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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30

FATAL MISHAPS IN THE STATE
A MAN AND A BOY SUCCUMB TO
BLOWS ON THE HEAD.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Nov. 29.-Patrolman S.
Sherwell, charged Will the murder of Lena
Renner and Georgia Railey, has thus far
been unable to secure counsel, and it is
said tonight he will plead his own case
before Justice Eben c.. Poole tomorrow.
The mother of the prisoner has been ap-
pealed TO for money, but nothing has been
heard from her. She lives in Ohio.
The prosecuting attorney said to- night he
would introduce only enough witnesses at
the preliminary to justify the court in
binding the prisoner over to the higher
court.
The police are working on a new phase
of the murder cases tonight. Letters were
received by Patrolman Sherweli purporting
to be from his two sisters, Mrs. Eva Bloom
er. of Newark, o., and Mrs. w. ]. Kelser,
of Mansfield, O., stating they had received
kilograms stating Sherwell was acquitted
and wanted to extend congratulations to
him. The senders Of the kilograms cannot
be located and the clerks at the telegraph
office will not talk.
The person or persons who sent the tele-
grams certainly want to keep aid from
Sherwell, as he has been writing TO his
relatives asking them to assist him, and
the letters have not been answered. The
police say the case is more mysterious than
ever. They refuse to make any statement
Newark and Mansfield, but have not yet
been answered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
BAIEIFf LYNCH'S STORY
HOW AN ALLEGED JURY BRIBER
WAS KEPT AWAY FROM CHICAGO.
States Contention I'm a Case Wherein
an Attorney Is Charged with
Conspiracy to Defeat Justice.

CHICAGO, Nov. "a sensational out
line OF the states contention in the case
wherein Alexander Sullivan, a lawyer, is
charged with conspiring to keep out of the
State James ]. Lynch. a former bailiff,
charged with jury bribing, was given to a
fury in Judge Smiths court here to-day.
Attorneys Frederick St. John and Ed
ward Maher and George P. Murray. a rail-
road detective. were indicted with Sullivan
on the conspiracy charge, but Sullivan Sc
cured a separate trial. The indictments
were voted following the unexpected return
of Lynch after nearly three years spent as
a fugitive. The case outlined to the jury
was founded chiefly on the story told by
Lynch to the grand jury. Briefly, Assist
ant States Attorney Barnes's statements
were as follows: Lynch was a bailiff of
good reputation. but in a suit for damages
against the West Chicago Street-railroad
defendant. he was prevailed upon to bride
a juror to work against the interests of the
plaintiff. The bribery was discovered,
Lynch indicted. arrested and released On
bonds. George +. Murray. Mr.. Barnes de-
clared, was sent by Sullivan TO Lynch and
arranged a meeting between Lynch and
Sullivan The latter insisted upon Lynch
taking hight Lynch demurred and ac-
cused Sullivan of running his good name,
but was eventually persuaded. for the
good of all concerned to fly. He went to
New York and thence TO Canada. Sullivan
was TO pay him SO a month. but Lynch
found this was not enough and the sum
was raised to $50 a month. He was also
given $4,000 to reimburse him for his loss i'm
jumping his bail bond. He spent most of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
PLANTS.
Many of These, Not OF the Fungus
Order, Are to BE Found.
Meehan's Monthly.

CNAa - ~
So accustomed are we to thinks of plants
as green, we do not realize how many not
only never exhibit that color, but, indeed,
possess no leaves. The vast hordes of
fungi, indeed, do not even have anything
suggestive of foliar organs.
1t is not of these, however, that we in
tend here to speak, but of certain plants
of high ordinal relations, which, ancestral
ly possessing leaves, have come in time to
retain merely reminiscent and functionless
scales in their place. Most of such plants
are what the bOtanist knows as sapro-
phytes; that is, such as derive their sus-
tenance either from decaying vegetable
matter, or which lead a commensal exist
ence with the host. In the latter case, they
nitrogen or other soil constituents, while
they, in turn, benefit by the leaf-work of
the host.
associated and come TO resemble each
other. Every one says of Indian-pipes,
How fungoid they are!" Yet are they in
no way of mushroom origin, but belong TO
the highly-organized health family. How
one would like to know their history, and
how they came to adopt their secret habits,
In them, the leaves are reduced to scales
so pure, white and veinless as to appear
made of crystal.
The STRAIGHTFORWARD Indian-pipe is famil-
lar in all our darker, colder, Northern
woods. where its ghost-like flowers always
give one a sort of chill. TIL Pine-sap is
less well known. The whole plant is fra
grant and contains several MOWERS IN eacn
cluster. 1t is a curious fact that, while
the terminal one is constructed on the
plan of five, the lower ones all show the
numbers three or fouri The Pine-drops
is a rare relation of these, found west
ward of us. OF the same family. too. is the
conspicuous, blood-red snow-plant (Sar-
codes) of the Sierra Nevada.
A quite remote class of plants, closely
affiliated to fig-worts, are the broom-rapes.
Among these are the beech-drops, now in
full bloom, and so conspicuous in beech
groves. They are purplish or yellowish-
brown, much branched, and from six to
twelve inches high. The cancer-root, or
suuaw-root, also occurs in New England,
but 1 nave never found it. In spring,
however. the naked ~broom-rape, or Aphyl-
lon, is common in Rhode Island, with its
purple and yellow flower. 1t is really
pretty.
These notes would be incomplete without
mention of the coral roots-members of the
orchis family, presenting the peculiar
s~aprophytic features-and of several spe-
cies. All of these possess the toothed,
much-branched, coral-like rOotstOcks from
which they derive their very appropriate,
scientific and common names.
We might mention certain intergrading
forms in all of the families possessing
saprophytic features. The change, indeed.
appears not to have been abrupt, but
transitional. II, no doubt, represents
countless cycles of years!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
TAKE A RECORD.
See How Many Friends Are Hurt by
Coffee.

II would be Just as reasonable for a tenn
perance advocate 10 drink a little diluted
whiskey as to drink coffee. for one is as
truly an intoxicant as the other, and per-
sistence in the use OF coffee brings on a
variety OF chronic diseases, notorious
among which are dyspepsia. heart palpita-
ton (and ultimately heart failure), fire.
ouently constipation, kidney diseases.
many cases Of weak eyes and trembling
condition OF the nerves.
This is only a small percentage OF the
great variety OF diseases which come from
an unbalanced nervous system, caused by
the persistent daily use OF the drug caf-
feline. which is the active principle OF cof-
fee. Another bit OF prima-facie evidence
about coffee is that the victims 10 the habit
ind great difficulty in giving IL up.
They will sOlemnly pledge TO themselves
day after day that they Will abandon the
use of IL when they know that IL Is shorten
ing their days. but morning after morning
they fail. until they grow 10 despise them
selves for their lack OF control.
ANY one Interested I'm this subject would
be greatly surprised 20 make a systematic
inquiry among the prominent brain-work-
ers in America. There are hundreds OF
thousands OF our most prominent people
that have abandoned coffee altogether and
are using Postum Food Coffee In its place.
and for the most excellent reasons IN the
world. Many OF them testify that iii health.
nervous prostratiOn, and consequent tnab.i-
fty TO work. has. in times past. pushed
them back and out OF their proper standing
i'm life. which they have been able 10 re-
gain by the use of good health. strong
nerves and great vitality, since coffee has
been thrown out and the Postum put In tn
place.
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Indiana Notes.
annual

WORCESTERSHIRE second annual
meeting of the Randolph County Teachers
Association is being held here. The asso-
citation is a voluntary matter on the part
of the teachers. OF the few over two hun
dred teachers in Randolph county two hun
dred are in attendance. AS lecturers they
Cincinnati. and DR.. Draper, president OF
the Illinois State University. DR.. Draper
lectured Friday night at the Friends
Church to an overlooking house.
SULLIVAN.-Charles Rogers, a young
man living east of this city. accidentally
shot off his right foot on Thursday while
hunting. The Sullivan County
Teachers Association convened here on
Pierce. of the State Normal at Terre Haute,
is presiding.
MARION.-The eighteenth annual meet
ing of the Grant County Teachers Asso-
citation is in session here. Prof. Ebert Rus
sell, of Chicago, Prof. A. r. Chairman. OF
the State Normal, and William Hawley
Smith. a lecturer. author and magazine
contributor, are the speakers.
MUNCIE.-The Cincinnati express train
on the Fort Wayne division of the Lake
Erie Railroad on Friday afternoon colli0ed
with a buggy coupled by Noah Nelson and
John Chambers, killing the horse, wrecking
the vehicle and injuring the two men badly.
Both will recover.
LAGRANGE.-Ora Huss, a farmers son,
shot and slightly wounded a fine specimen
of golden eagle in the east part of La
SIduSS COUNTY. Il OdpluItu anu DTOuSnI
it to Lagrange, where 1t is on exhibition
1t measures six feet four inches from tip TO
tip.
LAPORTE.-John Blue, dealer in clothing
and furnishings at Michigan City, has
creditors, G.. s.. Van Deusen being APP
pointed assignee. Liabilities and assets are
about $4,000 each.
WARSAW.-The Kosciusko County
Teachers Association met here on Friday
at the courthouse in a two davis session
The attendance is large and much interest
is shown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30

The Spectator.

Inc Spectator.
The common wasp, as a rule, keeps it's
sting for self-defense. 1t will bite a fly
in two with its jaws If it gets in it's way
on a window pane, but it does not use it's
sting even when trying to rob a beehive,
and tackled by the bees. The latter
will push a wasp away five or six times,
hustling il off the footboard, without pro-
voking it to sting. But If a bee endeavors
to sting the wasp, il then grapples with it
and stings back, killing or benumbing the
insect almost at once. British wasps are
fussy and excitable. but not vicious, like
many of the Indian wild bees. However
crowded or uncomfortable they may be,
they very rarely quarrel with or sting each
other, as, for instance, when a number
are on the same window pane, fretting and
anxious TO get out. Only when the en-
trance to their nest is threatened do hey
become actively aggressive. and then as
a rule the attack is not begun till the per-
son who eXciteS their fear interposes be-
tween them and the entrance to the nest.
A setter dog was noticed to turn and bite
itself, whimpering with pain, just as the
party were sitting down to a shooting
luncheon by the side Of a wood in York
shire. TIL dog being tired. had lain down
on the hole of a wasp's nest. and five or
six of the yellow insects were singing it
at once; but they did not touch the persons
sitting close by.
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ACCUSED BY HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Williams Says Her Husband
Killed a Man i'm N Fit of Anger.

TRENTON, N. Y, Nov. 29.-John Krause,
who kept a little cigar store on Lincoln
avenue, was murdered, last night, in his
apartments in the rear of his store. The
police are looking for Frank Williams, who,
according to the statements Of Mrs. Will
liams. committed the crime. Williams was
an employe of Krause, and, accompanied
by his wife, went to Krause's place to col
lect some back wages due him. Krause was
unable to pay the money and the men quar-
relied. Williams, in a fit or anger, Mrs. Will
liams says, picked up a stick and struck
Krause, fracturfng his skull and killing
him instantly. Krause lived alone. After
the murder Krause's body was tied up in
"A bundle by bending the legs, and then
Williams, taking his wife with him, went
bly, for the purpose of carting the body
away. Mrs. Williams remained outside the
livery stable office and as a man ap-
preached became hysterical and asked him
to save her. She said she was afraid some
man who was in the livery stable was go
ing to kill her. She was directed to go to
a saloon near by TO get out of the way.
This she did and to the saloon keeper, An
ton Jaeger, she told of the killing of
Krause by her husband. The husband came
into the saloon shortly afterward looking
for her and asked her to go with him. She
began crying and refused. The husband
then kissed her and ran out. Krause's body
is now at the morgue. Every effort is being
made to capture Williams.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
TIMBER STRUCK HIS HEAD.
An Oil Well Contractor Is Killed in
Grant County.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION. Ind, Nov. 29.-Clement Rea-
soner, a gas and oil we'll con-
tractor, was instantly killed at Upland,
Grant county, about moor to-day. Reasoncr
had just completed a gas well for the Safe
Glass Company near Upland and was pre-
pairing to leave for Upland. He instructed
one of his men, Adam Exc. 10
the demolition of the derrick during his
absence. Exc mounted the top of the der
rick and went to work. Unknown to Exc,
Reasoner stepped inside the derrick for
something, and when he attempted to make
his exit a falling piece of timber, which had
just been thrown TO the ground by Exc,
struck Reasoner on the head, killing him
instantly.
Reasoner was a prominent oil man, well
known all over the Indiana field. He made
Marion his headquarters most of the time.
He was a widower and his relatives live in
the East. Local oil men will take charge
of the body. The coroner held an inquest
this afternoon and exonerated Exc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
INDIANA
Thomas w. Kizer, n Lifelong Resident
of Winchester and Vicinity.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER. Ind, Nov. 29.-Thomas
w. Kizer, one of the oldest citizens of Win
chester and a lifelong resident of this vi
entity, died here yesterday.
Thomas w. KiZer was born near here on
Nov. "a. 1924. the son of Elias Kizer. a
pioneer of this county. and moved to this
city in 1881. Here he held several offices of
trust. Under President Fillmore ne was
postmaster. He was township trustee for
ten years. He built the public school
building that is called "Old Central" a
three-story brick. solid to-day and in use
for school purposes. He was school di-
rector Of this city and member of the
School Board. He was a charter member of
the Winchester L. o. o.. F. Lodge. No. 12l.
and was the recipient of many prizes for
being the Oldest Odd Fellow a. several
lodge gatherings. The lodge here was
named in his honor and he rarely missed
a meeting. His widow was his fourth
wife. OF his ten children by his first wife.
but four are living. His greatest pride
WAS Fountain Park Cemetery. At the or
ganiZatiOn he was a member of the board
of control and had been for several years
a member OF the National Cemetery Asso-
citation At his decease ne was secretary
OF the board OF control and had been for
several years. To his untiring energy and
good taste the cemetery is largely in
debted for its present success and beauty,
which is accounted to be about the third
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
Cable Notes.

The reported suicide of Larry Marks,
the American bookmaker, who is alleged
TO have been connected with the Liverpool
bank frauds. is doubted by Scotland Yard.
Paul Deschanel, former councillor for the
French embassy at Washington, where he
married a daughter OF Gen George d. Nc
Clellan. has been appointed French min
lister TO Hayt.
Miss Klumpke. Of Chicago. who for fifteen
years past has been assistant at the Paris
observatory, is going 10 Stanford Uni
versity as chief assistant 10 Prof. Isaac
Roberts. Her special work will be astral
photography.
The London Times prints the first of q
series Of articles from its Washington
correspondent on President Roosevelt,
which are characterized as "a result partly
OF old acquaintance and partly OF recent
conversations with him.
The Pope yesterday received in audience
Mr.. Scalabrini, archbishop OF Piacenza-
who recently returned TO Rome from a
visit to the United States. The archbishop
reported at length 10 the pontiff on the
work Of the church in America.
The estimates for Germany's expenditures
in China for the year 1902 are 3O.5olooo
marks. as against rs. 10000 marks expended
in China in 1901. The pensions for widows
and orphans resulting from the China ex-
petition amount 10 4Ol.0O marks annually
The steamer ST. Paul. which will sail
from Southampton to-day for New York,
will have among her passengers Lady
Pauncefote. wife of the British Ambassador
10 the OnlIeu SldlSS' anu Jouh H. Nditcts
second secretary OF the American embassy
in London, and Mrs. Carter.
The remains OF Count Won Hatzfelt-Wild-
enburg, the late ambassador OF Germany
to the court of St. James. were inferred
yesterday in the family vault at Frank
~enstein, near Wiesbaden, I'm the presence
of the widow, representatives Of Emperor
William, King Edward and Chancellor Won
Buelow and many distinguished people.
London Outlook this week expresses deep
regret AT the decision Of the Henley Stew
ards TO allow foreign oarsmen to compete
at the annual regatta and says: English
oarsmen. TO hold their own against Ameri-
cans, will be forced to give up the ways OF
easy. courteous amateurs and convert
themselves into professionals in everything
but the payment"
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Ito Decorated by the Car.

LONDON, Nov. 3O.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times cables tina the
Car has conferred the order OF St. Alex
andre-Newski in brilliants on. Marquis Ito.
the Japanese statesman. This order is the
second highest in the list of Russian deco
ratiOns.
II is rumored that Russia and china have
broken off their negotiations concerning
Manchuria in consequence OF Japan's OBJ
~iections thereto. The Illness CORE
spondent adds he believes this rumor TO De
based on accurate
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VIII Be Kept Alive I'm the Hope tina
the Full Amount Of the RAN
som VIII BE Paid.
RESIGNATION OF HERR WOLF
NOISY MEMBER OF THE LOWER
HOUSE OF THE REICHSRATH.
An Austrian Whose Case Is Said to
BE Similar TO that of Charles
Stewart ParneIl.

SOFIA. Nov. 29.-According to a letter,
dated Dubnitza, Nov. IS. Miss Stone and
Nine. Tsilka are still alive. The letter in
question further says that at a recent
meeting of the committee held in DubnitZa
it was definitely decided not to kill the
prisoners under any pretext whatever.
Nevertheless. the committee insisted upon
the payment of the full amount Of the ran
som.
A naive suggestion is current in political
circles here to the effect that the United
States should force Turkey TO pay the re-
mainder Of the ransom, and as soon as the
prisoners are in safety force Bulgaria TO
punish these persons guilty of their abduc-
ton.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-According to the
Vienna correspondent OF the World, a pri-
vate telegram sent from Pera at 1 o'clock
yesterday Thursday reports that the news
has just been received that Miss Ellen NJ
Stone, the American missionary, and Mrs.
Tsilka. her companion in captivity, have
been murdered by the brigands who kid
mapped them Sept. 3, almost three months
ago.
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Roman Society Excited.

ROME, Nov. 29.-Much excitement has
been caused in Roman society over the
presence of Count Camille. Pecci. a nephew
of the Pope, at the Thanksgiving reception
held here yesterday by George Won l..
Meyer, United States ambassador to Italy.
This is the first occasion where a relative
of the Pontiff has been present at any
given by the representative OF a
foreign power. The wife of Count Camille
Pecci is a Cuban, but this fact is not re-
garded as sufficient explanation for this
innovation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Prince Khilkof,
Russian minister of ways and communi-
cation, has devised an entirely novel way
of utilizing al automobile, says the st.
Petersburg correspondent of the Herald.
In his garden ordinary railway sleepers
nave been laid over a distance of a couple
of hundred yards and along boarding have
been placed at exactly the distance apart
for the wheels of an automobile to run
upon them just as a train runs on rails.
A lateral plank acts as a guard to prevent
the automobile leaving the plank An or-
binary thu ee-and-a-half horse power De
weighing no pools (nearly two tons) at a
speed of twelve versts an hour. The min
lister proposes to apply the system through
out the empire as a supplementary means
of transportation between points not
reached by railroads.
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Oldest Man in Floyd County.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Nov. 2.-Barney
Conway, the oldest man in Floyd county
and probably in the State, died last night
at his home in Greenville township. fifteen
miles north of this city. He was 16 years
old. His age was well authenticated as he
had papers in his possession showing that
he was born in 1875. He was a native of
Ireland and came TO America when he was
fifty years old. His wife died many years
ago, and he lived with his son, Patrick Con-
way. He was a member of st. Michael's
Catholic Church at Bradford, Harrison
county. He had been feeble for a number
of years, but was belfast only a few
DAYS,
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 29.-In one re-
spect Thanksgiving day was the most re-
markable in the memory of the people in
this part of Indiana. 1t passed with less
pumpkin pies than ever before, so far as
known, the reason being the utter disap-
pearance Of pumpkins from the market.
One woman who desired a pumpkin for a
centerpiece on a table to which she had
invited a number of guests offered her gro
Ger 81 for one OF the yellow spheres the day
before Thanksgiving day and could not Sc
cure one. The cause of the scarcity was
the freezing weather of September, which
so stunted or killed the pumpkin vines that
no fruit developed. AS a result of the de-
mand for pl mpkin the canned article went
up TO twice l. regular price.
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Ors s.sIzo possta CO.. 700 sn,lUs 81 NEW ross.
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Methodist Pastors Confer.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. 29.-At a conference
Of Methodist preachers Of the Kokomo dis
trict, called by Bishop Joyce TO get an ex-
preston as 10 who should succeed Dr..
Parr, elevated TO the general secr~etaryship
twenty-five of the thirty-two pastors were
present. The ballot taken was almost unan-
imous in favor Of the Rev. DR.. Herrick, Of
L~ogansport. II Is expected that Mr.. Her
rick will be Mr.. PARIS successor as pre-
siding elder of the district and that the
bishop will make an early appointment.