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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Governor Odell left Albany for Washing
ton Tuesday night on invitation OF Pres-
dent Roosevelt, who desires TO confer with
him on a number of matters concerning
party policy in New York State.
The Tennessee Senate has adopted a res
olution instructing the Tennessee delega-
ton TO the next Democratic national con-
vention to urge the nomination and placing
of Southern man on the presidential
ticket.
Thomas Prather, a bartender. shot and
instantly killed Robert McSparren,
Mo-, Monday He shot and killed himself
afterward. McSparren was intoxicated and
picked quarrel with Prather.
Burglars made a rich haul at Grace Epis-
copal Church, Newark, n. j., on Tuesday.
They gained an entrance into the vestry
ments valued at $4,000 The burglars tried
to break into the safe, in which a costly
chalice is kept, but were unable TO open it.
At meeting of the third class men of
the Naval Academy Ii was unanimously
decided TO accede TO the demand of Super
class refrain from haZing OF all forms.
Superintendent Brownson probably will
rescind his order restricting the class from
all liberty.
Thomas Doreen, a well-known Cleveland
Democratic politician, has been indicted on
the charge OF having attempted to bride
election officers at the last election. II is
charged that Doreen offered j. w. Fritts
and Harry Branigan, election judges. $40
apiece for 100 votes for Charles Salem. DEM
ocratic candidate for county clerk. and $40
for 200 votes.
William B: Smith. of Newmarket. N. j..
one of the heirs to the estate of the late
Mrs Charles l. Fair. was thrown from his
carriage In Plainfeld, N. j.. on Tuesday
and knocked unconscious. His wife jumped
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President sf Fort Wayne Gas Com
pany states, Under Oath, that the
Natural Gas Fields Are Exhausted.
DEATH OF CALVIN Cowgirl
HUBBARD IT. SMITH, MUSICAL COM
POSER, DEAD AT GENOA.
Fire ut EIkaart Does $4,000 of DAM
age-CriminaI Action Over a Love
Charm-Other State News.
ec,al 70 thle Inalananolis journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis JOurndl
LOGANSPORT. Ind, Feb. 10-A lawsuit
In which one party win try to prove that
a man who took his own life did not COM
NIT suicide was begun in the Cass Circuit
Court this morning. when the case of Inez
NJ. Sutton, trustee, VS.. the American Gen.
trail Life insurance Company went TO trial.
The plairtiff is suing the insurance COM
pany for the amount alleged to be due TO
her on life insurance policy held in the
defendant company by her husband, j. +.
Sutton, founder of the Logansport Report
er, who killed himself by shooting In ST.
Paul. MINI. He held policies in various life
insurance companies. and all except the
American Central paid them. The Amer
lean Central contended that the deceased
committed suicide, and. as the two years
specified in its suicide clause had not ex-
PRED, refused to pay the insurance.
The attorneys for the plaintiff, in making
their opening statement to-day, stated that
the deceased shot himself by accident. They
admit that he purchased a revolver and
that he placed IL in his mouth, but that he
did so playfully and not with suicidal in
tent. and that the weapon was discharged
occf0eQtally
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Indiana Notes.

PORTLAND.-Charles Smith, one of the
alleged Redkey burglars, put on trial
In the Circuit Court on Tuesday, having
been indicted by the grand jury on three
counts. Some of the witnesses were not
present when the case was called and an
attachment issued for them on the order
of Judge Smith. James Carroll. Of Pitts
burg, and James Campbell of Kenton, o.,
indicted for the same offense, are awaiting
trial.
MADISON.-James X. Marsh, of Jeffer-
sonville, sitting special judge, on Tues
day fined old soldier named Bailey
Biddle, $40 and sent him to jail for three
months for contempt of court for refusing
to pay to his divorced wife one-third Of
his pension of S24 every three months, as
decreed by Judge Bear.
WABASH.-Warren Merrick, a we'll
known farmer, six miles north of the city,
died on Tuesday of blood poisoning. Two
weeks ago he scratched the back Of his
hand, which soon after became terribly
swollen, and his condition grew steadily
worse until he passed away in great
agony. He was fifty years old.
COVINGTON.-The farmers of Fountain
county on Tuesday closed very successful
two days institute. There was a large at
tendance. and much interest was taken in
w. M. Stewart, of Madison, and II. f. Nc
Mahon, of Liberty. Roy De Haven was
elected president.
EVANSVILLE.-At a meeting of Mayor
C.. Covert and several citizens, held Tues
day night, 1t was decided to give a horse
show in Evansville 1t probably will be
held some time in September.
ELWOOD.-The annual meeting of the
Eastern Indiana Dental Association will be
held in this city in May, and the local men,
bers have begun preparations for the en-
tertainment of the visitors
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CREAM OF THE FOREIGN NEWS

Neither the Friendly islands nor the Cook
islands experienced any effects from the
tidal waves which caused heavy loss of
life in the Society islands
The Dover Corporation, after heated
debate, accepted Andrew Carnegie's offer of
$4,000 to found a public library in Dover.
The mayor cast the deciding vote in favor
of acceptance
1t is reported that when the divorce pro-
ceedings against the former Crown Princess
of Saxony are called up her counsel viii
ask that a new date for the hearing be
fixed, or the ground that she Is mentally
deranged.
The strike which begun at Cadiz.
Spain, recently as the result of general dis
satisfaction with the existing conditions Is
rapidly spreading. Rioters Tuesday
forced the proprietors of all the stores to
close their establishments aud meetings
were held at which violent speeches were
delivered, the speakers pledging themselves
to continue the fight, even with the use OF
firearms IL necessary. An attempt TO wreck
an express train by the removal of a rail
was discovered in time 10 avert disaster.
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G.. Miller. second. Twenty-fve-yard hurdle
-Herran first. l.. Minor, second. Pole
vault-Davies. first; Krull and Grover tied
for second.
Purdue. in securing the services of Sec
rotary Service. of the Y. NJ. G. A, has
added another star athlete TO its track
team that won the State championship
last year. Service. who comes from Leland
for the mile run. Ia an intercollegiate meet
with Yale, Princeton and Harvard the re-
lay team of which he was a member won
from all competing teams. Service also
is "A half-nile sprinter.
Fred e. Holm, of Indianapolis, the popu-
lar end of last years football team. has
been taken to st. Elizabeth's Hospital
suffering with a serious attack of pneu-
mcnia. Hohn's illness dates back a week
when he took cold and gradually grew
worse. To-day his condition was slightly
impro1 ed, but he is still seriously sick.
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A. w. WATERS KIDNAPPED.
Alleged EmbezzIer Secretly Taken
Aboard an Oriental Liner

VICTORIA, Feb. 10.-Unable to extradite
Alex. W. Waters. alias s. w. Wilson, who
Is wanted at Manila on a charge of en-
bezznng 5000, and who was arrested at
Montreal some days ago, United States
Special Agents d. r. Ryan and c. N. Heron
kidnapped him on board the Oriental liner
Athenian, which sailed from here this
morning. Waters, il is alleged, decamped
with $1,000 and went to Hong-Ko and
later came to Victoria on the Athenan
The detectives missed him here, but traced
him to Montreal, where he was arrested.
The United States and Canada have no ex-
tradition treaty with the Philippines, and
in order to avoid legal proceedings Waters
was quietly taken to Washington and hence
via Chicago and st. Paul to Seattle. where
he was placed in Jail for the night and
brought to Victoria yesterday afternoon.
He was told that he would be able to catch
the San Francisco-bound steamer Senator
here and go to San Francisco. Instead of
the Senator he found the steamer he
rived here on from the Orient at the dock
ready to sail. The prevailing gales caused
postponement of the steamers sailing.
Waters was kept In close confinement and
put aboard early this morning.
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FIREMAN NEARLY DROWNED.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ELKHART, Ind, Feb. 10.-Fire caused by
spontaneous combustion this morning
caused $4,000 damage to stock and machin-
cry of the Acme Cycle Company, whose in
surance was $3.50 divided as follows: st.
Paul Fire and Marine, s., $50; Prussian Ma
tional, $500; Liverpool, London and GLOBE,
$500. The building, which is owned by
II. K. Bucklen, of Chicago, was damaged
to the extent of $1,000, divided among four
companies. Several policies carried by the
cycle company had been Cancelled recently
because of inadequate protection, the fac
tory having no night watch The bulk of
the finished stock on hand was TO be
shipped to Japan next week, the company
having large export business The COM
pany expects to resume operations within
a short time.
Frank Leader, a fireman, had a narrow
escape from drowning. He had crawled on
the rough sand under the floor to direct
stream TO an obscure spot, and water from
deluge directed from the opposite side
of the building filled basin-like cavities in
the sand. Leaders face was against the
sand wall of one of these basins when the
wall broke and he was deluged, sand filling
his eyes, nose mouth and ears. He could
not raise his face above the water on &C
count of the joist striking his head, and
two other firemen seized his legs and pulled
him to safety.
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SMALL DOCTORS BILLS.
Scientific Feeding the Way to Reduce
Them.

A little science in the selection of food
leads to good health and smaller doctors
bills. Ill health not only cuts down the
earnings but increases the cost of living.
too. How many men and women would like
TO save the biggest part OF what they now
pay out for sickness yearly? AS most all
meats come from improper feeding it
stands to reason you won't need the doctor
so often IL you feed yourself and family
right and the doctor would be pleased as
well.
The Principal OF the weIl-known Holland
Academy at Beckville, Texas, writes as
follows: Having been a user OF Grape
Nuts for the past two years | beg TO offer
a testimony OF the effect il has had upon
myself and family.
'.Wheg | began the use of Grape-Nuts
my 10 aud ! We're taking a resort for our
bealtl. N South Texas. Up 10 this time our
tive we're indeed miserable as a result of
e. .-nual bad health. i'll tempers and heavy
doctors bills One day merchant of
Burkeville. Texas. advised me 10 try Grape
Nuts as diet.
.'Doubting that il would benefit me any. 1
I had used this box had begun TO see the
good effect IL had on my digestion. So /
continued its use After / had used the
third package j discontinued the use of
medicine altogether as | saw GraDe-Nuts
MAS doing more for me than all the medi-
zine 1 had taken.
When returned home nay friends and
neighbors hardly knew me. | had improved
20 in health. appearance and energy. L had
my grocer at Carthage order supply and
have continued 10 use H.
This year my family life has been more
aapps than ever and my business, which
1ad been nearly wrecked before. is now
prosperous.
LAS 1 am a teacher worried with the care
~ from 100 TO $50 small urchns In our rural
school. i am subject TO considerable worry
and strain upon the brain Since my daily
uet OF Grape-Suts. however. / must say
ny school work Is not nearly so unpleasant.
II recommend IL for plain simple diet
ull OF Hourfshment. just the thing for that
gorn and tired out feeling i'm the brain.
ReFpe stfully- honestly and earnestly yours -
game furnished b. Postum CO., Battle
Creek. Mich.
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NO MORE GAS.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Feb. lO.-The Coun-
ell committee appointed to investigate and
report whether the local gas company was
fulfilling the terms of its last contract and
supplying Fort Wayne with all the gas pos
sible to get had President Henry c. Paul on
the stand last night under oath. He made
frank statement, which he summed up
as follows: I'VE are at the end of our
string. The day of natural gas is gone
You may hang me and the whole gas COM
pany. but you can't get any more natural
gas"
He further said 1.-The pressure is get
ting weaker and weaker every day, and the
supply is liable TO be absolutely exhausted
at any time. If / knew where more gas
could be secured | would find the money
10 bring IL to Fort Wayne, but in the pres
ent situation will not advise the company
TO spend dollar more"
He said the company has spent between
$300O00 and 100000 in the effort to give Fort
Wayne a s6fficient supply of gas. 1t drilled
sixty wells last year. and is now drilling
two more. The last well completed filled
with salt water.
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STILL SLOWLY SWELLING.
River at Evansville Is Close to the
EOrty-FOOt Stage.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 10.-The river is
rising slowly here tonight and probably
will reach forty feet by morning, when it
is expected to begin to fall AT 10 p. m. the
gauge registered 1913. 1t is raining, and If it
continues for any length of time the river
men fear another rise.
Farmers in the bottoms continued to
move to the high grounds to-day. A rise
of another foot would cause great loss in
the bottoms. The losses to lumber men
along Pond and Rough rivers have been
great. All steamboats, were late in arriving
tonight owing to the high water.
The Wabash river became stationary at
Mount Carmel, ILL.,, to-day, and will begin
falling some time Wednesday.
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PURDUE FREsHMEN's TRYOUT.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Feb. 10.-Purdue
freshmen made a good showing at the in
door track team try-out i'm the gymnasium
last night. The event was held for the
purpose of selecting the best material to
represent the freshmen class in the inter-
collegiate meet with Indiana University at
Bloomington next Saturday. There were
about fifty participants in the affair last
night. Louis Endsley. the former Purdue
athlete, acted as starter. and Director Free
man, Messrs. Service, Russell and Vehs-
lage as judges.
While no official figures were kept on the
various events the men who won the posi-
tons were as folowsc: High jump-Tag-
CART, first. j. e.. Adams, second. Twenty
yard dash-G. Miller. first; A. G. Adams.
second. Sixteen-pound shot-Gillie. first;
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For Mckinley Fund Contributors.

CANTON, o., Feb. 10.-One hundred
thousand souvenirs for distribution TO
contributors to the Mckinley memorial
fund have been received from New York
and will be sent out to postmasters and
when the remaining number has been
finished will be sent to individual con-
tributors. The souvenir contains engrav-
ings of the Mckinley home in Canton, of
the White House in Washington. a picture
of the dead President and representation
of the Goddess of Liberty. McKinley's last
words, Gods will not ours, be DONE" are
also embodied in the souvenirs.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, Feb. 10.-Soon after
last midnight cracksmen entered the gen.
eral store of William H. Elberson, at Bry-
ant, six miles north of here. The combna-
ton lock of the safe was knocked off, pow
der placed in the aperture and fuse at
tached. The explosion which followed tore
the door from the hinges, and the thieves
then had easy access to the jewelry trays,
which they carried away, securing watches
and other valuables amounting to $500. The
empty trays were found to-day near
handcar house on the Grand Rapids & In
diana Railroad. No clew to the perpetrat-
OrS has deYeiODed.
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Victim of Criminal Assault.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, Feb 1O.-Early this
morning Mrs. Lucy Burris, aged sixty-two,
was criminally assaulted by Charles Curry.
The woman was alone in her house and
when Curry knocked at the door she, sus-
pecting nothing, opened it, Curry sprang at
her and threw her on the floor. Mrs. Bur-
ris's screams failed to bring help and her
assailant escaped, but was later arrested
and identified. He denied the assault but
Mrs. Burris is positive in asserting that he
committed the crime. Curry was locked up
in default of bond.
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First Election at Matthews.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind, Feb. 10.-The town of
Matthews, recently incorporated. held its
first election to-day. Practically every
qualified elector in the place voted. the
total votes cast being GIG. The successful
marshal; John F. Buckley Labor, clerk
and treasurer; Adam Bennel, Labor, John
STONY, Republican, and Emile Majot, La
Dor, trustees. STONY and Majot are Bel
CLANS.
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To Pay Cuban Soldiers.

HAVANA, Feb. 10.-The joint committee
of the Senate and House has prepared it's
report on the soldiers pay bill Ii pro-
vides for per cent. bond issue of $35-
600, 600. s4000.o00 of which will be expended in
the aid of agriculture and the balance in
paying the soldiers of the revolution or
their heirs. The loan is guaranteed by
stamp taxes and duties on spurious and
malt liquors, matches and tobacco but the
committee does not propose to levy a duty
on tobacco until ten years hence, when the
redemption of a portion of the principal
loan becomes due.
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Chicago Will Be Cut on.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
kOKOMO. Ind, Feb. 10.-The Indiana
Natural Gas Company, which for ten years
has been piping gas to Chicago. has given
out the information that Chicago can no
longer be supplied. This company is under
contract to continue furnishing gas to Ko-
komo and says that home people will be
supplied as long as gas exists. The Koko-
mo company to-day shut the gas off in
nearly one hundred residences and bust
ness houses, where bored mixer pins were
found and reported by the inspectors.
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Seven Miles Wide.

OWENSBORO, KY, Feb. 1O.-The river
here is seven miles wide and rising. Rain
began falling tonight. Many farmers have
moved out of the bottom lands on the Ind-
ana side. Steam launches will make the
run through the bottoms tomorrow morn
ing and pick up any in distress.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY.
I Is Being Organized to Take Over

1t Is Being Organized to Take Over
Water and Light Plants.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Feb. 1O.-A syndi-
cate headed by A. NJ. Barrow, of South
Bend, is consolidating the electric lighting
and water plants in Indiana which have
proved Improbable to the stockholders by
reason of various causes, such as bad equip
ment, poor installation poor manage
ment.
1t is proposed to organize public utili-
ties company for Indiana alone and take
over these plants. The cash value of the
stock Of each company will be ascertained,
and this stock will be exchanged for gold
mortgage per cent negotiable bonds to be
issued by the consolidation company. If
any of the smaller companies are already
bonded these bonds will be refunded.
Already fifteen plants have been secured.
The headquarters Of the proposed new COM
pany will be in South Bend.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. 1O.-Mont-
pelier is finding municipal ownership an
expensive undertaking. The city the
electric light and water plant, and state
ment to the Council there was TO the effect
that it is losing $500 a month. In addition
TO this, the plant is now without fuel.
and at present is imperative, leaving the
city in darkness and without fire protection.
1t has been stated that the electric light
plant in this city, which was rejected by
the new Council is at present losing 81 900
a month
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON. Ind. Feb. Henderson is
TO have cooperative glass company, and
the articles of Incorporation were filed to-
day that bring il into corporate existence.
The company is known as the Crescent
Window Glass Company, and its stock is
$1,000. The incorporators are James Boyd.
Moses 5. Bell, William Tate and Fred W.
Tikle. Ii is the intention of the new COM
pany TO secure a factory al once and be in
a position 10 enter the manufacture of glass
at an early date
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MIR. Bryan still Denouncing.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. 10.-Willam j.
Bryan delivered his lecture, "A Conquering
Nation" at the Methodist Church here to-
night under the auspices of the Sullivan
Library Association. Mr.. Bryan said that
the money question was not settled, and
he denounced the administrations course in
the Philippines. He touched on the SUBJ
jects of taxation and trusts. finding some
fault with antitrust legislation now be-
ing considered. Mr.. Bryans lecture was
advertised as nonpartisan, but in this par
ticular il was a disappointment
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. 10.-A new
and unusual situation has developed in the
glass business at Eaton. eight miles south
of here. Emil Bauer owns and operates
large twenty-four-blower tank window
glass plant there under the Denny branch
of l.. A. 300. He recently purchased a ten
spot factory there that was being operated
by the Burns faction of l.. A. 500, and ex-
pected to operate the factory under the
same conditions. President Simon Burns,
however. has called the men out of the
ten-pot factory and it is closed for the pres
ent for want of workmen.
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Shot His Sweetheart and Self.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Feb. 10.-Mag gie Hail.
a domestic, was found dead in the rear OF
her employers house on Atwood street
tonight, and her escort, Nicholas Glazner
a motorman. was lying near her I'm an I'M
conscious condition. The woman had a
bullet wound through the right eye. while
the man had two wounds in the head.
1t is supposed GlaZner in a Mt of insanity
the after-effects OF typhoid fever. shot his
sweetheart and then tried to commit sui
eide. He was taken to the hospital where
after dressing his wounds the physicians
say he will recover
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Mrs. John Meisner found number of NOR
phine pills in a bottle. and, thinking they
were candy, ate number OF them. His
mother found him in drowsy condition
short time later, and summoned aid. Ply
sicians worked with the child most of the
night. but could not save him. They say
he took enough Of the poison TO kill half
a dozen men.
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OSWEGO. n. Y, Feb. 10.-Fire to-day
completely destroyed the plant of the On
tario Mailing Company. owned by Elliott
b. Mott, of Osweso, and William A Waite.
of Adams. Fully 10000 bushels OF grain
was destroyed and the loss will aggregate
500 900, which is covered by insurance
PARSONS, Kan. Feb. 10.-J. *. David
son e. Co.'S elevator A. the largest elevator
I'm this part OF the State. was destroyed by
fire to-day Loss $4,000. insurance $4,000.