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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-27

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN, Ind. Dec. a recess
OF two days the trial of William Pherson
for the murder of Milton Knapp was re-
stunned to-day. Mont Knapp. Gus Knapp
and Everett Elkins testified as to the find
ing of a piece of board in the road a short
distance from the hogpen where Knapp's
body was found. Several gray hairs were
found sticking to the board. This evidence
is supposed TO bear out the claim that
Knapp was assaulted twice. the first time
in the road. Professor Owens testified that
he had examined the hairs found on the
board: that most of them were human
hairs. and that several were discolored by
tobacco. This afternoon Deputy Prosecutor
Dobbins and Marshal Dunlavy were On
the stand and recited the story of Pherson's
arrest and his confession. They said he
first denied his guilt, but later confessed
to killing Knapp with a club and gave as a
reason that Knapp had been too intimate
with the defendants daughter Ruth, and
that on the afternoon of the killing he
found Knapp crawling away from the
Pherson home. He had warned Knapp be-
fore to keep away or he would kill him. He
claimed to have letters proving Knapp's
guilt.
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LUMBER CAMP MELEE.
Fight in Which Twenty or More Per-
sons Were Hurt, Some Fatally.

BANGOR, Me-, Dec. ga bloody fight
occurred Christmas eve at Adams &
Knowlton,s lumber camp or Chase stream.
upper Kennebec river. h fight started
in a dispute between a man known as
wild" Hennessy and a Frenchman named
Philip Ouliette over religion. Hennessy be-
ing a Protestant and Ouliette a Catholic.
The two fought first with fists and soon
resorted to clubs. In a few minutes the
fight became general and about thirty men
engaged in a terrific battle with axes.
limbs of trees and Jumps of ice. A team
ster named Wilson attempted to stop the
fight and was laid senseless with a blow
on the head. Then a teamster named Tay-
lor took a hand as peacemaker, and laid
about him with all kinds of weapons. In
a few minutes the ground was strewn with
victims of Taylor's powerful blows and
those who had been injured in the general
or more hurt some will die.
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Lord william Leslie La POer Beres-
ford i'm a Serious Condition.

Lulu hCSiiC Lu UOcE DcTCS-
ford i'm a Serious Condition.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-It is announced that
Lord William Leslie La Poer Beresford,
who has been suffering from peritonitis,
but whose condition on Christmas day was
somewhat improved, has had a rather seri-
Gus relapse.
Lord Beresford is the third son of the
late Marquis of Waterford, who was sue
ceeded in the title by the eldest son, Henry.
Lord Charles went into the navy and Lord
William has fairly distinguished himself
in the army. After his graduation at
Elton he joined the Ninth Lancers I'm 1867,
and was lieutenant colonel of the regiment
until 1894. He was aid to Lord Lytton
when the latter was viceroy of India and
served as military secretary to Lords
Ripon, Dufferin and Lansdowne when these
peers were governors general of India.
Beresford was married in 1895 TO the fam
Gus Lily, Duchess of Marlborough. and is
her third husband. When she married the
late duke she was Mrs. Louis Hammersley,
the daughter of Commodore Cicero Price,
of the United States navy. Mr.. nm
ley was himself descended from a good
old English family. His ancestor, Sir
Hugh, was lord mayor of London in 1921.
Lord William BeresfOrd has the Victoria
Cross-the rarest British decentralization
distinguished bravery at the battle of
Ulandi, and is a knight commander of
the Indian empire.
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TO BE DECIDED ON JAN. 9
ARGUMENTS IN THE CAsTELLASE
CASE At PARIS CONCLUDED.
Relapse Suffered by Lord w. L. l.. II.
BeresfOrd. "a Distinguisbed Brit
ish Army Omcer.

PARIS. Dec. 26.-Before the first civil
tribunal of the Seine to-day Maitre Bonnat
resumed his speech. begun Dec. 20. when
the case was adjourned for a week. in be-
half of Count and Countess De Castellane
IN the suit of Charles Wertheimer. a Lon
don bric-a-brac dealer. to recover aymen
for art objects sold to the defendants. in
an elaborate argument counsel set forth
the counter claim of the Castellanes. who
demand a reduction of the debt, provision
ally estimated to be at least 100000 francs.
and the resti ution of objects taken in ex-
change by Wertheimer under the penalty
OF 1000 francs for each days delay in the
restitution from the day of judgment.
finally claiming damages TO the amount of
$4,000 francs. Counsel suggested that ex-
perts be appointed TO appraise the articles
involved, and suggested that these experts
be chosen from an ordinary list or from
among the presidents Of the exposition
juries. He explained that George j. Gould.
CT New York, in aiding the Castellanes I'm
this suit. desired to accomplish a duty
which the court had previously conf1ded
to him, on which the Castellanes. after
throwing off Wertheimers yoke, brought
the case into court because they thought
the publicity of the hearing was better
than the mystery of the suspicious pacts
and equivocal arrangements. In so doing,
counsel asserted, they did an act of dignity
and courage.
Maitre Foucald, counsel for Wertheimer,
replied, saying that the authenticity of
only five articles, of the value of 5000
francs, could possibly be questioned, and,
while Wertheimer affirmed their genuine
ness. he would consent to another expert
examination, on the understanding that #
the articles were declared spurious the
500, 900 francs was to be struck out of his
bill, but if they were declared genuine the
Castellanes were to pay the full price, no
reduction being admitted. Mr.. Wertheimer,
counsel added. opposed the restitution of
the art works which the Count De Castel-
lane gave him in pledge for payment OF the
total of the bill on the eve of his departur-
for America.
Maitre Bonnat again spoke, affirming that
the Castellanes only secured delays in pay
ment and the withdrawal of Wertheimer's
suit by fresh purchases Of articles for
$4,000 francs, which were barely worth
Is, 900 francs. This. counsel claimed. was
ceiling delays at usurious rates. The Cas-
~tellanes. counsel continued, demanded an
expert valuation of all the purchases, and
not of a few articles. The case was adj
%journed until Jan. 8, when judgment will
he delivered.
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WILL BUILD THEIR OWN ROADS.
Madison County Farmers Planning to
Break Up a Combination.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 26--The farmers
of Stony Creek township recently voted to
build twenty-one miles of free gravel roads
at an estimated cost of about 100000. The
contracts are to be awarded the first week
in January. 1t developed early last week
that there had been formed a combina-
ton among the gravel road contractors to
keep up the price of construction. A num-
Der of the leading farmers, to break the
so-called trust" have offered their teams
at 81 a day and labor at 81 a day TO any
responsible contractor who will bid with
them on the work. In this manner they
will build the roads themselves, as the
farmers are TO be given preference in hiring
teams and labor. They agree to furnish
as many teams as desired at the price
named and TO provide competent and sufi-
cient labor at 81 a day to complete the
work. Signed articles of agreement have
passed and the farmers think ii isl good
way in which to work out their pike tax
in winter time.
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BER NLOEHR
Je~e1er
130 East Washington Street.
DAYS OF TERROR. AT SEA
STATE OF NEBRASKA LONG
DJFFETED by WAVES.
Tossed About for Nearly Three Weeks
and Almost Observation-Disclosures
gers Glad to- Land.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-It was more than
q merry Christmas for the 10 passengers
on the belated Allan liner State of Me-
braska. Nineteen days out from the Clyde.
eight days overdue. the Nebraska crept into
port here with smashed lifeboats, demol-
ished lighthouses and broken and twisted
rails. II was the first clear day the voy-
ayers had seen since Dec. :, when the Ne
braska steamed out of Neville, Ireland,
in the face of a gale that swept her decks.
On board the Allan liner when she
left Glasgow on Dec. 6 were ten saloon.
thirty second-cabin passengers and seven.
t. steerage passengers. Officers and pas
sengers declare the wreckage on deck gave
but a faint idea of the horrors Of the voy-
age. Three times the machinery broke
down and the vessel had to be hove to.
Gales and head seas swept the ship from
the moment she left Neville. At midnight
on Dec. IL the feed pipes of the engines
gave out and the Nebraska was hove TO
for three hours headed into the seas wash
ing over her. Ii was at this time that
a wave smashed the two lighthouses con-
tanning the side lights. The vessel was roll
ing and lifting TO the seas or plunging
into them. The steerage passengers were
all in terror and the cabin yoyagers clung
TO their berths. The feed pipes were re-
paired and improvised side lights placed.
The engines could not force her forward
at more than three knots an hour. Some
times she moved at less than two knots.
Two of the lifeboats on the port side
forward were smashed to splinters on Dec
Is. The vessel logged but fifty miles for
that twenty-four hours, and for six days
she made less than ninety miles The en-
gines had 10 be stopped on the 18th 10 cool
some overheated journals and the next day
the main steam pipes gave so much trouble
another stop had to be made.
The only one Of the crew injured. in
the long voyage was William Thompson, n
fireman, who was hurled against the deck
rails and had two ribs fractured.
Capt. David ingram. of Vancouver. who
has circled the globe twice, was one or
the passengers. He said that three times
the voyagers felt that all hope was gone.
Not a meal could be served in the saloon
during the voyage.
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ESTABLISHED A FACT.
Death of n Hammond Man Proved vir-
ulence of Snake Bite.

CHICAGO. Dec. 26-Edmund ]. James,
professor in the University of Chicago and
president of the American Academy OF Po-
litical and Social Science, has been working
for twenty years in an effort to obtain n
well authenticated instance OF death from
snake bite in the United States. and at
last he has been successful. He said yes
terday:
II have read so frequently and hear so
man stories about this and that and the
other person having been bitten by a rat
tlesnake and dying from the effects there
after. that / concluded years ago TO make
q collection of such cases, but fouuf
on investigation that every case had heard
OF turned out TO be either entirely without
foundation or resting on some evidence
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DELLA FOX MARRIED.
Her Husband Il John Levy, and She
Gave Her Age as Twenty-Five. I

BALTIMORE. Dec 26.-Della Fox. the
actress, was married to-day 10 John Levy,
OF New York, in the office of the clerk OF
the Court OF Common Pleas. Rev. William
w. Way. pastor Of Emmanuel Reformed
Church, performed the ceremony IN the
presence OF the brides maid and a few
of the court officials. II Is announced that
after the completion OF her engagement
in this city this week Mrs. Levy will re-
tire from the vaudeville stage with the In
tention OF returning shortly TO comic opera
The marriage license. which was issued to-
day, gives the age OF Miss Fox at twenty
five years, single and a resident or New
York. while Mr.. Levy said he was thirty
five, lived in New York and has no reia-
tiyes.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec ga wedding
ceremony was interrupted at the home of
William Rush. in this city. last night. The
guests had assembled and the Rev. Mr..
Martin, of Madison-avenue Methodist
Church, was in the midst of the
when police officers entered the house at
front and rear The service came to a halt.
but both bride and groom demanded that IL
officers then arrested the groom, Chester
Lawson, on the charge of stealing chick
ems. Lawson spent the night in Jail. as he
was unable TO secure bond.
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WRECKED WITH DYNAMITE.
The "Blue Goose saloon at Burling-
ton Destroyed by a Mob.

FLORA, Ind. Dec. 26.-The Burlington
Clubhouse, better known as THE Blue
Goose" was again wrecked by a mob last
night. The windows were broken. the doors
smashed and the liquor barrels rolled into
the street and their contents poured in
the cutters.
Burlington has figured i'm the dispatches
before on account Of it's stand against the
saloon. and the building in which the bus
mess was located has time and again
been wrecked with dynamite, but the pro-
prietor. George Black, always repaired the
damage and resumed business. For sew
eral months he has been without license.
hut he conducted a clubroom. Since the
recent decision of the Supreme Court rela-
tive TO signing remOnStrances by power Of
attorney Black has announced that he will
again apply for license, and last nights
action OF the mob is a f%orerunner OF what
will happen IL the license is granted
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Accused of Burglary and Forgery.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
FRANKFORT. Ind, Dec. 2~6.-Charles
Miller. son of A. ]. Miller. a merchant or
this city, was arrested this afternoon ON
the charge of burglarizing Nj. Il. Thresh-
er's store on the night of Dec. p. Thresh-
er's safe was drilled into and an attempt
made to blow it, but the effort was uii-
successful. About $50 was secured from
the money drawer. Soon after Miller had
been arrested on this charge he was ar
r. A. Allen for $65. Miller's arrest was a
shock to the city. He protests his inno-
cpnCp
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Pro.pective Lvnchfnr.

WHITE HALL, H.. Dec. 26.-Early this
morning a gang of about fifty men sur
rounded the Greene county jail. at Carroll
town. and a committee searched the Jail
for Albert Shenkle, OF this city. The COM
mittee learned that Shenkle had been taken
TO Alton for safety. The gang. at 1 o'clock,
started on their return home. 1t Is believed
that Shenkie's return 10 the county will be
followed by certain lynching. He is under
arrest on the charge of attacking and OBJ
bling Miss Grace Giller. of this city. on the
streets several nights ago. She vas grabbed
by the throat and so severely Injured as to
require the attention OF physicians.
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APT HAFF AT BOSTON.
He Thinks the Lawson Cup Defender
Will BE m GOod One.

BOSTON. Dec. 26.-Capt. Henry C. Half,
the veteran sailing master of four cup de-
tenders. arrived here to-day and made a
friendly visit to George Lawley. Afterwards
the captain reluctantly admitted that he
visited Boston on invitation of Thomas w.
Lawson and Designer Crowninshield for a
conference ON private matters. Asked what
he thought OF the design of the Lawson
boat he said that he had not seen it. but
from what he had heard he thought she
would be a very good boat. The captain
spoke highly of the merits of a ninety-foot
center-bOarder.
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ALL ORDERED TO r


CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 26.-Magis-
trate Strohreker, of Red Top. a notorious
negro settlement. gave orders to-day that
all negroes living there would AVE to mar
ry. Since notice was made several days
ago that such orders would be issued by
the magistrate seventy-five couples, it is
said, have been married. Magistrate
Strohreker maintains that a man will light
quicker for his paramour than for his wife.
and to stop the run of crime IN that local
.ty has directed the negroes to become
legally man and wife.
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BOOZE" WASTED.
Fifty Jugs of Christmas whisky
Poured Into the Gutter.

WICHITA. Kan, Dec. PA dispatch re-
ceived here tonight from Ardmore. Chick
asaw Nation, states that Indian Policeman
Hamp Willis visited the express Office early
yesterday morning. and. finding twenty
jugs Of Christmas whisky consigned to citi-
Gems from friends I'm Texas, took them into
his possession and emptied them into the
gutter. The previous night he made a SINH
Lar raid and found thirty jugs. which he
smashed. He boosted that Ardmore would
have a dry Christmas. and he kept his
word The express ompan will take the
matter 10 the Interior Department.
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THOUGHT SHE WAS JrLTED.
Cause of the Suicide of Miss GILBERT
son, Of Rush County

Special to the indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26.-Coroner
Wooden has completed an investigation of
the facts concerning the suicide of Miss
Bertha Culbertson, the school teacher who
killed herself yesterday.
Charles May, her sweetheart, before leav-
ing for Montana, wrote her a letter bid
ding her goodbye. He said his courage
failed him when it came to telling her OF
his intended departure, and thought he
would let her know by letter. Two hours
after receiving this letter Miss Culbertson
penned a reply. in which she said she had
concluded to kill herself and advised May
10 marry some other girl. The tone of
Mays letter did not indicate that he had
Tilted the girl, but that conclusion was
inevitable from Miss Culbertson's missive.
May, before his departure, purchased sew
eral Christmas presents for Miss gilbert
son, which arrived yesterday after her
death.
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work ON the New Cup Defender.

BRISTOL. r.. r.. Dec. 26.-The work of
uncovering the lead keel for the new cup
defender. which Is in process of construc-
ton. was begun to-day. A large amount
OF clay was banked around the keel mold
TO keep IL from spreading during the cool
ing Of the lead and considerable work will
be necessary to remove this. The next step
will De cleaning and trimming up the keel.
Work on the angle line for the smaller
frame at bow and stern is progressing
rapidly as Is the boring Of bolt holes in
the Tobin bronze plates for the hull. The
larger angle irons for the midship section
are expected to arrive tonight and the
work Of setting up the boats frame will
be commenced as soon as the steel is
ready.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 26.-Evan p.
Warner. secretary and treasurer OF the La
toilette Coal. Iron and Railway Company
and superintendent of the Tennessee
Northern Railway, died to-day. He was
until five years ago a resident of Lexing-
ton, KY.
GALVESTON, Tex. Dec. 26.--A. III.
Pierce. the richest cattlen1an in Texas, died
to-day at Pierce station. He was many
times a millionaire, with a large variety of
interests i'm Texas.
LONDON, Dec. Z7.7Jules Rivfere, the
famous musical conductor, is dead.
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Home for John Mitchell.

HAZLETON, Pa, Dec. 26.-The United
Mine Workers of the Seventh anthracite
district, comprising the Hazleton region.
will hold their annual convention Saturday
afternoon in this district, when action will
be taken on a proposition for the erection
of a home for National President John
Mitchell, in recognition of his work in be-
half of the miners during the late strike.
The anthracite miners will contribute all
the funds needed for this project.
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DIR. II. f. VILLA I'd. who has been in Ber-
lin several weeks. organizing a party Tor a
Christmas tour of Russia, left. on Tuesday,
with twelve Americans.
The brother of Andree. the missing aero
naut, says n dispatch from Copenhagen.
despairing of his return from the Arctic
regions has finally opened his Will.
Harry Vardon, who was a passenger from
New York on the White Star steamer Ma
jestic. in an interview at Liverpool yester-
day said the American people had treated
him most Hospitality. but that the American
golfers had still much 10 learn, as neither
players nor the links were up TO the mark.
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ACCIDENT AFTER CRIME
PRINCETON MAN FATALLY HURT
AFTER sTABBING HIS WIFE.
saloon Wrecked by n Burlington Mob
Bail of John DichI Made Heavier
-Indiana Trials for Murder.
Special to the Indianapolis Journsl

PRINCETON, Ind, Dec. 26.-John Fluker.
thirty years old. is dying here tonight
as the result of a series of tragic &C.
c%urrences yesterday. Christmas morning
he became intoxicated and quarreled with
his wife. He stabbed her several times,
and. thinking she was dead, attempted TO
escape by a freight train. In boarding the
moving train his limbs were drawn beneath
the wheels and crushed. His death is GER
tain. TIL young wife is not dangerously
cut and will recover.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-Arrived: An
choria and Laurentian. from Glasgow; AL
Ter. from Naples. Sailed: Bulgaria. for
Hamburg; St. Louis. for Southampton;
Vaderland, for Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 26.-Arrived: Majestic,
from New York: Pennland, from Phiiadei-
phia. Sailed: cymric, for New York.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 2s.-Arrived: Graf
Waldersee, from New York, for Hamburg,
via Cherbourg, and proceeded.
GLASGOW. Dec. 26.-Arrived: Corean,
from PHILADELPHIA
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INDIANA
Father Fidelis de Voight, a Native of
Indiana. at Trenton. n. j.

TRENTON, y. j., Dec. 26.-The Rev.
Fidelis de Weight, formerly Catholic chap
lain of the New Jersey State Prison, died
at st. Francis Hospital to-day of apoplexy,
aged forty-five years. Father Fidelis was
a member of the Order of Minor Conven-
tuals and besides being stationed at Trea-
ton, had served as rector at the Lady OF
angels Church in Albany and ST. Joseph's
Church in Utica. His parents live in JET
fersonville, Ind, and have been notified
OF his death. Father Fidelis had been
at st. Francis Hospital for several months.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The membership of
the Building Trades Council will be reduced
by $500 as n result of the action of the
Hodcarriers' and Building Laborers'
Union, which sent a communication to the
Chicago Master Masons' Association to-day
stating that the union had withdrawn. The
Hodcarriers' and Building Laborers' Union
is numerically the strongest hat has get
left the central body.
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LONDON, Dec. 27.-"The New York
Yacht Club" says the Daily Express. will
invite Emperor William and the Prince of
Wales TO witness the cup races. and Pres
ident Mckinley will also send notes ex-
pressing the pleasure their visits would
give"
Sir Thomas Upton, who has been inter-
viewed on the subject for the Daily Ex-
press. said he thought il within the range
OF possibility that the Prince of Wales
would accept such an invitation.
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LYDA-COx MURDER TRIAL.
State Rests Its Case and Defense Calls
First Witness.

MONTICELLO. Ind, Dec. 26.-The State
rested its case this morning in the LYDIA
Cox murder trial, and counsel for the de-
Tense made it's opening statement. George
Austila, Brother of Mrs. LYDIA, widow of
the alleged murdered man. was the first
witness for the defense. He had known the
dead man since his marriage and had seen
him frequently during the last three years
of his life. LYDIA. he testified. had never
complained to him of having kidney trou-
BILE or pains in the back until the day he
died. OF the details Immediately surround
ing Lyda's death the witness was unable
to tell any more than had been told by pre-
viouS witnesses.