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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-13
TWO POLICEMEN KILLED
SHOT BY CHICAGO ROBBERS IN A
FIGHT WITH REVOLVERs.
Neither of the Officers b to Civ an
Account of the Affair Before They
Died-A Possible CIew.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Oficsrs Timothy
Devine and Charles T. Pennell, patrolmen
of the Chicago police department. were
killed early to-day in a revolver fight with
what is. supposed TO have been a gang of
thugs. Much mystery surrounds the shoot
ing, for both men died before an adequate
account of the affair could be obtained
Devine in the ambulance on the way to the
hospital. and Pennell on the operating
table while the surgeons were probing for
bullets.
The fight occurred Just before dawn near
Jackson boulevard and Ashland avenue, in
the aristocratic section of the West Side.
The fusillade of shots aroused the entire
neighborhood. Citizens who heard the
dying policemen groan rushed to their as
~sistance and saw men running away. OFF,
Ger Pennell meanwhile had heroically stag
gered a hundred feet to a patrol box and
sent in an alarm for assistance. The police
at once set a drag-net for all suspicious
characters and soon had six men in custody.
Before Pennell died he was able to gasp
out a few words about robbers" giving
descriptions of two men.
Late tonight the police received a clew
to the murderers of the officers. 1t was
slight, but they are now looking for a man
who was slightly wounded in the head by
a bullet. George Pulford. a druggist at
the corner of Ada and Randolph streets,
a few squares from the scene of the shoot
ing, says that he was awakened about two
hours after the shooting by two men. one
Of whom was bleeding from a wound behind
the left ear. The man said that he had
fallen against a fence, but Pulford saws
there is no doubt that the wound was
caused by a glancing bullet. The belief
that Divine wounded one of the men before
he was shot down is strengthened by a
statement by a bartender who was stand
ing at the corner of Ogden avenue and
Randolph street, when two men passed him
running. One of them was tagging be-
hind and was holding his hand 70 his head.
His companion was urging him to run and
telling him it would never do to give up.
The description of the two men given by
the bartender agrees in all particulars with
that given by the people who saw the two
men run away from the scene of the
shooting.
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Indiana

PENDLETON, Ind, Aug. 12.-The funeral
Of Granville Clark, a wealthy farmer of
this county, was held here to-day. Death
resulted from a cancer with which he had
suffered for months. He was seventy
three years old and was born in Union
county, West Virginia. He came to Pen
dleton when a boy. In 1S49 Mr.. Clark made
the trip to the California gold fields, Sin
land" His widow, a son and two daugh-
tiers survive.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 12.-Mrs. Eliza
Dryfus Eckhaus. wife of Abraham Eek
haus, a well-known merchant, died this
morning OF a complication of diseases after
a long illness. She was fOrty-nine years
old and was born in Germany. She is sur
vived by her husband and a son. The
funeral will take place Thursday after
moor at 2 o'clock.
MARION, Ind. Aug. 12.-Mrs Sarah
Creviston, widow of the late Daniel Crews
ton, died last night at her home near Van
Buren,. She was the oldest resident in the
township. being eighty-two years old. Five
children survive. The funeral services will
be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at Union
Chapel.
Upton, Ind, Aug. 12.-Mrs. E. E.
Rogers. aged forty-ive years. wife of a
~well-kPown L. +. & w. conductor, died
at her nome in this city to-day from
dropsy. The funeral services will be held
on Wednesday, after which the body will
be taken to Anderson for interment.
DANVILLE, Ill, Aug. 12.-Judge Ferdi-
nand BOokwalter, Of the Vermilion county
Circuit Court. died this evening of Bright's
disease, after a lingeI .ng illness. He had
been unconscious since last Thursday.
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j. H. SMITHS PLANS
STATEMENT BY HIS ATTORNEY AND
RELATIVE, UDG BANNON.
Latter Says the President Exceeded
His Powers and He Has Advised
the General to Protest.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. ia State Jour-
Judge James Bannon, brother-in-law and
attorney of Gen. Jacob H. Smith, tonight
made the following statement:
General Smith probably will remain in
Portsmouth for about a month. During
that time he will be engaged in formulat-
ing his official report to be transmitted
Immediately to the War Department, and
will necessarily devote little time to his
personal interests. This report, however,
will contain a complete description of the
conditions which confronted the American
troops in the Philippines, the hardships
they suffered, the atrocities OF the natives,
the circumstances leading to giving of the
now famous order; in fact, every detail
or his campaign, and Will be in the form
of a complete vindication of General
Smiths conduct.
Another thing. General Smith will take
no action until he consults many Of his
friends among the officers of the regular
army. He will be In attendance at the re-
union to be held at Washington beginning
Sept. Is, and will there map out his plan
of action with them.
The sentence OF the was
that General Smith be admonished for his
order. President Roosevelt seems TO have
construed the word as meaning reprimand-
ed. L have said 1t once. but before | am
through l will repeat it many times-the
President had no legal nor moral right to
increase the sentence of the
Il have advised the general. and will
continue to advise linn, TO go into the con-
test with heart and soul. Under the cir
cumstances his army friends can do no
less, Tor they are more vitality interested
than he. Many OF them are now impor-
tuning him 10 begin action at once"
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Story Of q Thoroughbred.
Detroit Free Press.

0ONN - LACSS-
1T is a positive fact" said a prosper
Gus elderly hardware man. that the old
time manners of business men were more
Studiously polite than business manner
nowadays. In this rushing age, the sue
cessful business man has TO be more or less
haps. is bound to impart a short, curt,
hurried air TO all business courtesies. Haste
and what used TO be called gentility cannot
gracefully go hand-in-hand.
When | was a little country blacksmith
boy. half a century ago. / was one day sent
on horseback TO the nearest country store,
three miles away. 1t was my first trip from
home, and l felt stepped in Importance and
bashfulness. AS / logged up 10 the rude
little cabin in which the crossroads store
was kept, a tall. slim country man, the
keeper of the store, came out to greet me.
tie accosted me with a gentle. considerate
manner which | had never before encoun-
tered, and lifted me down from the gunny-
sack which was my saddle, tied the old
mare to the rack for me. asked me my
name, and why 1 had never been TO visit
the store before. People may smile on old
Virginia stock; but the man who kent the
country store was the son OF a Virginia
pioneer; and, through a long life. i do not
recall ever TO have met a more thorough
gentleman, in the best sense OF the word.
His polished courtesy was as readily eX-
tended TO a bashful country lad as II the
boy had been a king s courtier.
After my purchases were made, and the
sugar and coffee were put into my gunny
sack, | was assisted 10 mount, and sent on
my way a happier boy for having met that
kind Of a pleasant man.
His name, | learned at home. was
Clement N so l named my first colt
Clement N and nearly killed him feeding
him generously because his name was
Clement N
man again: but because he was a thorough
bred / never have forgotten him"
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MAY DECLARE A STRIKE
RADICAL STREET-RAILWAY EN-
PLOYEs ARE NOT SATISFIED.
Not Inclined to Live I'D to Their
Agreements and Have Made
Charges of Bad Faith.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Oficers of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor met with the en-
ployes of the Union Traction Company and
of the City Railway Company to-day and
tried to persuade them TO live up to their
agreements and submit their grievances to
arbitration. In spite of the pressure the
men announced a programme that may re-
suit in a general strike next Tuesday morn
ing. The refusal of the federation leaders
to sanction a strike caused some bitterness,
and the radical element of the union an
nounced the following programme:
Wednesday night when the Chicago City
Railway men meet a motion will be made
to give the executive committee of the
union full power TO call a strike the follow
ing Tuesday morning Thursday night,
should the board of directors of the Union
Traction Company refuse the demands Of
it's men, a similar motion will be made at
the meeting of the Union Traction en-
ployes. Monday night the joint executive
boards Of both unions will meet TO take &C
ton.
The union men set to work last night to
gather evidence to support their charges
that the companies have broken faith with
them. This they will submit TO the officials
of the federation in the belief that it will
influence their consent to a strike. Every
move of the strike programme will be
fought by the conservatives.
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Indiana Notes.

MARION.-The first copy of the Beacon.
a weekly labor paper to be published by
the Central Trades Council, will appear on
Monday. w. A. Engle, president of the
Trades Council, is TO act as editor until
some other person is secured to take
charge. = . = Efforts are being made TO
locate Martin Brubaker, a woodworker,
who disappeared from here in 1889. He has
fallen heir to valuable property in Cleve-
land.
LAFAYETTE.-W. H. WiIloughby, chief
of the fire department, has handed in his
resignation to the Common Council to take
effect Sept. 1. He says i'll health has com
PEELED him to retire from the position he
has held for eight years. Mr.. Willoughby
will take a position as deputy supreme vice
chief ranger Of the Independent Order of
Foresters. His successor in the fire de-
partment has not been named.
WINCHESTER.-On Monday night, while
he was confined in the county Jail, VIII
liam Lanning la an unsuccessful at
tempt to commit suicide. He improvised a
rope from a part OF his clothing and Sc
In launching himself off he kicked over a
bench. thus attracting Sheriff Overman's
attention and he was cut down.
FORTVILLE. - Frederick Thurber, a
young man who had recently joined the
United States army, was arrested here on
Monday and taken back to Columbus, o.,
where he will answer to the charge of de-
sertiOn. He had secured a furlough home
i'm order to attend the funeral Of a relative
and had failed to return before the expira-
ton of his permit.
TERRE HAUTE.-The attendance at the
agricultural fair, carnival and race meet
ing on the second day was much larger
than on Monday. 1t is now apparent, how
ever. that the agricultural fair feature is a
failure. The carnival, which consists OF
many pay shows and several free exhibit
lions. and the races are the drawing at
fractions.
LEBANON.-Otis G.. Stanton, superin-
tendent OF the Irvington schools for the
past five years, has been appointed to sue
coed Prof. Henry II. Lane as principal Of
the Lebanon High School and instructor
of Latin. Professor Lane resigned last
Thursday.
GREENSBURG.-Jacob Herbert, a farm
er. south Of town. had five large steers
killed by lightning on Monday. The electric
charge struck a tree under which the cattle
were standing. shattering the tree and kill
ing the entire lot.
MUNClE.-Frank T. Reed, Republican
member of the Council in this city from the
Second ward. Will resign within the next
ten days as a member Of the Council. He
expects TO move from the ward which he
represents.
KOKOMO. Ind, Aug. 12-Peter Kingseed.
a pioneer of this place, died last night of
pneumonia, aged eighty-one years. A
daughter and three sons survive.
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TWO DEAD, -FOUR INJURED.
Results of Five Railroad Accidents
i'm and Around Hammond.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, Aug. Zone railroad
casualty has followed another in quick
succession in his city during the past few
hours until six are chalked up against fast
trains. Two persons are dead and four seri-
Ously injured.
John Cahill. a railroad contractor who
had just buried his father in Niles, jumped
from the fast Western limited on the Mchi-
gan Central, which does not stop here, and
was killed. The Cahills formerly lived IN
Chicago. Warren NJ. Davis, formerly or
Sterling, Ill. was killed while trying TO
mount an Erie through freight this morn
ing. He was soon TO be married. His body
was literally cut TO pieces. Samuel Walker
and Tom Williams I'm their efforts to reach
home in time jumped from a AXE Shore
freight. Williams lost both legs and Walk
er suffered a badly fractured skull. John
Mooth, Of Lowell, fell from an Erie flyer,
suffering severe internal injuries, and John
Stern. Of Crown Point. while resting on the
Erie tracks near here, was struck by a
fast train and perhaps fatally injured.
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they secured it they allowed the stage to

they secured it they allowed the stage to
proceed.
The first annual convention OF the United
Powder and High Explosive Workers or
America is now in session in Wilkesbarre,
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New Jersey
and Delaware. Yesterdays sessions were
taken up with organization and the tran
saction of routine business. The object Of
the convention is to bring powder workers
into closer relationship. advocate better
protection in their hazardous work and Sc
cure uniform wages.
At Edmore, N. D., Carl Okelson, with
three other men from Walsh county, went
TO a blind pig" run by Frank Pelke. When
Pelke opened the door he shot Okelson in
the face, the bullet lodging in the pack of
the neck. Deputy Sheriff George Hanson
and Constable Johnson, with a warrant,
went TO arrest Pelke. Hanson ordered
Pelke to throw up his hands and Pelke
drew a gun, but Hanson was too quick
and shot Pelke in the left side. Pelke died
an hour later. Okelson is not expected to
live.
AT a point a mile and a half south of
Junction City, Kan, a monument was un-
yelled yesterday for the Quivira Historical
Society in honor of Coronado's expedition
in 1541. The location was decided on sever
al years ago by a number of leading
archaeologists of the United States as being
the approximate center Of Quivira, the ter
ritory which Coronado visited in his march
from Mexico in search OF gold. The monu-
ment, which is eighteen feet high, was
erected by Captain Robert Henderson on
his farm.
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MINISTER'S CONFESSION.
1t ecaIIs a Tragedy that Occurred Mt
BenwOOd Fifteen Years Ago.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Aug. 12.-The Tri-
bune this afternoon prints a story TO the
effect that the Rev. Charles Hill. a Con-
gregational minister OF five years stand
ing. has confessed that he fired the shot
that killed tie Widow Smith at the mining
town OF BenwOod fifteen years ago. She
was shot while at the door of a neighbours
house and boys firing at a mark were ar
rested. but the bullet did not 6t their guns.
Mr.. Hill says that ne was firing at a mark
some distance away and il was his shot
that killed Mrs. Smith.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, Aug. 12.-The Rev.
Father Lucas, aged seventy-four, chap
lain OF the Catholic Hospital at Lafayette,
lies at Holy Family Hospital in this city
in a serious condition as the result OF in
juries received while in a Lake Shore ca
bOose at this point. He was standing In
the aisle, having taken passage on the
local freight TO go to Otis, when some cars
were kicked" into the cabOOse. The veneer
able priest was thrown against the seats.
his head being badly injured, but his re
cOyery is expected.
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LETTER FROM DIR. WILSON.
He Was Not Arrested by NicaraGuans,
and He Is Not n F%iIibuster.

COLUMBUS. o., Aug. Fin a letter
written to a cousin in this city. DR. Rus
sell Wilson. of Norwalk. o.. who was re-
ported to have been condemned to death
by the Nicaraguan government for par
ticipat!ng in a hlibustering expedition. said
he has no fear OF being arrested. The doc
ago l Joined the cOlOred regular army as
major surgeon. Colombia and Nicaragua
were at variance. and l was placed on the
gunboat General PinsOn as surgeon, TO ac-
company the expedition. We tried 10 land
at Bluefelds at night. but a high wind
suddenly coming up. fifty men were only
able 10 land and at daybreak we were fired
on by the forts and forced TO retreat. leav-
ing fifty there. That may account for the
story that was arrested The expedition
l was with was not a flibustering trip. but
one under the direction OF the regular
Colombian army"
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LIABILITIES.

Total liabilities .s3u. 54. 25s4
The greatest amount in any one risk. s2s0.OOoO
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~TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Wong Yen. a Chinaman under arrest for
entering the United States in violation Of
the immigration laws, committed suicide in
jail at Toledo, o.. by hanging himself with
strips torn from a sheet.
The postofice at Highland Falls, N. Y,
was entered by burglars Monday night.
The large safe was blown open with dyn-
amite and stamps TO the value of 81. 500.
and $500 in currency. three diamond rings
a valuable bracelet and all the records of
the office were stolen. There is no clew to
the robbers.
Levin A. Wood, of the firm of Edwards,
Wood & Co. OF st. Paul, charged with re-
porting fictitious trades, was expelled from
the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday by
the directors. Transactions in grain car
ried through a Milwaukee house that neg
lected to make the required clearances
formed the ground for the charges.
over $50 persons are now in attendance
at the Young Mems Christian Association
conference and vacation headquarters at
Silver Bay, Lake George, n. Y, and the
register is filing rapidly for the vacation
period Aug. - to %. The speakers yester-
day were Prof. ". w. White. b. n. Rob
inson. J. y. Cook. f. p. See, c. c. Minch-
liner and j. o. Selper.
The seventeenth annual convention Of
the American Philatelic Association is in
session at Springfield. Mass. The following
officers were chosen yesterday: Presi-
dent. Alexander Holland. OF Brooklyn. n.
Y; secretary, II. 5. Smith, of Winona.
Mimi. international secretary, +. Doeb-
lin. Pittsburg. Pa; treasurer, O. L. An
non, OF Little Rock, Ark.
One man was found dead and another
dying in a room In a hotel at Jersey City
yesterday. They had been asphyXiated by IL
Eliminating gas. The dead man was Vido
+. Week. thirty-eight years old. The name
OF the other man has not been learned.
but ii is supposed he had come from Wash
ington State. 1t IS said the men were on
their way from Pittsburg to Carlsbad.
A daring holdup near Mazatlan. Mexico,
by three masked men. is reported from
Tucson, a. L The robbers secured $1,000
and made good their escape with the
plumber. Mariana Gordillo. the driver. at
tempted to whip up the horses and was
shot dead. The stage was full, but the
passengers were unmolested. A shipment
OF $4,000 10 a bank at Mazatlan was the
booty the robbers were after and when
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Charges Against Rioters modified.

SHENANDOAH. Pa, Aug. 12.-AntOny
Klimowtcz and Stanislaus Zukowsky. the
Litnuanians arrested last week charged
with participating In the riot in which
Joseph Oeddall. of this place. was killed.
were to-day taken before Squire Shoe
maker for a hearing on charge of murder.
The county officials. however. changed the
charge TO assault and battery with intent
10 Kill the workmen who were attacked
on the day of the riot. The men were held
Ia bail to answer at court. Peter c. Zy-
wanie, another Lithuanian. was taken in
custody to-day and held for the Septem-
Der term of court for rioting.
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Losses by Fire.

PRINCETON. KY. Aug. 12.-Fire here
to-day destroyed the Trey block, the opera
the dry-goods stores Of A. Cash & Bros.
and Henry & Butler, the Cumberland tele-
phone exchange and the Postal Telegraph
office. Loss estimated at 100000, partly in
sured. DR.. W. B. Terry lit a match and
caused an explosion of gasoline I'm the
Terry & Frayser drug store. This started
the fire. DR.. Terry died tonight Of his in
juries.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 12.-Ffre this
morning destroyed the plant of the Armour
Packing Company at Clinton and Mccall
streets. Total loss about Sis, 600, said TO be
uninsured. The origin Of the fire is un-
known.
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Canning Factory I'm Operation.

Special 10 the.Indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY. Ind. Aug. 12.-The Clay
City Packing Company began canning to-
matoes to-day. The buildings and sheds
OF this plant cover ar area OF nearly 1900
square feet. and when run to It's full
capacity viii employ 90 girls and women
in the peeling department. and about
twenty other persons. The capacity of
the concern IS 1900 bushel daily. which is
10 be increased. The company has seventy
five acres of tomatoes of its own growing.
and over go acres contracted from other
growers IN this vicinity, besides several
acres In Daviess county.
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Strike Averted mt New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The national
deputy grand chiefs of the Brotherhoods
Of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen,
Messrs. Youngson and Wilson, with the
division chiefs and the other local repre-
sentatives of those two organizations, in
the employ of the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad, conferred with the officials OF
the company to-day. This evening Vice
President and General Manager Skitt of the
company gave out the following statement:
The matters In dispute were finally mar
rowed down to a question of hours for
a days work, and the limit OF ninety miles
per day. The engineers waived the ques-
ton of miles and the company conceded
the nine-hour day. Agreement was signed
and conference ended"
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W. ID. Wilson in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Aug. 12.-The
case Of John Richards and others, charged
with contempt for violating an injunction
Issued from Federal Judge Keller's court,
was argued to-day by counse and will be
decided by Judge Keller tomorrow.
National Secretary w. 3. Wilson. Of the
Mine Workers OF America, who is here,
stated to-day that the object of his visit
was to direct the movement OF the strikers
and that ne would observe the injunction
order of the court so far as he believed the
court had a right 10 go. If II became neceS-
sary 20 Violate the court order TO carry on
the business of the strike he would do 50.
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FROM PRISON
NERO EXTENDED TO MINERS BY
FEDERAL JUDGE JACKSON.
Thomas HaRgcrty and Others Given
Freedom on Promise They Would
violate No More -IntunctiOns.

PARKERSBURG. W. Va. Aug. H-Judge
Jackson this morning released Thomas
Haggerty and six other members Of the
United Mine Workers, who were serving
sixty and ninety days in Jail for contempt
of court. The prisoners fled a petition for
release. alleging that they had not known
they were violating the injunction when
they did so. and promising not to do so
again. Attorneys for the coal companies
opposed their release. but IL was granted
subject TO re-arrest 10 complete the Cris1-
nal sentence il they violate the injunction
again.