Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1903 — Page 1

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developments favoring ax ix. CREASi: OF CONSERVATISM. Unyrr Ar Becoming: Cnntlons and Purchasing Little- More Than They Actually Need. SITUATION NOT ALARMING KM IM' DEMAND SUPPLANTING THE s r I : C l L AT I v i: CI I A Z E. 31 any Mnfi of Trade Arc Active, but omr Important Indnwtrlrn Arc Cnrtnllluc Production. EXPORTS ARE INCREASING 3IAXUFACTUHERS E N D E A V O R 1 . G TO i:.I'AD FOREIGN TRADE. Itallivuy EarntnRR Contlnne Lnrse and Shipment Greater Than Can lie Expeditiously Handled. i NEW YORK. Oct. 22. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: "The week's developments hive favored an increase in the conservatism which has ruled in many lines fr some time. Buying is not so confident, und smaller quantities are taken than a year ago at this time. Actual needs, which are large, and not speculative feeling, dominate demand. Good and poor reports combine to give an appearance of irregularity to general trade as a whole. Railway gross earnings are more moderate than earlier in the year, but still reflect good gains in the volume of traffic over a j year ago. Car shortages are not com- J plained of much outside the lumber trade. "Seasonal shutdowns of outside work on railroad Improvements, suspensions of iron furnaces and copper, coal and Iron ore mines, have rendered many thousands of Persons idle. On the other hand, the longstanding curtailment of cotton mlils is becoming a thing of the past, and some shutdown steel mills have resumed. "The grocery trade is apparently active the country over, with coffees showing most price strength. The shoe trade, too, is active, though mild weather curtails demand in some sections. Colder weather is needed to stimulate retail demand for diT goods and heavy clothing. Holiday goods are opening well, and the outlook is regarded as favorable for this line. Woolens are in smaller demand than expected, while a slight gain is noted in clothing. Mild weather affects the fur trade. More Is doing in hardware, and the building trades are working Into Detter condition. The iron and steel trades do not show much, if any. change. Pr'ces are weak. J'ig iron arc of small lots to fill liand-to-motith demand, and talk of a 40 r-er cent, instead of 1 per cent, cut in furnace production is heard. In finished lines more relative strength is noted, but Jemand here is quiet without affecting quotations us seriously as in cruder forms. "There are signs of a reawakening interest in export trade. Wheat. Including l!our. exports for the week ending Oct. 22 aggregate 4.LST.0So bu. against 2.W55.610 last weck, 7.0A137 tins week last year, 1.9.".2.134 in l&OI and 4.IC2XS in i:. For sixteen weeks of the cereal year they aggregate 4..st;.774 bu. against S.T.S20.31: in Wrz. P,.VAV in 1501 and .V4.21C.31l in WO. Corn extorts for the week aggregate 1.V8.SS5 bu. against 1.410.4H last week. M.?x4 a rear ago. 1.1.2M in 1&01 and 3.3V.1m1 in Iflfrt. For sixteen weeks cf the present cereal year they aggregate ;7.V.537 bu. against 1,.7.in K'2. ll.RTAls: in l!)l and 4y,S17,04S in 3 Business failures in the United States for th week ending yesterday number 21, n gainst 2a last week. l?l in the like week of !!:. 223 in lf"l. 151 in i:no and 211 in 1 o: ' TRADE CONTINUES LARGE, Despite the Curtailment of Activity in Various Industries. NEW YORK. Oct. 2Z.-II. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: Numerous labor controversies have ap1 eared, and more furnaces and mills have Hos-ed. the ter.deney txing to operate only 1 th.- plants provided with the most modern -t'ipment. There is no anxiety regarding legislation at the special session of Conrrs and despite the curtailment of activity in many manufacturing lines a heavy Aolume of business is being transacted. Flour mill at Minneapolis have fully re-MJin'-d and a big season's cut is contemplated ;:t Minnesota lumber mills. Westtin truffle facilities ar? proving inadequate, il.e distributien of merchandise being enor-iruej.-at the Interior, and. taking the country n. a whole, conditions may be considered fairly satisfactory, although there is Indisputable evidence that abnormal activity has received a check. Jobbing trade l.as become more quiet with the advancing --on. and at many points the weather is j;t calculated to maintain buying of wearing aprrel at retail. Gross earnings of the railway thus far rejorted for October :rpass last year's by per cent. Another general reduction in quotations of pig iron has occurred, notwithstanding the restriction of output, and a movement 1- on foot to further reduce production ,un1 busine improve.-. New orders are few und limited to immediate requirements, which i also tiue of finished steel. Not o: ly have additional contracts failed to be oTt red. but cancellations of old orders are importer. Efforts are being made to necwrr foreign trade, with fair prospects of success, particularly in several lines for machinery and other high-classed products. Hank failure in the Pittsburg region have added to the unsettled condition of the iron and steel industry, and the nnancial Mtuatlon is largely responsible for the postponement of contemplated structural work. A Uttle encouragement was given to the textile Industry by the placing of moderate orders for brown sheetings to tye exported, but this Chinese business is of a special rature and not a revival of regular trade for the East. Otherwise the cotton goods market is without feature. As to woolens and worsted a slight increase in orders is r.ofed. Clothing manufacturers are not Kecking'' woolen goods and there is still a pressure to sell worsteds that makes prices irregular. Silks are weak and inactive. Large contracts have been placed for fpring shipments of shoes and prices are somewhat firmer on a few lines, while other-! are steady and firm in tone. Heavy hemlock sole leather is strong, but other Kra.Jes decline In response to the general weakness of domestic hides. WESTERN COAI. TRADE. Congestion on the Railroads la a Menace to Dlstrihntlon. Fl'oiftl to tfc Indianapolis Journal. CHICAGO. Oct. 23. The Black Diamond, r.fr.eial organ of the coal industry, reviewing the Western coal trade, to-morrow will ay: "Transportation conditions In some Western territory have grown worse during the t-.ast week, anL hd It not been for the continu-d summer-like weather. It Is probable they would have had a considerable CÜNTINCCD"ÖN i 'A Gil 6., COL. iU

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

.1 mlttr IV it (1 el 1 Sayn the United States I Entitled to. It. THE HAGUE. Oct. 23. United States Minister Bowen and Judge W. L. Penfleld. solicitor of the United Statrs State Department, who is apslstlng Mr. Bowen in the Venezuelan negotiations before The Hagu? arbitration tribunal, have submitted to the tribunal, which resumes Its sessions Nov. 4, preliminary statements concerning the question whether the allies are entitled to preferential treatment over the United States from Venezuela in the matter of claim payments. They explain that It is the most earnest wish and purjose of the United States to uphold the high character of the tribunal, to advance the cause of arbitration and to promote the most friendly and most peacetul relations between the nations. In his statement Judge Penfleld fays that if any government is entitled to preferential treatment It is the United States, which should share in the distribution or the GO per cent, trust fund; the warlike operations of the allies did not benefit the United States. Mr. Bowen asserts that to avert the possibllty of war the allies consented to present the matter to The Hague. Why the allies resorted to warlike measures, he continues, is a question they cannot answer creditably; if they did so through a lack of tact and good sense they deserve to be punished. In the opinion of the minister Venezuela Is entitled to exemplary damages from the allies far in excess of even the combined claims against her. SUFFOCATED IN SAND PIT FATE OF THREE LITTLE CHILDREN' WHILE FLAYING. Parent Snpposed They Had Fleen Kidnaped, hut Fonnd Their Bodies After a Long; Search. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 23 Three children, Lucy Keogen, aged three, Lorain? and Russell Anderson, aged, respectively, live and four years, were suffocated to-day in a sand pit where they had been playing. The children had left their homes early in the morning and had gone to the pit, where they amused themselves by scooping out the sand underlying a bed of clay. It is supposed that they dug away too much of the sand and the heavier earth caved in upon and suffocated them. They were missed by their parents about noon and a general police alarm was sent out, It being reported that the children had been kidnaped. The search was unavailing until late to-night a boy who had been with the children early in the day directed the searchers to the sand pit, and their dead bodies were found beneath a thin covering of sand. J YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS IT SPREADS FROM SAN ANTONIO TO FORT SAM HOUSTON, NEAR BY. Soldier Attacked by the DiseaseAll the State N'ovr Qnarantlned Asalnst the City. v )- . -1 ' SAN ANTONIO, vteic.V OctV 23.-The yel- r low fever situation ? in San Antonio at the rinse of thi dav was verv encnurairinsr. t .... - v " - - - - - - i The official bulletin to-night follows: New cases, 1; total cases, 9; total deaths, 3. The new case reported to-day Is that of a soldier at Fort Sam Houston, who was taken sick b'.fore the post quarantined the city, but it! was not tletermincd until to-day that his case' was yellow fever. It is a milu case. The. State uuarantine to-day declared against San Antonio has caused much indignation here, as the Governor has not declared State quarantine against Laredo, where there are nearly 50 cases against nine in San Antonio. Daily Record at Laredo. LAREDO. Tex.. Oct. 23. The official yellow fever bulletin issued to-day is as follows: New cases, 13; deaths, 5; total cases to date. 5(0; total deaths, 42. The latest report from the little mining town of Minerva states that there have been two additional cases of fever and one death there, making the total cases 101 and the total deaths S. A bulletin Issued at Nuevo Laredo to-day savs there are at present eight cases there. Two deaths occurred there yesterday. FOR PROMOTING ANARCHY ARREST OF JOHN TURNER WHILE SPEAKING IN NEW YORK. Englishman for Whom Federal Officer Had Been Sen rchinK Emma Goldman Was with Him. NEW YORK. Oct. 23. Armed with a war rant sworn out by Secretary Cortelyou, of ! the Department of Commerce and Labor, 1 four immigration inspectors, with several secret-service detectives and a number ot policemen, went to Murray Hill Lyceum tonight and arrested John Turner, an Englishman, on charge of inciting and promoting anarchy, in violation of the alien labor laws. Turner had Just finished a lecture on "Trade Unionism of the General Strike." and the hall, which was crowded, was In an imroar when the arrest was made, but the police were too numerous for the crowd to do more than shout their disapproval. Turner was put on board a revenue cutter and taken to Ellis island, where he was locked up. ... . Immigration Commissioner Williams has had a warrant for Turner's arrest for the past five weeks. The federal officials allege that he had been going from city to citr preaching anarchy, and though trailed by a number of secret-service detectives, he was not apprehended until to-night. Emma Goldman sat on the platform with Turner and denounced his arrest, but urged the crowd to leave the hall without making a demonstration. 4. The police confiscated a lot of anarchistic circulars and cards which had been distributed announcing that "John Turner, chief organizer of the National Shop Assistants (retail clerks) Union of England, a member of the executive committee of London trades council, would deliver a series of lectures on Oct. 27. Nov. 1. 8. 9 and 15." Turner will be arraigned before a United States commissioner to-morrow. J. E. BROWN ARRESTED. Ohloan Who la Alleged to Have EmhesEled $103,000 Caufftit In 'Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 23. John E. Brown, who Is wanted In New Holland, O., for the embezzlement of bank funds, was arrested. here to-night. . NEW HOLLAND. O.. Oct. 23. John IC Brown was the cashier of the Union Banking Company of this city for nearly fifteen years. He left Aug. 6 and on Aug. 10 an Investigation disclosed a shortage of 1103,000 In Browu'n accounts. He was !ndlct-d on four counts for embezzlement. It Is said Brown lost all of the money In stock speculation.

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ENG ZION CITY DOYVIE ADVERTISING HIS PLACE BEFORE NEW YORKERS. Mr. Dovrle and Her Son Sny Farewell Ilefore Starting for Europe and Anstralln. NO DESERTIONS IN THE ARMY PART OF THE "HOST" RETURNING HOME FOR BUSINESS REASONS. Elijah Threatened with Kldnnping1.250,000 Person Given the IHvine 'Messutfe. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. The Dowie meeting to-night in Madison-square Garden was given over principally to a farewell to Mrs. Dowie and her son, who will leave for Eui rope to-morrow. Doth made addresses appealing to the audience for better behavior nnd denying that they were leaving on account of Dowie methods. The trip to Europe and Australia, both declared, had boon planned many months before the New York mission was finally decided upon. Dr. Dowie took as the subject of his discourse the parable of the nobleman who divided the talents among his servants, using it to Illustrate his argument that even the Lord rewarded the successful business man. He was interrupted by the exodus of about 1,5)0 of the audience and made no attempt to resume his exposition of the Scriptures, launching out into a long laudation of Zion as a place of residence, during which he announced that he would not address the meeting to-morrow night, when views of Zion would be shown with explanatory remarks by various overseers. He then announced the approaching departure of his wife and son. In the course of his address A. G. Gladstone Dowie denied that 730 members of the host had deserted and returned home. He declared that only 112 had gone back to attend to business in Zion and that others would take their places. They left this morning on a special train of five coaches over the West Shore road, in charge of Deacons J. W. Crane and daughter, Wühlte. Lauder, Ely. Pettinger, Peterson, Ropp, Stevenson and Funger. According to Deacon Newcombe, the Zionists were bound for Zion because others wished to come to New York. "As many as leave will be replaced by new recruits," said the deacon. Many of the party were suffering from colds, brought on by exposure In the work of house-to-house visitation and the many changes of atmosphere of the garden to the piercing air. While the lieutenants were looking after the excursionists at Weehawken, Dowie was left almost alone to conduct the early morning service at the garden. During Ills address he said that he had received about fifty letters during his stay here, all of which either threatened him with murder or kidnaping. Some of them were signed "committee." He said he was not afraid. He announced that he expected 200 more of his followers to arrive here on Monday with a fresh supply of provisions. In talking of the visitation work done here by the "host," he said that 7.V.HW houses were visited yesterday. Estimating that each house contained about eight persons he said that 4,2TiO.0OO persons had received the "Divine message" since his arrival. It was said that the departing members of the "host" had returned -to Zion City because so many of the heads of departments had left their places there vacant that the management of the city was suffering. Nothing was said about a feeling of discouragement among those going away being responsible for them leaving. Many members of the "host" received a severe shock to-day when they were informed by the railway companies that their tickets would have to be used during the early part of next week. It has been understood. It is said, that all the tickets were good for two weeks, but row it is said that most of them will have to return several days sooner or lose their transportation. ' At the general meeting this morning, which was attended by about 3.000 persons. Dowie talked on "What a Christian Should Do When Sick." He said that when a Christian became ill he should go to the elders of the church for relief and not to a physician. He criticised a decision of the New York Court of Appeals, holding a Zlonite indirectly responsible for a child's death because there was no physician in attendance. Dow!e said lie would carry the case, if necessary, to the Supreme Court of the United States. sssaasBsasssissasssBSBSsassiasBBsssBsasaaaassaaBaaaa Fifty Year for Killing? Sweetheart. . ST. JOSEPH. Mo,. Oct. 23-WIIIiam Matzinger. aged twenty-three, membr of a good family, was to-night sentenced to prison for fifty years for murder of Miss Alta May Gallimore. two months ago. The couple had been sweethearts aud quarreled. After J shooting the woman Matringer attempted suicide. ,

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TWO PEDDLERS MANGLED. One Attempted to Cut Off the Top of an Empty Nitroglycerin Can. BUTLER, Pa., Oct. 23. William Marks was killed and Patrick Hardy fatally Injured here to-day by an explosion of nitroglycerin. The men were peddlers of small notions and had camped in the woods near here. To-day they found an empty can. which they supposed had contained maple syrup from the small bit of sticky substance adhering to the top. Marks sat down with the can between his knees and commenced to cut out the top so as to transform it into a water vessel. The small portion of the nitoglycerin at once exploded and Marks's head, hands and feet were blown off and his body disemboweled. Hardy, who was standing close by, had his eyes blown out and the bones in his arms and legs shattered in a dozen places. He cannot recover. THE HAMMER WENT OFF MRS. CECIL SEIBERT T SED BROTHERR jt EVoLVER vTf.DIU VE AIL. 1Weapon Was Discharged, the Bullet Maklnir a Painful Injury in Her Right Hand. While driving a nail into the wall of her room with the butt of a revolver, yesterday morning. Miss Cecil Seibert, 1612 East Nineteenth street, was wounded in, the right hand by tne accidental discharge of the weapon. Miss Seibert -wanted to hang a pfcture, and. being unable to find a hammer, she decided to use her brother's revqlfer to drive a nail into the wall, and forgot that it was loaded. The wound, while painful, is not at all serious, and it is not thought that she will be crippled o?i account of her misfortune. LITTLE GIRL DROWNED KATHARINE PIERCE, FIVE .YEARS OLD, FELL INTO CISTERN AT PLAY. Mother at Work In Kitchen Missed the Child and Ran to the Uncovcred Reservoir. TINY HAT FLOATED ON SURFACE 3IRS. PIERCE FOUGHT DOWN HYSTERIA AND TRIED TO SAVE BABY. Rake Finally Brought Up the Body, but Life Was Extinct Mother's Condition Serions. Katherlne M. Pierce, the five-fcear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward, Tierce, of the Brookville road, just east of the Belt Railroad, fell into the eisten! in the rear of the house yesterday morning and was drowned. She was playing in the yard and her mother was busy with the household duties and did not notice that her child had raised the board which covered the cistern. Mrs. Pierce missed her child just "at the time the little girl was falling to her death and at once noticed that the cover of the cistern had been removed, peering down Into the opening she saw the hat her child had been wearing floating around on top of the water. MOTHER FOUND THE BODY. The mother became almost hysterical, but calmed herself enough to seize a rake which was lying near by and after several efforts she raised the body of her daughter from the bottom of the cistern and a moment later held her child's lifeless form clasped in her arms. She rushed to the house and called for a doctor, but on the arrival of the physician her worst fears were realized. The child was pronounced lead and the mother fainted. It was some time before she again became conscious and last night It was necessary to have a doctor at her side constantly, so serious was her condition. The remains of the child were placed lu charge cf George Herrmann, the undertaker, and the funeral will be held under his direction from the Pierce home this afternoon aV 2 o'clock. The interment will bc at Cruva lliiL -

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i TAGGART THE POWER HOLTZMAN'S APPOINTMENTS MUST .MEET HIS APPROVAL. Heavy Price Paid by the Iveach Contingent to the Sajje of French Lick . . for His Assistance. FORMER BOSS AGAIN ON TOP HE COUNTERACTED THE HARM DONE IIOLTZ3IAN BY THE NEWS. For that Reason the City .U-alL Basement Is Filled with Men Composing TaettnrtVi Olil Machine. Pursued, harassed, nagged and beseeched, cajoled, threatened on every hand and at every turn, John W. Holtzman is fast losing his erstwhile amiable disposition. During the first few days of his incumbency of the mayor's office he was all urbanity and graciousness and he took the importunings of office seekers and the gibes of political mercenaries in the best spirit and maintained a triumph-flushed but unruffled demeanor. Since the announcements of the disposition of practically all his patronage have been made, however, and the long, loud wall of the disgruntled and disappointed has been raised and will not be quieted, a marked change In the mayor's bearing has become apparent. He displays irritation at the criticisms heaped upon him from those who were ostensibly his warm friends but a few days since, and he no longer remains quiet under the gibes of the jesters. Last evening he was standing in the lobby of the Claypool, talking with E. M. Johnson and one or two other Democratic friends, when Frank M. Dice, of Crawfordsville, and Sid Conger, of Shelbyville, two well-known Republicans, approached the group. "Mr. Holtzman," said Mr. Dice, extending his hand, "1 have been wanting to see you that I might congratulate you and tell you how heartily I indorse the beginning you have made as mayor." Mr. Holtzman accepted the proffered hand cordially, but a dubious expression passed over his race was he about to receive approval for his ll o'clock closing order, or what? "I just want to say that I believe you are going to give' us just the kind of administration we had every right to expect from you a Democratic administration in every sense of the word," continued Mr. Dice. "You have shown this by your appointments. I am glad you are showing no consideration for the Republicans who elected you. You were elected as a Democrat and the Democrats ought to reap all the rewards." One or two others who had joined the group applauded this sentiment and "rubbed if in" a little more, and the mayor flushed and asked with some asperity: "Well, who nominated me?" No one was bo unkind as to answer monosyllabicaliy but definitely, "Keach," and the mayor continued: "Did I ever say I was a Republican?" What Mr. Holtzman did say every night he spoke during the campaign was: "While I am a Democrat and believe in that great Democratic principle of equal and exact Justice toward all and special and exclusive privileges for none, yet I am not so narrow that I cannot stand shoulder to shoulder with any Republican who will vote the Democratic city ticket this fall," or words to that effect. The mayor apparently had other things to say that would tend to show further that the worm has turned, but a diversion was created and the group broke up. ELEMENT THAT ELECTED HIM. However, the consensus of opinion as to who and what really elected. Mr. Holtzman has changed materially within the past few days. Heretofore it has been claimed, with few dissenting voices, that he owed his election solely to Republican votes. Now It appears that while, he would not have been elected but for the Republicans who voted for him, yet with all the Republican votes he received he could not have been elected but for one more potent factor the active support of Thomas Taggart, former mayor and Democratic boss, both former and present, active and potential. This conclusion has been forced on discerning politicians of all parties. It becomes more apparent as the hand of Taggart is seen in every official act of the new mayor. A prominent Democrat who has Worked with Mr. Taggart in local. State and national campaigns told the story' yesterday: "There's been a lot of talk to the effect iCON"riNl!Eb"ÖNP AGE'S. COL. L)

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Flastiuan Saum Merely Displayed n lied Ltjcht. TRENTON, N. J.. Oct. 2C.-The coroner's Inquest into the cause of the rear-end collision at Washington's Crossing last Saturday, which resulted in the death of seventeen persons, was commenced here today. The principal witnesses were Joseph Saums, flagman of the work train into which the second train ran, and Robert H. Reed, engineer of the Fecond train. Saums testified that he went back with lanterns Just as soon as the work train stopped and that when he got back about SOU feet he siirnnled the annrrtnohlnp fmln tl Hit i not put down any torpedoes on the track ana tnere were no torpedoes on his train. " R. H. Reed, engineer of the second train, testified that he was only about fifty yards from the work train when he saw Saum? with the red light. He immediately whistled for the putting on of brakes. His train at the time was going ten miles an hour. Reed was positive that it was Saums and not Parker whom he saw signaling him. Reed testified also that he saw no red. light on the rear end of the work train ahead of him. Testimony of the crew of the work train was to the effect that there were red lights on the rear of the tool car, but this was not the last car of the train. Behind the. tool car was a gondola car. Saums claims i mat tne ngnis on me tooi car coma oe seen from the rear over the top of the gondola car. The inquest will be resumed to-morrow, when the Jury will visit the scene of the wreck. FOUR LITTLE TIPPLERS SMALL nOYS CONFESS TO HAYING BEEN DRI NK A NUMBER OF TIMES. They Inform Jndge Stnbbs that Llq4 nor Was Sold Them at 3Ierrieks ! Indinna-ATenne Saloon. i In the Juvenile Court yesterday, four small boys, whose ages ranged. from twelve to fourteen years, were arraigned before Judge Stubbs on charges of drunkenness. The boys admitted that they often bought beer and whisky and had on a number of occasions become very drunk. They purchased their liquor at Dick Merrick's saloon on Indiana avenue, they said, and the officers of the court are investigating the case. If it is found true that Merrick has been selling liquor to minors, action will be taken against him. The Judge took the cases of the boys under advisement for a week. FATE OF A PEACEMAKER HARRY F URB ER SHOT WHILE TltV 1NG TO SEPARATE FRIENDS. FiKht Started in Dewitt'a Saloon and WasJRcnevred In Street Benjamin Johnson Fired Shot. Harry Furber, 40 North Delaware street, while attempting to act th'r patjofa "peacemaker with several of his friends who were quarreling In front of the Empire Theater saloon, on Delaware street, last night, was shot In the face by Benjamin Johnson, an onlooker, who chose to interfere. The quarrel was begun in Dcwitt's saloon at 110 North Delaware street, between Leroy Halle, 2C22 North Pennsylvania street, Ben Jearel, 122S East Tenth street, and W. J. Jarvis, of 324 North Missouri street. The bartender put all the young men out into the street and once outride they began to fight again. At that point Johnson interfered and Furber. seeing that his friends were becoming vicious, stepped into the midst of the fray to separate them. Johnson became infuriated, it is. said, drew a revolver from his pocket and shot Furber in the face. The bullet struck him squarely on the end of the nose and lodged in his right Jaw. He was taken to the City Hospital in the Dispensary ambulance, attended by Dr. Wallace, and the bullet was extracted by Dr. Wallace. His condition is not serious, but he will be marked for life. Johnson escaped the police and up to an early hour this morning had not been arrested. Hallett, Jeorel and Jarvis were arrested last night and were slated for assault and battery. SHAW IN HIS OWN STATE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY DELIVERS JL CAMPAIGN SPEECH. Tells Iowans the Democrats Are Grop. lag: In the Dark with No Prospect of an Issne. MUSCATINE, la., Oct. 23. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury of the United States, opened the Iowa campaign to-night with a speech at Muscatine in which he talked for two hours upon the tariff, trust, money and ship subsidy questions, making as the keynote of his talk an appeal to the people to demand the opening of the markets of the South for United States products. He spoke for two hours to the largest political gathering ever assembled here. "We are now within twelve months of another national campaign," he said, "and with no present indication of an issue. Our friends are groping In the dark. The candidate for Governor in no State dare express himself on the money question. The Democratic nominee for Governor in no State dare say whether he is in favor of j free silver or of the gold standard; whether he is a blmetallist or a monometallism whether he is a Bryan Democrat or a Cleveland Democrat. And the Democratic candidate for Governor lu no State except Iowa dare define himself on the tariff question. Of course, they will all dare sar that the tariff should be revised by a Democratic majority. Of course, they all dare say that the tariff should be modified wherever it would be to the advantage of the country to have it modified. Of course, the Democratic candidate for Governor in Massachusetts dare recommend free wool and free hides, but none of them except the candidate for Governor of this State dare say whether he Is in favor of a tariff for revenue only or whether he Is in favor of a tariff for protection. The details of tariff schedules cannot afford an issue for a national campaign." GIRL ASSASSINATED. Shot by a Ilejected LoTer, Who Ended Ills Own Life with a Gnn. BETHEL. Me.. Oct. 23. Beulah York, a farmer's daughter, aged fifteen years, was shot and killed last night by Ora Green. who then blew off his own head.. Green was a laborer on the York farm. He was thirty years old, and is said to have been infatuated with the girl, who refused to accept his attentions. The tragedy occurred at the home of the girl's father, Orlngton York, at Newry. which Is a small farming town north of here. The young woman was shot as she sat by a window reading. . She was atf. caly child.

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STATE AUDITOR MI Ell RICK "WILL , BEGIN HIS CAMPAIGN TO-DAY. Attorney General Will Sur to Wind I p i ; Affairs of Homestead Loan aud Investment Company A WEIRD FINANCIAL SCHEME COXCERX WOULD NEED ALL ROCKEFELLER'S WEALTH TO KEEP IP Investigation Develop that the Com pany Would Have to Have .1,000,000 Member to Live Two Years BETTER LAWS MUST BE PASSED SHERRICK WILL ASK LEGISLATURE TO PROTECT WAGE EARNERS. The Widow and Orphan, the Poorest People, Olten BcRKtircd ly This. Kind of .Mathematical Juggling. Auditor of State Sherrick will this morning ask the attorney general to begin an action in the Marion county courts, looking to the winding up of the affairs of tho Homestead Loan and Investment Association. The auditor will not act on the theory that a receiver should be appointed for this company. It is hoped to have some reliable person or corporation apiointed at once so that as much of the assets as possible may be save 3 to the 2,5uü members. The auditor's action is based on the investigation made by his office Into the af-j fairs of tne company, which examination occupied several days. The association headquarters is in the Baldwin block. It has no president at the present time, but G. E. Davis Is the vice president. L. U. Downey, of Owen county, was formerly president of the association. The secretary is Charles Buhland, who about a month ago succeeded Mrs. Mary Barr. AN IMPOSSIBLE SCHEME. It was stated at the auditor's office yesterday that any court would appoint a receiver for this association because of tho absolute Impracticability of is scheme. Auditor Shrrick' said that as far as he I personally concerned he had not thought an investigation nccesarj becauac to htm the plan of the concern seemed utterly impossible. However, It was desired to give the officers of the association an opportunity of showing what they proposed to do. It was the plan of the association to furnish homesteads to the members. A man would take out 31.0) worth-vt Ktock and pay 1 a month for twelve month, .vt the enu of the seventh month he began to get benefits that. is,, the association would place on -deposit- the sum of tu tor him. He was not expected to touch it, however, until his year was up. In twelve months the member would receive Jl,ouo to apply on a home. The scheme of the association was to double the membership and the number of shares issued each month. After the member got his first Jl.wu ho was supposed to pay into the association H a month. . . NEEDED WEALTH OF CROESUS. It is figured out at the auditor's office that by the time the nineteenth month rolled around ihe association, in order to "make good" with the membership, would have had to sell $252,141,000 worth of stock. By tha end of the twentieth month the total amount of stock sold would have to bo $52i.;S7,OU0. The experts in the auditor office estimated last night that the association to do all it promised would, by tn nineteenth month after organization, "need as members every man, woman and child in tho State of Indiana and each member would have to own at least twenty kIuiic of stock. The association began to operate the present plan about a year ago and in thai time has paid out about ZS.Vp) in full benefits. This means that three people have received full benefit. The books Fhow that a number of other persons have received partial benefits. In receiving equities in different properties, it is staled that in four out of five cases where people have been benefited either fully or trtiaHy, they only hold equities in property. George U. Bingham and J. W. Mendenhall, expert accountants in the office of the auditor, made their report to Mr. Sherrick yesteiday, regarding the affairs of the association, and the State auditor visited the office of the attorney general in the afternoon, but found him absent. This morning the attorney general will be asked to proceed at once. The officers of the association declare that their scheme l.s possible and insist that they would have b.eu able to keep all their obligations. The ,nidltor, however, cannot take this view of the case. It is understood that O. D. Ree- s was the original Inventor of the plan used by this association. He says, however, that the association has not adhered entirely to the Ideas advanced by him. WILL DRIVE THEM OUT. Auditor Sherrick says it is his purpose to pursue relentlessly the promoters of a'l such schemes until he succeeds In driving them from the State. "I can look complacently on Wall street speculators." tald he, "without a care as to who is worst M. but when it comes to embarking in schemes to secure the money of the small w.irc earners by enterprises that look plausible on their face, but which are impossible of fulfillment, it is time to act. and as un official I feel it is my duty to go as far as the law will permit in exterminating them. Often such promoters gain the inllurnee of superintendents and foremen of factorus by the payment of commissions and iisipit the confidence "that the employe has m those above him. The plausibility of tluir scheme Induces an investment in thtlr enterprise. The wife or mother, always hopeful of some day living in her own horn-, makes sacrifices to meet the required payments, often denying herself and family of the common necessities of life, only to learn In a few months that failure has come and these savings, often earned ov r the wash tub. have been dissipated. In addition to the dishonesty that attaches to ordinary swindling there is that brutal crueltv, because of the class of people they seek äs their victims, that will appeal to any man possessed of the least sense of Justice or human sympathy. 1 do not mean to impugn the Integrity of any man connected with this class of Institutions, for 1 can understand how an honest nun can be honestly misguided in his enthusiasm over systems of mathematical Juggling. "It is presumed by the general public that the auditor of state stands bet wet a the people and such visionary enterprises, but if they will examine the Jaw they iii Fee how little authority he has in driving them out of business. They are only required to mftkc annual reports to him and may thus operate a year !efore he has knowledge of the character of business they are doing. Then after the report is made he can only make an examination when such report discloses that thy an doing an illegal or unsafe business. Thin renders him almost ioverIess to make au examination ami learn the actual workings and safety of such institutions. R Is r.iy purpose to request the Governor to recommend to the next Legislature the i',ass-ii:o of a compulsory examination law for tho Institutions.' giving to this office the sanm power that it now posscsres over tMiika and trust companies, and 1 mean to lüllutr

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