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PROGRESS IN MANCHURIA.

&c of the London News

Correspondence of the London News.
You will not find on a map the cluster of
wooden huts called Mindenken, where the
Manchurian Railway Saturday, Oct. 10.
came to a sudden stop. But you may easily
find the Hingan mountains, breaking north
east between Mongolia and ManchurIa
sometimes Chailar), in the land of the
Mongois, to Stsikar (spelt sometimes Tsit-
sihar), in the land of the Manchus, you
may suppose Mindenken to lie within the
eastern shadow of the Hingan range.
l have said that on that Saturday the
railway stopped suddenly at Mindenken.
On the Sunday ii would stop farther west,
on the Monday farther west still; while all
the time, on the other side of the hills, the
line was creeping south. So by the time
this letter appears in print the two Will
have joined. and the dream of travellers to
make a journey from Paris to Picking by
rail will be complete.
For never since man was able to WELD a
spade has any work been pushed on with
such rapidity as this eastern Chinese rail-
way. l took a walk several miles up the
line to where the building was in progress.
Toward a great cliff in the mountains a
track was Staked over the barren plain.
Three thousand Chinese coolies were doing
nothing else but shovel the adjoining earth
into baskets, swing two baskets at the end
of a pole across their shoulders. carry it to
between the stakes, and build bank some
two feet above the level. They worked
slowly and carried paltry amounts of earth,
and dawdled on their way back for an
they were, surging to and fro. and gradu-
ally at the shout of the Russian overseer,
moving farther along the plain.
On the bank marched men leveling
the earth where il bumped. Stacked near
by were piles of sleepers. Coolies seized
these and flung them across the track. not
always straight, and at distances some
times a foot, sometimes three feet apart.
Not many yards behind where the rails
were being laid came trolley. On this
were other rails. A dozen men on one
side dozen men on the other, caught two
rails, ran forward with them. thumped
them on the sleepers, and then, with a
Russian foreman holding a stick to meas
ure the exact distance they should be kept
apart, there came the clang of hammers
and the driving Of clamps. That finished
there was possibly leveling up of a sleep
er and the shoveling under the earth to
get something approximate to evenness.
Then the trolley rumbled forward a few
yards, and another two rails were seized
and laid. Behind all was a long goods
train, filled with railway building material
crawling in the wake of the workmen and
feeding them with sleepers and rails and
bolts.
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KILLED DAUGHTERS LOVER.
Latter Made Call at 4 o'clock in tho
Morning and Was Shot.

VAN VERT, o., Jan. 19.-This morning,
about l o'clock, John Garwood, who lives
near Wiltshire, called at the residence of
John Bauman, a neighboring farmer, and
knocking repeatedly on the door demanded
admission. Bauman has a daughter about
sixteen years of age, to whom Garwood
has been paying attention. Garwood came
I'm buggy and was accompanied by an
other man. Bauman says after he had
repeatedly requested Garwood to leave, he
opened the door with his shotgun in his
hand and demanded that Garwood leave
the premises, which he refused to do. Bau-
man says he then saw Garwood draw a
revolver, saying .'he had something, too
Bauman raised his shotgun and fired into
Garwood's left breast, causing instant
death. Bauman walked to Van Vert and
gave himself up.
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Joke Not ReIished by the Preacher.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
kOkOMO, Ind, Jan. 49, - The colored
church in the Bassett settlement Erwin
township, is in a state of turmoil, the out
growth of a joke on the minister, Rev
Britton Bassett. At the Christmas enter
tainment at the church the head of goose
was hung on the tree for the minister and
a muskrat and a peck of wild parsnips were
left at his door in lieu of the regulation
'pOssum and sweet potatoes. Rev Bassett.
who is respected and popular, resented the
insult. As a result of an inquiry by the
official board William Ellis, the leader of
the faction opposing the pastor, and also
suspected of knowing something of the
Christmas-tree outrage. has been expelled.
Rev. Bassett was expelled himself a few
months ago, but put up fight that COM
PEELED his successor to resign, and he got
his old place again.
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state Law Upheld.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. 19.-The new State
law which was passed by the last Legisla-
ture entitled IAN act TO regulate the sale
of merchandise has just been passed on
for the first time in the State by Judge
Jones, of the City Court, and the decision
is in favor of the law. upholding it in all
its provisions. The law provides that when
a party purchases a business he must first
notify each of the creditors of the old
firm, giving al least five days before the
have an opportunity to protect themselves,
if necessary. The suit in question was
brought by the Thompson Cigar Company,
of Logansport, against David Vest. of this
city, who recently purchased the business
of Alonzo Cregmile and failed to comply
with the provisions of the law. The court
declared the sale void. and ordered the
merchandise sold to satisfy the claims of
the creditors
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ALARM AT DUCKTOWN.
Copper Company May Close Its
Works Because of an Injunction.

DUCKTOwN, Tenn, Jan. 19.-AnOther
injunction has been granted against the
Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Com
pany and the Tennessee Copper Company
on account of sulphur smoke and fumes
that are emitted from their roast plants.
it is said the president of the Tennessee
Copper Company has notified Randolph
Adams, general manager of the company
here, that when the injunction is served on
him he is to shut and close down the en-
tire works and mines and pay off and dis
charge every man. This would be a ca
iamity for the people for Ducktown. II
would be a repetition of the days of 1878,
when the Union Consolidated Mining Com
pany suspended operations. The same con-
ditions exist now as then, hundreds of fam
lies being too poor TO procure transporta-
ton away from Ducktown, and they were
forced to walk away with their wives and
children, carrying as much of their per-
sonal effects possible upon their person.
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Another Candidate for Croner's Place

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind, Jan. 19.-Capt. J. B.
Ross. of this city. announced to-day that
he would be a candidate for the congress
sional nomination from this district He is
the second man TO enter the race from this
city, the other being Hon. Theodore Shock
ney, whose candidacy was announced in the
Journal this morning. Captain Ross was
formerly mayor of this city, and has served
two terms as prosecuting attorney of Ran
dOlph county. He is a member of the law
firm of Ross &, Bell The latter was men,
Der OF the last Legislature and is a candi-
date for reelection.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind. Jan. 19.-At the Demo-
cratic primary Saturday, A A Waugh
was defeated for denomination as a repre-
sentative by f. b. Mcdowell by about 100
votes Waugh was the choice of and re-
ceived the hearty support Of ex-Representa-
tive w. H. Eichhorn, once Democratic
leader of the House He was fought hard
on this account and because of the Joss bill
which he supported. 1t is said his defeat is
to mark another step in the process of lay
ing Eichhorn on the shelf. The latters
reign of power in Wells county Is said to be
over. Mcdowell the nominee. is a painter
by trade and a friend of the laboring class
He served last year as president of the
local Fedora ton of Labor. Unofficial re-
turns nominate d. o. North, Surveyor j. r
Crum, recorder; Glenn Brinneman auditor;
Hugh Studebaker. clerk: A. G.. King, treas
urer, and Robert Johnson, sheriff.
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FIT. BENTON, Mont, Jan. 19.-From a
discovery made here to-day it appears that
a systematic scheme of smuggling Chinese
across the border into the United States
has been unearthed. Marshal Snoat no.
ticed smoke issuing from beneath the side
walk of an old restaurant in Front street
and making an investigation, found d fire
burning in the cellar and a Chinaman in
hiding. In the cellar were found quantities
OF all kinds of food with which the Chi
nese had been doing his own cooking. He
was placed in jail pending further inves-
tigation. He asserts he has papers, but
was unable to produce them
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ton was examined minutely. every bat
terry tested for strength. Upward worked
the managers and their assistants. In the
garnet OF the building. where some OF the
most important connections are made fino
wires covered with paraffin had been used.
The searchers found that dozen Of these
had been attacked by mice and that the
greasy mixture had all been eaten away.
The theory is that as often as a mouse
came 20 the wire interference resulted and
a dead wire followed The wires were
plentifully daubed with a tarry covering
and the party descended TO the operatin Z
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Franchise Extended.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Jan. 19.-After a continu-
Gus wrangle of eighteen months over pro-
posed municipal water works the City
Council by a vote of to 5, decided to ex-
tend the franchise of the present supply
ing company for a period of eight years at
reduction of % per cent. from existing
rates. The company made the cut-ra te
proposition on a tfteen-year basis and
probably will not accept the eight-year
franchise. The company has been notified
of the Councils action and has thirty days
in which TO accept or reject The city has a
fund of $4,000 set aside for water-works
purposes. but this is insufficient to put in a
plant such as Kokomo needs at the pres
ent time.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. ia miner
named Upton shot Dan Watts. saloon
keeper at Ehrmandale, last night, and
some of the charge from the shotgun used
struck Hob Johnson, slightly injuring him.
Wattss injuries are not thought to be
serious. Tipton's wife and children live
in Staunton, but he had been working in
the Ehrmandale mine.
Watts had amused himself for hour
in his saloon by making Upton sit still in
a chair by occasionally rubbing the muZzle
of a revolver over his face. Finally asking
Upton to have drink, he let him go. TIP
ton soon returned with a shotgun and fired
through a window at a distance of ten
feet, the window glass detected some OF
the shot and probably saved Watts life,
but he has lost one eye and some shot are
yet in his head.
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JAMES MATHER'S CONFESSION.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Jan. 19.-Superin-
tendent of Police Geraghty, of Muskegon
Mich, to-day visited the Northern Hospital
for the Insane here to inquired into the
mental condition of James Mather, who
has at various times confessed the murder
of Peter Oleson, at Big Rapids, Mich, on
Oct 5, 1875 At the inquest over blossoms
body at that time, the cOrOners jury re-
turned a verdict of suicide Geraghty says
that he has been working on the case for
some time and claims to have located the
knife and revolver used by Mather when
he committed the murder. Owing to the
publicity given the matter by The news
papers he thinks he will be unable 10 Sc
cure the knife as the woman he had con-
nected with the case is now on her guard.
The revolver he claims, is in Omaha, Neb.
What information, if any, he secured at
the hospital he refuses to give out.
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PRECIOUS STONES STOLEN.
Two Trunks Containing over $4,000
Worth Taken from N station

GLENDIVE. Mont, Jan. 19.-Robbers Sc
cured between $1O.OOO and $4,000 worth of
unset and set diamonds to-day by stealing
two trunks from the baggage room of the
Northern Pacific station and breaking them
open. Nothing is missing from the trunks
except a bag OF unset diamonds and 300 or
400 diamond rings. y tray containing TWEEN
ty-fOur set diamonds was overlooked by the
robbers
The trunks were the property of G. 3
Clausen, travelling representative of S III
Clausen & Co, wholesale manufacturing
jewellers, OF Minneapolis. Mimi. Mr.. Clausen
arrived from the East last night and left
his trunks in charge of the baggage agent
-Four men were in the upper story Of the
station asleep and the express agent slept
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Ohio Masons to Celebrate.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 19-The Masons of
the Scottish Rite are making the most
elaborate arrangements here for the cele-
bration, Feb. is to u. of the fiftieth ami
versary. or golden jubilee. of the order
The Ohio Consistory has membership of
$500 The class OF candidates numbers
over 200 for the degree at the cathedral
here next month. Among those who have
signified that they will be present are
Henry NJ. Palmer. thirty-third degree, the
grand master of the Northern Jurisdiction
James ID. Richardson. thirty-third degree
the grand master of the Southern jurisdic-
ton: deputies from the different States
and members OF the various supreme coun-
leo
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saloon Keeper at EhrmandaIe AnnOys
Miner and Receives Charge
of Bird Shot.
MAYHEM-LIKE CASE AT PERU
ANGRY MAN WITH THE TEETH AND
PROCLIyITIEs OF BULLDOG.
Municipal Government Arraigned by
Preacher-PrOmin Citizen of
knightstOwn Dead.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SALEM, Ind. Jan. 19.-Node Rush was
shot twice by Osborne Johnson at IL o o'clock
last night. One of the bullets entered the
abdomen and another penetrated the
shoulder. The wounds may prove fatal.
Rush is alleged to have been intoxicated
He was at Johnsons home and is said to
have taken improper liberties with John
sons wife. Johnson became enraged, pulled
out a revolver and used it with deadly
effect After shooting Rush he disappeared
and could not be found to-day Johnson
recently returned from the Philippines,
having been discharged from the military
service. Last night he announced that he
would re-enlist in the army.
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Boy Accidentally shoots Another.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind, Jan. 19.-To-day
Bert Dolbow, the sixteen-year-o son of
Marshall Dolbow, OF this place. by the ac-
cidental discharge of a shotgun, instantly
killed Carl Stump, the seventeen-year-ol
son of Mrs. Amanda Stump. the charge
entering his left side. near the heart. The
boys were hunting. Mrs. Stump is a widow
and in straitened circumstances.
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Mistook Him for an Enemy

SHAWNEE. o. T. Jan. 19-B. B. Hunt.
or Huntsville. No, was shot and killed
mere to-day by John Seville. who mistook
him for an enemy Hunt went to SevilIe's
nome and demanded admittance. Seville
had experienced trouble Saturday with
other persons, and supposing they had re-
turned 10 open the quarrel refused TO ad-
NIT Hunt and shot through the closed
door. Hunt dropped dead on the steps.
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a Human Bulldog.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
PERU, Ind, Jan. 19.-Frank Shultz, an
employee of the Peru steel mills, was terri
bly, injured to-day by Daniel McCarty, a
fellow-workman who was angered at re-
fusal to loan a Sunday suit. McCarty at
tackled Shutz in bed and before help ar
rived bit a hole in the mans cheek. gashed
his neck, chewed the flesh from his fingers
and broke q finger. McCarty is in Jail.
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i'm a room adjoining the baggage room, but
none of them heard the robbers at work.
The windows of the baggage room were
forced open and through 1t the two trunks.
which weighed about $50 pounds each, were
hoisted out. They were taken only a few
feet from the station, where they were
broken open and the diamonds taken. They
We're found early this morning. Local of
fcers have made one arrest upon suspicion
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Crematory Burned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind. Jan. 19.-The third seri-
Gus fire in Elwood within the past week
was discovered at the city crematory Sat
urday afternoon, and within half an hour
the buildings over the furnaces were total
~ destroyed. The buildings are just out
side the city limits and the department was
not able TO reach them with the hose at
its disposal The loss will amount to 81 500;
fully insured.
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Speaking of Missionaries.
Boston Transcript.

Since whenever a foreign missionary sets
sail in answer TO the calls Of duty more or
less Borrowing friends left behind to
worry and torment their minds, IL is quite
the duty of kind-hearted citizens to furnish
all available testimony tending TO show
that the lot of the foreign missionary is
not always continuous bearing of burdens
heavier than are to be founo anywhere else
To this end then. il Is thought but wise and
humane to publish mere brief extracts from
a letter recently received from a young
woman who went out as foreign mission
ary'' 10 Chemulpo, Corea, last September
Immediately upon her arrival at the scene
OF her labors. she writes that she finds
more social life here than L could have
imagined. The customs are entirely Eng
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MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 19.-The two hun
dredth anniversary Of the founding of Fort
Louis de la Mobile, in the year 1902 the first
permanent colony of the French in LOuisi-
ana, VIII be observed I'm this CITY on
"Wednesday and Thursday of this week
Following parade OF civic and military
organizations Wednesday morning a tablet
concentrating the establishment of the
colony Will be unveiled i'm the courthouse
here. The tablet is inscribed with the dates
''1702-lsD2' and bears the names of D'Iber-
Vile and De Bienville, the leaders of the
French expedition
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BOY FALLS FIFTY FEET.
Fractures His Ribs and Receives
other Serious Injuries.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
UNION CITY, Ind, Jan. 19.-The young
son OF Professor Hoover, principal of the
public school here, fell from the top of
the newly-completed automobile factory
building to the cellar to-day. fracturing
eight ribs and receiving serious internal
injuries. which may prove fatal. He was
swinging on the rafters above the elevator
opening when his hands slipped and he
fell a distance of fifty feet.
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Ripley County Republicans.
ial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VERSAILLES. Ind, Jan. 19.-There was
large attendance of the Republican coun-
~ central committee yesterday afternoon
The following officers were selected: John
Minger, of Versailles chairman; Frank s
Jones of Versailles, secretary. Chairman
Munger is county recorder, and "A popular
official Secretary Jones is a prominent
young attorney. who will probably be the
Republican nominee for state senator from
this district. composed OF Ripley and
Switzerland counties.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind. Jan. 19.-Mr. Arthur Corn
thaite and Miss Nellie Randall We're united
in marriage last evening by Rev. ]. a.
Beatty. They will reside here.
Walter Baker, retired business man of
Brookville, Ind, and Mrs. Eveline Knotts
of this city, were married this evening at
the home Of the brides daughter, Mrs. =.
T. OBrien. They will reside at Brookville
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INDIANAPOLIS e GREENFIELD RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY.

PASSENGER CARS. Leave Georgia and Me-
Ifdian streets First car at a. m, and hourly
thereafter until 10 p. m Last car leaves at
II 80 =. m.
FREIGHT CARS.-Arrives at Georgia and
Meridian streets at a. and leaves at IN.
Also arrives at 80 and leaves at 1890 p. m.
COMBINATION. PASSENGER AND EX-
PRESS CARS.-Leave Georgia and Meridian
streets at a. m. a m. y noon. 2. m, p
m. p. m.
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Clothing workers Locked out.

CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-Five hundred custom
clothing workers, the majority Of them
women. have been locked out, and II l. saii
the number will be largely increased Ira the
near future as the result OF an organized
movement TO stamp ont unionism among
the garment workers OF Chicago. The Chi
cago Federation OF Labor has taken up the
fight Of the clothing workers and to-day
declared a boycott against the concerns re-
spOnsible for the lockout.
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John Lesson.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, JAN 19.-John Lee
son, a wealthy citizen of Van Vert, O., died
there yesterday of paralysis. Up to fifteen
years ago he was foreman OF the Pennsyl-
vana shops here. Being thrifty and an ex-
cellent business man he accumulated a
large fortune in lands and factories, both
in Indiana and Ohio He owned several VAL
liable rental properties here.
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Gas Well in EIyvoOd.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. 19-The expert
mental gas we'll which was commenced on
the residence property of Capt. r. L. Lee
son, in this city. was completed yesterday
and is of the strongest wells drilled
here in recent years, good flow of gas be-
ing struck at a depth of $40 feet The result
OF the experiment will likely be that several
other parties will put down private wells
before the advent of another winter.
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Col. G.. II. KeIIams Follows Wife.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Jan. 19.-Col. G. r.
Kellams, of Gentryville, Ind, died this
afternoon just the funeral of his wife,
who died last Friday, was being held. The
funeral of Mrs Kellams was postponed
until Tuesday, when her body will be
buried at the side Of her husband. 1t was
the wish of Colonel Kellams to die with
his wife.
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Alleged HoId-Up Man Arrested.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 19.-WiIiam Rambo.
a saloon man. arrested at Kansas CITY
Kan, to-day, is being held on suspicion of
being one of the men who last Monday
evening held up five men in a local pool
room and got away with $3.50. Jimmie
Driscoll. the baseball player, a clerk in the
pOOlrOOm who was struck over the head
with a revolver by one of the robbers iden-
tined Rambo to-day as one of the two men.