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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
THE STUDENTS DAY.
Observance of George W-ashinGton's
Birth Anniversary.

The students of the University of Indian
apolis will have a celebration to-day in nom
or of W~ashington's birthday. The demon
s~tration will begin at 1:20 o'clock this after
noon, when the young men from Butler
College, the Medical College of Indiana, the
Indiana Dental College and the Law School,
will give a street parade. The procession
will form on Senate avenue, between Ohio
and Market streets. The line of march has
been arranged as follows: South on Senate
avenue to Washington street, east on
Washington to Illinois street. south on Hi
nois to Georgia. countermarch on Illinois
to Washington, east on Washington to
Pennsylvania, north IN Pennsylvania to
Market. west on Market to the monument
and around the monument to Meridian
street, north ON Meridian to Vermont, east
on Vermont TO Pennsylvania, south on
Pennsylvania to Market, and east on Mar
ket to Tomlinson Hall.
The exercises at the hall will take place
at 2:30 o'clock, and will open with a selec-
ton by the university band. President Jenk-
ms of the university. will deliver the invo-
cation. The University Glee Club will give
some selections and John w. Kern will de-
liver an address on The Land, the Day and
the Occasion After the address there will
be a love feast" in the hall by the stu
dents, which will include dancing. Tonight
the students will attend the performance at
EngliSh'S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22

EpitOme of Forestry.

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
Forests control climate. In t~reeless lands
rains are irregular, while droughts are Of
frequent occurrences. Forests retain snow,
absorbing it as it melts; they also absorb
rainfall, distributing it through the subsoil.
Springs are permanently fed in forest lands,
and brooks are regular in their flow. For
ests guide air currents to higher level.
Cyclones do not occur in timbered regions;
rather, when they occur, it is high above
| the surface. Forests protect inhabitants
from severe storms and changes in tenn
perature; also serve as a protection to stock.
Forests add fertility to surrounding lands
by the falling leaves and accumulated vege-
tation. Agriculture is promoted by sur
rounding belts of woodland, which prevent
great and rapid evaporation Of moisture.
Trees add beauty, variety and harmony to
the surrounding landscape. They purify
the atmosphere by absorption of carbonic
acid gas, rendering the air pure for mans
use. Trees give shade and shelter to our
homes; they supply food and afford protec-
ton to birds, which, in town, protect man
from insect pests and crops from insect
raVages. The destruction of forests, carried
too far, causes frequent droughts, sue
ceeded by disastrous floods. 1t causes the
soils Of hill lands to be washed away, leav-
ing hard, rocky unproductiVe land, discour-
aging to agriculture.
In summer the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
are TOO low lot pfOlltaDle naVlSdIlOns AGAIN
they are flooded, the Ohio rising seventy
feet perpendicular high, q mile in breadth,
often d~eluging miles of fertile land, sub
merging cities, carrying away houses,
barns, fences. stock and damaging the
country UNNECESSARILY. The MISSISSIPPI
overtows it's banks, breaks numerous crew
asses through the levees and flows in a
current forty miles wide through Arkansas.
Lumber is becoming more scarce each year,
and timber is consumed far more rapidly
than it is allowed to grow. Thirty
years ago Indianapolis was the CEN
ter of the hardwood industry of
the country. Indiana walnut, ash
and oak were then thought to be in
exhaustible. To-day that center is 200 miles
south of the Ohio river and hard wood fast
disappearing. Indiana manufacturers pro-
cure so per cent. of their lumber from with
out the State. Timber can be grown in
twenty to twenty-five years of sufficient
size to make lumber, and to supply the
railway companies with crossties, posts.
telegraph poles, etc. Indiana has 6,T6 miles
of railway, including street lines, which
have consumed 20. 900. 600 ties In construction,
while 3,000.0 900 additional are required each
year for repairs. In the next two decades
there will be used co., 900 ties, costing $780,
060.0 900, which must be procured outside the
State unless we grow them. Half a million
acres of our land is practically worthless
for cultivation. and sooner or later will be
abandoned. All of this will grow trees, in
crease the fertility of the soil by vegetable
accumulation, and will add to the property
of the State a hundred million dollars.
TREES.
indianapolis, Feb. 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
KILLED HIS SCHOOLMATE.
Louis Reber "Didn't Know 1t Was
LOaded"-AIbert Kinney Dead.

Yesterday afternoon Louis Reber, twelve
years old. shot Albert Kinney, sixteen years
old, with a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
rifle. The ball pierced Kinney's cheek, cut
through the carotid artery and lodged in
the brain. The boys were in the kitchen
of the Reber home, No. 167 Bright street.
They intended going to school together.
While they were waiting Louis went into
another room and got a .22-caliber rifle.
He went back to the kitchen and pointed it
at his schoolmate, saying, Throw up your
hands, He did not obey and Louis pulled
the trigger. A report followed and the boy
dropped 10 the floor. Louis thought his
companion was joking, but his mother, rush.
ing in, found him dead.
Patrolman Pope took the boy to the police
station and to the matron's room, where he
stayed last night. He is small, with large
round eyes and an innocent looking face.
He laughed and chatted. Only when he told
the story would his lips tremble as if he
were going to cry. The boy says he looked
into the rifle and did not see the cartridge.
The coroner is satisfied that the shooting
was without intent and expects the boy will
be released this morning. He is the son of
Charles Reber, foreman of the composing
room of the German Tribune. The dead
boys father is David Kinney, of No. IL
North Blackford street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
BAD WEATHER PROBABLE.
Rain, Possibly Snow i'm Northern In
diana and Low Temperature.

WASHINGTON, Feb. q, s p. m.-Fore-
cast for twenty-four hours.
For Ohio-Rain, possibly turning into snow
on tie lake; somewhat colder; brisk north to
northwest winds.
For Indiana-Rain, possibly turning into
snow in northern portion; colder; westerly
winds.
For Enthusiastically fair; colder, with
a cold wave in extreme north and southwest
portions: westerly winds.
Weather Conditions and General Forecast
Weather conditions are once more assum-
ing a decided character. A decidedly low area
is central in the upper Ohio valley. the
barometer remaining low east of the Rocky
mountains, except in the Northwest, over
which a wave of high pressure is advancing,
accompanied by a cold wave which has thus
far extended through Montana and Western
North Dakota. AT Havre, Mont, the tenn
perature tonight is ten degrees below zero,
a fall of forty-four degrees during the past
t%wenty-four hours. Throughout the interior
of the country and the entire East and
South. the temperatures have remained COM
paratively high, but have fallen generally
except in the gulf States, Pennsylvania and
Western New York. There have been rains
from the Mississippi valley eX-
cept in the middle and North Atlantic
0NclNO 1A@NA AA6AN AAAOfN "a SNN NNC
Northwest. In the plateau region and on
the Pacific coast, fair weather has prevailed
except that there were light showers in the
northern portion. TIL temperatures in these
districts have changed but little except
Southern California. where they have fallen
six to fourteen degrees. The river situation
along the Potomac has not materially
changed, but the ice broke Tuesday after
noon at Riverton, Va, on the South Shen-
andoah river. 1t did no damage and the
river is within its banks
Rain is indicated in the middle and North
Atlantic States, the eastern lower lake
region and upper Ohio valley. Rain, prob
ably turning into snow in western lower
lake region and lower Michigan. There will
also be snow in the central Rocky mountain
region and the Northwest. 1t will be colder
west of the Allegheny mountains with cold
waves from Wisconsin and Northern Till
nois westward, extending into Colorado,
Kansas and northern Missouri. Cold waves
are also indicated by Wednesday night or
Thursday morning in Oklahoma. the Texas
panhandle and Northern New Mexico. Cold
wave signals are displayed over the terri
tory for which cold waves have been fore
casted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFICERS.
w. E. English the New President-Leg.
isIatiOn Endorsed.

It the first meeting of the new board of
directors of the Commercial Club yesterday,
William E. English was elected president
of the club; Albert Metzger, first vice presi-
dent; Charles H. Badger, second vice presi-
dent; Charles e. Hollenbeck, treasurer, and
Evans Woollen, secretary. Requests were
presented the board by members of the club
asking the club to protest against the APP
prevail of the police pension bill, which is
far advanced in the Legislature. The APP
pointment of a committee of fifteen to CO.
operate with the Board of Trade committee
in the celebration of Dewey's Manila vic
tory was authorized. The bill before the
Legislature for a negotiable instrument law
was indorsed.
A resolution asking the enactment of the
amendment giving the city power to force
the elevation of railroad tracks was adopted.
President English appointed William G.
Bobbs, Charles e. Coffin and John w. Kern
as a committee to urge the passage of the
bill in behalf of the University of lndianap-
oils
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
LOGANSPORT ROAD SOLD.
MarOtt Company This
Street-Car Property.

A deal was consummated yesterday
whereby the property of the L~ogansport
Electric Street Railway passes from
the hands of Receiver D.. d.
Tickle, who has been operating it
for the last three years, to the In
%dianapolis & Logansport Traction Company.
the new purchasers assuming control of the
property as soon as Receiver Tickle can
make his final reports to the court. The
Indianapolis & Logansport Company was
represented in the deal by George j. Marott,
Of indianapolis, president of the company.
and his attorney, Charles Dryer. The New
York stockholders in the Logansport com
pany were represented by G. w. Masslin.
of New York. The consideration was S2O.O00
and assumption by the purchasers of
bonded indebtedness, amounting to $50. OOG.
The Logansport road consists of five and
one-half miles of track, fully equipped, and
power house. The new purchasers an
nounce that important improvements are
contemplated, besides making the road an
important factor in the proposed line be-
tween that city and Indianapolis. right Of
way for which has now been secured in all
the counties through which the line will
pass, except Boone and Clinton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
SHE is NOW IN LONDON
ROTH VI. LEWIS, A CHILD WIFE, SUES
FOR DIVORCE IN THIS CITY.
Secretly Married to a YoUngster
While Visiting New York
Friends.

Suit to ann a marriage contract was
brought in the Superior Court yesterday by
the parents of Ruth NJ. Lewis, who is
eighteen years old. The defendant is Leon
Lewis, who is said to be a resident of Mount
Vernon, N. Y. His wife is temporarily
living in London, England. but her parents
reside in indianapolis. The daughter was
married to Lewis in New York city on Aug.
q, 1895, without the consent of her parents,
who were not informed of the match until
several weeks afterward.
The young woman, who was but sixteen
years of age at the time of the marriage,
was spending the summer with friends in
New York city. The complaint does not
give the girls maiden name and the attor-
ney who brought the suit declines to make
the name public. He says, however, that she
belongs to a family of the highest respecta-
biIity in this city. While visiting her New
York friends, the girl made the acquaintance
of Leon Lewis, who lived in the neighbor-
hood of the family with which she was stay
ing. For several weeks the young people
were much in each others society. Lewis
was about eighteen years of age when he
met the girl. The complaint ayers that
Lewis and his mother conspired to bring
NAAC AAAdA Aa6C' CIVIL ~ 0RBC0AGs bcAA
no money, but the Indianapolis girl had
some funds which her parents had given
her when she started to New York. The
pair lived together about five weeks after
the marriage. Two or three weeks after she
had become the wife of Lewis the girl wrote
to her mother, telling her of what she had
done. The mother Immediately sent the
daughter a letter telling her she re-
GREETED the marriage. A few days the young
wife again wrote to her parents, expressing
a desire to come home. Money was sent to
her and she returned to Indianapolis. Lewis
did not come with her and she did not see
him again for several months. He turned
up in indianapolis one day and visited his
wife and her parents a short time. From
here he went 70 Chicago and tried to get
into business, but failed. 1t is claimed that
he then wrote to his wife telling her that
unless her people could furnish him money
with which to engage in some kind Of bust
ness he proposed to return to New York.
His wife's parents showed no disposition TO
help him and he went back East. The young
people have not since lived together. Last
year Mrs. Lewis was sent to London by her
parents to study music and she is still there.
The complaint filed yesterday was signed by
her in London and it also bears the sigma
ture of the secretary to the American vice
consul at London, who officiated as notary
public. The young woman expects to be
home by the time the case is called for trial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
THE HINSHAW CASE.
Attorney Parker Thinks He VIII
Prove the Preacher Innocent.

Rumors that the Hinshaw case is to be
reopened have been flying lately. ]. O..
Parker, who is the attorney for the Hin
shaw family, said yesterday that he was
still at work following out his theory, which
he believed to be a fact, leading to the ex-
oneration of Hinshaw of the charge Of
numbering his wife. The reopening of the
case is remote said Mr.. Parker yesterday,
but my work has a fair prospect of being
successful. and believe the time win come
when we will prove Hinshaw innocent and
that Noah Baney. Guy Van Tassel and
Kid Whitney killed Mrs. Hinshaw on the
morning of Jan. 10, 1895"
The three men mentioned are all in the
Penitentiary, where they have spent much
of their time since youth. Mr.. Parker holds
TO the stories in Hinshaw's favor that We're
told when Baney was taken out of the peni-
tertiary TO go over the scene of the murder
at Belleville. He talks confidently OF being
able to prove that chose stories are true.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
SUES THE TwO BANKS.
Cashed a Check Which y. w. Eagan
Says Was Obtained by Fraud.

Cashed a Check Which T.. w. Eagan
Says Was Obtained by Fraud.
In the Circuit Court yesterday Patrick w.
Eagan began an action for damages against
the Capital National Bank, Of indianapolis,
and the Washington National Bank, of
Washington, Ind. The plaintiff AYERS that
in November, 1897. one ]. c. Heys, who rep
resented himself as the Indiana agent for
the Bankers Life Insurance Company, of
New York, appointed him as the local
agent of the company in indianapolis.
Heys, as alleged in the complaint, induced
the plaintiff to give him a check for 500 on
the Washington National Bank as collateral
security for the faithful performance of
his duties as the c~ompany's agent. The
plaintiff charges that on Nov. 10, 1897, Heys
indorsed the check and negotiated it at the
Capitol National Bank. The money was
paid and the check was forwarded to the
Washington National Bank, where the
plaintiff had funds on deposit. The WASH
ington bank charged the amount of the
check to plaintiffs account, and shortly aft
erWard, he ayers, Heys fled the State. II
is charged that HeyS was not the agent OF
the Bankers Life Insurance Company, ana
that his representations TO the plaintiff were
fraudulent. The plaintiff seeks damages
against the two banks involved in the trans
action for $15G.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22

Charges Against the Industrial ALI
ance Association.

lMC
A complaint asking for the appointment
Of a receiver for the Industrial Alliance
Building and Loan Association was filed by
Attorney Walter A. Royse in the Superior
Court yesterday afternoon on behalf of
George Greyer, who owns twenty-five
shares of stock in the association. The
complaint shows that the owner of this
stock has applied for a withdrawal of his
money in accordance with the laws of the
association, but after waiting ten months he
has failed to get any money from it. The
complaint also charges that the association
has shown itself to be insolvent in its ans
nual reports made to the auditor of state
during the last three years, and that these
for expenses during these years than it's en-
tire earnings amounted to. During each Of
these three years, it is charged, in addition
to paying out for expenses more than its
entire earnings, the association has de-
clared dividends on prepaid and paid-up
stock. 1T is charged that these dividends
simply amount to Unlawful preferences
given the holders of prepaid and paid-up
stock over the holders of common or INSTALL
ment stock. The complaint declares this to
be a Misrepresentation of the funds of the
association to the detriment Of the owners
of installment stock. 1t is charged that the
ing insufficient to pay back the amount
shareholders have paid In to the association
as dues on their stock.
The application for a receiver will be ar
gued before Judge Carter on Saturday
morning,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22

magistrates have been entirely too lenient
with the brutes and because the whipping
post has not been used. The Maryland law
has been on the books since 1852, and it
reads as follows:
Amy person who shall brutality assault
and beat his wife shall be deemed guilty
of u misdemeanor, and upon presentment
competent jurisdiction. shall be sentenced
to be whipped not exceeding forty lashes
or be imprisoned for a term not exceed
ing one year, or both, in the discretion OF
the court.
IF any court shall order or direct the
punishment as aforesaid by whipping the
same shall be administered by the sheriff
of the county or the city Of Baltimore,
where the Judgment shall be rendered, and
said sheriff shall administer the same within
the walls of the city or county jail
There nave not been many whippings in
MARYLAND under this law, and they have
all been practically private. the number OF
witnesses being small.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
PRISON LABOR TO LET.

Notice is hereby given that on the 9TH day of
March, 1889, at 10 o'clock a. m, the board Of
control OF the Indiana State Prison, at Michigan
City, Ind, will let to the highest and best bidder
the labor of fifty prisoners or less for a term Of
years expiring oct. 1. 1904. At the same time and
place said board Of control will let the labor of
one hundred prisoners for a term OF years expiring
Oct. J, 1904 The number OF prisoners to be em-
ployed in any single trade or industry shall not
exceed one hundred.
The bids must be so much for each prisoner per
day, and must state the number Of men de-
sired.
Successful bidders must file good and sufficient
bonds. according to law, for the faithful per-
formance OF such contract.
All bids must be sealed and addressed IA
Charley Harley. Warden Indiana State Prison.
and be filed on or before 10 O'Clock a. m. March
z, 1899.
The board expressly reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
For further particulars call on or address
CHARLEY HARLEY, Warden Indiana State
Prison, Michigan city, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22

woman. partly dissected. lying on the floor
in the back room. and the body of an in
FAINT in a basket hanging on a chandelier in
the hall in front of the room. The Gus
todian of the building knew that the bodies
were there. He said the body of the woman
had been in the room two months. That
part of the building was not heated. 1t be-
some excitement was caused. The bodies
were moved to the college yesterday after
noon. There was an inclination yesterday,
on the part of some who knew of the mat
ter, to censure the college for leaving
bodies ito lie around like rubbish" At the
college the idea of investigating the matter
was laughed at.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22

The will of Charles w. Carlton was pro-
bated yesterday in the Circuit Court He
named the Union Trust Company as execu-
tor of his estate, which he bequeathed TO his
sons, Walker, Harrison and Francis Carl
ton.
The will Of Sophia Warmeling was also
probated. She left her estate TO her hUs-
band, Henry Warmeling.
Adolph SchleicheT, jF., qualified as admin
1~strator of the estate of his father, who was
accidentally killed last week. Bond S25. 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
Divorce Complaints.

In the Superior Court Helen Breedlove is
asking for a divorce from Henry A. Breed
love, to whom she was married on Aug. 81,
1892. The plaintiff says she was deserted
in February, 1898. She charges that Breed
love cursed and kicked her and used bad
language in her presence.
Robert Walker complains of Ollie Walker,
and says he was married to the defendant
in October, 1897, separating from her on
Feb. 20. 1899. on that date, the plaintiff
AYERS, he found a letter that his wife had
written to a man, requesting him to meet
her at a certain house. Plaintiff confront
ed his wife with the evidence of her UNI
faithfulness and says she confessed her
guilt.
Jefferson c. Duzan brings suit for divorce
from Emma A. Duzan, alleging cruel treat
ment. Plaintiff and defendant were mar
ried in March. 1884. Duzan AYERS that his
wife, during the month Of July, 1897, left
home in company with a man named Dale,
plaintiffs little son with her. While at
Michigan City, it is alleged, they visited
the Penitentiary, Dale and the woman claim
ing to be husband and wife. Plaintiff says
that while there his wife told their son that
his father was confined in the prison, having
been sent there for a term of eight years.
Ida NJ. Neville seeks a legal separation
from William II. Neville. She says her
husband deserted her in March, 1894. at
WATERFOWL, N. Y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
GenernI MalIace Mill Rend.

A meeting of the Indiana Historical So
ciety will be held this evening at Meridian
street church. General Lew Wallace will
be a guest of the society and will read from
his forthcoming autobiography a chapter on
The Battle of Buena Vista"
The State Association of Mexican War
Veterans will hold a reunion in the State
house to-day. This is the ffty-secOnd an
niVersarY of the battle of Buena Vista.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
The Fort WAYNE Charter.

D. N. Foster. of Fort Wayne, is in the
city with the charter amendments to be pre-
scented in the Senate to-day as soon as they
can be pushed through. The Allen county
Republican central committee met last
night and decided to withdraw the amend
ments reducing the mayors salary and to
make the Office of city clerk elective. The
amendments, as they now stand, will create
a police judge and make absolutely nom
partisan the police and fire department.