Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1904 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1904.

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BELIEF PlIWS ARE NOT YET IN DEFINITE FORM Ma vor McLane Says No ConcluI ns I lave Been Reached as to What Will Re Needed.

OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE BALTIMORE. Feb. 8. Mayor Mclane ta .v. the following to the Associated rr?: I wi?h you would say for me that the fire i now under control. The people throughout the country have been very kind to us In our terrible calamity and I cannot ftnd words to express mv appreciation. We have had offers of assistance from nearly every large city In yix and several from the West. Of r there hat? as yet been no relief system adopted, as we do not know Just how sst stand, but by to-morrow we shall know hat relief measures it will be necessary to adopt. It is absolutely impossible to even appro! imiit. the loss. It will be several days before anything like an accurate estimate can be given." The b'-'.trd or insurance commissioners alo refuse to estimate the loss. A promt member of the board said: It is impossible at this time to give an approximate estimate of the loss. I pualil aavj from $100.000,000 up. It is safe tn say the less exceeds one hundred million dollars." Both branches of the Council held special meetings to-night and adopted resolution-, asking (ovemor Warfleld. of Maryland, to declare a ten-day holiday. This matt'T was brought to the attention of yiny or MtTane and Governor Warrteld earlier in the day by a delegation from Hg chamber of Commerce. Shortly after noon the hoard of managers of the Chamber of Commerce met and after a brief discussion it was unanimously agreed that win to the chaotic condition of business It w.is m'ssary to ask the Governor to u lar a legal ten-day holiday, and to also ask for an extension of thirty days on all l-gal papers. A commission was appoiuted to wait on the Governor and ask his co-operation in having the matter carried to a succersful termination. While conferences between the mayor and the heads of his departments were helps; held In the city hall, aOjd Governor Warfleld was receiving delegations at his office in the Fidelity building, a corps of engineers were busily engaged in dynamiting the towering and dangerous walls of the Law building, less than two blocks distant. Early this afternoon Governor Warfleld telegraphed to Secretary of War Taft, asking that a corps of dynamite experts be sent over to superintend the demolition of Ute walls of the Law and Herald buildings. I ate this afternoon Maj. Edward Burr. Capt. C. E. Gillette. Lieut. O. B. Plllsbury and Lieut. E. J. Dent, of the engineering rps. Second battalion, and a company of engineers arrived from Washington. They brought several hundred pounds of gun cotton and dynamite. After firing three rhargfa work was suspended, owing to darkness The destruction of the power plant of the T'nited Railway Company, which furnishes electric power to the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company in its tunnel, caused serious inconvenience to the latter company within the city limits. Mayor MrLane, however, granted the company the privilege of using steam as a motor power until other arrangements can be made. Scores of telegrams were received by Mayor McLane proffering assistance. They came from mayors of cities, railways and other corporations, and from prominent citlxens all over the country. Late this evening Mayor McLane visited the lower section of the burned district with the idea of familiarizing himself with the conditions existing there and also endeavoring to learn what relief measures will be necessary. LEGISLATIVE STEPS IN AID OF THE CITY ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Feb. O.-The General Assembly met at the Statehouse to-night to consider plans for the relief of the Are conditions in Baltimore. Senator Gill, of Baltimore, introduced a bill authorizing Governor Warfleld to declare ten successive legal holidays In the stricken city so as t aid property owners and other losers by the Are to get their business affairs In as good shape as possible. The bill, which was passed at once and signed by the Governor, also authorizes him to extend the suspenISSI of business beyond ten days if necessary. A bill to make a relief appropriation, which was to have been presented in the House, was laid over until the conditions and amounts needed can be ascertained. The Legislature adjourned and the legislators left here at 10 o'clock on a special train for Baltimore. The relief bill to be offered makes an appropriation of 1250,000 for the relief of th destitute, to be dealt out by the Govrnor and stich commission as he shall name. The bill would have been introduced to-night, but after a conference in the exe i.tlve chamber between Governor Warfield. Attorney General Bryan and others it was decided that to-morrow would be a bftter time. It Is a question whether the State h;ts sufficient funds at hand to me. t the appropriation. Treasurer Vandiver said he could not tell off-hand, as much of the States money Is tied up in many of the banks which have been burned. It is believed the Legislature will adjourn tomorrow for the rest of the week. RELIEF FUND CHECK RECALLS WAR INCIDENT WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Edward F. J. nc?. of Hinghamton. N. Y.. colonel of the ld Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, who 1 now In Washington, addresseft the following letter to-day to Mayor McLane: With a vivid recollection of a warm reI Hon given to SM on the 10th of April. 1861, by people of Baltimore. I take pleasure :n Inclosing my check for $100, which please place in y ur relief fund." Help for Baltimore Banks). HVtW YORK. Feb. 8. "The crippled Baltimore banks can have anything within the bounds of reason to help them along." said the president of the Seaboard National 3ai -. 1 this city, when asked what action could be expected from the New York as soclated banks operating through Clearing house. the nan Offer Aid. CHICAGO, Feb. 8. Mayor Harrison to-day teUxrnphed the mayor of Baltimore an ofI f two companies of firemen to aid In fighting the fire. The firemen were directed themselves In readiness to depart BODY OF ELIZABETH ' GILLESPIE IS BURIED All Her Family but the Barbours Attend the Funeral of the Rising Sun Victim. RISING SI N. Ind., Feb. S.-The body of I.izz . Gillespie, who was murdered on Dec. X was buried tc-day. Among those present -r. Mr- Gillespie, the mother; Dr. WHIftfMi Gillespie and his wife; Mrs. Belle Sewnr.l. the sister, who is under Indictment, and h-r son. Earl Seward, and Robert Olli another brother, and his wife. The that Mrs. Seward attended excited some comment as she did not visit her nv ther nor attend the lister's funeral. James Gillespie is in jail awaiting his trial for mur.lr in th first degree. Neither Jlr. or Mrs. Barbour was at the interment. Mais J Kauaas) Oil Knflure. IN1)K1'KNDEN('F:. Kan., Feb. 8.-The failure of M. L. Lockwood, one of the largt operator! in the Kansas oil field, Is annced. The liabilities, it is said, prob-

will reach $260.000. Th assets are statbe close to $100,000. Mr Lurk wood If ivy operator in the Pennsylvania, oil

FEDERAL TROOPS Will

ruuit öunwtu bin Major General Corbin Hurries from New York to Command the Military Arm in Baltimore. MX PLOSIVES SENT OVER WASHINGTON. Eeb. 8. At the urgent , request of Senator Gorman and on his pledge and that of the Governor of Maryland that the Legislature of Maryland would to-night pass a resolution calling on the national government for military assistance. Lieutenant General Chaffee, commanding the general staff, sent telegraphic orders this afternoon to Major General Corbin. commanding the Department of the East, at New York, to proceed forthwith to Baltimore and take military command of the situation there. Nearly 1,000 soldiers also have been ordered to serve under him. They are two battallions of the Fifth Infantry at Plattsburg barracks. New York; one battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry, at Fort Slocum, New York; one battalion Ninth Infantry, Madison barracks, New York; one company of coast artillery. Fort Howard, Maryland, and one company coast artillery. rort Dupont, Delaware. These troops are under rush orders. It is expressly stated it the War Department that the national troops are to serve as a police force under the direction of the mayor and local authorities. President Roosevelt, on the appeal of the Baltimore authorities, ordered the United States engineers to that city to assist in chocking the spread of the flames. At 2:20 o'clock the first of the soldiers boarded a train here at the Pennsylvania station, only an hour after the order had come. The forei was under command of Major Burr, and the engineers. 100 strong, were drawn from the Washington barracks. They carried with them sixteen hundred pounds of guncotton with fuses and electrical detonators. At Baltimore they will meet another store of ammunition comprising 500 pounds of guncotton from the advance supply at Dover, Del. The engineers go equipped with tents and ten days' rations. In view of the stringent provisions of the posse comitatus law regulating the use cf troops in States the following statement has been made as to the conditions brought about by the action of the military authorities to-day with respect to Baltimore: "Early this morning Secretary Taft was called up on the long-distance telephone by a committee of citizens of Baltimore, who asked that some engineer officers, expert in the use of explosives, be sent over from Washington to assist and direct the local people la blowing up threatened buildings. The secretary acceded, sending the officers already named. Then it was represented that engineers were wanted to perform thp actual work of blasting, so, promptly, these also were ordered from the Washington barracks, as already stated. "Then Secretary Taft put himself in communication with Senator Gorman and also with Governor Warfleld, who thought that Cnlted States troops would be necessary to Drotect the town from pillage and restrain disorder. Secretary Taft alluded to the comitatus law, whereupon Senator Gorman and Governor Warrield both joined in the assurance that the request from the Legislature for the troops would surely be forthcoming from the evening session of that body. Meanwhile Secretary Taft had acted and ordered the troops to Baltimore through the general staff. He did so because the troops and General Corbin, their mmander. could not reach Baltimore until to-night, after the Legislature should have an opportunity to act. Besides, it is entirely competent for the commander of the military department to move his soldiers as he pleases within the limits of that department so iong as he does not actually employ them as a posse comitatus without violation of law." At midnight General Corbin telegraphed from Baltimore that the fire was under complete control; that the troops were not needed, and that he had ordered those not already en route to remain at their stations. CORBIN HASTENS TO THE STRICKEN CITY NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Major General Henry C. Corbin, commanding the Atlantic division. U. S. A., started for Baltimore from Jersey City on a special train on the Pennsylvania road, leaving at 7:50 o'clock p. m. He will arrive at 11:45 p. m. General Corbin will take command of all the federal troops in Baltimore. He is accompanied bv his staff, composed of Colonel Knight, chief of staff; Major Starr, adjutant; Captain Moss, aid de camp, and Captain Horton, assistant quartermaster. Orders have been issued to the battalion of the Sixteenth United States Infantry, in garrison at Fort Slocum. David's Island, to proceed to Baltimore on a special train leaving Jersey City at 2 o'clock a. m. The commands at Plattsburg and Madison barracks. New York, conslsttng respectively of battalions of the Fifth and Ninth Infantry, are on their way to Baltimore. Bill III CONGRESS FOR IEUENIF BALTIMORE Representative Emerich, of Illinois, Introduces a Measure to Ap propriate a Million Dollars. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8..-A bill was introduced in the House to-day by Representative Emerich, of Illinois, appropriating $1.000.000 for the relief of sufferers from the Baltimore fire. Mr. Emerich is a native of Baltimore. The preamble recites the destruction by the fire and continues: "Whereas, the tire has so crippled the merchants and business interests in the city of Baltimore that they are unable to adequately and properly provide and care for the many who are rendered homeless and penniless by this calamity, and "Whereas, the city of Baltimore and it3 people are probably unable. In the face of the unlocked for catastrophe, to provide proper means for effeetualy checking the fire and promptly to remove the embers and debris, and. "Whereas, the same, while remaining, are constantly a menace to the safety of many cltiiens, it is enacted that the secretary of the treasury be authorized and directed to pay. upon the order of the City Council of Baltimore, certified by the mavor of the city, to any designated authority of said city any necessary sum of money not exceeaing the sum of $1.000.0f0, out of any money in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the purpose of providing shelter for those rendered homeless by the said fire, and also to te used ror tne pur pose of clearing the streets and localities hv th" fire ana in orner to render the city available for the use of residents and others as speedily as possible." The bill was referred tv the committee on appropriations. President to Mayor McLain. BALTIMORE. Feb. 8. Mayor McLain to-day received the following telegram from President Roosevelt at Washington: "I share the horror of our people at th. tppailing catastrophe which has befallen Baltimore. If there Is anything the Federal Kovernment can do pray call on me." ev Cmmtiv Warehouse Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE. Ind. c:.rvd the warehouse Feb. 8 -Fire deof the Hoosier kitchen cabinet manufacturing plant this afternoon. The firm does an Immense mail order business and the warehouse was oacked with l.W) finished cabinets, all of wMeh were burned. Insurance will probably cover the loss of several thousand dollars. T S McQulnn, owner of the factory, arrived at home from Buffalo Just as the Ore broke out. Vill ! hmursnrp Rates. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 8. The local board of underwriters to-day decided to raise the insurance rates on all persons In . - - ... .iimtiU' uif h f hp re- . k, . iv wno uti Ii.. f ! Af tho Roard of Safety. 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BEDFORD OFFICIALS iE SUD 10 BE TO WAKEAN ARREST Detectives Are Busy Putting Evidence in Shape for Submission to the Prosecutor. CITIZEN'S ARE THANKFUL Reed's Statement Caused Relief Mr. Miller Confident the Mystery Is Solved. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind.. Feb. 8-When Bedford awoke this morning and realized the import of Detective Reed's statement given to the press late last night, its citizens gave thanks that the murder of Sarah Schäfer would not be placed at the door of one of its citizens. Little else was discussed on the street, in offices, public buildings and business houses but the statement of Detective Reed. Another day of ceaseless activity on the part of detectives working on the case, has been the means of rejuvenating- public interest in the mystery, and the citizens of Bedford, irrespective of station in life, are more firmly convinced than ever that the slayer of the Iatin teacher will soon be taken into custody. This belief was materially strengthened by Detective Reed's statement that the identity of the murderer had been established beyond a reasonable doubt. A report circulated on the streets this morning to the effect that Detective O'Brien had arrested a man at Greencastle charged with Miss Schafer's murder created considerable excitement outside of officials circles, and hours elapsed ere the public discovered it to be a fake. A strong rumor was current here to-day and given much credence that a certain man at or near Bloomfield was under surveillance. When asked for a confirmation of the rumor the detectives declined to affirm or deny it. thus leaving the public in a state of conjecture bordering on bewilderment. Intense interest has been manifested all of to-day by the general public, who hourly expected an arrest. At 7 o'clock Detective Reed stated there were no new developments, and none need be anticipated tonight. The officers are directing their energies toward transcribing the evidence accumulated preparatory to submitting It to the Bedford officials and Prosecutor Miller. Another day probably will be required to complete this work, following which the detectives tmII be prepared to order the arrest of the man now under Detective O'Brien's constant surveillance. Mrs. J. A. Shoulty is in receipt of a letter from Miss Katherine Griffin, of Lafayette, in which she denies the story credited to her in a special sent out from Lafayette a few days ago to the effect that she had on the eve of the murder and at near the same time been pursued by a man whom 9he recognized near the alley where Misa Schafer was killed. She says in the letter that all she told was In substance what she had told Mrs. Shoulty on the night of the occurrence, that on K street, near the M. E. Church, or near the corner of Fourteenth and K. a man whom she did not know stopped and peered Into her fa e, but made no attempt to molest her. It frightened her a little at the time but she thought little of it after she got home. NO SUSPECT ARRESTED AT GREENCASTLE VET Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UREENVASTLE. Ind., Feb. 8.-There have been many reports to-day that a Greencastle man would be arrested as the murderer of Miss Schäfer at Bedford, but if such is the case it is not possible to learn anything of it. There is nothing known here which would incriminate any one of this city for any reason, especially, if the murder was committed by a rejected lover. When Miss Scha'er was in college here last winter she was not in society much, and that little was mostly in connection with Y. W. C. A. work, in which she was active. Miss Schäfer roomed in Ladies' Hall but she had no room mate. Not many girls' were intimate with her. She received but little, company. One young man who was with her more than any othr had known her from her childhood, but he could be precluded from the class the newspapers have leen referring to as "rejected lovers." "A careful study of the field reveals no one who could possibly be connected with the affair, if it were caused by a former sweetheart. PROSECUTOR MILLER IS CONFIDENT OF AN ARREST Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 8. Prosecuting Attorney Miller has just returned from Bedford after making a thorough investigation of the evidence in the murder mystery. "I believe there will soon be an arrest," the prosecutor said to-night. I do not know how soon, but I do know that evidence is developing that seems certain to fasten the guilt on a certain man. I will not say who it is. but he probably is not a stranger in Bedford. Three detectives headed by Mr. Reed are at work on the case, and it is almost literally true that they never sleep. That man Reed is a worker. He says nothing, but I know these men are more tnan satlsned with their week s work and that they have probed every clew until they feel certain thev are now after the guilty man. The arrest will not be made until the evidence is all in hand, and a conviction is certain in the minds of the officers. The law can lay its hands on the man Just when he Is wanted and he likely will be safely in Jeffersonvllle before the public is any the wiser. I am now firmly of the belief," Mr. Miller said, "that we will soon have that man." CLOSE FINISHES IN THE WAYNE PRIMARY Some of the Results Are Still in Doubt Dr. Zimmerman for Mayor of Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Feb. 9. At 12:30 Tuesday morning several Of the races in the Wayne county Republican primary were still in doubt. Roscoe E. Kirkman was nominated for Senate without opposition. Walter S. Ratliffe and Dr. Martin Yencer. candidates for representative, ran neck and neck and the result is in doubt, as are also the races of Wilfred Jessup and Paul Cornstock for prosecutor and Robert N. Beeson and Eiwood Clark for commissioner. There were seven candidates for recorder. The returns at midnight placed Frank C. Mosbaugh in the lead, with Harry T. Fisher and Benjamin Parson close behind. Benjamin Mrtek was nominated for treasurer over Albert Albertson on the city ticket. Dr. W. W Zimmerman was nominated for mayor over Dr. J. M- Bulla by a majority that it is believed will exceed 1,400. Hrpla'ina trlkln Snappers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind.. Feb. 8 The Blackford Window Glass Company is replacing with new men the twenty-nine snaDDers

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NO CtEW m FOUND III THE MORE SHOOTING Swaggerty Is Still Alive, but There Seems to Be Very Little Hope that He Will Recover. MANY STORIES AFLOAT Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LINTON, Ind.. Feb. 8. Charles Swaggerty. the young miner from Linton, who was shot and wounded Saturday night in a saloon at Gilmore, a small mining camp six miles north of this place, is still alive, but probably will die. The shooting seems to be of the mysterious order. Many stories are afloat and it is hard to get hold of anything definite. It is claimed that Swaggerty was drinking a glass of beer and a stranger entered the place, walked up to him and, without warning, shot him in the mouth and then escaped. As yet no cause for the shooting has been assigned and the assassin has not been captured. A report reached here to-day that the man was a Kentuckian who had a grievance against another person and mistook Swaggerty for that person. Officers are probing the affair and hope that something definite will be learned soon. TERRELL TRANSFERS NEW GRA.XD THEATER Convicted Man Financed It and Watched Its Erection from His Cell Window. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLUFFTON. Ind . Feb. 8. -John W. Terrell, convicted of the murder of his son-in-law, Melviu Wolf, and in jail here awaiting sentence from Judge Smith and removal to Michigan City, to-day transferred his interests in the new Terrell Grand Theater to his son-in-law, John Schott, for 10.500. The building is almost completed. The opera house project was financed by Terrell after be was arrested for killing his son-in-law, and he watched its construction from his cell window. Judge Smith will rule Thursday on Terrell's motion for a new trial. HIGHER FARES HELP THE SMALLER TOWNS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. Feb. 8. WThile the advance in rates on the Indiana Union Traction Company has provoked the indignation of tho merchants of the big cities on the lino, as well as from their farmer customers and laboring- men living in Anderson and working In Alexandria and vice versa, the merchants In the smaller towns are delighted. It has brought to them all the small business which formerly went to the larger towns and at several places new stores are being opened, notably at Sumrnitville and Orestes. Rnralarlen at Lanrrnreborg, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAWRENCEBURG. Ind., Feb. 8 The residence of Jacob Bauer, of the Bauer Cooperage Company, in Greendale, was burglarized last night and two overcoats, valued at $100, taken. A peculiar feature of the robbery was the fact that the contents of the overcoat pockets, including the keys to the office safes of the cooperage company, were carefully removed. The residence of John Pastner. u butcher, in Newtown, was also entered, but the housebreaker was frightened away before anything was taken. HOPES AGAIN TO SAVE THE EVAHSVILLE PLANT Engineer at the Water Works Thinks Danger Is No Greater than for Several Days. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. S.-The river wall at the water works still stands, but it is liable to fall at any time. Engineer Luddington said to-night that he had hope of saving the plant. He says the situation at the works is no worse to-night than it has been for the past week. The roof of the building has been strongly braced and it is not thought there is any danger of it falling on tho machiuery at this time. The engineer says the now intake pipes should be doing service within thirty days. Owing to the weakened condition of the water works plant it was impossible to force water to the second stories of the buildings of the city here to-day. The authorities say they do not fear the result of a fire should it break out, a? the pressure of the old works would be sufficient. INDIANA NOTES. SHELBYVILLE. Odd Fellows from all parts of Shelby county held their annual county meeting in this city Monday night. 250 members being present. Besides the lodge in this city, there are five others in the county, located at Lewis Creek. Morrlstown. Blue Ridge, Waldron and Smithland. The initiatory degree was conferred by the Shelby lodge and the second degree by the Srnithland lodge. GREENWOOD. The Rev. Mr. Headen. pastor of the Methodist Church, who came here last fall, has been holding a meeting for the past five weeks and reports over one hundred conversions during this time. The young men have organized each evening in a room they have fitted up for the purpose. It has been years since such a revival has been seen here. PORT LA ND. Arm field & Cartwright, of this city, have decided to install a stonecrushiug plaut at Ridgeville with a capacity of sixty carloads per ten hours. The plant will cost I75.O00 and will employ a hundred men. Forty acres of stone land have been purchased just east of Ridgeville. TIPTON. Ind.. Feb. S.-S. A. Carr, aged seventy-one. died at his home west of this city last night from dropsy. He was born in Ireland and came to this country when a boy, and had been a resident of this county for many years. The funeral will be held Tuesday. GREENSBl'RG. The surveyors of the C. G. & R. traction line reached here at noon Monday. They will start at noon Tuesday in a northerly direction out of town and then head toward Connersvllle. According tc their survey this city is 3U4 feet higher than Columbus. Candidate for District Judge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBCS. Ind., Feb. 8. Marshall Hacker, of this city, to-day announced his candidacy for the judgeship of the Ninth judicial district, comprising Bartholomew and Decatur counties. The position is now "..Cd by Judge F. T. Hord, who has occupied the bench for several years. Mr. Hacker was once judge of this district. For several years he was editor of the Columbus Republican. Labor Trouble Adjnntrd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY. Ind.. Feb. 8. The labor controversy between the L F. Force Handle Company and Woorworkers' Union No. 177. was satisfactorily ad.usted to-day and the sixty men who have been out for the past three weeks returned to work. The trouble originated In a difference of 12 cents a cent a doien-for twelve down handles of a special order which had been sent to the mills to be Ünished.

LIVED THREE DAYS IN I THE UNDERGROUND Chased a Rabhit to Its Hiding Place and Was Ptosen in W hen He Dug After It. UNINJURED WHEN SAVED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PAOLI, Ind.. Feb. S.-William L. Hill, a drayman living in the suburbs of this place, has a dog that spent three days underground without food except, possibly a rabbit that he caught while underground. The dog gave chase to a rabbit which entered a small opening in a large underground tiling. The tiling was entirely closed with earth at oue end, and the end where ; the rabbit entered was too small for the J dog to enter. He at once began digging the dirt away to secure entry. When he once got inside the dirt that he had thrown behind him froze and he could not get out. He remained in this helpless manner for three days, when some one parsing heard him barking and he was released. The rabbit could not be found, and it is evident that the dog had at least the rabbit to eat while underground, as it could not get out without passing its pursuer. The dog when released was not injured by his long imprisonment and at once gave chase after another rabbit. PRESIDENT OF SOPHS KIDNAPED AT W AB ASH Freshmen Make the First Rally in Inaugurating the Usual "Scraps" of February. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSV1LLE. Ind., Feb. 8. The freshmen and sophomore classes of Wabash College have had their first round over the celebration of Washington's birthday, and the freshmen are one ahead. Last night the freshmen went to the boarding house where Mr. Zimmerman, the sophomore class president, rooms, and kidnaped him. Only a few freshmen know where he is at present. One of the freshmen knocked on the door, and when Zimnvrman opened it they selsed him by the legs, throwing him down, carried him to a cab and drove away. Other freshmen guarded the house to prevent interference. The sophomores are trying to learn where he Is, and they promise-some more fun if he is located. It is charged that the telephone wires were put out of service from the Zimmerman house, so no one could sound the. alarm. There are seventy-one men in the freshmen class and thirty sophomores. Appointed C'lrenit Prosecntor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR. Ind., Feb. 8. John M. Lewis, of this city, has been appointed prosecuting attorney for the Forty-second Judicial district, composed of Jackson, Orange and Washington counties, by Governor Durbin. He was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the inability of Simeon Hudson, who was re-elected In 1902, to qualify. Mr. Hudson hM bciCB in thr Central Hospital for the Insane for several months. Mr. Lewis was the caudidate against Mr. Hudson in 1902. Bought by Indianapolis Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Feb. 8. City real estate, assessed at $15,000, which was advertised for delinquent taxes, was sold by City Treasurer Best to Hiram Brown, of Indianapolis, representing a number of speculative capitalists of that, city. The delinquent taxes due the city are sufficient to wipe out the bonded indebtedness of $300.000 of the municipality. MUNCIE COONCIE WILL REPEAL GAS ORDINANCE Company Will Not Be Able to Charge More than Twelve Cents a Thousand Cubic Feet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ml'NCIE, Ind., Feb. 8. The controversy which has existed between the Muncie Gas, Light and Fuel Company, its patrons and the City Council about reached its climax to-night when an amendatory ordinance was Introduced Into the Council repealing the section which gives the company the right to charge twenty-five cents a thousand cubic feet for gas. It was placed on its second reading and will be given definite consideration at the next meeting. The present trouble was precipitated when the company recalled meters which had been placed on the outside of houses, and added to that was the fact the company, besides charging for gas consumed as registered by meters, also charged consumers with an estimated amount. This was considered by the Council to be a breach of the franchise. If the section is repealed the price of gas will be twelve cents per thousand cubic feet as was named in the decision of Judge Marsh at Winchester, when the matter was contested. city Attorney Ellis was Instructed to bring any suits in equity he might deem necessary to protect the rights of the people. BIG BAR MILL STARTED. Workmen Accepted Reduction of io Per Cent, in W ages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. Feb. 8. The bar mill of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, of this city, was started this morning and 140 men set to work after a long period of idleness. Beginning with Feb. 1 the workmen at this plant were given a cut of approximately 10 per cent, in their waares. Considering the long period of ldleness they were glad to even get to work at ' that price. The mill has been hampered i for over a year on the fuel matter and i even producer gas has failed to entirely , remedy the difficulty. Two Joint Conventions. Special to the Indianapolia Journal WATERLOO, Ind.. Feb. 8. The joint senatorial convention of De Kalb and Steuben counties will be held m this city on March 15. At the same place and date the Judicial convention also will be held. There are but two nominations to be made. So far Steuben county is furnishing all of the candidates. It is conceded by this county that Steuben should have the judge, and there will be a contest only between the two candidates from Angola. E. A. Bratton and County Chairman John Yeagley. rumlmkrr ot n i anditlate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 8. Senator Samuel Crumbaker to-day announced he would not be a candidate for the presidency of the State IJocoln League. This leaves a clear f.eld to W. P. McGuire, of Indianapolis. The convention will be held iu this city on Friday and Saturday. Flood In White River. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. s. A telephone X.1 - I ...... , T r, 11 .1. message iruiu nairiuu, uiu., ai ii " viuvs, i says White river is rising at the rate of four inches an hour and ia out of its banks. Farmers axe moving their corn and stock.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR VERY SERIOUS ASSAULT Her Sister-in-Law's Skull Fractured and a Rib Broken While She Lav Sick Abed.

RECOVERY XOT LIKELY special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind.. Feb. 8.-Mrs. Mary A. Fultz was arrested this morning by Chief of Police Russell, charged with assault and I battery on her sister-in-law. Mrs. Andrew Young. The trouble occurred last Wcdnesday night at the Young home, on West Thirteenth street. Mrs. Young was very sick and confined to her bed. The women quarreled and in the fight which followed one of Mrs. Young's ribs was broken and ! her skull fractured. She also suffered conj cusslon of the brain and her hearing is destroyed. Her condition is so critical that her attending physician. Dr. W. H. Heekman. despairs of her recovery. Acting on his ! advice Mayor Smith and Prosecutor Stephtnson took her statement to-day. Mrs. Fultz was released on her own rei cognizance and the preliminary trial set for Feb. B. DEATH OF A PIONEER PASTOR OF INDIANA The Rev. Edward Barr, Who Preached in Many Indiana Cities, Passes Away at Elkhart. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind.. Feb. 8.-The Rev. Edward 3arr, a pioneer minister of this part of the State and one of the best-known Presbyterian ministers in northern Indiana, died here this morning. He was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Lafayette from 1866 to 1870. and the body will be taken to that city after funeral services here on Wednesday for interment Thursday afternoon. Mr. Barr was born in Wooster. O.. on Dec. 15, 1S27. and his education was acquired in the old Marion Seminary at Indianapolis and Hanover College. He was ordained by the Woostnr Presbytery in 1857, coming to Bedford, Ind., two years later, and coufiuing his life's ministerial labors to the Indiana held with the exception of oi e year spent in Wisconsin. Besides serving as pastor here he filled pastorates at Frankfort. Muncie. Madison and Lnfayt tte. and was twice called to Bedford. Three times he was elected moderator of the Indiana svnod. Seven years ago he retired from the pulpit, although he c ontinued to preach occasionally. He is survived by a widow and seven children. Mrs. (Rev.) Jacob Wolf, of Cannonsville. N. Y. ; the Rev. Walter Barr. Janesville. Wis.; the Rev. Thomas Barr. Milwaukee; Mrs. George Horn. Iafayette; Mrs. Martha Giffen. Chicago; Mrs. William H. Mann and Miss Ruth Barr, both of Elkhart. The interment will take place at Lafayette, where the only child to precede Mr Barr In death is buried. The funeral service will be conducted at the First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Dr. H. L. Vannuys, of Goshen, a life-long friend of the deceased. Other State Secroloary. GREENWOOD. Ind.. Feb. S.-Mlss Barbara Todd died yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harvey Wheatcraft, of heart trouble. Miss Todd was born In this State sixty years ago and for a number of years made her home with hr r sist. r She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon. Dr. N. Todd, of Indianapolis. Is a brother. PETERSBURG. Ind., Feb. 8.-Dr. McCrulus Gray, aged seventy-six, one of the largest landowners In Pike county, died suddenly this morning at his home near Otwell. He was a pioneer citizen and had twice been elected treasurer of this county. He was a Democrat. The funeral will be held to-morrow, with interment in the Otwell Cemetery. PORTLAND. Ind., Feb. 8. Charles Chamberlain died at his home in this city last evening of consumption. William D. CastOH died at his home in this city last night, aged forty-two. He was a wellknown oil man. SEYMOCR. Ind., Feb. 8 Mrs. Mary A. Graessle, wife of the Rev. Andrew Qrae Is, who was pastor of the German Methodist church here several years, died at the family home here Sunday night, aged sixtyseven. GREENSBURG, Ind., Feb. 8. Eldridge Gentry, aged seventy-four, is dead at his home In Letts from a complication of diseases. He was one of the oldest residents of the coupty. BIX)OMINGTON. Ind.. Feb. 8. William J. Moore, the ilrst-born citizen of Bloomington, died to-day at the age of eightythree of pneumonia.

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