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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
Jail Delivery at PaoIi.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PAOLI, Ind, Aug. 2S.-There was a Jail
delivery here at 11:3O o'clock last night.
Three prisoners escaped. The sheriff is
now after them with telephone, telegraph
and bloodhounds. The escaped men are
S. =. Smith, accused Of forgery; Claude
Edwards and Charles Ferguson, accused
of horse stealing. Smith has broken Jail
at other times and places. He is supposed
10 have planned and executed this escape.
Smith claimed to be quite sick, and Sheriff
I.ashbrooks allowed him TO remain out of
the cage. Tools had been supplied by some
one, and the prisoners are gone to-day.
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Trust Sells to Opposition.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 2S-The seces-
sion of A w. Heit, Joseph Miller. Thomas
Lau and Joseph Heit. travelling statesmen,
from the employ of the Fox Biscuit Com
pany in order to engage in the wholesale
manufacture of candies has resulted in the
sale TO the quartet of the candy business
done by their former employees The Fox
Company is the local branch of the Ma
tional Biscuit Company, or trust, which
preferred to sell rather than fight opposi-
ton The capital of the new company is
$4,000 1t begins business with the stock
holders covering the territory and holding
the trade they had worked up for the trust.
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CONVERSE FAIR.
Exceptionally Fine Lot of Attractions
at the Annual Exhibit.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
CONVERSE, Ind, Aug. 2S.-The Converse
fair will be held from Sept. 30 to oct. s. in
elusive. The date has been chosen so as not
20 conflict with other fairs in this circuit.
The Converse fair is the only agricultural
show In Miami county. Thursday. Oct 2.
will be set aside al Peru day. Converse has
twenty-fOur passenger trains daily and all
railroads will grant excursion rates The
G. r. * NJ. Railroad passes through the
fair grounds and will maintain n passenger
station and a freight depot on the grounds.
Balloon racing Is 10 be a feature but the
principal attraction will be the exhibit Of
fine beef cattle
The association has one OF the best half
mile tracks In the State. which Is attracting
the attention OF hOrsemen OF considerable
note. ard the result will be that the better
class or horses Will be seen this year
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COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
E<okomO Citizens to Have n Taste of
Health Board Tyranny.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO Ind, Aug. 2S.-The City Coun-
ell in special session tonight passed a com
pulsOry vaccination ordinance as a prevent
i've of smallpox, of which this city has a
few scattering cases. The ordinance was
opposed by several physicians. who de-
clared vaccination was worse than small
pOX.
An edict has gone forth from the School
Board that no one will be admitted TO the
public schools who cannot show proof of
vaccination. The schools will open with a
diminished enrolment if this is enforced
large percentage of people believe that
vaccination is worse than smallpox.
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Banker Injured by a Train.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind. Aug 2s.-Frank II. Nor
rison, vice president of the First National
Bank, was last night struck by a Lake
Shore passenger train at this station he
was preparing to leave on an extended
northern business trip, receiving serious in
Juries. He was knocked down by the pilot
beam OF he engine and rolled under the
car Wheels, but was dragged away from the
trucks by Wilbur j. Hall, the bagga gemas $
ter. just I'm time TO escape being run over.
Mr.. Morrison is suffering from conclusion
OF the brain. but the attending physicians
say he Will recover
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Plant Will BE Enlarged.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Aug. 2S.-Steps are be-
ing taken for the formation of a stock COM
pany to enlarge and rebuild the plant Of
the Elwood Boiler Company. established
by Mckenzie & Diamond and operated as
home concern. The plant is now six
months behind with orders with no chance
of catching up unless the present capacity
is increased. The management is employing
more men now than at any time in the his
tory of the industry.
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Jury Secured in Phillips Case.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ROCKVILLE. Ind. Aug. 2S.-Just before
noon to-day the jury in the Phillips murder
case. on trial in Circuit Court here. was
passed by both sides after day and a half
had been consumed in its selection The
opening statement for the State was made
this afternoon by Carson Hammil Of Terre
Haute. There are about sixty-five witnesses
10 examine. and II is expected the trial will
continue at least a week.
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called to order at II a. m. by the president,
William Van Horn, Of Company G. The ad-
dress of welcome was responded to by
Captain F. A. Hardy, of Piqua. Reports
by companies showed 16i members present,
representing six States. Ten died during
the year The officers for 1903 are: Presi-
dent, Captain A. NJ. Winger, Springfield,
o.; recording secretary, S. NJ. Guy; cor
responding secretary, J. L. Shellenbarger
assistant, j. b. Hitler, Ridgeville, Ind.
Quartermaster, II. A. Arnold, Greenville, o.
The next meeting will be held at Spring
field. O.
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GLASS MEN AT COLUMBUS.
American Company Not Represented
and Nothing Tangible Is Done.

COLUMBUS. o.. Aug. 2S.-The executive
committee of the Independent and Fedora
ton window glass companies were in ses-
sion here this afternoon and tonight dis
GUESSING plans for the proposed trade agree
ment between the three great window glass
companies Of the country. No action was
taken tonight owing 10 the absence OF rep
resentatives OF the American Window Glass
Company. who are expected Tomorrow
1t Is expected that an agreement Will be
reached whereby the companies may con-
tinue To operate separately without the
cutting OF prices which has resulted from
competition.
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Veterans Meet at Piaua.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
PIQUA. O., Aug. &-The Ninety-fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry met in the thirty
first annual reunion and on the fortieth
anniversary of the march from Camp Piqua
to Kentucky TO repel the threatened inva-
sion Of Kirby Smith. The regiment marched
out 10lO strong, and afterward it received
thirty-six recruits and was mustered out
at the close OF the war with $40 men, hav-
ing lost 200 during the war. The survivors
met to-day in Y. NJ. c. A. Hall, and were
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stole Child from Its Mother.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MADISON, Ind. Aug. 2S.-Frederick Oak
ley went TO the home of his brother-in-law
where his wife, from which he is separated
is staying, and forcibly took their five-year-
old boy and escaped from the county. He
was intoxicated at the time and his wife
almost distracted. came TO the city and in-
sututcd habeas corpus proceedings The
sheriff has started for Switzerland county
in pursuit of the fugitive.
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Held Up and Robbed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Aug. 2S-John Lindlay,
a farmer, was held up and robbed in broad
daylight this morning in an alley in the
rear of the Herald office in this city. The
robbery was committed by two unknown
men, one or them went through the vic
TINS pockets and the other kept watch. y
number of men in the Johnson block. which
Is located near the scene of the hold up
saw the robbery. but it was over before
any of them could give Lindlay any aid
Llndlay does not know how much ne lost
but he says he had several bills in his
pocket which are now missing.
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Died as Result of Injuries.

Special TO The Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Aug. 2s-Dr.
Thomas A. Mason. Of North Fifteenth
street. died early this morning from the
effects OF injuries received when his buggy
was struck by a street car some weeks ago.
The doctor insisted that the mOtOrman did
not ring the bell for warning at the
crossing
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NeyvIin Family Reunion.
, the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indiana polls Journal
BLOOMINGDALE, Ind, Aug. S.-Five
hundred members of the Newlin family
held enthusiastic reunion at this place
to-day. The Newlin family was the first in
this part of the State to hold annual re-
unions, having effected an organization six
teen years ago. The meeting which was
held in Friends Church. was called to or
der by the president, George w. Newlin. of
Marshall. His assistant officers were Miss
Laura Z. Newlin, recording secretary and
EXum Newlin, corresponding secretary.
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Republican Legislative Nominee.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL. Ind. Aug 2s.-T. p. Lewis, Of
this city was nominated for joint repre-
sentative from Clay and Owen counties to-
day by the Republicans at their conven-
ton at Coal City. Mr.. Lewis is "a prOmi-
nent miner Of this city and is well known
throughout the county. He will make an
excellent race.
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CLINTON LAWYER NAMED.
John A. WiItermood Nominated by
the Fifth District Democrats.
ID ID 10 InllanaIolls Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind. Aug. 81 I'm a Wilter-
mood. OF Clinton. Vermilion county. was
nominated by acclamation by the Fifth
district Democratic convention. held here
to-day. His was the only name presented.
After a short speech by the nominee the
convention adjourned.
But little enthusiasm was shown. After
comparing notes as 10 the men who had
refused 10 accept a nomination. the early
delegates began canvassing the situation as
20 who might be induced 10 run against Mr.
Holiday. They found IL rather dishearten-
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Small Payment to Creditors.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, Aug. 2S.--Announcement
has been made that the creditors and de-
positors of julius COnitz, banker at Wanna
tab, Laporte county, who recently went
into bankruptcy, will receive % cents on the
dollar. The liabilities We're nearly 500. 0OO
of which nearly half was in bonds of the
Eastern & Western Railroad, which was
promoted by William Dallin, of Chicago
from Benton Harbor. Mich, to Toledo, and
was backed by Conitz.
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Allegation of Perjury Made.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 2S.-James
Clinton, of Paris, H.. wants William Col
Inns, of Terre Haute, prosecuted for perjury
on the ground that he made a false oath
when he procured a license to marry Mrs
Clinton, who had obtained a divorce few
weeks before she married Collins last week
The allegation is that Collins swOre that he
was not a relative of Mrs. Clinton, whereas
he is a first cousin.
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Battle Imminent in Venezuela.

WILLEMSTAD. Island Of Curacao. Aug.
pa battle between the army commanded
by President Castro OF Venezuela and the
revolutionists Of that republic is imminent.
The President returned from San Casimiro
10 Qua and is marching on Ocumare. where
the advance guard Of the government army
is stationed The revolutionists occupy la
Democratic, only a few leagues distant
from Ocumare. All the telegraph and tele-
phone lines are cut
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YORK, Pa. Aug. &-Fire, supposed to
be Of inCendiary origin, started in the rear
of the Palace of Amusement building
spread to several adjoining buildings to-
day and destroyed property valued at 500
COO Insurance $4,000 During the fire the
roof fell, injuring four tiremen slightly.
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Horses Killed by a Train.
pecial to the indianapolis Journal

opeclaI 20 tne IndlanapOIs JOurnaI.
RUSHVILLE. Ind, Aug. 2S.-Passenger
train No 30. on the c.. H. s. D.. due here
early this morning. ran into some horses
belonging TO Russell L. Bebout killing
three and gripping two more. Gravel haul
ers had left the gate open and the horses
had strayed on the track. Mr.. Bebout is a
stock raiser and the horses were all OF good
breed.
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Tried to XIII Himself.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENFIELD MILLS, Ind, Aug. d
Clayton Lake was found in pool Of blood
on the floor OF the home Of Sam Hoops
early this morning He had attempted sui
eide, but is still alive. Officers had made ac-
cusation, Wednesday night, charging him
with burning the barn Of William Roger.
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Co-operntive Plant Mt Anderson.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind. Aug. 2S.-The Union
window glass factory Of this city which
was sold recently 10 a company OF glass
workers. will be operated as cooperative
concern. Glass workers from Alexandria
Orestes. Matthews and this city have the
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plant and are making arrangements to
start their factory in d short time. The
men are all expert glass workers and are
as ready 10 shovel sand TO handle
blow pipe. This will be the first cooper
alive plant operated in Madison county.
and the outcome is being watched with
considera bic interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29
$4,000 Fire at Brazil.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Ind, Aug. 2S.-Fire broke out
on North Meridian street this evening
frame block occupied by Harry Fugate's
meat market. Harlin Rector's bicycle repair
shop and Charles Kenton's sign painting
shop was badly wrecked and the occupants
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LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Aug. &-Mrs.
Reese Wagner. wife OF a citizen of North
Little Rock, and her two children, aged
three and six years, were found dead in
bed to-day with their threats cut. II is
believed Mrs. Wagner killed the children
and then cut her own throat
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Sullivan County Republicans.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SULLIVAN. Ind, Aug. 8.-The Repub-
lIcans of Sullivan county will hold their
county convention in this city on Sept 90
An address will be delivered by John G.
CLANCY, candidate for member of Con-
gress in the Second district.
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Train Dispatcher Promoted.

CARBONDALE. H.. Aug. pa. F. Page,
chief train dispatcher OF the ST. Louis di-
vision OF the Illinois Central Railroad. was
to-day made trainmaster Of the same sys.
tenn with headquarters at Jackson, Tenn.
c. Q. Barnthouse, Of this city, succeeds
Mr.. Page.
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PITTSBURG. Pa. Aug. 2S.-At a meeting
to-day Of manufacturers Of pressed and
blown glassware it was decided TO increase
the price of common pressed tumblers and
tin-top jellies per cent. and all other lines
ID per cent.
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New England word wanted.

IUIIdutIpHId fItHr-
Must we permit the French 20 have IN.
glory OF naming the automobile driver
chauffeur And isn't the English Ian.
guage rich enough 20 provide name.
Chauffeur" may be all well enough "a
those who know how TO speak French. bur
10 the initiated IL IL as puzEling as route
was 10 the late Senator McCresry. OF Ken.
lucky. when Senator Conkling In debau
pronounced IL root"
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killed by N Falling stone.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
BEDFORD. Ind.. Aug. 2S.-Walter Pey-
ton, an employe Of the Rock Ledge quarry,
was killed late this evening by a large stone
falling on him, breaking his neck and bad
~ crushing him
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President Mills Seriously Sick.

Special to the India napolis Journal
RICHMOND. Ind. Aug. ZS.-Dr Joseph ].
Mills. president of Earlham College board
of educa ton is quite sick. and invitations
for the twenty-ffth wedding anniversary
of the doctor and Mrs. Mills have been
withdrawn.
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The Dominating Material.
New York Tribune.

Southern brains should dominate the
councils OF the Democratic party" says the
Memphis Commercial Appeal How about
letting Southern fists do IL? Hemphill and
Lattimer and Tillman and Bailey suggest
the greater supply OF muscular dominating
material
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He Died at Manila.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
MADISON, Ind, Aug. 2S.-The body of
DR. Henry r. Morris. who died in Manila,
p. L., was buried to-day at Milton. KY,
opposite Madison
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suffered heavy loss. The building belonged
to Eli and John Hendrix. The fire origi-
mated in the bicycle shop. The loss is esti-
mated at 50 COO
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STABBED IN THE SIDE
MAN IN SERIOUS CONDI-
! TION AFTER A SALOON ROW.

Two Men Killed I'm N Collision at ca
yuEa as the Result OF Not Regard
ing Brakeman's Warming.
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New Map Of the World

Consul General Williams of Singa-
pore writes to the Independent to pro-
pose reconstruction of the map of
the world. He would have us make
an exchange with England Of our Phil
lpplne possessions for Newfoundland
and the British West Indies and the
Bahamas and Incidentally he would
have England cede Honduras to Mex
leo. and have Great Britain, France
and Holland give up their claims to
Guiana which should be made a sep
arate nation under our protection He
thinks that it would be good riddance
tor US If we should thus transfer the
Phlllpplnes to a power that wants
them. and that we should gain in
prestige and power by contining our
selves wholly to this side of the middle
OF the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Talmaue's Favorite Story.

The late DR.. Talmage used to tell
this as one OF his favorite stories: Il
was riding in a Brooklyn horse car
one day when a very large woman got
on. AS she went to sit down, the
space not being any too much she
overlapped some. and | heard a man
on one side mutter under his breath,
I didn't suppose they carried ele-
plants in these cars Immediately
the woman jumped up, and. gesticU-
lating wildly in the direction of the
rear platform. shouted: Conductor,
Conductor, There's an elephant and a
hog in this car, and the elephan:
wants to get out. New York Times
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a Eoy Of Promise.

Robert Louis Stevenson S ward and
step grandson. Austin Strong, is turn.
ing out to De a boy o. genius. A
10y Just out of school. he has come
to the front of his profession, that OF
Landscape architect, by laying out
one of the greatest public gardens in
the world-Cromwel park, in Auck.
land, New Zealand. He was 20 years
of age when he accepted the commits
sion. His father was j. ID. Strong, one
OF the foremost artists of the Older
school in San Francisco. and his
mother, lsobel Strong, writes and il
Mstrates for the leading magazines.
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a Windy Scarecrow.

In the way of scarecrows a Delavan
Lake man will probably take all pre-
miums offered for some years to come
The name of the inventor is Joseph
kiel of Delavan, Wis His scarecrows
are operated by windmill. connected
with a number of horsefddles, bells
and cans. When the windmill is in
motion the band plays and there is a
din that can be heard for a mile.
When the apparatus was first oper-
ated every bird in the neighborhood
took fight and few have found their
way back. kiel threatens to run the
machine by electricity if the wind
fails, and all the resorters around the
lake are afraid he will do it.
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How Vanderbilt Spelled "Dog.~

According to all the traditions, says
the Philadelphia Times. Commodore
Vanderbilt. who laid the foundation of
the family wealth that has become
proverbial was a man without educa-
ton, knowing little of the three
Rs. and lamentably weak on spell
|, ing He kept to himself the word on
which the combination of the Office
safe was based until suddenly sick
ness prevented his appearing one
morning, and it became necessary to
transfer the secret, in order that the
days work might be done without
let or hindrance. The bookkeeper
sent to the commodore's house for
the word key and received reply that
dog" was the necessary word. But
every effort to release the bolts on
the dog" combination failed, and it
was necessary to send again to the
Vanderbilt home, in the fear that the
old tinancier might have made a
thou2htless mistake. But the mes
senger was speedily convinced that
when the irascible commodore roared
at him: Dog, you dog, Dog! Con-
found you all for lot OF zanies!
Go back.-go back to the office. and
open that safe on "dog'-'d-o-r-g-e,
dog
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for killing and devourng snakes, it is
called the serpent eater. seven.
foot fer de lance makes a good meal
for the bird: nothing more. 1t is four
feet in length, has long legs and a
heavily-feathered breast. of blush
gray color. and has long tail. Its
beak is big and strong and it has long
and sharp claws. which cut like knives
on occasions, while it's wings are long
and armed with blunt spurs at the
shoulder. 1t stuns the serpent with
this spur and then finishes him with
beak and claws. Snakes three or four
feet long it will seize with the beak
and sail aloft, dropping the reptile
from height that kills him on strik-
ing the earth. OF his work on the
island of Martinique an authority
says:
The secretary gets fat and lazy by
the plentitude of his victims in and
around st. Pierre. But his gluttony
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The Secretary EirS.

filings himself with such force against
the standing quadruped as to knock
him down as ii he We're built of straw.
Even horses are knocked about this
way by seven-foOt snake. sure-footed
as these animals are. Frequently men
and beats are killed instantly by the
force of the spring and the poison
forced into the body at the same time
1t is yet to be recorded where this
venomous creature ever turned tail to
an enemy, except to the secretary bird.
and often it will go long ways out
of it's path to kill man or beast.
The secretary bird is noted for vo-
raciousness, feetness, strength and
quick striking power. 1t has tuft of
feathers back Of it's head which re.
seDlbles pen stuck behind the ear.
From this it has been named after this
secretary. On account of it's fondness