Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1903 — Page 2
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1903.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Ir To-l. Follonrtl l MniMcri I and oolrr To-Mglit. in i WASHINGTON. Aug. St. Weather foreit for Saturday and Sunday : Indiana Fair on Saturday. hIiuwitk and cooler at right or Sunday; freh southwest to northwft winds. Ohio-Fair, continued warm Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy, probably showers Or. 1 ooler In brisk southwest to Borthwest winds. Illinois Fair S..tir!... -howrs ami cooler at night or H nsk southwest to orth' .-! wind ir Lak Michigan. Lower Ml hlan I' i ir in south, showers and cooler In north portion Saturday. Sunde showei .mil finder; hrik to h'gh southwest r north winds Kentucky-Fair; rontlnutd warm Saturi and So i da . Nebra.-ka-Parth cloudy Saturday; prnbbly thunderstorms and cooler In west portion taid at ntghi m enaj portion. Sunday lelr Kansas- Fair, continued warm Saturday, atiow.-- and nighl or Sunday In arth and w -r portions; fair in southeast. Iowa -Fair, continued warm Saturday; shower and I r at night or Sunday. Minnesota el .wer aad under Saturday. Sunday fair, -ooler in outheaat portion, frenfc north we. t t north winds. HVIar mln Partly cloudy Snturdaj : showera and rook i iu nirth and west portion and at night Ii; southeast portion. Sunday fail. ".'! r. frrsb wwt to north wes-. wind. I oca I Observations on Friday Har. Tm. K.I! a. ss...wi m T c. m .i ind. tVeathfr. lrte. .North. CUar. ' H'wnt. Oear. otw Maximum .im ml 111 r JC; niliiinium l"niiraturf. m. OMaparatlTO Mafnu-nt of Hi" mean trniera ture snd tutal inf . ljiliatlon on An. Z:
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COTTON MILL SITUATION. 9rral Fall IU-r I iincrrnü re lo Start xmia MM Week. FA LL RIVER. Mna.. Aug. 21. The cotton mili situation in this city will show considerable improvement iit-xt week over the present conditions, resumption of manufacturing being planned at several mills, i'omjmre.j with t!- present w.-ek there will be '.: more operatives working. $17.tn' will be put' I out in wages and 2.m0 more peev of cloth will be made. There will be i!.0U .-.pin. 11. - i'üim In operation ak;aiu-t .i0a This Improvement, it is thought, will be eon fined to next week. The curtailment of production will be Jlmited next wek to five corporations operating eight mills as against i-irU-en mills closrd this week. Thesi mills Inn in operat ion employ U.imi hnnds and have m t;ital weekly payroll of fj.. The curtailment is represented by irt.iaa e,M bule f eottoo used and about 40,iaW less pieces of cloth made than when all mills are running In addition to the complete shutdown of these several mills, other mills operating 4Sn.ta) spindles will have more or leis idle machinery, owing to repair. The total curtailment up to date amounts to alsnit ten ier ci nt. of normal production There has leen a sharp increase in the ss msnd for naiTow gotais on January contracts. r.nd prleea range from twenty-four cents to twenty-five cents a pound, which is a trifle better than Z 10-liJ for regular print cloth. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. N A NT I ' ' K KT LIHIIT8HIP. Aug. 21 The steamer Augusta Victoria from Hamburg wss repe-rtd eighty nubs cast of here at 9:1 a. m.. to-day. ut KKNSTiiU N'. Ana. 21 Arrived: Maydower, from Bston, for Liverpool. Sailed: N w England, from l.f.rp..o. f,r Boston. LIVERPOOL Aug. 21.-Arrived: tiermanic, from N w York Sailed: Arabic, for New York; Armenian, for N w Y.uk M VM. I.E. Aug. 21. -Sailed: Ancboria. fioni c,ugo. for New York: Tunisian, from Liverpool, for Montreal. NMYWHEAD. Aug. 22. 3:30 a. m Passed: Cedric, from New York, for Qneenstowu and Liverpool QtaAflOOW, Aug 21. -Arrived: Pomeranian, 'mi.' Montreal, i,.r I.ivtrpool: Sicilian, front .v n aOITTHA.nPTON. Aug. H Sailed: Mottke. from Hamburg, foi New York, i.i Cherbourg. 'BROW HE AD Aug. 21. -Passed: Georgia, from New York, for Liverpool. LIZA HI Aug. I Passed: gtatendam. from New York, for Rotterdam. HAVRE. Aug 21 -Arrived: 1 Champagne, from New York Maaaaehaael fa Inder luiiun. ITASHINHTON. Auk 21 .- 'aptaln Emory, commanding the Indiana, telegraphs On Navy Department from Erem-hman's bay that the Maaaachu It, under convoy of Ihe Indian! Potomac and L banon. sailed this morning for Tornpklnsv le. She will he docked and repaired at the New York navy yard. l.iminiil'-.-.l rr for Pile. It'hiuf. Wind. Bleeding or Protruding POM. Your druggist mil refund your imvii. Ii l'u olNT.MK.NT 1 11.- to .me feu. Ji cents.
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IMLE JOK- OV COMIRC. TO ltoo II I.I TO üKfc HIS Hl I KM. Delphi's Plan for ii ii. mi i m. ii Krmtriitrd Col. bwihrn tiraeious et (irnfral ei of Indiann. gpeclal to th; Indianapolis Journal. KVAN8VILLE. Ind.. Aug. J1--Wink- in t liecity on his way from Indianapolis to his home in Boonvllle Congressman James A. Hemeuway. of the FirM district of Indiana, said that Joseph G. Caunoo, who Is to bt speaker of the next House of Representatives, will visit him for several days at Boonvilln before h - Washington for the special congreaaJsMl ston. which OSOj" venia Nov. 9, according to present arrangemert. Congressman Cannon and Hemenway enJoyed an outing in New England and Canada, and while they were together the Indiana man had an excellent opportunity to pick up much valuable information regarding the organize lion of the nOXl House. fr, Cannon is keeping ins own counsel regarding tic appointments he will make, but Mr. Mcineri'Aay was niv.-n the assurance th.it he will be the chairman of the appropriations committee, one of the most, important of the lower branch of Congress, and which ranks second to th" speakership. If Mr. Hemenway has ids way liberal appropriations will be made for the Improvements of ! rivers, especially in this part of the counj try. and the Ohio in particular. Mr. Hem enway is anxious to s ie tne trnio maue oaigahlc from the headwaters to the mouth. Judtfi Vlouut's Position. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Aug. 21.-Judge Walter W. Mount, of this city, who Is mentioned as a possible congressional candidate from the Ninth district, and ho is being urged bj his friends of this and other f i anfiel U make the race, said in an interview today: 'I certainly would feel proud 61 an opportunity to represeal the Ninth district in ti)e 1'nitcd States CoBttTeSS, and h- .:- lily wish I could do so with the unanimous ooneent of Um entire Republican party. I.anilis. Baldwin. Artman and Sh. rldan are all valued friends of mine, and I will have to do MM fWf hard thinking before entering a conti t whi r- tlo-s.- gentlemen lammt be counted on my side." a I Mil 4IHI1I till . John I. Thompson, former Indiana Ni iiHpti pi-r Writer. Maasfal to UM Indlauwiiohii Journal. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. John D. Thompson, fornieily of Indianandis. died iv to-day, after a brief si. kn ss. His aftlietion was ph misy. Mr. Thompson was well known its a newspaper writer in Indianapolis twenty years ago. He licd in Washington many years and was the publi: lo r ! the Washington Chronkh). At one time he whs connected with the Chicapo TlntOi and later with nawapanava in iTneinnuti. The funeral will be held Saturdav . Other State Necroloay. QRKKNSBURQ. Ind.. Aug. BL The Bar. John Kinder died at tin home of his daughter. Mrs. Augustus lioyi-rt. in this city last nighl from paralysis. He Wis bora in Wnrt mhci g, Germany, In ISM. He came to this country in lvT ami engaged in the ilrug business in New York city. I -iter be moved to Cincinnati, o.. where ha taught Qarasaa hi tha public schools for number or years, in the Hiesnlliiis stndytnc theology. In IsT I In was appointed minister to .. Lutheran church near Itatesvllle. where In- acted as pastor for scventei n years, until In was forood to reaterj on account of his health. Hlnco t hilt time he has lived with his daughter in this city. He haves a willow and live children. BLOOMFIKLD. Ind.. Auf. LM.-Mr- Salna Hugger, one of the early settlers of (ireene county, died here yeetflfday, aged eightyeight years. Hh" was the mother ot ;i large family of childr n and has three sons here, prominent as business men. The interment will be in the old family grav. -;ir.i th Ptahman centetatry, in Juck.ou lOWnahlp, to-inorrow. ALBION. Ind.. Aug. -I.--Janus Rose... at one time repressntatlve from Noble connty In the State Lealatature, died eery suddenly of embolism this morning at his home aeei hen. Mr. Rose as was a wealthy foresee anal pr eminent m Masonic . Ire lea. R1.00MINC TON. Ind.. Aug. L'l.-t ietirge Sullivan, a you no man who eras soldier of the local company In the Spanish-American war, was buried to-day from Ihe Christian Church. Death resulted from lung trouble. SHKLIlVVII.Li:. Ind.. Aug. LM.-Noali Wilson was round dead In ii at his home this morning at - o lock by his wife, who sOi awakened by bli groaning. His death was dde to apoplexy. He was fifty years of I g. VALPARAISO. Ir.d., Aug. St-William I Bwaeaay. ased atxty-alx of Hebron, one oi tin- hest-kcown residents, diel last night. J. tines Leonard. Porter county's wealthie. i citizen, is dylg at Mackinac Island. Mien. MADISON. Ind.. Aug. HI. -Mat Oeisler. aged seventy. Heorge Kepoy, aged eighty and Albert Todd, aged s venty-four, died to-day. a . MOM MF. Vf T II ALK JOHSO. National ProhihltlnnlNt I nvell It nt Blooinlnatou III. m.ooMLS'i ;TON. III.. Aug. It, Prohibitionists of the United States to-day unreflna at Newton, Jasper county, a magniflttmH monument of Barre granite to the memory of Hale Johnson, who was assassinated on election day last year. He was chairman of the Prohibition state commiti and national ommittee at the time, and was the vice pi sid- titial candidate on the Prohibition ticket in IV. Many States WOM repres nted. Robert H. Patton, Of Springfield, spoke in tic morning on "Hale Johns. -n as a Lawyer ;iii. Patriot." In the afternoon addresses were delivered by John O. Wooley. of Chi- . ago. National Chairman Oliver Stewart, and form, i Congressman George V. rTtbtan. The state executive committee met u Newton to-day. DELPHI'S BEN I . II 1 I ' I) M Bl BB. One Man Is Standing; Between the Residents and City Luxuries. S eoial to the Indiana polls Journal. lKl.rili. A.ik. 21.-A few months ago South Delphi voted almost unanimously to abandon its town charter so ;.s to be ready to be annexed, as ihe City Council had promised to do Btefll thing was ready for annexation when the Council found that there was an onplutfed strip of laud divkl- ' mg the city from the suburb, sod the owner was unwilling at the last minute to : have his laud annexed without numerous .on, esslons by the Council, which that bodv was unable to ie The matter is now at a standstill and will be uatil N. J. Howe, the owner of the unplatted strip, consents to the Council s plans. The annexation would make an Increase of 600 in Delphi's population and would give tb residents of the suburb electric lights and city water. M(il KIWI.KH tHtSK SI ED. Made Defendant at Lafayette In Suit tu Quiet Title. Sxcial to tho Indianapolis Journal. I-AFAYETTE. Ind.. Aug. 2l.-Moses KoW-I-i Chane ho is an inmate of Dr. Stern'. "Norwnya" at Indianapolis, and the central tigure in the case that tia'ed at Fowler lew months ago, was made defendant in a 8t.it to quiet title to-day, and wh'le th point Involved is oi little Importance, the care con ems Ihe Duhmes and the Fowler'-, ail of whom were heira to the late Moaes Fowl r. Vlb'-rt nd Aug 'me Lease have brougi'.t Uli agauv Janns St. Fowh;r. Eva . i owl. I. Ophelia F. Duhm. . Charten H. Dahme. Mo:es Fowler Chase, and others who were not heirs of the founder of the Fowh r million:-. In ISM Moaes Fowkr fore-i-IokmI a mortgage and secured owioi oi a pie. . of oriert in Pti towuahin. 4 The deed f the sh -riff to Moses Fow l i
and of the parties who lost the land wan lost. Through all the years Intervening the record, of the title to the land which is worth over fl.uOO, has been incomplete. In order to correct the record, and give th owners a clear title to the land, the suit to quiet title was resorted to. The Duhmes snd other heirs of Moses Fowler disclaim any interest in the friendly suit, and are as anxious to see th title cleared as the rest. The suit was riled In the Superior Court by J. Walter Wilstach. Mr. Wilstach's fath v was. a law partner with Hintti W. Cha.-e. and Chase and Wilstach were the attorneys for Moaes Fowler. It was that firm whlrh transacted the business, giving Mos. - Fowler possession of the Perry township land. The son of old man Wiistach la bringing the suit now. in which the grandson of Hiram W. Chase is one of the defendants. . MO I II I It MIMI IMII.V(KI).
i reinatioii of a Sun TlioiiKht to Ila-tr CauHd I ii an nil . Special to ih Itidiinapoii-' Journal. OSHEN. Ind.. Aug. 21. The ci.tnalion of her eldest son s body caused the insanity of Mrs. Edward I. Haven, of this city, who was to-day so adjudged and application made for her admission to Eongcliff Asylum. The son. who was superintendent of a sub-nostal station in Chicago, aud a favorite with the mother, recently died and reiuested that his body be cremated, which was done. The Idea of cremation was so horrifying as to distrai t the mothc-r and caused her mind to become unbalanced. ORPII NS VI THE IR I V Col. . . Irvin. of olnntbiia. Made ScurfN oi Them Happy. bsecfal to the Indianapolia Journal. t'tll.I Mill S. Ind.. Aug. 21. -Colonel William G. Irwin, of the Governor's staff and general manag, r of the Indianapolis, Uoluinbus & Southern Traction Company, made glad the hearts of about Juveniles to-day anil to-night. Through his generosity ali the inmates of the Frances Comfort Thomas orphans' Home witnessed tin- performance of the Pnrepaugh-Bella Brothers' show this afternoon. To-night he gathered up all the poor children In cOUld Und and with two assistant chaperons escorted the youngsters to tho circus. Peanuts and ie lemonade added to the hilarity of the occasion, and joy was uncontiued. . MISSIMi HOY FOl D. Anderson YwaiiKater Left llecaune He Was Discouraged nt School. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. ANDKRSON. Ind.. Aug. 21. Roland Ixngfeiiow. the fouiteon jwir old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ingfellow, of this t ity . who has been missing since last April, has been found. Word was n . eived to-day that the boy was sate and working on a farm in Daie county, this State Young Longfellow ! ft becauaw be was discouraged at school. His parenti aearcbed far ami near without a word, and the mother has become well-nigh distracted. An aunt was advised to-day of his whereabouts and the parenti were informed late to-night. Itefereev I'ugli Disposing of Property. 6 pee is. I to the Indianapolis Journal. ORBKNCA8TLE, Ind., Aug. 2LBe4tra Pugn has been oifeicd .12.50U for what la known us the All en business block, now involved in the property assigned by Jerome Allen, late the cashier Of th First National Hank, und has stated that that price would le accepted if It wi re not outbidden. Real c-tate in Indianapolis h.-fonging to Allen and Hammond was sold for fM.fiou. The evidence taken In the recent hearing of the referee advanced to nunt the removal of certain notes of laige value from the claims against the : has to be briefed before it is panned upon and the decision will not be made In the matter for some tine Will Fitter State Shoot. SV i..i to the IiidianapoliM Journal. RICH MONI. Ind., Aug. ft. Boston. "ne count . 1. is a gun club that takes pari in the State shoot and in many neighboring sho'd-. .lu.-t now the club is preparing inr the Slate ni'dal shoot, which will take place at Grecnsburg. Sept. ;:. Five ..; the members will take part. Tin y an T. Packer, Nelson, Ctooa Druley, W illiam Portertiehl and Joseph pyle. MibvHiiVei' MiM-ures Modeaitt. ftaeebd te the Uahaanaetai Journal. TORRE llAI TF. Ind.. Aug. 21. -iL it Modealtt, a product Of the Terr- Haute Y. M. '. A. athletic cours. , afterward physical instructor of the Y". M. C, A. nt OrawfordsVille and until last March of the Anderson Y. M. C. A., has been appointed physical instructor of the Milwaukee Association. Mayor C overt Slarnn Ordinance. fh)eetel to the In lianapolls Journal. VANS VI LLK. Ind., Aug. 21.-Mayor Charles Q. Covert thin afternoon lagned the ordinance raising the saloon license in Evansville from $75 to $25o. Nearly three hundred .saloon keepers are affected by the ordlnan i Kvanavlllp Unat Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. LM. -Captain Walter Houghland to-day sold the streamer Charlea Cnrlin to Captain John Rice, of New Oilcans. The terms are private. The Curlin has been plying in the Green river trade CUPID TACKLES THE AUTO KOKOMO RACES OKVBMf Pit IM I ROMANCE AND WEDDINl.. Ohio loung People Overcome Parental Objection Arter a llat Trip in a l no Machine, Special to tut Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 21. Kokomo s automobile races developed a pretty romance and wedding. The bride and groom are Miss Nellie Harrison and Lawrence Roby, both of Plain City. O. They had long planned to marry, but parental objections prevented. Wednesday the pair mounted an auto and drove to Kokomo. arriving Thursday eveniug. The girl's father, J. 8. Harrison, suspecting the destination of the runaways, boarded a train and came here, arriving about the same time as his daughter and her lov. i When Roby and Miss Harrison entered the Clinton Hotel the father met them. An embarrassing scene followed and the parties were nahe tod into a private apartment, where the lovcis had It out with the stern parent and linally conquered. Mr. Harrison roanentad and give his blessing. The ceremony was performed to-day by the Rev. C. V. Choale, pastor of the Congregational Church. e It ET l HED THE LICENSE. ElderD Miinelc Citizen Failed to t et louna Wife. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal. MtJNCUt Ind.. Aug. 21. -Andrew Kreauar, aged sixty-six. a few days ago securt i a license to marry Miss Josephine YVhalen, twenty-one. Yesterday the aged lover returned the license to the county clerk. "The girl went back on me." he said with a shake of the head, and a half-hearted smile. It Is understood the girl's relatives objected to the marriage and sent her to Chicago the other day to get her away from K r eager. Tfrrr Haute Teacher Married. lMal to th Jn1i4 naKilia Journal. TKftftS EiAUTet, Ind.. Aug. 21.-It was anrpllllng information to her friends this vtidig that Miss Katherlue Walsh, of the high school facultx. was married. I.ast evening at Boise City. Idaho, she lecanie the wife of John Crowley, a graduate of the Indiana Normal and Indiana I'niverit. and now connected with the electric eorks at Boise Cit.
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f.CXD4l IMllAMA lUCtlC Hit IFF mHI OF INTEREST FROM AI. I. OVn HOUSIKKDOM. Delphi Hand to Streel Fair MadInoii'm lol lachlnew Martin- llle hild Bndly Scalded. PORTLAND -The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bran Q. Thornton celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of tlnlr wedding at their home in this city on Frida. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are both ministers in the Friends' Churcfj and are natives of Newport now f ountain City Wavne county, where they were ni..rri'-d Mr. Thorvton has solemniz l ') marriages during his ministerial work and Mrs. Thornton his solemnized 131. The lifty-ctghth annual session of the White River Conference of the United Brethren 'hu-ch will be held at Geu va Sept. 1 to 6. DELPHI.-The Deb hi Rand has decided to give a treat Satr in this city the latter part of Scpt'-mbcr. For years Delphi has had a s;rect lair or carnival, and the one this year will surpass all that have been gb'en In the past. The band Is under the direction of Professor John Lathrope. one of the oidest cornet soloists and instructors in the State, having bi-n a leader during and since tht war of the rebellion. One of the features of the street fair will be an elegant trophy, given to the best hand. About tw. nty hands have consented t. contest for the prize KLWOOD.-Pickpock. ts following the gas belt racing circuit did a landotfh e business at the fair grounds Friday. Judge Jones was robbed of 2: Mrs. Klliott, of Anderson, lent a fine gold watch: Phil Graff, of Summlttvllle. a po ketbook containing money and checks In the sum f $35ti; J. I' Farpenter, a coal dealer of this city, $.V) In bills and checks amounting to $40: Frank Taylor. $22; Nate Leisure, 14:'. and Jack Noonan, of Anderson, diamond, valued at 1600. A number of others lost sums ranging from Z to $lu COVINGTON. The Fountain County Teachers' Institute closed here Friday, aftt r very successful meeting. Talks were given by Prof. A. R. Charman, of the State Normal, and Prof. Wilson, of the Franklin city school, a social was held in the courtroom Tuesday evening. Horatio S. Kaufman, of Albany, has been elected by the board of School Tnistu s as superintendent oi the Covinaton high school, to succeed N. I. Hart, who resigned to take the superlntcndency of the Huntington high school. LAG It AN I F. On going to the postoffiee about 4: Friday morning Postmaster R. P. Dryer found the front door had been pried open with a big wrench lying near. On further examination it was found that all the drawers were open aud papers of all des. riptions strewn about the floor. The safe was not molested. A cheap wa ch and 20 cents was all the thieves secured. They took a horse and buggy from the barn of the Stroup Milling Company, but left them about six miles southwest of here. NRW CASTUS.-After much delay tic contract with the Harber Asphalt Paving 'ompany for the pay ment of South Main street has been signed by the Town Board and New Castle is to have asphalt PHVI incuts. County Superintendent V. P. Byrfcet announces that he is looking around for suitable material to be used In the exhibit of the different counties iu the literal y line at the world's fair. HlOOMKIFLD. The annual Greene County Teachers' Institute closed Friday after a auceeafnl Bye days' session. Superintendent Newton v. Meredith secured iho services of Bllwood W. Kemp, of Terrc Haute, and Fdwin W. Chubb, of Athens. O., as instructors, and they have been giving profitable talks each day and evening. GOSH FN -William J. Slack, a Lagrange patent-riuht man. formerly a prosperous farmer, was bound over to the rederal Court at Indianapolis Friday by Commissioner Q Coras R. Harper, of this city, for using cancelled postage stamps. He was released on his own recognizance. RI 'HMOND.-State Senator Benjamin Starr, who is spending the summer at Battle Creek. Mich., for the benefit of his health, has been suffering for the past week With a very severe case of pneumonia, which at one period seriously threatened his life. He is now recovering. MARTI NSVILLF.- Veil Wiggins, aged fourteen years, fell into a vat of hoi water Thursday evening at the Davis Cooperage Company ami was nearly scalded to death, ills right arm. right side and right side (.f his m ad are badly Injured, but ho will recover. PURLIN. -Namco Lodge No. 65, Rebekah degree of Odd Fellows, of this place, took their dinners and spent the day Thursday In Jess-- Hen by' grove, south of town. About titty members were pres. nt and tho picnic was a sucoeee. MADISON. Obedient to notification from Deputy Prosecutor Jarvis of his intention to prosecute, all owners of slot machines hi.V. removed and ceased to operate them. BECOMES NATIONAL BANK flTIMfTrf. OF DKLI'lll. TO COM I NDER (iO EltMENTS Jl R1SDH TION. Britlite uulrni't v a rtl -d for I .. t Creek Bond Buyers in .Southern Indiana Industrial New. Soc ial to tiie Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Aug. XL The Citizens' Uank of this city will become a national bank Oct. L It has been a private bank since 1SS4 and has been under the managemeut of James A. Shirk since 1S3. The bank has eFWays commanded a large business and has always been considered one of the strongest banks In northern Indiana. The present officers ar : James A. Shirk president; V. V. Sh'.rk. vice president, and James A. Shirk, cashier. The officers of the new bank will be the same, except Charlen B. Shaffer will be made cashier. The bank will be called the Citizens' National Hank and will be organized with a capital of $100,000. S ALL OIPPIC t'LTIES SETTLED. Flint tälass Workers and Manufacturers Able to ree. PITTSBURG. Aug. 21.-The conferences between the flint glass workers aud the manufacturers on the wage scales in the iron mold, cutting and engraving departments has resulted In an amicable settlement of all difficulths on the basis of last car's wages. All scales . f the American Flint Glass Workers' Unh 11 nave now been signed and most of the factories are in full operation. No trouble is anticipated during the eusuing year. Dlaagreement at Alexandria. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. Aug. 21. -A disagreement between the Lippincott glass factory of this city and American Flint Class Workers' Union, Local No. has resulted in the taking down of orders posted to start Monday, Aug. 21. The repairs to the factory have not been completed and room for but half of the workmen is ready, the other half declining to go to work until places were ready for all. The time of starting is now indefinite. MAKI(i fR DE RAPID I . Proareaa on Tractica Line Between Anderson and evr Castle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MIDDLETOWN. Ind.. Aug. 21-The several gangs of men employed by the I'nion Traction Company on the grade from Anderson to New Castle are making rapid progress. The nil across Slyfork valley, west of town, is substantially completed. This was the biggest pine of work between here and Anderson. Much of the other grade On this end of the line has been completed and Whatever remains will be done speedily, as It Is across level land. The grade from the Rushong land to Honey creek is now eomplet . while almost a mile ..f grade is made east of Honey creek. Work In Honey crk and in the viemit of Hulphur Springs will begin next wk. As practically all ol ihe right of way is now s cured there i little to delay the work. Nov. 1 .it tin- forth! tbf entire gU)Sl will be completed, and the work of iuin
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in on rnuii iv nci ui r u liiiiiibi i inr i ikhi of way over land that has not yet been secured. They will begin proceedings in the court at once to condemn such right nf wav that thev have not vet tweii able ! to secure. Cnless something unfnrseen I ft- . -ft w mm m m 1 1 I nappens me i nion i racoon i ompany win have cars running into Middltown from Anderson by the first of the year and on to New Castle very soon thereafter. itond Regarded ns a llcalit. BhOSftel to thf Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Aug. 21. The Eastern Indiana Traction Company, which has begun its construction work here, is now legarded as a reality, although the public has had faith in the project from the start. Chief Engine r ri ank.-haw said to-day that the engineers have practically settled the location of the road irom this city to Dunkirk and that work can lie begun at almost any time after the engineers have niau.- out entimatee, and bids have been submitted by contractors for the construction of the road. ew Bridge for Lost River. Special to tlx Indianapolis Journal. PAOLI, lnd. Aug. 21. -A contract was awarded the Vim-ennes Hridm Company by the Board of Commissioners to-day to construct a bridge across Lost river, at Reynolds ford, this county. There were ix bidders, and the Vtoeonnca company bidding $4,5WO. was awarded the contract. Thorn has been a demand for a bridge here for years, and failing to get one a pont.. iti bridge has been constructed and maintained by the citherns to accommodate travel. Rig Traction Busiuess. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. Aug. IL The Union Traction Company hauled 114 cars loaded to the guards with passengers to the i:ivood fair through this city yesterday. It was the biggest day's business ever done on this end of the road and that it was accomplished without hurting a passenger is counted remarkable. Eight thousand people went through this city to Elwood. Prospective Bond Purchaser!. r - . i a-. . t Tu 1' T 1 special w mr i in J.rf iiuiui if juuiiiiii. KLOOMINOTON. Ind., Aug. 21 F. A. & R. N. vVhile, who are taking the bonds for the proposed Indianapolis Southern Railroad, have been spending the day in this vicinity. Mu.h time was taken in inspecting the iron deposits In Greene county. Both took the evening train for French Lick and would give out no statemcut. GIRL'S PRESENCE OF MIND MISS J I LI A C OPK, OF DI BLI.X, H AS ÜAKHOW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Pulled Horse side a Train Rushed Down on Her A Mother's Pitiful I omlilioii. Special to tue Indianapolis Journal. DUBLIN, Ind., Aug. H.-40M Julia Cope had a narrow escape from death this morning by being struck by a Lake Erie & Western train east of here. Miss Cope is the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cope, who operate a dairy. Each morning and evening she makes trips to Dublin and Cambridge 'ity with milk. This morning when she approached the Lake Erie crossing she failed to hear the warning whistle of south-bound traiu No. 43, and was on the track when the train rushed down on her. By a quick jerk of the reins she drew the horse back from the track just in time to save herself being struck by the oncoming train. The bottles ', in the dairy wagon were broken into small pieces, and there was m.'lk HowIiik freely for awhile. The horse was uninjured. INDIANAPOLIS VIVN'S MISHAP. Charles Miller Injured in- Fallins; from Lafayette Bridge. net ;al to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21. Charles Miller, oi' Indianapolis, while, intoxicated and lost, wandered out on the Main street bridge late last night, and fell off. Repairs are being made to the bridge, and Miller walked to the west side of the structure, and stepped out on the pier. He fell a distance of forty feet, and landed on the rocks and tin cans below. The fall was broken by the branches of trees, but when Miller reached mother earth he was a sight. His left leg was broken in seven places, his chin was cut badly and his chest was bruised, while internally he was seriously hurt. His groans attracted the attention of passersby. and the ambulance was called. Miller was taken to St. Elizabeth hospital, where his wounds were dressed under the direction of Dr. Hiner. He is not expected to live. I H.HTNINti KILLED TWO. Llsan Kiln Near Valparaiso Struck vfltH Patal Kffect. Sper'al to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind., Aug. 21. During the electrical storm yesterday afternoon five or six persons took shelter in a lime kiln at BCavey City, south of here. About 2 o'clock lightning struck the kiln and George Hooks and John Clark were Instantly killed. Hooks was a single man, about twenty-llva years old. Clarke was a boy of thirteen. Burned by l.usoline Kxelonlon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind.. Aug. 21. Charles Suanders and wife were terribly burned by a gasoline stove lank exploding at the fair 1 grounds last night. The woman's hands and limbs were so badly burned that the skin peeled off in large flakes. In puttiug out the flames that enveloped his wife ono of Suanders's hands was almost cooked. The couple live at 815 Birch avenue, Indianapolis, and have been working the fairs in the gas belt with a sandwich and peanut stand. They were well cared for by the fair people, and will be sent home this evening. Three ETauavillc Accidents. Hpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 21.-The automobile of County Recorder Theodore Kevekordes ran away to-night and he was thrown from the machine and his foot badly lacerated. He also suffered slight internal injuries. Mrs. Ben C. Wells fell down stairs at her home last night and is still in a serious condition. Her husband is a traveling man. Richard Peters, a telephone lineman, fell from a pole this afternoon and was internally injured. It is thought he will die. "REGGIE" AND WIFE STORMED. Boston Cuatom Inspector Tossed About a Lovely OutBt for a Baby. Boston Dispatch to New York Press. It has Just been learned why Reginald Vanderbilt and his beautiful wife stormed so at the Boston inspectors when they went through the Vanderbilt pile of trunks so zealously on their arrival here recently. Now that the story is out. it is rather a Joke on "Reggie," as there is no doubt he landed here so as to avoid the alert N 9 York newspaper men. However, he says he will never take ship for this port again. The real cause for their anger, particularly the anger of Mrs. Vsnderbilt. was made known by Mrs. Neiison Just before leaving Lenox for Newport to-äay. "Why," she said, "it was perfectly shameful the way the horrid customs Inspectors overhauled my daughter s trunks. 1 neTff knew Cothleen to be so provoked before. They tossed out all the level) little slips and bootees and de.-ir little lace ups and all thoe other things, you know, and Cathleen bad them nil snugly (tacked away, he, Miis.' Mhe ,.nd fteftgie did not want soul to know anything about ihem. But the inspectors actually laughed in their shirt sleeves. "Wkn"; oh, about New Year's1
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BO Ml MIIDKM.l l)lPPEK EltOl HIS HOW Alt I) COI Ml' FVKM. He Married the Mother of a Nrw iorl Opera -inner Over the Protests of His Children. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. Aug. U. John Paumade. a wealthy farmer, three miles east of Kokomo. is minus his wife and cash. A few months ago the old gentleman against the protests of his children married a widow whom he met in the East, the widow !iaing three grown children, one sou and two daughters, the latter being New York opera singers. The daught.-rs spent the summer on the farm. Yesterdav the woman and the daughters disappeared with Paumade's money. Paumade to-night hied an application for divorce. MILITIA NO LOK G ER NEEDED. Danville. III., Sheriff la Able to Take Care of 111a Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE. 111.. Aug. 21. -Company A. Fourth Regiment, from Anten, under Cfcax tain Beggs, left here to-night for Camp Lincoln. The boys made a splendid n cor.! and made many warm friends. They are succeeded by Company C. Third Infantry, forty-seven men and three officers, under Captain Blanchard. from Ottawa. Sheriff Whltloek telegraphed Governor Yates that their coming was unnecessary, but Iiis t legram was ant received at headquarters until 11' Ottawa company was on tin road to Danville. They will probably leave here Monday. Motions were made to-day in the Circuit Court to quash the indictments against the rioters. They wen sustained as to some few counts only. The trials will commence Monday. KILLED BY TRAMPS. Ransom Woodruff, Washington County, Shot Near Aua;usta, Kan. WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 21. Ransom Woodruff, Alpha Bowman and Alva Sims, of Washington county, Jndian i, were held up and Woodruff was killed by three I tramps at Augusta, Kan., last night. The Indiana men, who were on their way home from the harvest fields had camped for the night with the tramps beside a water tank. During tho night the tramps attempted to rob the Indianans. Woodruff and one compnnion fled and the tramps tired 011 them, hitting Woodruff. The third man was robbed. The tramps boarded a train and escaped. FATAL EFFECT OF BLOW. Harry lowland Kills Man at Frnnkfort with Ills Fiat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT. IND., Aug. 21-Harry Loveland, of Thorntown. and Harvey Thomas, of this county, engaged in a quarrel at a dive in this city at 12 o'clock last night, Loveland striking Thomas on the neck with his list, causing instant death. Thomas's neck was broken. Loveland was a "trusty" prisoner at the county jail. He says Thomas charged him with being an officer and when he told him he was ik.i grabbed a brick and started to hit him. It was then that the fatal blow was given. Loveland is twenty-eight years old and has a wife and three children living on Vermont street, Indianapolis. Thomas was a single man, aged forty years. EVOIGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT. Game Warden Ready to Present Case Aaalnat Mtrawhoard Companies. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCTE. Ind.. Aug. 21. Charles Tryon. deputy game warden of Delaware county, announced to-day that he had evidence sufficient to convict more than one of the strawboard companies operating plants along White river for dumping refuse into the river. He says arrests will follow as fcoon as possible. He says that comparatively no fish have been killed in the river by dynamite, lime or other substances, but that the strawboard companies are responsible for it. He has been investigating along the river for several nights, and is now ready to present his evidence. WOMWS DESPERATE ATTEMPT. Former Evansville Girl Tries to Take Her Own Life in Chicaero. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. After saturating her clothing with kerosene and setting it on fire in an effort to commit suicide, Mrs. Mabel Dathey, 209 Wabash avenue, fell on the floor of the hallway in her home and awaited death to-day. A boarder in the house discovered the woman, and with the aid of a policeman, succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not until the woman had been so severely burned that it is feared she will die. Mrs. Lathy Is 24 years old and said to be a daughter of M. Clay, retired merchant of Evansville, lnd. a O'NEIL'S VICTIM DYF4G. Win. A. Wade's Wound Has Opened Anew and N ill Be Fatal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind., Aug. 21. William A. Wade, who was stabbed last January by Peter O'Neil, and after lingering between life and death for weeks finally recovered, is dying at South MUford, lud. His relatives were summoned to-day. His wound has opened anew. O'Neil was sent to Michigan City prison two to fourteen years for intent to kill, but in case of Wade's death will llke:y be returned and tried for murder. Investigallna Death of ft M. Fltts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21.-Coroner John S. Morrison is gathering facts to prove that suicide was the cause of the death of C. M. Fittz, wiiose body was found in a lonely place along the Wabash river, south of the city, yesterday morning. There is an air of mystery over the case, and it is not altogether sure that the man committed suicide, though general appearances point to the fact. Louis Green, of Indianapolis, who travels for the same company that Fittz was working for. arrived in the city this afternoon and made arrangements for the shipment of the body to Springfield, O. Identified Her Assailant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind., Aug. 21.-Mr. 0. S. Biggs, of Washington township, whom John Wilson, colored, made an attempt to assault about two weeks ago, was m the city to-day and identified Wilson as the person who attacked her. Wlleoa will waive examination. Hess's t ondltlon Serious. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLCMBIA CITY. Ind.. Aug. tf-1 Hess, the blackmailer, was brought frnai Goshen to Columbia City to-night by Sheriff Gallagher. His condition, both mentally and physically, is serious. LEAD TRUST IS FORMED. j Us Capital to Be f2T.4MMM00-WIII Pay tnrgrl in Bonds. NKW YOBK. Aug. 21. -Iietails .ruing the organization of the United Lead company, whh h has been under way iu several month, wen snnouu'-ed to-day. The company will have a capitalisation of 7.0(10,0. of which $12.000.0(10 will U- In bonds aud the remainder in common alt k. Payment for th- cot. mm -ni companies Mill
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MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER Charles Lamb's Love Letters SHORT 5T0RIE5 Margaret Deland Robert W. Chambers Alfred Ollivant Roy Rolfe Gilson Norman Duncan Sewell Ford and others. The Standard of Pronunciation in English By Thomas IL lxubury, LLD. A Paris School Colony By STODDARD DEWEY A charming article telling of a Presh Air Colony maintained by the munipality of Paris, where the children of the poor are given an annual holiday at an old chateau in the beautiful French country. With pictures by the famous French artist M. B0UTET DE M0NVEL. An African Indian Composer By NATALIE CURTIS A picturesque account of a Hopl Indian in the far West, who composes the music and words of remarkable song3, one of which is reproduced In part PICTURES IN COLOR 17 Sennrat e wii si unesjtieiieo be made in large part in the bonds of tho I4i rent cooanany. The following arc the pulnddiary ron panics taken over by the United Lead Company: Chadwick-Boston Company, of Boston: Merrill Iead Company. 8t. Louie; American Sbeet and Lead Company. Chicago; Raymond Lead Company. Chicago, cdbson aV Price Company. Cleveland; MrIougall Company. Buffalo; Union Iead unl Oil Company. Brooklyn; Raymond He Blatchford Company, Chicago, and the lloyt Metal Company, of St. IjciIf. According to trustworthy reports tin combination will eventually take over Ihe plants owned by Latham Brow., of New York city and Philadelphia, and the Pitcher Id ad Companv. of Joplin, Mo. It I said that Barton Scwall, vir- jr-llont of tlu American Smelting and Keflning ComIany. will be made president of the new combination. Tin- r l;iti ns i (h. n-w company with the American Baneitinaj and Ri nning Company are expected to le cIojm . NEW TIN-PLATE COMPANY. Merger of n dumber of Independent Plnnts in tkr Knst. PITTSBURG. Aug. Ö.-By the merging of a number of ahect and tin-plate companies in the Pittsburg district, an nab - pendent combination hau been formed. The Cnited Sheet and Tin-plate Com pan? witli headquarters iu Pittsburg aud Columbus, has Jost been organised with the absorption of the following companies: Marietta Tin and Sheet Tin Company, the Marietta Tin and Terne-plate Company. Tuseora Steel Company, with rolling mill Hud galvanizing plant at Neweomerstowu, O.; Cambrldge-Byesville Sheet Company, now building a fifty-ton open hearth steel furnace with bloomina and billet mills at Byersville, O.; the Byersville Coal Company, Byersville, and the Tucker Steel Hoofing Company, KewaxK. O.. also owning natural gas wells at Marietta and Byersville. O. The estimated output annually nf the company will be KJ.OOti to 60,000 tone of billets, sheet and tin-plate bars; 30.OU0 loos of black sheets, plate and tln-plste and galvanized iron, some of which will be in the shape of corrugated iron conductor pipe and steel ceilings. M. F. Straus, of Philadelphia, is president of the new combine.
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