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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-16
BUROICK CASE INQUEST
WITNESSES CALLED FOR TO-DAY'S
INVESTIGATION AT BUFFALO.
Friend of Burdfck Comes to His De-
but Was Always a Gentleman.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 15.--witnesses
who were in the Burdick home just before
and just after the discovery of the murder
of Edwin l.. Burdick will be called to the
witness stand at to-morrow's session of the
inquest before Judge Murphy. DR.. Marcy,
who was called by telephone, Katie Koeng,
a domestic in the house, and Marion Bur-
dick, the Oldest daughter. probably will be
examined. After them are Mrs. Gertrude
b. Paine. Policemen Meyer and Reed, Dele
hunt and Jeddo, cabmen, and others.
1t is understood to be the intention Of
District Attorney Cottsworth to place Mrs.
Hull on the stand again tomorrow. DR..
Rowland also may be called on to give
additional testimony.
The Express tomorrow will print an in
terview with a person who at one time was
stakeholder in the Buffalo Envelope Com
pany and for twelve years close friend
of Edwin l.. Burdick. The interview in part
is as follows:
81 had been acquainted with Mr. Burdick
Tor twelve years prior to his death. / came
In almost daily contract with him, and for
some time past had been more less in
his confidence. First of ALL L want to say
something In defense of his character
which has been unjustly maligned by state
ment and inSinuation. Mr.. Burdick was a
gentleman in every sense of the word. This
talk about his intimacy with women 1 be-
heve was wholly without foundation.
Though l knew In the early part of De-
cember that Mr.. Burdick had made a will
cutting off his wife, it was not until shortly
after Christmas that l learned anything
about the divorce proceedings. He then
told me of having begun suit for divorce
in the early part of November.
II cannot help believing. from all / heard
from MIR. Burdick. that the motive for the
crime might have been a desire to suppress
the scandal that would have been incident
to the trial of a divorce suit
Soon after Mr.. Burdck told me of his
having begun divorce proceedings he
received from New York. Mr. Bur
dick handed me the letter, and
read every word of it. In the letter the
writer was trying hard to. bring about a
reconciliation between Mr.. Burdick and his
wife. She. pleaded with Burdick to take
Allie back. The writer also wrote in this
letter something that Burdick construed as
"a threat that unless there was a reconcilia-
ton there would be double suicide.
cannot remember the exact words, but they
were something like this DO you want to
put an end to all our lives?'
"Mr. Burdick pointed out that particular
part of the letter to me and said: That
means suicide. Well, let them go ahead
and do it,
at seems to me this letter ought to be
found. What has become of it? Did he
have it In his desk in his den at his house
and was it taken by the murderer when
rifiing the drawer that was found open?
Another paper that should be found is a
list of twenty meeting places that Mr.. Bur-
dick had secured for use in his divorce
nroceedinpSo
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ROLLING CIGARETTES.
Marked Increase I'm Tendency to Car
.ry Tobacco and Make Them.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
Have you ever noticed the growing
tendency to roll cigarettes by hand and
the decrease in the use of cigarettes OF
the ready-made kind?" asked Mr.. Clement
c. Perkins, of Chicago.
without entering into the question OF
the prcpriety of their use the fact remains
that more cigarettes are being smoked
every day and less of them are being sold
ready made than ever before.
Probably the best place to take a fair
census of the kind of cigarettes used is the
rear end of a street car. In every city that
1 have visited L have noticed that the large
majority OF the smokers when they wanted
and a bag of tobacco, and in the strongest
wind proceed to roll a perfect cigarette
and puff away contentedly.
Cigarette smoking was learned by the
cowboys of the West and South from the
old Mexicans. The average cow puncher
could lay in supply of tobacco and a
many months, while he would not have
been able TO carry the same number OF
cigarettes already made. To them cigarette
rolling became an art. Always in the open
and in a country where the wind never
ceases to blow, they can, on the back Of
a mustang, riding before or against the
wind, roll cigarette under difficulties that
would appear insurmountable TO a messen-
ger boy of the cities.
ION the roundup in the spring or fall
every carries his supply OF tobacco
for the entire absence. If he is galloping
in the prairie breeze he slips TO one side In
his saddle, riding on one foot and c.amping
the other to the horse. and rolls his little
weed deftly, lights il and in a moment is
again in the saddle putting away. A cow
boy does not wet the paper as do most
smokers; he simply puts crimp in each
end.
There is a sort OF Freemasonry among
smokers that has great deal TO do with
the spf cad Of the rolling habit Any man
who smokes cigarettes has not the slightest
hesitancy in asking for the necessary ma
terials for making one should he himself
be temporarily without a supply. take IL
that no such request has ever been refused.
Cigarettes and tobacco have come TO be al
most common property among the users OF
the weed
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DEATH OF j. 0. BROWN
RETIRING RECORDER OF PITTSBURG
PASSES AWAY VERY SUDDENLY.
Believed to He Due to Strain of Pres
ent Political COnditiOns-James III.
Connolly Dead-Other Neurology.

PITTSBURG, March 15.-Recorder ]. o.
Brown, of this city. who rendered his resig-
nation to Governor Pennypacker on Friday
last. died suddenly at his home here late
this afternoon.
The immediate cause of Recorder Brown s
death was nervous collapse, superinduced,
it is believed, by the unusually perturbed
condition of politics in the county. Mr..
Brown was always delicate physically and
had to make frequent trips away from
home for his health, but his death was en-
tirely unexpected at this time.
He was born near Tarentum, this county,
in January of 1916 and since early manhood
had been prominent in county and city poll
tics. He Is survived by brother. ]. r P.
Brown. a prominent lawyer of Dodge, Neb.
sister, Mrs. Susan M. McGeary, mother of
the present coroner, and widow and sew
eral children.
Mr.. Brown served continuously at the
head of the Department of Public Safety
from November, 1887, until August, 1901.
when he was removed by Recorder A. NJ.
Brown. In November, 1901, he was appoint
ed recorder by Governor w. A. Stone to
succeed A. NJ. Brown. His resignation was
day, to take effect tomorrow monday. }
When the fact of his resignation was made
known to his political followers the con-
sternation was great and he was made the
target of much reproach by those who
counted upon his holding office until sue
ceeded by Recorder-elect William Il. Hays
on the first Monday in April. Under the
law j. M. Lambie, president of the Select
Council, will act as recorder until the Gov
ernor appoints a successor or Mr.. Hays is
indicted into office.
The death of Mr.. Brown makes the third
of prominent political leaders in the county
during the past two years. The other two
were Senator c. l.. Magee and George NJ.
Won Bonnhorst. These three men were
practically in control of Republican politics
in Allegheny county for twenty-five or thir-
ty years.
When ]. o. Brown was appointed re-
corder he reappointed nearly all of the old
officers of the organization whOfhad been
ripped" out of office, and this action is be-
lieved to have been the principal reason for
the upheaval which permitted the ''Citi-
zens' - party to carry the last three local
elections.
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BIRTH ABRAHAM.
Annual Dance Given mt Germania
HalI-A Business Meeting.

Hall-A Business Meeting.
Indianapolis Lodge. No. 230, Order Birth
Abraham, was given last night in Ger
mania Hall. A large crowd was in attend
ance. The receipts of the dance will be de-
voted to purchasing an iron fence for the
Hebrew Cemetery, south of the city.
Prior to the dance a short business ses-
sion was held, in which two delegates were
chosen to attend the national convention Of
the order in Boston in May. Those chosen
were Gustav Joseph and Adolph Marer.
The other delegates are Emil Mantel, third
Arbaugh and Charles Madias. Mr. Mantel
said last night that at the convention to be
held in Boston this year Indianapolis would
be well represented to secure the convention
for this city for the year following. He
said the convention would bring several
thousand Hebrews to this city.
The following are the committees in
charge Of the dance last night
Arrangement Committee - z. Mantel.
chairman; Mrs. Minna Madias, Fannie Sa-
Fannie Rice, Bertha Wild, Bertha Gold
berger, Dora Newman, Rosa l. Click, So
phie Davis.
Floor Committee-C. Madias, chairman;
d. Wild, III. Rice, 1. l.. Sablosky, Ii. New
]. Siegel NJ. Wohlfeld, A. Jaffe, /. L. Rap
paport. M. Binzer. W.. Adler F: Schwartz,
L. Hornstein, B. Drachlitz. II. Levy.
Reception Committee-B. Frey. chairman;
NJ. Sablosky, f. Cohn, j. Sattinger, b.
Hirshkowitz, Joe Goldberger. J. Nuremberg,
man, d. Davis, ]. Savesky, ]. Barsh. L.
Freund n. Ettinger.
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"NOte of Warming"

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
The knights of Fidelity News. the ma
tional organ of the liquor people. sounds
the above warning in its issue Of March 8
and gives timely notice that the brewers
intend to make the repeal Of the blanket
remonstrance straight issue at the next
election. This is candid, and it is well to
begin in time. Preparatory to this 1t had
the preceding week told its readers that
there is no use of fooling with the Repub-
lican party any longer: 1t will take money
from the brewers for campaign purposes
and then go right straight and vote with
the anti-saloon folks / submit that this
is not fair, for a half dozen or more Re-
publicans voted for the brewers bill and
about as many Democrats voted against it.
The truth is il was not a party measure
at all and never should be. Nevertheless
if the liquor people want to make it such
that is their right, but 1t may result i'm
keeping some very respectable Democrats
out of the next Legislature, which would
be public calamity, for many of the most
ardent anti-saloon men are Democrats. OF
course that section of the Nicholson law
will never be repealed except by an amend
ment which will require every applicant TO
present a petition signed by a majority OF
the voters of the>ward u. l.. SEE.
indianapolis. March IA.
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TRUE GLORY OF THE CHURCH.
Sermon at Second Presbyterian By
Rev. owen Davies Odell.

At the evening service at the Second
Presbyterian Church yesterday Rev. Owen
Davies Odell delivered an address on '"The
True Glory of the Church. His inspira-
ton was found in the sentence Of st.
Augustine: GLORIOUS things are said of
the city of God" Jerusalem, he said, was
the material city Of God. He had walled
it about with His manifold providences so
that glorious things could be said Of it.
The church, the society for the communion
of faith, is the new city of God, and its
chief glory is it's spiritual union. integrity
and triumph.
If the church had been capable Of de-
struction the gigantic political and social
revolutions. the commissions of twenty CEN
turtles would have destroyed it. The fall
of the Roman empire that brought the
hordes of northern Europe into Rome itself
and ended in the burning of the city failed
to shake it. If persecution could have de-
stroyed it the sword that was turned
against the church when 1t was weak
child would have accomplished that end,
but instead the blood of the martyrs be-
came the seed of the church. If internal
corruption, rising to portentous heights,
eogsd h Sy hs inner e
presence, kept it, and it came out fresh
and strong. If the wit and intellect of man
could destroy it it would not have grown
and triumphed over the array of fact and
logic that has been directed against it for
centuries. Voltaire proclaimed that, al
though twelve men built the church, one
would tear ii down, but Voltaire died and
the church went on with it's work. 1t stood
to-day as the most potent agency for the
making of good men, he said. All members
of the church are not good men. Rather,
they all sinners. But it is the church's
work to make saints, not to be composed
only of ready-made saints. In its saints the
church is making it's triumphs, and in it's
spiritual union is found it's eternal char
acter. All denominations have the same
ultimate end, just as the tree has many
branches but only one trunk, the stars in
Vulnerable but part OF only one system,
the thought of man widely different but
the hope of all the same.
The true duty of the church is to aid
those who seek to gain this ultimate end,
and for this reason, whether better or
worse, church membership is necessary to
the end.
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A ROMANTIC FIGURE IN EUROPE
Is Boris SarafOfY, Who Can Set the
Balkan Peninsula Ablaze.
London Express.

Edhem Pasha the victorious general of
the ii Iu nf &c r war is in supreme com
and his appointment TO this position is in
itself sufficient proof that the Turkish
government takes serious view of the
situation. Boris Sarafoff, the chief of the
Macedonian revolutionary league, is one
of the most romantic figures in Europe.
He Is only thirty years of age, but his pow
er in Bulgaria and Macedonia is so great
that word from him would set the Balkan
peninsula ablaZe Sarafoff has something
of the fanatic and something of the des-
perado in him. and If he believed that the
Macedonian cause would be thereby adj
vanced he would without hesitation do his
utmost 10 make great European war in
evitable. When still an infant he was
taught by his parents to hate the Turks
deeply, for they were Macedonian Chris
tians who had suffered exceptional hard
ships through Turkish tyranny. and while
train himself for his self-imposed task Of
heading q great rebellion which in his
youthful enthusiasm he believed would be
the means of overthrowing Turkish power
and of driving the Turks out OF Europe
During the holidays he went on long tours
in Turkey, and in the course of these wan
dreds of miles of hidden paths and remote
byways. which he made good use of i'm his
subsequent raids into Turkey. He studied
at the military academy at Sofia, and be-
fore accepting a commission as an officer
of the Bulgarian army he served in the
ranks for six months TO become familiar
with the life and duties of common SOL
der. He was officer for two years, and
then, having gained the knowledge that he
required, he threw up his commission to
devote himself exclusively to the Mace
DOMAIN cause. Sarafon organized the Mace
DOMAIN League. which has figured so largely
in all the Balkan troubles of the last few
years. This league is a union OF many local
committees under the direction of an
executive of Sofia Each district committee
has a staff of voluntary secret service
agents and "executioners' attached 10 IL.
and the method of operations is as follows:
An agent of the committee presents blank
receipt TO a wealthy merchant and bar
gains with him regarding the amount he
shall contribute to the Macedonian cause.
II no agreement Is arrived at the local COM
mittee arbitrarily fixes the sum and the
money Is peremptorily demanded.
II the victim is still reluctant to pay a
revolver or something equivalent Is held al
his head, and In nine cases out of ten the
desired amount is then forthcoming. In
tha tenth case when the victim remains
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BOY TRAMP KILLED.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DECATUR. Ind. March 15.-Amos Creig.
aged thirteen, known nearly all over the
United States as ''the boy tramp" was
killed here this morning by an Erie freight
Creig tried to board the train while 1t was
running at twelve miles an hour. He ran
along the track and sprang at the handle
on one of the cars. His judgment as to the
speed OF the train was faulty, and he fell
short of his aim. He was struck by the
following car and thrown to the ties. where
the axietree struck and badly bruised his
body. He died after an hour.
post-mortem examination showed that
he was intoxicated. Two tramps with him
are held, charged with giving him whisky
They are awaiting the coroner's verdict
The boys home was at st. Louis. He had
been on the road five years.
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window Glass Trust Begins Work i'm
Hartford City Plant.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, March 1.-THE
preliminary steps toward installing blow
ing machines in the American Window
Glass Company's large No. 3 plant were
taken Saturday morning after the last
blower had left the plant. The high board
fence has been repaired and no one but
the watchmen and few unskilled labor
ers are admitted in the concern.
1t is the impression here that Ii Is the
intention to install the machines at once
in the company's largest Western plant.
1t will take sixteen machines TO equal the
capacity of the two tanks-108 pots.
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CITY NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs j. w. Crouch will not entertain the
railway postal clerks this evening on &C
count of death in the family. The meet
ing will be held Monday evening, March
%, with Mrs. Arthur Edmunds, 1896 North
Illinois street.
Paul Brewer, travelling salesman en-
ployed by the Champion Manufacturing
Company was struck by trolley pole last
night while riding on East Tenth-street car
No. 453 and received a severe scalp wound.
He was taken by DR.. Towles. of the City
Dispensary. to his home at lib West Thir-
tieth street.
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Big Day for Richmond w. C. T. U.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, March 15.-Mrs. Lii
liam M. N. Stevens, president of the Ma
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
Union nd vice president of the Worlds w.
c. T. u, and Miss Anna A. Gordon, one of
the secretaries of the Worlds w. c. T. u,
visited Richmond to-day and spoke several
times. Miss Hattie w. Brand, of Indian
apolis. corresponding secretary of the In
diana W. c. 7. u. accompanied Mrs. Ste
vens and Miss Gordon and assisted in the
meetings. The ladies will stop at several
points in Indiana to hold meetings.
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Killed by the Heavy Seas.

HALIFAX. ~. s. March 1.-THE British
steamer Ulunda arrived to-day from Liver
pool The steamer was I'm a hurricane for
nineteen days. during nine OF which she
covered only 300 miles. Huge seas swept
her deck from stem to stern, smashing
boats, bridge and steering gear. The car
penter was crushed 10 death In the after
house and the coxswain had his arm
broken Several others OF the crew We're
badly hurt. Constant use OF oil kept the
steamer from being engulfed by the seas.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair To-Day and Tomorrow with
Light Variable Winds.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-weather
forecast for Monday and Tuesday:
For INDIANAPOLIS on Monday and Tues
day; lighS variable winds
For Il,inois-Fair on Monday; warmer in
northeast portion. Tuesday fair in north
showers IN south portion: light variable
winds, becoming fresh southeast.
For Onio-Partly cloudy on Monday and
Tuesday; light northeast winds, becoming
southeast.
Monday and Tuesday; fresh east to south
east winds.
For Minnesota and Wisconsin-Fair on
Monday and Tuesday; light to fresh south
east winds.
For North Dakota-Fair and warmer
Monday. Tuesday fair.
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ST. PAUL. Mimi, March 15-Word was
received tonight of the death at West
Baden. Ind. of Samuel d. Cargill, head of
the Cargill Elevator Company and the Car
gill Commission Company. of Minneapolis.
The cause of his death is given as malarial
fever. Mr.. Cargill left Minneapolis on Jan.
10 for a trip to the West Indies. He was
taken sick, however, and left the vessel at
Nassau, and, his health not improving, he
crossed to Florida, where doctors diagnosed
his ailment as dyspepsia He later was
taken to West Baden, where he died.
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The Rev. ]. II. Crum, OF Kansas City,
occupied the pulpit of the North Congrega-
tional Church. New Jersey and Twenty
second streets, yesterday. Mr.. Crum
preached the morning sermon on invitation
of the trustees of the church, who are in
search of a pastor 10 succeed the Rev. Os-
car Helming, who resigned the pastorate
several weeks ago. Mr.. Crum preached to
the members Of the Young Peoples Society
OF Christian Endeavor at Gas o'clock yes
terday evening.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

NEW YORK, March 15-Arrived: La Lor-
raine, from Havre: Patria, from Mar
seilles and Naples; Phoenicia, from Genoa,
Palermo and Naples: ST. Paul. from South
ampton and Cherbourg: Calabria, from
Leghorn and Naples.
NAPLES. March 15.-Arrived: New Eng
land, from Boston via Azores, Gibraltar and
Genoa, for Alexandria.
LIVERPOOL. March 15.-Arrived: Cam
panfa, from New York via Queenstown.
QUEENSTOWN, March 15.-Sailed: Etru-
ria. from Liverpool. for New York.
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Evansville Man Badly Beaten.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 15.-Three
men attacked Jacob Bruner. aged forty.
while on his way home tonight and shot
him through the nose and nearly beat him
to death. They were beaten off by police
men, who happened by, and arrested them.
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REV. wAMBsGANss's FAREWELL.
Sewers Connection with st. Paul's Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran Church.

MGm ESdnScllCdA OnufCns
The Rev. Frederick c. G. Wambsganss,
pastor of st. Pauls German Evangelical
Lutheran Church, corner McCarty and New
Jersey streets, preached his farewell SER
mon to his congregation at yesterday MORN
ing's service. Mr.. Wambsganss has served
as pastor and assistant pastor Of the church
for fifteen years-the most prosperous
period of the churchs history. He was
called to pastorate in Columbus Ind,
and being in need of rest he seized the
opportunity for work In a smaller field.
Mr. Wambsganss, In his sermon, de-
livered in German, said goodbye to the
church for which he has labored earnestly
for many years and spoke feelingly of the
friendships he had formed while its pas
tor. He spoke of the children, now men
and women, that he had confirmed into
the Lutheran belief and of the ties of
friendship that bound him to them and
caused pangs Of regret at their parting.
Mr. Wambsganss will be succeeded tenn
porarily by the Rev. Theodore +. Schurdel,
who has been acting as second pastor of the
church for some time. Mr. Schurdel
preached at the service last night
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TWO GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED.
Questions of International Nature
Have Arisen i'm California.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 1.-THE
Times says: Diplomats Of Mexico and the
United States may be called on TO use their
offices in adjusting questions of interna-
tonal Importance that have arisen in Los
Angeles and that have been taken before
the Mexican government for consideration.
One of these questions is the killing Of
Francisco Lopez. a Mexican, by Policeman
Sherman. Baker; the other the alleged in
justice suffered by several hundred Mex
lean persons employed in railroad construc-
ton In this city and through southern Cali
fornia.
&c. N. Andrade, Mexican consul at Los
Angeles. is now al the City of Mexico and
while his errand is said TO be of private
nature, he will lay the cases mentioned
before his government