Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 155, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1901 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS .JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1001

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"Wlxn,uf upciur 11111117, jiiii ' v' 1 14,UU(t c )tc county, iii-l I 1 11 ion inruoii vo. irri. riorh. S3'J,000 I 11 1 r.irllo.i . of I lid (iiü.uou Warnn V.n-r Ci l h ault k ertilier Co. tief. Mock. ?'.lt R. R. Common Met!.. i tu nuitii 1-ire lim. Mo-:. Prlo 14U Jr.tl. 1)tle(ibur. & l.o.m 1. Mock. Trice Uli 1 rlf and ) u rlicc.la rs tu on j. plication. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO. 20 Stevenson lltilldiujr. Useful Articles ior Invalids. U.-cilalr.jT ond r.ollln Chairs for parlor an! atrct. Carrying Chairs. Wneele.l Couch?. Food btrr:iz-r and siccator. Feeding and SU Cur. KW-rtrlc D-lts. Ingles am! lotteries. liath Cabioets. ii. Ai;.VMi;(!(i a to.. Ci w.-d ZK S. MerldUn street. Indianapoll. Inl UP WITH HIS WORK rAvon ni.n showcx? nv tiih commismomiii (ir n:sios. 111 Bureau Sinn 1M7 ILi Disposed of Twenty ti Thirty Month' of Work That Vh la Arrears. EFIORTS OF ELEVEN IIONTHS m .Mnr:i: of pi:ions ramk!) roit m;rvici; x thiili: wars. (nve riior Dnrhin ami A. C. Hnrri in WiiHliiiiKton Cornier I'retlict ?enatur I'jiirluil.Ht 1 e-IJIec linn. WASHINGTON. June C.-The commissioner of pensions ttates results of th work of the bureau tor tho cleen months cf l he tictl year ending May öl as follows: Original ien.-ions have been granted: For ecc-ouTit of war of IsLI, widows. t.o; .fo' account of Indian wars, wuiow. li'; su vivors. seven; for account of Mexican war, widow-, oZ'; survivors, fourteon; for account of Service prior to WjI, six, making a tol l I of z'?i tensions for account of s-erv-ite prior to tiie civil .ar. For account of the cviil war there have l'ftn cnitn-d for disabilities incurred in service: li.valids, l.t.täl; for disabilities as Iioi.ied by act of 1vj, invalids. 16,2; for widow under old luv, '2,'.ul; for wKIowj under act of lv and amendments, 14,47; lor nui.ses. tvvtnty-live, making a total criminal i.-su s account of the civil war of Zj.'m. In additioa to tiii.s number tliere lave been iestorol to the roli, 1.1) names that were previously ili-opid or suspenue-i lor various causes. Then; .tie now about lou.nnj of those drawing uiui.r tie act of 1mu. anil amendments tli.a leceive tne maximum rate of J1J V't'r moiitli. 1'liere have letn periäioiii'd that can led a total of J-'jT.oll (.in avtrage of l.lt eaii as ftrst payments. A larijo per cent, id these cases ure known as ""old nunet.s." and only appear on the; rolls for the one payment. Tor acrount of service in tne war with -luin, tliere have been granted penfe.ons to mvaiiv. and i,i ieiiionb to wiaowb diiU uep-ndciii. ine total number Ol claims tiled ior account oi tins war to uate naa been 4,;,. 4. Under the art uf March , l:'l. providing for the repvnsionuik ot wicow.H who remarry ana si&aui o cme wiaows, there have been l.'. ciaiuib lin u. There vil4 u an iiKie.ue in tlie number 01 pensio.ieis on the rolls at the close of tile present hscal year, jun 'jv, km, over tlif previous j tar. The appropriations mde by Congress tor tin liscal year will be suiiupnt witu oae exception, namely, that tor iiicoieal e.unnlruitions. in this item there will oe a üellcltiuy. Cwiile.-a itppl opi'iateu '.0'.". but the demand for nnoical cxammati.au liurir. the hcal year has b-en so ,ie;tL that tlie appropriation will not be suintieut to liiett the le juirennnts of the law unuer tho established practice. in addition to the numlr of original pensions granted, aj st forth for toe eu months, tin re have been issued tor ircieases. reratuig anil aeerued pensbnis. ."' .- " ci rtiücatei, or tiie bureau has wntun for all clas. s id. 077 eertiiiratcs. Tiieihave been 4,;.'.,'."7 names added to the roils tine- July 1. 1 July 1. b7. tlie a Jjuihcat'.on of original invalid pvtjions vas from twenty to tliirty rroiiths Iti atieais in the ripitie uvislon. T comuii.-si tner predicts that by the close of tlie jav.':t fiscal year. June l'.'l. the adjutüclioii of all original Claim unvalid-. wi-!ow and dependent.-) will Ik? arreiit. t the end that jut so scon the evidente in a claim Is complete that i lain will go fro:n the pending tiles for adjudication. Sooner to lie I'Jected. WASHINGTON, June 3. At the renie?t of the Inferior Pepartment the secretary of war has irstructed (leneral Merriam. cemmanding the Department of the Colorado, to employ as many of his troops as may bj necessary to maintain order on the Ivlowa Indian reservation In Oklahoma. This action is ba-ed on a dispatch from Colonel Randlett. in charge of the Kiowa tn1 Commarche ayetny. reporting that at hast intruders had h.: tiled in the Wichita mountains, wl.ich ir within the lv!ow.i lands. Mull to b- openi! to settlement, and that tin y claim. i the riiit to do so under the lni;ed States mineral laws, becretary Hltchi.nk said this afternoon that they had no rights whatever and that they would b promptly ejected. Chinese Immigration Fenrri!. W A Fill NOTO N, June 2. Assistant Secretary Tayl-r of the treasury department and Commissioner Jem-ral Powderly have deciiled to het.d three Immigrant Inspectors to IVrto 1 lit ; for permamnt duty. It is feared that th- recent dci--iou if the ?uprem !ourt In the insalar cases may stimulate Chinese imnd;raii.n to I'orto lilio. with the idea' that on tin re thev cannot b.? dtrded ad.T.lslou to the l.'aiud Staus. The collectors of custom hitherto have acted a lnnpectors and will continue to do o, but the net-d fur adUior:al h.-lp In keeping cut tho Chlntae is apparent to tho of

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ficials, and from now on the exclusion laws will be more rigidly enforced. Increase of I'ont muNterm Salaries. WASHINGTON. June 3. The following chans's in salaries of presidential postmasters in Indiana, will go into effect July 1. Present After PostoHices. Salary. June 30. eefn IL't-t J J . 1 P' a t land 3.1 lUminlon !,) I.öh) htT l.I 2. '' S.m ncer l.tnio 1.7' Sullivan l . 7 1, '.!) Surnmitvili 1.2'0 1.3') Tipton 1,9' 1 "plari.l l.äi 1.4'jO Vevay l..t) 1.2) Va.a.-h 2.4'V 2.5 0 Warren 1,4' 1,. . AVat erln l.T.tV) 1.4e0 Wet Jiadn 1.20) Whifinsr i..v 1.41 Williatnst'trt 1.CX 1. . AVASIIIt;Tt .NOTES. Governor Dnrhln IHncuftne Politics A. C. Ilurris xit the Capital. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, June 3. Governor Durbin. who is here, en route home from New York, called on the President this morning. He hopes to transact some departmental business before returning to Indianapolis. Speaking of political matters in Indiana, the Governor said: "The campaign next year will he for State of-licei-i. county oflicers and the legislature. The Legislature to be elected will choose a successor to Senator Fairbanks. The latter will be elected without opposition. Indiana is proud of him. Unless the Democrat? pull themselves together they cannot Indulge even a hope of success In capturing the Legislature. The fact is that Indiana is a Republican State and will march right along In the Republican column for yens to come." Addison C. Harris, until recently minister to Austria, reached New York last Saturday, and came immediately to Washington. He. called on the President, and at the State Department this morning. He and Governor Durbin probably will return to Indianapolis together. Henry L. Uoylc and Courtland Campbell were to-day appointed storekeepers and gangers in the Terre Haute internal revenue district. Rural fiee delivery service will be established July 1 next, at Lexington, Scott county. Length of route, lirs miles; area covered. L'l s.puare miles; population served. 7iu; total number of houses on loute, PJ; carrier, S. A. Lowry. The postortice at Rogersville. Henry county, now supplied by rural free delivery from New Castle, will be discontinued after June 15. bunds of Otto Hirt as postmaster at Laiiersville. Harrison county, and John Hic ha nan. at Qu( ensville. Jennings county, were approved and their commissions issutd to-uay. Lord Fauncefote left here to-night, and will sail to-morrow for h stay of sonn months in Lngland. Although a vacation, it will a fiord an opportunity for conferences with Lord Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne concerning pending questions, chtf of which are those In connection with the isthmian canal. Chv Min Hui. the newly arrived Corean minister, called at the State Department to-day and paid his respects to Secretary l!av and the other officials, 'arranging to present his credentials at the White House to-morrow. The minister brought with him to America Messrs. Ye and Min. two young noblemen of hich rank, who will sojourn for a while in the T'nited States. The United States tran?port McPherson, which went ashore on the rocks off Matanzas Feb. 4, has been floated and towed into Mntanzas harbor, whence she will proceed to New York. The Grant statue, or memorial committee, has issued a pamphlet inviting the competition of architects for models, which muit Ik submitted between March 1 ami April 1. 1f"2. The stntne or memorial will cost $2O.f0. Two alternate sites have been selected, one directlv in front of the State. War and Navy building, and the other south of the White House. Chairman T. K. Horton and a number of members of the house committee on rivers p.r.d harbors, several of whom were accompanied bv their wives, left Washington to-day in a special car over the Southern Railway for an extended trip. Mobile will be visited first and then New Orlean. where other members of the committee will join the party. From the latter city the itinerary will embrace points In Texas and California and up the Pacific coast as far its Washington. The following commissions were signed by the President to-dav: George P. Dunham, deputy auditor of the Interior Department; first lieutenant of cavalry. Ward D. Pershing and Rush S. Wells. DRANK CARBOLIC ACID ALLEN HOI.nr.V. A YOlNtl PLt'MIIRR. COMMITTKÜ SUICIDE. one oT III Relatives or Frlenil Can Advance n Reason for the Sei f-Ileitrtict ton. Allen Holden, twenty-one years old. committed suicide last nicht at the home of his fister. -dr.. Kdward Phipps. living at 1221 Woodlawn avenue, by taking carbolic acid. He was found lying prostrate on his bed between 10. rv and 11 o'clock, clawing at the covers and gasping to breath by his brother, who was attracted into the room by the sound of the dying man scratching on the wall. So far as the family is able to ascertain there was no special reason for the deed. A numler of his young men acquaintances were called to the house After the death, but none was able to give a possible reason for the deed. He was seen during tho day and was not depressed in spirits, raid one young man who was with him yesterday evening before he went home said he noticed nothing peculiar about his actions. He was a plumber by trade The bottle that contained the acid was found In the kitchen, where he had evidently drank the poison. From the label tin n mu?t have been one ounce of the li,ni 1 in the bottle, and the entire cont. nts was emptied. Nothing was seen of him after he entered the houe until his brother was cnlW-d to the room by the sound of the dying man. He was unconscious when his brother and sister realized what was the matter and could not speak. H was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Holden, living at Valley Mills. The body will be taken to Morrlstown. Ind.. for burial, this morning. His parents were notified of the death. Snytt Helen Gould In I1U Wife. NF.W YORK. June 3. James H. Anderson, of Kansns City, who was arrested and sent to RVllevu Insane Pavillon for annoying Miss Helen Gould by claiming her as his wife, was discharged in Police Court to-day. Anderson still maintains that he Is the husband of Miss Gould.

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GYPSY AT ROCK YILL17. Willi. F. HL AVAS It i:.l STING AltHCST. He Im Accused of Shooting a Carbon Jeweler Several Week Auo, but Will .Not Live to De Tried. FACTION MEN ARE ON STRIKE TIE LP OF TF.Itlti: IIALTE-UIIAZIL lint; and lighting service. School Trouble at Illnomiii&tonMurder at Modoc Moru a CountyOlHcial Indicted Obituary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKVILLK. Ind., Juno 3. Sherman Chunn, a traveling gypsy, was shot by Sheriff Benson and Marshal royd, this afternoon, while he was resisting arrest. The ball entered below his left shoulder and came out above the heart. lie will die. Six weeks ago Chunn shot L. C. Phillips, a jeweler, at Carbon, with a shotgun, because Phillips shot Chunn's dog, which attacked him while he was riding a bicycle. The crficers have been watching for Chunn. He drove into Kockville on Saturday and camped three milea west of town, where the attempt was made to arrest him. He is about thirty-three years old and came from near Sandford, in Vermillion county. His little ragged children were begging on the streets to-day. Young Man Took Morphine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TKitliE HAUTE. Ind.. June 3.-Thomas Wainscott, aged twenty-seven, while resting on the banks of the Wabash, to-day, with his brother, on the west side of the river, took morphine and died two heurs later. His brother Wesley, who was accompanying him from the family homo at Effingham to Uushton. 111., where Thomas was employed, noticed that his brother was suffering, but Thomas refused to give a satislactory answer to the questions put to him. Then Wesley found the paper that had contained ...e drug and immediately ! sent for a physician, but it was too late. Roth young men had been drinKing. Died an Result of n II low. Special to the Indianatoli3 Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., June 3.-Perry Willis, a wealthy farmer, died to-day near Modoc from injuries received last Thursday. He was quarreling about a line fence being built by William Swain, for his employer, O. Hartup. when Swain struck the old man over the head with a club, the injury resulting fatally to-day. Swain has disappeared. MORE SCHOOL TKOIIILE. DlomliiRton Stutleutn Sunpended for Dancing After Friday Midnight. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RLOOM1NGTON, Ind., June 3. Thirty members of the High School were suspended to-day. the result of a dance following the reception given the seniors by the juniors. Friday night. The Invitation list included the faculty of the High School. At midnight all were supposed to go home. Instead, however, rifteen couples circled the square a few times and then went back to the hall and danced several hours. In the meantime two of the professors called at the hall, but were not admitted. A careful investigation followed to-day, in which all the guilty scholars confessed and they are now under suspension. Several of the members are to graduate on Friday, and their parents are making efforts to have them reinstated. Culver Exerciser In Full Swing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CULVER, Ind., June 3. The commencement exercises of the Culver Military Academy began Saturday night with a band concert and camp illumination. The annual sermon to the cadets was preached cn Sunday by the Rev. Myron W. Haynes. D. D., of Chicago. The exercises to-day have Dee n varied and exceedingly Interesting. About sixty members of the G. A. R. posts from Plymouth and Culver were the invited guests of the academy, i.nd attended a grand review and witnessed expert riling by the Cadet Pdack Horse Troop and also infantry and artillery drill. The Hon. A. L. Rrlek. of South Rend, arrived at noon, and was greeted by a salute of fourteen guns. The hotels are overflowing, and visitors are seeking accommodations at the private houses of th3 town. The attractions of the military feature draw to the town visitors from a dozen surrounding States. The programme closed to-day with a declamation contest and the presentation of an original comic opera by the Saturday Night Club. Earlhnm College Matter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., June 3. B. W. Kelly has been elected editor-in-chief of the Eaiihamlte for the coming year. He was lormerly editor of the Bloomlngdale World. Miss Laura Hedges represents the youns women's society in an editDr'al capacity. Royal J. Davis, is assistant editor of the American Friend. II. Porter Coat, has been retained as a teacher in the Anderson schools. STREET-CAR .MEN STRIKE. Fluni Rreak Cornea on the Terre Hau te-Rrazll Line. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. June 3. The employes of the Terre Haute & Brazil Streetrailway and electric lighting plants and the Interurban line went cn strike this evening because, they said. Manager Clark had violated the agreement of Saturday night, when a Mrike was averted. The grievaice was the refusal to Increase the wages of two firemen In. the power house, at Brazil, to the regular scale. Manager Clark said, to-day, that while he agreed to the advance he did not promise to put the men at work in their old p'.aces, but he offered them work In Terre Haute. The committee reports that the point was made that the men should work In Brazil because their families live in that city, and Manager Clark specifically said he would give them their former places. All the cars In the two cities were run Into the barns this evening. The street-lighting circuits were turned off, so that the power might be used exclusively for the commercial circuits. To-nlght the" badges of the motormen and conductors were called for. Futile Outbreak at Linton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., June 3. The officers of the bituminous miners' organization for Indiana are Indignant over the repeated outbreaks on tho part of some miners at Linton about the powder clause of the wages contract for the year, which was signed in this city in April. The men Insinuate that the ofilcers of the organization betrayed the interests of thj men by adopting the clause requiring miners to buy powder from the employing operator. The clause was adopted by a majority vote of the convention of miners, after several days' consideration and one adjournment, to let the delegates go to their homes and get the sense of their constituents. President Van Horn was one of the opponents of the clause. Tin appeal smt by Linton miners to the locals ol the State, asking for another convention to rescind the contract, will not be beeded. because even those who were opposed to the powder clause hold that the

United Mine. Workers cannot afford to break a contract In this manner.

Street Laborer on Strike. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., June The employes of W. W. Winslow, who has the contract for paving the first section of Main street, ttruck to-day to enforce the payment ot -i) cents an hour provided by the bill recently passed by the Legislature. There arc three sections of the street. Earler v' Peters have the contract for the second hcctlon and Voorheese & Co. for the third, and it is quite probable that the employes of these contractors will make a similar demand. The teamsters also demand a nine-hour day at S3 tne ten-hour rate. PETITION' IN RAN KRL'PTCY. Indiana Creditors Interested in Action Degun at New York. NEW YORK. June 3.-A petition in bankruptcy, which Is accompanied by the "pauper's oath" to the effect that the petitioner had not the necessary funds with Vxhlch to pay the costs of filing the petition, was filed in the clerk's office of the United States District Court by Alvin E. Crocker, of this city, to-day. The petitioner places his total liabilities at $33,7S.J. Among the secured creditors are Oliver P. Crocker, in the sum of $7.0(33, but this claim is indorsed by the petitioner "without consideration; this debt is not just, and is contested." The debt was contracted between October, 1000, and February, VjOI. Another secured creditor Is the First National Rank of Richmond, Ind., in the sum of JÖ.621, which claim, the petitioner alleges, is barred by the statute of limitations. C. W. Ferguson, of Richmond. Ind., is narmd as a secured creditor In the sum of $3.5 . but opposite the claim is written "this debt is usurious in conception, contested about ISPS, and barred by statute of limitations." The principal unsecured creditor, against whose claim no charge is made, is Kilzabeth B. Crocker, of Troy, Miami county, O.. to whom $6.000 is due. Joseph W. Rainier, of Richmond. Ind., is also an unsecured creditor in the sum of Si.ouO for money loaned, but the petitioner says that this claim is barred by the statute of limitations and Is contested. The assets are placed at J3Ö.SÖ0. Mr. Crocker Is a brother of the late Benjamin R. Crocker, the California millionaire, who died recently. By will Mr. Crocker left hl3 estate to his wife. As she predeceased him the estate will be divided among the next of kin. Alvin E. Crocker's share is estimated to be about Söom). Alvin Crocker was Interested for many years in mining ventures in Mexico with varying success. His last venture, however, his lawyer says, ruined him. He promoted the San Javior mining and Milling Company of Mexico and of the $33.783 included In the schedule Is due to persons who lost money in the mining company or who advanced money to carry on the work of the company. As soon as Mr. Crocker learned that money was due him under the will or from the estate of his brother he took steps to pay. all the creditors. His ?on. Oliver T. Crocker, formerly of Chicago, but now of Atlanta, Ga., agreed to pav all the debts In exchange for an assignment of his father's Interest in the California property. The assignment was fully executed and then the son refused to carry out his part of the bargain. Mr. Crocker was determined that the creditors Fhould be paid, and. as there was no other way to set aside the assignment, he filed his petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court. MILLER MURDER TRIAL. Regnn at Marlon Jury Candidate Opposed to Capital Punishment. Social to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., jHne 3. The case of the State against Fred Miller, indicted for murder in the first degree, for killing William Stlbbs at Fairmount on the night of April 30, was begun in the Grant Circuit Court this morning. The jury was not completed vntil this evening. Not lc:-s than thirty men in the course of the day disavowed the practice of inflicting death as a penalty for murder, and were released on that account. Miller and Stibbs are alleged to have quarreled, and they agreed to light out their troubles. Accordingly they went to the Fairmount fair grounds alone, and there Miller is alleged to have killed Stibbs. Found Guilty of Manslaughter. JASPER, Ind.. June 3. The jury in the case of John Reeves, for the murder of Deputy Sheriffs William Cox and Georgs Gardiner, of Dubois county, sixteen years ago, returned a verdict of guilty of manblaughter, after brief retirement, and he was committed under the indeterminate sentence act. Before sentence was pronounced the defense made a motion for new trial, to which the State assented, but the court overruled the motion. While Reeves was on the witness stand the prosecuting attorney asked him to tell the jury bow he escaped from the Kentucky prison. He declined to say, and the court directei him to answer the question. Reeves was respectful in his reply, but he emphatically lefuscd to answer, declaring that to do so he must betray a friend, which he would not do. The court did not press the matter further. CONSPIRACY AGAINST nit I CK. Ronding ConipnnieM Join with Asphalt Companies to Prevent Its tue. Sreclal to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 3. Contracts for paving certain streets with brick were, let recently by the Fort Wayne Board of Public Works to Hoellering & Co. and Derheimer & Co., with the customary provision for the giving of. a bond for the faithful performance of contract and guaranty of work for a period of years. Application was made by these contractors to well-known bonding companies of Eastern financial centers for such surety, but in reply the companies said they had concluded no longer to supply bond lor brick improvements. Two of them frankly admitted in their letters that they were under contract with the asphalt companies by which they must refuse to become surety for brick contracts. The local board believes that the asphalt companies have required the bonding companies to refuse the business of brick street contracts in order to promote their monopoly of the paving business. INDIANA OIHTLAIIY'. Mrs. Isaac Ileitmnn, Who Suffered from a Remarkable Ailment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., June 3. Mrs. Isaac Beltman, wife of a leading merchant of this city, died here this morning after a long and remarkable illness. It is averred that but two other cases of a similar nature are known to the medical profession. On Dec. 12 she became suddenly ill, lapsing into unconsciousness, apparently from weakness. For four weeks, though almost wholly insensible, she was able to take nourishment, but since then she has been nourished wholly by artificial means. The doctors who attended her marvel that she survived so long. Three Clark County Women. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind.. June 3. Three well-known women of this county answered the final summons during the past two days. Mrs. Sarah R. Morgan, widow of Sylvester P. Morgan, died at her home in this city at 8:13 o'clock this morning of paralysis. Mrs. Morgan would have been eighty-three years old to-morrow. Mrs. William Berenshausen died suddenly yesterday afternoon while alone at home. She had been suffering from rheumatism. Mrs. Rlcnard Cochran, sister of W. B. Veasey, of this city, died suddenly Saturday afternoon while attending the Salem Centennial Association, near Charleston. She was sixty-five years old, and death was due to heart disease. .loftlnh Cromer, of Mnnele. F;ectal to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. June 3.-Josiah Cromer, seventy-six years old, the father of Congressman George W. Cromer, of the Eighth district, died to-night at Cross Roads, from a second stroke of paralysis. His son. having just returned from the launching of the battleship Ohio, In San Francisco, reached his side an hour before death. He left four tons, one a minister

In St. Louis. He had lived in Delaware county fifty years, but was born in Maryland.

Other Indiana Necrology. BRAZIL, Ind.. June 3. -Owen T. Stark, one o? the oldest residents of Clay county, died at his home here last evening, aged fifty-two years. He was at one time county auditor and for years was prominent in Democratic politics. OTHER SLITS ITLE11. Rrook.'i Law Regulating Express Traffic to Re Well Tested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., June 3.-The fight between the Southern Indiana Express Company and old express companies Is now in court here. Since the Brooks bill became a law, the purpose of which was to compel the old express companies to do busines with the Southern Indiana Company as they do with each other, opportunity has been sought to test the legality of the newlaw. The old companies disregarded the new law and Injunction suits have been filed before Judge Buskirk. in this county, and before the circuit judge at Terre Haute. Temporary Injunctions were granted an I the cases set down for argument June 10. The prosecuting attorneys In Jackson. Lawrence and Vigo counties have brought about a n"zcn suits against the old companies, demanding $30 for each violation of the law in refusing to accept express packages from the Southern Indiana Company. These suits are piling up each day so that if the law is sustained the prosecutors will get some good fees. COIXTY OFFICIAL INDICTED. NV. II. nnrkhart, of Morgan. Is Accused of Embezzlement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., June 3. The grand jury has returned an indictment against W. H. Burkhart, who has been deputy county treasurer for the past five years, charging him with embezzling several hundred dollars. An examination of the books is in progress. Mr. Burkhart Is a young married man. and it is said he had a penchant for high living. Heavy Overcharges In Crawford. Sreci! to the Indianapolis Journal. ENGLISH, Ind.. June 3. The investigators of Crawford county records, who were employed about six weeks ago, reported to the County Commissioners this morning that the following officers had drawn more than was due in the following amounts: J. D. Fleming, ex-county auditor, $2,477.73; W. Q. Ballard, ex-sheriff, $n51.M; R. Y. Clark, ex-clerk. $7(k.5S: George W. Cuzzort, ex-clerk. S40.91 : K. P. Brown, ex-treasurer. ?ly. a total of $4,257.1S. Most of the deficiency is due to the officers claiming fees over and above their regular salaries, as avowed by law. Accused the Son of Forjtery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. June 3. As defendant in a suit on notes for $300, Mrs. Sarah Durham to-day testified that her signatures to the notes were forged. The notes had been negotiated by her son, Crandell Durham, a member of the legislature. When he was placed on the stand he declined, under hi.-? legal privilege, to testify. The notes were given eight years ago. ANDERSON HERALD SOLD. Editor Campbell to lie Succeeded by a Stock Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., June 3. Editor Wallace B. Campbell, who has been the sole owner and proprietor of the Anderson Herald for the past six years, has sold his paper to a stock company, headed by Mr. Edward C. Toner, who has occupied the position of city editor. The cash consideration was $2i),. The directors will be E. C. Toner, of Anderson, O. C. Toner, of Martinsville, and C. H. Neff, of Anderson. Edward C. Tone- will be editor of the Herald and direct its policy. He is a graduate of the State University; has made manyfriends in Anderson and Madison county, and brings to the new position great energy and several years of experience in newspaper work. He was formerly connected with the Martinsville Republican and was editor of the Student, in Bloomington. Mr. Neff has been connected with the business side of tlie Herald several years and will remain in that capacity. Editor Toner will announce his policy in the issue of the paper to-morrow. It is his intention to make the Herald the most vlgorcuis Republican paper ever published in Madison county. Important Junior O. I'. A. M. Meeting. Special to the IndianaioIis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., June 3. A meeting of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, at which the principal officers of the order in the United States are to be present, will be held in this city June 14, and the local members are working hard to entertain the visitors properly. National Councilor Reeves, of Seattle, Wash., will head the list of celebrities, with several others present holding national and state positions. Kicked to Death by a Horse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind., June 3.-Albert Mitchell, a farmer, of this vicinity, was kicked to death by a horse last evening. He was currying the animal In its stall, and, having finished one side, tried to make it move over. He was behind the horse, whipping it, when it let fly with both heels, striking him in the stomach. He died a few houra later. Mr. Mitchell was thirty-five years old and left a widow and two children. Mnnele Councilman Resigns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., June 3. Councilman Clay Haymond resigned to-night and Frank Greely was elected to fill the vacancy for the First ward. The resignation was a surprise and is considered as a step to assist Mr. Haymond in his candidacy for county treasurer. Mr. Raymond is the traveling representative of the Indiana Bridge Company. Friends New Mission Venture. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Inl., June 3. It was announced this evening that the Friends have decided to establish an industrial mission at Uganda, Africa. A company of seven has been formed, with the Rev. Willis Hotchkiss. of Cleveland, at its head. He has worked In the African field, and is now lecturing in Indiana. KnlKbt.itown Hotel Rnrned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind., June 3. The City Hotel burned at midnight to-night. The loss Is $3.:m), partly insured. L. A. Davis, sheriff of Decatur county, was the lessee. His personal loss Is small. Indiana Notes. CICERO More than eleven years ago J. Luther Hlnshaw, assistant cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of this city, while living near Westfleld. and still a small boy. cut his Initials on the face of a silver dollar and in course of time the dollar was put Into circulation. The incident was forgotten by Mr. Hlnshaw until, on last Saturday, while he was engaged in counting a consignment of silver dollars from the United State? subtreasury at Chicago, he found the same silver dollar, with his Initials still plainly inscribed thereon. NEW ALBANY The Knights of Pythias street carnival opened in this city Monday afternoon with a big attendance. The street parade was held at noon, arid was witnessed by an immense crowd from the surrounding country. The carnival is given for the purpose of raising funds to build an armory. ALEXANDRIA Company No. U. R. K. of P.. has completed Its arrangements for the street fair to be held here on June 10-15. Among other attractions there will be free vaudeville shows three times daily until the fair closes. Already the city Is being elaborately decorated. GREENCASTLE Mrs. Thomas I. Sorter, sister of the late Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna, of Indianapolis, Is serlou-

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