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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21

Court at Denver as a stakeholder of the
Mount Rosa Mining Company. He alleges
mismanagement In the affairs of the COM
pany. asserting that its property and the
money in its treasury have been misappro-
priated and conspiracy formed TO deprive
the company of property OF great value.
The suit involves mining claims at Victor
said to be worth $4,000. The Woods In
vestment Company, of Colorado Springs, Is
the principal defendant.
The custom and special order clothing
manufacturers of Chicago, who do an an
nual business of S33, Co., COO have issued an
ultimatum that all their employees will be
locked out on Dec. rs unless the cutters
consent to sign or arbitrate a working
agreement framed by the firms. The trou-
bic is the outcome of the squabble between
the United Garment Workers and the spe-
eial order clothing makers the two unions
which control the men working In the trade.
The cutters are $50 in number. They cut
the material that keeps about $500 men,
women and children employed.
w. Wayne Belvin a descendant of MAD
Anthony Wayne, and formerly vice pres
ident OF the Northern Pacific Railroad and
president OF the Washington Improvement
Company, of Seattle, arraigned in
court at New York on Friday charged with
disorderly conduct in the office of a down.
town firm. where he wanted to sell 10000
shares OF National City Bank stock. He
was held in $500 to keep the peace for six
months. Mr.. Belvin, it is said, has figured
in many eccentric escapades there in the
last few years. and in November, 1899, was
committed to Bellevue Hospital for exam
nation as TO his sanity, but was later dis
charged.
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SPEECHES AT A DINNER.
Generals COrbin, Young and Chaffee
and Senator Hanna Spoke.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 20.-The fifty
fourth annual dinner of the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce tonight was made
notable by the presence of several men dis
tinguished in war and peace The guests
of honor were Governor Nash, Adjutant
General Corbin, Gen. S. NJ. B. Young and
Gen. a. K. Chaffee, u. S. A, John G.. Mil
burn, of Buffalo, and Senator NJ A. Hanna.
These occupied the platform table at which
also sat Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, Colonel
Myron Z. Herrick, Gen. George A. Garrett
son and others.
There were speeches by Governor Nash,
whose subject was "A Century of State
hood" 1.-The Army and Its Needs" Adju-
tant General Corbin; THE Army and Com
merce," Gen. S. NJ. b. Young; Commercial
Bodies and Their Relations to the Trust
Problem" Hon. John G. Milburn, of Buff
falo, n. Y; THE Chinese Relief Expedi-
ton of 1900 and the Present Realm of the
Sultan of Sulu," General Chaffee.
The last speaker of the evening was Sen
ator Hanna, whose address was almost en-
tirely local in character. He spoke of the
benefits of organization such as the Cham
Der of Commerce represented in securing
the growth OF communities. He noted that
in their speeches Generals Corbin, Young
and Chaffee disclaimed any responsibility
relative TO the success of the Spanish war
Senator Hanna said that he knew that
there was no one that the late President
Mckinley relied upon more than Adjutant
General Corbin in the conduct of the Span
iSh-American war.
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Four Daring Burglars, After a Fight
at LOoGootee, Fail to Rob the
white River Bank.
MEN WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS
INVOLVED IN ASSAULT AND ROB-
Berry At LOGANsPORT.
Kokomo's New Gas Well Causes Ex-
cftement-Queer Natal Situation I'm
Family at DanviIIe.
,.c,ol - -. Ind,ananolls JournaI.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 20.-Wholesale
thefts Of money, jewelry and other small
articles from the rooms Of Purdue students
on the West Side have led TO a piece of
detective work and the discovery Of the
thief, himself a student, who has caused
so much annoyance. Shortly before classes
were dismissed yesterday for the holiday
vacation there was confession made by
the author of the depredations to three of
his victims. and on his promise not to re-
turn to the university his name was not
given out and he was allowed to go without
prosecution.
Curtis B. Friday. 'O5, and r. C. Mcintosh,
'0f. who room with George Z. Hackett, %,
in State street, two blocks from the cam
pus. were the detectors of the thief. They
have suffered more than any others from
his depredations. Several weeks ago the
thefts began when Mr.. Friday lost a new
razor from his room. This was followed
by the theft OF two reviewers, then some
money was taken, and a fountain pen be-
longing to Mcintosh was stolen from his
desk. 1t was suspected then that the thief
was student, for no one else was ever
known to visit the rooms. On Thursday,
when Mr.. Friday went 10 closet for his
suit case, which he intended packing
preparatory 10 leaving for his home in
Winona, Mimi, IL was missing. This
aroused the three occupants of the room
TO action. and they determined TO catch
the thief But ii was an accident that led
TO his capture. Mcintosh, while in a class
noticed his fountain pen projecting from
the vest pocket OF a student beside him.
He was able TO identify IL by means of
peculiar mutilatiOn on the barrel He rec
Ognized the man as one who had often
called on his roommates to make inquiries
regarding school work, and after the class
was dismissed a "Seance' was held in the
hallway.
The fellow declared he had found the pen
and Mcintosh did not accuse him of steal
ing IL. Later Mcintosh conferred with his
roommates and they obtained evidence from
other students that strengthened their sus-
picsons. Then the trio went to the apart
ments OF the supposed thief and forced a
confession from him. He disgOrged the
stolen property, breaking down as he did
So, and asked for mercy. He gave no rea-
son for stealing from his friends, but prom
ised not TO return TO the university.
Friday and Mcintosh are not the only
stud ents TO suffer from the thief's work
john Ploehn, of Davenport, Ia, a senior
last week lost SIS from his coat as il hung
IN a closet in a university laboratory, and
later 50 was taken from his room. He
thinks the same man committed both
tnefts. Another student lost S42 from his
room.
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out and that after a lapse of years the
same fields will yield sufficiently TO justify
the drilling of other wells.
The arrival of the 'gusher" has caused
a big stir here, and a dozen or more COM
panies have been formed I'm different parts
OF the city TO sink wells. Derricks will soon
be up in dozen back yards of residents.
The doubling OF gas rates by the old COM
panies is responsible for the sinking of the
experimental well by citizens. and the
chances are that the companies will lose
several hundred patrons by the common
wealth" plan of consumers drilling for
their own fuel. 1t is estimated that the
Mayor Armstrong well will supply 200 fam
lilies. but not more than half that number
will be permitted to draw from it. the own
ers believing that the life of the well can
be extended by working only half its ca
pacity.
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HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Dec. 20-Miss Myr-
tie Musselman, who, with her brother
Clyde Musselman, and Mrs. Emma Nc
Carthy, was arrested at Lafayette on sus-
picion of being connected with the robbery
of Panfilio Dentino, an Italian railroad
laborer, in this city, Wednesday night,
was closely questioned by the police this
morning and admitted that her sweetheart,
John Meeks, had committed the crime.
Meeks was with the party when arrested
at Lafayette Friday morning, but sue
ceeded in breaking away from five police
men, and is still at large.
The Musselman girl claims that Meeks
confided to her that he struck Dentino
down with pair of knucks and then
robbed him of 1868 which the victim carried
in a belt. He left his victim lying in
semi-conSciOus condition on the Wabash
Railroad tracks, where he was found by
the police. The Italian is now in the hos
pital with a broken arm and badly beaten
head. Musselman and his sister are in
Jail here. Penitentiary sentences are hang
ing over the heads of Musselman and
Meeks, but they had been suspended dur
ing good behavior.
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ELEVEN YEARS APART.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DANVILLE, Ind, Dec. 20-The birth of
three children on the same day of the
month in the family of James II. Moore at
indianapolis is not sach remarkable fam
lily record as is presented here in Danville.
In the family OF the late Col. Thomas Mich
OILS there were nine children, of whom the
first. fifth and ninth were born on the
same date-the 24th of February. The eld-
est is Mrs. Jane Powell, born Feb. "a $780,
the fifth child was William III. Nichols,
twice auditor of this county and now dep
uty auditor, who was born eleven years
later on Feb. "a, 1S41; the ninth child was
Oliver Z. Nichols, a druggist of this city
who was born eleven years later on Feb.
"a, 1852.
These three children are living, and on
Feb. "a each year great family reunion is
held. Arrangements for the next reunion
are now being planned, when Mrs. Powell
will be seventy-three years old, William III.
Nichols sixty-two and oliver z. fifty-one.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The German warship Wittebach, which
went ashore on the Danish coast Dec. 16
was fioated yesterday.
Michael Davitt arrived at Queenstown
yesterday on board the Cunard line steamer
Umbria and was given an enthusiastic well
come.
The italian budget statement for 1901-19O2
shows a curplus of $6.5OO000 after ex-
penditure of $4,000 on railroads, $1,000 900
on the China expedition and placing 81, $780,
600 in the sinking fund.
The Pope yesterday signed the appoint
ment Of Bishop James Z. Qugiey, of Buffa-
10, as archbishop of Chicago and Rev. j.
r. Regis Canevin. rector of st. Paul's
Cathedral of Pittsburg, as coadjutor bishop
of Pittsburg.
The three bank note forgers who were
committed to trial at London on Dec 10
pleaded guilty and were sentenced yester-
Barmash to fifteen and William Barmash
to ten years imprisonment. After being
removed TO their cells Solomon Barmash
shot and killed himself.
A party manifesto just issued asserts that
the increased revenue from the new German
tariff will amount to $4,000 yearly. An Off
cial statement regarding the forthcoming
budget estimates the receipts from the Gus
toms in 1903 at S11S.OO0 900, a decrease of
81 10000. This estimate was made under
the existing tariff. The excise receipts are
estimated at $50, 10000, a decrease of 3.125.-
GOO. The receipts from the stamp tax, bills
of exchange, boerse transactions and lot
terry tickets are fixed at $23, 10000, a de-
crease of $4,000.
The long-standing difference between the
German Emperor William and the Vatican
respecting the training of candidates for
the priesthood of Alsace and Lorraine was
satisfactorily adjusted yesterday. Cardinal
Rampolla for the Pope and Baron Won
Hertling, representing the Emperor. agreed
that the Vatican shall organize theologi-
cal school in connection with the Univer-
sity of Strasburg. under the same rules as
those at Bonn and Breslau. The appoint
ment of the faculty will be subject to the
approval of the Bishop of Strasburg. The
existing episcopal seminary at Strasburg,
TO whose pro-French influence the En-
peror objected, remains intact, but will be
distinct from the new school.
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-FOUR DARING BURGLARS.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LOOGOOTEE, Ind, Dec a.-Four
masked robbers attempted to blow up the
large safe OF the White River Bank at 2
O'Clock this morning. Before entering the
bark building they visited the hardware
store of Huebner. Shirley & Gates and Sc
cured revolvers. shotguns and ammunition
They then went to the restaurant building
of Catterson Bros, where, after a bloody
fight with knives and revolvers, they sue
ceeded In bincfng the CattersOnS hand and
foot and taking over $50 from the cash
drawer and $50 and gold watch from John
Catterson- Going to the bank, they de-
stroyed the burglar alarm, forced an en-
trance and got the knobs off the safe door
ready for the nitroglycerin, when the res
taurant proprietors got loose and gave the
alarm, the gathering of posse frightening
the robbers away. They eluded pursuit GO
ing west, and az yet have not been ar
rested.
John Catterson, of the restaurant, was
almost fatally wounded with a revolver
shot in the top of the head. He wounded
one of the robbers with knife before he
was OveTDOWered
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Dec. 2.-The
Fort Wayne Gas Company distributed $4,000
to the farmers in this county here to-day
for their Christmas shopping. The money
is due as gas we'll rentals, but the company
has made it a custom to pay il in advance
of Jan. /. when IL is legally due. This is
the semi-annual settlement for the company
and in a few more years will be a thing of
the past. For more than twelve years the
company has paid out annually $4,000 to
the farmers Of this county.
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Each Used the Others Track.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 20.-The Van
dalia and Big Four are neck and neck in
the contest for wreck records in the past
few months. and yesterday they got so
close that each was running on the others
tracks. The ,Vandalia had a wreck at
Reelsyille, which has come to be regarded
a hoodoo point on the road. since the
five or six accidents. collisions and other
wise. there in the past few months. A
brake beam a car of a train of sixty
empty coal cars fell on the rails and a
number Of cars following were ditched.
Earlier in the afternoon the Big Four had
a wreck east of Greencastle and the Big
Four trains between Greencastle and In
dianapolis used the Vandalia tracks Later
when the Vandalia had it's troubles at
Reelsville, west of Greencastle, Vandalia
trains used the Big Four tracks between
Greencastle and Terre Haute.
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would see In Mr.. watts's beautiful aIlegory.
We presume that this Is what President
Roosevelt, the temporary custodian OF this
sible to see il I'm another light. To the
weli-intentioned woman who has assumed
the charge of the Presidents artistic
cliff I'm a high wind" There is an appalling
truthfulness in this description, and III
Love and Life" were no more than that
we might adopt the plan OF that excep-
tionally chaste century. the seventeenth
which employed painters 10 clothe the
glorious nudities OF the renaissance.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Leaves of alb
sence have been granted as follows: Second
Lieut.. John b. Shuman, Twenty-eighth In
fantry, one months extensioni Lieut.. Col.
John A. Baldwin, Sixteenth Infantry, four
months, on account of sickness; First Lieut..
G.. X. Hancock, Artillery Corps, one month:
Major Harry r. Anderson. Artillery Corps,
five months on account of sickness.
Major Thomas Cruise, quartermaster. has
been relieved from duty at San Francisco
and ordered to report tc the quartermaster
general in this city for instructions.
Contract Surgeon Joseph Pinquard has
been relieved from duty at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, and ordered to his home for
annulment of contract
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Geyer-Winship Nuptials.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Dec. 2O.-One of the
prettiest home weddings of the holiday sea-
son took place at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Winship, south of this city, at
noon to-day, when Miss Pearl Winship and
Mr.. Edwin f. Geyer. of Washington, D.
c., were married I'm the presence of their
immediate relatives and a few personal
friends Of the bride. The ring ceremony
was used and the knot was tied by Rev
Samuel A. Mowers, of the Presbyterian
Church, of this city. The decorations were
Southern smilax, holly and mistletoe. Mr.
and Mrs. Geyer left on an afternoon train
for an Eastern trip and after Jan. l will
live at Washington.
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KOkoMo's NEW GAS WELL.
The Precursor of Many Others I'm a
Once Profitable Field.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. a.-The big gas well
opened in the center of town yesterday
supports the theory entertained by State
Natural Gas Supervisor j. c. Leach that
territory. after rest of several years, can
again be worked prohtably. This field was
abandoned. as exhausted. six years ago,
and no further drilling was done. The
casing was pulled from the dead wells and
operations were entirely suspended. The
well opened this week shows a rock pres
sure OF about 200 pounds and a flowing
capacity OF nearly 900 feet daily, II being
one or the best producers opened I'm In
diana for several years. Supervisor Leach.
while not a believer I'm regular generation
OF ghs In the earth. thinks there Is still
considerable OF the fuel TO be had I'm terri
tory that has been considered worked
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membered, was given TO the nation by Mr..
Watts. At the time there was some
anxiety as 10 the proper disposal Of the
gift. The picture is one of Watts's finest
conceptions. and superior 10 most of his
work in execution. The composition need
hardly be recalled to readers OF the Even
ing Post-Life frail woman's form
steadied along a mountainous pathway by
the studier figure OF Love. Both are nude.
and so best express the artists high
thought. which Is that love sustains when
otherwise the path OF life were too diff
cult TO be trod. This IL what a normal
person OF no extraordinary discernment
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Elder Kemp's Successor.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN. Ind, Dec 2O.-The pastors of
the Goshen district of the North Indiana
Conference of the Methodist Church held
a meeting in Goshen Thursday, the day of
the funeral of Rev. b. A. Kemp, the late
presiding elder. and decided to send a re-
quest to Bishop Walden, of Cincinnati ask
ing that the Rev: f. I. Simpson. of Elk
hart, be appointed to clear up the work of
the present conference year. In all prob
ability Mr.. Kemp's successor for the rest
OF his six years term will be named at
the next conference, to be held at Mobiles
vile in April, unless the bishop decides TO
make a permanent appointment now.
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River Is Rising slowly.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. Dec. 2O.-The river
is 1871 feet tonight and still rising slowly,
but is expected to be on a stand by Sunday
morning. There has been much damage
in this vicinity TO corn and wheat in the
low lands, while mill owners and loggers
will suffer considerable loss by reason of
the breaking up of RATS of logs The
river is full OF driftwood and the steam
boats navigate with difficulty and some
danger.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 20-The fve-story
brick warehouse of the w. r. Mott Com
causing a loss estimated at $4,000; partly
covered by insurance.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 20.-Fire this morning i'm
the attic of the main building of the Insti-
tute for Predetermined at Faribault. caused
a loss of $4,000. The 800 inmates of the
school were safely removed.
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Moore's Hill College.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MOORE'S HILL, Ind, Dec. 2O.-The holt
DAY vacation began yesterday. The term
closed has been one OF the largest fall
terms, so far as enrolment is concerned,
the Institution has enjoyed for years Ath-
ietlcs OF the indoor order have occupied the
attention of the entire school A basket
ball game with Hanover is promised for
the winter term. in addition to several con-
tests on the part of the home teams The
winter term will open on Jan. g.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
L.APORTE, Ind, Dec. 2O.-William SWEET
ger, aged thirty-two and single. committed
suicide at eight o'clock this evening by
shooting himself in the right temple. Death
was instantaneous. He had been mentally
unbalanced for some time. but il was not
thought that he would take his own life,
although he was at times watched by his
relatives. His brother was but few feet
away when the deed was committed, but
was unable to prevent the crime.
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Beaten by a Highwayman.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LOOANSPORT. Ind, Dec. 2O.-Harvey c.
Stocks, a butcher. was brutality and per-
haps fatally assaulted by highwaymen in
this city last night while on his way home
from a shopping trip in the downtown dis
trict He has three gashes in his head
where he evidently was struck with a pair
OF knucks. and is I'm a precarious condition
No money was taken from him. although
IL Is thought the object of the assault was
robbery
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Old Wen Has a New Birth.

Special to the Indiana polls Journal
HARTFORD CITY. Dec. 20-After being
abandoned for more than four years. the
old gas well owned by the city at the
waterworks station was shot to-day and the
gas pressure shown is as strong any we'll
in this vicinity 1t will be rugged up TO
pump the water off and the gas will be
used for the waterworks station. The city
is now paying about $40 a month for gas
and the City Council at it's last session
concluded to shoot the well.
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Avaraed $4,000 for INJURIES,

BRoCKToN. Mass. Dec ga jury in
the Superior Court has awarded George
w Cashing. OF Springfield. $4,000 in his
suit against the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad for injuries received
i'm the Avon railroad accident In 1900. He
brought suit for 900. After the announce
ment of the verdict counsel for the road
made a motion for new trial.
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Obituary.

sCHICAGO. Dec. 1.-Sylvanus II. Stevens,
for the past twenty-one years chief In
spector of fiaxseed on the Board of Trade,
died at his home here of Brights disease.
Mr. Stevens was we'll known throughout the
country He was a member of the Kansas
Legislature during 1875 and 1876 AT the out
break of the civil war he organized In this
city what was known as the Board of Trade
Battery and served throughout the war,
being promoted number of times
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Advance I'm Glass Prices.

PITTSBURG. Dec. 2O.-An advance in the
price of window glass TO the trade has been
announced by the jobbers' association.
Why the advance is made when the recent
order for glass was placed at a fraction
below prices ruling last season, is not
known. The jobbers under the last con-
tract secured 2l2 per cent. reduction.
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Women Struck by a Train,

MANSFIELD, o., Dec. 20.-Mrs. George
Fast was killed and her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Freilgen. probably fatally injured to-
night by being struck by train No. - on
the Erie road twenty-one miles west of
this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Freigen and son
and Mr. and Mrs. Fast, in a surrey. were
crossing the tracks when the train struck
them. The men were hurt. but will recover
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Miner Killed i'm m Shaft

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 20.-James
Farr. coal miner who was married last
Sunday. was Instantly killed at coal mine
at Seeleyville, Vigo county, to-day by his
head getting caught between a descending
cage and the crosspiece OF the shaft.