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the ohiEnneys added TO the disagreeableness
OF the tempest. IN the swirling, twisting.
srsty cfoeftts thetc was force and strength
that caused no little damage TO property
In the city. Down town the tall buildings
shook as from. an earthquake. windows
crashed upon the sidewalks. stands were
turned over and trees blown down
The wind had no consideration whatever
for the straw hats and p0unced upon them
as IL that were its mission from the West.
1t lifted them high in the air and then set
them down on their edges. spinning along
like cart wheels with their owners hght-
ing along after them. at the same time
attempting 10 rub the dust from tneir
eyes II they we're lucky enough TO catch
fleeing hat II didn't matter whether II
was their own not.
There was not much rain with the storm.
IT was the wind that did the damage. one
CT the large windows in the Kahn Tailor
ing Company's building was blown from
It's setting and broken on the pavement
A number Of other windows were broken
by the wind and In all cases they shook
and trembled and were on the verge OF
destruction. Awnings over the doorways
were in many cases torn loose and caught
up by tho blasts OF the wind. Porcn
furniture was scattered over the lawns or
piled in a heap at the ends OF the verandas.
GREAT TREES UPROOTED.
Further out from the center OF the city.
where there are more trees and shrubbery,
the wind seemed doubly strong. Great trees
were bent and swayed and in many in
stances uprooted. No one was reported in
jured. although In many places property
was damaged and traffic blocked. The bicy-
Gle policemen had many calls to. points
where trees were blown across the streets
and the way was made dangerous. They
spent a good part OF. the night in the plac-
ing Of red lights-signals Of unknown dam
ger.
The man on the tower Of the court house
was the most reliable witness of the storm.
He said that the building under him swayed
and shook, while his altitudinous lookout
rocked Ike a boat. He declared the wind
the strongest and most violent in many
years.
A great deal of damage was done to the
telephone lines, especially the long distance
ones. The New Telephone Companys line
TO Knightstown was damaged and con-
nection was impossible with the northern
cities OF the gas belt. The wires of the Bell
Telephone Company were also baby mixed.
Kokomo, Anderson. Logansport and Dan
VILE We're all cut off communication.
The lines into Illinois were also not work.
ing. In the city many branches and trees
We're caught among the wires and caused
Temporary. trouble. The wrecking crews of
both companies were working all night and
are still in. the field. The telegraph COM
panies suffered too, more especially in the
west. where the storm was worst.
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NEGROES GO ON RECORD
COLORED PASTORS OF EVANSVILLE
DEMAND SUPPRESSION OF DIVES.
Rigid Enforcement of Laws Wanted,
with Harsh Measures for Idle and
yiciOus-LiquOr License Increase.
,ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 1.-THE ,colored
ministers of Evansville held a meeting at
the home of the Rev. J. d. Rouse, pastor
of Mcfarland Chapel. this afternoon, and
passed resolutions of condemnation for the
shiftless iand idle negroes that infest the
dives of this city and caused the recent
outbreak against the colored race here. The
police are asked to deal harshly with this
class and not to permit the negro dives
that were destroyed by the mob to re-
open. These dives, it is contended. are the
sources of crime and vice.
The police are appealed to to strictly en-
force all laws on the statute books and the
City Council is asked to increase the liquor
license from $50 to $3.50. 1t is thought this
matter will be taken up at the next meet
ing of the City Council. The resolutions
are signed by every colored minister in
the city.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, July 1.-Two stu
dents from Indiana University have hit
upon novel way of spending part of their
summer vacation. After the close of college
in June. Frank c. Gray, of Indianapolis. and
Hal w. Trovillion, of Bloomington, left for
Chicago to study certain phases of the So
cial problem of that city. They have just re-
turned from a very interesting trip with
lot of valuable data bearing on the problems
of charity and drink which now confront So
ciety In the larger cities. They went into the
slums of Chicago and made careful study
of the people in some of the most con-
gested portions Of the city. After observing
the destitute circumstances of the tenement
classes and investigating a number of typi-
cal cases, they concluded that poverty Is
caused in most cases by sickness and old
age, rather than by drink and intemper-
ance, which figures at very small per
cent, but to which some attribute q large
portion of the poverty.
The place of the saloon in the lives of the
lower classes in the city was also a theme
for investigation and part Of their study.
The saloon was found to be the most
mopolltan institution in certain parts Of the
city, providing in many of the crowded quar-
tiers the laboring mans club and favorite
meeting place. Nearly everywhere In the
slum district the saloon was the center of
social life, and institutions started up as
substitute agencies usually have failed.
These young men are but two of several in
the department of social science here who
are spending their vacation in this way.
Some are in New York studying conditions
there. They have been led to enter practical
observation work through the influence of
DR.. w. III. Weatherly, professor of social
and economic science at the University of
Indiana, and who himself, before coming
here, spent several months doing charity
work in the slums of New York.
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ABOUT HERBERT SPENCER.
He Is In Good Health, but VIII Write
No More Books.
Letter in Washington Post.

Letter in Washington Post.
II takes the semi-invalid to work hard,
live long, and think clearly to the end
get word from an authoritative source to-
day that Herbert Spencer, who was eighty
three last April, after expecting for sixty
years that each new birthday would be-
the last is absolutely sound I'm mind, despite
all the reports To the contrary. He Ia feeble
I'm body, and a few months ago there was
some uneasiness regarding his condition. but
the advent Of sunshine on the sands OF
Brighton after long, depressing period OF
cold and rain has pulled him up wonder
fully. - ,'--r3,
and probably will never write another
word that is intended for the public eve.
Not long ago an enterprising American
magazine asked me to offer him any sum
that he might name for an article OF any
length whatever on any subject that might
interest him. But the only answer was that
such an offer. he regretted his inability TO
comply with II. He has received plenty OF
other offers almost as liberal in the last
two years.
The aged philosopher is now practically
alone in the world. Affairs of the heart
never interested him. and he now has not
one near relative alive. Huxley and Tyn-
dali are gone. and nearly all his other old
friends except John Morley, and he Is said
to feel his isolation keenly. The man who
acts as his secretary and writes practically
all his letters for him is almost his only
companion In the lonely house at Brighton.
All requests for interviews. for permission
to take photographs, for autographs. and
for everything else of that sort are declined.
usually by sterotyped letter.
An intimate friend of Mr.. Spencer told
me to-day the story OF how the sage was
discovered" In America. He says he thinks
the facts were never published before. The
little book-I think IL was THE First
Principles OF Sociology'-which had been
published obscurely here found its way
over to the tables OF the famous old Aneri-
can publishing house for which the late
Z. L. Youngmans was literary adviser. The
author was unknown and the subject was
dry, and no attention was paid TO either
until one day Mr.. Youngmans's lister hap
pened 10 pick up the neglected volume in
an idle moment. She read n from BEGIN
ming TO end with increasing interest, and
told her brother that she had discovered a
great philosopher. He was incredulous
and said there was no public for books on
sociology. somewhat against his will his
sister finally persuaded him TO read the
book, with the result that he went 20 the
head OF his publishing house TO say that an
American edition OF the book must by all
means be published whether IL proved
profitable or not. The advice was accept
ed. and although the book had no great
sale. II attracted the attention or 30 many
thoughtful folk in America that Mr..
Spencers audience was assured from that
time forth.
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RUSSIA AND CHINA.
How the Northern Bear In Devouring
His Asian NeiRhbOr

w. NJ. Twins, Jr., In The Worlds Work
On looking at the map the first thing
noticeable Is the enormous extent of con-
uguous territory under tire Russian flag,
and the second is the great length of her
land boundaries and the sh>allness of her
coast line on open and navigAble seas. The
careful consideration OF this boundary line
will suggest the reasons for Russia's pas,
history, present diploma tic and industrial
policy and future aims and aspirations.
More than century and a half ago she
the great distance and difficulty of travel,
and also because of her inability to carry
on trading by sea she had not been able
to advance far. enough south to get control
or port on the open ocean.
But the necessity of such a possession
has been constantly before the eyes OF the
Governors of the Amur province on the
Sea of, Japan for the last fifty years and
they have done what they could by hook or
by crook to encroach on Chinese territory
Not only have they made the best use of
the rowing bands OF Cossacks who could be
backed up or left to their fate as seemed
the most polite, but they have been so
steadily at work advancing the Russian
influence at the Chinese court that now ii
is preponderant Because of this court in
fiuence and also because OF her meryeIous
diplomacy she has managed 10 work far
Their and farther south in the province Of
Manchuria until now at least half of what
was included in its original boundaries is
now under her flag. Those most intimate
with Russian policy know, moreover. that
through her kalmuck sovereignty she has
been enabled 10 establish a decisive infiu-
ence at the court OF the Llama OF Tibet
This far Eastern Pope has been gradually
surrounded by court not only OF Russian
sympathzers but also to a great extent of
Russian subjects. AS a matter of fact less
than two years ago the man who. In West
ern parlance, corresponds to the Llama's
prime minister was in ST. Petersburg max
ing his obeisance to the Gear and his min
listers a loyal subject of the Russian
crown. Thus having an almost impregnable
hold on the two most important OF China's
rulers, the Emperor and the Buddhist high
priest, she was able 10 make advances OF
kind and in manner impossible TO any
other nation.
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QUARREL OVER WHEAT CROP
Causes One Noble County Farmer to
shoot Another.

shoot Another.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
AUBURN, Ind, July 17.-Jacob Munk and
George Strater Noble county farmers, en-
gagged in a quarrel over the division of a
crop Of wheat. Munk. who had been
warned TO stay away from the farm. went
to claim his share of the wheat when
threshed and was met by Strater. who held
an iron bar in his band to emphasize his
demand of Munk to vacate. Munk drew
revolver to defend himself and Strater went
TO the house to procure a gun.
While Strater was in the house Munk got
into his wagon and drove away, but did not
get far when Strater appeared with his gun
and fired on him. Munk held up the wagon
seat TO protect himself. but the charge of
buckshot with which the gun was loaded
scattered, several shot taking effect in the
left hip, decorating the flesh badly. When
Munk arrived at the surgeons office; to
which he Immediately went, he was so weak
from loss of blood that he had to be lifted
from the wagon. He Is In a very critical
condition, with small hopes for recovery.
Strater was at once arrested and placed un-
der $1,000 bond. which was promptly fur
niShed.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

.oUEENsTowN. July Is. 2:25 a. mar
rived: Arabic, from New York. for Liver
pool. and Proceeded. nth. Lucania from
New York. for Liverpool Sailed: Common
wealth. for Boston
: LIVERPOOL. July I1-Arrived: New
England, from Boston; Carpathian, from
New York; Belgenland, from Philadelphia
Sailed: cymric and Armenian for New
York.
CHERBoURG. July 17.-Arrived: Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse. from New York via
Plymouth for Bremen. and proceeded
PLYMOUTH. July IL Arrived: Grosser
Kurfurst, from New York for Cherbourg
and Bremen and proceeded.
NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP, July IT,
Passed: Campania. from Liverpool and
Queenstown for New York.
sBoULOGNE. SUR MER, July 17.-Ar-
rived: Ryndam. from New York for Rot
terdam.
MOyILLE. July H.-Saiied: Anchoria.
tor New YoPk: Tunisian, for Montreal
0REENoCK. July iT.--Arrived: Carthage
u4nn, from Philadelphia
HAMBURG. July 17.-Arrived: Phoen.cia.
from New York. -
NEW FORK. July ilzsailed: Cedric for
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CORN IN THE FLOODED LANDS.
Outlook as Seen on q Tour of the SUBJ
merged Kansas valleys.
Kansas City Letter.

Kansas lily Letter.
Just one month ago the waters which
and those OF its tributaries went down and
the soaked fields were again open 10 the
sun. / have this week been over the entire
course of the foods track, and, deceptive
though the appearance OF food waters Is.
IL is remarkable how rapidly has come
the recuperation OF the submerged farms.
the branches of trees. the water has lately
been ten to fourteen feet deep, there are
now waving the long lines of corn leaves.
The crop. as FIRST planted, was. OF course.
washed out, ano IL was the first thing re-
placed. In five days from planting the new
crop came up. and with wet subsoH 10
has grown steadily beneath the summer
sun. IL needed no rain. nor will II need any
baking Of the soaked soil. However there
have been locaNshowers and the corn is
six TO ten inches high.
1t Is probable that one-thrd OF the
washed-out area has been replanted, and
is thus thriving. The remainder OF the
overlooked soil is OF two classes-that COW
cred with river sand or gouged by the cur
rent into holes and ravines. and thao which
has been put into fodder crops rather than
into corn. Probably each OF these classes
would include one-third OF the land In the
sixty-fve miles between Kansas CITY and
Topeka, over two TO three miles OF Whitley.
West OF Topeka to the limit OF the flooded
area. the proportion OF replanted area Is
larger and the damage materially less In
View OF the great recuperatise power OF she
drained lands. IL Il evident that the farms
are much less injured than the towns. Here
and there Is farm that secnns 10 have been
ruined. but generally the portion entirely
wiped out Is far less than would be an
ticipdted.
On the uplands the corn Is waist-high.
and though there Is some replanted area
that Is taking desperate chances. the con-
dition at this Gate Is We'll up. towards TIE
average. But IL Is all late. and The next six
weeks will tell the story OF us success in
meeting summer conditions.
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HANGING IN HIS ORCHARD
FARMER NEAR HAMMOND WHO WAS
AFFLICTED WITH DEMENTIA.
President of Columbia City school
Board kills misunderstanding
ARRAY Near Auburn.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, July 17.--Ciinton Tay-
Tor. wealthy farmer and landowner living
at Creston, small station near this city,
committed suicide this morning by hanging
himself to an apple tree in his orchard No
reason except dementia is assigned for the
act.
Taylor's wife and daughter had gone to
Lowell, an adjacent town, to do some shop
ping, and he had requested them to show
him their purchases when they returned.
They searched for him on their return. and
were shocked to see his body swinging in
the wind when they sought for him. Tay-
Tor disappeared from home several months
ago, and was found wandering in field near
Momence, Ill, but since his return had ex-
hibited no signs of insanity.
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Madison County Assessments.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, July 1.-THE Board OF
Review for Madison county has completed
its labors and not a single appeal has been
taken so far. The board had rather diff
ficult task in assessing the property of the
Window Glass Company of Alexandria.
Recently that corporation installed blowing
machines is probably not to exceed 81. 900,
yet the board saw fit to assess valuation
OF $4,000 on the four machines in the use
of the company. The officers set up the
claim that the machines were the property
of New Jersey corporation. but the board
ELECTED enough answers 10 questions TO es-
tablish the fact that the owners of the
window glass factory were the owners of al
most all the New Jersee corporation owning
the machines. Madison county increases its
Ia xable property about 100000 and the to-
tai is s3l.657 .s35 The auditors report will
show that Anderson property is taxed at
$s,4i0990.
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FALL RESULTS In DEATH
KNIGHTsT0WN WOMAN sUCCUMBs
TO \ FRACTURED SKULL.
EfNood Man Killed I'm California-Ac-
cidents i'm Clay County Mines
other Casualties.
Social 70 the Indiananolis journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. July T.-Mrs.
John Morris. ST.. died to-day from a frac-
ture of the skull received in 4 fall yester-
day. She fell to the bottom Of the cellar
stairway and struck her head against a
stone wall. She never regained conscious
ness.
Mrs. Morris was sixty-one years old. a
member of the Christian Church, and be-
longed to a prominent family. James o..
Addison, local merchant. and Mrs. Joseph
Carey. of his city. are her son and daugh-
ter, and Judge John NJ. Morris. of the Hen
ry Circuit Court: Judge Douglass Norris.
of the Rush Shelby Circuit Court; A. o.
Morris and Mrs. d. L. Heritage. OF this city.
and Joshua /. Morris. of New Castle. are
her stepchildren.
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Killed I'm California.
.n the Indiananolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, July ia message from
the officers of the Lodge of Modern Wood
men at Los Angeles, Cal. this morning
conveys the intelligence that Charles Bush,
who until last March was employed on
the city car lines, was instantly killed
there last night. No details of the accident
were given, but il is presumed that he was
killed in the electric power houSe, where
he was employed. He left family and
allowed his $1,000 insurance policy in the
Woodmen to elapse two months ago.
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HALF WET AND HALF DRY
QUEER STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE
TOWN OF COLLEGE CORNER.
students and the Cause of Poverty
ceived-Incendiary Barn Fires.
special To TIE Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. July 17.-There Is sit
uation somewhat out of the ordinary at Col
iege Corner, the half Ohio and half Indiana
town south of Richmond a few miles. This
situation arises from the effort to have the
town made dry" The Indiana side has
succeeded in doing this under the Nicholson
law. and the Ohio side is now trying 10 do
1t under the Beal local option law. An cleo
ton under that law has been called for the
first week I'm August. and il is thought there
will be lively contest. The Ohio and In
diana sides of the town have separate gov
ernments.
College Corner is also peculiar insthat it
is located in three counties-Union. in In
diana, and Preble and Butler, I'm Ohio.
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PITTSBURG. Pa, July 17.-President ST.
mon Burns. of the Window Glass Workers
Association, the old organization, has writ
ten a lengthy open letter to the window
glass workers OF the country. IN il he
makes a number Of important suggestions
and propositions. All are in the line of
high wages and high prices for glass; with
a restriction OF production TO the actual
consumptive capacity OF the country. He
advocates the reunion of all factions of
workers in one solid organization and also
a combination of the manufacturing inter-
ests by the establishment of a general SELL
ing agency. He proposes that all glass
a profitable price. Manufacturers who re-
fuse to consent TO the plan for maintaining
prices are not TO be permitted to make
glass, and none Is TO be sold 10 Jobbers who
cut prices from the established rate Mr.
Burns agrees TO retire entirely from the
movement II the glass workers desire. or
he will remain at the head OF the organiza-
ton Of workmen and conduct their fight
for high wages
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, July 17.-Joseph
Clark, president of the Columbia City School
Board. committed suicide this afternoon by
blowing the top of his head off with Win
chester rifle. Dependency from long sick
ness with rheumatism, 1t is thought.
prompted the deed. He left a widow and
a family of children, nearly all of whom
are grown. Ethan A Clark, city treasurer,
is his eldest son. He was treasurer of Whit
ley county for four years. He was nearly
fiftY-eight wears old
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PLANT NEARLY FINISHED
LAFAYETTE STRAWBOARD MILL TO
BE IN OPERATION SOON.
Work ON the New Terre Haute Bridge
Shelby County Taxables-Oil and
Gas Field Notes.
,ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, July T.-Work on
the new strawboard factory south of the
city is being rushed and within two weeks
the contractors will install the machinery.
The plant will employ 200 men. 1t was
erected at the solicitation of the CONNER
cial Club. whose members subscribed for
most of the stock.
Thomas Bauer, president of the company,
is supervising the erection of the buildings.
which include three brick structures with
steel framework. There has been consid-
cradle difficulty in getting laborers, and
this has delayed the work. The factory
probably will be in operation late this fall.
The plant will cost 100000, and the output
requires the laying of fifteen side tracks
to accommodate the cars which will haul
the product away.