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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-04
INDIANA OBITUARY..

WABASH Ind Feb. Edward w.
Douglass for a long time resident of Wa
bash, died this morning after a brief ill
ness, aged sixty-four. He came to Wabash
from Montreal many years ago, and had
been connected with the Cincinnati, Wa
bash e. Michigan and Big Four railroads
for twenty-five years. He left a widow and
five children.
MARION, Ind, Feb. 3-John Haley, aged
fifty-six, a drummer boy of the civil war,
who served in Company L. One-hundred-
and-eighteenth Illinois Infantry, is dead al
the Soldiers Home where he had been liv-
ing for a number of years. He will be given
a military burial Thursday afternoon in
the silent Circle" the Home Cemetery
Haley's relatives live in Louisville.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. 3.-Mrs. Anna
McMahan, aged eighty-four, widow of Nor
gan McMahan, a Madison county pioneer
died at her home, three miles west of Sum
mitville. to-day. She left children, but
a number of nephews and grandchildren.
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$4,000 FORFEIT

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Medical Association, Proprietors, Buff
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inal signature of the individual volun-
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1t is located at No "a Pine street, New
York City.
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WATER WORKS IN DANGER
OF COMPLETE COLLAPSE
Part Of the Foundation Goes from
Under Evansville Plant and
Destruction Is Feared.
WATER SUPPLY FAILING
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3.-The giving
away of twenty-five feet of the foundation
of the water works building to-day renders
the situation there critical, and the river
wall OF the building may collapse at any
time. The new break is directly over the
broken intake pipes. The entire founda-
ton of the building settled about seven
inches to-day
Police officers have been stationed at the
works to keep back the crowds of curious
sightseers, as destruction may be expected
at any time. On account of heavy ice it is
impossible TO bring down pump boat from
Cincinnati or to secure dredges TO supply
the auxiliary stations with water.
Much of the reserve water supply In the
reservoir at the old works was used to-day
during two fires, Superintendent Truman
being afraid to run the engines at the
pumping station under FIRE pressure.
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Army Supplies for Philippines.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3.-One
of the largest shipments of army supplies
that has been shipped from the local quar-
termasters depot in many months is being
made ready and will go forward as soon as
possible. The supplies go to the Philippines
and consist of army ranges, cooking uten-
sils, wagon materials, harness and other
camp equipment. The shipment will weigh
100000 pounds and will require twenty-five
cars to move II. An order has been re-
ceived at the depot for 27,O00 garments for
the soldiery and several hundred women
will be put to work on the clothing.
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PRETTY WINDFAlL GIRL
WINS ORATOR|CAL PRIZE
Miss Maude Miller Takes Third
Place in Contest Between Thir-
teen Speakers.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind, Feb. 3.-Maud Miller.
of this place, won of the three gold
prizes at the oratorical contest held here
on Monday night. Her topic was Making
Him Feel at Home" There were thirteen
contestants. Miss Miller is sixteen years
old and a daughter of the Rev. Erin and
Mrs. Miller. She is popular in social cir
cles.
First prize was won by Hazel Gates, OF
Sycamore, and second honors by T. II.
Allen, a teacher in the Windfall public
school. The other contestants were Goldie
Burkett and Glenn McKorkle, of Windfall;
Minnie Nading. of Hazel Dell: Anna Wake
field. of Sharpsville; Bertha Coryell, of
Hobbs; Madge Daum, of Upton, and Ros-
coe Shockney, of PhlOX.
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ELECTION BY FORESTERS.
Session of the Indiana High Court
AdjournS at Wabash.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind. Feb. 3-The High Court
of Foresters of Indiana adjourned here this
evening after a two days session. A ban
quet was served last night at the Macca-
hess hall, at which 200 covers were laid. The
morning session to-day was devoted to the
reports of committees and other routine
business and the election took place this
afternoon. resulting as follows:
High chief ranger, Thomas III. Hall,
Crown Point vice high chief ranger, II. d.
Schofield, McCoOl; high secretary, Joe p.
Young. Crown Point: high treasurer Jacob
Lowenstein, Valparaiso; high medical ex-
aminer. DIR. p. G. Moore. Wabash. The d.
rectors are Marks Crume, Wabash; Guy
Lemon, Elkhart; James Love, lie Roy;
Leonard Kramer, Michigan City.
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Little Girl Badly Burned.

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SHELBYNILLE. Ind, Feb. 3.-The six
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Anderson. of Walkervile, was badly
burned while at the home OF one of her
companions this afternoon. The children
were playing near fire. when her dress
ignited In the back. at the waist. The
child Immediately ran To the home OF her
parents and on arriving there. her clothing,
from hips To neck, was a mass of flames.
The mother eXtinguished the blaze but the
girls back was horribly burned. as were
her ears and the back OF her head. All
her hair burned. She probably will
dfa
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TWO MINERS INJURED.
Serious Results of Falls of Slate ii
a Sullivan County Mine.
the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. 3.-Roscoe White,
a miner employed by the Rainbow Coal and
Mining Company at Caledonia. three miles
east of here, was seriously and perhaps
fatally injured in a fall of slate this morn
ing White was bending forward when the
slate fell, and the greater part of 1t fell on
his head, breaking both the upper jawbones
and crushing his skull.
John Gottsfoot was crushed by another
fall few minutes later. White was taken
to St Anthonys Hospital at Terre Haute.
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Why can't we come over to your house
and play any rnoref
Because papa gets so mad when We
make little bit of noise.
What makes him that wayf
Mamma says it's dyspepsia makes him
oct so crazy.
That's about the way it strikes the
small boy. The dyspeptic has no idea
of his own unreasonableness or harsh.
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Few Democrats Want Office.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JASPER, Feb. 3.-The entries for the
Democratic primary closed in Dubois coun-
ty Feb. l. a Democratic nomination in
Dubois county is generally equivalent TO
an election. yet there is a scarcity of can
didates. Far sheriff. coroner. surveyor,
treasurer, two commissioners, there is but
one candidate for each office. For trustee
OF Madison, cambridge and Patoka town.
ships there is but one candidate each. while
no one in Jefferson township wants the
nomination. In some townships but one
candidate applies for the nomination of as
SCISSOR. There are two candidates for pros
ecutor' and two candidates for Joint repre-
sentative of Dubois and Pike counties
Entries have closed and no new names
can now go on the tickets. The election
will be held en- Feb. Is.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3.-James
schoettlein, aged eight, charged with stab
bling Oliver Page, aged eight, was arraigned
in Police Court to-day, and owing to his
age the Probation Court officers were asked
to take his case. 1t is alleged Schoettlein
stabbed Page because he and several other
boys, ranging in age from five to eight,
tried to roast him alive over bonfire.
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ecial TO the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 3.-The jury in
the case of the State against William r.
Cox brought in a verdict of not guilty this
afternoon about o'clock. Cox was charged
with assault and battery on John d. Nc
Mahan, with intent to kill. He shot Nc
Mahan in the back with a shotgun after
some trouble with him. The defense set
up the plea or self-derense and the testi-
mony showed that Cox was so badly beaten
that he could not see when he fired the
shot
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Large Estate Disposed OF.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind, Feb. 3.-The will OF
Lewis Grisell. of Pennville. filed for probate
to-day disposes OF an estate OF 100000 Jen-
ME May Boyd. wife OF former Auditor Tru-
man o. Boyd. OF this city, and her brother,
Lewis G.. Walling. OF Pennville. are the
principal bencfciarieS. receiving $4,000
each. The rest OF the estate is distributed
among thrty-six heirs, in sums Of 500 10
LOO.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 3.-There will be a
meeting of the glass workers of Indiana
here on Sunday. Both Denny and Burns
men will be represented and the leaders of
the organizations have been invited to be
present. The meeting is called for the pur-
pose of inducing the men to ratify the Phil
adelphia scale and to discuss temporary
amalgamation independent of either union.
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Thirteen Reformatory Paroles.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3.-The
board OF managers of the Reformatory COM
pleted It's monthly meeting at the institu-
ton to-day. A large amount of routine
business was disposed Of Out of thirty
six applicants for parole thirteen were
granted. The board did not adopt the new
book of rules, but deferred action until the
next meetinR
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Afflicted Madison Family.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 3.-When Mrs. Will
liam Bates, of West Madison. returned
home to-day from her work at the cotton
mill, her sixteen-year-old daughter Caro-
line was found lying dead on the floor from
apoplexy. son was run over and killed
by a street car recently, and the father
was lately sent to the insane asylum
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CapitaIizing n Richmond Boom.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 3.-The South
Side Improvement Association has taken
up with the project of the Rev. Ohio Will
lams, of New Castle, and will undertake to
develop Richmond through the location of
new industries in new portion of the city.
The association will increase its capital
stock TO 100000.
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Kissed the Jurors Hands,
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Feb. 3.-John Gill
and wife. both past eighty years of age, to
show their appreciation of the action OF the
jury of the Superior Court of this city in re-
turning a verdict that saved their meager
earnings from falling into the hands OF rel
atives making them homeless. fell on their
knees, and with tears streaming down their
faces. kissed the hands Of each member OF
the Jury
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Returned Home TO Die.
10 the IndIannnolis Iournal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Feb. 3.-Seven years ago
Henry Shrock. a Howard county Dunkard
farmer. became a fugitive, accused of is
suing 5000 fraudulent paper in the pur-
chase OF live stock. He eluded the officers
and three months ago returned here, broken
in health. His return was known only TO
the family. He died Sunday and the funeral
to-day was the first intimation 10 the pub
lie that the fugitive had returned. He said
he came home TO die" He was sixty-one
wars old
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Evaded the Court. Restrictions.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 3.-When the
court at Brazil granted a divorce to Mrs
Dora Walden the decree prohibited her
from marrying for two years. When Theo-
dore Ashcroft asked for a marriage license
to marry her an hour later. the Clay county
clerk refused because of the terms of the
decree. Mrs. Walden appealed to the judge,
but he would not relent. Then Ashcroft
and Mrs. Walden came to Terre Haute and
were married.
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Bad Situation at Tell City.
lie Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TELL CITY, Ind, Feb. 3.-Weather and
river conditions combine to excite the fear
that the Ohio will be again closed to navi-
cation at this point, as much OF the run
ming ice is being caught on bars and flats
by the receding water. Two barges be-
longing to A. G. Obrecht & Sons, of this
low Paducah, KY, stranded but in good
condition.
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Glass Combination Dissolved.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 3.-The National Glass
Company of this city, has sent out a cir
cular letter notifying the trade that here
after the factories controlled by it will be
operated Independently. This practically
amounts to a dissolution of the tableware
combine, which was formed a few years
ago. 1t was capitalized at 100000 and at
first controlled twenty-one factories In vari-
Gus parts of the country
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WARSAW, Ind, Feb. 3.-Lemuel W.
Royse, recently appointed judge ad interim
of this circuit in place of Judge Biggs, in
capacitated. has qualified and taken up his
new duties. Judge Biggs is in a sanatorium
at Cleveland, and his mental condition, IT
is said, is not encouraging to his relatives
and friends
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Wages Are Cut 3 Per Cent.
Indianapolis Journal.

special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. 3.-The Penn
American Plate Glass Company has posted
notice in their works in this city that
the entire force will be cut per cent. in
wages beginning with Feb. Is. Five hun
dred and fifty employees are affected by the
reduction. The company gives as a rea-
son that it raised wages 10 to 10 per cent
last fall, but that other factories have cut
their wage list and that conditions no
longer justify higher wages.
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No Arrest I'm the Isbeu Case.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN. Ind. Feb. s.-Claude Land.
who attacked and probably fatally injured
Ogg Isbell at the Little Giant mine Mon
day night. has not been arrested. but IL is
believed he will be apprehended to-mor-
row Isbell Is still unconscious and small
hopes are entertained for his recovery.
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TEN-INCH GAS MAIN
BURSTS NEAR UPLAND
Flame from the Break Can Be Seen
at Hartford City, More than
Seven Miles Distant.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Feb. "a ten
inch gas pipe line south of Upland, seven
miles west of here. has burst. and the gas
has ignited. The flames can be plainly seen
from this city and so far has baffied all
efforts to put IL out.
The line is believed to belong to T. N.
Barnsdall and 10 be the main line into
Marion. II ii is there will be mucn suffer-
ing there.
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FIRST STEAMER CUTS A
WAY THROUGH THE ICE
Helen NJ. Gould Reaches Madison
from Louisville and Reloads
for Up-River Points.
NAVIGATION IS DIFFICULT
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special tn the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 3.-The steamer
Helen NJ. Gould left Louisville last evening
with ten passengers and a fine cargo OF
freight and cut her way through the heavy
ice to Madison.
Here she discharged her cargo, then took
a load of freight to Milton and Redwood,
KY, after which she returned here and was
soon loaded again TO the guards with mis-
cellaneous freight, with which she left at .
o'clock this evening for Carrollton, intend
ing to harbor in Kentucky river if she sue
ceeded in blowing through the icebergs.
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Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
GREENSBURG, Ind. Feb. 3.-James E.
Caskey. editor OF The Greensburg News. is
suffering from broken arm. the result OF
a fail while going down a cellar stairway.
HIS little daughter Marian is also carrying
a broken arm as a result Of a fall few
days ago.
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Stole Rife During the Riot.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Feb. 2.-The jury in
the case Of Andrew J. Taylor charged
with stealing a rife from a gun store here
during the July riot. this afternoon re-
turned a verdict OF guilty and Taylor was
sentenced To the ReformatOry for one TO
three years.
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Higher Prices for Farm Lands.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. Ind, Feb. 3.-Real-estate
men say that there is a general demand all
over the county for good farm property
While there Is considerable farm property
on the market the prices are higher than
they have been in years. A great deal of
this increase is due TO the proposed inter-
urban lines, so the real-estate men say
Farm property along the indianapolis
Columbus & Southern. now in operation,
IS higher than il formerly was and this is
true along the proposed lines.
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Truth Badly scorched.
-ha INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

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ELKHART Ind, Feb "a defective
furnace caused a fire in the office of the
Daily Truth tonight. The damage is sew
eral thousand dollars The paper must be
issued from other plants for several days,
while repairs are being made.
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state of Indiana, once of Auditor of State.

State OF Indiana, Office Of Auditor OF State.
I. the undersigned. auditor of state OF the
State of Indiana, hereby certify that the
above is a correct copy of the statement of
the condition of the aforementioned COM
pany on the 31st day OF December. 1903. as
shown by the original statement. and that
the said original statement Is now on file
in this office.
In testimony whereof. hereunto subscribe
my name and affix my official
(SEAL.l seal. this LIST day OF February,
1904
ID. L. SHERRIcK, Auditor of State
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10 trouble 10 get breakfast quickly IL you
kaye Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour.
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state of Indiana. once of Auditor of State

state of Indiana, Office of Auditor OF State.
the undersigned. auditor OF state OF the
Stata Of Indiana hereby certify that the
above is a correct copy OF the statement OF
the condition OF the aforementioned COM
pany on the 5lst day OF december, EvS as
shov,n by the original statement, and that
the said original statement IS now on file
in this Office.
In testimony WHEREOF, hereunto subscribe
nv name and aflix nay Official
lsEAI,l seal, this list day OF February.
- 1891
ID. Z. SRERR1CK. Auditor Of State.
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The amount Of it's capital is. 81 900. 900 OC
The amount of its capital paid up
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1t is located at No. As Pine street, in
New York
w. w. UNDERHILL, President.
SAMUEL NJ CRAFT,
Vice President and Secretary.
The amount of it's capital 49,. $50, 10000
The amount of its capital paid up
Is ..-.-.--...-.-----..-.---.. ZJo,Voo-oO
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The Asset, oil the Company in the United States
are "a FOL O1s:

Cash on hand and in the hands Of
agents or other persons. ....... $3.50, 574 96
Real estate unincumbered So, 1854
Bonds owned by the company,
bearing interest al the rate OF
per cent, secured as follows:
United States bonds .......... $4,000
State city and other bonds. .... 562 04O %
Railroad bonds and stocks....... 2,050, S79 20
Bank stocks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 72.375OO
l.. S. Steel preferred. .............. u,70000
Loans on bonds and mortgages
of real estate, worth double the
amount for which the same is
mortgaged, and free from any
prior incumbrance .............. $4,000
All other securities ..........+..... 34,75l. ~
no.aI arrots q nso 0s7 oa
La Junta tribune., 1904-10-01
THOROUGHLY exposEn

fAs wsak.ess Of Parker and Davas
0rows Palmer kseh Dsy.
IL appears that Judge Parker Of
Esopus IL going to New York City 10
run his own campaign. The revelation
has come, but Il has come more swiftly
than most OF Us expected. The revela-
ton Il simply this-that the idea Of the
country that the Democrats hid nomi-
mated Q 6ne old judge whose character
led up TO the standard Of what q Judge
should be is shivered into sriinters. Two
years ago the country knew nothing Of
Judge Alton b. Parker Of New York.
and little of Henry Gassaway Davis of
West Virginia, two men picked up, for
a purpose. by the men who controlled the
Democratic national convention. How
clear 70 everybody now must be the sit
uatioui Instead Of this stately judge
who sent the stately telegram to ST.
Louis, appears, and for all pcrmanency,
merely decent creature Of the famous
New York politician, David Bennett
Hill
1t IL all queer. II appears 70 unsub-
stantial and indifferent that Hill could
have nominated one Of his creations for
the Presidency!
Az the days pass In this autumn Of
1904 the eyes of the American people
are opening as to the political situation.
There is no anguish following the open
ing. 1t is practically all over. save the
exhibition Of a certain exuberancs next
November.
1t In impossible that such q people
as are the voters of the United States
could vote generally to place the gov
ernment in the hands OF Tammany and 4
weak but crafty Democratic leader.
whose aims and objects have seemed
ever to be for himself alone. one who
has never heard or thought OF the ex-
preston, "the greatest good for the
greatest number" and who, above all
seems incompetent for the best manage
ment Of the United States,