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Ayers No Intent to Defrnud.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND. Ind. April &c. w New
bern. citizen OF Redkey. was arrested
here late this afternoon. by an officer from
his home on the charge of obtaining goods
under false pretensc. IL is alleged that
Newborn procured 81 consignment of wheels
from the Muncie Wheel Company on the
statement that he was worth 5000 lie
left Redkey a week ago. Newborn dis
claims any intent TO defraud He is of
good family and has relatives here The
belief prevails that he will be able TO make
a settlement.
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CIOwry Elected President.

NEW YORK, April 24.-At the meeting
of the American District Telegraph Com
pany to-day Col. r. G. Clowry was elected
president, to succeed Gen. T. T. Eckert,
resigned, and B. Brooks general manager.
Colonel Clowry was elected a director in
the place of Henry K. Sheldon. A semi
annual dividend Of ! per cent. was de-
clared. The last one was IL per cent
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, April 24.-The
will of +. l.. Mcdonnell. who died Sunday
of erysipelas after a brief illness four days
after the date set for his marriage with
Miss Virginia Piatt. of Covington. was
filed Yesterday 1t gives 5000 each TO Miss
Piatt, his father and his sister. 1t pro-
vides 1000 specifically and the residue of
estate, estimated at $5S,OO0. TO found a
home for INDECENT old women at Fair
mount, Ind.
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Kentucky Rioter. Again Under Arrest

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN. Ind, April 2.-Burrel Wiley,
John Woodruff and Francis Drake were
rearrested here this afternoon by Deputy
Robert Gamhill. requsitiOn papers having
been securely They will be taken to Hop
kinsvile. XVI tonight. where they are
wanted on charge of the alleged murder
of Robert COffry. a deputy sheriff, during
a miners strike last fall.
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Death Due tn Rope-Jumpins.

JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind. April 2t.-NIav
Levesay, tho thirteen-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Levesay. who jumped
a rope l6o times i'm succession a month ago.
several days later complained Of soreness
in her stomach. and died to-day Of an alb
scess in the stomach which physicians say
was the result Of the rope-jumpng.
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Drank Horse Iiniment.

BEMIDJI, Mimi. April A.-Frank Haven.
Of New York. died suddenly to-day at
Grays logging camp 1t Is said that he
ran out OF whisky and as a substitute
drank horse liniment. He is said TO have
been a graduate of Cornell University.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.


Special 10 the indis polls Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April 2t-Gustav
+. Kloer. who died early this morning. was
the best informed man in the banking bust
ness I'm TeTre Haute having been In the
McKeen Bank for thirty-three years. II il
said that his judgment as 20 the business
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Gold Strike in Montana.

SAND CREEK. Mont. April 24-Great
excitement prevails at this place over
gold strike made to-day in the hills ad-
joining the town. and scores Of prospectors
are traversing the adjacent country. stalk
ing out claims The lowest assay of sam
Piles by local assayers yielded returns of
81 and the highest Sos 900
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Meeting of Confectioners.

CHICAGO. April 24.-The members of the
United Confectioners' Club began their an
nual meeting here to-day. Candy makers
who are attending the gathering denied that
any action would be taken looking toward
the formation of a trust. I'VE will simply
discuss trade conditions, new machinery
and such things" said President John H
Wiles, Of Kansas City.
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SIOUX FALLS. 5. D.. April 2i-The
United States grand jury to-day returned
an indictment against Edwin NJ Starcher.
county judge of Gregory county. for the
alleged forgery OF final proof paper, COW
ering a quarter section Of government land
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VIII Not Be Transferred.

CLEVELAND. O. April a.-Ofricisls OF
the Lake Shore road deny the truth OF the
report that the headquarters OF the COM
pany will be transferred from Cleveland TO
Chicago.
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Woman FINALLY Burned.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, IND. April 24.-Mrs Fan
ME Lannert. aged sixty. one OF the most
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prominent German women Of the city, was
fatally burned this afternoon while build
ing fire'in her back yard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
c. G. SChdlz's Mecca
Was a C1erkShib

My earliest ambition, so far as I can
recollect, was to be a clerk in a store
can remember going into town with my
father when he visited the local stores
to do his purchasing, and / always look
ed upon the clerks with awe and envy.
1t seemed to be as if a clerkship was
the Mecca of all laudable desire in those
days remarked c. G. Schulze. 1T SEEM
ed that they dressed so fine and looked so
clever and so neat, and took things so
easy, and had a fine, nice time, and We're
really great personages in the world, that
I really longed to be a clerk. The work
in the store seemed so very pleasant and
easy, when | thought of the work on the
farm, and | formed resolution to get
INTO a store just as soon as I could.
Later on l thought should rather be q
lawyer. | think most every boy in those
days looked toward the legal profession
for the lawyer was then, even more than
now, a great and influential member Of
the community. / did not think I should
ever be a school man. But drifted into
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
Billy Hayes Hoped
TO Be a Priest

Listen said Billy Hayes, the inclined
to-be-obese reception committee of one
at the Windsor hotel, land l will tell you
the sad, sweet story Of my life
"What4were my ambitions when kid?
Well, now | will give you three guessas
and then count YOU out
You may not believe il, but at the
early age of ten years I called father into
the library and told him all about it, l
was one Of the boys who started early
and though only ten years old l at this
early date had it ali framed up for my
future l knew what ] wanted to be and
] put it to father plainly.
'The little scarce in the family library
lasted about seven minutes. Father want
ed to know what it was all about and
without mincing words 1 told him that l
had picked my route for the remainder
of my little sojourn on this mundane
sphere of ours.
." Well, says the pater what do YOU
think you are going to be?'
TIL give you three guesses, papa
and will wager you to l that you can
not call the turn. was the answer that l
recall handing to father.
9 What says papa, is the meaning Of
all this seri0usness?'
We'll, I have decided 20 start off for
myself and l would like to leave the
getaway with the family's approval l an
swered.
" Perhaps, says father, you have de-
cided to be plumber"
:" You lose the first guess was my an
swer.
Maybe you want to be an engineer on
railroad train says father trying again.
g Not so, not So, did the dutiful son
laugh back to the parent
" III try again. says father L think
you want to be an iceman'
Father, you see, lost out on the third
guess, but father was still holding cards
in his hand, for you find me here this
afternoon waiting to show our guests the
best room in the house If father had
quit the game, the Windsor hotel guests
would never have heard of the genial
William Hayes.
What did 1 want to be? Oh, yes L
forgot to tell you that. Well, I'll tell you
where father fell down Father knew
that L never missed a lesson at Sunday
school, but he didn't know until I told
him how strong the lessons were getting
to me.
LAS the prize scholar at the Sunday
school I was the real thing, and after
backing all the others off the track look.
ed for new fields. l wanted to talk it
over with the real ones. In plain terms /
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
w. w. p. Mcconnell
Liked Commercial Life

tTo tell the truth l do not remem-
Der that l ever had many early ambitions
[ did not have much time to indulge i'll
them. | think my earliest desire was to
own a store of my own and this desire
achieved. Then the war came on while
l was still very young man, and that
took several years out Of my life. during
which | might have prepared for medicine
or law. Indeed, did study law to a Inn
tied extent. But / soon engaged in mer-
camille business, which [ think I always
took naturally to. [ have also been a
banker. But while engaged in mercantile
pursuits my health became impaired so
that 1t was necessary for me to engage
in some occupation that would keep me
out Of doors a portion of the time /
had been brought up on a farm, and mad
always had more or less of hobby for
cattle. So 1 naturally turned my atten-
tion to farming and dairying. Into this
work 1 have put my best energies and
enthusiasm, and am happy to say that 1
Lave achieved some little success in it,
1t is a hearty kind of a life, and a man
can prosper in it and take great delight
in his work. Well. [ guess it is a good
thing I never finished a law course There
are lawyers enough as it is. No, 1 have
no regrets. No man who lives with en-
thusiasm and energy will have regrets.
I've been too busy living and enjoying
life to worry over my disappointments /
think 1 have done as much good perhaps
in my chosen field as I could have done
in any other, probably more. 1 manage
to keep busy, live out doors good deal
of the time, meet lots of fine folks all
over the state, have a good appetite,
plenty to satisfy it, and l get about as
much fun out of living as the average
man, / guess. And when hear the people
talking about the Bread and Butter
State, [ am naturally a little bit proud
to feel that I have contributed something.
in a small way, to making that reputa-
ton
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
Supt. Olsen Has
No Shattered Dreams

mo, I have no unsatisfied ambitions of
youth to repine over, no unrealized
dreams Of glory and greatness to reflect
upon in melancholy hours said State
Superintendent John w. Olsen From
the earliest time when l was able to
think seriously Of the future 1 planned
to be school man, a teacher, a county
superintendent and several other things,
but all in educational lines. l bent my
energies to this one end. Through days
of hard toll, with nights too short 20
cream very many gOlden-tin dreams,
l plodded toward this goal. Every time
L bought 4 new school book and pored
over it in the spare hours of evening 1t
was with the feeling that it was bringing
me nearer to my chosen profession. To
be sure / did learn little law, not
enough to hurt me, however; never, in
fact, got very far beyond the necessity OF
a law library such as Bill Nye boosted
of when he said, Il sold my law library
to a young man who needed a book of
just that size to keep his window up.
So became a school man and have had
a varied experience in educational work,
not always sunshine to be sure, but, on
the whole, a pleasant and happy expert
ence, for which [ can look upon the past
without many regrets. / suppose every
man thinks, at some time or other that
he would have done better had he taken
up something other than the line of work
he is pursuing, but, on the whole, I guess
we do about as well in our own work as
We could have done in anything else, if
we put our whole energy into it, and do
it the best way we know how. Yes. l
know some people are inclined to look
upon the teachers profession as a some
what cramped and limited one But it
is a noble profession if followed earnest
ly, and offers fully as many opportunities,
if not more, than any other profession
for serving our kind. To the conscien-
uOUs person it means years of hard work
of no little personal sacrifice, and it is
perhaps true that on the whole the edu-
Gator, be he great or small. gets less re
ward and recognition for his work than
any other man. But it also affords great
opportunities for influential and effective
work, for development, for wide and
abiding friendships, and for that salts
faction which comes to the man who can
see his work grow under his hand, who
can partially measure the results of his
labor. No L have no regrets for having
chosen the work l have followed SO many
years.
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shipman. I did not lack influence as nv
uncle, Gen. Alexander Macomb. was then
commander-in-chiefo of the United States
army, and willing to advance nv inter
eSts. Usher, or Upsher I forget which.
was secretary of the navy, and gave me
a mldshipman's warrant. but when the
time came for me to qualify, it was dis
covered that ] lacked six months of the
required age, the appointments being
united TO boys between the ages of four
teen and nineteen, and l found myself
doomed to wait six long months. or aban-
don the career of a naval officer. SO
Strong was my desire to go to sea that
to wait was impossible
Just then revenue cutter. to be nam
ed the Forward, was being built at the
navy yard, and I shipped in her before
the mast, [ passed one year or more in
her as a common sailor, and was paid
OH at Baltimore, where 1 again shipped
in a cutter named the Van Buren,. and
sailed in her for another year or more.
L afterwards made several voyages in
merchantmen. By this time had he
come convinced that the life of a com
mon sailor was not the most enyiabIa
career, and finding myself in the great
Guy Oh new York, and having a liking
for mechanics, took up the business of
veneer saving, and worked at it for sew
GRAZ years, enjoying the experience Verv
much, and profting by it.
I was then about eighteen. with ideas
much enlarged and broadened by NV va
r1ed experiences, and having been called
into court as witness in a case involv-
ing the misdeeds of a vicious dog and
sat through an interesting trial, l con-
celved the idea that 1 would like to be
lawyer. My father was then practicing
law in Oneida county, New York. and
occupied prominent position at the bar
OF that state, having been the law part
ner of the celebrated Col. Aaron Burr
went into his office and studied the
profession of law, and was imme-
diately after having attained my major
lty admitted to the bar :
My rowing disposition soon brought
me to the West, and l found myself To-
Gated in Minnesota, at a point farther
West than any practicing lawyer in the
United States, east of the Rocky noun
talns, unless he was in Texas. This was
in 1888. The rest is well known and has
no bearing on my early aspirations, how
ever it may having been colored by them
Had l followed my original bent l would
probably now have been either a red~6ac-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
Col. TroWbridge Not
Cut Out for a Preacher

COL TroWbrldge, the genial custodian of
the capitol, whom everybody knows and
for whose contagious good humor ana
catching smile many people journey from
afar to the state house. tilted back his
chair and put down his pipe and said
WELL what do you think l was cut out
for?" With one accord the assembled
multitude shouted, "a preacher The
colonel nearly fell off his chair, and with
an agrieved mien looking reprovingly at
the crowd. mo sir. Did you ever notice
that man will own up to having planned
on being most anything in the world but
a preacher? Well, it's a fact Strange
isn't it. Well, to tell the truth / was too
busy when l was a youngster to thinl,
much about what l was going to be-
kept my mind mostly occupied with What
L was doing at the time being, and it
was generally mischief. Wouldn't think
1t, would you, boys, to look at me now
a dlgnlf1ed, sedate, quiet, backward sort
of a man? Well, / probably figured BIT
on being United States senator. but I
have been having too much fun all nv
life to burden myself with the response
bilities of craftsmanship.
come to think of it, it's wonder I'm
alive. By all the laws of chance 7 ought
to have been killed years ago. bat I
wasn't. Well, L kept putting off my am
billions little at time, and then the
war came on, and / put in several wears
of history making, and got my name in
the records occasionally, participated in
some events that were worth a whole life
time to man, and came from the war
STEPPED in memories of great deeds and
heroic enterprise which gave me a deem
and sacred sense of the significance or
citizenship, and l began life again with
the determination to be a worthy citizen
OF eur newly enfranchiSed republic
Well, you know by nature 1 am rather
morose and melancholy as you have all
observed no doubt. Well 1 found it was
hard to cash in on a long face, and so i
became addicted to the laugh habit. and
am glad to say that 1 have found it an
lnVNtment paying 100 cents on the dol
lar So I've gone along kind of singing a
big swath through the years. taking
things as they came, and being happy
they were not worse, and just figuring
how to have a little more fun out of life
than the next fellow
well, chronic laughing sometimes nuts
few wrinkles on your face but it takes
them out of our heart; and it magnifies
the things worth getting, SO that Won find
them without half looking. 1 always said
dld not want to die feeling that 7
missed any chance to laugh, and 50 here
am today feeling as hearty and as fine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
Why H. p. Hall Is Not
a Railroad Man

GAS boy my first ambition was to be
an engineer on a locomotive engine.
When I was of an age. to allow my i'm
agination to work, the first railroad was
built through my town. and early con-
ceived the idea that the engineer was the
greatest individual on earth. This ambi-
ton was so great that it completely
wiped out any desire to be president OF
the United States said H. P. Hall.
my railroad ambitions might have
been filed had 1 not presumed one day
to shout, All aboard when the engineer
was sitting for his signal to pull out OF
the station. The conductor heard me,
and his next move was to catch me,
which he did without any great trouble.
He cuffed my ears soundly, and although
my respect for railroad officials was
greatly increased. l lost heart and felt
that I would never dare to assume such
heavy responsibility"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
j. NJ. Hawthorne Decided
Not TO Fo11oU LaU

well, declare l have almost forgotten
what l wanted to be when l was a boy.
Let me think. L had different hopes and
ambitions at different tines unused J.
M. Hawthorne. my good mother want
ed to make a minister out of me, and
while l considered that for sometime, L
really never wanted to be one and 50
that passed by. l often thought | would
like to be a soldier, and when l was tlf-
teen years of age l was in the militia. |
was on my fathers farm and helped to
build or repair several farm buildings |
thought at one time / would like to be
come an architect. | was also very fond
Of machinery and had quite leaning
toward being a machinist. One thing /
made up MY mind to when l was boy,
and that vas that | would never be a
lawyer, for if l do say it, l was quite
truthful and as [ believed all the SIAN
ders about lawyers telling lies, l thought
lawyers were a terrible lot Of fellows. |
remember having a very strong impress
sion thai the old story was true that
when lawyer died he turned into a
fox.
''Then as I grew older and had the tired
feeling that boys about sixteen often
have, | made up my mind, after thinking
the matter over carefully, that l wanted
to be a bank cashier, because [ thought
they made lots of money, had short hours
and did nothing. Then / became inter
Csted in politics and had strong hopes
that I would some day be in congress,
which l thought was the supreme good Of
human life. l have met some congress
men since then, and my ideals, l am sorry
to say, have been somewhat shattered.
Finally ] found my inclination drawing
me toward the law with so much persist
ency that [ Investigated the questions of
lies and found that most Of the liars were
outside of che legal profession. / have
never regretted my choice. 1 thoroughly
enjoy a contest in court.
mo, 1 never had any inclinations to
be newspaper man. The stories about
the printers devil were too much for
me-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
DIES TO KNOW FEELING
POLE DESIRES TO EXPERIENCE
SENSATION AND HANGS HIMSELF
Years Ago Saw FelOn Executed,
and Ever Since Expressed
Wonder as to I'M

PHILADELPHIA, April 12-Ever since
he saw felon hanged in his native Pc.
land ten years ago Alexander Dworoin-
czyk wondered how it must feel TO die
by the moose. Curiosity got the better
of him, and he experimental with the
sensation. 1t is impossible to obtain
his views on the subject now.
Dworoinczyk was thirty years old. and
had been in this country ten years He
was a clothing presser, and worked in
department store. With his wife AMI his
three-year-old son he lived at 1O7 Penn
berton street.
When Mrs. Dworoinczyk awoke yester-
DAY morning she noticed her husband
as not. in bed. CHANGING about the
room she saw him by the window He
was supported by piece of cord, which
he had fastened around his neck and at
tached to a nail.
The wife called for help, and a police
man who responded found the man was
dead, and cut down the body
Alexander had no reason to do this
Mrs. Dworoinczyk said, sobbinblg to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13

ceeded, but the fates decreed otherwise
and he is now caring for the citys cash
instead of the worlds. The chances are
that he will continue to be St PauTs
banker
suppose I was like every youngster."
says Mr.. Bremen, full to the brim of
Childish fancies, that grew into castles
only to be shattered by the hand Of time.
but if there was one ambition that | did
nave 1t was to be a banker. Not one Of
your common, everyday bankers, but a
great one. l then lived in Brunswick
Germany, and my father so encouraged
my fancy that at the age of fifteen I
was apprenticed to a local banking firm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13


my efforts to thai line of business which
[ believed would afford me the best OPP
portunities. I suppose l have maze mis-
takes, and know that many Of my
best ambitions and aspirations have been
frost bitten in their early stages of de-
yelopment; but most men have to con-
tend with those set-baens and perhaps
am fortunate in having done as well as
l have.
Now that you have started me on
this subject you will excuse me if 1
moralize little" he continued, "and 1t
occurs to me that a man who has fought
his own way along bit by bit is usually
more genuinely self-respecting than one
whose opportunities were ready made
for him and whose path in life led direct
ly toward success. Possibly the logical
reason for that is that the self-made
man has more ground for self-respect
and better app eciat,on Of success
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13

spected him accordingly. That desire to
be the owner Of $4,000 in cold cash used
to brighten me, when I looked around
me and saw those who had been spending
all their lives to accumulate what we
then looked upon as a fortune, but /
soon forgot IL. I've had the amount sew
eral times over since, but the fact of
its possession never bothered me as much
as the thought as to how [ would ever
get it when L was a boy.
Indiana continued Mayor Smith,
especially the southern part, was a lit
tie more thickly settled and somewhat
more moderniZed than Minnesota, when
I was boy. " nen / was twenty one, L
was auditor of the county l lived in.
OficehOldinS ran in families those DAYS.
it descending from father to son. The
salary wasn't large, nor the duties many,
but they were responsible and the peo-
pie paced them in the hands of those