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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Paul DuchaIIIu.

ST. PETERSBURG, April SO.-Paul Du-
chaillu. the American author and explorer,
who was stricken with partial paralysis
yesterday. died at midnight. A brother OF
veresichagin. the Russian painter. will ar
range for the burial Of the body in the Lit
terateur's cemetery. IL it is desired that
the interment take place here.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Methodist church OF the world Is u session
Henry M, Warren OF Denveri Earl Grams
ton. Tacoma; c.. c. McCabe. Omaha; j. w.
HAMILTON. San Francisco. Missionary
bishops; James Thoburn,. india X. C.
Hartseii. Africa; Frank W. Warne, INDIA
David II. Moore. Picking. The sessions last
until Monday and Will be private.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
ChamberIain's stomach and Liver
Tablets Are Just what You Need

When you feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in your mouth,
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels are eonstipated.
When you have a headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite. cleanse
and lnvigorate your stomach and regulate
your liver and bowels. Price 25 cents per
box.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
sixth, Seventh, Sixteenth and Twenty

Sixth, Seventh, Sixteenth and Twenty
Eighth Batteries,
Major General Roe Of New York with His
STAFF, Governor Adrian of Connecticut
and Governor Odeil of New York.
National Guard and Governors of the
Various States in the Following Order:
New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Louisiana,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, Colorado, Utah and
Oklahoma.
The line of march was west on Lindell
boulevard from its intersection with Grand
avenue, along the main drive 70 Forest
park, to the entrace to the exposition
grounds, where the column halted and
stood at rest while the president and dis
tinguished guests alighted from their car
riages and took their places upon the
reviewing stand. AS, soon as all had taken
their places, the waiting soldiers came
to attention and the march began.
The parade finished at 1:45.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Methodist Bishops Meet.

MEANWHILE, Pa, April 30.-The semi
annual assemblage of the bishops OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Process Natural order.

This process now seems to us part OF the
natural order % things, but II was wholly
unknown until our own people devised II.
II seems 70 us a mere matter of course, a
matter OF elementary right and justice. that
In the deliberations OF the national repre-
sentative bodies the representatives, OF a
state which came into the union but yes
terday stand on a footing Of exact and en-
tire equality with those Of the common
wealths whose o n once signed the Declar-
alton OF Independence. But this way OF
looking at the matter % purely modern,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Importance DeHes Measure.

The supreme Importance OF the Louisiana
purchase cannot be better characterized
than In the language OF a brilliant Ameri-
can historian;
''The annexation OF Louisiana was an
event go portentous as TO defy measure
ment. 1t gave a new face to politics, and
ranked in historical Importance next 10
the Declaration of Independence and the
adoption of the constttuuOn-eYents OF
which II was the logical outcome. But as
a matter Of diplomacy, Ii was unparalleled
because Il cost almost nothing
How fitting on every ground II IL that
the centennial Of this s~tupendous event
should be ~joyously and appropriately eele-
brated, and that 1t should be celebrated
here In the most populous o. the states
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

We expanded by carving the wilderness
into territories and out OF these territories
building new states when once they had
received as permanent settlers a sufficient
number of our own people, Being a prac-
teal nation, we have never tried to force
on any section OF our new territory an UNI
suitable form of government merely be-
cause Il was suitable for another section
under different conditions OF the territory
covered by the Louisiana purchase a p0F-
lion was given statehood within a Few
years. Another portion has not been ad-
has elapsed-although doubtless Il soon will
be. In each case we showed the practical
governmental genius OF our race by devising
ing needs; not by insisting upon the APP
plication of some abstract shibboleth To al
our new possessions alike, no matter how
~incongruous this application might some
times be.
over by far the major part Of the terri
tory, however our people spread In such
numbers during the course OF the nineteenth
century that We were able to build up
state after state, each with exactly the
same complete local independence In all
matters affecting purely its own domestic
interests as in any OF the original thirteen
states-each owing the same absolute fealty
10 the union Of all the states which each
OF the original thirteen states also owes
and finally each having the same proper.
tional right 10 it's share In shaping and
directing the common policy OF the union
| which Is possessed by any other state
whether Of the original thirteen OF not.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Louis. New orleans. Santa Re. New Mexico
bear witness by their titles 70 the ma
tonalites of their founders IL was not
Until the revolution had begun that the
English speaking settlers pushed west
across the Alleghenies, and not until a
the land upon which we now stand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
MOB KILLS AND BURNSi
STAYS A NEGRO IN JAIL
Breaks Into an Alabama Prison
and Knocks It's Victim on
the Head.
POURS OIL ON THE BODY
Applies a Match and Destroys 1t
and the Jail to Hide the
Crime.

PINEAPPLE. Ala, Dec. 26.-In their ef-
fort to hide the lynching of Arthur Stuart,
a colored prisoner. whom they secured from
the local jail here last night, a mob is
thought to have fred the Jail, which was
not only destroyed by fire, but caused the
loss of eight stores, two warehouses and the
postofice, valued at $4,000. Citizens of the
town are indignant and have deposited with
a local bank offers Of rewards amounting to
$1,000 for the arrest of the persons who par
ticipated in the crime.
1t is learned that on Wednesday p. Mel
ton. a prominent young white man, had a
quarrel with some negroes and one Of them
shot him. On Christmas day a negro said
to be his accomplice arrested and
placed in Jail, and the friends of Melton, it
is alleged, swore vengeance This morning
at o'clock mob broke in the Jail, and
after knocking the negro in the head poured
kerosene over his body and set ii afire The
flames quickly spread to adjoining build
ings.
The excitement continues intense tonight
Citizens in mass meeting tonight passed a
resolution requiring the immediate presence
of Solicitor Quarles and n special term of
court to try members Of the mob, who will
be arrested. A special term will probably
De ordered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
TROUBLED CONSCIENCE
LIQUIDATES OLD DEBTS
Person Signing "Scrupulous Con-
science" Pays Alleged Back
Taxes and Other Bills.
SENDER MAY BE WOMAN

ST. LOUIS, Dec 26-The troubled con-
science of some unknown person or per-
sons has resulted in 500 being received by
the city treasury and $500 by officials of
different railroads during the week. Dur
ing the fore part of the week City Treas
urer Franciscus received the following let
ter inclosing five $50 bills:
Herein find 500 currency account of
an old claim or evasion of tax by us. There
Is $500 more 10 come TO you on this, In full
to date.
"SCRUPULOUS CONSCIENCE
The next letter inclosed a similar
amount and said there was $500 yet TO
come. The third said 800 was yet to come,
and the last letter, received to-day, said
the full amount of 800 due had been paid.
All four letters bore date of Dec. %. 1893,
and apparently had been written by a
woman. and Treasurer Franciscus does not
know who sent the money. 1t placed
in the municipal revenue fund. Apparently
the same writer sent the letters received by
different railroad officials during the week
distributing $500.
President Joseph Ramsey, jr., of the Wa
bash. and several other officials of that road
received letters, all of which read as fol-
lows: Herein find $50 currency in full
VI any Oiu ucOtS VI ScoiS 6OAO
by. (Signed) ScrupClous Conscience" F"
Eight of these letters inclosing altogether
500 were received by Wabash officials. Vice
President Warner of the Missouri Pacific,
received two letters. one coming to-day,
each OF which contained $50. Officers of the
Burlington road received six letters, in
closing altogether $500. Vice President
Beggs and Treasurer Hamilton of the st.
Louis q San Francisco road each received
a $50 letter to-day. All the recipients are
a loss to know why the money was
sent or who sent il. 1t was at first
thought that some practical joker had sent
spurious bills but the banks declared
the money TO be legal tender.
"ScrupulOus Conscience" also sent letter
containing a SO bill to ID. McAuliffe, a
druggist. ''To pay any old debts" and quot
ing the golden rule Mrs. William Culli-
name, wife of undertaken. received a
letter containing a $40 bill in settlement of
any debts, and concluding pray for your
honest friend" 1t is believed that many
other letters from ''ScrupuiOus Conscience
have been received in the city during the
week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
Slayer of John Hodges an Object
Of Vengeance to the Friends of
the Murdered Man.
MOB SPIRIT IN FORCE
Makes Itself Manifest in Little
Groups of Railroad Men on the
Streets of Huntingburg.
ON GUARD AT THE JAIL
Extra Force of Deputies Sworn in
by Sheriff Cassidy-Funeral
of Victim To-Day.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Dec. 2e-An to-day
and tonight there has been strong talk OF
lynching the slayer of John Hodges at
Huntingburg last night. who was removed
soon after the commission Of the crime TO
the Dubois county Jail at Jasper for fear
of violence at the hands Of the infuriated
friends of the murdered man. Hodges was
popular among the railroad men and to-
night they began to gather in little groups
on the streets of Huntingburg and TO dis
cuss methods for putting in execution their
plan to go to Jasper. but short distance
away, and hang Pate.
The quarrel which led to the crime was
trivial Hodges and Howard Pate (not
Tate, as enormously reported last night
had dispute over board bill. They met
on the main street of the town late in the
evening and after few words Pate shot
Hodges. who died almost instantly. Pate
was arrested and taken to Jasper at once.
for quickly as the authorities acted. plans
were already under way among the friends
of the murdered man to avenge his death.
This sentiment gathered force all through
to-day and tonight the Dubois county
sheriff took extra precautions for the pro-
lection of his prisoner. A telephone mes
sage from Jasper dl ~ ClO-h lO-LASnl
said Sheriff Victor Cassidy had heard
many rumors of a mob and had sworn in
several deputies. who are stationed on the
inside of the jail. The Jasper jail is
weak structure and could not withstand an
attack from a mob OF any consequence.
Sheriff Cassidy said he hardly expected
mob tonight, but is determined to be pre-
pared TO meet one should II appear.
All quiet at Huntingburg at 10
o'clock, but there was general feeling
that something was in the air. as many
railroad men were seen In little groups in
various parts Of the town. There is large
number of railroad men residing at Jasper
and Huntingburg.
The body of Hodges will be laid to rest
Sunday afternoon at Lincoln City. and the
funeral will be under the auspices OF the
railroad order.
On Sunday morning telephone message
from Huntingburg said all indications -
lynching had disappeared for the present
and all the crowds have dispersed. The
wife Of the murdered man, Mrs. Hodges.
is seriously sick at her home in Lincoln
City, as the result of the shock and is not
expected to live
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
WIND FROM SOUTHLAND
DRIVES BACK BLIZZARD
Yesterday Record Breaker for
Cold, but Warm Weather
Promised for To-Day.
FOUR DEGREES BELOW
Last Night Mercury Begins to
Creep Upward and Northern
Blasts Cease.

There was no halfway cold about yester-
day. The protected places where the wind
did not reach were cold, the street cor
ners, the street cars and many buildings
and homes were cold, while the open spaces
across which the biting wind swept, sharp
as knife, were almost unbearably cold.
All day yesterday the mercury fingered
just above the zero mark and made the day
the coldest of the winter. The minimum
temperature reached was at o clock yes
terday morning, when the thermometer
registered degrees below zero; the maxi
mum temperature was at and o'clock
last night when above zero was reached.
But there is hope for those who do not
like cold weather. The United States
weather bureau promises rising tempera-
ture and fair weather to-day. The van of
the cold wave has left Indianapolis and is
moving eastward over Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York. According to the weather
bureau there will be q remarkable rise of
temperature within the next few days and
the mercury will again be nearer the
CONTINUED ON PAGE A, COL II
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
ILLINOIS NAN HELD
FOR KILLING HIS MOTHER
Bullet Found in Her Head Fits the
Rife Used by the Son.
Wanted Her Property. /

MOUNT CARMEL, ILL.,. Dec. 26.-william
l.. LAGER is in jail, charged with murder
ing his mother. Mrs Elizabeth LAGER. who
was shot in her home Sunday evening while
sitting at supper. The assassin fired
through a window.
The bullet taken from Mrs. Lacer's head
is similar to those used in an old rife used
by the His peculiar actions on the
night Of the murder, his efforts TO fasten
the crime on five other persons and the
marked discrepancies in the statements
made by LAGER and his wife are given as
reasons for his arrest.
LAGER is a farmer. thirty-three years OF
age and married, but has no children. BY
the death of his mother two farms go TO
him and his sisters, together with cOnsid-
cradle personal property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
CRUISER DIXIE READY
TO SAIL WITH MARINES

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.-Final prepar-
ations have been made for the sailing OF
the auxiliary cruiser Dixie and on Monday
she will leave the League island navy yard
with 600 marines for Colon. To-day 100
men came from Annapolis in charge of
Capt. William Hopkins and Lieut. Fred
erick u. Kilgore, and 100 additional marines
arrived from Boston, in command of Capt.
George w Reid and Lieut.. David Wills.
Tomorrow 1872 men from New York and
ninety-siX from Washington will complete
the battalion which will proceed to Pana-
ma. The force will be commanded by
Brigadier Gen. G. I. Elliott who will ar
rive from Washington Tomorrow. The
Dixie has been equipped TO maintain 1000
men for period OF five months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
MISSING SWYGERT HEIR
IS FOUND IN COLORADO
Granddaughter of Wealthy La
porte Man, Cut Off with Dollar,
to Inherit Many Thousands.
LAST OF FAMOUS CASE
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
DENVER, Col, Dec. pa long-missing
heir of the late George NJ. Swygert, of La
porte. Ind. has been found living in Denver
through an attorney at Pueblo. She is
Lucille NJ. Swygert. aged fourteen. daugh-
ter of William II. Swygert, son of Testator
Swygert, who married a Spanish wife. The
girl has been living with Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Il. CroftOn.
George Swygert, who died a year ago.
leaving 10000, bequeathed 81 to his grand
daughter in Colorado, but the other heirs
succeeded in breaking the Will, and accord
ingly Lucille, whose location has just been
discovered, will receive at least $4,000 as
her share.
The contest over the Swygert estate was
one Of the most bitter ever heard in In
diana. The trial lasted over month. The
array of legal talent attracted the most
brilliant attorneys before the Indiana bar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
YOUNG SOLDIER IS 4
VICTIM OF LEPROSY
Portland Youth Serving in the
Army of the East Stricken
with the Fearful Scourge.
specIal 70 the Indianapolis journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND. Ind, Dec. 26-Three years
ago Elmer Burkett. aged twenty-eight. en-
listed in the United States army at a local
recruiting station and was sent to Indian
apolis, where he was assigned 20 service in
the Philippines. His relatives heard from
him regularly for few months, when let
ters stopped coming and no information
could be had as to his welfare or where
abOuts.
A day or two ago word reached here from
San Francisco that Burkett had become a
victim of that incurable scOurge. leprosy.
and had been assigned more than a year
ago 10 a leper's colony on a lonely island
in the Pacific. The relatives OF the un-
fortunate young soldier are grief stricken at
the terrible news
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
WROTE TO HIS MOTHER;
THEN POISONED SELF
Don't Tell Sallie of This, I Love
Every Bone in Her Body"
He Said.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to tho Indianapoli Journal.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. ga we'll
dressed young man. apparently about
twenty-One years old, supposed to be Albert
Dunn. OF Nashville. committed suicide at
the Lookout House this afternoon by TAX
ing morphine. He left a letter to his
mother. telling her that she would never
hear from him again and saying, Don't
tell Sallie Smith of this. l love every bone
in her body"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
POWER HOUSE WASHES
INTO ELKHART RIVER
Newly Completed Plant Near Ben
ton Destroyed and Cannot Be
Rebuilt Before Spring.
LOSS IS OVER $4,000

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN, Ind, Dec. 26.-The recently
completed power house of Booser Brothers
& Kilgore. on the EIkhart river near Ben
ton, which provides electricity to light the
town Of Syracuse and also power for
factory in that town, was wrecked by the
foundation washing out. letting $4,000 worth
of machinery drop into fifteen feet of water
II is feared the plant cannot be rebuilt
before spring.
This is the second bad washout at that
point. the Prickett mill having dropped into
the river several months ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
INVESTIGATING THE
DEATH OF Il WOMAN
New York Police Puzzled Over a
Case of Probable Murder and
Robbery of a Widow.

NEW YORK, Dec. pa close investiga-
tion is being made into the death of Mrs.
Mary Reimer. a widow. forty-fve years
old whose body was found in the back
yard of a tenement house in West One
hundredth street, where she lived The
woman is said To have had several thou
sand dollars on deposit in the banks and
carried about with her a bag filled with
jewelry. No trace of the bank books or
valuables can be found.
Her skull had been crushed and there
were many marks on the body evidently
not caused by fall from the window of
her fiat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
GEO. LANGSDALE WILL
NOT SURVIVE THE DAY
Senator Beveridge Said Last Night
Father-in-Law Was Grow
ing Weaker.

All hope for the recovery Of George j.
Langsdale. who is lying unconscious at his
apartments in the Blacherne. has been
abandoned His son-in-law, Senator Albert
J. Beveridge, stated at an early hour this
morning that Mr.. Langsdale would not live
until noon. Mr.. Lapgsdale has been con-
scious at frequent intervals during his III
ness, but lapsed into Inconsistencies yes
terday afternoon and he has been gradually
sinking since shat time. Drs. Kimberlin
and Keene have been with the dying man at
different times, but he is now past all medi-
cal attention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
NEW YORK MANS SUICIDE
w. O. Brewster Hanged Himself
in Hotel in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. Dec. 2s.-w. o. Brewster.
a member OF the firm Of Bolger & Brew
ster. underwear manufacturers. OF 256 and
25S Church street, New York. committed
suicide at a hotel here to-day by hanging
himself. lie had been here several days
looking after the interests OF the firm. For
the past TWO days he had been suffering
from nervousness. which IL Is believed
caused temporary insanity. and while in
this condition he hanged himself
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
BIG REWARD OFFERED.
Panhandle Officials Seek Identity
of Attempted Train WreckerS.

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. 26.-General Super
intendent Ralph Peters, of the Panhandle
Railroad. has offered a reward of $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of persons who
have attempted to wreck trains and the
bridge at Ellis Station, on the Muskingum
river
Several attempts have been made 70 cause
a wreck by stretching a wire cable across
the track. so anchored that it will pull down
the bridge. The purpose is not understood
by the railroad officials.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
YOUNG NAN ARRESTED
SUPPOSED TO BE ABEEL
Alleged He Masqueraded Under
Name of J. Ogden Goelet and
Became Engaged.

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Dec. 26.-A
young man twenty-three years old, who
gives his name as "F +. Hail." was ar
rested at Niagara Falls, Ont, tonight
on a charge of fraud. The arrest was made
on a description forwarded by the New
York police. Hall is supposed to be
James Abeel. the man who. ii is alleged
masqueraded under the name of ]. Ogden
Goelet and became engaged TO Miss An
derson, a telegrapher in a New York ho-
tel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
WIND BLOWS OUTRED LIGHT
ca USING COLLISION; I8 LIVES
ARE CRUSHED OUT; 81 HURT
CASUALTIES IN IN
EPIDEMIC OF WRECKS

Seventeen persons were killed and
thirty-one injured in a collision on
the Pere Marquette road near Grand
Rapids last night. The red signal
light was blown out by the wind.
Five passengers and five trainmen
were injured in a collision between
a Wabash passenger train and
freight.
Two persons perished by fire and
eight were severely hurt in a COLI
sion on the Cincinnati Southern.
Two railway employees and a mail
clerk suffered injury in a collision in
Virginia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
BITTER AGAINST POLICE.
People of Eldorado Think the
Choissers Were Murdered.

ELDORADO, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-The bodies of
]. o. and Louis Choisser, who were killed a
few days ago by policeman in Los An
geles. Cal. arrived here to-day and were
met at tie depot by vast crowd of people.
Feeling is very bitter against the police of
Los Angeles. ID. W. Choisser, OF Harris
burg, and Ned Parish, of Carmi. criminal
attorneys, left here to-day for California to
prosecute the slayers of the ChOissers w.
V. Choisser will start Monday to assist them
in the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
THROAT CUT BY RUNNING
AGAINST CLOTHESL|NE
Remarkable Accident to Thomas
Johnson, School Teacher and
Bank Cashier.
FEARS FOR HIS RECOVERY
Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind, Dec. 26.-Thomas
Johnson. a well known school teacher, ran
against a clothesline at his home near this
city, this morning, cutting a cash in his
throat and throwing him to the ground. He
was still unconscious this evening and grave
fears are entertained for his recovery. Mr..
Johnson recently chosen cashier OF
the newly established Saratoga bank.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
MURDER IN FIRST DECREE
Mrs. Myra Jane Williams Guilty
of Killing Her Baby.

BRAINERD Mimi. Dec. pa jury to-
night found Mrs. Myra Jane Williams
guilty of murder in the first degree. Mrs.
Williams charged with brutally muir
dering her two-year-old daughter on the
night of Aug. q. last. and afterwards
throwing the body into the Mississippi
river. Mrs. Williams gave no indication
of emotion when the verdict was read