Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1904 — Page 3

D

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1904. Bright News of Indiana from Journal Correspondents INSURANCE WORTH HAVING Baltimore Fire Immediate Cash Settlements ALP BIRCH IS DEAD AFTER AJONG SICKNESS For Years Wtfl Identified with De Pauw and Mad Big Greencastle Interests. INDICTMENTS REGARDED AS A VEIN GOOD JOKE Port Wayne W ater Trustees Indicted for Letting River Water Pollute the Mains. RIVER WALL OF PLANT HAS KBHOCIED OUT Otherwise the Situation at the Evansville Water Works Is Not Materially Changed. PRESSURE IS VERY LOW Read THE WESTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. iMmoanoiTm 23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. r-l.Cn.pw Tl A SS.TTS 0tlTTM 07 lut 2ToVbm wi!mZmTmS foe rMv, Error at br roMrfinim -ci Of rMMf t mwur .- u, ilfWJtl mr f . cwpafaoo ,rV?'r.M. m,- wmfrf wttAJaMrti 4aw iiniMw 1- -7" r ' "um fcyod ta Aaumtxrtuutp! iBrcta inv tM iiihi Uu k IM i m pan T r n incinu.' r. TUo tntl C4TF.I Mlutut ue 4 44m t. alio dh..4fa tj rQ i txtw i . SOBERT C. CLOWBY. Premdnt and C1 Mtw r-1 EVAXSVILLE EDITOR DEAD ANIMUS IS POLITICAL RECEIVED at 19 South Btridiin St.. Indianspotis. Ind. TfkCMOMCt 10 M D 29 - f 75 Starr Tim.

BBBBB

Special to the Indianapoll Journal. GKEENCASTLE. Ind., Feb. 10.-The death of Alpheus Birch occurred this fore

noon at his hom- on W't st Walnut street, i this city, after a sickness of several months, preceded by a general decline. Mr. Birch had been for many years prominently identified with the bt-st int r. .sts of the city, in connection with business and also the public schools and De Pauw University. He was born in Fountain county on Sept. 27. 1831. He ent-r-d Indiana Asbory (now De Pa:iw University in 154. In 157 he married Margaret A. Cowgill. His llrst wif: died in l.Ml and three years later be married Miss Mary Elizabeth Hannu. who survives. Mr. Birch had lived here continuously ince 1S58. For many years he controlled and managed woolen mills in this city, and be was prominently connected with the M' thodiat Church, his membership being in the College-avenue Church, of this city, and he was one of th: members of its building committer at th- time the present structure Was erert-d. The funeral services will be held in College-avenue Church Kriday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. I . II ix-ixi mt Him Desk. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VAN8VILLE, Ind.. Ffb. 10. While seated in his office at his desk this afternoon Charles F. Gould, editor of the Evening Bulletin, fell dead. Death was due to strangulation. For many weeks Mr. Gould had suffered from a tumor on his throat and it could not be removed because of Its proximity to the jugular vein. He was found by the office porter. Mr. GouKJ was about fifty-five years of age and had been editor of the Bulletin for many years. He was a native of England. He lft two children, i Philip, an attorney of this city, and MIhs Rose Gould, of this city, who has gained Borne distinction as a writer of songs. Other State Xeoroloify. GREENFIELD, Ind., Feb. 10-Hugh R. Leech died at his residence in this city Tuesday nigh, from kidney trouble. Mr. Leech was b. rn in Green county, Ohio, in and when quite young moved to Shelby county, Indiana.. Eighteen years ago he moved to Indianapolis, where he lived Binre. until a few months ago, when he came here. He had been a member of the Masonic order at Shelbyville for thirty-two years. He left a widow and one son, Herbert E. Le-ch. of Greenfield. Interment will be at Crown Hill, Indianapolis, Thursday aternoon. MUNCIE. Ind., Fab. 10 Mrs. Emmariah Triplett, a pioneer of the county, is dead, aged serenty-four. She had lived in Delaware county all her life, having been born on a farm which her father had settled and cleared from a wilderness. Her husband, Humphrey Triplett. and one son, William, went to the civil war in 1861. The husband was killed in battle. For the last thirty-five years she had been a resident of Muncie. Two sons. John Triplett, of Cripple Creek. Col., and William Triplett, of Linlus. Mo., survive. lrBDIN. Ind., Feb. 10. Exum Elliott, aged eighty, a pioneer of this place, died last night at his home one mile north of here, from the effects of a paralytic stroke. He was born and had lived all his life on the same farm. He was a well-to-do farmer and a lifelong Quaker, being an elder and head of the meeting at the time of his death. He had been a liberal contributor to Earlham College at Richmond, and this institution will receive S&.0G0 life insurance as hfs last gift. He left a widow. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Feb. 10. Raud Shirley died at his home in Hope this morning at the age of fifty-four years. He was owner of the Occidental Hotel, where he died. He left a widow and four children. Mr. Shirley was born in this county and spent his entire life here. He was one of the bestknown men in Hope and was known all over this and adjoining counties. TIPTON. Ind.. Feb. 10. C. C. Newkirk. aged sixty-three, a well-known resident of this county, died at his home, southeast of this ci'y. last night from pneumonia. Ho ltd a widow and three children. Tho funeral will be held Thursday. PERU. Ind.. Feb. 10. John S. Lenhart died to-day from the infirmities of age. He had been a prominent cltisen of Peru nearly fifty years and was long in the furniture business. METAMORA. Ind.. Feb. 10.-Mahlon C. Gordon died yesterday of heart failure. He was the last surviving member of a large family of pioneer residents of the Whitewuter valley. TELL CITY. Ind.. Feb. lO.John Elchert. an old German citizen and pioneer of this city, died at the age of seventy-nine years. His wiie died some years ago. C ANN ELTON, Ind.. Feb. 10. Uriah Cummings. of Derby, is dead. He was ninetythree, and was the oldest man In Perry county. EVAN8VILDE. Ind., Feb. 10 Thomas Patterson, a retired business man, dlod tonight. LANE RETURNS TO FIND WIFE REMARRIED He Disappeared Eight Years Ago and Had Not Been Heard from Since Saw His Daughter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NKW ALBANY. Ind., Feb. 10. William Lane, who left this city eight years ago for the West, leaving his wife and two-year-old daughter here, returned to-day to rind that his wife had obtained a divorce and had married a farmer living near Greenville, ten miles north of this city. He called at the home of his former wife's mother. Mrs. Edward Henry, and was permitted to see his daughter, now ten years Id. The custody of the child was given to the mother at the time she obtained the divorce, and the father has no legal claim upon the child, lane tailed to correspond with his wife after his departure, and his whereabouts was unknown. After waiting three years she filed suit for divorce, alleging abandonment. Lane will make no effort to see his former wife. SURE The Hobnst Physique Cnn Stand More Oder Than a Wrak One. A young Virginian says: "Having a naturally robust constitution, far above the average, and not having a nervous tcaperatnent. my system was able to resist the inroads upon it by the use of coffee for Borne years, out finally the strain began to Uli "For ten years I have been employed as telegraph operator and type writer by a railroad in this section, and until two years ago I had used coffee continually from the time I was eight yars old. . r! years. "The work of operating the telegraph key is a great strain upon the rirs. and after the day's work a wr I would feel nervous, irritable, run down, and toward the last suffered greatly from insomnia and neuralgia. As I never Indulged in Intoxicating liquors, drugs or tobacco in any form. I came to the conclusion that coffee and tea were causing the gradual breakdown of my nervous system, and. having read an article in the Medical Magazine on the composition of coffee and its toxic effect upon the system. I was fully convinced that ceff'e wm the cause of my trouble. "Seeing PsatUBD spoken of as not having any of the deteriorating effects of coflVe, 1 decided to give ui the stimulant and give Poatum a trial The result waa agreeably surprising. After a time my nerves became wonderfully strong. 1 can do all my work at the telegraph key and typewriter with fax greater ease than ever before. My weight has increased 35 pounds, my general health keeping pace with it. and I am a new man aid a better one." Name given by Poatum Co.. Batile Orc-k. Mich. TUere's a reason. Look In each pkg for the famous little hook, "The Kuud to Wcllvllle."

Special to the Indianapolin Journal. FORT WAVNK, Ind . Feb. 10.-The grand Jury returned indictments this afternoon riK'iinst the three waterworks trustees. Edward Yhite. Hugh Hogan and Julius Tonne, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for maintaining a nuisance in that they permitted water mains to be Infected with germs causing disease. This is the result of a political turn given to the fact that there are fifty to sixty cases of typhoid in this city. The trustees being Republicans for the first time, the typhoid was t-e.zed by the courthouse ring as an opportunity to charge that the sickness was due to lack of vigilance in keeping water pumped by railroad company's private plant from entering the city mains and infecting it with bacteria from the river, which furnishes the railroad with water. Concurrently with the indictment this afternoon the local papers print that Prof. Barrage, of Purdue, pronounced the sample of watt r taken from the point of the alleged contamination pure and potable. The papers also print details of the discovery of a secret connection in the company's planing mill, which was placed there by a former Democratic board and no record made of it or charge collected for the water used. The Indictments are the joke of the city to-night.

ZIMMERMAN'S RELEASE HAS BEEN ORDERED Wabash Faculty Has Issued an Edict, but It Is Believed It Will Not Be Heeded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSV1LLE, Ind., Feb. 10 The Wabash faculty has taken action on the kidnaping of President Zimmerman, of the Bophomore class, and has ordered him to be released at once. If this is not done the men who kidnaped him will lose their term credits. The freshmen have held a meeting, but their action on the edict has not been announced, but it is believed that Zimmerman will be held. MANY CASES OF SMALLPOX Floy d County Has Xo Pesthouse to Care for Them. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY. Ind.. Feb. 10. Floyd county has no pesthouse, the last two built by the authorities having been burned by incendiaries, and over a dozen smallpox cases are in quarantine within the city limits. Yesterday Miss Nellie Wiseman, of Harrison county, was stricken with the disease in Louisville, where she had been employed, rihe came to this city on the suburban line and being unnble to obtain admission at the hospital returned to Louisville and was sent back to this city. After remaining in the State-street depot for several hours and exposing scores of passengers to the disease, the Board of Health arranged to place her in a house in which there Is now a case of the disease. TERRELL'S CASE STANDS. No Decision as to His Sanity Motion for New Trial Postponed. Special to the Tndianapolis Journal. BLTFFTON, Ind., Feb. 10. The insanity commission, composed of Justice of the Peace M. W. Walbert and Doctors Cook, Horton, Ooodwin and J. CL Fulton, which visited John Terrell in the county Jail last night has not rendered any verdict as to his insanity. Justice Walbert says he has no Jurisdiction in the case. Terrell was found guilty of murder by a Circuit Court jury the latter part of December, but sentence has not been passed on him by Judge Smith. He sent word tot day that he could not be here Thursday to rule on Terrell's motion for a new trial, as he had expected. Mr. MsaM Goes to Salt Lake. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., Feb. 10.-Wlth the change in postmasterahip of this city last Sunday, whereby Edward C. Faith became postmaster and Frank I. Sefrit retired to take up newspaper work at Salt Lake City, the Republicans of the Second Congressional district lost the services of an untiring worker. Mr. Sefrit was recognized as an influential Republican and his wide acquaintance with the leading men of the State made him an especially valuable man during campaigns. Before leaving this city Mr. Sefrit was tendered a banquet by tho Knights of Pythias Residence Fire at Rlkhart. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind., Feb. 10.-The residence of Seth Jones was damaged by fire to-day to the amount of $3.500. Insurance carried was $2,000 in the Rochester German, $2.000 in the American and $1.700 in the Phoenix. BRINGS SUIT FUR HER Mrs. Sarah Wilson Sues Estate of Dr. Fahnestock for $5,000 Peculiar Suit and Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTK. Ind.. Feb. 10. Mrs. Sarah Wilson, executrix of the will of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie B. Fahnestock, filed suit here to-day against the estate of Dr. Canditus S. Fahnestock until his death last July president of Denham Medical College, of Chicago, asking for $5,000 and interest from Oct. 3. l.W. claiming that the $5.000 alimony MMM her daughter. Carrie B. Fahnestoek. when she was divorced from Dr. Fahnestoek. has not been paid. The decree hows the receipt of Carrie B. Fahnestoek for alimony, but Mrs. Wilson avers that Dr. Fahenstock induced his wife to sign the same the day before the divorce was granted without any consideration b ing given. Mrs. Wilson claims her daughter was of uns. und mind at the time. Dr. Fubntoek. who was a prominent Indiana physician and surgeon and a thirty -second -degree Mason, died suddenly on July t laM. and his divorced wife fell dead at the breakfast table two months later. BOY'S HEAD MASSAGED WITH PEPPER SAUCE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PKTKKSIU'Rt;. Ind.. Feb. 10.-Yesterday in Hill man's restaurant a crowd of boys, numbering ten or twelve, and ranging In age from ten to eighteen, caught Arthur Burton, aged fourteen, and with scissors sheared his long hair very short. One of the boys then took the pepper-sauce bottle, poured the sauce on his head and rubbed it in as If it were bay rum. Young Burton howled with pain, and was finally allowed to k home. This morning his head Is badly swollen, and he Is suffering terribly from the burns inflicted by the use of the pejjpur sauce.

DAUGHTER

ALIMONY

THOMAS E. AYDELOTTE. Sheriff of Parke County.

AYDELOTTE DECLINES TO RUN AGAIN FOR SHERIFF Parke County Official Surprises His Friends and Astonishes the County Politicians. HIS VERY GOOD RECORD Sperial to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCK VILLE, Ind.. Feb. 10.-Thomas Aydelotte. who as sheriff, has been the terror of evil-doers In Parke county, has decided not to be a candidate for the office this year. He was appointed in 1900 to fill the unexpired term of Perry Benson, who resigned to accept a position in the internal revenue service at Terre Haute. He was elected in 1902 and his term will expire in January next. The persistence with which he has followed every offender against the laws has had a deterrent effect, and Parke county has acquired an enviable record for freedom from crime. His decision not to seek a re-election has surprised his friends and astonished the politicians. STERLING ELECTRIC COMPANY REORGANIZED Stockholders Held Special Meeting for that Purpose and Increase Capital Stock. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Feb. 10. Stockholders of the Sterling Electric Company, the second largest Industrial plant in the city, held a special meeting yesterday, which resulted in a reorganization of the board of directors and officers. Charles Murdock. Henry A. Taylor, William Wallace, Walter Doollttle, Charles H. Ankeny and J. W. Ramsay, of Crawfordsvllle. were re-elected directors and William Coffroth, John Wagner. Jr.. and John Schnaible were also elected to the directorate. After the stockholders meeting the directors elected Walter Doollttle president. Henry A. Taylor vice president and William Coffroth, secretary and treasurer. The reorganization Is in line with the policy recently adopted, it having been decided to increase the capital stock from $150.000 to $200.000 and improve and enlarge the plant. The factory is now running on short time, but In a few weeks a full force and a ten-hour day will be restored. TABLES WERE TURNED ON BEELER BY WIFE She Received the Decree of Divorce from Court for Which Husband Sued. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 10. Jacob Beeler, a Kokomo man who asked divorce and $1,000 alimony from his wealthy wife, Septa Strode Beeler, failed to get either alimony or divorce. The woman was given a decree on hr cross-complaint by Judge Harness. She alleged that Beeler had a habit of dragging her upstairs by the hair and narrated several instances of that kind. New Drainnsre Commissioner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Feb. 10. -Judge Vinton, of the Tippecanoe Superior Court, this afternoon appointed Clyde Richards drainas; commissioner in place of O. N. Benson, whose resignation was requested and accepted by the court two days ago. Mr. Richards will make a thorough inspection of the drainage canal situation in Laramie township and report in full to the court. FATALLY INJURED THRILLING Samuel Cassman Jumped from Wagon and Struck on His Head and Shoulders. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYKTTE. Ind.. Feb. 10. Clinging to the reins while two runaway horses plunged and reared down a steep hill near Wild-cat creek, north of the city, to-day. Samuel Cassman, employe of tae Artificial Ice Company, had a thrilling ride which resulted in injuries that will cost him his life. Cassman and a man named William crooks were driving a team of horses attached to a heavy wagon in which they were hauling straw from Vuil s farm, north of the city, to the icehouse here. When the horses reached the top of a steep hill leading to Peters's mill they were frlghtcm-d by the sudden yielding of the traces and the singletrees striking their legs. They started at a terrific gait and both men grabbed frantically at the reins. Both held on until near the foot of the hill when Cassman leaped from the wagon, alighting on his head. Crooks managed to hold on and saved his life. Cassman was picked up for dead and after some delay was brought to St. Elizab th Hospital, in this city. It was found that his spine was badly injured, his shoulder broken, his skull torn and cut and his eyes and ears hurt. Mate Soldiers' Home. Spocial to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 10.-The board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home adjourned this afternoon after admitting fourteen applicants to the privileges of the home and letting the contracts for supplies. Schwarzschild & Co., of Chicago, were given Uu contract for furnishing fresh meat and the Dryfus Company, of this city, the contract for smoked meat. The Board of County Commissioners of Marion county visited the home to-day and were shown around the buildings by the trustees. The visiting commissioners came to select a site for the proposed new Marion county cot-uuie.

RUNAWAY

Special to th Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VILLE. Ind., Feb. 10. -The river wall of the water works plant, which has been gradually sinking for the past tw weeks, was knocked down this afternoon by Engineer Ludington and his men, who have-had charge of the plant for several days. The roof of the building is being held by props. The engineers decided to remove the wall to prevent it falling down and injuring the machinery. The situation has not materially changed during the past twenty-foup hours. The pressure is still low. and it is still impossible to force water to the second floors of buildings in the city. Engineer Ludington says he still has hopes of saving the plant, but he does not promise when conditions will be any better. The west end pumping station Is about ready for action. None of the factories has been forced to close as yet because of

the decreased water pressure, although all I V n 1 ii . n irfo o t 1 - - . J t . . . i . t . . 1 lid . " k jit aiij iiauui x i i f t x . CANNED GOODS MEN ELECT OFFICERS James M. Paver, Sr., of Indianapolis, Chosen President of Brokers' New Organization. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 10.-The Western Canned Goods Association elected officers to-day. as follows: President. Dr. A. C. Fraser. Manitowoc, Wis.; secretary-treasurer. Ira S. Whitmer. Bloomington. 111.; vice president, L. A. Sears, Chilllcothe, O. Executive board: The president and secretary and J W. Cuykendall, Atlantic, la.; Frank T. Stare, Waukesha, Wis. The canned goods brokers tooks steps towards the forming of an organization, electing James M. Paver, sr., of Indianapolis, president; Fred L. Dutlon. of New York, secretary and Lincoln North, of New York, vice president. ONCE STATE OFFICIAL DIES AT GREENFIELD Hugh R. Leach, who was well known throughout the State, having served for some years as traveling assistant to the attorney general, died at his home at Greenfield Tuesday night. He was a resident of Shelby county for many years, and for eighteen years made his home in this city. The widow and one son, Herbert E.. survive. The funeral will be from Roberts Park Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. e Castle Oil Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Feb. 10.-About thirty New Castle men have organized for the purpose of drilling for oil and gas in a rich field near Redkey. Leases on the land are already in posession of members of the company, which is capitalized at $60.000. Stock to the amount of $40.000 has been sold and no more is on the market. The board of directors is composed of R. R. Faulkner. J. L Morris, D. A. Tracy, E. B. Mooney and Dr. F. A. Baiser. Hospital Trustees Meet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 10. The trustees of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane were In session to-day. Only two members were present, Adam Heimberger, of New Albany, one of the members, being very sick. Governor Durbln mot with the board. The most important matter considered was that of improving the water supply. Another was the building of a bridge across the Pennsylvania Railroad's right of way. The work proposed probably would cost $5.000 or $6,)00. I u um n Uu in j. m i on p Wedding. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 10. The marriage of Miss Estella Stroup and Mr. Frank H. Langenkamp, of Indianapolis, took place at noon to-day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Stroup. parents of the bride. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Kaelin. of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, in the presence of the relatives and a few friends of the families. Alter the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served. Ronthaler-Kanford Xuptlala. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Feb. 10. A quiet wedding took place last night at the home of Dr. and Mrs M. C. Benham at Glen View. The principals were the Rev. Dr. A. J. Rondthalr, pastor of the Normal Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, and Mrs. Adda Ranford, duugnter of Dr. and Mrs. Benham. The ceremony waa perform d In the presence of a small number of gusts by Dr. Isaac M. Hughes, of the First Presbyterian Church. I'olic' Cry Kiike. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 10. The police have prevented the Tommy Ryan-Rhodes fight, harming the fighters with being fakers. LITIGANTS SETTLE THE TRÖÜBLEJJT OF COURT Bondholders' Committee Will Operate the C. & S. S. Instead of Appointing Receiver. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LA PORTE, Ind.. Feb. 10.-The receivership suit of the Royal Trust Company of Chicago against the Chicago-South Shore Railway Company, operating an interurban line between Laporte and Michigan City, to foreclose a $300.000 mortgage, which will be called to-morrow before Judge Anderson in the Federal Court at Indianapolis, will be continued and ultimately dismissed, agreement having been reached between the stockholders, bondholders and others financially interested in the road, after two days' session in Chicago, whereby the line 1b placed in the hands of a bondholders' committee, composed of A. D. Mallory, Batavia. 111.; O. W. Leeds. Michigan City; Lemuel Darrow, Laporte; R. L. Henry, Fred Fitch. Pliny Smith and Colin Fyffe. Chicago, who will raise $50.000 immediately to srttle current hills, liens and judgments and will then manage the road, greatly Improving and re-equipping it. The line will resume operation this week. Trouble M-r I'livlng Contract. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NKW ALBANY, Ind.. Feb. 10. Mayor Frank L. Shrader to-day notified the Barber Asphalt Company not to begin work on Main, Spring and Vincennes streets, its contract with the City Council stipulating that the work would be completed on Dec. 1". 103. having expired. The company has given noilce that It will begin work March 1. claiming that th delay last fall was through no fault of it; that the City Council akd for a cessation of work for two months to discuss the sew-r question and that further dtlay was tau-! by the inability of the street railway company to finish laying its new tracks on the streets

4 FX Ar C 18 Paid

XET SURPLUS OP OUT I OQMPAKIM Royal (U. S. Branch), $2,446,497 Springfield, $3.620,490 Connecticut, $2,441,485 Queen, $3,503,708 Commercial Union (U. S. Branch), $1,185,676 Our companies are the OLDEST, LARGEST, STRONGEST. They could pay their Baltimore losses several times over OUT OF THEIR SURPLUS ALONE. This kind of insurance costs no more and it protects. We have private reports on all companies call us up.

Phones 522 WILL BE CONNECTED Columbus Telephone Company Will Be Able to Telegraph Over Xew Long Distance Lines. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Inrl., Feb. 10. Within a week the local exchange of the Citizens' Telephone Company will be In telegraphic communication with the new Long Dis tance Telephone Company of Indianapolis, i The telegrams and telephone messages will go on the same wire and arrangements will be made so that nine messages can b handled on one metallic circuit at the same time. Four telegraphic messages can b sent on each wire of the circuit and the one telephone message which can be sent at the same time make up the total of nine. With the telegraph instrument Installed a j great deal of time will be saved by the local company as well as the exchange at Indianapolis. Associated Press matter is being handled by the new Long Distance Company at In- j dianapolis, and the newspapers in the smaller towns are being enabled to use j this service where before it was beyond their reach. KILLED ON THE TRACK. Woman's Son Was First to Reach Her After Train Struck Her. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Feb. 10. Mrs. Aille De Villers, aged fifty-four, was killed on the overhead crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad over the L. E. & W. here this evening by a west -bound passenger. Her only son. Eli De Villers, was on the train, and as tht- train backed up he was one of the first to reach his mother's side. Deceased was French and had been in this country only four months, having come to this city to make her home with her son. Mef lellnn'a Offer to Settle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Feb. 10 Trustee Rhoads. of the bankrupt Auburn and Waterloo banks announced to-day that Charles McClellan, owner, who now lives in Grand Rapids, has agreed to settle at fifty c i.ton the dollar. He owes the banks over $60,000. If this settlement is approved the creditors are likely to receive about the same percentum. Sympathy for Mr. Hanna. Sperial to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Feb. 10. The Fort Wayne Trades and Labor Council adopted resolutions last night expressing appreciation of the work of Senator Hanna in the National Civic Federation and of his friendliness to labor; also sympathy in his serious illness and hope for speedy recovery. When Senator Hauna spoke here four years ago he was almost mobbed. Octoitenurlan Secnrn Divorce. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Feb. 10-Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, of this city, was to-day granted a divorce fiom her husband, Adam Johnson. The decree carries with it alimony In the sum of $700. Mrs. Johnson, who is over eighty years old. charges that her husband compelled her to work in the fields as a farm hand for over twi-nty years. OLD FRIENDS FALL OUT AND jOJNTO COURT Isaac K. Parks and Prof. Krank E. Hering Disagree in Rusiness and Receiver Is Asked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND. Ind., Feb. 10. Isaao Kane Parks, former confidant and business associate and chief political adviser of Prof. Frank E. Hering, late Democratic candidate for Congress in this district, has made the latter chief defendant in a suit In the Circuit Court against Hering. Daniel Murphy and the Co-operative Company. Ib-ring. Murphy and Parks were associated in the ice business and the property of the partnership was transferred to the Cooperative Company. Parks alleges in his complaint that he was deceived by Hering, who persuaded him to agree to the voluntary dissolution of the partnership. He asks for a receiver and an accounting. Xfw l.'lkliart Hank Receiver. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind.. Feb. 10.-Recelver Charles H. Bosworth, of the Indiana National Bank, having notified the controller of the currency some days ago that he had so shaped the affairs of the defunct institution as to be ready to turn it over to some other person, the controller selected Wilson Roose, of this city, and he will assume charge next Monday. Mr. Bosworth. who Is regularly attached to the controller's department, is needed elsewhere. Mr. Rums is an attorney, formerly of Goshen and Ixtgansport, and once served in the Indiana House of Representatives. Strike of (ilnxn orkera. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DUNKIRK. Ind.. Feb. 10 Men employed in the Beatty-Brady Glass Company, opersted by the National Company, were called out on strike on account of the factories at Rochester, Pa., and Cumberland. O . being operated nonunion. Two hundred and fifty workmen are thrown out of employment.

win

INDIANAPOLIS

Chicago Illc FYb 9th Fo'j-. , : ..:d Co. at6 Ir.d:a;.apci8 Ina. Cur Baltimore losses not exceed nine hundred fifty thousand, J Now". In procecs of adjustment urjaediate cash settlements fellow Poyal Insurance Co. 2pn

ROBERT ZENER &

f i i I

PRINCESS ALICE OF ALBANY. Now the Wife of Alexander of Teck. ROYAL ASSEMBLAGE AT TECK-ALBAN! NUPTIALS Princess Alice Weds Prince Alexander in Historic St. George's Chapel at Windsor. FIVE ROYAL BRIDESMAIDS LONDON. Feb. 10 Prlnc Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany were married to-day at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria as married on the same date in 1840. The arc hbishop of Canterbury, assisted by other clergy, officiated, and King Edward himself gave away the bride. The ceremony was elaborate and brilliant. There were more than four distinct processions to the chapel, namely, the Queen of Wurtemburg; that of Queen Emma of the Netherlands; the proceasion of King Edward and Queen Alexandra, and that of the bride. There was a brilliant assemblage of members of royal families, foreign princes, peers, peeresses, ministers, diplomats and other distinguished personages, the men all in court or levee dress and uniform, and the women in evening dress. The display of jewels was magnificent. There were five royal bridesmaids, all cousins of the bride. The Seventh Hussars, the bridegrooms regiment, lined the nave. A luncheon was given subsequently in the state dining ro..m at Windsor Castle. The only special incident was the nicest of an alleged lunatic, flourishing a swordstick, who molested the guests arriving from Iondon. Windsor was decorated with flags, and filled with excursionists. THE PRISONS Who escapes from jail is by no means free. He is under the ban of the law and punishment is written over against his name, boon or late he will be caueht again and , bear added punishment for his short escape from his cell. Those who by the use of palliative powders and tablets escape for a time from the sufferings of dyspepsia aft in the same condition as the escaped prisoner. Soon or late they will go back to the old condition and pay an added penalty for temporary release. Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery cures dyspepsia and other diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition. Its cures are lasting. " For about two year I suffered from a very obstinate case of dvpepe;a writes R R Secord. Esq.. of 13 Rastern Ave., Toronto. Ontario. "I tried a great number of remedies without success. I finally lost faith in them all. I was so far gone that 1 could not bear any solid food on my stomach for a lwng time, felt melancholy and depressed. Could not leep or follow my occupation (tinsmith) Some four months ago a friend recommended your 'Golden Medical Discovery." After a week's treatment 1 had derived so much benefit that I continued the medicine. I havr taken three bottles and am convinced it has in my case accomplished a permanent cure I can conscientiously recommend it to the thousands of dyspeptics throughout the land." Accept no sulstitute for Golden Medical Discovery." There is nothing ftjust as good " for diseases of the stomach, blood and lungs. Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets stimulate tUc Uvcx

223

CO. Established 1868 INCREASING INTEREST In the Closing-Out Sale of the Kibbey Stock of Fine Upright Pianos WAREROOM CROWDED WITH BARüAIN.HUMERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SACRIFICE PRICES Ruyers From the City and Country Being Supplied With Such Pianos As Smith & Nixon. Armstrong, Arion, Ebersole, Stanley & Sons and Haines Bros. Open Evenings, 137 Pennsylvania St., Denison Motel Building. For reasons already stated we are closing out the Kibbey stock of pianos, consisting of well-established makes and soma late new 3tyles in the various woods. Various grades and styles of fine uprights are being slaugr.u-red to close out before the lease on the wareroom expires. Extra values in full-sis-, fancy case uprights. Prices range from $125 to $45u. Terms to suit all r lasses of buyers. An early investigation will convince you that we mean business. If not near enough to call, write for prices and terms. Remember the place, 137 Pennsylvania street, first door south of Denison Hotel entrance. SMITH A NIXON PIANO CO. Manufacturers' Sample Iron and Brass Beds THIS WEEK 219-231-223 E. WASHINGTON ST. Directly Opposite Courthouse. Members of Merchants' Association. 'Whir bll.htlnjf wlntl mnd nlpptn. ff n.la sr. t.rtipwd by tb. Me end sua." Hotel Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort, Va. The situation, as well as the appointments of this famous hostelry are peculiarly conducive to recreation and enjoyment at this season. Cuisine and service of onsurpe.ee d excellence. rtampton Roads Fortress Monroe: Rendezvous of the White Squad ran. Lara-eat , military post In the country. fsfT" Shoo tins preserves of 10. 00 acree H exclusive use of cueets. Fine shooting dosrs and vuldee furnished. Oolf the year round, booklets at big four It R Offtces. UBO. ADAM 3. Mgr.. Fortreee Monroe. Va The CHANDELIER STORE M AN 'J P ACTU RER5 AND DEALERS !M Gas, Electric and Combination Chandeliers O. W. MBIKBItf CO. 122 North Pe.insylvnia SO. At CARTERS Bottom Prices on Drugs. Soaps. Perf umes and Patent Medicines 15 West Washington St. and776 Mass. An

D