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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13

DECATUR, Ill. Oct 12-J w. Butman
retired capitalist, dropped dead to-day
from heart disease. He was eighty years
old. On returning to Decatur on Friday
his friends with an announcement that he
had just married Mrs. Florence Mitchell
He was for many years prominent i'm bust
ness here managing the city gas plant and
owning large mercantile establishment.
He had no children.
WHEELING, w. Va, oct. 12-John Ga
briel Jacob, pioneer resident of Wells
burg, and one of the most widely known
newspaper writers of the State, died to-day
at his home. Wellsburg, aged seventy-seyen
years. He was one of the strongest advo-
Gates for the making of new State out of
the western portion of Virginia and did
much OF the work of organizing the new
State after it's separation.
ALBUQUERQUE, N NJ, Oct. l2.-Ex-
Congressman w. S. Herndon. of Tyler. Tex.
died at Albuquerque while route home
from Los Angeles, where he had been for
severe attack of pneumonia about three
months ago. from which he had never fully
recovered. Heart failure was the immediate
cause of his death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-Col Daniel
E Boone, the celebrated trainer OF wild ami
mails. died in this city to-day after a long
illness, aged sixty-two years. He was born
i'm Kentucky. For many years Boone man.
aged his own circus, which was one of the
largest and most successful shows i'm Eu-
rope
HUTCHINSON. Kan. Oct. 12-Captain
charge of the troop OF Michigan Cavalry
that captured jefferson Davis. is dead al
his home here
LEXINGTON. Ky, Oct 12-Charles III.
Voorhees,. aged fifty-eight. retired capital
ist and banker. died suddenly in commissions
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GENERAL LABOR NEWS.

MASTER HORSESHOERS.-Ab 200
delegates to the twelfth annual convention
of the Master Horseshoers' Protective AS
ISOLATION are In session at st. Paul, Mimi.
STRIKE OF ENGINEERS-All of the
belonging to rhe international union went
on a strike to-day. All manufacturing
establishments, including thirty-two pot
teries, are closed. The strike was declared
because the manufacturers refused TO
recognize the union. 1t Is not thought the
trouble will be of long duration.
BUCHANAN IN PITTSBURG.-Frank
Buchanan, president of the International
Workers, arrived In Pittsburg yesterday
from Indianapolis. Mr.. Buchanan denied
that he was there to order a general strike
of the structural iron workers In sympathy
with New York locals now out. as result
OF dispute with some of the large con-
tracing firms of that city.
DEMANDS REFUSED.-Renewed refusal
to grant the demands of employees for in
ment of the union men was given Monday
by the Chicago City Railroad Company. G.
.. Pratt, general organizer, and COM
mittee of three amalgamated street-rail-
way employees called at the offices with au-
thority of the company's employees TO
order a referendum vote as to the advis-
ability of a strike unless the company re-
considered an adverse answer to the de-
mands General Manager McCulloch told
the committee that the CLOSED shop and
the wage increase could not be conceded.
Mr.. McCulloch, however, repeated his offer
to submit the whole case to arbitration.
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FULL NAME OR INITIALS.
What Mr.. Riley Calls UnjOinting BE-
coming the Custom.

New York Commercial.
A Georgia man stopping. at the MARI
borough Hotel talked Interestingly the
other evening about the passing of ini-
tials," as he termed the decreasing use
of one or more initials instead OF the full
Christian name. He said that over twelve
years ago a Georgia business man of his
acquaintance, who is a lyceum lecturer Of
local fame who occasionally mounted the
platform, declared in a public address that
the two most ridiculous things connected
with civilized customs were the two but
tons on the back of mems coats and the
initials in front of mems names:
who knows?" he inquired, what the
w. stands for in Henry w. Grady?"
Since that time, slowly but surely the
middle initial has been replaced by the
full name. The first initial had fallen into
fellow" had become Henry W. Long
fellow This in turn. after the poets
death. was succeeded by Henry Wads-
worth Longfell .S r,I In like manner il
passed away that the world knew him
other wise than as Henry W. Grady"
The query of that lecturer would now be
pointless. as the name OF Henry Woodfn
Grady is to-day familiar to every intelli-
gent person i'm the United States.
This Georgian said also that this mat
ter of initials and full names had come
An Atlanta politicians holds. he said, that
the use Of initials instead of the full name
seems to have had its origin in desire
Tor Drev1ty. as the necessity Tor much
writing goes without any appliance for
shortening its labor. = The custom was at
its height about a century ago. &c. WASH
ington, b. Franklin''-these are the sigma
lures that we find on old papers. The use
of initials was almost universal up to the
latter part of the last century. Thomas
Darlington Macaulay called himself 'T. b.
Macaulay." General Grant was known as
~. S. Grant" The war president signed
his name "A Lincoln
Whether the invention of the typewriter
was responsible for the abandonment of
these senseless abreviations, or whether
the change was the result OF the new
craze for ancestors and family names. We
cannot say. But about ten years ago the
custom OF writing ones name in full
which had up to that time been restricted
TO the English nobility and few literary
and public men became q kind of social
fad, and spread rapidly among all classes.
1t is now the commonest thing I'm the
world to find successful grocer, who has
always been known as Up. p. jerks rent
ing better house and heralding the move
ments of himself and wife as those of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pangbourne jerks
Unlike most fads. the writing of ones
name in full is sensible and proper one
There is no use I'm giving a man a name
If he is To bury Ii in a pair of initials
Full names are also much less liable to
become confused. The passing Of Initials
while not yet complete by any means. Is
making rapid progress, and we are glad
to see it.
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DOCTORING SCALES.

New York Tribune.

You can depend upon il that I'm any city
where there is not an efficient bureau or
weights and measures the poor are being
defrauded," said James Il. Reynolds before
the Summer School OF philanthropy. This
is true of all classes, but especially OF the
poor, for when man is down there are ten
times as many people ready to hit him as
when he is up
Mr.. Reynolds had been asked. as secre-
tary to the mayor. to speak on municipal
action in relation to the welfare OF the
poor. He was fortified with an array OF
balances possessed OF a profit-making bias.
OF gouged-out weights and loaded scale
pans. and what he had TO say about the
bureau OF licenses and weights and meas
ures was particularly Illuminating. for in
few cities is any Importance attached TO
TINS field of municipal activity.
IDEAL primarily with businesses I'm which
the two parties TO transaction do not meet
upon an equal footing. as I'm the pawnshop.
employment agency and pushcart peddling.
Here is a scale pan taken from a pushcart
stand. Ii was used in weighing out cherries.
and the four or five inches OF putty which
lined the inside of the thing were placed
there for purpose. You paid for so many
cherries and for so much putty when you
bought of that dealer. Sometimes a metal
ring takes the place OF the putty.
Recently there was an investigation OF
the weighing in the fish market. where the
pushcart men were obliged 10 congregate
on account OF the insanitary conditions pre-
vailing on the street. Out of fifty-three
spring scales twenty-eight were short two
ounces or more. One mans scales were
short twelve ounces. The method OF weigh
ing with these scales was TO jounce the pan
up aid down while the weight was being
taken. The needle was sooner or later sure
to pass the figure bargained for. but the
purchaser never knew whether IL belonged
there or not. Now We insist on stationary
beam, so that the weighing process In not
such spring board exercise" Speaking
of the fraudulent weighing in the sale Of
coal in London Mr.. Reynolds said: Il be-
lieve that even worse practices prevail here,
because we are more clever and enterprise
ing than the English"
In conclusion. Mr. Reynolds pointed out
the relation between private and public ef-
fort for the welfare Of the poor. Govern
ment must be more or less conservative"
he said. 1T is the province of private
philanthropic enterprise 10 experiment.
while the government should stand ready
to draw from the experience so gained,
doing for the many what private philan-
thropy has done for the few. Some OF the
best work of the municipal government In
New York has been due TO the initiative OF
the Charity Organization Society. the Set
Elements and other organizations
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Oct. 12.-William L.
Springer, of E:lizabethtown, who as chair
man of the Bartholomew county central
committee. twice plotted the Republicans of
this county to victory, is making spirited
canvas for chairman of the Fourth con-
gressional district. and his selection to that
position will be an honor well bestowed.
Mr.. Springer, who is banker at Eliza
BEETHOVEN, this county, Is an organizer and
his success in twice successfully leading
the party to victory in this county is an
evidence of his ability. He has the faculty
of surrounding himself with Republicans
who do things, and under his guiding hand
the party in the well-nigh helpless Fourth
district will become perfectly organized IN
every county, and Francis Marion Griffith,
Il. II. Mccormack, George Caldwell, Will
ard New, or whoever the Democratic cam
didate for congress may be, will find the
same perfect organization that lost the
county to the Democratic nominee in the
last two elections.
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Tuesday and Wednesday:
Indiana--Fafr In north: fair, followed by
showers In south portion on TUESDAY.
Wednesday, showers; fresh east winds.
Ohio-Fair on Tuesday; wednesday, falr,
except probably showers in southeast por-
ton; fresh east winds.
Illinois-Fair in north, showers In south
portion on Tuesday and wednesday; 1resh
east winds
Kentucky-Rain and cooler in west, fair
in east portion on Tuesday; Wednesday
rain
Lower Michigan-F'air on Tuesday and
Wednesday, light variable winds.
Wgsconsin-Fair on Tuesday, except ram
in extreme west portion; Wednesday FAIR
and warmer; variable winds, mostly fresh
east to northeast
Mlssouri-Showers and cooler on Tues-
day: fair in west, showers In east portion
on Wednesday; warmer.
Montana-Fair on Tuesday and Wednes-
Cay.
Nebraska and Kansas-Fair on Tuesday.
preceded by rain in extreme east portion;
Wednesday fair and warmer.
Iowa-Showers on Tuesday; Wednesday
fair and warmer.
Minnesota-Fair i'm north, showers In
south portion on Tuesday; Wednesday fair
and warmer. variable winds, shifting TO
fresh southeast.
North Dakota and South Dakota-Fair on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
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A. VI. r. ASSIGNMENTS.
Pastors Who VIII Occupy Pulpits i'm
the Springfield District.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
PARIS, ILL.,, Oct. 12--The appointments
for the Illinois Conference, A. NJ. Z. Church.
were made this morning, having been held
over from Sunday evening pending con-
ference between Bishop Grant and the pre-
siding elders. The assignments for the
Springfield district follow:
Andrew j. Burton. presiding elder; S. r..
Cottrell, Mattoon and Charleston; j. w.
Ousley, Mound City; j. w. Saunders. st.
Paul Church. of Springfield: S. A. Hardi-
son. st. John Church, of Springfield; n. T..
Wilson, Paris; William Collins, Gibson
Wilkerson, Danville; ]. w. II. Jackson.
Champaign: G. III. Sheen, Peoria; z. Nj.
Lewis, Pontiac; G. w. Brewer, Pinkstaff
q. c. Christbury, Clinton and Lincoln; w.
A. Moore, Bloomington: A. L. Jackson, De-
catur; i. s. Stone, Shelbyville and Tuscola;
to be supplied, Normal and Fairbury.
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Itching. Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles.
Your druggist viii refund money II PAZO ONT
NEST fails to cure you In to Il days. zoe.
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THE sEAMY SIDE OF LIFE.
Tragedy of the Educated Woman
Who HAD tn Scrub for a Living.

Washington Post.
gentlewoman died. virtually of STAR
walton, in on of the hospitals of this town
couple of weeks ago. She had made a
brave fight for a good many years to take
care of herself and her aged mother-the
mother was nearly eighty-fve years old
when the daughter succumbed to the hard
ships of her life. Mother and daughter
were of an excellent old Georgetown fami-
~. The daughter was reared I'm luxury.
When her father died, leaving his affairs
involved, she was cultivated and ex-
ceedingiy well educated woman, but pos
sessed of no practical method of earning a
livelihood for herself and her mother But
she battled along as best she knew how for
long number of years, barely contriyng
to keep the wolf from the door. Four or
scrub-woman in one of the departments
and she was grateful for the pittance OF
sso or s2S a month ,1t1,, which her hard work
woman and not In any wise robust she
never made any complaint about the char
acter of her scrub-woman's job. But she
lost this job. A female clerk accused the
gentlewoman with the scrub-woman's
billet of having distracted 30 cents from
her. the female clerks purse. The gentle
woman was about as capable of stealing
as she was of begglng-and she never beg
ged. But the female clerks accusation
put her on the street, all the same.
For several rnonths prior to her death.
the gcntlewoman had been endeavoring 10
do a little business i'm the dolly and bu-
reau-scarf line. She was a fine needle
woman. having picked that up In the con-
vent where she received her education.
She would spend about n day and a half
in cortriving a little lace tidy or dolly or
bureau-scarf, and then she would go out
and try 10 sell II for g cents. She sold a
few of ther1. but not enough. Her old
mother found the daughter the floor of
their bare, bleak room. I'm a spasm Of star
walton. a couple of weeks ago The gentle
woman was taken to hospital, and there
she died couple of days later-'lack OF
proper food" the doctor said
The female clerk who obtained the gen.
tlewoman's discharge from her scrub
woman's birth on the charge of theft re-
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Arrived: Staten
DAM from Rotterdam; La Gascogne. from
Havre; Minnetonka. from London; vader-
land. from Antwerp; Victoria. from Naples.
Sailed: Bohemian, for Liverpool
PLYMOUTH, Oct 12-Arrived: Kron-
prinz Wilhelm, from New York. for Bremen
and proceeded Sailed: Graf Waldersee,
from Hamburg, for New York.
~CHERBOURG, Oct. 12-Arrived: Barba-
rosa. from New York. for Bremen and pro-
ceeded.
LIZARD. Oct 12.-Passed: La Cham
payne, from New York, for Havre.
SCILLY, Oct. 2.-Passed: Minnehaha,
from New York, for London
HAMBURG. Oct u.-Arrived: Won
Moltke, from New York.
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NEW ALBANY.-Mrs Cassius Clay a
young colored woman of New Albany has
been in critical condition since Sunday
from the effects of arsenicel poison. her
physician believes. The woman claims a
relative gave her a drink of brandy, and
that she was taken Ill Immediately after
ward. The Rev. A. s. Morrison pas
tor of the Central Christian Church for the
past two years, has rendered his resignation,
this city from Greenfield. and has been very
successful In his pastoral work. but has de-
cided to enter the evangelical field, with
this city as his headquarters.
COLUMBUS.-Caldwell & Drake, of this
city, who are contractors for the Putnam
county courthouse at Greencastle. an
nounce that the cornerstone of that edi-
ice will be laid on Thursday: Oct. 20. under
the auspices of the Grand Masonic Lodge
of Indiana, and that William T.. English,
of Indianapolis Will officiate as grand mas
o. Sullivan will deliver addresses.
SHELBYvILLE-Thie broke i'm a
window at the home OF Harry Collins,
north of town, Sunday afternoon. and i'm
the absence of the members of the fam
SIPS on William Kinsley and payable mt
the First National Bank, 81 in money, a
revolver and a razor were stolen. The rob-
berry is thought to have been the work
of tramps.
RICHMOND.-G. Edward HILL of this
city. aud Miss Alice Foulke will be mar
ried Tuesday night at Spokane, Wash After
"A
to Richmond to live. Miss Foulke was for
merry resident of Muncie. Mr. Hill is a
son of DR.. c. III. Hill.
wAVERLY. Ind. Oct. 12.-Clifton Gar
ner, aged sixty-eight, died this morning at
o'clock OF dropsy. Three sons survive.
| Mr.. Garner was born in Ohio, and while a
| Young man came to Indiana and settled I'm
| this locality. He was a soldier during the
| civil war.
MADISON.-Judge Bear has appointed
| attorneys A. ID. Vanosdol. l.. " Cravens
| and C. j. Marshall a committee to draft n
| constitution and bylaws for bar associa-
| ton which members of the Jefferson county
| bar have voted TO organize.
SULLIVAN.-Deputy Warden Rafferty, of
| the Southern Reformatory. came here Mon
| day and returned with John G.. Irwin the
paroled convict. who shot Thomas Glenn.
| a Shelburn liveryman, on Oct. 4. Glenn is
/ pa mildly recovering
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INFATUATION FOR AN ACTOR.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION. Ind, Oct. 12.-Because she
could not elope with an actor whom she
had known but one day, Mrs. Estella
Espiche attempted to commit suicide to-
day by taking large quantity of strych-
nine. She will probably die. William
Espiche and wife came TO Marion from
Redwood Falls, Mimi. on their wedding
trip. having been recently married. Sat-
urday afternoon Espiche and wife attended
the performance at the Grand Theater of
the Flaming Arrow Company" She adj
mired the acting of Horace Weston, who
played the part of Jerry" an Irishman.
After the show she sent him a note. in
viting him TO call and see her Sunday even
ing. Not knowing she a married wo-
man, he filled the engagement While
Weston was at the hotel where she was
staying. Mrs. Espiches husband returned.
There was a scene The woman turned
against her husband, and declared she
loved the actor and wished TO leave with
him. Weston refused to separate hus-
band and wife and departed. A quarrel
between Mr.. and Mrs. Espiche followed.
She determined to end her life and early
this morning took poison. The attending
doctor says she cannot live.
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porting to be Hite. in which he was in
formed that his sons pocketbook and the
suit of clothing would be found IL search
was made. Marshall returned TO Rego last
night with the relics OF the tragedy. In
the pocketbook was found a certificate OF
membership in a detective agency at To-
peka, Kan, issued to Charles Marshall.
After the latter was taken to the hospital
he claimed he had been engaged in detec-
tive work and that Hite was a counter
feiter. He said ne had been in corre-
spondence with Hte and had lured him TO
this city with the intention of arresting
him. When he attempted to make the ar
rest Hite resisted and beat Marshall into
unconsciousneSS with a stone. Marshall
died of blood poisoning, resulting from
the wounds
The police have obtained no clew TO
Hite's whereabouts since the assault.
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SEEKING CLEMENCY FOR PERJURER
An Old Man Who SwOre a Young Girl
Wa5 of Lawful Age.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Oct. IAN
extensively-signed petition was received to-
day by Sheriff Rave from Grayson, Carter
county, Kentucky, which is to be presented
to Governor Durbin. asking executive Glenn
ency for Fennry r. Stumpff, who was a
few days ago sentenced to prison for per-
jury, committed in securing a marriage Ii
cense for a young Kentucky couple, who
were married here several months ago.
Stumpff is seventy-two years old, and much
sympathy is felt for him here, as the evil
dence produced in the trial showed that he
was simply tool in the hands of those in
terested in securing the license Stumpff
was given whisky until in a state of intOx-
ication and was then prevailed on to swear
to the girls age, when he knew nothing
other at all. The petition received to-day
is signed by the circuit judge of Carter
county, the county officials and many
prominent business men of Grayson.
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Canal VIII He Dug.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN, Ind, Oct 12.-Indianapolis cot
tage owners at Lake wawasee will be glad
to learn that the project to connect Lake
Wawasee and Syracuse lake by a canal
seems certain of accomplishment fund
of $500 will be required, half of which cot
tagers have offered to provide if Syracuse
merchants and citizens subscribe their
share, which they are doing. The canal
will be of sufficient capacity for the largest
launches on the lake
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DIED IN A SHACK.
Thomas Murray, Former Omaha Mil
lfOnaire, Dead at Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 12.-Thomas Murray,
until a few years ago rated a millionaire
and who made most of his fortune dealing
in secondhand goods, died in shack in
the southern part of the city early to-day
Murray who has lived in Omaha for fifty
years, was bachelor and was famous for
his peculiarities and eccentricities He
built the first six-story brick building in
the city. for which he burned his own brick
and was twelve years in its building His
second store, which was known as the Old
Curiosity Shop, contained almost everything
known to the junk lore. A great deal of
his fortune was lost in real estate. He left
but one known relative, who lives in Colo
RADIO
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REUNION OF VOLUNTEERS.
Gov. Durbin's Former Regiment to
Meet at New Castle TO-MOrrOw.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Oct. 12.-The veter-
ans of the MISUNDERSTANDING In
diana Regiment of Indiana volunteers for
the Spanish-American war will meet here
on Wednesday of this week for their annual
reunion. The companies were formed at
Richmond, Rushville, Shelbyville, Law
renceburg, Mt Vernon, Madison, Jefferson
vile, Columbus. Monticello. Michigan City,
Hammond and New Castle. Under COM
mand of Col w. T. Durbin they went to
Cuba, and were gone from home just one
year. A good programme will be given.
Among those who will attend will be Gov
ernor Durbin, Lieutenant Governor Gilbert
Lieutenant Colonel Backus, Major McGrew,
Chaplain Biederwolf, Adjutant General
Ward, Captains Comstock Hudgins, Gwinn
Guthrie and Anderson and Major General
<eifer of Ohio.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind, Oct Esquire Gray
son this evening married William Day, of
Carroll county. Kentucky. and Catherine
Coins. of Gallatin county, aged sixty-eight
and sixty-four years. respectively. Both
had been married before. At the concIu-
sion of the ceremony the groom exclaimed
GLORY to God on high. | am married
again." This exclamation brought out the
usual song chrome which the obiiging
squire gives on each occasionally Old
Kentucky Home"