Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 130, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1903 — Page 2

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lJanner. In which was given the result of a Toll of tho bo4n-sH ruen of Athens, showing a strong cnt?cunt for tho nomination of ilr. ClrvelarwE and which rontained this question: .;e you . now considering, or would you cr-?idcr, making the race for th priiJT.cf next year on the Democratic -ticket?" form'rr President Cleveland writes as follows; I f Princeton. N. J.. May G. n. V. Iloldfr. Jr.: Dear Sir I thank you for your lette, of the '4th Instant and for .the editorial $ellppln? from your paper, (whfch airomp.ini'd lt. I cannot fall to Ihj rrailrtcd by trc kindly expressions which frequently cor'e to me In thtso days from all parts of ctir country, and I desire to thank you foj your loyal support In the rast and for mut exceedingly friendly ex-l-resslona at this time. In answer to the .question with which you conclude your letter. I can :ay no more t'.ian to assure you that at nt time slnco the close of my iast administration have I been desirous of carrying the democratic banner for tho fourth time li a prudential contest. , 'fGUOVEIl CLKVCLAND." So VnV mm Vllna Know. j MADISON, 3Vi... May Q.-Willlara F. Vilas, formerl Senator from "Wisconsin, postmaster scleral and secretary of the nterior In Prctldcnt's Cleveland's Cabinet, who recently tisited CJ rover Cleveland In irinrvton. .sakj to-day that Mr. Cleveland tvould not 'i candidate for presidential nomination ne;h year, o far as ho knew. I f IlF.CKlf.Y1 CLAIMS SLCCCSS. Joelielltc Slnfe Said tu Have I'revnllcd in Kentucky Primarien. FRANK FORf, Ky.. May 9. Although the Uurlquarttrs cf tho Democratic state executive commit jee are In this city, neither Chairman Yours ncr any of tho committee la here to-nishu , At D o'clock f er-re&'cntatlvc3 cf the Eeck-l-am-Youn combination claim that they Ijave named tte nominee for auditor S. V. 1 laser by 1 large majority, over John U. Chcuault, th't anti-slate candidate. They WEATHER FORECAST. . , J"ir In Souihi'rn Indiana To-Day Ülioneri jju .Northern Portion. i WASHINGTONS', May ö.-Forecast for Sunday and Miday: 'Indiana and iJllnoU Fair In south, showeis In north portion on Sunday. Monday eiovcri; Irtan southeast winds. OIilo Tair on1 Sunday; cooler in north portion Sunday night or Monday; Monday, lair; liKht souteaat to fcouth winds, beomipj; northwilst. 'Kentucky Suijtiay. Increasing cloudiness w.lih showers atd cooler in west portion. Lower Michigan Fair In south, showers lri north portioii on Sunday. Monday fair; llht isouth winds, becoming northwest. jowa-Showersfln west, fair In east portion on Sunday. Monday bhuwers. .North Dakota Fair on Sunday and Monday. - south Dakota imd Nebraska Showers on Sunday, and In (.ist portion on Monday. Kansas Showars ou Sunday and Monday. Minnesota Fair on Sunday. Monday fair, except showers in south portion; light variable winds, becoming northeast and fresh. iA'teconsin Showers on Sunday; not so wtirm In north portion. Monday fair; light variable winds, becoming northwest. I Local Observations on Saturday. t liar. Tern. U.U. Wind. "Weather. Tree 7 n..3'. iK 6 N'cast. Cltar. O.OJ 1 1. m..D.M 74 .iu K east. Cloudy. 0.00 Ilaximum tempature. bO; minimum temperaturc. io. Comparative tatement cf the mean temperatu.'a and total precaution on May n: ' Tera. Free. .'c-rmal 64 0.13 Man '. 63 0.j0 liartura 1 0.13 LH-i-arture for month ti l.oj Dyarture inc Jaju 1 10i 3.u0 i'lui. W. T.hjLYTlIE. Section Director. i ' i i Ycstcrla Temperatures. htatioiu. j Min. Max. 7 p. m. Athene, Tex , i6 W Li Aitartllo, Tex .... W 12 tti Ar-tonio, Te - t2 i Atlanta, lid 62 ; 6t 61 l'.U.marck. M". D 40 62 60 Uuffalo, S. Y U b) T) Cairo. Ill L 7$ 72 Canary. Airrta- 21 4 2 Ch,'utanoog3, Ttnn 74 6i Clif yenne. U'yu 3 64 60 CWcaxo. Ill 41 60 -ClUclruutl, O , ... il TS 71 Cleveland. Ü 4i 76 74 Columbus, O 4 7i 72 Concordia, Kan S4 74 ti Daitnyort. la 4S 80 72 DTivr. Col 44 72 70 loyga City. Kan 2 t ti Duouque, la U) TS 68 Duluth. Miau 4i 70 6 Kl )It4o. lex 5 73 72 Galveston. Tex 68 i) I Grnd Junction. Ccl 42 76 lintnd Haven, Mich 4t ,2 6 UaVre. Mont 30 Li L6 Ue'ena, Mont 40 U 12 Huron. S. D 44 60 li JaiOtPonvllI?, Fla 60 6$ 62 Kah9a City. Mo 60 76 Si Ladder, Wyo .' 38 60 , 11 Little Kock, Ark 60 74 70 LoulBviile, Ky 68 fc2 7 Ma'uette. Mich LH 68 64 Mett.rhl. Trnn IS 71 70 Moena. L'tau 4 75 72 Mttfomery. Ala 6 72 6 Nashville, Tenn t8 73 76 Ner lrlean. La 62 74 70 NV York. N. Y &4 76 62 Norfolk. Va JO ' 64 56 North Hatte. Neb 12 74 6 Oklahoma, O. T 12 74 72 Omiha. Nb 56 73 71 l'alstln. Tex 7S 72 rarjifrsburg". V. Va 0 80 76 rhlUJelsjfcta. Ia li Q 7q Pltsburr. 1 54 7 70 1'Ufeblo. Col 42 SO 74 3u .'Apille. Assin. 24 0 4$ Itarld City, 1?. D 42 64 SO fct. Loul. Mo 62 Jm) 74 St. ,laul. Minn 52 C8 w SaJC Lakt City. Utih 46 64 51 hana re. N. M 46 68 64 hisreport. La 9 70 6J Sprfnnld. Ill tv4 i2 71 FprtngtVld. ilo 58 72 7) Valentin. Nb 50 62 60 Vicqsburr. MUs 58 70 68 Va;hlnton. D. C 48 74 Ci "Wichita. Kan 5 70 Ci It's New i ! Hat Time Trme you discarded that winter hat and topped off your spring attire with one of our! Spring Style Hats Wjs havo them In our famous Autowear xnafc'e. In all the latest fashions. In black, peail and th? new browns, for Thjse hats are Just tho fame styles as any L00 or Jl.GO hats, and will outlast th eeasrn's wear. Why pay more? Shirts vÄiaL $1.00 riaited or plain fronts, made with d--tachrtd cuffa; all new, swell patterns; fast color?. I Special Neckwear Sale Monday Regular Wc Four-InIIands, la new silks for : j 25 Cents Monday Only. Dänbury Hat Co. No. East Washiiiglon St

also claim the election of Morgan Chinn, eon of Jack Chlnn, over It. L. Green, antlslate canflldate for clerk of the Court of Appeala. They do not give figures. About 50 ier cent, of the total vote has been polled In counties heard from. The machine and nntl-machine fisht was centered principally in the race Tor auditor. The returns Indicate the nomination of the following principal State oßicers: Governor, J. C. W. lieckham. without oppositon; IJeutcnant Governor, William l Thorne: auditor. S. W. llaper; seretary of state, II. P. MeChesney; Fuperintendent of public instruction, James 11. G. Fuqua, nr.; commisfioner of agriculture. Hubert Vreeland; treasurer. Henry Dos worth. The contest for attorney general between N. II. Hayes and Charles Carroll, and for railroad commissioner from the First district, between Webb C. Dell and J. . Dempsey. the Incumbent, seems to be In doubt, with the chances favoring Hayes and Dempsey. NEGROES IN PERIL.

Shot Tvro 3Ien and Were Taken to Jail, Which la .Menaced by a Mob. FREMONT, O., Hay 9. In a conflict tonlsht, due to labor troubles, Otto Mlschke was hot and killed and Albert Gummel was probably fatally wounded by a gang of colored nonunion men from Cleveland, three of whom are now In Jail. The police are searching for tha others. A party had taken place at the Gummel home, and as the gue&ts were homeward bound they met a crowd of colored men. Remarks were passed at which the negroes took offense, and the shooting followed. Albert Gummtl was shot In the leg and body, and his son, R. C. Gummel, was shot in the leg. Otto NMIachke, who came to the rescue, was shot through the heart. A mob surrounded the Jail and commanded Sheriff Mason to deliver the three negroes. Much shooting was Indulged in, but It is thought the prisoners are safe from attack. HIS QUERY ANSWERED. Morris Antra .ever AVill Fool vrith Dynamite Afraln If He Lives. MORRISTOWN. N. J., May 0. Morris Angus, of Stanhope, has been terribly Injured and will probably lose the sight of both eyes through the explosion of a dynamite charge which he placed under a rock a year ago, while he was blasting stone for a new building. Waiting for it to explode, Mr. Angus went to the rock pit to get out more stone and seeing the old bowlder struck it with his hammer, saying. "I wonder whether the old charge is still alive." The next minute there was a terrific explosion and he was hurled fifty feet away. When picked up by other workmen he was unconscious. Ills right arm may have to be taken off. He Is also internally injured, while his eyes were badly burned. . JEALOUS MAN'S RAGE. J. F. Kuiitz Seriously Wounds His Wife nnd Kills a Wealthy Man. PITTSBURG, May 9. J. F. Kuntz tonight probably fatally wounded his wife and then shot to death J. E. Walsh, a wealthy contractor, of whom he was Jealous. Since the death of Mrs. Walsh, six or eight months ago, Mrs. Kuntz has been employed as Walsh's housekeeper. To-night Walsh and Mrs. Kuntz were walking down the street together, and Kuntz, coming up behind them, shot Walsh. Ms. Kuntz tried to escape and Kuntz 11 red at her, tho shot bringing the woman to the ground. Walsh had also been prostrated by the bullet that struck him, and Kuntz put three more bullets into him to make his work sure. He then turned his attention to his wife and shot her a second time. Kuntz was arrested. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YORK. May 9. Arrived: Philadelphia, from Southampton; Sylvan'a, from Liverpool. Sailed: Umbria, for Liverpool; Norge, for Christiansand and Copenhagen; König Albert, for Genoa, Naples, etc.; Kroonland, for Antwerp; Neckar, for Bremen; L'Aqultalne, for Havre: Minneapolis, for London; Pretoria, for Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Ethiopia, for Glasgow. YOKOHAMA, May D.-Arrivcd: Gaelic, from San Francisco, via Honolulu, for Hiogo, Shanghai and Hong-Kong; Victoria, from Tacoma, for Iliogo, Shanghai and Hong-Kong. QUKENSTOWN, May 9. Arrived! Belgenland, from Philadelphia, for Uverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: Cedric, from Liverpool, for New York. HAVRE, May 9. Arrived: La-Gascogne, from New York. Sailed: La Lorraine, for New York; La Champagne, for New York. PLYMOUTH, May 9. Arrived: Grosser Kurfürst, from New York, for Cherbourg and Bremen, and proceeded. BOULOGNE. May 9. Arrived: Ryndam, from New Y'ork, for Rotterdam, and proceeded. SOUTHAMPTON, May 9.-Sailed: St. Paul, for New Y'ork, via Cherbourg. CHERBOURG, May 9.-Sailed: St. Paul, from Southampton, for New York. LIVERPOOL, May 9. Sailed: Etrurla, for New York. BREMEN. May 9. Sailed: Barbarossa, for New York: ANTWERP, May 9.-Sailed: Finland, for New Y'ork. Organizing: a Business. Raymond Stevens, in the World's Work. A striking feature of the march of American prosperity since the Spanish war has been the -quite modern innovation of reforming business from a rule-of-thumb activity into a science. A manufacturer, for example, who started tw.o years ago along the industrial path which men follow In prosperity leading often in the end to the disasters of depression recently found himself compelled to make a thorough reorganization of his business simply because it grew so fast. "Last year." he said. "I did $300.000 worth more business than the year before. Everything was booming, prices were holding up, and I felt already rich. And how much do you suppose my prodts had really increased? I found at the end of the yearJust $3.08." "What did you do?" he was asked. "I stopped guessing about the business," he said. "I called In a business 'engineer to systematize my plant, and now, instead of guessing, I know." Asbestos In Russia. WASHINGTON. May 9. Word was received at the State Department to-day from Consul General HoMoway at St. Petersburg, to tho effect that rich mines of asbestos have been found In the Irkutsk district, one and a half miles from the Kltoy river. Preliminary tests show that at a depth of one foot the asbestos is equal in quality to that in Canada and superior to the Alpine product. Methodist Who Is 103 Yearn Old. BLOOMINGTON, 111., May 9. Francis M. Anthony, who has been a Methodist all his life, to-day pas?ed his one hundred and third birthday on his farm. He was born in Ireland on May 9, 1900. and removed to the United States in 1S20. He says he has never heard of a Methodist as old as he is and has met few who are as familiar with the Bible. He is in good health. Collmn. Volcano Canning: Alarm. MEXICO CITY. May 9. Colima volcano continues In violent eruption. People at. Tuxpen are in a state of great alarm. On the evening of the 7th there was a terrific eruption and violent outpouring of lava occurred at 9 o'clock. The next morning a torrent of lava flowed rout of the western elope of the mountain. There was another eruption on the afternoon of the same day. Destructive Prairie Fire. VELVA. N. D., May 9. Dozens of houses were destroyed, also thousands of tons of hay and some live stock, by a prairie fire on the range weßt of this place. The fire is not yet under control. A young girl is reported to have been fatally burned, but particulars cannot be learned. Can Afford It. -Boston Transcript. . Miss Helen Gould la reported as taking lessons In cooking. Well, she is one of the few women who can afford to do so. Among the passengers on the Red Star Un steamship Kroonland, which sailed from New York yesterday for Antwerp, was Edcar 2L Evans, of Indianapolis.

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DtTIIHES' ATTORNEYS OVERRULED IN A TETITIOX FOR DELAY, Frederick Chase Admits the Facts on Which the Pica Was Dasetl, and the Case Will Go to Trial. MILTON SHIRK DEAD AT PERU MILLIONAIRE DANKER SCCCCJIBS TO STROKE OF PARALYSIS. Younc Padgett Not Prosecuted for Shooting His Father Ben-IIur Elects Officers Other State News. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 9. Judge De Hart, In the Circuit Court, to-day overruled the motion of the attorneys associated with the State's attorney in the Moses Fowler Chase case for a continuance of the trial, and appointed a physician to act with another doctor named by the Frederick. S. Chase attorneys in examining the demented youth and making a report to the court on Monday morning, when the case will be definitely set for trial. This Important action of the court was taken after the lawyers for the Duhmes, or, as they are legally called, counsel for Moses Fowler Chase, had filed a voluminous affidavit setting forth why a continuance was necessary, and this had been met with a brief admission of facts presented by Judge Hammond, one of the Frederick Chase counsel. The court ruled that the admission of facts was as broad as the application, and that it covered all the absent evidence mentioned in the affidavit supporting the motion of the Duhme attorneys. The action of Judge De Hart means that the case probably will not go over the term, as has been feared by the Frederick Chase attorneys, for experts have agreed that young Chase is hopelessly insane, and the doctors appointed by the court and by the F. S. Chase counsol probably will report the same mental condition of the youth. Dr. J. D. Hillis, who was appointed by the court, and Dr. E. C. Davidson, named by the Chase attorneys, will make an examination to-morrow. The Duhme lawyers were given permission to name a physician, but did not choose to do so. When the lawyers met In the courtroom this morning Prosecuting Attorney E. D. Randolph read the application for a continuance of the trial. Addison C. Harris, of Indianapolis, appeared with the Chase attorneys, and E. W. KIttredge, of Cincinnati, with the Duhme lawyers. Mr. Randolph askqd the court to postpone the trial of the insanity of Moses Fowler Chase and the appointment of a guardian, and then read an aflldavit of Austin L. Kumler, orte of the Duhme counsel, In support of the application. The affidavit set forth that many of the witnesses whose depositions would be of great importance to his side of the case lived in remote places In the Ünlted States, in Canada, England and other parts of Europe. It was stated that In order to present all the facts of the case it would be necessary to include this testimony, and that three months would ha required to get all the depositions. The affidavit told what the witnesses would be called on to prove, and reviewed the case in all its particulars, bringing It up to the present time. Mr. Randolph made a strong plea in support of the affidavit, and said that Moses Fowler Chase should be removed from St. Elizabeth's Hospital to his own home in South street. When he had concluded Judge Hammond presented a simple four-line document which admitted all the facts contained In th affidavit. The admission was signed by Frederick Chase. ' So unexpected Was the admission that It startled the Duhme counsel. Mr. Randolph moved to strike it out, but the court refused. The ruling thus disposed of any further delay. The move of the Chase attorneys Is regarded as one of the cleverest yet made in the case. Judge De Hart, after his refusal to rule out the admission, appointed the physician and gave permission to the attorneys for both sides to do likewise. The appointment of physicians was due to an assertion In Mr. Kumler's affidavit that If the trial were postponed until the next term Moses Fowler Chase might regain his reason sufficiently to give the counsel facts that must be used in the prosecution and defense of the case. The physicians will ascertain if there Is any hope for the youth. Should they decide that there Is a possibility that within three months young Chase might partially recover his reason and might be able to give evidence it is. probable that the case will be continued. If the decision Is the reverse of this the case will go to trial on Wednesday, as was scheduled before to-day's proceedings interrupted. A Jury must be Impaneled before that date, and a quick decision of the court Is expected. INDIANA OBITUARY. Milton Shirk, Millionaire Danker of Pern Paralysis the Cause: Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., May 9. Milton Shirk died to-night from the effects of the paralytic stroke which overcame him Monday night. He and Mrs. Shirk were at their Lake MaxInkuckee cottage when he was stricken. He was brought home at once and specialists were called from Chicago, but he could not be brought to full consciousness. Mr. Shirk was fifty-three years old and was the eldest son of E. II. Shirk, who died seventeen years ago, at that time considered to be the wealthiest man In northern Indiana. The father made successful and heavy investments in lands in Iowa, Kan sas, Illinois, Michigan, southern Indiana, Chicago and elsewhere. He established banks at Peru, Tipton, Delphi and Monticello. He had large mercantile, lumber and manufacturing interests In many places. All the property was kept and managed profitably. When the children, Milton Shirk and Mrs. R. A. Edwards, of Peru, and Elbert Shirk, of Chicago, divided the estate, some years ago. It was worth over twelve millions, and has since increased to a great extent. The .Firt National Bank, of which Milton Shirk was president. Is one of the strongest in Indiana. Its deposits have at times reached nearly two and a half millions. Mr. Shirk partially built the elegant Baptist Church of Peru. He had Just given largely to Franklin College. His widow, who was Miss Ellen Walker, of Worcester, Mass., and two sons, Elbert and Joseph, are left. Mr. Shirk had been in poor health for years, and spent two years in Europe to recuperate. Other Deaths in the State. MORRISTOWN, 'Ind., May 9.-The Rev. John Callicott. of Newpoint. died yesterday, aged eighty-seven. The funeral will be held at New Bennington to-morrow at 10 a. m. The Rev. F. M. Westhafer, of Morristown. will officiate, assisted by other ministers of the Methodist -Church. BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. May 9. Jesse Fox, a farmer south of town, died this morning of congestion, after a sickness of fortyeight hours. He left five children. PACKING HOUSE CLOSED. Hammond Plant Has Deen Hampered by Strike After Strike; Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HAMMOND, Ind., May 9. Frustrated n all sides by striking employes. President J. P. Lyman, of the G. II. Hammond Packing Company, ordered the plant here closed for all time. A strike of the common laborers this morning effectually tied the plant up, and the officials refused to temporize with the men. This throws 1,800 men out of employment. Ultimatum by Contractors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 9. The Builders Exchange, composed of all local building contractors, which has ' been having trouble with Its union workmen, to-day issued an ultimatum, in which It is stated that a wago scaje of from to Z2b cesu

" an hour will be paid, according to individual skill and . ability. The statement is signed by seventeen members, and is of immediate effect. LOSS TO WOOL GROWERS. Dae to Tying Their Handles of Wool rlt!t Rinding- Twine. Special to the Indlanapch Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., May 9. Mr. Joseph Whitaker, of the Jamestown, N. Y., woolen mills, sounded the alarm among the farmers here yesterday against the practice Of binding wool in bundles with binder twine. He says that the fibres of the twine catch the wool and they cannot be separated wholly and what can be accomplished incurs an expense of from one-half cent to a cent a pound, which must be deducted from the price of the wool. . He eald the Eastern manufacturers of cloth are organizing to protect themselves against Indiana wooL He gives as another reason for the clsadvantage of binder twine fiber In the wwl the fact that being of vegetable nature instead of animal it will not take the dyes in the same way. He advises that farmers use only soft woolen string in tying their bundles of wooL PUBLICANS HEAVILY FINED.

They Had Dcen Intimidating- the Wlnslovr Temperance People. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PETERSBURG, Ind., May 9. Judge Ely late this afternoon fined Abijah Beatty and Warrick Coleman, publicans of Wlnslow, a small town nine miles south of here, each $300 and grave each a three months Jail Sn 6HCÖ Beatty and Coleman have been Intimidating the citizens of Wlnslow who signed remonstrances against applicants for liquor licenses. They were Instrumental In causing the recent riot in Wlnslow. The temperance people are Jubilant over the decision. Tribe of Ben-IIur Elects Officers. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 9.The congress of the tribe of Ben-Hur adjourned last night after choosing Wabash as the place of the next congress In May, of 1904. Officers were elected under the new Jurisdiction as follows: Past chief, A. S. Coverdale, Fort Wayne; chief, Milton 8. Bedell, Logansport; Judge, Mrs. Allena Williams, Wabash; teacher. Will II. Arnett, Kokomo; captain, C. A. Woolsey, Kendall vllle; guide, J. P. McGee, Elkhart; scribe, Philip Diehl, Marion; keeper of tribute, Mrs. L. Bartley, Fort Wayne; master of ceremonies, Mrs. Ada Bley, Portland; kepeer of inner gate, H. C. Eiler, Jonesboro; keepr of outer gate. C. E. Carter, Logansport; executive committee, W. William Dietrich, John Lachen, George Freeman, Mrs. Margaret Bryce, Mrs. Sarah Webb. Small Wreck at Muncie. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., May 9. A special train on the Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie Railway, bearing W. A. Bradford, president of the road, and a party of Eastern capitalists, crashed into the rear end of a switching train in the eastern part of Muncie at Z o'clock this afternoon. The engine of the special was almost demolished and the passengers were badly shaken up, some receiving slight bruises. A car of fruit jars from Ball Brothers' factory was demolished at the end of the switching train. Traffic on tho road was delayed for some time. Young Padgett Not Trosecuted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., May 9.-The local officials are being criticised because no steps have been taken to prosecute Deputy Prosecutor David 11. Padgett for shooting his father, Arnold J. Padgett, Thursday evening. The father and son have become reconciled, and the latter was released from jail by the sheriff without the knowledge of the city marshal, who made the arrest. However, the marshal claims he has no further rights in the case. The elder Mr. Padgett has given out a statement saying the shooting was accidental. Miners "Shoot Up" the Town. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PETERSBURG, Ind., May 9. This place was the scene of a disgraceful shooting scrape last night about 11 o'clock. Huge King and three or four miners became involved in a controversy which resulted in King getting: a Bound beating. Soon after King appeared with two big revolvers and began shooting. One of the miners, named Hopkins, returned the fire. Altogether twelve thots were fired, but no one was hit. The glass fronts In three business houses were riddled by the bullets. Strike of Cement Plant Laborers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., May 9. Seventy-five union common laborers at the Syracuse Portland Cement Company's plant, fourteen miles southeast of here, struck to-day, demanding an increase from $1.25 to $1.50 per diem. They threaten to shut down the plant unless the demand is granted, but Superintendent Reiley says they have no grievance. The company had a strike last fall, when an attempt was made to organize a union among the employes, but the superintendent has since assisted in forming a union. Tried to Burn Himself. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 9. James McElhaney, a stubborn prisoner who tried to resist the efforts of four policemen to lodge him in jail, tried to commit suicide in his cell, to-day, by setting fire to his clothing, because the police relieved him of his chewing tobacco. The smoke attracted the attention of the sheriff's wife, who turned the hose on him and extinguished the fire after he -was badly burned. Afterwards he threatened to hang himself, but was prevented by Jail officials. Incendiary Barn Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 9.-A fire, probably of incendiary origin, destroyed a large barn on the John Beemer farm, five miles west of the city, last night. The loss aggregates $3.000, and Includes grain and farming Implements. The farm is run by Oliver Dillon, who is the heaviest loser. He lost wagons, horses and grain. The insurance of $300. Most of the live stock was In pasture at the time of the fire, or the loss would have been much heavier. Boy Wouldn't De Dared. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., May 9. Frank Hack ett, aged fourteen years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Hackett, was bantered by his comrades and climbed a telephone pole. He touched an iron reducer box, which was heavily charged with electricity. The shock knocked him instantly from the pole, and he fell, face downward. Both legs were broken, his hands were badly burned, and Internal injuries were suffered, but he may recover. Henry County Women's Club. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE. Ind., May 9. The annual meeting of the Henry County Federation of Women's Clubs was held at the Presbyterian Church here to-day. A large crowd of ladies was assembled from all neighboring towns in the county, representing all of the organizations. An interesting programme was presented, one of the features of which was a paper by Mrs. Emma Mont McRea, of Purdue University. Preparing: for Tiext Winter. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. NEW, CASTLE, Ind., May 9. The Citizens Gas Company has begun the task of cleaning out their entire system of wells at a cost of many hundred dollars in 'hope of having better service next winter. A 30 per cent, assessment has been levied on stockholders. 3IIner Killed at Shelburn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBURN. Ind., May 9. Louis Hoffman, a German who recently came to America, while working in the Star City mine to-day was caught by falling slate and instantly killed. Indiana Xotes. SLKI I ART. Experts declare the loss by fire at the Consolidated Paper and Bag Company's mill Friday will not exceed 3.C00, as the damaged machinery was not eo badly.

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which were destroyed, mostly paper-bag machines, were already badly worn, ana orders for helr substitutes had been placea. The insurance will cover the loss. LAWRENCEBURd-The People's Telephone Association of -Indiana has purchased the line of the Dearborn County Telephone Company, organized about three years ago with a capitalization of $3,000. This line runs from Lawrenceburg to Manchester, Welsburg. Moore's Hill and intermediate points. The People's Association will make extensive improvements In the line. GREENWOOD. The twenty-first annual commencement of the high school was held Friday evening in the Christian Church. There Were six graduates, as follows: Joseph Drake, Lenore Harmon. Kathryn. Oldaker, Grace Roberts, Martha Vau Arsdal and Bessie Whitesides. The diplomas were presented by Prof. J. R. Carr. NEW CASTLE. One of the finest sped mens of the Golden eagle ever captured in Indiana was shot thU week by Ed Brumback and is being mounted for the Odd Fellows', lodge at Milville. to which he presented it. The bird measures over seven feet from tip to tip and Is almost perfect in every way. MUNCIE. On Saturday a Congervillestreet car ran into a one-horse wagon driven by Thomas Sullivan. The horse had balked ou the track. Sullivan was hurled twenty feet into the air and had his nose and collarbone broken, besides receiving internal injuries which make his condition very serious. BLOOMINGTON. The primary contest of the city high school was held Friday night and the following representatives were selected for the southern Indiana contest, to be held at Bedford May 29: Oratory, Truley Ray; vocal music. Miss Alice Allen; instrumental music, Frances Bray. TELL CITY. The Cannel Coal Company, of this place, is drilling for coal at three different places just above this city. The local school enumeration shows that Tell City has 1,029 school children. THE FLOWERING DOGWOOD. A Native Tree That Should Be 3Iore Commonly Cultivated. Vick's Magazine. Among the many native trees deserving of cultivation, is the flowering dogwood (Cornua Florida.) It is one of the most attractive of our early flowering trees; when seen in full bloom it Is universally admired, and yet It Is very seldom seen In cultivation. We eagerly seek for novelties from China, Japan and other foreign countries, and utterly neglect native shrubs and trees which are equally as beautiful and quite as worthy of a place on our home grounds. The liowererlng dogwood has every quality which should recommend It to those whose grounds are sufficiently large to afford it room for development, with a background of deciduous trees or evergreens to show off its beauty. It is beautiful at all times and in all places, but especially ornamental when growing among larger trees. By some it is classed as a shrub, but in favorable locations it sometimes reaches thirty feet in height; from sixteen to twenty feet, however, is the average. The foliage is of a grayish green color. In the fall turning to a deep, purplish crimson, the deepest red of all the trees, rivaling the scarlet oak, and rendering it one of the most beautiful objects in the landscape at that time of the year. The true blossoms are greenish yellow, small, inconspicuous, growing in clusters which are surrounded by a petal-like Involucre from three to three and a half inches in diameter, pure white and very showy. This involucre produces the effect of large white flowers, and by many, who probably have not examined them, they arc supposed to be the real blossoms. The trees bloom in the greatest profusion the latter part of May, in this latitude, lending glory to the fields and woodlands and producing the most charming effect with their white laden branches. A forest of tall old pines edged with deciduous trees, fringed with a border of snowy dogwood, and sweeping In a curving line the base of a hill, makes a beautiful picture eagerly greeted every spring and stored up In memory as a "joy forever." With us the dogwood blossoms at the same time as the wild pink azalea, bushes of which light up the depths of the forest, and sprays of the two combined make the loveliest of all spring bouquets. The blossoms of the dogwood are a long time developing. The buds start the previous year. If you examine the branches during the summer you will find the curious, almost square-shaped buds already quite a good size. The flowers last about two weeks In bloom and are succeeded by clusters of scarlet berries, followed by the deep tints of the autumn foliage, making the tree a conspicuous object all the season. Truly the dogwood deserves to be generally cultivated, and it is to be hoped that our people will awaken to its merits. VICTIMS OF THE PIANO. The Performers Are Not the Only Ones to De Pitied. R. W. Jones, In the Housekeeper. A Berlin physician of renown, believing that excessive practice at the piano Is responsible In a measure for the alarming spread of nervous diseases, has instituted a campaign against beginning the musical education of children at the early age now customary both In this country and in Europe. In his opinion no girl should be permitted to enter upon the study of music before the age of sixteen, and even then the hours of drumming upon the keyboard should be restricted to two a day. Of 1,000 girls who undertook piano practice before the age of twelve, 600 liter became afflicted with some form of nervous disease, but of 1,000 whose musical education was neglected, only 100 ever suffered In this manner. From these statistics the doctor deduces the theory that fewer "finger exercises" and more exercise out of doors are the needs of girls nowadays, and though deductions from statistics are generally to be looked upon with suspicion, many of the laity will approve his common sense views. But the German savant might well have gone a step farther in his Investigations and considered the sad case of those who are compelled to listen to the efforts of the beginners upon the piano. The sufferings of the player are as nothing compared to those of the Involuntary auditor who is trying to work, perhaps, while an embryo Beethoven in the next room Is practicing scales with one finger. Too many girls without a particle of talent begin the study of music, and especially the piano, because their parents believe it is "the proper thing" to do. 'After rulningr-the nerves of the neighbors and lowering the value of the adjacent property, these girls finally abandon music as ignorant as when they began, and take up some other fad. Few girls dabble In painting or drawing without at least a modicum of artistic taste or talent, but many, apparently, regard piano playing as a purely mechanical accomplishment. If this Berlin physician can induce such girls to forsake the piano in favor of the golf stick, the lawn mower or the carpet sweeper, his efforts in behalf of suffering humanity will not have been in vain. Story Abont Hetty Green. Philadelphia Ledger. Hetty Green, of New York, had a way of taking care of her own, even in her youth. A Vermont neighbor tells that while she was living on her New England farm, she had for a neighbor a particularly unnelghborly old bachelor. One day, while the threshers were at work on her wheat crop, the winnowing fan broke and she sent over in great haste to borrow her neighbor's machine. "Certainly," was the reply, "Mrs. Green may use the fan, but I make it a rule never to allow my Implements to be taken from my farm. The machine is in the barn, and she may bring her grain there to be winnowed," an offer It was manifestly impossible to accept. Mrs. Green had not forgotten the implied refusal when the old bachelor sent his hired man over one morning to borrow her sidesaddle for the use of a vlsltrng relative. "I shall be only too glad to favor him " was the word sent back by the astute Mrs. Green, "but I never allow anything I own to be carried off the farm. My saddle is hanging across a beam in the ban loft. Tell Mr. Browne to send his aunt ?.yer..She ma3r ride there as long as she likes." . Legends That Will Live. Kansas City Journal. It makes no difference what proof to the contrary la offered, the American people will always believe and maintain that Raleigh once lived in Virginia, that Putnam crawled Into a den of wild wolves, that Paul Revere saved his country by a ride and that Barbara Freitchie dared the rebels Just as poets have written; that Funston did actually swim the Calumplt, and that Roosevelt charged up the hill in the battle at San Juan In the very way that Verestchagln puts it. These things can no longer be considered as matte In dispute or points of controversy In our history. The belief In them is as deeply imbedded in the hearts of all Americans as Is the belief that Washington never lied or swore and that Mrs. Leary's cow kicked over the lamo which caused the bij fixe in Chicago,

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Is attracting the attention of all the good dressers of Indianapolis. We are not running BARGAIN AND JOB LOT SALES, but felling good, honest clothing, at a moderate, trade-winning price. We specialize $15, $18 and $24 Suits and $18 SIK-Lined Overcoats, $3.50 and S5 Vests, $5 Trousers Just arrived Our line of Summer Soft Hats or GOLF HATS ALL $3.00 in Pearl, Tan and London Smoke, new colorings. Spring Underwear, Hosiery and Shirts in endless variety. Call and see us. GERRITT A. ARCHIBALD & CO. 38 East Washington St.

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shop. Only experienced workmen are employed; enly the best materials enter Into the construction. Most of the finer pieces are shown In muslin ready for your own selection of coverings. Too many fine parlor and library tables for this time of the year. A special discount cf 10 per cent on each and every parlor and library table In the house, Including the popular weathered oak mission styles this week only come early, the best will go first. We would also urge you to see our complete stock of fine odd dressers, chiffoniers, dressing tables, cheval mirrors In the choicest mahogany and bird's-eye maple. Brass and iron beds go with these. Everything that Is new and best Is here. Then, too, our prices are the most economical and a wider range Is shown for selection than can be found In any other furniture house in the State. For example:

One very elegant colonial mahogany Dresser, regular price $140.00, this week $105.00' One very fine mahogany Chiffonier to match, regular price $125.00, this week $98.00 One crotch mahogany Napoleon Bed, regular price $100.00, this week - ..$78.00

One four-poster Brass Bed, the very latest $7.0.00 One four-poster mahogany Bed. . instead of $58.00 .....$42.50

One mahogany Napoleon Bed.. $38. 00 One oak Napoleon Bed.. $35.00 One fine pure colonial Bureau, glass knobs $42.00 One fine colonial Chiffonier, glass knobs $35.00 Great Sale of Porch Furniture

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