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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Daughters of st. Paul will give .
reception at st. Paurs parish house to-mor-
row evening, Oct 8. Mrs. May wright
Sewall will talk on Distinguished Person.
alities in Foreign Travel"
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Of Roberts Park Church will meet on Friday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. A f. Wynn;
1912 North Delaware street The annusi
election of officers will take place at this
meeting.
There will be a meeting Of the Indo-
American woman's Restoration League In
the parlors of the Y. w. &. A. Tomorrow
at p. m. This being the time for the
annual election of officers all members are
urged to attend.
William ID. Shipp, 1913 Dawson street. was
struck by a street car yesterday afternoon
at the north end of the viaduct and was
badly injured. He suffered number OF
serious scalp wounds and many bruises, and
was taken to his home In the Dispensary
ambulance. attended by DIR. Cunningham
The Supreme Court yesterday in affirm
ing the case of the Baltimore a. Ohio Rail-
road Company from judgment for viola
ton OF an ordinance OF the town or WHIT
ing, held constitutional the law giving town
clerks the authority 70 act as justices &c ,sa't 81
the speed Of railway trains within their
boundaries was also upheld
The number OF people using natural gas
from the Consumers Gas Trust Company
IL s,306 This is 1.53o fewer natural gas pa
irons than the books showed on Sept 10
An officer Of the Consumers Gas Trust
Company says the full amount of the pres
sure has been turned into the mains. which
Is seven pounds al Gilman. the head OF the
line The company gives no assurances or
an abundantly sufficient supply of gas this
winter.
Mortimer Levering. president of the CO
lumbia National Bank, has received the
offer OF the management OF an Illinois
estate valued at several million dollars:
The stock commission firm OF Mallory *
Co, of Chicago. is included i'm the estate.
Mr.. Levering announced yesterday that ne
has not yet decided whether he Will accept
the cffer. IL he takes charge of the estate
he says he will not sever his connection
entirely with the Columbia National Bank.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
FORT wAYNE's DISASTROUS FIRE.
Discovered by l.. T.. a. w. Engineer
stamp Collection i'm Danger.

Stamp Collection i'm Danger.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Oct 6.-The fire at
Eckerts last night was discovered by the
engineer OF Lake Erie & Western loco
motive who blew the regulation fire whistle
and caused the first alarm to be sounded
The fire originated in the lard room, which
burned with unquenchable violence and
heat. The fire was fought by part of the
fire department all night There were hum
dredS OF hogs and cattle in the pens which
had TO be driven slowly through the narrow
gates. but they were saved.
At i O'Clock this morning as the fire de-
partment was returning from the Eckert
fire a bright blaze within a square of fire
headquarters caused the jaded men to re-
spond TO another alarm The fire was in
a brick barn used by junk man named
John Birchman, who slept in the structure.
He was able to grope his way out OF his
room upstairs and droo out half choked
through the window To the ground, but was
injured in the fall and narrowly escaped
burning 10 death. His horse was sufF~-
Gated. He was a stamp collector. am ..-d
a quantity OF cancelled stamps which he
said was worth $500. though probably not
worth more than tenth of that sum. The
fire was controlled quickly after the de-
partment arrived. Brchman was taken to
Hope Hospital.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
BRIDGE COMPANY SUED.
Kentucky and Indiana Concern Made
Defendant.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct. 6.-Henry Gray
brook to-day filed suit in the Circuit Court
against the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge
Company and /. S. Winstandley, trustee,
for sl.5OO The suit is supplementary to an
execution. About four years ago Gray
brook secured judgment against the COM
'pany and an execution was issued for the
collection of the judgment. The sheriff
returned the execution unsatisfied for the
reason that no property of the defendant
was found in the State 1t is alleged in the
suit filed to-day that the company is the
owner in fact of the tract of land on which
the treStle approach to the bridge is built,
although the title is in the name of /. S.
Winstandley as trustee, having been trans
ferred to him number of years ago. 1t
is alleged that the land was bought with
funds of the company. Col. G. l.. Jewett
is attorney for Graybrook Among others
who have judgments against the company
are County Auditor Thomas Hanlon, who
holds one for $500 for services rendered,
and City Clerk Eugene Brisby for s. 600.
About eight years ago Brisby was run
over by a X. & l. yard engine and lost a
leg.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, Oct 6-Arrived: Finland
from Antwerp: Pottsaam. from Rotterdam:
Deutschland, from Southampton and Cher
bourg. kaiserin Maria Theresa. from Bre-
men, Anchoria. from Glasgow: Oscar III
from Copenhagen: Armenian. from Liver
pool. Sailed: Cevic. for Liverpool; Kron-
prinz Wilhelm. for Bremen.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 6-Arrived: Devonian.
from Boston. Sailed: Lake Champlain. for
Montreal; Saxonia, for Boston.
QUEENSTOWN. Ost. 6.-Arrived: Naord-
land. from Philadelphia. for Liverpool and
proceeded.
BREMEN. Oct 6.-Arrived: Bremen and
Kaiser Wilhelmn der Crosse, from New
York
NAPLES. Oct.-6.-Arrived: Cambroman.
from Boston. for Gehoa.
LONDON, Oct. s.,-sailed: Lascastrian.
for RoSfon
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
KOkoMO's FIRE CHIEF ACCUSED.
Discharged EmpIOye Makes Serious
Allegations.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 6.-Edward Shau-
man, chief of the Kokomo fire department,
is himself under fire by the Council COM
mittee. Charges were filed with the COM
mittee to-day by John Cawthorne, former
employe of the department. The charges
are: First, intoxication while on duty; sec
ond, appropriation of public property to
private use and receiving pay for same;
third. associating with persons of immoral
character.
1t is not believed that any of these
charges can be proved and are generally
regarded as spite work on the part of the
discharged employe. Cawthorne was let out
for cause. Chief Shauman has been on the
Kokomo force for twenty years, and before
that served as fireman at Peru and Evans
of the most efficient firemen in the State.
The Council will make a thorough investj-
CATION.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
INCONSISTENCY POINTED OUT.


The Citi1;ns' League Report Rejects
Hftx. and Indorses Watson.
One Of the diverting features of the ''re-
port of the Citizens League, In the minds
of many citizens who are not members of
the league is it's inconsistency. This point
has been more generally commented on than
any other. The league speaks compliment
arily of George Hitz, the Prohibition can
didate for mayor, but says he will not do
because he stands no chance of election
In its next breath the league rejects both
the Republican and Democratic candidates
for police Judge, and indorses B. F. Wat
son, the Prohibition candidate.
To the uEprejudiced observer ii would ap-
pear that iMr. Watson stands even less
chance of election than does Mr. Hitz as
there is nc especial fight on the race for
police judge, and nothing to lead partisans
to reject tRe candidates Of their respective
parties. IL Mr.. Hitz is rejected by the
league because there is not even a remote
possibility Of his election, many voters ask
why does fot the league reject Mr. Watson
for the same reason? The league also rec
ommends Prohibition candidates for Coun-
Gil In wares In which the candidates have
absolutely $40 chance of election
Another enquiry raised is, why did the
league ignare the candidacy of Dr. James
Carter for mayor? DR.. Carter Is a candi-
date-has fled his petition to have his name
on the ballot.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
NEW WAY OF SMUGGLING.


PORT HURON, Mich. Oct. 6.-Conductor
John Mullin, in charge of a palace car on
a Grand Trunk train, Porter N w. Craw-
ford. colored. and Charles Thompson, of
Boston. tourist agent for the Pullman
Palace Car Company. were arrested to-day
charged with smuggling not only merchan-
disc. but Chinaman. A search of the train
revealed a quantity OF liquor and China
mar secTeted in one OF the berths. Conduc-
tor Nullin. who was making his first trip
over this line of the road declared himself
innocent, and said the Chinaman must have
been smuggled into the train after he had
retired for the night
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
BROOM CORN MARKET.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, ILL.,, Oct. 6.-The broom corn situ-
alton remains unusually strong in the CEN
trail Illinois district for this season Of the
year, and is attributable to the shortness
of the crop and especially the small proper
ton of hurl or fine corn necessary to finish
brooms. A large quantity of corn has
changed hands in the past week, being
bought by the brokers and spectators. The
latter class of buyers are forcing the
brokers to go over 500 per ton for the
brush, the brokers have to have it to
fill their orders. No crops have yet sold for
more than s115 per ton. but there is no indi-
cation whatever of the market weakening
and the price predicted a few days ago,
s125 per ton, may be reached before long.
Reports from Kansas and other South
western broom corn quarters are to the ef-
feet that spectators entered the field there
and the growers were benefited by the
competitive bidding, receiving as much as
$40 for their crops in some instances, this
being unusually high for Southwestern
broom corn. Almost all of the Illinois
crop is in the sheds and, in fact, hardly
a single field Of brush is left standing.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
DIVORCED AND MARRIED.
The Old Saying "OR With the Old, On
With the New" Exemplifed.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE, Ind, Oct. 6.-"Of with the
old and on with the new was applicable to
a scene which took place to-day in Judge
Richters court. Charles A. Huffman was
granted divorce from Tillie Huffman. The
next case on the calendar was the divorce
suit of Laura Johnson VS.. David Johnson,
and but a few moments were necessary in
which To prove the allegations of cruelty
and abandonment, these being the same
charges in the Huffman case. Then Charles
Huffman and Mrs. Johnson, the plaintiffs
in the two actions, left the courtroom arm
in arm.
A few minutes later the county clerk had
granted a marriage license to the pair, and
Mayor DarrOw, who was Huffman's attor-
ney, performed the ceremony at which Mrs.
Johnson became Mrs. Huffman. The pro-
ceedings had so much the appearance OF
collusion that Judge Richter, on learning
afterward what had transpired, declared
most emphatically that had he surmised
what was going on one or possibly both
DEGREES would have been refused.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

WASHlNGION. Oct 6.-fOrecaSt for
"Wednesday and Thursday:
Indians-Rain and cooler on Wednesday.
Thursday fair. high south shifting TO
northwest winds.
Ohio-Rain on Wednesday with cooler in
northwest portion. Thursday colder with
fair in south and clearing in northern por-
ton: high south shifting 10 northwest
winds.
Illinois-Rain and colder on Wednesday.
Thursday fair; hign south shifting TO north
west winds and dangefous squalls.
kentucky-Rain on Wednesday with cool
er in west portion Thursday fair In west;
rain and cooler in west portion.
Lower Michigan-Raiu and colder on
Wednesday. Thursday fair; south shifting
to northwest gales.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska
and Kansas-Fafr in west, clearing and
cooler in the central aud eastern portions.
Thursday fair.
Minnesota and Iowa--Rain, followed by
clearing and colder on Wednesday. Thurs
day fair, high northwest winds.
Tennessee-Rain on Wednesday with
cooler in west portion. Thursday cooler
with fair in west and rain in east portion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
Virtues of slippery Elm Bark.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WINDFALL, Ind, Oct. 6.-Omer Hillard,
the four-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Simeon Hillard, of this city, is slowly re-
covering from injuries suffered in drinking
a potion of concentrated lye last winter.
Physicians predicted that the child would
starve to death. as he was unable TO retain
food or drink on his stomach. At the time
of the accident he was in good health and
weighed sixty pounds, but as he gradually
grew worse, he continued to loose flesh
until his weight was reduced to sixteen
pounds five weeks ago. Among the
remedies suggested was the using of
slippery elm water and the white of eggs.
He can now take a reasonable amount of
nourishment and retain il. He is gaining
i'm flesh steadily and bids fair to entirely
recover The parents believe the water
from elm bark and the white of eggs saved
their child from death.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
HORSE THIEF RECORDS.
National Detective Association Has
Done Good Work.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 6.-The forty-third
annual session of the National Horse Thief
Detective Association came to an end here
this evening. Logansport was chosen as
the next meeting place and the following
officers were elected: President, A. Ii.
Hammer, Willow, Ind; vice president, c.
ID. White, Eaton o.; secretary, Ira Mehar-
ry, Wingate, Ind; treasurer, William Col
vert, Attica, Ind. The annual report showed
that during the year fifteen horses have
been stolen, thirteen recovered and seven
teen horse thieves sent TO prison. There are
at present 2l1 organizations with II, $50
members. The meeting here was very sue
cessful. Late this afternoon many of the
visitors went to Cambridge City over the
interurban line.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
MAYOR GIVES BOND.
Springfield's Executive Accused Of
Malfeasance in Office.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct. 6.-Mayor Dew
eraux appeared before Judge Shirley in the
Sangamon Circuit Court this afternoon and
gave $1,000 bond for his appearance to an
swer the indictment for malfeasance in
office brought by the grand jury last week.
The grand jury charge that, i'm violation
of his oath of office, he has corruptly per-
mitted gaming houses, poolrooms and slot
machines to ply their trade unmolested by
him. 1T is probable that owing to the i'm
portance of the case against Mayor Dew
eraux the case Will go over until the next
term of court, and that special attorneys
will assist the states attorney in the pros
ecution.
Policeman Lee Henry was arrested to-
day on his return from Madison, Ind He
was indicted for completely with Mayor
Menke, the specific charge being accepting
brlbes from saloon keepers. He was un-
able to furnish bond
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
AN ERA OF GOOD FEELING
TROLLEY LINE UNITEs TWO PRINCI-
PAL HOWARD COUNTY TOWNS.
KOkomo Snd Greentown Extend COur.
tesies-lndustriaI News from Diff
ferent Parts of the state.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
KOkOMO, Ind, Oct 6.-Connecting ko-
komo and Greentown by trolley has in
augurated an era of good feeling between
the two largest Howard county towns.
Yesterday Mayor Rogers and the council
men of Greentown were given free ride
and banquet by Kokomo and to return
the compliment Greentown will this week
entertain the mayor and Council of Koko-
mo by a banquet at the Commercial Hotel.
There is a general jollifcation over the
completion of the electric line connecting
the towns
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Suit I'm the Federal Court That In
wolves Paper Worth $500.

Mary z. Leonard and her husband, VAL
entine Leonard. filed their answers to the
bill of complaint of the Union Savings
Bank of Cincinnati yesterday in the Fed
eral Court The savings bank brought
suit some time ago to recover S4,5oo worth
of government bonds belonging TO the es-
tate of Elizabeth p. Patterson, who died
Jan. Is. 1899. Mrs. Leonard says that
four days before Mrs. Patterson died she
gave the defendant the government bonds,
in the presence of witness, and offers as
an exhibit to her answer the instrument OF
conveyance. She further states that the
bonds were not sent 10 her husband in this
city before Mrs. Patterson's death, as al
legged. but were sent to him about a week
after
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
Carnival Drawing Crowds.
indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 6.-The second
day of the Merchants Fall Festival has
been one of large crowds and great en-
thusiasm that presage great success for
the street carnival. The drawings each day
are great attractions. Last night the
shows opened their doors and hundreds
visited the different performances The
Purdue band drew many students to the
carnival and hundreds of the college men
patronized the shows. Seneff's ladies' band,
of Indianapolis, gave two concerts to-day
and drew large crowds.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
INJUNCTION WAS UNwARRANTED.
u. s. Court Of Appeals Sustains Ham,
mOnd Stock Exchange.

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.--Judges Jenkins, Cross
cup and Baker, in the United States Court
of Appeals to-day, held that an order of
the lower court restraining the Central
Grain and Stock Exchange of Hammond,
Ind, from receiving or distributing market
quotations of the Chicago Board of Trade.
until the right to do had been secured
from the latter corporation, was unwar-
ranted and that the lower court erred in
assuming jurisdiction TO enter injunc-
tion in the northern district of Illinois
against corporation of the State of Della
ware upon which proper service of the SUBJ
poena had not been had.
The court ruled that the return of the
marshal did not show service sufficient to
authorize the court to entertain juriSdic-
ton, because ii did not appear that the
defendant corporation was engaged in busi-
ness within the State of Illinois.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR Ind, Oct 6.-The Jackson
County Commissioners awarded contracts
to-day for over fifteen miles of new gravel
roads to be Built in Jackson township. the
township iri which Seymour is situated.
The contracts price is 81, $50. Shields & De
Galyer. of this city. and Fox & Davis, OF
Reddington, got all the work excepting two
small sections.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
Celebrated Golden Anniversary.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, Oct. 6.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Ittich, highly respected German res
idents of this city, to-day celebrated the
golden anniversary of their marriage with
a family reunion at noon. and this afternoon
a reception for their friends. Both were
born in Germany, Mr.. Ittich being seventy
four years old and his wife sixty-seven.
Mr.. Ittich located in Laporte in 1917, being
the first German to come to this city, which
now has a very large German population.
During the construction of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railroad Mr.. Ittich
was foreman of a construction gang. He
was for many years engaged in various
lines of business, but retired about fifteen
years ago with handsome competency.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

sixteen organizers VIII at Once be
Put I'm the Field.

The executive board of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has been
in session for the past week at the new
headquarters of the union in the Tho-p
block. will: adjourn to-day unless some un-
expected question arises that will take
further consideration. One of the most
important lthings done by the board at this
session was to make arrangements to put
sixteen organizers into the field at once and
build up ,he organization in all parts OF
the county. Al present there are three
district organizers i'm the union. and these
will be reinforced by the entire executive
staff of twelve men. Albert Young, of Chi
cago fame. Is the general organizer and
will have scharge of the work OF organiz-
ing.
one of the weak spots i'm the Transfers
Brotherhood is i'm indianapolis. The local
union herss Is unusually weak for a middle
West citys and the organizers will begin
at once tC build up the local and make it
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
sullivan Court VIII he Busy.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SULLIVAN, Ind, Oct. 6.-The October
term of the Sullivan Circuit Court will
convene Monday with an unprecedented
amount of business. The docket shows lis
criminal cases for II .al and Ia civil cases.
One of the most important cases is the
Jerome Roberts gold brick swindling case,
venued from Knox county.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
Old settler Critically III.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPEL, Oct. 6.-Samuel +. Busby, one of
the old settlers and best-known men in this
part of the country, is lying sick at his
home here. About three weeks ago he re-
ceived scratch on the ankle, but paid no
attention to ii. though it became quite sore.
Now, however, blood poisoning is threat
ened.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
Woman Carries the Mail.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, ILL.,, Oct 6.-Mrs. Jessie d. Ogden
is the first woman to carry mail out of the
Paris postoffice since the installation of the
rural route system several years ago. Mrs.
Ogden carried mail on route No. for the
first time to-day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct. ga number
of Louisville contractors, with local cap
italists, will establish a plant i'm this city
for the manufacture of vitrihed paving
blocks, which are one-thrd larger than the
ordinary vitrified brick for street improve
ments. The contractors have been forced
to take TINS step on account of a change
made In the specifications for street i'm
provements in Louisville. Two large brick
plants are now in operation in this city,
the blue shale In inexhaustible quantity in
the knobs making an excellent paving and
ornamental brick. The new company will
file articles OF incorporation in few days.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

from Brown ;county. where they recently
leased 4,230 acres OF land for the purpose OF
drilling for gas. oil and coal Mr.. Starr
states that j company OF Indianapolis.
Muncie and Chicago capitalists will soon be
organized 10 work the leases. The land lies
in the easteriI part of Brown county and Is
said to be rsch in mineral products. The
company exlsects to begin operation In
thirty days.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Oct. 6.-Jasper
Kapley, Antonio Garzar and Antoine Gun
da an Austrian, Slavonian and Pollock,
all participated in a fight in this city yes
terday and in the court to-day neither
could understand the other nor could the
officials understand them. They all drank
one brand of whisky and were all drunk
and fought in one language, and to end
the matter Squire Matthews fined each.
They paid. and, although ignorant AK work
ers but six months over from the old coun-
try. had their pockets full of twenty-dollar
gold pieces.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

WABASH Ind, Oct. 6.-Mrs. Rachel
Mossman, one of the pioneer residents of
Wabash county, died late last night at her
home, six miles south of the city, aged
eighty. She was born in Coshocton county,
Ohio, and married John j. Mossman there
sixty years ago, coming directly to this
county, where she has resided ever since.
She was the mother of ten children, of
whom four, two sons and two daughters,
survive. The funeral will take place Tues
day afternoon at oclock.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Oct. 6.-Mrs. Oliver
Mendenhall, a member of the Society of
Friends, and a pioneer settler Of the county,
died to-day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07

clash OF the ultra-temperance people with
some half-crazed drunken men drew al
most the entire population 10 the main
street and il was only by the intervention
of cooler heads that a riot was averted.
Trouble between the saloon and anti-saloon
elements has been brewing for some time
and strong threats are being made that III
the saloon is not closed ii Will be dyna-
mited.