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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-29

business almost continuously for the last
forty-seven years. and has been located
at Thorntown since the civil war. lie Is
seventy-sevea years old.
CRAWFORDSVILLE.-Union Thanksriv-
ing services were held at Center Church
and the sermon was delivered by the Rev.
Wallace Sharp. OF the Christian Church.
= = . Mrs. Ella Willis has received from
her sister. Mrs. l.. l.. Culver, Of ST. Louis.
a check for $1,000 as a Thanksgiving
present
PETERSBURG-Henry L Thompson. a
farmer living south OF here. was acct
dentally shot by one OF his ~neighbors on
Wednesday afternoon. The swapping OF
a revolver, opposed TO be empty. was the
cause. Thompson is not expected 10 live.
WARSAw.-At Sidney, Kosciusko coun-
~, there are six well defined cases OF
smallpox. Several other families have been
quarantined, as they have been exposed
The disease was taken there by a young
man from South Dakota.
EVANSVILLE.-John Brown, n miner
employed at the Ingle coal mine. was
caught beneath falling slate on Thursday
and killed. He left a family
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Nov. 2.-Dr. A. +.
Nermuth. aged twenty-three, a rising young
physician. died to-day. Death was due 10
a complication OF diseases.
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Little Poverty to BE Found.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Nov. 2S.-Anderson
celebrated Thanksgiving day by union serv-
ices of all the churches in the new audi
forum Of Central Christian Church. DR..
II. w. Bennett, OF the Methodist Church,
delivered one OF the most stirring dis
courses ever heard in Anderson to a large
audience. DIR. Benefits theme was Coos
providences point out that this Nation Is
being prepared for the universal leader
ship Of the world For more than an hour
he held his auditors spellbound by his elo-
quence as he recited chapter after chapter
and Incident after incident in the Nations
affairs which pointed to universal leader
ship.
DR.. Bennett is a pronounced expansionist.
and his references to the new possessions
and the new awakening of the American
people to their opportunities and duties
were well received. Governor w. I. Dur
bin was an interested auditor. Tonight a
mass union service was held at the First
Methodist Church..
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LOOKED LIKE A COMET
SOMETHING STRANGE IN ~ HEAv-
EMS SEEN BY CHICAGOANS.
weather Sharp Cox Thought Ii Was q
Wandering, blazing Orb-A d.
vision OF Opinion.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-What appeared TO
many people TO be a comet was visible
here in the southern sky this evening. Its
position as viewed from the Auditorium
tower, in which the United States weather
bureau is situated, was about ten degrees
southeast from the zenith. 1t was difficult
TO Judge of its length. for the reason that
1T was pointed directly upward and was APP
parently going from the earth, but Prof.
Cox, in charge of the bureau, said that in
his Judgment. it was about two degrees
long.
"I am not an astronomer" said Prof.
Cox, but L feel very positive that it was a
comet. 1t was plainly visible at $50 o'clock
and we could see il at Z o'clock when it
became invisible on account of the in
creasing haze. All the men in the Office
here saw it. 1t could not have been a
meteor, for it remained practically in the
same position during the entire time 1t was
visible and no meteor would have done
that. Its apparent Immortality shows,
too. that il was at a great distance from
the earth. There was a head which was
plainly visible TO the naked eye ana stHl
more apparent when viewed through a
glass. There was also a well defined tail.
The comet was seen by many people on
the streets, dS we'll DIS DA tie uiAANAdio Ct
the weather bureau. SO strange and I'M
usual was the appearance that IL could not
be accounted for definitely by local astrono-
mers. 1t furnished no end OF speculation
for the public and the weather bureau and
newspaper offices were beSieged with anN-
ioUs inquiries and requests for some eX-
PLANTATION of the phenomenon. Some au-
thorities were inclined TO think that IL was
a streamer from the aurora borealis, or
northern lights. There were some who de-
cided that il was a fantastic display OF the
rays of the moon DETECTED by the broken
clouds and heavy moist atmosphere and
smoke hanging over the earth. All agreed
that IL was a most unusual spectacle.
Whatever il was, it certainly played 10 a
large gallery in Chicago. opera glasses
were in demand and the crowds on the
streets and on the surface and elevated
trains craned their necks TO get an OBJ
servatiOn with the naked eye.
"It is almost certain that II was a
streamer of aurora borealis, said Prof.
George w. Hale, OF the Yerkes Observa-
tory. Lake Geneva, Wis, who was spending
Thanksgiving in Chicago. IF 1t were a
comet it would appear to move with the
other stars from east TO west. Through an
opera glass / could see that the stars
moved, but this streak of light seemed TO
remain fixed"
Prof. George w. Hough, OF the observa-
tory at Northwestern University,
ing on a description given him said: 1t
may have been "A reflection OF the lights or
the city or il may have been a scarchltght
reflected in the clouds, and heavy atmos-
phere. a comet would not make SO sud-
den an appearance"
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CLEMENT -sTUDEBAKER.

The death of such a man as the Hon.
Clement Studebaker would be an irrepara-
BILE loss to the State were it not that his
works, his example and the lesson of his
character and career live after him, and
that their influence must inspire others to
emulate his virtues. The ~hackneyed lines
of Longfellow are still true that Lives of
great men all remind us we can make our
lives sublime" Mr.. Studebaker was a great
man in the best sense. A man who can de-
velop and build up such a character as he
did, achieve such splendid success by hon
orable methods in a chosen calling, and
leave behind him a long and consistent rec
ord of public and private usefulness that
not even an enemy, if he had one, could
find a flaw in, is great in the truest and
best sense. The phrase 'seIf-made men,
is generally applied to those who, from
humble beginnings, have achieved political
distinction, though often their methods will
not bear scrutiny. But he who, by his own
unaided efforts. rises from the position of a
journeyman blacksmith and daily laborer
to a place in the front ranks of the worlds
great manufacturers and among the chosen
and valued friends of the greatest and best
in the land may much more appropriately
be called a self-made man. The qualities
that achieve such success as this are those
that make men great in any vocation. But
even these were not the most admirable
qualities in Mr.. Studebaker's character.
From all accounts he appeared to the best
advantage in mis- domestic and family life,
and large as his public benevolences were,
they were exceeded by his private charities.
Simplicity of character, which almost al
ways goes with true greatness, was a
marked trait of his. When he built a costly
residence, fit for the entertainment of
princes, he was not ashamed to have etched
in one of it's windows a picture of the little
blacksmith shop where father and sons
had once worked at their trade. Family
affection led to a lifelong partnership be-
tween him and three brothers who con-
tributed to and shared in his success. The
American people have just been celebrating
reunions and domestic enjoyment, but this
sentiment never had a better practical ex-
emplifcation than in the lifelong partner
ship of the Studebaker brothers with
Clement at the head, all beginning as poor
boys and day laborers and becoming the
owners of the largest manufacturing plant
of it's kind in the world. The production of
such men and such careers is cause for
thankfulness.
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also attracted attention. In most Of the
larger cities organized labor has been re-
garded as the ally of the Democratic party.
Outside the larger cities Republican candi-
dates have received the support Of a share
Of the vote of organized labor. Taking the
country at large, there is reason 10 believe
that the Democrats would be the greater
losers by the organization Of a union labor
party. 1t is not probable, however, that a
national party based upon organized labor
could attain sufficient force to be a CON
trolling element in the country.
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Reform Schools Thanksgiving.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PLAINFIELD, Ind, Nov. 2S.-By the
boys of the Indiana Reform School,
Thanksgiving day is looked forward to
with a great deal of pleasure. AT 10 o'clock
to-day the entire school assembled in the
chapel and listened to the songs and senti-
ments In commemoration of the day, by
the boys, and also TO addresses by Senator
j. M. Barlow and Baxter Vestal, of Plain
field; John Kautner, OF Brownsville, Ind.
and Messers. Van Arsdel. Ball and Nc
Clelland, OF the board. At noon, much to
the delight of the boys, 500 pounds OF tur-
key, $40 mince pies, together with other
good things, were served. The afternoon
was given to play and merriment. There
are at present So boys in the institution.
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TERROR TO EVIL DOORS.


WASHINGTON, Nov. %. Brig. Gen.
Randall, commanding the Department of
the Columbia, is making a reputation as a
severe prosecutor of soldiers guilty of small
thefts. The record of a court-martial just
received here shows that a recruit, Alex
ander Roose, of the Tenth Field Battery,
was sentenced to be ~dishonorably dis
charged from the service of the United
States, TO forfeit all pay and allowances
and to be confined at Alcatraz island for
one year for the larceny of a shirt.
General Randall approved the sentence
reluctantly because ii imposed simply con-
fnement when, in his opinion, it should
nave included hard labor.
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WHITE HOUSE THANKSGIVING.
a Quiet Day, with None but the Fam
lily in Attendance.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-Thanksgiving
day passed very quietly at the White
House. There were no official callers.
President Roosevelt went early to the Of
fee, before the employees were there, and,
finding nothing to engage his attention,
started of for a walk. Although there was
a swapping northwest wind blowing, and
this was the first day OF real wintry
weather, with a slight fall Of snow on the
ground, the President wore no overcoat,
but clad in a closely buttoned box coat and
wholly unattended, he walked across La
fayette square and up Connecticut avenue
10 the home Of Secretary Root. interrupt
ing the latter at his morning work, the
President carried him off and the two went
out into the suburbs for a constitutional.
The White House dinner was at 7:30
o'clock this evening and there were no
guests outside of the immediate family
circle.
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The officers OF the most important trac-
ton company in Chicago say they cannot
do business il their property shall be taxed
as the Illinois courts have decided; after
paying the operating expenses and the
taxes there will be nothing left To pay
obligations due on their leased lines. The
decision is that corporations shall pay on
the quoted values OF their stocks. As
OF stock which represents no value. costs
little or nothing and earns no dividend,
IT will be a heavy burden to pay taxes on
even their quoted value. If hat tax de-
cision stands corporations will get rid Of
watered stocks.
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The free-traders who are shouting for
reciprocity under the impression that it
means the overthrow of the protective
tariff and claiming the late President Nc
Kinley as their champion seem not to
nave read his last speech carefully. In
that speech he did not favor an indiscrim-
mate extension of favors to other nations,
but sensible trade arrangements which
Will not interrupt our home production
and a System which provides a natural
exchange of commodities" Those free
traders who are extolling the late Pres
ident for his advanced views cannot have
read the following from the speech they
so loudly extol:
If, perchance, some of our tariffs are
no longer needed for revenue or TO encour-
age or protect our industries at home,
why should they not be employed to ex-
tend and promote our markets abroad?
These qualifications are very important
parts of the views expressed by the late
President at Buffalo. Reciprocity must
be mutual exchange. and it must not lead
to unsafe arrangements which will de-
prive American industries of protection.
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OBITUARY.
George vi. Pullman, Son of the Late
Millionaire Car Builder.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S.-George NJ.
Pullman, son of the late millionaire car
builder, died at his country home In San
Mateo this morning. aged twenty-six years
He had been i'll several weeks with pneu-
monia. but until Tuesday his condition
was not considered serious. on that day
he suffered a severe relapse and thenceforth
grew steadily weaker. This morning about
3 o'clock he was attacked by a hemorrhage
and within a few minutes passed away.
Arrangements are being made TO take Pull
mans body to Chicago for interment. The
deceased was married for the second time
a few weeks ago at Reno. New, TO Mrs.
Brazell.
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Indiana Obituary.

TERRI HAUTE, nd. Nov. 2s.-Thomas
Stevenson, who was buried this afternoon,
had lived all his life Of sexenty-hve years
in the same neighborhood in Otter Creek
township. He left a widow and six chill
oren.
ELWOOD, Ind, Nov. 2S.-A. II. Calland,
of Chicago, who was heavily interested in
Elwood real estate, died suddenly OF heart
failure in his room at the Stevenson Hotel,
in this city. early this morning.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Nov. 2S.-Word was
received here to-day Of the sudden death
from heart failure Of ex-Recorder j. B.
Bissell, who left here only a few days ago
TO go TO Alabama for his health.
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DEATHS DIVORCE DECREE
COURT CASES STOPPED BY SUDDEN
INTERVENTION OF THE REAPER.
Thanksgiving Notes Of Especial In
terest-SherweH without an Attor-
ney-WeII DrilIer's Long Fall.
,cial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 2S.-To-mor-
row was TO be called the divorce case Of
William Shotemeyer, whose wife eloped
some months ago with a man with whom
she is living in Kansas. But late this
afternoon Shotemeyer was found by his
mother, dead in his chair. The coroner
was not able TO discover whether death
was natural or suicidal. and will hold a
post-mOrtem examination tomorrow.
Shotemeyer's wife had applied for a di-
vorce in Kansas, the papers concerning
which were served on him only a day or
two ago. He was a railroader aged thlrty-
four wears.
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Yesterday was not one of those dreary
days OF snow and cold pictured to US by
the makers of Thanks giving Illustrations
and stories. but a delightful day. bright
and just cool enough TO make out-of-doors
enjoyable-an ideal day for the fall festival.
There is reason TO believe that if not OBJ
served in the best way according to the
higher standards. the entire population OBJ
served Thanksgiving day. If there are
those who feel hat they had too much
Thanksgiving in one way or another. it is
probably due To the fact that many people
have not learned TO enjoy a holiday.
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o Washington dispatches state that Horace
Speed, United States attorney for Okla
hOma. has definitely declined the Office of
Governor Of the Territory, which was ten
dered him. The incident is almost without
precedent. Mr.. Speed is a nephew of the
Hon. James Speed. who was attorney gen
eral under President Lincoln, and when he
left this city several years ago for Okla
homa it was without any assurance OF
political honors. He was appointed United
States attorney in 1880 and was sole counsel
Ior the United States in the Cherokee out
let cases. He comes of a family of lawyers
and stanch Kentucky Republicans.
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The Labor Union party of San Francisco
having carried that city has declared an in
tention of entering into the State campaign.
The officers OF labor organizations in Chi
cago. Philadelphia. New York. and NIL
waukee. says the San Francisco Post. are
making inquiries relative 10 the organiza-
ton OF a political party. The success OF a
labor candidate in Bridgeport. Conn. has
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STEELE SAW SENATOR'S
DISCUSSED JUDGESHIP WITH FAIR
BANKS AND BEVERIDGE.
Latter Not Yet Ready TO Make an An
nouncement- Thanksgiving
in the White House.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Representative
George w. Steele and Quincy A. Meyers.
of L~ogansport, called on Senators Fair
banks and Beveridge to-day in the in
terest Of the latter's candidacy for the
Indiana judgeship. The senators are not
making any statements about the situation,
as they have been given several more days
by President Roosevelt in which to make
up their minds whom they desire ap-
pointed.
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Sherwen without an Attorney.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 2S.-The attor-
neys for Patrolman Sherwell, charged with
the murder of Lena Renner and Georgia
Railey, to-day notified him that they could
not take his case, as he has failed TO raise
the fee. 1t is thought the court will nave
TO appoint a man to defend Sherweli. The
prisoner was very much downcast over
the announcement of his lawyers. The pre-
liminary hearing is set for Saturday.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Nov. 2s.-The board of
directors of the Elwood Public Library
have formally decided TO accept the offer of
Andrew Carnegie to build a SIS O0O library
building in Elwood, providing the city
would furnish a site and $500 a year to
maintain it. The present library levy nets
the city almost the required amount, and il
is expected that at the next meeting the
City Council will make some provision for
a site. There has been considerable OPP
position on the part of organized labor to
the acceptance of the gift.
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Fell Fifty-One Feet.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind. Nov. 2S.-Charles Skin
ner, who has been employed with a gas
well drilling outfit belonging to Ed Sweeney,
OF Kokomo, had a miraculous escape from
death last evening. While at work on the
top of a derrick, three miles east of the
city, he lost his balance and fell headlong
to the ground, a distance of hfty-one feet.
His ellow-workmen rushed 10 his side eX-
pecting to find him dead. but TO their as
constituent Skinner had suffered only a
broken arm and a few bruises.
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CAUSE TO BE THANKFUL.
Few People Without Lies Neces
~saries, and All Can Get Them.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. 2S.-The
charity societies report that never before
at Thanksgiving time were there so few
persons needing aid from charity societies
to enable them to enjoy Thanksgiving day
so far as a grocery could furnish the ma
terial for enjoyment. 1t is true, too. that
the societies find fewer persons going into
the winter with a prospect for suffering
from a lack of clothing or fuel than ever
before. The charity workers say that ev-
eryone that a work in Terre Haute
can have If
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 2s-Dr. JEFF
ferson c. Cawood, one Of the best known
physicians in Tennessee, dropped dead to-
dav at his home in this city while going
TO dinner with a party of friends. DIR.
Cawood was seventy-one years OF age and
served two terms as grand master OF the
Masonic Grand Lodge OF Tennessee.
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Rev. Moses Dickson.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. &.-Rev. Moses Dick
son died here tonight, aged seventy-eight
years. He was one Of the original pro-
motors OF the underground railroad, was
first grand master OF the colOred MasOns
~ Missouri and founder of the internal
tionaI order OF Knights and Daughters OF
Tabor.
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Sixty-Car Mine Changes Hands.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. Is. - The
Shirkie Brothers,, of Clinton, purchased
the coai-mining plant of the Brazil Block
Coal Company at Coxville, Parke county,
for S120, 0O0. 1t is one of the beSt-equipped
bituminous mines in the State, with a
capacity of sixty cars of coal daily. The
another at Ehrmandale. These. with their
new plant, will give them a total output
of $50 cars a day. with employment for 500
men,
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Help for Wrecked Miners.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The report
that about lis miners from Cape Nome are
in serious straits at Unalaska. Alaska.
as the result Of the %stranding of the
schooner Ralph d. Long, is being investi-
gated by the Treasury department with a
view to their relief is the necessity ex-
lists. Captain hoemaker, chief of the
structions TO an official at San Francisco
to investigate the story and If the miners
are in distress a revenue cutter. probably
the McCulloch, will be ordered TO Unalas-
la
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"eschew the money question" AS a matter
of fact, no action was taken on the subject.
Nevertheless. it can be said that the only
open advocates of 16 TO l in this city are a
few men who were Republicans prior to 1896.
present there may be a dozen of them over
the State.
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CongratuIations to the sultan.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. Having re-
ceived official notice from the Turkish min
lister at Washington that yesterday was
the anniversary of the birth of the Sultan.
President Roosevelt sent TO that monarch
a personal telegram OF consolidation.
This was in return for a similar compliment
paid him by the Sultan on the occasion of
his birthday last month.
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War Prices.
Standard.

Catholic Standard.
"Yes'm," said the London shopkeeper, can
dies as gone hup in price, ma'am."
but wot's mide EN- so igh? % demanded the
customer.
Hall on account o. the war, ma'am."
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The Chicago Record-HeraId declares that
II was not the high duties of the Nc
Kinley tariff that elected Mr.. Cleveland
in 1872, and that it was the repeal of those
duties in 1894 which made Mr.. Mckinley
the Republican candidate FOR President in
1896. The country voted in 1894 and 1896
for a return OF the Mckinley duties, and
as President Mr.. Mckinley called Con-
gress to keep its pledge by enacting the
Dingley tariff law.