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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-04
a POLITICAL MARE'S-NEST
GRAND JURY INQUIRY INTO AL
LEGGED HAMILTON COUNTY FRAUDS.
No IIIegaIities Found, Except Possibly
i'm the Case of Democratic
Board I'm Wayne Township.
DecIal to ths 1ndlanapolIs Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NOBLESvILLE. Ind, Jan. 3.-After being
in session for about two weeks the grand
jury of Hamilton county adjourned to-
day. 1t returned fifty-one indictments. all
of which were for minor violations Of law
Most of the indictments were against sa-
loon keepers. When the jury first met
Judge Neal gave strong and urgent in
structions for a thorough investigation of
all violations of law. He laid particular
stress on the tally-sheet and other alleged
election frauds, which Indianapolis papers
had advertised to the world. No indict-
ment was returned for tally-sheet frauds,
which exonerates County Clerk Horace
Casey and the Republican party of this
county.
The trouble which caused the charges
Of fraud 10 be made all grew out OF a
bet between County Clerk Casey and Ed
itor sherwood, of the Democrat, of $500
that Landis's plurality in this county
would be LOO The plurality was 1,7Gl.
and Casey won the bet. sherwood and his
Democratic friends Immediately set up a
howl of fraud. A special Sentinel reporter
came here and made a political mountain
out Oh Il mole hill, anu the luuldHdpOnS
dependent papers followed suit, and made
very serious charges against the Repub-
licans of this county. In order to clear
up the matter prominent Republicans
urged and advised Judge Neal to call a
special session of the grand jury to in
vestigate the charges. This Judge Neal
did, and instructed the jury to make a
searching investigation and to spare no
man guilty of crime. In regard to the
tally-sheet frauds nothing was found, eX-
ceDt a few clerical errors that occur at
all elections. 1t is understood, however.
| that among the indictments four
against persons of Wayne township for
| refusing TO allow qualified voters to vote.
At this precinct the Democratic trustee
of the township was inspector and ma
| jority of the board were Democrats. The
grand jury was composed of some of the
| best men of the county, in whom the peo-
| pie have the utmost confidence for honesty
and integrity. Composing this jury were
| four Republicans and two Democrats. AT
the conclusion of its work the jury filed
with the court the following report
1.-The grand jury would respectfully re-
| port to and inform the court that 1t has
diligently labored to perform its sworn
duties without evasion. in accordance with
| law and pursuant to the general and par
ticular instructions of the court, and that
| ii has not sought TO shield any person, but
| has tried to make the most careful inquiry
| into all matters which il was their duty
| to investigate and consider
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Cable Notes.

The rice mills at Bremen have been or
ganized into a syndicate with capital OF
100000 marks.
The appointment of Walter Wensky as
German consul at Dawson CITY is an
nounced at Berlin.
Experiments will be made on the street
cars of Berlin with Providence. st. Louis
and Hunter tenders
John Alexander Dowie, the faith healer,
has sailed for the United States on the
Cunard liner Saxonia.
The business of the Berlin postoffice on
New Years day was double that done jar.
l. 1900 TO- 600 pieces having been mailed
in Berlin for Berlin delivery.
Additional failures were announced on
the london Stock Exchange yesterday in
connection with the suspension of the Lon
don and Globe Finance Company, limited.
They We're those Of a. s. May, A. II. Clark
and G. Blundell. jr.
In addition to his donation of 500 900 marks
works, Herr Krupp has given 100000 marks
each TO the officials pension fund and
the fund for building laborers' houses, max
ing a total OF 100000 marks.
Emperor William has ordered all univer-
sites, academies and other public institu-
tons of learning in Prussia TO celebrate
JAN is. the bi-centennary of the foundation
of the Prussian kingdom. emitting to cele-
brate his Majesty's birthday.
The St Petersburg correspondent of the
london Times confirms the reports of
trouble among the students of the universe
ties OF st. Petersburg and Kieff. AT the
latter university $50 were expelled and will
be sent into the army as private soldiers
Reports from the Danish West Indies"
says the Copenhagen correspondent OF the
London Times. "show strong opposition
10 the sale OF the islands 10 the United
States The question will probably he
determined I'm the near future In the islands
themselves
The Berlin voerwaerts. the Socialist or
gan, prints another tnstallment OF Sun
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STEP OF A WOMAN.
Mrs. Richardson Says She Heard IL
Before Her Husband Was Shot.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 3-Mrs. Frank
w. Richardson's statement OF the murder
of her husband at Savannah. Mo-, the night
before Christmas, has been made. She
made the statement for publication. and
said she will tell the same story on the
witness stand when she testihes at the
coroner's inquest
II do not know who killed my husband"
she said. 81 did not see the murderer but
J heard footsteps in the back part Of the
house. / thought at the time that the
footsteps were those OF Bessie Philis, the
servant girl, and called TO her. When my
husband was shot / was within few feet
OF him. / was sitting on the end of the
lounge. just inside the door. and he stood
on the threshold Then there was a loud
report and he fell. My first thought was
that he had pretended to commit suicide.
/ ran TO him. He lay very still and the
or the dresser. After that had heen done
| could not see his face. which was stll
ic the hallway L took hold of his knees
and dragged him partly into the roorn-
IT. trying 10 lift him UP L put my hands
back of his head and that was the first I
knew of the wound. i tried TO see IL, but
could not
After the shot was fired I heard some
one walking I'm the back part OF the house.
4 thought IL was Bessie Philis and called
10 her, but there was no answer The per-
son who killed Mr.. Richardson went out OF
the house that way
There was no revolver I'm our house and
have not had one since we left the
ranch in Texas. Mr. Richardson wanted
TO get one a short time ago, but / OBJ
Jected. He said his life had been threat
ever, and we have had none about the
house. The doors were not locked"
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PLow COMPANIES MAY COMBINE.
Proposed Corporation that May BE
Capitalized at $65, 100000.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Jan. 3.-The Chronicle to-
morrow will say: 1.-THE combination of pillow
companies, of which there have been ru-
mors for two or three days, will be
launched next week, with capitalization
of So, 900. Chicago men who have been
prime movers in the preliminary negotia-
tons stated yesterday that all obstacles
to the contamination of the deal had been
removed. Charles r. Flint, president of
the United States Rubber Company, is the
reputed financial power behind the COM
bination, but 1t is said the presidency Of
the company will go to a Western million
aire of practical experience in the manu-
facture of plows. Thirty-one firms are said
to have agreed to enter the new concern
which will probably be called the American
combine will be able not only to reduce the
price of plows to the farmer but also
will turn into its own treasury profit
greater by S5.000000 or more than the total
at present accruing TO the manufacturers
under their expensive methods of securing
trade. Headquarters of the new company
will be either in New York Chicago
The Chicago end of the negotiations about
to be concluded cover a period of three
years, and have been conducted principally
by f. M. Pease. He will start for New
York to-day and as he is known to have
agreements with the manufacturers es-
sential to the closing of the transaction, it
is supposed he will carry the papers whose
signing will be preliminary to the incor-
poration of the company under the laws Of
New Jersey"
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NO LOOTING BY CHAFFEE's MEN.
American Troops Not Participating in
punitive" Expeditions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-General Chaffee
has cleared himself of any suspicion of
participating in any of the looting ex-
petitions which are said in some quarters
to be going on in China, under the disguise
of punitive expeditions. His report of
the conditions under which he took his last
excursion from Picking has been received
at the War Department by cable from
Peking The officials here were surprised
when they saw the press reports stating
that the American troops in Picking, which
were distinctly designated as legation
guards. and as such were to have no part
in ordinary military operations had
gone out into the country to cooperate
with a German expedtionary force From
the nature of General Chaffees cable
gram ii would appear that the officials
communicated With him on this subject
and invited the explanation which is af-
forded in the following cablegram:
Colonel Theodore j. Whit returned.
Movement simply to verify report that
Christians had been murdered and secure
arrest guilty parties if allegation found
true. Germans from Tien-Tsin had
been in country. Take part in offensive
operations; patrol country between Pc
king. Ho-Shi-Wu and Chang Kiawan, &C.
casionaily, for the purpose of ORDER
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Pride of Maryland
$1.OO
A Ten.Year-0ld Rye Whiskey Distilled by
Monticello DistiIling Co.
II. II. POWER 81 SON.
Distributors for State of Indiana
as-Shipped 10 any part of State.
Telephone 1904 A North Pennsylvania 81
VICTIMS OF MINE GAS.
superintendent and Fire Boss Suf-
located and Two Men Injured.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, Jan. 3.-An acci-
dent occurred at the Pine Ridge coIliery.
of the Algonquin Coal Company. to-day.
which resulted in the death of two men and
the fatal injury of two others. The mine.
owing 10 a cavern, had not been in opera
ton for some time past and considerable
gas had accumulated in the workings This
morning ID. j. Williams. the superintendent
of the mine, William Morgan, the assistant
superintendent. and William Early and
Martin Fortune. fire bosses. entered the
mine for the purpose of devising a plan
to drive an aid way. They were experi-
enced men and prepared for an emergency.
The party did not return TO the surface at
room and there was some alarm as to their
safety.
At o'clock a searching party went down
the mine to see what had become of the
superintendent ana his men. The searchers
could not go far. being driven hack by the
black damp. A rescuing party or
gained and they entered the mine They
were slow in returning and the greatest
apprehensions We're felt that all had fallen
victims to the foul gas. But at . o'clock
the rescuers came TO the surface. They re-
ported they could find no traces of the
missing men.
Another rescuing party of six men volun-
teered to go down. They were driven back
several times by the fire damp, but finally
managed to push their way into the work.
ings and came across the deal bodies OF
Superintendent Williams and Fire Boss
Morgan. After much difficulty the bodies
were brought to the surface Later a
fourth rescuing party went down the slope
and found Early and Fortune. They were
unconscious and when brought out physi-
clans, who were I'm waiting, said they could
not recover. The rescuers were loudly
cheered by two thousand people who had
he cd IN In .af ft<.s aufc
All the victims were married men with
families
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Dan Stuart, the prize fight promoter, has
arrived at Carson, New, in the enterest of
a prize fight to take place in the latter
part of May.
The victory of Sanity, a 25-to-1 shot, was
the surprise at Oakland, Cal. yesterday.
He was almost entirely overlooked i'm the
betting and won easily from Parmenion,
the favorite.
James j. Jeffries has announced some
changes in his training plans for his
fight with Gus Rubin. to take place
in Cincinnati He has decided to locate
his headquarters at Loeb Arbor, near As
bury Park, n. j., where he will put on the
finishing touches.
Yesterdays race winners: At New Or
leans-Orion, to 5; Quite Right, to s.:
Brightie B., 9 to 2: Miss Hanover, IL to s;
Palarm Il to !; w. b. Gates, TO 2 At
San Francisco-Dandy Jim, even: SANITY,
% to /; Articulate, TO TO- Batteos, to l.;
Tiburon. TO 1; Lena, to l.
The Company 1 basketball team of Ker-
ton, o., defeated the Yale team at the
former place, last night. by a score of
IL to 10. IL was a most exciting game
Yale was ahead up to the last five minutes
OF the game. Only eight fouls were made
A thousand people witnessed the game.
The Tennessee Breeders Association has
announced the stakes 10 be run at its spring
meeting at Cumberland Park. beginning
April % and extending to and including
April 81 1901. The stakes close Jan "a and
are as follows: Turf Congress 81 200 add
ed; Country Club. $1,000; William Gerst
stake, $1,000 Belle Meade stake 81, 600
In the second game OF a series of four to
be played with teams of the Western Penn
sylvania Hockey League, Yale was defeated
by Duquesne, Pa, last night by a score of
3 to 1. Yale was outplayed at every point.
The game. Wednesday night, with the
Bankers resulted: Yale, 5: Bankers. 5.
Up to to-day forty-four nominations
have been received for the Sheepsnead Bay
suburban handicap. Among the principal
horses named are: Blues. Bonnibert, Bel
ario, Beau Gallant. Ildrim. Ethelbert,
Banastar, McMeekin, Kilogram, Jack
Joint. Withers, Kinley Mack and Prince
of Melbourne.
Bobby Dobbs. who won the lightweight
championship of England by defeating Dick
Burge, and kid Ashe OF Cincinnati, met
before the Phoenix Athletic Club. at Mem
phis, last night, and fought twenty fast
rounds to draw. a wrestling match be-
tween Louis Baptiste, of ST. Louis, and
Eddie Donnelly. OF Boston. was declared
a draw.
Superintendent OF Public instruction NJ.
c. De Baca of New Mexico. In his annual
report makes a recommendation for the
prohibition of the playing of football in
the territorial institutions and the public
schools He regards the game more bru-
tai than prize fighting. He has gathered
statistics showing that last year fifteen
boys were killed and 200 seriously injured
I'm the United States while playing football.
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Letters including one from the battle
painter, Herr Rochell. whom Emperor Will
liam sent to China, on the staff of Count
Won Waldersee, to paint striking scenes
during the operations.
The German lingo papers continue TO
attack the government for what they call
its anglophile policy. The Deutsche Tages
Zeitung. discussing the Anglo-PortHgueSe
relations, remarks: England mas acquired
two allies at very cheap price. one Is
Portugal and the other is Germany.
The Rhine Hessian Wine Dealers Asso-
citation. recently formed. has forwarded 10
Count Won Buelow. German imperial chan
cellor a document approving the prohibit
ton of Artificial wine making, but decided
~ Directing TO government control over
cellars Other wine dealers are making
similar objections.
Besides the three principal claims against
Morocco previously settled Morocco has
agreed to pay for Germany As 972 duros on
account of other claims. and TO comply
with her other demands. The ''duro' is
the term applied to the former Spanish
silver dollar, coin about equal in value
to the United States dollar
Prince Henry, of Prussia. Emperor Will
ham's brother, has begun work in the Ger
man Foreign Office. Foreign policies will
form the first subject of his study and
later he will pursue his Investigations
among the various domestic ministries.
Crown Prince Frederick William will soon
begin to acquaint himself with the state
of affairs in the ministries.
A quarrel has broken out in the Munich
Art Society over the right of extraordinary
members to vote at the society meetings.
Herr Franz Won Lentsch president of the
society, and other leading painters favor
giving them the voting privilege, but they
were outvoted, whereupon they resigned.
Herr Won Lentsch declares that he VIII,
probably settle in Berlin.
Herbert ID. Pierce. secretary of the United
States embassy at st: Petersburg, has gone
TO The Hague to deliver TO the United
States minister to The Netherlands, Stan
f. I'd Newell, the voluminous documents
composing the American case in the Rus
sc-American seal controversy, the prepare
ton of which has engrossed Mr.. Pierce S
attention for several months.
Emperor William, with Count Won Bue-
low and many high military officers as his
guests, went to Hamburg yesterday to visit
the Victoria LUZ. his yacht. All the YES
sells in the harbor and adjacent build
ings were gay with flags. His Majesty
breakfasted on board the yacht with his
guests, and during the afternoon sailed
around the harbor and took view of the
Deutschland.
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IN CAPE COLONY.
fcoNcLUDED FROM FIRST ?

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
he hoped at the end of the war to be
able to divide the remaining stock among
the various sufferers.
No one, he promised, would be sent out
of the country, but all who had fought
fairly, including the leaders, would receive
the consideration due their rank. He ad-
vised the formation of local subcommittee
to send out agents to the Boer commanders,
explaining that they could communicate
through the central committee and the nil
itary governor. and could also come to
see him personally, if necessary. Lord
Kitehner babe them tell their friends what
they had heard him say. and assured them
that they could place the most absolute
reliance on his giving effect TO 1t.
The committee, which included General
Crcnje's brother, cordially thanked Lord
kitchner, and promised 10 print the speech
In Dutch and TO circulate it everywhere
Since the meeting orders have been is
sued against burning farmhouses. unless
i. should be proved that the actual in
habitants had committed misdeeds. The
first districts cleared under Lord kitchner's
plan were Jagersfontein and Fauresmith.
whose inhabitants were laagered at Faure-
smith.
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FAIR WEATHER PROBABLE.
Warmer, Except i'm Extreme Southern
Portion of Indiana.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Forecast for
Friday and Saturday:
For Ohio-Fair on Friday. except possibly
snow fiurries along the lake; warmer in
northern portion: winds becoming souther-
~. fresh 10 brisk along the lake. Satur-
day fair. except possibly snow furries
along the northeastern lake shore.
For Indiana-Fair on Friday; warmer,
except in extreme southern. portion: south
arly winds. becoming southwesterly and
fresh 10 brisk on the lake Saturday fair.
Fer Illinois-Fair. except occasional
SHOWS near the lake; warmer in north
western and central portions. winds be-
coming westerly and brisk on the lake.
Saturday fair.
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Missionaries Arraigned.

LONDON, Jan. 4.-The Daily Mail pub
fishes a severe arraignment from Mr.. VIII
lard, a correspondent in Peking of the
European and American missionaries in
China Mr.. Willard accuses them of urging
the military to send expeditions to different
points of the country ostensibly to protect
native converts. but really TO get an op-
portunity for wholesale looting. He de-
clares that the missionaries have had their
share In all the phases of loot, ard gives
the evidence of American officers. whose
names he withholds, in support of his
charges. the whole going to show that i'm
several cases American officers declined to
sanction the urgings OF the missionaries.
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French Bishop warned.

PARIS, Jan. 3.--The Conseil D'Etat to-
day rendered it's decision in the case of
the bishop of Annecy, who had sustained
the action of a curate of his diocese in re-
fusing to assist at a funeral where Free
masons appeared with their insignia. The
bishop issued a notice to all the curates
of the diocese that they at their discretion
might decline TO officiate at ceremonies
where flags or purely secular banners were
displayed. This was considered offensive to
the government and the bishops stipend
was suspended The decision warns the
bishop that his course was not warranted,
but 1t allows his stipend to continue. The
result is unquestionably unsatisfactory to
the government.
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Big viii Fight i'm Prospect.

CINCINNATI, Jan. AT Nashville yes
terday. after probating the will OF mil
lionaire Samuel Murphy, his widow, Anna
II. Murphy, appeared in court and adopt
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Fielder. thus
making them the heirs to the millions
which were left TO the widow. The late
Dr. John A. Murphy, of Cincinnati was
brother of Samuel Murphy. who also for
meriy resided here. The widow OF Dr.
John A. Murphy still resides here. and IL
was expected that her two daughters would
become the heirs OF Samuel Murphy. These
three retained eminent counsel to-day and
will seek 10 break the viii and to set aside
the adoption OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fielder.
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OBJECTS TO PAYING TAXES.
Mary 3. Anthony Thinks Woman
should Have the Right TO Vote.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y. Jan 3.-The latest
development I'm the woman suffrage fight.
begun over a quarter of century ago.
when Susan y. Anthony and her sister.
Mary S. Anthony, were arrested and fined,
is the stand taken by Mary S. Anthony
in the matter OF taxation of her property.
She sends notice to County Treasurer Ham,
ilton that she VIII not in the future pay
taxes except under protest, until she Ii al
lowed the right of suffrage. The action will
likely result I'm test case being brought
in the court.
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TRUSTS TO END A WAR.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.)
tie should end But of one thing you may
be certain-Mr. Arbuckle will not give up
the refining of sugar, nor will Mr.. Have
meyer get out of the coffee business
How could truce be brought about,
them? he was asked.
'Only by an agreement, / believe was
the reply. ''The output of the Arbuckles'
refining plant would be limited to a stipu-
lated amollnt'n
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PURIFICATION OF PARIS.
Nearly $4,000 Arrests of Drunken
People and Vicious Characters.

PARIS. Jan. 3.-The sweeping police
measures taken to purify Paris in conse-
quence of the alarming situation created
by the closing of the exposition and the
consequent throwing. out of employment of
thousands of people who were dependent
on IL for living, and who in many cases
were cast on the streets resulted i'm no
fewer than 1890 arrests during the month
OF December. The persons arrested include
six murderers, 925 thieves and footpads
2.S79 tramps, 2.45S drunken people and 1888
prostitutes
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DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Olmstead Upheld by the Speaker
ON the Question of Privilege

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-When the House
reassembled to-day. after the holiday re-
cess, not more than seventy-five members
were present. 1t had been arranged be-
fore the House met that the consideration
of the reapportionment bill was to be en-
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Calls waIder.ee Brutal.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. s.-The Russian
press either ignores the Chinese accept
ance of the peace terms or affects skepti-
cism regarding Chinese sincerity. The
Novoe Vremya calls Count Won waldersee
"a brutal ole man."
The Viadivostock correspondent of the
NovOe Nremya telegraphs that the
Japanese and Russians ere fraternizing the
Japanese singing Russian songs.
Prince Jaime de Bourbon, son OF Don
Carlos. the Spanish pretender, who Is a
lieutenant in the Russian imperial hussars
and on the staff OF Vice Admiral Alexieff.
has been sent 10 Nasasak:, suffering with
typhoid fever.