Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 January 1903 — Page 1

Average Daily Circu» 4QA lalicn For December This is three times the circulation of any other Terre Haute newspaper.

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CARRIES MESSAGE

FIRST COMMUNICATION WAS ESTABLISHED ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

DOLE GREETS ROOSEVELT

TEXT WITHHELD PENDING RECEIPT OF MESSAGE BY OPERATOR IN PERSON.

REGULAR SERVICE IN FEW DAYS

Speed is Fast but the Exact Time at Which Communication was Had Reserved—Important to

Commerce.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—The first cable communication between Honolulu and the outside world took place at 11:30 last night. Signals were exchanged with this city at that hour and were perfect at. both ends. The speed was fast, hut the operators have not figured out the rate at which the earliest messages were exchanged,.

Almost immediately after communication was established a message of greeting was flashed to President Roosevelt at Washington.. The message was from Governor Do' 3 of Hawaii. The text was withl'.onl pend

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receipt of the message

by the operator persoii. The Honolulu dispatch said that the Sa:i Francis-. end of the cable was picket' up there Thursday- afternoon and splicing was begun. This is being carried on rapidly and the cable will be in active operation in two or three days. Regular communication will then be started, and the Honolulu station formally opened.

DEWEY HEARD FROM.

Fleet is in Good Shape and is Being Cordially Treated Everywhere.

WASHINGTON. Jan 2—The navy department today received the following dispatch from Admiral Dewey: "San Juan, Dec. 31—Combined squadron reassembled at Culebra visits to various West India ports most cordially welcomed effect excellent In every respect fleet continuing tactical exercises. Marine and torpedo flotilla engaged in special drills, including night attack by the latter upon designated ships. "E Brilley, coal passer, drowned in pinking of Newark's steamer cutter by collission with torpedo boat. "(Signed) DEWEY."

COAL BY EXPRESS.

Thirteen Bags Sent from Boston as Regular Express Business—New Year's Gift.

MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 2—The first ton of coal ever hauled by the American Express company in this city came yesterday, and was delivered to William R. Westeott, agent of the New England Telephone company. The coal came from Boston in thirteen bags and was considered a joke by every one except the express men, who are not used to handling such goods. The charges were $S for express, which had been prepaid. The coal was a New Year's gift.

TAXES COME OFF TEA.

Beverage will be No Cheaper,*But the Consumer will Get Better Grade of Goods.

BOSTON, Jan. 2—The duty on tea, 10 cents a pound, was stricken from the tariff list yesterday and as a result there was a big unloading of chests of tea from the warehouses in the city. By the removal of the duty the government will lose $7,000,000, but it does not mean, tea men say, that the consumers will buy their tea any cheaper. They will, however get a better grade for their money.

Fire Marshal Shot.

ALEXANDRIA, La., Jan. 2—O-lla, a small place forty miles north of here was almost wiped out by fire Thursday. While the fire was raging Marshal Everett Smith was shot and killed by unknown persons. Smith had gone to a saloon for the purpose of closing it, its license having expired, but before he could compel compliance to his orders he was shot through the heart.

Urge Red Hat for Ireland. ROME, Jan. 2—A consistory will be held next March in connection with the festivities attendant on the 25th anniversary of the coronation of Pope Leo. Great efforts are being put forth to have Archbishop Ireland created a cardinal at that time.

Driving Negroes Out.

MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 2—Information reached this city Thursday' that negro laborers continue to be terror-stricken by lawless bands of white men of Amite county, Mississippi, and are leaving almost in droves.

Inventor of Marshmallows Dead.

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ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Jan 2-Freflerick Jockey, one of the first men in this country to manufacture candy by machinery and inventor of the marshmallow. died at his home in this city this morning

& Fifty Fishermen Drowned. ^•RIGA, Russia. Jan is iVero drowned a torrnio ,storm which swept over the guif of Riga, today.

UNKNOWN KILLED IN VANDALIA YARDS

STRUCK BY WEST BOUND FREIGHT AND TERRIBLY MANGLED.

BODY FORCED UNDER TRUCKS

CLOTHING INDICATES THAT HE WAS ROLLING MILL EMPLOYE.

CARRIED EMPTY DINNER PAIL

Men from Highland Mill Fail to Identify the Remains—There Were No Witnesses to the Accident.

While returning from his work at 6:35 o'clock this moniing an unknown man was hit at the Fourteenth street crossing of the YanJalia by a west-bound freight and almost m-tanlly killed. He was plainly a laboring man, having his bueke.t with him and being clothed in working clothes, but there were no marks about his person to give a clue as to his identity.

The man »was evidently riding the bumpers, and when the train stopped, fell off. When foimd he was jammed in the trucks of" one of the cars and the body was horribly mutilated. The right foot was cut oft" above the ankle, left hand badly mangled, the head1 completely scalped and the body disemboweled.

He was a man of five feet ten inches in height, wi(li light hair and smooth face, of excellent physique, with broad shoulders and muscular body. He wore a suit of black underwear, corduroy trousers and. had on three coats. As soon as lie was discovered he was carried to the yard office of the Vandalia, and Coroner Tabor was summoned. He was then removed to Hickman's morgue on East Wabash avenue.

Trie fact that his dinner' bucTceT was" empty and that lie was coming from that vicinity led to the belief that .the man was a night employe of the Highland Steel company's plant. Several employes called at the morgue, but failed to identify him.

At 3:45 the man had not been identified.

COUNTY PHYSICIANS.

Misunderstanding Seems to Exist Between Board of Guardians and Commissioners.

Another snag lias been struck in the appointment of county physicians and a clash between the commissioners and board of children's guardians is imminent.

Although the law gives the board of guardians the right to make its own appointments, heretofore the commissioners have a.ppointed a physician for the county home, along with the other two county doctors. But for some reason the board has decided to take matters in its own hands this year and name a man to have charge of the health of inmates of the new county orphanage at Glendale.

Several physicians have been after the place. Some of them made application to both the commissioners and board of guardians, while others made application to but one body. Tne commissioners have announced their choice and the board of guardians refuse to accept it so it remains to be seen who will be given the plum.

As the law is very clear in regard to the appointments the physicians who have applied for the job through the board of guardians say they are not afraid of losing out if appointed.

WII^NG CLASS DINED

Pleasant Affair at the Second Christian Church Last Evening After Year's Contest.

A novel plan for adding to the membership of the Second Christian church Sunday school increased the attendance from 00 on the day the contest opened, to 198 on 'the Sunday it closed. Members of the Sunday school were divided into two sections, one having red ribbons and the other white ribbons. The red ribbon division under the leadership of Miss Blanche East, was victorious, defeating the white ribbon division led by Miss Irene Baganz, by a slight margin. A chicken and dumpling supper was served in the Sunday school rooms, corner of Fourth and Scott streets, last night. Members of the white ribbon division acting as waiters to pay the penalty of a hard fought defeat. Supper was served to one hundred and fiftythree. Superintendent Howard J. Mater, assisted by the ladies of the church, was in charge of the affair. Mr. Mater was presented with "Hearts Courageous" by members of his class. The Second Christ ian Sunday school begins 1903 with splendid prospects for the new year-

To Elect Officers Tonight. Terre Haute Company No. 3, U. Rv K. of P.. will meet tonight to elect officers for the ensuing year. All members are urgently requested to be present.

MOB RIDDLES NEGRO

BOMBARDED HOUSE WHEREIN HE WAS BARRICADED.-

SUSPECTED OF GIRL'S END

Corpse was Found in the MarchesNegro was Last Person Seen With Her.

ROSElALE, Miss., Jan. 2—Two negroes, while cutting wood across the levee, just south of Rosedale, discovered the body of Rosa Black, who lived on the Rosedale plantation. She had a pistol wound through her head. The girl had disappeared from Rosedale about three weeks ago and was last seen with Will Hine.s. Hines was located, today near Bceson., but resisted arrest and barricaded himself in a house with other negroes and defied the approach of anyone Several shots were exchanged with no effect.

Sheriff Shelby summoned twenty'men to capture the man. In a short time twenty men armed with shotguns loaded with buckshot appeared on the scene, (several demands were made upon the negro to surrender, but he defied the posse, saying he would die first. The deputies then opened fire into the house and Hines was riddled.

WOMAN GOT HER COAL

She Held a Revolver to the Dealer's Nose Until He had Written Out the Order.

DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 2—"Here is $7.50. Write me out an order on the yard for a ton of coal." Sam J. Bodan, a clerk for the firm of Stanley B. Smith and company, looked up from his books to gaze into the barrel of a big revolver held in the hand of a woman on whose face was a very determined expression. "You said that you would not be asleep if I attempted to get coal in your yard. Now I want to tell you that this gun won't be asleep if you don't write out the order and write it out mighty quick."

In this manner Mrs. W. T. Richardson, who keeps a boarding house here, secured a full ton of hard coal for $7.50. She had a wagon outside, and as soon as she received the order drove into the yard, secured the coal and drove home in triumph.

BIG FIGHTERS HISSED.

Jeffries and Fitzsimmons Refused to Meet Pete Everett and Were Openly Denounced.

SALT LAKE, Utah., Jan. 2—Jeffries and Fitzsimmons were loudly hissed when they tried to give a boxing exhibition here last night and many of the crowd left the theater. The cause of dissatisfaction was a refusal of Jeffries to meet "Mexican Pete" Everett, in accordance with his open challenge to stop any man in four rounds or forfeit $200.

DIED DURING REVIVAL

Two Women Had Fainted, the Third Toppled Over and Never Recovered.

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NORTH ATTLEBORO, MissC fan. 3At the Holiness convention yesterday Maude Reed, about 30, died while listening to a fervid address of one of the speakers. Two women had fainted, one' being so much overcome that she lay unconscious for several hours. Then "Miss Reed was seen to fall forward and he soon expire^.

TERRE HAUTE, IXL\, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1903

ROOSEVELT AND DOLE USE THE NE ONOLULUICABLE

McGRANN AHAN IS CHARGED WITH

When he was first arrested his story of the tragedy was accepted, and some concluded that the killing was justifiable. Investigation seems to have disclosed a reverse state of affairs, and the accused's 'Attorney realizes that he will have a hard fight to reduce the charge to any stage, of manslaughter. The friends of the murdered man, who comprise the larger portion of the miners' camp where the murder was committed, are indignant and say they will be relentless in their enorts to see that the murderer receives the measure of punishment that his crime merits.

Though retiring Coroner Willis has surrendered the office to Coroner Tabor, he lias not rendered liis verdict in the case and will not until he has thoroughly investigated the case and1 secured the statements of all who

TUESDAY'S JAIL DELIVERY.

A jail delivery occurred at the Vigo county jail Tuesday night, but did not leak out until yesterday. Jailor O'Donnell says two men got out, end another attache of the jail said triere were four. Sheriff Fasig has not yet announced that there was anything of the sort happened. His figures are yet unreported.

FORMALLY MURDER.

REVERSAL IN- SENTIMENT

People at Burnett Seem to be No Longer in Sympathy With the Prisoner.

The warrant charging' Leonard McGrannahan with the murder of Milton Foster was read to the prisoner in his cell at the county jail this morning. The paper was read by Patrolman Gregory, whose name is signed to the warrant, and charges murder in the first degree.

When the warrant was read to him the prisoner seemed for the first time to awake to a realization of the enormity of the crime with which he is charged and the danger he is in.

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about the affair. In the meantime Prosecutor Wallace and' his deputy, Fred Beal, are pushing the investigation securing evidence and afiuing themselves for the fight when the indictment is reaimed and the case cdmes before the court for trial. The attorneys for the state say that there are very few people about Burnett who do not say that the murder was unwarranted and without provocation.

FO'RCE NEGROES TO' MARRY.

Mayor of Cairo Adopts Heroic Meas* ures to Rid the Town of Disreputable Characters. S. ..

CAIRO, III., Jan. 2—As a result of th-i order issued by Mayor Wright, ordering every disreputable person to leave thecity, forty persons were arraigned In the police court today and given forty-eight hours to leave, under penalty of a $1C0 fine. A great many bad characters have already left, and every disorderly house in the city has been closed. The order has also the effect to compel many colored people to maflry, who were living together unlawfully. Eight marriage licenses were issued yesterday and ten today.

i* WHIPPED H!S_RESCUER.

Indiana Man Made Second Attempt •.,^.,•••10 Himself but was Pi-e-^,^ vented.

VINCENNES, Ind., Jan. 2—William Harvey attempted suicide last night by hanging and gave Walter Cullen, his rescuer, a beating. Cullen is badly injured and Harvey languishes in jail. Recently Harvey tried to drown himself in the Wabash river.

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MYSTERY IN NEW YORK GOAL FEVER EPIDEMIC

COUPLE SECURED HOTEL ROOM AND MAN SOON DIED.

WOMAN BEING PROTECTED

Intimated That They are High in Society and Doctors Say That Man Died of Heart Trouble.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—A young man in company with a young woman registered at the Park hotel last night as "James and wife, city." Shortly after being assigned a room the young woman summoned medical aid. A doctor who re sponded worked over the young man, but to no avail. The doctor said the young man had evidently died from heart' fail ure.

To the ponce and coroner the young woman told her story. They were out for an afternoon and he, becoming ill they went to a hotel, where his condi tion became serious. She told the police that she was .Jessie Kerrigan or Har rington and that she hveu at 24 West Fifty-fifth street. At the address given the young woman was not known. It is thought she is a. woman of high society whom the police are trying to shield The dead man was fineiy dressed. There were no papers on his body to indicate who he was.

From a tailor's mark in the dead man's overcoat it is ascertained 'that lis was J. S. Manson of 40 Thomas street. At that address it was learned that he was a commission clerk employed bv Minot, Hopper & Co., cotton commission merchants. It was said that Manson had been employed there for years. He was given the reputation of being a clever salesman and. received a large salary, but it was admitted that he went a pretty fast pace.

Malison's home address is 903 Prospect avenue in the Bronx* So far it has been impossible to learn the identity of the girl.

DUMONT'S NERVE GONE.

Has Promised Several Ascensions Recently but Has Failed to Again Resume His Experiments.f.Z

LONDON, Jan. 2—A famous aeronaut informs your correspondent that Santos Dumont, the Franco-Brazilian aeronaut, has lost his nerve. Since his narrow escape at Monte Carlo when his airship collapsed and the horrible death 1f Severo, who was dashed to pieces on the pavements of Paris by his dirigible balloon collapsing, Dumont struggled vainly4 against the dread of again risking his own life.

ENGLISH ABE AROUSED,

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Notify Cabinet That American Friendship Must Not be Endangered '/SQ in Venezuelan Affair.

LONDON, Jan. 2—Reports which are reaching conservative political headquarters prove the unpopularity of England's co-operation with 'Germany in-the Venezuelan dispute. Every effort is being made by tlie liberals to show that American friendship must not, he endangered.

Fire in Prison Shop.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 2—Fire at an early hour this morning completely gutted the broom shop jnside the walls 61 the Ohio penitentiary opertaed by contract by the National Broom company.

MORE MINES WILL BE OPENED SOUTH OF HERE.

SULLIVAN COUNTY QUITE RICH

Heavy Purchases of Coal Lands are Being'Made and Two Large Shafts are Being Sunk.

The recent .finding of rich veins of coal in the western part of Sullivan county has caused unusual activity among capitalists and operators. This part of the county was always considered a strictly agricultural section. Pennsylvania and Ohio operators have been looking over the field and several tracts of land have been purchased, while negotiations are being made for the purchase of several other tracts. Five drills are at work on one piece of 3,000 acres adjoining the city on the west. The veins of coal found on this land compare favorably with the best veins found in the eastern part of the county and negotiations arc under way for the purchase of this large tract.

The coal field in this county is attracting the attention of electric railway people, and some Muncie capitalists have become interested in a proposition concerning the construction of a line in the coal belt. The Mammoth Coal Vein company, composed of Ohio operators, is sinking-two large shafts west of the E. & T. H. tracks near Shelburn. The two new mines will be among the best in the county.

It is noted that the local dealers at Indianapolis-are complaining that the Indiana operators are discriminating against them and selling their coal at Chicago where they can get a higher price. If a scarcity of coal exists in Indianapolis it is the, fault of the railroads and not the operators. Chicago has a direct outlet to Indiana's richest coal fields. Indianapolis has not. On account of this fact five sevenths of the output of the Indiana mines is shipped to Chicago. The railroads give low rates for shippers to the Chicago markets, and with a direct line the bulk of the coal output goes to that market. The operator sells where he can get the best prices, lowest rates and largest demand. This condition makes the fact more apparent that Indianapolis needs a railroad that would put it in direct communication with the Indiana coal fields.

The Manufacturers' Mining and Fuel company, which closed -a deal for 2,70C acres of mineral land lying northeast ot Sullivan has notified all the landowners to have their abstracts prepared and.the formal transfer will then be made.

A DISAPPOINTED BURGLAR^

Broke Jail and Crossed Continent to Join His Sweet Heart and Found Her Married.

THE WEATHER.

Bain or snow tonight and Saturday} colder in south portion brisk and high northwest, shifting to north winds.

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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2—Frank Kellogg is a burglar and he recently broke jail in California to woo his sweetheai't in the east. On his arrival here he found the girl he loved married to another. Kellogg was unnerved by the discovery and, delivered himself up to the police.

Bishop of Ripon Denies.

LONDON, Jan. 2—The Bishop of Ripon denied the Authenticity of the report in the Evening News that he would be appointed archbishop of Canterbury.

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DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KILLS, THAT MANY AND MANGLESt|J TEN OTHERS.

FO'RCE SHOOK POTTSVILLE, PA "jri

'C-4 "'TN MINER WAS MOVING THE EXPLOSIVE FROM THE STORE.-

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INVESTIGATION IS BEING MADE

One of the Victims was Blown Four Hundred Feet from Where He Stood—Shook the Earth 'Around.

READING. Pa.. Jan. 2.—Three men were killed* and ten injured by an explosion of dynamite occurring in a gangway of Oak Hill colliery at Leisnring & Co., at Duncott, Schuylkill county, as they were going to work early this morning. The dead:

MICHAEL and ANDREW ONDER, cousins both leaving a wife and four children..

JOSEPH PROCOP, leaves a wife and two children. They were killed instantly. The injured:

James Patterson, Morgan Davis, Geo. Bowe and William Jones, Pottsville Mathew Griffith. Mount Laffee, George Bauman, Minersville John Stanton and Edward Ivelley, Mount Laffee, and John Rinaclc, Duncott.

The explosion occurred while a miner was taking several sticks of dynamite out of a chest containing 100 sticks and' weighing 100 pounds.

The force of the c.^Iosion was terrific, being felt for miles ^around. Davis was thrown 400 yards. None of the injured will die.

MAN AND WOMAN HELD.

Mrs. George Wilson Died Under Unusual Circumstances—Suspicion of Murder Conspiracy

WARRENVILLE, Conn., Jan. 2—Mary Lillian Manson and George Wilson were today held over without bonds to answer the charge of murdering Mrs. Julia A. Wilson, who died at her home in Ashfori on Dec. 13.

No counsel represented either of the accused. States Attorney Hunter appeared to prosecute and read the complaint which charged Mrs. Manson and Wilson together with causing the death of Mrs. Wilson, the mother of the man, "by tho administering of arsenic in tea or soma other substance to the prosecuting attorney unknown." "I am not guilty." said Mrs.' Manson formally and in a loud tone. Wilson pleaded not guilty.

Dr. H. H. Converse testified that he called to attend Mrs. Wilson Nov. 19. He found her ill, suffering from stomach troubles and cramps. She also complained of numbness of limbs. He prescribed a simple remedy for the stomach. Mrs. Wilson asked, the witness said, how she could get.rid of that woman, referring to Mrs. Manson- The witness told her to let her go.. Mrs. Wilson saii that George said that if the* woman went he woulfl go too. The next he knew of the case was the Monday next after Mrs. Wilson's death, when Ora Wilson

ACCUSED BROTHERS ILL.

Evansville Men Collapse Upon PublN cation of Grave Charges Against Their Names.

EVANSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 2-Judga Louis O. Rasch of the Vanderburg circuit court and Edward H. Rasch, his brother, are at their home in this city in a state of collapse. Judge Rasch was yesterday charged with having accepted money from men he appointed to office, and when tho facts were published today Tie collopseci and has been ni his bed ever since. His brother surrendered the office of county recorder this morning, after having server! eight ydars, and cpllapsed while in hi«. office.

MITCHELL IN POLITICS.

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Labor Leader May be Candidate foi*5j Governor of Illinois on Demo.1, cratic Ticket. *_

CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 2-John Mitchell has been elected a membe of the Cook county Democracy. The action is in lino with a plan to induce him to enter politics. The United Mine Workers' president is looked upon as a probable Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois.

Situation at Morocco.

TANGIER, Jan. 2—The pretender to the Morrocan throne who has held Fez in a state of siege for some days, past, has issued a proclamation in which he tates that he fighting for Mullai Mohammed, the sultan's brother, who has been imprisoned since His abortive effort to get the throne. &

Bishop Burke Elevated.

ST, JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 2—Bishop M. F. Burke may be- appointed coadjutor to ArchfiiShop Kaiii of St. LoUis,-* His name has ten, submitted to the pope. Bishop Buiite !«av{^ tonisht for Easa*

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