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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
WHY FITCHAM FILCHED
BANK TELLER'S EXCUSE FOR STEAL
ING MORE THAN 100000.
Says Family Extravaganza Caused Ex.
penditures Far i'm Excess of His
Salary-Il at His Home.

BALLSTON, n. ", Dec 4.-Bank Ex-
lining deposit certificates presented to the
First National Bank by holders for verii-
cation. There are 400 interest-bearing GER
tificates outstanding, and ii will be several
days before all can be brought in and
verified and the actual defalcation in that
line fully ascertained. Next will be exam
ined the depositors' books subject TO sight
checks. In the latter line no discrepancies
are yet apparent.
To-day several new developments in
creasing the defalcation in interest-bear-
ing certificates, confirming Vice President
Donaldson's suspicious therein, have been
found. Several certificates were presented
to-day that are marked on Teller Fitch
ans books as paid and the account closed.
The bank officials still assert that the bank
can reopen next week on a sound basis,
admitting that their $4,000 surplus is
wholly wiped out by Fitcham's embezzle-
mentS. When the doors closed Monday
night and Examiner Graham took charge
the bank had assets of S7S6,OO0 exclusive OF
its 100000 capital The liabilities outstand-
ing were $620, 600.
Fitchams peculations are now known to
have. extended back twenty years. His in
div.dual deposit ledger balanced 10 a cent
when he closed it Saturday. Fitcham re-
mains at home under a strong guard. and
was too i'll to be arraigne6 this afternoon.
He said the estimates of the banks loss
were exaggerated and that he had not
taken more than half the sum mentioned.
He said he was not a stock gambler, but
that his trouble was due to family extrav-
agance, mis- expenditures having been for
years in excess of his salary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
RETURN OF SOLDIERS
ARRIVAL OF THE TRANSPORT HAN
COCK FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Nine Hundred Men Aboard-COngress-
men Weeks and DeArmOnd
Among the Passengers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-The transport
addition to the passengers and soldiers
taken on at Manila the Hancock brought
those transferred from the Warren, which
in turn had taken them from the Sheridan
at Nagasaki. Both the Sheridan and War
rem met with accidents, and when the Han
cock started from Kobe she ran on a sand
bar, but escaped with slight injuries.
Among the Hancocks passengers were Con-
gressmen Weeks and De Almond.
The Hancock brought 800 soldiers, includ-
ing casuals, sick and discharged. There
were two deaths on the Hancock, and
among the twenty-seven bodies on board
are those of several soldiers who died on
the Sheridan and Warren. Willis G. Harri-
man, of Company X, Third Infantry, died
Of dysentery Nov. 25, and on the same day
Mary c. Solon, colored servant, died Of
tuberculosis.
The men who died on the Sheridan were
Corporal Elbert E Manning, Company l.,
Eighth Infantry; Daniel NJ Martin, Com
pany NJ, Sixteenth Infantry, and Jay Z.
Watkins, Company L, Fifth Infantry
The deaths which occurred on the War
ren were those of Andrew III. Denton,
marine corps; William G. Willis. Thirty
first Coast Artillery; William Good, Twen-
fifth Infantry, United States volunteers,
and Frederick Jones, Eighth Cavalry
Lieut.. d. CT. Freeman, of the Twenty
first Infantry, returned on the Hancock
with the remains OF his wife, who died
from typhoid fever. The bodies of Lieut. T
Crockett, Twenty-frst Infantry, and Lieut.
James c. Williams, of the Twelfth Infan-
try, were also brought home
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
BOY STABBED TO DEATH
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY AN
ELEvEN-YEAR-OLD sCHOOLMATE.
Shocking Crime on the Streets of New
port. Ky, During the Noon Hour
The Murderer's story.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 4.-The shocking
scene of a schoolboy, eight years old,
stabbed to death by a schOolmate, aged
eleven, was witnessed on the streets of
Newport, KY, at noon to-day. Joseph
Creelman, the victim, had had a boyish
quarrel in the schoolroom with Eddte
Armines, and when on their way home the
quarrel was renewed. third boy, taking
the part of Creelman, threw a piece of
brick. which struck Armines on the hand
and was stabbed. He soon fell. and in if-
teen minutes was dead. The Armines boy
walked rapidly away, carrying the pocket
knife in his hand. He went to the fire
and threw the knife into an clubhouse. but
said nothing about the murder until the
news of the lads death came. His uncle
then promptly surrendered him to the po-
lice, when the youthful culprit told this
childish story of the crime:
"Creelman missed his reading lesson and
was sent to the foot of the class. He told
me about it. but / said to him that 1 did
not care, and that made him mad. The
teacher made him sit at the blackboard
and / laughed at him. He shook his fist
at me. and when school was out he cursed
me. / started for the engine house, and
Plummer threw a brick at me and Creel-
up and grabbed me by the arms
me until ii hit me on the hand. Then
stuck the knife out easy and heard his
coat rip"
Both boys belong to excellent families.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE
CORONER's VERDICT IN THE WA
BASH RAILWAY WRECK CASE.
Company and Engineer, Conductor,
Fireman and Brake eman Found
to Be Responsible.

ADRIAN, Mich, Dec. 4-The coroner S
jury to-day found that the disastrous col
lision the Wabash Railroad near Seneca
last Wednesday night between Trains 13
and was caused by the negligence OF the
Wabash Railroad Company and the train
men of train No. 4. The jury says the rail-
road agent was negligent in failing to pro-
vide train No. with a head-end brake
man, and in failing to provide proper sig
nails at the place of meeting OF Trains 4
and 13.
Engineer Aaron I. Strong was found neg
ligent in failing to properly understand and
obey order No. 81. under which the train
was running
Conductor George ]. Martin was found
negligent in failing to signal the engineer
to stop and in failing to apply the air
brakes when the engineer did not give the
proper signal Immediately after passing the
station signal at Seneca, according to the
company's rules
Fireman Bastian was found negligent in
failing to remind the engineer of Order SO
when the engineer failed 10 give the proper
signal and slow up at Seneca.
Brakeman A. w. Dittman was found
negligent in failing to signal the engineer
10 stop and in failing to apply the air
brake until after the train had passed the
station at Seneca. when the engineer did
not give the proper signal on approaching
Seneca
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Three New Routes to BE Established i'm
Indiana.

Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Rural free de-
livery service has been ordered established
in Indiana to commence Feb l. as follows:
Additional service. Route No. >. Coving-
ton. Fountain county-One carrier. Length
of route, 25s4 miles; area covered, 30 square
miles; population served. 5S5; number OF
houses on route. 100; carrier, George w.
Crane Postoffice at Fountain TO be discon-
tinued mail to Covington.
Additional service. Route No. 6. Lafayette.
Trppecanoe county-One carrier. Length of
route, 29A miles; area covered, 30 square
miles: population served, 544: number of
houses route. 1876; carrier. Harry w
Pauls. Star Route 54547 to be discontinued.
Postoffice at Wea to be supplied by rural
carrier; mail to Lafayette. Route No. 1.
Stockwell, Tippecanoe county-One carrier.
Length of route % miles: area covered. q
square miles population served. 5O4: num-
ber of houses on route, 126; carrier. Glenn
Murphy. Postoffice at Conroe to be sup
piled by rural carrier; mail 10 Stockwell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
TWO CANAL MEASURES
Bills Providing for Construction of an
Istismfan waterway.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-Two bills look
ing to the construction of an isthmian
canal via the Nicaraguan route were in
troduced to-day in the Senate. The first
of these was presented by Senator Morgan,
and is as follows:
THAT the President of the United States
be and is hereby authorized TO acquire
from and TO conclude agreements with the
states of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, or
either of them, for and in behalf of the
United States for the full control of such
portion of territory now belonging to
Costa Rica and Nicaragua may be de-
sirable and necessary, on which TO eXca-
vate, construct, govern, regulate, police and
protect a canal of such depth and capacity
will be sufficient for the movements of
ships of the greatest tonnage and draught
now in use from a point near Greytown
on the Caribbean sea, via Lake Mica
ragua to Breto, on the Pacific ocean; and
such sum as may be necessary TO secure
necessary rights, privileges and such con-
troll Is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated.
The other bill was introduced by Sena-
tor Perkins and provides for a perpetual
lease. by the United States of the right of
way across Nicaragua and Costa Rica, said
lease providing for military and sanitary
police control of the canal route by the
United States. 1t makes an appropriation
of $120.000 000. of which sum $l2 600 is to
be expended annually. nonpartisan
commission is to be appointed by the Pres
ident to have charge of the canal. the
members of the commission to be selected
from different parts of the United States
and TO be paid $4,000 salary each per year.
This commission is to have its headquar-
terS at Rivas, Mic, with a branch office
in Washington. The appointment of engi-
neers also is authorized 1t is further pro-
vided that the canal shall be of the di-
mensions recommended by the isthman
canal commission. The commission is en-
powered to make all contracts and to
supervise their performance, no contract to
be legal until ratified by a ajority of the
commissioners. The commission is to re-
port semi-annually to the President and
keep accurate accounts of its transactions
1t is explicitly provided that no commits
sioner or employe shall be interested in
any contract connected with the cOnstruc-
ton of the canal. The bill authorizes the
President of the United States to make
minor changes in both the route for the
canal and in the methods of it's construc-
tiOn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
PRINCE HENRY'S DUELS
wILHELMINA'S CONSORT SAID TO
HAVE WOUNDED TWO MEN.
Hollands Queen Unfortunate in Her
Choice of Husbands, If Current
Reports Be True.

AMSTERDAM, Dec. Am spite of official
denials Investigations show there is some
foundation for the story of duel being
fought between Prince Henry Of the Meth
erlands, husband of Queen Wilhelmina. and
Major Van Tets, the Queens aid-de-camp.
1t appears that at dinner at Het Loo her
Majesty was hurt by some inattention on
the part of the prince and spoke to him
sharply. Prince Henry retorted extensively,
whereupon Major Van Tets made a remark
regarding the impropriety of the prince
consort's conduct. A quarrel followed be-
tween the aid-de-camp and the prince. who
had been drinking freely, and a duel with
swords was fought after dinner. Van Tets
was wounded and he was subsequently re-
moved to Utrecht to be operated on.
The same incident gave rise to another
duel between Prince Henry and gentle
man of the court. The latter was slightly
wounded.
LONDON, Dec 5.-The matrimonial
quarrel between Queen Wilhelmina and
Prince Henry, her husband, excites great
interest here. The history of the affair.
newspapers, charges Prince Henry with
HlScO0uucl anu HtSAVtl, ana repeats ru-
mors of his deep drinking and heavy gam
bling debts. which Queen Wilhelmina de-
clined to pay. Another point Of disagree
ment between the pair was the princes un-
concealed antipathy to Holland and mis-
Ungovernable passion for hunting which
resulted in his long absences in GERMANY.
Ii is said that the Queen mother interfered
and taxed her sOn-in-laW with his Tlts-
behavior but without effect and finally
the matter developed into an estrangement
between mother and daughter.
In regard TO the quarrel at the dinner at
Het Loo and the resultant duels another
rumor represents Major Van lets as hav-
ing received a violent kick i'm the stomach.
which caused him severe injuries. and IL
is supposed the fear that his death might
lead 20 revelations Is the real reason for
something Of the truth being permitted 10
leak out after the matter was Officially de-
MED. The latest news, however. SAYS that
Major Van Tets is progressing favorably.
and IL is said the Queen mother has been
able to effect something like a reconcilia-
tion between the Queen and her husband.
Prince Henry has record Of several
duels in his student days. RE has always
been exceedingly unpopular in Holland.
where. since 1870. there have been morbid
fears of annexation schemes on the part
of Germany. and on this account the
friends of Prince Henry declare he never
has had fair play.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
4 London View.

LONDON. Dec. 5.-The annual report OF
Lyman ]. Gage. secretary Of the treasury.
and the report of the isthmian canal com
mission are subjects of comment. which is
mostly uninteresting, in the newspapers
this morning The Daily Mail takes an ex-
ceptional line and expresses the opinion
that the selection OF the Nica-aguan route
was merely intended 10 force the Panama
concessiOnaires TO reasonable terms, and
thinks the canal commissions report
shou.a hasten the discovery of some corr
promise. The paper says there is no doubt
but that the estimates of the engineers
will be enormously exceeded, whichever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05

contrary TO law and who have afterward
been found TO be Anarchists.
The fourth section provides that wnen
any alien Is convicted OF crime in any
United States court and IL shall appear
from the evidence that ne is an Anarchist.
the presiding judge shall direct further
hearing, and If the judge is satisfied that
the convicted alien is an Anarchist. or that
his remaining in this country will be a
menace 10 the government or society in
general. he may direct that. in addition TO
other punishments adJudsed the convicted
alien after undergoing such punishments
shall be deported. al the expense of the
United States, TO the country from which
ne came and II he returns 10 the United
states shall be punished by Imprisonment
al hard labor for period not exceeding
five years and afterward again depOrted.
Provision is made in the fifth section for
the appointment of twelve immigration
agents at salary of $500 each. to make
Investigations in foreign countries concern
ing intended immigrants
The sixth and last section Of the bill pro-
vtdes that THE fact that an alien has de-
clared his intention 10 become a citizen of
the United States shall constitute no bar
TO proceedings against him under this act ="
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
SELF-CONFESSED PERJURERS.
They Testify at the Trial of Lawyer
Alexander Sullivan.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-Two self-confessed
perjurers. who admitted accepting bribes
while acting as jurors third person. who
confessed to a part In the conspiracy TO
keep James j. Lynch from trial. and the
former bailiff himself. were the witnesses
in the trial OF Alexander Sullivan i'm Judge
Smiths court to-day. Thomas Smallman
and Frank 5. O'Brien told under oath OF
committing perjury and accepting bribes
from Lynch while on juries. These men
were sprung as E surprise on the defense
Smallrnan sid he received $50 for his serv-
ices, while O'Brien swore that Lynch paid
him 800 Both witnesses said that Sullivan
was the trial lawyer In the cases.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
CADET FLOGGED.


HARTMAN. Tenn, Dec. -Four mem
bers OF the senior class at the American
Temperance University last night bound
and gagged Lester, carried him TO the
woods near by, tied him 10 n tree and
whipped him. Then they placed him under
a hydrant near the dormitory. turned on
the water and left him. Lester says he
stayed there two hours, when a student
found him half frozen and In a semi-cOn-
scious condition. Lester is said TO have
reported many little misdemeanors. He
will proceed against his assailants In the
state courts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05

LEANENWORTH, Kan, Dec. 4.-Thc
Standard says: Burlington Railway de-
tectives are in the vicinity of Beverly Mo-
making an investigation into the wreck of
the b. & NJ. flyer at that place last Thurs
day. and sufficient evidence has been found
to prove beyond doubt that a dastardly
attempt 10 wreck the fast Denver-Kansas
City train was made. The switch lock and
lamp had been stolen. The train was 60
ing at the rate OF sixty miles hour. when
the engineer noticed the lamp was out
and slowed down. The engine and mali
car left the rails and went into the ditch
but the coaches remained on the track and
fortunately no passengers were seriously
injured. Ii is rumored that arrests will
likely follow -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES.
Bank Charter Extension. Philippine
Revenue and Other Bills.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Several other
important bills were introduced in the
Senate to-day. besides the anti-Anarchist
measures. One by Mr.. Aldrich authorizes
the controller of the currency TO extend for
a period of twenty years the charter of any
national banking association extended un-
der the act of July u. 1882 The extension
applies only to corporations desiring to
continue their existence after the expiration
of existing charters. This bill passed the
House last session, but did not get through
the Senate and is reintroduced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
En- Route to the Philippines.

PLATTSBURG. n. Y. Dec 4.-The third
battalion of the Twenty-seventh Infantry
left Plattsburg barracks this evening en-
route for the Philippine islands. The com
manding officer is Capt. Charles II. Bone
steel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
Must Not Drink "Vino."

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-Brigadier Gen
eral Bell has issued an order TO the soldiers
I'm northern LuZon. forbidding them. under
pain of severe punishment by cOurt-mar-
tial, to drink the native vino" spirits
which has been found to produce insanity
and incte to crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
SEVERAL IMPORTANT BILLS INTRO
DUCED IN THE SENATE.
Text of Measure Submitted Ivy Mr.
Hoar That Provides for Protec-
tiOn of the President.
ANTI-ANARCHIsT PROPOSITIONS
ALSO PRESENTED BY SENATOR'S
VEST, M'COMAs AND BURROWS.

Congress 10 BE Given Power to Pun
ish .'Reds" and a Penal Colony
Proposed for the Convicted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05

Mr.. Lodge introduced a bilf to provide
revenues for the Philippine islands. 1t pro-
vides that the tariff passed by the Philip
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4. COL. 81
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scheme is adopted, but that this need not
cause great concern TO Uncle Sam, whose
purse IS bottomleSs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05

Representative Steele has introduced a bill
for $4,000 postoffce at Logansport.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05

Mitchell as soon as the case can be reached.
probably before the holidays.
Charles w. Miller left for New York this
afternoon. and Will return from there TO
Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05

Brigadier General Crozier, chief Of ord
nance. has been detailed as a member of
the board of ordnance and fortifications TO
succeed General Burlington, retired.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-09
VICTORY TO GONMAN
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE GER
TAIN TO BE DEMOCRATIC.
BALTIMORE NOT YET COUNTED
WILL PROBABLY TAKE TWO
DAYS LONGER.

Indications Are That Democrats
teen MembeSs From baltimore,
hut Without the Aid of Any of
These They Could Organize the
Next HOuse-The Senate Democrat
ic by Nearly Two-Thirds.
Baltimore. Nov. S.-Almost complete
official returns show that Joshua w.
Herring, Democratic state controller,
has been reelected by a plurality of
ass votes over Herman S. Platt. Re-
publican. Thomas Parran, Republi-
can. has been elected clerk of the
Court of Appeals by a plurality of
1,25S over J. Frank Turner, the Demo-
cratic incumbent. In the counties Mr..
Turner had a plurality. of 2,50S, but
was defeated in the city. The official
count in Carolina county elects Jeffer-
son, Democrat, to the House by a ma
jority of 4, in place of Stevens, Re-
publican, who was reported yester-
day to have been elected by
a majority of 1. This, how
ever, is counterbalanced in
Kent county by the election to the
House of Kendall, Republican, by "a
majority of 81 over Johnson, Democrat,
heretofore reported elected by a ma
jority of 5. The official count in the
counties gives the Democrats 4S mem
bers in the House and the Republicans
20. This would enable the Democrats
to organize the House even if the Off
cial count in Baltimore city should
show that the Republicans had elected
a solid delegation of IS members, which
IS improbable.
The indications are that three Dem
ocr&ts nave been elected delegates from
Baltimore City. but at the rate at
which the official count is progressing,
it probably win be two days at least
before a decision is reached. The SEN
ate, according to the official returns,
will stand: Democrats II, Republi-
cans o.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-09
FRANCE SCORES TRIUMPH.
Sultan Has Yielded TO Entire De-
rnands Formulated.

Paris, Nov. S.-France has scored
complete triumph in the Turkish dis
pute. The foreign office this morning
received advices announcing that the
Sultan has, yielded to the entire de-
mands formulated by the French gov
ernment and only the question of form
regarding the execution of the engage
ments remains to be settled. This may
be done within the next twenty-four
hours or, it is expected. at the latest in
two or three days. Then Admiral Call
lard will relinquish his occupation OF
the Island of Mitylene-
The Temps prints dispatch from
Constantinople dated to-day which
says that the Sultan, in accepting the
French demands, firstly, authorizes the
working of the French schools. hither-
to unrecognized; secondly, he recog-
rizes. officially, the existence of the re-
lgious and hospitable Institutions al
ady founded. and accords them Gus
toms immunity and exemption from
certain taxes, and thirdly. he author
izes~tfe .reconstrucuon of the schools
and hospitable Institutions destroyed
at the time of the Armenian troubles
of which a detailed list is attached to
the French note.
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish foreign
minister, has announced that the rec
ignition of the Chaldean patriarch. de-
manded by France, has already been
accorded