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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
STATE STATES IT'S CASE.
Opening Outline and Three Witnesses
Heard in Keith Trial.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PRINCETON, Ind, Jan. la jury was
secured in the Keith murder case a little
before noon to-day and the State opened
its case at once. The jurymen are: Martin
Meyers, coal weighman; William Lynn,
mechanic; Joseph p. Farr. brick mason;
Marshall Hanks, farmer; Oscar Clark,
liveryman; Edward Cough, Farmer; Ben
jamin E. Wright, blacksmith; Calvin En-
merson, farmer; William Hyneman, farm
er; Caleb Lawrence, carpenter; Abner
Berry. farmer; Willis Hyneman, farmer.
Both sides express satisfaction with the
jury.
Prosecutor Lindsey made the opening
statement for the prosecution. He said the
States case would be largely circumstan-
tial, but that such chain of circumstances
would be produced that the guilt of the
defendant could not be questioned. Frank
Il. Posey, attorney for the defense, asked
for permission to make his opening state
ment when the prosecutor closed The
court overruled this petition. Three wit
nesses were examined by the State this
evening, all officials of Vanderburg county.
who testified as to the condition of the
body when found in Pigeon creek near
Evansville.
The defense will attempt to prove that
the crime was committed in Vanderburg.
and not Warrick county. Keth's wife sat
with him this afternoon. The parents OF
Nora Kifer went when the clothing of the
dead girl was exhibited and the witnesses
told of her condition when found. Eli Lin
coin, cousin of the martyred President, is
a witness in the case He lives in this
county. The case will occupy at least two
weeks.
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DEATH OF I. DONNELLY.
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and on her return to America gave i'm
petus to the theory of the Bacon
ian book published in the year,
of her death, 1859. This book fell
into Mr.. DonnelIy's hands. He was
even then a profound Shakspearean
scholar, and investigated her asser-
lions with view to disprove them
He became convinced of the truth of her
contentious, and wrote voluminously In
gram he applies Bacons biliteral cipher
as explained in De Augmentis, to the
tombstone inscription evolves the sentence,
Francis Bacon wrote the Greene, Mar
lowe and Shakespeare plays" The same
cipher, applied to the text of the original
editions of the books. developed many
equally remarkable statements.
In his second book, referred to above,
Mr.. Donnelly advances the theory that
Bacons grave, in which will be found
papers proving the truth of the translated
inscription. Among his other writings were
Atlantis, designated to prove the ante
diluvian existence of great island,
peopled with a race of highly civilized men,
in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, and
that its destruction gave rise TO the stories
various works on sociology and of semi
scientific nature. In addition to his other
political honors, Mr.. Donnelly served one
term in Congress, where his oratorical abil-
ity gave him marked influence.
He twice married. His first wife was
katherine Mccartney, whom he married in
Philadelphia, in 1855. She died in 1884, and
in 1898, on Feb. %. he married Miss Marion
Hanson, who survives. Mr.. Donnelly's sis
ter, Eleanor Celia Donnelly, born in 1888
is the foremost living Catholic poet of the
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
NOT ANY ARMED GUARDS
SENSATIONAL FRANKFORT STORY
MADE on POOR FOUNDATION.
Keith Trial Under Way at Princeton
--Pherson and Lyda-Cox Cases
Marion Kuhns ut Albion.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal
FRANKFORT Ind, Jan. 1.-The sensa-
tional story sent out from here to-day to
the effect that the Democratic county
treasurer, John f. Fall, is holding his Office
by force snd with armed men preventing
its seizure by the Republican treasurer
elect, Alexander Il. Given, has q very slen-
der foundation in fact.
AIR. Given was elected by n plurality Of
ton and has been acknowledged by the
auditor and commissioners, who are Re-
publicans, as the treasurer. Mr.. Fall insti-
tuted a contest in the courts to set aside
the certificate, and on the advice of his at
torneys announced that he would not re-
linquish his office until the contest was SET
tied Mr. Given thereupon instituted quo
warranto proceedings and the papers were
made returnable Jan. IL.
To-day Mr. Given made formal demand
for the office and the demand was as for
mally refused. Given then received tax
duplicate from the auditor and opened an
Office I'm that officials apartment in the
courthouse.
Mr.. Fall did not have any armed men
with revolvers bulging from their pockets
guarding his office. His two deputies were
left in the Office as they usually are after
he left, after receiving and refusing Mr..
Givens formal demand. There have been
no threats on either side, no hint Of IL resort
to force. The parties to the pending actions
are perfectly friendly in their personal re-
latiOnS.
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and asked them to instruct him exactly
how and when the money should be paid,
promising to follow their instructions 10
the letter. The whole country was mean
while aroused, and the miscre2nts were
evidently greatly alarmed. They half
formed and rejected many plans and fin
ally, after a delay of weeks, told MIR.
Ross to take a certain suburban night train
out of Philadelphia and ride forty miles,
standing on the rear platform He was 10
have the money with him in a white cam
vas bag and throw it off, on the tracks,
when he saw red and green light at
the right-hand side of the road. IL was
bitterly cold and raining on the appointed
night. but he made the trip. precisely as
ordered. and. to his infinite disappointment.
saw no lights A few days afterward the
kidnapers wrote that they were merely
testing him. and he was directed Ito re-
peat the journey at another given date.
He was suffering from cold, contracted
during the first night ride, but again he
followed their directions, and again the
lights failed to appear. He never heard
from the abductors again. This was told me.
years ago, by Mr.. Ross himself, and You
will see that he acted precisely as did
Mr.. Cudahy under parallel circumstances.
Perhaps both gentlemen We're unwise. but
the possible consequences Of a bold stand
IN such a case are too shocking for any
Parent TO contemplate.
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shotgIns and light and heavy calibre
pieces. Their weight. the length OF barrel.
the rifiing and particularly the sights and
wind gauges are all made from his own
data. The stocks are inlaid with gold.
usually his family coat OF arms or hunt
ing scene OF pointers and settlers afield.
Among his galaxy Of firearms is a unique
cane gun. Barrel and handle look exactly
like an ordinary walking stick. but a
wooden plug ferrule may be withdrawn IN
stanter and lever drawn I'm the angle OF
the handle; quick as wink hammer
springs UP and cartridge falls into place.
When he was n student at college Senior
Brasil used TO mystify the natives as he
walked along. books in hand, by suddenly
dropping bird or squirrel a hundred yards
away. apparently after merely pointing his
black cane at the objects.
Another curio is a five-chambered pocket
revolver, with barrel just an inch long.
The whole affair Is more compact than a
short stemmed bulldog briar pipe. and yet
nc says IL Is very accurate up to several
hundred feet Still another firemarm Is a
double barreled. one barrel rified, the other
not, and so light and well balanced that
the owner handles IL with one hand. as II
II were pistol
A brace of duelling pistols. an elephant
gun OF very heavy caliber for shooting
ploslve bullets. air rifles and divers other
pieces repose i'm the handsome plush-lined
cabinet that Just matches the bookcases
ia the big library. Every variety OF Amer
lean firearm may be found in this ccllec-
what not-and yet this does not comprise
all of his assortment
The most astonishing feat of dexterify
the senior performs with five matches
without the aid of a gun. He calls IL his
gun carriage demonstration" IL Is a
sort of fancy billiard shot exhibition. and
merely shows the marvellous delicacy OF
touch that will come from long practice
1t is usually done across the width OF a
dining-room table.
The gun carriage is made of three
matches laid i'm the form of letter III
with the foot of the III parallel 10 the
tables edge. fourth match is laid over
the crossbar of the gun carriage" like
the barrel OF a cannon. resting on fits
trunnions. with the butt end OF the match
projecting a quarter of an inch beyond the
edge of the table and the head pointing
&c the opposite side. Across the table n
fifth match is stood mp on end In salt
cellar Taking an ordinary dinner knife.
the minister bends the blade back like the
spring of a catapult and strikes the gun"
sharply on the butt. Ii flies across the table
and knocks down the upright match, about
half the time striking II squarely on the
head and lighting both matches.
People who have never seen this done
rarely believe il possible. but tho minister
has so far convinced all of his intimate
friends by an actual demonstration.
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REJOICING AT SYDNEY.
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
This was followd by second message as
follows:
Her Majesty's government sends a cor
dial greeting to the commonwealth of
Australia. They welcome her to her place
among the nations united under her MajeS-
tvs sovereignty, and confidently antici-
pate for the new federation future of
ever-increasing prosperity and influence
They recognize in the long-desired con-
summation of the hopes of patriotic Aus
tralians further step liz the direction of
permanent unity Of the British empire
and they are satisfied the wider powers
and responsibilities henceforth secured to
Australia will give a fresh opportunity
for a display of that generous loyalty and
devotion to the throne of the empire which
has characterized the action in the past
of its several states
Three cheers were given for the Governor
General and another salute was fired Ten
thousand pupils of the public schools sung
the hymn, Australia. Fair" and the pro-
ceedings were concluded by the choir sing
ing a TIE Deum, the "Hallelujah Chorus
and God Save the Queen
The Earl of Hopetoun was the recipient
of numerous messages OF congratulations
from the officers of the various colonies.
The city was brilliantly Illuminated this
evening with unique and appropriate de-
signs. and the shipping in the harbor was
all af1ame from stem to stern. The crowds
gave every sign of rejoicing Melbourne
Brisbane and the other capitals have all
been celebrating on a smaller scale and
swearing in the local governors
The state banquet in the town hall was
brilliant affair. being attended by 1000
guests Some disappointment was caused
by the absence of Lord Hopetoun, who
was much fatigued by the exertions of
the day, although he has not suffered fur
Their i'll effects.
The new commonwealth Ministry is ex-
pected TO form on protective lines.
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Indiana Notes.

During 1900 the real estate deals in Mont
gomery county amounted to 81, 540, 1856.
Carl Seabold. living at Markle. near Mont
pelier, is under treatment and quarantine
for the smallpox.
The City Council, of Kokomo, has taken
the preliminary steps in the establishment
of public library and reading room.
The Rev. l.. L. Carpenter. of Wabash,
dedicated a Christian Church at Manila,
Rush county, Sunday, and raised sufficient
funds to wipe out the debt incurred in its
erection.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Johnson, of Morris
town. celebrated the golden anniversary of
their wedding, Monday. Both are natives
of that vicinity, and are more than seventy
years of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dreckman, of New
Albany, yesterday celebrated the fitch
anniversary of their marriage. They have
always resided there. They have eleven
children living.
The Rev. George II. Tleiboldt who has
served for some years as pastor of the
Methodist churches on the Brownsville cir
cult, south of Richmond, has been chosen
by Bishop Hartzell, of the Methodist
Church in Africa, to take charge of the
new Methodist school to be established at
New Ontalia, in Zambezia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
NO LOOSE SOCIAL LINES.


BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Jan. 1.-Prof. VIII
liam II. Council, president of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College at Normal,
Ala, speaking at the Bessemer emancipa-
ton celebration to-day. touched the social
equality question, speaking in part as fol-
lows:
This question has been an eating sore,
because men have misunderstood the
negro; and because Ii has been used, SIM
ply and purely, North and South, to make
white partsans stand close together, as. If
the negro with one mighty bound would
land right in the center of white social
circles and carry off every heart in them.
There has never been time when the
true negro thought so little of himself that
he would surrender his racial identity and
be wiped off the face of the globe by an
other people. There has never been one
moment in the South when there was such
a spirit slumbering in the negro's breast.
The white woman of the South who is one
of the purest women in the annals of the
world, has maintained on her side the
purity of both races in the South and to-
day, in building the negro race in the
South, it can have no higher example of
integrity than the white woman of the
South. Whatever may take place in the
future l know not. But l do know now
that the salvation of the negro in this
country depends upon drawing the social
lines tighter, tighter all the while, North
and South. The moment they become
slack, the white man becomes brutal-the
negro goes down forever"
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FRANKLIN, Ind, Jan. To-day in the
Pherson murder trial was given to expert
testimony. DR.. c. f. Payne testified that
Pherson is physically and mentally weak.
His examination of Pherson had showed
him TO be unfit for labor of body or mind,
with a predisposition to heart disease. His
whole system showed effects of poor nutri-
ton. Such a man. he said, would be weak
mentally, and CT small will power. His
emotions would become stronger as his
will power failed. 1t would take twenty or
thirty years for man to reach such a con-
dition. He could distinguish right from
wrong, and ordinarily would resist the lat
ter, except under great emotional stress.
DIR. p. w. Payne, father of the preceding
witness. testified to much the same effect,
but said such a man would hardly have the
will to do right, a matter of principle
Both doctors estimated Pherson's age at
about ten years more than the actually,
Sixty-one years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
BONDSMEN SETTLE.
VIII Pay $4,000 Of Tax Receivers
Shortage and BE Released.

ALTOONA, Pa, Jan. lon confessed
defalcatiop of between $50. 900 and $4,000
the County Commissioners have agreed TO
accept $4,000 from Tax Receiver McCul-
lcugh's bondsmen and call his accounts
square. He owes $4,000 on his 1898 dupli-
Gates and $4,000 on his 1899 duplicates These
amounts include the sum total OF his pee
uiations. The compromise was effected
yesterday after several conferences had
been held by the bondsmen. commissioners
and attorneys. The bondsmen are to pay
S12,500 for 1898 and the same amount for
1899, the commissioners claiming McCul-
lcugh's duplicates are square up to and in
Guiding 1897. Although Mccullough is still
missing, he is not likely to escape punish
offer a reward for his apprehension,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
SHORT OF NATURAL GAS.
People of Detroit in Much the Same
Trouble as Indianapolis.

DETROIT, Jan. Manager Wabridge,
of the Detroit City Gas Company. stated to-
night that it is his belief the supply of nat
ural gas will temporarily fail if the present
cold snap continues for twenty-four hours
and advises customers to provide other
fuel at once The company serves over
40B families with gas from the Canadian
fields and much discomfort and possible
suffering is expected. The temperature at
O'Clock tonight was thirteen above zero
and falling slowly. The large consumers
OF gas were ordered some time ago to sub
stitute coal for natural gas and most Of
them have complied. but the county Jail
and enc hospital are still dependent upon
the gas.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTICELLO, Ind, Jan. 1.-The defense
in the Lyda-Cox murder case to-day con-
tinued its evidence by introducing an affi-
davit by Ella Hester. the domestic en-
ployed at the LYDIA home. to the effect that
she had never seen anything improper in
the relations of Mrs. LYDIA and Starr Cox.
Defendant Cox was placed on the stand.
and after giving the details of his life, de-
clared that he never had been alone with
Mrs. LYDIA, had improper relations with
her, and had no thought of LYDIA being
poisoned until rumors to that effect became
current.
This testimony supplementary to
that of yesterday, when Mrs. Cora Terrell
testified that LYDIA, in conversation in
her presence, had justified suicide a
means of ending trouble, and had intimated
that under certain conditions he might take
his own life. Other witnesses testified as
to Lyda's morose disposition, ill health and
dependency, and others showed that he
was badly involved financially. DR.. r. J..
Clarke testified that uraema was the prob
able cause of Lyda's death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
RECALLED by cUDAHY CASE.
Charley ROss's Father Tried to Pay
the Ransom Asked
New Orleans Times-Democrat

New Orleans Times-Democrat
II see that the scoundrels who kidnapped
young Cudahy used the Charley Ross case
as an argument to bring the father to
terms" said an old newspaper man. "They
reminded him that Mr.. Ross had allowed
the detectives to persuade him to refuse
the ransom, and, consequently, he never
saw his boy. happen to know that state
ment is untrue, and my authority is Chris
tan X Ross himself. The whole story OF
his negotiations with the kidnapers was
never made public. because IL was thought
at the time IL would Illustrate the plans
of the police. and later on Mr.. Ross had
a horror OF talking about the case Bur
he did not refuse the ransom. On tho
contrary, he made a desperate effort TO
comply with the exact conditions laid down
by the abductors, and they themselves
were TO blame for their failure TO get what
they demanded. When the villains pro-
posed, by letter. TO return the child for
$40 coo cash." continued the old newspaper
man, 1.-The detectives were anxious to sur
round the place OF rendezvous and capture
whoever came after the money To this
Mr.. Ross would not agree. fearing that
the news would reach the gang and his
boy would be killed before the next step
could be taken. He was so apprehensive
that the police would carry out their plans
without advising him. that he entered int,
secret correspondence with the kidnapers
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Rev. Hannibal Goodwin.

NEW YORK, Jan. latter serving
twenty years the rector of the House
OF Prayer. in Newark, n. j., the Rev.
Hannibal Goodwin is dead at his home
in that city. He was known as an ad-
vanced churchman of the Episcopalian
high church school, and the inventor of
He was seventy-eight years old and had
been retired from active work for thr-
teen years. He was a graduate of Yale
and Of the General Theological Seminary
in New York He filled pastorals in Bor-
centowa and Trenton, n. j., and in San
francisco before becoming rector of the
House of Prayer in 1867. During his ac-
tive service and after his retirement thr-
teen years ago, he devoted much time to
amateur photography, finally inventing a
film for cameras. 1T was only year ago
that long litigation over this was ended
In his favor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Jan. IA letter
received by Sheriff Meyers. at Paris, ILL.,,
partly clears the mystery as TO the identity
OF the man John Owen. hanged there Dec.
81 for the murder OF James Hogue on a
Big Four freight train The writer is DIR.
Sproule. OF Williamsburg. Bell county,
Kentucky. He says Owen married his sis
ter-in-law. in 1858. at Pineville. also in
Bell county, and after he had obtained pos
session OF $1,000 she had. which took him
two months. he deserted her. When he
went TO Pineville he seemed an exemplary
man, a close student OF scientific works.
and made favorable impression on
everyone. Subsequent disclosures show
that he went TO Pinevile with the DELHI
crate purpose TO marry the woman to get
the money. which he had learned she had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. Judge
Louis Gottschalk died of heart disease
early this morning. BY queer coincidence
this his birthday. He was sixty-two
years old. He was a captain in the Union
army during the civil war He was elected
city attorney of st. Louis in 1864, and re-
signed his commission in the army TO enter
upon his duties. Later he served six years
as circuit judge in Missouri; was member
able time as president pro tenn. of that
body, and was for eight months acting
Governor of Missouri. In 1884 he came to
Los Angeles, and in 1889 was appointed by
President Harrison as consul at Stuttgart,
which position he filled for three and a
half years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
ON A METER BASIS.
wabash Natural Gas Consumers Will
Pay by the Thousand Feet.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, Jan. Mayor McHenry
has issued instructions to all natural gas
consumers to take the readings Of their
meters where the same have been installed,
and report to the city authorities such
reading. and at the end of the month make
another report of the reading of Jan. 81.
The purpose is to ascertain In general
way the quantity OF natural gas consumed
during the longest and coolest month of
the year as a basis for fixing the meter
rate in February. On Feb. all gas con-
tracts terminate and the company will then
furnish fuel by meter only. The City Coun-
Gil, a citizens committee and the company
officials will endeavor to agree upon a
fair rate, and the citizens are to furnish
the data. The company is putting In over
make no charge therefor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-02
Kitchener Equal to the Occasion.

Il
Lord kitchener's whirlwind journey from
Pretoria to De Aar. in Cape Colony, and
back again was a practical demonstra-
ton far more eloquent than words of the
insignificance of the movements of the
Beers from a military point of view. IL
showed that all lines of communication
from the cape to Limpopo river are UNI
broken, and are not even seriously men,
aced. Evidently Lord Kitchener Is salts
fed that there is no great danger of re-
volt in Cape Colony. and that the pre-
cautions which have been taken TO isolate
and corner the guerrilas under DE Wet
and those who have crossed the Orange
river are sufficient for the purpose The
rumor that De Wet Is endeavoring to
has been headed off i'm his northward rush.
and. perhaps, that his military career is
nearing its end
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LOST HIS UPPER LIP.
Ex-Fish Commissioners Badly Hurt
While Celebrating at kokomO.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Jan. 1.-Detective Oscar
Welty. ex-deputy FISH commissioners. was
one of party who gave j. Frank DIM
mitt an Initiation as county treasurer
this morning. During the festivities a
giant firecracker tore away Welty's upper
lip and otherwise disfgured his face.
Others of the courthouse gang We're
slightly injured. TIE explosion was in the
treasurer's office. Books and papers We're
scattered in all directions. but none was
damaged To any marked extent