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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 23.-William NJ.
Enther, of Pine Village, who died of an
overdose of morphine in a house on Me-
chanic street early this morning. was be-
yond doubt suicide. He was editor and
half owner of the Warren County Sentinel
and left Pine Village to make collections at
Williamsport and Lafayette He was known
as a sober man, and his presence in the
house is a mystery to his friends. He had
800 to his credit in the Pine Village Bank
and was prospecting with his publication.
NO reason is assigned for the deed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

Philadelphia Record.

The balance of trade in bituminOus coal
is very much in our favor. In eleven months
of 1902 we exported very nearly 100000
tons and imported not much more than
100000. To British North America we ex-
America we imported 1885 tons. If the
United States and Canada should remove
their duties the movement both ways would
undoubtedly be larger. and Ii is reasonable
to assume that the balance in our favor
would be enhanced. American bituminous
coal producers would be benefited. Besides
the coal exported to British North America,
we exported LIZ, 1913 tons of bituminous
coal to Mexico and the West Indies, where
il had 10 meet the competition of British
and Nova Scotia coal Our bituminous
coal. then. needs no protection, and mu-
tual removal of tariff barriers by this coun-
try and the Dominion would enlarge our
exports.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 23.-The In
diana Normal Athletic Association has ad-
vertised the basketball game. tomorrow
night with Purdue widely. 1t will be the
most pretentious game played in Terre
Haute, and it is expected there will be a
large attendance besides that of school
students. The Normal team is in good
trim. and while ii is hardly expected the
pedagogues can defeat the agriculturists
il is hoped to make fair showing. 1t is
also announced that there will be a game
between two women teams from the Nor
NAL basketball players.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Produce House Destroyed.

special TO the Indianap polls Journal
CLAY CITY, Ind, Jan. 23.-Fire at $50
o'clock tonight destroyed the three-story
frame building occupied by the Brazil Prod
uce Company. The loss on the building is
$1,000, and on produce and other contents
5000. There is no insurance. Only a few
feet from the burned structure were a large
oil tank and two smaller gasoline tanks
of the Standard Oil Company, |and for
time an explosion was feared but the
flames were kept from them. The fire is
supposed to have originated from a metal
fiue which passed through all three stories
and out of the roof
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Ex-COngressman' Troubles.

In the room of the House committee on
judiciary the other day a number of the
legal lights on that committee were dis
cussng the difficulties man encounters
in getting back into legal practice after a
term in Congress.
My practice has entirely melted away"
said Judge Warner. of Illinois, until now
i have not a single case pending. Should
/ retire from Congress at the end of the
two years for which / have been reelected
i would find myself without single client,
and 1 probably would find pretty hard work
building up a practice. 1t reminds me of
remark made by General Buckner, who had
been Governor of Illinois. and had distin-
guished career In the Senate After his re-
tirement from public life he returned to
Chicago and opened up law office.
Governor a friend asked him one day.
don't you find it hard settling down again
to the practice of law?
Yes, L do General Buckner answered
Il find it blamed hard. They won't hire
me- A"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
May Cause the Allie. to Halt.

WASHINGTON; Jan. 23.-The effect Of the
new Panama canal treaty with Colombia
on the present European naval demonstra-
ton in Venezuelan waters was formally
discussed at a meeting of the Senate COM
mittee on interoceanic canals to-day. A
meeting of the committee had been called
for the purpose of taking up other subjects,
but in the absence of a quorum the MEM
beers present turned their attention To the
new treaty. Senator Morgan expressed the
opinion that the effect of the signing of the
document would be salutary at this juno
ture because IL would he said. go far TO
convince Germany and other European
powers that there is purpose on the part
of the United States 10 continue to assert
It's supremacy In Central and South Amer
ica This sentiment was generally Endorsed
by the four or FIVE senators present The
opinion also was expressed that II the terms
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
verdict In an Old Case.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind. Jan. pa jury I'm the
Laporte Circuit Court. after being out four
teen hours. returned verdict for 5000 in
favor Of the plaintiff in the 5000 damage
euit brought by Charles Schmalzried
against the Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany for the loss of an arm when thirteen
years old. eight years ago. while employed
In the company's plant at South Bend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Winchester. Smallpox Cases.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Jan. 23.-While
smallpox has existed here since the latter
part of December and there have been in
that time twenty-one cases, yet the disease.
owing to vigorous action of the Board of
Health. has been kept under control, so
that there has not been a new case in the
last ten days. Most of the cases were due
to the exposures which occurred before it
was known that the family first afflicted
had smallpox. There is one case of the
disease at Losantville. in the southwestern
part Of the county. and two or three cases
in the northwestern part.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Gamblers Indicted.

NEW YORK. Jan. 23-District Attorney
Jerome admitted this evening that the
grand jury had found indictments against
some OF the alleged keepers or managers of
reputed gambling houses in this city, whose
cases have been undergoing investigation.
The names of the men indicted Mr.. Jerome
declined to make public. The report that in
dietments had been found caused great I'M
easiness in sporting circles. and several
men whose names have been mentioned as
proprtetorS of gambling resorts are said to
have left the CITY bending developments
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Midtown Postomce Robbed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Jan. 23.-The post
office at Midtown, forty miles west of this
city, the Southern Railway, was broken
into Thursday night and about SOS in
stamps and money were stolen. The rob-
bers left no clew. An unsuccessful attempt
was made TO rob the office some time ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
ciaI to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 23.-The Rich
mond Street and Interurban Railway COM
pany is planning extension to Conners-
Vile from Milton. To which point the line
is now constructed. The extension is to be
completed by July. Men In position TO know
say that two other electric lines not row
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Arthur Jordan Buys Oil Land.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Jan. 2S.-The Sugar Creek
Oil Company, which has been operating in
the Grant county field to-day sold it's hold
ings to company of Indianapolis men,
represented by Arthur Jordan, formerly of
the Crown Oil Company. The consideration
was $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Jan. 23.-The
question for the annual debate with Albion
College this year will be Resolved, That
the United States is not suited for colonial
government of the Philippines" unless the
debaters refuse to accept the subject. 1t
was suggested by the committee of profess
sors chosen for that purpose.
Professor Baker. of Harvard, lectured
here this afternoon and will appear again
tomorrow on London III the Time of
Shakespeare. He was heard by a large
audience to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
SUIT BROUGHT FOR REVENGE.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JASPER, Ind, Jan. 23.-The trial of the
case of the State VS.. the Southern Railway
Company, In progress here this week. has
developed. in testimony. the facts that the
station agent of the Southern here was the
prosecuting witness in a case against a
saloon keeper near the depot; that the pub
lican thereupon began keeping a record Of
trains that passed without being bulletined
at the depot; that he further induced his
friends to do the same thing, and that most
OF the States witnesses were promised 81
or 81 or more for their testimony, in each
case established. 1t was further stated that
one especially important witness was prom
lsed SIS IL case was made out against
the company. The trial will not be finished
this week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

Petrified Bones In n Newly Discovered
Cave Near Bedford.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD. Ind. Jan. 23.-John Hackett,
superintendent of the Rock Ledge quarry,
near this city, made a valuable pre-
historic discovery to-day. In removing dirt
In stripping he discovered a heretofore I'M
known cave, which he explored to some ex-
tent and found inside the petrified skele-
ton of what is supposed TO be the remains
OF some prehistoric man. The entrance TO
the cave was blocked by stalactities and
stalagmites over which the soil had formed.
Inside he discovered the jaw bones. skull
and other bones in a perfect petrifed con-
dition The find will be brought to this
city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Celebrated His Centenary.

LAPORTE, Ind, JAM 23.-John Plum Tenn
pie to-day celebrated his one-hundredth
birthday. He was born i'm New York and
has been a resident of Indiana since 1876
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

cars. His head and body were crushed,
causing his death.
WABASH-The Rev. f. NJ. Kemper or
the First Methodist Church of wabash.
has arranged with the management OF local
factories TO hold daily meetings. at the
manufacturing concerns of Wabash during
the noon hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
w. f. wineberg Is Dying.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 2S.-All hope has
been abandoned for the recovery of Will
lam L. Wineburg, county superintendent
of schools and Republican county chair
man. 1t is not thought he will live through
the night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Judge Taylor Is Much Better.

BOSTON, Jan. 2S.-The condition of Judge
Taylor, of Fort Wayne, Ind, who is ill in
this city of heart trouble is reported as
much improved.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Reiolcins An Colombia.

COLON. Colombia, Jan. 23.-The news re-
ceived here to-day that the canal treaty be-
tween the United States and Colombia had
been signed caused much jubilation
throughout the isthmus and hopes are ex-
pressed that the United States will soon be-
gin work on the canal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
MAY NOT BE DEAD.

Body Of nm Adams County Minister
Remains Warm and Moist.
Special TO the Indiana polls Journal
BLUFFTON. Ind.,' Jan. 23.-Rev. Chris
tian Augsberger aged eighty-two a resi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
Cuba TO Hax. /. CnpitoI.

HAVANA, Jan. 23.-The House of Repre-
sentatives has appropriated 100000 for the
construction of a Capitol. At present the
House and the Senate are located incon-
veniently and a long distance apart
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

of the new treaty should be found to be
reasonable there would be no great delay In
securing it's ratification.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
THE ENGLISH TEMPERANCE LAW.
Drunkenness Made for the First Time
Punishable Onense.
American Medicine.

We suspect that the greatest progress I'm
reference to the alcohol question will result
from the new licensing act which went into
effect in England on Jan. 1. Drunkenness,
when for some time has there been So
cial misdemeanor punishable only IL accom-
panied by disorder. Is now q legal offense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24
CONFESSION BY NEWTON.

under construction. will come into Rich
mond within eighteen months.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

wishes Of his fellow citizens, and that
his power to enforce obedience to or
ders is extremely limited, not only
by the small police force under him,
but by popular sentiment itself.
''Yet some good folks seem to think
that a literal enforcement Of the laws
and ordinances is all that's needed to
put an end to the so-called social
evils; every practical man knows bet
ter.
''The laws against murder and
theft and arson have been literally en-
forced from time immemorial, and it
is historically true that at the period
when the statutes against these crimes
were most vigorously enforced and the
penalties were most severe the Of
fenses themselves continued to mul-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
REu 1nuM 1nr1.AMn

Yesterday, when the Journal rep
Iresentative handed Archbishop Ireland
the photograph Of the black-haired
young man which heads this article,
he gazed at it in astonishment for a
few moments and then exclaimed:
well. well; where did you get that
picture? I haven't seen it for almost
forty years.
'sWhen was it taken 2"
why, in the spring of 1862, just
before I went to the civil war. Whit
ney, the old photographer, whose gall
lery was in the Lamber block, corner
of Third and Cedar streets, made 1t.
I remember that just after had re-
ceived the appointment from Cover
nor Ramsey Of chaplain-at-larg to
all the Catholics in the Minnesota
volunteer regiments, went there
| alone to have my picture ataken SO
that might leave one with my father
and mother when I went to the front.
think that had two or three copies
struck off, and this may possibly be
one.
"In June, 1862, the resignation of
Chaplain Chaffee of the Fifth regi-
ment left a vacancy which the COVER
nor, having in mind the large number
| of Catholics In that regiment, filled
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

placed in churches, as was planned,
they remain very important works of
art and are the property of William c.
Whitney. These made a, profound i'm
preston on those competent to Judge
the work. and this impression, deep
ened by Mr.. La Farge's success in some
dining-room work. led the late H. H.
Richardson to single this artist out to
undertake an important decorative
scheme at the first opportunity. This
did not come until several years later
he persuaded the Trinity church build
ing committee to give Mr.. La Fargo
complete charge Of the interior dec
Orations.
There was little money and little
time for the work and untried work.
men, skilled or unskilled, and untried
materials must be used. The artists
had to work along with the carpenters
and other workmen and use their scaf-
foldings, as there was neither time
nor money to provide others. Practi-
cally everything had to be improvised
and done in q mad rush. He found
the materials prepared for decorative
work purposely bad, in order that
dealers might profit by their decay,
so he had a hand-to-hand fight with
| commerce, in this as in many Of his
| earlier undertakings.
Much of the basis of Mr.. La
| Farge's. success lay in his study and
appreciation of architecture, and this
stood him in good stead in this work.
In discussing this work Mr.. La Fargo
says, "The use Of color in architec-
tural decoration is not mere arrange
,nent of pleasing tints. 1t is a matter
| Of construction by color" He pro-
posed to make one notable change
from the habits of the time which sug-
gested machinery-the absence Of
personality. IT knew J. our work at
Trinity would have to be faulty" he
said, but this much was able to ac-
| complish-that almost every bit of it
would be living, would fbe impossible
!! to duplicate
Revolution in Stained Glass.
The Trinity decorations consist Of
magnificent. stained glass, which was
the beginning of his activity in this
direction, small 1unettes over the win
/ dows of the central tower, panels be-
tween the windows, arches over them,
and three great paintings, St. James" +"
Christ and Nicodemus" and Christ
and the Woman of samaria." OF the
subsequent mural work of Mr.. La
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
EMINENT ARTISTS TO WORK
ON MINNESOTA'S NEW CAPITOL

Fargo his Ascension Of Our Lord"
in the Church of the Ascension III
New York is unquestionably his mas
terpiece. BY many this is held to
be unequalled outside of Italy, be-
ing the great religious painting OF
modern times.
The art Of stained glass has been
completely revolutionized by Mr.. La
Fargo. He found the materials and
methods most crude and incapable of
expressing his color ideas. In order
to include stained-glass windows in his
decorative schemes, he found it neces-
sary to provide them himself In or
der to carry out his ideas, he was
obliged to invent the means and con-
troll his own workshop. He became
an actual workman in glass in order to
master the technical difficulties. In
his first window he adopted all kinds
of expedients to enrich the effects,
using the lead lines in a handsome
pattern, instead of merely as a part
of the construction and placing one
color over another, to add to the va
riety and give incubation.
MIR. La Farge's Inventions.
| The invention Of opaline glass and
| it's development is one of Mr.. La
| Farge's great achievements. This was
| suggested by his examination in q
shop of the thick white toilet bottles
| with opalescent tints, imported from
China. He cut up bottles until he was
satisfied with the result, and then went
| to work to make glass having the
same qualities in other colors. Other
| beautiful varieties Of glass have been
invented by MIR. La Fargo, streaked
and wrinkled glass, glass Of several
| colors blended and glass sprlnkled
| with pieces of other glass or metal.
To work i'm glass Mr.. La Fargo has
devoted himself chiefly, superintend-
ing his workshop himself. His hrs1
very great window, and still one OF
his greatest, was the so-called Battle
window in; Harvard Memorial hall
Nearly every city has one or more
La Fargo windows in it's churches OF
public buildings, for the output OF his
shop has been enormous.
Not only is Mr.. La FNarge pre-em1-
nent in mural painting and orna-
mental glass, but he is an authorlta-
tive and charming writer on art, was
one of the first serious illustrators is
famous as a painter of flowers and
landscapes. He was the first Amerl-
can ever asked by the French gov
ernment to make a One-man exhlbl-
ton at the salon Of the Champ De
Mars, and has been asked for a paint.
ing for the Luxembourg. He is presi.
dent of the Society Of American Ar.
lists and Of the Society of Mura
Painters, and was decorated with the
Legion Of Honor for his work in glass
Civic Decorative Art.
After Mr.. La Farge's church deco.
ratiOns the next step in mural ar
was taken at the Columbian exposi-
. tion which tried out with amazing
, success most Of the men who have
since come to the front as illustrious
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

the will of the majority. That major
ity, I think, expresses itself best at the
polls. So I had to throw into the waste
basket fifteen-page letter upon The
Mayoralty and It's Duties which I
received the other day from .Sociolo-
gist. I can't always see my way clear
to follow exactly the resolutions that
call upon the honorable, the mayor
to check instanter certain actions that,
are viewed with alarm tho these res
olutions may often contain helpful
hints. Why, I couldn't even go over
to wholesale dry goods house last
week and collect $3.50 for a stranger
up at Mapleton, MINI. He was sure
the money was really due him, and he
knew I could get it by exerting my
authority :"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
A MODEST DRAMATIST
William Young Runs When Crowd Goes
Mild Over "Ren Hurv

William Young Runs When Crowd Goes
Wild Over "Ben Hur."
William Young, who dramatized Gen
eral Lew Wallace's Ben Hur'' for Klaw
& Erlanger, is almost entirely known by
his works. Amid the tremendous scenes
of enthusiasm which swept thru the
Broadway theater, New York city, four
years ago, when Ben Hur'' received ffs
urst presentation, with the people fairly
wild to reward him with their plaudits,
Mr.. Young quietly slipped out of the play
house and disappeared. Those who know
him best can easily understand such an
act, for the glare of publicity is extremely
distasteful to him. Mr.. Young has done
much for contemporary literature as well
as for the stage.
He has been especially successful in
his dramatization Of "'Ben Hur' Not
only has he caught the spirit Of General
Wallace's great novel, but the dialogue
is written in the authors lofty, digpified
and vivid picturesque style. Mr.. Young
has handled the religious side Of the story
with a sincere and delicate appreciation
of the danger of intrusion upon a sacred
theme. There is not moment in "Ber
Hur'' when the highest Christian senti-
ment is not carefully guarded and pre-
served
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

His Honor's Life
Would Be a, Happy One.
''Some of my friends. especially
among the ladies, the serious, benevo-
lent kind, of pure and placid lives,
fatter me immensely as to the extent
Of my power. They assume that I'm
something Russian with a uniform
and a 'koff'; that a word from me
would Danish all evil from our
midst. If I had a mind to, they be-
lieve, I could say to the chief Of po-
lice, Crime must cease in Minneapo-
lis and the next morning at 8 o'clock
all our criminals would go on strike.
I could suggest that bad habits dis
grace an. enlightened community and
aren't to be tolerated; then the very
few people with bad habits would ex-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

by assigning me to the place. | Joined
the regiment at Corinth and remained
with it until April 1862 when I was
obliged to resign on account of ILL
health. I was with the boys at CO.
rinth, Vicksburg, Iukah, Holly Springs
and numerous other places where they
fought hard and manfully. 1 presume
that / was as good at foraging in those
days as any of them, and it may be
that added a chicken or two to the
mess as we went along.
"Did I wear a uniform? Well, a
sort of one. I wore a military over
coat because that was the most COM
Portable one I could get. and my army
hat had a cord and tassel on it.
Colonel Borgesrode, who was in
command of the regiment when
Joined, is now the proprietor of a fo-
tel at Winsted in this state
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Mural Decoration Will Be Assigned Famous Quartet
Headed by John La Farge--His Associates Will Be
E. G. Garnsey, E. w. Blashheld and Simmons.

~ Y ITS decision to provide means
~ for the complete decoration of
y the new capitol by the greatest
~ mural artists of the country,
Minnesota has ken a most
important step in the artistic develop
ment Of the state. Whatever belongs
to the people interests and concerns
them; consequently these beauties will