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FIGHT OVER BIG bitches
TIPPECANOE COUNTY FARMERS Oh
JECT TO THE HIGH TAXES.
Large Sums Expended with No Appre-
ciable Benefit to the Land Owners
Mayor Sues a Newspaper.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Oct. 2e.-Judging
from the court proceedings and recent pub
lie meetings held in Clark's Hill. few
miles south of here, citizens Of that town
and of Lauramie township are In the
throes of a general upheaval over the
status of their public bitches. chief among
which is the Mitchell ditch. begun several
years ago under the administration of
County Surveyor Miller, now assistant Sec
rotary of the interior. The dissatisfaction
is due to the fact that provisions for this
and other bitches in the town and sur
rounding county entail ditch tax incum-
ORANGES amounting to 100000. a large
amount of which has been paid without
the return of any substantial benefits to
land and land owners. 1t was promised,
it is averred. that Lauramie township was
to be provided with an ideal drainage sys-
tenn, but results have caused sore disap-
pointment. and general protest is raised
against what is alleged to be a succession
of failures.
Although thousands of dollars were paid
for the construction of the drains sup
posed to conform with specifications, sur
veys and blue-prints of the county sur
veyor. 1t is asserted that no important
bitches have ever been completed. the
money expended on them having gone
practically for naught, the faint efforts at
construction not making any of them of
advantage to the land. The protesting
land owners insist that the former county
surveyor signally failed to do his duty. but
friends of the latter contend that the
faulty work is due to contractors, who
embarrassed by any supervision by the sur
veyor In spite of repeated assurances
that the work must come up to a standard,
the contractors work was accepted as
complete.
Indignation meetings are being held in
many schoolhouses of Lauramie town
ship. Indignant land owners have APP
pealed TO the courts, and a bitter contest
will ensue, some of the protesting farmers
insisting that they intend TO carry their
objection and charges to the extent of a
demand for a grand jury investigation.
James NJ. Zion, of louisville, is one of the
leaders in the movement.
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TWO GOVERNORS TO TESTIFY.


Bond Forfeiture Case Postponed to
December Term at Sullivan.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SULLIVAN, Ind. Oct. 2s.-The Jerome
Roberts bond-forfeiture case, growing out
of the celebrated Knox county gold brick
swindle, was adjourned to-day until the
December term of the Sullivan Circuit
Court to allow the attorneys for the bonds
men to secure the dispositions OF Governors
Durbin, of Indiana, and Beckham, of Ken
portant bearing on the case which is one
of the most peculiar ever on trial in this
county.
arrested for swindling wealthy farmer of
Knox county with gold brick and were
apprehended while trying to escape Their
bond was fixed at $500. which they gave
in cash.
At this time Governor Beckham issued
a requisition for these two men on a similar
charge, from Kentucky, and in this case
they gave a bond of ZOO each, with John
+. Miller and Marx Gumberts. of Evans
Vile, as sureties. Jerome and Roberts aft
EDWARDS disappeared and their whereabouts
is unknown.
Soon after their fight Beckham Cancelled
the requis.tion, as the Kentucky cases had
been quashed. Roberts and Jerome, failing
to appear on trial day, Prosecuting Attor-
ney S. NJ Emison asked for a forfeiture of
the bonds. and the bond of $500 each was
forfeited under the statute. but Gumberts
and Miller objected to their bond being for
feited, for the reason that Kentucky no
longer wanted the men.
The case was brought to this county for
trial on a change OF venue.
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WRATH OF DowIE.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE

lI.l
marriage with a British army officer of
him out OF the way and that my dear
mother. 10 hide her shame, had married
that vile scoundrel who sat there before me
and had done that which, had / known of
IL twenty years before, would have given me
my right place in the world For there is
no doubt that her marriage to the scoun-
crel. John Murray Dowie. was invalid And
the Scotch marriage could never have been
fnvalidafed and was the rightful son of
my father. What that place might have
seek IL for IL II carried with il the finest
oucal cornet in the United Kinkdom /
would not want TO change IL for the office
i hold and the ministry / minister to God -
The last words. pronounced with solemnity
over the great still garden. fell on the
audience ike an irrevocable dictum and In
q few seconds great burst OF applause
created the speaker.
MY father was q man OF high standing
he led one OF the great charges in the
head OF his troops
II want TO say that never wanted this
story 10 come out, but IL lis known that
am not the son OF the miserable scoundrel
tiers In which i reproached him. to the vile
press Of New York"
Dowte burst into invective of the bitter
est type against the press for publishing
the letters: he ragged like man crazed by
the enormity OF injury done him and then
~ IL spent by the exertion of his TRADE.
broke down and wept. He said he was glad
his wife and son We're away so that he
could bear the humiliation alone. He
iikened himself 10 David and Solomon but
legitimate AT the close OF the address
Dowie pronounced this benediction:
God look down upon the irresponsible
Aaud OF criminals who write the papers and
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DOZEN PERSONS HURT.


NEW YORK. Oct ga rear-end COLI
sion between two Delaware. Lackawanna &
Western passenger trains occurred to-day al
Orange. y. J. OF the dozen persons injured.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Dowd, of Orange. who hac
both knee caps broken. and Lawrence T.
Fell. New York broker. who was badly
shaken up and had an ankle sprained. were
the most seriously hurt. Both trains were
crowded with commuters The engine OF the
rear train was the Barnardsvilie express
and crashed into the Orange accommodation,
having come rapidly around a sharp curve.
the engineer being unable to slow UP The
rear train Is the same express that crashed
into the trolley car loaded with school chill
dren at Clifton avenue, In Newark. killing
nine, last spring.
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct 26-The local i'm
migration officers to-day detained nine adj
ditional miners, who arrived on the steamer
Noordland from Liverpool and Queenstown,
on the ground of being alien contract Ia
borers. They came from Wales and Eng
land and were bound for the soft coal
mines at Ellsworth. Pa. One of the miners,
Rees Davies, is accompanied by his wife
and three small children. The miners adj
mitted they came here under the same
promises of high wages held out to the
twenty-eight miners who arrived here on
the steamer Haverford last week. and all
of whom were detained at that time. Sew
eral of the men are penniless. having sold
their homes to pay for their passage here.
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publish their lies and have mercy on them.
Have mercy, Oh, God. and grant grace TO
the country and may IL muzzle and II need
be destroy the newspapers.
An attachment was served to-day on the
Dowie coach and team. AS the vehicle was
being driven to the Fifth-avenue Hotel
deputy sheriff jumped on the drivers seat
served the attachment on the coachman,
seized the coach and team, and then drove
off with them. The attachment Is said to
be for $lO00, and was secured by Attorney
Robert Z. Farley. his claim being for serv-
ices rendered in defending j. Arthur Pier
son. of White Plains, former Zionite. who
was convicted for allowing his child TO die
without medical assistance.
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Political Suits Decided.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSOSVILLE. Ind, Oct. 26.-Judge
Bert New, Of North Vernon, to-day heard
in the Clark Circuit Court a number OF
injunction and mandate cases growing out
of the creation of Sixth ward in this
city by the Democratic City Council just
before the Democratic mayor was sue
oeeded by Republican. and decided them
in favor Of the Democrats. just before
the new city officers took their seats last
spring "A year ago the Council. which was
then Democratic, created a rev ward and
elected n Democrat TO represent Ii In
Council, thus giving them working ma
jority. Mayor Schwaninger. however. re-
fused to recognize this new member when
he took his seat and the Democrats tiled
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ARREST OF FUGITIvES
C. II. LEONARD AND WIFE IN Gus
toby At VANCOUVER, ID. C.
He In Accused of Embexxling $4,000
anc She Had Eight $1,000 Bills
Hidden in Her Clothes.

VANCOUVER. b. c., Oct. 26.--Clarence III.
Leonard, of East Orange, n. j., and his
young wife have been arrested here. They
are detained at the request OF the New York
police Leonard. who is only twenty years Of
age. is accused of embezzling $4,000 belong
ing to the New York firm for which he
worked. On the person of the young couple
was found 1920. the young woman having
eight $1,000 bills. The remainder of the mon
ey was in smaller denominations and was
found in Leonards clothing.
The Leonards were arrested In the most
fashionable hostery here. They arrived a
couple OF days ago. Leonard has agreed to
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CHICAGO, Oct. 26-According to an an
nouncement made to-day by Secretary Job,
of the Chicago Employers Association, the
conference in Chicago of representatives of
similar associa tons will be widely attend
ed. One hundred cities, scattered from
Maine to California, already have prom
ised to be represented when the conference
opens here Oct. ~ for its two days discus
sion of the labor problem. A large number
of trade organizations also will be repre-
scented, and Mr.. Job estimates that the at
tendance of delegates from all quarters
will aggregate 500. 1t is expected that
permanent organization will be formed.
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CLEVELAND. o., Oct ga heavy
northwesterly gale prevailed over Lake
Erie throughout last night and to-day the
wind reaching a velocity of forty-eight
miles hour this morning. A tremendous
sea is sweeping over the harbor break
water. An empty yawl boat was sighted
and picked up off this port this afternoon
by the life-saving crew. There was no
name on the yawl
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STUDENTS FATAL FALL.
G. ID. Sherman. Grandson Of "Tecum-
seh,- Is Killed Near New Haven.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct. 2s.-George b.
Sherman, of Cleveland. o.. class of 1907 in
the Sheffield Scientific School, died to-day
from hemorrhage of the brain. the result of
a fall from West Rock cliffs. just outside
this city, yesterday. In the party at the
time of the accident were George Wiltshire
and ANA S. Mather. classmates. both of
Cleveland. Sherman was q grandson of the
tried to reach the summit of the rock by
scrambling up lodges. great mass of
stone was dislodged from above and this
struck Sherman. who was in the rear.
causing him to loosen his hold on projec-
ton, and TO fall to the ground forty feet
below
CLEVELAND. O.. Oct. os.-George b.
Sherman was the son of the late Henry s
Sherman, one of the leading members of the
legal profession In Cleveland. Young Sher-
man was nineteen years of age, and recently
left his home here TO attend the Sheffield
Scientific School.
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WILL RETAIN CONCESSION.
Panama Canal Company Not to BE De-
prived of It's Rights.

PARIS, Oct 26.-Cable advices received
here to-day from Bogota, Colombia, an
nounce that the committee on examination
of the Colombia Congress has reported adj
versely the bin declaring invalid the ex-
tension of time granted to the Panama
Canal Company. This committee also killed
the resolution to demand from the United
States $20,00o.000 and from the Panama Canal
Company 100000 additional
A resolution has been enacted providing
for the adjournment of the Colombian Con-
gress on Nov. ii. There is possibility
that resolution of some kind will pass
Congress regarding the action TO be taken
by the Colombian government in canal mat
tiers, but the situation is complicated by
the presidential election, which occurs in
December and the aspirations of the sena-
torial candidates
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Special to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
DANvILLE. H.. Oct. A.-John Beard.
mayor of Danviile, has begun suit against
the Danville Commercial-News for s14.o0o
damages in an action OF trespass- No dec
iaration has been filed. but IL Is under
stood that il is a case OF libel based on the
fact that the Commercial-News charges
the mayor with malfeasance in office In
protecting gamblers
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AN AWARD OF 100000.
ChiId's Legs Were Cut on and the
Railroad Must Pay.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind. Oct. 26.-Frank Simons.
aged eight, was to-day awarded $4,000 dam
ages, the full sum asked against the P, c..
c. & st. L. Railroad Company. The jury
was out two hours. Simons was struck by
Pennsylvania train while crossing the
track at Gas City on March Q. The boys
legs were severed at the knee The child's
helplessness played an effective part with
the jury
The verdict was expected, though the
amount is unusual. The allowance of dam
ages is the largest ever given by Grant
county jury.
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CLEVELAND. o., Oct 26-One man was
fatally stabbed and six others badly injured
clubs played a prominent part, at No. s
University Court last night The tight fol-
lowed drunken quarrel. and at its conclu-
sion half dozen OF the participants were
laid out on the sidewalk. Peter Smith was
stabbed in the abdomen and cannot live.
The other injured men received numerous
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EXPECTS TO DIE IN A WEEK.
Doctor Who Accidentally Inoculated
Himself with Anti-Tetanic Serum.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 26.-Dr. d. L.
Rood one of the most prominent physicians
here, accidentally inoculated himself with
anti-tetanic serum while attending child
who was dying OF lockjaw and to-day his
friends were startled by his announcement
that he expects TO be dead in one week.
II am feverishly awaiting the approach OF
next Saturday, when l shall know whether
i am to live or die" said DR.. Rood. DIR.
Rood had given the last drop OF serum that
remained In Des Moines TO the child. II was
necessary to send To Detroit. Mich, before
he succeeded in getting a small quantity of
the serum for himself.
DR.. Scholer and DIR. Charles Smith were
consulted by DIR. Rood. DR.. Smith said:
IF the incubation has taken place II will be
known in two or three days. and then, If so.
DR. Rood must die
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Many CIaims Scheduled.

CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-Claims of more than
1000 creditors scattered all over the United
States were scheduled in a petition which
George T. Sullivan to-day filed in the Fed
,ral Court seeking TO rid himself of an in
debtedness of S11S.O00. Sullivan contends
that he is not liable personally because
the debts were contracted by the G. T. Sui
Ivan Commission Company. which did a
grain commission business with offices in
many towns of the middle West.
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AN ALLEGED HERETO.


KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Oct. 2s-Rev. A. Z.
Gammage. pastor Of the Lawn-avenue Bap-
tist Church. Kansas City. Kan. resigned
his pastorate at the evening service last
night at the request of the board of deacons
because of alleged heretical teaching. Many
members of the church withdrew with Rev
Gammage, who says he will establish a new
church. j. w. Mode, chairman of the boa rd
of deacons said: The action was taken
was preaching the true Baptist religion. He
Is an advocate of divine healing and be-
ieves that men become wholly sanctified
that they can be without sin.
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Four FATALLY Injured.

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct &-James Row
an. conductor. and Leslie A Helm. fire.
man. Aaron r. Lutz. engineer. and shcr-
man T. Swingler. brakeman. were fatally
injured by the explosion to-day OF freight
locomotive on the Pennsylvania Railroad
near Rohrerstown. The cause OF the ex-
plosion is not known. Swingicr was blown
a distance of sixty feet into field along
the track The locomotive was drawing a
west-bound freight train at the time of the
pxplOsiOn.
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Accused of Attempted bribery.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct &-Henry
F. Brown. a prominent capitalist and poll
tician, was arraigned to-day on an indict-
ment charging that last June he offered TO
Alderman Frederick NJ Powers a bride OF
500 10 vote 10 accept the bid Of the bowers
Rubber Company OF San Francisco for ere
hose. Mr.. Brown pleaded not guilty Bail In
q zoo was furnished.
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DUNBAR. Pa. Oct. GA bad accident
occurred here tonight on the Pittsburg.
McKeesport & Connellsville Street Railway.
in which several persons were perhaps se-
riously injured. The cause OF the accident
was a southbound car getting beyond con-
troll OF the motorman and crashing into a
northbound car which was starting .rora
tho Central Hotel
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W. l.. Erkin Improving.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 26.-The condifion
OF William l. Elkin. the muti-millionaIrc
who is dangerously III at his home here a.
reported to-day TO be slightly improves
The report that surgeons had found II nece<-
sary TO amputate the patients leg In order
lively denied BY members Of the tamui.
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To Purchase site of Fort Ma..ac.

SPRINGFIELD. H., Oct. 2s-She State
board of trustees 10 purchase the site of old
Fort Massac, on the Ohio river, and estab-
lish there a State park, met here to-day.
Mrs. Matthew w. Scott, OF Bloomington,
national vice president OF the Daughters of
the American Revolution, was elected presi-
dent: Secretary of State James Rose was
chosen secretary. The commission adj
journed TO meet Nov. at Metropolis, near
the site of Fort Massac
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To Fight Game wardens.

PEORIA, H., Oct. 26.-At a largely at
tended meeting of fishermen along the ILL.,
nois river at Spring Lake. a fishing pre-
serve. an organization was effected by the
election of Brunt Evans. Spring Lake. pres
ident. and j. Il. Flyers. Pekin. secretary.
The object is TO fight the game wardens
whom they accuse OF making illegal seizures
OF nets.
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Two Injured. one Mis.ins.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2s.-At 3:o5 o'clock this
morning. at Sykesyille. Nd. on the b. & o.
railroad. the engine of a freight train went
over an embankment. derailing twenty-five
cars Brakeman Levi and Fireman p. Ora
bill were injured. Engineman Linthcum Is
reported missing. Both main tracks OF the
road were blocked and relief train was
sent 10 the scene at once.
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SHE MUST NEVER RETURN.
Chicago shoplifter Sentenced TO Exile
i'm Germany.

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-Exile for life in Ger
many was the sentence negatively imposed
on Mrs. Mary Stein. convicted of shoplift-
ing. by Judge Clifford to-day. The womans
husband pleaded that the sentence of one
year in the House of Correction. which was
proposed by the court, would result in the
death of the prisoner. Mr.. Stein exhibited
a steamer ticket for Germany. and declared
that il the court would permit Mrs. Stein
would depart Immediately for Germany and
never return. Judge Clifford agreed, and
made Saturday next the time limit OF sail
ing.
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PARKS ON TRIAL AGAIN
NOTORIOUS WALKING DELEGATE AC-
CUsED OF EXTORTION.
Three Prominent Lawyers Engaged in
His Defcnse-Pnrks Alleged to
Have Consumption.

NEW YORK, Oct 26-The trial of Sam
Parks the walking delegate, who has al
ready been convicted of one of the ex-
tortion charges against him, was begun
to-day before Judge Newburger. The indict-
ment in the present case is known as the
Tiffany studio Indictment. in which
Parks is accused of having extorted $500
from Lewis Schmidt, president of the Tiff
fanny Studio Company. the price for call
ing off strike on a new building which
that company was having constructed.
Former Assistant Attorney James W. Os-
borne is conducting Parks's defense. Asso-
ciated with Mr.. Osborne are George Cor
don Battle and Barlow s. Weeks, who, as
the principal lawyers for Roland B. Moli-
neux. were arrayed against MIR. osborne,
who was prosecuting attorney in that Ia
nous case.
Parks wore his usual defiant expression
when he entered the court room to-day,
but he did not look as healthy as during
On the calling of the trial, Mr.. Osborne
moved Tor postponement on the ground
that he believed his client could not obtain
fair and impartial trial; that the case
should not be tried until the Court OF APP
peals had rendered a decision on certii-
cate of reasonable doubt, the issuance of
which released Parks from Sing Sing and
that the health of the defendant is such
that counsel could not properly consult
with him. Mr.. Osborne produced affidavits
from prominent physicians TO the effect
that Parks is suffering from chronic tuber-
culosis of both lungs and each of the de-
PENDANTS lawyers presented affidavits of
similar character. Judge Newburger,
however, denied the motion for a continue
ance, and directed that the trial pro-
coed.
AS soon as the examination of talesmen
began, ii was seen that the defendants
counsel would not accept any juror who
had formed an opinion about the case;
was antagonstic 10 labor organizations or
unions, or was In any way connected, or in
sympathy with the Building Trades En-
ployers' Association. Six jurors had been
secured when court adjourned for the day.
They are: Fred w. Schwiers. a coal and
feed dealer: Aaron S. Silverberg, pro-
prietor of shirt factory; Richard V.
Hartsfeld, a bookkeeper: Charles Hetz,
retired business man; John J. Schmitt
manager OF an estate. and John G. Stokes,
an accountant.
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GUADALAJARA. Mex. Oct. 26-Charles
Kratz has been refused bail. He is held at
the office of the inspector general, being al
lowed TO see friends and relatives. He de-
clares he will fight extradition To the bitter
end. and espresso his belief In success.
His attorney. Fernando castelanos has
gone to Mexico City to present his side OF
the case TO the government
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FRANKFORT, KY. Oct. 26.-Application
was made to Judge Settle, of the Court of
Appeals. to-day by the attorneys for DR..
w. Godfrey Hunter TO dissolve a restrain
ing order, granted in the Laurel Circuit
Court, to prevent the placing of his name
on the ballot the Republican candidate
of the Eleventh congressional district to
succeed the late Congressman Boreing
Judge Settle will pass on the case.