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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08
OIL WITHOUT ANY WELL
MARION COMPANY - SAID To Sc
CURE pod BARRELS DAILY.
Loss and Insurance I'm Muncie Fire
Heavy Harvest by the Grim Reap
er-GnmbIer's safe Is Opened.
speeIal % ths InaIanapoIIs JournaI.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind. March Marion has the
distinction OF being the only city in the
country that has an oil company that OBJ
tains two hundred barrels OF oil a day and
has not even the sign OF an oil well
Through the big Marion oil field there runs
a stream OF water called Boots creek To
this creek a large quantity Of oil escapes.
DR.. Smith. local optician, has, with the
aid OF oil men, devised a plan for capturing
the oil. a dam has been built with a tank
holding twenty barrels OF oil at one end.
Sluiceways allow the water TO escape
through the dam. BY closing the gate the
water is backed up until the oil runs into
the tank. The water continues its way
through the sluiceway free from oil. At the
first experiment IL was found that a barrel
of oil was obtained in less than eight min
utes. In this way oil to the value OF Sl6G
Is obtained daily from the creek.
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DIR. SWANS HEALTH HOME

looking Quakers. on his shelves are mod
est Quaker clocks that did service IN the
DAYS when the founder was exchanging
thirty blankets for Philadelphia
There are Quaker walking sticks, timed
boxes. documents on all subjects. house
hold utensils legion.
II is true that this system OF supplying
ancestors has its disadvantages. Contre-
temps such as the one revealed at the be-
ginning of this article are bound TO occur.
The hawk-like eye of a connosseur, trained
10 recognize instantly the value, anthem
ITCHY and history of antiques. often pierces
the deception, and remembers seeing the
treasured family heirlooms" somewhere
else But in the main people are gullibe,
and the wealthy. but plebeian aspirant for
social honors vaunts the blueness OF his
blood and points with pride TO his hired
heirlooms without much danger or dis
covery.
And meanwhile the crafty dealer smiles.
wakes rich and echoes a celebrated remark
of Puck's regarding the average intelli-
gence of mortals.
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MAY SUCCEED PAUNCEFOTE.
Alfred LytteItOn May BE British Am
bassador at Washington.

LONDON, March 1.-THE Yorkshire Post
to-day says it learns that Hon. Alfred
Lyttelton is likely to succeed Lord Paunce-
fote as British ambassador at Washington.
Mr. Lyttelton is the Liberal Unionist
member of Parliament for bennington,
Warwickshire; is bencher of the Inner
Temple, recorder of oxford, and was legal
private secretary to Sir Henry James when
the latter attorney general, 1SS2-S6. He
has been captain of the Elton and Cam
bridge cricket elevens, represented Cam
bridge University in cricket, football, ten
MIS- racquets and athletic sports generally,
and represented England in cricket and
football matches. He was educated at
Elton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Mr..
Lyttelton recently has performed several
special missions for the government of
Great Britain, notably in South Africa.
General Lyttelton, who commanded divi-
sion in Natal under General Butler, is a
brother Of Mr.. Lyttelton, who is a nephew
of the late Mrs. Gladstone.
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VIENNA, March THE Fremdenblatt
referring. to-day, to the decision of the
government to raise the mission of Austria
Hungary at Washington to an embassy,
says: LAS the United States legation at
Vienna will also be converted into en-
bassy the relations between Austria-Hun-
gary and the United States will be repre-
sented in a manner in consonance with
their present Importance and which will be
enhanced in the future. Political hostility
between the two countries, humanity speak
ing. is no more probable i'm the future than
il was in the past. In view of the impend-
ing Encouragement of the politico-com-
mercial relations of Europe and the United
States it is doubly important to be in close
contact with all nations which are pre-
eminent in the economic domain"
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Seeks n Pardon for Deserter.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, March 7.-Officer Fred
Pickett, of the police force, has started a
petition which will be presented to Repre-
sentative Cromer asking him to use his in
fiuence to procure a pardon for Elmer Har-
mon, twenty-one, a young Muncie soldier
and his release from the military prison at
Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Harmon deserted
from Fort Sheridan military post, where
he a member of Company @, Twenty
ninth Regiment, United States Infantry,
last fall, and after working on a farm
near Chicago to secure money came to
Normal City to see his sweetheart On Oct
10 he voluntarily surrendered to officer
Pickett was tried for desertion and sem
fenced to serve one year in prison.
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Special 70 the indianapolis Journal
LEBANON. Ind, March &c. S. Riley
one Of the best known residents of Leba-
non, is dead, aged seventy-sx. He was
born in Nicholas county. Kentucky, and
came to this county fifty years ago, set
Ting on farm near here. He had been a
resident of Lebanon since 1891. He was one
of the charter members OF the local lodge
OF Red Men and was one Of the first OF
the stockholders Of the First National
Bank of Lebanon. He left a widow and
five children.
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INJUNCTION Is DISSOLVED.
Lac La Belle suit at Laporte Is Dis
missed by Judge Baker.

LAPORTE. Ind. March Judge Baker.
OF the Federal Court. has dissolved the in
function granted Timothy Nestor in suit
against F.. n. Scott, r. r. Michael and
w. A. Martin. directors of the Lac La Belle
Company. OF Laporte. 10 compel an ac-
counting.
Nestor alleged ne made a contract with
the company by which he became jointly
interested in the sale OF 10000 acres Of
land Dear Marquette Mich. for S2l2. coo 10
the Barry Bros Company. OF Detroit. He
alleged the company had received profits
from which about $50 900 was withheld from
him. RE charged that the company has re-
moved It's principal Office from Michigan TO
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VIII Demand the weekly Pay Day.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Ind, March THE block-coal
miners delegates held an all-day session
yesterday behind closed doors and held
another secret session to-day to arrange
the scale for low coal and prepare other
demands TO be made of the operators at
the joint convention to be held on Tues
day. 1t probably will require several days
before a settlement can be reached, as a
spirited fight will be waged for the weekly
pay day. This probably Will be the fore
most proposition. and il will be opposed by
the operators, as the constitutionality of
the law has not yet been passed on by the
higher courts. The miners will not increase
their initiation fee, as was done in the BIZ
luminous district.
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Indiana Notes.

THORNTOWN.-Mr. and Mrs. James
Roberts, OF this place, on Thursday cele-
brated the fifty-fourth anniversary of their
marriage, which took place in Lancashire.
England, in 1S4S. OF the sixteen persons
at the original wedding party four are liv-
ing, and three of these live in Indiana. Mr..
after their marriage and settled in Indiana.
first in Franklin county. They came to
this city twenty-five years ago. The an
niversary was celebrated with large fam
lily reunion.
SULLIVAN - The recent action of the
Town Council in granting the Southern
Indiana Railroad a sweeping franchise
has been the source of much agitation
here. The sentiment on the question has
been about equally divided those opposing
believing that the franchise should be more
specific. 1t is reported that the Sullivan
Business Mems Association will send a
letter of thanks TO President Walsh and
will pass resolutions upholding the fran
chise.
MARION-The EIks' lodge of Marion is
negotiating for the purchase of suitable
property for a home. An option has been
secured on the Jones property in the down
town district, the purchase price being
fixed at $500. If this property is purchased
several thousand dollars will be expended
in remodeling and furnishing the new
home. The membership of the lodge is $50
and it is in a fourishing financial condi-
ton.
FORT WAYNE.-The board of trustees
of the State School for Predetermined
Youth completed its work Friday. Thos.
X. Null appointed to succeed the late John
NJ. Spann, was present and was elected
president of the board Mrs. j. b Harper
is secretary and +. NJ. Wilson is treasurer.
RUSHVILLE.-The County Commission
ers have employed Expert A. N Collins, of
Franklin, to make an examination of the
records of Rush county. The examination
will go back six years. The commission
ers agreed to pay him $4,000, the full
amount allowed by the County Council.
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ALMOST \ CLEAN SWEEP.
warsaw City Convention Refuses to
Renominate Incumbent officers.

Special to the Indianap polls Journal
WARSAW, Ind, March 7.-Opponents OF
the present city government were victor
ious at the city convention held here to-
night. defeating every candidate for re-
nomination with the exception of Mayor B
F. Richardson, who was renominated. Ar
entire new Council was nominated. as fol
lows: Levi Zumbrum, Charles A Rigdon
Harry Lockwood, II. z. Comstock, j. T.
Graves and c. w. Light.
Other nominations were: Treasurer, FL
mer Funk; clerk, George Dresser; marshal
William Funk. The main fight was on the
question of public improvements made by
the present Council.
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BERLIN, March PROF. Kuno FRANKIE,
of Harvard University, has received a let
ter from the United States minister at
Berne A. s. Hardy, announcing that the
Swiss Federal Council will contribute to
Haryard's Germanic museum plaster casts
of representative Swiss sculptures. The
selection will be made from plaster casts
now in preparation at the National Mu-
scum, Zurich.
above said: THE action of the Swiss Fed
eral Council, coming Immediately after the
announcement of Emperor Williams gift
to Harvard, is most gratifying. since it
establishes the Germanic character of the
undertaking in a wider sense of the word .
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Sale of oil Properties.

WHEELING, w. Va. March IL. B.
Robinson, one of the pioneer West Vir-
ginia oil operators, has just closed a deal
by which he disDoses of all his West Vir-
ginia interests for S1.O0O,000 to the South
Penn Company. The holdings comprise
1000 acres in defined territory in
Wetzel and Marion counties, and number
of producing wells. Mr. Robinson fol-
lowed the oil business into West Virginia
from Pennsylvania, and drilled the first
well in the famous Warrington field, on
the Pritchard heirs farm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08
Chef Murdered In a Kitchen.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, March Her
bert Gallahugh, a Northern Pacific brake
man. shot and killed Charles Collins. the
colored chef of the San Angelo. tonight
in the kitchen OF the hotel because Mrs
Gallahugh who has been employed at the
hotel. had reported 10 her husband that
the negro had offered insults TO her. Gala
hugh then telephoned TO the police, told
them where he was and submitted TO arrest
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Death Probably Due 10 Morphine.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES Ind, March david
Grady died to-day at his room in the st.
Johns Hotel in this city, it is supposed
from a dose of morphine. He was old
soldier and had made application for adj
mission 10 the Soldiers Home. He drew
pension of S4 per month. His home was
at Orleans.
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Bryan in the Mining Region.

SCRANTON, Pa March w. ]. Bryan,
who lectured here tonight, was asked
whom he considered a Democratic presiden-
tial possibility. He said mo one can tell
in advance what the issues will be or what
will be their relative Importance. 1t ought
to be safe to predict that Democratic prin-
cipes will be applied to the issues, and it
ought 10 be that the platform should be
written by those whose fidelity to those
principles is not subject TO suspicion"
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To Render Cattle Immune.

BERLIN, March AT to-day's session
of the budget committee of the Prussian
Diet Privy Councillor Kirchner made the
important announcement that sure means
had been discovered to render cattle i'm
mune from the foot and mouth disease
He added that il was justifiable TO assume
that preparations would shortly be avail
able whereby individuals could immunize
their stock comparatively cheap. Professor
Ioefier. who had conducted the expert
ments to this successful end. had tested the
bacillus remedy and had found il danger
Gus and inefficacious.
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Injured Mans Condition Critical.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PERU, Ind. March THE condition of
John +. Danes. who was injured on the
Wabash yesterday. has changed 10 a most
critical aspect. and it is feared he may not
survive. He is at the railway hospital.
Mr. Danes is the assistant superintendent
of bridges and buildings of the Wabash.
and was knocked of a new bridge on the
line from New Haven TO Butler and fell
TO the water eighteen feet below. He suf-
fered serious internal injuries, which have
not been definitely determind Mr. Danes
lives in Peru and has a family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08
INDIANA OBITUARY.
Charles =. Peckham, Former City
Treasurer of LOganspOrt.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT. Ind. March 7.-Charles
s. Peckham, aged sixty-seven. bookkeeper
for the contracting firm OF Talbot & New
eli. and prominent citizen, fell dead at his
home here this morning while in the yard
preparing to go TO his office. Heart disease
was the cause
For eleven years prior 10 1880 he was with
the Fairbanks Scale Company, and for two
terms succeeding. he held the office of city
treasurer. He left widow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08
Combination of Telephone Systems.

PORTLAND, Ore. March Tt is stated
that a strong combination of the telephone
systems is being formed in the Pacific
Northwest with lines radiating from Port
land. Lines will, it is announced, be run
into every town in Oregon, Washington
and probably parts of Idaho and Montana
The company controlling the Columbia
Telephone Company of this city and most
of the others named is the Northwestern
Telephone Company, of Youngstown and
Warren
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woman Assaulted and Killed.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March IA spe-
cial TO the Daily Press says a negro nOti-
fed the coroner at Front Royal, Va, of
the finding of the body of a young white
woman i'm a lonely spot In the woods nea
there The verdict of the jury tina |
the woman had been first assaulted AMI
then shot to death. The body had beeh
horribly mutilated by animals. 1t was
Identified as that of Miss Lou Wise, of
SalOme. Fauquier county.
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Combination of Silk Mills.

YORK, Pa, March THE organization
of the York Silk Manufacturing Company,
with a capital of $1,S0O.0O0, was consum-
mated at New York yesterday. Included in
the new organization are the mills of the
Pennsylvania Silk Company, Fleetwood;
Carlisle Silk Company of Carlisle; York
Silk Company and Diamond Silk Company,
of York The directors of the company are
d. F. Lafan. York. president NJ. G. Col
Inns. York, general manager; W. =. Rice,
New York: c. H. Dempwolf. w. s. Bond
and r. l.. ShettOr York.
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h 70 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ALBION. Ind, March 7.-Dr. B. z.
Miller. of this city, secretary of the County
Board of Health, was called to the north
ern part of Noble county yesterday, where
there were several cases of what some OF
the physicians and people termed chicken
pOX but others suspected was smallpox
He found IL vertiable bed of smallpox,
about nifty cases in all, with many more
exposed to the disease. The disease is
mostly in a light form, and in some in
stances not even doctor was called to see
the afflicted. There are three other cases
in the county of separate origin and in diff
ferent localities.
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Briti.b Trooper. Executed.

LONDON, March S.-Cabling from Jo-
hannesburg, the correspondent of the Daily
Mail cites the first reported cases where
British troops have been shot for miscon-
duct. The correspondent says two trregu-
lars, who were convicted by a court-mar-
tial of shooting BOer after he had surren-
dered. We're shot last week at PRETORIA.
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Laporte. Ind. Assets OF the company were
$4,000 and the restraining order was issued
TO prevent the disposal Of the property
until the merits OF Nestor's claims might
be determined.
Judge Baker found that conditions had
changed since the filing of the petition and
that the defendants had submitted to serv-
ice I'm Michigan.
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VIII Drill seventy-Five wells.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 7.-Superin-
tendent G.. Max Huffman, Of the Fort
Wayne Gas Company, says the company
will drill seventy-five new wells this sum-
msr IN preparation for next winter. The
first has already reached Trenton rock and
has pressure of sixty pounds. The new
wells are located in Grant county.
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Decatur Democratic Primary.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DECATUR. Ind. March THE Demo-
cratic primary election to-day resulted as
follows: For mayor, d. d. Coffee; marshal,
Harvey Hart: clerk. d. NJ. Hover; treas
urer. w. j. Archbold; councilmen, w. b.
Suttles. Al BUTLER, Henry Settler, II. S.
Porter, w. II. Nibblack, G. j. Weaver.
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Masons Meet in soIomon's auarries.

JERUSALEM. March THE White Star
line steamer Celtic, having on board 500
American tourists destined for this city.
arrived at Jaffa yesterday afternoon One
hundred Freemasons, representing every
Grand Lodge in North America, will hold
a meeting at King Solomon's quarries I'M
der the auspices of the Royal Solomon
Mother Lodge of Jerusalem.
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Narrow Escape from Cremation.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, March THE residence
Of Albert Gilmore, Of this city, was de-
stroyed by fire. with its contents. early
this morning. The family barely escaped
from the burning house. The roof of the
kitchen, where the fire originated, was
falling in when they were awakened by
neighbors. The loss on the house and
contents is about $1,000, partly covered by
insurance. The origin of the fire is not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08
Funeral of Joseph sawyer.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE. Ind. March THE funeral of
Joseph Sawyer was held this afternoon,
Muncie Lodge of Elks being in charge
Mr. Sawyer for many years had been stage
manager at the WysOr Grand Theater. and
the opera house employees attended in a
body Their floral Offering "A represen-
tation Of the front part of the stage with
the curtain down and bearing this inscrip-
ton, The last act"
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Kritringer Bnnished for Life.

BERLIN, March Extra editions of the
evening newspapers here publish report
captured by General French in December
last, was. after being tried by court-mar-
tial, condemned TO death, but that his SEN
tence was commuted to Punishment for
life
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Owen County Delegates.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SPENCER, Ind. March 7.-Owen county
Republicans have elected the following
delegates to the state conventions: Allen
Pierson, Christopher Cantwell, A. II. Burk-
ert. r. l.. Mannan. j. Nj. Jones, Thomas
Gantz, Curtis Smith, Joseph Biddle, Roger
Fryar.
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shot Drunken Wife and Self.

ST LOUIS. March Patrick McGinnis
tonight shot and killed his wife Margaret
and then turned the weapon upon himself
and blew his brains out. Mrs. McGinnis
was an habtual drunkard and had served
a number of terms in the workhouse. His
wifes conduct failure to obtain employ
ment and i'll health upset McCfnnis's mind.
The couple leave four children.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART. Ind, March :. George
Melcher, who had been Lake Shore fire
man and engineer since 1879. was killed in
the Lake Shore yard at South Bend this
morning He stepped from his engine and
started to cross "A track and struck
by a passing freight. He left a widow
and three children. who live here. His
brother, Charles Melcher. also of Elkhart
is the oldest passenger engineer i'm the
Lake Shore service The deceased was
born in Lancaster, y. H, in 1874.
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What They
Are
Composition OF the
Famous
GRAPE NUTS
FOOD

A widespread interest has been created
among good livers as TO the composition
OF Grape-Nuts. the popular food. II has
long been known 10 physicians. chemists
and food experts that the starchy portion
OF entire wheat -four and barley is trans
formed irto a true and very choice sugar
by the act OF intestinal digestion In tbs
human body. This sugar is identical with
and is known as grape sugar. and II is In
condition for immediate Transformation
into blood and the necessary structure
from which the delicate nerve centers are
built up.
A food expert OF the Postum Cereal Co.
Ltd, Battle Creek. Mich. followed line
OF experiments until he produced the food
called Grape Nuts. OF which grape sugar
forms the principal part. and Il is pro-
duced by following out natures processes
in a mechanical way. That IL. heat. mois-
ture and time are the methods employed
and directed by scientific facts gained In
research
Grape Nuts are probably entitled 10 tins
claim 10 be the most perfectly adapted
food for human needs now extant. Ger
tain IL is that the users delight I'm the IA
vor and the perfect action OF intestinal
digestion during the use OF Grape-Nuts Is
satisfying. and the added strength OF the
body confirms the facts
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Not the Sovereign of Brunswick.

BERLIN, March THE government Of
the duchy of Brunswick has sent TO the
Diet a memorandum definitely declaring
that the Duke of Cumberland is not the
sovereign of the country and that no one
can be its sovereign unless he is a federal
prince.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-08

CAPE TOWN. March DIR Scholtz. the
principal witness in the case against Prin-
cess Radziwill, charged with forgery in
connection with notes purporting to have
been signed by Cecil Rhodes, died to-day of
pneumonia.
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Fifty-Year Franchise Granted.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
JASPER. Ind, March THE Vincennes
& Jasper Electric Railway has been grant
ed the right OF way in Dubois county along
the Vincennes and New Albany state road.