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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
His Groans and Yells Re-EchO
Through the Corridor While His
Clothes Are Being Changed.
IN NORMAL CONDITION LATER
SORRY FOR MRS. M'kINLEY AND RE-
MEMBERS HIS FATHER.
Mosts Hearing Is Again Postponed
Society Organized i'm Illinois to
Prevent Anarchy.

AUBURN, N ". Sept. 27.-Czolgocz.
President McKinley's murderer, in the
custody of Sheriff Caldwell, of Erie coun-
ty. and twenty-one deputies, arrived in
Auburn at 3:15 o'clock this morning.
The prison is only about fifty yards from
the depot. Awaiting the arrival of the
train there was a crowd of about two
hundred people. Either for fear of the
crowd, which was not very demonstrative,
or from sight of the prison. Czolgocz's legs
gave out and two deputy sheriffs were COM
PEELED to practically carry the man into
the prison. Inside the gate his condition
became worse, and he was dragged up the
stairs and into the main hall. He was
placed in sitting posture on the bench,
while the handouts were being removed,
but he fell over and moaned and groaned.
evincing the most abject terror.
AS soon as the handouts were unlocked
the man was dragged into the principal
keepers office. AS in the case of all
prisoners. the officers Immediately pro-
ceeded to strip him and put a new suit
of clothes. During this operation Czolgocz
cried and yelled making the prison corri-
dors echo with evidence Of his terror. The
prison physician DIR. Germ, examined him
and ordered his removal to the cell in the
condemned row, which he will occupy unit;
he is taken to the electric chair. The
doctor said he was suffering from fright
and terror, but said he was shamming to
some extent.
The collapse of the murderer was a sur
prise to every one. En- route from Buffalo
he showed no indication of breaking down.
He ate heartily of sandwiches and smoked
cigars when not eating. He talked some
and expressed regret for his crime. He
said:
Il am especially sorry for Mrs. Nc
Kinley."
He reiterated his former statement that
he had had no accOmplices and declared
that he never had heard of the man under
arrest in ST. Louis, who claimed to have
cealing the pistol with which the President
was shot. He said the handkerchief was
not tied. He went behind the Temple of
Music, he said, arranged the handkerchief
his place in the crowd. By Jailer Mitchell
he sent this message to his father:
Tell him I'm sorry l left such bad
name for him."
Czolgocz was in normal condition this
afternoon and seemed to have fully re-
covered from his collapse. There are five
cells for condemned men in the prison
and Czogocz was placed in the only vacant
cell, so all are now occupied.
The keepers are constantly guard in
the room. which is separate from the main
prison, but to guard against attempt
on CZolgocZS part to commit suicide, two
more guards have been added, and one
will constantly sit in front of Czolgocz s
tempt at self-destruction may be easily
frustrated.
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INSANE MOTHERS DEED
MURDERS AND THROWS HER -FOUR
CHILDREN INTO A WELL.
She Then Commits Suicide by Jump
Discovery by Neighbor.

CLEVELAND. o.. Sept. 27.-At Little
York a station on the line of the Akron,
Bedford q Cleveland Railway, fifteen miles
from here, Mrs. Perry Curtis, wife of a
farmer. to-day drowned her four small
children in a we'll and committed suicide
by jumping in the well after them. Her
husband was i'm Cleveland and knew moth
ing of the tragedy until he read an account
cf it in the newspapers. The dead are Mrs.
Curtis, thirty-eight years; Rosa Curtis, two
years; Anna Curtis, four years; Harry
Curtis five years; Harold Scuder, nine
years. The latter was Mrs. Curtis's step
son.
Mrs. Curtis was released from the Mas
sillon Insane Asylum recently as cured,
and it is thought that while suffering d
relapse she committed the deed. Eugene
Roberts. "A neighbOr of the Curtis family,
discovered the insane mothers crime when
he attempted to draw some water from the
well. and TO his horror found it literally
filled with dead bodies.
The bodies were removed from the well
as soon possible and viewed by the
county coroner The body Of Harold the
oldest boy. was terribly bruised. He had
evidently made desperate struggle to save
himself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
Damage by Storm and High. Tide to
the Plantations on the south
Atlantic Coast.
STORM AND FLOOD OUT WEST
COUNCIL BLUFFS STREETS ARE
PARTLY UNDER WATER.
Much Damage at Omaha-Wind, Hail
and Electrical storm i'm
Northern wisconsin.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Sept. 27.-News has
just been received of "a terrible disaster
that occurred in Preside county, near the
Rio Grande, on the 25th inst, thirteen men
who were prospecting for cinnibar losing
their lives in floods caused by a waterspout
or cloud burst. The dead are:
William Bolis, Peter Schaffer. Algernon
Rhea, George Holton, Alfredo Montez, Cas-
per Deutschman, Henry Carter, William
jefferson, George Ainch, Hernandez Co.'S
tello. Thomas Frezzell, Rabiel Carr, Philip
Humphries.
The men were in two parties camped
one mile apart in the dry ravine known as
Alaminto creek, in which there had been
no water for fifteen months, on account Of
the drought.
The men were asleep at o'clock when
there was A cloud burst several miles up
the ravine. A volume of water twenty
feet high washed down the channel of the
ravine and swept over the men in the
camps before they were aware of their
danger All were drowned, and up TO this
time only six bodies have been recovered.
The AlamintO empties into the Rio
Grande river not far from where the fatal
ity occurred and IL is more than probable
that the other seven bodies have been
swept into that stream.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Showing of Grant County Oil Wells
for Month Ending Sept. -.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, Sept. 27.-Grant county
broke all records for oil developments dur
ing the last fiscal month, from Aug. . TO
Sept. %. Out of seventy-five wells drilled
during that period sixty-two were produc-
ing oil wells, with a total approximate
production of 2,5c4 barrels daily. Estimat-
ing the increase in wealth from this IN
dustry to Grant county in one month. with
oil AT Sc cents a barrel. IL would amount To
S64 500. Only eight of the other thirteen
wells completed We're dry holes. i've OF
them being good gas wells, and all are
paying property. The feature of the month :
developments was the opening of wildcat
territory, southwest of Jonesboro, by the
completion of a 150-barrel producer. The
well is located fully four miles from any
other oil well and about seven from the
Marion field. At the present time sixty
seven wells are in course of drilling and
derricks are being built for twenty-seven
additional wells.
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PRICE CENTS EVERYWHERE.

vice president. John w. Barnes. Logans-
port; second vice president. Bent Wilson,
Lafayette; third vice president. ". II.
Page. Fort Wayne: secretary and treas
urer j. 5. Conlogue. kendallville. These
officers and the following constitute the
executive committee: j. B. Stoll. J. r.
Mcdonald. {. w. Metsger, +. ID. Hahn
Daugh. Of Muncie. and J. \. kautz. OF
KOkomo. The delegates 10 the National
Editorial Association meeting. To be held
at Hot Springs Ark. in 1902 are Eayard
Gray. of Frankfort Dale Crittenberser, OF
Anderson; {. B. Unger. of MiddletoWn; j.
Il. Ston. ~ =. Kent. j. y. Barnes and =.
ID: Haimbaugh; alternates, {. ID. Tile. j..
W. Barnes. Gordon Murray. :. Is. McManus
OF Elkhart Bent Wilson, III. ). h. Barthol-
omew and Charles Haas of Wabash.
suitable resolutions relative to the death
OF President Mckinley. denouncinS an
anchy and demanding restrictive l.gisla-
ton were adopted. South Bend was chos-
en- as the next meeting place. on Date TO
be nXed bY the executive committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
Damage by Wind. Hail and Lightning
Around Ashland.

ASHLAND, Wis. Sept. PA fierce cleo
trio and wind and hailstorm wrought con-
siderable damage in this vicinity early to-
day. Several places were struck by light
ming and trees and fences were demol-
ished.
At Kakagon. a fishing point. four duck
hunters. including two sons of Prof. Burr.
of Beloit College. were sleeping i'm a boat
Lightning struck the spar of the boat. ran
TO the bow and struck water flask made
Of aluminium. perforatinE il from one
end TO the other. The bolt struck John
Burr just back OF the shoulder and made
ZigZag streaks OF highly prOhled red marks
all down his back. The bottom OF the boat
was punctured. and IL was with the great
est difficulty that II was kept from sinking.
All the men were severely shocked and
daZed. but George Burr was the worst
The injured young man brought to
Rhinehart's Hospital. where he remains
unconscious.
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BIG JOBBING TRADE
Feature OF the Commercial Situation
I'm the West.

NEW YORK. Sept. 27.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
''The current OF trade is still running
nearly full in all lines. and in some the tide
is still rising. as shown by frmer tone or
actual advances in the level OF prices. ex-
cept for those staples. such as cereals hog
products and cotton. which are dealt in on
the exchanges. In distributive trade the
features are the continued good tone Of ad-
vices from the jobbng trade West. North
west and Southwest and on the Pacific
coast. and the better retail trade reported
at the East due 10 the advance I'm the sea-
son. The talk of the widespread corn dam
age, due 10 late frosts, seems 10 have fallen
fat. viewed from the standpoint OF corn
prices and OF trade reports from affected
sections. quieting down in the demand
for dry goods, usual at this season. Is noted
al many markets. but these reports are
generally accompanied by advices OF an en-
larged distribution Of clothing and foot
wear.
Demand for iron and steel. repressed by
strikes and for other causes. has at last
broken the usual trade limits and Is fun
and free I'm nearly all lines. Pig iron is
active and in large sale. and Southern iron
has again advanced In all markets. While
the excessive premiums on Tin plates and
other strike-affected products have disap-
Deared. the demand Is so large that Penn
sylvania mills have booked orders two TO
four months ahead. and Chicago mills an
far ahead a the end % 1892. that billets are
81 higher. bars 5. mp and a number OF other
products have advanced in proportion. Steel
rails are I'm good demand, and so active has
been the inquiry mat the amount OF old
orders TO b. carried over for delivery next
year is estimated at from 2ooo0 TO foo.eo0
tons Hardware sales are large. but gall
Vanized iron is lower
The princ-cloth situation at Fall River
is a peculiar one. month ago talk waS
heard OF possible strikes due 90 reductions
Of wages Since then the prices have ad-
Vanced sc per yard. and this week two
mills have announced wages advanced. The
available supply OF cloth is rumOred TO be
practically cornered, but against this Il -
Eoted that business Is only moderate and
that prices arc not as strong, owing partly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
HAWAIIAN EPISC0PACY
Desires to BE Under Jurisdiction of
the American Church.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27.-An impor-
tant question to be considered by the Epis-
copal General Convention, which meets
here next week, will relate to the position
of the church in Hawaii. y statement writ
ten for the Chronicle by churchman from
Honolulu says:
THE people of Hawaii are strongly in
favor of their church being placed under
the jurisdiction of an American bishop and
of the American church being established
there. Although the church in Honolulu
has selected two men TO attend the Cen
eral Convention, General Osborne and OIL
iver Davis. they come i'm no sense as depu-
ties but merely TO further the interests of
their churches in an unofficial way.
Sister Beatrice, i'm charge of St. An
drew's priory. Honolulu, has also come TO
San Francisco in the interests of her insti-
tuition, which il is desired to have trans
ferred to American control.
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BANDITS DRIVEN OFF.
Desperate Attack on a Mexican Ha-
cienda Is Defeated.

PUEBLA, Mex, Sept. H.-Brigands OBJ
tanned entrance TO the Hacienda de la Joya,
in this State, taking advantage of the hour
when the workmen reported at the office
of the hacienda. One of the robbers shot
Senor Lastiri. owner Of the place. the bullet
entering the abdomen. Lastiri fired his re-
volver at the bandits and killed his assail-
ant
Lastiri was then wounded by a machete.
but continued firing his pistol with his left
hand, when his son came to the rescue and
opened fire on the robbers, killing four of
them. Then the band. seeing that their at
tempted robbery was likely TO cost them
dear fled. The man who guided the rob-
bers to the hacienda. which is surrounded
by wooded hills, has been arrested He
says the robbers expected to secure a large
amount of money which Lastiri had Just re-
cetYed from the sale of cattle and grain.
Mounted gendarmes are scouting i'm all di-
rections. and il Is expected the entire band
will be captured or shot.
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TO STAMP OUT ANARCHY.
Secret Society Organized at Chicago
Plans and Scope.

CHICAGO, Sept H-To stamp out anar-
chy and Anarchists in Chicago a number
of citizens of Austin have joined hands
and formed a sacret oath-bound organiza-
ton which they hope will be the nucleus
of a secret fraternity with branches in
every city throughout the United States
To-day Incorporation papers were issued
for II at Springfield. The name of the new
organization is the Republic" It's organ
ization will include one Grand Lodge and
a number of subordinate lodges. The prin-
ciples of the organization as expressed in
the papers of Incorporation are: ITO pro-
tect life and property from Anarchists, to
battle with the anarchistic propaganda, to
guard and protect the institutions of this
country from Anarchists and their agita-
ton
The organization is TO include a regular
system of detective and spy work upon the
Anarchists and prosecution of every one
of them at every opportunity under the
direction of the Grand Lodge. The men,
bers bind themselves to ostracise the An
archists socially and in business and 10
aim at ostracism in every way of all peo-
pie who hold anarchistic ideas or aid them
i'm any WaV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
CHARLES M. HAYS RESIGNS.
Presidency of Southern Pacific Com
pany No Longer Attractive

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27-Charies NJ
Hays. president of the Southern Pacific
Company, formally announced to-day that
he would resign from the presidency In
his announcement he says: THE change in
policy and organization of the company
consequent 10 the change in ownership and
the control OF the Southern Pacific Short
iine after my taking service with the com
pany, has made place. originally attract
i've TO me. so much less 80 that T. severa!
weeks ago. voluntarily placed my resigna-
tion and surrender OF my contract with the
company at the disposal of the executive
committee. effective on such date and on
such conditions might be agreeable TO
them. We have agreed upon Oct. | as the
date upon which my resignation shall be-
come effective. Announcements as TO my
successor. etc. will doubtless be made soon
II have no definite plans yet. but expect
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
Rice Plantations Injured.

SAVANNAH, Ga. Sept. 27.-Rice planters
on the Savannah river suffered heavy dam
age to-day from high water, and still fur
ther destruction is anticipated tonight.
Five days ago there were almost unpre-
cedented rains up the river from Augusta
westward The freshet reached the rice
section to-day and was met by an immense
volume of tdewater piled up in the river
by a sixty-mile gale at Tybee As a con-
sequence many of the plantations are
flooded and the cut rice is ruined. The
water is still rising and the wind blowing
The weather office reports the West India
storm will probably grow stronger here.
Planters, therefore, look for many of the
dykes to go tonight and tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
PLANS FOR SUBRAILWAY.
Another Gigantic Piece of Engineer
ing Proposed i'm New York.

NEW YORK, Sept 27.-President Bald
win. of the Long Island Railroad. has made
application 10. and filed plans with. the
Rapidtransit Commission in behalf of the
Long Island Railroad Extension Company
for tunnel from A point in this city i'm
the vicinity of Long Acre Square Broad
way and Forty-fifth street, under Seventh
avenue TO Thirty-third street. thence To
East river. and under IL to Long Island
city.
Tne plans represent an outlay of s. 600 600.
and call for dOuble-track tunnel its en-
TIRE length for the carrying OF both freight
and passengers. The Long island Railroad
Is controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
FATAL EXPLOSION.
Quarry Boiler Bursts, Instantly KILL
ing Engineer John Grippe.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind, Sept. p. - This
evening at 5 o'clock the boiler al Speace's
limestone quarry, just north of town,
exploded and killed Engineer John Cripe,
aged eighteen. The boiler went about a
hundred feet east and fell into a deep quar-
ry filled with water. Cripe was blown
about fifty feet west and fell into another
quarry, and was found after a search.
Cripe's father was standing within ten feet
of his son when the boiler exploded but
was not hurt. The cause of the explosion
is not known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
FOUR GENERATIONS PRESENT.
Mr.. and Mrs. David j. Miller CeIe-
brate Their Sixtieth Anniversary.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind, Sept. 2I-Mr. and
Mrs. David ]. Miller on Wednesday cele-
brated their sixtieth wedding anniversary
at their home, two miles east of this place.
They were married in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, Sept. %, 1S41, where they re-
sided until 1864, when they removed to Sell
ma, Ind, and about six years ago removed
to their present home Mr.. Miller was
born March %, 1919, and Mrs. Miller March
9. 1923. They had eleven children, eight of
whom are living. They are Mrs. Eliza j.
Sayers and Jonathan l.. Miller, of New
Burlington, O.; William A. Miller, of ST.
Joseph, Mo-; Joseph NJ. Miller of Downs.
Kan; Marion Miller. of Jinkins, Mimi:
Samuel d. Miller, Mrs. Matte Coy and
Mrs. Lima Mitchell, of Windfall. The
children, twenty-siX grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren were present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Miller are members of the Christian
Church. Mr.. Miller is a stanch Republican,
voted for Gen. w. H. Harrison in 1874 and
for every Whig and Republican presiden-
tial candidate since. His grandfather Sam
uel Miller, was a British soldier in the war
of the revolution and was captured by the
American army in the battle of Trenton,
with 900 other HesSians.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
House Wrecked by Explosion.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. 27.-The two-story
frame residence of John Branch was par
TALLY wrecked by gas explosion to-day.
George Bourden, a plumber, had just fin
ished repairing the pipes and looked under
the house to locate a leak when the ex-
pOsion occurred. His head and face were
badly burned. The entire foundation of
the house was blown out. and the building
was badly wrecked All the members of
the family were in the house, but none
were seriously injured
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KILLED IN 4 WRECK.
Flasher and ToIuca, Famous Horses
with Fast Records.

PLYMOUTH, Mich, Sept. PA palace
horse car, en- route TO Cincinnati from Fort
Erie, was shunted on siding the Pere
Marquette road to-day. 1t overturned. kill
ing two valuable race horses and injuring
three others so that they had to be killed.
The rest Of the animals in the car were
cut up badly. Besides the horses a party
of eight men and boys. two women and
two little girls were i'm the car, Of whom
several received slight bruises. The two
horses killed outright We're Flasher and
Toluca. The latter oEce held the siN-and-
one-half-furlOngs record. and w. g Whit
ney paid $1,000 for the horse al the time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
GLASS WORKERS OF BELGIUM
EFFORTS MADE TO PREVENT THEM
COMING TO AMERICA.
Grant County Oil FieId-NOrthern In
diana EditOrs-Death Record OF
n Day-Queer Jury Case.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ROACHDALE, Ind, Sept. 27.-Three per-
sons, all living within a radius of ten
miles Of this place, have committed sui
eide in the last twenty-four hours by TAX
ing carbolic acid.
Sam Connors, living two and one-half
miles south of Roachdale, ended his life
with the fiery fluid. Mrs. Barnett, living
at Barnett. five miles east of here, took
her own life with dose of the drug. Mrs.
Mary Cunningham, five miles south of this
place, was the third to commit suicide by
the same means
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ALMOST A CLOUDBURsT.
Omaha and Council Bluffs TempOrar-
lily Flooded by Rain.

OMAHA. Neb., Sept 27-The heaviest
storm of rain and hail which has visited
this city for years struck Omaha early
to-day. Twenty-Five telephone and electric
light poles were blown down and street cars
were blocked in several parts of the town
Sergeants Dempsey and Weisenberg, on
duty in the north part of the city, and
an electric light man were badly shocked
by coming in contact with live wires, but
none was seriously injured. Downtown
streets were like small rivers and wooden
sidewalks washed into the street in a dozen
places. The hail broke several skylights
and stripped trees of their foliage
In Council Bluffs the Northwestern yards
were under two feet OF water at one time,
and downtown cellars were flooded.
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Arrest of Charles Jourdan.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. Sept. 27.-Detective Puck
EFT placed Charles Jourdan. colored, in Jail
a midnight after arresting the man at
Cadiz, Henry county, tonight. Jourdan is
the former cook at the county inirmary.
where he assaulted a half dozen Of the
feeble-rninded white women. The recent
exposure of the cases greatly excited the
people and Jourdan promptly left and had
been in hiding
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CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. H.-Although
the South sea storm, which has been COM
ing up the coast for two days, did not
strike this city, the wind here blew at the
rate of thirty-five miles an hour during the
DAY and high tides flooded several streets
to a depth of three feet. All shipping was
detained in port as precautionary meas
ure. The Clyde liner Apache, from Jack
sonvlle arrived here tonight many hours
behind time. No damage TO vessels has
been reported.
On Sullivan's island the wind blew up
the sand and covered the electric railway
tracks so that cars could not make sched-
ule time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-28
PRISONER ESCAPES.
"COOIey" Wertzbaugh Jumps from Car
window while En- Route to Prison

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT. Ind. Sept. 27.-While
Sheriff Cones, of this county, was en- route
to the southern prison with four prisoners
Wednesday morning Cooley Wertzbaugh,
under sentence of three to fourteen years
for burglary, jumped from the win
dow and escaped. The train was running
at the rate of twenty-five miles hour.
WertZbaugh was handcuffed to Gene Leary,
another prisoner. who pretended to be
asleep. A reward will be offered for the
capture of the escaped prisoner. Harry
Smith and Arthur Mortenbeck IF Indian
apolis. charged with robbing stores at Col
fax were the other prisoners.