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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
WORK OF LIFE SAVERS
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERIN-
TENDENT OF THE SERVICE.
Fewer Persons Lost Last Year from
Documented Vessels Than in
Any Preceding Year.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The annual re-
port of the general superintendent of the
life-saving service for the year 1901 shows
the smallest loss of life from documented
vessels suffering disaster since the general
extension of the service, and also with re-
spect to vessels of all classes, including the
undocumented, with the exception of the
years 1880, 1882, 1885 and 1883. The average
number of lives lost annually during the
entire period twenty-five years. was thir-
ty-fve, one life having been lost in every
thirteen casualties, while the number lost
during the past year was seventeen, or one
in every fo~rty-three casualties. From doc
umented vessels alone the number lost was
only %seven-one to every ifty-four casual
ties. The number of casualties to docu-
mented vessels was 81. There were on
board the vessels 2.S4S persons. The esti-
mated value of the vessels involved in dis
aster was 1928, APO, and Of their cargoes
5000, $50. OF this amount Sc, 403, OBS were
saved and $94S,965 lost. The number of
vessels totally lost was forty-three.
In addition to the foregoing there were
during the year 1893 casualties to small craft
927 persons, of whom ten were lost. The
crews saved, or assisted to save. 422 vessels,
valued, with their cargoes, at SO, 139, 01O, and
rendered assistance of minor Importance
to 54S other vessels in distress, besides
warning from danger 231 vessels. The cost
of the maintenance of the service was ST.
$40. 013.54.
The general superintendent again urgent
ly calls attention to the inadequate COM
pensation of district superintendent, whom
he believes TO be the poorest paid officers
under the government, considering the seri-
Gus and eXacting nature of their duties and
the extent of their fiscal responsibilities.
Their salaries range from $500 to 81, 800 per
annum. and they are required to furnish
bonds ranging from $4,000 70 $1,000 in
amount. He recommends that their pay be
raised TO s., 500 a year.
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Indiana Obituary.

GREENSBURG, Ind, Nov. 26.-Mrs. Jane
Martin wife of Charles Martin. of Downey
vile, died very suddenly about 4 O'Clock
this morning. Up to the time of her death
she had been in her usual health except
a slight attack of typhoid fever about -four
weeks ago. Heart trouble is thought 70
have been the cause Of her death.
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 2s-Mrs
Louis Nichol. q bride Of a week. was found
dead in bed this morning at her home in
East Connersville, caused by heart trouble.
She was the daughter Of Milton Trusler,
well and favorably known in Grange cir
cles.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Nov. 26.-Nancv Ross.
one of the oldest residents of this place.
years old, and has been almost blind for
etery will take place on Wednesday after
noon.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Nov. 26.-WIuiam
I. Abbott, former county auditor, died here
to-day. aged seventy-three years. He was
born in Maine. but had lived here for over
forty years. being for many years i'm the
dry goods business. -Four adult children
survive.
wINAMAC, Ind. Nov. 26.-Dv Meeks
aged seventy-one years, a prominent farm
er of this vicinity. fell dead yesterday. as
the result of heart failure, on the streets
of this place.
WARSAW, Ind, Nov. 26.-J. F. Shoe
maker. one of the oldest residents of This
county, died last night at his home i'm
Syracuse. He was about seventy-fve years
old.
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SENSE Q FOOD
Facts About Food Worth knowing.

II is a serious question sometimes 20
know just what to eat when a persons
stomach is out Of order and most foods
cause gripping pains.
Grape-Nuts Food can be taken at any
time with the certainty that ii viii digest
Actual experience Of people Is valuable &c
any one interested in foods.
Mrs. Ella Nation, f452 Grand avenue
Terre Haute, Ind. Had suffered with indi-
gestion for about four years. ever since an
attack Of typhoid fever. and at times could
eat nothing but the very lightest food. and
then suffer such agony with my stomach
1 would wish I never had 10 eat anything.
/ was urged TO try Grape-Nuts Food. and
since using II 1 do not have TO starve my
self any more. but I can eat IL at any time
and feel nourished and satisfied. and dys-
pepsia is a thing OF the past.
when my stomach used 10 have that
burning, hungry sensation my heart would
hutter, just as sufferers with stomach
trouble know about. and when I was so
weak 1 could hardly walk ! would get up
and get some Grape-Nuts and cream and
eat them. and the trouble would stop right
away, and / kept growing better and bet
ter.
MY husband also had an experience
with Grape-Nuts Food. He was very weak
and sickly in the spring. Could not attend
10 his work. lie was put under the doc
tors care. but medicine did not seem 10 &c
him any good until he began to leave on
ordinary food and use Grape-Nuts. IL was
positively surprising 10 see the change IN
him. he grew better right on. and nat
urally he has none but words Of praise for
Grape-Nuts.
Our boy thinks he cannot eat a meal
without he has Grape-Nuts, and he learns
so fast at school that his teacher and other
scholars comment on n. 1 am satisfied that
IL is because OF the great nourishing ele-
ments In Grape-Nuts.
1T is a pity that people do not know
what 10 feed their children. There are
many mothers who feed their youngsters
on almost any kind OF food. and. when
they become sick. begin TO pour the medi-
cine down them. The real way Il 10 stick
TO proper food and be healthy. and set
alonG without the medicine and sxDsnsAs
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EXPLOSION HORROR.
ONCLUDED IRON FIRsT PAGE.l

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
blackened bodies. A vacant house adjoin-
ing the factory was converted into a tenn
porary morgue; here the bodies were placed
In collins and taken to the nearest mOrgue.
In several cases the charred cOrpses were
so hot when recovered that they coulC
scarcely be handled by the undertakers and
assistants.
The hospitals were besieged by relatives
and friends OF the injured men. AT Emer-
gency Hospital. which was only a short
distance from the scene, and where many
of the injured were carried in wagons the
floors of the reception rooms and even the
halls were used as a temporary resting
place for the victims. Physicians were
hastily summoned and the work of relief
expedited. Similar scenes were enacted
at Grace and Harper hospitals. The front
building of the plant sustained compare
lively little damage. considering the ire
mendoUs explosion within sixteen feet Of
Il. All the windows, OF course, were
broken ard some OF the machinery was
slightly injured by the jar. As much dam
age was done in this building by the auto
matte fire extinguishers which were set
of as by the explosion.
There were a dozen girls among the en-
pIOyes on the four floors of this. building
and there was something Of a panic among
them, but nobody was injured.
The property loss. according to Secretary
George W. Childs, Is about $4,000. The
firm carried $4,000 fire and some boiler in
surance, but how much of the latter Sec
rotary Childs could not state.
Subscriptions for the relief of the suffer-
srs have been started.
Nothing is known as yet about the cause
OF the explosion. The boilers had been re-
Gently inspected. and the engineer was
known as one Of the most careful and capa-
BILE men in the city. The firm has already
taken temporary quarters and will resume
business soon as possible.
At midnight the injured at the various
hospitals were reported to be holding their
own. Engineer Riley was resting well at
that hour and the surgeons said they now
expected he would recover. Riley said to-
night that he had no idea what caused the
explosion. Il was in the boiler room just
a few minutes before the boiler exploded
and everything was all right then" said he.
OF the twenty-siX dead. four died at the
hospitals during the early evening and the
other twenty-five were dug from the ruins.
Shortly after midnight two OF the men
employed by the Penberthy Injector Com
pany. who were reported missing. were ac-
counted for. They were not injured beyond
a few slight bruises. This leaves sixteen
men still missing.
The twenty-seventh body was taken from
the ruins of the wrecked plant at 1:S0 this
"wednesday morning. The body was I'M
Identified
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District w. r.. c. Meeting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 26.-The district
meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps con-
vened in this city to-day. Delegates are
present from Boswell, Fowler, Rensselaer,
and Delphi. The district consists of twelve
corps, but several were unable to send dele
gates. This mornings session was devoted
to the discussion of work during the past
year and plans for next years work. The
following officers were elected this morn
ing: District president, Mrs. Jenkins, of
Delphi; senior vice president, Mrs. Mary
Martin, of Boswell. Mrs. Lizzie Malchette,
of Fowler, was elected delegate to the ma
tional convention, and Mrs. Josephine Ben
nett, of Lafayette, alternate. This after
moons session was devoted to the exempli-
fcation Of the ritual and inspection by Mrs.
Mary Simms. of The depart
ment president, Mrs. Mary Swain, Of Rich
mond. was present and delivered an adj
dress. This evening there was a reception
for the visiting delegates.
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Drank Poison and Died.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 26.-Rudolph
Fischer, prominently identified with the
business and social life of the city, COM
mitted suicide this morning at the home of
John B. Wagner, a prominent business
man. His wife had been living at the Wag-
ner home a week, having decided to leave
her husband, who, she declared, had abused
her. He had made several efforts to see his
wife. but was unsuccessful. This forenoon
he boldly went to the Wagner home. Mrs.
Wagner met him and he entered the sitting
room. His manner was strange and he
made an effort to reach a couch nearby
but fell in commissions. dying soon
after. A bottle partly filled with poison
was found in his pocket. His wife was a
Polish countess who had been disowned by
her family for marrying him. He is said
to have been insanely jealous of her.
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WHISKY M M
they Are Said to Have Been Intro.

DENVER, Nov. 26.-The special grand
jury which has been investigating alleged
irregularities in the criminal division of
the District Court during the first trial of
W. w. Anderson. charged with attempting
to kill the proprietors of the Denver Post.
reported to-day that whisky was furnished
to the jurors in the case and young women
introduced to the jury room by a bailiff.
1t further charges that the trial of Police
Judge w. L. Thomas, Court Bailiff Robert
Schrader and Dan j.. Sadlier on a charge
Of embracery was not in good faith. 1t is
understood that nine indictments were re-
turned.
Indictments were returned against H. II.
Tammen, Robert Schrader, Daniel ]. Sad
lier and ". J. Thomas and they have been
arrested. There are several counts against
each. including embracery and violations
OF the law. Thomas is police magistrate of
Denver
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TWO MEN
Collision at Delphi Due to the Break
ing i'm Two of n Train.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DELPHI, Ind, Nov. 26.-Ora Wise and
Albert Hathaway, of Garrett, Ind, were
killed in this city tonight. They were
beating their way on the through Wabash
freight due here at Z o'clock. There is a
mile grade on entering Delphi from the
east, and the train broke in two Just be-
fore starting down the grade. The crew
signaled to the engineer, and he whistled
for the right Of way. which had been given
TO a train on the MonOn arriving here at
1:15. Engineer T.. @. Daugherty reversed
his engine and brought the first section 10
a standstill about a quarter of a mile from
the tower house.
The severed section, running at fearful
speed, crashed into the cars with the en-
CINE and rolled nine ears down a twenty
foot embankment. The two men were on
an oil car, and were SO badly crushed that
they lived but a short time after the col
lisiOn. The debris was cleared away by
IL 80, and two Wabash and one Monon
passenger trains were permitted to pass.
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New Industry for North Vernon.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NORTH VERNON, Ind, Nov. 26.-The
first practical effort to extend the manu-
featuring interests of this city eliminated
last night in a mass meeting at the City
Hall that resulted in the organization of a
600 for the manufacture of lamp chimneys.
All of the stock except 1850 has been taken
by local business men and others. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, J.
w. LinkhaTt; vice president, j. Frisz:
secretary, 7. w. Russell; treasurer, w. r.
Fall. The new plant will be established at
once.
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SHERWELL CASE CLEW
FIRST SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT
IN THE EVANSVILLE MYSTERY.
Suicide by Poison of n Lafayette Man
Prominent i'm the City's business
and Social Activities.
FATAL COLLISION AT DELPHI
FREIGHT TRAIN BREAKS IN TWO,
KILLING TWO MEN.
Clement studebaker Is Slowly Sinking
Toward the Grave-wedding Due
to a Carded Apple.
FATAL COLLISION AT DELPHI
FREIGHT RAIN BREAKS IN TWO,
KILLING TWO MEN.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov. pa saloon
man in Fulton avenue tonight told the
police a story that might throw some light
on the mysterious murders of Lena Renner
and Mrs. Railey. The publican says that
on the night of the murder a young mar
came in the saloon and bought drinks for
himself and two more in a surrey on the
outside. The horse and surrey correspond,
by description, with the horse and surrey
belonging 70 Sherwell. The young man
was greatly excited.
The police believe this young man was
the accomplice of Sherwell; that the two
occupants in the buggy were Sherwell and
Lena Renner, and that the three were on
their way back from First avenue, where
they had killed Mrs. Railey. A search will
be made for this young man.
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Message from Mrs. Dale i'm New York
to Husband in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-It was authoritative
ly stated here to-day that Harvey Dale,
husband of Elizabeth Howe Dale, who is
held in Hoboken, N. j., in connection with
the mysterious death of her little daughter,
Emeline, has in his possession a telegram
which is said to have an important bearing
on the case. Emeline Dale died between 2
and o'clock last Tuesday morning. About
8 O'Clock the same morning Mr.. Dale re-
ceived a telegram signed with his wife's
name, stating that the little girl was dead,
that she had had the body embalmed and
that she had ordered a zinc casket. Attor-
new Wheelock, counsel for MIR. Dale, stated
to-day that Mr.. Dale is still in Chicago but
that he would go to Hoboken should the
prosecuting attorney need him.
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Indiana Notes.

PORTLAND.-As a result Of a visit of a
deputy United States marshal from the
court Of Judge Baker, Of indianapolis. work
on the extension of Bridge street. as
planned by the City Council and the con-
tract awarded to James NJ. Doty and Rob
ert Elder. is at a complete ~standstill. The
officers served his notice on Mayor Isaac
Simmons, representing the municipality.
and the two contractors. This action fol-
lows the trouble over the work already de-
scribed in the Journal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS George w.
Steele will leave on Wednesday for Wash
ingtOn, accompanied by Mrs. Steele and
Private Secretary George b. Lockwood. for
the coming session of Congress. . . . The
Republicans of Marion met Tuesday night
and named committeeman and organized
the city central committee for the ooming
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GAS OF ENORMOUS PRESSURE
Found I'm n Well just Over Adams
County Line i'm Ohio.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Nov. is sup
posed to be the strongest gas we'll in this
vicinity was struck at Chattanooga, a
small village just over the Ohio line, this
afternoon. When the drill was down 700
feet a volume of gas was struck which
hurled $50 feet of casing out of the well
and 800 feet in the air. The derrick was
demolished. The drill has not been found
and the pressure is undiminished. A
stream of water eighty feet high is being
thrown from the well. Gas men say it
will be impossible to anchor the we'll I'M
less the pressure diminishes, which it now
shows no sign of doing.
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ADROIT THIEVES IN INDIA.
No Question but that They Have &C.
duced ThieyinG 90 al Fine Art.
Penny Magazine.

A FilN aAaHa4AHN"
A very interesting and valuable report
was issued several years ago by the IN
spector OF prisons OF the Indian Empire,
an which almost incredible accounts are
given of the practice Of this eXtraordlnary
art by the thieves OF lower Bombay Inc
thieves themselves. with better reason, feel
dCubly secure. for III. In spite OF his lnVisi-
bility. by sOme u~ulooked-fOr and unlucky
chance. one is seized, his oily body slips
away like an cells. and in the still more
unlikely contingency OF HIS being held with
an Unbreakable grip. he has slung by a
slender cord about his neck a little knife
with an edge as sharp as that of the keen
est razor. with which he cuts the tendons
OF the intruding wrist. This. however. he
considers a last resort. for he prides him
self upon doing his work without inhicting
bodily harm upon his victims.
To enter a Zenana. or the woman apart
ment In "A native house, where al the fam
fy treasures are kept, is the ambition Of
every native thief. This is no easy matter,
for the zcnaua is the center of the house,
surrounded by other apartments occupied
by ever-wakeful sentinels. In order TO
reach IL the thief burrows under the house
until his tunnel reaches a point beneath
the floor OF the room 10 which access is
sought. But the cautious native does not
NJ ancs enter. Full we'll he knows that the
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Wheat Crop I'm His Eye.
10 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
Upton, Ind, Nov. 26.-Willie Yates, an
ele~ven-year-old boy, residing in Prairie
township, while engaged in playing with
other small boys in a granary got a num-
Der of grains of wheat in his eyes. He
suffered intense pain and his optics were
frequently washed in warm water until
1t was thought all the grains had been
removed. However. it appears that one
grain was not ~dislodged; the eye became
very much infiamed, and at last an oper-
alton was performed, which disclosed the
fact that one grain was still in the eye
and had sprouted.
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L TO AN APPLE.
4 wedding to he Celebrated mt Pana,
Ill. on Thursday.

PANA, Ill, Nov. 26.-Miss lola Ransom,
daughter of a Pana fruit grower, and Wal
ter Derringer. a young farmer living near
Kokomo, Ind. will wed Thanksgiving day.
the union being the result of a card at
tached to an apple shipped from this city
TO kOkOmo last season. On the card were
these words:
This apple was picked by lola Ransom.
Pana, III. Finder may write TO me-"
This led to a correspondence. y personal
interview which was mutually satisfactory
followed and a wedding on Thanksgiving
will be the result of the wooing so strange
ly begun.
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Opening of n New Oil Field.
scial to the indianapolis Journal

EptNIdI 1T IIINIdIINIVII0 VVUIHdI
SALEM, Ind, Nov. 26.-The drill In the
oil well on Sugar creek, near Saltillo,
Washington county, struck a good flow
of oil Friday last, and the indications are
that this territory will prove a good pay
ing oil section. Water has interfered with
the flow somewhat, but the operators think
this can be overcome. Saltillo is twelve
miles northwest of Salem. This is the
first well drilled. There is considerable
surface indication of oil along the creek
bed and the prospective oil territory ex-
tends right up to the town.
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Another Smallpox Case.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Nov. PA new case
of smallpox developed here to-day and the
attending circumstances are such that the
health authorities are considerably
alarmed. The patient is Mrs. Samuel Gep-
hart, who lives on Main street. The case
is well developed and there nave been
fourteen exposures at the home, in addi-
ton to which a daughter has been in the
schools regularly up to last night. To-day
the school children at the building which
she attends were notified either to bring
certificates of vaccination or else remain
out for two weeks. -Four persons exposed
are now in Marion. Mrs. Gephart con-
tracted the disease while visiting al
Xenia. o.
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Salt Rheum
1t may become chronic.

1t may cover the body with
large, infiamed, burning, itching,
scaling patches and cause intense
suffering. 1t has been known to
do so.
Do not delay treatment.
Thoroughly cleanse the system
Of the humors on which this
ailment depends and prevent their
return.
The medicine taken by Mrs. Ida z. Ward.
Cove Point. Nd. was Hoods Sarsaparilla
She writes: L had a disagreeable itching on
my arms which | concluded was salt rheum.
| began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and In
two days felt better. II was not long before
! was cured and l have never had any skin
disease since"
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Last of the Yukon Scare.

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 26.-Superintendent
been in charge of the Dawson district for
some time past, arrived here to-day on
three months leave of absence. Superin-
tendent Primrose was one of those who
first advised the government Of the report
that reached him of a scheme to capture
Canadian territory in the Yukon. He
afterwards said that he was unable to con-
firm it. Primrose reported To Controller
White, of the mounted police here, and the
latter afterward stated that the last had
been heard of the Yukon scare.
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Franklin Wedding.
he IndlananoIIs Journal

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN, Ind, Nov. 26.-The marriage
of Miss Lucille Josephine Carr. laughter
Of the Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Carr.
and the Rev. Henry Clay Miller. Of Elk
horn. Wis. took place tonight at the First
Baptist Church in this city. AS the bridal
chorus from 'Lohengrin" was sung the par
ty entered the church. The bride on the arm
OF her father was preceded by the matron
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Woman Assassinated.

COLUMBIA, s. c.. Nov. 2e.-From fur
Their reports received, the killing OF Mrs.
Rachel Powell, reported last night, was
by a gang of young men residing In the
widest part of OcOnee county, l0 miles
from here. Six men have been arrested,
including four brothers named Hudson,
Wesley Powell. husband Of the murdered
woman. il is said, recognized them when
they attacked the house. The cause of the
attack has not appeared. Mrs. Powell was
fred upon as she showed herself In her
door and was killed instantly. No assault
was made on her husband. The woman
was over fifty years OF age.