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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-19
TO SECURE STEEL PLATES.
Purpose Of q Combination of Indie
pendent Tin Plate Mills.

Purpose of q Combination of Inde-
pendent Tin Plate Mills.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, March 1S.-In re-
Spouse to-day TO many inquiries an officer
of the Juniata Steel and Iron Company. of
this city, which has just completed the
erection of a tin-plate mill. made state
ment in which was explained the pros
pective sale Of the plant to a Pittsburg
man.
Letters were issued yesterday calling for
q meeting OF the stockholders for March
Is to consider the giving of the option. and
this was not understood here by those
who had given literally to aid the plant on
the condition that ii was to be operated
at least five years before Ii was sold. The
statement of to-day says that IL has be-
come absolutely necessary for the Juniatd
company TO become one of a combination
of thirty-three of the forty-four Independent
plants OF the country, made for the sole
purpose Of getting supplies of steel. The
Juniata plant has been complete for
month. but has not been able to get steel
plates. BY entering the combination il will
be able to get all IL needs without loss of
time. The combination is made up of mills
out Of the United States Steel Trust, and
II now includes the leading independent
mills OF the country.
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SAW A Dad PLAY.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind. March 1S.-Just to see a
passenger train jump the track. as the
James and Younger brothers wrecked
trains. Harry Wilkinson and Charley Cecil
placed railroad irons the Big Four
tracks In North Marion. This is the con-
fession made by these two boys. aged thir-
teen and fourteen years. respectively to
the police to-day. The rails We're placed
on the tracks last Saturday night. They
were discovered by man passing along
the tracks. who removed them in time 10
save a wreck. The boys say that they were
I'm hiding under bridge near by waiting
To see train go over the embankment
They also confessed having robbed a num-
Der of stores in North Marion.
The boys witnessed the production of the
drama. '"rhe Younger Brothers," at a local
theater a few days ago. and after seeing
IL they decided TO wreck train and rob
some places OF business.
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Col. Henry s. Cohn.

LOUISVILLE, March 1s-Col Henry s..
Cohn, proprietor and manager Of the Louis
vile Anzeiger, one of the most prominent
German dailies south of the Ohio river, died
of apaplexy late this afternoon. Colonel
Cohn was born in Hamburg, Germany in
1914, and came to this country when a boy,
going TO Cincinnati, where he learned the
printers trade. Later he came to this city
and went to work on the Anzeiger.
He was a veteran of the civil war and
was prominent in Grand Army circles He
left widow and two sons, one of whom is
associated with him on the Anzeiger
Col. COINS first wife died about a year
and half ago. On Saturday, Feb % last
he married Mrs. Mathlde Schlang of An
derson, at the home of her mother in Rich
mond. After a short wedding trip they
went TO the colonels home in Louisville
and were planning an extended European
trip this summer
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stomach. after a long sickness. He had
been a resident of Adams county forty
years.
WABASH, Ind. March 1s.-Mrs. Dorothy
Young, one Of the oldest residents of Wa
bash, died at her home last evening after
a long sickness, aged eighty-seven. She
was born In Germany and came TO this
county many years ago. In her will she
left $1,000 to the Evangelical Church of Wa
bash.
GREENSBURG, Ind, March 1S.-Samuel
Shaw died at his home in this city early
this morning. His death was caused by
stomach trouble, aggravated by eating
walnuts, his last sickness lasting only
twelve hours. He was born In Jackson
township on Nov. 9. 1919.
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stable Fire at Columbus Probably of
Incendiary Origin.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
3 COLUMBUS, Ind, March lS-Henry p
Talmer. a local horse dealer. suffered a
loss Of over 5000 last night by a fire which
destroyed his training stable at Crump's
Driving Park. together with six fine horses
and one colt.
The fire was discovered about I2 O'Clock
by a negro "swipe' who occupied an ad-
joining stable. and Is thought TO have been
OF incendiary origin The stables are locat-
ed about half mile outside the tire limits
and the department from the city was use
less. A bucket brigade confined the flames
TO the stable where they originated.
The horses which persisted were Venus,
b. m. valued at 81 600: You'll See colt. 500.
q sorrel mare owned by III. II. Palmer and
Ben G. Thomas. $50: Cash. s.. m, 500; Lady
xjghffoot, brood mare. and weanling
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Carpenters, Strike Imminent.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. March 1S.-There is
prospect of a conflict between the local
contractors and carpenters. The carpen-
tiers want the wage scale fixed at 80 cents an
hour for a nine-hour day. A few of the
carpenters have received this amount, but
others have only received 2S cents. con-
ference will be held next week.
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Putting I'm the Machines.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARAMOUNT, Ind. March 1S.-It is very
evident that the American Window-glass
Company intends to install the blowing ma
chimes in it's two factories in this city at
an early date. AT the Bell factory a large
force of men is at work tearing down the
blow furnaces, and an unusual show of act
ivity is apparent on all sides. The man
agement refuses to say a word other than
that orders for this work had come from
the Pittsburg office. The blowers and gath
erers who have been employed in this fac
tory are much discouraged over the out
look
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DIR. j. l.. Cilley.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-Dr. j. L. Cilley
died suddenly at his home in Brooklyn to-
day. He was born in Cincinnati, on JAM
rs, 1888. He was for nineteen years demon
strator of anatomy in the Ohio Medical
College and was professor of anatomy at
the Cincinnati Art Academy. After coming
to New York, eighteen months ago, he be-
came prominent among the artists of this
city through his lectures on Anatomy for
Artists" During the civil war he served
in the army and the navy. He held high
local and national offices in the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Naval Vet
erans' Association.
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TO PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING.
Charles GIaspfe Sentenced I'm the La
porte Circuit Court.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, March B-Charles
Glaspie who abducted Elmer Harvey and
Hattie Hamilton, State wards of John L.
Conboy. of Wanatah. and took them to
Michigan City. where he was captured and
the children recovered. in the Laporte Cir
cult Court. entered a plea of guilty to kid
Eaping and was sentenced by Judge Rich
ter TO an inderterminate term in State $
prison Of two to fourteen years, and fined
SEQ
Glaspie had entered a plea OF not guilty
to the charge of kidnapping. and the trial
was progressing this morning with the
little girl on the stand relating the story
Of the indignities suffered at the hands Of
the defendant when he concluded to
change his plea to guilty and throw him
self on the mercy Of the court. Judge Rich
ter gave him the limit of the law.
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outsiders caused by the latter refusing to
close down before.
On the proposal to close down April i
400 pots were signed at the meeting. the
signatures being given on the condition that
300 more pots be secured by Saturday. En-
fort is being made to get Is per cent. Of
understood the Independent Glass Com
pany and the Federation Window Glass
Company will shut down their factories at
the same time, If the independents will
agree.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, March 1s.-The
strike of the .linemen of the Cumberland
Telephone Company, which has been in
progress for the past six weeks. was set
tied to-day and the men returned to work.
The Home Telephone Company and United
States Gas and Electric Company signed
the advanced wage scale several weeks ago
and their linemen returned to work. The
Cumberland agreed TO pay the same scale.
but refused to sign the agreement. Other
strike was declared off to-day by the arbi-
tration committee of the New Albany
Trades and Labor Council.
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ITHACA, N. Y, March 1S.-President
Schurman, of Cornell University. to-day
received the following letter from Andrew
Carnegie, dated Fernandina, Fla, Offering
to pay for the projected Cornell altering
plant:
MY Dear Mr.. PRESIDENT have followed
with anxious interest your sad plight re-
garding pure water. To-day / read with
relief that Cornell has contracted for a fil-
tering plant of its own. If the trustees
would permit me to pay for 1t l shall be
very grateful indeed
The trustees undoubtedly will accept Mr..
Carnegie's offer.
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HATTEN NOT DAUNTED.
VIII Push His Race Problem Confer
ence Scheme Despite Opposition.

MADISON. Wis, March 1S.-The joint
resolution of Senator Hatten providing for
a conference on the race problem came up
in the Senate to-day for action. Senator
Hatten made a speech In favor of the reso-
luton. He spoke of the Importance of the
question and cited sayings of Southern
writer's on the outlook. IL was not pro-
posed he said. 10 have a gathering of poll
iicians, but of economists and sociologists,
to consider establishing training schools
for teachers in the different branches. He
read a letter from acting president of the
Wisconsin University +. A Birge, recon-
mending the conference and moved TO refer
the resolution to the committee on educa-
ton. The motion carried.
While the sentiment in the Senate seems
to be strong against the bill, Senator
Hatten believes that when its intent and
scope are better understood the feeling re-
garding IL will be different.
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n 10 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DECATUR. Ind, March 1s.-The City
Council last evening decided that the Elm
street sewer in this city, which has been
contested for two years, must be recon-
structed according to contract and that no
assessments will be made for it's payment
until the contract has been filled. TIE
sewer Is the largest in Decatur, being IA
miles long and at places twenty-five feet
deep. 1t was constructed by j. s. Bowers
of this city, and the property owners re-
monstrated against accepting 1t and also
against paying the assessment made The
case will go to the Circuit Court.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. March 1S.-Professor
Arthur Goss, of the College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts of New Mexico. was to-
day appointed director OF the experiment
station at Purdue University to succeed
Professor Harry A. Huston, whose resigna-
ton will take effect on April l. Professor
Goss Is a native of Vincennes. Ind, and Is
a graduate of the Purdue College of Agri-
culture, class Of 1888. After graduating
from Purdue he pursued advanced work in
chemistry and took the degree of master of
science. He was assistant chemist at Pur-
due for one year until called to New Mexico
in 1892.
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They FiddIed for Prizes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, March 1S.-There
was an old fiddlers contest at the Grand
Opera House tonight. given for the bene-
fit of a local lodge of the Modern Wood
men. Prizes were articles given by mer-
chants. They were awarded for fiddlers of
all ages and both sexes and for many vari-
cites of playing and dancing. One was $40
for the best old-time cotillon set There
was buck and wing dancing and Jig dancing
by boys and men.
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Fined for Beating a Boy.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, March 1S.-Judge Will
liam c. McMahan, in the Porter Circuit
Court, imposed a fine of 500 on Justin B.
Blachley, wealthy farmer. who so beat
Burton Lacey. an orphan, last week. Blach-
ley pleaded guilty to beating the boy. Fur
Their details Of the whipping show that
Blachley twisted wire round the end of a
buggy whip in order to inflict greater pun
ishment on the bare legs of the boy. 1t is
this wire that laid the flesh Open Young
Lacey Is in a precarious condition, and the
doctors fear blood poisoning may set in.
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Lunatic Taken i'm the Woods.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HUNTINGTON, Ind. March 1S.-A man
giving his name as Ernest Graft was found
running through the woods near here this
evening. He claimed to be from Ossian,
Allen county, and had checks on a Decatur
bank. He was insane and thought every
body pursued him. The police caught him.
and he is held for investigation.
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Ames Pleaded Not Guilty.

MINNEAPOLIS. March 1s.-Dr. A. A.
Ames. former mayor of Minneapolis, plead
ed not guilty to all seven indictments
against him, charging bribery, conspiracy
and extortion, in the District Court to-day,
and bail was fixed at $4,000 He has four
days in which to secure bondsmen- DR..
Ames walked slowly and leaned heavily on
deputy sheriff. but spoke with old-time
geniality to some OF his old friends.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, March 1S.-All
clothing stores. save one. in this city have
been placed on the unfair list by the
Clerks Protective Association. The cloth
iers are said to be foremost in the move
ment of the merchants to prevent the adop-
ton of the early closing hours asked for
by the clerks. The clerks demand a 6
o'clock closing hour four nights a week
and full holidays on Christmas. New
Years, Fourth of July. Labor day and
Thanksgiving.
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Publican. Arrested for Murder.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 1S-Coroner
Tabor was at Ehrmandale to-day holding an
inquest on the body of James Kerns, who
was shot and killed in saloon fight last
evening. John Lambert and William Ryan,
who also were shot, will recover An
gel Bough and Nick Gararorini. Ital-
ians and brothers-in-law, who conduct
ed the saloon, are under arrest. According
to their story seven miners started a fight
in the saloon and Bough ordered them out
Then he began shooting, in self-defense,
first with a revolver and then with a re-
peating shotgun.
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PROOF FOR THE
UNBELIEVING AND SKEPTICAL
Paine'S Celery
Compound
Saves Gentleman From the Dangers and PeriIs
Of Insomnia and Nerve Troubles After
Failures Of Able Physicians,

1t is now generally admitted that in
somnia or sleeplessness is caused by ex-
haustion of nerve force and sluggish con-
dition of the digestive organs Overwork.
worry and care have their effect upon the
nerves. Sleeplessness in springtime is one
of the commonest troubles afhicting men
and women. and in too many cases fatal re-
suits follow. In thousands of cases the ter
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GEN. B0NILLA VICTORIOUS.
Santa Barbara Captured-Teguciga1
Threatened by His Army.

PANAMA, March 1S.-According to dis
patch received from Honduras by way OF
San Salvador the forces of General Bonilla,
the Presdent-elect of Honduras, who is
fighting against General Sierra, the retir-
ing President. who refuses to hand over
the post to Bonilla, have captured the town
of Santa Barbara, while his generals
Miguel and Davilla, with 1000 men, and
Generals Carlos and Alvarado, with 1900
men are now threatening Tegucigalpa, the
capital of Honduras.
General Sierra Is evidently in desperate
situation, as he has sent his wife into
Nicaragua by land after she had made
several Intellectual attempts TO break
through General Bonilla's lines and reach
the coast. Generals Villitea and Valleres
who were supporting General Sierra have
been tried by court-martial anu shot by
the latter's order because they did not full
fill his instructions and thus brought about
his defeat at AceitunO several days ago.
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bad Roads Check Business.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, March 1s-The
country roads in this section of the State
are so bad that travel in some parts is
almost at a standstill Local egg packers
say they are having trouble in securing
sufficient quantities of strawboard because
the mill at Rockport and the one at Vim
cennes are running only part time. 1t takes
about three days a week to get enough
straw to keep the mills busy the other
and six horses to carry only partial loads
of straw to mill
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NONREFILLABLE BOTTLES.
They Are Being Made by a New Com
pany Located at Ingalls,.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
INGALLS,. Ind, March 1S.-A nonrefill-
able bottle has at last been perfected and
as result the American Nonrefillabe
Bottle Company has been organized under
the laws of the State of Maine. capitalized
at 100000. most of which has been sub
scribed. The plant is already in operation
In this town. 1t formerly was known as
the Wagner glass factory. The offices of
the company are in the Ashland block
Chicago.
The bottle is a very simple device, and
while perfectly nonrefillable can be made
and sold at almost the same price as an
ordinary bottle. 1t is the invention of
Charles s. Guernsey. of Nashville. Tenn.
The incorporators OF the company, with
Mr.. Guernsey. are Henry Wagner. of In
gals and Anderson; Messrs. Wilson, of Will
son, HUMPHREYS * Co., Logansport. Kruse
< Peden. attorneys. at Chicago: N Il.
Shyer and w. ID. Hamilton. capitalists, of
Nashville Tenn.
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END OF MUNCIE STRIKE.

Carpenters Receive a Compromise In
crease-Work tn Be Resumed.
Special to the Indiana polls Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, March 1S.-The striking
union carpenters and the association con-
tractors came to an agreement to-day
whereby the carpenters will take s21a cents
an hour. nine hours to constitute a days
work, except Saturdays, when no work
shall be done after noon. The jurisdiction
of the union is to extend three miles in all
directions.
The carpenters asked IS cents an hour.
Their former scale was 80 cents. All build
ing operations, which have been suspended
for two weeks, will be resumed at once.
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AGED PREACHERS DEAD.
Rev. p. M. Weddell, So, and the Rev.
Bennett MurrelI, 81.

PIQUA, o., March 1s.-The Rev. p. NJ.
Weddell, one of the oldest Baptist minis
tiers In the West, died suddenly last night
at the age of eighty-two He celebrated his
fiftieth anniversary in the ministry in 1885,
He graduated from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louisville, and
was pastor at Pittsburg Pa, and Canton
Wooster, Dayton, Troy and Piqua, O., at
the last place for over twenty years. He
retired from the active ministry several
years ago.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, March 1S.-Thc
Rev. Bennett Murrell, Methodist, the old
est minister in the State, died here to-day,
aged ninety-four
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MEETING OF INDEPENDENTS.


PITTSBURG. March 1s.-A secret meet
ing OF the independent window glass man.
ufacturers Of the country was held here
to-day. at which an attempt was made TO
prevent the Generalization OF the window
glass market. Nearly every window glass
concern outside of the American Window
Glass Company was represented and the
purpose Of the meeting was to agree II
possible, TO curtail production by closing
down all factories. and In this way lessen
the breach between the combine and the
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WILL MEET TODAY.
Joint Conference of Operators and
Miners at Terre Haute.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. March 1S.-The In
diana Operators Association met tonight
to arrange for the joint conference with
the miners tomorrow. The operators say
they will have no proposition to submit and
they do not expect the miners to ask for
much that will make for delay in signing
the yearly contract.
j. Smith Talley was reelected president
of the association and Philip Penna was
reelected secretary and general commits
sioner for the operators.
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Unknown Man Killed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 1S.-The
body of an unknown man killed probably
by the cars, aged twenty-five. was brought
to this city this afternoon from Sheldon,
and delivered to the morgue to await iden-
tification Sheldon is about seventeen miles
south, on the l.. E. & W., on the way to
Montpelier, where ii is thought the man
was roughly dressed. and left Fort Wayne
this morning in an intoxicated condition.
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FAST IN SLUSH ICE.
Steamer Alice Stafford, with Passen-
gers Aboard, I'm Danger.

WAUKEGAN, Mich, March 19.-The
Barry line steamer Alice Stafford. which
left for Chicago last night with twenty
passengers aboard, Is hopelessly stuck In a
huge foe of clush and ice about four miles
out and one mile north of Muskegon. The
strong southwest wind Is rapidly driving
the foe ON the beach and assistance has
been asked from Grand Haven and Mil
waukee. Fear Is expressed that the Ice
may grind hole in the steamers hull.
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Received a Prison Sentence.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind, March B.-Charles
Farr. of Grant county. adjudged guilty
of the charge OF attempting to criminally
assault the eight-year-old daughter of Glib
son Bergoon, living south of Button. was
sentenced to Michigan City for two to
fourteen years.
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SMALLPOX Is SPREADING.
Several New Cases Have Developed
I'm Tippecanoe County.


I'm Tippecanoe County.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind, March 1S.-The
smallpox situation throughout Tippecanoe
county is becoming worse every hour To-
day several new cases were reported In
clarks Hill. Battle Ground and Ash Grove
This morning Augustus Smith. who lives
near Dayton. went to the office of DR.. F. T.
Hiner. of the West Side. with his face
badly broken out. and DR.. Hiner hurried
him to the detention hospital Persons
living In the vicinity of liners office were
badly frightened. Grace Cooley, aged fif-
teen, OF Clark's HILL has the disease in
virulent form. There Is a new case of
smallpox at Battle Ground, where Donola
Cowger has been stricken. The situation at
ash Grove Is not relieved and the Postoffice
Department has Issued an order forbidding
the dispatchtng or receiving OF mail there
AL mail intended for Ash Grove must be
sent to Brookston