Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1903 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1903.

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FAIR AND W ARMEE.

'eather Forecast for Indiana, Ohio and Illinois the Same. WASÜIXOTON. Sept. L Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: Ohio. Illinois and Indiana Fair and warmer An Wednesday. Thursday fair; liable winds. Lower Michigan Fair on Wednesday; warmer In southeast portion. Thursday fair, light southwest to west win Iowa Fair on Wednesday; warmer in east portion. Thursday fair. South Dakota. Nebraska. Kansas and Indtar Territory Fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Kentucky Fair and warmer Wednesday. Thursdav fail Wisconsin Partly cloudy on Wednesday; probably ahow ra in north ami west portions. Thursday fair and variable win da. Minnesota Partly cloudy on Welnesday; probahlv showers, cooler near Lake Superior Tnursday fair; lixht to fresh north tc northeast winds. Local Observations on Tuesday. Hsr. Tern Fill. Wind. Weather. Tree, fa. si ..Ska) ." ! N'west. Cloudy. '.' 7 p. m.. 30.10 W North. Clear 0 00 Maximum tempersture, 72; minimum temperature. 54. Conuarative tatement of the mean temperature and total pr.-c:ltatlnn on iept. 1: - Tern. Prec. Normal J 0.10 Mean 0 00 Departure 10 Departure since Jan. 1 21 4.96 V. T. HLVT1IK. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures.

Htation T a. m. Max. 7 p. tn. b:lene TVx S 4 Anwlllo. Tex 0 80 Atlanta. Oa it W 74 L'lsmar k. N. D SI 7- 70 Buffalo. N Y 0 : m Cairo. Ill to 7 72 Calgary. Alberta 4 W Chattanooga. Tenn A "i 74 Cheyenn- Wvo M 8 Chicago. Ill 0 7.1 70 Cincinnati. O 0 74 70 Cleveland. O 4 durahus. o 5 74 Dvenjort. la r.4 78 72 Daavar. coi 2 sj 84 Dodge City. Kan 0 ?2 S4 Duouque, la 50 7 70 Duluth. Minn M is" TJ El Pa.n. Tea M ' Oalveatoa, Tex 7J M yi Jrand Junction. Col i 'J2 84 CI rand Rapid. Mich M 74 61 Harr. Munt 48 74 Bj Huron. . D 0 v If. Helena. Mont M 80 1 Ja-kon ill-. Fla 76 Kilians Citv. Alo 58 W 76 Lander. Wyo 44 ' 81 I.i Kock. Ark 58 78 74 .out llle. K v m 78 72 Ma'auette. Mich 76 ) Men-phis. Ter.n 60 7S 7: Mooonn. ( tali 80 78 MoRtfomerv. Ala 60 76 Mash rille, Tenn m ; 7-' New Orleans. I -a 70 : : Xem York -V Y SO 70 ( Norfolk. Va 70 73 70 KoTth Platt. Neb M N 1 Oklahoma. T 4B- ."8 St S3 m.iha. N-s is 82 7 Palestine. Tex . 5 M 76 Parkershurg. NV. Va 6 76 7' 1 nlltdHphla Pa 0 72 63 Ilttehur;. Pa 0 74 7 Puetk). Col 4 V6 uu' Apielle, Amain An " :.s Rapid City. . r B8 72 Ht. Lsul. Mo 76 j tit Paul, Minn 5 84 7S Pan like City. I'tah 64 91 88 'Jan Anronln. Tea 68 84 S ir.ta Fe. N. M S " 7t jhreveport. Ijt 64 74 S.rlnaflel.l. IM 54 7 72 rmaftV M, Mi Id 75 72 Valentine. V"h ) 82 "WaIiinicton. I), c 18 It 70 Wi- hit. Kn 36 5 80

MUST PAY $2.946.550. P.. U. Sl K. Railway Ordered to Settle lth Hnntlholders. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. SPl:iN;FIKl,r. IH., .Sept. 1 Judge Humphrey, in th I'nited S'ates Circuit Curt t'-day. entered an order approving the report of C. C. Brown, master commissioner on the ale of the Peoria. Decatur Kvansville Railroad to the Illinois Central Railroad In the ease of foreclosure of the Cential Trost Company of New York, against the Porla. Decatur & Evansville ItSiiroad Company, li ordered that a dividend of j) cents additional be declared on each bond secured by the trust deed foreclosure and payable out of the funds In the hands of the special master, to bo paid to them in person, to the Colonial Trust Company of New York, representing such bondholders, snd that on compliance with said erder the master is to be discharged. The court further holds that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to pay the amount due the second mortgage bondholders and that there is still due them under the trust deed of forec losure $LVJ-i!.354. and orrs that the Peoria. Deeatur V: Kvansville Railroad pay the deficiency, wjlh interest, from Sept. l, l'MXi. and grants execution ou Iii a.' MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW vork. Sept. 1 Arrived: Pottsdam, from Rotter-lam; Kronprinz Wilhelm from Bremen. Sailed: Kamer Wilhelm Der Grosse, for Bremen; Cevie and Carpathia for Uverpool; Citta di Napoli, for Naples QTEEWSTOWN. Sept. 2. --12:10 a. m. Arrived: Saxonia, from Boston for Liverpool and proceeded; Oceania, from New York; NordJsnd. from i-'hu.td Iphia for Liverpool LIVERPOOL, Sept. 1. Arrived: ottoman, from Portland. M- .m d: Auranin, for New York; Lake Champlain, for Montreal; LItonia. for Boston. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1-Rhynland. from Antwerp, for Philadelphia, passed in the Delaware breakwater at 1:65 p. m. GLASGOW. Sept. 1. Arrived; Corean. m Boston; Hungarian, from Montreal; Numldlai, from New York. ( HEKBOI RG. Sept. 1. -Arrived: Pennsylvania, from New York, for Hamburg, and proceeded. LIZARD, Sept. 2. 4:50 a. m. Passed: New York, from New York for Southampton. BREMEN. Sept. 1 Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II. from New York. HAM I' I KG. Sept 1. -Arrived: Armenia, from Philadelphia. NAPLES. Aug. 30.-Arrived: Hesperia, from New York. ANTWERP. Sept. 1. -Arrived: Vaterland, from New York. The Barbarossa Disabled. NEW ioRK Sept. 1. The North German Uoyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, which arrived to-day from Bremen, reported that on Aug. 30. in latitude 4ö. longitude ."iu.lu. she signaled the company s steamer Barbarossa, from Bremen, for New York, which reported that she had broken her starboard tall shaft and was proceeding tinder her port engine, but required no assistance. Fire at Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenu.. Sept. L Fire which started io the retail dry goods house of Time thy Brothers, on College street, near the public square, caused a loss of $175.000. Timothy Brothers are the heaviest losers. They carried a stock valued at 1300.000, sad that not consumed is badly damaged by water. Other sufferers are Hill & Ca., Frankland de Co . H Metz & Ca and Keith, Simmons A Co., the last two being but slightly damaged. Losses are covered by Insurance. Dams Sheets. New York Times. Some one asked Bishop Potter the other day what provision he had made for his daughters after his death. "I have written a book, to be published a year after 1 am gone, called What I Know of Spare Rooms.' " he said. '-It'a based on botii ssssrlssn sad mImhji alius, for. do you Unow, it's a fact that five i lshops have died since I was i oajaat rated bishop as a result or sleeping in damp aatect wlult making their vimluow."

HOSPITAL TOCOST $60,000

TO BE WORK OF FRANCIS W SISTERS AT nUCHIGAl CIT. I'riMon Board of Control (irant PuV roles Socialist Tarty Asrituted lienersl ow of Indiana. FneIal to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN UtTI, lud.. Sept. 1. The contracts for the construction of the new St. Anthony's Hospital, to be erected by the order of Franciscan Sisters in this city. were awarded to-day. The bids were opened by Brother Adrian, the architect of the building, and the sister superior of the Franciscan ordr. The contract were awarded to the lowest bidders. Joseph H. Ameling, of Chesterton, being the successfid bidder for th carpenter work, and Evans Brothers, of Lafayette, being given the mason contract. Ameling' bid was $14,000 and Evans Brothers' bid $14.940, making a total of T-540. Other coutracts, such as plumbing, plastering, interior finish, etc., will be let at a later date. It is estimated the building will cost nearly $00,000. Oct. 11 is the date set for laying the cornerstone, at which time Bishop Alerding will be here to confirm large classes of childreu at St. Mary's tad St. Stanislaus's, and It is expected he will lay the coruerstone. The contractors will begin operations at once. The buildiug will he ready for occupancy next spring. It is to be 135 by In feet in size and three stories high, with basement and attic The basement is to be built of Bedford stone and the upper portion of brick with stone trimmings. STORY TOLD BY A FARMER. Says His Hog Dronned Her Pnps nnd Hecumc Mother to Kittens. fc'pe.ial to the Indianapolis Journal. PAOLI, Ind.. Sept. L llOal Minton. a farmer living a few miles east of h rc, has a female dog that is charged with murder. The dog recently bore two pups, and her dislike for them was apparent from the tima of their birth. She carried one of them to a stream of water and drowsed it, and took the other to a neighbor's house a mile distant and left it in the eare of other bauds. She returned home and became a mother to a number of motherless kit tent, ami furnishes their sustenance and looks after their prote ii"t' with a true devotiuu. The kittens follow iter about the premiss and are apparently as well coutenled as with the mother eat. RKCKIVKD JOHNSON'S RRPORT. Action of Directors of School for Feeble-Minded Youths. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYXK, Ind., Sept. l.-The board of directors of the State School for Feeble Minded Youth met to-day and perfected the transfer of the institution from Alexander Johnson to Albert E. Carrol as acting superintendent. The final report of Mr. Johnson was received and approved. Miss Jane Rattershall. who came with the institution here fourteen years ago from Riehmond, will be matron na place of Mrs. Johnson. Miss Belle McTavish was elected supervisor of Harper lodge, the cottage for adult females, in place of Miss Battershall. Miss Alice B. Scott, who was assistant principal, was promoted to principal, and under teachers, as appointed by Mr. Johnson, were all approved. School will open September 28. BHi FOIR'S lALK'KY DAYS. Series of Accidents ou Michigan Dlri ion of the Koad. BpsSia to Hal Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind.. Sept 1. -Michigan division officials of the Ilig Four have decided the past two days w'i- especially bad SPSS, as act kteattS have been the order of the day. This morning engine No. 184 jumped th rails at GosImW and did considerable damage, although SOt wrecking the freight train it was pulling. At Anderson to-day a switch pnaine and three ears jumped the track, tying up traffic William Walker, of Nlles, Mich., a brakeman. was bumped off a freight train ami dislocated his left foot, besides sustaining bad injuries. John Tiersey, fireman, was thrown to the ground while boarding his limine and suffered a dislocated shoulder. Charles Emery, a brakeman, had ala right ftiot mashed by a lever while throwing a switch at Anderson. , FISHERMAN'S YALl ABLE CATCH. Found SI.OOO fSs)rtlt of Diamond and Received HK Reward. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VI LLE, Ind.. Sept. l.-Mrs. Flora Davis attended a picnic Sunday, given by her relatives west of town. In going to the grove she drove her horse and buggy into Brandy wine river, and when near the center of the stream the water llowed into the bed of the vehicle. Mrs. Davis had a small satchel in the buggy which contained $l.hn0 worth of diamonds. These were swept iuto the river. Search was matle all dtj for the valuable stum s, but without success. Next day William Blacki' dge was fishing in the stream six miles below, when he noticed a sack. He obtained thai and discovered it eoutaitied the precious stones which Mrs. Davis had lost He returned them to her and received a reward of flOtl. SOCIALISTS WILL CONTEST. Will Send Man to Fort Wayne to Be Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. mull HAI TK. Ind.. Sept. l.-The State organization of the Socialist party is convinced that the ordinance recently passed in Fort Wayne against stroet meetings is intended to stop Socialist meetings such as are being held over the State this year as part Of the educational campaign decided on by the national committee. Believing Buck to be the purpose the committee wtO send Mr. ( lino, of Cincinnati, one of the speakers. 0 Fort Wayne tor the purpose of having him arrested arid thereby raise a test case to be carried through the courts. The party management wants the question decided by comnttenl authority before annoyances from like ordinances are met with on every hand. 4 ORANGE BLOSSOM I ALASKA. Greensburs ioonu Woman Weds Lieutenant Davis. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBl'RG. Ind.. Sent. l.-The announcement of the marriage of Miss Gohlia, only daughter of Mr. sjuj Mrs. Mic hael Gannon, of this city, to IJeut. William D. Davis, at Fort Gibbon. Alaska, on July 21. has been received here. Miss Gannon was quite a favorite In social c ircles here, and m ole the long trip to Alaska to marry the man of her chofc e. EIGHT PAROLES GRANTED. Action of the Board of Control at the State Prison. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICH I I A N CITY. Ind., Sept. l.-The board of control of the State Prison met to-day and considered applications for parole. Of the twenty-three applications submitted only eight paroles were granted. The matter of selecting a successor to Deputy Warden M. M. Barnard did not come lip for consideration. The meeting adjourned this afternoon. Bedford's New Rural Routes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind.. Sept. 1. The newly established additional rural delivery becani" effective this morning. Six wagons lined up before the Bedford postoffice waiting for th. ir load of mail. By this additional service SSTSrsl thousand country people will be enabled

to get their mail every morning, and one of the most attractive features of this service to the educated farmer is the fact that he can get the city dally papers every morning and thu. keep in touch with the events of the outside world.

Wabash Law Partnerships. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind.. Sept. 1. Warren G Say re. r":j- sentativs fran this county in the last Legislature, and Nelson Q. Hunter have formed a law partnership. Mr. Hunter being a leading Democratic politician. Judge H. B. Shively and Frank O. Switzer. city attornev, have formed a partnership to begin Oct B, when Mr. Bhlvety retires from the bench to be succeeded by Alfred H. PI um no r. DenniM Burke' Honorable Cnreer. Special to the Indianauslia Journal. TWRtud HATTE. Ind.. Sept. 1. Dennis Burke, for thirty years driver of an American Express money delivery wagon, was retired last night on a pension. He is suid to be an exception among American Express employes who handle money packages, in that he was never required to give bond. He also is a pensioner of the civil war. having h'tn severely wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness. Prosecutor Pro Tern. Appointed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOi'R. Ind.. Sept. 1. Judge Thos. B. Buskit k has appointed O. O. Swails. oi this city, prosecutor for the present term of court, to serve instead of the regular prosecutor. Simeon Hudson, who is at present in the Insane Hospital at Indianapolis. Indiana Obituary. LAFAVKTTE. Ind.. Sept. L Mr. MtJ Learning, one of the most prominent women in the county, died this morning at the home of her son. Henry Learning, near Romney. She was the widow of the late Col. Henry Learning. Mrs. Learning was born sixty-five years ago in Pennsylvania and had resided in Tippecanoe county for over half a century. She was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, and active in the work of the church. She leaves two sons. Henry, of Romney, and George, of Oklahoma. John A. Donelson, a hading citizen of Stockwell, died yesterday al his home in thai village after an UlneftS of typhoid fever. He had resided in Tippecanoe county for thirty-three years. RENSSELAER, Ind.. Sept. 1. The funeral ot Mrs. Esther Shortridge. late of Hammond, was held here to-day. She was the widow of the Rev. Elisha Shortridge. an eminent pioneer minister of the Disciples church, and the mother of the Rev. Lemuel Shortridge. another equally celebrated pioneer in that denomination. Her husband, who has been dead titty years, was a soldier in the war of 1812. She drew a iension as his widow and was the last such surviving pensioner of that war except one. She had eleven children, ten of whom are dead: fifty grandchildren, half of whom are dead; sixty-seven living great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grai dchlldrc n. ItICHMOXl. Ind.. Sept. 1. James Shortridge, a well-known pioneer resident of Henry county, died on Monday at his homo Mai NSW Lisbon. His age was eightvone years. He wu a brother of Prof. ?be Shortridge. a well-known educator, formerly of Richmond and late of Indianapolis. Mrs. Sarah Schwede died Monday night at her home north of Cambridge City, aged sixty-seven years. JEFFKRS .WILLE. Ind., Sept. L -Samuel Li in. one ot the best known war veterans in the county, died last night, the immediate cause of his death being pneumonia. Several weeks ago he was struck by a railroad bicycle and severely injured, from the effects of which he had never fully recovered. He was eighty-four years old. MARTINSVILLE. Intl.. Sept. l.-Mrs. Mary Hine, who made her home with her son. Oliver Hine. tour miles east of this city, died last night, aged eighty-nine years. She had suffered from paralysis. Mrs. Hine was one of the early settlers, having resided practically in one place for sixty-seven years. DANVILLE. Ind.. Sept. 1 George Guthrie, one of the well-known farmers of this county, died this morning of paralysis at his home six miles east of this city. He was born in Decatur county in 1S35. Since MB he had lived in this county, except two short intervals, when ne lived in Boone. RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH. Locomotive of n Fast Train Wrecked and Engineer Bruised. STKl IiKN'VlLLE. O.. Sept. 1. Running at a speed of forty-five miles an hour, the ast-bound Cleveland and Pittsburg passenger train on the Pennsylvania road, due here at a p. m.. dashed into an open switch In the Miniio Junction yards. The engine was wracked and Engineer Johnson, of Wellsville, was badly bruised. Fireman Rosenburg jumped and injured his hip and ankle. The passengers were badly shaken up. J Forty Passengers Hurt. HASTINGS, la.. Sept. 1. Passenger train No. 3, on the Burlington, was wrecked here to-night in a head-end collision with a freight engine and three cars. The pass, tigers were thrown from their seats and about forty were injured more or less severely, but none fatally. The trains did not leave the track, but both engines were badly wrecked. As soon as a new engine could be secured the passenger train proceeded to this city. Engineer Killed and Fireman Scalded CHARLOTTE, N. C, Sept. l.-Engineer H. W. Lucas was killed and Fireman J. W. Stafford was fatally scalded this afternoon by an accident on the Norfolk & Westem near Winston-Salem. The accident was caused by several cars breaking from a freight train and running back down the grade into the train handled by the injured men. None of the passengers was injured. Ronstcd in Locomotive Cnh. MlN'OQl'A. AYis.. Sept. 1. A collision on the Chicago. Milwaukee. & St. Paul between a work train and a logging train, near Star lake, resulted in the death of Engineer CharlSS Blair and Fireman Thomas Close. The men were pinned in the engiue dose to the boiler and roasted to death. OBITUARY. Gen. .eoru" B. Wright. One of the Most Prominent CTtlsens of Ohio. COLl'MBUS. O., Sept. 1. General George B. Wright, one of the best known men in Ohio, died here to-day of pneumonia, aged eighty-seven years. He was prominent in Slate and national affairs and held office under both the State and the Cnited States governments. Caleb Dfvlnell Baudall. COLDWATER. Mich.. Sept. 1. Caleb Dwinell Randall, a well-known resident of Michigan, and the originator of the State system for cariug for dependent children, died here to-day, aged seventy-two years. He was appointed a delegate to the International I'risuu Congress at St. Petersburg during lYeaM n: b v. land s administration, and was a member of the Natioual Conference of Charities aud. Correction, the Societe Genende des Prisons of France, the Society of Agricultural Colonies for Children of Poland. Howard Society of Engl. m i and the Methay iFrance Colon.v for Boys. He hu3 also contributed largely to social scleuce literature. Col. Richard Eskridse. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. -General Wide has cabled the War Department from Manila announcing the death of Col. Richard Eskridge. Ü. S. A., retired. EX-SLAVE DEAD AT 117. W'aa the Only Negro Ever Otvued by the State of tieorgrin. ATLANTA, Ga.. Sept. l.-Uncle Andy Montgomery. 117 years old. the only negro ever owned by the State of Georgia, died here to-day. He is said to have been bom in South Carolina in 1786. There are many evidences to establish his great age. He was areU SnOWa to mauv newspaper men iu the North and Bast, where he vitdted several tunes ou lecturing tours. Anthracite at J7.Ö0.

OUTLAWED OAS PATRONS

THOSE WHO DESERTED OLD COMPANIES PREP AR IS. TO BIRX COAL. Kokomo's Drcntn Is Dispelled, but Its Conncll Is Moving Gradually on Meter Proposition. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind.. Sept. l.-The Kokomo Council will proceed cautiously in regard to the M CSat gaa meter proposition. To-day a special committee composed of Councilmen Dolman, Maher and Hackett began a tour of the natural gas cities of Indiana, Ohio. Virginia and Kentucky to learn the true condition of the gas supply and the city will take no action until the'situation is thoroughly understood. In 'the past eight months fully 100 gas wells have been drilled in Kokomo. all of which yielded a fair flow at first, but are gradually giving out. During the cool weather of the past week several of the wells collapsed and others were partially drowned out by salt water. It is feared that the first dasli -;' real winter will see the finish of all the 1UD recently drilled wells. Kokomo's dream of a resuscitated field is I). io rapidly dispelled. These are "c-om-m Unity wells" one to about four blocks and supplied about 000 families. The owners cannot get back to the old gas company's mains, the companies r f using to i - back all patrons who desert them. The "outlawed" patrons arc preparing to burn coal. Oil Laud Channres Hands. Special to the Indianapulis Journal. 1. APORTE. Ind.. Sept. 1. Charles E. Russell, of Laporte, announces that the Lodi Oil and Refining Company property, near Lima, O.. has been purchased by the French syndicate represented by himself and brother. William L. Russell, of Lima. The consideration was $200.UUO for the eighty acres of oil land at Lodi. Seeking Gas in Shelby. Special to the Indianapolis ournal. SHELBY VI LLE, Ind., Sept. I Wilbur Parker and J. J. Irwin, of Pittsburg, are in the city and have for the past few days been negotiating with farmers in Shelby county to secure land for the purpose of putting down wells for oil and gas. TR ACTIO COMPANY'S RE LT LINE. Plan of Traction Concern to Connect Three Falls Cities. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NSJW ALBANY, Ind., Sept. 1. The Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company, which is operating the interurban line between this city and Jeffersonville and has secured a lease to use the Big Four bridge to enter Louisville from Jeffersonville, is negotiating for the purchase of the interurban line of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company between this city and Louisville. If the deal is completed a traffic arrangement will be made with the Louisville Street-railway Company to use its tracks, which will give the traction company a loop connecting the three cities of New Albany, Jeffers- nville and Louisville. At present the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge cars run along the river front of Louisville on a trestle from Thirty-fourth to First street. Cnder the traffic arrangement with the Louisville Street-railway Company the cars will connect with the tracks of the latter at Thirty-first str. t and pass through the business center of Louisville and the control of leases over the Big Four and Kentucky and Indiana bridges will give the traction company a belt line for the three falls cities. Affairs of Lake Cities Railway. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal MICHIGAN CITY. lud.. Sept. L Receiver A. A. Boyd, of the Lake Cities Electric Railway Company, spent Monday in Indianapolis conferring with the officers of the company on matters relative to the taking of the company's affairs out of the bauds of the receiver. During the past i year nearly STO.tiOO have been spent in the i improvement of the local railway system. CASHISCI TOM TO C HOP. Tipton Establishments Have Difficulty in Securing- Help. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Sept. 1. The Tipton canning works and the Snyder catsup factory have commenced operations on this season's tomato crop and both are running to their greatest capacity. The tomato crop in this county bids fair to be the largest one in its history- The factories are experiencing great difficulty in securing sufficient help to handle the crop and are offering good wages to women and girls with a promise of work that will last until late in the fall. Stationary Engineers in Session. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 1. Delegates to the twenty-second annual national convention of stationary engineers have arrived and the sessions began this morning. The delegates were welcomed here by Attorney General Miller, of Indianapolis, Congressman Hemenway, of Boonville, and City Attorney Albert Funkhouser, the latter speaking for Mayor Covert, who is away. Response was made by President Ingleson, of Cleveland. At the first business session the president read his annual report. It showed the association to be in a nourishing condition. Labor Day at Bedford. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Sept. 1. Extensive preparations have been made to celebrate Labor day in this city. The local unions, In which every trade and craft is represented, will take part in a parade, in which many floats will be an attractive feature. Four bands have been engaged and will be present, and a delegation of over two hundred coal miuers from tho Raglesville district will be here to participate in the celebration. No pains have been spared to make the occasion one of the most elaborate aud enjoyable affairs of the kind ever undertaken in this city. Sale of Glass Plant. pedal to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Sept. l.-The plant of the Millgrove Glass Company has been sold to A. M. Foster & Co., of Chicago, jobers in glass bottles. The deal was made through L. B. Travis, of that citv. The stock was held b W. H. Cox and L. C. Aylc8worth. of this city, and D. C. Caldwell, of Millgrove. The factory has been operate! for five years. The consideratipn is not given. Kokumo Drugglut Aslg;ns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., 8ept. 1. The North Star drug store, of this city, closed its doors yesterday. Charles Winburn. the propra -tor. making an assignment i'or the benefit of creditors. Larry Ryan was appointed assignee. Bottle Works Resnmes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JONESBORO, Ind., Sept. 1. The Thompson bottle works resumed operations to-day. after a shut-down since July 1. Several necessary r pairs were mad.- during the shut-down. lunocent Man May Be Hanged. PETEHSBTRG, Va.. 8epf. 1. -Andrew-Finch and Dock Bacon, negroes, for attempting to crimiually assault Mrs. C. E. Geohegan. will be hanged at Boydton tomorrow. -Finch has made a statement exonerating Baton from all knowledge of the crime. Bacon was convicted upon Finch s testimony. Governor Montague has refused to iuterferc with the sentence of the court. Killed by Kxploaion of Bensene. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Sept. I. While mixing paints is the shop of Joseph Mukloskey, at Homestead, Pa., to-day, a large "an ot ben-

zeue exploded, killing Sadam Louchey, aged twenty-one years, almost instantly, and fatally burning Sinus Watley. Arion Condusky, a mill man, was seriously burned while attempting to extinguish the flames. The building was burned to the ground. The cause of the explosion is rot known.

MAY APPEAL TO COURTS. Old Members of the . O. 1 . V. Oppose !ew Assessment Rates. BUFFALO. N. Y., Sept. l.-An appeal to the courts will be made by the veteran members of the Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen should the supreme lodge put Into effect the new rates and plans of beneficiary asressment adopted at its session In st. Paul this year. The new rates heavily increase the assessments upon the members over fifty-five years old. At a meeting of 1.O00 protesting members of the order, held here to-night, resolutions were adopted outlining thr'.r grievances and concluding with the lollcwing declaration: "After consulting eminent legal authorities the committee is convinced that if the supreme lodge officials fail to heed the protests of the aggrieved membership and the d.-mands of fraternity and equity, but on the other hand persist in the enforcement of the new plans, they, in loyalty to the order members, must seek equal and exact justice there and appeal to the courts under the well-defined princ iples of equity as laid down by the courts of this and other St.'.Us and of the i'nited States." A committee was appointed to carry out this plan. HOW BRIDE WAS CHOSEN HENDRICKS COI TV MAN'S t NTQl E MANNER OF SELECTING A WIFE Results in Suit for Divorce Petition emitted Woman Who Answered Matrimonial "Ad." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I A NVILLE, Ind.. Sept. 1. Three divorce cases have been filed In the Hendricks Circuit Court within as many days, the three plaintiffs being wives. The general allegation of each is cruel and inhuman treatment. One complaint alleges that on tho day following the marriage the husband told his bride that their marriage was an accident; that when he left home that day he did not know whether to go to see another girl or to go to marry the girl whom he did marry. The question could not be decided in his own mind, so he determined to let his horse settle the question. Whichever way the horse he was driving should turn would decide his fate. The horse turned toward the home of the plaintiff and they were married. They lived together less than four months. s AN AFFECTIONATE JANITOR. Pays TOO for His Experience in Hugging the Housekeeper. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 1. Harry Loomls, a janitor in Clark Hospital, was fined $100 for assault and battery in pulling Mrs. Mae Wagner, hospital housekeeper, into his lop and hugging her. Loomis was awarded the prize drum at the Chicago world's fair as the best snare drummer. This Woman Answered an Ad.M Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 1. Mrs. Amanda Shelton, of Catlin, was granted a divorce from Joseph Shelton on the ground of desertion and this brings to an end a mariyil experience that began with an advertisement by Shelton for a wife. He was living in Michigan and she in Catlin, where she had buried two husbands. They were married last November and she alleges in her complaint that a few days after the wedding he left in a rage and she has not since heard from him. He was fiftytwo and she sixty years of age. MRS. DRAKE IS CONFIDENT ALLEGED FOUNTAIN COI NTV POISONER READY FOR TRIAL AGAIN. Case May Be Set Down for Next Week Michigan City Judge Releases Prisoner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON. Ind., Sept. L It is possible that the case of Mrs. Elmira Drake, who is charged with poisoning her husband with tartar emetic and sulphate of zinc, may come up for trial again this term of court. The court will set it for next week, and should the attorneys not ask for a change ot venue the case will proceed. Prosecutor Ratcliff claims to have new evidence sufficient to convict, and is ready for trial. Attorneys Martin & Llvingood have announced their willingness to proceed with the case. Mrs. Drake is living quietly on her farm near Harveysburg, and is anxious to have the trial. She is confident of being acquitted. ALLEGED FUGITIVE RELEASED. Prosecution in Wienstein Case Failed to Settle Costs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Sept. l.-Jacob Wienstein, arrested here a week ago on a warrant charging him with being a fugi tive from justice, was released by order of Judge H. B. Tuthlll to-day. Wieusteln is wanted in Chicago, and it was at the so licitation of Illinois officers that he was arrested. An application for requisition papers was made iu Illinois, but they failed to materialize in this city. Monday Wiensteiu was arraigned before Judge Tuthlll. and after hearing argument the court ruled that unless the costs of the prosecution were settled by 2 o'clock to-day the defend ant would be discharged. At the appointed hour the prisoner was brought into court and released, the complaining wdtness having not complied with the court's ruling. Pardon Sought for Davis. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Sept. l.-Coun ty Auditor-elect George Parks, of this city. is on his way to Minnesota with an exten sively signed petition, which will be pre sented to the Governor of that State, asking for a pardon for George Davis, of this city, who is serving a five-year term in the Stillwater penitentiary for assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Davis was a coun try school teacher in this county, but left and wnt to Minnesofa., where he secured employment on a mlroad. He was soon after arrested, charged with breaking into a saloon. The falsi iy of the charge so aroused his anger that when one of the other prisoners in the tall taunted him about his incarceration he assaulted him. P-;ng a stranger, witnout iunds. it took tnr a short time for the courts to sentence him He has served two years of his term. The oetition which Parks carried is headed bv the signature of Judge J. K. Marsh, of the Clark Circuit Court. Illinois Knights Templars. PEORIA. 111., Sept. l.-The forty-seventh annual conclave of the Graud Commandery Knights Templars of Illinois opened today wdth 2.000 Knights present. In a parade this morning 1,300 marchers and eleven bands took part, after which the Grand Commanderv was opened. The election ol officers will take place to-morrow, and AJoaSO S Wildman, of Bellevlde. will be el eted grand comrmtnder. There was a saglatr b-ill iu the Coliseum to-night.

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UKIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER HOÜSIKRDOM. Oaktonu Is Giving Watermelon Car uival Distillery Trnst Employes C olfax's K. of P. Rnlldias. TIPTON. The Smith-Foster family reunion was held at Goldsmith. w-et of this city. Tuesday. Three hundred members of the two families were in attendance. The Smith and Foster families are among th" oldest residents of '.his county. Jeremiah Smith, the first one who cam to this county, in 1818, was from Tennessee. The Fostafl came from Kentucky and settled in thlp county in 1S4S. The families will hold their reunion at the same place next year. NEW ALBANY. -Rural free mail delivery aas inaugurated in this city Tuesday, time routes being established. One POStofiiee. Sr.nderson, two miles east of the ciiy. is abolished. The three routes OSVSff sixty-three square milts and 388 houses are on the routes. The number of people served is LMt. Postmaster Morris is urging the establishing of other routes, which will include the entire county. ELWOOD.-Elwood Lodge. Knights of Pythias, nas closed a contract with the Robinson Carnival Company to furnish the attractions for e fall festival and street fair to be given here during the week of Sept. 21. The lodge has recently purchased a new home and xoects to clear several thousand dollars to apply on it through the amusement venture. TERRE HACTE.-All the employes of the trust distillery. the Majestic, except three, are to be let out Saturday, and this ! v revived the rumor that the distillery will not be rebuilt. The police have been asked to ' Mrs. Mary Sholton. whose sister. Mrs. Minnie Dox. dropped dead in Springfield and left her some prop erty. ANDERSON. The city of Anderson. through its water committee, has aban doned the idea of securing pure water by means of driven wells. The Council and ratet1 works committee are figuring on a filtration plant for the city with a fourmillion capacity. The plan is to filter the water of White river. CONNERSV1LLE. ThY annual meeting of the Fayette County Teachers' Institute is now in session in the courtroom. The prin cipal lecturers are the Hon. Iewis D. Bonebreak, of Columbus, O.. and Lotus D. Coffman. of Salem. Ind. The interest and at tendance is very gratifying. RICH MOND. Two familv reunions are scheduled for this city within the next few days. The Cook family will meet at Glen Miller park next Saturday and on Sunday. Sept. 13, the Reinhelmer family will meet at the same place. COLFAX. The Knights of Pythias here are erecting a fine building, consisting of two storerooms on the nsst floor and the second floor for their ball. The building will be completed about Nov. L VI NCENNES. Large crowds are attend ing the big watermelon carnival at Oaktown. Thousands of melons are displayed and the carnival company is furnishing the amusement. KOKOMO. Robert Gammons filed a 110.OM damage suit against the Pittsburg Plate Glass (. ompany for Injuries received while in the company s employ. SEYMOUR. The eighty-second Indiana Volunteer Regiment will hold a reunion at Hayden Sept. 18. GLORIES OF COUNTY FAIR TIPPECANOE'S AJfMAL EVENT ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS. Three Counties I nlte in an Exhibit at Covington Bedford Fair and Trotting Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 1. Thousands of persons are at the fair grounds to-day attending the opening of the Tippecanoe county fair, and if the weather continues as at present the exhibition this year will be the most successful ever held here. To-day was children's day, and hundreds of youngsters viewed the cattle and farm product exhibits. Chief among the horse exhibits is that of Crouch tc Sons, of this city, who have fifty Percherons, German coach and Belgiaus in the stalls. George D. Engart, of Cass county, has a large exhibit of Normans. In the hog exhibit A. P. Catherwood, of Battle Ground, has the chief display. Among the rest is Dandy Jim, 900 pounds, who took first prize at the Boswell fair. Grimes & Proctor, of Russellville, W. A. Craver, of Yountsville, and H. E. Koon, of Onargo, 111., have some splendid specimens in the exhibit. Henry Klinger, of Lebanon, has a fine display of sheep. Henry C. Forgy, of Crawfordsville, and John E. Webb, Southport, also have large exhibits. In the cattle exhibit there are many competitors. W. J. Wright, of New Castle, has a huge herd, and B. B. Johnson & Son. of Aroma, also have many specimens of Jerseys and Aberdeen-Angus. Royal Laddie, a champion in this class, is shown by G. W. Henderson, of Lebanon. The owner was offered $3,000 for the animal this summer, but refused. There are scores of entries in the poultry department. CICERO'S STREET FAIR. Third Annnal Event Promises to Be av Roaser. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CICERO. Ind., Sept. 1. Cicero's third annual street fair, to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, bids fair to be one of the most successful agricultural and horticultural exhibitions ever held In the county. The entries in the live stock department are already far in excess of those of last year. F. E. Reals & Son, proprietors of the Hawthorne stock farm, will exhibit their herds of thoroughbred Polled Durham and Shorthorn stock, while the Willow Station stock farm will exhibit a fine herd of Hereford. Single exhibits will be made by numerous stock raisers over the county. Premiums will be awarded in the horse department Thursday, when over half a hundred flue stallions will contest for prizes, besides the driving teams and general purpose horses. There will be plenty of free attractions during the fair, beginning with an industrial parade Thursday, with balloon ascensions aud athletics Friday and Saturday. All the liye business men of the city are aiding in making the fair a success, and great crowds are expected to be in attendance each day. Ria: Event at Covinston. Special tn the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON. Ind.. Sept. l.-The fortythird annual fair of Fountain. Warren and Vermillion eounties began here to-day and will last four days. The indications are that with favorable weather It will be one of the most successful fairs ever h Id h re All the entries in the races have been tilled with M.mi" of the best horses in th State. The stock department is well filled, hiiday a grand concert will be given by the Military Band of Danville, III. Bedford Fair Opens. Ppt- ,al to tho Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind.. Sept. l.-The Bedford Fair and Trotting Association's programme began to-day. With fair weather during the week the indications are for a most successful fair. Racing will be one of Use interesting features, many entries having ti made, with good purses to the winners. This will probably be tho last exhibit on the old fair grounds, as they have been sold and will be platted Into town lots for building purposes. Fine Stock at Üben. Spc.-irtl to the Indianapolis Journal. LIBERTY Ind.. Sept. l.-The Cnion county fair is In progress ht re this week. iih a splendid exhibit in every department. The M;w of c.titie. I; n - ti, d shee. is very tine and there are sixty stalls of the lines'.

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Sudden Demise on a RIs Foar Trail Woman Prostrated Over Doable Bereavement. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 1 Herman Applegate, the twelve-year-old son of 1 . K. Applegate, of Harrison township, has fasted forty days, taking no nourishment except sparing draughts of water. The enforced fast follows an injury to the spine. The boy is slowly dying of starvation. FELL DEAD IK THE AISLE. Sndden Death of a Woman oa Ml h our Train at Alexandria. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. Sept. 1 Passengers on the Big Four train from Indianapolis which arrived in this city at 11:30 this morning were hocke when. Just as the train stopped, Mrs. Anna Sterling, aged sixty-two, rose, and as she started to the car door, dropped dead in the aisle. She was a sufferer from heart trouble. Her husband, Hiram Sterling, who, with her, built the Sterling Hotel In this city tMid operated it for years, died of a simitar malady two years ago, here. Since then she has lived in St. Iouis and was coming to this city on a short business trip. The body will be sent to SL Louis for interment. B F.I.I KV KD IN FAITH Ct RE. A Jonfuboro Colored Woman oold Not Have a Doctor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JONESBORO, Ind.. Sept. 1 -Miss Lids Johnson, colored, twenty-six years old. la dead here as the result of her confidence in the faith cure. Last week she sttended a camp meeting at ClaypoI Ford. On Wednesday her nose started to bleed, and her brother aud sister said it was stopped by prayer. Later on she commenced bleeding at the mouth, but still refused to IntvS a doctor. Finally she died, and when the coroner, Dr. Whltson, went to aee her he pronounced her trouble typhoid fever, and said if she had had medical treatment she more than likely would have recovered. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEAD. Double Bereavement Has Prostrated m Winchester Woman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind., Sept. 1. Word reached here to-day of the death of Mrs. J. O. Hutchens, residing near Carlos City. Shewns the mother of Mayor T. W. Hutchens aud of Postmaster C. L. Hutchens, of this city. She was sixty-four years old, and had resided all her life in this and Wayne county. On Sunday evening the body of a daughter who resided in Oklahoma arrived here and was held by the relatives in expectation of the demise of the mother. Another daughter, Mrs. W. G. Batchellor, of this city, is prostrated by the double bereavement and may die from the shock. Stricken While Starting: to Grocery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. 8ept. 1 Stricken with heart failure as she was leaving her home to go to a near by grocery for provisions for the family table, Mrs. George De Long, wife of a prominent glass worker, died within ten minutes to-day before medical aid could be reached. Coroner Trueblood held an Inquest and decided that death followed an attack of paralysis of the heart. The dead woman was forty-five years of age and leaves a large family. Family AfBlcted with Diphtheria. Special to th Indiana j -nils Journal. VINCKNNE8. Ind.. Sept. l.-Frank. a young son of A. F. Hartman, councilman. died to-day of diphtheria. An older son died of the same disease last Friday, and a third son is ill. W. J. BRYAN IN OHIO Tom L. Johnson's Friend Opens tie Democratic ampalga. VERSAILLES. O. Spt. l.-The Ohio Stato campaign was formally opened here to-ulght with a large and enthuaiastic meeting. Excursion trains were run from the surrounding country and brought thousands to the meeting. The chief speakers wen- W. J. Bryan. Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland aud the Detn-'vrati candidate for Govern r. and John II Harke, candidate .for l"nltd täte senat r. to Mtc ecu Senator Hauna. Bry. m his siech. spoke enthusutstlculU i the ticket nominated by the Democratic State convention and predicted ttM fot the ticket. He also indorsed Clarke for Cnited States senate.-. "THE ll'KMIKRH." Mark Twain wrote to the author of 'Till: fcPEDERSt" -The hook coal me m day yesterday, los owe me S)4. Bnt ne er mind I forslte yon for the fury's sake.' Look fn neat Snnday's Journal for the ftrat chapter of thla dcllshtfnl tale. It will HS t-oatlaseS iu the weck-da lasnsa.

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