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LEFT CHILDREN FOR wINERooM.
Mrs. Bertha Wright Heavily Punished
by Police Court Judge.

Mrs. Bertha Wright, twenty-one-year-
old mother of two infant children. was fined
800 and costs and sentenced to thirty days
in the workhouse by Judge Whallon, OF the
Police Court, yesterday morning. OWING
TO the efforts of Deputy City Prosecutor
Gaylord Hawkins. a chapter in the life OF
the woman was unearthed that horrified
even those in the courtroom who were
hardened to the woes of transgressors.
Last month Mrs. Wright took her chill
dren, two and three years old, TO the home
avenue and left them, saying that she was
not going to be in the city for week or
and wanted her babies cared for whlle
she was away. She then engaged room
at IL South Senate avenue, ceased leadlng
a respectable life and spent most OF her
time i'm winerooms and saloons in company
with men and women of ill repute.
Monday her youngest child was taken
seriously i'll. and as the woman could not
be found by the Davis family the pollce
were asked to locate her. Sergeant Leet
out of a wineroom and told her OF the con-
dition of her child, telling her she ought TO
go to the Davis residence and care for lt.
She promised TO do so, but at an early hour
in the morning il was found that she had
failed to keep her promise, and Sergeant
Leet again located her in a wineroom and
placed her under arrest. In the Police
Court she said that she had been deserted
by her husband over year ago and since
that time had lost her love for her children
and respect for herself.
The invalid baby was sent TO the Eleanor
Hospital and the other child, il is said,
will be adopted by friends of the woman.
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MOB MEMBERS INDICTED
ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE DANvILLE
RIOTERS UNDER THREE CHARGES.
Separate and More Stringent Bill
Against Winneld Baker. Who Led
the Attack on the Jail.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE, ILL.,. Aug. '12.-The vermilion
county grand jury adjourned this after
noon. About twenty-five men are indicted
for the attack on the jail
The leader of the mob. Winfield Baker,
who came here from Kentucky a few
weeks ago. was indicted separately for as
sault with intent to commit murder. After
the dead negro. Metcalf. was hanged Baker
mounted a street car and attracted atten-
tion by firing q revolver with each hand
He ordered the mob to follow him to the
jail. When Sheriff Whitlock, standing on
the jail veranda. counseled peace Baker
fired two shots at him.
The others are indicted jointly under
three charges, defacing public building.
rioting and attempting to enter a building
with intent to commit murder.
All three of the charges are felonious and
States Attorney Kesslar hopes to send
the entire bunch over the road to Chester
The names of the indicted so far as given
out are: John WALTON. Edward Hart, Win
field Baker, Clay Biddle. Adam Murray
William Redwine. Isaac Stade, John Rob-
ertson, Thomas Bell, Francis and Cicero
Davis, William Pettis, Clements Mobaker
John Ison, Harry Rennick. Charles Devon,
John Kress. Horace Murphy. Harry Van
gundy and Bessie Armstrong.
Excepting Vangundy. who Is an elec-
trician, ALL laborers miners. They
will be. arraigned before Judge Thompson
next Saturday morning. rez
Over 800 witnesses were examined, in
cluding members of the police ard fire de-
partment, but no names were secured of
the rioters who broke into the city build
ing and lynched the negro.
The indictments against those assaulting
the Jail were obtained through evidence of
Sheriff Whitlock and his deputies. State IS
Attorney Kesslar will vigorously prosecute
them.
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POPE RECEIVERS QUICKLY
ABOUT ALL THE EFFECTS OF TUES
DAYS ATTACK ARE PAST.
He Spends Some Time I'm the Open Air
and Refuses to Abstain from
All Work at Present.

ROME, Aug. 12-The Pope this morning
left his apartments for the first time since
his fainting fit yesterday. going for drive
and walk in the Vatican garden. He re-
mained in the open air about two hours
and returned to the palace feeling much
better. All that remains of yesterdays
collapse is slight feeling of lightness in
the head.
Drs. Lapponi and Davenzia visited Plus
to-day and though they found him almost
entirely recovered they continued to recon-
mend that he should take a rest and an
abstention from all work.
But this will mean such an accumulation
of work that ii will kill me afterwards to
catch up with it," said the Pope in reply.
The Pope being now practically well
again two photographers were granted
permission to-day to photograph him in
the garden of the Vatican. He also re-
ceived in private audience the mayor of
Riest. who afterwards went to the minister
of telegraphs and asked for the installa-
ton of telegraph line to the birthplace
of the Pope. The request was Immediately
granted and the installation will be made
at the governments expense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-13
TELLS A STRANGE TALE.
Fort Wayne Lad Says Tramps Kid
nnped Him--NOt Believed at Home.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 12.-Nearly dead
from starvation and brutal treatment on
the part of two tramps, Percy Bigelow. nine
years old. was taken from box car on the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
in the freight yards at Englewood to-day
The boy was unable to leave the car as the
door was closed when the two men who
he charges, kidnapped him from his home in
Fort Wayne. Ind. three days ago, left the
freight train on reaching Chicago. The boy
said that he was playing in the front yard
of his home in Fort Wayne when the two
men inveigled him into the street and short
ly after forced him 10 accompany them to
the railroad yards. He was thrown into a
box car. he said. and the men followed
The train started soon after and no food
was given him during the trip. When he
complained, he says. the men abused him
and told him TO remain quiet or they would
whip him severely. The police took him TO
the Englewood police station and a telegram
was sent the father.
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Pilot House splintered About His
Head, Smokestack Pierced and
Cabin Shattered by Balls.
HIT BY ABOUT TWENTY SHOTS
BUT THE PLUCKY YANKEE ESCAPED
TO AMERICAN SIDE.
VIII Demand Indemnity Through the
State Department-Says He Was
Not Fishing When Attacked.

ERIE. Pa, Aug. 12.-The Silver Spray,
fishing boat owned here. came into port this
afternoon in badly shattered condition
due to an encounter in midlake about noon
with the Canadian revenue cutter Petrol.
The Canadian authorities have had trouble
for years with American fishermen who were
poaching on their side of the. lake. and the
Petrol is kept constantly on the lookout for
them.
About noon she came on the Silver Spray
on the Canadian side of the lake and at
once ordered Captain Chris Chau to stop.
The Petrol is a strong steel craft, and, it is
said. attempted TO ram the American boat
before fshe could comply with the Petrels
order. Captain Chau, remembering the fate
of several other boats from this side, which
had been captured and confscated, two from
Erie. only last season. decided to try to es-
cape and started ahead at full speed.
The captain of the Petrol, when he saw
the Silver Spray was trying to get away,
opened fire with all the guns he had, and
before he ceased firing some twenty shots
had struck the Silver Spray. One passed
through the smokestack into the pilot house.
in which Chau stood at the wheel, and two
more struck the pilot house. one Of which
came within a few inches of Chau, scatter
ing spinters around his head.
Two shots entered the water closet, two
pierced the cabin. two split the roof. three
swept the after hurricane deck, while others
hit various parts of the boat
The chase was kept up for some time and
Captain Chau was nearly i'm despair. as his
cold water pump refused to work and he
feared that his boat might be struck below
the water line. He finally crossed the inter
national line and the Petrol gave UP the
pursuit. The Silver Spray Is a double decker
and was for twelve years in service at Buff
falo as a pleasure steamer.
Captain Chau will report the affair TO the
State Department at Washington. as he
says he was not fishing. but looking for
some OF his nets, which had drifted from
this side toward the Canadian shore.
large number of American fishing tugs
have been confscafed by the Canadian gov
crnment, one, however, belonging at Dun
kirk. was a few days ago ordered returned
demand of Secretary of State Hay.
The only man injured on the Silver Spray
was Frederick Culver. who was hit I'm the
leg by shot He is now in the hospital
The fishermen say the Petrol used her small
deck cannon.
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GEORGIA PRISON SCANDAL.


MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga. Aug. l2.-The
taking of testimony by the Georgia prison
commission in the case of excessive cruelty
against Warden Allagood has been COM
pleted. The voluminous evidence will he
submitted 10 the commission late this
week and from this the commission will
formulate it's report TO Governor Terrell.
Warden Ailagoods testimony before the
commission was denial of Miss DE Crisss
charges of improper proposals He adj
mitted whipping her and said the punish
ment had become necessary because OF her
insubordination. He put her 10 work IN
the fields after her punishment, he said.
because he wanted her 10 realize what an
easy time she having I'm the house"
Evidence also was given that Warden
Allagood was humane. "A man of good
character and above reproach-
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HOTEL CLERK WOUNDED
PROBABLY FATALLY SHOT BY
DRUNKEN DANVILLE THUG.
Latter Asked for Drink and Fired
When 1t Was Refused-Other
Crimes of the Day.
pecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 12.-Early this
morning Con Boyle. night clerk at the
Brunswick Hotel, was fatally shot by Joe
Cummins, drunken desperate.
Cummins demanded something to drink.
Bole told him he had nothing. and. without
further provocation, Cummins shot him in
the intestines with a revolver which he
had purchased yesterday. He ar
rested at the foot of the hotel stairs by Spe-
cial Officer Steward, of the Wabash Rail-
way.
Cummins is very quarrelsome and is con-
stantly mixed up in fights. Two months
ago he hit saloon keeper in the eye
with a beer mug. week ago he had a
fight with his wife Main street Several
years ago he was connected with murder
committed by his brother, who was cleared
by the late Daniel Voorhees,.
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REvOLUTIONIsT Is HOME.


SALEM, Mass, Aug. 12.-Capt. Charles b.
Montgomery, for twenty years connected
with the Cuban and Central American rev.
olutionary expeditions, has arrived here
from Central America. He was arrested in
Honduras last May for participation i'm the
rebellion. but was released through the in
terposition of the American consul Mont
gomery says that i'm Tegucigalpa he saw
several men who had fled from the United
States, all living in luxury and carrying on
the business of the town.
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Objects to the Holding Of Two Gum
boats for Debt at Elisabeth, n. J.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-On behalf Of Mex
leo. an Official protest has been made to
Sheriff Ceriell. OF Union county. at Eliza
beth. N. j.. against the holding Of the Mex
lean gunboats Tampico and Vera Cruz, un-
der writ of seizure, at the request of a
lumber firm for material furnished. The
Tampico and Vera Cruz were seized on
Aug. B. IL is declared that Lewis Nixon
bound himself To perform the contract faith
fully. and 10 secure the Mexican govern
ment against all claims and demands. The
document concludes with the statement
that the Supreme Court of New Jersey,
which issued the writ. is without jurisdic-
tion. and AYERS that the whole proceedings
are Illegal and void.
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ADMITS TAKING BANKS MONEY.


DULUTH, Minn.. Aug. he. f. john
son. bookkeeper for the Commercial Bank
ing Company, OF Duluth. was arrested this
evening on a warrant charging him with
the embezziement of $4,000 of the banks
money.
When placed in Jail Johnson admitted his
guilt and said the peculations had extended
over a period OF eight months and that he
had been able to deceive his employers by
q manipulation OF the books. He said he
had squardered all the money In stock
speculation. President Charles r. Leland
of the Commercial Banking Company, said
the bank would not be open for business
tomorrow.
Johnson is twenty-eight years old, .unmar-
ried and the son OF ]. p Johnson, clerk Of
the court OF St Louis county
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TWO MORE VICTIMS.
Tenth and Eleventh Deaths from
Baseball Park Accident

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 12-Samuel L.
Kelley. aged eleven years. died to-day as
the result of the accident at the National
League Baseball Park on Saturday Young
Kelley is the tenth victim. Several others
are lying at the point of death in different
hospitals
James Hayden. aged thirty-three years
who was injured in the accident at the
baseball park. died to-day, making the
eleventh victim.
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HARRINGTON IS DYING.
Bogus Lord Yielding to Ravages of
Typhoid Fever.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12.-Frederick Seymour
harrington. a prisoner in the Clayton
Jail on the charge Of mudering James p.
McCann. to-day sent for Episcopal
preacher to administer to him. as he be-
Heves he cannot live long. Rev. II. c. st.
Clair. rector of Trinity Episcopal Church,
visited the prisoner and tomorrow will ad-
minister the sacrament. harrington is fee
BILE from the ravages of typhoid fever.
Barrington's attorneys said that they
would file an application for a writ of ha-
beas CORPUS for the prisoners release.
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CABLE TO POPE Plus.


DUBUQUE, Ia, Aug. 12-The interna-
tional convention Of the Catholic Order of
Foresters to-day adopted committees re-
port increasing the board of trustees to
eight after fight. defeating an amendment
offered by Canadians that no two trustees
should be from the same jurisdiction. Sal
aries Of the high secretary and the high
treasurer were increased TO $500 and $1,000
q year respectively Hereafter interest
from all funds in the hands OF the treas
urer shall go to the order.
Cable dispatches. pledging fealty to the
church. were sent 10 Pope Plus X.
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Special 10 tho indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Aug. 12.-Percy
Bigelow. aged eleven, left home Monday
after breakfast. and entering a freight car,
was carried to Chicago. There he told his
story To the effect that ne had been kid
naped. but he has run away before il Is
probable that he was not telling the truth
He arrived home this afternoon his father
having sent money for ticket.
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for his laxity in an official way and con-
demned his appointment of men as deputy
sheriffs who had not been In the county
more than forty-eght hours.
Ralph Talbot, who was understood to
represent the Citizens League of Idaho
Springs, gave notice that he would apply
for a writ o. prohibition in the Supreme
Court In order to test the courts right to
suspend the district attorney.
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WILD" ENGINES MAD COURSE.
Left the Track mt 75 Miles an Hour
and Tore Across Country.

Left the Track mt s0 Miles an Hour
and Tore Across Country.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia runaway loco
motive on the, Erie road has caused no end
of Excitement near Caldwell. N. j., on a
branch line. The engine was a big six
wheeler. Its driver and firemen had dis
mounted to assist brakeman. Suddenly il
steamed away, The road ahead was down
grade and the ponderous machine gathered
speed rapidly. Passing Caldwell, 1t was run
ming forty miles hour. Another incline
added to the. speed and after passing Pomp-
ton the engine was going seventy-fve miles
an hour. on a sharp curve the rails gave
way and the locomotive tore across a feids
A chicken house was wrecked and many
domestic animals about the place were
killed. Pieces of iron flew in all directions
and the farmers wife, at work in her gar
den narrowly escaped death.
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SWEET PEACE REIGNS.


RIO JANEIRO. Brazil. Aug. 12.-All diff
culties existing between Brazil and Bolivia
have been overcome. The basis of the ami
cable arrangement is follows:
Bolivia will acknowledge Brazil's sover-
eighty over a great part of Acre territory.
while Brazil will pay an indemnity for mil
itary expenditures made by Bolivia and will
build a harbor ON the river Madre and a
railway from Mamore to Madrez.
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PROSECUTION SUSPENDED.


GEORGETOWN. Col, Aug. 12.-Judge
Owens to-day suspended Horace G. Thur
man, district attorney of the First judicial
District. from further service in the in
vestigation OF the blowing up OF the Sun
and Moon transformer house and the ex-
pulsion from Idaho Springs OF fourteen
members OF the Miners Union by members
OF the Citizens Protective League. and
appointed as. a special prosecutor In the
Idaho Springs cases Willis Elliott. Of
Ssnver. Judge owens rebuked the sheriff
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GOLD MINE SOLD.
Cripple Creek Property Passes to
Whitney-Guxgenhe Interests.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. l2-W. X.
Ryan, son of Thomas f. Ryan. vice presi-
dent OF the Morton Trust Company. of New
York. to-day purchased control of the Port
land Gold Mining Company. owning and
operating the Portland mine at Cripple
Creek for the Whitney Ryan syndicate and
the Guggenheim Exploration Company The
price paid for the 10000 shares involved
Il said TO be I'm the neighborhood OF 5000.
OO0 The Portland Is of the largest
high-grade gold mines In America.
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ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. i2--The Georgia
Senate to-day passed bill prohibiting the
whipping OF female prisoners in the State
iastltutlsNA
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Fire at Grand Rapids.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Aug. 12-Ffre
early to-day destroyed Radcliff a. Co.'S
four-story brick warehouse, entaing
loss of ovsr $4,000. The building was
filled with valuable furniture owned by
local dealers.
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men to frequent winerooms. was the state
ment made by Judge Whallon while taking
of the evil last night.
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AMENDED BILL PASSED.


ence of the Houses.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The House of Com
mons to-day accepted all the amendments
of the Irish land bill adopted by the House
of Lords, except two. which are of an un-
important nature. 1t is believed the lords
will accept the bill in it's present form.
committee appointed to meet
committee of the lords with regard to the
amendments. to which the House of Com
mons disagreed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-20

mas been passed by the general as
sembly. regardless of the vote of the
members of the assembly on the legis-
lation in question. The bill was
brought to Springfield. by President
Cruice. of Chicago, of the Referen-
DUN League.
The following bills were read third
time and passed: Creating boards of
police and fire commissioners by refer
endum in cities having population be-
tween 5000 and 100000; amending the
law in relation to dover by providing
that surviving husband or wife shall
be entitled to dover in lands mort
gagged prior to marriage in preference
to all other claimants except the mort
gagee; making 1T larceny for admin
istratOr, trustee or executor of an es-
tate to embezzle trust funds.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-20
MAY RECALL SHIP
illinois Naval Reserves Likely to
Lose the Dor.
othea.
GOVERNMENT NEEDS CRUISER
Action Would Occasion Great Dis
appointment Among
Local Sailors.

Illinois Naval Reserves are in fair
way to lose the cruiser Dorothea,
which is stationed on Lake Michigan
and which is well known to Rock ISL
and lads because the vessel is the
home of the division for a week every
summer during the annual cruise.
The government wants the vessel
for a training ship on the coast and
ii is quite likely that this along with
the Yantic and Michigan and others
which have been loaned to the naval
militia of other states will be called
in and stationed where they will be
put into service all the year round as
training ships y Washington dis
patch says:
Pressing need of properly trained
men in the service has caused the
bureau of navigation to recommend
the return TO the navy of all the small
converted yachts which were bought
just prior to the war with Spain and
afterward lent to the naval militia of
various states. Action on this rec
concentration is expected shortly
How Local Militiamen Feel.
Such action as this would cause
great disappointment among the To-
cal members Of the militia, for the
annual cruise on the Dorothea has
meen one of the most enjoyable and
instructive experiences of the year.
While the government would UNI
dOubtedly furnish some substitute for
the cruise. still the handsome Doro-
thea occupies warm spot in the
hearts of the Rock Island men who
| have manned her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-20
BILLS THAT WE'RE NOTABLE
Toilet Rooms for Coal Mines aud Factories
Provided for In Two.


Provided for In Two.
Springfield, Ills, Feb. 20.-There
were several bills Introduced yesterday
that have Il peculiar interest. One bill
any person who is authorized by law
to vote at school elections shall be
eligible to the office of director of IL
township library, This is to permit
women to serve on township. library
boards, ETC. Another bill appropriates
$4,000 to erect IA bronze statue of John
A. Logan in Logan park. Murphysboro.
The work is to be dSne by five com
missioners selected by the governor,
who are to receive no compensation
for such service.
Two house bills provide for the sup
ply by corporations of facilities for
personal cleanliness. One requires
owners of coal mines to provide mines
with toilet rooms, wash rooms and
lockers, for the use of their employees.
The bill requires that the toilet room
be supplied with hot and cold water,
soap. towels. and disinfectants, and
that the wash room be so arranged
that the miners may hang their clothes
therein for the purpose of drying them.
Any mine owner failinC to comply with
act shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and shall be subject to II fine
of $l00 The other bill requires owners
of factories and workshops to furnish
such factories with toilet rooms and
wash rooms supplied with similar con-
venienceS.
A bill for the relief of mutual insur-
ance societies provides that associa-
tions which are organized for the bene-
fit of the widows, orphans, heirs and
devises of the deceased members, and
which do not come under the law in
relation to insurance societies, shall
not berequired to pay any corporate or
other tax.