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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-24
WRECK IN PERU YARDS.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, June 23.-There was wreck
on the Wabash at the west side of Peru this
morning which had all the possibilities of
a disaster, but which fortunately had very
mild results. Passenger Train No. 6, due
from st. Louis on the way to Toledo. at
1915, was a little late and was coming
along at a good rate of speed, Engineer
Walter Nall, of Peru, suppOsng, he had
a right, that everything was clear for him.
Some energetic section men, working at
Grant street, tried to keep busy to the last
moment and had rail lacked up to put
a tie under. They continued a moment too
long and the train was around a curve on
the raised rail before anything could be
done to save it.
The train left the track, and after going
several hundred feet the engine was stop
ped by its pilot plowing into the dirt and
catching under a sidetrack The tank
crashed past the cab tearing it to pieces
and almost catching Engineer Nall who re-
manned at his place. Fireman w. III. Mere
dith, also of Peru, remained in the cab.
but both men escaped with bruises. The
mail car following was dropped from it's
trucks and end crashed into a freight
car on sidetrack. The messengers received
a severe shaking up.
The passenger coaches and the express
car left the rails also, but remained upright
and the passengers were not injured. A
new train was made up to take the people,
mail and express on East
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Exposition Stamps.
Washington Letter.

The Postoffce Department has under con-
sideratiOn the issuance OF a series of
stamps that will commemorate the ST.
Louis Purchase Exposition. Ii has been de-
cided that these stamps Will not advertise
the exposition by having its name printed
upon them. but they viii be designated as
an Exposition Series" These stamps will
probably be of three denominations-1 .
and cents. While the design has not been
finally determined upon. ii IS pretty we'll
settled that they Will bear the portraits OF
leading factors in the negotiations OF 1903
that resulted in the purchase of the South
west Territory from France.
In carrying out this scheme the face OF a
foreigner. Napoleon, Will appear upon an
American stamp. This. however Is not
without precedent, as one OF the stamps of
the Columbian series, issued In 1899 TO COM
neTnorate the worlds fair at Chicago. bore
the portrait OF Queen Isabella OF Spain. The
Louisiana purchase stamps viii bear the
heads of Thomas Jefferson. then President
of the United States. Robert II. Livingston
who was the American miniser 10 France
and carried on the negotiations for the pur-
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

LIVERPOOL. June 23.-Arrved: Peruv-
ian, from Halifax and St Johns, n. F..
Sailed: Carpathia. for New York, via
Queenstown.
BROwHEAD, June 23-Passed: Nord-
land, from Philadelphia for Queenstown
and Liverpool.
NEW YORK, June 23.-Sailed: Kaiser
Wilhelm III. for Bremen; Aurania, for Liv-
erpool.
ISLE OF WIGHT. June 23.-Passed:
Rhineland. from Philadelphia for Antwerp
TARIFA. June 23.-Passed: Weimar. from
New York for Naples and Genoa.
BREMEN. June 23.-Arrived: Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, from New York.
LONDON, June zS-Arrived: Minnehaha,
from New York
ANTWERP. June 23.-Arrived: Zealand,
from New York.
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CASS COUNTY MAN-HUNT.
Posse Seeking willard HarrelI, Who
Had Shot at All Corners.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, June 23.-Panhandle
detectives, sheriffs of two counties, police
men from three cities and several farmers
this afternoon started in pursuit of Willard
Herrell, an ex-convict, who has terrorized
Cass and Miami counties for the past
twenty-four hours. Herrell, fully armed,
has sworn he will not be taken alive. The
posse is closing in on a clump of woods.
and will shoot Herrell if the members get
within range.
On Monday Herrell amused himself by
shooting at travelling men in the Lake Erie
depot at Bunker Hill. Then he visited a
saloon and shot out the mirrors. On the
way home he shot at everybody in sight,
breaking the windows of a passenger train.
several passengers narrowly escaping death.
He met John Shively and told him to pre-
pare to die Shively leaped a barbed wire
fence and fed. Herrell sending after him a
shower of bullets. Shively had testified
against Herrell when Herrell was tried for
the murder of William Condor, several
years ago, a penitentiary sentence follow
ing HerrellS conviction.
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STOLE COSTLY JEWELS.
Two Men Arrested for RObbing a Ho-
tel Safe of n Woman's Gems.

arrested Charles Renlein and John Err
CHART, who are charged with the theft of
jewels valued at $4,000 from the safe of the
Hotel Melrose in Los Angeles, Cal. The
robbery occurred Oct. 2S 1902, and from
that time until tonight nothing has been
heard of the two men.
At the time of the theft Reinlein was en-
ployed as clerk Of the hotel and Erghart
was a bell boy. The jewels had been
placed in the safe by Mrs. J. L. Webster,
of Brooklyn, n. Y, and the box contain
ing them was broken open by the two men,
Information was brought to the police
tonight that Reinlein was working at the
Victoria Hotel in this city, and he was
taken into custody. After being arrested
he made full confession of his part of
the theft and told the police that Erghart
was working as a bell boy at the Grand
Pacific Hotel. The latter also was arrest
ed and both are now locked UP.
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Repair. toGreenca.tre Church.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
GREENCASTLE. Ind, June 23.-Work-
men began to-day extensive repairs on the
CoIiege-avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
of this city, which win aggregate several
thousand dollars. This organization is
among the Oldest OF the State The present
fine building was erected during the pas
torate of DIR. Joyce. now one of the bishops.
II has a commanding site adjoining the
central campus OF De PAW University
The membership Of 500 and>the great stu
dent body that worshipS here make the con-
gregation one OF the largest and most i'm
portant in the country.
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CLEVELAND. Miss. June 23.-The body
OF George Kincaid. a negro who seriously
wounded John Brock and George Stoakley,
five years ago, has been found hanging in
the swamps. mob gathered, at Rule
vile Saturday to lynch the negro, who
was spirited away TO this place by Deputy
Sheriff Riddle. Deputy Sheriff Mcclure
was unwilling TO take the negro, even for
a few hours. but agreed on Riddle promis-
ing to come back and remain with the
prisoner. Riddle failed to appear but in
stead came an order signed by him that
the prisoner be delivered 10 the bearer,
Jackson, which was done. The discovery
OF his body in the sWamps to-day followed
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REBELLION IN KWANG-SI.


SHANGHAI June 5. via Victoria, b. c.,
June 23.-The crisis grows more grave in
KwangSi. The North China Daily News
says to-day that the local mandarins have
received the following telegram { from
Kwang-Si: THE rebellion is increasing and
daily grows more dangerous and formid-
able. The imperial army here is too weak
to be of any use and is insufficient TO gar
rison all important cities and towns. The
latest news is that the rebels have besieged
the city of Chung Chou of the prefecture of
Taiping-Fu, in Kwang-Si, and that unless
relief is sent at once it will certainly fall
into the hands of the rebels. WI, the pre-
feet, has been sending appeal for troops
to the governor, Wang Chi Hung, and he
has ordered a force under no Tai Sal and
Major General Pan to proceed to raise the
seige. Chung-Choun is a departmental city
twenty miles east of the KwangTung bor-
der. Taipirg-Fu is a city twenty miles from
the AnnameSe border"
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WaoueSudy ana InurSudy.
Indsana-Fair on Wednesday. showers
and cooler at night or Thursday; variable
winds.
nlinois-Partly cloudy on Wednesday.
probably showers In west and south por-
ton. Thursday showers; fresh north
winds.
Ohio-Fair Wednesday, fair and
warmer in west and north portion. Thurs
day showers, cooler; fresh west winds be-
coming variable.
Lower Michigan-Fair in west, showers
In east portion on Wednesday. Thursday
fair In north. showers in south portion;
fresh west winds becoming variable.
Wisconsin-Fair on Wednesday. Thursday
fair in north, probably showers in south
portion: light to fresh winds, mostly north.
Enthusiastically cloudy on Wednesday.
probably showers in west and south por-
lions, cooler in northwest portion. Thurs
day fair; fresh north to east winds, becom-
ing varia BILE
kentucky-Fair on Wednesday. Thursday
partly cloudy. probably showers.
Kansas-Showers on Wednesday. Thurs
day fair.
"Reminiscences on Wednesday. Thurs
day fair and warmer.
: Iowa-Showers on Wednesday. Thursday
fair In west, probably showers in east por-
ton.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAGRANGE, Ind, June 23.-Last night
Mrs. Mary Schrock, wife of Otis Schrock,
of this city, committed suicide by hanging
herself by means of a sheet attached to the
bed post. Mrs. Schrock was a young
woman, a graduate of the class of 1900 in
the high school here, and the daughter of
the late John Cox, ex-county surveyor.
Mr. Schrock is a son of DR.. Schrock of this
medical colleges of Indianapolis. The I'M
fortunate woman had been demented for
the past three weeks. and had just re-
turned from the sanitarium.
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Wants "a Lnporte Factory.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE, Ind, June 23.-Indianapolis
wants a Laporte factory. c. o. Hughes
and ]. W. Avis. of that city representing
an industrial association, were in Laporte
yesterday and held out tempting offers to
Oliver L. Scott TO move his incubator plant
from Laporte to indianapolis. The Indian
apolis men said they were authorized TO
offer Mr. Scott sufficient funds and neces-
sary assistance to erect q large plant there
or Indianapolis men would furnish the cap
ital for a fifty thousand dollar stock COM
pany. Lafayette is also after the plant.
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It's Now Common, Equity, Standard
Oil or Lynch Law at Harvard.
New York Telegram.

New York Telegram.
There have been high jinks at the Har-
ward law school since the annual number
of the Brief published anonymously by the
students, made it's appearance. The first
article divides the law thus:
ITO classify the law roughly, 1t may be
divided into four great branches:
Common law.
Equity.
STANDARD Oil law.
Lynch law.
LET Us consider these in order
Common law is the oldest. 1t has been
forced to the ropes many times by the Har-
ward law school, but it is still In the ring
1t was called common law because every
course, infants, imbeci!es, married women
and the first year class. This is, of course
a humorous legal fiction. as is shown by
the fact that printed notes are selling at
premium to-day.
Equity was constructed by some sore
heads who missed out when the law judges
were elected. 1t started out TO follow the
law, but got cross-eyed trying to do this
and follow Professor Ames at the same
time, and so gave Ii up and stuck to the
professor. Its principal use is by the idle
rich and watered corporations to enjoin
each other. IL is also used TO stop the pub
LEGATION of printed notes, but this is by many
considered use on use and therefore
bad.
4 STANDARD Oil law is a generic term to
classify all law where you have a soul
killing monopoly as defendant and a small
the typical case where the partnership is
always crucified upon cross of gold and
the corporal ton attorney makes a killing
against the sherman act and welches with
the gate receipts.
Lynch law has final jurisdiction in many
of the Southern and Western States. 1t Is
equitable in its nature, il does away TO
a large extent with jury trial. II Is very
effective IN it's use. very few defendants
ever having appealed. 1t is usually fol-
lowed by q coroners inquest course
will be given in the law school next year
by Mortgage Brown. The west room has
been put at his disposal-including the glass
of water"
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MEXICANS PLEASED.


MEXICO CITY. June 23.-The nomination
of President Diaz for the next presidential
term before the national Liberal party has
been received with widespread satisfaction
There Is feeling among men representing
large business interests that the country
Will enjoy a period of freedom from political
agitation between now and next year when
the election takes place. 1t has been pub
lished enormously IN some American papers
that the election Is now going on. The
nomination OF President Diaz puts an end
10 factions and cabals and removes the
presidential succession beyond the domain
OF conjecture.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE, Ind, June 23.-Dr. John Mad
den, of Milwaukee, son-in-law of DR.. N. S.
Darling. Of Laporte, Ind, and brotber-in-
law of Principal Lawrence c. Hull of the
Shortridge High School, at indianapolis, will
accompany Mr.. and Mrs. Gates on a year 5
trip through Europe in search of health
DR.. Madden will receive a fee of $4,000 be-
fore sailing on July IL. in addition to a
stipulated sum and expenses during absence
from his practice
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In Erection of an Independent Dis
tfIlery at Terre Haute.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 23-The
building of a new independent distillery in
Terre Haute and the announcement that
Woolner, now vice president of the trust,
will build another at Peoria. is not an indi-
cation of a struggle with the trust.
AS a matter of fact, the trust has not
had control of the market for a year or
more, and hereafter will hardly control 30
per cent. of the output of spirits Most of
the trusts leases of distillery properties will
expire next month. Trust stock is now
down to a few cents on the dollar IL is
supposed the trust will devote itself to Ken
lucky bourbons and the distributing bust
ness generally
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NEW YORK June 23.-Mrs. Henry Siegel.
who was injured in. q runaway accident
yesterday at Mamaroneck. was reported To
be recovering to-day. a bag OF jewels,
valued at s5.c00. which Mrs. r. Siegel lost
at the time of the accident. was found by
the coachman of J. X. Hegeman. president
of the Metropolital Life Insurance Com
pany, and has been restored To Mrs. Siegel,
and the reward of 500 was paid.
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Wayne County Assessments.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, June 23.-The Wayne
County Board of Review has returned the
following corporation assessments: Davis
& Taylor Carriage Company, $50, AGO. Rich
mond Safety Gate Company s. $50: Wayne
Works. S51. $50; Westcott Carriage Company.
$40. 400; Union Ice Company, 5000: Rich
mond Athletic Association, S13.503; Rich
mond Overall and Shirt Company. 5000
This is a net gain of $3.50 over last year.
in addition to which there is s52,920 of new
assessment
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Picnic of school Trustees.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, June 23.-On the initia-
tive of the Board of Education Of Madison
county the trustees of the different town
ships. with their wives and families, pic
niciSed at the Mounds. a few miles east of
Anderson, to-day The trustees and their
families met here and took a car for the
ounds, accompanied by County Superin-
tendent J. w. Frazier. The dinner was
followed by tOasts and speeches. 1t was
effective In bringing the members OF the
board closer together than ever and unity
ing the purpose 10 better the schools.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, June "a num-
Der of lihemen in the employ of the Cum
berland Long Distance Telephone Company
struck this afternoon. The wage question
was not involved, but the strikers demand
cd that the electrical workers union be
recognized by employing no nonunion men.
The company adhered TO its policy to make
no discrimination in hiring men and the
on the Southern Railway, who have been
receiving 10 per day. struck to-day for
$3.50 and quit when their demands were re-
fused.
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THOUGHT HE WAS AN OK.
Aged Man Who Died at KOkOmO Yes.
terday-Once Was wealthy.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, June 23.-Edward STAN
ton, aged eighty, died suddenly here to-day.
He was formerly a wealthy physician, but
lost his fortune.
For years he has labored under the hall
lucination that he had been transformed
into an OK like that of scriptural mention
and for years has eaten grass in the
fields with cattle on the county farm. He
lost his power of speech almost entirely,
the only sounds he uttered being limitations
of beasts. IT is believed that a poisonous
herb caused his death as his mouth and
stomach were filled with grass when he
was found dead. He was entirely sane on
all subjects except as to his personality.
An autopsy will be held.
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Three Killed, other. Injured.

ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ, June IA
Santa Fe fast freight train, east-bound.
crashed head-on into a work train in a deep
cut three miles west of Los Cerrilos, last
MIGHT. instantly killing Fireman ]. Engle-
hat of Las Vegas. and probably fatally
I'm. aring Fireman Redding. of Las Vegas
All the other men In the two crews are
badly shaken and bruised. Both trains were
going at a high rate OF speed and met on a
sharp curve near the entrance to the cut
Both trains are completely wrecked.
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chase and Napoleon Bonaparte. Ii Is con-
trary to the regulations OF the Postoffice
American shall be placed upon a postage
stamp. President Roosevelt is, therefore,
barred from representation on the EXPOSE
ton stamps.
the exposition is opened, and when the fair
closes they will be called in. Their with
drawal from circulation, IL is anticipated.
will make them more valuable TO stamp
collectors.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
IAPORTE. Ind, June 23.-James Bragg,
who, with Henry Spier was run down by
a switch engine at La Crosse. this county,
yesterday. died to-day. Coroner Boswell is
investigating the two deaths. The accident
is attributed to the failure of the brakes on
the Pere Marquette box car, into which
Monon engine Kicked some freight cars,
70 hold.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind. June 2S.-The body
found in the st. Joseph river here on Mon
day afternoon. proved To be that OF VIII
liam Gillen. alias Elvered. OF South Bend,
his father. Edward Gilen. making the
Identification late Monday night. The de-
ceased suffering from walking typhoid
fever wandered from home last Tuesday.
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voluntary petition i'm bankruptcy was
filed yesterday in the Federal Court by
Thomas b. Anders. of Shelbyville. Anders
is confectioner and had accumulated
debts that he was unable TO pay. His cred
itors are mostly Danville and Shelbyvile
companies and the aggregate amount due
them from Anders il S5,S35.sl Aneers's
personal property is valued at only sfi035.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MITCHELL, Ind, June 23.-George Els
Ter, aged sixty-eight, was instantly killed
at Tunnelton, nine miles east of here, at
noon to-day by the westbound B. G. o. s.
w. fast express. Deceased was walking
on the track and being hard of hearing
paid attention to the engineers repeat
ed whistling, The station agent also sig
nailed him, but it too late.
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Libel Law Denounced.

ATLANTIC CITY, ~. J.. June 23-The
International League Of Press Clubs In
session here to-day denounced the Salus-
Grady libel law OF Pennsylvania. Resolu-
tons introduced by T.. A. McSwigan, Of
Pittsburg attacking the law were adopted
BY q unanimous vote. They called upon all
newspaper men to work for the repeal OF
the act.
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Shot by n Gasoline stove.
cial to the Ind:anapOIis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE. Ind, June 23.-Nick Klassen.
a well-known sportsman, was the victim of
a peculiar accident which nearly proved
fatal this evening at Pine Lake grove.
Some one had dropped a loaded cartridge
near the jet OF a gasoline stove, and when
il became hot an explosion occurred, the
bulle: imbedding itself in Kiassen's side,
causing serious wound. The attending
physician says he will recover.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, June 2S.-While the
past few days have witnessed no radical
change in the carpenters strike situation.
affairs seem to be shaping up for an early
settlement OF the trouble. Both sides have
conceded some points and il seems at pres
ent as if a better feeling prevails between
the opposing parties.
For six weeks the journeymen carpenters
have been idle and the loss in wages alone
is thousands or dollars. The strike COM
mittee has been working diligently and has
made some progress. The committee has
made satisfactory arrangements with sew
eral contra ctors, whose employees have re-
turned to work.
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Traction vinduct Completed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, June 23.-The VIA
duct the Big Four Railroad at Fair
land, which was erected for the use of the
Indianapolis, Shelbyville e. Southeastern
Traction Company, has been completed
and will be put into service this week.
Work on the structure was begun last
fall 1t is built of iron and>wood; is about
l 200 feet long ana has a grade of four feet
to 100. 1t cost about s35, 900.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, June 23.-Col John
L. Vance, president of the Ohio Valley I'M
provement Association, will visit Evans
vile July and g. Extensive preparations
for his reception are under way and the
members of the association along the lower
river hope to make the visit of great
Importance In the ION 10 Cairo" movement.
During his stay here Colonel Vance will
have a conference with associa ton men and
will decide on the time for the two DAVIS
convention of the association to be held
here in the fall. He will also hold brief
meetings at Henderson and Owensboro.
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LOUISVILLE. June 23.-Six persons were
injured as the result of collision between
locomotive and a street at Four
teenth and Walnut streets tonight. The
engine struck West Walnut-street car
squarely in the side as the car was crossing
the Pennsylvania tracks. None of the in
iured passengers will die.