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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-30
LETTER CARRIERS TO MEET.
Fourteenth Annual Convention VIII
He Held This Week.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Aug. 29.-All the Off
GERS of the National Association of Letter
Carriers, including President ]. O. Keller,
of Cleveland. o.; Vice President a. c. Nc
Farland, of Des Moines, Ia; Secretary Ed
ward j. Cantwell, of Washington, ID. G.,
and Treasurer G.. w. Butterfield, of Bay
City, Mich, have arrived for the fourteenth
annual convention, which is TO open here
Monday. 1t is expected that 900 delegates
will be in attendance.
The retirement of old carriers. who are TO
receive per cent. of their salaries, pro-
vided by the carriers themselves. and an in
crease in the pay of carriers. are the two
important questions TO be brought before
the convention.
Candidates for president are already in
the field. They are President Keller, for re-
election, Edward j. Gaynor, of Muncie.
Ind, and NJ. A. Fitzgerald, of New York
city The Portland, Ore. delegation has ar
rived and is seeking the next convention
to be held there in 1905. Quincy, H., and
Minneapolis. Mimi, are also after the con-
vention. Hereafter conventions are to be
biennial.
President Keller states that the financial
condition of the organization is in a -four
ishing condition, having balance of 5000
in the treasury and all bills paid.
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SIX RIOTERS CONVICTED
ELWOOD MAN ONE OF THE TWO AC-
Quilted AT DANvILLE.
Class Distinction Closely Drawn in
Public Sentiment Regarding the
Trials-The Next Cases.

Special to the Indiana apolis Journal.
DANVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 29.-At half-past IL
o'clock tonight the jury returned a verdict
i'm the Danville jail riot cases. Winfield
Baker, Adam Murray, Thomas Bell, Isaac
Slade, John Walton and John Robertson
were found guilty, and William Redwine
and Clay Bddle were found not guilty
One OF the jurors. c. III. Clayton, was ex-
cused during the trial on account of the
sickness of his wife. The case went to the
jury at noon Friday. II it said that at 8
o'clock Friday afternoon ten of the Jurors
were in favor of finding all eight of the
men guilty and one juror stood out for ac-
quittal- The obstinate juror was William
Pate of Catlin. n coal miner Several of
the defendants are miners, and Pate was
the only miner or laboring man on the jury
The general trend of sentiment is on
strongly marked lines The men of means,
including farmers, merchants and profess
sional men, are with the State and prosecu-
ton. The poorer classes, including coal
miners and laborers generally, favor the
men that assaulted the Jail. All the ex-
rioters arrested are poor men. Only two
or three are out on bail. They were tacitly
encouraged by the wealthier classes who
surrounded the city building and the Jail
in their carriages and automobiles. Mayor
Beard says IL Is easy enough to handle. the
twenty-five or fifty that constitute the at
tacking mob. but that the so-called rep
utabie citizens who in measure influenced
them and caused the trouble cannot be
reached. The evidence against William
Redwinc was very light. and the jury Is
commended for acquitting him. The evil
dence against Clay Biddle was strong but
he Is young. only sixteen, and looked out
of place among the other eight. The Jury
took into consideration his tender years
and let him off,
The verdict in this case arouses little in
terest because IL was only n misdeTneanor
Judge Thompson has reserved sentence un-
til after the main case. against all the
twenty-four defendants. is tried. The lat
ter case is felony and will be begun on
Monday.
Juror Huffman is very religious and an
nounced in the juryroom that promptly at
IL O'Clock tonight he would refuse 10 con-
slider any talk about verdict until ~
o'clock Sunday night. This discouraged the
other jurors and they compromised with
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Will MAKE CHEMICALS
AVA COMPANY TO ESTABLISH
BRANCHES IN THIS STATE.
indianapolis to Have One of the Fac
tOries-COncern That Is Backed
by John ID. ROckefeller.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-The Ava Chem
ical Company of this city. in which John
ID. Rockefeller, the standard Oil magnate,
is heavily interested and which was re-
Gently incorporated under act of Congress
at Washington, ID. c., is to commence
active operations throughout the United
States and Canada at once. The main
factory and distributing depot will be at
New York, with branch factories and
depots at important points in other States.
The company will manufacture line of
proprietary remedies and standard chemi-
calls
Secretary Arthur Z. Ibbetson, of IS Will
liam street. when seen to-day said I'VE
hope 10 be doing business within fort
night at most The company is only just
beginning to know that 1t is an actuality.
at present. therefore, L cannot give any
very extended programme OF what We will
do We will establish depots In Indiana, at
several points and Indianapolis and one
or two other points will have factories at
which certain of our goods will be manu-
factured. Beyond this L cannot give any
information at present. In few days 1
may be able to give you more satisfactory
statement.
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SAYS SHE LOVED PAYNE
MRS. HASLEP TEsTIFIES IN HER
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.
Asserts She Was Sincerely Attached
to the Defendant-Mrs. Sarah II.
Webb's Deposition.
,pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Aug. 29.-There
were many sensational developments at to-
days session of the court which is trying
the breach of promise suit filed by Mrs.
Carrie Haslep, of Indianapolis, against
Frederick Payne. the wealthy farmer, for
merly of Palmer, ILL.,, and which COM
menced at Taylorville.
After thirty letters written by the aged
defendant had been read the plaintiff her
self was placed upon the stand. Her tes-
timony was to the effect that she was SIM
cerely attached to Payne and deeply
grieved when he suddenly discontinued his
suit
This afternoon the defense submitted dep
ositions from Indianapolis people. Mrs.
Sarah X. Webb, of that city, testified that
she lived next door to Mrs. Haslep and that
the latter operated a boarding house. She
declared that Mrs Haslep had told her that
Mr.. Payne wished to marry her, but she
did not want him. but she did love one
David Seig1e, and that she had notion to
sue Payne for breach of promise and use
the money and then marry Seigle.
The prosecution objected vigorously to
this evidence. Court adjourned until Mon
day.
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mimic WAR AT AN END
ADMIRAL BARKER'S FLEET To EN-
GAGE In TARGET PRACTICE.
Volunteers Who Assisted General
Chaffee i'm Defending the Forts
Have Left for Their Homes.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug 29-The joint
army and navy maneuvers were concluded
to-day, the combined North Atlantic fleet,
commanded by Rear Admiral Barker, and
accompanied by Admirals Sands, Wise and
Coghlan, sailing a few minutes after 5
o'clock to the westward for target practice
off the New England coast, and the de-
fenses of the harbor were withdrawn rap
idly. The Massachusetts and Maine troops
left to-day.
The expiration of the period of 'hostili-
ties was at noon, when the fleet moved
to the entrance of the harbor and anchored.
The cruisers Newport, Panther and Topeka
and the destroyers Lawrence and worden
were among the vessels running into the
harbor. The garrisons being rapidly
reduced. Rear Admiral Barker and Gen.
Chaffee both granted interviews, but they
were not expected to make public their
reports of the umpire's and referees work
Admiral Barker, who commanded the
combined North Atlantic fleet engaged in
the maneuvers, said to-day: II believe the
maneuvers have been very successful and
have accomplished much which was in
tended they should. l will leave the ques-
ton of results entirely with the navy UNI
pires.
Colonel Samuel NJ Mills commander of
the Portland artillery district. in a state
ment, said: 1.-The maneuvers have been of
great benefit to the army, and especially
to the artillery branch of the service and
the work of the National Guards was bet
ter than 1 expected"
While Admiral Barker has referred TO
certain decisions rendered by the navy um-
pires and observers he declined TO make
public the substance of the decisions and
the definite results of the maneuvers il
Is stated, will not reach the public for many
months. If they ever do. The detailed re-
ports Of the eight umpires and twenty-five
observers will be forwarded to the War
Department and there compiled. IL the
definite results become known IL will be
only through the Washington officials. A
board of arbitrators was appointed. two for
each service and the fifth by agreement
between the army and navy commanders.
Naval observers for the forts and military
observers for the ships also watched the
operations.
final opinion is expected from each
comma nding office ashore as TO the suf-
ficiency of the present fixed defenscs.
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Institutes Quo Warranto Proceeding
to AnnuI Charters of st. Louis
Terminal Companies.
CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED
COMBINATION is SAID TO HAVE ST.
LOUIS AT ITS MERCY.
j. PierpOnt Morgan to BE Summoned
Hallway Interests Aggregatinx
$3OO,OOO,OOO Interested.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, Aug. 2s.-Attor-
ney General Crow to-day struck his first
blow at the so-called terminal monopoly,
which, 1T is claimed, is throttling the COM
merce of st. Louis, by instituting before the
Missouri Supreme Court quo warranto pro-
ceedings TO annul the charters of the St.
Louis Merchants bridge. the Terminal
Railway Company, the Virgins Ferry Com
pany and the st. Louis Terminal Railway
Assoc;a ton. The petition is of a sweeping
character. and charges in effect that the
railroads centering at ST. Louis have formed
practically a conspiracy to control the
arteries of trade throughout the Missis-
sippi valley. The aggregate wealth of the
railway companies composing the so-called
terminal combination and holding therein
a joint proprietary interest, is computed at
$500, 100000.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.-The quo warran nto
proceedings instituted before the Supreme
Court against the so-called terminal COM
bination by Attorney General Crow to-day,
is movement against an organization
representing financial merger on scale
approaching that of the Northern Secur- :
tiles Company. The petition sets forth
briefly that the terminal association and
its constituent companies have monopoly
on st. Louis freight traffic crossing the
Mississippi river, controlling "every avail
able ST. Louis entrance both on incoming
and outgoing freight"
The companies whose consolidation led
to the present terminal combine are set
forth on the petition as follows: The st.
Louis Bridge Company, the Tunnel Rail-
road of ST. Louis, the Union Railway and
Transit Company, the Terminal Association
of st. Louis, the St. Louis Merchant $
Bridge Railway Company and the Virgins
Ferry Company.
The action taken to-day is the result of
an exhaustive investigation made by the
attorney general and his assistant Samuel
l.. Jeffries, into the terminal conditions i'm
St. Louis. The officials of every corpora
ton embraced i'm the membership o. the
terminal companies will be cited as Wit
nesses If service can be secured the depo-
sition of j. Pierpont Morgan will be taken
al New York city. Morgan is TO be cited i'm
connection with the circular letter ISSUED;
by his firm advertising the sale of terminal
bonds 10 total amount OF SO.00oc60.
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Destroying Towns, Railways, Light.
houses and Barracks. and Slay-
ing Hundreds of People.
PART OF ADRIAN0PLE BURNED
INHABITANTS PANICSTRICKEN AND
AUTHORITIES POWERLESS.
Albanians PiIIaging villages in the
Districts of Okrida and kuschevO
The Country Afiame.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. 29-The Dnevnik
publishes report that one section of the
town of Adrianople' is i'm ashes and that
three other sections are burning The in
habitants are panic stricken and the author
tiles have lost all control. The Turks are
committing wholesale massacres.
An unsuccessful attempt was made, the
Dnevnik's advices add. to blow up the
west-boJnd Orient express between Usunkis-
tri and Tchernkeskia. Only the locomotive,
however, was derailed. telegram from
Loren says the railway station at Ekshi
was blown up, number of officials being
killed and the rails torn up for a distance
of $50 metres.
The insurgents have blown up the light
house at Vasitiko and now occupy all the
principal points along the Black coast.
The barracks at Demetika. near Adrian
ople. have been blown up and the garrison
killed.
Four thousand Albanians are pillaging the
villages in the districts of Okrida and
Kruschevo. The latter district has been
deserted by the population, who have joined
the insurgents in the mountains. The Turk
ish forces in the frontier districts have
been largely increased.
Reports from Constantinople say that 200
medical and veterinary students and army
cadets have been given their diplomas and
commissions without having passed the
usual examinations and have been drafted
into the Third Army Corps.
The Bulgarian population on the frontier
greatly resents the governments severe
measures to prevent the crossing of insur-
gent bands The government is receiving
many complaints characterizing its atti-
tude as unfair and unpatriotic. Consider
able indignation has been aroused by the
arrests of Bulgarians who have arrived at
Constantinope Ii is said that all Bulgar-
ians are arrested. irrespective of class or
business, Immediately after they arrive at
the Turkish capital and that they are only
released after searching inquiry, coupled
with the personal assurances of the Bull
garian diplomatic agent. number of VII
lages i'm the frontier district of Dubnitza
have been burned.
A private telegram from Ria, forty miles
from this city, says the Bulgarian troops
on the frontier have been ordered to COM
bine with the Turkish frontier forces in
order TO prevent insurgent bands from en-
tering Macedonia. Despite this combna-
ton of forces however, 100 revolutionaries
succeeded in crossing the frontier and fight
ing IL proceeding I'm the direction of Rozlog
The sound of cannon, the dispatch says, can
be distinctly heard in Ria.
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much occupied at present, and | hope the
Washington government will appreciate
this and not insist on a final adjustment of
all pending controversies until the interior
troubles have quieted.
You have asked for certain privileges
for doctors and students. You want your
tice I'm Turkey Ny government Is very
careful of the kind OF doctors IL licenses TO
practice. fl your government would itselt
approve the diplomas of the American
schools of medicine your physicians would
be admitted without examination 1hls
Is the reason that the French and otner
European physicians are admitted on cer-
tificate. The medical schools in those coun-
tries are under the supervision, as IL were
OF the governments. In this country Il
man licensed to practice in one State would
not in some cases be allowed To practice
in another without examination. If some
of your own States discredit the quaity
Of your medical schools, is it surprising
that my government insists examining
physicians are so thoroughly educated do
they object To standing an examination
when they go To Turkey to practice. III
will require time to adjust this question.
but YOU know the Turk is very tolerant,
and | am sure my government will take d
liberal view of the matter.
Now there is that other troublesome
question of missionaries. Do not under
stand me as adversely criticising the mis-
sionary, for | must again remind you that
we are a tolerant people. We have allowed
what result? I read i'm the American
papers frequently of what returned mis-
sionaries from Turkey have TO say about
wiping my country OFF the map of Europe.
/ am advised that certain missionaries
when they go to Turkey are constantly
arousing the Armenians against the
Moselms. They even talk TO the Armenians
about exterminating us. Is not that inclt-
Ing the Armenian subjects to rebellion!
ONE SIDE OF THE QUESTION.
Suppose | should establish in Washing
ton a school for negroes and my teachers
should tell the negroes attending that
school that they ought not submit TO lynch
ing and should rebel. Do you think would
remain in this country long or that my
school would flourish? This is side of the
question that is not often heard.
But we have the missionaries, and my
government earnestly strives to protect
them. 1t is merely justice, however, that
when the missionary comes to Turkey he
should confine himself TO the religious and
intellectual training of his pupils. and not
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. COL. A.
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INDEX TO TO-DAY'S JOURNAL.


Page
Turkeys Minister Discusses the Magels-
sen Case; Caleb Powers Receives Death
Sentence; The War in Macedonia; Suit
to Annul Charters of St Louis Terminal
Companies.
2-Grand Jury Slow in Postofflce Cases;
Yachts to Race on Monday.
3-Indiana Summer Resorts; Fight with
the Savages; Easy to Secure Divorce; In
indianapolis Parks; Elks Will Give Fes-
tival.
+Bitter Feeling Over Murder at Sharps-
vile; General Indiana News.
5-Many Reunions to Be Held This Week
Control.
6-Sporting News.
7-Sporting News.
S-City News.
9-General Labor News; Real-estate Inter-
ests.
1O-Canoe Clubs Carnival; Stories of the
Town; City News.
Part Two-Tcn Pages.
1.-The Indianapolis Horse Show; A Spanish
Bunco Game; Horses for the State
Fair.
2LOld Landmarks in and About Terre
Haute; Art Exhibit at Munich; the
County Fair.
SMilitary Honor in Europe; Where
Babies Don't Cry; Personal and Con-
fidential.
4-Editorial Page.
5-A Ferryboat Five O'Clock.
6-Personal and Society News.
1.-THE Latest in Wireless Telegraphy
S-Iive Stock and Local and General Prod
uce Markets.
9-The Wall-street Outlook; Financial
Markets.
1o-John Mitchelrs Book; Magpies, a Nat
ural History Study.
Part Three-Eight Pages.
IA Visit to Monte Carlo; Vignettes of an
Inland City; Police Force Growth;
Opening of Schools.
2-Englsh Home of the Franklins; Liter
airy News and Gleanings; Questions and
Answers; Indian Sauaw Men.
3-Music and Drama.
"A Queens Ideal Of Home; The Queerest
Thing 1 Ever Saw; Farming by Elec-.
tricity.
5-Hiawatha, as Presented in the Ojbway
Country; Chimmie Fadden's Philosophy.
s-Illustrated Fashions; Comment by a
Clubwoman.
7--Original Story, "The Imprisonment of
Lillian Trent" Sphinx Lore
S-Stamp Collecting a Legitimate Bus-
ness; Faith in Christian Science.
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Special the indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, Aug. 2.-Considerable
local interest is taken i'm the trial of the
alleged rioters at Danville, Ill.,. by the fact
that one of them. William Redwine. is a
former Elwood man. having been bora and
reared I'm this community. Redwine, who
was carpenter here. left Elwood "A num-
ber of years ago and lived later at Muncie
and Indianapolis. He had been in Danvillc
only n week before the riots and was en-
ployed common laborer. He is sixty
years old. "A widower and has two children.
He claims that he was never I'm any trouble
before In his life and the case against him
Is said By the Danville authorities To be
weak.
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SOLD BACK TO OLD PARTY.
Metropolitan Securities Company
Transferred to whitney and Ryan.
NEW YORK Aug oq-The Herald To-


morrow will say:
Kuhn. Loeb * Co. have sold the control
of the Metropolitan Securities Company,
which is the holding company of the Metro
politan Street-railway Company, back To
the old Metropolitan party, composed of
w &. Whitney and Thomas T. Ryan In
this important traction deal the Standard
Oil syndicate of capitalists, il is learned on
the highest authority. has no interest The
great Wall-street banking house which
came TO the aid of the Metropolitan Street
railway I'm February of 1902 and agreed TO
provide s23.000.00 for various requirements
of the big local system is practically
out of its affairs. These facts. which be-
came known yesterday after the close of
banking business In Wall street. were con-
drmed BY the highest authority"
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AMBUSHED BY REBELS
SULTAN OF MOROCCO'S ARMY AL
MOST ANNIHILATED.
One Thousand Men, Including Several
Governors, Killed or Wounded
During the Engagement.

PARIS. Aug. "a dispatch received
by the Foreign Office from Morocco says
that large imperial force which was going
TO the relief of the troops commanded by
the Sultan has been surprised and almost
annihilated by insurgents.
The Temps published the details of the
engagements in Morocco. showing that the
imperial troops numbered 5000 men. They
were ambushed with the result that over
l,O0 of them. including several native Gov
ernors, were killed or wounded
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YOUTHFUL POIs0NER.
Thirteen ear-Old Roy Kills His step
mother with Strychninc.

NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 29.-John III. Dey.
thirteen-year-old white boy, has
fessed that he put strychnine in glass of
water which his stepmother drank. she
supposing 1t 10 be dose of salts. Mrs.
Dey died an hour after drinking the poison.
The boy declares he intended the posssn for
his stepaunt. who had been visiting the
Dcy house. The boy may be sent ~ re-
formatory.
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ing the mobilization OF 5000 troops at
Kossovo, Roumelia, about fifty miles from
Uskub
Great excitement prevails i'm Albania,
where the whole population is eager TO en-
list. A telegram to-day announces the i'm
pending arrival of "A shDload of rifles for
the Albanian volunteers. liz is understood
that the revolutionists making a strong
bid for the support OF the Turkish popula-
ton against the Turkish government.
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EXCITEMENT IN ALBANIA.
Whole Population Eager tO Enlist
and Fight the Turks.

SALONICA, Aug. 2s.--It Is officially an
nounced that the seven battalions of Turk
ish troops which have been infesting Ne
veska Captured Aug. 25 by the insurgents.
who killed 200 of the 2i0 men composing tho
garrison). have reeaptured that place.
An imSerial trade has been issued ORDER
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WOMAN KILLS A MAN.
Uses AK on Head of n BrOther-in-Law
Who Tried to Enter Her House.

SPRINGER, n. H., Aug. 29.-Cornelius
Gonzales, on attempting to enter the home
of Mrs. Sarah ID. Solano, who was at home
with her two children, was killed by the
woman with an ak. The woman struck
him over the head six times, breaking the
skull i'm as many places. Gonzales was a
brother-in-law of Mrs. Solano and is said to
have previously made improper proposals to
her. A coroner's jury exonerated her.
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TAYLOR Is HoRRIFIED.
Former Governor Says the Conviction
Is m uoDxfrous Crime.

When former Governor w. :. Taylor. OF
Kentucky. was asked. last night. FOR
statement in regard 10 the conviction OF
Caleb Powers, ~ Georgetowp, he said there
was but one word 10 express bis feelings IN
the matter. II am horrireds" - oa1d.
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HAZARD. KY. Aug. 29.-Lightning struck
the courthouse and killed John ]. Baker
standing In the doorway, and stunned six
other men i'm the building. The courthouse
was fred and practically cnpanmed.-
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LEXINGTON. KY. Aug. 2s.-one OF the
Bourbon county jurors in the Powers case
who passed through here tonight said that
the jury vote was not ut first unanimous
for a death penalty. He declined To- give
out the proceedings Of the luryroom-