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PostoGice Mt Andrews, Huntington
County, Robbed of S270 I'm Cash
and 800 I'm stamps
CRIMES OF GREATER DEGREE
PROBABLE MURDERS IN MARSHALL
AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES.
horticultural Meetings ut south Bend
and OrIeans-Misft Justice
mt Winona Lake.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind. Aug. H.-With one dead
robber and one crippled for life TO his
credit, Wash w. Collum. proprietor OF a
general store at Mill Creek. Laporte coun-
~, nearly added another 10 his list at 3
o'clock this morning. When he discovered
a robber In the store Collum opened fire
with n revolver. The robber responded,
and although the two meE emptied their
pistols at each other neither was hit on
account OF the arkne The merchant
then closed in on the burglar. when a
hand-to-hand struggle ensued. the men
clubbing each other with their revolvers
until they were nearly insensible and were
weak from loss OF blood. Collum finally
overpowered the burglar.
The man. who is now in Jail here under a
Doctors care. being seriously injured. re-
fuses TO disclose his identity. saying he
does not want to disgrace his parents, who
are respectable. He says he Is a telegraph
operator and entered the store TO steal a
suit of clothes. Collum also is under a
physicians care.
Six years ago he caught two robbers In
his store. With a shotgun he blew off the
head Of one and permanently crippled the
other. He was not prosecuted.
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Indiana Notes.

HAGERSTOWN.-WiII C. Wissler, of
Hagerstown, has been elected assistant
principal Of the Cambridge City schools.
Mr.. Wissler. attended Normal at Terre
Haute this year, and has had long exper-
fence as a teacher in the schools OF Wayne
county. . The annual reunion of the
Thornburg and Lontz families will be held
on Sept. 5 at the Hagerstown fair grounds
Visitors are expected from many different
States. Charles Hernly, Of New Castle,
will deliver an address.
ENGLISH.-The fourteenth annual re-
union Of Sloan Post, No. BIS. CT. A. r., is in
progress here. and the indications point to
the largest attendance in the history of
these gatherings. . Farmers In Union
township, Of Crawford county, eight miles
southwest of English. are trying to interest
outside capital in the exploitation of the
sunk back in the sixties, but no work has
been done since.
LAPORTE.-Dr. James l.. Hughes, in
spector of schools at Toronto. Canada,
nual institute this week, in this city. of
the Laporte county Teachers Association,
in a lecture on THE Dwarfng of the Child
by the Disciplinary Process, advanced the
theory that the most fitting age for a child
10 begin the study of reading Is ten years,
because he believes a child at that age can
be taught TO read in one week.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Morgan
township. of Porter county. on Tuesday
night unanimously voted a subsidy of sl2.-
800 in favor of the proposed Cincinnati,
RICHMOND AZ mOncle bdllTodu, WHICH, Il ~
be extended through Porter and Lake coun-
ties. . . The excessive rains of the
past three days probably have saved the
corn crop OF Porter county, which the
farmers had thought was beyond help.
| ROCKPORT.-A prize fight. which is not
advertised as a fstic exhibition or a dis
play OF scientitie sparring, VIII be pulled
off IN Armory Hall, Friday night, between
Kid Ashe. of Cincinnati. and Joe Mont
| gomery, of Baltimore. Both pugilists are
cOlored. A preliminary bout Is advertised
between Simon Brown and Walter Jack
son, of Memphis. So far as known no steps
have been taken to stop the hight.
MARION.-Coroner Whitson has returned
his verdict in the case OF George Carruth-
ers,. aged sixty-1ve years, and Thomas
Pinkerton, aged ninety-one years, the two
inmates OF the Soldiers Home who died
last Friday as a result OF having taken the
wrong medicine. which had been admins
tered by attendants At. the hospital. The
coroner attaches no blame 10 any OF the
attendants concerned.
| .RUSHVILLE.-An the stock of the Rush
J Vile Furniture Company has been pur-
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CANTON. o.. Aug. H.-Secretary of State
Hay, who arrived here this morning, left
this afternoon for Pittsburg TO take the
night train for Washington He said there
was nothing Of special significance con-
sidered at to-day's consultation with the
President. but that many accumulated mat
tiers which can better be treated In personal
interviews than by correspondence were
disposed Of. As to the Central American
situation. ne stated that there Is nothing
at present demanding special attention. The
United States has. by sending a force TO
the isthmian waters, prepared TO protect
its interests If occasion arises, but IL is not
probable there will be any occasion for
such action. as the Colombian government
seems able and willing TO protect the rights
of other nations. He further said that I'M
der no circumstances would the United
States intervene beyond the point of keep
ing traffic open and protecting its other
treaty rights.
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WINONA BIBLE CONFERENCE.
Attendance the Largest Ever Known
Addresses of the Day.

WARSAW, Ind, Aug. 21.-This was mis-
sionary day" at Winona conference. The
attendance was the highest in the history
Of the conference, over three thousand peo-
pie, ministers and Bible students, being on
the grounds DR.. A. A. Fulton, of Canton.
China, a distinguished missionary, made
two addresses. He gave an excellent de-
scription of missionary work in China. He
was followed by the Rev. DR.. Courtney
Fem, of Peking, who gave a thrilling ac-
count Of his escape from the Chinese dur
ing the Boxer uprising. Both will soon re-
enter the foreign missionary field. Other
speakers to-day were the Rev. Cornelius
Woelfkin, of Brooklyn, on The Human
Will Open to Cod the Rev. S. d. Gordon.
of Cleveland, on Personality of the Holy
Ghost" the Rev. George T. Purves. of New
York, on Acts of the Apostles"
The Rev. Willis r Hotchkiss, fresh from
the foreign mission field, arrived to-day
and will speak tomorrow of his experience
in African jungles. The principal address
tonight was by the Rev. John Mcneil, Of
Scotland; subject. David and Goliath"
Late arrivals at the hotels are: H. Gro
man, Mrs. NJ. E.. Hoagland. Mrs. r. NJ.
Marshal and daughter, DIR. Hicks, Indian
apolis; Mrs. George Meeker, Fulton, Ark;
j. Dreshood, Sioux City, Ia; J. McLauren
and wife, Shelbyville; j. G. Carr, Marion;
Francis Lands, LOganSpOrt. IS
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THE BATH OF THE ORANGE.
Treatmenut of the Fruit P~repsrstory
TO shipment.
Los Angeles Herald.

Los Angeles Herald.
Fresh from the tree an orange is still
very much alive. with the oil cells expanded
and the mystery of growth not yet sus-
change takes place. The skin draws closer
would cause sweating il the fruit were
packed at once. But first these dust
stained travellers must have "A bath.
BY the bushel-if only this were the land
of the good old bushel basket-the newcom-
ers are dumped into a long. narrow tank Of
water, at one end OF which IS = big wheel
with a tire OF soft bristles. TIL wheel re-
wolves so that the lower edge works i'm con-
nection with another set of brushes in a
smaller tank below, and the oranges after
bobbing about I'm the big tank. pass be-
tween the wet brushes and come out bright
and clean.
This washer Is a neat machine and does
away with the more primitive. yet pictur-
esque. method OF hand-washing.
At some OF the smaller packing houses
may still be seen groups OF women. some-
times white. sometimes brown-skinned.
each with a tub OF water and brush. scrub
never seem TO grow less till the last hour
of the day.
After their bath the oranges are spread
out in the sun TO dry on long. ~slanting
racks. Al the lower end they roll of into
boxes, TO be carried away TO the ware
house for their rest.
An orange needs a deal OF grooming. IL
would seem. before IL Is ready for market.
The washing was not enough. There must
curing the oranges are fed into a hopper
which drops them single file on 10 a belt
that runs between revolving cylindrical
brushes. This for a smooth, shiny look.
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IOWA


DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 21.-The Demo-
cratic state convention this afternoon nom
mated r. ]. Phillips, Of Ottumwa, for Gov
ernor. The remainder of the ticket follows:
Lieutenant governor, G.. z. Ferguson, of
Harrison county: judge OF the Supreme
Court, John Shortley, Of Dallas county; SUI
perintendent of public instruction. w. p.
Johnson, of Carroll; railway commissioner,
ex-Consul A.. c. Brice, of Bedford.
The on resolutions submitted
jority report follows:
Resolved, That the fundamental prin-
ciples of Democracy, equal rights to all
and special privileges to none applies in
full force to the subject of taxation. The
Democratic party believes that the burdens
of taxation should be borne equally by all
taxable property. We pledge members of
the General Assembly to formulate and
compel the burdens of taxation TO rest on
corporate and individual property alike,
without favor or exemption OF any inter-
I'VE demand economy in the administra-
ton of state affairs. the repeal Of the mulct
law, the enactment of a local option law,
the abolition OF offices OF state printer and
state binder and the contracting Of supplies
bidder.
I'VE cordially invite all honest men OF
tLS o1CttC ~ oAAA1 'ANa 80 III tAAS
enactment Of these principles into law"
Walt H. Butler presented the minority re-
port, which was indentical with the ma
jority report excepting the preamble, which
was as follows:
I'VE, the Democrats OF Iowa, in conven-
ton assembled, hereby reaffirm the princi-
pies of the Democratic national platform
adopted at Kansas City July 5. 1900. and
without surrendering our opinions or abat-
ing our loyalty 10 our national policies,
We believe this campaign to be particularly
one that should be confined 10 State is
sues"
This was signed by Claude Porter. Walt
H. Butler and John j. Serley. Mr.. Butler
moved the substitution of the minority re-
port for the majority report, and addressed
the convention in favor thereof. He was
enthusiastically cheered and IL was plain
to be seen that a large portion of the dele
gates were in favor Of its adoption.
a seS ond minority report signed by him
SELF. w. NJ. Higbee and John l.. Powers,
as follows:
1--WE. the Democrats of Iowa, I'm conven-
ton assembled, make the following decla-
ration of principle: We hold that in this
campaign state issues are paramount. and.
while not retracting or regulating any
past declarations Of the Democratic party.
we deem it our duty at this time, waving
questions OF national policies. 10 address
ourselves TO the redemption of Iowa from
Republican misrule."
In all other respects this report was the
same as the majority report. The first
minority was adopted by a vote Of 669 3-5
against 40 %
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Fountain Park Assembly.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
REMINGTON, Ind, Aug. 21.-The Foun-
tain Park Assembly opened what promises
TO be a most successful season on Satur-
day last. Robert Parker. the superintend-
ent, has prepared an elaborate programme
by some Of the most prominent lecturers
and entertainers in the country. Saturday
was G.. A. r. and Sunday-school day. DIR.
l.. L. Carpenter was master OF cere-
monies. An eloquent address was delivered
by the Rev. J. IL. Garrison, of st. Louis,
q soldier of the civil war. In the afternoon
the Sunday schools were in control. j. III.
Garrison preached on Sunday morning and
evening, and a band concert was given in
the afternoon. Prof. George T.. Coler, d. D..
OF Ann Arbor, Mich, is delivering Bible
lectures and conducting Bible studies that
will run through all of this and next week.
The Rev. Il. S. Ames, of Chicago Univer-
sity. breaches each forenoon during the
week. On Monday and Tuesday nights Prof.
Karl German gave exhibitions of leger-
demain before large crowds.
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chased by Jasper d. Case. Frank Mullin,
Robert Jarvis and William NJ. Pearce, and
a new company has peen formed and will
at once rebuild the plant for the purpose
of manufacturing furniture on the ground
occupied by the Rushville Furniture Com
pany when burned, May !. last.
MUNCIE.-The Woman's Union Label
League. which had its birth in Muncie, is
taking steps 10 organize the servant girls
of Muncie on a plan with the Chicago or
When the organization is completed the
Sl.25 per week girls will demand 50 for GER
tain work. There will be a doubling OF
prices all along the line.
CONNERSVILLE.-Loui Van Blair. a
young married man. attempted to commit
suicide late Tuesday evening. on account
OF his wife and mother having a quarrel
and the former leaving home. Prompt
action by. the attending physicians saved
his life. A sister of the young man COM
mltted suicide a few months ago with the
aid of poison.
business man Of Cambridge City. has been
stricken with paralysis. He is slightly i'm
proved. " The embers of the Lib
erty Woman's Relief Corps were the guests
of the Richmond corps on Wednesday.
Dinner was served i'm their honor at q. A.
r. Hall, and a trolley ride over the city
followed.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Tuesday night
entered the Catholic parsonage in this city
and secured about $25 worth OF valuables.
including SIS cash. the amount of last sun
days collections at the church, which Fa-
Their Pratt. who is attending the Pan-Amer-
icar Exposition, left with the housekeeper.
Entrance was gained by forcing the lock
of the front door.
TERRE1 HAUTE.-Several hundred ex-
cursionists representing the Terre Haute
Street Fair Association went TO Sullivan
Wednesday to help along the street fair
there, and incidentally to boom the Terre
Haute fair to be held in October. Next
week a large delegation will go TO Brazil
for a like purpose.
GREENSBURG-The friends and rela-
tives of Maude Lewis, the sixteen-year-old
girl who disappeared on Saturday night.
nave found no trace of her, and are much
alarmed over her prolonged absence. She
was last seen about 10 o'clock Saturday
night in company with a young man OF
Milroy.
KOKOMO.-J. D.. Templin was arrested
here on Tuesday and taken to Washing
ton, Ind, where he is accused of having
embezzled $500 from a Louisville, KY, firm
of typewriter dealers, whose agent he was.
He had $500 on his person when arrested.
KNIGHTSTOWN.-The members of the
Holloway family, well known I'm this vicin-
ity, held their annual reunion on Tuesday
at the home of w. c. Williams, east of this
city. The attendance was not as large as
in former years.
ORLEANS.-General Carnahan. of In
dianapolis, assisted by companies from
Salem and Mitchell Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias, mustered in Company No. 1O2 at
this place Wednesday night.
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COLON. Colombia. Aug. I--,News just
received here from Cartagena says that an
open boat containing four persons has ar
rived there and reported that the Colombian
gunboat La Popo sank on Jeaving Savanilla
for Cartagena. She struck on a rock fp
the vicinity OF the harbor 81 Savani1Ia last
week. injuring her bottom. her stern and
her propeller. TIL gunbOat manage TO get
TO Cartagena. where temporary faulty re-
pairs were effected On returning to Sava-
nilIa the bottom plates of la Popor appear
20 have given out immediately, Tor she col
some troops and several passengers on
board. Their fate IS not yet known. but
hopes are entertained for their safety, as
the gunboat had some gigs in hFst-ciass
condition on bOartl
la Popo was an iron auxiliary schooner
gunboat buUt in 1851 at Wilmington. Del.
and having one propeller. She was 40 feet
long. twenty feet beam and was eleven feet
deem f|ff
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OF

QUEENSTOWN. Aug. 21.-Arrived: Ma
1estic. from New York. for Liverpool: Celtic
from New York. for Liverpool: New Eng
land. from Boston. for Liverpool. and pro-
ceeded. Sailed: Ultonia, for Boston; Servia
for New York. both from Liverpool.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-Arrived:. Suevic.
from Liverpool: Teutonic. from Liverpool.
Grosser Kurfurst, from Bremen. Sailed
Oceanic. for Liverpool. Zealand. for Ant
werp. via Cherbourg and Southampton.
CHERBOURG. Aug. H.-Arrived Kaiser
IN Maria Theresa. from New York. fol-
Bremen.
HONG-KoNG. Aug. 21.-Arrived: En-.
press OF India. from Vancouver. via Yoko'
hama
GREENOCK, Aug. 2t-Arrived: .Carta,
ginian. from Philadelphia. Via St. Johns
n. r.
ROTTERDAM. Aug. q. -Arrived: Staten.
dam, from New York. via B-oulogne-sur
Mer.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. A.-Arrived: St
Louis. from New York.
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OPINION OF OKLAHOMA LAND.


New York Sum-.
II am Just back from r. Reno. Okla
homa." said a Hartford man. homeward
bound on a sound steamer. 1T wasn't
my first trip 10 that region. 1 was there
at what is known In Oklahoma as the
second run. some years ago. ! got some
land on that occasion a few miles beyond
El Reno. BY an arrangement with a spec
ulator who lives there the entry was made
in his name
.'From the time I left until my recent
visit / had not been back. but occasionally
| heard from my partner by letter. When
was there a week or so ago We drove
ONT to our claim. With the exception OF
several graves the spot was as barren as
when / made my run 10 II.
my partner said In explanation that he
had tried 10 make the soil produce, but
II was no u1e. He had even planted Canada
thistle. but IL wouldn't take root. Then a
family from Indiana came along and set
tied on It.
s.The family began dying until all were
dead except the father. He wanted 10 take
the bodies back TO the States for burial.
but my partner finally induced him 20 plant
his dead on our claim. In fact he paid
him TO do IL.
1.-THE Indiana man Was very reluctant.
however. and said 10 my partner that in
his opinion the land was so COMPOUNDED
poor that he doubted whether II would
produce ON resurrection day. In my opin-
ion that country Is not even good for grave
yard purposes
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at his home last night, aged thirty-eight
years. The funeral will be held on Thurs
day.
CONVICTION, Ind. Aug. 2l.-Wiliam
Denver, Col, OF lung trouble a few days
ago. was brought to this city for burial
to-day. He was the oldest son of Horatlo
ClayDOol, attorney. of Covington. a nephew
OF the late Sol. Claypool. of indianapolis.
MUNCIE. Ind, Aug. 21.-Emery Mccoy.
the little man of eastern Indiana. died sud
denly at CASTOR this morning or heart
failure. Mccoy was less than four feet tall
and weighed but sixty-two pounds. though
fully developed. lie was forty-two years
old.
VALPARAISO. Ind, Aug. 21.-Moses Du-
mas. "A pioneer resident of this city. died at
his home here this evening, aged seventy
five years.
MILTON, Ind, Aug. 2f.-Mrs. Della Hittle
Whitley. the wife OF Byron ;. Nhiteley,
Of this place. died at her home here TINS
evening.
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StrangIed on N Peanut.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART. Ind, Aug. 21.-The seven
teen-months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Roose. OF this city, died this morn
ing. having been strangled by a piece of
peanut kernel fed to her by her little
brother. The boy gave the nut to the baby
on Monday evening and a piece slipped
down it's windpipe, lodging in a bronchial
tube. After a fit of Coughing the child
seemed to have been relieved, and there
was no recurrence of coughing until Tues
day evening. when another attack began.
and il could not be checked, the child dying
at 2 o'clock this morning.
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CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-What may prove a
murder mystery was brought to the atten-
ton OF the police here to-day in connection
with the death of John Schumacher. OF Ber-
linton. Marshall county, Indiana. He was
run over by a Baltimore & Ohio excursion
train on Monday. Before expiring he told
his father that two men had robbed him of
so cents and thrown him from the train.
He says he attempted to Chamber aboard
again. but the men kicked and beat him
and threw him under the wheels. Jacob
Schumacher, a cousing of John, was with
the former. He told the police that the
attack was made by four men, and was
directed against both him and his cousin.
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BUCOLIC JOYS IN JAY.
Fall Festival, Old Settlers Meeting
and Senator w. Il. Mason.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, Aug. 2~1.-Pennville,
Jay county. is preparing to give a fall
festival on Sept. 10. and preparations are
being made on an extensive scale. On the
9th, United States Senator William +.
Mason. of Illinois. will deliver an address.
Two old settlers reunions have been planned
for this county. One will be held on the
fair grounds on Aug. 81, and Will Cum
back probably will deliver the address. The
second one takes place in Green township
the day following. and each township In
the county has had a speaker assigned to
look after its early history and principal
events. Following these, on Oct. 6. tho
West Grove Grange will hold it's annual
farmers institute, and a fair in connec-
ton.
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Andrews Postomce Robbed.

Special to'the indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Aug. IA burg
larry occurred at Andrews, Huntington
county. last night. The safe in the post
Office, used by the postmaster and Grocer
Snowden Jointly, was blown open and
robbed OF 500 ir cash and 800 in stamps.
Nitroglycerin was used and the central
part of the town was aroused by the ex-
plosion. The burglars were three in num-
Der and held up the night Waterman, who
went to the scene. The alarm was given
at once and the burglars were traced part
way TO Huntington. The officers have
some suspicious characters under surveil-
lance and IL is probable arrests will follow
quickly.
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Other Deaths I'm the state.

KOKOMO, Ind. Aug. 21.-Julius Rosen-
heimer, whose death occurred suddenly
here Monday evening, was buried at Cen
ter this morning at 10 o'clock. services be.
ing conducted by the Masons. OF Which
order he was a member. Deceased was
fcrty-six years old. and left a wife and five
f, children. He was secretary OF the Demo
cratic county committee and formerly was
chairman OF the state Populist committee.
WORTHWHILE, Ind, Aug. H.-Guy Nc
Pherson, a well-to-do farmer, who lived
south OF town and who was a brother OF
Circuit Judge Mcpherson. OF Iowa, and
Cary Mcpherson, OF Indianapolis. died OF
typhoid fever and cerebral hemorrhages
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FORECAST.
Fair ON Thursday and Warmer in This
Part of the State.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Ohio-Partly cloudy on Thursday;
warmer in extreme southwestern portion.
Friday partly cloudy; probably showers
and cooler in northern portion; light south
erly winds.
For I~ndiana-Fair on Thursday; warmer
in central portion. Friday fair; light south
erly winds.
For I~linois-Partly cloudy on Thursday;
probably showers in southern portion. Fri
day fair and warmer in southern portion;
variable winds.