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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-19

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Henry ].
Miller, Charles H Worden, Stephen B.
Fleming and Max Fisher left for Cleveland
this afternoon to attend a meeting of man.
ufacturers of rope paper. the heavy styles
from which -four and cement bags. coarse
wrapping paper, etc, are made They are
the committee selected last night at
meeting of the stockholders of the Wayne
paper mill at Hartford City The purpose
Is TO merge the mill with the rope-paper
trust The same capitalists hold stock in
the United box-board combination.
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FOR REASONABLE ACTS.
Member of the Union Veterans Union
Expelled from the Order.

MIDDLETOWN. n. Y, Nov. 1s-At the
annual encampment of the Union Veterans
Union, Department of New York and New
Jersey, in session here, Col George j. Oaks.
of Sherman Regiment, No. ., of Rochester,
n. Y, was to-day expelled from the order
for reasonable and revolutionary acts and
conduct unbecoming officer and comrade
of the order Frank b. Hutchinson, of
Rochester, was also expelled for conduct
at Washington unbecoming an officer in
endeavoring to assume the office of second
deputy commanderin-chief after the en-
campment had refused 10 accept the report
OF the executive committee.
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DOUBLED THE RATES.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind. Nov. 1S.-The City Coun-
ell OF Muncie and the gas companies are
again at war after a truce lasting since
the companies were granted 23-cent meter
rate taking effect Oct l. The present trou-
bic arises from the charging of double
fiat rate by the companies OF those who
have been unable 10 get meters. The new
ordinances make no provision for such
cases and the companies have taken the
liberty 10 double the amount paid by the
consumer last year under a fiat rate. claim
ing that such a method gives rate proper
ttonate To the new 23-cent meter rate
At the end OF October the consumer who
had been left out In the rush for meters
found that his rate CT October last year
had simply been doubled. Members of
Council were at once besieged with pro-
tests from all over the city Those who
had bee1 fortunate enough TO get meters
were lucky, as the month was unusually
warm and their gas bill was correspond
ingly low. On the other hand, the con-
sumner without = meter found his gas sul
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Indiana Notes.

LOGANSPORT.-The dedication of the
First Presbyterian Church in this city next
Sunday will be one of the most important
features of the year in local religious cir
cles. A little over year ago the church
building was destroyed by fire and IL has
taken twelve months to rebuild the struc-
ture. Among the furnishings of the church
is a handsome $4,000 pipe organ. given by
l.. E. MetZger, of Philadelphia, Pa, for
mer member of the congregation. At the
dedication there will be present such emf
nent divines as DIR. Herrick Johnson, of
Chicago; DR.. William Greenough, of Phila
delpha: DR.. W. =. Kane, president of Wa
bash College, and DIR. ID. z. Putnam, of
Princeton, Ind.
wABAsH.-Judge shively has released
Charles Easton, of New Albany, the would
be murderer of Elijah Radabaugh, the Big
Four engineer, who a week ago was badly
slashed with a knife. Easton, who was
locked up Immediately after the commission
of the crime, was liberated on bond of
$1,000 supplied by the Aetna Accident In
surance Company, of which he was agent.
HAGERSTOWN.-Hag No. l is
the banner rural route of the State. Last
month carrier A. G. Walker reported seven
thousand pieces of mail matter handled by
him and SCI worth of stamps Cancelled in
the regular business of the route. This is
far ahead of any rural route in Wayne
county. and IL is said no other one in the
State can make an equal showing.
PERU.-Judge j. T. Cox retired on Tues
day from his position as presiding official
of the Circuit Court, after twelve years of
very acceptable service. He has entered
the law firm of Reasoner & OHara and his
name will head the firm. He is succeeded
by Judge j. N. Tillett, who was elected
this month.
MUNCIE.-The expenses of the recent
election for Delaware county have been
tabulated. 1t is figured that the election
cost the county just $3,062.30. This is more
than it has ever been before, but five new
precincts, making sixty-six in all, have
been added since the last election.
TERRE HAUTE.-Coroner Willis, the
Republican candidate for reelection and
declared by the canvassing board TO have
been defeated by DR.. Taylor by twenty-one
plurality. has asked for a recount He
thinks the Democratic canvassing board
ruled against him in enough instances to
have changed the result.
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VIII Examine the Books Again.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Another exam
ination will be made of the city treasurer's
books from Sept. 1. 1894, to Sept l. 1902,
during the incumbency of John B. Rose,
whom an expert accountant finds s1SlO0
short. The expert reported that during
the first five months of Roses first term
there was heavy deficit. and Rose denies
that he was out of balance at all at that
time. The bondsmen have employed Elias
Scott. deputy county treasurer to make
an exhaustive investigation. and Mr. Rose
will so over all the books and papers with
Mr. Scott.
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Robbed I'm a Fake Foot Race.

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EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov 1S.-Frank
Lory, OF Petersburg. who is said to have
cleaned up a fabulous sum of money in the
Alaskan gold fields, and who is understood
to have been robbed of $63, 500 by the aid of
fake foot race pulled off in Colorado some
time ago. has petitioned the Police Board
of Evansville to assign to him one OF its
best detectives TO search for ten men who
are alleged 10 have been in the plot where
is reported, Lory will ask the Pike county
grand jury to indict the ten men in ques-
ton. Most of them are well-known gam
Evansville. Lory's request will be granted.
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BRYANISM IN THE WEST.
Doubt as to whether Bryan's Infiu-
ence Is as Great as Alleged.
Philadelphia Press,

dispatch from indianapolis says that
the Republicans owe a part of their ma ior-
ity this year in Indiana TO Mr. Bryan and
his request TO his followers in that State
TO vote against the Democratic ticket The
Republican majority in Indiana Nov. was
5000 or about 5000 larger than il was In
1900, and more than double what IL was
in 1895. The increase, IL is asserted, is due
to Mr.. Bryans wish to humiliate the Demo
Gratis for ignoring him in their State plat
form.
There may or may not be something in
this assertion. A majority of 10000 in In
diana this year would have been consid-
cred satisfactory Instead IL is over $4,000
IL Mr.. Bryan is responsible for the differ
ence IL shows that he has the power TO
defeat the Indiana Democrats at any time
He was given no mention or Endorsement
In the Democratic State platform. and he
may have taken his revenge. Illinois gives
some evidence that he did take such re-
yenRe In both States. The Democratic
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JoBBERs WILL BE PROTECTED.
Glass Companies to Stand Between
Them and Cut Prices.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 1s.-Officers of the
American, Federation and Independent
window-glass companies met here to-day
with President W. T. Gray. of the Ameri-
can Window-glass Jcbbers' Association,
and completed details of the recently made
contract between the manufacturers and
jobbers organization. whereby the latter
agrees to buy 100000 boxes of glass month
ly from the three companies
1t was agreed that the jobbers' associa-
ton should be protected against cut-prlce
quotations, If made by companies not al
fliated with the three mentioned.
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twice what II had been last year regard
less of the warm weather. In nearly every
case IL amounted to more than twice as
much as was charged under the meter rate
of % cents. City Attorney Ellis gave his
opinion that the companies had no right
10 double supposed fiat rate, as none ex-
listed under the new franchises.
At last nights meeting of the City Coun-
ell a special committee was ordered to in
vestigate the complaints and given power
to act. Councilman Gates, chairman of the
committee, stated that they would at once
take steps to bring suits to recover the
amounts overcharged. These will number
several hundred. all for small sums.
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Must Have N Written Contract.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PETERSBURG, Ind, Nov 1s.-An impor-
tant decision was rendered in the Pike
county Circuit Court yesterday afternoon
by Judge Ely. More than year ago Miss
Frank Taylor was, by vote of the school
board, employed to teach the eighth grade
of the Petersburg schools. Subsequently,
the personnel of the school board changed
and Charles A. Coffey was hired by writ
ten contract to teach the same grade. Miss
Taylor instigated suit against the school
board for her salary for one year Judge
Ely ruled that a written contract is neces-
sary to make teachers contract binding.
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JOHN K. GOWDY HURT.
Consul General at Paris Knocked Ont
of Carriage by a Trolley Car.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1s.-Consul General
John Il. Gowdy has had narrow escape
from death. says Paris dispatch to the
American. A trolley car came into COL
lision with his carriage at Rompont in the
Champs Elysee.
Mr. Gowdy was pitched out and severely
bruised, but despite this he sprang up and
seized the horses. thus preventing runa-
way. The crowd applauded.
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Loan Association Assigns.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. Nov. 1S.-The Home
Loan Association filed deed of assign
ment in the office of the county recorder
this afternoon. The assets and liabilities
are not given, but each is thought to be
about $4,000 The New Albany Trust Com
pany Is named as assignee. The trust COM
pany qualified this afternoon. This is the
oldest building and loan association in the
city. 1t was seriously affected by the panic
and was not able to recoup its losses and
reach a sound financial basis. The filing of
the deed of assignment was precipitated by
a petition for the appointment of a receiver
being filed in the Circuit Court
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENFIELD, Ind, Nov. 1S.-About 4
o'clock this afternoon w. S. Record,
widower. aged about thirty-six, was found
dead at his home near Miner Corner, with
q bullet hole in his temple. He and Charles
Markle were living together, and when
Markle returned home this afternoon he
found Record dead. 1t is supposed he COM
mtted suicide. Coroner Howard went there
tonight to investigate. Record a
harness maker, and had shops at Willow
and Warrington, Hancock county, and for
a time was in the livery business at Green
field. He had been working on a farm for
q few weeks, and was somewhat despond-
emf
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ALDERMEN ARRESTED.
Eleven of Denver's Municipal LegisIa-
tors Charged with Contempt.

DENVER, Nov. 1S.-District Judge Null
Inns to-day ordered the arrest of eleven
aldermen who voted for an ordinance
granting a new franchise to the Denver
City Tramway Company after they had
been served with an injunction which for
babe the passage of the ordinance as drawn
The matter was brought to the attention of
the court by attorneys of the Municipal
League, which secured the injunction on
representation that certain provisions in
the ordinance violate existing contracts be-
tween the city and the tramway company
The court fixed bail at $1,000 for each of
the aldermen cited for contempt and set
the case for hearing on Thursday.
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Found n Vein Of Tripoli.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BEDFORD, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Hugh Bass,
prominent farmer of Spice Valley township.
has discovered a valuable vein Of tripoli on
his farm, which lies seven miles southwest
of this city. The find is at the mouth of
a cave heretofore known as Putty cave on
account of the soft, putty-like appearance
of the deposit, which has just been identi-
fed by Mr.. Bass. When taken out and
dried ii assumes delicate cream color, and
is about as hard as ordinary chalk.
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Application for a Franchise.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
AURORA, Ind, Nov. 1S.-E w. Swarth-
out and c. w. McMullen. of this city, have
asked the City Council for a franchise
through several OF the principal streets of
Aurora They propose to build an electric
street-car line from this city TO Rising Sun;
also one extending west through Dills-
boro and Versailles to Osgood. Both lines
will connect with the b. & o. and Big
Four Railroads at Aurora.
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Vehicle Dealer. of Three States.

CINCINNATI. Nov. 1S.-The fifth annual
convention Of the Tri-state Vehicle and
Implement Dealers Association convened
here to-day. The following officers were
elected: President, Albert s. Miller.
Charlottesville, Ind; vice president. c. A.
Thompson. New Washington, o.; direct
ors w. II. Carnahan, Manchester, o., j.
l.. Watkins, Lexington, KY, and Kent r.
Wigger, Marion, Ind. The secretary and
treasurer will be elected at the meeting to-
morrow. Cincinnati was chosen as the next
meeting place. In connection with the con-
vention a big vehicle, harness and imple-
ment exposition is being held at Music
Hall.
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Indiana stock Breeders Caught.

MONTEZUMA, Ia. Nov. sc. c. Big
Ter & Sons, of Hartwick, Ia, the largest
fine stock breeders in the West, assigned
to-day. Liabilities are $4,000. assets. $780,
600. The creditors, ffty-fve in number,
are mostly fine stock breeders in Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa. The assets consist OF
1000 acres of land and 300 head Of Short
Horn cattle, among the number being a
bull for which they paid $4,000 recently,
the highest-price animal of the kind In the
world. The assignees are G. w. Brown,
of Indianola, and L. A. Lind, of Rolfe.
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Suicide of Ii. T.. II. Clark.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Nov. 1S-B. +. T.
Clark son of Francis Il. Clark, traffic man.
ager Of the Great Northern Railway, driv-
en- TO dependency presumably on account
of the condition of his health, took his life
to-day He was found dead with a pistol
ball in his heart. He left note explain
ing 10 his wife and parents that he was
tired OF life and could stand il no longer"
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DIPHTHERIA AND SMALLPOX.
Contagious Diseases Cause Much I'm
easiness at Terre Haute.

Special to the Ind.anap polls Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. 1S.-The in
creasing number of cases Of smallpox and
diphtheria in Terre Haute Is causing con-
siderable alarm. In nearly all instances
the new cases are directly traceable to
failure to comply with the orders of the
Board Of Health. 1t is admitted, too. that
some Of the most fragrant violations of rules
are by physicians who want to humor the
family in whose household there is a con-
tagious disease.
One of the city schools Is nearly deserted
on account of diphtheria and there was
complaint that the school building was not
kept In a sanitary condition, but this story
was discredited.
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BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Nov. 1s.ASister
Mary Edmonds, of the convent and paro-
chiai school at Odell. was burned to death
near the institution building to-day IL Is
presumed that her clothing caught fire.
Her secular name was Mary McNamea.
and she came from Columbus. o. Her age
was forty-three.
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LAWYER IN TROUBLE.
Fl. b. Wickersham Accused Of Obtain
ing Money by False Pretenses.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-Herman B. Wicker
sham, former president Of the Marquette
Club, at one time president of the Lin
coin Park Board, and a prominent attor-
ney, was arrested tonight, charged with
obtaining money by false pretenses. Jus
tice @. ]. Chott. police magistrate is the
complainant i'm the case, and the amount
involved is $S16, which Justice Chott SAYS
rightfully belongs TO Anna Sladek twelve
years old an orphan now living with rela-
tives in Kansas.
Justice Chott, as administrator for the
estate of Katrina Sladek, the mother of the
girl, alleges that Wickersham, while act
ing as her attorney, Incorporated the
money, after having made false report
to the Probate Court to the effect that the
fund had been deposited in a bank and was
drawing interest at the regular rate al
lowed in such instances.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Nov. 1S.-The
county commissioners have given a fran
chise to the Terre Haute street railway
for use of a highway from the city limits
10 the county line for the projected in
terurban line 10 Clinton. which the COM
pany has been promising TO build for a
year or more. The commissioners did not
ask any remuneration for the fifty-year
franchise
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OIL Properties Sold.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BLUFFTON, Ind, Nov. 1S.-The leases of
the Donald Oil Company, consisting of
about 1000 acres in Chester township, Wells
county, were sold to-day to Mrs. Magdalene
Junk, of Chicago, for $4,000. There are
twenty-five wells with seventy barrels pro-
duction daily. The sellers were Lafayette
McWilliams & Sons, of Chicago, and w. A
Kunkel, of this city.
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Fist Fight i'm Court.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
ENGLISH. Ind. Nov 1s.-At a trial held
before Justice Satterfield. two miles south
of this place. this afternoon William Hall.
a witness. and Prosecutor John H. Luckett
fought one of the hardest old fashioned
fights witnessed in this vicinity for years
Hall is a very small man. while his oppo-
nent Mr.. Luckett. weighs about 100 pounds
The decision was given TO Hall, whose
face shows a few scratches. while the pros
ecutor has one eye completely closed
Luckett declares the whisky men of Eng
lish are at the bottom of the whole az
fair
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being c. A. Rhoades, a travelling man,
and Matt Obenchain, of a Logansport
foundry. Rhoades chided the waitress for
bringing him the wrong kind Of meat. OBJ
enchain interposed in the girls behalf and
a fight followed in which chairs were
thrown ard tables demolished. Obenchain
was badly injured. Both are under arrest
for trial on Wednesday.
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Attempted Highway Robbery.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Nov. 1s.-Another at
tempt at hoid-up east of this city has
aroused citizens considerably all along
the road to New Paris, D. The victim
of the second attempt was Preston Brad
shaw, who was supposed to have $500 with
him. He was pursued by two men in a
buggy. He fired several shots at them
and finally escaped.
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ATE CONTAMINATED FOOD.
Andrew Carnegie and Family Made
Ill i'm Switzerland.

LONDON, Nov. B.-Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie returned to London with the in
tention of sailing tomorrow for the United
States, but they have been obliged to aban-
don the voyage for the present because Mr..
Carnegie is indisposed. The Carnegies were
at Caux Switzerland, when they were served
with food which was in some way contain
mated. The i'll effects seem to promise to
pass off, and had done so in the cases of
Mrs. Carnegie and her daughter by Sunday,
when the party arrived in London Mr.
Carnegie however, felt worse yesterday
evening and summoned a physician, who
was able TO assure him that the poisoning
was not of serious character and that
he would be UP again in a day or two.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Mrs. Glade
Thornburg. aged twenty-five. died tonight
under peculiar circumstances. She went
TO sleep and could not be aroused. Physi-
clans found no evidence of suicide, but an
autopsy will be held tomorrow The young
woman attempted suicide few weeks ago.
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Mill Temporarily Closed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. B.-The
South rolling mill has been forced into
idleness by the lack of pig iron. The mill
is owned by the Republic Iron e. Steel
Company, which has closed two of its
furnaces from which pig iron was OBJ
tanned for the company's mills. 1t is be-
lieved the 500 men will not be kept out
of work for more than a week.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Nov 1S.-The
Muncie, Hartford City & Fort Wayne In
terurban Company is stringing the wires
for the road through this city. The wire
Is being strung at the rate of five miles a
day. The announcement Is made that the
road will run cars between this city and
Muncie soon as the road is in a condi-
ton TO operate 1t was generally under
stood here that no cars would be run until
the road was completed to Montpelier.
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Accused of Poisoning stock.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Nov. B-Cyrus
Van Alta was arrested here last night,
charged with poisoning stock belonging to
Benton Robinson. The latter AYERS that
Van Alta poisoned a horse valued at $500
and COW worth $50. The arsenic
given 10 the horse in oats and to the cow
on some corn. Van Alta was rearrested
to-day, charged with threatening the life
of Isaac Robson, the father of Benton
Robson. He was put under a peace bond
of $500.
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LEGISLATORS MULCTED.
Alleged to Have Paid $3 Each for Al.
buns They Never Received.

WOODSVILLE, N. H, Nov. 1S.-Charles
F. George, of New York, was arrested here
to-day by United States officers on a charge
of using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
1t is claimed he obtained 50 each from $50
members of the Vermont Legislature in
payment for placing their pictures in
legislative album which, it is claimed, has
not been published. Before United States
Commissioner Hodgman, of Pennington.
George was held in $1,000 for the federal
grand jury.
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Price of Coal Lowered.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Nov Is.-The
Terre Haute coal dealers have lowered the
price of Brazil block coal from $3.50 to 81
ton but with the intimation that just
as soon as there Is cold weather TO make
strong demand the price will again be
advanced.
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Demolished the Dining Room.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
KoKoMO. Ind. Nov. ls.-There was an
exciting row in the dining room OF the New
Home Hotel here to- Ei<t.t the pyiuSipals