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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THIHD AY, .lTJNE 28, 1D00. and money now allied therewith and sup pliant thereto, could successfully cope with all other and lesser problems of govern rrcnt In legislative halis and In the execu tive chair, and that It Is useless for any party to make declarations In its plat form as to any questions 'concerning which tnere may be serious differences of opinion in Its own membership and as to which, because of such differences, the party could legislate only on a basis of mutual con cern when coming into power. "We submit that the Democratic and Re publican parties are alike insincere in their assumed policy to trusts and monopolies. They dare not and do not attack the most dangerous of them all. th liquor power. So Ions a the saloon debauche the citizen end breeds the purchasable voter money will continue to buy Its way to power. BreAk down this traffic, elevate manhood and a sober citizenship will find a way to control dangerous combinations of capital. "We purpose as a first step In the financial problems of the Nation to rave more than a billion dollars every year now annually spent to support the liquor traffic and to. demoralize our people. When that is ac complished conditions will have so improved that with a clearer atmosphere the country can address Itself to the questions as to the kind and quantity of currency neede'd. XXX "We reaffirm as true Indisputably the declaration of William WIndom when sec retary cf the treasury' in the Cabinet of President Arthur 'that, considered socially, financially, politically or morally, the li censed liquor traffic is or ought to be the overwhelming Issue in .American politics and that 'the destruction of this iniquity stands next on the calendar of the world's progress We hold that the existence of our party presents this issue squarely to the American people and lays on xhem the responsibility, of choice between the two X'arties dominated by distillers and brewers with their policy of saloon perpetuation breeding waste, wickedness, woe, pauper ism, corruption and crime, and our one P irty of patriotic and moral principle, with a policy which defends It from domination by corrupt bosses and which insures it for ever against the blighting control of saloon politics. "We face with sorrow, shame and fear the awful fact that this liquor traffic has a grip on our government, municipal, state nd national, through the revenue system and saloon society which no other party dares to dispute, a grip which dominates the party now In power from caucus to Congress, from policeman to President, from the mm shop to the White House, a grip which compels the chief executive to consent that law shall be nullified In behalf . of the brewer, that the canteen shall curse our army and spread intemperance across the seas, and that our flag shall wave as the symbol of pHrtnership at home and abroad between this government and the men who defy and define it for their own profit and gain. X X 7t "We charge - upon President McKinley, who was elected to his high office, by ap peals to Christian sentiment and patriotism almost unprecedented, and by a combina tion of moral Influences never before seen f n this country. " that, by his conspicuous example as a wine drinker at public ban quets and as a wine-serving host in the White House, he has done more to en courage the liquor business, to demoralize the temperance habits of young men, and to bring Christian practices and require ments into disrepute than any other Presi dent this Republic has ever seen. We fur ther charge on President McKinley respon sibility for the army canteen, with all its dire brood of disease, immorality, sin and death. In this country, in Cuba, In Porto Itiqp and the .Philippines, and we insist by his attitude concerning the canteen, and his apparent contempt for the vast number of petitions and petitioners protesting against it, he has outraged and Insulted the moral sentiment of this country In such a manner and to such a degree as calls for Its righteous uprising and his indignant and effective rebuke. "We challenge denial of the fact that our executive, as commander-in-chief of the military forces of the United States, at any time prior to or since March 2, lSi'9, could have closed every army saloon, called a canteen." by executive or der, a President Hayes did be fore him, and should have closed them, for the same reasons which actuated Presi dent Hayes. We assert that the act of Con gress, passed March 2. forbidding the tale of" liquors' In any post." exchange or canteen' by any 'officer or private or by SHOWERS TOR TO-DAY. Ilefrealilofc Clue Made by the Chief Clerk of the Went her. WASHINGTON. June 2?.-Forecast for Thursday and Friday: For Ohio Showers on Thursday, with cooler weather In northern and western portions. Friday fair; brisk westerly winds. For IndianaShowers on Thursday. Fri day fair; brisk southerly winds. Local Observations on Wednesday. Bar. Thrr.TUI. Wind. W'ther. Pre. 7a.m..2U.78 71 S4 S'west. Cloudy. T 7p.m..3.72 $1 53 S'west. Pt. Cl dy. .00 Maximum temperature, &6; minimum tem perature, 70. The following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipi tation for June 27: Temp. Pre. Normal 75 .15 Mean . Ii T Departure 3 .13 Departure since June 1 41 .09 Departure since Jan. 1 131 3.00 Plus. " C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yeaterday's Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta, Ga 70 SO 70 Bismarck. N. D 5 SO 74 Buffalo. N. Y 70 74 70 Calgary, N. W. T 41 61 "56 Chicago. Ill v Ti) M 7S Cairo, 111 70 . si 80 Cheyenne, Wyo 5S St SO Cincinnati, 0 70 St SO Concordia, Kan 76 104 SS Davenport. Ia 74 82 SO Des Moines. Ia 62 SO 7S Galveston. Tex S2 SS 81 Helena. Mont... CI S2 SO Jacksonville, Fla 7S 91 SI Kansas City, Mo 74 90 S2 Little Itock. Ark 70 so SO Marquette,' Mich S2 60 TA Memphis, Tcnn 70 S2 84 Nashville, Tenn 70 SS SO New Orleans, La 74 SS $2 New York city 70 92 90 North Platte. Neb 6; 92 SS Oklahoma. O. T 71 9S 91 Omaha. Neb 74 SO 7S Pittsburg. Pa 72 ,78 Qu Appelle. N. W. T... 52 70 64 Rapid City. S. D S2 SO Salt Lake City 62 94 94 St. Louis. Mo 72 90 S2 St. Paul. Minn... M 9 81 Springfield. Ill 7t) 90 SO Springfield. Mo ßX 92 90 Vicksburg. Miss 70 SS 78 Washington, D. C 72 W 84 Foor Deaths Dae to Heat. CHICAGO, June 27. Four persons lost their lives to-day through the heat and five were prostrated while on the streets or at work. The dead are Oscar Berener, overcome by hest while repairing a window fcreen in a second story of a building, fell to the ground, breaking his neck; Herman Oruden?kl; Mrs. Annie Rajkowskl. dropped dead while walking In the street; Antonio Shogrers. The mercury reached 92 on the trect level. In the government office the thermometer touched ks. Fatalities at rittshnrK. PITTS HURG. June 2T.-Three more deaths and several prostrations from the heat were reported to-day. The dead are: Mrs. Sarah M. Shaffer, aged thirty years: Wil liam Worner, aged thirty-nine years, an ironworker; Mary Tlcrney, aged fifty years, ßamuel Bust and Itobert Waddell, both ironworkers, are not expected to live. Ctoudy skies and a gool breeze kept down the temperature this afternoon to S2. Hottest June 27 Since 1ST. NEW YORK, June 27. The wather rec ords show this is the hottest day for June 27 of any year tdtice The maximum temperature to-day was 91, making this the hottest day of the year. After 2 p. m. there were several violent thunderstorms which sflfcrded relief. Previous "to the first riia thft humidity wa 72 per cent. 'any other" person. on ?ny premises used for military purposes by the United States was, and is, as explicit an act of prohibi tion as the English language can frame; we declare our solemn belief that the at torney general of the United States, in his Interpretation of the law, and the secre tary of war in his acceptance of that In terpretation and his refusal to enforce the law, were, and are, guilty of treasonable nullification thereof, and that President McKinley, through his assent to and in dorsement of such interpretation and re fusal on the part of the officials appointed by and responsible to him. Bhares responsi bility In their guilt; and we record our conviction that a new and serious peril confronts our country in the fact that its President, at the behest of the beer power, dares and does abrogate a law in Con gress, through subordinates, removable at will by him and whose acts become his, and thus virtually confesses that laws are to be administered, or to be nullified In the interest of a law-defying business, by an administration under mortgage to such business for support. XXX "We deplore the fact that an adminis tration of this Republic claiming the right and power to carry our flag across the seas and to conquer and annex new territory should admit its lack of power to prohibit the American saloon on subjugated soli or should openly confess Itself subject to the liquor sovereignty under that flag. We are humiliated, exasperated and grieved by the evidence painfully abundant that this ad ministration's policy of expansion is bear ing so rapidly its fruits of drunkenness. In sanity and crime under the hothouse sun of the tropics, and when the president of the tlrst Philippine commission says it was unfortunate that we Introduced and estab lished the saloon there to corrupt the natives and to exhibit the vices of our race. We charge the inhumanity and unchrlstlan Ity of this act upon the administration of William McKinley and upon the party which elected and would perpetuate the same. xxx "We declare that the only policy which the government of the United States can of right establish as to the liquor traffic under the national Constitution upon any.terrltory under the military or civil control of that government is the policy of prohibition; that 'to establish Justice, secure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common de fense, promote the general welfare and In sure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity as the Constitution pro vides the" liquor traffic must neither be sanctioned nor tolerated, and that the reve nue policy, which makes our government a partner with distillers and brewers and barkeepers. Is a disgrace to our civiliza tion, an outrage upon humanity and a crime against God. "We condemn the present administration at Washington because It has repealed the prohibitory laws in Alaska and has given over the partly civilized tribes there to be the prey of the American grog shop, and because it has entered upon a license pol icy In our new possessions by incorporating the same in the recent act of Congress in the code of laws for the government of the Hawaiian islands. "We call attention to the fearful fact that exportation of liquors from the United States to the Philippines increased from $337 in 1S98 to $467,198 in the first ten months of the fiscal year ending June 1, 1900, and that while our exportation of liquors to Cuba never reached $00,000 a year previous to American occupation of that island our exports of such liquors to Cuba during the fiscal year of 19 reached the sum of $629,- cv. xxx "One great religious body (the Baptists) having truly declared of the liquor traffic that it has no defensible right to exist, that it can never be reformed, and that It stands condemned by Its unrighteous fruits as a thing unchristian, un-American and perilous utterly to every interest in life; another great religious body (the Methodists) having as truly asserted and reiterated 'that no political party has a right to expect, nor should it receive the votes of Christian men so long as it stands committed to the license system or re fuses to put Itself on record in an atti ture of opinion hostile to the saloon; other great religious bodies having made simi lar deliverances, in language plain and unequivocal as to. the liguor traffic and the duty of Christian citizenship in opposi tion thereto; and the fact being plain and undeniable that the Democratic party stands for license, the saloon and the can teen, while the Republican party, In policy and administration, stands for the can teen, the saloon and revenue therefrom, we declare ourselves Justified in expecting that Christian voters everywhere shall cease their complicity with the liquor curse by refusing to uphold a liquor party, and shall unite themselves with the only party which upholds the prohibition policy and which for nearly thirty years has been the faithful defender of the church, the state, the home and the school against the saloon, its expanders and perpetuators, their actual and persistent foe. "We insist that no differences of be lief as to any other question or concern of government should stand in the way of ruch a union of moral and Christian citi zenship as we hereby Invite, for the speedy settlement of this paramount moral, in dustrial, financial and political issue which our party presents; and we refrain from declaring ourselves upon all minor mat ters as to which differences of opinion may exist, that hereby we may offer to the American people a platform that all can stand upon who desire to see sober cit izenship actually sovereign over the allied hosts of evil, sin and crime In a govern ment of the people, by the people and for the people. "We declare that there are but two real parties to-day concerning the liquor traffic perpetuationlsts and prohibitionists, and that patriotism, .Christianity and every in terest of genuine republicanism and of pure democracy, besides the loyal demands of our common, humanity require the speedy union in one solid phalanx at the ballot box of all who oppose the liquor traffic's perpetuation, and who covet endurance for this Republic." The plat from was received with the wild est enthusiasm. Every sentence in con demnation of President McKinley was greeted with shouts of approval and cries of "Hit him again!" the delegates standing on their chairs and yelling themselves hoarse. WOMAN SUFFRAGE QUESTION. "I have another resolution recommended by the committee on resolutions," said Pro fessor Hopkins. He then read the follow ing: "Resolved. That it Is the sense of this convention that the right of ballot shall not be denied any citizen on account of sex," It was evident that leaving the woman suffrage plank out of the platform was dis tasteful to many delegates, and when Mrs. Reauchamp, president of the W. C. T: U. of Kentucky, took the platform to advocate an equal suffrage plank she was wildly ap plauded. A picture of Frances E. Willard vhlch hung over the speakers stand had fallen down during the afternoon recest. It had not been replaced. Mrs. Deauehamp referred to its "removal." and In an Instant a very respectable row was on. ' "I protest against such shameful Insinua tions. It fell down!" yelled one excited male delegate. "Put it up again!" shouted another. It was hung-up behind the speakers' desk, but this did r!6t satisfy the delegates and the convention did not become quiet until the portrait had been hung from the gal lery. After considerable discussion a rising vote was called for and the platform and addi tional resolution favoring woman puffrare adopted by a practically unanimous vote and amid a tempest of cheers. Some dele gate started "illessed be. the tie that binds" and the whole assemblage Joined In a thun derous song of praise to the Almighty, even the throngs In the gallery taking up the old hvmn. The convention then adjourned un til 9:3) to-morrow mornlrg. The national committee met at the Palmer House at the cloe of the afternoon session of the convention and unanimously re-elected Oliver W.. Stewart ns national chairman. Other officers elected are: Sam uel Dickie. Michigan, vice chairman; Wm T. Wardwell, New York, secretary, and S. D. Hastings. Wisconsin, treasurer. The executive commltcc was increased In num ber from four to five. The committee re solved to conduct a "schoolhouse cam paign." holding meetings in every available place throughout .the country and In gen eral endeavors to arouse enthusiasm in the cause of prohibition. TrRcily on Rattle- Avenne. STEU RENVILLE. O.. June :7.Jame. McElroy shot and fatally wounded Samuel Stafford to-night on Cattle inne. The shooting was the culmination of a family feud. McElroy. gave himself up. IT WAS ONLY A JOKE FEHRIS'S TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SHELBY COUNTY GRAND JURY. Qnecr Evidence Give!! Fort Wnync Murder and Suicide Students In "As Yoa Like It' State Sport. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHE LB Y VI LLE, Ind., June 27. The first witnesses for the defense In the John G. Ferris false-claim case were to prove the good reputation of the defendant. Most of them, however, testified that they had heard of some trouble he had with Mr. Car son, and had read about Mr. Carson's con demnation of him through the public press at the time Ferris defeated Carson for deputy auditor. The defendant took the stand in his own behalf and stated that early In the spring of 1808 he found that there was some in dexing to do In the clerk's office and went to the commissioners with a written propo sition to do the work for cent a line. They accepted the contract and it was placed on record, but that contract was only for work on the probate books of the county. He worked on the first contract about fifteen or sixteen days. Later he went to the commissioners and told them of other work that needed doing, and said that he did not like to do It for the probate price. They told him to go ahead and they would pay him what was right. He went to work on the other books and did not finish them until in the latter part of July, 1ST8, and altogether had made 3,266 lines of index, 263 of them being in his wife's handwriting, which he had read to her and she had made the entries. From August that year until after the election he worked for the Democratic state cen tral committee, at Indianapolis, and short ly afterward became sick and went to Martinsville and stayed there most of the time until In June, ISO). The first claim for the work was filed in May, 1S98, for $10. He asked Deputy Auditor Mahlon to issue the order and Mahlon refused because Carson had ordered him not to issue any orders to Ferris, but he received that order in June. . He filed another claim In November. 1890, at a special session, for the balance due on the indexing $80.50. He said the claim was not filed sooner because he had trouble with Carson and would not file while Car son was auditor and also because he had been sick most of the time and out of the county. He had no intention to defraud Shelby county, -and only tried to get what was honestly due to him for services. The record of the special November meeting of the commissioners was in his handwrit ing, and the absence of his claim from the. record was explained by the commis sioners being in such a hurry to get the record signed that it slipped his mind. He said that he had been before the grand Jury six or seven times and at no time did Juror Rominger stand on one side of him and Prosecutor Blair on the other when the number of lines were being counted in the grand-jury room, and no result was an nounced in his presence. Any admissions he had made in the grand-jury room were made in a jocular way. Blair seemed to be Joking about the investigation, and wit ness thought the easiest way to get back to his work In the auditor's office was to agree with his statements. Blair had told him that the investigation was for his benefit, that they were after the other fel lows and not after him, that he would not be tried, because he had got only I89.&0. An effort was made by the defense to show the animus of the prosecution, and that prosecutor Blair had made proposals that if the defendant would tell what he knew his case would be nollled. Judge Morris, in ruling on the question, said that the prosecutor had no power to acquit any one charged with crime; that the only way to dispose of a case is by trial or upon motion to dismiss, which may or may not be granted. Ferris was confronted with his evidence given before the grand jury which found the bill. He did not remember how many lines he had done, but they paid him Vi cent a line and this was an extra half cent. He thought he was entitled to as much as the others who were doing the same kind of work. Defendant's attorneys objected to the im peachment of Ferris by his grand Jury evi dence, when the Judge asked if at any time witness had refused to testify before the grand Jtfry. Witness said he had not, and the evidence went in. Ferris didn't remember how much he had drawn before the $$9.50. When asked before the grand Jury if h had received as much as $50 before this he auld that he had. He aimed to get as much as the other bill. When asked why he could not look at the books and see how much had been drawn, witness told the grand jury that the books were gone and, anyway, these claims were filed and allowed in vacation, and were not put on the docket. In rebuttal the only evidence of the State was the denial of the prosecuting attorney that he had ever made any promise to Ferris that his case would never be tried or that if he would turn State's evidence his case would be dismissed. The evidence was all in at 2 o'clock. Attorney Duncan make the closing argu ment for the State this evening. The court room was packed and all the halls and ap proaches to it were "crowded during ths speech. In his argument he allowed five minutes to the writing of each line and he sacrificed that length ' of time in perfect silence. The scene was most dramatic as the jury and the crowd watched the minute hand move to the flve-mlnute mark. The total of 2,350 lines would take twenty-five and one-half days and Ferris testified that it took him eight or nine weeks to do the work. The case went to the Jury at fifteen min utes before 10 o'clock to-night. Motion for Xew Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., June 27. The attorneys for Clyde Jones presented their motion- and affidavits for a new trial this afternoon in the Circuit Court. The objections on which the motion is based aro: The verdict Is not sustained by the evidence; the verdict is contrary to law; the court was in error In admitting certain stated paragraphs In the Instructions to the Jury and in Including certain others, to each of which exceptions were offered at the time; and the verdict was not reached by an Impartial jury, since affidavits are furnished that Robert Dan lels, who was the foreman, had said, on several occasions. In months and days previous to the trial, that "Jones ouprht to be hung. If it was my case I would kill him. Jones ought to go the trip. There is strong evidence against him," and other similar expressions. The state took the pa pers and will file an answer and counter affidavits Thursday morning. MTXCIE WIXS AT GOLF. Defeats Marlon, Thirty-Three Vp, In the Kirnt rny Play. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., June 27. Mundo beat Marion thirty-three up on the Country Club course of eighteen holes this afternoon In the first of a series of golf contests in which Marlon, Muncie and Richmond take part. Following was the line-up: Muncie Jay Lee Turner. Paul Powers, Ray P. Johnson, Harry Greyer, George Rrownlee and Robert E. Walker; Mirion-Fred Wil son. Dr. N. W. Hiatt. G. D. Dean. Paul Harvey, J. L. McCulIoch and Ralph John son. Wilson beat Turner 3 up. Powers beat Dean 14 up. Greyer beat Harvey 7 up, Hiatt beat Rrownlee r up, McNaughton boat Johnson 9 up. R. Johnson beat Lillard 7 up. A banquet and reception were given to night at the clubhouse. Shootlne Feiit at Xoblrsrllle. Fpeclal to the Indi&tarolls Journal. NOBLESVILLK. Ind., June 27. The two days' trap shooting tournament given, at Russell's Park undr the auspices of the Noblesville Gun Club closed this afternoon. There were a large number of entries, Bloomfield, Chicago, Muncie, Indianapolis, Waveland, Peru, Kokomo and Tipton be ing well represented. E. E. Neal. of Bloom field, made the best general average In the tournament, his percentage being 06. Dr. Brltton, of Indianapolis, the oldest shooter who participated In the tournament, was awarded the prize for the second best gen eral average, his percentage being 95.7. Few of the participants fell below $0 per cent. Torre Ilante Racine; Attraction. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 27.-The opening meeting of the Great Western Cir cuit of the American Trotting Association at the Terre Haute track next Tuesday Is attracting many horsemen who are anxious to get a line on their horses. In the 2:23 pace there are three candidates for thv De troit M. and M. 510.000 hung up for July 16. The three candidates are Annie Burns, Yarrum and Maud C. The 2:06 trot also promises to be close, as the horses en tered are making records in the work-out trials. "AS YOU LIKE IT." Successful Presentment of Shakopear ean Rolea by State Normal Students. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 27. Members of the graduating class of the Indiana State Normal School to-night produced "As You Like It" before an audience that filled the Grand Opera House. It was en tirely an invitational affair, the admission being without price, but hundreds who de sired tickets and whom' the senior class would have been glad to favor were unable to gain admission. There were more than fifty members of the class In the play and the rendition was highly satisfactory. Two years ago the senior class produced "Taming of the Shrew." It was the first venture in this line for class day exercises. The performance was excellent and fixed such a high standard that the class of a year ago could not muster courage to pre sent a play. This year, under the encour agement and direction of Professor Curry, of the chair of reading and English litera ture, the class decided to give "As You Like It." The parts were allotted a few weeks ago. The first dress rehearsal was last Friday and the first without a prompt er on Monday night of this week. The class' stands all the $500 expense of the produc tion, which was elaborate In scenic effects and costumes. The latter were secured by Professor Curry, in Cincinnati, and he ob tained enough to make the presentation far more complete as to the number of persons on the stage than is usual "with the best of companies producing the great comedy. A special dron curtain, with a wood scene. was painted lor to-night. Miss Beatrice Sanders, head of the department of music, had direction of the choruses, and Mrs. Allyn Adams wrote the music. The following students were In the cast: Raymond Stockton, of Burlington; James McGinsey, Medaryville; C. W. Dodson, Tell City; John C. Guthrie, Rockfleld; John W. Gear, Bourbon; Albert N. Harris, Win chester; F. B. Kepner. Galveston: J. H. Shock, Huntington; F. M. Garver, Martins ville. 111.; Vernon Keller, Bourbon; James Slabaugh, North Grove; E. E. Huffty, Kentland; Claude English, Terre Haute; S. L. Blue, Sevastopol; E. L. Holton, Henry ville; Miss Cora Gottschalk, Coatesville; Miss Laura Bryant, Coatesville; Miss Pe nlna Newson, Carthage; Miss May Souder, South Bend; Miss Mayme Rapp, Terre Haute, and James Caldwell, Terre Haute. Stockton played the banished duke, McGin sey was cast as Frederick, Huffty rendered Touchstone, and Miss Bryant was cast as Rosalind. TWO TlIOl'SAXD ACRES FLOODED. Prealwlnff of a Levee on Waliash River Cannes Great Damage. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 27. Two thousand acres of grain along the Wabash river were swamped last night by the breaking of the gates In the levee six miles north of Clinton, Ind., and the community Is startled by the report that the dyke was dynamited. The gates were swept away some time during the night and the thousands of acres of farm lands, rich ia corn and wheat, was deluged and is to-day covered with a flood twenty feet deep. The loss Is esti mated at $40.000. Crops Rained by Flood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June 27.-The continued heavy rains of the past week have done much damage in Blackford county. All the streams and drains are overtaxed, and in many places from one to two feet of water cover the fields. In many places fences have been washed away. Very little of the corn crop will amount to much, which, together with the almost total failure of the wheat crop, Is a serious loss to the farmers of this county. Henry Damage by Storm. pedal to the Indianapolis Journal. FARMLAND, Ind., June 27. C. E. Ret ter, proprietor of the Retter Hotel, was shocked by lightning during a severe storm here this evening and is in a serious condi tion. The lightning did much damage to telegraph and telephone lines, and dozens of shade and fruit trees were blown down. Of the 800 bearing trees in the fruit orchard of Joseph Mills, near here, not one-half re main standing. The loss in this vicinity will aggregate $3,000. MURDER AXD SUICIDE. Sadden Termination of a Married Life of Only Six Month. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 27. William Nahrwald, a barber, aged thirty-five years, shot and killed his wife, aged twenty, and then killed himself. The tragedy took place at 11 o'clock to-night at the home of Mrs. Nahrwald's father, Frank Lunger, on East Columbia street. Nahrwald lost a good po sition, some weeks ago, on account of his excessive drinking, and three weeks ago went to Garrett, his wife going home to her parents. Yesterday Nahrwald returned and began drinking. To-night he went to see his wife at her father's home and neighbors heard them quarreling in the yard. A moment later three shots were heard and thB two bodies were found in the yard. Mrs. Nahr wald had been shot through the shoulder and heart, and Nahrwald then sent a bul let through his right temple. They were married last December. Almost Beaten to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. June 27.-Thls evening, at the factory of the Hartford City Flint Bottle Company, Lon Sticks and Walter Boykln. blowers, quarreled, and Sticks dealt Boykln a terrible blow on the head with a hot snap, an Iron tool shaped like a cowbell, with a long handle. Boy kin's skull is fractured, his teeth knocked out and his arm burnt. He received a ter rible beatinf? and was left for dead. He probably will die. Sticks has been arrested. STRAAVIJOARD 31 EX 3IEET. They Dlscnss Means to Secure Sup plies for Their Factories. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., June 27. Representatives of the Fevcral strawboard factories in In diana held a meeting In Muncie to-day to discuss the situation which confronts them by . reason of the great shortage In the Indiana wheat crop, which will necessitate the shipment of straw from other States to supply the mills. A special rate will be secured on rail roads, if possible, or wagon trains will be organized. The shipment of straw In its crude state is a new thing. Eight Indiana mills were represented. XO AGREEMENT REACHED. Amalgamated Men and Operators Ad journ Their Conferences. DETROIT. June 27. The conference on the 1500 wage scale between the wage com mittee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers and represent atives of the great steel manufacturing companies was adjourned this afternoon without an agreement having been reached to permit the amalgamated representatives to attend a conference In New York with representatives of the American Tin Flate Company. The iron and steel scale will again be taken up later at a conference In this city. AVace Scale Rejected. PITTSBURG, June 27. The wage com mittee of the Window Glass Manufactur ers Association of the United States, known as the independents, met here to day in conference with the flatteners. The scale presented by the latter was rejected by the manufacturers, who claimed it was an advance of from 5 to 8 per cent, over last year. The same scale, was rejected by the trust last week. KILLED BY A TROLLEY CAR. Sirs. Kate Wilson, of Clark Connty, on n .onlnviIle Street. LOUISVILLE. Ky., June 27.-Mrs. Kate Wilson, of Clark county. Indiana, the aged mother of George H. Wilson, superintend ent of the Louisville & Evansville Packet Company, whom she ws visiting, was run over at Nineteenth and Jefferson streets by a trolley car to-day and Buffered in juries which resulted in her death an hour later. Medlcon to Sift Chargre. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., June 27. At the meeting of the Grant County Medical Society yes terday afternoon a committee composed of Drs. M. T. Shlvely, of Marlon, E. M.. Whit son, of Jonesboro, and A. Henley, of Fair mount, was appointed to investigate the charges preferred against Dr. A. E. Powell, of this city, by Dr. G. W. McKlnney. of Gas City. The committee was instructed to be ready to report at the next regular monthly meeting of the society. Refnaea to Vacate the Office. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., June 27. The City Council last night removed from office City Treasurer Mattox for alleged refusal to comply with' the orders of the Council. Mr. Mattox was some time ago adjudged a defaulter and his bondsmen paid over $5,000 in settlement of his shortage. Orla Harri son was elected treasurer to succeed Mr. Mattox, but the latter refuses to turn over the books to his successor. Jay County Real Estate Figures. Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., June 27. The county auditor's annual report shows that, within the last year, there have been deals In real estate in this county footing something over $1,000,000, the total number of deeds recorded being, 1,365, with a value of $1,051, 404. During Lie same time 862 mortgages were recorded and 963 canceled. The value of the first was $500,805, and of the second, $537,721. Winner Was an Earl ham Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., June 27. The winner of the Interstate prohibition oratorical con test, at Chicago, last night, Rayner W. Kelsey, was graduated from Earlham Col lege, this city, this month. He was the representative of Indiana, having won the state contest at Lafayette. Kelsey rep resented Earlham in the last Indiana in tercollegiate contest. Antl-Splttlnfr Ordinance Passed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind.. June 27. The City Council has passed an antl-splttlng ordi nance making it unlawful for any person to spit on any public sidewalk in the city and fixing the fine for such an offense in a sum not exceeding $5. Indiana Obituary. WINDFALL. Ind., June 27. George M. Riffe, of this place, died yesterday after noon after a long Illness from Brlght's disease. He was in his seventy-sixth year, having bten born in West Virginia Jan. 15, 1&25. When ten years of age he removed with his parents to Decatur county in this State. Following the occupation of a farmer he remained there until in 1861, when he removed to Tipton county and settled on a farm adjoining this place, where he lived until 1891, when he retired from the farm and removed to town. He married Sarah J. Serlght, in Decatur county, January, 1850. They had eight children. His widow and four children survive. He was a soldier In the war of the rebellion, a stanch Re publican in politics, a member of the G. A. R. post and Masonic order of this place. He and his wife were members of the old Christian or "New Light" Church more than forty years. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June 27. John Lancaster, aged nlnty-four years, died at his late residence on East Washington street this morning, Mr. Lancaster was one of the oldest men in northeastern Indiana and was a pioneer resident of this county. Until about a year ago when he met with a runaway accident he had eijoyed good health, but since that time he has failed steadily. He left a widow eighty-eight years old.. He will be burled Thursday. RICHMOND, Ind.. June 27. Alfred Tim berlake, aged eighty-four years, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles M. BIrdsall. The deceased was a prominent member of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. He formerly lived at Wilmington, O. moving here two years ago. Three of his children Mrs. BIrdsall, Mrs. Matthew Charles and Edward Timber lake reside in this city. He left a widow. GREENFIELD. Ind., June 27. Mrs. Jemima White, wife of William P. White, of this city, died here this afternoon after an illness of a year from cancer of the stomach, aged fifty-two years. The funeral will take place Friday. Mrs. White was a sister of ex-County Commissioner B. F. Wilson. PORTLAND, Ind.. June 27.-Mrs. John T. Hanlin. wife of John T. Hanlln, ex-treasurer of Jay county, died yesterday in a hospital at Cincinnati, as the result of an operation. Indiana Noten. Benjamin S. Bell, trustee of Oregon township, in Starke county, was killed by a de'.iorned bull Monday. S. R. Atman has resigned the city at torreyshlp of Lebanon, and C. M. Brownell has been elected to the position. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee (Ala.) Industrial Institute, will deliver an address at South Bend on Friday, Aug. 3. The Sunday school convention and dis trict conference of the Evansville district, A. M. E. Church, is being held at Terre Haute. The mayor of Peru has Issued an order declaring that the ordinance against fire works, etc., will be rigidly enforced on the Fourth of July. Miss Helen Kackley, daughter of former Postmaster J. E. Kackley, of VIncennes, will be the floral queen of the Elks' Fourth of July flower carnival. Alexandria Canton, No. 53, Fatrlarchs Militant, I. O. O. F.. is planing for a great Fourth of July celebration. A prize of $500 has been offered for the bes drilled canton. Samuel Cox. living near Russellvllle, tried to pass a forged check at the Central Na tional Bank in Greencastle, but was de tected and arrested. The check purported to have been drawn by the brother of the president of the bank. JOHN WANA1IAKEK ILL. Philadelphia. Merchant Prince Saf ferlntc Trtth. Liver Trouble. PHILADELPHIA, June 27. Kx-Fost-master General John Wanamaker, the fam ous merchant, Is ill at his country homo near Jenkintown, but Is expected soon com pletely to recover. He has a bad affection of the liver, severely aggravated by a cold, but neither his physician nor his family en tertains the slightest alarm as to his con dition. The patient hopes as soon as his health will permit to recuperate while en joying his customary summer trip to Eu tope. T. D. nincktonen Iteqnenti. CHICACO. June 27.-LIberal charitable bequests were made in the will of the late T. D. Blackstone, of this city. It is an nounced that the document disposes of property to the amount of $2.700,000. Of this amount $125.000 is to be distributed equally among the following institutions of Chi cago: Passavant Hospital Relief and Aid Associations of Chicago, Art Institute, Chi cago Orphans' Asylum and Ct. Lukt'a Hoa- ON THE SHERIFF'S LIST NAMES OF EX-GO VCUXOR TAYLOR AND MIL. CIIATILES FIXLEY. Wanted ns Witneanes in the Trial at GeorR-etoTrn Capt. John Powers Released in Harlan County. FRANKFORT. Ky.. June 27. The de fense in the case of Henry Youtsey and other defendants, whose trials on the charge of complicity In the assassination of William Goebel will be called at George town July 9, have filed with Sheriff Suter a list of many witnesses who are wanted to testify in the trials. Among those, for whom subpoenas have been Issued at the Instance of the defense are former Gover nor William S. Taylor and ex-Secrtary of State Charles Flnley, now at Indianapolis. The issuance of this process brings up the unique question of whether a witness can be extradited and whether the defense, under the circumstances, would be entitled to a continuance on account of their ab sence. All of the witnesses who testified at the application of W. H. Culton for bail recently were recognized and put under bond to appear as witnesses at George town in July, but Sherift Suter has so far been unable to serve subpoenas on several of the most important among them. CAPT. POWERS RELEASED. Pardon of Got-. Taylor Held to Be Val id In Harlan County. HARLAN, Ky., June 27. Captain John Powers, of Barbourvllle. Ky., who was ar rested here yesterday on the, charge of complicity. In the murder of William Goe bel, was to-day released. His attorneys Instituted habeas corpus proceedings yes terday afternoon, and after a hearing be fore County Judge Cornett Powers pro duced a pardon signed by Governor Taylor March o last, offering it as a bar to prose cution and arrest. Judge Cornett honored the pardon and Powers was ordered re leased from custody. This is the second time Powers has been arrested on the same charge and released on Governor Taylor's pardon In the moun tain districts of Kentucky, the former trial taking place in Knox county. Captain Pow ers is a brother of Secretary of State Caleb Towers, who Is now being held In Jail at Georgetown on the same charge. . C AMBON SAYS GOOD-BYE. He Calls on the President Before Re turning to France. WASHINGTON. June 27. M. Cambon. the French ambassador, called upon the President to-day to pay his respects, ex tend his good wishes and bid Mr. McKin ley adieu on the eve of his departure- for France. The ambassador left at 4 o'clock this afternoon for New York, whence, to morrow, he will sail for France. M. .Thie baut, first secretary of the legation, will act as charge during the ambassador's ab sence. M. Cambon had no news to com municate to the President on the Chinese situation. The fact that the President, In a few days, is to leave for Canton, notwith standing the apparently acute situation In China, most favorably impressed the am bassador. He takes it as indicating that the United States government regards the sit uation as not 60 serious as dürlng the past few days It has appeared. After taking leave of the President, Am bassador Cambon called upen the secre tary of state and had a brief interview with him. He expects to be absent from Washington for several months, although it is possible he may return earlier than this. The President, Mrs. McKinley and party will leave for Canton, O., in ä private car attached to the regular 7:45 p. m. train on the Pennsylvania Railroad Friday, the 29th inst. The President will be accompanied by Dr. Rlxey, Secretary Cortelyou and As sistant Secretary Barnes. During the ab sence of Secretary Cortelyou the executive office will be In charge of Assistant Secre tary Prüden. Only the most important matters will be transmitted to Canton, and while the President will be at all times in direct communication with the White House and members of the Cabinet, he wllj be relieved as much as possible of matters which should properly be disposed of in Washington. xxx To-day's statement of the treasury bal ances In the general fund exclusive of the $150.000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemptlon shows: Available cash balance, $151,356,457; gold, $69,613,631. X X Director of the Census Merrlam says he has no apprehension that the Industrial In terests will not be correctly and fully rep resented by the forthcoming census report. "We have so. far received 59.000 schedules of manufacturing institutions," he said, "and in the entire list only twenty-six re fusals to answer were reported, and we will get these later." He added: "The industrial interests appreciate to the utmost the ne cessity for correct and full returns." xxx Secretary Long to-day announced that among the young men who had passed the examination, for appointment as second lieutenants in the United States marine corps, and whose names have been placed on the eligible list for appointment as va cancies occur, were Edward A. Green, Georgia, and Raymond William Dykeman, Michigan. xxx It has been decided by the assistant at torney general for the Postofflce Depart ment that the government is not author ized to emboss stamps on envelopes pro vided by private parties. It has been sought to have envelopes containing advertising matter stamped by the Postofflce Depart ment. XXX The Board of Naval Construction has de cided to recommend to the Navy Depart ment the purchase of the submarine tor pedo boat known as the "Improved Hol land." the disposition of which was left open by Secretary Long when he bought the Holland. This last order has no effect upon the previous action of the department in deciding to build the five submarine boats provided for In the last act of Con gress. DEGREES CONFERRED. Prominent Men Honored by Harrard L'nlverslty. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., June 27. At the commencement exercises at Harvard to day the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred on Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States; William Henry Welch, professor of pathology. Johna Hopkins University, and Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California. Dispatches from Boston printed In the lo cal evening papers last night said: "Har vard to-day conferred the degree of LL. D. on Hugh H. Hanna, of Indianapolis, in recognition of his services to the country In bringing about the enactment of th gold standard law and educating the public to truer notions of currency irhd finance. Mr. Hanna was not apprised of what was In store for him In the way of a degree, having merely been Invited by President Eliot to be present at the commencement exercises in order that the university might recognize his public services." At the alumni banquet this afternoon President Hadley read a statement dtAllnj The Automaton chess player is a won derful thing. It plays a pcriect ame iniide its limitations. But once outside the routine moves, the a a Automaton is a failure. Much of medical practice is as limited in it way as the moves of the Automaton at V c h e . v a ZSJZ'' medical man can move with success outside his experience and train ing. 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Natural Gas Suppllea a ipeetaity. staa beating Appsrama for Pub U 1 Bulldian, Stora-rooms, . H Ola, Wpanrtorif, Lsua 6rlfla. Lumber Dry-Uooaa. 4C Cot and, Thread ta n er snr aus Wroutt-lro Pipe, from H iatik ts tJ KNIGHT & JIHSOH. Ill to 7l 8. PENNSYLVANIA. ST. "The amount of moneys unconditionally subscribed for the bicentennial building fund Is $500,000. The amount already used for the purchase of land and other neces sary expenses Is $250,000. The amount avail able for building contracts is $250,000. Con ditional pledges have been made for $250, 000. The plans which have been approves contemplate two connecting buildings, the Memorial Hall, seating three thousand, and the memorial vestibule, and the University Hall, which will be used as a dining hall for the students of all departments of the uni versity. The estimated cost for the whole, on architect's plans, in $340,000. The corpor ation are of opinion that the University Hall is needed for practical and constant use and have voted to proceed with the erection of the bicentennial buildings and to let at once the contracts for Unverslty Hall' The contract for University Hall has been awarded, the cost of the build ing to be about $300,000. Decrees Conferred by Yale. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 27. At V'1S Yale commencement exercises to-day number of honorary degrees were con ferred on various men, among them that of LL. D. on Secretary of War Root; D. D., on President Eaton, of Beloit College, and M. A., on Robert E. Speer, secretary of th Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. ' Women Content for 1'rtsea. The women of the Independent Turner held their quarterly prize bowling contest yesterday afternoon. The prizes and scores were as follows: 1 Miss Kreuger ...12 2 Mrs. J. Miller '....122 3 Mrs. Koeckert 103 4 Miss Hafner 99 5 Mrs. G. Schaub 97 6 Mrs. Doeppers , SS 7 Mrs. H. Jose S3 Mrs. Schlaegel (consolation) 72 Miss Krueger and Miss Stuckey won the prizes for the highest average for the last six months. Their average scores wer 116 2-9 and 110 3-7. The Euchre Club held Its prize contest in the evening. The prize winners were Miss Laura, King, Miss Emma Ballman. Miss Carrie Mack. Miss Kate Stuckey. Mrs. A. .L. Woemer, Mrs. Theo. YVoerner, Mrs.' Ruther, Miss Lena Burns and Mrs. Reyer, A Lodce of Sorrow. The Scottish Rite of the Valley of In dlanapolls held a lodge of sorrow last night at Scottish Rite Temple in memory of ths- late Colonel N. R. Ruckle. The lodge was well attended and quite a nujnber of prom inent members, who were well acquainted with ColoneV Ruckle during his lifetime made brief addresses in which they ralT glowing tributes to his memory. 1 -J DOUBTERS Can Be ChanRed by Knovrledffe. 1 If there Is any doubt about making brala power by the use of certain food. th doubter should make the following expert ment: Helen Frances Huntington, of Gaines ville.yGa.. says: "Just a word of coramen dation concerning Grape-Nuts, which ) have found to be the most wholesome, nourishing and appetizing food that has. ever come to my knowledge. I am not a dyspeptic, but belna; con- stantly engaged In severe brain work S found that I did not thrive on ordinary; diet; even a moderate dinner dulled my; brain so as to be rractically lncapabl of critical work. I. tried meat Juice, pep tonMds, the two meal system of light breakfast and no supper, which brought on nervous depiction and Bleeplessness, ta I resorted to one and another of the vari ous health foods, which all seerced allk j tasteless and valueless as a brain food, i until quite by chance I had a dish of . Grape-Nuts food served as dessert. I Kke4 It so well that I began to use It dally, for supper four teappoonfuls In a saucer of 1 hot milk, eaten before It dissolves to mush inrss. it Tht. i.nlnt shrtliM Vw rpftlfrntwroH f.) & I after a certain time, evaporation seems to tffect the sweet nutty flavor of the food as in the case of certain fine-flavored fruits "The result in my case was simply as tonlshing. I had no desire whatever fo! sweet past it, meats, or in fact nnythini else; and my brain was as clear and ar tlve at nlsht as cn awaking from a lonr refreshing sleep. "The peculiar advantage about Grape' Nuts food is that it supplies the nutritiv, A . quaJltls of a varied diet without the A ommend Its use to all brain workers. m not as an exclusive diet, certainly fsrtv, last meal of the day. I always with rat when traveling, wh'ca rv: L, f & -i