Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 364, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1903 — Page 2

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TUE INDIANAPOLIS JO I' HNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1903,

FAIR WHAT HER TO-DAY; WARMER ON THURSDAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Forecast for Wednesday aid Thursday: Indiana Fair on Wednesday. Thursday fair and warmt-r; freh north to east winds. Illinois Fair on Wednesday; not so cold In north portion Thursday fair and warmtr; fresh north t winds. ' Ohio Fair on Wednesday, except snow In northeast portion; colder in east anl south portions. Thursday fair and warmer; fresh West winds becoming variable. Kentucky Fair and colder on Wednesday. Thursday fair and warmer. Lower Michigan Generally fair on Wednesday. Thursday partly clouly and warmer, probably snow In north and west portions; fresh west winds becoming variable Nebraska Fair on Wednesday; warmer in eist portion. Thursday, fair. Wisconsin Fair on Wednesday: not so cold in west and south portions. Thursday, partly cloudy: probably snow in north portion; variable winds, becoming southeast And fresh. Minnesota Fair and not so cold on Wednesday. Snow at night on Thursday; fresh southeast winds, becoming variable. Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Arkansas Fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Montana Fair on Wednesday; warmer In northwest portion. Thursday, fair, except rain or snow in northwest portion. North Dakota Fair and warmer on Wednesday. Thursday, fair. South Dakota Fair on Wednesday; warmer In central and eastern portions. Thursday fair. Iowa Fair and not so cold on Wednesday. Thursday, fair and warmer in east portion. Local Observations on Tnesday. Bar. Ther. R H. Wind. Weath. Pre. 7 a. m ..3"4 28 K Swest. Lt. rain. T 7 p.m. .30.18 20 56 N'west. Clear. T Maximum temperature, 34; minimum temperature, 20. Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on Dec. 29: Tern. Pre. Normal 30 .10 Mean 27 T Departure 3 .10 Departure for month 251 2.o7 Departure since Jan. 1 299 10.30 W. T. BLYTHE, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Abilene. Tex Amartllo. Tex Atlanta, Ga Bismarck, N. D. .. Buffalo. N. Y Ca Uro, 111 Calgary, Alberta .. Chattanooga. Tenn. Cheyenne, Wyo. ..

a. m. Max. 7. p. m. 11 56 48 1TJ 52 40 38 50 43 0 8 8 U 28 22 34 46 38 20 54 42 M 48 44 18 48 36 18 24 2 26 36 28 10 22 20 32 24 22 42 38 18 24 2 20 n 42 16 56 42 14 S 0 -6 30 2 22 54 50 48 54 58 12 44 36 16 24 8 IM 52 8 4 22 36 38 64 54 3S 30 6 34 24 38 56 50 34 38 32 ri 24 16 ,38 50 48 ,8 38 30 36 58 48 36 46 40 46 64 58 16 SO 26 28 54 4v 14 4 32 M 46 24 26 18 38 58 54 8 38 32 , IS 40 28 14 34 30 10 56 42 10 14 14 M 34 30 30 38 26 2 2 0 ,11 32 26 .38 62 58 18 40 3u ,40 56 52 ,28 30 14 .28 46 40 , 16 34 30 ,16 40 34 . 24"' 52 44

Chicago. 111. Cincinnati, O. , Cleveland, O. .. Columbus, O. .. Concordia, Kan Davenport, la Denver, Col Dodge City. Kan. ... Dubuque. Ia , Duluth. Minn , El Paso, Tex Galveston. Tex , Grand Junction, Col. Gr ind Rapids, Mich Havre, Mont Huron. S. L Helena, Mont Jacksonville, Fla. .. Kansas City. Mo. ... Lander. Wyo Littk Rock, Ark. .., Louisville, Ky Marquette, Mich. .. Memphis, Tcnn llodena, Utah Montgomery, Ala. .. Nashville, Tenn New Orleans, La. .. New York, N. Y Norfolk, Va North Platte. Oklahoma, O. Neb. T. Omaha. Neb Palestine, Tex Parkersburg, W. Va. Philadelphia, Pa. .... Pittsburg. Pa Pueblo. Col QuAppelle, Assin. .... Rapid City, S. D St. Ixniis, Mo St. Paul. Minn 8alt Lake City. Utah San Antonio. Tex. Santa Fe. N M x. .. Shreveport. Ia Springfield, III , Spri:.gn Id, Mo Valentin, Neb , Washington, D. C. .. WTiChita. Kan TRACKLESS TRAIN IS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED Motor Carriage and Five Cars Run Over Paris Streets to the Ely see Palace. PARIS, Dec. 29. Paris witnessed to-day the successful operation of a trackless train. Upon the conclusion of the test the train stopped at the Elysee Palace and the Inventors received the felicitations of President Lou bet. The train was composed of a motor carriage, similar to an ordinary automobile. axd five cars. The discovery coriiists in the transmission of sufhcp nt motive power frcm th carriage to move each car. It was found that all the cars tracked exactly with the motor. CODY AND BAILEY NOW OWN ''WILD WEST' SHOW NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-W. F. Cody has purchased the Natt Saulsbury interest in the -Wild West"' show from the Saulsbury estate and has formed a partnership in that show with J. A. Bailey, owner of the Bamum & Bailey circus, under the firm name of Cody ,v Bailey. Mr. Bailey's interest in the partnership Is equal to that of Mr. Cody. It ia stated officially that the three tented shows in which Mr. Bailey is an owner arc not associated in any way except that he holds i half interest In the Wild West." interest In the For. pnugh & Sells Brothers" show and is the sole manager of the Itanium v iitlley show. Mui!ii' lati ice I'renideti t. ST. Bol lS .. 'h trl of St. Bonis, w cted pi Western Commercial Travel at the annua! meeting of thi to-day. J Wettmorv. Muri V. Sargent, lent of the Association rKa nization . Ind., and H. S. Punting. Fori Worth. Tex., were iecied vice presidents. The annual financial stateaH nl of the association afro a ti J a cash baianie of $ll-.tj and a reserve fund of $yn,7M. Killed II i inself in ( losrt. DATEN PORT, la. Dee. .-Returning home fnm a visit with his minister Charles Fllkins. a Brooklyn. Ia., merchant! fifty years of age, last night locked himself in a closet and sent a bullet Into his heart. He is be Item! to have been deranged. to f i hi: a oi.ii in um-: day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. L. W (Jrove'a sigualurc is on each box. 25c.

J GETTINGJUt FOR WAR Twelve Batteries of Field Artillery Near Moscow to Be Sent to the Far East. WAR - LIKE ORDINANCES Which Provide "Sinews' for the Purpose of Japanese Military Defense. MOSCOW, Dec. 29 Twelve batteries of the four grenadier brigades of field artillery, stationed in and around Moscow, have been selected for service in the far East, and have received new guns, which the Russian artillerists claim are superior to the French field pieces. The early departure of three of these batteries is expected, which will place 108 field guns with the latest equipment at the disposal of Viceroy Alexieff. It is said here that all the volunteers living at their homes who. as graduates of high schools, are privileged to serve only one year with the colors, have been ordered into barracks. No extensive movements of troops Eastward have been reported here up to the present. TOKIO, Dec. 29. An emergency ordinance promulgated last night invests the government with practically unlimited credit for the purpose of military defense. Three other ordinances were issued relating, first, to the Seoul-Fustau railway, which is brought closer under official control; second, to the revision of the organization of the imperial military headquarters in war time; third, to the creation of a war council In war time. These ordinances. It is considered, completely provide for all emergencies. YOKOHAMA. Dec. 30. The government is completing the final preliminaries for placing the country on a war footing. Imperial ordinances issued authorize the government to make an unlimited issue of treasury bonds to provide war fund.-, creating a spe cial council of war aud fixing the imperial headquarters. In the event of war. if a special issue of war bonds Is made, lt is understood that the bonds can be floated In Eugland, from whence it is said assurances have come that the money would be forthcoming. The ministers and executive chiefs discussed the situation for three hours yesterday (Tuesday) but nothing regarding their deliberations was made public. AMERICANS LOSING MANCH URI AN TRADE MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Dec. 29. James W. Davidson, United States consul at Formosa, Japan, is in this city for a few days. "Russia is making serious inroads on our trade in Manchuria," said Mr. Davidson this morning. "On my way home I spent four months in Manchuria, and it did not take me long to discover that America's commercial invasion of that part of Asia did not present an encouraging outlook. The country closely resembles the Red river valley, In that it is wonderfully well adapted for wheat raising, and, in my opinion, it will be only a matter of some tive years before they raise enough wheat there to supply their own demands." Missionaries Expert War. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BELLEFONTAINE, O., Dec. 29. Miss Lulu Frey, of this city, who Is a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, stationed at Seoul, Korea, writes to her mother that war between Russia and Japan seems inevitable. She says that the missionaries of the llttl country have been storing supplies sufficient to last them au entire year iu case of war. .In pun KxpertH American Support. ROME, Dec. 29. The Tribuna, in commenting upon the active military preparations in the United States, connects them with the situation in the far East, and says it is the wish of the United States to insure the open door in Manchuria, and that Japan has always counted upon such an attitude. REWARD OFFERED FOR PINEAPPLE LYNCHERS Coroner Is Alleged to Have Charged Prominent Citizens with Murder. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 29. A coroner's jury composed of some of the leading citizens of Pineapple, after making a thorough investigation Into the lynching of a negro on Dec. 27, which was followed by a fire which destroyed half the town, has rendered a sealed verdict and several arrests are expected. Although the verdict Is sealed lt is lyiown that several wellknown persons are Implicated and the findings will not be ghen until arrests are made. Governor J elks to-day offered a reward of $X0 for the arrest and conviction of the persons who participated in the lynching, in addition to a reward of $500 offered by the citizens of Pineapple. In all probability a special term of court will be ordered to investigate the crimes. ESTATE OF H. B. PLANT VALUED AT $11.973,995 Mrs. Plant Will Receive $3.947,000 and Her Stepson the Remainder. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Henry B. Plant, the founder of the Plant system of steamships, railways and hotels, who died in 18Ä), left, according to the report of the appraiser appointed by the Surrogate's Court to assess the value of the estate for the purpose of the inheritance tax, a gross personal estate of $12.72uO0. the chief item consisting of 50,uoa shares of stock in the Henry B Plant Company valued at the time of his death at $12, HIT. 000. The net personal estate, after all deductions, amounts to IH.97J.MH5. After the deduction of certain legacies, which were paid by the heirs, Mrs. Margaret Plant, the widow of Mr. Plant, will receive $3.!47,0U0 and Morton F. Plant, his son and her stepson. $7.S95.OU0. DYING MAN PLEADS FOR RELEASE OF ASSAILANT He W as in the Company of Another Man's Wife When I le Was Shot. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Dec. 29.-Although fatally wounded :ind suffering intense pain, H. G. Edmunsen, a real-estate man. today pleaded with Chief of Police Frans for the release of G. W. Grote, who had fired the shot that will cause Edmunsen's death. The latt r was In the company of Mrs. Grote yesterday when the shooting occurred. Grote w;s to-day released in deference to the wishes of (IM dying man. "It was all a piece of foolishness." is the only comment Edmunsen will make ia explanation of the shoting. BLIZZARD IS RAGING; TRAINS UNABLE TO RUN DETPOIT. Mich.. Dec. 29. Tribune specials from southwestern Michigan towns show that a blizzard is raging in that section. Ten inches of snow and a rapidly falling teniperatvir.- ar. reported at Ouiu-y. At South Ha., n there is thirty inches of snow. At Benton Harbor the Etta Four Railroad is running "double-header" passenger trains and freight trains have been abandoned owing to the deep snow.

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CRUISERS ON GREAT INLAND LAKES Canada Said to Be Building a Warship Rush Treaty May Be Abrogated. APPEAL TO COXGRESS OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 29. The building of a Canadian armed cruiser for the great lak-1 has caused comment on the treaty supposed to restrict such a movement. 1'nder Secretary of State Pope points out that no treaty exists between Great Britain and the United States limiting the number and armament of vessels to be maintained by the United States or Canada on the great lakes. There is an agreement to cease placing them there after six months' notice by either country. Mr. Pope doubts If it Is binding. W ASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The State Department has not been informed up to this moment that the Canadian government contemplates placing an armed cruiser on the lakes, in addition to the few small and Insignificant national vessels now maintained there. Recently the Canadian government laid down a couple of revenue cutters for lake service, and, although these were of modern type, better vessels than those heretofore employed for this work, their construction was not regarded here as violating the treaty. Attention was called to the matter, however, by some of the congressmen from the great lake section, and the State Department made quiet but effective Inquiry into the character of the Canadian cutters. It was said the United States naval officers visited the place where the vessels were being built, and examined their construction, a fuct that gave rise to some feeling on the part of the Canadians, until they learned of the visit. As soon as Congress reconvenes after the recess there will, without doubt, be a renewal of the attempt which has been made annually for the last ten years to secure a repeal or modification of that section of the Rush treaty between the United States and Great Britain that limits the use of national vessels on the lakes. Representative William A. Smith, of Mi higan, has taken a particularly advanced position in this matter, and his activity has, it is said, excited a corresponding movement in Canada. He has heard from some quarters, that he believes to be reliable, a statement that the Canadian government is about to enter a formal protest against the location of the proposed United States naval training station on the great lakes, according to the pians of the Taylor board, to which congress is expected to give effect during the present session. Anticipating such a protest, Mr. Smith already has prepared himself to renew with force the attack upon the Rush treaty, holding, as he does, that it has had I paralyzing and disastrous effect upon the important shipbuilding inlustri s of the great lakes, as they would otherwise be in position not only to supply themselves- such naval vessels as misrht be neded for training purposes on the lak.-s, but could also enter Into competition with the deep-sea shipbuilders for larger naval construction. REPEATS WHAT SCHWAB SAID IN COMPLAINT More Legal Documents Filed in Suit to Foreclose Mortgage on Bethlehem vSteel Plant. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Thc New York Security and Trust Company, in the action brought by it aud Charles M. Schwab as co-complainants against the United States Shipbuilding Company and Receiver Jarnos Smith, jr., to foreclose the mortgage on the Bethlehem Steel Company plant, to-day interposed its answer in reply to the cross bill recently filed by the defendants. In it the Security and Trust Company reiterated briefly the allegations made recently by Charles M. Schwab in the amended complaint and answer filed by him a few days ago. The answer charges that the bonds issued to Mr. Schwab are good in law and a lien upon the property of the defendants and denies the allegations made by the defendants of unlawful conspiracy. PNEUMONIA EPIDEMIC IS RAGING IN GOTHAM Special Corps of Physicians Detailed to Look After the Afflicted Many Deaths. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Owing to the unusual number of deaths In New York from pneumonia in the last six weeks a corps of physicians has been appointed by the Department of Health to make an investigation of the causes of the epidemic. In the past week 272 fatal pneumonia cases were recorded. That is the largest number of deaths from the disease in the history of the city. The previous week 269 deaths occurred, and it was then thought that conditions would improve. It Is the general belief la the Health Department that the epidemic is due to the recent sudden changes iu the weather. DOW IE MAY ENJOY HIS TRIP TO AUSTRALIA Judge Kohlsaat Refused to Order Zion Leader Appear in Court Until After His Return. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. In the United States District Court to-day an attorney representing Marshall Field & Co., presented a petition that the firm be made a party to the demurrer in the bankruptcy case of John Alexander Dowle. The attorney also asked leave to have Dowle brought into court for examination. Judge Kohlsaat declined to accede to the latter request before Dowie returns from a trip to Australia. (t FIGHTING BOB" EVANS SAILS WITH HIS FLEET Leaves Honolulu for Manila and Will Touch at the Island of Guam. HONOLULU, Dec. 29. The vessels of the Asiatic squadron, under command of Rear Admiral Evans, which has been in this port for several days, sailed to-day for Manila via the Island of Guam. The fleet consists of the battleships Kentucky. Wisconsin and Oregon, the cruisers Raleigh, Cincinnati and Albany and the collier Pompeii. NO CASES OF LEPROSY IN A RUSSIAN COLONY LINCOLN. Neb. Dec. 29. — A report circulated in Lincoln this afternoon that cases of leprosy had been discovered in the Russian colony of the city is declared by the authorities to be without foundation. Health Officer Rhodes said to-night that investigation made by the city physician and himself during the day totally disproved the report. A Russian child had been severely burned, and the seeming secretiveness of its parents in ministering to it is declared responsible for what is. pronounced an idle story. Car Bandits to Be Tried Next Week. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Motions for a postponment of the trial of the car bandits was overruled to-day by Judge Kersten, who also denied motions for separate trials. The cases.for all the bandits will come for trial one week from to-morrow.

SIX CONTACTS NEEDED TO ELECTROCUTE NEGRO Frank White Paid Penalty for Murder of George Clare Dr. Stein Fell to Floor in Swoon.

ODOR OF BURNING HAIR AUBURN. N. Y.. Dec. 29 Frank White, a negro, was put to death in the electric chair at the State prison here for the murder of George Clare, a farmer, of Scriba. Oswego county, by shooting. Six contacts, each of 1.7-W volts, 7 amperes, were applied before White was pronounced dead. After the fourth contact a strange gurgling in his throat made the physicians step back and horrified the spectators. The contact was quickly repeated, but still the stethoscopes recorded cardiac action, and two more contacts were given. During the second contact the head electrode flashed brilliantly, and there was an odor of burning hair. The executioner said it was the sponge beneath the electrode. He adjusted it more tightly before the next shock. Among those who made a test with the stethoscope was Dr. U. B. Stein, of Buffalo, and he repeated that the heart had not ceased to beat. When he had resumed his seat in the front row and the fifth contact had been turned on, he suddenly pitched forward and fell to the floor in a swoon,. He was picked up by three keepers and carried from the death chamber, but soon revived. State Electrician Davis, in charge of the execution, explained the gurgling in White's throat by saying that he held his breath for a few moments before the first contact, and it was simply the air escaping from his lungs. He declared that White was practically dead after the first contact. White, who was about twenty-five years of age, was emploved by Clare on the letter's farm. On Sept. 16. 1901. White enticed the farmer into a cornfield, on a pretext that the cows were in the corn, and while White's back was turned the negro deliberately fired several bullets into his body, and he fell to the ground dead. Robbery was the motive for the crime. White kept his watchers In great suspense during his last days in the corridor for the condemned by his violent attempts to sham insanity. He ran amuck In the narrow confines of his cell on the day before Christmas, smashing everything breakable, and was only subdued after the prison hose had been turned on him for a quarter of an hour. White cared nothing for religion, and neither friend nor relative inquired for him during his two years' confinement. DAMAGES FOR SINKING THE STEAMER KIOWA Owners of the Admiral Dewey Sued for $405,000 by the Clyde Steamship Company. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Proceedings to recover $405.000 damages for the sinking of the steamer Kiowa in Boston harbor by the steamer Admiral Dewer on Dec. 26 were begun here to-day when proctors for the Clyde Steamship Company, owners of the Kiowa, filed in the United States District Court a libel against the American Steamship Company, owners of the Admiral Dewey. The proctors ask for $3)00.000 for the loss of the Kiowa, $100,000 for its cargo and $5,000 for the effects of its officers and crew. The libelants charge that the Admiral Dewey's officers were responsible for the loss of the Kiowa iu having failed to provide a proper lookout or to sound the proper signals required In thick weather and in not backing to avert the collision and claim that the Kiowa, which had anchored on account of a heavy snowstorm, had sounded all the proper signals required. DEATH OF COL. A- H. RYAN ON A RAILWAY TRAIN Soldier of the Civil War Who Served with an Illinois Regiment. EAST ORANGE. N. J.. Dec. 2. Col. Abiaham H. Ryan, a well-known citizen of the Oranges, died suddenly to-day on a Lackawanna train on the way from New York to his home in East Orange. Colonel Ryan was born in New York city in 1S37 and removed to Illinois when a boy. In 1S61 he assisted in organizing Company A, Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was made adjutant when the regiment was mustered into service. At Shiloh, as adjutant of the Third Brigade, he commanded the brigade for several hours after a colonel was mortally wounded. On Feb. 10, 1864, he became colonel of the Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, remaining in that position until the close of the war. STORER GAVE FIRST DIPLOMATIC DINNER Many of the Ambassador! Stationed at the Austrian Capital Were Present. VIENNA. Dec. 29. Bellamy Storer, the United States ambassador, gave his first diplomatic dinner this evening at the embassy. His guests included Count Goluchowski. the Austrian foreign minister, and the Countess Goluchowski; Marquis De Reverseaux de Rouvray. the French ambassador to Austria, and the Marquise De Reverseaux de Rouvray; Count De Wedel, the German ambassador to Austria, and the Countess Wedel; the Marquis and Marquise De Chambrun, and the Dutch, Bavarian, Roumanian and Mexican ministers to Austria. FEV BR SITU AT 10 X AT BUTLER IMPROVING One Death and Five Xew Cases Schools Will Resume Xext Monday with Extra Teachers. BUTLER. Pa., Dec. 29. One death and five new cases of fever were reported today. To date the relief committee has received in the neighborhood of $45,000, and though they have been curtailing expenses in every way it is estimated $3S,O0u additional will be necessary before all the stricken families can shift for themselves. Superintendent John A. Gibson, of the city schools, stated that they expected to resume next Monday. Eight of the teachers are still ill with the fever. Extra teachers will be hired until these- recover. STOLE $12,000, BET AT HORSE RACES AND LOST Then Told His Employer by 'Phone, Was Decoyed Down Town and Arrested. CHICAGO. Dec. 29. Frederick Lindstrum, cashier for the firm of Friend. Moss & Norris, this afternoon called up his employers dh the telephone aud announced that he had atphn $12.m.i from them and was about t Ml' the city Mr. Fl toad, with whom he conversed over the telephone, induced Idadstrom t me down to the office, and hi wns arrested, lt is said ih,u Lindstrom lost the money betting on horse races. Will Hemovc Dfflrr to Pern. RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 29 -The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville issued an order n Tuesday from the general offices in Richmond. Ind.. announcing the removal of the offices of superintendent of motive power, superintendent and train dispatcher from Richmond to Peru, effective Jan. 3. It also announced the appointment f Q. a. Clark as car accountant, with headquarters at Peru.

NEGROES HURRIED TO STATEPEN!TENT1ARY Authorities Feared Another Attack Would Be Made on Council Blurts Jail.

PEOPLE IN AXGRV MOOD COUNCIL BLUFFS. In., Dec. 29. Neely Zimmerman and George Burk, the negroes who last night narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an infuriated mob. were tonight taken to the State penitentiary at Ft. Madison, Ia., for safekeeping. During the afternoon the men were taken before Judge Wheeler and waived preliminary examination. The judge then signed an order for their removal, and the men were hastily spirited away, and Sheriff Cousins left with them on the first train for Ft. Madison. During the day Sheriff Cousins learned of an organized plan to lynch Znmmerman and Burk to-night, and again made a request for a company of militia to guard the county jail, and arranged for a heavy force of city police to assist in case thtir services were required, Feeling against the prisoners increased, and during the afternoon small groups of men gathered in the vicinity of the jail to discuss the matter. Sheriff Cousins then decided that the safer course was to remove the men from the city and applied for an order of remove!. Four assaults within a week similar to those made on Mrs. Sparks and her daughter had wrought up the working people of the city to a pitch of feverish excitement, and this feeling was freely voiced on every street corner. Last night's experience and to-day's developments was sufficient to lead the authorities to the belief that a bold attempt would be made tonieht by a well-otganized mob to lynch the negroes, and they then decided to avoid all trouble by removing the cause for a repetition of the disturbances. Zimmerman and BurKe are charged with having held and robbed Mrs. Mary Sparks and her daughter, Mrs. Sanders, Christmas night and attempting to criminally assault the women. Screams of the women attracted the attention of neighbors, who came to their assistance, the negroes making their escape. The men were captured at their home Sunday near the scene of the crime, and both were identified by Mrs. Sparks and her daughter. Two colored women who lived with Zimmerman and Burke admitted at the preliminary hearing that they were with the colored men the night of the assault and that the men had left the car at the point where the robbery occurred. Mrs. Sparks was found in the house where the men were arrested. The assault Christmas night was the fourth of a similar nature to occur within as many days. PROBABLY LOST WITH A CREW OF FIFTY -ONE French Naval Collier Supposed to Have Been Wrecked on the Spanish Coast. PARIS, Dec. 29. It is feared that the collier Vienna, of the French navy, manned by fifty-one officers and men, which left Rochefort for Toulon, has been lost. The Minister of Marine has sent warships in search of the missine; vessel, which Is now five days out, and, though in the track of steamers, has not been reported. It is believed that wreckage cast upon the coast of Spain confirms the apprehensions entertained in regard to the safety of the collier. ATTACHMENT AGAINST PRANK JONES ESTATE Mrs. Delana Curtis Asks $350,000 for Boarding and Entertaining Late Millionaire. PORTSMOUTH. X. II., Dec. 29,-An attachment for $350.000 was filed to-day against the State of the late Frank Jones, the millionaire brewer and capitalist of this city, in connection with a suit brought against the estate of Mrs. Delana Curtis, of Manchester. Mrs. Curtis claims that large sums are due her for board and entertainment of Mr. Jones and his friends during an acquaintance covering thirty years. INDIANA NOTES. RICHMOND. Prof. George O. Curme, who fills the chair of German in Northwestt rn University, and who is a son of the Rev. A. A. Curme, of this city, has been granted a leave of absence and will visit Germany soon. The supply of natural gas in this city is good. The Dayton & Western Traction Company, which operates between Richmond and Dayton, O., will on Jan. 1 issue mileage books good for five hundred miles, selling at $7.50. The books will be good for six months from the date of issue and will be transferable. PERU The Methodists of Paw Paw. ten miles northeast of Peru, have completely remodeled their church and will rededicate lt Sunday, Jan. 10. Rev. Dr. Hardin, of Chicago, will officiate. Tumble Property In Wayne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 29. The totals oh taxable property in Wayne county for the year 1903 were given out to-day. The value of lands and improvements is $9,454.300; value of lots and Improvements, $8,868,000; value of personnl property. $8.657,460; value of telegraph, telephone, pipe line, expn sand sleeping car property, $344.557; value of railroad property. $2.H10,315; total value of taxables, $30,234.632; total value, less the amount of mortgage deduction, which was $744,320. $29,490,312. The polls number 6,602. The total amount of tax colected in 1903 was $468,335.06. Submit Indemnity Hood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 29. The Richmand Street & Interurban Railway Company to-duy submitted an Indemnity bond to the city authorities. It is to protect the city in the contemplated proceedings for the raising of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville bridge across Main street in order that traction travel will not be interfered with. The bond will be submitted to the City Council at the meeting on next Monday night, lt is believed the outlook is good toward remedying the difficulty. Him. Willi MM Accepts all. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. '29. The Rev. Wistar Williams, of this city, who recently resigned as paster of the Christian Church at Eaton, O., has accepted a call to Pendleton Ore., and left for that place to-night. The Rev. Williams has been a student at Earlham College, and was doing pastoral work In connection with his studies. He has established quite a reputation as a pulpit orator. Want Railroad Bridge Kuined. Special to the IndianapoliB Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec. 29. C. N. Wilson, promoter of the Columbus, Greensburg & Hammond traction line, was in Richmond to-day on business connected with that road. He is deeidy Interested in the raising of the Chicago. Cincinnati & Louisville bridge across Main street, which Is the bar to through travel, as the cars his company will use will not pass under the bridge as it now stands. WnHnce' ( Iren lnkiiiR- Hendy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERI'. Ind., Dec. 29. -Preparations for next season are well under way at the headquarters of Wallace's circus, which winters in Peru. The circus has given a Cincinnati house an order for $50.000 worth of paper. New wagons and cages are belüg built by a special circus wagon factory in Peru.

Special Midwinter Sale An Effort at Stock-Clearing in OUR WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT 25ft to 50yo REDUCTION Read the List and Bargain Inducements and See If You Are Not Interested All Women's Suits, Wraps and Raincoats 25 Per Cent, off Women's Hats, Cannel y or Croft Mod eis 25 Per Cent. ofT All other style one-half original prices. Furs, 15 Handsome Sets and Several Small Pieces 25 Per Cent, off House Gowns, Kimonos, Sacks, etc 25 Per Cent, off Waists, Heavy Cotton, Silk or Flannel 25 Per Cent, off Waistings, Heavy Vestings, Flannels and Waist Materials of all kinds onethird off regular price Remnants one-third of original price. Hosiery, S ocks, Handkerch efe, etc 25 Per Cent off This is a Regular Sacrifice Sale. Our Loss is Your Gain. Good Stock to choose from. IF INTERKSTED-COME EARLY

QERRITT A. ARCHIBALD & CO. 38 East Washington Street

SHAW HEARD COMPLAINTS OP Secretary Listened to Arguments .Made Against Revocation of Order of Getting Goods. WANTS UNIFORM SYSTEM BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 29. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to-day heard the complaints of Boston merchants on the subject of the recent Treasury Department order revoking the long time privilege of obtaining imported goods shortly after they have arrived at this port. This privilege was made possible by the use of the "release bonds." As a result of representations made to him a Washington with ft feience to the revocation of this privilege Secretary Shaw decided to come to Buston to hear in person the arguments for and against the now order. More than a hundred Importers were present at the custom house when Secretary Shaw opened the healing to-day. Charles M. Hamlin, assistant secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland, representing the Chamber of Commerce, offred the protest of that body. He termed the revoking order an unjust discrimination, since none of the other large ports of tho country had been thus restricted. Under the release bond he said importers gave surety to double the value of the goods and no possible loss to the government could ensue. The abrogation of the privilege, he said, would occasion a loss of some seven to ten days' time and inconvenience and money loss which could not be estimated. Representatives of several large importing houses followed Mr. Hamlin and pressed the belief that the order would act as a discrimination against the port of Boston, which should not b permitted. After all who wished to be heard had ppoken, Secretary Shaw outlined the motive of the government in changing the rules. He was emphatic In declaring that there was no thought of discrimination against Boston, but .aid lt .was the purpose of the Treasury Department to Institute a uniform system, covering all customs ports. He declined, however, to change his decision with reference to the release bond, which, he said, in Itself is a violation of the law requiring collectors to accept jiothing but money for dutiable goods. Incidentally the secretary said: "I do not see wherein Boston is so very badly off. In New York they handle more goods day after ;iy than you do here In months. But you are going to get your goods on time. If the fault Is with the customhouse there are things that can be done to eliminate the trouble." DROPPED DEAD WHILE TRYING TO MAKE ARREST Policeman Attempted to Raise a Drunken Man, and His Heart Gave Way. fffrtfhl to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY. Ind.. Dec. 29 John Albert, a private policeman, fifty-eight years old, dropped dead while trying to arrest a drunken man here to-night. The man laid down and when Albert attempted to r ns. him up he suddenly pressed his hand to his heart and ran Into Knoefel's drug store, where he expired in a few minutes. Allert was a prominent member of Pawnee tribe of Red Men and was a Mason. He had been a private policeman twelve years. ROBBED TOWN WATCHMAN Burglars Gagged Garrett and Made Him Watch Robbery. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 29 J. L. Garrett, the town watchman of West Point, was held up last night by three men armed with revolvers, who bound and gagged him. marched him to the postofflee. broke iu the door, blew open the safe and robbed It of considerable money and a package contain ing 12.100 in bonds. Garrett was compelled to take a seat and witness the whole performance. The robbers escaped. K. A. dnuld Mny Kernlgn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. raUBUi Ind.. Dec. 29. A rumor has reached Peru that E. A. Gould, formerly superintendent of the eastern division of the Wabash Ruilroad, would resign the first of the year from his position as genMil'. rintendent of the Missouri Pucifie, with headquarters nt Kansas rMty. but the rumor cannot be verified from Mr. Gould's relatives in Peru. The idea seems to be that should he withdraw from his present position it would be possible to se. him back in Peru to rill the vacancy made by Suierintendent Cotter's transfer to the middle division. MIjh Merl to Wed Dr. HrownltnrL. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind.. Dec. 29. Miss Kate Merl, a popular young lady who ha made her home in Peru for a number of years, will be united in marriage Wednesday morning in Indianapolis, where her parents live, to Dr E. Brownback. The groom was a Peruvian uutil about a year ago and is now in charge of two pharmacies In Ashland, III. The announcement of the approaching marriage was made only to-day and came as a surprise to the friends of both. They will live at Ashland. Postal Knuten Arraoucd. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal PERI'. lud.. Dec. 29. 'ongressman Frederick Laudis has been successful in reopening the arrangements fur iural routes for Miami county, aud the additional rout, s that were laid out from Peru in the spring will now be added. They were held up through some confusion in the postal department, though having been located and recommended by a special agent. The entw. .... 1 1 t x- will le fullj equipped with routes, there beiug a total of thirty-six.

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Alleged Scheme to Force Holders to Throw Their Stocks on the Market. INDIANA DOWN TO $1.31 Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPEL1ER, Ind., Dec. 29 Local oil men are wondering what the cause of tha slump in the oil market to-day means. Indiana and all Western oils were cut 2 cents and Eastern crude received a 5 cent cut. This leaves Housier product $1.31. Ragland, Ky., oil was left at 6T cents, while White House was cut 5 cents and Somerset 3 cents. The average daily shipments in the East are 2,215 barrels in excess of the rune from the wells and in t h N -i the shipments exceed the runs 14.50 barrels daily. While this is a gain for the amount of oil run in the tanks it does not look like it would be enough to warrant a reduction, especially at this time of tha year, when operations are less on account of the bad roads and rough weather. Nevertheless the price was cut and tho market quotations are as follows: Tiona $2 00 Pennsylvania l.SS New Castle 1.72 Corning 1.6 North Uma 1.3$ South Lima 1.31 Indiana l.il White House, Ky 1.30 Somerset 1.30 Ragland 6f TOLEDO, Dec. .-The Standard Oil Company has reduced the price of oll ä cents In the East and 2 cents in the West This news is a disagreeable surprise to producers in the Northwestern Ohio fields, who are inclined to believe It Is Intended tj cause holders to throw their stocks on th market. PUMPING BIG OIL WELL FOR 900 BARRELS A DAYi Contracts Let by Albany Oil Com pany for the Drilling of Several More Wells. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALBANY. Ind., Dec. JS. Yesterday Albany's big oil well was put to pumping and in a short time made oil at the rate of 9N) barrels per day. It is expected that tho well will in a few days settle down to a steady, natural production of no leas tha a 400 barrels. The members of the company will be satisfied if it does half that. Contracts have been let for the drilling by the Albany Oil Company of several more wells on this lease and other leases owned by the same company on adjoining farms. At the present price of oil the company feels that they have a sure wealth-maker in their leases in the Albany held. When Albany had all of her failures by reason of their selling out to the, trusts, her citizens did not give up in despair, but at once went to work to consider ways and means to get something to keep the town alive and encourage each other In bidding on the business and other investments. Early last spring a few young buii men. believing there was an oil field in this vicinity, organized the Albany Oil Company, and went to work to try and find tha field of oil. Two wells were drilled and nothing developed. Not discouraged, tha third one was commenced and several thousand shares of stock was offered at S cents per share. This well was to be tha supreme teat and the company decided to keep drilling until salt water would make it impossible to drill any deeper, and aa stated before, at a depth of 290 feet a big flow of oil resulted. The results of tha strike has already borne fruit in the advance in real estate prieee. The officers of tha Albany Oil ('ompanjr are W. P. Parsons, president; Ora Mann, vice president; Charles Austin, secretary; E. H. Hodgson, treasurer. The board f directors are Ismond Dudelston, N 1'. Parsons, Charles Austin. A. M Poland, Ora Mann. E. H. Hogsdon. Walter M -Cormkk, J. P. Constntine and Charles Stewart. The capital stock of the company is $00,000. Shares of the par value of $1. About 4o.W shares have been solu. most of it to nearby citizens. The business men of Albany have also located a big puddle factory here the past season. V (irlfttth A Son. of Huntington. Ind., hav- lot ated here and are now moving their big plant from the place. The firm is an old established concern and will manufacture plow handles, etc. EXCITEMENT IN THE NEW REDKEY FIELD Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KEDKEY. Ind.. Dec. 29 -This town seema to be getting well into an all excitement. A well finished to-day on the Oscar Cur r iit lease by the K dkey Oil Company and just outt-ide the town limits is good for one hundred barrels per day. Many strange faces are to be seen In town looking after oil territory, some offering good prices for land already leased. This company will put down other wells as fast as the wealh r v ill permit. IXDIANAPOLIS MEX DRILL WILDCAT WELÜ Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind.. Dec. 2. florae Iadfcut apolis capitalists. In conjunction with J. Will Kelley, the well-known oil broker of this city, are arrant-inx n drill .i wild t wil l" Set lion tv.tb.i-h township. Tna location la three miles from am product tg well, but from the lay of th oll-pniui Ii sand In other wells drilled through that territory it looks Hke there ia a reaaoaabia I tlianct of sti iking it rich.