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1 i 1 Nothing CoLild Check the Big Con I test at Newby Oval. II AND ILLINOIS 10 1 Attendance Was Greatly Affected by the Weather Con ditionsBIoomington Rooters Early on) with Their Assortment of Ye (BspeeUl wlr THs News.) (HAL. W. REBD AND C. 8.

WATTS.) NEWUY OVAU INDIANAPOLIS. November 17. L'ven the elements could not dumper the ardor of the college student this afternoon, but tny arrived at'Newby Oval 'for the gamd between HllnoU ail Indiana universities, they took 'a longt hrtath and pictured their favorites plowing through muck or half swlmmnff jthrough the jntnlniure lakes, which dotted tho field. The of la at night really? put the field In good condition, but the morning rhnwrr played havoc with', the bajltltv 1 flrfld. and It presented a sorry appvar nre when the advance guard of college men riled off the cars and raced through the gates jto be.

tha first to Start the col liK yeils which, as early U4 2 1 were vibrating lacros the ralnv ept: field," Tha' flrstVstudents were from Bloomlng I ton. and as they entered the ground they tut locte v. the Indiana yell. Rah! Hah! Olorlana. Indiana, IUih!" and "Olorlana.

fransdpana, Unlluna. kacfMi, knznh. I.rU.. hurrah? Homt la. State University, Hah! Three times thin morning the ground carefully marked off the field, but ach time the rain obliterated the chalk, marks, and at 2 o'clock Held was un ior from two to slxjlnches deep, and It was stilt raining.

This however, could not Interfere with the game. The championship of the two States was to be decided, even If the men were forced to 'doff their football tog and put on bathing suits. That much was certain. Ar 'd tha Rain Kept On. At 2 o7clurk the rain continued to XaU.

and the 'outlook, for a good attendance wa deelAfldly slim. that time most of the spt'ctatorp; were the colle ce students frm out of town, who hai coma to indlnira polls to see the game. For a thy had been saving up their cnthuplam and nursing their voltes, and even th lowering clouds and the raln lailcn atmosphere could not Flop If was a dlemat sight, however, partlo ulnrly tk oecup'nata of Ike. box seats, who found, ihemwelves exposed to tho fury of the elements, while tho grand isitand peotators.wer under roof. fltmerpl regret exprewsed that the veiithfr man hud bfrn so unkind.

Kvery r.n who braved tha conditions was of the niilnlon that, bad the weather of yea terday prevailed, there would, have been froifi 5.0") to persons In the grand sUtojt and bltachar.i when tho conteat began. ff While the early comers were speculating on the. conditions and figuring just how deeply a man could ba burled In tha mud under a' scrimmage, the two elevens were preparing for tha contest at Ihelr, respective hotels. The coaches advised every one to put on his heaviest clothes. Jnntead of a contest of speed, which wns I expected, the weather conditions wire such that the result depended largely on strength.

This was In Indiana's fay, as tha team was" prepared to play a iitie smashing game. Atalvnl of the leams. The players, substitutes and coaches the Hates and Denlson hotels at 2 o'clock and arrived at the oval twenty minutes later. Each player gave an Involuntary shudder at he looked at the field whtch. In a few minutes he would be plowing over or under.

as the play might go. Not a man faltered, however. and both elevens were anxious for hostilities to begin. "When the teams arrived then wero fully 1.000 people In the stands and bleachers. The Indiana delegation of 600 attracted genersl attention.

The llloomlngton suo porters would not let the unfavorable conditions dampen their enthusiasm, and when the crimson clad warriors appeared on the; field, a volley of yells went up which shook the; stand. Th's was the firt real demonstration of the afternoon, and after that the other collegea warmed op The Delfauw delegation, numbering fifty men, na on hand to jell for Illinois, and their efTorts were received with by the Indiana supporters. The Itullaiinpolli and Training High Hchuols answered the Indiana crowd, and then followed th Krankllh, Karlham. a Oar ll anij Purdue yetla Illlnola Koi lost, however and evry few mln Vitca their yells Joined with the LinTJp for the Qame. Indiana.

Htnlth 1 mvldaon Praltlona. IlUmvla. CoJc flmiM'k Ktahl i'nvt. l.un.lit t'lunihrruin iil'lllg Hlht n.l Itllrl.y Kilr Irks '(ti Catt Ttr (1 venrr Han ley Left iunrill JUvft tackle Lfl fctHf (Junrt.r Ittirht hn hacx Lrft bLck Kull t. Trincetoa Yale.

PRINCETON. N. November 17. ld Yale football elevens, met on t'ntvers lty field this afternoon for SLIDE. SWIM AND PLAY the Scene Is.

their annual Notwithstanding the fact that the tun was hidden behind clouds, making tHe day a rather bleak onej the weather was almost Ideal for football. Each team was In prime condition, and each hoped to win. Yale, however, by reason of her better 'performance during the season, entered the contest with the greatest degree of confidence. I'rlncton was early filled with visitors. Bestdea th5 crowd that came on.

the regular trains, two specials from New York and two from Philadelphia brought several thousand. Everywhere the black and orange colors of Princeton and the blue of Yale could seen. Princeton Inrt seemed to be tha football jnecca, and that famous hostelry was crowded with undergraduates and men who left college In the long ago. yale was an odd.i on favorite In the betting, but not a great amount of money wan up. The odds ranged from 2 to 24 to 1 on the blue.

Paul D. Dashlel, of lehlgh, was umpire, and Kdward N. AVrlghtlngton. of Harvard, acted referee. At 3 o'clock all the stands were full.

The touchdown for Yale was made by Chartwlck within one minute from the tlm the game began. Mttl kicked a field goal for. Princeton. Score: Yale, Princeton. 6.

pifl jceu.n won the toss and, chose the soiilf goul. Yale scored a touchdown an3 kicked a goat. Score: Yale, Prfnc eton, 0, Carlisle Pennsylvania. I TJ II LADELPI 1 1 November 11 Anxious to retrieve their crushing defeat Of last year, when the Carlisle Indians won by the score of to 5, the Red and Pluw, of Pennsylvania, this afternoon met their former victors, on; rankiin neia. The ray opened raw find with lowering clouds, through which "the un shane at Intervals.

Pennsylvania won the toss and chose the east poaL A llsht wind was In her favor. Wheelock kicked on: Pennsyi vanla'a yard line, Potter catching the pigskin. He advanced the ball fifteen yards before he was downed. The ball was advancd a few yards, when Gardltier punted to the Indians' flfteen yeard. line.

The Indians furtbled. The ball steadily advanced by end! runs. FLED FROM HIS HOME. Be Left a Notes Pleading Financial i 1 Embarrassment. (Spe)lal to The Indlanapolli News.

DANVILLE, November 17. Verlla Moon, of the tlrin of Moon it Carter, at A mo, has leaving a note to his wife, that she would never him again. He left, on Thursday of' last week, ostensibly on a business trip, to Indianapolis, and ho failed to return. Friends went' to Indianapolis the next day and made Inquiries, but could find ho trace of him. Meanwhile his wife had found tho note.

In whlh he stated that his business was In bad condition, and that he could not face his creditors. His partner, Ernest Carter, Is traveling for an Implement company, and he has not returned since. Moon's disappearance. The News received a communication from Coatesvllle to day, saying that Mr. Moqn's friends only blame him for going away, and not remulnlntr to meet his ob ilsratlons as best he could.

The note also said' that thero was no disposition to deal hsrshlv i with Mm because of financial mistakes, and that, friends stood ready to aid him. He was also besought to communicate with his wife and family, who are prostrated because of his flight. INEVV CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Some of Them Are Wondrous to (Special to The Indianapolis News. NEW YORK.

November 17. The annual chrysanthemum show of the America Inst'tute, wh'ch has ben held this week at Berkeley Lyceum, has 'brought lj out (ten new varieties of that Bowu of them' are wondrous to beheld. There were fifty blooms of a hew varli ty? called the "Timothy Eaton." crown 5by! Ontario florists. They were eight inches or wore In diameter, and' of the compact or "'Chines' "Madam a yellpw variety shown by a New Jersey grower, Is also very large. There were In all about S.000 flowers On exhibition.

SCHRIEBER GONE 'FOR GOOD. Authorities Have Little Hope of Capturing the Young Defaulter. NEW Y.ORK. Novembf 17. The au thorities of tha Ellzabethport (N.

Banking. Company have about given up hope: of capturing William Schrleber, the younig clerk who is' alleged to have stolen from the Institution. They now ndmlt that despite the fact that several deteoilve.n have been working on the case, I absolutely no, trace has been found of Schrleber slnpe hfc jurted with Mrs. Harl; In New York' on Augut 27 last. They now 'think ht? has made hi way to soms South Americah country with which tho United States has no extradition treaty.

Within ore minute of the close of this afternoon's Indlaria Xlllnota football game. The Indianapolis News will issue an extra edition, giving a full account of the game. INDEX OF TO DAY'S ISSUE Page. 1 Indlana IUlBols Game. Censua Center.

Attempted Fafe Robbery. Crox.er's Departure. Jerome Knapp a Suicide. 2 Sports. 3 Sports.

4 Editorial. Scraps. Cast and Commeut. Men and Womeri. News Prlxe 8torles.

Uprising Against Croker. Mr. Dooley on Cross Examinations, ft State News. I 7 New York's Ahtl Vlce Crusade. All Night on Sky Scraper.

Ketro Assailant ft Markets. 9 Plans of A. C. Harris. 10 Amusements.

Child Labor in England. Julian Ralph's Letter. IxndOn Letter. Dally Life Studies. 12 New Hooks of the jWeek.

The Nineteenth Century: A Retro spect. Fair Play for Factory Boys. By the Rev. a. L.

McNutt. 13 Sunday Service. Classified Advertisements. 14 Classified Advertisements. 15 Classified Advertisements.

1ft Society. 17 FaBhlons. A Pagej for Women. IS rhe Boy World. For Boys and Girls, lft Labor News.

Horses and Live Stock. For the Farmer. 20 Through the Microscope. Tools for Surgeons. Roberts Park Revival, THE PANGBURN SHORTAGE.

Tho Bondsmen Seek to Recover from Surety Company, ISpedai to Ths Indiana polU New. JEFFERSON VILLE. November Two additional suit, for 2100,000 each, were filed in the Circuit Court this morning, growing out of tho alleged shortage of Marlon E. Pangburn. treasurer of Clark county.

The actions are entitled M. B. Cole and others against Louis L. Chapman, the American Surety Com pany, Marlon E. Pangburn and others.

The plaintiffs were the bondsmen of Pangburn, and were Indemnified by the Surety company. Chapman was Pang burp'a deputy 1B97. until January. 1899. a period covered by the nrsi suit, ana unai uecemDer 7, covered by the second action, and on the last named date he was discharged, after a shortage of t9.S22.15 was discovered.

Plaintiffs, as bondsmen of Pangburn, were compelled to make good the shortage, and It Is alleged they are entitled to recover the same. as Pangburn might have done, had he paid the shortage Pangburn is made a co defendant for the purpose of disclosing his connection with the matter. A number of other suits are still pending. SKULL IN A GROVE. A Find Near Newport Recalls the Murder of Pearl Bryan.

NEWPORT, November 17. The finding of a bare skull Inja grove on the farm of John B. Lock leads the authorities to believe it may be tho head, of Peart Bryan. The find Was made near the spot where' Miss Bryan was George Glrty picked It up while be wai gathering walnuts. Its appearance indicates that It had been Hrng exposed to the weather.

Glrty took hla find home, and Sheriff Miller was notified. Deputy" Sheriff Plummer. who was sheriff at the time of the finding of Pearl Bryan's body, and whose Indefatigable efforts led to the conviction and execution of iher murderers, was assigned to the casa. Mr. Plummer found I that the skull was, In many respects, one that 'corresponded with the best obtaln able description of Pearl Bryan's, allow lnsr for the orotracted exDosure to the elements.

ADDICTED TO CIGARETTES. Restive Under Beproof a Boy Cora mits Suicide. I8peclal to The Indianapolis News." COLTTMBf'S. November 17. Eu gone Stansfield, sixteen years old.

yesterday committed suicide In tirouRh tho henrt. using a shotgun as a weapon. leth was instantaneous. The youth had not shown much interest In his studies, and he wns reproached by his mother bf caupe of hi" Inattention. He I pnsned at once to his room, and soon after the phot wns heard which ended his life.

It is said that he was addicted to the uafe of cigarettes, which had impalrea his. mind. ATTACKED BY A DOG Tha Victim Kills the Animal and la Arrested. tRDeclal to The Indianapolis Newa.J MUNCIE. November 17.

Larry Cary started hunting, yesterday afternoon, carrying a shotgun, and he was attacked by' a bulldog and badly bitten. He blew the dog to pieces with his shotgun, and this morning the woman who owned the animal had arrested for shooting inside the c'ty limits. Cary Is not able to appear for trial. Davis's End Probably Near. ST.

PAUL. November 17. Unitetl Slates Senator Davis's condition to day was announced as slightly Improved, but not enough to Increase the hope for his recovery. I INBIANAPOTLI SATURDAY EVENING, XOVEIBER IT, ifco. TWENTY PAGES jSITd CENT VOL.

TrMHF.B..... 1971 JiO.Jllj&j). TWENTY PAGES THE WAY it LOOKS TO A FELLOW THAT DOESNfT KNOW. NEWS EXTRA FOOTBALL EDITION. RELIGIOUS FRENZY "nT IHyj "jy I warmer; bccASibrlALAiN.

SIXTH EDITION mm gets FOOTBALL AGIST THE 1 ay 1 Panorama of Ihe Happenings of the Week i 1 ii i i I i 1 lawil t. i ri i fi 'rV1 ft" It Leads Jerome B. Knapp to Take His Life. BECAME CONVINCED THAT. HIS SOUL WAS LOST, HE SWALLOWED STRYCHNINE HAD BEEN ATTENDING REVIVAL MEETINGS.

Was a Member of Roberts Park Church and was Always Re ligiously Inclined. Jerome B. Knapp, a retired real estate dealer, living with his wife at 434 North East street, killed himself this afternoon by taking strychnine. He was a member of Roberts Park church took much Interest In the Harrison revival meetings. He became deeply aroused several days ago, aad, according to his wife, did not seem at any time mentally unbalanced.

Last night he attended the meeting and when he returned! he told hla wife that the Rey. Mr. Harrison told him In his sermon that he, Knapp, was Mrs. Knapp noticed then that he seemed to be losing his mind, and talked to him In a soothing manner. He said: "I'm lost.

It's too late to be saved He threatened at the time" to kill himself, but was calmed by his wife. This rooming he continued to brood over thought that he was lost, and talk el of nothing else but the revival "meetings. It Is not known where he obtained th drug. About noon to day he went Into "the basement, returning to the room, where his wife was a few minutes later. He asked i for a drink of water, which was given him and then he pulled a vial from his pocket.

He placed it to his lips and, although Mrs. Knapp and another woman in the house struggled with him for aome time, they were unable to take it from him. He swallowed a part of the contents. He admitted then that he Jiad taken poison In the basement. and that the dose taken in the presence of his wife was the second one.

Dr. Lash was called, but Knapp was dead when he reached the house. The coroner's Investigation was conducted by Deputy CoroneT Dunlavy. Knapp was born In New North Portland, March 3, 1S41. When1 a youn, man he was graduated at the Malne State Normal School, at Farmlngton, and moved with his wlfa to Tn anapolls thirty years ago.

Hi former wife died in 1886 and he married the present Mrs. Knapp In ISai. Me eervea tnrougnout the dytl war the Twenty eighth Maine Herlmet. Knapp was always a religious man aMJ nmuucii a. Dunoay Bcnooi in HOuot i Park church.

(' Besides hla widow. 'Knapp leaves setter living' Ini New North Portland. Me. The widow and other members of the household talked bitterly of the revival meetings. Tbey accompanied him to several' of the meetings, and said he did not act strangeiy at any time.

Knapp went alone las( night. AFTER SHOOTING HIMSELF Edgar Hays Joined Friends at 4 Banquet. Edgar Hays, fifty five years old. si saloon keeper at Virginia avenue and i Cedar street, shot himself in the left breast about 11 o'clock, last n'ght, while many of h's men and women fr ends were feasting In his house. He gave a banquet In a room In the rear of the saloon, using a long table covered with flag bunting.

In honor of his first anniversary in business. While the guests wero making merry, Hays called to his wife and asked her to come Into the yard and see him commit suic.de. He repeated the remark several times and the guasts laughed, thinklnsr that he was Jr.k.ng. He left the table and went to the kitchen In the room above. The crowd was hilarious, when a shot was hoard.

Mrs. Hays fainted, and when she revived she said she knew her husband had shot himself, as he had threatened to do so a number of times. Before an investigation was made. Hays wilkel into the room where the men and womn were dining. A darn spot was not'eed on his cout.

and when qutstioned concerning It, said It was cigar ashes. Ho did not seem to Injured, and the guests concluded that he had fixed the shot for effect. He left th room and again went to the kitchen, and when he failed to return, in a short time, several men were sent for lum. He was found lying on the lloor, very' weak, but not unconscious. He aid he had shot himself and thrown the revolver under a bed.

He directed the police where to find the weapon. The police said Hays was Jealous of his wife, and that he had been drinking several days. Mrs. Hays was taken to the home of a There is a little mystery surrounding' the shooting. The revolver showed no discharged cartridge.

One chamber of the weapon was empty, but contained no shell. Hays declared ho did not remove It. The bullet passed through the body near tho heart, and lodged under the tissues in the back, where It was found by Drs. W. E.

Jeffries and J. E. Freeland. The physicians are of the opinion that the Continued on Page 0, Column 6 CENSUS CENTER In Front of ai Farm House Near Columbus, In d. rrvE rods FROM A TRACK.

PAILWAY A BOARD SIGN IS PUT UP DIRECTOR MERRIAM SAYS IT IS NOT OFFICIAL, Further Calculations May Move the Location Just a Little. lSeclai to Th Indianapolis Nwa. COLL'MBLS. November 17. The center of population for UK has been definitely located, as near as possible from the meager reports given out by the Census Bureau.

For some days past Or vllle 11. Stewart, a correspondent of an Eastern weekly, has been here attempt in to locate the exact spot. Figuring from the location of the. spot in 1890. which was S5 degrees 32 minutes 53 seconds north longitude, 39 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds west latitude, it was nearly possible to locate the place exact ly.

According to this figuring, it, is located in the southwest corner of the northeast quarter, section flfteeri, township ten, rarge five. This spotj Is located on the farm of Frank Wright. In front of hT residence, between tjhls city and Taylorsvllle. Just west of thf C. A St.

L. railroad track, about live ro from the center of the track. Some of the local inhabitant have placed a large board sign, painted with black letter, as follows: "Center of Population of the United States, 1500. A telegram from Census Director Mer riam sajj. that the above location is probably as near the exact spot ias it Is possible to determine at present, but that further calculations and eurveys will have to be made, and that this can not be done for ttome time In future.

BATTLE WITH CONVICTS. Two Who Escaped Surrendered in a Thicket. LEAVENWORTH. November 17. Three convicts made a dash for liberty at the State penitentiary, at Lansing, yesterday.

One was killed, Two escaped. The convicts. Samuel Smith, under death sentence: E. F. Esttllj and Ben Cravens, during odd moments in; the coal mine, had fashioned a dummy revolver out of wood, covering it with tlnfotl.

The guard at the bottom of the pit swddenl found hlripelf looking into the muzzle of what he thoi pht was a .32 callber revolver. At the same time he wai commanded to hold up his hands. The noen escaped flora the mine, but a guard shot Smith dend. One guard was seriously shot. Tho tW prisoners who escaped were surrounded last night in a thicket three miles west of the prison.

A fusillade was being carried on between the officers and the convicts. One of the convicts was shot about 10 o'clock and his com panlon dragged hint to place of shelter. W. H. HESS1N APPOINTED.

Has Been Made Chief Clerk by State Treasurer Levy. Leopold Ievy, State Treasurer, announced to day that he has appointed William H. Hesslu, af Huntington, as his chief clerk for the new term. Mr. Hessln was formerly postmaster at He served on General Grant's staff In the civil war.

Mr. Levy said the resignation of Kver ett Branyan as clerk, announced In The News at few days ago. was entirely volun tary. as Mr. Branyan wished to return to the practice of law.

His recent political work In favor of his father, who was a lemocratlc candidate for iudsse. had nothing to do with the reslgnatl lop. the Treasurer said. COAL MINE CAGE DROPPED. Four Men Carried Down and Badly I Hurt.

TERRE HAi'TE, November 17. The cage In th Vigo Ice Company's mine in Sugar Creek township, fell as the men of the second shift were coming out to supper, at 6 o'clock last nlht. Four men wore in the cape, which fell1 a distance of fifty feet. Injuring all of them, two seriously. ss.

acj a m. rtr.ijjti'is' xv 0i 1 1 1 sa i var jr wa i a mm mw 4 VWW xJ OH THE INSTALLMEHT PLftH CHINESE BOARD ORDERED PAY INDEMNITIES. TO Tec Thousand Dollars Goes to tha Americans at Canton Fire in the Chinese City. CANTON. November 17.

The American consul here has been notified that the board of reconstruction has been ordered! to pay 113,000 as the first Installment 1 settlement of American claims. All the consuls are pressing for Indemnity for the destroyed missions. A special deputy has been appointed for each district to estimate the damage done, the Chines apparently realizing that settlement of the claims Is tha only method of ridding Canton of foreign gunboats. A fire haa occurred here which destroyed between 200 and 300 houses. CHINESE TOMBS OCCUPIED.

French and Russian Troops Keep Their Promise. PARIS. November 17. At a council of the ministers to day. M.

Delcasse, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that the ministers at Pekin had transmitted to their respective governments a number of articles of a join: note, and they contemplated adding points to those already reached aa ba sls for peace negotiations. A dispatch from General Voyron, com mander of the French forces in China said the French column had the imperial tombs 100 kilometers south west of Pektn. French and Russia! forces, the dispatch also added, occupied the tombs, situated at the sam distance east of Pekln. The French commander also announced that a Tartar marshal and a Chinese officer had been condemned to death by an International commission for having participates in tne massacres. A CONDUCTOR MALTREATED.

Robbed by Trampa jlnd Both Legs Broken. Spoclai to Th Indianapolis Nrwm. AUBURN. Lewis, superlntendc ovember 17. James.

ot tha city vater works, was notified at noon to da that his brother. Clint. old passengerj con i ductor on the Balm ore A Ohio railway, tsaln. Just after he was held up on his left Chicago this fo and when the train reached East Chicago he wks missing. The supposition is that tramps did the work.

Iast I reports Indicate that Lewis is at the hpspltal with both legs broken, and 'his watch and money gona. THE VOTE IN ILLINOIS. McKinley's Plurality, Outaide Cook County, 78,423. SPRINGFIELD, 111., November Incomplete official returns from 'Illinois, outside Cook bounty, give McKinley, Bryan, McKinley's plurality, 78,423. The returns complete on Governor, outside Cook county, with the exception of Douglas, show Yates about 4.6U0 behind McKinley.

BRITISH CABINET MEETS. Joseph Chamberlain the Only AbsenteeWork Mapped Out. LONDON, November 17. The reconstructed British Cabinet held Its first meeting at the Foreign Offices, to day, under the of Lord Salisbury. The Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr.

Joseph Chamberlain, was the only absehtee. The object of the meeting was to urrange the business "for the coming brief winter session) of Parliament. BLEW THE VAULT. i Robbers Take $2,000 from a Bank at Bluff, Illinois. Quincy.

Iltl November 17. The vault of the bankj jat Bluff. Scott 'county, was Mown open aWly to day by robbers, who. It is reported, secured 2,000. The robbers escaped on a handcar to Chapln, where they stole the horse and buggy from' the to vn marshal and drove northward.

MOTHER Children Burned to Death at Two Monton, Mich. MONTOX. November 17. Rupert Fisher's two children, one three years and Ihe other four months, were burned to death (In a lire which destroyed the Fisher home. The children were left aione In the house In the mother's abut nco.

FOUR EXPLOSIONS Safe Robbers at Burrows IndM Persistent. MAN NEARLT A PRISONER HIS HOUSE. If VOICE WARNED HIM ARMED POSSE PURSUED THE ROBBERS. Without Booty They Are Supposed to Have Boarded a Train for Chicago. Special to Tlia Indianapolis Nsws.1 LOGANSPORT.

IpL, November 17. An attempt was made at 3 o'clock th's morning to crack the safe In A. E. Cone's grain elevator at Burrow, a tsijr miles south of Logansport. The combtt nation waa knocked off.

and four charges of nitroglycerin were exploded In a futile effort to force the doors, Leander Mci Kinney, residing to the elevator; was aroused by the explosions. started to go outside 'his house to In vestlgate, but found that his doors had been tied shut, and he was warned by 4 voice: In the darkness to stay lnsldei McK'nney procured his gun, but was unable to find ammunition, and he r4 mained Inside until the robbers left the elevator. They remained but a few moj ment after the last explosion, and Moj Kinney gave tjhe alarm. Ah armed posse was hastily organised! and! the gang was traced to Kenneth! west of town, where they abandoned a. horse and buggy taken from Buse Mar tin, a Burrows farmer, In order to make a swift flight.

It la presumed that the men boarded a freight for Chicago. There were (three In tha party, and they pro cured tools from the village blacksmith shop. There waa a large sum of monctf In the This makes three visits of cracksmen to this section within a few weeks. A safe was robbed at Converse of $3,000 las conslderabla auni r2 week, and recently: a was secured from an elevator safe all Adamsboro. It is said that Chicago pro fesslonals are operating In this county on account of the large amount of grain now being marketed at the elevators, I WEATHER BULLETIN.

United States Weather Bureau. Indianapolis, November 17. Temperature November 17. 139. 7 a.m.

13 m. 2 p.m. 4tf 64 BO I November 17. lwo. 7 a.m.

li m. I mJ 47 60 Relative Htimldlty. 7 a.m.. na. 12 S3.

p.m., fri. Local Forecast. I Loci UH vlcln MJjndln 1 Wt Local forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity for the thirty six hours, ng 8 p. November 18. 1900; 'urmor; occasional rain to night: generally cloudy and occasional rain 8un day.

General Conditions. The storm still central near thai northern Pacific coast, extended eastward over the Rocky mountains; east ot mp AjiKBisaipju aiiu in me nonnwrat inn pressure Is high. temjerature roae from 10 to 2a detrrcea east of the Rock mountains, sour ii Mf the Missouri valleyi "and Canada. cs of the Rocky Moun tains It is colder; near zero in Montana and bviow xerp In British ijolumbla. Snow fll from Montana' northward and hear the lnkes; rain fell inear the Pacific coast south of tho lower Missouri valley.

In th. central MIBssippt. valley, in Indiana, Ohio and northern Florida. I Weather in Other Cities. Observations taken by the United; States Weather Bureau, at I a.

nv, meridian time: Stations. Bar. Ther. Weth. Bismarck.

N. D. 30.08 5 Cloudy Boston. Mass 30.64 Clear i Chlcr.ao. 111.

3014 J6 Cloudyil ClncinnaH, O. 30.K 44 Cloudy Cleveland. 80 Snow Mont. a.I4 Snow Jacksonville. Fla.

30.34 Rain Kansas City. Mo. 30.0i 4'! PtCldy Loulrville. 30.31 5) Clear Mooile. Ala 30.34 4H! Cloudy Moorhcad, Minn.

30 22 Cloudy Nashville. Tenn ai.J' 4rt PtCldy New Orleans. Ln. 68 Clear Nw York. N.

Y. 3S.64 36 Clear Okfaliomx. Tj Rain Omaha. Neb 22 Rain' P'ttsburs, Pii 11.44 3,4 Snow Qa' Amk II. 3 4S 4 PtCldy St.

Tx.uls. Mo 3 Rain I St. T'al. lnn. 30.10 VA Cloudy C.

V. R. WAPPKNHAN3, i Local Forecast OfficlaL The Apostle; of Purity, Sails for hnglanp. GIVES ADVICE i SAYS HE MEANS VICE MpST OrVE jWAY TO VIR TtTE IN NEW YORK, 'J. i ChMf of Polica Devery Declines to Discuss Bishbp Potter' Xettei' 1 NEW TfoRK, November 17.

Klchard Croker silled for Englanjd to day, on Doara tnr steamer "J.ucanla. 'At the Democratic Club, befor starting for the steamship, pier, Mr. Ciokef ald: "This movement by Tammany Hall aga'nst vice means business. Wa have take up this fight to purify the cttjj ln earnest, and we propose to carry tt tola successful issue." ir, Chief Devery was asked at polica head quarters, to day. If he jha received 'the letter sen by Bishop Potter to Mayor Van Wyclt.

calllnf attention to an! alleged laxness In the police department. He replied: have j' nothing tpsay. touching ion appertaining; to that li r. made, a similar answer when asked if the Investigations arid resultant complaints 'mads by TSmijhany committee of Ave In the search; after vice, would be treated! In the customary The Revn Dr. Parkhiirst to day rammany has come a the eleventh houq jston the fight, Croker, Into the crusalo had already realizing what a tremendous storrai was about to break over his head, haa run pitiable example I of a to cover.

It la a political coward. He has shown himself to be a poltrooA." I' SWALLOWED, LAUDANUM. A Richmond Man Seeks Relief from Financial lost, 'l RICH MOND, November 17 Henry C. Shawr. formerly engaged In the un dertaklng bualness; left home some day ago.

returning night befpre last and reg Istcrlng at Ithe Arlbigtoh; Yesterday afternoon he we found (unoonsclous and dy ing. the. result of laiidatium, taken with suicidal Intent. His death occurred last evening. He left si niotej referring to his financial duncultles, jandj asking that his body be cremated and the ashes scattered on hla mother's grave, 'In a letter by Shaw toj Ms wife, which was written at the Hotel Denlson, Indianapolis, on Thursday last, he aald lihat he Intended killing himself becausa of financial troubles, i He tfave "as a reason for leaving this city that hai had been addicted to the whisky habit for a long time, unknown to his family and friend, and wished to get away for the purpoaa of taktng treatment.

He also said that he drank a quart of whisky very two days, and he had been iunatle to break himself of the habit. He entphatlcaUr denied the storied, which) had rieache4 ears, that he was In company with at wdman, saying rthat no woman i 5ouM hsvei taken him his family. Mr' 8haw was' a member of ne It tha oiaest ana most prominent (juaker families In the county. His father. Dr.

Shaw, a leading member of th Indiana Yearly THE CZAR IS BETTER. Latest Bulletin Shows jHii Conditio tp ba Satisfactory, i 7 ST. PETERfJniTRO. Nd'vember 17. An otner ravorabw bulletin on the subject of thfe CsarB health was 1st uel this after noon, as foUows: 1 I November 17 The peror passed a rood day yesterday.

He slept about an hour: Temperature during the day waa 10U.6; prulae "4 Last right th Fmpt ror suffielentlyiwcll. Ten)par ature this momlnci lf.5; Ipulfce 70. Ills Majesty's general condition is good. Illness Is taking the regular course. A dispatch to thai Novo Vremya says that the departure of the Cabinet from Yalta to St.

Petersburg haa been postponed. I KOrRS a cjt Ijp.1 I Seven rive Reported at JlSJburg Thui sday. November 17. the Boers heavliyl attacked the railroad at Kdgehurg. November 15 (Thursday).

It is reported that the Bojrs com pletely cut I up. T'Une repbrt Jias It tnat neveiMy fl.ve the party i were Wlll jd cp wounded. I Boars Not Yet Whipped. (1 CAPE TOWN. I November it Tha Boers have broken the railway in twanty places between Bloemfopteln and the Orange rlwer.

Thei line (has been cut between Klmberlejn and Belmont. I' ll A BLAZE AT WINDFALL Mrs. Lena Mitchell Sustains a Severe loss, i epKlal to Tho naianeifoH; Netfa.) WINDFa)LL. November 17. The large millinery store by Mrs.

Lena Mitchell, 14 the Dennis Wood block, was almost itotallyj dertroyed, by fir lata! yraterday evening. The loss will be large, wlthj no insurance. fire orlKlnated. rrom a tamp tne snowi wmdow, whfll the prtprtor and other were In' thw storevl to hang ajYMKis and docorutioius, inernames rapiaiy .1 'I M.l spread. 1 rrV.

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