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Rumored Polittcal Friends of Governor Durbin Will Fill Vacated Places.
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liARr WILSON’S TROUBLES
Her PolftJcel BeUef «t V«H»fK>e wtth Local Politician*, and Thero Have Been Clamor* for Removal.
WOMAN HAS BEEN CITED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT, i
Mn. Charles #. Bronson Married When the Judge Told Her to
Remain Single.
Mr*. Charier S. Bronaon, formerly Mr*. Luetta P- BarnecJo. wrili bt- required by Judge Leather*-next Tuesday to afcow eauM why ahe should not be rranlahed for
Nearly 500 Portuguese Im-
I:JZZ^ rtr ‘ e miorants Found Themselves
fjTrom * Bt*« Correepemdent 1 XVAKfVM/LE. And., May tt.-Th* flr*t Intimation the people in thi* part of the State had that there wa« to be a “ehakettp" in the Southern Hospital for the lneane, located clone to thla city, war when they read about it in last evenlag** In dianapoll* Nem*. It waa well known that I>r. W. A- Stoker, superintendent, had re*ign«d by request, but it waa not wall known that the request had been extended to the following officer*, all of whom resigned, with the exception of Klee Mary T. Wilson, who waa removed: Dr, John F. Glover, after five years
servic*.
Dr. i. Kenosha Sessions, after six years’ service, Charles G. fcefrlt, steward, after six years’ service. Louis F. Katterjohn, storekeei>er and superintendent of-farm, after six years’
some*.
No Charges Were Filed.
No charges were filed against Mis* Wllaon, or any of the others, and Mias Wilson proposes to test the right of the board of
trustees to dismiss her.
Miss Wilson, for eleven years, waa connected with the school for feeble-minded, serving as trustee and acting superintendent Thirteen years ago, before the Southern Hospital was open for patients, she came here, and has been here ever since, setint as boookkeeper and supervisor of amusements, and never in that time has there besn any complaint of A*r work, or that she neglected her duty. Miss Wilson. however, Is a Democrat, and the Hepubllean politicians in the First district nave complained of her on that aenre, and have tried to have her removed. Governor Mount, and the other Governora under whom she served, would not pay any attention to the demands of the politicians. She also perfected' and copyrighted a system of bookkeeping, that Is in use in several public Inatitiiitoiis. Miss Wilson Is an active member of the Federation of Clubs, an organisation that was to assist the city in buying a city park, the negotiation* for which were handled by Marcus h. Sonntag. a local real estate agent. The federation pledged >3,000 to assist In the purchase of this park, and Mias Wilson wrote the following letter to Mr, Sonntag.
dated September X>, UWO:
The Letter Causing Trouble.
M It Is my understanding that you are in charge of the matter of ralaing <8.000 toward the aattension of Sunset Park. You know, I presume, the entire procedure in this matter on tbs part bf a committee of ; the Local Federation of 'Woman's Organisations. At a recent called meeting of the federation It waa explained to the members that the sum pledged by thia committee Involved the organisation In no way. Thia explanation seems In direct contradiction to the proposition made to the Board of Public Works, signed by the chairman for the federation, and makes me feel that the committee has not treated the organisation, nor the public, fairly in the matter. The spirit of the federation toward this committee was expressed in the following resolution passed at this called mect%teoolvad, That it is not the Intention of this meeting to ratify or confirm any act, If any has been done, to bind the persons hen* present, or any club here represented, to pay any sum of money. It Is further the sense of thia meeting that no committee be authorteed to bind the clubs to kny payment not provided
for In the constitution.
No Contract In Name of Federation. •‘tinder this I do not see how It Is possible for the Board of Public Works to accept any contract, signed in the name of the'federation. The members were assured that the business men were to contribute the $5,000, and you were to collect It. If, this is true, than what does the proportion of the committee mean? I tried at the recent meeting to get an answer to this question, but my motive was misconstrued, and, in order to *how that my Inquiry waa prompted by no unfriendly interest. I told the ladles that 1 X would contribute <100 toward the fund In the event the ordinance was passed, and the purchase made. 1 stand ready to do thisralr. Sonntag, and if you will let me know when you begin your canvass, I will malt you my check for this amount, which l rather look upon as a price paid for the privilege of trying to find out what the proposition of that committee means, but you may place it to my credit as a contribution to park extension. Ver|r truij yours. Miss WILSON."
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Sonntag was Influent!* used his Influence to missal, but failed beea
jw to appear were served to-day.
Mm. Bronson was granted a divorce by Judge Leathers on May 4. The divorce law* of Indiana say that where there la not personal service on the defendant the plaintiff shall not marry within two year*
after, the granting of a decree.
Bamecio had disappeared and could not be found. The Court explained the law when he granted the divorce to Mrs. Bamecio, and told her that she must remain single two year*. Three days later
she married Bronson.
This feature of the marriage tows Is broken often, but it is seldom that the Judges are able to learn of it, and this is the only case in the history of the local courts where a person has been cited for contempt for this offense. The tow has
never been tested. FLOATING IN THE RIVER.
Two Men Held by the Authorities for
Investigation.
LAWRKNCEBrKG. Ind., May M.-WU1-fstn Gullv, of Hartford, near Aurora. ! brought a load of tobacco to this city, | which he sold in this market, receiving the money. Yesterday hi* dead body was I found in the river, under circumstances
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Harrison, atles ’’Hag-Time Jim and Frank CasselHne were last seen
Wilson asserts that this letter was
toning of her troubles, that Mr Influential politically, and
tlclan* would not mix in. She saya that
for
indicating that he met death by foul play.
James Harrison, mte." and Frank
with him. and the deputy proaecutlng at-
" their detention until
torney ha* ordered
the matter can be more
vestlgated.
thoroughly in-
EXPLdD A BOMS IN CARRIAGE PLAN!
SIXTY FINISHED BUGGIES INCLUDED IN DESTRUCTION.
ANIMUS OF ATTACK UNKNOWN
[Spec!*! to The TniSlanapoIl* New*.] LIOONIER. Ind., May l«.~8hortly after 8 o’clock last night a dynamite bomb was exploded against the west wall of the Llgonlef Carriage Company building, tearing out the entire west end. scattering the debris In every direction, and wrecking sixty finished buggies stored In that part of the plant. Every window in the east front of the went annex was shattered. The noise of the explosion was heard throughout the city, and It caused Intense excitement, until It was ascertained that there had been no loss of life. There had been no trouble with the workmen, and the company Is unable to account for thia malicious destruction of property. The loss will aggregate several thousand dollars. Detectives will be called in, and the company will make a diligent effort to solve the animus of thia wholesale
destruction of property.
To-day it developed that the dynamiting was the work of a novice, for had “
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bomb been placed Inside the building tl coarse was of sufficient power to have wrecked the plant. There have been no serious labor struggle* experienced by the company. President Graham announces today that a liberal reward will be offered for the arrest and conviction of the guilty person. The City Council haei>een called In extra session by Mayor Green and the
city may also offer a reward.
Traceable to Attempted Blackmail. While many rumors are afloat, tin! generally accepted theory is that the dynamiting Is the work of unknown persons who attempted to blackmail Mr. Graham three months ago. At that time he received a letter telling him to place <400 at the foot of a certain tree, In the outskirts of the city, or his factory would be blown to atoms. He paid little attention to the missive, and the Incident had been almost forgotten until the explosion last night. No one was Injured by the explosion, as several workmen and the night watchman had juat left that j>art of the plant. Mr. Graham waa standing In front of hta office, not one hundred feet distant from where
the bomb exploded.
THE CAPTAIN RAN HIS SHIP ASHORE
Stranded and Robbed.
A ROMANCE OF THE SEA
Secretary Shaw Ordered the Refugee* Sent from Okracoke Inlet to New Bedford by Rail.
. (Special to The Indianapolis Mew* ] WASHINGTON. May 16-An otd-faah-loned romance of the aea may be hidden In the story of the stranding of 471 Portuguese immigrant* at Okracoke Inlet, North Carolina, The Treasury Department suspects that the steamer Vera Crux, from Brava. Cape Verde islands, bound for New Bedford, Maas., was deliberately run aahore and the passengers were left marooned on the desolate beach while the captain decamped with the funds left
in his charge.
The captain was Julio Manuel Fernandez, a mulatto. As soon as the vessel touched land he gathered up the valuables and disappeared and has not been found, though the Treasury Department is anxious to locate him. Kept the Tax Money. It is said that the captain was under contract to land the passengers and pay the £’ head tax Imposed upon Immigrant*. By beaching them he carried cut his contract, but kept the head tax for himself. The passengers gave him >5.000 for safekeeping, which he carried away. According to the story of the refugees, they were almost within sight of the Massachusetts coast when a contrary wind blew them southward and upon the North Carolina coast. The vessel is an old tub. barely seaworthy, and it may have been the Intention from the first to
run her ashore.
The only attachable stuff on board is thirty-five barrels of oil consigned to a New Bedford man. Secretary Shaw tried to get passage for the refugees to New Bcclord by water, but failed and lo-tUy gave directions for their transportation
by rail.
MANILA A CLEAN CITY.
AMES MUST SERVE A TERM IN PRISON
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SENTENCED BY THE COURT!
* j Ames Made Hard Fight to Keep Out of Prison—Sought Indiana Resort as an Asylum.
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MINNEAPOLIS. May 1«. — Former Mayor A A. Ames was to-day sentenced [ to six years’ imprisonment, with hard ; labor. Ames took his sentence calmly. His case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. The scene in court to-day was the sequel to a long reign of corruption in municipal affairs. Several other men who were associated with Ames when he was mayor and who profited by the systematic bleeding of resort proprietors, have been disposed of by the law. One Killed Himself. One man who faced a sentence committed suicide. 4 Ames made a hard fight to keep out of prison. When Indictments were returned against him he went to West Baden. Ind., and he refused to return to his home without a requisition. From West Baden he went to Louisville. He was next heard of In a New England town. He was sick, but agreed to accompany the officers back to Minneapolis as soon as he regained his strength. He kept his word and was convicted In short order. He was released on heavy bond and enjoyed all the privileges of a free man until to-day. Recently his friends have said that his mind was affected. He served as mayor of this city, both as Republican and Democrat.
UNCLE SAM’S MEN FIGHT.
District Attorney and Postoffice In-
spector Exchange Blows.
NEW YORK. May IS.-Assletant District Attorney Ernest E. Baldwin engaged in a physical combat before an enthusiastic crowd of spectators with Postofflce Inspector Oldfield, of Cincinnati, in the
Federal building yesterday.
Inspector Oldfield, it appears, was sent here by his superiors in Washington to trace certain supplies, about the purchase of which there has been some discussion. Accompanied by another inspector, Major Little, he called on Baldwin in his office
„ . , in the Federal building. The interview
Just completed two years of service in I ^ ^ from the ^ United States the Orient, and is home on a six months. ... __»L.
leave of absence.
Chinese will Not be Allowed to Drive
Out the Filipinos.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-W. B. Wlnthrop, ‘executive secretary to Governor Taft, of the Philippine commlslon, has arrived here on the Siberia. He has
Secretary Wlnthrop said that Governor Taft was still at Benguet when he left, but that his health had been almost entirety restored. ••Manila," says Wlnthrop, "is now the cleanest city of it* size in the world, with less crime than any community of which l know. The ladrones are Just about Mke your burglars and highwaymen, only not quite so numerous and more easily disposed of. "The labor problem is a deep one. It will* be settled, however, and on the lines laid down by Governor Taft. The commission readies that while the admission of Chinese labor would hasten the development of the country and promote the prosperity of Americans financially Interested there, it would reduce the Filipino to the lowest Imaginable condition. With Chinese in the land, the Filipino wi’d never be induced to work, and would gradually be obliterated altogether. The commission is not at all likely to sacrifice the Filipino for the sake of hastening the development of the Philippine Islands.”
District Attorney Burnett was called In to act as peacemaker. Baldwin ordered Inspector Oldfield out of hi* office. The inspector, on the ground that he was on government business, ordered by hi* superiors, refused to go. Baldwin then sent for United States Marshal Henkel, and ordered him to throw Oldfield out. Henkel and Burnett, after much persuasion, got Oldfield and Little out of the. office. They went to the office of the postofflce inspector and talked it over. As they went out to luncheon they met Baldwin in the -corridor on the ground floor. The discus-
eion was resumed with fervor. "Don’t you draw a knife on 1
ed Oldfield.
"I don’t have to draw a knife on you,” responded Baldwin. At this Inspector Oldfield pushed his fist against the bosom of Baldwin’s shirt, and the battle was On. The men were evenly matched, and iftnded frequently upon each other's face. Friends dragged the contestants apart Baldwin and Oldfield both went so far as to apply for warrants. Their friends calmed them sufficiently to establish a truce for a time.
CHARGE AGAINST CONSTABLE.
TEACHERS TAUGHT THEM. M. T. H. 8. Baseball Team Looses to
Terre Haute Normal.
IWpecUl to The IndianApoUs News.]
TKRRE HAUTE, Ind, May 16.-The
Manual Training High School t» cm, of ? and show a letter which they assert Indianapolis, was defeated by the St ; was sent to Arthur G. Lumsford, of Mc-
CAPTA1N OVERTON MET DEATH
IN BOLD RUSH.
Letter Purporting to be Written by
Him Photographed.
[Special to The Indianapolis News.]
ANDERSON. Ind,, May IG.-Citizens from Fortville and McCordsville were In this city to-day. and stated that they will prefer charges against Jacob J. Bravy, a constable of Anderson township, and the deputy fish and game commissioner for the district comprising the counties of Madison, Hancock, Delaware and Tipton. They charge Bravy with trying to plot with a man in Hancock coun-
. 3,t a y 16.—Captain Clough
th,fl ronrn,n * by * B^^poS^ha^Lumsford^ffi^i Private Harry Noyes were killed, and score or 10 to 9. The game wa* a 1 oven a seining party, and that he (Bravy) Private Hartlow was wounded yesterday affair throughout, both teams doing most would then arrest all in the party except j in a bolo rush at Sucatlan, Island of
me," shout-
INDIANA MAN KILLED. IN IHE PHILIPPINES
OTHERS DEAD AND WOUNDED
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rnd pitched nice and one has been forwarded to Governor
matter* erent on
was an insistent damnnd for her dis-
charge, and finally, last board of trustees asked f<
month*, that there
liethe
Tuesday, for her
ST KSTS; of which was
d) . .
to teat the
„ ■ „ published in the special llspateh of yesterday. In which she delined to resign, and intimated a purpose
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right of the board to remove
her, unless for causes shown, as provided by the tow governing the institution.
Position Declared Vacant.
The board held a meeting, and. on mo tion Of j. M. Hudspeth, the office of bookkeeper and supervisor of amusements was declared vacant June L MOS. and Mary T. Wilson was removed from the said office on the above date. Miss Wilson says that she proposes to test the tow and settle the question once for all in Indiana, whether the trustees can remove an officer
ution without cause or charges
preferred. The section on which
her defense is that "the board “ Shall. In the employment of a and confirmation of asother employee, take into only the Qualifications ana persons selected to fill such
•hd no^ person shall be selected or
no superintendent. MMMf be dismiss**
, it any such position on acof his political belief ^r affiliations;
shall be dismissed Uortaf and iHhe^n
After the second both Bohnstadt settled down and
ball. Score; - j Durbin. Bravy has been serving as con-
R.H.E. ! stable for six years, and is Republican in
Normal S 5 10 10 0 0 «—10 U 3 politics. Prior to that time he was a M. T. H. 8...J 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1— 9 W 2 mail carrier. He is forty years old and a Spindier; M. T. H. a: Bohnstadt and : man of family. His side of the story is
Batteries — Normal: Cavanaugh and * yet to be heard.
Cullen.
KNOX AND BARNEY FREE.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Cases of ‘Other Students at South
Nonwalk Were Continued.
SOUTH NORWALK. Conn.. May 1C.-! At a trial in the town court today of: jjV 01 Hugh H. Knox, son of United Stales > P ra Attorney-General Knox; Walbridge Taft,
UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU. Indianapolis. Ind., May 16, l»>3.
—Temperature.—
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No details of the fighting have been received beyond a brief telegram reporting the deaths. It is said that six qf the enemy were killed. It is thought the natives approached Captain Overton’s command, pretending friendship, and then attacked
the Americans.
About 300 insurgents, armed with bolos. resisted the landing of a force of scouts at Catalman. Camiguin island. Tuesday. They charged the scouts and wounded two of them, it required an hour to disperse the insurgents. Twelve of the latter were killed and many were wounded. The scouts, whose gallantry has been comj mended, are pursuing the insurgents. ]
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TAGGART
STILL IN TOWN
Keach Alto Has HI* Eyes Open, and Saya Ita a Game that Two Can Play At.
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Society Item: Mr. Thomas Taggart Who Has Been Spending a Few Days In the City, Has Returned to French Lick.
TIE-UP IT DEM IS
MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND JOIN STRIKERS’ RANKS.
from similar committees in Chicago, St. Louts. Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington.
STRIKE IN BIBLE HOUSES.
will
ALL BUSINESS AFFECTED
It Begins at Philadelphia and
Spread to Other Cities.
PHILADELPHIA. May 1«.-A strike is on in the Bible printing establishment of the National Publishing Company In this city. Sixty-five members of the Bookbinders’ Union struck because of the refusal of the company to pay the union scale of >12 and upward weekly, according to the branch of trade. More than eighty girls employed In the bindery are idle as a result of the bookbinders’ strike.
business agent of the
ST. LOUIS BOOM'S TEARFUL CONFESSION
EX-STATE SENATOR BUSCHE TELLS OF CROOKED WORK.
OTHERS CAUGHT IN THE NET
I James E. Cogan. business agent Of the DENVER. May IS—The joint executive i
committee in charge of the strike in this 8e ftion. An we a' s k is a fElr day's r-tectizw* «v« mrvrnlntp rtav fnr n fair slov'si xarovlr **
city issued an order this morning calling out the members of unions, as follows; Cigar makers, paper makers, pulp and paper mill workers, international firemen and engineers at mills, other mill employes, brewers, beer-bottlers, retail clerks, women clerks, mattress makers, garment workers, horseshoers, electrical workers, coopers, tobacco strippers, stage employes, barbers, tailors and bartenders. The order became effective at once, and through it 2.&0 additional men are brought into the ranks of the strikers, swelling the number of men out to something over
5,000.
The Building Trades Council has decided not to order a sympathetic strike, but has referred the matter to the unions for individual action. Special meetings will be held within the next twenty-four hours to consider the matter. The strkers’ executive committee has notified the officials of the Western Packing Company that they would permit a sufficient number of men to remain at work to operate their refrigerating plants and thus protect the large supply of meat In storage, amounting to several thousand dollars in value.
pay for a fair day's work.
Riotoue Striker* at New York. NEW YORK, May I«.-There was a clash between Italian strikers and nonunion men in the Bronx to-day in which several persons were injured. The strikers attacked a number of men who had been engaged to take their place*. A lively fight was in progress when the police arrived and dispersed the rioters.
Machiniet* Choee Boston.
MILWAUKEE. May 1«.-The International Machinists’ convention adjourned to-day. to meet in Boston in September, 1905. Delegates were elected to attend the American Federation of Labor con-
vention.
MILES GOT HIS ORDERS FROM THE PRESIDENT
WILL RESIST THE
UNIONS. Meet and
DID NOT VISIT PHILIPPINES AS TOURIST.
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He was Appointed to j^.e Academy
from Texas.
Philippines; John E. Baroey, of cinnati. and Lawrence White, of Lowell, Mass., student* at a private seh-od. who; were charged with assaulting u titteen, Knox and Barney were discharged, it bring proved that they did .tot pnn.cipate in the assault, but were making an effort to separate the •ombavants. " he cases of Taft and White w--* oaimacud
■ Local Forecast
WASHINGTON, May 16. -
Overton was a native of Indiana. He was | appointed to the Military Academy from Texas in 1884. Harry C. Noyes, the pri-
p. m., May IT: eight; Sunday partly
; afternoon.
Fair and warmer cloudy, threatening
Cavalry, at Cincinnati.
Employers at New York
Adopt Resolutions.
NEW YORK, May !«.—First steps toward effecting a general organization of employers in the building trade for the purpose of offering united resistance to the demands of the labor unions were taken last night at meetings In Manhattan and Brooklyn. Thq meeting in Manhattan was held at the Building Trade Club, 700 members being present, and the throng being so great that oveflow meetings were held in the various assembly
rooms of the club.
The meeting was in private and at its close a statement was given out which
said:
"The complete paralysis of the building industry has been brought about by irresponsible combinations, acting through a tyrannical board of walking delegates or business agents, and this situation demands prompt and energetic action by all good citizens who have the welfare of our great city at heart. The delegate Is a parasite on the body politic to be exter-
minated.
"This is not a question of wages or hours, but a question of whether irre- * sponsible bodies of men are to be per-
Captain j to conduct the business of the em-
ployer, and in so doing make it impossible for him to execute his contracts and to discharge the obligations and responsibilities which he assumes, and to w’hich the courts and the law of the land bind
him.
CRUELTY IS CONDEMNED
NEW* YORK, May 16,-The Army and Navy Journal prints to-day a letter from Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in which the writer says that he went to the Philippine islands, not as a tourist, but in an official capacity, and that the instructions addressed to him as lieutenant-general “commanding the army” came from the highest authority, viz., the President, in which he waa directed to give especial attention to the "instruction, discipline and supplies of the army." In referring to his official report on the Philippines, General Miles says: “No one can have a more sacred regard for the honor of the army than myself." Coming to the subject of cruelties In the Philippines, General Miles’s letter
reads as follows;
"It Is Idle to assume that campaigning in the Philippines has conditions that warrant resort to medaeval cruelty and a departure from the honorable method of ! conducting warfare, and that such de- | partures as have existed should be over-
I looked and condoned.
| "It Is most gratifying that the serious i offenses have not been committed by the soldiers unless they were under the direct orders of certain officers who were re1 sponsible. Soldiers have withheld fire 1 when ordered to shoot prisoners, protested against acts of cruelty and written to relatives at home urging them to take
DEAD BABY FOUND.
Invest*-
Bicycle Patrolmen Called to
gate a Mystery.
The bicycle patrolmen were called to Tenth street and White river this after-
—Weather In Other Cities.—
The following table shows the state
weather in other cities at S a m.:
assistant or emfrom service on
In th* ?mpit ycaenInvestigate the finding of a dead superintendent, assistants I baby.
'll cat ions, character.
Station.
Bismarck. N. Bor;oa. Mass. Chicago, ill .. Cincinnati. O. Denver. Colo. IVdr City- Kas-
i Appointed to the Fifth Cavalry. ! Capt. Clough Overton was born in
! this State, but was appointed to West rwpeatediv broken
I ™ an T d a PP° inie<3 to »* the 5yinpathy of the public.” soldier. The officers who are r«pons*ble Bar. Temp Weth. i Fl* 1 " Cat airy. In ls» he was appointed The speakers called on the police and do not by any means constitute the Amer56 Cloudy j a first lieutenant in the First Cavalry, the magistrates to perform their duties lean army, and there must be a very unand in 19Ctt he was appointed captain of j ,I5 e *
The extreme* to which the unions have HI | „ , _ resorted and the manner in which they | action to put & »'u/p to those crimes. It
rnntracr* with ! ever be one of the glories of the army contracts wun j that such deeds, committed by whatever
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be the only matter
by such board of trustees or retention of such em-
Cer> Only Proceed by Injunction, is no penalty clause attached to
Merchant Strangely Afflicted, t-apectal to The IndianapoSts News.]
PERU, Ind.. May IS.-David Ord. a retired merchant of this city, is strangely
_ _____ afflicted. Three years ago he stiffen'd an
law and the oily way MSss Wilaon 1 a ^ lack of •****•*? From that time until -*d is by injunct on Just how oaJv * few as ° his ***<* Parwffi take the matter into the i blank The first of this week he has not been decided. j became ill, and the sickness resulted in
paralysis. With the coming of his present affliction hi memory returned, and now
when asked
Wilson.
had never j he tato^toteiiUrently^of^thlnga and ^events
with apoplexy.
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jSSteixifk?*Fia.".'*.V'a.se « ptcidy Kansas City. Mo . ».iS 64 CS«*r LtUte Rock. Ark ».» 64 Clear Lon Angeles. Cal ».SI 5S Cloudy Mobile. Ala O SS 64 Clear New Orleans. La. ON 6S Clear New York. N- T. S9.16 60 PtClly Oklahoma. <X T. 3.9S 64 Cloudy Omaha. Neto. ».» t* Ctoudy Pittsburg. Pa > 62 Clear
Clear
Clear t bc Fourteenth Cavalry. Me was transpL^L.,. ferred to the Fifteenth Cavalry July 8 of
Cloudy i last year.
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W. T. BLYTHK. Section Director.
Hourly Temperature.
called on to use the machinery at his i body of honorable and faithful officers command, and to prosecute with all se- j and brave soldiers whose records have verity the blackmailers which this per- i been commendable and those, of whatever ! nieious system bad fostered, and thus to; station, whose act* have received and i show to the men how they are misrepre- i should receive the earnest condemnation
| seated and betrayed. j of ai! honorable men.” ! Resolutions were adopted declaring that ■ i it was imperative that employers should) Miles Not Present
: be made more secure in the conduct of S w , ....
Wireless Message Received at Crook- their business, workmen more secure from; WASHINGTON* May is. Genera! Miles
interference with their opportunity to j was not present at the army dinner at the j
work, and the public generally more se-
THE UMBRIA IS SAFE.
haven from the Cunarder.
ST. LOUIS. May 18.—Another chapter has been added to the exposure of corruption In the Missouri Legislature by the tearful confession of ex-8fate Senator Charles F. Busche. of St. Louis, a well-to-do baker and pie manufacturer. Early in the week Circuit Attorney Folk gave him until next Monday to “pray” over the matter and determine whether he would make a clean breast of what he knew of lobby methods during his term In the General Assembly. Busche voluntarily appeared ahead of time, and while reciting his connection with the corrupt buying and selling of legislation, and of how he got into the tolls of the Ibbby and was held ther.e he broke down and wept. He said: ’’I have boodled practically from the first week of the 1889 session. In I received money for voting for the school text-book bill. In 1899 Schwelekardt paid me >260 for refusing to call up a resolution demanding that certain bills be reported. I got >500 for my vote on the St/ Louis transit bill. I received a salary from the lobby to take care of railroad and other legislation, usually amounting to about >700 a session. A* near a* I can figure I made about >15.000 out of my legislative experience No one knows how much I suffered during the past few week*. I am sincerely sorry.” This is x>art of Busche's written statement made to Mr. Folk. He has corroborated much of the confession made by former Senator Schwelekardt. Goes Back Five Yeare. Busche’s confession exceeds that of Schwelekardt In the extent to which he goes in revealing the workings of the corruptionists who have figured In legislation during the last five years. Busche was first elected to the State Senate In 1888 from the Thirty-third district of St. Louis, and served three terms, a feat equaled by few members of that body. He was always regarded as an honest man, though under the influence of the lobby. He wa* bom in Hanover, Germany, and Is forty-six vears old. He was a Republican city committeeman for six years and a congressional committeeman four. He is a wholesale baker and pie man, and is president of the Busche-Hoemlein Pie Company, In politics he was formerly allied with the Zicgenhein element, but later joined the so-called reform crowd. At present he I* hated by the old Zlegenhein faction. There have been numerous Senators before the grand Jury who were members of the session of 1899. Some of them were members two years ago and last winter. Busche Insnared some of them in boodle deals that will completely undermine any attempt they may make to establish a clean character in a trial growing out of the grand Jury investigation into matters which are not outlawed by the statute of limitations. Some of the anti-Kerens factions have requested Circuit Attorney Folk to investigate the last 1 Republican caucus on the minority senatorial nomination. The friends of State Chairman Adkins have always insisted that money waa used to purchase votes in that body, ROBBED OF HER JEWELS. Mrs. Pierre Lorlilard was Followed from Monte Carlo to London.
QUEENSTOWN. May 16.-A wireless message from the Canard line steamer Umbria from New York May 9. was received at Crookhaven to-day saying; "Ail weii; expect to arrive at Queenstown at St30 a. m.” The Umbria Is the steamer on board of which an attempt was made to ship an infernal machine at New York just previous to her sailing.
cure from interruption to business resulting from strikes or lockouts in the
buflding trade®.
The board of governors of the Building Trades Association was asked to arrange at once for a meeting of the executive committees of various employers’ associations of the building trade® to provide ways and means for the creation of a cen-
tral body of employers.
This committee will be called together on Tuesday, Telegrams were received
LONDON, May 16.-Tbe loss of Mrs. Pierre Lorlilard, who is reported to have been robbed of >60,000 worth of jewels, amounts, probably, to a far greater sum than at first reported. Mrs. Lori Hard lost all her Jewelry, except what she waa wearing, and a letter of credit, and other valuable®. The robbery occurred at the Berkeley Hotel, to which place two men followed Mr. and Mrs. Lorlilard all the way from Monte Carlo. The thieves evidently waited for a favorable opportumty to commit the robbery, and have
Chicago Magistrate Dier in Colorado.; now gone off with the valuables. The COLORADO SPRINGS. May Ik-PoUce 1 poik* ha™ ^thahr ^erealNM^
Country Club, given by Secretary of War Root last night. The general’s absence is said to have been due to the strained relations between him and the Secretary.
Magistrate W. T. Hall, of Chicago, died to-day. He came to this city on a ilsit two weeks ago. i
but Mrs. Lorlilard now remembers mg at various points of the Journey the two suspects and seeing them again when [ she arrived in London.
Some two hundred men are going up and down tpe highways and byways of thia town to-day watching precinct committeemen to see that they do not get away cither by fair means or foul* before the vote is cast for city chairman in Masonic Hail to-night. The signs are that never before were the precinct committeemen of the Democratic party in Indianapolis held In higher ’’esteem." They are being pulled and hauled, promised and threatened and. It is reported In some cases, are being offered considerations that the tow frowns upon. T. Taggart is still In town and he will not return to French Lick until after tonight. Crawford Fairbanks, of the Terre Haute Brewing Company, is in town, too. It le reported that he remarked yesterday, when he heard that Keach had the beat of It: "it’a pretty tough, ain’t It?” Taggart said this morning that the fight is very close. Chairman Fanning also said that the fight is very close. J. L. Keach said that he will be chairman. Keach Has Best of It.
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What Is believed to be inside information has it that Keach haa sixteen votes "dead sure" more than is necessary to elect, and has as good a chance as the other side for a Score more. Keach was at his headquarter* early today, giving directions and conferring with his backers. "Thero is Just one thing I have to sty," remarked Keach. "There never was a game that two could not play at." And the belief that Keach understands how to play any gatne that the other aid* undertakes Is what is causing the greatest worSy to the Kern side. It la a hard struggle for votes, as hard a* was the struggle the other day when the precinct committeemen were being voted for. Now, in turn, tfit precinct committeemen are voters. “They can not get a single on# of our men In the Eighth ward," said Ira Thayer. a Keach man, to-day. *T Juat want to say this in Justice to th*- committeemen, who are high-grade fellows." Must Stend True. Ip moat of th# precincts at the primaries the issue was squarely drawn. There was a Keach candidate in every precinct, who made a campaign for votes on th* theory that thero should be a change In tho management of th# Democratic party. It is asserted that men v elected In thi* way, even If they hnd a tendency to listen to plea* of the opposition, woukl not dare to betray their constituents If they expected to continue to reside In the precinct. ' 7 The Indication* this afternoon were that Kcpch will win the fight, and If hklwina the Democracy of Indianapolis' will have new leadership. For many years Thomas Taggart ha* had a personal following within his party generally Irresistible, which made It possible for him to stsnd nt the head of the machine for years, and say what should and what should not be. Keach studied the time*, and decided they were ripe for a chance. Taggart had gone to French Lick to look after his hotel Interests. His candidate for mayor two years ago. Charles Maguire, had been beaten. Many Democrats felt that a change in leadership wa# necessary In order to enlist the support of those Democrats that had become enemies of the machine, and of those that were holding back because they felt there wa* no chance for th«m In the machine. Flecked to Keach. From all corners of the city the Democrats flocked to the Keach banner. Among them were scores of men formerly Taggart’s moet devoted followers—so many of these with Keach that the Belt crowd found it difficult and In some places impossible to find enough of their old stand-bys to control the boards ip the recent primaries. For some time Tnggart took little part in the fight. He aald he wanted to be let alone. Finally he Concluded that hla Interests demanded his presence, and he came up to Indianapolis and assisted In directing the fight to drive back th# Keach hordes. That there were thousands of Keach men and hundreds more than Bell-Kem-Taggart men I* thought to be shown by the fact that Keach seems to have won ' despite the fact that election boards were named by bis opponent* and that methods, It is reported, were followed In many South Side precincts hitherto practiced against the opposite party when they ar# necessary for a victory. Too Many Ballot*. In one precinct It Is reported that twenty-three ballot* were put in a box before the voting began. The clerk of the election board and the Keach candidate for committeeman both kept telly. At the closing of the polls their figures agreed, but when the votes were counted it was found there were twenty-three more votes than either the cfcrk or the Keach candidate had a record of. In another precinct the Keach candidate for committeeman stayed to watch the count He saw the inspector read his name on the ballot for the Kern candi-
date.
"D— your meaivBoul,’' the Keach man is reported to have shouted, shaking his list In the Inspector’s face. He threatened to whip the Inspector after the fight was over. This same inspector purposely, it was believed, dropped a ballot on th* floor with the Keach candidate’s name on It Another oath and another shaking of fists. The candidate watched It to the end, and the most he got, it is reported,
was a tie.
Affects Taggart’s Future,
gome hold to the opinion that the success of Keach over the Taggart machine would mean the death of Taggart as a candidate for chairman of the Democratic national committee, while others say that Taggart's heart was not la this fight, and he would not have taken a hand at ail had not the In^renafoa gone out that hta pockrnert friends that he could not take the
time to help Bell out.
EknatOT Stephen B. Fleming, of Ft. Wayne: Samuel & Mores, of Indianapolis;
Hugh Dougherty. of Bluffton, and Murdock, of L*fayette. known
spot
James
•Big Four," which failed to control the Democratic State committee as against
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