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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
LABORERS
ARE SCARCE
Great Demand in al Lines for Skilled
La6or.-Barbers Are Scarce.

The happy conditions Under Repubii-
cau administration Of national. state and
municipal government Al this time are
such that there is a. scarcity Of labor in
every line. A. an Instance Of il among
the BARRIERS. the following letter receiv.
ed from Eugene Beruinghaus, proni-
ucut Cindnnati mauufaeturer Of barber
shop equipments, illustrates:
Your telegram to hand but sorry 70
tell you We are unable 70 send you !,
mar. We have number Of applications
on le now and, rs We understand. the
BAR ers' Union has over 100 applieatfSus
Tor rst-class BARRIERS. and cannot sup
Ply aem."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
WILL ORGANIZE
MILITARY COMPANY.

Lieut.. N. N. Neeley, Of Fairmont, las
been given the authority through Ad-
infant General Baker, to enlist a mill
tary company at that place. It win Be
pnncxcd to the First regiment. Lieut..
Nceley expects to have . big company.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
MINING HOUSES DESTROYED.

Two mining houses Of the Fairmont
Coal company at Hutchinson, on the
II. Il. division Of the 3. & 0. railroad,
we're DESTROYED by fire. The loss 70 the
company win amount TO about $500.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
CLERICAL FORCE INCREASED.

The volume Of business transacted By
the Hal NJ Rapp Insurance company in
creased so much that the clerical force
IN the compauy's Offices had to be in
creased. Mr.. Roger 5. Hin. q Pittsburg.
arrived in the city yesterday 70 take up
position as clerk IN the Office. d be-
gan upon his new duties today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

a marriage license has been granted
3 the following persons:
sIachey g. Mitchell ani ora +. War.
lea
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01

Jas Refer went to BuclShannou this
morning on business trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
CITY NEWS ITEMS.

Fred Glade, 2i0 Iowa street driver for
the Indianapolis Brewing COMPANY had
his right leg broken in arrunaway at Nc
Carly and High streets last night He was
attended by Dr. c. /. Fletcher
indianapolis is to have glass plant The
Marietta Glass Company, OF Redkey. will
soon send its equipment here The com
kinds Of glass goods. 1t has been in bust
ness ten years.
Louis Hoffman, 2423 State street was
struck by a piece of iron weighing about
500 pounds late last evening while workino
on a casting In an English-avenue foundrv
and his left leg was broken below the knee
DIR. c. /. Fletcher treated MIN.
Mr.. Edward Taylor. formerly connected
with the Metropolitan School of Music has
severed his connection with that institu
ton and on Sept. i will open a school of
his own. Details of the faculty and other
arrangements will be perfected during the
summer.
The government released eight>cans Of
young black bass in White river above the
Broad Ripple cam Wednesday, They came
along with the fish for Riverside Park and
IL is estimated that there were 900 fish
In the cans. Under the new law no fish less
than ten inches long may be taken f,,t of
the water and j. w. Ncwhouse saws be
will prosecute any one violating this law.
Former residents of Hamilton comfy will
hold reunion at Brookside Park tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock. and IL Is expected
that large number Will be present. -he
features of the reunion will be a larg,. re-
past and many interesting speeches by the
old residents All the former residents of
Hamilton county who are In the cifv or
vicinity are expected to be present ana =
fine time Ii anticipated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

Board Refuses to Consider Charge
Against Superintendent Hamilton

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HUNTINGTON, Ind, July 9-The bust
ness men of this place held a meeting last
week and adopted resolutions demanding
that the School Board reconsider it's action
In hiring Prof X. l. Hamilton TO serve as
school superintendent for another year.
Charges affecting the moral conduct of
Professor Hamilton had been filed against
him before the board made a new contracs
with him, but these were absolutely ig-
nored
The board received the resolutions to-
night at meeting with a committee of
citizens in open session. Specific charges
alleging immoral conduct on two occasions
We're filed with the board. Petitions asking
Tor the superintendent removal were fled
with 2S9 names OF voters attached, among
them majority of the Common Council
ana the city and county officials The
school Board refused to receive the petit
ton and charges of immortality, claiming
that adultery was a necessary charge to
justify the breaking of the contract now
existing between Hamilton and the board
The citizens demanded a public investiga-
ton, which will be held July IL.
The lawyers for the defense ask that the
petition be suppressed and the story dis
credited. During the meeting charges that
the Huntington schools were below the
standard of surrounding schools were made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
WINONA LAKE PARK,
Woman's Club Observation-Disclosures of
the Western Writers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW. Ind, July AT the parIors of
the Winona Hotel on Wednesday evening
the Winona Womans Club held the first
regular meeting of the season and elected
officers for the year. The organization will
meet every Thursday afternoon in the hotel
parlors during the summer and the purpose
OF the club is to study music and literature,
besides having a good time. The officers
are: Mrs. M. II. Townley. Terre Haute
president; Mrs. NJ T. Clark Indiana polls
vice president; Mrs Warren Darst, Chica-
so, second Vice president; Mrs. III. NJ. King
cry, Charlottesville, secretary
The meetings of the Western Association
OF Writers to-day were opened at O'Clock
In the morning at the auditorium, H. H
Rowland, of indianapolis, reading the open-
ing paper on Literature from the Publish
ers Side" Following the paper H. M Skin
ner, OF Chicago, wars the leader i'm a dis
cussion of Literature from the Authors
Side. The rest OF the mornings programme
consisted of original sketches and poems nv
those present In the afternoon Leon Vim
cent lectured on Charles Dickens" and in
the evening Bliss Carman, of New York
delivered an address on Poetic Art IL, the
auditorium. - 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Indiana Obituary.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. July 9-Mrs. Mary
Sheridan Brown, widow of the Rev j. w
Brown, once prominent Methodist clergy
man here, died last night at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. w. p. Youkey. Mrs
Brown was an old school teacher, having
taught years ago in Clinton and Carroll
counties. During the civil war she con-
tributed many stories and songs to patriotic
magazines. She was seventy-six years old
and left three children, ten grand
children and two great-granchildren.
James Woodward, a civil war veter-
an, died at the Soldiers Home this morning
of chronic nephritis after an illness of sew
eral months. He was born in ST. Lawrence
county. New York. on April 49, 1899, en-
listed in Company c, Forty-seventh Indiana
Infantry on Sept. s. 1861 and was dis
charged on Oct 5, 1865
NEW ALBANY, Ind, July 9.-Jonathan
Beard, prominent i'm horticultural circles.
died last night at his home, six miles west
OF this city. aged seventy-four. He was
one of the first to cultivate Strawberries
for the market in this vicinity and from
his small beginning Floyd county has be-
come one of the most extensive berry dis
tricts i'm the country. He was thrice ap-
pointed by Governor Mount as delegate to
the National Farmers Congress-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

OMAHA. July 9.-B. h. Herbert. Of the
gave TO the convention OF that associa tion
an account OF journalistic association in
England which has met with great success
It's membership is made up OF EMPLOYERS
employees and students of Journalism. band
ed together under the name of the ''Insti-
tuuye Journalists Of England" One of the
OBJECTS Is TO protect its members from
nueI suits ana other difficulties incident 10
Journalism Out of the organization no .
grown the World Press Congress- which
VIII be held In ST. Louis next wear Mr.
hefoert recommended that committee be
claton al mat congress, and the sueges-
ton was adopted. Several other nsners
were read |~POA9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
CLOSE OF STATE CAMP
SONS OF VETERANS WILL MEET
NEXT YEAR IN NoBLEsvILLE.
Child MansIed by a Dog-Big Gravel
Road Contract Let-Protest
Against a Street Carnival.

Specialize the indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, July 9.-After a ride on the
electric line to the flowing well. this after
noon, and a ball tonight, the annual state
encampment Of the Sons Of Veterans and
Ladies' Aid Society came 10 an end The
next session will be in Noblesville the last
week in May Of next year.
The Sons of Veterans presented a gold
medal to Colonel Ogden, Of Laketon, who
retired as state commander. They elected
and installed +. e. Friedline, Of Jonesboro,
as commander; William Tiff, senior vice
commander, and Chris Meyer. of Alexan-
dria. junior vice commander.
The Ladies' Aid Society Reelected Mrs.
Fannie Rabb Green. Rising Sun, president;
Mrs. Grace Pope, Elwood. vice president;
Mrs. Stella Burns, Rising Sun, secretary
Miss Elizabeth Coles, Rising Sun, treas
urer; X. S. Thompson Rising Sun, judge
advocate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

woman, Again Under Arrest.
Katherine Paragora, who was arrested
for being drunk on the Sd of July and sem
fenced to fifteen days in the county JAIL but
was later released on her promise to leave
the city, was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Bicyclemen Trimpe and Lowe and
locked up at the police station charged with
being drunk.
The Paragora woman was at one time one
of the most respected and beautiful women
or the city. She was the daughter of
prominent real-estate dealer and a leader in
society. Her story is told in few words
She suffered from throat trouble and was
CIV n morphine by the doctors who attend
ed her until she became a ''fiend Her
husband, who died few years aee. a
Droken-hearted man on account of the vices
of the woman he loved, spent small for
tune trying &c break her of the habit of
using drugs, but his efforts were i'm vain.
She went from hospital to hospital but no
sooner was released from one as cured
than she went back to the use of drugs
with more determination than ever She
became drunkard as well. and often was
picked out of the cutters and sent to her
home by kindly friends. She was placed i'm
the insane asylum some time ago, but was
later released as cured. and on her hus-
bands death received small fortune.
which In the last two years she has been
spending with free hand for morphine
and drink So serious is her condition at
the present time from her years of dissipa-
ton that her mind is entirely gone and She
Will be returned to the Insa0e ASYLUM nv
the insanity commission which will act in
her case to-day.
She was fouEd lying in gutter at the
side of one of the principal streets of the
city yesterday afternoon by the bicycle DO
lice ana was slated at the station under the
name OF Mary Smith Her. friends and rel
atives f~re have decided that her case is
hopeless as she will accept no favors from
any of them, and tells them to mind their
own business and she will attend to hers
when they suggest that she cease her dissj-
pations. Her case is one of the most de-
plorabie that has ever come under the at
tention of the police department
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

IN the health insurance field. these annual
meetings are of inestimable advantage.
insurance companies of other States op-
Grating IN Indiana are required by law to
publish their statements twice a year in
TWO OF the Leading Indianapolis newspapers.
These appear usually once during January
! or February and again in July or August.
All who desirs are thus enabled to see a
statement OF the particular companies in
whlcn they carry insurance and to Judge
LOT themselves Of the security afforded
1 ms requirement extends only to so-caIled
olu-ine companies, the assessment and
iraternal associations not being compelled
10 pupllsh statements. All companies how
over, whether old-line, assessment or fra
ternal, annually submit statements of con-
dltlon to the Indiana Insurance Department
ana all who so desire are al liberty TO make
INQUIRY there concerning companies or con-
tracts.
Inc ash heap of 1903, as shown nv the
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bull
ietin Of New York from its record of fires
In the United States and Canada has AL
ready grown to $50, 765 $50. A comparative
table showing the first six months of the
last three years is of interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, July 9.-Arrived: Patricia
from Hamburg Sailed: Moltke for Hem
burg; Grosser Kurfurst, for Bremen; La
Touraine. for Havre; Laurentian, for elias
gov.
QUEENSTOWN, July 9.-Saiied Fries
land. from Liverpool for PHILADELPHIA. Ma
5estic. from Liverpool. for New York
NANTUCKET .LIGHTSHIP, July q
Passed. p. m: Germanic, from Liverpool.
for New York
CHERBOURG, July 9.-Sailed: Wilhelm
II. from Bremen and Southampton. for
New York ava
HAvRE. July 9-Arrived: La savo,e
from New York
LIVERPOOL. July 9.-Arrived: saxonis.
from Boston.
GENOA. July 9.-Arrived: Lain. from
New York Ai"'i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July 9.-Man-
ager A. d. Schaeffer. of the Hartford City
Paper Company. has devised plan where
by 10000 gallons of water are reclaimed and
used again in the plant daily. 1t has al
ways been customary to pump the water
from the well into a large pond and then
into the mill and from the mill the water
was allowed 10 run into the creek BY the
present plan the water once used, instead
of running into the creek again, is run
through a system of filters and bitches
back 10 the pond. The farmers whose land
beneficial to them in more ways than one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Packing-house fires. Wi

clearinghouse fires, when once started
generally mean total losses to the COM
panies which carry the insurance. as the
buildings are saturated with oils and grease.
which, when once ignited, make the efforts
OF the firemen futile. This class of risks
has proven very unsatisfactory to the in
surance companies and the heavy loss in
the Hammond Packing Company plant at
81 Joseph. Mo-, last week will tend TO ms ne
the companies still more inclined TO Mace
packlng-house business on their prohibited
nsts- Most large plants are already greatly
embarrassed in their efforts to secure insur-
ance, and few are able to obtain ANYTHING
near the amount they are willing To carry.
The omeials Of the principal accident in
surance companies are holding a conven-
ton at Round Island this week. and q large
attendance is reported. Those present are
credited with representing companies hav-
ing an aggregate capital of over $4,000. 600
One OF the chief topics for discussion is
health Insurance. which. because OF its COM
parative newness, is still to a certain ,ex-
tent, In an experimental stage, and those
companies writing Ii are glad of this oppor
tuuity TO get together and compare note.
AFTER many years of experience Witch
makes possible the collection of exhaustive
cSta, the writing of insurance In any de-
rartment becomes almost an exact science
paseQ. as 1t is, upon the law OF avera pes
As there Is but little OF definite value in
tse way Of statistics to guide the pioAeers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Elected Brigadier General.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, July Sword was re-
ceived here to-day from Muskogee, Indian
Territory, that Captain Ira l.. Reeves, who
was formerly commandant of the Purdue
University military department, had been
elected brigadier general on July at Ok
mulgee at a meeting of the commissioned
officers of the Indian Territory Provisional
Guard. Captain Reeves is now in business
at Muskogee, having been obliged to leave
the service on account of injuries received
while doing active duty in the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
TO KEEP OUT OF JAIL.
Laporte Man Has His Former WIZ.
Served with an Injunction.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE. Ind. July 9.-To prevent being
sent to Jail for failure to pay judgment
for 1856 alimony obtained by his wife
Henry Heeg to-day in the Laporte Circuit
Court brought proceedings for an inh,nc-
ton to prevent constable from SERVING
a capias.
The couple were divorced, the wife secur-
ing Judgment for alimony. but her efforts
TO IND attachable property failed, and Mrs.
Heeg sought to have her former Husband
thrown into jail. A constable was about
TO serve the writ when he began his pro
ceedings for an injunction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

WASHINGTON. July 9.--Forecast for
friday and saturday:
Indiana-Showers and thunderstOrms on
Friday and Saturday; not 50 warm; fresh
south winds.
IllnOis-Locai rains and thunderstOrms
on Friday and probably on Saturday: not
30 warm: fresh south winds, with thunder
squalls along the lake.
Ohio-ShOwers Oh Friday and Saturday;
not so warm: light to fresh south winds,
with thunder squalls along the lake
Lower Michigau-ShOwcTs and cooler on
Friday. Saturday fair. fresh southwest
wi1ds. with occasional thunder squalls.
kentucky-Fair on Friday, followed by
thunderstorms. and not warm in the
afternoon or by night: Saturday showers.
IOwa-ShOwers on Friday, cooler in cen
trail and south portions; Saturday fair and
warmer
Wisconsin-Fair In west. showers i'm east
portion on Friday; Saturday fair and warm
er; variable winds. mostly west and fresh,
with occasional thunderstOrms.
MiDneSOta-Fair on Friday, warmer I'm
east portion; Saturday fair; light. variable
winds.
Kansas. Nebraska and South Dakota
Fair and warmer on Friday and Saturday.
North DakOta-ShOwers on Friday; Sat
urday fair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, July 9.-The State
Board of Pharmacy last night elected it's
officers for the year in this city as follows:
President, c. E. CreceliUs. New Albany;
secretary, II. E. Click. Lafayette. The ex-
animation of the applicants for pharmacy
licenses began this morning in the rooms of
the International Business College. Miss
Sloan, of indianapolis, is assisting in the
holding of the examination. There are 43OO
registered pharmacists in Indiana, with 1896
registered assistants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Ministers Also Protest.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, July 9.-Following
the action of President Stone. of Purdue
University, the Ministers Association to-
day adopted a resolution protesting against
the holding of a carnival in the city this
fall. and the set of resolutions will be pre-
sented TO the Retail Merchants Association.
with the request that plans for the festival
be discontinued. The concerted opposition
10 the project is a great surprise to the
merchants, but they are going ahead with
their plans, and it is doubtful If the pro-
tests will have much effect
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
GHOULS AT NOBLESvILLE.
Present as Witnesses In the Trial of
Hampton West.

Special TO the Indianapolis Jom .lal
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, July 9.-Hampton
West, of Fishers Station, was placed on
trial in this city to-day on the charge of
stealing the body OF Newton Bracken from
the Beaver Cemetery in September, 1901.
When arraigned the defendant pleaded not
guilty.
Rufus Cantreil and Samuel Martin, the
Indianapolis ghouls who are serving SEN
fences In the Indiana Reformatory at Jef
fersonville. and Charles Hubbard who is in
the Michigan City prison for life arrived
here to-day TO testify against West. The
state VIII attempt to prove that these con,
victs assisted West in getting Bracken,s
body =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Damage Suit for Slander.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind, July 9-Ex-
Justice James Bailey. of Dilsboro, Ind.
has filed in Circuit Court a suit for s.. 900
damages against William p. Beckett. on the
charge of SANDER. Some weeks ago Bailey
made written statement to the effect that
Henry Licking, of Dillsboro, had offered
him money. which he Qicking) claimed was
furnished by ex-Sheriff Henry Benthoup
and DIR. Charles Van Osdol. to Dynamite
the blind tiger establishment of William
Berner at Dillsboro. In a Fourth of .IuIv
Grafton Beckett, il is alleged. averred that
Baileys statement was a malicious false
hood and Bailey himself a scoundrel of
OF the suit followed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Used N Snail on Her Corn.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July 9.-The
snail cure for corn may cause Miss Clara
Hogue, farmers daughter residing south
west of this city, to lose her foot. She was
suffering with corn, and her father, fol-
lowing an old tradition that a snail could
remove the growth, got one and put it on.
Her foot is now swollen twice its natural
size, and IL is feared amputation may be
necessary. Physicians say there is moth
ing poisonous about snail, and are UNI
able TO account for Miss HOgues condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
Prisoner Had Escaped.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, July 9.-The time
of the sentence of William Stechler, coat
thief from Michigan City, being about to
expire, Michigan officer arrived here to-
day TO question him and arrange to have
him returned to Michigan TO answer a
charge there. Much to the officers surprise,
he found that Stechler had escaped from Jail
in May in company with Charles Johnson a
tool thief who was sent to the county Jail
for ninety days. Sheriff Stout made no re-
port of the escape AT the time and has not
succeeded in recapturing the men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELWoOD. Ind. July s.-The two-and-a-
half-year-old daughter of Frank Barnes
was disfgured for life and probably fatally
injured by pet dog this afternoon The
animal was large mastin pup and had
been about the Barnes household for sew
erai months, being regarded as absolutely
harmless. While the child ives playing
with IL i'm the dooryard the beast turned
OF the little girl In it's huge Jaws The
ehilds nose Was torn almost of the hone
being clearly exposed, and there were uxiy-
looking eashes about the neck and cheek
from which the blood flowed free,-,. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-10
METHODIST CHURCH RITUAL.
1t Is Revised by a Joint Committee
from the North and South.

ASBURY PARK, N. j., July 9.-The Joint
committee of the Methodist Episcopal church
North and South has completed its ritual
revision labors in Ocean Grove The new
order of worship adopted lays special stress
upon reverent worship and provides for
kneeling in silent prayer on entering a
church. There are extensive changes in
the catechism. In future primary and a
standard catechism, almost new will be
used in place Of the three now in use
Bishop S. NJ. Merrill, of Chicago said
The utmost harmony has prevailed and
the Methodist Episcopal Church, North and
South. are closer to-day than they have
been since they separated in the days of
slavery"
The order of worship is practically the
same as now used in the church North.