Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1903 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1903,

FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY.

Cooler Throughout Indiana on ThnrsdayFresh South Winds. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: Indiana, Ohio and Illinois Fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Cooler Thursday; fresh routh winds. ' Kentucky Fair cn Vdnesday and Thursday. Cooler on Thursday. Lower Michigan Fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Cooler on Thursday; fresh south iwlnds. , ; Wisconsin Fair on Wednesday. Rain and cooler on Thursday; fresh southwest shifting to northeast winds. ! Minnesota Kajn and cooler Wednesday. Thursday warmer and partly cloudy. Brisk winds, shiftln to northwest.. ' North Dakota Italn or snow on Wednesday and Thursday. Colder on Wednesday. Warmer on Thursday. South Dakota Partly cloudy and colder on Wednesday. Haiti and warmer on Thursday. Iowa Fair on Wednesday, with cooler In west portion. -Thursday partly cloudy, tri Lb cooler In east portion. , lie bra ska and Kansas Rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Colder Wednesday. Warmer Thursday. Local Observation on Tuesday. Far. Tern. R.7T. Wind. Weather, rrec. 7 A.n. .30.22 54 t N'rast. loud-. 0.00 Tp. m..3i.lS CS 75 East. Pt. cldy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 70; minimum temperature. 6-4. Comparative itatrment of th mean temperatura and to.'U precipitation on ?ov. 3: Tern Normal . 44 Mean 2 Departure H Departure for month... 6t Departure since Jan. 1 7i Prot. 0.11 0 o. 11 rt.S7 3.75 Plus. VT. T. BLTTIin. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperature. Station. Abilene, . Tex .. Amarillo, Tex Atlanta. Ca .... Bismarck. J. t 7 a. rru 44 40 3 11 CO M Max. 64 M 74 42 6$ M 2 7 63 70 u 4 (4 M 3 72 74 74 2 7' 13 70 M 7S 62 S3 74 70 74 72 S3 70 72 75 - 70 70 PS M fo 7 74 72 70 r.s 73 6 H ' es 7 B4 7 4 68 4 72 LS 7 p. m. fif, C2 64 IA u M 43 1 61 SSCb 52 S3 4 W 5 2 62 70 54 60 41 M 79 S 40 6 CS 1 5 Buffalo, S. Y Cairo. Ill Calirary. Alberta ........ Chattanooarm. Tenn Cheyenne. Wyo Chicago. Ill ... Cincinnati. O . Cleveland, O .. a m 12 54 43 Colurr.lma. O Concordia, Kan Davenport. Ja .. Denver, Col Dode City. Kan Iutujae. la ... Vuluth. Minn ... h 32 43 M 52 34 SO 28 S 28 32 3 64 &2 1-0 SO S3 54 54 TZ CO 4 3 Ct 5 4 M FA Faso. Tex Galveston. Tex Orand Junction. o! Grand lUpida. Mien Havre, Mont Huron. 8. D Htl.na. Mont ... Jacksonville. Fli Kansas City. Mo Lander. IVyo ... little Rock. Ark i Lo'ilavllle, Kjr Marquette, Mich Memphis. Tenn . Modena, Utah ... Montgomery. Ala 6f 61 70 .Nashville. Tenn . New Orleans. La New York. N. X .......i. Norfolk, Va .:....!. North Platte. Neb .. Oklahoma. - O. T Omaha. b .... e t 64 64 2 i It IA 6S 62 64 t 12 4 53 6 0 SO es 4H 70 60 S3 54 S4 64 raleaane, Tex Parkersburg-. IV. Va Philadelphia, Ta .... 12 62 Pittabunr. I'a PueLlo. Ool .. 44 3D 2 35 M 40 32 W 32 W 46 V) 34 42 43 Qu Arpelle." Aln Rapid City. E. u ... St. Louis, Mo ;. St. Paul. Minn ...... Fait Lake City. Utah San Antonio. Tex ... Santa Fe. N. M phreveport. La Fprtnft-nM. Ill Sprtnirfleld. Mo Valentine. Neb e i ei 1 Washington. l. C Wichita, Kan ., BRIEP SENT BY WIRE. Attorney General of 311uneota Forced to l'e the Teleirraph. ST. PAUL, Xov. 5. It is not customary in legal procedure to send briefs across the country by wire, but this course was found necessary to-tlay by Attorney General Douglas In the Northern Securities case. Attorney General Douglas, on behalf of the State, had made application before the United States Supreme Court to have the case advanced on the calendar of th.it court. To-day he received word from C. W. ßomerby. who is representing the office t Washington, that the Northern Securities Company had objected to the advancement of the case nnd had riled a reply denying the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Attorney General Dougla? and his associate counsel in this case held a conference and prepared a brief of 400 words, which was wired to Mr. Somerby to be printed at Washington andfiled Thursday. HOT WASTING THEIR TIME. East Side Resident of IH'evr York Reading; Books of Information. NEW YORK. Nov. 2. A most peculiar development as to the tastes of the reading public has been discovered on the lower East Side, in this city. At the openin?, in East Broadway, of the second of the brench library buildings provided for by the $3,000,Oü) gift of Andrew Carnegie, Chairman 13ostwlck. of the circulating department of the New York public library, read statistics, covering four years, proving that there nre twice as many scientific books drawn in the Chatham-street section than in any other circulating library in New York city. Unlike the people in the wealthiest part of the city, he said, the population about Chatham Square rejects fiction to a large extent, and chooses olid information on science and on other serious subjects. II0VEHENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YOU K. Xov. 1 Arrived: Ethiopia, from Glasgow; Cevlc, from Wverpooi; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam; Finland, from Antwerp: Moltke. from Hamburg. Sailed: Kronprinz Wilhelm, for Bremen. QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 3,-Arrived: Haverford, from Philadelphia., for Liverpool, and proceeded. GLASGQW. Nov. 1 Arrived: Lauivntlan, from New York; Sarmatlan, from Boston. ANTWERP. Nov. 3 -Arrived: Rhineland. from Philadelphia; Kroonland, from New York. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 3.-Sailed: Corean, for Philadelphia; Ultonla, for Boston. LIZARD. Nov. 3. Passed: Lancastrian, from Boston, for London. llrakeman and Fireman Killed. LOUISVILLE. Nov. 3. Two Louisville & Nashville lrelght train met at the end of the brlujre over Salt river, near Shepardsville. this morning. Lewi Ilrown, h-ad brakemau, and William Brown, llreman, were killed. William Farrar. engineer, was Injured. Exploding gasoline ilred and destroyed a number of cars. Arrest of Anarchists. MILAN. Nov. 3. The police to-day succeeded in surrounding u rendezvous of a number of Anarchist. I'our of tho Anarchists were arrested, one of whom is said tc- b a foreigner and supposed to hr connected with that section of Anarchists which has Its headquarter at Pati-rsun, N. J. TO CIUK A COLD IX OXE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All drussists refund the money if it falls to cure. W. Grove's elgnaturc is on each box, 2Zc

LOCKJAW IS THE RESULT

VACCIVATIOX MAY CLAIM A SECOND VICTIM AT LAFAYETTE. Children 3Iade III as Result of Opera tlon Mental Collapse of Famous Inventor Indiana Xmi. Sreclal to th Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Nov. 3. Vaccination will have claimed a second victim In this city in a week if Georgia King, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mrs. George C. King, of 1020 North Sixth street, succumbs to lockjaw, from which she is now suffering. The young girl was vaccinated two weeks ago by Dr. F. B. Thompson, and had apparently recovered from the effects. Yesterday she was seized with severe pains, and to-day her Jawe became locked. Physicians have been unable to relieve the child, who is to-night In great agony. The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clark died Monday of lockjaw induced by vaccination. A daughter of John Ilaaga, of South Fourth street, who was vaccinated two weeks ago, showed the ear'jr symptoms of lockjaw, but later recovered. Several other 'children in the city have been made ill by vaccination. IlROZE STATIC MISSING. Disappearance of Handsome FJsnre from Winona (Jntes, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Nov. 3.-The disappearance of the life-size bronze figure of a Japanese priest from its massive new marble pedestal near the entrance of the Winona Assembly grounds is causing considerable anxiety among Winona official. A systematic search of the grounds by a large party has failed to locate the missing statue and a force of men are now at work dragging the lake. The bronze figure, valued at 13,000, was the gilt of II. J. Heinz, of Pittsburg, who purchased it in Japan on a recent tour and this summer presented It to Winona. It is a rare and handsome specimen of antiquity and is said to be 7u0 years old. Its disappearance is thought to be the result of a Halloween prank. This is the second time tho valuable relic has been stolen. II. G. RALYA'S CONDITIO. Well-Known Patentee Suffers Mental Collapse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPEL, Ind., Nov. 3.Harvey G. Ralya, the well-known patentee and manufacturer of the Ralya putty knife, has been adjudged insane and has been taken to Anderson for special treatment. He was taken with the malady very suddenly. On Friday he enme home, from Indianapolis, put his automobile caretully away, then went in the house and began raving and has been iu that condition sice. Jlr. Ralya is a man of temperate habits and the trouble is believed to be due to severe mental strain. He has a wife and three children. His father was the inventor of the band saw now in use and was killed in Indianapolis a few years ago by a train as he stepped from one track to get out of the way of another train which was approaching. . , SUIT FOR HER DOWER. Wife Did Not Attach Her Signatare to Deeds at Time of Sale. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 3.Judge R. B. Dreibelbiss to-day filed in the Superior Court a suit that la the precursor of eight others affecting homes owned by people in a populous addition known as Bloomingdale. His client Is Mary Smith, who sues Henry Hunche to quiet title to her widow's third iu property home. The complaint sets out that the plaintiff is the witfow of William 8m!th. of Schuyler. N. Y., who, while on a visit there in l&tö. took a flyer in real estate and when he sold the lots again failed to have his wife's signature with his in the deeds. The widow now appears to claim her third. WATSON GOES EAST. Sixth District Representative Ready for Contrress. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. RUSIIVILLE, Ind., Nov. 3.-Hon. James E. Watson and wife left this afternoon for Washington, D. C, where Mr. Watson will be ready for the convening of Congress on Nov. 9. Mr. Watson intends to renew bis bill to restrict immigration which failed to pass the Senate before. He says he considers the time is now ripe for some legislation along this line. He will renew his efforts to have the office of fifth assistant postmaster general created and have all free mail delivery placed in his hands. HIS HUMILIATION WAS GREAT. Clark Comity Treasurer Sues Pennsylvania Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. - - JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind., Nov. 3. County Treasurer B. A. Coll to-day filed suit in the Circuit Court against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for $5,000 damages, the complaint setting forth that he was humiliated and inconvenienced to that amount. Last September Mr. Coll bought a round-trip ticket over the defendant's road to Indianapolis, he being on his way to St. Mary's to place his daughter In school. When be reached Indianapolis he alleges he placed the ticket In the hands of the ticket agent at that place, which was one of the conditions mentioned In the ticket. The following date, when he returned to Indianapolis from Terre Haute, he called for his ticket, but the agent refused to deliver it to him. as he had conceived the idea that the person asking for it was not Mr. Coll. The complaint sets out that the plaintiff made every effort to convince the agent of his identity, and even attempted to get inside the gates at the station so as to get the conductor to identify him, but here he was stopped by two policemen, who informed him that he would have to buy another ticket. When he returned to this city the local agent offered to refund him his money, but he refused to accept it. Sues Company for 910,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Nov. 3. P. T. O'Brien, a prominent contractor and politician, has sued the P., C, C. & St. It. Railway and its surgeon at Richmond. Dr. Weist, for damages in the sum of 110,000. Two years ago, while his family was cn route to Richmond on one of the company's trains, his son. Patrick. Jr., was thrown from a seat and suffered n broken arm. The bones were reset by Dr. Weist when the train reached lUchmond, but O'Brien alleges the operation was not properly performed, and that the boy has a permanently crooked arm as a result of the accident and operation. 3IISS BROWX RETURNS TO WORK. Compromises Breach of Promise Salt for Tvro Hundred Dollars. epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Nov. 3. Miss Rosie Brown, who resigned a fair wage-c3rnlng Job in this city to prepare to marry John Landin, a well-to-do young farmer living near New Haven, to-day compromised her suit for breach of promise. It is understood she received $2k and the defendant paid all the costs. Miss Brown will return to her old position in this city. ' BOG IS WAT Ell RIGHTS.9 Phoenix, A. T.. Man Helleres n Fraud Has Been Worked In Indlnnn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Nov. 3.-There recently left this city a man named Wright, who had invested In a so-called "water right" on land about Phoenix, A. T. At the same time the Decatur papers related that a number of well-known farmers of Adams county had also become interested la tiu

same sort of Investment and expected to move their families to Phoenix within the next year. A letter from Elwood Hadley, of Phoenix, formerly a well-known merchant in Richmond, says there are no such rights to be obtained there and that the sale of these "rights" is believed at Phoenix to be a fraud, lie reports that the matter Is to be brought to the attention of the federal grand jury at its next meeting. Mr. Hadley, while en route West from Fort Wayne last month, encountered scores who were on their way to take possession of water rights which do not exist. He says the government, under the new irrigation law, has withdrawn all lands from entry In the Salt river valley, and, as land is the basis of water rights, there are no rights to be obtained by entry. Smallpox In Clay County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 3. The City Council and Board of County Commissioners held a Joint session last ülght to devise means to stamp out the smallpox epidemic in this city and county. The County Council will be called In session and asked to appropriate sufficient funds to defray the expenses possibly of free vaccination. Steps will be taken Immediately to more rigidly enforce the quarantine, as It is now claimed that smallpox patients have frequently broke quarantine and mingled with other people, thereb' spreading the disease. Dr. Hirt has tendered his resignation as city health officer, and the City Council, at its meeting to-night, will appoint his successor. The position will be offered to Dr. Williams, who now holds the position of county health officer. Lnfnyette Will Give Oratorio. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 3. The Lafayette Choral Society, composed of many of the leading vocalists of the city, held its first meeting of tho season last night to make preliminary arrangements for a public oratorio to be given at an early date. The membership of the society has reached the hundred mark, and is constantly increasing. The Rev. William Breitenbach, who conducted the " chorus last year, is again at the head of affairs. Miss Leona Haywood will act as accompanist. At a meeting to be held Nov. 9 a permanent organization is to bo effected. Schumann's "Paradise and Peri" Is the first oratorio to be given this season. Mr. and -Mrs. McKey Leave for Manila. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Nov. 3.-Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKey, who have been visiting her parents here since they were married at Port Sheridan, 111., two months ago, left to-day for their home in Manila. P. I., where Mr. McKey is engaged in the government service. He enlisted in the Cuban service when the war with Spain was declared, and after serving his enlistment there entered the regular army and was sent to Manila, where he is now chief assistant to the director of posts. Mrs. McKey is a Purdue graduate and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richey, formerly of Lebanon. Claims Affalnst Contractor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., Nov. 3. Twenty claims, ranging from 53 to 5200, were today placed in the hands of Attorney John II. Russe, sr., for collection from the Big Four Railway Company, the Shutt Improvement Company, the Robinson Contracting Company and the Middleton Construction Company, contractors and. subcontractors on Improvements along the Big Four's new right of way. Most or the claims are filed by laborers. Russe states that he has claims against railway contracting and subcontracting companies aggregating $50,000. . Commissioners In Crlm Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. Nov. 3. After another long wrangle this morning, the attorneys In the case of Crlm, treasurer of Madison county, against Cyrenus Heritage, former treasurer, to recover an alleged shortage of Jb',000. finally agreed to appoint three commissioners who will audit the books of former treasurer Heritage. Each fide named one and the court the third. The commissioners are Edmund Johnson, Calvin II. Allen and Edward Reardon, all of Madison county. They will investigate the books aud thi;ir evidence will be submitted as final.

For State Oratorical Contest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Nov. 3. The students who are to take rart in the contest at Earlham. College at which a representative to the state oratorical contest will be chosen have selected their positions. The contest will be held on Nov. 13. The contestants will speak in the following order: Wistar Williams, "The Grand E Pluribus Unum;" Harry Carroll, "Anglo-Saxon Supremacy;" August L. Spohn, "The American Ideal;" Myron L. Boone, "Oliver P. Morton;" Laurence Smelser, "The Invincible Turk;" Luther M. Feeger, "Gustavus Adolphus." Shelby Has Variety of Corn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., Nov. 3. Charles Rhodes, a farmer of Marion township, brought an ear of corn to this city which was raised on his farm in Marion township. The corn is of the white variety, has hundreds of grains on it, and is fifteen inches in length. Joseph McBride, who lives east of the city, has a different story to tell. He also brought a perfectly shaped cob to this city, which did not contain a single grain of corn. The cob was in a shuck, and was taken from a cornstalk on his farm this season. Orphan Home Trustee. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 3. The trustees of the Wernle Orphans Home, a local institution under the control of the German Lutheran Synod of Ohio, met here to-day. The Rev. F. Helle, Trenton, O.t was elected president of the board; F. Rogge, Dayton, O., secretary; John Schultz, Richmond, treasurer, and the Rev. J. Beck, Richmond, financial secretary. The financial report submitted was the best in the history of tne nome. ine endowment tuna now amounts to about $10,000. Indoor Baseball League. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 3.-Prelira-inary steps were taken to-day in this city for the organization of an Indoor baseball league, which will embrace cities in north era Indiana and southern Michigan. It is proposed that eight cities be included iu the league. Hamnjond, Valparaiso, Mich igan City, Laporte, South Bend and Elk hart being the Indiana cities in the asso ciation, and Mies and Benton Harbor. Mich., furnishing the other two teams of the league. Large Easle Captured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSIIVILLE. Ind.. Nov. 3.-John Newsom, of Ripley township, recently captured a magnificent specimen of the American eagle. The bird fell in a corn field after a chicken and was unable to fly out again on account of the standing cornstalks. which prevented it from .spreading its wings. It was captured with little difficulty by Mr. Neusom. It measured seven feet from tip to tip. Life Honorary Membership Voted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind., Nov. 3. George F. Mc Culloch. Charles L. Henry and Governor Durbln, of Indianapolis, and Judge R. S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, have been voted life honorary members of class No. 7 of the Methodist Sunday-school, this city. These gentlemen recently contributed hand some sums to the large fund raised by this class for the new cnurch just dedicated. Church Extends Call. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSIIVILLE, Ind., Nov. 3. The members of the Presbyterian Church of this city Vi n -a iTtenrii1 n rail tn the Rpv. J. IT 1o Conncll, of the First Presbyterian Church of . tvausioa, in. Obituary. RUSIIVILLE- Ind.. Nov. 3. Dr. J. W. Vanosdal, of Lawrenceburg, died at the home of his son. Dr. D. D. Vanosdal. In this city Monday night. His death was the result of a paralytic stroke received three weeks ago. The body will be taken to Lawrenceburg to-morrow for buria Dr. Vanosdal had been a practicing physician for a number of years. He leaves three.

sons, two of whom are doctors and the other a dentist. Will Gibbs. a prominent man of Falmouth, died as the result of injuries received six weeks ago in lifting a heavy barrel. He was manager of the Schlichte general store at Falmouth and was very prominent. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Nov. i Mrs. Ellen Thompson died this morning at 8 o'clock at the age of seventy-eight years. She was one of tho best known women in Shelby county. She left five children, among whom are Mrs. Fernando Sleeth and Mrs. William Huffman, of Fairland, and William Thompson, of Birmingham, Ala. CARTHAGE. Ind., Nov. 3.-John W. Chappell, aged forty years, died at his home, near Carthage, to-day. He was an active member of the Friends Church. His widow and one son survive him. Funeral services will be held at Walnut Ridge Church Thursday morning. RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 3. Charles Allen, aged Bixty-four years, a well-known man, died to-day after an illness of two years. The widow and two sons survive.

Indiana Notes. ELWOOD. The difficulties between the city and the Elwcod Electric Light Company, a private corporation furnishing lights for the streets here, was accentuated Monday night when the City Council cut the company's bill for last month's service, amounting to $735, almost squarely In two, on account of alleged inferior service. The figures transmitted to Superin tendent Meek, of the city schools, py tne principals of the different buildings shows an enrollment for the month of October of 2.360 students, sixty more than the enrollment for the same month last year. On this basis the total enrollment for the year here is estimated at 2.S00. LAPORTE. William Blank, aged seven ty-six years, is in a serious condition as the result of being thrown from a carriage in a runawaj'. Prof. J. Ltnsdley, of Lockport, N. Y has been appointed instructor of history in the Laporte High scnool. The $15,000 will contest case brought by Nancy Snyder against Mary E. Dudley to set asldo the will or Rachel Dawson has been compromised. Disinherited heirs sued to set aside the will. nnd at the first trial the Jury disagreed. By the terms of the compromise the court sets aside the will, and the sisters receive almost as much as they would had there been no will. ALEXANDRIA. J. C. Tillman, aged twenty-two, lost his entire left hand in a corn shredder operated on the farm of Jacob Mittendorff Tuesday afternoon. The little that remained of the Injured member was amputated at the city hospital. The marriage of Alfred Bergman and Miss Emily Hansen, both well-known young peo ple of this city, which occurred two weeks ago. has Just been made public. Dr. D. R. Ulmer, of this city, has been chosen one of a limited number of delegates to the World's International Sunday School Congress to meet in Jerusalem next March.' RUSIIVILLE. The Rush County Fair Association has elected the following new directors: Posey township, Elmer Hutchinson; Jackson, Sylvester Kirkpatrick; Union. Jlerschel Daubenspeck: Walker, T. A. Jones; Noble, S. M. Poston; Rushville, Homer Powell. John C. Humes was elected president and Josie Miller vice president. An order of Pestatozzl, to which only school teachers are eligible, has been organized here. The order is for the mutual benefit of teachers. KOKOMO. The Eoard of Health and Superintendent of Police R. M. Taylor, acting on a petition of more than 200 citi zens, broke up a rendezvous of forty Turks, Italians, Poles and other foreigners. The gang is employed by the Indianapolis Northern Traction Company laying the tracks in Kokomo. The gang took possession of an old storeroom, where they cooked, ate and slept in the one room. LAWRENCEBURG. The Lawrenceburg. Guilford and Dover Independent Telephone Company was granted a franchise by the City Council Monday night on condition that the franchise should not be sola or transferred without the consent of the City Council. The company, which has been in operation for about two years in the rural districts, will now run lines through a speci fied section of this city. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Evangelists Earl Davis and wife nnd C. E. Ellsworth and wife leave here this week for an extended trip to California, working on their way in Holiness meetings at piven dates in several large cities. The Rev. Lizzie Ralston, of Dunreith. has accepted a call from the Friends' Church at this place and will move here soon. FRANKLIN. An important business change took place in Franklin Tuesday, J. W. Lagrange buying the agricultural implement store of Irons, Smith & Tilson, one of the largest establishments in the city. T. J. Irons, the head of the retiring firm and the manager of the house, will retire from business permanently. MUNCIE. The City Council has fixed Nov. 24 as the date for holding the special election when the citizens of Muncie will vote to adopt or reject the special city charter which was provided for in a bill passed by the last Legislature. EVANSVILLE The Rev. Theo. Schluodt, of this city, was on Tuesday called to the pastorate of the First Evangelical Church, at Tell City, Ind., to take the place of the Rev. William F. Simon, who recently resigned to go to Louisville. TIPTON. Emory Cooper and Charles Jones, sons of prominent ' residents of the western part of the county, whom indictments were returned against by the grand Jury for larceny, have forfeited their bonds and fled. RICHMOND. The largest yield of corn reported in this section is that on the farm of Mrs. Abram Gaar, just northeast of Richmond. Ten acres yielded 830 bushels, an average of eighty-three bushels to the acre. VAST RICHES ON PAPER YET IS UNABLE TO PAY HIS BOARD BILL AT J5EW YORK. Arrest of an Inventor Who Incorporated the Northwestern Industrial Company with 9000,000,000. NEW YORK, Nov. 3. Cornelius De la Vergne, aged fifty-seven, who talks hopefully of an invention he claims to have perfected for a secret process to manufacture lard, butter, oils and fatty substances, has been arraigned before a police magistrate on the charge of failing to pay a board bill. The defendant Is said to have incorporated, under the laws of South Dakota, the Northwestern Industrial Company, with a capital of $300,000,000 to take up his invention. Of this amount, it is averred, the inventor set aside $00,000,000 for the benefit of the employes of the company. They were to have libraries and homes built for them, and a generous amount to take care of them when disabled by accident or sickness. He has been working on the scheme of this company since lilrtJ. and said that he had retained a prominent law firm to draw up the necessary papers by which his valuable patent could be conveyed to the Industrial Company. After hearing the complaint. Magistarte Ommen held De la Vergne in the custody of his counsel for a further hearing. William S. Coursey. formerly private secretary to Police Commissioner Greene, says he was engaged by De la Vergne last August to act as his secretary. The salary was large and he was to have a goodly block of stock in the new company, but alleges that up to date he has received exactly $3.30 in cash. JUMPED FROM A WINDOW. Deed of a Woman Who Und Deen DeRerted by Her Husband. NEW YORK. Nov. 3. Abandrned by her husband ten days ago, and apparently crazed by anxiety, Mrs. Susie Abrahams has Jumped from a window in her rooms in an East Fourth-street tenement. She died instantly. Her ten-year-old daughter was with her when she threw open the window. When the child realized what her mother was about to do she grasped her skirts and exerted her utmost strength, but the frantic woman beat her off and having broken away from the little hands she leaped out. Neigh bors found the child weeping on the side walk over the dead body. Moaeiy Conimllon at Chlcnfro. CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Members of the Alfred Mosely educational commission visited various educational institutions here to-day About twenty members of the commission have arrived, the others being expected by to-morrow. To-night a. general meeting of the members was held, at which the visitors discussed the places they have visited.

GOWDY CAME UP SMILING

STEPPED FROM TRAIN RVXXIXG AT RATE OP FIFTY MILKS AN HOUR. Shocking; Death of Monon llrakeman Extra Conductor Killed at Washington Other Accidents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind.. Nov. 3. A narrow escape fnom horrible death occurred tonight to Henry Gowdy, a New York city tailor, who, with his wife, was en route to Evansvllle on the Evansvllle & Terre Haute fast train near Standard, north of Vlncennes. Gowdy stepped from the train that was running fifty miles an hour. Conductor Stinson ordered the train backed and when a search for the mangled body was made Gowdy walked up to the terrified passengers and smilingly said he was not hurt but that his hat was lost. Gowdy's young wife saw him fall and swooned, but she had regained consciousness when Vincennes was reached. DRAKE5IAVS AWFUL FATE. Monon Employe Killed While Switching? Near Bedford. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind.. Nov. 3.-Frank Wildman, aged about twenty-five years, a Ionon brakeman on the switching train, met a horrible death this morning while switching in the yards at the Perry Matthews Ruskirk quarry. He was setting a brake on the front end of a car, using a lever thrust through the wheel, when the wheel flew off on account of the lack of a nut on the brake rod top. He was thrown to the track and three cars passed over him, tearing him almost to shreds. He was cut in two, both head, body and limbs In a dozen different places. He lived in this city, and had been married but a short time, coming here from Dover Hill, Martin county. ELDERLY WOMAN MISSING. Sirs. William Hennessey, of Marlon, Strays from Home. 0 Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Nov. 3. The disappear ance of Mrs. William Hennesey, aged sixtyfour, feeble and broken down in health, is most puzzling. She has not been seen since last Wednesday. Her husband, who is six ty-three years old, is almost crazed with grief over her absence. It Is believed that Mrs. Hennesey s mind is affected, and for this reason fears are entertained for her safety. She has been in poor health for five months and she often threatened to kill herself. She and her husband lived in South Marlon at a point but a few blocks from the river. She was seen by neighbors to leave her home early Wednesday morning, walk ing toward the river. Since that time all trace of her has been lost. ASKED TO SEE HIS BROTHER. Shocking Accident Near 3IIchlfiran City Has Pitiful Result. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 3.-George Wenderski, the thirteen-year-old son of Joseph Wenderski, residing near this city who was' accidentally shot by his brother yesterday, died late last night. Death was due to shock and loss of blood. The In jured boy showed remarkable Improvement after being given medical attention yestery Shortly before death he asked, to see his brother. Just before the heartbroken lad could be summoned the injured boy was taken with a sinking spell. and death followed shortly. . STRUCK BY YARD ENGINE. "Extra" D. & O. Conductor Killed at Washington, Ind. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., Nov. S. James Farrell, an extra conductor on the B. & O. S. W. Railway, while sitting on the railroad track near the depot in this city about 11 o'clock last night was struck by a yard engine and died In a couple of hours from injuries .received. He appeared to be either asleep or in a stupor and no one can account for his presence in the railroad yards at that time of night, as he was not at work. Ills home was at Seymour, where the widow and five daughters survive him. His remains were taken to Seymour this afternoon. ONE KILLED, MANY' HURT. Dad Accident on Danville. 111. Trolley Line. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111., Nov. 3. One man was killed and twenty-one persons Injured In a street-car accident to-night, at 11:35, at Vermillion .Heights, a business suburb of Danville. The car was running at a high rate of speed and jumped the track in rounding a curve, rolling down an embankment. Lee H. Ashley, of Danville, was instantly killed. The car was completely demolished. Sudden Death of Veteran. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Nov. 3. With a plate of bread in his hands, which he was carrying into the dining room from the kitchen, and within the sight of 1,700 veterans seated in the dining room at the Soldiers Home, Nathan Modlln. a member of the home and one of the table waiters, fell dead this morning during the breakfast hour. J. E. Martin, one of Modlin's friends, who was seated at a table, saw Modlln fall in death and was so affected that he fell from his chair in a faint. Modlln served with the Fifty-third Indiana Volunteers during the civil war. Hotel Proprietor Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NASHVILLE, Ind., Nov. 3. William L. Ferguson, prominent citizen and proprietor of the Ferguson Hotel of this place, came near losing his life last night while on his way home from Bloomington. He was thrown out of his buggy into a ditch upon a pile of rock. His head was terribly bruised and cut. His nose was cut squacely in two and he lay unconscious b3r the road side until picked up by travelers. Injured In Fall from Hay mow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSIIVILLE, Ind., Nov. 3.-Willlam Mitchell, a young farmer near Orange, suffered serious injuries in a fall from a hay mow at his home this morning. Resides being badly bruised about the body and shoulders his left shoulder blade and left knee were broken. He 13 in a very critical condition. Brakeman Killed nt Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Nov. 3. W. L. Hahn, aged about twenty-five, a brakeman employed on the Pennsylvania road, wa killed to-night In the local yards. He fell under tne wheels and was crushed about the head. His home is at Greenville, O. Burns Result in Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JONESBORO, Ind., Nov. 3. Mrs. Stephen Riggs, of Gas City, who was so terribly burned over a week ago, died this morning at 5 o'clock after ten days, of intense suffering. She was conscious up to the time of her death. John Mitchell Detter. NEW YORK. Nov. 3.-John Mitchell, the labor leader, who on his arrival here last lilgnt was sunerius irom aruie siomacn trouble, was much better to-day. He was not connned to ms neu. Schoolma'am Accused of Perjury, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Kov& Prosecuting Attorney Stoll to-day caused the arrest of Miss Gwendolene Kimmel on a charge of

perjury. Last Saturday she made affidavit that Victor Miller confessed to her that he killed Willie Nickel, the crime for which Tom Horne la sentenced to be hanged Nov. 30. and the prosecuting attorney declares she swore falsely. Miss Kimmel was teacher of a public school near the scene of the murder.

' ANOTHER CEANK. Armed Tailor from Brooklyn Tries to See the President. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Lewls Bronsteln, a tailor of Brooklyn, N. Y., came here to-day to see the President and Is being detained at police headquarters pending an official examination into his sanity. He called at the residence of Rabbi Julius Loeb, where he made statements In connec tion with the object of his visit which caused the rabbi to turn him over to the police. When searched a loaded .2S-caliber revolver and several loose cartridges were found upon him. Bronsteln claimed that his nephew had tried to kill him. His ob ject in wishing to see the President was to ask the President to use his Influence in preventing any further attempts on his life. lironstein relatives have been communicated with. SALE OF ELECTRIC LINE LAKE CITIES ELECTRIC RAILWAY PROPERTY UNDER HAMMER. No Bid Less Than $ 40,000 to Be Mad Allesed Graft at Michigan City to Be Investigated. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 3.-On Thursday, Dec. 10, the sale of the Lake Cities Electric Railway property in this city will take place at the courthouse in Laporte. The sale will be held at noon and will be conducted by N. C. Butler, special master In chancery. No bid less than $40,000 will be entertained and each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for 5,000. The present outlook is that the bid ding for the system will be spirited, there being several interurban companies anxious to secure control of the plant for the puavpose of making it a feed station for lines that are under construction between Chicago and Eastern points. The intimation of gTaft that was brought out at a meeting of the Common Council two weeks ago during a controversy In the aldermanic body, in which Mayor Krueger and five councilmen were accused of block ing the improvement work on the system of the Lake Cities Electric Railway Company, of which Russell B. Harrison, of Indianapolis, is president, from all appearances has been dropped for the present. The word, however, has been passed around that when the Superior Court grand jury convenes in this city two weeks hence it will be asked to investigate the charges. It is possible also that the grand Jury will be asked to investigate charges of graft in matters pertaining- to pavement assess ments. At a meeting of the Council held last nig-ht property owners on a street affected by a recent paving contract asked a reduction In the assessment, threatening to pursue the matter to the grand Juryroom if their request is not granted. KOKOMO'S INDUSTRIAL BOOM. Dearth of Skilled Mechanic! Delaying Contractors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 3. There Is a dearth of skilled mechanics in Kokomo that Is delaying much new construction. The contractors on the Carnegie library, the coliseum, bridge building, the new postoffico and many brick business rooms say they cannot get help enough. Work on the Kokomo, Marlon & Western interurban and the Indianapolis Northern traction lines is hindered by the scarcity of laborers. The Kokomo, Marlon & Western 1 working night and day In this city, double tracking and extending the lines. Electric lights are placed along the streets so the men can see to work. Both companies are straining every nerve to get possession of the streets and crossings first to save the expense of track crossings and frogs, which must be borne and thereafter maintained by the latest comer. GRANT COUNTY' FARMERS READ. Mall Taken Oat by Rnral Carrier Indicates It. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' MARION, Ind., Nov. 3. The fourteen rural route carriers out of the Marion postoffice delivered 93,710 articles of mall during the month of October. Of this number 71,004 of the articles were newspapers, showing that the farmers are good readers and keep posted on the happenings of the world. The total number of letters delivered was 9.5S2, and the number collected was 6,007, Indicating that the farmers are Just a bit behind in their correspondence. Th. financial receipts for the Marlon postoffice during October were $4,239.77. WAST WIRES UNDERGROUND, Richmond Council Favors Conduit System for Main Street. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Nov. 3. The City Council has begun a movement to get the poles and wires of the telephone, telegraph, electric light and street car companies, now on Main street, underground. The matter has been put in the hands of a special committee for investigation. The Council has decided to await a report of the finance committee as to the management of the new hospital proposed for the city before transferring the $10,000 recently voted to the Institution over to its officers. FENN RESIGNS. lie Will Be at the Head of a New Printing Company. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 3. The W. B. Conkey Company, of this city, has received the resignation of P. D. Fenn, its first vice president. Mr. Fenn will head a new company, capitalized at 550,000, called the Metropolitan Press, with general offices in Chicago, to do a printing and publishing business. Special Election Called. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Nov. 3. A petition was filed with the county commissioners here to-day for a special election In Jackson township, the township In which Seymour is situated, to vote on the proposition to grant a 2 per cent, subsidy to the Indiana Central Electric Railway. The subsidy tax in this township would amount to about $64,000, which looks pretty big for the taxpayers. A similar petition was filed at Columbus for an election in Wayne township, Bartholomew county, asking for $24,000. These elections will probably be held Dec. 2. Kokomo Sovr Has Meter Gas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 3. Natural gas meters are now being installed in Kokomo houses and the city Is having its first experience burning gas by the thousand. The companies furnish the meters free of charge to the consumers and do the connecting without expense to patrons. The meters, where the property owners do not object, are being placed In front yards of residences and covered with boxes. The rate, established by ordinance and accepted by the companies, is 25 cents per 1,000 feet. Acre Dispute Settled. RIO JANEIRO. Nov. 3. The Acre territory dispute between Bolivia and Brazil has been settled. The treaty on the subject will be signed this week, aud will be published after it receives the approval of Coogresa. The principal points which were under consideration In the dispute were whether the territory beyond the tenth degree of latitude shall become Brazilian territory. Brazil to pay Bolivia $5.000,000, and allow Bolivia the right to send Acre products to Brazilian ports on the Amazou river.

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Weighed Only Five I Pounds. Restless, Cried Day J and Night. Dr. J Miles Nervine Did Winders, Cured Her. A Utile over two years 0 I had a little, nerroil? baby who weighed only five pounds at birth. At first she was restless and cross and si 'er she was four weeks old she cried day s jd night, and would not sleep without narcotic. She was so nervous th&t we did not dale to move when she did sleep a short time, fii she would wake screamiug as thougli she was going to have a fit. We called h doctor; he calkd it infantile colic; said U could relieve her, could not cure her. After i short time the e&ect of his medicine wore fff and I was in despair. I tried ail known home remedies and innumerable Eitert' medicines. At last I fare her r. Mies Restorative Nervine and she was tif f and slept without narcotics. Sine that Urne I have used a dozen bottles and wtuld not be without it I am now civ ine ito another baby and It hss the saro enectJimmediate reliei cvjjs.' 'Mrs. Viacent 2 dek, Verona. M. V. ThJee years aro I was taken -with nervous prostration, which brought on heart trouble, and n heart would palpitate at every little noise.' I had smothering spells so that at times I would nearly sink away. I rot one bottle Jeach of Dr. Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure slid I could feel rood results from the first fy doses. They nave since effected a permanent cure, I recommend Dr. Miles' Kemclics to all who suffer as I did."-Älrs. G. C limes, Fairmont, Nebraska. AU irurgists sell and guarantee first bottle Dr-'Miles Remedies. Send for free book on NcKous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. M es Medical Co, Elkhart, lad. staIe grange to meet IXTEnteSTIXG PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR "WARSAW SESSION. ! State J&alry Association Will Convene at i'lymonth Dec. lO mnd 11 LI f brary Institute. Spclal w tb. Indian polia Journal. LAP(RTE, Ind., Nov. 3.-U S. Fitch, of La port? county, chairman of the executive comml e of the Indiana State Grange, has Just is.ied the announcement for the thlr-ty-th'rJ annual session, which will be held Dec. 8 .o 10 at "Warsaw. The tesslons will be hebt in the Red Men's Hall.. At Tuesday's meeting- there will be music by theWaraaf Grange, organization and reports of the lommitteo on credentials and tha reports ci the officers. The State master will then driver hia annual address. In the afternoon "there will be speeches by Walter BrubaV'er, Hon. Aaron Jones, National Grange Capt. A. G. Wood, L. V. Robertson any Milton Trusler. Wednesday morning th- convention will consider various resolut ons and will receive the report or the coy imittee on co-operatlom In the afternoon and evening degree work will bo . given by various granges. Thursday theunflnlf iied business will be considered and the of'cers for the ensuing year elected and in&alled. : Sjf'ATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. Projrrjtmnie of Convention to De Held I at rirmoath. PLYMOUTH. Ind., Nov. 3.-The following programme is announced for the fourteenth, annual! convention of the Indiana Stato Dairy Association, to be held at Plymouth, Ind., Ijec. 10 and U, 1903J "Building up of Dairy fllerd and Business," Mrs. Charles Lamort; "The Dairy Barn." W. J. Rippey; "Why a Have Turned Dairyman," II. k McMaJan; the noted institute lecture on "Corn and Clover," "Building up a Rundown iFarm, etc.." "Feeding the Dairy Herd,' 'i D. B. Johnson. A ncled Wisconsin dairyman and writer will vfit fifty farms, noting number and, kind f cows kept, feed used and result secure.', and present a full report of th yield ff milk and cost of production for one year. Thursday, at 5:30 p. m., a banquet v&ll be served. The first prize butter and ceese will be served. Prof. II. II. Dean, .)f the Ontario Agricultural College, will sf eak on some phase of Canadian dalryiiU. "Development of the City Millc Ilusimts," I. O. Johnson, Grand Rapids, Mich.;! "The Troubles of tho City Milk Man." I. li. Calvin; "Hand Separator from the Cr ameryman's Point of View," W. V. Cliffor ; "How I Ripen Cream," C. F. llostetter; "Starters Their Value and Use," II. M. Sla er, Purdue University; "Pasteurized Creami and Butter," Prof. 11.. II. Dean, Canad reading of prize essays on cost of producing milk and butter, demonstration butter. scoring, Prof. II. E. Van Norman and UiM. Slater. The awarding of a handsome liver cup to the maker of scoring entry f creamery butter, dairy butter and cheese made in Indiana. Silve cups valued at 25 to 150 will ba award d to the maker of the highest scoring er ry of creamery butter, dairy butter and cl -ese. A pro-rata fund will be divided amontl those scoring 90 or over, except that if 'the winners of the cups are not present when warded they will not share In the pro-raca. fund. Entries from outside the State IJiay share in the pro-rata fund. For entry flanks and rules address Secretary li. iu. f an it rorman, Lafayette, Ind, i IDRARY INSTITUTE WORK. joays Two Session at Carnegie brary, Pern. LI. 6pecIalto the Indianapolis Journal. PEIJ. Ind., Nov. 3. The library institute ivr the district consisting of Miami Waba?h, Huntington and Kosciusko coun ties ttgan a two days' session to-day at the Carnegie Public Library here. Mrsj Elizabeth Earl, of ConnersvWs, repref nts the state library commission Miss hoagland. state organizer, and Miss Reyncfds. representing the traveling libraries, 13th from Indianapolis, are also here. AmonJ- the people of local and wider promlnencf who will be on the programmes ara Hon. Jamcs F. Stutesman, Peru; Mrs. I!ohbi;k. president of the Indiana Union of Literary Clubs, Wabash; Miss Phelp, ilbrart instructor, Albany,, N. Y.; Mlfi Harter, librarian at Huntington, and oth.rrj The attendance is satisfactory and the possibilities of the session are promts Ing. I VIOLENTLY INSANE. The -Police Hare a Straggle with Charles B. Domman. BIcjt:lemen Simon and Morgan last night had I desperate fight with Charles B. Boustian, 124 Hermann street, who became vlolerf ly Insane and attempted to kill his moth and sister. Finally, with the assistance ff several neighbors, they succeeded in horling him until the arrival of the patrol v&on. ' It tock the combined efforts of five ren to put him in the wagon, and all the wjy to the police station he fought and tugscc at the iron chains which bound him to hl.-4 seat. At the police station he made a deh-rate fight for his freedom, and six men iad a hard task placing him in a cell. His case is one of the most violent which the police have had to deal with In manylyears. Cigarette smoking, it la said, is th' cause of nls insanity. j ; ' Colored Child Murdered. SPINGFIELD. 111., Nov. 3.-The remains of VUla Cranberry, aged fourteen years, were jfound in an alley a short distance fromjhe Chicago & Alton passenger station to-da?. The body was badly mutilated. The polled have so far been unable to secure a clew the perpetrators of the crime. The girl lift her home early last evening and was ot afterwards seen alive. She is colortft and lived with her Barents in th I east Ind of the cJU.

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