Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 43, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 July 1903 — Page 1

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Of the Convicts Who Did Murder in Escaping from the Fol som Prison. . OHE OF THEM KILLED ID A FIQHT Others Making Ibr tbe Mountains floetagr Freed Danville, ILL, Sheriff to Slake It llot for Rioters. - ; Placerrllle, CaL, July 20. Of tlie thirteen convicts who escaped from the .täte penitentiary at Folsom twelve are tili at large. Joe Murphy, who was serving a fourteen years sentence for robbery, was shot d d In the fight Monday night at Pilo; Hill. S. M. Gordon, the reported leader of the gang, who Lad been sentenced to forty-five years for robbery, dpserted his followers soon af Kr they left the priscn. He was heavily armed," and it la 'not known in which direction - he sought safety. A negro convict named Sea vis, -who was reported wounded in encounter with tte officers, appears not to have been injaied, - V ' Fugitives Are Closely Panned. The eleven outlaws who remain' together are making for tbe Sierra Nevada mountains. They are closely pursued by the sheriffs of Sacramento. Eldorado and Placer counties, , each backed by numerous deputies and assisted by a company of militia. About twenty guards from the Folsom prison -ar also engaged iu the, cliase. It Is believed that the fugitives will soon be surrounded, and a desperate battle Is anticipated,a8 all a:e heavily aimed. They ftat Trm Thair Hot(M. The work of the pursuing posses hag been rendered less difficult than was -anticipated. by the unexpected action cf the convicts, who have released all -of the free men they held as hostages. It is thought that this course was prompted by lack of food and ammunition. The. eleven a:e now believed to be near Placerville, in Eldorado county, in a rough country and not Yar from the mountains which they evi dently expect to safely hide them from their pursuers. Thought of Killing Them First, The hostages had a most remarkable escape. Three of them have bullet scrJrtches and abrasions.' The convicts debated as to whether to kill their hostages or turn them loose. There was a difference of opinion among them as to what was best to do, but they finally decided to let their captives go unharmed. About 300 tiots were exchanged in the battle at Filot IlilL . RAID ON A TOWN EXPECTED Citizens Armed and Probability of a Bot Tl mo Pilot Hill Fight. A report is leceived here to (he ef fect that eight convicts were seen niak Ing their way northward along Greenwood creek towards the town of Green wood, where It is probable a raid will be made by the fugitives, ' as it is known that they are very short of pio- . Visions. Guard McDonald, of Folsom, who is in this vicinity with eleven other guards from the nenitentlarr. is Of the opinoin that the' escaped prisoners are trying to get into tbe counttry north of Greenwood, some sections. of which are admiiably suited for hidj i . uig aim ueiense purposes. t Fosses are now In pursuit and the resident of Greenwood have , been warned of the direction taken by the convicts, and it is reported from there that a defense party will be organized At once to protect. the town. ; . ' The fight at Filot Hill between the convicts and their puisuers seems to Lave been a serious affair. After they had looted a provision store at Filot Hill tbe convicts were practically surrounded by the sheriffs of Sacramento And Placer counties, each commanding a strong posse. - All four horses on the convicts wagon we. e shot, and one of the criminals -was killed outright Then the outlaws raised a white flag and marched up the road with the guards and others whom they had captured on each side of them. A general volley was not ordered, as it might have killed several innocent men. In this deliberate manner the second escape was made. LTNCnEM TO DC PKOSECTJTED derin TVhitloelt, of Don Tille, Eays II Knows th Leader. Danville, III., July 29. Fifty leaders cf Saturday night's mob are nown to the sheriff, and will be arrested within a few days on warrants. Sheriff Whitlock declares he will proceed with the arrests as rapidly as- possible. Tbe charge will be rioting, the punishment for which is an indeterminate sentence to the penitentiary. Sheriff Whitlock, talking of the lyncher , caid: "When 1 raised my hand to take the oath toserve as sheriff I nennt it. Some say I am killed politically by stepping the.ccb. Wk-t do x care whether I an killed politically? I tried to do ray duty, and rculd rather have the good cplnion cf a t".7 coed citixesi than the t-cki:i;j cl a tlzzzzzzS. cf tho rat:?. I den't V'.t.Z. Ctra will fce.tny mera troatci I r"!r3 to civo a ijnc: 3 I ccan t 1j) i I c;2 it. I Lr.DTr tli : - l: tzj tnvo tz.zzz err:.:-

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tbe warrants before five Justices of the peace as soon as possible. The wounded will be arrested, the evidence being on them. There a.e others whom I and other reputable citizens, who stood by me, can identify to the number of fifty. I shall devote the remainder of the week to getting the evidence Into shape. . Sheriff Whitlock two years ago "was a cab driver and he sang himself into office a$ a member df the "Hungry Holler "Glee club." Now he Is the idol of the town. " The true story of the ' start of the riot is as follows, showing that the attempted lynching of Wilson, In Jail for alleged attempted rape, wa9 an afterthought: Metcalf, the negro who was killed and burned, became involved in a quarrel over the race problem with Henry Gatterman. After a brief altercation In a saloon In the railroad district of the city Metcalf 3hot Gatterman twice. Theneg".o started to run to his home, a block distant, but was caught by roliceman Josepi: Folhrer. He was put in a patrol Tagon. The streets were full of people and the news got around among them and Instantly the niob was formed.- - . "ENRAGED" MOD IDEA IN OOIO

Threo Hand red Whites Chase Two Negroes, Who Manage to Escape. Lorain, July 2D. A fierce riot In which a, moU of UOO whites chased two colored , men, threatening to lynch them, took place here. Early in the evening two colored men, Charles Hall and Robert Pleasant, became involved In an altercation with a white man named Daniel Cronan. One of the .colored men drew, a razor and cut Cronan severely on the face and neck. . A mob immediately gathered and the negroes were chased over the entire south end of the city, one of them taking refuge In a saloon, the entire front of which was battered In with stones. The negroes, however, escaped. The entire day and night force of police, was ordered on duty and specials were sworn in. Late at night Fleasant was arrested and taken by side streets to the local station, where he was locked up, while the mob still continued its search, a number of shots being fired. At a late hour Mayor King headed off the crowd at Ninth Btr-et and addressed them, saying the injuries of Cronan were not serious, and asking them to quietly disperse to their homes. His words had a quieting effect and the mob dispersed. . Enraged" Mob la Right There. Wheeling, W. Va., July 29 Hut for the timely arrival of a policeman a Hungarian steel, worker named Posteoh, would-have been strung up by an enraged mob on Wheeling Island. Posteoh, who was drunk, caught hi his arms and emb aced a respected lady residing on the island as she was returning home late in the evening. PREACHER KILLS HIS T7IPJ3 Bolt for Divorce and Order for Alimony Briny; About SI order at Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, July 20. Rev. H. D. Hilson, a negro preacher, shot and killed his wife In a confectionery stcre In Kansas City," Kan., at a late hour at night Hilson shot his wife four times, three of thet shots taking effect and she lived but a few minutes. - Hilson' a wife had sued him for divorce and pending the trial of the case the court had oidered him to pay .her temporary alimony and her attorney fees. Hilson has failed to make his payments promptly and his wife had threatened him with arrest, which led to the shooting. ' Prise Fight Stopped aft Brooklyn, - New York, July 20. An attempt to hold a prize fight in a, stove foundry In the Wlllamsburg district of Brooklyn was prevented by the police. Fiftyseven arrests were ; made, r William Cantlln, the aged watchman at the foundry, alleges that he was overpowered and compelled to permit the crowd to use the place. ZSIaera ftoach a Trage Agreement. Indianapolis. July 29. At the headquarters of the United Mine Workers in this city it js announced that the miners and operators at Pittsburg, Kan., have reached a wage agreement for one year. The settlement which grants an advance of 7 cents on the ton, run of mine, affects 30,000 miners directly. . Fireman Biggins Is Dead. St. Louis, July 29. Vincent Higglns, the Vandalia fireman who was Injured Sunday in the collision between a Vandalia accommodation and a street car at La wnsdowne, three miles north of East St. Louis; 111., is dead. His death made four fatalities resulting from: the accident. JltZZ EALL CC03E3 Chicago, July 20. Following are the base ball scores: ' League: At Brooklyn Philadelphia 15, Brooklyn 10 ten innings; at New York Boston 5, New York 3; tt Chicago t. Loub 2, Chics cd 9; at Cincinnati Pittsburg 5, Cincinnati 10. American: At Foston Neu Ycri 0, Boston 3; at Philadelphia Washington 3, Philadelphia 4 ten inning; et CL Lcuia Cleveland 10, Gt Loub 2; at Chicago Wet grounds. " , Association: At Columbus Zt. Tztl 2, Columbus 9; at Louhjvllla llHwzzkee 11, Lcrvilla 11 twelve Inr.:; ct Toledo Minneapolis 8, Toledo cfet I-Zliv.i-zllyllavi-zs City l,Icii;z-p-cI!j 7. Vcilem: At Ilir.; :s City Denver Ilzzzzi City 7; cl nilvrnuL: re 7, ii'A-z-zi o,- at rzztiz C -i P. Pc:::i 12; rt Zz. Jc h r v

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Thirteen of Them HutThemselves in Training for Hanging to - Secure Liberty. UTJBDEBOUS WORK OF 00NVI0T3 They Attack the Prison Warden and Other Officials and Escape to the Mountains, Well Armed. Pia cervllle, CaL, July LS. According to a report received here a fight between the escaped convicts from Folsom and a posje has taken place near Pilot Hill, in which Fred Howard was killed and A. Seabis wounded. Both are convicts. Folsom, Cal., July 2S. Thirteen desperate prisoners confined in the Folsom penitentiary made a successful break for liberty at the b.eakfast hour. After a fierce fight.. In the captain's oflice, during which a turnkey was fatally stabbed, a guard killed and an-, other officer wounded, "the convicts seized a quantity o:' arms and ammunition, and using the warden and other officers for a shield from tlK-ir pursuers made good their escape. It Is believed they are making for the. Bald mountain. State militia ordered opt by Governor Pardee has gone to the scene. The wounded are; J. Cochrane, turnkey, stabbed in the back, may di.; Walter L. Cotter, guard, cut in the abdomen and died; W. C Talniers, cut in the head. Fierce Ficht In the Captain's Offlce. The break occurred about 7 a..m. The convicts made immediately for the office of the captain of the guard, R. J. Murphy. There they seize 1 Warden Wilkinson, his grandson, Harry Wilkinson, Captain Murphy, and several other officers and guards. A desperate fight took place. The convicts were armed with knives and razors, anfl with these they assaulted Waiden Wilkinson and his officers. The warden's clothing was slashed Into shreds with razors, but the blades did not touch tho flesh. Turnkey Cochrane fought the convicts with a chair, raining blows upon them right and left. Finally he was felled by a knife thrust in the back. Guard Cotter was cut In the abdomen so that his entrails protruded, while Palmers was severely cut in the head. The floor of the office was covered with blood. Officers Used as a Shield. ' The officers Were relieved of their arms. Then using the officers as a shield the convicts started for the armory post on the otskirts of the penitentiary grounds. They passed a Gatling gun on one of the walls, but the guards were afraid to fire on the convicts for fear of hitting tlie officers. When the armory post was reached the officers there attempted to Interfere, but were- quickly overpowered. Then after further fortifying themselves with rifles, knives, pistols and ammunition a dash for the country was made. IT WAS A LIFE FOB A LIFE Yuffttlree' ToU . tho Worden - Former Kobbed and Impressed. Convicts armed with rifles marched one on eitherside of Warden Wilkinson, .who was threatened with deatli If he made an attempt to escape, and the officers were told that if anjr of the pursuers took the life of one of their number they would retaliate, life for life. At y.oimon bridge, about a mile from the penitentiary, the warden, his son and Captain Murphy were released and sent back. ' The others we:e marched along. with tbe convicts. Further on the convicts went , to a farmer's house, seized his four-horse team and wagon, gutted the house of everything of value, took the farmer with them as a driver, and headed for Bald mountain. Among the officers carried off is General Overseer McDonough. Some fears are felt for his safety! as he bears the especial ill-will of the convicts. Later in the day Governor Pardee ordered company Hf. of Placerville, to the scene and company C, Second infantry, of Nevada City, was ordered to be in readiness in case it should be needed. Warden Wilkinson was the flist to return to the penitentiary. He was hatless tbe convicts having taken his hat. Captain Murphy appeared afterward, tilnus part of his clothing, and later young Wilkinson came in. Following is a list of the convicts wlk escaped: Fred Howard, twelve years, robbery; Mike Müller, twelve years, and H. Eldredge, thirty yeais, burglary; J. Theron (fifteen years), J. H. Wood (life), Davis (thirty-three years), and Jr j. Allison (four years), robbery; "J. Murphy, four years, and A. Seabis, ' twenty-five years, bigamy; J. Roberts (twenty years), It. M. Gordon (forty-five years), Kay Fahey (life), and S. J. Case (life), robbery. The two latter are thirdtermers. reabodr Disappoint Union Ihor. Denver, July 23. The- general ascerably has adjourned after having parted a general appropriation bill, for which the terpen was called. Governcr Tcabody refused to is.ue a cupplacztAztj call for a special toxica to consider an efght-hour blll. CJrtr.jJCit cf s Z1 Zsrr. Vir!rlj, IlL, July 23. Jchn lllztzt, a ycurj tsclrsler owning a ters f.im czzt cf this city, toci a EcnmatnbulistJc ctrc'J end fell frcw a cccend-Etcry xriziCirr. Ha Lj tret cztct: to Uro,

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Situation Considered So Safo Tiat Two Companies or Ullltla Bavo Doen Ordsrod to Springfield. , Springfield. III.; July 28. Adjutant General Scott had a conversation by telephone with Lieutenant Colo nel John M. Closby,' commanding the First battalion-. Seventh infantry,. I. N. G., guarding the jail at Danville, in which Colonel Closby said all was quiet in that city; that the mob had dispe:sed, and that the work of repairing the jail was progressing and would be completed today. As a result of the report Adjutant General Scott ordered companies A and B to return to Springfield at once, leaving companies H and I at Danville in command of Colonel Closby. There is talk of getting the cases of the wounded members of the mob before the grand jury, with a view of Indicting them. Danville. Ill, July 2$. The. Vermillion County Bar association. at the suggestion of Chief Justice Wilkins, has adopted resolutions condemning the action of the mob and indorsing Sherift Whitlock. All of the wounded are re cover! ng. REFORMERS IN COUNCIL Fifty Leaders Gather at Denver to Inaugurate a Combination of Political Force. Denver, Colo.,' July 2S. About fifty leaders of the People's party and other political movements we:e present at the St. James' hotel when the conference of political reform leaders was called to order by J. A. Edgerton, secretary of the Fopul'st national committee. Edgerton spoke briefly, outlining the work that It is hoped to accomplish by the conference In the amalgamation of the various reform fo.ces of the nation into one party. He was made the permanent cnairman of t!ie conference, with Milton Park, of Texas, as vice chairman, and J. F. Calderhead, of Montana, secretary. The day was taken up in the work ot organization and short addresses. At the evening session a committee was named to draft resolutions and an address to the people and report to the conference. Killed In Railway Accidents. Washing l, July 28. The report of the Interstate commerce commission on railr jad accidents in the United States for the three months ended March.31 last, shows that during that quarter 300 persons were killed and 2,834 injured in train accidents. Other kinds of accidents, Including those sustained by employes while at work, and by passengers in getting on.jiutl-ofl cars., make the aggregate casualties 827 killed and 11,481 injured. Injunction Against Carpenters. St. LouLvJuly 28. Judge McDonald, of the circuit court, has handed down an opinion enjoining the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, local union No. 1,50(3, and others, from Interfering with in any way tho business of the HollrapDleckman Refrigerator and Fixing company, and others, whose men struck for Increased wages. Killed by an Electric Dolt. Richmond, Ind., July 28. While trimming an arc lamp Beyard Quick, aged 25, was instantly killed by receiving a heavy charge of electricity. He was superintendent of the Brookville Electric Light and Power company and was a member of a well known family. Fills a Loo -Fait Want. Chautauqua, N. Y., July 28. A conference will be held here on Aug. 10 to 15 at which the recent manifestations of the mob spirit in this county will be discussed. Men of note will deliver addresses on feud assassinations, lynching and labor riots, their cause and the means to stamp them out. This Slob's Victim a Woman. Shreveport, La., . July 23. News reached Shreveport that a negroess named Maud JennleSteer, who administered poison in a glass of lemonade to Lizzie Dolan, the 16-year-old daughter of John Doleu, from the .effects of which she died; .was lynched by a mob. - , Comes XToar Soiag Lightning Proof. Richmond, Ind., July 27. Nlmrod Johnson, an employe of the municipal light plant and a son of ex-Representa-tiv.a Henry U. Johnson, sustained terrible injuries by grasping live electric wires. Two thousand volts passed through his body,- burning oft two fingers and one thumb. Remr jkablc as it may seem, Johnson was not overcome. " J Did It to Splto Cor Ilothor. ; -' Crawfortisville, Ind., July 27. Because her mother refused to gratify a girlish whim Rose Osborne, aged 14 years, swallowed paris green with suicidal' Intent and Is in a critical condition. The girl assigns as her reason that she wished to spite her mother. , Wont Upstairs and IIang9d Csrself. Frankfort, Ind., July 27. Mrs. West, wife of Captain James West, a prominent citizen of this city, went to an upstairs room in her home and horded herself. She had been In poor health fcr toes time. . ZZuzn t?ta a Ctrl&o. N Evin-viil?, Ind July .27. Tha ncactrrcr boys employed by tho three tclcraph cempsnies ctruck fcr od increpes cf xziz-Z, end wen in a dez:n Louro. - .- . - - , frcn Uentuciy. Jackcen, Ky., July 23. Tvro nzr were killed la a fiht at Lcng Crc:!:, and two were fatally inji.ed In an cn counter at Hustler Creek, fwerty miles :.fw a from here.

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Celebrated Fisherman's. Ring,' . Worn by Popes, Has Not Yet Been Found. THREAT OF A FOREIGN P0NTIPP Factions of Cardinals Do Not Harmonize Yet Requiem Mats for Leo Xlll. Rome, Jury 29. The Tribuna says that as the "Fisherman's ring," which could not be found after the death of the pope, may be discovered In some diawer which was sealed up and cannot be opened until after the election of tho new pope, the camerlengo, Cardinal Oreglia, has ordered a new one for use in the symbolic ceremony which occurs immediately after the successor to Leo XIII is chosen. It is officially announced that in addition to the will of the late pope, and separate from it, Leo XIII left a trifling present to each of a long list of relatives, members of 'the papal household, p: elates, doctors, cardinals, etc. As many formalities have to be observed it probably will be som time before the gifts are delivered. Tatk of a Foreign Pope. That there is a conviction at the Vatican that the conclave .will be of short duration is proved by the fact that all those who are to enter the conclave to minister to the wants of the cardinals have been engaged for only thiee days. The two camps into which the saere.1 college Is divided appear to be becoming dally more Irreconcilable, and it is said that the antlRainpolla faction has declared that If necessary to -defeat the opposition it will even go to the length of supporting a foreign cardinal. The name of Cardinal Kopp, bishop of Breslau, was mentioned in this connection, but was hardly considered seriously, owing to the belief that under present conditions the elevation of a Ge.man to the papacy might mean the irreparable loss of France to the holy see. . Ileulem Mass Celebrated. Outside of a short meeting of the congregation, at which oine routine conclave business was? transacted, the feature of Interest at Heme was the requiem was for the rtpose of the pope's soul, which was the first of three ceremonies which when completed will end the fr.ne al obsquies of Leo XIII. The mass was said In the Sistlne chapel, in. which a magnificent catafalque had been erected. The feature of the service was the singing of the "Dies Irae' and the Sanctus" by the Sistlne choir. Every one present sat spellbound as the music swelled through the chapel. All the cardinals at Rome attended, with fifty conclavists, the diplomatic corps, Roman nobility and other distinguished people. HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE " - - Move to Obtain for the Islands tho Antonio n 7 That Cuba Has Boon Granted. Honolulu, July 29. At the session of the home rule convention ex-Delegate Wilcox urged that congress be memorialized to grant Hawaiian independence. He also strongly favored the establishment of a government for the Islands similar to that of Cuba. .. Ills remarks were received with much applause. It is probable that a petition embodying the views expressed by Wilcox will be prepared for presentation to congress by Delegate Kalanianole. Such an appeal would doubtless receive the signature of many natives. Ctsago la Baso Dall Ownership. - Detroit, July 29. The News says: "Within a day or two Fred Postal, of this city, will go to .Washington and probably sell out bis interests In the Ameiican League base ball club there. Upon his return here, and when S. F. Angus gets back from Turtle lake, the two will form a partnership and It is likely that each will own a half of the Detroit club." -Postal confirms the foregoing. Jadgo Gray and tho Alabama illnors. Wilmington, Del., July 29. Judge George Gray, who was president of the anthracite coal strike commission, says that he has not yet been officially approached to act as arbitrator In tbe matter of existing disputes between the mine workers and operators in Alabama. He had received numerous telegrams on the subject, unofficial He would not say what he would do. Payne to Visit tho President. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 29. Ppstmaster General Payne, who is cruising along the North Atlantic coast in the fevenae cutter Onondaga, will visit the president probably tomorrow or Fri'iay. He will return to Washington from here and will resume his duties In the department next Monday. It is understood that Payne's health has Improved materially. President Uojer's Artillery. - Leadville, Colo., July 29. Charles D. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was arrested here, charged with carrying concealed weapons. Moyer admitted having a 45caliber revolve? in his hip pocket and 'turned it over to the sheriX TirrlHo Cyclone la ITcrzia, Ct. Pet?; Iburg, July 29. A terrile cycl-r.3 has pr.rred through the district cf Tcherniof. Three villa gc3 were t!::troycci. IT-1 Ii rt life was rrr-t.

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President's Baling Makes If "Open" and the Labor Unions Are Thinking -. - Mighty Hard. Washington, July 28. There was a long discussion at a meeting at Typographical hall of the situation arising over the reinstatement of W. .A. Miller, the assistant foieman of the bindery in the government printing office. The meeting was attended by leaders of all. the allied unions, b sides President Gompers, of the Feaeratlon of Labor. Those present said that the meeting took no definite action. What bothers the union is that the president's ruling In Miller's case practically makes thjj government printing office an"open" shop, in which a man or woman may be employed whether members of any union or not. They are very anxious that the chief executive find some way in which his ruling may be modified so that this condition of affairs will not arise, and that some solution will be found so that the government printing office will not become an "open" shop. Heretofore it has been strictly union. WILL BE A NOVEL STBDCTURE Indiana Town to Have a Carnival, the Feature To Be m Watermelon , Palace. Vincennes, Ind., July 2S. One of the chief events that will occur in Knox county this summer will be the watermelon carnival that will be held in Oaktown some time next month. According ip the arrangements the affair will be on a gorgeous scale, and will be a novelty. It is planned to build a palace of watermelons, and to arrange the melons in many different styles of architecture. As Oaktown Is in the heart of the melon district, It is believed the carnival will be a most interesting sight The crop this year will be the largest ever known, Judging by present conditious. More . than 1,000 acres above last year's acreage have been planted, and preparations are making to handle hundreds of cars. Last year entire melon trains left from Oaktown, and hundreds of melons were wasted because the railroad company was unable to supply the demand for cars. JUST DROPPED OUT OF 8IGIIT 5tysterfous Disappearance of a 15-Yeor-Old Girl Not Heard or for Orsr . 81 m Months. Munde, Ind., July 27. Tbe whereabouts of Miss Elma Swafford, aged 15 years, who mysteriously disappeared from her home in this city one 'cold afternoon last .lanuaiy, is still a mystery. Since she left her mother to purchase a pair of shoes nothing has been seen or heard of her, although the country has been searched diligently. The parents are prostrated after six months spent in futile efforts to locate their child. Mrs. Swaffo;d is in a critical condition. She became ill shortly after the disappearance of her daughter, and the failure to find her has changed her from a robust woman to an invalid and doctors fear Mrs. Swafford will not live a fortnight unless tbe child is found. The father has'spent almost every available dollar in employing assistance in locating his missing child, and the family, once wealthy, is now poor. Accident on a Trolley Line. Lawrenceburg, t Ind., July 27. Twelve men were Injured in a collision between two cars of the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Interurban line In Cleves. James Aikes and Frank Evans, both residents of Cleves, suffered fractures of the skulL The others who were hurt are: Solomon Gould, superintendent of schools at Lawrenceburg, bmlsed leg; William Montooth, C. G. Montooth, George Gilbert, George Peters, John Taylor, Geo. Simonson, R. Murray, Albert Stephens and Home Paris. Bljr Four la Deadly to Thorn. Dillsboro, Ind., July 27. The Big Four railway track near Sunman seems to be. an ill-fated spot for one family at least Harry Meister, who was killed there a few days ago, had threo uncles killed on the same tiack. In addition to his uncle, Elmore Meister, who died of injuries - received when Henry was killed, John Hecdryx and Oliver Larrlson, two other unclea, also met their deaths underneath the wheels of Big Four trains. New Scheme so Violate Law. ' Muncie, Ind., July 27. Fishermen In this vicinity have adopted a new method of killing fish. A Jug filled with lime is floated in a stream andjthe action of the lime and water produces a gas which causes a loud explosion, this resulting in the death of hundreds of fish. Local game wardens are endeavoring to find out the violators of the fish and game law. Torre II ante Distillery Barns. Terre Haute, Ind., July 27. The levator and mill of the Majestic distil lery, belonging to the Distilling and ; Distributing company, have been destroyed by fire. The loss Is about $100,000, fully covered by Insmance. Three firemen and two distillery employes were slightly hurt. , Saloons In Ohio decrease. Columbus, O., July 27. E. II. Cheerington, of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, has Issued a statement showing that in 1S93 there were 320 saloons to every 100,000 people In Ohio; today there are only 233. This 13 the effect of the Beal law. Two I2ore Clned for Peonage. Montgomery, Ala., July 23. In the United States circuit court here James n. Todd and Anderson Hardy pleaded guilty to charges of peonage and were sentenced to pay a ne cf ?L000 each.

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Fair Sp'ritualist Believes It Was Evil Spirits Set Her House Afire. REPORT CENSURES POUR COUNTIES Moral Conditions at the Jai'a Condemned Heat Prostrates Militiamen Items. Anderson, Ind., July 29. Members of the fire depaitment, together with the authorities, are wrestling with the question whether or not spirits -of the dead ever become devilish and malicious, sufficiently at least to throw a lighted laniD Into a room. If such J pranks are possible, then it is asserted that the spirits attempted to commit arson, if not to murder Miss Nellie Black, who lives oil the second floor of a business block in this city. Miss Black was suddenly aioused by fire and smoke in her room. Although suffering from rheumatism, which bad rendered her well-nigh helpless, made her way to a telephone tha and called the fire department. Thinks an Evil Spirit Dad It. When the firemen arrived they found the lire well-nigh extinguished, while a shattered coal oil lamp lay on the Moor. Miss Black alleged that she left the lamp burning low in the hallway, and had closed and locked her door Vefore retiring, aud si could not explain how the lamp got iiito""her room, or how it was broken, unltss an evil spirit was at fault. She is a tiiui believer in Spi.ituali.sni, asserting that she has often seen the spirits of the dead, and conversed with them. He Didn't Detleve In Medicine. Crawfordsville, Ind., July 29. Volney Q. Irwin, a well-known citizen of Crawfordsville by reason of bis wealth and strong allegiance to Spiritualism, is dead from nervous prostration. He had a horror of the established rules of medicine, and never called a doctor, although an invalid for years. He was always ready to try anything in magnetic healing. He was a man of great wealth, but lived alone, denyiug himself even the comforts of life. He owned the corner which has been selected as the site for the new federal building in this city, but bitterly opposed giving it up at any price. He decla:ed he would fight the condemnation proceedings now at issue to his last breath, and he did so. BEFOBM NEEOED IN TBK JAILS Governor Orders an investigation of tho Conditions In Five Hooaler btate Counties. Indianapolis, July 29. Governor Durbin has ordCre'd Warden Reid, chairman of the prison reform board, to make an Immediate Investigation cf the conditions prevailing In the jails in Floyd, Lawrence, Cuiiton and Defaware counties. The state board of charities and corrections strongly condemned the immoral conditions existing in the jails in the counties mentioned and laid the evidence of the conditions before the governor. In addition to the sweeping condem nation of the jails mentioned "unfavorable reports" were made on the conditions in the Jails of Hen:y, Jefferson, Wabash and Kosoiusko counties. The reports to the state board of charities and corrections are not' given out for publication, Secretary Butler, of the board, believing that no good purpose would .be served by the publication of the particulars of the i eprehenslble Incidents that have come unJer the notice of the board. . . . i - Property Owners Kalse a Rick. Indianapolis, July 29. P.operty owners in College avenue. have asked the court to issue an injunction preventing the Indiana Union Traction company, which controls most of the traction interests' in Indiana, from using the street or claiming the right to use it. The point at Issue is whether, the traction company is to be considered as a street railway or a commercial railroad, it being alleged that the road is running freight trains. Militiamen Overcome by FJee. Indianapolis, July 29. Three serious prostrations from tbe heat are reported. Two of the victims are militiamen in camp. Warren Reese," of company H, Second regiment, living here, and William Kinney, company E, Second regiment, Evansville, were se:iously affected. An unknown woman about 50 years of age was overcome by the heat. Indianapolis Pioneer Dead. Indianapolis, July 29. Alexander Conduit, the last surviving member of the Indiana constitutional convention of 1850, is . dead. He was born at Bedford, Ky., Oct 6, 1S18. He was one , of the pioneer wholesale merchants of Indiana. Indiana's Cora Show at Et. Leo is, Richmond, Ind., July 29. It has been decided by the Indiana World's fair commission that Mcss:s. Clove aud Overstreet, who carry on farming near Franklin, shall have charge of the Indiana corn show at the St. Louis fair. Negroes Are Going Sonth. Evansville, led., July '29. Many strange negroes have been passing through the city on their way to the south, where they will teek heroes. Many cf them cac:2 from Danville,