Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 332, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1903 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1903.

IN HANDS OF THE JURY i Blind For Years, Now Sees WEATHEB TO CONTINUE FAIR. HOOPER YET AT LARGE TWO THEORIES OF POISON INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT. FAVORED BY MERCHANTS So Ckancp Throughout Indiana. Today, Exernf liclier Temperature. Mra. S. C. "Wlllard. Liberty vllle. 11.. Heseued from Blladaeaa by Dr. Ores Oneal. wltb THE 1 DISSOLVENT METBOSa INVOLVED IN FOtR DEATHS l PI -LASKI COUNTY FAMILY. DESIRED BY ENGINEERS AD FIREMEN Ofl THE MOXOX. PROPOSED BILL TO MEP INTERSTATE-COMMERCE LAW. CASE OF JESSE M'CLl'RE, WHO MI RDERED HIS TWO Hll.DiU . XO TRACE FOIAD OF THE SLAVER OF MARSH L I'Vl L i One la That Ptomaines Killed Them and the Other that Muriatic Acid Was Mixed with Sardines. Engineers Ilnve Formulated Their Demand nnd the Firemen Will Send a Committee to Chicago. Lafayette Association Objects to FrelRht Rnte Dinrrlminatioii and Urses LcKialative Remedy. Rebuttal Testimony, Argumenta and Chara;e to the Jnry Accomplished at Yesterday's Court Session. Recklessness of the Officer In Part the Caaae of His Death, as He Had Been Warned to Be Careful.

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WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: Indiana Fai? on Saturday and Sunday; warmer on Saturday; fresh south winds. Illinois Fair and warmer on Saturday; fresh to brisk south winds. Sunday partly cloudy. Ohio Fair and warmer on Saturday and Sunday; fresh to brisk south winds. Kentucky Fair and warmer on Saturday and Sunday. Lower Michigan Partly cloudy and warmer on iturday; increasing south Winds. Sunda- rain or snow and cooler. Missouri Fa;r on Saturday and Sunday; warmer on Saturday. Wisconsin partly cloudy and warmer on Saturday; increasing south winds. Rain or snow on Sunday. Minnesota i-'artly loudy on Saturday, with warmer in eastern portion. Sunday rain or snow -ind colder; winds shifting to brisk north weft. North Dakota and South Dakota Fair on Saturday, wit colder in central and westam portions. Sunday fair and colder. Iowa Fair on Saturday and Sunday; warmer on Saturday. Nebraska Flair n Saturday, with warmer In eastern por-ion. Sunday fair and colder. Kansas- f 'air- on Saturday and Sunday; Colder on Sunday. Loral Observation on Friday. Bar. Te:n. R.H. Wind. Weath. Pre. 3 a.m.. 30.38 W 86 North. Clear. .00 T p.m.. MS iJ 82 South. Cloudy. .00 Maximum temperature, 28; minimum temperature. 14. Comparative; statement of mean temperature and total, precipitation on Nov. 27: Tern. Pre. Normal 26 .12 Mean L'l .00 Departure 15 .12 Departure for month H 1.93 Departure stove Jan. 1 23 7.67 W. T. BLYTHK. S- otion Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. 7 a. m. Max. 7 p. m. Abilene. Tex Amaiillo. Tex. Atlanta, Ga Bismarck. N L Buffalo. N. V. Cairo, 111 Calgary. N. W. T Chattanooga. Tenn Cheyenn-. Wyj Chicago, 111 Cincinnati. O ('Iceland. Ü Columbus. O. Concordia. Kan Davenport. Ia Denver. Col Dodge City. Km Dubutiin . Ia Duluth. Minn Fl Paso, Tex Galveston. Tex Grand Junction. Col Grand Rapids, Mich It a vre, Mont Huron. S. D Helena. Mont Jacksonville i'la Kansas Cit v. Mo Lander. Wyo Little Rock. Ark Louisville. Ky Marquette, Mi:h Sruphis. Tenn od' na. Ctah Montgomery. Ala Nashville. Tenn Svew Orleans, ra ew York. N. Y Norfolk. Va .: North Platte. Neb

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Oklahoma. O. T Omaha. Neb . ; Palestine. Tex Parkersburg, vV. Va. Philadelphia. Pa Pittsburg. la Pueblo. Col Qu Appelle. . W. T Rapid City. S. D St. Louis, Mo St. Paul. Min n Salt Lake Cit. Utah. Ran Antonio, Tex Santa Fe, N. T Shreveport, Lu Sprinatteld. Ill Springfield. Mo Valentine, Neb "Washington. V. C "Wichita, Kan December Weather. The following data, covering a period of thirty-two years, have been compiled from the Weather Bureau records at Indianapolis by W. T. HI thv. director of th- Indiana section of the Weather Bureau: Temperatur -Mean or normal temperature. 33 degrees. The warmest month was that of 1877. with an average of 46 degrees. The co dest month was that of 1876, with an average of 23 degrees. Th highest temperature was SB degrees, on Dec. 31, The lowest temperature was 15 degrees, an Dec. t. 1876. Average data on which first "killing" frost occurred in autumn, Oct. 22. Average for tre month. 3.05 inches. Average occurred in sp'inK. April 15. Precipitation (rain and m lrd snow) Average for the month. 5.05 inches. Average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, twelve. The greatest monthly precipitation was 6.05 lnch-s in 1884. Th least monthly preclpltat' n cas .90 inch in 1S76. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any twenty-fo ir consecutive hours was 3.46 Inches on Dec. 3. 173. The greatest amount f snowfall -r r-!ei in any twenty-four consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 1884-85 only i was 6.3 inches on Doc. 14. 1W Clouds and Weather Average number of Clear days, si.x; partly cloudy days, nine; Cloudy days, sixteen. Wind The onvaillng winds have been from the south. The highest velocity of the Wind was forty-eight miles from the southwest on Dec. 3, ISC. mm DEMANDED $500. Youth Held to Coart for I hrentenlnjc to Illow up a Hotel. CHICAGO, Nov. 27. Charles Wright, the seventeen-year-old youth who caused considerable excl'emeut among the guests of the Plaza Hotel some time ago bv writing a letter to Manager Hill demanding $500 under threat of blowing up the plane with dynamite, wa held to the Criminal Court In $1.300 bond to-day. Wright confessed to having written the letter to Manager Hill. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. -Philadelphia, from Southampton and Cherbourg, reported by Wireless telegraph as passim; Nanturket lightship at 3. JO p. m. La Touraine, from Havre, n '. b wireless telegraph off the Nantucket lightship at 8:50 p. m. QUÄENSTOWN. Nov. JT.-Arrlved: Commonwealth, fr m Boston, for Liverpool and ?.roced-d. Sailed: Cretlc, from Liverpool, or Boston. CHIuRBOCFO. Nov. 27. Sailed: Moltke. from Hamburg and Southampton, for New York, CO PENH AO E X Nov. 17. - Arri v L-land. from New York via Christiansand. FAS TN ET, Nov. 27 Passed: Umbria, from New Yoi k. for Liverpool. GIBRALTA U. Nov. 27. Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck, from New York. KOVILLK, n -' Sailed: Ionian, from Liverpool, for Halifax. HAVRE. Nov. 27. Arrived: La 8a vole, from New Yo-k. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 37.-Sailed: Covlc. for New York. A til AHA IKED CIRC I OR PILES. Itching. Blliv . LU!ding or Pro tri! In PUe Tour druggist will refund money If PAZO ODfTMJSNT fails to curs you in to 14 days. Me.

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RESIDENTS OF FA IRMOt T TRI ST TO DI E LM Vi. Pit Ot ESS. Search Has lleen Conducted Carefully I nder the Outdance of Officers Excitement Is Still High. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FAIRMOCXT, Ind.. Nov. LT.-Excitement still is high in this city over the shooting of Marshal James Payne yesterday afternoon by Harry Hooper. Business men have almost abandoned thlr vocations and the shooting remains the chief topic of conversation among all classes. Hooper Is still at large, although little groups of men and a number of officers have been going over the country tor miles around in the hope of bringing him to Justice. So far their efforts have been entirely fruitless, although all kinds of rumors have been afloat since the tragedy. Owing to the many rural telephones which are connected with this city the news traveled with great speed and the operators in both exchanges are working in relays, so great has been the anxiety of the people to learn the progress of the chase. The wildest kind of rumors seem to start in some manner, regarding the progress of the man hunt, only to later be pronounced untrue. As the time goes on and Hooper continues to elude his searchers the latter seem the mors determined to effect his capture. Additional officers came from Marion this afternoon and were driven to the country where Hoover is supposed to be hiding, southeast of town, but at this time no real developments have taken place since the disbanding of the citizen's posse, before last midnight. Vh"n the coldness of the night is taken into consideration and that no preparation had been made by the fugitive for his mad flight, the opinion on all sides seems to be that he cannot possibly escape. The excitement of yesterday has given away to a feeling of grief and awe over the untimely death of Marshal Payne, and the funeral of the officer to-morrow afternoon at his home on South Henley avenue will be largely attended. The business houses of the town will be closed during the time of the services and interment. Marshal Payne spent twenty years of his life on the Western plains, and helped to build the tirst house which was constructed iu Wichita, Kan. He was afraid of no man. An example of this trait is shown in the fact that he was warned yesterday by the magistrate who aaWSd the warrant for Hooper's arrest that he had a desperate man to deal with, aud to be careful. This same recklessness was the cause of his untimely end, for he did not take the precaution of searching Hooper when the arrest was made. On the other hand, some idea of the desperateness of Hooper can be gained by the manner in which he did the shooting. After pushing both officers away from htm with a heavy shove he dropped to his right knee and calmly faced the officer, firing four shots lu quick succession, later emptying his gun at his pursuers, thn calmly directing his steps towards the corporation line, walked all the way until the crowd of pursuers came too close, and. not having time to reload his revolver, he ran swiftly for miles Into the country and covered his trail. Hundreds of persons have visited the scene of the shooting since yesterday. The tree on the east side of Main street, behind which Hooper made his stand, was pierced by two of the officers' bullets three feet from the ground, which, had they taken effect in Hooper's body, probably would have been fatal. The home of Mac Schultz, on the west side of the same street, where Marshal Payne was standing behind a tree, was entered twice by the desperado's bullets, one of them being found lying on the bed when the family retired for the night. An autopsy was hold last night on the body of Marshal Payne and showed that the aorta had been pierced by the bullet at (he point where It Joins the heart. The I coroner is holding an inquest at this time and while he has given out no Information, it is a foregone conclusion that his verdict wll! be that Payne came to his death as the result of a gunshot wound, maliciously administered by Harry Hooper, now at large. The wild dispatches which have been sent out from various points in the county that Hooper would ba lynched If caught, have no foundation at this time, as this is not the cui-rent of opinion, by any means. On the other hand, the citizens of this city would aid the officers, were it necessary, in placing him safely in Jail, then demand a quick and fair trial and conviction, and thnt the full penalty of the law be meted out to the murderer. The entire populace has ig rningly settled down to-night to await developments. PUBLICAN ACQUITTED. His Bartender Had Violated Orders nnd the Nicholson Law. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Nov. 27. Horace A. Fogle. charged with allowing others than himself and family in his saloon, corner of Ninth street and Macedonia avenue, was acquitted in Police Court. It was held by Mayor 8hcrritt that where instructions were given by the proprietor of a saloon to his bartender not to allow any person in the saloon after hours on Sunday or on legal holidays the proprietor cannot be held responsible if there are violations, and. at the samo time, according to a decision of the Appellate Court, there is no law to reach the bartender. This decision, if sustained, would practically mean that the Nicholson liquor law may be easily overcome by saloon men if they instruct their bartenders to obey the law and the latter refuse to do so. INDIANA NOTES. GREEN? BÜRO. The differences between E. E. Doles and the C. C. C. & St. L. Railway over the right of way at the former's spoke and rim factory have been settled out of court and the pile driving crew has been taken off. Mr. Doles wanted $6,000 for the strip of land, but has decided to accept i the offer of the company, which was $3.400, and the latter is to do pome filling cast of the factory and put in a new switch. HARTFORD CITY. -Hartford City municipal employes received a Thanksgiving present of a substantial nature. Lewis Piper, the chief engineer at the waterworks plant, received an Increase In salary of from $30 to $9) a month, and Joseph Perry, the night engineer, from $45 to $. Joseph Edens, of the fire department, nlso received an Increase of from $50 to $60. LAPO KT E. Charles A. Lonn. of the Great Western Manufacturing Company, of this city, while automobile riding at Grand Rapids. Mich., had a narrow escape from instant death. The auto in which he uml a fritnil were rl.linr fi llMwt with flit i - - - a v M " U street ear. Both were thrown out, knocked p.m-onsclous and badly injured, but will recover. GREENCASTLE. Dr. John M. Coulter, of the University of Chicago, and Prof. Jesse Brumbaugh, of De Pauw University, are the instructors before the Putnam County Teachers' Association, which is in session in this city. The former speaks on natural science topics and the latter on sociology. LEI. A XON. George Corrlgan. who was injure! on the night of Nov. 7 by a fall on a defective sidewalk, ha brought suit for damages against the city of Lebanon for $5.000. TERRE HAUTE The damage suit against the Vandalia brought by Joseph Kennedy, a boy who wa struck by a Vandadlraln, has been compromised for $750. PORTLAND. The Jay County Teachers' Association is holding its annual two days' HeHsion in this city. Dr. Edward Chuhfc, of Ohio Uuiversity, is the principal instructor.

Soeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WINAMAC, Ind.. Nov. 27. There is intense excitement among the citizens of the village of Pulaski over certain developments surrounding the poisoning of the M ller and Johns families. Hard, white specks that resemble granulated sand were found mixed with the vinegar and mustard of the canned sardines eaten by the Millers and Johns last Friday night. To-day four burial caskets stand side by side in the home of the Millers, containing the remains of Jacob Miller, Frank and Kate Miller, husband and wife, and her father. John Johns. They were Roman Catholics, and one week ago to-day they had eaten from a can of mixed vinegar, mustard and sordines. Monday night the two Miller brothers complained of a ylii'.rge blindness, and retired to their rooms. On Wednesday night they died from strangulation. Tuesday Mrs. Kate liiHa and ner father were attacked in a similar manner, and they died late Tuesday night. Three of the Miller children rejected tne sardines on account of a bitter taste. Public opinion is divided as to the cause of the deaths. Physicians state that it was from ptomaine poison; others claim it was poisoning caused by muriatic acid mixing with the vinegar and mustard during the tinners' process of sealing the can. Examination of the can and contents shows the inside of the can to be rust-eaten, and tiny white, hard specks, similar to tine sand, were found. The sardines appear to have been decayed before they were put into the box and sealed. Jacob Miller some time ago made a will bequeathing his portion of farm lands to his brother's children, and Mrs. Kate Miller had done likewise for her children. MANY GUESTS ATCULVER

AMOXG THEM IS CONGRESSMAN HE MEN WAV, OF "THE POCKET.' Artillery Salute and a Battalion Parade for the Representative Urilliunt Thanksgiving Ball. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. CULVER, Ind., Nov. 27. The Hon. James A. Hemenway is the Thanksgiving guest of honor at Culver. For the time being the affairs of party and committee have been left behind in Washington in order that a small, gray-coated cadet may be made happy by having his father with him during Thanksgiving. A salute of thirteen guns and a review of the battalion have been tendered the distinguished visitor. No leave of absence is granted at Culver on Thanksgiving, so the cadets lure their friends away from their home turkey with an invitation to witness parades, drills. rough riding and a good football game and to participate in a military ball on Thanksgiving night. Several hundred visitors have responded, and almost every gray-coated youngster is strutting proudly alongside of a pretty girl from his own or somebody else's home town or is shewing mother and father about the post and explaining in detail how they do things at Culver. The ball last evening was one of the prettiest In Culver's history. At 9 p. m. a cannon thundered forth at the entrance of the gymnasium, and simultaneously a football dropped to the ballroom floor from some unseen source; a blaze of red and white electric lights flashed into existence, the music start' d and twelve cadet officers with their partners waltzed out, saluted the chaperons and formed for the opening figure. A little marching and counter-marching, with the aid of strips of white bunting, shortly evolved a very fair representation of a football field. Through this the football team trotted to the other end of the room and the members were then escorted by the young ladies, under the clashing swords of their partners, thus signifying the supremacy of the knights of the gridiron at this particular season. The opening figure was led by Cadet Cuptain Jaqulth, of Omaha, with Miss James, of Indianapolis. A novel feature of the drills has been the cadets scaling, without apparatus, a smooth ten-foot wall, averaging four seconds to each cadet in going over. In the riding hall, also, new "stunts" have been added to the remarkable rough riding of the Black Horse Troop, notable among these the mount to stand from the rear. In which cadets Jump from the ground over the croups of their horses to a standing position on their backs. The battalion was reviewed by Mr. Hemenway at 10 o'clock this morning. The cadets wore the striking winter uniform of blue overcoats with red capes, white cross belts and y.ieaming brass breast and belt plates. In the manual of arms two hundred rifles clicked snapplly from movement to movement, as if one piece, and the lines. In both double and juiok time, were faultle.-p. Mr. Hemenwny expressed himself as highly pleased with the proficiency of the battalion. Among the guests from Indianapolis and vicinity are Mrs. Fauvre. the Misses Fauvre, Mrs. Horce C. Starr. Miss Marie Starr, Mrs. De Prez. Miss Woolen, Miss Webb and Miss James. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Schräder, Miss Schräder. Mrs. J. I. Dissette, Miss Bugbee, Mr. Ford Woods. FOUND A PURSE. Anhnrn Man Had a Good Time witu Another's Money. N Auburn (Ind.) Dispatch. Monday lien Conners had a gold piece of the value of $20. He broke the twenty to pay a bill and had $18 left. This money he placed in a small purse and later lost it dropped It instead of putting it into his pocket. He was about to advertise when he learned that Dan Carey had fallen into a streak of luck. "Dan" had found the ourse where Mr. Conner had dropped it and ! went out to have a good time. In fact It I was a windfall for Carey, who had been playing in hard luck. The coin came easy and went easy. Mr. Conner swore out a warrant for Carey's arrest and the matter I j - M we i i w is in tne nanus oi aaarsnai Lannum as we go to press. Will Play Cards for Charity. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 27. All the euchre clubs in Kokomo will assemble In the Elks' clubhouse next Tuesday evening and play euchre for charity. About 500 invitations are out and the admission fee of 50 cents will raise a handsome sum to be turned over to the Hoard of Charities. The specific purpose of the fund is to establish a public hospital in the city. This method of raising funds for charity is new here and promises to be a sueo ss. To Johnson County's Soldler. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind.. Nov. 27. A movement has been start d to erect in Franklin a monument to the memory of Johnson county soldiers who participated in the Mexican, civil aud Spanish-American wars. John T. Vauter. a wealthy citizen, has started the fund with a subscript ion ,,f $5.000. It is expected that th" commissioners will make a substantial appropriation. The monument will be er "ted in the courthouse park. Fancy Price for Plymouth Rocks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSUURG. Ind.. Nov. 27.-W. R. Fishel, a poultry dealer of Hope, has shipped a consignment of thirteen white Plvmout Roek '-hickens to the island of Java that bought the snug sum of

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LAFAYETTE. Ind., Nov. 27. Monon en- j gineers and firemen following the lead of ! Rig Four employes, have united in requesting a 10 per cent, increase in their wages and to-day a committee of five engineers from the different divisions of the railroad went to Chicago to confer with President W. H. MeDool. The Bis Four having granted the demands of its engineers and firemen for more pay, the MoiK.n men are rirm in their belief that they will get the desired advance. President McDoel. at the last wage conference, assured the representatives of the B. of L. E. that he would pay them the highest wages other railroads in the same territory paid. This promise, the engineers say. will be kept, although they do not intend to strike if their request is denied. The firemen will take similar action and will appoint a committee to call on President McDoel. The freight and passenger engineers and firemen have different schedules, but a general 10 per cent, increase is asked. MADISON SYSTEM BOUGHT. Indianapolis Men Secure a New Link for '1 motion System. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Nov. 27. It is announced to-night that the Southern Traction Company of Indiana, represented by Messrs. Hubbard, Yoder and Rominger, of Indianapolis, have purchased the plant and property of the Madison Light and Railway Company, of this city. This means the street car system Is to be a part of the electric railroad from Hanover to North Madison. Madison and Lamb. This central system is to be the hub from which the spokes will radiate forming electric railway connections with Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati. First Buffet Car Arrive. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind., Nov. 27. The tracks of the Indiana Union Traction Company are crowded with new line cars, substation cars and other new equipment going through this city via Tipton to the IK v Indianapolis Northern. Car 265. a new buffet er.r, with magnificent appointments, went over Friday evening to take up the limited run betw.en Tipton and Indianapolis. The car will leave Tipton on its first trip Saturday morning at 4:55. and will leave every hour thereafter. The time of arrival at Indianapolis Is scheduled for 6:25 one hour and thirty minutes. Will Enlarge the Power House. 8pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE. Ind., Nov. 27. The directors of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company at their meeting this week took action to enlarge the power house under construction here sufficiently to give room for another battery of boilers. This will give the company much more power, making the total energy available under present plans about 4,000 horse power. GAS WASTE LAW VIOLATORS. One Pleads Guilty and Two Are Convicted at Portland. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. 1'oRTLAND, Ind.. Nov. 27. Peter Hamilton, Joseph Whiteman and Dennis Shirk, pumpers in the oil field, were arraigned today on a charge of allowing gas to waste. Hamilton pleaded guilty and the other two were tried and convicted. State Gas Inspector Brice Kinney, of Marlon, was in the city to-day conducting an investigation of alleged violations of the gas-waste law. He said he had found the violations in the Jay and Adams county oil fields the most flagrant and reprehensible with which he has to contend and that he purposes to stop them even if to do so it is necessary for him to take up residence here. WAGES CUT 21 PER CENT. Glass Men Affected hy a Cnt in Prices to the Trade. PITTSBURG, Nov. 27.-The American Flint Glass Manufacturers Association today announced a reduction in prices to the trade from 18 to 14 cents per dozen on onethird pint bottles, and from 21 to 16 cents on one-half pints. As the employes are working on a sliding scale, the reduction in prices will mean a cut of about $1 a day In the wages. About 1,000 men are affected. Several weeks ago the members of the American Flint Glass Workers' T'nion were asked to accept a voluntary reduction of 10 per cent, in order that the manufacturers might meet the competition of the independent concerns. This the workers refused. The manufacturers then cut prices to the trade, and instead of 10 per cent., the reduction in wages will average 21 per cent. INDIANA OBITUARY. SHELBY VILLE, Ind.. Nov. 27.-The death of Mrs. Clark R. Devol occurred here this afternoon after a sickness of only a few weeks. Mr. Devol, her husband, died last Sunday. John W. Worland, a wellknown farmer of Shelby county, died yesterday at the age of seventy years. Besides a wife he leaves three sons and five daughters, among whom is Mrs. James Hendricks, of Tipton. The funeral services will be held on Saturday. WHITESTOWN, Ind., Nov. 27. -Mrs. Elizabeth Marsh, one of the oldest settlers of Boone county, died last night at the home of Thomas M. Shaw, at the age of eighty-seven. She was the widow of James Marsh, an early settler in Boone county, who preceded her to the grave thirty-five years ago. The funeral will be held Saturday at the Marsh cemetery, one of the oldest burial grounds of the county. PORTLAND. Ind.. Nov. 27,-Cady O. Hardy, aged thirty-five, died this morning at his home in this city. He was one of the wealthiest men in the county and for years was secretary of the Jay County Fair Association. Two years in Colorado had failed to improve his health and he returned to his home here to die. Isaac Walker is dead at his home in Pennvllle, aged seenty. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Nov. 27. Mrs. Matilda Herbaugh. aged eighty, who had lived in this county for more than a half century, died to-day of dropsy. The funeral will take place Saturday at 1 o'clock at the house. Interment in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery in this city. THORNTOWN. Ind., Nov. 27 Ed Mofflt died at his home here to-day after a long illness, of consumption. He was in the livery business here for years, and was known over this and other States as a driver of fast horses. He was forty years old and leaves a widow and one son. CANXF.I .TO M . Ind., Nov. 27 John Heubi, proprietor of Acme Hall and the Eagle Hotel of this city, died this morning. He had been sick for several months. He was a member of local lodge L O. O. F. aud of the German Benevolent Society. He will be buried Sunday. SEYMOUR. Ind.. Nov. 27. Mrs. Lola G. Barnes, the wife of ex-Representative 8. A. Barnes, died at the family residence here to-day of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have lived in Seymour about six years, having moved here from North Vernon. Rl'SH VILLE, Ind.. Nov. i7.-Orvall Scott. Rushvll e township assessor, died early this morning after a long sickness with kidney trouble. He was a prominent member of the I niform Rank, Knights of Pythias. NKW ALBANY, Ind., Nov. 27-Joseph Rehmann. a native of this city, was found dead in bed this morning at his home on Water street. Heart diäease was the cause. (! was forty-live years old aud left a family. PARKER Ind., Nov. 27. John R. Scott, a retired farmer and merchant aud a pioneer of Randolph and Delaware counties, died at his home ia this city last uifiht, ugtd seventy -four.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, bat Nov. 27.-The Lafay

cite Rt tail Merchants' Association has sent a memorial to the Fifty-eighth Cougress declaring in favor of the bill defining the powers of the Interstate-commerce Commission, which is to be introduced at the regular session of Congress in December. The memorial says the Elkln3 bill has been proved to b effectual in preventing rebates and riagraut discriminations between different shippers In the same locality. The merchants add that it is the sens of the association that it is equally important that legislation be enacted to prevent unjust discrimination in traffic rates between different sections and localities, something not covered iu the Elkins bill. The memorial continues: "We believe a reform in this particular can only be brought about by conferring authority upon the Interstate-commerce Commission to determine, upon a full hearing, what charge shall be made in a rate of practice found to be discriminative or unreasonable." Copies of the memorial were sent to the president of the Senate and sDeaker of the House, to the chairman of the interstatecommerce committees of House and Senate and to the Indiana congressmen and senators. The action was taken as the result of a charge made by Lafayette wholesalers that this city was being discriminated against by the railroads in the matter of freight charges. Economical Car Wheel Caster. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Nov. 27. A satisfactory test has been made at the car works of a new process for molding and casting car wheels which will largely reduce thrt cost. The plant was put in at a cost of $26.000. FALL BROKE HIS NECK FORMER INDIANAPOLIS MAN KILLED AT MÜNCHS Jacob Judy Had Started Down Stairs for Some Medicine, but Slipped and Fell, Dying; Instantly. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. lud., Nov. 27.-Jacob Judy, aged sixty-seven, of Springfield, O., visiting at the home of his brother-in-law here, A. C. Ware, of No. 925 North Elm street, fell down a flight of stairs to-night at 8 o'clock and broke his neck. Death was instantaneous. Mr. Judy had been sick and wanted some medicine. Unable to make the family hear his call, ho started downstairs and fell. He came here a few days ago from Indianapolis, where he had been in business. His wife was killed in the same manner a few years ago. Load of Shot in His Head. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., Nov. 27. Jesse Towns and Albert Talbert spent Thanksgiving day hunting a few miles south of Morristown, and the latter was perhaps fatally Injured by the accidental discharge of the gun carried by Towns. They were getting ready to return to their homes near Morristown and Talbert was walking a short distance in front of Towns when the accident occurred. Sixteen shot were locab-d in the injured man's skull. It is feared that Inflammation of the brain will result from the accident and that it will result in TaJbert's death. He is about thirty-four years old and has a wife and one child. Cranbed Between Coal Cara. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD, Ind., Nov. 27. While coupilng coal cars at the strawboard works east of this city at 8 o'clock to-night Robert L. Davis, about forty years old, was crushed between the cars and killed. He was taken to his home only a few blocks distant and died in less than half an hour. He was a motorman for the Indianapolis & Eastern traction line, having been an employe of that road since it started. He left a widow and two sons. Killed on a Line Shaft. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 27. William Zollars, of Latonia, Ky., was instantly killed in the plant of the Indiana Wire and Nail Mill Company, in Royceton, this morning, when his clothing caught in the line shafting. The jaws, face and forehead were completely torn away and cannot be found, there being nothing left of the head but the upper and back portions of the skull. Both legs are crushed almost to a pulp. Baby Scalded to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILE, Ind., Nov. 27.-The one-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, at Fairland, was seated on its mother's lap at the breakfast table a few days ago and pulled a kettle over which was filled with boiling coffee. The child was badly scalded and as a result its death occurred yesterday. Killed by a Flylnjr Board. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., Nov. 27.-Reuben Young, aged forty-five, employed In a Wakarusa hoop factory, was instantly killed to-day by being struck under the heart with a piece of board thrown from a gangsaw, at which he was working. BURGLARS ARE ACTIVE. Small Hanla Made at Lafayette and 1 Poney onntj . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 27. Another burglary was added last night to the long list of crimes that have baffled the local police for nearly six months. A lone robber entered the home of Mrs. Marian F. Chase at 72ß Brown street, Just before midnight, while the family was absent and ransacked the building. Entrance was effected by means of a i-aeleton key. When .Mrs. e'hase returned she foi in confusion. Drawers had been rifled and desks and dreers pulled apart. The robber secured Jewelry, money and silver plate to the value of 100. EVANS VILLE,. Ind.. Nov. 27.-Late last night the safe in the general store of Henry Yunker, at Grafton, Posey county, was blown with nitroglycerin. The burglars secured about $20 in money. Bloodhounds have been sent for. CEMENT PLANT AT MARENGO. Will Be Bnllt at Once by a Syndicate of Detroit Men. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Nov. 27-The Kentucky Portland Cement Company of Delaware lias been reorganised by Detroit capitalists, who have taken over the holdings of the Portland Cement Compauy. and will immediately begin the construction of a plant at Marengo. lud. The deal Involves about $400,000. The terms are iu vlfta an exchange of stock.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON. Ind.. Nov. 27. The McClure murder trial was resumed this morning after the adjournment over Thanksgiving and the greater portion of the morning was consumed by the state's rebuttal testimony. A number of McClure's acquaintances testified that he was sane nnd a number of local physicians who examined McClure at the county Jail several days after the crime testified that he was sane at that time. The state's attorney made his opening statement, occupying nearly three hours. He dwelt at length on the distinction between insanity and moral depravity and went into the smallest details of the crime. He refrained from any abuse of the defendant, who sat unmoved during the prosecutor's statement. Attorney Oglebay occupied nearly three hours with his statement for the defense and made a strong plea for the prisoner, forcibly contending that he was insane at the time he committed the crime. Prosecutor Daniels made his closing argument to the Jury at 7 o'clock this evening. The Jury received their instructions from Judge Elliott and at half-psst 8 they filed from the courtroom. There is much speculation as to the verdict, as several of the Jurors are supposed to be in favor of the death penalty. NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.

"Whitley County Farmers Organise One with 500 Subscribers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. P'ORT WAYNE. Ind., Nor. 27.-Whitley county farmers to the number of 500 are in fine spirits over a victory Just secured over the Home Telephone Company, composed of capitalists of Columbia City, the county seat. The Home Telephone Company, after securing subscriptions to the service by a large number of farmers at $1 a month, made fixed charges for toll connections, which made the rental really $1.50 a month. This angered the farmers, who took up a suggestion to organize their own company, secure a franchise for the entire county, with a central exchange in Columbia City aad substations in the small towus of the county. The canvass for subscribers resulted :n a list of 500 of the leading fanners of the county, and they besieged the commissioners for rights of way and the City Council for a county seat franchise. The Home telephone officers mads every effort to secure a new and broader franchise first, and the Council held several sessions, which were notable for bitter controversy. The farmers were offered the plant of tlie Home Telephone Company, but they would make no satisfactory offer. Now they are in position to dictate their own terms, having secured their franchise They propose to give their stockholders free service over the county, putting each in instantaneous communication with the central exchange. The capital stock is $26,000. The officers are: President, R. R. Scott; vice president. C. R. Stoner; secretary and superintendent of construction, John C. Pence; treasurer. C. R. Banks. Others in the board of directors are Frank Briggs. Christopher Born, L. W. Dunfee aud Henry N orris. WILL WORK IN A STORE. Well-to-Do Elkhart Woman Involved in the Bank Failure. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind.. Nov. 27. Mrs. Fannie K. Thompson, secretary and manager of the Acme Cycle Company, whose assignment followed the Indiana National Bank's collapse, because the three chief officers were also the principal officers of the bank, will take a position Monday as saleswoman in a local department store to earn current expenses, though she still owns valuable realty. She is the widow of ex-Mayor Otis Thompson, and is prominent in women's literary clubs as well as in the most exclusive Elkhart society circles. MaJ. J. It. Spahr Very Siek. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind., Nov. J7.-MaJ. Joel R. Spahr, one of the oldest government clerks in the service of the United States, Is critically sick at his home in this city from a combined affliction of paralysis and blood poisoning. Major Spahr iiit entered the service at the beginning of the civil war, when he belonged to the "Bucktails," a Pennsylvania regiment, which took Its name from the headgear worn by the soldiers. Each man wore a buck's tail attached to his cap. When the war was over Major Spahr was assigned to a military post In the West as a clerk and has remained in the service eVer since, serving as chhd clerk to a number of depot quartermasters and last as paymaster at the local quartermaster's depot. He is a member of the local lodge. O. A. R., the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of Honor and the Union Veterans' Union. Small Wreck at Alexandria. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. Nov. 27.-By the leaving open of a switch at a critical mo ment the yard crew of the Big Four in thi& city this afternoon added another costly wreck to the several which have happened of late on the Michigan division. a through freight from the south heading into the switch and on into a cut of coal cars on the private switch of the Alexandria electric light and power plant. The engine of the through freight and five coal cars were destroyed and coal several feet deep piled about the dsbrls. Blanchard White, a tramp, giving Marlon as his home, was painfully hurt. The train crew escaped. Both the Lake Erie & Western and Big Four tracks were blocked. Petty Chnraes Dlamtaaed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind.. Nov. 27County Attorney Edward C. Hughes was to-day tried in the Circuit Court on two grand Jury indictments, one charging him with falling to attach the date of the expiration of his commission as notary public to a deed, and the other with charging a pensioner 50 cents for taking an acknowledgment when the fee prescribed by law was much less. Judge Uts. of PI .vd county, heard the cases, and dismiss i both on technicalities, it being shown by the defense that the indictments named Edwin C. Hughes, while the name of the defendant is Edward C. Hughes. Knight Templar Initiation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Nov. 17. Raper Commandery. fifty strong, from Indianapolis, exemplified the Knights Templars work at the Masonic Temple in this city to-night. The degree was conferred on Messrs. 8. L. O Bri-n, John F. Merker and John L. Grider, of Alexandria, and Frank W. Cooper and Frank Kragle. of Mlddb-town. Knights were present from Kokomo. Greenfield. Muncie, Knightstown and New Castle. The visitors v.vre banqueted by the local commandi-ry. The work has been in progress all day and till midnight to-night. Lebanon Sawmill Deatroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind., Nov. 27. Wilcox Bros." sawmill, formerly owned by A. N. Holloa-ay, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The origin of the fire is not known The Messt. Wilcox estimate their loss at about $.000. with $l,S0l insurance; $1.300 in the Homo, of New York, and $00 in the Western Insurance Company, of Toronto. Canada. ovxanve aaaaaaanaaas

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With my best eye I ould hardly recognize my best friends. "Dr. Oneal's treatment entirely restored the sight of my left eya In three months, and la eight months enabled me to aee perfectly with t ly right eye. "I want to be the means of bringing hxrplneps to those who are now in darknesa, and I think it my duty to suffering humanity t let them know about Dr. Oaaal." YOI H CASE IS SO WORSE. Write to Dr. Cneal and tell him your eye trouble. Y'Ol' CAX BE ClRED AT HOME. CAT AR At "TS, Scusus, Granulated Ltd. Optle Mrrwo Dlaeaaea and nil other Canaea of Blindness yield to Dr. Oneal's mild treatment. He haa restored sight to thousands and haa never injured an eye. Dr. Onea' haa a new method by which he STRAhiHI H CROSS EYES "Without tbe Knife or Pain. Always successful. Write for new Illustrated book and testimonials and Dr. Oceai'a advice. They are free. Address: ORE ONEAL. M. IL, Suite S40, S2 Jearhorn St.. t hlcnaro. WAR COLLEGE CHANGES RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BT GEN. TASKER H. BLISS. Detailed Study of Military Problems Ia 3Iuch Needed Danger of Deeaderre if Officers Do Not I. earn. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-Oen. Taskef H. Bliss, in his annual report on the Army War College, says detailed study of the military problems confronting the United States should form an important part of the work of the coming year under tbe direction of the chief of staff. General Bliss recommends the elimination from the duties of the college of "the collection of military information." He would also e'lmlnate any special study of materials of war which, while important enough, be does not consider within the proper scope of the war college. General Bliss recommends that a number of officers be selected at stated intervals for the study and working out of a great war game. The officers, he says, should be selected from those who would play an important part in the esecutton of the plans adopted in the event of war. In the selection of officers for post schools General Bliss thinks that no dllT.r nee should be made in the case of West l'olnt graduates. "No one," he says, "wh thor from West Point or elsewhere, ahoull be excused from any work on the assumption that he already knows. A good manv of the things outlined in the post school course the West Pointer is not likel to know so well as the man promoted crom the ranks. There Is. or at least In !ears past there has been, an unfortunate tendency on the part of officers, whether Irom West Point or elsewhere, gradually to lose the habit of study except as connected with the simple routine of their work, and sMth It not only failing to acquire the daily increasing knowledge necessary to keep tl em abreast of their profession, but actually to lose much of what they have already learned. In short, it was a process of steady decadence, culminating in complete dry rot." A SUCCESS IN SYRIA. Richmond Stenns Tbreaber Kn lntlonlses Harvest Methods. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 27. The United States consul at Beirut, Syria, In the m urse of an article in "Success" on conditions in that country, of which he is a native, swys: "While the construction of the Bagdad Railway and the inauguration of the Palmyra motor line are prospective events, the American steam thresher in Syr a ia "fait accompli." No such machinery ever came to Syria until last month, when the pioneer outfit arrived here from Richmond. Ind. It was sold t Najib 8ursock Bey, a leader in Syria's forward movement, and it was installed not many days ago on Mr. Sursook's fsrm of 5.000 acres in Coele-Srria. Its success was complete, even to the bruising of the straw, a most important item, since, in the absence of hay and the sparine use of oats, barley and other gr tins, this crushed straw in those lands constitutes the staple food for stock." PROMOTION FOB MESSMEE. Green Bay Bishop to Bo Made A bishop) of Milwaukee. ROME, Nov. 27. The prefect of the Propaganda. Cardinal Qettl. to-day submitted to the Pope the name of Bishop Mesums, of Green Bay, Wis., aa the choice of the Propaganda for archbishop of Milw ken, in succession to the 1st Archbishop Kataer, and the Pontiff ratified the Domination The appointment of a new biahop of Co lumbus will not be discussed by the Propaganda until January. Itnallpoa at Terre Haute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Nov. 17 -The first case of smallpox in Terre Haute proper since the epidemic of last winter has been found in the southeast section of the ;fty. The victim recently came here from St. Louis and it is thought he was liifscted then. The county's new pesthouse. With accommodations for thirty persons, is about ready for use. Prominent Lawyer Dying;. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind.. Nov. XI. Thomas H. Stilwell, who served as mayor of Crawfurdsvllle three terms, is lying at the point of death with a complication of diseases a! his home in this city. He was a prominent attorney here, but moved to Crawfords file. After serving as mayor he rKurne' to Covington, tivr yean ago. Suffered Great Asxony. While alighting from an East Mlehkranstreet car at the corner of Pine and ast Michigan streets last evening Mr. Krug r, of 516 North Pine street, fell to the pavement and broke his left hip. He was carried to his home and Drs. Keeney and Durham wTe summoued. They found Kruger suffering from a serious fracture, which they reduced with gre t difflcultv on account of the awful agony he was lit. yrtn 1km.