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THE IXDIAXAPOIJS JOURNAL. THURSDAT, JUNE 20, 1901.'. misrepre sentatlonn to sign away their right to nr.f -: l.rth of tlic oil produced front the well for the no.nlr.a! yum of .'"0. 31 IM M I M WAG II LAW 3!akra Trouble i 1'uMlc Worli In Fort Wnjnr-Slrcct l.nlior Strike. f?pclAt to the InJl&r.apoll Jurral. TOUT WAY NU, Ind.. June 13. T!:c Unr br Asphalt Com;:ny U having a scries of labor troubles In thU city with team Iters, shove'.crs and laborers. Wo:k on the JefTen-on-i-droet anJ the Ilr.nr.a-street con tracts has been delayed a. week by Inability to reach an ajrrcenicht with the laborers, although a working arrangement has Lcn made with tho teamsters an! shovclcrs. Tho laborers ileror.nd 20 cents an hour tinder tho statute passed by tho recent Legisla ture making that the minimum wage for unskilled labor. This 1. an Increase of to 25 per cent, over old prices, and th company 15 having difficulty In securing men to take the strikers places. The Har ber Company is resisting suit for wacs at 20 cent.? r.n hour In beveral cases In jus tices' courts on tho ground that tho law Is unconstitutional In that It is an Infringe ment of the right of private contract. Un der this la' the city has been compelled to pay tX cent an hour to mn In the parks and on t lie streets, materially Increasing the labor cost. RICHMOND. Ind., June ID. The new law providing that 20 cents an hour must be paid laborcrn (loins public work, will bo teted here. A suit has ben brought under that law to recover back pay from the time the law we,nt into effect. Cloned Ilrrnuit of n Strike. facial to th Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. June 13. To-night orders were Issued that the nut and bolt works department of the Indiana iron works of the Republic Iron Company would bo closed tho remainder of the season. The shut-down Is because one hundred employes quit work yesterday when Superintendent Adams insisted on keeping a colored man at work amons the white boys and girls in that department. Tho colored boy is a High School pupil anxious to earn money to go to college, and has lived in the family with the superintendent. Two hun dred aro thrown out of work. AVI NONA LAKi: Season Not Yot Open, but 3!nny Are Present for the Summer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINONA LAKE, Ind., Juno 13. -The rea son may be said to have fairly opened at Winona Lake. Although the assembly will not open until July 1, and large crowds are rot expected till that date, the ground3 are even now rapidly filling up. A large num ber of cottages are open and the Minnc wawan Inn has a much larger number of guests than it had at this time last year. The Winona Hotel is being completely renovated and an addition nearly as largo as the original hotel is being built. Tho hotel has not, therefore, been opened for the season, I ut will be In readiness to take care of the large number of visitors who are expected to arrive next Monday, when the Western Association of Writers will begin its annual meeting, as well as tho Indiana Association of I'hotographers. These two meetings will bo held at the same time, beginning June 24 and closing on the 2Sth. The two hundred or more photographers who will be here will be en tertained at Minnewawan Inn and thj writers will make their headquarters at the Winona Hotel. The programme of tho writers' meeting has been printed hereto fore in the Journal. The time of the photographers will be occupied largely by athletic contests and other sports, among which will be a base ball game between the fat and lean men, a fat men's tub race, angling for bass, and other similar sports. At the meetings of the association demonstrations of various kinds of professional work will constitute the principal part of tho programme. The? big Cyclorama building will be used as an exhibition building. Among those who have opened their cot tages and are here for the summer are: The Rev. Q. A. Fulton and family. Canton. China; F. W. Munson and family. Chicago; C. A. Macaulsy, Indianapolls; th Hev. E. ti Scott and family, Iteedsburg. Wis.; Miss Anna Sutherland. Chicago; Prof. (I. W. Benton and family, Indianapolis; Judge J. P. Conner and granddaughter, Wabash; Miss C. K. Logan. Crockett, Tex.; Mrs. L. P. Lee, Chicago; Mrs. M. E. Ross, Indian apolis; C. II. Worden and family. Ft. Wayne. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, the evangelist. Is building a largo and hand some cottage and is at the Inn with hia family until the cottage is completed. Among the latest arrivals at the Inn arc the following: 13. I. Lewis. John P. Todd, Indianapolis: Ida Hays, Logansport; II. S. Dickey, Danville: Dr. Ergensmann and family. Bloomlngtnn; II. II. Connor and lfe, Wabash; G. W. Brown. Mrs. M. r. E. Clark, W. McGaughey and wife, Indian apolis; E. F. Yarnelle and wife. Ft. Wayne; E. J. Dukes, Peru; George A. Gemmcr and wife. Marlon. MINISTERS HIS VICTIMS. Man rrlth a Bogus Legary Story Un der Arrest nt Lnporte. Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind.. June 19. A. M. Hen dricks, alias several otner names, who was arrested for attempting to defraud the Rev. Father Bleckman, of Michigan City, out of a sum of money by relating a story to the effect that he was the bearer of a legacy from a Cincinnati woman to Father Bleckman's church and presenting a check for Jl.OOt) in proof then of, was bound over to the Circuit Court In the sum of after Confessing his guilt. At Plymouth the man swindled Father Venn, of the Catholic Church, and th Rev. Mr. Weiss, of the Lutheran Church, by similar methods. He Is sixty-three years old and gray haired. It was through Bishop Chatard. of Indian apolis, that the fraud was exposed and his capture effected. Reaped a Harvest for One Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind.. Juno 19.-In one day Corlnne Thompson, colored, whoso WEATHER FORECAST. Probably Loral Itnlns In Indiana To day nud To-3!orrow. WASHINGTON. June 13. Forecast for Thursday ai d Friday: For Ohio. Indiana and Illinois "Probably local rains on Thursday and Friday; vari able winds. Local Observations on Wednesday. Bar. Ther. It.II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..2y.tt 73 C6 Nwest. Clear. M 7 p. m..29.Sü 73 CO S'west. Cloudy. .S'J Maximum temperature. ST; minimum tem perature, t"0. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipita tion for June l'J: Temp. Pre. Normal 71 .1 Mean 7' .;v Departure from normal 9Z .2i Departure since June 1 IS l.r.1 Departure since January 1 3.M G.bS Plus. C. F. R. WAPPEN HANS. Local Forecast Olilcial. Yesterday's Temprrntures. Min. Max. 7 p. in. Atlanta. Ga r ,tj Bismarck. N. L CI TS S Buffalo. N. Y CO 7 f. Ca 1 5:1 ry. N. W. T 7; 7T Chicago. Hi 7.' (,', Cairo. Ill 7i ss si Chcyrnn Wyo 41 71 f.s Cincinnati, o 01 8S M Concordia. Kan id m 7s Davenport. Li 7S f.; Fes Meines. In r, 7S Oi Galveston. Tex b) W ii Helena. Mm: 12 7S 7C Jacksonville. T'la 70 7: Karins City, Mo W M 7G Little R,ck. Ark 7) SS Jt Marque tte. Mih f. fS .Vi Memphis, Tean 'J Stf ja Nashville, Tonn ft N. New Orlecn. La 7G 01 90 New York City 7ß rs North Platte. N(b M 7G V4 Oklahoma. O. T t'.S M S; Omaha. Neb W 71 71 litt burg. Pa C) S2 75 Qu A PI" Me. N. W. T.... 41 70 70 JtapM City. ti. 1 'A 11 7 Kalt Lake ry ci j4 St. Lou s. Mo 72 y a St. I'au Minn f; 7S '2 Fi.rlngtlcld. Ill C2 SS 7 f prlnslUhl, o CI Si fc) Vlcksbursr. Mls M - ys Vh-blr.juK. D. C .s W tk home Is In Indianapolis, carried away wear ins apparel worth J'X from the home of Mrs. M. V. McCur.n. Yesterday morning tho Thompson woman went to Mrs. JIo Cann's to work. At r.r.en several td'.k walrta were mining and by evening other articles wer Ron?. The police were noti fied and tho girl was arreted. The cloth Ins was later r."cvrrcd where It had beyn hidden. Mra. McC.tnn U the mother of Mrs. Frank Jbirke. of Idianapclis. Tho woman was held to the Circuit Court. cuuwci) ii v a hoc;. Little CIrl Serionsly Injured nt Her Home Xenr I'nlrniount. Sr-eci.il to thi Iiui:ana; c,:!3 Journal. FAIR.MOUNT. Ind.. June 13. The seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Senle. who live one mile west of this city, was attacked la?t night by a maddened hog and badly injured. The little girl had climbed the fence. Intending to go through the lot, but had not more than reached ths ground when the hog threw her 3own ana for several minutes she was at the mercy of the Infuriated beast. Her clothing was entirely torn oft and her boJy badly torn by the teeth of the animal. Her right arm was chewed off above the elbow and left hanging by small strips of flesh. Tho parents of the unfortunate girl, hear ing her cries for help, ru?hed to tho scene and succeeded In rescuing her. The attend ing physician says the girl will survive unless blood poison sets In. Frnnklln Hrnkemnn Ilndly Hnrt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., June 19. Frank Cotton, aged twenty-four, was run over by west-bound freight No. 41 on the Vandalia and both legs were amputated at the hos pital here. Cotton was a brakeman and fell between the engine and the llrst car when the train was near Brazil last night. He formerly was employed in the ticket office In the Union depot, and a year ago went on the road, hoping to improve his health. His parents live in Franklin. Ind., and he had been making his homo at tho Indianapolis end of his run. PROSPERITY IX HAMILTON'. Wages Increasing;, Work Plentiful, Crops Ciood, Sule Prices Cäooil. Srceial to tho Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES VI LLE, Ind.. June 19. The man agement of the strawboard mills at this placo has increased tho wages of the em ployes an average of 10 per cent., and yet It is unable to secure all the hands needed. Noblesvllle and Hamilton county were never In a more prosperous condition. All labor Is employed at good wages. Tho en ameling works are far behind their orders and are Increasing the force as fast as possible. Although a large number of houses have been built this season it is dllicult to secure a house by renting. The city is having a good substantial growth. Several new business blocks and additions to mills and factories are being built. The farmers of the county are in a happy and prosperous condition Their crops of fruit, grain and stock all promise well and for all these products th farmer is realizing good round prices. The McKinley pro& perity is hero in full force. Mills to lie Reopened. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU. Ind., June 19. The Peru bagging mills, extensive manufacturers of jute bag ging for cotton mills, will reopen in a week after being closed for two years awaiting the settlement of an estate. Charles J. Kraus & Sons control it now, : SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Lnrgre Attendance mid Grent Interest nt the State Meeting. SpeciaJ to the Indianapolis Journal. SHE LB Y VI L LE, Ind.. June 19. The in terest at the meetings of the state Sunday school convention is growing as the hours progress. This morning the session began with a sunrise prayer meeting, as there had been a sunset meeting in the public square last night. The early conferences at the different churches of the city at S:30 attracted a large attendance. Mrs. Mary Mitchell, of Iowa, declared that the nine teenth century was called "the woman's century" and the twentieth should be called "the children's century." The sec tion on "home departments" was led by Mrs. C. D. Meigs. The work of the graded Sunday schools was taken up in the after noon and the annual graduation address was delivered by Dr. Chapman, followed by the presentation of diplomas to a large class. Prof. E. O. Exccll, the noted author of Sunday school music, has charge of the musio of the convention, which Is fur nished by a choir of one hundred voices. It was the intention of the convention managers to have popular services In the open sriuare each evening, and last night about 2,0oi) people assembled. The city ad ministration has offered the convention no protection, and last night and to-night the services were broken up by the playing of a ?hov band which is here. No attention was paid by the city authorities to a re quest to keep the band off the public square during tho service. In the evening an address was delivered by W. C. Pearce. Seventy-one counties have delegates in attendance, and the re ports show it tho largest meeting of the convention since its organization. This is the state auxiliary of the international as sociation, which includes 2T.io0m) of mem bers. The treasurer reports enough money on hand to pay all expenses, which never lias been tho case before. The convention will last one mure day and has much in teresting work to occupy it. Mimcle District Enden vorers. Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. June 19. More than SOO strangers aro attending the thirteenth an nual meeting of Muncie District Christian Er.deavorers. They had an interesting and busy day at the four sessions. The first meeting was at 5 o'clock, a sunrise prayer meeting, at which 4oo were present. Among the speakers to-day was Hev. Charles Bea con, of Indianapolis, who talked o,n the plan adopted to establish a Deaconess Hos pital and Home. State President Palmer, of South Bend; Elder C. U. Wade, the Rev. E. E. Neal. of Hartford City, and the Rev. J. O. Bills, of Redkey, were other speakers. A temperance lecture by the Rev. George . (Ireen. of Frankton. and an address by Miss Nettie Prather. of the Chicago Training School for Missionaries, were other features. COMPOSITE NOVEL READ. Story of Six Chapters That Was Writ ten by Six Well-Known Persons. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ORE ENS BURG. Ind.. June 19. Last evening the Tourist Club, one of the lead ing literary orsanizatior.s of this city, was invited to the home of the Hon. Will Cum back, who is a member, to hear the read ing of the composite novel written by six distinguished members of the Western As sociation of Writers. There are six chap ters in the story, written in their order by Dr. John Uri Loyd, author of "String town on the Tike;" Prof. W. H. Venable, the well-known Ohio historian; Hon. Will Cumback. the popular lecturer and writer; Col. Coates Kinney, poet and lecturer; Professor Carr, superintendent of the A n dtrson school?, and Prof. Mark L. De Motte, cf Valparaiso. Each writer took up the thread of tho story where the other left off and in hl own style leads the hero and heroine through the story to a happy conclusion. The Tourist Club, which is composed of teachers, lawyers, newspaper men and others of coufiderablo literary ability, pronounce? the story good. The Western Association of Writers will meet at Winona next Monday, at which time the story will he read by Its authors. This morning Mr. Climbach received a letter from Chicago ftatin-r that a larje party of literary people of that city will bo present to enjoy th novrl treat. Already maga zine and book publishers have been looking alter the ctory with a view to bringing it out. but the final disjosition of it will not be made until the meeting of the as sociation ntxt week. AnunsTun con iiicsamy. Well-Known Former KoLoinn Man In Jail at Meridian, .Miss. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, U.d., June 19. Charles L. Harry, former general superintendent of thw Kokom- Street-railway and eiectrlc- llght companies, who disappeared from here a year ago with Miss Lovcll Jackson, a seamstress, abandoning a wife and chil dren, was arrested at Meridian, Mijs.. yes terday for bigamy. The Jackson woman was al?o placed In Jail. Mrs. Harry did not locate the fugitives until recently, and it was on her atlidavit the arrests were made. Mrs. Harry and Kokomo attorneys are at Mcrliian pushing the trial. The fugitives lived as man as wife and moved in good society. They lived for a time at Jack son, Miss. OIL BOOM AT NILES. Indiana Prospector Discovers Copious Mgns of the Crnde. NILES, Mich., June 19. A copious Row of crude petroleum has been accidentally discovered on the farm of W. W. Stevens, about tix miles northwest of this city, during the sinking of an artesian well. Dudley Shirley, a South Bend, Ind., pros pector, at onco secured leases on 0 acrc3 of land. Including the Stevens farm, and will begin drilling for oil. The How of crude oil from the Stevens well is steady, and indications point to an Inexhaustible supply. The discovery of tho oil has ex cited the farmers in tne vicinity, and prop erty values are going skyward. Stricken lTlth Paralysis. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 19. J. D. Sar nlghausen, former state senator, was stricken with paralysis Sunday and still lies in a precarious condition. He founded the Staats Zeitung as a German dally In this city and was elected state senator. IIo always has had a strong Influence in Democratic politics in this county, but tho character of the Chicago platform of ISM alienated him from Bryan. He supported Bryan In i:oo, however, owing to the anti lmperlalism principles advocated by the Bryan platform. His death is momentarily expected. J. B. Stoll. of South Bend, was here Sunday to visit him, a friendship of many years existing between them. Tito Weddings nt Mnncle. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Juno 13. Martin L. Laughner, aged twenty-four, and Miss Jeannette May Hughcy, aged twenty-two, both of Indianapolis, were married by Judge Lefller, in Circuit Court to-day, with Professor Laughner, of Normal University, present. The couple returned homo to night. Archie Spencer and Miss Minnie Richard son, from Wheeling, were married in Mun cie to-day, and departed for Buffalo. The bride is tho daughter of a business man, who objected. They telephoned tho news home. Construction to Beg; In Soon. F peclal to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Intl., Juno 19. Announcement has been made here that tho Eastern syn dicate which owns and controls electric lines at Jackson, Detroit, Toledo and other places and intorurban lines connecting theje cities has purchased the franchise of the Laporte tV Michigan City Railway Com pany, and will at once begin the construc tion of an interurua.il road between La porte and Michigan City. The syndicate is said to have $lu, uoo,ti bc-hind lis projects. Small Attendance of Publicans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Juno 19. The sixth annual convention of the Indiana Liquor League met this morning with less than one hundred delegates present. Wel coming addresses and responses were made this morning and this afternoon the routine business was taken up, but not much was accomplished. There is a movement to re movo the headquarters from tort Wayne to this city. Indiana Obituary. PERU. Ind.. June 19. Mrs. Elizabeth Webb died Wednesday morning, after a three weeks' illness, and will be buried from the Catholic Church on Friday morn ing. She was the widow of O. P. Webb, one of the pioneers of Peru. Indlnnn Notes. CENTERVILLE. Henry C. Noble, one of the oldest undertakers in Indiana, removed to Indianapolis on Wednesday. He was born here seventy years ago, and has lived here ay his life. He has been in business here for more than forty years. Centervllle possesses the only pavement ever laid by the general government ex cept that in the city of Washington. Two blocks of Main street were paved, when the National road was built, with limestone blocks set on edge, and the pavement is still in good condition. WABASH. Howard M. Atkinson and John H. Bireley. long Identified with prom inent financial interests In Wabash, have under consideration plans for a new bank In this city, but have not yet decided whether they will organize It under the State or national banking laws. FRANKLIN. There will be an old-fashioned camp meeting at the Johnson county fair grounds here, beginning July IS and continuing until July -J. The meeting will be under the auspices of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the Rev. B. J. Coleman is pastor. CRAWFORDSVILLE. The new Masonic lodge building at Darlington was dedicated on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Jere West, of this city, making tho principal address. In the evening there was degree work, with a large numlx-r of candidates. HARTFORD CITY. V. C. Buckles, a painter, fell twenty-five feet to the ground on Wednesday from the roof of a building he was painting and received injuries which may result fatally. PORTLAND. Dr. J. B. Culbert. who will become postmaster on July 17. vice Theo dore Bailey, has appointed Dr. E. E. James, a well-known young politician, as his dep uty. BEAT HER OWN RECORD. Fast Trip by tbe Steamer Deutsch land Across the Atlantic. PLYMOUTH, June 19. Tho Hamburg American line steamer Deutschland arrived here at S:15 a. m. to-day, having beaten her own speed record. She covered 3,032 miles in 5 days, 11 hours and 13 minutes, at an average speed of 23.33, against 23.3C, her best previous record. Her daily runs were 4!9, 540, 542, 5f2, 549 and 40), nono of which equal previous best day's run. Her best previous day's run, made in August,. VMS, was 552 knots. , Movements of Menniers. NEW YORK. June 19 Arrived: Hohen zollern. from Genoa; Mesaba. from London; Teutonic, from Liverpeol. Sailed: Oceanic, for Liverpool; St. raul, .for Southampton; Sardinian, for Glasgow; Southwark. for Antwerp. CHERBOURG. June 19. Arrived: Deutschland, from New York, via Plym outh, for Hamburg, and proceeded. QUEENSTOWN. June 19. Arrived: Servii and Majestic, from New York, for Uverpoed. and proceeded. LIVERPOOL. June W. Arrived: Syl ar.la, from Boston. GLASGOW. June 19. Arrived: Anchoria, from New York. LONDON. June 19. Arrived: Menominee, from New York. TROLLEY LINE COMBINATION. Everett-Moore Syndicate to Control n Aast Xctwnrk of Roads. CLEVELAND. O.. June 13. The Leader savs: "Not satisfied with its recent con- j finest in the surburbar. railway held, the f-vcrett-Moore syndicate baa sone after another iU system of interurban railway lints. This, when the syndicate adds it to their thousand miles of traction, will give it a clean sweep from Port Huron. Mich., to Pittsburg. Pa. Three States will Le Included n tho snidcr-lihc trail and more than 2.H'0 people, will bo within reich of th line controlled by the system. Negotiations, it is learned, are under way by which ih Mahoninjj electric system will b absorbed Ly the si,? syndicate. The Mahoning system i3 considered one of the most valuable j. iters of interurban traction pruptrty in Ohio. It has at-wtit forty miles of track p:us'ng through "Warren, Niics, Girard and Youngstown. The present 1 enii.-ylvanii terminal is nt Cr cne..stlc. Pa. The company owns franchises and risht3 of way to Pittsburg. With this sys tem In operation and tacked to Its other lines the Gverett-Mooro syndicate would luve an Interurban system of trolley rail roads extending from Port Huron. Mich., through northern Ohio to Pittsburg." FURNITURE, CARPETS, GASOLINE and GAS $13.50 Tor the best Refrig erators, lined with mineral wool. Holds 100 pounds of ice. CASH OH CRI3I3IT. DEATH OF P. C. CHENEY TWICTJ GOVEKXOIt OF JffiW HAMP SHIRE AXD O.NCE SEXATOIL Also Minister to Switierlnnd Inder Harrison (ion. J. 11. Tnrcliiu Dead PliiKree Tributes. DOVER. N. II., June 19. Former Gov ernor P. C. Cheney, of Manchester, died at the home of his son-in-law, Charles 11. Fish, here to-day. He was seventy-three years old. He had been 111 since the death of his wife, several weeks ago. Person Colby Cheney was born in Holder ness, now Ashland. N. II., on Feb. 23, 1S28. In 1S35 his father, one of the pioneers in the paper-making industry in New Hampshire, sold his mill in Holderness and moved to Peterborough, where he purchased a small mill. It was In this mill, in the schools of Peterborough, in Hancock Academy, and in Parsonfield, Me., Seminary that young Cheney received his education and early training. At the age of seventeen he was placed in charge of the paper-making es tablishment, which had been purchased of his father, and succeeded so well that in eight years, in company with two other per.tlemen. he built another mill, of which subsequently he became the sole proprietor. He continued In the business until lSftJ, when he organized a company for the sale of paper stock, though he did not alto gether relinquish the manufacturing busi ness. He served in the civil war as brigade commissary. After the war he was elected mayor of Manchester. He was elected Governor of the State In 1ST5 and re-elected in 1S70. Upon the death of Senator A. F. Pike, in 1SSS, Governor Cheney was elected to serve out his term, which expired March 4. ISsO. He was regarded as one of the ablest and most trusted of the Republican leaders In the Granite State. In 1S92 Pres ident Harrison appointed him minister to Switzerland. He served but two years. He was a member of the Republican national committee from 1S92, and from its organiza tion, in 1874. unt'.l his death, was president of the People's Savings Bank of Manches ter. Brig. Gen. John B. Tnrchln. ANNA. 111.. June '19. Brigadier General John B. Turchln. a well-known veteran of the civil war. died here to-day at the State Hospital for the Insane. John B. Turchln was born In Russia and received a military training. He was com missioned colonel of the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers by Governor Yates in 1S01. He organized his regiment at Chicago, and left for Tennessee, where General Buell placed him at the head of a brigade. Here Turchin offered a plan to his superior ollicers for capturing Huntsville, which was accepted and proved successful. In recog nition of this service he was appointed brigadier general. In 1SG3 Turchln organ ized tho Chicago Board of Trade battery into a battery of horse artillery. He com manded this division throughout the Tulla homa campaign. During the Chickamauga campaign Turchin. with his command, dis tinguished himself upon several occasions. During the Atlanta campaign, in ISM, Tur chin participated in the engagements of Resaca, Kenesaw mountain and others. Here he was forced to leave the army, and later resigned. Chnrles T. Russell. II ADD AM. Conn.. Juno 19. A cablegram received here announces the death In Lon don. L'ng.. yesterday, of Charles T. Rus sell, of this town. United States consul general at Liverpool from 1SS3 to ISSO. His age was about sixty-five. Major Lee Hughes. MARSHALL. Mo., June 19. Major Lee Hughe?, aged seventy-three years, a mem ber of the Second Missouri Cavalry. Oen. Joe Shelby's famous brigade in the Con federate army, is dead at his home here. Henry Xnvler. NEW YORK. June 19. Henry Xavier. aged seventy-five years, known all over the country among horticulturists, es pecially by raisers of grapes, died to-day in Mount Vernon, N. Y. -1 IX MEMORY OF PI. GREIL Mourning; nt Detroit Proclamation In nuel ly Governor Illlss. DETROIT, Mich., June ID. All the flags in the city were at half-mast to-day out of respect to the memory of ex-Governor Pmgree. whose death in London laat night was almost the sole topic of conversation on the streets to-day. The Common Coun cil met this morning and adopted Httlng resolutions on the death of Detroit's best known ex-mayor, and the circuit courts ad journed until to-morrow la respect to his memory. As a whole, the city is more dteply moved by Pingree's death than by the loss of any public man in ma.iy decades. LANSING. Mich.. June ID. Governor Elisa this afternoon Issued an oiTicial proc lamation eulogizing former Governor PJn gree as a soldier, a business man, a mayor and a Governor, whose career has been characterized by rugged honesty that wt?n for him the confidence of the peop;e. The Haps on the State Capitol and all other State buildings are ordered at half-nvt until after the burial, and the Capitol is to be appropriately draped. All State depart ments will be ciosed the day of the funeral. LONDON. June 1D.-The North German Lloyd steamer Koeningcn Louis, whien sails from Bremen June 02. via Southamp ton June 22. for New York, will tak the body of former Governor llazen 3. Plngre, of lichlgan, who tiled here last night. Tho r IOcd Bad $1.48 Two Burner Gas Hot Plate; nickel. - - This Week Special Low Prices on Carpets, Rugs and Mattings o remains of Mr. Pingrcc have been em balmed and removed to a private mortuary prior to their embarkation on Sunday. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. The directors of the American Telephone Company have declared a regular quarter ly dividend of lVs per cent, and an extra dividend of U per cent. The Pennsylvania Land and Lumber Company, with a capital stock of $2,Doi),Co(, was incorporated at Camden, N. J., yes terday. The company will operate in Mexico. There are over eight thousand acres of cotton planted this year in Nicaragua. The planters now estimate that they will be able to sell" the product at 45 cents per pound, Nicaragua currency, or about cents gold at the present rate of exchange. The Iorain (O.) Street-car Company will reduce fares from 5 to 3 cents on Friday as an experiment. Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, said last night that ho holds but one share of the stock in the company, and is not entitled to credit for the reduc tion. At a meeting of several owners of Ken tucky oil lands, at Lexington last night, plans for the consolidation of the oil inter ests of the State were considered. The presence of oil in paying quantities has been established in Wayne, Pulaski, Knox and Bath counties. The Star Journal, of Pueblo, Col., says: "The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company will remain an Independent corporation. Word has been received here that President Schwab, of the United States Steel Cor poration, emphatically states his corpora tion never had any intention of absorbing the Colorado company." The stockholders of the East Liverpool (O.) Factories Company, a new concern with $1,000,000 capital, controlling three plants, elected directors yesterday, who organized as follows: G. C. Murphy, pres ident: N. A. Frederick, vice presiuent; E. J. Owens, secretary, and Robert T. Hall, treasurer. The other directors are George W. Meredith and John J. Purington. The engineers of the isthmian canal com mission, after borings, have condemned two of the proposed sites for the dam across the San Juan river in the event of an interoceanic canal being constructed, but have discovered another proper and convenient site. At this point a stratum of rock extends across the river, a few feet below the bed, and extends into the banks on each side. The capital stock of the Youngstown Iron and Tube Company is to be increased from $1.0o0,0uo to $2,0ua.000 to provide for extensive additions to the immense plant which the company is now erecting there. The com pany has decided to manufacture steel as well as Iron and will erect two large blast furnaces to supply the plant with material. When the plant is in full operation 2,500 men will be employed. Judge Hallet. In the United States Circuit Court at Denver, rendered judgment in the case of the Munn Brothers against the Ibex Mining Company, by which the plain tiffs may k secure more than $1,000,!)') from the owners of the Ibex group of mines at Leadville. The plaintiffs claimed a half in terest in the Independene lode of the Arch er consolidation. The court awards ap proximately one-twelfth of the ores ex tracted and sold In the area in controversy. The Xew York Herald says: 'lt was re ported Wednesday that the General Elec tric Company has practically completed negotiations for the purchase of the Brit ish Thomson-Houston Company, a separate but allied corporation formed some years ago as the licensee of the old Thomson Houston Company of Boston. The purchase of the company will be for the y purpose of entering actively into the Euglish electrical field which now gives promise of great de velopment. The secretary of state of West Virginia announces the issuance of a charter to the Vulcan Consolidated Copper Company with a capital of $5,O00,oo0. This company. It is said, will purcnase and operate the Vulcan copper mines in Esmeralda county, Ne vada, and will from time to time acquire other mines. Henry Siegel, of New York, is to be president. J. A. Bamberger, of Salt l ake City, is to be the vice president, and Charles T. Champion is to be the secretary of the new company. Justice McLean continued taking testi mony in the Supreme Court at New York yesterday in the suit brought by Prof. Geo. A. Treadwell against Wm. A. Clark to re cover 100 shares of the stock of the United Verde Copper Company. Charles H. De mund told of having gone with Professor Treadwell to see Senator Clark and of hav ing made a formal demand for the return of the certificates. Professor Treadwell wa,s recalled. He said he did not authorize Thomas, the London grocer, to dispose of his stock. CRIMES OF VARIOUS DEGREES. Dr. J. G. Jessup, who was shot by Rev. Charles G. Adams at Berkeley. Cal.. has died from his injuries. Adams Is in the county jail at Oakland. Mrs. Louise Buse. living seven miles southwest of Greene, la,, was found in her house dead and partly burned, one leg being entirely burned off. It is sup posed she was murdered and the house hred, i-3 kerosene and feathers were scat tred ail over the lloor. She had been mar ried but a short time. J. II. Phillips, president of the Melbourne (Fla.) State Bank, committed suicide at the Riverside House, in that city, yesterday, by cutting his throat with a razor. He was one of the wealthiest men in that section. The affairs of the bank are said to be in good condition. .Mr. Phillips had been suf fering from melancholia recently. A dispatch has been received at Gon zales, Tex., from Deputy United States Marshal William Hansen stating that one of the slayers of Sheriff Glover has been cantured and one killed and that a posse of live ofliccrs is close on the trail of Gregorio Cortez. This Is probably a con nrmation of the battle and captures re ported on Tuesday. It is estimated that ten thousand Amer ican dollars have been counterfeited and sold In Mexico at a heavy advance over their intrinsic value by the gang with which Jose Prias Is charged with beini connected. It is said that an immense number of American dollars have been coined at the mint in Chihuahua and cir culated in the United States. George Ecker, a returned Philippine sol dier, who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Holden at Kemmerer, Wyo.. and mortally wounded Fred Reardon and then fled to the mountains. Is beinjr pursued by a posse un der command ot Sheriff James. 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Physicians having stubborn cases to treat are cordially invited to consult with me. I have r.o charge for private counsel, and give to each patient a legal contract in writing, backed by abundant capital, to hold for my promise. Is it not worth your while to investigate a cure that has made life anew to multitudes of men? If you cannot call at my office, write your symptoms fully. My home treatment by correspondence is always successful. Address all letters to DR. TOMSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE 306 Stevenson Building. Indianapolis, Ind. Permanently located. Hours Daily, 9 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Sundav, 9 a. m. to 1 p.m. Working people will find time to call Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Offices open till 9 p. m. intense, and If captured Ecker will be lynched. The men he shot were trying to arrest him for the alleged raising "of a check about a year ago. An unknown man, who committed suicide last Thursday night in Jackson square, New Orleans, yesterday proved to bo Jacob Miner, a retired cigar manufacturer and dealer of New York city. GENERAL LABOR NEWS. The National Cash Register Company, at Dayton, O., resumed work yesterday with ail departments filled, except the molders, carpenters and machinists. The strike of the Canadian Pacific track men was quiet and marked by no attempt at disorder until yesterday, when it wan reported that the striking sectionmen at Revelstoke, B. C, attacked their non union substitutes with sticks and stones. The strikers were beaten off without seri ous Injury on either side. Officials of the American Tin Plate Com pany met with representatives of the American Tin Plate Workers' Association of the United States at Cleveland yester day to discuss a new wag scale. Those attending the meeting were extremely reti cent and declined to give out any informa tion whatever for publication. General Superintendent J. A. Dodson. of the Southern Railway, western district, made this statement relative to the machin ists' strike: "None of the machinists who went out on strike three weeks ago have been or will be taken back into the shops of the Southern Railway Company. The proportion of men we have put to work In their places varies at different shop3. At some places more than half the positions have been filled." The printing pressmen at Washington yesterday nominated the following officers, who will be voted on to-day: President, M. T. HIgglns, Boston; vice presidents, James E. Callery. Philadelphia; E. A. Baiser, Washington: second vice president. J. D. McDonald. Boston; R. J. Unger. Denver; R. T. McGrath, New York; third vice presi dents. C. P. Malpas, Pittsburg: W. H. Burklin, St. Louis; secretary-treasurer, W. J. Webb, New York. Genevieve Decker Won. GLEN COVE. L. I.. June 19. The con test for the woman's metropolitan rolf championship was continued to-day over the links of the Nassau Country Club be tween the sixteen players who qualified at medal play yesterday in the preliminary round. Miss Genevieve Hecker, of Essex county, the present holder of the metro politan championship, won her match against Miss Maude K. Wetmore, of Mor ris county, by seven up and six to play. The other match of the day resulted: Mrs. G. Collingwood. of Towellton. beat Mrs. H. F. Whitney, of Nassau, six up and four to play. Steamer I'lunda Overdue. ST. JOHNS, N. F.. June 13. The Furness Allan line steamer Ulunda. Captain Cham bers, which left Liverpool June 4. for St. Johns and Halifax, is now fifteen days out. The I'lunda should have made the pas sage in eight days, and it Is feared that some accident has befallen her. The rate of insurance on the Ulunda has been ad vanced. ARREST OF TWO BOYS. They Hired a Livery Itlc and Drove Muuy allien. William Hoffbauer, nineteen, living at KÄJ Hill avenue, and Roy Hoffman, fifteen. 322 Baville avenue, were arrested last night for cruelty to animals. The boys hired a horse and buggy at W. T. Long's livery stable yesterday morning at 11:20 and prom ised to return the rig at 2 o'clock. They did not come back at 2 o'clock and late yes terday evening, when they had not- yei made their appearance, Long reported tbe case to the detectives. The detectives told him that when the boys came back to let them know. Shortly before midnight Long, who had spent the night hunting for the boys, saw them at Alabama and Washing ton streets, driving west. He stopped them, Jumped into the buggy and drove them to the police station, where Bicyclemen GrifTln and banning took them la charge. Th I i Two Burner Junior Gasolins Stove. $2.65 (15 AQ. Three Burner Junior Gaso PO.OO line Stove. mmm vtimsm On account of its frightful hideousnes.. Blood Poi son is commonly called the king of all blood diseases. 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High-grade work aud reasona ble prices. 245 Massachusetts Ave. New Phone 1717. horse is a fast driver and Long learned that the boys had visited all the suburban and out-of-town roadhou?es near the city, and that they had been to Mlllersvllle and Oklahoma. The hors had not beea whipped, but was completely Blvcn out. Fred Hoffman, nineteen years old. living at LVS Detroit rtrctt. vsas arrested last night for jumping on cars. He was ar rested some time ago on a similar chart and before his trial JuJpc laly rele;?rtl him on his own recognizance. Hoffman failed to appear for trial and had not bn seen until arrested. John Jones, a boiler maker of Covington. Ky.. was arrested last ni;ht and plated at the police station with drunkenness and resisting an cttlcer. He became bol?terou and. amon, other things, loudly proclaimed that his nam was John Jones and that h came from Kentucky, but finally becam submissive under Indianapolis xxdlee regu lations. Dr. Daniel Purinton, president of th Denlson University at Granville, O., ha tendered his reslgr.ation. having acceptd the presidency of the University of Vir tnl at aiorgantown, V. 'u I Awnings