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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-03
MORTALITY AMONG FILIPINos.
One-Sixth Either Killed by Ameri-
cans or Dead of Dengue Fever.

NEW YORK, May 2.-Brigadier General
Bell, who has just arrived in Washington
direct from the Philippines, where he was
in of four departments of south
ern Luzon, is quoted in a Times special
from the capital as saying: "One-sixth Of
the natives of Luzon have either been
killed or have died of the dengue fever IN
the last two years. The loss of life by kill
ing alone has been very great. but l think
that not one man has been slain except
where his death served the legitimate pur-
pose of war. 1t has been necessary to
adopt what in other countries probably
would be thought harsh measures. for the
Filipino is tricky and crafty and has to be
fought in his own way.
''One of my sentinels was beheaded with
in $50 yards of my headquarters. His exc
c%utioner was a boloman. who came into
camp disguised as a fruit vender. He had
his bolo hid in his basket. and at the OPP
perfume moment drew it. and with one blow
cut off the sentinel's head.
The Filipinos in my district were i'm the
habit of stopping the wagons Of natives
and imposing a tax of one American dollar
OH each load of hemp. Frequent complaints
were made to me. and one day I sent Can
tain Hand, of the Forty-fifth Infantry, to
stop the practice. He and six men con-
cealed themselves in a covered wagon.
When they were held up they opened fire
Oh the insurgents. and five OF them were
killed. After that there was no more levy
ing of taxes.
THE insurgents also caused us much
trouble by tampering with our telegraph.
and for a while were obliged TO treat every
one outside of our lines as an enemy. If a
man was caught within $50 yards OF "A tele-
graph pole he was shot. On one occasion
six FilfninOg were found dead holding IN a
wire which they had wrapped about a tree
No one knew who shot them, but their fate
was sufficient to keep any of their com
rades from tampering with the lines
again"
General Bell is at Washington as the
president of the army board that Is 10 ex-
anime the candidates for second lieutenant
cies. He says that he supposes the exam
nations will be framed TO suit men who
have been IN the field for some time, and
not those fresh from college.
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l 7 NEWS ITEMS.

Hiram Stevenson. of oxford. Ind. was
appointed TO a place on the force of State
house Custodian Krietenstein yesterday.
The Rev. DR.. c. y. Sims will occupy the
pulpit of the Meridi7n-street NJ. r.. Church
Sunday morning. and for several days Will
be the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Bur
ford.
The Rev. William A. Quayle. of the
Meridian-street NJ. Il. Church. has an
nounced that he will so 10 Kansas City
June %. three months earlier than he had
planned 10 leave.
The Young Peoples Society of Hall-place
Church will give "A musical entertainment
May : al S o'clock at the church. Jessie
Robinson. Ethel Turner. Martha Wash
burn. Ruth rankin. Scott Wade and Paul
Sheehan will give musical numbers
+. r. Shoemaker. president OF the De
Kalb county board Of health. has written
the State Board OF Health that. on account
of the prevalence OF smallpox In that local
sty the Assistance OF the state Board Is
needed. Secretary Hurry viii visit De
kalb county at once.
An outbreak OF pleuro-pncumonia among
cattle has been reported TO the state Board
OF Health By the health officer OF Marshall!
county. The disease il one OF great con-
tagion and exceedingly deadly i'm its effects.
So that prompt quarantine measures Will
have to be instituted.
The regular monthly meeting OF the state
Florists Association will be held Tuesday
evening. May 4. In the assembly rooms Of
the Commercial club. At this meeting the
committees ndNihA AZ tNdlFt the dildlkt-
mentS for the exhibitions to be given I'm
November and February will report.
The directors OF the Marion club will meet
tonight. when the report OF the committee
appointed TO investigate the matter OF new
improvements tn The clubhouse will be re-
ceived. The matter OF the erection OF "A
new clubhouse Will also come uD IN con-
nection with the Improvement project.
The time FOR the opening OF contrncts for
the construction OF the new Bates Hous..
las been changed from May 10 10 May p. as
some OF the bidders have asked FOR mora
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time. The specifications provide for the
completion Of the building within one year
from the time work on the demolition OF
the present structure is begun.
The Chautauqua Winona Reading Circle
will give an entertainment Monday even
ing in the parlorS of the COllege-aNenue
Baptist Church. MIR. r. a. Cattern, direc-
tor of the Chautauqua bureau OF EXTENSION
will give a stereopticon lecture on the
WInona and Chautauqua work. All who are
interested are invited.
Several ministers of the city have decided
to make Sunday a day for sermons on char
ity work. with the special object of assist
ing the work Of the Flower Mission. Flow
erS which may be sent TO the churches Tor
decorative purposes will afterward be sent
to sick children, under direction of a COM
mittee from the mission.
Warden George a. H. Shideler. of the
State Prison, was a caller at the office or
Auditor of State Hart yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Shideler came TO the Statehouse Tor
the purpose of making his regular month
~ financial statement to the auditor and
TO draw from the treasury the PRISONS
share of the appropriation for mainte-
nance.
There have been LOCI cases of measles
thus far this year. according to reports
filed with the City Board of Health, and ten
year. Seventeen cases of measles have been
reported from the indianapolis Orphans
Home. and one death, and the Free Kinder
garten school at the home has been aban-
ooned for the time being.
Major Krietenstein. custodian of the
State Capitol, expressed himself last night
as highly plased with the work done by
the local detective and police departments
in the apprehension and conviction OF the
vandsls that defaced the Hendricks monii-
ment and carried away many IN
the Capitol building. Detectives Holtz and
Morgan did particularly fine work in the
case" said Major Krietenstein.
The gypsy tribes which have been at
war" for several weeks in their camp in
Hammo1d's grove have patched up their
differences and will in a few days journey
together TO Buffalo, where their boards OF
gold will be increased by contributions
from the easy" ones attending the exposi-
ton. Their numerous cases in the justices
courts have been settled by pleas of guilty
in some of the. cases and the dismissal OF
the rest.
The Cummings Voting Machine Company
Logan placing it's machinery in position
in the Bryce poVer building on South street
yesterday, and il is said that voting ma
chimes will be turned out IL two or three
weeks. Should the commission appointed
by Governor Durbin favorably pass upon
the voting machine question, and the Coun-
ty Commissioners decide to make a pur-
chase for the coming city election. the
company proposes TO make "a bid for fur
rishing machines. If voting machines are
used the city will have to be redistricted,
sc that there will be six hundred voters IL
each precinct. The county will have to
make a loan to purchase machines. and
the commissioners are as yet divided about
borrowing.
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LIST or
remaining in indianapolis Postomce
Thursday. Hny =. S0I

II not called for in two weeks these letters will
be sent 10 the dead letter once. Persons calling
for letters IN the following list viii please say
they are advertised. give cate o. list and pay .
cent for those obfained. frec delivery OF letters
by carrier 10 TIE acoressee's residence can be Sc
cured by observing the following rules.
First-Dircct letters plainly TO street and num-
Der.
~Second-Request your correspondents to do like
wise.
d-H written or printed request for re-
turn on your envelope. giving street and number.
tourth-Jse ink when addressing letters when
possible. and leave sufficient open space az top
OF envelope for lamps and pOstinark.
Letters addressed 20 persons known 10 be tran
silent should be marked Transient in lower
left-hand corner OF envelope. "A. b. c. General
Delivery or similarly addressed letters are
fictitious and not deliverable.
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EFFICACY OF "A SUPPER
IT CAUSED 4 NAN AMI WIFE TO BE-
COME RECONCILED.
WflIiam Il. Brown Was Attorney for
Both-Good VIII Not Taxable
Other Court Cases.

William T. Brown yesterday dismissed
the suit Of Georgia Ross against her hus-
band. James W. Ross, for divorce. He
jubilantly remarked that both parties were
his clients and he had the pleasure of dis
posing OF the case in a more pleasant man
ner than IL it had gone TO the courts. BY
having both parties virtually his clients
he engineered a scheme that ended in the
wife and husband having a conference,
and deciding that they did not want a di-
vorce. but on the contrary, one could not
do without the other. Mr.. Brown said that
when he was first called he asked them If
they were sure they could not live to-
gether. They answered i'm the affirmative.
but after several weeks he said he was
convinced that neither wanted a divorce,
and then he began TO play for time. He
finally arranged that they should meet
In his office. but they met on the street
one day instead. Ross was invited 10 take
supper with his wife. and then Mr.. Brown
lost his clients. He talked TO each while
the case was pending and says he is much
better satisfied than if they had been di-
yorced.
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Interstate OratoricaI Contest.

DIES MONIES, Ia, May 1.-The Inter-
state Oratorical Association held its annual
meeting here this afternoon and contest
this evening. The contest resulted: r. Loot
bourrow, Baker University, Kansas, "Ori-
ent and Occident." first; w. r. Davis, Ripon
College. Wisconsin, Hamlet" second: G..
NJ. Cavenere. Iowa Wesleyan, The
True Republicanism," third. Indiana Uni-
versity was represented by w. c. Tyler,
whose subject was "The Middle West.
Other schools participating We're: Eureka.
Illinois; Wooster. Ohio: Carlton, Mime
sofa: State University, Colorado; Wesleyan,
Nebraska; Larkio, Missouri.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-03
INDIANA
Two Aged Residents Of Wayne County
Go TO Their Long Rest.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. May 1.-The oldest
resident of Wayne county died to-day in
the person Of Zadock Nye, who was in his
n~inety-sixth year. He was born in Massa-
chusetts. He had resided IN this county
career was that OF a merchant. His widow
and two sons survive. Mr.. and Mrs. Nye
celebrated their s~ixty-hfth wedding ami
versary I'm February.
HAGERSTOWN. Ind. May Eliza
Conway, wife OF William Conway. the
noted horseman. dice at her home. near
here. this morning. aged eighty-threc. Eliza
Robertson was born near Jacksonburg, I'm
Wayne county. on May IL. 1918: married to
William Conway on Sept q. 1883. After re-
siding a few years on "A farm I'm Henry
county. MIR and Mrs. Conway purchased
the large farm I'm Walnut Level. three miles
east OF Hagerstown. where they nave con-
tinued To live for hfty-one years. They
were the parents OF. eight children four OF
whom are living.
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FIVE STATES REPRESENTED.
SynOdicaI Meeting of the German
Evangelical Church at V~incennes.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, May 1.-THE Indiana dis
trict conference of the German Evangel-
ical Synod of North America opened its
fifteenth annual meeting here this after
noon. The district includes five States, In
diana, Ohio. Kentucky, Georgia and Ala
hama. One hundred and fifty ministers and
delegates are present. The annual report
of the president, the Rev. Frederick hon
mann. of Pleasant Ridge, o., showed the
past year to have been one OF great pros
perity and growth. In the district there
are one hundred congregations and eighty
five ministers, with a total membership OF
q, 400 During the year $loo.OvO mas peen
expended on new churches. $13,S1S on inn
provement of churches, and church debts
aggregating SIS, go have been paid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-03

WASHINGTON. May 2.-Major Miller.
chief quartermaster at Manila. has cabled
the War Department an approximate
schedule OF the sailings OF transports from
Manila with troops TO be mustered out ~
service, as follows: May 10. Hancock. with
the Thirty-hrst. Buford. with the Forty
first: Pennsylvania. witt the Fortieth. May
eighth. Forty-third and Forty-fourth: Indi-
ana. with the Forty-second. May q, Grant.
with the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth.
Ohio with the Forty-seventh. II there
should be any surplus they will be sent on
the Thomas.
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DIVORCE COMPLAINTS.
Lottie HoyIe Was Assaulted by Her
MISUNDERSTANDING shobe's Case.

Lottie boyle yesterday brought suit
against her husband. John Hoyle. for di-
vorce. She alleges that he was cruel to
her. beat her and was several times ar
rested FOR assaulting her. She also charges
that her husband once assaulted her with
a razor and the marks OF assault are still
on her body.
Amanda Shobe brought suit against her
husband. Robert Shobe. for divorce. alleg-
Ing that he deserted her four months after
their marriage and enlisted In the regular
army as an unmarried man.
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SUIT AGAINST BERGHOFF
NANDAMJS ASKED IN THE FORT
WAYNE POLICE ROW.
Sharp Politics at Madison-Synod
Meets ut Vincennes-DistiIIery Fire
mt Terre Haute-Obituary.
,ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, May faction was
begun in the Circuit Court to-day to COM
pei. by mandamus. City Controller Berg
hon to accept and approve the bond offered
by the newly appointed commissioners of
public safety. Judge O'Rourke was out Of
town and had appointed John Morris, jr.,
to sit in the case. Judge Morris issued a
writ requiring Berghon 10 show cause on
Saturday next, three days before the cleo
ton. why the writ should not issue. The
bill of complaint was prepared by r. S.
Taylor. w. j. Vesey and j.. b. Harper.
The action of Judge O'Rourke in leaving
the court in the hands of a Republican
threw the Berghoff forces into cOnsterna-
ton.
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Towpnth Again i'm Litigation.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, May Appraisers
in the condemnation proceedings Of the
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Com
pany VS.. Dukes & Shirk reported the value
of the canal towpath from Roanoke TO
Huntington at 81, 500. Now the Fort Wayne
& Wabash Railroad Company. which claims
TO have acquired the towpath from Dukes
x Shirk, has filed Injunction proceedings
ern Company from asserting any further
claim to or interest In the property. Both
companies declare their purpose to build
an electric line on the towpath.
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James j. Jeffries, champion pugilist Of
the world, arrived i'm the city yesterday
morning. This is the first visit of the
champion TO this city. and every time that
he appeared on the streets yesterday and
last night he was an object of interest. t
the present time Jeffries is somewhat over
fighting weight. Jeffries is looking with
much interest 10 the negotiations of the
Twentieth century Club of San Francisco
for a match between him and Gus Rubin,
the Akron giant. He says he never worked
harder in his life than when training for
the fight with Rubin which was to have
taken place in Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-03

LAGRANGE, Ind, May 2.-Dr. Francis
T. Griffith died at his home here on Mon
day and was buried yesterday. He was a
member from Lagrange county of the STATE
Legislature in 1862 and 1864. Later he held
the office of clerk in the Pension Depart
ment at Washington, was census super
visor of the Twelfth district in 1880. and
Until his death had served the county
faithfully as health officer.
ENGLISH. Ind, May 2.-William T Carr,
a prominent citizen and lumber dealer of
this place, is dead of heart failure He was
the Oldest Mason in the county and was a
leading member OF the Christian Church..
He was seVenty-nine years old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-03
Whites Murderer Convicted.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2-Amos Ster-
ling, colored, was to-day convicted of muir
der in the first degree for the killing of
Roy Wilson White, the young University
of Pennsylvania professor formerly of
Richmond, Ind, who was robbed and
beaten TO death with an iron bar on a
street i'm West Philadelphia on May s last.
Two other negroes, Henry Ivory and
Charles Perry, have also been convicted,
and are under sentence to be hanged for
completely in the murder.
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BLAME PLACED BY CORONER.
VigO Official Holds Christian Scien-
fists Responsible for a Death.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. May 2.-Coroner
Willis has rendered his verdict on the death
OF N. B.. Yeakle, a ~well-known sign painter.
saying that death was due to gangrene
and uraemic poisoning. probably due to
want of medical treatment, he having only
received the attention of Christian Scien-
fists" Accompanying the verdict is the
testimony of members of the family and
the physicians who were called in after
Mr.. Yeakle was past human assistance"
Mr.. Yeakle had told his wife that he did
not want a physician. A son who did not
believe in Christian Science called the ply
slcians. The latter say that the dying man
was in a horrible condition from gangrene.
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At Ncridinn-Strcet Church.

Jack Cooke. the boy preacher. continues
to draw good audiences at Meridian-stree
Church. After his sermon last night his
brother did most Of the talking. as usual.
and eleven went 10 the altar. He had the
entire audience stand and then asked all
Christians to sit down. leaving the sin
ners or those who wanted prayer. stand
ing. They were then asked 10 come TO the
altar and the young preachers request was
complied with. An experience meeting
closed the services.
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VERDICT FOR S2,1OO
In n Suit for Damages for Death of
~ Muncie Switchmun.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, May 2.-To-night the jury
awarded a verdict of $2.lOO in the $4,000
damage suit against the Lake Erie Railroad
Company for the killing of Switchman
Frank Coffma in the switching yards
here, a year ago. The suit was by Richard
Chairman. administrators AT the time of his
death, Coffman had divorce proceedings
pending, but his wife took the body, buried
it and prosecuted this suit.
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GOOD WILL NOT TAXABLE.
The Courts Finding in the Indian
apolis News Case.

Judge McMaster. of the Superior Court.
yesterday entered a perpetual injunction
against Auditor of State Hart from certi-
fyins 10 the assessment of the State Tax
Board for taxes on the good will Of the
Indianapolis News. County Auditor Smith
from certifying the assessment TO the
county treasurer and County Treasurer
koehne from collecting the assessment.
The News was assessed al 81. go. and ].
FRANK McCray appealed 20 the State Tax
Board. which raised the assessment to SS52
$40. Inc suit for injunction was brought
by Delavan Smith and Charles r.. Williams.
owners OF the News. and the court held the
complaint good in overruling the demurrer
OF the State. The State was requested 10
answer, but no answer was filed and judg-
ment was entered.
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Two Deaths from Burns.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind. May Mrs. Eliza
beth Butcher, of Bear Creek township,
aged sixty-eight years, died from the eff
fects of burns accidentally received by fall
ing on a stove. Ruby Berkheimer, a Dun
kirk child, is dead from burns received by
her clothing catching fire.
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rudiments of a common-school education.
later entering rankli College. In the
spring of 1855 he entered the law office of
Governor Paris G. Dunning: was admitted
to the bar and graduated from the law de-
partment of the State University. He
served as district judge. marshal for the
Third congressional district. member of the
state Democratic central committee and
senator for the district composed of Brown
and Bartholomew counties.
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The racing season Of the Business Mems
Driving Club will be formally opened this
afternoon with an informal programme.
The membership has grown to seventy-hve,
and II is expected that this year will be a
big one I'm the clubs history. A feature OF
to-day's card will be a team race between
W. y. Shorts Billy Bridge and Lady Con-
slant and Charles Showers Charley Bow
and n new haY pacer vet unnamed
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Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. May 1.-The eight
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dove, of
Cayuga. north Of Terre Haute, was bitten
by a rabid dog a few days ago and died in
hydrophobic commissions last night. The
parents Of the boy are Christian Scientists
and refused to call a physician or to allow
the neighbors TO call one. insisting on the
efficacy of prayer to accomplish a cure.
Much Indignation against them is ex-
pressed by residents of the town.