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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-17
A New Reed story.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Here is an authentic and wholly charac-
teristic story of the late Thomas Bracket
Reed which never before appeared In
print. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
Reed was of the Strictest sect of the Re-
publicans. while the late Governor Hazen
s. Pingree leaned strongly toward Popu-
were both born and raised in Maine: they
were both elemental in some of the as
poets of their strength and they liked each
other. Mr.. Pingree looked upon Mr. Reed
as the greatest statesman or his times.
Notwithstanding the fact that he and the
speaker really differed on every great
question before the people. In the early
months Of 1896 Mr.. Pingree was one of
the most aggressive supporters of Mr.. Reed
for the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent. He was travelling around the country
informing the reporters that Tom Reeds
the only man with backbone enough to
be President of the United States" Finally
he went to Washington To discuss the
situation with the speaker. and TO urge
Mr.. Reed to advocate some measures that
would give popularity TO his candidacy
Mr. Pingree thought that the income tax
would be desirable. but Mr.. Reed would
none of 1t, although he conceded that a
time might come when the exigencies Of
government would necessitate some sort
OF an income tax. and that means might
have TO be taken to establish its consttu-
tionality Mr. Pingree was a trihe disap-
er's room in the Capitol. Mr.. Reed took
the Pingree ponderous hand in his own
ponderous hand and said in his habitual
drawI: You know. Pingree. a politician
has to be devilish careful not TO be right
at the wrong time.
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Royal Insurance Company against Insur-
ance Superintendent Yates, of Illinois.
which saves the State about half a million
dollars. The court reversed the decision
OF the Sangamon Circuit Court. and holds
that the State is not compelled 10 repay
to insurance companies money paid under
the per cent. act which was declared
Illegal by the Supreme Court four months
ago.
For the first time in the history OF the
NJ. j.. Church since the civil war important
committees from the church, North and
South. have arranged to hold a joint meet
ing on the 10th of next month. when a COM
mission of the church North of eleven MEM
bers who have in process Of preparation
new hymnal for the denomination will meet
with similar commission of eleven menu
bers from the church South at Nashville,
Tenn. for the purpose of considering the
adoption OF the same book for both
branches of the church.
The New York Court OF Appeals has
handed down an opinion holding that the
shares of stock which George Jones, part
owner of the New York Times. held in the
joint stock association which published the
paper are taxable under the inheritance
tax law as personal property. This case
has been pending in the courts for several
years and has attracted much attention
among lawyers, because the question Of
the taxability of shares in joint stock as
ISOLATION as personal property has never
been decided in this country and because
If they were held so taxable the same prin-
ciple would cover the shares of stock in
all the big express companies and its joint
stock enterprises.
The rumor that Mexico had taken diplo-
matte action at Washington looking to the
checking of further fall i'm silver through
cooperative international action is COM
mented on approvingly at the City OF
Mexico. The government has received i'm
Vulnerable suggestions as to the adoption
of gold standard, some for and some
against that measure. Curiosity is eX-
pressed as 10 the purpose of Mr.. Bryans
visit to Mexico at this time. A report
credits him with having views to submit
to the government. 1t is said the govern
ment has had offers of large gold loans
from a French syndicate and a British
South African banking house and mining
group with headquarters in London and a
New York group headed by j. Pierpont
Morgan.
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AMOS J. CUMM1NGs's LIBRARY.
His Widow, Now Here, VIII Present II
to National Printers Home.

Mrs. Frances Cummings, widow of Rep
resentative Amos j. Cummings, and her
brother, Z. j. Van Ness, are In Indianapo-
lis visiting friends. Mr.. Van Ness and Mrs.
Cummings have just returned from a three
months tour Of the West. during which
among them Colorado Springs. At the
Springs is situated the national printers
home. Mrs. Cummings was induced to
visit the home to see the place which held
the interest of her husband.
Since Mr.. Cummingss death Mrs. Cum
mings has learned that one of the wishes
of her husband before his death was that
his library, consisting Of several hundreds
of volumes, should be donated to the home
for infirm printers. Mrs. Cummings in
tended that the library, which has been
preserved intact and has been made adj
dtionally valuable because of the auto
graph of her distinguished husband on the
ty-leaf of each volume, should be presented
to the institution. While in Colorado
Springs she suggested to j. w. Brentwood.
secretary of the board of directors of the
institution and also of the International
Typographical Union, that a building be
erected on the grounds of the home for
the accommodation of the library. Mr..
laid before the directors by him he was
sure the home would appreciate the gift.
He said that already there are several thou
sand volumes in the library at the home
and the need of another building for books
alone is not apparent, although the gift
would be very acceptable and appreciated
by the managers of the institution. Mr..
Cummings was a printer before the war,
and after the rebellion was engaged in
newspaper work.
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PROVOKED INTO SHOOTING.
Herman Wright Wounds Jesse Baker
Both Men Are COlOred.

Jesse Baker. colored well-known police
character. furnished another chapter to his
hospital and police records last night when
he provoked Herman Wright. also colored
to the point of shooting him in the right
groin. Bakers wound is not serious, but
painful and will keep him in the City Hos
pital where he was taken after the shoot
ing, for some time Wright, his assailant.
was arrested by Sergeant Scheigert and
Patrolmen W. p. Smith and Belch and
sent TO the police station on the charge OF
assault and battery with intent to Kill.
The shooting ARRAY occurred in Frank
Buckner's saloon on Indiana avenue above
Senate avenue. Baker, accompanied by a
friend, walked into the saloon early in the
evening slightly under the influence or
liquor He bears an unenviable reputation
on Indiana avenue as nghting man
and because of his troublesome traits is
given plenty of latitude in the resorts of
that district. Counting on this he tried 10
take glass of beer from woman in one
of the rooms above the saloon, and her
resistance caused him to start row
which Wright, waiter, tried TO stop.
Baker insisted that Wright or no one else
in the vicinity could tell him what to do,
and drawing a Barlow knife from his
pocket he emphasized his ultimatum by a
vicious lunge toward Wright Wright
jumped for the stairway and went to the
saloon below, where he secured revolver.
He then went again upstairs, he said, TO
restore order Baker met him at the head
of the stairs with the knife and in the
scuffie Wright pulled the trigger of the
weapon and shot Baker in the groin.
Herman Wright bears good reputation
and lives at 80 West North street. His
home is in New Orleans, and he is not we'll
known on Indiana avenue. Baker lives
with his mother on Lafayette street. A
few weeks ago he was discharged from the
City Hospital where he had been since May
with three bullet wounds in his body,
which he received in fight at Ohio and
Missouri
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the absorption of this company by the
international Mercantile Marine Com
pany, the newly-formed shipping trust
this gentleman has decided as a reward
worth of securities in the latter com
pany TO the employees of the former. The
basis of the gift is that every person
who has been in the employ OF the COM
pany for one year or more and who will
remain after Jan. j with the International
Company, will receive 1000 worth OF stock.
To those who will lose their positions on
TO few old employees the donation will
be 5000 of the stock and certain sum
of money.
III others could be induced TO follow
this example IL would go far to solve the
question of the cooperation OF labor and
capital and would be the safest form OF
insurance against possible labor troubles.
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DEADLY EXPLOSION.


FORT LEE, n. j., Dec. 16.-By the ex-
plosion of a gas tank to-day the residence
of John Puglughi was demolished. his six
children instantly killed and his wife seri-
ously injured The dead are Clorinda, aged
twenty-five years; Ida Puglughi. fourteen
years; lilly, twelve years; Irene, ten years;
Adeline, seven years, and George, five
years. The mother was found 200 feet from
where the explosion took place. her right
arm almost torn from her body.
Just returned from school, the children
were at the lunch table when the explosion
occurred The roof and sides of the house
were blown out. An adjoining cottage was
also partly destroyed. The debris immedi-
ately took fire and the bodies of the dead
were badly charred. Mrs. Puglughi, who
was waiting on the children at the table,
was blown through the side of the house
and was found in the road. The father
was away from home. The acetylene tank
which exploded was in the cellar and sup
piled the Illuminating gas for the building.
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JAMES ELLSWORTH ARRESTED.
He Is Charged with Assaulting His
Wife Thanksgiving Morning.

James Ellsworth, husband of the woman
assaulted at the home of George Clifford,
No. so North Ritter avenue, on Thanks
giving morning, was brought to the city
last night at 12:45 o'clock by Detectives
Holtz and Wallace, charged with the
crime. Ellsworth was arrested at Nineveh,
in Brown county. He denies the charge
against him.
Mrs. Ellsworth was assaulted at 6 o'clock
Thanksgiving morning in woodshed at the
home of Mr.. Clifford in Irvington. The
sailant tried to pour poison down Mrs. Tits
worth's throat. She said her assailant was
a white man who had blackened his face
and hands.
Detectives Holtz and Wallace said the
neighbors of Ellsworth in Nineveh told
them he was absent from his home at the
time of the assault. The family with
which Ellsworth lived said he was at home
Thanksgiving morning. Ellsworth last
night said the only information he re-
ceved was through the newspapers. He
said he and his wife parted last July. He
took his and his wife took the girl. He
said IL his wife was assaulted by anyone
il was by some stranger.
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CLUBBED TO DEATH.
Soldier Who Tried to Prevent the Es-
cane of Military Prisoners.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Mutilated almost
beyond recognition, the body of Roger Han
berger, of Company 1, Twentieth United
States Infantry, was found to-day in a
deep ravine in the southern portion of the
reservation at Fort Sheridan. Hamburger
was dubbed to death Monday with the
butt of his own musket by two military
prisoners whom he tried to prevent escap-
ing The prisoners were Christian Walker,
of Company X, and John Hallenberg, for
merley a corporal of Company l., Twen-
tieth United States Infantry. They were
considered the most desperate men In the
guardhouse at the fort. and il is thought
will sell their lives dearly rather than be
recaptured. The murder is believed to have
been committed shortly after O'Clock in
the morning when the prisoners. in custody
of the guard, were sent 10 work on heap
of debris near the southern boundary of
the post. The prisoners have not been re-
captured. although it is believed they are
in hiding near the fort.
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Rail Removed and Train Wrecked.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 16.-South-
bound limited train No. !, from Cincinnati
to New Orleans on the Alabama-Great
Southern Railroad, was purposely wrecked
by unknown persons two miles south of
Moundville, Ala, at 3 O'Clock this morning
A rail was removed near a trestle which
spans a small creek. Engineer p. III. Larkin
saw the missing rail too late. The heavy
locomotive left the track and bumped
along on the ties until the trestle was
reached. 1t then knocked the trestle down
and toppled over into the creek. The mail
baggage and express cars and two coaches
followed the whole being piled up in a
heap in the creek. Express Messenger Col
son was killed. Mail Clerks Kelley and
Riggs were severely injured. as was also
Fireman Durr, colored. No passengers
were hurt. The train had but few passen-
gers aboard. The two sleepers remained on
the track.
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The anti-liquor men will offer resistance
to any modification Of the present saloon
laws and may ask for more drastic amend
ments. A meeting of representatives of the
church organizations affiliated with the
Anti-saloon League was held at the Merid-
ian-street NJ. l.. Church yesterday TO dis
cuss the situation. The Anti-saloon League
is making strenuous efforts to eradicate sa-
looms in many counties through the ''blan-
ket" remonstrance system and will be pre-
pared 10 oppose any legislation reducing
the power of this method.
The anti-saloon men are discussing pro-
posed amendment to the liquor law making
il a prima facie fact that any one who has
an internal revenue permit TO sell liquor Is
a LIQUOR seller.
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MORE TROUBLE IN HAITI.
Candidate for the Presidency Seeks
Refuge in American Legation.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dec 16.--Gen.
Saint Folk Colin, minister of the Interior
and opponent of General Nord in the con-
test for the presidency. has sought refuge
in the United States legation. There has
in the United States legation. All the
military authorities who have been sup
porters OF Seneque Pierre's candidacy for
the presidency, and therefore opposed to
General Nord, also sought refuge in the
consulates. General Nord is acclaimed
President by the troops and seems master
OF the situation notwithstanding the ma
iority of Congress is in favor of Seneoue
Pierre. Firing continued this afternoon in
the streets, but the foreign residents are in
no danger.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The following
cablegram has been received from Vice
Consul General Jeres. dated Port-au- Prince
to-day: General Nord arrived on Sunday
Great excitement. Shooting in streets. Sec
rotary of interior. with general police. at
legation. Serious trouble expected"
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ECHO OF ANCIENT CASE.
Expenditure of $2,5OO.OOO for an Hill
nois Courthouse Recalled.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 16.-A Carlin-
vile dispatch says that evidence has come
to light in Carlinville that George II. Holli-
day, who was county clerk of Macoupin
county thirty-eight years ago, when $780,
900 was expended in building a courthouse.
has been located in a town in Kansas.
Holiday has never been heard of until
now since he left thirty-eight years ago.
His wife has mourned him as dead. AT one
time Holiday was thought to have been
located and several thousand dollars were
appropriated to bring him back to Carln-
vile, but when the supposed Holiday was
returned 1t was discovered the wrong man
had been taken.
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Obituary..

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Dec. 16.-Col J..
l.. Alternately a pioneer Kansan and a
wealthy wholesale furniture manufacturer
died at his home here to-day. He was
came West in 1858. His estate was worth
more than $1O0O.O00. During the civil war
he was lieutenant colonel of the Eighth
Kansas Volunteers and participated in the
battles of Chickamauga and Lookout
mountain.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.-Gen. George
Norman, adtutant general OF the United
Confederate Veterans Association, died
suddenly here tonight.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The death Of
George Butler Magoun. of the brokerage
firm of Magoun Brothers & Co., was an
nounced to-day.
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L0RENZ CONDUCTS CLINIC.
Reduces Dislocation of the Hips of
Two New York Girls.

NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-Dr Adolf Lorenz
the orthopedc surgeon of Vienna, to-day
conducted his second clinic in this city at
the Polytechnic Medical College and Hospi-
tai. Two little sufferers from congenital
hip dislocation were operated on by DR..
Lorenz and he expressed satisfaction with
the results. One of the children operated
OH was suffering from dislocaton OF both
hips. IL was the first case of this kind that
has been presented TO DIR. Lorenz since he
has been in the city. The disloca ton of the
left hip was reduced in four minutes and
the dislocation of the right hip was reduced
in eight minutes. After this operation DR.
LorenZ held an informal reception in the
operating room. where he met number of
PROMINENT surgeons.
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RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Erie Passenger Train Wrecked-En-
gineer Killed, Fireman Injured.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 16.-A fast passenger
train from New York on the Erie road due
in this city at 12:40 p. m, went into the
ditch at Newburg, a suburb, shortly after
noon to-day. The engineer, W. c. Goss,
was so seriously injured he died. while his
fireman, III. II. Landon, was badly cut and
bruised Officials of the Erie road state
that none of the passengers was injured.
The accident occurred at the crossing OF
the Erie and Cleveland & Pittsburg tracks
Owing to the slippery condition of the
track the engineer was unable to stop his
train at the crossing. The engine struck
derailing switch and went into the ditch
followed by the baggage and mail cars A
man named Nolan, walking on the Erie
tracks, was struck by the wrecked train
an instant before it was derailed ana cat
in two.
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Rebates for Taxes Given.

Rebates for taxes paid in 1901 will be given
TO i,so0 taxpayers of the city on application
TO County Treasurer Armin Koehne. The
rebates vary in size from very small sums
10 as high as s13.75. and are In payment of
money due the taxpayers because of the
collection in 1901 of full taxes on all real
estate on the authority of the Marion Cir
cult Court. which held the mortgage de-
ductfon law unconstitutional. The law was
afterwards held TO be constitutional by the
Supreme Court and notification made to
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Mrs. Bushnell of sol South Delaware
street, reported to the police last night
that her eight-year-old son Fred has been
missing since the close of school yester-
day at $40 o'clock. She said the boy went
to the South Side Turner's Hall, but since
that time she has not him She said
she was of opinion that the boy might
have been taken away by his father, from
whom she is divorced
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WILL SOON BE JUDGE.
A. b. AndersOn's Commission Signed
by President Roosevelt.

commission of A. B. Anderson, recently ap-
pointed and confirmed United States dis
trict Judge for Indiana. The commission
was forwarded from Washington to Judge
Anderson Immediately. Upon receipt of it
he will qualify and at once enter into the
discharge of his duties.
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Alabama Constitution Attacked.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Dec. i6-The SUI
preme Court of Alabama again has before
IL for consideration legal attacks on the
organized effort on the part-of the negroes
OF the State. Two suits have been iiled
against the Board OF Registrars OF Mont
gOmery county by a negro named Giles
For his failure TO secure a registration
certificate by which he was debarred from
voting in any of the elections Giles asks
$500 damages. In his second bill Giles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-17
Wanted to Buy Arsenic.

Mrs. Nellie Shelley, living at COZ East
New York street. walked into the Hurry
Francis drug store, Ohio and Pennsylvania
streets. last night at II 80 o'clock and tried
to purchase a quantity of arsenic, saying
that she desired TO kill herself The clerk
In charge OF the store, thinking that the
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Trial OF Laura Biggar.

FREEHOLD. y. j.. Dec 1.-THE trial of
Miss Laura Biggar. DR.. Charles Hendrix
and former Justice OF the Peace Samuel
stanton on a charge OF conspiracy TO Sc
cure the estate OF the late Henry F. Ben
nett. of Farmingdale. began to-day. A Jury
was secured without any difficulty Miss
Blggar asked to plead as Laura Bennett.
but her request was refused.
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MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
First Dispatch by the Cable That Is
Being Laid i'm the Pacific.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16.-At 1:5S p. m.
the following message was received from
the cable ship Silvertown:
''Noon-27g knots off the coast i'm heavy
sea. Rain during night, but clear to-day.
Speed seven knots. Everything going we'll"
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Colombia and Nicaragua.

PANAMA, Dec. 16.-It Is declared in off,
cial quarters that Colombia, up 10 the pres
ent time. has refused to aid any attempt
made by the Nicaraguan revolutionary
committee to overthrow the government OF
President Zelaya in Nicaragua.
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taxpayers of the money due them from
the treasurer. All of the rebates were not
applied for, and in Strengthening the books
for the close of the years business Treas
urer Koehne is anxious to have all of the
accounts settled.
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seeks a mandamus from the Supreme Court
to compel the board TO issue him a regis
the list of qualified voters. Both suits were
decided against Giles in the City Court OF
Montgomery.
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Il. P. WATSON g. COMPANY

woman was deranged, called the police
Mrs. Shelley was arrested charged with
being drunk.