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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-16
NOTED CASE REoPENED.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 15.-Another
chapter in the noted Moses Fowler Chase
case has been opened by the appointment
on Saturday of Frederick 8. Chase as
guardian of his millionaire son. now said
to be in private sanitarium In Paris with
unsound mind. The reopening of the case
has revived intense interest here. and one
of the most important legal battles In the
history of Indiana probably will follow.
Judge Rabb. Of the Benton Circuit Court
made the appointment at the request of
the father. who gave bond in the sum of
sl50ooO. For three years the case has lain
dormant. and only rumors of the where
abouts of the son (alleged to have been
kidnapped have kept the affair alive. In
his petition 10 the court TO appoint him
guardian. Frederick s. Chase says that the
wife of the petitioner (and the mother of
Moses Fowler Chase was a daughter OF
Moses Fowler, the Lafayette millionaire:
that she died on Nov. q, 1884, and that
Moses Fowler Chase was their only child.
Moses Fowler died in August. 1889: leaving
property TO the value of $4,000 was be-
queathed to Moses Fowler Chase. Soon
after the will was probated the father was
appointed guardian and continued the
guardianship until Moses Fowler Chase
reached the age of twenty-one. The estate
at that time consisted of 1000 acres of valu-
able real estate, mostly in Benton county,
interest was taken in the education of the
young heir, who was sent TO Yale Univer-
sity.
In September. 1898. when Moses Fowler
Chase was twenty years DID, while spend
ing his vacation in Cincinnati, he suddenly
became insane and was taken to a hospital
at Flint, Mich He remained there until
June 4, 1899. when the alleged important
turning point occurred. The father went 10
Flint TO bring his son 10 Lafayette, and
while in Detroit Mich. IL is alleged. Mr..
and Mrs Duhme, of Cincinnati took the
consent and carried him TO Cincinnati.
where he was kept away from all relatives.
At this time the boy was twenty-one years
old. Through a receiver appointed then.
Frederick S. Chase, as guardian OF his son.
settled the estate and paid all assets into
the receivers hands. At that time the es-
tate was worth 100000 in real estate and
bonds, and was increasing In value. The
receivership was closed in 1899. and the
property of Moses Fowler Chase was delfv-
cred to him In April. 1900. Mr.. and Mrs
Duhme without the knowledge or consent
of the father, took the young man to Eu-
rope, since which time, the father alleges,
the boy has been concealed from him. IL
is not positively known where the heir Is
at present but il Is believed he is insane.
No guardian has been appointed since the
young man was taken by the Duhmes.
Sensational evidence was presented In
support OF the petition. it being alleged that
Young Chase had been seen In a private
sanitarium i'm Paris in solitary confiement.
no one being permitted TO see him.
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Foreign Financial Markets show n
Better Tone After Depression
Early in the Past Week.
SECOND POLICE PROHIBITION
PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF "MARY OF
MAGDALA, FORBIDDEN AT BERLIN.
Italy Decides to OmciaIIy Participate
I'm the st. Louis Exposition
Other News of the Old World.

LONDON, March 15.-Several Irish men,
bers of Parliament to-day addressed dem
onstrations at Liverpool, Manchester, Bir-
mingham and Dundee on the better pros
poets of an Irish land settlement.
John Redmond, speaking at Liverpool
said the governments Irish land purchase
bill offered great hope Of settlement.
The policy of coercion, he added, had
changed to a policy of conciliation. but in
view OF past disappointments the Irish par
ty was not too sanguine. II 1t was worth
while to spend millions of pounds on the
acquisition OF two Dutch republics it was
much more important to spend few hun
dred thousand pounds in conciliating Ire
land.
William Redmond in speech at Man.
chester declared that the landlords had
surrendered to the National party.
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Levee. Are Getting weak.

JACKSON, Miss, March 15.-Governor
Longino has returned from Greenville and
other places along the Mississippi river,
where he went TO look after the levees.
He reports them still holding. but getting
weak in some places Major Dabney, chief
engineer of the levee board. has great con-
fidence in the levee system, believing it
will stand the pressure unless il continues
raining. To-day the Governor conferred
with the levee board by telephone. and at
their request ordered all the convicts on
three plantations, about one hundred, sent
to the Huntington levee, the weakest sec
tion on the system. In all about three hun
dred convicts are now engaged IN leVee
work.
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DYING FROM WOUNDS.


WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 15.-An-
thony McHugh. freight conductor on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad. and James
Kearney were found on the main street of
Pittston early tonight bleeding from gum
shot wounds. Both men were on their way
to work when they were shot. McHugh
died shortly after being discovered.
Kearney was taken to the City Hospital,
where 1t was found that he was shot near
the heart and his recovery is doubtful.
The shooting is a mystery and the police
are unable to find any trace of the MUIR
derers. The supposition is that the men re-
ceived their wounds from pistol shots fired
by a party of drunken men who were fight
ing near a saloon.
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APPEAL FROM COL. CODY.


WASHINGTON, March 15.-The Presi-
dent has just received the following letter
from Col. w. F. Cody, dated at London on
March 8:
For the benefit of future generations
the timber, and especially the underbrush
must be protected now, before IL is too late
from the sheep devastating the mountain
watersheds, as they have already done the
valleys and tableland. II sheep are al
lowed to browse off the underbrush of our
mountains in less than five years from now
the homeseeker, the man behind the plow
the actual taxpayer, will have to leave the
gate his land. No one knows this better
than yourself. for you are familiar with all
of the West. w. +. CODY
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TO CLEAR THE ROADS.


ST. JOHNS. n. F.. March ia working
train with a crew OF sixty men was dis
patched tonight to attempt to clear the
railway line across the country, cut out
the express train which has been snow
bound in the interior for the past thirty
days and enable traffic over the railway
along the western slope of the island. which
has been abandoned for a month. TO be re-
sumed.
The working train previously operating
I'm the interior was derailed some time ago
and has since been helpless in the midst
OF the snowdrifts
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of the famous Cabinet du Roi of Louis XIV
1t took three years TO complete and cost
he owned a country seat, IN oeautifying
which 600 workmen were engaged. II con-
tains costly fountains and stautary brought
from Italy.
Wright's stables alone cost a small for
tune. They have upholstered oak and
leather settees and polished gun metal fit
tings. while valuable paintings and bas re-
liefs adorn the stalls. His private yacht
was fitted up with similar luxuriousness,
and at one time he was credited with the
intention of constructing yacht to race
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock.
SOME GUINEA PIGS"
One of the victims of the crash was the
late Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, former
ly Governor General Of Canada and British
ambassador at Paris. He consented to be
chairman of the London and Globe and had
5000 shares in the different companies.
With Lord Dufferin on the board of di-
rectors were Lieutenant General Cough
Calthorp, who was colonel of the Fifth
Dragon Guards. and Lord Edward Will
liam Pelham-Clinton, master OF the late
Queens household and son of the Fifth
Duke of Newcastle.
When the crash came Lord Dufferin was
severely censured for his connection with
the Wright companies, but In a frank
speech to the stockholders of the London
and Globe corporation he declared his po-
sition and won the sympathy or the coun-
try. His wealth. at one time large. was
believed TO have been swallowed UP in these
companies.
Much American money was lost in the
failure of the Wright companies. There
was a great outcry against the attitude
of the authorities in not prosecuting Wright
and his fellow-directors of the London and
Globe, and in January last a petition was
circulated on the London Stock Exchange,
signed by many influential men, demanding
the prosecution of Wright. as ii was con-
sidered that the credit of the city and of
the London Stock Exchange demanded a
thorough investigation.
A fund of $25000 was raised to initiate
the prosecution of Wright. Arnold White
the author. at a meeting. said the reason
the prosecution was not undertaken by the
government was that the directors of the
London and Globe were sheltering them
selves behind members of the royal family
He added that he understood royal duke
had invested his money in the concern, and
he believed certain hangers-on at court
ICONTTNITED ON PAGE & Col. IL
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ST. CHARLES, Mo-. March 15.-The Oma-
ha express on the Wabash railroad was de-
rallied at Elm Point to-day, and nine per-
sons were injured. All will recover. The
injured: Mrs. j. E. T. MCGEE, Council
Bluffs, Ia: Mrs. Ella Cox, Council Bluffs:
Mrs. J. r. Bennett. Memphis, Tenn; Mrs.
w. III. Smith, Kirksville, Mo-; ID. Truhoft,
Des Moines; w. NJ Prickett. Mercer, Mo. {;
James Canants, St. Louis; j. l.. Holbrook,
st. Louis; w. G. Seeger, st. Louis. The
train was behind time and was running
ffty-five miles an hour. when the entire
train, excepting the locomotive and the ex-
press car, left the track.
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FOUR PAIRS OF DUELIsTs.


PARIS. March ia novel encounter. in
which eight men fought with dueling
swords without buttons. under the same
conditions as prevail in actual duels, and in
which four of the combatants were slightly
wounded. took place this afternoon in pri-
vate inclosure at. Neuily. northwestern
suburb OF Paris, In the presence of $50 per-
sons. among them being Santos Dumont
Maxine Dreyfus. Robert Charvey and other
well-known Partisan clubmen
The police attempted to interfere but
the commissary or police was induced to
believe that the affair was an ordinary
fencing match with buttoned foils. and he
departed. The organizers OF the encounter
declare that the object was to demonstrate
the harmlessness OF duels as they are gem
orally fought.
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MAY COME UP TODAY.


WASHINGTON. March 15.-The expecta-
ton is that the nomination of William
Plimley to be assistant treasurer of the
United States at New York will come up
again for consideration in the Senate to-
morrow. Senator Aldrich, who made a re-
quest for reconsideration OF the nomination
after Mr.. Plimley had been confirmed, was
not ready TO announce tonight whether he
will press the motion for a reconsideration
Mr.. Plimley arrived in Washington to-
night and had conference with Senator
Platt. OF New York. who also was at the
White House TO see the President in regard
O the
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STILL RISING AT vICKsBURG.
But the Clear weather Gives Hope to
the FlOOd-Stricken People.

vICKSBURG. Miss, March 15.-The river
gauge here this evening registers 4S.7, a
two-tenths rise since morning. To-day has
been the first clear, sun-shiny day in two
weeks, and with a cessation of the rains
there is a corresponding increase in the
spirits of the dwellers behind the levees.
Late reports state that all the embank-
ments are holding both sides of the
river I'm this vicinity. The sawmill dis
trct, in the suburb of Waltersville, on the
lake front, is threatened by backwater and
a complete shutdown of all the plants
probably will result. Refugees from the
lowlands, with cattle and household goods,
continue TO arrive in every sort of craft
from a steamboat to a homemade raft.
Night trains on the Yazoo & Mississippi
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WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN.
Two Men, One n Tramp, Killed and
Two Passenger Hurt.

CHARLESTON, s. c.. March 15.-The
Southern Railways vestibuled train No. "a.
due at Camden at 11:9O a. m, was wrecked
at switch eight miles north of that point
to-day. The front trucks under the bag
gage car jumped the main track and threw
the train into the side track, all cars being
completely derailed except the Pullman,
which had one set OF wheels OF.
One man, an unknown tramp. supposedly
asleep on the siding, was instantly killed
and Jim Reed. colored, a passenger, had
a leg broken. Lewis Cleyburn and Mrs.
NJ E. Taylor escaped With slight injuries.
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WANT TO MOVE SOUTH.

Canadian Senecas Anxious to Join
Their Kindred I'm oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, o. T., March 15-Silas Smith
and Henry Captain. chiefs of the Seneca
Indians in the United States. have spent
the past week at Pawhuska, o. T., the cap
conference with Governor Bigheart of the
Osages. plans were discussed for the pur-
chase of Usage lands by a tribe of Seneca
Indians, 1,5O0 in number, now residing on
a reservation in Canada.
The Indians the Canadian reservation
desire, it is stated, to come to the South
west to be near their brothers in this coun-
try. The Senecas here number only $50.
so far as known. No definite conclusion
was reached.
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NORTHERN SECURITIES SUIT.
1t Will BE Begun I'm ST. Louis Federal
Appeals Court on Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS, March 15.-Arguments in the
suit of the Department of Justice at Wash
ington against the Northern Securities
Company of Minnesota, will begin before
the United States Court of Appeals on
Wednesday. A large portion of the testi-
mony will deal with the transfer of stocks
and bonds and other financial technicalities
that have interested the financial and rail-
way world ever since the panic In Wall
street.
Ii is said that ]. Pierpont Morgan. At
torney General Knox and other men or
note will be here to take part in the pro-
ceedings.
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KILLED BY INSANE NEGRO.


LOUISVILLE. KY, March 15.-William
Hamilton. a negro who was taken to the
City Hospital suffering from pneumonia
became violently insane religion at 10
o'clock to-day and overcame his attendant,
George Campbell, caught up chair and
Drained France Winder, an insane inmate
sixty years of age. DR.. Bronner. who at
tempted to subdue Hamilton, was also
slightly hurt.
Campbell received a few minor bruises
Hamilton was finally overpowered and was
was placed i'm irons.
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Government Aid mt Natchex.

NATCHEZ, Miss. March 15.-Capt. Harry
S. Douglas, of the United States engineer
corps. has ordered 1900 feet of lumber.
10000 sacks and a carload of wheelbarrows
and shovels for use on the levees between
Vicksburg and Natchez. The government
is furnishing the material, but the local
authorities must furnish the labor.
weak place has been found in Concordia
parish, Louisiana, eighteen miles below
Vidalia. The weather is clear. The gauge
is AIS, or three feet above the danger line,
and rising
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RESTAURANT PATRON KILLED.


PUEBLO, Col, March 15.-Two masked
men tonight killed DR.. j. F. Turner and
injured c. b. Bishop in an attempt to rob
the guests of Loestan's restaurant. No
money was secured and the robbers es-
capped.
The men first entered at the back door of
the cafe. advanced half the length of the
long room, retreated and went outside, and
afterwards entered by the front door. One
went to the cashiers desk, while the other
attempted to rob the guests at the tables.
The robber at the tables pointed revolver
at DIR. Turner, who was eating, and COM
manded him TO throw up his hands. The
doctor hesitated and the robber fired full
In his face, killing him instantly Then
the desperate attacked another guest, G..
B. Bishop and shot him in the left side.
Then, without securing any booty, the rob-
bers fed.
Bishop was taken to the hospital in a
critical condition. There is no clew to the
robbers
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Gen. Booth Il. Enthusiastic.

LONDON, March l5.-General Booth, OF
the Salvation Army. has returned here in
good health. but will be compelled to rest.
owing To the accident 10 his leg which he
met with on the eve OF his departure from
the United States. He is enthusiastic on
the matter of his reception in the United
States by all shades of religious. political
and social opinion.
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Falling Slowly at Evansville.

EVANSVILLE. Ind, March 15.-The Ohio
river is falling slowly here tonight and
stands 4.4 feet The weather is clear and
warm. Great piles of driftwood are pass
ing. The boats carried thousands of peo-
pie out to-day to see the high water. The
Louisville boats, which have been tied up
for several days, owing to the high water,
will resume operations on Monday. The
Wabash and White rivers are falling slow
ly and all danger from the flood is now
thought be past.
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MOTHERS CONGRESS.
Its Annual Conference VIII He Held
I'm Detroit Early I'm May.

NEW YORK. March l5.-The annual con-
ference OF the National Congress of Moth
ers will be held this year at Detroit. Mich,
May TO s. To the board of management
the congress has intrusted the conduct of
its business for three years thus giving
more time for conferences. lectures and dis
cussions.
An important feature of the work OF the
congress is 10 secure the cooperation OF
home and school. which has been effected
In hundreds OF schools on plans outlined
By the congress
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JUDGE DAYS CONDITION.


WASHINGTON, March 15.-The condition
of Justice Day. of the United State Supreme
Court, who is sick here with pneumonia,
continues encouraging. DIR. B. l.. Hardin.
the attending physician, had DR.. William
Osler. specialist from Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, come over to-day for another con-
sultation with him regarding the case, and
after it was concluded they issued the fol-
lowing bulletin
Justice Days condition good; there has
been no extension of the pneumonia All
symptoms favorable
After his last visit, at II o'clock tonight,
DR.. Hardin issued the following bulletin:
Justice Days condition continues good.
and he Is comfortable tonight
The justice is still very sick man, and
is In a very serious condition, but his fam
lily are hopeful that he will recover.
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KILLED BY REJECTED LOVER.


was shot Four Times.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 15-Miss
Julia Tombs, twenty-three years old, was
shot and killed to-day by William Stevens
Morse, a rejected lover, who. during the
last three months. has been in an insane
asylum twice. Morse fired four shots at the
girl while she was on her way to church.
and every shot took effect.
When ten years old Morse tried to kill
his eleven-year-old sister with a butcher
knife, and served several years in the Con-
necticut State Reformatory for the attack.
Recently he enlisted in the navy, and was
sent to the Charlestown navy yard, but on
Saturday he was discharged on account of
physical disability.
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s.r,ou. Riot. In Portugnr.

MADRID. March 15.-Serious rioting has
occurred at Coimbra. Portugal owing TO
the refusal on the part OF the inhabitants
10 pay their taxes Conflicts between the
police and mobs have resulted in three per-
sons being killed and many others injured
The military have been called out 10 re-
store order.
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MORE COLLEGE VANDALISM.
Princeton Graduates and Seniors Mu.
tilate Costly Decorations.

tilate Costly Decorations.
PRINCETON, N. j., March 15.-One of
the big bronze lions which guard the en-
trance of historic Nassau Hall was bad
ly disfgured last night by a crowd of
young alumni and upper classmen that 1t
cannot be satisfactorily repaired.
The contingent of students and graduates
gathered together the steps at a late
hour to sing their class songs and engage
In a little celebration. During the jollifca-
tion one of the big lions beheaded and
otherwise mutilated, the fragments being
gathered up by the university proctor this
morning.
The lions were presented to the university
by the class of 1873, of which President Will
son Is member.
An act Of vandalism committed on
the new gymnasium last night, the damage
being estimated at 500.
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PRIVATE PRODUCTION FORBIDDEN.


BERLIN. March 15.-The theatrical CEN
sorship recently refused to permit Paul
Heyse's play Mary of Magdala" TO be
produced in Berlin. whereupon the Goethe
Bund, with Sudermann, Ludwig Fulda and
Professor Mommsen as leaders decided TO
produce the play in private before an in
vited audience.
Sudermann, however, has just published
a correspondence with the police presi-
dent In which the latter forbids the private
production OF the play.
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BERNE. Switzerland. March ia ma
uonai 2leoiscite has resulted I'm the adop-
don OF the new protectionist customs tariff
by a vote OF 20 900 10 222,Oo0 The new tariff
Will increase the cost OF living and compel
the hotels 20 raise their prices TO tourists.
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Railroad between, Vicksburg and New Or
leans, have been annulled Bad condition
OF tracks below Baton Rouge is given as the
cause. Traffic on the north end between
Memphis and Vicksburg has been entirely
suspended. owing TO the washing away OF
a trestle at Lakesview.
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Stationary mt Owensboro.

OwENSBORO. KY, March 15.-The Ohio
river is stationary here tonight, and the
situation is still serious. The weather is
clear to-day, and unless there is more rain
the river men do not look for more than
another foot of rise.
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I'm the St Louis Exposition, ap-
propriating 100000 10 that purpose. A bill
for this appropriation will be
presented in Parliament about Easter. "A
will be used to transport part of
the Italian exhibits.
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Italy VIII Participate.

ROME. March i5.-The minister of for
eign Affairs has finally notified Ambassador
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WIFE AND son OF SPENCER
COUNTY MAN, NEAR ROCkpoRT.
He Had Taken Them Ont TO View the
High Water and the skin Was
Overturned by a Falling Limb.
NOTABLE CASE Is REoPENED
LEGAL BATTLE IMMINENT OVER
MOSES FOWLER CHASE ESTATE.

The Young Man Said TO He Insane
i'm Paris, and His Father Has Been
Appointed His Guardian.