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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Special TO the IndianapoIis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. u.-Mr Alva Gar
rettson. of this city. and Miss Emma Def
fenbach. of Cincinnati, were married at the
home of the bride Tuesday The groom Is
a well-known commercial traveller. The
bride is niece of Justice H. l.. Moreland,
of this city, and formerly was court re-
in the Hoyya rd- rrinton circl1it
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16

Olney. announced that he had received let
ters from the other side. telling him that he
was heir TO large estates in England He
said that he needed money To push his
claim. One OF the first persons whom he
interested with his story o. ulillion-dOllar
property was Sheriff Wickliffe Higgins. In
few days the whole town and the whole
wells fortune.
Who was Mr.. Cornwen? Nobody knew
much about that. but II was sufficient to
, know that WicSliffe Higgins had inves;i-
gated the claim and found that it was all
right Higgins himself would subscribe TO
the fund for regaining the property from
the wastes OF Chancery. The promise OF
large returns was b!azoned ali over the
the townSpeople and by the farmers
Mr. CorEweil and his syndicate disap-
peared twelve Years ego. and few days
afterwards Wickliffe Higgins deserted his
wife and child. The people OF the county
nave lonsed to see the Sheriff ever since.
No trace could be found OF him. The ac-
counts OF his Office Were 1880 short
Daughters Love His Lure.
His wife and child continued to live with
relatives neaT olney. The child was years
old when her father went away. and she re-
tanned clear recollection of him In spite
of the talk about him, which she mus; have
heard. she lost none OF her affection for her
parent she went to school and grew 10
woinanhood. Her mother died last summer
OF n broken heart. and her last words were
IN defense OF Wickliffe. She said that she
with her.
On account OF the love which his daughter
pore Higgins the people of Olney shrewdIy
suspected that he was in CORRESPONDENCE
with her. Their suspicious were confirmed
several months ago when the girl declared
mat she was to leave town. Her desrr.p-
ton was teicgraphed to this city and de-
tectives met her on her arrival and traced
Ner to tho White Star liner Cymric The
vessel wes about tn leave port and the de-
tectives had seen the Girl speak to no pas
sehGer Scrgeants Lesson and Moody have
icnS been at the task OF searching the
steamers at this port for persons who are
wanted by the authorities.
Ihey were. In this case puzzled They
noticed. and that was after the first whistle
had been blown. that the girl had spoken to
one OF the stewards. There was nothing
unusual in that. vet there was a Iiyht In
the eyes of the servitor that attracted thei,
attention. One OF them approached the
asked o was
Ny name Is George Wilson: am from
LTerpool." answered the s6ward
His accent was 80 marked and his manner
SO Indifferent that even the detectives who
are accustomed to judging all kinds OF men.
were FOR the moment almost convinced that
they had made n mistake.
Held for ExtrucH!on.
Strange" said Sergeant I.eeao1. as ne
moved away little: Twas sure that had
seen you III Olney."
Well; I was there once replied the
steward.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
LOVE OF DAUGHTER BETRAYED
FUGITIVE WICKLlFFE HIGGINS.
Former Sheriff of Oney Ill., VIII Accused of Helping Perp
ate Fraud Which Robbed FeilowTownsmen of ForiyFOur
Thousand Dollars, Was Captured When His Child At
tempted to Join Him in New York.

New York. March 1j.-Wickiiffe Hig-
gins. according to the view OF those
who lost their savings on his ac-
count. is Il villain. Those who did not in
vest in his impossible syndicate say that he
Is a Micawber. The officials Of the county
which has less in its treasury on his ac-
count think that he might have been far
worse. All that there is OF leniency L, the
views which thcss who know him take of
Nicklihe Higgins is due to the fact that
he loved his daughter so we'll that his, affec-
ton for her was the lure. which brought
him within the grasp Of the. law. and he had
been wary enough 10 keep away from the
trap for twelve years.
Men Ike Wickliffe Higgins DO not often
appear IN small towns like Olney, Ill. He IS
now IN Jail there. after adventures all over
the world. His daughter. who might now
DC with relatives in England IS with him.
ior she would not leave him. although she
mas had every opportunity to do so.
Mrs Higgins died of a broken heart vet
with her dying breath she defended her,
Euspand against one who mad spoken iii OF
hii-unJustly or justly. as the case may,
be- After all. there must have been some
5000 IN Wickllffe Higgins, accused of blow
ihS South sea bubble in Illinois and of
separating large number of ,;uiles,ss per-
sons from their hari-earned mone.
As 10 his antecedents little is known
higgins came fron England, but there is
none who thinks hat he was connected with.
me family of the distinguished thcologian
ne "as persuasive OF tongue and pleasing.
OF manner lie spoke with a slight Englsn
accent and nobody could accuse him OF
ioushShins MS his" He was as shrewd
as a. Yankee and as polite as a Erencnman
Mlck!iils .sgins, If the truth were known
Vas propapiE traveieu cii..,.I o.. -.,e world
oe1ore ne went TO Olney, ILL., He rnarrieo
IN the little town. and 70 him and his wife
Louise
OmcehOlding Hi. Bu.incss.
Oihcehoiding became the favorite occupa-,
ton OF higgins. He liked the idea of hur- :
TTinE about the country making speeches.
ana taking TO the farmers. He was elect.
ed SfaEeSarq trustee and Councilman. ands
hrally SfeEiI The shrievaity suited him in
every respect. None could arrest prisoners,
win more dramatic effect than he. anc,
when ON rare occasions 1t became necessa-'
nv 10 toreciose a mortgage to attach
property. none performed the function with
such gravity and with such professions of
soEro" as did the Engiish:nau.
There appeared In Olney. twelve years
ago. man named Co-nweil. with whom
Wickline Higsins!s the Sheriff. at once be-
came on intimate terms. Both OF them in
SISTED that they had never met before, Yet
there we're remarks occasionally dropped
Iyhich. In the light OF incidents which fol-
!oNeo' pointed to long ACQUAINTANCE be-
tween the two. t-'
cornweil. after q few week.''residenes in
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16

Paris. March 15.-The probability Of an
other Carlist uprising in Catalonia. Spain.
this spring, consequent upon the coming of
age of the young King Alfonso. attnaets re-
newed attention to the history OF that
movement, which has disturbed the political
welfare Of the country of dons ever since
Before the armies Of Napoleon had been
/ driven out OF the country. There We're al
ready men who said that the expulsion of
the French was not enough. They insisted
also upon the expulsion OF the A.fSanceSa-
dos. the Frenchified Spaniards, ty which
name was meant all who were known, or
even suspected. If being touched 10y Lib
eralisni.' The conflict began with. the reign
of Ferdinand VII, whose whole rulership
1t entirely filled. The theorists OF the party
maintain that the descent OF the crown in
Spain was to heirs-nlale only, and that Fer
dtnand had no authority to set aside his
prother. the first Don Carlos. in favor of
MS daughter, Isabel IL. grandmother of the
present sovereign. Their second contention
cided.
Foundation of Cause.
Standing upon no clear legal right the
cnly foundation OF the Cari.sts' cause is
the ambitions of the male line Of tie Span
osh Boiirbons. TO which the passions. the
fears, the faults. the virtues, th local pa
1riotisms and the fanaticisnS of certain
portions OF the Spanish peoples have given
raiidity. The Cariists have con Quoted the
1SEt ofa tae side of resistance. opposing
everything; IN Politics, religion or irreiigion.
which first produced tie French, reyo. u don
and t5en by means OF ii recast, all Europe
II - this clash OF principles sfhich alone
gives some measure Of interest--and inteIli-
kibility-to long, brainless iand always
sanguinary struggle.
From the Asraviados, who iorganized a
so.eaiied war. which biszed up IN the noun
tains OF Catalonia in lS2i. dtescepded the
Carlists. The Agraviados, or agt;rieved per
: sons. were in fact the extreme churchrnen
ana their lay supporters. who thought the
I. king too lenient to Free Misonsr and
such like They had for their motto, Re
lision. King and Inquisition' AND for chief
the Trappsst, who again had for mis- Eeeria
lady OF mixed Spanish and irish bjood
3 named Josefina Comerford The Asray;ados
Z were partly suppressed. but from them
came the iCarlists
Extremists in Party.
There were extremists in Lie party, who
looked to Don Carlos, the King 5 next
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
and intricate country, and were always
able TO escape into France and find conceal

and intricate country, and were always
able TO escape into France and find conceal
rrert there
In the present agitation Don Jaime has
vi lually accepted the leadership of the mil
itanJ element of the Cariist paSty, whose
followers style themselves "EouaS Car
lists" or "JaiInists." Don Carlos the father
of Don Jaime, dare not assume any respon-
sibility in the matter, because enen a suspi-
con of his connection with sucl, nNIyemeEt
would mean his expulsion from the country.
In the event OF the success OF the sing,
Don Carlos would become the ning Of
Spain.
The present Don Carlos IS no ordinary
man, and he has led no ordinary Rfe. HIS
very birth had a touch of the rom dTs ic. He
was born in -~ayside inn near La11ach. q
small town in the Austrian Province of IL
lyTia, while his father. Prince Lon Juan,
and his mother. the ArchducheSs -Seatrice
of Australasia. were travelling in a post
cnaise. on their way to Vienna. His parents
settled themselves at Innsbruck. and he
passed the first eighteen years of hi life in
Austria. going to Bologna ut the age of 3
to be confirmed by Pope Plus N His po-
litical life. however. did rot begin unit! the
year 1s5s
No matter what may be said of Don Car
loss pretensions to the throne of Spain his
strongest opponents admit that, he is a
brave and energetic soldier. having given
proof OF his valor IN several instances.
After the DISCRIMINATION of the GsriiSts in
1876. he abandoned the struggle and Started
on his travels around the world.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16

The Cymric left her berth a few minutes
later. Wickliffe Higgins stood on the pier.
His daughter had been looking for him. Size
went down the gangplank with him when
she learned of his arrest. although there
was 4 friend CT Higgins on board who
offered to take her TO Lo1Gcn. where the
family had relatives who would care for
her Higgins was held for extracition, and
after a delay OF several days. was taken
back to Olnty. ILL.,. by a Deputy Sheriff who
came TO this city and identified him. The
riTi went with him and she Is Sill in the
Illinois town, visiting her father daily in
prison and doing all she can to bring about
his release.
Higgins has undergone many adventures
since he became wanderer over the face
of the earth. He has worked at many
trades for his money soon gave out. HIS
hands are ce,loused with toll, and his face
is scanned by care. yet he had managed to
save money enough to provide for him ona
hie daughter a home In England.
OIney does not feel well disposed toward
the man who robbed IL of its money. as the
citizens express II. yet whatever leniency
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
Mr.. SPRhGUE SAYS
The second floor of Delicatessen rs Olive
street is the swell restaurant for ladies.
NEWS GIVING AT WASHINGTON.
Secretary Cortelyou Will Furnish
Statements to Newspaper Men.
.EprpJJC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, March ia new fashion
OF giving out news from the Cabinet meet
ings has been set at the White House. Sec
retary Cortelyou or Assistant Secretary
Loeb will hereafter make Statements of
what can be given out and furnish them 10
the newspaper men.
Heretofore the style was to make n gen.
eral break for the Cabinet officers while
coming down the stairs from the Cabinet
room in the corridor. out on the portAco. and
hold them up for news. This has appar-
entiy been found to be Objectionable. 1t is
now expected that the White HuGse re-
pcr,crs VIII await ;i,e official stare-lSnt and
- - o. fte- tlc ''"eiret officer The II unl
statement of Cabinet officer at the White
=. % si.l-e. po-..co- Il vie. tai d
over :. great many matters. but sthere is
nothing 20 say"
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
CURES WEAK MEN FREE.


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after years of suffering from sexual weak
ness. lost vitality, night losses, varicocele.
etc, ard enlarge small, weak organs TO
full size and vigor. Simply send your name
anu address TO Dr. Knapp Medical Co.
745 Hull building, Detroit, Mich. and they
will gladly, send the free receipt with fu:i
directions so any man may easily cure him
self at home. This Is certainly a most
generous offer, and the following extracts.
taken from their daily mail, show what men
think CT their generosity:
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thanks fc- yours OF recent date. have
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the benefit has been extraordinary. 1t has
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Strength and vigor havs completely re-
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Dear Sirs-Yours was received, and
had no trouble in making use of the re-
keipt as directed. and can truthfully say it
q a boon to weak men. I am greatly i'm
&oved In size. strength and vigor."
All correspondence is strictly confden-
al. mailed in plain, sealed envelope. The
seipt is free for the asking and they want
~ man TO have 1t
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
ENORMOUS CONSUMPTION
OF WINE IN GAY PARIS.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris. aIa.ch 15.- Copyright. 1a12.)-From
the returns of wine brought into Paris 1t is
evident that the gay city is appTcpriatins
more and more OF Frances concentrated
sunshine. Doubtless the abundance of the
last wine harvest and the Suppression of the
octroi accounts for much of the increase.
Although the preceding year the Exposition
stimulated trade. its record of five and "a
half million hectoliters has been surpassed
by the twelve months just ended by over =
million
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
ACTIVE REGIsTRATION-T1

ner in which registration Is increasing
shows that tie ward workers are becomin9
active. Between the hours Of and Q ..
IN. last Friday 500 men registered. OF these
90 were FROM the Seventh. Eighth. Tenth
Nineteenth ana Twenty-eighth wards. The
total registration to date Il 5000
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16

may be shown will be due to the admiration
for the devotion of Louise Higgins.
He has some hope of yet gaining his Free
dom for his attorney has raised the point
that as no Indictment was found three years
after the alleged offense was committed
the county has no legal hold upon the prfs.
Oner.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16

PROFESSOR WOODWARD TO LEG.
lecture to be given by Professor Calvin II
Woodward OF Washington University, IN
the college chapel. March Il at o'cloo4
p. m.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-16
MAY FOLLOW
CORONATION OF ALFONSO.

Followers Are Said Be Uneaiy Awaiting Young
Kings Coming of Don jaime Son of Carlos Believed
Have Virtually Accepted Leadership of Military Ee
in Present Agitation.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-04
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The House of Delegates on Friday
defeated the Hannah Oyster Bill The
Hartford delegation voted in favor of
the bill.
The Robinson Congressional Re-
districting Bill, with some amend
ments has passed the House and
Senate and is now awaiting the sig
nature of the Governor to become a
law. The First District includes all
of the Eastern Shore counties. The
Second District is the fifteenth and
sixteenth wards of Baltimore City,
Hartford, Carroll and Baltimore
counties. 1t will be seen that Cecil
county has been taken from this Con-
gressional District and placed in the
first. The practical result of this
will not materially alter the political
status of either of the districts as the
two wards in Baltimore City are
about n standoh.
The Compulsory Education Bill
which was introduced by Senator
Bryan has passed both the House
and the Senate. 1t only applies to
Baltimore City.
Governor John Walter Smith has
re-appointed Col. John w. Aviritt
State Game Warden. Col. Aviritt
has performed the duties of this
office in very satisfactory manner
during the past two years and the
management Of the place elected
favorable comment in the annual
message from the Governor. During
the severe weather this winter he
has furnished food for a large num-
Der of the game birds which has un-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-04

doubtedly saved numbers of them
from perishing.
Senator Brewington's bill to reap
portion the school fund on the basis
of the State Census of 1901 has be-
come law. Under this act Hartford
county will probably receive about
5000 additional to what she is now
getting from the free school fund.
EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE.
1t has been discovered that the
House of Delegates adjourned with
out passing the bill providing for the
levy of the State tax and fixing the
various items for which the same is
levied. AS matters now stand it is
said that there is no authority for
collecting the taxes for the years 1902
and 1908, as the act of 1900 repeats
Section 80 of Article 81 of the Code
and re-enacts it with amendments
fixing theitems for the year 1900 and
1901 only. Itseems to be the general
opinion that the only way to remedy
this defect would be by special ses-
sion, which would probably cost the
State at least $4,000. The bill fix
ing the amount of the items and pro-
viding for the tax was introduced by
Senator Jones, Of Montgomery coun-
ty, and passed the Senate on March
18th. 1t then went to the House and
was ordered engrossed for its third
reading. twas put on this file March
25th and there it stayed. 1t was
among a number of Senator Jones
bills that failed for passage. The
Republican and independent leaders
having displayed a desire to defeat
all measures bearing the name of the
Senator from Montgomery county,
it is the impression that the bill was
mistaken for some local measure in
which Mr.. Jones was interested.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-04
POSTPONED FOR TWO YEARS.

The bill to submit the question of
the sale of liquor to the voters Of
Hartford county, which had been
passed by the Senate, was amended
by the House on Saturday and favor
ably reported. The House amend
ment provided for the submission Of
the question to the voters of Hartford
county, outside of the City of Havre
de Grace, as a whole, and not by pre-
cincts as the Senate bill provided. The
bill was then held on the third read
ing until the closing moments of the
session when it was brought out by
Speaker Mitchell. Delegate Dryden
moved to indefinitely postpone the
bill and his motion was quickly
carried by a vive voce vote.
The responsibility for this action
can be easily traced, to the proper per-
sons and we feel sure that they are
perfectly willing to assume either the
credit or blame, which will be ac-
corded them by our local residents.
This disposes of the question for
two years, but if we can read the
handwriting on the wall Alright, there
will be a very different state ofaffairs
existing the next time that the ques-
ton is agitated.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-04
LOCAL BILLS.

The following local bills have been
passed by the Legislature, which has
just adjourned.
To amend the charter of Bel Air.
To amend the game laws.
To sanction conveyances and be-
quests to certain churches.
To authorize the County Commits
sioners to levy money to relieve cer-
tain persons.
To appropriate sum ofmoney for
Jarrettsville Academy.
To authorize the Commissioners to
levy money for the support of Eliza
Kavenaugh.
To amend the charter of Aberdeen.
To regulate the salary ofthe States
Attorney.
To amend the charter ofthe Mutual
Fire Insurance Company.
To amend the fish laws, two bills.
To amend the charter of Havre de
Grace.
To change the time of the county
levy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-04
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

The Illinois farmer is pleased to
learn that his friends, the Iowa far
mer, the Nebraska farmer, the
Wisconsin farmer, the Minnesota
farmer, and even the Dakota farmer,
are doing nicely, but here and there
we find him Directing to the assump,
ton that any of them are outdoing
him.
For fifty years at least the Illinois
farmer has acknowledged few equals
and no superiors west of the Ohio.
For twenty-five years he has held his
head as high as any farmer in the
middle West. For more than a de-
cade he has regarded himselfas essen
TALLY the gentleman farmer of the
Mississippi valley. During the last
five years he has become capitalist.
THE poor farmer" says the Earl
vile (Ill.) Leader. "has ceased to
exist in this section. His land has
passed the $1OO-an-acre mark, and
everything he has to sell brings big
profit. He has money in the bank,
and money loaned out at 6 per cent
interest. He has telephones, acety-
lene gas, and it won't be Dan Terry's
fault if every farmer in North La
Sale doesn't have a trolley line past
his door in the next twelve months.
The poor farmer of pioneer days is
the rich man of today"
La Sale county farmers are making
progress at a wonderful pace, but
they have yet to make as much pro-
gress as some others in this proud |
commonwealth. There are counties
in Illinois where the price of good
corn land is steadily advancing to
the $200-an-acre mark, where far
mers are directors in banks, electric
railroad companies, electric light
companies, and telephone companies;
where the farmhouses are palaces
compared with the farmhouses often
years ago. and where there is rural
postal service every day.
The trolley car already has entered
some of these counties, and the
systems now in operation are spread
ing steadily in every direction. The
Illinois farmer now is often whisked
by electricity from his gate to the
county seat in a few minutes for a
few cents, and many of the products
L r 4 IL |
same way.
1t is difficult to realize it, but the
fact is the farmers of Illinois are
enjoying today more conveniences
and comforts than did the metropoli-
tan residents of a generation ago. |