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dals, and has so informed the President
The President is also said TO favor an in
vestigation. If the investigation which is
concluding has been thorough, the con-
gressional investigation need not be ex-
tensive. 1t is regarded as certain that the
President will agree with other Republicans
that there should be an investigation of all
departments against which charges of cor
ruption have been made. Furthermore the
President will probably insist on such an
investigation.
Mr.. Hemenway is here to place his chill
dren in school. He leaves for Indiana on
Saturday.
Congress will appropriate s2oOOo,oO0 at the
coming session for the maintenance and
extension of rural free delivery This. at
least. is the expectation of the postal off,
cials Immediately in charge of this growing
branch of the mail delivery service Esti-
mates now being prepared at the depart
ment indicate that 1t will take about $l3,-
100000 to maintain the rural routes that will
be in operation on July 1. 1904, about $500
rural routes have been installed since July
/, last, with the funds now available 1000
additional routes can be established This
will make 21 900 routes in operation by the
end of the fiscal year. 1t is expected how
ever, that the number will be largely in
excess of this figure. Jan. 10 funds appro-
priated at the last session of Congress will
have been exhausted and department off,
cials anticipate that at least S5OO,OOO will
be made available for emergency purposes.
With such an amount on hand there is
every reason to believe that the number of
rural routes in operation on July 1. 1904,
will be at least 25,0O0
1t will cost the government 900 in
the next fiscal year to maintain the rural
service already established. This will be
an increase of more than S3OoO,O0O over the
figures Of the current year. The officials
are preparing the estimates with great care
and will make every effort to begin this
year the task of reducing the expenses of
the service so that ultimately it may be
made self-sustaining. but when everything
is considered they do not see how it is pos
sible to reduce the cost of rural free de-
livery; in fact. the opinion is expressed that
the cost of this service may be increased
as a result of the demand for either in
creased salaries for the carriers or allow
ances for horse hire.
A. E. Wainscott was to-day appointed
postmaster at Manson. Clinton county, In
diana, vice John H. Stewart, resigned.
XXX
Two additional rural free delivery routes
were ordered established to-day. to begin
service, out of Charlestown. Clark county,
Indiana. Nov. q The length of the routes
is forty-nine miles and will serve a popula-
tion Of l,25O.
Benjamin G. Pitcher was to-day appointed
rural letter carrier at the Trafalgar Office
and William Tague named substitute. and
William Reed appointed regular carrier al
Peru and John Boys substitute
JOHN E. MONK
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WOMAN TOOK HER SON
SMALL EXCITEMENT CAUSED NORTH
OF sHELBYvILLE.
She and Her Husband Had Separated,
and She Took Their Son from
School-Traced to Cincinnati.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Oct 1.-The peo-
pie living three miles north of this city
were thrown into state of excitement last
evening by the KIDNAPPING OF little Willie
Johnson. the seven-year-old son of Lark
Johnson.
The child was attending school in that
locality and some time during the after
noon there arrived at the school building a
rig containing a woman and a little girl,
together with driver. The little boy was
called for at the schooi and when he came
from the room he fondly kissed the woman,
who said she was Mrs Johnson, the mother
of the child. The boy was asked IL he
wanted to go home with her, but he re-
fused. Then he was asked TO get in the rig
and they would drive to the home of his
grandmother, who lives a few miles dis
tant. Instead, the rig was driven to this
city and the woman and two children got
on the train, which they were just in time
TO catch for Cincinnati.
The boy had been living with his father
and grandmother, north of town, and MIR.
late in the evening. He came here and
tried to locate the persons, but learned
that they had boarded one of the Cincin-
natl trains. He Immediately went to the
telegraph office and wired the Cincinnati
officials, but receiving no word from them,
he left to-day for Cincinnati to try and To-
cate his child
The woman and girl came to this city
yesterday morning and In the afternoon
they engaged the services of a driver and
a livery rig TO take them to the school
house. The statement is made that Mr..
and Mrs. johnson lived In Cincinnati year
ago and that the two separated. BY agree
ment the mother kept the girl and the
father the boy. Father and son came 70
this city and have since lived with Mr.
| Johnson's mother. Mrs. John Gibson.
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Executed I'm the Clinton N. Y0 Peni-
tentiary for Killing Their Uncle
on Christmas Eve, 1901.
QUICK WORK BY OFFICIALS
LESS THAN SIX MINUTES REQUIRED
TO GIVE FATAL SHOCKS,
And Only Fifteen and a Half Minutes
Consumed i'm Carrying Out All De-
tails i'm the Death Chamber.

DANNEMORA, n. Y, Oct. 1-Without
one unforeseen incident to mar the perfect
and dignified execution of the death penalty
imposed by the trial court, sustained by
the Court of Appeals and not interfered
with by Governor Odell. Willis, Frederick
NJ. and Burton Van Wormer We're put to
death in fifteen and one-half minutes at
Clinton Prison to-day for the murder of
their uncle, Peter A Hallenbeck, at Green
dale Columbia county, on Christmas eve,
1901. There was not one sensational circum-
stance connected with the execution. The
men walked from the doors of their cells
in the care of their priest and flanked on
either side by prison deputies with calm
demeanor but extreme pallor. Father Bel
anger. picturesque whitehaired figure,
not in the robes of his Office, but in the
everyday black frock coat of clerical cut
with little purple stole about the shoul-
ders. walked along with each of the con-
demned men in turn. saying words of con-
ISOLATION.
Willis Van Wormer entered the death
chamber at 11:34:3o, the current was turned
into his body one minute later and at IL :37
he was declared dead.
AT 11:4l: 80 Frederick entered the death
chamber; at IL: :42 the current was turned
on and he was declared dead at il:43:30.
Burton entered the death chamber at
1l.47. The current was turned on at l:47:N
and he was declared dead at IL :4s:3o
During the tirst execution Father Char
bonneau remained in the corridor between
the death cells. reading prayers and invo-
cations to the remaining Van Wormers.
Every precaution had been taken to pre-
vent the remaining men from hearing more
than the departure OF their brother from
the room. The doors had been padded and
the interstices stuffed with cotton so that
the steps OF those who removed the lifeIess
BODY from the death chamber to tbe
morgue could not be heard.
Three applications of the current and four
minutes time were required for the execu-
ton of Willis but only two applications
were deemed necessary in the case of Fred
erick and two minutes from the time he
crossed the threshold of the room the doc
tors pronounced him dead. The bodies were
carried out into the prison morgue and the
summons for the last brother was taken
back by the guards. Father Belanger went
with them, and when Burton Van Wormer
was brought into the presence of death he
was accompanied by two priests-Father
Charbonneau having no further need 10 re-
main in the cellroom- Either Burton was
taller than his brother, or sat up straighter
In the chair, for the strap which is intended
TO cover the eyes did not reach high
enough TO Slindfold him. as the current was
CONTINUED ON PAGE 10. COL1-N
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SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE
EDITORIALS FROM THE COLUMBIA
STATE READ IN COURT,
Feature of the Trial of j. w. TilIman
for the Murder of n. G.. Gonzales
u. w. Kings Testimony.

LEXINGTON, s. c., Oct. Editorials
from the State during 1902 occupied the
fourth day of the trial of James H. Till
man, charged with the murder of Editor
Gonzales. These editorials were placed in
evidence on Tuesday by counsel for the
State. 1t was not anticipated when the
reading was begun that half the time would
be consumed that was taken, and even yet
there remain about two columns to be read.
1t is estimated that some thirty columns
were read to-day. The papers from which
the editorials were read run from the first
of April to the end of the year 1902. Twice
during the day Judge Gary suspended mo-
mentarily because of the strain on the
jurors who listened intently throughout
At the outset counsel for the defense
asked that editorials other than those re-
lating to James H. TilIman be read, but
the court held that, inasmuch as the files
were placed in evidence by the State, it
was the province Of the State to indicate
what should be read. Counsel for the de-
Tense. having previously inspected the files,
had complete index to the editorials in
the papers and closely, followed the reading
Among the editorials read were those in
opposition to the prospective candidacy of
Tillman for the gubernatorial nomination
Others criticised the action of the defend
ant III ScHulIS a tciSSldll 10 the EIeSluSHl
in connection with the incident of the pre-
sentation of a sword to Major Micah
Jenkins. while editorials read later in the
day were comments on the election results
Only one witness was examined to-day.
He was James w. King, a member of the
Legislature from Florence county, who, in
answer to questions by the solicitor, after
stating that ne was in Columbia during the
session of the Legislature last winter. said:
"On the day before the shooting 1 saw
pistol in Mr.. Tillmans pocket" He said
IN S-cy n q m r-p
of unfriendly feelings between the defend
ant and N @. Gonzales.
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INDIANAPOLIS in 1904
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL LEAGUE
WILL MEET IN THIS CITY.
Plans Made for Holding Political Raj
lies i'm Every State i'm the Interest
of President Roosevelt.

CHICAGO, Oct. f1.-Party rallies in every
State in the Union, under the personal di-
rection of the officers and members of the
executive committee of the Republican Ma
tional League, reinforced by heavy ora
toricaI battery, is a part of the plans for
the campaign for the reelection of Presi-
dent Roosevelt considered at a conference
of the representatives of that organiza-
ton at the Auditorium Annex to-day. II
was proposed that the officers OF the league
shall make tour Of the country, conduct
ing Republican love feasts at every center
as the best means to bring about Repub-
lican success.
The first act of the executive committee
on convening this morning was TO send
greetings to the Nations chief executive.
The morning session was devoted to pre-
liminary work Committees were appoint
ed and reports of officers heard. Addresses
were also made by George Stone, adjutant
general of California, and Isaac Miller
Hamilton. of this city. both former presi-
veloped upon the arrival of the members
of the committee over the location of the
next convention. 1t is intended TO
hold it short time after the
Indianapolis and Philadelphia are bidders
for the meeting. The time and place TO be
mittee of Ave In addition to the ofrcers,
President j. Hampton Moore. Of Philadel-
phia; Vice President James j. Sheridan, of
this city; Secretary E. w. Week, of Iowa,
and Sid b. Redding, of Arkansas. thirty
five members of the executive committee
attended to-day's conference
Indianapolis was selected for the holding
of the coming national convention of the
league. The date for the convention will
be announced later.
Plans were made for party rallies in every
State in the Union during the coming cam
paien to be held under the personal direc-
ton of the officers and the members of the
executive committee.
The officers and the members OF the ex-
ecutiye committee were entertained tonight
at the Hamilton Club with an informed
dinner.
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Row started when the Marshal At
tempted to Arrest szsfvey.

HAMILTON. O.. Oct. 1.-During the prog
ress of a street fair at Oxford. O.. between
and o'clock this evening i've persons
were shot, some seriously injured and
general fight ensued between officers and
the disturbers OF the peace. followed by
lynchings.
Louis and Joseph spivey. two Ken
tuckans from near Maysville. who were
visiting Mr.. Roberts. at Billnssville. Ind.
across the State line. went 10 Oxford 10
take in the fair They began drinking
heavily and became very quarrelsome after
they were Intoxicated. Shortly before the
tragedy both the Spiveys were In Pfeiffers
saloon where Louis Spivey fourished a
brace OF revoivers and conducted himself
In the manner of a drunken desperadc
when they left the saloon they started u,
the street until they were In front OF Ezra
Bowen's livery stable. where they stopped,
G0NTINUED ON RAGE z. COL g :
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Statement by Congressman Hemen-
way That DispOses of Rumors Re-
gardfng the Vice Presidency.
1NDIANIANs FOR ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT CAN DEPEND ON THE
STATES ELECTORAL VOTES.
MIR. Hemenway's Announcement Re-
garded as Signtficant-Departm
Scandals-Rural Mail Service.
pecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-Representative
Hemenway contributed some interesting
comment to-day relative to the much-dis-
cussed question as to the intentions of Sem
ator Fairbanks. Mr.. Hemenway announced
emphatically that the Indiana senator is
not a candidate for the vice presidency, and
will not be.
What about the story that Senator Fair
banks has been asked to accept second
place on the Republican ticket next year?'
Mr.. Hemenway was asked.
Il haven't seen the story yet he said.
well. it was to the effect that Represent
ative Crumpacker had been delegated by
the President TO arrange with Senator Fair
banks to take second place."
II haven't the slightest idea there is any
truth in the story. Senator Fairbanks is
not a candidate for the vice presidential
nomination. Oh, yes, he might think it
necessary to accept the nomination if made,
but he is in no sense a candidate and
does not want the place. The Republicans
of Indiana are for him for anything he
wants, and would heartily support him.
as they have the greatest confidence in him,
but they are sure he does not want to be
WIG IlCSiutut uC 1Huidlld ntpuullCdllS
for the nominate of Roosevelt and
some good man from our State or some other
State. and they believe the ticket will be
elected, too. Indiana can be depended on to
contribute its electoral votes to the ticket"
The statement of Mr.. Hemenway is re-
garded as an important one in view of the
fact that it eliminates Senator Fairbanks
from the nomination next year. Senator
Fairbanks has been considered as an avail
able candidate for the Republican presden-
tial nomination for years. and he could have
the backing of his State for the place but
the admission OF Mr.. Hemenway that Pres
ident Roosevelt will be nominated indicates
that the Fairbanks organization has con-
cluded that there Is not the slightest show
for the nomination for him, and that Sena-
tor Fairbanks Is not any longer to be placed
in the position of a candidate. With Sena-
tor Hanna giving up the field in Ohio, SEN
ator Fairbanks in Indiana, and all the other
favorite sons elsewhere. there is nothing on
the political horizon now to show that Pres
ident Roosevelt will have the slightest oppo-
sition to his nomination next year.
Mr.. Hemenway Is in favor Of an investi-
cation of~the Postofice Department scan
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HELD FOR LARCENY.
Two Men Connected with the COIum-
bia Contract Company Arrested.


NEW YORK. Oct 1-James Charles Will
son and Dominick Mellilo. said to be con-
nected with the Columbia Contract Com
pany Of America, were arrested to-day on
charges of larceny and held ip 1900 bail
each for examination tomorrow. The COM
plainants against the prisoners are John De
Ciccio and Gaetano Cannistraci, who say
that after answering an advertisement In
an Italian newspaper they were duped out
of SIS and $40. respectively. The advertise
ment. which is said TO have had wide pub
licity, asked for managers For COM
pany having 81. 900 deposited with the
American government" The sum of $3.50 was
required as a deposit.
Wilson was arrested in the rooms of the
company in the st. James building, and
Mellilo was taken into custody as he was
leaving the Italian consulate Wilson In
court said the Columbia Contract Company
furnished medical attention and medicine
to families at cost of 20 cents a week and
the persons depositing a cash bond of 1856
are made agents of the company, when they
sign the necessary papers He denied that
the corporation had $1.0o0,O00 deposited with
the government and said he knew nothing
about any advertisements containing a
statement TO that effect.
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FIGHT TO PREVENT FAIR
TERRE HAUTE OPPONENTS FILE AN
AMENDED COMPLAINT.
Judge Stimson Onends Carnival Peo-
School Case-Vaccination Suit.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Oct. 1.-The oppo-
nents of the street fair to-day filed an
amended complaint asking for an injunc-
ton, the court having ruled on the former
complaint that the injunction applied only
to the corner where the complainants store
is located. To-day it is set forth that a
street fair is bad for the moral and physical
condition of the city, letting loose on the
streets the forces of disorder"
1t is expected the fair association will
ask for change Of venue from Judge Stim-
son because of a published interview with
him in which he was credited with saying
the carnival association is proceeding with
the same spirit that characterizes a mob,
and that "the people of Terre Haute have
not the backbone to stop them"
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BLOODY TRAGEDY AT OXFORD
Little Ohio College City the Scene Of Desperate Shoot
ing ARRAY and Almost Lynching.
SHOT HIS BRIDE.


SCRANTON. Pa, Oct. L-Because he
pointed a gun that he did not know was
loaded at his wife Ignatz II. Klenent. of
Olyphant, benedict of two weeks. tonight
is widower and prisoner. Monday he
and his bride returned from their wedding
tour and began housekeeping. This after
noon he started on a hunting trip. AS he
kissed his young wife goodbye at the gate
she laughingly said something about his
being unable to shoot and that she would
give him leave" to shoot her. He play
fully raised the gun. pointed Ii at her, and
1t went of. She only six feet distant,
and the top of her head was blown away.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. IAN appeal
is to be taken from the decision of Judge
Stimson, who decided that the new law
stipulatng that school children cannot be
excluded from school because they have
not been vaccinated is constitutional The
city school authorities hope to get de-
cision from the Supreme Court in time to
be effective this winter should there be an
other epidemic of smallpox.
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RESTRAINING ORDER GRANTED.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HAMMOND. Ind, Oct Neither the
school city of Hammond nor any member
of the School Board appeared in the Cir
cult Court at Crown Point to-day to con-
test Judge McMahon's restraining order.
Mayor Knots obtained a temporary in
junction, which is returnable next Thurs
day. Then a hearing will be held as TO
whether the injunction shall be made per-
manent.
Members of the School Board will in al
probability contest the Injunction. though
what line of defense they will make in sup
port of their peculiar transactions is not
known.
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Governor Sent a Telegram.

Governor Durbin sent a telegram to the
committee offering the hospitality of In
dianapols for the next league meeting.
Within few hours after the telegram was
sent the Governor received a telegram
from r. Harry Miller. president of the
lincoln League of this State, announcing
that the invitation had been accepted and
that the next meeting would be held I'm In
dianapolis.
The Republican organizations in the diff
ferent States are affiliated with the nation
al league and some of the most prominent
Republican workers in the country are
Identified with the organization.
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SPIES IN NAVY YARD.
Two strangers Alleged to Have Been
Detected Taking Notes.

NEW YORK, Oct Lit is rumored from
the New York navy yard that two strang-
ers. who gained entrance through the regu-
lation visitors pass, have been surprised in
the act of taking expert notes on the bat
tIeship Connecticut. now being constructed
One OF the men was observing the work
through a glass and debating notes 10 his
companion. The matter was reported by a
foreman. and the visitors were requested to
leave the yards tmmediatelys
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MGR. GUIDI RECALLED.
Negotiations at Manila for Sale FRI
ars' Lands Broken OF by Plus Y.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-Negotiations in the
Philippine islands between the Vatican and
the United States government regarding
the sale Of the land held by the friars and
the removal OF the native monks from the
islands have been called off by Plus Y. ac-
cording to World dispatch from Rome.
Mgr. Guidf has been recalled. Ii has been
decided at the Vatican that hereafter Phil
ippine questions must be dealt with directly
by the pontifical secretary of state and the
government at Washington, or. what is still
better. through a special representative of
the Holy See sent TO the United States from
Rome.
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NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. LIN a wreck
on the Tennessee Central tonight near
Ozone, Newt Clowers. assistant foreman Of
a work train. was killed and twelve la
borers were injured A dag train ran into
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GAMBLING RECOGNIZED.


Poker Games Must BE Paid.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct I-Superior
Judge Sloss has decided that bank must
cash a draft and check wagered and lost
at cards. The decision was in favor of
Ralph c. Cotton. of Salt Lake. who sued
the First National Bank of this city for
81, ,4O on certified check and sight draft
and draft I'm a poker game In Salt Lake
After passing through second parties the
check came into the possession of Cotton
James ordered payment stopped on the
draft and check. claiming that he had been
robbed -
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Mr. Hemenway is in favor of an investi-
cation of-the Postofice Department scan