OF
fling
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ON the City,s SINGS.

At English's this morning the sale of
seats will open for the three performances
OF THE Bonnie Brier Bush on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights and Wednesday
afternoon Of next week. Mr.. Stoddart will
be seen in this play as Lachlan Campbell.
Ii Will be the only dramatic entertainment
at Esnglish's next week.
Lucille Saunders, singer. and Willis Il.
Sweatnam, mOnolOguist, will lead the
vaudeville at the Grand next week
The Parks attractions next week will be
the LillipUtians and q melodrama The
Last Sentence
Twins Majestic Burlesquers with the
Burke Brothers. will furnish the show al
the Empire next week.
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Miners Guests of Machinists.

The Machinsts Union last night gave
a smoker in its hall. at Alabama and Wash
ington streets. and had a number of the
delegates to the miners convention as
guests President w. ID. Van Horn, of the
Indiana district; ID. T. Sullivan, of Ohio,
and Mother Jones spoke.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. A-Mrs. Anna B.
Fields, of this city, general organizer for
Indiana of the Womans International
new league will be instituted al Paramount
Tomorrow night. The work will be in
charge of the leagues from this city and
Muncie. The organization, which has for
its object the assistance of labor unions by
the wives sisters and mothers of laboring
men, was born in the Indiana gas belt, and
is growing rapidly all over the country.
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Many BurgIaries Mt Greensburg.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind, Jan. 24.-An organ
lied band of robbers and housebreakers APP
pears to be infesting this city. They have
been plying their vocation here all winter
and manage to so elude the police that no
arrests have followed. Last Saturday night
several residences were burglariZed, much
property and money stolen. Last night they
entered three more residences and secured
$50 at one place. They have been seen sew
eral times. but so far no one has been able
to identify any of them.