Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1904 — Page 3

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Bright News of Indiana from Journal Correspondents SCHÄFER SUSPECT IS IN JAIL AT BLOOMINGTON REPUBLICANS OF BOONE AT THE BANQUET TABLE JUDGE J, D. FERRALL DEAD AT HOME James McDonald Safe in the Women's Part of the Jail Quiet Trip from Reformatory. EARLY TRIAL PROMISED Address by Mayor Bookwalter on Life and Character of Lincoln Tribute -to Hanna. Stricken with Pneumonia Last Friday, Rallied Yesterday, but Suffered a Relapse. LONG SERVICE AT BAR OTHER EMINENT GUESTS

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Speeial to the Indianapoll Journal. BLOOMJNOTOX, Ind.. Feb. 16. James McDonald, the alleged murderer of Sarah 8ehafr, is sufely confined In the woman's department of the Bloomington jail and will remain here until after a report is received from the grand jury now in session at Bedford. McDonald s arrival here was a surprise. a. no one knew of his coming until he was almost to the jail, and before people could overtake him and the officers he waa secure behind the bars. The order was quietly issued by Judge Wilson yesterday, and Sheriff Smith and Detective Reed went to Jeffersonville. vhere he was turned over oy the authorities. McDonald was handcuffed, as Sheriff Smith said he did not want to take any risks. As Bedford was approached, the man became perceptibly nervous, but he uttered not a word. At Bedford It became known that he was on the train, and a large ?rowd gathered, but by the drawing of the window blind he could not be located In the car. It was not till almost reaching here that McDonald was toid that he was to be placed in the Bloomington jail. Kven then he did not say anything. On arrival here the sheriff handcuffed him to his arm and with Detective Reed they hurriedly alighted from the rear of the train. As soon as the jail was reached Detective Keed inspected the cells, and then requested that McDonald be placed upstairs in the women s department, -vhere he has no way of approach to any one. Strict orders were also given that he must not be allowed to see or talk to anybody. He will be guarded with the utmost are. Detective Reed was at the Jail to-n!ght, and says he will remain here several days. Sheriff Thrasher has PC ovldsd comfortable quarters for McDonald, but aside from this he will receive no favors or attention from any one. He seems morose and has no desire to talk to any one. It is evident that Detective Reed is making a desperate effort to get a confession from McDonald. Since his arrival here at 11 o'clock Reed has been alone in the cell with the prisoner. He returned again after supper and has been with him since. Reed dropped the word to-night that he would leave here by to-morrow If he got what he wanted. This afternoon McDonald talked freely to an officer at the jail, but asked that not a word be said about the murder. He then requested that a Bible be brought him. He said he wanted to read it all the time. McDonald told the officer that he thought seriously of joining church. The Baptist Church is his preference and he expressed a desire to be immersed at an early date. SPEEDY TRIAL FOR SCHÄFER SUSPECT

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind.. Feb. 16. Whether the local authorities are convinced of James McDonald s guilt or not. the alleged slayer of Sarah Catherine Schäfer has been promised a speedy trial. Prosecutor R. G. Miller, who has been here the entire day. stated to the Journal representative to-night that the grand jury would not consider the Schäfer case until Monday. During the interval summonses will be prepared for the witnesses necessary to give the case proper consideration. None of these, however, is to be issued to the sheriff before Mondav morning. "If." said Prosecutor Miller, "an indictment is returned against McDonald, he will be place! on trial the last week of the present term of the Lawrence Circuit Court, which will be the first week in March. There will be no delay on the part of the State in affording the accused an opportunity of proving his innocence." McDonald passed through Bedford at 11:10 this morning en route from the Reformatory at Jeffersonville to the Bloomington jail. The officials conducting the investigation have maintained a strict guard over their movements, and a city official who let slip an unguarded statement to-day, left the Impression that through McDonald they are expected to apprehend the real criminal. Few people in Bedford to-night are willing to vouchsafe an opinion that McDonald committed murder. A prominent contractor, a stone and brick mason, examined the piece of fire brick to-day and emphatically gave it as his opinion this was not the weapon of death. He described the alleged bloodstain on one corner as a particle of red clay as having been colored by heat while In process of manufacture. The same person took several bricks and demonstrated the truth of his statement by breaking them Into several particles. M' DONALD HILLING TO GO TO BEDFORD Special to the Indianapolis Journal. J FFERSON V l LLE, Ind.. Feb. 16.-Few words were exchanged between the officials at the Reformatory and Sheriff Smith, of Bedford, this morning when the latter arrived after James McDonald, who is accused of the murder of Miss Schafer, the Bedford school teacher, and who has been in the Reformatory for safe keeping. The best of feeling docs not seem to exist between Superintendent Whittaker and the Bedford officials and Chi ago datSCtiYl because of the refusal of Superintendent Whittaker to allow the offhers to put the prisoner through a series of sweat. in; processes during his confinement in the Reformatory. McDonald seemed little concerned wht n told that he was to be taken to Bloomington. "I should Just as soon go to Bedford, as not." he said, "for I know I would be In no danger. The people there know that I am innocent. It will take more proof than these officers have to make the public believe I kille! Miss Schäfer." MANY BENEFICIARIES UNDER WOMAN'S WILL DA PORTE. Ind.. Feb. 16.-Mrs. Ida C. V. Collin. Mrs. May Belle Collins Savage and Mrs. Maria A. II. Martin, all of New York; Mrs. Marie Louise White, of Michigan City. Ind . Mis? Ora I'. Jones and Mrs. Abbie C. Thornhlll. of Oconomowoc, Wis.; Miss Julia 11 arger, of Watertown. Wis.; Miss Marion Gould, of Minneapolis; Miss Florence Cadwallader. of Lagrange. 111., and Trinity Cathedral in the Michigan City EüptSCOpalian dioc ese, are beneficiaries of the will of the i.tte Miss Emma F. Case, a nromin nt and wealthy church woman, which was probated to-day in ;he Lupous Circuit Court. Fast Run of a Trnrtioa Car, Special to Um Indianapolis Journal. COLCMBL'S. Ind.. Feh. 16 Last night Car No. 22 on the Indianapolis. Col :mbus & Southern Traction Company made the run from Indianapolis to this city, a distance of about forty-five miles. In one hour and thirty-five minutes. This includes a flve-mlnute st. at Whiteland and twentytwo stops along the road for passenger.-.. Seven miles and a half of the trip wer made in eight and one-half minutes. The car is geared to fifty miles an hour. Ilanl Club's Love l east. rial to the Indianapolis Journal. BROOK. Ind , Feb. 16 I nder the auspices of the Hanly Club of Brook the Republicans of Newton county will hold a love feast here oa Feb. 25. Amoug the speakers will be J. Frank II. inly aud Daniel E. Btoims. of Lafayette, Judge U. Z. Wiley. of Indianapolis. Senator Wolcott, Senator Good wine and George Ade. If you enjoy delicious, crispy brown pan

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Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, in,., Feb. 16. The eighth annual banquet by Boone county Republicans In memory of Lincoln w::s held tc -night at Ixchinvar Hall. Prominent in the riecorations of the hsill were pictures of McKinley and Hanna. draped in black. Five hundred persons attended. Among the out-of-town guests were: W L. Taylor. J. Frank Hanly. Warren G. Sayre and W. I Penfleld. candidates for Governor; L. P. Newby. candidate for Lieutenant Governor; Ieroy Nash, candidate for reporter of the Supreme Court; John Wlngate. state tax commissioner; Harry 8. New, national committeeman; A. A. Young, collector of the port of Indianapolis, and ex-Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter. F. C. Reagan, a local attorney, was toastmaster. The principal address was by exMayor Bookwalter. Short addresses were made by the four candidates for Governor and by some of the other guests. The Columbia Club Quartet, of Indianapolis, aroused enthusiasm with its patriotic songs. Mr. Bookwalter's address was on Abraham Lincoln. He gave a comprehensive estimate of the martyred President's life and character and his remarks were repeatedly cheered. Mr. Bookwaite" paid a most feeling tribute to the memory of Senator Hanna. as did nearly all of the speakers who followed.

REPUBLICAN TICKET NAMED IN HAMILTON Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILl.E. Ind.. Feb. 16. The Republicans of Hamilton county held their primary election to-day. The election was very quiet and an unusually light vote was polled. Returns to midnight indicate the nomination of the following ticket: Representative. J. Frank Beals; sheriff, Lora Haworth; prosecuting attorney, Fred Hlnes; surveyor. Hubert Flndley; coroner, C. C. Ray; commissioners, Hamilton Metsker and T. E. Beals. WESTFIELD. Ind.. Feb. 16 Not much Interest was taken here In the county primaries to-day. but there was a warm contest for the Washington township offices, principally for trustee, for which place there were four candidates. Ira H. Stanbro. of Westfield. was nominated for trustee and Jacob Lane, of Westfield, for assessor. Henry County Primary. Spcial to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Feb. 16. -The Republican primary held to-day In Henry county resulted in the nomination of the following persons: Representative in Congress. James K. Watson; senator. Albert D. Ogborn; representative, Levi Ulrich; recorder, T. W. Gronendyke; surveyor. 0. E. Minesing r; coroner, Charles W. Wright; commissioners, John M. Huff and Robert M. Russell. UNEXPECTED FORTUNE FOR A BLACKSMITH Poor Workman of a Yorktown Factory Receives a Check for $7,500 from Pennsylvania. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNC1E, Ind., Feb. 16. Amos Shellenberger, a blacksmith employed at the Skill-en-Goodin glass factory in Yorktown, today deposited in a Muncie bank a check for $7,500, which he had received as his share of an estate in Pennsylvania, owned by his grandfather. Grimy and almost in rags. Shellenberger was at his forge when the good news came. He was overjoyed to find his long struggle against poverty suddenly terminated. He closed a contract to-day for a machine repair shop which he will opeo at once in this city. INDIANA NOTES. LAFAYETTE. Sidney R. Vaughn. a fr. shman In civil engineering at Purdue University, and son of Mayor Vaughn, of Logansport, has been robbed of a draft for $40 which his father sent him to defray his expenses. The draft was sent in a letter to young Vaughn's boarding house two days ago and evidently the letter had been opened, the draft taken, an attempt made to re-seal the envelope. Telephoning to his father young Vaughn learned that the draft had been sent. I-Ater it was discovered that the draft had been cashed at the First National Bank in this city. Young Vaughn's signature had been forged. ELWOOD. The Curtisville File and Brick Company, operated largely with Elwood capital, elected the following officers at its annual meeting: President, H. C. Callaway; vice president. Ed. C. De Hority; secretary. J. T. Jessup; treasurer. Joe A. De Hority; manager, Leander Goodwin. Two new kilns have been erected and a complete steam drying system Installed since the failure of the natural gas supply. WASIIINGTON.-The Washington Canning Company, which was organized last fall, and whose plant was recently completed, held a meeting at the courthouse in this city to contract with farmers for their tomato crop next summer, and to interest them in the Industry sufficiently to have them enlarge the acreage of tomatoes. The price fixed was $7.50 a ton or 22Vi cents a bushel. Several large contracts were made. COMPANY TRIES TO RID THE SECOND GAS SAND Fort Wayne Gas Company Is Drilling Two Very Deep W ells in Blackford County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Feb. 16. -The Fort Wayne Gas Company is searching for the second gas bearing sand in the Itlackford county gas field, wh.r.- it soldi extensive leases. The company has ordered the drillers to go 300 feet on the Dearduff farm at Mollle. five miles north of here, and on the Cook farm, west of this city. A good flow was found at the usual depth of about seventy feet, but the company ordered the wells drilled at least 300 feet in the sand and thoy m::v be drilled deeper, if the second gas bearh..r sand is found the entire gas belt will be redrllled. not alone by this comnany, but all the gas concerns in Indiana. Gss men an- watching the experiment with much interest. One iiiiod Well in Jay. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind.. Feb. 16 The Binghampton Trenton Rock Oil Company has drilled in a seventy-flw-barrel well on the farm of the Hardy heirs at Mills Corner. The Sure Thing Oil Company, which is composed of Indianapolis men. drilled in its first well yesterday on the Wellman A May farm, in Wabash township. The well was dry. but the company ia not discouraged and will begin another on the Klrby farm In Bear creek township. Dental ollee Purchnae Canceled. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I'RUANA, 111 . Feb. 16. The Cnlversity of Illinois officially announces that it has returned the recently purchased Chicago i'.iHHge of Dentistry because of alleged under-hand treatment" by the college authorities.

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K0K0M0 VI0L1NISTE AND NEW COUNT! HOSPITAL Miss June Reed's Connection with Institution Through a Wealthy Danish Recluse. ROM AXCE OF A CHARITY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind?. Feb. 16. Miss June Reed. Kokomo's violinlste, did much toward securing the erection of the Orphans' Home building, which probably will be transformed into a hospital by vote of the County Commissioners. She appeared in several benefit concerts for the home building fund, at the Instance of Peter Hersleb, an eccentric recluse, an exiled member of the Danish nobility, who gave the land for a site and several hundred dollars toward the erection of the building. The Reed family and Hersleb lived Just south of the site of 'the home. Hersleb was a musician of fine capabilities. He early took an Interest in Miss Reed, whose genius he detected and carefully trained; in fact, giving her the first impulse to strive for the high honors she has received abroad. In the midst of a fine old orchard, surrounded by a fence twenty feet high, which was strung with wire at the top, which every boy believed rang bells if disturbed, lived Hersleb. One day he disappeared, taking with him certain mysterious looking sea chests and hampers. The pupil in whom he had taken so great an interest won abroad the L mors he had always believed she would, and one day she began a search for him in Philadelphia, whither she learned he had gone. At last her search was rewarded, but the aged instructor did not know her. He was in a cellar where he had retreated to shield his failing eyes from the light of day. His mind was wandering. She spoke to him, but he did not heed the familiar voice. Then she took out the old violin and rendered the Hungarian air he loved so well and which, when she was a slip of a girl, he had taught her. The familiar sounds pleased his ear and aided his memory to re( ognltlon of his former pupil. The violin with which Miss Reed won her triumphs wns manufactured in Cremona over two hundred years ago. It is of balsam wood and was obtained by her father In 1849. It was an express stipulation of Mr. Hersleb's deed that the home be used for the housing of orphans, or, if sold, that the proceeds be expended for a charitable purpose of its kind. The ladies' home board will agree that it should be used for a hospital. UP-RIVER PEOPLE WANT ANOTHER CONVENTION Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 16. President Fitton. of the Wabash River Improvement Association, has written to Secretary Duncan suggesting that another convention be held In Lafayette to renew Interest in the effort to get an appropriation from Congress. The army engineers having recommended an appropriation for work below Vincennes. interest In the movement on the part of the upper-river people has died out and President Fitton wants to stimulate it. Southern Indiana. Editors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Feb. 16. A meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Indiana Editorial Association was held at Mitchell to-day. A conference was held with John W. Cravens and a programme arranged for the semi-annual meeting here on March 9 and 10. There will be a dinner on the 9th. followed by a drive about the city, a visit to the university, an hour at the students' national convention, followed by supper and later a banquet. On the 10th the business of the association will be transacted and a special train will take guests through the oolitic stone district. Labor Dispute Partly Adjnated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind . Feb. 16. The difficulty which at one time threatened a strike of 750 employes at the Penn-American plate glass works, at Alexandria, has been temporarily arranged, and for a period of two weeks the men will continue work, accepting for that time the "Kokomo scale" in the grinding departments, while the polishers will work on the "Alexandria scale," both being rated by piece work. If at the end of that time the men find that their wages are satisfactory they will continue. If not then an arbitration oi some kind will be necessary. VIGOROUS SEARCH FOR M'VILLE HOLD-UP Horse He Rode and Abandoned Identified by Owner Wounded Men Are Doing Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Feb. 16 -The whole community in the vicinity of McVllle is excited over the shooting and holdup in the Lane and Draper stores at 7 o'clock last night. Before morning searching parties started out in three directions. All the neighboring towns were notlnYd. At 7 o'clock this morning Western Union Operator Cline identified the horse from the description given last night, as when he woke up this morning the animal was only a few rods from his house, saddled and bridled and wandering alone along the street. It was taken to a stable and this afternoon identified by Mr. McHaley as his animal. It Is now believed the robber rode through to Bloomington, getting here Ju9t in time to take the midnight train and that he has likely gone to Indianapolis. The police have been notified. It is believed now that the man is a former resident of the McVille neighborhood, as the description tits exactly. Both Draper and Burch. who were shot, are getting along well. Draper may lose his hand. iil War Veteran Aaaaulted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Ind.. Feb. If. Samuel Duzan, a civil war veteran, was murderously assaulted at Plainville last night. When found this morning his head was covered with blood and he was nearly dead from exposure. At 6 o'clock this evening he was yet In a semi-conscious condition. Robbery is believed to have been the mottv, as he had recently received tils pension.

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Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNK, Fb. 16 Judge Joseph D. Ferrell. of the circuit of Lagrange and Elkhart, died at 6 o'clock this evening. He was stricken last Friday with pneumonia and symptoms of peritonitis, and though he was thought to have responded to treatment this morning, he suffered a relapse this evening, and died soon after. He was elected Judge in 190), after many years of successful practice at the bar. The Elkhart bar split up among numerous candidates and threw the nomination to Lagrange county. He was the Republican candidate for attorney general in 1892, and went down with the ticket.

Prof. A. & Ih In. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Feb. 16. After a sickness of four months Prof. Alexander Campbell Goodwin, superintendent of the public schools of this city, died at 9 o'clock last night. Professor Goodwin was first attacked by heart disease and when still in a weakened condition contracted a severe case of pneumonia. Professor Goodwin was born at Utica, this county, on June 3. 1846. the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Goodwin. When a young man he entered educational work and was never separated from It during his entire life. He first taught school in this county, after which, in 1873, he was elected county superintendent of schools, which position he held for twelve years. After that time he held a number of important positions and for a number of years conducted a girls' seminary at Owensboro. Ky. He was at one time the Democratic candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. Five years ago he returned to this city and was elected superintendent of the city schools, which position he held until his death. He left a widow and two daughters. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon. Other State Xecrologry. PARIS. 111.. Feb. 16. The death of Mrs. Terrence Clark, aged about sixty, occurred last night in Chicago. The body arrived in this city to-night and was taken to the residence of her brother-in-law in West Court street. The funeral will be held tomorrow, with interment in Edgar Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Clark moved three years ago from Paris to Indianapolis, where they lived on North Meridian street. The death of Mrs. Clark was due to cancer. Her husband and one daughter. Mrs. Harry G. Epps. of Indianapolis, survive. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 16. News was received here to-night of the death this afternoon of Miss Eva Kessler at New Paris, O.. at the home of her brother. Miss Kessler taught for many years in the Muncie High School, but gave up her position a few weeks ago on account of poor health. Overwork is given as the cause. A sister, Miss Julia Kessler, teaches here, and a brother, John Kessler, a merchant, survives. GREENFIELD. Ind.. Feb. 16. Mrs. Boyd, wife of James R. Boyd, president of the Citizens' Bank, of this place, died at 3 o'clock this afternoon of heart trouble and complications. She had been sick about four weeks, but was seemingly much better just prior to her death. Her husband and two sons survive. Jefferson Wlllett, of Indianapolis, is a brother. SHELBY VILLE. Ind.. Feb. 16. George H. Reed, one of the oldest men in Shelby county, died this morning at 6 o'clock at his home in Falrland, after a sickness of several weeks, due to a stroke of paralysis. A widow and three children survive. He was a member of the Methodist Church at that place and the services will be held there on Thursday. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 16-Mrs. Elvira Newburn. who died at Galveston. Ind., at the age of sixty-two, was buried to-day at Fountain City. The services were held In the Methodist Church. She was a daughter of John Pegg, of Fountain City. ENTRY CONDITIONS HIGHER AT PURDUE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 16. Continuing their policy of raising the standard of the university by making more difficult the examinations for admission, President Stone, and the Purdue faculty have issued an official bulletin setting forth the new requirements, to take effect next September. Hereafter, in addition to the English, mathematics and preliminary subjects required, candidates for admission will be obliged to take an examination in one of four groups. 1. e.. history, Bolence, modern languages or Latin. The practice of holding examinations at the various county seats in August will be discontinued. Candidates living at a distance can arrange to take the examinations offered by the college entrance examination board in all of the larger cities. The fact is emphasized that students will not be admitted on certificate except as graduates of commissioned high schools in Indiana or their equivalent in other Slates. The raising of the requirements for admission will result in a shorter length of time being spent on freshman and sophomore work. Dylnft of a Rare Ailment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Feb. 16. Dennis Kinney, a news agent on the Lake Erie A Western Railroad, who a week ago was taken from a train at Indianapolis supposed to be mentally unbalanced, is lying at the point of death at St. Elizabeth Hospital, an operation having been performed to-day for the removal of an abscess on his braiu. Doctors say that the affliction Is a rare one and the operation exceedingly dangerous. Kinney had been placed In jail for safekeeping and was there two days before it was known what his affliction was. He cannot recover. RICH RETURNS IN THE BAISINGJF POULTRY Pulaski Man Spent $JJ5 and Four Months' Labor with Xet Production of One Egg. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WIN AM AC. Ind., Feb 16. -Charles Dallas Jones, of Pulaski county, was told by his friends there was money in raising and selling chickens and eggs. He decided to follow their advice and invested $100 in 200 Plymoth Rocks. The chicken house and other material cost Jones $75 more. In four months he has paid out $50 for feed, wood and a stove. The cold weather froze 110 chickens and some one stole the rest except one hen, which to-day laid an egg. Jones Is trying to figure out just what that egg cost him and what it Is worth in cash. He is undecided what to do, whether to eat the egg or to send it to the St. Louis fair. ALEXANDRIA POLICE IN I ' ESTIG A TE DE A Til Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind., Feb. 16. The sudden death In a hotel here to-day of a woman supposed to be the wife of A. E. Reynolds, a laborer, Is being Investigated by the police. Reynolds and his supposed wife came here a week ago, and Reynolds secured employment at the electric light plant. Today he left, ostensibly for Missouri, and three hours later the woman died of what ts said to have been a sudden attack of pn.'Uinor.i.i. Investigation of her papers show her to have been Miss Annie Thomas, presumably of Hart county, Kentucky.

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR MJCniVEiTIO Members Selected from Four Indiana University Classes to Have Charge of the Meeting. EDITORS TO OBSERVE IT Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Feb. 16.-The national committee of the Democratic mock convention, which is to be held at Indiana University on March 9, was selected today from the four classes. It is as follows: Senior class. R. C. Hillis, C. C. Lyon, James P. Boyle. E. E. Giltner, Albert Fields, Hal W. Trovillion; juniors, A. T. Conner. A. H. Greenwood, C R. Conger, R. Wi Douglass, F. C. Mansfield; sophomores, C. R. McAtee, C. R. Wise. William Cooper, H. D. Chapel; freshmen. N. C. Neal, John White and Charles Johnson. This committee will meet this week and arrange for the state convention, which will be made up by the different college fraternities and organizations. March 9 is the date on which the Southern Indiana Editors will be the guests of the university. PLANS FOR THE NEW STUDENT BUILDING Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Feb. 16. The officials at Indiana University have now before them the final plans for the student building which is to be erected this spring. It will be the largest building on the campus, and in point of architecture far surpass any of the present structures. Besides many small apartments for the offices of all college organizations, there is to be an assembly hall with a seating capacity of 500, which will be used mostly for lectures and class theatricals. The building is so arranged that many of the rooms can be thrown together, so as to accommodate from 1,500 to 2.000 people. Will Form State Societies. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 16. Purdue students whose homes are in Michigan will meet to-morrow afternoon to form a Michigan Club. Several years ago students from the Wolverine State had such an organization, but It is now dc'unct and a new one will be formed. The e are about forty students from Michigan, and the association 'will be one of the most prosperous of the various State societies at the university. Ohio students me; a few days ago and decided to form I similar society. There is also a plan on foot to organize the New York State studei s, who number about fifty. Madlnon Coanty focstatr Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Feb. 16. Madison county students at Purdue University have organized a Madison Cocn'y Club, with Henry A. Sullivan president and W. V. White secretary and treasurer. There are twenty-three members. woman arrested for assault With intent Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Feb. 16.-Miss Cora Timmons was arrested last night on a charge of assault with intent to kill. She and Mrs. Kate Wilson engaged in a fight at the letter's home and the latter was struck on the head with a cuspidor. Mrs. Amelia Stallings. mother of Mrs. Wilson, came to her assistance and was knocked senseless with an iron poker. Miss Timmons was lodged in jail to await the result of Mrs. Wilson's injuries. Jealousy was the cause of the assault. GAS FRANCHISE CASES Court Holds that El wood Company Accepted Burdens as Well as Benefits with Franchise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Feb. 16. -Judge Ryan, of the Superior Court, to-day practically upholds the 200 holders of franchises for free gas in this city by holding as Insufficient the answer of the Citizens' Heat and Light Company to the injunction proceedings brought by the franchise holders to prevent the company turning off their gas. The company, in its demurrer, set forth that the franchise was sold at a time when gas was plentiful in Elwood and could be furnished at little or no expense, but that the weakening of the pressure, followed by the abandonment of the local field, and the necessity for buying 75 to 90 per cent, of the supply from the outside, coupled with the erection of a $4.O00 pumping station and u storage tank at the same price, made it impossible to carry out the free gas franchise without going into bankruptcy. The court holds that thv company knew or should have known when it made or acquired its franchise that the gas pressure would weaken at some time and that in accepting the franchise they accepted the burdensome as well as beneficial requirements which it implied. Hnliens Corpna llenrlng Delayed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Feb. 16. Frank Winslow, wanted here on a charge of obtaining money on false pretenses, and for whom Governor Durbln issued requisition, is still in Chicago, the habeas corpus pro ceedings being continued until next SatI urday because of an alleged injury to the I defendauL

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E TO GET ITER Factories Shut Down and Schools Closed Because of Bad Sanitary Conditions. PEOPLE IX FEAR OF FIRE Spfial to th Indianapolis Journal. EVANSYILLE. Ind., Feb. 16.-This has been a day of anxiety in Evansville. Nobody has been able to get water, and the people fear that should a fire break out under present circumstances the city would be helpless. Wagons can be seen all over the city hauling water in order to keep machinery going. Each day sees more plants closing. Even the water haulers are experiencing great difficulty for the reason that the shore of the river is lined with thick and ragged Ice. making it almost impossible for water carriers to get to the river. Water at the street car power house was exhausted this forenoon, and the entire system was tied up for several hours, or until men and wagons could be hired to haul water for the boilers. Some of the public schools are closed because of bad sanitary conditions resulting from lack of water supply. The new water works, where the accident occurred to the intake pipes, is still closed, and one of the two pump boats used to supply the reservoirs at the auxiliary plants was torn from its fastenings this morning by heavy ice. breaking both suction and discharge pipes. That boat will not be in commission again before to-morrow. In the meantime but one pump at the old works is in service. It furnishes about 2,500.000 gallons of water in twenty-four hours. The ordinary consumption in the city is not far short of 10.000.000 gallons. Because of more ice in the river there is no telling when the Cincinnati pump boat can be brought here. It will take until the 1st of March to complete the temporary Intake pipe that is now being prepared. LITTLE STORIES Ob THE STATE LAWRENCEBURG. Elihu Alden. of Petersburg, Ky., has been awarded the contract at $300 per annum for carrying the mail between this city and Petersburg, Ky. This exceeds the present contract by $150. During the past eight years the mall has been carried in a skiff, but beginning July 1 it will be taken by the steamer Pauline, plying between this city and Aurora. CONNERSVILLE The Republican city central committee has issued a call for a mass meeting to be held at the city hall Thursday evening, at which time will be determined when and the manner in which candidates will be chosen for the various city offices. There will be several candidates for each of the offices. ELKHART. Mr. and Mrs. James Withers, of Constantine. Mich., celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Sunday by entertaining their eight living children and about forty other relatives. Among the regrets was a letter from Senator S. B. El kins, inclosing a check for $100. He is a nephew of Mr. Withers. PERU. J. W. Miller, a stranger without permanent location, was arrested here for stealing fifty chickens and turkeys belonging to John Zimmerman and John Hutzel, near Cass Station. He admitted his guilt and was taken to Logansport for trial. The horse-thief detectlvu association made the capture. COLUMBUS. Mrs. Charles Yealy Is sick at her home near this city with m asl. s. She is eighty-one years old, and. although she had been exposed to measles several times during her life, she never took the disease. She has four children who are past middle life, none of whom has had the measles. LAPORTE. John Stearns, a well-to-do Importe county farmer, who disappeared last October, has returned home. He says he visited friends in Michigan. His family was much exercised over his absence, having no intimation as to what had become of him. NEW ALBANY. The Rev. B. F. Cato, of Thorntown. Ind.. has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Central Christian Church in this city, succeeding the Rev. PUBLICAN SUES NORTH MANCHESTER CITIZENS Wants $5,000 from Leaders of Anti-Saloon Fight Says They ' Have Slandered Him. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 16. A suit for $5.000 damages was begun to-day by N. E. Lautzenhclser, a publican of North Manchester, against the leaders of the anti-saloon fight in Chester township as a result of the warfare in the Commissioners' and Circuit Courts of this county against the saloon men. The defendants are I. Mruce Book. W. R. Oyler. George Craft. George Sh-.-maker. Lee Steele, Jacob Hollinger, J. M. Jennings and C. A. Rowand. justor of the Mtthodtst Church. It is alleged by Lautzenheiser that tho plaintiffs have sought to ruin his business and his character; that they employed minors as splr- y . nininai cast's against him; that they caused evidence to be brought before the grand Jury for his Indictment, and hn was indi t d and the cases were dismissed: that th y have circulated reports derogatory to his reputation, and that he has been Irreparably damaged In the community. The defendants say they are ready to me t the issue and will hurry a trial in the Circuit Court. CRUSHED TO A PULP BY FALLING SLATE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Feb. 1. Charles Patrick, aged thirty, unmarried, failed to return home from the mine this evening, and. fearing that something had hap;- md. his relatives instituted a search and. going down Into the mine, found his body, covered with several tons of slate. When his body was removed it was unrecognizable.

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Copy of Statement of the Condition

OF TBI .German Alliance. Insurance Co. On the 31st day of December, I" U It is located at No. 35 Nassau st: New York City. WILLIAM N. KREM ER. President. CHARLES G. SMITH. Secretary. The amount of Its capital is 40ft.nno The amount of its capital paid up is.. 40t,t0t Tbe Asset! of the Company la the l olled States are as follows: Cash en hand and in the hands of agents or other persons fff ffl Bonds owned bj the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent., secured as follows: United States. Massachusetts and New York city bonds 13m.337.no Railroad bonds 225.773.00 Western Union Telegraph Company and others 33.415 m Railroad stocks 633.234.00 New York city bank and other stocks . 9.135.00 Debts for premiums 105,615.10 All other securities, interest accrued 3.7.0 Total assets fl.304,228.51 1.1 IMUMHL Losses adjusted aud not due. 129.961 1 Losses unad; .s !. 1 . - in uj. , pense. waiting for further proof. 41.252.oo All other claims against the company 31,221.69 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 3no.386.71 Total liabilities Wtt.822.12 The greatest amount In any one risk State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I. the undersigned, auditor of state of ths State of Indiaiia. hereby certify that th above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the Slat day of December. IMt. as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is noajr on file in this office. In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix tnv ofhSEAL. cial seal this 15th day of Febru;ti'y 1VCM D. E. SH ERRICK, Auditor of State. A. S. Morrison, who resigned several weeks ago to enter the evangelistic field. SHELBY VI LLE. The Knights of Pythia at Waldron will erect a lodge building during the coming season. The contract for a $2.5M structure has been let to R. D. Stumm, of Hope, and h will bgin work Just us soon as the weather moderates. BEDFORD. The resid-nce of Wilfred Homes, at Springvilb-, w.-st of here, was destroyed by fire on Monday. It was a sixroom house. The contents were saved. The loss wa' about S1.500, with no insurant 1 RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR CHICAGO COMPANY, Applicants Allege There Was a Scheme on Foot to Defraud Them and Other Creditors. CHICAGO, Fb. K-The Chicago Motor Vehicle Company was placed in the hands of a receiver to-day by Judge Tut hill la the Circuit Court on application of Jona than P. Primley and Henry W. Hoyt. Ftock holders of the company. In their application for a receiver Primley and Hoyt declared that the Monarch Railway Car Company, capitalized at $2.000.000 under the laws of Maine, was to be the means of defrauding them and other creditors of the Chicago company. The Chicago Motor Vehicle Company Is capitalized at Sl.Of.'j.OQO, and for four years has operated a large plant at Harvey. 111. H'-avy losses are alleged to accompany ths present operation of the plant at Harvey, and It is said that the eoApsnjr has assets worth less than $110.000 and debts of $210,004. CAPE COD REGION SWEPT BY FURIOUS BLIZZARD PROVINt 'RTOWN, Mass . Feb. lC.-Th entire Cape Cod section was swept by furious blizzani yesterday and last night the worst since that of November. IhÜ. Traffic "M land am! water Was seriously impeded. Several trains n the New York. N". w Haven & Hartford Railroad were duaj out of the snow to-day after having been Mailed during the iiikM. rassenjeers spent the night In the cars with nothing to eat until rescued to-day. COFFEE DOES do work you don't suspect. Quit and try Postum 10 days and note how well you feel.