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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
ANNUAL SESSION OF
KENTUCKY DISTRICT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. March s.-The United
Mine Workers OF the western Kentucky
district to-day elected the following officers
President, G. w. Wells, Central City; vice
president, w. L. Hi ks; secretary treasurer,
c. D. Wood The convention, which held
its first session to-day. is expected TO re-
main in session until next Tuesday, when
a Joint convention with the operators Of
the same district will begin. The most
Important matters before the convention
are the wage scale for 1904. 10 be sub
mitted TO the operators next week. and the
consideration of plans for unionizing the
HODkins fields
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
ORDERS FORGOTTEN.
Freight Train and an Engine Col
lided Near Terre Haute.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March S.-There
was n head-on collision of double-header
freight No 81, east bound and Engine 70,
west-bound. tonight, about five miles west
of the city. No. 10 forgot orders to meet
No. 81 this side of West Terre Haute. The
members OF the crews jumped and escaped.
TWO engines were badly damaged, but the
second one in the double header was not
injured.
When il was seen that No. 70 was sure to
cause wreck the wreck train was ordered
out and was on the way before the trains
came together.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
viii Contest Filed.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
NEWPORT. Ind. March S.-Alce j. Rudy
filed "A suit here yesterday to contest the
will of her husband, Martin B. Rudy. of
Highland township. The estate consists
OF 500 acres of good land and about $40 :
con in personal property. According 10 the
will she got one-third of the estate. The
other two-thirds were given TO Albert Nc
NeiU John 3. MCNEIL and Aaron E Lilly.
cousins OF the deceased. The will was pro-
bated Feb. IL. 1894 The plaintiff sets forth
as the causes Of her contest the alleged
unsOundness of mind of the testatOr and
the use of undue influence to secure the
execution of the will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Miners Cases Dismissed.

CRIPPLE CREEK. Col, March SAN
cases against the union miners charged
with different train derailings. the Vindi-
Gator mine disaster and other offenses
have been nollied on the request of Dis
trict Attorney TrOwbridge before Judge
Lewis. The case against Charles H. Nc
Kinney, who confessed completely in an
attempted train wrecking. has not been
dismissed and will come up on March IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Making IN Race with Death.
- ,he IndIananolls Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind. March S.-Capt- ID. :.
Shsffer, OF this city, is making a 3.O0O-mile
race with death His son. Chester Shaffer.
is reported dying at Seattle. Wash. The
son Is q graduate OF Kokomo High School,
was IN Company L. Northumberland fifty
eiehth Indiana. In the Spanish-American
war aud later attended De Pauw Univer-
sity He was travelling for his health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
ARREST OF 4 DOCTOR.
Alleged Malpractitioner Is Held on
a Criminal Charge.

PHILADELPHIA March S.-Coroner Du-
gan says he has made important cap
ture in the arrest of DR.. David j. Mosier.
alias DR.. Adams. who was taken into Gus
tody in his office to-day, charged with per-
forming a criminal operation.
DR.. Mosier's arrest was the result of an
investigation by the police and the coroner
to unearth an alleged syndicate engaged in
illegal medical practices. The police ex-
pect a complete exposure of the nefarious
business soon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
plan to Attract Factories.
e indianapolis Journal.

SRetidl u TIC lhuiahoPoilS JouiIdl
NEW ALBANY, Ind, March S.-Ten
squares OF city property comprising the ter
ritory between West Seventh street, Fall
ing Run creek. Floyd street and the Ohio
river, was disanneXed from the city by res
olution of the City Council last night The
object TO exempt the land from city
taxation and induce manufacturing com
panies 10 locate In this city. Several fac
tories are now established in the disan-
neNed territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
AIabamans Indorse Roosevelt.

TUSKEGEE. Ala. March s-The Re
publican congressional convention for the
Fifth Alabama district met here to-day.
One-third of the delegates were negroes
The delegates TO the national convention
were instructed for Roosevelt for President
w. B. Walker was nominated for Congress
to oppose Charles w Thompson the Demo-
cratic incumbent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Nonagenar Celebration.

Special 20 The Indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE. Ind. March S.-William S.
Hall. OF Washington township. to-day cele-
brated his nlnetieth birthday with a fam
lily gathering He is native OF Butler
county. Ohio. His first American ancestor
was Tobias Hall, who came from England
and settled In what is now New Jersey in
1720 His father was a soldier OF the war
OF 1912 and was taken prisoner when
General Hull surrender Detroit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Kokomo Grocer Fails.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO. Ind. March S.-Amos H.
Hawkins, proprietor of the Model grocery
this city, filed petition In bankruptcy to-
day and closed the store. The assets are
given at $500. with liabilities at 81 600. Ref
cree Sheridan, OF Frankfort. will take
charge of the concern.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09

COLUMBUS, O.. March S-By the de-
cision OF the Supreme Court to-day Martin
Schiller. OF Youngstown, under death SEN
tence for Killing his wife. will go 10 the
electric chair June II. lie had been granted
a new trial by the Circuit Court. but the
SuorCme Court reversed the ruling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
OBITUARY..

TOLEDO March S.-Jacob Romeis. who
served the Tenth Ohio district In Congress
from 1854 10 1855, died Al his home here to-
day as the result OF an accident. Mr..
ROmeis defeated the Hon. Frank Hurd for
Congress twice The deceased also served
three terms as mayor OF Toledo and was at
one time general baggage agent OF the Wa
hagh road
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Local observations on Tuesday,

Bar. Their. R.H Wind W'ther. Pre-
a. m. 1872 "a 81 INVEST Cloudy 600
! p m. 5000 AZ 70 INVEST. Clear. 900
Maximum temperature. 10; minimum tenn
perature. 81
Comparative statement of mean tempera
ture and total precipitation on March ::
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
Yesterdays Temperatures

w. t. BLYTHE,
Section Director.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
WHY TORTOISE WON.
cid Brother Terrnpin Gives TrLe
Version of Race of which All
Children Know

Did you ever hear the true story OF
The race between the Hare and the Tor
toise? Old Brother Terrapin told 1t to
me one day as | lay on my back in the
grass by the pond.
Never heard the real truth of that
victory of mine, did yer?" he squeaked.
as he crawled up to me.
No, never said |; how was it,"
Well he laughed, you see. they al
ways suppose that | won that race by
keeping on Flooding along at my usual
gait, while old man Rabbit frisked
along and fooled and wasted his time
showing Off before the spectators.
But it was nothing of that sort Let
me tell you at the start that all the plod-
ding in the world without little
drought and common sense will never
win anything.
You see, had little bone to pick
with that 'yaller' dog at Bill Sykes
cause one day when | was asleep he
turned me over on my back, and
didn't get my footing for two days and
was nearly starved, to say nothing of the
work brought On the old lady and the
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

DR.. Marage. of Bourg-la Refine.
France. has made experiments on de-
veloping the hearing of deaf mutes, and
his results have been communicated
to the Academic de Medicine Twenty
four stone-deaf children were divided
by lot into two parts, and those of one
group were submitted every day to the
vibrations of a vowel siren" which
he has invented for this massage" of
the tympanum, or drum OF the ear
At the end of six weeks all the sub
iects could hear sounds of musical in
struments for the first time, three
heard phrases spoken near the ear and
two heard conversation carried on over
a yard distant in the ordinary voice
The siren also enables the hearing 10
be measured with precision.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

The loan provision for the Worlds
fair was reported favorably to tie seq
ate on Tuesday.
James Eads How says that the news
boys of St Louis will erect a building
at the Worlds fair
Sixteen thousand quail and prairie
chicken were conhscated by game
wardens at Enid. Okla
DIR. Simon Bell. of Roscdale. Kas.,
has given the University of Kansas
$4,000 in Missouri lands
New York will appropriate another
100000 for the state exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
After an absence Of 40yelrs, Charles
ID. NOEL met his daughter in lobby of
Planters hotel, St Louis, Tuesday
Native Filipino school teachers have
arrived at ST Louis to teach classes of
native students at the Worlds fair.
An unconfrmed report from Panama
says Colombian troops have passed the
Panama border and are fighting San
Bias Indians
Former Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
says no hopes Arkansas will be freed
from disgrace
Martial law in the Cripple Creek
tCol) district has been revoked and
all military prisoners TUNED over to
the civil authorities
The trial of the Deweys. charged
with the murder of three members of
ha 20 -,
ton, kas., on a change of venue.
A jury was promptly selected for
the trial of Edward Butler on the
charge of bribery at Fulton, Mo, and
the taking of evidence is in progress.
The Russian warships at Nladivostoclz
are cleared for action, the harbor is
kept open by ice breakers, while the
ear considers what reply shall be made
to Japan's latest note.
The January report of Director Of
Works Taylor shows that all but five of
the big Worlds fair exhibit palaces
have been completed, and the latter
need only few finishing touches.
In the senate, Tuesday afternoon, Mr.
Clarke (dem.) of Arkansas spoke on
the canal treaty, declaring his en-
phatic Endorsement of all acts of the
administration in that connection.
Premier Combes of France announces
that he will take drastic measures
against certain prelates who have re-
Gently criticised in public the course
of the government in relation to the
teaching orders.
Henry Nioolaus has filed petition
n the circuit court at St Louis asking
that the s135 900 Suburban Doodle fund
be used to pay certain promissory
notes, long overdue. Circuit Attorney
Folk will claim that the money is for
felt.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
PULLING TIGERS TOOTH.
In Its Cage and Performs HaE-
ardous Operation.

Ii was noticed that Charlie Croker
captive tiger in New York, was mop
ing and irritable. His ill-temper, 1t
of broken tooth. A dentist, with a
sufficient accident insurance policy,
was at last found who would run the
risk of taking it out. The tiger was
made harmless by being bound with
strong ropes, and then the dentist went
at his task, as set forth in the Boston
Evening News.
The tigers mouth was braced open
with piece of two by four scantling
and his lower jaw we'll saturated with
solution of cocaine and another pain
destroying drug. The dentist got his
forceps on the tusk, but they slipped.
lie made two other attempts and each
time brought away small piece of the
tusk. The tiger Jay remarkably still.
He pulled on the ropes that held him,
but most of his strength was spent on
the piece of scantling between his
jaws.
The dentist said: "lll have to use
3" MANNER vi lHat tuSh, tHe lOIcepS
won't do"
He braced three-foot piece of a
plank against the tusk and struck the
other end of the plank twice. The
plank split at the end that rested
against the tusk Then three-foot
iron bar was used 1t took two blows
of the hammer on this bar to loosen
the tusk. The tusk broke and was
taken out piece by piece.
Proprietor Beck, the keeper and The
dentist left the cage, the ropes were
taken off the tiger and he jumped to
his feet. He shook himself and
growled few times to make sure he
was still able to. He didn't seem to be
any the worse for his experience.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

A cliff of natural glass can be seen
in Yellowstone Park. Wyoming. 1t is
half mile long and from $50 TO 300
feet high. the material of which if CON
sists being as good glass as that arrl-
fcially manufactured. The dense glass
which forms the base is from IS to 100
feet thick, while the upper portion.
having suffered and survived MANY
ages of wind and rain. has naturally
worn much thinner OF course tho
color OF the cliff is not that of natural
glass-transparent and white-but ,s
mostly black, and some places mottled
and streaked with brownish red and
shades of olive green and brown.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
BOY KEPT HIS WORD.
Good Habits Formed In Youth Made
Charles Gray Prosperous
City Business Leader.

Charlie! Charlie,' clear and sweet
as a note struck from silver bell
the voice rippled over the common
That's mother!" cried one of the
boys, and he instantly threw down
his bat and picked up his jacket and
cap.
Don't go yeti" Have it OUT"
Finish the game" Try it again."
cried the players in noisy chorus
Il must go, right off, this minute.
told her that Id come whenever she
called"
But | wouldn't be such baby as
to run the minute she called" said one
Il don't call 1t babyish to keep ones
word 10 his mother. | call that man
ly. and the boy who doesn't keep his
word to her will never keep it to any
one else-you see if he does" and he
hurried away to his cottage home.
Thirty years have passed since those
boys played on the common. Charlie
Gray is a prosperous business man in
great city. and his mercantile
friends say Of him that his word
is bond" We asked how he &C
quired such a reputation. His reply
was: 81 never broke my word when
a boy, no matter how great the tempa-
ton, and the habits formed then have
chung to me through life. Baptist
Chronicle
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
Live stock Markets.

st. Lou;s-CattieaoFancy exports, IS 009
500 butchers, 81. 5oipa.S0 stockers s. 0,fD
400: cows and heifers. s., 59slI Is. Hogs
Packers, 81 aga y5 butchers. 81 S51f5 %;
light, s4.25Gl+ %. Sheep-Nutton sheep,
- 5oai.00. lambs. 81 5oQ625
Indianapolis Cattle Good to prime
steers. si.65e5. 10. Hogs-0ood to prime
heaNies, si.sU46. 05; medium and mixed,
"A 65q4.yQ. Sheep-Good to choice sheep.
IS 5eg4.0o lambs 81 50QlS CO.
Chicago to prime steers,
81 IVg0,50, poor to medium. 81 0aIt4. 20;
stockers and feeders. s.. 25G+ q. cows, 81 =
Q40; heifers. s2.004t9 30: Gamers 81. 50f0
24o; calves, s.. 5o97 ~. Hogs-silxed and
butchers, A.S0il5 %; good 10 choice heavy,
"a 8a5.l3i rough heavy. 81. SoGl6.s5; light,
81 .3Q4.S0. Sheep-Good to choice wethers,
$i03Gf.G0; fair to choice mixed, S.7SGI'; 90;
western sheep, 81 o0a5 10; native lambs,
I.00u5.90; western lambs. S.eSg5.G0
Kansas City Cattle - Native steers,
S3,5oq4.s1; southern steers. s32Jd3s 80:
southern cows &. E5aS,0o; native cows and
heifers $L151tt00; stockers and feeders,
S.76ni0o; calves. ~. 1895 50; western steers.
IS. 4og4S0; western cows. 81 75Q3.G0. Hogs
Heavy. $i.9045o5; packers, S. 5Q5 60, pigs
and light, si6od4s0. Sheep-Muttons,
s''oonl5 SO; lambs. 81 7o40 70; range weth-
ers. S3.Soni 40; ewes, S2754i00
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
A BACHELOR TEA,

-Suffy's my dog-and every DAY we.
With my three boy dolls, take afternoon
tea;
Rob Roy is gay in his tartan plaid:
Bobby Shafto's not bad. as a sailor lad.
And Jack-the midshipmite. trim and neat,
Is under the table in lowly seat.
Now, as dolls are not really alive,
Buffy and have to eat for the five:
But We play so hard and romp about
That both our appetites hold out:
Sometimes we've bread with our cambria
tea,
sometimes nursey brings nice things to me /;
But If it's crackers. or just a bun.
We eat II all up and have lots of fun.
Buff wags his tail and smiles at me;
/ tell him my secrets and pour out the tea
Lillian Palmer Powers. in St. Nicholas.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

TOODLES is the horse. Binkie, the
passenger Toodles doesn't like
being a horse much, though; ii is
so humiliating TO be tied up to a cart.
and especially so If you have TO pull
about another dog you know you can
saip If you can only get the chance.
Toodles looks peaceful enough, and ne
is gentle and affectionate with his hu-
man friends. The dogs are the play
mates of little New York boy, says
The Detroit Free Press. Binkie is a
sery lively youngster, and most things
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

three children. So when Mr. Rabbit and
Istarted on that race that you have read
Of, | knew at the start that | had no
chance TO win without some little game
Just then along comes Bill Sykes 'yal-
Der dog
Mornin',' says he, nice day for the
race
Yes says |. an If you want to see
the start, sit right down where you are
and you'll see a great show
so down he sal on mis- yaller tail and
opened his yaller jaws and let his red
tongue hang out. One, two, three, go. ;
says the starter. and just then saw my
chance and grabbed Mr.. Dogs tail be-
tween my jaws. He gave one yell of ter
ror and surprise and set off through the
woods toward the goal at lightning
speed, pulling me through the air after
him. My! but we Gid fly. And when
we got near the goal let so and walked
the rest. Mr.. Dog was so scared he ran
on home. Served him right for turning
me over. But won the race. Itell you,
brains count" saying which he ambled
off into the woods.-St Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

THE MARKETS.
THURSDAY, Feb. l.
Grain and ProNisions,

ST Louis - Flour Patents, a. 45lt4 50:
other grades, IS. 50Q4 30. Whea.-No. Z red.
9Clasa7l2c. Corn No. mixed 46c
s oa! U.s. No No. 2. tlc Hay Timothy,
S50a10.00. Bard-Choice steam. 6s3c
Pork New mess, $l3. III. Bacon-Break-
fast bacon, l0aleac. Butter-Creamery, IS
42+c; dairy, l40l7c. Egss-Fresh. e7c
Wool-Tub- washed, 2oq$O5sc; Missouri and
Illinois combing. A42lhc; other grades.
1s120l7c.
Indianapolis-Wh 2. red. ssc:
No. red, &c. Corn-No. 2 white, 45c :
No. ? yellow. 45c Oats-No. mixed,
i0l2e. t1ay-Timothy, sic. 2ST12oo
Chicago quotations: Wheat
May. sa7s493&.c; July, $40; septembe
soc; Corn-February. 5l1Tei May, b41Q65c .
July, 59asc; September 4s-se Oats-May.
f51sc, July, 3st9c; September, 33ssQ&5}sc
Pork-May, 1896. f.ard-May. <.57LeSp
10; July, s..62+yq7.65. Snort ribs-May,
$6s0at. oEfa; July, S6Y5.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

in life are full of interest and excite
ment for him. He wants 10 be in every
thing that goes on. He and Toodles
are not exactly friends, merely acquaint-
ances. and | would not trust them alone
together very long for fear that one or
the other would insist upon settling the
question of which was the better fighter
Toodles is well on IN years, dig
nified. fat and Indifferent; Biukie
young, slim. and always ready for
play. They are both very self-eon-
tained and vain.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
Married Mt Stratfo rd-on-4von.

London, Feb. Thomas l.. James,
former postmaster-ge general of the Unit
ed States, was married, Wednesday, in
Shakepeare's church at Stratford-on-
Avon, to Edith, daughter of Alderman
Colburne, of Stratford-on-Avon Nu-
merous relatives and friends were pres
eut
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

Say. pa. querled little Johnny Bum-
pernickle. what does this paper mean
by saying the man went from had -
worse?" -
1T probably means that he went from
Columbus to Cleveland. my son. " renliod
the old man.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. al
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

San Antonio. Tex, Feb At has
developed that Paul Stern, who COM
mitted suicide here, Tuesday, fed from
home two years ago on account of hav-
ing fought duel while lieutenant in
the German army. He belonged to a
wealthy Jewish family of Berlin.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

New York. Feb Mooney on call
easy. l@.Q2 per cent; closing bid. la; Of
fered at ?; time loans, steady: GO DAYS,
St244; 20 days, 4ll4a six months, 4ladtii5
prime mercantile paper. 4L29t4l5l4 ster-
ling exchange steady. with actual bust
ness In bankers bills az iS5 5olf4SS IS for
demand, and at tS2 90Ji s3 for eo-day bits :
bills. 4s2i.qiSsss bar silver, s5ss: Mexican
dollars, s2h. Government bonds, easy;
railroad bonds heavy.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

EiuQI,cinI.

Quotations fo- middling range as fol-
lows; ST Louis. l6Ae. New York. 10 15c
Memphis 10
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-08-24

to the white house, as demonstrated in 1876 and in
1900.
1t is Watson who insists that the people shall
cross swords in the open with the Republicans, the
trusts and the money gamblers Of Wall street.
It is Watson, and his followers in this campaign,
who organizing the people, if not for victory this
year. in such formidable array to line them mp four
years hence in this great nation in such numbers
to make it impossible for Wall street to dictate the
nomination Of Of it's pledged tools for the Pres
idency under the guise Of peoples man.
It is Watson, Of all the men in the nation today,
of whom the Wall street graiters, and the HilBel-
mont Parker-C Cleveland deputy Republicans fear,
because he ia not for SALE Because the people love
him and trusr him, and if made President he would
defy the powers Of hell itself to protect the masses
from the abuses the bosses Of both Of the old parties
are only too willing to help pile upon them.
This is the reason the debased Commercial Appeal
and its ik would get down In the mire Of their own
debauch to cast apersOn upon him. But it will not
stick Like the shafts that we're turned toward the
Nazarene by the money changers who had sneaked
into the Temple, all such assailants must fall under
the Just indignation Of an outraged popnace, Only
to be hurled back into the faces Of the false ccusers