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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-21
Indiana Notes.

Petersburg Lodge of the knights of
Pythias dedicated a castle hall on Tuesday
night with the imposing ceremonies of their
order. There were many visiting Knight
from surrounding towns.
John Flint, living south of Petersburg,
who is under arrest for the ndiscriminate
killing of dogs, has received a number of
letters threatening severe treatment If he
does not stop shooting them.
Richmond has already arranged for two
series of university extension lectures for
next season. One will be by DR.. Richard
Moulton and the other by DR.. Charles Zueb-
lin. Both are from Chicago University.
Up to Tuesday night the Portland COM
mittee appointed to secure funds for the
Purpose Iha csrn OF pu n1hiis 1FbrarS suitable b !, sn site for
in raising 1880. This is One-half of the sum
desired.
Ira Denney, an aged Portland citizen. for
many years clerk of the Jay county court
as well as a trustee of Merom College and
secretary of Union College. is alarmingly
i'll at his home in Portland. with small pros
pect of recovery.
AT a sale of Aberdeen-Angus cattle at
Kansas City yesterday Nj. A. judy. of Will
Transport, sold his cow Dorcas r. to A. III.
lyman, of Harristown, ILL.,, for S66. and
a two-year-old bull to III. III. Anderson. of
Alpha, Mo, for SJ5.
The Peru Maennerchor is beginning active
preparations for the Ohio and Indiana
Saengerfest In June. IL is expected 10 have
a dollar excursion rate for a radius Of
SeVenty-1Ve miles OF Peru, and to have
400 or 5000 visitors.
Representative Steele has recommended
j. w. Eward. of Converse, for reappoint-
meDt as postmaster there. This is Major
Steele's first recommendation for a post
mastership under the new appOrtionment.
There was no opposition to Mr.. Eward's
reappointment.
In an explosion of natural gas at Shelby
vile yesterday afternoon Mrs. Louis Hoo
yer was very seriously burned about the
face and body. She had lighted the fire.
She returned to the cellar and thrust a
match into the frebox. when the explosion
occurred.
George +. Mexican, surveyo OF Adams
county. is defending himself I'm "A suit i'm
the Circuit Court at Button. wherein j.
W. T. Luckey. of Huntington, is seeking 20
recover damages Of $4,000 for the alienation
divorce. Mexican declares it IS a case OF
blackmail.
On the farm of w. NJ. Cummins. near
Freetown, Jackson county. some stones
have been uncovered that have traces of
lead and zinc IN them. In, some OF the
specimens submitted il Is believed that the
percentage of ore is sufficient to be worked.
state geologist for analysis. and is trying
10 interest capital in order TO develop the
field.
The new Wabash directory, Just issued.
gives a total OF 4.317 names. On the basis
of two and a fourth Inhabitants for each
name the estimated population OF Wabash
is 1854, or almost 1000 more than Is given
In the national census report. The directory
also includes North Manchester, which. on
the basis stated. Is To have 2.So
inhabitants. or 500 more than given by the
census.
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Notes About Indfanians.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. March O.-Lieutenant
Colonel Barnett. deputy qu-artermaster gen.
eral United States army. has been ordered
to assume charge on March 81 next of the
qu-artermaster's establishment at Chicka-
manga Park. Georgia. in addition to his
present duties at Jacksonville. lie will be
accompanied TO Chickamauga Park by his
civilian wagon inspector. After completing
his new duties he will return to Jefferson
willie.
j. s. Barnes. of Ierre Haute. is registered
at the Raleigh.
The controller Of the currency to-day APP
proved of the Indiana National Bank. of
indianapolis. and the Third National Bank,
of Cincinnati. as reserve agents for the
Citizens National Bank. of Hope, Ind.
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DEATH OF DR.. EDWARDS
METHODIsM's LDEsT AND LEADING
EDITOR PASSES AWAY.
His Career as Soldier md Churchman
John Ponder, Once FnmOu
ON 'Chapge-Other Deaths.

CHICAGO. March 2O.-The Rev. Arthur
Edwards. d.. D.. editor of the Northwestern
Christian Advocate, and widely known IN
Methodist Episcopal Church circles, died
tonight at his residence In this city. aged
sixty-six years. The cause of death was
heart trouble, from which he had been Ill
for several days.
DR.. Edwards was born at Norwalk. o., on
Nov. 23. 1884. He was educated at Albion.
Mich, snG at the Wesleyan University of
Ohio. graduating from the latter in 1858. He
entered the Detroit Conference Of the Meth
odist Church the same year and was or
dained TO the ministry in 1860. II was
soon after this that he enlisted in the
army. After the battle of Gettysburg,
when he was chaplain of the First Michi-
gan Cavalry, he resigned to accept the
colOnelcy OF a cavalry regiment. In 1864 he
left the service. and in that year was
elected assistant editor of the
Christian Advocate. He served in that
capacity until 1872. when he was elected
editor. and each succeeding quadrennial
conference has reelected him to that posi-
ton. His associate in the editorship was
IL. ID. Thompson. lie received his degree
OF doctor of divinity from the Northwest
orn University in 1919. For eleven years
he served rs secretary of the Detroit Con-
ference, which seven times elected him a
delegate to the General Conference. Twice
he went at the head of his delegation. He
vas a meTlber of the Methodist Episcopal
Conference of 1881, and of the Baltimore
Centennial Conference of 1884. He w9s
also a member of the committee on revision
Of the h~ymn-bOOk. DR.. Edwards was fully
devoted 10 his editorial duties, and did very
little work outside. Holding that his first
duty was 10 the paper. he declined outside
calls. and never received a dollar for othcr
than editorial service. He was a man of
sound health and cheerful spirits; was
ments, haG ridden L2,Gy0 miles on the BIZ
cycle. was expert with q rifle and the
Photographic camera, and he believed that
fresh air and exercise have had close rela-
ton to his possession of a clear intellect
and a happy heart. He accepted his re-
IeatCd elections to the paper as one of tie
hest possible rewards to a man of one work
end one ambition. In November, 1898. he
underwent a severe surgical operations, and
FOR q time his life vas despaired of. but
his fire constitution survived the shock anu
he returned TO his duties with his pristine
vigor. For years he was recognized as one
Of the strongest writers of the editorial
force of the Methodist Church, and was
conceded 10 be its leading authority OH
church history. He was the first TO intro
cuce illustrations into the church press. an
innovation which at the time was looked
upon as hazardous by the ultra-cOnservd
tive brethren. He was a prominent men,
Der of the London Ecumenical Conference
Ct 1881. His son. DR.. Arthur r. Edwards,
and Two daughters survive.
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Six Good oil Producers.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind. March 2.-Ten new
wells have been completed in the Indiana
oil field. OF this number six are produc-
ing wells and four are listed as dry holes.
Two fairly good wells have been completed
in Jackson township. Wells county. 5. w
TAFT & Co.'S well No. 2. on the King farm,
in Section 81. started at thirty barrels. and
st. Clair. Britt & Co.'S No. 6. on the KEEP
hart farm. in Section 2. started at thirty
-Four producers have been completed In
Chester township, Wells county. James
Giles IL Co.'S No. 10. on the Meyers farm
Ohio Oil Company's No. 3. OF the Peck
farm, in Section 10. started at forty; the
Sherbondy Oil Company's No. 4, on the
kingan farm, in Section s. started at thirty
en- the Penrod farm, in Section 10. started
at five.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, March N.-At the COM
ing session of the North Indiana Methodist
Conference at Elwood the Rev. w. T.. Nc
Carly, of the Third NJ. f. Church. this city.
will retire from the active ministry. He has
been located here three years. He is one
OF the pioneer Methodist ministers of In
diana. He was born in Madison county six
ty-three years ago and entered the minis
try when a young man. Among the places
In which he has occupied pulpits are In
dianapolis. Angola. Huntington, Peru, De-
catur, Hartford City, Allegan, Mich, and
Austin, Tex. He has raised for church i'm
married LIPS couples and united Zoo people
with the church.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE L Ind. March 20.-As the
c. & f. /. fast train, south bound, was
passing through the local yards tonight,
making up twelve minutes lost time, the
engine struck an open switch and all the
cars left the track with the exception of
the two rear Pullmans and crashed against
a box car standing on a siding. Fireman
on the current he mounted the pole TO re-
pair one of the high tension storage wires
which parallel the tracks. BY mistake the
power was turned on, and MADEIRA was
seen by his companions to fall from the
cross arm Of the pole and hang limp by
the safety strap which he wore at the
time. The body was taken down at once,
and MADEIRA was found to be dead. Four
thousand volts had passed through his
body. MADEIRA was taken TO his home in
Elwood. He left a widow and two children
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MORE RUMORS.
CONCLUDED PROM FIRsT PAcEl

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
difference of opinion as to the treatment of
the native Christians who have suffered in
person and property by the Boxers, and II
l. believed that if this settlement IS 10 be
treated with the liberality proposed by some
or the European nations the indemnities
claimed will be nearly $500, OIO, 600 in the ag-
gregate, an amount, Ii is declared, quite
beyond the ability of China TO meet.
TIL situation at Tien-Tsin still fails TO
excite the officials here. who feel that the
critical point has passed. A curious fact in
connection with the M~anchurian complica-
ton is that so far there is no trace of an
official protest 10 Russia against the exc
cutiOn OF her announced programme in
Manchuria. 1t is not for lack of disposition
TO oppose this policy that the protest has
not appeared. but because there is no au-
thenticated copy TO be had of the reputel
Chino-Russian agreement, and further. no
one of the powers has yet been found will
ing 10 take the initiative i'm challenging
Russia. our State Department has ex-
erted what influence IL could TO secure I
statement OF the facts as TO M~anchurfa.
the result Of which has been 10 secure A
repetition of the Russian disclaimer of i'm
proper motives. but not a definition of the
programme for the future further than IL
was defined in the Russian pronouncemen.
of August last.
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Guilty of Attempt to Murder.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, March 20
The jury in the case Of Ira Mcconnell
who was charged with having attempted
to kill his wife and son last fall, with a
revolver, this morning returned a verdict
of guilty. after being out all night, and
fixed McConnells punishment at imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for two to four.
teen years. Mcconnell was at one time
county surveyor. and was a man of good
education and served four years i'm the
ago he began drinking, and had otter
threatened the life of his wife and children
His wife was from one of the best familie.
in the city. McConnell's attorney entered
a plea of insanity, but could not convince
the jury of it's truth.
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Other Deaths.

DETROIT, Mich. March 20.-Albert Ives.
the oldest banker In Detroit, died at his
residence here early to-day, aged ninety
one years. In 1877 ne established the pri-
vate bank of a. Ives & Sons. which failed
last fall. Mr.. Ives. who had retired from
active business. was kept ignorant of the
failure, and up to mis- death believed the
institution TO be fiourishing. He was born
in Wallingford. Conn, and came to Detroit
in 1887.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 20.-Rev
Samuel v. Casey. aged ffty-siX, a colored
politician of this city. died this afternoon
a. his home here from a complication of
diseases. He was born in GallipoliS, o.
Several government positions in Washing
ton, ID. c., have been held by him.
GREEDY, Col. March 20.-Dr. Alfred r.
Green. aged seventy-nine. died here to-day
after a long illness. DIR. Green was chief
surgeon on the staff of Gen. George c..
Meade during the civil war. He was a ma
tive Of Germantown. Pa.
PARIS. March 20.-Vice Admiral Charles
Marius Albert DOmpiero D'Henroy. who
was a member of the first Cabinet OF Pres
ident MacMahon. died yesterday. He was
born Feb. "a, 1916.
ST. PAUL. March 20.-Rev. w. w. Lewis,
pastor of Atlantic congregational Church
and chaplain OF the State Senate. died to-
day. after an illness OF several weeks, from
grip.
PARIS. March 2O.-Nicolas Francois Chit
fart, the painter and engraver. is dead.
He was born in 1926.
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ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland. March ga
furious blizzard has been sweeping the
whole seaDOard since last night. This
morning the sealer Southern Cross. which
arrived here yesterday. was forced into ths
harbor of Pelican. I'm danger of
or account OF the heavy load of u. 500 seals
on board. Much anxiety is felt for the re-
have felt the full fury OF the gale. IN
such event. with over 400 men scattered
over the ice fields. disaster might ensue.
.ety will not be relieved until another
Steamer arrives with later reports.
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EXECUTED FOR TREASON.


CAPE TOWN, March 90. +. Minaber.
S. Minaber and ]. A. Neuwoudt were shot
at De Aar last evening for treason and
murder i'm pursuance OF the sentence OF a
court-martial. The deGth sentence was
passed a week ago, in connection with the
wrecking of a train near Taasbosch. by
which five men were killed. General Kitch-
ener confirmed the verdict. The garrison
was paraded and the prisoners We're led out
at sunset. Death was instaneous. A Dutch
minister and relatives remained with the
prisoners till the end Two others con-
cerned in the trainwrecking were sentenced
10 five years at penal servitude.
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Four Men Burned by Powder.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL. Ind, March D.-This evening
as Alfred Reffett. Albert Harris. Eph Har-
ris and Thomas Harris were opening a can
of blasting powder in Keller, Mcclellan 81
Co mine. west of here. a spark fell from
the lamp worn by one of the men into the
powder. igniting it and causing a terrible
explosion. All the men were severely
burned about the face and arms and grave
fears are entertained that Albert Harris
and Alfred Reffett will be blind.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, March &C. f.. Cow
gill. who has a piece of property centrally
located which is favored by some persons
as a site for the new Carnegie free library
site, has proposed that the City Council
select a committee of disinterested men,
allow them to fix whatever valuation on
the property they consider fair, and he
will accept the amount, and in addition
give $500 in cash to the purchase of the
site. His attitude is in marked contrast
to that of some other property owners who
have property adapted to the purpose men,
toned.
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WinOna Park improvements.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW, Ind, March 2.-At a meeting
of the directors of Winona Assembly, held
here to-day, plans for the coming season
were discussed. The Winona Hotel is to be
greatly enlarged. The new part Of the
park is to be beautified with plants and
trees. The canal is nearly finished. j. Nj.
Studebaker and Ii. w. Johnson, of South
Bend, Thomas Kane, of Chicago, T.. F.
Yarnelle, of Fort Wayne. DIR. Dickey, OF
Indianapolis, and Fred Boyer, of this city,
were present at the meeting.
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KENO. Va, March 20.-Two fires. aggre-
eating a loss Of $4,000. occurred here last
night and this morning. The Grand Ho-
tel owned by Wright Bros. OF Cederow.
burned this morning. No lives were lost.
Loss. $4,000. Davis & Lemons saw ana
planing mills burned last night. as we'll as
all the lumber in the yards. Loss, $4,000:
no insurance.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. March 20.-Tipton-
vile, Lake county, was almost destroyed
last night by fire. The loss is estimated
AT Sc. 600. and is partly covered by insur-
ance. II is rumored that the town was
fired by negroes in revenge for the lynching
of Ike Fitzgerald last SATURDAY.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 20.-H. Charles
HUMPHREYS. aged thirty-two. tenor singer.
leader of the choir at the Second Baptist
Church and a well-known society man.
committed suicide by shooting in his studio
to-day. y sealed note. addressed TO the
dead mans widowed mother. was on the
stand near by. Mr.. HUMPHREYS was well
known in musical circles throughout the
country as an o~ratorio singer. He was un-
married. Mr.. HUMPHREYS musical assist
ants say his health had been declining for
six months and that his voice was falling.
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pro rata distribution Of the new places
among the various denominations"
The appointments in the pay corps under
the army reorganization law viii be made
from the additional paymasters now hold
ing volunteer commissions. To fiji the va
cancieS will require all but three OF the
present volunteer force who VIII be mus
tered out. These three are Majors Beecher
Il. Ray. Of Illinois, Junius Sanders. of Mon
tana, and George q. Arthur. Of Ohio. Ma.
Ray Will be appointed 10 a place IN the
quartcrmastcr's corps. Under the law there
will be two majors and twenty-five captains
added 70 the REGULAR army pay corps.
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WASHINGTON. March O.-The United
States Supreme Court to-day received u
reminder of the late ex-President Harrison
i'm the form of a motion to pass temporarily
a case i'm which he had been engaged as
counsel. The case is one involving the
validity of bonds issued by the municipality
of Santa Cruz, Cal. The case came up ia
regular order and the motion for postpone
ment was made by Mr.. Crammond Ken
nedy. who was employed with General Har-
rison in behalf of the city of Santa Cruz.
He said that the argument for the city was
To have been made by Mr.. Harrison. ana
that no one was prepared to go on with it.
The motion was granted.
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HUNTINGTON, Ind. March 0.-There
was filed for record in the recorders office
here to-day a $4,000 mortgage of the Fort
Wayne & Southwestern Traction Company
&c the Merchants Loan and Trust Com
rany and Leon Il. Loehr, of Chicago. The
mortgage is TO run thirty years and bears
{ per cent. interest. Revenue stamps to the
amount of $3.50 were placed on the original
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Indiana

MUNCIE, Ind, March 20.-The death of
James Mason occurred last night, from
the grip. He was ninety years old and is
survived by a widow his equal in years.
For more than fifty years he has been a
member Of the lodge of Masons, and has
stood high in the community.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. March 20.-Jacob
shrimp, aged eighty-nine. is dead. He was
a pioneer of st. Joseph county and a
prominent Mason of this city.
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GALLIPOLIS. o.. March pa south
bound freight train was wrecked on the
kanawha x Michigan road near Dexter,
twenty-five miles north of here. to-day by
the burning of a ~trestle. The engineer did
not notice the fire until the train had
reached the ~trestle. and the engine and
several cars were precipitated into the ra-
vine below. Engineer sargent. Fireman
Scott, Conductor Tinklepaugh and two
brakemen were badly injured
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Lincman Killed at Fairmount.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARAMOUNT, Ind. March 20.-WhiIe
working at the top of a ffty-foot pole in
this city, William MADEIRA was instantly
killed at 4 o'clock this morning. MADEIRA
was a lineman employed by the Union
Traction Company, and after telephoning
the power house at Anderson not TO turn
aligned and the trial set for April ,, but
ii is expected he also will take a change
of venue.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind., March 2O.-Considerable
excitement exists at Owensburg. near this
city, over the confession of Mrs. Tude Ba-
kare that c. p. Rockwell, of Cincinnati, o.,
who has beer missing three years, bad
been murdered while canvassing for the
American Eagle, a soldier paper. at that
point. She says the body was hid under
her house and later removed. The officers
will divulge nothing. Search will be made
in the abandoned coal shaft, where she
says the body was thrown.
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companies i'm china meant particularly
the Belgian syndicate which is now trying
TO secure the commission for the railway
from Peking 10 Han-Kow. After express
ing a hope that the Belgians Will fail. be-
cause their success would be at the general
expense. the writer says the powers will
probably be able and willing TO squeeze
this tiny iack-in-the-bOX' into q corner
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John Nash.

CHICAGO. March 20.-John Nash, former
ly a dealer in railway supplies in Cincin-
natl, and at one time a director of the Big
Four Railroad. died at his home in this
city tonight. Last Friday Mr.. Nash slip
ped on the ice, and, falling to the pave
n,ent. fractured his skull. His death to-day
was the direct result of the injuries sus-
tanned at the time of his fall.
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Francois Got, Actor.

PARIS, March 21.-M.. Francois Jules Ed
mond Got, the celebrated actor, is dead.
Francois Jules Edmond Got was born at
I.ignerolles, Department of Orne, on Oct.
l. 1872, and in 1874 made his debut. From
1850 10 1866 he was a member of the Coincide
Franchise. and was regarded as the main
stay of the new dramati school. In 1866 he
appeared at the Odeon as Andre Lagarde
i'm Anglers "Contagion." He played often
in London. In 1881 he received the cross of
the Legion of Honor, and in 1895 retired
from the stage.
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Russian Aggression.

BERLIN. March AIN an able weekly
review the Kreuz Zeitung mentions a series
of Russian advances in the far East, in
Guiding the acquisition of territory at Ham
Kow. by means of which Russia invaded
the Yang-Tse district, adding: "All this
England has had TO endure because the
South African war paralyzes her aggressive
powers The writer of the review asserts
that Count Won Buelow. when complaining
last Friday about the i~ntrigues Of private
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Campbell Had Heavy Fighting.

DURHAM, March Glowing TO the Kip
river being flooded. General Campbel's
column has been unable TO return TO STAN
derton, from which point il went TO bring
away the garrison at Nredo. which the
British evacuated. The column had heavy
fighting to and coming from Vredo. Gen.
Campbell has about two hundred sick and
wounded. There are many bands OF rowing
Beers in the neighborhood of Standerton-