Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1901 — Page 4

THE IXDIAXAPOLIS JOURXAT WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1001.

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Subscribe with any of cur numerous arents or ten) ubacriU jn to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. rersons senilr.z the Journal through tfc real's Ir. the L'nite.l stt.ite should rut on an eight-raRs or ;i twfflv-pa;e iair 1-cera ftami; r a. sixfrn, twenty or twenty-four pax- i"I-w r 2-ceht stamp. Foreign ioila;-j Li usually double thet rates. All ccnmunlcatlom Intended for r-ubllcation In this paper must, in order to receive attention, be fccompardcd ty the name and address of the writer. It-Jected manuscrif t.-i will not be returned unless; postage is lrclosed for that purpose. E-.tered as second-class matter at Indianapolis, lnd , postorttce. THE IXHIAXAPOLIS JOIRXAL C.-n be foa:i4 at the following placet: Nt;V YORK Alitor HoUib. CII'CAGO Palmar House. P. O. News Co.. 217 DrarUirn strett. Auditorium Anna Hotel. CINCINNATI J. P.. Hawley & Co.. 131 Ins stfeet. LOif ISVILLE-C. T. Deerin?. northwest corner of. Third ani Jefferson streets, and Louivlhe Djok Co., ZJi Fourth avenue. ST. ' LOUIS Unlun News Company. Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rfgss House. Ebbltt Huse and U'i.'Iard'a Hotel. Ir; all the qualifications essential in a mayor Mr. Bookwalter is easily the superior of Mr. Magulre. S4ih Low made a hit when he called Rktiard Croker- "the new CJcorge III, who gcerns New York a? a colony while living:? In Great Britain." i 1 Representative Hepburn, of Iowa. declate3 again-t any tariff concession to Cu!j.u. which leads to a suspicion that he has' not read the late President's last address. The animus shown by the Kentucky pursucjr3 of Governor Taylor bears about as murh resemblance to an honest desire for ' Jusjice as a mountain vendetta does to an ecclesiastical court. i "J could not give all who applied office because there were 20,O.0" or 25,0uO who canie to me for place. I have but a few places and my hands are tied." So spoke Mayor Taggart to the crowd at one of his bee meetings. If is the opinion of many that in declining & nomination for re-election this year Mal'or Taggart saw the handwriting on the wa?l. Naturally, ho would prefer that TaUgartlsm should b beaten under another leader than himself. The situation in South Africa is becoming Jgrave indeed for England when so conservative a journal as the Naval and Military Gazette recommends conscription as thejonly means of supplying Lord Kitchener with men enough. Sjj large a majority of the intelligent vottrs of Indianapolis are not satisfied with the present management of city affair that. If they should vote the Republican ticket, it will bo elected by a plurality iof several thousand. Äfayor Taggart points with pride to the fac that under contracts made during his administrations four corporations which have municipal franchises of enormous value are paying the city $50,411 a year. If they ero raying three or four times as much, they would still have a good bargal :k T'ie putting of several hundred men at work in the streets just before the election aa has been done before every election since Mr. Taggart has been mayor, is a scandalous performance as much a purchase of votes as it would be to take the money from the city treasury and purchase rotes at 52 or $3 a head. Mayor Taggart, in one of his beer meeting speeches, said that his man Magulre never Jid any harm to any one in the world. "Which shows that his Honor has not made himself familiar with the hardships Imposed by the Board of Fublic "Works upon scores of poor people, seemingly to favor Improvement contractors. It- is worth while to note that the son of President Roosevelt will attend the public schools in Washington. The President Is a stanch advocate of the public schools as affording the best training for American citizenship. So he carries his doctrine into effect by having his son go to the public school and there get his training in democracy, in individual rights and individual worth. The decision of the Circuit Court at Mtrncle holding the weekly payment of wakes law constitutional is undoubtedly correct s to all cases in which there is no contract to the contrary. It may bo questioned, however, whether the Legislature car Interfere with the private right of corjtract to the extent of forbidding- an employer and his employes from agreeing to : different mode of payment than weekly f they wish to do so. Irt addressing a mixed in fact, a very mied audience a few nights ago. Mayor Taf-gart said: "Do you want the laws enforced to the Mtr? Rather shouldn't son?e discretion be exerei-ed? The law has no jdirretion." An executive officer, who is flwonn to see that the laws are enforced, takes very untenable ground when he talks "abcut exercising discretion in the matter, and when he recommends that policy to a milled audience he is sowing seeds tint rnai' bear very dangerous fruit. The people of this city are so ued to responding promptly and liberally in the promotion of local enterprises that they will not need much urging to induce them to co-oprate in making the approaching carnival a brilliant nucess. An event of this kind deserves support, not merely f(.r the crowd of people it b rings, but for the pirit of fun which it generates and the temporary putting of pleasure above business a, spirit, by the way. which should be encouraged to the utmost limit of propriety, but not beyond it. Persons out-Mo of the city tan reht assured that all the attractions promised will be offered, and that the carnival will be an event worth

remembering, as well as participating in. Its management is in the har.d3 of some of our leading business men, who are accustomed to doing things, änd not by halves, cither. I.OOKIii TO IMJIANAI'OLIS Itl'.Pl IILICWS. Republicans in this city, if they were readers of all the Republican papers over the State, would be surprised to note the Interest the party generally is takinr in the coming election. They all feel that the election next Tuesday is the first battle in the campaign of Yj2, and they say that if the Republicans of Indianapolis do not do jtiuir duty in the municipal election Marion 'county need not present any candidates for nomination at the next Republican state convention, as they will find little favor on the part of those who believe that the Republicans of Indianapolis can and should wrest the management of the city from the hands of men who not only always light the Republican party, but fight it malignantly. They cannot see why any Republican should vote the Masuire ticket when.

ir. their speeches, his advocates assail the Republicans and their leaders in the moit malignant manner. The Republican editors outside the city are right, so far as they declare it to be tho duty of the Republicans to carry the city on the ground that the men who nominated and support Mr. Magulre are Democrats who have used their local victories for the advantage of party men. The Republicans who elected Mr. Taggart two years ago re-ceived no recognition for the service rendered. So far trom that, the Democratic leaders who are lawyers have already as?ailed the judiciary in this county, charging it with partisanship, when they know that they cannot sustain the charges, but assaH such men as Judges Allen, Carter, McMaster and Leathers because they are Republicans. They appeal to Republicans to vote the Maguire ticket, but if it should be elected they will herald its election as a Democratic triumph, a censure upon the Marion judges and the Republican party generally. Indianapolis Republicans are much Interested In the success of the party in the State, the election of a Republican delegation to the Legislature in Marion county, and the re-election of Mr. Overstrcet to Congress. So caring, they ought to see, and the Journal believes that they do see, the importance of the election of the Republican ticket next Tuesday as demonstrating the ability of the party to carry the county by a large majority in 1002. TIIH RIXKAT DISASTER IX TIIIJ iiiiliiiim:s. The recent disaster to an American force in the Philippines Is distressing from a personal point of view on account of the loss of brave men, but in a large sense not at all discouraging. Neither is it surprising that in cleaning up the remains of the late insurrection and pacifying a recently hostile people" some such unexpected disasters should occur. Many far greater ones have happened in our dealings with the American Indians, but they did not affect the policy of the government. Individuals die, but nations go on. We may mourn for the brave men who are surprised and overpowered by Filipino Insurgents, but it is a small episode In a large plan, and should not have, and, of course, will not have any effect on the policy of the government in dealing with the Islands and people. If the incident had occurred during the last presidential campaign it would have been cited as proof of the unconquerable determination of the people to be free and of the hopelessness of the task we had undertaken. Now no person of any intelligence regards it in that light any more than any of the Indian massacres of whites in recent years were so regarded. The important point is that we have made and are making wonderful progress in restoring order and establishing government In the Philippines. The insurgents and the disaffected people are a mere handful, compared with the mass of the population who are now not only peaceable and friendly, but exceedingly anxious to prove themselves worthy of enjoying the protection and benefits of American government. As a people we are apt to be Impatient in expecting too rapid progress in the accomplishment of great national results. We want things done In a month that should take a year, or in a year that should require a dozen. No other government ever accomplished anything like as much on similar lines as the United States has accomplished in the Philippines during the last two years, but there is still much to be done that requires time. Wo must be patient. The foundations are being laid broad and solid for a great superstructure, but the work cannot be dona in a day. There may even bo more lives lost in the Philippines, though we may reasonably hope not, but if there are we may be sure the government Is making steady progress towards a consummation that will redound to the credit bf the Nation and the welfare of mankind. Much as the recent disaster is to be regretted it will figure In history as an inconsequential Incident in the development of a great plan. The triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, which meets at San Francisco to-day", will excite the Interest that naturally attaches to the highest ecclesiastical body of a great and progressive church. The convention is composed of a House of Bishops, which sits behind closed doors, and a House of Deputies, composed of lay delegates, which holds open sessions. Both bodies will embrace many men of national prominence. The convention will have to deal with many questions of peculiar interest to the church, and some of even broader interest. . THE JESTERS. Why He I.lkrcl Minkspenre. Washington Ftar. "What do you mot srtmlre aVut Shakpeare?" And without lieitatien the maraper replied: " The fact that I can produce hid plays without paying royalties to anybody." Xnturnlly IuzzlI. ("hIi'ao Record-Herald. "He ee," sail the French traveler, "what you call "ze roun.l.nun.' He" say h have been ln en z- beat. I ak heein: 'Whit yeu K) around?' He .ay ze skevaire. Oh Z t s lar.i; uafje:-' niit TrII 1- A i pen rn ii ee j. t'hlcaro N. 'Tommy." said the father f a pre cvl-uis flve-ur-o! l ut th t!.nr.r tab e. "don't uu think tbat H a pretty, lis piece ef cak? f...r a oy of your tdz?" "It l.M.ks blr. r.Tp't." replied Tommy, "but it's rqvoripe cako ani nearly all holes." NeuNonuhle Vehicle. "I alwas like to ri ! In seasonable vehicles." sai l Mi-- Frocks. "I wonder what joi mean by a.ionuble ve"Will. In the vernal iim -.nth., of c-A.-'se. surlntf

watrons are the roper thing: but in the fall I prefer to use autu.T.n-mobiles."

It Puzzled Her. Chicago Toft. "You ousht to go to church with me occasionally. John." she ?:d. "The mlni- ter remarked only the other Cay that he never saw you at church." "Well," returned the inoorripible sinner, "he has none the be ttor cf me In that." "Why. he Is there every Sunday." "Possibly," he aelmitted, "but I never see him there. That makes us even, doesn't It?" Now this sound, d r.isonabIe and logical, but well, she puzzled oer it a good deal before she got the matter dralghtened out. TOUR OF INSTITUTIONS. Governor Harbin AVII1 Put in Four Week In That Way. Governor Durbln will begin about the middle ejf the present month a teur of all the State Institutions and will be absent from Indianapolis about four weeks. Secretary Wilson said that the sole object of the Governor's trip will be to see how the institutions are petting alonpr, and that there is no intention of making any inves tigation. "The (lovernor is really the head ef all these institutions." sall Colonel Wilson, "and therefore feels like keeping in touch with them, hence this general tour." SPIRIT OF ENTHUSIASM it makks tiii: wcmiv or- the cahMVAL PKOMOTKIIS. Two Boom" Train Will Make tt Cireuit of the? State M ore AtlruetIve Feature Secured. The spirit of enthusiasm among members of the carnival advisory board was so great in the meeting held at Hugh J. McGowun's office yesterday that every one left with the words on his lips, "Boom the carnival." So deep is this enthusiasm that the officers were directed to at once provide two "boom" trains, similar to the ones used by the carnival management last fall. These will be popular excursions, making circuits north and south of Indianapolis. A band will be provided, and wherever stops are made the attention of the people will be drawn to the Indianapolis carnival, and in the larger places the excursionists will parade. Features to make the parades interesting will be carried with the train. In this the Travelers' Protective Association is taking a great interest, and probably the excursion will be conducted under the auspices of this organization. In addition to this the T. P. A., realizing the immense benefit of the carnival, to Indianapolis, will probably put two lloats in the flower parade. One of these trains will be arranged for next Saturday and another for the following Saturday. The price for the trip will be so low that hundreds may accompany the carnival boomers. The meeting at Mr. McGowan's office yesterday was a sort of trial balance on the carnival as far as it has gone. The liability already incurred was regarded as moderate, considering the quality of the attractions. The Jlale Fire Company from Kansas City, tho Pain spectacle, "Destruction of Pompeii," electrical fountain. Japanese theater and other features did not aggregate what might have been expected. In addition to this a great many subscriptions to the guarantee fund were reported, but not having been officially turned in were not announced. The Interest of the public generally in the matter was made evident by the reports of chairmen of subcommittees. Three of the men who have been soliciting the guarantee fund reported that they had not asked a single man to take a pledge but what he had done so, and the experience was in most cases that they were glad to be given an oppejrtunily to help the carnival. Also a spirit of liberality has been shown in giving prizes for the grotesque parade, Chairman Seguin reporting that he solicited prizes from thirteen merchants and had obtained prizes without effort from twelve of them. TIIK FLOWER PARADE. The progress of the flower parade is very satisfactory. The carnival officials have secured the services of J. A. Gorman, who originated the flower parades in Santa Barbara, Cal., where natural flowers are used. lie is to have charge of this parade, and all wishing to enter vehicles, by consulting him at headepaarters, will be supplied with sketches and advice as to an effective display. Mr. Gorman will also devise a system of general decoration, using the colors adopted for the carnival last year. His long experience in this work is highly valued by the committee. His work was conspicuous at the world's fair and in many flower parades in various parts of the country, at the New Orleans Mardi Gras, and his latest achievement was the magnificent decoration of the catafalque for President McKinley at Canton, O. The officers are rejoicing to know that the same railroad rates that were secured last year would obtain again this year. The local passenger agents have recommended that lares from all points be one and one-third for the round trip during the entire week, and on Monday and Thursday that they be one fare for the round trip. This is a highly satisfactory arrangement, and will doubtless be approved by the Central Traffic Association. One of the added features for the inclosure is the Japanese village. This troupe known as Kitamura's, was a distinct hit and one of the most profitable entertainments at the Cincinnati Carnival and many other points. It includes fifteen performers, who do acrobatic feats, jugglery and balancing. The company includes men, women and children, and their marvelous performances are expected to be one of the Midway hits. SCHEME OF DECORATION. The scheme of public decoration will be largely along the line of last year, perhaps more extensively, but not more expensive. Joseph A. Rink has been made chairman of the committee on decorations. The material now on hand is regarded as abundant, and a great portion of it was Uöfd for tho dece-ration of the monument which cannot be used this year. The decoration will include much side work, as well as cross work, in the streets, and abundant electrical effects. Committees were appointed to take charge of the blocks that are to be decorated. A committee was also appointed to arrange for a partial suspension of the schools during carnival week. The horse-show feature, which it was originally intended to have on Wednesday on Capitol avenue, has grown into such proportions that it is likely that Washington Park will be used and the event changed to Frld.iy. This means that some new- features will be added for Wednesday afternoon. Negotiations are in progress for the use of Newby Oval for the Pain spectacle. This pyretechnical show is the one on which the Pain company lavishes its best efforts, and the four performances represent all that is advanced In pvrotechr.kal displays, with many new features that were introduced at the Pan-American exhibit. Capt. Jacob Fox, of the W. K. Fnglish Zouaves, has tendered the services of the company for the entire week. This Organization has a reputation for effective zouave drilling and in the grotesque parade will give comical reproductions of wall scaling and other features. The directors wiil give the crcanizaiiort conspicuous work during the entire' week. The Cincinnati Zoo finical Garden has offered Indianapolis an elephant for carnival week. The elephant is a children's pvt. being used exclusively to ride them and the directors will make use of the animal if they tan provide for his earo here. W l BBM A Kentucky Requisition. Governor Durbln honored a requisition from Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, yesterday, asking the return of Budd Nichols, alias William Bibb, who Is under Indictment for breaking Into the home of Ed Brown, in Ixulsville, and stealing clothing valued at It is said that the detectives who were supposed to be- engaged on the Taylor and Finley matter last Saturday we re looking for Nichols in the vicinity of the Statehouse.

FAINT AT INITIATION

DU I'.VIW I'll ATI-Ill IT V cnilKMOXY TOO VIOLENT FOR TWO HOYS. Other Member of Detn Tlieta PI So Alarmed that They Will Tone Down the Interesting Gnme, GIRL HURT IN EXPLOSION XATlRAIi GAS THAHS A llAUTFOIlD CITY HOI SB. WaitliiiiKtoii llnnk Cmehier'n Shortnxe Con ereil llorsetliief Deteetiven Illeet Oftteer. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. GREEXCASTLE. Ind., Oct. 1. The fra-' ternities of DePauw University have conducted one of the most aggressive "spikinss" this fall in the history of the Institution, some of them getting a large number of new men, others only one or two. Among the additions are the following: Phi Tsi-Ed Sullivan, of Indianapolis; Glenn Wilkinson, of Peru; Arthur Osborn, of Marion; Walter Holmes, of Tcrtland; Arthur Gwlnn, of Perkinsville; Lockwood Towne, of Greencastle. Beta Theta Pi Paul Williams and Fcrd Langraf, of Indianapolls; Harold Crouch, of Brazil; John Minor, Paul Jones and Joe Pulliam. Sigma Chl-Joe Williams. of Terre Haute; Charles Miller, of Poseyville; Sexon, of Monmouth, 111.; Ross Houch, of Greencastle: Williamson, of Union City. Kappa Ethel Halstead. of Brazil; Lule and Bessie Bear, of Wabash; Edna Place, of South Bend; Helen Black, Elsie Naylor, Maud Fargo and Nona Burkett, of Greencastle. At the Beta Theta Ti house a cart with elliptical wheels, bandages, a can of carbon bisulphide and some other accessories figured in the initiation. Two of the boys fainted from the treatment and a physician was called to attend one, who was slow about recovering. The alarm was so general among the- members of the fraternity that it is probable such methods will not be used again. Purdue's Basket Ball Team. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Oct. 1. The Purdue basket-ball team will be as strong as ever this year, all the old players being back. The team was not defeated last season. Manager W. C. Curd announced that the team will start about Dec. 20 on a Southern trip, playing at Cincinnati, Knoxville., Chattanooga, Birmingham, Mobile, New Orleans, Nashville and Atlanta. The management will ask to be taken into the Athletic Association. This will give the team members the privilege of wearing the university letter "P." Last year's players are: Reiman (captain). Smith, Miller, Lucas and Knapp The substitutes and new men include Cook, Peck, Lucas, Arnold, Lynch, Smith, Conroy, Trueman and Deane. Gl It I. BADLY III KT. Ca Explosion at Ilartforil City Partly Wrecl: n House. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Oct. l.-A natural gas explosion at the home of Price Jennings, on West Franklin street, this afternoon partly destroyed the structure and severely burned Bertha Ruble, a elomcstic. Gas had leaked in the stove, and when a lighted match was ax'plied by Miss Ruble an explosion followed and flames caught her hair, fihe ran screaming out of the house. Mrs. Jennings, who was confined to the house with malarial fever, had a narrow escape. The building caught tiro and was a-most destroyed. A Keel Railroad Man Killed. Fpeelal to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENVILLE, O., Oct. L Henry Sherman, sixty-five years old, blind in one eye and partly deaf, an employe of the Panhandle for thirty years, while watching a Panhandle train' pass his post of eiuty at a water tank near here at 4 p.. m., was struck by a Cincinnati Northern freight and killed. His wife i3 bufieel near Riverside. Mich., and he has relatives at Indianapolis. DAVIS'S SIIOllTACK COVKHED. CaHliier of People llnnk nt Washing;. ton XV u n Off $71,010. WASHINGTON, Ind., Oct. 1. The People's National Bank directors to-day issued a statement that the shortage of R. C. Davis, ex-cashier, which was $71,940.22, has been made up.' Davis's bondsmen, who were the Officials of the bank at Owenton, Ky., paid the bank here J12.414.95, and Davis's family transferred property. The bank had anticipated a run when the news of Davis's shortage came out, but the business men were not alarmed and only a few small depositors called for their money. The bank is solid now. Xevr llnnk nt AVnlnh. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Oct. 1. The Farmers' and Merchants' Bank with a paid-in capital of $J0,0u0, opened for business here today in its new rooms on Wabash street. The bank Is launched by Howard M. Atkinson, of the Atkinson loan agency: Frank Morse, ex-cashier of the First National Bank, and John Bireley, late cashier of the Citizens' Bank. Mr. Atkinson is president; Mr. Morse, vice president, and Mr. Bireley, cashier. The first day's business was very satisfactory. This makes four banks for Wabash. A EIGHUOIl SPOILED IT. Fourteen-Year-Olil Girl Father Would Permit Her 3InrrlnRe. Sjioolal to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Oct. 1. A telephone message spoiled a match in this city yesterday. Frank Spencer,! who came recently from Ohio, and Miss Alien Van Winkle, the fourteen-year-old tlaughter of a prominent farmer north of the city, came to Elwood and boarded a car for Anderson to obtain a marriage license. Scarcely had they left the city when George Gains, a farmer, living adjoining the Van Winkles, rode breathlessly into town and telephoned to the county clerk, instructing him not to issue a license to the couple, as the girl was not of age and the man had u wife in Ohio. When Spencer presented himself for the license it was refused. It happened that George Van Winkle, the father of the bride-to-be, was In the courthouse at the time, and the lovers appealed to him. He admitted that the girl was but fourteen years of age, but that she might as well marry if she wanted to. The other objection, however, could not be overcome, and the wedding was postponed. Spencer does not deny that ho has a wife in Ohio. SALOON IX I'll E FE It C X C IZ. Lieene Granted iu Steuben CountyAfter SleRe of 'Joint.' S racial to the Indianapolis Journal. ANGOLA. Ind., Oct. 1. In the Circuit Court this afternoon Moses Sailer was granted a lijuor license on appeal from the County Commissioners. It is the first saloon license granted In Steuben county for three years. Obnoxious"five-gal!on joints' have re olutieinizerd public sentiment. TALKED OF ELECTROLYSIS. Wutervvork Anoelntlon In Contention at EvaiiNTllle. Fpeclal to th Indianatxdls Journal. EVANS VILLI, Ind.. Oct. 1. The Central States Waterworks Association met in convention here to-day. Several States are represented. Mayor Covert welcomed the

visitors. President Cockrell. of. Columbus, O., responded. The mornlnfr session was given up to reading of paper? on electrolysis, vhlch is responsible for the destruction of water and gas mains in many cities and is caused principally by leakage from wires of electric street car lines. It was held that the double trolley system is one of the best remedies. The convention will be in session three days.

II Oll SETH I EK DETECTIVES. Xational Association Elect Officer nt Lafayette Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1. The National Horsethief Detective Association met today and elected the following, officers: Organizer, S. D. Anglin, Warsaw; president, I. E. Switzer, Otterbein. Ind.: vice presilent, C. B. White, Woouirgton, O. ; secretary, J. I Crouse, Alexandria, Ind.; treasurer, William Colbert. Attica. Ind. President Switzer is one of the farmers that ran Marvin Kuhns down near Green Hill, this county. Church Activity at lllooniington. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 1. The laying of the cornerstone of the First Baptist Church begins the erection of the third new church in Bloomington within the past year. A chapel for mission service was erected on Maple heights, the First Presbyterians have just dedicated a $XM) building, the Baptists will erect an edifice to cost $12.000, and the KIrkwood-avenue Christian congregation is repairing to the amount of $1.2J0 ami a fine Carnegie organ is being built which will be a gift to the congregation. It is stated that the Collegeavenue Methodists.aiso have a new church under consideration, to be of oolitic stone and tho finest in the city. Settler Wondered nt Anto. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Oct. 1. The thirtieth annual meeting of the Wabash County Old Settlers' Association was held here to-day. Hiram Brownlee, of Marion, delivercel the address. Warren Sayre was elected prci?ielent: B. Williams, secretary, ami John B. Latchen. treasurer, of the association. The automobile race was erne of the features of the day. Three machines were entered. First money was taken by Jacob R. Bruner, second by John A. Bruner and third by Will A. Newman. The latter's auto ran down a small boy named Garner, injuring him. The autos were viewed with wonder by the old residents. Typhoid Fever nt Windfall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind., Oct. 1. The people of this place are experiencing a scourge of typhoid fever of a virulent form. Last week Mrs. Bertha Williams, wife of Professor Williams, principal of the Windfall schools, died of typhoid fever; Saturday, Mrs. Spillman, two miles in the country, succumbed to the malady; there are at present six cases of the fever. There is not a case where the drinking water is used from drilled or driven wells, and the physicians say that impure water is the main cause of the fever. LoKitnsnort's Xcw 'Phone Compnny. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Oct. l.-The Logansport Home Telephone Company, recently granted a franchise in this city, has elected officers as follows: President, Theodore Thorward, Fort Wayne; vice president, J. H. Reitender, Logansport; secretary, W. J. Phi, Logansport; treasurer, M. A. Jordan. The work of constructing the plant will be begun at once under the direction of the Cass County Construction Company, organized in connection with the telephone company, of which the following officers have been elected: President, W. J. Vetey, Fort Wayne; vice president, J. H. Foley, Logansport; secretary, J. G. Powell, Logansport; treasurer, G. W. Seybold, LoKansport. The capital stock of the telephone company is $150,0 J, and of the construction company jou.uoo. Canteen System Restricted. MARION, Ind.. Oct. 1. Major George W. Steele, secretary of the board of managers of the National Soldiers' Home, who returned home to-day from a tour of inspection with the board, says that a wrong Interpretation was given to the interview with President McMahon at Milwaukee concerning canteens. That interview implied that canteens woulel be establlsheel in all branches. This is wrong, for they will be maintained only in homes where they are now conducted. Caught In a Traiiom. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 1. V. J. Zolcoski, an agent for the Stoddard illustrated lectures In book form, was bound over to the grand jury to-day to answer the charge of burglary. After spending the day with Boyd Snyder, a saloon keeper on Lafayette street, he was detected by Snyder in the act of entering the saloon through a transom. He pleaded guilty when arraigned. He came here from Chicago. Tonr Charffed vrlth Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Oct. 1. Officers arrived here this evening from New Albany with Nelson Frita and son, John Fritz; who are charged with the murder of John Pfelster about three months ago. The grand jury returned indictments against Fritz, his wife, his son arid Albert Fiddler. They were placed In jail, where Mrs. Fritz has been ever -since the murder. They will probably be tried at the present term of court. "Kid Henne) Dismissed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, Ind., Oct. 1. After listening to the evidence of the prosecution In the case wherein "Kid" llennessy, a Frankfort pugilist, was charged by Edward Nugent, of Marion, with having stolen a hun-dred-and-fifty-dollar diamond and $48 in cash, Judge Richter, of the Lapo' te Circuit Court, to-day took the case fiom the jury and discharged the defendant, deeming the evidence insufficient. A Great Fountain Xenr Gnston. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GASTON, Ind., Oct. 1. Water has been spurting high in the air from a gas well being drilled by the American Sheet Steel Company oyi the farm of James McLaughlin, two miles northeast of this place. The water h?is flooded several acres a foot deep. Hundreds of people here looked at the great fountain, ami the drillers have called an expert to help them out of their predicament. Xo 'Phones In Elkhart County Offices. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Oct. 1. None of the Elkhart county offices is now to be reached by telephone, the twelve telephones that were in the various offices, including the county jail, having been taken out to-day because the County Council refused to make an appropriation to pay the rents. The eleven telephones cost the county $24 a month. Smallpox nt Michigan City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, Ind.. Oct. 1. Smallpox has developed at Michigan City. The first victim. Mi;s Mamie McLaughlin, aged twenty, died this afternoon. The young woman was to have been married next week. Indlann Ohltnnry. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Oct. l.-Michael Hellworth, a farmer near New Flavcn, dieel to-day nt the age of sixty-one. He was a Republican candidate for county commissioner in the last election. Death was caused by typhoid fever, which Is almost epidemic In the eastern part of the countv. Mrs. Nancy Long Litchfield, widow of the Rev. David B. Litchfield, who was a member of the Indiana Legislature Irom this county in the early seventies, die-d here to-day at the age of seventy-seven years. BLOOMFIELD. Ind.. Oct. 1. The pioneer anti-missionary Baptist preacher. .Martin C. Fulk. Is dead at his home near Park, this county, aged seventy-nine years. He was born In orth Carolina and settled in this county in 1S2M. It was against ids belief to accept pay fer his religious services, and he made ids living at farm work. COVINGTON, Ind., Oct. 1.-We sk y Cook, a farmer, living south of this city, died at his home last night. For forty years he was blind, but he managed his farm prosperously. lie has been known as "the blind farmer." One child survives him. GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Oct. l.-Mrs. I. Thomas Sorder. formerly Miss Rebecca llanna, sister of the late Lieutenant Governor Thomas llanna, of Indianapolis, died

to-night. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in this city. GREENSBURG, Ind., Oct. 1. James C. Pulse, for many years a resident of this city, died to-day at his home in Arkansas. His body will be brought here for burial. He was deputy auditor of Decatur county for four years. LAGRANGE. Ind.. Oct. 1. Dr. Adolphus Cuthing, ninety years old, is dead. He was graduated from Dartmouth Meelieal College in 1;33. He had a large practice and was wealthy.

lnillann ote. ELWOOD. The new schedule of gas rates is $2 per month for tho tirst stove.. $1.50 for the second stove and $1 for each additional stove, an increase of 50 cents all the way round. Open grates are raised from $2 to $C, while jets will remain at the old price, 20 cents a month. A n-di tion of 10 per cent, is to be made on bills paid the first seven days of the month. The fifteen-year-old son of- Elmer Simmons, while climbing a tree to shake down hickory nuts, lost his hold and fell twenty feet. His collar bono was broken in two places and he suffers internal injuries, which may result fatally. Mrs. Meredith Bicknell, while returning from Indianapolis on a L. E. & W. passenger train, was struck in the breast by a stone hurled through the window of the car near Atlanta and seriously hurt. Mrs. Lyman Cheney, also of this city, was cut by Hying glass. RICHMOXD.-Invitations are out for the marriage of Alexander Starr Itcid. of this city, auditor of Wayne county, to Miss Ethel Pierce, of Fort Wayne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ogdcn Pierce, on Oct. 10. There will be a rotable gathering at Grace M. E. Church on Sunday, Oct. Vi. It will be devoted to the old people, and the following clergvmen, former pastors here, have been invited to attend: Rev. N. Gillam, of this citv; Rev. Mr. Spellman, Fort Wavne: Rev. Mr. Greenman. Marion: Rev. M. Mahin. New Castle: Rev. Mr. Phillips. Muncie; Rev. Thomas Staber, Indianapolis. ELKHART. Henry Rechter, the special policeman who was shot in one leg during a riot by strikers at San Francisco. Sunday morning, is a son of Frederick Beehler and wife, farm folk, living four miles northwest of Elkhart. He is twenty-four years of age, and served in the Fourth United States Volunteers in Luzon. On being mustered out at San Francisco he remained there. WINAMAC. Attorney- Henry R. Robbins, in defending himself against proceedings to disbar him in Starke ami Pulaski counties, has taken a change of venue to Fort Wayne. This is the tenth time he has moved his case. Many prominent citizens and attorneys make sensational charges against him. BLOOMFIELD. Judge Harris overruled the motion. of T. Alex. Brown for a new trial for the murder of William Hoagland at Worthington last December, and sentenced Brown to a term of two to twenty-one years in the Michigan City penitentiary for manslaughter. CRAWFORDSV1LLE. Tuesday Jesse A. Greene sold his interest in the Journal, of this city, to the other members of the firm. Arthur A. McCain. Fred T. McCain and Mrs. T. 11. B. McCain. The job department has been sold to A. M. Smith. VALPARAISO. The district meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps will be held at Hammond Oct. 10. Mrs. Elizabeth McCarthy was run over and killed by a Monon train near Red Cedar lake depot. BLUFFTON. Marion, ageel two years. son of John C. Dawley, found a bottle of carbolic acid on the floor and drank from it. The child was seize! with convulsions, and it is doubtful that it will live. VINCENNES. Lee Fox and his son. charged with embezzling several hundred dollars' worth of property belonging to James Hobbs, of this city, were arrested and taken to Sullivan Tuesday. COVINGTON. General J. R. Carnahan, of Indianapolis, and General Dick, of Bloomington, 111., aehlressed the reunion of the Eighty-sixth Indiana Regiment here Tuesday evening. LOGANS PORT. The fire department was called out Tuesday morning by a lire in the residence of J. F. Grable, which cause! a loss of $2,5ou on building and contents. SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST RESULT OF FIHE IX A IIIIITISII COLl. Mill AX COLLIERY. Explosion Contributed to the Death List Men Hun the Wrontp Way to Mnkc Their Eucnpc. VICTORIA, B. C, Oct. L Seventeen men are dead as a result of a fire and explosion in Extension mine, No. 2, belonging to the Welllngt-m Colliery Company. The flames started from a curtain, which caught fire from a miner's lamp. The dead are: GEORGE SOUTHCOMB, timberman. married and with family; resided at Ladysmlth; a native of Australia. EUGENE GRIFFIN, timberman. married. WELSH, manager of the Ladysmith Baseball Club. JOHN PATTERSON, miner, married. JAMES WATSON.' miner, married. MICHAEL DOLAN, miner, married. WILLIAM POLLOCK, miner, single. E. LYND, miner, married. JOHN MAC CALLUM, miner, married. K. BLACKLEY, miner, single. E. HAZEL, miner, single. FRANK MOTTISH V, pusher, single. CHARLES NOYE, pusher, single. ARCHIBALD REEVES, pusher, married. BOYD, pusher. HAMILTON, pusher, single. ANTONIO PESCETTELLI. miner, single. The fire broke out at the bottom of level No.. 3 and was communicated across the slope by one of the curtains. In half on hour the whole slope; was on fire. Rescuers flocked to the mine and reached the place where the mlne.rs had been at work, but the men had gone running with the fresh air, Instead of against it, in an attempt to get out by .'.he accustomed route, thus meeting death "half way. While the rescuers were at W'.rk several explosions occurred. When It was realized that the men could not be aved a strong force started to choke thn mine, but the work was undone by a terrific explosion, which blew down the barriciide. A little later the fan-house burned. James Thomas, rope-rider, had a thrilling escape. He was rieling down the slejpe, and, seeing tl- lire coming, Jumped off the car and rai. George Southeomb and Eugene Griffith.) tlmbermen, called to him to follow them. jut he ran on up the slope for l.ouo feet to'its mouth and barely escaped with his life.'- The other men were overtaken by the flaoes and perished. PACIFIC CABfiE DISCUSSED. Cabinet Meeting on Id er Aiiirricnn Rieht Under Pence Trenty. WASHINGTON, -ct. 1. There were five of the eight m-lnbers of the Cabinet present at to-dajfs meeting Attorney General Knox, Sec 'darie.s Long. Hitchcock and Wilson ar' Postmaster General Smith. The princijll subject discussed was that of a cable o Hawaii. Guam and the Philippines. It is inderstood that propositions have been nfole to lay a c-emme-r-cial cable from San J Francisco to connect these islands, and tle question under discussion was whether, under our peace treaty with Spain, t'j United States could authorize or in :iti way encourage the laying of such a cab'? by private parties. HeservntlniiMsto He Opened. WASHINGTON. J t. 1. The Interior Department is rapid; comp! ting plans for the opening of the Jrt Hall. Ida.. Indian reservation. The dat. fr the opening has not yet be en fixed, a 4 the preliminary work has "not been completed, but It is e xjer td that the reservation I whit h contains 4 i,i-o acres, will be thro,i open to settlement within a f v weeks. The Quinault reservation, in Washingt'li, comprising :i.i.eacres, probably will to thrown open to settlement next spring. A f Plow Trusü Completed. CHICAGO. Oct. l.-De tails of operation and organization of f the "plow trust." recently organized wltv a capital of fl').m,- (., were !lcussed 1?.' tlu stockholders at a meeting held to-h$'. W. A. Vincent, attorney for the comb lie, said: "The American Plow Company! as the combine Is called, will embrace I twenty-three of the largest plow manufacturers In the country and will control She output.

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1IIIITIMI I'll Er TAXI! THE ;o r.nv MEAT WITH WK DEl.W. Excitement in Bermuda Our lliscor ery of Loral Aiel t Eseap. Ing; lloer Prisoner. O'BRIEN HINTS OF REBELLION IM EMU AH Y LETTER TO 11IC l.MTEI) 1KISII SOCIETIES. Du nlhh Ciinltitni SuiiU. Ilurini; n Tet Threatened Anglo-IurUith Trouble Aerted In AnIii. LONDON, Oct. 2.-Within two weeks the war In South Africa will have entered upon its third year, and In the face of a recrudescence of organized operations by the Boers and of the Impossibility of carrying out Mr. Brodrick's promL-e to reduce the war expenses by sending homo some troops, the government organs are apain becoming restless. There is a mystery surrounding the operations and the whole situation in Natal, and tho denials and evasions of the War Office concerning the alleged friction between" Mr. Brodrick and Lord Kitchener form the subje-ct of editorial protests on all sides. "We have the right to expect." says the Standard, "that the government will lo.-e no time in sending out such ample reinforcements as the military chiefs on the spot deem necessary." The Daily Mail, which finds evidence that Lord Kitchener Is In a difficult predicament and fears that the government is de laying reinforcements out of a desire to avdd summoning Parliament to vote the necessary supplies, warns tho government that if this be the case a grave risk Is being run. Similar protests are made on all sides. The Times, after reminding the government of the "repeated blunders and miscalculations which have cost the empire such a terrible price," says: "A third campaign has now opened in South Africa and there is no sign that the government Is doing anything to prepare for possibly the dragging out of the war for several months more. Already it is too late to provide such a mobile force as would be adequate this autumn. Is the government doing anything to provide it even three months hence, and if not, what possible excuse can the government urge for this neglect?" -Huer Aided to Escape. Corrcspordcnco cf the Associated Pres. HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 27. The pro-Boers in Bermuda have been excelling themselves this week, the occasion being the escape of pome pH-oners 0f war whom they made every effort to aid in their attempts to regain their freedom. Last Saturday night, under cover of darkness and a rainstorm and, as one of the Boers asserts, with the electric lights playing upon them all the while, thre-u men, a nephew of the late General Joubert. Alfreel Martimus Joubert, and two brothers, George and Hendrick Indemaur, made their escape from the prisoners' pen at Darreil's island, and swam over to th Princers Hotel, where they landed, dressed themselves in the clothing which they had curried over tied in bundles on a plank and making their way to a livery stable iu Hamilton, hiieel a trap and directed the driver to take them to the residence of Dr. Outerbridge, at Bailey's bay, and then repaireel to a place of concealment in the neighborhood. By that time an alarm had been raised at the camp and the military police were on the track of the escaped Boers. The search continued for two days and nights, soldiers, sailors, militiamen and civilians taking part in it. One prisoner was retaken Monday morning while Incautiously inquiring on the public road for the house of Dr. Outcrbridge, and the other two were recaptured late that evening. All thn-e were lodged in the military prison at St. George's. The affair has created great excitement here, not merely because of attempted escape, which is somthing to be anticipated at any time, but because of the apparent exhibition of pro-Boer spirit here. O'Hrlen Hint of Revolt. DUBLIN, Oct. L At the meeting of the United Irish League In Dublin to-day, the lord mayor of Dublin presiding, a letter of apology for absence was read from William O'Brien, M. P., who expressed a hope that "if the King visit? Ireland next year the league will arouse a spirit which will convince his Majesty that he has come among a people discontented and dlsaffecteel to the core, only needling the arms and training of the Boers to testify to their hatred of England's rule -with eloquence equal to that of the unconqutred South African Republic." AGRARIA.XS LMENSEI). Remark About the Kulser nnd the) Tariff Exelte Their Ire. BERLIN, Oct. L The Agrarians are much incense-d at the following remarks, which, according to the Berliner Tageblatt, were made by one of the speakers at the banquet of the llandelstag, or Commercial Congress: "It Is well that we have over against the conflicting views regarding the tariff Dili a strong monarchical power which knows no special interest, but only the Interests of the fatherland. "The existing commercial treaties show the strong initiative of the Kais. r. ai:d it is hoped that his Majesty will now understand hw to provide for the country' interest." The Kreuz Zeitung, which savs it considers this "tugging of the Kaier into party conflicts" a serious abu-e. warns partisans against carrying the practice to a dangerous point. Export to America. BERLIN, Oct. 1. According to a dispatch from Düsseldorf lü,o tons of sph-g-elisen (a white castiron containing manganese, largely us-d in the manufacture of steel by the Bessemer process) were sold recently to manufacturers iu the United States anil negotiations are in propres for further sales. Exports from the Berlin distrh-t to the United State s during the 'quart r whieh has just expired amounted t. ; T,,7v. or an increase of Jl.sCl.V. upon the crrebponding quarter of l'"'. German Tariff DillleOlt les. BERLIN. Oct. 1. The ininiste-r of Commerce, Herr Moeiler, speaking at a banquet yesterday evening. In conn e tion with the sittings of the Germnn Cornn rcial Diet, declared the government was In a difficult position. It must admit that commercial treaties for long p ri.N were necessary, and that high r protet tl -n for agriculture w as a pclitlcal r. t .-ity. . Miss MOH I OVS l AHill AGE. It Will Take Plnee In London, on tnrdn The Contract Mgneel. PARIS, Oct. 1. The marriage contract be-twee n Miss Helen Morton, daughter of Levi P. Morton, former Vice President of the United States, and Count B-i-om de Pe-rii;ord, a sn f th- Duke- of TallyrandIVriiord. was s-imied h re to-d.ty In a lawxer's oMIee in the pre-.-cnee t.f tJ,,. rt larnilii s. The marriage will take p! ti-t Saturday a: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Che-lsea, Loudon. The witnesses of the marriage will be Miss Mortons co-inn. F. Grand Dilatitcville and W. C. Eu-iis. third r.-tary of the United State s embassy in London," for Miss Morte n, and Baron D. Ze üb lere au4