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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-30
Il. AND L.. or ~. LAWS REVISED.
Results Of the Revision Committee's
Sessions at Je~ncrsonviiIc.

81 ecial 20 the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONNILLE. Ind. April 29.-The
committee on law revision of the Knights
and Ladies OF Honor OF Indiana. appointed
by the last Grand Lodge. and composed OF
George w. Self. of Corydon. W. w. Hutton.
OF indianapolis. and Mrs. Emma Comparet.
OF Fort Wayne. has completed its work and
adjourned. Many important changes were
made. which. after being approved by the
Supreme Lodge committee on laws. Will go
into effect. to stand until the next biennial
session OF the Grand Lodge. TO be held In
1903.
Some of the changes are: That any MEM
Der of the Grand Lodge may be elected
representative TO the Supreme Lodge; here
tofore only those who had held the office
of grand protector were eligible. Past
grand protectors and charter members who
attend Grand Lodge sessions will not be
allowed mileage and per diem. but Will
have all privileges heretofore granted
them. In October. of the years between the
Grand Lodge sessions, the finance commit
tee shall meet at the office of the grand
secretary 10 audit the accounts, and the
grand secretary shall report its work TO the
subordinate lodges. All MEMBERS of stand
ing committees shall be members of the
Grand Lodge. Mileage and per diem shall
be paid only to officers. standing commit
tees, supreme representatives and subordi-
nate lodge representatives attending the
Grand Lodge sessions. Subordinate lodges
shall elect officers the last meeting night in
June and December, except the secretary,
financial secretary, treasurer and three
trustees. and they shall be elected annu-
ally, on the last meeting In December.
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former rector at ST. Matthews Episcopal
Church az that place.
Charles Barley. alias Fred Roberts, has
been arrested ~ Columbus on a charge Of
assault with intent 10 kill. preferred by
oflcers or Lawrence. Kan. and Is being
held subject 60 their orders.
John r.. Mason. the Russlaylllc saloon
keeper, has been admitted 10 $500 bail by
special Judge Moon. 20 appear for JAN
sentence at the next term OF court. Mason
forfeited one bond by flight. but gave an
other and Is again at liberty.
The Governor OF Colorado has appointed
10 the State Board OF Arbitration Mrs.
Rose Beere, a practicing physician. OF Dem
yer. and former surgeon with the Colorado
troops III the Philippines. She Is a daugh-
ter or Major NJ. II. Kidd OF Wabash
The Indiana Music Teachers Associa-
ton Will give an invitational concert ut
Terre laute on Friday night as a prellm-
mary 10 It's annual meeting In June. Oliver
Willard Pierce. Hugh McGibeny and Louis
Dochez, OF indianapolis, VIII be the music
makers.
Word has been received by the postmas-
ter of Franklin that three new rural
routes out of Franklin will be established
on June 1. Lewis Sellers, Thomas Rublc
and Charles Waltz have been named as
carriers. The office already has three
routes.
The city attorney OF Alexandria has
brought suits against the Big Four and
Lake Erie a Western railroads to compel
compliance with a city ordinance which
requires the railroad companies TO main
tain electric lights on all street crossings
within the corporate limits. along their
lines.
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Movements of Steamers.

NEW YORK. April 29.-Arrived: Mine
haha. from London; Sicilian. from Glas-
gov; New York, from Southampton and
Cherbourg. with one shaft broken; Fries
land, from Antwerp.
BRISBANE. April ARRIVED: Miowera.
from Vancouver. b. c., via Honolulu. for
sydney. y. ;. w.
MOVILLE. April 29.-Arrived: Astoria.
from New YORK. for Glasgow. and pro-
ceeded.
BREMEN. April 29-Arrived: Maria
Theresa. from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. April 29.-Arrive1:
Vaderland. from New York.
ANTWERP. April 2.-Arrived Western
land. from New York.
LONDON. April 29.-Arrived: Minneapo-
lis. from New York.
GLASGOW. April 29.-Arrived: Assyrian.
from New York.
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FIVE MINERS KILLED.
Seven Injured, One Missing-Mine Ex-
p~Iosion i'm Indian Territory.

SOUTH M'ALESTER, l. t., April 29.-An
explosion of gas occurred in the mine Of
the McAlester Goa Company. at Anderson,
to-day, by which five men lost their lives,
seven were injured and another is reported
missing. The dead: Emanuel Taylor. col
cred; Wiley Clark and brother. colored;
Andrew Pescol. Dominica Wesoluty. In
jured: Ed Andrews, colored. burned; Pat
Wooos, burned; Paul Sotak. burned seri-
ously: Nose Garrett. coIored. arm broken.
Two unknown men were burned. one Of
them seriously. Joe Petrovitch is missing.
Two others were overcome by fire damp,
but recovered after being brought out.
About 125 men were at work I'm the mine
at the time of the explosion. 1t is not
definitely known how the gas ignited, but
IL seems probable that some of the men
fired a shot that the shot-frers had not
set off. The shot-firers enter the mine in
the evening after the miners leave and
examine all the shots or blasts which the
miners have prepared. Sometimes shots
are not well prepared and the shot-firers
refuse 10 fire them. Occasionally I'm these
cases the men afterward fire the shots
themselves, although this is against the
rules of the mine.
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rolled huge rocks down The mountain c'des
on the advancing German.
The German troops behaved with the
greatest e%allgntry during the engagements
with the forces under General liu. Storm
ing the stronghold 81 the enemy even after
darkness aud ln spite OF the rocks rolled
down upon them. The Chinese artillery.
although firing splendid guns. made in lAn
n the arsenal iu Hun-Nanp. aimed badly.
The Germans demolished the fortilcatlous
near the gates OF the great wall. They SUI
fered Intensely from the heat. The Wrench
received instructions from Paris. while
marching towards the province OF Shan-St.
bur they held ku-kwan. which they have
since left. destroying the held telegraph
and thus cutting off German commumnica-
tiou.
The German press o. loud IN praise OF the
bravery ~ the Germans. The opinion ~
generally Expressed that General lius
coniuct was either due 90 the duplicity or
the Chinese court or 90 a state Of anarchy
which augurs III for the future. Under
such conditions says the National Ieit-
ung. German victories like those, all over
larger numbers than have hitherto been
encountered during the whole Wharf.-The
Germane lighting one 20 ~four-have the
greatest Significance.
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PANIC IN BURNING STORE
REPORTS or LOSS OF LIFE DIS
PROVED AFTER FIRE Is OFT.
Dozen buildings Destroyed on the
Concerned I'm other Fires.

PITTSBURG. Pa. April 2e.-Fire at the
corner OF Carson and Seventeenth streets.
South Side. resulted I'm the loss of one life.
a property loss OF s225. 900. destroyed over a
dozen buildings and rendered a score OF
families homeless. The flames were dis
covered I'm the basement OF the four-story
department store of George T.. Lorsch &
Bro. and soon the entire building was
burning furiousiy. 1t was in ruins within
thirty minutes A panic ensued among the
customers and employees. which resulted
in what seemed. at first. a well-founded
report hat eight persons had persisted.
This was found TO be untrue after the fire
had been controlled. A child that was sup
posed TO have lost it's life was found after
ward I'm a house where a stranger had
taken il for safety.
A shower of burning timbers were thrown
from the Lorsch building. carrying destruc-
ton In all directions and several other
stores and a number OF dwellings were
swept by the flames. The losses are pretty
well covered by insurance.
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Other Indiana Neurology.

HUNTINGTON. Ind, April 29.-Timothy
Collins, a well-known resident of Hunting
ton, died to-day. He was born In Ireland,
and came to Huntington over fifty years
ago. He was several times a member of
the City Council. and was otherwise promi-
nent in local politics. He was a leading
member of the Catholic Church, sixty
eight years old and unmarried.
WABASH. Ind. April 29.-John l.. Stone.
one OF the pioneer residents of Wabash
county, died this morning at his home In
Liberty township. He had been i'll for
some months of Bright's disease. He WAS
eighty-seven years old and left one son and
four daughters. Since 1S45 he had been a
resident of this county, all the time nvIng
in Liberty township.
RICHMOND. Ind, April 29.-Mrs. Mary
A. Newman. aged eighty-five years, died
yesterday at her home near this city. Mrs.
Martha Bond Test, widow of the late AL
pheus Test. and a prominent member of the
Friends Society, died to-day as the result
of a stroke of paralysis. Her age was
sixty-nine years.
KOkOMO, Ind. April 29-Mrs. Pauline
Blue died here to-day. Five weeks ago her
ten-year-old son was killed by a live wire,
and her death was induced largely by grief.
She was, seemingly, i'm vigorous health
until the death of her son.
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MIR. WIS MEMORIAL.
lie Urges the ObI%itcration of Race Dis
Iinrfinnr In hin

NEW YORK. April IA special to the
Herald from Washington says: MI WI
Tingfang. tho Chinese minister. il OF the
opinion that the board OF administration.
appointed by the Empress Dowager. is
really constituted for the purpose Of adopt
Ing a plan on which the government of
China will be reOrganized. \ decree is
sued by the Empress Dowager two months
ago commanded the viceroys and COVER
nors OF the several provinces and the min
listers accredited TO foreign governments
TO submit reports setting forth their views
as TO the governmental reforms which
SHOULD be adopted. They were 10 report
I'm two months. These two months have
expired ana the board Will consider the
various proposals submitted. Mr.. WI
YingfaEg has practically completed his
memorial. and 1t will probably arrive in
time to be passed upOn by the board be-
fore IL completes its labOrs. In his
memorial. MIR. WI has made some radical
suggestions. one OF which contemplated
the obliteration of race distinctions in
China. Under Chinese law a.Manchu can
not marry a Chinese. no matter how high
the rank. This has been observed since
the Manchus captured Peking. The min
lister believes that III the government took
measures for removing the distinctions be-
tween Manchus and Chinese. would permit
f~ntermarriage and would permit subjects
10 hold office. irrespective OF their Chinese
or Manchu birth. the people would be
better satisfied with the reigning dynasty.
All true friends of the dynasty fear that
the Chinese, who are vastly superior IN
numbers 10 the Manchus, will some day
openly revolt against the latter's assump-
ton of authority and the dynasty will then
that Mr.. WI has included a reference TO
this matter in his memorial
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TOO MANY TRIPLETS.
Kansas Parents Trying to Bankrupt
Governor Stanley.

TOPEKA. Kan, April Ex-Governor STAN
ley confessed to-day that he made a foolish
offer a month ago when he agreed to give
a solid silver mug to all triplets born in
Kansas during his second administration.
Five fond mothers already have secured
from the Governor fifteen nice silver cups
for their babies. and to-day's mail found a
letter from a man. backed up with the affi-
davit of a. c. Dunlap of Crawford County,
saying that two sons and a daughter were
born to his wife two weeks ago. The sal
airy of the Governor of Kansas is $1,000 per
year, but at the rate triplets are being re-
ported much of this sum Will be used in the
purchase of presents for babies. The Gov
ernor fears that he may be deceived in this
triplet business, and, as a necessary pre-
caution, he has demanded the certificate OF
the attending physician along with the af-
fdavit from the parents.
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NOTES.

Alfred G.. Vanderbilt. who has been III
with a severe cold and threatened with
pneumonia, was said Sunday night at his
home in New York to be out of danger.
Governor OdeIl has signed the bill reap
portioning New York State for congress
sional districts. The districts now num-
Ter thirty-seven instead of thirty-four
under the census of 1880.
Chief White Horse. of the Otoe Indians
in Oklahoma. has applied to the United
States officers at Guthrie to protect his
people from the demoralizing influence of
whisky ~peddlers in his reservation.
The board OF directors of the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition nave reconsidered their
action of Saturday in reducing the price
of admission 70 . cents on Sundays. The
price will be 30 cents for all days.
Prince Henri De Croy's valet. who was
detained by the immigration authorities
at New York, under the contract labor
law, was released yesterday. The Prince
visited him ~ Ellis island. The valet dis
played a big roll of greenbacks.
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~WHITECAPPING TRIALS.
AcguittaI at Nashville i'm the Helen
Case-The Palmer Hearing.

NASHVILLE, Ind. April pa verdict of
acquittal was reached IN the Helm white
Gaping case in the Brown Circuit Court to-
day. The jury was out thirty minutes.
Testimony was given to show that the de-
PENDANTS, Walter Robinson, John Rose.
Harry Thickston and George Blackwell,
we're all at their respective homes the night
the members of the Helm family are said
&c nave been beaten.
The Palmer whitecapping case is on trial.
the entire morning being taken up with the
Sc election of a jury. Robert Palmer, the
chief victim of the assault, was on the
stand and detailed his case in line with
previous The three men who
were indicted for whitecapping are Walter
Robertson, James Bradley and Robert
Robertson, jr. There were three other men
in the ARRAY. but the grand jury failed to
identify them when Ii was Investigating
the case. The whitecapping occurred on
the night of June q. 1900. The whitecap-
pers went to the home of Robert Palmer.
a preacher, took him from his house, tied
him TO a gatepost. and gave him a severe
flashing. His sons. Charles and William.
also were whipped.
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H G PROBLEM.
Governors of Alabama and Georgia
Not wholly in Accord.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. April 29.-Govern-
or w. J.. Sanford, in a telegram TO a New
York paper to-day, says: 1.-The South does
not object to the efforts of philanthropists
to assist the negroes by education or other
wise. This State generously divides the
educational fund between the races. The
Southern people nave the kindest feeling
for the negro and have no objection to any
aid he may receive to better his condition.
The negro problem is necessarily largely
committed TO the white people of the
South, and | doubt II it can be success
fully undertaken by those who live hun
dreds of miles away and are not informed
of existing conditions. Misdirected efforts
might retard rather than advance his con-
ditiOu-"
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CRIMES OF VARIOUS DEGREES

David Burton. of Greensboro. fatally
wounded his wife and then committed sri
cue IN Rumsey, Mclean county, Kentucky.
last night.
In an alteration over a card game in .
saloon, at Sullivan, ILL.,, Fletcher Patterson
was fatally stabbed by a stranger who
afterward escaped. Several posses are i'm
pursuit. "
O. T., was robbed last Friday night of
$500, the vault being blown open with
dynamite III news was received by
courier to-day. The robbers escaped.
G. r. Jordan, formerly a baggagemaste
on the Southwestern Railroad at Macon.
Ga, was arrested i'm Atlanta last night
on the charge of completely in the robbery
OF the Southern express on the Central OF
Georgia road near Macon on April -.
Frank Oleson, cashier. and ]. S. Stang
room. ~bookkee2er of the defunct Scandi-
navian-American Bank, Of New What
comb, Wash. have been arrested on war
rants charging them with receiving de-
posits after the failure of that institution.
Governor Dietrich OF Nebraska, yester
DAY granted a conditional pardon to Henry
Bolln. sentenced five years ago TO nine-
teen years In the penitentiary upon convic-
ton OF having as city treasurer of Omaha
embezZled 100000 of city funds. Bo,in
is growing old and his health is broken
down.
II. Il. Darnell. of oil City. Pa. was found
dead i'm his room at the Perrin House. i'm
Seattle. Wash. He had blown out his
brains with a revolver. As near as can be
ascertained the suicide took place last Sat
urday afternoon. From letters found In the
room IL would appear that Darnell was i'm
destitute circumstances.
Last Sunday night officer McAichae!.
with three assistants. of Kent. O.. arrested
four men suspected of holding up. robbing
and wounding Ed w. Meyer. a Cleveland
druggist, on April %. They were taken 10
iail at Ravenna and registered as James
Ryan. James Day. George Smith and John
Morrissey. The men were all heavily armed.
At Lexington. KY. last night. James
Pryce, aged sixty-nve, an express wagon
driver. shot and killed his son-in-law.
Charles Downing. aged twenty-eight, who
attacked him with a knife. Pryce refused
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You Must Be Cured.

Self-imposed delays, postponement and
excuses avail nothing; the disease grows
while you hesitate.
Don't be deluded by the idea that nature
will cure nervous debility. physical decline
and conditions caused by overwork or
worry, or violation of the laws of health.
A rational, modern and scientific treat
ment is necessary. and only such as that
administered by DR.. Tomson will cure you.
Diseases of the Nervous System.
The diseased and weakened conditions
of the body that are a direct result of
brain flag. overwork. worry or violation of
the laws of health undermine the constitu-
ton. If you are nervous, weak, easily ex-
hausted, have pains in the back and down
the limbs, spells when the heart beats vio-
lently; If you are given TO wakeful nights,
have chills or night sweats. loss of flesh.
or you are conscious of a constant sap
ping of the life's blood. don't drift along
Indifferent to your condition. Realize at
once that you must be cured somehow,
some time, and the sooner you look to the
90 IIIM luoulB9Il 9ql I9lIous eUl i
and the better will be the results. II your
case has been improperly treated, profit
by that experience. These diseases require
skillful treatment. DR.. Tomson has treat
ed them all his life, has cured hundreds
or cases-cured them to stay cured. He
has demonstrated that the average prac-
titioner-those not having made a special
study of deep-seated and lingering dis
e~ases-have Numbered time and again. and
in the enc leaving the patient in the same
condition as at the beginning, if not actu-
ally worse. TIL power of the fact that DIR.
Tomson has cured a mighty Host of suf-
ferers stands behind the answering as
sertiOn that he can permanently cure you,
no matter what the nature OF lingering dis
ease or how long you have suffered. Throw
aside all narrow prejudices. let the best
that is in you look at these facts with
simple justice, ard the light of this plain
fr,.fh mill Il W., rfao,n
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VIII Held to BE Valid.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, April 20
Judge West has handed down a decision
for the defendant in the case OF Fred I.
Brock ct al. VS.. Mrs. Stella Russell, to set
aside a conveyance of land worth about
$4,000. The case was brought TO the Mont
gomery county court on a change of ven
ne. and the trial lasted a week. Amos Il.
Brock, a rich bachelor of Clinton county,
died, last winter. and a short time before
his death he decided TO his niece the land in
controversy. The suit was TO set aside the
deed, on the ground that the man was of
unsound mind and was unduly influenced
when he made the deed.
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MaIformed Child of Degenerates.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind, April "a child with
out eyes and ears is interesting the med
ical profession here. The infant was given
birth yesterday at the county asylum by
Mrs. Crevison, aged forty. wife of Martin
Crevison. aged eighty-three, convicted in
February for assault and battery with in
tent 10 murder. and sentenced to the state
prison at Michigan City. Besides being eye
less and ~earless, the child has practically
no nose, and the feet and hands are un-
usually large. though otherwise the in
FAINT is normal. Physicians differ as to
whether it will live. The parents are de-
generates.
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WAKING UP.
Il ansas City Church People Moving
Against Mrs. Nations "-Persecutors."

KANSAS CITY. Mo. April 29.-Mrs. Ma
tons visit to Kansas City two weeks ago
and her alleged harsh treatment at the
hands of the police has borne fruit. A
meeting to-day of 200 representatives of
local churches and temperance societies
decided TO petition Governor Dockery TO
remove Police Commissioners Ward and
Gregory unless they shall agree TO enforce
the Sunday-closing law against saloons.
~ committee was appointed to demand of
the commissioners hat the saloons be
closed. and unless they act promptly the
church people purpose TO secure petitions
signed by at least 10000 people demanding
of the state executive that he remove the
local commissioners from office.
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Separate schools for Negroes.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April "a commit
tee of the board of trustees of Maryville
College, appointed to act on behalf of the
board, has decided TO submit TO a law
PASSED by the State Legislature against the
cOeducatiOn of races. This institution has
made no race distinction among its stu
dents. 1t was thought at first that the
committee would contest the constitutional
ity of the law. The institution Is under the
jurisdiction of the PresbyterianS of the
Northern Assembly. An effort is on foot
to establish a separate school for negroes.
which is meeting the encouragement of the
cOlored patrons of the institution.
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Panic i'm "a Chicago Hotel.

CHICAGO, April ~30.-Shortly before l
O'Clock this morning fire broke out in the
Rever House. a six-story building situated
at the corner of Michigan and North Clark
streets. Although of short duration, the
fire created a lively panic among the nu-
merous guests OF the hotel, many of whom
left the building In their night clothes. The
first fire companies to arrive at the build
ing ran up ladders 10 assist people 10 the
ground. and quite a number of them es-
capped in this way. The fire was placed un-
der control within twenty minutes. The
damage to the hotel by fire and water did
not amount to more than 5000.
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One Killed, Two VIII Die.

CLAY CITY, Ind. April pa peculiar
accident was caused here tonight by "A
handcar jumpine the track. by which
Douglass Franklin was instantly killed
and +. G. Shute and Charles Blankford
We're fatally injured. Seven men were on
the car, which was closely following an
other ear. when "a bent axle caused II TO
jump the track. The men were returning
home To Saline CITY