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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-16
BEVERIDGE TO LAWYERS
BAR OF STEUBEN AND DE KALB AD-
DRESSED BY THE SENATOR.
The "Lawyer in Legislation" His
Theme-Discusses Senate C1Oture
at a Banquet at Auburn.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, May Ex-senator
Beveridge to-day addressed the Bar AS
sociation of Steuben and De Kalb counties
at Auburn on the theme, 1.-The Lawyer in
Legislation" He was heard for an hour in
an impromptu address of special strength
and brilliance. He pointed out why, owing
TO his special training in the science Of
rules of conduct the lawyer is a necessity
in legislative body while business men
and men OF other training are oftentimes
OF great usefulness, but not essential.
The time had come within few years.
he said, when the duties of a member OF
Congress in either house can leave no time
for private practice as lawyer. The law
yer senator must give his whole time to the
public question of worldwide importance
and never ending bearing which the times
have developed. He spent considerable
time in showing why America has a writ
ten Constitution and England has not say
ing that when the American Nation was
born ii was without a declaration of its en-
tity and sovereignty and had no machinery
of government The written Constitution.
however, is not designed to restrain growth
Growth, he said, is irresistible in the people
and If the people grow the laws and the
Constitution must grow. This Congress has
often felt impelled TO enact legislation n t
specifically authorized In the Constitution,
but implied by it's terms in its inherent
and necessary sovereignty. The speaker
was enthusiastically applauded as he
closed
Later he spoke at banquet discussing
cloture In the Senate. saying that the next
session would adopt the cloture rule as to
appropriation bills, but not as to general
legislation The lack of a cloture, he said,
had never prevented the passage of any law
the people wanted.
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OvATIONS FOR MONKS.
They Are Fined by French Magis-
trates and Cheered by the People.

They Are Fined by French Magis-
trates and Cheered by the People.
PARIS, May 15.-The government is pur-
suing actively the repressive measures
against unauthorized congregations. These
measures are now principally confined to
judicial action. The opposition to them
seems practically to have ended, although
the manifestations caused by the trials
continue. Owing to the precautions taken
these manifestations do not assume a SER
ious character.
The trial Of ten Capuchins at Lamans to-
day drew a crowd of three thousand SYM
pathizers around the courthouse. The monks
were cheered, many women strewing flowers
in their pathway. In court the superiors of
the Capuchins made eloquent defense
and were much applauded by those present
The Capuchins, however, were sentenced to
they were escorted back to their convent
by the crowd. which chanted the "Magnif-
cat on the way back Socialists attempted
a counter manifestation at Lamans, but the
sympathies of the crowd evidently were
with the monks, and order was not dis
turbed.
Seven Redemptorists were arrested to-
day at Valence-sur-Rh -Rhone for refusing to
leave their convent. They were led from
eral hundred of their friends. The police
finally took the monks 10 prison.
Amid many manifestations of sympathy
several Capuchins were tried to-day at
Blois. convicted and sentenced to pay fines
of IS each.
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RED PEPPER in HIS EYES
CINCINNATI JUDGE ALMOST BLINDED
BY AN ANGRY WOMAN.
He Had Ruled Against Her in a Police
Court Case-His Sight VIII Not
BE Impaired.

CINCINNATI, May 15.-Displeased over
the outcome of a case in Police Court this
morning. Mrs. A. Z. Leland. aged thirty
eight years, tried to blind Judge William b.
Lueders in his Office late this afternoon by
throwing Cayenne pepper in his eyes. He
was hastily taken to the hospital, where
the physicians stated that no serious dam
age had been done.
Mrs Leland appeared in Police Court
this morning as the prosecuting witness
against Police officer Sidney Ogden, who,
she claimed had struck her. The testi-
mony showed that the woman had thrown
stones at the officer, and had acted other
wise in such way that the court held
that Ogden was justified in any action OF
a forcible nature that had TO be taken
toward her. and dismissed the officer. Mrs.
Leland left the court crying vengeance
against the officer and Judge Lueders
After leaving the City Hall the woman
evidently purchased a large quantity of
office of Judge Lueders. in Walnut street.
When the judge appeared the woman took
a package from the folds of her dress, and
with deliberate calmness said:
Here. Judge Lueders,' and threw the
pepper into his face, completely binding
him.
He was taken to the hospital immedi-
ately, and tonight the doctors say his
sight will not be impaired. and that no
bad results Will ensue.
The woman was arrested, and made the
following statement at the police station:
"I was very much discouraged after
Judge Lueders dismissed the case this
morning. and 1 felt as IL my feelings were
hurt, so i made up my mind to hurt some
body elses. but l had no intention to kill
the Judge"
Judge Lueders says he will not prosecute
fha woman
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FRIEND OF THE CANAL


Urges Colombia to Encourage North
American Immig ration.
COLON, Colombia, May 15.-In a recent
issue of La Republica. published at Bogota,
the capital of Colombia, there appears an
article advocating North American immi-
grafton to Colombia. The writer enum-
crates the advantages which he declares
certainly will follow intercourse with such
powerful nation, whose commercial
standing to-day is one of the most notable
events in the history Of the world. He also
deprecates the idea that the United States
contemplates absorbing Central or South
American republics, saying that after DOM
ineering them the United States certainly
would trample them beneath its feet I'm
migration from nations far advanced al
continues, and he instances European I'M
migration as the principal cause of the
phenomenal prosperity of the United
States.
Among the benefits resulting from the de-
sired American immigration, the article
cites the introduction of new industries,
new methods of developing industries al
ready established, fresh capital and a spirit
of enterprise hitherto unknown in Colom-
bia. The statement is made that IL is not
generally known that in the three Colom-
bian departments of Antioquia, Cauca and
Tolima alone there Is more gold under
ground than in all California.
This article Is evidently written to aid
the passage of the canal convention before
the Colombian Congress and to offset the
opposition at BOgota to the canal scheme
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Four Witnesses Testify that They Saw
Yeager and the Woman Near the
Howard-Tipton Line.
ALSO HEARD A PISTOL SHOT
POOL OF BLOOD FOUND AT THE SPOT
INDICATED.
Three Men Arrested VIII he Released
-Omcers Claim to Have New
and Important Clew.
pecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, May 1.-THE testimony
at the coroner's inquest in the Yeager mur-
der mystery to-day sustains the strange
woman" story.
Fred Johnson, Frank Burns and Oscar
and Evan Pickering were important wit
nesses. and their testimony shifts the scene
of the murder from Hemlock to point
five and one-half miles south on the road
dividing Howard and Upton counties. The
witnesses live on this road, and saw Yeager
there in his buggy at l o'clock Monday
morning. He had a strange woman in the
buggy Behind him was another rig with
an unknown man and woman. When a
short distance beyond the Pickering house
both couples got out They were talking
loud, witnesses said, but owing to the dark
ness their movements could not be seen.
Then a pistol shot was heard. No investi-
CATION was made at the time and little
thought of 1t.
To-day a pool of coagulated blood was
found at the roadside, indicating the spot
Yeager's rig and himself, but did not know
the others.
Fred Johnson testified to passing the
Yeager rig at o'clock. He hailed Yeager,
but got no answer.
Yeager's body, when found, was ieanlng
out of the buggy, with the head between
the buggy bows and the shoes wedged
under the iron foot rest. to keep the body
from falling. In this position the horse
carried him home.
The theory OF Coroner Harrison is that
Yeager after leaving the home of Miss
Finley at 10 o'clock, went south and fell
IN with the unknown woman and man.
The testimony cclears Ingles and the Eads
boys now under arrest, and they will be
released.
Coroner Harrison and other officers went
to the scene of the murder tonight They
have a clew that may result in more ar
rests before morning.
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AMONG THE BIG TREES
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN THE
YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Proceeds ON Horseback Through Ma
tiOnal Park with Three Companions
-Will BE Secluded Until Monday.

WAWONA, Cal, May 15.-President
Roosevelt. for the second time since he
left Washington on his present trip, is cut
off from communication with the outside
world. He Is camping in the big tree
country and will remain secluded until
Monday morning. His special train ar
rived at Raymond this morning before
the President had finished his breakfast.
A detachment of the Ninth Cavalry, which
is stationed at Wawona, was at the sta
tion to meet him. and acted as an escort
In the Big Tree country.
AS soon as the President had finished
breakfast he left his car, and, mounting the
platform across the street. made a short
speech to the large crowd that had col
lected. He thanked the people for greet
ing him and mentioned the good time he
expected TO have during his four days
stay in the Yosemite valley. The Presi-
dent and his party then boarded stages
and started on their forty-four-mile ride
to the Big Tree country, where the night
was TO be spent. The day was warm and
the dust thick and the ride had not pro-
gressed far when the members of the party
resembled men clad in khaki uniforms.
Luncheon was eaten at Ahwahnee. An
exciting incident occurred during the ride
from Ahwahnee to the Big Tree grove. A
small forest fire was raging close to the
trdii Causing a HcdNy pdil Oh smoke 10 OD-
scure the road. The trail at this place
runs along steep side of the mountain.
The driver never faltered. He lashed the
horses and the President was soon out of
the fire zone. 1t was about o'clock when
the party arrived at Sequoa grove, and
the President spent two hours admiring
these wonders of nature. He then mounted
a horse and, with John Muir. naturalist,
and Guides Leonard and Leidigh, who are
members of the Forest Rangers, started
for his camp.
r. rp.-
grove, sleeping in the open air wrapped in
blankets The President is pretty well
tired out after his strenuous programme in
San Francisco. and is looking forward with
a great deal Of pleasure to the quietude he
expects to enjoy for the next two days.
The members of his party, including Gov
ernor Pardee and Secretary Moody, will
spend the night here and tomorrow will
go to Glavier Point
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NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY


BERLIN. May 15.-The publication
throughout Germany of the statement that
the agricultural appropriation bill passed
at the last session of Congress contained
a clause authorizing the exclusion Of adul-
terated food and drinks has frightened
German exporters. especially OF beers. sau-
sages and wines, who believe that the
United States intends to retaliate for the
meat and other food determinations Of
Germany.
1t is well understood by the trade that
the export of what known as deli
catessen wares" would be nearly destroyed
were preservatives and authorizations pro-
hibited The trial of DR.. Schlamp. the wine
grower of Nierstein, revealed the extent or
the secret adulteration of home consumed
wine, but the adulteration of wines for ex-
port is openly conducted One concern at
Hamburg exports immense quantities OF
what are labeled as Bordeaux wines, which
it makes with potato alcohol as a base.
Some of these wines are sent TO the United
States, but the larger portion go TO South
America and South Africa. This feeling,
officially, is that the Germans ought to feel
no surprise Ii the United States does re-
talate and that the tariff exclusion con-
troversies can only be settled by new
commercial treaty.
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Three Seriously Hurt, Eight Are Sc
verely Injured and All the Other
Passengers Are Bruised.
BODY OF CAR LEAVES TRUCKS
OvERTURNs ON A CURVE AS 1T Is
ENTERING THE CITY.
Cuts by Broken Glass and Bruises by
the Fall Add to the Terror Of the
Scene-The Injured.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, May 16.-Three persons
were seriously injured and eight others
more or less hurt by the overturning Of
Union Traction car No. 134 at Thirtieth
street and Home avenue in this city about
o'clock this saturday. morning. In
rounding the curve at that point the car
left the trucks. turned completely over, and
dashed the passengers violently against the
side of the car. The injured:
MRS. w. S. PADEN, of Marion, injured
about the back and spine; condition serious.
MRS. A. COLE, Logansport, right arm
broken and left shoulder dislocated.
DIR. H. A. WOODRUFF. Marion. right
arm broken, head cut by broken glass.
WILLIAM CAIN, Marion, left leg broken.
ALBERT KNIGHT, Marion. head cut and
body badly bruised.
about the spine and left shoulder; condition
serious.
J.B. ADAMS, Marion. bones of right hand
crushed.
WILLIAM RILEY, Fairmount, right leg
and arm badly bruised.
JOHN c. GRAVES. Marion, hand crushed
and left leg badly bruised.
F. W. WHEELER, Marion, right ankle
sprained and back hurt.
BURT BRAGG, motorman, Marion, right
leg and arm crushed, internally injured; in
serious condition.
The car was on the way from Indianapolis
to Marion, and was due in Marion at
o'clock. There were fifteen passengers. The
car was late and was running very rapidly
when it struck the curve at Thirtieth street
and Home avenue. The body of the car. in
going around the curve, was thrown from
the trucks and rolled completely over. The
trucks remained on the track.
All the occupants of the car received cuts
from broken glass and were bruised, in ad-
dition to the more serious injuries received
by a number. All were badly frightened
by the accident.
of the car. 1t was going at such speed
when several miles out of the city that in
rounding a curve John Masters, the con-
ductor was thrown off the platform to the
ground, breaking his arm and brusing him
badly. The car was stopped and he was
taken on board. The run to Marion was
then resumed. Curves seemed to be fatal
to Car 13i, however, as it had gone but a
| mile or so when the second and more seri-
Gus accident occurred.
The only explanation that can be given at
this time is that the girders which held the
| body of the car TO the trucks broke under
strain of the speed which was being MAIN
tanned in order TO reach the city on time
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ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Gov. Nash Issues Requisitfon to Bring
Mrs. Mccormick from Memphis.


MEMPHIS. Tenn, May 15-Detective ].
A Sweeney, of Cincinnati, arrived in the
city this morning with a warrant charging
Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick with the murder of
the express company employee. John b.
Flicker. who died from the effects of drink
ing poisoned whisky from a package ad-
dressed to Mrs. Kate Noble, of that city.
The detective had scarcely made his ap-
pearance In the office OF Chief of Police
Mason before Mrs. McCormick's attorneys
arrived and announced that Mrs McCor-
mick would not return TO Cincinnati with
out requisition papers. The attorneys also
announced that they had instituted habeas 8
corpus proceedings. The hearing on this
motion was set for this afternoon but on
request of the State IL was continued till
Tuesday, May 19, on the ground that reoui-
sition papers could not be secured befsre
that time. Mrs. Mccormick was taken to
the Shelby county jail.
CINCINNATI. May 15.-To-night the Wild
ow OF John b. Flicker. who died from the
effects of poison. swore out a warrant
charging Mrs. Mccormick with murder
Governor Nash wired Chief of Police MiIli-
ken that he would issue reQuisition papers
to bring Mrs. Mccormick from Memphis
TO Cincinnati The papers were at once
made out and sent to Columbus. along with
the warrant sworn out by Mrs Flicker.
Mrs. Flicker will probably 60 to Memphis
to appear at the hearing Of Mrs. McCor-
mick next Tuesday.
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TO FIGHT LABOR AGGRESSION
Greater New York Building Trades Employers Form
Great Protective Society.

negotiations looking to the acceptance Of a
tender Of its good offices by the State Board
of Arbitration.
There has been some disorder but moth
ing of a serious nature. The police depart
ment has increased its force to handle the
situation. The situation between the con-
tending factions Is at a deadlock. Presi-
dent Craig announces that the Citizens Al
lance will not accede TO the unions de-
mands, and President Coates is equally
sure the labor committee will not arbitrate
with the alliance.
Labor leaders object to further negotia-
tions with the alliance on the ground that
In its membership are included not only en-
ployers OF labor, but many nonunion wage
workers, whom they regard as strike
breakers"
At 10 o'clock to-day counsel for the trans
fer and van owners of the city applied in
the Federal Courts for an injunction
against the Transfers National Union of
America, the Transfer Drivers local No.
50, and the Van Drivers and Helpers To-
cal No. 81. and all members belonging to
these organizations. The plaintiffs asked for
an injunction restricting defendants and
their associates, confederates. co-conspir-
ators, agents, servants and employees
from interfering with the business of COM
plainants as common carriers of freight
between States of the United States or
from hindering or obstructing wagons or
vehicles engaged in carrying freight and
articles OF interstate commerce.; from
posting pickets about the place of busi-
ness of cimplainants; from interfering
(CONTINITED ON PAGE < COL, Al
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SENATORIAL BRIBERY.


BOSTON, May 15.-The Senate committee
resumed at the Statehouse to-day the in
quiry into the charges of corruption made
against a member of that body by George
]. Raymond. Boston merchant. James
j. Monroe, an employe of the Raymond
syndicate. told of arranging the meeting
between Mr.. Raymond and Senator Foster,
and corroborated the testimony of the for
mer given yesterday when he said the
senator had offered to save Senate bill No
1874. termed "A bill to prevent the sale OF
merchandise in bulk in defraud of cred
itors," in consideration of 1900.
The rest of the session was devoted to the
explanation of the members of the Credit
Mems Association as TO having fathered
the bill referred TO and raised among its
members $3.50 to defray expenses incident
to it's passage.
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INJUNCTION ASKED.
Denver Van Owners and Transfer Men
Appeal TO Court.

DENVER. Col. May 15.-The Joint execu-
tive committee OF organized labor. owing to
the refusal of the Citizens Alliance to
agree to arbitration between employers and
employees directly interested In questions
at issue. called out 1000 additional union
men during the forenoon to-day. increasing
the total number OF strikers In this city to
more than 1000. The unions ordered out to-
day are brewery workers. beer bottlers.
beer wagon drivers. retail clerks. garment
workers. horseshoers. mattress makers and
electrical workers The unions that had
previously struck are ;eamsters. express
men. butchers and meat cutters. cooks,
walters. restaurant helpers. bakers. gro
Gerry clerks. grocery saleswomen and egg
gamblers
This order was rescinded later. pending
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COMPLAINS OF CRUELTY
MIR. SPERANZA INVESTIGATES WEST
VIRGINIA MINING.
Italians Tied to Mules and Dragged
to WOrk-Attention of Grand Jury
to BE Called to the Matter.

WASHINGTON. May 15.-Mr. Speranza,
secretary of the society for the protection
of Italian immigrants of New York, who
has been in West Virginia for several days
investigating complaints of illtreatment
made by a number of Italians. who went to
West Virginia to work on a railroad, stop
ped in Washington to-day on his way back
to New York and acquainted Senor Mayor
Des Planches, Italian ambassador, in a gen.
eral ways with the facts ascertained- Mr..
Speranza will prepare a statement Of the
facts as he found them. Speranza In all
spent three weeks in various portions of
West Virginia in which Italian laborers
are employed, investigating complaints
which have been received by the society,
dating as far back as January last.
In the Piney creek region Mr.. Speranza
investigated allegations which have been
brought to the attention of the Italian
embassy at Washington to the effect that
a number of Italian laborers who had been
sent to work at railroad work near Brick
ley, had been subjected to cruel treatment.
Mr.. Speranza asserts that he has corrobora-
ative evidence TO support the charges which
have been made by Italian laborers. These
laborers said that they left work and went
to Brickley and that they were tied TO a
mule to be dragged to work Speranza says
the laborers hands were tied in grand
Jury room at Beckley and that this was
done under the direction of Mr.. Tchar-
mon, a subcontractor. A justice of the
peace is said to have cut the ropes. The
district attorney. he added, had promised
to bring the matter TO the attention of the
grand jury. In other places he visited
there were scattered charges of brutality
to laborers engaged in railroad construction
and Mr.. Speranza says he has a number of
affidavits to support the allegations.
Mr.. Speranza says the society i'm whose
behalf he has been making the investiga-
tions will seek, by publicity. to aid intend
ing immigrants and others who may arrive
in this country With the information he has
gathered at hand they may be induced, he
says, to avoid making contracts for labor
in places where IL is alleged brutalities pre-
vail and seek localities where better condi-
tions exist
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FATAL WRECK IN KENTUCKY.
New Orleans Limited, Running a
High Speed, Ditched mt McHenry.

OwENsBORO, KY, May 1.-Two tain
men were killed and two others badly in
jured in a wreck that occurred on the
Illinois Central Railroad at McHenry, KY,
sixty miles from here. at 6 o'clock tonight.
The dead:
JAMES MATTHEW'S. engineer Louis
vile.
JOHN KEER, fireman, Louisville
The names of the two injured trainmen
are not known. Only a few passengers
were hurt, and it is believed their injuries
are not serious.
The train wrecked was the New Orleans
limited. east-bound. 1t was three hours
behind time and running at a high rate of
speed when nearing the depot. Suddenly
the engine left the track and the six
coaches followed. all rolling In a ditch
The engineer and fireman We're caught nm
der the engine and crushed to death The
baggagemaster and express messenger were
also thrown under the wreckage aad both
badly injured.
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HAMILTON, o.. May 15.-John Moebus.
well-known business man, Is dying al
Mercy Hospital tonight from the effects
of bullet wound inflicted by his son. Ed
ward Moebus. Bitter feeling had existed
I'm the family over the division OF Mrs
Moebus's estate, and this afternoon. when
the father entered his sons store and
looked at the ledger, a quarrel ensued, re-
sulting in Edward shooting his father, the
bullet passing through the right lung The
son claims his father first attacked him
with knife, but this is denied.