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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-03
Indiana Obituary.

ANDERSON. Feb. Frank McSwigan.
travelling man. aged thirty-three. resid-
ing at Pittsburg. and travelling for a New
York firm, died to-day at Summitvile Mr.
McSwigan was here in the morning and
took an Interurban car for Summitville. He
sold bill of goods and as he was being
paid he fell forward bleeding from the
mouth and nose. The hemorrhage was vio-
lent and death ensued in a short time be-
fore medical assistance could arrive Mrs
McSwigan, who is visiting in Green Bay,
Wis, was summoned.
RUSHVILLE, Ind. Feb. John b. Mil
Ter died at his home, near Pleasant Ridge,
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. He had
been in bad health for several years His
widow and four children survive. He was
wealthy farmer. The funeral will take
place on Wednesday, conducted by the Rev
3 a Mowers, of this city. Amos
Oldham. aged sixty-two. a prosperous
farmer. died here to-day of heart disease
One brother. James Oldham, is the only
surviving member of the family.
RICHMOND. Ind, Feb. Paul G.. Graf,
manager OF the Richmond Home Telephone
Company. fell dead this afternoon i'm his
office. Death was due 10 cerebral hemor-
rhage. He was about sixty years old. For
many years he was the local agent of the
Adams Express Company.
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GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.

At the Brookline, Mass, Swimming Club.
Monday night, Harry Lemoyne was cred
TIED with having covered one hunors9 yaros
in an eighty-foot tank i'm minute 20 sec
onds. This time Is two seconds better than
E. c. Shaeffer's American tank record
Running race winners: At New Orleans.
illuminate. 10 TO /; Ed L., II TO i; Ahumada,
even; Nitrate. to /: Manshack. 10 5;
The Messenger TO /. At Oakland, Cal.
Mexicana. TO 5: Sofia. TO i; administer.
to l.: Tower of Candles, TO 10; Frank
Woods, to 5; lellowtai, TO o.
7 II Herman. principal owner Of the In
ternationai Athletic Club of Fort Erie.
Ont has posted 5000 as forfeit money for
q fight between James j: Corbett and Jim
Jeffries for the heavyweight championship
of the world. The club guarantees purse
of SIS. OoO and June 20 Is the date suggested
by Herman for the match.
President Harry Pulliam. OF the National
League, has notified President Johnson. OF
the American League. of the appointment
Of Barney Dreyfus, of Pittsburg. Charles
n Ebbetts. of Brooklyn. and James \.
Hart. of Chicago, as the schedule commit
tee. and James A; Hart; Edward Hanlon
of Brooklyn and Max Fleischman of Gin
cinnati as the rules committee OF the Ma
tional League.
The annual tournament OF the National
Association OF Amateur Billiard Players
began at New York Monday night at the
Hanover Club. Brooklyn j. Byron stark.
OF Wilkesbarre. Pa, and Charles r. Ccnk-
lin, of Chicago. were the contestants In the
opening game. which lasted forty-sin m n
nings. Stark won by the score OF 600 TO
2S5. The winners high run was Il and his
average 624-46. Conklins best effort netted
80 points and his average was l5-5S-
Young Corbett the champion feather
weight. and Billy Maynard. of New York.
SPARED SIX rounds at the Washington
Sporting Club Philadelphia, Monday night.
Corbett appeared TO be fat and out OF con-
dition. In the iirst round he s1cceedsd
effort during the bout. Maynard on the
other hand was I'm excellent form and had
all the advantage. In the second round
Corbett went 10 the floor. but II was not
determined whether his fall was due To a
punch or slip
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STREET CARS STONED AT NIGHT
DURING "A THICK FOG.
Militiamen at a DISADVANTAGE and
Unable to Catch the Trouble Max
ers-RiOt at q Quarry.

WATERBURY, Conn, Feb. 2-With
companies of the First and Second Regi-
ments, Connecticut National Guard. quar-
tered in various parts of the city, ready for
an emergency call on account of the troll
ley strike situation. the Connecticut Rail-
way and Lighting Company officials re-
opened their lines for business this morn
ing. There was no trouble during the
morning. Ball cartridges were issued this
afternoon to the men of all companies of
the militia except two. The latter probably
will be kept in the armory under waiting
orders.
A disturbance occurred this morning at
the railway power house in the Brooklyn
district where the Blues. New Haven
company. were stationed on patrol. The
rain OF the early evening was succeeded
by thick fog which rendered il difficult
to distinguish objects half block away.
Taking advantage OF the fog, a gang OF
hoodlums gather ed across the street from
the power house and threw stones at
empty cars. The windows on one side OF
the cars were smashed. Beebe and the
whole company of Blues made dash for
the stone throwers, but in the fog and
darkness all escaped after long chase
through back yards and alleys. About this
time reports OF violence in other parts of
the city began TO come in, the fog evil
IDENTIFY suiting the purposes of the rioters
and nindering the efforts of the guards
men. Every car that ran to the center of
the city between ana ~ o'clock had evil
IDENTIFY been attacked by stone throwers.
The cars were hit in many places and some
of the motormen and guardsmen had mar
row escapes from injury. One man was
found taInpering with a switch and was
locked up.
ALEXANDER Winthrop, nonunion motor
man who was pulled from his and
beaten and trampled on by the mob Satur-
reported TO-DAY
serious condition. The physicians fear
that he has internal injuries. Eighteen
other nonunion motormen and conductors
are at the car barns suffering from injuries
received Saturday night. All of them have
wounds caused by the fusillade of stones
and pieces of flying glass.
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Much Violence mt south Bend.

SOUTH BEND. Ind. Feb. 2.-Riots and
violence have followed as a result OF the
strike OF the enotormen and conductors OF
the Indiana Railway Company. Between
1000 and 1900 residents of the west end
gathered IN South Chaplin street to-day
and forced the street-car company 20 cease
operations. but not before one car was
badly damaged. Box-car doors from the
Lake Shore railroad were spiked to the
tracks and all kinds of rubbish were piled
in the street to impede the traffic.
Cars were stoned on South Michigan
street. and Portage and La Sale avenues.
A shot was fired from car on La sale
avenue. The bullet barely missed Edward
Quicker, an engineer in the city water de-
partment. The bullet grazed Fireman Far
rells ear.
A cable was stretched across the compa-
ny's tracks just this side of Elkhart ana
when an sastbound car struck II every glass
I'm the forward vestibule was broken.
Guy Walters. young man in the en-
ploy of the street-car company, who was
assaulted Friday night, was again set upon
and beaten on the head and arms with
stones and sticks.
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VOTING AGAINST COMMON SENSE.
Member of Senate Says Some of His
Colleagues VIII Do So.

prominent senator. who was averse to
having his name used, declared last night
that there are a number of senators who
will vote against their conscience and their
common sense If they cast negative
against the baseball bill.
1.-THE situation is just this way said he.
1.-THE members of this body are almost
without exception broad-minded men who
have been about a bit and who have
learned that all is not bad that the preach
ere hurl their anathemas against. They
know that certain things necessary to the
life of large city are quite undesirable in
a small town because of the difference in
the character of the population. its divers
ity and the necessity for some form OF
amusement on the day of rest to remove
the horrible grind of toll of the other six
toll that is far more wearing and nerve
racking than the work that is done in the
country towns. They know that a great
mass of men and boys. If not attracted to
some place where they find amusement
without vice, may get to some place where
they will find amusement with vice.
MANY people in small towns do not un-
derstand all these things, and, without
drawing distinctions that must be drawn
even in moral questions. they tell their rep
resentatives in the Legislature to vote
against the bill. The representatives feel
that they should respect the wishes of their
constituents, even while knowing them
selves that the bill is right in spirit.
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line from Indianapolis to Lebanon, Frank
fort and Lafayette, has signed a contract
with the Lafayette Engineering Company
for two steel bridges, and IL now seems
certain that the much-desired interurban
line will be built. The bridges for which
contracts have been signed are to be over
the Wildcat river and another stream
several miles north of here. Both struc-
lures are to be completed by May 20
ELWOOD.-John Ballard. formerly we'll
TODD business man of this city, mas peen
declared insane and ordered committed TO
the asylum at Richmond. The evidence De-
fore the lunacy commission showed that
Billiards. mind ruined by constant
brooding over religious matters. On sun
day he placed his clothing and valuable
books and papers in a pile and set nre 10
them. Many of them were destroyed before
his relatives could interfere.
RICHMOND.-ProfG George o. Curme. OF
this city, for some time a member OF the
faculty at Northwestern University, in the
department of philology. has written new
German grammar that is now IN the press
at Oxford, England. Professor Curme Will
shortly deliver series of lectures at Milton
College. Wisconsin, on The Natural Ele-
ment in Modern German Literature
CLAY CITY.-A free-for-all fight on Main
street Saturday evening led TO the resigna-
ton of the town marshal, James Boothe,
and the appointment OF 5. G. Phillips as MS
successor. The marshal did not interfere
while the fight was in progress, and as ne
was severely criticised, he resigned on
Monday.
SALEM.-The handsome new church build
ing OF the Blue River Society OF FRIENDS,
three miles northeast of Salem, was dedi-
Gated with appropriate services on Sunday.
The building is a commodious structure
with extensions for Sunday-school room,
and cost $4,000.
EVANSVILLE.-John Rohoff. near FL
berfeld. was killed by a falling tree on
Monday. His body horribly mangled.
lie left widow and several children.
At Mondays meeting OF the city Councn
the proposition to increase the saloon IL
cense OF the city from SIS to $3.50 was tabled
GREENSBURG.-Dr Jesse w. Rucker,
formerly connected with the Shelbyville
Jeffersonian, on Monday became the owner
and publisher OF the Daily Graphic and
Weekly New Era, having purchased the
same from w. III. Giidewell.
VALPARAISO.-The Rev. Father Moench
has been appointed irremovaole rector at
Mishawaka.
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that the strongest arguments were on the
side OF the citizens favoring the bill. While
respecting the expression of opinion o. those
who spoke in opposition to the measure
Senator Wood realized that the petition
signed by 1900 laboring men, presented to
the committee by John l.. Feltnan. was
worth dozen speeches. He believes IL re-
fleets public sentiment better than polished
arguments pointing out the wickedness or
sunday baseball by the pulpit and the lay
brethren
The chairman of the committee was
greatly impressed with the talk made by
John L. Brush. 1T struck me-" said Mr..
Wood last night. that Mr. Brush made a
very able presentation OF the facts The
relation OF his experiences In Cincinnati
was effective
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ALSO WANT SUNDAY BALL.
Cities In the New Central League Send
Representatives Here.

There is a strong probability of an
amendment being offered to the baseball
bill which has passed the House. and which
is now pending in the Senate, to iegalize
Sunday ball in cities of 1900 or more in
habitants instead of 100000, as the present
bill provides. This Amendment if intro
duced will be for the benefit of the Indi-
ana cities represented in the new Central
League-Evansville, Terre Haute South
Bend, Fort Wayne, Marion and Anderson,
and possibly one other.
1t was thought the bill would pass the
Senate without an amendment being Of
fered until yesterday when l.. d. Smith.
of Terre Haute, G.. w. Halderman, of
Marion, McVay Lindsay of Anderson,
Charles Goetz. of South Bend, and C.. III.
Stockwell, of Evansville, representing the
cities In the Central League. came to the
bill to provide for legalizing Sunday games
in their cities /. Mautner, of Fort Wayne,
will arrive this morning and will bring
such influence to bear will aid in secur-
Ing an amendement
Sunday ball has been played in all of the
cities but the Central League people claim
a conference held at the Grand Hotel last
night it was decided to insist upon an
amendment to the bill that will provide
for legalising Sunday games in cities of
ZOO more population. If this amend
ment is not reported by the committee hav-
ing the bill under consideration, 1t is said
that senator from one of the cities inter-
ested will introduce Ii. Central League
people interested in the amendment claim
there is no possible chance of the measure
being killed II IT is amended, they have
canvassed the situation and claim to have
enough senators and representatives
pledged to carry the bill through even
should it be amended.
Members OF the Central League now in
the city believe the circuit as originally
announced will be changed at the meeting
desired the franchise for Wheeling have
not shown the proper inducements 1t is
probable that Muncie may be taken into
the circuit, and IL this is deemed unwise
an Ohio city, Mansfield or Springfield, may
be included.
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Oil Pumper Checks n Fire.

Special to the Indianapo Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Feb. Am oil
supply pipe leading to the boiler on the
Chris Spain lease. just north of this city.
burst and made good start toward de-
stroying the entire lease at o'clock this
morning. During the recent shortage of
gas the Matthews Petroleum Company has
been using oil instead of gas to fire the
boilers. Fire from the boiler ignited the
oil that poured from the break. While
the fire his oiiy cIotbes ionited Ue dis,
carded his wearing apparel but continued
to fight the flames with increased vigor,
and finally got 1T checked! The damage
was small.
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Anderson's Ball Club.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 2.-McVeigh
Lindsey, of Sidney, o., who has secured
the Anderson baseball franchise in the
Central League, was here to-day in the in
terest of his club. Andersopians will be
asked to take a limited amount of stock,
which Is now more than subscribed. Mr.
Lindsey and representatives of the other
Indiana cities-Evansviile, Marion, Fort
Wayne Terre Haute and Anderson-wiIl
appear before the Legislature and ask per-
mission to play Sunday baseball. The An
derson players now under contract are:
Thomas Thomas, Edward Hanlan. Wilbur
Robertson and Ivan Hudson, pitchers; AL
bert Haas and i. Tinker, first basemen:
Harry Eichler, second baseman; Edward
Giligan, third baseman; Fred Batmon,
short stop; Ben Nippert and William Muth
catchers; John Carr. Lewis Kingseed and
Brownie Mclean, outfielders.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. Anderson has
come to the conclusion that deep drilled
wells will not furnish the supply of pure
water for the city's consumption. The spe-
cial committee of the Council recently con-
tracted for deep well near the river. 1t
was tested this morning. but the showing
was so poor that IL was at once decided to
abandon the other two wells which were
contracted for. The committee will now
turn its attention to system of filtration.
The present plant is inadequate for the
needs of the city and IL is now planned to
ask the Legislature TO enable Anderson to
issue bonds for the purpose.
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Sixty ministers of churches of the city
met yesterday morning in the Meridian
street Church and reported their progress
in circulating remonstrances against the
passage of the Sunday baseball bill in their
congregations yesterday. All of them re-
ported that they had obtained the sigma
lures of the majority of the members pres
ent. and with few exceptions found men,
bers of their churches opposed to the bill.
The legislative committee, composed of
Revs. Joshua Stansfeld, NJ. l.. Haines, f.
o. Ballard, Francis II. Gavisk, w. c. Tay-
lor, r. d. Lucas and S. w. Brown was
continued and instructed to exert it's entire
influence for the defeat Of the measure.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind. Feb. 2.-The entire
Board OF Children's Guardians of Decatur
county. consisting of six members, have
resigned. Their action is the outgrowth of
case before Judge Hord in the Circuit
Court on Saturday. The board wanted the
children of one Frank Herschley, who
spends most OF his time in the county JAIL
taken from the mother, who is unable to
care for them (there are eleven children)
and to have them placed In the Orphans
Home. Judge Hord decided against the
board without giving IL an opportunity to
present its side OF the case, and started
collection for the family by giving S.. The
board then resigned.
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GENERAL sTABBING AFFRAY.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER. Ind, Feb. 2.-As the re-
suit OF a cutting ARRAY Saturday night
Harry Hunter. who was stabbed in the
left side by Daniel Bowman, is lying at
the point of death. and Frank Williams. a
former Indianapolis man. has his throat
and face badly cut. the work being done by
Dan Bowman Otto Freers. another young
man. has badly lacerated face. He was
knocked down by Lou Bowman, brother
OF Dan. and kicked in the face by John
Streets. friend of the Bowmans.
The Bowmans and Streets were looking
for trouble all Saturday evening, and at
tackled Williams and the others as they
were going home. Williams claims that
. neither he nor either of the others spoke TO
The Bowmans or Street. Marshal Franklin
placed Lou Bowman and John Streets In
Jail. but Dan Bowman escaped.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Feb. 2-Louis Caldwell, a
snapper at the Union Glass Works. in this
city. was arrested tonight, charged with a
murderous assault on William Heffernan,
a fellow worker i'm the factory. The men
had discussion over labor matters and
Caldwell called Heffernan ''scab." As the
latter started TO leave the building Caldwell
seized a red hot cracking iron and
rushed at his comrade. Heffernan caught
the iron I'm his hands. burning the flesh to
a crisp. lie jerked loose and in starting to
run. tripped and was horribly burned on
the side by the heated iron in the hands OF
Caldwell.
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Death Due to Smallpox.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Feb. 2.-Otto Loop, aged
twenty-five, died yesterday at his home at
Matthews of smallpox. This is the first
death from this disease during the cpl
demic in Grant county. DR.. d. A. Will
liams, county health officer. went before
the Grant County Commissioners, who con-
stitute, with the secretary. the county
measures be taken to fumigate all street
and interurban cars used I'm the city and
county. In petition the health officer
sets forth that there is scarcely a day in
which smallpox patients are not carried
by the Union Traction Company
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SCHEDULE MEETING POSTPONED.
Americans and National VIII Not Ar
range Schedule TO-MOrrOw.

CHICAGO, Feb 2.-Committees OF the Ma
tional and Americal Leagues delegated to
arrange a playing schedule for next sea-
sons baseball will not meet here on
Wednesday. Barney Dreyfuss has sent word
that he will be unable to come, and Presi-
dent Johnson, of the American League. no
titled the members of the American League
committee not to come on. Dreyfuss who
is chairman of the National League COM
mittee, gave as an excuse that ne wished
TO close up the deal for the sale of the
Philadelphia club.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESvILLE. Ind, Feb. Judge
Elliott. of Kokomo. who was appointed
some time ago to try the fake foot-race
cases. made decision this afternoon de-
claring that the local courts had jurisdic-
ton. The races were pulled off, at Spring
field. ILL.,. last summer and one Lucius
Stout, of this county, was swinded out of
$500 Tyler Cruthers, the colored Splinter,
who fell down and lost the race, was In
dicted for bunko-steering and has been in
Jail for seven months. Cruthers will be
tried Feb. is. A big fight is anticipated
and each side has a large array OF lawyers
The defendants have exhausted every
means of delay, but will now be forced to
trial
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Feb. 2.-Coroner Harri-
son is investigating the sudden death of j.
f. Hancock, retired merchant of this city
He took dose of medicine received from a
mail-order house and died within an hour
He suffering from nervousness and
took the capsules according to directions,
with fatal results.
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CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-The presidents of
the Western clubs of the National Leag,.e
were again in conference to-day and dis
cussed the proposition to have the Western
teams of the National and Amerio an
Leagues play a series of games before the
championship season opens. The plan did
not meet with the approval of the club
owners who here and they thought it
best TO allow the clubs in the West to ar
range their own exhibition games
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Al to the Indiana polls Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Feb. 2.-The pro-
motors of the new paper mill project here
have definitely decided to build the plant,
having obtained the required amount by
subscription for the purchase of site. Con-
tracts between the Merchants Association
and the paper mill company are now being
signed and the factory is now assured.
Ground for the factory structures will be
broken in the spring. Merchants are jubi-
liant over securing the industry which will
give employment to $50 men and will oper-
ate twelve months each year.
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Detective shot by Negroes.
.ial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND. Ind. Feb. because he
demonstrated with two negroes, who
were hiding in some box cars in
the Baltimore &c Ohio Railroad
yards. George Jones. a railroad de-
tective, was shot and fatally in
Jured. James Nelson was captured tonight
and locked up in the jail here charged with
completely. He has been identified by
Jones. The detective was attacked by the
negroes. They took his revolver away
from him and fired at at him pointblank.