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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-28
Indiana Obituary.

JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind, Feb. 27.-John
c. Mccormick, former county commits
sioner, deputy county clerk and widely
known citizen. died this morning at the
Deaconess Hospital of paralysis. He was
sixty-eight years old. and spent his entire
life in Clark county, with the exception of
the four years he served in the civil war.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in the
EighIy-first Indiana Infantry, Company /,
and served gallantly. Besides his wife, two
daughters survive him, Mrs. Allen Adams
and Mrs Charles Taylor. The remains
were shipped this afternoon TO the late
home in Owen township for interment.
VINCENNES, Ind, Feb. 27-J. NJ. Moore
of St. Louis, died to-day at Maxedon *
Somer's sanitarium. On learning of his ILL
ness his granddaughter, Mrs. j. M. Muir
ply, of New Orleans. started for Vim
cennes on a special train and made the
journey in eleven hours, reaching here be-
fore he died. Mr. Moore was night superin-
tendent at the Interstate Distillery in this
city.
SULLIVAN. Ind. Feb. 27.-Mrs. Rebecca
MayfieId, one of the oldest residents of the
county, died this morning at her home near
this city. She was eighty-four years of age
and was the mother Of Sheriff Charles May
field.
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Indiana Notes.

DR.. E. NJ Trook. of Marion. has been
appointed surgeon in the army, with the
rank of captain, and ordered to duty in
the Philippines.
The Tierney-Trainor boxing mill at
Marion was declared off, owing to threat
ened Intervention of the sheriff. on orders
from Governor Mount.
Danville capitalists. who looked over the
situation at Lebanon, have reached the
conclusion that it is a good field for the
venture. and will establish a Kelley Cure
Sanitarium there.
The Decatur authorities are making their
first enforcement of the law requiring fire
escapes on high buildings. Work was be-
gun yesterday on the Odd Fellows temple
and other buildings will follow rapidly as
possible.
The Wabash City Council has received
bids for the paving of a mile of Hill street,
from the Barber Asphalt Paving Company,
the Western, and a local company =. Hips
kind & Company. The tenders were all
over $52, anu so near alike that the
Council scented a combination. and will
investigate before reaching decision on
the award.
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= Enters an Injunction Suit
Against the Company.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. H.-The citi-
zens are still very much agitated over the
gas situation and were much startled by
the turn of affairs this morning.
The city brought an injunction suit ask
ing that the company be restrained from
operating In the city, and when it came up
for hearing before Judge Ryan this MORN
ing the gas company was practically de-
feated, although the attorney representing
the city said he would prefer TO withdraw
the suit rather than to have the restrain
ing order granted.
1t is rumored that the Alexandria Gas
Company has made a proposition 20 and
received one from the indianapolis Gas
Company and there is only a very small
difference between them. The Indianapolis
Gas Company's engineer was here to-day
surveying the lines and getting some gen.
eral information concerning the wells, and
IL is believed that unless the city and the
gas company come TO an understanding in
the very near future, the gas will be sold
to the Indianapolis company.
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ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Aged Woman Charged as Accomplish
I'm the killing Of Her Daughter.

I'm the Killing of Her Daughter.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMFIELD, Ind, Feb. 27.-The trial
of Mrs. Mary Ann Anderson. charged with
being an accomplice in the murder of her
daughter. Clara Waggoner. began here to-
day. Last October William II. Waggoner
was found guilty of the murder of his wife
on the 10th of October, 1891. The murder
was committed near Newark. this county,
and such was the mystery surrounding the
case that an indictment was never returned
until eight years afterward.
William WaggoIer, at the age of sixteen.
while in state of intoxication, married
Clara Anderson, a paralytic and weak
minded woman. The woman had been a
burdensome charge upon her mother and
was also such to her husband. Waggoner
finally left her and married another wom-
an. 1t was claimed by the prosecution that
Waggoner came to Newark on the night OF
Oct. TO- 1891, and choked his wife to death
and threw the body in the cistern, where it
was found. He was found guilty and given
a life sentence. After his conviction he
made confession duplicating one George
Watson and the woman's mother, Mary
Ann Anderson. He says he was present at
the time of his wifes death: that she had
been given dose of poison. but did not ex-
pire under it's effects and that thereupon
Watson choked her to death, and hat he
and Watson then carried the body out of
the house. the mother leading The way to
the cistern and taking the lid off. The men
threw the body I'm the cistern and the old
woman threw the rope and cistern bucket
in and covered up the opening. Waggoner
was brought here from the Northern
Prison TO testify.
Mrs. Anderson is about seventy years old.
thin and feeble. and makes a pitiaole OBJ
ject i'm court. She is defended by Messrs
Cavins * Henderson.
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NETHERSOLE IN COURT.
She Listens to Mrs. Hensley Condemn
the Play of "SaphO' as immoral.

NEW YORK, Feb. N.-Olga Nethersole,
the actress, appeared to-day in the Cen
ter-street Court, where the examination
was resumed into the question as to
whether "Sapho'' is an immoral play. She
came in with Hamilton Revell, her lead
ing man, Marcus Mayer, her manager,
and Abe Hummell, their attorney. The
hearing was private.
The first witness for the session was
Mrs. Almon Hensley, president of the So
ciety for the Study of Life. Other wit
nesses subpoeanaed to testify at the hearing
were Mrs. julius Hamburger, Mrs. S. A.
Harris, of the Kew York Mothers Club.
Mrs. Amelia NJ. Scalkins, of the Study of
Life Society, and DR.. Eloise +. Church.
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FARIS WILL NOT TALK
REFUSES TO SPEAK CONCERNING
RUMORs OF HIS WITHDRAWAL.
Primary Recount at Marion-Trial for
Murder mt Observation-Disclosures Morn
ing Fire at Greensburg.
Dec,aI 70 the Ind,anapolIs journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. H.-Repre-
sentative Faris absolutely refuses TO talk
about the report that he has returned from
Washington to withdraw from the rece for
denomination However, it is very generally
believed that he will withdraw, and that
he has said as much to those with whom
he has consulted.
1t is announced that James s. Barcus.
who recently moved here from New York,
will enter the race. as also will A. M. Hig-
gins. Mr.. WINNER, of Park county, says
that with Mr.. Faris out his county will
have a candidate, presumably Howard
Maxwell. So far Mr.. Catlin, of this city.
Is the only avowed candidate.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PRINCETON, Ind, Feb. N.-Martin w.
Fields, of this city, will be candidate for
the nomination for lieutenant governor,
before the Republican State convention.
This announcement was made tonight by
an intimate friend of Mr.. Fields. Mr..
Fields is the leading lawyer at the Prince
ton bar, and has wide acquaintance over
the State. He was a member of the House
In the Legislature of 1888. In 1896 he was
the Republican candidate for judge of
the Eleventh judicial circuit. In 1898 he
was urged to be candidate for the Re-
publican nominaticA for Congress from
the First district but declined to make the
race on account of friendship to Repre-
sentative Hemenway. He is recognized as
a brilliant orator and a leading advocate
of Republicanism in Southern Indiana.
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WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY

In this city. He will remain in Indianapolis
the rest of the week.
Bills for the erection of $4,000 public
buildings at Elkhart and Richmond were
introduced In the Senate to-day by Senator
Fairbanks.
For the establishment of a fish hatchery
I'm Indiana Senator Beverage has intro
duced a bill appropriating SIS, 900.
The chairman of the Senate committee
on finance lets IL be known that the nomi-
nation of w. ID. Bynum for general ap-
praiser. salary 5000, will be favorably re-
ported at the first favorable opportunity.
The opposition has given Mr.. Bynum sew
eral unhappy and uncomfortable half
hours, but his term in purgatory is evil
IDENTIFY about over.
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brakeman Killed at Seymour.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Feb. 27.-John F. Ney,
a brakeman on local freight on the Penn
sylvania road, was instantly killed here
this morning at 9:45 by falling rom /" box
car to the track, three cars passing over
his chest He had been railroading about
eight months, previous 80 which time he
was a country school teacher. He was
twenty-seven years old anu left widow
and two children. He was member of the
Odd Fellows and Masonic lodges of Jeffer-
sonville. The body was taken TO Jefferson
Vile tonight for, interment.
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WAGES TO BE ADVANCED.
Eighteen Thousand Coke Workers to
Receive Advance of IL Per Cent.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 27.-It is learned
that the $1,000 coke workers in the Connelis-
vile region will tomorrow receive notice
of an advance in their wages of about Il
per cent. The last advance was made In
May, 1892 when an increase OF cents per
100 bushels was granted the miners as a
basic price, the other workers receiving
proportionate advances. Since then the
price of coke has nearly or quite doubled.
The Prick Coke Company controls 1900 OF
the 1900 ovens in the region. Since the
first of the year twenty-five new mines
have been opened up and 5000 new ovens
are being built When in operation the
new wage scale will be operative in these
plants. Altogether, directly and indirectly,
between 5000 and 10000 workers will be at
fected by the increase.
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Love Feast at Muncie.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 27.-Muncie Repub-
licans met with District Chairman Good
rich last night and completed arrange
ments for a grand Republican love feast
I'm this city on the eve of the Republican
district convention the night of March II
previous to the denomination of Congress
man Cromer, which will be by acclama-
ton. The candidates for state offices and
other leading Republican politicians will
be invited to be present.
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Contempt Proceedings Quashed.

MADISON, Wis. Feb 1.-THE Supreme
Court to-day handed down a decision
quashing the contempt proceedings against
the mayor. city clerk and twenty-five
aldermen of the city of Milwaukee for
passing and approving the street railway
ordinance after they had been enjoined
from doing so by the Superior Court.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Feb. H.-The de-
cision of the Supreme Court at Madison
whereby the contempt cases against city
officials are quashed is looked upon as es-
tablishing the validity of the ordinance.
holding in substance that a court OF equity
has not the power to enjoin legislative
body. which the City Council was held
10 be.
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to the indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Feb. 27.-The committee
appointed to recount the votes cast at the
recent Republican primary election in the
cases of III. o. p. Cline and F. M. Haines,
for recorder, and Cortez knight and F. M.
Baldwin. for surveyor, returned it's report
to-day. The recount gives Cline plurality
of SIS. instead of 49, and knight Is. instead
of 20.
Baldwin claims to have an affidavit from
a member of the election board of Precinct
IL, at the Soldiers Home, by which he con-
fesses to having cast sixty illegal votes
himself The matter is being investigated
by the executive committee. If the vote of
the precinct Is thrown out Ii means the
nomination of Baldwin and Haines.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Arrived: Thing
valla, from Copenhagen; Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam; La Normandie. from Havre.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. q. = Arrived:
Oceanic. from New York for Liverpool and
proceeded.
GIBRALTAR, Feb. H-Sailed: werra.
from Genoa, etc, for New York
MOVILLE, Feb. 27-Sailed: Anchoria.
from Glasgow for New York.
BOULOGNE, Feb. H.-Sailed: Palatia.
from Hamburg for New York.
JAFFA, Feb. 22.-Arrived: New England.
from Boston, on cruise.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 27.-Arrived: Tauric.
from New York.
GENOA, Feb. 27.-Arrived: Columbia,
from New York.
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BRISK FIRE At GREENSBURG.

Loss Of Twenty-Eight Hundred Dol
lars, Covered by Insurance.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GREENSBURG, Ind, Feb. 27.-Fire was
discovered this morning at s o'clock in the
rooms of the Emanon Club. Odd Fellows
building, and was extinguished by the hard
work of the fire department after loss of
$1,000 on the building. $500 on the stock of
clothing of Carter & Co., $1,000 to Grover
& Bonner. drugs. and $500 to the Cinnamon
Club. The building was insured in the
Continental, $1,000; Fire Association, Phil
adelphia, $1,000; Phoenix Assurance, of
London $1,000. Carter q Co., on stock:
Continent, $1,000: Germania. $1,000: Green
witch, $1,000; Northwestern. $500; Merchants,
ner. on stock: Phoenix of Hartford, 81, 900;
Queen, $1,000; Northwestern, $1,000; Frank
lin, 81, 600.
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EIkhart Councilmanic investigation.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELKHART. Ind, Feb. H.-At to-nights
meeting of the City Council Mayor Turner
appointed a committee to investigate the
charge that Councilman j. J. Shaw had
bought of Chairman William Krau, of the
cemetery committee, a plot of ground in
Gracelawn Cemetery originally set apart
for city firemen for 800. while its market
value is at least $780, 1t is asserted, first,
that the sale could not be made at all
without the consent of the Council. and.
second, that the price was one-fifth it's real
value. The Councils action was nom
partisan, Shaw and accuserS being Repub-
Iicans and Krau Democrat.
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Small Fortune Left to Missions.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND. Ind, Feb. IA settlement
was made in the Wayne Circuit Court to-
day of the estate of the late Eleanor Scott,
daughter-in-law of the late William G..
Scott from whom she inherited $50, 600.
Two-thirds of the estate goes TO the heirs
of Mrs. Scott, who are residents of Col
orado, and the other third goes equally to
the general foreign missionary societies of
the Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
No demand has been made for the money.
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q yJ53IID|

There were also several dramatic critics
among the witnesses. Mrs. Hensley de-
sCribed the first scene OF the first act OF
the play as such a one might be seen
at the French ball. she thought. although
she had never been TO one. She then de-
scri5ed the staircase scene and repeated
much of the conversation between Jean
and Sapho. After some further testimony.
the case was adjourned until Thursday
morning
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Boy Saved Mother and Sisters.

PERU, Ind. Feb. 17.-Charles Hardwick
fourteen years of age. rescued his mother
and three sisters from their burning home
early to-day. He awoke just as the roof
fell. and saved himself by jumping from
the second-story window. His mother and
sisters were still in the building The boy
placed "A ladder under the window of the
bedroom and succeeded in getting the
family out just as the walls of the house
collapsed
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Released on Parole.
o the Indlanapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Feb. H.-Frank Hall,
the colored man, who narrowly escaped be-
ing lynched here on Feb. s. 1894, and who
was sentenced to twenty-one years i'm
prisonment on a charge of criminally as
saulting Mrs. Mary Akers, a white woman,
has been paroled. He served only little
over six years of his sentence. His prison
record is said TO be perfect. During his i'm
prisonment he earned 500 by working over
time He is now working as molder.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. IA. n. Clifford
manager of the Elwood baseball team last
season, was before United States Commits
sioner Ellis to-day for violation of the in
ternal revenue laws in failure to pay his
ten dollars tax last season previous to coll
lecting admissions to his exhibitions. The
man pleaded ignorance of the law, but was
bound over to the United States Circuit
at Indianapolis and Judge Baker will de-
eide the case. Clifford furnished $500 bond.
This is the first arrest of the kind in the
State.
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cial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
MUNClE. Ind. Feb 27.-Anth0ny Gard
ner placed in the Delaware county
Jail last night after a preliminary hearing
at Albany on the charge of having as
saulted his wife with intent TO kill. The
young man was arrested at Fort Wayne.
his former home. His wife. a bride Of but
a few weeks. died two weeks ago after he
had abandoned her. Ii Is claimed that he
has previously been married TO a Fort
Wayne woman and was never divorced.
There is great indignation at Albany over
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Fine New Gas Well mt windfalI.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind, Feb. "a. F. Swove-
land owner of the Windfall Gas Com
pany, completed well yesterday, just in
side the northern limit of the city, which
developed enough pressure to enable Mr..
Swoveland to resume operations with his
glass factory which has been closed near
ly year for lack of fuel, and to turn about
half the product of the well into the public
mains Gas has been very short this win
ter, coal and wood being largely in use,
and the increased gas pressure is very well
come. Several additional wells will be PUT
down as soon possible.
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Another Love Feast Coming.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 27.-Charles G.
Swain, Republican chairman for Wayne
county, to-day announced that the evening
preceding the Sixth district congressional
convention in this city, March s, will be
given up to a love feast. This Is to be
made an important event and many of the
prominent Republicans of the State wil& be
present. All the candidates for state offices
will be invited. A programme of short adj
dresses will be given. State Senator c. c.
Binkley will make the address of welcome
Committees have been appointed to ar
range for the event. which will be held at
the Phillips Opera House.
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DUALSTATEGOVERNMENT
KENTUCKY'S RIVAL RULERS NOT
RECOGNIZED BY BANKS.
Public Funds Tied Up and State In
situations sunering-Senate Refuses
to Confirm Appointments.

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 27-Two state
governments. completely differed anC each
claiming TO be the regular and legal Off
Gals, are In Frankfort to-day and will re-
main. each claiming the right to administer
the affairs of state till the question is adju-
Dictated in the courts. The only ludicrous
thing about the contest came into the stu
alton to-day. AS anticipated, the banks re-
fused to recognize either of the contending
factions and as a result both at without
money and the state funds are as securely
tied up as they could be. Legislators.
county, as well as state officials, and all
kinds Of contractors with the state will
have to wait until somebody is authorized
by decision of the court to pay them, and
the state will have to wait on what is due
1T till the courts say who is authorized to
receive 1t. The Democratic state officers
have opened offices in the Capital Hotel.
The charitable and penal state institutions
are among the sufferers.
The Democratic Senate, with a full quo
rum present, to-day refused to confirm a
batch of appointments made by Republican
Governor Taylor before the report of the
contest boards was adopted. Among the
appointments are those of the members of
the present State Board of Equalization
and trustees and other officers of various
charitable institutions of the state. The
Republican Senate, as usual, held a formal
session prior to that of the Democrats.
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TOLEDO, Feb. 27.-The first COMPRESSION
al convention held I'm Ohio this year. met
at Defiance to-day. The Republicans of
the Fifth district nominated Judge F. l..
Hay, of Defiance, by reclamation. The
Fifth Ohio district is at present represented
by David Meekison. Democrat. Delegates
to the Republican national convention were
also named.
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Criminal Assailant Arrested.

LEXINGTON. Ky, Feb. IA telephone
message from NichOlasville, late tonight.
stated that Doc" Lowry. white had been
arrested on telegraphic Information from
Valley View. that he had criminally as
saulted Mrs. Hannah Million. this after
noon. A crowd is gathering at Valley
View. and the Nicholasville authorities are
apprehensive OF mob. They contemplate
moving Lowry 10 Lexington. Lowry con-
fessed he was the man wanted when he
was arrested. but denies the assault.
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ndiana Pharmaceutical Convention.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb 27.-The an
nual meeting of the Indiana Pharmaceuti-
cal Association will be held in South Bend
on June 10, IA and Is. 1t promises to be the
greatest session of that body in point of at
tendance and interest in years. There are
over three hundred members. The prin-
cipal officers of the Indiana association are
F. ID. Warner, New Carlisle, president A.
Undertake. Indianapolis. secretary; G. G.
Allen, indianapolis, treasurer.
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MARSHALL. ILL.,, Feb. 27.-The Clark
county Democratic convention instructed
the delegates to the state convention. to
vote for Mayor Harrison. of Chicago, for
Governor IL he is candidate. and instruct
ed the congressional delegates for Con-
gresham Crowley against former Con-
gresham Hunter. Resolutions were adopt
ed reaffirming the Chicago platform, con-
demning Governor Tanners administra-
ton and declaring against the acquisition
of the Philippines.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb 27.-Mrs. Elmer
Lands. aged twenty years. married but
six months ago. made an unsuccessful at
tempt at suicide last night, taking Is cents
worth of morphine. Dependency over do
nestle unhappiness was the cause, Lands
having recently sued for divorce The
woman's life was saved only by five hours
of the hardest work.