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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-10
Keeping Tab on Letter Carriers.
Washington Special.

Washington special
The Postoffice Department has been max
irg some interesting experiments in this
city with n device for keeping tab" on
the collection of mail from street boxes.
liz has been found that some carriers are
not above Sinking by emitting several
boxes occasionally. The mail in these will
often be delayed number OF hours IN con-
sequence. There Is no way in which the
department can tell whether the carrier
does his duty conscientiousy except by
sending an inspector over his route after
him every time. This is of course imprac-
ticable For several years the department.
has been trying TO get some sort OF inven-
ton which would act as a mechanical
check on collections. and such a device,
IL Is now believed, has been discovered.
IT is known the Williams deadlock, and
IL controlled by a Boston company. IL n
an electrical device which. when ATTACHED
to the boxes, makes IL mechanical i'm
possibility to open the second box until
the first on the route has been opened.
the third until the second has been
opened. and so on 10 the end. BY series
OF signals n person at the central station
knows the exact moment when each box
Is opened. and a carrier may be communi-
Gated with. or may signal the central Of
fee from any box. This is said TO be OF
value In case OF such a congestion OF mail
matter that the collector needs help.
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LOOKING FOR A SITE.
English Manufactures TO Build n Plant
I'm the Gas BELT.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, April 81. II. Rodgers
and his son, of Sussex. England. are in
this city. looking for a site for the loca .
ton of an edge-tool works They have as
ISOLATED with them two other capitalists
we'll known in iron and steel circles of the
country, but whose names are not made
public. Mr.. Rodgers, sr.. was the presi-
dent of the company which built the sec
end tin-plate mill in the United States, at
Gas City, Grant county, in 1892 He is very
wealthy, and IL is for the purpose of putting
bis son I'm business that he is seeking IN
vestrnent in this country now. He and his
came TO the States last week, and were
In Pittsburg few days before coming herr.
They have the other towns Of the Indiana
gas belt in mind before making a locator.
though several good propositions have been
made them already by Marion citizens. MI.
Rodgers says the manufa curing business
in England Is becoming restricted. and that
America has come to be looked at as the
market of the world. The labor unions are
the greatest obstacle to progress In Eng
land. he says They are much stronger
there than here. according TO his state
ment and they have permitted the manu-
featuring business TO slip from them be d.
cause of their refusal to permit the manu-
facturers to adopt modern labor-savng
machinery. 1t is Mr.. Rodgers's intention to
return TO England the last of May, and.
wherever he decides TO locate his plant
work will be begun within the next few
days.
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Superintendent F. p. Smith. Of San
dusky County. Ohio. Infirmary, was
stabbed by Winters. an epileptic inmate
last night, and will probably die.
Analysis of beer drunk by Frank Kinney.
of Findlay, o., shows the presence of
strychnine. The man died within twenty
minutes Several persons are thought TO
be implicated, and arrests may follow.
David C. Luz. charged with murder.
arson and other crimes, was shot ard in
stantly killed yesterday at his ranch near
Ainsworth. Neb.. by Deputy United States
Marshal Fred NJ Hans. Luz tried to kill
the marshal when placed under arrest.
Another attempt was made Monday night
to destroy number of shops in East Ak
ron, O., by fire. The incendiary partly
successful. A pie OF oiled waste was
placed in the kiln sheds of the STANDARD
Toy Marble Company. These were de-
stroyed. entaiing a loss OF $1,000.
President W. f. Coffin. Of the Iowa Loan
and Trust Company stated at Des Moines
yesterday that a complete examination OF
the companys boOns showed the shortage
OF Assistant Cashier Benjamin Grayson,
who was found dead last Saturday. to be
81. COO The coroners jury has not reached
a conclusion TO the manner OF Grayson' :
death.
Edward E. Moore. aged fifty-six. a mem
Der OF the Iron Brigade, shot his wife.
about ten years his junior, last night at
their home I'm Milwaukee and then COM
mitted suicide. The couple had been mar
ried about two years and had frequent
loNt|i1 tNAt ~ II tnouSli
he did not intend TO kill his wife, bat had
premeditated killing himself.
At Yuma A. T.. yesterday Deput,
Sheriff w A Alexander was shot anc
mortally wounded as he was being taker
from the courtroom 10 the jail after re.
ceiving a sentence of life imprisonm4ai
tor the murssc- OF airs. j. ,. BurnS u
is not known who fired the shot, as II
came from the inside Of building nca;
the courthouse. Samuel King. brother ol
Mrs. Burns. is Under arrest on suspicion
7. l.. Arlington. a well-known young
man Of Somervile, Ga, yesterday shot anc
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business Session Under Way-Exnm-
nation of the Classes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, April 9. - The North
Indiana Methodist Conference convened for
its first business session this morning The
first matter taken up was the examination
of the various classes. Many members were
not present. having completed the examin-
atoms at the fall meeting but the following
attended. For admission: w. NJ. Hollo-
peter, Robert Guyer, Freesnd Hall, Louis
Rehl, George II. Redding. Arthur Gates. W.
+. Ingals, Ernest +. Lutes, a. II. Coover
L. e. Webster. Omer Wilcox, O. S. Hart
w. +. Hamilton. b. +. Parker, p Pol
hemus, A. ID. Wagner and A. +. Scotch
First year class: +. c. Doan, H. d. Win
CERT. G. NJ. Hobbs. II. G. Porter, j. II. Run
kle and T. F. Everhart.
The evening session was occupied by the
anniversary of the Educational Society
The president of the educational board. the
Rev. VIM. f. Mcdowell, ID. D.. made the
opening address and spoke at considerable
length. He was followed by DR.. w. H.
Hickman. ID. D.. OF De PAW University
Other pastors who are connected with this
branch of the conference made brief re-
marks.
Bishop Stephen G.. Merrill, of Chicago.
who presides over the conference will con-
duct the sacrament of the Lords supper
Wednesday morning. The routine business
of conference will occupy the morning
hours. The missionary work will be taken
up in the afternoon and at 2:30 the Rev
Edmond T. Albertson will preach a con-
services will be conducted at o'clock by
the Rev. George A Mclaughlin, ID. ID. The
church extension society will occupy the
evening service.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. April 9-The an
nual spring meeting of the Muncie Presby-
terry closed two days session in this city
tonight. The attendance was large and
much interest was manifested in all the
work of the church. The meeting opened
in the Presbyterian Church, Monday after
noon. with a sermon by the retiring mod
orator, the Rev. Charles r. Huffer, of Tip
ton. The Rev. w. ID. Water, Of Jonesboro,
was elected moderator. and h. j. Dukes. of
Peru, temporary clerk. At the meeting,
last night, Miss Buchanan. a missionary,
of Utah, delivered an address on Home
Missions" She spoke OF the Mormon
Church as being largely a political ma
chine. At the meeting. tonight. addresses
were made by Mrs. T.. J. Dukes, OF Peru.
Mrs. Eva Rohbock. of Wabash, and Mrs.
Swallen, missionary. of Korea. The Rev.
Freely Rohrer, of Marion, and Mr.. w. r.
Snyder, of Muncie. were elected commits
sioners TO the General Assembly. which
meets at Philadelphia, May 10. and Rev
Charles T. Huffer, of Upton, and Mr.. Full
ton, of Lagro, were elected alternates. La
gro was selected the place for the fail
meeting. The annual meeting of the wonl-
ans missionary societies of Muncie Pres
bytery were also held
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Erepchmen Plensed.

PARIS. April 9.-The unexpected return
o. the Russian squadron dwarfed interest
In all other events on the programme at
Nice to-day. The news is on the lips OF
every one in Paris. and JOY Is expressed
by both the public and the press. The in
tensity Of this qualification shows that
great numbers of Frenchmen had treated
with skepticism the explanation that the
withdrawal OF the squadron was simply
due TO a desire not 10 be politically identi-
fed with the francO-Italian demonstration.
4 section Of the Nationalist press has care
fully fostered this impression, pursuing a
policy of selling upon every possible op-
portunity TO embarrass the government
These organs had asserted that the de-
parture Of the Russians implied dissatis-
faction the part of Emperor Nicholas
with the FrancO-ltalian rapprOchement and
heralded the breakup of the Franco Russo
alliance \ brooding feeling of uncertainty
was thus created. which broke like a spell
before the happy tidings of the return Of
the Russian squadron TO Vile Franche, and
was transformed into expressions of exult-
ant oladneSS
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Indiana Notes.

The City Council of Charlottesville has
passed an ordinance for paving over mile
of street.
Frank Eggleston, Of Madison, was SEN
fenced in the jefferson Circuit Court yes
terday TO serve three years in the peniten-
tiary for forgery.
The new Carnegie library building at
Crawfordsville will be built on corner lot
near the Center Presbyterian Church. and
across the street from the new Masonic
temple.
The Fountain County Commissioners have
granted franchise 10 the Charlottesville
ate an electric road from HillsborO through
the county to the coal fields
Edward Stanfe, a painter, living on
Spring Grove avenue. Cincinnati. was killed
from mong regh train on t6e
r. Il o. s. W. His neck was broken and
his head badly crushed.
Judge Vaughn, Of the Blackboard Circuit
Court has ordered the suspension of the
publication of the bar docket, on the ground
that the 1920 which it costs annually is an
unnecessary burden on the taxpayers. On
Saturday last he issued similar order
in Wells county.
Mrs. Julia FAY Randall of Fort Wayne
gave a dinner last night in honor of the
betrothal of her daughter Elizabeth Louise
and Frank A. Sawyer, of New York. The
menu and table decorations were elaborate
The wedding will be of the most inter-
The Noblesville Daily and Weekly DEM
ocrat, which have been owned and edited
by r. NJ. sherwood for about one year.
have been sold to George +. Gilbert ana
Arthur Van Doren, of Adrian, Mich. The
name of the daily will be changed to the
Daily News and the paper will be indie
pendent in politics.
Mayor Tuhey, of Muncie, threatens 10
veto the belt line ordinance, which passed
the City Council the other night, on the
ground that the c., l. q f., at whose in
stance the ordinance was passed. picked
out the proposed right of way. which is
very irregular, with the intent TO shut the
c., r. & NJ. out of the territory
The graduating exercises of the Wabash
High School will be held at the First
Methodist Church on June 5. The class is
the largest ever graduated from the school.
numbering fOrty-fve. Robert j. Alley, pro-
fessor of mathematics of Indiana Univer-
sity, will deliver the class address, and the
Rev. DR.. Charles Little. Of the Presbyterian
Church. Will preach the baccalaureate SER
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killed Miss Mamie Cleghorn. a prominent
young woman of that town, and then killed
himself Arlington had been engaged TO
the girl. but because Of parental objections
the engagement had been broken. AIRING
ton notified her parents that unless obJec-
lions were withdrawn he would do some
thing RASH" and he kept his word.
Warrants were yesterday sworn out at
Chicago for the arrest of Alderman Michael
Kenna we'll known as 'Hinky-Dink Ken
ma. on charges Of violating the midnight
closing ordinance. The warrants were Sc
cured by Mrs Kate Mills Boyd, secretary
and treasurer of the new Anti-vice Crusade
Society, who has been investigating the
conditions prevailing in the 'levee" district
south of Van Buren, street
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Christian Church District Workers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORTVILLE. Ind. April 9.-The semi-an-
nual convention and twentieth century
rally of Seventh District Churches of
Christ began here yesterday and will con-
tinue for three days. The services are be-
ing held i'm the new Christian Church that
was recently dedicated. and the attendance
is large Many noted workers in the church
and missionary societies are present Yes
terday was devoted to state missionary and
evangelistic work. In the evening : II
Bartlett, of Cleveland. addressed the audi
ence on American and Indian Missions =
This morning taken up by the meeting
OF the Seventh district missionary and
evangelistic workers. In the afternoon
Sunday school. missionary and evangelistic
methods were discussed. This evening there
was meeting of the Christian Women's
Board OF Missions and an address by Mrs
s. X. Jones. OF COrydon, the state organ
izer. Tomorrow the Christian Endeavor
rally will be held and there will be adj
dresses on missionary work by Miss
Josepha Franklin. late of India. George l.
Kern. of Indianapolis. and Prof ]. ID. For
rest, of lrvingtOn.
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PAPER FOR THIEVES.

Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati Enquirer
A young lady in Paris edits what may be
termed one of the most daring of publica-
tions. The magazine is printed by herself
and circulates merely among friends OF the
light-fngered fraternity, the editress being
kleptomanlsc OIL no mean order, Desides
to assist her subscribers in successfully fol-
lowing their craft.
Items of interest are solicited for insef-
ton in the klepto journal and literally paid
for if useful. The paper has no title, is,
for obvious reasons, undated and unnum-
bered; the numerous sketches OF trick
gloves sachels. false hands, etc, being re-
productions of black and white drawings
by the editress and clandestine contr:5u-
tors.
Three dollars per copy Ohe magazine
is published monthly are willingly paid by
its supporters who, for their own safety
sake keep the publication a mystery.
The papers are called for. or sent under
cover by mail Any items of profitable in
terest the editress stipulates must be cut
written in a scrap book for future
reference. the body Of the paper afterward
A leading article is. of course. the feature
wherein the versatile editress writes chat
tily" of the houses she has visited. what
articles are offered for sale and what are
worth appropriating; also what she con-
siders the safest mode OF procedure 10
adopt while valuable hints on new devices
laid TO entrap the kleptomaniacs are no.
ticed and discussed.
All throughout the paper offers great as
sistance 20 shoplifters who have made some
progress in their profession. Its originality
is striking-a skilled klepto cannot tread
long on travelled ground and escape detec-
ton.
Every subscriber must be introduced by a
friend and should have served least "A
years apprenticeship. Her husband, her
parent or guardian must be in a position
to pay for any stolen goods in case of ar
rest and the magazine is not 10 be brought
before the notice of any but genuine KEEP
tomaniacs. Under such conditions the pa
per seems pretty safe. and. though wind OF
the affair was waited forth a year ago.
the mystery has as yet defed anything
like exr OSure.
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PRACTICALLY A STRIKE
BLOCK COAL MINERS AND OPERA
TORS UNABLE TO AGREE.
AcqufttaI of Murder Charge at Ander-
son-North Indiana Conference
Proposed English Tool Mill.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, April 9.-The operators
and miners delegate convention held here
to-day adjourned without reaching an
agreement. consequently a strike is really
on. although it is called a suspension. The
miners official board telegraphed the pres
ident of district No. that they could not
advise settlement unless the powder-pur
chasing clause was stricken out, and this
blocked further progress at the meeting.
The miners contend that it Is a lockout.
as the operators refused TO sign the scale
agreed on in Columbus. The operators con-
tend that the miners are striking for better
terms than were agreed on in the district,
and that, therefore. they cannot yield to
the demands. The indications are that the
operators will lose many large contra cts at
chicago and other points as a result of the
strike, which means suspension of work
in the block mines this year. About four
thousand miners are affected.
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a dispatch from the Car was cOmmuni
rated TO him lns:ructing him 10 return 70
The Riviera and salute President LOubet.
Admiral Birilen Immediately telegfaphed
ron TO get uD steam. and on his return
there last evening the squadron sailed for
Vile Franche. where the Russian ships
will be able 10 participate IN the ceremony
of ernbar kation and departure Of President
Loubet. for TOulOn without the Russian
varships' presence constituting a share Of
the Italian Franco demonstration
the Russian officers 81. Loubet proposed
the health OF the Car. ''Who. in sending
you here 10 salute the President Of the
French republic. has proved once more the
eonstancy Of his sentiments for a friendly
allied nation
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Gable Notes.

NJ Waldeck- Rousseau, the French pre-
mier is cOnvaleScing-
One death from bubonic plague has oc-
Cured at Alexandra. Egypt.
Five fresh cases of bubonic plague have
occurred at Cape Town. one of which is a
soldier.
The congress summoned by Count Won
BuelOw 10 consider ways and means or de-
stroying phylloxera will meet to-day at
Frankfort-on-theM ain-
On the occasion OF Count Waldersee's
birthday Emperor William sent him a fine
travelling cloak, together with appreci-
atively worded telegram.
The Odessa correspondent OF the London
received there of serious pOliticO-religiOus
disturbances in Tabriz, North Persia.
The big iron works at OOynhausen were
destroyed by fire yesterday. the damage
reashing half a million marks. The fire Is
believed to have been of incendiary origin.
Advices from Benghazi state that the
Sultan OF Wadai. finding himself helpless
against the rebellion now in progress. has
has been promised.
Dietrich weiIand. the assailant of En-
rercr William, a. Bremen. who il nov in
an insane asylum, has suffered several
severe epieptic attacks In one Of these
he almost killed the counsel retained for
his defense.
The physicians employed by the sanitary
authorities at Leipsic, who recently went
Oil Stflhc III a DOuy LOT DETER OF
employment have been supplanted by other
physicians, in need OF employment, from
Berlin and other cities.
According to the Frankfurter Zeitung.
Emperor William at the unwilling of the
monument Of Emperor William l. March
81. made a speech to his entourag e in which
the doctrine of "BayOnets vs. An Unruly
People was a strongly marked feature.
The recent arrests of Macedonian agita-
tors have led TO anti-gOvernment demon
STATIONS In Sofia. Meetings of protest have
been held and excited crowds have made
demonstrations in front of the police sta
ton. One of the men arrested fired several
shots from his revolver before yielding.
Queen Alexandra and the Dowager En-
press OF Russia left Copenhagen yesterday.
Queen Alexandra will so to CrOnburg to
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SEVEN IN SEVEN YEARS.
Rulers of Nations. who Have Been
Removed by the Assassin.
City Star.

Kansas City Star.
During the last seven years seven rulers
of nations have been assassinated. The Car
is quite justified in his dread that he ;nlght
be the eighth. Four Of his predecessors died
violent deaths, two Of them. Paul and Alex
ander IL, within a century. Car Alexander
and President Garfield were killed within
a few weeks of each other. Then for thir-
teen years the regicides were quiet. since
that time their activity has claimed VIC
tim every year
President Carnot, of France was killed
in June 1894 After a banquet he was driv-
ing to theater in Lyons when a young
Italian ieaped to the step of his carriage
and drove a dagger into him, shouting,
Long live Anarchy The President lived
only a few hours and the murderer was put
to death by the guillotine after declaring
that he gave his life for the cause of an
archy. Nasr ed-Din, Shah OF Persia. was
the next victim. He was shot by an assas-
sin disguised as a woman as he WIS enter
ing a mosque at Teheran in May, 1896. Three
assassinations Of minor rulers We're those
of President Borda, OF Uruguay, in lSc7; OF
President Barrios, OF Guatemala, in 1899,
and of President Heureux, of Santo Do
mingo the year following. BorGa was shot
curing a public celebration by man who
had a grievance against him. A brother of
the assailant of Barrios had been murdered
by the Presidents orders. Barrioss body
guard cut the assassin to pieces. Heureaux
was the victim of a man whose father he
had killed The murderer was given a
place in the Cabinet of the Presidents sue
cessor.
elizabeth Oh AuSlrld was skaDDtu Dy an
Italian anarchist at Geneva, Switzerland,
in September. 1898. The assailant had no
grievance except against rulers in general.
AS Swiss laws prevent capital punishment
he was sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
King Humbert of Italy was killed by an
Anarchist last summer. The assassin was
given a life sentence.
Two of the Cars predecessors. Peter III
and Ivan VI, were put to death for political
reasons by order of Catharine, the wife of
Peter who assumed the sovereign power
anil her KIN ed " a =
murdered in 1901 by his mobiles on account
of their discomfort with his acts of tyranny.
Alexander III was killed by nihilists in 1881
lust as he was on the point Of proclaiming
a constitutional government. Several at
tempts have already been made on the life
of the present Car. AS King Humbert said
on one of the occasions when he was shot
at, Its part of the trade.
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Indiana Obituary.

MARTINSVILLE. Ind, April 9.-Mrs. L.
NJ. Jewett. of Athens, o., who came to Wis
Ii her mother, last week. and was stricken
with heart trouble and paralysis in a day
or two after arrival. died this afternoon.
Judge Jewett had been summoned by tele-
graph and remained constantly by her until
death came. Her aged mother. Mrs. b. u.
Blackstone, in whose home she was strick-
en-, was herself too ill TO be told of her
daughter death.
PORTLAND Ind, April 9.-Morris Blaz-
er. a prominent farmer, ia dead from
pneumonia, brought on by attack OF
measles
Mrs. Jonathan Ashcraft one of the best
known women of the city, died, last night,
after a long illness, aged fifty-eight years.
She will be buried here.
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SCHWERIN. April 9.--The Grand Duke Of
Mecklenbrug-Schw Friedrich Franz ~,
who attained his majority to-day, made his
state entry into this city to-day The
weather was magnificent. His royal High
ness was received at the railroad station
b. Grand Duke Johann Albrecht. his uncle,
who has been regent OF the grand duchy
and the grand dukes guardian during his
minority, and by a number of princeiy
guests. The principal authorities OF the
grand duchy were also present. The pro-
cession passed through the gaily decorated
streets. which were lined with school chill
dren. TO the town hall, where the burgo-
master delivered speech of welcome. The
grand duke. in reply, expressed his hearty
appreciation OF the warm welcome accorded
HIM. There was grand reception suDSe-
ocently at the castle where the official
record Of the accession OF the new ruler
was signed