Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1902 — Page 2
THE INHIAHAPOLIS HEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902.
flWMM wm typbotd. C*rt«lnly no man II)-*- laif (Mata bta health In luch a
ptaaa.
Oae of tbo prtooiwm haa boon In tho jail ataea laat Mooerabor. Ho aayo that ho haa aat haaa antalda of tho laii ainco the laat Of laat Pocomloot. onft In this statemont ho is borne oat tor business men of Vernon, who oenrtemh tho condition* unsparingly. Two Ortsonars have been In since July, and the fourth, a astro. Is serving a short sentence for drunkenness.
Throe of the prisoners say they In the lata wars. Rolan' draws a pension of r B mont
He says he was In
The Water Company's Plant for Pulverizing Coal Product Will be Used as Fuel—Cheaper and Will Produce a More Intense Heat—The Crushing Machinery.
aMo
hes
nd
f 17 a month for heart .jrs be was In Troop H,
Cara]nr, and Company E, Tenth dry, and fought at El Caney, Ban-
and Guantanamo.
ther day LaMoor, who Is a man - HHHH* Whatever be hla morals, wrote a latter to Governor Durbin dsaerlMna the conditions and telling of 1 Hi treatment Mead Barr was In
ent, Company C. In the
- ‘ . a negro.
tbe^Thlrd Raatment Company C. In the BblUpptnse. George Peek, a negro, says ha was In Troop E. Tenth Cavalry. These man apeak with muck .Intelligence of sanitary matters and It la supposed they received Ideas In this line from their life In
the regular army.
Tha Freedom of the Corridor. The prisoners are allowed full freedom
of the corridor. The sheriff or his dep. uty rarely enters sxcspt to bring In food. ThS inmates appear to be left to shift for themselves. LaMoor eaya he lay for hours alone In Jail when he suffered with fever and no man came to help him. The people of Vernon condemn LaMoor for the crime of which he was convicted and they aay be does not adhere to the truth, but they think It an outrage that any man should have hia health broken In a Jail in a county well able to provide a
healthful
■ Better kill
place.
man
outright,” said
Vernon business man, "than break dc
hla health and turn him out
iwn
society
ave
aty^ well able
i
n
turn hi
to be a charge until he dies.' Prescribes for Jail Priaoncra.
Dr. Richardson prescribes for the Jail prisoners. He says the Jail Is unhealthful. He wa* not positive about the nature of the skin disease with which the Inmates are suffering. "Some kind of a humour," he remarked, when asked about the disease. He prescribed an ointment. He did not know that Nelson Leonard, ot North Vernon, who Is In on a charge ot forgery, haa also broken out with a skin
disease.
■ For Female Prisoners
▲ single cell serose the hallway serves female prisoners. It Is even more fllthy then the men's compartments. It haa a flush In one corner. Just one narrow window almost tight with boiler-plate pane and that window on the north side where the sun never shines. So terrible Is the place that Sheriff Charles Trapp a few days ago prevailed upon the mayor of North Vernon to order a woman released when ahe had served but twelve of her
ntence.
MORRIS CHAIR
On sale this week an entire new line of Morris Chairs in golden oak, weathered oak and mahogany. See the one same aa cut, made of
and polished,
slble
one, In solid two-toned
or figured veloi
quartered oak. hand poltshe< heavy carved claw feet. Reverslbl louae cushions, In solid two-tone
ured velours—
$9.75
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COUCHES i»ar perfect a* modern skill mke them. Genuine Chase rather Couchea, with the guaranteed aleel construction. 8c ( , the
can make Leather Couch anteed aleel construction, special this week; full an tnchra wide, nleely tufted. handsome iSxfVr me ' ,ctu * ny wur ‘h $14.50 as V fow r M C »&TB. Msorte ’ 1 co "”».
wbsn thirty
The sheriff’s excu
is that the county does not pro
days' s<
The sheriff's excuse for Jail conditions
provide
The Indianapolis Water Company Is building a plant to pulverize coal for the use of Us Riverside pumping station. The building for the plant Is being erected about a half-mile from the pumping station. It will be completed In time for use this winter. Much of the machinery is now in position. L. K. Davis, engineer, says the scheme Is his invention. The plan is to uae pulverized coal, much the same as gas would
be used. Remnants of the sort of coal that costs 11.90 a ton In the lump are bought at the mines for 30 cents a ton. It costs to cents a ton to transport them and about 30 cents a ton to pulverize them. After they are pulverized. Mr. Davis says, they make a heat Just about 30 per cent, more Intense than lump coal, for they are pure carbon. The coal Is first dried, then crushed with steel balls. Then It passes to a
tube mill, where flint pebbles are used, and the coal Is pulverised until It Is nothing more than dust. Then It passes
from the plant and. by the uae of pressed air. is forced through r
com-
pressed air. is forced through plpea about 5,000 feet to the pumping station engineroom. The fires have to be attended In much the same manner as natural gas
"res.
The plant being apaclty of 140 ton!
hat son for sale.
erected will have a
capacity of 140 tons, and It Is expected that some of the product will be offered
to Improve It. There used to be bedstead* but when prisoners tore them to pieces, others were not bought. ''What's the use to buy other*?" was the argument. "They'd Just be broken to pieces again." So the Jail Is neglected and ha* been in a state of neglect, citizens say. since along
In the eighties. One of the main reason* given fer official negleot Is the relative influence of Vernon and North Vet non. In Jennings county. Vernon W the county seat, but when the farmers go to town they hitch their teams to the chain around the court house yard only I'-.t.g enough to attend to court-house business. As a rule they hurry on 1> North Vernon, about two miles to the north, and do their trading. Vernon !6 "n the < Id Madison railroad. North Vernon Is built around the Junctions of the JLadlson division of the Pennsylvania, the Dig Four ana the B. A O. 8. W. Vernon has a population of about 900, while North Vernon boasts of
3.000.
While North Vern fighting for a remove
>ny
penditures on county property at Vei and Vernon clttsens say Norm W the strong pull on the County Co the county commissioners. At
time It Is
IN HIS RED AUTOMOBILE
Ohio
Tom Johnson will Start tho
Democratic Campaign.
CLEVELAND. September (.-Mayor Tom Johnson will open the Ohio campaign to-night. In his tent, which has
been placed at Lorain.
The mayor will leave the city this afternoon In his red automobile. He will be accompanied by his son Loftln and an ex-
pert chauffeur.
If the mayor thinks that the tent Is a success he will take It all over the State. If not. It was said at the City Hall, he will discontinue It at Rockford on Sep-
■»/ sxss&rsi i •”"*
MEMBER ] MERCHANTS’ < ASSOCIATION
FAULTLESS FURNITURE FROM . . . FACTORY TO FIRESIDE . . .
RAILROAD FARES REFUNDED
commissioners. At the same i r*' n Ueved that the farmers would j 1
iuncJ
the
Her-
Lo-
meet-
remove the county near each other divided sharply
a set
seat. The towns are si that the county ts not
Into two factions.
No Board of Charities. The commissioners of Jennings county are James Clarkson. Asbury Green and Harvey Weeks The county has no board of charities, although a recent Legislature provided for the appointment of such boards by the circuit Judges. Such a board could serve a good purpose by visiting and revisiting the Jennings county jail and reporting and again reporting recommendations to the oounty commissioners until the people would hold the county authorities responsible for the neglect. Once a Judge of Miami county, rather than commit persons to a foul jail In the basement sent them to Cass county. Miami had to pay the expense of transferring and feeding such prisoners, and It was not long until the proper county officials provided a habitable Jail. This plan may be urged upon Judge Willard New. Amos Butler, of the Board of State Charities, wrote a letter to the county officials recently, scoring them for Jail conditions. It Is understood that the LaMoor letter to the Governor was referred to Mr. Butler. Year after year the Board of State Charities has criticised the Jail, and many a Jennings county grand jury has
condemned It.
In the meantime four human beings are kept In a dark and til-smelling dungeon. In which a careful farmer would scorn to keep his hogs, and two of the prisoners have never been indicted or tried. One steps out of the black hole stupefied and sickened by the malignant vapor breathed again and again by the prisoners. R. T. BUCHANAN. IDAVILLE CHURCH CASE.
-War of
Continued for the Fifth Tlmt
Factions.
[Special to The Indianapolis New* ] MONTICELLO, Ind.. September 6.—The famous Idavllle church case came up In the Circuit Court again yesterday, and was continued for the fifth time. It wa* expected that Judge R. P. Davidson, of Lafayette, who occupied the bench during the trial, would give his decision, having had the case under consideration four months, but counsel for both side* raised reveral points, and a long legal fight is
the prospect.
This 1* the case resulting from the division of the church of God. at Idavllle. six mile* east of here. A faction under the leadership of Elder W. R Covert, of Ohio, and including a majority of the
nlsatton
FIRE IN MUNCIE HOTEL
Small Panic, but All the Quetta Escaped Safely. [Special to The Indianapolis News.) MUNCIE. Ind . September (.—Fire In the Van Winkle Hotel, last midnight, caused the guests to flee from the building In their night clothes, and a small panic ensued. All the guests escaped with safety. The fire, which started from a gas Jet. was put out after a loss of several hundred dollars, covered by Insurance. BRIEF STATE NEWS.
SAI.EM —Yesterday was the banner day of the Salem fair, with 10,000 people
present.
MARION.—Gas rates In this city will bo Increased. October 1, to 20 cents a
thousand.
MIDDLETOWN—The new M-thodlst Episcopal church will be dedicated September 14. EVANSVILLE—Twenty-six recruits received at the naval recruiting station have been sent to Newport. ALEXANDRIA.—Mrs. Oeorge Cohn has been arrested on the charge of Betting fire to the Michigan Exchange. HARTFORD CITY.—James Lucas, the new mayor, has announced that he will enforce the Nicholson law to the letter. WASHINGTON.—The Fourth Army Corps will hold a reunion, Tuesda>. October 7. Marlon T. Anderson Is thalr-
Cooper and Willard
ds have received saloon licenses In isltlon to tho crusade, led by Charles
man.
KOKOMO—8. J.
Wooi oppoi Davl
AN
noml resenti count!
LA
Secre
the old organization, asserts the exclusive use of the
members.
the right to the exclusive use of th« church and the ownership of the property which Is valued at $1.1,00. This faction has been made defendant by the rest of the old organization, which seeks to retain
possession.
REFUSED TO BID.
TIPTON—Whll pit, last event mer, slxty-se
art troubl
PORTE—Louis Lange, nominated for »tary of State by Wisconsin Democrats. was formerly a newspaper man of
this city.
DECATUR—This city Is to have a new Ili.'lOn Presbyterian church. Ground has been broken and work will commence Im-
mediately.
hile working In a gravel ng. Fred Wellington, a far■en years old, dropped dead.
Heart trouble.
TIPTON—While working on a scaffold forty feet high at Hopewell church. Jack Fleetwood, twenty-two, fell and was probably fatally hurt. VINCENNES—Claude Dowell and Miss Bertha H. Otmkel, both prominent society |)eople. eloped to Lafvrencevtlle, III., and were married. MARION—The County Council has refused to grant an appropriation of $1.17.000 for a new Jail. An attempt may be made to force reconsideration.
ckholders of
n Assoclaper cent..
Paving Company Objected to Wording
of Specifications.
[ft)j*ci*l to The Indianapolis Nows, j
BH'FKTON, Ind.. September 6.—Bids for street paving were submitted to the ' j Council last night, tho Barber Asphalt J Company bidding I1.P5 a square yard, with i Trinidad asphalt: bituminous maendam, I Hooalcr Construction company, tl 4:
Hoosl'-r Construction company, ll l;>; Warren Brut., bituminous macadam, $1.78. j The Barber company charged that the specifications were so drawn as to shut ■ mt everything but the WarrPn Bros.' macadam, and for the same reason the ' Western Con-fruction Company, of Indianapolis. refused to bid. The contract
, will be let Monday night.
Forty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary.
IKpeclal to The Indianapolis News.]
PAUPER CITY. Ind.. September (.-
The forty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs William F. Reed, living near Parker City, was held at their home,
Thursday. The family of Mr. and Mrs
Reed Is well known in eastern Indiana.
There are fourteen children, the cst being nineteen years of age. healthy and prosperous. The Immed family descendants are fourteen child seventeen grandchildren and four gi
grandchildren.
young-
age. All are Immediate
n. it
House Ransacked by Thieves. (Special to Th* Indianapolis News ] MUNCIE, Ind., September 6. — While the family of Mrs. Lettle Ford was asleep laat night burglars entertd the home and rxnaacktd it. Two gold watobas and a MnslderablB sum of money were stolen.
ce reconsideration.
BLOOMINGTON-The stockh. the Equitable Building and Isvan tlon. received a dividend of 9 I amounting In all to $376.'i64.
VALPARAISO—Chrlatlan Oeppert, of Ft. Wayne, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania. fell from his train and had both t*es cut off. His Injuries may prove fa-
tal.
FT. WAYNE.-While Deputy Recorder Gillette w.is riding hi* wheel, a dov threw him and he suffered a roncun-Hi.-n of the brain. He Is In serious condition. WASHINGTON—Lewi* Nelson, a paroled prisoner from Jeffersonville, was captured yesterday and will he returned. Ho was working under the name of Charles Miller. VALPARAISO—MU* Faye Briekel. thirteen, and Theodore Simons, the young eloper*. were taken to Hammond for trial. The brother of Simona^who swore the girl was of age. will be tried for perjury. MADISON—The Democrat* of Jeffemon and Switzerland counties have nominated Hiram Francisco for Judge and .1 R, E. Pheasant for proaecutor. James M. Singer, of Versailles, was named for Joint Senator. TERRE HAUTE—A second convention will bo held by the Republicans of this township to settle the muddle over Juatlres of the pence. The first convention nominated four when the township wa* entitled to but throe. DECATUR—The Adam* county Republican* .nominated the following ticket yesterday: Representative, John D. Engle; treasurer. Elmer Cook; clerk, T. C. Corbett: sheriff. John W. Hague: recorder, John Claneey; surveyor, Jesse Rrlekma*ter; coroner. William C. Braden: commissioner*. First district, C. D. Kunkle; Secrnd district, Joseph W. Smith. E. W. GroTe.
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COOK STOVE Bee ths sxceptlonal value In this No. 8 Cook Stovs, for coal or wood. Pouch feed for coal and large 18-1 rich oven; has draw-out hearth and cut long centers. Teapot stand, towel rod and oven plate; nicely nickeled; heavy Are backs; well proportioned and artistically ornamented, game as cut— $12.00
BEDROOM SUITE Special sale this week on Bedroom Suites. One similar to cut, made of thoroughly seasoned material, finished golden oak. Dresser haa good bevel mirror; cases have panneled end* and solid post construction. Price this week— $13.75
INDIINrS LEADING DISTRIBUTER OF FURNITURE, STOVES IND CIRPETS=
W. H. MESSENGER, Southeast Corner Washington and Delaware Sts.
ACCUSES WEBSTER DAVIS.
I Hurty. secretary of the State Board of 1 Health: B. F. Johnson. State Statistician, ind C. TV. Paris, county superintendent
CUFFS BETRAYED HIM.
t and
An Alleged Boer Says He will Prove £ruste^ ^ that Davie wee Paid by the Boers. office, a cla
KANSAS CITY. September 6.-A man who claims to be Baron Henry Tuckenblat de Ginsberg, and says he was the former chief of the Boer secret police, has treated a scene at the home of Webster Davis, former Third Assistant Secretary of the Interior, by demanding a subscription of 350.000 to the relief fund
for stricken Boers.
He makes the charge that In 1900 Mr. Davis had received, the
TV. Paris, county superintendent. 8. L. Nichols presided. The six-room structure with an room and other apartments.
SUMMER COMPLAINT.
Boer government for his Influence to t? contribute" and ordered the man from h"s home. Yesterday, on complaint of M? Davis, the baron was taken t^fore
c'lu'lms '.r,s
to give the man documentary ev
fraud.
countermanded the or time In which to produce Idence that he ts not a
RAISIN TRUST IS SUED.
Companies Composing It Are Alleged to Have Failed to Pay Licenses. SAN FRANCISCO. September 8 —A suit for $75,000 damages against the California raisin combine has been begun In the United States Court under the Sherman anti-trust law. The United States Consolidated Raisin Company, a New York prising a large number of corporations, ‘Vhe com "laim' alleges that the defendant granted licenses To tne different comthan $10,000 last year, but now by reason
"t ts '■"S-NSSS ^
are estlma anti-trust
awarded. Lynn’s New School Dedicated. (Special to The Indlanapolla New*. 1 FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind., September 6.Lynn has dedicated Re new echool build.
Lwws TTV* nIr ’Pcur*v T'ir i VT»!
During the summer months Bassett, of the fourth-year Johns Hopkins Medical
Through John D. Rockefeller’* Munificence Its Cause Has Been Found. BALTIMORE, September 6.—Two years ago when John D. Rockefeller lost his little grandson, "Jack.” who bore his name, the multi-millionaire seized the Idea of putting the machinery of eclencc to work In order to find out the causes of tho malady, and having found the cause, to apply the remedy. He was willing to give $200,000 to this purpose, and the foremost pathologist of this country. Dr. William H. Welch, professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, wa* asked to conduct the re-
search.
From the Wilson sanatorium comes news of the fruits of Mr. Rockefeller’s
munificence. During th Mr. Victor P. Basset class of the John*
School; Dr. James 1L M. _ ... Duval, a medical student from the University of Pennsylvania, working under the direction of Dr. Welch, have succeeded In finding the organism which causes summer complaint In children. The Investigators have demonstrated lo the satisfaction of all scientists the actual cause of the disease The Investigators will continue their researches next summer In an endeavor to find a curative for
the malady.
ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT. Ambrose Nichole Is Held by Marshal
at Washington.
[Special to The Indlanapolla News.]
BEDFORD. Ind., September 6 —Sheriff Smith received a message to-day from Peter Oeyer. marshal of Washington, Ind.. telling him to come at once for Ambrose Nichols, who. with Sam Jackson, escaped from Jail hero Sunday. He added that
Nichols had been arrested there.
This I* the case In which the daughter and son of Sheriff Smith showed much bravery by holding back fourteen prisoner* at the point of revolvers. The two
escaped by sawing a hinge on
cell door,
va
In _. fugitive and his ~~ ford to Washington
Thief Confessed When They Were
Put Before Him.
[Special to The Indlanapolla New*.] ELKHART, Ind.. September (.—William Winter*, of Philadelphia, age twenty-
*lx. was taken
to-day to an
$15 from Mrs
ch., with t
i back to Ooldwater. Mich., wer the charge of stealing Mary Busley, ot Quincy,
ry Bus, _.
rhom he boarded,
nters arrived at Quincy last began work In a factory. He day and left that evening.
GI
Winters
and one
came
Monday worked
woman, that a robbery had been committed. and. without stopping to change his clothes or wash hi* hands, he quit work In the factory, mounted his wheel and
started In pursuit of Winters.
He rode twelve mites to Batavia. Mich . where he shipped hl» tailed home. At a
pped his ^heel
neral mert handlse store he learned thn
ied shirt, but
'chased
Shook, grandson o
Word f the
inert h
Inters had bought a atrlpi
did not take the cuffs. Shook purt the cuffs and went to Elkhart, where he located Winters. The police refused to arrest him, however, without a warrant, and askeu Shook how he could Identify the man. He produced the pair of itifr-* that matcht d the shirt, when the robber confessed and agreed to go back without
sed am
a requisition.
Elkhart.
per cell door.
Nichols was captured at the home of hi* father-in-law, Andrew Helton. The fugitive and his wife walked from Bed-J
were asleen In
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