Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1903 — Page 2

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The result 'nhoweil that the vote was divided on strictly party lines and the total was C3 to 22. . . . The motion to advance the Mil to third reading was paj?ed and Mr. Slack offered a motion that the bill be rccommittea to the committee on the affairs of the Indiana Reformatory. Ilia motion was held to be out of order. . . . . . "Upon that I appeal from the decision of the chair: shouted the member from Johnson In a fine frenzy." and upon that I demand the ayes and noes." The Speaker-An appeal from the decision of the chair must be made In writing by two members'. Slat k We'll reduce It to writing If ou give us time. . . , Ä The Sp-aker-No time will be Riven. The chair holds that he has authority to Ignore motions and tactics that are purely dilatory In character. An appeal will not be per"siark I ak that I may be heard upon that point I demand The Speaker-Senate bills on their first "reading. Enrolled Senate bill No. 25; first reading of the bill. And the scrimmage was at an end. Half a dozen Senate bills were handed down on the first reading and trrrl to the proper committees. During those proceedings Mr. Slack and Mr. Koyd. who has a voice like unto the bellowing of a mad. dened bull, were on their feet, waving their arms and demanding recognition. ncy, were coolly ignored, and when he lr "1 business was disposed of Mr. Miller moved that the House adjourn. The motion was seconded and carried by a roar of ayes from the majority side, while Black. Boyd and their Democratic colleagues protested vigorously but Ineffectually. STORY OF THE CONFERENCE. The conference of the Republican members which preceded the session of the House Is reported to have been even more exciting. It Is certain that It lasted more than twice as long as had been anticipated and that at one stage in the proceedings a number of the radical leaders of the opposition to the Reformatory bill started to bplt. tome of them getting as far as the anteroom in the hall before they were recalled. The conference was not a caucus In the strict interpretation of the word, as Speaker Marshall presided Instead of Representative Klrkman, tho caucus chairman. The proposed amendments to the Goodwlne bill were laid before the members and they were asked to get together on one of them and agree to stand by the conference action on the floor of the House. The point at issue between the amendments was whether the Governor should have the absolute power of removal of the board of managers, or any member thereof, or should be restricted by a provision requiring a public hearine on written charges. The friends

nf the nrielnal bill stood for the absolute power of removal, while the opposition Inslsted Just as strongly on tne puuwc near"pL0"0"ii. nh

''"'' -"- Holmes, the pianist and composer of nuquestion and the debate at one time waxed mtTQUa syrnphonigt including "Hero and last and lUriOUS. Tander ' waa HnnnnnrpH twlnv Sho wa

start ku iu The friends of the original bill attempted to b!nd the conference to support the absolute power amendment, and It was at this t.cro that vroi tk members of the ... . tt . tUm .i,,,... vpiwitivu room, wnere tne meeting was neiu. luejr were recalled, however,' and Warren O. Ravre noured nil on the troubled waters. Tn th th word ''nubile" was stricken in the end tne wora puDiic was sincaen from the hearing-on-wrttten-atatement provision and the conference voted to support such an amendment. Then the programme to put the matter through expeditiously was arranged and Mr. Lewis, of Fountain, was selected as the man to offer the amendment, and Mr. Cantwell as the one to move that the bill aa amended -be advanced to third reading. During the prolonged conference those who were waiting in the corridors and In the hall freely predicted that the movement toward a compromise had failed and it was believed by many that a light on the original Goodwlne bill would come up when the House convened. However, there were powerful influences back of the attempt to reach common ground on an amendment that all the Republicans could and would support, and the movement finally prevailed. The amended bill will come up on third reading to-day and will fhrobably be passed by a strict party vote, as the Democrats have indicated that they will fight it. The bill will then go to the Senate for that body to concur in the amendment. It 1 underRAII7 PROBABLE TO-DAY. rlr and SIucli Colder Weather - . Throughout Indiana To-Morrow. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Weather forecast for Thursdav and Frldav casi ior inursuay ana rnaay. For Indiana and Illinois Rain on Thürsday. Friday fair and much colder; brisk mirth to northeast winds becoming northxcet . , . . . For Ohlo-Raln on Thursday. Friday fair

and colder; fresh to brisk southeast winds. One thousand dollars was subscribed durbecoming northwest ,n the morning, and It is expected the

Local Observations on Wednesday. Par. Tern. R.H 7 a. m.. 30.00 42 s t p. m.. 23.76 12 l'JQ Wind. Weather. Tree. South. Cloudy. 0.01 b'east. Cloudy. o.OO Maximum temperature, 52; minimum temperature, 42. Comparative statement of the. mean temperature and total precipitation oa Jan. 2s: Tern. Prec. 30 0.11 Normal Mean 4S 0.01 Departure - 18 o.io 0.27 Dep&rtur since Jan ...4 rius. W. T. BLITHE. Section Director. Yesterday Temperatures. Station. 7 a. m Abtleney Tex &0 AinaiiHo, Tex 44 Antonio, Tex 50 Atlanta. Ua 48 Xlamarck. N. 1) Buffalo. N. Y 2$ Cairo. Ill Si) l'alxary. Alberta 12 Chattanooga. Tenn 4S Cheyenne, Wyo 3a Chicago. Ill 2S Cincinnati, O 4 Cleveland, O 40 Columbus. O . i'i Max. 7 p. m. 78 68 61 72 41 CS 4 51 50 44 tA 4 52 34 4 6) -a 40 rs 7S e 5 4) 6 24 It 72 52 40 Si 3i 70 44 70 C4 73 ri ( 40 :s 5 52 12 62 62 34 3 4t 7 IS 4 43 72 hi f4 44 61 4 54 23 48 64 44 44 36 Concordia. Kan S3 Darenport. la Denver, Col Dodxe City. Kan Iubuque, la Duluth. Minn Kl rao, Tex Oalrectnn. Tex Orand Junctlcn. Col 3 44 31 31 IS 44 M 3 60 40 28 70 62 Grand Haven, Mich 34 4 49 2 64 Havre. Mont . Helena, Mont Huron. S. I m Jacksonville, Fla to Kansas City, Mo 2 Little Hock. Ark to lxutsvUle. Kr SO Marqnette, Mich 23 Memphis. Tenn M Modena. Utah 41 44 6 I 32 60 Mont come ry. Ala NaahvtUe. Tenn 1 M 63 New Orleans. La New York. N. Y 44 Norfolk. Va ro North Platte. Neb ZU 30 (Uthnma. O. T 34 K BS 44 3 41 31 Ouiaha, Neb Pletine. Tex Fwvkrburr. VV. Va Philadelphia. l'a ... 4 33 54 Flttiburr. ra Pueblx Col Ju"Arjxlle. Asln 2 jtapM city, h. u 13 ht. Louts, Mo 43 1st. Paul. Minn Fait Laka City. Utah u Fant Fe. N. Mex 34 f-hreTwrort, Ta M 41 44 FprlruifleM. Ill Fprtna;flld. llo Valentin. Neb 1 10 TO 41 Vlcksburr. Mls Z Vaihlnfton. D. C 3? V.lchlta, Kan 36 6 XI0VE1IENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Arrived: Blucher. from Hamburg, Boulogne and Southampton: Prinzessen Victoria Louise, from Hamburg. Sailed: Sicilian, for Genoa and Naples; Rotterdam, for Plymouth and Boulogne; Calabria, for Marseilles and Leghorn: Friesland, for Southampton; Cel tic, ror .Liverpool t Tr, nrv M n . . . ui4UAn.Lt, dan. i.. rasse: i-i savoia. from New York for Havre; Philadelphia, from New York for Southampton. GLASGOW. Jan. Arrived: Furnesyia. jrum jw ior; imonia. irom M. jonn. N. B., and Halifax, via Liverpool. t-. . . BROWHEAD. Jan. 2.-Paaed: Noord land, from Philadelphia, for Queenstmn ..... m.,.. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 27. Arrived: ITltonia. irora liosxon. sailer: Haverford. for l'nuaaejpnia. MO VI LLC, Jan. 2S.-Arrived: Corinthian. from St, John. N. 11.. and Halifax, for Liverpool. NAPLES. Jan. 2S.-Arrived: PalaiLa. rrom rew yoric. ANTWERP. Jan. 2S.-Salled: Tennland. rauaaeipma.

stood that there will be no opposition to concurring In the amendment, from the Republican senators, and the next step In the progress of the bill will be to submit It to the Governor for his approval. (iOVi:n.OR DECLINES TO TALK. Amendment to Hill, However. Makes n Change That I'leaae Ulm. Governor Durbin last night declined to make a statement In regard to the amendment adopted by the House. He Indicated that the proper time for a statement from him would come when "the amended bill has been passed and some action has been taken under its provisions. However, it is IrnrmTi iViot IVio flnvarnrtr Trtollfive that the remove a board or the individual rnembers at any time, as he holds that an employer L should always have the right to discharge his employes or that the man who makes an appointment should have the right to remove his appointee at will. It goes without saying, according to his point of view, that a removal would never be made under such a law without cause. The amendment makes one important change In the existing law that was desired by Governor Durbln. The present law provides that the Governor may remove a member of the board for misconduct or neglect of duty after a hearing on written charges. The amendment to the Goodwlno bill empowers the Governor to remove a member of the board upon a written statement after a hearing if demanded. The distinction between written charges and a written statement is readily apparent. Under the new law as proposed it is to be Inferred that a written statement will be merely a written notice that the Governor will remove the member so notified on a certain date, and that the latter will be given a hearing on such and such a date if he desires it. The comment on the amendment among the legislators and politicians In the hotel lobbies last night was varied, but in the main every one was clad that a compro mise had been effected and a bitter fight averted. TWO COMPOSERS DEAD. Robert Planqnette, Opern Writer and Augusta Holmes Pianist. PARIS, Jan. 28. Robert Planquette, composer of "The Chimes of Normandy" and similar operas, is dead. He was born in Paris In 1850. and was educated at the Con servatory there. Among his compositions are: "Les Cloches De Corneville, 1877; Rip Van Winkle." 1SS2; "Paul Jones,1 im; -i Talisman," 1S33. PARIS, Jan. 28. The death of Augusta born in Ireland about 1SÖ0. I Other Deatha. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 2S. Harry Hoehn, ex-superintendent of police in this city. died suddenly to-day at his home of heart failure. Deceased was nearly seventy years or age. He retired from the force In 1S96, navlng reached the age limit. OLAbuow, Jan. 28. A Are at the Prince's w"ar lu-iugm aiu i.a.vw aamage. mere Wf steamers in dock at the time, but I TU A i i I A f m R 8ned 400 feet long, used as a warehouse by John Bruce & Co., was destroyed. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Hicks Arnold, a member of the firm of Arnold, Constable & Co. and a nephew of the founder of the house, died to-day of pneumonia. NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-ratrIck Divver. for merly a police Justice of this city, and for years a Tammany Hall district leader, died at his home to-day of pneumonia. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. John L. Fiddler, proprietor of the Forest Hotel at Marienville, Pa., on Wednesday shot and killed his wife and himself. A "Fanshawe." one of the first editions of Hawthorne's unacknowledged stories, his work written while he was a student at Bowdoin, was sold at Boston on Wednes day for 6M. A detective of Summervllle, N. J., cap tured In New Orleans George ilinglemann, who Is said to be wanted In Summervllle for the embezzlement of $2,000 from the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The will of Samuel Thomas, the million aire railroad operator, who died Jan. 14, was filed for probate at White Flalns. N. Y., on Wednesday. The estate, valued at $10,000.000, Is left to the widow and children 01 tne neceasea. A singular case of loss of memory Is excltlnR Interest at St. Stephen s Theologial College at Anandale, N. Y.. where SamI utri BP"mn' a uu" uosiun, uas . , . .nnc(,lmia r,.itinr. fnr. a week. He fell on an Icy sidewalk, and it Is believed injured his spine. In the banks of Columbia, S. C, Wednesday, subscription lists were opened to raise I a iuna tor me erection oi a monument to N. G. Gonzales, late editor of the State. luitu win i r tic ii o,iw ueiuie nie tiiu oi me week. Mrs. Alice Hoeffer was accldently shot and killed at Roonville, Mo., Wednesday night by her four-year-old son. Mrs. Hoeffer and her husband were shooting out of a window at Knglish sparrows. While tho parents stopped to talk the son pulled the trigger or tne rine which the mother was holding and pointed at her left breast. Five American fishing vessels, laden with cargoes of herring, are frozen In the ice In Bay of Islands. Newfoundland, and three I others are Ice-bound in Bonne bay. It Is feared that they will be obliged to stay there during the rest or the winter. The Ashing vessels In Placentia and Fortune bays are not Impeded by lee and are se curing fair catches of herring. C. K. Fultz, of Canton, O., secretary of 68 I the Interstate Building and Loan Company, committea suicide at younsstown Wednesday morning in his ofllce by inhaling nat ural gas. Fultz inserted a ruboer hose connected with the gas pipe in his mouth, and fastened It securely with string tied around his head. He was about sixty years old, and left a widow in Canton. No cause U known for the deed. Additional evidence that a band of swin dlers has systematically defrauded New York life insurance companies by substi tuting bodies was discovered when several representatives of several Insurance companies opened a grave in Long Island City, N. Y., supposed to contain the body of a young Italian recently insured, and found the body of an elderly, emaciated man. This Is the second discovery of the kind in ten days. Phillip Baer, librarian at the New York City Hall, Moses ll. Springer, Nathan Springer and Walter P. Sawyer, arrested Tuesday In connection with the alleged tax swindling frauds, -were arraigned Wednesday before 32 Justice Olmsted, siting as a magistrate. 6 I .ppucaiion uy ituuhsti xor me accused for 60 separate examinations was refused. Dis64 I trlct Attorney Jerome announced that Sawyer had been accepted as a State witness. He said that there was little against Moses Springer. Chief of Police Benjamin Murphy and Detective Robert Pearson, of Jersey City. . c l - - ..v. " uiii c vi run I TILL. 1 a lii ... 54 I manager ui iwicuarii uanneia s gamollng .. I house for J2S.(M)0 Jointly for false arrest 1 and Imprisonment. Hucklln was arrested 6 I in Jersev Citv on Jan. 20 ;is n riianrHri l person. After being in custody three hours tl I he was released, tliere being no evidence -,j i nsaiiuM, nun. nir uiusi was maue on Ä r.s telephone message supposed to have come M from District Attorney Jerome's offlce in New York. Lowe by Fire. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Jan. 2S.-Lin coin old home, from which he went to the White House at Washington, and now under con trol or me btate, narrowly escaped de structlon from fire this afternoon. The roof caught fire from a defective flue, but me ciose proximity or an engine house, only three blocks distant, saved tho building with but little damage. BAY CITY. Mich.. Jan. 2S.The car barns of the Colsolld3ted Railwav Co I . . .. .. . . . " , j v i aesiroveu ny nre to-nicnt toirethr .ik I sixteen cars and snowplows. sweepers and wreck rs, entailing a loss of 173,000. BOSTON. Jan. 28.-The hulldlnsr nf -I ... . ' - . ---o I iiigeiow-iowe company, hardware deal I ers, with all Its contents, was destroyed bi - flre night. Loss, $250,000. C LEV K LAND. O.. Jan. 28. The bulMlne I h vunimis oi me tium-iJorman mp( Stamping Company was destroyed by fire I io-nigm. ixish, Satisfaction Is given with every sale I make, especially In diamonds. I have Just received a larse Import of diamonds. Before buying, it would be well to call and be convinced of the good quality and low prices. J. 1. MULLALLY, Jeweler, 23 Monument bJac.

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EMPLOYES OF AXDERSOX TIX PLATE MILL THROWN OUT OP WORK. Goshen Labor Union Indorse the Traction Strike and n Street Car la Stoned on an Elkhart Street, STRUCK DOWN WITH A SPADE SWITZKULAM1 COUNTY HES1DKXT KILLED BV A NEIGHBOR. .Negro Confesies a 3Inrder Inquiry Into Mine mnter Near Terre Haute Other Indiana News. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 23.-Thc boiler house of the American Tin-plate Company's plant in this city was destroyed by fire to-night. The structure was seventy by thirty feet and was built of rather Inflammable material. It contained a battery of ten boilers, the big engine dynamo, two compressors and the pump of the fire protection department. The origin Is not definitely known now, but is assigned to one of two reasons, a pile of waste or one of the stacks. The employes were powerless to stay the work of destruction, as the fire pumps were located In the burning bulldln?. There are between 400 and 500 employes who are thus thrown out of work for at least three weeks, while repairs are being made. The loss is estimated at 17,500, and is fully covered by insurance. Was Ilobbed aa Ills Store Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 2S. While his store was being consumed by a fire that wiped out half the vllalge of Buck Creek yesterday, J. C. Eckhardt, a merchant, was robbed of 1150, which he had placed In the pocket of a coat left in his home as he gave his attention to stopping the progress of the flames. He had brought the money from his store the evening before, and when he went to Join the Are fighters he left the coat containing- the money hanging just Inside the door of his home. Several hours after the fire was out he discovered his loss. KILLED WITH A SPADE. Sirltserland County Man Struck Down by a Neighbor. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. RISING SUN, Ind., Jan. 28. Yesterday afternoon in the upper part of Switzerland county James Kent and James Mead became engaged in an altercation over the erection .of a farmers telephone line on which they were engaged at work, and Mead struck Kent twice on the head with a heavy spade, felling him to the ground. He never regained consciousness and died last night. Coroner Knox, of Vevay, held an Inquest to-day, resulting in the arrest of Mead, who was taken to Vevay this evening charged with the murder of Kent, who was about fifty years old. Mead is about forty. Nero Confesses a Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 2S. After being locked up for two days William Jackson, a negro fifty years old, has confessed that he murdered Allen Blankenshlp, a colored watchman, early Sunday morning and robbed him of 3.y0. The crime was committed In the offlce of the mill where Blankenshlp was employed. It was a premeditated murder. Jackson went to loaf during the night with the watchman, and late In the night while Blankenshlp was taking a nap Jackson beat him over the head with an Iron bar until life was extinct. Murdered in Colorado. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 28. A telegram from Colorado says that Oscar Wegrich, aged twenty-seven, of this city, was murdered by a man named George Smith, in Uly Park, Routt county. In a quarrel over the removal of a coyote from Smith's trap. Wegrich left here several years ago and was prospering in Denver until recently, when his young wife died, after which he went on a mining claim, 300 miles from Denver. Smith was arrested. TRACTION STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS. Goshen Labor Vnlons Indorse the Street-Car Men's Action. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., Jan. 28. The labor unions of Goshen have indorsed the action of the striking conductors and motormon of the Indiana Railway Company and adopted resolutions asking citizens to refrain from riding and merchants from patronizing firms whose representatives ride on cars. City service is not yet resumed here, but interurban service is regular. There Is no dlsoredrly conduct here. Local traffic is very light, but it 1 heavy on some lines between here and Elkhart and South Bend. Appeal Wai of No Avail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 28. A brick thrown by a strike sympathizer shattered a win dow In a west-bound interurban car In the business district at 8 o'clock to-night. No one was hurt. The culprit escaped, though the police were quickly in pursuit. No more cars were run to-night. A committee of the strikers to-day issued an appeal to sympathizers to refrain from violence to persons or property. Strike at South Rend. B. Frank Schmid, one of the Indiana labor commissioners, left for South Bend yesterday to investigate the strike of the ttreet railway employes of that city. Commissioner McCormack expected to accompany 'Mr. Schmid but he was detained in this city on account of the dangerous illness of his brother. Mr. McCormack may go to South Bend next week If the strike is not speedily settled. Founders Umj at Northwestern. CHICAGO. Jan. 28. "Founders day" of Northwestern University was celebrated today by the dedication of the new professional school building in the business district of the city, recently acquired and remodeled by that institution. A reception in the law department followed the exercises. Another reception, with Dr. Arthur T. Hadley. president of Yale University, as the guest of honor, was tendered by the trustees and faculty of the university this evening, after which President Hadley delivered an address on "The Place of the Irofsslonal School in the Modern University and Its Relations to Other Departments." Mine Without an Air Shaft. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Jan. 2S.-The coroner's Investigation of the disaster at the Harri3 & Langford coal mine Monday, when one miner lost his life and many more narrowly esiaped death, is bringing to public notice tht fact that the mine had long been illegally operated because the operators had not complied with the law which requires an air and escape shaft when more than ten men are employed. Arthur Dodds, an assistant 8tate mine inspector, testified that the owners were notified last April to comply witr: the law. Corn School Sessions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Jan. 28. The third day's session of the Indiana corn school and stockmen's convention at Purdue U-l

versity was held to-day. C B. Benjamin, of Lake county, chairman of to-day's session, adressed the members, and the subject of fodder was discussed, with J. I. Davis, of Hamilton county, as leader. Prof. J. II. Skinner, of Purdue, afterward discussed the hog-feeding problem, and Prof. H. A. Huston led a discussion on the breeding of corn. Dr. W. K. Stone addressed the visitors to-nisht on general agricultural subjects and telling of Purdue's connection with the agricultural development of the middle West.

'Boot-LcKBlnu- Clinrx Illainlxsed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 2S. Oscar Woodsmall, of Elnora, was brought before United States Commissioner Illggins to-day. accused of selling beer In less quantities than five gallons without a license. He was discharged. There m a free-for-all row among saloon keepers and sporting men in Elnora. The man who preferred the charge against Woodsmall Is the saloon keeper who furnished the drinks for visitors to Woodsmall's gambling rooms. Deputy United States Attorney Lafollette was here to represent the government in the hearing. ring St. Paul Engines. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 2S. Railroad men have seen extraordinary efforts made lately to lift the coal blockade, but to-day they were astounded when two monster Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul engines came to town, traveling nearly 200 miles over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois to couple to two train loads of coal brought to Terre Haute for use of engines on the St. Paul road, but which the C. & E. I. could not get to Chicago as promptly as desired. Each engine started back with thirty-five cars of coal. Stealing the Communion Bread. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Jan. 28. For some time the communion bread has been gradually disappearing from a closet In the vestry room of St. John's Episcopal Church and Rev. C. M. Lewis, the rector, to-day said that he Is certain that some one has stolen it. The bread is in wafer style and comes in tin boxes. The act has been re- J peaieu so ouen mat the rector is sure it is not a Joke and he will set a watch for the thief. Never before has a theft of this kind been reported to the local police department. Wejv Industry for Decatur. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Jan. 2S. The Commercial Club of this place has secured the Waring mitten and glove factory for this city. The factory made the city a proposition which was immediately accepted. The machinery will arrive in ten days. When in running order the factory will employ 150 girls and twenty-five men. A brick building two stories, 62x132 feet, will be erected for the new business in the spring, but for the present other quarters have been secured. Opened a Good Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFROD CITY, Ind., Jan. 28. The Phoenix Oil Company has opened a well on the farm of Trustee J. A. Nelson, in Washington township, that oil men say Is making 400 barrels a day. An effort was made to keep the remarkable showing a secret, in order to secure surrounding territory at prices that are not inflated. The strike has greatly excited operators here and at Montpelier, Warren, Marion and Van Buren, and considerable new drilling is expected. I ed Oil to Light the Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 2S.-John W. Kennedy, a constable of this city, narrowly escaped death this morning by the explosion of a coal stove which he attempted to light by pouring coal oil into the slumbering embers. The stove was torn to pieces by the force of the explosion and Kennedy was seriously burned. His injuries are not fatal. The house caught fire, but the blaze was extinguished before much damage resulted. Car Shortage May Close Elevator. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Jan. 28. On account of the car famine in the East it is probable that the elevators in this city and county will have to close. The warehouses here are full to their capacity and all grain dealers have stopped buying. The farmers who wish to sell are hauling their grain to otner places where until a lew days ago the dealers were able to get cars enough to meet the demand. For Violating Postal Lnvrs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 2S.-Oscar Johnson, who was a guard at the Indiana Reformatory for several years and was dismissed about two weeks ago, was given a preliminary examination this afternoon peiore united states commissioner Cardwill in this city on a charge of violating the postal laws bv sendincr an ohsppnp let ter through the malls. Judge Taylor Much Better. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Jan. 28. A message from Frank B. Taylor this morning says of his father. Judge Taylor: "Father continues to improve slowly and his condition Is more encouraging." Letters have been received saying that the Judge has passed the turning point, apparently, and while he may never again be able to practice law he may live to enjoy lifo for some time yet. Taken Home for Darlal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAUREL, Ind., Jan. 2S. The body of Guy Williams, who was employed as yardman at the St. Louis terminals, was brought here for burial by a committee of railroad men and Elks. It Is supposed Williams was killed Sunday evening, as he was on duty that night, but the body was not discovered until Monday morning. His right leg was cut off above the knee and the body cut in two through the middle. All Bids Rejected. r Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SIIELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 2S.-The building committee of the City Council rejected all bids for the erection of a new city hall this year. There were four bids, the prices ranging from $37,800 to 138,400. New bids will be advertised for and these will be opened on Feb. 17. A few slight changes will be made in the plans and specifications. Address by C. E. JVevrlln. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Jan. 28. The Grant county and Eleventh district convention of the Prohibitionists was in session this afternoon and evening. The sessions were well attended, the increased vote in Grant county at the recent election giving the party much hope. The principal address was delivered this evening by C. E. Ncwlln. of Indianapolis. State chairman. Will Do His Work in Pnrls. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Jan. 2S. Sculptor George Gray Barnard, son of the Rev. Dr. Barnard, of this' city, who has Just returned from France, announces that he has decided to do his great work for the Pennsylvania Capitol building at Harrisburg, in Paris, to which city he will return next month. Gift from Mr. Hendricks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind.. Jan. 2S.-The widow of Thomas A. Hendricks has presented to Hanover College, of which he was once vice president, several dozen volumes of valuable books from his library. Indiana Obituary. COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 28. Thomas May, one of the most prominent farmers of this county, died at his home near this city this afternoon. He was born In Warren county; Ohio, in 1826, and came to this county when but fifteen years old. He was twice married and left a widow and nine children. The Rev. C. A. Trautmann, for twenty years pastor of the German Lutheran Church In this city, died suddenly at his home last night from nervous prostration. He was born in Adrian. Mich..

In ISIS, and was educated at that place and at Concordia College. He left a widow and ten children. SHELBY VI LLE, Ind.. Jan. 2S.-George W. Strickler, of Sugar Creek township. Shelby county, died at 11:5" o'clock this morning, aged seventy-five years. Five children survive. Susanna Benshimer died at her residence in Hendricks township this morning, aged seventy-three. SPICELAND. Ind., Jan. 28. Jacob S. Elliott, of Greensboro township, died this morning of paralysis on the farm where he was born on May 14. 1S25. and where he had since lived. He was one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. He left a wife and seven children. MUNCIE, Ind.. Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Mary Bilbow, wife of Patrick Bilbow, one of the best-known Irish residents of Muncle. died last night on her birthday. Mrs. Bilbow was born in Ireland on Jan. 27, 1S65. The body will be taken to Indianapolis for interment. LA PORTE. Ind., Jan. 2S.-Arlens McClure, ninety-two years old. builder of the first courthouse in Laporte county, was found dead in bed to-day. He was born In Vermont in 1S11 and removed to Indiana in 1S35. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 2S.-Francls Marlon Thompson, one of the wealthiest pioneer residents of Kokomo, died to-day, aged seventy-six. Bright's disease was the cause. He was born in Kentucky In 1S27. Indinnn ole. ELWOOD. John Reddlngto'n, a law student who was sent to the penitentiary from this county four years ago, has been released on parole through the efforts of his father, who was the prosecuting witness against him at his trial. Young Reddlngton had twice forged the name of his father to notes and sold them to the First National Bank here, and it was for the third similar offense that the father prosecuted the son. FORT WAYNE. The English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer of this city has called the Rev. Theodore Hahn, of Arcadia, Ind. He has accepted and will take up his new work on March 1. Prof. Frederick A. Klein, head of the Lutheran schools of this city, has declined the call to the Buffalo parish schools owing to the unwillingness of the local churches to release him. He has servt-d the schools here for sixteen years. MUNCIE. The Seventh Day Adventists of Muncie have withdrawn their children.

numbering fifteen, from the public schools and have established a private school for their instruction. Miss Carrie Applegate, of Boggstown, Ind., Is in charge of the new school. There are fifty members of the church in this city. They claim that the Bible is not taught enough in the public schools of the city. PORTLAND. Lafayette Boeshe has filed leases on 634 acres of land in Bear Creek township, which have been assigned to Caldwell, Hampsher & Co., Bradford, Pa., operators. Dunn & Colby filed leases assigned to the same men on 1,334 acres In the same township, but near Westchester. Last wetk leases were filed on 350 acres of Bear Creek township territory and on 3,500 acres in Noble township. MARION. Elwood J. Welzer, a gatherer employed in the Burk window glass factory of Marion, has announced himself as a candidate for the presidency of L. A. 300, Knights of Labor. Welzer Is said to be one of the best posted window glass men In the country. Simon Burns has an nounced that he will not be a candidate for re-election. SIIELBYVILLE. John M. Haehl celebrated his seventieth birthday by giving a family dinner on Tuesday, surrounded by all of his children. He spent the greater portion of his life in Rush county, being a prosperous farmer there. All his children married and moved to Shelby county, and about ten years ago he located here. WABASH. The case of the Capital National Bank of Indianapolis against A. C. Wilkerson, trustee for the creditors of J. M. Key, the defaulting Andrews banker, to recover possession of the fixtures, which had been sold to the Capital National before the failure, will be tried again In the Wabash Circuit Court. EVANSVILLE. Willard Barton, a well-to-do farmer of Warrick county, was attacked by a cow Wednesday afternoon and several of his ribs were broken. The cow had Barton against a fence, goring his side, when a farm hand rushed to the rescue and beat the animal off. KOKOMO. The Howard County Farmers' Institute began a three days' session here on Wednesday. L. C. Hoss is president. The principal lecturer is J. N. Babcock, of Lagrange county. LOSANTVI LLE. There is but one case of smallpox here, reports to the contrary notwithstanding, and that has been quarantined and all other necessary measures taken to prevent the spread of the disease. VINCENNES. Frank Wesner, a miner of Blcknell, was killed on Wednesday by falling slate at the coal mines. ANOTHER EÄILWAY HORROR. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.l along at a lively rate, when the engineer became apprehensive that the warm weather might have caused a thaw in the banks at Summit, between here and Ridgeville, with .its resultant cave-l.i. He slowed down, and his worst fears were verified, for, looming up in the glare of the headlight, was a pile of earth which had swept down during the night. The train returned to Ridgeville until the track was cleared. Wreck Due to Open Strltch. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 28. Traffic on the Evansville, Newburg & Rockport Railway was entirely suspended to-day because of a wreck of a Southern Railway freight train at this point. The roads parallel at the limits of the city. The wreck was caused by an open switch. Tho engine and several cars were demolished. No casualiltes. , Two Freight In n Wreck. LAPORTE, Ind., Jan. 2S. Two freight trains on the Grand Trunk Railroad were piled up In a wreck at Union Mills last night. It was a head-on collision. The crews of both locomotives Jumped and escaped with slight Injuries. The trains caught Are and a number of cars, with their contents, were destroyed. OTHER RAILWAY WRECKS. Funeral Car Demolished and Coflln Smashed Three Men Hurt. CAIRO, 111., Jan. 2S. A rear-end collision occurred on the Illinois Central about 4 o'clock this morning twenty-five miles north of Cairo, near Pulaski. The Chicago fast train No. 3 crashed into the rear end of St. Louis train No. 203, which is due here at 4:17 a. m. Both trains were late on account of the dense fog, and tho Chicago train was running at the rate of sixty miles an hour, while the St. Louis train was making only thirty miles an hour. The last car on the St. Louis train was the private car of the late Judge J. Fentress and family, of Chicago. Judge Fentress, who died in Chicago on Monday, was the head counselor of the Illinois Central, and his body was in the car en route to Bolivar. IVnn.. for burial. The rear half of the car was demolished, and the coffin containing the body of the Judge was broken open. The family of the judge, who were in the front end of the car. were badly shaken up, Fireman Harry Bruckner, of the Chicago train, who lives at Centralla, was seriously injured. Mel B. Willard. of Centralla. en gineer of the Chicago train, was slightly injured. Charles Bryant, of Cairo, the flagman of the St. Louis train, who was In the Fentress private car, was badly hurt. The two trains carried a large number of pas sengers, none of whom was injured. Three Persona Killed, Twelve Injured. CHICAGO. Jan. 2S. Three persons were killed, four seriously injured and eight slightly hurt in a rear-end collision between stock trains on the Chicago & North western Railway, near La Fox, 111., this morning: Dead. Charles K. Coe, Woodbine. Ia .: imprisoned in the debris and roasted to death. B. Lane. Vail. Ia.; pinned down by wreckage ana Durnea to oeatn. A. A. Amey, Scranton, la.; severely burned, died an hour later in the station at La Fox. J I'eterson. wattle creek, Ia.; severely Durnea ana aiea Deiore meaicai aid ar rived. Seriously Injured H. Johnstone. Clinton. Ia.; William Jochims, Schleswig. Ia.; Evers Nellson. Schleswig, ia.; Albert Playraan, Duniap, la. The trains came together In a dense for. the engine of the rear train crashing into the caboose ahead without warning to the fated passengers. The latter were for the most part stockmen in charge of stock on the way to cnicago ana tne East, i Indiana Man Injured. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 28.-A Missouri Pacific 'passenger train, bound for Colo rado, ran into a switch1 engine to-night in the suburbs of Kansas City. Three train men were severely hurt' and both locomo tives ana a uining car were damaged. None

of the passengers was hurt. The injured are: James Berhreng. fireman: C. W. Hutton, dining car conductor. Union City, Ind.; M. Marshall, engineer. Ttto 3Ien Injured. EL PASO. Tex., Jan. 28. A special train, consisting of a locomotive and a caboorc, which was sent out last night to secure

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from Alamagorda the body of the Mexican robber killed yesterday while resisting arrest for participation in the hold-up of a bullion train, crashed into a freight train. One engineer. Coroner Phillips and II. II. Major, of Alamagorda. were hurt. Seven 3Icn Seriously Hurt. ST. LOUIS. Jin. 2S. As the result of a very heavy fog that overspread the city for several hours to-day there were. several street-car collisions. Seven men were seriously injured in the two wrecks and a number of others received bruises and scratches. . DEADLY BOILER EXPLOSION. Six Men Killed nnd Twenty Injured, Some rrobahlr Fnlally. ANNISTON, Ala., Jan. 28. A large boiler in the malleabfe foundry of the Southern Car and Foundry Company blew up this morning at 7 o'clock, killing six persons and Injuring probably twenty others, several of whom will die. Dead Thomas Birch, pipe fitter; Ike Hardy, car maker, and J. A. Forte, boiler maker, all three white. John Mitchell, Charles Strong and one unknown coal heaver, all colored. The injured whites are: W. II. Lewis, helper, will probably die; Clyde Price, will probably die; Robert Haynie, Baucher Brazier. Samuel Peak, Je?se Kilgore, John Shepard, E. L. Clancy, Harry Kilgore, all car makers: J. S. Manley, Joe Fonfrassen, Howard Collins. Injured colored were: Anthony McKinney, will diel C. F. Hall, will die; George Green, Williard Small, William Jackson, William Wrigler, Lewis Brooks, Henry Hudgins. Thomas Birch was on. top of the engine adjusting the piping when the accident occurred, and was blown through the air for sixty feet. J. Angus Foote, the boiler maker, was blown to the top of a neighboring shed. Mr. I. E. Hardy was hit by a flying piece of the boiler while seventy feet away. Parti of the boiler weighing a ton or more were blown over buildings a thousand feet from the place of the explosion. The cause of the explosion is not known. Victims of Dynamite. WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Jan. 2S. At the tarmigan mine, in the Windemere district. Kootenae, Edward Wills and William Welton drilled Into a blast which had failed to explode. The dynamite remaining in the :ole exploded, killing Wills and seriously injuring Welton. One Dead, Ttto Seriously Hart. EVANS CITY. Ta., Jan. 2S. A boiler ex plosion in the machine shops of the South Penna Oil Company wrecked the building, killed Elmer Reiken and seriously injured Roy Culver and Alex. Bair. Losj, $3.000. SXOWSLIDE VICTISIS. Three Miner Killed and Seven In jured Shaft home Wrecked. PARK CITY, Utah., Jan. 28. A snow slide to-day killed three miners and injured several others. The snow swept down from the high mountain that overhang's the Quincy shafthouse, carrying the structure to the valley below. The casualties: Killed John Gaffney, E. J. Colter and Charles D. Frlnk. Injured Oon Shay, foreman for the Quincy; George Burt, Peter Burt, Mike Wynn, Bates Noble, David Coleman, Rob ert Giles. BELIEVES IN BIG FAMILIES. President Roosevelt Congratulates the Parents of Quadruplets. TOLEDO, O., Jan. 28. A letter and photo graph from President Roosevelt were re ceived to-day by Mayor Jones for the Stanislaus Spyschalskl quadruplets, which were born Jan. 5. There are two girls and two boys, and one of the boys is named Theodore Roosevelt. In the letter the President says: "I am much Interested in the case, as ono of the boys is named after me, and I thor oughly believe In large families." Across the photograph was written: "With congratulations. Theodore Roose velt, Jan. 25, 1903." FAMILY POISONED. Alleged Wholesale Attempt at Murder in Suburbs of Loulnvllle. - LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 28. As a rest It of having drunk coffee containing a power ful and poisonous drug administered this morning by some ono whose object, accord ing to the members of the family, was wholesale murder, Mrs. Nancy Birch, Mrs. Laura Feaman, her daughter, Mrs. Birch Cooper, her grand-daughter, two guests, Mrs. Emma Wade, of Louisville, and Miss Frank Cannon, of Owensboro. and Rachel Davis, a colored servant, are ill at the residence of Mrs. Birch in Birchwood, on the Shelbyville pike, east of the city. Mrs. Birch and Mrs. Feaman are not expected to live. The entire family with the exception of Birch Cooper, twenty-five years old, Mrs. Birch s grandson, and Philip Fenman, another grandson about elx years of age, drank the coffee. Mrs. Birch is the widow of Mr. George Birch, for years president of the Bourbon stock yards, who left her pn estate valued at between 0,000 and JOOO.GoO. to be divided equally among Mrs. Birch's children or grandchildren at her death. Officers are now at work on the case. RUSH AT NAVY YARD. Hurry Order Issued nt .Norfolk nnd Extra Men En Raged.' NORFOLK. Va.. Jan. 2S.-Rush orders were received at the navy yard here today from Washington to hurry woxk on all ships undergoing repairs. The cruiser San Francisco, which has been at the yards for some time, is being repaired, and an extra force of mechanics was placed aboard her to-day to fit her for nca. The Prairie is ordered to bo ready for service by Saturday of this week. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. The conference between the delegates of the United and National Associations of Steam and Hot Water Fitters at Cleveland ended on Wednesday. The conference was a success, and it is probable the disputed question of jurisdiction will be settled by the amalgamation of the two organizations, which have spent much time in wrangling. Referee Rist, of Cincinnati, said his decision would be announced within a few days. Mr. Chamberlain spent a busy day at Ma f eking. Wednesday, making speeches, visiting and receiving the native chiefs. The speeches were mainly a repetition of those delivered elsewhere during his Journey. To the native chiefs the colonial secretary delivered the following message from King Edward: "His Majesty exhorts you to be loyal and peaceful, assures you that he will proetct you and wishes you every prosperity." Mr. Chamberlain received a deputation praying for the annexation of Btrchuanaland to the Transvaal, but he returned a reply which was tantamount to a refusal of the petition. The revolutionary movement which led to the arrest of seven Kwan-Si rebels at Hong-Kong Is said to be a very serious attempt to overthrow the central power and establish a separate government in the south of China. None of the arrested men is prominent. The real leaders are said to ba In the interior collecting forces. The revolutionary organization embraces the provinces of Kwang-Tung, Kwang-Si. Kwel-Chau and Foklen. The Insurrection ists are posing as rerormers arm are anxious to secure foreign sympathy. The Chinese authorities are well informed of the rebel plans, and the best opinion Is that the movement will be unsuccessful. Two Men Admit m. Theft. Two men, giving the names of John Jen nings and Charles Stewart, attracted the attention of Fatrolmen Hart and Spears last midnight and on Investigation tho men

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The men were sent to the police station and in conversation with Captain Hyland admitted entering a grocery at Twenty-fourth street and Northwestern avenue last night at 10 o'clock and stealing cigars, tobacco and money. They alfo admitted breaking into Frank Kline's saloon. No. 501 Kentucky avenue, where they stole 512 in money from the cash register. The Metric System. 1 Philadelphia Press. The action of the International Customs Congress, which has been in session this week In New York, in voting unanimously in favor of the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures is another indication of the growing popularity of that sjstem. It has spread so rapidly that the European states, with the exception of England and Russia, have adopted it. as have the South American states and Mexico, and even Turkey and Egypt. Koth in England and Russia the sentlment is growing steadily In favor of the change. There are 2Ü0 members of iho present House of Commons in England In favor of the metric system, and the premier, in speaking on the subject, said: "There can be no doubt whatever that tho Judgment of the whole civilized world, not excluding the countries which still adhere to the antiquated systems under which we suffer, has long decided that the metric system is the only rational system." Opinion In the United States is divided on the subject, but the people of this country wl'l have to consider whether they wänt to be out of harmony with all other nations on this continent and In Europe on this subject. It certainly will not be advantageous to our foreign trade. A recent consular report from Mr. Mason, in Berlin, deals particularly with thl3 phase of the case. Germany made the change in 1S72 without i:fflculty. and Consul Mason says that public opinion there. is unanimously of the opinion that' great advantage has been derived from tho change. Inquiry among Importers led the consul to believe that our trade was in jured by the use of the awkward system at present employed in tne united states. Senator Vest's Gift of nooks. 4 Washington Post. 1 Senator Vest has sent to the Univer sity of Missouri forty-three mail sacks con taining about 900 volumes of the most valu able publications made by the government during the last quarter or a century, in speaking of the matter Saturday he saM that under an old act of Congress each senator and representative Is entitled to receive one copy of every publication by the government, which he can retain for his own use or dispose of In any way he thinks proper. Senator Vest added that when he came into the Senate twenty-four years ago he determined to preserve copies of every work of any value which might be allotted -to him, and the books he now sends to theUniversity of Missourihave been rebound in half moroico. and comprise historical, scientific, agricultural and books upon other subjects, many of which cannot now be purchased anywhere. In this collection is a complete set of the Congressional Records from the beginning of the government until this time, the earlier numbers being now out of print. "While I had the right to sell these books, I did not think it proper, after my term of offlce expires." Kays the senator, "to appropriate to myself the proceeds of fuch sale, as the intention of the act of Congress was to furnish senators and rejresentatives with information which would enable them to legislate properly. Under the circumstances 1 thought the most appropriate disposition of these volumes was to donate them to the State University of Missouri, where 1.500 young Missouriana can obtain from them a complete history of our government and its workings. One on an Englishman. New York Mall and Express. A good story is told of a young English oHlccr who, being ordered to China, wisely concluded to go by the way of America for the sake of experience. He was entertained by a prominent New York gentleman, and as the officer had only a few hours to remain in New York his host said: "Well, captain, there is a good deal going on here now, and as you have so little time you must be careful not to waste any of It. Of all the attractions Jiere and hereabouts what would you like most to see?" "Well," sail the captain, "of all things I would prefer to so Quebec." He was evidently under the Impression that Quebec was a fortress In New York harbor. Macmonnlc Mlatnke. Philadelphia Record. According to the Ootham art critics. Frederick Macmonnles has made a mistake In abandoning sculpture, for painting. Of his talent as a sculptor we all know, but his paintings made during the past year, and now on exhibition In a New York gallery, are said to be as harsh in color and more astonishing from an artist of Mr. Macmonnles's ability poor in composition. There have been artists who excelled In the sister arts of sculpture and painting, but from this It would seem that Mr. Macmonnles is not one of them. The man who gave us the famous "Uacchantc" had bttter tick to his clay. Concerning Divorce. Philadelphia Record. Clergymen of several denominations are engaged In concerted effort to make It more dl.nicult to obtain divorce. Every divorce is an evil, but if there were no divorce at all marital unhapplness would not be diminished, and characters would not h Improved. On the other hand, the Improvement of character would diminish marital unhapplness as well as divorce. It Is not so important to suppress the symptoms as it is to eradicate the cause of a disease. Why We Suffer. Denver Times. There are four million cold people hecau.e of the coal famine; they are cold because they don't know enough to m:tke It hoffor the right people. Former 5enator Allen Dead. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 2J. Former United States Senator John R. Allen died to-night. TO Cl'ItE A COLD If OÜX3 DAT Take Laxativ Eromo-Qutnln Tablet. Tbl