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BABY LEFT ON DOORSTEP.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, July 15.-C. w.
Staplhut, of 81 Holman street, was awak-
sned during the night with the cries
of a babe on his front doorstep and
investigation showed that they came
from a well formed infant, a girl,
alive and evidently suffering To it's
clothing was found note saying: Mar
guerite Robena, born Feb IL, 1909" The
babe had been given large quantity of
paregoric to keep it quiet for time. The
police succeeded this afternoon i'm locating
the childs birthplace at the lying-in hos
ptal of Mrs. Derbyshire, on Cass street
DR.. Derbyshire said the child's mother was
a young Pennsylvania school teacher who
gave the name of Jeanette Mitchell and
who said the father OF the child is a
wealthy manufacturer with a wife. When
the babe was five days old it was given to
a couple to raise but the husband lost his
job and they had to part with the child.
Mrs. Staplhut conceived the plan to have
the babe left on her doorstep, Mr.. Stapl-
hut himself not being willing to take child
from the orphanage. The police are work.
ing on the case.
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Indiana Obituary.

GOSHEN, Ind. July 15-Melissa Dow.
aged over ninetyfour, mother of Myron
c. Dow, senior proprietor of the Goshen
veneer works, and the oldest resident Of
this county. died here this evening of gen.
eral debility. The body will be taken to
Cleveland for burial.
RICHMOND, Ind, July 15.-Mrs. Mary
j. Ebersol, widow of George Ebersol died
to-day at st. Stephens Hospital, where she
was recently operated on. She was sixty
one years old and was one of the best
known residents of Center township. The
funeral will be held Friday afternoon.
BLOOMINGDALE, Ind, July 15-James
Coate, of this place, is dead a the age Of
sixty-one, after a long sickness with dropsy
and heart trouble. He had lived here more
than thirty years. He left a widow and
five children.
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Commercial Club Omcers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. July 15.-The Com
mercial Clubs new officers are: President,
George w. Beers; vice presidents. c. w.
Orr and Paul Mossman; secretary, John B.
Monning: treasurer. C. K. Bond. The newly
elected directors are Robert Willard, James
MacKay. w. F. Greater, G. w. Beers. Paul
Mossman, T. f. Theme. Charles McCul-
loch, E. NJ. Wilson, DIR. f. j. McOscar and
Newton w. Gilbert. Lieutenant Governor
Gilbert is the only new name on the list
the others being reelected. The clubs
financial report showed a balance Of 81 ,472
on hand. The years work included the
addition of two new industries TO the city,
employing GOO people.
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Building Strike Imminent.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, July 15.-On ac-
count OF the building contractors refusing
to grant the demands of the hod carriers
union a general strike among the building
trades is threatened here. The contractors
claim the hod carriers scale was not preA
scented to them until after the contracts
for the season had been signed. while the
hod carriers aver it was presented at the
beginning of the year and turned down.
Some of Inc loca, contractors are said to
have sent to Kentucky for large force of
negro workmen to take the place of the
local hod carriers, and this has so aggra-
waited the situation that 1t is feared the
strike will be precipitated earlier than ex-
pected.
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WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES
LAPORTE WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND
WAS KILLED BY STRIKERS.
Peru Man with Surplus Wife-Build-
-Laborers Engage i'm N Riot.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.

Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, July 15.-Mrs. Kate
Smith, of this county. will bring action in
the Cook county courts against the men
she believes were responsible for the muir
der of her husband. Thomas Smith. who
was killed during the strike I'm the Allis-
Chambers factory. Smith, who was then
living in this county, and who was an ex-
pert machnist, went to Chicago to take
the place of one of the strikers He was
returning to his boarding house one night
when he was assaulted and death resulted
from the injuries which he received.
The attorneys who represent Mrs. Smith
refuse at this time to divulge the names Of
the defendants in the action, but the evil
dence is deemed sufficiently strong to war
rant the bringing of suit for heavy dam
ages. 1t is said prominent labor leaders
will be involved in the litigation.
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BISHOP A BAD CHARACTER.
Police Arrest Him for Robbing sa-
loon Keeper OF Ninety Dollars.

Frank Bishop. i72s Union street. was ar
rested yesterday by Detectives Kinney and
Morgan. and slated at the police station
for burglary and grand larceny. Bishop. it
Is said. stole about $50 out OF a cash regis
ter in the saloon operated by John n.
YearBs at a2 South Noble street about six
months ago and avoided arrest at that
time by leaving the city. He came back
day or so ago and found 10 his sorrow
that the detectives had not forgotten the
case which they had against him.
Bishop is a bad character. the police say.
and has served three terms in prison IN this
and other States Ii Is understood he II
wanted In several places for thefts which
he has committed.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK. July 15.-Arrived: Amster-
dam. from Rotterdam: Aurenia. from LIVER
pool Sailed: Noordam. for Rotterdam;
Philadelphia. for southampton; Germanic,
for Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN, July 16.-Arrived off
Carpathia. from New York. for Liverpool.
and proceeded without landing the mail ow-
ing TO storm. Sailed: Saxonia, for Boston.
NANTUCKET LIGHTsHIP, Mass, July
15-Passed at 10:45 a. M: Majestic, for
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. July 15.-Sailed: Oceanic.
Cor New York; Westernland. for Philadel-
phia.
LONDON. July 15.-Arrived: Manitou.
from New York; Montivideo. from Montreal.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 16.-Arrived: New
York, from New York.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, July 15.-The thr-
teenth annual session of the Indiana State
Spiritual Association will open at Camp
Chesterfield tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. President f. b. Chamness. or
Alexandria, will preside at the first ses-
sion. Everything points to the most sue
cessful meeting in the history of the as
ISOLATION. Secretary Flora Hardin said to-
day that for the first time in it's history
every tent and cottage was occupied in
advance of the opening date. The hotels
on the grounds are booked to their capacity
and arrangements now on foot to Sc
cure a large number of sleeping tents to
accommodate the strangers who Will be
here. The services will continue for seven
weeks.
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New Presbyterian Church.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, July 15.-The lay
ing of the cornerstone of the $4,000 stone
structure which is being erected here by
the First Presbyterian Church will take
place on July %. An elaborate programme
has been prepared and the city that day
will be given over to the Presbyterians and
their friends.
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Special 70 the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, July 15.-Harry
Mccain was refused liquor license this
afternoon by the Board of County Commits
sioners after bitter contest. He wanted
to sell liquor in st. Paul, but a blanket
remonstrance was filed against the applica-
ton. The case occupied two days. During
the trial about 800 people, residents of Noble
township, were in attendance at the court
house.
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w July 1O.-E oiON"st 49,
Thursday and Friday.
Indiana-Fair and warmer on Thursday
Friday fair: fresh northeast winds
Illinois-Fair on Thursday, except show
ers in south portion. Friday showers. with
warmer i'm northeast portion; light to fresh
northeast winds along the lake
Ohio-Fair on Thursday and Friday;
warmer Friday; fresh west, becoming
Variable wicGs.
Lower Michigan-Fair on Thursday;
warmer I'm north portion. Friday showers
in north and fair in south portion; light
variable winds.
Wisconsin-Fair on Thursday; warmer IN
north portion. Friday showers; light,
variable winds, becoming fresh southeast.
Minnesota-Showers on Thursday and Fri
day: light variable winds. becoming fresh
southwest.
North Dakota and South Dakota-Fair on
Thursday and Friday.
Kentucky-Fair on Thursday and Friday.
Nebraska-Fair on Thursday, except
showers I'm southeast portion. Friday fair.
Kansas-Showers on Thursday; lower
tempe nature. Friday fair. except showers
IN east portion.
Iowa--Showers on Thursday and probably
Friday.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
VINCENNES, Ind, July 15.-Emma
Schwab, daughter of Michael Schwab, has
been missing for over a week and no trace
of her can be found. When seen last she
was in the company Of a young man Of this
city Her relatives have no tidings of her.
and her sudden disappearance has caused
her parents much anxiety. Officers are
working on the case.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WARSAW. Ind, July l5-The winona
Bible School. under the direction of the
Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman. opened to-day
with good attendance. the Rev. j. NJ.
Gray having charge of the IL o'clock serv-
Ice. In the afternoon Miss Jessie l.. Newlin
gave a recital-'rhe Spanish Gypsy"-and
In the evening the Fort Wayne Triangle.
composed of three quartets. sang a musical
programme, a large audience being present
Among the arrivals at the hotels to-day
were:
The Inn-Lorise G. Mason, New Lexing-
ton; Iona Shaw and Eve NJ Fitzgerald
Kokomo: w. I'll. Bass. Indianapolis; J. w.
Garrison. Fortv!lie; Bessie Hickson, Hazel
Hickson. Tile Leonard, Shields Craig.
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Two New Rural Mail Routes.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

SPECIAL 70 the Indianapolis JournaI.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. July 15.-An
additional rural free delivery service
will be established at Danville. Hendricks
county. Indiana. on Sept. /. covering an
area Of "a square miles, with a population
Of 51S. Service will also be established at
Trafalgar, Johnson county, Indiana, on the
same date; area, 26 square miles; popula-
ton, 535.
The First National Bank of DilIsboro
Ind, has been authorized to commence
business: capital $4,000. cambridge W.
Cole, president; William G. Wulber, acting
cashier.
George @. Shaw has been commissioned
postmaster at Pilot Knob. Ind; also, Aus
tin Stranahan, at Vigo, Ind.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, July 15-John S.
Hayhurst attempted suicide last night by
sending a bullet into his breast He was
taken to the hospital, where his condition
is reported to be serious He is twenty-five
years old, painter. and is said to have a
wife and one child in West Virginia, from
which State he and his mother and BROTH
ers came last October.
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no INDIANAPOLIS Journal

Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 15.-The po-
lice to-day ordered two negro refugees from
Evansville out of the city. The rioting in
Evansville started number of undesirable
negroes northward, and they were making
Terre Haute stopping place, some having
Chicago as point of final destination.
Within the past few years Terre Haute has
acquired a considerable number of this
class of negroes of the sporty" kind and
larger number in the West End, where they
naturally congregate.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT. Ind. July 15.-Jealousy
caused Mrs. c. o. Fenton. wife of the
editor OF the Logansport Times. to assault
her husbands stenographer. Miss Neva
Thatcher. in the Times Office to-day. The
women had disagreed over trivial matter
and the stenographer appealed to her en-
ployer, who sided with her. This so pro-
voked the editors wife that she attacked
Miss Thatcher and gave her beating
Miss Thatcher's hand bled from wounds
caused by SCATTERING a glass door. The
Times is a Prohibition publication.
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iErOL MAYER, sEALsWaT
NENy4A2 STENCILS ,SLAElPSiI
hfx InI3e6 Is EMERlpLAN ST GROUND hn0s

heavy pattern on the freight elevator when
il fell to the lotion, distance of thirty
eight feet and all were seriously injured
Jake Hasser's back was sprained and foot
mashed: - Oglc, internal injuries: -
Petty, one leg broken and the other dislo-
Gated: - Collins. bruised about neck
and chest The last-named three were
strangers, having only worked there few
days.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind. July 15.-Leonard
Lynch, agent of the Glover Leaf Railway
Company at Liberty Center, disappeared
last night and G.. ID. Wooter has been sent
from Greentown as his successor. When
the travelling auditor. A. p Averill. arrived
yesterday to check his books Lynch said
he was going to the postoffice after mail,
and has not been seen since. He had been
at Liberty Center two years.
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FAMILY DINNER PARTY
To Celebrate the Ninetieth Birthday
of Nelson Mcclure, of Annapolis.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGDALE, Ind, July 15.-Yes-
terday was the ninetieth birthday of Nell
son Mcclure. for many years a resident of
Annapolis, mile ncrth of this place. 1t
was celebrated with a family dinner party
attended by about 125 persons. The dinner
was served In the grove at the home Of
Mrs. Albert Thompson. the only daughter
of Mr.. Nelson. The guests were grouped
at the tables according to their ages. There
were six over eighty years, including Mr..
Nelson, who is the oldest man In Penn
township. These sat at one table. Twen-
ty-five guests whose ages ranged from
seventy to eighty years sat at another
table and still another table accommodated
the many youths present, whose ages
ranged between sixty and seventy year.
Mr. Mcclure was born in Virginia in 1913
and came to Indiana when fifteen years old.
He has lived In or near Annapolis ever
since his father settled near there. Except
that he is somewhat CRIPPLED by rheumatism
his health is good and his mental faculties
are unimpaired.
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Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, July l5.-Fish Com
missioner w. III. Thomas. OF the govern
ment hatchery at Neredosia. ILL.,. was in the
city to-day with thirteen cans of black bass
and catfish which were used to stock the
Tippecanoe river This afternoon he went
20 Mulberry on Wildcat creek. From there
he will 60 to Rossville and later to Nonti-
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NORTH VERNON, Ind, July 1.-THE
ground was broken in this city to-day for
a new school building that is to cost about
$4,000. The North Vernon Pump and Lum-
Der Company has the contract for the con-
struction of the building, which is to be
completed by Jan. l, 1904.
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sHAD WITH THEIR HANDS.
Boys Have Good Sport Catching Them
at Terre Haute.

at Terre Haute.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, July 15.-Boys and
men have been catching shad with their
hands in the vandalia gravel pit in West
Terre Haute. The water is going down. and
the fish come close to shore. ". G. Dick
bout, the Terre Haute authority on fishing.
says the shad in these waters are known as
Thompson" shad. because they were in
troduced into the Wabash river by Colonel
Thompson when he was secretary of the
navy. They are also known as hickory"
shad. and "a paper of pins would be nice
eating compared with them" THE Balti-
more shad is nice fish," said Mr.. Dick
bout. Colonel Thompson liked them. and,
of course. wanted his friends at home TO
enjoy them. For some reason the shad in
fresh water goes 10 bones, and the bones
do not lie In one way, but crossways and
every other way. When you take a shad
from the water you think you have the best
thing out. but after one experience-the
butter wasted. time and labor expended and
danger incurred-you knew better"
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Q Indianapolis Journal.

Special 70 tho IndianapoIis Journal.
BEDFORD. Ind, July 15.-Fire which
broke out at II O'Clock last night did dam
age to the amount Of several thousand dol
lars on the north side Of the square. The
blaze was discovered In the warehouse of
the Nj. +. Allen grocery, and the principal
loss was suffered by Mr.. Allen. The Allen
loss is in excess of $3.50, with insurance in
excess of 5000. NJ. f. DINNER and A. II.
Collins lost several hundred dollars each,
with small insurance. and slight damage
was done 10 several Of the neighboring
buildings.
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Special TO the Indianapoli Journal.
: ELWOOD, Ind, July 15.-The decision OF
a jury in the Madison Circuit Court that a
subscription for church support could be
collected at law the same as any other ac-
count was set aside to-day by Judge Ryan,
when he declared that the verdict for $3.50
secured against Mrs. u. T. o. Brien, of this
city, by the trustees of the First Christian
Church was not in accordance with the EVIL
dence and ordered new trial.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFONTAINE, Ind. July 15-Clarence
Mason, of this place, took John w. Grant,
the rural mail carrier on Route No. 3. over
his route in the formers automobile this
morning. making the trip of twenty-five
miles I'm one hour and flfty-flve minutes
rhey started from the Lafontaine post
office at S:45 O'Clock. delivered 172 pieces of
mail on the trip and reported back at the
postoffice at l0:40 O'Clock, probably a record
"trip.
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TO SECURE NAVIGATION.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 15-Secre-
tary Duncan, of the Commercial Club, has
received a letter from Secretary Brown, of
the New Harmony Business Mems League,
urging the Inauguration of a movement to
secure an appropriation from Congress to
improve the navigation Of the Wabash
river. The matter was first brought to the
attention CT the local business men by the
visit OF Granville Shaw, assistant to the
army engineer in charge OF this district,
with headquarters at Louisville. who said
that the Wabash could be made navigable
with comparative ease and advising con-
certed action by residents. of cities along
its course.
Societies have been formed at several
points on the Wabash with this end in
view and it Is likely that convention will
be called to consider the matter.
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Took CarbOlfc Acid.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind, July l5.-Benjamin
Gillion, nineteen, is lying at the point of
death as the result of an attempt at suicide
by taking carbolic acid this morning. He
is the son of a well-to-do farmer He will
not give the cause, but poor health Is
thought TO have prompted the act
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TO SAVE HIS CLIENT.
Richmond Attorney Seeks to Prove
the Invalidffy Of a Grand Jury.

the Invalidffy of a Grand Jury.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, July 15.-An interest
ing point Of law has been raised in con-
nection with the Wayne county grand fury,
which began its work yesterday. II is
brought up by John F. Robbins, attorney
for Groville Bundy the negro policeman
who shot and killed Charles Moore and
against whom there is a charge of first de-
gree murder. Robbins claims that mas
much as no grand jury was drawn for the
April term of court, ct the usual time for
such drawing, which is previous to the
opening OF the term, the clerk having failed
to attend TO this, the drawing not having
taken place until about two weeks ago the
procedure Is irregular and unlawful He
has filed a notice OF exceptions and has
been given until the opening of the Septem-
Der term TO prepare the same. In the
meantime the grand jury is going ahead
with its work. II the grand jury's action
can be thrown out on the ground stated
none of the work. it is now doing will be
of any consequence.
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DRAWN FROM THE LAKE.
Body of a Man Believed to Have Been
Murdered mt Hammond.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, July 15.-The body of a
murdered and unidentified man, pulled out
of Lake Michigan this morning. is thought
to be that of lake captain, judging from
keys found on his person. He was strangled
and hit over the head with a blunt instru-
ment; then two paving blocks used by the
South Chicago Traction Company were tied
around his neck and he was thrown in the
lake The body was finely clad.
"A safety box key, said by bank officials to
have belonged to w. b. Conkey nineteen
years ago. was found in a pocket of his
clothes. This is denied by Mr.. Conkey. The
Hammond South Chicago and Chicago po-
lice are working on the case.
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Porter County Suicides.

Special TO tho Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO. Ind, July 15.-John Hulz-
hauer, of Huron. o.. aged twenty-four. COM
mitted suicide last night, by drowning, in
Sager's pond. He was here visiting his
brother at college. Poor health was the
cause.
Miss Laura Johnson. of Chesterton, at
tempted suicide tonight by taking poison.
A love affair was the cause. She probably
will die
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July ia four
teen-year-old boy named Peyton. who was
taken to st. Anthony's Hospital on the
Fourth of July burned from powder explo-
sion, to-day was found to have smallpox.
The hospital was quarantined.
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Held on a Serious Charge.

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LOGANSPORT, Ind, July 15.-Ernest Z.
Webb, twenty years old. was bound over in
the sum of $500 this morning to await a
hearing in the Circuit Court on the charge
of assaultng Miss Nettie Prick, aged six
teen An effort was made this morning to
have him declared insane before he was
arraigned in preliminary hearing. but the
court, after taking the testimony, found
him of sound mind. Feeling has been high
against him among the neighbors Of the
girl
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CONVICTION, Ind. July b.-Mrs. brakes
bond was filed this evening. She left for
her home at $780, With one exception her
bondsmen are her neighbors and all are
weli-to-do farmers. The bond is 5000
with Matthew Boyd. John r. Teegarden.
William Smith. Henry Smith and Tiligman
l.. Denman as sureties