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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-01
WITNESSES in DANGER
WEAPONS DRAWN ON THOSE WHO
TESTIFIED IN FEUD CASES.
Testimony of Relatives of J.. Ii. Mar
cum, Who Was Assassinated mt
jackson, Ky.

CYNTHIANA, KY, July 31.-Common-
wealth's Attorney Byrd surprised all to-
day again by the introduction of new wit
nesses in the case against Curtis Jett and
Thomas White for the murder of Marcum-
When court convened in the afternoon
Judge Osborne sent the jury to its room
and stated that he had heard that weapons
had been drawn on witnesses on the street
and he wanted any one having information
regarding such incidents to report the same
to him.
Marcum's father-in-law and his two sis
tiers were among the witnesses to-day. Mr..
Hurst, the father-in-law, testified that Jett
came to him the afternoon of the murder
and wanted to talk with him. White was
with Jett at all times on the three occa-
sions that they met after the death of Mar
cum. Hurst testified that members of the
family knew of a conspiracy to murder
Marcum for over a year before his death.
Mrs. Hord, sister of j. 3. Marcum, tes-
tilted that when her brother came into her
house on the Sunday afternoon preceding
his murder both Jett and White followed
him into the house and walked about In the
different rooms of her home. She finally in
sisted that they leave. and they did so.
Mrs. Mary johnson, another sister of Mar
cum, testified that armed men were fire.
quently seen about the house where her
brother lived. She had lived at her brothers
home for a year previous to his murder, and
the family was frequently warned that
Marcum was to be murdered. She testified
that she saw Thomas White and three other
men in stone quarry about three hundred
yards from her brothers house, that her
brother intended taking a train and sent her
to see if any one was lying in wait for him.
When she returned and told her brother
about White and three others being in the
stone quarry he did not go to the
depot. She testified that she saw both
Jet and White after her brother was killed
and that she asked Jett directly about IT
and accused him of 1t and that he replied:
'Hargis's money killed him. but L fired the
shot" Mrs. Johnson testified that she also
asked Tom White about the shooting and
accused him of helping to kill her brother.
to which he replied: Go and ask Even who
killed him. He saw who did it and Will tell
you he knows who did it."
The cross-examination of Mrs. Johnson
was lengthy and severe, but she did not
become enraged and break down on the
witness stand as at the former trial at
Jackson.
The testimony of other witnesses was re-
garding Jet and White near the side door
of the Jackson courthouse before the shoot
ing and the confederation of Ewen's testi-
mony as to the location of different per-
sons after the shooting.
There is considerable excitement here
tonight mong the witnesses and others
from Breathitt county who are interested
in the trials.
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PROCTOR AT OYSTER BAY
DISCUSSES THE CASE OF w. A. MIL
LER WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Charges Against the BOOkbinder Will
he Investigated and MIR. Palmer
Will Announce Decision.

OYSTER BAY, July 31.-Secretary Will
son, of the Department of Agriculture, ar
rived here to-day and after calling at the
execu i've office was driven to Sycamore
HILL While here he discussed with the
President some minor departmental mat
tiers. He left on the 2:20 train for New
York, en- route to Washington
John r. Proctor president of the Civil
service Commission, and Mrs. Proctor were
guests of the President and Mrs Roose-
welt part of to-day. The President con-
sidered with Commissioner Proctor the
case of William A. Miller, who recently
was reinstated in the government printing
office at Washington as a foreman in the
bindery by order of President Roosevelt
The case, so far as the Civil-service Com
mission is concerned is a closed incident
but Mr.. Proctor is familiar with the details
of the matter since the reinstatement of
Miller. The charges filed against Miller by
the Bookbinders' Union which expelled
him from membership will be investigate ed
in due course of time, but the indications
are that their consideration will not be hur-
ried. The President, il can be said, is in
terested in the case but beyond his pub
lished letters to Secretary Cortelyou has
made no public expression concerning il.
He is thoroughly informed on the case.
however, and is cognizant of the charges
filed by the union against Miller. The an
nouncement of the decision of the authori-
ties as to the charges probably will be
made by Public Printer Palmer when the
decision shall have been reached.
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HARTFORD CITY.-The Wallace circus
was here on Thursday and thieves reaped a
rich harvest during the parade. DR.. H. c.
Davission had 800 diamond taken from
his residence on South Walnut street.
Councilman G. w. Hutchinson had a gold
watch valued at $50 taken from his home
on North Jefferson street. At the residence
of Mayer Weller. on the same street. $17
and a gold watch taken. George
Schreel. of South High street, had a gold
watch taken from his home. Samuel Bris-
coe lost a gold watch on South Jefferson
street. Levi Murphy. of Harrison town
ship, lost q purse that contained $50 in
cash and check for $50. Frank Miles, OF
Washington township, lost SIS.
ANDERSON.-A movement is on foot in
Anderson and throughout the county to
erect a fine monument to the soldier dead
in Maplewood Cemetery In this city. The
directors of Maplewood Cemetery have do
mated one OF the pretties lots for the erec-
ton of the monument. The money will be
raised by popular subscription, the papers
having been prepared and are now out In
the hands OF solicitors. j. 7. Knowlano
and 3. Il. Campbell, veterans of the civil
war; and Capt. X. NJ. Burr and Lee New
som. of the Spanish-American war, are In
charge.
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his home, where Deputy Marshal SPRING
man found him I'm bed He was released on
$4,000 bonds His was the only case in
which a bench warrant was issued. owing
to the voluntary action of the others in
dicted. Machen was not rearrested under
the new indictment, as he gave bonds i'm
sD,OU under his indictment several weeks
ago. but the authorities felt this was suffi-
cient TO insure his appearance. Warrants
have been issued for the out-of-town par
ties indicted and their arrest is expected
within the twenty-four hours.
The grand jury has not completed the
work laid before il by the postal investiga-
tors. and other indictments may be expect
ed later on, possibly within week or two
1t Is understood that two additional cases
against one of the parties indicted to-day
former prominent bureau official, are be-
ing inquired into by the grand jury and
that the acts of another former high official
or the Postoffice Department already under
Indictment by the Brooklyn grand jury are
being investigated
Attorney Douglas. of Machen's counsel
in speaking of to-days indictments of
Machen, said that they involved the same
general charges as the former Indictment,
although different alleged transactions and
that the new indictments were designed
simply TO strengthen the former ones. He
said that nothing had yet been decided as
to Machens course under the new indict-
mentS. Machen was In consultation with
his counsel this afternoon and the demurrer
to the previous indictments probably will be
filed Tomorrow.
waiter o meyer, veteran postal 1nSpec-
tor, and for many years previously a spe-
cial pension examiner, has done large
part of the work on to-day's cases. aided by
other inspectors. 1T was Mr.. Mayer who
traced the checks which figured in the pre-
vious indictments of Machen, and i'm weav-
ing the evidence which he placed before
the grand jury he visited New York and
other cities. Most of the last few weeks
he has spent working up lines Of evidence
and assisting the prosecuting officials In the
presentation TO the grand jury.
Postmaster General Payne returned to-
day. He was accompanied by Mrs. Payne.
The postmaster general is much improved
in health result of his cruise along
the Atlantic coast. 1t was his intention to
return to Washington on the Onondaga
but he left the vessel at New York coming
here by rail. He will be at the department
tomorrow. Mr.. Payne has as yet made no
plans for the summer. but the prospects
are that he will be in Washington the better
part of the heated period
JOHN F. MONK
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REBUILDING OPERATIONS
ABOUT ISL 200, 900 OF THREES AND
FOURS EXCHANGED FOR TWOs.
Limit for Offering Bonds Expired Last
Night-NatiOnal Bank Note Circu-
Iation Largely Increased.

WASHINGTON. July s1.-Operations un-
der the refunding order of Secretary Shaw.
made April i last were practically conclud-
ed to-day. although it was announced that
all bonds now in transit would be accepted.
Up to o'clock the amount of threes and
tours received for exchange into per cent.
consols was $50, S66.050. Later deliveries,
however, increased this sum by something
over 100000. that the total will approx
mate ss1,OO0,0O0.
The secretarys offer has resulted in a
material increase of the national bank cir
culation, although the exact amount cannot
be definitely determined, as several elements
other than the refunding of the old threes
and tours necessarily enter into the calcu-
lation. Since March II, 1900 however, the
circulation of national bank notes has been
increased from $254 402, 100 to S416. 626, 635 a
total of s162, 220,9 05. More than half of this
increase probably is due to the operations
closed to-day.
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KING OF GRAFTERS.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
contract with the Posta, Device and Lock
Company FOR the purchase of carriers satch-
els Tor period OF four years. The manager
of this company. with whom all negotiations
were conducted, was w. c.. Crawford, of
Washington. ID. c. The satchels were to be
made or coated canvas called pegamoid,
instead of leather, formerly. The speci-
hcations OF this contract required the con-
tractors TO furnish straps the same as in
the Stern contract. George L. Lorenz, of
Toledo, o., made a contract with Mr.. Craw-
ford, representative Of the Postal Device and
Lock Company. to aid him in securing the
contract and TO furnish the straps for a spe-
cine amount per Satchel. Pursuant to this
agreement, which was clandestine agree
ment and not matter of record in the de-
partment, every time the Postal Device and
Lock Company was paid for a supply of
sltchels remittance was made by that COM
pany 10 George E Lorenz Toledo. o.. for
his part OF the compensation. Mr.. Lorenz
however, did not furnish the straDs They
were furnished by the department through
Machen and paid for by the department.
Crawford. therefore, paid LorenZ for the
straps which the department furnished TO
LorenZ TO show his appreciation of Machen' s
lberality in furnishing free of charge the
straps which he (Lorenz) was paid for The
straps which Stern had been relieved from
furnishing We're purchased by Machen from
a New York firm without competition He
required this New York firm, however. to
pay commission OF cents per strap. which
commission was collected by w. c. Long
and divided between Long and Machen In
this transaction Machen not only secured
money from Stern for relieving him from
furnishing the strap. which he had contract
ed to furnish. but required the man from
whom he bought the straps 20 pay him a
commission on the straps. which he was
giving TO Stern Long was used as the in
termediary II both transactions. over So 900
was paid by the department for straps that
were furnished To Stern, though Stern had
contracted To furnish them himself Long
Machen and Stern have been indicted i'm this
case for conspiracy 20 defraud the govern
ment."
BONDS GIVEN.
Crawford voluntarily appeared I'm court
soon after the indictments were returned
and supplied $4,000 bail and McGregor like
Else gave 5000 bail. Long was arrested ut
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OBITUARY.
AlmOn' f. Rockwell, Retired Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the Army.

PARIS, Aug. 1.-The European edition of
the New York Herald announces the death
of Lieut.. Col. Almon f. Rockwell, u. s. A.,
retired.
Almon +. Rockwell was a native Of New
York, and in 1861 entered the volunteer army
as first lieutenant and aid-de-camp in the
New York forces, and served in that capac-
ity till Sept. Is. 1863. when he was commits
stoned captain and assistant adjutant gen.
eral; major and A. A G. Feb. 23 1866: hon
orably mustered out April 1, 1867, with the
breVet rank of lieutenant colonel of volun-
teers, conferred on March IL. 1865, for eff
Gent and meritorious services. On Jan. is,
1867, he was commissioned captain in the
regular service and made assistant quarter
master; major and quartermaster Jan. Y,
1885; lieutenant colonel and assistant quar-
termaster general Jan. IA, 1885; retired on
Feb IL, 1897, on his own request, under the
law providing for voluntary retirement after
thirty years of service. He was brevetted
major and lieutenant colonel In the regular
service for faithful and meritorius services
during the war.
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BY The PACIFIC CABLE
FIRST PRESS MESSAGES TRANSMIT
TED OVER THE NEW LINE.
One Dated II O'clock This Morning.
Filipino Given Six Months for
Contempt of Court.

MANILA, Aug. !, II a. MAS an out
come of the late outcry on attempted legis-
lation against the growing use OF opium
by F'ilipinos the United States commission
to-day appointed the following committee
to act as the federal members in the APP
preaching investigation: Major Surgeon +.
C. Carter. commissioner of the public health
for the Philippines, Episcopal Bishop Brent
and Dr. Albert. The commission is directed
to study opium conditions in Japan, China,
Singapore and Burmah. and will be re-
Quired to make a report within four months.
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SIX MONTHS FOR CONTEMPT.
Telephone Labor Leader Found Gull
ty and Sentenced by the Court.

MANILA, JUS 31.-Dominador Gomez.
president of the Democratic Labor Union.
has been found guilty of contempt OF court
and sentenced to Imprisonment for six
months. When the union was declared
bankrupt some time ago. on investigation or
its affairs by the government, newspaper
connected with Ii was suspended and placed
in the hands of a receiver. Gomez took
upon himself to publish the paper and was
promptly arrested on the charge Of con-
tempt, for which he has just been SEN
fenced. Gomez was arrested in May last
on charge Of embezzlement of funds from
the labor union, the government charging
that the money stolen was used TO furnish
arms and food to the insurgents of Rial
province. The union, which has a MEM
bership of 1900, has always been closely
allied with the National party and is
strongly in sympathy with the insurgents.
The foregoing dispatch is the first press
dispatch transmitted over the Pacific
cable.
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Notes of Interest to Indianians.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 3L-Rural free de-
livery will be established at Tunnelton,
Lawrence county, Indiana, covering an
area of twenty-six miles, with a popula-
ion of SIS.
Henry P. Goodwin and Truman Jones
have been appointed regular carriers and
liver Gardner and Charles Rudolph, substi-
tutes on rural route at Wanatah, also San
ford Schwinner, regular carrier at Alexan-
dria, Ind.
The Farmers National Bank of Edin-
burg. Ind. has been authorized to COM
mence business; capital $4,000. John It.
Middleton. president.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-Dean c.
Worcester, Philippine commissioner, one of
the men intrusted with the task of estab-
fishing a civil government in the islands,
has arrived on his way home to Leetford.
VT. He reports that the terrible cattle pest
has been stamped out; that cholera and
bubonic plague have been effectively dealt
with. that the insuar government is max
ing permanent improvements and defray-
ing all it's expenses on the proceeds of a
reduced import customs, and that the land
tax is solving the problems OF revenues tor
provincial government.
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Question as to Examining Surgeons.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Pension COM
missioner Ware and acting Chairman
Cooley, of the Civil-service Commission, to-
day agreed to refer to the attorney gen.
eral for an opinion the question as to
whether the position of examining surgeon
is included in the civil service regulations.
The agreement was reached after confer
ence at which Mr.. Ware announced his con-
viction that this position is not in the clas-
sified service and at which Mr.. Cooley took
the opposite view. The conference grew
out of the controversy over the removal of
DR.. Mclaughlin, of the Jersey City exam
lining board, on the ground that he is a
Democrat and that there also was another
Democrat on the board
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Other Deaths.

NEW YORK, July 31.-James Mccormick,
one of the foremost Stock Exchange traders
for Gould Fisk & Belden many years ago,
and also famous an art collector, died
suddenly at his home in Brooklyn to-day
aged fifty-eight years. He was active the
floor of the exchange till the close of bust
ness Yesterday. when he told a friend he was
going to die. Many of the most famous art
treasures in the museums in New York
were brought from Europe by Mr.. McCor-
mick.
ST. LOUIS, July 31.-Major John Wyatt
Jones' e.ghty-three years old, q Confederate
staff officer, died to-day. Major Jones served
during the livil war on the STATS of General
Tilghman and of General Pemberton. His
commission as major is said to have been
the first issued by Jefferson Davis as PreSi-
dent of the Confederacy.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. July 81
Walter b. Nugeon, well-known author
and newspaper man, died in this city last
night. He came to Colorado Springs two
years ago owing to failing health His
home was New Haven, Conn. He was
thirty years old and leaves a wife and two
children.
CHICAGO, July 31.-Loran Waldo Reyn-
olds, a prominent attorney and politician
of Boone, Ia, and at one time candidate
for Governor of Iowa upon the Republican
ticket died last night in this city from a
complication of diseases following a stroke
of paralysis two years ago.
NEW YORK, July 31.-Miss Sarah Scher-
merhorn, of New York. is dead at Bar Har-
Dor, Me. She was descended from one of
the first settlers in New Netherlands
Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, who came to
this country in 1886.
NEW YORK, July 31.-Mrs. Lydia Han
cock is dead at her home in Palmer, Mass.
at the age of one hundred years and one
month. Until recently she had been able
TO read without glasses.
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DETROIT, July 31.-At to-day's session OF
the Grand Chapter of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity the following officers were elected
Grand consul, Ora b. Taylor, Detroit
grand questor, Ralph Potter, Chicago
grand annotator, Paul w. Cleveland, Chi
cago; grand tribune. Herbert G. Arms Chi
cago; grand historian. Fred A. Perine. AL.
bion, Mich: grand editor. Newman Miller
Chicago The convention was ended this
evening with banquet.
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WASHINGTON, July 31.-The secretary
of the interior to-day issued an order re-
voking the order issued at the instance of
Commissioner Evans on May rs, 1900, sus-
pending the adjudication of the claims of
minor children of deceased soldiers filed
since 1880 and after the children attained
the age of sixteen years.
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Attorney General Knox Buys n Home.

WESTCHESTER, Pa, July 31.-Attorney
General p c. Knox is to become a summer
resident of Chester county. He has just
purchased q farm here and may occupy it
this season.
The property is about one mile from Val
lev Forge In the days of the revolution
one of the buildings upon it was the head
quarters of General Knox, an ancestor of
the attorney general. He brought his young
bride there.
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An Illinois Editor Says He Will Tramp
TO the Arctic Ocean.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Robert Nj. Wilson.
editor of the Durand QlLD Clipper. plans
to start tomorrow at noon and walk 10
Cape Lisburne. on the Arctic ocean. 5000
miles away. He VIII go through Mime
sofa and Canada, following the coast from
Vancouver to Cape Nome, Themes 10 his
destination, beyond the Arctic circle. he
expects To be gone fifteen months.
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SAYS Mrs. Fair Died First.

PARIS, July 31.-Madame Tremblay. who
alleges that she witnessed the automobile
accident by which Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j..
Fair lost their lives at Pacy-sur-Eure last
August was examined this afternoon. She
declared that Mrs. Fair was killed on the
spot. and that her husband continued TO
twitch for some seconds. She asserted that
she saw two cyclists in the vicinity. but
was unable to- identify the photographs of
Masse and Maurenne. and asked to be con-
fronted with them.
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SIS Young Men wish to Enter Yale

NEW HAVEN. Conn, July 3i.-Eight
hundred and seventy-five young men are
for admission To Yale in the
under graduate entering classes, entering
next September. Last year the total was
$751; The academical department leads with
6il candidates.
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CARDINALS ILL.


ROME, July 31.-Dr. Lapponi's duties be-
gan Immediately after the opening of the
conclave, much fear being expressed con-
corning the health of Cardinals Mocenni,
Cretoni and Langenieux, who already are
ill. The first cardinal to be taken to his
bed was Cardinal Herrera y Espinosna,
at the consistOry held in June last. He is
so Frustrated by overfatigue that the doc
tors have ordered him to take absolute rest.
He will be allowed TO take part in the con-
clave by voting if he is not able to get up.
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killing three tramps and injuring several
tranmen. The locomotives were crippled,
one composite car was destroyed and an
other was damaged.
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CONCLAvE OPENED.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
ground the hopes of those who have been
looking for a reconciliation between the
Vatican and the Quirinal.
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Tbree Tramp. kiIIed.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. July 31.-The Santa
Fe Limited and an east-bound passenger
train collided head-on near The Needles,
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J. F. WILD & CO., Bankers
COS Stevenson Building.

USEFUL ARTICLES FOR INvALlDs
Reclining and Rolling Chairs for parlor and
street. Carrying Chairs, Wheeled Couches. Food
sterilizers and Desiccators. Feeding and Spit
Cups Electric Belts. Insoes and Battertss-
Bath Cabinets
WIN. III. ARMSTRONG & CO..
"a and rs s. Meridian street. Indianapolis ina
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Prices and particulars upon application.
Telephones-Main. 1880. New. 1888.
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1t is located at No. sos Montgomery street.
San Francisco, Cal.
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GEO A. MOORE. President.
S. NJ. MARKS, Secretary.

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The amount OF its capital paid up
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