Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1904 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY fi, 100 1.

Important News Throughout Indiana Chronicled by Journal Correspondents Fits TEMPERANCE PEOPLE i ELKHART GAS COMPANY PROBABLE MURDER Vi DETAILS OF IMPORTANT

Baby Had Two to Six Every Day. Suffered Terribly Doctors Failed. .

A YOUNG KEHTUCKIAN NEW TRACTION PROJECT FIGHTING THE CLUBS

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V Arianen Quarrel at Dupont j While Loading Ice and One

Shoots the Other Twice. IX JAIL AT MADISON Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind.. Jan. f At Dupont to-day h young man nam! Iarkln Doyle became offended at Archibald Eaulin and shot the latter twice. He escaped but was captured this afternoon and brought here on a train to-night and placed in jail. Eaglln is still alive, but his death is exported. Both are Kentur kians. Doyle and Baglin were at work gathering Ice. Eaglin being in the wagon and Doyle passing the ice to him when the trouble arone, the exact nature of which cannot be learned. Doyle drew his revolver and shot Eaglin in the right breast and stomach, citizens caught Doyle and took his revolver from him. but subsqu ntiy returned it to him and he fled. He was overtaken and arrested a few hours after. Doyle is a young unmarried mau and Eaglin is much older, with a large family. As the circuit Court is in session the case will be given to the grand jury at once. FOUL PLAY FEARED IN DEATH OF FERRYMAN Body of Andrew Bloom Under Monon Bridge and Friends Believe He Was Robbed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 5.-l'nder the south approach of the Monon railway bridge over the Wabash river two miles north of this city, the body of Andrew Bloom, a veteran ferryman, was found at noon to-day by members of a Monon freight crew. A hasty examination of the remains failed to discover any bruises except such as a fall from the bridge would h:ve caused and it has not yet been decided Just how Bloom rame to his death. There Is a feeling among friends of Bloom's I believe, that he was robbed and thrown from the trestle by tramps. It was known that he had not long since a considerable amount of mom-y on his person and none was found on the body. The spot where the remains were found is one of the loneliest in this vicinity, there being no houses nearby. Bloom was in the city yesterday, making some purchases and several bundles were found lying near his body. 1 i . M l ney coniainea arncies or small vaiue. 11 was his custom to walk across th bridge na ne pronaniy siartea across aoout o clock last r.larht Bloom was one nf the a mi v. ri I i v 9 I nil' r I r i m i i x. s i i BUYING UP SHARES. Castle Hall Association Preparing to Turn Over Property. PpeeiaJ to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 5. The members of Chlllon Castle Hall Association met last night and selected the following board of directors: Joseph H. Akers, A. J. Thurston. George W. F. Kirk. Edward Chadwick, Dr Charles A. Tlndall. Lester Clark, John Day Deprea. Robert W. Harrison, Robert W. Buxton and John O. King. The board was then organised as follows: President, Joseph H. Akers: vice president. A. J. Thurston; secretary, George W. F. Kirk; treasurer. Robert V. Buxton. The association is buying up all the shares possible, and when all the stock is purchased the assoctat'on will go out of existence and the property will pass into the hands of the Knights of Pythias of this city. HOOPER MADE PRESENTS Gave Away All His Personal Effects to Friends. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind.. Jan. 6. Fully realizing that he would have no further use for his personal effects. Harry Hooper, who begins a life sentence at the Michigan City penitentiary, distributed his effects among friends before he was taken from the Grant county jail to the State prison this afternoon. He had two trunks tilled with various artcles and these were given to various friends as a remembrance. Hooper killed Marshal Payne at Fairmount on Nov. 26. and was given a life Benterce for second degree murder. VOTED FOR NEW SCHOOL. Proposition Carried Almost Ten to One in Election. Special to the Indianapolis Journal: SULLIVAN, Ind.. Jan. 5.-A special election held here to-day to vote on the question of the erection of a new high school building to cost $9,000 and an additional public school building to cost SX.00O resulted In the proposition being carried by a vote of 3U9 for the proposition to forty against. The buildings will be modern in very detail and are to be completed by Sept. 1, I9u5. CONTRACTOR ARRESTED. Indianapolis Man Charged with Assault and Battery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCKNNK8. Ind.. Jan. 5. The bondsmen of William C. Lebo. of Indianapolis, builder of the First Christian Church, which is nearing completion at a cost of $30.000. employed Chapman Weddel to finish the church. Lebo did nor know of his bondsmen's action and when Weddel appeared to-day he assaulted him. Weddel secured Lebo's arrest on a charge of assault and battery. l.lttle Girl Rarnril to Denth. Fpedal to las Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVIT.LK. Ind.. Jan. 5. Sidney Mi'Mullin's three-yenr-old daughter was bunted to death this morning. Mrs. McMulliu left the child sitting in a chair uear the stove, which was very hot. while she went to the grocery, a block away. When she returned a lew minutes later she found the child in death agony near the door, which was fastened, burned to a crisp. The little oue died an hour or two later, having been burned from head to foot, so that the tleh f !1 from h r bodv. Kokomo Compuniea ItorKHnlied. rrtal to the Indianapolis Journal. KoKOMO. Ind.. Jan. 5. George E. Bruner resigned his position as president of the Kokomo National Bank to-day to become secretary tf the reorganized Apperson Brothers Automobile Manufacturing Company, which has doubled its capital and working capacity. E. E Springer will suc-cee4-Mr Bruner to the bank presidency. The Bowlln Canning Company was also reOrganised to-day and increased its capital to It will be known as the Kokomo Canning Company. Hrewfry Office ! tred. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOl., lad . Jan Z In an early morning fire to-day th" Leal offices of th Indianapolis Brewing Company were almost destroyed, with th. ir . out. uts, and Willlam Padlock, an employ- f the company, Who slept in th-- building. !;..! a narrow from it 'ueration Among the propaved from the ilam ,i. a private f Maria-, r Frank tin. es. containing 1 hundred doil.ua in payer uivu.y.

Company Incorporated to Build a Summer Resort Line Touching

Most Popular Lake Towns. TO BE BUILT IN SPRING Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind.. Jan. 6.-The latest electric traction property which is designed to connect a number of northern Indiana cities has just been incorporated. The new lnterurban enterprise will be known as the Winona, Warsaw & Goshen Railway Company, and th system will furnish northern Indiana's principal summer resorts Winona and Wawasee lake with easy connections with other steam and electric lines. The system, when completed, will be In the shape of a cross. The main line will be constructed from Goshen south by way of NeW Paris. Milford. Ieesburg and Warsaw to Winona. The cross section will be built from Nappanee eastward to Wawasee lake, taking in en route Millwood. Hustings and Milford. Behind the project nre three Cleveland capitalists, namely, J. B. Hanna, a relative of Senator Marcus A. Hanna. F. C. McMillan and S. (. Morris. Associated with them are Charles A. Rigdon and John H. Brubaker. of Warsaw; Maj. S. A. Collins, of Elkhart; F. K. C. Hawks. F. G. Hubbell and Anthony Oeahl. of Goshen. It is the intention to use heavy steel rails In the construction of the line, and the latest electric motor equipment obtainable. Th. cars will be provided with all modern conveniences for the safety and comfort of passengers, and a special train service will b ad.l' .l for the transportation .f x press anil freight traffic, and. with the connections with electric roads now built and building', both passengers and express can reach Indianapolis, Cincinnati. Chicago, Toledo, Columbus and Fort Wayne with greater facility than ever before. IfaJ. S. A. Collins, who for some time has been giving this particular project his constant personal attention, has expended large sums of money in securing rights of way, making surveys, etc. OVERRULED THE MAYOR. Paris Council Restored a Liquor License Twice Revoked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARIS, 111., Jan. 5. At the January meeting of the Council last night the saloon license of Swan & Wyatt, revoked ten days ago by Mayor Baum, was restored. The license was revoked by the mayor because the wife of Joseph Steldl made an effort to kill Joe Swan with a hatchet because he persisted in selling liquor to her husband. Mayor Baum is a physician, and was unable to be present at the Council meeting, owing to an urgent call, advantage seemingly being taken of his absence. This is the second time this saloon has been granted license after the same had been revoked by Mayor Banm. GOT SHELTER IN JAIL. Jackson Preferred Prison to Facing Wintry Blasts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind.. Jan. . In order to be sheltered from the cold William Jackson broke into jail. He was arrested by the police for defrauding a board bill but, although unknown to the officers, it was his desire. He had been boarding at the home of Thomas Gaakin. He was out of work and was about to be turned out of his room because of failure to pay his rent. Rather than work and provide himself with comfortable quarters he requested Oaskin to have him arrested in order that he might go to jail and be protected from the cold winter blasts. He whs accommodated and will likely remain there for some time. Poultry Show Opened. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 5. The fourth annual show of the Hoosier Poultry and Kennel Association opened in this city in a room on Third street this morning to continue until Jan. 13, inclusive. A large number of fine exhibits have been received and others are expected. Exhibitors from half a dozen States are represented. The officers are Charles G. Newell, president; John P. Hetherington, vice president; Sol D. Brandt, secretary-treasurer. Traction Waaea Raised. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHRLBVVILpE, Ind.. Jan. 5. The owners of the Shelbyville branch of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company have notified all Utefef motormen and conductors that, beginning this week they will receive a wage advance of two cents an hour. They have been receiving eighteen cents an hour. Bedford Merchant Retires. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind., Jan. 5. After many years of a most successful business life In this city. Mr. W. P. Hodge, of the firm of Hodge & Ferguson (formerly Hodge & Day), has retired. Mr. Ferguson assuming the entire business. Mr. Hodge is known to many prominent Indianapolis people. BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY PIONEERJPASSES MAI John B. Anderson. Who Came to the Vicinity of Hartsville from Xew Jersey in 1835. LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN Special to the Indianapolis Journal: rou MHI S. Ind.. Jan. 5.-John B. Anderson, one of the pioneers of Bartholomew county, is dead at his residence in Hartsville. northeast of here. He was born in Long Branch, N. J., on Feb. 7. 1812. and marri 1 Miss Jane Imbb-y in 1833. Two years lat.T thty removed to this county, locating on a farm near Hartsville. They lived thire until twenty-five year. ago. when they moved into the town of Hartsville. Mrs. Anderson died about sven years ago. Four children were born, three of whom are living. They are John B. Anderson, of Shirley. Ind.; Thomas Anderson and Silas Anderson, of Hartsville. There are eight en grandchildren and many gnat-grandchildren. Mr. Anderson was a farmer nearly all of his life until his health grew too poor fr him to engage in active vvork, when he gave up the farm aud spent his last days in quiet. Mr. Anderson was a life-long Republican and before the Republican party was organized was a stanch Whig. He cast his vote for John ..'. Freeniont in Ivtö and was one of the few men in the county who had voted for every President on the Republican ticket. He will be burled at Hartsville. Wednesday morning. (ihmI Producer Menr Kaertnn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRT WAYNE, Ind.. Jan. 5. Well No. 2 on the Anspock farm, near Egerton, this county, was shot to-day, and proved to be a good producer. The oil stood ) feet deep before the shooting. It was free from salt water, and began to fill rapidly after the tall column of oil was shot out. reaching two hundred feet of oil in three hours.

SQUIRE THOMAS POE. Oldest Magistrate in Active Service in the United States.

OFFICER'S VERSION OF SHOOTING OF WELLS Occupies Large Part of Session in the Trial of Ola B. Powers for Murder in Shelby. FIRED THE FIRST SHOT Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 5. The second day of the trial of Ola B. Powers, charged with the murder of William Wells, of Fairland, last October, was before a crowded courtroom. Several witnesses were examined this morning, among whom were George Crosby, conatable of Brandywine township. Crosby stated that on the evening of the shooting Powers told him that there was a warrant In 'Squire Maize's court against Wells, and that after being told of this that he (Crosby) went to the 'squire's office and secured the warrant, after which he went to the place where the lnterurban cars stop in Fairland. He detailed the circumstances of his attempt to arrest Wells ami of firing the first shot at him as he went around the end of the car from which he had just alighted. He declared the second shot, which was the one which fatally wounded Wells, was fired by Powers. He declared he had not deputized Powers to assist him in making the arrest. The other witnesses were unimportant. Court adjourned early to permit the members of the bar to attend the funeral of Benjamin F. Love. Most of yesterday's session of the court was occupied In securing a Jury. Among the witnesses examined was the father of William Wells, who saw the shooting, and gave a version of it substantially the same as that recounted by Constable Crosby today. E. V. Harrell testified to having given five cartridges to Powers, who told him he was going with Constable Crosby to London to make an arrest. Eluded Pnrent nd I' ipod. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind.. Jan. 5. Miss Mayme Murray, aged eighteen years, daughter of William Murray, a Goshen grocer, and Everett Cleis, aged nineteen, son of J. C. Cleis, a Jeweler, of South Bend, eluded relatives who sought to end their infatuation and went to West Liberty, O., last week, where they were secretly married on New Year's . at Maccabee Castle, the home of Gen. and Mrs. A. B. Piatt, by the Rev. H. Beard, an Episcopal rector, Mrs. Piatt being the bride's sister. Their relatives did not know of the marriage until their return home to-day. Many (anei of MeulM. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARAGON. Ind.. Jan. 5. There is an epidemic of measles here, there being more than fifty cases in town and vicinity. This seems to be a good field for measles. The disease is in a mild form, and generally lasts but a few days. The schools are closed for one week. REAL WORK OF SECURING SUBSCRIPTIONS BEGUN Bankers and Business Men Working to Raise Fundi for Purdue Memorial Gvmnasiuin. RAILROADS OFFER HELP Special to the Indianapolis Journal: LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Jan. 5.-Real work of securing subscriptions for the Purdue memorial gymnasium fund has been starp-d by the citizens' committee, composed of bankers and business men. The first payment on subscription pledges are due n Feb. 1, 1904, and the others each succeeding three months until the entire amount pledged is paid. The members of the committee are greatly pleased by the manner in which the public is responding to the call for assistance and in a month it will be known for a certainty whether the gymnusium project will be carried out. although its success is already practically assured. The larger subscriptions are now being collected, but the donations of the Purdue alumni will be kept separate at present. President Stone i r,.0, jving letters from railroad men in all parts of the country pledging their help in the matter of raising a sufficient amount of mouey to build the gymnasium. It is probable that a $100, UUO structure will be erected. Work Resumed nt Enrllinm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Jan. 5.-Work was resumed at Earlham College to-day. The conditions are quite flattering. Among the new Mudents registered In the dormitory are Orate Frazee. Rushville; Edith Wndard, Kntghtstown: Ruby Wood. Bioomingdale; Edith Child. Fall mount; Ethel McCoy. Wilmington. O. ; Florence Kerr. Troy, O.; Fred Bth. Noblesville. aud Miss Homey. Noblesvllle. Prof. R. I. Saekett offers a new course in mathematics. A number of students in the civil engineering department wanted more work In railroad surveying. The new course is railway economics and probably will be made a permanent part of the curriculum. Railway Constitution will form the basis fur most of the lectures.

SQUIRE THOMAS POE,

MAGISTERIAL

NESTOR

He Has Presided in Rushville's Court of First Instance for Nearly Forty Years. HALE AND ACTIVE AT 92 Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE. Ind., Jan. 5. 'Squire Thomas Poe, of this city, who possesses the honorable distinction of being the oldest magistrate in active service in the United States, is now in his ninety-third year, and is still in active service. 'Squire Poe was born in Mason county, Kentucky, on May 28, 1811, of good old pioneer stock. In his youth he was employed as a flatboatman on the Ohio river. Later he engaged in the merchantile business in Paris. Ky. In 1852 he came to Rushvlile with his family, having shipped a stock of drugs ahead of him. He opened a drug store here and at the same time conducted a hotel, the Central House, on the site now occupied by the Melodeon Hall block. In 1855 he disposed of his drug business to Stewart & Wilson and gave his whole attention to his hotel interests. In 1860 Mr. Poe sold out the Central House and the Carr House (now the Windsor), which he had managed since 1855. In 1964 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace for the first time, and entered on his duties as justice, which he has discharged with credit; credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents for thlity-nine years. In 1900 'Squire Poe was re-elected for a term of four years, which, if he lives to complete, will see him in his ninety-fourth year. 'Squire Poe was elected magistrate nine times and held over one term. In the seventies he was defeated by William English, a Democrat, through the Influence of a few Republicans who had taken offense at some of the 'Squire's fiudinss in a civil action affecting their interests. English qualified but later tendered his resignation. A special election was then called and 'Squire Poe was re-elected justice without opposition. In the thirty-nine year! of continuous service as magistrate 'Squire Poe has married about 425 couples. He has sat as presiding magistrate In nearly all the preliminary hearings in murder cases held in Rushville in the last forty years. 'Squire Poe has been a widower since 1S2. He has three children living. William B. Poe, Mrs. R. W. Cox and Mrs. J. R. Carmichael, of Rushville. 'Squire Poe has chewed tobacco for over eighty years, and is a moderate user of liquor. Except on lodge nights he Is regularly in bed at 8 o'clock. The 'Squire Is an active Mason and has been a regular attf idant at Phoenix Lodge for many years. Five a. m. rarely finds him in bed. He is a believer in the maxim of "Early to bed and early to rise," and has been an early riser all his life. He never fails to take a walk of several squares every morning before he goes to his office. The 'Squire is in good health and still retains command of his faculties, although his hearing and eyesight are not so good as of yore. SHIRK HEIRS ESTABLISH TITLE TOJHE PROPERTY One of Hardest Fought Legal Battles in the Courts of Tippecanoe County. SETTLED BY AGREEMENT Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 5.-After pending in the Tippecanoe County Circuit Court for nearly six years, the four cases of Elbert W. Shirk, trustee, against M. S. Davidson, C. W. Lahr, John Fisher aud John Stair were to-day settled by agreement, and the Shirk heirs establish their title to the property in this county of the old Wabash and Erie Canal Company. The fight has beetl a long one, aud one of the bitterest and most Important land disputes in the history of the State. In em h CAM it was agreed that each defendant is owner in fee simple of the real otate, which consists of the canal right of way. and by like agreement the defendant grant to the plaintiff the right of way for a traction railroad along the old canal, provided the traction line is built inside of l. i: seats. The concluding chapter of the SSAe, drawn to-day, ends a legal fight and establish s titl to a night of WSJ along which an lnterurban line will probably be built next year, which will connect Lafayette with Logansport and be a link in the chain of lnterurban lines direct from this city to Lima. O. The legal fight over the right of way has been the only drawback lo the construction of such a system, which will now be built. Farm Residence Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Jan. 5.-The residence on the farm owned by Jacob G. De ITez. west of town, caught fire from an overheated stove this afternoon and was burned to the ground, with its contents. William Maine and family lived in the property, and they had started, about half an hour before, to Shelbyville to do some trailing. The property was valued at SL'.äUO. on which a sin.nl iiisuiai.ee was carried in the Cuntiueutul insurance Company.

Royal Center Residents Trying to Rout the Successors of the Beaten Publicans.

CASE TAKEN TO COURT Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT. Ind.. Jan. 5.-The temperance people of Royal Center, the capital of Boone township, to-day made another important move in their war on the liquor traffic which has been waging since early last year, by filing complaints against the corporators of the three club hotises opera ting there, in which they seek to annul the charters under which they are doing ! business. The State is made plaintiff in the cases which are filed on the relation of George W. Walters, prosecuting attorney, and the defendants are The Royal Center Pleasure Club. The Royal Center Social Club and the Boone Township Gun Club. All of these were Incorporated last spring, after tne routing of the publicans. LIQUOR FIGHT ENDED IN UNION MILLS CASE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind., Jan. 5 The Union Mills temperance war case was dismissed in the Laporte Circuit Court to-day. In 195 the Rev. George T. Welcome, pastor of the Advent Church and a prominent temperance worker, filed a remonstrance with the necessary number of names against granting of a liquor license to Charles Blodgett. On Blodgett's solicitation many withdrew their signatures from the remonstrance, but the commissioners refused to grant a licence and Blodgett appealed to the Circuit Court, where Judge Hubbard found ngiiinst the remonstrators. While a motion for a new trial was pending the Indiana Supreme Court decided a similar case, whereupon Judge Hubbard reversed his former ruling and granted a new trial. Blodgett. having won his fight, sold his saloon, but the case was continued from term to term until to-day, when an agreement was reached to pay the costs, which were divided, and the action was dismissed. PUBLICAN'S BONDSMAN NEARLY COLLAPSED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FOWLER, Ind., Jan. 5. Ezra McGahan, of Oxford, in this county, who appears as bondsman in the Benton Circuit Court for William T. Curry, arraigned on charges of selling liquor without license, very nearly suffered a physical collapse yesterday on account of fear that his principal was going to abscond and leave him to pay $450 as surety. McGahan hurriedly summoned Sheriff Mount from Fowler, to seize Currey, but later in the day Currey gave McGahan an indemnifying bond from a Lafayette brewery firm and McGahan accepted it. McGahan was so nervous ana excited with apprehension that he had to be conveyed to his home and waited on by a physician. Publican Indicted for Perjnry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind., Jan. 5. John McMahon, a Goshen publican, and Harry Carter, an employe of M. M. Ulery, a billiard parlor owner, indicted for operating slot machines, were indicted for perjury, and to-day brought into Circuit Court, giving bonds of $500 each. They denied knowledge of the existence of slot machines, despite the fact that the sheriff had confiscated two of them. Rnnsinvllle Xe.ain Gooa Dry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal: KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 5. Russiaville has gone dry again. At the regular January meeting of the county commissioners today, the application of Orville Brette for retail saloon in Russiaville was turned down. The application was defeated by remonstrance under the Nicholson law. DEMOCRATS OF TENTH TO ELECT CHAIRMAN Boom for J. Kirby Risk, While Others Will Try to Land Editor Faulkner in Place. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 5. Democrats of the Tenth congressional district will assemble in this city next Thursday to elect a district chairman. Leading Democrats in Lafayette have started a boom for J. Kirby Risk to succeed Chairman Dan W. Simms, who declines to serve again. There is considerable strife In the Democratic district organization since Simms has announced his resignation. A strong following from the north end of the district will endeavor to land Editor Faulkner, of the Michigan City Dispatch, in the chairmanship. A banquet will be held at the Hotel Hines. Hamilton Banquet to Be Held. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 5-The Lincoln League of this county will hold a Hamilton banquet in the K. of P. armory on Monday evening, Jan. 11. It will be a celebration of the birth of the great statesman, Alexander Hamilton, after whom this county was named. It will also be in the nature of a county "love feast," and speakers from every township in the county will be on the programme. The principal speakers will be William L. Taylor and J. Frank Hanly. Covers will be laid for 250 persons by the Rathbone Sisters of this city. The Republicans of this county were never more harmonious, and this "love feast" will accentuate and strengthen the harmonious relation. Decntnr Comity Itcpnhlleans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBCRG. Ind.. Jan. 5. The Republicans of Decatur county will meet in mass convention in the various townships on Saturday, Jan. 9. to select fourteen delegates to the Sixth district convention to be held at Conuersville on Jan. 12. At the same time and place precinct committeemen will be chosen and the precinct committeemen so selected will meet In this city on Monday. Jan. 11, to select a county chairman. Theater MmI Be Matte Safe. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINAMAC, Ind., Jan. 5. A committee of the Town Council of this place to-day, at the request of prominent citizens, made a thorough inspection of Virpalett's Opera House, a three-story brick building. The committee reported the building to be a fire trap and altogether unsafe, and advised the owner to make stich improvements as would Insure safety to patrons. Heavy Penalty for AmsuK. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, lud . Jan. 5. Henry Shoemaker, who, while drunk, beat another man on street, received one of the hfTttll penalties ever inflicted in Laporte Mreuit Court for plain assault and battery. Judge Richter gave him ninety days in th. o.unty jail and fined him $15. which means that he will spend nearly eight months iu Jail, as he is unable to pay the Hue. Stabbed by an 1 nknono Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSV1LIJC. Ind., Jan. 5.-Whlle on his way home last night Albert Robinson, of Stanley. Warrick county, was stabbed in the side by an unknown man, and Is in a eerlous condition. The officials have no tkw to the uti-allaut

Capitalized for $300,000 and Is Financed by Many Grand Rapids Capitalists. WILL REBUILD PLANT

Special to the Indianapolis Journal: ELKHART. Ind., Jan. 5 The incorporation of the Elkhart Gas Company, which took place on Jan. 1. was first locally announced to-day. The capitalization is $300.000. and the purpose Is to absorb the present Elkhart Gas. Light and Coke Company, which was established in 1ST1. with a fiftyyear franchise. The City Council recently extended the franchise to Jan. 1. 1934. on the promise that the system would be rebuilt and greatly expanded. It is expected to invest between $6o.0w) and $100,0o0 in improvements as soon as the condition of the weather will permit. The new company includes a number of outside capitalists, especially Grand Rapids financiers. The directors are William Alden Smith, congressman from Grand Rapids; Cyrus D. Roys, president of the Elkhart G is. Light and Coke Company; George E. Murdook. superintendent of the latter company; Perry L. Turner, an attorney here, and E. J. Van Vit it. of Boston. The present plant manufactures gas from oil, but when reconstructed will manufacture coal gas. Refused to Accept the Roads. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind.. Jan. 5. The commissioners of Lawrence county met yesterday to decide as to whether they would receive the gravel roads, known as the Oolitic roads, lately built by Contractor A. L. Donaldson, and refused to accept them, on the ground that they were not built according to contract. A petition had been presented to the board, urging them to refuse, on the grounds stated, signed by about 150 taxpayers. The Council has been investigating for itself, and also refused to accept the macadamized streets of the city of Bedford, on the same grounds. Mr. Donaldson lias taken an appeal to the Circuit Court. Prosperous K. of P. I od. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 5. Bernlce Lodge, No. 130, Knights of Pythias, has just finished remodeling Castle Hall at an expense of $2,3U0, giving it one of the most beautifying and commodious lodge rooms in the State. The lodge Is growing rapidly. It has a membership of 300 and has assets to the amount of $12.000. The following officers, have just been elected: C. C. W. R. Fertig; V. C, C. W. Kraft; prelate. W. C. Griffin; M. at A.. J. D Hill; I. G.. David Jump; O. G.. Thomas Collier; K. of R. and S., John M. Hays; M. of E.. Earl Baker; M. of F., W. A. DuBois; trustee. John E. Lake; medical examiner. Dr. F. A. Tucker; representatives to the grand lodge, L. 8. Baldwin and George Shirts. School Teacher Appeals His Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind.. Jan. 5.-Some time ago Edward Slmonton, a teacher at school No. 7, in German township, this county, whipped three boys with a wagon whip, and a number of the patrons thought the punishment was too severe. They preferred charges against him, and the trustees dismissed him. but Simonton has appealed to the county superintendent. Slmonton had learned that the boys insulted one of the girls of the school, and took advantage of the first infraction of the rules to punish them. Patents (.runted Inillaniam. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Indiana patents were granted to-day as follows: Edward H. Beiden, Fort Wayne, electric arc lamp; Frank G. Fortney, Monroeville, creaming can; Peter F. Glazier, Indianapolis, mantle guard for cocks and faucets; George Kendall and W. L. Cowdin, Delphi, magazine stove; Hugh E. Kreuter, Nickel Plate, reversible plow; Thomas J. Lindsay, Indianapolis, shaft bearing, also driving axle structure for motor vehicles; Carl K. MacFadden, Geneva, gas generating and feeding mechanism for gas engines; Nathan R. Spnulding, Monroeville, heading boiler; James Stanley, New Castle, windmill. Yontbfnl Hornet hief Sentenced. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Jan. 5 Willie McPherson, aged sixteen years, was found guilty by a jury this afternoon of a charge of horsestealing and was given a sentence of 100 days in jail. Young McPherson took a horse and bujfry from the Maddox livery barn in Marion and started to drive to Pennsylvania. He left the rig at Lima, O., and boarded a train to finish his trip to Oil City. Pa. The rig has never been recovered. Commercial tlnb Election. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARIS, 111., Jan. 5. At a meeting of the Parti Commercial Club, last night, officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: H. L. Hodge, president; R. M. Link, vice president; C. F. Propst, secretary; C. H. Lamb, treasurer. The club declared unanimously In favor of any electric line which might be constructed into or out of Paris. Rheumatic Cure Costs Nothing if It Fails Any honest person who suffers from Rheumatism is welcome to thl" offer. For years I searched everywhere to find a specific for Rheumatism. For nearly twenty years I worked to this end. At last, in Germany, my search was rewarded. I found a costly chemical that did not disappoint me as other Rheumatic prescriptions had disappointed physicians everywhere. , 1 do not mean that Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure can turn bony Joints into flesh again. That Is impossible. But it will drive from .he blood the poison that causes pain and swelling, and then that is the end of Rheumatism. I know this so well that I will furnish for a full month my Rheumatic Cure on trial. I cannot cure all cases within a month. It would be unreasonable to except that. But most cases will yield within thirty days. This trial treatment will convince you that Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure is a power against Rheumatism a potent force against disease that is irresistible. My offer Is made to convince you of my faith. My faith is but the outcome of experience of actual knowledge, i know what it can do. And I know this so well that I will furnish my remedy on trial. Simply write me a postal for my book on Rheumatism. I will then arrange with a druggist In your vicinity so that you can secure six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure to make the test. You may take it a full month on trial. If it succeeds the cost to you s $5.50. If it fails the loss is mine and mine alone. It will be left entirely to you. I meau that exactly. I don't expect a penny from you. Write me and I will send you the book. Try my remedy for a month. If it fails the loss Is mine. Address Dr. Shoop, Box JTCO. Racine, Mild cases not chronic are often cured by one or two boitlus. At all druggists.

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Weak, nervous, fretful, punr chiMrs require a treatment such as only Dr. Miles' Nervine affords. When neglected these symptoms lead to epdeptic tits or spumt. Every mother should strengthen her own and babies' nerves with Dr. Mues' Nervine, a true specific in all nervous disorders. Read the following: "When tnv little boy was iS months old he had cramps in his feet and hands. They would be drawn out of shape for two or three days. At first liniment seemed to help but in about two weeks nothing did any good the doctor gave him. We called another doctor bat his medicine did no good so we changed to another who called it spinal disease. By this ti-.ne the child's body was drawn out of shape; his backbone was carved to one side and his hands and feet out of shape. H:s sufferings were terrible, and he was having from two to six fits a day. I was taking Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine for nervous trouble and saw it was recommended for fits, so I thought I would see if it would help him. All three doct rs had given him up. One-half bottle stopped the fits and his limbs straightened, and ancther bottle cured him. He is now a strong, healthy boy going to school. I have waited to sec if the old trouble returned, before writing you. but it never has. I cannot praise Dr. Miles NerT ine enough, as I know it saved my boy's life." Mr- Uriah Nelson, Lansing, Iowa, All druegists sell snd guarantee first bottle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and i 1 1 seases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Cu.. Elkhart, Ind. S M) Mil l. M l'IM.II. ASK FOR ATKINS SAWS FINEST ON EARTH Hand, Crosscut, Butcher, Kirchrn and Mill Saws SOI.I l . I It WHERE p e t r 0 r w BARRY SAWSj Mill Supplies of All Kinds The Tonic Par Excellence. is niRtiiy recommended as nrmMti. a II - jf-w v Colds and Influenza and as a specific remedy for Typhoid and Malarial Fevers. w a. r vi ucK a ft tO.. 26 JO BIISICAL.. Central College of Music 650 North Meridian St. Sl'llnoi. .NOW 1I2: Day and board Ins pupUa may enter at any time A modern splendidly equipped Institution by all departments of learning ernbiaced in the Alt of Music and the allied Arte. end for catalogue. i:i ARD TAYLOR, Director. PULL SET, $3.M Gold Porcelain Crowns. .3.ft Fihng 5)c Teeth UNION PAINLESS DENTISTS Corner Mark- ;tn 1 'ir"le, i;.it of Monument. SEALS, fTEftClLJ AND STAMPS SEALS CILS.STAH1 VTALOCUEFRa BADGZS. CMSCK Ac TIL 1386 15 &MERJDLAN5T. QnWrWj, DR. SWAIN'S HEALTH HOME 73 Middle Drive, WoodraC Place. Superior accommodation for chronic ous ca,ae. New Telephon K7. To Those Interested in Sports Hie Indianapolis Morning Journal is CTSSOtany readable, as It covr: sporting fie d in the most complete manner. A special feature of this department in Sunday's Journal, complete in detail and illustrations. If you war.t a record of Polo Games Horse Races and News of tha Sparring Ring Watchm Journal In Indianapolis and suburbs: Dally and Sunday. 56e a month or lie a week; daily only, 0c a month or 10c a week; Sunday only, ftc per copy. Elsewhere: Dally, 10c a week; Sunday, 5c extra. Ö Pages in Colors Every Sunday Your paper is not deli vered to you regularly and early enough In the morning, be so kind as to notify us. that we may rem-dy ihe fa- i It should miss delivery, a telephone message will bring you a ocpy within half at hour. Both 'phones 23d and 89

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