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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-12
CHRISTIAN CHURCH MISSIONS.
Annual Meeting O. state Societies to
Convene in Greenfield.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
GREENFIELD, Ind, May 1.-THE an
nual state convention of the Missionary
Society of the Churches of Christ Of In
diana will be held in the Christian Church
in Greenfield. beginning Wednesday. May
Is, and lasting over Friday, the 18th. There
are ia delegates, and there will be large
number of the influential and working men,
bers of the various churches over the State
The leading ministers will be present and
deliver addresses during the meeting.
Among those who will speak are the Rev.
I. A. Reynolds, Muncie; the Rev. c. 5.
Medbury, Angola; 7. j. Legg, state evan
gelist, OF Logansport; the Rev. A. b. Phil
putt, Indianapolis; w. w. Sniff, Rushville:
Mrs. Eva Oaks Taggart, South Bend; the
Rev. j. II. o. Smith; III. L. Herod, Indian
apolis; the Rev. j. III. Mcneil, Kokomo; the
Rev. E. F. Maxim, Shelbyville; the Rev. H.
II. Harmon, Columbus; the Rev. c. d. New
man, Indianapolis.
The amount of money received last year
for the work was 81, 295.97. There were only
IS churches among those contributing.
There are in Indiana $4,000 communicates,
500 churches and 700 ministers.
Field Secretary T. j. Legg, of Logans-
port, has very good showing for his work
for the year. He has organized churches,
q Sunday schools and had sos accessions
TO the church.
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William Fl. Brevoort has been made here.
and as a result two strangers are in jail
here They We're arrested to-day
Mr.. BrevoCrt Is one of the wealthfest
farmers In the State, and owns several
thousand acres of land below Vincennes
and an elegant home in Vincennes sun
day stranger giving his name as G. Rob
ifornia, called on Mr.. Brevoort and told
him a pretty story about having had rich
golo mine pointed out TO him by an old
Mexican woman whom he had befrtended
years ago. He and a man named William
Brevoort had secured the claim, though
they had little faith in the old woman. 3
story. Both, not realizing the value Of
their claim. had wandered away. Recently
Roberts, he said, received notice that the
claim was fabulouSfy rich, and tnat the
owners must prove up their claims he nad
lost the address of Brevoort, but claimed
10 hear Of a man here by that name. and
had come here, thinking II was lis former
partner But II was not the man. he
then offered to give Mr.. Brevoort a third
interest in the mine for his assistance.
Roberts produced two large bars OF yellow
metal. which he said he had taken out or
his gold mine in Mexico. Mr.. Brevoort 3
suspicious were aroused, but he kept quiet,
waiting to get some evidence TO CONVEX
him. Finally Roberts suggested that MI
Brevoort get some one 10 test the gold'
but he declined. Then Roberts started out
to hunt some one to assay the metal. He
soon returned and stated that he mad
CHANGED to meet Mr.. Charles l.. Jerome, a
government dSSay1St OF Pnllduelphld MI
Jerome at first declined to do the work, as
il was Sunday, but finally bored holes in
the metal and pronounced it pure gold.
He placed the value OF the two bars at
S27, 200 and wanted to buy 1t, but. Roberts
refused TO sell. Finally he bought the bor-
ings and paid 50 TO Roberts. which the
latter divided with Mr.. Breyoort, who was
TO get third interest in the mines.
Brevoort notified the police after making
an enga cement to meet Roberts this morn
ing. When Roberts called he was con-
fronted by Chief Dunn and Captain kruse.
who arrested him. Jerome was arrested a
moment later in a buggy, where he was
waiting for Roberts. Jerome had the keys
to the trunks in which Roberts carried the
gold bricks
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.


NEW YORK, May u.--Arrived: Ivernia,
from Liverpool: Minnehaha, from London;
CAlabria, from Genoa: Anchoria, from
Glasgow; Potsdam, from Rotterdam.
QUEENSTOWN, May 11-Arrived: Com
monwealth, from Boston for Liverpool. and
PROCEEDED.
MOvILLE. May 11.-Arrived: Columbia,
from New York for Glasgow, and 6ro-
ceeded.
SC1LLY. May IL. $40 d. m.-Passed: Va
derland. from New York for Antwerp.
PLYMOUTH, M6y 11.-Sailed: Pennsyl-
vaTia, from Hamburg for New York.
BREMEN, May u.--Arrived: Grosser
Kurfuerst. from New York.
LIZARD, May u.-Passed: Minnetonka
from New York for London
ROTTERDAM. May 1i.-Arriyed: Ryn-
dam, from New York.
HAMBURG. May 11.--Arrived: Patricia
from New York.
LIVERPOOL. May 11.-Arrived: Cestrian
from Boston
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POOR Dominic
Between the Devil and the Deep Sea.

A clergyman. of Gresham. Neb.. who
drank coffee for many years suffered from
chronic insomnia and from terrific head
aches when he quit coffee. He says: IT have
been a very heavy user Of coffee for SO long
Iand have seen its effects so clearly that
there is no doubt In my mind concerning ito
injurious effects upon the nervous system
While a coffee user was unable 10 sleep
for hours after retiring at night and on the
other hand terrific headaches resulted n
the regular hour for drinking coffee passed
and did not get IL 10 was In a miserable
position.
but / found a firm friend IN Postum
Cereal Coffee and from the very time
adopted Postum all these evil effects van
ished. / now enjoy sound sleep and Inn
proved appetite and q decidedly clearer
complexion and am convinced that better
health and longer life would be the result
OF Its general use. have a friend who has
been user OF Postum for several years and
the story OF her recovery from NEURALGIA OF
the stomach simply by using Postum IN
place OF coffee seems almost too wonderful
TO be true. Many times she was near
Deaths door and the doctors had frequently
given her case up as hopeless. but she war
entirely healed by leaving on coffee ard
using Postum. IL Is pleasure 10 say these
good things about Postum Name given bY
Postum Co.. Battle Greek. Mich.
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General Labor News.

A strike for fewer hours work and more
pay was begun at New Haven, Conn,
Monday by 600 union transfers.
Despite several important concessions by
the international Harvester Company in
Guiding recognition of the union, repre-
sentatives of the six thousand employees of
the Deering plant at Chicago have voted
to remain out until all the demands of the
union are granted.
The thirteenth annual convention of the
International Brotherhood OF Paper Makers
opened in Erie, Pa, Monday and will re-
main in session until Saturday. There are
about 200 delegates present. representing
1900 paper makers In 154 lodges scattered
throughout the United States and Canada.
The Staten Island, N. Y. carpenters. 400 in
number. are again on strike. One of the
firms In paying off the men on Saturday
morning told them TO quit for the rest OF
the day and deducted two hours time The
men reported To the union and all the union
carpenters on the island were called out.
The challenge recently made by John C.
Havemyer to the labor unions Of Yonkers.
N Y. IN which he offered to PROFOUND va
rious questions for labor union speakers
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Effort to BE Made by the Civic Fed.
GRAFTON to Avert Strike on
the Southern Pacific.
FEDERAL COURT INJUNCTION
RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST MO-
BILE & OHIO ROAD STRIKERS.
Efforts of the Company to Move Trains
Meeting with Dimculties-La-
Dor and Strike Notes.

OMAHA, Neb., May lion a petition Of
attorneys representing several Of the large
restaurant owners of the city, three judges
sitting in the District Court, this afternoon.
granted an injunction retaining the strik-
ing restaurant workers from interfering
with the business of the proprietors. The
order is similar to that granted by the
Federal Court against the teamsters. The
order is made returnabIe May 25.
Fifty Of the emergency deputy sheriffs
appointed by Sheriff Power last week to
assist in preserving order and who were
union strikers, were dismissed to-day and
nonunion men sworn in to take their
places. The changes were made at the re-
quest of Chief of Police Donahue, who says
the action was taken because the union Of
f1cers persuaded the nonunion drivers to
leave their work and are derelict in per-
forming their duty.
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THE CARLSBAD OF AMERICA
SEALS. STENCILS AND STAMPS.
rOLMAYER, SEALSH0 Nl
UNA& STENCILS. SLAEpS3
@E. ThoeA Is EMERlDLAN ST osoynO hoss.!

verely wounded his son at their home In
Holly street.
Arthur l.. Jones. prominent young socf-
ETY. man or Montgomery, Ala, committed
suicide at his apartments with a revolver.
Jones was prominent club man and a
well-known tennis player.
Directors of the Chemical National Bank,
of New York, have elected w. II. Porter
formerly vice president of the bank. pres
ident, TO fill the place caused by the death
of President c. G. Williams.
Capt. Frank Pennell. chief of police Of
Quebec, Canada, died on a Wabash train
between Toledo and St. Louis Monday
while on his way to New Orleans to at
tend the convention Of chiefs OF police.
The Morton Trust Company of New
York city, has made formal announcement
OF its withdrawal from ciearing-house priv
company is one Of the most important in
the city.
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RAILWAY MEN RESTRAINED.
Striking Employees Of the Mobile 4
Ohio Road Enjoined.

Striking Employees of the Mobile e.
Ohio Road Enjoined.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May lie. G. Bond,
the district attorney for the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad Company, with headquarters at
Jackson, Tenn, to-day went before Judge
Hammond. of the Federal Court. and
prayed for an injunction restraining the
striking employees and others from inter-
fering in any manner with the operation Of
trains on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the
State Of Tennessee. Judge Hammond Is
sued a retraining order effective until
Wednesday, May Is, at 10 o'clock a. m,
when he will hear the application for in
junction in open court at Jackson, Tenn.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE strike situation
on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad system is
growing more serious. Three freight trains
were moved out of East st. Louis yester-
day. One of these was deserted by it's crew
sixty miles out. To-day only one trainswent
Master w. c. Lee, Of the Railway Train
men, received word that the remaining six
yardmen at East st. Louis had quit work
and signed an agreement not to resume
until the present differences were settled.
MOBILE, Ala, May 11.-General Manager
G. s. Clarke, of the Mobile & Ohio, issued
notice to-day inviting all old men to come
back at o'clock Tuesday morning without
prejudice. The strikers say that none will
statement to the public, claims that good
progress has been made in supplying the
places Of the strikers. At this end Of the
line this success is not apparent No freight
has gone out to-day. Fruit importing is
much incommoded. Several vessels are due.
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EDITORS OFF TO BLUEGRASS.
Southern Indiana Association on n
Trip Up Kentucky River.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CARROLLTON, KY, May 1.-THE steam
er Falls City swung into the Kentucky
river at IL o'clock tonight with large
representation of the Southern Indiana
Press Association on board. About forty
persons left Louisville at 3 o'clock this
afternoon on board the steamer to enjoy
the annual outing of the southern Indiana
editors. When the boat reached Madison,
at 10 o'clock tonight, the passenger list
was largely increased, and about seventy
five in all have started on the outing up
the Kentucky river. which will last until
Thursday Friday.
Amorg the prominent men on board are
Colonel John L. Vance, of Cincinnati, prest-
dent of the Ohio Valley Improvement AS
ISOLATION, and Albert Bettinger, of Gin
cinnati. Many of the editors are accom-
panied by their wives. Senator Beveridge
had intended joining the party, but found
he could not get back in time to attend the
Anderson encampment, having already
promised to go there.
MADISON, Ind, May u.-Among those
who joined the party Of southern Indiana
editors here tonight were M. c. CARRIER. Of
the Madison Courier; w. G.. Golbraith,
Columbus Democrat; w. W. Aiken, Frank
lin Star; ]. N. Marsh, Columbus Herald;
Charles A. Casad, Indianapolis Journal:
Thomas r. Shipp, Senator Beveridge's
private secretary, ind Thomas B. Nc
Gregor, of Madison.
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Charity Conference Officers.

ATLANTA, Ca, May 1.-THE National
Conference Of Charities and Correction to-
dent, Jeffrey Bracket, of Baltimore; vice
presidents, Rev. Samuel G. Smith, st. Paul;
Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, Atlanta; Max
Herberg, Philadelphia; secretary, Joseph p.
Beyers, Jeffersonville, Ind; treasurer, AL
fred o. Crozier, Wilmington, DEL; official
reporter and editor, Mrs. Isabel c. Bar
rows, New York; executive committee Miss
Frances G. Curtis, Boston; Hugh F. Fox,
Bayonne, N. j.; Benjamin B. Lindsay, Den
yer, Col: Clarence Low, New Orleans:
Thomas Mulry, New York; F. H. Nibacker,
Glen Mills, Pa: Max Senior, Cincinnati:
also nineteen former presidents and off,
GERS of the conference.
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matte, operated by electricity, and was in
vented by Alfred Bingham, foreman Of the
machine shop at Ball Brothers He has
been working on the machine for months,
and finished it two weeks ago. The fac
tories that now employ white liner pressers
are five in number, employing five hundred
presSers and a like number OF gathering
Gay and the gathering boys about $4- As
soon as this machine is put in proper work.
ing order all pressers, IL is said, will be-
come idle, as the gathering boys can do all
the work with the assistance of the auto
matte nresser
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WILL OF MILTON sHIRK.
1t Gives $4,000 Each to Franklin Col
lege and Peru Baptist Church.

Iege and Peru Baptist Church.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU Ind, May 1.-THE funeral Of MIL
ton Shirk, the banker, is to be held at 2:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with public
services at the First Baptist Church and
private services following at the residence.
The ir.terment will be in Oak Grove Gene
terry. by the side of his parents. Mr.. Shirks
will has been filed for record and probate
this soon because of a very important real
estate transaction that Is pending in Chi
cago and which demands copy of the will.
G.. r. Chamberlain, assistant cashier OF the
First National Bank, went to Chicago to-
day to deliver the copy. The Shirk estate
consists Of banks, factories, farms, forests
and other real estate and interests in half
900 and $15.0O0.0OO.
After providing for the payment Of the
testator's debts the will allots to his widow
law and gives her in fee the Shirk house
in Peru, with the contents and the land
appurtenant thereto, besides one-third of all
Gated, There follows a gift of 5000 cash
to the trustees of Franklin College, to be
paid within six months after Mr.. Shirk's
death, the same to be added to the perma-
nent endowment fund of the college A
similar gift of 5000 is made to the trustees
of the First Baptist Church of Peru, to be
invested in United States bonds. the in
come to be devoted to paying the pastors
salary. Provision Is made for the reversion
of the last-named sum to the Shirk heirs
if amp portion OF the sum is lost and the
church does not promptly make Ii good.
The remainder of the estate. real and per-
sonal, is devised to the two sons of the de-
ceased and the widow. Ellen Walker Shirk,
Is named executrix, with full power and
without bond.
This will was made on June 6, 1902. A
codicil, dated the same day, provided that
In event of the death Of Mrs. Shirk before
her husband the son of the testator, Ebert
Wright Shirk, should become executor on
the same terms as provided for Mrs. Shirk
as executrix.
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HAVOC IN GUATEMALA.

Coffee Plantations Buried Deep Under
Volcanic Ashes and Scoria.
MEXICO CITY, May 1.-News brought
from Guatemala by people who have seen
the ruin wrought by the recent eruption OF
Santa Maria volcano confirm all the pre-
vious reports. The situation could hardly
be worse. "All the coffee plantations in
the vicinity Of the volcano" says Manuel
Hurtado, just arrived here from Guate-
mala, have been destroyed for all time.
Ashes from ten to fifteen feet deep cover
the country. In the neighborhood OF the
volcano ashes are so deep that only some
OF the tops of tall trees can be seen. Scoria
and ashes cover 1000 square miles to depths
of from five to fifteen feet and five thou
sand square miles to depths of from one to
five feet. One-third Of the entire coffee
crop has been destroyed. About 100000
quintals Of the very choicest coffee have
been lost and all land upon which IL was
grown is doomed to eternal sterility."
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STRIKES In INDIANA.
One Settled at EIwood and One be-
gun at Peru.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, May 1.-THE strike of
the linemen of the Delaware and Madison
Counties Telephone Company, which has
been on for five weeks, ended to-day with
the ratification by the union of an agree
ment made by it's committee with the COM
pany. by which the men are to receive S2.75
a day, an increase of % cents. They asked
for So. Wire chiefs will receive $50 a month
and city foremen SIS. The men returned to
work to-day. The cities of Elwood, Alex
andria, Muncie and Anderson were af-
fected.
PERU, Ind, May 1.-THE section men OF
the Lake Erie & Western Railroad center
ing at Peru struck on Monday on their de-
mand for $3.50 a day instead of S1.35, which
they have been receiving. They made their
demand a month ago and set Monday as
the day of going on strike The Wabash
has voluntarily raised all its section men TO
$3.50 a day and has increased the salaries
of the foremen So a month.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELwOOD, Ind, May u.-City Council
man William Davis, for several years fore
man I'm the hot mills at the tin-plate works
here, has been appointed superintendent Of
the plant at Gas City. and took charge to-
day. Henry Harris succeeds him as fore
man here Two new mills have been put
in operation at the big factory here, and
four more will be started soon as they
can be made ready, making a total Of
thirty-two mills. These additions make the
local plant the largest tin-plate factory In
the world. the next largest being a thirty
mill plant at New Castle, Pa. The finishing
departments here In Elwood. however, are
far ahead of those in the New Castle plant
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Joseph p. McHugh, Newspaper Man
Of Lafayette and Chicago.

Of Lafayette and Chicago.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May u.-Joseph T.
McHugh. one OF the best known and most
versatile newspaper writers in the middle
West, died of pneumonia at the home Of his
mother Mrs. Catherine McHugh. on Column
bia street, last night. Mr.. McHugh, who
for eighteen years had held positions on
various Chicago dailies, had been ailing for
several months and when he came back TO
his home here. less than q week ago, his
friends realized that he was very sick
man.
Educated in the primary schools here, Mr..
McHugh later went to Notre Dame Univer-
sity. where he won the Suan medal, an
honor that Is the highest bestowed
by the university. After his graduation
Mr.. McHugh returned to Lafayette and en-
tered newspaper work He was for time
city editor of the Courier. when w. S.
Lingle was the editor and publisher. Then
he went to Chicago. where he soon held a
Irresponsible position on the Tribune, where
he did some of his best work. He worked
on New York dailies for a year but re-
turned to Chicago, where he was employed
UP to Che time of his coming here a few
days ago. He left his mother and several
brothers and sisters.
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WEATHER FORECAST.


E WASHINGTON. May u--Forecasts for
Eesdsy and Wednesday:
Z Indiana and Illinois-Rain on Tuesday
Sfnd not warm. Wednesday, fair; fresh
Southeast winds, shifting TO northwest.
& Onfo-Showers and not so warm on Tues
Say and Wednesday: fresh east to south
xast winds.
q Minnesota and wisconsin-Rain Tues
Clay. Wednesday. fair; fresh north to
Northeast winds.
Z Lower Michigan-Rain on Tuesday, with
Solder In southwest portion; Wednesday
fain and colder IN southeast portion; fresh
Aoutheast winds, becoming north.
Kentucky-Rain and cooler on Tuesday;
"wednesday fair in west. rain in east por-
Sien.
3 lowa-Rain on Tuesday: cooler in east and
sscentrsi portion Wednesday; fair and
xwarmer In west portion.
= Kansas and Nebraska-Fair on Tuesday
sand Wednesday; warmer Wednesday.
z South Dakota-Fair on Tuesday and
"wednesday; warmer Tuesday in west por-
Sion and in east and central portion on
"wednesday.
4 North Dakota-Fair and warmer on Tues
Eiay. Wednesday fair.
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WILL TRY CANCELLATION.
Threatened Strike on Southern Pacific
May BE Averted.

May ne AVertcQs
NEW YORK, May I1.-Ralph M. Easley.
secretary of the Civic Federation, an
nounced that he had received telegram
that the Southern Pacific threatened strike
had been postponed fifteen days to give time
for a settlement Of the troubles. The boiler
makers on the Southern Pacific road were to
have gone on strike to-day out of sympathy
with the Union Pacific machinists' strike,
which has been on for about six months.
Senator Hanna. acting for the Civic FEEDER
alton, asked that this sympathetic strike
be postponed pending efforts Of the fedora
ton to bring about settlement.
BAKERSFIELD, CAL. May I1.-Ar the
boiler makers employed on the Southern
Pacific here went on strike to-day. The
helpers and apprentices presented them
selves for duty, but were persuaded to quit.
Advices received at division headquarters
state that positively this is the only point on
the entire system where the men have re-
fused to work. All work In the boiler
makers department Is at a standstill to-
day.
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WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Police
Court to-day issued warrant for the ar
rest of Sidney Clay, James Bradley and
Samuel Cowarden, contractors in charge OF
government excavations on reservoirs in
construction here. on the charge of vio-
lating the eight-hour law The complaint
was made by John Johnson, colored, who
asserts that he and thirty-eight colored
men were brought here from Richmond,
Va, April rs to work as laborers on a
promise of 81 day with board and lodg-
ing on an eight hour basis. The laborer
says the men not only have not received
any money but have had to work ten
hours a day; that they were quartered in
a stable with horses. the men sleeping on
hay. and that this morning they were
notified their services were no longer
needed.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind, May u.-Chester
Randolph who is out on a suspended SEN
tence for forging a note at Milroy some
weeks since, again fried his old tricks in
this city Saturday He succeeded in pass
ing two forgeries before he was detected.
When searched a check book on the Third
National Bank, of this city, was found on
his person, with thirteen stubs torn out.
The officers are now trying to locate the
other eleven checks.
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CINCINNATI, o., May 1.-THE ware
house of the Universal Tobacco Company
at Covington. Ky. owned by Eshelby &
Armstrong was damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of $4,000 tonight.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, May 1.-THE town of
Vintondale. this county, is threatened with
destruction by a forest fire. Fire engines
and men have been sent from Johnstown
and Altoona.