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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15
The Highway of Fate.

Rosa Nouchette Cary writes good stories
Of a certain kind. and she has written
quite number of them. Her novels cam
not be called great. and they are not pur-
pose stories nor historical novels, but they
are wholesome and readable. THE High
way of Fate" is of this class. Its scene is
laid in England, and IL carries the reader
in good company. through some pleasant
scenes. to a bright and romantic ending.
Philadelphia: j. b. Lippincott Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15
Danny.

II is a great pity that. having produced
so excellent story as Bob. Son of Bat
tle" the author. Alfred Ollivant. should
follow IL with so inferior a book. along
the same lines. His last story is uncanny.
and does not draw out the readers heart
to Daniel Son OF Ion c.Danny' for short).
but keeps one feeling that surely something
worth while will come In the next chapter.
The death OF Danny's mistress puts the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

In "a Rebel of the School," by L. T.
Meade. an English foundation school with
social gradations of an arbitrary kind is
invaded by an Irish girl, who delights in
breaking all rules, forms a secret society,
and very nearly ruins the prospects of the
good girl of the book, who will not betray
her. although she disapproves her doings.
1t is a story for girls, though quite remote
from American life Philadelphia: j. B.
I4innincOft COmpanY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15
Andrew Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie; the Man and His
Work" by Barnard Anderson. is. as its
title indicates, biography of that most
remarkable man-indeed. the most remark
able OF the men who have become multi
millionaires by their own efforts. The dis
tinction between Mr.. Carnegie and several
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

climax I'm the front of the book and after
her bright presence is taken away the story
trails out disrally enough. The Grabbed
old laird and his two servants. together
with half-witted boy of the neighborhood,
form the human element in this story of
dog. And the story of the dog Itself is not
vivid or appealing enough TO compensate
for the dreariness of the rest of the book,
and when the poor beast commits suicide
by eating poisoned meat, then. indeed, is
Co New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15
FROM SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Summaries of the Principal Items in
the Issue of Dec. IA.


the Issue of Dec. IA.
Strike leaders at Marseilles have been ar
rested by the French authorities for maxi
ing incendiary speeches in the streets
News from Washington indicates that an
army post will be established at Indianap-
oils. The lake naval station probably will
go to Waukegan, Ill
himself as being much pleased with the re-
suit of the fleet evolutiN1s TO date. He has
announced the fleet formations for the later
maneuvers.
Bellamy Storer. ambassador to the court
at Vienna, in an interview at Paris strong
ly refutes the boulevard SANDERS circu-
lated against the young King of Spain.
who. he says, Is a capable and manly
youth
Witnesses against George +. Baer festi-
fed before the coal strike commission at
Scranton, their testimony going TO show
that men who had been involved I'm strikes
were Disseminated against by the Reading
company.
The House has entered on consideration
of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. Representative De Ar
mond, of Missouri. introduced resolution
nation regarding Venezuelan affairs. The
Senate was not in session.
President Castro. of Venezuela, has or
British and Germans. and will not oppose
the landing of the allied forces at La
guayra. The Germans have taken the Ven
ezuelan gunboat Restaurador, formerly
George Gould's yacht Atalanta, and have
conveyed her TO Trinidad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

Barnes Tormer-I played in hard luck
yesterday.
Miss Sue Brette-In what way?
Barnes Tormer-Knight Stands asked me
10 give him my honest opinion of his act
ing. and when l told him copper pinched
me for using profane language
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

The slayers of Wesley Reynolds. the
hiding In the hills along the Ohio river
between Jacksonville and Madison.
The bondsmen of defaulting City Treas
urer Rose, of Wabash, will settle with the
city on the basis of a s13 100 deficit Rose
has Unidentified them to the amount Of
about $500 TO $4,000.
Suit has been entered for $4,000 against
the towboat Edgar at Evansville for the
death of Walter Schifferstein, who Was run
down by the tug and drowned as the re-
suit while rowing on the river.
Window glass circles are much agitated
by President Burns's order removing the
limit of monthly glass production. and the
blowers probably will disobey his order
Hector Desgain. Of Hartford City. is a can
didate for Burnss place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

even embalmng fluid would arrest a genu-
inc case of sauerkraut decomposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

Comparatively TOW PCT sOIIS CART gTtdI1
for archaeological pursuits and discoverie
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
LAURA BIGGAR'S +. CASE
She Seems to Prove That She Was
Very Much Married to Mr..
Bennett. KIM =

Freehold, N. j., Dec. 1S.-Mrs.% Mary
Roche was the first witness to-day in the
trial of Laura Biggar, DR. Charles C.
Hendricks and Samuel Stanton for alleged
conspiracy to get the estate of Henry M
Bennett. Mrs. Roche formerly kept
house for Mr.. Bennett in New York and
she said that in 1900, he told her he
would occupy one of the flats in his
apartment house in Seventy second street
with his wife. @-s>r
The witness said later that in the
same year Miss Biggar showed her certif
cate of marriage with Mr.. Bennett. i
An unsuccessful effort was made tf
shake DR.. !. G. Conley's testimony thai
he was present when a male child was
born to Miss Biggar at DR.. Hendrick'
sanatorilirn.
Joseph Rickert. testified that Mr. Ben.
nett and Miss Biggar stopped at his hote
in Mount Pleasant. Mich. Dec. 15.. 1900
and that Mr.. Bennett registered Henry
M. Bennett and wife" The register was
produced and the state acknowledged the
sigma ture. 49,. .-~...@<: ..:l9 ..rz.t
G. r. Keller of New York, said Mr.. Ben,
+ nett, at his farm in, Farmingdale, N. J..
June II. 1901. introduced Miss Biggar tt
him as Mrs. Bennett.
|. Samuel Stanton. former justice of the
peace and one Of the defendants. testi
fed that he married Mr.. Bennett ant
Miss Biggar at his home in Hoboken
JAM. ?. 1898. and that he gave Miss Big.
gar a marriage certifca te, which later
she said she had lost. The witness saio
she asked him for another and then he
gave his story Of the effort I'd record the
certificate. r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

quo warranto proceedings. They claim
that because the Nelson county PROPOSE
ton, was filed first, the authorities had
no right to submit another proposition in
yolving the same territory. p
The division Of Beltrami county comes
as somewhat of a surprise. The vote of
the county was taken Tuesday with the
exception Of the town Of Copley, which
the county board threw out, alleging ir-
regularities. The remainder Of the county
voted as follows on the three propositions
submitted: Roosevelt county, 610 to 69l;
Blackjack county, 161 to 3SS. and Clear
water county, SOL to 4S. It was held that
Clearwater could not carry. having re-
ceived less affirmative votes than one Of
the other propositions. But Yesterday the
canvassing board decided that the vote
of Copley should be counted 1t gave
Clearwater county 1853 to 8, and brought
the total up to 1854, larger than the
Roosevelt vote. So the proposition is de-
clared to have carried The new county
| will have Bagley for a county seat 1t
comprises thirty townships, with popu-
lation of 1900, and its assessed valuation
| this year was s1.340.o00. 1t includes the
territory in Beltrami county west of the
range line between ranges, IS and &c. and
south of the line between towns 152 and
1853. It contains portions Of the Red Lake
and White Earth Indian reservations.
With the addition of the two new coun-
ties Minnesota will have a total of 81
county governments. Iowa, With much
smaller territory, has 80. s' = " N sS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
SEARCHING FOR OIL(USE OF VIOLENCE
Attorneys for the Non-Union Men
Introduce Stories of Shoot
.,. ing and Arson.
The Miners Say That There Is No
Proof That They Were Con-
IL nected With These.

|. Scranton Pa, Dec. 1S.-The attorneys
for the on-union men resumed the call
ing of witnesses to-day before the coal
strike commission to show that violence
was committed during the strike
The first witness said member of the
miners union threatened to kill him if he
did not stop working and finally did shoot
at him. The offender was sent to prison
/ The next three witnesses were John
Hoffman, his son, both Of whom were
working at the upper Lehigh colliery, as
sisting in putting in a new boiler, and
the sons wife. They told how a crowd
of strikers came at midnight to harm the
son. who fled five miles to another town.,
and how the crowd smashed the furniture
and attempted to burn the house.
| The next witness related how he and
his wife were hung in effigy in the streets
of Nanticoke;, the effgy of the wife being
of a most offensive character .3s -
=, Mrs. Kate Mcnamara of Parsons the
mother of four small children whose hus-
band was in the mines and could not come
home for fear of bodily harm, testified that
her home was destroyed by fire at night
and she and her children swere rescued
with difficulty. 49,. = o.. - -
| Counsel for the miners called the COM
missions attention to the fact that the
fire had not been connected with the
strikers and objected to the other side
bringing in evidence of alleged violence
by strikers when they cannot prove It..
| Chairman Gray said. while the evidence
did not directly connect the strikers with
| the fire, the inference was that the fire
was of incendiary origin. Other witnesses
were called to prove they were boycotted
and otherwise intimidated. Counsel fol-
the miners frequently objected to un-
supported testimony.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
ORDINATION is POSTPONED
La Crosse Church Circles Stirred
Over Rumors Affecting Rev.
T. A. Walker.
Special to The journal.

specisl to The Journal. = ~s4&& y Z ~ Y
La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 1s.-There IS a
sensation in church circles over the OR
dination of r. A. Walker. which was to
have taken place yesterday. Mr.: Walker
has been acting pastor of St. Peter S
Episcopal church of this city for six
months. but word received here a
few days ago from Bishop Nicholson that
he could not come foE the: ordination. The
postponement is DUE it is said, to rlmors
that Mr.. Walker has wife with whom
he refuses to live.
Last week q well-dressed lady called at
his boarding place and, introduced herself
as Mrs. Walker and said she was Walker s
wife. She had heard her husband was to
be ordained and: came to surprise. him.
Mr.. Walker says the woman M is Sthe swife
of his brother. Mark Walker, who came
here from London, England. to visit. Be
fore the ordination was to have taken
place. however. the woman left and SIS
thought to have gone to New York. The
rumors. it is said. were made known to
Bishop Nicholson and as a. result the or
dination was postponed until the facts
are known. .,>...s@ - -. ia. .. ...%. r
| Dr.. F. c.. Suffer discovered a valuable
vein of ma tural paint on a farm near Ste
venstown. this county. Steps will be taken
to form a stock company and place the
paint on the, market, Samples have been
sent to the state chemist at. Madison
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
Montana Capitalists Will Exploit
the Vast Fields iii the Coun-
ty Of sweetgrass.
New Region \ Is a Continuation Of
the oi1-Bearing Strata of
Carbon County:

Special to The Journal. - 80 - 80, ~ :
, Butte, Mont, Dec. 1s.--A syndicate Of
Montana capitalists proposes to exploit the
vast oil tracts of Sweetgrass county. Ex-
perts, under the direction of f. A. Clark,
a notad oil engineer from the Pennsylva-
mia fields. have returned a most t1attering
report OF the conditions. The presence Of
oil in SWeetgrass county has been known
for a, long time the oil-bearing strata Of
Carbon county, which borders Sweetgrass
on the east, practically extending through
Sweetgrass. e. : :
In the Carbon county strata oil has
been discovered in great quantities.
Thomas Cruise, the well-known mining
man and Helena banker, has sunk four
wells on Butcher creek the grea test depth
being 1,400 feet. At 400 feet oil-bearing
sands were encountered A Pennsylvania
conglomorate Of white sand and quartz
pebbles was pierced. This formation was
found to be about forty feet in thickness.
Another well into the same stratum, far
Their down the hill, at a depth Of 400 feet.
struck the oil sands and brought forth
a flow of oil SO heavy. as to Interfere with
further sinking and necessitate a new
we'll, where operations at present are be-
ing conducted. '
The formation of the oil lands is an
alternating slate and, quartz shale with
the country rock or sandstone. The for
nation is regular until the mountains are
eached, when the strata are intersected
by lime dykes. Beyond these dykes nc
evidence of petroleum has been discov-
cred. -. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
A NEW CURRENCY BILL
Chairman Fowler. Of the House
Committee Presents a ..-.
Substitute.


Washington, Dec. S.-Representative
Fowler, chairman of the house commit
tee on banking and currency, introduced
a bill he had drawn in accordance with
the views OF the republican members
which will be urged instead Of the cur
rency bill, reported to- the house at the
last session. -. g.
Inc Dill provides. that ANY national
bank may, with the approval of the con-
troller OF. the currency, take out, for issue
and circulation an amount Of ma tional
bank notes not exceeding % per cent of
its paid up and uninpaired capital with
out depositing United States bonds with
the United States treasury in the manner
provided by existing law.
That said national bank notes shall be
furnished by the United States at the ex-
pense of the respective banks issuing
them and shall be the. denominations Of
$40 and multiples thereof. .I
Ihat before any. national bank shall
receive any Of the bank: notes referred to
in this act, it shall first deposit in the
treasury of the United States as a guar
|anty of the payment thereof an amount
of United States bonds or gold coin, or
both, equal to s per cent Of the amount
of the notes so taken out and such. de-
post shall be counted as a part of the
lawful reserve Of asss,F bank against said
notes. The interest won said bonds shall
be paid ITO the sbanls 1so7 depositf1g Them,
and if said bank shall retire Said cfrcula-
ton or any3portion thereof an amount of
bonds or gold coin. or both: seqtial to 5
per cent Of the notes required, shall be re
turned to said banks; provided. however,
that if'it should be necessary to sell the
bonds for the purpose defined in: this act,
the secretary Of the treasury is hereby
authorized to dispose Of the same and use
the proceeds in accordance with the pro-
visions, Of law herein contained" 49,.
"A tax Of quarter of 1 per cent is TO
be paid on the first days of January and
July of each year in gold Of the aver
age amounts Of such notes in. circulation
during the preceding six months, which
tax together with the per cent depos-
tied, shall constitute guarantee fund.
| The bill provides that these notes shall
| be a lien on the assets Of the. banks issu-
ing them. IT, .-' .-..-.. -.
l. Provision is made for the redemption of
| the notes and the protection of the
United States in case a bank fails.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
TRAM COUNTY,

Two new counties are added to the
Minnesota map, as result of votes cast
at the November election. -, I'D =
One county is carved from the eighteen
| townships in the east end Of what is now
Polk county. The other county adjoins it
on the east, and is cut from the south
western portion Of Beltrami county. The
latter will be called Clearwater county
and Bagley will be the county seat
Though in itself great tract Of territory
| it hardly makes an impression on the vast
proportions of Beltrami county.
The new county Topped off from Polk
Goes not know yet what it's name will be,
or its county seat. The courts will have
to decide whether it will be Columbia
county, with Mcintosh for the county
seat, or Nelson county, with Fosston for
the county seat
The two new counties are traversed by
only one railroad, the Fosston branch of
the Great Northern and the towns are all
on this one line Of road, which has caused
them to spring up and develop rapidly in
the last three years. Up to that time the
line ran only from Crookston up to Foss-
ton.
The state canvassfng board decided the
vexing questions yesterday, as far as it's
powers go. Owing to the peculiar con-
struction Of the law. two of the Polk
county propositions seem to have carried.
They cover the same territory, differing
| only in the name of the county, the county
seat and the first board Of comm issioners.
The voters Of the county had four prop
| ositions. but the individual voter could
only vote one. No matter how grea
the total vote of the county, any PROPOSE
ton carried that got more affirmative
than negative votes. The people of
Croollston and other sections who did
not want division wasted their negative
votes on the Valley county proposition
made in the interest of East Grand Forks,
and buried it deep. while the three other
propositions were voted for by their re-
| spective friends. The vote on Valley
county was 1875 to 91S; on Columbia county
| 1913 to 813; on Nelson county, 1881 to H.,
| and on Star county. 1872 to 49, The last
named covers the same territory as Col
u1nloia and Nelson. but is out Of the ques-
! ton on. account of the light vote. f.,
The state canvassing board decided that
| it could only certify to the governor that
Columbia and Nelson carried. He will
probably issue proclamation stating that
| Columbia county carried. and the Fosston
people will get their claims into court on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
FOREIGN FLASHES

Marseilles-The strike is at an end The sail
ors have voted to resume work.. =
London--The testamentary beduests for re-
ligious. educational and charitable purposes in
England during the past year exceed "a. SOC, 900.
Panama-Genera1 = Herrera. accompanied by
several members of his staff has arrived here
on the gunboat Beriaca. p Public order has not
yet been established. i
San Juan. Porto Rico--Collector Cruzen seized
several hundred cases of liquors which he said
had been struggled FROM St Thomas on board the
United States lighthouse tender Laurel.
Glasgow-The Canadian order for twenty
locomotives which was received by the firm of
Nelson Reid & Co., OF this city, provides that
the engines shall be built from American de-
signs.
I.ondon-Captain Albert Carstairs OF the Brit
ish army obtained a divorce from his wife, Fran.
ces Evelyn Carstairs, to whom he was married
In New York in i Ss2. The correspondent In the
case was Francis Francis, the playwright.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
The NEW COUNTY, PUZZLE: q
Governor Van SAINT Hears Arguments
Columbia and Nelson. =

Governor Van SAINT Wrestled with the
county division proposition. this afternoon.
Attorneys for Nelson and Columbia coun-
ties. both of which were created out of the
same territory by the voters of Polk coull-
ty, appeared before him to urge their re-
spective claims. G. S. Ives held that the
governor should issue d proclamation de
claring Columbia county created, and H
w. Childs made the same contention for
Nelson county. Il
The governor will probably issue a. proc
lamation Tomorrow declaring Clearwater
county to- have been set off from Beltrami
He has referred it to Attorney Genera
Douglas. but there appear, to be no serious
complications in this case, 49,: =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
REDUCED A CLUB FOOT
DR.. Lorenz' Remarkable Operation
81 on Little Girl. 81

the first time since his arrival in New
York operated on a clubfoot. The patient
was a 4-year-old girl. DR.. Lorenz knead-
ed and twisted the crippled foot until it
was as soft and pliab1e as e piece Of
putty Then he deity nodded it into its
proper form and announced that the oper-
alton was completed and a plaster cast
was fitted on the foot. The doctor said
the child should be allowed to use her
foot as much as she could after four or
five days, and that it would be necessary
to keep the cast on for six or seven
months after which she could walk.
-Four operations for congenital disloca-
lions were performed and at their close
DR.. Lorenz showed that he was tired
man. az
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
IT HAS A SOUL,
A Corporation in Chicago Shows Ev-
-, idence Of It.. :. ~. -.
New York Sun Special Service.

Now 1ofK Sun bpec1aI Pefv1c0,
Chicago, Dec. 18.--Four thousand en-
ployes of the Crane company at the main
factory, and five branches on the west side
We're made happy by the announcement
yesterday that the company would make
them Christmas present of $135, 900
This sum is an outright gift and will be
divided pro rata among the employees OF
the company, 50 that each man will re-
ceive a share Of it equal to percent OF
his annual wages Thus an employee ca m
f. ing $1,000 year. as a great many OF
them do; will receive SIS. while the en-
ploye whose wages are $1,000 year will
receive $50. :. -. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
MRS. ATHERT0N'S ERROR
She Is Said to Be Guilty of Treason
in the Danish Island
Matter.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Washington. Dec. lS.-While it is true
that officials Of the state department say
they do not believe Mrs. Gertrude Ather-
ton had any great part in defea ting. the
ratification Of the Danish treaty, and while
they further say that this country never
would consent to take the islands at
all except to keep them out of the hands
of European nations. they also call at
tention to tho fact that the distinguished
and clover novelist has unwitingly
brought herself within the scope of the
Crimind! laws defining and Furnishing
'rea SOn. -...
Mrs. Atherton probably did not know
that the founders Of the republic them
selves enacted statutes which expressly
difin> the crime of treason. and which.
furthermore. make it criminal offense
punishable by both fine and Imprisonment
for any American citizen to carry on
correspondence with any foreign govern
ment to defeat the measures of the gov
eminent of the United States. In Mrs.
Athertons statement she makes the posi-
tive declaration that she defeated the
treaty. She winds up her statement by
the rather boastfu sentences: For a
woman who knows nothing about politics
and never mixed in a political affair i
did not do SO badly, did To-
The only reason for acquiring the
islands that the United States should
hoh DC dttuSSu VI DelDS Il OOS IN the
manager. Under the Monroe doctrine
this country would not permit the Danish
islands to be bought by any other govern
ment AS Denmark could not afford to
keep them. it naturally followed that the
United States must take them
There was a general feeling of relief
when the treaty was defeated, but no one
suspected that Mrs. Anterior was re-
sponsble for the action of the Danish
landsthing. Inasmuch, however, as a
treaty was actually negotiated between
the two countries, and as she claims tc
have been instrumental in defeating it
it seems probable that she has rendered
hersel fliable to what is defined in chap
ter of the revised statutes as "crimes
against the existence of the goYernnent :,