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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-01
NIGHT FISHING.
Good Catch of Trout ON an English
River.

London Field
Can you fish to-night?" This wire came
to me one day in July. / had previously ar
ranged with my friend Captain X. to have
night on some deep and sluggish water on
that l was at his disposal, and We started
about p M, as We had about nine miles to
drive and 1t was very bad road. So much
so that in going down a steep brae the cob
stepped on a loose stone and came down,
and. L am sorry to say, cut his off knee
badly How nervous the poor beast was
afterward. We stopped at a roadside spring
and washed the wounded knee and IL
looked better.
We arrived at our destination in good
time. had our things carried to the hut.
which is good sized one with cooking
stove, ETC., in ii, had the trap put up at a
farm stealing close by. sent boy off for
some dressing for the ponys knee and then
prepared our tackle. We intended to use
fly only. About o'clock were joined
by a friend who had bicycled over He was
an ardent bait fisher, so he brought spin
ming tackle only. There is about one and
a half miles of water, one side only, and
after arranging our tackle and refreshing
the inner man We made start.
L mounted good-sized Greenwich, and
had out for the first time new twelve-foot
Castle Connel / watched for some time
for rise. and at last / saw one. and COW
cred il nicely far as / could see, and got
hold of trout of three pounds. Soon after
ward / caught two more of two pounds and
one and half pounds. We had arranged
to meet at the hut at 80. When l ar
rived / found the captain and the spinner
inside. The former had four beauties and
the latter a grilse of five pounds and two
fine trout, taken with a small phantom.
We soon had the kettle boiling and a cup
of coffee, when to our surprise in walked
another friend. After chat and a smoke
we all made another start. After we had
separated l took IL easy and sat down un-
der a solitary tree. How still everything
was Not breath of wind. The plaintive
cry of the lapwing, the curious cry of the
water hen and hoarse croak OF the heron.
How plain all these sounded at midnight.
1 had almost gone into dreamland. when
the splash of salmon at my feet startled
me. So again / was up and at EN-"
changed my cast to one / had round my
hat, and a big coachman was the lure. l
was into "whooper." which / duly
landed. He was four pounds. When l had
caught two more decent fish / returned TO
the hut and was soon fast asleep. About
2:30 a. m. the captain came in and woke me
up and showed me four nice trout The
spinner came a little later with six good
fish, one of three pounds. The late arrival
had eight beauties. all killed with the nat
urai minnow. He thought he had a pull OF
salmon, which was quite possible.
fancy hear some of your readers exclaim
"Poachers." But 1 may say night is the
only time you can catch the big trout that
frequent the deep. sluggish pools of this
river.
My friend Is an adept at fishing the small
phantom like a salmon fiy with an eight
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Indiana Notes.

GOSHEN.-J B. Gattshall, who has been
associated with the Daily News-Times of
this city for over two years. having charge
of court matters and political features, to-
day opened law Office in Goshen to resume
the practice of law. He was admitted to
practice in Ohio in 1879 and from 1880 to 1890
practiced with success at Warsaw, Ind,
quitting the practice for time because of
i'll health and engaging in other work.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 30.-Word
reached this city this morning of the death
from apoplexy of Austin H. Gaddis, a we'll
TODD farmer, aged forty-five years. resid-
ing near Modoc. He was sitting on the
fence calling his hogs when he was seen
to fall. He was picked up in dying con-
dition.
NARROWING local lodge of Eagles took
in class of $50 Tuesday night Delega-
tons of the order were here from Fort
Wayne. Anderson, Peru Muncie. Elwood
ercises. A big banquet was given after the
initiation of the candidates.
RICHMOND.-Royal ]. Davis, a former
resident of this city, and a graduate of
Earlham College, is now the guest of rela-
tives here. He is en- route from Chicago
to Philadelphia, where he will take a posi-
ton on one of the large newspapers as a
special editorial writer
TERRE HAUTE.-The damage suit of
Mining Company was compromised by the
payment of 5000 to the plaintiff. He
brought suit for $4,000 for personal in
juries inflicted while he was in the employ
of the company.
GREENSBURG.-The Baptist Observer,
of Greensburg, makes its appearance as a
weekly publication. Its purpose, as 'an-
fist cause in Indiana. f. c. j. Dickens is
its editor
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REAL PETRIFIED MAN.


Man Supposed 10 Have Been Murdered
Found I'm n Creek.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 30.-The vic
tim of what was no doubt a murder was
discovered here to-day in the person of
man whose remains are now in a perfect
state of petrifaction. The body was found
in the river and was brought to the sur
face by a gravel digger. The man in life
was white and weighed apparently about
10 pounds. There is a perfect preservation
of all portions of the body. with the ex-
ception of the toes and left foot. which
are missing The stomach is sunken and
contains a hole. A gold band ring is on
the little finger of the left hand and can
not be removed, for the reason that il has
adhered to the stone.
That the man was murdered and the body
thrown into the river, where it sunk in
the sand. there seems to be no doubt. The
arms are carefully folded across the breast.
showing that they had been placed there by
some one who had then tied them with a
rope, which was also wound around the
body. The legs are straight and the one
remaining foot Is in a natural position.
"A hole in the right side of the chest indi-
Gates that the man had been shot, and this
bears out other evidences pointing TO a
murder.
There is no telling how long the body
has laid in the sand and water probably
many years. Although many murder mys-
terieS exist here, marking a long space
OF time, no one will attempt to guess the
identity of the man.
The coroner viewed the remains, but said
he had no jurisdiction and the stone man
will now become the property of Captain
Eigenmann. the man who found it. IL
will very likely be placed on exhibition in
this community and then sold for museum
purposes
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80 per cent of the children between the
years named were able to read and write.
Even in Louisiana, which is at the bottom
of the list, the percentage was CLIP, or
about 10 per cent higher than it was in
1890.
How widespread was the Improvement in
the efficiency of our educational systems
will be made clear If we group the States
into classes, as is done in the report of the
Census Bureau. 1t appears. for instance
that in 1890 there were eleven States,
whereas in 1900 there were only eight
States wherein the percentage of children
of the ages named who were able to read
and write fell below 50 per cent. Once
more, in 1890 there were only thirteen
States, whereas in 1900 there were twenty
seven States in which the percentage of
children, from ten to fourteen years old,
able to read and write exceeded IS per cent
We add that these twenty-seven States in
1900 included 622 per cent. Of the whole
population.
Especially credtable is the improvement
in many of the Southern States which have
been accused Of neglecting the education of
colored children: Louisiana we have al
ready mentioned. In North Carolina the
percentage of children able to read and
write increased within the decade nearly 9
per cent; in South Carolina more than 8
per cent, and in Georgia 101z per cent
Evidently the children of negroes. as well
as the children of immigrants. are being
rapidly qualified for American citizenship.
so far as this can be effected by elementary
education.
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CLUB WOMEN AROUSED.
They Will Engage in a General Mu-
nicipaI Reform Movement.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Sept. 30.-The club women
Of Marion have taken up the matter OF
municipal reform and have begun in a busi-
ness-like manner in bringing about desired
legislation. 1t is the purpose of the club
women to take up the matter of splitting on
the sidewalks. the use of profane language
on the streets, the keeping Of boys and girls
off the streets at night, the closing of the
saloons at the hour prescribed by law. the
closing of the saloons on Sunday and, In
fact, the enforcement Of all laws. The club
women are not extremists and do not con-
template making any radical changes, but
they insist that the laws on the statute
books shall be enforced.
The Advance Club, one Of the leading or
CARNATIONS of the city, held a meeting to-
day and prepared a petition which was
filed with the city clerk, requesting that the
City Council appoint two women on the
Library Board when that body meets and
takes up the matter. The mothers insist
that 1t is the duty of the Council to place at
least two women on the board so that they
can have a voice in the selection of the
books for their sons and daughters.
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ping and death of a hermit known as
"Whskers." Croft was one of the white
cappers, and after the death OF "Whiskers
a week ago, IL became known that the old
fellows story explained why the punish
ment was unwarranted. The death and
this information bore upon Crofts MIND,
and IL became necessary to send him to the
insane hospital
"Whiskers" lived in a shack by the road
side, and a month ago a young woman
drove into Mecca with the report that he
had attempted 10 assault her. Then white
cappers beat him terribly. He had no med
ical attendance, and died after several
weeks of suffering Before his death he
said he was in some weeds and was trying
to get out of sight when his movements
scared the young woman's horse. He ran
TO the horse and catching IL by the bride,
quieted il. Then he returned to his shack.
and thought no more Of the matter until
the whitecappers came.
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" York Evening Posi-.

New York Evening Post.
Clerks in some OF the downtown banks
have had this week about the hardest work
OF the year. In some institutions a por-
ton Of the clerical force has been on duty
till midnight. The rush was due 10 the
enormous business occasioned by the
money squeeze OF Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. An officer of one OF the large
loaning institutions said:
1--WE had to call I'm two physicians this
week TO attend our sick One of the force
collapsed entirely on Tuesday and was with
difficulty restored. He had been on duty
till 2 O'Clock I'm the morning and could
not stand the strain. While a bank clerk
is always subject TO night duty. the strain
OF working till the small hours OF the
morning IL too severe TO bear for any
business is liable 10 these times OF extraor-
binary pressure. and has 10 provide for
them as best IL can. Our clerks will pull
through. l hope. all right. but last Tues
days experience il too hard TO be repeated
many times without injury"
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AMERICAN ILLITERACY.

IIarper's Weekly.

Harper weekly.
Some of the illiteracy statistics published
by the Census Bureau have given European
readers false impression of the efficiency
of the school systems in the United States
The proportion of illiteracy exhibited in
some sections of our country was unex-
pectedly large. owing to the settlement of
many uneducated adult immigrants in
some of the Northern States during the
preceding decade, and owing TO the ex-
istence of a large adult negro element in
the populatio of many Southern States
The true way to estimate the value of the
work that is being done by our free schools
is obviously to ascertain the proportion of
the children of certain age-say from ten
TO fourteen years-who are able TO read and
write This course was pursued in the
last two censuses. and the highly satisfac-
tory figures obtained in 1900 are now made
known by the Census Office.
Ii seems that in Nebraska and Iowa,
which, from this point of view, head the
list of States. more than 1858 per cent of
all the children between ten and fourteen
wears old were able to read and write I'm
1900 II we examine the States as a whole.
together with the Territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia, we find that, In all the
political units except thirteen, more than
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-01
Settling Franchise Holdings.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Sept. 30--The war be-
tween the Elwood gas companies and per-
sons who. in the days when gas was first
discovered, were sold franchises emitting
them to the free use of gas as long as it
lasted. is in fair way TO be settled. At
meeting last night the companies sub
mitted a proposition in which they agreed
to furnish the franchise holders with free
gas during the months Of June, July, Au-
gust and September, and to allow rate of
10 cents a thousand during the rest of the
year. This is a concession Of four months
free gas to the franchise holders, and it is
generally believed that they will accept 1t.
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Propose 5O-Cent Meter Rate.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 3O.-The Rock
Oil Natural Gas Company of this city has
submitted to the City Council proposition
to proceed at once to put in a pumping
station for its plant make such extern
sions TO its plant as to furnish those per-
sons desiring gas an adequate supply dur
ing the coming year, provided the Council
will, by Oct. /, repeal the present ordinance
and enact another authorizing the COM
pany to charge a meter rate of so cents
for the first 1000 cubic feet of gas % cents
for any fractional part thereof and % cents
per thousand for each additional 1000 cubic
feet.
The matter will be considered by the
Council at its regular meeting Oct. /.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. SO-At the regular
meeting of the City Council last night the
Muncie Natural Gas Company and the
Heat, Light and Power Company presented
their official acceptance of the amended
franchises passed last Friday night, in
which is specified a meter rate of % cents
for gas from Oct. 1, 1902, to Oct. l, 1903, %
cents from Oct. 1, 1903 to Oct. /, 1904, and
q cents thereafter. An ordinance fixing the
tax levy of Muncie for 1902 was passed last
night. The levy is the same as IL has been
81 on each 500 of taxable property, with
the exception of an additional cents per
500 for a standing library fund.
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BROTHER Asks Damages for Being
Treated" for Liquor Habit.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Sept. 3O.-For her solicit
tude I'm attempting to break her brother,
George W. Overshimer, of the drink habit,
Mrs Laura j. Hosier. one of the wealthiest
and best-known women of Boone township.
has accumulated damage suit for 5000.
Some time ago. il is alleged I'm the COM
plant, Mrs. Hosier read an advertisement
for a cure for the liquor habit which could
be administered in the patients coffee with
out his knowledge and which was guaran-
feed 70 effect permanent cure. She pur-
chased a quantity OF II and commenced the
treatment on June 10. Overshimer discov-
cred two months later that he was being
treated" He claims that the drug admin
tstered caused him TO lose twenty pounds
In weight. and that his stomach has been
still remains
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-01
MERCHANTS ORGANIZE.
Association That VIII Purchase Di-
rect of Manufacturers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, Sept. 3O.-Representa-
tives of a number of northern Indiana and
southern Michigan department stores met
here to-day to complete the organization
of an association to purchase staple mer-
chandise in bulk from manufacturers, thus
saving the jobbers' profits. The movement
was set on foot some weeks ago by w. F.
Stanton, manager of the Hill department
store, of this city, and preliminary meet
ing was held here Sept. IL.
Those present to-day were: G.. d. Da-
wilson, of Laporte: L. c. Stiefel of Angola ;
Charles Arnold. of Huntington; j. s. Biet-
mann. of Wabash; j. Schneinwind, of Ko-
komo: s. l.. Van Patten, of Anderson; G..
w. Graham, of Charlottesville; H. j.
Woodward of Coldwater, Mich. w. F.
Stanton. of Elkhart.
An organization was effected under the
name of the Merchants Purchasing Asso-
citation. and the following officers were
elected: President, w. F. Stanton; vice
president, l.. c. Stiefel; secretary and treas
urer, Charles Seibert. The association will
meet four times year.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Meets.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 3O.-The second
annual reunion of the Northumberland
sixty-first Indiana Regiment of Spanish
American war veterans will be held in this
city Oct. Is. The following committees.
made up from Company f, have been
named to have charge of the preliminaries:
Reception, Oscar p. Taur, Charles Holt
camp, Harry Hennigar. Capt Paul Com
stock, William Allender, Harry Kelly,
Henry Sheppard and Frank Kellar; at rail-
way stations, William Helger, Gilbert Hen
nigar, William Martin and II. C. Petro;
decorations, A. o. Horn, Henry Rockers,
Michael Lotus, L. l.. Thomas, Walter Cas-
sell; soliciting committee, A. T. Moss and
j. III. Thompson lodging, Harry Hennigar
and LiSta 3. Juday
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GOSHEN. Ind, Sept. S.-Mrs. E. ].
Mentzer, wife of the Lake Shore postal
railway clerk of this city who was run
over by a State-street department store
automobile in Chicago Saturday afternoon
died last evening at $50 o'clock of her in
juries at the home of her daughter Mrs
Clare Dickinson, ass Cuyler avenue that
city. She was forty-seven years Of age and
had lived in this city about twenty two
years. Besides her husband, she leaves
five children, Mrs. Ed Miller, of Elkhart;
Mrs. Dickinson. of Chicago; Claude, Anna
and Wilma, at home.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind, Sept. 30.-The Chicago
Gas Company gave notice to Kokomo pa
irons tonight that the heating stove mix
ers, which had been called in last May,
would be returned and gas furnished dur
ing the month of October at the old ordi-
nance rate of $1.50 per stove. This is taken
to mean that the company will not de-
mand the of meters this winter, but
that fiat rate will be continued. There is
an ordinance before the Council to raise
the rate to 81 per stove. This may pass
If the company will guarantee to furnish
sufficient supply Of gas, otherwise it will
be rejected
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND, Ind. Sept. 3O-Beginning
Tomorrow there will be a decided advance
In gas rates on the part Of the Portland
Natural Gas and Oil Company. Hereafter
the first heater will cost $3.50 a month and
the cooking stove the same price, making
ing will be charged at 81, the third at Sl5O
and all additional 81 each. For business
rooms the first heater will be 81. with No
z mixer; No. 3 mixer. s.; No. mixer, 20.
and No. mixer, 81. Jumbo tips
will be Is cents per month each
for business houses and 20 cents per
month each for dwellings. The advance
amounts to about 50 per cent. for dwellings
and 80 1-3 per cent. for business places.
The Citizens Gas and Oil Mining Com
pany announces that, beginning Nov. 1, II
will sell its gas at the rate of 25 cents per
thousand cubic feet also have meters put
into use. patrons being required to deposit
50 as a guaranty that the meters Will be
properly protected.
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BOTTLE BLOWERS SCALE.
Schedule Fixed for 5000 Journeymen
and I,5OO Apprentices.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Sept. So.-At a conference
tonight between a committee representing
the glass bottle and fruit jar manufactur-
ers and Dennis A. Hayes, president OF the
Glass Bottle Blowers Association. last
years scale of prices for machine-made
bottles and fruit Jars and scale OF wages
for machine men and pressers was adopted
for the coming year. The same factory
rules will also prevail This agreement APP
plies TO all bottle factories in the United
States and Canada and fixes the wages of
600 iourneymen and 500 apprentices
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. Sept. @.-The recent cru
SADIE upon the saloons of CASTOR was we'll
aired in Circuit Court this morning. Out
of fifty-nine indictments returned by the
September term of the grand jury, twenty
seven were against CASTOR people. The
greater part of the evidence this morning
was furnished by ministers. One saloon
keeper had seven indictments against him.
He pleaded not guilty to all. as did the
others, and hearings will be later.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-The following
Indiana boys were included in the list Of
candidates who have passed examinations
for admission as midshipmen to the An
napolis Naval Academy: Eldred B. Arm
strong, Indianapolis; George c. Coole,
Richmond; John F. Cox, Spencer; G.. Mans
field Darlow, Indianapolis, and Worth w.
Foster, New Albany
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Indiana Obituary.

SULLIVAN, Ind, Sept. 30.-William
Joyce died at his home in this city to-day
of blood poisoning. Mr.. Joyce was sixty
four years of age and one of this city's
leading citizens. He enlisted in Company
b. Second Indiana Cavalry, and served un-
til the close of the rebellion. In political
faith he was formerly a Republican, but
later affiliated with the Democrats. He
served as a justice here for a long period
of years. He had been a member of Sui
Ivan Lodge, No. 147 for nearly thirty years,
and was also member Of Navius En-
campment and Canton Thompson. of which
he served as a captain for many years.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
A widow and one son, Edward Joyce, of
Princeton, survive.
VINCENNES, Ind, Sept. 30.-James Bal
lard, an aged citizen of Monroe City, this
county, formerly postmaster at that place
was found dead in a shed on his premises
to-day. His death was due to natural
causes. He was born in 1918.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9O.-Patents were
issued to-day to the following Indiana in
ventors: Patrick Pullman, Churubusco, gate
hinge; William E. Heal, Marion, manufac-
ture of window and plate glass; Frank c.
Leek, surrey, shingling carriage at gate F.
H. Loneless. Lafayette, brush; l.. T. Low
jury in using X-rays; Harry Minck and H.
l.. Droste, Richmond rail Joint; +. w.
Scholey, Dublin, wire reel truck: A. Stub,
Fort Wayne, stove pipe thimbe; Levi Stick
Ter and c. III. Fisk. Richmond. window cur
tain fixtures; T. j. Smisher. V. A. A. and E
Burger, Kokomo, wagon brake; j. T. Viles,
Indianapolis, adjustable nut wrench; p. II.
White, Indianapolis, valve gear; L. w.
Wright, Anderson. ID handle.