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SELLS To THE TRUST.
Rockport strawbOard Plant Is Alb
sorbed by the United Company.
,iaI 20 the Indfanapolls Journal

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ROCKFORD, Ind, March 90.-The In
dependent strawboard Company. of this
city. will soon be a thing of the past, as the
present board of directors will meet on
the nth or this month TO consummate the
transferring OF the factory and business to
the United Boxboard and Paper Company.
OF New York. This Is the trust. and the
factory at ROckpOrt j. the only one which
remains 10 be taken into the organization.
Mr.. T.. ri. Wood. manager OF the straw
board company here. was summoned to
New York a couple OF weeks ago 10 con-
suit with the combination officials con-
corning selling out. He was given 20 un-
&Srstand that the plant would have TO go
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FROM THE U SEAS.
Stories of Treachery Among the Ma
tives-A Shrewd Captain.

VICTORIA, b. c., March 1.-During the
month of February the natives Of the
islands Of the South seas gather on the
coast in large numbers. and the vessels
which go to recruit laborers bring home
many stories OF treaehery. This year is no
exception to the rule. several of these
stories being brought here by the steamer
Aorangi. which arrived this morning from
Australia, Suavia and Honolulu.
The ketch Venture. while In Cadill
straits. was attacked by natives. who at
tempted 10 climb over the vessels sides.
In the fight which followed two members
OF the crew were killed by spears in the
hands of the natives Mr.. George McCabe.
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New Plan in Joint Conference.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 0.-The In
diana operators and miners joint COM
mittee to-day tried a new plan TO reach an
agreement on the wages scale contract.
For nearly three weeks they had been
threshing over the scale as presented by
the miners without agreeing on anything
except a few minor clauses. 1t was decided
10 let each make out a new
scale and report the two TO the joint con-
ferefce. The provisions of these new scales
will not be made public until they are sub
uiitted TO the joint conference, but IL Is
understood that each side has made some
concessions.
The Operators State Association has
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President, j. Smith Talley,
vice president. j.. G. Kolsom: secretary
treasurer, p. II. Penna- The executive COM
mittee will consist of twelve operators
from the various subdistricts of the btu
minOus field.
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Had a Fight with Thieves.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ird., March 2o.-This part
Of the State is being terrorized by a gang
of robbers which, it is thought. has a rem
devious in this city. Last night Mayor
Wallace attempted to arrest one Of them,
when a confederate drew a revolver and
ordered the mayor to throw UP his hands.
The latter drew his prisoner in front Of
him, and then loored the armed robber
with a well-directed blow on the point of
the jaw. Before Mayor Wallace could Sc
cure his prisoners both made their escape.
In their flight they came across Marshal
Wolf, whom they covered with their re-
volvers while they backed away in the
darkness.
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sunday-schooI Workers Meet.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 20.-The
Field Workers Congress and Allen county
Sunday school convention began a two
days session here to-day in the First Pres
byterian Church. Alfred Day, a prominent
school worker of Detroit, was made
chairman. The address of welcome was
made by f. A. K. Hackett and the response
was by w. G. Hall, of Indianapolis. Mrs.
D. w. Thomas, state superintendent, made
an address on 1.-THE Home Department"
After a conservation meeting this evening
for teachers and officers of Sunday schools
an address was made by w. c. Hall, state
president. on 1.-The Three-fold Aim of Sun
day Schools"
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OIL AND COAL FOUND.
Discoveries Made i'm a Well
Sunk Near Goshen.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN. Ind, March 0.-State Geologist
Blatchley is expected here in a few days TO
make a scientific investigation of the coal
and oil deposits recently discovered on the
farm of Joseph Paulus. two and one-half
miles west of Goshen. for which land Chi
cage capitalists are negotiating a lease. The
first contract was not acceptable to the
owner of the land and a second one is now
being drawn.
The discovery was made in a we'll about
sixty feet deep, which was sunk in a
swampy portion of the farm TO supply the
engine of a sawmill. In addition to the
strong evidences of oil a deposit of soft coal
one foot thick was found in the well, and
by drilling 1872 feet deeper a vein Of coal was
struck. the thickness of which has not yet
been m
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Incorporation Papers Sent Out.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. March 20.-Articles of in
corporation for the Federation Cooperative
W~indow-glass Company were to-day mailed
from the offices of the company, in this
city, TO the secretary Of state in New Jer-
sey. where the incorporation was made.
The capital stock is named at 100000, di-
vided into 5000 shares Of 800 each. The
new federation has forty-three window
glass plants. with $40 pots capacity. Leo
pold MambOurg is the general manager
and was instrumental in the organization.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, March 20.-The funeral
of John Johnson, jr., late editor Of the
Bedford Daily Democrat, was held at his
late residence to-day. The funeral was the
largest ever seen in the city-an expression
from all classes of the high esteem in which
Mr.. johnson was held by the community. A
large number of persons from other towns
attended and many newspaper men from
different parts of the State who had known
him were here to follow his body to Green
Hill Cemetery. The Masonic and Ben-Hur
lodges, of which he was a member, had
charge of the funeral arrangements.
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Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, March 9.-Grant Jacobs,
vice president for the Fifth district of the
Tin Workers International Protective As
ISOLATION. and r. L. Waterbury. a men,
Der of the board of trustees, have gone to
Pittsburg TO attend a meeting of the ex-
ecutive board of the organization with the
American Tin Plate Company, at which
time the matter of adjusting a wage scale
for the coming year will be taken up. The
outlook for an amicable settlement OF the
wage question is very bright, and the
workmen. who have been called out on
strike TO settle every wage scale for the
past W or three years, are greatly
plCaSpd
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BADLY HURT AT CHICAGO.
Indiana end on the knights of
Pythfas Jubilee.

CHICAGO, March 0.-George F.. Walters,
sixty years of age, of Lowell, Ind, one of
the visiting members to the Knights of
Pythias jubilee, now in progress at the
Coliseum here, was so badly hurt by a
street car tonight that he may not recover.
His leg was fractured in several places,
and he is thought to be internally hurt.
He was removed soon after the accident to
st. Luke's Hospital.
Mr.. Walters, in attempting to board a
return to the Great Northern Hotel from
the Coliseum, missed his footing and fell
under the wheels. The shouts of a number
who saw him fall brought the car to a stop,
or he would doubtless have been killed in
stantly.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, March @.-Andrew
Carnegie has agreed to give the city of New
Albany $4,000 for a free public library,
prodiving the city will pledge itself to con-
tribute $500 per year for its support. Eff
forts have been made for over two years
to get into communication with Mr.. Car
negie. and the letter which came to-day is
the first that has been received from him.
The offer undoubtedly will be accepted by
the City Council. The people already give
by taxation $500 per year for the support
of the present library.
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Danish West Indians Pleased.

ST. THOMAS, ID. w. l., March 1.-The
newspapermen here are gratifed at the
contained in dispatches received
from the United States that separate gov
will be given, at least provision
ally, TO the Danish West Indies. as this is
in accordance with a general wish of the
people of the islands, who have long en-
joyed a measure of self-government un-
known to Porto Ricans until the United
States assumed control of Porto Rico.
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Must Answer Interrogatories.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
HAUTE, Ind, March 20.-Judse
Stimson, of the Superior Court, ruled that
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Company should answer interrogatories in
regard to the equipment Of the locomotive
which is alleged to have set fire to the
American Strawboard Company's factory
at Ellsworth, Vigo county, and for which
the railroad company was sued for 100000
damages.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, March M.-The pro-
gramme for the annual convention Of the
sixth district of the Rathbone Sisters, which
is to be held in this city on the 1st and I'd
of April, is being issued this week. The
indications are hat il will be one of the
largest district gatherings in the history
of the order in Indiana. Miss Cora Turley,
of this city. the district deputy, will pre-
side and Grand Chief Eta Houck will de-
liver an address. Past Grand Chancellor
Daniel E.. Storms Will be here to address
the Pythians, and Harmony Temple, of Ell
wood, In its magnificent new regalia, will
exemplify the work.
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BIoominEdaIe Academy.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGDALE. Ind, March Oval
ter Davies was awarded first place in the
annual oratorical contest at Bloomingdale
Academy last night and Miss Ella Brod-
erick the second. In the declamatory con-
test Miss Floy Swain won first and Miss
Grace Kessler second. These contests are
occasions of great interest to the students
and friends of Bloomingdale Academy.
The junior class gave a public tonight
in OveIman Hall. There are twelve mem
bers in this class.
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Did Not Strike.

PITTSBURG, March 20.-Employes of the
Pittsburg Street-railway Company threat
ened to strike at midnight for the rein
statement of discharged men and regular
time for meals. The strike however, did
not take place. To become effective it had
TO be approved by District Assembly, No. 8,
X. of l.. This assembly met tonight and,
after hearing the grievances of the men,
decided unanimously against striking at
this time.
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TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Wabash Pioneer Closely Followed a
Relative, who Did the Same Thing.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, March 20.-Henry Wen
sci, a pioneer resident of Wabash. killed
himself Just before noon to-day. Mr.. Wen
sci was seventy-six years old. and re-
Gently had been greatly depressed through
the suicide of Mrs. Fred Hipskind, a MEM
Der of his family. who took carbolic acid.
The shadow Of this tragedy had been
constantly over his life, and, visiting the
F~alls-avenue drug store, he asked for two
ounces of carbolic acid for disinfecting
purposes. 1t was given him unhesitatingly.
Returning home. he took the entire GUAM
ti:y and was discovered by his daughter
i'm a dying condition on the floor. Mr.. Wen
sci was born in Germany, and came TO
Wabash in 1866. He left a widow and two
daughters.
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Dressmakers Organize.

CHICAGO. March a.-Two hundred
dressmakers from Chicago and the sur
rounding States met here tonight and
organized the National Dressmakers' As
ISOLATION for mutual protection and trade
advancement. A constitution and bylaws
were adopted. the initiation fee set AZ 80
and the annual dues at 81. a charter will
be applied for at once.
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Another Good Well trough In.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, March D.-An-
other big producing oil well was struck to-
day on the Richard Heagany lease, adjoin-
ing the corporation line. 1t is owned by
Joseph B.. Mayer. a Buffalo, N. Y, street.
car magnate. Although Mayer had no eX-
perience in the oil business he paid a big
bonus for the eighty-acre lease before a
we'll was sunk and when ii was considered
wildcat territory. This is the seventh well
and everyone has been a producer above
the average. The wells are making Mayer
a fortune. while Richard Heagany, the land
owner and former manager of the big South
Side window glass concern, is receiving
heavy royalties.
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Moore's Hill College.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
I'LL. Ind, March O.-The first
and second basketball teams Of the young
women's gymnasium class played a match
game this afternoon. The girls played well.
There were but ten fouls made on either
side. The final score was Z TO In favor
of the first team. There were one hundred
invitations issued and the faculty was in
vited. No other msn except members OF
the faculty were present. The captain OF
the first team, Miss Eva Jackson, who has
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the door / saw Scott on the wagon. |
walked out TO the gate. Scott said; What
were you doing I'm my woods? Hunting
He got of the wagon and started at me.
] lodged the blow and went backward on
the pike. i struck an overhanded lick and
hit him, knocking him dOwn AS / struck
him father grabbed me by the left arm. i
had a rock in my hand and threw it down."
His crOss-examination was under way
when court Adjourned. :
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Another Case of Smallpox.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind. March a.-Another
case of smallpox in the county developed
to-day at Hoagland. the patient being the
twelve-year-old daughter Of John f. Nc
Girk. OF this county. This child was visit
ing Mrs. Sweet. at HOagland. Yesterday
Miss Pearl Parker. aged twenty. daughter
of a former clerk in the county auditors
Office. was stricken at her home in this
city with the same disease.
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Postomce Thief Arrested.

COLUMBUS. o., March 3.-"Burglar
Jim" Anderson, a w~ell-known crook. is un-
der arrest AT JohnstOwn, Pa, charged with
being implicated with Frank CARPENTER
who was arrested at DarberviIle. o. TO-
day, in recent postof1ce burglaries i'm CEN
trail and southern Ohio. Anderson was ar
rested to-day by the Johnstown authorities
on instructions from this city, and a most
office inspector left tonight for Johnstown
TO bring him TO Columbus.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 0.-The
murder case of Lee Phillips. the negro
miner who shot Charles Markin, a saloon
keeper, at Grant on Christmas, has been
taken to Parke county on change of venue,
the defense claiming that a prejudice ex-
lists against giving a negro a fair trial in
this county and citing the lynching Of
Ward, a year ago, as proof of the fact.
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Kicked to Death by a Horse.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, March 2O.-John
Costello. a prominent Fulton county farmer,
and father of Desk officer Richard Costello,
of this city, was kicked to death by a horse
last night. He had gone TO the stable to
feed the horses and one of the animals.
becoming frightened. knocked him down
and trampled him. crushing his skull. His
wife found him nearly dead, and. being
shocked by the discovery. fell on his pros
trate form, in which position she was
found by a man who was hunting in the
neighborhood and called at the farmhouse
for supper.
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Losses Fixed by Adjusters.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. March 20.-Insurance ad-
~justers nave completed the estimates on
the loss TO c. s. Wachtell, Son & Co., car
rage and hardware dealers. whose store
was recently damaged, and the loss is
placed at $4,000. This is about half the
amount of some of the estimates.
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SMALLPOX NEAR BATEsvILLE.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
BATESVILLE. Ind. March 9O.-An cpl
demic OF smallpox is in full sway in a set
tlement OF Kentuckians near Morris, three
miles east of this place. Although ii has
been but a few days since the first case
was discovered. there are now eleven af-
r.cred with the disease. The cases are not
OF the severest nature, but a quarantine
will be established promtly. This same
settlement was visited by smallpox about
a year ago.
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Virginia Miners May Strike.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, March 2O.-The
annual convention of the United Mine
Workers OF America adjourned tonight
after q three days session. Huntington
was selected as the place for holding the
next annual meeting. But little informa-
ton is given out as TO the work of the
convention, but the prevailing opinion
seems to be that unless the operators make
y0me concessions that are demanded a
general strike in the two Virginias will be
ordered by Nav I.
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Mill Employees Preparing to Strike.

PASSAIC, N. j., March 2.-The police an
nounced to-day that fully half the mill
employees Of this city are planning a strike
for higher wages, to start April 1. The
police officials say labor leaders from the
coal regions Of Pennsylvania are here form
ing the plans. About 1000 persons are in
terested.
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The Sunday Journal, by mail, $50 Year

night after an illness Of several months.
aged sixty-eight years. Mr.. GObei was
born at Baskin Ridge. y. j. He came 20
Illinois when a boy and was Identified with
many important engineering interests. in
Guiding the first lake crib for Chicago's
water supply and the new postoffice build
inc here
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Oil Gusher in Ohio.

GAINESVILLE. o., March D.-The
Unity Oil Company, of P%ittsburg, struck
an oil gusher a few miles southeast of here
to-day. The oil shot up fifty feet above
the derrick and is flowing at the rate OF 300
barrels a day. Two wells recently drilled by
the company produced only gas.
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Hint to Bryan.

Washington Post.
There are those who think Mr.. Bryan
might gather more prestige by dropping on
al Lincoln. Neb.. occasionally for a short
cfaN
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Hard Lines.

Kansas city Journal.
II Is too bad that a prohibition State like
Kansas, which doesn't want anything but
water. can't have all the water n needs.
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Elias r. GobeI Dead.

CHICAGO. March 20-Elias +. Gobel. a
contractor widely known throughout the
country, died at his home i'm this city TO
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
ZION TEAM WON.

Defeated St. Johns Team of Meriden in
 Well Played Game-Score + to G.
 The St. Johns baseball team of Meri- den came to this city yesterday and played q game of baseball with the Zion Athletic association's team on the Y M. C. A. lot and were defeated by the score of 17 to 6 Dittmer, the St Johns pitcher, was knocked out of the box in the first inning, a total of thir- teen runs being made off him in that inning. Wodtke, who succeeded Ditt- mer, fared better. The feature of the game was the work of the Zion teams battery Vordenbaum and Holander Vordenbaum made the excellent record of striking out thirteen men during the game. This is the first defeat the St Johns team has suffered at the hands of the Zion team. A return game will probably be played in Meriden on the Fourth of July. After the game the visitors were given a banquet at the schoohouse adjoining church.
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Shares Exchanging.

The stockholders of the Winchester Avenue Railroad company are acting under the offer of the Fair Haven road made May first and are exchanging for stock of the latter. Up to the pres ent time of the thirty-two thousand shares of Winchester Avenue stock that may be exchanged for stock of the Fair Haven road over twenty thousand shares have already been offered for ex- change, and it is likely that before the 18th of, June the time limit for taking advantage of the offer, all of the ex- change will have been made.
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feet 10 inches and W. Jack, Yale,
 cleared feet inches.

feet 10 inches and W. Jack, Yale cleared feet inches.
 220 yards dash trial heats, first men in each heat to qualify for semi-fnals; second men to run over winner to qual- l fly for finals:
 First heat won by w. A. Schick Harvard; Thompson, Columbia, second l W. A. Lilley, Yale, third. Time p 4-5 | seconds. | Second heat won by J. R. Moulton Yale; j. s. Westner, Pennsylvania, sec ond. Time 22 1-5 Third heat won by N. H. Hargrave, Yale; F. K. Twombly, Syracuse, sec ond. Time 23 seconds,
 Fourth heat won by M T, Lightner, Harvard; w. Arnstein, Yale. second. Time 22 1-5 seconds.
 Fifth heat won by J, F. Haigh, Har- ward; A, Cadogan, California, second. Time 9 1-5 seconds.
 Trial heats for second men, winners to run in finals;
 First heat won by Thompson, Colum- bia Time 23 3-5 seconds.
 Second heat won by J. $. Westeney,
 
 ond. Time 23 seconds.
 Lilley ran third in the first trial heat and as Sehick of Harvard competed un- der protest, Liley qualified for the final.
 Pole vaulting trials-The following five men qualified with bar at II feet Is inch; l., A. Gray, Pennsylvania; Hinton, Yale; H. l.. Garner, Syracuse; D. s. Horton. Princeton, and A. w.. Coleman, Princeton,
 Running broad jump, trials The five men who qualified were; A. T. Foster Amherst, 21 feet il inches; c. S. Falows, Yale, 21 10 S-4 inches; James Grimes, Princeton, 21 feet 10 l-2 inches J, S. Spraker, Yale, 21 feet 1-2 inches. and A. w. Ristine Harvard, 21 feet inches.