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MARTINSVILLE. Ind, Aug. 29.-Mrs.
Maiinda Baker, wife of Harvey Baker. of
this city. died at her home here last night
OF typhoid fever after two weeks illness
Mrs. Baker was born at almost the location
where she died Sixty-five years ago and had
lived there nearly all her life, having lived
at Spencer for short time only. Mr.. Baker
and two of her daughters by former mar
riage, Mrs. Costello Reynolds and Mrs.
John Seaman. of this city. survive.
WINDFALL, Ind, Aug. 29.-Elwood
the doOryard of his son-in-law, Carroll Ten
NELL, near Phlox, eight miles northeast of
this city. last night When the family left
home TO attend meeting at Phlox he was
apparently in his usual health but on their
return an hour later he was found dead. 1t
is supposed he died of epilepsy or heart
failure. He was born in Wayne county.
KOKOMO. Ind, Aug. 29-Mrs. Lucinda
Bassett. widow of the Rev. Britton Bassett
colored preacher. died last night. Her
husband died only three weeks ago. Three
sons and one daughter survive. Capt.
j. III. Hull, a retired merchant and capital
list of this city. died last night, aged sixty
five. Two children survive. The funeral
will be held on Sunday.
LOGANSPORT. Ind, Aug 29.-William H.
Bringhurst, a pioneer druggist of Iogans-
port, died to-day aged seventy-nine. He
was a director and stakeholder in the First
National Bank and had been identified
with the improvement of Logansport for
fifty years. He was a brother of the late
Colonel Thomas BringhurSt
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Aug. 29.-Henry
Knab one of the best-known farmers in
Tippecanoe county, died this morning at
his home in Shadeland He was possessed
of wealth and was extensively interested
in farm lands and timber tracts. A widow
and seven children survive.
DECATUR, Ind, Aug. 29.-Isaac Roe.
seventy-five, one of the pioneers of Adams
county, was buried here to-day. Mr. Roe
died Thursday evening from cancer, after
a sickness of many months. He left eight
children, five daughters and three sons
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An Old-Time Explosion.


Chicago News.
An old chronicler tells a curious story of
explosion which occurred in London
Jan. 4, 1649. A ship chandler. il seems
about seven of the clock at night. being
busy in his shop about barreling up of
gurpowder 1t took fire. and i'm the twink
ling of an eye blew up not only that but
all the houses Whereabouts to the number
OF fifty or sixty. The number of persons
destroyed by this blow could never be
known, for the next house but was the
Rose tavern, house never Cat that time
of night but full of company. And in
three or four days after digging, they con-
tinually found heads. arms. legs. etc. The
most interesting part of the account comes
further on:
'.ln the digging they found the mistress
OF the house of the Rose tavern. sitting in
her bar at one of the drawers standing
by the bars side with a pot in his hand
only stiied by dust and smoke: their bodies
being preserved whole by means of great
timbers falling across one up on another
There was also found upon the upper leads
of Barking Church young child lying in
a cradle. newly laid i'm bed neither child
nor cradle having the least sign OF fire or
other hurt. IL was never known whose
child IL was. so that one of the parish kept
IL for memorial: for in the year 1c66 / saw
the child, grown TO be then proper
:laids."
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TIPpEcANoE COUNTY FAIR.
Plans tn Make Friday the Big Day for
the Local Patrons.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 29-Directors
of the Tippecanoe County Agricultural AS
sociation met this afternoon 20 complete
arrangements for opening the thirty-seventh
annual county fair on Tuesday, Sept. /.
The exhibition this year is to be on a
larger scale than ever before and the diff
fersnt departments being deliberately
prepared committee of business men
called on the directors at their meeting
to-day and petitioned the latter to set aside
Friday. Sept. 4, as Lafayette day. IL is
the intention to make this the big day of the
week Nearly all the stores in the city
viii close and this afternoon a long COM
munication. filled with the names of bust
ness houses agreeing to close on that day,
was presented to the board
After some discussion the directors agreed
to make Friday the red-letter day in con-
alteration of the merchants promise &c CO.
operate i'm the plan. All entries for races
are In and the ground privileges have all
been awarded. There will be some excellent
racing all week.
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CRUSHED BY COG WHEELS
YOUNG MAN FATALLY HURT IN
GRAVEL PIT MACHINERY.
Died in Muncie northumberland
Collision at FIatrOck-Other Mis-
haps i'm the state.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 29.-Ora Turner,
aged twenty, met a horrible death to-day
while at work in the gravel pit of the c.,
c. & L. Railroad at New Bedford, north
of Muncie. The young man was standing
beside a gravel pump when his clothing
caught in the cog wheels of the machinery.
He was drawn slowly between the wheels,
his legs being ground to pulp.
AS soon as the machinery was stopped
and he could be extricated young Turner
was brought to the Whitney Hospital in
this city. He lived but few hours, dying
shortly after noon from the shock and the
loss of blood. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Turner, who live seven miles
south of Muncie.
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Threaten to Burn the Town.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
Upton. Ind. Aug 29.-Sheriff Schulen-
borg and Prosecutor Daniels were called to
Sharpsville to-day I'm answer to telephone
message stating that the men employed
on the Union Traction lines had engaged
in riot and had threatened TO burn the
town. Since the killing of the negro there
yesterday the men have been drinking and
to-day William O BaniOn. one of the trac-
ton employees, engaged in a fight with
James Burkholder, saloon keeper. He was
struck on the head with a scantling in
the hands of the publican and is in seri-
Gus condition. The citizens OF the village
are in "A great state of excitement and trou-
bic Is feared at any moment
William BOomershine, the young man
who killed the negro there yesterday. who
has been i'm jail I'm this city, was to-day
released on bond in the sum of $1,000
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MURDER CAUSES UNREST
MUCH BITTER FEELING OVER THE
KILLING AT sHARPsvILLE.
Careless Waterman Causes a Fire
Smallpox at Northumberland
Fires at Various Points.
Special to The Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind. Aug. 2.-There is much
bitter feeling at SharpsviIle and vicinity
over the killing OF BLACK Charley. No. o.
Thursday by William BOomershine. the
blacksmith. and race trouble is feared. A
large force of coIored men is employed on
the traction work on which the dead man
was employed, and all sorts OF threats are
made to get even"
The dead negro came here but two weeks
ago from Tennessee. BOomershine, the
slayer. is but nineteen years old.
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Burned with Nitric Acid.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Aug. 29.-Albert
Claypool an employe of the Empire and
American Nitroglycerin Company at its fac
tory just north of this city, meet with a
terrible accident at the plant this forenoon
He was emptying a tank of nitric acid
with the aid of two green employees and in
some manner the air was turned on and
the acid sprayed all over Claypool. His
clothes were burned off, his watch chain
melted and his hands and face frightfully
burned. His burns intensely painful
and there is little hope of saving his sight.
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Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
! LAFAYETTE. Ind. Aug. 29.-Ira Malada.
q farmer OF Boswell. few miles west of
this city. was found dead last night in a
cattle stall the Benton county fair
zrounds. With his three brothers he at
cnded the fair yesterday and the four pur-
(nased a gallon OF whisky When three OF
he men started for home last night their
ofher was missing Later the absent
ans body was found and death was de-
AIRED TO be due TO acute alcoholism. The
others say that Ira drank nearly two
arts OF the whisky In less than two
uxs> When the body was removed freq.
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med ideas and earnest and resoIute pur-

ened ideas and earnest and resolute pur-
poses.
The third person was business man
who bought farm because his health
had failed in town. The farm had been
rented until it's thin soil was impoverished
and hardly a fence or building remained.
Realizing that he had come TO spend the
rest of his life on the farm, the new owner
began TO improve 1t. He bought the hrst
commercial fertilizer the town had known.
He bought new varieties of grapes and
of fruit trees. Crafts and cuttings from his
trees and vines were soon In demand, and
were freely given to the neighbors. He
paid ave dollars for q pound OF potatoes for
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seed, and in a few years the whole village
ate new potatoes the Fourth of July.
The livestock OF the community improved
as be sold his surplus lambs and calves 10
neighbors. With all the rest he was dea-
con in the little church, superintendent OF
the Sunday-school, aud the adviser OF
widows and of people In need.
The community took on new life. Fences
were repaired. and flowers appeared In
dooryards. The meeting house was painted
and the school became noted. The obscure,
isolated village, with no large future possi-
bic. ceased to be ashamed of itself, and had
pride In the achievements of its young
people out in the world. OF these young
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Funeral of J. c. Brockenbrough.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Aug. 29.-The funeral
of the late John Champe Brockenbrough
will be conducted from the family residence
on South Ninth street at o'clock Sunday
afternoon The Rev. Walter ID. Cole will
officiate, and interment will be in Spring
vale Cemetery. The burial will be private.
and members of the family will act as pail
bearers. Last evening the official board of
Trinity Methodist Church met and named
a committee to prepare resolutions on the
death of Mr.. Brockenbrough, who was a
trustee of the church.
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people the man who told the story was
one: and he reflected that but for those
three people he would have grown up i'm a
neighborhood void OF great ideals and high
impulses.
Doubtless disappointment lay back OF the
circumstances that brought 10 the village
the minister. the teacher, the health
broken merchant. Each. perhaps had
cherished other and larger ambitions. aud
each had suffered through the limitations
of life I'm such place. Yet who can be-
lieve that any larger work could have been
possible TO them than this-that these three
persons should have regenerated < COM
munity?
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ONE WIFE TOO MANY.
Michigan City Man with an Extra
Wife I'm benton HarbOr.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Aug. 29.-Gover-
nor Durbin may be called on to issue a
requisition on Governor Bliss. OF Michigan,
for the return TO this county OF Calvin
Richard Parrish. of Benton Harbor, Mich
on the charge of bigamy.
tale of domestic complications i'm which
Parrish figures as the principal was I'M
folded Friday. when Mrs. Parrish and eight
children. of this city, went To Benton
Harbor and found the father and husband
married TO "A Benton Harbor woman without
having been divorced from Mrs. Parrish
No. /. in this city. Mr.. Parrish explained
this situation by saying that he understood
that his wife was dead and that his chill
dren had been put I'm an orphans home.
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wants a Traction Power House.

Special to the Indianapo Journal
DECATUR, Ind, Aug. 29.-The CONNER
cial Club of Decatur is making effort TO
raise $500 by popular subscription for the
purpose of securing the power house of the
Springfield d Fort Wayne Traction Com
pany for this city. The company made
proposition to the city and $500 was the
amount necessary to buy the site for the
large plant. The amount will be subscribed
by the latter part of next week.
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Delaware County Teachers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 29.-The thirty
eighth annual Delaware County Teachers
Association will be in session during the
coming week in this city. Superintendent
G. a. Van Matre announces the following
corps of instructors: DIR. William Lowe
Bryan, president of Indiana University;
Prof. Il. o. Holland. Louisville High School;
Prof. II. h. Ramsey, Muncie High School;
Miss Elizabeth Mason and Miss Belle
Thomas, of the Muncie schools; Prof. G. h.
Brandon, Paramount High School. and DIR.
W. j. Frazier.
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TWO CENTENARIANS DEAD
MAN AND WOMAN, AGED RESPECT
lively 100 AND 10. YEARS.
Plans for Funeral OF j. &. BrOcken-
brOugh at fayette-Pioneer
Druggist in Cass County.
eIal TO lac Inaianapolis journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
VALPARAISO. Ind, Aug. 29.-Peter Sur
prise, the Oldest citizen of this county. died
at the home of his son Henry in Lowell,
to-day at the age of one-hundred and nine
years and three months.
He had been about until last Saturday,
when he completely collapsed.
LAPORTE. Ind, Aug. 29.-Mrs. y. l..
Turczynea, who lived near Terre Coupee.
is dead at the age of 1O7 years. She was
born in Poland and for more than half
century lived in Laporte and st. Joseph
counties. Family records prove her age.
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Street-RaiIwayI improvements.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 29.-The Rich
mond Street and Interurban Railway Com
pany is making improvements that will put
it fully in line with the best traction COM
panies of the county. A new 400-horsepower
rotary converter will arrive next week.
Seven miles of additional feeder wire is
being strung. This will make possible
higher rate of speed.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CLINTON. Ind, Aug. 29-Pearl Sears,
high clerk OF the Modern woodmen of
America. is sl0o.05 short in his accounts.
The entire Clinton Camp is suspended from
membership and in case of death, the in
surance of members would not be paid.
Their suspension dates back to July ], when
Sears's accounts first became incorrect.
Week by week the discrepancy has grown
until the head camp at Rock Island, H.,
becoming alarmed, sent a message To the
Clinton Camp to have the books audited
The entire Clinton Camp, consisting on 100
members met tonight and the books were
found incorrect. as noted. Sears AYERS that
the shortage Is due To members being in
arrears but he will be compelled TO make
good The $50 members Of the camp carry
100000 insurance.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind. Aug. 29.-Claude Allen,
aged eighteen years. of Sims. Grant coun-
~, is the victim of an accident that may
prove fatal. He was loading a gun, which
was being held by Mrs. John Reeder, when
the hammer was accidentally thrown down.
causing the cartridge to explode The ball
entered the lower abdominal region.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 29.-Lewis Rob-
inson, blacksmith at Stockwell. five miles
south of here, met with an accident last
night that has cost him an eye and nearly
resulted in death. He was sharpening a
pillow when a piece of the metal was de-
tached by a blow from the hammer. the
missile entering the right eye and penetrat-
ing the brain. This morning at St. Eliza
beth's Hospital the eye was removed and
the man is expected to recover.
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Logansport Carnival Profits.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind. Aug. "a rough
estimate of the profits to be realized by the
LoganspOrt Home Carnival Association
from the carnival which closed here to-
night is given at no less than 5000. The
carnival has been a greater success even
than that of last year and the attendance
has been away beyond expectations. The
shows were clean and meritorious and the
public as well as the local promoters are
well pleased.
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NJ. ID. strout TO Retire.

Ecial to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. ON. ID.
fout, who for twelve years has been SUI
Vperintendent of the engineering laboratory
at Purdue University. has resigned that
position and will retire from active life
w. III. Conry, for twenty years identified
with the Santa Fe railway shops at To-
peka, has been appointed TO succeed Mr.
Strout.
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CareIessness Caused a Fire.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Aug. "a night
emplOye at the Home Lawn caused a fire
last night that came near destroying the
sanitarium with great loss of property
and possibly of life. The direction of the
wind was all that saved the sanitarium.
The employe carried lantern into the oil
house at midnight and an explosion was the
result, and the water tanks and small
outbuildings were soon burned. The dam
age was comparatively small.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELKHART. Ind, Aug. PAS a result
of a crusade of preachers at Kendallville
against the saloons, the saloon keepers, who
control the local ice supply, have boycotted
the ministers, whose households are now
compelled to worry along without the re-
frigerating luxury.
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Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Aug. 29.-Alton +.
Butler, OF Indianapolis, and Miss Maude
Marshall. of Chicago. member of the Ly
man Twins Company, playing AT the
Races" were married this evening on the
stage of the Memorial Opera House just
before the curtain went up. This was the
company's first performance of the season.
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KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN.
Indiana Woman and Her Baby, Who
Were Visiting i'm Ohio.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WARREN, o., Aug. 29.-Mrs. James
Foster and her daughter Inez, aged two
years. of Warren, Ind, were killed by
freight train OH the lake division of the
Il. & O. here to-day.
Mrs. Foster came here to visit her sister.
Mrs. Edward Parks. and was almost at her
destination When In crossing the tracks.
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Tobacco Ruined by Hail.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal
MADISON, Ind, Aug. 29.-The drought
was broken here to-day by a tremendous
rainfall with hail. thunder. lightning and
wind accomplishments, lasting over an hour.
Thousands of dollars worth OF growing to-
bacco was cut TO pieces and beaten to
earth by the hailstones. Two and one hun
dredth inches Of rain fell in one hour.
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One Man Killed, Two Hurt.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
DANVILLE, Ind, Aug. 29.-In a collision
on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
at RilesbuFg to-day Brakeman Robert
Steely, son Of Attorney II. NJ. Steely, was
killed, and Engineer G. ID. Smith and
Fireman c. L. Estey were seriously in
jured. The railroad is double track and
both freight trains were going the same
way. Steely was head brakeman and was
riding in the engine OF the second train.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. Coon
gresham L. ID. Crumpacker spent to-day
in the city in consultation with Governor
Durbin, who was mere to-day to attend
joint meeting of the boards of control OF
prison and Reformatory. Congressman
Crumpacker says that he Is preparing TO
introduce bill for a federal building for
Michigan City and that he will ask for a
total OF $125.0o0. He says the bill will go
through If Congress passes a building bill
at the next session.
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DEATHS FROM SMALLPOX.
Washington Il. I'm a State OF Excite
ment over the Disease.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Ind. Aug. 29.-The po-
Ilice are searching for the wife of William
Reitz who fed from home when her hus-
and died OF smallpox. to-day The fatal
STATION Of the disease rendered Mrs. Deitz
nfic and her action in breaking the quar-
tine mas created a sensation.
Joseph Schurr railroad engineer, also
led from the disease to-day, making six
Geaths this week out of eighteen cases.
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Will Sing with .'The storks.,

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, Aug. 29.-George Kitten
daugh, who until recently was one of the
faculty of the Marion Conservatory of
Music, has signed contract for the COM
ing season to sing in a leading part with
the No. / company presenting The
Storks
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Uninsured Residence burned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND, Ind, Aug. 29.-The resi-
dence on Frank Antics farm, northwest
of the city, burned to-day from a defective
fiue. All the contents were destroyed. The
loss is 81, 500 with no insurance.
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Return of Gen. A. w. Greedy.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Gen. A w. Gree
ly returned to-day from Berlin on the
steamer Moltke, bringing with him the re-
port OF the American delegates to the in
ternational wireless congress. 1t is under
stood the proceedings will be published
on both sides of the At
lantic at an early day.
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Narrow Escape.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 29.-Fire at
Howell, Ind, early this morning destroyed
the home and it's contents owned by Mrs
William Simmons. The latter, an invalid,
barely escaped. The loss is $500
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OBITUARY.
Brig. Gen. william III. Penrose, a Re-
tired United States Army Officer.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 29.-Brig Gen.
William III. Penrose. u. s. A, retired, died
Of typhoid fever at his home tonight.
General Penrose was commissioned from
Michigan as second lieutenant in the regu-
lar army in 1861, became colonel of the Fiji
teenth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in
1868 and at the close of the civil war was
a brigadier general OF volunteers He re-
entered the regular service in 1866 and
was retired as colonel of the Sixteenth
Regiment i'm 1886. Captain Charles W. PEN
rose, of Michigan. is his son.
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OYSTER BAY. n. ", Aug 29-Mrs. Bal
lipgton Booth called on President Roose-
welt tonight. She was the only visitor re-
ceived by the President during the day
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the stall one of the brothers tainted and for
a time IL was feared he would not recover.
The deceased was twenty-seven years old
and unmarried