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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Ahou, s,xtv-five new members will be re-
. ceived into the Knights OF Columbus Soun-
Gil Jan. 2S
The parish report for the year 1893 was
read at the Sacred Heart Church yester-
day morning.
The vomen's Catholic Order of Forest
ers met at the residence Of Miss Mae Il.
Boatman, SIS North New Jersey street.
yesterday.
Sunday evening. Jan. q. the pupils OF
Sacred Heart Church will give an enter
tainment in st. Cecilia Hall. Union street.
for the benefit of the academy
Mr. Frank ID. Lane, OF 1910 Cornell av-
enue. has left for Phoenix, Ariz.. where ne
takes a position with Mr.. George w. WICK
ers, auditor of the Territory
In the Third precinct of Center town
shin C. ID. Lancaster was elected dele
gate to the Republican district convention
to be held in this city Tomorrow
The Holly Sixteen Cinch Club met at Mrs.
TT +, Shepherds, 10 West Sahm street.
last Monday afternoon. 1t meets at Mrs.
Craig's. on Massachusetts avenue MONDAY
Jan. %.
willard w c. t L. will observe it's first
Anniversary at the home of Mrs L. @. Corr
nelious 1905 North Meridian street, to-mor-
row, at 2 d. m. Mrs. Luella F. McWhirs
ter, the State president, VIII make an ao-
dress. On the programme will also be Rev.
J. Cumming Smith, pastor OF the Taber-
nacle Church: Rev. G.. NJ Smith, OF Hail.
place Methodist Eplscopai Cnurcn, ana
others. Mrs. A. r. Leck. president OF the
union, will preside.
Temple Lodge. Daughters or Rebekahs
was instituted Saturday night at the Oda
Fellows haH, corner OF Vermont street
and Senate avenue. with about 80 MEM
bers. The following officers were elected
to serve for the next six months: Past
grand. Mrs. Carrie Laumm: noble grand.
Mrs w. III. Lacy; vice grand. Mrs. Ella
Poisel; recording secretary. Mrs. Ora Shill-
ing; financial secretary. Mrs. Anna Bauer:
treasurer, Mrs. Francis Henninger.
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BITUMINOUS COAL SCARCE.
Manufactures I'm the Schuylkiil VAL
ley Short of Fuel.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. H.-Inability to
secure bituminous coal in sufficient guam
titles is necessitating the shutting down Of
some of the manufacturing concerns in the
Schuylkill valley. At Birdsboro the plant
for the 1. Z. & G. Brooke Iron Company
has been shut down for several days, but
it is expected that by tomorrow sufficient
coal will be on hand to enable some of the
departments, if not the entire plant, to re-
sumo. The Reading Iron Company is prac-
ticaliy without coal, and unless it can be
secured a temporary shutdown must fol-
low. From other points throughout the VAL
ley come reports Of coal shortages for man.
ufacturing plants.
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BONFILS MAY DIE.
One Of the wounded Denver News
paper Men I'm Critical Condition.

DENVER, Col, Jan. 14.-Frederick G..
Bonfils one of the proprietors of the Post
here. who was shot by Lawyer w. w.
Anderson, of this city, yesterday. is in a
critical condition. Physicians are in con-
slant attendance at the bedside of the in
jured man. This afternoon hemmorhage
of the lungs had the effect of weakening
the patient and tonight grave fears are
entertained for his recovery.
Harry II. Tammen. associated with Bon
fills in the proprietorship of the Post and
who was shot by Anderson during the
trouble that resulted in Bonfirs injuries, is
resting easily tonight. and Is in no danger
unless complications should set in.
w. w. Anderson. the lawyer who did the
shooting. was released last night by Dis
trict Judge Butler. on habeas corpus pro-
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A Strange sight.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

MANY indeed, are the strange sights I
see," said a factory inspector, land one Of
the strangest was not long ago. at Cramps
shipyard. There was an enormous pile OF
soft coal and a crowd OF cultured-looking
men were going over IL and selecting GER
tain Jumps 1t amazed me to see these fell
lows, with their high collars. eyeglasses
and pointed boards picking coal in that
way, and / demanded explanation. i
was told that the coal was being gone over
and the very best of IL selected for use in
the trial trip of new man-of-war. Wise
and talented men were choosing the coal.
because IL was to be used in the trial trip
of a new warship. the contract for which
called for a certain speed. Success depend
ed largely on the quality OF the fuel. and
so IL is no wonder, after all. that there was
such picking over of the coal heap by the
well-dressed experts who did not intend
to take any chances OF failure"
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j. N. Camp.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Jan. III. N. Camp
died at his home here to-day, aged sixty
three years. He was born in McMinus
county, Tennessee, educated at Abingdon.
ILL.,, appointed by President Lincoln consul
to Kingston. Jamaica, in 1861. where he was
connected with important questions during
the war, was appointed collector of internal
revenue at Galveston, Tex, in 1870 and in
1883 was supervisor general of customs in
Texas. From 1890 to 1893 he was editorial
writer on the Iowa Homestead in this city,
and for two years later editor of the
Des Moines Daily News. He married Miss
Lizzie Hitchin, of Kingston, Jamaica, who
survives him with three sons.
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Recovered While the Undertakes
Was EmbaIming Her Body.

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,. Jan. 14.-Mrs.
Christina Hirth emerged from a trance this
morning to find herself under process OF
being embalmed and prepared for the
grave. The discovery of life was the re-
suit of the merest accident and astounded
the undertaken. A movement of an eyelid
saved the woman from death at the hands
Of the undertaken or from burial alive.
This morning, while her husband watched
at her bedside at the hospital, she gave a
deep sigh and then seemed to breathe no
more. When the county physician arrived
he felt her pulse and made other tests and
then pronounced her dead.
The county undertaken was called and
shortly afterward proceeded to embalm the
body in the dead room. Mrs. Hfrth was
placed on the cooling board and the work
of preparing her for burial began The
body was cleansened and partially
bleached. On each eye a weight was placed
to hold down the lids. Over the face
white cloth saturated with bleaching fluid
was spread. The undertaken heard some
thing fall When ready to remove the
bleaching cloth he noticed that one of the
weights had fallen off. In replacing it he
thought lie detected a slight movement
of the eyelash. There was no beat of pulse
or sign of breath, however, so he set about
preparing his instruments for the in
lection of the poisonous fluids used in en-
balming.
While thus engaged he heard another
noise. Again the weight had fallen. Again
he noticed a faint culver of the eyelid.
Then he applied the most powerful test
known to undertakers and was rewarded
with faint sign of life. He summoned
assistance and the body was removed to
bed in the hospital The doctor was
called and restoratives applied.
Gradually the woman came out of her
coma and was able to move her body. She
was unable to discuss her experiences, but
made signs to indicate that she con-
scious of all that had taken place. 1t Is
expected that she will regain some of her
strength and live for while at least.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE annual re-
port of State Natural Gas Inspector Leach.
of this place, now ready to be placed in the
hands of Geologist Blatchley. indicates a
general decline Of the gas supply. The
ratio of decrease is about the same as last
year, but grows more noticeable each win
ter. The latest tests of the producing wells
emphasize the unpleasant fact That the
matchless fuel is gradually leaving us. At
the present rate of exhaustion three or four
years more will see the last of gas for
factory use, though Supervisor Leach is of
the opinion that the old and abandoned ter
ritory will be worked over with results suf-
ficient to supply domestic consumers for
severalS years more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
Independent Match Factory.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Jan. IA
company composed of many of the former
owners of the Indiana wire factory, have
purchased the buildings of the wire works
from the wire trust, and will place in
machinery to manufacture matches. The
new company will start with $50.U)J capital
and will employ over go men ard boys. 1T
will be run independent of the match trust
The wire trust buildings purchased for the
new match company are substantial struc-
lures, and have been standing idle since
the home wire company was forced 10
sell out to the wire trust, and the demol-
ishing of the wire and nail machines by
order of the trust
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Col. w. S. b. Honkina.

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. H.-Col. w.
S. B. Hopkins. one of the most distin-
guished lawyers in Massachusetts,. died to-
day at Pinehurst, n. c., Of pneumonia,
aged sixty-four years. He was born in
Charleston, s. c., and served in the Thirty
first Massachusetts during the greater part
of the war. much of the time as it's COM
mander. Colonel Hopkins was in legal
practice in New Orleans from May, 1864,
to September, 1866, and during that time
acted special counsel for the United
States treasury. He was a college mate of
President Garfield, and was offered the at
torney generalship in Gariield's Cabinet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
Child Labor Law to he Tested.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. IA test case
of the constitutionality Of the child labor
law is being made up in Anderson for
hearing by the State Supreme Court. The
foreman of the Meridian Glass Company
hired Roscoe Brown and Joseph and Will
Phillips, all under the age of fourteen
years. The foreman was arrested some
time ago, but the case was not heard till
yesterday, when an appeal was taken be-
cause verdict was given against the fore
man. Ii the Supreme Court upholds the
law 1t will be severe blow to many glass
houses in Indiana, where the law will be
enforced, as a great portion Of the labor
must be performed by boys. In many
cases factories have been crippled on ac-
count of the scarcity of boy help. The
case which will be handed up to the Su-
preme Court from here will be the State of
Indiana VS.. the foreman Of the Meridian
Glass Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
OBITUARY.
Charles A. Siegfried, Medical In
spectOr of the Navy.

Segfried, medical inspector United States
navy. in charge of the naval hospital at
Coasters Harbor Island, died to-day of
pneumonia, aged fifty years The interment
will be at Peoria, the home of Mrs. Sieg
fried.
Charles A Siegfried graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia,
and took postgraduate courses in Ger
many and at the Johns Hopkins University,
and was to have represented the medical
corps of the navy at the Paris exposition
medical congress. He leaves widow, who
was Miss Farrell, OF Peoria, ILL.,, and a
cousin of the late -sobert Ingersoll. During
the war with Spain DR.. Siegfriend was in
charge of the naval hospital at Key West.
He was appointed from Pennsylvania in
1872
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Mayor Carter III.
Harrison to-day refused formally the offer
Of the Democratic nomination for Gov
Watson, Of the Democratic state COM
mittee, in company with ex-Congressman
Hinrichsen and NJ. f. Dunlap, of Jack
sonville, nominee of the party for state
treasurer in 1893, and asked If his informal
declination of the nomination final.
They urged that it was his duty to the
State Democracy to accept the nomination
and make the race. The mayor replied
that he did not look at it in that light,
that there was plenty of good men who
would make acceptable candidates and he
must decline. AS result of Mayor Har-
risons action, friends of former Vice
President Stevenson are urging him to ac-
cept the nomination.
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Gen. George Henry Sharpe.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Gen. Geo. Henry
Sharpe, of Kingston, New York, died yes
terday in this city of shock following an
operation. aged seventy-two years. He was
brevetted major general for distinguished
services during the civil war. He was
present as member of General Grant S
staff when General Lee surrendered at
Appomattox and 1T was in his custody
that the army of Virginia and General Lee
were paroled. He was appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison a member of the Board of
General Appraisers, serving till he re-
signed last March, when he retired from
active business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
Nickum Sued by His Waterman.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Jan. H-John
Hydinger, a Waterman. has brought suit
against Sylverus E. Nickum, the so-called
perpetual light inventor. for $500 alleged
to be due for services, through his attor-
neys. Hydinger has mechanics lien
against the engines and strange parapher-
same TO be encountered with chattel
mortgage held by John s. Larry, Nickum' S
attorney and John Eckhert, the invent
or's'' original hacker Hydinger has entered
a suit in the Circuit Court for a fore
closure of the lien, including the mort
gagees as defendants in the suit.
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THE KENTUCKY CONTESTS
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES TO BE-
GIN HEARING EVIDENCE TO-DAY.
Imposing Array of Counsel on Both
Sides-POssible Appeal to Federal
Court-A Lie Denounced.

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 1.-THE hear
ing of the evidence in the contests for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor will be-
gin at $50 o'clock tomorrow. Representa-
tive Hickman is chairman of the committee
trying the governorship cases and Senator
Coleman is chairman of Lieutenant Gov
errors committee. Under the rules al
ready adopted by the committee the con-
testants are given four days in which to
introduce their proof. lhe contestees then
are given five days in which to present
their side, and one day is then allowed the
contestant to bring in rebuttal evidence.
Both sides are to be given a reasonable
time for argument by their respective coun-
sell In addition to Louis McQuown and
John X. Hendrick, who will act general
counsel, Mr.. Goebel will have special coun-
sci who will look after his case, when GER
tain counties are being contested. Judge
James III. Tarvin, of Covington, lack
Phelps and Aaron Kohn, of Louisville, will
be among the Goebel special counsel. For
mer Governor w. o. Bradley, Judge w. III.
Yost. of Lexington, Judge A. p. Humphrey.
and David w. Forleigh, of Louisville, will
be among those who will look after Gov
ernor Taylor's case.
The Republican leaders claim to have en-
couraging news from the eminent lawyers
who are representing the Republican con-
testees. They claim to have assurances
from that quarter that, even should Cover
nor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Mar
shall be unseated by the Legislature, they
will institute proceedings before Federal
Judge Evans at Louisville to restrain the
Democratic contestants from taking the
offices, and that year or more will elapSe
before the be finally decided, as
the case will be carried up to the Supreme
Court, no matter how 1t might be decided
by the inferior courts. Meanwhile they
say the Republicans will hold the offices.
Senator Goebeps attorneys and the Goebel
leaders generally do not think there Ia
anything in this claim, they insist that
no federal question is involved and the
case, if filed, would have no standing in
the federal courts.
Ex-Governor Bradley gave out an inter-
view tonight in response to the charge
that he was in conference with the Repub-
licans and the anti-Goebel Democrats at
Louisville prior to the election. He said
THE statement that L was the agent of a
plan to confuse or terrorize the voters in
Louisville or to carry the election by force
of arms money, is a malicious falSehoOd.
The statement that / was induced to take
part In the campaign by promise of the SEN
atorship is also deliberate lie. / went into
the campaign because felt 1T my duty to
the party and to the country, especially
after the opposition speeches and platform
were leveled at my administration"
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Wayne County Central Committee.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE new Re
publican county central committee is COM
posed of the following: Wayne township,
M. f. Minor; Webster township, j. D. Bos
ton; Clay township, Albert Albertson; Dali
ton township Emanuel Canaday; Jackson
township, r. II. Tyner, Junius Knipe ana
o. S. Jameson; Boston township, Joseph
Brewer; Center township, John c. Harvey;
Perry township, j. o. Ballenger; Arlington
township, William Hunt; Harrison town.
ship, William Gleason; Green township. Al
bert Oler; jefferson township, G. II.
Hoover; Richmond, DR.. G.. G. Ferling,
Joseph Zeller, ]. l.. Smith. John Taylor,
Charles Walters, w. H. Cook and ~. 0.
Durham. The new committee meets to-
morrow to choose officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
switchman Killed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. H.-Fred
Severn, switchman in the Big Four
yards, was rum over by a locomotive and
five cars early this morning. He fell from
the rear step of switching engine. He
was taken to the hospital. but died at
o'clock this morning.
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Indiana Notes.

Veedersburg merchants are raising fund
to erect a soldiers monument In their park.
scribeu.
Joseph Shoemaker, well-known citl-
zen of Seymour, was found in bed Sat
urday morning in an unconscious condi-
ton. Sometime during the night he suf-
fered a paralystic stroke. He is fifty-eight
years of age and cannot recover.
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MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Jan. H-Eiisha
Pool, aged ninety years, died at his home
in this city last evening He WAS native
of Kentucky but has resided in this city
and vicinity for more than ftsty years.
He was the oil est Ian ir the city.
DR.. T. c. Duncan, of Harrodsbdrg, KY,
came to this city on Monday last, to take
treatment at one Of rhe sanitariums for
endo corditis. He died last night. DR..
Duncan, who was thirty-six years old, was
a well-to-do physician. He was gradual e
of Yale and 4 Scottish Rite Mason. He
leaves a wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
THREE ALLEGED BURGLARS.
Capture of Supposed Robbers of the
Owensville Bank.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. H-Three safe
breakers, believed to have robbed the
Owensville. Ind, bank on Thursday night
last, were arrested here early this morn
ing. Captain Fred Heuke did the work
almost single-handed, and it was by chance
he was not killed. as the men attempted to
shoot him. He saved by citizen
called to his assistance. A kit of burglars
tools, some dynamite, a map of Indiana
and several hundred dollars were recov-
cred. The prisoners refused to talk, but
give their names as King, Maher and Nor
ton. Their descriptions tally with those
of the supposed Owensville robbers.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Jan. A.-George
Drake. who had been a clerk in Dr.
Fences drug store for ten years, last even
ing shot himself. His wife had noticed for
some time that he had been acting strange
ly, but il was not thought that he would
try TO kill himself. The bullet entered his
breast and he died about o'clock this
morning. He refused TO tell why he shot
himself
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Lieut. Samuel Howard.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14-Lieut. Samuel
Howard, U. s. A. the pilot and last of the
officers and crew of Ericssons Monitor
during her memorable engagement with the
Confederate iron-clad Merrimac, died here
to-day from conclusion of the brain, the
result of a fall. He was seventy mine years
of age and for more than fifty years had
traversed the seas. During the war he also
was engaged in patrol service on the lower
Mississippi and the Atlantic coast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
Awarded 81, 900 for Injuries.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Jan. IA jury
returned a verdict for $1,000 in favor of
George p. Long against the Vandalia Rail-
road Company Long was injured in 1896
while he was employed as a section man
I'm this city. He was standing at the side
OF the track, when switch engine passed.
a coupling pin fell from the engine and
struck him in the side.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BEDFORD. Ind. Jan. H-Mrs. John
Cuddy, living at Limestone, three miles
west of Bedford, was fatally burned late
yesterday evening by the explosion of a
ccal oil can. She was pouring oil on the
fire when the gas generated by the fluid
ignited and covered her with burning oil.
She died during the night.
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Fireman severely burned.

IOWA CITY. Ia. Jan. H.-Fire that
started i'm the store of Mrs. Hattie Z.
Horne to-day spread 10 adjoining buildings
and caused a total loss OF of $50, 600, divided
among several firms. All carried partial
insurance. James Wahnke. a fireman, was
badly burned. The blaze was started by
a lighted match accidentally dropped into
a pile OF cotton batting
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CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 1.-THE CONNER
cial Tribune's special from Anderson, Ind,
says: "Hon. w. T. Durbin, member of the
Republican national committee from Indi-
ana, is out in an interview to-day strongly
urging Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York,
ex-secretary of the interior, for the Repub
lican nomination for Vice President"
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JACKSON. Miss. Jan. H-Gov. A. J.
McI.aurin is seriously fiji Of pneumonia. His
physicians say both lungs are affected. but
his condition is not regarded as critical.
The Governor rested well during the day
and is easier tonight. Governor McLaurin
was recently elected United States senator
for the long term. His term as Governor
expires next Tuesday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
Roland Reed Improving,

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-Roland Reed. the
actor. who has been at ST. Luke's Hospital
for some time. was reported as some
what better tonight The attending ply
sicians say that while Mr.. Reed was by no
means out Of danger. he had continued to
improve during three or four days
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Alexander Majors.

CHICAGO. Jan. H.-Alexander, Majors,
well known through the West as the orig
inator of the pony express. and the first
man to conduct. complete overland mail
service, is dead. His body was taken to
Kansas City tonight for interment. Ma
jors intimate friend of Buffalo Bill.
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carnegie May Give ESQ. 600.

OTTUMWA. Ia, Jan. H.-Andrew Carne-
gle will probably endow Ottumwa with a
$4,000 library. The only restricting proviso
is that the city vote 5000 tax 10 maintain
the institution. The City Council has tao
lily agreed TO vote an ordinance TO this
effect. The city owns a library lot. en-
dowed be the late Colonel Peter Ballin-
gall