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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
CHARGES AGAINST BRADY
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA ACCUSED OF
OPPOSING sELF-GOvERNMENT.
Accusation Made by Donald Fletcher
at the Meeting of the Transmits
sissippi Congress.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug 19.-Serious
charges against Governor Brady of Alaska
were made in the transmississppi congress
tonight by Donald Fletcher, of Seattle,
who asserted that the Governor was the
exponent of a policy of oppression and re-
preston and the active agent of the great
commercial companies in delaying self
government while they gobbled up the
best Of a magnificent country" He took
issue with Governor Brady's recommenda-
tions to Congress for the full extension of
the land laws 10 Alaska, asserting that
the recommendation had an ulteriOr pur-
pose and was in the interest OF the power
fu elements dominating the progress of
the Territory. Their application, he
charged. would be interminably delayed
by quibbling and hlibusterinS in Congress.
Then would follow years of waiting and
waiting" continued the speaker. while his
bosses would SO on gObbling up the best
of that magnificent country, worth many
times the entire national debt. And that
is part OF the game" He also asserted
that Governor Brady had been consistently
an enemy OF the territorial government for
selfish aims.
F. j. Thurber. OF New York, presented
resolutions demanding an investigation of
the charges. lie took exception To Mr..
Fletchers structures upon Governor Brady,
declaring that he knew the latter well,
and that he did not believe for a moment
that his actions We're dominated or die
tateG by any selfish motive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
MANEUVERS OF WARSHIPS
REAR ADMIRAL HIGGINSON'S FLEET
OFF MASSACHUSETTS,.
Torpedo FIOtiIIa Attacks the Big
Vessels, and the Latter Turn on
Their SearchIights.

ROCKPORT. Mass, Aug. 19.-The tor
pedo fiotilla, which to-day was attached to
the feet commanded by Rear Admiral Hig
ginson, executed maneuvers tonight which
somewhat resembled an attack under cover
of darkness. The fleet did not put out its
anchor lights at dark and the vessels were
scarcely discernible from shore all the
evening. 1t was supposed the fleet was
making ready TO SAIL for an incoming craft
reported that the tunnels of all the vessels
were belching forth smoke as if fires were
The torpedo boats, which had proceeded
southwark about four miles during the
afternoon and anchored off the Gloucester
shore, also were lost TO view at dark.
Just after 10 O'clock tonight overSeers on
shore saw rocket go up far out to sea
Then another went off to the nOrthward
and quickly others went up, seemingly
from vessels sailing on arc. The instant
the first rocket was seen all the search
lights of the fleet were turned on and, as
III by magic, the vessels were ablaze with
lights, where an instant before they were
in darkness. The rocket display lasted
twenty minutes and il could be seen that
neared the shore. At midnight the torpe-
do dOtlla came into the bay and anchored
near the flagship Kearsarge. Signaling
continued for some time among the yes
sells of the fleet and the SearchlightS were
used for some minutes. After the torpedo
boats anchored the fleet resumed its nor
NAL night appearance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
PLENTY OF GAS.
Muncie Factories Have 1t, but Muncfe
Residents Have Not

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Aug. 19-There is no
doubt in the minds of residents of Muncie
that the city will become involved in suit
with the Muncie Natural Gas Company and
with the Heat, Light and Power Company,
both of this city, as an outgrowth of the
action of the Council last night
The city is already in litigation with the
Muncie Natural Gas Company, as an ap-
peal of this company to the Indiana Su-
preme Court from the decision Of the Ran
dolph Circuit Court is now pending. A lit
tie more than year ago the city won its
suit in the Randolph County Court enjoin-
ing the company from advancing its gas
rates. The city will take action on the
ground that the gas companies are not full
filling their franchises
The Republic Iron and Steel Company
has all the gas il cares TO use for its two
plants in Muncie and obtains its supply
from Delaware county. The American
Sheet Steel Company has sufficient gas to
carry it through the winter Hemingray's 5
variety glassware factory has a new gas
plant. Ball Brothers, the largest fruit lar
manufacturers in the world say their sun
ply of gas will be sufficient 10 last through
out the winter. and they do not place anv
immediate limit on the life Of the gas. Mar
ing-Hart's plant OF the American Window
Glass Company viii have all the gas need
ed. The Wabash Oil and Gas Company, OF
this county, has gas in large quantities 10
sell, and only recently made a contract to
furnish more than 1.O0o.000 feet daily TO a
manufacturing concern of this city The
gas situation here is that the factories have
plenty OF gas and the people have none
for domestic purposes. The Wabash Oil
and Gas Company has intimated that il
will sell gas for 10 or y cents a thousand
cubic feet, but the gas companies will not
buy.
The officials of the Muncie Natural Gas
Company account for their failure 20 have
.-as while other companies have Il by say
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
MERCHANTS HEAT PIPES
BIG MAINS TO GO IN WASHINGTON
STREET IMMEDIATELY.
Large Forces of Men to BE Put mt
WOrk-High Prices for Interur-
ban Depot Sites.

The Board of Public Works to-day will
authorize the Merchants Heating and
Lighting Company to lay its main pipes
and conduits in Washington street. between
New Jersey and Meridian streets. The
steam-heating pipes. which will be wrapped
with asbestos to prevent electrolysis, will
be twenty inches in diameter between the
streets named. The continuing mains will
diminish in size until six inches is final.
Where it is possible the conduits and mains
will be placed in the same trench. thus re-
quiring a trench of varying depth and four
and one-half feet wide.
Engineer w. H. Schott, of Chicago, who
has charge of the work will push it with
large forces of men. The board will per
nit him to open only one side Of Washing
ton street at a time. The Board will also
issue permits 10 the company to cut into
the improved streets named in its map.
The plan of bringing these pipes in Pearl
and Court streets was abandoned as i'm
practical.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
SERIOUS RAILWAY WRECK
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED, OTHERS
HURT, AND MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
Rear of Pennsylvania Train Run
Into by a Special on the Jersey
Central at BeImar

ASBURY PARK, n. j., Aug. ia regu-
lar Pennsylvania train on the New York
& Long Branch Railroad bound north was
run into from the rear at the Belmar
Station tonight by special Central Rail-
road of New Jersey train. The Pennsyl-
vania train had stopped at Belmar Sta
tion to pick up passengers. The Central
train was running north also, and was
empty. The engine of the Central train
teescoped the rear of the Pennsyl-
vania train. Six cars were wrecked, sew
eral persons were killed and a number in
jured. At midnight two bodies had been
taken from the wreck A little girl was
killed she was being put aboard the
waiting train. The engineer and fireman
of the Central train have not been seen
since the collision. 1t is believed they
are under the wreckage. which is piled
thirty feet high. The freight shed at the
depot was demolished and the depot badly
damaged. Their wreckage added to the
heap on the rails.
Fitzpatrick a brakeman, was caught in
the wreckage and badly scalded by escap-
ing steam and hot water. He was released
from under the wreckage. which held him
down, and ran almost four miles to his
home. where he is being attended by a
doctor.
Immediately after the wreck the forward
cars of the Pennsylvania train were de-
tached Except for broken glass they did
not appear to be greatly damaged and
proceeded. Brakeman Towle was badly in
jured and may die. The little girl killed was
Alice Biggert thirteen years old, who lives
at Railway The first body removed was
that of an unknown man about thirty-five
years of age. The man was poorly dressed
and looked TO be a laborer. Harry Van
Note conductor of the Central train, was
injured but not seriously.
Engineer LppincOtt, of the Central train.
stuck 10 his post. His fireman jumped and
is said to have been injured. Two hundred
feet Of roof over the depot platform fell,
and has not yet been raised and no attempt
TO explore il has been made.
A woman who made her escape from the
platform says several persons were buried
under the falling timbers. but the railroad
men on the scene insist that there are no
bodies in she heap of timber and steel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
ENDS ILLNESS AND LIFE
MRS. GEO. III. BORSDORFER DRINKS
AN OUNCE OF CARBOLIC ACID.
No Hope for Her Recovery at a Late
Hour Last Night-TOId Her Doc
tor to Keep Away.

Mrs. George II. Borsdorfer, living at 1915
Standard avenue. West Indianapolis. swal-
lowed an ounce of carbolc acid yesterday
morning at IL o'clock. She was living at a
late hour last night, but her death was ex-
pected hourly. The little cottage on Stand
ard avenue was the object of many curious
visitors. The husband of the woman had
great difficulty in keeping back women and
girls anxious to get a view of the wife
who had taken poison.
Borsdorfer said that he was at home yes
terday morning from 10 o'clock until IL
o'clock, when he ate his dinner and pro-
ceeded to his work. His wife sat at the
table with him and appeared cheerful. AS
he was walking TO the front gate she ac-
companied him. She returned TO the house
and picked UP a bottle containing the acid
and drank the contents. She then walked
to the kitchen door and called to one of her
neighbors, Mrs. Kelso, and said: "Oh,
Ella, I've done ii at last
Mrs. Kelso ran to the Borsdorfer home
and asked the woman what she had done.
The poison had begun its work and Mrs.
Borsdorfer was unable TO answer. A hur-
ried call was sent to DIR. Malone and on
his arrival strong eme.ics were given 10
her. She remained unconscious during the
day. Last night she recovered sufficiently
to recognize her husband and several of
her neighbors.
1t was said the reason for Mrs. Borsdor-
fer's act was that she had been i'll for
nearly fourteen years. For the past twelve
years she had been troubled with nervous
and at times her mind slightly
deranged. Her husband said that when
DR.. Malone called at the house on Monday
Mrs Borsdorfer told him that If any one
should call for him TO come and see her,
he should not pay any attention to the mes
sage. DR.. Malone suspected Mrs. Bors-
dorfers purpose and asked several of the
neighbors TO keep a close watch on her.
The bottle of acid was purchased two
weeks ago. Borsdorfer said his wife told
him she had got the acid TO kill bugs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
LEAPED INTO THE AIR
HEAVY TROLLEY CAR SUDDENLY
JUMPED FROM THE TRACKS,
Turned Over and Landed in n Road
Eighteen Severely Injured.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Eight persons
were seriously injured, two of them ia
tally and a dozen others severely So to-
night, when one of the heavy open street
cars of the Union Railway line of the
Bronx left the tracks on Jerome Park ave-
nue., near the crossing Of Mosholu Park
way, and turned over in ditch. Two of
the men taken to the FOrdham Hospital
have not been identified. Their skulls were
fractured, and the hospital authorities said
they would likely die Others taken to
FOrdham Hospital were:
MICHAEL DONOHUE, scalp wounds
WILLIAM EISNER, leg broken.
c. II. PERRIN, internal injuries.
A L. MERRILL, nose broken.
BERNARD FEENY, injured about the
body.
PATRICK DALE, internal injuries.
r. w. CRAWFORD, fractured collar
bone.
Going down a steep incline at the rate
of thirty miles an hour, the car suddenly
shot from the tracks and seemed to leap
into the air To the right of the track is
a deep roadway and into this the big car
plunged. 1t turned over.
When the car struck, Motorman Bernard
Feeny was caught underneath the wreckage
and pinned down. Conductor William Els
ner was thrown some distance. but neither
was hurt seriously. Both men later were
placed under arrest and taken to Fordham
Hospital.
A heavy storm, which passed over the
Bronx earlier in the evening, had washed
quantities of sand down over the rails and
it is supposed by the railway employees that
the car struck one OF these hillocks of sand
and left the track.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
ST. PAUL FLYER" DERAILED.
All the Passengers Shaken Up and
Nine Seriously Injured.

NEENAH Wis. Aug. 19.-Owing to
spreading of the rails the Wisconsin Cen
trail "St. Paul flyer" was derailed shortly
after midnight one mile west of Fremont,
while running at the rate Of fifty-fve miles
an hour Nearly 200 passengers were on
the train and all OF the coaches left the
track except the rear truck of the last
sleeper. The entire train narrowly escaped
being precipitated over an embankment.
Nine persons were seriously injured. and
all the passengers were badly shaken up.
Among the injured were:
F. ZIMMERLY, Oshkosh, badly hurt
about head.
MRS. NJ. DOUGHERTY, Oshkosh, Sc
verely bruised about body.
MRS. ]. P. MASON. Oshkosh, ankle
sprained.
MRS. ANNA MADDEN. Chicago, head
ana arm injured.
MRS. d. w. AGNEW, Waukesha, Wis,
shoulder and knee badly bruised.
MRS. ANNA KIESCHOLD, Minneapolis,
spine injured.
A Z. GOSS Boston, ILL.,, chest badly
bruised and internally injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
MAY CONDEMN PROPERTY.
Owners of Real Estate Raise Prices
on InterurbaD Depot sites.

The Indianapolis Traction and Terminal
Company is having difficulty in finding suit
able sites for its passenger and freight de-
pots The difficulty is not in finding suita-
BILE land. but in agreeing to prices de-
manded by real-estate agents who are
prone to advance prices beyond the worth
Of the property because they believe the
company will want the property so badly
il will stand the raise" The company.
however, If il cannot bring the owners TO
reasonable amounts, may take recourse in
the act OF the Legislature OF 1901. that au-
thorizes interurban street-railway com
Danies TO condemn property needed for
the company may apply 10 the Circuit
Court for the appointment OF appraisers
and then tender the appraised value and
panv does not desire 10 resort 10 this law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
NEPHEW CROKER SUSPENDED.
Chief of the New York Fire Depart
ment Out of n Job.

NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-Edward Croker,
chief of the New York city fire department
was suspended from duty to-day by Fire
Commissioner Sturgis. Mr. Croker who Is
a nephew Of Richard Croker. had been alb
sent on a vacation. but returned TO the
city yesterday. saying he did so 10 resume
his duties on advice Of his attorneys Mr.
Croker said this advice was given be-
cause his name had been mentioned in
connection with the hearing of charges
against Chief of Construction Ryan, o.
the department. When the chief rca ached
his Office he found that a new lock had
been placed on his desk so that his KEY
would not nit and that his letter books Tor
three years past had been carried away
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day from Montreal. He was accompanied
by George A. Lamb. the attorney in the
suit against the Northern Securities Com
pany. Power was sentenced TO thirty days
imprisonment recently for contempt Of
court in refusing TO obey a subpoena order
ing him 10 appear and testify in the pro-
ceedings begun in his name. Power sur
rendered himself TO United States Marshal
Menkel The marshal served Judge
Lacomb's order of arrest and took Power
10 the Ludlow-street Jail. A hearing in
the proceedings, in which Power TO
have testified, was set for to-day, but was
adjourned until Thursday. Attorney Lamb
tried TO get an order for Powers release
from Jail long enough TO permit him TO
testify but as Judge Lacomb did not reach
the city till after o clock the hearing went
over.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
DEED OF CRAZY FARMER.
Drowned His Four Children i'm n Cis-
tern and shot Himself.

SALINA, Kan. Aug 19.-Joseph Ander-
son, a farmer living east of Salina. in a
fit of dependency, to-day drowned his
four children. three girls and a boy, in
cistern and then shot himself with a re-
volver. Anderson is still alive. but proba-
bly, will die. Financial matters had af-
fected his mind. The crime was committed
during the absence of the mother. The
oldest child was six years old and the
youngest a babe of four months. Ander
son left a note a table in the parlor
notifying the mother that the children
could be found in a cistern.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
Engineer Indy Ininred.

ELGSTAFF. Ariz.. Aug 19-The Cali
ifoTuia limited on the Santa Fe road east
bound ran into the rear end of an east
bound lcright train at Cosnimo, ten miles
east of here. this afternoon. Engineer
Williams jumped and was badly hurt. while
the fireman jumped and escaped injury.
front trucks or the combination car left
the track -Four freight cars and the ca
boose were demolished. None Of the pas
sengers were injured and no damage was
done 10 the coaches.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
Suits over Gas Accounts.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, Aug. l9-The Marion Gas
Company has filed about sixty suits in Jus
tce Holmans office against consumers who
have not settled their accounts. Many have
refused TO pay because they say the serv-
ice was not satisfactory. The accounts
range in amount from 81 10 SIS. In many
cases the gas has been turned of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
Killed by "A Boiler Explosion.

PADUCAH. Ky. Aug. ia. simpsons
sawmill boiler exploded to-day at New
Liberty. Ill. ten miles from this city. on
the other side Of the river, killing three
men instantly and seriously injuring nve
others. The dead are: Guy Roberts. James
Jeffords and Lestern Johnson. The five
injured are suffering from scalds and
bruises The cause OF the explosion is un-
known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
CHARGED TO THEIR DEATH.
Russian Cavalrymen Obeyed Orders
and Fifty Men Were Drowned.

st. Petersburg the correspondent of the
Daily Express says: During the maneuv-
ers near here a squadron of cavalry was
ordered suddenly TO charge. 1t galloped
into a river and fifty men were reported 10
have been drowned. Details of the affair
are difficult to obtain"
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packing houses have had men looking into
the South American field for moro than
two years The farmer. as il is. has ample
reason 10 be apprehensiVe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20

ing that they are unable 10 compete with
pipe line companies in buying and holding
leases
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-20
PETER POWER IN JAIL.
Anti-Merccr Suit Plaintiff Returns
from Cnnadn and Surrenders

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Peter Power. who
was named as plaintiff in a suit brought
10 prevent the turning over of the stock
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad TO the
Northern Securities Company, arrived to-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-02
AN ASSURED SUCCESS.

'FThe Leopard's Spots" by Thomas
Dixon, Jr., will be published this week
by Doubleday, Page & Co. with first
edition of $4,000 copies. The news of a
novel of the Civil War and the recon
struction, from the Southerner's point of
view, seems to have gone through the
whole country. Orders from retail deal
ers in the past few weeks have frequently
amounted to two or three hundred copies,
and in one case 1000 were telegraphed
fer. The story is of the negro problem,
beginning where Uncle Toms Cabin" left
off and continuing up to the present time.
The author was born in North Carolina,
but has lived in Boston and New York,
and he was long well known throughout
the South before he became famous in
the North as a lecturer. 1t will be re-
membered that, during the first Park
hurst days, he was indicted by a CRANE
jury for his scathng remarks concerning
the New York City Government.
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TIE AVERAGE WORKER
FOR
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT
Continued from Page Nine.)

ucts has been made, notably in cotton,
the crop increasing from 5,761,O0O bales
in the season of 1880 to 9,422,0OO bales
in the crop of 1S99-19O0 and in grain,
the crop increasing from All, oOUo oo
bushels to $50 600, 900. though the diver
sification in the direction of Embarrassing
and trucking has made, perhaps, the
greatest percentage of gain In TINS nelo'
Yet the farming potentialities OF the
South have hardly begun to be realized.
The production of minerals shows in
value the greatest percentage OF advance
of the three classes, though the quantity
produced has increased much more than
the value The great gains have been IN
petroleum. which now has production
a hundred times that of twenty years
ago, and the value of which is something
less than half the value of coal produced,
which increased nearly eight times; IN
iron ore, which has about doubled; IN
building stone, which has more than
uuadrupled; in phosphate rock, which has
nearly trebled, and in lead, which has
nearly doubled
Cotton mills and industries dependent
upon numbering have, perhaps, led in the
progress shown by the increases in the
value of manufactured products, and 1t Is
noteworthy that while iron and steel pro
duction has advanced in value from w.
000. 900 to $50, 900 900. accompanied by an
increase of about 1000 in the number or
wage earners, the workers in the foun-
dries and machine shops have increased
in number by nearly 14,00O,a the value
of the products of such establishments
from SIS 0OO, 900 to $40 ,000,0 600. Expanding
figures of production in agriculture ana
mining, together with the increase IN the
number of farm holdings, the increase Ill
the mileage of railroads from 2O,OOo 10
81. 600 and the development of various
lines of trade indicate a large accession
70 the number of workers for the South
with hand and BRAIN Perhaps, though, IL
is enough for the present to know that
with the population increasing A per
cent. the number of wage-earners In
manufacturing has increased $50 per cent,
and their productive capacity per capita
has increased % per cent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-02
MAKING A COUNTRY HOME.

Country Life in America offers a num-
Der of cash prizes for photographs to help
illustrate a series of articles on the
making of a country home, which begins
in the April number of that beautiful
magazine. The articles are to deal with
homes in the South, West, and East, and
will concern country estates with their
lawns and gardens as well as the more
modest homes. To include this and other
widely varying outdoor interests, the
spring numbers of Country Life in
America are considerably enlarged. Be-
ginning with March, there is an illustrat-
cd calendar of country pursuits, with
timely suggestions in everything from
gardening and horticulture to fishing and
hunting and nature study.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-02
HIS SUFFERING OVER.

81 have lately been much troubled with
dyspepsia, belching and sour stomach"
writes M. S. Mead, AttieboEo, Mass. Il
took Kodol Dyspecia Cure and have had
no more trouble and when one can go to
eating mince pie, chees, candy and nuts
after such time. their digestion must
be pretty good. "Kcdol Dyspepsia Cure
digests your food. Eat all you want.
Don't have to diet.
w. II. King Drug, Co, Bobbitt and
Wynne Drug Co.