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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-04

ELWOOD.-Elwood Lodge, 1858, b. p. o.
Elks. Will hold its annual lodge OF sorrow
on Sunday, Dec. 6, IN the new Kramer
Theater, the address being delivered by
M NJ. Dunlap. of Anderson. Fifty
members of the Ladies of the Maccabees at
Marion were the guests of the local tent
degree work on class of candidates. after
which banquet was served.
MICHIGAN CITY-wflhelm f. Miller,
of this city. has been located as the heir
of Wilhelm Moeller. who left large for
tune in Germany, and to locate whom an
appeal was made to the Governors of In
diana and Michigan. The Indiana heir had
mourned his German relatives as dead for
many years and the information that he
was an heir came in the nature of a sur
prise.
LAFAYETTE.-The Rev. William Brett
enbach, pastor of the German Evangelical
Church In this city, has received call
from the Evangelicai Church at Springfield,
o. The church is one Of the largest and
strongest In Ohio, and Mr.. Breitenbach
probably will accept, although his congre-
cation here will endeavor TO persuade him
TO stay.
EvANSvILLE.-Arreste for the second
time for selling lottery tickets Eli Yergin,
a white man, was fined $500 and costs In the
the Circuit Court. The city authorities are
making a fight on policy dealers, slot ma
chimes and winerooms.
FRANKLIN.-At the annual meeting OF
the Johnson County Fair Association. held
president, j. w. Lagrange vice president
w. 5. Young secretary, Samuel Harris
treasurer and Eli p. Haymaker general SUI
perintendent.
TIPTON.-The farmers of this county will
hold an institute at Kempton on Friday and
Saturday, Dec. IS and 19 An elaborate pro-
gramme has been prepared and much inter-
est is developing. Aside from the institute
work a corn and poultry show viii be held.
of this city, will read paper before the
American Historical Association at Its an
nual meeting. which viii be held at New
Orleans on Dec. 29-31. His subject VIII be
1.-The Treaty of Guadeloupe- Hidalgo."
SHELBYVILLE.-Mrs. Oslo Crum. while
climbing a ladder in the barn near her
home. north of Farmland, fell backward.
the rounds of the ladder catching her feet.
Her right arm was broken and her head
and shoulders vera badly bruised
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bray. son OF
Jasper Bray. OF this city. who nve years
ago enlisted In the regular army and was
of for several months and his parents are
very uneasy concerning him.
TERRE HAUTE.-Notice has been given
to dog owners that the dog tax license ordi-
nance. passed several years ago and ignored
cered the mayor TO enforce II, VIII be en-
forced, beginning with Dec. TO-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bailey has been
chosen superintendent or the city electric
light and water works plants. 10 succeed
Oliver ~. Eiler. who resigns TO take charge
OF the s. NJ. Smith Company's plant at No
blesville.
CANNELTON.-The Perry county farm
ers' institute Is In Session at Tobinsport. A.
o. Lockridge. OF Greencastle, and j. H..
Gwaltney. OF Poseyville. are the fnstruc-
tors.
OSGOOD.-While engaged In feeding his
stock Mr. Moritz Barth fell with a ladder
that slipped on the floor and sustained
injuries from which he will die.
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TWO INDIANA WINNERS.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-At the international
Live Stock show to-day Indiana took prizes
for sheep in nine consecutive classes as fol-
lows: For breeding Cheviots:
Ram, two years old and over, prize $12,
Hugh Collins, Greencastle.
Ram, one year old and under two, prize
$12, f. B. Hartman, Fincastle
Ram lamb, under one year old, first prize
$12, f. B. Hartman, Fincastle; second, Hugh
Collins. Greencastle; third, F. B. Hartman,
Fincastle.
Eve, one year old and under two, first
prize S12, F. B. Hartman, Fincastle.
Eve lamb, under one year old, prize s12,
Hugh Collins, Greencastle.
Flock consisting OF one ram, one year
old or over. two yearling ewes and two eve
lambs, first prize $40, f. B. Hartman, Fin
castle; second, Hugh Collins, Greencastle.
Four lambs of either sex, the get of one
ram, prize 500 Hugh Collins, Greencastle.
Champion breeding Cheviot ram, prize Sl5
F. B. Hartman, Fincastle.
Champion breeding Cheviot eve, prize SIS.
+. b. Hartman, Fincastle.
III. II. Keun, of Ladoga, Ind, was judge
for this department.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WINAMAC. Ind, Dec. 3.-The farmers of
Pulaski county will organize arboriculutral
clubs and set apart areas on their farms
to plant cataipa trees, which wood is to be
grown to be used in making railroad ties
and fence posts, being less susceptible to
decay than any other timber. Each tree
will net two railroad ties and two fence
posts. which can be sold for 81. The catalpa
tree grows readily on sandy soil and Ii is
said that within few years after the trees
have been planted the farmers will realize
more by raising catalpa trees than they do
i'm growing crops.
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DAMAGING TO JUDY.
Testimony of Samuel p. Hunter I'm
y Grand Larceny Case.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 3-The Judy
case was resumed to-day in the Circuit
Court before a crowd Of city and county
spectators. The interest in the case con-
tinued undated, as it was known that
Samuel p. Hunter. cousin by marriage of
the defendant, was to take the stand for
the prosecution. His story was trimming
with damaging evidence and his tale of the
theft of a mare and mules from Andrew
Hanger was sensational in the extreme.
Hunter, who was convicted and sentenced
last spring on a grand larceny charge
growing out of transaction In which judy
inquired as principal turned States evil
dence. Hunter was indicted with Judy In
the present case, but the indictment was
removed and his case nolle pressed. Hun
ter told of the inner workings of the Judy
system, and his story excited amazement.
He was on the stand all day.
j. Frank Hanly, for the defense. inser
rupted the witness several times, but Hun
ter refused to alter his statements Hunter
was once in the indianapolis insane
ital city.
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FOR ABDUCTING A GIRL.
ClairvOyant Arrested In Chicago ON
Information from LOganspOrt.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-Charged with abduct-
ing Merle MeZelle, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of a merchant of Logansport,
Ind, Claude Rafferty,, a clairvoyant, was
arrested this afternoon In house on Mich
igan avenue.
Policemen from the central station, act
ing on telegraphic informatio received from
Logansport, raided the house at 1900 Michi-
gan avenue, where the girl and Rafferty, had
been living for two weeks. Rafferty, was
found there and placed under arrest. He
was taken to the central station. The girls
father telegra pied the police that Rafferty,
had enticed the girl away from her home
in Logansport. He asked that Rafferty, be
placed under arrest until the necessary
papers to bring him back could be pro-
cured
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Other NecrO1ogy.

Upton, Ind, Dec. S.-Mrs. E. NJ. Baker.
aged eighty-four. died at the home of her
ferson street, in this city, Tuesday night.
of the infirmities of age. She was born in
Pendleton county, Kentucky, her maiden
daughter of Governor Garrard, of that
State. Mrs. Baker was the mother Of ten
children, six of whom survive. The funeral
was held YESTERDAY, the Rev: G. II Henry.
Upton, Ind, Dec. s.-Robert H. Pyke,
aged seventy-seven, one of the pioneer set
tiers of this county, died at his home north
of this city last night of heart trouble.
Mr. Pyke had been a resident of Upton
county for forty-six years. He was the
father of ten children, eight of whom sur
vive. He was brother of William Pyke.
day.
A. Hackman. aged fifty-one' wife
of President Hackman. of. the Bates
home in oldenburg this morning Of
heart trouble. She seemed in the best Of
health when she retired for the night, but
became sick early in the morning. She left
her husband, three daughters and a son.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 3-John Eytens,
one of the pioneers of Tippecanoe county,
died at the home of his son, near the Sol
diers' Home, yesterday. He was born in
Germany in 1920 and came to Milwaukee in
1910. Fifty years ago he came to Tippe-
canoe county and had lived here ever since.
BRAZIL Ind. Dec. 3-James signer
aged seventy-three years, who was recently
stricken with paralysis at his home in Har-
mony, died this morning. He was one of
the oldest and best known residents of the
county. He leaves a widow and four chill
dren.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Dec. 3.-John
Stone Hauck, aged 102, the oldest man in
Monroe county. died to-day. He was ma
tive of New Jersey and had been sick only
a few days during his life. He had been
married three times.
LAPORTE. Ind, Dec. 3.-Walter c. Bird,
the son of Charles b. Bird, the chemist,
with the Simonds Manufacturing Company,
Chicago died suddenly last night after
twelve hours sickness of cerebro spinal
meningitis.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Dec. 3.-Jefferson
Hawkins. a well-known citizen of Perry
county, died to-day near Cannelton. .
Mrs. Lizzie Scales, of Boonville, aged thir-
ty-five. was stricken with paralysis to-day
and died In a short time.
UNION CITY. Ind, Dec. 3-Mrs. Jerome
Robson, seventy-eight years old, died at
her home near this city to-day. She came
here from New Jersey fifty years ago and
had been resident here since that time.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 3.-Hiram Rus
SELL aged sixty. one of the best known
and most highly respected citizens of Wa
bash township. lies in a precarious condi-
ton at his home on the West Side as the
result of an accident this morning He
was engaged in telling trees, and in remoy-
ing one from another was struck on the
head and knocked unconscious His skull
was badly fractured and his right leg was
broken just above the knee. The accident
happened within a short distance of his
home, whittier he quickly removed
by neighbors. He is in a very critical con-
ditiOn.
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MET DEATH IN THE RIVER.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal. or.
RISING SUN, Ind, Dec. 3-Capt. James
Daily, aged eighty-three years, of this city.
was drowned here last night by stepping of
the steamer Indiana as the boat was max
ing landing.
Captain Daily was the last of the old
time local river men. For over half a GEN.
fury he was engaged in business as q river
trader on the Ohio and Mississippi, handling
many fiatboats in his time. The Masonic
Lodge OF this city, OF which Mr. DAILY was
the oldest member, has offered a substantial
reward for the finding OF the body and the
river is being dragged for many miles be-
low here
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ANGRY ELW0OD CITIZENS.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, Dec. 5.-As the result of
a second mass meeting CT five hundred gas
consumers of Elwood at the City Hall last
night the City Council to-day employed At
torney Jesse Long, of Muncie, to assist
City Attorney Joseph Knots in the prose-
cution of the case against the Citizens Heat
and Light Company, whose. recent order
side their houses at an additional cost of 81,
after having paid deposit of s. when the
meters We're first Installed, has stirred up
more excitement than anything Elwood has
experienced for years
At a special meeting of the Council with
its attorneys and committee from the Cit
liens League a plan of action will be de-
termined upon, and it is being strongly
urged that the company's franchise be
taken away from il.
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Alexandria High School Girl Sue
cumbed to Heart Failure. ~

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Dec. 3.-The most
tragic occurrence in the history of the
high school in this city occurred this morn
ing, when Mae. the sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. ]. F. Runyan, dropped
from her seat during class recitation and
expired without word, and before hand
could be extended to her.
She was not robust, and was uncommonly
studious and of a sunny disposition. She
had in time PAST been more or less afflicted
with heart trouble, but continued her studies
enthusiastically. When she left home this
morning she seemed uncommonly happy and
was apparently well. High school was
closed for the week as an act of respect.
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Veteran OF Two Armies.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. 3.-William G.
Breheney, aged sixty-one, a veteran of two
armies. died at his home here this morning.
His sickness was of short duration, a re-
lapse of pneumonia following his attempt
to attend the funeral of a comrade, who
was buried about two weeks ago. He was
born in Ireland, and served in the English
army. During the civil war in this country
he served as a private in Company /, Six
ty-eighth Indiana Volunteers. He was dis
charged from the service at the close of
the war wearing the shoulder straps of a
first lieutenant. He was twice married.
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day and Saturday:
Indiana-Fair on Friday; colder at night.
Saturday fair; fresh to brisk winds, sniff
ing TO west and northwest
Illinois-Fair on Friday; colder In centrai
and northern portions. Saturday fair; fresh
to brisk west 70 northwest winds.
Ohio-Partly cloudy on Friday, with snow
near lake Erie. Saturday fair; colder ex-
cept snow fiurries in extreme northeast
ern portion; fresh to brisk southerly winds,
shifting to west and northwest.
Kentucky-Fair on Friday. Saturday fair
and colder.
Lower Michigan-SnOw on Friday. Satur-
day cloudy. with snow in western and
northern portions; brisk to high southwest
90 northwest winds.
North Dakota and South Dakota-Fair
and continued cold on Friday and Satur-
day.
Wisconsin-Snow on Friday; colder In
eastern portion. Saturday fair; brisk to
high west to northwest winds.
Iowa-Fair on Friday and Saturday.
Minnesota-Fair in western snow and
colder in eastern portion. Saturday fair;
brisk west TO northwest winds.
Nebraska and KansaS-Generally fair on
Friday and Saturday.
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Winter Interrupts the Work.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Dec. 3.-The Union Trac-
ton Company has practically abandoned all
its construction work for the winter, and
when the indianapolis Northern line is fin
ished into Kokomo little more will be done
until spring, except to ballast lines already
finished The Elwood-Anderson, Muncie-
Alexandria, Kokomo-Peru and Kokomo-Lo-
gansport lines are among those which will
have to wait until the advent of warmer
weather to be finished.
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Plans for a New Factory.

Special 20 the Indianapolis journal.
Upton, Ind, Dec. 3.-Grafton Johnson
proprietor of the Upton canning factory
has submitted a proposition to the farmers
of this county for the erection of a can
ming factory to be used exclusively for the
canning of sweet corn. MIR. Johnson has
asked for no bonus and the only considera-
ton he wants is a guarantee of two thou
sand acres of corn for the first season. The
market price for the corn will be 81 ton.
The factory will be Independent from the
other one here, and when built and equipped
with the machinery will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Dec. 3.-The bank
rupt hardware stock of Koehlinger g. Bauer
was sold to-day to BrossiuS G. Brossius, To-
cal bicycle dealers, by the Citizens Trust
Company, receivers. The price paid was
1850. The failure was caused by the sick
ness of Koehlinger and the attempt of sui
eide Of Bauer at his home In Eaton
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IMPORTANT PUBLIC WORKS.
Plainfield to Have Water, Light and
Power Plants Before Long.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PLAINFIELD, Ind, Dec 3.-The town Of
Plainfield is promised some important pub
lie improvements. The Public Service Com
pany has been organized to furnish the
town with electric lights and power for
machinery, with water for domestic use
and for fire protection and with steam
heat for business houses.
The company has capital stock of $780,
600. William Baxter Vestal, former state
representative, is president and Sanders
Hubbard, formerly treasurer of Morgan
county, is treasurer. Tie citizens are en-
thusastic over the benefits that will follow
the erection of these works. and feel that
they will cause an increase of so per cent.
in the population and promote many new
industries.
"A petition is being circulated asking the
commissioners to grant the company a
franchise. When it is granted work will
mss
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Capacity Largely Increased.
cial to the Indianapolis Journal.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 3.-The COM
pany which makes whisky barrels for the
local distilleries and the one at Vincennes
has increased its capital stock from $40, 900
to $50, 900, and will increase the capacity
from GOO to 1000 barrels day. The new
grinding corn next month at the rate of
5000 bushels daily. will take the increased
output of barrels.
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le Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind. Dec. 3-This afternoon.
in Marion, Edward Alspach, OF Rochester,
aged sixty-five. found the woman he had
known and loved as a girl In Ohio nearly
half century ago. and. although she is
sixty and has been twice married, and he
himself has been married once before he
found that love burned with the old flame
At the Geary Sanatorium. on South Boots
street. Mrs. Susan Andrews became Mrs.
Edward Alspach, and the dream of Child
hood became the fact. The pair will live
at Rochester, near which place the groom
has a farm.
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One Crime They Deny.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, Dec. 3.-Sheriff Craft
and Chief OF Police Bongerz have returned
from Chicago where they interviewed the
car barn murderers, but the quartet pro-
fessed inability to throw any light on the
attempted robbery of the Smith Bank at
Westville and the murder of Wesley Rey-
nolds. a year ago. IL is not believed by the
Laporte or Chicago officers that the car
vile tragedy.
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Gu.her Near New Corydon.
Special to the Indiana polls Journal.

Special to the Indiana polls Journal
PORTLAND. Ind, Dec. 3.-The Pittsburg
and Indiana Oil Company shot a well yes
terday the p. Wendell farm near New
Corydon which flowed four and one-half
feet OF fluid in a 25O-barrel tank in ten
these times of few gushers. The rate at
which IL starts means a natural flow OF 80
barrels per day. or with pump attached
perhaps twice that capacity.
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SUES FOR DOGS BOARD.
Complicates q Case Now I'm the vsgo
Circuit Court.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. "a suit by
Mrs. Maggie Roberts against David Ryder,
a saloon keeper. for $50 for feeding and
caring for a dog has complicated case
which is in the Circuit Court. having gone
through Justices court.
l. James Crawford, member of the we'll
known family Of iron manufacturers of
that name, owned the mother of the dog.
Ryder took care of her and her pups on the
understanding that he was to have one of
the pups All but one pup died and RYDER
kept 1t. Crawford got possession of it. Ry-
State. Crawford is trying to make MIN
bring the pup into court. Now comes Mrs.
Roberts with her claim that she fed and
cared for the pup.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 3.-James
o'Dea. Southern Indiana Railroad con-
ductor. who is I'm the hospital recovering
from serious injuries received in wreck
a few days ago. has received information
that his brother was killed in a wreck at
Ioslin-l Mo-
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ANGERED THE CATHOLICS.
Logansport Professors Lecture to
Teachers Regarded AS Insulting.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINAMAC, Ind, Dec. 3.-William T.
Giffe, of Logansport. gave lecture before
the Pulaski County School Teachers AS
ISOLATION about his journey through Next
CO. with illustrations showing the manner
of the Catholic priests in giving the sacra-
ment of confirmation and the methods in
cident to going to confession His lecture
caused a number of Catholic teachers to
leave the hall. while others remained and
made loud noise so they could not hear his
remarks.
The Catholic teachers were bitter in their
denunciation Of Professor Giffe lecture.
They say his remarks are gross misrepre-
sensations and direct insults TO each men,
Der Of st. Peters Catholic Church at this
place.
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STATEMENT MADE IN TELEGRAM
FROM SECRETARY ST. PETER.
0mcer of the Glass Workers An
nounces n Resumption and Urges
Men to Support Organization.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

DUNKIRK. Ind, Dec. 3.-Bert Defibaugh.
chief preeeptor of Dunkirk Preceptory, re-
ceived the following message from Paul st.
Peter. secretary of L. A. 300. K of L., dated
ut Pittsburg:
'sThe American Window Glass Company
will put fire in many of their plants this
week, will pay the Philadelphia scale OF
wages and blow as soon as the plants are
heated All local members must stand by
this organization.
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 3.-Hundreds of win
dow glass workers In Muncie and vicinity
are happy tonight. Paul St Peter, secre-
tary of the l.. A. 300, Knights of Labor.
who went to the American Window Glass
Company headquarters in Pittsburg, to-day
sent information to the various precepito-
Window Glass Company will put fire in
many of their plants this week.
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special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. 3.-Indica-
tons tonight are that the big fight in the
window glass industry, which has been
smoldering for almost year. has at last
reached a point where the most desperate
war ever witnessed in the industry will
take place. The National Window Glass
Workers Association, through Secretary
Paul st. Peters, has served notice on Presi-
dent J. r. Johnston. OF the Federation
Glass Company, that the association ex-
poets the return of its loan of $4,000 re-
Gently made the Federation, within thirty
days. The association is secured by thirty
thousand boxes OF window glass in the
companys warehouse. ST. Peter claims
that because the Cleland plant, of this
city, the factory at Morgantown, w. Va,
and the plant at Maumee, o., members of
the Federation. are in operation, the Fed
eeation has violated it's agreement with
L. A. 300. The window glass trust Is be-
lieved TO be behind the demand
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Secretary Moody
Admiral Evans. commanding the Asiatic
station. saying that the New Orleans
Albany, Cincinnati. Raleigh and Pompeii
sailed from Yokohama to-day for Honolulu
and that the battleship squadron win fol-
low In day or two.
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Grocery Failure mt Frankliu

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FRANKLIN, Ind, Dec. 3---Samuel La
grange, groceryman of this city. has made
an assignment. Oral Barnet being named as
assignee. Too many bad accounts is given
as the cause Of the failure. The liabilities
are 5000. with assets OF about half that
amount.