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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
GRAND JURY PROBING
RAILWAY STRIKE
Seeking Evidence Against Wreck
ing Crews" and Professional
Sluggers."
BANKERS TO TESTIFY

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-The grand jury to-
day commenced an investigation into acts
of violence committed during the recent
Chicago City Railway strike and against
nonunion men employed by the company
since the termination of the strike proper.
A number of witnesses were questioned as
to their personal knowledge of so-called
wrecking crews and educational COM
mittees." Among these witnesses was Gen.
eral Manager McCulloch. of the City Rail-
way Company, who said after leaving the
juryroOm that he had testified that he had
violence, but that he had told the jury In a
general way of the violence which had fol-
lowed the company's attempt to move the
cars with nonunion crews. The investiga-
ton will continue tomorrow and evidence
will be sought in connection with the press
feeders strike, which has been in progress
for several weeks.
Among the witnesses who have been
subpoenaed in this connection are John NJ.
Shea, treasurer of the union; r. j. Street,
cashier Of the First National Bank; John
r. Clark. president of the Hibernian Bank.
effort to ascertain IL money was paid to
wrecking crews" and professional slug
gers" 1t has been reported to the Jury
that checks of the union were honored at
the First National and Hibernian Banks.
Treasurer Shea was ordered to produce all
OF his books and reports for 1903. He will
also be asked, 1t is said. to tell IL he paid
money or received orders from higher
union officials to pay money to profess
sional sluggerS."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22

resolution be laid on the table. laid real
hard, with the accent on the 'hard The
motion was laid upon the table by a strict
party vote. Mr.. Dunn remains unapol-
ogiZed to.
After Council had adjourned Mr. Fish
back inquired Of Mr.. Cooper whether he
while. Not that kind OF fun said Mr..
Cooper.
The ordinance raising the salary of the
clerk of the Board of Public Works from
81 .2C0 20 $500 stIll remains with the COM
mittee on fees and salaries TO which il was
referred at the last regular meeting of the
council. No action was taken on the or
dinance, although communications were re-
ceived from both the Board of Works and
the controller, recommending that the ordi-
nance be passed, they deemed the in
crease in the clerks salary deserved one.
General ordinance No. 63. 1903, specifying
the manner in which the funds shall be dis
tributed that are allotted to the engineer s
Office in the general appropriation for 1904.
was passed. but with an amendment TO the
original ordinance recommended by the
controller. As passed, the ordinance spec
ifies the manner of the expenditure of the
engineers funds, but refuses to add 5000
TO that provided for the department in the
general appropriation ordinance for next
year. The majority report of the finance
committee on this measure was accompa-
MED by minority report recommending the
allowing of the additional 5000 asked by the
controller, but this report was turned down
and the majority report adopted by strict
party vote
The parade ordinance" providing that
daytime DaradeS shall not be allowed 10
interrupt traffic on the streets, but must
be halted for five minutes at fve-minute
intervals was passed, but amended so that
ii applies only to parades between the hours
of a. m. and p. m. 1t does not apply TO
funeral paradeS professions.
The ordinance providing for the revision
and re-codification of the ordinances of In
dianapolis was passed. 1t stipulateS that
the city attorney shall appoint two other
attorneys, not members of the same polit-
ical party, to aid him in the work. and that
these two attorneys shall be allowed for
their services not more than $500 each
Two other ordinances passed provided,
respectively, for a fiagman at the Ray
street crossing Of the Belt railroad and for
extra tracks and a switch of the Indian
apolis Union Railway Company across Key
stone avenue.
Resolutions were passed expressing the
sympathy of the council with Councilman
John w. Storm and condolng with him on
the recent death of his wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
COUNCIL TURNS DOWN RESOL UTION
TO APOLOGIZE TO JAKE PIATT DUNN
Takes No Action for "Unkud Of CounOyEngiuevs
Fund Is Not Increased

What would otherwise have been a purely
routine and commonplace meeting of the
City Council was enlivened last night by
the refusal of the honorable body TO apol-
ogize to City Controller Jacob Piatt Dunn
for it's alleged ''unkind criticism" of him
I'm connection with the delay of the print
ing of the Councils book of rules, copies of
which were finally delivered to the members
last evening.
Copy for the book Of rules was prepared
by City Clerk Fogarty some weeks ago, but
the printing of the usual annual edition of
the "rules and regulations was delayed be-
cause the city controller declared he didn't
have the funds on hand to pay for the work
Councilmen were sore and the controll-
er was called several and various names
more or less choice. When the rules were
bers Councilman Fishback, the Democratic
leader, thought 1t an opportune moment to
present the following resolution:
Whereas, The members OF the Common
Council understood that Mr.. ]. p. Dunn.
city controller, had refused to allow the
printing of the book of rules, and believ-
ing that he was willfuI and malicious in so
dolng, shey criticised and condemned him
for his action:
Whereas, We have learned that the rea-
SUI toI the REFUSAL was tnat the Council
printing fund had been exhausted and he
had so stated in his letter of Nov IL, and
mad asked for an appropriations but at the
special meeting of Nov. Il the Council by a
party vote, refused to receive his communi-
cation because the call for u special meet
ing did not specifically specify the OBJ
Ject or the meeting, so that the Council by
said action delayed the printing OF the
book of rules for three weeks,
therefore be it resolved, That the Coun-
Gil tender Mr.. ]. p Dunn, city controller, a
complete and ample apology for it's unkind
criticism Of him, and be it further
Resolved, That we hold the phrase
specifically. specify wholly responsible for
said delay
The subtle Democratic wit contained in
this resolution failed to touch a responsive
chord In the hearts OF the Republican men,
bers. No sooner had Councilman Fishback
moved the adoption of the resolution as
read by the clerk than Mr.. Cooper, Repub-
llcan councilman at large, was upon his
feet with. MIR. President. L move that the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
ARREST WHICH SEEMS
TO CLEAR A MYSTERY
Swedish Sailor, Held for Killing a
Woman in a New York Dive,
Identified as Her Companion.
MAKES STRONG DENIAL

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-By the arrest to-
day of Emil Totterman, a Swedish sailor,
the police believe they have cleared up the
mystery of the murder of Sarah Martin.
whose mutilated body was found yesterday
afternoon in Kelly's Hotel, low sailors
resort on the East river front. The arrest,
which was made in the Sailors Union
headquarters, followed information re-
ceived from detectives who were sent to
Bridgeport, Conn, to follow up clew fur
nished by a purchase check of Meigs & Co.,
of Bridgeport, for a pair of shoes and a
sweater. which was found in the room in
which the crime was committed. On the
wrapper of parcel left In the room by the
murderer was written in pencil the name of
Fred c. Belano," and underneath the
name, 'E. Totterman." The detectives re-
ported from Bridgeport that the schooner
Fred c. Belano was lying at that port and
that sailor named Totterman had been
also obtained good description or the
man who on Saturday purchased the shoes
and sweater from Meigs & Co.
Furnished with this description. detec-
tives in this city picked out Totterman
from among crowd of seamen at the
Sailors Union. When searched there was
found on him sailors clasp knife, the
blade of which appeared to bear blood
stains.
At police headquarters the prisoner was
fully identified by James Kelly. the pro-
prietor of the hotel his wife and other
persons the man who on Saturday
night accompanied the Martin woman 10
the room in which the body was found.
Totterman declared that he had never been
at the hotel. although he admitted that he
had come from Bridgeport on Saturday.
He also denied having purchased there the
shoes and sweater. After undergoing a
long examination by Inspector McClusky
and Assistant District Attorney Garvin.
he was arraigned in Police Court and re-
manded on the technical charge of being a
suspicious character to police headquar-
tiers.
Later Louis Baldwin and Parker L. Sill
vernail, statesmen for Meigs e. Co.. fully
identified Totterman as the man who
bought the shoes and sweater. The police
say that Totterman is also known as Carl
Nelson, which is the name under which
registry was made at Kelly's Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
DUNBAR SAYS THAT WIFE
IS THE CLEVERER WRITER
Young Negro Poet Praises Her
Work-Reads from His Own
Poems Before Many.
ENTERTAINED BY FRIENDS

Paul Laurence Dunbar, the young negro
poet, well known in the literary world. gave
reading at Bethel NJ. f. Church last
night He read from his own selections
and delighted large audience.
His readings and recitations were inter-
spersed with musical selections. The en-
tertainment was given under the direction
of Ladies Alliance Club, No. 2
After the programme was completed Mr..
Dunbar was given reception in the Church
parlors. A number of white people Of the
city who have admired Dunbar's work
came forward TO meet him. While here
some of the prominent negroes will enter
tain for him. DIR. Ward, leading negro
physician, will this evening give dinner
in his honor. Several years ago Mr.. Dun
bar lived in this city for a time and did
some work here.
His home is now at Dayton, O., where he
and his wife are we'll known Mr. Dunbar
is thirty-two years old. His wife is a
clever woman, and has written a number
of stories. she is much the better writer
of the two" said the husband. with a
laugh. Mrs. Dunbar recently completed a
story called 1.-THE Stones of the Village
for McClureS magazine.
Mr.. Dunbar writes quantity and enter
tainingly of his own people, and some of
his stories dealing with the 'old-school'
negro are delightful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
ISLANDS DEADLY MALADY
CAUSES SOLDIERS DEATE
Harry w. White Succunbs to
Disease Contracted in Philip
pine Campaign.
IN A DOZEN BATTLES

Harry w. White, thirty-three years old,
son of Hughes w. White, for many years
a tailor on East Ohio street. died yester-
day at the home of his father after an i'll
ness of over a years duration White con-
tracted the illness which caused his death
while serving his country during the re-
cent war with Spain, having been MEM
Der of the United States army in the Phil
ippines throughout the entire He en-
listed as a private in Battery G., Third
United States Artillery. under Major w. A.
Kobbe and served with honorable mention
throughout many battles.
His discharge from the army states that
he fought in the following battles, deserv-
ing much credit for his service: Capture
of Manila, battle of Ladrones, both battles
of COloocan, battle of Polo, battle of Mar
tiloo capture of Malolos and a skirmish
at Pambang.
For many years prior to his enlistment
in the army, he was connected with va
rious theaters in this city and he was well
known here. He. is survived by his father,
four brothers and his sister, Mrs. John H..
June. The funeral will be held this after
noon and the interment will be at Crown
Hill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY
TO MRS. MARTHA GREGORY
Was Eighty Years Old and Sus-
tanned Keen Interest in Life
to the End.

Mrs. Martha M. Gregory, mother Of Fred
A. Gregory, of the firm of Gregory & APP
pei, real-estate men of this city, died sud-
denly Sunday night of apoplexy at the home
of her son, 1921 North Meridian street, in
her eightieth year.
Though Mrs. Gregory was eighty years
old. it was said of her that she was still
fastidiOus about her personal appearance,
very careful in the use of her words, and
possessed of the same keen interest in life
which was a marked characteristic of her
earlier days. She possessed a lovable char
acter, and her friends were fond of gather
ing in her cozy sitting room and talking
with her.. The children of the family would
come to that sitting room to be read to or
comforted in their little troubles.
A lifelong friend of Mrs. Gregory in
speaking of the good old woman's life, said
that 'she was gay and carefree in youth,
active and useful in middle life, and serene
and happy in old age"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
RECORD OF THE COURTS.
SUPERIOR COURT.
~. q Toh, Hf-NE~.&o~


Room 1--John L. McMaster Judge
account. Plaintiff dismisses. Judgment against
plaintiff for costs.
Ezram Ray City of indianapolis; damages
City OF indianapolis Robert Metzger ct al
injunction. Dismissed. Costs paid.
Room 2-James NJ. feathers. Judge
Van Buren,, receiver. VS.. J. H Roberts; in
Junction Argument concluded Taken under
Julius c. Andrews VS. Charles Clark; mechan-
les lien Submitted to court. Evidence heard.
Finding and judgment against defendant for $3.50
Laura Young VS.. William Young; divorce On
trial by court.
Room 3-vinson Carter Judge.
John L. Ketcham. by friend. VS.. the Nc
Elwaine- Richards Company; damages On trial
CIRCUIT COURT.
Henry Clay Allen, Judge
Edward Ford VS. Michael Ford ct al Sub
mitted court Evidence heard.
James h Pierce VS. Charles III. Stanley. Dis
CRIMINAL COURT.
Fremont Afford. Judge
Frank Rogers; embezzlement. Defendant en-
tiers plea Of guilty 10 embezzling property OF the
value or less than se5- Fined 81 and costs and
Ben Moses and James Reagan: petit larceny
and receiving stolen goods On trial by court
NEW SUITS FILED.
Columbia National Bank VS.. Henry G. Nc
Kenzie; complaint on notes Superior Court.
Barbara Cohn VS.. Isaac III. Norman ct al
foreclosure. Superior Court, Room =
Claude r. Demaree vs.. Ethel NJ. Demaree: d.
Albert r. Henry VS. the indianapolis Traction
and Terminal Company; complaint for damages.
Superior Court. Room 1.
Lucilla E walrod w. Garrett NJ walrod:
divorce. Superior Court. Room /.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
NINE PERSONS KILLED
AND THIRTY-TWO HURT
Disastrous Wreck of the Meteor"
Fast Train on the Frisco
Railway. d
TWO BROTHERS DEAD

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 2-The Meteor"
the ST. Louis & San Francisco Railways
fast train from the South. ran into an open
switch and was wrecked at Godfrey, Kan,
early this morning. Nine persons were
killed and thirty-two injured. OF the In
jured four probably will die and fourteen
were seriously hurt.
The Dead
JAMES KIRKPATRICK. Mosby. Mo-
GEORGE HOYT. conductor. sapulpa. 1. T.
b. A DEVICES. engineer. Fort Scott.
Kan.
THEODORE BIsHARD. fireman. Fort
Scott, Kan.
JAMES II. wYMAN (colored). Fleming.
Kan.
ASA MoRELAND, Lenexa. Kan.
LON CoRBIN, Bessie. o. I.
JOSEPH CoRBIN, Bessie, o. T.
JOHN BLUEBACKER, news agent. KAN
sas City.
Fatally Injured
SHERMAN KANABLE. Hoopertowns
o. 7.
E. B. GARRowAY, Jonesboro. Ark.
JOHN BELL, express messenger, Kansas
City.
H B. DARLINGTON. mail clerk. Kansas
City.
Seriously Injured
MRS. L. Z. CALL. Hobart. o. T.
HENRY M'KINLEY, Shider. o. T.
THOMAS KENT. Mountain View, o. T.
]. W. GULL, Ottumws, Ia.
HENRY NJ. MDONNELL. Lodia, o.
L. HOWARD LEE, Oklahoma City, o. T.
JOSEPH H. DONAHUE, Franklin. III.
WALTER CODSBY. Kansas City.
]. ID. BRYANT. Davenport, Ia.
w. d. FARMER, Blackwell, o. T..
ELMER CORRIN. BESSIE q.
JACOB ROESSLER. Parker, o. T.
c. ]. DONOVAN. Snyder. o. T.
J. w. ADAMSoN, mail clerk, Kansas
City.
H. b. DARLINGTON, mail clerk. Kansas
City.
Fifteen others were hurt slightly. The
Corbin brothers, two of whom were killed
and seriously injured. were on their
way home to Oklahoma to spend Christ
mas.
The responsibility for the wreck is laid at
the door of ]. A. BARLEY, a brakeman OF
the freight crew. who failed to flag the
passenger train. He has disappeared The
engine on the freight had become dead"
and the crew ordered to remain ION the
main track and turn the switch for the
passenger, then about due. the brakeman
being ordered to flag the Meteor" This he
neglected to do. In the crash the baggage
car telescoped the engine and landed In a
cornfeld, while the smoker and the. two
chair cars Were piled in mass on top the
engine, all having rolled down a slight en-
bankment. Most Of the injured were In the
chair cars, which took fire soon after the
wreck occurred So fast the train
running that the engine and forward bag
gage went nearly sixty feet on the
roadbed before they stopped The sleeper
remained upright and none Of the passen-
gers In this car was injured. Five Of thoss
killed were in the forward end OF the smok-
err and four of them were instantly killed.
John Bluebacker, the dead news agent
was curled w on a seat in the rear OF the
smoking-car near the stove when the crash,
came. He was taken out alive, but died
during the afternoon.
Bluebacker was twenty-three years old.
1t was still dark when the wreck oc>
Cured, and the utmost confusion followed.
| 1T was some time before those of the crew
who had escaped injury were able, with the
! help of the passengers who were unhurt. to-
aid the injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
GRAND JURY TURNS OUT
EIGHT NEW INDICTMENTS

Another partial report was submitted !es-
terday by the grand jury. and eight in
dictmeDts were returned as follows:
James Redmond. forgery of the name of
Harry Stout, president of the Stout Shoe
Company, to a check for so, Nov. 30,
drawn on the Merchants National Bank.
Mike Lee assault and battery on Patrick
Fleek, III Douglass street. Sept. 20.
Tom Miller, burglary of the house of
Charles Woods, go West Cook street, Nov.
IA, and larceny of a vest valued at 81.
Henry Strought, larceny of watch val
ued at S, from John Young, 1902 East Sew
enteenth street, on Dec. 5.
Henry Strought, larceny of 50 in money
from Marshal Sofa, 1i05 Dearborn street.
and also obtaining 50 from Mrs. Sofa under
false pretenses.
William Blackburn and Walter Payne,
larceny of 100 cigars from Henry Crosby,
Stevenson building, Nov. y.
John Foley, assault and battery on Pat
rick Keefe 2149 North Meridian street, on
Sept 30
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
EXTRA TRAINS TAKE CHRISTMAS
MAIL AND EXPRESS FROM CITY
Yesterday Record Breaker Sale Of Stamts-Doaeus of Santa
Claus Letters at Posfobce.

Unless people are sending their Christmas
presents earlier than usual. expressmen say
they shudder TO think of what business VIII
be tomorrow and Thursday.
The Adams Express Company is working
thirty extra men and twenty-eight wagons
in collecting and distributing the Christmas
goods. The company has put on three extra
trains each day east of Pittsburg and two
extra trains west of Pittsburg. so great is
the rush. Throughout all their system they
using three hundred extra cars secured
from the Pennsylvania road. The American
Express Company is also working an extra
force, while the United States Express Com
pany says il has never seen such rush
so early in the holidays
The mails. too. signal a wonderful Christ
mas. Yesterday the postoffice did the great
est business in its history. Stamps alone 10
the value Of 5000 were sold, while the num-
Der of packages mailed at the office reached
the thousands. When the windows opened
at Z o'clock yesterday morning the lobby of
the office was packed to its fun capacity
with men, women and children, their arms
loaded with boxes and packages TO be
mailed. AT the registry window 200 pack
ages were registered and sent out or the
city. This does not include those that
passed through the city and were registered,
but refers to those passed through the win
dow at the local office.
The early rush of Christmas trade is also
remarked I, upon by the postoffice; Nothing e;
indianapolis last Saturday, which, next TO
yesterday, was the biggest day the office has
had. The incoming and outgoing mail Is
about evenly divided. To-day is expected
to eclipse all former records if an estimate
can be proportional from previous years.
Letters are coming in for Santa Claus by
the hundreds of thousands. Some of them
are directed to the care of the Santas at the
various stores, and are forwarded, but the
most of them are returned to the Dead
Letter Office at Washington In New York.
it is said, more letters addressed to Santa
Claus are being received than ever before.
The letters come from all parts of the coun-
try, even Alaska. The collection already
will weigh more than ton, and is double
that of previous years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
WEATHER md POVERTY
KEEP STREETS DIRTY
Downtown Thoroughfares Were
Rated for Flushing, but Ice
and Snow Prevent.

Lack of funds and weather conditions are
conspiring against the city STRENGTHENING
department. A flushing of Washington
street, from Delaware street to Capitol ave-
nue., was on the programme last night, but
freezing weather came and prevented the
carrying out of the programme.
The mud and slush that had covered that
thoroughfare to depth of several inches
was partially cleaned yesterday, but the
flushing process was to be resorted to in
order to make the work complete.
1.-The funds on hand said Mayor Holtz-
man last night, ARE so small that we have
to go very carefully. and spend money just
where Ii is needed the most. We had hoped
to flush Washington street, but 1T is in
fairly good condition anyway, II the weather
should turn colder. 1t is seldom that the
streets can be flushed at this time of year.
because the weather isn't warm enough to
allow it."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
FIFTY BUILDINGS IND
NO PERMITS GRANTED
Number of Applications Found on
Inspectors Desk, Sum for Which
Would Have Been Thousands.

Nearly fifty applications for building per-
mits, the permits which were never is
sued. were discovered in his office yesterday
by Building Inspector Stanley.
II knew that there were some of these
about the Office said Mr.. Stanley, but 1
had no idea that there were SO many of
them. This merely gives another argument
in favor of the claim that the building laws
of the city need a thorough overhauling and
revision. Here are these applications, the
permits on which were never issued because
they awaited some signature. or because the
applicants did not bring plans and spcifica-
tons with them. Every one of these build
ings has been erected without permits, and
1 venture to say that the combined value
of the permits that would have been issued
on them would have been not a cent less
than from $4,000 TO 100000. 1 am making a
table OF these applications, with the
amounts they represent, and will hand this
TO the controller"