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my wishes, for your faithfulness will be
recognised by your loving lv>uis when we
rued not think of this time any longer.”
This was signed "Your Louis,”
In another, this mixture of sentiment
and thrift continues. “But now, beloved
Christine, one thing is in the play, and that
is the trial costs money, and much money,
and all the money I have is in your posses
sion. I believe it is just as good in your
hands p.n in mine. Now. Christine, please
be comforted. The factory is closed; that
does not matter. We have got fifteen
months’ time to keep possession of the
same, consequently time enough to make
money out of it. I have two people on
hand who want to buy the place for $150,-
000. The entire debts amount to $75,000.
Certainly, they only want the business. I
should run it for them. That will leave us
a nice surplus. Now, my beloved friend,
these tw T o attorneys are blood-suckers.
What do you think about it if you and
Arnold would make a contract with Vin
cent or some other good attorney and pay
so much down and the balance when 1 am
free?”
The State claims that the letters are of
the highest importance as establishing be
yond question the motive for the alleged
murder of Mrs. Luetgert.
A niece of Mrs. Luetgert and two other
women while on the witness stand to
day' identified the rings taken from the
vat as being the property of Mrs. Luetgert.
The niece said she at one time had bor
rowed the rings and w'orn them. Gottlieba
Sohimpke. fourteen years of age, testified
that on the night of the disappearance of
Mrs. Luetgert she saw' at about 11 o’clock
as she was returning from a dance the de
fendant and his wife enter the factory.
This was at the time when the watchman
w'as absent. Luetgert having sent him on
an errand to the drug store. On cross-ex
amination the girl broke down badly and
denied several things she had previously
said. She was given time to compose her
self and took the chair again. She broke
down a second time, and then the court
took matters into his own hands and asked
her if she saw' Mrs. Luetgert enter the fac
tory that night in company with her hus
band. She was very positive that she had
seen them.
S ATI RO W'S TKSTIMOVY.
Crash of People Cannes an Accident—
Mrs. Feldt’* Evidence.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—The h’eadlong rush of
people anxious to hear the Luetgert trial
and see the leading character in the now
famous case almost resulted in a tragedy
to-day. On account of the great crow’ds
which have been gathering iri the Criminal
Court building all w’eek. the elevators havte
been forbidden to stop at the second floor.
To-day the floor near the elevator shaft
was packed with people who had just been
denied passage up the stairway to the
courtroom and, exasperated by the firmness
of the big deputies, they made a rush just
as an elevator was passing. As the car
Blipped by the level of the floor the heavy
Iron door fell into the elevator with a crash,
carrying several people with it The ele
vator conductor stopped the car with a jerk
and the would-be passengers, all badly
scared and more or less bruised, were pick
ed up. Had the car ascended a few feet
further some fatalities would undoubtedly
have resulted.
When the trial was resumed this morning
additional witnesses appeared to identify'
the rings found in the vat. Luetgert con
sulted frequently with his counsel and once
rose up in his place and carefully examined
the ring with the Initials ”L. L.” in the
inside, and w hich, according to the witness
es for the state, were Mrs. Luetgert’s wed
ding rings. Frieda MullVr, a niece of Mrs.
Luetgert, was the first witness. She said
the rings were the ones which Mrs. Luet
gert wore habitually.
Mrs. Christina Pearce, of 656 Clybourn
avenue, followed. She said sh’e had known
Mrs. # Luetgert since she (the witness) was
a small girl. Mrs. Luetgert, before her
marriage to the sausage maker, lived at
thte .house of the witness’s mother. She
Jaid that at a picnic a year ago, which Mrs.
aietgert attended, the w'edding ring was
the subject of a conversation, in which it
was remarked that Mrs. Luetgert wore no
other jewelry except h'er wedding ring. On
cross-examination the witness said she had
never seen the wedding ring off Mrs. Luet
gert’s hand and knew nothing of the ini
tials in it, but identiiied It from its size and
general appearance.
Mrs. Anna Gieser, of Chicago Heights,
was a servant in the Luetgert household
up to the fall of 1883. She identified the
wedding ring and the small guard ring
worn with it positively. The witness pro
duced a photograph of herself, taken in
1888, w T hen she wore the two rings. Mrs.
Luetgert, she said, offered her the rings to
have her picture taken.
MRS. FELDT'S EVIDENCE.
Therte was a sensation when Mrs. Chris
tine Feldt, of 151 Clybourn avenue, was
called as a witness for the state. Mrs.
Feldt is the widow whose name has been
sc often mentioned In connection with the
case. It was believed she would be one of
the main witnesses for the defense, but she
had not been before th’e jury two minutes
when it became apparent that she had
gone over to the prosecution. She produced
a bundle of letters written to her by Lutet
gert in his cell in the jail and carried to
her home by Luetgert's son Arnold. The
letters were filled with endtearing terms.
They began “Beloved Dear Christine," or
“Beloved Christine,” and in them Luetgert
told of the sufferings hte was enduring as
an innocent prisoner in the jail. Inspector
Schaack and his officers were referred to
as the "gang’’ that was after him and the
police were frequently referred to as
“dogs.” Luetgert over and over again as
sured his correspondent that he would
overcome the police and "be with her again
a frete man.”
Mrs. Feldt testified that Luetgert told her
months ago that he cared more for Mary
Simmering, the servant, than he did for
his wife. She said she visited his house
May 5 and asked Mary Simmering where
Mrs. Luetgert was. Mary replied that she
had gone down town and would be back
soon. The witness then asked Luetgert
about it and he told her Mary had lieu to
her and that his wife had disappeared.
Luetgert said his wife had on former occa
sions left him for several days without any
explanation and he did not know where
she had gone. He then made the state
ment that he cared more for Mary than he
did for his wife.
The witness told of a visit- to Luetgert at
the jail. The prisoner sent her a request
through Judge Vincent, his attorney, to
come to the jail. Luetgert then endeavored
to persuade her to loan him money to pay
for his defense. He asked her. she* said, to
put a mortgage on her house in order to
raise the money. Mrs. Feldt says she told
Luetgert to apply to other friends for
money and he told her he had been unable
to find any one who would help him. "If
you go back on me,” he said, "I will take
my life.” The witness said he ought to be
ashamed to talk that way on account of his
children, and he replied that even his chil
dren did not care for his life. She said she
then left him.
Mrs. Feldt was not cross-examined, for
the reason that translations of the letters
had not been verified and the letters could
not be read to the jury at once. They will
be given to the jury and next week the wit
ness will be recalled for cross-examination.
The letters of Luetgert contained many re
quests for money, interspersed with pro
testations of affection. Through them all
he protested that he was an innocent and
persecuted man.
A LITTLE GIRL’S TESTIMONY.
The next witness was little Gottlieba
Sehrimpke. She is fourteen years old, and
her testimony was that on the night of May
1 shortly after 11 o’clock she and her sister
Annie, returning from a dance on Belmont
avenue, passed the Luetgert house. Hqr
own home is opposite the Tasch saloon and
is close to the sausage factory. The girl
said she saw Luetgert and his wife walk
around the corner of the factory into the
alley in the rear of it. This evidence sus
tains the theory of the State that Luetgert
took his wife into the factory by way of the
furnace room in the absence of the watch
man, whom he had sent to the drug store.
While being cross-examined the girl became
hysterical and had to be removed from the
witness chair. After her composure hud
been restored the cross-examination pro
ceeded, and Gottlieba said she was taken
away from her home by the police and
locked up as a witness. She pointed but
Police Captain Schuettlor as the officer who
told her she would be paid money if she .re
mained with the police. This was wh<#n ghe
cried and wanted to go home to her methsr.
On the cross-examination the girl said she
knew nothing about the Luetgert case ex
cept what the officers told her. Then the
court took her in hand, and she said she
did not swear that she did not see Luetgert
and his wife. Subsequently she said it was
her sister, twenty years old, who saw Mr.
and Mrs. Luetgert that night and told her
mother about It. The State put in evidence
& statement in writing purporting to have
been made by the girl. Another document,
an agreement by which the girl bound her
self to remain with Mrs. Emma Karth as
& servant for $2 per week and not return to
her home, was also put in evidence.
At the conclusion of the cross-examina
tion Justice Bonnefoi. of Lakeview, testi
fied that he had made translations of the
letters and that the translations were cor
rect. The court then adjourned to next
Tuesday morning. Judge Tuthlll said that
Monday being a legal holiday he would not
hold court. The letters of Luetgert to Mrs.
Feldt were not read to the jury, but this
will be done Tuesday morning.
For the second time the defense in the
Luetgert case has demonstrated to its own
satisfaction that the theory of the State
is wrong concerning the fate of Mrs. Luet
gert. Granting even that she is dead, the
attorneys for the big sausage maker are
tow more confident than ever of their abil
ity' to prove that her remains never were
, dissolved by the aid of heat and chemicals
In the basement of the factory at Hermit
ago and Diversey avenues. The cadaver
of a man weighing about the same in life
as the missing woman was used to-night in
the second experiment. The attorneys for
the defense refused to talk much about the
result of the experiment, but said that the
potash would not destroy the body.
WILL WED THIS WEEK.
Gen. I/Ongstreet, Akcil SO, and Miss
Dortch, to Re Married.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—A special to the
Times-Herald from Atlanta, Ga., says:
The positive announcement was made to
day by the friends of both parties con
cerned that the marriage of Miss Ellen
Dortch and Gen. James G. Longstreet
would be celebrated at noon next Wednes
day at the executive mansion in this city'.
Arrangements for the ceremony have been
perfected by Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Gov
ernor Atkinson, and the best man will be
former Senator H. W. J. Ham. General
Longstreet is eigh-' years old and very
deaf. Miss Dortch is twenty-two y'ears old
and very pretty'. The general is expecting
by every mail his appointment from Pres
ident McKinltey as railroad commissioner
to succeed Wade Hampton, ana Miss
Dortch is a candidate for state librarian.
COLLEGES MAY SUFFER
PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTIONS
ROBBED BY C. M. CHARNLEY.
Coates, at Terre Haute, Among the
Losers l>y the Embezzlement of
#50,000 of the Aid Fund.
--
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—Charles M. Charnley,
who is alleged to have embezzled at least
$50,000 from the treasury of the Presby
terian board for aid of colleges, is still at
large, but although the officials of the
American Security Company will not admit
the fact, they do not deny that he is away
where they can find him at any time they
want him. Rumors are freely circulated
to the effect that Charnley is being shad
owed by the company’s detectives awaiting
the possibility' of a settlement of the
amount of the alleged defalcation. It is
said that an understanding has been ef
fected between Charnley’s friends and the
surety company, but the present indica
tions are that there is little hope of Charn
ley being able to make things all right.
Daniel T. Hunt, manager of the American
Security Company, admits that Charnley
was short probably $50,000, and that the
company was on his bonds to the extent
of $25,000. He could not be induced to say
what action the company would take in
the matter.
Presbyterian colleges and academies are
partly dependent upon the board for aid.
Fear is expressed that some of them will
be seriously embarrassed. Following are
the colleges and academies affected by the
defalcation: Albany, Oregon; Albert Lea
(for women), Minnesota. Alma, Michigan;
Bellevue, Nebraska; Coates (for women),
Terre Haute, Ind.; German Theological
Seminary, Dubuque, la.; Hastings, Ne
braska; Highland, Kansas; Montana, Deer
Lodge, Mont.; Occidental, Los Angeles,
Cal.; Oswego (for women), Kansas; Pierre,
South Dakota; Southwest, Del Norte, Col.;
Whitworth, Sumner, Wash.; Buena Vista,
Storm Lake, la.; Columbia High School,
Lebanon, Ky.; Corning, Iowa; Geneseo,
Illinois; Glen Rose, Texas; Grassy Cove,
Tennessee; Huntsville, Tennessee; Idaho,
Caldw’ell, Idaho; Lewis, Wichita, Kan.;
Newmarket, Tennessee; Pendleton, Ore
gon; Poynette, Wisconsin; Princeton, Ky.;
Salt Lake, Utah; Scotland, South Dakota;
Union. Anna, 111.
Charnley came to Chicago thirty years
ago from Philadelphia. He is a Yale gradu
ate. and his father was a well-known
banker In New' Haven. He was president
of the Chicago Cooperage Company, an
agent of the First National Bank, and held
other responsible positions.
“HIGH ROLLER” IN JAIL
ARREST OF WILLIAM BOTTO FOR
UTTERING A WORTHLESS CHECK.
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Louisville Youtli W ho Created n Sen
sation ly Marrying; the W idow of
the Lute Captain Irwin.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.—William Botto, of
Louisville, Ky., was arrested to-day
charged with issuing a worthless check for
$35 on the Louisville Trust Company and
passing it on Frank C. Benjamin, of Phila
delphia. Botto was held to await a requisi
tion from Philadelphia. The police say this
bad check is one of a series passed by Bot
to in neighboring cities. Lately Botto has
been lavishing money on a young woman
who takes a conspicuous part in a musical
burlesque at a Broadw’ay theater.
Botto acquired notoriety by marrying the
wealthy widow- of Capt. William Irwin, of
Louisville. During his lifetime Captain
Irwin was president of the Louisville and
Indiana Ferry Company and was also prom
inent In many other corporations. He was
an accredited millionaire, and on his death
his widow and twenty-one-year-old son
Gay came into possession of the vast
estate. Gay Irwin was a sporting man and
kept a string of racing horses. Y'oung
Irwin and Wm. Botto became acquainted,
and, having tastes in common, soon became
fast friends. Botto is the son of a Louis
ville merchant and was a prominent figure
in Louisville society. Early last spring lr
w'in and Botto purchased anew string of
running horses and entered them at the
New r Orleans meeting. Mrs. Irwin accom
panied her son to the races and there be
came acquainted with Botto. The latter
placed bets on the races for the Irwins with
so much success that they were invariably
winners. Botto had been going a rapid pace
and his father cut off his allowance. Botto
knew that the Irwins were worth a good
deal of money and he ingratiated himself
in the good graces of the widow. Gay Ir
win died and Botto consoled the widow ana
eventually proposed marriage to her ana
was accepted. A year previous to this he
had secretly married a pretty girl at Cin
cinnati. He told the widow that this mar
riage was only a joke, and for a monetary
consideration, it was said in Louisville, he
managed to get the girl to consent to a
divorce.
Early in July Botto. then twenty years
old, was married to Mrs. Irwin, who was
fifty-two years old. Louisville w r as shocked
at the disparity in the ages of the pair.
Mrs. Botto sent her husband on a honey
moon trip by himself. Botto came to this
city with a valet and one or two servants.
His wife allowed him $4,000, then $3,000 and
subsequently SI,OOO, making SB,OOO in all. He
got rid of the first $4,000 in tw’o weeks.
When this w'as exhausted he wrote for
more. With the last SI,(XK) came the im
perative command to start for home. Bot
to. it is said, snent the last SI,OOO on the
actress. It is supposed that when Botto
got his remittances from his wife it was
by drawing on the Louisville Trust Com
pany, w'here the funds were deposited.
When all the allowance ran out Botto con
tinued the making of checks and passing
them indiscriminately on people who were
impressed with his wealth when he did
have money. It is said that Botto’s wife
arrived in the city yesterday and is visit
ing friends. She could not be found to
night.
Uhenp (inn Franchise Vetoed.
DENVER, Col., Sept. 4.—Mayor McMur
ray has vetoed the ordinance granting a
franchise to a now gas company, which
agreted to furnish gas to customers at a
grtatly reduced rate. Accompanying the
message was a proposition from the Den
ver Consolidated Gas Company to lease the
plant to the city at a yearly rental of t
pnr rent, on a valuation to be fixed by a
committee of experts. Thte mayor is* a
strong advocate of municipal ownership of
gas, w-ater and similar plants.
I’HE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1897.
LYNCHING IN PENDLETON
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NARROWLY AVERTED BY PROMPT
ACTION OF THE OFFICERS.
Gin** Workers Wanted Revenge on a
Farmer for Mashing the Skull
of Benjamin Mason.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PENDLETON, Ind., Sept. 4.— The prompt
action of Marshal Cook and Deputy Prose
cutor Goodrich in getting Farmer William
Jones out of jail and putting him in a se
cret place was probably all that prevented
a lynching here to-night. A crowd of In
furiated glass workers gathered to wreck
vengence on the farmer for mashing the
head of Benjamin Mason, one of their fel
low'-workmen. Mason came here to-day
from Alexandria looking for work and was
with a number of Pendleton glass workers
back of Lackey’s saloon at 8 o’clock to
night. Farmer Jones got in the crowd and
a fight followed, no one seems to know'
how. The farmer w’as crazed with liquor
and picking up a brick hurled it at the
glass workers. It struck Mason in the tem
ple and he fell with a groan. His head
was mashed and he w r as supposed to be
dead. The crowd took after the farmer,
who was captured and lodged in Jail. Dr.
Alexander examined Mason and found a
serious concussion of the brain. At mid
night he was still unconscious and there
is little hope that he will ever regain con
sciousness. It is not known where Jones
w'as taken, but It is supposed he was driven
to the jail at Anderson.
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OLD MURDER REC ALLED.
Sam Mnrley. Long-M issing Criminal,
Unptured in Missouri.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind., Sept. 4. Sheriff Ash
baucher has just received word from offi
cers at Carthage, Mo., that Sam Marley,
who Is wanted for murder here several
years ago, had been captured there. About
fourteen years ago Marley, with Fred Rich
ards and Charles Werst, brutally murdered
an old man named Amos Backesto, near
this city. Richards came near being lynched
and he and Wert are now serving life sen
tences in prison for the crime. Marley
made his escape. The murder of Backesto
created the greatest excitement ever known
here. Richards w’as taken from the officers,
dragged to the fair grounds and came near
being lynched by an angry mob. Timely in
terference of leading citizens saved his necK.
Marley will be brought back for trial at
once.
PROSPECTS FOR DE PAIVV.
More Students than Ever, an cl Athlet
ics to Be Boomed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 4.—The pres
ident and faculty of De Pauw University
have assurances that the coming year will
be one of the most prosperous in quality
of work and largest in point of attendance
that the university has ever known. The
demand for rental property in this city is
heavier than in previous years so far in
advance of the opening, and a larger num
ber of families than usual will move here
to educate their children. The increase in
prosperity and abundant w’heat crop are
believed to be responsible for the glowing
outlook. A professor who has long been
in De Pauw faculty said to-day that he had
for years kept tab on the effect of a good
w heat crop'on the attendance at universi
ties, and had noticed that good wheat
meant a large attendance.
A specially interesting programme is be
ing prepared for Wednesday, Sept. 22,
opening day of the new school year. The
faculty, months ago, secured a promise
from Governor Mount that he would on
that day be present and make an address.
Coupled with this will be interesting fea
tures, such as special music and other short
addresses. A large attendance of Meth
odist ministers, laymen and alumni is ex
pected, and the year will be given a most
enthusiastic send-off. The prospects for a
large freshman class were never better.
The summer’s campaign in the interest of
the university has not been without fruit.
The statement made at the close of last
year in regard to the condition of the en
dowment fund and a deficiency for this
year has spurred the Methodists of the
State to greater endeavor, and the better
times give every indication that the needed
financial aid will be forthcoming.
The accession of Dr. W. H. Hickman to
the faculty as vice chancellor gives much
assurance that there will be a substantial
increase In the endowment, w’hich will
mean enlarged facilities in various depart
ments. Dr. Hickman’s ability in this line
Is marked, and he wdll begin active field
duty with the close of the conference year
next w'eek.
President Gobin is rounding up a summer
of hard work. He has taken no vacation
since the close of the last term, but has
steadily employed his time in working up
the attendance, and Is greatly encouraged
over the outlook. The board of trustees
wrs fortunate in having to make but one
change in the faculty of liberal arts. This
is In the military department, where Lieut,
is. V. Ham succeeds Lieut. S. P. Vestal,
Prof. H. B. Langden, of • . e department pf
German, and Miss Ida Blanche Weaver, of
the French department, have been spending
the summer in study in Europe in their
special lines. The changes in the academy
w'ill be few. Prof. B. A. May, the new
principal, comes highly recommended, and
is a man of fine attainments in general
and a very superior teacher in Latin and
English. Prof. May will be a valuable rep
resentative of the college in county insti
tute work. Prof. O. P. Hoover and Lieut.
H. P. Mclntosh, the new’ teachers of Greek
and mathematics, respectively, come highly
indorsed, and are well known and popular.
The latter, in addition to his work in the
academy, will have some classes in the
college of liberal arts.
The prospect for fall athletics were never
better, and a strong football team is al
ready in sight. Among the new men in
view' are Fisher, of Anderson, brother of
Chauncey Fisher, the Brooklyn baseball
pitcher; Charles Baird, of Portland, who
for three years has been the star player
of the Portland team, which won claims
to the championship of northern Indiana;
John J. Brookbank, of Liberty, w’ho form
erly played with Miami. Baird and Brook-
are guards. A center is in prospect
ftWn Knightstown and a fast quarterback
from Kokomo. These W’ill join forces with
Roller, Williamson. Studebaker, Neely and
other crack players of last year’s team.
In the absence of a State schedule each
university team arranges in advance for its
games. De Pauw' has filled Thanksgiving
date, and will have as an attraction the
old-time rivals, the State University team,
of Bloomington, the game to occur in this
city. Purdue is booked for Oct. 16, and the
opening game will be played Oct. 2, prob
ably with the Indianapolis University team.
MONUMENT TO DEMOCRACY.
Rotten Courthouse nt Greeneastle
Cost Fifty Years Ago.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 4.—The court
house of Putnam county is celebrating its
semi-centennial this month. Few counties
in the State possess such a relic as Put
nam in its antiquated temple of justice. It
stands to-day, with but few' minor changes,
just as it w'as built in 1847 by Elisha Adam
son, who gave bond to complete it for $5,500.
Few counties in Indiar.a as w’ealthy and
populous as Putnam permit an $8,500 court
house to litter up the public square. The
business and university interests of Green
castle have kept pace with the progress
of time, and now' handsome and modern
buildings surround the old shell of a court
house, but it stands like a lost soul In para
dise with no one to drive it out. Democracy
has been in eharge of the edifice from away
back in infancy and the amount of jobbery
that has been done between its walls w'oula
fill volumes. The courtroom is still in Its
primitive style, with the occasional addition
of a coat of paint or wall paper. Tills court
house, which has been the butt of innumer
able jokes from surrounding newspapers,
the shame of the citizens and the wonder
of the thousands of visitors to this city,
bids fair to be doing business at the oia
stand fifty years hence, and may celebrate
Its centennial year. Democracy will never
make a new' courthouse an issue, as they
fear that by doing so they wdll lose preetige
by increasing taxation. Republicans fear
to take it up as an issue, as they do not
think it would prove popular with the coun
try element. Putnam is Democratic and
Greencajßtle is Republican. A courthouse
in Greeneastle built by Putnam county
1 would benefit the city. There is the rub,
and between all these questions the old
shell, which is neither beautiful nor safe,
will undoubtedly continue to occupy the
most beautiful building site in Greeneastle
until It decays and crumbles away. It is
one of the relics of the State and a monu
ment to Putnam Democracy.
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GAS-BELT RAILWAY.
Another Company Organised to Push
the Enterprise.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind., Sept. 4.—The association
of Philip Matter, of this city, and other
capitalists, with an undertaking to build an
electric line of railway from here to Ander
son, gives reason to believe that that part
of the proposed road from here to Indian
apolis will certainly be built. Last night
articles of incorporation were filed and a
company organized, with Philip Matter,
president; J. A. Van Osdal, vice president;
Ellis Carpenter, secretary; John C. Fork
ner treasurer, and Congressman Charles L.
Henry as principal backer. The capital
stock is $300,000. At a meeting held to-day
an agreement was made with the Marion
City Electric Railway Company, according
to which traffic from Jonesboro to this
place is to be handled by the Marion Com
pany, and the details of the entire project
have become sufficiently definite to assure
a speedy completion of the road from An
derson to Jonesboro. The extension from
Anderson to Indianapolis is regarded as
only a question of time. This project has
no connection with the Clodfelter enter
prise, and will altogether Ignore it.
Two Would-Be Counterfeiters.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 4.—Yesterday
John Murphy and Clayton Milo were ar
rested hero and charged with attempted
counterfeiting. Murphy and Milo reside in
Randolph county, near Unioneport, and
yesterday they drove to this city and pur
chased a buffalo forge and also made in
quiries concerning a crucible. These facts
were reported to the police, and the ar
rests follow’ed. MHo claimed to have come
here to find a location for a barber shop,
and that Murphy wanted to buy metal to
make journals and tablew r are. Murphy
stated that he came down with Milo for
company. He denied any knowledge of the
counterfeiting business. Later Milo said
he met Murphy at Unionsport and accom
panied him home and made a mold for dol
lars, which Milo tried unsuccessfully to use.
He then made a mold for himself, but again
failed. The two men finally agreed to go
into the counterfeiting business, and came
to this city to purchase supplies. Murphy
is forty years old, and Is an ex-convict,
having served a term for gfiand larceny.
Milo is twenty-four. The federal authori
ties at Indianapolis have been notified of
the arrests.
To Heaven in a Trance.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Sept. 4.—Mrs.
Mary Crane, of this city, has been ill, and
last midnight while surrounded by relatives
ar.d friends she suddenly sank aw r ay and
apparently breathed her last. Life seemed
extinct, and restoratives proved of no avail.
Two hours later when sorrowing friends
were mourning her as dead, she came back
to life. She opened her eyes and began
shouting and waving her arms, saying she
had been to heaven, seen her father and
mother, and talked with Jesus, w'ho told
her she would die on Friday next. Mrs.
Crane gave a vivid description of heaven,
saying she had met a large number of
friends, and can scarcely wait for the day
to arrive when she will join them. After
recovering from her trance she said she
had never felt better in all her life. She
says she is positive that next Saturday
morning she will be free from all earthly
cares, and be s oceived by the angels.
Disobeyed the Injunction.
Special to -the Indianapolis Journal.
MORRISTOWN, Ind., Sept. 4.—Some time
ago the Town Council decided to cut down
and grade Main street, necessitating a cut
of four or five feet in some places. The
contract w'as awarded to Wrennick &
Bankert, of this place, but the citizens along
the proposed cut filed an injunction, and in
order to get around this difficulty anew
ordinance w’as passed and the contract
awarded to Quincy Bankert, the sum in
volved being $660. Work was begun and
now, from Washington street w'est, all the
grading has been done. To-day the con
tractors started on the part east of Wash
ington street, but they.ami the Town Board
w’ere warned to not trespass on the ground.
No attention was paid to the legal warning,
and W. # A. Bodine and C. T. Williams, the
two lea’ding men who are lighting it, are
prepared to give the Town Board trouble.
Several damage suits will be filed in the
near future.
Divorce Day in Brownlee’s Court.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 4.—This was divorce
day in Judge Brownlee’s court. At the
opening of the term Judge Brownlee an
nounced that he would not hear divorce ap
plications except on one day, Saturday,
Sept. 4, and at that time he would dispose
of all of them in a bunch. This he did to
day, wiping tw'enty-eight divorce applica
tions off the docket in two hours. Out ot
this big batch of petitions only three di
vorces were granted, the other actions be
ing dismissed for want of sufficient evidence
or previously withdrawn. Judge Brow’nlee
is not a believer in easy divorce, and pleas
that have been heretofore held sufficient
do not go w’ith him. as many applicants
were surprised and discomfited to learn to
day. One of the three fortunate ones to
secure divorce was Ben R. Tillman, a cousin
of the South Carolina Tillman. He claimed
his wife was an “opium fiend” and as
saulted him with a pitchfork.
Burglnni Caught with Bloodhounds.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHOALS, Ind., Sept. 4.—Burglars raided
the jewelry store of George Keifner and
the saloon of “Kit” Williams at Loogootee
early yesterday morning. The safe at Keif
ner’s was blown open and S7OO worth of
jewelry secured. They also secured whisky
and tobacco from Williams’s saloon. Hot
pursuit was made yesterday by the Loo
gootee Horse Thief Detective Association,
with the result that James Paymfer, of
near Oak Town, and John Mattus, of Colo
rado, were arrested. Eight watches belong
ing to Keifner were found on them and
they were immediately brought here and
placed in jail. Bloodhounds are not on the
trail of another member of the gang. An
attempt was also made to burn Keifner’s
store.
Shot by a Masked Robber.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind., Sept. 4.—Samuel Myers, a
well-to-do farmer living two miles south of
this city, was probably fatally shot to-night
by a masked robber. The thief entered the
house with a drawn revolver and asked
Mrs. Myers if her husband were at home.
She said he was at the barn, but the rob
ber did not believe her. He ordered her
about the house at the point of his revolver
and forced her to open bureau drawers and
overturn bed covers in a search for money.
While thus engaged Mr. Myers entered the
house and the burglar threw a lamp at him.
It missed its mark and then the thief fired.
The bullet entered near the left shoulder.
The robber escaped. Mr. Myers’s chances
for recovery are very slim.
Appointed n New Treasurer.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 4. The County
Commissioners met this morning and ap
pointed William C. Crump as county treas
urer to succeed David W. Osborne, whose
four-year term expired last night at mid
night. William H. Stew'art, who was elect
ed to the office last fall, was before the
board demanding that, as he had received
his commission and had duly qualified, he
should be given the office. The commis
sioners overruled his motion and proceeded
to appoint Mr. Crump, who will serve until
Jan. 1. He is an ex-county commissioner
and has been one of the deputies under Mr.
Osborne.
Attempt to Blow Up a Store.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind., Sept. 4.—Great excite>-
ment prevailed in Redkey to-day over what
is alleged to have been the attempt to blow
up the drug store of Rinker & Husted, in
the Odd Fellows' block. A few months ago
fire was discovered in the back room of
the drug store, but was extinguished with
little damage. John Rinker. one of the
members of the firm, together with Charles
Crandall, who is suspected of having been
hired to do the job, are in jail here charged
with the conspiracy. A can of nitroglycerin
was found in the store and a hole had been
cut through the floor.
Another GreenxbnrK Failure.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind.. Sept. 4.—The
Greonsburg Limestone Company made an
assignment to-day for benefit of creditors,
naming W. C. Patten as assignee. The as
sets are estimated at $50,000; liabilities, $47,-
000. Os this $40,000 is in commercial paper.
This assignment was precipitated by the
filing late yesterday of a petition by Jm mm
M. Thomson, trustee for Mrs. Lou Ross, a
nonresident, asking for a receiver. The
company did a large business and employed
from 100 to 130 men. but, as It is claimed,
has not paid any dividends for six years.
Mrs. Eekrote Wants Divorce.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR. Ind., Sept. 4.—Mrs. Eekrote,
wife of Democratic County Commissioner
Eekrote. asks for separation from her hus
band and makes some rather serious
charges against him. Since taking the of
fice of county commissioner Eekrote, who
is a farmer, has become addicted to strong
drink, and not long ago was fined for public
intoxication. In fact, almost every time
Mr. Eekrote comes to the city to attend
meetings of the commissioners he gives way
to his appetite for drink.
Hornetliief Easily Caught.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind., Sept. 4.—Silas Wray, a
farmer living eleven miles east of Bedford,
had two horses stolen last night and traced
them to a movers’ camp just east of here,
where the horses were recovered. From a
description of the men who brought the
horses there little trouble was experienced
in finding the thief, who is a man named
Edwards, who was arrested and lodged in
jail this afternoon.
Farewell to Rev. Oraenale.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind., Sept. 4.—The members
of the German M. E. Church gave their
pastor, Rev. Andrew Graessle, a farewell
party last night at the parsonage. Rev.
Graessle has finished his five years’ work
in the church and will be called to anew
field of labor when conference convenes.
The German Methodist is the wealthiest
church in this city and a number of prom
inent ministers have their eyes on Rev.
Graessle’s pulpit.
Mml Horse In the Street.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MORRISTOWN, Ind., Sept. 4.—The village
of Gwynneville. three miles east of here,
was the scene of great excitement this
morning, owing to a horse belonging to W.
W. Wileoxin going mad and taking pos
session of the entire place. It ran women
and children from the street and tried to
gain entrance to the dwellings. After some
hours the horse fell dead near the railroad.
Hon. Renjuniin Parker Dying.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind., Sept. 4.—Hon. Ben
jamin S. Parker, ex-consul to Sherbrooke,
Canada, and author of “Hoosier Bards,”
‘‘The Cabin in the Clearing” and other
books of poems, is lying at his home in this
city dangerously ill. He has been in feeble
health all summer, and a few days ago he
suffered a relapse, end grave doubts are
entertained as to his recovery.
Dr. F. M. Pt •rmnn Dead.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW, Ind., Sept. 4.—Dr. F. M. Pear
man, an old army surgeon of the Thirtieth
Indiana Regiment, died here Yesterday and
the funeral will he held Monday. Dr. Pear
man was a member of the pension board
here and was prominent among the old sol
diers. He was sixty-on’e years old. He
lived at Palestine a great part of his life.
Edward Atterbury Killed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, ind., Sept. 4.-Edward At
terbury, a young man living in Fort
Branch, a small town seven miles south
of here, was killed by an Evansville &
Terre Haute train last night. He fell under
the engine while stealing a ride. Atterbury
comes of a prominent family. Two revolv
ers were found on his person.
Examiner Packard in Charge.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind., Sept. 4. —O. M.
Packard, bank examiner, arrived to-day and
took charge of the First National Bank
and posted the following notice: “This
bank suspended. I am in charge. O. M.
Packard.”
He has given out no statements on the
condition of the bank.
Decatur Democrat Sold.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind., Sept. 4.—Mr. L. G. Kl
lingham has purchased all stock of the
Democrat Press Company and is now sole
owner and publisher of the Decatur Demo
crat. Mr. Ellingham was formerly pub
lisher of the Winchester Democrat.
Killed by a Horse’s Kick.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 4.— Lowell
Watts, a young farmer, was kicked on the
head by a vicious horse to-night and killed
James Hogan, a farmer of Emison. was run
down by a Baltimore & Ohio switch engine
and had a leg cut off.
Indiana Notes.
The creditors of Isham Se'dgwick, who
recently failed, are making arrangements to
reopen the wire-fence works owned by him
at Richmond.
Yesterday fire broke out in the Beardsley
paper mill at Elkhart and did $5,000 damage
before it was extinguished. All the insur
enee expired last week.
Mrs. Minnie Harris, of Elwood, was
robbed of her diamond earrings by a sneak
thief Thursday night. The earrings were
valued at SBOO, and were doubly precious
because they were a gift. The man made
good his escape. The thief entered Mrs.
Harris’s bedroom and removed the earrings
while she slept.
Last Thursday George Harris and wife
started in a wagon from Seymour for
Little York in Washington county. Their
team ran away, overturning the wagon,
under which Mrs. Harris was dragged
about a half mile. She was so badly in
jured that there is little hope of recovery.
Harris escaped with a few bruises.
A reunion of the Jackson family took
place Friday at the old homestead known
as “Jackson’s Hill,” west of Centerville, on
the P., C., C. & St. L. Railroad, Children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
friends were present to the num
ber of over two hundred. The senior Jack
son, now deceased, was one of the prime
movers in the building of the old Indiana
Central Railroad.
The Hamilton County Teachers’ Institute
closed the most successful week's work in
the history of the organization at Nobles
ville Saturday. The instructors were Dr.
Bassett, of De Pauw University; Professor
Mack, of Indianapolis, and Prof. Emma
Mont Mcßae, of Purdue University. The
lectures were of the highest order of ex
cellence and were given by Mrs. Mcßae,
Professor Sniff, Rev. Sweeney and Dr. Le
land. The officers for the ensuing year are
as follows: President, Miss Adelaide Smith;
vice president, Mr. C. O. Burton; secretary,
Christian Williamson; treasurer, George
Teter.
CAR FAMINE" IN THE WEST.
Railway* Have Not Sufficient Equip
ment to Handle All Bunine**.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—The car famine from
which many of the Western roads have
been suffering for the last few weeks still
keeps up, and the roads are having trouble
to handle all of the business that is thrown
at them. Some of the roads have been com
pelled to leave freight trains far out on the
line because of the lack of yard room in
Chicago in which to store the cars. Freight
officials report that they could handle much
more business than they are now sending
over the lines if only they could get the
cars emptied and returned to the West,
where the grain is piled up waiting ship
ment.
Two Rumor* Denied.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—For some time there
have been rumors of the consolidation of
the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road
with the Chicago & Northwestern and it
was said that the matter would be settled
at a special meeting of the stockholders of
the Northwestern, which is to be held in
this city in the near future. Another re
port was that the Northwestern would
lease the Omaha road and guarantee the
stockholder a certain percentage on the
stock. Vice President Sykes, of the North
western. to-day shid that there was no
truth whatever in the stories, and that the
only thing to be considered at the special
meeting of the stockholders would be the
proposition to authorize the creation of a
bonded debt not exceeding $165,000,000 5-per
cent. gold bonds maturing in 1987, for
the purpose of refunding outstanding obli
gations of th? company. There would be
no consolidation of the roads, Mr. Sykes
said, because the Northwestern at the pres
ent time practically controls the Minne
apolis & Omaha.
The Grand Trank Causing Trouble.
SAGINAW, Mich., Sept. 4.—The Grand
Trunk is issuing exchange tickets here to
any one who presents one of their S3O mile
age books. Hitherto the original purchaser
only could use the book. The new depart
ure means a 2-cent rate over the system
within Central Passenger Association ter
ritory ar.d war to the knife with the Michi
gan Central and other Michigan roads,
against the interchangeable mileage sys
tem, which *tha Grand Trunk has always
fought
WORK OF MASKED MEN
•—:
TRAIN ON THE DENVER & UILF
ROAD HELD IP IN NEW MEXICO.
a
Safe in the Express Car Dynamited
and About f1.T.000 Stolen—The
Messenger's Aeeounl.
DENVER, Sept. 4.—Passengers train No.
1, on the Gulf road was held up and robbed
at Twin Mountain, near Des Moines, N.
M., last night at 11:30 o’clock. It is believed
that over SIO,OOO was secured by the rob
bers. Immediately on receiving the news at
Folsom a posse was organized and started
in pursuit. A posse also started from Trini
dad at 2 a. m. The railroad company has
offered a reward of SSOO for the capture of
the robbers. Superintendent Griffith, of the
Pacitic Express Company, says that as a
rule only small sums are carried over the
Gulf line. However, it is still thought that
the loss is somewhere between $5,000 and
$15,000.
There were four men in the party that
committed the robbery. They were sta
tioned on the blind baggage and it is pre
sumed they boarded the train at Trinidad.
At a lonely spot just beyond Des Moines
two of the men climbed over the tender
and. covering the engineer and fireman
with rifles, ordered the engineer to stop
the train. He complied. These two men
continued to guard the engine crew while
the other two raided the express car. They
got into the car before the messenger had
time to bolt the door. He refused to vive
up the combination or keys to the safe un
til he had been knocked down several times.
The robbers also threatened to shoot aim
if he would not open the safe. As nobody
came to his assistance he finally opened
the safe. He was kept covered by a gun
in the hands of one robber while the other
rifled the safe. The registered mail was also
ransacked.
The Messenger's Story.
FORT WORTH. Tex., Sept. 4.—The train
on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf which
was held up seven miles south of Folsom
and forty-three miles north of the Texas
line in New Mexico arrived here after 7
o'clock, over two hours late. Charles P.
Drew, the Pacific Express Company’s mes
senger, tells the story of the hold-up, which
was very daring, very businesslike and
thoroughly successful. “We left Folsom on
time, and about seven miles south of
there the engineer and fireman were
hailed by two men crawling over the
tender. With leveled six-shooters, they
commanded them to hold up thvir hands.
They did so.‘The robbers then ran the
engine to a point they indicated, where
the train was stopped. Then they turned
their attention to m’e. That is. they came
and crawled into my car. I had opened
the door when the train stopped and two
other men, who were at that point, cov
ered me with their revolvers and tried to
make me open the safe. I had a little fight
with them before that, and was knocked
down twice and have a very sore head
and a bad punch from the muzzl’e of a grun
in my ribs. I made the best fight I
could. They said they would kill
me if I did not open tnc safe. I told them
Ihey would have to kill me. as
I could not open the safe, and would not
if I could. Then they used dynamite, tir
ing three shots, two sticks in each of the
first two and four in the last. The through
safe was blown to pieces and they got what
was in it. Much of the baggage, for it was
a combination car, was ruined and the car
so badly wrecked we had to drop it at the
first place where we could get a freight
car. into which the express and baggage
was transferred. The men were all
masked, wore white hats, flannel shirts,
pants in boots and certainly did not look
like cowboys. I have, no idea of the
amount of money they secured.”
Passengers on the train say the amount
of booty was a little over $13,000.
VICTIM OF TURKS.
AVnr Correspondent of the Minneap
olis* Tribune Killed In Greece.
LONDON, Sept. 4.—A special dispatch
from Canea, Island of Crete, says that an
American, Cyrus Thorpe, has been killed
by Turks near Hierapetra.
MINNEAPOLIS. Min., Sept. 4.— George C.
Thorpe, whose death is reported from
Greece, he having been killed by the Turks,
left May 4. and since that time has
acted as war correspondent for the Minne
apolis Tribune. Thorpe was twenty-two
years of age and the son of wealthy parents
residing at Morris, Minn. He was excep
tionally bright, but possessed of an ad
venturous spirit, and this led him to the
seat of war against the advice of friends.
He was formerly at the Annapolis Naval
Academy, but was compelled to leave that
institution on account of failing health two
years before his graduation.
“HOBART, JR.”
Son of the Vice President Is a Popu
lar Youth.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The beau of the Hotel Champlain, where
President McKinley has been spending his
vacation, is easily a bigger social lion than
any one of the belles. Jealousy gnaws at
the hearts of these belles. They say mean
things, and look meaner things out of the
corners of their eyes. But the beau has no
rivals, male or female. His sway over all
of the guests of the hotel is undisputed.
Everybody likes to talk to him. He is
always the center of a bevy when in the
hotel corridors. In city directories and on
the hotel register this beau is known as
Master Hobart, son of the Vice President
of the United States. The guests know him
as "Hobart, jr.” That is the name that his
doting father likes best—which would not
have much weight if his son did not agree
with him.
‘‘Hobart, Jr.,” is but thirteen years old.
He is away from his tutors in the summer,
and is out for a good time, w'ith six cam
eras, a bicycle, has golf clubs, a horse and
a father and mother who can’t say “No!”
to him.
His face is a picture of Hobart, sr.’s. It
has the same retrousse nose, the same
twinkling eyes, the same good-humored
mouth and the same broad forehead. But
Hobart, jr., has a great deal of eating to
do before he will be as big as his father,
who, now that he outweighs Speaker Reed,
is looking for more fields to conquer. “Ho
bart. ir..” is exceedingly small for his age.
His frailness and his ill-health have caused
the Vice President aqd his wife a great
deal of worry. “If we can only get him on
a little further, all right.” Hobart, sr., says,
“he will soon be a candidate for a football
team. I was frail when I was young myself.
I’m not very frail now, as you may have
observed, and I think it likely that my son
will take after me.”
“Hobart, jr.,” may “bike” and golf and
play tennis; he may eat ravenously, and
still his cheeks are as free from tan as a
girl’s, and he does not gain flesh. He likes
tennis better than golf because it is more
exciting. About thirty or forty people offer
to play tennis with him every day. He is
such an accommodating little fellow that he
would like to play with them all, but as he
can’t he puts them off with a "Hobart
smile,” “which makes ’em feel good.” as
the hotel bell-boys say. Anybody who tries
to “baby” him in the game gets called down
at once, "
“Why, I am playing just as well as I
know how,” said Secretary Alger's son,
“Russ,” the other day.
“I beg your pardon, but I watched you
when you were playing with somebody as
big as yourself yesterday,” was “Hobart,
jr.'s” reply.
Son “Russ” is also pretty popular at the
hotel, but he is too big for the young wom
en to put their arms about him as they do
around “Hobart, jr.” That does not detract
from the fact that "Hobart, jr.,” allowed a
young woman to beat him at tennis the
other day, just to encourage her.
“Hobart, jr.,” is polite and debonair, and
democratic besides. The bell-boys like him
as well as the belles who are after boys.
He bears his honors with all the ease of his
father. When his family first arrived at
the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart went off to
Burlington with the presidential party, so
that "Hobart, jr..” got the sole benefit of
the mountain of roses which had been
stacked on the Vice President’s table in the
dining room. There, eating his dinner in
high state with all the dignity of a Lord
Chamberlain, sat "Hobart, jr.,” looking no
larger than a spoonholder, and with a “Ho
bart smite” he asked the waiter to keep
the roses nice and fresh until his papa and
mamma could see them. “Hobart, jr.,”
says the waiter is a “brick.” and the waiter
thinks “Hobart, Jr.,’’ is another.
Mr. McKinley is fond of "Hobart, jr.,”
who speaks up to the President of the
United States with the seme candid and
polite directness that he does to anybody
else.
“What office would you have, my boy?”
the President asked him the other day.
“I’m not old enough for an office yet, Mr.
President, but when I am I would like to
be secretary of the navy, I think," “Ho
bart. Jr..” replied.
The Hobarts are among old friends at
the Hotel Champlain. Long before Mr. Ho-
Van who awakens
deep sleep, just
ward off the
lethargy of recklessness and neglect, just in
time to ward off the deadly assault of that
dread enemy of mankind consumption^
The weapon with which these men havs
successfully combated this grim destroyer
has been Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medica Dis
covery It is the only known tnedtetne
that will prevent and'cure consumption.
Taken in time, it will always ward off this
deadly disease, and even after the devastat
ing germs have attacked the lungs, it wiH
cure oS per cent, of all cases. It acts di
rectly on the lungs, building up new,
healthy tissues and driving out all disease
germs. It corrects all stomach and diges
tive troubles, invigorates the liver and
makes the appetite keen and lieartv. It is
the great blood-maker, flesh - builder and
nerve tonic. There is nothing else “just
as good” and the druggist who says so is
untrustworthy.
*• i was a sufferer for five or six years from indi
crestion, sore stomach, and constant headaches.’*
writes B. F. Holmes, of Gaffney, Spartanburg
Cos., S. C. 44 1 tried several of our best physicians
and found no permanent relief. By the persua
sion of Mr. J. K. Tolleson, a friend of mine. I
commenced on the 2Stli September. i''o- ■ to use
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and * PeU
lets’—which gave me relief in a few days Since
then I have used five bottles of‘Golden Medical
Discovery ’ and five vials of Pellets. \\ hen I
commenced using the medicines T could not
sleep, had a restless uneasy feeling all the time,
and my skin w f as yellow ami dry. I weighed
only 148 pounds. I now weigh 170 pounds, have
a good color, and rest well at night. I have a.
good appetite, can eat anything I wish I-or
two years, while under treatment by a physician,
I ate" nothing but Graham bread."
In reference to the above letter. J. R. Tolleson,
P O. Box 173. Gaffnev. Spartanburg Cos., S. C.,
writes: “ The above Mr 15. F. Holmes, is a good
Christian gentleman, and one whose word will
go a long way with those who know him. I u>e
and sell Dr. Pierce’s medicines, and I recom
mended them to Mr. Holmes.”
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure that
disease-producing disorder, constipation.
They never fail. They never gripe. Drug
gists sell them.
Patee
Bicycles
Sold on Easy Payments
58 North Penn. St.
bart became Vice President he was known
as one of the best story tellers who ever
visited the hotel.
There is good reason to believe that “Ho
bart. jr.,“ does not like the company of the
young women as weil as that of the men;
but he is too polite to show his real feel
ings by look or word. If his face isn't
tanned it isn't because he doesn't want it
to be. He envies the tan of the farmer
boys in the neighborhood. He wants to be
known as a dashing all-round athlete —a
bicyclist, a tennis player and a camera
fiend.
His tutor is a good enough fellow', he
says, but he doesn’t know but he would
have more fun if he went to school like
other boys. When the reporter asked him
to pose on the hotel pnzza for a picture his
eyes twinkled, he gave the “Hobart smile”
full play and said:
“Yes. That would be good fun. Id
like to.”
Then he wanted the reporter to keep the
camera level and not to let the. sunlight
get into the lens. “That was the trouble
with most of my pictures at the start,” he
added. “Papa and mamma and I laughed a
lot over them. But I’m pretty good at it
ROW.”
There is no record at the bote] of “Ho
bart, jr., having ever been "cross.” His
train of admirers—all the guests—say he
does not know' how to be.
How Rockefeller Wa* Carried llaek.
Cleveland Leader.
Not very long ago John D. Rockefeller
was visited by his old friend Colonel Shel
by, of Montana. Colonel Sheiby and Mr.
Rockefeller were boon companions when
they were much younger men than they
are now, and both took great pleasure in
talking over old times, so they sat laugh
ing and chatting until long into the night.
When Colonel Shelby finally decided that
he would have to go, it had become quite
cool, and, picking up a light overcoat, he
said:
“I guess I'd better put tills on. Tm not
as robust as I used to be. John, and I’ve
got to do things that you and I would
have l&ughted at once.”
“Yes,” said the multi-millionaire, "you
must be careful not to catch cold. Here,
let me give you a lift.”
“Oh. no, no,” exclaimed the colonel,
whisking the coat away from Mr. Rocke
feller. “I can put it on very well without
assistance.”
Then he proceded to show how agile he
was, but as he turned to shake hands,
something in the other man’s look mov* and
him to say:
“Why, what’s the matter?”
“Something has just happened,” the ri. h
man replied, “to take me back more fully
into the past than anything that w'e have
just talked about. You refused to let nre
help you on with your coat. That was
the first offer of assistance that any nun
has denied me for many, many years, and
it has made me feel for a moment as I
usvd to feel when I couldn't have every
thing that I wanted.”
Then they bade each other good night.
Alleged Defaulter Captured.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Sept. 4.—A. T. Hurd,
late chief clerk in the office of the United
States marshal of Kentucky and prior
thereto private secretary to Governor
Hunter, and w'anted in Louisville for de
falcations, arrived in Phoenix three days
ago. To-day he was recognized on the
street by Mrs. Mary It. Haft, till a year ago
a resident of Frankfort, Kv„ who claims
to be his creditor to the amount of sev. ral
thousand dollars. On the basis of a note
for $l2O, signed by Hurd, she attached his
trunk and the fugitive has thus been pre
vented from leaving the city, which ha
apparently was on the point of doing
Vigilant Won.
NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. 4.—The race be
tween Percy Chubb's old cup defender
Vigilant and Royal Phelps Carroll s Nova
hoe for a cup offered by the Newport Yacht
Racing Association was sailed to-day and
Vigilant won. The course was over a dis
tance of miles and covered three times.
Vigilant finished at 6:25:52 and Nava hoe at
6:27:47. Vigilant allowed Navahoe two min
utes and fifty-eight seconds and won on cor
rected time by fifty seconds.
Won’t Stand on Two Platforms.
DENVER, Col., Sept. 4.—ln accepting the
nomination of the Silver Republican Star
convention for justice of the Supreme
Court. Judge Hayt has announced that he
would reject the nomination of the McKin
ley-Wolcott Republican convention if it in
volved the acceptance of the St. I>oui4
platform. Should he accept the nomination,
it is possible he will forfeit the support of
Senator Teller.
Tied Hl* Wife’s Heels to a Horse.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 4.-Skooka
wak, an Indian chief, residing in lower
Nicola valley, has been arrested after a
hot fight with members of his tribe by the
provincial police for tying his aged squaw
to a horse by the heels and then having
the young bueks lash the horse to a gallop,
with the result that she was dragged to
death.
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Ex-Slave Dead at 107.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich., Sept. 4.-. Mrs. Helen
Ward Lewis, who was born in Delaware
one hundred and seven years ago this
month, is dead from extreme ok' ago. see
w'as a slave and was sold several times.
She has always -enjoyed good health. S' -jj
joined the Roman Catholic Church on her
hundredth birthday.
Receiver for a Warrant.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-Justlce Russell hM
been appointed a receiver for a <
States government warrarrt for U-i'.'i ’ *
favor of the late Phineas Burgess, ouui.'
of the monitor Monadnock. His creditors
have sued his executor.
Louisville’s Death Rate.
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Sept. 4.-The report
just issued of Health Officer Tft hite tot -
says the death rate in Louisville— 144
thousand inhabitunts-ls the lowest in
history of the city.