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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
John Urick Dick.
he Indiananolis Ionrnal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. 27.-John
Urick Dick, a pioneer resident and retired
business man of this city, died Monday
night at his home on West Main street at
1870 Of senile debility. He was born at
Dover. York county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5,
1884. AT an early age he united and was a
devoted member of the Lutheran Church.
On Feb. T. 1854 he married Justina T..
Myers. The result of this union was seven
children, two of whom, Irene and Bertha.
still survive. In 1865 he came to this city
and engaged in the harness and saddlery
business, in which business he was engaged
continuously until two years ago. His first
wife died in this city in 1881 and five years
later he married Miss Hanna Smith. A
short funeral service will be held at the
house at 10 a. m. Thursday and the body
will be taken to the Lutheran Church at
1890. where the funeral sermon will be
preached.
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Who In Sam Parks:
r. S. Baker, in November Mcclure's.


Who is this Parks? Last May his name
now grown TO such reSounding Importance,
had never been heard outside of a limited
circle of the building industries of New
York city. He is one of the four walking
delegates or business agents of the House.
smiths and Bridgemen's Union. For many
terms now he has been duly elected by his
1850 fellow-workmen To conduct their col
lective business with their employers in
New York. All unions have such an officer
"a paid agent receiving, usually. the wages
of an ordinary workman in the trade-a
necessary. useful, important officer recog-
nized and favored by employers as well as
by workmen. The walking delegate is sup
posed to be strictly accountable TO his
union. TO make full reports at each meet
ing, and TO receive instructions as to what
he shall do in the intervals between meet
ing days OF the union. ! say he is sup
posed TO be accountable" and in the best
unions ne really is accountable: in the
housesmiths, however. Sam Parks was
delegate.
According TO all the rules. Sam Parks,
the faithful servant OF his constituents. was
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ty-five years grand lecturer OF the same
body and a thirty-third degree Mason. died
at his home here to-day after an illness OF
several weeks.
NEW YORK, Oct 2..-Mary Perry Hoad-
ley. widow OF Judge George Hoadley. who
was Governor of Ohio from 1883 10 1885, and
afterward senior partner in a New York law
firm, is dead in her home at Riyerd2le. she
will be buried in Cincinnati.
WASHINGTON. Oct 27.-Mrs. Harriet
Alice Richards, State regent for Wyoming
OF the Daughters of the American Reyolu-
ton. and wife of the commissioner OF the
General Land Office. died here tonight OK
heart trouble
HONOLULU. Oct 27.-United States Dis
trict Judge Estes died here this morning OF
pIostration, following operation per-
formed two days ago for kidney trouble.
MACON, Ca, Oct 27-Mrs. l.. q. G.
Lamar. wife of q former justice of the SUI
preme Court OF the United States, died at
her home here tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
MISSOURI MOB SPIRIT.
Claw and Order League" Burns build
ing at DodsOn.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct "a mob
composed of persons supposed to be MEM
bers of a law and order league burned to
the ground Joint at Dodson. Mo-, about
fifteen miles south of this city, after mid
night this morning The Joint was oc-
cupied by F. f. McReynolds. and the mob
believed he was in the building It's men,
bers surrounded the place, armed with
rifles. shotguns and pistols. They poured
kerosene literally on the frame structure
and applied torch to it, and it was soon
totally destroyed. The burning OF the
building follows bitter fight that has been
made the Joints of that district.
McReynolds was not in the building, hav-
ing been warned of approaching danger.
He had fed To Kansas City. Several
Joints in the township have been closed
and their keepers arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
Sale of Coal Company Stock.

PITTSBURG, Oct. 27.-Phe formal COM
pletion of the deal for the sale of the ma
jority stock Of the Monongahela River Con-
so:dated Coal and Coke Company to the
Pittsburg Coal Company, was made to-
day. The sale OF the common stock was
made on tbe basis of three annual install
ments of 50 a share each, making a total
of SIS for each share of common stock
taken over by the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany and for the preferred stock, the
Pittsburg Coal Company was to pay at the
mined in the mines of the river combine
until the full value was paid, the price
being $45 q share.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
COLLIDED ON A CURVE
CRASH OF PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
TRAINS At TROY, KAN.
Sixteen Persons Injured, None Fatally
Three Men Killed and One Hurt
i'm Colorado.

pened here this morning. Passenger train
No. &C. east-bound, collided on a curve with
local freight No 81. The freight had failed
to take the siding in time to avoid the pas
senger. j. ID. Sullivan. Rock Island road
master at Horton. was riding on the engine
of No. &C. and in jumping sprained his arm
Engineer Gates of No. Sis engine, jumped
and suffered a@evere cut on his head. The
other enginemen on both locomotives
jumped and escaped injury. Fourteen pas
sengers on No. 26 were more or less in
jured and were taken on through to ST.
Joseph. The mail car on No. 26 was over
turned and the engine of No. 81 was turned
over on its side. The wreck was cleared
in FIVE hours.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Three men were
instantly killed on the tracks of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad this
evening. by local train. Only one of the
bodies was identified. The men were re-
turning from a fishing trip and their lines
and other paraphernalia were afterward
found scattered along the line. They We're
walking in a labyrinth of tracks and see
ing one train approaching they jumped on
what they thought was a safe track. but in
stead got on TO the one to which the train
switched as it came into the yards.
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Muncie Man Elected President.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 27.-The third annual
convention of the American Confederation
OF Reciprocating. Examining and Licensing
Medical Boards was held here to-day. Sixty
delegates were in attendance. representing
Illinois. Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania
Wisconsin. Iniiana, Michigan, Ohio. Iowa,
Kansas. Missouri and oklahoma. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, DIR.
W. Il. Sturgeon, MGncie. Ind; vice presi-
dent, DIR. Il. III. Baxter. Cleveland; secre-
tary-treasurer. DR.. ID. Il. Harrison. Sault
Ste. Marie, AIIch. The convention readopt-
ed the two clauses which form the basis
for reciprocal medical registration. which
exist IN the different states represented.
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Lawson Generous to Miners.

BOSTON. Oct. 27.-Thomas W. Lawson,
one of the largest stockholders in the
Amalgamated Copper Company, wired to
Butte, Mont, to-day an offer to pay the
miners union a commission of $4,000 for at
once satisfactorily arranging an arbitration
of the question of the price to be paid Mr..
HenZe for his mining property in that
city. Mr.. Lawson, in his telegram TO Presi-
dent Long, of the Miners Union, states that
not long ago he offered Mr.. Heinze s., 100000
for his property, but that the latter held
out for $1,000 goo. Mr.. Lawson suggests that
the difference between the offering and
asking price be left to arbitration, in the
belief that such action will result in imme-
date resumption of business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 27.-The directors of
the Federation Window Glass Company met
here to-day to discuss the trade situation,
but 1t was stated no important action was
taken. President Johnston denied story
which has been given circulation that plans
for consolidation with the Independent
Window Glass Company had been perfect
ed. The proposition. he said, has not yet
reached q definite stage.
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Three Men Killed and One Hurt.

SALIDA, Col, Oct. 27.-By the air brakes
failing to work on the second section of
freight train on the Denver & Rio Grande
on steep grade, the rear of the train ran
into the first section, wrecking the engine
and four cars. Four men were buried be-
meath the wreckage. Three of them were
killed outright and one was injured. The
dead: Samuel Brown. engineer; Henry
Simons. brakeman; John Mulcahey, brake
man. Injured: Henry Fitzsimmons arm
and leg broken and bruised about the
bOdy
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David Cole.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ENGLISH, Ind, Oct. 27.-David Cole,
aged seventy-six, is dead at his home near
Leavenworth from the effects of an opera
ton performed recently for hernia and
other complications. He was the wealthiest
man in Crawford county, and, although he
could neither read write, he could cal
culate the interest on a note accurately and
in other respects was a remarkable man to
possess no education whatever. His wealth
consisted mostly in real estate located in
Kentucky and southern Indiana and is esti-
mated by those closest to him at $50, 900. He
was devoted church member.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
Rat Caused Big Loss.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A novel defense was made yesterday by
49,, In damaae s,,;t hronght in Go,,,,on,,
Pleas Court by Peck & Flick. live stock
dealers OF this city. A rat is charged with
having caused all the trouble by making
away with a telegraph message. Delay
in the delivery Of this message, which was
from a Buffalo firm of live stock dealers.
resulted in the inability of the Cleveland
firm to take advantage of an offer by which
they could have purchased S26 head of cat
tie and made profit which they estimate
NJ
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Atlanta Journal.

Atlanta Journal.
Ore of the most remarkable sights ever
witnessed here was seen by II. o. Cresap
and III. j. Drane who were out driving and
discovered large buzzard trying To fly
come along and got its feet entangIed
In the child's clothes and could not es-
cape itself. The buZZard could fly about a
foot from the ground. but could not get
away. though IL was trying frantically TO
fiy of and would have succeeded. The
baby was rescued. and proved TO be UNI
hurt. but II was narrow escape for the
little oae-
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LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
obligations and maintain itself without call
ing on the banks for aid. The action of the
trust companies requiring the legal notice
of withdrawal of savings deposits was ap-
proved.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Oct. 27.-Secre-
tary of State Cook was asked tonight re-
garding the condition Of the St. Louis trust
companies. lie replied: This department
recently made examination of all trust COM
panies in ST. Louis. They are in excellent
condition and abundantly able to meet every
demand made upon them. These precipi-
tous runs may cause temporary annoyance,
but they cannot i'm the least affect the stand
ing of these trust companies"
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Heavy Failure i'm New England.

LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 27.-The firm of
Horace l.. Shattuck & Son, hardware, BIZ
cycle and automobile dealers, of Lowell,
Boston and Providence, has assigned, with
liabilities, it is understood, of 100000. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the city, and,
while the main business here is in hard
ware, in the other cities the trade is con-
fined almost exclusively to bicycles and au-
fomobiles
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Seven section Men killed.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct 27-Word
reached this city tonight that the second
section of train No. had run into a work
train at Palisade station, on the Central
Pacific. i'm the State of Nevada, and that
seven sectionmen were killed several pas
sengers injured, as were the engineer and
fireman of the passenger train.
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Fourth Victim of Explosion.

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. 27-Aaron r.
Lutz. of Columbia, Pa, the engineer of the
locomotive which exploded yesterday on the
Pennsylvania Railroad near YOUNGSTOWN
Pa died in the hospital at Columbia to-
day, making the fourth death of the acct
dent. Lutz was forty-nine years of age and
is survived by widow and eight children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

Mediation Committee VIII Attempt to
Settle the Mining Trouble.

BUTTE. Mont. Oct. 27.-TheEe is lull
in the Amalgamated-Heinze war to-day,
both sides TO the struggle apparently lying
on their arms waiting for the next move
TO be made by the opposition. The next
effort TO settle the controversy II is be-
lieved will be a mediation committee formed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

BALTIMORE. Oct. 27-The dead body of
James w. Linthixum engineer of the b. &
o. freight train, which was derailed at
Sykesville. Nd. yesterday the locomotive
turning over, was found to-day under the
engine, and a mass of 500 tons of coal.
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famine and more to be feared than pestii-
ence. The job of whisky drinking is super
nal and both men and women indulge in
cornwall filiarity.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29
Judge for Yourself
Which is Better-Try an Experiment or
Profit by clarksburg Citizens
Experience.

Something new is an experiment.
Must be proved to be as represented.
The statement of manufacturer i
not convincing proof of merit.
But the cndul scment of friends is
Now supposing you had bad back,
A lame, weak or aching one,
. Would you experiment on it?
You will read of many so-called cures
Endorsed by strangers from far-away
places.
It's different when the endorsement
zones from home.
Easy to prove local testimony.
Home endorsement is the proof that
aaeks every box of Doan's Kidney Pills
Read this case:
Mrs. Wesley Davis, Wesley Davis
clool teacher, residence 517 f. Pike
.treet, says: "My son, a young man
If % years of age, complained a great
leal at times of lameness and soreness
in his back. Knowing that such annoy
tnces were apt to grow complicated il
not attended to he was induced to use
Doan's Kidney Pills and procured them
At Wells s Haymalser's drug store. From
the results he received so quickly, quietly
and thoroughly there is no doubt but
the. remedy can be depended upon fol
backache or kidney complaint in any
FORM"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO cents.
lcostcr-NIilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
,gcnts for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no substitute.
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4 REMARKABIR RECORD.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has re-
markable record. It has been in use for
over thirty years, during which time
many million bottles have been sold and
used. It has long been the standard
and main reliance in the treatment of
Group in thousands of homes, yet during
all this time no case has ever been re-
ported to the manufactures IN which
it failed to effect a cure. When given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse or
even as soon as the croupy cough ap-
pears, it will prevent the attack. It is
pleasant to take, many children like it.
It contains no opium or other harmful
substance and may be given as conf
IDENTIFY to a baby as to an adult. For
sale by G. G. Stone, druggist.
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BRIDE
Ana Groom with wedding Party Spend
Day in Clarksburg With Friends as
Part Of Honeymoon Trip.

Mr.. John H. Fisher, OF Baltimore, Nd,
and Miss Bessie Showalter, of Terra
Alta, were married Sunday at the home
of the bride. The wedding was attended
by Will G. ShowaIter and Miss Louise
Brake, of this city. Mr.. Shownlter is
a cousin of the bride. After the wedding
ceremony, the newly married couple, ac-
companied by Mr.. Will Showalter, Miss
Brake, Mr.. james J. Bailey and Miss
Amy France of Baltimore, and g. d.
Robinson, of ChrEsburg, came to ClarSs-
burg and spent the following day as q
part of their honeymoon trip. The entire
party returned to Baltimore Monday
evening on No. IL.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29
FOREIGNER
III Treated His wife and She Had Him
Arrested ana Taken Before Mag
istrate, Who Fined Him IS
for the 0ffense.

Vincent Kardos, foreign miner work
ing at Gypsy, was arrested in Glen Blk
Monday evening about 5 o'clock by Con-
stables Merritt and EdgeH, and taken
before Magistrate NJ. s. Riley to an
swer to the charge of assault and bat
terry preferred against him by his wife.
He was given a trial at once. The mag
istrate was of the opinion that Vincent
was guilty of ill-treating AID abusing his
better half, and fined hin 50 ard costs.
lie didn't have the necessary money with
him to pay the fine ard the casts, Gut
he said he could send and get it. lie
was sent to Jail until one of his friends
could get the money to him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29
OWES HIS LIFE TO A
NEIGHBoR's KINDNESS

Mr.. D. p Daugherty, well known
throughout Mercer and Summer counties,
". va, most likely owes his life to
he kindness of a neighbor. He was al
most hopelessly afflicted with diarrhoea;
..as attended by two physicians who
gave him little, if any, relief, when q
-ei9hbor leaning of his serious condi-
ION, brought him bottle Of Chamber
rin's Collie, Cholera and Dierrhoea Rem
-Iy. Which cured him in less than TWEEN
,y-four hours For sale by G. 9. Stone,
lrIggist.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29

An idea is advanced by local develop
men company which is worthy of Sc.
riouz= Thought. It proposes 10 the PEG
pie OF this state that they form coop
crative concerns and develop the raw
material into the finished products in.
stead OF standing idly by and permitting
the lniIlionaires of other states to uc-
quire the raw material with which the
state abosnds at low or nominal figure
ship it out of the state and make for
tunes out OF it. The plan suggested car
be successfully carried out, ii the people
in this state will but take hold of it II
earnest, and in few years there may .
number of miIlonaires in this state, o.
at least all who engage in it will be fan
weaIthier than they can possibly be il
they continue to permit outside capital
lists to take the cream aud give them tn,
Skinned milk
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29

There seems to be no question that
the present tax system could b
md should be improved on to some ex-
tent. There are a few features, espee-
inIly those which require men to give
in all their property at fair valuation
that should be changed 50 as to compc.
this to be done, but the tax commissions
report does not especially direct itself t.
thut- 1t appears to have it in for cor
tain classes, and overlooss things that
might be an Improvement. If there i
10 be reform in the taN system, it should
be begun anew and tile present bills and
report should be discarded and all in
iluences in this or that direction should
not be allowed 10 Interfere. The Icgis
lators of this state know rs well as any
body Of men what is good for the state
and, if such measures are entrusted Il
the membership Of that body, the result
viii not be far wrong.
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boys do not seem "a appreciate an edu-
cation ard prefer to be out playing footf
ball or loafne on the street corners. The,
day VIII come when they viii regret tlliii5
Indifference to acquiring an edurations
Parents should have enough interest in
them to place them in school and keep
them there the entire year. They have
reached the age where it IS oil important
shat they should round out public
school education, at least.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29
LAID
To Rest in Holy Cross Cemetery, Were
the Remains of John Korcheslsy,
Who Was Killed by Train
Near wi!scabr-g.

The remains of John Korchesky, the
Polish miner who was killed by a Balti-
more & Ohio passenger train near Will
sonburg Sunday night, were laid 10 rest
in the Holy Cross cemetery Tuesday
morning Mt . o'clock. The funeral took
place from the undertaking parlors of the
Clifford Osborne Undertaking Co., where
the remains were taken Immediately af-
ter the accident, to be prepared for bu-
rial The funeral was attended by a
number of the friends of the deceased.
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FLoRIsT
Rents a Business Room In the Waldo
Hotel Building and VIII Open Big
Establishment

Charles Dudley, member Of the flor
ist firm of that name in Parkersburg, has
secured lease on the an in the Wal
10 hotel building next to the Glen Elk
fridge and will open up an up-to-date
horticultural store in it in the near flu
ture This firm formerly had display
If flowers at BANDS drug store, and did
good business here. 1t IS the intention
TO branch ont on an extensive scale in
The new quarters.
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GOLD
Gawthrop, Of Wolf Summit Believes He
Has in Idaho, Which VIII Make Him
Rich as Millionaire

j. G. Gawthrop, of Wolf Summit, who
is in idaho prospecting for gold, writes
that his property is showing up fine. He
has some good-looking rock. Some Is
copper and other has strong copper
stains. He says he did not ike the cop
per feature, but they tell him that they
strike this in their very best gold mines
in the district at about every sixty feet.
He believes he has it rich there, and that
he Will soon be millionaire
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The bnsincss-like manner in which the
truant school officer is doing his duty Il
worthy Of praise, and it should be the
cancst desire Of al parents to uphold
him The age limit appears to be a lit
TIE TOO narrow. IT ought to reach beyond
S0nrteeu years. There are several boys
aud girls. and especially boys. over that
ave who ought to be made to 90 to school
The girls, as a usual thing, are delighted
with the opportunity to improve their
mind and prepare for life's duties. The
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29
SPECIAL
Meeting of the Board of Directors of Y.
M. c. A. win Be Held Tonight to
Transact Important Business.

There viii be a special meeting of the
board of directors of the Young Mems
Christian Association held in the ASSOC
citation rooms this evening at7:3o O'Clock.
Some very important matters relating
to the work of the local organization will
be TRANSACTED besides some other special
business of Importance. All members of
the board are requested to be present at
this meeting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-29

Judge Kenars ruling that man may
sell wliskey, if he does not do it for
profit, dlid not violate the laws of the
United States, is something new in this
state, the Telegram believes. So far as
1t knows, that has not been the custom
OF the federal courts. nor the state courts
either. in dealing With the sale of whis-
key. The ruling win give rise to a great
deal of lodging Of the excise laws of the
government and win do more harm thar
good.