Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1901 — Page 1

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CITY OF CLEVELAND FLOODED n A CLOIDDURST EARLY Sl.XDAY. Ten Feet of Water In Some of the Homes, and a Ferr I'ndermlned and Toppled Orer. MANY LIVES IN JEOPARDY BIT PROBARLY ALL RESCUED nY rilOSlPT AXD HEROIC EFFORTS. Flooded Area Wm Nearlr Eicht Mlle in Length and About One Mile and a Halt Wide. I0SS IS ABOUT $1,000,000 FIXE RESIDENCES RUINED BY OVER. FLOW OF TUB SCWERS. Llfe-SaTlns? Crew Called from Stations lo Take Panic-Stricken People from Ferlloa Places. STREET RAILWAYS SUFFERED STEAM ROADS ALSO DAMAGED BY WASHOUTS XEAR, THE CITY. Several Remarkable Feature of Most Remarkable Storm Corpses Washed Out of a Cemetery. CLEVETAND, O., Sept. 1. With the breaking of dawn this morning the citizens of Cleveland awoke to look on a scene of unparalleled devastation and destruction caused by a raging flood. While the entire city was more or less affected, the great volume of raging water vented Its anger ever miles of the eastern portion of the city and . caused an amount of damage approximated at $1.000,000. The appalling overflow was caused by a terrific rain that commenced to fall shortlyafter 2 o'clock. turned Into a perfect cloudburst between the hour3 of 3 and 5, and then continued with great force until nearly 10 o'clock. The storm, according to the weather officials, was the heaviest that ever swept over Cleveland since the establishment of the government bureau In this city over forty years ago. That no lives were lost is marvelous, as the stories of thrilling escapes from the water on several of the principal residence streets of the city are told. It is believed that but for heroic work the casualty list would have been large, as many houses keeled over In the flood. The surging waters spread over an area In the east nearly eight miles long and a mile and a half wide. This extended from Woodland Hills avenue to East Cleveland and back to East Madison avenue. Great volumes cf water poured over from Doan and Giddlngs brooks down Quincy street, swamped Vienna street, rushed over Cedar avenue back over on East Prospect street, rushed like a mill race down Lincoln avenue to Euclid avenue, and then on to Glen Fark place, where houses were undermined as though built of straw and almost Incredible damage done to streets and property. Over a large share of the exclusive residence territory the water rushed with terriflc force, varying in depth from one to six feet. Culverts, trestles and bridges were torn down and for hours nothing seemed capable of stemming the tide. LIKE STRANDED ISLANDERS. Hundreds of residents who were Imprisoned In their beautiful homes like stranded islanders were almost panic stricken, expecting to be called on to wado out Into the swirling waters at almost every minute. Danger signals were flashed about the city as speedily as the disabled telephone system would allow and the work of rescue commenced. Row boats plied back and forth assisting whole families from perilous positions, but these proved pitifully inadequate, and it was soon found necessary to go to the extraordinary precaution of calling on the life saving crew from the river, a distance of seven miles. The life boats were quickly loaded on wagons and hurried to the scene of destruction. The torrent surged with awful force for hours in Deering street, from Fairmont to the boulevard and over a dozen families were penned in like rats in a trap with water five and six feet deep surrounding their homes. At this point the life saving crew worked valiantly and assisted by pquads of firemen and policemen finally succeeded in landing the terror-stricken people in places of safety. The fear wa. greatly enhanced by the momentary expectation that the great Shaker Heights dam would break loose and belch forth terrible destruction. Shortly before noon the torrent succeeded in undermining a M-ore of graves in the St. Joseph Cemetery at the corner of East Madison and Woodland and the bodies were soon being tossed about in the waters. Fully a dozen of the corpses were washed Into gutters and had not been recovered late to-night. The great flood boiled over the banks of Doan brook all along th boulevard and caused damage that it will take months to repair. Great jagged h.des are torn in the beautiful drive.way and the look of ruin stretch in every direition. Gordon and Wade Parks on the Hast Side, and Crookside Park in the South Side, where the water alio did. great damage as it bapod over the banks of Rig creek are damaged to an am tint figured at Jb'.'. Through Glenville the overflow was terribly destructive. Many hou.-es are cwanijx-il. culverts torn out and fccvtral streets turned Into seething

quagmires. The Joss in the village is also estimated at STRE ET-R A I LWA YS SIT F E 1 1 E D. The street-railways will suffer an immense loss, extending in varying degrees over every portion of the city. The Big Consolidated will have to rebuild its tracks over different parts of the inundated East End district. and tho loss is placed at $.V.m". The Superior-street trestle of the Little Consolidated Is practically ruined, and this, with other serious- damage in the lines of the company, extending away over in the West Side, will run its loss Into the thousands. The officials of the road were not ready, however, to make any statement of their loss to-night, more than that It would be unusually heavy. The train service on all roads was blocked from two to six hours by the fearful effect of the storm and flood Every road entering the city was terribly handicapped by sand and dirt which was swept over the tracks. Several washouts occurred, the worst being on the Lake Shore, near Gordon Tark. where the trestle was buffeted about by the force of the water until rendered almost worthless. The damage to the railway., which also will be great, cannot even be estimated until the large force of track hands, sent out on emergency calls, can be heard from. The mail service of the East was completely tied up from 10 a. m. until 8 to-night, when a train got through on the Lake Shore. Rut the vast amount of damage falls upon the householders within the flooded district. The great sea of water reached a depth of one foot on the first floors of .cores of the East End homes, boiling up from the sewers and pouring in from the streets, carrying everything that came in its path along with it. In many cases the fearstricken residents battered down cellar walls in order to give the torrent an outlet and prevent the swamping of their entire homes. REMARKABLE FEATURES. A remarkable feature tf the storm which caused such terrific destruction is that up until 6 o'clock this morning hardly a drop of rain fell west of Wlllson avenue, while during the morning hours the East End was being fairly swamped in a perfect deluge of rain. Another remarkable thing is that no thunder and lightning accompanied the record-breaking downfall. While thousands of citizens in the most aristocratic section of the " city were aroused, seeing thousands upon thousands (CONTI NTT EDC) Ni A G E L CO L U M N t J BODES ILL FOR PEACE

WITHDRAWAL OF EXEQUATURS 31 A V DE FORERLXXER OF AVAR. Venezuela's Action In Regard to Colombian RfKardril am .MiotvIiik the Situation In Serlons. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. The latest developments In the Venezuelan-Colombian situation reported in the Associated Press dispatches, namely, the withdrawal of the exequaturs of all the Colombian consuls in Venezula, has Increased the feeling of officials here that the relations between the two countries are still of a very serious character. In diplomatic circles, especially, the condition existing between these two republics is viewed with alarm, though their representatives here are without any recent information that will throw light on the situation. The withdrawal of the exequaturs of consuls Is a decided demonstration of unfriendliness to the country they represent, and leaves them powerless to transact any business. Such action usually accompanies a declaration of war or a state of hostilities. In the present instance it follows the withdrawal of the Colombian minister. Dr. Rico, from Caracas to Bogota. The latter's departure followed a stormy scene in the Venezuelan Cabinet as a result of an effort of President Castro to give Dr. Rico his passports. Dr. Rico's sudden leaving was entirely voluntary, but he felt that the situation between the two countries was so serious that it was preferable to communicate with his own government in person rather than through the mails. The officials of the legations of the countries interested continue hopeful that war may be averted. The Colombians say that the people of both republics are opposed to any war and that the present troubles are due to the machinations of individuals with personal ends in view. The Navy Department has been advised of the sailing of the battleship Iowa from Acupulco at Mexico for Panama, where she has been dispatched to look out for American interests during the revolutionary troubles on the isthmus. What .aval OfllcewA Savr. VICTORIA, R. C, Sept. 1. II. AI. S. Phaeton returned this morning from Panama, where she has been protecting British interests. Her officers tell of an engagement which occurred three miles from the city while the Phaeton was there. They went over the field next day and saw many dead and wounded. A stretcher was seen In a ditch covered with blood and a little further along the road they saw a carriage in which was a wounded government officer and his escort, with two prisoners. One of the olficers visited the prison and says that many are dying there because of the unsanitary condition of the prison. While the cruiser was at Panama, one of her seamen. Haughton. was lost overboard and was dragged down by a shark. Hostilities Imminent. PARIS. Sept. l.-A dispatch from Caracas asserts that the memorandum issued by the Venezuelan government to foreign powers in explanation of the Venezuelan-Colombian difficulty ileclares that hostilities between tho two states are imminent. LONG SWIM BEGUN. Peter MclSally Start from llotmi for Xew YorkA Thirty-Hiiy Tnsk. BOSTON. Sept. l.-ln a drizzling rain and a strong northeasterly wind, which made the water choppy, IVter McNally, a wellknown swimmer, started from Charit stown bridge this afternoon on his attempt to swim to New York in thirty days. There were about 2.t people on the pier. When he came to the surface he was cheered. AlcNally kept close to the wharves until after he had passed the fr rries. then struck rtcrns to the Commonwealth dock. AlcNally was making good time w hen last sten in the distance. Having the tide with him. it is probable he reached Novell's island, nine miles below. Two fri r.ds in a bo-it kept near him. ACCIDENT CAUSED RIOT. Attempt to Lynch n t i t ortnti n Hc--HiiM it Hoy Wh Killed. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 1. The killing of two-year-old Willie Kopejtko by an electric ear this afternoon pr clpitati d a riot at Fourteenth strict and Lafayette avenue, in which an atttmpt was nuoie to lyncii Alotorman W. II. Duff. Poll em an Uslcr rescued AIoiorm,;ti Duft" at the muzzle ol a revolver and loi-ked him up to await th con.iuT'f iiKpi'St. Within the past fewweeks a number of persons have been run lowi and killed or injured by Transit Company cars, and much indignation is, felt toward the company and its employes.

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SCHLEY'S FRIENDS SEK LITTLE PROSPECT OF EXONERATION. SiiKKCfttion Made That the President Intervene and Pat an End to the .Vaval Scandal. SAMPSON CANNOT TESTIFY AM) 31 AY NOT EVEN SEND HIS DEP. OSITION TO THE COURT. Therefore Schley Attorney Are Said to Feel They Can Gain Nothing by the Investigation. CAPTAIN CHADWICK NOT LIKED SAID TO fin HATED MOUE THAN SAMPSON MY SCHLEY PARTISANS. Able, Adroit, Fearless Officer "Who Mlcht Make a "Worse Case Againnt Schley Than Sampson Could. J-poial to th Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. The news telegraphed by your correspondent last Thursday night that Sampson is so ill he will probably be unable to give testimony before the Schley court of Inquiry is now receiving ample public confirmation. Schley's attorneys have had plenty of time to consider the new development?, but have been unable to decide what course they will take if Sampson is not available as a witness. They expected Sampson to lay down the case of the department In his testimony which they were ready to attack. It has been known for feme time that In his present condition he would be unable to make a strong and forcible presentation. Now that Schley's attorneys may anticipate the declarations of naval surgeons that Sampson cannot testify either directly or by deposition they are confronted with the fact that Captain Chadwick, in command of the New York and Sampson's chief of staff throughout the campaign, will present the Navy Department's case. The Schley partisans really hate Chadwick more than they do Sampson, lie is able, adroit, strong and fearless. He could take good care of himself on the stand: Knowing the whole campaign down to the minutest detail and in thorough sympathy with the department, he is the ideal officer for Sampson's side. Schley's attorneys feel that in the mind of the public the issue is Sampson vs. Schley. As much as they hate Chadwick lie has as yet no prominent place in the public mind. They expected to show that Sampson was actuated by bitter personal prejudice against Schley. They can hardly do this if he is absent and seriously ill, perhaps beyond recovery. Sampson is the man who has, In an official letter, accused Schley of "reprehensible conduct." If he cannot repeat the charge in court, face to face with the accused, the attorneys do not want the department to make the charge In a personal way. Then it would become a question of naval ethics. While Schley can make no move in the matter it 13 suggested by some of his more conservative friends that the President step in and, as commander-in-chief of the navy, stop the whole thing. It Is pointed out that If, on account of the present unfortunate illness of Sampson, he could assume no satisfactory conclusion could be reached on the record of the naval campaign already made up by the official orders, then no public good could come of further agitation and that it is better to stop. It is known that many of Schley's closest friends entertain this view. OUR COJIMERCE WITH SPAIN. Notable Increase In Exports and Imports Since the Close of the War. Srecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Trade relations between the United States and Spain have resumed the conditions existing prior to the war between the two countries. The exports from the United States to Spain in the fiscal year just ended were larger than in any preceding yenr with a single exception. 1SS3. and show an Increase of $6.000.000 over 1SV9; while our imports from Spain also show a marked increase over 1899. In the seven months ending with July, 1901, our imports from Spain were $3,110.718, against $2,S75,S10 in the corresponding period of the preceding year, while during the same period our exports to Spain increased from K1S0.2SS to $s.lbS.970. For the single month of July, our imports increased from $270.215 to $3i,CG3, and our exports to Spain, Increased from $jiO,6S9 to $1.156,490. Raw materials form the most important feature of our exports to Spain, and fruits and iron ore the principal articles of importation. The total value of our Imports from Spain in the tiscal year 1901 was $S,4"9.3id. and in 19". $ö.i.V).047. The details of the 19 1 importations are nt available, but those f the year 19"U show: Fruits, over $l.fiou.M; nuts. $ris.tii; wines, $3o$,w0, and iron ore. fv.O.m) in value. Turning to the export tide, raw materials prove to bo the chief feature of c ur export tradj with Spain. Our total exports to Spain in the tiscal year 1!1 were $15.44,73. against $13.r.:9.tN in 1:n). Of the latter total, cotton was valued at $'.i.1!0'; mineral oil, $vs.;,'dl: shooks and staves. $n"a295; tobacco. $"142: boards anil planks, $46.CS7: breadstuffs. $2:.:m3; iron and steel manufactures. $1J2.7JS; chemicals, dru.es. etc.. J30.5S2; and meat products. $l47o. While the figures of the year just ended arc not yet available as to details, it is probable that the chief growth will be found to be in the item of cotton, of which prices during the year were materially bisher than in 1900, whose figures are above quoted. Import Trade of Cuba. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. Some figures relating to the export and Import trade of Cuba for the first seven months of this year, as compared with a similar period last year, just published by the Division of Insular Affairs, War Department, indicate that radical charges are going on in that trade and that the United States and other North American countries are the sufferers in this turn of trade. It is known that the exports from Cuba for the period mentioned Ihis year were valued at $3.'"33.9o0. as agaln.-i $i:?.40.i.Cö for the same period last year while the imports for the same period were worth $2V.'.i7,M7. as against UicX-V for the corresponding period in Ii. The imports from the United States diminished 4 per cent, and that of other North American countries 1.1.0 per cent., while Cuba sdiipped to the United States during the

same period. 11.1 per cent, more goods than during the preceding year and to the other North American countries 11S.S per cent, more.

ANOTHER ANDREE RUMOR. Indian Said to Have Fonnd Tun Horiien In a Rroken Masket. CHICAGO. Sept. 1. A dispatch to the Tribune from . Kankakee. 111., says that Walter W. Cobb and G. W. Shields, wellknown young men of Kankakee, who have Just returned from a forty-live days' trip through the Hudson bay region, bring back a story told by Indians of the far north that may relate to the missing explorer Andree and one of his two companions. At Moose Factory, a Hudson bay trading post at the mouth of Moose river, the seven men stationed there reported that a party of Indians who came down from the far north last spring told of the finding of the bodies of two white men at a posat about fM'"J miles north of Moose Factory. The story of the Indians was that the bodies were found in a broken basket, their description of which seemed to Indicate a basket of a balloon, and that the bodies had been burled by Indians. The Indians brought nothing in support of their story, but the men at Moose Factory, Cobb and Shields say, were Inclined to believe the tale. SANK WITH THE STEAMER Thirty-Nine Members of the Crew of the Ncrniimore Leist. TREBIZONDE. Asiatic Turkey, Sept. 1. The Belgian steamer Noranmore, bound from Batoum for Bombay, sank near Athina. With the exception of one man the entire crew, numbering forty, were drowned. PRINCE CHUN SULKY CHINESE ENVOY MAY NOT APOLO GIZE TO EMPEROR "WILLIAM. Expiatory Ceremony Arranged by the German Authorities Is Not Satisfactory to the Envoy. EFFORT TO HUMILIATE HIM WORDING OF HIS INTENDED SPEECH CHANGED MATERIALLY, And Objection Made to Attendants Prostrating: Themselves Hefore His German Majesty. BERLIN, Sept. l.-It is now very doubtful, according to a dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Basle, Switzerland, whether Prince Chun will come to Berlin to make formal apology for the murder of Uaron Von Kctteler. Members or. .he expiatory mission say: "Under present conditions we can never go to Berlin. We would rather die than accept them." It appears that they object particularly to Prince Chun's attendants prostrating themselves before Emperor William, inasmuch as this Is a special honor reserved for the Emperor of China and would involve a recognition of the Kaiser's equality. The following information is given regarding Trince Chun's speech to the Kaiser: Prince Chun Intended to say: "The Chinese government regrets that Baron Von Ketteler was killed," but the German government dictated the following form: "The Chinese government begs pardon for the murder of the German minister, Baron Von Ketteler." The Chinese In Basle are trying to give the case international importance by emphasizing the fact that one of the dignitaries selected for prostration was made a baronet by Queen Victoria, while another has the cross of the Legion of Honor. It is alleged that Emperor William is determined that the protocol shall be signed before he receives Prince Chun and that he will insist upon an-apology for the murder of Baron Von Ketteler. Beyond that, however, the ceremony of reception will be deprived of everything of a humiliating character, full honors being awarded to Prince Chun as a brother of Emperor Kwang Su on his way to the palace. LONDON, Sept. 2. "The delay in the promulgation of the edicts necessary to complete the protocol is due to the Chun difficulty," says a dispatch to the Times from Peking. "The Chinese version is that Emperor William insisted upon Prince Chun Kotowing, and when this was refused wanted his suite to kotow. For a century past all envoys to Peking: have refused to perform this barbaric ceremony, and there is great astonishment here that Germany has raised the question, as the German minister is so anxious to get the protocol signed that he has to-day, for the second time, urged the ministers not to wait for the edict, but to get he protocol signed and to trust the Chinese envoys for securing the edicts afterward. In view of the unsatisfactory nature of the aims of the edicts it Is impossible for Sir Ernest Satow and Mr. Rockhill to assent to this proposal, although a majority of the ministers of the powers are willing. "Owing to the protracted delay Mr. Rockli 111 has been compelled to decline the French offer of a passage to Japan on the cruiser Pascal." NVU TO GO TO LONDON. Humor That the Chlnette Minister Has Reen Transferred. LONDON. Sept. 2. "Li Ching Fang, the adopted son of Li Hung Chang, having declined the St. Petersburg legation," says a dispatch to the Times from Peking. "China has appointed Sir Chi Chen Lo Feng Luh Chinese minister In London) to St. Petersburg, transferring Wu Tingfang I rum Washington to London." SWIMMER DROWNED. Was GiItiK an Exhibition vrith His Daughter on His linck. NEW YORK. Sept. 1. George Belcher, of Brooklyn, well known as an expert and fancy swimmer, was drowned at Broad channel, Rockaway beach, to-day. He was giving an exhibition in deep water of how a swimmer could carry a person on his back, and his daughter Eva, eighteen years old. was the one he carried. Hundreds' of people were intently watching the two when Belcher and his daughter began to ilounder in the water. The crowd thought this was part of the exhibition and no one made a move to help until Belcher's wife, who was among the spectators, began to scream that something must be wrong! Both swimmers sank. Finally a man in the crowd rushed into the water and after diving brought the girl's body to the surface. She was revived but when her father's body was recovered life was extinct. To lioys Find Watery (Graves. NATCHEZ. Miss.. Sept. l.-Harry Johnson and Johnnie Hollonan. boys, aged sixteen and fifteen, respectively, were drowned In the Mississippi river here this afternoon Johnson felt himself sinking and Hollonari responded to his calls for help. The boys were of prominent families.

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FRETTY BAREBACK RIDER THE VI CTI.M OF A IIl'SHAND'S JEALOUSY. 3Iamie Fnrennnch Ross. Dnajghter of a Well-Known Shovrmnn, Disfigured for Life at Ilecatnr, lud. WAS AT THE DINNER TABLE "WHEN HER IllSDAND THREW CARBOLIC ACID IN HER FACE. Ross, Who Has Reen a Performer with "Wallace's Circus, Now in the Adams Countr Jail. WORK TOR STOMACH PUMPS MORI'HINi: SWALLOWED II Y TWO 3IEN AT NEW A LR A NY, IND. Suicide of an Old Man Shootine Affray Lahor Troubles Several Aged Pioneers Dead. Sppcial tf the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR. Ind.. Sept. 1. Charles Ross, performer with Wallace's circus, threw a small bottle of carbolic acid in the face of his wife, Mamie Forepaugh Ross, this afternoon. Mrs. Ross is the daughter of Adam Forepaugh, and is a pretty woman. She is a bareback rider with Wallace's show, which spent Sunday here. The acid was thrown while the woman was eating dinner. It covered her face and ran down on her neck and shoulders. Mrs. Ross luckily closed her eyes In time to save herself from being blinded, but she will be disfigured for life. Ross threw the acid on account of jealousy. He was immediately arrested and declared he had been waiting a favorable opportunity several days to commit the crime he succeeded in accomplishing this afternoon. Lye Thrown in His Face. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 1. Isaac Woods, the colored turnkey at the jail, was the victim of a mysterious assault on Saturday night. While he was asleep on a cot in the corridor leading to the jail entrance, near his regular sleeping room, some person dashed a cupful of concentrated lye on his face. lie may lose his eye sight. NUM MONISTS MAY PARADE. Trouble Possible nt Alexandria if Hot Heads Hate Their Way. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 1. The employes of the Kelly ax plant and the plate-glass company, of Alexandria, nonunion men, have announced their intention to parade to-morrow in their celebration of Iabor day. This announcement has made considerable stir in organized labor circles and it is said that tinionists have stated that the nonunion men would not be allowed to parade. The cooler heads of the labor organizations are advising against any radical stand by the union men. The city authorities have also taken up the matter and will see that the two parades do not clash. From some source a number of circulars have been Issued and tacked on telephone poles and fences saying: "If you don't see the union card in the window, don't go in." This is directed against merchants who do not have union cards in their windows, brought on, it is said, by the attitude of certain merchants toward organized labor regarding the parade. Programme at Elkhart. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 1. Labor day will be celebrated In Elkhart under the auspices of the Central Labor Union. An industrial parade will take place In the forenoon, while the afternoon will be given to baseball, bicycle races and other sports, and addresses will be delivered at Island Park by Councilman J. W. Kelley, of Marion. Ind., and the Rev. J. IL Hollingsworth, of South Bend. Fireworks and band concerts will be the attraction in the evening. Unusual efforts have been made of late to organize the various crafts, and encouraging success has attended the efforts of the organizers. Soutii Bend is expected to send a great delegation, ami an excursion is to be run from Three Rivers, Mich. Chain workers May Quit. Special to the IndianajKilis Journal. MARION. Ind., Sept. 1. The Krein chain works of this city is one of the largest plants In this country owned by the Standard Chain Company. It was built here about four years ago by Franz Krein, sr., of St. Marys, O., where he now manages a plant formerly owned by him. but which also was sold to the trust. The factory here gives employment to about 20) men. No strike was declared at the local mill yesterday, but it is probable the men will not return to work on Tuesday morning. Good wages have always been paid in the Marion mill, but this will make the second strike in its short history. New I'nlon Organized. MUNCIE. Ind., Sept. 1. A hundred members of the local union of the American Flint Glass Workers have reorganized Into a local union of the Green Bottle Blowers' Union. This action is being duplicated all over the country. END OF AN ALTERCATION. Omer Teeters Charged with Putting a Bullet in llarve Iluhh's Abdomen. Sj eclal to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBVVILLE. Ind.. Sept. l.-Saturday night in an altercation between Harve Babb and Omer Teeters, in London, Teeters put a bullet in the abdomen of Babb and it is thought he will die. A few days apro Teeters made an affidavit aerainst a woman ot London for keeping a house ot ill-fame, based m certain statements ot Babb and others, which .Babb repudiated when placed on the stand. Saturday nicht Babb stopped Teeters on the highway and asked him to stop his talk. Teeters claims that Babb attempted to assault him and that he only defended himself. Teeters this morning gave bond for his appearance. DROWNED IN CIH'DE OIL. Fate of Charles S. Plnicree, a Tool Dresser, nt .Marion. Special to the lndianaio!l Journal. MARION. Ind., Sept. 1. Charles S. Pingree, tool dresser and pumper, was found dead this morning on an oil lea.-e at Fourteenth street and Baldwin avenue, this city. His face was submerged in a small pool of crude oil, the overflow of a tank, ami he evidently had drowned in the oil. Two theories are advanced. One that he fell from the top of the tank, and that his head truck the ride of the tank, rendering him

unconscious, and the other I that he was walking by the tank when he fell, striking his head against the tank, rendering him unconscious. He leaves a widow.

nOTII TOOK. MOHP1IINK. Suicide and I'nsueeessf nl Attempt, Roth Dae to Domestic Troubles. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Sept. 1. William Durbin, a motorman on the street-railway, and Clarence McCartney, a Southern Railway fireman, took morphine to-day with suicidal intent. Durbin died in a few hours, but McCartney's life was saved. Domestic trouble caused both attempts. Durbin recently left his family and went to St. Louis, but returned yesterday. McCartney's wife riled suit for divorce several weeks ago. Durbin was fifty years old. SI H IDE OF AN OLD MAN. 1'ut a Rosary About His Neck and Hanged Himself to Door Hinge. fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Sept. 1. Patrick Eeddington. aged seventy-four, committed suicide at his daughter's home here tonight. After returning from church be placed his rosary about hi neck and hanged himself to a door hinge with a handkerchief. He was menially unbalanced. He came here two years ago from Varparaiso. where he had lived for forty years and was well known. 1 w ACiHD PERSONS DEAD. William Walker. Who Rerited Part of Bible on IMSth llirthdny. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Sept. 1. William Walker, aged ninety-six years, died tonight at his home south of the city. He was a minister during his early years, most of the time in Wells county. He was noted for his wonderful memory. On his ninetysixth birthday last June he recited, word for word, thirteen chapters of the Bible. Alexander Sample. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE. Ind.. Sept. l.-The death of Mr. Alexander Sample last night removes from the city one of its oldest business men and a man who for years has been prominent in business circles. Mr. Sample's death was due to old age principally and a general breaking down of the system. Although eighty-seven years old he conducted his business up until a fewmonths ago. Mr. Sample was born in Scott (CÖNT IN U E I DON" PAGE-;C COLI' M N 2. EXPLOSION OF NAPHTHA TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AUOARD A LAUNCH ON THE IIIDSON RIVER. Albany Contractor's Wife and Daughter Killed and the Man ami His Son Ilndly Ilurned. ALBANY. N. Y., Sept. 1. A friphtfnl fate befell tho family of Wilbur Alexander, a larg--. contractor of this city to-niRht. A naphtha launch exploded on the Hudson river at "The Abbey." a mile and a half below this city, killing Mrs. Alexander and her little dauphter, and burning Wilbur Alexander and his son Wilbur, jr., in a horrible manner. The accident was the termination of a day's outing on the river. Mr. Alexander took his wife and their son and daughter for' a trip south from this city. On the journey home Mr. Alexander was taken ill. He ran the launch into a side cut near "The Abbey." The launch was tied near the shore. The son, twelve years old, v.ent to give some medicine to his father, who was lying in the stern of the launch. The boy carried a lantern and as he passed the tank containing the naphtha an explosion occurred, scattering the blazing fluid in every direction, setting Are to the launch. Mrs. Alexander and her daughter were near the tank and their bodies were completely covered with the burning oil. The son jumped into the water when the explosion took place. Mr. Alexander rushed to the assistance of his wife and daughter, but they were burned to death before his eyes. He was at length compelled to jump into the river to save himself. The bodies of the wife and daughter were burned to a crisp and the launch consumed. Mr. Alexander and his son were severelv burned about the head and body. It is believed Mr. Alexander will die. The boy, though badly burned, will recover. Twenty-Five Ilodles Recovered. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1. The bodies of four more victims of the steamboat explosion on the Delaware river last Wednesday were found to-day, making a total ot twenty-live bodies so far recovered. Three of them were Identified as Clara WcihL aged thirteen years; Nellie Ballantyne, twenty-three, and Elizabeth Gillison, twenty-three. Four persons are still missing and six He at the morgue awaiting identitication. It Is probable that the missing may be among the unidentified, as several of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. MRS. NATION ARRESTED. Charged with "Raising a Crowd and Creating a Riot." NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Mrs. Carrie Nation, who arrived in this city to-day, was arrested at. Twenty-eighth street and Eighth avenue, charged with "raising a crowd and creating a riot." She was released, however, on the assurance of her escort that she would go directly to her hotel. Refore being arrested Mrs. Nation entered three saloons and two concert halls, and in strong language lectured the bartenders and persons gathered in the different resorts. A crowd followed her from place to place, constantly growing larger and more boisterous, and finally the police interfered and arrested Mrs. Nation. EELS FAR UNDERGROUND. .Mass of Snnkelike Flnh Fonnd in a Deep Abandoned Drain. CHAPPAQL'A, N. Y., Sept. 1. Mining for eels promises to become a lucrative industry here, where the residents revel in fish dinners, the material for which came from deep down in the ground. Laborers on the excavation for a railroad station made the surprising discovery. They broke into an old drain, and out wrigRled a great mass of eels, as fat and healthy as though they had come fresh from the waters of New York bay. The whole find, or catch, weighed just about fcäö pounds, enough for everybody in town to have some. Last night nothing else was talked of about the local places of resort, and old-timers recalled that the ground once was a part of nid Ire ley swamp, which was filled in more than a quarter of a century ago by the great editor. It was always supposed that the tons and tons of hum that were then dumped upon the soft cround would effectually destroy all life, but it has long b en iioti ed that In different spots about the old marsh th land trembles perceptibly beneath any heavy load, and the generally arc pteil theory now is that the earth beneath Is honeycombed with water courses, or perhaps traversed by a subterranean river, permitting fish to pan at will between burled es ring and bAslna.

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J. D. RICKEY'S STATEMENT TO STRIKERS AT BAYVIEW, WIS. Told Them the Strike Was Practically Lost, 72 Per Cent, of the Mills lleinsr In Operation. PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS THAT .MAY CAUSE A REVERSAL OF SENTIMENT AT THE MILLS. Review of What Was Said and Done at the Conference Tvith Steel Corporation Officials. SHAFFER SEVERELY SCORED SHOWN TO II AYE THROWN AWAY CHANCES OF A SETTLEMENT. Also Charged vrith Printing a Constitution of the Amalgamated Association After Doctoring it. STRIKERS' STORIES DENIED CARNEfHi: OFFICIALS SAY THE IU qli:sm: plant is not crippled. Ilinminc with Fnll Force Last Night. Iteneflts Costing; $iO.MM a Week Nonnnlanists Captured. MILWAUKEE, Sept. L Charges that the national officers of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers had misrepresented the attitude of the United States Steel Corporation toward organized labor In order to get the members of the association out on strike were made by former Vice President J. D. Hickey. at a meeting of the Ray view lodge to-day. In a cool, unimpassioned manner Mr. Hickey gave the members of the lodge the result of his recent trip to Pittsburg, where he vent for the purpose of Investigating the situation in regard to the steel ftrike. The situation, as summed up by Mr. Hickey, was that the strike appears to be Ins-t and it may take years to repair the damage to the association which has already been done. Mr. Ilickey's report was listened to by. aU the men with res-pcctful attention. Mr. Hickey made no recommendation to the lodge as to its future action, but It is believed his speech may cause a change in sentiment not only in Rayview but in other places in the fourth district. Nearly all tho members of the lodge were present when the meeting was called to order, and a iiumb r that were reported to be away working in other places turned up in time to attend the meeting. Among these was Corresponding Secretary Valentine Dooley, who had been working lor the Republic Iron ami Steel Company In East Chicago. President Joseph Redfern, of the local lodge, presided at the meeting, and when it had concluded he stated there, had been no vote taken, although no on had questioned the accuracy of any of Mr. Hickey's statements; that his remarks will be reported In full to the general officers of the organization, and that it may result in bringing Assistant Secretary Michael Tighe here again, or some other representative of the Grand Lodge, was the belief of many of the members of the organization. President Redfern ftattd that so far It appeared to be the opinion of the majority that the men should not return to work until they had been ordered back by the national officers. CHARGE AGAINST SHAFFER. Mr. Hickey had little lo say of the conference In Pittsburg with Iresident Shaffer and other national officers. The conference was mainly of a personal nature, in which President Shaffer was charged with violating the constitution In ordering the strike. Many other matters dealing with the past history of the association also came up for discussion. Mr. Hickey's mission In the East was mainly to ascertain the exact situation of'the strike and to learn every detail of the New York meeting. Mr. Hickey says the strike Is practically lost, as 72 per ccnL of the mills are. now working. "The object of the meeting," eald President Redfern, "was not to vote on the question of returning to work, but to listen to the report of Messrs. Hickey and Cooper who have been in the East to tee what Is the real situation. The strike has now been on here for two weeks and during that time the members of the lodge here have heard absolutely nothing about the real situation from the national officers. All that we have known we have seen In the news papers and last week a number of the members had a meeting and decided to send Messrs. Cooper and Hickey back east to find out these things. Their report wa3 absolutely satisfactory and was well received, but I have no idea what the action of the lodge will be or whether there will be any action taken." Mr. Hickey opened his remarks with a review of the conference with the representatives of the United States Steel Corporation preceding the strike in which he declared that Messrs. Morgan and Schwab outlined their jolicy toward organized labor. Mr. Hickey went Into these details for the purpose of showing that Secretary Tighe and President Shaffer had misrepresented the facts when they appealed to the members of the association to strike on the ground that the Steel Corporation was determined to crush organized labor and ruin the Amalgamated Association. He maintained that the proposition offered by Mr. Morgan had been eminently fair and should have been accepted right there by President Shaffer, if lie had had the Interests of his f How-workers at heart. Mr. Hickey reported that 72 per cent, of the mills are now working and that, in his opinion, the strike is practically lost. WHAT TOOK PLACE. "I obtained these facts from a mm hlih in otfue In the Hast." sail Mr. Hickey, "who was present at the conference, and 1 afterward confirmed the tatemnts from members of ths executive brtrd. Judge Gary, former president ot th Ted-

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