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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-04
COST OF LIVING.
Conditions as They Exist I'm Different
Countries.

The World To-Day.
From many persons the complaint is
heard that the cost of living is increasing
Year by year rents have been rising, build
ing material has become dearer, while
prices Of foodstuffs have steadily ad-
vanced, beef especially being too expensive
for people of moderate means. What were
formerly considered everyday necessaries
are now classified as luxuries. Persons dis
posed to be economical find it necessary to
live on the plainest fare.
AS for the important items of fuel. coal
and wood were never before so hard to get.
Clothing, too, has gone up; at least, tailor
made clothes of same quality cost more
than in 1900 or 1901. In general, it may be
said that the things that go to make life
enjoyable are so much higher than they
were a few years ago, that saving seems to
be out of the question for the average
wage-worker the clerk receiving a mod
crate salary-say from $40 to $50 a month.
Along with,the upward movement of prices,
wages have increased from time to time.
but not as fast expenses have increased.
AS result. the problem Of how to live is
a serious one
Europeans who come to America find ii
more difficult to get along here with the
same degree Of comfort as they could in the
old world; and, on the other hand, Amer
leans VINO go ABROAD nnu many items much
less costly than here. Those emigrating
from Southern Europe. Spain. Italy. Greece,
ETC., to Mexico or South America, note
great differences in values. They cannot
make ends meet without working harder
and figuring closer than they did in the
old country. For instance, Spaniards are
astonished at the dearness OF everything
in Mexico. A house renting for 800 a
month in Madrid, costs $500 a month In
Mexico City, and a fiat renting from SIS
to SIS a month in Madrid is held at SIS
or more in Mexico City. So says the. Mex
lean Herald Nov. 6. 1902
According to the British consul in
Buenos Ayres, the cost of living is consid-
cradle In that city: and he is of opinion
that in the other towns Of Argentina liv-
ing is no cheaper. The farm laborer has
hard struggle to get along. The monthly
expenses OF the workingman of Buenos
Ayres amount to $3.50. or esq tabout So
in our money!, of which rent is the largest
item, nearly one-third, and meat one-sev.
enth, while fire and light and clothes cos,
but little in that warm climate. AS wages
are small, he concludes that unless the
wife is also a wage-earner, there Is a very
small margin between earnings and spend.
ings The ordinary workman has TO live
poorly and sparingly." The highest rates
of wages are paid to harvest hands i'm tbs
province of Buenos Ayres. who receive from
10 to 121e shillings a day: while carpenters
receive from to shillings a day and
blacksmiths from to shillings The
wages of other artisans are as low I'm som.
instances as shillings go cents in United
States currency Probably the laborer.
and artisans of other Spanish-Americar
countries are not much better OF than thos,
in Argentina
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ITHACA. n. Y, March 3.-Eight new
cases of typhoid fever. three suspected
cases and two deaths have been reported in
the last twenty-four hours. The deaths
were those of Ledra Bagley and Edward
Besmer. citizens OF Ithaca.
The situation among the students of Cor
nell University is very good, there being
no new cases to-day. The general condition
of the sixty-five patients In Cornell In
Urinary and it's annexes Is very satiSfac-
tory. none OF the cases being considered
critical. A canvass OF the various colleges
of the university made to-day shows that
less than one hundred of the 100 absent
students have returned TO work.
A committee of twelve has been appoint
ed to draft a bill to be presented to the
State Legislature for the establishment or
water works system under city owner
ship.
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After the hardest and closest fight of the
session, the Utah Legislature has killed the
initiative and referendum bill by a tie vote
BY an explosion to-day in Mount Carmel
coal mine No. s, five miles from Pittsburg
Kan, two miners were killed and four in.
jured.
At David City, Mo-, on Tuesday the iury
in the case Of Mrs. Harvey Lilley, charged
with the murder Of her husband last Octo-
Der, returned a verdict of guilty of murder
In the f1rst degree and recommended life
Imprisonment.
Huntington. Central City, Kenoya and
Ceredo. w. Va, and Ashland and Catletts-
burg, KY are experiencing gas famine.
resulting from a break in the chief main
leading from the fields i'm Kentucky. MANY
factories have been closed, and there is
much suffering.
The Montana House of Representatives
has killed the bill TO license gambling.
Only four days ago, the House. i'm com
mittee of the whole ordered a favorable
report on 1t. The first anti-gambling law
was passed in 1885, and declared in
valid through technicalities. Another was
passed Feb q and has been i'm force since
Antoine De Jour and Jules lie Doux, said
TO be stewards on the French line steamer
La Savoie. were arrested at New York
Tuesday and held in $3.50 bail each on
charges of smuggling embroidery and fancy
articles from France. 1t Is alleged that
members OF the crew of steamers touching
at French ports have been smuggling fancy
goods for years.
Jack McAulffe. the former lightweight
champion pugilist, who arrested Feb.
IS, charged with maintaining a poolroom
in Sixth avenue New York. and was ad-
mitted to bail. was surrendered Tuesday
night by his bondsman, who said he heard
that he intended to leave town, and was
locked up In the police station. McAulif,e's
trial is set for Friday next.
A Jury i'm the Circuit Court at Ionia.
Mich. brought in verdict of not guilty
in the case of Bailey Kerekas. of Lowell
charged with attempting to murder George
Merritt. of Saranac, by sending him pois-
oned headache powder. This case grew d.
rectly out of the killing OF Mrs. Ada Klump
Of Lowell, year ago, by a poisoned DOW
der sent through the mails.
blu In the Minnesota Legislature requiring
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, March 3-The yearly dele
gate convention of the block coal miners
of the eighth district u. NJ. of A. met here
to-day and was called to order by the dis
trict president. William Wilson. The cleo
ton OF officers probably will take place to-
morrow, Mr.. Wilson being the only cand-
date for president. The joint meeting of
the miners and operators will be held on
the 10th. when the yearly scale will be
signed. Notwithstanding that there a
good many miners who favor consolidation
with district No. IL Mr.. Wilson says he is
confident a proposition to that end cannot
be carried through this convention.
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Springfield Republican,

Farm indebtedness in the West is no
longer heard of I'm politics, and the pre-
sumption is that IL no longer exists TO any
thing like the extent prevalent at the rise
of the Populist party. report from Kan
sas says that scarcely day passes without
the release of mortgages by payment.
Houses which make farm loans In the State
report unusual promptitude in payments.
one company saying that IL has practically
not a dollar overdue. and in five years has
not lost a single loan. Another company
having s6Oo0.00O out in farm loans reports
but three coupons in default. There has
been prosperity enough evidently 70 enable
the farmers to bear up under the exactions
of the trusts and still feel prosperous.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, March 3.-This city ex-
poets to be the first to profit by the county
hospital bill which was recently passed
by the state Legislature and is now in
the hands of the Governor. The bill was
drawn up by DIR. George r. Greene and
l.. A. Clark, of this city. A hospital or
ganization was formed here last summer
and has since been striving to establish a
public hospital i'm Muncie. The commits
sioners of Delaware county have expressed
a Willingness to do their part toward get
ting the hospital. The hospital committee
of citizens met last night and decided to
incorporate under the laws of the State, as
the new law provides. in order that the
organization may cooperate with the
Board of Commissioners in the work
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GLASS MEN MEET.


COLUMBUS, o., March 3-Representa-
tives of the American. Federation and In
dependent window glass companies met
here tonight for the purpose of ratifying
the resolution presented at a previous meet
ing proposing to restrict the output during
the next year. but an adjournment was
taken until tomorrow without a decision
being reached.
1t was said the plan to restrict production
had been hung up temporarily by the re-
fusal of the outside manufacturers to be-
come a party to the agreement. 1t is al
legged that the outside manufacturers dur
ing the past year have cleaned up their
stocks by cutting prices, whereas the other
manufacturers have large stocks on hand.
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PARTIAL SETTLEMENT MADE.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS, Ind, March 3.-One feature
of the labor troubles at the factories of
Reeves & Co. and the Reeves Pulley Com
pany Is settled, temporarily at least. A
conference of the machinsts and the man.
ayers OF both factories was held yester-
day at the home of M. T. Reeves, presi-
dent of Reeves & Co.. and to-day the ma
chinists announce the withdrawal of all
their dems nds.
Ii Is thought by some that the truce is
to be bu. temporary and that a clash will
inevitably occur In the near future on the
question Cf recognizing the union, which
at present both companies absolutely re-
fuse to do.
The striking wood workers from the
Reeves & Co. plant are still out, but their
places are being filled rapidly by nom
union men,
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No Trace of Bullet Wound.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind, March 3.-The story that
Elias Wagner. one of the three men in the
county Jail on the charge of having muir
dered Wesley Reynolds. the Westville bank
clerk. had bullet extracted from his leg
shortly after the crime of Nov 30, was to-
day disproved by careful examination of
the person accused without the finding of
any marks that might have remained from
a bullet wound. Two of the suspects have
engaged Valparaiso attorneys to defend
them.
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Special to the Indianapo Journal.
BLUFFTON. Ind, March 3.-David Gott-
schalk. a well-known stock dealer. left
home a week ago tonight, telling his wife
he would return next day by noon. Three
days later she received a letter from him
written in Indianapolis. in which he said
he intended never to return. He said all
his property left behind. worth probably
5000, was left to her. He had sold $1,000
or $4,000 worth of real estate before leav-
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Indiana Notes.

MUNCIE.-There is no change in the sit
uation of the strike of building laborers
in this city. Some small jobs are going
ahead. but all the larger contracts are at
a standstill. The strike began Monday,
the old wage scale of the carpenters hav-
ing expired at midnight Sunday. The car
penters demanded an increase from 81 cents
to IS cents per hour. The contractors re-
fused and the Building Trades Council or
dered a general strike of all unions in that
body.
BLOOMINGDALE.-Ge Nj. Hughes.
of Dana, has purchased the canning fac
tory at this place, and arrangements are
being made for a successful year. This
canning factory is one of the best equipped
in the State and has a capacity of two
cars per diem. On Tuesday of this week
Mr.. Hughes came here TO meet the grow
ers and let contracts for acreage.
ALEXANDRIA.-The regular meeting,
Monday night of Alexandria Encampment.
No. 2l2. i. o. o. F.. was of more than or
candidates was given the work i'm the royal
purple degree. and this was followed by a
banquet. There was an attendance of more
than 200 patriarchs from the lodges OF
neighboring cities.
CORRESPONDENCE eating his dinner
at the English Hotel, Indianapolis, Israel
Adams. of this place, was seized with a
coughing spell. and a small piece of lead
accidentally shot himself with foberi
rife four years ago and the bullet was
never removed.
WABASH.-Charles Z. Lovelace, former
ly of the Wabash Times, who re-
cenly sold that paper to w. III. Sharpe
editor of the Wabash Star, expects TO is
sue the first number of his morning paper
at Huntington in ten days. Mr.. Lovelace
says the title of the paper will be the
Huntington Daily Journal.
SHELBYvILLE.-The handsome new
brick school building which has been In
course OF construction at St Paul for the
last few months has been completed and
was opened on Monday morning five teach
ers being employed. The old building was
destroyed about year ago.
TELL CITY.-Another chair factory will
be established here by Albert r. Fem
who ct present has one factory that turns
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind. March 3.-Samuel
Wilson, colored. aged about fifty-five, died
to-day at a local hospital after short
sickness. Although he was a charity pa
tient among his effects were found GER
tifcate of deposit and other property
amounting to $500. He was born slave
in Virginia. but at an early age was taken
from his mother and sold into Alabama.
He has a son nineteen years old who trav-
els with a circus. The dying man in
structed his friend, James Wright, also
colored, who nursed him through form
err sickness. to find the boy and give him
the property.
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Special to tile Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind. March 3.-County Treas
urer William A. Bohland has sold to the
New National Bank of Columbus. O.. the
entire issue of $7s.5OO drainage bonds. the
proceeds from which will be used under the
direction of the Kankakee River Improve
ment Company in Strengthening the Kan
kakee river between Laporte and Starke
counties and thereby retaining thousands
of acres of swamp lands. The bonds COM
manded a large premium, as they run fif-
teen years and bear per cent. interest.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind, March s.-Monon
section men have been granted an increase
of 10 cents a day. President McDoel an
ticipated a demand for an increase and be-
fore he left I'm a special for the South no.
titled thc. employees of the action of the
company. Wipers in the roundhouse also
set an Increase by this latest action. They
have been getting Is and 17Iz cents an hour
but hereafter they viii get l71a and 20
cents. Carbuilders met here last night and
decided TO ask for an increase
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, March 3.-The Northern
Indiana Traction Company. which will
build an electric railway from Marion to
Warsaw via Wabash, has elected the fol-
lowing officers: r. T.. Breed, Marion, pres
ident; b. +. Burk, Marion, vice president;
G. A. H. Shideler, Marion, secretary and
treasurer: +. H Neal, Jonesboro. general
agent; George Breed. Philadelphia, con-
sulting engineer: Henry +. Coleman, New
York, general manager.
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TWO MINERS KILLED.
Accidents I'm Two Mines Cause Two
Deaths and One Injury.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 3.-Clarence
Marion. a miner at the Buckskin mines in
Gibson county, was caught under cage
to-day and killed, and his companion,
named Smith. was so badly injured that he
will die. William Bottoms, employed in a
mine near Winslow was killed by falling
slate.
Henry Kline, living in the western por-
ton of the city, was caught in circular
saw yesterday. and Is threatened with lock-
jaw. He Is being given tetanus serum to
save his life
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Traction Line Resumes Operation.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, March 3.-For the first
time since last Friday evening the inter-
urban cars of the Fort Wayne & South
western Traction Company were able to
enter the city to-day Until yesterday the
overlooked Wabash covered the tracks at
the Big Four crossing to depth of two
to four feet The water has since receded
so that the moter clears 1t.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 3.-William
Meyer. the defaulting and now the in
dicted former county auditor, arrived to-
day from Chicago and gave bail Of $500.
with William Kaough as security, for his
appearance when wanted for trial. His
trial for transportation Of baseball funds
will be held on March 81.
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PeriIs of Basketball.
Boston Advertiser.

Reports are coming in thick and fast OF
"scrapping" at basketball games. This mat
ter Will have to be looked TO. In the winter
season but languid interest can be kept up
in football topics. Even the references to
the subject In the annual reports OF uni
versity presidents provoke debate but for
a day two. That there is more less
smuggling" on the gridiron nobody disputes,
but few get excited about il when the snow
is on the ground. Educators jealous for the
reform of college athletics must turn their
attention from football TO basketball
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A. r., to complete the story by relating Q
little incident that occurred Immediately
after the news reached his mother, who was
at that time resident of this city. With
a heart bursting with indignation. because
of her loyalty to her country. she declared
in an emphatic manner that son of hers
who was guilty of permitting the old flag TO
be fired upon should never again enter her
presence" and from that hour he never
crossed the Threshold of her home. One
day she was found committing to the flames
elegant oil pointing of him. thus remov-
ing from her sight forever anything which
would remind her of her disloyal son.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, March ga third death
from smallpox at Matthews occurred to-
day, the victim being Andrew Burk, aged
twenty-five There has been considerable
smallpox in the county, but 1T has appeared
in virulent form only at Matthews.
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MIL and Elevators Choked.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. March 3-The ele-
vators in this city are full to overlooking
with grain, and no more is being received.
One firm has been unable to secure car
since last Thursday, and II relief doe not
come within day two Ii will have to
close its flour mill. every inch of space
in the building is filled with flour and feed.
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to the Indianapolis Journal

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
: TERRE HAUTE. Ind. March 3-H. G..
Leslie. athletic manager at Purdue. has
written to Manager Regain. of Rose Poly
technic, denying that Purdue basketball
players felt that they were shown scant
courtesy on their visit to this city. as re-
ported In Lafayette papers and in Lafayette
correspondence OF indianapolis papers. He
says the Lafayette papers have since made
corrections. One of the statements was
that because OF the rowdyism OF Rose stu
dents Purdue would schedule no more ath-
Ietfc contests with Rose. In closing his
letter Manager Leslie asks II Rose cannot
come 70 Purdue for game OF baseball on
April IS
- sas been decided to hold an indoor In
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, March 3.-W. A. Allen,
a saloon keeper. found in a niche between
the refrigerator and closet in his saloon
a package of papers which proved to be
securities and negotiable paper valued at
$4,000. They were the property of State
Senator Lundgren. Of Chicago, from whom
they had been stolen last January, and
were left in Aliens saloon by the thief, who
did not know their value.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, March 3.-The
Capital State Bank of Greenfield has in it's
possession a note for 81 800 signed by Joseph
Talbert, ST., who died about a year ago.
The note is made payable to Mart Kinsley.
of Greenfield. A. r. Keaton, administrator
of the estate. claims the note is a forgery.
The case has been taken into court and
will be bitterly fought when Ii comes up
Circuit Court.
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Will Play a Game with Detroit.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 3.-The
Fort Wayne Chess and Checker Club has
accepted the challenge of the Detroit club
for a series of chess games. and has Sc
lected j. B. McKim, superintendent of this
division of the Pittsburg road, Paul Kuhne,
a real estate man, and DIR. John Schilling
as it's players. The game will be played
during March and April.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. March 3.-Susie
Brown, aged six. daughter Of Arthur
Brown, living at Boonville, warrick coun-
ty, burned to death this morning while
standing in front of the crate. Her flesh
was burned to crisp.
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tercIass meet on March IS. II has not as
yet been definitely decided II Rose Is TO
enter track team for the secondary col
Iege meet to be held at Richmond The
basketball season Is virtually abandoned.
There had been some talk of arranging for
a game with the Indiana Normal, but this
seems to be out of the question.
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Correspondence New York Times.
My attention was called to an article in
the Times Of yesterday which referred 10
the Firing on Fort Sumter" and the state
ment made by Judge Mackay. OF South
Carolina. that the order to fire upon Fort
Sumter was issued by an Ohio man. Ros-
well Sabine Ripley. brigadier general OF the
Confederate army" would ike 90 ID.
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It's a Way We Have.

st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
An inspired Austrian newspaper remarks
that the United States has gained great
political success i'm the Venezuelan trouble"
Did you ever know the United States to
gain anything but success when IL buckled
down to business?
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he had been given no official Information re-
garding the strike. either from the road or
from the men, So far to-day his 800 firemen
and brakemen have been working usual,
running trains and answering calls to go
out. There Is no indication of a strike here,
except the current rumors. Many brother
hood officers are looking anxiously for in
formation. Freight trains have been
stopped since noon.