Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 95, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1904 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1904.

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News of Important Happenings in Indiana

GIRL CROSSES THE OHIO CLINGING TOffiflGHT CARS Young Louisville Woman, Who Refuses to Disclose. Identity, Narrowly Escapes Death. CAUGHT AT A CROSSING Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind.. April 3.Clinglng madly to a brake rod between two box car?, and looking in fear on the murky waters far below her, a young woman, apparently thirty years of age, who refused to give her name to the trainmen, rode across the Ohio river on a Big Four freight train last night. The ride began in the eastern end of Louisville and continued across the Big Four bridge and into the yards of the company in this city, a distance of two and a half miles, t Ji.e you,'ff woman, who said she resided In the eastern portion of Louisville, started to walk down in town. When she came to a cross street she found it blocked by a freight train. After waiting some time for the train to move the decided to climb between two of the cars. Catching the handle on one of the cars she swung herself to the step and on to the bumpers between the cars. The'n she felt the train begin to move. Fearing to leap she clung to the brake rod and was soon riding swiftly toward the Big Four bridge. On and on went the train until the bridge was crossed and the train stopped at a tower to receive- orders on this side of the river. During the ride she said that he screamed for help, but the noise of the train drowned her cries. Although badly frightened, she seemed quite composed, considering the experience through which she had passed, and, evading the questions of the train crew as to her name or address, she hastily made her way to the ferry and crossed to Louisville. ISLAND OWNER REPORTED ' LOST IHJ7ABASH RIVER Sol D. Brandt, Prominent Citizen of Logansport, -Believed to Have Drowned. - PROMINENT ODD FELLOW Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' LOGANSPORT. Ind., April 3.-Sol. D. Brandt, a prominent citizen and owner of Rock Island and Second island in the Wabash river above the city, is believed to have drowned in a boat while attempting to cross . to the island Saturday. He was not missed until to-day, and searching parties were out all afternoon to get some trace of him. but were unable to do so. Ills boat is gone, and two horses he had been using were found near the island. Brandt was a prominent Odd Fellow, and was secretary of the Hoosler Kennel and Poultry Association. lie " was fifty years old and a man of family. Mr. Brant was engaged, at the time of his disappearance, in completing the erection c a number of cottages on the island, to be occupied by residents of Indianapolis, who are accustomed to come to Rock Island, or. as it is called here. Cedar island, to spend the summer months. TIN PL A TE MEN TO HOLD A CONFERENCE Another Effort Will Be Made to Get Unions to Accept Reduction of Wages. PITTSBURG. April 3. At the Joint conference between the representatives of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers it was decided that the Amalgamated Association call a special expanded scale conference Wednesday to consider the company's proposition of a reduction of 20 per cent. The delegates elected to represent the various locals at the next annual convention to be held in Cleveland on May 9 will be requested to attend the expanded conference. The Amalgamated Association to-day sent out telegrams to the different locals affected. Instructing them to continue work until the result of the conference Is ascertained. SAYS HE LEFT WIFE AND GOES TO JAIL Man Claiming Detroit as His Home Tells Unusual Story at Marion.

'Freclal to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., April 3. John Wellman, forty years of age, claiming Detroit as his home, gave himself into the hands of the Marion police to-night, and told an unusual story. He said he was a wife deserter, and that he came here a year ' ago from Detroit, leaving a wife and family In reduced circumstances. He declared he had information that the Detroit police were on his trail and that ho would be arrested. He proposed giving himself to Justice for no other reason than that the action would save the authorities trouble and annoyance. Efforts to learn the facts in Wellman's case from the Detroit end were not successful to-night. Wellman is in Jail. INDIANA OBITUARY.

JEFFERSON'VILLE. Ind., April 3. "Uncle" Dan Reed, one of the pioneer cltlaens of this city, died yesterday at the age of eighty-tive years. Mr. Reed was one of the founders of s?t. Lucas Church In ISO) and only one other member of the congregation who assisted in the foundation Is alive former Mayor Herman .Preefer. He was born in Bavaria, but came to this country when a small boy. JASPER. Ind.. April 3.-Mrs. Hugo C. Rothert, wife of the cashier of the Huntingburg Bank, died Easter morning. INDIANA NOTES. RICHMOND. The silver cup won by the degree team of Woodard Lodge of Odd Fellows at the supreme lodge meeting at Baltimore, has arrived here and will be placed in the hall of tho Richmond lodges. It was the third prize in the third-degree work. ELWOOD. While leading a family horse to water Everett Myerly. a sixteen-year-old boy, west of the city, was attacked by the animal and his right leg broken in two places. 3 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS QUF.F.NSTOWN. April 3 -Sailed: Merlon, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia; Celtic, from Liverpool, for New York; Lmbria, from Liverpool, for New York. NEW YORK. April 3. Arrived: La Touraine. from Havre; Gallia, from Marseilles and Naples. ST. MICHAELS. April 3. Passed: König Albert, from fltnoa, Naples and Gibraltar, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON. April 4. Arrived: Zeeland, from New York, for Antwerp. t GIBRALTAR. April 3.-Passed: Germania, from New York, for Naples. BOULOGNE. April' 3. Sailed: Ilyndam. from Utotterdum, for New York.

STUDEHTS INITIATED III STREETSOF LAFAYETTE Pedestrians Watch Antics of White Robed Victims of College Hazers.

SCENES IN A HOTEL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LA FAYETTE, Ind., April -Fraternities at Purdue University held outdoor initiations last night and in the early hours of thfs morning the pledged men In a majority of the societies took 'the final degrees and became fullfledged members of their respective fraternities. The Initiations this year were more elaborate than ever before and the "spikes" were hazed unmercifully in public, places. Townspeople last night witnessed many strange scenes in the business district of the city. The hazing operations centered at the Hotel Lahr, where the men about to be taken into the various fraternities were made to perform inconceivable stunts. One "spike" was compelled to act as porter in the hotel barber shop and brush off the clothes of the patrons, while another shlned shoes and turned the money over to the owner of the shine stand. Two) Phi Delta Theta "spikes" sold papers for several hours, followed by a laughing crowd of. newsboys. About 9 o'clock the -Beta Theta Pi members marched up Main street with a party of pledged men in tow. The "spikes" were dressed In long white gowns, were blindfolded and marched in lockstep. Long wooden paddles were used on those who got out of step. While the "Bptas" were disporting with their victims other "spikes" were pushing Easter eggs along the pavement with toothpicks, and any attempt to make the affair a Joke met with a severe reprimand and so many marks being registered against the offender, the marks representing .the number of strokes of the paddles that were to bo the lot of the funmaker later In the evening. After the public part of tho initiation programme had been completed the "spikes" were marched to the fraternity houses, where the ritual ceremonies lasted until daybreak, and to-day several of the new frat men are unable to meet visitors. Zeta PsI Dinner to Darling. WASHINGTON, April 3, The Zeta Psl Association of Washington gave a complimentary dinner last night at the Hotel Normandie to Charles II., Darling, assistant secretary of the navy, In honor of his selection to the presidency of the association. He succeeds Dr. Joseph Nlmmo, jr., who retires after a service of twelve years. Representatives Bartlett, of Georgia, Longworth, of .Ohio, and . Hearst, of New York, are members of the fraternity. STUDENTS AT W AB ASH FAIL TO GET CREDITS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. April 3. From letters from students who are now home on their spring vacation and from some who are now in town, it is learned that the Wabash faculty has enforced 'its threat against the freshmen and sophomores of Wabash College for their partaking in the Washington building celebrations. Nineteen freshmen and six sophomores have had their credits taken away for the last term's work. The unfortunate sophomores are President Zimmerman, Giffln, Davies, Myers, Dague and Osborne, son of Professor Osborne, a member of the faculty. The freshmen who state that they have lost their credits are Harp, Sparks, Sutherland, Foutz and President Miller. Some have sent word they will not return to this college. STUDENTS TO IMPORT AN OPERA COMPANY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 3. The senior class of the Indiana Normal has disposed of the much disputed question of class-day exercises by deciding to bring, an opera company to the city at the expense of the class and have the attendance by invitation only. At the winter term there was a close vote on the proposition to give a play or an opera by members of the class, and the opponents seemed to prevail, with the result that it had about been decided to spend the several hundred dollars which the class-day exercises usually cost on a memorial for the school. ' Then it was agreed to postpone final action until the spring term, when a full atiendancc of seniors could vote on the question. CLASSES REORGANIZE , AT EARLHAM COLLEGE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 3. The various classes at Earlham College have reorganized and elected officers for the term. The result is given below: Seniors President, Arthur Trester; vice president. William Lawrence; secretary. Elizabeth Middleton; treasurer, Everest Macy; marshal. Homer Coppock. Juniors President. Hugh Mauzy; vice president, William Harvey; secretary, Ina Nixon; treasurer, Guerney Mnple; marshal, Charles Rush. Sophomores President, H. Booth;. vice president, Parke Newlin; secretary, Grilla Van Buskirk; marshal, Isaac Stanley; treasurer, Archibald Bond. Freshmen President, Norman Wahn; vice president, E. Mavite; secretary, Edna Hoover: treasurer, Grace Stanley; marshal, Milvard Markle. Kanter at Notre Dame. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOTRE DAME, Ind., April 3. Easter was observed with impressive ceremonies of the Catholic Church at Notre Derne to-day. The students will present a play to-morrow afternoon and the senior' parade will take place to-morrow evening. DEATH OF A PRINCESS CAUSED BY PNEUMONIA Morganatic Wife of Edward of Saxe-Weimar Died in London After a Brief Sickness. LONDON, April 3. Princess Edward, of Saxe-Weimar, died here to-day of acute pneumonia, after a short sickness. Princess Edward, of Saxe-Weimar, was Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon Lennox, and morganatically married Prince Edward in 151. Sh? was a daughter of the fifth Duke of Richmond. Queen Victoria granted to her the title of Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar In England, while In Germany she held tho title. of Countess of Dornburg. Princess Edward was born in 1S27. Other Death of a Day. WASHINGTON C. H., O., April 3.-S. Stacker Williams, one of the most widely known Freemasons in the United States, died to-day at the home of his daughter in this city. Mr. Williams was grand master of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons from lJsö to ISvs. He possessed the largest private Masonic library known, and contributed much to the literature of Freemasonry. SHOT FATHER-IN-LAW AND THEN HIMSELF CHICAGO, April 3. Because he had been ordered to leave the house where he had been living with his wife, Michael Buscala to-night shot and killed Giovanna Rovanson, his father-in-law, and then killed himself. There were several members of the family in the house at the time, but the shooting was done so quickly that before any one realized what was happening both men were dead.

RANDOLPH COUNTY GETS READY FORjOMTIOli Republicans in the Twelve Townships Select Delegates to the State Meeting.

IN FAVOR OK CANTWELL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., April 3. Pursuant to the instructions of the Republican state committee, the twelve townships of this county yesterday held their conventions for the purpose of selecting delegates to the st2te convention and to a convention to select a joint representative for Ran dolph, Jay and Blackford counties in the event the recent apportionment act should be held unconstitutional. The following are the delegates to the state convention: Judge J. W. Macy, Walter G. Parry, J. T. Moorman, Irvin Cranor, Reverdy Puckitt, of Winchester; Dr. J. S. Blair, of Lynn; Asa Wright, of Bloomingport; John Hough and Ira Taylor, of Spartansburg; John W. Retz, of Modoc; Wright Moore, Thomas 11. Condon, James H. Moore, of Parker City; John Christopher and John Farguhar, of Trenton; Abner Hill, of Farmland; Elmer Lousch, of Saratoga; James Manifold, of Ridgeville; Jack Simmons, Theodore Shockney, Simeon Dunn and Dr. E. G. Reynard, of Union City. The delegates to the joint representative convention were instructed to support Sidney Cantwell. of Hartford City, should it be found necessary to elect a Joint representative for the counties of Randolph, Jay and Blackford. OIL OPERATORS VOBIf OVER DECLINING PRICES Hesitation in Pushing the Drill Due to a Feeling that the Cut Will Be Deeper. WELLS OF TWO STATES Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TOLEDO, O., April 3. Oil operators are worrying over the unsettled price of the crude product. The operator is ready and anxious to rush the drill, but is afraid the price will keep sliding down and get to a point where nothing can be realized for the extensive outlay. The drill is active, but It would be much more so were a price set for the product for the entire season. The heavy shipment season is over and the stocks should show an increase' for the next few months. The trade does not fear an overproduction in any of the States that produce high-grade oil. The slogan is "On to Kansas," but Kentucky looks like a better proposition and ha3 some of the best producers in the country to-day. During the past week in the Trenton rock oil fields of Ohio and Indiana 201 wells were completed, with twenty-six dry holes and a new production of 6,076 barrels. The wells of Ohio were distributed among the counties as follows. Wells County. Comp. Prod. Dry. Wood 25 547 3 Hancock 14 386 1 Allen 15 417 2 Auglaize 2 76 1 Sandusky 15 216 1 Lucas 6 175 0 Mercer 6 95 2 Seneca 1 15 0 Van Wert 9 205 1 Wyandot 4 410 0 Ottawa 5 108 1 Paulding 1 10 0 Total 103 2,060 12 New activity is shown in the Indiana field and operations are developing much better than during the winter months. The Gibson county field in the southwestern part of the S.tate is not coming in in a way to encourage the trade, although a dozen new wells are under way. Out of the last four wells completed three were dry and the other started at only twenty barrels. New work is being done in many counties outside the oil belt and something unlocked for may happen to create no end of excitement. The trade is watching and waiting for something of the kind to develop. The wells in the counties of the State during the past week are as follows: Wells County. Comp. Prod. Dry. Wells 17 517 1 Blackford 5 S30 1 Jay 8 S3 1 Adams 9 &X 1 Grant 29 73.8 3 Huntington 12 495 0 Madison 2 20 1 Miami 15 0 Delaware 4 320 1 Randolph 3 65 1 Gibson 4 20 3 Jasper . 1 . 3 0 Pulaski 1 0 1 Carroll 1 10 0 Hamilton 1 5 0 Total 98 3,116 14 JAPAN'S CASE PRESENTED BY JAPANESE MINISTER Mr. K. Takahira Explains What His Country Is Fighting For. The Japanese minister to the United States, Mr. K. Takahira, contributes to the April World's. Work the authoritative statement of Japan's case under the title of 'What Japan Is Fighting For." Among other things Mr. Takahira says: "'One fact should be strongly emphasized. The government of Japan has disavowed in the most formal and solemn manner. In the reply to China's declaration of neutrality, the purpose of acquiring any part of China's territory or of occupying It to the detriment of Chinese sovereignty. In an equally binding manner it has declared its willingness to respect the lawful exercise of the rights which Russia had acquired in Manchuria. But It could not close its eyes to the fact plainly demonstrated by events in the Immediate past that Russia seemed to have another cbject in view than the legitimate development of the interests acquired under those rights. Tho course of thoso events plainly pointed to designs on Russia's part threatening the principle of equal opportunity for the development of the interests of all the powers in Manchuria, and tending even to endanger the territorial integrity of China." Mr. Takahira contends that Russia was not willing to bind herself in any manner regarding the independence and territorial integrity of China. He also declares that Japan's desire has been to protect her important treaty rights and commercial interestü in, the provinces affected by the war. Concerning Korea the minister writes: "The independence of Korea, not alone from a commercial and industrial standpoint, but also for strategical, reasons, is of the gravest importance-to the well-being of four people and the safety of-our country. The power that controls Korea cannot on:y restrict our progress along the lines of peaceful enterprise upon which much of the future prosperity of the nation depends, but can also keep us upon the defensive and thereby Impose the heavy burden of incessant watchfulness and constant preparation. Wa have no desire to interfere with the Independence or the territorial Integrity of our neighbors, and no purpose, as we have shown conclusively, to obstruct the development of the commercial and industrial interests of other nations within their territories. Rut the preservation of their political existence, especially the maintenance of the independence of Korea, is another matter, and when that is a threatened motives of an imperative nature demand that .our nation shall intervene or else run the certain risk of iioardizin its most vital interests."

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it umm II CHURCH Several Victims May Die as Result of Mysterious Ailment at Minneapolis. EASTER SERVICES STOP MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 3. Twentyseven members of . the boys' choir of Gethsemane Episcopal Church of this city were taken sick during the morning Easter service, and at an early hour to-night it was feared that several of them might die. The boys sang at the early service at 6:30 o'clock and were then served with breakfast by the ladies guild in the guild hall of the church. When the time came for the 10:30 o'clock service several of the boys complained of feeling ill, and before the service ended fourteen had been forced to retire because of nausea. The breakfast was a simple one, including pork tenderloin, potatoes stewed in milk, doughnuts and coffee. At first it was thought that the poisoning was due to trichnae, buc this theory was questioned later, the pork having been analyzed and found to be absolutely pure. Theories of ptomaine poisoning were advanced,- but up to a late hour to-night the doctors were unable to suggest no plausible reason for the boys' illness. HISTORIC MARCH FROM KASKASKIA TO VINCENNES An Achievement Whose Difficulculties Are Not Realized Now.Arthur A. Holmes, in Washington Post. I read with Interest the article in the Post of Feb. 14, by Elizabeth Harrison Clarke, on "What Virginia Has Done," and agree with her that Congress should be generous to Virginia In commemorating" the birth of the nation at Jamestown. The privations and sufferings of that little band of Virginians, under the command of George Rogers Clark, on that historic march from Kankaskia, 111., to Vincennes, Ind., are almost bejond belief. Many Washington people will visit St. Louis this year on account of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and you who may go through Vincennes will pass over a part of Clark's route. There are several points on or near the rail route that are interestingly connected with this exploit. Vmceuncs itself is an interesting place, for it is the oldest town on the Wabash and was the territorial capital of Indiana. At that time all that public domain belonged to Virginia, and was known as the "Illinois country." Vincennes, on the Wabash, and Kaskaskia, on the Mississippi, were the principal settlement. These places were captured by Clark from the British, and their garrisons sent as prisoners to Williamsburg. Old Kaskaskia stood near the mouth of the Kaskaskia river, and was the first settlement in Illinois. Not a building of the old town remains. In fact, owing to a shifting in the channel of the river, the site has been washed away, but near it is the beautiful little city of Chester, where Is located the penitentiary for southern Illinois. The first road across Illinois was the trail from Vincennes to St. IjouIs, now known as the State road, and is now practically paralleled the entire distance by the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. Just west of Salem is a signboard that reads: "Fifty-one miles to St. Louis." It was at this point where Clark Is said to have come to the Vincennes-St." Louis trail. This far on the way they had kept on the watershed between tho Kaskaskia and Little Wabash, and the Hoods gave them but little trouble. Here they turned east, and had to cross the Skillet fork, near Xenia; the Little Wabash, near Clay City; the Fox river, at Olney, and at Iawrenceville they came to the Embarrass, which at this point is ten miles west of Vincennes. They found all the intervening country under water. While In camp here they first heard Hamilton's morning gun at Fort Sackville. They made a detour from this place and crossed the Wabash proper below the mouth of the Embarrass, where St. Francisville now is. In his account of the expedition Major Bowman speaks about arriving at the "two Wabashes" on Feb. 13. which they crossed in a pirogue on Feb. 15. By the "two Wabashes" and their ' rive miles' of water he evidently meant the Little Wabash and Muddy creek, at Clay City. These two streams cross the railroad between Clay City and Noble, and in times of high water submerge most of the eight miles between the two towns. On y.our way to St. Louis you will cross the historic Kaskaskia at Carlyle, on the Baltimore & Ohio; at Vahdalia, on the Pennsylvania, and at Shelbyville on the Big Four. The local name for this river is the Okaw. I served four years In southern Illinois as a special pension examiner, and know the amazing extent of the overflow to which that country is subject In time of high water, and one must see the conditions before he can appreciate the magnitude of the task these heroes had before them in that early day to reach Vincennes, an effort which was carried to a gloriouä success, second only in importance to the diplomacy of Jefferson, which gave us our transmisslssippi empire, and Virginia, that gave us Patrick Henry and the services of these blessed men Is entitled to -the everlasting thanks of a grateful country. If you will look to the right as the, train enters upon the Wabash bridge at Vincenes you will see a large brick house. This mansion was built by William Henry Harrison for his residence and fort when h was governor of Indiana Territory. The walls next to the river are oval, or baywindow shaped, to ward off the shot of lead and arrows from hostile Indians, who, it was anticipated, might come down the river In great numbers to give him battle. In this old house was built a magazine rnd storerooms for supplies in case of a siege. On the left of the train, just below the wagon bridge, may be seen St. Xavier's Catholic Cathedral, which -is on the site of the first church of that name, where the Vincennes patriots used to meet and discuss plans for their liberation. Between that old church and the river Fort Sackville stood, and there the British flag was lowered to George Rogers Clark Feb. 24, 1771). If the visitor passes through Terre Haute. Ind., on his way to St. Louis, and will look to the south just after the train leaves either station he will see, about a half mile away, the dome that crowns the massive courthouse; and the bell that swings in the belfry was the gift of Francis Vigo, in whose honor that (Vigo) county was named. Francis Vigo was to George Rogers Chirk and his soldiers what Robert Morris was to the Revolution. Vigo gave Clark much financial assistance. In fact, he practically impoverished himself, for he died a poor man. Clark gave him an order on Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, for the money advanced, nearly $6,000. but it was not paid until more than thirty years after Vigo's death and nearly ninety years after the debt was contracted! BROWNIE CLUB FOR LITTLE DENVER MEN DENVER, April 3. A "Brownie" Club has been formed in this city. No one will be allowed to become a member who is more than five feet six inches tall, and the shorter the better, although the members state that there will be no limitation as to girth measure. The members are measuring one another to see who shall be president, for this club will choose its officers not by ballot, but according to size. The smallest man is to be president, the next smallest vice president, and so on. H. E. May is probably the smallest charter member of the club, and ho is anxiously measuring his friends to see if he has a monopoly on the presidency. Oik? of the by-laws of the club is to be that all unmarried members of the club when they become benedicts must marry a maiden at least six feet tall. Any member joining the club who is still growing at the time of 'his affiliation is taken in only on approval. If he grows to be more than live feet and six? inches tall he will be expelled. An official "yardstick man" Is to be elected, and it! will be his duty to measure all doubtful ones at every meeting.. The club membership will have its one large man. He must be six feet, three. He will be the official guard, and it will be his duty to protect members of the Brownie Club . from outsiders, at all ' their meetings.

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SHOES OF CHAUNCEY BLAIR Culprit in Chicago Court Shod with the Millionaire's Footwear. ( TRICK OF THE PRISONER CHICAGO, April 3.-When Chauncey Blair left for Kurope a short time ago there was an aching void in the interior of his trunk. This vacuum was caused by a smart trick of a smart young man. A credulous and tender young messenger, bound for the Auditorium Annex, lugging a muscular package of shoes, was persuaded by the slick young man that the shoes belonged to him. Said'the smooth one: "I am Chauncey Blair and have just stepped out from the Annex to see why these things hadn't come." So. Mr. Blair, waiting in his apartments at the Auditorium Annex for many minutes, had a burning telephone talk with his shoemaker, after which he had his trunks closed strenuously and barely caught his train. Now, great was the concern of both Mr. Blair and his shoemaker. Of the former because he was shy twelve pairs of well-fitting boots, having furthermore a prophetic vision of himself in Swiss or Belgian leathers, a pair of . which, besides being of supernatural thickness, vies closely with the deuce of spades in shape. The latter was concerned because of the robbery per se, no inconsiderable matter, as It involved immediate duplication of the order and customhouse charges to boot on the other side. So the shoemaker's young men grew very vigilant in the street looking for seedy persons in millionaire footgear. They soon became like Tolstoi's great shoemaker, knowing all men by their feet. Last week vigilance was rewarded and the slick young man, neatly shod in Russia leather, was arraigned before a police justice. One of the shoemaking firm was present to give the testimony which would hobnail things. There was a great pile of riding boots walking boots, half-shoes and pumps of the prevailing leathers, as handsome and glossy a collection as ever gladdened the heart of man. The justice indicated a simple pair of low Russia leather shoes. "What Is the value?" he asked. "Eighteen dollars," said the young business man,' casting an admiring eye on them and lifting them up to reveal the elegance of line and perceptible beauty of color and texture. The good justice gasped. "What! What kind of shoes are they?" "Custom-made," was. the reply. "Young man, for Whom were those shoes made?" "They were an order for Chauncey Blair." Remarke colloquilly the justice: "I didn't know anyone could afford to wear such shoes." The case was continued. RED-CROSS TROUBLES ARE CULMINATING Serious Charges Against the Manx ageinent to Be Investigated. Christian Advocate. The difficulties of the Red Cross Society of the United States are now about to come to a head. The most serious charges have besn filed with Secretary Proctor, chairman of the committee appointed by Richard Olney to investigate its affairs. They are signed by Gen. John M. Wilson, Simon Wolfe, John W. Foster, ex-minister and special commissioner, and ex-secretary of state, Hilary A. Herbert, ex-secretary of the navy, Judith Ellen Foster and many others. They charge that in twenty-two years there has been an absolute failure to create in this country a Red Cross organization comparable to those that exist in Kurope and Japan; that there have never been proper financial reports of receipts and expenditures; that contributions made for speclic purposes have been used for other purposes. The specifications are appalling. One is that In 1SS2. 1SS3 and lS-vl $715,OW was contributed In money and ma-, terial for the Mississippi and Ohio floods, and that no part of it was ever received or disbursed by the treasurer; under the direction of the executive board or otherwise, and that what is true with respect to that is true with every other field of said association; that a tract of land of 782 acres- given to Miss Clara Barton in trust as a home for the Red Cross has never b-en transferred to the society; that one agent of the society collected $3,000, not a cent of - which was ever received. With regard to the Galveston disaster only $1".3U of J1.3k),0XI contributed by the public was intrusted to the Red Cross, and only about one-fourth of that passed through the hands of the treasurer, the balance being sent to Miss Barton and committed by her to a financial agent. And there Is a great deal more. We hope that it will be probed to the bottom and necessary measures taken. No one knows how soon we shall be in war; the country pins its faith for peace greatly to the life of John Hay. Democrats to Support Hearst Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind.. April 3. About a dozen Democrats of this city met at the office of William Hefferman. a Democratic attorney, Saturday night and effected an odganizatlon in the Interest of William II. Hearst's candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President. II. 'A. Calvert was elected president and Hamlet Allen secretary. An effort will be made to get representation In the delegation to the state convention from Davies3 cuunty.

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GANG SETS A PRICE FOR Monk Eastman to Receive $15 for Killing and $10 for Dis abling Men. FIGHT OF A CHURCH NEW YORK, April 3.-Fifteen dollars for killing and $10 for maiming were the rates of the Monk Eastman gang up to yesterday for members of Jewish synagogues, according to Mr. Brown, of Rosenthal & Brown, who told Magistrate Tool at Essex Market Court that h man had made such an offer to members of that gang if they would use brass knuckles and iron bars on some members of the Synagogue Darshetoi Ouschepiusk. of No. 43 Orchard street. Fifteen men with these weapons did attack Samuel Yudabitz, of No. 33 Pike street, and Herman Michaelisky, of No. 51 Eldridge street. They were in court with Mr. Brown, both bandaged up, Yadabitz with a- hand laid open by an iron bar and Michaelisky with his head cut, his body bruised and an eye that had been almost knocked out. An iron bar, brass knuckles and a club had been used on him. v Mr. Brown wanted seven warrants for members of the gang, who, the complaintants said, were among the fifteen men who attacked them as they went out of the synagogue on Thursdaj-. The attack was the result of trouble which began at the last election in the synagogue, on Feb. 6. Harris Warsawsky, of No. 119 Forsyth street, was elected to the presidency of the synagogue. An appeal was made to the courts, and an injunction obtained by one party was vacated last Tuesday. The attack after the synagogue meeting followed. The ruffians got away before a crowd could gather, leaving their victims apparently unconscious. The assailants were not recognized. Magistrate Pool ordered the warrants Issued. They were for only one known person, the other half-dozen being made out for John Doe, Richard Doe and others. Mr. Brown charged the men naml with hiring the gang to "do up" the synagogue members. QUERIES ABOUT KOREA. The American Minister at Seoul Is Flooded with Them. New York Tribune. Korea, which was the Hermit Kingdom of yesterday, is to-day one of the best advertised countries on the globe. Korea was the chief cause of the present war between Russia and Japan, and as such she is of interest to all civilized nations. All the queer customs and quaint usages of the little realm, where men wear skirts and women high hats, are being ruthlessly dragged out of their obscurity and disported before the eyes of the world. Evidence of America's interest in faraway Korea is to be seen in the flood of letters which are pouring in on Horace N. Allen, the American minister at Seoul, the Korean capital. The communications contain all kinds of questions. One man wants to know if he can get a concession to start a gold mine, and just where he had better dig first Another of leys commercial trend of mind desires information concerning wild Mowers. A third wants to know how many wives owe allegiance to the King of Korea, and Mr. Allen hints that not a few American women have asked him for positions in the Korean palace as "ladies in waiting." Among others who are deluging Mr. Allen with inquiries is the small boy. While Russia and Japan are rushing troops over the Korean mountains the small boy has taken the opportunity to skirmish for postage stamps. In answer to the numerous letters which he has received requesting loose Korean postage stamps. Mr. Allen has replied In the following circular communication: Korean stamps may be had from dealers In the United States and elsewhere. There Is no waste basket at this office overflowing with canceled stamps, nor is there any little boy at hand waiting to cut off these stamps for a large number of applicants. In answer to those who want concessions from the Korean government. Mr. Allen says that applications are needless. Korea is granting no more concessions these days. He also breaks the cruel news to the women desiring positions at court there that there is "no demand in the Korean Palace for foreign women as nurses, maids, governesses, teachers, physicians and companions." Mr. Allen as ruthlessly shatters the belief of those women who want to know If the King of Slam ever married a foreign woman. Without saying that the American legation is in no sense a matrimonial bureau. Mr. Allen replies: "The Fmperor of Korea did not marry a foreign woman. Nothing ever occurred in Korea to afford the slightest foundation for the remarkable story of 'Kmily Brown.' " Another Korean subject which has greatly interested Americans is the ginseng culture. Some who have written Mr. Allen seem to think there are fortunes to be made in the cultivation of this plant in the Cnited States Not a few ask him to send them roots and seeds. On these seekers for truth Mr. Alien pours water of Siberian coldness. "If all the ginseng plantations In America succeed, ' he says, "the product will be of little value. The only market for the roots Is in China and it Is overstocked, while the-Korean product which seems to be of especial value, due to conditions of soil and climate is Increasing so greatly that the purchasers of the last crop were obliged to destroy a large quantity in order to keep the supply more neari ly withia the demand.'

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HART PROPOSES E . FOR FINANCIAL Uniform Land Tax in China to Raise Yearly Income of Four Hundred Million Tacls. ARMY AND NAVY PLANS LONDON, April 4. Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese imperial maritime customs, according to tho Shanghai correspondent of the Times, has ' proposed a scheme of financial reform under which a uniform land tax will raise a revenue of 400,OtiO.OOO taels. which will provide a standing army of 500.0 K) men, an adequate fleet and a reorganized civil service with a salary list of lDO.ooo.OTü ta.els. Y0UTHFULNESS OF HISTORY. Death of Chlcnuo 3Ian but Three Gen oration from Joseph llrnnt. Chicago Inter Ocean. The passing of James Kerby, of Chicago, suggests some Interesting, and important incidents of American history. A gentleman of the old school, his dress and deportment had made- him for a generation a picturesque and notable figure of the Board of Trade. But the most noteworthy fact about him was that he was a descendant of Joseph Brant Thay-en-da-ne-gea, the famous Mohawk chieftain. A!s Mr. Kerby was seventy-eight years of age it is likely that only three generations separated him from the time of his famous ancestor, and of "Lady Johnson" and of Sir William Johnson days when the United States was In the making and the fato of the future Nation hung in the balance. This particular chain of historical events begins with Samuel Champlain. the sovereign representative in America of the King of France. Champlain made a savage foray from Canada upon .the Six Nations the famous Iroquois confederacy of the Indians of New York. The Six Nations swore eternal enmity and thereafter stood like a stone wall between the French and their Indian allies on the west and the English Fettlements on the Atlantic coast. When the struggle between the French and the Knglish for the possession of the continent became acute Providence raised up Sir William Johnson,-the man who dominated and held faithful the Six Nations for a generation before the revolution. Iiis rule was absolute, partly because of his personality, but principally because Mollie Brant, the sister of Joseph Brant, was "Lady Johnson," the mistress of his mansion, the mother of his children and the link that bound together his fortunes and those of the Six Nations. Had the Iroquois, like the other Indians, fallen under French domination, this might to-day be a Latin country. Joseph Brant was educated at Dr. Wheelock's Academy at Lebanon, Coun.. and learned the game of war under Sir William Johnson iu the Crown Point, Niagara and St. Lawrence campaigns. He was Sir William's right hand, as Mollie Brant was his left. Sir William Johnson died suddenly two years before the revolution. Whether he would have espoused the Knglish or the American cause Is one of the conjectures of history. Had he cast hia lot with the colonies in all probability he would have continued to dominate the Iroquois confederacyand a bloody chapter of the revolution would never have been written. As It was," his last words were in the Iroquois tongue, and to Brant: "Joseph. I am going away. Control your people He died before he finished the sentence. What he meant to say can only be surmised. But the Six Nations interpreted his words to mean that with his last conscious breath Sir William had bequeathed hli mantle to Brant and bidden him be faithful to the English. Brant was thereupon almost unanimously elected grand sachem of the Iroquois confederacy. He went to England and was Riven the commission of colonel. Jteturning. he led his people agalnt the Americans. An educated man, an able general, a born leader and a kingly presence, history bears witness that he was no Iobh a peril to the colonies in their rear than were the British in their front. After the revolution Brant Induced hia people to make a permanent peace, but he and his si.ter and hr children went to Canada. Of "Lady Johnson's" two sons there is no trace; h r six daughters all married white men. Ijrant died in lr7 on the family estate on the Crand river, leaving four sons and a daughter. John, his youngest son, became In time principal chief of the Six Nations, fought against the Cnited States In the war of 1S12. was made captain, and was a member of the provincial Parliament. Joseph Brant rests under a mausoleum on the banks of the Grand liver. Thus It is seen how young a nation la the t'nited States of America, and on what seemingly trivial things hangs the fate of nations. In CLUETT BRAND QUARTER 8IZCS, QUARTER EACH CLUETT, PEABODr A CO. MAKERS Of CLUITT ADD M3HAHCM M4HT

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