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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.
One Woman Dead, One May Die-kO-
komO's Fourth visitation.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind. Feb. 26.-There was a
fatal natural gas explosion here at
o'clock this morning. The residence OF
Mrs. Henry Achey was destroyed and Mrs.
Achey received injuries that resulted in
death six hours later. Her mother, Mrs
Elizabeth Phillips, also was seriously
burned. and her recovery is not expected.
Mrs. Mary harrington. Of Wabash, who
has been visiting her mother and sister,
was slightly injured. All were asleep in
bed at the time Of the explosion and were
obliged to wade through a sea of flames
to escape from the house.
Mrs. harrington saved herself by covering
her head, but the others were not so for-
tunate. Mrs. Phillips is a sufferer from
heart trouble of a chronic nature, and this
complication. together with old age, rem
ders her case very doubtful. Mrs. Achey,
the dead woman. is the widow Of Henry
Achey, a ~well-known merchant and knight
of Pythias. Leaking pipes under the mouse
caused an accumulation OF gas that lsnlIeo
from a Jet. The house and contents were
destroyed. This is the fourth gas explosion
here within a week. two deaths resulting
and three others may die OF their injuries
The gas company has warned the pubic
that all cellars, wells and els
terms must be we'll provided with Ventlla-
ton, as the frozen ground prevents the
gas oOZing through the SOIL ana compels
II 10 seek escape III ScWCiEs 1CA"AS -
other underground Enclosures. The service
pipes of the city are nearly all nfteeh
years old and many are leaking badly.
Frank Wyatt. a Panhandle yardman, ola
a heroic act at this mornings explosion.
He stopped his engine and went TO the
rescue. He carried out two women through
the flames. His hands and arms were oau-
ly burned and cut by glass in jumping
through a window. Ii was by attempting
to save her sick mother and sister mat
Mrs. Achey met her death: Otherwise she
could rave escaped with slight injury.
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The Indianapolis Gas Go.

pecially TO the consul for the United States.
A less honest man than Colonel Stowe
would have been sOrely tempted 10 increase
his income by questionable methods which
might have resulted in friction between the
British and the American governments.
4 cannot think that the American man
ufacturers and exporters can understand
the necessity of having first-class men
representing their country abroad in the
positions of consul general and consul. or
they would combine and compel the gov
eminent TO see 10 II that none but the
best were appointed. South Africa is going
to be a great field for all kinds of Amer
lean exports in the future, and / think that
fl some of these gentlemen would read the
voluminous reports of our late Consul Gen
eral Stowe they would be astonished at the
opening which this country gives 10 their
brains and hands"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Limit of Life Set Twice.

BOSTON. Feb. 26.-The Congregationalist
in to-day's issue publishes a letter from
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone. the American mis-
sionary. Though written Oct. 8. 1901, the
letter was only recently received in this
country, having been placed by the bri-
gands in the hands of Consul General Dick
inson, with the understanding that it would
not be forwarded until an agreement was
reached as TO the ransom to be paid. AS
soon as these arrangements were completed
Mr.. Dickinson. Jan. 4. sent the letter to
the mother OF Miss Stone, with the con-
dition that it should not be made public
until news was received of her release from
captivity. The letter says in part:
Twice the limit has been set for our
lives, but as the plans laid by our captors
have singularly failed TO result as they
had anticipated, our days have been pro-
longed until now, and we hope for our
release. We are well still. in spite of our
hardships. Our captors well know the need
OF keeping US as well as possible If they
would get the ransom. AS we had no
change of underclothing our captors gave
Mrs. Tsilka and myself each a suit of
fiannels (men's) and socks and some
~handkerchiefs Our baggage is not heavy,
you see. Our captivity. while hardly en-
durable TO me, is yet harder for Mrs.
Tsilka because of her delicate condition.
We hope and pray for our release before
her time of trial comes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Proceedings of Indiana Miners Con-
venfion and of Joint Conferences
in Illinois and in Iowa.
FATAL NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION
ONE WOMAN Is DEAD AND ANOTHER
DYING AT KOKOMO.
Another Gas Explosion at Summit
viue-HaDpmOnd Man Falls i'm n
Vat of Boiling Acid.
,eciai to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 26.-The In
diana miners convention to-day was in a
tangle over the election Of officers. the
snarl being caused by an effort to force a
reelection Of President Van Horn. VINO
finally announced that he would not serve
II elected. The balloting for all officers
was lone on one ballot, but the count has
not been completed. George Hargrove, OF
Linton. and G. w. Lackey. OF Digger. were
on the ballot for president, and the indica-
tions are that Hargrove has been elected.
The annual reports showed that there are
over 5000 member OF the union in the btu
minous field in the State. The total collec-
tlons for the eleven months, ending with
this month, were $780, O0, OF which $4,000
were for the general fund and the rest
from the 3 per cent. strike fund, which Will
no longer be collected. as the national or
ganizatiOn will take charge Of strike funds.
During the year s27. 900 were sent by Indiana
miners 10 the strikers in Kentucky. There
is a balance in the treasury Of LOCO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
To Those About to Meet the Prince.

Harpers Weekly.
1. Don't tell him that. while you never
learned 10 speak German, you can dance IL
like a dream.
2. Don't forget that hoch is pronounced
hoke, not hook. In view OF the enormous
expense Of the visit. such an expression as
Hook der Prinz or Hook der Kaiser would
be manifestly bad farm.
3. Don't ask him his impressions OF
America until he has been in the country
~twenty-four hours. He might be en-
barrassed 70 reply. considering the surface
aspect OF the city OF New York
{. Don't speak Of his imperial brother as
if he were a subject for a comic-paper Joke
instead of Emperor OF Germany. Willie
the War Lord is all right In private CONVEX
sation with others. but would not do with
the prince.
5 Don't get of that old joke about our
climate being enervating for some. but leu
tonic for others. He has probably heard IL
6. Don't be facetious with his Highness
and ask him what the postage IS on a
mailed fist. He might retort with a prac-
teal illustration Of the special-delivery sys-
= Don't ask him in the presence OF the
mayor how one so high likes fraternizing
with one so Low.
Don't tell him that you have always
been axious 10 meet him. and that you have
heard quite a number OF people speak Of his
brother While.
custom house, and II he had 10 pay duty on
his uniforms.
10. Don't request MS autograph, coupling
the application with the statement that YOU
already have that OF Johann Most.
II Don't tell him he ought 70 have come
here two months earlier II ne really wanted
the freedom OF the city. II IS probable ha
never heard OF Tammany.
~ Don't ask him n IL is true that his i'm
perial brother Is such a big thing al home
that when he goes out on parade IA takes
him four hours 10 pass a given point.
l3. Don't tell him that you once had n
Newfoundland dog named Prince.
"A Don't ask him his average record for
eighteen holes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
MR.. BRYAN'S RECIPE.
New Plan Based on Withholding Edu-
cation from Filfpinos.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
Editor Bryan continues beating the anti
imperialist tomtom with dismal persistency
in the Commoner. His latest assault on
the policy OF the administration in the
Philippines is not Of a sort TO commend
itself to his judicious friends. 1t might
have been expected that he would confine
himself to exploiting the sensational re-
ports that American soldiers are conduct
ing themselves in the slands like bashi-
bazouks, demonstrating" women and
children on the weyler plan, inhicting the
water torture on leading citizens and so
on. But no. Mr.. Bryan, it seems. has con-
cluded that this particular line of assault
has failed, so he has put his helm hard
over and set out on a new tack at a pace
which Senator Hoar and even Senator Till
man will find hard TO follow. What he de-
mands now is that the administration de-
sist from its fatuouS policy OF educating
and enlightening the Filipinos. To forestall
the probable charge of Inconsistency he
quotes with his usual gusto an extract from
an old speech of his in evidence that he
deviat1ons into a more commonplace or less
p~aradoxical line of argument, In respect OF
our Philippine policy, an ahti-education
US with what he plainly was
statesmanlike precedence that 1--WE shall not
find 1t to our advantage to educate the
people of the islands, and pointed out that
THE educated FilipinOs are now i'm revolt
against us and the most ignorant ones have
made the least resistance to our domina-
tion."
The corollary of the above statement is
plain, and Mr.. Bryan does not finch from
drawing II. The policy in the islands most
conducive to peace and good order Is 10
keep the natives in perpetual Ignorance,
and 1.-The more dense the ignorance the less
resistance" there will be 10 our efforts 10
government. The Republicans, says Mr..
Bryan, must expect that native hostility
will increase in proportion as the Filipinos
become better educated, just as that hos
tility is most pronounced to-day among the
most enlightened members of the Filipino
race"
Mr.. Bryan's counsels in this matter are
consonant neither with philanthropy nor
fact, and it is difficult TO believe that they
are seriously given. II Judge Taft's testl-
mony as TO the situation in the islands IS
worth anything at all Mr.. Bryan's funda-
mental proposition is false. and his con-
clusion therefore not only repellant but
baseless. Judge Taft has just now explicit
ly stated that the party Of law and order,
the pro-American party, contains the bulk
of the educated classes, and that our hope
lies in the education of the people. The
Republican party's theory of right colonial
g~overnance rests on education and politi-
petual ignorance is the sole guaranty of
good order and contentment. Mr.. Bryan's
recipe is not up to his ph~ilanthropic pre-
tensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
No Agreement I'm Illinois.

PEORIA, Ill, Feb. 26.-The joint session
of coal operators and mine workers has
resulted in a f~Tuitless attempt to adopt a
scale for the State outside of the Danville
district and the whole matter was referred
TO a joint scale committee. TIL operators
at the start served notice that they would
resist any attempt to increase the scale in
any district. and Harry Taylor. of Chicago.
painted a gloomy picture of the coal trade
In Illinois, which he declared had been
gradually supplanted by the product or
mines in the Hooking valley. Ohio and West
Virginia. The powder question threatens
10 split the convention. The miners adopt
ed a resolution and later Incorporated 1t In
their scale fixing the maximum price of
powder at S1-75 per keg and providing that
miners be allowed TO buy In the open mar
ket. The operators put the price at - in
their scale. and Incorporated a clause COM
polling the miners TO buy of the operators.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
PLATE GLASS FACTORIES TO CLOSE.
1920. .o-pa- Restricted by the Move
ment-Window Glass Shutdown.

AhnpN oAn-
Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. Feb. 26.-For the first
time I'm the history OF the American plate
glass trade there will be a concentrated
ing the summer months. Seven of the
large plate-glass manufacturers have
agreed TO close in July for the three sum-
mer months. this list including the new
plant at Saginaw. Mich. which will be-
gin operations early in April. The only
firms now Directing to the proposition are
the Kittanning pa Plate-glass Company
and the Columbia Plate-glass Company. OF
Blairsville. Pa. This action is the result of
an agreement just made to secure more
harmonious action on prices. The great
increase in the domestic capacity and the
demoralized condition of the foreign indus
try, threatening still heavier importations,
were the causes Of the action by American
plate-glass manufacturers.
1t is reported that the Independent Win
dow-glass Company. in bidding for skilled
wOrkmen. is offering to run its factory un-
til the last of June, although the agree
ment calls for a shutdown on May 10. Pc
titiOns are being circulated among the
workmen throughout the country not to
accept the offer. as the extra six weeks
work would increase the production 10
100000 boxes of glass, whereas the maxi
mum under the scale calls for 100000, and
the surplus would prevent factories running
next winter.
The bottom pushed out of tine big tank In
the Bauer w~indow-glass factory at Eaton
last night. allowing five hundred tons of
molten glass to escape and throwing two
hundred men temporarily out OF employ
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
A Good Display, but Attendance IL
Not Great.
Letter in Boston Transcript.

Letter in Boston Transcript
At the extreme other end of Charleston
from the battery is 1.-The Exposition" The
Ivory City as the CharlestOnians delight
TO call il. This is a fine exposition. The
buildings are charming. not too large, well
designed and well grouped. There Is much
to be seen in il. 1t is rather Southern than
interstate and you cannot help noticing
that North Carolina MAKE a more con-
spicuous showing than South Carolina. as
If determined to prove that she is as good
as the State that would monOpolize the
name of Carolina. In South Carolina they
still speak OF Carolina" and North Caro-
lima. North Carolina has 100000 more
people than South Carolina and
much of the hustling disposition OF
the North. The exposition lacks but
one thing to make IL a success
and that is attendance. Charleston cannot
do much in that line herself. for her popu-
lation is but about 5000; II is indeed small
er than il was twenty-five years ago. A
goodly proportion of her people are colored
and 10 the negroes the half-dollar for adj
mission TO the Exposition does rot come
with wealth-creating frequency Charleston
counts a great deal on the Northern winter
visitors 70 pause on their northward way
and enjoy her bland winter climate while
visiting her show" They may come. bur
unless their name is legion there Is little
chance for the Exposition TO do anything
else thar point the moral that a small city
cannot carry a big exposition to financial
success.
The race problem is always present in
Charleston In one aspect or another, AT
the Exposition the NEGRO BuliOlnS Illus
trates the industrial development OF the
colored race and the Exhibit Is very credit
able. But IL is doubtful IL IL gives the re-
dictionaries OF the Tillman type pause in
their pessimism. They see everything In
harmony with their wishes TO keep the
negro down" and they play skillfuliy on
the apprehension of negro rule" Said a
South Carolinian with whom / talked.
Most OF our business men side with Nc
Laurin and vote with Tillman for they see
that if McLaurin can get his way ne
must revive the Republican organization
by forming a coalition and that means
giving the negroes the balance of power
with both parties bidding for them" All
added the South Carolinian, 1T was not the
war that wrecked South Carolina, 1T was
racopstructfon -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Franchise Ordinance withdrawn.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE. Ind. Feb. 26.-The In
~dianapolis. Shelbyville and Southeastern
Traction Company, which is constructing
an interurban road between indianapolis
and this city, has filed a mortgage for $780,
600 to cover a bond issue for construction
purposes. The officers of the company say
they will spend nearly S60.0o0 before the
road is completed. The company accepted
a franchise from the City Council which
allowed them a small loop. The prospect
of a through line to Cincinnati prompted
the company To ask for a franchise along
the most prominent street. Residents OF
the street filed z petition In opposition 10
the freight clause. The matter came be-
fore the Council last night. and the discus
sion was exceedingly warm. The vote stood
8 10 4 in favor Of ~pOstp0ning the granting
OF the franchise another week. Attorney
Adams. for the company. withdrew the
ordinance. and the old route with the small
loop probably will be followed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
WITHOUT LAWS OR OFFICIALS.
Town Finds Itself in n Very
Unusual Predicament.

Sidell. Vermillion county. finds itself in
a peculiar predicament. 1t is without town
officials. laws or ordinances. Mayor Charles
Goof died a few weeks ago, as the result
of a gunshot wound, accidentally received
while hunting. George Clarkson, the town
treasurer, has resigned and left for Okla
hOma, while in a recent fire the city Of
fees were destroyed. together with all the
town records and ordinances.
y committee has been appointed to pre-
pare new ordinances. and at the next meet
ing of the Town Council a mayor and
treasurer Will be appointed. The predica-
ment OF Sidell is unique in the history of
the municipality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
A. |. BRICK RENOMINATED
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT THE THIRD
TIME ENDORSES HIM TO CONGRESS.
Chosen by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS County
Declares for Mr.. Hemenway-
Other Indiana Politics.

PLYMOUTH, Ind. Feb. 26.-Abraham
Lincoln Brick was renominated for Con-
gress to-day by the Republican convention
of the Thirteenth district for his third
term. The convention was large and en-
thusiastic, and the vote was by acclama-
ton.
Mr.. Brick is a native OF st. Joseph coun-
ty, and was born on May n, 1860. His
early education was received in the public
schools of South Bend, and he matriculated
at Cornell. Yale and Michigan universities.
He was graduated from the law depart
ment of Michigan University in 1888 and i'm
mediately began the practice of law. In
1856 he was elected prosecutor for st. Jo-
seph and Laporte counties. He was elected
to the Fifty-sixth and Ffft~y-seventh Con-
crosses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Fatal Explosion at summitviIie.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SUMMITVILLE, Ind, Feb. 26.-Another
gas explosion occurred here this morning
which will result in loss OF life. Frank
Ayres, a workman at the Barry lamp-black
factory, was working with a gas pump
in the ~pumphouse when escaping gas ig-
nited from a lighted lantern that he had
left outside the house. He was complete
ly enveloped in flames and his body was
so badly burned that the flesh dropped
from the bones. He is a poor man, and an
invalid wife and five small children are
dependent upon him.
Morton Peelle. the eight-year-old child
burned in the gas explosion a few days
ago, died, but his eleven-year-old brother
probably will recover.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
CHAMELEON, Ind. Feb. 26.-John Fish
back, who for several years has terrorized
this city by getting out on the streets and
parading with a shotgun. defying the Off
GERS and the law, was yesterday morning
sentenced in the Perry Circuit Court TO
serve from two to fourteen years in the
state prison for shooting and ~wounding
Charles Heb, a resident of Anderson
township, with a shotgun a few weeks ago.
Fishback was in court with his arm in a
sling, he having shot off one of his fingers
with his own weapon the day he shot Heb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
suicide Near Corydon.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Feb. 26.-News was
received here to-day of the suicide of
Michael II. Keller at his home, five miles
south Of Corydon, yesterday. He took a
rope from the cistern, fastened 1t to the
rafters in a woOdshed and hanged himself.
His neck was broken, and when he was
found a few minutes later his feet were
barely touching the ground. Twenty-four
years ago this month his father. Michael
Keller. committed suicide in a similar man.
ncr, and on the anniversary Keller spoke
of his fathers death. He left a widow and
three children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
warsaw Young Nan EIectrocuted.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW. Ind. Feb. 26-News was re-
celved here to-day from Denver. Col. Of
the death by electrocution OF Clark VIII
lIams, son Of eN-County Recorder Joseph
Williams. He caught hold OF q live wire.
The News was conveyed by a telegram 20
his parents. Williams was graduated from
Purdue University with the class OF 80.
and went TO Denver last summer 10 accept
a position with the Denver Electric Light
and Gas Company. Williams was twenty
ak years old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Lannon'S Party Politics.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
A leading nnancier Is responsible for this
story. The other evening at a well-known
club a group, OF which former Secretary OF
War Lamont was one. was discussing the
various factions that were growing up in
the Democratic party. 90 all OF which Col.
Lamont listened. but taking no part. Final
" one or the group, turning 10 him, asked:
What kind OF a Democrat are you.
colOnel?"
u am q Tfden Democrat" ne promptly
replied.
Then after a moment he added:
And he IS dead"
The group is still wondering where the
colonel Is az.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Arrested for Illegal Fishing.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, Feb. 26.-Deputy Fish
Commissioner Hamilton night before last
arrested Charles Johnson, Fred Butt and
Noah King for fishing through the ice on
lake Wawasee with hook and line and
each was fined $50. This is the first time
the fish commissioner has made an arrest
for violation of the fish law at Wawasee
since last year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Tippecanoe Primary Results.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 26.-Complete
but unofficial returns from primary election
yesterday give the result as follows: Circuit
judge. r. p. De Hart. ~unopposed, 4,724; SUI
perior judge, Henry H. Vinson, 926 ma
jority; prosecutor, Daniel Flanagan, 800
plurality; senator, VIII r. Wood, asa plu-
Iality; representative, Henri w. Marshall,
/ ,239 plurality; clerk, Quincy A. Earl, 149
plurality; auditor. Harvey II. Cheney, 1856
plurality; treasurer. William z. Beach, un-
opposed, 1854; sheriff, Ray, 1872 majority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Did Not ..shoot Craps"

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES. Ind, Feb. 26.-In the dis
patches sent from this city last week it
was stated that the evidence had disclosed
the fact that Hon. o c. Billheimer, OF
Washington. Ind. attorney for the de-
PENDANTS in the Davis gambling case, had
been guilty of shooting craps" with Rich
ard c. Davis. This statement was not cor
rect. The evidence does not show that Mr..
Billheimer shot craps with Davis or with
any one at any time.