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MOVED OVER TO LEAD
MINING CONGRESS CHANGED MEET
ING PLACE FROM DEADwoOD.
Address by Director of the Mint
ROberts-An Allusion to silver
Greeted with Applause.

LEAD, S. D., Sept. 9.-To-day the Amer
lean Mining Congress moved over into Lead
and after receiving a cordial welcome from
Mayor f. G. F. Irwin on behalf OF the
city, proceeded to transact the business
of its sixth annual session where 1t left
off at Deadwood last night. Three ses-
sions were held to-day. The principal
speakers were George e. Roberts, director
of the mint. John l.. Webster, Omaha,
and z. w. Parker Of the United States
geological survey. Washington, d. c. Each
was given a rising vote Of thanks for hon
oring the congress.
Mr. Roberts Just before conclusion, re-
ferring to the recent increase in the value
of silver, said he believed silver had seen
its worst days and that IL would before
long reach and maintain a staple standard
of value. This statement was received with
applause.
to silver led Deacwood delegate TO sub
NIT a resolution against ANY further Leg
islation by Congress tending 10 restrict the
further coinage of silver as real money or
to depress its value on the market The
resolutions, the reading of which elected
some applause from the delegates, was re-
ferred TO the committee en- resolutions.
In concluding his address, Mr. Roberts
said:
1.-The people who are counting on
stagnation and liquidation to follow the
present era OF prosperity may not De giving
due Importance 10 this annual addition TO
the monetary stock OF the world. A period
OF enterprise and free investment exhausts
the fund Of liquid capital and halt II
ordinarily necessary until the fund is
plenished by savings. The process may be
identified by a rise OF interest rates and
fall Elm the value of investments that yield
a fixed rate and its influence, OF course 10
to put a stop to the latter. Every addition
to the bank reserves at such a time has
direct bearing. on the situation, and flow
OF $3.50 100000 of new gold every year into
the financial centers of the world will be
a factor not to be overlooked. Its accumu-
lation in the banks will naturally force IN
terest rates down. which i'm turn, forces the
value of fixed investments up. and the re-
suit is a stimulus 10 enterprise until the
new supplies are absorbed, when the pro-
cess ia reneated"
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RICHEST GOLD FIELDS.


MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9.-British experts
familiar from long experience with the
South African gold region who have visited
the recently discovered gold fields in the
districts of Mexico and Michochan assert,
after a careful examination, that there is
no comparison between them and the fields
of South Africa and that Mexico will soon
be one of the greatest producers of the yell
low metal in the world. Ell Orc camp is
pronounced superior to Rhodesia i'm every
way. The experts have returned to Eng
land, where they will render a report.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, Sept. 9.-All the cases
filed by Miss Epse George against Spencer
B. Pugh and others have been settled and
dismissed, each party paying his costs. 1t
is understood that Miss George received $25,-
Co., and kept a part of the property IN
dispute and gave back a part to the oriSi-
nal owners. These cases were the outgrowth
of suit filed by Hon. s. Il. Pugh for S25,-
600 damages for breach of promise to marry
her, and the other suits following charged
a number of prominent citizens and several
banks with swindling her out of a great
part of her wealth through Pughs agency.
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MOT SUICIDE, BUT MURDER.

Arrest of Bedford Couple i'm COnnec-
ton with Mrs. Ireland's Death.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, Sept. 9.-As the result of
the inquest held over the body of Mrs.
Susanna Ireland, who was supposed to have
committed suicide Monday by shooting
herself through the head with a revolver,
and a post norton held by Prosecutor
Zainy and Mayor Smith, Jos. Weeks and
his wife, who is the daughter of Mrs. Ire
land, are in Jail charged with the crime Of
numbering their mother
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Independents to Meet.

PITTSBURG, Pa. Sept. 9.-Another effort
to clear up the mudde into which the win
dow-glass trade has settled by the repudia-
ton Of the Detroit agreement by the indie
pendent glass workers in Pittsburg is to be
made at a meeting of the National Window
Glass Jobbers' Association here Tomorrow
The meeting will be attended by representa-
tives of the larger manufacturers, and Ii is
said that some means will be adopted to get
the factories into shape for late start, but
on other lines than was proposed by the De-
troit agreement.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WINDFALL, Ind, Sept. 9.-The five
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hill
lard, living two miles southeast of Wind
fall, is dying by inches as the result of
drinking concentrated lye last February.
There was about a spoonful of the I've in
teacup in a cupboard at the Hillard home,
which the little fellow took to the water
bucket. He dipped the cup full OF water,
which he drank before discovering the I've
in it. Physicians say that the lining of his
stomach was eaten out by the I've and That
medical skill can give the little sufferer no
relief His stomach will not retain medi-
cine, food or drink of any kind.
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The trip will be made in the interest OF
the Hadley Industrial School, which Is
training school for homeless girls. For
many years Mrs. Lee has been president
of the Clark County Women's Christian
Temperance Union. and has spent much or
her time in the interest of charity. She
is still vigorous, mentally and physically.
Her husband, the late Squire VIM. Lee. was
one of the pioneer newspaper publishers
of this po1lnfy
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Bar. Their. r. III. Wind. W'ther. Pre-.
z a. m. 3014 Y 70 South. Clear. 600
z d. m 2996 81 "a South. Clear. 600
Maximum temperature, 80; minimum tenn
perature, 20.
Comparative statement of mean tempera-
ture and total precipitation on Sept. 81
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Escaped Convict Retaken.

TERRE HAUTE.@Ind., Sept 9.-William,
alias led" Colligan, a fugitive from JUS
tice who has a police record in several
cities, was arrested here to-day. Colligan,
who also is well known as Burns Harris
and Harrison, escaped from the Missouri
Hospital for the Insane at Fulton, Oct
5. 1901, and has since been at large. He was
convicted of burglary at Jefferson City in
1900 and sent to the Missouri penitentiary
and was later transferred to the insane
hospital.
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Harmony Baptist Association.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. 9.-The thirty-ninth
annual session Of the Harmony Baptist AS
ISOLATION, embracing large part of Madi-
son and adjoining counties, began at the
Baptist Church In Orestes this morning and
will continue two days. Two hundred dele
gates and visitors are present. about forty
being from the Elwood church, the largest
in the association. Three sessions are held
daily, and a number of important church
matters are to be disposed of.
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Inspected the Reformatory.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Sept. Sec
rotary Amos w. Butler, of the State Board
of Charities, and Prof G.. d. Brown, of
Butler University, spent the day in this
city and county inspecting the penal and
charitable institutions. They first visited
the county JAIL after which they went to
the Reformitory and to the Poor Asylum.
At the Reformatory they were shown
through the institution by Supt. Whitaker
and had nothing but praise for the condi-
ton in which they found it.
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Refused to Pay the Bills.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. "a clash between
the city of Elwood and the Elwood Electric
Light Company. which furnishes the lights
for the city system, is imminent over the
charge of city officials that the city is being
hoodwinked by the company in that the
lights is away short of the guaranteed 1900
and that many of the lamps, especially in
remote parts of the city, are out the greater
part OF the time. The officials have refused
to pay the bills of the light company pend
ing an investigation.
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WRESTLING MUST STOP.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 9.-The City
Council, at its last meeting, took action on
two or three things of more than ordinary
interest. 1t was decided to make the effort
to stop the whistling done b. locomotives
while within the city limits. and the police
were notified to serve notice on the railroad
companies that the practice must stop. An
ordinance was passed to regulate the speed
of automobiles. This provides that within
the fire limits they go eight miles per
hour, outside Of the fire limits twelve miles,
in turning corners four miles and in the
public parks six miles.
The report submitted to the Council by
the commissioners in charge of the munich
pal electric light plant. for the month of
August, was the most satisfactory yet made.
1t showed the receipts for light and power
to exceed the operating expenses $3.50.
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Trying to Reach Hi. Old Home.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES. Ind, Sept. 9.-With his
sixteen-year-old son dying in the waiting
room of the Union Station here, Daniel
Mahurin is tonight trying to reach Sey-
mour, Ind. his old home. Broken In purse
and spirits Mahurin is returning from
Corning, Ark, to which place he moved re-
Gently and lost his wife and two other
children with malarial fever. At the sta
ton tonight Colonel ID. F. Specs, of In
dianapo,is, made up purse among pas
sengers to endeavor, if POSSIBLE, to send
the boy home before he dies.
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Warrender Will Have Charge Of
Smiths Team i'm 1904.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept 9.-President
Smith, of the Terre Haute Baseball Asso-
citation, confirms the story that Mum"
Warrender probably will be manager of the
Terre Haute club next year. He has been
managing the Grand Rapids team this year
and playing in the outfield.
President Smith also says that the deal
will go through by which De Almond is to
got to the Cincinnati Reds. The price to be
paid is 81 ,000 De Almond never played pro-
fessional ball until he came TO the Terre
Haute Three-I League team the latter part
of last season as a substitute third base
man. He has developed fast and leads the
Central League this year. He is only
twenty-five years old.
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INCENDIARIsM CAUSES A Loss OF
100000 AT MUNCIE.
Lafayette schools Badly Demoralized
suit for Accounting i'm an Estate
Church Meetings.
specia! 70. the IndIanapoIis journal.

specia. TO the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind. Sept. 9.-The plant of the
woodbury. Glass Company of this city was
seriously damaged by fire tonight. The
blaze was discovered at $50 o'clock The
fire broke out in the packing department Of
the plant, and is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary, as no fire or
lights have been maintained in the build
ings for several days.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The plant
was partly insured.
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FATAL BOXING BOUT.


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 9.-Joseph Riley.
a bantam-weight pugilist, died shortly
after midnight at st Agnes Hospital. Riley
last night engaged in a six-round bout with
Crit Jones at the Southern Athletic Club.
The fight ended in a draw and Riley seemed
in good condition at the conclusion cf the
fight, but shortly after reaching his dress
ing room he fell 10 the floor unconscious
and was removed to st. Agnes Hospital He
never thereafter regained consciousness.
Grit Jones, William Hohl, the proprietor
of the club. and the several seconds OF the
two men in the bout are under arrest
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Paid a Very Heavy Fine.

Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. 9-Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Barnard and son. of Eaton. were
tried in local Justices court yesterday on
a charge of selling liquor on Sunday. The
Barnards keep a saloon at Eaton, near
Riverside Park. They pleaded guilty to
thirteen charges against them and paid a
total of fines amounting to $241.50.
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DEATH OF MRS. BOYESEN
LAPORTE WOMAN WHO WAS PER-
SECUTED IN THE SOUTH.
Shock Incident to Her South Carolina
Experiences fastened Her Death
Other State Neurology.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE. Ind. Sept. 9.-Mrs. jamie
Stewart Boyesen, the Laporte authorizes and
musician, and former wife of Attorney /.
X. Boyesen, of Chicago, died at O'Clock
tonight at the Pine-Hurst Inn, Asheville.
N. c., as the result of the nervous shock
following false accusation of theft She
was forty-five years old, and is survived by
one son, Ralph Boyesen, of Chicago.
For the past few years Mrs. Boyesen had
been spending her time in travelling in
search Of health, and several weeks ago,
while at the White Stone lithia springs,
near Spartanburg,. S. c., the room of DR..
j. Is. Morgan, of Augusta, Ga, was robbed
of jewelry to the value of 5000. Circum-
stances threw suspicion on Mrs Boyesen,
and as the result Of indignities to which
she was subjected she RAPIDLY grew weaker
and died tonight. Just before her death
she brought $4,000 suit in the Federal
Court at Charleston against her accusers.
Mrs. BOyesen was prominent in social cir
cles in this city and Chicago and had been
Identified with several important women's
clubs for long time. She was a success
full writer and a musician of marked ability.
She had written many songs and was the
years she was member of the Chicago
Woman's Club. She had done considerable
newspaper work and had been connected
with the staff of the Laporte Herald. She
belonged to the Daughters of the American
Revolution. the Political Equality Club the
International Folklore Society and the Ma
tional and Illinois Womens associations.
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Patterson Family Reunion.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
FRANKLIN, Ind, Sept. "a reunion Of
the Patterson family was held at the fair
grounds to-day, with an attendance of lbs.
They were descendants Of two of the early
settlers of Johnson county, who came to
the county in 1892. permanent organiza-
tion was effected at to-day's gathering, the
officers elected being j. II. Kelly, of Green
wood, president; j. r. Patterson, vice presi-
dent; Emmett Ffnkenbinder, of Greenwood,
secretary; Frank Patterson, Clay Smiley
and John d. Patterson, executive commit
tee.
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STRUCK BY FAST TRAIN.
Floyd County Farmer Killed at q ID. &

o. $. w. Crossing.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind, Sept. 9.-Ulrick
AHbugglen. Swiss farmer four miles north
east of this city on Bald Knob. was Instant
ly killed this afternoon at McCulloch's
crossing. two miles east of this city, by
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern passenger
train No. 43, which was an Lour late and
was approaching the city at high rate of
speed
Abugglen tried TO cross the track in a
wagon. which was demolished, and one of
skull and the bones in his face were terri
bly, crushed. Coins in his pockets were
twisted and bent His silver watch. which
was broken. stopped at 12;4S o'clock, the
time the accident occurred. The remains
were brought to this city. Abugglen was
forty-four years old, and leaves family.
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He is suffering with aneurism and his
physicians admit the gravity Of his con-
dition. He has been i'll for ten days and
is said to have steadily grown worse. Mr..
Gibbs is one of the best-known Repub-
lican politicians in the State and is recog-
nized as the leader of the regular Repub-
lican organiza ton in this city.
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Smith. Rally i'm Force
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Sept. 9.-The elev-
en- children of the late Ebenezer Smith,
with their children and grandchildren, held
their regular annual reunion at the home
Of George w. Smith to-day, there being
present over eighty members of the Smith
family. The big dinner was served at noon,
and various amusements occupied the day.
Members of the family were present from
Fayette, Union, Howard and Grant coun-
ties, also from Cincinnati and California.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELRYVILLE, Ind. Sept. 9.-The In
dianapolis Baptist Association. composed
of East Union, West Liberty. Brookfeld,
Acton, Crooked Creek. Cumberland and
Pleasant View Baptist churches. has con-
cluded the Yearly Meeting which began
yesterday. The sessions were held i'm the
Pleasant View Church at Moral, and were
largely attended. The reports from all
the churches show that they are in first
class condition Addresses were made dur
ing the sessions on home foreign and wom-
ans missionary work.
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Were Married Last January.

Special to the Indianap polls Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. 9-The marriage Of
Max Thompson. son of Judge and Mrs. w.
A. Thompson, and Miss Pearl Smith, daugh-
ter OF Attorney and Mrs. A. j. Smith. was
announced yesterday. The young couple
were secretly married last Jan. 13, in An
derson, and never informed their parents
until about a week ago. Young Thompson
was a student last year at the indianapolis
Manual Training School,. The parents had
no objections to the marriage.
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REUNIONS OF VETERANS.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KIRKLIN, Ind, Sept. 81. Frank Han
ly, of Lafayette, and Capt. David f. Allen,
of Frankfort, have been secured as prin-
cipal speakers for the soldiers and sail
ors' reunion, TO be held here on Thursday.
Sept "a The local veterans are preparing
to have a great day, and expect to enter
will close with rousing campfire at
night.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Sept 9.-The fifth
annual reunion of the survivors of the
Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cav
airy will be held at Ligonier on Sept q
and "a.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind, Sept 9.-The Madison
Baptist Association held it's annual meet
ing at Writ to-day. with large attend
ance. The churches generally reported
prosperity in their borders. j. T.. G.. +.
Harper was reelected moderator and John
Hughes clerk. The 1904 meeting will be
held at Dupont
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Inmate. Barely Escaped.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 9.-The home OF
Henry Atkinson. northwest of Richmond.
was destroyed by fire with its contents this
morning. The occupants barely escaped
before the roof collapsed. Loss $3.50.
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PERISHING OF FAMINE.
Many Inhabitants of the Cape Verde
Islands Dying of Want.

NEW YORK, Sept. ga shipping firm
here has received reports from its corre-
spondent at Praia, capital of Smago Cape
Verde islands. telling OF great devastation
in the island through famine caused by
crop failure. The population of about 1900
Is stated to be perishing at the rate of nine.
teen a day. The islands are controlled BIZ
the Portuguese government
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PETER MAY ABDICATE.
IL the Car Does Not ReconsideP
servia's King May Retire.

VIENNA. Sept. 9.-According to private
advices from Belgrade King Peter has sent
a messenger TO the Car 20 beg him To recon-
slider his attitude toward the Servian off,
GERS. which the King regards partly the
cause OF the new revolt In the army. King
Peter fears that he cannot fulfill his mis-
sion unless the Car changes his present
hostile attitude toward the officers.
There Is an unconfirmed rumor that. In
the event of the Car refusing Go accede 10
King Peters request. the latter viii ahs.A-
Ate.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. 9.-The annual pic
mic of the Upton County Log Rolling Asso-
citation, branch of the Modern Woodmen,
was held in the Carr grove. west of this
city, all Of to-day, and despite the threat
ening weather more than a thousand per-
sons were present. Speeches, athletic con-
tests and exhibitions of skill in wood chop
ping and log rolling constituted the days
programme.
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DIVISION OF A FARM.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Sept. 9.-John Bushen-
bash, aged sixty-nine, one of the best
known farmers of Adams county, was fatal
ly assaulted at his home east of Decatur
last evening by his son-in-law, Joe Osborne.
The two had trouble concerning the division
of the 120-acre farm which they own in
partnership, and as a result Osborne made
the assault.
The acsailant, after seeing what he had
done, came to this city and gave himself
up. He was placed in jail.
Bushenback died at o'clock. Osborne
was held for murder in the second degree
The prisoner collapsed when told of his vic
TINS death. The preliminary hearing may
be held tomorrow.
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TO ANNUL PERMITS.
Attorney General of Texas Brings Suit
Against Express Companies.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept 9.-Attorney General
against the Wells-Fargo Express Company
and the Pacific Express Company to cancel
and annul their permits TO do business in
Texas for their alleged failure to maintain
general Offices in the State as required by
law
Suit was also filed against the American
and the United State Express Company,
seeking TO restrain them from doing bust
ness in the State on account of the failure
to take out permits and maintain general
Offices.
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e indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind, Sept 9.-To-
morrow Mrs. Kate Lee, of this city. will
celebrate her eightieth birthday and In the
evening she will leave for a tour of South
ern Indiana. in snite Of her advanced aSe.
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Suit Filed for an Accounting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Sept "a
suit has been brought by John w. Tough,
as guardian of Nancy Abbott, of Ladoga,
against John Z. Talbot and wife, for the
possession of notes of the face value of
s., 800, personal property valued at $1,000
and interest of $500. 1t is alleged that
Talbot while managing her affairs has not
made proper accounting
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Frederick 5. Glib. III.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Frederick s. Gibbs.
member of the executive committee of the
Republican national committee. is reported
to be seriously Ill at Asbury Park, N. J.