Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1901 — Page 4

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M elvi ii ley .Memorial I 'mid. The Journal will receive and acknowledge subscriptions to the McKinley memorial fund, and forward them to Secretary (Jage. the treasurer of the committed. Those who wish to send their subscriptions to Secretary Gage direct, can. of course, do so. For "off-year ' elections those of Tuesday showed extraordinary vitality in the Grand Old Party. The overthrow of Tammany shows that when the friends of homrt politics and good government set together nothing can withstand them. Illchard Croker will probaMy get his "swag" togt-tlur and retire to his otate in KTigland for th rest of hi? life. His career in New York Is ended. Ilk-hard Cruker fays the defeat of Tammany could not be ascribed to any one isrsuo, but "the people wanted a change." It does look that way. No man In New York views the disaster to Tammany with greattr delight than David üennett Hill, because no man has suffered greater humiliation at the hands of Croker. It was wtll that the Democratic politicians who met, feasted, and of course and necessity orated, in Franklin on Tuesday held their jollification on that day instead of the day following. Gold?n IVale Jones's city and county In Ghio gave a large Republican plurality on Tuesday, which leads to a fear that his theory of electing men without party nomirations or other organization Is premature. If a paving material called ceramo crystal, composed mainly of pounded glass, has the merits which are claimed for it In Europe, asphalt may have a rival one of these days which can bo produced at home in abundance. The latest from Mr. Croker is that he will remain the head of Tammany, but It can make little difference whether he remains or departs; he cannot become a factor In national politics, and Democratic representatives will no longer go from "Washington to Tammany Hall to consult him. r In New York a man who bet a box of cigars was refused the privilege of voting on Tuesday, but those who make betting a vocation and bet by thousands wero not questioned, which Indicates that it Is unlawful only for the occasional and small bettor to back his judgment with something of value. In his speech at Franklin the other night Hon. John Y. Kern said the white people of Indiana hail elected him Governor, but the negro vote turned the scale against him. That won't do. Governor Durbin's plurality was 2Ö.10J, while a recent official enumeration shows there are only 13,272 colored voters In the State. The competitors In the business of sugarref.nlng cannot be making money when cut after cut has taken place, the last being ten points by the trust to meet the Arbuckles The danger is that they will com bine and raise prices for a time, but sugar Teflning Is too extensive an Industry for a long-standing monopoly with large profits. The man who wrote a week ago that Mr Croker's estimates of majorities in Greater New York have been wondtrfuily accurate must confess that his prediction of 43,4 plurality for Tammany's candidate for mayor has proved too wide of the mark to attribute the disparity between prediction and result to errors In making the footing Cicncrai Alger Has written a letter in which he says that Richard Harding Davis was a correspondent at the front, and quotes Mr. Davis as saying that the first accounts of the Guasimas light were sent by correspondents who were three miles away, who obtained their news from the wounded carried to the rear. After this honorable mention Mr. Davis will scarcely sue General Alger for libel. The Hon. Tom D. Johnson appears to be the only Democrat in Ohio who met with eny dogree c.f success on Tuesday. He reems to hae s cured the lection cf his candidates in 'Ie eland, which must be regard -d either as an i:idoi sein nt of his :ngl-tax viws or of his newer advocacy of taxation of railroad property. Mr. John son i by far the leading Democrat in Ohl to-d ty, in spit.- of John K. McLean. The St-ntlnel denounced Croker and Crk trUm in fin form yesterday, expressing positive gratirteatlon that his rule Is ended In New York an I hi Influence. In the Dem ocrat!.-? party I a thing of the past. A ivar aso last July the Indiana delegation

to the Kansas City convention, cither as a

whole or by Its officers, conspicuously went to Mr. Croker's headquarters to pay him their respects, thus recognizing not only his X'rominence in the party counsels but tacitly approving of his rule andmethods. It is not recorded that the delegation paid Its respects to any other delegation. "When the national Democratic executive committee told the Indiana party managers, that it could furnish them no money Mr. Taggart went to New York and iaid court to Richard Croker day after day until the boss gave him $ä0,0o0 to use In Indiana. Mr. Croker and hij methods, which offend the Sentinel now, were as well known two years ago as at the present time. The only change is that Mr. Croker can no longer be of any use to the leaders of the Indiana Democracy. tiii: Gi:nitAL m:si ir. The general result of Tuesday' elections is very satisfactory to Republicans. The party has held Its own in every State except Maryland, and, compared with two years ago, the Republicans have more than held their own In that State. In Massachusetts, where the conservative Democrats controlled the nominations and sent George Fred Williams to the rear, the Republican off-year plurality Is maintained. The New Jersey anti-Rryan leaders controlled the convention and made a platform which exPresidcnt Cleveland Indorsed and a ticket for which he voted, but they do not seem to have gained any advantage by Ignoring Rryan and Eryanism. In Ohio, where the Kansas City platform was voted down in convention, and where Democratic reorganization was expected to strengthen the party, the Republican plurality Is considerably larger than it was two years ago. On the other hand, in Nebraska, where Mr. Rryan carried out his fusion programme in nominating a ticket and put forth the Kansas City platform as the Democratic doctrine, the Republicans have a plurality nearly as large as that of llwö. In Iowa, where a sound-money Democrat was put upon the Kansas City platform. the Republicans obtained on Tuesday the largest plurality ever secured In that State in an off year. In every Northern State voting on Tuesday the Republicans, consid ering that It is an off year, fully maintained their supremacy. If what is known as the reorganization of the Democratic party by ignoring Mr. Rryan and his platform has been of any advantage to the party in any State, that fact is not apparent to the naked eye. In Ohio, where the experiment of reorganization was made most conspicuous, and where the suggestion of having Mr. Bryan's services on the stump was frowned upon by the Democratic state com mittee, the Democratic defeat was more emphatic than it was two years ago, when Mr. McLean, not a very popular candidate, made the fight upon the Chlcag) platform and Mr. Rryan spoke In the State. If the Ohio gold Democrats came back in large numbers the silver Democrats must have stayed at home In still larger numbers. The elections Indicate that It Is not Rryanism in Democracy which the voters so much object to as Democracy in any form. Intelligent voters have no faith In a party whose leaders shout for free silver one year and the next declare that free coinage is folly. The country is prosperous and the majority in the States voting on Tuesday Indicated by their ballots that it is more prudent to let well enough alone. T1II2 OVKIITIIFIOW OF TAMMAXY. Perhaps no single feature in the elections of Tuesday excited more general Interest than the municipal election In Greater New Y,ork. The city as now constituted casts more votes than many of the States, and its government has come to be a matter of national concern. Under the continuous rule of Tammany for many years, going constantly from bad to worse, it had become a national scandal, a demoralizing object lesson for the whole country, a subject of scathing comment by foreigners and a reproach to universal suffrage and republican government. The ending of such a regime and the crushing defeat of the machine by which it was established and perpetuated Is cause for rejoicing by the friends of good government everywhere, and should make every honest American thank God and take courage. Those who are at all conversant with the situation will, of course, understand that tho result is not a straight Republican victory. Hon. Seth Low, the new mayor. Is a Republican, but as the candidate of the Republican party alone he could not have been elected unless there had been enough other anti-Tammany candidates In the field to have divided the Democratic vote. He owes his election to a combination of all the anti-Tammany elements in the city, including a large number of Independent and reform Democrats. It is to the credit of the Republican party that it was able to furnish the most available candidate to unite all these elements for the overthrow of a power which all previous efforts had failed to break. This could only have been done with a candidate whose character and record were a guarantee of the reforms which the people demanded, and the fact that he is a Republican shows that in important crises the people know where to look for leaders. The composite character of Mr. Low's support may add to the difficulties of his administration, as different elements will expect recognition In the way of patronage, but as he ran as a reform candidate and is pledged to nothing but honest administration and good government he ought to be allowed to proceed In his own way and select his own instruments. He has characterized the victory as "a splendid vindication of popular suffrage." It certainly Is, and those who have furnished the lesson should emphasize It by giving the new mayor hearty support in the great and difficult work before him, and especially in his efforts to substitute honest business methods for corrupt ring rule. The overthrow of Tammany is complete, but it should be made lasting. The work of reforming and reconstructing the government of (Jreater New York will be one of years, and unless Mayor Low has the cordial support of all the elements that elected him the present victory may prove short lived. Hon. John W. Kern seems disposed to atone for his slowness in coming out for Mr. Bryan at the beginning ef his meteoric career by effusive protestations of allegiance after his career has ended. A fewyears rgo. when a great many Democrats who think crooked or do not think at all, were shouting for Mr. Bryan Mr. Kern refused to Indorse his 10-to-l claim to greatness, mit now that he has been told by the people to "go 'way back and sit down" Mr. Kern insists that he Is one of tho

greatest statesmen of the age. At the Democratic reunion at Franklin Tuesday night, in responding to the sentiment "Our Present Duty," Mr. Kern declared that Mr. Rryan was one of America's greatest men and that he, the speaker, would not sit by and see him humiliated. It is a rpueer conception of the present duty of Democrats to continue protesting their loyalty to a leader who has been twice repudiated by the people and who Is now politically as dead as if he had never been in politics. And It was funny for Mr. Kern to declare that he would not sit by and see Mr. Rryan humiliated when the votes were being counted by which the people of Greater New York repudiated Mr. Bryan's political sponsor, Richard Croker, and those of Nebraska repudiated Mr. Bryan himself. This was humiliation of the most emphatic kind, and from present indications Mr. Kern has no choice but to sit by and see it.

The money in circulation Nov. 1 In the United States is put at $2.246.C0a.542 by the Treasury Department, which Is $2S.T2 per capita. This is not as large a per capita as tho Populists declare is necessary to do the business of the country, but it is twice as much as the country had a year before the resumption of specie payments. The money in circulation is 5107,119,130 greater than it was a year ago, in spite of the fact that J2i0.000.000 of the treasury notes of 1S0O were retired during the year and replaced by silver coinage. The amount of silver certificates in circulation is J4I1.S10,G37, and of silver dollars JSS.&ya.SGl a total of JC25.0S9.Ci3 of silver funds, exclusive of subsidiary coin. Considerable space was given by the newspapers to the predictions of the com mittees of the different parties in the vot ing States. To the last Mr. Croker declared his entire confidence in a large plu rality for Mr. Shepard. In New Jersey the Democratic committee claimed the State a week before the election. In Ohio the Democratic committee figured a Democratic Legislature and the day before the election claimed that the Democrats would carry the State. Few Intelligent people are now deceived by such claims, but It is probable that a few men who yet believe in the opinions of commItte.es will bet and lose money on the strength of such predictions. r 1 ine cnagrinea democratic managers are reported to attribute no small portion of their disaster in Ohio to the conduct of John R. McLean and his newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is true that Mr. McLean did not fill his barrel and go to the crossroads to open it, but he gave $109, which was $100 more than Mr. Kilbourne gave two years ago when Mr. McLean was a candidate. Besides, Mr. McLean could not afford to reduce his bank deposit for the benefit of Tom L. Johnson. The career of Hon. Seth Low furnishes a strong argument for the scholar in poli tics. A graduate of Columbia College and an honor man in his class, he first achieved success in business, then as a political or ganizer and finally as president of Columbia University, to which position he was elected by the unanimous vote of the trus tees just twenty years after his gradua tion. He is wealthy and very charitable. If any other result had been announced than a Democratic victory in Kentucky it would have been a genuine surprise. With the Goebel election law In force, which takes the selection of election officers out of the hands of the people and results in putting two Democrats and a self-styled Republican in every voting place, any other result than a Democratic victory Is im possible. It is an unprecedented combination of circumstances that causes two appeals to bo made to the people of Indiana at the same time for memorials to dead Pres idents, but both should be responded to. There are the strongest possible reasons why liberal contributions should be made to both the Harrison and the McKinley funds. The kind of men who have been obeying ' Richard Croker are the kind who turn against a leader when he fails. It is said now that if Croker does not resign all pre tensions to Tammany leadership he will be kicked out. The floral exhibit that is being held at Tomlinson Hall during the present week should be seen by all lovers of flowers and of artistic effects in colors. Our local and State florists deserve great credit for their public spirit in building up an exhibition that is entirely devoid of commercialism, and their display this year surpasses all previous efforts. INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. T I- - J i.i.i - . .... u " ummea mat JUüge uantriu s chances for further political preferment President Roosevelt has appointed another Southern Democrat to office. That is the third, and none of them has resigned. as advised by the hot-heads, as a protest against tho Booker T. Washington incident. The fellows who want to resign in that way are all men who haven t anything to resign. Marlon News. Those unco nice old fellows in the South who are suffering from vertigo over the fact that President Roosevelt sat at the table with a colored American citizen seem to have forgotten that many of them were suckled from colored breasts. They have become nasty nice in their o'.d age. Clay County Enterprise. The President has shown excellent judgment in appointing Hon. William Dudle Foulke, of Richmond, this State, to the office of civil-service commissioner. He is a gentleman of splendid attainments and has given much attention to the subject of civil-service reform, and his appointment will add strength to the party and also to Mr. Roosevelt as a leader. Waterloo Press. There are four Democratic candidates for United States senator in Kentucky, viz.: Ex-Governor McCreary, Congressman Wheeler. ex-Congressman Lovltt and the notorious Judge Cantrill. If conspicuous services of the kind that Democrats appreciate will te of any advantage to a candidate in the contest, then Judge Cantrill will certainly have quite an advantage over his opponents. Columbus Republican. Governor Durbin in refusing to honor the requisition of the Governor of Kentucky for the return of Governor Taylor and Secretary Finley did the right and humane thing. To surrender these men to such a court as that of Judge Cantrill would ba a heartless act. Governor Durbin has the right to exercise his discretion in such matters and we believe he has shown good judgment in refusing to return Taylor and Finley. Noblesville Ledger. The Indianapolis municipal government has at last come to Its senses on the Interurban question, finally, after a long and inexcusable delay, agreeing upon conditions that are acceptable to electrlc-llne interests which have been waiting until a proper reception was accorded them In fore operating into the city. For the first time in I the capital city's history, perhaps, all the

have been advanced in the estimation of general interest, and also to summarize M, . . T. . , , if congressional debates. Associated Press Sirt5 inytw Qe.ItUCky' T,he Dcmratic fs anrt important books and magazine party in that State generally rewards any Stieles on the Philippines The society's one performing such service as character- ?CJ" tlv statVs that the War DeIzed his actions as presiding Judge in the rartmlSt manifests great winingnes to lowers trial-Portland Commercial Re- lfj$e fe0 sVciety by putting 1CW. . ... , , ! 1 1 1

newspapers are unanimous on one question. Thy welcome the interurban railways.

Kokomo News. Governor Durbin met the expectations and won the approval of a majority of the people of Indiana by refusing to honor the requisition of Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, for YY. S. Taylor and Charles Finley. If there had not been sumeient evidence before that these men would not be granted a fair trial. If returned to Kentucky for trial, the result of the second trial of Pow ers removed nil doubt on that point. Rich mond I'alladium. THE HUMORISTS. What He MUaed. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "Yes; they call it a 'rural play; but it stems to me there's something lackin." "Why, so there is; there's no mortgage on the farm." EiiKlIfth n She Is fpoke. Chelsta (Mass.) Gazette. Clara Did you cry out when the dentist was pulling your tooth? May No, I never opened my mouth. Clara How did he get it out, through your ear7 The Reason AYIiy. catholic Standard. Finnick If you notice, the poets invariably refer to the earth as "the." Why should the earth be considered feminine, I'd like to know? Sinnick Why not? Nobody knows Just how old the earth is. The Carnegie System. Baltimore American. "Don't go In dere, Tete," said Musty Milton, "dat's not a good back door to strike." "Why?" inquired Perambulating Pet. "Dat's whera Andy Carnegie lives, an he'll make you tote a library out o' town wit you.'' Only nturul. Philadelphia Tress. Subbubs I suppose you would scoff If I told you that a man who used to live In our town, but afterward moved to Colorado, had come back to our town In search of hid health. Cltiman No; that's reasonable. I suppose that's where he loit it. Showing llow Great Men Differ. Chicago Tribune. Dorus (struerglln author) And HowelU says he can't dictate fiction to a stenographer or typewriter! That's what surprises me. I've" dictated all of the stories I've written lately. Naggus (literary editor) And you haven't had half the practice writing stories he has had. either. Howells ought to be ashamed of himself. CURRENT MAGAZINES. Trogrtss is the name of a new woman'sritrhts naner. It Is nublished by the National American Woman's Suffrage AssoCiation. .from the American Tract Society building. New York. Evidently the pub Ushers are not expecting to wage a very active campaign by means of it, as it is only four pages in size and is a quarterly. What promises to be a charming series of recollections is the "Memories of a Hundred Years," by Edward Everett Hale, just begun in the Outlook. Mr. Hale's memory does r.ot reach to the "beginning of the last century, but back of his own generation be draws unon letters and diaries of his parents and grandparents. In those bygone days men and women had time for writing letters and recording events in diaries, which was a fortunate thing for those who come after. The best thing in the November Book man is a summary of sketches of Ghetto life written by Russian Jews of New York's East Side. The summary is more satis factory td the reader than the original sketches could be. because the life is por trayed with suilicier.t clearness and without unnecessary details. "Boston in Fic tion" is not of especial interest Decr.use, thouirh that citv has figured in many novels few of the novels are of importance enough to have created literary landmarks, it is the Boston of history that the American public is interested in. In McClure's Magazine for November Ray Stannard Baker tells in an interesting way what the United States Steel Corporation really is and how it works. Portraits of the men who make up this organization form an Interesting study of strong faces. Walter Wellman describes an automobile race between Paris and Berlin, when the machines ran faster than an express train. William Allen White offers a character sketch of President Roosevelt. "Marvels of Modern Production" is the title of a paper by George B. Waldron. Several clever short stories complete the number. The November number of the World's Work covers a wide range of topics. The magazine declares its faith in President Roosevelt and outlines his difficult problems. A story of American trade expansion is told in the career of "American Locomotives Abroad," by M. G. Cunneiff. A plea for health is found in Dr. Flick's article on the "Fight Against Tuberculosis," and Arthur Goodrich's "Plain Description of Tammany" gives an idea of the conditions good municipal government must overcome. International understanding and good feeling are furthered by such articles as those on "The Problems of the British Empire," bv Sidney Brooks, and on the relations of "Japan and the United States," by Midori Ko;..atz. Prof. Ira N. Hollis offers a laudatory eketch of Admiral Sampson, and phases of our International expansion and development are touched in the handsomely Illustrated description of "The Proposed Appalachian Forest Reserve" in North Carolina, by Dr. W. J. McGee, in the story of "The Pivotal Farm of the Union" in Nebraska, what it is doing and what a future it has, by Prof. L. - II. Bailey, and in suggestions for "The Beautifying of Cities," by Charles II. Coffin. Any one who wishes to have the PhilipI pine question presented to him in all Its I uhts and from every side, and Is not satis fied with what he gets in the daily papers, cannot do better than to subscribe for the I I'lllUDDinO Jieview, iiuuiu-uru tti. v- van 1,1 I - I . . . V. 1 1 . - V-. , .1 . ! RtrpP; - vPW York. The Review aims to cull out from official reports all information of nt it servil both published and unnub lished records of the department. It would seem, tnertrore, mat me; lieview win oe able to furnish its readers with all Information 'on the Philippine question obtainable In this country at the smallest expenditure of time. The information to be obtained In the United States is, moreover, to be supplemented by correspondence from competent persons in the Philippines, which will be publised on Its face value. Its rate of subscription is low. People who are interested In the great college game at this season of the year they are numerous may care to read President Thwing's article on the "Ethical Functions of Football," in the November North American Review, and, again, they may not. However this may be: this college president proves to his own satisfaction that though the game has some evils it helps to develop the "gentleman of ethical chtra:ter and conduct." Hannls Taylor writes in this number of "Conquered Territory and the Constitution;" R. de Cesare. member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, discusses the next papal conclave, Urbain Gohier offers a rlea for American intervention in Turkey; Jules Roche tells of the national debt of France; Hamilton W. Mabie has an essay on "American Opportunities and Education;" Senator McLaurin takes for his theme. "The Commercial Democracy of the South:" J. D. Philan tells "Why the Chinese Should be Excluded;" Anthony N. Brady describes the services of electricity: O. P. Austin asks and answers the question, "Has the Threatened European War Against American Manufactures Begun?" H. G. Wells continues his papers on "Anticipations, ' and W. D. Howells contributes a second piper on "An Italian View of Humor." R. A. Plnkerton talks of "Detective Surveillance of Anarchists," and says among other interesting comments on the dangers of the Anarchist movement: "The Haymarket massacre In Chicago ought to have been a lesson to the whole Nation. Unfortunately, it was looked upon as a purely local ebullition, something peculiar to Chi . i t - , -. I . lit i cago and to her cosmopolitan make-up. The lesson given by the hangln? or the Anar chlsts concerned In th Haymarket affair whs largely nullified by the subsequent pardoning of the men who escaped from the gallows and were sent to prison. That act had a decided tendency to revive the spiritä of the Anarchists and to bring to our shores many of the dangerous fanatics who were driven out of Europe."

TO PRISON FOR LIFE

Mils. MYitA i'iti:i:s snTi:ci:n for KILLING "WILLIAM GRAY. Cnse of Charles Dunn, Aeetmetl of Kill in Allee Cothrell nt Wnllen, Is In the Jury'p Hands. CLOTHING PLANT IS DESTROYED HARRISON fc lllDI), EVANSVILLE, SUFFER A LOSS OF $100,000. Kokomo City Engineer Hurt VIko County Divorces Damage Suit for Alienation of Affections. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Nov. 6. The Jury in the Myra Frees case in which she was charged with the murder of William Gray at the red mills on July 23 last, found her guilty of murder in the second degree late to-day, and her punishment was fixed at imprisonment for life. The defense was her supposed insanity. Mrs. Frees declares that she was assaulted six weeks before the killing. Dunn's Case In the Jury's Hands. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 6. The Jury was intrusted with the fate of Charles Dunn a little before 6 o'clock this evening when Judge O'Rourke finished his long in structions, which were notable for their close adherence to Supreme Court Interpretations of the law bearing on the crime of murder. The morning was occupied by Henry Colerick in finishing his argument begun the night before. He completed what seemed a formidable anchorage for a reasonable doubt in the testimony of Hettie Hare, who lived next door to the Dunn residence, and who said she saw Alice at Dunn's window jus! as Marie Sampleson entered it the second time. Her statement is so much at variance with that of Marie that if she told the truth Marie's whole story must fall. Judge Hench closed for the State, making an effective argument without depending much on the questionable evidence of Marie Sampleson. He admitted that the evidence of Hettie Hare was adverse to the State, although she was a State witness. He said she was mistaken, on which supposition there was no discrepancy in Marie's story. He pictured the crime with Imaginative eye, no one except Dunn and the child having seen it, and closed an eloquent peroration with a terrible arraignment of Dunn, who, however, did not flinch. ... CLOTHING PLANT IIUItNED. Harrison fc Rudd, of Evnnsville, Suffer a Loss of $100,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 6. Fire tonight destroyed the plant of the Harrison & Rudd Clothing Manufacturing Company, entailing a loss of fully $100,000. There is insurance of about J'SO.O'JO. The factory was located in the business district, and a favorable wind saved a block of valuable buildings. Only after a hard effort was the People's Theater saved. About 125 people are thrown out of employment. Hotel BulldliiK Badly Scorched. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Nov. 6. The " Central Hotel building, on tho west side of the public square, caught fire a little before noon to-day from an overheated Hue. By hard work after a prompt response the fire department kept the flames confined to the burning building. Burton's restaurant was elamaged about $1,0", Milt Myers's saloon loses $1,200 and John Quill s saloon loses some by water damages and breakages. Myers has $00 insurance and the building. owned by Postmaster Williams and George McDaniel, has an insurance of $1,000. MAY Ht2 FATALLY" HURT. City Engineer of Kokomo Ilndly Injnreel In n Huna vrny. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 6. Jackson Morrow, city engineer and one of tho best-known residents of this county, was thrown from a buggy in a runaway this evening, receiving injuries that may prove fatal. He had been out to the new steel works, laying off ground. An hour later he was found unconscious in the buggy, with skull Injured. He had been thrown against a telephone pole. He has served several terms as county surveyor. Veteran Ivllleel by a Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PETERSBURG, Ind., Nov. 6. John McGlllum, a farmer, seventy years old, who lived south of here, was run over by the E. & I. north-bound passenger train this forenoon, death resulting in a few hours. He was a soldier in the civil war and had been oefore the pension examining board here. He was returning home on foot when he was struck by the train on a curve. "Woman Frightened to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FLORA, Ind., Nov. 6. Mrs. Emma Helton was frightened to death to-day by a shying horse, the result of her recent trying experience in a dangerous runaway. REFUSED TO BUY GAS. President of the Mnncle Company Rejected n Liberal Offer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 6. It was learned to-day that the American Sheet Steel Company recently offered the Muncie Natural Gas Company 6,000,0u0 of the S.000.000 feet of gas it can produce dally, having that amount more than it uses in the Midland steel works. The price offered was 8 cents, while the Muncie company charges 12 cents per thousand feet. President Rose rejected the offer, and has told his patrons to cut off the service if they do not like it; while the people are shivering, and reports are being circulated that Muncie has na gas. Mr. Rose had refused to put In a pumping station and bore for more gas, after th; City Council, In the courts, defeated an attempt to raise prices. (Jus Fleht on nt Wabash. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Nov. 6. The Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Company has thus far failed to respond to the offer of the Wabash City Council to compromise the gas controversy on the basis of 15 cents per thousand feet, and acting under the direction of the Council Mayor McIIenry will, in December, unless an agreement on that basis is reached before, issue his proclamation asking the citizens tm decline payment of gas rates at a higher figure. This will precipitate the fight in the courts, as the city will seek an Injunction restraining the company from cutting off the supply or collecting a higher rate. Nearly ,0)0 Acre In Oil Leasees. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind., Nov. 6.-C. O. Baxter. r.n oil operator, has leased cf the Iicros;-e Land Company, composed of Pontine (111.) capitalists, 2,516 acres of land along the Kankakee river in Dewey township. Lajorte county, and will at once begin the

development of the field for oil and natural gas. Lxeprin.ental wells have been promising. INDIANA OI1I1TAUY.

The Rev. Kilns Coonrider nnd W. C. Iloml, Each Over Ninety Year Old. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL.. Ind., Nov. 6. The Rev. Ellas Cooprider, the oldest minister in the county, died this evening, aged ninety-two years. He had been an active minister for seventy years and held the first religious services ever conducted in Clay county. He had accumulated a large fortune. LAFAY'ETTE, Ind.. Nov. C William C. Bond died at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon, aged ninety-four years. Infirmities of old age caused his death. He was long a resident of Wayne county, where he was prominent in business and political life. He had lived here of late years with his daughter. Mrs. Samuel G. Snyder. The body will be taken to Richmond for burial on Friday. Died Suddenly nnd Alone. PrecSal to the Indianapolis Journal. GOODLAND, Ind.. Nov. 6. Miss Martha Franklin, aged sixty-five years, a pioneer resident of this place, was found dead in her home this evening, where she lived alone, and there is evidence that she must have died some time last Monday. She was sitting in a chair in front of the stove and evidently died suddenly and without a struggle. She owned considerable property and was well known In this locality. Other Deaths in the State. WABASH. Ind., Nov. 6. James Donavin. a well-known young blacksmith of this city, dropped dead this afternoon, at his Miama-street shop, of apoplexy. He was onlv thirty years old. of prefect physique, and had been in fine health. Charles M. Sailors, son of the late Representative Jacob L. Sailors, and a brother of ex-Clerk Mel Sailors, of Kokomo. died here this morning, after a brief illness of typhoid fever and paralysis. He was born in this county fifty-five years ago, and had lived here ever since. BOURBON, Ind.. Nov. 6. Mrs. Susan Erwin, a prominent woman of Bourbon, died yesterday morning. Mrs. Erwin was born in 1S29 in New York. She and her husband, Nathan Erwin, came to this part of Indiana in 1S46 and continued to live here. Mr. Erwin died two years ago. The deceased met with an accident five weeks ago, suffering a compound fracture of the thigh. She seemed to be recovering, but heart failure intervened and was the cause of her death. PORTLAND, Ind., Nov. 6. James McLaughlin, one of the best known residents of the county, is dead at his home near Bluff Point, aged forty-seven years. HORDED MISSION BOXES. Two Youthful Thieves Have Come to Grief nt Laporte. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind., Nov. 6. Two youthful thieves have come to grief in this city. Their latest act was robbing the mission boxes In the German Methodist Church, which netted them $6.53 in penles, nickels and dimes. The church was entered by the breaking of a window at the hour of midnight, and while one watched outside the other broke open the boxes and obtained the money. The payment of seventy-five pennies In the purchase of an article first threw suspicion on Michael Begier, who. when questioned, told three different stories. In one of which he mentioned William Huth. Both lads were locked up, and after sufficient urging young Huth made a confession. Yesterday both were bound over to the Circuit Court. Begier Is now on parole from the Reform School. SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. Peru Gun Cluh Puts Up Two Thonsand lllrels to He 31nrdered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Nov. C Two thousand live birds were secured for the annual tournament of the Teru Gun Club at its Elmwood grounds for to-day and to-morrow. Four twenty-five-bird events were on the programme to-day. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la., and W. R. Crosby, of O'Fallon, 111., missed none, and J. L. Head, of Peru, only one during the day. Among the shooters are D. R. Stevens, of Moline, 111.; C. B. Wiggins. Homer, 111.; Guy Burnsldes, Knoxville, Tenn.; W. E. Barto. Chicago, and Jack Parker, Detroit, the last-nameel being manager of thei shoot. Other prominent shooters are present, who will not allow their names to be used. To-morrow there will be a twenty-five-bird match, with $20 entrance fee. Gas Belt Gelf Honors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 6. The local contest for the golf championship Is over and the honor goes to Stephen S. Strattan, Jr., for the second time. To-morrow the team will go to Marion, where the last game of the Marion-Muncie-Richmond series will be played. Marion is in the lead. , ALIENATION OF A "WIFE Chnrgeel as the Ilnsls for a S'nit for $25,000 Damnges. Special to the Indianaioli3 Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Nov. 6. A sensational elamage suit was entered In the Circuit Court to-day, the action being brought by Ellis D. Browning, a resident of Wildcat township, against County Auditor Lige Perry, a prominent citizen and one of the wealthiest citizens in the northern part of the State, charging him with the alienation of the affections of his eighteen-year-old wife and demanding $25, 0') damages. Mr. Perry declares the suit is part of a blackmailing scheme and has secured a number of prominent attorneys to fight the case to the end. DIVORCES IV VIGO. Matrimony Taking on the Nature of a Continuous Performance. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 6.-The divorce evil in Terre Haute reached the climax to-day when Thomas Rhoads asked for a marriage license and when told the decree In his first wife's suit for divorce from him had not been entered asked to have it done at once, offering to pay all the court costs at the same time he paid for the marriage license with which he was to marry a second wife. He said he had defaulted in the suit again him purposely. A few days ago a man paid the costs in a suit for divorce brought by the woman whom he was to marry and In which a decree had been entered a few days before. Under a ruling of the court marriage licenses cannot be issued to persons when either has been a party to a divorce proceeding in which the court costs had net been paid. The costs in this case were assessed against the defendant husband, but the. second husband paid them, together with the $2 for his marriage license. One couple, married a few days ago, were both under thirty years of age, but each had been married three times. In October there were twenty-two divorce cases and sixty-six marriage licenses. Diocesan Convention to Meet. Frecial to the Indlanapob Journal. LAPORTE, Ind., Nov. 6. The annual convention of the diocese of Michigan City will be held at Trinity Cathedral. Michigan City, beginning next Tuesday and continuing three days. Clerical and lay delegates from every parish In the northern half of Indiana will be present. The annual convention sermon will be preached em Tuesday morning by Bishop Taylor, of the Qiiincy diocese, and the opening s rmon of the convention on Wednesday morning will be delivered by Bishop Nicholson, of the Milwaukee- lioce.se. The woman's auxiliary of the 1ioce.se; will hold its annual meeting at Barker Hall on Wednesday. Plan for an Inlutrlnl Sehexil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 6. A movement was started here to-day to establish an industrial school for girls. Mrs. Jane Turner, widow of the Rev. Jesse Turner, a wellknown worker In the Society of Friend., offered her brick residence to an association on condition that J 1.000 was subscribed by citizens to maintain the school the Ürt

year. The association accepted the offer and at it? first mating $o of t! required $l..io was raided. It is thought the entire amount will be eontributed in a lew la.

IltidUy Clinnipiitn In the I. iota. Special to the Ir.dl.ir.3p.iu J.-urntl. EL WOOD. Ii.d.. Nov. t:. William I ladle y, residing northwest ef the e it y. near Curtlsville, has issued a dialler ge to the cornhuskers of the State-, e.ffe ring to b-f nd the championship to the extent f $1") a fide, in a match to be held some time within the next few weeks. Hndley ofT rs to be t t 0 that ho can husk 1-' bush- Is of corn, n v-enty-nvc pounds to the bihi. in ten hours, the only eonditlon l ini; that be be allowed to select the held i:i which he shall make the attempt. , Four Creiinierics Bought In. Special to the Indiana -oil Journal. CENTERYILLE. Ind.. Nov. f.-An Indiammolis syndicate has been given an option on the plants of the Centervi'de Creamery Company am! the Commons-Harris Company, and a $.".C' mortgage instrument has been filed at the office f the county ree-order. These creameries have been operated succ s.-fully for ye ars, and their butter took the first gold nu-dal at the world's fair at Chicago. There are four plants covered by the option. Nl in rod a Itnck from Maine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD. Ind.. Nov. C "Bob" Fair, one of Greenfield's most ardent nlmrods, returned to-day from a two weeks' hunting trip to the State of Maine. He brought home two fine deer which he killed. The statelaw there allows no man to kill and take away a greater number than two. Mr. Fair was with a party of twenty, the other hunters bein fre.m Indianapolis. K komo und Noblesville. The weathvr there has been quite rough. Entire Family Stricken hy Diphtheria. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind.. Nov. '. The entirj family of Frank Walker, in this county, is afllicted with diphtheria. Mrs. Walker elied this morning and a son died last night. Mr. Walker and two children are very low .it present. Indiana Note. RICIIMOND.-Rny L. Brown, who recently sohl the Fountain City Times to Charles Hart, of Portland, will now elevote his entire time to preaching. He' c.upi'S the Christian Church pulpits at Redkey, Kennard and Abington. A strong effort will be made' to secure for this city a fair nnd races for next season. A meeting to this end has been called for Nov. 13. It is the intention to permanently organize at that time and arrange to build a nevr ' floral hall. J EFFERSONVILLE. George Williams, a stranger in the city, will be given a hearing before Mayor Hader on Thursday on the charge of obtaining money by fale pretenses. Williams, who claims to be an agent for the New York Life Insurance Company, colleete! $" from Neeley Reehr as first payment on an Insurance policy lor $1,iio. When the policy was not forthcoming Reeder had the agent arrested. LAFAY'ETTE John McCauley has returned from Buffalo, after serving six months as a guard at the Pan-American exposition. Mr. McCauley is the man who assisted President McKinley to a chair when he was shot, and later escorted Czolgocz to the prison. He is modest about the part he performed, and says he enly did what any other man would have done under similar circumstances. KOKOMO. To-day Marion Price, agent for the Lake Erie & Western junction depot, this city, while rummaging through the effects of his father, George W. Price, whose eleath occurred a few days ago, mailo a pleasing discovery. In going through a tool chest in an outshed an ohl tobacco pouch was found in its bottom that contained $2T5 In gold coin that the family did not know was in existence. 1 1 AG ERSTO WN. The Rev. W. W. Montgomery, who has b'ii pastor of the Presbyterian churches here and at Cambrige City for four years, has accepted a call from the Eckmansviil'. ., church, and will remove lo that place about Dec. 1. Mr. Montgomery also had a rail frem the Eaton, O.. church, but lecidd to go to Eckmansville. GREENFIELD. Dr. Oscar Hellar. of New Palestine, who has twice l eer, elected coroner of Hancock e-ounty. has resigned his olfice and Dr. Noble P. Howard, of this city, has been appointed to succeed him. The coroner's office in this county is not a remunerative one. as there is seldom e.ccasion to hold an inquest. ROCKVILLE. The Rockville street fair ami fall carnival eommittee has adjusted all its accounts and has a balance jf $,;-) on hand for next year. The business men of Rockville are strong supporters of the carnival. The fair given was one of the best In the State i.nd next year it will be made larger and better. BOURBON. Mr. William Ervin. of this city, is gaining an enviable reputation as it lecturer at farmer' institutes. she has been engaged by Professor Latta, of Purtlue University, to deliver several lectured within the next four weeks at Newton, Ossian, Akron and other points. AURORA. Sergeant Reginald Hare, of tho United States recruiting service, is geting a large number of recruits in this city and surrounding towns. He has been in Aurora three weks, and is still meeting with success. ELWOOD. For the seeend time in a year the Meyers bakery was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Over a ton of flour, which had Just been purchased, was destroyed. STRIKE OF MINERS. Four Thousand Anthracite Mine Em ployes Ordered Out. SCRANTON, Pa.. Nov. C An order calling a strike of the eight collieries of the Temple Iron Coiniuny was I-'u.-d this evening from the headquarters f Hstrict No. 1, United Mine Workers of America. The erdcr Is addressed to the presidents ef the local unions at the e-ollie rb s aff ct-d Lae kawanna, Sterrick Cre e k, Edge ton. Northwest, Harry E.. Forty-Fort, Mount Lookout and Babylon all of the Temple Iron Company The strike order says the officers of the Temple Iron Company at the- Mount Lookout, Harry E. and Forty-Fort dlie ri s have discharged about fifty union men U--causc they have been woiKing at thr Maltby colliery of the L high Valle y Company, which has l.en on st:ike for about thna months; that hf superintendent and manager of the Temple Iron Company's collieries were- e-n by a min rs' e-o'nmit t , but would give the- committee no satisfaction except to say that ail those- who were hired with the knowledge that they wre men from the Maltby min would 1. r Instated, but that tho.-e- who wt- hir-i without knowing wh r they were- f r - m wi.ul-1 not be re instate el. The strike onli r conciueles as follows: "There f-Te. falling to have th m n reinstat o, y.m are hereby notified and authorizd by tho executive bo. ud to suspend woik on M'.nlay, Nov. 11, and re-main idle until all nie n have been r instated and you are notUn -1 to resume work." The order is sigi.ed by T. D. Nieholls, president ejf '.istrict No. 1, United Mine Y.rk rs of America. The eight colli ries operated by the Temple Iron Company are loeat d in L n kawana ami Luzerne counties, and e-mploy about 4,'m) men and boys. The company closed down to-day the Mount Lookout. Harry E. and Forty-Fort c.-ilbries, supposedly in anticipation of th' strike. It is expected the other collieries will be closed dow n to-morrow. The company oltu lala refuse to make any statement. E. S. STOKES'S WILL. Instrument Is Ten Years Old nnd Hen etlts hut Few Persons. NEW YORK, Nov. C The will of Edward S. Stokr?, who died on Saturday last at the r sidene o of his sister. Mrs. McNutt, was filed in the surrogate's office this afternoon. The will was executed on Feb. 13, P'Jl. before Mr. Stkes had the disagreement with his cousin. W. E. D. Stokes, and W. E. 1- Stokes U the chief beneficiary under the will. No schedule setting forth, the- a!ue of the- property left by Mr. Stakes was tiled with the will. Mr. Stokes declare that his entire etate Is to be held i:i tru:t by b.U executor, who Is lo pay 1. gae i s f '.) to his motile r. Nancv Stokes. J-V" to his brother Horace and $-'." t' his sister. Mary J. MtNutt. The residuary estate- he- directs Kuli be divided between hi br.ther Horace hiiJ his sister, Mrs. Mc.Nutf, and In case nnther ef them leave children the entire estate Is to go to W. E. 1). Stokes. .Mr. Stoke a says in the last clause of the will that he is unmarried and has no children.