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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

cial reading in connection with future
school work. The Introduction of supple
mentary work I'm the schools. the taking up
of special subjects one or two hours a
week require extra reading and studying"
To many the newspaper reporter appears
to lead a life of pleasure But the reporter
we see on the stage-the Journalist" with
the notebooks never seen In real life.
Here is what one OF the reporters on a big
morning paper told me. and as / have been
through the same experience. l know IL is
substantially correct: II get TO the Office
at 11:30, in order to read the papers half
an hour before the noon assignments are
given out. Soon after IL / am sent out on a
story. II IL is not very important or is
not far away | may have two or three 10
look after. Under ordinary circumstances
1 return to the office before 6 and write my
copy. AS soon as il is finished and | have
my dinner | start out on evening assign
ments. returning as soon as possible. for
the earlier one gets his copy i'm the more
space he Is paid for in the paper. No one
can tell In advance when or where a news
story will break out. and l always keep a
packed grip at the office"
Even the wealthy work overtime, and
most or them pay the penalty, sooner or
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
EMINENT MASONS THERE
CARNEGIE LIBRARY CORNERSTONE
LAID AT JEFFERSONvILLE.
Grand Master English Presided Over
h Impressive Ceremonfes-Dedi-
cation of PendIetOn Cemetery.
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. Sept. 19.-The
ceremonies attendant on the laying of the
cornerstone of the Carnegie library by the
officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons were
witnessed by 1900 persons this afternoon.
The emo was directly in charge of
Grand Master w. L. English, Grand Secre-
tary G. w. Prather and Grand Treasurer
Martin III. Rice. of Indianapolis. but they
were assisted in the work by Past Grand
Masters /. p. Legion and James B. Dun
bar, of New Albany, and S. S. Johnson, of
this city, together with members of the To-
cal lodges Of Masons. The ceremonies We're
impressive.
The principal address was delivered by the
Rev. T.. l.. Powell, of Louisville. Many
prominent MaSons from the southern part
of the State were present. Work on the
library building will be pushed as rapidly
as possible from now on. The structure is
to cost SIS, 200.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

later. In one way or another. II Is said
that George Gould is at his desk at )
o'clock every morning when he is IN the
city.
The only recreation Russell Sage has Is
when he steals an hour for a drive. John
ID. Rockefeller has already bartered his
stomach for his wealth by working long
hours.
A prominent physician recently said TO
me: up To a generation ago the watch
word was, Look out for your stomach
Now IL is. Look out for your nervous sys-
en- An eight-hour union for professional
men aud men who work with their brains
ought certainly to be seriously considered .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Suicide of w. r. Gamble, Deputy
United States Marshal.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 1s.-w. p. Gam
bic. the United States deputy marshal who
confessed completely in a plot TO substi-
tute old Chinese for young Chinese who had
been ordered deported, committed suicide
this morning in Buena Vista Park by send
Ing two bullets into his brain. Rather than
face the disgrace OF a trial and possible
conviction in the federal courts he left his
yong wife and killed himself. Several
days ago Gamble confessed his part in the
scheme to defraud the government, think
ing that he was assuming the role OF states
evidence and thereby saving himself from
punishment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Strategic Point i'm the
which Is Defended by n Bat
TALON of Turks.
CASUALTIES AT OTHER PLACES
MANY TURKISH SOLDIERS REPORT
ED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
War Between Bulgaria and Turkey
Not Regarded by the British For
eign Office rs Imminent.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 19.-Revolutionists
are now concentrating all their operations
in eastern Macedonia, whence the latest
dispatches reported that a general rising
was fixed TO begin to-day. The insurgents
say they nave accumulated vast stores Of
provisions. ammunition and dynamite and
are prepared to enter on a serious cam
paign.
Fighting is already proceeding at Melnik,
province of Sores, which is besieged by
bands of insurgents under the leadership
of Stoyanoff, Yankoff. Darlington and
Zografoff, all of whom formerly were Of
ficers in the Bulgarian army. The town
of Melnik is an important strategic point
in the mountains, commanding the road be-
tween Demir-Hissar and Razlog. The be-
seigers number 1850, while the Turkish
garrison is believed TO consist Of
only one battalion. The result of
the attack on the town is not
yet known, but a telegram from Ketcha-
rinovo says that additional Turkish troops
are going thence to Melnik. In the Demir-
Hissar district the leaders, Stoyanchoff.
Asgreloff and Kortchovaly, have 1000 men
ready to begin operations.
Severe fighting is reported at Okrida. A
band OF revolutionists operating near
Brijeni surrounded a force of Turkish
troops and a fight ensued, which lasted
throughout an entire day. In the evening
the insurgents, reinforced by bands under
Sarafoff, attacked the Turks on all sides
and routed them. The Turks lost ninety
killed 1t is reported that the troops will
now move in bodies from 5000 to 1900.
At Dobraven. in the district of Leren, a
fight has taken place between Turks and
insurgents i'm which the Turks lost seventy
killed and many wounded. The insurgents
lost only four killed, but many of them
were wounded.
Turkish soldiers are reported to have
burned five villages In the district of Kas-
toria. Two hundred Turkish officers left
Constantinople yesterday on their way TO
Salonica and Adrianople.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

disappeared from the Commercial Hotel last
Friday In company with Mrs. Charles
Hicks. nee Bertha Hileford, also a waitress
at the Commercial Hotel.
Harvey Dibble. a farmer near Patriot.
stated TO Marshal Overly that about ,
o'clock last Saturday night. while he was
in his watermelon patch picking a load OF
melons. a buggy containing a man and a
girl drove by. The girl objected TO going
further. When the rig passed Dibble he
heard the girl say. II will go no further. |
believe YOU mean me harm" The man
cursed and drove on more rapidly.
Then canne a revolver shot, a scream OF
agony i'm a feminine voice and the buggy
was whirled from sight and hearing Overly
believes the girl was the missing Emma
Rist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Killed i'm n Cave-In.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL. Ind, Sept. l9.-While aiding in
sinking a mine on their farm three miles
north Of here Ben Boot was Instantly killed
and his body covered by tons of dirt tina
had caved in, and his younger brother
Joseph was so badly hurt that he cannot
recover. The elder man left a widow and
family. He was one of the best farmers
of the county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
W0MAN'S FATAL FRIGHT
FEAR of BURGLARS Nay RESULT IN
DEATH OF A NONOGENARIAN.
Aged Valparaiso Woman and a Boy
struck by T~rains-Both Mishaps
Probably WIZ Prove Fatal.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.

EpeClaI 10 the IndlanapOIls JouTnaI.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Sept. 19. Mrs.
Thomas Hollett, aged ninety-eight, Val
paraiso's oldest resident, imagined burglars
were trying TO get in her house last night.
and. arising in her night apparel, descended
to the street from an upper window, falling
into a basement opening and receiving in
juries which physicians say are fatal.
Mrs. Elizabeth Casey, a widow living one
mile south of here. was struck by a Pan
handle engine and fatally hurt this MORN
ing. Mrs. Casey is about seventy years of
age. Being deaf and almost blind, she did
not hear or see the engine.
Last evening while Adam Jones, living
near Inwood, was crossing the Pennsyl-
vania tracks his conveyance was struck
by the first section of the No. 10 west
to fragments. The boy received probable
fatal injuries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Inventor Drown. Himself.

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 1s.-Cyrus Z. Gillespie,
a successful inventor. drowned himself to-
day In q well near his home in Edwards
Vile. III. No reason. except illness, is given
as a reason for the deed. Mr.. Gillespie was
q son of the late Joseph Gillespie, formerly
circuit judge In Madison county, who was
a personal friend and associate OF Abraham
Lincoln.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Cable Notes.

General Sir Ian Hamilton sailed from
Liverpool for New York Saturday on the
steamer Lucania- General Hamilton took a
prominent part in the defense of Ladysmith
during the South African war.
The German imperial budget for 1904, now
in preparation. allots $3.50 for combating
typhus. which is specially virulent in Ba-
varia. Prussia and Alsace-Lorraine. The
contamination OF the rivers appears TO be
frequently the cause OF the fever.
The German Emperor at Vienna on Sat
urday received in audience the Hungarian
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 1s.-John b. Jack
son presented his credentials to Prince
Ferdinand this afternoon as the first
American diplomatic agent of Bulgaria.
Mr.. Jackson was warmly received by
the Prince, who expressed pleasure at the
fact that the United States had estab-
lished direct diplomatic relations with Bull
garia, and said the good will shown by this
action was entirely reciprocated by the
government, and the prince himself.
Prince Ferdinand added that he hoped the
result would be the development of direct
commercial relations between the two coun-
iris, to industrial advantage of both.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMFIELD. Ind, Sept. 19.-About 10
o'clock this forenoon Flater Ohaver, the
thirteen-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. +.
Ohaver, residing three miles southwest of
mere in Fairplay township. was instantly
killed by being caught and crushed under
the falling trunk of a dead tree on their
farm near Plummer, whittier he had gone
with his father to do some clearing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
FROM HANDS OF A MOB
INDIANAPOLIS MAN BARELY SAVED
By TERRE HAUTE POLICE.
He Was Caught in the Act of Trying
tO CriminaI1y Assault n sfx-Year-
GirI-Pursued and Beaten.
Special TO the Indianapolis journal

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 19.-This aft
crnoon Omar Gardner narrowly escaped
mob violence when caught by a crowd of
angry men who pursued him some distance
after he had been found attempting an as
sault on a six-year-Old girl he had dragged
into a shed at the old Northern rolling
mill.
The patrol wagon arrived just in time to
t1ke him from the crowd. which was strik-
ing and kicking him.. He looks like a Ia
borer. is twenty-six years old and says
his home is in indianapolis. He had a
loaded revolver in his pocket. but made no
attempt to use it.
The indianapolis directory of 1905 does
not contain the name OF Omar Gardner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
MEN WHO WORK OVERTIME.
Actors. C1ergymen, school Teachers
and Newspaper Men Are Busy.
Harper's Weekly.

Recently 1 have talked with a number of
men who work hard in their various pro-
LESSONS. The comedian of a stock COM
pany in a well-known New York theater
said: ITO begin with, we have a new play
every week. | I'm always at the theater
every afternoon at about , O'Clock. and am
often unable to leave till $50 or even later,
especially on Mondays and Tuesday. when
the new play has not begun To run smooth
ly. Similar long hours prevail. of course.
evenings. My mornings are taken up with
rehearsals for the play that is to be put on
the next week. This. with the time have
90 devote TO studying my lines. takes about
fifteen hours a day. Ii is pretty hard, but
after a talk the other day with a friend
who had just come In from playinG one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Sept. g.-Claude
Goldman, tried in Whitley Circuit Court
this week for shooting Frank Stallsmith
last April, was found guilty of murder in
penitentiary for life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
No Foreclosure Proceedings.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. BE. III. San
born, vice president of the Consolidated
Lake Superior Company. said to-day that
he had no knowledge of a call having been
made by Speyer & Co.. for their loan. y
foreclosure, he said, must be anticipated by
the usual legal preliminaries and he was not
aware of any proceedings of the kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Indicted GROCER Cuts Hi. Throat.

CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Jacob Miller. one of
the grocers indicted for conspiracy to de-
fraud wholesale grocers, together with sew
oral teamsters and receiving clerks. cut his
throat I'm the Criminal Court building to-
day. IL is thought he cannot live.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis, Sept. 49,
Word was received from Eugene. Wash. to-
day OF the suicide of Charles B. Nettleton.
and that he was buried without money
Nettleton's wife. who is visiting here, be-
lieves her husband was murdered, as he
sold land In Texas a week ago and went TO
Eugene with several hundred dollars to
take up a claim.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
STEAMER BURNED.
Waitress. Deckhand and 30,
Drowned and Others Injured.
Boy

ST. JOHN. y. b.. Sept. I9.-while on the
way up the st. John river this afternoon
with forty passengers aud a heavy cargo of
freight the Star Line Steamship Company's
steamer David Weston caught fire, prob
ably from a match dropped on a bale of
hay, and before she could run ashore was
almost destroyed. A waitress. a deck
hand and a boy We're drowned, through
jumping into the river 10 escape the flames.
Seven or eight other persons were slightly
injured. The passengers were taken ashore
in boats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Two Women Badly Burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON. Ind, Sept. l9.-While using
kerosene in trying to start the kitchen
fire this morning. Mrs. Louisa Shelton, of
Owensville. received burns that may prove
fatal. In trying TO extinguish the flames
her daughter was painfully burned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
NO LOSS OF II


Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION. Ind. Sept. 19.-Gas escaping
from a leak in a pipe filled the bake shop
room at Taylor University at Upland, and,
igniting from a fire i'm a stove, exploded
with terrific force at IL o'clock tonight.
The roof OF the building was blown on and
the windows of the several other buildings
OH the University grounds were shattered.
The dormitory, in which 500 students were
sleeping, was not damaged To any extent,
and no one was injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

BERLIN, Sept. 19.-The Turkish war
ministry has ordered 10000 pounds Of
smokeless powder at the Rottweil works.
Turkey has several agents permanently
resident in Germany who buy supplies for
the army and navy. One of these, Ahmed
Bey, who spends his time between Essen
and Kiel. is especially active in placing
orders for field transport, saddlery, etc.
Turkey, seemingly, is able to dispose of
sufficient OF cash to pay for the supplies.
as the firms require money, or its equiva-
lent, on delivery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind. Sept. 19.-The third fatal
accident In Elwood in four days happened
this afternoon. j. +. Grove, aged forty,
a travelling journeyman cigar maker, while
sitting oil a tie on the Panhandle main
track near the plate glass factory, was
struck by the Richmond accommodation
train and instantly killed. Grove arrived
in Elwood this morning and finding no
work in the local shops, spent the day
drinking. He was in drunken stupor when
killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Other Victims OF Hutchens's Wrath
Not I'm So Grave a situation.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
nd. Sept. 19.-The con-
dition OF Police Chief Heuke, who was shot
by Detective Hutchens last light, at the
time Police Captain Brennecke and Jacob
Lutz. a bystander. were also shot by Hutch
ems. Is regarded tonight as critical. 1t is
feared hat pneumonia will develop. The
condition OF Brennecke is not so grave Iutz
probably will recover.
The three police officers belonged 10 the
Elks but neither the Elks nor the police
VIII turn out as bodies at the funeral of
Hutchens, who killed himself Immediately
after shooting the three men who are now
sn hospitals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

New York Times.
A new story Is told Of Josiah Fiynt and
his ramping with tramps-
'How's the eating" he asked a Weary
Willie.
Pretty bad. pard. and IN tell you what's
the matter. These e'er cookin' schools is
penetratin' TO the uttermoSt parts. and the
womin folks is larnin' how TO mutilate the
yictuals into French dishes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Aged woman Burned to Death.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind. Sept. 19.-Mrs. Katrina
Walther, aged seventy. was fatally burned
to-day while destroying rubbish in the
yard. She died several hours later after
suffering great agony.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
ArchaeoIosi-t XIII. Self in Despair.

BERLIN. Sept. 19.-Prof Franz Won Prot
ter. chief of the German Archaeological In
s0tute, according to a telegram from
Athens. killed himself to-day by shooting.
His suicide was the result of despair at not
being able TO complete Il NEUROLOGICAL work
on which he had long been engaged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Climbed Tall Tree and shot Himself.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-F1oyd d. Knox.
eyed twenty-three, disappeared from his
home In Hillsdale two weeks ago. tempo
rarily insane from the effects Of sunstroke.
He has just been found dead in the woods
by hunters. knox climbed a tall tree, Sc
cured himself there and then committed
suicide by shooting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
MAY HAVE BEEN A MURDER.

seIaI to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
LAWRESCEBURG. Ind. Sept. 19.-Cfty
Marshal Thomas Overly tonight announced
that he had what he thought 10 be a ciew
10 the mysterious disappearance of Emma
Hist. the sesenteen-year-old waitress who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
HEUKE's CONDITION CRITICAL.

The Indianapolis directory of 1905 does
not contain the name OF Omar Gardner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-28

/ AIIusADY IN EXISTENCE.
II ia needless 20 state that the de-
niRnerH 81 this agreement had look.
ed out for No. ! ia the matter Of i'm
poftant contracts before the agree
ment was signed.
second Not a. employ any inside
help FOR two weeks after the appi'
cant had left ans situation. without
the consent Of the last proprietor
Two weeks notice was required
when any employe wished 10 quit
work.
Third Not 70 employ and driver
for a period Of - days after quit
ting or being discharged from am
laundry.
Fourth Not 10 pay any driver any
more than go week and per cent
on residence runs up g. 400 per week
~ work handled. 80 and per cent
up 20 $50 per week Of work handled,
so and per cent over and above
si5o Prior a. this agreement nearly
all drivers had been getting - %
20 per cent aud many - per cent.
Fourth TO compel all drivers 20
settle in cash for all lost accounts
other than regular monthly nccounth
sanctioned ~ the proprietor
FIfth-To abide - and conform 70
All subsequent actions u the assoc
citation voted ~ = majority u the
members present At any regular OF
special meeting. Seven members 20
constitute a quorum.
A careful study Of these terms.
coupled with even slight kn0wl-
edge q the laundry business, VIII
aeuunRtrute that IL means the
eventual freezing out and extinction
I Of the small concern Every time
a small concern last a driver he Was
/ com PEELED - take on = gFsHa hand
being prevented from obtaining
aklIied drivers and the Inevitable re-
suit vas the loss Of = large part q
I the business handled By the depart
T ing driver. since every large run
f tn the city Ia held together very
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-28
INVESTIGATION WILL
BE 4 SWEEPING ONE
CouneiImen Murphy Has New Resolution Calling for Com
pIse Report on all Kinds Of Garbage Consumpton--k
VIII Probably be Adopted

Il am not opposed TO municipal
ownership where the city can con-
duct a public business without loss.
but am satisfied that this garbage
PROPOSE ton cannot be conducted on a
paying basis" said he However.
there must be some other means
than dumping the garbage ON the
tide fats provided for. II the reso-
luton provides for an investigation
Of all kinds Of garbage disposal I
viii support a."
Besides Murphy, other members Of
the council and citizens who are in
favor OF the establishment OF muni-
cipal crematories are anxious Ia
have the whole proposition OF gar
bage disposal Investigated. believing
as they do that the Investigation
viii show that the best and only
sanitary method VIII be by inclnera-
ton In crematorles owned and con-
trolled by the city,
The new resolution viii call FOR
an immediate Investigation and a re-
port at the earliest possible date.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-28

Alter ths conferences. the various
committees reas-smhi.a with the
mayer. esgncilmsn and prominent
citizens at the once Of William
nesuaer.
Several speeches we're made Tn
which ths town council and the
eitisens save assurance Of their VII
linsnsss to DO anything asked Of
them b. the osneiais OF ths navy 90.
paftur,nt. Assurance was aiso Eiv-
sn from the commandment that m.
department would be satisfied with
the removal q All saloons from Front
street as soon a. Il could be done
lawfully. provided a proper KuasAn-
tee uas given that any promises
made along thsss lines would be
carried out TO the letter
Ths m~mbsrs Of the chamber o,
sorumsrcs COMMITTEES declared that