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TRACTION WAR IN L0GANSP0RT
ELWOOD TIN WORKERS RESENT At
TITuDE OF THEIR OFFICIALS.
Old Man Accidentally shot-UnusuaI
Reunion at Thorntown-Big New
Oil WeII-other state News.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORTNILLE, Ind. July PA few min
utes after IL o'clock to-day a stranger en-
tered the Fortville Bank and asked the as
sistant cashier J. w. Trittipo. TO change
a quarter for him. The cashier was alone at
the time, the other employees being at din
ner.
When Mr.. Trittipo turned TO comply the
stranger produced a revolver and demand
ed that the cashier give him $3.50 at once.
Trittipo refused and reached for a weapon,
whereupon the stranger fired point-blank
at him. The bullet struck one OF the bars
in the grating around the desk and sped
harmlessly by Trittipo. The stranger. see-
ing that he had failed to wound or intimi-
date the cashier. turned and fed from the
bank, followed by Trittipo who gave the
alarm outside
The man down streets and alleys.
followed by a crowd Of men. who were
shouting, Shoot himr' Kill tie robber!'
At the outer edge of town the desperate.
who was fleeing for the woods, became
winded and checked his speed. The loaded
revolver which he carried kept his pur-
suers in check. and he still showed night
after number OF shots had been fired at
him. John Bills. a citizen who at first
gave the alarm, had hurried home end
| loaded his shotgun. made a detour and
headed the man in the timber. on refusal
TO surrender, Bills fired the load of bird
shot, which struck the fugitive fun in the
face, and he at once threw up mis- ANS -
surrendered. He was brought back TO
town and placed in Jail He Is painfully
wounded and one eye is badly injured: the
physician who was called extracted tNen-
ty-seven shot from his face AMI neck lie
was taken 10 the Jail at Greenfield fo- SAFE
keeping.
The would-be bank robber is Of medium
height, has dark, ruddy complexion. very
bla ck hair and was smoothly shaven His
weight is about l60 pounds. He was dressed
In a dark suit of clothes OF good material
and wore black Derby hat Nothing was
found on his person by which his identity
could be learned and he refused TO talk
The would-be robber came 10 town about
o'clock. He and another man alighted
from a train from Indianapolis at that
hour and were seen about town together
several times At the time Of the attempt
the second man was I'm a saloon nearby.
but during the excitement he disappeared
was at first locked up here, but there was
some talk of taking him from the lookup
for punishment, and his removal 10 Green
field was considered advisable.
The Fortville Bank is a prosperous insti-
tuition and is supposed 10 have large sums
of money hand times. r. +. Cahen
is cashier, j. W. TrittipO assistant cashier,
and Miss Vernie Vanzant is bookkeeper.
At the time OF the attempted robbery the
first and last-named were a dinner.
There was an unusually large crowd in
town to-day, which explains the quick pur-
suit and capture. The time from start 70
finish did not exceed thirty minutes.
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TWO NEGROES LYNCHED.
One Shot in a Police Station and An
other Hanged i'm a Park.

PHILIPPI, W. Va, July 24.-Two negroes
whose names were unknown were lynched
al Womelsdorf, near here, last night by an
angry mob numbering several hundred The
first black man was shot and killed in the
station house, the second was taken to the
park where he was hanged, then riddled
with bullets and cut to pieces. Both whites
and blacks are enraged and in arms. More
trouble is hourly expected. The trouble
grows out of the murder of Chief Bud Will
moth on July %. Several other arrests had
been made and lynching seemed imminent
on every side. The dead blacks were caught
near Bellington and were locked up, officers
arrested neither man gave his name Ne
groes are leaving on every train The
lynched men were horribly mutilated and
their bodies left the commons
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Killed ana only three OF TOUR OF the lnlTly
in the coach escaped injury Following is
a complete list of the casualties:
The Dead
MISS GERTRUDE SHERWOOD. Pat
tens Mills, Q.
A J. RATHBUN, of Columbus. promi-
nent oil man, died tonight.
The Injured
EDWARD ]. HERMAN, GAINESVILLE, cut
about head
WILLIAM y. WARNER. GAINESVILLE.
fracture of the arm and shoulder
CHESTER HARRIS. GAINESVILLE, bruised
about head and body.
CHARLES BAILEY. Marietta, o.. ribs
broken, injured internally; condition very
serious.
HARRY BAILEY, Marietta, o., face,
neck and shoulders bruised.
MRS. H r. POSTAL, Columbus, O.,
bruised about shoulder. severe scalp wound.
HOWARD B. SPEER, Marietta, O.,
struck on head, left forearm broken.
MRS. MARTHA BROWN, Parkersburg,
W. Va, head and face bruised.
MRS. LIZZIE WRIGHT, Sharpsburg, O.,
head and face and ankle injured.
CARL WRIGHT. Sharpsburg, O., injured
about head and internally.
WILLIAM DUFFY, Higginsport, o.. side
bruised.
WILLIAM s. LIGHTHIzER. Meigsville,
MISS ELSIE ROSSIER Marietta, O.,
face and side bruised.
DANIEL GILLESPIE, Malta, O., head
and neck bruised.
c. f. MYERS. Chicago, side bruised.
wrist broken and ankle sprained.
NORMA RATHBUN, Columbus. O.. head
bruised.
MABEL RATHBUN, Columbus. o.,
slightly bruised about head and shoulders.
MISS TIrCY BRIGHAM Marietta O
bruised about head, shoulders and side.
DR. ]. FLORY.- Elgin. H.. badly injured
about hips.
ROBERT JAMES, Pennsvilie. O., scalp
wound and hurt internally.
JAMES O'NE1L, Marietta, o., face
bruised.
A. S. TILDEN, Garrettsville. o.. bruised
about face and body.
EDWARD SMITH, Malta, O., dangerous
ly injured internally.
County Commissioner w F. Lighthizer,
of Morgan county. and Robert James
Pennsylvania stock dealer, are reported by
the physicians as unable TO survive the
night. Among the others who are tonight
pronounced to be in a dangerous condition
Charles Bailey, a commercial traveller,
of Marietta, and Mrs. H. H. Postal of Co
lumbus. All of the injured are receiving
every possible attention here. Norma and
Mabel Rathbun, who were injured are
daughters of A. ]. Rathbun, who dieG to-
night.
A summary of the casualties shows two
killed, three fatally, eighteen seriously and
six slightly injured. The only one in the
coach that entirely escaped injury was
little son of Mrs Martha Brown. None of
the tran crew were on the coach that fell.
They Joined the passengers in the other
coaches in saying that the sight was more
horrifying than can be described. When
the train was stopped at the other end of
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TO ABOLISH THE LIKIN.


SHANGHAI, July 24.-The viceroy of WI
Chang has received the Chinese govern
ment's sanction for the plan of Sheng, one
of the Chinese tariff commissioners, which
was approved by the viceroys, for the en-
tire abolition of the likin throughout the
empire thus securing free transit of all
merchandise, native and foreign. Sheng's
scheme provides for increased import du-
ties and, according 10 some reports, also
for increased export duties. and the Chinese
government proposes that this condition
shall be included in the British commercial
treaty now being negotiated. This plan
not only abolishes the likin, but declares
that the ancient recognized inland customs
shall he scheduled and that the number
Of stations shall not hereafter be increased
while the whole inland system will be
placed under the supervision of the i'm
perlal maritime customs, thus securing
good European management.
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BAR TO IMMIGRATION.
No Person Having Less Than 800
Permitted i'm south Africa.

WASHINGTON, July 24-United States
Consul Stanley Hollis. at Lourenzo Mar
quez, Portuguese East Africa, has cabled
the State Department as follows: New
law, no passengers having less than 500
allowed to land"
The Importance of the information is to
be found when il is considered in the light
of the determinatio of the British govern
ment to prevent as far as possible the re-
turn TO South Africa OF the foreigners VINO
took part in the late war on the Boer side.
IL is understood that the British influence
is strong with the Portuguese authorities
in East Africa, and as the railroad entering
the interior through LourenZo Marquee is
one of the principal channels of immigra-
ton into the British possessions in the
rear. ii is necessary some restrictions be
aDDlied there.
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MoIders Increase Defense Fund.

TORONTO, Ontario. July 24.-The iron
uolders' international convention has de-
cidcd TO increase their defense fund by
an additional assessment OF y cents A
member each quarter. This will add $50 Op0
a year TO the fund. which already amounts
10 over 500, coo a year. IL has also been de-
cidcd 10 hold a convention every three
years, subject 10 postponement By vote OF
the membership through a referendum
The representation Will be reduced from
one for every hundred or majority fraction
10 one for every 200 or ma jority fraction
thereof. A proposal to unite the offices OF
secretary and treasurer was rejected
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MONASTERY BURNED.
Loss of 100000 Suffered by Quebec
Trappfsts-Monks All Rescued.

Okla, Quebec. July A.-The celebrated
monastery of the Trappists here de-
stroyed by fire last night. Loss, $500 000 in
surance, 100000. There were ninety-seven
monks in the monastery. all of whom es-
capped. Ten thousand gallons Of cider and
1000 gallons of wine were destroyed. The
fire. the origin of which is unknown. de-
stroyed every vestige Of the magnificent
buildings which required many years TO
build. Two monks. Brother Seraphin. who
was blind, and another, who was suffering
from consumption, were rescued from the
top floor by priests AT the risk Of their
lives 1t is feared they will die.
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NEW TURN IN TRACTION WAR.
Boyd syndicate Secures Coveted
strip of Land i'm LOgansport.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LOGANSPORT, Ind. July A-The in
terurban and street-railway war is now on
IN full force IN Logansport and present
indications are that II viii be a long and
bitter one. This morning r. c. Boyd. Of
the eWabash-Dogansport Traction Company.
purchased from Andrew j. Murdoch the
only strip OF ground along the High street
read that was necessary 20 complete The
right OF way OF the Logansport. Rochester
& Northern Traction Companys line 10
Spencer Park AID secured "a temporary
injunction I'm the Circuit Court restraining
the l.. r. ~ y. from occupying said strlD
or the north side OF the highway abutting
thereon This is the strip that George r.
McCuhOch, who has the controlling inter-
10 purchase from MurdOck at $1,000 per
acre. but when the ofter made Mur-
oeck asked that his attorneys be pAlk
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TO PLEAD FOR SONS LIFE.
Mother of DIR. Russell Wilson. of Ohio
TO Visit Nicaragua.

CLEVELAND. o.. July 24.-The mother OF
DR.. Russell Wilson. the young physician OF
Milan. o.. will leave for Bluehelds. Mica
ragua. tomorrow 10 make a plea for the
sons life. Dr. Wilson is under arrest in
Bluefelds. charged with being member of
d hibustering expedition against the
Nicaraguan government DR. Wilson is 10
be court -nartialed the outcome Of which IL
is feared will be a sentence 10 death
Senator Hanna Is interested in the case
and has wired the Nicaraguan minister at
Washington 70 grant Mrs. Wilson all the
protection possible on the trip.
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POLITICIAN MISSING.
Ohioan's Disappearance Followed by
Discovery of Forged Notes.

CALDWELL. o.. July 4.-Jefferson W.
Bigley, recently publisher of the Caldwell
Press and a prominent politician. is miss
ing. There is excitement over the discovery
OF forged notes said TO be signed by his
father and others. all OF whom deny their
signatures. These notes aggregate $1,000.
Mortgages of $500 signed by Mrs Bigley
and others. have also turned up and the
parties deny their signatures. Officers are
now hunting Bigley on suits that have been
entered for the recovery of moneys secured
on the alleged forged notes and mortgages.
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TRACY ON A WHEEL.
Noted Outlaw Alleged to Have Been
Seen Returning to salem.

WOODBURY.. Ore, July 4.-Frank Pick
ems, a young man living in the outskirts of
town. has net a heavily armed bicycle
rider whom ne thought was Tracy, the out-
law and who asked the direction and dis
tsnce 10 Salem. After obtaining the de-
sired information the stranger rode on In
the direction of Salem Eighty rods be
hind the first came another wheelnan. also
heavily armed and apparently following the
first Pickens at once hastened to town
and notified the authorities
SALEM, Ore, July 1.-THE prison author
ities were at once notified and Sunerintend
ent Lee, of the pententiary. Immediately
placed extra guards the wall and sent
out full force 10 surround the prison ward
in order to prevent any raid on the wall
ora
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DAYTON, o.. July 25.-At a. m. 1t is
in the wreck and that fifteen or twenty
others were more or less injured. Engineer
Clark, of Xenia; Fireman Dwyer. of Gin
are among the dead Names of others
killed and injured are unobtainable at this
hour. All but the two rear cars of the
train were completely destroyed by fire
which followed the wreck
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Mr.. Taggart and United States Senate.

The report is again in circulation that
Thomas Taggart is a candidate for the
United States Senate. Mr.. Taggart is nom
communicative when questioned regarding
his candidacy but it is known that he is do
ing a little campaign work in the senatorial
district of Martin, Orange and Lawrence
counties. Mr.. Taggart was in Indianapolis
Wednesday, but he claimed his mission was
TO look after the Cummings voting ma
chine which is now being examined by the
State Voting Machine Commission. He Is
interested in the Cummings patent and
says a factory may be built TO construct
the machines if they are approved by the
commission.
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Election Commissioners Named.

Chairman Goodrich, of the Republican
State central committee. and Chairman
O'Brien, of the Democratic organization,
have named the members of the State
Board of Election Commissioners. The old
members were reappointed. Jefferson II.
Claypool was named by Mr.. Goodrich and
a. Greene Smith by Mr.. O'Brien. The selec-
tions will be confirmed by Governor Dur
bin The principal duty of the board is to
issue ballots and supplies for State cleo
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WORK OF CATTLEMEN.
About 1000 Sheep slain and $4,000
Left aS Prey to Wild Animals.

LANDERS, Wyo.. July A.-It is learned
that in addition 10 killing a Mexican sheep
herder named Sam Galaxe and slaughtering
several thousand sheep. a band OF $50 men
has surrounded all the sheep camps ana
forced the sheep men 10 abandon their
fiocks. After killing one herd of 2.O0O sheep.
twenty-five other herds amounting 10 about
5000 sheep. were driven into the mountains
and left 10 shift for themselves.
The sheep men have been threatened with
instant death If they go after their fiocks.
The sheep are now the prey of wild ami
mails and the loss will be very heavy The
scene of the lawlessness is lis miles west
of Landers in Fremont county. The militia
may be called out 10 protect the sheep men.
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COMMISSION MAKES REPORT.
Columbia Voting Machine Examined
and Found satisfactory.

The report of the Indiana state voting
machine commission. signed by Hugh
Dougherty, Frank L. Powell and 4. r.
Thompson. was delivered TO the secretary
of state yesterday. The report covers the
careful examination made by the commits
sion of the Columbia voting machine. The
text of the report was printed In the Jour
nal Wednesday morning. The principal
qualifications of the Columbia machine
according TO the examination is that II will
insure absolute secrecy OF ballot; that
electors may vote a straight or scratched
ticket as they may desire; that no more
than one candidate can be voted for Tor
the same office: that il registers correctly;
that votes for independent candidates may
be recorded by IL as well as those Tor party
candidates and that il is strong, durable
and satisfactory.
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OppositiOn for Tawney.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, July 4.-James
A. Tawney, representing the First Mime
sofa district in Congress, is TO be opposed
maries by State Senator T. V. Knatvo!I ],
who announces his candidacy to-day Mr.
Knatvold will make the fight on the Cuban
reciprocity question, holding President
Rossevelt's position.
Mr. Tawney was the leader of the in
surgentS in the House.
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HEADQUARTERS OPENED.
Republicans to Conduct Congressional
Campaign at New York.

NEW YORK, July 2.-Representative J.
w Babcock, of Wisconsin, chairman of
the Republican congressional campaign,
has opened headquarters in this city. The
party outlook, he says, is excellent, and
the Republicans will. he declares. retain a
good working majority in the next House.
Representative James S. Sherman of
Utica vice chairman of the committee, is
expected TO take charge at the New York
headquarters next month. Chairman Bah
cock will spend much of his time in Wash
ington.
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their projects without the fear that their
efforts viii be handicapped by Juggling
with the tariff. Mr.. Bynum thinks that eN-
Governor Francis. of Missouri. is about the
best man the Democrats could nominate ia
1904 for the presidency. Hill, he thinks,
would be unpopular in the West because
he is known opponent of the income
tax. Olney he considers out Of the Ques-
ton and he regards Cleveland as altogether
out of the political arena
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EXPLOSION OF a BOILER.
Eight Persons Injured, Two of Whom
Little Girls. VIII Die.

DECATUR, Ill. July 24.--The boiler in the
feed mill and machine shop OF william
Moomau. at Pierson, exploded to-day. Sc
riously scalding eight persons. all but Moo
mau being under fourteen years OF age.
Two little girls will die. The mill. which
was located near the MoOmau residence
wrecked
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MAY GO TO TEXAS.
Senator Bevcridge Will Probably
Campaign There.

A dispatch from Seguin, Tex, says that
Senator Beveridge has expressed his will
ingness to make at least four speeches in
the fifteenth congressional district of Texas
for ]. c. Scott. nominee for Congress. In
this district Senator Bailey will make an
active campaign for John n. Carter, the
Democratic nominee for Congress.
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Says His Name hC. A. Hall.

Special TO the Indiana polls Journal.
GREENFIELD, Ind, July A.-The man
who attempted to rob the bank at Fortville
to-day brought here this afternoon and
lodged in Jail. He had twenty-seven shot
wounds the most serious being under his
right eye. 1t will probably destroy the
sight. He said his name was g. A. Hall:
that he plumber and had been living
on East Washington street. Indianapolis,
but that his home was Dayton, o.
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Indiana Club Opening.

The directors of the Indiana Democratic
Club have issued invitations for the OPEN
ing of the new clubhouse, 3S5 North Penn
sylvania street wednesday evening July 80.
at o'clock. The function will be for mem
bers only and will be informal
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Hailstorm and CIoudburst.

SCOTTDALE. Pa. July 2f-ThIs section
was in the grasp OF the heaviest hailstorm
ever experienced here early this evening
Many thousands Of dollars Of damage has
been done in towns and country.
IRWIN. Pa. July 24.-Irwin was the cen
ter of a cloudburst. hailstorm and wind
storm tonight. The damage wrought in
less than an hour is estimated al 100000
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Secretary of the Navy Moody will make
two three speeches in Indiana this fall
if he can find time to devote to the Indiana
campaign Senator Foraker. of Ohio. will
open the Republican campaign in Nigo
county with a speech at Terre Haute on
Sept. 20.
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PINE BLUFF. Ark. July 24-Five con-
yicts. who escaped from the prison camp
al ENGLAND some days ago have been "
ing in a barn on plantation fifteen miles
from here Reports say they are supplied
with arms and prepared 10 make desper-
man.
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TWO KILLED. MANY HURT.
Coach on the Ohio q kanawha Road
Dropped Forty Feet

MCoNNELLsvILLE. O.. July 4-Tbe
worst railroad wreck in the history of this
valley occurred near noon at Douda, two
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Mr.. Wilson Not Worried, as Miners
VIII Begin Habeas Corpus Pro-
ceedings without Delay.
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STRANGER TRIES TO ROB THE FORT
VILE BANK IN DAYLIGHT.
Fires IA shot nt the Cashier ON Receiv-
ing Refusal and Is Chased
from Town by "A Mob.
HOLDS THE CROWD At BAY
AND Is SHOT DOWN BY 4 CITIZEN
W-.O HEADED HIN.

Is Taken 30 Jail at Greenfield. Where
He Gives His Name n {. 4. Hall,
Plumber Of Dayton, O.
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wilson Is WANTED
MINERS NATIONAL SECRETARY
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT.
His Arrest Ordered by Judge jackson,
of the United states District Court
of west Virginia.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN HERE

INDIANA's FEDERAL MARSHAL MAY
BE ASKED TO MAKE ARREST.
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miles below here. on the Ohio & Little
Kanawha. The rear coach jumped the
track on a trestle and fell forty feet turn
ing completely over. The train was going
thirty miles an hour and the coach was
completely wrecked One passenger was
killed and only three or four Of the thirty
in the coach escaped injury Following is
complete list of the casualties:
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would sentence her heavily. The Hungarian
miners claiming they had not un-
derstood the injunction were released on
the promise not TO violate it again. The
Austro-Hungarian consul at New York was
here TO represent them Including some
arrested later there were twenty-four Hun
garians released in the same manner.
THE DECISION.