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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-14
Indiana Notes.

LAFAYETTE.-Evans Bros. contractors
Of this city, have received notice that they
have been awarded contract for INSTALL
ing boilers in the Townsend-Reed Traction
Company's power plant now almost COM
pleted at Lebanon. The Townsend-Reed
Company is engaged in building an interur-
ban line from Indianapolis to Lafayette.
The boilers to be placed in the plant will
furnish 3Oo0-horse power and the contract
price for the installation is $1,000.
SHELBYVILLE.-While Chester c. En-
rich. who is about fifteen years of age,
was riding his fathers horse TO water Mon
day morning on MIR. Emrich's farm south
of town, the animal threw him, the boy
falling on his head. Nothing was thought
Of the injury until Thursday, when he was
taken suddenly sick He died Friday morn
ing or rupture OF the brain.
MUNCIE.-George Stickler. aged forty,
has been found guilty in the Circuit Court
with intent to criminaly assault Viola
Hudson, the seven-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Matte Miller, of this city. Judge
LETTER sentenced Stickler to serve two 10
fourteen years in the States prison.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & Drake, of this
city, have secured the contract to erect the
agricultural building at the st. Louis
worlds fair. The price was $529, $40. The
will employ 800 men. The floor space will
be twenty acres-by far the largest building
there
NEW CAsTLE.-The officials of the
with the Henry County Commissioners on
Saturday in special session with regard
to permission to change the prospective
route of the road. They state they VIII
begin work in two weeks.
TERRE HAUTE.-The Terre Haute
brick manufacturers have decided to raise
the price for the coming building season 81
thousand. The manufacturers will vol
advance the wages of the men %
cents a day. which will put common labor
at 81 and molders S2.75.
RICHMOND.-The directors of the Com
mercial Club have elected Stephen s. STRAIT
ton, jr., president; James A. Carr, first vice
president; Charles III. Haner, second vice
president, and j. +. Reeves, secretary and
treasurer. The club is arranging for its
annual banquet in April.
ELWOOD.-Elwood Lodge 1868, b. p. o.
Elks, gave its annual minstrel entertain
ment for the benefit of charity Friday night
at the Kramer Grand, which was packed
to the doors. The performance will be re-
peated Saturday evening
EVANSvILLE.-James NJ. Garland, of
Dubois county, was arrested at his home
on Friday and brought here and put in Jail,
charged with peddling liquor. He comes
from one of the most prominent families III
Dubois county.
REPRESENTATIONS e. Crews, who
have been i'm the livery business in this city
for twenty-one years, have sold out to
Harry Gaines, of this place, and j. w.
Rhodes, late superintendent of the st. Paul,
Ind. schools.
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Extension of the Service Throughout
the state to Begin on Opening
of Next Fiscal Year.
MIR. MAcHEN's EXPECTATIONS
He THINKS WHOLE STATE WILL BE
COVERED WITHIN TWO YEARS.
Census Bureau at Work on Indiana
Mining Statistfcs-New Arms for
State Militia Soon.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Plans are be-
ing perfected for the extension of rural
free delivery during the fiscal year begin
ming July 1. The department has about
s, 100000 available for the purpose. No adj
ditional routes other than those already or
dered will be established between now and
July. During the next fiscal year it is es-
timated that about ten thousand routes will
be established. Twenty per cent. of this
number will be apportioned to the middle
division, which has headquarters at Indi-
annapolis. Although the plans of the depart
ment are not yet perfected, about five hum
dred additional routes will be established in
Indiana, and due proportion will be given
to the other States comprising the middle
division. During the coming year at least
one county service will be etasblished in
each congressional district in Indiana. Su-
perintendent Macheu, of the free delivery
service, said to-day that within two years
the entire State will be covered by rural
mail delivery.
The Census Bureau has commenced active
operations for the taking of census of
the mines of the United States. Special
attention will be given to securing data
from the coal mining regions of Indiana
and other coal-producing States. 1t is the
purpose of the bureau to secure a more
complete computation on the mining 1LuuS-
try of the Nation than has ever been pub
lished. Agents are now working in the coal
fields of Indiana, and in addition the bureau
is receiving considerable information from
data collected will be embraced in re-
port which will be ready for publication
by the cid of the year.
xxx
u. S. Swaysgood will be the next post
master at Waterloo, succeeding William H
Williams.
The Indiana National Guard will soon
receive new arms and equipment in accord
ance with the act passed by the last Con-
gress. Secretary Root, having returned to
the city, it is expected that announcement
will soon be made as to what course will
be pursued in exchanging new arms and
the various guard organizations. The de-
lay in action under the new law has been
occasioned by the desire of Secretary Root
to get a detailed report from special
the various States. This report is now
ready. and soon as he has examined il
Secretary Root will be prepared to act.
xxx
The Union National Bank of indianapolis
has been approved as a reserve agent for
the First National Bank of Laporte.
Rural free delivery will be established
at ST. Paul, Decatur county, on April i,
covering an area of forty-nine square
miles, with population of LAS.
Ralph Bamberger, of Indianapolis, ar
rived in Washington to-day. 1t is under
stood he is here on business before the
Postofice Department
T. H. Adams, postmaster at Vincennes
is in the city.
Representative Brick left for home to.
night.
Representative Cromer has gone to New
York. He will return here next week.
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EARLHAM WINS DEBATE.



Compulsory Arbitration.
Special tn the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, March 13.-Earlham
tonight won the debate with Butler, which
was held in Lindley Hall. There was much
interest and a large audience assembled.
Judge d. w. Comstock, of the Appellate
bench, presided. AS Earlham has held the
undisputed title to the championship of the
State in debate, having defeated De PAW,
Indiana University and Butler, the winner
tonight is entitled to that honor. The
question was, Resolved That our laws
should provide for boards of arbitration,
with power TO compel parties to labor dis
putes to submit their disputes to arbitra-
ton and to abide by the boards decision. y
The Earlham trio, Joseph Kenney, Edmund
Dickinson and Morris Dillon, the last men
toned of Indianapolis, upheld the affirma-
tive, while Pritchard. Underwood and
Vernier, of Butler, supported the negative.
Both sides had made splendid preparation.
The judges were Prof. c. A. Waldo, profess
sor of mathematics at Purdue University;
Dean Rogers, of the Cincinnati Law School,
and w. r. Snyder, superintendent of the
Muncie schools. The decision of the judges
was unanimous.
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ARIsT0CRATs
should BE Allowed Good Things IA
Well m Other People.

A Chicago lady visiting friends I'm Leon.
n. u. heard her hostess say one morning:
sAH OF the arsstocrats on Allen Hill have
discarded coffee and are using Postum Food
Coffee in its place." 1t seems the doctor
had advised the change as a remedy for
different stomach and other disorders
caused by coffee drinking.
But when ! first made II was careless.
1t was only half boiled and drowned in
water, as husband. after slipping il, pushed
It back and said. NO more OF that stuff for
me- concluded IL was not PROPERLY made
and examined the package carefully, finding
that 1t must be boiled fifteen or twenty min
utes after the real boiling begins.
Next morning husband said. You don't
mean 20 tell me this Is the same coffee you
gave me yesterday: why this Is fine He
drank two cups and since that time we have
used no other coffee. and both OF us have
made a decided Improvement In health"
pepsia, nervous prostration poor appefife
and the usual disorders OF stomach and
bowels. not knowing that coffee was the
fee from my hostess. except the Postum I
not only found IL delicious but INV annetite
improved. the fatnience and stomach dis
tress LETT me and L quickly began to gain
| IN flesh. Now / am enjoying a degree Of
health that never expected to attain
After LETT home my brother, who has
been an invalid for some time broke down
entirely He vas a coffee drinker and had
distress I'm his stomach always after meals.
Finally his stomach refused 10 retain any
food at all, then the doctor insisted on his
leaving on coffee and using Postum. He
drank Postum four times a day with rich
cream and some sugar and absolutely no
ether food for several days: then he care
nuuy added ether food In small quantities
and gradually began 10 get well. He now
eats all kinds Of nourishing foods and Is
again working at his trade. Name given
~ Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
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STILL WITHOUT A COACH.


Secure an Acceptable Man.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 13.-Coach
Horne Is still looking out for coach for
Indiana's baseball nine this year. Bob
Wicker, of st. Louis, who was to have
coached has thrown up the contract. and
it is probable that no coach will be Sc
cured until next term. Schooler. of Edin-
burg, who was "a star baseball man here
in his college days and captain of the 'S5
team, is being considered favorably for the
place.
Indiana's schedule will open here on
April IL with a game with the Manual
Training High School of Indianapolis, and
about the middle Of April the team Will
leave for a brief tour through Kentucky,
where a series of games will be played at
Louisville, Lexington and Danville.
The athletic board has decided to have
an interscholastic high school meet here on
Jordan Field on May 16. All the prominent
high schools Of the State will be invited
and given an opportunity to make entries.
This occasion is looked forward to as one
of the biggest athletic features of the
term, and the athletic board expects a
heavy list of entries.
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SLAIN BY BANDITS.


gers 1-ut 10 DeatH.
TUCSON, A. T., March 13.-Mexican
bandits held up the stage which runs be-
tween Potoma and TORN, on the Yaqui
river, in Sonora, on last Tuesday night,
killing all of the six passengers. Among
them was Hitherto Alvarado, a wealthy
Mexican who owns number of ranches
along the Yaqui river. The authorities at
Guayamas were at once notified. Alvarado
and his wife had taken the stage from
Polam to TORN, and the men no doubt
thought they carried a large sum of money
with them. The stage carried very little
mail and scarcely any money or valuables,
so that Alvarado must have been the mark
for the bandits.
Advices from Hermosillo Mex, tonight
say that one more body has been found
near the place of the hold-up and massacre
of the passengers of the stage running be-
tween Torreon and Potam. The body
found is that of a woman. 1t had been
terribly mutilated and afterwards dragged
fifty yards into the bushes. rope was
found around the neck showing that the
woman had been choked TO death. In all
five persons were killed. 1t has been
definitely confirmed that the bandits were
Yaqui Indians. numbering fifteen or twen-
ty They were evidently well armed, as
the bodies of the dead were riddled with
bullets. Two companies of soldiers are
on the trail of the Indians.
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WABASH COLLEGE.


100000 to the Endowment.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, March 49,
The board of trustees has appointed a spe-
cial committee, composed of H. j. Milligan
and Edward Daniels, of Indianapolis; Judge
ID. p. Baldwin, Logansport; Judge Thomas
r. Paxton, Princeton; Prof. j. l.. Campbell
and President w. p. Kane. of this city. to
make a determined effort to add half mil
lion dollars to the endowment fund of the
college. The present endowment fund was
adequate to the needs of the college when
interest rates were high, but since the
marked decline in the rate the college has
had much difficulty in living within its in
come The board also contemplates the
establishment of additional scholarships,
the erection of one or more dormitories and
the addition of some professorships, partic-
ularly one OF rhetoric and public speaking,
one of biblical literature and ethics and
one of applied science. Circulars are being
sent out to all the old students, graduates
and nongraduates, as a personal appeal for
individual cooperation, and the committee
feels confident that the amount may be
raised in a short time.
The local chapter of Phi Delta Theta has
invited the Epsilon province TO hold con-
vention in Charlottesville during the spring
term, and the invitation has been accepted.
The province includes all the chapters in
Indiana, and Wabash man, Will II. Hays,
of Sullivan, is president. At this meeting
other officers of the province will be elected
Wabash held a preliminary track meet
this week to select representatives for the
contest of the Amateur Athletic Association
at Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, next FRI
day. Chester Scott won first in the 80 and
60-yard dashes, W. s. Reed won the half
mile and mile runs, Frederick Heintz took
first in the quarter mile. In the high jump
there a tie between Marshall and
Pierce, and in the pole vault tie between
Reed and Carscallen. Physical Director
Hams has named Reed Heintz and Scott to
represent the college in Indianapolis.
A summer school will be conducted this
year, beginning on June %. Several men,
bers of the college faculty will belong to the
corps Of instructors but ii is wholly a
private enterprise and not under the COL
lege auspices. The work of the summer
term will be open to both sexes, a thing
unusual for Wabash.
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DE PAW UNIVERSITY.


Special the Indianapolis Journal
GREENCASTLE, Ind, March 13.-De
Pauw is getting into line for the baseball
championship this season, with crowd of
candidates out from which a team may be
selected that will go ahead even of De
Pauws average. In Cole, who is COM
paratively new student here, there is a
pitcher that is worthy to follow in Pulses
footsteps. which is saying good
deal Cole has swiftness and curves. and
seems TO be proof against fatigue. He is
not as good at the bat as he should be, but
will probably work out with practice. Cord
ing. who pitched good ball last spring, will
be Preston and Nicely, both of whom are
good men and experienced players, good at
the bat and at running. Martin undoubted-
ly win set third again. and Woody Is q
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NEW CASTLE, Ind, March 13-W. s.
Bedford, one of the best-known citizens of
New Castle and Henry county, died of
pneumonia this morning at his home after
weeks illness. His death came very
suddenly, as he was thought to be in no
danger until an hour before his death. He
left a widow and one daughter.
WABASH, Ind, March 13-Mrs. Mary ].
Cribben, one of the old residents of Wa
bash county, died this morning at her home
four miles east of the city of grip. She
was seventy-one years old, and for forty
years had been a resident of the county.
The funeral will be held on Sunday.
MUNCIE, Ind, March 13.-Flavius ]. Set
tie. aged seventy-eight, died this morning
at his home three miles north of Muncie
He was one of the pioneers of the county
The funeral will be conducted Sunday
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TRADE, INDUSTRY, FINANCE.

Representative Cromer has gone to Ne
York. He will return here next week.
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OIL IN MICHIGAN.


NILES, Mich. March 13.-The people of
Niles and vicinity are wild with excitement
over the discovery of oil mile west of
town. The strike was made on the Bau-
mann farm. A we'll was drilled by the
Niles Gas and Oil Company to depth of
200 feet, and when the drill penetrated car
boniferous limestone yesterday there was
a showing of oil. The drill was sunk sew
eral feet deeper, whereupon the bailer
brought gallons of fine lubricating oil to
the surface A halt was called and meet
ing of the directors of the company was
held, and il was decided TO shoot the well.
c. H. Dabney, the contractor who is drill
ing the well, says a twenty five barrel-a-
day well is assured.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, March 13.-Ste-
ven Evilsizer. who barricaded himself in
the Elkton block and defied arrest, was
laid low by bullet from City Marhshal
Nelson Worley's pistol at 1870 o'clock this
morning. The prosecutor notified the mar
shall to arrest Evilsizer, and he went to
his room in the second story OF the block
and alone read the warrant and attempted
his arrest Eyilsizer picked UP a Ratchet
and was in the act of Draining the officer
when he was shot The ball entered just
above the left eye, ranged 10 the right
and lodged in the BRAIN He fell uncon-
scious in the doorway, and the marshal
hurried to police headquarters and reported
to Mayor Lucas. Evilsizer is now par
alyzed on his left side and slowly sinking.
The doctors say he cannot recover.
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Wrecks on the Great Northern.

HELENA, Mont. March 13.-Severai
wreck occurred on the Great Northern
last night and early this morning. One was
at Lake View. west of Kalispel. where a
l.. Solberg was badly injured. having his
head badly crushed and three ribs broken.
Another wreck was reported TO a west
bound passenger train east of Essex. 1t
ran into a rotary snow pillow, killing one
man. a bridge carpenter, whose name Is
not obtainable, and badly injuring Con-
ductor Mckenzie. of the snow pillow, and
his brakeman. snow slide, more than two
hundred feet long, occurred and blocked
the track completely. A freight train is re-
ported wrecked in the mountains east of
kalispel. Another wreck is reported on the
Jenning branch, in which. Ii is said. the
whole train left the track. The accident
was caused by slide. Solberg is at the
hospital resting easy.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 13-W. K.
WOODBURY., cashier of the First National
Bank in this city, has just received a letter
from his son-in-law. d. o. McGovney, who
is professor in the Manila Normal School.
announcing the birth of baby boy-the
first Indianian to be born in the Philippines.
Professor McGovney is graduate of In
diana University and was prominent during
his college career on the athletic and de-
batting teams. He married Miss Laura
Woodburn, of this city, and has been pro-
fessor in the Manila Normal School for
more than a year.
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CAR OF POWDER ExPLoDEs.


CLEAN, n. ", March ia freight
train, containing a car of powder and three
cars of dynamite. collided with a switch
engine on the Pennsylvania Railroad here
to-day. The powder exploded, blowing the
car to pieces. Eight other cars were
wrecked, but the dynamite did not explode.
No one was badly hurt. 1t was in this city
that the dreadful explosion of petroleum
in railroad cars occurred few days ago,
killing fourteen persons and wounding
many others.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. Ind, March 13.-About a
dozen wood carvers employed at the ORR
noco Furniture Company struck yesterday
afternoon. the demand being for a regula-
ton of the piece-work system now i'm vogue
and for a nine-hour day instead of ten A
similar demand was made by the wood
carvers employed at the j. A. Granton fur
niture factory, and the reform demanded
and the increase of wages asked was
granted conference between William II
Lincoln, of the Orinoco factory. and the
striking carvers was held this morning, but
no agreement was reached.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NUNCIE, Ind. March 13.-The case OF
John Bartlett against the Muncie Natural
Gas Company. suit in which Bartlett de-
mands 5000 OF the company, alleging that
the action OF the company In shutting off
the gas In his home last winter was respon-
sible for the death of his wife, who con-
tracted cold therefrom, has been appealed
to the Appellate Court. Judge LETTER sus-
tanned the demurrer OF the defendant COM
pany TO the plaintiffs complaint. Bart
let's attorneys refused TO amend the COM
plant, whereupon the court ordered that
the plaintiff take nothing by the action, and
that the defendant company recover its
costs In the case. The appeal by the plain
till followed.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW, Ind, March 1S.-At a meeting
Of the City Council here last night the
Peoples Mutual Telephone Company. of
Silver Lake. Ind, asked for twenty-five
year franchise for a local telephone system.
The new company proposes to cut the rate
80 per cent. from present prices for local
telephone service.
The Council discovered that the license of
SO annually for each pool and billiard table
in operation had not been collected. In
structions were issued to revoke all licenses
unless this matter was adjusted.
The Council also passed a resolution in
structing the police force to abolish all slot
machines and gambling devices.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, March 13.-James A.
Carr, first vice president of the newly
formed American Seeding Machine Com
pany, which has capital of $4,000 900, has
just returned from the meeting in New
York city. where the details of the COM
bination were worked out. Mr. Carr is
president of the Hoosier Drill Company of
this city, which is a member In a state
ment to-day Mr. Carr said the headauar-
tiers of the new company probably will be
at Springfield. o., and that he will go to
the general Offices Burton j. Westcott of
this city, who is treasurer of the new COM
pany, also will go to the general offices and
the management of the Hoosier drill works
will deyolve on Fred J. Carr.
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PROFILE OF WASHINGTON.
1t Was Made by Nature I'm the Brown
Heart of the Washington Elm.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 13-It was
recently decided that what was left Of the
Washington elm so known, because of
the story that Washington stopped under
it when he visited Capt. Jeremiah Wads-
worth on the occasion of the conference
with Rochambeau, must come down, and
many persons managed to get pieces of the
elm. Superintendent of Streets Hausting
said, when asked about the story which
gave the tree it's name: why, If that tree
could speak il would prove it,"
A moment later he picked up limb some
four inches through and there, at the cross
section. was a perfect profile of Washing
ton, like miniature in Sepia. 1t made
by the brown heart of the limb. Officers of
the Connecticut Historical Society pro-
nounce it a marvel. Mr.. Hausting will
have it mounted and handed down to sue
ceeding generations.