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after Stahl had tried to trap I-ogsdon ana
had failed. that there was absolutely no
evidence against LOgsdon and that ne coz
siderod him an honest man and as
straight as string The members OF tIe
committee had been put in a peculiar posi-
ton before the public and they handled the
attorney without gloves.
II was decided not TO dismiss him at the
time for the reason that Mr.. LogsdOn MIN
self asked the committee not 10 ciscnarSe
the man. LogsdOn stated that. reahzlns
his own innocence. he thought IL best tnat
Noel be retained and allowed 10 prouuce
whatever evidence he might stu nave 10
bring before the committee.
DISRESPECT FOR WYNNE.
During the trial OF Stahl in the Police
Court, Mr.. Noels attitude was one OF con-
tempt for the committee, and his state
ments on the witness stand and to the
ton TO the sworn statements Of Mr..
Wyrnc and Mr.. Expert. The climax came
during the examination of Mr.. Wynne Dy
Attorney Duncan. Mr.. Noel prompted MT
Duncan to ask the witness If Mr.. Wynne,
IN a CONVERSATION with Mr.. Noel at the CO.
luInbia Club. had not said that If he had
taken as much money from Fred Heller as
some of the people had done he could not
look him in the face?' The statement was
Indignantly refuted by Mr.. Wynne then
and afterward. The chairman of the COM
mittee declares no sucn conversation ever
occurred Mr.. Noel also said, by inference,
that Mr.. Wynne and Mr.. Expert had not
told the truth when they swore that he had
told them there was no evidence against
LOgsdon after the pricking OF the Stahl
bubble.
This was the straw that broke Noers
back with his employers. The committee
came to the conclusion that an attorney
who preferred 10 work with the enemies
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the News and the League had refused TO
take any part in the investigation along
with the Council committee. Mr.. Noel had
no justification To make. He stated TO the
members of the committee, both Mr..
Wynne and Mr.. Expert say, that, even
OF the man whose acts were being investi-
gated. and who manifested publicly such
an entire lack of harmony with the commit
tee was useless SO far as conducting fair
Investigation was concerned. They met
yesterday afternoon and decided that the
only recourse left to them was TO dismiss
Noel.
INVESTIGATION WILL Go on.
The attorney has already been paid $780,
and the committee will doubtless allow him
something more for his services. The re-
mainder of the fund of $500 provided by
Council for the investigation will go TO the
attorney who is chosen to succeed Noel.
There have been a number of applications
Tor the place The committee has not de-
cided who to appoint and may not an
nounce its decision for several days.
In the mainline preparations for continu-
ing the investigation OF the sprinkling and
sweeping contract charges will go right
along. A meeting of the committee may be
held tomorrow night.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind, June 6.-Adolph
Diamond, local manager of the joint COM
mission house of Pottlitzer Brothers, of La
fayette, died suddenly this morning at his
store. He had arrived only a few minutes
before. He became faint and was dead
before medical aid could reach him. He
left widow, a daughter of the founder
of the business. and nine children. He was
about fifty years old.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, June 6.-Ambrose
sixty years fell dead this morning in the
market house while making purchases.
Heart disease was the cause. He was eighty
years old and lefta widow and two children.
His son. Andrew Briggs, is an engineer on
the Monon. He was a knight of Pythias,
an Odd Fellow and Red Man.
PORTLAND, Ind, June 6.-Joseph Roush,
a farmer of Madison township, is dead.
aged fifty. Funeral services were held Sun
day at Pleasant HILL Randolph county.
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EMINENT INVENTOR DEAD
DIR. T. ii. HICKS, OF FORT WAYNE,
EXPIRES FROM HEART DISEASE.
Invention Just Completed-Arrest for
EmbezzIement at Sellersburg-Quick
Trial at Muncie-Other State News.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, June Cdr.
Thomas III. Hicks, inventor of the Hicks
process of gold and silver extraction, con-
trolled by a company of 100000 capital.
fell dead tonight of heart disease. making
the third sudden death here since sun-up
from the same cause. He had been about
his office and laboratory all day and seemed
In the best of health and spirits. His in
ventions had just been perfected. He was
stricken in his office and died within a short
time.
The invention with which his name was
associated is a mercury process, and has
attracted worldwide attention. a company
with half a million dollars capital was re-
Gently formed TO control the Australian
rights. His associates in the invention are
profoundly shocked.
The others to drop dead here to-day were
Adolph Diamond. of Pottlitzer Brothers,
the leading fruit commission firm here and
at Lafayette, and Christopher Greiner, a
brick mason. The weather has been cloudy
and rainy, but not sultry. The ages of the
men were about fifty in each case.
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HEAVY RAIN And HAIL
ALEXANDRIA AND SURROUNDING
COUNTRY is sTORMsWEPT.
Growing Crops Washed Out by the
Marion-Other Damage Reports.
snecial 10 tha Indiananolis Iournal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, June 6-For the
second time within twenty-four hours this
city and the surrounding country was
stormswept this afternoon at o'clock. A
cloudburst was followed by fierce hail. ruin
ing the growing fruit. This city was the
heaviest sufferer. all sewers being gorged
till the water backed into many cellars and
some residences. In the principal street.
North Harrison, the water ran from curb
to curb like mill race. The Union Trac-
ton Company, by hard work, has kept it's
line from being tied up, washouts occurring
both north and south of the city, requiring
gangs of men to prevent serious damage
tornado cloud. the regulation twister,
passed northwest of this city at 1925 this
afternoon, but was too high TO do damage.
Water is rising in all creeks, and farmers
will be total, growing corn being washed
out by the roots on thousands of acres.
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TIN PLATE WAGE CONFERENCE.
Meeting VIII Be Held In
Pittsburg, Beginning Tuesday.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, June 6-The annual
wage conference of the American Tin
Plate Company and the Tin Plate Workers
Protective Association, to which practically
all except the hot mill employees belong.
will begin in Pittsburg next Tuesday. The
company will be represented by George
Greer, of New Castle, Pa, Berthold Gold
smith and John Phillips of Pittsburg, and
Cecil Robinson, of Wheeling, w. Va. The
representatives of the men are as follows:
Grant Jacobs and John Hartley, Elwood;
Il. l.. Bartlett and Charles Alvey New
Castle, Pa; II. T.. Barrett, Mckeesport,
Pa; w. j. Nadine, Pittsburg; Benjamin
Teegarden, Martins Ferry, o.; William
Edwards, Chester, Pa.
The men are seeking to secure improved
working conditions rather than a direct
increase in wages and in view of the fact
that the company has signed the Amalga-
mated Association, or hot mill, scale, a
harmonious conference is anticipated.
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EAST ST. LOUIS IN DANGER.
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
not known how long even this may be
available. Residents of Missouri avenue,
street running east and west through the
heart of the city of East st. Louis, have
been notified by the authorities that the
first stories of their buildings are in danger
from the flood. They are now moving their
goods to the second floors.
In East st. Louis the freight yards under
water are the Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis
the Glover Leaf, the Wabash, the Burling-
ton the Chicago & Alton, the Baltimore
& Ohio, and the Vandalia. The water is up
to the tracks of the Chicago & Alton at
Bridge Junction and men with sacks of
earth have been sent there to keep 1t out
If the flood crosses the Chicago & Alton
tracks ii will cover also the passenger
tracks of the Glover Leaf, Burlington, Big
Four and submerse the lowlands between
the tracks and Cahokia creek. The Ma
tional stockyards is still open. The man.
ayers say they will be able to continue
as long as the terminal can deliver freight
TO them.
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FAIR WEATHER TODAY.
Sun VIII Shine on Church Goers and
Excursf0nists Alike.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Forecast for
Sunday and, Monday:
Indiana-Fair on Sunday; warmer in GEN.
trail and north portion. Monday fair; var
liable winds.
Lower Michigan-Fair on Sunday, pre-
coded by showers in southeast portion.
Monday fair; warmer in south portion; var
liable winds.
Wisconsin-Fair on Sunday and Monday;
variable winds.
Ohio-Showers on Sunday morning, fol-
lowed by clearing. Monday fair; warmer
in north portion; variable winds.
IllilOiS-Fair on Sunday and on Monday;
warmer on Sunday in northeast portion;
variable winds.
Iowa-Partly cloudy on Sunday; probably
showers In west portion. Monday fair.
kanSaS-Partly cloudy on Sunday; prob
ably showers. Monday fair and warmer.
Enthusiastically cloudy on Sunday;
probably showers; cooler in east portion.
Monday fair and warmer.
Internationally fair on Sunday and
Monday; variable winds.
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QUICK JUSTICE AT MUNCIE.
Horse Thief Caught and Sentenced q
Few Minutes After Pleading.

MUNCIE, Ind, June 6.-Lewis Stewart,
thirty-five years of age, was to-day ar
rested for stealing horse and buggy from
John Donovan, of Mount Pleasant township,
and without being taken to Jail was bound
over to the Circuit Court from Police Court.
In ten minutes after he had pleaded guilty
before Judge LETTER he was sentenced to
serve from one TO fourteen years In the State
Prison at Michigan City. Stewart was ar
rested through the Delaware County Horse
thief Detective Association, which employed
detectives to work on the case. Stewart is
thought to have been guilty of making
away with three other rigs which have dis
appeared from the same neighborhood. No
trace can be found of Donovan's rig. Stew
art says he he sold 1t, but will tell nothing
more about Ii.
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Quarrymen Refuse to Organize.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June cit has be-
come known here that an effort to organize
the stone msn of the oolitic fields of Mon
roe countyShas failed. The men refused to
join the union if it means that they must
strike in sympathy with the stone work.
men in and about Bedford. The operators
here guarantee their workmen such prices
as may result from a settlement Of the con-
test at Bedford. 1t is no secret that the
Walsh and Consolidated interests at Bed
ford, which much the largest of the
oolitic stone companies, have notified their
workmen that under no conditions will the
union be recognized, but, on the other
hand, if it is question of wages, the strike
can soon be settled. Most of the quarrymen
out of work have left Bedford. They could
not get work in the Monroe county field.
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Damage Around Hagerstown.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAGERSTOWN, Ind, June 6.-Rain has
fallen in torrents almost continuously for
twenty-four hours. Corn fields are so soft
that horses sink TO their knees, and the
weeds are so high and thick that the fields
resemble pasture lands. The situation To-
cally is critical in the extreme for the corn
crop. The damage so far has been caused
by water standing in the rows made by
the planters, and this has drowned the
young shoots OF corn. Many farmers are
not through planting, but with good wealth
er the fields would not be in condition to
plant in less than a week.
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SITUATION Is UNCHANGED
BUT HOPE is STRONG OF ADJUST
MENT OF BEDFORD STRIKE.
Monroe County Men Refuse to Union
ize-Traction Men Win n Victory
Tin Plate Wage Scale.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, June 6.-The lockout
situation at this place. in the stone quar-
ries and mills, has not materially changed
much. A mass meeting of all union labor
organizations was held this afternoon to
talk the matter over and try, by some
means. to settle the difference. As the meet
ing adjourned with much good humor mani
Tested it is confidently hoped and expected
that some agreement will be reached before
many days.
If the operators will sign the scale asked.
this, it is claimed by the men, will consti-
tute a recognition of the union. This has
been one of the most important points of
difference. Meetings of the several unions
will be held on Sunday.
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Washout Near Marion.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, June Ga heavy down.
pour of rain this afternoon damaged a Big
Four Railroad bridge that spans Massey
creek IN North Marion, and also washed
out some of the railroad track. The north
bound passenger train, due here at 1:47 p.
m, was nearly wrecked, but the engineer
was able TO stop the train just before il
reached the washout. The streets of Marion
were flooded, and in some places the water
stood three feet deep, causing a suspension
of street-car service for nearly an hour
Several small bridges in the country were
washed out. The rain was the heaviest to
fall in Marion in recent years.
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ESCAPE CUT OFF.


ST. LOUIS, June 1.-TWO hundred people
in the village Of Black Walnut, on the
north bank of the Missouri, twenty-five
miles northwest of st. Louis. are surround
ed by rapidly-rising water and all means
of escape are cut off. "A boat may be sent
to their rescue. Sheriff Dierkes. at St.
Charles, telephoned that the water was
rising. and unless the people were rescued
speedily there would be great loss of life
before morning.
The Conlogue levee. just south of East
St. Louis, broke at midnight and the 200
colored families who inhabit that district
were driven from their homes. Many had
narrow escapes from drowning. The levee
suddenly gave way and the water poured
through in torrent, but the people had
been warned and were on the alert, and all
got to higher ground In safety.
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AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Citizens Committee of ArmOurdaIe,
Kan, Petitions the Mayor.

Mayor Bookwalter yesterday received an
appeal from citizens committee at Ar
mourdale. Kan, in the interests OF the
flood sufferers. The appeal relates a story
OF distress. and says that funds are badly
needed to help the many that lost their
homes and property in the flood. Thousands
OF people are said 10 be dependent on the
help OF others in the locality OF Armour
dale. The mayor is asked TO send any con-
tributions that may be offered by Indian
apolis people 10 one OF the banks at Ar
mourdale. The matter will be presented
TO the relief committee or the Board OF
Trade tomorrow night.
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Eject of the Flood.

The foods in and around st. Louis are
likely to cause temporary increase of
ttrafic at the Union stockyards in this
city The National stoclyards at East ST.
Louis are almost entirely submerged, and
but one shipment has been received here
from that point during the last two days.
Some shipments that usually go to East
St Louis will come here. The Vandalia
trains were reported on time. with about
the regular run OF business. and this was
also true of the Big Four line.
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Delaware Federated Clubs.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, June 6.-The annual
meeting of the Federated Clubs of Della
ware county was held to-day in the High
street Methodist Church. Twenty clubs in
Muncie and the various towns of the coun-
ty were represented by delegates. The
principal feature of the convention was an
address by Jane Adams, of Hull House,
Chicago, on 1.-THE Social Wastes of Child
Labor" officers were elected as follows:
Mrs. A. c. Stouder, Muncie, president Miss
Jeanette Love. Muncie, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. j. c. Joliff Muncie. financial
secretary; Mrs. Belle Overmire, Yorktown,
treasurer.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, June 6.-The petit
ton for an election at Boonville on Monday
next to vote on the question of per cent.
subsidy to the Evansville, Suburban &
Newburg Railroad was withdrawn late this
afternoon, and the election will not take
place. A hard fight was made on the prof.
ect by the promoters of the Evansville,
Boonville & Rockport Traction Company,
which is to build road from this city to
Boonville, and of which the Evansville,
Suburban & Newburg would have been
competitor should it be extended from New
burg. The fight thus ends in favor of the
electric road.
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ACCUSED OF EMBEzzLEMENT.
SeIIersburg Men Arrested on Charges
by an Iowa Grain shipper.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, June 6-J. p.
Waters and Robert Picknel, of Sellers
burg, were arrested this afternoon by OFF,
GERS Wall and Summers, of this city,
charged with embezzling $3.50 from
Charles Rippey, of Forest City, Ia.
Waters and Picknel have been operating
under the firm name of the Southern In
diana Grain Dealers Company and also
have been operating the Sellersburg Ex-
change Bank, TO which all inquiries were
referred in regard to the grain company.
Rippey says that he shipped. all told,
eight carloads of grain to the company. A
$3.50 in payment for the first two cars was
returned protested.
Rippey then forwarded. he AYERS, draft
to the Sellersburg bank with bill of lading
attached for 81, $50 for the other six cars
and he alleges that through the agency of
the bank the grain was delivered without
the draft being paid. Rippey is here to
prosecute the case.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 6-Otto
Bennett, young man employed at pump
factory, was shot and narrowly escaped
serious injury while driving near the city
limits and he thinks one of the rowdies he
had arrested in ejecting from a church
fired the shot. 1t was dark at the time
and he could not see his assailant. The
bullet passed through his clothing and
struck his hip bone but did not break the
skin.
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Lost Six Hundred Chickens.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, June 6.-The
storm of last night blew down a great
number of oil derricks throughout the coun-
ty and did thousands OF dollars worth of
damage. j. s. Berry, a farmer west of the
city, lost 600 chickens by drowning. He
had them housed in his barn on a gravel
floor and rain ran through in torrents and
washed them into the yard during the
worst Of the storm.
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Much Damage to Crops.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ELwOOD. Ind. June 6-Farmers report
that the continued rains are doing an
enormous amount Of damage TO crops. pas
lures being the only thing benefited. Toma-
to plants. OF which several hundred acres
have been put out, are practically mum
dated and only land situated on high
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CIOudburst at Delphi.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DELPHI, Ind, June "a cloudburst
here this afternoon damaged the crops to a
great extent. The government gauge regis
tered 301 inches in one hour, which far
surpasses any rainfall since the government
gauge has been installed here. The crops
in all parts of the county suffered badly
from the terrific downfall. The streets in
Delphi were flooded.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BELLEFONTAINE, o., June 6.-Clayton
Blake and Charles Benson, the Muncie men
held here since last week, charged with
robbing John Riley, of Greenfield, Ind, OF
the sum of $780, as he boarded train
here, and who were captured near De Graft,
after an exciting chase, in which passen-
gers took part, were released to-day on
the failure of Riley to identify them.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, June 6.-Quite
number OF gas wells have been sunk in
the different townships surrounding Shelby
Vile, resulting in securing good flows of the
fuel. The Southern Indiana Natural Gas
Company has had experts going over the
farms in different parts of the county, fol-
lowing which the officials secured a num-
Der of leases on which they will begin sink
ing wells within the next few weeks.
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Special TO tho Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, June 6.-Bankers
Bozeman & Walters, of Poseyville, Ind.
have secured judgment for si.S65.16 against
an insurance company of Detroit for the
destruction of the safe in their bank by
burglars several months ago. The company
refused to settle for the safe, and suit was
brought in the Circuit Court at Detroit.
resulting in a verdict for the plaintiffs.
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Reports of Persons Injured.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CONNERSVILLE. Ind, June 6.-The
eastern part of Fayette county was visited
by a severe wind and rain storm this morn
ing 1t caused the loss of thousands of
dollars worth of property. Houses barns
and fences were destroyed. Several per-
sons were injured, but no deaths are re-
ported.
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Traction Men Win n Victory.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
vINCENNES, Ind, June 6-Motormen,
shopmen and engineers of the Citizens
Street-railway, of which Benjamin G. Hud-
nut. of Terre Haute, is principal owner and
president, won their fight tonight for a re-
duction OF working hours and from 81 to
81 80 weekly increase in wages.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, June 6.-Lightning
struck the barn of Rudolph Zigler, in the
western part of the county, during the
storm to-day. The gable was torn Off and
one end of the. building was wrecked. A
horse tied in a stall few inches from the
damage was unhurt.
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Harm md Contents DESTROYED.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind. June en-. B. john
son, of Palmyra township, tonight lost s5.-
600 by the burning of his barn. grain and
machinery. There is no insurance.
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ToII-Gate Raids Resumed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
AURORA, Ind, June 6.-The toll-gate on
the Dilisboro and Aurora turnpike. near
Cochran. Ind, was torn down last night
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Bicknen store Robbed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VINCENNES, Ind, June 1.-THE store
of J. S. Wells, at Bicknell, was robbed of
a score of watches, six revolvers and other
goods valued at $500 to-day.
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and other toll-gates In the county are
threatened with destruction. The people
along the lines are clamoring for free
pixies. II is said that all farmers living on
the Dillsboro and Aurora turnpike have
agreed not TO pay any more toll