Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 206, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1903 — Page 2
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1903.
MAY BE COOLER TO-NIGHT.
ShntTcr Possible iu Northern Indian -lair Ulsevihere iu the State. WASHINGTON, July M. Forecast for Saturday und Sun. lay: . Indiana Fair on ' Saturday; warmer In northwest portion: showers and cooler at night or Sunday in north portion; fair in aouth; livht east winds, becoming variable. Illinois Fair on Saturday; warmer in northeast portion; showers and cooler at night or Sunday in north portion; fair in south; fresh south winds. becoming Variable. Ohio Fair on Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy; prooiibly showers and cooler; variable winds. Kentucky-Fair on Saturday and Sunay. Lower Michigan-Fair on Saturday, showers and cooler at night or Sunday; light to fresh southeast winds, becoming variable. Wisconsin Partly cloudy on Saturday, probably shower and cooler in north and west portions; Sunday fair in west, showin and cooler in east portion; fresh south wind, chitting to north Saturday night. Minnesota Showers and cooler on Saturday; Sunday fair, warmer in west portion; fresh south winds, shifting to north Saturday night. Iowa Fair on Saturday; Sunday cooier and partly cloudy; probable showers In Barth portion. Nebraska Fair and warmer on Saturday, showers and cooler at night or Sunday North Dakota and South Dakota Showers and cooler on Saturday; 8unday fair, warmer. m Kansas Fair on Satjrday and Sunday. Local Observation on Friday. Bar. Tern. R H. Wind. 1a.m. .10.11 70 4 Ncat. Tr, -l. .30.10 SI 44 N'east. Weather. Tree. Clear. 0.00 Clear. 0.00 w a 5: um temperature, I. minimum tempera ture. ?. Comparative statement of the mean tempera tu re and tutal precipitation on July 24: Tm. Prc Normal 75 Mean Departure .Departure for month 11 TJsparture since Jan. 1 23 0.13 000 -4). 13 -l.Ti -i.JO W. T. BLYTHE, Section Director. eiterdar'i Temperatsreit. Station. 7 a. ihllln. Tex A a . , i o, Tex At ta. Oa Mtaawek. S D Ii ü . Tü io, . Y. Calm. Ill Calgary. Alberta Chattanooga. Tenn Ch : Mine. Wo m. 3 M 70 6 to 70 0 lax. 10 M 84 8 W 7 7 81 80 1 94 m 98 SO i 8 at m 80 90 M fr) 88 M 32 s 88 84 84 D2 88 Ml M 2 94 90 86 M 88 M 84 W m 92 7 p. m. tl 98 n 80 74 84 u 82 74 74 M 78 84 8 84 74 1 76 96 80 80 86 Chicago. Ill .. Cincinnati, O Clevp-;:-. O Col-imbu;. u Concordia. Kan Da vn port. Ia 62 60 ;o .i li &s o 0 hi 74 70 70 64 Ienver. Col L.dgr City. Kan Dubuoue. Ia Duluta. Minn ... El Pao. Trc ... fMivcsion. lex ........ Grand J unci loa. Col .. Grand Rapid. Mich Havre. Mont Huron, i. D Helena. Mont ... fcJa.-l.sonv! lie. Fla Kansas City. Mo Little Rock. Ark iouiaville. K.v ... !ariuette, Mich Mer phis, Trnn . He .ena, rtah ... Mf nlgomTj', Ala hvllle. Tean . Xtw origans. La 86 74 84 S3 76 74 72 68 66 72 W 74 66 7 K1 2 '- 72 M 78 NVw York. X. Y... 78 78 M M 86 82 80 82 I 60 88 Mi 80 VK 90 u 84 82 I 86 JCortoIk. Va N rth Platte. Neb O Mhoma. O T Omaha, Neb Palestine. Tex Parkersburg, W. Va Philadelphia. Pa Htfesewf, Pa Pueblo. Col Ju' Ap.vdle, Assin Rapid Cliv. S. D et. Lou:... Mo Bt. Paul. Minn Salt Lake City. Utah Kan Antonio, Tex nta Fe. N. M etireveport. La Kprtngfield. Ill Hprlnjfbld. Mo Valentine, Neb "N'ashlnston. D. C Wichita. Kan 70 70 M M tt 6 7'-, 68 ALLEGED SUICIDE CLUB. Habokea Polire In veatigatin Several 8aaplciuui Deaths. .:EV YORK. July 24. -The Hoboken police are Investigating several recent cases of sudden dath which lead them to believe a suicide club is flourishing In that town. In most cases two persons have planned to make away with themselves simultaneously. The most recent case odurred in a aaloon. A stevedore, after treating the habitues, had the barkeeper go to a drug store and buy a package of rat poison. He emptied half in a glaas of water, and the barkeeper poured out the remainder. They drank together and the stevedore staggered out under the influence of the poison. He has not been seen since. The barkeeper was taken to the hospital, where he is reported to be In a critical condition. ELKS ENTERTAINED. Illustrated Leetnre by Harry F. Felcht, of Indianapolis. BALTIMORE, July 24 Although the national convention of Elks formally closed last night wth the final adjournment of the Grand Lodge, the programme of entertainment will continue until to-morrow night. To-day large numbers of Elks went on excursions to Gettysburg battlefield and Pen ..for. To-nhrht Harry E. Feicht. of Indiani poiis, delivered before an audience of Elks an illustrated lecture on "Oberammergau." To-morrow's elosing diversions will consist of excursions to Washington. Annapolis, Ocean City and Old Point Comfort. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL. July 24. -Arrived: Germank. fnm New Ynrk: Borte, from New York. Sailed: Arabic for Ntw York. CILLT, July Passed: Bremen, from New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. CROOKH A YEN. July IM.-Pasaed: Etruria. from New York for Queenstown and Liverpool. PRA WLE POINT. July 24-Passed-Noordam. from New fork for Rotterdam. MOV I LI. E. July I3.-8ailed: Kurneaaia for New York; Parisian for Montreal OUTHAMPTOK, July li-OtaM: Molt kr for New York via Cherbourg. QIEENSTOWM fury M la Had New Lngland for Boston. NEW YORK, July H Arrived : Hecla from Copenhagen. Mrs. James (.. Blaine's Will. AUGUSTA, Me . July 21 -The will of fr Jatr.es G. Blaine has been filed for probate her. No publie bluest are made The wi.'l is dared at Washiugton. April 6 lHi No loveutorr was made of the estate but it la estimated at over half a million, and is divided between the children and grandCUIIUI ru. A Guaranteed Core for Piles. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your dr'.VKl"t k,jj refund your - - a at art a mm -v . m " money u rAAU j iJttS -v r liu to curs fou. 0 cents.
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ILLEGAL FISHERS FINED
EFFORT TO EXFORCE TBK LAU TIPPECANOE COl MY. Burglars vrlth a Fondness for Sugar Prominent Logansport Moo Dead Other lodiana !etv. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 21. Thomas Smith, deputy fish commissioner, has been very busy in this vicinity for the past few days and many arrests have been made tor illegal fl?hing. Along the Wabash riw-r and Wildcat creek it has long been the custom for farmers' eoiis to set trap nets and draw seines for catfish and bass. At several points larcc hauls have been made A .. .1.... ....,1 .... J. tV.i- rvt-w. un j auci 1 1 o . , auu it i agaiimi mw i i - Dee that the commissioner has directed nis efforts. Deputy 8mith has been working night and day. and to-day the following persons apprehended by him were fined by Justice Shaw: John McLaughlin, Claude Belssel!, tieorge farter. Otto Laih and Henry F.ts( hnecht. Each was warned that the next offense would mean a prison sentence. Burglars Liked Mugar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLI MB US, Ind., Ju!y 4.-The home of C. C. Murray, claim agent for the Louisville (Mvlsiop of the Pennsylvania Railroad was entered by burglars last night. Besides Mrs. Murray's diamond ring, valued at J75, the housebreaker secured a boy's gold watch, valued at $25, two or three dollars in change and a fifty-pound sack filled with granulated sugar. Mr. ray was absent at a risshlng camp. MurI A Ol A A OUIT I A It V . William Dotting, for Fifty Years a Resident of Loaja lis port. Speciäl to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., July 24. William Dowllng, one of the leadli.g and most substantial citlsens of Logansport, died at his home in this city Thursday night, aged ix-ty-eight. He was the owner of Dowlinpr s opera house and Dowllng'a foundry, u:id had been identified with the development of Logansport for half a century. He served as a mcfnber of the city School Board several terms, as member of the Common Council two terms, and as president of the metropolitan police board one term, lie formulated the plans of the municipal electric light plant, was instrumental in building four city schools and negotiated tho purchase of the old canal bed, which has since been converted into one of the most prominent thoroughfares of the city. Other State Necrology. COVINGTON. Ind.. July 24. -Nathan McClure, a well-to-do farmer south of town, died suddenly as the result of heart disease. He served in the civil war in the famous Wilder brigade, being for three years under Col. Eli Lilly in the Eighteenth Indiana Battery. He was fifty-seven years old. PORTLAND, Ind., July 24. Mrs. Jerry Touney, one of the pioneer women of this county, is dead at her late home near Boundary. She was taken fick Just after dinner yesterday, grew rapidly worse and died in twenty-four hours. Funeral services will I M held Saturday morning. GOSHEN, lnd . July 24.-Mrs. Scott Blue, ot Juniata. Neb., nee Nora Koonse, .of Goghen, died at Hastings, Neb., white sitting in a dentist's chair, having teeth extracted, due to effects of chloroform. Her husband died four years ago, soon after they left Goshen. VALPARAISO. Ind.. July 24. James E. Bryant, aged sixty-two, a prominent business man of Hebron, died this morning. He was a veteran of the civil war and left an estate valued at over $100,000. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. July 24.-Thomas Todd. sr.. aged ninety, one of the best known citizens of the county, died to-day. He was a prominent Baptist. DE PAIW'S WWW PRESIDENT. Elaborate Plans for Iiis Inauguration in December Neat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., July 21.-What is planned to be the biggest day in De Pauw University's history will be the Inaugura tion of President Edwin Hughes. It will be four days' exerciser rather than one. The trustees, at a caliM meeting, made general plans for the affair and placed its details in the hands of a committee composed of Dr. IL M. Gobin, of this city, chairman; N. T. De Pauw, New Albany; M. V. Bieger, Mishawaka; William Newkirk, Connersville; D. M. Wood, Valparaiso: C. E. Bacon, Indianapolis: C E. J. McFarlan. Connersville: Harry "Whltcomb. Shelbyville; J. E. Elliott. Kokomo; R. S. Tennant, Terre Haute; C. U. Wade. Muncle; George F. Keiper, Lafayette; Hugh Dougherty. Bluffton; John H. Doddridge. Greencastle; I C. Bentley, Brazil; W. D. Parr, Kokomo. V. T. MeWhirter, of In dianapolis, is secretary, and C. A- Martin, this city, is assistant secretary. The inauguration will begin on some Sun day in December and that day will be observed as a Do Pauw day all over the State. Monday will be Students' clay. Tuesday will be alumni day and Wednesday will be Inauguration day. All the college and university presidents of the country will be invited to be present and several of them will be among the speakers. At least three of the bishops ejttl be present. Earlham Man Goes to Pratt. Sieoial to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. July 24.-Irving Xing, son of Edward King, near Chester, has been elected to the chair of psychology and history of education in Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, N. Y., on the recommendation of Profesaor John Dewey, of the University of Chicago. He will have entire charge of the worli in these subject?, teaching the normal students, the kindergartners and the domestic art students. Mr. King is a graduate of Earlham College end took special work at the University of Chicago. This institution is now publishing, at its own expense, a book he has recently written entitled ' The Psychology of Child Development." Adventlsts' Training School. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., July 24. An industrial school, the tlrst of the kind in Shelby county. Is being built near Boggstowi by the Seventh-day Adventists. It is expected that the main building will be completed by Sept. 15. Special instructors will be present to give training in missionary work. Nothing higher than rhetoricwill be taujrtt and fmm that school pupils Hill be sent to a higher training school which is located in Michigan. An instructor will be engaged for agricultural teaching. Many Visitors at St. M iry's. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAI'TE, Ind.. July 2t.-An excursion party of 100 women came from Chicago this morning to St. Mary's of the Woods. Nearly all the visitors were former students at the college conducted at the mother home of the Sisters of Provide nc. and as this is the time of the annual return to the home of J0 8isters of Providence from their various stations in the parochial schools in the country the visitors will find many of those they knew in their student days. e WORDS OF PRAISE. Plucky Vermilion County Sheriff Is Warmly C ommended. Si-- tal to the Indianapolis Journal. NEWPORT, Ind., July l.-James A. Sway ne sheriff oi this county, who stopped the Sunday prizefight in the north end of this county last tSunda. Is receiving many compliments on his courage in suppressing lawlessness. Among ih - many otnpliznt-nts was one from Ared W, White, of Hock villa, judge of this Judicial dUtrict. who said: "1 am not surprised that you had the courage and public spirit tu do it if opportunity pre-
sentcd. It was like you. I congratulate you and the public on your success." Ysteiduy the sheriff received the following from George B. Lockwood, secretary to the Gocrnor: 'I am directed by thf Governor to say that he deslr r- to commend you for the boldness and efficiency with which you performed your duty in dispersing an assemblage attempting to engage in unlawful action in your county on last Bunday. He believes that su :h proippt and fearless action on the j.art of the local officials in the performance of their duties will go far toward inculcating g :i-rul respect for the law." 4 MTLl BAH X FIRE.
Loss of S.'t.OUO in Montgomery Home DeKtrol by Explosion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSV1LLE, Ind.. July 1 The barn of Lon Young burned last evening. Five horses parftslMal and sixty tons of hay, some feed, farm wagons and harness were destroyed. The ioss is $3,000 with but $-"00 insurance. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. July 24. An explod ing lamp last nigh; caused a fir that de1 stroyed the homo of Mr Madeline Weis ll- ' teil, II av -iiue. causing a loss of With no Insurance. The house was outside the tire limits and the department could not work. Mrs. Weisenbach was away at the time, and the only occupant of the house was her crippled son, who. after the in . was found crying in a ditch across the road because he had tt en unable to prevent the blase or to save the household goods. PlanliiK Hill Destroyed. ftjadal to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. July 24.-8amuel P. Stroup, who is the owner of a large planing mill in Danviilc. III., received word that his property was almost completely destroyed by fire some- time during List nicht. It was valu-d at Jü.OUO iota will reach $13,0X). and the WILL COSTBS1S. Sviigart Testament Broken- Will of Dr. F. 8 Armstrong. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind.. July 24. In the Porter Circuit Court to-day a jury declared that the late George W. Swlgart, of South Bend, was of unsound mind at the time of making his will disposing of an estate valued at nearly $300,000, nearly all of which ha bequeathed to his two sons, cutting off his five daughters with small bequests. The suit was brought by Mr?. Emma Willard. of Chicago, and others. The jury was out sixteen hours. The defense will ask for a new trial. CAMDEN, Ind.. July 24. An effort will be made to break the will of the late Dr. F. G. Armstrong. He died several weeks ago leaving an estate valued at $75,000. His estate consists of SuO acres of land and conIderable cash. The will gives to his four children equal shares, but cuts off a granddaughter, who is a minor, with $1,000. The child's mother was formerfy Miss Paris, of Frankfort. DEATH CLAIMS ITS OWX. m Kokomo Wedding. Set for To-Day, Turns to Funeral. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., July 114. Death is the bride in what was to have been a wedding in Kokomo to-morrow. Charks Hosier and Miss Sara Sims were engaged to be married, the wedding being set for Saturday. Preparations had been made for the marriage a month ago. Mr. Hosier was taken sick and went to his old home at Springfield. O.. for treatment. V. .-i. rdny the malady developed into quick consumption and death resulted in a few hours and before the bride-to-be could be informed of the fatal turn. The body will be Interred at Springfield. He was thirtyfour years old. The expectant bride is almost prostrni d. Knights of Tnbor Flection. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. M H W ALBANY, Ind., July 24.-The Grand Lodge, Knights and Daughters of Tabor, colored, adjourned to-night after electing the following ofleern: C. G. M., B. F. Ferren, Indianapolis; V. G. M., E. O. Prince. Connersville; G. H. P.. Emma J. HI yea, Kokomo; V. G. P., Sadie A. Beard. Crawfordsvillc; C. G. R., Asenath Artis, Marion; G. P. P., John Carter, Indianapolis; C. I. c. M., Ad'ta Thomas, Terre Haute; C. G. O., D. li Tumer. Crawfordavflle; C. G. P., Hattiu McPheeters, New Albany. Militiamen Rendy foj Mnster. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., July 2L Kokomo has a new militia company of seventy members ready for muster into State service. The mustering officer will be here next week. The commissioned officers are: Captain, Raymond Wood; first lieutenant, Ralph Johnson; second lieutenant, Claude Spurlln. The officers were all In the Spanish-American war, as were a majority of the privates. Neighbor Threshed Hin Wheat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 24.-While Jack Hastings, a farmer in the northern part of this county, and his family were quarantined this week because they had been in contact with a cese of smallpox, neighbor farmers took a threshing machine to his wheatrield of 160 acres and threshed a crop that will be of better than the average yield In this section. Woman's Big: Load of W heat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., July 24. A Howard coun ty woman. Mrs. rrea iiegner, nauied the largest load of wheat to the local market. Mrs. Hegner. who lives in Howard township, brought in a load of 113 bushels with two horses. Farm help being scarce. Mrs. Hegner assisted in the harvest field and helped with the threshing. The load weighed 7,liy pounds. Xevr Water Plant Installed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERI', Ind.. July 24. The local Wabash shops management has put its private water system in operation this week. Water is pumped three miles from Pipe creek, the line crossing the Wabash river. City water from the river was abandoned because of not being good for locomotive boilers. POLICE BOARD WILL ACT IF LABOR AGITATORS CAISE ANOTHER STRIKE AT tOKE S. Hammond May Lose the IndustryLast of nu Atluuta Enterprise Enlarging an Elwood Plant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 1 1AM MONI, Ind.. July 21-The Business Men's Association of this city was Informed to-day that Hammond may lose another of its bej-t industries, tin W. B. Cmkey Printing Comiany. I'nless dei.-ie measures are taken to put a quietus on labor troubles at the plant, fomented by Chicago labor agitators, Holland. Mic h., will capture the big industry. Mr. Conkey is favorably impressed with Holland on account of its Eastern shipping facilities, and has his summer home there. Hammond gave J7".'t to get the big printing plant lure, and the police commissioners have threatened to run labor agitators out of town should they cause another strike. e LAST SULDING DEMOLISHED. 1 Tin Plate Industry at Atlanta Is a Thins of the Past. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EL WOOD. Ind., July 24. The final chapter in the du im of Enoc h Stanford, a wealthy Englishman, to establish at the little city of Atlanta, southwest of Elwood. tip; greatest tiu-manufacturing pit in tut
world was written yesterday, when the last of the buildings which formerly constituted the enterprise was torn down by a wrecking company. The office building le now used as a shelter for the watchm-n there, and as stHn as all the property of value can be removed it, too. will be rased and the site revert to a meadow or cornfield again. The Atlanta mill was at one time a thriving institution, paying out wages to the amount of $20.000 monthly and making a hustling little city out of what had formerly been a cross-roads village. Since the trust began the dismantling process the machinery and such of the building material as was of value has been shipped to the plant here and combined with it. Local people at Atlanta are now building an independent mill to take its place there, but have had considerable trouble getting on their feet.
TO IMPROVE THE WABASH. Convention Hb Been lulled to Terre Haute on September 15. Bpedal to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAI'TE. Ind., July 24. It has been decided to hold the Wabash river improvement conevntion In this city on Sept. 15. It is intended to have delegates present from al! along the river between Terre Haute and the Ohio river. These delegates will be both business men from the towns and cities and farmers from the agricultural district. Secretary Duncan, of the Commercial Club, is in correspondence with associations and individuals, and there is confidence everywhere that when united effort is made I members of Congress from the several districts represented will be able to have something done at the session next winter looking to a comprehensive plan of improvement of navigation. Evidence of Prosperity. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., July -4.-Work has been begun on another important building project. Tho Jones Hardware Company, ana of the largest concerns f the kind iu the State, is clearing the site tor an additional building, that will make it possible p lo a business aggregating a million dollars a year. The building will replace the old Starr homestead, one of the historic houses of Richmond. The ground on which the building will stand had been owned by the Starr estate since ISM. The ground is a part of lfiO aores bought from the government In ljf05 by John Met k. Broom Corn Will He Scarce. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARIS, 111., July interesting fact which bears out the report that the broom corn crop is 80 per cent, short this year in the central Illinois district was brought to light on the occasion of a Decatur picnic to this city this week. A priz. was offered for the person guessing the correct number of fields of broom corn along the Peoria division of the Vandalia Railroad between Decatur and this city. There are just eleven fields and usually there arc between 1Ö0 and 200. Richmond Palladium Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., July 2i.-The Daily and Weekly Palladium, official organ of the city and county and the recognized organ of the Republicans of Wayne county, has been sold by Daniel Surface, who has owned the paper for several years, to J. R. Hart, of Indianapolis, and S. M. Rutherford, of j;anfville. who will take charge on Aug. L Mr. Hart was formerly connected with the Dakota Farmer, a farm paper at Aberdeen, S. D. He will have charge of the editorial department. Mr. Surface is postmaster of Richmond. Bi: C oal Lnnd Leases Made. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., July 21. B. Taylor, in the employ of the Chicago, Terre Haute & Southern Railroad, has leased several hundred acres of coal land In the south part of this county. The mines will be operated on a large scale. All coal land will be taken that the company can secure. Surveyors are at work on the road and it will be built as soon as possible. Successful Pearl Fishers. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. LOGAN SF'ORT, Ind.. July 24.-The Tennessee pearl hunters who are camped along the Wabash river several miles west of Logansport have succeeded in finding nearly a hundred pearls, and to-day shipped a consignment of the gems to a merchant in Arkansas. They claim to have struck a rich fleld and predict that pearl hunting will become an important industry along the Wabash in this vicinity. Plant Will Be Enlarged. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EL WOOD. Ind., July 24. The growth of its business has rendered the construction of new buildings necessary by the Indiana Box Company, of this city, and contracts for the work were let to-day. A new maY chinery department, 75xt5, and a boiler room, 40x41, will be added to the present plant. TRAMPS ASSAIL A WOMAN BOB HEB OF $40 AFTER TEBIG HER CLOTHIG FROM HER. Putnam Sheriff Is Seeking; Them Snlcide of a Slekly Woman Seward Is Held for Wife Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., July 24.-As Mrs. t Tqov i.,B(,h tain aar tm I .Jt li.- - - - llV.il i. . i i 4 r i m, o i i i "III r spring near her hor.ie, iu this township, today, she heard a noise near her, and, looking up, found two tramps standing behind her. One drew a big knife and told her: ' If you stir or make a noise we will cut your heart out. " They then attacked her, and in tearing off her clothing fouud $40 in paper money. They took this and immediately disappeared in the woods, where they are being sought by the sheriff, his deputies and the marshal. It Is thought they will remain hidden until night and then seek to board a freight train. Three railroads pass within the immediate vicinity of the place of the robbery. Seward Held to Grand Jury. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENVASTLE, Ind., July 4.-Henry Seward was to-day bound over to the Sep tember term of the grand Jury after a preliminary hearing on a wife-murder charge. The justice before whom he was tried in the hearing said he would have acquitted him had it been an actual trial, but, as it as a preliminary hearing oniy, he would hold him in consideration of some circumstauces that seemed a little suspicious. Kokomo lan Killed In Iowa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., July 24 A telegram received here to-day said that Thomas Mccracken, recently of this place, was phot and killed at Bedford, Ia. No particulars u re iv. eied. but it ; orttd that the killing was in an altercation. McCracken was a brother of Postal Clerk Mart McCracken, Ulla ity, aud Elwood McCracken, of oung America. Degree. Murder In First Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KUKCXE, Ind.. July 24.-Coroner Poland to-day rendered a verdict of "murder in the first degree" iu the case of the infant found near Muncie jrestsraay with a crushed skull. The police claim to have a clew to the murderer. Siek Woman Hanged Herself. Special ts the lndianapol.s Journal. 1 LANKFORT, lud., July 24. -Mrs West, wife of Capi. James West, a prominent resident of this city, was found dead by a member of the family this evening. She had been in poor health, and, going upstairs, hanged herself. KlKhth Victim of Lockjaw. W1LKESBARRE. Pa.. July :4.-Miss Jessie Brader died last night of tetanus. She was the eighth victim of lockjaw in Wiikesbarre since Juiy i
CREATORE AND HIS BAND
THEY WtMX BE THE At til ST ATTRACTION AT WINOA LAKE. Last Week of the Assembly to Be Mode Memorable by the Presence of the Great Organization. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . WARSAW. l: d.. July 24. Signor Giuseppe Creatore, with his Italian band, which will give twelve concerts at Winona Lake during the last , week of the assembly Aug. 10 to 16 will be the star attraction of the season in a musical way. and excursions from every direction will be run to Winona to h'ir his marvelous musical organization. The band is composed of sixty-five pieces, and all the members are Italians. For the past year Creatore has been playing to crowds In all the large cities, and in that comparatively short period he has won for himself an enviable reputation as a leader. Poople in all the cities that heard him have SIG. GIUSEPPE CREATORE. gono music mad, and for 100 continuous nights the band played to crowded houses in New York citv. itore Is a remarkable personality. He apparently has every member of his organi zation hypnotized. While leading the band his long, lank figure is seen in all sorts of gesture, and a false note, should one be played by a member, would be his finale with the aggregation. His ear for music is pi licet, and he is always restless, active and alert for any mistake. Creatore, who is but thirty-one years old, came to America less than three years aijo and played trombone with an Italian band at Atlantic City and Willow GfOVe Purk. Philadelphia. He was the concert master of the organization, and when the conductor was sick on one occasion Creatore was given the baton. Jealousy was Inevitable after this. Tinband soon split, and Creatore was made con ductor of one section of it and played an engagement at the Atlantic Steel Pier from February to July in 1U01, followed by an engagement at Willow Grove Park In Philadelphia and a tour of over 15,000 miles all over the W estern country. His Slices everywhere was phenomenal. Last spring he severed his connection with that organization and organized a band of his own. GENERAL INDIANA NEWS RRIFF ITEMS OF IXTERKST FROM ALL OVER HOOSIEHDOM. Xfw Wabash River Levee Solt for Assnnlt at Greianood-Ebvooil Children's Home Society. ANDERSON. Lapel, seven miles west of Anderson, has rid itself of the last saloon. The town has two glass factories ind at one tlm" four saloons were in operation. The citlsens, co-operating with the AntiCrinii league of the State and county, defeated two of the men for license and one r tired. Yesterday the last saloon closed its doors forever so far as that locality is concerned. The license expires in August and trade was bad. The proprietor closed his place and weut to Ohio. There is great rejoicing and a mass nueting jollified over the event. NEW CASTLE.-Slnce a company of Mooreland citizens was organized to drill for gas or possibly oil, near that little town, another company attracted by the possibilities of the field near the town, as yet unexplored, has put in an appearance and the companies are rivaling each other in the leasing of the land. The Mooreland people seem to resent the new company's intrusion. The Henry county history, being prepared by George Hazzard. is nearlng completion. It will contain every possible bit of historical information possible to obtain and will be in three volumes of nearly 500 pages each. CLAY CITY. The anti-saloon people held an all-day rally here on Thursday, the Rev. Ed Long, of Terre Haute, and the Rev. Patrick Faulk, of Bloomtleld. being the principal speakers. Two street meetings were held during the day. and a great meeting was held in a big tent at night. This was the culmination of a two weeks' union revival held by the local churches. Plans are being made for a week's temperance rally in August. , ELWOOD.-At a meeting in the parlors of the State Bank a local organization of the Indiana Children's Home Society was formed in Elwood and the following officers elected: The Rev. J. F. F. Kayhoe, -president; Mrs. A. H. McKenzie, vice president; Mrs. W. S. Cased, secretary; W A. Ie Hority. treasurer; T. O. Armileld. medical adviser. Within the past Week homes have been found for five children In this city. COLl'MBUS It has just come to light that Eli Scott, who was the duly elected assessor for Columbus township, was not at the time of making the ISM assessment a bona fide resident of Bartholomew county, he having removed his family to Jackson township in Decatur county some time prior to April L He evidently did not consider himself a resident of thfs township, as he failed to assess himself. GREENWOOD. WHiiam Duff, of the Greenwood Milling Company, was assaulted by Grant Myers and received a severe cut near the left eye made by some metallic weapon. The trouble grew out of a dispute over a load of whei.t that had been taken to Cook's elevator by I yers's boy and which was thought to belong to the milling companv. Duff has filed suit against Mvers for $2,üO0. BLOOMINGTON. -The coire Baptists of Indiana closed their thirty-third annual convention Friday night, after a rhre.- days' session. In all about 155 delegates and visitors were present. The Rev. W. M. Z. Thomas, of Anderson, presided, and the reports showed thnt the church had made remarkable progress during the year. The next convention will be held at Alexandria. TEURE HAI'TE--John L. Crawfosd lias been appointed administrator of the estate of his father. Andrew Crawford, who died last week and left no will. Th bond was fixed at IttMM. It is the belief of m n of affairs thnt Mr. Crawford w.i. tin- richest man in Terre Haute. He bad few. if any, confidants about fell financial matters. LAFAYETTE.-Joseph McKee. son of Mrs. B. F. afcKee. of this city, who started months ago from the Philippines to claim his bride. Miss Pearl Rlchey. of Elwood. is now in a ho.-pital in San Ft;u:eisco, critically sick. He made the trip halfway around the world in the best of health, but became sick when he reached the coast. COVINGTON.-The County Commissioners have let a contract for the construction of a levee three miles in length In Fulton and Wabash townships south of this citv. along the Wabash river. Several hundred acres of bottom land will be protected from high waters. RICHMOND The second joint session of the 8unday schools of the South Ohio Conference of the Wesleyan Methodint Church opened here Friday morning, j. e.
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Artis, the president, presided. A number of committees were appointed and reports heard. PAOLL The trial of Willlara H. Walker. trustee of Northeast township, for failure to hold a gravel road election as ordered by the County Commissioners, is under way here, with more than fifty witnesses present. The trial will last several days. KOKOMO John Lee. arrested on Thursday for alleged criminal assault on the eight-year-old daughter of Anthony McHale, was bound over to court by Mayor Brouse in the sum of $500. Being unable to give it. Lee was remanded to jail. RCSH VIl.LK Former Lieutenant Governor Will 'umback has accepted an invitation to address the old settlers of Rush
. ounty at their annual meeting here in j the last week In August. WINAMAC The Rev. James C. Small, of this place, found the body of a carrier pigeon that had died of exhaustion. The nickeled band on Its left leg bore the inscription "J. No. 10.,: PERI'- The Logunsport and Wabash Valley Gas Company has accepted the new ordinance for meter measurement at 25 cents a thousand, and will install the meters at if own expense. SHE BIT OFF HER TONGUE HESl LT OF FALL SI FFKRED GIRL AT WHITFVU. BV A Boy Drowned in an Alexandria Fountain Fatal Rananay AccidentsDeaths on the Railroads. 3rcial to the Indianapolis Journal. HAMMOND, Ind.. July 24. Misfortune in the shape of repeated accidents seems to be the lot of Lena Vogel, of Whiting. Last winter a beer keg fell on her foot and" severed that member. Yesterday she was walking home, when her crutches caught on a plank and she was thrown to the ground with such violence that her tongue was bitten off aud her jaw broken. Took a Medicinal Sample. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., July 24. Appo Carmack, an aged and afflicted resident of this city, is dying. Yesterday a sample package of medicine was thrown into his yard, and he. according to directions, took the whole of iL hoping to cure his pains. The medicino had the opposite effect, and he will die. Hurt ! Falling Spar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE. Ind., July 24 -Nathaniel Brown, a young man of Uainbridge. was struck on the back of his neck by a mast used this afternoon at the starting of a hotair balloon at the Putnam county fair. It is thought he cannot recover. His head was injured and his Jaw broken. TI11EU TO CATCH GOLDFISH. Alexandria Baby Fell In a Fountain 0 and Drowned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., July 24. This noon, while people were passing every minute, little Marion Marx, the slxteen-months-old son of Herman Marx, who lives on the busiest corner in the city, opposite the Union Traction station, fell in a fountain pool in a supposed attempt to catch goldhsh and drowned unnoticed. The body was not found for perhaps rtfteen minutes. Physicians labored to resuscitate the child, but life had lied. Ills Body Not Found. Special to tee Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., July lU.-Scores of people are dredging, dragging and dynamiting the Wabash river for the body of Henry F. Kruse. ' the sign artist who drowned yesterday while rescuing two children from the river near Tecuraseh Trail. Ail yesterday afternoon and far into the nisht men searched for the body, and today their efforts were renewed. Dynamite has been used in great juantities and thousands of fish have been killed, but no trace of the body has been found. The water where the accident occurred is deep and swift, but it is considered remarkable that the corpse has not even been seen by the hundreds working along the banks. Boy Drowned While Bathing;. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. AURORA, Ind., July 24. John Moody, aged eight, the son of James Moody, of Cochran, drowned yesterday evening while swimming in Hogan creek with several oth- r boys. His body was recovered this morning. KILLED G THE BIG FOl R. Levi Connor, One of the Wealthiest Farmers in Madison Comity. Special to tho Indlanapolii Journal. ANDERSON, lnd., July 24. Levi Connor, who was killed by the Big Four at Daleville this morning by the Knickerbocker, was. one of the wealthiest and most substantial farmers in central Indiana. He owned more than 2.000 acres of the finest farming land In Madison county. His home in Richland township, six miles north of Andersonls a model farm and farm home. There are 000 acres in the highest state of cultivation. He was a leader in movements that benettted the farmers and was twice elected as a commissioner of the county on the Democratic ticket. He was a large raiser of sheep, but In ISM became a Republican on accouut of the tariff agitation and had since that time been an active working Republican. Boy Saved His sister. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RFSSIAV1LLE. Ind.. July 24.-Paul Beislcker, a twelve-year-old boy, who lives near this place, broke his arm yesterday in trying to save the life of his little siser. The children were riding horseback through the woods, and Paul was holding the baby on before him. A nest of bees or hornets was stirred up and attacked the horse, which soon became unmanageable and In rearing threw the children off his back with grat force. Paul, in trying to save his sister from being thrown against a tree, received the force of the fall on his arm. with the result stated. 1 Death Resulted from Runaway. Special to the- Indianapolis Journal. CARLISLE, Ind., July 24.-Vincent Corbln died here this morning as the result of injuries received In a runaway on Tuesday. He was driving to Sullivan on that day. with the Rev. A. L. Tidrick, and their horse shied at a passing buggy, overturning the rig and throwing the occupants into the ditch. Mr. Tidrick was only bruised, but Mr. Corbln suffered two fractures of the right arm, from which blood poisoning resulted. He served in the civil war as a member of Company K, Eightieth Indiana Infantry, and was a wealthy retired larmer. Gasoline Tank Exploded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROME CITY, lnd., July -4 -There was a family reunion at the "Summer Days" cottage of Judge Vesey. of Fort Wayne. yesterday, during which an accident occurred to his naphtha launch. The boat opted by h s son at the time. The gasoline tank exploded, slightly burning the young man's arm and disabling the launch. Burned by Gasoline Eaplosion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vl.WKXXKS, Ind., Juiy 24.-Mrs. Sydon Badollet. oi Palmyra township, and her n were dangerously burned by a gasoline explosion this evening. Mrs. Badollet tried to extinguish the blaze aud became enveloped in flumes. She picked up her boy and ran from the house crying for help. A crew of threshers saved the lives of the woman and child, and succeeded in saving the buildlug. Yonui Man Struck, by Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MCNCIE. Ind.. July II 111 I If Vanmatre. of Muncie. and Ora Pixley, of Indianapolis, tried to cross the Lake Erie tracks in a buggy in front of a train to-night. Both young raeu were hurled several feet. Van-
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