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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
OIL MEN WASTING GAS.
Supervisor Leach Files Another Batch
of Suits at Anderson.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. Estate Gas
Supervisor Leach to-day filed another
batch of suits against operators in the new
oil field in this county. They were set for
hearing for the September term of court
This makes thirteen suits brought against
oil opera tors for wasting gas They all
come under the anti-fambeau law, and will
be fought by the combined oil operators
All violators are liable for a 5000 fine and
damages. Inspector Leach was here to-
night. Before going to Kokomo he said the
new Madison county field is certainly a
wonder, but declares that the figures of the
total daily output have been exaggerated
somewhat. They have been placed at 1,l30
barrels daily, but his figures only foot up
about $50 barrels, with several new wells
coming in. Reports from the field tonight
are to the effect that a big we'll is being
brought in on the Dan Scott farm, and that
with the tools still in the hole 1t is thought
that 1t will run up to the 500 or 900 mark
Up to the present time thirty-eight wells
have been drilled in the new field. OF them
twelve have been producers.
A mass meeting of real estate and bust
ness men has been called for Wednesday.
The purpose is the organization of a com
pany to experiment in deep gas we'll drill
ing. There has been deep-rooted opinion
among gas men that there is second
strata of gas bearing sand about 200 feet
under the reservoir from which the SUNNY
is at present taken. This opinion has been
gaining believers steadily and some of the
Oldest and best-known gas well men in the
gas belt are at present among those who
believe in the existence of a reservoir under
the present one. 1t is likely a well will be
sunk in the center of the city-prObably on
the Cal Mccullough property and possibly
the old Vesuvius well will be selected and
the drill started at the bottom of it. State
Gas Supervisor Leech thinks it highly prob
able that a second reservoir will be found
or at least a continuation Of gas-producng
strata. Cal Mccullough, |. D. BoswOrth
and the Deckers are among those who are
most Interested in the movement.
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CROSSING ACCIDENT.
Two People Killed and Three Hurt
While Going to IA Funeral.

ST. THERE'S, Quebec, Aug. ga Ca
madam Pacific train from La Chute struck
carriage containing five persons at
crossing near the station this morning. Two
We're Killed and three others badly injured.
The dead are: Mrs. Emelie Martineau and
MISS Maria Ffliathreault The injured are:
Mr.. Dosolie Martineau, Miss Amanda Mar
tineau and her younger sister. Mr.. Mar
tlneau is badly injured about the head
MISS Martineau is not e pected to live.
Whlle the little girl is not seriously injured.
The party of tve started out early this
morning to attend funeral. The carriage
was caught in the track at the crossing, a
IfeiSht train standing near by preventing
the occupants of the vehicle from seeing
the incoming train. The engine struck the
buggy with great force, throwing the oc-
cupants fully fifty yards. The young
woman, Miss Fiiathreault. was killed ino
stantly, and the old lady lived only twenty
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MAILS AND TELEGRAPH.
Canada Wants to Establish Quick
Communication with KIOndike.


Communication with Kiondike.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Canadian
government has submitted formal proposals
to this government to establish communica-
tlon with the Kondike r>gion in Alaska by
the construction of a teleSraph line from
the head of winter navigation on the Lynn
canal into the center of the Klondilxe dis
trict. The proposals have been taken under
adyisement. They have been approved by
the British principal secretary of state for
foreign affairs, and were forwarded by the
governor general of Canada through the
British embassy to the State Department
and referred to the Interior Department.
There the papers are locked up, pending
consideration.
The proposals which reserve the rights
of either country pending the settlement of
the international boundary line between the
United States and Canada, south of Mount
ST. Elias urge the eXpediency of establish
ing permanent route, giving access to the
interior at all seasons of the year The
most feasible route in the judgment of the
Canadian authorities would be to start
from the head of winter navigation on the
Lynn canal, the body of water running
from near Juneau up beyond Dyea and
Chilcat, forming part of the present over
land route crossing the mountains by
White pass or by any other pass which
may seem more accessible, and proceed
northward to Fort Selkirk and thence to
Klondike.
The Canadian government asserts its
readiness to undertake to open communica-
the head of winter navigation on the Lynn
canal, traVersing a distance of eighty miles
across the summit of the mountain range
from which trail can be followed to Fort
Sekirk ard to Klondike. That government
also signifies its intention, in case the
propositions are adopted to erect suitable
places for shelter. at periods from forty to
fifty miles along the line, and keep up dog
trains during the winter months for the
conveyance of the mails to and from the
newly-discovered gold country at all sea-
sons of the year.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Shalienberger has been notified by tele-
graph that arrangements were made to-day
for forwarding mails for the Alaskan gold
fields by the steamer Humboldt which
sailed this evening from Seattle The
Humboldt goes direct to st. Michaels and
the mails will be forwarded Immediately to
Circle City and the Klondike field. About
800 pounds of mail matter is thus being
shipped together with numerous money re-
miftapCeQ
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AVERDlCK WILL STAY.
Will Not Give Way to DIR. Brennan as
Medical Examiner.

CINCINNATI, o., Aug. 16. - DR.. j. A.
AVerdick, Of Covington, KY, was elected
supreme medical examiner of the Catholic
knights Of America six years ago. His
time expired about the LIST of July. but the
council, which met at Fort Wayne on July
3, failed to elect a successor. The supreme
officers called a meeting at Vincennes on
Aug. u and elected DR.. +. j. Brennan of
indianapolis, as DIR. Averdick's successor.
To-day DR.. Brennan met DR.. Averdick in
a hotel in Cincinnati and demanded all the
books and records of the office of supreme
medical examiner of him. Dr. Averdick re-
fused on the ground that the requirements
or the constitution were not complied with
IT failed to elect his successor, that the Vim
cennes meeting electing DR.. Brennan con-
traXenes the constitution Of the order and
is illegal, and that therefore he holds over
until his successor is legally elected The
case IS likely to 20 to the civil courts
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Indiana Notes.

Willard Rahor and Willard Boots are de-
tanned at Charlottesville, suspected of haV-
ing stolen bicycles in their possession.
The Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteers
will hold their annual reunion on the farm
of Captain Box. three miles east of Bed
ford on Sept. Is.
The Indiana Wire Fence and Nail Com
pany at Charlottesville. started up Satur-
day and will be obliged to run day and
night in order to fill orders
Tomorrow the annual Hill & Henley
picnic will be held at Carthage, and if the
weather be favorable there will be a large
attendance. Visitors from a distance will
attend and a grand time is expected.
A new slack-barrel stave factory has just
been located at Carthage and is now under
construction. When completed it will cover
five acres of ground work fifty to sixty
men and use $4,000 feet of timber a week
Another large gas we'll has been drilled
north of Pendleton, being struck on Satur-
day. 1t is owned by the Pendleton window
glass factory 1t has very strong pressure
of gas and is one of the best wells found
this season.
The large barn al Matthews of Newberger
Bros, together with one road wagon, four
buggies, several sets of harness and one
hundred bushels of oats, was burned by in
cendiarfes yesterday. Loss, 81, 200: irsur-
ance, $1,000, in the American of Philadel-
Dhia.
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OUR FIGHTING STRENGTH.
Figures Which Should Cause RefHec.
ton on the Part of JingOeS.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

IlbISDuTS OlSpdICn.
Every idivdual who has the safety OF
his country at heart should read Maj. Gen.
Oliver O. Howard's plea for the Army
in the current Forum. The array of evil
dence he presents showing the hopelessly
Inadequate condition of our national de-
lenses is startling. After noting that there
is no want of public spirit nor lack of will
ingneSs on the part of the people to make
necessary sacrifices for the national safety,
he calls attention in cool and dispaSsion-
ate manner to few hard facts which are
so glaringly apparent that even lingo
would SILVER with fear had he the brain to
appreciate their Importance. In the event
of war with Spain here is a comparison to
temper the beligerent ardor of the wild
est advocate of Spanish annhilation.
Spanish army now under arms: In Cuba,
272,2S2; in Porto Rica. 6.000 in the Philip
427, S32 To oppose this force we have 2S23S
regulars - officers and men - and 1889
to the government. The Spanish people
are wealthy, resourceful and intensely pa
the warpath money would be forthcom-
ing in plentiful amount. Suppose Eng
land should assist Spain. which is nor an
to take the field numbers 222,094 thor
oughly drilled and equipped men, and 1t
is claimed that the English War Office
could place 100000 soldiers Cana
dian frontier before the United States could
train and equip $4,000.
Along our Atlantic. Pacific and gulf
coasts there are about thirty prominent
ports and about seventy others of minor im-
portance practically defenseless. General
Howard mentions that sites for coast de-
fenes have been selected along our eastern
and western borders and they are being
gradually fitted with modern military appli-
ances, but where the men to defend
and operate the difficult and intricate ma
chinery? Where are the officers to train
recruits? Where are the means for quick
transportation for furnishing supplies
and what not? In case of sudden attack
our position would be extremely awkward:
And then our navy with not a pound OF
armor plate in sight-but am beginning to
shVer myself. How would our President
feel to awaken one fine morning to see the
historic thin, red line moving silently bur
swiftly, along the shores of Lake Cham
LII
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Simon T. Cnsady.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 10. - Simon t.
Casady, well-known dairyman, succumbed
to typhoid fever at o'clock this morning.
He was a son of the late Sampson Cassidy,
a soldier of the war of 1912, and was born
near this city April 8, 1913. Twenty years
ago Mr.. Cassidy entered the dairy business,
and sold enough milk to float war ship.
In 1868 he married Josephine Mahan, who,
with four grown children, survive. The fu
neral will be held Wednesday, under the
auspices of Tanpah Tribe of Red Men.
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Found n Runaway Husband.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 16.-Mrs. Rosa
Feltman, of Detroit, arrived in Anderson
tonight and had her husband placed under
arrest for adultery. She also caused the
arrest of a Mrs Hish. the woman in the
case. The wife has been tracking Feltman
over the country for the past three years,
ever since he left her in Dtroit. She finally
traced him to indianapolis and then learned
that he was in the loan business in this
city. She arrived here this morning and
had the police begin an investigation, which
resulted in his arrest. She is accompanied
by her little SON.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Aug. f6.-From in
formation received here tonight most seri-
Gus trouble is likely to occur among the
miners near Corinth, ". Va, caused by the
release of three Italians who were arrested
charged with threatening to blow up the
mine and brick plant of the Oakland Coal
company The release of the men tended
10 encourage the other strikers
who, armed with guns. went to the house ~
SIX men who had been at work, broke into it
and destroyed their property. Ex-Deputy
United States Marshal Wheeler was guard
ing the miners and was shot at but made
his escape to Oakland and reported the
facts to Superintendent Anderson who re-
sides there. Since the rioting has COM
menced there is no telling where it will
end, and great alarm is felt.
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Inspecting Armor-PIate Plants.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Aug. 16-The men,
bers of the investigating committee who
are trying to find out for the United States
government what 1t costs to erect and
maintain a plant in which armor plate for
the Nations big vessels can be manufac-
tured, came here to-day. The committee
is composed of Commodore Howell. Cap
tain a. H. Mccormick, Chief Engineer j.
II. Perry, Chief Civil Engineer M. II. Endi-
ant w. l. Chambers. of the United States
navy, and c. w. DeKnight, secretary of
the naval committee of the Senate. The
inspection will probably take up all of the
week.
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mediately went to work 10 clear the river of
visiting seiners and pot fishers. Men come
by the score from neighboring counties to
camp on the banks Of the Wabash. and
they usually bring seines so as to insure a
supply OF fish while in camp From May,
1 1 untll the appointment of State f1sh
sioner Hildebrant captured $50 feet of
selnes and trammel nets Since the ap-
polntment and the widening out of Mr.. I11l-
debrandts territory he has captured 2,'S6
feet of nets, or a total in a little over a
year of 1922 feet
When Mr.. HiIdebrandt was first ap-
pointed he was given jurisdiction over but
two counties, Cass and Carroll; When Com
missioner Sweeney reappOnted MN ne was
given wider field. his territory lncIudlng
the two-first named counties, together with
Howard, Miami Wabash, Fulton, Pulaski
and White. In all of these counties ne has
made SEEMING distasteful to the campers
and has captured many feet OF nets from
residents who have been SEEMING Tor years
and have come to believe that they nave
the right to do so. In consequence OF the
many raids he has made on the farmers ne
has incurred their enmity to such an eX-
tent that many of them threaten MIN with
violence If he attempts TO search tneir
premises. Hidebrandt is q man or giant
stature, standing six feet two inches In MS
socks, and weighing two hundred ana sew
enty pounds. He is clever sparrer; ana
in addition has the courage TO back his
physical strength. In consequence he goes
wherever he has reason to believe net or
seine may be found.
AesIerCay evening Deputy lSSIi I,1t
learned that Christian Best prominent
farmer of Clinton township, had a large
seine in his possession. Deputy Warden
Leroy Fitch and Constable George Hitch
ems were sent to the Best residence with
search warrant and found a seine two hum
dred feet long slowed away in the barn loft.
They confscated the seine and brought ~, II 10
the city, and it will be turned over to state
Commissioner H. r. Sweeney. Christian
Best and his son Charles were arrested on
the charge of having a seine in their pos
will have
this week Since the seiners have been
checked in their work there. has been a
notable increase in the number OF black
bass in the river and tributary streams.
The fly fishing is better this season than TOR
years past, and the size Of the nsh IS
much better average than formerly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
Local Miners OutyOtpd.

BELLAIRE. o., Aug. 16.-Another mass
meeting of miners was held here this after
neon Large delegations from Dillonvale,
Long Run and Wheeling Creek mines
marched here in a body, attended the meet
ing and outvoted the local miners The
meeting decided to shut down all local
mines in this vicinity This will cause a
number of large manufacturing plants to
close and probably the city electric and
taken there was great excitement for a
few minutes, when the local miners arose
and said they would go to work notwith-
standing the order just voted Trouble
is looked for here now at any time. as some
miners will probably bolt the action of the
ms
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
NEW BICYCLE DISEASE.
Harlow Harvey Dies with His Lungs
Turned to Bone.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. l6.-Harlow
Harvey, aged nineteen, one of the best
known young men in the city, died yester-
day after an illness of about two months,
and a post-mortem examination reveals
facts that are of especial interest to the
medical fraternity. Drs j. E. and Edward
Harris, physicians in charge, state that
they know of no such case on record. About
eighteen months ago while riding on a BIZ
cycle Mr.. Harvey had a fall and soon aft
er he noticed a small swollen place on his
left leg. 1t could not be reduced, and later
developed into a cancerous sore and he
went to Indianapolis where, after a Spe
Cial examination, the bone was carefully
scraped. He came home but soon after
the old trouble returned and it was neces-
sary to amputate the leg between the knee
and thigh. He recovered in a remarkably
short time and no further trouble was eX-
perienced until last June, when he was
taken i'll with what was thought to be lung
trouble. The disease would not yield to
treatment and he grew gradually worse
until death A request for poSt-mortem
was granted and it was found that the
lungs presented a remarkable scientific
fact. Instead Of being pliable and filled with
cells the cancer had turned both lungs into
geons knife would not separate the parts
The lung tissue had completely ossifed
and was hard as a bone. A section of the
lung thus Ossified has been saved and the
case will be reported in full to the medical
journals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17

OTTUMWA, Ia. Aug. 16.--By the breaking
of a coupling on train of cars in the mine
of the Wapello Company at Hiteman to-
day twenty men were more or less badly in
jured, three of them fatally. The fatally
injured are: James Darby. Daniel Coulson
and Charles Edmunds. The two hundred
men employed in the mine were on a train
of twenty-five cars going down an incline
from the mouth of the shaft to their places
of work when the coupling between the last
two cars broke, letting the rest down the
grade. The cars struck a curve in the
track and men and cars were piled together
n q bean.
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Expect n Big oil Gusher.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind Aug. 16-The
Manhattan Oil Company has ordered its
drillers to commence the work of drilling
in their well on the S. S. Carroll farm,
north of this city. which was plugged at
the first showing of oil recently. The COM
pany has secured all the leases available,
completed it is expected to come in mon
ster well, everything points that way.
The same company is also preparing to run
a pipe line from the new Madison county
field to MOntpelier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17

KANSAS CITY, Mo- Aug. 16-In a signed
article in the Star this evening DR.. VIII
liam Smith, a professor in the Kirkvie
National School of Osteopathy," so called
of this city, which, he declares, sold him
he had not taken a days study in the in
stitution. The supposed school has been in
existence for some time. and has as it's
and Bertha NJ. Barber. The officers of the
Kirkville school, whose founder is DIR. A. II
Sill, the discoverer of the science have de-
cided to bring criminal proceedings against
tha pAnpprn
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Full Time at Advanced Prices.

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 16.-The employees
of George c. Hetzel q Co., manufacturers
Of worsted goods, have been notified that
wages paid in 1892 will be restored on Sept.
6 next. The notice was a surprise, as the
restoration was granted by the firm with
Hetzel & Co employ several hundred peo-
pie. Since 1892 two reductions of wages
have been made aggregating about 20 per
cent, and until about three weeks ago the
mill has been running on half time. The
firm has of late received many new orders
and the employees are working full time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17

SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 16.-John Mas
terson, aged seventy-fve shot and killed
John Kurran, his nephew, and fatally
wounded himself to-day. Kurran was the
proprietor of a grocery store and employed
his uncle clerk. A few days ago he dis
charged the old man. This morning Mas
terson appeared at the store and, after a
few words with his nephew. drew a pistol
and fired three shots at Kurran, who fell
after the third shot. which took effect in
the left breast. Masterson then attempted
to kill the youth who had succeeded him as
clerk. but the latter fed Masterson next
turned the weapon upon himself, inficting
a fatal wound In the head.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
Daniel ShunlxYaX.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Aug. 16. - Daniel
Shumway proprietor OF the Junction Hotel,
died yesterday morning, after a few days
illness, of hemorrhag'e of the stomach Mr.
Shumway was formerly chief train dis
patcher of the C.. II. & d. Railroad in
Cincinnati and later for a company in
Memphis, Tenn He came to this city a few
years ago and took charge of the junction
Hotel. He had often expressed a desire TO
have his body cremated. and accordingly
the remains were shipped to Cincinnati TO-
day for cremation tonight.
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Illinois strikers Enioined.

CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. 16.-Judge A. X. Wick
ars granted an injunction to-day at Muir
physboro commanding the strikers to desist
from trespassing on the grounds or inter-
fering in any way with the employees of the
Muddy Valley Mining and Manufacturing
Company. the Muddy Valley mines, and
also from entering on the lands of w. p.
Halliday
DECTUR. ILL.,, Aug 16-At a meeting of
miners tonight a proposition to quit work
was carried eighty-six to fifty. AS about
it is uncertain how much effect this will
have. Committees were named to notify
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Western Railroad Company for injuries re-
ceived while crossing the track at Fall
creek. in Marion county, two years ago.
wallace Shumack filed his damage suit
against the Indianapolis Gas Company for
personal injuries received last December
now John Jackson has quit work at the
American strawboard works and will begin
suit in a few days fer the loss of an eye,
While running buzz saw for this company
something struck him in the eye which
caused him to lose his eyesight and also
required the removal of the eyeball. Out
side of a few such cases the litigation in
this county is very light and two such
counties could easily be thrown together
in O
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senator Hanna short of Rations.

SAULTE STE. MARIE, Mich Aug. 16-
Senator Hanna's yacht Comanehe arrived
here at noon to-day and Immediately left
for the lower lakes. The party ran almost
out of provisions on the trip from Nepigon
to the 500 and were on short rations for
three days In an interview this afternoon
Senator Hanna expressed great confidence
that Ohio would go Republican this fall by
big maiOritV