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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04
RAILWAY MEN INDICTED.
Lackawanna Officers and Employees
Charged with Manslaughter.

NEW YORK. FEB. 3.-As a result of the
wreck Of the Buffalo express the grand
jury of the Court of Quarter Sessions at
Paterson, n. J., has returned an fndict-
ment against officials and employees of the
Delaware. Lackawanna & We~.arn Rail-
road. charging them with manslaughter
The indictments are the outcome of a
wreck on the road near the Paterson depot
on Thanksgiving evening. when seven per-
sons were killed and thirty-five were in
1ured. The persons indicted are Gould
Catawell and William Snednecker, conduc-
tor and fiagman, respectively. of the Buff
falo express, the last two cars of which
were telescoped; j. +. Riordan. engineer of
the Philipsburg accommodation train, which
crashed into the express: William c. Bur-
rift, conductor of the same train; Ray
mond Dupuy, superintendent of the Morris
& Essex division, and b. ID. Caldwell, traf-
fic manager. The indictment against Rior-
dan IS based on alleged reckless manner
in which he permitted his train to come
into Paterson. The indictments against
CateweN and Snednecker are founded on
their alleged neglect to observe the flag
ging rules. Traffic Manager Caldwell and
Superintendent Dupuy are held account
able for not having in operation a system
of danger signals 1t is also rumored that
T. w. Lee. general passenger agent of the
Lackawanna, has also been indicted.
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BOTHERED HIM LIKE CHATS.
Bigamist Glad to Go to Prison to Es-
cape His Numerous Wives.

CHICAGO, Feb 3.-Walter L. Farms
worth, alias Samuel Thomas, alias Charles
III. Bradford. alias c. II. Bradlaw, who
was arrested in October on a charge of
bigamy made by Mrs. Carrie Peppenger
was given the extreme penalty of the law
to-day. The sentence was a fine of $1,000
and five years imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary. Farnsworth took his sentence
quietly, and the smiles of his four wives
and four children, who were in the court
room, with fortitude. They have both
cred me to DEATH" he said. They are like
a lot of gnats, and I'll be glad to go to
the penitentiary to get rid of them. There
is only one thing that i am mad at, and
that's the way the papers have treated
me. They haven't been at all fair. Why
they say had forty wives. and have had
only eight
The women present who had been mar
ried to Farnsworth were Mrs. Sarah
Mears. Mrs. Charlotte Aver. Mrs. Carrie
Peppenger and two children, and Mrs
Louise Keeper. Of Peoria, and two chill
dren.
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GAS is WEAK
A FINE SUBSTITUTE FOUND
Cheap Common Coal Oil the Ar
ticIe.
The Public Is Invited to See Dem.
OnStratiOn at Is East Wash.
ingtOn Street.

The users of natural gas live in constant
fear of the gas giving out; in fact, it is al
most useless in indianapolis now. A great
many people have recently connected their
stoves with an oil burner and tank. The
Champion Oil Burner for both heating and
cooking stoves seems to be absolutely per-
feet, and is taken in this city by people
like natural gas took several years ago
when the supply was plentiful. The Cham
pion equipment is very simple. the oil tank
merely having to be filled occasionally. The
apparatus makes gas of the oil and the
burner consumes the gas without the
slightest odor. The fire produced is an in
tensely hot one and there is absolutely no
danger whatever 1t is a fact that natural
gas is alarmingly dangerous and IL is mar
velous that more houses have not been
wrecked. People have become careless in
using the gas, and the fact that pressure
varies and eats through the iron pipes in
time proves that IL is not safe.
Over $4,000 of the Champion Oil Burners
are now in use through the Eastern, West
ern and some of the Northern States. Some
of these burners have been in for over
three years, and most OF them have been
set in the stoves by the purchasers and by
them operated successfully without the
slightest accident, and this Is the best evil
dence OF their SAFETY. No plumber or eX-
pert of any kind is necessary. They are
placed in the stove exactly the same as a
natural gas burner, except that the parts
are arranged that any man do the
work himself. A fve-gallon oil tank is a
part Of the equipment. This burner will
heat an ordinary cook stove ten hours on
one gallon of the lowest-price oil, and at
the present low price of oil G. cents a gal
Ion delvered) the gas for family cooking
would not exceed the cost of natural gas in
summer, when gas is in supply. Indianapo-
lis citizens at this time OF year will readily
see the great advantage OF using the OIL
gas fire during the winter. The natural gas
fire is practically OF no use except as
a kindling.
The Champion Oil Burner Co. OF Cleve-
land, Ohio, Is a responsible concern. The
companys representatives are now in this
city and have taken the room, No. Is East
Washington street, for the purpose OF dem
onstrating the value OF the Champion Oil
Burner Mr. David Barnhisel. the manager
OF the company, Is here in charge. He
would be glad 10 see all who desire 10 ex-
anime the burner. To quickly introduce
these burners and to advertise them widely.
Mr.. Barnhisel will take orders during the
next week at just half price. The price for
the outfit complete Is Sl2- and during the
next week a complete outfit ready for i'm
When the demonstrating at No Is East
Washington street ceases. which will be In
q few days, Mr. Barnhisel will then estab-
lish permanent agency In this city with q
competent man In charge.
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INDIA'S AUTOCRAT.
Lord Curxon Has Assumed Place of
High Authority.
London Mail.

An autocrat-that is the reputation Lord
Curzon has gained for himself after his
first year as governor general OF India. So
Mr.. Valentia Steer, our special correspond
ent at Calcutta, informs us in an inter-
esting letter published in another column
this morning. The reputation pleases us;
1t BODIES well for the solidarity of our East
ern empire. The Oriental loves the auto
crat-given good autocrat as in the pres
ent case, and. his period OF rule is hound
TO be marked by high successes. Mistakes,
of course, may be made. but such mis-
takes as Will be quickly pardoned, and
which. we venture to predict will leave
no lasting evil behind. Nothing could have
been worse for India than the bureau
cracy, the official oligarchy, which had
grown. almost supreme in every department
of public life. This form Of government
was gradually working incalculable harm.
and even the official Anglo-Indian press in
Weighed against IL. Lord Curzon has rem
dered a very real service by checking it's
power.
The Anglo-Indian society of Simla and
Calcutta, We are told. finds the viceregal
functions too ceremoniouS and too pune
tilious. though the hospitality is lavish
IL is difficult TO suppress smile. In the
days OF Lord Curzon's predecessors the
faults were asserted TO be OF an exactly
opposite nature. The hospitality was not
sufficiently lavish. and ceremony too
scant. Anglo-Indian society is very diff
ficult 10 please. and. after all. the breadth
of Lord Curzon's smile and the depth of
Lady Curzons bow at social Anglo-In-
dian functions are hardly political factors.
Far more important is IL to know that
Lord Curzon Is gaining the confidence OF
district officers and the respect of the ma
tives OF the country. The rumors regarding
Persia disquieting. and though il would
be unwise 10 put too much credence in
them. still. all students of central Asian
politics are convinced that Eussia'S next
move towards India will be through Persia.
whenever this occurs a united ard con-
tented India will be our strongest protec-
ton against Russian aggression.
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REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
Great Preparations at Anderson for
the League Meeting.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind. Feb. 3-There is un-
usual activity among the Republicans of
Anderson and the cities of Alexandria and
Elwood in arranging for the meeting of
the Indiana State League of Republican
Clubs. which will be held in Anderson on
the 18th and 18th of this month. The execu-
tive committee has been granted an I'M
usual concession the part of the rail-
roads OF the State, and is now able to an
nounce a rate of one fare for the round
trip from all points in Indiana to Ander-
son. The tickets will be sold on the 10th.
18th and 18th. good returning to the 18th,
inclusive. An attendance of one thousand
more is confidently expected. and word
has been received from sister cities that
special trains will be chartered TO carry
the delegates and visitors. The sessions
are 10 be held i'm the Grand Opera House
derson. The programme was completed
to-day for the entire session. The first
meeting will be held in the Opera House
Monday afternoon at o'clock, with Attor-
ney F. f.. Holloway, of this city, presid-
ing. Mayor NJ. Nj. Dunlap will deliver the
address of welcome. The responses will be
made by the Hon ~. w. Gilbert. of An
COLA, president OF the league. and the Hon.
J. Frank Hanley. OF Lafayette. the former
speaking for the league and the latter in
behalf of the young Republicans OF In
diana. Representative James z. Watson.
of Rushville, will deliver an address on
THE Day We Celebrate"
The Hon. C. l.. Henry. of this city, will
preside at the night session Monday. The
speakers for the evening are TIE Hon. John
ID. Welman. OF New Albany, AMI Booker T.
Washington. OF Tuskegee Ala.
The Hon. f. f. Hendee will preside as
POSTMASTER at the banquet. and arrange
ments have been made for the entertain
ment OF 400 To 500 guests. The speakers
and subjects selected for this occasion are:
A. Al. Higgins. OF Terre Haute. 1.-The
League;" w. B. Campbell. OF Anderson.
The Republican Editor" y. II. Bundy. Of
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Other Deaths in the State.

RICHMOND. Ind, Feb. 3.-Brandon f.
Hunt, aged thirty-siX years, died suddenly
this morning at his home one-half mile
north of Whitewater. He was one of the
best-known and most highly respected men
of Franklin township. Mr.. Hunt taught for
several years. having served as principal of
the Whitewater and Bethel schools, and
was prominent in institute work. He was
a member of the Christian Church at
Whitewater, the Masons, Knights of
Pythias and the Republican party. A wife
and three children survive Coroner Watts
pronounces death due to pulmonary apo
plexy. The funeral will take place Tues
day.
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 3.-Maurice Welch,
one of the oldest residents Of Wabash
county. died of pneumonia and heart dis
ease at mis- home near Urban this morn
ing. Mr.. WEIGH was nearly seventy years
old and came to the county when he was
but twenty-five years old.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Feb 3.-Frank
Mcdaniel, aged fifty years. dropped dead
on the street here this morning of heart
trouble He was a well-known farmer, who
lived five miles south of Martinsville.
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Asafetida.
Vick's Monthly.

The plant yielding asafetida is great
umbellifer (parsnip family the Narthex
Asa-foetida native to the country east OF
the Caspian It's manner of growth
is the same as that of the parsnip; first a
tuft of leaves on the earth then a tall flow
stalk the second year, the plant being
dead when the seeds are ripe. The root
may weigh thirty pounds, and the stem is
fifteen more feet high AT the proper
season the leaves are twisted off and earth
piled over the root. Then a month after
ward. the dirt is cleared away and the top
of the root is cut off with a sharp knife and
a milky juice flows at once. darkening and
hardening on exposure to the air. After q
day two the milk ceases to run; then "A
fresh slice is cut off and it starts again.
and so on. till the root is completely ex-
hausted. We use the drug only for mcdi-
cine. but the Asiatics use it TO season their
food. cultivating il for this purpose.
Whether it is more or less potent when
fresh / do not know. AS we see It, IL may
have lost its strength somewhat; or ita
awful smell and taste may develop with
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Indiana Notes.

Sullivan county farmers joined In their
annual fox drive yesterday. More than 500
were in attendance
Jefferson county Republicans yesterday
fixed on April as the date for the primary
election for county offices.
James Snyder. Sullivan county farmer.
received injuries in runaway accident
yesterday which IL is feared will prove
fatal.
George Britton, of Brazil has returned
home after residence in the Klondike OF
over year with fortune estimated at
$4,000.
A company of the National Guard is be-
ing organized at Seymour by permission
of the state authorities. Sixty men are on
the rolls.
The Jackson County Loan, Trust and
Safe Deposit Company has been organized
at Seymour, with $4,000 j. H. Matlock, Of
indianapolis. will be the managing direc-
tor.
Demands on the natural gas mains at
Marion having relaxed. owing to the milder
weather, fuel was supplied TO the factories
yesterday and several hundred men re-
turned to work.
A new coal company, organized at Lin
ton, is sinking a shaft on its recently pur-
chased tract of $50 acres, which is under
laid by six-foot seam of coal The South
ern Indiana will build q branch line to the
shaft.
Lulu, the fifteen-year-old daughter of M.
Nj. Ladder, of Madison. broke through the
ice yesterday while skating on North Madi-
son pond, and was barely rescued by James
Yader, fifteen-year-old companion, who
plunged into the icy water to save her.
The Franklin, Warren and Vermilion
Counties Fair Association met at Coving-
ton yesterday and elected Z. II. Nebeker,
president, and William Ward secretary.
Plans are being formulated for fair of
unusually large proportions next fall.
Rosser Davis, the Elwood tinplate worker
who was supposed to have been killed at
Elwood Friday by L., f. w. train,
turned up alive yesterday TO view the re-
mains The dead man finally was identi-
fled as Fred Beachley. a former resident
of Elwood.
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New Castle, Burnt District Republican,
ISM" Judge A. O. Marsh. of Winchester,
THE Administration j. Frank Hanly, of
Lafayette. Lincoln" John b. Cockrum, of
indianapolis, Morton" Frederick Lansid,
of Logansport. THE Army and Navy" II.
j. Keegan, of Fort Wayne. 1.-THE Hero
Lawton;" G.. A. Cunningham. of Evans
vile, 1.-The Pockets Gift to the Nation"
Ira c. Bateman, of Bloomington, THE
Angel of Light-The Hoosier Politician"
Charles s. Hernly, of New Caste, THE
Coming Campaign
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, Feb. ga letter re-
ceiveo here to-day from Charles Moore,
hotel proprietor at Guthrie, o. T., says an
unknown man, well dressed and with plen-
ty of money, had been taken from his hotel
to the pesthouse at that place He had re-
fused to give his name, and the only clew
to his identity was a copy Of the Wabash
Plain Dealer of Oct. %, with an article on
the divorce suit of Mrs. Hattie Marshall
against Mel Marshall in his pocket. There
was a photograph of a woman, on which
was written Hattie Thompson, IN the pa
per. II is the belief here that the patient
is Mel Marshall, of this city, who went to
Wichita, Kan, in December and has not
since been heard of.
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To Treat Consumption.
The Criterion.

Open-air treatment for consumption In its
earlier stages appears to be the best so
FAR hit upon. The continuous flooding of
the lungs with purer and cooler air Is the
desideratum. The natural life out of doors
provides this. Sleeping Indoors. the win
dows should be wide open. Many doctors
pronounce the saaitarium system a failure
and despair of any stamping-out process
except by educating the young TO live a
hygienic life. Ii Is certain that consump-
tion Is not hereditary. though the tendency
TO harbor the germs may be. That ten
dency may be lessened or even destroyed
By the thorough observance OF the rules
for "A healthy life.
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O'Donnell Trial Closed.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, Feb. 3.-The trial of
Mary O'Donnell. charged with the murder
OF Frank Whitsell came to close to-
day and the case was given to the jury
a little before o'clock The trend of the
evidence was to the effect that Whitsell
was trying to break in. that he had been
warned repeatedly TO go away, and that
he had made threats against the inmates
OF the O'Donnell womans house.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Burial of Charles w. Davis, of Wa
bash-An Elaborate Service.


bash-An Elaborate Service.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 3-The funeral Of
Charles w. Davis was held at o'clock this
afternoon from the Presbyterian Church,
this city. The building was crowded to
overlooking long before the appointed hour.
The services opened with an anthem and
DIR. Little, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, read Scripture lesson from the
ninety-first psalm and the seventh chapter
of Luke. following with eulogy of the
dead. The Rev. NJ. c. Stryker, rector of the
Episcopal Church at Waycross, Ga, where
Mr.. Davis met his death. spoke feelingly
of his relations with Mr.. Davis in his last
days. A male quartet sang Jesus, Savior,
Pilot Me" and the Wabash Lodge. Knights
Iemplars. took charge of the obsequies.
There were many and elaborate floral Of
ferings. The pallbearers were Bossler Wal
ter, c. E. Cowgirl VIII Yarnelle, c. F.
Eohler, Clarence Henley, Lincoln Guynn,
George Courtier, Will Fowler. The remains
were inferred in Falls Cemetery.
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Rev. Lyman Abbott.


These are the five great laws which Christ
enunciated as laws of social righteousness
First, the law of human brotherhood-we
are all one organic whole: second, the law
of human justice-put yourself I'm his place
and do to him as you would have him do
TO you third. the law of possession-count
the world; fourth. the law OF activity-all
life Is a service, and he Is the greatest man
who renders the greatest service: and.
filthy. the law OF healing-love, not
wrath.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKCMO, Ind, Feb. 3.-Liveryman A
K. Wilson, of this city, has a horse he
would like to enter in steeple climbing
or CREASED pole contest. Yesterday the
horse was missing from his stall and could
not be found. Wilson was about to adver-
tise for the lost animal when the hostler
heard a strange noise overhead in the hay
NOV. On going up he found the lost
horse lying contently on the hay, eating
the provender in easy reach. The horse had
climbed the steep. open stairway that was
little more than ladder, at a twelve-foot
elevation. The horse was blindfolded and
let down with ropes.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Feb. 3.-The Re-
publicans OF Randolph county held an en-
thusiastic convention here to-day. The
third Tuesday in February was fixed as
the date for the county primary. Reso-
lutions were adopted indorsing the national
and state administrations, and the course
in Congress of Senators Fairbanks and
Beverage and Representative Cromer.
Delegates and alternates were chosen TO
the district congressional and joint sem
atorial conventions. Speeches were made
by number of prominent Republicans.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind. Feb. 3.-The Democrats,
Populists and Free Silver Republicans
reached an agreement this afternoon on fu-
sion on the county ticket. The Populists
get the assessor, commissioner of the sec
ond district and two members of the Coun-
ty Council; the Free Silver Republicans get
the surveyor. The Democrats get the rest
of the ticket.
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Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind, Feb "a few
months ago at Albany, Ind, Peter Arm
strong cut his throat from ear to ear in
an attempt to commit suicide He re-
covered. and last night in this city made
another attempt to end his existence by
jumping from an upper-StOry window.
His leg was spiintered at the knee, the
bone protruding through his trousers, and
an amputation was necessary. He is 9TH
erwise badly injured and his attempt will
In all likelihood prove successful.
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Curfew Is "Home, Sweet Home"

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 3.-Wabash has an
innovation in the way of a curfew signal.
The legal hour for children to be off the
streets is sounded by a piston whistle.
which runs the gamut in a wild, unearthly
screech. The engineer at the electric light
station, which supplies the steam, last
night astonished the natives by playing on
his whistle the air Home, Sweet Home"
The tune Is appropriate and the skill with
which it was executed on the whistle has
since been the talk of the town.
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Special 70 the IndlanapoIis JournaI.
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb. AT 10 o'clock
Monday morning there will begin, at Earl
ham College, an important session of the
American Friends Board of Foreign Mis-
sions, a body composed of two delegates
from each OF the yearly meetings In the
United States and Canada. The sessions
will last two days. The object is to agree
on a plan OF foreign mission work that will
prevent a conflict of interests among the
yearly meetings
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Rou.ing Reception to DunIavy.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE. Ind, Feb. 3.-The stu
dents of De PAW gave Dunlavy. the win
ner OF the State oratorical contest. a rous-
ing reception this afternoon. Mr.. Dunlavy
arrived on a late train and was met by a
large delegation of students. who. headed
by band. marched to Meharry Hall, where
the victory was celebrated in TRUE De Pauw
style.
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why She sighed.
Chicago Post

Chicago Post.
She sighed deeply.
why do you Sigh he asked.
1T II a sigh OF regret, she replied.
Regret for what" he persisted.
Regret that i. who haven't money
enough TO buy a new coat every little
while. should have been so carried away
BY fashion TO have bought n box coat
chen thsy were the correct thing"
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The Place

For Pictures, Mirrors, Picture Frames,
fine gold work and regilding of old frames.
See Pouder's Art Store. 90 Massachusetts,
avenue.
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Accidental Shooting at Bedford.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
BEDFORD. Ind. Feb. 3-James Melon
aid was shot through the hips about noon
tosdAy b. his wife. Both parties to the
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shooting say the shooting was accidental,
while Mrs Mcdonald was examining the
revolver. No arrests have been made.
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p. N. time is in BLACK ngures-Trains marked
thus: daily. s-Sieeper, P-Psrlor Car. O
Chair Car. D-Dining Car. t-Exoept Sunday.
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GIN, HAM. 4 DAYTON RY.
CITY Ticket Office, Is w. Wash. 81
CHI. IND. q LOUIS. RY.
lie a WESTERN X. r.

Ticket omces 90
station and 90
corner Illinois
and Washing
ton Streets.