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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
ELECTIONS BY MAIL.
De PAW Alumni Choose Officers and
Directors by "a New Method.

Special 10 the Indiana polls Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, April 2S.-The first
election by mail OF officers. directors and
trustees Of the alumni association of De
Pauw University has been completed and
the plan has proved very satisfactory. Ii
was provided for by an amendment 10 the
constitution at the meeting of the alumni
last spring, and the officers thus elected
serve one year. beginning at the date OF
the meeting OF the alumni this spring; the
directors serve three years. beginning at
the same date. and the trustee four years.
During the school years blanks are sent by
secretary Charles Martin 10 every member
OF the alumni, with a request for nomina-
lions Tor all the vacancies 20 be filled
from the list OF nominations for the yarf-
Gus places thus secured the five having the
highest number OF votes are selected for
each office and another blank is mailed bv
the secretary TO each alumnus and from
these the choice is made and compiled By
the secretary, who announces the result:
The elections thus made for the coming
year are as follows. President Andrew
stephenson. 50: first vice president Martha
J. Ridpath, 70; second vice president Thos
A Goodwin, 20. treasurer, George w
faris. II: secretary. Charles a Martin 50
1he directors elected were: Augustus l..
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Goes to New York for Rest.
New York Press.


Says the Chicagoan who has come here
to settle down: IF there is one thing ] like
more than another IL is repOse. That is
what brought me to live in New York You
folks over here are so pleasantly inactive.
Your only strenuous men are to be found
in Wall street and political campaigns You
think you are enterprising. Dear me- In
comparison with Chicago you are cold mo-
lasses. Your energy is a fiction. You waste
everything-money, health, food. labor and
time. | feel dormant here, which is de-
hghtful sensation" Speaking of our mer-
chants. he says: Chicago merchants do
as much business in an hour as you do in
day. | had occasion to order a few pieces
of furniture from one of your great whole
sale houses. The bill was rendered and
paid within three days, but / had 10 wait
six before the goods were delivered. In
Chicago the purchases would have been i'm
my house within twenty-fOur hours. Out
West we do things: over here you think
you do things But, | said before. /
have come here for repose, and the calm
quiescence of your city, its passive languor.
its dreamy procrastination, its indolent
somnolence, all fascinate me-.
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OUR MISTAKE AS TO CUBA.
Adoption of the Teller Resolution
Was an Enormous BIunder.
Salt Lake Tribune

AS the years go by, it becomes more and
more evident that our great mistake as
to Cuba was in the adoption of the Teller
resolution disclaiming all intention of an
nexation and promising independence to
the Cubans. This has troubled us in many
ways; first, with regard 10 Cuba itself,
and second, as to the Philippines. This
Cuban disclaimer has been a source of
vexation in the Philippines, in that it has
been urged as a precedent, and that we
should do with the Filipinos as we agreed
TO do and are doing with the Cubans 1t
has brought up comparisons between those
two peoples, raising the question which is
the more tit for Independent government;
it has fomented the insurrection in the
Philippines, the plea being used that the
inhabitants there were being Disseminated
against, ana II mas encouraged olScontent
at home, and encouragement from our own
country TO the fighting Filipinos. This re-
suit could not have been 1oreseen at the
time OF the adoption of that resolution; nor
is Senator Teller to be blamed for father
ing and presenting ii, for If he had not
done so, some other senator would I'M
dOubtedly have offered one like it, and it
woGld have been adopted. for that was
the sentimental attitude of the country "a
the time. and no one seems TO have been
wise enough TO recall the undesirability of
yielding 10 the gush OF sentiment. The
Senate al that time had its head in the
clouds anyway; il wanted to do a lot OF
foolish things; among others, to recognize
the alleged insurgent government as the
rightful government of Cuba, an appalling
mistake from which the soberer sense OF
the House saved us
But the effect Of the mistake in Cuba
has kept that island in an unsettled state
for four years; the island would naturally
have gravitated TO us except for that Tel
Ter resolution, and a TRANSFORMED ton scene
would now have been well advanced com
pared with which the sudden springing I'd
of strong scommOnwealths in the wIIds of
our own country would have seemed com
monplace; the island would now have been
fully embarked upon a career OF prosperity
such hardly any part of the world has
ever experienced. Instead of that we have
now a condition there but little advanced
over the period of Spanish rule save only
for the lessons and the glorious work OF
the military control. We have a miserable
wrangle about concessions in tariffs and
failure TO do anything; which, indeed
is not TO be wondered at. as under the cir
cumstances nothing was due. We see "A
new and independent nation about 10 be
set up, with the almost certainty that l.
will before long be amalgamated with this
country in some form, after IL has assumed
a vast debt under the name OF justice 10
the leaders and their acts in former efforts
10 throw of the Spanish yoke. Our treaty
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Effort to Raise the Boycott.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL. Ind. April pa supreme effort
Is being made by a number of the local
street-car strikers to have the boycott
raised they can return to work. They
have asked the merchants association to
assist them in inducing the g. L. l.. TO
take immediate steps TO settle the con-
troversy. Five of the old employees have
asked to be reinstated and they will re-
turn TO work soon. even should the G.
i. L. refuse TO raise the embargo.
The strike has been on for about three
months and those desiring 10 return to
work say the fight of the strikers is lost
and they deem il unwise to remain out
longer. as they RECEIVE only g a week from
the various unions on which To supcort
their families. The &. l.. L. has advertised
a public meeting for Wednesday night
when the street-car strike will be dis
cussed and definite steps may be taken to
settle the trouble.
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GAVE THE ENGINEER A SCARE.
LoganspOrt HoOdIums Put a Buggy on
the wabash Tracks.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, April pa party of
hOodlums who turned out last night to the
belling of a bridal couple in the east end of
the city wound up their riotous disturb
ances by placing an old top buggy upon
the main track of the Wabash Railroad at
Seventeenth street, where it was struck by
the fast mail train due here al TAP p. m.
and shattered.
wheel and the gear of the wrecked We
hicle remained on the pilot of the engine
until it reached the passenger station in the
city, and the engineer reported that he
believed he had killed some one. The po-
lice were notified and sent out several men
to scour the track for traces of the person
supposed TO have been killed, but without
success. Later IL was discovered that the
buggy had been placed upon the track by
members of the belling party. To-day the
police have been trying to identify the
guilty persons. but without success. The
train was making up lost time when it
struck the buggy, and was going at great
speed.
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RumOr that the Czar Has Become
Alarmed and Will Give the Peo-
pie Constitution.
FRENCH ELECTION RESULTS
MINISTERIALISTS WILL HAVE A MA
JORITY IN THE DEPUTIES.
Editor LabOuchere sued by n Lord for
Libe1-Reception Given by AM
bassadOr ChOate.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 2S.-Persistent
reports are in circulation to the effect that
the Car will shortly issue a rescript CIV
ing Russia a constitution similar to the
scheme for administrative reform drawn up
by the late General Loris Melikoff when he
was minister of the interior, and which
was sanctioned by the late Car, Alexan-
der IL.
The rioting continues TO spread in south
Russia. The military, thus far, have been
unable to prevent incendiarism, terrorism
and plundering. The landed proprietors
throughout the government of Poltava are
seeking refuge in the city of Poltava.
Prince Obolensky. the Governor of Kher-
son. is apprehensive of a rising in that
government. The police forces in many
cities have been increased in strength,
notably at Irkutsk and Archangel.
Balschaneff. the assassin of NJ. Sipie-
guine. the late minister of the interior, is
now reported to be very SICK due to vol
untary starvation.
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Piece of Sharp Practice ForestaIIs an
Injunction at Union City.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind, April 2S.-The Amer
lean Electric Light and Water Company, Of
indianapolis. Mr.. Ulen president and S. V.
Perrott secretary. some time ago was given
the contract to rebuild and refurnish the
electric plant in this city. the stipulated
price being $4,000. to be paid in ten years
The company signified that it had COM
pleted the work, and at to-nights Council
meeting the plant was to have been ac-
copied
In the meantime a number of citizens in
structed Attorney Bell to secure an injunc-
ton on the ground that the plant not
built according 10 contract. The mayor and
Council, hearing of this, a special meeting
was called for this afternoon, and Council
accepted the plant. When the sheriff ar
rived to serve notice of injunction he found
that he was just twenty minutes late.
There is considerable dissatisfaction over
the Councils action, and the case will be
fought out in the court.
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Higb-schooI Commensurate.

Special 70 the indianapolis Journal.
WARREN. Ind. April 2S.-The twelfth
annual commencement OF the Warren High
School will be held at Pulses Opera House
next Friday evening. The baccaIaureate
sermon was delivered at the Methodist
Church last evening by the Rev. John
BlOcher. The class address Friday will
be delivered by Dr. Thomas Moran, of Pur-
due University, his subject being "Educa-
tiOnal Ideals"
SCOTTSBURG. Ind, April 2S.-The senior
class Of the Scottsburg High School will
hold it's commencement exercises Friday
evening at the Methodist Church. Follow
ing are the graduates: Edwin Paul Craw-
ford. Edna Jane Reid. Rhoda Viola Haz-
zard. Leda Belle Montgomery, Rose Anna
Ray, Myrtle Flora Bridgewater. Ada Flor
ence Fisher. Mabel Effie Robson. James
Robert Weir. Harvey Bertrand Alexander
and Bertha Cravens.
WORTHINGTON. Ind. April 2s-Last
evening. at the Presbyterian Church. the
Rev. l.. H Graham, of the Christian
Church, delivered the baccalaureate SER
mon to the graduates of the Worthington
High School
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Reception by Mr.. and Mrs. Choate.

LONDON, April 2S.-Joseph II. Choate.
the United States ambassador here, and
Mrs. Choate gave a brilliant reception at
their residence in Carlton House Terrace
tonight. The guests included most of the
foreign ambassadors in London and prom
inent persons in the diplomatic world, Lord
Lansdown, the foreign secretary, the Duke
OF Norfolk, Rear Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford, Sir Henry Irving, Mrs. Adair
Mr.. and Mrs. Blow of Denver, Mr. and
Mrs. NJ. II. De Young of San Francisco.
almost all the members of the American
colony here and the leaders of London So
ciety.
This reception marks the opening of en-
tertainment by Americans in London for
the season of coronation year 1t will be
Followed by receptions, balls and parties
given by Henry White, the secretary of the
United States embassy. and Mrs. White,
Whitelaw Reid, the special ambassador of
the United States to attend the coronation
OF King Edward, Mr.. and Mrs. John w
Mackay Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley-Martin.
Mrs. Ronalds, Mrs. Adair, Mrs. Van Wart
and others
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Effect of the Shipping Trust.

LONDON, April 29.-The Daily Express.
in its issue of this morning, asserts posi-
lively that the shipping combine has forced
the Canadian Pacific Railroad 10 boycott
the Beaver line of steamers by the threat
that if the road failed to comply with the
combines demand no emigrant carried on
any ship under the control Of the combine
would be allowed 10 travel over the
Canadian Pacific. At hurried meeting of
the directors of the Canadian Pacific con-
tinues the Daily Express. IL was decided
that IL would be useless to try TO fight the
combine. AS a result of this action the
British agents of the Canadian Pacific now
refuse to issue passages on steamers OF the
Beaver line
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LORD SUES FOR DAMAGES.
Henry LabOuchere, Editor of Truth,
Is Accused of Libel.

LONDON, April 2s.-The trial of a libel
suit against Henry Labouchere was be-
gun in the Kings bench division of the
High Court of Justice to-day. Lord Suf-
field is the plaintiff He is permanent
lord in waiting to the King, and claims
damages for articles published in La
bouchere's paper. Truth. one article al
leging that club, of which Lord Suffield
was president, was an 'impudent and
transparent humbug,' and that the coun-
sci and others of the club connected with
the scheme were line of fgureheads on
the front pages of city prospectuses, for
the purpose of decoys and by means of
which smaller people were lured into a
snare"
Counsel for Lord Suffield pointed out that
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, the
Canadian high commissioner was presi-
dent of the club in 1897, while the council
Of the club when Labouchere wrote his
structures included Mr.. Choate. the United
States ambassador, Cardinal Vaughan
Lord StrathcOna and Mount Royal Lord
Charles Beresford and similar celebrities.
One of Truths accusations was that Lord
Suffield was knowingly president Of a
swindle." The defense admitted the pub
LEGATION, declared the statements and facts
contained in the articles were true and
that the comment was fair
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END OF THE STRIKE.
Singer Sewing Machine Employees Give
Up Their Costly Struggle.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND. Ind. April 2s.-Tke great
strike in the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany's plant is Off. The 1,750 employees of
the sewing machine works returned to
work this morning. after being out ten
weeks TO day. The strike was the long
est in the history of South Bend. and while
it's effects were felt by the working men
and merchants il has had its good results
and probably will prevent any other strike
taking place soon in South Bend.
The 1850 men struck for an advance of
21a cents an hour in wages and demanded
that Manager Leighton Pine sign a con-
tract agreeing 10 their demand. Pine re-
fused TO do this. but promised to raise the
wages as he fit Last week 500 of the
men returned TO work, and Pine did as he
agreed, In many cases raising the wages
cents hour He refused. however, 10
again employ many of his oldest men, be-
cause they had been leaders in the strike
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south African Casualties.

made public the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener at Pretoria: 'Since April
Il twenty-five Beers have been killed, sew
enty-siX have been taken prisoners and
twenty-five nave surrendered. There has
been desultory fighting in various sections
OF the Transvaal and the Orange River
Colony. The garrison at O'okip, Cape Col
ony, successfully held out until ii was re-
lieved by the columns"
Wiring from. Pretoria under date of AnriI
2 the correspondent of the Daily telegram
says that General Botha, with other Boer
leaders. attended meetings of the Utrecht
and Nryheid commands last week and that
strong opinions i'm favor of peace were ex
pressed. The tacit truce in the Utrecht
and Vryheid districts, concludes the CORE
spondent will expire tomorrow.
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BeresfOrd Making Trouble.

LONDON. April 2S-The first official act
Of Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
Conservative, after taking the oath in the
House of Commons to-day 10 give no
tice that tomorrow he would present mo-
ton TO reduce the salaries Of Mr.. Brodrick.
the secretary of state for war. and the
Earl of Selborne, first lord of the Admiral
~, in order TO call attention to the lack OF
direct responsibility in the administration
of both the army and the navy.
Lord Charles Beresford was elected last
week to the seat in the House of Com
mons for Woolwich made vacant by the re-
tirement Of Col. Edwin Hughes.
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Proposed New Traction Line.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CLINTON, Ind, April 2S.-J. w. Robb,
secretary of the Commercial Club of this
city, has received a communication from.
Ridge Farm ILL.,. urging him to interest the
capitalists of this place in an organization
to build an electric road from that place
to Terre Haute, by way of Dana and Clin-
ton. Nearly all the capitalists of Ridge
Farm and Dana, well as the wealthy
farmers along the line, are said TO be will
ing TO invest. Just north of Ridge Farm
connection is to be made with another line
To Danville, ILL., The distance from here to
Ridge Farm is about thirty miles, with
practically no grades or bridges and across
a fire farming country.
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Thieves Overpower Servant. Left
Alone at WeIfsborO. and Rob the
House of About 500.
SOUTH BEND STRIKE IS OFF
BRAZIL Workbench TRY TO LIFT THE
TRACTION BOYCOTT.
Trouble Over Electric Plant at Union
City-Footpads Near RushviIle-Big
steel Bridge Contract.


Special % the indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL. Ind. April 2s.-At o'clock this
evening Benjamin James. a miner, was
shot and fatally wounded by James Car
lin. a farmer, residing north Of here.
James was returning home from his work
and was passing through Carlin's farm
when the latter rushed out of the door
with a shotgun and fired at James, seven
buckshot entering his chest and stomach.
Carlin was soon arrested and as yet he
positively refuses to give any cause for his
act, which leads some to believe that he
4 suffering mentally. The injured man
is unmarried.
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WATER WAS TOO LOW.
Explosion of Locomotive Boiler
Engineer and Fireman Killed.

DOVER. n. j., April ga locomotive at
tached to a passenger train the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western road blew
up near here to-day. killing the engineer
George Trimmer, of Washington, n. j.. and
Fireman Joseph Mayburry, of Port Muir
ray, N. J. None of the passengers was
hurt The engine turned a complete SOM
ersault from the force of the explosion. The
first two coaches were thrown on their
sides. All the passengers were taken out
safely. An examination of the wrecked en-
CINE showed the explosion was caused by
the water in the boiler becoming too low.
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Outcome of the Muncie Shooting.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind. April 2S.-James L. Tar
tar is still alive at the hospital late tonight,
with good prospects of surviving. The doc
tors, however, failed to find the bullet in
his stomach after an hours search to-
day. Harry Kern. the molder who shot
Tartar after the latter had twice shot at
him Sunday night Is still in jail. awaiting
the outcome Of the injury. The general
opinion prevails that Kern was justified,
but II Is said that the men first quarreled,
and after Tartar had said. Il am from
Kentucky and can shoot" Kern went home
and procured a revolver. Soon after his
return the shooting began.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE. Ind. April 2S.-Charles
Myers and William Wall were waylaid
four miles east of town Saturday night and
robbed OF 81. all the money they had with
them. They were brutally beaten on their
heads by the robbers. who used stones and
knucks The robbery occurred about
o'clock. near the Allen Kennedy farm The
men. who were so badly injured did not
report until after Sunday noon. Frank
Norris was arrested and charged with be-
ing one OF the robbers and another man is
under surveillance. At his hearing to-day
Norrtss bond was fixed at $500 i'm default
of which he was committed TO Jail
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Tom Thunder Drowned.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, April Is
Tom Thunder. the celebrated Winnebago
Indian, was accidentally drowned in the
Mississippi river. Tom Thunder is the
young buck who disputed the claim of
"Chief White Buffalo tom ROddy of Chi
cago) to the chieftainship of the Winnebago
Indians. Chief Black Hawk before his
death had requested that Roddy, who was
known as Chief White Buffalo, be the next
chief. Thunder wished to settle the rivalry
by a tomahawk duel over the grave of
Black Hawk
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Tariff Thinkers Want Pay.

BERLIN, April 2S.-In the Reichstag to-
day the bin authorizing the payment of
200 marks to each member of the tariff
committee was referred to a special COM
mittee. The imperial secretary of state
for the interior, Count Won POsadowsky-
Wehner, said that though the measure
implied a change in the constitution, the
government was prepared TO grant allow
ances in such exceptional cases.
Herr Singer, The Socialist leader, and
others said they considered the proposal
insulting TO the Reichstag, and added that
If the bill passed the Socialist members of
the committee would hand over their share
Of the money to the party treasury.
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Big Contract for Steel Bridges.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind. April 2S.-The Wabash
Bridge and Iron Company has just closed
contract for all the steel bridges to be
built on the extension of the Cincinnati
Richmond & Muncie Railroad from Cottage
Grove TO Cincinnati. The largest is the
Mill creek structure, in Cincinnati, 6S3 feet
and there are several from 400 to 600 feet
The contract aggregates S150.O00 This COM
pany built all the steel bridges on that part
of the c.. r. * NJ. which has been COM
pleted.
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Appeal on Behalf of Destitute.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 2S.-The Star
to-day prints an appeal for money, food
clothing or feed for stock from the drought
stricken farmers of Fulton county, Ar
kansas, on the Missouri line. The appeal
is from Pilot, Ark, and is signed by j. A
Martin, president of the Wyatt Relief Soci-
ETY.. who asks that all donations be ad-
dressed to that association at Mammoth
Springs, Ark. The farmers who lost their
crops during last years terrific heat passed
Il strenuous winter, spring finding them
practically destitute, and now they appeal
for aid to tide them over until their spring
croD iS in
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Horse. for the British Army.

NORFOLK. Va. April &.-Two hundred
head OF horses to-day were shipped from
here TO New Orleans. where they will be
transported 10 South Africa for service In
the British army. Major Thomas. or the
British army. has been here for some time
selecting the horses. IL is said that other
consignments will follow.
NEW ORLEANS. April 2S.-The steamer
Mount Temple cleared for Cape Town to-
day with !. 100 horses.