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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Indiana Methodist Conference Opens
It's seyenty-Firs Annual Session I'm
the City of yincennes.
IMPORTANT TRACTION PROJECT
FIRST sTEPs TOWARD A COLUMBUS
FRENCH LICK LINE.
Young Farmer Held for Murder-Accf-
dental Hunting F~atn1ity-Rig Road
Contract Rescinded.
speciaI q %. IpaIanapoIis journal.

Special te he Indianapolis Journal.
PLAINFIELD, Ind, Sept. 16.-The first
session OF the forty-1fth annual assembly
Of the Western Yearly Meeting Of Friends
will he held at this place tomorrow. This
Is the one event OF the year for this quiet
little Quaker village. and for several weeks
the town people have been making prepa-
rations for the gathering. The attendance
promises to be unusually large. due TO the
facts that there have been excellent crops
and money is plentiful. and also because
OF the increased facilities for travel, the
Leiber electric railway having been COM
pleted. with cars now running regularly be-
tween this place and Indianapolis
: The building In which the meetings will
be held Is located in a twelve-acre cam
pus. and Is surrounded by a beautiful grove
planted fifty years ago. The edifice, while
plain on the outside, has recently been re-
modelled and finished In modern style. Since
the assembly last year the large audi
forum has been reseated with benches or
the latest and most improved style.
Noted ministers and evangelists from the
United States and England are expected to
be present. The meeting will continue one
week, when all the departments OF the
church work. including Bible school. educa-
ton, temperance. foreign missions. etc,
Will be considered. One OF the important
business topics viii be the choosing OF del
egates TO the five years meeting, which
will open on Oct. %, in Indianapolis, and
which will be one OF the epoch-maklng
gatherings in the history OF the American
Quakers. For the first time in more than
two hundred years an organization OF
Friends will then begin its existence. which
will represent practically the entire ortho-
dox body in the country.
Already ten OF the thirteen yearly meet
ings OF the United StatesMNew EngIand'
New York, Baltimore, Indiana, western,
Kansas, Wilmington, California, Oregon,
and North Carolina-have adopted the uni
form discipline, and will send delegates 10
the first five years meeting. These ten
meetings contain three-fourths of all the
Friends in the United States.
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DIRTY POLITICAL TRICK.
Indictment of n Postmaster on a Pure
Iy Technical Charge.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
TORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 16.-Postmas-
ter Wallace W.. Williamson. of Columbia
City, was to-day indicted in his capacity
as editor of the Columbia City Mail, be-
cause of a technical irregularity in con-
nection with the publication of a liquor IL
cense notice. The publication notice had
not been in Willamson's paper on the date
named in the affidavit, and when his atten-
ton was called to the fact he explained
that he had taken the attorneys word for it
and had not sworn to the dates, but the
turat had been attached by the attorney
later as a matter of form.
Williamson has been an aggressive party
fighter as editor, and the technical per-
jury, together with the fact that he
changed the paper on file so as to correct
the dates. gave his political enemies an
opportunity to have him indicted, both
for perjury and altering official documents,
in the hope that this would lead to his
removal as postmaster,
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Sept. Estate Labor
COMMISSIONS L. p. Mccormack, who has
been in Marion for several days attempting
to settle the labor troubles existing in the
building trades unions has decided that
neither faction wants a settlement. The
contractors do not seem to care for a set
Element. and the carpenters say they have
been employed to better advantage during
the summer than If they had been granted
the scale OF thirty-five cents asked. Nc
says he will remain in Marion a
few lays longer and attempt to bring the
two factions together, but that il is not
very probable a settlement will be made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Electric Railway Projected.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Sept. 16.-The repre-
sentative business and professional men
and manufacturers of Seymour held a meet
ing at the Pythian Temple last night and
took the preliminary steps in the interest
of a Seymour-Co Columbus electric line. The
proposed line is expected to be built from
Columbus through Azalia, Reddington,
Rockford and Seymour, n to be extended
later through Brownstown, Vallonia, Camp
%bellsburg, Paoli and West Baden to French
Lick. a distance of about sixty-five miles.
The country through which the line is
planned is one of the richest districts in
indiana. John B. Burrell, of ~Brownstown,
Is chairman of the preliminary organiza-
at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Very Foxy Story.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Sept. 16.-In Dali
ton and Perry townships of this county the
farmers are annoyed by red foxes. The lit
tie animals appear to have lost all fear of
man and come up to barns and other build
ings in daytime and prowl about as IL hav-
ing a right there. They seize chickens and
small pigs before the eyes of the owners,
and at the farm of John Macy a chicken
was snapped up and carried away while
Mrs. Macy was throwing feed to the fowls.
The animals never appeared in such num-
bers before, and their daring and boldness
is surprising, as there is no more cunning
and timid animal than the red fox.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Meyers Case Investigated.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 16.-The
grand jury to-day returned twenty-eight
indictments, but too late to be admitted
by the Circuit Court. which had adjourned.
1t is known. however, that Ernest Barnard.
of the Columbus, o., club Of the Western
Association of 1901, was as to
the Misrepresentation of the leagues funds
by William Meyer, president and secre-
tary, amounting in all TO 81, 200. Witnesses
from Marion, Dayton and other cities OF
the league also were examined.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Gov. Durbin VIII Attend.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
DECATUR, Ind, Sept. Ex-Governor
Durbin will attend the great northern In
diana fair at this place on Thursday, Sept.
"a. He will be at Fort Wayne on Sept.
% on account of the dedication of the
Allen county courthouse, and will come
here and spend Thursday at the fair.
Governors day" will be the greatest day
of the fair. The officials of the surround
ing counties will be in attendance. The
days programme has not beeen fully COM
pleted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
PROTECTION FOR INDIaNIANs
Asked of the Mexican Government by
the state Department

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The Depart
ment OF State has requested the Mexican
embassy here TO use its good offices in pro-
tecting the lives of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Morgan and Mrs Sarah Linley. residents
CT Plainfield. Ind. who are missionaries at
Cotovoi. Mexico. 1t is learned by the de-
partment that the natives Of that place
have threatened 10 take the lives of the
party unless they shall leave by tomorrow.
The missionaries have been I'm Cotovoi
about a year. having been sent there by the
Friends Board OF Foreign Missions.
The Mexican embassy has forwarded the
request To the authorities IN Mexico, asking
that steps be taken TO protect the persons
I'm question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Southern Indiana Baptists.
Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ROCkPORT, Ind, Sept. 16.-The Baptist
Association OF Southern Indiana is in ses-
sion to-day and tomorrow at Eureka. in
his county. The district embraces all ter
ritory OF southwestern Indiana and in
cludes twenty-five churches. The attend
ance is very large and the little town is
taxed to its utmost TO accommodate the Wis
ifors. The Rev. ~. G.. Smith is moderator.
this session. The Baker Creek Baptist
Church, in which the meeting is being held.
4 one or the oldest in the State, the con-
gregation having been formed back in the
rwentieS-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

HUTCHINSON. Kan, Sept. 16.-Abbey-
Vile, the third largest town in Reno
county, was destroyed by fire last night.
Seven retail stores were burned. The loss
will not exceed $50, 600.
STOCKTON, CAL, Sept. 16.-The coal
unkers and briquette factory of what is
been destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
about 500, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

The Argonaut.

A rush of emigrants from Australia to
South Africa has set in and is worrying the
authorities. Applicants for permits to emf
CRATE nave to prove themselves possessed OF
a minimum of $500. The requirement. to-
gether with the expense of the voyage, Is
an obstacle TO the poor in purse. and the
result is that ships from Australia are suf-
fering from a plague of stowaways. The
captain of the Fortunatus. bound from Mel
bourne TO the Cape. recently found that
he had twenty of these unlicensed passen-
gers on board. and so he took a drastic
course. He dropped all the stowaways on
the Australian coast. $50 miles from Mel
bourne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
october and september Wed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Sept. ia wedding
ceremony much out of the ordinary took
place here to-day. The principals in 1t were
Elan White. of Glen Karn, o., now eighty
four years of age, and Mrs. Keziah Bos-
well. of this city, seventy-six years old.
Each had been married before. They were
childhood friends, and recently they were
again thrown together, the old admiration
was renewed and they decided to marry.
The Rev. J. p. Chamness, of the fifth
street Methodist Church, officiated- The
venerable couple seemed as happy as one
sixty years their juniors. They left for
is the owner of much property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Key. I'm the Wrong Hands.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Sept. ia sensation
was sprung at the meeting of the City
Council last night when Mayor Smith an
nounced that a number of keys to the new
city hall, including master keys which I'M
locked the treasurer's and other offices,
where money and valuables are kept. were
in the hands of persons who had no right
TO them and who refused to turn them over.
Several eX-city officers are said TO be re-
tanning their keys. The superintendent of
police was instructed TO demand a return of
all such keys at once or bring suit TO re-
cover them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Important Suit Compounded.
Ian 10 the Indlanapolls journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Sept. 16.-Four OF the
damage suits which were brought against
the American Tin Plate Company by farm
ers along Duck creek. southwest OF this
city, for alleged pollution Of the waters OF
the stream by dumping refuse into it from
the factory here, have been compromised
outside Of court, the company paying the
costs. Considerable Importance attached
TO the suits. as they were test cases or
which thirty or forty similar ones de-
pended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

SALEM. Ind, Sept. 16.-Maria L. Col
Inns. widow of the late Judge Thomas l..
Collins, died early this morning of heart
failure or fatty degeneracy of the heart
after an illness or but thirty minutes. Mrs.
church worker. Last evening she attended
the meeting of the Official board at the
Methodist Church., and left In her carriage
for Beechwood. her country home. after
3 o'clock, seeming as well as usual. She
called a niece, who roomed with her. at
midnight, and said she was sick. The
family was called. but before her physician
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Judicial Changes Made.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE. Ill, Sept. 16.-To fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Circuit
Judge Bookwalter, Governor Yates appoint
ed NJ. w. Thompson, the present county
judge. S.. Murray Clarke, the Republican
the Governor 10 succeed Judge Thompson
on the county bench.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Important Banking Suit Begun.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 16.-Judge
Barnard. of New Castle, to-day sat as spe-
cial judge here to make up the issues in
the cases brought by Jesse Canada, receiver
of the late Citizens Bank of Union City,
against numerous stockholders of the bank.
Should the receiver win these suits 1t will
mean a large addition to the dividends
which he will be able to pay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Lower Water Rates Accepted.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind, Sept. 16.-Mr. Purdy, of
Pittsburg, president of the Kokomo Water
Company, met with the Council committee
and they finally reached an agreement to
reduce rates % and 80 per cent. in exchange
for a fifteen-year-extension of its fran
chise. The Council, which has been holding
out for municipal ownership, will ratify
the agreement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE. ILL.,, Sept. 16.-Ida Meyers, a
pretty girl living at Roanoke, Ind, during
a street fair at that place eloped with
Charles Bingham. a peddler and follower
of street fairs. On receipt of a telegram
from her father both were arrested here.
The girl did not want to return home, but
on being informed that she would either
have to go home or go to Jail finally con-
scented to her father TO Roa-
nOka-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Big Road Contract Rescinded.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind. Sept. l6.-The Board Of
Commissioners of Laporte county. in regu-
lar session yesterday. rescinded the $4,000
macadam roads contract awarded a. Run
yam * Co, of Alexandria. over two years
ago. on which the contractors partially
built certain roads in the northern part of
Laporte county. and were paid about SfS.0 900
of the contract price. The board will re-
ceive bids for the completion OF the roads
according TO the specifications and the con-
~ Circuit Court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Wounded i'm the Boer War.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Sept. 16.-The Rev. Geo.
Hardiman. the colored minister who went to
South Africa three years ago and was re-
ported killed while unloading a cargo of
horses, turned up at his old home here to-
day very much alive, TO the delightful sur
prise of his wife and two children. Hardi-
man is well known both north and south,
where he organized benevolent societies
among his people. He was badly wounded
in the BOer war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Office. Located at Portland.
he indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the IndianapoIis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind. Sept. 16.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for President
Patrick and Secretary Gerrish, Of the Day.
ton, Union & Huntington Railroad, to open
offices here next Monday. They will be ac-
companied from Columbus, o., by a corps
of surveyors who will begin work at once
on the final survey, all the preliminaries
tends to make Portland the central dis
tributing point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Took CarbOIic Acid.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 16.-Marshall
Derry killed himself at a hotel here to-day
by drinking carbolic acid after an unsuc-
cessful attempt TO shoot Mrs. Paul Wolfe
at her home. The woman grappled with
him and took the pistol away from him.
He then went to his room at the hotel and
killed himself. He had quarreled with the
Woman'S husband about her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

II to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO. Ind, Sept. 16.-An at
tempt was made early this morning to rob
the Westville Bank. An entrance was
gained into the building by breaking into
the rear door. but the robbers evidently
were frightened away, as no attempt had
been made to wreck the safe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Accidental Hunting Fatality.
I to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD. Ind. Sept. 16.-Walter Barton
was accidentally shot and fatally wounded
bv his brother Howard a tin plate worker.
while they were hunting east of the city
this afternoon. The bullet entered under
the heart. lodging in the left lung.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

ing here The project has been under way
several years and $4,000 already have been
pledged, but not collected, as the signers
of the subscription are not required to
give any money until the whole $4,000 has
been pledged. IL is the intention, IL that
amount is collected, to erect a fine build
ing at Seventh and Columbia streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Narrow Escape of a Child.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. ia Panhandle
passenger train, with brakes set and engine
reversed, was stopped by Engineer Lon
Smyser on the bridge near the center Of
the city to-day, a foot from the PROSTATE
form of Rosetta Dolan, aged twelve. of
Louisville, who had fallen In
TO cross the bridge ahead of the train. The
child was uninjured, except for bruises re-
ceived in falling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Found Dead ON the Porch.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Sept. l6.-Mrs.
Mary Watkins was found dead from a re-
volver shot to-day OF the porch at her
farm home in Edgar county. Illinois. by
her husband, whom she sued for divorce
yesterday. She had spent the night ar her
fathers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

Sir John Gordon Sprigg. prime minister
of Cape Colony, has announced before the
House OF Assembly, at Cape Town. and in
the government gazette, the repeal of mar
tial law and the proclamation OF the peace
preservation act, which enables the govern
ment TO control the possession, importation
and registration Of all arms and ammu-
milton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Sept. 16.-J. r.
Thompson. of Ohio. will be sent by the
State Y. NJ. c.. A. officials to superintend
the canvass for the $4,000 necessary TO
insure the erection of a Y. n. C. A. build
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
HELD FOR
Young Farmer That shot n Man Who
Was Obnoxfoux.

DANVILLE. ILL.,, Sept. 1~6.-Thomas
Watts. a young married farmer, fatally
shot Clinton Lynch. who. in company will
william Bell and a named Landers.
drove up 20 the Watts house for the pur-
pose OF having Miss Vina Peterson. the
fourteen-year-old niece OF Watts, go buggy
gliding with them Watts objected, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
Mack Taylor Elected Chief.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 16.-The Ma
tional Brotherhood of Coal Hosting En-
gineers to-day in electing officers for two
years chose Mack Taylor, Danville, H.,
as national chief.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. 16.-Ex-Mayor
Francis Harbitt, administrators of the estate
of Fred NJ. Cook, has brought suit against
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company for
$4,000 damages. Cook was caught in a
shaft at the factory here nearly a year
ago and so badly injured that he died in
a few hours. The suit is one of the larg-
est of the kind that has been filed in the
county courts for several years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17
To Hunt Wolves, ROT Negroes.

PIGGOT, Ark, Sept. 16.-Arrangements
have been made for a big wolf drive next
Monday, in which all the people will par
ticipate. The animals have exterminated all
the hogs of the surrounding county, nave
decimated the poultry and have even in
vaded the suburbs of the towns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. Sept. 16.-Palmer Uni
versity opened to-day under the most aus
picious circumstances. The exercises were
largely attended. One hundred students
were enrolled the first day as charter stu
dents. DIR. John r. II. Latchaw is presi-
dent and DIR. t. Nj. McWhinney chan
cellOr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

when Lynch endeavored TO forcfbly take
the girl along with him Watts shot him in
the eye.
watts is now in Jail. awaiting the action
OF the grand jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-17

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Sept. 16.-Arthur
Henry, a twelve-year-old boy of Burdick,
who has been arrested a dozen times for
theft. was arrested again to-day. He Is
charged with holding up Aaron Rice, aged
ten, while the latter was returning with his
fathers mail, and taking a check valued at
$50. He was arrested while trying to cash
the check.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-04-05

titled i'll his own behalf at Manila, a
few days ago, and in vindication of his
cruelty, declared he carried out Gen.
Smiths orders and never went beyond
them, except in one instance.
The cruelties perpetrated by Ameri-
can officers and soldiers in the Philip
pines will never be published by the
war department with Root at it's head.
That cruelties have been perpetrated
goes without saying. They are on a
par with the cruelties committed in
South Africa by the British. Recently
Kitchener ordered some Australians to
be shot for barbarity. 1t would be we'll
for Chaffee to follow his example.
In the British parliament, Arthur J..
Balfour read the military regulations
in force in the Philippines to show that
Americans were no less cruel than
Britons in their war of conquest. Had
the United States and Great Britain
been engaged in war with first-class
powers, they would never have dared
to employ the methods of warfare used
by them in the Philippines and South
Africa. The Turks and the Spaniards
never surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in
barbaric treatment of non combatants.
And yet they boast Of their civilization.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-04-05
A Curious Irish Vault.

In a quiet back street of Dublin is
the Church of st. Michan's, and in it's
vaults one sees perhaps one of the
strangest sights in the country. There
lie the bodies of people buried centur-
les ago, which owing to some curious
preseryative properties of the air OF soil
Of that particular place, never decay.
Their skins ''tan' into a flexible
chamios-like leather The limbs can
he moved about with ease, the finger
nails are perfect, and in some cases
the features are fairly distinct. This
is especially the case with the body Of
a female infant, which was buried in
l6SS. There is in another bault a body
said to be that of a Crusader, and In
another one said to be that of a
brother of King O'Tcole. One very
gruesome sight is that of the headless
bodies of two unfortunates who were
beheaded during the famous rebellion
of '98.