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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
The Vexatious sheep.
Snringfield Republican

Springfield Republican.
The sheep is a curious and vexatious
creature. There is no fence that she does
not jump except a nailed board fence. or a
high wire net fence. She will work her
way through the most complicated brush
fence that was ever constructed, and she
will manage TO get off the rider from a
stone wall-a stone wall without a rider"
is no obstacle. over she goes, and where
the ruling eve goes. all the rest go. This
is the tradition involved in the rustic
proverb, "One go, all go, sheep" The no.
ton is that the buck is the leader In such
matters. Not at all. 1t may sometimes
be so, and sometimes there may be a
bell-wether. but there is always a eve
at the head Of the flock. and il Is she that
the sheep follow. An old eve has the
brains of the whole flock in her head.
Silly as a sheep" is only 10 be applied TO
the general mass; they know little more
than men that belong to a party, but where
the leader goes, they follow. TIL leader,
on the contrary, has ideas. and when she is
dissatisfed-hurrah for fresh fields and
pastures new As for barbed wire fences,
she cares nothing for them. To lose a
handful of wool here and there does not
deter her-thrOugh she goes. and when she
is found fives miles OF in "A place where sho
has no business TO be, perhaps in some
body's kitchen garden. taking in its lux
uries, she will start off homeward without
the least embarrassment or conjunction.
Study ~sheep-they are as interesting as
men and women.
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Cooperation Among Farmers.

Topeka (Kan.) Letter.
Prelimir airy plans for the disposal OF the
coming wheat crop so that the farmers
may realize the largest possible sum there
from are being made by the cooperative
companies of farmers that have been so
successful during the last season. There
are now seventy-seven such companies do
ing business in various parts OF the State,
most OF them owning their own elevators,
and are handling practically all the prod
uce of their respective communities. The
plan is TO bind the members OF these COM
panieS, as well as of those that may be
organized later, into an agreement by
which they are held TO specific prices for
their produce. Each secretary OF a local
institution is 10 notify the state secretary
OF the amount the members have to sell,
or are likely TO have, naming the amounts
by persons. the price each Is willing TO
take for his produce and the state of the
local market. The object is to enable the
State organization TO determine how much
grain. live stock. etc, may be expected
for the coming market and to enable IL to
force higher prices.
The cooperative companies are also con-
templating the establishment of new stores
for the members, on the plan OF the Grange
stores Of a few years ago. IL Is claimed
that with the better understanding of con-
ditions and better equipment the new VEN
lures will be more satisfactory than were
the old.
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without Light or Power.

LOUISVILLE. KY, May Bone hundred
and twenty-five thousand incandescent
electric lights and two-thirds of the arc
lamps used for street lighting are not burn
ing tonight as the result of half a mile Of
poles on Fourteenth street, that carried the
feed wires OF the Louisville Electric Com
pany, being blown down by a severe wind
storm and rainstOrm that broke over
Louisville at 3 O'Clock this afternoon. On
many business streets tonight the only
light es from stores that have their
own electric plants or that use the lights
supplied by another electric company or
are using gas. Several hundred users of
electric power, including many small fac
tories, cannot start their motors tomorrow,
and a forced suspension of one or two days
will follow.
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fruits and vegetables are raised for the
winter markets. Jersey and Ions island
are also centers of this industry, and hum
dreds of acres are now under cultivation
right through the winter. These hothouse
products bring high prices all through the
winter, and from two to four crops are
raised annually. on the same land. In the
spring, when the weather grows warm, the
glass sashes are removed and the plants
for the summer markets are raised as
easily as if the land had not been produc-
ing all winter. When the cold autumn
frostS come the glass SaShes protect the
new crop that has been planted for the
Christmas holiday seasons. Then when
these winter roductS are harvested, seeds
for an early spring crop are sown, and by
the time Easter is here fresh vegetables are
again ready for picking.
The truck products raised under glass IN
winter receive the most modern intensive
culture. The soil is of the richest, well
heated by steam pipes, moistened properly,
and sometimes lit artificially at night by
arc lights. The electric light tends TO slim
ulate the growth of certain vegetables, and
the season of maturity is thus rapidly
fastened. The profits from this business
often run from 50 TO so per cent. on the
investment, and during the rough winter
weather when Southern truck cannot reach
the markets prices for the vegetables raised
under glass soar up to almost fabulous
prices. Yet in spite of the great number
of acres of land covered with glass and de-
voted to winter farming the supply hardly
keeps pace with the increasing demand, and
there is ample opportunity for further eN-
pansion in this line.
Winter gardening and farming in the
southern belt of States, where the climate
is warm enough to produce the products
out Of doors, nave spread with phenomenal
rapidity in recent years. Whole sections OF
States have been reclaimed by this indus
try, and land that was worth only a Few
dollars an acre ten years ago sells to-day
for $500 or $500 an acre. Our whole system
of living and diet has been transformed by
this industry, and our winter season is up
piled with fruits and vegetables almost as
freely as the summer.
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CHANGES IN THE SEA.
Upheavals of the Bottom Probably
Caused ny Volcanic Action.


WASHINGTON, May 1%3.-Captain South
erland, chief of the photographic office. has
been deeply interested in the vast physical
changes reported TO have taken place in the
Antilles as a result of the earthquakes and
volcanic outbreaks, and he is planning to
undertake Immediately, with the approval
of Admiral Bradford, a series of hydro
graphic surveys. If the current reports as
70 the tremendous subsistence of the sea
bottom near the Antilles are accurate, then
there have been undoubtedly corresponding
upheaValS of the bottom in other sections
which have created great menaces TO navi-
cation through the fact that they are not
charted. Captain Switzerland points TO a
curious fact, namely, that a year ago there
was what might be regarded as a Fremont
tory sign OF the tremendous disturbance
which has just taken place in the earth's
crust. The Notice TO Mariners Of June S,
one year ago, contains the following note:
Capt. j. Thomas, of the schooner Kate,
reports that May ., about thirty-twO miles
eastward from the south point of Martin
lque, the sea rose with great fury, break
ing as If on rocks. This continued for
about four hours: then the sea became
quite smooth again. The schooner labored
very heavily, sustaining slight damage, n
was uncomfortable during the phenomena,
the light airs from the southeast not giving
her steerage way. No current was OBJ
served. The weather was fair"
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CongreeationaIists at Anderson.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, May 13--Interest IL
the session OF the twenty-fourth annual
meeting of Congregational Churches and
ministers OF Indiana in this city is great and
many noted ministers from cities outside OF
Indiana are in attendance. The attendance
of strangers to-day reached a little over
four hundred. The memorial service this
morning IN honor of the Rev. DR.. Hyde, late
OF indianapolis. was very impressive and
the tribute of Dr. Waterman, OF Chicago,
was very eloquent. At the close of the
morning service the following officers were
elected: Moderator, the Rev. j. G. Smith,
Alexandria. scribe. the Rev. o. G. Helm
ing, indianapolis; auditing committee. +.
L. Bickel, Elkhart, d. G. Eberhardt. Dun
kirk. Hiram Moon, Portland; State execu-
tive committee, G. w. ChOate, kokomo,
chairman, the Rev. Messrs. J. w. Bailey,
Fort Wayne, c. o. K%eplenger. East Chi
cago, A. L. Ogilvie, Elkhart, DR.. Water
man, Terre Haute.
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Indiana Notes.

ELKHART.-George Franks, a farmer
residing near Union, Mich, was arrested
here. Monday afternoon. on suspicion of
heard that he had offered bogus silver dol
lars for sale at so cents each. They found
one spurious coin on his person and learned
that he had discarded several others just
before the officers reached him. The sheriff
of Cass county, Michigan, was notified,
and a deputy was sent to FrankS's resi-
dence, where he found many bogus dollars,
some dies and materials for making the
counterfeits. A man named Jones was ar
rested as an accomplish.
RICHMOND.-The stockholders of the
Richmond Street and Interurban Railway
Company met on Tuesday in annual ses-
sion. They chose the following directors:
j. w. Van Dyke, Lima, o.; James Muir
dock, Lafayette; William Wallace, Lafay-
cite; John NJ. Lontz. Richmond; Perry ].
Freeman, Richmond; Philip Matter,
Marion; Harry 3. Smith, Hartford City;
j. ID. Nicely. Lima, o.; Hugh MCGOWAN.
Smith president; Mr.. Van Dyke, vice pres
ident: Charles Murdoch, secretary and
treasurer; Mr.. Lontz, assistant secretary
and treasurer.
MUNCIE.-The new Methodist Episcopal
Church at Cowan, this county Will be ded-
icated May .. An elaborate programme of
religious services has been prepared for the
day. . The Chase Construction Com
pany, of Cleveland, will begin, the latter
part of this week, to lay the rails for the
track for the Muncie. Hartford & Fort
wayne Electric Railroad Company. The
road will be built first from Eaton to
Muncie.
ANDERSON-W. b. Meeks, assistant
passenger and ticket agent of the Union
Traction Company, has resigned his posi-
ton here to accept a position at Gallatin
Tenn, as manager of the G. q n. Railroad.
MIR. Meeks father was manager Of the
Tennessee road and resigned on account of
long service and age The son was invited
10 take the fathers place. Joseph Mahoney,
of Alexandria, has been selected to the
vacancy in the L. T. offices.
MADISON.-Capt. James c. Meyers, an
auctioneer and ~well-known politician in
southern Indiana. injured his head by an
accidental fall five weeks ago on Tuesday.
and on Tuesday he was adjudged insane.
He will be sent to the State Asylum at In
dianapOliS.
VINCENNES.-Two sensational damage
suits were filed here on Tuesday for alleged
alienation of wives affections. William
William Parsley sued John Slater. Dam
ages for $1,000 are asked in each case.
Observation-Disclosures Pitts. a re-
spected horse dealer from Lafayette. is in
Jail here in default of $500, on the charge
of altering a worthless check, which a local
merchant Endorsed for him. and on which
he secured 500 at a local bank.
COVINGTON.-George Law, commission
er from the Second district, Will be a candi-
date for reelection. He will again plant
several acres OF water melons and will dis
tribute them literally, as he did two years
ago.
SULLIVAN.-Thomas Shepherd, of Car
Isle. who fell down the basement steps at
the courthouse here last Tuesday. striking
his head, has become insane as a result of
the conclusion.
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Indiana Obituary.

MUNCIE, Ind, May 13.-Alpheus A. Hal
loway, aged thirty-five, a well-to-do farmer
of Perry township, s~trangled to-day under
unusual circumstances He went out on
his farm to superintend some work. He
had not gone very far when his wife heard
him gasping for breath. Physicians could
do nothing to relieve his suffering, and he
died III two hours of slow s~trangulation.
Physicians say that his death was the re-
suit of the closing of the trachea and that
the contraction was due to a severe cold.
WORTHINGTON, Ind, May 13.-The
body of Calvin MCGEE. who died at st.
Vincent's Hospital at Terre Haute yester-
day. was brought to this place to-day. The
funeral services will take place at the
Christian Church. The deceased was the
son of the late William MCGEE, of Worth
ington. One sister, Mrs. Z. E. Crook, sur
wives.
PORTLAND, Ind, May 13.-Charles
Snow, a prominent young mar of this city.
was operated on yesterday afternoon for
the removal of a large bunion from his
foot. He rallied from the operation. but
heart failure set in, and he died this morn
ing.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, May 13.-Dr. Will
liam McComb, of Sheldon. trustee of Pleas
ant township, died to-day of consumption,
aged thirty-five. Death followed a violent
hemorrhage, while he was visiting friends
in a neighboring village.
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DEATH OF WIN. HALDEMAN
PRESIDENT OF THE LOUISVILLE
COURIER-JOURNAL COMPANY.
Struck by a Trolley Car Last Saturday
and Died from the Effects of
Injuries-Other Deaths.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 13.-Walter N.
Haldeman. president of the Louisville
Courier-Journal Company, and one of the
oldest newspaper men in the country. died
at 5 O'Clock this morning, from the effects
of injuries received by being struck by a
trolley car Saturday morning. He was over
eighty-one years of age. AT the time of the
accident it was not thought that Mr.. Halde-
mans injuries, which consisted, apparently,
Of a scalp wound and a sprained shoulder,
would result fatally, though some appre-
hension was felt on account of his advanced
age. He seemed to rally quickly. Until early.
this morning his condition was regarded as
satisfactory and his physicians had assured
the members of his family that recovery
seemed certain. The change for the worse.
however, came without warning shortly
after 5 O'CLOCK this morning, and physicians
were summoned. He sank rapidly and short
ly after the doctors arrived passed away.
The physicians ascribed death to the de-
velopment OF peritonitis, intestinal pareSlS
and consequent heart failure. He was con-
scious until the end. The funeral will take
place from the residence in this city
Wednesday at 4 D. m, and the interment
will be in Cave Hill Cemetery.
Walter N. Haldeman was born at Mays
vile, KY, April p, 1921, and was educated
WIN
Grant and others of note. In 1910 he became
~bookkeeper in the Louisville Journal office
and four years later started the Daily Dime
Paper, which was soon converted into the
Louisville Courier. This he conducted until
1861, when 1t was suppressed by military
domination, Mr.. Haldeman being a Con-
federate sympathiZer. The Courier soon ap-
peared at Bowling Green, Ky, and then at
Nashville and at the close Of the civil war
Mr.. Haldeman resumed the publication OF
the Courier in Louisville. until 1868, when,
in concert with Henry Watterson, of the
Journal, the two papers were consolidated
and appeared as the Louisville Courier
the same management. In May, 1884, Mr..
Haldeman started the Evening Times. Mr..
Haldeman was a man of considerable
wealth and was connected with a number
of business enterprises in the South as well
as in this city and State. His wife, a daugh-
ter and two sons, w. y. Haldeman and
Bruce Haldeman, both Of whom were as
ISOLATED with their father in newspaper
work, survive him.
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POTTER PALMER'S WILL.
Widow Given Control of an Estate Es-
timated II BE Worth $S~.OOO,OOO.

CHICAGO, May l3.-By the terms of the
will of the late Potter Palmer, his widow,
Mrs. Bertha Honore Palmer, succeeds him
as head of an estate conservatively esti-
mated at $1,000, 900. The property goes joint
ly to Mrs. Palmer and their sons, Honore
and Potter. jr.. but Mrs. Palmer is given
almost unlimited control and the ultimate
disposition of il all. II is believed the tes-
tatOr made this arrangement on account
of the great confidence he had in Mrs.
Palmer's ability and judgment, and not
through any lack Of faith in their sons.
He makes IL clear that he wishes her TO
carry out the plans they had made to-
gether.
There are no requests for public purposes
or charity, save a provision by which Mrs.
Palmer is authorized to expend $4,000 for
a woman's memorial building. IL a site
shall be given by the city on the Lake
Front Park Mrs. Palmer and her
brother. Adrian c. Honore. are made trus-
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Retail Jewellers Organize.
the Indiananolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind. May 13.-The Munci Re
tail jewelers. Association was organized in
this city tonight. with the following Off
GERS: George A. Klein. president; Robert
Z. Scott, secretary; Joseph Hummel, jr.
treasurer; Armstead Klein, a. l.. HarriOtt
and Fl. w. Ellis, advisory board. This as
sociation will go to indianapolis on Thurs
day, May Is, to organize a state association.
The meeting will be held at the DenisOn
Hotel. The state organization is being
promoted by the member of the Muncie
association. They have written to jewelers.
in 100 towns and cities in Indiana, and
have received answers f~avoring the organi-
zation of the state association from all of
them. IL is expected that twenty-five cities
and towns will be represented at the meet
ing at the DenisOn.
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CLOSE OF THE GLASS FIRE.
1T VIII Come ON May "a, with an
Early Resumption Expected.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. May 1S.-The Amer
lean Window-glass Company's factories
located here will close for the season on
May "a. The company offers an advance of
10 per cent. in wages for the next fire if all
the factories. including the independents,
close at the earlier date, instead of in June,
as was first proposed. The date for be-
ginning the next fire has not yet been fixed.
ANDERSON, Ind, May 13.-Notices were
posted to-day in the Anderson glass fac
tories that the fires would be banked for
the end of the season on May "a. At that
time all the operatives Of the American
W~indow-glasS Company will quit work on
an agreement of an increase in the wage
scale for the next fire and an early resump-
ton. now expected to be Sept. 10. There
are three trust factories operating here
and one Independent concern, which il is
understood will close at the same time as
the trust plants. Six to eight hundred
operatives in this city will be affected.
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verdict i'm an odd Fellows Case.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, May 13.-Judge Shively,
of the Wabash Circuit Court. this after
noon decided in favor of the Liberty Mills
Lodge of Odd Fellows in a suit brought
against the lodge by John Swank for $500
for benefits. Mr.. Swank was i'll and
claimed the usual allowance from the bene-
fit fund. 1t appeared, however, that he
had been suspended for nonpayment of
dues, and the lodge claimed that il was
under no obligation TO pay anything.
Swank sued, and the judge held that Mr..
Swank's remedy lay originally in appeal
10 the Grand Lodge. and if he were refused
payment there. and believed his claim valid
he could then sue in a civil court.
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Special TO the indianapolis Journal
BEDFORD, Ind, May 13.-While the
Ringing circus was giving its performance
here. this afternoon, a heavy windstorm
came up, and as the tent showed signs
OF collapse. the thousands gathered therein
were thrown into a panic and rushed for
the exits. Fortunately. every one, so far
as known. kept his feet. so none was trOd-
den under foot. One woman tainted after
emerging from the tent. She was resus-
cithted with difficulty. and is i'm a serious
condition. Some minor damage was done
in the outlying parts of the town.
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Aged Legal Practitioner Retires.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN. Ind, May 13.-Judge Henry d.
Wilson. the oldest practitioner at the elk
hart county bar, and judge of the Elkhart-
Lagrange circuit from 1894 to 1900, has re-
tired from the practice of law. He has sold
his office furniture and may sell his home
here and move from Goshen. He was the
first mayor of Goshen, being elected by the
Democrats in 1868. He was later nominated
for state senator, but was defeated. He de-
serted the Democracy in the eighties. Early
in the nineties he was nominated by the
Republicans for Congress. but was defeated.
Since retiring from the bench he has been
in active practice.
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Franchise wanted at Delphi.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DELPHI, Ind, May 13.-The draft of a
franchise for an interurban line through
Delphi was presented TO the City Council
tonight. 1t is supposed TO be a part Of
the plan for a line connecting Logansport
and Lafayette and forming a section of
the Fort Wayne-Danville line, about one
third of which is already built and is con-
trolled by the Boyd syndicate. The i'm
preston prevails hat the McCulloch inter-
ests. which are cOntesting with the Boyd
syndicate at Logansport, are behind this
application. The franchise is asked in the
name of Frederick A. Smart, of Detroit.
whose interests at LoganspOrt are allied
with those of McCullOch.
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other Points Report Considerable
Damage and n Circus Crowd at
Bedford Is Badly Scared.
CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT LEAGUE
1T HOLDS IT'S ANNUAL CONVENTION
IN FORT WAYNE.
sharp Political Practice at Green
castIe-Attempt to Assassinate at
yincennes-Other state News.


Special 10 the Indiana polls Journal
BRAZIL. Ind. May 13.-A severe storm
struck Clay City, twenty miles south Of
here. this evening. doing much damage to
property. The roof Of five store rooms
were blown of and the public school build
ing was almost wrecked. The territory
covered by the storm was about half a
mile wide.
Latest reports from the storm center
show the damage TO be much greater than
first reported. South of Clay City several
houses were blown down and John Staley
and William Martin were hit by falling
timber and instantly killed.
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Prosecutions without Result.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. May 13.-The effort Of
the clergymen of Richmond and other
places in the county to have publicans and
druggists punished for alleged violations
OF the law by securing information against
them through hired detectives has come
10 naught Charles ThurstOn and Harry
Williamson came here from Indianapolis
and secured information on which more
than ninety indictments were returned.
The first case tried was that against James
Mccartney, a Cambridge City druggist.
The jury acquitted him, and the other cases
will be dropped.
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To Stamp Out Smallpox.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, May 13.-At a meeting
held last night over thirty physicians
of the city banded together for the
purpose of stamping out the epidemic Of
smallpox, which, aided by the spells of cold
weather, threatens TO envelop the city.
There are at present seven cases in the
city, with no adequate means of taking
tent across the M~ississinewa river in the
old fair grounds, one in the Brunswick
Hotel and two in a residence on Adams
street. The Brunswick is a downtown
hotel. All cases are light and no serious
results are looked for. The physicians
offered to vaccinate all people free if the
city would provide the virus, which will be
done.