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Telegraph News by Direct Wire from All Over Indiana. InflianDDOlIa. Feb. 20. I' which have Leen carefully arranged ; by Attorney John W. Claypool do not miscarry Elma Dare, accused of kidnaping George Rbodins and getting ia a rr led to him in cn effort to get control of his property, alued at C0O,000,. will be behind the bars of the Marion county jail during the next three of four days. The Dare woman wa:3 arrested Sunday at Cambridge Springs, Pu., a health resort town a short distance from Pittsburg, and efforts are being made to have her extradited and brought back to Indianapolis. Man JIa- Paralytic Iementia. Elma Dare is the proprietor of a resort in the "Tenderloin" district of Indianapolis, Khodius is said to be afflicted with paralytic dementia. The woman, It is charged, took Khodius from this city et midnight on Jan. 21, and wen married to him at Louisville the next day. Since then their whereabouts had been a mystery. Khodius? is worth in the neighborhood of $000,000. Attorneys representing the Khodius' estate have mai!a vigorous efforts to locate the missing couple, but without avail. Affairs Got Into Court. Khodius affairs' were brought into court and a guardian was appointed for his estate, but this was contested by other attorneys claiming to represent the missing man. These attorneys produced a power of attorney from Khodius assigning all of his property to a trust company. A warrant charging Elma Dave with kidnaping was Issued soon after the couple left Indianapolis. It has been charged that a conspiracy was on hand to gain posses sion of Khodius' fortune, he having no close relations. Hearing Before fJov. Ilanly. A hearing is scheduled before Gov ernor Hanlv at which arrangement"? will be made by Attorney John W Clavpool. representing the Khodius es tate, and Cass Counoway, representin Elma Dare, on the question of the issuing of a requisition for the return to this state of the Dare woman. Later. The governor has issued a requisition on the governor of Pennsylvania for 'Elma Dare. i FAllMEU V.IIO HAH SKIDDOOED lie Managed to Accumulate nn In debtcdiv-s of $112,000 Ilefoie He Faded Away. Vevay, Iiul., Feb. 2d. Noah Oliver, farmer, merchant and general trader, of Lamb. Craig township, this county, has disappeared, leaving an indebtedness roughly estimated at $22,000, with comparatively no assets. His acquaintance was widespread in the county, and many persons loaned him money in'amounts ranging from $200 and upv.nrfc besides which Frank McKay, a neighbor, who had indorsed his paper, and who had also purchased a half interest in bis store, is said to havebeen caught for a large amount. Oliver is reported to have lost heavily in handling tobacco. Among the heaviest single creditors is the People's bank, of Madison, to which bank he is indebted $2.n00. secured by paper. Some of the loans made to Oliver were within a dav or two of his flight. Everything on the AVrong Side. Torre Haute, Ind., Feb. 2d. Ira J. Sahurd-., a street car conductor, seemingly a young man of superb physiea! ct ion, reported at the United States reeruitingtation for enlistment. and Sergeant Smith, the first to examine him, discovered that his heart was on his right side. The sergeant called in two physicians, who not only confirmed this fact, but reported that the liver and spleen of the young man were also on the wrong side, with the arterial and nervous systems reversed. Will Make Liquid Fuel. Anderson. Ind., Feb. 2G. The Chemical Gas company, of Alexandria, Ind., ha? tiled articles of incorporation with the county recorder here. The capital stock of the company is $1,000,000. The incorporators are Dr. Charles W. Littlefield, George Norton and Albert M. Vinson, cf AeKar.dvia, and Virgil P. Wilson and Arthur Jones, of this city. The company will locate at Alexandria and engage in the manufacture of a liquid fuel by a. chemical process. He Got a Pig Bequest. Spencer, Ind., Feb. 2s'.. Judge Wii!lam M. Franklin was ST years old Friday, and the members of the Owen County Bar assaociation called on the referable gentleman. Each caller wore a carnation, the judge's favorite flower, in the lapel of his cnat, and an arm bouquet of eighty-seven blo?sora3 wp.s presented to him. Two Killed: Two Badly Hurt. Frinceteu. Ind., Feb. 2d. Georg? Bird, owner of a ccal mine at Francisco, and John Skelton, a miner, were killed in the mine by falling slate, narry Lance and Oscar Brumflekl, two miners, were seriously injured. Patient Commits Suicide. Vincennes. led.. Feb. 2d. EL Orison Wioltier, aged 40 years, committed suicide at the Dr. Knipp sanatorium. Despondency and iil-healti -wers thi cause.

Railroad Notes

Abandon Local Trains. A report is current among railroad circles that representatives of the various railroads operating in Ohio, at a mooting held last week, decided to abandon ail their local passenger trains running in that state, owing to the effect of the two-cent rate law, which has caused the business to be cut down to such a degree that the trains are being operated at a loss. Among the lines represented at the meeting were the Pennsylvania, "Wabash, Pittsburg - Lake Erie, the Baltimore & Ohio, and the Lake S lore. Lake Shore officials state that a passenger train must r-arn on an average of 50 cents per mile to pay the wages of the train crew and for the fuel used, and to cover the cxnonsPB of movemo?nt and to keep it up must earn $1 or more a mile before there is any revenue to be derived by the company. According to a statement made iaany of the Lake Short; trains are earning an average of 13 cents nor mile, and the officials assert that all non-paying trains will probably be taken off the schedule, the change to be made when the summer time card schedule becomes effective. Low Rates in Effect. AH the local passenger ticket offices of the railroads entering the city have received the Western Passenger association circular Nc. 236, detailing the low fares which will become effective to western points on March 1. Tlieso fares are placed into cfl'ect at this time annually anil is the means for sending thousands of tourists and homeseekers to the western country. The rars at this period are the lowest offered than at any other period of the year, and as they go Into effect at just ; . , I niiiivy liseii. nuiiiiie.L uiiu yt'upif usually begin to get the wanderlust, the traffic Is immense. Most of the local business goes into Chicago, where it Is transferred to the western reads diverging. When this business begins to be turned over to the roads there, It becomea necessary at times to run the regular trains in five and six sections in order to accommodate the very heavy business. The rates will be offered to the public from March 1 to May 13 and the passenger has an extra advantage which is not allowed at other times, unless at a much larger cost, in that he is allowed any number of stop-overs, providing that the time does not run over the alloted period of two months and a half. Casting aside all precedent and disregarding the policy prevailing with the Pennsylvania lines for a long period, James McCrea, president of that system, has decided to sever his connection with the directorates of all financial institutions and concentrate his time, thought and attention to the great railroad properties now under his direction. Mr. McCrea takes this step after mature deliberation. He has become satisfied that as a matter of propriety and to avoid any conflict of action which might hereafter occur it would be unwise for him to be identified officially with outside Interests. The influence of the Thaw trial in New Tork has permeated transportation circles in Celevland, and on Wednesday night the Transportation club of that city at its monthly meeting will have a joint debate on the old proposition, "Resolved, That trial by jury should be abolished." The club often discusses questions outside of railroad circles, and some of the railroad officials show marked ability, it is stated, in canvassing and speaking of the questions which are presented. GARY LIKES INVESTIGATION. Steel Mngiuite Approves of JJesea relies In Spite of Wall Street lrotest. New York, Feb. 20. In spite of the protest which Wall street and the capitalists of the country are raising against the 'investigating" of railroads and industrial corporations, E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, believes that so far as industrial corporations are concerned, and Ids own company in particular, nothing but good can come from the Investigations and researches now in progress. "Let us have the work done by conservative and intelligent people, and 'f there are vicious conditions discovered in investigation the sooner we know about it the better." is the keynote of the sertiment which Mr. Oury holds toward the present era of Investigation by the federal government. Mr. Gary said that in the several corporations In which he was Interested and in which an Investigation wn going on the auditors and representatives of the bureau of corporations were being afforded every faeil obtain facts. ty to "Nothing is concealed," sKl he, "for the reason that we are as anxious as the government to rind out wherein any injustices are being done. Our aim is to perform what is best for the general good of the public. If it is deemed wrong to c.o certain tM ings. honest and just criticism may guide our directors to do that which is ,11,. I Of course we will defend ourselves against any action which we think is harmful." $ioo nrwAHD, si oo. The readers of this papor wi'l be pWased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that sciencp haa been able to cure in all its Vt f an? that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternitv. Cita'rt be ing- a constitutional disease r'eouire? a constitutional treatment. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally actirsr directly upon the blood and 'mucous surfaces ot the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the di"eae and giving the patient strencth by building up the constitution and nsistlr.sj nature in doing- its work The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. 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Mrs. Thaw Comes Out in Coed Shape from Another Day cn the Grin. HER ALLEGES AFFIDAVIT HEAT Slie Repudiates All It3 Statements Hummel Is to Testify. Confronted with a Probable Witness She Says' Sho Never Saw Him Before Her Ordeal Nearing Its End. New York, Feb. 2G. Except for one brief moment Mrs. Harry Thaw had a decidedly easy day of it during the continuation of her cross-ex-r.mination by District Attorney Jerome. When adjournment was taken the prosecutor announced that heLud practically concluded with the witness. Mrs. Thaw will be temporarily excused this morning to enable Jerome to introduce Abraham Hummel to identify a photographic copy of an affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is alleged to have signed, and which charges Thaw with many cruelties during their 1003 trip to EuropeShe Repudiates the Affidavit. The district attorney got the contents of the affidavit before the jury by reading certain of its statements in the form of questions, and asking Mrs. Thaw if she told such things to Hummel. In each instance she de'hired she had not. She also denied ever having signed such an affidavit, admitting that shehad, however, signed fome papers for White in the Madison Square tower, of whose nature she was not aware. It was during the morning session that Jerome played his strongest card of the day. Mrs. Thaw had denied most positively that she bad ever been to see a Dr. Carlton Flint with Jack Barrymore. Confronted with a Witness. "Call Dr. Flint," commanded Jerome to a court attendant. The doctor en tered from the witness room and wa3 escorted to within a few feet of the witness chair. '"Did you ever see that man before?" Jerome asked Mrs. Thaw. The witness seemed just a bit startled, looked quickly and intently at the physician, then turned to.Teromeand shook her head. "Never," she declared. Thaw was intensely Interested in this incident, end when it was over he turned to the newspaper men sitting nearest him and whispered: "That man made a mistake in coming here. He stood there a liar. Do you catch the point a liar." MATCH FOR THE LAWYER Mrs. Thaw Makes Two Points for Her Husband Loses None, Mrs. Tliaw was in much better spirits when she took the stand. She bad all her wits about her, and did not fare at all badly at the hands of the district attorney, who was more gentle in handling the witness. Instead o further hurting the cause of her husband Mrs. Thaw managed to make two decided gains. When court adjourned last Thursday it appeared from her own statements that she had used a letter of credit from Stanford White while touring in Europe, and had turned the letter over to Thaw. Yesterday she explained that Thaw took the letter of credit from her, saj'i'Vg the money was "poisonous," and neither she nor her mother should touch it, and that he would provide them with funds. Whatever had been spent of the money, she declared, wa3 for her mother. The second point Mrs. Thaw made was concerning the cablegrams which Thaw is said to have sent to Stanford White from London. It appeared last Thursday that these cablegrams were reguests to White to use his influence in keeping Mrs. Nesbit from "raising a row" and interfering with Evelyn continuing in company with Thaw. Jerome took up the subject again yesterday, but his questions elicited the information that the letters did not concern Mrs. Thaw at all but related to a man a secretary of the American embassy in London whom Mrs. Thaw said had "sneaked up to mama's bedroom and insulted her." She said the man had also insulted her, and that Thaw had gone in search of him, but failed to find him. During the examination Mrs. Thaw r.umitted that she lived with Harry Thaw ns his mistress before they were married. She also admitted having been expelled from the Cumberland hotel in this city while so living. She denied all the stories about Thaw's 111j treatment of her, ana aiso a siery ! hr iir i,n. i jiccomrjlished his nnmoss with her by the use of drugs the first time. She also denied that she ever wa out all night with Jack Barry -more, or went with him to see Dr. Flint. BusineiS3 Men to Visit Panama. St. Thomas. D. YV. I., Feb. 2G. The Hamburg-American line steamer Prinz Joachim, chartered by the commercial clubs of Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati and St. Louis to make a trip to ths isthmus of Panama, where the travelers will inspect the work cf the canal, has arrived here after a pleasant voy. age from New York Ftb. IS. The steamer started for San Juan later. Xo Disaster in the Philippines. Manila, Feb. '26. The reports recently in circulation here that tiki southern islands of the Philippine archipelago had been visited by a severe cyclone are without foundation.

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Railway Magnato Harriman Putc in a Day with the InterState Board. VEE7 IMPORTANT FOIST RAISED Involves the Inquisitorial Fowers cf the CcmmLisicn. Will Be Decided by the Courts Nothing Sensational Comes Up and the Story Is Pretty Dry. New York. Feb, 2d. E. II. Harriman, master of the Union Pacific system, spent a day in a recital of portions of the intimate history of the financial operations of himself and bin associates before the interstate commerce commission, which in behalf o? the United States government is investigating consolidations and combinations of carriers, relations between carriers and community of interest therein, their rates, facilities and practices. Special counsel for the government made particular attack upon the reorganization and financing of the Chicago and Alton railroad by the Harriman syndicate and its action, with a challenge by counsel for the railroads of the right of tha interstate eommece commission to inquire into the private transactions of an individual constituted the two chief events of the day's proceedings. Point liaised Is Important. By direction of counsel Harriman declined to tell what proportion of the preferred stock of the Alton sold to the Union Pacific belonged to him in dividually, and the way was paved fo5 taking the question into the federal courts. The point raised Involves a material limitation upon the inquisi torial power of the commission, and is of serious importance to the whol question of interstate corporation in vestigation. Anticipation of sensa tional testimony from Iiarr-inian and sharp encounters between Harriman and special counsel for the government failed of realization. What Uncle Sam Tried to Show. There was an effort to show by Ilarriman's testimony and the records of the company that there had been an enormous inflation of the stock securities and liabilities of the Alton; that th Harriman syndicate had taken nn fair profits by declaring a dividend o oO per cent, from the proceeds of the first sale of bonds, amounting to $40.000,000; that the syndicate had sold itself the bonds at an unreasonably low figure, only to resell them at enormous profit; that the Harriman syndicate had in the Alton capitalized the Iosse3 of former stockholders in the road, and the money which had been spent by the old management for betterments over a period of ten years, and already charged to operating expenses; that the books of the company had been doctored, and that for an increase of the stock and liabilities from, roughly, $40,000,000 to about $110,000,000 there wan nothing to show except an expenditure of $22,000,000 In improvements on the property. HE DENIES ALL THE CILVUGES All the Deals in the Open and for ln vestment Solely. Harriman's testimony was a denial of all the charges, and toward the closo of the afternoon he made an extended explanation and defense of the entire transaction, which he contended was fully justified by the conditions and circumstance of the time, and which he asserted had been conducted entirely in the open. Harriman's examination lasted for five hours, and it went to the end In good spirit, unmarked by acrimony. The witness throughout the entire day declined to be led into an attempt to explain the details of the Alton operations, and constantly referred his questioners to the records o" the Alton company. The testimony of Harriman began with the issuance of $100,000,000 ot convertible bonds by the Fnion Pacific for the purpose primarily of paying for the Southern Pacific in 3001 and then led through the purchase in connection with the Oregon Short line of the Northern Pacitic stock. Harriman Identified a statement showing that since thp first day of last July the Union Pacific and Oregon Short line have purchased stocks at a cost of ,131,C00,000 and Kellogg sought to show that figured by prices In the market today there had been a loss of $F1.000,000 op the investment. Harriman said that this was possibly true and when further questioned asked permission to explain. Witness related the story of the pur chase of $45,000,000 of the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio, and the purchase by Union Pacific of stock in the Alton was then opened up. The whole story was dry as dust; there was a bewilder ing array of figures as to prices o? stock. aV.d how it was sold or retained according to which was the most advantageous; but all through it was the positive declaration that all th? deals were made for investment, and tot for speculative purposes. Solon Has Grip, Not Smallpox. Jefferson City, Mo.. Feb. 26. Physicians attending Representative Kirkp.atrick announce that he is suffering from la grippe, and not smallpox, as reported earlier. Clerk John B. Crura, employed In the engrossing room oi the house, has been taken ill with smallpox and removed to a hospital.

ERYCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Formal Precientatloa to the President of the New Ambassador from Great Britain. Washington, Feb. 23. Hon. James Bryee, the ambassador from Great Britain to the United States, was pre sented to the president by Secretary ; t-?'c-vvv-i.i-.5 LONDON rCXCH'3 CARTOON OF BP.TC3 AXT HOGaiiVXLT. Root. The ambassador was attended by members of the embassy staff, and the president by Colonel Charles S. Bromwell and Captain Fitzhugh Lee, his military aide. The presentation took place in the Blue Boom and the usual felicitous speeches were made. Nicaraguans Capture a Town. Chicago, Feb. 2G. The following has been received by the Associated Press from Managua, Nicaragua, dated Feb. 2".: "San Marcos de Colon, a well fortified Ilonduran town which was defended by Solomon Ordonez, th Ilonduran minister of war, at the head of n strong army, was captured by Nicaraguan forces at 4 o'clock this afternoon." Spectacular Blaze at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Feb. 20. One of the mos J spectacular, troublesome and coetlj fires which the Pittsburg downtown district has experienced in several years was controlled after completely destroying the six-story structure at S10 Liberty avenue, " occupied by tha Derby Desk company, and the building at 817 Libert avenue, occupied by the Baker Office Furniture company. The loss is estibated at $3r0,C00. Costly Blaze at Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Feb. 20. The plant of the Acker Process company was destroyed by fire. Henry S. Fairchild, an electrician, was caught under a falling wall and killed. Several cables from the power houses were torn down by falling walls. The loss is $800,000. The company manufactured bleaching powder, caustic soda, tin oxide and other products. Goes Through as Though Greased. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 20. After amending the 2-cent a mile passenger railroad rate bill by making the penalty for violation a fine of $100 to $r00 the house of the Missouri legisla ture passed the bill. Thesenatepromptly concurred in the amendment and the measure was sent to the governor. British Subject Court Martialed. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. 20. Adolph Tingle, a Bitish subject, was court martialed and hanged at the citadel here for having robbed a street car conductor. 'Salome" to Go to Paris. Taris, Feb. 2G. Richard Strauss ha3 agreed to produce and direct his opera "Salome" at the Gaite theater here in May. President Ilearne Is Dead. Denver, Feb. 20. Frank J. Ilearne, president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, is dead. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE Woman suffrage was discussed in the chamber of deputies of Italy and the question referred to a committee for Investigation. Captain F. P. Grapeville, aged 65, well known as a river man, is believed to have been accidentally drcrwned in the Mississippi river at St. Louis. The state of Georgia will present a silver service valued at $10,000 to the battleship bearing her name. Five thousand persons were driven into the snow-covered streets at New York by a fire which destroyed several big tenements in Broome street. No lives lost. The Missouri senate has passed a bill providing for an eight-hour day for telegraphers who handle train orders. President Roosevelt has returned to Washington from his trip to Boston. The Texas senate has discharged the committee investigating the Bailey charges and Instructed it to bring in r.o report Bailey's enemies voted no. Disasters caused by avalanches continue to be reported from different parts of Norway. Joseph Turner, the first manufacturer of razors in the United States, is dead at Worcester, Mass.. cf heart disease, He was GS years old. Foreign Minister Tittoiii, of Italy, gave a farewell dinner at Rome in honor of Henry White, the retiring United States ambassador. The Charles II. Fischer company, piano dealers, Philadelphia, has failed with liabilities of $110,000. Meetings of the National and American Base Ball Leagues are !n session at New York. Spain and France have reached a cocaplete understanding in the matter of the organization of the Moroccan police force. The senate passed the postofnee appropriation bill, carrying approximately $210,000,000. in seventy-five minutes. Calm continues to prevail fit Tokio generally In regard to the Unite-J fr.te3 problem.

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