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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
QUESTION OF UNION NOT
YET DECIDED At BUFFALO
Northern Presbyterian Genera
Assembly Unable to Settle the
Matter Last Night.
AN EXCITING SESSION

BUFFALO. N. Y, May 26.-To-day's ses-
sion OF the Presbyterian Assembly closed
amid great excitement and with the ques-
ton of union with the Cumberland branch
still unsettled. When the moderator de-
clared the session adjourned a dozen men
were clamoring for recognition and con-
fusion reigned in all parts of the house. A
resolution offered by the Rev. John f.
Crason. of Brooklyn, fixing the time for
taking the vote on the question precipitated
the crisis. Points OF order, questions of
privilege and amendments came from a
score OF commissioners at the same time.
When a semblance of order restored
the resolution finally passed. 1t fixes
the time for vote at IL 80 tomorrow and
limits the remaining addresses to ten min
utes each.
The drift of debate to-day favored union.
II was the feeling tonight that the pro-
poSal for union will be carried by large
majority, but that the proposition for sep
arate presbyteries might be referred back
TO the committee. The colored delegates
are against this section to a man.
A vote in favor of union tomorrow will
mean that the recomme ndation is TO be
sent down to the presbyteres for approval
or disapproval. Ii must have a two-thirds
vote OF the presbyteries to make IL law.
II is stated that the opponents to union
will carry the fight 10 the individual voting
of the DreSbyterieS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
III. p. DELEGATES
VISIT WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, May S.-The Methodist
Protestant Conference met President
Roosevelt at the White House to-day be-
tween two sessions devoted to the publish
ing interests of the denominat ton. The re-
suit of the days session was reorganiza-
ton of the book directory of the Baltimore
Book Concern.
After the White House reception the
conference sustained its committee on pub
lisning interests by electing the following
book directory for the Baltimore publish
ing house: The Rev. ]. l.. Mills, the Rev.
c. d. Sinkinson. Daniel Baker, w. G.
Adamson and j. w. Herring. Daniel
Baker Immediately resigned. The confer
ence accepted the resigna ton and referred
the report back TO the committee with in
structions to fill the vacancy.
The Methodist Protestant Conference to-
night adopted a partial report of its COM
mittee providing a method of union of the
Methodist Protestant Church. the Congre-
gauonalists and the United Brethren. A
joint commission is proposed. whose con-
ciusions, II agreed upon by the three de-
nominations represented. contemplates the
amalgamation of these three churches con-
slderaoiy earlier than in the plan originally
proposed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
STATUS OF THE DUCK
DEBATED IN 4 SCHOOL
SIS 1t a Bird or a Fowl" Is the
Question That Agitates an
Oratorical Society.

NEW YORK. May Els a duck fowl
or a bird?" is question which is being
debated by the Henry Clay Oratorical So
ciety, connected with public school No. 5.
Queens.
Some time ago Janitor John Z. Murphy
concluded that he could not properly pro-
vide for himself and his family his sal
AIRY of sl.100 year. He determined to
raise chickens and ducks. and established
an incubator in the center of the coal bin
at new public school No. and supplied it
with gas from the school gas pipes. TWEEN
ty-four eggs were Matched out success
fully.
Later Murphy was called to account for
raising fowl at his school. He drew atten-
ton to the janitress of a neighboring school
who kept canary on the premises
IF you let her keep a canary, why can't
I keep ducks?" asked Murphy Il don't
see why duck is any less of bird than a
canary"
The committee. however. doesn't see it
that way. and Murphy will be brought to
trial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
TREASURED MEMORIES"

Not all of the garlands of war are of
laurel and palm: there are others of with
cred and bitter leaves which do not crown
tho victors or repose on the graves of those
who have given their lives for their coun-
trv They are worn by the women who
have inherited the legacy of sorrow and
loneliness through the death OF son, a
father or a brother In war
They cling in their bereavement to any,
thing which may keep fresh the memory
Of these dear ones. Their letters portraits
ANYTHING they have worn or owned, are
trea sured as of priceless value, and on such
a day as the one appointed TO honor the
Nation's dead they seem to bring back
something OF the rear Piesence VI the heroes
who have fallen
To express these thoughts canvas is
the motive of Edgar S. Cameron's picture.
duction of which will be given free with
each copy of next Sundays Journal.
II depicts an aged mother honoring the
memory of son Idlieh on Southern bat
time-worn uniform TO place them in the
chair he used to sit In as boy, while she
rereads the letters whose contents she
knows by heart.
II is thus on the anniversary of his death
and Decoration day she performs silently
and alone what to her has become the cele-
bration of a sacred rite. The picture is one
full of human interest and sentiment
strongly expressed. 1t tells its story simply
and directly. and at the same time 1t pos
IS
ing in color and carefully elaborated in its
details.
Edgar 5. Cameron, the artist who has
painted this picture. is one of the most
prominent painters of figure compositions
in the West. Few men have the ability to
paint we'll so many classes of SUBJ
jects as he. Ten years ago he was
painting military subjects. one of
which received honorable mention in the
Yerkes prize competition. Then followed
decoration for the worlds fair The largest
canvas he has painted is a religious subject
..,rhe Youth of Christ" now loaned 10 The
Union League Club of Chicago Two wears
ago he exhibited a striking picture of glass
blowers at work In the red light of a how
furnace. This was purchased by the chi
caso Woman's Aid Club At the Cbicapo
artists exhibition this year he showed an
important marine painting. THE Voicefni
sea" which was painted while the artist
was returning from Paris last year. where
he served as a member of the internatiooaI
Jury of the exposition of 1900 This picture
was purchased by the Archie Club
Besides painting these and countless genre
and landscape subjects, Mr.. Cameron has
found time TO contribute occasionally arti-
Giles on art 10 art publications and TO act
as instructor at the Art Academy. As early
as 1883 he was an exhibitor In the Paris
aalon-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
ARISTOCRATS ARE
ARRESTED IN FRANCE

PARIS, May 26.-The attempt of a liqui-
dator to take an inventory of the prop
erty of the suppressed order of the Broth
ers of st. Gabriel at two villages near
Nantes to-day was attended by serious
rioting. The roads leading to the schools
were strewn with barbed wire and over
turned carts. When the liquidator ap-
peared, escorted by gendarmerie and a
company of infantry, the mob attacked
with sticks and stones. wounding many of
the gendarmes including lieutenant. Sew
eral arrests were made, among those ar
rested being two prominent aristocrats,
NJ. De Charette, jr., and NJ. De la Hoche
Macy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
ALL FREIGHT HANDLERS
TOSTRIKE THIS MORNING
Effort to Tie Up the New York,
New Haven & Hartford
Railway.

NEW YORK. May 8-Lawrence j. Cur
ran, president of the international Freight
Handlers Union. tonight sent kilograms
to all the local unions along the line Of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road ordering all members strike to-
morrow morning. The order includes
freight handlers. weighers, clerks and truck
leaders.
Il want to see the freight begin to pile
up along the line of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad" said Pres
ident Curran. THE company already has
lost much money. and when the officials
see more money going after what they have
already lost they may become more tracta-
BILE"
General Superintendent Shepard. of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road, said the quantity of freight handled
had decreased greatly on account of the
strike, but on the whole he was quite sat
isfied with the situation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
HOTELS PROTECTED
AGAINST BAD CHECKS

DETROIT. Mich, May 26.-Edgar A.
Wall president of the National Hotel
Keepers Association, was in Detroit to-day,
concluding a tour through Michigan. He
stated that fifty-one prominent hotels of
this State had posted notices of an agree
ment that after Sept they will cash no
checks or drafts or other paper except for
holders of hotel credit letters issued by the
National Hotel Keepers Protective Associa-
ton. Indiana has already been covered and
Mr. Walz goes from here to Ohio The pur-
pose of the movement, which is national in
its scope, is to protect the hotel keepers
against worthless paper. through which
they have met heavy losses in the past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
BRYAN DECLINES TO SAY
He WILL NOT REBEL
Says, However, There Is No Mid
die Ground on Which Dem
ocratS Can Meet.

DALLAS, Tex, May BIN an interview
given aboard the train between Parsons,
Kan, and Dennison, Tex, William j.
Bryan stated to a staff correspondent of
the News that there was no middle ground
on which the opposing factions of the
Democratic party could compromise He
emphasized the statement. They cannot
go together" saying. You might as well
start two men out from the same point in
opposite directions and expect them to go
together"
Asked as to whether he would abide the
result at st. Louis, he said: Things have
not developed far enough to tell. No one
can answer such a question intelligently
until a platform and a candidate are
known"
He also criticised Judge Parker's silence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
STUDENTS CONDEMN
KISSING OF VAN HISE

MADISON, Wis, May 26.-The entire
student body of the University of Wiscon-
sin held a mass meeting tonight and passed
resolutions condemning the kissing of
President Van Hise at yesterdays convo-
cation. when announcement was made that
examinations would be held during jubilee
week.
When the mass meeting adjourned the
students returned to the lower campus
where a huge bonfire of tar barrels and
other combustibe material had been
lighted. and then marched TO the presi-
dents house, where he was called and made
a speech, which was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the undergraduates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
KEPT HER MARRIAGE
HIDDEN ELEVEN YEARS
Death of a Philadelphia School
Teacher Revealed a Well-Kept
Secret Romance.

PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-Death a few
days ago revealed the life romance of Miss
Clara Grissm. a school teacher. who was
known as a single woman. Two notices in
the newspapers have announced that she
is dead and that for nearly eleven years
she was the wife of H. Ross Smith, an en-
gineer
The marriage Of Miss Grissim and Mr.
Smith was not even known to their fam
lilies. Both resided at the same address,
but their names appeared separately in the
city directory. They were known as warm
friends, but that any closer tie existed was
a surprise to all.
Miss Grissim had long been a teacher
in the Adaire School. If the maria e
had become public IL would have meant
that she must give II UP. The case has
attracted the attention of Superintendent
Brooks. who will appoint committee TO
see that the case is not duplicated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
MINIS WORD DECIDES
HIS POLITICAL FAITH
Justice Dixon, in Jersey City, Rule,
that a Man Is Republican
if He Says EIe Is.

JERSEY CITY. May "A jury in the
Supreme Court, Jersey City. passed upon
the political faith of Thomas Coughlin and
decided. by direction of Judge Dixon. that
he was entitled as Republican to member
ship in the bipartisan Board of Tax Assess
ment Commissioners of IIoboken His eli-
gibility had been questioned on the ground
that he had been Democrat for years and
accepted his appointment lls Republican.
Coughlin said he had voted a straight Re-
Publican ticket since 1901. but admitted
that he voted at the last Democratic pri-
mary just 20 help friendi
Prosecutor William III. Speer. who repre-
scented Joseph j. Guisto.: the complainant.
whom Cough,in succeeded on the board.
said he had been Democrat up TO six
years ago and became a Republican because
he no longer believed in Democratic prin-
ciples.
The justice held that / mans word de-
cided his political faith. /:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
PRIZES FOR ART
SCHOOL STUDENTS

PHILADELPHIA, May 26-The schools
of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
to-day awarded the largest sum in scholar
ships and prizes ever available for this pur-
pose, sls45O. OF this amount $500 is avail
able from the William Emlin Cresson prize
memorial fund for the purpose of sending
students abroad. There are now abroad
under this fund five students, who receive
$1,000 each for another years study, three
of whom are represented in the Paris
salons this year Five more students will
be sent abroad with $1,000 year for two
years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
BELGIAN COMPOSER
DIES OF APPENDICITIS

OSWEGO. N. Y. May 2s.-Chevalier Au-
guste Wiegand, the noted Belgian organist
and composer. who was organist of st.
Pauls Roman Catholic Church here. died
in the Oswego Hospital tonight of appen-
dicitis. He was TO have played at the ST.
Louis exposition Tuesday. but his illness
necessitated a postponement
Auguste Wiegand was born at Liege. Bel
gfum. nfty-three years ago. At an early
age he was appointed organist of St Giles's
Church at Iiege, and while in his teens
won gold medals throughout Europe for ex-
traordinary musical ability. He was organ
ist TO the King of Belgium and was deco
rated by the King His five-hundredth pub
lie recital was al Albert Hall london Tbe
French and Belgian governments decorated
Wiegand chevalier three times. He leaves
a wife and two children
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

NEW YORK. May 26.-Arrived: Aurania.
from Liverpool Pretoria, from Hamburg;
Chemnitz. from Bremen. OFF Nantucket:
Phoencia, from Antwerp Sailed: Bremen.
for Bremen; La Savoie, for Havre: Nu-
indian, for Glasgow; Bluecher, for Ham
burg.
LIVERPOOL. May 3.-Arrived: Carpa-
thia from New York: Cedric, from New
York: Noordland. from Philadelphia: Mich
igan. from Boston. Sailed: Dominion. for
Montreal: 1onian. for Montreal; Republic.
for Boston: Georgian. for Portland
QUEENSTOWN, May 26.-Arrived: Ced-
ric, from New Yorl., for Liverpool Sailed:
Teutonic. from Liverpool. for New York
GLASGOW. May 26.-Arrived: Anchoria
from New York; Sandman. from Montreal
and Quebec.
PRAWLE POINT, May 26.-Passed: Rot
terdam- from New York for Rotterdam.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
NEW SOCIAL TEST IN
VOGUE IN WASHINGTON
To Be Strictly in the Swim a Per-
son Must Have Pimply Face
-"Roseola" Prevalent.

WASHINGTON, May 26-Capital socse-
tvs new ailment is ''roseola.' Some call
it German measles. Admiral Dewey, who
has just recovered from it. calls it -
nuisance. Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice
Roosevelt and all the little Roosevelts have
had it, and now Secretary of the Navy
Moody has it.
He entered his office dressed to go to the
De Faramond-Langham wedding when the
roseola made its appearance, and rumor
flew through the department that he had
come home from Cuba with the smallpox.
A doctor was called from the surgeon gen.
erals Office and after he had diagnosed
bed. His face is scarlet and blotched with
tiny pimples.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
FORMALLY CHARGED
WITH TAYLOR MURDER
Richard Quigley and Tiney La
belle Are Held at Can
ton, O.

CANTON, O., May 26.-Richard Quigley
and Tiney Labelle were to-day formally
charged with the murder of George II. Tay-
lor. the prominent merchant who was shot
and killed in his store at an early hour last
Sunday morning. Both of the accused
pleaded not guilty. They will be given a
preliminary hearing Monday next. Grace
Bottorf Taylor, who was at first arrested
in connection with the case, and later dis
charged, has made a demand for her prop
erty rights in TaylOr's estate, as his widow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
Won PLEHWE PROPOSES
CONCESSIONS TO THE JEWS
Repeal of Residence Law Sug-
geSted to the Council of Rus
sian Empire.


ST. PETERSBURG, May 26.-Interior
Minister Won Plehwe has proposed to the
Council of the Empire important
project for the repeal of the law under
which Jews are forbidden to reside within
thirty-two miles of the frontier. On ac-
count of the prevalence of smuggling, the
Jewish pale was drawn back from the
border. The new departure is considered
of the important steps in the execution
of Emperor Nicholass ukaSe issued in the
early part of 1903 promising freedom of
conscience TO his subjects. The Emperor
considered the present time suspicious for
the Inauguration of this reform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
Assaulted by Strike Breakers.

NEW YORK, May 26.-Three men, in
Guiding detective, one of the combatants
and a bystander, are severely wounded. and
six Italian strike breakers are under arrest
on charges of felonious assault the re-
suit of shooting ARRAY in Park row. near
the Brooklyn bridge entrance. tonight.
The throwing of a brick among the Ital-
ians, who were on their way from work
at the Fall River line docks, supposedly
by a striking freight handler started the
fighting, in which more than thirty shots
were fired
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
FORMER BUTLER IS
INDICTED FOR THEFT

CHICAGO. May 26-Stephen Herbert,
former butler tor ]. ]. Kiser. accused of
taking jewels valued at $4,000 to SIS, 900 from
the Kiser home, was indicated by the grand
jury to-day. Mr.. Kiser and several police
men testified against the man. Detectives
were sent to Providence, r. l., to bring
Herbert back. who will not fight extradi-
tion il is said.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
CORN IN THE EAR, BUT
NOT THE PROPER ONE
The Ear Was Patrick Sweeney's,
and the Corn Had Been There
for Twenty-One Years.

WINSTED, Conn. May 26.-Patrick
Sweeney, a section hand employed on the
Naugatuck Division Railroad, was eating
dinner with other trackmen in Burrville
a few days ago, when a kernel of corn
which had been in his ear for twenty-one
years dropped out. Sweeney was eight
years old, and was working in a corn field
when the kernel got into his ear.
Doctors were unable to extract IL, and
some years afterward the ear began to
pain him. Three years ago his hearing
became affected. The kernel of corn,
which Sweeney saved and is showing TO
his friends, looks as fresh as the day it
left the field.
The pain has entirely left Sweeney's ear,
and his hearing has been restored.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
PRESIDENT AND CAR.
Applicants for Naturalization Must
Learn Their Powers.

READING, Pa, May 26.-Franh Jaulow-
ski was an applicant for naturalization in
court here. He was able to read English,
but could not understand what he read.
who is the ruler of Russian" asked
Judge Endlich.
The Car" was the reply.
What is the difference between the
President and the Czar?"
1.-The President has the same power as the
Gar" replied the applicant.
The application was refused. and Jaulow-
ski was advised to read up the Constitution
closer and improve his knowledge of Eng
lish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED
FOR IMPORTING GIRLS

ST. LOUIS, May 26.-When the case of
Mrs. Sophia Weinzeirl, charged with bring
ing girls to st. Louis from Germany for
improper purposes, was called to-day be-
fore United States Commissioner Rabbit.
District Attorney Dyer announced that the
federal grand jury having considered the
case, had decided not TO proceed further
He asked that the charge against Mrs.
Weinzeirl be dismissed. She was then dis
charged. A similar case brought several
days ago against Mrs. Weinzeirl on the
same charge, under state laws, was then
taken from the jury and the defendant dis
charged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
LONE ROBBER HOLDS UP
Il CALIFORNIA Blink
Attempts to Shoot Assistant CASH
Ter, Seizes Money, Awes Cash
ier and Escapes.

AUBURN, Cal, May "a man entered
the Placer County Bank to-day and pre-
sented written demand for all cash on
hand. He sprang over the counter and fired
a pistol shot at Assistant Cashier McFay-
den. but the bullet went wild. The robber
seized all the gold in the money tray.
emptied il into canvas sack and started
TO depart. At the door he encountered
Cashier Smith and waved him aside with
his revolver. He sprang into a nearby
cart and escaped.
The bank officials decline to state how
much gold was taken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
CANNOT BUILD GOLFERS
IN GOVERNMENT YARDS

WASHINGTON. May 26-The Navy De-
partment to-day announced that il does
not see its way clear to construct the two
golfers authorized by Congress at the last
session TO be constructed in government
yards. since no appropriation was made
for the construction of slips required in the
work of building the ships The golfers
were designed TO carry 5000 tons 81 coaI
and to cost 81 80. 900 each ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
DiehI to Succeed LemIy.

WASHINGTON, May 26-Announcement
made at the Navy Department TODAY
that the President had appointed Conn
mander Samuel w. b. Diehl TO succeed
Captain Samuel c. Lemly as Judge advocate
general OF the navy. when the latter's term
expires on June 3. Commander Diehl now
commands the cruiser Boston, which is en-
route from Panama to San Francisco. He
has seen more than seventeen years sea
service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
DOMINICAN REBELS WIN
A SAhGUINARY BATTLE
Gen. Cabrera, Minister of War,
Killed at Head of Govern
ment Troops.
ANOTHER FIGHT SOON

CAPE HAITIEN, May pa serious bat
tie was fought to-day between the Domini-
can troops and the revolutionists at Esper-
ANA, on the road from Monte Cristi to
Santiago, Mao. The revolutionists
were victorious. Many were killed OF
wounded both sides.
General Raoul Cabrera, minister of war
who commanded the government troops
was killed, and his body was taken to
Navarette.
The revoutionists are before Navarette
where another battle will be fought.
The government troops are waiting fol
reinforcements.
The United States cruiser Detroit and the
gunboat Newport off Monte Cristi.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
INTERCHANGEABLE
INTERURBAN TICKETS
Will Be Good on Forty-Three
Ohio and Two Indiana
Trolley Lines.

COLUMBUS. o.. May 26-The Ohio In
terurban Railroad Association met here to-
day and adopted a form of interchangeable
tickets which will be good on forty-three
Ohio and two Indiana roads. A basis of
settlement for the use of the tracks of one
road by another is also 10 be reached by
the association. several propositions being
under consideration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27
NAMES THAT WILL BE
GIVEN NEW WARSHIPS

WASHINGTON. May 26.-The names de-
cided upon for the warships authorized
at the last session of Congress were an
nounced at the Navy Department TODAY
as follows: The battleship New Hamp-
shire. armored cruisers North Carolina and
Montana; scouts, Chester, Birmingham
and Salem, Golfers Erie and Ontario.