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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08
Quarrel Over the Possession of n Child
Results i'm the Slight Wounding of
Jay County Citizen.
FATALITIES DUE TO ACCIDENT
OFFICE OF DEFAULTING COUNTY
CLERK Is DECLARED VACANT.
End of a Clerks Boycott-Serious Fire
nj Sulphur SprinGs-John ID.
Roses Case on Trial.
pec.ai to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Ind, May 7.-Arnold J..
Padgett. a prominent lawyer Of this city.
was shot through the thigh this evening
by his son. David II. Padgett-
Young Padgett is the deputy prosecuting
attorney and was reprimanded by his ia
ther for some misconduct; the result Of
which was that the son knocked his father
down stairs. and when the latter recovered
and started toward his son he was shot.
The affair occurred at the Law Office and
created great excitement Marshal Geyer
was near by and took the young man to
Jail. The elder Mr.. Padgett Is not seriously
hurt
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CONGRESS OF MOTHERS.


Training and Education Of Children
Discussed by Several Delegates.
DETROIT. May 7.-At to-day's session of
the National Congress of Mothers, Mrs
D. o. Mears, of Albany, N. Y, led a con-
ference on Moral and Religious Education
of Children" She spoke of the great neces-
sity for fathers and mothers guarding their
conversation at the evening meal. This is
the time. she said, when nothing but the
best of the days proceedings should be
discussed All petty annoyances should be
eliminated and nothing but the bright side
of life be discussed.
Miss Mary Hutchinson, Of Columbus, O.,
presented the necessity of the parent study
ing the child and then training it accord
ing to its temperament.
David A. Maxwell, of Windsor, Ont, dis
cussed the child from a psychological
standpoint and traced the young life from
it's embryo state to manhood.
Mrs. Mabel Conkling, of New York urged
training the son along the same lines of
purity, as the daughter, remembering that
the heart of the baby boy is just as pure
as that of the baby daughter. Other
speakers were Miss Laura Browning, Prof.
o. G. Frederick, Prof. Lee McCollister,
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton and DR.. Herman
2. De Forest, of Detroit.
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Epworth League District Meeting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, May 1.-THE Epworth
Leagues of the Bloomington district are In
convention in this city. There are two hum
dred members in attendance The meeting
opened with DIR. Bacon. Of Indianapolis, pre-
siding. DR.. Kellogg, also Of indianapolis.
addressed the league on ''The Supreme
Task" j. M. Ogden, state president, made
an address, and was followed by Wilbur f.
Sheridan, of Louisville. Among those who
took active parts in the convention were
Miss Alma Clay, Bloomfield; Mrs. NJ. 8.
Heavenridge, Spencer; Miss Grace Wylie,
Bloomington; Miss Eva Cooper. Clayton;
Miss Maggie Holmes, Mitchell, and N. II.
Wylie, Greencastle.
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HOOdOOed.
Chicago Tribune.

Talk about the Democrats not having
any available material for presidential
candidates." exclaimed the passenger with
the skull cap Not to speak of Cleveland
Olney or German, We have four first-class
judges-Gray. Parker. 'Thayer and Adams
all of them good men and men that nobody,
say word against"
Yes" said the passenger with the side
whiskers. well. let's look at them COL
lectively and consider the inherent proba-
bilities as to any one of them being elected"
Whereupon he wrote their names on slip
of paper as follows:
Parker.
Gray.
Thayer.
Adams.
NO" he said. they won't do"
The passenger in the skull cap inspected
the result and changed the subject
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QUEENSTOWN. May ARRIVED: Celtic
and Aurania. from New York. for Liverpool,
and proceeded. Sailed: Westernland. from
Liverpool, for Philadelphia; Germanic, from
Liverpool. for New York
NEW YORK, May 7.-Arrived: Graf
Waldersee, from Hamburg. Sailed: La
Savoie. for Havre: Deutschland, for Ham
burg. Phoenicia. for Naples.
SOUTHAMPTON. May s. 1910 a. m.-
Sailed: Marquette. from London. for New
York. Arrived st. Paul, from New York
LIVERPOOL, May 7.-Sailed: Mayfower,
for Boston. via Queenstown; Tusinian for
Montreal via Neville
MOVILLE. May 7.-Arrived: Pretorian
from st. John. n. B., for Liverpool
GIBRALTAR. May Z-Saiied: PRINCESS
Irene, from Genoa. for New York.
LONDON. May 7.--Arrived: Manitou,
ron New York
LISBON. May 7--Arrtved: Algeria. from
New York.
NAPLES. May 7.--sailed: Hesperia. for
1sW York
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Shooting ARRAY i'm Jay County.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND, Ind, May Bert Rouch.
or Polling. was arrested and brought here
to-day charged with assault with intent to
murder, In that he fired two shots from
a revolver at Charles Downing on Wednes-
day. John Downing, son OF Charles Down
Ing, and his wife, who is Rouch's sister, had
separated, the husband having the custody
of one child and the wife of the other.
This did not suit Mrs. Downing and she and
her brother went TO the elder Downing
home to recover the other child. A quarrel
followed Downing chased ROUGH from the
place with club and ROUGH fired twice at
his assaiiant, wounding him slightly In the
hand.
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The Russo-Chinese Incident.

series of diplomatic exchanges in the cur
rent volume of foreign relations now in
press is given the text of a communication
addressed by Ambassador Tower to the
Russian Foreign Office relative to the an
nouncement that China was about to sign
an agreement with the Russo-Chinese Bank
whereby valuable exclusive privileges were
to be secured by that institution. The note
brought forth the important declaration
from Count Lamsdorff, minister Of foreign
Manchuria to China and would recall her
troops from that province and that there
was no intention to interfere with the "open
door" arrangement
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OFFICE DECLARED VACANT.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAGRANGE, Ind, May 7.-Clerk of Cir
cult Court Frank III. Masten, who left here
April 10 last, not having put in an appear
ance since then, and there being over g.
discrepancy in his accounts. the Board of
Cofnty Commissioners to-day declared the
office of clerk vacated. over the protest of
the five bondsmen of Masten, who main
tain that the office is not vacant, under the
statutes, since j. +. Roop. the deputy of
Masten is carrying on the business of the
Office and Masten is not known to be dead
nor has he resigned.
The commissioners hold that Masten has
defaulted and abandoned the office, and
that, according to an act of 1903 relating to
vacancies in office of county clerk, they
have the right to declare the vacancy and
make the appointment under this act They
appointed George c. Morgan, one of the
editors of the Lagrange Standard, and the
strongest opponent of Masten at the time
OF his. nomination for clerk, until JAM /.
1904 when an appointment will have to be
made for another year, until clerk elect
ed at the general election can take the
office. Mr.. Morgan has already qualified.
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MUCH WANTED CRIMINAL.


PHILADELPHIA. May 7-Benjamin
Sippe, better known as big Biz Mason,
was arrested to-day at the gate of the East
ern penitentiary. where he had just COM
pleted sentence of five years. The police
say there charges against him in Joliet.
Baltimore. Boston and cities in Ohio and
Indiana He has criminal record extend
ing a period of more than twenty-five
years and is sixty years old.
Sippe was tonight handed over 10 the
assistant warden of the Michigan City,
Ind prison. whence, IL is said. he made his
escape in 1897. Officers from Washington.
d. c. were also on hand to claim him. He
will be taken TO Indiana tomorrow.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELKHART, Ind, May 1.-THE City Coun-
Gil on Wednesday night voted to include in
the city tax levy for 1903 an item Of so cents
to create a special fund for the purpose of
buying or building a system of water works,
the city being now supplied by a private
corporation, with which three-fourths of
the voters in a special election are dissatis-
fed. The levy will raise about $50 900 each
year. 1t is made in accordance with a law
passed by the last Legislature giving cities
of less than 5000 population such right.
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Method of Combating phylloxera.

BERKELEY, Cal, May IA bulletin
outlining successful method of combating
the phylloxera, the dread grapevine de-
stroyer of California, has just been issued
by the University of California agricultural
department. The bulletin is the work of
Professor Edmund II. Dwight, instructor in
viticulture and the Preventative industries
in the university.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, May T.
Michael Burk, an itinerant painter and
decorator, aged about sixty-five years, was
found dead in the factory of the Blackboard
Glass Company at an early hour this morn
ing. The factory is not in operation and it
is not known at what hour he died, al
though the Waterman knew he was Sleep
ing there. He had made his home at the
plant since December He came here from
Terre Haute and told several before his
death that he had relatives in New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08
Many Editors Will Go.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR, Ind. May Jay c. Smith,
Of this city. secretary of the Southern In
diana Press Association, is putting in al
most full time now with details OF the an
nual outing of the association. which starts
from Louisville next Monday, May H. for
a trip up the Kentucky river. Mr.. Smith
has charge of the transportation arrange
ments, and he reports to-day that sixty
applications for berths have been received
and every mail brings others
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FIRE AT SULPHUR SPRINGS.
One Man Loses $4,000 and Others Suf-
fer Smaller Losses.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MIDDLETOWN,I Ind, May IA destruc-
tive fire visited the little town of Sulphur
Springs. six miles east OF this place, be-
tween 2 and o'clock this morning.
1t started in the oil room of Charles
Thompson's durg store, and spread so
rapidly that when discovered the entire
building was soon a mass of flames. In
addition to his drug store. Mr.. Thompson
carried heavy stock OF general merchan-
disc including hardware and farming i'm
PIGMENTS. He places his loss at $500; in
sured for $500.
Adjoining Mr.. Thompson's store was n
frame building in which Charles Jadely
had a dry goods and grocery store. This
was soon afire. and with its entire contents
was destroyed. In the rear of these build
ings was Mr.. Jadelys residence. which was
also destroyed. Mr.. Jadely's loss is $1,000.
insured for $l.o00.
On the second floor of the Thompson
building was the Masonic lodge ROOM
This lodge lost all its paraphernalia rec
ords, etc. partly covered by Insurance. For
a time il looked as II the entire town would
be wiped out, the place is without fire
protection.
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His Eye Turned to Stone.

LAPORTE, Ind, May 7.-Dr. NJ. S.
Smith to-day removed the right eyeball Of
Philander Loomis and found that the optic
had turned to stone. LOOMS was stabbed
In the eye eleven years ago and sight in
the right eye was destroyed DR.. Smith
says the stone was formed by blood, which,
in passing through the vitreous humor
deposited lime salts. 1t Is said that SINH
lar cases are rare.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08
Good or well Near Kokomo.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, May IA big oil well
was opened in Union township to-day,
twelve miles southeast of Kokomo This
is the first oil discovered in Howard county,
but experts say there is abundance of the
fluid In this locality. The discovery has
caused much excitement. and IL the pres
ent flow continues many oil wells will be
sunk Immediately The quality Is said TO
be excellent.
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CHICAGO. May 7.-College professors
from all parts OF the United States will
attend the conference called for tomorrow
and Saturday by the Northwestern Univer-
sity to consider 1.-The Relation Of the Col
lege to the Professional School," To-day an
informal meeting of the one hundred or
more delegates present was held at the
University building. Lake and Dearborn
streets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08
Paid His Fine with n Cow.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, May Lee Simpson,
Union township farmer, gave Greentown a
touch Of high life to-day. He had been to
Kokomo to pay his taxes, and while at
Greentown, en- route home. he traded his
horse for cow which he put in the shafts
of the surrey. The cow ran away, throw
ing Simpson and two companions out and
demolishing the rig. Simpson was arrested
by Marshal Pool, and settled big fine for
the escapade. 1t took his cow to settle with
the officers.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind, May 7.-Frederick
Copp. farmer Of Lawrence county, ILL
nois, was instantly killed this afternoon in
runaway. He was thrown out while the
team was running over a bridge. His head
struck an abutment, dashing out his brains.
Elmer Hutton, owner of the team also was
thrown out and was seriously injured.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. May THE Richmond
Light, Heat and Power Company. which is
engaged in lighting the city. has been in
dicted by the grand jury for polluting
Whitewater river. The Indictment charges
that in the manufacture of gas the refuse,
which includes oil and coal tar, passes into
the river, polluting the water and killing the
fish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08
Tablet to Revolutionary Soldiers.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May Tin memory Of
the revolutionary soldiers buried in this
city, General De Lafayette Chapter. d. A.
r. will on Memorial day place bronze
tablet on huge boulder in Greenbush Gem
etery. The society's intention was made
known some time ago and the tablet, or
dered from New York, arrived to-day. 1t is
Is by Is inches and in inscribed as follows:
"In memory of the revolutionary soldiers
Jacob Lane, Nathan White. George Rank,
George Stoner. Erected by General De La
fayette Chapter of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, 1903"
The ID. A. r.. insignia is also thereon.
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Eighteen Graduates in Medicine.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind. May 7.-To-night
the first annual graduating exercises of the
American College OF Medicine and Surgery
of Chicago were held here at the college
auditorium. There were eighteen gradu-
ates. The addresses to the class were made
by p. III. O'Donnell and the Rev. Thomas
Cox, of Chicago. The faculty, class and
a hundred guests came down from Chicago
on a special train
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Christian Church Conferences.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SALEM, Ind, May THE semi-annual
convention of the Christian Church of the
Fourteenth district, comprising the counties
of Washington. Clark. Floyd. Harrison and
Scott, is in session in Salem, with about
fifty delegates and many visiting members
present. =. L. Allen, of Indianapolis, SUI
perintendent of Christian Endeavor work,
made addresses yesterday afternoon and
last evening. The sessions are well attended
and will continue until Friday evening, clos
ing with services devoted to the Young Peo-
pies Society work.
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End of a Clerks, Boycott.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
HUNTINGTON, Ind, May THE local
clerks union has lifted the boycott on the
merchants of this city, and the merchants
have agreed to reinstate all clerks who left
their positions during the labor trouble at
once. The trouble has cost the clerks about
$500 in wages lost, and business has been
very dull.
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Fatal Fall from a Car,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO. Ind, May Bert Rois-
don, business man Of Hamlet. fell back
wards from a handcar this evening, crush
ing his skull and dying instantly. He was
thirty years old, and left family.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind. May 7.-Henry Beaver,
resident of Huntington. was given verdict
for 1880 this morning, in the Wabash Cir
cult Court, against the Huntington Natural
Gas Company. Four years ago an explo-
sion, said to have been due to irregular gas
pressure, destroyed Beavers house and he
began an action for 5000. The suit was
brought here on change of venue.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, May THE enum-
GRAFTON Of school children in this county
shows total number of children of school
age in the county of S,279, a decrease from
the number of one year ago of 275.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08
Dead Man Came to Life.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, May 7.-While members
of the Odd Fellows lodge. of Landessville,
were preparing to adopt resolutions of re-
spect relative to the death of one of their
number last night a messenger informed
them that after lying two hours. apparent
ly dead. Lemuel tastes had revived. Mr..
Eastes's condition is serious, however, and
little hopes are entertained for his recov-
ery.b He is a pioneer resident of Grant
county.
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Jumped just in Time.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE, Ind, May Ito save them
selves from probable death the engineer,
fireman and brakeman on a Baltimore &
Ohio train at Union Mills jumped just as
the engine was about to crash head-on
into an obstruction the track. The
fireman was badly injured. The others es-
capped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08

KALAMAZOO. Mich, May Tray Har-
rington. aged twenty, unmarried, was KILLED
to-day In the power house of the Michigan
Traction Company at Augusta He STUN
bled against a high tension wire and re-
ceived 5000 volts In his body.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, May Arrangements
are now being completed for the annual art
exhibit to be held in this city next month.
II has been definitely ascertained that the
Indianapolis artists will send twenty pic
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Head Crushed by a Pile-Driver.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 7.-Ritter
Smith. forty-five years old and an employee
of the Southern Railway, while at work at
Degonia to-day had his head crushed by
falling block Of pile driver Smiths home
was at Huntingburg.
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Austin. Mrs. James.
Atkinson. Romie.
Alves, Mrs. II. CD
Ash. Miss Maggie.
Arnold. Mrs. Kate.
Bottoms. Laura.
Bradshaw, Mrs.
Maria l..
Buniller. Mrs. NJ. A.
Berry. Mrs. Maria z.
Bauer. Miss Jennie.
Balm, Mrs. Haus.
Born. Mrs. Charlotte
Boyer, Charles G..
Brown. Miss Nellie.
Baumler. Miss Beula
Black, Mrs. Lily.
Berry. Mrs. Mary z.
Baugh, Mrs. Eliza beth.
Bailey. Miss Leona.
Brown. Miss Anna.
Brown, Miss Helen.
Cuaroni. Nina.
Cavanaugh, Mrs. Mary.
Collins. Mrs. Alice.
Crone. Mrs. w. s.
Conner, Miss Millie.
Cunningham, Miss
Evaline.
Cunningham, Miss
Lera y.
Cook, Miss Kate.
Cave. Mrs. Johanna
Cox, Mrs. May.
Coleman, Mrs. NJ. A.
(5.)
Dunn. Jane.
Duncan. Mrs. r. III.
Duncan. Miss Hattie.
Duncan. Miss Hattie.
Daley, Miss Rose.
Doty. Harriet j.
dodge. Mrs. 1. O.
Dyer, Mrs. Matilda.
Dunn, Miss Alice.
Dobson, Mrs. A. J.
Day. Miss Philander.
Dodo. Miss Ella.
De Witt. Mrs.
Hannah L.
De Witt, Miss Grace.
De Wolf, Miss
Emma II.
Devine Mrs. Agnes.
Enselhard. Mrs. ID. ].
Edwards. Miss
Mildred.
Emery. Mrs. Howard.
Evans. Mrs. Clarence.
Esyes, Miss Alice.
Emison, Kate K.
Evans. Miss Mabel.
Emison. Mrs. Kate z.
Ferguson, Maggie.
Fink. Miss Bessie NJ.
Furguson, Miss Ella.
Fuller. Mrs. Hattie.
Fildhouse, Mrs. Annie
Fessill. Mrs. Mary.
Friedrich. Catherine.
Foe, Mrs. Winnie.
Grinsten. Mss May.
Gray. Mrs. Mile.
Gum, Miss Bridget.
Garveson. Miss Mandy
Gardner, Mrs. John.
Green, Mrs. Kate.
Gladdis, Miss Martha.
Gordon, Mrs. Ella ID.
Gwynn, Mrs. Elizabeth
Green. Hattie.
Graves, Mrs. Sarah II.
Green. Mrs. Hattie.
Gardner. Mrs. Kath-
crime.
Hays. Miss Priscilla.
Hay, Miss Zoa.
Hubbard. Miss NJ.
Helderle. Mrs. Dave
Hams. Daisy.
Hutchinson. Mary.
Hawkins, Mrs.
Martha j.
Hardaway, Miss Sailie
Hudson, Miss Deiphina
Hendricks. Mrs. f.
Harry, Mrs. Mollie.
Howard, Mrs. Mabel.
Hurt. Margaret.
Hebron, Mrs. Henry.
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lures. New York twenty and Cincinnati
twenty or more. All departments of the ex-
hibit will be of high standard, and as a
whole ii promises to exceed any yet given.
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PATTERSON STILL LIVING,

as Ever.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, May 7.-William M. Pat
terson, who was mysteriously shot in his