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1 1 1 i MB mmi 'SAVED PAIH AND SUFFERIfiG BAFilSIIED. KING ThU InitnjYner.t. mostly at night th patient ilMpi, a a greater iiori than tbe drug on earth. It utilizes only nature' llfe gtv i and curative agent l'ure Oxygen. "3 Faitb Cute.

No Efcctrlctty. Ko Fke. No Humtaz. Bo Mistakes. READ TH ESG Indian Oaygenor Cd Dear Fir: I am 1 to genor Klcg only ten days I am almoet entirely cured of fever and ague which haa troubled rt.e greatly Xof the Iaat year.

I would recommend It to all ufferers Prominent Physician and i The Oxygenora are working wonder In this vicinity. In one case which re sUieJ the beat elTort of a acore of phyaiclau It worked like a charm tn effect a speedy cure. i In one case of nervosa prostration, anaemia, chronic malaria and chronic liver ci.e&e. It wu almost ntiafrlcal In its In rheumatic troubles! It appears to Lav no enial as a curaiive. I am tidlghted with many cures Oxyrenor Cot Dear have by chased you one month, and am pleased td say I am very much Improved from a verv severe attack of rheumatism inflammation of my eyes which had kept me confined to my room for over four month.

Yours truly, J. Jul I'axkhumt. of the firm of I'arkhurst Uroe Holt Manufacturers, N. East Indianapolis. INDIANA OXYGBNOR CO.

i i J. F. OWEN, rianazer, 1 17s S. rierldlan Street. Indianapolis, Ind.

Send stamp fof Oxygeaor Qazette and Booklet. LET THE WORLD KNOW And success must follow you wherever you go. As Ion as you have NERVOUS, BLOOD Or SKIN Vtr TYinffnT frnm wnof Aonca trnn mnof sv e.s 'j a ft 11 4JUV Wt 14 0 JTV14 144 UO know from your own experience that you can not think, act, or, work as you should ELECTMACM TREATMENT Is the only sure and positive cure for the above and associated diseases. It is to such diseases what rain is to the soil I I exti nrl a cordial Invitation to all iuT ft rrs tuvvKtlinte this, my new ami womlrrful mthoil of treatlmr Nervous, 1 i and! fck.111 Diseases. I use Elee tri' tfy.

Vucuum and lry Hot Air on4y, have irovn thut liMeasts once cured by my Fjtim will never return again, if you will call at my office, 1 will ma ke a rnrc tnJ tell jou the stage of your (Unease, to ht tjiiT or not I can cure you, what the ii trie will be, etc. In live Interview with me you wftl l' arii the necenlty of further In ulry sli that you want to know, about jour dt.Ne.'ts. Time nnd neKlect make" tr lii'aM worsa Whutever the cause, v. Iirtlit or from bud nnblts, frKp.viure or Injury, it Is the itiiil condition you are In now which fritist txi vvt. There lad means of cure ffcr superior to: meficlne alone ilV iii VACllM TKKAT ML.NT.

lMiiy years hku I treated Nerv ami tkln Inieaaes with medW cii: und urt niedlclne to day in very mjil loHes, where there la a com I'l itton of Iieasei. and my. new treat. ij'it ian not act, but I never use medl iiiiu sl'it since I originated a system Xr euiTlor, My speri.il. method Is sife.

rapM, certain at.ii i jiermancrit. It satturtes all Thoui I trent us the ideal of perfection. O' rr fivo tknunand 'cures without a sln K'e failure or undeKlrable effect bear I'lence 1jbIvo that my new meth c4 tii V. a nival One enre no tonic, food, stlmu li.iit or fxcU.int will furiiluh the nerve required In cases I make a special t.y i f. A man ho has any of the above mentioned can tke into his stom aeh all the pills, tHbli and tonla in the tsru stor.

or that are so widely ad me, ileal and chemical com i ut; unless ho hns his troubles to stsy cured, he will be lacking In the ever receary nerve. Local ap l.Hr'mloi,', tumlagi'S; eo oulled electrlo luits. and all forms of de eii'i ljiir vi ts do more harm than 'i I now in my ottlce nulte nun.l er of belts that com from Sii to j. each, nnd Were left by my patients hill ri fict never had) no further f'ir them. I do fml me a man whn 1 mil: iexf tijvent his time and money tv.

aiia appliances lor being1 1 j. A CIPHER 1 I'akea a 'ZUt Araonj the Naval 021 1 at Esiulmalt. Vi toH.i tl. January 20. There was ci ri.

a. ti cxctteineiat at Kscjulmalt, 1 i'liiy. (K casl ''iio'l by tne receipt el 1 1 by Captain rage who, ti adn la crulalnf In. iuu.era attrs. 1 In charjte of the luiiun.

m.ias 1 sul.l to have from ttia consul at Fun Kranclsco. It icontainw.1. Captain Fag en, of cn 1 WHlHng to divulge, but tha i. 1 1 tne 1:, i great lrn hi)n hat transpire! Kfs rr elpt. On Oeoii herlr.

the mee i i I.e by algnal i of other now to I 1. I tlier were cloMeWJ with Mm 1 jijer for eorne time. After the i.rTer went to the tor Virago, her 1 at oium f'T a cruise. Miorl'y ve el steamed cut and ti on vlrr iluty: f.rti'.f8t!of.s extra pwautl'm ituar.5 was. doubieii, and it wi re Paii riml.

I'xtrti seiUrtes I nvr i tn'du'y at torlitlcations I jY oiisiiDation i Suppose Your Physician has failed relieve you of your suffering, It doesn't 'necessarily follow yoo should give up "to your physical trouble. Yours would only be one case In thousand where a cure was effected by us after physicians had failed to cure or even jive relief. The Oxygen treatment to day stands superior to all other farms of treatment. Give the Perfected Oxygenor King a Chance to cur cum which doctor have trlvon up. and ere long the people will come ta recognize the fact that any method by which so called Incurable cases can be cured rood enough to be filed upon la cases of Illness: Recent or acuta caaea cured alraoit Instantly; chronic caaea take longer time, but the result ta almost Invariably satlafaatory.

i TESTIMONIALS: Indianapolis. Dee. 4, 1S99. pleaaed to cay after using the Oxy James Grant, N. Illlnol Street.

Druggist is Honest, Bourbon. "July 10. 187. this wonderful Instrument. A.

Machette. M. D. Ir.dlananolla. Janutnr IB been uslnc the Oivnnor Kin nnr.

Hut when you know you can Jiever be a well man as long as you have your troubles, it 1 a duty you owe yourself to Investigate a eytttem that has cured over Pve thouxand. men and made them twell forever. I not ask you to take my word for whnt I say, I can send you men who wilt talk' to you MAN TO MAN and convince you that what I claim is the truth, and that I can cure to stay cured. KKMEMHKK ONfcJ THINO, it is more important for you to be cured than for ma to have you cured. Don't think because you come to my office for examination that you must take treatment.

This matter rests entirely with you, and let me pay to you. I do not want you a my patient, if you are not fully convinced that I can do Juit as I promise you. I have no Interest to take a case I know, or even think, I can notcum, as I offer you to iieitt your mohey In the bank until you are cured. I dan not very well attord to fpend mytime and knowledge on a case I think doubtful. Many come telling me they would have come to see me months ago had they known my fee to be bo reasonable.

Kiiht hre understand: I will never permit a worthy applicant lo go without my treatment (knowing" it is the only, method that tan prove results) because he not the money rlKht then. 1 pimply Bay, to t.uch, "PAY AS YOU CAN" Cull and see me. I know if yon are a critical observer you will notice the very minute you step Into my ofllce that I know my Your own Instinct will tell you that I can make you a man arnoiiif men. VS'jth my liberal offer I make you a rr.ee consultation Do I not' deserve to have my. new treatment at least Investigated? Can you afford to further experiment with medicine alone? A3 TO Put the money In the bank until cured, or pay any way suit you.

I have written and published a little book "D1SRASE3 OF MKX" 1 IT 13 Kit to ihone who describe their ease, fulry and remit postage, 10 cents. It Ja not a Quack's trashy book, but contains tno fruit of years of research and expe rtonce gained In twenty year of practice. even physicians can learn something from it. Address on HAnsLniAin Cor. Pennsylvania anl Waiblnrtoa.

Streets. 031 Fellows' BuIUlnr. for the last week, and no one Is allowed there. At the dock yard all the guns are In readiness, and a big gun covering the yard ta manhed night and Aay. A CHANCE REMARK.

President Iladley Tellg How the Ostracism Story Started. New Haven, January 20.Presl oeni Artnur T. Hadley. of Yale Unlver slty, said to day; "My poaltion with regard to "trusts has been that most of the attributed to them are due to other causes. The real evlla call be enre.1 Set ter by publicity nnd enforcing the respon wohom innii oy represnlve leif lation.

The alleged ouotations with rf.ird to social ostracism grow out of a cliMnoe remark In the course of a talk before bu Jnss men In' Denver. So cial ontracisaii will serve as a rem edy for any public evil. It is. in fact, the only effective remedy. It applies to evlla connected with trusts in the same way a it does to any other form of commercial wrong, i did not supreRt traclsm of trusts, but of the individuals hi crossly abuse the powers which the existence of trusts places la their hands.

is Sure YCU.GTTin a 1 1 fi GMT THE GITY LIGHT PLANT THE INDIANAPOLIS KEWS, SATURDAY, JANUABY 20, 1900. A TKJ.J.TtJQ OFF XX NET EABN INOS IS BXPOSTED. .4 The Showing Hot mo Good XTttdar Democratic Control as Under Republican Management. Special to The. Indianapolis News.) Logansport, Ind.

January The clerk of the electrlo light department submitted his annual report at 'the last meeting of the City Council, showing the total cost of operation for the year to be The cash receipts from private Ughtln. rent of meters, sales of lamps and miscellaneous, were about $20,000. Other credits, such as street lighting and light service la various city departments, brings the total up to $34. 000, an Increase In gross earning over last year of 13,000. but a decrease in net earnings over last year of 17.000.

During the year, CiOOO waa expended In extensions. (350 for electrical, machinery, tl.800 for power house addition. $12,000 for engines and boilers, $2,000 for Incandescent lines, $1,800 for transformer. for meters, and $700 for street lines. The total cost of the plant since lta establishment la In an open discussion In the City.

Council, following the report. Councilman Boyer charged that there was, mlsman agement In operating the plant, and suggested which. In his opinion, would save money. Councilman Austin asserted that the plant was cot making expenses, and that, by reason of expenditures from the general fund, private citizen, who did not have the service were, therefore, paying taxes to giva their neighbor luxuries which consumers should pay themselves. Mr.

Austin maintained that light could not be furnished by a private corporation for less Chat seven or eight cents per 1,000 watts, and that It was evident that the city was losing money In furnishing service at five cent perXouO watt. The city administration la Democratic at present, but the plant is a Republican child, and It la argued that the party now In control can not consistently raise raea, which appeared to be profitable under Republican) management. However, the service 1 satisfactory, and It la believed that an Increase In price cause little objection. The plant Is a model one, and haa been Inspected by authorities of many pities, which have been influenced to adopt the municipal ownership Idea. A liOMANTIC INCIDENT.

A. Charming Girl Wedded by a jtfedi cal Student. Special to TheIndlanapolla Nsws.J Bedford, Ind January 20. Two years agq MIhs Lmmt Phlpps, a charming yoiinjr woman, went to Ixjulsvllle, to act as housekeeper for her brother, who was attending school. While there she becirr acquainted with a young student by the name of Welch, and after a short courtship they were secretly married.

Mrs. Welch (nee Phirps). soon after her marriage, became alarming ill. and her mother went Louisville, bringing her daughter to th3r home at Red Cross. near this cityi wf.ere he nursed her back to neaiLh.

She has remained at her par ent' home since that time. Mrs, Welch yetterday Informed her mother that she wat tolnt; to Loulavtae to loin her nus baiid, and. as a proof of her marriage, produced the certificate, showing that she had been a wile almost two years. Her huhband will graduate in the spring. when he and his wife will locate In Iowa, Where he will practice his profession, a physician.

DOWIE A BEFITS LICAN. Surmised that He will Hare Influ in Indiana. Special ta The Indianapolis News.) Dresser, January 20. Ml as Flor ence Hall, who Is Instructor In the Zlon College, at Chicago, under the management of John Alex. Dowie, writes that the Zlon City will soon be a reality, as the construction will begin early In April.

Several thousand soon emigrate there, and begin the work. It is thought inai tne rouowers or uowie will be a great influence on the political status of this State. The grand overseer (Dowle) is a Republican, and he seems to wield hl.s people aa he wills. Durlna the week of the Democratic national convention at Chicago in the writer heard Dr. Dowle denounce the silver issue, and culled on his congregation to vote for McKlnley.

He has a vast following, and it is thought he can throw the State Into the Republican column, which he will doubtless do at an early period. Many Deaths of Old People. Spoclal to The Indianapolis New.) Crawfordavllle, January 20. The number of pioneer cltliens of Montgom ery county who have died In the last ten day haa been remarkably large. The list la aa follows: William L.

Galey, seventy three years old; Jamea T. Roark, seventy three; EUtabeth A. Gray, aev enty four; James H. eighty seven: John F. Harris eventy alx; Mr'.

William Aah, sixty; Mr. Mary L. Beckncr, slxty alx; Mrs. O. Lee.

six ty one; Mrs. Pauline Galey, rlxty slx; Manning 11. Davis, seventy eight, and Mis Lavlnla Crouch, seventy two. A Holland Estate Pops Up. Special to The Indianapolis News.) Richmond.

IndU, January 20. A number of families In this city. Including tb Graf. Goodwins and Gordons, yesterday received letters from the Hon. Jamea A.

Graft, of Cincinnati, Baying that they are numbered among the rightful helra to the estate of the late Baron Han Graf, of Holland, which la said to be valued at $150,000,000. Mr. Graft, of Cincinnati, la a great grandchild to the Baron, whose death occurred many years ago. He says that the estate waa confiscated by the government because of the Baron's com plicity In a plot against: the throne of Holland. Oil Operations Near Alexandria.

Special tb The Indianapolis News.) Alexandria, January 20. Con tinued activity is noted in the oil fleldi surrounding this city and from present Indications, Alexandria will onco more become an oil center. During the pres ent week, three new wells, each with a promising flow of oil, were drilled, while work was commenced on several more. Caa ana oil separators being auo cesafully used In some cases, but those who have no outlet lor the gaa can not operate their wells, i In some cases. gas men complain that their wella are be coming choked with ojl.

A Partial Cqhcession. Special to The Indianapolis Naws.) Richmond, January. 20. A strike waa narrowly averted ta one the di partments at the Gaar Bcott Thrashing Machine Worka yesterday. An advance in waces had been demanded by the men, who threatened to walk out If they did not receive it.

The company made a partial concession, raiding the weekly scale to some extent. A Second Time Accused. Jaaper. January 20. Samuel 8..

Wlneinger, of Portersvllle, la under arrest, charged with forging the namea Henry Hoffman and Everett Bchnarr ta a note for Vi. which was Bold to th Farmers' and iferchanta cf this city. Fifteen years ego he was accused of forging a note for KfA He pro tested hla innocence to the last, but he was convicted and sentenced to the Jef fersonvllle prison, serving his time. He lived a an exemplary cltlien after hla return, and waa elected a "squire In Boone township, but still later he became Involved in paternity proceedings, and again went away. After this trouble waa compromised ha engaged la the saiooa business at Portersvliio for a tune.

Whiat Club Challenge. Special to The rndianapaUa Nwal Rushvllle, January 20. The Ritsh vtlle Whiat Club has challenged the Inol anapolls Whist Club, holder of the Indiana Whist league trophy, for a series of match games, and representative team of the two dubs will meet In Indianapolis next week. One year ago.RushviUe hold the trophy for a few weeks, but waa forced to yield it to the Indianapolis team. the recent State tournament, whloh continued about a year, the Indiana polia Whiat club team finished first and Ruahvllle second.

Drowned in a Deep WelL rSpaclal to The Indianapolis Kevs.l Hajrerstown. January 20. Gillespie Hindman. of King City a former wealthy and prominent citizen of this place, hait sent, to relatives here particulars ot suicide of hi daughter. Mrs.

I4szi Mooney, who drowned herself in a veil; first tying forty pound atone tc her neck. Mrs. Mooney was demented. Bhe leave a husbanxf and four children. Mrs.

Mooney waa born here, and 'spent her early life at this place. Many prominent people la this coui ty are related to her. Trouble Benawed at El wood. Elwood, January 20. Sergeant Mooney and patrolman Clark, bounced by the board of police commissioners, and who demanded a1 trial, were given a hearing yesterday, and patrolman Clark wa reinstated, but Mooney waa not.

Patrolman Clark then resigned, because of the alleged injustice to the ex ser geant. Commissioner James voted In favor of the reinstatement, and It I said that he will appeal to tin Governor. The Plate Glass WorkersV Union la demanding the reinstatement of Mooney. Wholesale Sheep Stealing1 Alleged. Special to The Indlajsapolls News.) Zporte, January 20.

Michael Layman, in Jail here, charged with forgery, has made a confession, as the result of which his father, John Lay man, together with George Bukowskl, a South Eend butcher, are In custody, charged with stealing forty head of sheep In Berrien county, Michigan. Lay man la alleged to have stolen the sheep, which Bukowskl butchered and sold In market Held for Grand Jury Action. fipacUU to The Indianapolis Newa.) Richmond. January 20. Everett Thornbutg and Danlol Kelley, the latter colored, arrested yesterday for stealing a flock of aheep.

have been committed for I grand Jury action, under $1,000 bonds. John Locke, similarly accused, but who protests that he had no connection with the affair, will have a hearing on Monday. Thornburg ajid Locke belong to prominent families. An Old Man is Miasing. (Special to The Indianapolis News.) Hartford City.

January 20. The relative of Andrew J. Carmichael, an old farmer, who live east of this city, are much exercised over hi myterlou disappearance. He came, here to trans act business. and be drove away In a buggy, and has not been! seen since.

Mr. Carmichael Is seventy year old, and very feeble. The search for him has been extended into adjacent counties. Mumps and Whooping Cough. Special to Tna Indianapolis News.) Charlestown, January 20.

Between ruumre and whooping cough; about two thirds of the children, of the town are confined jo their homes. 80 far the Uls caten have not Interfered with the school, but If tt.e epidemic continues it ta ukeiy that they will be closed. The hooping cough la of a mild I An Alaska Candidate. Special to The Indianapolla News.) Goshen, January 20. Morton E.

Btevena, lawyer, of Skagway, Alaska, and a son of the Hon. Edward Stevens, of this county; ta a candidate for Federal district Judge at Skagway, he la supported by the leading Indiana Republican s. 1 The bar association at Skagway haa' unanimously Indorsed him. i A Clamor for His Hat. Special 'to The Indianapolis News.) Lotansport.

January 2C John Fisher, an old soldier, fell from the plat form ol a I.ake Erie train, while intoxi cated. He caught the band rail and was dragged over 100 yards before con ductor John Shearer dragged him back. Fisher' then Insisted that the train should atop until he recovered hla hat. Scant Water for Drowning. ujvansviue, iiiuhj xu.

cuu Traylor, thirty years old. with a wife and twX children, of Wlnslow, committed aul cidt by wading into a horse pond near hlsiiatners nome, ana placing ma neaa under a fence in one loot or water. Hold ing himself there until life waa extinct. He was the son of Thomas Traylor, a well known politician In southern Indi ana. 1 i Defying the Order to Close.

(Special to Th Indianapolis News.) Rushvllle. January to. Charles Dcmoss, running a restaurant at Glen wood, has been notified by the Law and Order League to close hla establishment on Sunday. He says he will Ignore the request of the league, and will resist any effort that may be made to close hla place on. Sunday A Heavy Outlay for Stamps.

Special to The Indianapolla Newa) Laporte, January 20. A deed ac knowledged by the Chicago West Mich igan Railway Company, conveying prop erty valued at $16,000,000, to the Pore Marquette Railroad has been niaced on record In tnis county. The fil ing reaulred an expenditure of $8,433 for i revenue atampa. Aa Early Test will be Made, Special to The Indianapolla Nawa Richmond, January 20. The ordi nance passed by the City Council, to the effect that the Richmond natural gaa company must not charge rates in excess ot 15 cent per 1,000 cubic feet, will become effective In two weeks, and It la the purpose to make a teat a Boon aa pos sible.

A Vicious Stallion Buns Amuck. Special to Tb Indianapolla Nawa.) Loxanaport, January 20. A vtcloua Btalllon, valued at $2,000, ran through th i street tn Young America yeaterday. The animal bit and kicked several other horses, and made a number of people climb trees. It required all the male members of the village to recapture the brute.

i High School Oratorical Debate. Special to The Indianapolis Niywa.) Richmond. January 20. The executive committee of the Indiana High Fchool Oratorical Association, at its meeting jesterday, declued that the annual contest should te held ia thla city, April Vi. The Indianapolla High School delegation v.

Ill come via a special train. Aa HeirBorn in th Church. Special to' Toe 'indianapolla New.) Valparaiso. January 20. Twenty yeara ag, William Sabtxisky died.

In Germany. He left alll providing that fXO be placed In custody of the CatSioiio church, th same to be paid over to. the 1 i in the Catholio church. To day. Mrs ha blnskv.

of this city, waa notified that her eon waa entitled to the rortuna. tie la foor vears old. The matter has been placed in the hands of attorneys, with the hope that the young nair wtu soon get nia bequest. I Stabbing Affray at Versailles. Special to The Indianapolis News.

Versailles, January 30. In a flght between William Kelley. WillUm Bkeen and James. May, the latter waa cut in the fare, severing an artery, and cutting a gash several Inches in length. Skeen Is under arrest, but Kelley for a time has eludnd.tfea, police.

Approaching Nuptials. ISpeclal to The Indianapolis News.) Chesterfield. January 20. Arthur G. French, icity editor of the Alexandria Tribune, and Miss Kittle Layne will be wedded on the 24tn lnst.

at the home of the bride's parents. Calvin and Blanche French, twins, six years old. will be the only attendant. Victim of Blood Poison. (Special to' The Indianapolis News.) Goshen, January 20.

John Granger, twenty years old. near this city, may die of blood poisoning. fortnight ago, while making repairs, a saw penetrated the palm of. bis right band. Ilia band and arm la now swollen to enormous lae.

A Pino Producer Anticipated. Special, to The Indianapolis News.) Portland, i January 20. The well on the Elvira Poling farm. In Jackson township, was shot yesterday. It la expected to make a fine producer, aa the oil stood to a bight of 600 feet In the hole before shooting.

An Increase of Ten Per Cent. Special to The Indianapolis Nws.) Valparaiso, January 20. One hundred employes of the Warren feather bone factory, at Porter, this county were notified to day that their wages had been Increased 10 per cent. A $7,000 School Building. Special to The Indianapolis News.) January 20.

Peter B. Stolta, trustee of Boar, Creek township, contracted; last evening for the erection of a brick school building at Bryant, to cost $7.000. Histrionio Aspirations. Special to The Indianapolis News.) Daleville, January 20. Frank Bammers.

With histrionic aspirations, will Join a minstrel combination early in May. He la the son of Dr. if. C. Summers.

Timber Dand in Arkansas. Special to The Indianapolla News.) Goshen. January. 20. The II.

li. I. Lumber Company, of this city, has se cured an option on Ave thousand acre of timber land near Texarkana, Ark. Burial at St. Paul, Minn.

Special to The Indianapolla News.) Portland. January 20. The body of Mrs. George Smith, who died suddenly of acute asthma, will be taken to St. Paul, for interment.

General, State, News. John Taggart. a former well known resident of Richmond, la dead at St Charles, Mo. A company of Decatur and Ft, Wayne prospectors haa been headed by Richard Townaend. to Investigate the gold Held in Georgia.

Andrew i A. Meltry and Ira Light, of Pike county, been held for grand Jury action, growing out of the killing of Rufroe Koss py frame tureen. Six taxpayers of Sullivan county brought suit to recover $2,595 paid aa tax on greenbacks, nnd the case haa been transferred to Vigo county for trial. The Town Board of Greentown la still being pursued by the church element. with a demand that gambling dens be closed and other offenses against the law be checked.

Xavter Daul, of Noblesville, seventy nin years old, hecm a master Mason in 1813. He la still active, mentally and physically, arid frequently attends the lodge meettpg. Nine drivers for a gas drllllng outfit In Madison county transported heavy ma chinery over a soft gravel road, contrary to the law for ttve protection or tne road. and each were arrested and fined at El wood. Councilman L.

B. Hodgln. of Kokomo, had occasion to use a private telephone line, but upon applying the receiver to hla ear he received a shock that ror a time threatened, alarming consequences. Examination showed that the wire had broken and fallen across the street railway trolley; wire. The current waa strong enough to electrocute an ox.

Hit Mr. Hodgins iwas standing on a dry fiior and escaped a full charge. The suit brioFht by Marion Rutherford and her brotjher against David Harvey ana wire wini soon tie caiiea in tno How ard Circuit Court, on change of venue from Grant county. Harvey and wife were crossing a bridge over a swollen stream, iwhen the structure gave way and both were swept down stream. Har vey reached shore first, and, seeing his wife floating away, screamed, "A thousand dollars reward If her life Is The plaintiffs rescued the drowning wo man ana now allege that Harvey repudiates the reward offered.

THE NEGRO'S HARD LUCK. Conditions in North Carolina Are Constantly Growing Worse. Special to The Indianapolla News.) Rushvule, i January 20. Jesse Wlnslow1. a colored man.

of Carthage, returned thia week from North Carolina, where he formerly lived. It waa hla first visit to hla birthplace In forty years. He says the condition of the colored race In North Carolina la much worse than it waa forty yeare ago, in the reign of slavery. i The white man Is becoming more oppreaeive every flay, and gradual ly reducing the amount of labor usually awarded colored people, until the Ques tion of how to avoid starvation ia ever before the negro Mr. Wlnslow proposes to his relatives north to Indiana.

CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Senator cunom, or Illinois, naa au thorized the atatement that he will vote In favor of seating yuay. Newa reached Cairo that Osman Dluna. principal general of the late Khalifa Ab dullah, been captured. Three! hundred persons attended the banquet of the Confederate Veteran camps at Isew lork.

Mr. Jefferson Ua vIb was present and received a great ovation Democratic mem bora of Congreaa held a conference for the purpose of considering the qut atlon recently raised aa to the application of the term United Statea. as used tn the constitution, to our new Insular possessions. No definite action was taken. A test wa made at Indian Head of an armor plate representing 4 12 tons of the turret armor of the battleship Alabama.

The plate waa fourteen Inchea thick and waa fired at by a ten Inch gun. The first shot peiietrated four and one half inches I and the second ten inches, and both shells were smashed. The plate waa accepted. Colonrl F. F.

Hllder, attached to the Bureau of Ethnology, haa been selected by that bureau. In conjunction with the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, to proceed to the Philippines and make a thorough investigation the anthropological, ethnologi cal and general scientific conditions In the i archlplago. i By a vote of ,4 to 1 the Naval Board of construction submitted an pjrvere recom mendation on tne proposition that the fjovernment purchase the submarine boati Holland. It is understood the board has alHO practically decided not to recom mend to the department the construction of" two: boata cf the same design as the Holland, which were authorised by tb last naval appropriation, tn.t. descendants bearm hla name and born In of to a L1HP OF CQLOTTEE EEPTJBLICAN BE0E0ANI2ATI0N SETTLED.

Change from the Plan Would Cause Surprise Governorship Bace Other Indiana Politics. There will be nothing unusual about the reorganization of the Republican State committee her next Tuesday. The committee and 1 thei falthfttl" who are sometimes called Into the councils of the leaders, know Is coming and are prepared to acquiesce without a murmur. If anything' new should develop It would create A surprise, aa the organ ization has been the same as perfected for several days, although there ha not teen a of the committee. The announcement that Nat U.

Hill, the new committeeman from the Second, will be made vice chairman has, it Is believed. been received general satisfaction. Mr. Hill la regarded as one of the shrewdest 'politicians In the Republican ranks In the State, and It la aald that be haa agreed not only to accept, but to spend a greater part of hla time at the headquarters here during the campaign. Mr.

Hill la now In Mexico, and will be represented atthe meeting Tuesday by proxy. HI name will be presented for vice chairman, and he will be elected by acclamation. 1 i The committee will meet at 1 o'clock. Tuesday afternoon, at the headquarters the Majestic block, and there will be a large number here to "talk It oveiH'j on the outside, Chairman Hernly says that no open meetings will be held, lie will remain here over Sunday, Instead of going home as he usually does, fer he haa much work to dispose of before the committee gathers. He will not appoint his advisory committees at this time, as he wishes to consult the district chairmen first.

It Is pot likely that anything definite will be done next week toward fixing a date for the State convention. Warren Blgler, who will be secretary the committee, unless he Is able to withstand the pressure that 1 being brought to bear from all sides, la expected here to 4morrow. It 1 understood that he has been In Washington for several day, wnich many think, lends color the talk that he is the favorite of the Senators for There are still number who! ray that Mr. Blgler will not accept, but those In a position to know, say that Is all settled. It 1 not likely that any other name will be pre sented to the committee for the place.

There is a stoftr out that Perry S. Heath, First 'Postmaster General, has Joined the; Durbln forces, and while there may be nothing to it, the frienda of the other candidates are' alarmed. They not know how Mr. Heath in tends to work It, but they are afraid that he may remind the postmasters that they are unueP certain obligation to him and; that It would not be displeasing it they would help Mr. Durbln with their lnntence.

it is also saia tnat tne An derson candidate for Governor has comje very friendly of late with the Hanly meii, at Lafayette, and many believe that Ve, and not John L. Grlffltha, wlU get their i aupport One of the men managing Mr4 Durbin'a campaign said. to day. that he had talked with Mr. Han ly Immediately after the appearance of an Interview, purporting to have come from him.

in which he said that he waa for Grimtha and that Mr. Hiinly denied both the interview and that he Waa a Griffiths supporter. It la known that Mr. purbln a friends nave been paying frequent visits to Lafayette recently, and It la hard to convince the frienda of the other candidate that it means nouilng. E.

H. Owen, of Rockvllle, Representa tive from Parke county, was In the city to day. He announced that he would be a candidate for renomlnatlon. The announcement from Q. A.

Blanken ship that he would not seek the nomina tion for Representative from Morgan county again, has brought out a number of candidates. Forrest Branch and A. D. Rose, young attorney, are both belr talked of for the place. George W.

Williams, who represented Henry county tn the last. Legislature, wants to be returned, but Iten S. Parker, the poet, also la seeking the nomination. Ai L). Oigborn and Dr.

J. F. Thompson, of Newcastle, are both candidate for the nomination fpr Joint Senator from Henry and Fayette counties. HOME FOR FRIENDLESS. Marion County Board of, Charities Beports on It.

The Marlon county Board of Charities and Corrections has made a report to the Board of County Commissioners of a vis It to the Indianapolla Home for Friend less Women, at Capitol avenue and Eighteenth street. It atatea that the building is of brick and stone, three stories high, and' that the officers are a matron, assistant matron and nurse. All cooking and household work la done by the Inmates. The household affairs were found to be In excellent condition. Thirty five women and Beven children are In the Institution.

The oldest inmate la ninety five yeara of age and the youngest. two montha old. The board says there are many pathetic cases, of which It might sieak. All seem well cared for. the board aavs.

statea mat tne ar falra of the home are managed in a moat eexjnomical manner. From a gairden of five sevenths of an acre, a marvelous Income is derived, the board says. a reauit or tne labor of the family, there Is in the cellar es returns from, the garden ninety elcht quarts of thirty six quarts of rherries. tniriy six quarts or pears, tnir ty slx quarts ot beets, oesiaes a quantity of jelly ana iprebei ves. j.ne Doara round the bulUUng in neea or repairs, it is stated that board, with Its llmlte1 allowance JiO i trom the city and fco from the county, finds It aicicuit to keep up re Urs.

To Hire escapes aro orovUed, hicn. according to ooara, are insul ficlent for feeble old women. It ia reeoiomenaea mat in city and MIMALS' SNB INtSCTS BttlCMT. IN PIECES A PERFECT, INniTDtTAL fXDKROKOT'N'D VACLT, PRACTICAL. AIR AND WATER TIGHT.

SANITARY. EVERLASTING. MADE OF CEMENT NEVER CAVES IN. ALREADY MANWAOTl'RED. I P.

ICES 1 To ACCOHD1NG TO SIZE. PRICE INCLUDES SETTING BY U3 ON SHORT I Mjiis VAN CAMP BLRIAL VAULT Gentlemen: Th. us of your undorjrround burial vault Is a very great re lief to my mind when I think that my late beloved wlf la so completely rro tected by one. There is a. that can not bo measured, by dol.arc and cents.

Orstefultv yoirs, I FRANK II. ENawORTil. No. .1317 Tark Ave. I Mention tbls Taalt to yonr fuueral director and he eaa telephone aa.

Factory, G23 Massachusetts Avenuo IndianapoIU, Ind. Juat drop us a postal cari or Telephone N.x 6i oiJ liu. sumwuKiiiissBBBaaesis: county acthotitles lnrra their allowances so aa to cover the waxes of a man to do the heavy work about the jic, and that something be given for rilrs on the building. i WILL MAKE AUTOMOBILES. Parry Manufacturing Company to Add to Its Plant.

The Parry Manufacturing Company will soon add to its establishment by beginning the. manufacture of automobiles. The company haa been' experimenting since to find a successful motor and now believes it haa one. D. M.

Parry, tn the course of a conversation pn the subject, said: i "It wa riot my Intention to allow this matter to become public, aa yet. for the reason that we can not get our good on the market' before the end of the present year. It la true, however, that we have a world beater, and that will begin the erection of buildings for the new factory at a very early datej The automobile branch will be entirely distinct from the buggy company, but under the same management. We will make all ort of autos, from pleasure riirs through the Hst. embracing ambulances, prison vans, patrol wagons and heavy delivery The motor is a gasoline machine, and we have the only absolutely odorlees and nolelesa motor made.

I don't know how much money it. will take to start the plant, but whatever the amount, we will do the thing up right when we start. We are not looking for an Investments. The alte for the new plant haa not been decided upon aa yet, but it will probably be In Weet Indianapolla. We have a deal on foot for securing a tract of land lying along the Vandalia tracka there, and we think now that the deal will go through.

If not. the plant will be located on the land owned by ua In the aoutheast part of the city, along the Belt road. As to the number of men ehall employ, have no idea. Whether will 100 or 600, you know aa well aa do. We have now over 1,000 people on our pay rolls, and we will use as many more a are necesaary, whatever the number may It wa further stated that the Parry automobile factory would be entirely Independent of the trust.

BANK ROBBERS TRAILED. The Night Watchman Praised Be cause of Hla Bravery. Special to The Indianapolla Newa.) Rochester, January 20. The men who robbed the Commercial Bank at Silver Lake at an early hour yesterday morning, gathered at the village from different direction. A man answering the description of the one who shot Will Price was In this 1 city In the evening, and after purchasing some' supplies at a drug store, he left' for Akron, which la more than half way to the scene of the robbery, and be was there met by a atranger, who drove out from Silver Lake.

The man who was hare la described as weighing 200 pounds, having a short growth ot dark whiskers and wearing a cap and very Jong overcoat. The wounded man says he would be able to recognise him. heavy fog. which prevailed at the time, assisted the robbers in their escape. It required strong charge of the nitroglycerin to open the safe.

The boldness of the work la ahown In the fact that the nolae waa sufficient to awaken all the cltisena. The robbers refuaed to leave until all of the money had been aareiy secured in a sachet. The night watchman waa eating his midnight lunch when the first explosion occurred, and the other followed In quick succession. Price did nob realize the extent of his danger until it was discovered that one bullet had gone through his hat and another through hU roat, in addition to the shot that struck his arm. He had tho large man crowded closely, and the most of the shots were fired at close range.

Price la being commended for hla bravery. The robbery waa a bold as the James brothers ever committed. CRITICISE CARNEGIE. Charity Worker Bay the Submerged Tenth Deserves New Tork. January 20.

Andrew Carnegie's remark that It waa useless to aid the "submerged tenth" wa freely criticised by those interested tn charitable work. "Of every II. 0O) given to charity," said Mr. in anf addreaa delivered at the Fifth avenue Baptist "ta might aa well be thrown Into the Mr. Carnegie, tn response to si request for an explanation4 of this remark, said: "It 1 difficult to aid the laxy and Inert man.

Tou can not boost a man up a ladder unleea he does some ot the iclirablpg himself." j. John W. Keller, commissioner of charities, waa astonished when he read the publishedf speech of Mr. Carnegie, and said: "All the charity of the city 1 directed toward helping, the submerged class thot who can not help themselves. What would Mr.

Carnegie do with the old. the. dlreaeed, the paralytica, the Idiots and insane? All the charity work this city doe la for the 'submerged tenth," for those. who, through misfor tune and poverty, or from various causes, nave, not the ability 'to auataln thomselvea." TRAINS IN COLLISION. A Ply Light Crashes Into the Bear of Local.

Special to The Indianapolla News.) Seymour. January 20. Yesterday afternoon a fly light. consisting of engine 647 and a eabooaa. In charge of conductor II Bruner and engineer A.

M. collided with a local train at Rockford. wrecking aeveral cara and Injuring several trainmen. The local wa taking water, when the extra came around the curve and crashed Into the rear of the tram ahead. Brakeman James McCain, or New Albany, wa thrown against a wnistie post and rendered unconadoua.

He may not recover, Kruner and Crandall were also hurt. but not seriously. The "fiy llghf crew either had no knowledge of the train ahead, or elae they bad forgotten their orders. fTITtO JAHUASV IS, ISSS. IN FEZAOLZ Indianapolis, Jan.

19, IIKO. Indianapolis, Ind. oeoeo ecoeo eeoe GeOeoe OC 9 3 fS a i of the Gotthelf stock of Men's and Boys1 Cloth I ing. Going: without re oj serve at 50e pn the dol 1 lar. fcv.

Three Sqnarea.West of llliaola It. 1 I Chilly Days have glow warmth, when a can of 1 ''I VAN CAMP'S CONCENTRATED EE 'S SERVED tn Tablet Form. 1'ieaaaut to 'a a hold andiwa bonitSd mrtniMtA curst fr.u,M. i loadi tt: Kldb.jr mmi 1.1 rr IIWim, nld by rnaj Ot more of tiie fullimm riuptom! I'ala ta J1, kaWaBar Id.r biads, aaixrkrrlne waa. i tlKM, BslpltaUM eT tii fcrert, II era furllaa Lae Baeralec, eavnr epnelli, rM.ta toeaaa, i leiehaeer eleipl.

aee feee. ta) taM la ike I aaeeth, pMrlag, taln( anaaila In la. teei. ba4 aaeraary, awtir, att ar blamad alomarh, aalatta the atzciaaaa, hnalirhi, rttilruam all Blr" elalit aweata, bad drvaaaa, fr llaa at ft ar, aUITaraa af Deal, alia. tr.ubl dlaaoattlaai la' aeeleet detleaaad a wind a nee the data Oa of kealnaaa.

At ltU. 11L tlKUAUi Inclnaatl.u;! CATARRH and Ctn ed by th DE'PURATOl fefQf TnEflTCEflT GUeb only at tbk Pepnrator Medical Znatltiite, 03 and HOT North. Illinois ht Indtanapolia. Im. Equally efficient In Ilroruiiltia, Atthma and ail dlaeaaee th lr passages.

A WONDERFUL FCIESTIF1C DISCOVF.l;!' It baa been texted by some of thelea J. Ing Medical si eclallsts of the world 1st several year and la thoroughly by them. The Depurator Medical Insti tute la i'' CHARTERED BY THE STATE for the cure of the d1iai mentionefl. OCR ROOKLET teile you if about it. Writ or call for It.

The lowing la ONLY ONE OF MANY te.i. mon'iala now on file our oili fc. Equally worjderf ul coxsdiptiox cures! as well a Aatbnia. RronchVtl Etc. a C.

Vk nta will refer you to prominent people KNOW. OJTlc of Jonea Bros tat Ape for International Food 'Co. 5 Indla napolin, Deo. Dr. J.

D. Robert Fr 5.. Depurator Medical Inatltute, I In ilanapolls, Ind. Dear lr Aa I am almost through wilh my ten weeks' enure of treatmt nt at y4'f Depurator Medical Institute, I wish tate that I fet 1 better than I have ten year. I hiVe hai catarrh In J'l worst form, and 1 could aite0 wi at any time, had no appetlt and wax.

in a generally run down condition. I spf fered mostly with my noao, head ut 'l throat. I havo been trt ated by nneVaf the leading physicians and and have also xtsted som it th. "nf falling catarrh remedies" but btaliied no relief whatever. I contluile to try your Depurator Cabinet ai 1 trrousrht the sooner I commence.

1 tetter for ne. Ho I beran a ten course of treatment and foirid riiiil 'from the first treatment. Thla bail li six weeks ago and tun noifv almost vtHJ of this iiiseje. 1 an txirfeijly eatlebed that 1 will bo entirely, we.li 'by 2 rv v. 1: 'nil" I 1 1' I fr Batneinber the Name ivv Remember the Pand csii Mml I tne lime imiMi my course or r.M 4 ment.

I wish ft insist on all who i tt i wlttt nimal catarrh, consumption or form of lung tbroat troiibla to it 4 finco to Dr. Itobert'a Me.l;f a) Inf lltute bi furo it i too 1 suffered wltt'. catarrh for more t)mn r. years and is'ss r'lieved by the first merit at the 1 curator al Ihhiii in, I Very ilesr.ectfuliy. 5 LULU .11.

i Kll Knrlh IlllnnU Inll.UtnpWlis. in Then tristmenta er jrlven at i the Deruratcr ltitittit i V07 Norih Hllrtois Ft In i fianolU jf. 1 1 AVrlie or tall for FREri ihioki.KT. ABSOLUTELY FREE I TVant'l fi ym.rt emniful I ti 1 i 1 Sl ir dir.rei4 1 1. 1 at 10rDtrli.

en two i ti and wUlaeud ho I V. Mellt Jold I lol.ltrU :is.r, I vt Ruty.er mlunnln nnt t.b'ne. ImJ I'hia a ti.l Calaincut t.t ,1.4 tiiunry. "WANT XVS' lJH 1, SEWS OM.V OE 1 1, a 1 a i I. i I 3.

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