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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-10

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
+. ID. Whites Suicide.

SYRACUSE. n. Y, July 9.-Coroner
Matthews to-day officially reported Freder-
lex ID. Whites death a case of suicide, due
TO neurasthenia.
The c%oroner's investigation of the manner
in which Mr.. White took his life shows
that after he entered the bath room he re-
moved the shoe from his right foot and,
standing the rife on the floor. placed his
mouth over the barrel. With his great toe
he pressed the trigger and sent a forty-four
caliber bullet crushing upward through his
brain. The bail came out through the top
of the head. Portions of the brain tissues
were spattered on the wall near by.
Ambassador White cabled this afternoon,
acknowledging the receipt of the dispatch
announcing the death of his son. The
cablegram contained nothing to indicate
the intention of Ambassador White to re-
sign, and his family here. deny that they
have ever received any suggestion from
him TO the effect that he intends to retire
from the diplomatic service.
Mrs. +. ID. White has partly recovered
from the shock from the discovery of her
husbands body. Tn funeral will be held
Thursday afternoon at the family resi-
dence and will be private.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
A COMING WILL CONTEST.

A recent announcement that Jacob S.
Rogers, the famous locomotive builder, of
Paterson. y. j., had left nearly all of his
vast fortune. amounting TO about $1,000. coo.
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. of New
York. was of public interest, because such
a bequest would make that institution the
most richly endowed one of the kind In the
world and a credit TO the country. Now
comes an announcement that MIR Rogers's
will is to be contested by relatives on the
ground that a codicil sets aside the body
of the will. The latter gave only about
$3.50 900 TO the testator's relatives. while the
codicil bequeaths TO a nephew. naming him,
1.-The sum of seventy-ive thousand thousand
dollars" AS this would be $40. 900. coo. sew
eral times as much as the whole estate
was worth. it would, Of course, leave moth
ing fer the Art Museum. The lawyers"
whoever they may be, are reported as say
ing that the will must stand as 1t is. In
Guiding the codicil. This opinion is evidently
in the interest OF the nephew. and is not
final. Ordinarily a codicil to a will, being
the testator's latest expression, overrules
nv bON va tiS VIII III 81 a as lucy Oil-
hict. but IL is always competent for a court
TO construe both together in seeking TO as
certain the real will of the testator. a court
may also tab judicial notice OF notorious
facts and circumstances In constituting a
will. In this case judicial notice should be
taken OF the facts. said TO be well known,
that the ~testator always held that money
distributed as a gift to relatives did more
harm than good. and that the only money
that was worth anything 10 a person was
money which that person earned or made
himself. As Mr.. Rogers had TO relatives
nearer than nephews n nieces. his be-
quest TO the Art Museum did not disin-
herit any person who had special claims
upon him. Ii is also known that he did not
like his relatives. 1t is said he drew his own
will and that IL was Endorsed by good law
yers as sound and valid. The codicil is in
his own handwriting and indicates an in
tention TO make special provision for a
nephew not named in the body Of the will.
1t must be evident TO any reasonable per-
son that the phraseology OF the codicil Is
an error. due TO a slip OF the pen. No sane
man. especially a business man shrewd
enough 10 have amaSsed a fortune OF sew
eral million dollars. would write seventy
five thousand thousand dollars" TO express
S75.0c0.0o. nor would any sane man make
a single beQuest OF nearly ten times the
value OF his whole estate. The conclusion is
irresistible that the unusual expression.
"seventy-fve thousand thousand dollars
was a mistake on the part OF the testator.
and does not express HIS real intention. 1t
furnishes a pretext for attacking the will
which relatives will te sure TO avail them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
R WITH FORGERY.
A Young Man Wanted in Terre Haute
for Alleged ~SwindIing.

A dispatch from Terre Haute last night
stated that a man who had attempted a
swindle under the name of John Morley.
an alleged employee of Buffalo Bill, had
been identified as d. NJ. Martin, Of this
city, and that he is wanted there also for
the passing of a check for SIS TO which the
name of ". f. English had been forged.
The check was cashed by w. c. Ball, edi-
tor of the Terre Haute Gazette, after which
the payee of the check disappeared.
The dispatch states that two months ago.,
while Buffalo Bill was exhibiting there.
John Myerly. a gunner, was injured by the
premature discharge of a cannon. Buffalo
Bill had him sent to the hospital and made
arrangements for him to have the best of
care. Morley arrived in the city and called
upon Myerley's physician, DR.. Jenkins. ask
ing If he had not received a Geographic
order 10 pay him $40, representing that he
was an employee of Buffalo Bits Academy
in wyoming. The doctor had not. Shortly
thereafter he received such a message, but
declined to give the stranger the money.
Morley then sent a message TO Wyoming,
stating that the physician was not in the
city and requesting them 10 send the money
by telegraph. The Wyoming office took the
precaulion TO specify that the money should
be paid 10 John Myerly, who was in the
hospital. hut Morley. by claiming that he
was the man who had been in the hospital,
was unable TO get the money and disap-
peared. Buffalo Bills treasurer after being
doubtedly David NJ. Martin. of Indianapolis,
and should be arrested. The check was
Cashed after the attempt TO get the money
out OF the Buffalo Bill Company had failed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
PERHAPS A NEW DEMOCRATIC
SSCE

1t is no part of the business of the jour
nal to furnish issues for the Democracy,
but there are times when it is moved to
pity them. 1t is not pleasant TO see a
once great political party rushing to and
fro In sheer bewilderment, running of after
false scents and barking up one stump
after another in search Of an issue that
may enable it to pull itself together-any
old root, as it were, that may help 1T to
drag itself onto solid ground. Therefore. the
Journal advises the Democratic managers
to keep an eye on the Oklahoma question.
There is the germ of a great issue there-no
bigger than a mans hand yet, but with
the potentialities of a great cloud.
The reading public is aware that ex-
congressman and ~ex-Judge William NJ.
Springer. formerly of Illinois and later of
Oklahoma. as counsel for Lone Wolf and
a few other Indians, made "A determined
fight against the opening of the reservation
to white settlement, which has just been
ordered. Mr.. Springer was formerly a
Democratic leader in the House. In this
land question he took the ground that the
government policy of doing away with the
tribal organizations of the Indians and
dividing their lands i'm severalty. paying
them cash for the surplus to be opened to
white settlement, was unjust to the In
dians and in violation of their aboriginal
rights. which he claimed were even higher
than treaty rights. The government could
not see the matter i'm that light and went
on NTH tie nranarafiopC to 0nan the
reservations pursuant to the assent of a
majority of the Indians, and the Presi-
dents proclamation on the subject has been
issued. But Mr.. Springer has not fired his
last shot yet. He has not played his trump
card. He announces his intention to apply
in an Oklahoma court for an injunction re-
straining the register and receiver of the
land office. the surveyors and all other per-
sons from doing anything whatever to
carry out the proclamation OF the Presi-
dent. He will contend that all the proceed
iugs for opening the reservations are in
violation OF the provision of the Constitu-
ton which says, mo person shall be de-
prived of life. liberty or property without
due process of law" and are therefore
null and void.
Here is a chance for the Democratic
party. Let 1t spring to the support of the
gallant Springer and make the cause of
Lon Wolf. White Buffalo. Narwoba and
Too-wi-car-no its own. Let it plant itself
on the Constitution and denounce a Re-
publican administration for ignoring the
freedom and equality of the indians and
trying to establish, government without the
consent of the governed. The issue would
fit in well with anti-imperialism. and i'm the
hands of a few great men like-well, like
most any of the Democratic leaders who
are now hunting for an issue, might prove
as useful as any they have had for many
years. 1t could not prove less so. and it
would do no harm TO try. An old adage says
Mans extremity is Gods opportunity
Who knows but this Oklahoma question is
political mamma sent TO feed the Democracy
while they are wandering in the wilder
ness?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
WILL CONFER TOMORROW.
AmaIgamntcd Association Scale
Trouble May BE Adjusted.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July "a more hope
full atmosphere pervaded the headquarters
Of both the steel combine and the Anal
gamated Association to-day. As the result
of the preliminary conference between
President Shaffer. of the A-malgamated
Association. and Warner Arms. represent
ing the combines interests. last evening.
the Wellsville trouble which yesterday
threatened to undo all that had been done
toward effecting a peaceable settlement of
the strike, was not referred 10 to-day. and
everything pointed to amicable adjust
ment OF all differences at the conference
set for next Thursday.
President Shafer said he considered the
questions 10 be considered at the confer
ence 10 be most grave and for that reason
he thought 1t best 10 call in the general
executive board. composed Of the highest
officers of the association. instead of con-
sulting with the conferees who usually
meet To consider such questions. This board
has only been called together once before.
and that was during the trouble at the
Woods plant. at Mckeesport, last April. II
is composed OF President Theodore ]. Shat
fer. Vice President r. j. Williams. OF Birm-
ingham, Ala; Vice President Glen Jarvis.
Of Anderson. Ind: Vice President Charles
s. Davis, OF Newport. KY; Vice President
Walter Larkin. of Wheeling. w. Va: Vice
President John F. Ward. OF Youngstown,
o.: Vice President John Quinn. of Granite
City. H.: Vice President r. ID. Rees. Of
P%ittsburg. and Vice President John c.
Chappelle, OF Youngstown. o.; Secretaries
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
Had Decided to Surrender the Ambns-
sadorship Before News Of His
Sons Death Reached Him.
BRITISH LIBERALS NOT SPLIT
VOTED CONFIDENCE IN SIR ENR
CAMPBELL-DANNERMAN
CcnciIiatOry Speech by the Opposition
Leader of the House, Who Was
Criticised by MIR. Asquith.

BERLIN, July 9.-Although the United
States ambassador, Andrew d. White,
quite recently denied to the correspondent
Of the Associated Press that he intends
to resign. the correspondent now learns
from a close personal friend Of Mr.. White
that he VIII resign next year, upon reach
ing his seventeen year. Mr.. Whites de-
cision 10 resign was taken before the
news of his sons suicide yesterday reached
him, out 1t is believed the sons death
renders Mr.. Whites decision irrevocable.
Mr.. White is at present staying at Sass
nitz. Island of Ruegen. in the Baltic.
Therefore, he was personally inaccessible
TO the correspondent. Horace G. White, of
Syracus~ cabled to Secretary Jackson
early this morning the news of the death
of Frederick D.. White, but did not say
he had committed suicide. The correspond
ent. after receiving the details of f. d..
Whites death. wired to Ambassador
Mrs. White, saying: Your telegram.
fortunately, has not reached Mr.. White.
We have no details as yet"
The correspondent understands that Mr..
White Is greatly shocked and nervously
depressed at the death of his son. Mrs.
her husband. has thus far withheld the
news of their sons suicide. intending to
gently break 1t to Mr.. White. kilograms
OF sympathy are being sent from Berlin
to Sessnitz, one of the first being from
Baron kichthofen. the German foreign
minister.
1t was the intention of Mr.. White, when
he went TO Sassnitz this summer, to re-
main there during his entire vacation, com
ing TO Berlin only if emergencies required
his presence here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
JUNE A HEALTHY MONTH
1T Is DUE TO PEOPLE GENERALLY
LEADING OUT-OF-DOOR LIFE.
During the Month in Indiana There
Were 2,243 Deaths-Other
Health Statistics.

1.-THE death and sickness rate in Indiana
for the month of June is very much less
than the rate for May" said Secretary
Hurry, of the State Board of Health, yes
terday, and this is due very largely to
the fact that June was an open month
and people could spend most of their time
outdoors in the fresh air. 1t is in sucn
months that diseases of the lungs and air
passages are curtailed in the performance
of their deadly work"
The mortality and sickness reports Of the
Health Board for the month of June are
full Of interest. They show that the total
number of deaths in June was 2.243. In
May 2,S39 people died in Indiana. The June
death rate was 1913. while in May it was
1871.
The deaths at the more important ages
were: Under one year, in May 413. June
$50; one 10 five inclusive, in May 2o2, June
1876; sixty-fve years and over, in May
745, June fS6.
The number of deaths from diphtheria
and scarlet fever showed a gratifying de-
crease over the month of May. In June
there were only fifteen deaths from diph-
iberia and eleven from scarlet fever.
The sharpest decline appeared in pneu-
mCnia, the mortality OF which In May was
404 and IN June only 101. This is one OF
the diseases that. is seriously hampered In
Its destructiveness by outdoor living.
The State Health Board declares its firm
belief that the steady monthly decline in
fatality OF typhoid fever is directly due 10
the persistent instruction that is given to
the public as TO the way to prevent this
disease. In May thirty-nine people died
of typhoid fever, but in June the number
shrank to twenty-five.
Cancer was one of the few diseases that
showed greater malignity in June than in
MAY. Last month there were eighty-three
deaths from cancer, while in May the num-
Der was sev~enty-eight.
The sickness reports received by the
state board show an Increase in area OF
prevalence of the following diseases during
June over the month of May: Dlarrhoea,
cholera morbus. Inflammation of the bow
els. cholera infantum and dysentery. The
increase amounted to over 100 per cent.
Diseases that decreased their area OF prev
alence were tonsilitis, rheumatism, measles.
bronchitis, typhoid fever, pneumonia and
influenza. The last two diseases named
show a decrease of 80 per cent. Pleurlt1s
and whooping cough also show a decrease.
'"To sum the matter up said DR.. Hurry,
there was a decidedly beneficial increase
In the healthiness of the people OF Indiana
last month. according TO the morbidity and
mortality reports received and tabulated
by the Health Board. Expressed numer-
ically. this beneficial increase was at least
% ~ar cant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
A CABLE TELEGRAPH WAR.

TIL Journal has received a copy Of a
brief addressed to the secretary of war in
voking his aid in the interest of COMPETE
tion in cable telegraphy between the United
States and Cuba. The controversy 10 which
the brief relates has been going on for
some time, the parties to it being the
Western Union Telegraph Company on one
side and on the other the Commercial
Cable Company. the Postal Telegraph
Gable Company and the United States
and Hayti Telegraph and Gable Company.
The Western Union Telegraph Company is
the Oldest of all these corporations, and by
virtue Of certain grants obtained from
Congress and from the Spanish government
in 1866. it claims the exclusive right to
handle all cable business between the
United States and Cuba, both ways. The
establishment of such monopolies is not in
accordance with the spirit of modern COM
mercial enterprise, which demands for cor
porations as we'll as for individuals a fair
field and no favors. The companies OPP
posed to the Western Union. and which
represent the spirit of competition, allege
that its grant of special privileges was OBJ
tanned by misrepresentation and fraud, and
is. therefore. invalid. The brief above re-
ferred is in reply TO a communication
addressed to the secretary of war by the
Western Union Company. asking him to
instruct United States officials, in charge of
the Cuban telegraph lines at Santiago.
Cuba, to refuse to accept for transmission
over such Cuban lines messages received
over any but the Western Union lines. In
other words, the secretary of war is asked
TO use the authority of the United States
to prevent legitimate competition in cable
communication with a part of the world in
which the American people are becoming
more deeply interested every day. Aside
from the fact that the power of the secre-
tary is thus invoked to establish a monop-
oily. the whole question seems to be a legal
one which should be settled by the courts.
AS the secretary of war is a good lawyer.
it is highly probable he will take this view
Of the case, which is all the three COM
peting companies ask.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
Strike and Other Labor Notes.

Notices were posted yesterday in the
four mills Of the Susquehanna Iron and
Steel Company at Columbia. Pa. stating
that on and after Monday. July %. the
company will pay an advance of * cents a
ton for puddlers. increasing their wages
from $3.50 to 80. Is per ton.
No attention will be paid to the PROPOSE
ton for a settlement of the mach;nists'
strike made by President James OConnen.
of the machinists. to the National Metal
Trades Association. This was the state
ment of Edwin Reynolds. president OF the
association. made at Milwaukee last night.
Not a single Philadelphia * Reading
striking employe in Reading returned TO
work yesterday. The men have apparently
rejected the latest proposition. OF acting
President Welsh. II is said that al the
SUNDAY morning conference or MI. Neish:
Vice President Voorhees, and the strikers
representatives the railroad officials would
give no assurances as to the basis OF IN
crease which the men might look Tor; thus
leaving the men in a state OF uncertainty
Yesterdays session of the bottle glass
blowers convention at Milwaukee was hoid
behind closed doors and was devoted most
ly to a discussion of the terms on ~hlch
they would admit to emembership 2,eD
prescription bottle blowers of the Flint
Glass Association. The matter was not
on Friday. The only other business yes
which show an increase Of 200 in the mem
oership during the past year. The wage
scale will be taken up to-day. and when
decided Will be submitted to the manufac-
turers conference at Atlantic City, prob
ably in August.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
MEETING OF


LONDON, July 9.-The much-discussed
meeting of Liberals called by Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, the Liberal leader
in the House of Commons. with the object
of ascertaining whether he still retains
the confidence of the party. was held at
the Reform Club to-day. and resulted in
the adoption of a vote of confidence in the
leader of the opposition. All factions of
Liberals attended. The Liberal-Imperial-
lists, headed by II. H. Asquith. were there
almost to a man, but Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman and Sir William Vernon Har-
court were the only two who received any
marked recognition on entering. The
crowd watching the arrivals greeted them
with cries of "How's your friend kruger"
Sir Henry made a conciliatory speech. The
lmperialists showed that they would not
he associated with any ant-national pol
icy, but the gathering was harmonious
and seems to have resulted in a temporary
clearing of the air.
In the course Of his speech, Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman met the Imperialists
so far as to say the war must be brought
TO a victorious conclusion, but he thought
the LIBERALS ought TO insist on amnesty
in the settlement: While the country had
the sword in one hand IL ought TO have the
olive branch in the other and show a dis
position to come TO terms with an enemy
that had fought so bravely.
Mr.. Asquith expressed the highest appre-
Campben-Bannerman, but at the same
time he regretted that the Liberal leader
in the House had not been more outspoken
than on the impossible attempt to reconcile
differences. He urged that those taking
the views which he himself held should
be free to express their opinions within
supported the resolution of confidence in
Sir Henry embellishments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10

a positive diagnosis DE given of a mans
mental condition. the more especially as
the sanest OF persons would be reason
ably sure to show excitement OF even to
become violent after entrance there. Thir-
ty days is only a fair limit in which TO
test the sanity. The detention Is hard on
the sane victims OF the professional lunacy
commission. Of course. but the hospital Of
fcers can follow no other rule in justice
to themselves. Mr.. Ross was fortunate
enough to secure release early, but he
would no doubt have been given his liberty
at the end Of a months stay in any case.
This reasonable certainty that no sane
person is permanently confined in the Cen
trail or any other hospital in the State
does not i'm the least lessen the outrage
perpetrated by the commission knowingly
sending such person there, but 1t must
relieve the apprehension of those who
might otherwise feel anxious concerning
friends or relatives in the institutions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
Talk of a Brewery War.

Several cases charging saloon keepers
with violating the law by keeping their
places Of business open on Sunday Will be
tried to-day at Broad Ripple before Justice
White. The cases were first filed in JUS
tice Shocks court. and are said TO be the
result Of "a fight between the brewery in
~terests. a combination having been made
10 fight the Cincinnati Brewing Company,
of Hamilton. o.. which has about sixty
five or seventy customers who handle the
Hamilton. o.. beer exclusively. II is said
these saloon keepers were warned and
close. The fight is said 10 have started
because Indianapolis and Terre Haute
brewer,es sold beer In Hamilton at s..
Here the price Is 1870. All OF the beer sold
in Hamilton is said 10 have found it's way
into the hands OF the Cincinnati Brewing
Company. which sold Il at higher prices
In other cities. The afidavits in the cases
were signed by a man giving the name OF
David Search.