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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-15
FUNERAL OF DOWAGER
QUEEN HELD At SEOUL
Weird Scene Marked the Last
Services Over Body of Prom
inent Korean Woman.


SEOUL, March 1.-THE funeral of the
Queen Dowager,- who died in January, was
held here to-day. The bier was placed on
a catafalque at the west gate of the city,
where Minister Allen and other diplomats
gathered at $50 O'Clock this morning. 1t
was a weird scene. Thousands of lantern
bearers. soldiery and the populace in white
dresses gathered around a bonfire until
daybreak. The Emperor, attired in straw
colored robes and head dress, arrived at 6
O'Clock and performed his devotion over the
body within a canvas pavilion. The pro-
cession then started to the tomb, eight
miles outside of the city, the bands playing
the funeral dirgeS.
The procession was couple of miles long
and full of Oriental color 1t was headed
by native police, followed by lantern bear
ers and spearmen in fantastic attire, carry
ing banners and huge paper horses. Then
came two bers. gorgeously colored and sur
mounted by dragon heads. They were
borne on the shoulders of hundred men,
there being 100 pallbearers. The biers were
surrounded by eunuchs and court function
aries. The first bier was empty, being in
tended to cheat the devil.
The populace crammed the streets and
covered the roofs to witness the pagaent
After the start of the procession the Empe-
ror received the foreign diplomats and the
Japanese minister. being the senior men,
Der. presented the coincidence of the corps.
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GREEN CASTLE.-The eighth week of a
revival service that is being conducted in
the Lccust-street Methodist Church, of
this city, closed Sunday night but the
meeting will be continued. 1t is the most
remarkable service that has been held
here, both from the number of conversions,
of which there have been 2GO, and because
the meetings are all conducted by the pas
tor of the church, the Rev. Mr.. O'Haver..
He~is sometimes assisted by other min
listers but he does not have professional
help One hundred and thirty-one of the
converts have become members of the
Locust-street church.
WARSAW.-The Columbia City National
Bank which succeeds f. II. Foust & Co. 8
bank at the county seat OF Whitley. has
been organized and the papers forwarded
to the Treasury Department at Washing
ton for approval The institution which
the new bank succeeds is one of the pioneer
financial houses of northern Indiana. 1t
his been doing business at Columbia City
for over half a century and during all
that period has been under the personal
direction of +. III. Foust, the founder,
who will continue as president OF the new
bank.
FINCENNES.-The Hub Clothing Com
pany on Monday made an assignment, the
Freibcrg firm, of Cincinnati. taking charge.
The Enterprise Stove works. George
Thompson manager, star Snovei and
dent of the Board of Trade, are defend
ants in suit flied by Edward Baker and
Henry Rocker, who claim that for sixteen
years they were refused their share of div
idends and have now been frozen out"
They ask for receiver and accounting.
RICHMOND.-The plans and specifica-
tons for the federal building to be erected
in Richmond have arrived here and bids are
being asked for without delay. The site
for the building is being rapidly cleared
Frank Peer, who was badly hurt on
Saturday, remains unconscious, and proba-
bly, will not recover. Peer Is master Of
Richmond Lodge of Masons.
WINAMAC.-The County Board of Edu-
cation has set apart Sept. as Education
day. in Winamac. There will be public
exercises, with a complete exposition of
the work of the school system and Senator
A Beveridge and B. +. Shively. of South
Bend, will deliver addresses. large guar
antee fund has been raised to defray the
expenses of the day.
WABASH.-Ciarence l. Bruner. formerly
of this city. and later of kokomo, has been
elected a director and cashier of the new
Second National Bank at Akron. o. The
Second National is the combined Citizens
National and the old Second National 1t
has $3.50, 600 capital and S1,500,0o0 deposits.
MARION.-Robbers blew open the safe
in the local office of the Standard Oil
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Company in North Marion Sunday night
and escaped. But SIS was secured. which
berry was not discovered until Monday
morning and the police have no clew.
Entrance was gained through window.
TIPTON.-The commissioners of this
county have closed contract with Joseph
b. Workman, a tax ferret, to investigate
delinquent and hidden taxes in this county
The term OF the contract Is for five years.
and Mr.. Workman will receive 50 per cent.
of all money collected by him. He has
given a bond. and will begin his work with
in thirty days.
SEYMOUR.-The Martinsville Reclining
Chair Company has purchased the factory
Furniture Company and will bring their
business to this city and put the. plant in
operation this spring The plant had been
in the hands of a receiver for several
months and has not been in operation.
FORTVILLE.-On Monday, at Greenfield
the fight of the Anti-saloon League against
the applications of Carl kinnaman and A.
X. Chappell for retail liquor licenses in
Fortville was continued before the County
Commissioners. who have been in session
since last Friday. The fight is bitterly con-
tested.
WASHINGTON.-The safe in tine Citizens
Bank at Elnora. which was charged with
nitroglycerin by burglars last Friday morn
ing but not fired. was opened by ex-
pert yesterday. A representative of the
insurance company which had the risk was
present to fix the damages
WILLIAMSBURG County Council
has ordered the construction of two new
bridges across the Wabash, one at Inde-
pendence and one at the mouth of Little
Shawnee, directly south Of this place The
cost will be 100000.
GOSHEN.-Richard Benhsm, a resident
of the county for seventy years. was
stricken with paralysis Monday afternoon
on the street His condition is critical
death being expected momentarily.
JASPER.-Madison township of Dubois
county. has voted support to the proposed
electric railway from Vincennes to this
place Heretofore Madison township has
voted against such support
PORTLAND.-The Presbyterian congre-
cation in this city, which is erecting a new
$4,000 church. has received a gift OF 81 600
from Andrew Carnegie to apply on a
new pipe organ.
CRAWFoRDsVILLE.- two-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Downing, liv-
ing near here burned TO death SUNDAY
evening His clothes caught fire from a
stove.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT county farmers
institute will be held in Attica on March 49,
and elaborate arrangements are being made
by that city to entertain the farmers.
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KUROPATKIN WANTS TO
SIGN PEACE IN TOXIC

PARIS, March 15.-The ST. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris says
that the Cars refusal following General
Kuropatkin's advice, to permit Prince Louis
Napoleon to go to the far East is much
commented on.
The correspondent says that six tor
pedo boats have been sent out of the
Newski yards and that ten others, modelled
after the French torpedo boat Cyclone, are
being completed and probably will be sent
by railway to Port Arthur.
In the course of his conversations in the
train while travelling from Moscow, accord
ing TO this correspondent, General Kuro-
patkin repeated his desire that peace should
be signed only in Toxic. The general said
that France Germany and Austria have
agreed with Russia to prevent Great Brit
ain intervening with another Berlin treaty,
adding: I'VE will never permit Great Brit
ain to interfere for the purpose of depriving
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AMERICANS MEET KING
IN HIS THRONEROOM

LONDON, March liking Edward held
the second levee of the season in the
throneroom of the st. James Palace at
noon to-day. Large crowds lined the route
along which the King drove in state from
Buckingham Palace. The diplomatic corps
was strongly represented, including Am
bassodor Choate and other members of the
United States embassy. The attendance
of Cabinet ministers. naval and military
officers, peers and members of the House Of
Commons was also larger than usual. The
Americans presented by Mr.. Choate were
Walter Neef, superintendent of European
agencies of the Associated Press, of Chi
cago, and Herman Kinnicutt and Lewis c.
Hay of New York.
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BELATED NEWS FROM
GENERAL ZILINSKY

ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.-General
Zilinsky telegraphs follows under yes
terday's date:
ION March our patrol discovered four
of the enemy's posts on the Chong Cheng-
Ang river and a troop of cavalry acting as
scouts near Patetchen, northwest of Anju.
A Japanese cavalry patrol fell into an am
buscade prepared by our patrol and was
dispersed, losing one killed. The japanese
left behind them a quantity or guncotton
and some swords and blankets.
THE population of Manchuria is quiet.
Ion the night of March ii the enemys
opposite Senutchine with searchlshts.
According to information which has been
verified the japanese have not made any at
tack north of Gensan.
The population along the Tumen river is
favorable to us"
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MILITIA SAVES TWO
WHITE MEN FROM MOB

AMERICUS. Ga, March Ito protect
two white men, Henry Morgan and Sidney
Harrell. from lynching at the hands of I'M
furiated citizens of Preston, the militia
brought the prisoners to this city tonight
Morgan was arrested this morning charged
with burning the town of Preston yester-
day. 1t is said he has confessed, and has
implicated Harrel his cousin, who he says,
employed him to set fire to the stores The
loss in the fire amounted TO $4,000.
The Americas military company was
ordered out by Judge Littlejohn. and made
the run from Americas to Preston. twenty
five miles, in twenty minutes. found the
town calm. secured the prisoners and
brought them TO Americas for safe keeping
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HAVE NOT
LEFT PORT ARTHUR

ST. PETERSBURG, March 14-There is
no truth in the rumors that the Russians
have abandoned Port Arthur Admiral
Abazza, secretary of the commission for
Eastern affairs, authorizes the Associated
Press to deny the story. He says the sit
uation at Port Arthur is unchanged and
that nothing of Importance has occurred
there in the last twenty-four hours.
TIEN-TSIN. March 1.-THE reported oc-
cupation of Port Arthur by the Japanese is
untrue according to q telegram received
here at IL o'clock. which left Port Arthur at
o'clock on Sunday evening
Upon inquiry the riot at Shansi turns out
to have been unlmportant. The govern
ment is strongly. opposed to the proposed
emigration of Chinese to the Transvaal.
WEI-HAIWEI. March 1.-THE Japanese
here report that Port Arthur has been cap
tured.
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MOTHERS PRAYER ON
DOOMED MANS LIPS
Murderer Tobin Goes to Death
Chair Uttering Supplication
Learned at Parents Knee.

OSSINING, N. Y, March 14-Thomas
Tobin was put to death to-day in the cleo
trio chair in Sing Sing prison for the muir
der of Capt. James B. Craft in New York
city. He walked to the chair uttering q
prayer that his mother had taught him
when a child. Three shocks were given
before he was pronounced dead.
Tobin, an ex-convict, was employed in a
Tenderloin saloon in September. 1902, when
Captain Craft, wealthy Long Islander,
visited the place The captain displayed
some money and a drug was put into his
liquor. He quickly became unconscious and
was robbed. The victim failed TO recover
consciousness. Tobin dragged him to the
furnace room, cut off his head with a
cleaver and threw 1t into the fire.
After his conviction Tobin exhibited signs
of violent insanity and was examined twice
by commissioners, the second of which de-
clared that he was shamming.
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Certificates have been issued to the fol-
lowing named Indianians:
Perry w. Maggart sl4: William Tnnis.
81; Edward Nelson. s17; Poland p. Moore,
si2; Caleb Holden. $40: John Johnson, $40:
jeremiah Huxton. s12; J. \. ID. Watson,
SIP; Earl Gerard. S.; William McEiwaine.
s.; Samuel Capie, SO; l.. y. Baxter. sl2:
Hiram Springer, IS; b. S. HENDERSON. S12:
Peter Hartman. so; Strother Barrow. $40:
George w. Coleman. s10 James Fisher. 81:
John A. Lehr.- sli; Daniel Baumgartner,
So; Z. III. Smith. S.: Abraham Repiogle.
SO; b. r. Hargrove. Sc: minor OF Charles
n. Marsteler. Sl4: Martha NJ Mccullough,
ST. Maggie Stanton, s.; Margaret Cogs-
well S12
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GIRLS DEAD BODY IS
FOUND IN FARM WELL
Rejected Suitor of Victim Leaves
Ohio and May Have Com
mitted Suicide.

GEORGETOWN, O.. March 1.-The body
of lisa Matthews. aged seventeen years,
was found in well on the Taylor farm in
the eastern part of Brown county. She
was domesticsin the family of John Beas-
ley. She had returned her ring to Joseph
Kelch last Thursday, but ne persisted in
calling and took her away in a buggy last
Saturday night, since which time neither
has been seen. although searching parties
were out everywhere yesterday II is re-
ported that kelch was seen yesterday cross
ing the Ohio river into Kentucky. Kelch is
said TO have left note disposing of money
and indicating self-destruction.
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TWO BODIES FOUND
IN THE VARIAGS HULL

TOXIC. March 1i.-Salvers working on
the variag. at Chemulpo. found the bodies
of two Russian sailors. They were taken
ashore and the captains of the Hatsuz and
Asam conducted burial services to-day.
The japanese consul was present
Eight of the twenty-three Russian
wounded who were taken TO the Matsuyama
Red Cross Hospital, are In serious condl-
ton. Three of them suffered both legs
amputated by a French surgeon, but re-
amputation Is now necessary. ore Rus
sian has l6o wounds from steel spiinters
geons are locating them with Roentgen
rays and extracting them.
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BACTERIA FOUND ON
DIRTY PAPER MONEY

WASHINGTON, March A-Representa-
tive Gaines, of Tennessee, to-day laid before
the House committee on banking and cur
rency a letter from DR.. Thomas Darling
ton health officer of New York city. giving
the result of his Investigation of coin and
paper money to determine the extent IL may
be conveyor of disease germs
Bacteria. according to the report, will not
live longer than forty-eight hours on silver.
nickel and copper coin. Two dirty bills
were washed and one was found to con-
tain 1855 600 bacteria. the other 10000. The
two comparatively new bills contained, re-
spectively, $3.50 and 200O germs. The re
port says: upon all were found staphy-
lococci. proving that money may carry dis
~
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FUNERAL SERVICES OF
EXPLOSION VICTIM
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind, March 14.-The
little remains that could be found of
Stephen A Clark, the victim of the nitro
glycerin explosion on Saturday. were buried
this afternoon in Glencove Cemetery. Fun
eral services were held at the Presbyter-
ian Church and the sermon was preached
by Elder w. M. Gard, of Elwood, former
pastor of the Christian Church here. The
Odd Fellows. Knights of Pythias, Uniform
Rank and Patriarchs Militant attended i'm
a body and conducted the services The
funeral was large one.
Yesterday hundreds of people from
places within a radius of forty miles fiocked
into this city on the interurban cars to
view the scene of the explosion.
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DICK LEAVES TO TAKE
HIS SEAT IN SENATE
Successor of the Late Marcus
Hanna Says He Is for Peace
in Party.

AKRON, o., March H.-General Dick, re-
Gently elected TO succeed the late Marcus
a Hanna as United States senator from
Ohio, left here for Washington to-day. He
expects to be sworn in Monday next, the
occasion marking the end of the thirty
days mourning for Senator Hanna.
General Dick refused to discuss the re-
ported factional troubles in Ohio.
"As stated In my address before the
Legislature when / was elected senator"
ne said. II am for peace in the party, and
l still believe that we can all live in har-
mony."
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TWO DEAD, THREE HURT
BY. NITROGLYCERIN

OAKLAND, Cal. March H.-An explosion
of nitroglycerin in the washing house
of the California Giant powder works on
the bay shore at Sobrante to-day killed two
men and crippled third. The dead are:
Farrar Jackson, a foreman. and a laborer.
A laborer who 100 yards away from
the explosion had his leg so badly shattered
that IL was later amputated. The explosion
shook the country for miles around
though an earthquake had occurred
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DEATH CAUSED BY 4
HEADACHE POWDER
New Albany Business Man Dies
After Taking Powdered Coal
Tar Preparation.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind. March 14-Charlcs
M. Scott, prominent business men,. died
this morning of heart failure. caused. 1t
is said by his attending physicians, by
taking a powdered coal tar preparation for
headache.
Last evening he suffered from severe
headache and took one of the powders. lie
retired and nothing unusual was noticed
until this morning when his wife. in trying
to arouse him, found he was UNCONSCIOUS.
Physicians were summoned. but he did not
regain consciousness and died about
o'clock. He was fifty-seven years old and
left widow and one daughter, Mrs. Harry
Williams.
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TEN THOUSAND MEN
ARE IDLE IN NEW YORK
Strike of Members of Laborers'
Protective Union Delays Con-
Struction Work.

NEW YORK, March 1i.-About 1o.OO0
building operatives. it is claimed 10y officials
of the union, are now idle on account of
the strike of the members OF the Laborers'
Protective Union Society. the calling out
not only the bricklayers but also some of
the ironw orkers on uncompleted buildings
in this city. The recent Darlington Hotel
disaster has caused rigid enforcement
of that provision of the building ordinance
limiting the extent TO which the ironwork
may precede the brick and masonry work
on buildings and the ironworkers can keep
only certain distance ahead of the brick
layers.
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Heroic Engineer Rewarded.

TOXIC, March 14.-Engineer Minamisawa.
the heroic officer of the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Kasumi, has been honored for his
gallantry He has been given the order of
the Kyle the order of the Rising Sun and
promoted from engineer to chief engineer.
The order of the Kyle is the Japanese
equivalent of the British Victoria Cross and
the American medal ot honor Chief Engi-
neer Mnamisawa is the first to whom the
Kyle has been awarded for heroism in war.
1t is improbable that he will survive his
wounds.
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CHINESE FASTENING TO
GARRISON BORDER

PARIS, March H-The Temps CORE
spondent at Nieu-Chwang telegraphs 81
have just returned here from a tour along
the Manchurian frontier. The trains are
crowded with Chinese soldiers. numbering
upwards of 1900, on their way to garrison
the border. A japanese attack is expected
here as soon as a thaw occurs which will
be in about ten days.
The correspondent Of the Temps at st.
Petersburg says: The japanese thus far
have captured seven Russian merchant
ships whose commanders did not know war
had begun. 1t is said that the naval strength
of Russia still equals that of Japan, includ-
ing in the estimate the fortresses of Port
Arthur and Vladivostok and the Baltic
fleet
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MONUMENT TO MARK
SPOT WHERE COEBEL FELL

FRANKFORT. KY. March 1.-THE Ken
lucky Legislature. which will adjourn sine
die tomorrow. rushed through many impor-
tant bills to-day. among them being enc
10 provide for the erection of a $50 600
monument in front of the new million dollar
state capitol and TO be placed on or near
the spot where Governor Goebel fell. An
amendment by Mr.. Black (Rep.) to also
provide for a monument 10 Abraham Lin
coin was voted down.
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PUNISHED FOR SELLING
FORGED DECORATIONS

CONSTANTINOPLE, March lin trial
concluded here to-day six persons accused
of selling forged Turkish decorations to
persons in various countries were sentenced
to fifteen years penal servitude, while a
seventh was sentenced to year. The forged
decorations included the Medjdieh Osma-
nieh. Chief among the accused were Tahir
Bey. the proprietor and editor of the Servet
and an aide-de-camp of the grand vizer.
The sale of the decorations covered period
of several years.
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NEGRO PASTOR URGES
BLACKS TO USE GUNS
Brooklyn Preacher Says Black Man
Should Revenge Lynching of
His Brothers.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Use of the torch
and the bullet by the negro to defend his
rights and to stop the lynching of blacks by
white men has been openly recommended
in a sermon by the Rev F. NJ. Jacobs in
an African Methodist Episcopal Church of
Brooklyn. He said the negroes of Spring
field. o.. where black man was dragged
from Jail and strangled to death by mob
should carry on a war of reprisal and
burn their enemies out of business" The
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Special 20 the indianapolis Journal
KOKOM0 Ind, March H-At con-
ference of union bricklayers OF the Indiana
gas belt held In kokomo sunday, an ar
Tongement was made for the issue OF Inter-
chanxeable cards which viii be recognized
by all the unions IN the various towns.
Represented at the confereace were ko-
korao Anderson Elwoods Muncfe. Logans-
port Peru. Marion ansi >Aiexandrfa-
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Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
VINCENNES. Ind, March H.-Clinton
Hogue. son Of J. ID. Hogue, merchant.
to-day publicly assaulted Prof. Albert
Price. OF the high school, and the teacher
Is confined 10 his home from the injuries
received \ year ago Price caused the
punishment OF Hogue and when Hogue met
him to-day he demanded an apology. which
The Instructor would not give.
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County Board ReOrgnnised.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. Ind. March 14-Judge Will
liam c. Duncan and Mrs. Addie NJ Story,
of this city. have been appointed to succeed
themselves as members Of the Bartholo
new county Beard OF Children's Guardians.
AS the Rev. Paul NJ. Greider. of Hope who
was also a member of the board, has left
the county. T. F. Fitzgibbon. superintend-
ent of the city schools. was appointed TO
take his place. The term of Mr.. Duncan
and Mrs. Story is for three years and
Superintendent Fitzgibbon will have two
years
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Friends Dedicate "A Church.

Special TO the Indianapol Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind. March 1.-THE Society
OF Friends of Kappa. this county. dedi-
Gated a handsome church. free OF debt. on
Sunday. The Rev. Thomas Broom, of
Carmel. had charge of the exercises. The
edifice cost 5000.
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PITTSBURG, March H.-At ii meeting OF
the steel bar pool here to-day the price of
steel bars was increased 81 all around Bes-
semer steel bars were advanced from SIC TO
S27 a ton and open hearth from SOS TO S29
The increase In price has been expected on
account of unusually heavy orders during
the past two weeks and further advance
is looked for within a month