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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-12
JUDGMENT or THE WEST
Generally Proves To BE Correct in Mat
ters Theatrical.
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat
Speaking OF theatricals," said an old
dramatic critic. lit Is a curious fact that
some of the most noted and popular things
now found on the stage were put on I'm the
West before being placed I'm any OF the
other big theatrical centers OF the country.
Generally a popular run for a new opera.
"A new play, or "A new player. in the West
has meant a successful run all over the
Approval in the West has meant
approval in New York. and New Yorks
approval has been good enough for the
The Little Tycoon was first put
on and made popular I'm the West. After
this IL was easy sailing. There Is the
'Mikado,' always and everywhere popular
now; IT. too. was first put on In the Western
and there il "A long list OF other
operas and plays which might be enumer-
ated. Alice Nelson took her start In Kan
sas City. Emma Eames and Sibyl Sander
son, two bright stars win the Srau Com
pany now. made their first strike for pop
ular public favor in San Francisco. Now.
why il is that the West has started 50
many bright men and bright women out
on the American stage2 WHY is IL that the
Judgment Of the West on matters theatrical
is looked up0n with so much favOr2 ! guess
IL is because the men and women who have
started on the upward trend in the West
deserved TO be popular. and the West had
sense enough 10 know II. OF course In some
instances plays and players put on in the
West nave failed there. 10 become more
successful at other points. but instances OF
this sort are rare. indeed. The judgment
of the West generally kills or makes the
play or the player, and there IL no getting
around the fact"
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tended as a warning to the officers that
they would nave to fight if they would en-
force the law.
The officers, through various sources.
have gained information which they be-
lieve will lead 10 the arrest of their assail-
ants. However. they recognize that their
men will not be taken without a fight. and
are preparing TO that end. Chief Deputy
Fish and Game Commissioned Ward, Of
Princeton. the crack rifle shot of the State.
has notified the local deputies that he will
be here in a few days and will give all aid
possible IN bringing the violatOrs TO JUS
tice. In addition to this. State Fish Com
missioner Sweeney has indicated that he
will increase the reward of $25 offered by
the local on1cers. and some lively times on
the banks of the Wabash may be reasona-
bly, expected shortly.
The farmers in the vicinity, remembering
the mob OF turnpike ~dynamiters, who were
never brought to justice. are living in fear
for their property, as IL is we'll known that
If any of the gang is arrested, and ii ia sus-
pected that information has been given out.
the suspected informant will suffer. Con-
sequently, although the members of the
along the river. not one dares to give out
any information. Already one large barn
has burned, and the gang is suspected of
having fired the building out of revenge
against the owner.
The gang is not confined to Clinton town
ship, but has members in Noble and Jeffer-
son townships, which adjoin the Wabash
and Eel rivers, and is said to number be-
tween fifty and sixty men. who will fight
officers are equally determined. and claim
TO nave sufficient evidence to warrant them
I'm making arrests as soon as they are
fully prepared.
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CITY NEWS ITEMS.

TIL second anniversary Of the Orient
Gu will be held at the clubrOOms, 1901
Woodlawn avenue. on Saturday evening.
Oct. rs.
The State whist tournament will meet
next Friday afternoon at the Denison,
when the members Will play for the State
trophies.
Dan Tucker. aged tweatv-eight. coiored.
living at 424 East Wabash street. was sent
TO the pesthouse yesterday suffering from
smallpox.
DR.. Bacon, of Roberts Park Church, will
speak tomorrow at 7:3O on Scenes in Lon
don After the Assassination of President
Mckinley"
The Oneida Hotel has been selected as
headquarters for the delegates 10 the State
Grocers' Association Council that will meet
in this city oct. Is and IL.
Petitions were filed in the Circuit Court
yesterday for the admission OF Mary j..
Stotts and Minnie Mohlcr. inmates OF the
Girls Industrial School. to the Indiana
School for Feeble-minded Children.
George NJ. Baron. OF 1924 West Ohio street.
while working in the Panhandle shops yes
terday, was struck in the abdomen with a
heavy timber and rendered unconscious.
He was taken to his home and attended by
City Dispensary physicians.
Tom Sheehan. of 1893 Spann avenue. an
employe at the Big Four freight depot.
Yesterday morning allowed a box weighing
His hip and knee. which were badly
bruised, were dressed at the City Dis
pensary.
The sketching Club Guild will meet its
class in typography Tuesday morning. oct.
%: In design, Thursday morning. Oct. "a:
i'm water color. Saturday morning. Oct. -.
All who wish TO become members of any Of
the respective classes should be present on
these dates at go North Pennsylvania
street.
John Hayes, OF 1897 Lafayette street. who
was employed at Square So in the tearing
down of the buildings there. was injured
yesterday morning by the falling Of a wall.
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Greenwood.

Miss Alma Brewer will attend franklin
College this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Strauss are visiting
relatives at Wabash.
Miss Mabel Tingle is the guest OF her
sister. Mrs. Grant Covert, at Harrison.
Miss Stella Whitesides left last week for
Hanover, Ind. where she will attend col
lese.
Miss Clara Carpenter. of Franklin. Wis
tied her brother, Mr.. George Carpenter,
this week.
Miss Daisy Stanton has returned from
Danville. where she had been the guest of
Miss Rose Nicholas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. McCaslin. of Franklin.
were guests of John Jennings and family
the first of the week.
Mr.. George Rourke, Of Princeton. Y. J..
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Brewer the first OF the week.
The Rev. Mr.. Fudge spent the week at
Franklin in attendance on the Baptist con-
vention. Mrs. Fudge is visiting her parents
in Louisville. Ky.
Mrs. Susan Wishard left on Wednesday
for Danville, where she will visit her
brother before going north. where she will
spend the winter.
The Rev. Mr.. Gutherie and family left
this week for their new home at MiIrov.
Ind, where Mr.. Gutherie will have charge
OF the Methodist Church.
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A NATIONAL QUESTION.


Leslie's Weekly.
The n-terdependenoe ~S/Gfes rslhe mat
ter OF game laws may be illustrated by one
or two examples. The New England States.
without exception. protect the robin, but
their efforts can never produce the best
results as long as the bird is treated as
game during its winter sojOurn I'm the
South and killed for market. Eastern cities
now obtain their supplies OF quail. prairie
chickens and other game very largely from
distant States in the West. Nebraska finds
that her quail are being rapidly killed on
To supply the markets OF Philadelphia and
other Eastern cities. and. for her own pro-
lection, prohibits the shipment of birds
from the State. while Pennsylvania, finding
her supply of quail entirely inadequate to
meet the local demand. declares that birds
taken within the State shall not be sold
a. any time.
The Philadelphia game dealers contend
that this law cannot restrict sales or game
brought I'm from other States and accord
ingly supply their customers =, in season
and out, with imported quail kept In cold
storage. High prices stimulate their agents
in Nebraska TO evade the shipping law. ana
their country correspondents in Pennsyl-
vania TO ignore the local law: and the ma
tive birds when placed on sale cannot be
distinguished from those which are i'm
ported. Game preservation I'm Pennsylvania
thus becomes doubly difficult. Under the
operation of noneXport laws the supply or
quail from the West is diminished. prices
the destruction OF native birds. Unless the
State can enforce the law with respect to
imported game she cannot effectually pre-
teCt her own birds.
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HEAVY SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
One Involves the Liability of a Pub
Iican for a Patrons Death.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Oct. Hilary s.
Couchman, as administrator or the estate
of John S. Couchman, has brought suit
against Cyrus A. Prather, James Gillaspy
and William Sipes, Thorntown saloon keep
ers, for $1,000 damages. On May % John S.
Couchman fell from his buggy while on his
way home from Thorntown and broke his
neck, death resulting. 1t is declared that
the three men, who were operating a saloon
in Thorntown without a license, sold Couch
man liquor, as a result of drinking which
he became intoxicated and lost his life.
Ind, Oct. 1.-An action for
$4,000 damages against the Big Four was
filed to-day in the Madison Superior Court
by Thomas II. Snow, father-in-law of En-
gineer John Critz, who was killed in a
wreck at Alexandria a year ago. The suit
is brought in the name OF Snow as admins
traitor, and is based on the alleged care
l~essness of the railway people in not making
the switch into which the train ran at a
high rate of speed secure. il being ayerred
they knew of its condition.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE Lo-
gansport friends of John Bauer, 81 railroad
man formerly employed by the Panhandle
in this city, but now in Jail at Sherman,
Tex, on a charge of murder, will fight his
case for him, and to that end are raising
a funG of $500, or more if needed, and will
send NJ. +. Mahoney, of the law firm of
Larry q Mahoney, of this city, to Texas to
defend the accused man. Bauer lost his
position with the railroad company here
during the strike of 1894, and he went West,
where he secured employment with the
Santa Fe at Kansas City. Here he fell in
with a man named Lane, and together the
two drifted to Texas. Shortly after their
arrival in Sherman, one night in his board
ing house Lane was murdered and Bauer
was arrested, charged with the crime.
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INDIANA
The Rev. Fred Hayner, a Methods
Missionary in China.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Oct. u.-Word has been
received here by Mrs. I. ID. Tharp that the
Rev. Fred Hayner, husband of Mrs. Tharp's
sister. died at Tien-Tsin. China, on Oct. l.,
of diphtheria. Mr.. Hayner will be recalled
by readers of the Journal as having been,
with his family, held as a prisoner in the
city of Picking, China, during the Boxer
uprising there last year. He and his wife
have been Methodist missionaries in China
fer several years. They visited here last
year, and only last April returned to China.
Mr.. Hayner was thirty-five years old and
was a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity at Oberlin and the Union Theologi-
cal Seminary of New York. Mrs. Hayner,
with her two children, will return to Amer
lea at once.
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NEW INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Fort Wayne Men Organize in Aid of
Independent

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE Elec-
trical Investment Company, which was or
ganized to promote and finance independ-
ent telephone enterprises. elected officers
last night as follows: President. w. e.
Mossman; vice president. Louis Fox; sec
ond vice president, oliver l.. Hanna; secre-
tary. George f. Frier: treasurer, George
W. Pixley. The capital stock is 800. 600.
The incorporators include such thoroughly
experienced telephone men as George w.
+. Yarnelle.
The purpose of the organization is to
aid local capital in the many points now
served only by the Bell phone In the de-
velopment of telephone plants which shall
charge lower prices. The ompany is aid
ing in the development of the new indie
pendent plants in South Bend, LOgansport.
Muncie and ElwOod.
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LIVELY TIMES EXPECTED,
Fish Pirates and Fish Wardens Pre-
pairing for n Struggle.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Oct. 11.-That there
is an organized body of men in Clinton
township. Cass county. along the Wabash
river. who are determined TO resist the ef-
forts OF the fish and game wardens to en-
force the laws regulating fishing and hunt
ing Is known, and n number of men who
compose the gang are known. These men
are. for the most part, desperate charac-
ters. some OF them having done time i'm
the penitentiary. and il is now believed
that the attack on Deputy Fish Commits
sfoner Wallace Smith and his two deputies
on Sunday night. when an attempt was
made To arrest some fishermen. was made
b. the leaders OF the gang and was in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-12
ROW IN HUNTINGTON COURT.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Oct. 11.-The Hunt
ington Circuit Court was the scene of a
stormy controversy to-day between Judge
Branyan and his son, Attorney John Bran
yam. A colored man, arrested for larceny,
made affidavit for change of venue. Judge
Branyan undertook to interrogate him as
to why he swore the court was prejudiced.
John Brayan, the defendants attorney, told
him not to answer. Upon the prisoners
third refusal the judge assessed a fine of
SIS and costs against him. This aroused
the ire of the son and he openly threatened
The father ordered the sons arrest, but he
left the courtroom before the officers
reached him. The judge says the son has
threatened to take changes in every case
brought into court by him. The son openly
Gefies the courts authority.
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Refund of Conscience Money.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Oct. LIT was an
nounced here to-day that William S. Peck
ham, formerly school trustee OF this city,
but now in lions Bank, conducted by
Dowie in Chicago. had sent a draft for 1898
which he said was interest he had unlsw-
fully withheld while treasurer of the
board. This announcement created great
surprise. Mr.. Peckham said in his letter:
You will remember that / did not turn
ever any interest on the school funds the
last year l was treasurer. At that time L
was out of employment and needed the in
terest for family expenses and | felt justi-
fled in retaining II. If L have done any
thing wrong in this L desire 70 make all
things right. l do this Of my own free will
and do 1t gladly
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other State Neurology.

THORNTOWN. Ind. Oct. n.-Mrs. Dom
aid Perrine. aged sixty-three, died very
suddenly this morning of heart failure. She
had arisen for the day. but it being too
early too work, lay down again. When her
she was dead. She had lived here about
thirty years. She left her husband and
three children.
GREENSBURG, Ind, Oct. u.-John VOL
verton. a prosperous farmer who lived near
this city. died to-day. He was about sixty
years old. and was a member of the Thir-
ty-seventh Indiana Regiment in the civil
war. His funeral will he held on Sunday
afternoon.
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WASTE OF NATURAL GAS.
mdayit Filed Against mpan EN-
pIoyes at Alexandra
;necial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA. Ind, Oct. 1~1-Affdavits
were filed to-day in the City Court against
Edward King, Pat Harrison and Carl
Chapman. employees OF the Ohio Oil Com
pany. for wasting natural gas; also against
Bert Dunning. employed by the Consumers
Gas Trust Company. on the same charge.
Assistant Gas Inspector G. G. Matthews,
in making a tour of the Alexandria oil
fields the men working for the Ohio Oil
Company on the Blake farm permitting
gas To escape into the open air from q two
inch pipe. He estimates that there was a
loss of a million feet every twenty-four
hours from the six wells. The men are
said TO have been wasting all the gas from
them that is not needed TO run the ma
chinery. The Consumers Gas Trust Com
pany has been and is I'm the hands of the
law on account of alleged waste of gas
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Gas Trouble at Frankton.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
FRANKTON. Ind, Oct. 1.-THE gas ques-
ton in this city is assuming a more serious
phase, and it looks as il the matter would
have to be settled in the courts. The com
panies ignore the ordinance regulating the
rates. and are demanding their established
price of 15c per 1000 cubic feet, and also de-
mand that each consumer deposit $ for
each meter as a guarantee that the bills
will be paid. The incensed citizens have
planned to wait on the Board Of Trustees
forcement of the ordinance. This means a
lawsuit. The companies declare they will
quit business If forced to obey the ordi-
citizens are laying in supplies of coal and
wood.
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FIGHT.
Old Feud Results in "a Serious Stab
bling ARRAY at stanton.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Oct. 11.-Ben Williams,
who has served three terms as town
marshal of Staunton, and Isom Yocum.
whose term as town marshal has just ex-
pred. engaged in a fight at taunton to-
day and Williams stabbed Yocum five
times in the face and neck. One cash ex-
posed his windpipe, and probably the most
serious one is through his lower jaw into
his tongue. making him speeches.. The
doctors pronounce his case as serious.
Williams surrendered TO the sheriff and
was subsequently released on bail. The
fight was the outgrowth of an old feud.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-12
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ADJOURNS.
Financial Condition Is Good-Next
Meeting at N~incennes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE ninth
meeting of the State Municipal League
came TO a close here at noon to-day after
a most successful session. The visitors
have been p~rofuse in their praise of the
city. Treasurer Mellett submitted his re-
port on finances, showing the treasury to
contain $416.
Mayor Green, of Vincennes, made an elo-
quent address asking the league TO come
to his city, and to show that his feeling
was shared by the citizens of Vincennes
a telegram was produced signed by the
Board of Commerce. South Bend also
asked for the meeting, but the vote was a
clean victory for Vincennes.
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MIR. Rogers Has Not Resigned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHOALS, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE Washington
city correspondents for the indianapolis
papers have absolutely misstated the facts
in reference TO the return to Indiana of
Consul Charles B. Rogers. The dispatches
from Washington say that Consul Rogers
resigned his Office, when, In fact. he is
rival home Mr.. Rogers has been specially
commissioned by the State Department 10
take up and investigate a very important
case of international concern in the South
seas and make full report on the same.
The case has been before the department
for sixteen years.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. la costly
wreck on the Pennsylvania line occurred
here to-day. Two freights going in oppo-
site directions were to pass on the ST.
Mary's river bridge when a truck broke
down on the east-bound train, throwing
five cars off the track and mixing up both
trains badly. All the derailed cars were
tossed over the battlements into the river
forty feet below and smashed into kindling
wood. The cargOes were principally valu-
able dry goods going East and most of
them are a total loss.
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Button Wants a New Industry.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind, Oct. 11.-An effort il
being made to locate a large cooperative
glass factory here. with a property worth
SIS, 900 or $4,000. Louis Doreiux. a glass
blower representing a syndicate composed
Of himself and thirty-one other glass blow
ers of Hartford City. have raised SIG. 900
and ask the city OF Button to give them
a bonus of 5000 and five acres of land. At
the end of a year they promise to have
twelve pots and a tank in operation and to
employ two hundred men.
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NINTH INDIANA CAVALRY.
Successful Reunion and Camp Fire Is
Held ut Anderson.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Oct. 1.-THE Ninth
Indiana Cavalry Regiment held a success
full reunion here to-day. The morning was
devoted to an exchange of greetings. Din
ner was served to the visitors. This after
noon a business session was held, at which
Muncie was selected as the next meeting
place and the following officers were
chosen: President, E. II. Swain, Muncie;
vice president, j. w. Riley, Indianapolis;
secretary and treasurer, j. G.. Holt, Spice
land; haplain, NJ. b. Walker; historian,
o. b. Hayden, Tacoma, Wash. This even
ing a campfire was given. at which DR.. G..
II. Hill gave the invocation; Capt. Paul
ComstOck, of the Observation-Disclosures
first Indiana Regiment, delivered the adj
dress of welcome, Thomas j. Fofer re-
spending. Marcellus b. Walker spoke on
Sulphur Branch Trestle," ]. Bennett Cor
don on THE Comrades Who are Not"
James r. Nation on Prison Life" and
John l.. Rupe on Reunions"
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Kokomo Auto Again a winner.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE "Kokomo-
bile" which won in it's class in the auto
mobile races at the Pan-American, both
for speed and endurance, was again a win
ner in the ten-mile race at Detroit yester-
day. The ten miles were covered In seven
teen minutes and forty-seven seconds:
average time per mile. 1:47. This s. regard
ed as remarkable speed for a tcn-mile run.
open time. The machine was driven by
Edgar Apperson, of the Arm of manufac-
turerS.
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Winona's Financial Success

The managers OF the Winona Assembly
have decided. owing to the great financial
success of the enterprise in the past two
years. TO redeem the issue OF 500. 900 : per
cent. ten-year gold bonds and issue $40 600
> per cent. twenty-year bonds. covering tie
l35 acres % the assembly and the summer
School Association grounds. The receiots
for the fiscal year ended Aug. l.. 1901. were
Sl1Q "a. 90.
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Unpaid Men to Sue for Receiver.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE local en-
ployes of the Chicago & Southeastern Rail-
way Company, who have been on strike for
several days for back wages aggregating
about $500, have decided TO make applica-
ton in the Boone Circuit Court for the
appointment OF a receiver for the road
and have employed an attorney to bring
the suit.
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Boiler Explosion at Peru.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, Oct. ia boiler connection
in the Howe factory exploded to-day, scald-
ing A. B. Ulrich, engineer, perhaps fatally,
and badly injuring Joseph Kile. fireman,
and w. II. Folger, of the Cincinnati filter
ing plant.
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court here to-day for attempted train
wrecking. The boys admitted placing door
frames and ties on the track for the fun or
seeing the engine knock them of. Judge
Mount, in consideration Of their youthful
ness, gave them a suspended sentence. Sew
eral wrecks were narrowly aVeTted, one a
heavy excursion train.