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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
NO DANGER IN CHINA,
Missionary Says Reports OF insur-
rection Are Exaggerated.

rection Are Exaggerated.
Rev. DR.. II. 4. Ryan Of the Southern
Baptist Church. who for the last seven.
teen years has been a missionary In
China, has reached San Francisco on the
way to his home in North Carolina. lie
reports that the rumors of an insurrec.
ton In southern China have been greatly
exaggerated. The withdrawal Of the
garrison from Shanghai recently caused
an idle rumor that trouble was about TO
arise. According to DR.. Ryan China
never before was in such good condition
for the invasion Of peaceful mission.
aries and other foreigners. Some dis.
turbnnce Is always to be feared In out-of.
the-way places from small bands Of In.
surrectionists, but in the main the coun.
try Is not disturbed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Treaty II Approyed,

The treaty Of reciprocity between Cuba
and the United States as amended by
the Senate Of the United States was op-
proved In the Cuban Senate by vote Of
~ to 0. This approval Is absolute and
10 not hampered by any conditions.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04

Gustavus +. Swift. head Of Swift &
Co packing industries, died suddenly In
Chicago, aged "a years. He was the or.
iginator Of the present system Of pre-.
pairing and marketing dressed meats, and
multimillionaire.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Rich Farm Land Open to ssttisvs.

Survey plans have been received at tho
Dominion land office in Winnipeg for
the western portion Of the provincial
electoral district of Gimli, forty-eight
miles due north of Winnipeg. which has
hitherto been unsurveyed. The district
IL open for entry and there will DO a
rush for homes tcuds.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Cholera In Damascus.

Cholera has reappeared at Damascus,
The German crown prince, Fredsrick
William, and his brother, Prince Eitel,
have abandoned their proposed visit ia
the Holy Land.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Recover Taxes Paid In Error,

Hetty Green won victory against the
Massachusetts, Mutual Life Insurance
Company at Springfield, Mass. In its suit
to recover from her $l.1O5 which the
company paid In Chicago as taxes
through an error.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
News from All Parts of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most Important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.
Sole owner Of Planters Hotel.

1t Is announced that Henry Weaver,
manager of the Planters Hotel In st.
Louis, has recently acquired all the stock
Of the Planters Hotel Operating Com.
pany. and Is now the sole lessee Of the
Establishment. lie has also secured con-
troll Of the Grand Hotel at Mackinac
Island, and owns the furnishings Of both
hotels,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Young corbett Wine Fight.

Terry McGovern was knocked out In
the eleventh round by young" Corbett
In fight for worlds lightweight champion.
ship at San Francisco; the Asht was
rough throughout, with McGoveru con-
stsntly clinching.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
SHOOTS FAMILY AND SELF.
Frank Candss OF Kansas City Fatally
Wounds Three People.

In Kansas City, while suffering from
dementia, Frank Candec. aged A years,
shot and MORALLY wounded his brother,
Nathan Il. Candcc, aged 80 years, chief
clerk In the assistant managers office Of
the Union Pacific, and his sister, Miss
Oline Candcc, aged rs years. after which
he shot and fatally wounded himself.
Frank Candee has been unemployed and
In poor health for some time.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Naval Ofsioer kills HImsoif,

Lieut.. w. II. Henderson, U. g. ~,
who has been In charge Of dredging work
In tho harbor at Fall River, Mass. for
the last three months, committed suicide
by inhallng Illuminating gas.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Slain as Cannon Upsets,

One corporal was killed and three SOL
diers were hurt by the Overturning Of q
heavy piece Of artillery in the drill hall
at Fort Myer, Va, during the regular
drill Of the Fourth battery Of field artil.
lery.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04

The British House Of Lords has pass
ed the prevention Of corruption bill,
which makes It penal ofense to offer
or accept gifts or brides with the view
OF influencing business.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Everybody's Magazine SOLD.

John Wanamaker has sold Every.
body's Magazine to the Ridgway.Thayer
Company, composed Of Erman ]. Ridg.
way. John Adams Thaysr and @. w.
Wilder.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Mercer OF RoIIins Mills.

II 10 announced that combination 10
forming to take In the rolling mills Of
the middle West and that Muncis, Ind,
y 70 b the headQuartsrs Of the concern
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04

Judge Murphy's verdict on the Bur.
dick murder at Buffalo, while not openly
accusing Pennell with the crime, indicates
that he had the strongest motive for
wishing Burdick out OF the way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
Massachusetts, Has L,oness Hunt,

Massachusetts Has Itones0 Hunt
Pittsdeld, Mass, had It's first lion hunt
the other night. and while 1t lasted prob.
ably furnished as much excitement AZ II
It had taken place In the jungles Of AZ.
RIGA. The 4.year-old lionesses got away
from the Bostock animal show. and be.
fore they could be captured one Of them
had 10 be killed,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
NEWSPAPERS A NECESSITY.
Judge In Philadelphia Refuses to
Apply Dius Law to Thorn.

Apply Dius Law to Thorn.
Charges against employees of several
daily newspapers. the Union News Com.
pany and the Crane Ice Cream Com.
pany for violating the Sunday blue law
Of 1794 were dismissed in Philadelphia
by Magistrate German, who decided that
newspapers are neceNsity. The com.
plant was held to be defective because
It did not aver that Sunday papers are
neither necessity nor a charity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01

KENTUCKY MAGISTRATE AND HIS
SON SHOT TO DEATH. H.-4.-.
Two Other Men Wounded, One Nor
tally-Victims Were "POttcd"
While Sitting I'm a Room.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 30.-Two men
were killed, one mortally wounded and an
other seriously hurt in the Pike View neigh
borhood of Hart county, last night. The
dead are: Squire Osborne and Dave
Osborne. his son. The wounded: Will
CARRIER, mortally, and John Bennett.
The alleged murderer, Curtis Gardner, a
young farmer, was caught at Elizabethtown
to-day after a desperate struggle and was
taken to Munfordville and lodged in Jail.
Under cover Of darkness, while the in
tended victims were sitting around the fire
side the assassin crept to the window of
the room and placing his Winchester near
the glass, fired several times. Squire Os-
borne fell to the floor dead, his head blown
almost off. His son, Dave Osborne. was
shot through the heart, and Will Gardner
was wounded in the abdomen. John Ben
nett's left arm was shattered by a ball.
Squire Osborne was a district magis-
tarte. The trouble had it's incipiency I'm a
family quarrel, which developed into a
factional fight. Gardner has heretofore
borne a good reputation. The tragedy has
caused the greatest excitement in years in
Larue, Hart and Hardin counties, where
the principals are well known and have
many relatives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
CLASH BETWEEN
CHURCH AND STATE
Spanish Priest in Porto Rico Convict
ed Of Marrying a Couple without
a Civil License.

SAN JUAN. p. R.. Nov. 3O-The Rev.
Felipe Villahoz, Spanish priest of the
Catholic Church at Sumacao, has been con-
victed by the District Court Of a violation
Of the civil marriage law in marrying a
couple without license, and has been
sentenced to pay a fine of $500 or to the
alternative Of sixty days in Jail. The Very
Rev. James H. Blenk. bishop of Porto
Rico, has appealed to Governor Hunt to
pardon Father Vilahoz, which appeal the
Governor now has under considera ton. In
justification of his action, Father Villahoz
claims that the laws of the church are
above the civil code relating to marriage
and says that his course has been approved
by Bishop Blenk.
This is the first approach to a serious
clash between church and state since the
occupation of the island by the United
States, though there have been other cases
in which defiance of the civil marriage law
has been shown. The feeling concerning
the matter is intense and the decision of
Governor Hunt is eagerly awaited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
Thousands OF Dollars Said "a Have
Been Paid in Connection witsh No.
torious Water Deals.
HEARING OF SENATOR BURNS
AT WHICH SALISBURY, FORMER CITY
ATTORNEY, WAS A WITNESS.
Manager of One Paper Received Sf0.-
900, ard Editors Smaller Amounts,
According TO the Evidente.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Now 3o.-The
confession OF ex-City Attorney LIANT X
Salisbury i'm regard to the notorious water
scandal pf this city was told te-day for
the first time in court at the preliminary
examination of State Senator Da I'D Burns
and il has created a tremendous lsensation
account of the number OF prominent
persons Ii duplicates. in additiea TO the
seventeen officials and former officials who
were arrested on bribery charges ten days
ago. Never once did Salisbury have 10 refer
to notes and he rendered his testimony
readily and rapidly. giving names. dates
and occurrences as though tn alleged
events happened only last week instead OF
three years ago.
The examination of Senator Hurns was
completely lost to view in the st1ry Of the
conspiracy as related by SALISBURY. As
names CT many prominent men ]ere men
toned by Salisbury and the amount he paid
to each for their influence or Silence was
given, there was a suppressed rhurmur OF
surprise throughout the thronged court
room.
The persons implicated by Salsb Iy during
his testimony against State Sensctor Burns
and the amounts he alleged thee received
are as follows;
George r Perry ex-mayor. -. S13. rs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
CONFESSION Is A CANARD
KRUGER,s STORY OF CHICAGO MUIR
DERs REGARDED AS A JOKE.
Man I'm Jail at Greensburg, Pa, Con-
graphs and n Life Sketch.

GREENSBURG, Pa, Nov. 30.-The story
emanating from a mysterious source to the
effect that Charles Z. Kruger, the degen-
crate who is TO be hanged on Jan. IA for
the murder of a constable here had con-
fessed that he had murdered two police
men i'm Chicago and as many as sixteen
citizens of Kentucky previous to the muir
der committed here, is looked upon as quite
a joke even by the murderer himself. 1t Is
given out tonight that the story has been
concocted for the purpose of selling an al
legged history of the murderer's life, to be
placed on sale in few days.
Kruger's whole career has been accounted
for from the day he arrived from Ger.
many ut Homestead, Pa, four years ago.
He spent three years in the Western peni-
tentiary for burglary and the balance of the
time in prison at Canton, o., and in the
mines and jail in this county. An unusual
sight meets the eye of the visitor at the
prison, where there appears large cards
bearing these words:
Photograph Of Kruger for sale here.
Kruger has given up all hope of life and
1t is believed the story of the murder of so
many people has been concocted by him
self in order to sell his photographs and the
trifiing story of his eventful life. He seems
TO have no regard for truth, land no one
believes the story of the many crimes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
DIVIDEND TO BE PASSED
HOLDERS OF $20,s52,0OO OF PRE-
FEBRED STOCK MUST WAIT.
Extraordinary Precautions Taken by
the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany to Husband Resources.

NEW YORK, Nov. So-Directors of the
protracted meeting to-day decided to post
pone the declaration of the usual dividend
on their preferred stock. The following
statement was issued by Presidei.c Alexis
w. Thompson:
''In view Of the present unsettled condi-
ton of the iron and steel industry, the di-
rectors deem 1t their duty to the stock
holders to husband the company's re-
sources and to increase its financial
strength, and for these reasons decided to
postpone the declaration of the usual divi-
. dend. The properties of the company are
free from bonded indebtedness and the
quick assets Of the company are largely in
excess of all its liabilities. The preference
shares being cumulative, all dividends in
arrears will be paid as soon as change in
the conditions Will permit. Since the or
ganization of the company more than
$600O.oO0 has been expended for entirely
new construction, which will give the COM
pany largely increased earnings as soon as
the iron industry resumes it's normal con-
ditions'
Thirteen of the fifteen directors attended
to-day's meeting. the only absentees being
Peter L. Kimberly and August Belmont.
The latters resignation was rendered and
accepted and his place on the board was
filled by the election of John w. Gates, who
has been a stockholder since the organiza-
tion of the corporation. President Thomp-
son and several Of the directors declared
that no steps had been taken toward Sc
curing additional working capital.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company
was organized in May, 1859. It's authorized
capital stock is $25.0OO.0O0 of preferred
shares and 100000 of common shares. OF
this amount $50, $4,000 Of preferred stock
and $27,352, 900 of common stock have been
issued, according to the last semi-annual
report. Dividends at the rate of per cent.
a year have been paid on the preferred
stock from the first quarter up to the pres
ent time. The latest balance sheet issued
by the company in June included In the
lists of assets, real estate, buildings ma
chinery and other investments valued at
slightly over $i0 100000 Net profits of the
company for the six months ended June 80
last were reported to be s1,356, III, from
which were deducted two quarterly divi-
dends of IA per cent. each on the preferred
stock. amounting to s7l4.S91. leaving sur
plus created in those six months of s6i2. 1S5.
This surplus, added to that in the COM
pany's treasury Jan. /. 1903, made a total
surplus of $3.24s. .2o6.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
TWO WIDOWS AT ODDS
OVER DAMAGES FOR DEATH
Court mt Anderson Takes Award Of
Wife No. 1-Son Changes Hands.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind. Nov. 30.-Mrs. Naomi
Pollock. Of Somerset, KY, was given a
judgment to-day against Mrs. Laura Pol
lock. of this city. for $500. The latter was
the wife of William Pollock and received
5000 from the Norton Brewing Company, of
Anderson, for the death of her husband.
who was killed at Alexandria, due to the
carlessness of an agent of the Norton COM
pany.
After the money had been received and
spent wife No. 1 came here, demanding it
as her own The court found that wife No.
2 had purchased piano with $50 of the
money. The piano was turned over to the
sheriff and the firm that sold the instru-
ment was notified to refund the money
Wife No. 2 had in custody a son OF Pollock
by wife No. and the boy was given to his
mother.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
ALL STRUNG TO ONE LIMB
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED FOR FA-
TALLY SHOOTING ROBERT ADGER.
Prominent LOuisianian on Whom the
Negroes Tried New Guns-Permit-
ted to Pray Before Death.

SHREVEPORT, La, Nov. 3O.-In the
presence of a crowd of about 100 persons.
composed of whites and negroes, Phil Da-
Wis, Walter Carter and Clint Thomas, all
negroes, were lynched this afternoon at
about 1 o'clock within a short distance of
Belcher. which is twenty miles from
Shreveport The men were executed for
participating in the fatal shooting of Rob-
ert Adger, one of the most popular busi-
ness men in North Louisiana.
The negroes confessed their crime They
stated that they were trying new guns and
when Adger appeared on the street thought
it quite natural to turn the guns on him
No shots were fired at the lynching, the
negroes all being hanged to a single limb OF
a tree. Two Of the negroes under arrest
Sam Lee and Peter Thomas, We're released
Lee proved that he had attempted to pre-
vent the negroes from shooting Adger, and
Thomas established the fact that he was
too frightened to shoot.
Phil Davis and Walter Carter were cap
tured yesterday afternoon several miles
from the scene Of their crime. Clint
Thomas was caught later about mile and
a half from Belcher. The negroes were
taken before Adger and confessed their
crime. They were held in concealment un-
til shortly before 1 o'clock to-day, when
they were taken out and hanged. Davis is
said to be an ex-convict and Walter Carter
was forced to flee from Mansfield, La
about year ago for insulting a white
woman. The negroes of Belcher joined in
the search for the men and were appar-
emily as eager to have them lynched as the
whites. One negro was presented by the
whites with a purse of nearly 500 for the
part he took in the pursuit The negroes
were given opportunity to pray before
being hanged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
"0LD HOSSS7 BEST TRICK
TURNED BY DARING THIEF
Bold RObber and Assistant Steal q
Stove, Fire and All, and Drive
Away Contentedly.

A thief with a tendency toward humor.
who did not have time to steal all the house,
hold furniture in the residence of r. H.
Chalfant, SD North West street, last even
ing. contented himself with carrying off
a new Radiant Home stove. which warmed
him on his way. The stove, fire and all,
was lifted by the thief and his assistant
out of the house and into waiting wagon,
which was driven away by the men, who
kept the fire going as they drove off with
the stolen property. Where the wagon, the
men and the stove went is mystery which
the police would like to solve, but up to the
present time they have been unable to get
on the right trail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
TWO MONTHS OF TERROR.
Voyage Of British Ship with Leaking
Bottom and Shifted Cargo.

SYDNEY, n. s. W.. Nov 30.-The British
ship Thornliebank, Captain Smith, which
left Philadelphia on July 2. and which has
arrived here leaking badly and with cargo
shifted, reports terrible voyage. in which
the vessel narrowly escaped destruction.
During the fearful gales which prevailed
Sept. the rivets began to start. resulting
in an alarming leakage. From that time
on, for about two and a half months, the
crew was compelled to toll increasingly at
the head pumps. as the donkey engine was
destroyed In the first gale The shifting OF
the cargo added other terrors TO the voy-
age, and the boats were kept constantly
provisioned in anticipation of catastrophe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 30-Delegatcs
from the parishes Of Louisiana gathered
here to-day TO take part in the boil weevil
convention called by Governor Heard The
meeting will decide whether the necessity
exists for special session of the State
LEGISLATURE TO pass laws which will be
effective in keeping the boil weevil out of
Louisiana.
John p. Parker, a wealthy cqtton planter
of Ouachita- parish. declared q the Cotton
Exchange to-day that the bolf weevil had
invaded Louisiana. Mr. Parkert exhibited
three weevils, which he said werevdeveloped
In Richland parish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
FOUND FROZEN IN A CAR.
boy Probably Fell Into Refrigerator
and Died While Unconscious.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. Soar in
spectors working on refrigerator car,
which arrived in Minneapolis to-day from
Gladstone. Mich, found the frozen body
of Earl Seaberg, young man from Emery,
Wis. The body was frozen stiff and the
indications are that he was frozen to death
while lying unconscious in the icebox
When the body was removed to the
morgue concussion was found back of the
right ear, which looked as though he had
fallen head-frst into the icebox of the
car.
The door of the icebox was closed and he
probably froze to death before he regained
consciousness. He was about eighteen years
old
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
LYNCHING DENOUNCED.
international Socialist Bureau Issues
a Manifesto.

NEW YORK, Nov. 90.-A manifesto pub
lished here by the International Socialist
Bureau calls attention TO the rapid increase
in the number of lynchings in America.
says a Herald dispatch from Paris 1t Is
supposed the document was instigated by
certain Europeans prominent in radical and
philanthropic movements with regard to the
United States as a reprisal protest of the
latter against race outrages in Europe.
The manifesto protests against these
abominable acts which are committed
daily in the United States and calls upon
the working classes to unite, without die
tinction of race or color, against capitai-
istic tyranny. 1t is signed by leading So
cialists, representing twenty-four coun-
tries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
Chief O'NeiI Believes 1t.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3O.-Chief of Police
O'Neill stated to-day that Charles Kruger.
in Jail at Greensburg. Pa. has confessed
the murder of Policemen Pennell and De-
vine in Chicago. According to Chief O'Neili
Kruger has also confessed the murder OF
sixteen other persons in Kentucky and the
East. The prisoner was arrested on the
charge Of burglary originally and has been
sentenced to be hanged Jan. IA, 1904.
The confession is worthy of much credit.
Chief O'Neill says, particularly in view of
the fact that there is a faithfulness to de-
tails which would be almost impossible had
the man not been present at the time Of the
crime.s In his confession Kruger states that
he came to Chicago in order to escape the
consequences of crimes committed in the
East. and reaching the city in destitute
condition he and an accomplfce started on
q hold-up tour when they encountered Pen
nell and Devine nd the shooting ensued.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
WOMAN SHOOTS A MAN,


SPRINGFIELD. H.. Nov. 30.-Frederick
Hayden, a member OF a prominent family
in this city. was shot in the head to-day by
Marie Rhodes, in her apartments near the
State Capitol. The woman then turned the
revolver on herself and fired She died
shortly afterward. Hayden Will recover.
The woman formerly lived in Lincoln. Ill.
where her husband. who has a suit for
divorce pending In court there, stin resides.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
TWO DEAD, ONE DYING.


CINCINNATI. Nov. 30.-Two men were
killed and one fatally injured in a collision
between an east-bound' freight and a work
train on the Norfolk & Western road east
of Portsmouth to-day. The dead are Engi-
neer C. C. Mitchell. of Kenova, and Fire
man Frank Sullivan. of Kenova. Brakeman
Ellswick was fatally hurt. Both engines
were demolished Property loss $4,000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
KNAPP'S LIFE EXTENDED.
Wife Murderer Granted Stay of Execu.
tIon for Thirty Days.

HAMILTON, o.. Nov. 30.-The Circuit
Court has granted the motion for a stay of
execution of the sentence of death passed
upon Alfred A. Knapp for the murder of
his wife. The execution was set for Dec.
IL and stay has been granted for thirty
days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
NEITHER REGION ABLAZE.
City Of Cumana, I'm Venezuela, EnveI-
oped I'm sulphurOus Smoke.

CARACAS. Venezuela, Nov. 3O-For
nearly three days the city of Cumana.
State Of Bermudez, on the Gulf of Carico.
has been enveloped in sulphurous smoke.
The origin of the phenomenon cannot be
explained. The Inhabitants OF the place.
numbering about 10000. are afraid to leave
their houses. A committee is engaged in
investigating the matter. Cumana has
been destroyed six times By earthGnakes.