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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-05
Indiana Notes.

BEDFORD.-The County Commissioner
have granted a franchise TO Ohio capital
lists for the construction of a traction rail-
way over certain streets of the city and for
an extension to- Oolitic. This franchise re-
places one previously granted to the repre-
Sentatives of another company which did
not fulfill it's contract with the county.
William Broaddus, a Kentuckian.
has been arrested. given a preliminary
hearing and bound over to the Circuit
Court on the charge of stealing certain
hogs from +. II. Anderson. The size and
peculiar shape of the tracks made by his
enormous feet in the snow were the cause
of his apprehension.
ELWOOD.-By a considerable majority,
and after a spirited contest, the buffet,
which has heretofore been a prominent fea-
ture of the clubhouse of the local lodge of
Elks has been abolished. Edward
Carpenter was fined 800 and costs in the
City Court on Tuesday for wife desertion.
He left his wife and four small children in
destitute circumstances a few days ago,
In administering the sentence Judge Jones
said he would have sent Carpenter to the
penitentiary If it had been in his power TO
do so.
RICHMOND.-The Methodist congrega-
ton at Economy. this county, has asked the
conference to return Rev. f. F.. Thornburg
for another year. s** Nathan II. Ed
wards, the ~well-known Wayne county
artist, is reported seriously i'll. The
Rev. Day, of Milan, o., has been called 70
the pastorate OF the Presbyterian Church
at Hagerstown and Cambridge City.
WARREN.-G. w. Simpson. whose home
is at Ridge Farm and who recently became
the Glover Leaf agent here, has been ar
rested, charged with embezzlement and the
forgery of express money orders as a
means to hide the discrepancy in his ac-
counts. He formerly was an employe OF
the Big Four, and that company is In some
way involved in the developments.
MADISON.-Nearly all of the members OF
the Jefferson county Democratic central
committee are in favor of the denomination
of F. NJ. Griffith for member of Congress.
1t is generally understood here that Judge
New will not seek congressional honors In
the Fourth district. preferring to remain OF
the bench.
LAFAYETTE.-The County Commission
ers on Friday granted to the Lafayette &
Indianapolis Rapid Railway Company q
right of way through the principal street
in S~tockwell. Representatives of the CON-
pany say they are very much In earnest
and will press the Council for rights in this
city.
BRAZIL.-Fred Cox and Martin Decker
got into an alteration over rent due on the
house occupied by Cox, and the latter drew
a revolver. Adam Arnold, a bystander. IN
terfered and was shot and wounded in the
thigh. Cox was arrested.
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PLATE GLASS PROFITS.
Annual Meeting of n American
Company Hears N Good report.

P~ITTSBURG. Feb. 1.-THE annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Pittsburg
Plate Glass Company was held to-day, the
election of a board of directors for the
ensuing years resulting i'm the reelection
of the old board of six, with one additional
member. The new board includes John
Pitcairn, +. a. Hitchcock, Artemus Pit
cairn, w. w. HerToy. w. l.. Clause, w. ID.
Hartupe and c.. w. Brown. The new MEM
Der of the board is T.. a. Hitchcock. of St.
Louis The same officers were elected by
the directors.
The statement of President Pitcairn
shows the profits for the past year were
81. sos. 1921, and with the dividends deducted
there was placed I'm the surplus fund 1884,
SSH. To the surplus of last year is added
that sum. which makes the total surplus
of the company Sc, 100. POS. 80.
The president. i'm his report, says So per
cent. or the plate glass consumption in this
country Is in small sizes. on which there is
no profit. The other IS per cent. amounting
to about 100000 feet, will be sought by both
domestic and foreign manufacturers who
are largely overstocked. This will force
prices down, and profits will be compare
lively small for some time To come.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 4-Purdue Uni
versity is now giving instruction in Span
ish, with an enthusiastic class of several
members. The purpose is to give thorough
education in this couse to those who may
aspire to positions in the former Spanish
colonies, there being a popular demand
that this study be added TO the curriculum.
Mime. p. Mariote Daviess, professor or
French, is in charge of the new depart
ment.
Purdue is making diligent preparation
for the basketball meeting with Indiana
Normal School of Terre Haute on Friday
evening. The local lineup is announced as
follows: Forwards, Cook and Reimann;
center, j. +. Ct. Miller; guards, Peck and
Lucas. 1t is expected that it will be the
best-played and best-attended game of the
season.
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JUDGE LOTT DYING.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Feb. 5.-Judge Orlando j.
Lott, of the law firm of Gregory. Silver
burg e Lott. is dying of typhoid fever,
after a sickness of two weeks. At 2 o'clock
this "wednesday morning the attending
physicians say they have no hope that he
Will live more than two or three hours.
Judge Lott served on the Delaware coun-
ty Circuit Court bench one term of four
years by virtue of election by the Demo-
Gratis. because two Republican candidates
split that party'S vote with a Republican
majority of $500. Judge Lott held the
bench additional time by virtue of appoint
ment by Governor Matthews. While on
the bench Judge Lott was elected on the
state Democratic ticket for an Appellate
judgeship and served on this bench. Fol-
lowing this he returned to Muncie and re-
engaged in the law business in the leading
law firm Of Muncie.
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Mrs. Francis A. Kinney.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW, Ind, Feb. with the death
Of Mrs. Francis A. Kinsey here early this
morning the Oldest married couple in
northern Indiana was separated. Mrs. Kin
sev was lightweight years of age and her
husband. who survives, Is ninety-two.
They were married sixty-nine years ago
and became residents OF this county in
1853. Mrs. Kinsey is survived by seven
children, thirty-nine grandchildren and
more than twenty-five great-grandchildren,
most Of whom are residents of this county.
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Machine sbop Badly scorched.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE Wallace
manufacturing works. makers of brick ma
chinery, was damaged by fire yesterday
to the extent of $500 or $4,000. The flames
were discovered about $50 o'clock by two
apprentice boys, who gave the alarm. The
fire had done much damage TO the machine
shop and storeroom before the department
arrived, but all the expensive machine
patterns were saved. The property was
insured to the amount of $2,1W in the Nj
agara of New York and the Royal Insur-
ance Company. Repairs will be made at
once and the trade will suffer but slight
delay in fulhllment of orders.
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STATE oRAToRICAL CONTEST.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. AT a mass
meeting of the students of De Paw Uni
versity to-day final arrangements were
mad for the trip to Indianapolis on Fri
day for the oratorical contest of the col
leges and universities of the State. Among
other details attended to a committee on
yells was appointed. which promises to
fix things so that the audience will know
De PAW is present. A special train will
leave here at 1890 o'clock Friday after
noon, and it probably will carry 700 or 500
passengers. A One-third fare has been
secured for the trip.
j. NJ. Devers, De Pauw's representative
in the contest. is from South Dakota. com
ing here a year ago, following Professor
Brumbaugh. of the chair of oratory and
literature. who had taught in Dakota. Mr..
Devers helped improve a government land
grant of $50 acres, most of his time being
spent many miles from neighbors, among
the Indians. Then he went to a Dakota
academy, and finally came here, after two
years of college work in Dakota. He has
had experience as a public speaker and
has an easy address on the platform, in
addition 10 distinct oratoricaI ability.
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WORKERS in DiSSENSI0N
WASHINGTON STRIKE Is A FIGHT OF
ORGANIZED LABOR.
Traction strikers Outwftted at Brazil
-hebun for Traction Project-Me-
mortal to Prof. GIascOck.


Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Ind. Feb. 4-The trouble
between employees OF the B.. & o. S. w.
shops has resolved itself into a war be-
tween different branches of organized Ia
Dor. on the one hand are the leaders OF
the American Federation Of Labor, who
are strongly determined 10 fight 1t out with
the company 10 a finish. Opposed TO them
are many Of the more influential men OF
that organization and in addition those or
other labor organizations who were not
strikers. but who were locked out when the
shops were closed Daily dispute of a
most vigorous character are reported and
there are threats Of violence.
The company maintains its former posi-
tion-that the shops will be closed 10 all
employees except as the company desires to
re-engage them. Daily a few men are be-
ing taken back and the company seems to
be in a position and fully determined TO
weed out the Objectionable elements
through the reorganization OF its working
force.
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INDIANAPOLIS Suit on Trial.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Feb. 4--The case OF
Ruth E. Seerley against the Indianapolis
Street-railway Company for damages is on
trial before a jury in the Boone Circuit
Court. The case came here on a change of
venue. The plaintiff and her husband were
riding in a buggy on Massachusetts ave-
nue.. indianapolis, on May 9, 1900. when their
buggy was struck by a street car and both
or the occupants thrown out on the pave
ment. 1t is alleged that the plaintiff re-
cefved injuries about the head, body, back
and limbs that rendered her a physical and
mental wreck. She asks for $4,000 dam
ages.
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EarIham Summer School.
Indianapolis journal.

SpeCiaI 70 the IndianapoIis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. l~-Announce-
ments have been made regarding the sum
mer school TO be held at Earlham College
for six weeks. beginning on June Il. The
following faculty has been secured: Eng
lish grammar and English literature, Prof.
William y. TrueblOod; mathematics. Prof
r. l.. Sackett: review OF United States his
tory. methods in history, political and in
stitutional history OF the United States.
Prof. Cyrus W. Hodgin; chemistry.
physics. physiology and biology, Prof. w.
clifford Cox. professor OF science in the
Columbus 0nd.) High School: Latin, Prof.
Richard w. Barrett; reading and %elocution.
Prof. r. p. Trueblood.
Joseph Kenney. who will represent Earl
ham in the State oratorical contest at In
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tomorrow will say: THE Mills Brothers,
of South Bend. Ind, who. it is claimed.
operated a peanut corner last year with
success. are said TO have a corner in pine
apples. 1t Is rumored that the pineapple
deal involves $5,000,0O0 Practically the en-
tire crop Of Cuban pineapples of the year
1902. IL is said. has been secured by the
firm. The holdings thus acquired are re-
garded as assuring TO the firm a control
ling power in the pineapple market for the
entire United States"
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LAWS POSSIBLY INVALID.
Acts of the Wyoming Legislature Not
Read and Recorded.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. THE discov-
cry has been made that every law enacted
by the last Legislature which met a year
ago is possibly invalid. for the reason that
the bills were not read and recorded prop
erly in the lower house. Among the laws
passed and whose validity is now ques-
toned were the apportionment act, the new
iury law and an act licensing gambling.
The matter probably will be referred to
the State Supreme Court. but possibly the
tangle can only be Strengthened out by ex-
ira session OF the Legislature. Governor
Richards is now in South America. and an
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WABASH COUNTY CONVENTION.
Republicans Nominate n Full Ticket
at n Harmonious Meeting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 4-By far the
largest convention ever held in Wabash
county was that of the Republicans for the
nomination of a county ticket here to-day.
The opera house was filed to OVERLOOKING
and many persons could not gain admit
lance. Cary Cowgirl was chairman. Nomi-
nations were begun at l o'clock and were
not completed until s o'clock. The ticket is
as follows:
Alfred III. Plummer, both by acclamation;
prosecutor. Charles III. Brewer; clerk.
Charles S. Rose; auditor, Scott Davis;
treasurer, Elias Scott; sheriff, decided after
fourteen ballots, SAINT Martin; coroner.
Homer Jones; surveyor. William Fowler;
commissioners. Albert Tweedy and Ere
mont Martin; county councilmen, Henry
Alder, Jonah Heacock, Abram B~rookhart,
Thomas McNamee. Tobias Miller, Levi
Patterson and Wiley Jordan.
The result is entirely satisfactory and
perfect harmony prevailed throughout
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tpecial TO the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind. Feb. 4-Harry
Smith. of Detroit. Mich. who was in Jail
awaiting trial on n charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. is i'll of small
pox. The case, which is the first to appear
In this city for over three years. developed
to-day. The Jail building and its inmates.
including Sheriff Nipple and his family.
have BEEN placed in quarantine by the
Board of Health. A large number of per-
sons have been exposed, and several pris-
Dners who were discharged last night will
be quarantined.
The County Commissioners held a special
session to-day and made an appropriation
for the building of a p~esthouse, the build
Ing formerly used having burned down sew
eral weeks ago. Smith contracted the dis
ease at Nashville. Tenn, about ten days
ago while In a hospital.
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Not Favorable to Mr.. Barcus.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE Re-
publican county committee to-day decided
to hold the primaries for the selection of
delegates to the congressional nominating
convention on Friday of this week. The
meeting was open TO the public and at
tracted much attention because of reports
that an effort would be made to change
the method of selecting delegates in behalf
of James S. Barcus. candidate for the con-
gressional nomination.
II had been proposed to some of the COM
mitteemen that the committee select the
forty delegates, but this met with such
positive objection that it was abandoned,
and in the same interest ii was moved that
the precinct committeeman meet and name
the delegates, but this also was voted down.
Several speeches were made IN which Mr..
Barcus's candidacy was severely criticised.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 4-The Bust
ness Mems banquet held tonight to start
the movement for raising money to erect
an additional building for the Y. M. c. A.
was attended by 200 representative citizens.
There was disappointment because Cover
nor Durbin could not be present 10 preside,
as had been arranged, but he sent word
that he was sick. John V. Farwell, the
Chicago merchant, was to have been pres
ent, but he missed the train. State Secre-
tary Stacy and Mr.. Bierce, of Dayton, were
among those who spoke.
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Store Hurned at EIizaviIIe.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind. Feb. 4.-Ffre destroyed
Powell & Reeds two-story frame business
building last night at EliZaville, a village
about eight miles north Of here. The fire
started from the hue in the upper story,
The lower floor was occupied by Powell &
Reeds general merchandise store, and con-
siderable of this stock was saved. The
Modern Woodmen's Lodge occupied the up
per floor. Their loss is estimated at $3.50
The total loss is estimated at 5000. There
was $1,000 insurance on the building and
5000 on the merchandise and fixtures.
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Small Failures at Marion.


Special 10 the IndianapoIs Journal.
MARION. Ind. Feb. There were two
assignments here to-day. The oil operating
firm of Mcmahon & Hileman scheduled liza
bilities of about Sc. ZOO. with assets of s.. 1000.
The partners came here from West Vir-
ginia not long ago. Last week the senior
partner disappeared, leaving the firms af-
fairs In bad condition, and the failur fol-
lowed. The grocery firm of Jones & Ian
caster scheduled liabilities of 81. 700 and as
sets of about half that amount
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Aged Man Fatally Burned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, Feb. 4.-Joseph Trainor.
aged about eighty years, one of the Oldest
residents of Lawrence county,, a pioneer
who had seen the county developed from a
wilderness to one of the most prosperous
in the State, met with an accident last
night that caused his death before morn
ing. Mr.. Trainor had been very feeble Of
late years, and had a room to himself at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs. DIR.
Hunter. In some way he knocked the lamp
to the floor, and when discovered was
badly burned. He was the father of DR..
j. w. Trainor, of this city.
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INDIANA


special % the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Feb. Memorial
Exercises were held az the university gym
lasium this morning In honor OF Prof. w.
q. Glascock. late superintendent of the
dty schools and In the faculty Of Indiana
University.
The attendance Included students. citi-
ems. member OF the high schools and
supils OF the graded schools down to the
Durth grade. DIR. Swain presided and
Judge Reinha read the memorial from
be faculty DR.. j. Cumming Smith. pas
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dianapolis on Friday night. delivered his
Grafton in the chapel yesterday morning.
His subject Is 'L'Overture. the Enamel
pator.r His effort was received with the
greatest enthusiasm by the students. Inc
college quartet. composed of Catherine
Johnson, Kate Jenkins. w. CT. Everson and
A. ". Tomlinson. which is 70 sing at In
dianapolis, sang in the chapel.
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POSTAL LAWS VIOLATED.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Feb. 4-Charged
with sending obscene matter through the
mails, Mrs. Rhoda Jones and Miss Edna
Proctor were arrested this morning at their
homes at Midtown. Ind. and brought here
Tor a hearing. They were held 10 the Fed
sral Court.
During a correspondence with James
sevres. former postmaster at Nogle. q T
with a view OF matrimony Sevres sent a
humber of questions to be answered. some
81 which were vile. and Miss Proctor re-
Piled through Mrs. Jones. Sevres having
peen arrested I'm the meantime. the Letter
rom Miss Proctor fell into the hands Of
he government and the arrests followed.
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SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF.
Fatal Accident to a Martin County
Boy While Hunting.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHOALS, Ind. Feb. 4-Benoni Smith,
aged sixteen. son OF S. F. Smith, was shot
while hunting near his home, two miles
east of here, yesterday afternoon. He had
gone hunting and his father. becoming I'M
easy when he did not return at dark, &C
companied by a %neighbor, went in search
of the boy. They soon found him, stiff in
death. A gunshot had entered his body
just below the breast bone.
The verdict of the coroner was that he
had been shot by the discharge OF his own
gun while loading IL.
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SMALL FACTORY BURNED.
Muncie Plant Destroyed, Involving n
Loss of $4,000.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 4.-The Crozier
washing machine factory. a brick building
formerly used in the manufacture of wash
ing machines by George Crozier & Co, but
lately used by Cary Crozier in the manu-
facture of gas engines, parts of automo-
biles and kindred machinery, was consumed
by fire last night. causing a loss of $1,000,
with but $1,000 insurance. The plant was
located a mile from the city in the suburb
of Normal City. There was no fire protec-
ton.
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Kennebec CIe.) Journal.

NtIIItUtt NNIt-E JUUIHdI-
A Bath professional man is making quite
Il study of mice. He works in his library
at night and allows the little animals
about the room undisturbed. He said the
other day, with a smile. that on cold nights
the mice come out. sit on their Launches
and warm themselves near the register.
According TO his story. one mouse. while
getting the chill taken off the other night.
fell asleep and tOppled over on the floor and
snoozed there nearly an hour.
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NO MONEY FOR EXPENSES.


Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
Ind. Feb. 4-Promoters of
the electric railway to be built between
Goshen and Fort Wayne were checked
here to-day. when the County Commission
IRIS refused to order a special election TO
vote a tax Of z per cent. asked for by the
mpa The refusal was made upon the
ground that there was no money at the
disposal OF the commissioners to defray
the expenses OF the election.
Representatives of the company had pre-
sented a petition asking for an election i'm
Turkey Creek township. through which the
proposed road Will run. At the request of
the representatives of the company a spe-
cial meeting of the County ConuciI has
seen called, and an attempt will be made
10 secure an appropriation TO defray the
expenses of the election.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RRAZIL. Ind, Feb. THE Merchants
Association here has c~heckmated the efforts
of the striking street-car men to have the
business men cut out their lights and cleo
trio power. which are furnished by the
street-car company. They met and passed
n resolution providing for a heavy fine on
any member OF the association TO be proved
guilty OF taking sides in the strike.
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construction and operation OF an electric
light plant, to be run in opposition TO the
present monopoly. Since the two Marion
companies were consolidated they have
published an advance schedule of rates,
and have refused to recognize old con.
tracts. This was the moving influence o.
to-night's action. More than a third of the
capital has been subscribed. A committee
also was appointed to wait on the Central
Union Telephone Company TO protest
against the recent advance IN the monthly
rate from $3.50 to 81.
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Encouraging omciai Dishonesty.
San Francisco Chronicle.

DdW IIdINI-NW NNENIINIE-
The recently pardoned ex-State treasurer
of Nebraska has served only four and one
half years OF his term for loOting the State
treasury out OF $4,000. AS none OF the
money has been recovered. IL may be as
sumed that his term Of incarceration repre-
sents the equivalent of an annual salary OF
$122. do. The pardon may thus be fairly
construed as encouraging dishonesty Ia
nublic Office