Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1904 — Page 2

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sit lays: "Russia has sent a further reply to Japan. I understand it is of a noncommittal character, making merely for delay."

LEGATIONS AT PEKING EXPECT A WAR SOON PEKING. Jan. 3. In the various foreign legations here the opinion Is prevalent that War between Japan and Russia is Inevitable. This opinion is bal on the latest dispatches from Tokio and on the con vi I that it is not a question of detail which separates Russia and Japan, but the vital principal as to whether Japan possesses the right to a voice in the settlement of questions connected with the Russian occupation of Manchuria. Russia all along has denied this right and unless !.t reply shows that she has receded from this position, which is not expt cted to be the case. It probably will provoke an ultimatum from Japan, whose determination to resort to arms in support of her claim Is unquestioned. hiU th k v. rnriK'iit is 1 t rniined to remain neutral as long as possible, it fully recognizes the possibilities of becoming involved In the event of war. OPTIMISTIC VIEWS ARE HELD IX RUSSIA BT. PETERSBURG. Jan. 3.-Diplomat1c circles conri.ieatly expect that the Russian answer to the Japanese proposals will be handed to the Foreign Office by Baron De Rosen, Russian ambassador to Japan, withta a very few days, and do not expect grave results to follow. In other quarters the conciliatory attitude of both governments Inspires belief that the answer will pave the way to furth r negotiations, if, indeed, it does not directly lead to a pacific settlement of tne trouble. OFFICIAL WASHINGTON TAKES A GLOOMY VIEW WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Cablegrams receded here to-day from Tokio show the Situation in the far East to be unchanged, and at a late hour to-night it was declared at the Japanese legation that nothing had Occurred to dispel the gloomy view taken there of the prospects for if ace. The fact that Mr. Takahira. the Japanese minister, regards the situation as extremely critical does not prevent him hoping that a way may yet be found by which the QUOOtkMsl between Russia and Japan may yet be Settled without recourse to arms. The Japanese government, it is said, is not anxious for war, and throughout the negotiation have endeavored to repress all war talk. Japan, it is aided, will await patiently the Russian reply, and wiil not delay after receiving the note in announcing her future coarse. It is said that substantial concessions must be forthcoming from Russin In Korea that will offset the jurisdiction which Russia claims In Manchuiia if war is to be sorted. The Russian goverumcut has been urged to reply promptly. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-Day, with Rain or Snow Following in the South. W ASill N'JTuN, Jan. 3. Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday: Indiana and Illinois Fair Monday; Tuesday fair, except rain nr snow and in south portions; warmer; liht to fr sh west winds, becoming souther!: Ohio Fair Monday; Tuesday Increasing; Cloudiness; probably snow, with rising timjperntup ; fresh west winds Lower Michigan Fnir Monday :ind Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday; light variable winds. Wisconsin Fair and warmer Monday. Tuesday fair; warmer in east irtion; fresh west winis. h- coniir.M -outherly. Kentucky Filr Monday. Tuesday snow or rain and warmer. Iowa Partly cloudy and warmer Monday. Tuesday snow. Minnesota Fair and warmer Monday. Tuesday snow; -olb'r in west portion; variable winds, becoming fresh south. North and South Dakota Partly cloudy and warmer Monday. Tuesday, snow and colder. Nebraska Snow Hurries Monday, with rising temperature. Tuesdiy, snow, with coldt i In v --st ortio'i. Kansas Partly cloudy Monday. Tuesday, Mow, with rising temperature, Local ObxervntlmiM on Snndny. Bar. Temp. R H. Wind. Weather. Prec. 7 a.m.. 30. 48 -1 N.W. Cle.,r. 0 7 p.m.. 3ti.4; 10 vi N.W. near. 0 Maximum temperature, 14; minimum temperature. 4. Comparative statement of mean temperature and total preeipatation on Jan. 3: Temp. Prec. Normal 28 .10 Mean 5 0 Departure for i;iy 23 .10 Departure for month 36 M3 Departure since Jan. 1 35 .13 Plus. W. T. BLYTHE. Section Director. Yesterday's I Vmpe rat area. Stations. 7 a.m. Max, 7 pm. Abilene. Tex 18 34 SO Amarlllo, Tex 1J 4.' 32 Atlanta. Oa 16 :j 2 Bismarck. N. D 20 14 Buffalo. N. Y 0 1, 14 Cairo, 111 lo fj 2u Calgary. Alberta 4 Chattanooga. Tenn 14 24 22 Cheyenne. Wyu 18 L'5 16 Chicago. Ill 2 10 8 Cincinnati. 0 4 14 U Cleveland. 0 4 VI b Columbus. O 4 12 4 Davenport, la 12 8 4 Denver, Col 12 26 Dodge City. Kan 6 :e Dubuu.ue. ja iß 8 0 Duluth. Minn 14 6 4 El Paso, Tex 26 56 4 Galveston. Te 30 40 40 Grand Junction. Col 10 40 32 Grand Rapids. Mich.... 0 20 14 Harre. Mont 4 12 6 Huron. S. D --22 4 4 Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla 40 46 42 Kans;.- It v. Mo 2 M 14 Lander, Wyo 2 30 II Little l; . k. Ark 18 26 24 Louisville. Ky 8 16 14 Marquette, Mich 2 14 8 Memphis. Tenn 16 24 22 Modena. I'tah lu Montgomery. Ala 22 32 Nashville. Tenn 14 I 20 New Orleans. La 30 $x :.s New York. N Y 4 E v Norfolk. Va 16 zl 16 North Platte, Neb 4 16 Oklahoma, okl.i 12 : . Omaha. Neb 4 14 10 Palestine. Tex 22 34 30 parkt raburg. W. Va 2 14 . Philadelphia. Pa 6 12 12 Pittsburg. Pa u 14 8 Pueblo. 'ol 14 iS fjj Qu' Appel. Assln p; 12 4 Rapid Oty. .... M L'i 2u St. Loui, Mo 0 14 1." St. Paul. Minn 1 j 2 Bait Lake City. Ctah ... 2t 32 San Antonio. Tex 2 42 40 Sauta Fe. X M is Bhrev.'port. It 22 30 Bprtngfiel.l. 11: -10 1 1 6 BprtngnVld, Mo 2 M 18 Valentine, Neb 4 Washington, D. C 8 M 12 Wichita, Kan Ü -

PANIC IN A CHURCH AT FUNERAL OF FIRE VICTOAT CHICAGO Fire Three Doors Away Set the Great Gathering Wild, and a Rush for Exits Followed.

NO ONE WAS INJURED Coolness of Pol iceman at the Door Averted Minor Replica of Wednesday's Horror. DAY OF MANY BURIALS Every Hearse in Use, Cemetery Forces Overworked, Funerals Delayed by Storm. CHICAGO. Jan. 3. It was a day of funerals in Chicago, and at one of them there was very nearly a repetition, on a miniature scale of the tragedy which was the cause of the services attended by the frightened people. A serious panic occurred this afternoon at the funeral of Miss Carrie Sayers. one of the victims of the fire. The services were in progress In the South Chicago Congregational Church, at Seventy-seventh street and Saginaw avenue, in the suburb of South Chicago, and the building was filled with the friends and relatives of the girl. A fire broke out three doors from the chur Ii ja -fr' llrst intimation t the fact was conveyetTto the people in the church by a cry of "fire in the street. Chicago gatherings are somewhat nervous at this time on the subject of fire and it fssedsd but the one shout to bring all the people to their feet and many of them started for the door. Policemen O'Keefc and Peterson, who were stationed in the church, callled out to trie people to resume their seats. Their advice was not heeded, however; the pallbearers wento the side of the casket and stood in readiness to remove it and the family of the dead girl prepared to leave. Suddenly a cloud of smoke came in through the open door, and the sight and smell maddened the people in an instant. The two officers barely had time to swing the doors open when the rust came. This was all that saved a severe crush and probable loss of life as the crowd plunged through the doorways. When the street was reached and it was seen that there was no cause for alarm the greater part of the people r turned to the church, and the services were finished, although they wire cut shorter than It was at first intended they should be. Nobody was injured in the panic, DELAYED BY STORM. For the first time in the history of the city all of the people who desired to bury their dead were unable to do so. The unprecedented demand for hearses and carriages would have been enough in itself to tax to the very utmost the resources of the undertakers, but tfhe h avy snow that has fallen during the last two days has increased their difficulties enormously. All of the cemeteries in Chicago are miles from the business center and residence districts, and with good weather, and the streets in passable condition, it is a matter of several hours to reach one of them. To-day when every hearse was in urgent demand, it required about twice as long to reach a ceinf-ry as under normal conditions. Arrangements were made by the undertakers to have a.s many funerals as possible held in the early part of the day, in order to allow, if possible, the use of the hearse for a second funeral in the afternoon. In a number of cases this was done, but there were instances where the families who were to wait for the return of the hearse, were disappointed, and were compelled to defer the burial of their loved ones until to-morrow. It is not expected that there will be any further trouble in this direetion after to day, and by to-morrow the streets to the cemeteries will be in such u condition as to 1 permit of the passage of funerals in almost the ordinary time. The cemeteries were compelled to keep men at work all through the night digging gravts, and in some of the large cemeteries they barely managed to make them with sufficient speed. At one time this afternoon fourteen burials were in progress in Rosehlll Cemetery, and all of them were the interments of victims of the fire of Wednesday afternoon. In the rooms of one undertaker on the south side of the city a fraternal organization held services over .ive members of their order at the same time, and all o' them were buried side by side in Waldh im Cemetery. The funeral services over the remains of Ella and Edyth Freckelton. sisters, were held in Boulevard Hall, Fiftyfifth and Halsted streets, fully two thousand persons being in attendance, and five hundred more stood outside in the biting wind until the funeral had departed for Oak wood Cemetery. In the home of the millionaire manufacturer. Ludwig Wolff, at 188 Washington boulevard, was held the quadruple funeral of his daughter. Mrs. William H. Garn, and her three children. A crowd of more than 1,000 people surrounded the house, and the police were compelled to open a passageway for the pallbearers when they left the house with the caskets. The funeral was one of the largest ever seen on the West Side of the city, over 100 carriages, all private equips ges. being in the procession, which went to Graceland Cemetery. MOTHER AND CHILDREN'. A funeral conducted in a humbler manner was held a few squares from the Wolff residence at the same time as that of Mrs. Garn and her three children, all of whom died in the Ill-fated second balcony last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hoist was a sister of ex-Chief of Police Badenoch. and it was he who identified the bodies of the mother and her three children. Fully as many people around the small frame church in which this funeral was held as gathered outside the pretentious Wolff mansion, and here, as In front of Mr. Wolff's residence, the police were compelled to open a pashatreway for the caskets as they were borne to th h arse These are but instances of what happened throughout the hngth and breadth of Chicago to-day. Multiply the funerals mentioned by twenty, and a better Idea can be had of this first Sunday in the new year. The list of dead was Increased to 58S to-day by the death of Leroy Rainbold, a boy of four years, who was severely burned and died at St. Luke's Hospital. Of the ten bodies at the county morgue four were identified to-day. They were: FAIR. MRS. MARY A. LI DWIG. SADIE. LEMENAGER, DOROTHY, thirteen years. REYNOLDS., EMMA seven years. The injured now number 103, of whom there is any record, although th- number of those who were hurt slightly would swell this number greatly. Numbers of people went to their homes after the tire without reporting themselves to th- police as injured. Outride of the numerous funerals that were held In the city to-day, it was the first day of rest the city has known since last Wednesday afternoon. Less than twenty persous called at the office of the chief of police for permits to visit morgues, and few people were at the hospitals. STILL SEEKING SCHMIDT. John Schmidt, the stage hand who is said to have left open the reflector which prevented the asbestos curtain from descending, is still sought by the police. He is believed to be in hiding In the city, but the chief of police received an Intimation from his friends that Schmidt will be ready when he is wanted as a witness at the coroner's Inquest next Thursday. There were no more arrests of members of the "Bluebeard" company to-day ami no more are expected unless there should be unexpected developments. Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler declared to-day that no further obstacle would be placed it) the way of members of the company who debired to leave the city. ' 1 have been assured by Klaw & Erlanger. " he said, "that any member of the coin-

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SEVERAL GOOD WELLS Flllffl 11 INDIANA But Oil Field Conditions Here and in Ohio Are Not Altogether Satisfactory. A DROP IN THE PRICE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. IOLJEDO, O.. Jan. 3. Oil operators In Ohio and Indiana had more to claim their att- ution during the past week, than during the one preceding, as several wells that were large producers were drilled in Indiana. The St. Louis Oil Company, tha owner of the Ephraim Cecil farm, in Monroe township, Randolph county, and near Parker City, has drilled in another gusher in the twentieth well, which started at 400 barrels, while the nineteenth well came in a failure. The trade was treated the past week to a decline in the price of oU. being the first decline since May 16. On July 16, the market started advancing until the highest mark of $1.38 was reached for north Lima oil on Dec. 19, but it declined a couple of cents on Dec. jy. When the credit balance market went bounding upward from the $1.16 mark, it was predicted, and very generally believed, that i'. would reach the $1.50 mark before the close of BJ03. It is not at all likely that it will now reach that point for some time to come, but all agree that it is a nie market and the only regret one hears is that the stuff is so hard to find. While the market has not advanced to the point hoped for, it is equally true that the production has not been increased to a point hoped for, and that It has not been increased to a point that would preclude the possibility of the price going higher in the future. Operators have been making a great effort to increase their production, but nearly all have tailed. During the past week 210 wells were completed In northwestern Ohio and Indiana, but thirty proved dry holes, and the other IM had a production the first day equivalent to 5.613 barrels, an average of a little better than thirty-one barrels. The Ohio Field. In the northwestern Ohio field 102 wells were completed with fourteen dry holes and a production of 2,035 barrels. Wood county leads in completed wells, while Allen county stands first in production. The wells were distributed as follows. Wells Produccomp. tiou. Dry. Wood 21 3S8 1 Hancock 13 256 3 Allen 17 5o:j 1 Auglaize 5 46 1 Sandusky 12 195 2 Lucas 4 : 1 Mercer 8 131 1 Seneca 2 J) 1 Van Wert 15 250 3 Wyandot 3 10 0 Ottawa 2 60 0 Total 102 2,035 14 The Indiana Field. In the Indiana field 10S wells were completed. Outside of the gusher on the Cecil farm, owned by the St. Louis Oil Company, the Phoenix Oil Company found one good for 290 barrels on the Fultrell farm, in Washington township, Blackford county, southwest of Montpeller. The Ohio Oil Company has one good for 130 barrels in the same field, and one good for 130 barrels on the Landen farm, in Van Buren township, of Grant county. Several promising test wells wire completed, and many more are beins put down in various parts of the State. The new wells are distributed as follows: Wells Produccomp. rJoa. Dry. Wells 16 330 1 Blackford 6 500 2 Jay 7 155 2 Adams 12 425 2 Grant 37 1.305 3 Huntington 8 M 0 Madison 2 20 1 Delaware 7 117 2 Randolph 5 15 3 Jasper 2 16 0 Allen 1 20 0 Martin 15 0 Hamilton 1 10 0 Carroll 15 0 Gibson 2 70 0 Total 108 3,578 1G ICE GORGE FORMED. Ohio River Is Jammed with Heavy Floating Ice. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 3. Another ice gorge formed in the Ohio river above Ha wesville to-day. completely blocking the channel for over a mile. The river is full of heavy ice here, the heaviest of the season. All the side streams of the Ohio in this vicinity are tilled with floating ice. A large gorge is reported between here and Cairo. PAYING WELL FOR OIL LEASES FROM FARMERS Facial to the Indianapolis Journal. HtlMClM, Ind., Jan. 3.-In the past six months there has been a decided change in the method of leasing farm land In Delaware county for oil and gas well drilling purposes. At the present time laud-owners are getting a great deal more for leases ou their property than formerly. Now it is no uncommon occurrence for land-owners to get $1 to $10 an acre for sixty to ninety days as lease money. This amount Is paid for entire farms, and not merely for well sites. Three years ago leases could be secured for 0 cents an acre or less, annual rent. Better prices and shorter time are now the rule. This condition has been brought about by the rapid development of the field in this vicinity and the substantial earnings made by the lessors. pany who Is wanted as a witness will be returned from New York, and with that understanding I have ordered that there be no further interference with the departure of the company." Begiuuiug at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning Coroner Traeger and the jury impaneled to sit at the inquest will resume their task of collecting evidence in the theater building. An exhaustive examination of the building will be made and particular attention will be paid to any violations of the building ordinances that may be found. In accordance with the request f the members of the jury all sightseers and even watchmen will be excluded from the building while the examination is in progress. The jury has said to the coroner that they do not wish any person to hear of the questions that they may put to anybody, as they fear publicity will interfere with the thoroughness of the inquiry. OF UNLIMITED SCOPE. Because of the unlimited scope that the coroner intends to give to the investigation, it Is expected that the work of taking testimony will consume several weeks. Contractors and all others who can give expert testimony will be summoned, and the coroner to-day issued a notice to all persons who were in the theater and who n:.i'le their escape that he would be glad to have them appear and give their evidence. From all indications the meeting of the City Council to-morrow night will be taken up entirely with the introduction of resotlons relating to the lire in the Iroquois Tlx ater. Ordinances will be presented o -ering almost every imaginable detail of the manaem. nt and equipment of a theater. Alderman Dunn will introduce an ordinance forbidding members of the City Council to accept passes, either from railroads or places of amusement. Mayor Harrison said to-nlfhl . "I intend to hold a mee'.ng In my office to-morrow of all the aldermen, and If possible, of all of the theatrical managers aio.

THE REV. II. O. PRITCHARD. New Pastor of the First Christian Church at Shelbyville. PASTOR OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH, SHELBYVILLE The Rev. H. O. Pritchard Is a Native of Tohr.son Countv and W as College Debater and Athlete. SEEKS IIOXORS AT VALE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Jan. 3.-H. O. Pritchard, the new pastor selected by the congregation of the First Christian Church of this city, hegan his labors her to-day, having resigned the pastorship of the church at Waynetown, Ind., a few weeks ago. Mr. Pritchard was born in Johnson county, near Franklin, Ind., on July 10, 1S76. He lived on a farm and attended the country schools, from which he graduated in 1892. He represented his township in the county declamatory contest, in which he took honors. In the same year he entered the Franklin High School, from which he graduated with high honors. Afterwards he entered Frankling College, remaining there until his junior year. After teaching school two years he entered Butler University, from which school he received the A. B. degree, and was granted the degree of master of arts from the same university in June, 1903. He has but one year to complete in Yale, when he will receive the B. D. degree. In college he took part in athletic and literary contests. He was captain of the University of Indianapolis football team when it won the championship of the secondary colleges of the State. He was also on track teams and wyn medals for work In this line. He won the'prize offered for Butler's best debater in 1903. and captained the team that debated with Karlham College. He began the active, work in the ministry and comos from a strong church to take the work here, because greater opportunities present themselves. SHERIFF'S POSSE IN PURSUIT OF SHOOTER Arthur Patterson Charged with the Shooting of Heine and Parrott Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 3 The sheriff's posse was out all last night and part of to-day but failed to find Arthur Patterson, the young man who shot H( ine and Parrott, employes of the mining company's store at Fontanet, but they did arrest Robert Tyree, who was with Patterson at the time of the shooting and afterward he gave information which will result in the arrest of Patterson before morning. Both victims are out of danger. W ABASH PLAXT RESUMES Full Force of Men Will Be Put at Work To-Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind.. Jan. &. The Wabash plant of the United Boxboard and Paper Company, which has been closed for two weeks, resumes operations to-morrow with a full force of nearly 300 employes. The officials say the shutdown was not because of lack of orders, but for the purpose of making a careful inventory. The plant has work enough ahead to run night and day until spring. The Mexican Art Leather Company, idle for two weeks, also starts to-morrow morning, with plenty of orders ahead. M117 Appear at World Fair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNC1E, Ind., Jan. 3 The Board of Directors of the Muncie May Music Festival Association is considering a proposition from George W. Stewart, director of the music bureau of the St. Louis exposition, relative to a possible appearance of the entire festival chorus at the World's Fair. Director Stewart will be In Muncie in the next two weeks to discuss terms. The choral works will be a feature of the fair. The Muncie May Music Festival Association was launched last year. I want to talk over with them what is best to be done. So far I have acted upon my own responsibility without consulting anyone. There are one or two theaters that could open to-morrow by placing firemen on the stage, but they must do that. As far as I am personally concerned, not one theater shall open Its doors In this city until it has complied with the last letter of the ordinances." The mayor said that he had heard nothing of a rumor that a warrant was to be taken out for his arrest. "One cannot tell," he said, "what a man who has lost all of his family in a fire like that of Wednesday will do. He could hardly bo held responsible for his actions." ST. MARY'S PUPILS AND MISS BREWSTER LOST Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 3. Julia Brewster, a young woman whose life was lost, was a daughter of Lemuel Brewster, some y ars ago of this city, and connected with the business office of the Express. Hazel Browne, of Chicago, aged thirteen, and Eloise Swayzoe, of Columbiavllle, Mich., lost in the fire, were students at St. Mary's of the Woods. CLARENCE BURR SCOTT BURIED YESTERDAY BINGHAMTON, N. Y.. Jan. 3. One of the most largely attended funerals ever held bi It was that of Clarence Burr Scott, "Harry Judsoc," of the "Billionaire" company, who was burned to death In the Iroquois Theater tire In Chicago. It was held from the taberuacle of the M. E. Church this afternoon. Rev. Dr. A. W. Haynes, drawing a lesson Horn lac sham protection

WILL RESUME ITS SESSIONS MONDAY Brighter Outlook for the College Than at Any Time During Its Long Existence. SPLENDID NEW LIBRARY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 3 Earlham College will resume sessions for the winter term on Monday with an outlook that is brighter than the last one was. And this is saying much, in view of the fact that the past term was considered the best in the history of the institution. The dormitory will have more students while the number of dav students will be somewhat diminished. At the close of the fall term two weeks ago applications were already in for all the vacant rooms. Lessons will be assigned Monday and the actual work will begin Tuesday morning. All students are expected back Monday In order to be ready for Tuesday's work. No changes will take place in the curriculum. It is probable that some of the hours for recitation will be changed to suit the demands of the students. During this term much work will be done in the laboratories because conditions are such as to prevent outside work. Several el inges will take place In the faculty. Prof. Harlow Liudlcy, who was granted a leave of absence last October to tinish some important work in the 1'nivority of Chicago, will be back. He will take charge of part of the history department, in which he is assistant instructor. He is alto librarian of the college and will be at the head of that department. To accommodate the growing demands of the library for shelves several new bookscMM were placed in position during the holidays. The library is now in a very crowded condition and is one of the problems that confronts the schocd management. Last year during commencement time the Alumni Association considered the matter of a library fund and took favorable action upon it. In the absence of Prof. Dennis, who is taking a twelve weeks' trip in California, Prof. A. C. Life will have charge of the. biological department. Prof. Life is one of the leading men in this department in the University of Chicago. CHURCH DEDICATION. Indebtedness of Congregation Was Liquidated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLUFFTON, Jan. 3. The new Missionary Baptist Church of Whitestown, built at a cost of $3,500, was dedicated to-day with impressive ceremonies. Rev. S. C. Fulmer, of Indianapolis, delivered the dedicatory sermon, and was assisted by Rev. O. A. Cook, of Lebanon, and Rev. I. 13. Morgan, pastor of the church. During the dedicatory services something over $1,000 was raised by private subscriptions and the indebtedness of the congregation was liquidated. The structure is a modern one. The main room or auditorium is 36 by 48 feet, with a spacious Suuday-school room annex. The floors of the auditorium and Sunday-school room and vestibule have elevated floors. The seating of the auditorium is semicircular, with rosturm, and the heating is by furnace. STABBED WITH KNIFE. Trouble Started Over Attempt to Collect Small Bill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 3 In a row on Main street last night caused by an attempt of Chick" McCue to collect $2 which he alleged George and John Rund owed him for tickets to a dance McCue was badly cut with a knife in the hand of George Rund, who denies that he struck at McCue, but avers that the injured man ran into the blade. The trouble started in a saloon. INDIANA NOTES. WABASH. On Saturday evening took place a joint installation of officers of James H. Emmet Post, No. 6, G. A. R., and the Woman's Relief Corps. The ceremony was held at the Memorial Hall, and there was a large audience which filled the hall. A. F. Spauldlng served as installing officer for the G. A. R.. and Mrs. Minnie Brown for the W. R. C. SHELBYVILLE. A tribe of Red Men will be instituted in Morristown, Shelby county, Tuesday night, with a charter membership of twenty-one. A tribe of Rushville will do th initiatory work. The new trihe will be known as Uncapapah Tribe, No. S74. SALEM Just after arriving home from the Washington County Mutual Fire Insurance meeting at Salem Saturday evening, W. J. Lewelling found his barn on fire In the haymow. Building, grain and feed destroyed. Loss $600, with insurance of 1200. LIBERTY. Harry Hermier, a young man living a few miles north of this place, was accidentally shot in the right leg while out hunting, and was so badly wounded that he could not be removed to his home a few miles distant. CANNELTON The remains of Ira Adams, who was killed in a coal mine at Fairfield. 111., on Saturday, arrived here for burial Sunday. He was married and was the son of Richard Adams, of this place. New County Officials. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LIBERTY, Ind., Jan. 3. Union county has two new officials in the courthouse, the change taking place the first day of the new year. Milton Maxwell, who has been auditor for eight years, retires and Is succeeded by Clinton Gardner. Joseph C. Gilmore, who has also held office for eight years as clerk of the Union Circuit Court, makes way for Jacob C. Smelser. At the coming nominating election, two county commissioners and a sheriff are to be nominated. of the theater said: "God gives a protection to those who trust in him, that drops down in time of temptation, and is made of asbestos and not of burlap." HIS DAUGHTER GRACE NOT VICTIM OF FIRE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. 3. Ex-County Surveyor Frank Tut tie received a telegram from Chicago that the Grace Tuttle whose name was in the list of dead was not his daughter Grace, who went to Chicago a weei ago to study in the Chicago Musical College. Aska Pope to Annul Mnrrlasre. ROME. Jan. 3. Prince Frederick, of Schoenburg-Weldenburg, has sent a lawyer to the Vatican, who will present a petition to the Pope asking for the annulment of the marriage of the prince with the Princess Alice, daughter of Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne. The prince's petition will say that the infidelity of the princess has been proved. Blinded with Blank Cartridge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CAN N ELTON, Ind., Jan. 3.-At a shooting match about five miles from this place Jim Turner late yesterday evening shot Herbert Winchell in the face with a blank cartridge. Winchell s face is swollen beyond recognition, and if he recovers he will be blind for life. Ninetieth Death nt Butler. BUTLER. Pa.. Jan. 3. The ninetieth death from typhoid lever occurred to-day, and thret new cases were reported by the ward I committees. During tin past wt-. k th-re was some falling off in the number and amount of subscriptions for the relief fund, although they are uUll OsniOf iu quite liu-

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EPIDEMIC OP MEASLES 0 0 UDDENLY BREAKS OUT St. Joseph's Orphanage Visited by a Severe Attack of the Annoying Malady. CONFIXED TO THE HOME Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Jan. 3 Measles in a severe form have broken out at the St. Joseph's Orphans' Home in this city, it being announced to-day by the management that sixty out of the 159 boys and girls at the institution are afflicted with the disease. The startling announcement was supplemented by a statement made by Father Charles Guendling, superintendent of the home, in which he said that therewas little hope of checking the epidemic until it had run Its course and every Inmate of the orphanage had been seized with the malady. The disease first made its appearance two weeks ago, but, as only a few of the boys were taken ill, the orphanage management did not feel much concern. However, precautions were taken to prevent an epidemic. In spite of these, the disease spread, and child after child was added to the list of sick, which ßTew to such an extent a few days ago that the Sisters of St. Francis, who manage St. Elizabeth's Hospital, sent nurses to care for the afflicted children. At present the home is a veritable hospital, with several nurses and doctors In charge. A number of boys who have become skilled in caring for the sick are aiding the nurses, and in this way the wants of the sufferers are carefully looked after. On account of the limited dormitory space at the orphanage, it is practically 'impossible to prevent a further spread of the disease. The boys sleep in well-ventilated rooms, and the sanitary conditions are excellent; nevertheless, there Is no way of isolating the afflicted ones, and one by one the remaining children are breaking out with the disease. Doctors any that, although the epidemic is one of the severest they have ever seen, there is not much danger of the cases proving fatal. WABASH RECORDER'S ANNUAL STATEMENT Shows Amount of Mortgages and Large Real-Estate Transfers During the Past Year. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 3. The annual report of County Recorder A. M. Gibson shows there were, in 1903, 1.333 transfers in Wabash county, the consideration named being $1,990,0S8; in addition there were eighty-seven guardians' and administratori deeds calling for $55,139. There were 428 mortgages on farm lands filed, representing $531,441; thirty-six mortgages on city realty, valued at $334,S56; seventeen school-fund mortgages, aggregating $15.475; 270 chattel mortgages, amounting to $S5,S62; 107 mechanics' liens. amounting to $16.148. There were released 345 farm mortgages, of $34t,628; 386 mortgages on city and town lots. $243,581; twenty school fund mortgages, $14.543; 111 chattel mortgages, $28,348; sixty mechanics' liens, $8,010. DAMAGES ON CONTRACT. John Dayton Asks $10,000 Against P. A. Mosher, of Terre Haute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARIS, 111., Jan. 3. John Dayton, a well known and wealthy real estate dealer, of this city, has filed suit for damages in the sum of $10.000 against F. A. Mosher, a Terre Haute commission man, who has a branch board of trade office In this city. Mr. Dayton alleges the amount to be due him on a settlement. The case will be tried at the February term of the Circuit Court. INDIANA OBITUARY. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind., Jan. 3. Charles Rueff, one of the best known men in the county, and former county commissioner, is dead at the age of seventy-eight years. Rueff was born and reared in Stuttgart, Württemberg. Germany, and became an exile owing to the revolution of 1848. He was an architect in his old home and was highly educated. Soon after arriving In this country he came to this county, and had lived here ever since. He left two sons and a daughter. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 3-After a sickness of several weeks, the death of Benjamin F. Love occurred this morning at 8 o'clock at his home in this city. He was born in the southeastern part of Shelbycounty, on March 31, 1831, and received a common school education in an old distri -t school building located near his home. Hi was graduated in the law in 1861 and was an active Republican in Shelby county politics. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 3. Miss Anna Ruschizka, teacher of industrial arts in the Indian School for Feeble-minded Youth, died early this morning, aged fifty-eight. She had been in the school for seven years, aud prior to that taught in the boys' school at Plaiufleld. Her death was due to erysipelas. She was a native of Switzerland. Moving Subway nru. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 3. Two trains containing twenty-three cars for the New York subway, to be opened In March, passed through the city last night, on their own wheels. The cars are moved from St. Louis to New York over the Erie and Wabash railroads. The trains are limited to twelve cars each and must not run over twenty miles an hour. The expense of conveying each train from St. Louis to New York is $720. Were the cars loaded on flats it would be much in excess of that sum. NOT BADLY INJURED. Torpedo Boat Lawrence Will Be Able to Go to Sea. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-A dispatch received at the Navy Department to-day from Rear Admiral Sands, commanding the training squadron, says the torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence, which was rammed by the stramehin Olivette at k'r wA i. mm seriously injured. The Lawrence will be able to go to sea If it Is deemed desirable to send her to a Northern navy yard for repairs. A board of investigation will determine whether that shall be done or whether the repairs shall be made at Key West. Antl-JewiMh Erneute Prevented. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. $.-A semiofficial dispatch from I'rmla, Persia reports that an attack on the Jews, which had been planned by the Persian population, was frustrated by the energetic intervention of the Russian vice consul. The ringleaders were arrested. Revolution in I ruRuay. BUENOS AYRES. Jan. 3.-A dispatch from Montevideo says that a revolution has broken out in the department of Maldonado and that a stat of seigc has bttru proclaimed throughout the entire republic of Uruguay. oldest of the SeiiNou. FpU! to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HATTE. Ind., Jan. 3.-The thermometer record this morning wan 5 below sero, the coldest of the season TO CI HE A ( Ol li in o.; DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggist refund the money If it fall to curs.

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Jan. 3 With the mercury hovering around the aero mark In this city and rt-achlng an extreme of 35 degrees below it northern Maine: with a foot of snow, piling up at exposed points in huge drifts that delayed railroad train, caused the abandonment of street-railroad schedules, snd irt many cases interfered with the street-lighting system. New England slowly emerged to-day from the clutches of the wildest blizzard that has swept 'this part of the country since the memorable storm of No-vmln-r. ltfvv The gal. nocomjanied by a blinding fall of snow, swept the coast from Newport, R. I., to Eastport, Me., until noon today, when It moved eastward, and to-ntght was raging with almost unprecedented violence over the maritime iruvfnoes. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia suffered the most. Double patrols of life-savers are watching the coast to-night, us they bsve for the past thirty luurs. Only on" shipwreck is known to huve occurred, that of ths schooner Belle J. Neal, on Allerton bar, but. late to-night a woman's body was washed ashore at Nantucket, and It is feared thut another vessel was wrecked during the storm. Since last night five deaths from exposure have occurred in this city. Word came from Nantucket to-night that the harbor of Sissconsett was froaen for the first time in several years. The supply of provisions is low and much anxiety is felt by the islanders. With a clearing sky this afternoon conditions in this city iN-eamo mor tolerable and rapid progress was made in clearing the streets and resuming truffle under normal conditions. MANY FROST VICTIMS IN GREATER GOTHAM NEW YORK, Jan. 3. -Clear skies and biting cold succeeded the snews-torm whirh raged all last night and yesterday, resulting in a total fall of from eight to ten inches, the heaviest of the season. While there was little Interruption in street-car traffic to-day owing to the constant use of snowplows during the continuance of tha storm, the service on the railroads entering the city was badly crippled. Among the important trains affected on the New York Central were the Southwestern Special, due at 7:66 a. m.. eight hours and forty minutes late; the Limited Fast Mall, due at 9:45 a. m., six hours and thirty minutes late; the Chicago. New York and Boston Special, due at 1:30 p. m., four hours late, and the Southwestern Limited, due at 8 p. m.. four hours and thirty-five minutes late. Many cases of frostbite and exhaustion from exposure were treated at the hospitals. One man was foand unconscious and badly frostbitten in a snowdrift in Second avenue. Another was found fros'-n to death in a drift near his home on State Island. COLD AND SNOW CAUSE SUFFERING IN INDIANA Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind.. Jan. 3. Yesterday Delaware county experienced the worst blizzard known in fifteen years, old residents say, and to-day the cold is Intense. Tha mercury registered 8 degrees below sero this morning. Attendance in the churches was very light. Miss Wallace, secretary of the Associated Charities, had numerous calls for help vesterday. She said there was murh suffering in the city to-day. The diminished gas supply and the failure of the peopl to secure other fuel are responsible for this condition. Fuel yards were forced to answer calls to-day. The closing of a number of the large factories for the holidays and the fact that the workers have spent their earnings during the Christmas season have pro1 u -i a condition of destitution In many families that would otherwise be comt u table at this time. I mm of Utr Famine. Speial to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind . Jan. 3 The condition of the waterworks plant In this ity caused by the cold weather has become serious and the city may be cut off from its wnter supply. A large hole has appeared near the plant, and it is believed some of the Intake pines have burst. The two old stations are being put in shape to use in case of an emergency. The city authorities are greatly worried over the threatening situation. Washington's oldet Day. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 -To-day was the coldest of the winter season. The mercury hung around 8 degrees above aero, nearly nil lay. The pavements, cevsrew with Ice. were as sliptery as glass and th wind was keen. Many accidents, IB seSJM cases resulting in broken limbs, occurred. F. la lit -n tl-lo 7.ro. Special to thr Indianapolis Journal. WABJURf, lud.. Jan 3.-This has b. n the coldest day of th- winter in this locality, the thrmoineter this morning registering 18 degrees bei w ro. lue na tu rat suuplv is vr short.