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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
WHO STOLE THE STAMPS?
QUESTION THAT WILL BE An
sWERED SOON AT CHICAGO.
Evidence Said to he i'm Hand Giving
All the Details of the Great POST
Office Robbery on Oct. 20, 1901.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2s.-State's Attorney
Deneen announced this afternoon that he
had come into possession of proofs show
ing who robbed the Chicago postoffice on
Oct. 20, 1901, of postage stamps valued at
S74,6Ol, and that he and Postoffice Inspector
Stuart were at work preparing the evidence
for presentation to federal grand jury.
The States attorney through full con-
fession made by Mrs. Lulu Moll, who turned
states evidence against Attorney Richard
Wade, Thomas McNelly and others charged
with receiving stolen property. learned how
the proceeds of the postoffice robbery were
divided, who dug the tunnels under the
building, who bored the holes in the vault
and held the plunder which was stolen.
Mrs. Mon broke down in States Attorney
Deneen's office and admitted the truth of
the evidence against the postoffice robbers.
Charles Mol, husband Of Lulu Moll and
one of the most daring and dangerous
crooks known to the police of the United
States, is now serving a term in the Michi-
gan penitentiary for burglary in Lansing.
Richard Wade sprang into prominence
when he defended Prendergast, the assassin
Of Mayor Carter Harrison. He was found
guilty tonight of receiving stolen property
and disposing of it. The value of the prop
tTly 10 uAcu Uy tuC JuiOiS at $loO, tutdlllDS
a pententiary sentence. Wade was on trial
with Margaret Winters and Thomas Nc
Nelly. Mrs. Moll changed her plea of gull
ty and was a state witness. Friday after
noon by direction OF Judge McEwen the
jury found McNelly and Mrs. Winters not
guilty and dismissed them, leaving only
Wade to be tried.
The property in question was shipment
of furs stolen in Clinton, Ia, by Charles
Mol. husband of Mrs. Moll. Furs valued
at 5000 were shipped from Clinton in one
night. Mrs. Moll obtained the storage re-
ceipt from her husband and told Wade of it.
He said he could dispose OF anything from
a postage stamp to frame house for 90
the woman secured the furs and shipped
them to Chicago. Wade then sold them to
a State-street furrfer.
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creasing the salaries OF any judges IL must
be that they are entitled TO more compen-
sation because OF Increased duties ana re-
sponsibilities, yet this conference comni.-
tee asks us TO sanction change IN TINS
bill that increases the salary OF the Su-
perior judge of one county and does not
increase the salary OF the Circuit @ g 5qose ioere 81
this as in certain sense punlsnmehe
on this Circuit judge for alleged miscon-
duct of which we oficialiy nave apso-
lutely no knowledge. Increases OF salaries
are not TO be given because of the person
ality of the official. The Increase Is given
TO the Office. not 10 the man, ana an IN
crease should not be withheld as censure
But, Mr.. Speaker, apprehend that this
bill is fraught with evil that Is not ap-
ing, If / understand IL Alright. there Is a
loophole whereby nineteen judges In TINS
State may claim similar increase in sal
airy. | repeat that the bill as AMENDED 20
this House. and / hope that the report viii
not be concCrred in
Bamberger closed the debate, denying
that there was anything in the bill that
would give any Judges outside of those In
the five counties named the slightest claim
to an increase In compensation and again
urging that the report be concurred In
REPORT CONQUERED IN.
The ayes and noes were demanded on the
motion and the roll call showed SIS ayes to
g noes; the conference committees report
was .concurred in.
The Senate conferees will probably report
to that body Monday. but there is. of
course, no way of forecasting the action
that will be taken on the amendments.
House bill No. lis, which has caused all
this stir, has had a somewhat checkered
career When ii was first introduced in the
House IL was heralded an innocent meas
ure that affected only Marion county. pro-
viding for an increase in the salary of the
Marion county judges to 5000. OF this
increase, however, the State was TO pay
only an amount that would equal the high
est amount paid to other Circuit and Su-
perior Judges by the State, S500-the re-
mainder was TO come from the county
treasury The bill was advanced several
stages without opposition, but one day an
astute member of an inquiring disposition
discovered that the bill really provided
that the State should pay the salary of the
Judge of the Marion County Criminal Court,
a court that was created with the under
should bear all the expenses thereof and
that the State should never be called upon
to pay any part of the salary of the judge.
The bill was promptly held up by the in
dignant members, who felt that there had
been underhand attempt to unload on
the State the cost of the Marion county
Criminal Court Representative Bamberg-
err who stood sponsor for the BILL promptly
denied that there had been any such ul-
terror purpose in view In presenting the
bill, and said that the provision had crept
in wholly as a result OF misunderstand-
CONTINUED ON PAGE s, COL. l.
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CONTENTS OF To-DAY's JOURNAL.
Part One-Twelve Pages.

Page
Developments in the Knapp Case; Fill
buster in the House: Legislative Gossip;
Washington News of Special Interest to
Indianians.
2-Work of Congress Reviewed.
4-Indiana News in General.
5-Long List of Casualties; Floods, Gales
and Billiards.
6-Sporting News.
7-Citizens Will Search for Young Stans-
field.
s-what Hull House Does; Mayor Book
walter Will Veto Plumbing Ordinance.
9-Court. Local Labor and Real-estate
News; Classified Ads.
10-Live Stock and Local and General Prod
uce Markets.
11-Gossip of Wall Street: Financial Mar
kets.
R-Champions the Trusts; Stole Grocery
Store; Saints Could Not Enter; Epworth
League Planning Detroit Rally.
Part Two-Twelve Pages.
1.-The Dining-Car Problem in Europe; A
Russian Traitor; The Rag-Carpetry
Fad.
2-Literary News and Gleanings.
s-A Mexican Buried City; Cardinal Ram
polla.
4-Editorial Page.
Sat Berlin Court Ball.
6-Personal and Society News.
personal and Society News (Continued.) }
SSMusic and Drama.
"a Rider Unhorsed; Questions and An
swers.
10-Illustrated Fashions; The True Gentle
man.
1.-THE Wiles OF the Fox; Sphinx Lore.
12-Singing Insects of Japan: Gold Mining
In the West.
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The members of the Indianapolis police
department were Of opinion yesterday that
Alfred A. Knapp, now under arrest in Ham
ilton, o., for the murder Of five people,
was the man who tried TO assault little
Annie Niehaus, near the starch works, three
weeks ago. At the time or the attempted
assault an accurate description of the man
was given the police by the little girl and
her brother who saw the man when the
girl was taken into an alley. From the
description at hand the police were sure
that Knapp was the man who tried to COM
nit the deed 1t was said that the only
thing lacking to complete the identification
of the assailant was that the man who took
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COL. A.
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SHOT MAN AND WOMAN.

San franciscan Who Thought He Was
Cheated I'm an Investment.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Abandoned by
an unfortunate investment of his savings,
Joseph B. Fritz tonight shot and killed
NJ. ]. Morrison. seriously wounded Miss
Lou Yarnell. and then committed suicide.
Two months ago Fritz paid $500 for an
interest in the real-estate firm of Nj. j.
Morrison & Co. He later accused Morri-
son and Miss Yarneil, stenographor in the
office. OF censpiring to swindle him, and
the shooting was deliberately planned. as
he had previously written letters TO his
wife and to the public explaining the mo-
tive OF his deed Miss YaIn<N although
shot Through the body. win reeover.
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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
Janftor Tries to XIII q Business Man,
but Merely Wounds Him.

AKRON, O., Feb. 2s--An apparently pre-
mediated attempt to murder William Cler-
kin. one of the most prominent business
men and manufacturers of this city, failed
to-day because of the poor aim of William
Dornback, janitor of the Twentieth Century
building, owned by Clerkin. AS it was. Mr..
e,larkin was shot in the head and left
shoulder Dornback and Clerkfn are said
TO have recently had some words. and to-
d.y Dornback entered the private Office of
Mr. CIerkin. and, standing within two feet
81 him fired six shots, two OF which took
effect. Employees of the office grabbed the
&C. no,ice and a physician was hurriedly
summoned. Mr.. Clerkin will recover. Dorn-
bacE is nineteen years of age
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Other Fires.

HASTINGS, Neb., Feb. 2s.-Last night
during a very high wind that was accom-
upper story of the Shedd block, occupied by
the Hastings Business College. The Shedd
block and an adjoining row OF brick struc-
ton avenues, were destroyed, causing
loss of about 100000.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. 2S.-Fire
which broke out I'm the Pere Marquette
Pathway warehouse at O'Clock this after
noon threatens to do $4,000 damage.
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VALID MOCK" MARRIAGE.


ComeIy Committee Clerk.
HELENA. Mont. Feb. &.-Representa-
tive Robert Brownlee. of Sweet Grass
county. and Miss Carrie Kolb, of Cascade
county. a comely committee clerk went
through a mock marriage ceremony at the
State Capitol yesterday and are now won-
dering II they are truly married The matter
came about through banter, Brown
lee being chided as a confirmed bachelor.
Despite his wealth, he declared. he could
not md a helpmeet. whereupon Miss Kolb
assented Representative Everett performed
The ceremony. and at its close kissed the
bride and informed them that. as he was
Justice OF the peace. they were man and
vrffe Brownlee Acknowledged on the floor
OF the House that he was not sorry II
such proved to be the case. Appropriate
resolutions were passed BY the House. con-
1f is oonsfnIly believed that the marriage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
GATHERING AT PENSACOLA.
Fleet Of Warships which VIII Include
the New Maine.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. &--The battle
shin squadron under command of Rear Ad-
miral Hieginson and composed OF the Kear-
sarge. Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts. Ala
bama and Texas arrived this afternoon. the
go forr,er coming from Galveston and the
aIahama and Texas from Mobile and New
orleans. The Indiana has been In port FOR
rsaeL The new Maine, the Topeka. At
sarse prairie. Scorpion and Buffalo will
ioin the fleet within week
'o1i The fleet will remain here for two or
three weeks, during which time the COURT
hoard ta a.; The Masoachusstts, win tako place At
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
Knapp. Daughter mt Fort wayne.
ecial % the Indianapolis journal.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE. Ind. Feb. 2s.-Superin-
tendent johnson. of the School for Feeble
minded Youth. discovered to-day that there
Is girl among the children in HIS charge
who is supposed to be tine child of Knapp.
the murderer The girl Is feeble-minded
and blind She Is fourteen years old now
She was received by the institution from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

She goes by her mothers name, Stubbs
Mrs. Guenther. of Brazil. says the girl is
knapp's child.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COL. a.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Funeral of Mr.. SeIlg.

On Sunday afternoon at 23O
o'clock the funeral of Mr.. Sam1.
Selig was held from the home of
the deceased, Rabbi Herr officiat-
ing, assisted by Columbus Lodge
No. 3, A. F. and A. NJ. The re-
spect and esteem in which Mr..
Selig was held in the hearts of
his fellow townsmen was touch
ingly shown by the rare and ex-
quisite floral offerings and the
large concourse of friends in at
tendance. After a short service
at the house the body was taken
to the cemetery where the ser
vices were concluded by the Ma
sons, of which order Mr.. Selig
had long been a faithful mem
Der. The following gentlemen
acted as pail bearers: L. Ros-
enzweig, S. Schwab, julius Loeb,
A. Chapsky. Joe Cook, G.. w.
Boyd, Harry Dashiell and John
A. Nelson. Honorary pail bear
ers: Messrs. G. A. Johnston, w.
ID. Prowell, T. B. Franklin, War
ren Cox, John Lipsey. J. NJ. Nc.
Quown, Joe Donoghue, Frank
Dillard, Simon Loeb, L. Fleish-
man. II. Silberberg.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Thanksgiving.
count.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving
and according to the usual Gus
tom of the people of this city it
will be reverently and devOutly
observed by a union Thanks
giving service to which all are
invited. 1t will be held this
year at the First Methodist
church, the sermon will be by
Rev. D. III. Ogden, while appro
pirate music will be sung and
many pastors of the city will
participate in the exercises. The
hour of service is eleven o'clock.
The following is the program
of the service.
Anthem.
Invocation.
Hymn. 728. MY Country 'Tis
of Thee.
Prayer-Rev. A. j. Miller.
Reading Scriptures by Rev. J.
B. Oakley.
Hymn.
Offering for the United Char
tiles of the city.
Sermon by Rev, ID. FL. Ogden.
Benediction, Rev. M, Fl. Ar
mOuf.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Voting Contest.

Last weeks weekly edition
contained only one ballot. This
weeks edition will contain three
ballots to make good the short
age.
The ballots published in the
early part of November were
marked October ballots through
the mistake Of this Office in not
changing the date. These bal
lots will be good until December
18th for they are really Novem-
Der ballots.
The one thousand vote contest
will end next Saturday. This
contest will, in all probability.
determine the result in the great
contest ending in December, for
the winners of these prizes one
thousand, five hundred and two
hundred and fifty ballots, will
have lead which will be diff
cult to overcome. No count of
the amounts credited to the va
rious candidates has been made
to date and none will be made
until next Saturday at noon, at
which time the thousand vote
contest will end.
This week will be the last
week the candidates will have to
work for these prizes and from
what we hear it will be the
greatest week of solicitation
Which las ever been seen in this
section. It is said by friends of
various candidates that there
will be some surprises in the
count next Sunday.
We expect to add two hundred
new subscribers to our list this
week. Be sure and read next
Sundays DISPATCH.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26

Rossell, United States engineer,
and for the purpose of construct
ing locks and dams in said river
wheresoever same shall be de-
termined to be necessary.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary of
War is hereby empowered to i'm
mediately enter into a contract
or contracts to have said work
done as herein provided. upon
terms and specifications to be
approved by him; but if in the
judgment of the Secretary of
War said work can best be done
by the government, then he is
hereby authorized to have said
work done on government ac-
count.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Win Close Tomorrow.

A petition was circulated yes
terday which was signed by
every merchant of Columbus in
which they agreed to close to-
morrow at 1890 o'clock and to
keep their places of business
closed until noon. The drug
stores will observe Sunday hours
closing at 1920 and re-opening at
three in the afternoon. The clos
ing is in order to give the mer-
chants and their employees an
opportunity to attend the union
services which will be held to-
morrow. Every merchant is
urged to rigidly adhere to his
agreement in order that the clos
ing movement may be a success
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Most Men Work Hard

and take but little present com
fort in order to secure future
wealth. Yet 95 per cent Of men
in business are not successful
Think of it. Do not leave this
matter of the future welfare OF
your family in doubt. Decide
now and take $4,000 or $50,
900 policy on your life, payable
to yourself at sixty or sixty five
years, if you are then living. If
you die bef ire that time your
family and business are protect
ed. If you live YOU will be pro
vided for. Meaiwhae, you can
enjoy your pres,bt income, and
at the same time leave your
family provided for Having paid
your Life Insurance premium,
you can freely spend the re-
mainder of your income without
the haunting fear of future want
to the wife and children. See
Joe r. RandIe, Agent
For PENN MUTUAL LIFE.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Death OIL. ]. McGahey.

The sudden death of Mr.. T. j.
McGahey, Monday morning, re-
moved from our midst an old and
respected citizen. Mr.. McGahey
was in his 73rd year but had
been in good health up to the
time of his death. He was a vic
tim of heart disease. The de-
ceased leaves a large number of
relatives and a host of friends
who mourn his death. Immedi-
ately after the sad occurrence his
sons, Messrs. Bob and Goodloe
McGahey, were notified and ar
rived in the city with their fam
lilies yesterday. Others who at
tended the funeral from out of
town were Mrs. Jas. Weathered,
of Birmingham and Mrs. T. L.
II. Cook, of Artesia. The fun
eral occurred yesterday after
noon from the residence, Rev. t.
w. Lewis, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, officiating.
The following gentlemen acted as
pail bearers: Messrs. J. III.
Stevens, f. A. Gunter, S. B.
Street, G.. D. Harris, Capt. Ell. D.
Foote, and John Robertson.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26

the eyes of our people and LEI
them turn on the search-light OF
inquiry so that they may see
clearly what keeps Columbus
under the ban of excessive freight
rates, excessive insurance rates.
and causes her to be discrimi-
mated against upon any and all
occasions. The fault is with us,
fellow citizens.
''PATPER. .
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
To the Public.

| take this opportunity of
thanking the numberless friends
and patrons of my late husband
for their kind patronage and
good will covering a period of
forty years. The business will
be conducted as usual by my
son, Mr.. Harry Selig. Trusting
you will continue to honor us
with your valued favors,
Respectfully,
11-25 2w Mrs. SAM SELIG
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR.
THE DISPATCH.


Congressman Gambler has in
troduced his bills for the survey
and the mprovement of the
Tom mbigbee river from this city
to Demopolis, Ala. The bills, as
usual, were referred to the COM
mittee on rivers and harbors
and it is confidently expected
will be EN- bodied in the general
bill of that committee when it
comes before Congress. In the
Record of Tuesday, November
18th, are the following entries:
A Bill authorizing and direct
ing the Secretary of War to
cause a survey to be made of the
Tombigbee river from DempO-
lis, Ala, to Columbus, Miss.
SEC. l BE it enacted by the
Senate and House Of RepreseD-
tatives of the United States of
America in Congress Assem- bled.
that the Secretary Of War be,
and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to cause a survey to be
made of the TOmbigbee river
from DemOpolis, Ala, on the
mouth of the Warrior river, to
Columbus, Miss, with the view
Of determining where and how
many locks and dams are neces-
sary in said river to secure
channel depth, at low water, of
six feet and the cost thereof, and
to submit a plan and estimate
for such improvement of said
river as will secure said channel
a depth Of six feet at low water.
SEC. That the sum of twenty
thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same is hereby, appro-
priated out of any money in the
treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated to
enable the Secretary of War to
cause said survey to be made,
and to submit said plan and es-
Inmates for the Improvement of
said river as hereinabove pro
vided in section one of this bill. ="
A Bill making an appropria-
ton for the improvement of the
Tombigbee river in the State of
Mississippi and the State of
Alabama.
BE it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, that the
sum of five hundred thousand
thousand dollars be, and the
same is hereby. appropriated,
out of any money in the Treas
ury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, to be
expended under the direction of
the Secretary of War. for the
Improvement of the Tombigbee
river in the State of Mississippi
and in the State of Alabama, so
as to secure a channel depth of
six feet at low water, in accord
ance with the plans and methods
and ecommendations set forth
in the various reports made to
the Secretary of War by Major
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
Notice TO the Public.

Stock of the Columbus Manu-
featuring Co., manufacturers of
the King Cotton Back Band, will
be sold at par until Dec. Is, 1908.
WARREN M. Cox,
til d15 Sec. and Treas.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26

The friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Wood are pleased to know
that their little daughter, Lii
lian, who has been so i'll with
pneumonia, was reported better
yesterday.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-23

press is by far the best in Alaska, as evidenced by the excellent typographi- cal appearance which THE NUGGET now presents. The press will print 1900 papers per hour, A cut of the press is published herewith,
 The proprietor of THE NUGGET pub lished the first newspaper of this sec tion, with whose interests he has been closely indsntified since October 4, 1899. THE NUGGET has ever been loyal to the material interests of this great mineral country, and has been a consistent advocate of all measures having for their object the ameliora- tion of the many burdens borne by the business man, the miner and prospector in this frozen nOrthland
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-23

stamped on little squares of walrus hide.
 The sum of s7, POO, 900, gold, was paid by the United States to Russia for the territory of Alaska. The purchase was effected in May, 1867, and Alaska was formally transferred to our flag on the 18th of October, 1867.
 The superficial area of Alaska is one-sixth of the entire United States and territories.
 The trading post at St. Michael was called Michaelovoski RedOubt by the Russians. It was established by Michael Tobenskoff, an officer of the Russian-Amercan Company, in 1883.
 Kaltag was named from very old man. by name of Kaltag, a friend oi the Russians.
 Mount St. Elias was discovered and named by Boring.
 Sitka was first called New Archangel by the Russians, but the tribal name of the savages who lived just outside the stockade fence was "Seet-kah,' y and this was later. for brevity and euphony, called Sitka.
 Chynik (Chinik) is Russian word meaning teakettle, tea being "chy" ir Russian, derivative from the original Chinese "chah.'
 In 1897 Skagway was spelled by the residents Skaguay. It was derived from the Indian word "Skagua, which meant 'Home of the north wind"
 The northern-most mouth of the Yukon by which the sea coast is reached was called the Uphoon by the Russians.
 Juneau was first called Harrisburg, after the capital of Pennsylvania. Alta miners meeting in May 1882 the name was changed to Juneau, for Joe Juneau former we'll known resident of that place, who died recently in Dawson.
 The word 'eskimo" is derived from Kag-us- Keemi, the Innuit name for the casines or club houses in which their Shamans performed their superstitious rites. It is also said to mean 'sorcer CTS" and ''eaters of raw fish,"