Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1904 — Page 3

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Bright News of Indiana from Journal Correspondents 30 fUST STEAMER CUTS I 111 THROUGH TIE ICE Helen M. Gould Reaches Madison from Louisville and Reloads for Up-River Points. NAVIGATION IS DIFFICULT ITER IRKS Ifl DANGER Of COMPLETE COLLAPSE "If s proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way. "EMERSON. Trains Stalled in Drifts for Hours Part of the Foundation Goes from Rural Routes Blocked by Heavv Snowdrifts. Under Evansville Plant and Destruction Is Feared. TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED WATER SUPPLY FAILING

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pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE. Ind.. Feb. 3-Although the Storm has abated here, the Chicago & South 8hore Railway Company, operating an lnterurbnn line between Laporte and Michigan City made no attempt to-day to run cars. The last trip was made yesterday afternoon. If the weather moderates to-morrow the cars will resume running. Of the aeren rural rout? carriers at this point, but two made complete trips to-day. They were able to get through yesterday. WIN All AC, Ind.. Feb. 3-For thirty-six hours m hliMMi-.l hnr mn d over Pulaski

county, with the temperature below aero and traffic interrupted by blinding snow. A considerable amount of reddish dust fell during part of the storm. To-night there is no indication of bettument. Trains are late, country roads ar impassable and pedestrians keep off the gtre.-ts. WABASH. Ind.. Feb. 3 -The blizzard of last night has wrought havoc with the transportation Ilms in this locality. The Big Four passenger trains from Wabn-h noith have been bucking snow with httle success since yesterday afternoon, and three trains have been annulled within that time. On the Wabash nearly all the fast through trains are either annulled or running as sections of other trains. An embargo rests on freight traffic, the road making little effort to move business of this kind. Country roads are drifted as high as the fences. Rural route carriers are not able to cover the!r routes. WATERLOO. Ind.. Feb. 3 A blizzard has been raging here for thirty-six hours But few trains are able to get through and passenger and freight trains on the Fort Wayne and Jackson division of the Lake Shore were annulled last night and part of to-day. Passenger trains are stuck In the snow north of Waterloo and also south of town. They may be abandoned until the storm is over. MARION. Ind.. Feb. 3-Interurban cars and cars of the Indiana Union Traction Company on all local lines were running regularly after noon to-day. Before that time bobsleds and the uncertain footpath were resorted to in many cases of interurban blockade. The Big Four sent its first train from Benton Harbor through Marion this afternoon, and the 5:28 train was fiftylive minutes late. Trains north-bound were about on time. Other railroads experienced little difficulty. The temperature shifted over a downward range of 33 degrees, and was 5 below this morning, within a period of eighteen hours. To-night it is 10 above, and while the snow 1? failing lightly there Is r.ttle wind and no present danger of drifts aid rail blockades. NUB I IB t II I Ind.. Feb. 3. The worst blizzard for years occurred here yesterday. Trains were from one to three hours tote Rural mail carriers were unable to make their routes on account of the drifts in the country roads. In some places these drifts were from six to eight feet deep. Trade Is languishing on account of the long continued cold weather. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Feb. 3. Lake Erie & Western passenger traJn No. 12 arrived here to-day over twelve hours late, having been snow-bound near Sheldon, twelve miles south of here, all night. One hundred passengers aboard the train were compelled to spend the night in the cars. No trains have been running on the Lake Erie between this city and Jackson, Mich., since noon yesterday. High winds have badly drifted the snow throughout this vicinity. TRAFFIC ABANDONED ON MICHIGAN LINES DETROIT. Mich . Feb. 3. With a renewal of the snow blockade the question of fuel and provisions has grown more serious than ever In the "Thumb'' district of Michigan, or the region lying between Saginaw bay and tne lower end of Lake Huron. Harbor Beach has had only one train since Jan. 1. To-day the Pere Marquette line between Saginaw and Port Huron was also blocked, the passenger train that left Saginaw at 5.50 p. m yesterday having advanced no farther .nan Marlene at a late hour to-day. The Michigan Central abandoned two trains on its Bay City division, but is having less difficulty on its main lines. No trains have been run over the Grand Trunk line to-day between Durand and Saginaw, and trains have moved today on the Lake Shore road between Grand Rapids. Mich., and Elkhart. Ind.. and trams entering Grand Rapids from the north have all been from two to four hours late. Muskegon is practically isolated, except for the interurban line. Two Pere Marquette trains are stalled in drifts near Ag new. The Allegan division of the Pere Marquette Is blocked. Two passenger trains were stalled near Grand Junction all night, and a third is snow-bound at Zeeland. The Pere Marquette has a train buried at Scottdale in ten feet of snow. The Three "I" line is unable to move a train. The Big Four succeeded in cutting a train out of a drift n-ar Hartman to-day. It had been tied up there for twenty-four hours. Train service at Grand Haven is almost paralyzed. The Detroit. Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor A Jackson trolley line has succeeded in running cars between Detroit and Ypsilanti. but has not been able to reach Ann Arbor and Jackson since early yesterday afternoon. A fine snow is falling steadily all over southern Michigan, and a high wind is causing It to drift badly. Farmers cannot reach towns except by crossing fields. No mails have been delivered for four days. Coal and provisions are very scarce In some of the isolated towns. Hlchrr Prices for Farm Lands. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Feb. 3.-Real-estate men say that there is a general demand all over the county for good farm property. "While there is considerable farm property on the market the prices are higher than they have been In years. A great deal of this Increase is due to the proposed interurban lines, so tne real-estate men say. Farm property along the Indianapolis. Columbus & Southern, now in operation. Is higher than it formerly was and this is true along the proposed lines. Returned Home to Die. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Feb. 3. Seven years ago Henry Shro k. a Howard county Dunkard farmer, became a fugitive, accused of issuing $2.ow fraudulent paper in the purchase of live stock. He eluded the officers and three months ago returned here, broken in health. His return was known only to the family. He died Sunday and the funer.il to-day was the first intimation to the public that the fugitive had re turned. He said he "came home to die." He was sixty-one years old. o Arrest In the Isbell Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN. Ind . Feb 3. Claude Land, who attacked and probably fatally injured Ogg Isbell at the Little Giant mine Monday night, has not b- :i arrested, but it is believed he will be apprehended to-morrow. Isbell is still unconscious and small hopes are entertained for his recovery. nlole n Hill- During the Itiot. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Intl.. Feb. 3 The Jury in the caae of Andrew J. Taylor, charged with stealing a rifle from a gun st.-rc here during the July riot, this afternoon re turned a verdict of guilty and Tj sentenced ti the Reformatory f three years. r was. one to I wo Broken rmw in On.- Kit mil?. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ORKENSBFRO, lad.. Feb. 3. Jame E. Caskey. editor of the tlreensburg NVws. is suffering fiom a broken arm. the result of a fail wnile going down a cellar stairway. Kl4 little daughter Marian is also carrying a brok- n arm as a result of a fall a few days ago. No trouble to get breakfast quickly if you ksV Mrs. Austin's 1'aucagg Flour.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VI LLE. Ind.. Feb. 3. The giving away of twenty-five feet of the foundation of the w;Her works building to-day renders the situation there critical, and the river wall of the building may coilapse at any time. The new break is directly over the broken intake pipes. The entire foundation of the building settled about seven inches to-day. Police officers hare been stationed at the works to keep back the crowds of curious sightseers, as destruction may be expected at any time. On account of heavy ice it is impossible to bring down a pump boat from Cincinnati or to secure dredges to supply the auxiliary stations with water. Much of the reserve water supply in the reservoir at the old works was used to-day during two fires. Superintendent Thuman

being afraid to run the engines at pumping station under fire pressure. INDIANA OBITUARY. the WABASH. Ind.. Feb. 3 Edward W. Douglass, for a long time resident of Wabash, died this morning after a brief illness, aged sixty-four. He came to Wahash from Montreal many years ago. and had been connected with the Cincinnati. Wabash & Michigan and Big Four railroads for twenty-five years. He left a widow and five children. MARION, Ind.. Feb. 3. John Haley, aged fifty-six. a drummer boy of the civil war, who served in Company I, One-hundred-and-eighteenth Illinois Infantry, is dead at the Soldiers' Home, where he had been living for a number of yea's. He will be given a military burial Thursday afternoon in the "Silent Circle." the Home Cemetery. Haley's relatives live in Louisville. ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. Feb. 3 Mrs. Anna McMahan. aged eighty-four, widow of Morgan McMahan, a Madison county pioneer, died at her home, three miles west of Summltville, to-day. She left no children, but a number of nephews and grandchildren. Glan Men to Meet at Mnnele. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Feb. 3.-There will be a meeting of the glass workers of Indiana here on Sunday. Both Denny and Burns men will be represented and the leaders of the organizations have been invited to be present. The meeting 1 called for the purpose of inducing the men to ratify the Philadelphia scale and to discuss a temporary amalgamation Independent of either union. Afflicted Madison Kamilr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADI80N, Ind.. Feb. I. When Mrs. William Bates, of V t Madison, returned home to-day from her work at the cotton mill, her sixteen-year-old daughter Caroline was found lying dead on the floor from apoplexy. A son was run over and killed by a street car recently, and the father was lately sent to the Insane asylum. Condition of Jadffr Biar&TS. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW. Ind.. Feb. 3. Lemuel W Royse. recently appointed judge ad Interim of this circuit in place of Judge Biggs, incapacitated, has qualified and taken up his new duties. Judge Biggs is in a sanatorium at Cleveland, and his mental condition. It is said. Is not encouraging to his relatives and friends. Eradrd the Court's Restrictions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 3.-When the court at Brazil granted a divorce to Mrs. Dora Waiden the decree prohibited her from marrying for two years. When Theodore Ashcroft asked for a marriage license to marry her an hour later, the Clay county clerk refused becAuse of the terms of the decree. Mrs. Waiden appealed to the judge, but he would not relent. Then Ashcroft and Mrs. Waiden came to Terre Haute and were married. Glaaa Combination Dissolved. PITTSBURG. Feb. 3. The National Glass Company, of this city, has sent out a circular letter notifying the trade that hereafter the factories controlled by it will be operated independently. This practically amounts to a dissolution of the tableware combine, which was formed a few years ago. It was capitalized at $5.000,000 and at first controlled twenty-one factories in various parts of the country. Thirteen Reformatory Paroles. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE. Ind . Feb. 3. The board of managers of the Reformatory completed its monthly meeting at the institution to-day. A large amount of routine business was disposed of. Out of thirtysix applicants for parole thirteen were granted. The board did not adopt the new book of rules, but deferred action until the next meeting. Troth Badly Scorched. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Feb. 3. A defective furnace caused a fire in the office of the Daily Truth to-night. The damage is several thousand dollars. The paper must be issued from other plants for several days, while repairs are being made. TEN-INCH GAS BURSTS JAR UPLAND Flame from the Break Can Be Seen at Hartford City, More than Seven Miles Distant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind . Feb. 3.-A teninch gas pipe line south of Upland, seven miles west of here, has burst, and the gas has ignited. The flames can be plainly seen from this city and so far has baffled all efforts to put It out. The line is believed to belong to T. N. Barnsdall. and to be the main line into Marion. If it is there will be muen suffering there. Little .Irl Ha.ll llnrned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY V I LLE. In.i.. Feb. 3. The six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, of Walkerville, was badly burned while at the home of one of her companions this afternoon. The children were playing near a Are. when her dress ignited in the back, at the waist. The child immediately ran to the home of her parents and on arriving there, her clothing, from hips t neck, whs a : ,:is of Humes. The mother extinguished the blaze, but the girl's back was horribly burned, as were her ears and the back of her head. All her hair was burned. She probably will die. l.nrjic KstatS Disposed Of. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind . Feb. 3 The will of Lewis Griaell. of Pennville, tiled for probate to-day disposes of an estate of $100.000. Jen- . May hnyd, wiTe f former Auditor Truman O. Boyd, of this city, and her brother, Lewi- ( Walling, f !' riiivillc. arc the principal beneficiaries, receiving $2S,wu each. The rest of the estate la distributed among thirty-six heirs, in sums of &iuo to

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MAUDE MIL.LER. Who Won a Gold Prize at the Windfall Oratorical Contest. PRETTY WINDFALL GIRL WINS ORATORICAL PRIZE Miss Maude Miller T?kes Third Place in Contest Between Thirteen Speakers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind.. Feb. 3.-Maud Miller, of this place, won one of the three gold prizes at the oratorical contest held here on Monday night. Her topic was "Making Him Feel at Home." There were thirteen contestants. Miss Miller is sixteen years old and a dauKhter of the Rev. Erin and Mrs. Miller. She is popular in social circles. Fust prize was won by Hazel Cates, of Sycamore, and second honors by T. H. Allen, a teacher in the Windfall public school. The oiher contestants were Goldie Bu"kett and Glenn McKorkle, of Windfall; Minnie Nading, of Hazel Dell; Anna WakeHeld, of Sharpsville; Bertha Coryell, of Hobbs; Madge Daum, of Tipton, and Roscoe Shockney, of Phlox. ELECTION BY FORESTERS. Session of the Indiana High Court Adjourns at Wabash. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind.. Feb. 3.-The High Court of Foresters of Indiana adjourned here this evening after a two days' session. A banquet was served last night at the Maccabess hall, at which 200 covers were laid. The morning session to-day was devoted to the reports of committees and other routine business and the election took place this afternoon, resulting as follows: High chief ranger. Thomas H. Hall, Crown Point; vice high chief ranger, H. D. Schofield. McCool; high secretary, Joe P. Young. Crown Point; high treasurer. Jacob Lowenstein, Valparaiso; high medical examiner. Dr. P. G. Moore, Wabash. The directors are Marks Crume, Wabash; Guy Lemon, Elkhart. James Love, Le Boy; Leonard Kramer, Michigan City. Army Supplies for Philippines. Sperlal to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFF I K SO N V I L L E, Ind., Feb. 3.-One of the largest shipments of army supplies that has been shipped from the local quartermaster's depot in many months is being made ready and will go forward as soon as possible. The supplies go to the Philippines and consist of army ranges, cooking utensils, wagon materials, harness and other camp equipment. The shipment will weigh 800,000 pounds and will require twenty-five cars to move it. An order has been received at the depot for 27,000 garments for the soldiery and several hundred women will be put to work on the clothing. AVaaes Are Cnt o Per Cent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind., Feb. 3. The PennAmerican Plate Glass Company has posted a notice in their works in this city that the entire force will be cut 5 per cent, in wages beginning with Feb. 15. Five hundred and fifty employes are affected by the reduction. The company gives as a reason that it raised wagvs M to 15 per cent, last fall, but that other factories have cut their wage list and that conditions no longer justify higher wages. AT E Three Organizations, with $50.000 Capital Each, to Operate in the Delaware Field. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ml'Nt 'IE. Ind.. Feb. 3. In the past few weeks no less than a dozen local oil companies have been formed to operate in the vicinity of Muncle. This means that the coming spring will be one of the greatest activity in this section of the oil field. Today three companies were launched. The Kirby House Oil Company, with a capital stock of $50.000, is composed of the following local men: George A. O'Neil, I. W. Kelley. T. F. Rose. J. J. Dow, J. C. Johnson, W. E. Hitchcock and C. II. Anthony. The Concord Oil and Gas Company was organized with a capital of $50,000. William Flinn. of Pittsburg, Is president; M. K. McMullen. Pittsburg, vice president, and K. C. Hemingray. Muncie, secretary and t r-usurer. Other members are: T. H. Given. Pittsburg, and J. C. Gray and J. C. Bartlim:. Muncie. The Deep Itock Oil Company, incorporated to-day, is capitalized at $50.000 and is composed of Albany, Ind., men. who will operate in this county. The numbers are: John A. Got bier. X. R. Baker, Klmer FerKuaon, James F. Hluhcock, C. K. Matthews and T. A. Null. Ki cd the Jurors Hands. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Feb. 3. John Gill and wife, both past eighty years of age, to show their appreciation of the action of the jury of the Superior Court of this city in returning a verdict that saved their meager earnings from falling into the hands of relatives, making them homeless, fell on their knees, and with tears streaming down their wo es kiss, d the bands of euch incubci of the Jur-

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Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind., Feb. 3.-The steamer Helen M. Gould left Louisville last evening with ten passengers and a fine caigo of freight and cut her way through the heavy ice to Madison. Here she discharged her cargo, then took a load of freight to Milton and Richwood. Ky.. after which she returned here and was soon loaded again to the guards with miscellaneous freight, with which she left at 5 o'clock this evening for Carrollton. intending to harbor in Kentucky river if she succeeded in plowing through the icebergs.

Und Situation at Tell City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TELL CITY, Ind.. Feb. 3. Weather and river conditions combine to excite the fear tha. the Ohio will be again closed to navigation at this point, as much of the running ice is being caught on bars and flats by the receding water. Two barges belonging to A. C. Obrecht & Sons, of this city, have been heard from fifteen miles below Paducah, Ky., stranded, but in good condition. IX DIANA NOTES. PORTLAND. Isaac Van Tuyl. aged eighty-two. for many years the local agent for the Indianapolis Journal, and one of the pioneers of Portland, was stricken with vertigo Wednesday morning and will die. PARAGON. The students of the High 8chool have organized a lectuie course for the benefit of the school library, seventyfive members being enrolled. The first lectur. , on "Lincoln and His Time," was given Wednesday night. COLFAX One of the pupils in room No. 3 of the local school has been stricken with diphtheria. The Board of Health promptly ordered two rooms closed and fumigated. Great precaution is being taken to keep the disease from spreading. RICHMOND The board of the Wernle Orphans' Home, a local institution under the control of the Lutherans, has decided to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the home in connection with the annual May festival. Reports submitted show the Institution to be in a flourishing condition. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Attorneys for Mrs. Mollle M. Royse. of Indianapolis, have filed a damage suit against the Supreme ! Tribe of Ben-Hur for $8.000. The suit was I filed in this county's Circuit Court last summer, but was dismissed, and the same complaint was filed in Marion county. The court there decided it should be filed here, and that has been done. CONNERS VI LLE. Examination of the Andre Theater by the state inspector resulted in many changes being ordered. The aisles are being made wider, fire escapes put on the building, water supply for fire purposes and an asbestos fire curtain have been ordered from Boston. The attendance at the entertainments has been unusually good this season, notwithstanding the Chicago horror. PETERSBURG. At Alford, a smull village three miles east of here, a revival is being held at the Methodist Church that has surpassed any that has ever been held in this vicinity. The public schools are closed at 10:30 a. m. and bcth teachers and students attend church. There are nineteen pupils in the graded department and sixteen of these have professed conversion. In all nearly 100 people have been converted at the revival. J RFFERSONVILLE. This city is to have another electric street car line if the plans of those back of the enterprise do not fall through, and the prospects are that they will not. The line will be five miles long and will extend from Arctic springs, a picnic grounds just east of the city, through the entire length of the city to Clarksville, a western suburb. The Town Board of Clarksville has given a franchise over the streets of the town. BRAZIL. Wednesday a number of citizens living near where the pesthouse was recently erected, brought suit to have the building removed, alleging that it is a nuisance and a detriment to the health of the neighborhood. Five smallpox patients are confined in the building. The best attorneys of the city have been employed by the plaintiffs. The city attorney contends that under the law the city had the right to erect the pesthouse. which is about one mile from the city limits. ELWOOD. A. J. Baker, who was saved from a life sentence in the penitentiary by the vote of one man at his trial last week in Anderson, will not ask for a change of venue from Madison county, but will risk his liberty in his own county. This is the statement of his attorneys. Prosecutor Vestal claims to have secured two new eyewitnesses of the shooting, who did not reveal the fact that they knew anything until the first trial was over. Their evidence is said to be very important. ELWOOD. The young men of the Presbyterian Church, under the direction of the Rev. J. Clair Leech, met Tuesday night and perfected the organization of a branch of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip by electing the following officers: President, J. O. Lamb; vice president, A. R. MeArthur; recording secretary, H. K. Baker; corresponding secretary, Arthur Wylie; treasurer, E. C. Cox. The organization has as its object the caring for the social and spiritual needs of young men. Capitalising a. Richmond Boom. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 3. The South Side Improvement Association has taken up with the project of the Rev. Otho Williams, of New Castle, and will undertake to develop Richmond through the location of new industries in a new portion of the city. The association will increase its capital stock to $100,000. CANDIDATES SCARCE Bad Country Roads and Worse Weather Make Canvassing Impossible. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind.. Feb. 3. Howard county Republicans will hold a primary election on Tuesday, Feb. 23, to nominate a county and legislative ticket. With the election but three week? away, there Is a dearth of candidates, and but little interest is shown in trse contest. This is partly owing to the bad weather and obstructed country roads, making active canvassing among the farmers next to impossible. For Joint senator from Howard and Miami counties there is but one candidate. Dr. S. T. Murray, of Greentown. It is conceded that Howard county is entitled to the nominee to succeed Charles A. Dehaven, who died before Tils term expired. For representative William Morton is a candidate to succeed himself, and has no opposition. Sheriff N. D. Stanbro and Treasurer Anderson Johnson are standing for renominaiion, with no opponents. Ken Deiiiocruts Wit lit Office. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JASPER. Feb. 3. -The entries for the Democratic primary closed in Dubois county Feb. 1. A Democratic nomination in Dubois county is jr. n rally equivalent to an election, yet there is a scarcity of candidates. Fr sheriff, coroner, surveyor, treasurer, two commissioners, there is but one candidate for each office. For trustee of Madison. Rainbridge and Patoka townsnips there is but one candidate each, while no one in Jefferson township wants the nomination. In some townships but one candidate applies for the nomination of as-s.-sso-. Thor .ire two candidates for prosecutor and two candidates for Joint representative of lubois and Pike counties. Entries have closed and no new names can now go on the tickets. 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COSTS OF BANKRUPTCY EXCEED THE LIABILITY Lafayette Man Pays $35 in Federal Court to Be Relieved of $1 5 Due as Taxes. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. A unique petition in bankruptcy in behalf of Edwin S. Dill, a carpenter, was filed in the United States District Court to-day by a law firm of Iafayette, Ind. The carpenter's only debt, according to the petition, is one of 115, which he owes to the treasurer of Montgomery county, Indiana, forcounty and State taxes. The only assets listed are a small amount of personal property, which is claimed to be exempt. A peculiar feature is that merely the filing of the bankruptcy proceeding's costs $35, exclusive of the attorneys' fees. According to the figuring of the court clerks. Dill could have saved at least $20 by paying the taxes mentioned as his only debt. TWO MINERS INJURED. Serious Results of Falls of Slate in a Sullivan County Mine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN. Ind.. Feb. 3. Roscoe White, a miner employed by the Rainbow Coal and Mining Company at Caledonia, three miles east of here, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured in a fall of slate this morning. White was bending forward when the slate fell, and the greater part of it fell on his head, breaking both the upper jawbones and crushing his skull. John Gottsfoot was crushed by another fall a few minutes later. White was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital at Terre Haute. Not (iuilty of Assault. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. 3. The jury in the case of the State against William R. Cox brought in a verdict of not guilty this afternoon about 4 o'clock. Cox was charged with assault and battery on John D. McMahan, with intent to kill. He shot McMahan in the back with a shotgun after some trouble with him. The defense set up the plea or self-defense and the testimony showed that Cox was so badly beaten that he could not see when he tired the shot. Turned Over to Probation Conrt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 3. James Bchoettlein, aged eight, charged with stabbing Oliver Page, aged eight, was arraigned in Police Court to-day, and owing to his age the Probation Court officers were asked to take his case. It is alleged Schoettleln stabbed Page because he and several other boys, ranging in age from five to eight, tried to ro?st him alive over a bonfire. Why can't we come over to your house tend play any more P Because papa gets so mad when we make a little bit of noise. What makes him that way ? Mamma says it's dyspepsia makes him act so crazy. That's about the way it strikes the gmall boy. The dyspeptic has no idea of his own unreasonableness or harshness. Little things are magnified and aeem to justify his quick anger. There's health for the dyspeptic and happiness for the family by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition, and restores perfect health and strength, by enabling the perfect digestion and assimilation of food. $3,000 FORFEIT Will be paid by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y., if they cannot show the original signature of the individual volunteering the testimonial below, and also of the writers of every testimonial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing, thus proving their genuineness. I ha tt taken one bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion snd liver complaint," writ Mr C M W-.ison. of Yadkin College. Davidson Co.. N. C. "Have had no hani spells since I commenced taking your medicine in fact, have not felt like the same man. Before I took the ' Golden Medical Discovery ' I could not eat anything without awful distress, but now I can eat anything X wish without having unpleasant feelings." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse said regulate the bowels.

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BOILER FEEDER8, WATER SUPPLY PUMPS, PUMPING MACHINERY FOR ALL PURPOSES. DEAN BROS. STEAM PUMP WORKS INDIANAPOLIS IND. Frights and zero weather should suggest in advance your attention to plumbing matters. Isn't it economy now to see us about what may happen later? Burst pipts cost money to repair. Why not let us attend to your water and gas pipes now? C. ANESHAENSEL & CO. Your paper is not delivered to you reguiariy and early enough in ths morning, be so kind as to notify us, that we may remedy the fault. It should miss delivery, a telephone message wi'.l bring you a copy by messenger within half an hour. Both Phones Ask For The Journal PATENTS obtained. Suiti condactsd. Partonsl af-ntion HlghMl refrrsacn WM. F.HALL 1003 F Street. WA8HIMOT0H. P. C Copy of Statement of tue Cojdition OF THE HANOVER Fire Insurance Co. On the 31st day of December, 1903 It is located at No. 34 Pine street, New York City. CHARLES A. SHAW. President. JOSEPH M'CORD, Secretary. The amount of its capital is $1.000.000.00 The amount of its capital paid up is 1.000,000.00 The Asset ol the Comos y in the United States arc a 1 fol os: Cash on hand anl in the hands of agents r other persons S5R0.574.96 Real t-stat.' unincumbered 61C.985.M Bonds owned by the company, bearing innrst at tho rate of per cent., secured as follows: United Statt s bonds 63.250 00 Suite, city and other bonds 562.040.00 Railroad bonds and stocks 2,050.87.75 Bank stocks 72,375.00 II. S. St-el preferred U.Tw.oO Lioans n bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double tha amount for which th- same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance 3.500 00 All other securities 34,751 49 Total assets 14,062,057.04 1.1 HIIIIH Losses adjusted and not due I78.84S.89 lsses unadjusted 199.211.27 I ' ss - in pusp.-n.-- waiting for further proof 32.23S.48 All other claims against the company 47.997.68 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 2.073.532 23 Total liabilities $2,431,829.55 The greatest amount in any one risk IIOO.WO.OO State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, h r by certify that the above is a correct ropy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December. 1903. as shown by th- original statement, and that th- said ordinal statement Is now on tile in this olti' In testimony whereof. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official SEAL. seal, this 1st day of February, nag, D. E. SHEKH1CK, Auditor of State.

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"Where blighting winds and nipping frosts are tempered by the sea and fun." Hotel Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort, Va. The situation, as wall as the appointments, of this famous hostelry are peculiarly oooductve to recreation and enjoyment at thL. season. Cuisine and service of unsurpassed excellence. Hampton Roads: Rendezvous of the White Squadron. Fortress Monroe: pare,t vomt in the country. sjgf" Shooting preserves of 10. .00 acres for exclusive use of guests. Fine shooting; dogs and guides nimlshed. Golf the round. Booklets st Big Four H. R. Ol GEO. F. ADAMS. Mgr., Fortress Monroe. Vi SAFE DEPOSITS. S. A. FLETCHER & COYS Sfit't Depoait Vult SO-34 East "Washington Street Absolute safety against fire and burglar. Policeman day and night on guard. Designed for safe keeping of Money. Beds Wills. Deeds. Abstracts. Silver Plata, Je la and valuable Trunks. Packages, etc. Cortalss 2.1J0 boxes. Rent to 45 Per Year. WILLIAM A. HUGHES - - Mons-r SAWS AXD MILL SUPPLIES. SK ATKINS SAWS FINEST ON EARTH Sand, Crosscut, Butcher. Kitchen and Mill Siwi IOLD EVERYWHERE SEALS, STESCILS AM) STAMPS. IClLS.STAMPSs 'ALOGUIPRIS RADGKS.CMECaoÄC g; TELi3B6 LS S1KER1D1AN St (fro J HadL o o o u :v T Books posted, audited and balanced. Lessons In bookkeeping, day or night. J. H. C. DEN MAN. Fitzgerald hriUHa Cop? of Statement of th; Condition of mi; United States Fire Insurance Co. On the 31st day of December, 1903 It is located at No. 46 Pine New York. street, in V. W. L'NPKRH ILL, President. SAM TEL M. CRAFT. Vice President and Secretary. The amount of its capital 1 The amount of its capital piid up is Tbe Assets of the Company in the United States are as follows: Cash on hand and In the hands of agents or other persona S30,91SJ R. .1. .-lit.- wnincunil-cr ! ... .MJ Bonds owned by the company, bearing Interest at the rate of per cent., secured as follows: Fnit'd State bonds 13.325 Of rfr ue. county and municipal bonds 221.500.00 Railroad stocks and bonds 75.300.00 Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth doubU the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior Incumbrance 310.30O of Debts otherwise secured 4.461 10 Debts for premiums 17.802.51 All other securities Agents' balances 61.941.10 Total assets $775. 440.30 1.1 HIM I II V Losses adjusted and not due $15.239 O Lose os unadjusted 25.5:.; Loss s in suspense, waiting for further proof 6.45154 All other claims against the company 6.71c. 40 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 000.070.60 Total liabilities 0414.870. The greatest amount in any one risk 825.WO00 State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of Stats). I the undersigned, auditor of state of the Stale of Indiana, h. ret -r'tfy that ths above is a correct lPy tht statement of the conditlou of the above-nn intoned company on the 31st day of December. 1903. aa ohown by the original tat. inent. and that the said original statement Is now on tile "lu testimony whereof. 1 hereunto s absent my name and affix my official SEAL. Seal, tnis ist aay 01 reuruary. lam D. E. SHERR1CK, Auditor of Stats.

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