Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1904 — Page 2

TTTE INDIANAPOLIS JOURrr:L, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1904.

prints wsre closely Inspected for the faintest clew. The Plnkertons made the inspection. Patrolman Myers also verified the story that the clothes of the rirl were almost torn from her body. He wa the first officer to arrive at the scene of the murder And had first charge of the body. Myers believes that the brick which dalt death to the unfortunate girl was taken from O street, two squares fmm th cab shed, where the paving has been torn up and a ewer Is In course of construction. Myers old this story to the committee to-day. Selgel Ferguson, the undertaker, told of the condition of the clothes. He refused to talk with newspaper m n. His story Is the lime as told by the three doctors. Before the committee to-day and to-night were a half dozen negroes, the worst characters in the city. They told their stories and were released. Thy traced th- ir whereabouts the night of the crime, and to-morrow their statements will be inestigated. The committee was informed of the investigation of the hair by a Louisville d rmatologist. The hair was of an auburn color. Mayor Smith said, however, he was far from satisfied with the examination and that it would not enter into the investigating committee's work. 8. B. Lowe to-night summoned Joseph Heitger to appear before him and be examined. Heitger's statement was taken word for word and will be typewritten. "I am doing this as a precaution," was the only statement made by Lowe. JOSE I'll HEITOEIt RETFRNS. The return of Joseph Heitger to-day created much favorable comment among the people of Bedford. The frank and manly attitude of the young fellow and his calm contempt for the suggestion that he might find his presenee here dangerous to himself have made him many friends, and the theory' that FAIR. WARMER TO-DAY; MORE SNOW OX FRIDAY

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: Indiana Fair and warmer on Thursday. Friday snow; variable winds, becoming fresh northwest. Illinois Snow on Thursday. Friday fair; variable winds, becoming fresh northwesterly Ohio Fair on Thursday, except snow in south portion. Friday snow; variable winds, mostly westerly. Kentucky Fair and warmer on Thursday. Friday snow or rain. " towr Mirhisran-Fair on Thursday and Friday; variable winds. Iowa and Missouri Snow on Thursday. Friday fair. North Dakota Fair on Thursday. Friday now, with rising temperature. South Dakota Snow on Thursday and Friday; warmer Friday. Nebraska -Snow on Thursday, colder in west portion. Friday fair Kansas Snow and colder Thursday. Friday fair. Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Western Texas Fair on Thursday and Friday. New Mexico and Arizona Fair on Thursday and Friday. Local Observations on Wednesday. Bar. Tern. R H. Wind. Weather. POSj 7 a.m.. 30. 44 100 S'west. Clear. 0 00 7 p.m. .30.44 87 S'east. Clear. 0 00 i Maximum temperature, 10; minimum temperators, . ' Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipita'.in on Jan. tti Tern. Prec. Normal 33 0.10 Mean 1 n oo Departure 33 o.lO Pa part me since Jan. 1 148 LM 'lus. W. T. BL.YTHE, 8 i n Director. cterd U Temperatures.

Stations. ff a. m. Max. 7 p. m. Abilene. Tex IM 31 Amarlllo. Tex B M 32 Atlanta. Ua 16 42 40 Bismarck. N D 4 . M Buffal.. S T 4 B S Cairo III Calgary. Alberta 11 s 1 Chattanooga. Tnn 14 3i Chyenno. V . 24 IS CtUcairo. Ill 6 w 8 Cincinnati. O 0 is 14 Cleveland. O 2 1 t Caluanbu. 2 II 10 Concordia. Kan 4 ! 34 DaVenpor. ( 8 8 8 Denver. Col 10 SJ 2b tVxltr- Oty. Kan !l to 32 (toque, la is Duiuth. Minn -4 -8 El Fa. TVt 30 4S 42 Uaivnton. T.-x :w 3 34 Grand Junction. Col 6 30 flj Orar.l Rapid, Mich 4 8 Havre. Mont 18 Huron. S. O 2 M 3 H!ena. Mont m ?i 2$ Jacksonville. Fla 1 .. 4$ Kar.n City, Mo 20 28 Lander. W 0 JS Little Hock. Ark :M 3 21 Luuiftvillo. Ky 4 22 20 Marquette. Mich - Memphis. Tenn 14 r.j 3 Modsna. ft ah S U Montgomery. Ala 32 44 4 NaafevUle. Tenn M ; New Orleans. I 3? 42 3S New Y01 k. N. Y 24 ' Norfolk. Va 31) 28 N Tth Pia'-. Neb 14 S Oklahoma. . T 18 3.; 33 Om.-iha. Neb J ig n P-.'estlr.e, Tex 3 ;;s Parkwsbirit. W Va 6 ' 18 naiadelphla. Pa is x Plttabunr. Pa 8 is 14 Pueblo. Col V K Qu' Appelle. A.ln 4 Rapi-l cm- s P 1 Mt Ijnui M 6 1 St Paul. Minn Bait Lake City. Ctah 16 San Ant .nl-. Tex 32 l 40 Santa F N M Shieveport. B printrC- "1. Ill 8 i fESU1' vMk !Ü - aiftine. Neb 10 0 Wmahlnat- n. D C ih M 12 Wichita, Kan lt (j 34 1

January Sale Th?re has never been a time vou could b'! UNDERWEAR at such a 'saving as now We inventory on February 1. and are 4termined not to carry over a single garment TV offer all our 11.50 and $1 73 jirnvnts, including Norfolk and New Brunswick wool, silk plush, silk M-eced and other makes, at. th- garment. S1.19 Derby rib. wool or cott :.. natural wool nd Wright's wool tUacMa, regular $1.00 and 11.2. grades, at Wool and cotton tl . lined and Derby ribbed, plain or fancy striped, worth 50c and 73c each, at Danbury Hat Co iNo. 1 ast Washington St.

he is in any manner, however remote, connected with the crime is now regarded as absurd. He accepts the unpleasant notori. ty philosophically and declare? that he is not aggrieved, recognizing the fact that It was necessary for the authorities to sift every clew and carry every line of Inquiry to the limit. "There has been a lot of silly stuff printed," said Mr. H. itger to-day, "but I am not going to talk about the case at all. If I don't talk I can't be misquoted. Like every other good citizen. I want to do all I can to clear this thing up. 1 don't know how long I shall remain.'' Heliger is an attractive young fellow in appearance and manner. He is the typical college man. clear-eyed, lithe und active. He is a bright student, a prominent Greek and a clever athlete. He will end his course at Indiana t'niverslty next spring and will enter the University of Michigan for a medical course in the fall. Ten witnesses were examined to-day and to-night on the theory that Sarah Schäfer knew the man who took her life. Three telephone girls Myrtle Hummer, Laura and Nora Eager were asked if they ever made any long-distance calls for Miss Schafer or ever heard objectionable conversations between her and a man over the telephone. Tht y had not. Walter Pitman, clerk at the postofflce. toM of the stranger with whom Miss Schafer entered the postofflce one day a week ago. He said she appeared in a happy frame of mind and both were talking and laughing. Thi3 is believed to be the Elkhart man. as he was with Miss Schäfer in th-- postolflce. lllH Guthrie, daughter of Marshal Guthrie, at whose home th- leap year party on the night of the murder was held, was a witness. Her testimony could not be 1 arned. In addition to Miss Guthrie. Miss Georglana Duncan, a society girl of Bedford, was before the committee late to-day. She, too, was able to tell nothing. It was stated to-day that the story of Miss Schafer's insurance was true. The policy for $1,000 was taken out two weeks before the murder, and the day before it was delivered to her parents at Elkhart. Professor Alexander verified the story. Detective Hal pin ha3 been recalled to Chicago by the chief of his department. He will leave probably to-morrow night, and the two Pinkertons will be in complete charge of the case. Mr. Halpin has performed a great work in Bedford, struggling as he has against tremendous odds. Mayor Smith to-night commended his efforts highly. Harry Behr, the Memphis man arrested as a suspect at Louisville, is not connected "with the crime in any way by the Bedford officials and detectives. They have not yet been notified of his arrest. JOSEPH WEIMER.

HARRY REHR, A SUSPECT. ARRESTED AT LOUISVILLE Special to the Indianapol.s Journal. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Jan. 27. By the arrest here this afternoon of Hurry Behr, a white man, the police are disposed to believe that they have the murderer of Miss Sarah Schäfer, of Bedford. Ind., in custody. Evidence, circumstantial but startling, has convinced the police and detectives, who rigidly questioned the prisoner to-night, that he is guilty of the crime. There are, however, some contradictory facts which must be untangled before more than a charge of suspicion can be placed against Behr. Bchr's rlothing is stained with blood, his face bears the marks of scratches, and he has admitted to two negroes, who harbored him here since the day after the murder, that he "got the scratches in a fight with woman." To-night, under a cross-fire of questions, he declared that the blood and scratches rsiatl from a light he participated in at Memphis during the recent election. He says that city is his home. Due to the fact that he is an inveterate user of opium, a.id that he has been under the influence of the drug: ever since his arrival here, the authorities are indisposed to give full credence to his statements, either incriminating or otherwise. But his actions have been more than suspicious. He has, since his stay in Louisville, manifested a morbid interest in details of the Schaf.-r murder and a thorough inr est ligation will be made before he is released or held on a serious charge. A strong point in Behr's favor COOM to light a 10 o'clock to-night when a telephone message was received from C. C. Howard, editor of a newspaper at Hodgenville. Ky. Mr. Howard stated that he boarded au Illinois Central train at Cecilia, Ky.. last Friday morning. Shortly after ne got aboard there was a fight between two passengers, and on Howard making inquiry as to the names of the combatants he was told by a man hailing from Memphis that one of the men was Harry Behr. of Memphis. The man thus identified, according to Howard's story, answered in every way the description of the man arretted at Louisville to-day. Hit Mother Statement. MEMPHIS, Jan. L7 Henry Behr. who v. ta arrested at Louisville to-day. suspected of complicity in the murder of Miss Sarah Behaftf, reitdcs at 12 North Main street in this city, where his mother, Mrs. Augusta Behr. keeps' a small store. Mrs. Behr stated to an Associated Press representative that her son had left Memphis on Tuesday, Jan. 19. for the North, and that she had not heard from him since his departure. Behr h tw nty-two years old and unmarried. Mrs. B"hr Mai itsketi u her son was in the city during the nTst week in January. Sh1 replied that he had been here without interruption for a period of terara weeks preceding the election, and that he had only left the city about one week ago. The municipal election I k place or Jan. 7. She- said that he was in the city on that day und that he had voted. Mrs. Behr felt certain that her sou was not prtMfti :it the1 riot in the Ninth ward on the nlsjht following the el- ctlon, but she ,iid not remember where he was. She also stated that he had be n in St. Louis. Chicago ami smaller Illinois towns, but not recently, and that It had bnan MVtTal months since he had seal there. 8he was positive that he had been in Memphis for mor :'ar. two months previous to his last departure. A search of the records of the police -t tloa for a period or.- ruling to Jan. 1 of this ...r showe-d that no Harry Behr he.d bei n arrested for any crime whatever. Mrs. Behr s'v wed some reluctance with referenr, to talking about her son. and stated two different dates for his depart tire to newsp.ij 1 men who Interviewed her. This morning she s;i that Behr left Memphis Tuesday. Jan 19. a week ar. yesterday. To-iitKht she stated that her son left Memrhts on Thursday last. Harry Behr's mothef to-night presented to the police an ntfhlavit fr.-m Bouis Vacaro. a salooiikeH-per. in which oath is irade that Behr was in various saloons during the early evening Of Jan. 21. he night that MNs Schafer was murdered. A Chinaman has also been found who states that Behr was at his olac- on Main street em Tuesday nght. Jap. It, Where l!-lir HouI- III (lot lies. CHICAGO; Jan. 27. A detective visited a ha! rdashery at e'lark street and Jackson boulevard, where, it is believed. Harry Behr. arrested in luiisvllle in connection with the murder of Miss Sarah C. Schäfer, of 1 Iford. Inl.. bought a suit of clothes. The dete tive found that the elesorlptlon of Behr Ilttetl that of a man who gave the ame nam when he bought the clothes. Hugh McMillan, the salesman who sold the .uit believed to have been worn by the man under arrest, said that the latter had told him nothing about himself. "his home or business. The man. he s.-.id. was In the store nr.Iy once, and took the clothes with him when he left. McMillan said the man looked like a person of good habits and was neat in his appearance at the time. PROSECUTOR MILLER HOLDS TO HIS THEORY Speclal to the Indlanaio!U Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Jan. 27 -Proaecut-ing Attorney Miller, who has been at the

Lead oi the investigation of the murder of

Miss Sarah Schäfer, returned from Bedford to-night. In a talk with your correspondent he said: "The court will spend IS.noo or any amount necessary to capture and convict the murelerer of Miss Sarah Schäfer." Mr. Miler goes on the theory that murder wlli out and he says the history of such foul crimea is that if the culprit is not discovered at once It usually takes two or three weeks for the threads of circumstances to weave about him. Just now, Mr. Miller states, no special clew is being followed, though a half dozen incidents are under consideration. It is and has been the theory of Mr. Miller that the girl was the victim of some acquaintance, perhaps a man who admired her without her knowledge, but who thought she admired him also because of her habit of smiling and speaking to everyone and anyone. This. Mr Miller thinks, may have led some one into the crime that is yet the least suspected. The girl almost surely knew her assailant or she would have made an outcry. Mr. Miller says, and the fact that has already been proven that a tall man. wearing a slouch hat and long overcoat, was seen walking slowly near the scene shows that he evidently was In waiting, and by his good coat and hat shows he was uot a tramp or a town "bum." Mr. Miller thinks the murder was not the first object, but later a necessity growing out of the girl refusing his demands; that she knew him. and. tc protect himself, regardltss of the light ami public street, he killed the girl to save his exposure. A man wuld not deliberately have selected such a public street to kill any one. Mr. Miller says. The blow on the head was made by a strong arm. and the man evidently was way from the scene in an instant. Mr. Mille r says no tangible evidence has developed for a strong suspicion, much less an arrest. Prosecutor Miller will return to Bedforel and again push the investigation. He has no faith in the Ixulsville story.

DEAD GIRL'S FIXGER XAILS WERE CUT CLOSE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EL.KIIAKT. Ind.. Jan. 27. The parents of Sarah C. Schäfer. who was killed at Bedford, say they do not believe the murderer will have- scratches on his face, as they declare their daughter habitually bit her nails so close they could not make a mark, and I sister says she noticed the nails were cut close when the body was brought home. The family ajaa declares the insurance policy had no siarnitieance. explaining that it was applied for during the holidays and issued soon after. They say the father's brother, Edward Schäfer, of South Bend, who is an Insurance agent, urged her to apply fr a policy in his company hurt fall; that she did so, but the company's physician reported adversely. Having formed the desire she was ellsappolnted, and the uncle said he would try to place her In another company, which was done about the 1st of this month. SAW MISS SCHÄFER DAY BEFORE MURDER F. A. Preston, living at 3 North Pennsylvania street, stated yesterday that he had visited the school where Miss Schafer sas teaching Iatin the day before she was murdered. He met the young woman and with Professor Lowder walked to Miss Schafer's rooming place, where she left them. He intended to call on the unfortunate girl Wednesday night, but was unexpectedly called to Bloomington. He said Miss Schafer was a girl of the v ry highest type of character and was extremely popular wherever she went. At De PntlW, where she attended college after the clese of the State Normal Seheol, she was one of the favorite young women in the Institution. Mr. Preston is a traveling agent for Allyn & Bacon, Boston book publishers. CHICAGO VNIVERSftY XO LOXGER BAPTIST President Harper Say- His School Pias Passed the Denomina tional Stage. CHICAGO. Jan. 27.-"The University of Chicago is no longer a Baptist institution." Almost in so many words President William R. Harper announced to the senior class to-day that the university had eutgrown its demoninatlonal character. He declareel that in the nature of its faculty, its stutlents and its methotls it had spread beyond its allegiance to the Baptist Church. Most of the students and most of the professors, he said, were non-Baptists. All the buildings on the- campus were paid for by people of other creeds, he continued, and $99 out of every $100, except that given by John D. Rockefeller, who was a Baptist, wt re contributed by people not members of that ehurch. "Religlems denominationalism in universities," he added, "is narrow-mindedness, and the fact that the University of Chicago has broken away from this class is an evklonee of its mental progress. DenominaUonalism in; y apply to small colleges but not to large ones." DEMOCRATS ARE IX HOPELESS DEADLOCK Five Candidates tor Maryland Senatorship "Hold Their Own," but Nothing More. ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Jan. 27 All of the ninety Oenioerat it members of the General Assembly of Maryland met in caucus tonight in an endeavor to get together on the contest ef the I'nited States senatorship. An effort was made to pass a resolution calling: for a secret ballot in the joint session of the two houses. The "motion failed by viva voce vote. The Democratic candidates for the office1 to : u' - eed Senator Louis K. MeComas ;.re former Governor John Walter Smith. Isidor Raynor und Fcrnard Carter of Baltimore city, Conner Governor Kiihu Jackson and Joshua W. Miles. Bach of the candidates have baten '"holding their own" since the balloting began ten days ago. Se ral unavailing efforts have been made to induce taeuabers repreae ntinp various factions to coalöace, but the action of the caucus to-night indicates that the deadlock will be continued indefinitely. FAINTED IX COURT. Lnht Prince Kennedy n Trial for Killing Her Husband. KANSAS CITY. Jan. IT. Mrs. Luiu Prince Kennedy, on trial a second time for killing h- r husband, Philip H. Kennedy, local contracting agent Of the Merchants' Dispatch Transportation Company, three years aajO, collapsed in court to-day when her mother on the aritnao land, admitted that th - f a '.ant had secretly married John Kramer. a local lawyer, sicco hor conviction for the murder Of her husband. The defendant fainted, and it was necessary to carry her from the room. MOVEMENTS OF STE. iMERS LIVERPOOL, .Tan. R. Sailed: HavcrJord, for Philadelphia, via Queenstown; Oecunlc. for Nev. York rln Queenatown; Bueaoi Ajrrean. lor Philadelphia. NPLKS. Jan. 27 -Arrived: Calabria, fre.r.i New York. Vor M us dies. Oenoa and Leghorn, galled: Republic, from the Levant, for Boston. , XF.YV YORK. Jan. 27 Ot 1 1 ! ltr. .t Majestic, iron was an error). Iviverpool (previous report Sailed: Cedrlc. for Livcrpool. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 27 -Arrived: Patricia. fr m New YorK. for Cherbourg and Hamburg. G1BRALTKR. Jan. 27. Passed : Victoria, from Genoa, Palermo, etc.. for New York. QfKLNSTOWN. Jan. 27.-Arrive,: Teutonic, from New York, for Liverpool. SOl'THAMPTON. Jan. 27. Sailed, Kaiser Wilhelm der Gr. läa, for Now York. ANTVVKKP. Jan. 27 -Sailed: Switzerland, for Philadelphia. CILAJiaOW, Jan. 27. Arrived: Furnc.-ia. from Near Yck. A OVAR N rKED ( ; UK FOR I'lLKS. Itching. Wind. Hiding or Protruding Pllea. Tour druggist will refund money If VKY.O OINTMENT tail tu cure you in 6 to 1 day. Wc.

RUSSIA PREDICTS PEACE BUT STEADILY HASTENS

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From the Czar Down Government Member Profess Optimism Over the Situation. PAPERS ARE BELLICOSE They Demand that Russia Take a Firm Position and Maintain It Other Phases. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 28. 6 a. m. The Council of State will meet to-day. under the presidency of the Czar, to consider the terms of Russia's response to Japan's last note. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 27-The exchanges regarding the Russian response to the Japanese note are still progressing, and the Foreign Office answers to-day that there is no change in the situation. The Japanese legation does not credit the report from Tokio that Jo pan has requested Russia to hasten her reply. M. Kurlno. the Japanese minister, has received no instructions on the subject. On the contrary, he apparently realizes that the delay is consequent on exchanges between St. Petersburg. Viceroy Alexieff and Baron De Rosen, the Russian minister at Tokio. M. Kurlno reiterates his opinion that Japan will not press Russia for a reply. The admiralty Insists that the movements of Russian ships In the neighborhood of Port Arthur are entirely without sinlfiC&noa, saying in explanation that they are probably merely routine changes of station, and certainly made without the expectation of a collision. A prominent admiral said in an interview te-day: "The admiralty believes in the peaceful terminatlem of the negotiations. Some of our ships in the far Best are still in reserve. The steps now being taken should be described as precautionary, ather than warlike preparations." Prince Khllkoff, minister of railroad communications, will leave here in few days for Irkutsk to inspect the nearly completed railroad Una around Iak Baikal, which connects the two ends of the Siberian railroad. This connection, which will permit the movement of through trains, Is considered of great advantage, especially in event of winter military exigencies. The Czar, when voicing his approval of Prince Khilkoff's mission, said in substance that he desired peace, which he believed woulel not be broken, but that it was proper to be prepared for all emergiencies. Some of the Russian newspapers are again becoming bellcose. The Bourse Gazette declares that Russia has reached the pnrting of the ways and must now choose her position and maintain It. It discusses seriously "the yellow peril," contending It to be the duty of the powers to Intervene as they did after the China-Japan war. The Gazette concludes its article with saying that if Japan persists in her warlike attitude Russia will not be intimidated. The Novoe Yremya says the conversion of the reserve battalions into regiments, which was not carried out some montas ago for flnamial reasons, is now executed because more military units are needeel in the East and because Germany's military increase of recent years demards a second line of defense. BaMla'l l.nst Word. BERLIN. Jan. 27. The Paris correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt claims authority for the statement that the forthcoming Russian note to Japan will be Russia's last worel in the matter. The corespondent says also that Russia is particularly opptsed to the fortification of Bfasampho. TO CLOSE THE BALTIC IX EVENT OF WAR PARIS. Jan. 27. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris edition of the New York Herald has telegraphed an extraordinary story to the effect that Germany and Denmark have reached an Understanding uneler the terms of which, in the event of Great Britain lighting with .Tanan against Russia. Germany would amicably occupy "om nhagen with a penverful feirce, thus efte( lively closing the Baltic and preventing the Russians from leaving or the British from entering that sea. No Offer mi Moiliutietn. PARIS, Jan. 27. A categorical denial is given, so far as France' is concerned, to the Peking report that the French minister is taking part in the Busso-Japanese negotiations, with the view of the mediation of Prance, Great Britain and the I'nited States. Foreign Minister Delcaaae has net given any instructions to the minister at Peking permitting exchanges of that character, and the minister has not reported such a movement. o Hitch In Negotiation. LONDON, Jan. 27.-Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister to Great Britain, said this evening: "The re is no block in the negotiations, at least so far as Japan is concerned. Much that has been published regarding th" contents of th Japanese note is quite Imaginary, and there is als in the note ;. great deal of which the public knows nothing." i'v Fi 11 mi ein I I'roK rn m me. TOKIO. Jan. 27. It is understood that the Cabinet, assisted by the elder statesmen, has completed a financial programme which it is anticipated will be published shortly. It s;iid to include the isuanco of exchequer bond! to the amount Of 100.000.000 yen and the increase of taxes to the extent of 50,000 -OH ye n. DEFEXSE SCORES IN BLYDEX BURGH CASE Evidence of Luetgert Exj)ert Shows that Arsenic Was Used in Embalming Fluid. KLIiORA. Ia.. Jan. 28.-rrof. Yau-hn. the Ann Arbor chemist who aiialj Bed the contemts of Mrs. Blydenbun;h's stomach and other orgnns. finding treces of arsenical poisoniiiK. was ordered back 10 Eldora to-day, the defense claiming it could not proceed intelligently until the exhibits were in court. This actiou caused a delay until a late hour, when the defense proceeded with Ita videnoe. tending te prove that Mrs. Blydenhttrgh came to her death through natural causes, and that traces at arsenic in th organs were due to th ;nbalming tUiid mud by the un.iert'.ker. The defenae acored a victory in the evidence of Dr. Glbsen, of Chicago, who testified in the famous LuoLgert trial. Dr. Gibson analysed the embalming iluid used by the undertaker in preparing Mr. Hlvdenburph's body and testified that it contained large per cent, of arsenic. Another inning was scored in th" testimony of a in ighbor woman, who swore that iilydenburgh did not prepare the me-al on the day of his third wife's death. SAW LAFAYETTE IX 1824; WOMAN AGED 103 YEARS NEW YORK. J::n. 27 Mrs. Katherlne Kendall Steele, the oldest woman In New Hampshire, and cousin of President Franklin Pierce, is dea l at her home, Lyndcboro, N. H. She was 1 . years old. one of the event of Mrs. Steele's life was her meeting with Lafayette at Concord in 1824. Said to lltic Been MENOMINEE, Mich.. Jan. If. Mrs. Mary Schaferonski, .aid by h:r relative to have 1. . .1 12" years old. died to-day in Inalls township, this county.

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EMPKROR WILLIAM. Late Picture of His MaJ.sty in Black Foret Hunting Costume. GREAT CROWD TENDERS ITS CONGRATULATIONS Emperor William Given Greetings by Subjects on Occasion of Birthday. HONORED BY KING OSCAR BERLIN, Jan. 27.-A great crowd gathered in front of the palace early to-day both to salute Emperor William on his birthday and get good places from which to see the members of the royal family and court and other officials offer their congratulations to the Emperor. The latter, surrounded by generals, appeared before a window overlooking the square and acknowledged the acclamations. From that time onward carriages defiled into the castle eourtyard containing those of rank sufficient to permit them to offer their good wishes, beginning with the members of the family and their suites, the Cabinet ministers, the heads of the army and navy, visiting Kings and princes and the ambasaadors, among them United States Amtaaaador Tower. The Emperor received the callers in the pillar hall until midday. Subsequently the Empror attended a s. rviee in the castle chapel and later held a reception in the white hall, where he received the felicitations of the officials and general public. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway haa appointed Emperor William first chevalier of the Order of the Lion of Norway, in commemoration of the Emperor's birthday and in recognition of German generosity to the sufferers by the fire which destroyed the town of Aalesund, Norway, on Saturday last. Chancellor Vcn Buelow, as the representative of Emperor William, gave a dinner this evening to 10 princes, diplomats and Cabinet members. At the Reichstag dinner to-night, given in honor of the Emperor's birthday, Count Von Bailee treat, president of the Reichstag, related a recent conversation between himself and Emperor William during which in response to Count Von Hallestrem'e reference to the Emperor having met the Czar during his recent illness, His Majesty said: "In ease of there being anything serious the matter with me, I wished to leave my son in agreeable and neighborly relations." FRENCH MAGISTRATE ARRESTED HIS SON The Boy Had Stolen $80,000 from a Church College and Fled with a Woman. FAR IS, Jan. 27. M. Bacot, a magistrate in the I'assy quarter, has had to perform the unpleasant duty of arresting his own son, aped twenty years, on a charge of theft. The sum of $Mj.00O was recently stolen from the Christinn Brothers' College at Passy, evidently by a person familiar with the institution. M. Bacot was appointed to investigate the matter and he found evidence that the thief was his own son. The boy, accompanied by a young woman, had fled to Brussels with the money. He was formerly a pupil at the college. The father followed his son to Brussels, found him and induced him to return to French soil, where he was promptly .nested. Only a small part of the money was missing and the remainder has been returned to the Christian Brothers, who say they will not prosecute. AUTHOR OF "BONNIE BLUE FLAG'" IS DEAD Mrs. Annie Cumbers Ketchuin Passes Away in Xew York Wrote Famous Song in 1862. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Mrs. Annie Cnmben Ketchum, author of "The Bonnie Blue Flag." one of the most famous war songs of the Confederacy, as well as of many other poems and prose writings, died to-day in St. Vincent's Hospital after less than a v k's si- kness, in her elshtieth year. Mrs. Ketchum wrote "The Honnle Hlue Fl-ttf" in Memphis. Tnin.. in 186L about the time of the battle of Shiloh. where her husband, Ltontdaa Ketchum, then adjutant of the Thirty-eighth Tennesse. received a wound which later r 'suited in his death. "A Battle Call," a :oiig contemporaneous with "The Bonnie Bitte Flnjr." was also written in Memphis at this time and was I favorite among the soldiers of the Confederacy. SCHOOL BOARDS DUPED. Swindled on. Conditional Contracts W hich Turned Up as Notes. i . A CReSSE.Wis., Jan. 27.- District school lioards of La Groins Vrrnon and Monroe counties have been swindled to the amount of $50.000, notes for which have been deposited in several banks in th eemttiea named. The swindlers took conditional contracts for books and other school supplies, reprei . ;-. ing themselves as agpnts of a Chieago concern. The conditions are on an end of the document, and soon after the contract is entered into it bobs up at a bank as a note, the or. litl r.s having been torn off. The swindlers have disappeared. FIRED ON ASSAILANTS. Plucky Arizona Miner Who Refused to Be 1 1 eld Cp. TFCSON, A. T.. Jan. 27. A special from Patagonia, Santa Crus county, says that Michael O'Mera. a well-known miner in that section, was held up yesterday in the Patagonia mountains while on the way to his mine by three strangers. O'Mera hnd tf.COO on his person which he was-- t.iklng to the mine to pay off his men. The highwaymen called on him to halt, but Instead of complying O Mera opened tire witn a Winchester, killing one and wound-in-a second, who. with a third, fled in such h...-i!c that they left their horse. It Is believed that all three men were Mexicans. Mi.-.t ! KoWl lrricii Man. rüAKI.OTTE. X. C. Jan. 27.-J. E. Wilhelm, formerly proprietor of the Monroe H . v. V h l by H. M. Euoanks In the latter s store at Monroe. N. C, today. The ait 'rctlon which resulted in the shooting wss the culmination of long-standing troubl between the men. Eubunks shot Wilhtlm four times. The victim died in half an hour, tiuiiuav. Embanks Was married last

TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE II A DENSE SMOKY FOG

Conductor and Passenger Were Quarreling Over a Fare W hen Crash Came. FORTY PERSON'S INJURED ST. LOUIS. Jan. 2T.-At least forty persons were injured, some of them fatally, when two cars on the Broadway line col lided to-day. Most of the seriously injured were taken to the Alexander Brothers' Hospital, while the others were sent home. The seriously Injured are. John Barrington, badly crushed, internal injuries, probably fatal; Walter Sieventritt. internal injuries; J. H. Hobleman. internal injuries; William Miller, badly bruised about body; Thomas McOovern, both ankles broken; Frank Alter, upper lip cut off; Christopher Juergln. motorman of front car. Injured internally, perhaps fatally. Both cars were north-bound and traveling in a smoky fog so dense that it was Impossible to make out au object a block away. The acc id. at occurred while the front car was stationary, owing to a quarrel between the conductor and a passenger over a fare. The second car was coming at a high rate of speed through the fo. the motorman. Christopher Juergin. ringing his gong. When leas than 100 feet away, the front car loomed through the fof;. Juergln stuck to his post, but it was useless ttry to avoid a crash. The slippery tracks made a quick stop an even more difficult matter than usually, and the rear car smashed into the front one. The second car crashed its way through the rear of the front car until it reached almost the middle of it. The dozen or more passengers on the rear platform of the front mi were jammed together under the rear car. The other car was crushed and the j issengers inside were thrown about on the BOOT and under the wrecked seats, while showers of broken glass fell upon them. Juergin. the mctorman. caught the full force of the collision. He was cut and crushed and his back was broken. He will die. A panic ensued on both cars and in the fight for escape children and women were trampled on and the weaker ones w re beaten against the wreckage by the stronger fellows. The collision. In point of numbers injured, is one of the worst in the annals of the company. OELRICHS'S TESTIMONY IX FAIR H ILL FIGHT Tells How Estate of James G. Fair Was Settled in a Dav. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 The crossexamination of Herman Oelrichs was be gun to-day In the Charles L. Fair estate contest, now pending in New York. The witness said that he did not favor the holding of an autopsy on the remains Of Mr. Fair and his wife when they reached here from France, but by the advice of his attorney he consented. Although a settlement had been made in the Nelson family, of which Mrs. Fair was a member, aa autopsy was held in order to perpetuate evidence. The $125.M) paid to the Nelsons came from Mrs. Theresa Oelrichs and Mrs. Virginia Vanderbilt. the witness paying It out of their interest in the James ;. Fair estate. As to the legacies of Charles L. Fair and Caroline D. Fair, these have w . r been paid, but all of them have been bought up by Mrs. Oelrichs and Mrs. Vanderbilt. who now own the legacies. Mr. Oelrichs said that Charles L. Fair inherited one-third of his father's est at . which had an estimated value of JlO.rtOu.noo to $15.000,000, but he knew nothing of the value of the estate of the mother of Charles L. Fair. When asked if he had ever participated in the settlement of a big estate whleh had taken less time than the one involv. ,!. the Nelson, he answered that he hnd taken part in a settlement of the James G. Fair estate that took only one day. In that time he settled with all claimants. This estate was worth $lf.oui oe. The settlement of tho Theresa Fair estate was also consummated in one day. ADMIRAL LAMBERTOX'S EYESIGHT DEFECT 'IV E Turned Command of South Atlantic Squadron Over to Rear Admiral Baker. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 A cablegram received at the Navy Department to-day from Culebra announces that Rear Admiral Lamberton, commanding the South Atlantic squadron, has been found by a medical survey to be incapacitated for further duty at present on account of defective eyesight, and will sail, probably to-day, from San Juan for New York. The South Atlantic squadron will be left In command of Rear Admiral Baker, who is In command of the oOtnMned forces now gathered at Culebra, preparatory to the winter maneuvers. FIVE DAYS 7n A HUT. Forty Travelers Snow-Botind in Pyrenees Forced to Kill Gws. PARIS. Jan. IT. A heavy snowstorm aJ caused much damage in the PjTfCSMi district. Forty travelers who were blo( knl for Ave days in a hut n the De La I'erche pas. near Mont Louis, have Jimt ! n rescued with much difficulty by the inhabitants of a neighboring village. To avoid starvation the travelers were obliged to kill some cows which shared their captivity. GENERAL FOREIGX NEWS. Th JapatMM cruisers Xishir and Kasuga have arrived at Colombo, Ceylon. Sarafoff's Macedonian agents at Belgrade have proclaimed a fresdi revolt for March tt. Emperor "William has appointed Cardinal Fischer, of Cologne. life member of the PrttSSJtOtt House of Lords. The French gunboat Cassini, carrying relief supplies contributed by French sympathizers with the Are sufferers, sailed yesterday for Aalcsund. King Leopold, of Kelglum. Srho arrived in Berlin Tuesday, called on all th. hassadors yesterday and left ait Card inscribed with B few WOrda In the language of the ambassadors' country. Joseph Israel, leader of the Dstch school of painting, was the recipient at The Hague yesterday of many congratulations from iirtists at horn and abroad on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. His English admirers sent him $5.?00 to . :-il!lsh ;;n 'Israel's fund' for the assistance of yours artists. Former Servian Minister of the Interior Todorovlcs. who w is wounded In th palace at Belgrad-' during the assassination June 11 of King Alexander and Queen Draga. has boen arrested on the rharg misappropriating $3a.Oo belonging to the estate of a natural son cf Prince Mlchaelo Obrenovicz. Andrew Oarneslc'a gift of $1.5'0.000 to detray the cost of erecttnsj a pnlace of p-aee for the arbitration tribunal, was th' subject of many eulogies on the nart of m mbers of the flrst chamber of Parttasaent, The Hague, during y-st rday's dehab OB the estimates of the Fori lg:i Office, which cub; isqnently wer passed. Th? cordial destrs OO the part of the government of Italy to nv-.-t th ui-.' the United States regarding the Chinese Indemnity payments is shown by Trt:iMinister Luftattl. who is ill. deputing Bis nor Mortara. !n.iector general of the tr SSUry, to confer with Charles A. Coruat. of the monetary commission, who has b . n in Koni conducting n-c tia!ons with thItalian government respecting th '. n ixaticn of silver currencv in the Orient, before the latter l?ft Rome. Altraya RccMBifrcr the ul! icm I amtaye Rromo Quinine Circs CoidiaOfieDay, Ob In 2 ten

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Simply state which & o0nh?KK book you want and Book 3 on the Ktdeeye. address Dr. Shoop, J00 J or Wemea. Book 5 for Men 1 sealed) Box s,'M. Racine. S is. Book on Rheumattwm. Mild ca?es. not chronic, are often cured wltk one or two bott'e. At druggists. PATENTS obtain Pult contacts. Pertosal atUoUoa Richest rrtrncn tajaa r till I 1003 F 8trrt. WASHINGTON. D. 0 TT Pfl . r . nHLlr BAR TAKES ACTION ON JUDGE LOWRY'S DEATH Eulogistic Addresses by Allen County Attorney! Date of Funeral Not Fixed A DISTINGUISHED CAREER Sperlal to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Jan. 27. The Allen County Bar Association held a session this afternoon to arrange for the funeral of Judge Lowry. Vice President J. B. Harp r presided. Kulogistic remarks were made by Judge Taylor, who has known Judgu Lowry for forty years. Committees were appointed to have charge of details. The date of the funeral will be announced tomorrow. Judge Lowry was twice a member of Congress from this district, serving a number l terms on the bench, and was the first president of the Bar Association of Indiana. Ho wat born eighty-two years ago in County Down, Ireland. He tame to this country when a child with his parents, and they st ttled in Rochester, N. Y. There he received his education and training for the bar. He came to this city in 1S43 and was appointed city recorder. He served two terms and was then admitted to the Allen county bar, aud at once assumed a prominent place. In ls".' he was appointed Judge to till an unexpired term. In 1864 he was elected judge of the Circuit Court. In 1S67 and Xi) h was re-elected judge of a circuit including three counties Adams, Allen aud Wells. He was elected to Congress in 1&&2. and s. rved two terns, taking the most prominent place of any man who had ever gone from the Twelfth distr.ct. He waa a mem ber of th committee on elections when W. i K. English, of Indianapolis, made his fa mous contest for a seat in Congress, but the committee reported unfavorably on Mr. English, and Judge Lowly, who was his champion, obtained a second report, and after two days' debate succeeded In seating Mr. English. He was Instrumental In passing legislation which obtained for Ft. Wayne a fine federal building. Of late years he was engaged in the practice of law, and notwithstanding his age. was active until the last. During recent years he served special judge in many casea in north rn Inoiana. He left a widow and ihr- e daughters. Miss Anna Lowry. of thla city, arid Mrs. Melville Brannon and Mrs. 11. Brooke Sale, of Indianapolis. IXDIAXA NOTES. TERRS HAT'TE Manager narhydt discharged the ten ushers at the Grand Opera House because he had learned that they intended to ak tor pay for work next reölt while the "Ben-Hur" performance as at the house. They receive no pay ordinarily but thought that with the extra labor with six nights and two matinees of crowded house they deserved P'MARION The Ornnt County Council will be asked by Coroner O W. Davis to set aside money with which to conduct a complete invextigi n of the cor idjth.n of nme cordosion in adjoining; the gas mains at the Soldiers" ner, where occurred the fatal the Home Hotel building aad structures last Thursday. SOl'TH BKND.-Colon. I Charles Arthur Carlisle has gone to Washington. D. C.. to attend the annual dinner of the Orldlron Club, to be given the members of the Cabinet and other distinguished guests by tlw DM mOers of th Washington 1'resa "lub Saturday evening. iHELBYVILLE -The members of the building committee of the now -ty Hall have awtrded the contract for the fumlsh- ! ing of the electrical and gas fixtures In the I new city building, which is in course of cn-strue-.ion. to tne Kicnmona cnanoeuer orLsss works, their bid being $W5. L.A WUKNt'EHCKO. The Dearborn County Medical Association held its quarterly meeting ..nd haiiH"t h'i e Tutsday night. Tb bani'i-t was held at the Orand Hotel and was a most enjoyable affair. The hall was tastefully decorated with wreaths of mountain ivy and fern. FKINV! T -While working on the sand pipe at th. fdd- of his engine. Fireman Dunn, of the Southern Railway here. i slipped and Tell Just as tne engine was st arted Hi? ' I h 1 : ' t r - t lie rail and was crushed off nt the wrist. IXDIAXA OBITUARY. PICKltAXD. Ind.. Jan 27 -Mary M. Fosti r died suddenly this m mlng of heart . ssi .ft a 1 disease. ;;ged s; t . -Six. ane was the widow ! of Elijah C. Foster, who died several years Hg Four sons and two daughters survie. I one of the sons being William Foster, a merchant of fic.ro She had lived h-re I over half a century. KOKOMO, Ind.. Jan. 7.-Mr. EMtabeta Sn Ift. I'i-.: 'i . died t 'lay. d eighty. The children nr. Mrs Donahue, wife of faniain Donahue, of the K Horn-. force, Mrr Joyce, wife of Attorney J. B. Joj l . .;i Will Swift. VA EI A it A ISO. Ind.. Jan. 27 -James B. kins. ag. d ightv-two, foraaerl i prerr.i:int rusmess man ana au ex-cnv treasurer, died here thl morals He had be-n :. res ', -it of th city for s!xt. years. LttttS .Irl Fnt"lly Ilnrned. Sicial to tho Imüarapolts Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Jan. 27 -Ella Wi'.letts. five years old. wa;: fatally burned ;o-d.v. Her moth r lef. the house foi u few moment-" and on i r return fount' the ch d e:.v-ncl in Unties. The burns are no ious that no nope is entertelned of recox -iy. I llesh Ml from th tr many platoa. The child retains consciousness. IHfnnfa Ilepuhf len n CnSlVSItiO Pi'IilXC.ri FED III.. Jan. ?7.-Th. me! pill Ml. k .. to Id I Th v P?LJb ityr tot,