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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-07
BOYS RETURN TO WORK
MESSENGERS SOON GOT TIRED OF
BEING ON "THE LAZY BENCH
Most Of Them Taken Back, but MIR.
Wallick VIII Retain the Girls
Now Employed.

The striking messenger boys Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company returned TO
work last night, after having been idle for
two days. The boys returned OF their own
accord the innovation Of strike having
worn off in remarkably short time, espe-
cially after a consultation with their
mothers. About Z o'clock last night the
boys sent representatives to Mr.. Wallick,
superintendent of the company, and asked
that they be reinstated as messengers. Mr..
Wallick took most of the boys back, but
made no concessions to them, and they re-
turned to work under old conditions. The
twelve or fifteen girls now at work will be
retained.
There was more or less excitement among
the messenger, boys most Of yesterday. A
number of them had returned to work early
in the morning, and with the girls and
clerks of the company business was carried
on about as usual. However, the striking
messengers made several efforts to modest
the boys on outy. In one case boy was
stopped and was commanded to give up his
message and was on the point of complying
when policeman appeared and scattered
the strikers. In another instance Ford
Thomas, new messenger, was chased with
but he was too fleet of foot and outdis-
tanced his pursuers. Incidents OF this sort
occurred throughout the day, but by even-
ing the strikers grew tired and preferred
work to frutiless scraps with the boys who
got the money.
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NO TRACE OF E. |. WENTZ
NO MEMBER OF THE YOUNG MANS
FAMILY HAS HEARD FROM HIM.
Father and Mother Returning to
Phiiadeiphia-No Demand Made
for 100000 Ransom.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.-J. l. Wentz
arrived to-day from Big Stone Gap and de-
MED that there was any truth in the story
that his missing brother. f. l.. Wentz, had
been heard from. "The rumor about my
brother having written a letter saying that
he was held for 100000 ransom is not true"
he said. I'VE have received absolutely
nothing from him.
BRISTOL, Tenn, Nov. 6.-"No new devel-
opments; deny emphatically all rumors; my
son is yet missing and there is no clew to
his whereabouts" was what DR.. j. s.
Wentz, father of Edward l.. Wentz, who
disappeared near Big Stone Gap four weeks
ago last Wednesday. said when asked for
a statement tonight. Dr. and Mrs. Wentz
arrived in Bristol to-day from Big Stone
Gap. where they have been since a few days
after the mysterious disappearance of their
son. They left tonight for Philadelphia.
Reports that the family of the missing man
had received a postal card from the alleged
kidnapers of young Wentz were exploded
by the fact that the father and mother were
leaving for their home The rumors cur
rent that the kidnapers were holding the
young man for a ransom of 100000 are most
emphatically denied.
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NO PLACE FOR THEM.
Half-Starved American Negroes Reach
Home from Liberia.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Two negro men,
three women and four children, gaunt. hol-
low-eyed and ragged. have arrived here
from Europe. en- route to their home IN
Ocilla, Ca, from Monrovia They consu-
tuted a part of the survivors of party or
fifty-six Southern negroes who about year
ago were sent by a number of Southern
philanthropists as an experiment in colon
izing American negroes in Liberia.
Financial aid in the colonization scheme
was furnished by planters. 1t was hoped
that the growing of cotton would make the
success of the venture, as reports had
shown that the soil of Monrovia was adu>t-
able to its growth. The colonists arrived
there early in April. and those who have
returned have declared that they were soon
disiilusioned They found themselves in the
midst of a tropical wilderness with Few
white traders, who were mere adventurers
The party built three log cabins and plant
ed their seeds, but the entire growth was
rotted or washed out within two months.
There were continuous rains for weeks at a
time, the natives were hostile and nnally
the jungle fever broke out and wrought
havoc among the colonists. Their proNi-
sions were depleted and they lived partly on
roots. In less than eight months more than
half of the entire party had died. The par
" which came back did so on funds fur
nished by their former employers. in
Georgia
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GIRL STUDENT ARRESTED
MISS DALE MATTHEW'S ACCUSED OF
RAISING 81 BILLS TO SO.
Captured mt Marion After an Exciting
Chase-Charge Denied by Prisoner,
Whose Home Ii at Angola.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, Nov. 6.-With hair flying
and painting from excitement, and in mad
determination TO escape from the clutch of
the law. Miss Dale Matthews. aged twen-
ty-three student in the music department
OF the Marion Normal College, raced with
numbering and embarrassed policeman
this afternoon. She was overtaken and
arrested at the Morris Hotel, where she
sought refuge. She is charged with a very
serious offense. that of raising 81 bills 10
$40 and passing the mutilated oaper Three
times to-day she is alleged 10 have Sue
ceeded in passing the raised bills AT the
Fair department store and at the millinery
store OF Mrs. r. Mas suspicion was
aroused and the young woman's arrest
followed, after a lively chase.
Capt. Anthony George, of the police de-
partment, found In the young woman S
room at the college dormitory white ink
the fraudulent work on the bills was done
The bills were clumsily changed and easily
detected. Miss Matthews declares there is
terrible mistake and that the bills were
given to her by G. Cook. a grocer at An
COLA, her home. She came to college here
from Angola eight weeks ago. She was
first suspected Of counterfeiting last night
Miss Matthews is a pretty girl and is
reputed to possess much musical and ar
tistic talent. Her action is unexplained by
her friends.
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High School Student Of East Orange,
N. j.. Who MysterfOusly Disap-
peared Last Tuesday.
UNDER SPELL OF A WOMAN
WHO COMPELLED HER TO PACK
CLOTHES AND LEAVE HOME.
Was Taken West on a Train, but Es-
capped mt Cedar Rapids and Now
Is with an Uncle In Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 6.-Nliss Clara
Josephine Coffin. daughter of w. Ward Cof-
fin, whose mysterious disappearance from
her home In East Orange, N j., last Tues
day had caused her parents great anxiety,
arrived in Omaha to-day, and Is now at the
home of Postmaster Joseph Crow, whose
wife is a niece of the girls father. The
young woman is prostrated by a nervous
shock, which. she says. is the result of an
attempted abduction from her home by two
strangers, a man and a woman
According to the young woman's account
of her abduction, she had been attending
high school in East Orange and, last Tues
day, there being no school, she made trip
to the gymnasium to take the usual exer-
cises. For the last month she had been
passing a strange woman near the school
building. The woman had piercing black
eyes. and the girl says they had an extraor-
binary effect on her. Tuesday the strange
woman approached her, she says, and told
her in a commanding way to pack her
clothes and follow her. In a half-dazed
state, and acting under spell, the girl
made the trip back to her home, and with
out seeing any of the family packed her
clothing and did the woman bade. When
Miss Coffin returned there was a strange
man with the woman.
The girl, according to the story she tells,
was placed in carriage and, after the
man and woman had entered. was driven
TO Newark, n. j., and soon landed I'm New
York city. She next realized that the party
was aboard the train on the way to Chicago.
She was driven from one railroad station TO
another In Chicago and. when they again
boarded train. the woman remained with
"A
coach next to the rear. When the train
reached Cedar Rapids Miss Coffin recovered
her senses, slipped out of the and sent
a telegram to Postmaster Joseph Crow ask
ing him TO meet her. Meantime her captors
left the car, she says.
Postmaster Crow met the girl. He took
the young woman. who Is suffering from
nervousness. 20 his home and placed her
under the care of a physician. Miss Coffin
is confined TO bed. No trace has been found
of the mysterious man and woman, of whom
Miss Coffin speaks, and the only suggested
motive is that they expected 10 abduct the
;rt oud hold her for ransom
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EXPLOSION OF A BOILER
CHUNKS OF IRON HURLED THROUGH
A CROWD OF STUDENTS.
Engineer Killed, His Assistant Fatally
Hurt, n Professor, Two Scholars and
Others Severely Injured.

COLUMBUS. o.. Nov. 6.-while students
of the Agricultural College at the Ohio
State University were witnessing the har-
vesting of field of corn for ensilage pur-
poses by a machine operated by an old
traction engine shortly before 10 o'clock
to-day, the boiler exploded. The hurting
pieces of iron tore through the crowd of
students. The engineer, Charles Pepper.
was blown about fifty feet from the engine
and his body was terribly mangled by the
debris and scalded by the hot water from
the boiler. Prof. Vernon H. Davis. assist
ant professor in horticulture. had his hand
badly cut and crushed. The force of the
explosion was terrific and was felt through
all the university buildings With tremen-
dous force the pieces of flying iron were
hurled through the air and blew a great
hole in the side of barn, over q hundred
yards away. The most intense excitement
was caused and the students came running
in all directions from class rooms and dor
mitories.
The killed:
CHARLES PEPPER, married, engineer;
body terribly mangled.
Fatally injured:
JOHN DELGARN, assistant engineer;
scalded cash on left eye. bruised, thrown
100 feet by explosion.
Less seriously injured:
PROF. VERNON II. DAVIS, hand badly
cut and mangled.
EDGAR BURT, Bethel, @, student;
shocked and bruised.
n. f. SHAW, student; scratched and
shocked.
GEORGE DENNY. janitor; shocked and
bruised.
SHERMAN HAWLEY. teamster; burned
and bruised.
MRS. F. L. MANTOR, shocked and
bruised.
II. p. SHEPARD. spectator: slightly hurt.
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WAR IS NOT PROBABLE
BUT PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING
TAKEN 3Y The ADMINISTRATION.
Admiral CoghIan Ordered to Colon
on The Presidents Yacht and
GUiSer to Go with him.
special TO the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov 6.-This was his
tory-making. map-changing day at the cap
itaI The United States practically recog-
nizec the new Republic of Panama, and as
a result a Rew State will be added to Central
America. Representatives OF this Nation in
Panama we're instructed to recognize the
officers of; the new government and the
government OF Colombia was notified of that
fact Orders were issued to Admirals Glass
and CoghE,n that win result in protecting
the isthmus from an attack by Colombia. IL
the latter refuses to accept the situation.
The attitude of the administration was ad-
mirably stated by Secretary Hay tonight.
He shows shat this county was bound by
treaty obligations to pursue the course it
has taken.s and that it would have violated
a solemn convention to have failed to take
the action: IT did. Secretary Hays state
ment "a printed in fun elsewhere.
The following telegram was sent by the
State Department to Mr. Ehrman. the act
ing consul, general of the United States at
Panama:
"The people CT Panama have by an appar-
entity unanimous movement dissolved their
political relations with the Republic Of Co
lombia ard assumed their independence
When you are satisfied that de facto gov
ernment. republican in form. and without
substantial opposition from its own people,
has been established In the State Of Pan
anna, you ;will enter into relations with it
as the responsible government OF the terri
tory and lsok to II for all due action to pro-
tect the parsons and property OF citizens of
the Unitec States and to keep open the 18TH
mian transit in accordance with the obliga-
tiors of existing treaties governing the rela-
tion of thS United States to that territory"
Immediately afterward an instruction was
sent by telegram to Mr.. Beaupre. the United
States miIister at Bogota. in the following
terms: ;
'Ths people of Panama, having, by an
apparently unanimous movement, dissolved
their political connection with the Republic
OF Colombia and resumed their independ-
ence. and -having adopted a government of
their own; republican In form, with which
the government of the United States Of
America pas entered into relations. the
President sof the United States. in accord
ance with sthe ties of friendship which have
so long aid so happily existed between the
respectives nations. most earnestly COM
mends to she governments of Colombia and
of PenamS, the peaceful and equitable set
tlement q all questions at issue between
them Hetfeels that 1t is bound not only by
treaty Obligations. but by the interests OF
civilizatiof to see that the peaceful traffic
of the wotld across the isthmus of Panama
shall not longer be disturbed by a constant
successior OF unnecessary and wasteful
civil wars.s
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NEW CURE FOR CANCER.


to Have Been Used.
NEW YORK, Nov. GA new treatment of
cancer, which is believed to mark an i'm
portant advance in the treatment of the
dreaded growth. has been explained before
meeting of the Aberthenian Society of st.
Bartholomew's Hospital by DR.. Johnson.
who has been examining the methods en-
ployed by DR.. Otto Schmidt, of Cologne,
says Herald dispatch from London.
''Dr. Schmidt's opinion he said. lis that
cancer is conditional on the presence in the
patient of cancer parasite which pro-
duces a structural change in the cells of
the part effected. The difficulty has been
to decide which. If any, of them is the cause
OF cancer. DR.. Schmidt believes he has iso-
lated the specific parasite.
with this parasite DR.. Schmidt has done
two things; he seems to have sterilzed 1t
with liquid air and he has also injected it
into animals and developed a serum which
has the power of destroying cancer cells
Sterilized parasites he used for one treat
ment. Animal serum he used for his Sec
ond treatment. Successful use of the dis
covery depends on arrest of the process,
removal of the growth and the fact that
no vital organ has been seriously injured"
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EVENTS OF THE DAY.


WASN'T EGToN. Nov. s-The events of
the day sss developed here to the situa-
ton on TIE isthmus were the recognition of
the defacso government; the receipt of dis
patches ftom Commander Hubbard, OF the
Nashville; the arrival in Washington of
Consul General Gudger. of Panama. and
the issue sof orders TO Admiral Coghlan 10
proceed fsrthwith to the isthmus with the
consul gesierai-
CommaI.. der Hubbard cabled that the
ColombiaJs government troops. under Gen.
erals Tories and Tovar. 450 strong, at
Colon. haS departed on a merchant vessel.
He stated that the isthmus from one side
to the otlser was in the hands of the revo-
lutionists-4 This statement is of the great
est impOrs rsance, the United States govern
ment beirk compelled by treaty to maintain
order anef preserve free traffic across the
isthmus. IS now under obligation 10 pre-
vent any hostile collisions. either along the
line OF tho Panama Railway or at the ter
mini. Pansima and Colon. Thus. the future
attitude iof the Colombian government
towards tne new republic OF Panama be-
comes Of kittle Importance. for il is practi-
caliy impbssible for II TO go TO war with
Panama.
OificialsS here familiar with the country
declare tsat IL Is impossible TO move n
Colombi army overland To the isthmus
owing To The character or the country On
the others hand, IL an attempt Is made 10
bring trofps either to Colon or Panama by
water thf United States naval officers at
those poikts would interfere. The United
States, bs force OF treaty obliga tions re-
Quiring tiis maintenance or order across the
fsthmus u necessary condition to free
transit. Il pSacticalIy has been placed in the
position ~ protector 10 the new republic
OF PanamA and that, too, regardless OF any
bias on t3e part OF the United States gov
ernmenf Toward either party to the strife
in coionpia. A report was current thht
tCoNTsNUED ON FACE s. COL "a
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TILTS WERE FREQUENT.


NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Lewis Nixon was
again the sole occupant OF the stand at the
hearing this afternoon the application
TO make permanent the receivership OF the
United States Shipbuilding Company. the
session being marked by frequent tits be-
tween counsel. at times verging on person.
making the nattest deniais OF Statements
made by the other and Mr.. Guthrie sneak
ing in addition to the 'impertinence'' OF
Mr.. Untermyer. Mr.. Schwab was not
reached as witness, Mr.. Untermyer spend-
ing the afternoon in examining Mr.. Nixon
about the alleged statements and misrepre-
sentaticns TO the public during the preiim-
mary to organization.
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FOR LETTER CARRIERS.


CLEVELAND. o., Nov. 6.-The board of
directors of the National Association of
Letter Carriers tonight announced a plan
for a retirement association to be operated
in conjunction with the other insurance
association, the purpose of which is to pro-
vide an annual pension fee for every car
rier who has served and paid on a policy
for thirty years. or who becomes disabled
before the expiration OF that time The
1900 members of the association are ex-
pected TO become members of the retire
ment association. No aid is expected from
the government. The officers OF the retire
ment association are James +. Kelly of
Cleveland; j. j. Goodman, Providence:
Marvel Johnston, OF Columbus, o.: j II
Lally, Omaha; Carl r. Wilson. West Bav
City, Mich. The board of directors was in
conference for several days.
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NEW REPUBLIC RECOGNIZED
United States ConsuIs Authorized to Do Business
with the Panama Government.
EVERY MAN Is ARMED.


STEUBENVILLE, o.. Nov. 6.-Growing
out of startling testimony given by wit
nesses in the recent murder trial of Samuel
Ashby. which reflected on various persons
in Warren township. numerous feuds have
sprung up. George Livingstone attacked
John Simpkins and was shot at. The
Stringer property was burned along with
that of others. entailng a loss of 10000, and
last night another attempt to burn prop
erty was frustrated Every man in the
township goes armed and many do not go
out at night, fearing assassination.
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MERELY RETALIATION.


airy from Damaraland reports that Lieut..
Jobst, commandant at Warmbad. ordered
the Bondelsewarts TO deliver their rifles for
registration. "A deputation of the natives
met the comrlandant to discuss the matter
and an alteration arose. The comman-
dant. becoming incensed. shot the Bondel-
sewart chief killing him. This led 10 a
general attack by the natives in which, II
is believed. fifteen soldiers were killed and
few escaped.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-The Capetown cor
respondent OF the Daily Mail reports that
the German police post of Usibis has been
surrounded nd the garrison murdered and
that the German garrison of sixty white
soldiers at Keetmanshoop has been at
tackled.
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STORY NOT BELIEVED.
Miss CONN Probably Wanted to See
HazeI CrOyy-She Visited Indiana

EAST ORANGE, n. j., Nov. 6.-E. w.
Coffin to-day received word from Joseph
Crow. postmaster at Omaha, saying that
his daughser Clara had arrived in Omaha.
Last year the Coffin family attended a
family reunion at New Castle, Ind. and
there Clara met Hazel Crow, with whom
she has since correspondent The parents
think that. mentally unbalanced by study,
their daughter conceived the idea OF visit
ing her cousin.
Regarding the story from Omaha that the
girl had been abducted and had managed
TO escape. Mr. Coffin said that probably II
was an invention Of her deranged mind.
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some nook which Is free OF gas. The known
dead are:
JOHN TOBIN.
JAMES POWERS.
WILLIAM FLEMING.
ROBERT DONNELLY.
Those missing and thought to be dead:
r. B. TURNER, superintendent
GEORGE ALLEN, engineer.
EDWARD LAHREDY.
Two other miners.
All the miners were from Butte How the
fire originated is not known. AT the first
alarm all the miners, carpenters and labor
ers, 10 in all, hastened to aid in subduing
the flames. Superintendent r. b. Turner
went to the mine and assumed the direction
of affairs. With others he entered the tun-
mel through the fire and smoke to give
warning TO the entombed miners and was
overcome by smoke and flame.
Turner was acknowledged as the leading
authority on cyaniding In America. He was
the secretary of the American Society of
Mining Engineers. His father was former
State auditor of Colorado. Turner had a
foreboding that he would die before he was
thirty-six, as a brother. Frank Turner met
a violent death in Arizona some years ago
when lust thirty-five. and other members
of the family have been killed at that age.
Turner was within three months of thirty
six. He leaves widow and one child living
at Virginia City.
The plant employed 200 men. 1t is the
property of United States Senator Millard.
of Nebraska, and Is valued at 100000
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Merger of Insurance Companies.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The Union Assur-
ance Society Of London has purchased the
ted of Glasgow. SAYS a dispatch TO the
Journal of Commerce from London The
capital of the Scottish is $4,000 in shares
of 1915. The price paid by the Union was
about $3.50 share The Scottish Alliance
did some surplus line business In the United
States.
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CANADIANS VENT HATE.


VANCOUVER, b. c.. Nov. 6.-During
the performance OF minstrel troupe to-
day the music OF the American anthem
was vigorously hissed. When the American
flag formed itself I'm the stage lights the
expressions OF dissent became so loud that
the curtain was hastily rung down.
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COSTELLO ARRESTED.
Companion of Pat Grove, Who Assist
ed in kidnapping Young Cudahy.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Nov. 6.-Thomas Co.'S
tello. alias Tom Murphy. a companion of
Pat Grove, was captured here to-day by
the police. after hard fight. Costello con-
fessed to Chief of Police Frans TO partici-
pating in the kidnapping of young Cudahy
at Omaha and to other crimes.
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FIRST WINTRY STORM.
Blizzard I'm Portions of Michigan and
i'm Northern Ohio.

i'm Northern Ohio.
DETROIT. Mich, Nov. 6.-Detroit and
this vicinity had it's first snowstorm of the
winter this forenoon. At Port Huron and
other St Clair river towns the storm was
regular winter blizzard, twelve inches
having fallen at noon In Port Huron and ten
incnes in Marine City.
CLEVELAND. Nov. 6.-Snow fell through
out northern Ohio last night and to-day In
some sections three inches of snow have
fallen n fierce gale from the north accom-
panied by snow squalls has prevailed here
since early last evening.
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CAIRO, ILL.,, Nov. 6.-The saloon OF A b.
Douglas was blown up to-day and wrecked.
The bartender narrowly escaped. The cause
OF the explosion is unknown, but IL was
apparently dynamite.