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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-02
LIVELY TRIANGULAR FIGHT.
kokomo Streets Furnish the Motive
tn Traction Promoters.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind, April 1.-Street-railway
construction is fOurishing I'm Kokomo. In
the fight between the Union Traction Com
pany and George Marott, owner of the
Kokomo and Logansport city railways.
for possession of the best streets. both
have given S.000 bond TO build not less
than five miles OF new tracks i'm the city
limits and both companies have begun
work. George McCulloch. of the Union
Traction Company. Mr.. MarOtt. Messrs.
lau and Stoneman and other traction pro-
meters have been here several days. The
Union Traction Company has the best of
IL in the way OF franchises and has deposit
ed a 5000 bond To have the road I'm the
city In operation by Sept. 1. The same
bond also guarantees the KOkOmO-Indian-
apoliS i%nterurban TO be i'm operation by
july !, 1906. and lines from Kokom to
BoganspOrt and Peru by July l. 1891. Mr..
Marott and MesSrs. Lau and SLOVENIAN
also have franchises from this place TO
LoganspOrt. IL being a triangular fight for
possession.
The ten miles or new road in this city
will more than double the street-railway
system. The Marott people have material
on the ground for its extensions. and Nc
Cailoch has commenced work for the
Union Traction Company. Mr.. McCul-
Ioch says that outside OF Indianapolis,
Kokomo will soon be the greatest inter-
urban center in the West
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DE PAW University Notes.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, April LIN the
primary debate held last night to select a
team 10 represent De Paw University in
the debate with Albion College the sue
cessful speakers were John wilkins, Bert
Beck and John Maxwell. The subject was:
Resolved. that the laws should provide for
a board of arbitration to settle labor dis
putes, with the power to compel the dis
putants TO arbitrate and to abide by the
decision of the board"
S~ophomores have elected officers for the
third term as follows: President, Homer
McKinstrey; vice president. Frank Walk
er; secretary, Golding Chittick; treasurer.
r. A. L~etsinger: sergeant-at-arms, Joe
Pearson: poet, Ferd Hawthorne; r. A.
Robbins. organist; Rollin Turner, chap
lain; baseball captain, l.. b. Sisson; base
ball manager. Alvin Atheld.
The Oratorical Association has elected
the following officers: President, NJ. g.
Wright: vice president, Sep Washburn; sec
rotary, ]. M. Dewers; treasurer, Will Ora
ham; representative to State Association,
Simeon Sayers.
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AT PROHIBITIvE PRICES.
Butter Is Very High and OIeo Tax
Bill VIII Make IL HIgher.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 1.-The local
butter market is giving producers, grocers
and the public unusual concern. Farmers
who have regular private customers are
unable to fill their orders because of the
scarcity and high price of food which yields
butter. and country butter is exceedingly
scarce and is held at % TO 80 cents for
common. Creamery butter is also scarce,
and ranges up TO 10 cents a pound. The
farmers are hoping for immediate warm
weather and new grass for the cattle.
A local leader In the grocery line said
to-day that except for butterine the price
OF reamery butter would have reached
80 cents a pound this winter. and country
butter would have been nearly as high.
If that oleomargarine tax bill passes
he said. 1T will add 10 cents. the amount
OF the tax. to the cost Of butterine. and
both creamery and country butter will go
up accordingly. Creamery butter will COM
mand creamery prices. and much of il will
be of low grade. much less edible than the
bufterine- The consumer certainly will
pay this tax"
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NEAR ANTHONY'S NOSE.
Laborcrs Uncarth an Ancient Chest
FILLED with silver Coins.

NEW YORK, April IA gang OF Italians
at work on New York Central improve
ments near Anthony's Nose. three miles
north of P~eekskill, have. il is reported. un-
earthed an ancient chest filled with silver
coins of small denomination. The discovery
led to a fresh outbreak OF the search for
Captain Kids alleged buried treasure. the
search for which has, at various times,
caused the upheaval Of large tracts on
Long island and along the Hudson. The
fact that the coins just found bear a date
subsequent TO the execution of the notori-
Gus pirate. at London. in 1101. apparently
has had little effect in checking the lust
for gold and the demand for picks and
shOvels is said to be Unsuitable in the vicin-
ity of Peekskill.
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Subsidy Suits Dismissed.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind. April 1.-The differences
that have existed between the c. I. & f.
and the G.. r. & NJ. railroads have been
settled and two suits. one in the Delaware
Circuit Court and one in the Appellate
Court. have been dismissed. Several months
ago the promoters OF the G.. r. & NJ. made
an effort TO prevent a subsidy recently
voted the c.. J. & r.. being placed on the
tax duplicate by the auditor. The case
promised 10 result I'm a bitter controversy,
but an agreement was reached between
the managers of the roads and the cases
have been taken out Of court. The litiga-
tiOn originally was begun by a number Of
taxpayers. but the litigants withdrew with
the understanding that the promoters Of
position as plaintiff. The C., r. & NJ. will
draw $3.50 o and the C.. /. & f. $4,000.
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They Try to Find IA Barber Who Has
Aroused Their Ire.

Special % the Indianapolis Journal.
NASHVILLE, Ind, April Fifteen
White-cappers visited the home Of c. S.
Price. "A barber of this place. at Monday
midnight, and. finding him not at home, re-
paired to the home of hrs mother and de-
manded 10 know the whereabouts OF her
son. accompanied with a threat 10 kill her
If she did not tell. She said she did not
know where he was. The mob fingered
about the home OF Price for a time. demol-
ished the glass In the front door. fired sew
eral shots and withdrew about l o'clock.
Price II a man about nifty years old, OF
bad repute. He served a partial term I'm the
States Prison and IS now out on parole. He
has a wife who left him a few days ago on
account of his attentions TO a widows ff-
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Lafayette Republican Ticket.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, April 1.-THE Repub-
licans of this city I'm an enthusiastic con-
vention to-day nominated the following
ticket for the election i'm May: Mayor. Rich
ard h. Sample; clerk. Charles r. Hasty;
treasurer. a. w. Abbott; marshal. Frank
Archibald; judge. w. r. Severson: water
works trustees. William FOlckemer and
mer, B.. X. Kramer and George +. Frazer,
a. Il. Yopst and Edward a. Candler. w. w.
Alder and George w. Rice, Joseph A. Bills
tain and William ID. HestOn. William Eber-
hardt and Henry w. Stack. Robert j. Hud-
low and John Il. Rishel.
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Cases Sent to st. Joseph County.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, April Taxpayers who
are fighting proposed extensive street Inn
provements begun by the Democratic Coun-
Gil to-day filed nine additional injunction
cases in the Laporte Circuit Court against
Mayor barrow. members of the Council
and O.. $. Van Deusen & Co, contractors.
Judge Richter to-day continued in force the
temporary restraining order granted ten
days ago to prevent any work until the
facts can be passed upon by the courts and
then sent the cases TO Judge Funk, of st.
Joseph county Circuit Court. at South
Bend. who will hear the application for a
temporary injunction.
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More Indemnity Paid.

SHANGHAI, April 1.-The third INSTALL
ment of the indemnity was paid to-day. 1t
amounts to 1900, 600 taels.
PEKING, April 1.-The Manchurian con-
~vention. the main conditions of which. were
recently agreed upon by Paul Lessar, Rus
sia's minister to China. and Prince Ching,
president of Chinese office. permits China
10 maintain whatever force she thinks nee
essary in Manchuria after the evacuation
OF that territory.
Official reports received here from Nieu-
Chwang declare the Russians to be dis
playing great military activity there. Ten
thousand troops have been recently moved
TO Port Arthur, and new drafts are arriv-
ing. An extensive and permanent telegraph
system is being constructed.
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Terre Haute's wineroom Scandal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, April 1.-The faith
er of the three Wadley girls. whose wine
room experience attracted much attention a
few days ago when they were brought to
public notice through the arrest of two
very young girls who were found drunk on
a church steps, has caused eight or ten sa-
loon keepers to be fined for selling the girls
liquor and to-day preferred charges against
two policemen. The girls picked them out
from the force as the ones who at two diff
ferent times bought beer for them. One of
the policemen was accused by the three
Wadley girls, the lounges of whom is but
thirteen years of age, Of getting them
drunk and leaving them in a room over
night. The brother officers of the police
men do not believe the stories and say that
the Wadley girls and a number of others
quite as young have been lettering about
winerooms for a long time.
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south Bend Building Trades Strike.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 1--South Bend
now has another big strike TO contend with.
Notwithstanding the fact that 1900 en-
ployes of the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany have been on strike for six weeks
without success the building trades, in
GLIDING the bricklayers, masons and plas-
terers, suddenly and without warning quit
work this morning. demanding an increase
of pay and IN eight-hour day schedule.
The masons and bricklayers want 80 cents
an hour. As a result of the strike all work
except on the new Oliver pillow works and
the Singer plant is suspended. Tonight
IL Is understood that the contractors are
willing TO grant the demands for an in
crease, but refuse to agree to an eight
hour day schedule.
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VIII Nominate To-Day.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, April l-Muncie Repub-
licans will on tomorrow nominate their
city ticket at a primary election and there
will be the customary activity with a large
field of candidates for the several Offices.
For councilmen there will be nominated
two men for each ward, that number to be
elected. The principal candidates are as
follows: For mayor: Charles W. Sheriff.
Chauncey l.. Medsker, Leonard h. Starr
and Isaac Gray. Clerk: Raymond HickOk
and John b. Moreland. Treasurer: Charles
Emerson. Josiah w. Ream, Raymond Mum
shower and Robert NJ. Martin. There are
from two to four candidates for Council in
each ward.
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Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
MARION. ind. April 1.-The beginning
OF the end OF the Marion Transit Company,
which was built over two years ago TO COM
pete with the Union Traction Company.
came to-day when an order went into
effect that cars on the Transit Com
pany's lines should cease running. Some
time ago the Union Traction Company Sc
cured a controlling interest In the Transit
Company. They operated the line under the
old franchise until the city Council voted
20 improve Gailatin street. on which the
line runs. The Transit Company's franchise
says that the company shall pay its por-
tion for street improvements. This the
Union Traction Company refuses 10 do and
10 keep from IL. IL has abandoned all but a
email strip OF the territory used by the new
line.
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majority stockholders are Chicago capital
lists who secured control Of the company
about a year ago and are also in control OF
the Indiana Water Company. The minority
holders OF stock arc residents OF this city.
They fear that If the lease is
II will result in the charter OF their com
pan being forfeited by the State. They as
sert that the Indiana Water Company own
about three miles Of pipe. a piece Of ground
worth about $1,000 and machinery worth
about $500. yet II is bonded for $4,000.
The minority faction has consulted attor-
neys and IL is probabl an effort will be
made to enjOin the majority stockholders
from carrying out its purpose Of leasing the
property to the Indiana Water Company.
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Marion strike situation.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind. April 1.-The refusal of
the Contracting Carpenters Association to
sign the scale presented by the union car
penters six weeks ago has placed every
union carpenter. gasftter, plumber and
hod carrier in the city on strike. This
morning. the time SET for the new scale to
go into effect. saw work on every building
in the city stopped for an indefinite period.
There are three contracting carpenters who
do not belong 10 the association and about
twenty-five men are employed by them.
These three continue at work. as they have
accepted the new scale of So cents an hour.
Both sides are firm.
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Forty-Five Also Injured. Nearly All
the Victims Being Members of
the Hampshire Regiment.
STEYN AND DELAREY FOUND
SCHALKBURGER AND BOTHA WILL
CONFER WITH THEM.
Indications that the Beers i'm the
Field Expect Peace Ncgotia-
tions VIII BE successful.

PRETORIA, April 1.-Thirty-nine British
soldiers were killed and forty-five injured
in a railroad wreck March 80. near Barber
ton, Transvaal Colony.
LONDON, April 1.-The Wal Office, in re-
porting the railroad wreck at Barberton.
Transvaal Colony, merely says that 1t was
accidental. The victims nearly all belonged
to the Hampshire Regiment.
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Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT. Ind April William
Pitsger. who has been on trial here for the
past week charged with numbering Glenn
Pruitt on Jan. Is, was acquitted this even
ing, the jury being out a little over an
hour. The Pruitt brothers were of a quar-
relsome nature, and started trouble at a
dance at Pitsger's home. The verdict is a
popular one.
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Rubber fin German New Guinea.

BERLIN, April LIN a cablegram re-
ceived at the Colonial Bureau Herr Schlech-
ter. tho bOtaDist, declares he has discovered
an abundance of rubber and gutta percha
trees IN. German New Guinea. BY this dis
covery Herr Schlechter wins the 5000 marks
prize offered cy the Colonial Society for the
first person TO find such trees in the German
colonies.
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Error in rndexfng Discovered.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, April AFTER both Re-
publican and Democratic conventions had
named candidates for water works trus-
trees, because OF the declaration of both
parties in favor of municipal ownership,
comes the discovery that the last Legisla-
ture passed a law applicable TO such cases
and prescribing that water works and cleo
trio light trustees must be named at the
first regular meeting in June. The discov-
cry was a great surprise, for those inter
ested had remained in ignorance largely be-
cause of a mistake in indexing the acts of
1901. a typographical error designating the
wrong page. and the particular act being
stumbled upon by accident. The act is
found on Page 423, but is indexed as being
on Page 433.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April Edward
Cunningham. a molder. while sitting asleep
i'm a saloon, began pulling the trigger of
his revolver. which was in his overcoat
pocket. Three bullets passed under ths
table and struck a pedler named Mont
gomery. but caused no serious injury.
Cunningham arose from his chair and
seemed TO be utterly oblivious of what had
happened.
Sam Howard had tormented William Ba-
ker, another colored waiter at the Fill
beck Hotel. and Baker shot him while the
passed through the feshy part of one leg
and lodged in the other.
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to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. April Judge Head
ington. of Portland. chosen to preside in
the case of the State VS.. Joseph Seifert.
charged with responsibility for the death
of Miss Arletta Dwiggins. was here to-day
10 rule on the motion to Quash the infor-
nation. He overruled the motion on all
the essential counts. A motion was then
made to have the dying statement OF Miss
Dwiggins submitted by the defense and is
being argued. Henry L. Johnson, former
United States representative from this dis
trlct. is one of the attorneys for the de-
Tense.
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Jay County Prohibitionists.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind. April 1.-The Prohibit
tionists of jay county nominated their
tisket this afternoon. as follows: Repre-
sentative. the Rev. Aaron Worth: prose
cutting attorney. Il. w. Whitehair; clerk,
George G. May: recorder. Sylvester l..
Ross; treasurer. j. Il. Foltz; sheriff. J. h.
Andrwes: surveyor. William H. Cope; cor
oner. DIR. ]. j. Kidder; commissioners New
ION Milligan and Henry Ullum.
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HEIDELBURG. Transvaal. Monday.
March 31.-Commandant Alberts has called
a meeting of the Beers in his district TO
take place thirty-fve miles east of the
Springs Station, in order to discuss the pro-
posal for a general surrender. 1t is said
that General Hans Botha has a
similar meeting at Amsterdam.
a party of co~nstabulary and native scouts
was ambushed near here March 80. Six of
the party were killed. The Beers eluded
pursuit. Surrenders are occurring daily in
the Standerton district.
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Narrow Escape from Incineration.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. April 1.-The West
Side residence of Joseph a. Moore was al
most destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this
morning and but for discovery by students
the family and four student rOomers might
lave persisted. Mr.. Moore's loss was about
81 1000. with insurance of 81, 200. Ebersole
and Patrick, of Tell City. Ind, Miller, of
Dunkirk. N. Y. and Mathers, Of Elkhart,
student oomers lost all their personal eff
fects and had 20 jump from the roof to
save their lives.
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DIR. Modrack Not n Bigamist.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN, Ind, April Mrs. Catherine
Hyde Modrack. of Marion. ormerly Of
Goshen, asserts, in a letter To a local news
paper. that her husband. Or. ]. G. Mod
rack. formerly of Laporte. South Bend and
Goshen, is not a biGamist. as reported. but
that she is his lawful wife and no other
wife has made any complaint against him.
DR.. Modrack's whereabouts is unknown.
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Expects to Win i'm the Second.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. April 1.-The
friends of Judge Miers. who have his con-
gressionai interests in charge, report that
he is now within three votes of receiving
the nomination for Congress on the first
ballot. Fifty-SeVen votes have been Sc
cured. they say. and sixty are necessary
for a choice. The remaining portion of
the votes have been instructed TO either
Davis or Welman. but the Miers managers
claim that they can by no means be trans
ferred as against Miers. and that the in
dications now are that Miers will be nomi-
mated upon the second ballot.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind. April 1.-The spring term
of the Marion Normal College opened to-
day with a registration of go pupils before
the day was over. over two hundred were
unable to register. and there is every pos
sible evidence that there will be from two
hundred TO three hundred more students in
the city by the end Of the next two weeks.
The enrolment is the largest in the his
tory of the school,. and the management
is unable TO furnish rooming quarters for
over half of them.
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Muncie Pythian Carnival.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, April Red Mems new
building was packed Monday night at the
opening of the Knights of Pythias indoor
carnival. there being almost 1000 visitors at
the show. The number was increased to-
night and the success of the venture is as
sured. The two babies In the incubators
are proving the big attraction and already
there are on file many applicants for the
two children at the close of the fair. Ander-
son Elks were present last night and assist
ed i'm starting off the show. The Dunkirk
Knights of Pythias Band was present to-
night.
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Cannot Become a Zonverein.

LONDON, April I'm a letter to the
Times Sir Robert Giffen, the statistician,
declares that the British empire cannot
become a "zollverein" "a trade league or
customs union), for the simple reason that
it's constituent parts are not contiguous,
but widely separated and with greatly
divergent interests. Sir Robert expresses
his doubt as TO whether any scheme of
commercial union on A basis Of reciprocity
is practicable. and says he thinks the sim
pier plan would be for the colonies to adopt
free trade.
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Heavy Reduction in Rates.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. April 1.-The Fort
Wayne & Southwestern interurban road
has adopted a mileage book TO be sold TO
regular patrons. The books have 1000 cou-
pons. representing l cent each. and have
a time limit. The thirty-day books are
$3.50 and the year books 81. making the
rides cost nine-tenths of a cent a mile.
The regular rate is IL cents a mile.
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Mountain Climbers Killed.

VIENNA, April -Four tourists left here
last Sunday TO ascend the Schneeberg in
the Rax Alps. in lower Austria. One has
been found dead. but no traces of the other
three have been discovered. Heavy snow
makes the search for them difficult.
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SHOT AND KILLED A NEGRO.
ROckport Deputy Marshal Took No
Chances for His own safety.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ROCKPORT. April This morning. be-
tween s and Z o'clock. on the corner OF
Main and Third streets. III. p. Wright,
white. a deputy marshal. shot and killed
Jesse Miles, cOlored, who was drunk and
creating a disturbance. Miles started to-
wards Wright threateningly. with his hand
in his pocket. and the latter drew a re-
vOlver and shot the negro through the
heart. killing him Instantly.
Miles married "A sister OF one of the ne
groes lynched at RockpOrt some months
ago for murder. He told his friends he
believed Mr.. Wright was the leader of the
mob, and he intended 10 kill him. Mr..
Wright will be exhonerated on a plea Of
self-deferse.