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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-16
COMBINATION EFFECTED.


LONDON, July l5-At a special meeting
of the shareholders of Bryant * May, held
here to-day, the agreement TO acquire the
business of the Diamond Match Company
of Liverpool for e4SO.OoO. to be provided for
by a new issue of Bryant & May shares,
was adopted. Some of the shareholders in
dignantly protested against the proposed
amalgamation. saying the Diamond Match
Company never paid any dividends and
they saw no reason TO buy off the Liver
pool company for fear of future competi-
ton. President Barber, of the American
Diamond Match Company, spoke in favor
OF the amalgamation.
After the meeting President Barber made
the following statement: 1T was not our
fight. but that of Bryant & May. We had
demonstrated in the north of England that
American machinery and methods We're
able TO produce twice as many matches at
the same cost as our British competitors
could produce. We of the Diamond Match
Company felt could make the deferred
shares of Bryant * May good as the
preferred. While the British people hold a
majority of the preferred shares. We have
taken up ma jority of the deferred We
have great confidence in Mr.. Bryant per-
sonally, and, rather than enter on haz-
ardous competition. we believe ii would be
wise TO combine This has been practically
accomplished. Great Britain will have bet
ter and cheaper matches than ever, and
the matches will be virtually of American
manufacture"
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National Capital Notes.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. July l5-The bond Of
Amanda J. Edgerton. as postmaster at
Fountain City. Wayne county, was ap-
proved and his commission issued to-day.
The postoffice at Null Randolph county.
will be discontinued July 81 10 be there
after supplied by rural carrier Ihe post
Office at Oakdam. Van Buren county, viii
also be discontinued on July !, and mail
thereafter sent To Ingeheld.
The condition of Thomas Cridler. third
assistant secretary of state. does not show
that degree of Improvement which was eN-
pected, and he remains too i'll 10 leave
Washington.
A dispatch received by acting Adjutant
General Ward announces that General
Wood is out of danger.
The President to-day made the following
appointments in the navy: Captain.
Charles Hutchinson: lieutenant com
mander. Edward Lloyd. jr., Allen G. Rog-
ers. George r Clark leutenants. Yates
Douglas. John T. J. Ryan: warrant ma
chinists. Joel T. Biggs.. Arthur Percival
A cablegram received at the Postofiice
nounces the arrest on July 10 OF Ricardo
NavareZ Rivera. assistant postmaster at
Mameyes. Porto Rico. on the charge Of
closures.
The public printer has just completed 15.-
eco bound copies OF the dedication OF the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Military Park an illustrated edition or
dered by Congress. 1t will be distributed
by senators and representatives.
A Japanese newspaper Just received at
the Navy Department says that DR. Hato-
yama. member of the Japanese Diet and
prominent jurist. will leave Japan in
September for the United States to receive
the degree Of LII. D. from Yale. DIR. Hato-
yama will deliver an essay comparing the
laws OF France and of Japan. He will re-
turn TO Toxic in time TO take his seat when
the Diet convenes at the close Of the calen-
dar year
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WRECK ON THE OHIO VALLEY.
Two Men Killed and Others Seriously
Hurt In n Collision.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July 15.-Two
persons were killed outright one was fatal
ly hurt and several others were seriously
injured in a head-end collision on the Ohio
River Railroad at Peden's valley at $50
o'clock this evening. The Ohio valley ex-
press on the way from Cincinnati to Pitts
burg, was run into. at full speed, by a
loose engine southbound and both engines
were almost demolished The baggage car
OF the Ohio Valley express train was
smashed up considerably. but none of the
coaches was damaged and none of the train
left the track except the engines Just
what caused the accident cannot be learned,
but 1t is thought to have been msunder-
standing of orders. The dead:
AL COURTRIGHT, engineer OF the Ohio
Valley express. Wheeling.
WILLIAM BOOTHEY. fireman. Parkers-
burg
William Day, of Parkersburg. engineer
of the loose engine, was fatally injured.
Fireman Carter, OF the loose engine was
seriously injured but Is expected 10 re-
cover. The baggage master had his head
cut by falling baggage, but is not seriously
injured. Several OF the passengers were
more or less severely bruised and all were
severely shaken UP, but none was seriously
hurt.
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Five Men Killed and Three Probably
Fatally Injured I'm Wreck on
the VI, Ia. ~ II. Road.
TWO TRAINS MET ON A BRIDGE
THE, STRUCTURE AND ALL THE CARS
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Two Persons Killed, One Fatally Hurt
md Others Injured on the Ohio
River Road at Paden's Valley.

PARSONS, Kan, July ia head-end
collision between two local freight trains
on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road,
near Wymark. l. T., to-day killed five men
and probably fatally injured three others.
The dead are:
JOSEPH MORRIS, Parsons.
TWO UNKNOWN TRAMPS.
JAMES LEVELLE, head brakeman, Par
sons
FRANK FITZGERALD, head brakeman.
The injured are: Joe Massey, terribly
crushed and injured internally, death ex-
pected any moment; - Bean, fireman.
Parsons, badly cut about head and leg
broken; - Killarney. fireman, Parsons,
chest crushed and head cut.
The collision occurred on a bridge over
the Arkansas river. There is a sharp
curve near the bridge, and when the en-
gineer saw the danger the engines were
too close to each other to be stopped. The
two engines came together in the middle
of the bridge, the bridge collapsed and
both engines fell into the river. The two
trains caught fire and burned up the bridge
as we'll as the cars. The two engines are
reported to be buried in the quicksand in
the river The local freight was to have
sidetracked at Wymark to let the other
freight pass, but the conductor, it is al
legged misunderstood his orders. Three re-
lief trains, with repairing crews, left here
to-day, and il is thought the road will be
cleared and the bridge repaired so as to be
ready for use by Thursday. Trains are
Fort Smith. Ark, and from there TO the
katy" at South McAlester.
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And i'm Other Cases the Onenses
Charged Against Chinese Were
Less Grave Than Alleged.
SENTRY WHO HIT WRONG MAN
AMERICAN SENT TO PRISON FOR A
MONTH AND ALSO FINED.
to Shoot a German Omcer
Who Rode Him Down, hut Wound
ed Private Soldier.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-It is now ap
parent from mail reports which have just
reached the State Department from China
that it was solely through the moderation
and humanity exercised by the United
States representatives at Peking, by the
Presidents direction, in the early negotia-
tions for a settlement Of the Boxer trouble.
that a number of innocent lives were not
sacrificed. The reports show that the more
sober and painstaking inquiry has devel-
oped the fact that some of the Chinese Of
ficials supposed 20 have been connected
with the Boxer outrages, whose capital
punishment was demanded by the foreign
ministers. have been proved to be entirely
innocent of the charges made against them.
In many other cases proof has been ad-
duced that the offenses with which the
Chinese officials were charged were not
nearly grave was supposed first
by the foreign representatives in Peking.
Therefore, 1t is regarded here by officials
as a matter Of congratulation that Messrs.
Conger and Rockhill moved with delibera-
ton and acted as a restraining influence
in the matter of punishment for not only
were these lives saved but under their
influence the whole list of capital sentences
was reduced from ten TO four and mitiga-
ton of other offenses was obtained.
The last mail from the East has brought
a detailed newspaper account of the shoot
ing affray at Peking. which has resulted in
a German claim against the United States.
The account, which appears in a Japanese
newspaper, states than an American sem
try had been posted at the western ex-
tremity of Legation street, close TO where
the new American legation is building
That portion of Legation street being
newly macadamized and rolled. A barri-
cade had been put. up, and Major Robert
son had posted a sentry on the spot to
warn persons not to ride over the newly
made sod, pedestrians only being allowed
to traverse 1t. A German officer came rid
and the barricade, and galloped across the
forbidden route. The sentry scrambled to
his feet and sent shot after the officer
but missed, and the bullet lodged in the
leg of a German sentry standing on duty
half way down the street. The newspaper
says that the American was sentenced to
one months imprisonment and fined a
months pay. presumably for hitting the
wrong man..
Full mail reports that reach Washing
ton respecting the recent uprising on the
Korean island of Quelpart say that il Is
not improbable the presence on the scene
of trouble of two French gunboats and one
Japanese warship may lead TO foreign in
rebellious attitude il will be difficult. if
not impossible. for the Korean government
to put il down without foreign assistance
The French minister at Seoul reports that
the employment of native Catholics to col
lect exorbitant taxes caused the natives TO
persecute their brethren.
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On the Berlin Bourse.

BERLIN. July l5.-The decline on the
London Stock Exchange to-day in Ameri-
can railway shares and the shares Of the
United States Steel Corporation was re-
sponded TO here with heavy offerings OF
Canadians. which fell points and then
recovered ?. Failures continued in Saxony
as result OF the Eeipsiger Bank collapse.
The Gera worsted spinnery failed to-day.
and another worsted spinnery failed Sat
uTday.
The Cologne Gazette prints a very pessi-
mistic report to the iron market. Al
though the market is more quiet" IL says
"the outlook is discouraging owing tc the
accumulation of stocks at the works. Con-
hdence in an early Improvement of condi-
tions is waning" Ii mentions numbers OF
insOlvencies and refers TO arrangements by
many smaller dealers with their creditors.
Throughout the entire domestic market"
continues the Cologne Gazette. there is
renewed indisposition 10 place orders no.
ticeable. Only those absolutely necessary
are given. The larger works. therefore.
are beginning to hunt more eagerly for or
ders, which causes declines I'm price and
leads also 10 keener competition for for
eign orders. a remedy for the present
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MYSTERIOUS GLENN CASE.


PARKERSBURG. w. Va. July 15-An-
other day of the Ellis Glenn case has con-
cluded and the woman is still as mysterious
ever. The main evidence to-day was
given by Hillsboro witnesses, who testified
that the prisoner drank whisky with them
and visited gambling houses. quite a sur
prise was sprung when IL was reported
that f. b. Glenn. the much-wanted man.
was in the room. but an investigation
failed 10 locate him. The State asked TO be
allowed TO examine the prisoners head 20
determine whether there was a scar there.
The Judge would not allow IL.
The charge of forgery has been lost
sight OF in the effort TO prove the identity
OF the prisoner. The rubber trappings
worn by Glenn when sent TO the peniten-
tiary in Illinois. were produced evidence
to-day by enc OF the witnesses from Illi-
nois The trial may last many days. The
attorneys for Ellis Glenn had a conference
and discussed appealing the habeas corpus
proceedings. which were dismissed In the
United States Court by Judge Jackson last
winter. This would stop the trial In Grim
inal Court just where IL Is until the writ
of habeas corpus Is heard by Judge Gon.
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FIFTEEN NEGROES KILLED.
Alleged to Have Been Shot i'm a Fight
with Mexicans.

HEREFORD. Tex, July 15.-Word reached
this place to-day of pitched battle and
wholesale killing between Mexicans and
negroes, who are working the new
Rock Island extension in New Mexico. one
hundred miles west of here. The trouble
originated in the killing of a Mexican by
a negro some weeks ago. The authorities
undertook to arrest the assailant, but his
friends interfered, and they were obliged
to withdraw. Last week thirty-five or
forty Mey armed themselves with
Winchesters and went after the negro. A
fight took place, in which fifteen negroes
were killed outright and several wounded.
The casualties among the Mexicans cannot
be learned. The trouble occurred at Spen-
GERS railroad camp near Liberty. n. NJ.
in a sparsely settled portion Of the Terri
tory where police officers are few and the
law is not rigidly enforced.
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CRAZED BY HAZING.
Grandson of Rear Admiral Craven
Sent TO BIomingdaie Asylum

NEW YORK. July l5.-Harry Craven. the
grandson OF the late Rear Admiral Craven,
L. s. N. was committed by Supreme Court
Justice Dykman. 10 Bloomingdaie Asylum
to-day. The doctors say he is a hopeless
lunatic. He is nineteen years old. 1t is
said the boys madness was brought on
four years ago when he was a student at
the Naval Academy at Annapolis One
night while out with number OF students
h. was hazed. IL Is said, and from that
time his mind began TO weaken.
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FIGHT IN COURTROOM.
Prisoner and His Brother and Sister
Attack "a Jail Guard.

UPPER SANDUSKY, o.. July 15.-Dur-
ing the progress of the Johnson murder
trial here to-day Willis Miller. the de-
fendant. attacked Guard Grundtisch, of
the county jail, who had just given testi-
mony which Miller characterized as per
jury. \ brother and sister of Miller Joined
Ia the attack on GrundtiSch and a desper-
ate struggle ensued. a general fight fol-
lowed. number OF women tainted and
others screamed In terror. When they
tried 10 leave the room they We're trampled
by the excited mob. Judge Tobias ad-
journed court and Miller was taken 10 Jail
under guard
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schIakburger's Wife "a Prisoner.

LONDON, July 15.-Lord Kitchener. in a
dispatch TO the War Office. confirms the
report OF the capture of the wife Of acting
President Schalkburger. and says the pris-
oner has been brought into Pretoria
Colonel Scobells column surprised and
captured Scheeper's laager at Camdeboo
July IA. taking thirty-one prisoners and
capturing a quantity OF ammunition and
stores. Scheeper, with the bulk of his COM
mando escaped. There were no British
casualties. Most of the prisoners are reb-
els
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STRONG OUT OF THE ARMY.
His Resignation Captain Accepted
by Secretary Root.

WASHINGTON. july 15.-Secretary Root
has directed the War Department 10 ac-
cept the resignation of Capt. Putnam
Bradlee Strong. TO take effect Immediately
Captain Strong will be notified by teIe-
graph and he will not sail for Manila on
the transport Grant tomorrow. The ac-
ceptance OF the resignation precludes any
action by the military authorities against
Captain Strong.
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LONDON. July 16.-"The Russian civil
administrator here" says dispatch to the
Morning Post from Nieu-Chwang. dated
July Il. has prepared proclama ton de-
cIaring that the port of Nieu-Chwang has
been taken over by Russia. This will be
issued on receipt OF the official document
from Peking. The proclamation will de-
cree that all houses shall be liable TO tax
o. 90 cents per month and all Chinese to a
poll tax of a dollar and a half a month.
1t will also direct that members of the
various professions must be distinguished
by different clothing
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COFFEE AND SUGAR WAR.
ArbucLIe Brothers Again Fighting
the wooIson spice Company.

COLUMBUS. O.. July 15-war between
Arbuckle Bros. and the Woolson Spice Com
pany has apparently broken out again.
Both firms reduced prices on their package
coffee one-half cent pound to-day Shortly
after the announcement IL was reported
that the Arbuckle Bros. had reduced prices
for refined sugar ten points TO $535. These
companies have fought both I'm the courts
and outside OF them for years. Ii was
;hought that a truce had been Effected.
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POLITICAL DEBTS UNPAID.
Petition i'm Bankruptcy Filed by a
Republican Committee.

BOSTON. July IA petition in bank
ruptcy was fled to-day by stephen NJ
Marshall. SECRETARY OF the Tenth Congress
sional Republican district committee OF
iS9e. The debts OF the committee are shown
10 amount 10 about $Sco II is the first
time since the passage OF the new bank
ruptcy law that a campaign committees
debts have found their way into a bank
ruptcy court.
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TIEN-TSIN, July 1.-THE military COM
manders have directed the provisional gov
ernment of Tien-Tsin to undertake the de-
struction of the Taku forts and the govern
ment has promised TO comply on receipt of
a military guarantee to protect the work
men engaged in the task.
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Treasury Auditors Report.

WASHINGTON. July 15.-The annual re-
port of the auditor for the Treasury De-
partment shows that during the year 1920
accounts were examined. involving s. S06.-
761 oil. as follows: Customs S264 279 cO5;
internal revenue 1858, $50 o54 public debt di-
vision. $40 9S3. 654; miscellaneous. $3.6i5 530.-
l4l Customs. warehouse and bond ac-
counts sl93 625. 331: internal revenue stamp
accounts. SOS. $50. .S26. AS compared with the
previous year the work OF the Office shows
an Increase OF 2.9l2 In the number OF ac-
counts settled and decrease OF 1921. .6S4. 7ii
IN the amount involved.
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Secret Telephone Service for Germany

CHICAGO. July 15.-President Harris, of
the Strowager Automatic Telephone Com
pany, has closed a contract with the Ger
man government for the exclusive use of
the company's telephone throughout the
empire. The system does away with CEN
tral operator and makes communications
secret
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VIENNA. July 1--we learn from off,
cial sources in Paris says the Politische
Correspondent. that the difficulties of or
ganizing an effective European customs
league against the United States are con-
sidered insuperable."
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WASHINGTON. July l5.-Ex-s Senator
Pugh OF Alabama. is seriously i'll at his
home in this city with liver trouble. Satur-
day night the senator was in an extremely
critical condition, but he rallied and to-
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A HeIpian GLASS works scare

BRUSSELS, July 15.-La Gazette says it
is rumored at Mons that an American man
ufacturer has proposed TO buy up all the
Belgian glass works.
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To Construct Railways I'm China.

LONDON. July ia great Belgian,
Russian and French syndicate is forming
here" says the Brussels correspondent of
the Standard, ito construct railways I'm
China. 1t will have a capital of one billion
francs"
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situation cannot be expected until the mar
ket has digested the old high-priced con-
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day his condition was slightly more favor
able His advanced aged, over eighty years,
Is against him.
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by the strike order, in the hope that the
workers may refuse TO come out snould
we decide 10 extend the strike 10 all the
plants Of the corporation"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-10-25
THE ROOF CAVES IN
Frank koltenback, a Farm Hand
Smothsred to Death.
losts MS LIFE m UNUSED CAVE
Ne Wal so0n TO b. Married-L.ifsIes
Body Pound by Members of Family
of Intended Bride-wss highly
Respected-Otber News.


Word comes from beatrice, Neb., oi
a fatal accident which occurred
on the farm Of Mrs. Philip Graf, three
miles west OF that city. Frank Kol-
tenbach, n young man twepty-nine
years OF age, who had been employed
on the farm for the past twelve years,
went into ar unused cav for the pur-
pose Of making some repairs. 1t Is
supposed that he knocked out one OF
the timbers causing the roof to cave in
on him. When ne was missed u few
hours later and investigation made his
nfclcss body was found under the
earth. The deceased was a most high
ly respected German and IL Is said he
was TO be married to the daughter Of
Mrs. Graf.
In view Of the intended marriage IL
Is said Mrs. Graf had bought the Os-
ear Filley residence in beatrice with
the intention of moving there and
leaving the young couple ON the farm.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-10-25

Government in America is practi-
cally shaped In the caucus. For the
Christian man the primary meeting
should be as sacred an appointment as
the place of prayer, and II the Chris
tian men OF a community would inter-
est themselves, they could get good
men nominated" These words, spok-
en- at the recent Christian Endeavor
convention, embody a truth familiar to
all, yet one that 1t Is well to emphasize
during The month before election. The
evils which exist In politics are large
ly the result Of the neglect OF duty
by the very men who most loudly
complain OF them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-10-25
RocKHlLL ON HIS WAY HOME
Toner IL Hopeful Of Continued
Peace In China.

CommIssIoner Is Hopeful ~ Continued
Peace In China.
w. w. Rockhill, the commissioner
who represented the United States in
the conference between the allies and
the Chinese arrived at Victoria, Il. c.,
on the Empress of Japan on his way to
Washington. He has with him n copy
Of the protocol between China aud the
powers, which was recently signed by
the representative Of the powers. He
will proceed directly to Washington.
Affairs in China have assumed their
normal state, the commissioner said,
in answer to a question. lie did rot
anticipate any further outbreak. but
there was no telling what would hap
pen N sChina. The ST called insurrec-
lions in Kan Su and Mauchuria, he
said, were simply local uprisings, and
had been very much exaggerated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-10-25

A curious story comes from the Rus
sian frontier. At the little Russian
town Of Wyst.ten 400 families became
homeless owing u a great n e. The
town being next to Rominten, where
the Emperor William shoots every
year, his majesty not only sent soldi ars
10 help ext.ngui h the fire. but gave
$500 for the distressed townspeop'e
The weather b:ipg inclement. bank
cts were bought for thcs, who were
compelled to camp out Of doors. The
Russian customs ofi,ials refused to
admit the blankets until the high GUS
toms duty. which In Russia is imp5sd
upon such articles, was paid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-10-25

The federal government and the
state of Minnesota will soon clash In
the courts over the question OF the
ownership Of many thousands OF acres
Of valuable lands. The tract In dis
pute Is situated In northern Minnesota,
running from Rainy Lake to Lake SUI
perior, q distances OF about 200 mics
and taking in the entire northern tier
Of townships. The lands are located
in the gold Adds recently discovered
and on that account are considered
very valuable. The lands we're selected
by the state under tbs provisions Of
the Swamp act OF 1860. but It Is con
tended by the Washington officials that
the tract so chosen on the border OF
Canada is not swamp land. heace the
proceedings.