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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
A BLACKSMITH'S VACATION.

Or How Perry Morrison Got Scratches
On HIS Scalp.
Perry Morrison, a blacksmith of Moores-
vile, left pastoral scenes and came to the
city yesterday. In the afternoon and early
evening he visited many West Side grog
shops and imbibed so freely that locomo-
ton became well-nigh impossible. Late at
night Perry met his waterloo at 1872 West
washington street, where a false step pre-
cipitated him INTO the basement. In the
fall the "horny-handed son of toll LAGER
ated his scalp in a way that caused blood
and profanity to flow. A City Dispensary
surgeon attended to the bl~acksmith's
wounds and unfeeling minions of the law
later chucked him into the bastile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
In Hands of Receiver.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, Oct. 6.-M. u. Dema-
rest. of this city. was to-day appointed re-
ceiver for the Beardsley Gravity Dam and
Construction Company, of this city. appli-
cation being made by Godfrey Bros, a
lumber company to which the Beardsley
company is indebted. The Beardsley COM
pany is insolvent, the liabilities being be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000, with but little assets.
Its financial affairs were crippled by losses
due to the sweeping away of partially con-
structed dams by high water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Put Salt ON This.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind, Oct. 6.-James + .craft
a young clerk In Mayor Moore's drug store.
living with his widowed mother here. has
been notified that he is one of about two
hundred heirs to the estate of Lord Town
~. OF England: that the proofs have bssr
allowed by the British Court OF Chancerv
and that each heir will soon receive a draft
for <1.oo0,o00. Niaie
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Policeman Sue. Commissioners.
ipecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct. 6.-Capt.
Thomas Cannon, who was recently re-
moved from the police force by the. COM
missioners on the ground of neglect of
duty, to-day filed suit in the Circuit Court
to be restored to his position. Judge W.. c..
Ctz issued a writ to the members of the
board TO either restore Captain Cannon to
his office by Oct. Is or appear in court and
show cause why they did not do so. Cap
tain Cannon is a Democrat, and two men,
bers of the board. Edward McCulloch and
Michael Tier, are Republicans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Wright Cannot BE Found.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6. President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of
america, paid a mysterious visit to this
city to-day and after remaining here about
six hours returned to Wilkesbarre. Mr..
mitchell arrived here on the Buffalo ex-
press at I:ZS. He was unattended and no
person met him at the station. Mr. Mitchell
passed out of the railroad station to the
street and from that time Until he reap
peared at the station, soon after noon, his
movements are unknown. He checked his
grip at the Reading criminal and again dis
appeared, returning about / o'clock and
taxing luncheon in the station restaurant.
He then boarded a train at 200 O'Clock for
Wilkesbarre. 1t was later learned that
president Mitchell had met Carroll 10.
Wrlgh commissioner of labor, but all ef-
forts to locate Mr.. Wright proved futile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

Interview with his former. wife. which was
granted They finally went for a drive. put
returned within an hour. Mrs. Hale de-
clared to her husband that she would re-
main true and that she had no hove Tor
Harrison. Later In the evening. however,
she left her home, ostensibly for a short
trip to town. She has not been seen since
IL was supposed that she had eloped with
Harrison. and tonight this view was con-
firmed when Mrs. Hale telegraphed to her
husband in his city, from New York. stat
ing that she had been deserted again By
Harrison. She asked forgiveness and the
privilege Of returning home Transporta-
ffon was sent 10 her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Coal Stealing Excused.

BUFFALO. Oct. GA poor woman was
brought before Magistrate Thomas F.
Murphy a few days ago, charged with hav-
ing stolen so cents worth of coal from one
of the great railroad corporations.
"Discharged,'' said Judge Murphy. I'm my
estimation 1t will be positively necessary
for the poor to get their coal by stealth
during the coming winter. It's the rail-
roads that are responsible for the present
scarcity of coal and the existing high
prices. These same railroads can we'll af-
ford to let an occasional poor woman help
herself to a basket of their COAL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Muncie to Alexandria.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 6-The Union Trac-
ton Company to-day applied to the County
Commissioners of Delaware county for a
franchise to operate a line from Muncie
west to the county line. This is the extern
sion of the system from Muncie to Alexan-
dria. Five miles of the roadbed have been
graded and the track will be built at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
All Is Quiet at Scranton.

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. g. No effect of
the failure of Fridays White House coal
strike conference was noticeable here to-
day. The companies admitted there were
no appreciate additions made to their
working forces and the mine workers
leaders. with equal candor, said there were
no assertions from the mines. There was
also a total absence of lawlessness up to
nightfall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Roads Not SOlidIy Built.
Special to the Indianapolis journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Oct. 6.-Two hun
dred and fifty residents of Portage and
Union townships to-day filed a remon-
STRANGE with the County Commissioners
to prevent further payment to Contractor
McGrew, who is constructing gravel roads
in those two townships. They alIege the
is being violated by using one
instead of two layers of gravel, and that
weeds and other growths are used to fill
in the foundation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Woman Burned tn Dcotb.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct. 6.-Miss
Clarinda Hitchcock, aged forty years. was
burned to death this afternoon at her home
in Little York. Her body was found near
an open fireplace will the clothing burned
on. She was subject to epilepsy. and. in is
thought, fell into the fireplace during one
of the periodical attacks. She was a dauph-
ter OF Joshua Hitchcock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Horse and Buggy Stolen.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Oct. 6.-While z. E..
Davis, a business man of this city, and his
wife were attending services at the M. E.
Church last evening his horse and buggy
were stolen from i'm front of the church.
Persons standing near saw the buggy being
driven away, but supposed that a son of
Mr.. Davis was driving. Officers have been
securing the country, but up to this time
have been unsuccessful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 6.-In making
up the list of jurors for the Federal Court
In this city, a new United States marshal
selected the name of John w. Spencer, the
lawyer and politician of Washington, Ind.
When MIR. Spencer came here this after
noon and showed up at COMMISSIONS
Wartman's office he was released from
duty. COMMISSIONS Wartman said never
In his memory had an attorney before been
selected as a juror in the Federal Court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Oct. 6.-The undertaking
rooms of Jesse l.. Sells were wrecked by
fire this morning shortly after 2 o'clock.
cntailing a loss of over 5000, half of which
is covered by insurance. The fire started
from a gas jet, and two fine funeral cars
ana an ambulance were among the prop
erty destroyed. The undertaking depart
ment adJoins Sells's livery barn, and il was
only by the hardest work that il was saved.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

Mr.. Carey c. Winans and Miss winefred
Kelley were married at 6 o'clock last even
ing at the home of Rev. T. ]. viIlers, pas
tor OF the First Baptist Church. The
parlors of the pastors residence Har. ~
Grated with fall daisies in honor of the
event. The young people will live in CO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Thief Found n bag Of Money.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
Ind, Oct. .6.-Thieves en-
tered L. L. Weeks's meat market last night
and stole a shot bag containing 81. %. They
erected an entrance by taking out a screen
IN a rear window and boring a hole In the
sash so they could turn the latch Tbers
Is no clew TO the thief. but it was someone
acquainted with Mr.. Weeks's habit and
place OF storing his money. -"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
BRYAN's FIVE SUGGESTIONS.


Neb., Oct. Sin a statement
made tonight w. j. Bryan says President
Roosevelt should be commended for his eff
forts to settle the miners strike. He sug-
eests. however. that since the operators de-
cline 10 arbitrate the Presidents hands are
tied, and urges him to call an extra session
OF coneresp- Five measures. Mr.. Bryan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
ENTIRE DIVISION.
FROM FIRST PAGE)

their differences with the striking miners
with whose demands many of the
equitable real owners of the unmined and
unpaid for coal of Pennsylvania, over which
the railway magnates so despotically exer-
else their power of the legal title they hold
as @lessees, are, like myself, entirely in
sympathy. We have some vested rights
entitled to respect and we welcome Your
intervention"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

SpeCIdI 10 tne Indianapolis Journal.
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, Oct. 6.-At the
meeting of the County Commissioners to-
day, Charles c. Smith failed to obtain
license for two saloons. Two remon-
~strances were filed with the county audi
tor, with 35l signatures on one and 361 on
the other. The total vote cast for Gov
ernor in 1900 was 6SS in this county. The
attorneys for the remonstrators were
Charlee j. Orbison, of Indianapolis, and
George l.. Close, of this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
listers.


an Orphans Home.
The Rathbone Sisters will hold their an
nual meeting in this city, beginning to-
day. They have their headquarters at the
Denison Hotel. One of the important mat
tiers to come before them will be a report
OF the Orphan Home Board. One of the
cherished plans of the Rathbone Sisters
Is to build a Pythian orphans home. They
started a movement of this kline a few
years ago and have raised something like
5000.
Last night the board met with an adj
visory board from the knights of Pvthias
Mrs. r: B. Rohbock. of Wabash, is chair
man OF the former board. The advisory
BOARD Will make a report in favor of do
mating funds toward the building of the
nome. 1t is a question with the board.
however. whether the home should be man,
aged by a joint board or whether the
knights should contribute to its support
ana allow the women to manage the in
stitution. "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
On. Rate. mt Kokomo.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind, Oct. 6.-The Council to-
night passed an ordinance establishing nat
ural gas rates of s., $50 and s1.25 a month
for different sorts Of stoves. The PROPOSE
ton is to be submitted to the Chicago Gas
Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

announced to-day that the works here will
be rebuilt and doubled In size at a cost of
between SIS, 600 and $4,000 within the coming
year. A new site with better railroad IA
cilfties will be obtained before the change
is made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
EUREKA LODGE WILL HELP.
Locomotive Firemen Vote to Aid
Striking Anthra ute Miners.

Eureka Lodge, No. IA. Brotherhood Of
locomotive Firemen, at a largely-attended
meeting last night, unanimously voted an
assessment of 1 per cent. of the wages of
all the members of the lodge-140 in mum.
ber-to be sent monthly to the relief of
the striking Pennsylvania miners. This
VIII yield an income of between 500 and
SIoo each month from this lodge alone.
There are two other lodges of this organ
ization which have not yet acted on the
question, but 1t is expected they will do
SO. me Grand Lodge of the order recently
voted $1,000 to the relief eund.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
K. AND L. OF II. TODAY.
Committee Meets to Recefv,
the Reports.

The fnanc committee of the Grand
Lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor. met
at the Denison Hotel yesterday and dis.
cussed the finances Of IN organization.
Inc Grand Lodge will meet to-day. Re-
ports OF walter B. Hassan. grand secre-
tary' and j. T. H. Miller. grand treasurer,
were made: 1t was shown that there were
forty-nine lodges in Indiana In good stonde
ing on June 80 last. The membership AT
that time was 1876. June 80, 1900, the mem
bership was SOP. The amount maid IN
bene1ciarfes was $104, 500. ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. Oct. &C. NJ. Kimbroueh.
president OF the Indiana Bridge Comsans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Prices Advanced at Madison.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind, Oct. 6.-Madison dealers
to-day advanced the price of best Pitts
burg lump coal to IL cents a bushel. The
supply of all kinds on hand is about zoo. 600
bushels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
receiver for stone Man Denied
Incc,aI "a tho India M nolis JournaI

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Oct. 6.--Judge Mat
tison. of the Circuit Court. this afternoon
denied the application for the appointment
of a receiver for the Stone Man." or petri-
fed body found in the river here last week.
This decision probably will end the l:tiga-
ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
ELLEN M. STONE IN TOWN.
Missionary Who Had Thrilling Expe-
rfence Stops Over Night

Miss Ellen M. Stone, of Boston, the mis-
sionary who had a thrilling experience with
Bulgarian bandits. arrived at the Hotel
English late last night with her nephew.
Frederick 7. Stone. Miss Stone could not
be seen and those who inquired for her
were referred to her nephew. He gave ont
the information that they had s,o
stopped in Indianapolis for the night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

NARROWING Young Mems Christian
Association has selected the following en-
Colonial Ladies' Military Band. of Boston;
dorado Taft, sculptor; Bob Burdette.
humorist: Durins's Swedish Ladies' Quin-
tet, vocal; Prof. John B. De Motto. illus
trated lecture; Col. George w. Balm. Ken
lucky orator; Louis Favour, scientific lee
ture; Lotus Glee Club, male quartet: Mrs.
Mile Marshall Smith, %reciter. The Ladies
Colonial Band, of Boston, will give the
first entertainment on Oct. 9. Miss
Margaret Williams, a ~well-known society
woman of this city, has left for Warm
Springs, Ore, where she will take a posi-
ton as teacher in the government boarding
school at that place. She will remain with
the school until next year.
ELWOOD.-An innovation i'm religions
when the ministers of the city. heaGed by
~Evangelists Toy and Fisher, who are con-
Quoting the union revival, went to the Nc
Cloy lamp chimney factory and held evan
gellstic services, in which the manager of
the factory, w. S: James, joined heartily.
1t will likely be followed by similar services
in other factories here.
RICHMOND.-William awcett is under
arrest and the police are looking for Will
liam Muckridge. The men are Implicated
by Miss Bertha Wilmer. aged nineteen
years, In a criminal assault alleged to nave
peen committed upon her. Fawcett is the
ridge is a horse trader.
VALPARAISO.-Oscar Rabie, a Porter
county farmer, was slashed with a razor
and probably fatally injured on Monday
evening by one of his farm hands. . . .
The Tenth district township trustees will
hold their first meeting at Rensselaer, on
Oct. Is.
kOkOMO.-Jessica and Hazel Waugh,
daughters of James Waugh, of Upton, and
nieces or ex-Congressman Waugh, of this
district, have Joined a theatrical company,
Jessica as a violinist and Hazel as a chorus
girl.
HARTFORD CITY.-The farmers of
Blackford county are losing hogs by the
hundreds by cholera. So far the anti-tox-
Inc treatment has failed. Immune hogs
have died with the rest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07
Indiana Obituary.

NEW CASTLE. Ind. Oct. civilian F.
Shelley, aged sixty-eight years, died at
his home in this city yesterday of lung
trouble. He was a soldier of the civil war.
and when discharged was captain of a
company of the One-hundred-and-forty-
seventh Indiana Regiment. He served four
years as postmaster of New Castle and fer
the past four years had been a rural mail
carrier. In that four years he made LBS
trips over his route, aggregating $3.50
miles. In that time he delivered 1s6.o47
pieces of mail. His old horse, Tom Browne,
was his companion over rs, T5 miles of the
distance. The funeral will be held on Tues
day. Mrs. Nancy Lander, of this
city, was operated on In a Cincinnati hos
pital last week for tumor and last night
she died. The funeral will be held on
Tuesday at Flemingsburg. Ky.
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 6.-Uri Lowe eighty
one years old. died yesterday Of paralysis
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William
Williamson. He was born In Greene coun-
ty, but had been a resident of Muncie
since boyhood. He was a veteran of the
civil war. Mr.. Lowe had held county Of
fees for several terms. Four sons and two
daughters survive him. The funeral will
be held Tuesday. Mrs. Rebecca
Jones. s~eventy-six years old, widow of the
late William Jones, succumbed on Sunday
afternoon to paralysis. Five children-Mrs.
A. l.. Shideler. of North Fork. Oak; James,
Robert and Miss Minnie Jones, of Muncie.
survive her. The funeral will take place
Wednesday afternoon.
LAPORTE, Ind, Oct. 6.-Wesley Travis,
one OF the largest individual landowners I'm
northern Indiana, died here to-day, aged
sixty-four years. He was one of the first
white persons born in Laporte county. He
accumulated by farming a fortune of more
than 100000, which goes to the widow and
two sons.
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, Oct. 6.-Samuel Har-
rod died this morning at his home near
Glasco. A few days ago he worked in a
well and caught cold. which was the cause
OF his death. He was eighty-five years old.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Oct. 6.-Mrs. Eliza
beth ellison, aged sixty-eight years, wife of
Andrew Gibson, is dead after a short ILL
She left her husband and six daughters.
Ind, Oct. 6.-Jasper Miller,
aged seventy years, dropped dead in his
wagon this evening while unloading a load
of corn at the Vallonia mill. He was an
old resident of Driftwood township.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
JOHN COLLINS CASE.
1t Reaches Supreme Court on
Appeal Today.

The John Collins case has at last
reached the supreme court. An appeal
from Judge Hazen's decision, rendered
a few weeks ago, refusing to grant Col
Inns a writ of coram nobis, was
filed in the supreme court today. This
is the first time the noted murder case
has been appealed in any form. and
the outcome will be watched with in
terest
There are two principal grounds on
which a new trial is claimed, one be-
cause there was not time between the
close of the trial and the end of the
term of court for the stenographer to
prepare the transcript for the appeal to
the supreme court and the other be-
cause of the discovery of new evidence.
which Collins friends claim will secure
his acquittal.
Judge Hazen refused to grant the
writ of coram nobis, giving Collins the
right to appeal to the supreme court
after the expiration of the usual time,
and from this decision an appeal is
taken.
The last allegation in the application
for the writ is as follows:
This defendant alleges in a most
solemn manner that he is wholly in
nocent of the crime with which he is
charged and convicted, and wholly in
nocent of guilty knowledge of said
crime of killing his father, James s.
Collins, and further alleges that the
verdict in said action was and is con-
trary to and unsupported by the evil
dence given upon the tr1al, ana tnaC
greater credence was given to the testi-
mony of professional criminals by the
jury trying said cause than should have
been given, owing to the intense ex-
citement at the time of trial; that If
this defendant has opportunity, he will
prove his innocence to the satisfaction
of the court and jury, but that by
reason of the fact that the guilt or in
nocence of the defendant cannot be con-
sidered in this case, this defendant does
not now disclose to the court his newly
discovered evidence. relied upon by him
to show his innocence"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
BAILEY GETS ANOTHER.
Washington County's Fifteen Dele
gates For Him.

w. J. Bailey will get the delegation
from Washington county, which is hold
ing its convention this afternoon.
Whether it is instructed or not it will
be for Bailey, and the proba bilities are
that the convention will follow Marshall
county's lead and instruct.
One of the leaders of the opposition
to Bailey in Washington county is L.
A. Palmer, editor of the Washington
Republican. Mr.. PaImer's personal
preference is Troutman, and for that
reason he preferred to have the WASH
ington delegation uninstructed, but at
noon today he had given up hope of
preventing a Bailey delegation. In a
telephone message to the State Journal
this afternoon Mr.. Palmer said:
There is no doubt but what the dele
cation will be for Bailey. 1 am not sure
yet whether it will be instructed or
not. am working against instructions
because 1 am for Troutman, but the
convention may instruct just the same
Bailey is here today and he may cap
ture the convention so completely that
it will instruct for him.
Washington county has the second
largest delegation in the Fifth district.
1t has Is delegates. Dickinson county,
however, has the same number This
gives Bailey the first 33 delegates elect
ed in the Fifth district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
RIVER GOES DRY
The Mighty Missouri Ceases to
Flow at Sioux City.
Stoppage is Due to an Ice Gorge
Sixty Miles Above.

Sioux City, Ia, March 19.-'fhe forma-
ton of huge ice gorge in the Mississippi
river imperils thousands of dollars worth
of property in this vicinity. Early Sun
day morning the river suddenly ceased
running till the water was but two feet
deep at Chamberlain S. D., and so sud-
den was the fall that d ferry boat was
stranded in midstream- The great stream
is still running no more than a creek.
Couriers sent up the river to find the trou-
bic report a great ice gorge had formed at
Little Bend, 60 miles above Chamberlain.
S. D
For so hours the water has been piling
up behind this obstruction and there is
now enough water collected to sweep the
Missouri valley in a flood that win cause
disaStr loss In all the records of the
government engineers here nothing like
this has occurred In the great flood of
1882 counties flooded by ice
gorge, but enough water escaped the dam
to make a good sized river. Between
Chamberlain and Little Bend there are
enough tribuatry creeks to supply all the
water now running. In this city. 25O miles
from the gorge by river, the water has
fallen three feet within "a hours.