Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1904 — Page 2

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the mustache of a whit-' mru. ami that bc vat the woiwia se.-u by Alxrt I.vit h at Fourteenth and L Btn taPdssg with n stranger, the investig atl.n would avail ti thki To thii end the hair? were wnt this afternoon to Loci v. i . where a d t -mato'.o-,: wiil determine r. bether or not they were torn from the rm;-t.'. '.i- of M gchafer auaücnt in the struggle or are horse r. Mrs. as some contend. It was Understood to-night that the tptdtM was unabk to defrmfaa at first inspection the nature of the hair 8, and would not be a -l to give dtftaite anew, r until lOHsjDfrow. With the man and woma.. i by Dfii' h eliminated from the ran, th authorities feel that the Investigation will be expedited. At to-day's meeting of the eorr.mitte It wa.i d-t Med to bvgin a systematic Inetigation. even to th extent of a house-to-house ran vara, to deb rmine th- identity of the couple, it wan . 1 at that m ctIng to examine several prominent young men of Bedford, simply to give the fommltue any information they might have In their possession. To-night's decision, however, will work several changes in the plans of the officials. , At the investigation to-night a number of characters about the city were examined, but the efforts to obtain any evidence were as fruitle as former ones. FALSE RCMOR OF ARREST. Kd K Inzer, a Bedford railroader, was reported under arrest at Indianapolis tonight, which afterward proved false, and the rumor caused quite a commotion. Inquiry at the Kinzer home brought the information th .t Kinzer is at Guthrie, on the Monon road, fourteen raUes north of Bedford. The detectives thought to-day they had In their hands evidence which might Show that Miss Schäfer feared harm would befall her before the night of the murder. Edwina Day, a friend of Eva Love, Miss Schafer's roommate, was at Miss Schafer's room a night or two before the murder. A step was heard at the door, and Miss. Schäfer jumped to her feet, with a startled "Oh, I am glad it is you. Miss Smith." she said when her landlady opened the door. This is the story told by Miss Day. The clothing of Miss Schafer, in a locked box. was taken to the City Hall this afternoon. To-day detectives examined the effects of Miss Schäfer at the High School. Nothing was found to throw the faintest ray of light on the case. In her desk was found a Iatin composition, written by Thomas Kern, a student, and on it was written by Miss Schäfer these words: "This is a good paper. Students like you, Thomas, would make a teacher's heart happy." MEMORIAL SERVICE. As the bells In far-away Elkhart tolled while the body of Sarah Schafer was being carried to its grave. Bedford mourned for the dead girl. The first public demonstration of the grief felt by Its citizens and the friends and pupils of Miss Schäfer over the tragedy was the memorial service held In the assembly room of the High School. In this room, where she was last seen by the girls and boys, her closest acquaintances of the last four months, they sobbed and mourned her death. It was a dramatic scene. The seats were filled with her former pupils and the stillness was broken only by sobs. Short and Impressive talks were made by President Lowe, of the School Board; Captain J. D. Alexander, who was the last person with Miss Schäfer before she met her fate; Mayor J. Hickson Smith, and Senator Thomas Brooks. Eloquent prayers were delivered by the Rev. E. Richard Edwards and Rev. Wilson Whitney. lYesident Lowe eulogized the dead girl and called the crime a "cold, ruthless and heathenish one." Coming entirely unexpected, was an attack by President Lowe upon WEATHER IS TO BE FAIR AXD WARMER WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. -Weather forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: Indiana and Illinois Fair and warmer on Wednesday and Thursday; light, variable winds becoming southerly. Ohio Fair Wednesday, except snow along the northeast lake shore. Thursday fair and warmer; fresh west to nor hwest winds. Kentucky Fair on Wednesdiy and Thursday, warmer in west portior . Thursday fair and warmer. Lower Michigan Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, warmer on Thursday; fresh northwest winds, diminishing. Tennomi Fair on Wednesday and Thursday; warmer Wrednesday in west portion. Iowa and Missouri Fair and warmer on Wednesday and Thursday. Minnesota Fair and warmer on Wednesday and Thursday; fresh west winds, becoming variable. Kansas Fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Nebraska Fair on Wednesday, warmer in east portion. Thursday fair. South Dakota Fair on Wednesday, warmer in east and central portion. Thursday fair. North Dakota Fair and warme on Wednesday. Thursday fair. Local Observation on Tuesday. Bar. Ther. R H Wind. Weather. Prec. 7 a.m. ..02 6 10) N'west. Lt. Snow. .41 7 p. m..J0.38 4 97 West. Clear. T Maximum temperature, 12; minimum temperature. 4. Comparative statement f mean temperature and total precipitation: Ther. Prec. Normal gj .10 Mean temperature for day 7 .41 Departure for day 24 ..M Departure since Jan. 1 H6 l 39 Plus. W. T. BLTTHE. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatares. 8tatic 7 a. m. Max. 7 p.m. Ahiiene, Tex 14 30 Amarlllo. Tex 10 44 .1 Atlanta. Oa 36 42 Hismarik. N. D 12 - 11 Buffai". X. Y s Cairo. Ill 2 12 ,2 Calgary . Alberta 16 u Chattanooga. Tenn 40 n 22 Cheytnne. Wyo 12 2 is Chicago. Ill 4 u Cincinnati. 0 26 1.) Cleveland, O... 36 1: Columbus, 0 18 34 10 Concordia. Kan 10 3$ -s Davenport. Ia 14 2 0 Denver. Col 12 2 Dodge City. Kan 2 40 32 Dubuque, la 18 2 1 Duluth. Minn 24 6 U Kl Paso, Tex 24 50 44 Galveston. Tex 30 H 42 Grand Junction. Col 4 26 26 Grand ltapids. Mch 10 u io Havre. M n' 12 30 - Huron. 8 D -it 4 . . s Helena. Munt 24 30 26 Jacksonville, Fla 44 4 Ifsasas City. Mo 8 h , Lander. Wyo 4 2 IJttle Rock. Ark 10 26 i Louisville. Ky 12 1 Maniuette. Mich 14 it 4 Memphis. Tenn 6 j .1 Modena. Ctah 0 :: Montgomery. Ala 40 te Nashville. Tenn it i 1,, New Orleans. La SI 52 j New York. N. V 22 Norfolk. Va 34 North Platte. N I. . ... 2 : Oklahoma. O. T 3 Omaha, NcU -iu J6 Palestine. Tex lt :; j Parkersburg. W Va.... m Philadelphia. Pa 22 44 40 Pittbburg. Pa 18 Pueblo. Col -2 M 32 Qu Apt-lie. Aasin 28 i4 lUptdClty, S. D 0 2S St. Louis. Mo 4 8 6 8t. Paul. Minn ; alt Lke City. Ctah... ft 22 nn Antonio. Tex 'ji j Santa Fe. N. M 8 tfhreVepo! t . I.. 1 H B Springfield. 1,1 4 2 " Springfield. Mo 8 14 14 Valentine. Neb 0 24 20 Washington. D. C 24 54 ;;i Wichita, Kan -4 M

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cTrta!n rtyrvryfrdertt" who hnve sent th" I BMh they represent, exaggerated account of the trujrdr- He denounced them and uf d puch names as "fakirs" and "sensation mongers." He denounced statements that Mi.;; Schafer sectctly met a man on th 9 aurner that fatal night, as wholesale lies. "A dred more foul, a deed more dastardly, a riend more Incarnate, there never was." w re tho opening words of Mayor Smith, inferring to tne crime and its perpetrator. "This city will spend the last penny in its tnasury hrfore It allows the guilty one to t-v;ape," he declared. "If he escapes my Inith In a Divine Being will be shaken." were Mayor Smith's closing words. In his talk he naM that the best detectives In the country would be brought to Bedford to ferret out the crime. When Senator Brooks feelingly told of Sarah S h.tfer Wülkinp t h.-r df ath with a song on her lips, boys and girls alike broke down and wept and older ones failed to restrain their feelings. It was a dramatic Close to the memorial. Resolutions on the death hy High School members were read. Miss Arta Knox, one of the dead girl's closest friends and principal of the school, told of the grief -stricken family at Elkhart. JOSEPH WEIMER. HAIRS für XI) IN DEAD GIRL'S HAM) EXAMINED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. IXUISYILKK, Ky., Jan. 26 A messenger from Bedford arrived here to-night with the hairs that were found in the hand of Miss Sarah C. Sthafer. He visited Dr. J. E. Hays. specialist. In the St. Charles flats. After an examination Dr. Hays was unable to determine whether all of the hairs were human. One looked as If It came from a man's mustache. The specialist withheld his decision until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. LAID TO REST IN A LOWER-LINED GRAVE Special to the Inlianaiolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind.. Jan. 26.-The funeral services of Mtes Sarah Schafer. at Trinity Methodist Church, were so largely attended that several hundred were turned away, although the church seats 1.000. as arranged to-day. the choir loft and choir being utilized. The pastor, the Itev. Somerville Light, was assisted by the Rev. F. T. Simpson, who read the Scriptural chapter and offered prayer. Mr. Light drew Inspiration from three texts, finding solace for the bereaved family in the twelfth verse of the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians: "For now we see as through a glass darkly." Alluding to the untimely end of the deceased, he based his remarks on the ninth verse of the fifteenth chapter of Jeremiah: "Her sun has gone down while yet lt is day," and the twenty-ninth verse of the thirty-first chapter of Proverbs: "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all." Death at best, he said, was a mvstery, and the taking off under such conditions as Miss Schaler s was an additional mystery, but the promise of divine Providence of complete revelation in the future was the foundation of comfort under such distress. Her tragic end had brought to mortal close a particularly bright life, full of happiness, hope and prospect, but all human life was incomplete, and there had been but one exception that of Christ, who had accomplished His errand at the end of a brier mortal life and was prepared to say, '"It Is finished." The ideal Christian life looks beyond death for completion. In concluding Mr. Light dwelt on tho conspicuous characteristics of the deceased, her lovable disposition, confiding nature, the absence of ill will toward others and the corresponding confidence in others, her joyous frame of mind, as evidenced by her singing on the street in a rainstorm just a few minutes before the death blow all reflecting the influence of the Christian life which she not only professed, but practiced in all her relations to the world, society and her friends. They created an atmosphere to old and young alike. Her respect for the opinions of her parents in regard to social conduct as indicated by her correspondence was indicative of her sincerity and wa" a part of a nature that was cheerful, pure, truthful and affectionate. The singing was by a quartet consisting of Mesdames Clinton and Shaffer. Maude Nye Douglas and Vernon Nelson and Miss Annette Cleland. The family requesttd tho singing of one of the selections. "My Father Knows." because it ha 1 been a favorite of Miss Schäfer, and another was espec! illy appropriate, "Some Day We Will Understand." The pallbearers were the following members of the High School class of '9: Clyde Boyer. Fred Wolf. Otto Helfrick. Hairy Smith, John O'Connor and Councilman L H. Church. Other members of the class attended In a body. The floral tributes were many, and in addition to those from private friends were the following: Wreath from the Indiana State Normal School, class of '03; lyre, from the boys of th Elkhart High School, class of '98; pillar from the faculty and Board of Bedford Schools; two emblematic pieces and two bouquets from the Alpha chapter of the Woman's League at Terre Haute, sent respectively from members at Terre Haute. Elkhart. Kokomo and Huntington: several bouquets and a box of roses from the teachers of the graded schools here, and a similar box from the High School faculty a pillow from the Bedford school, a bouquet of lilies from the Latin class at Bedford; roses from the South Side and Fourth ward schools here; carnations from the trustees of Trinity Methodist Church; twenty-three carnations (one of each war of her age) from the Senior League, and rost g from the Junior League; a blanket of carnations and roast for the casket, and similar lining for the grave, the tribute of her uncle, Edward Schafer. ot South l. mi. Among the out-of-town friends who came to attend the funeral were Misses Mary J. Anderson. Cecil White and Susan Benedict, of Terre Haute, and Miss Laura Shryer, of Swayxee. The city schools were dismissed for the afternoon. JOSEPH HEITGER IS STILL AT HLOOMIXGTOX Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOM HfQTON. Ind.. Jau. 26. Joseph Heitger is siill in Blooinington and wiil remain here two or three daffe He is nicely quartered at the Phi Gamma Delta chapter house, and his fraternity brothers tlldlkt AM I. 1 m ... . ma . . 1 ..la. . - . . 1 iiiüi H nun i , in, 1 1 11 1 UK wiu) tiM'ni lor me prejsem. rie gunny answered any calls today and talked freely with correspondents. MISS SCHAFER IXSl RED TEX HOURS BEFORE EXD Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NILES. Mich.. Jan. :N.-;. H. Reed, an insurance man of South Rend. Ind.. stated Kre to-day that Miss Sarah Schäfer, the girl who was murdered at Redford. Ind.. last week, took out an insurance policy UpOU her life just ten hours before she wa murderrd She made application for a $1,000 policy. Ml. Red decL.r.s. whs f-x.i min--i and n -chired physically admissible, and gave directions that her. mother was to be made the benetieuiry. The policy was delivered to Mrs. Schäfer the da ot the murdtr. Mr. Reed states that the insurance busi:v w unsidicit d. TRAIN STRIKES SLEEPER: KILLS FOUR PERSOXS MADISON. Wis.. Jan. 26. Four persona were killed by a Chicugo & Northwestern passenger train to-night at Carry, near Crystal lake. The train struck a sleigh containing a minister, his wife and four children, instantly killing the father, mother ami two children. The other two children are said to he fatally injured. The name of the family is not know?; harts, TO CIRC A COLD IX ONE DAY Take Laxative Biomo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. L V. Grove's signature 1 oa each box. 26c

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MARION HAMLIN INGRAM. Decorabd hy the Daughters of the Confederacy with the Southern Cross of Honor. WEARS CROSS OF HONOR; EDITOR FOR FIFTY YEARS Indiana Democrat W ho Does Not Drink Liquor, Chew or Smoke Tobacco. IS AN EX-CONFEDERATE Special to the Indianapolis Journa'. WINAMAC, Ind., Jan. 26. Marion Hamlin Ingram, editor of the Winnmac Democrat, for fifty years a newspaper man and a former soldier, wears the Southern Cross of Honor, presented by the Mississippi division. Daughters of the Confederacy, as evidence that he had the courage of his c :ivi tions when the civil war began and went South to fight for secession. Mr. Ingram was born in 1S34 and came to Pulaski county with his parents in 1S43. He learned the printer's trade In Peoria, III., and afterward published a paper in Mississippi. He served through the war in the Confederate army, rising from private to major. After the war ho returned to Indiana and purchased the Winamac Democrat and has published It ever since. He is a rmmber of tin Sous of the Revolution, and is a charter member of the Winamac Methodist Church. He 1s a total abstainer from liquor and tobacco. BABY Iii TO DEATH BT ACT JFJS BROTHER Two-Year-Old Frankfort Boy Set Fire to the Clothing of His Infant Brother. BODY HORRIBLY BURNED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KRANKFORT. Ind., Jan. 26. Ora Virgil. the seven-weeks-old boy baby of Mr. and Mrs. James Ottenger. who live at the end of North John street, was burned to death this morning. The accident occurred about 7:30 o'clock, and the babe lingered until 2:00 thirf afternoon, when death came to its relief. W hile the mother was iu the kitchen doing v;p her morning work she put the baby In a cab and left it in the sitting room, In charge of hi r son, who is seven or eight Vfüis. old. In the room also was another little son. who is at. out .two years old. t'nknown to the mother the elder boy Went out of th" house and left his 'ittle brothers alone. There was a wood stove in the room and while playing on the floor the two-year-old boy opened the door of the stove and secured a brand with which he set fire to the baby's clothing. When the mothers attention was attracted to the room by the smell of smoke the fire had nearly roasted the baby. Its clothing was entirely burned away and its little body was charred and blistered. There was hardly a spot on Its body that had not been blistered by the beat. The f;ice was horribly disflgurtd nnd the hands hardly resembled parts of a human being. The fingers were charred and blackened and the ends entirely burned away. The charred flesh a so extenaed up each arm almost to the elbows. The little boy whose amusement was the cause of the baby's death not burned at all. although he remain' d in the room while the lire did its 1 deadly work. He was too young to realize Wnat a dreadful thing was being enacted, and made no attempt to alarm the mother. Hie father of the child is employed at the Clover Leaf ahops. He and hia wife are almost crushed by the tragedy which has overtaken them. PENDING RAILROAD MERGER ANNOUNCED Clover Leaf, Chicago & Alton and Ontario & Western to Be Included in the System. CLEVELAND Jan. 26. -The Leader tomorrow will print a story to the effect that the recent purchase, of the Clover Leaf road by the syndicate headed by Edwin llavvley is preliminary to the formation of a new middle West and Atlantic sealoard line. Air. Hawley is said to be working for ample financial interests in the East. The roads to be merged would include the Clover Leaf, the Chicago & Alton and the Now York, Ontario & Western, the three forming a system that would extend from Just eaM of the Rockies through Chicago and cast to the Atlantic seaboard, an outlet at tide water being found at Roston. or some other New England point. Included in the proposition is the extension of the Clover Leaf until a gulf port is readied. Connection Is also to be made with the Iowa Central and Clover Leaf at St. Louis. FLOOD SITVATIOX IS MADE WORSE BY SNOW River Gorged Solidly at Bloonisbftrg, Pi., and Roads Badly Flooded or Drifted. WILKESRARRE. Pa.. Jan. 2. The flood situation at Hloomsburg and other points was further intensified this afternoon and evening by a tierce storm, accompanied by i a high wind. The snowfall was eight inches deep and drifted so badly that all roads leading from Hloomsburg. which were i under water, have now been rendered imj passable by him drifts. The river Is gorged solidly, from Royd's : station on tht Pennsylvania Railroad, for several miles. The ice is packed so tightly that no water is passing along the bed of , the river. All the water is escaping ! through a new channel formed by the river east of the gorge. A conservative estimate fixes the loss so rar sunered in tne nooaed districts at S350.0UÜ. Jury 1Im the Alel Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I RANKLUC, Ind.. Jan. 26. The argument in the Cud With Abel trial was completed at noon to-day and the case was given to the jury at 2 o'clock his afternoon. At a late hour to-night uo verdict had been returned.

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OF ; Stones Thrown at Roth by Unknown Man at Lawrencebnrg Attempt to Seize the Girl. NO CLEW IS AVAILABLE Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. LAWRENt EBI RO. Ind.. Jan. 2G.-Just after dusk, while Jacob Decker, an employe of the Ohio Valley Coffin Company, was on his way home, an unknown person sprang from the mouth of a dark alley, on Williams street, and threw at him a heavy bowlder, which barely missed his head and crashed through a board fence. The assailant made off with great speed, running so fast down the alley that Mr. Decker, who gave chase, was unable to overtake or recognize him. About an hour later, while Mr. Decker was notifying the police of the attempt upon his life, an unknown man sprang from behind a tree near the Decker home, on CharloHe street, and attempted to seize his daughter. Miss Lulu, as she was leaving her home to call on a friend. Evading his grasp. Miss Decker fled screaming to a neighbor's house. Her assailant threw a stone, which narrowly missed her. Search was immediately instituted, but the man had escaped. The force with which the missiles were thrown at Mr. Decker and his daughter indicate that they were thrown with murderous Intent. The community is aroused to a high pitch of indignation over the attacks. Neither intended victim can give the slightest clew to the identity of the assailant and both are at a loss to account for the motive which actuated him. POLICE PRE V EXT AN ATTEMPT TO ELOPE Xegro and Young White Girl Held at Logansport Former Charged with Abduction. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 20. With railroad tickets in their possession for Columbus, O., Henry Lay, colored, and Edith Myers, white, were arrested at the Pauhandle station at midnight, just as they were about to board a train. The elopement was prevented through Warren MeManaway, stepfather of the girl and proprietor of a roadhouse near Kenneth, who notified the police over the telephone to intercept them. Roth were arrested and placed In jail, the negro on a charge of abduction and the girl, who is only fourteen years of age. as a witness. Jacob B. Johnson, also colored, who drove the couple to the depot iu a hack. Is being held as an accessory. A charge of larceny htis also been placed against Lay on the complaint of McManaway, who t.v rs Lay took Ta iu cash from his cash drawer before eloping with the girl. The girl claims McManaway has been abusing her and gives this as a reason for leaving home. After the couple were brought Into police headquarters McMan away tried to shoot Lay, but a patrolman interfered anil took his revolver away. MAX)' PASSliXGERS ARE SAID TO HAKE SUFFERED Fort Worth Express on the Iron Mountain Road Wrecked in Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Jan. 2T.--The Fort Worth express, southbound from St. Ixnjis. on the St. Louis. Iron Mountain & SouthT.. 1 1 wmA m M . . . 1 wtrr M ' ein rvclill outi, is ic"'l iru r i itu mai Diaz, five miles north of Newport, Ark. Many pasengers arc said to have been injured, it not kill d. A relief train has been ordered sent from Little Rock. Wire com munication cannot be had with Diaz. The nrribnl tra f vi twt mm .it. I n I A t t I J. , 1 1 lr I t I VV I v IVvii V f V All fl ca V - ail i. v a v 1:10 this morning. Diaz is 125 miles uorth of Little Rock. ELWOOD GRAYS WILL GET A XEW PLAYER Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind.. Jan. 26. Manager Sehern announced to-day that negotiations were being conducted for a new player for the Elwood polo team, but no statement would be made as to what position the new man will play, nor as to whether or not any of the present team will be released. The Grays have been undergoing a bad slump for a month, but just now are putting up a stronger game than since the opening of the season. The new man is an Fastener, and said to be one of the fastest at his position in the country. Heath of James W. Brotvn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHV1LLE. Ind.. Jan. 26. James W. Brown, ex-clerk of the Rush Circuit Court, died at 10:30 o'clock Monday night. He was born in Marlon county on Sept. 29, 1837. and was sixty-six year. old. At the age of fourteen he became deputy clerk of Hamilton county and served seven years. He came to Rushville, serving eight years as deputy county clerk, and in 1870 was elected clerk. At the end of his term he began the practice of law with the late George C. Clark..continuing until 1879, when he was again elected county clerk. He served till 14. He was a Republican and served as chairman of the Sixth congressional district from 1882 to 1XS4. The funeral will be held at the residence on Thursday afternoon. Itntlly Froien In Alaska. iSpcf-ial to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., .Tan. 26.-lx-wis R. Harris, formerly of Elkhart, but now at Yukon. Alaska, recently had a narrow escape from treezlng to death, when overcome by cold some miles from camp, and his rescue was due to chance discovery by his partner, Enoch Myers, and the lat- , ter's heroic efforts to get Harris to camp. It was necessary to amputate Harris's right arm. but it Is hoped the rest of the j arm may be saved. The mishap occurred about iive weeks ago. and the news reached his brother, John F. Harris, a machinist In the Lake Shore shop. Monday. Allowance for a Norse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind.. Jan. 26.-In the Wabash Circuit Court to-day T. F. Payne, guardian of Henry Wensler. an aged pensioner who has saved $30.000 from his pension since it was granted, soon after the civil war, was ranted an allowance for a nurse for Wensler, whose health is rapidly failing. Wensler. despite great physical and mental infirmities, has always made a living, and the j judicious investment of hia pension by his I guardian has increased until he has over fc.UOO in cash and good notes. Mr. V. . MiuckR Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind.. Jan. 26. Mrs. F. W Mincks, wife of Dr. Mlncks. of this city, died at Richmond this morning, aged about ' forty-five. She was formerly a schoo, j teacner in tne rortiand schools. irneL. a . CAIRO. III.. Jan. Ä.-Illinois Centr.il northbound train No. 2 struck a cow near Bardwell, Ky., to-day, and the engine and entire train was ditched and turned over. An unknown man who was standing beside the track was killed. None, of the passengers was seriously hurt

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LOOSE CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH BEND Mil Board of Charities and Correction Declares Neither Law Xor Morals Is Observed. COMMISSIONERS TO ACT Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOCTH BEN ff, Ind.. Jan. 26. The sensational statements made by Very Eley. a girl fifteen years old, who was recently a prisoner in the county jail, involving grave charges against the Jail officers, have been sustained in a report of the Board of County Charities and Correction, filed by exSenator Marvin Campbell at a meeting of the St. Joseph County Commissioners. The report is signed by E. G. Berhart and Charles Endlich, of Mlshawaka, and Dr. J. B. Bertling and Marvin Campbell, of South Bend. As a result of the investigation. Sheriff Schupler Robinson has been called on to appear before the commissioners and explain the alleged loose conditions at the jail. The investigation was of such a character that the women members of the board did not take part in it. The report recommends an improvement in, the system of keeping the jail records and condemns the lack of repairs in the padded cell, the condition of which had formerly been called to the attention of the sheriff. It declares that evidence has been secured to support the charges that the authorities permitted a condition of immorality to exist among the prisoners and that the men and women prisoners were not segregated. The report even makes the accusation that men who were not prisoners in the jail are implicated in the charges of Immorality. It concludes: '"The present turnkey should be at once discharged and one placed in care of the jail whose fitness should be well considered by your board before selection is made." Action will be taken next Monday, when the commissioners will meet for their February term. John Robertson, son of the sheriff, is the present turnkey. DATE OF CONVENTION IX FIFTH DISTRICT Fixed for May 17, at Terre Haute, by the County Chairman, at Danville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE. Ind., Jan. 26. The Republican committee chairnun of the various counties of the Fifth district met here today and fixed the dates of the congres sional convention for May 17. at Terre Haute, in the morning. On the afternoon of the same day, at 2:30 o'clock, the convention will be h. ld to send delegates to the national convention at Chicago. Wayne County Primaries. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Jan. L'6-Details have been completed for the Republican primary election to be held in this city and county on Feb. 8. Candidates will be chosen for Congress, state senator, representative, joint representative, treasurer, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, recorder, coroner, commissioner and surveyor, in the county, and for mayor, clerk, treasurer and couneilmen, in the city, while each township will choose a trustee and assessor. There are many candidates. Wineheer lriniarie Held. Special to the Indi. napolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind.. Jan. 26. The Republican city primaries were held here today. Much interest was shown, and the vote was larger than usual. The following ticket w?s nominated: S. Z. Focht, for mayor; N. H. Perkins, marshal; fienatof S. D. Coats, treasurer; S. C. Fox. clerk. The councilmanic ticket is J. E. Hinshaw, William Y. Puckett. Dr. B. S. Hunt, Taylor Komizer. O. H. Barnhill and Robert Puckett. The two Pucketts and Dr. Hunt received renominations. Xew Comity Chairman. KVANSVI LLE, Ind., Jan. 26. The Republican county central committee of Warrick county to-day selected Preston Tillman as county chairman and Claude Wolfe secretary. The Democrats of Spencer county to-day petected George Wendel, of Grandvlew, as county chairman. L. 2m'. Savage was made Vice chairman. J. Frank Hanly f lluncle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 26. J. Frank Hanly is in the city as the guest of James Bingham, who will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for attorney general. Mr. Hanly was taken about the city to-day by Mr. Bingham and met all the leading Republican ESTATE IS RESTORED. Confiscated French Property Reverts to American Heir. PARIS. Jan. 26.-The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has ordered the restoration to Mrs. Flora Walter (who was born in Philadelphia) of the estate of her grandmother, which was confiscated in 1896. When she was five years old Mrs. Walter was brought to Paris and placed in charge ot her grandmother, who died ten pearl later, leaving the child only aware that her father was killed at Ouantanamo. Cuba, and unable to prove her relationship to her grandmother. The courts at the time did not think Mrs. Walter's claim to the estate was valid and confiscated it, but the missing mother of Mrs. Walter returned to France, searched for and found her daughter and proceedings were immediately instituted, with the result above noted. American Property Destroyed. SANTO DOMINGO, Thursday, Jan. 21 It was learned here to-day that the insurgents are destroying American property in Santo Domingo, consequently the Cnited States cruiser Columbia t left hre this morning for San Pedro Macorls to protect American interests there, the American consul at San Pedro having telegraphed Minister Powell, advising him of the necessity of the cruiser's presence, and saying also that other foreign interests were imperlk d. Will Try to Close Knctorlen. PITTSRFRG, Jan. 26.-A movement to close every window glass factory In the country where the straight Philadelphia wage scale is not being paid has been started and some of the leaders are confident that it will be successful. Support has already been given to the plan by the employes of the Cunningham plants in this citv and the employes of the mountain district. Suicide of a Uretver. CHICAGO. Jan. 26. Carl Corper. head of the Corper Brewing Company, was found dead in his office to-night. He had committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Business troubles are supposed to have been the cause of the suicide. Ilifthop' Conserrutton. COLCMBCS. O.. Jan. 26. -The t ons, oration of the Rev. Joseph J. Hartley, the recently appointed bishop of Columbus, will occur on Feb. 25 at Steubenvllle. O , where the new bishop now resides. According to the order he has issued, the ceremony will be conducted by Archbishop Moeller. The Rev. Mr. Specht has been continued as vicar general of the Columbus diocese la the meantime. I hUIihii Arrested at Mnnila. MANILA. Jan. 2.-C,en. Vincent I.ukban. formerly of Samar and tht instigator of the Balangiga and other at rot i ties, has been arrested here. He ig charged with conspiracy in company with Gomes Ricardo, whose conduct attracted considerable attention during the Smith-Waller campaign,

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TEURE HAUTE TIED HARD AND FAST 11 STORM No Sign of 1 Let-Up Other Tarts of the State in Practically the Same Situation. TRAINS BADLY DELAYED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HATTE. Ind.. Jan. 26. Terre Haute has been snowbound for twenty-four hours and to-night is still without street car service. The streets are not lighted and business houses depending on the electric company for heat and lighting are without the service. To make the obstruction of deep snows and severe cold worse, the company had permitted its plant to run out of coal. The coal mines of the State were idle to-day because the railroads are unable to haul the output. Railroad trains are from live to twtlve hours late, the most serious delay being from the South. The Wabash river reached twenty-cne feet and this evening was on a stand, the overflow and back water freezing. Snfterlnff Along: Eel River. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WORTHINGTON, Ind., Jan. 2. Sixteen inches of snow fell here, being the deepest in the last forty years. Considerable suffering is being experienced by live stock. CLAY CITY, Ind.. Jan. 26. Snow fell here yesterday and last night to the depth of one foot. This has added to the discomfort of families living in the river bottoms, where they have been surrounded by water for several days, some of them running short of provisions and fuel. A few families in the low bottoms were taken out In boats. Much live stock was drowned. Trains are behind time from a half hour to three hours, and travel is greatly impeded on account of the snow. SXOW TIES UP MAXY CITIES OF INDIANA Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. Jan. 26. Kokomo escaped the 20 below zero prediction, but has been thoroughly snowbound all day. From Monday afternoon until to-night the street car system was tied up. and not more than one-fourth of the track is yet cleared. There is sixteen inches of snow on the level and it Is badly drifted. The deep snow caused a congestion of freight trains and delayed passenger traffic. The street ear people cleared the tracks repeatedly, but the hiyh winds blew the snow back, covering the rails f ister than it could be removed. To-night I w cars are running on Main street fron. Markland avenue to the Panhandle depot. COLCMIirS. Ind.. Jan. 26. The heaviest snowstorm in the past fifty years visited here yesterday afternoon and nearly all of last night. People who have lived in this city over half a century say that so much snow never fell before In so short a time. The depth this morning on a level wbs ovet fourteen inches and in many places It had drifted several feet deep. The steam and electric roads suffered greatly by the snow and the local street car line was tied up from yesterday afternoon until this afternoon. All of the cars of the Indianapolis. Columbus & Southern Traction Company have been running late but none was annulled. Nearly every road in the country is impassable and not a single rural carrier took , any mail out of the cltj today. PHTERSIU RG. Ind., Jan. 26-Snow began falling at 8 o'clock yesterday morning and continued all yesterday and last night. Mad this morning the snow was fourteen inches deep on a level. In drifts it was as high as five and six feet. The E. & L trains, both north and south, are from three to eight hours late. The snow in the cut just north of this city Is six or eight feet deep, and the Terre Haute limited, which left this morning at 6:35, could not get 100 yards out of the yards. Snow plows have be i sent for. the first time lt has been necessary to use them in the history of fie E. & L Railroad. RICHMOND. Intl.. Jan. 26. -The snowstorm which visited Richmond iast night and this morning was one of the worst in years and business was considerably interfered with. The traction and steam roads suffered most. The rural carriers had many troubles. A Grand Rapids & Indiana train got into Richmond last night twelve and one-half hours late. It ran into drifts near Pturgis. Mich., from which it was almost impossible to extricate it. The engine was detached from the train and as there was no steam to heat the cars and the mercury was far below zero, the passengers suffered great !y. HARTFORD CITY. Intl.. Jan. 26 One of the worst snowstorms In years has been r; -jlng in this vicinity for the past fortyeight hours and it was not until late Tuesday morning that the storm subsided. The ity is covered with snow at an average depth on the level ef twelve inches and pedestrians had a hard time in getting around. Trains on all the railroads were from one to five hours late. The east-bound Panhandle p.-isenger due he. at 2:30 this morning did not get in until nearly 8 o'clock. Travel tat the interurban road was greatly retarded. KLWOOD. Ind., Jan. 26.-The worst blizzard of the season descended on Klwood last night, and business of every kind was practically piiralyzed during the morning hours, the city being filled with snowdrifts from two to ten feet deep. Miss Cora Smith, who is employed in the assorting room at the tlnplate works, was overcome With cold while crossing the South J-street bridge and fell in the snow. She was barely alive when found by workmen who accidentally stumbled upon her half an hour later, and was resuscitated with difficulty. f'ONNERSVILLK Ind. Jan. 26.-The heaviest snow of th" season Is row on the ground, having fallen continuously for twenty hours. Traffic is greatly impeded. To add to the Inconvenience a high wind is blowing and the mercury fell six degrees between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock this morning. The snow is badly drifted on the country roads. It being necessary to let down fences and drive through fields to get around some of the drifts. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 26 -The heaviest snow in six years fell in this vicinity last night and traffic on highways as well as on railway and traction lines is seriously hindered. Every train arriving in Logansport tei-day was from one to three hours late. The snow in many places has banked up from four to six feet and rural mall carrit rs have been obligee! to abandon their routes. In level places the snow Is from eighteen to twenty inches deep. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Jan. 26.-Several business nouses on Ferry street were unable to open to-day owing to the collapse of a long, frame awning which was wrecked early this morning by th heavy snow. The structure fell in such a manner that it blocked the entrances to the Lafayette Gas office. Cassell's printing shop, the Western Construction Company's offices and a cafe and bathroom. WABASH. Ind.. Jan. 26 Fifteen inches of snow fell here last night and to-day and in many places it drifted five feet deep. Rural mail carriers In numerous instant were unable to make their trips to-dy. Wabash railroad trains are delayed from one to eight hours, and are run as double-heao-ers. The Big Four trsins alse are very late nnd the interurbans are having great difficulty in keeping cars moving. NOBLESVI LLE. Ind.. Jan. 26 The heaviest snow for years has fallen here during the past sixty hours. The drifts in the highways have made travel very difficult. Rural mail carriers are unable to make their trips In some cases. Railroads und interurltn dare are running, but all are behind time. PRINCETON. Ind., Jan. 26 There are fe urteen inch s of snow hTe. The Evansvllle & Print --ton traction line is at a standstill. The cars are strewn along the line in snow drifts. The steam roads operated no trains to-day except locals. SHOALS. Ind., Jan. 26. Fifteen Inches of now fell here yesterday and last night, but there being no wind. It did not drift. Trains are five or six hours late and are unable to make more than fifteen milts an hour with two engines. KanVriiift la Klrer Town. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. V.YANSYI1.LK. Ind.. Jan. 26. -The eld weather I., th laying m-jst of the trains on the roads entering Evansville to-night and street ear traffic is badly Interfered with. Many of the towns between here and Paducah, Ky., that depend entirely on the

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I have recommended these remedies to many friends and know they have always been satisfactory from the reports made to me." George D. Uurlburt, Clark, S. D. -I have used Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, Ner ine and Nerve and Liver Pill and Anti-Pain Pills. I do not know of anything that will stop headache quicker than the Anti-Pain P. lis nor do I believe there is so food a liver pill en the market as those of Dr. Miles. I took the Nervine for general debility and derived much benefit therefrom. I consider Dr. Miles' medi. ines ideal household remdies.' Charley Cole, Gothenburg, Neb. AU druggists sell and guarantee first bot tie Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book 0: Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind. boats to bring them their supplier are in dire distress. It was reported to-day that in some of the towns the grocery supplies are running low. At many points mail has not been received for many weeks. I'nless the boats resume navigation soon there is bound to be much suffering In these towns. Heavy ice has been passing here all day. WEATHER BELOW ZERO AND HEAVY SNOWFALL ALMOST STOP TRAFFIC (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) given the company permission to run a sweeper across the bridt? if it would do so at its own risk. This aided the situation but little, h it wan impossible to get th--sweeper from one line to another. Large numbers of teams and men were put to work with scrapers, in an effort to get all the tracks west of the river clear of snow, but the wind blew the fine snow .back on the tracks in big drifts within a few mluutts after thev were cleared. This difficulty was encountered by the workers on all the lines all day. so that the lines that were open for a time were covered to such an extent that they could not be used within a short time. The West Indianapolis the Stockyards. Wst Washington and West Michigan lines were all 'p"n for a short ttme. but were soon closed again, while the Riverside Park and Fairiew lirt' wt- nt in use at any tunduring the day. The North Indianapolis line was only partially opened, while tho Bismarck line was not touched. With many parts of the city completely shut off from downtown a i th. ir r sidents isolated, complaints were frequent and decided. Many persons ailed up the offices of the Board of Public 8afety and -v. Board of Public Works and complained .f I the situation. In the meantime the streit car compauy stated that it regretted the j interference with traffic as much as any of 1 its patrons. J. M. Jone-, assistant mana1 ger of the Traction A Terminal Company, i said last evening that the company found it ' simply a physical impossibility to do more tban it had dor.e. "We did as much as anyone could do under the circumstances." said Mr. Jones, "and spared no expense to clear the tracks as much as possible. But the snow was so fine and so light that it drifted back ou the tracks as soon aa it waa scraped off. Complaints were to be expected, but we feel that we did all that could have been expected of us." The lack of street car accommodation was felt in business. Many office and factory employes were late in getting to work or prevented entirely from going, while shoppers consisted nly of those who felt that their needs were imieratlve, and who were able at the same time to get to a car line that could take them to the down town district. INDIANA NOTES. RICHMOND The foreign mission board of the IndKna Yearly Meeting of Friends met here on Tuesday. Tingreater part of the time was spent in hearing reports from the Mexican mission field. Irving Kelsey, the superintendent, has brought the field into splen l'd conditi n and he and his assistants were heartily commendan. At VIctorY especi. ly the efforts of the Friends have roet with success. A new church was receatly t.r.cted there. NEW ALBANY. The Hoosler Poultry Association's annual exhibition closed Iu this city yesterday, with the annual election of officers, which resulted as follows: President. Edward MeCulloch, vice President. Jacob Fein; secretary. Ray MoCulloch; treasurer, W. A. Oreeu; executive committee. James Mclaughlin. John Krman. John Mathews, Daniel Beard. Lwis A. Stot, Martin Huncilman. of this city, and Lr. Jones, of Charlestown. ni'SIIVILLE. Mor 1s Wlnshlp. who aas appointed by Mr. McAbee. state inspector of buildings, to Investigate the Milroy High School building, has made his report. He condemned tht building as unsafe and says escape wouM be impossible from the lowest floor In case of fire. There are escapes for the second and third floors. He found the sanitary conditions of the school to be bad. NOBLESVI I XJC The congregation of the Presbyterian Church of this city haa extended a call to the Rev John T. Charleton. of IxHJlsvtllc. Ky. Mr harleton was here on trial on Sunday. H ! a graduate of Princeton Thtologlcal Seminary, and was for six years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Seymour. WABASH The Central T'nion Telephone company, which has been operating here without" a franchise for ths last four months, has made formal application for a franchise. The Council Monday night decrecd that unless the company secured legal rights to the streets the poles and wires should be removed. VINCKNNES. Lee Zuckerman, arrested here Sunday by Detective Bailey, of Chicago, was taken to Grand Rapids by Detective Smith to answer a charge of embexzling $400 from R. W. Rosenburg, a merchant. Hrfnafd to Be Interviewed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MI'N'ME, Ind.. Jan. 26. James A. Chamber, preaid nt of the American Window Glass Company, is In the city to-night He has tH-en o,-ted for several hours with T. F. Hart, of this city, first vice-president of the company. Mr. Chambers isltlvey refused to be interviewed, and would adroit no one. Tate's Case Is Contlaaed. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. KVANSVI I.I.K. Ind . Jan. -The cae- of lb. w.r.! T;ite ,t J.t,;.. r who shot und killed James Hodges at Huntlnghurg 'hrtatmas night, wss to-day continued on account of the absence of an Important witness. Indlanlan In Route to Palestine. CHICAGO. Jan. 2 Professor Herbert L. VVtltett and twenty divinity students from the I'nlverslty of Chicago left for Boston to-day from ahich city they will sail for Palestin for two months of study Five of the students are from Indiana and the otherare from New York. Kentucky. Ohio Two Murderers Fscspe i.nllowi. ST. PAI L. Minn . Jan. 3. Charles and Eieary Nelson, under sentence of death for the murder of Heury Krier. of Owaionna. last summer, will not go to the gallows. The Board of Pardous to-day commuted their sentence to linjrtsonmsut tor life.

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