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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19
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Clayton.
King jenkins, Of Tiptonville, is
in the city.
Rev. w. ]. Mccoy was in Clinton,
KY, Tuesday.
DR.. H. S. Hughes has been al
home sick this week.
Mrs. VIM. Warterield returned
to Nashville Wednesday.
Walter Morris was at home from
Jonesboro, Ark, Sunday.
Col. D. A. Edwards was in Ala
bama this week on business.
Misses Bette and Ora Null visit
ed friends at Rives Tuesday.
King Jenkins was over from Tip
tonyille a few days this week.
Miss Mollie Bowen left Thursday
for ST. Louis to attend the fair.
Miss Annie MAY Baker, of Full
ton, was in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. Will A Mailing was report
ed very sick the first of the week.
Miss Hattie Mae Clemmons and
mother were in the city Thursday.
Mr.. Elmo spent a few days the
earlier part of the week in May
field.
Clarence Ashbeth, of Lexington,
was in the city the first of the
week.
Misses Mamie and Lennie Threl-
keld, of Woodland, were in the city
Monday.
A good crowd left yesterday on
the N. c. & st. L. excursion for
Nashville.
John B Wheeler, captain of the
Democratic hosts at Troy, was here
Wednesday.
Mr.. Wiley Atkins, of Dyersburg,
was in the city Tuesday, returning
from Humboldt.
Herman Dietzel, Jr., and company
of friends are spending a few days
on Reelfoot Lake.
w. B. Gibbs and family have re-
turned from two weeks visit in
Middle Tennessee.
Miss Nellie mclaughlin, of Muir
physboro, is visiting Miss Alice
Dezonia this week.
Band concert at the park to-
night Everybody invited and
everybody welcome.
Mrs. Tom Dean spent few days
this week in Paducah, visiting her
brother and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Con Mofatt visited
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
in st. Louis last week.
Mr. Cleft Woods and family left
Tuesday for Cairo, where they will
make their future home.
Miss Dona Phillips and mother
will return to morrow from a few
days visit in Oakton, Ky.
Mrs. Fannie Hunsaker, OF st,
Louis, is guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner on Fifth street.
Miss Minnie Nelson of Memphis,
is a guest of Mrs. Harry T. Ed
wards at home in the city.
Russell Garth left this week for
Colorado, returning to take charge
of his school near Pueblo.
Homer Hale went to Nashville
yesterday to attend a meeting of
the Bill Posters Association,
Mrs, Jas. Cochran and daughter,
Miss Ina, left Tuesday tor short
visit to Memphis and Luxora.
Col. r. p. Whitesell and family
returned Tuesday from a weeks
stay at the great Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dennis, of
Laurel, Miss, are in the city visit
ing Mrs. Dennis mother, Mrs.
Craig.
A crowd of about forty went to
Sulphur Spring Wednesday after
noon and returned at 8 o'clock that
night.
A. A. Brickin threshed $4,000
bushels of wheat in the Bethlehem
all Obiou county
wheat
Charlie Johnson and sister, Miss
Heal of st. Louis, spent a few
DAYS in the city the early part of
the week
MRS. OLLIE MILLER,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19
Worlds Fair, st. Louis.

Tickets at low rates now on sale
For particulars apply to any Mobile
& Ohio r. r agent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19

FoUND-Two keys on key ring.
Owner can have same by calling at
this office.
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Return to this Office and receive re-
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You will be sorry if you fail to
see the big rat this week at the
Quality Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19

For SALE-Good mich COW and
calf. Apply to A. w. Howard,
Union City.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19

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best.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19

Your last opportunity to see the
big rat at the Quality Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19

Union City Concert Band, Friday
evening, August 10:
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g. Serenade-Loves Response J.. III. q Miller
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MRS. OLLIE MILLER,
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. Dixie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Wagner
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
Other Den thS.0|

PORTLAND, Ind, Janl 2I.~Pf1nfp Pax
son, aged seventy-nine, is dead at his home
near Baalbec. He had been a resident of
Jay county for seventy years. .
George Spade, aged seventy, died this
morning at his home southeast of this city
after a long sickness. He came TO Jay
county with his parents when but a child.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 2-In the death
Of William Payne. at his home in Mont
morenci, last night Tippecanoe county
loses one Of its pioneers Mr. Payne was
settled in this county. He was the pro-
prietOr Of the village smithy and known
FOR many miles around. He had been sick
for several months. a widow and several
children survive.
KOKOAIO. Ind, Jan. 21.-Franklin w
Yeager, a Taylor township pioneer, died at
his home at Oakford, five miles south of
here, yesterday, aged eighty-one. He was
born i'm Virginia in 1892. James Nc
Cool, Howard county pioneer, is dead.
aged eighty-four. He came here siXty-two
years ago. He was Howard countys first
recorder Funeral was held to-day.
RICHMOND, Ind. Jan. 21.-Word was re-
ceived here to-day from Chicago announc-
ing the death of Charles Bader, former
well-known resident of this city. He was
siXty-five.
PETERSBURG. Ind. Jan. 2l.-Mrs. Fla
bon johnson, aged eighty-two years and
one Of the pioneer citizens Of Pike county,
died at her home three and one-half miles
east of town at O'Clock this morning
WINAMAC, Ind, Jan 21.-Lyman Har-
vey, aged eighty. died to-day. He was one
of the first settlers in Jefferson township of
Pulaski county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
TRIAL OF CUDWITH
ABEL 1T FRANKLIN
Defense Is Making Out a Good
Case, Which the State Seems
Unable to Shake.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN, Ind, Jan. 21.-For the first
time since the murder trial of Cudwth
Abel began, the wife of the defendant APP
peared in court this morning. She was ac-
companied by her three small children and
greeted her husband affectionately and
with deep emotion. She spent the day at
his side on the opposite side of the room
sat the widow of the murdered man with
her two small children. The sight of the
two Borrowing families aroused many ex-
pressions of sympathy.
large number of witnesses were ex-
amned during the day and some of them
made strong impressions for the defense.
This morning Mrs Maud Gosset and Miss
Nettie GOsset testified to Witnessing the
tragedy and TO seeing Charles Abel strike
the defendant several blows just before
the firing of the fatal shot The State
made a strong effort to shake their testi-
mOny, but with little effect. DR.. Banker,
of Columbus, and DIR. Garrish. of Seymour,
testified TO the physical disability OF the
defendant at the time of the killing, he
being badly crippled by rheumatism and
suffering in other ways.
Several witnesses testified that the muir
dered mans reputation for peacefulness
was bad and evidence was given that he
carried weapons and had threatened his
uncle One witness testified that the
young man once boasted that his uncle was
afraid of him. The defense will complete
its presentation OF evidence tomorrow
morning. The defendant will be placed on
the stand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
SUIT FOR BACK TAXES
Filed Against Cemetery Associa
ton at LAFAYETTE.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 2l.-One Of the
most interesting cases that ever came up
in the Tippecanoe county courts for set
Element is the suit filed by County Treas
urer William r. Beach against the Green
bush Cemetery Association to compel the
latter to pay alleged back taxes the fund
which has been in existence for many years
for the maintenance of the cemetery
grounds. 1t is expected that long and bit
ter litigation will ensue, as the defendants
aver that their charter. granted under
State law provides that they shall be for
ever free from taxation. The cemetery own
ers contend that the fund which they have
created and increased from year TO year is
not taxable, because such fund is necessary
for the maintenance of the cemetery. and is
not in any sense profit A tax ferret re-
Gently discovered the fund and called the
attention of the county treasurer to it's ex-
istence. Mr.. Beach demanded the payment
of taxes on the fund from the time of it's
creation, and the cemetery treasurer de-
clined. Now ne has brought suit and asked
a change of venue TO another county, de-
claring that he could not get justice in Tip
DeCanOe county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
GAS CITY MEN FAIL TO
CAUSE ANY DISSENSION
Hartford City Workers Pleased
with Conditions and Refuse to
Join the Strikers.
TRUST HANDS LAID OFF

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Jan. 2l-Ihe
Gas City window glass strikers. who came
to Hartford City 10 shut down the John
ston Glass Companys factory, after a day
and a half OF efforts have failed 10 make
any inrOad on the workers. The men en-
ployed in the johnson factory have been
at work since Dec. 10, and are well pleased
with the conditions. They regard the &C
tion of the Gas City men as an invasion in
tended 10 spread dlssension
1t is averred by them that the Gas city
men did not strike on account of the Phil
adelphia wage scale not being paid, but for
some grievance against the management Of
the Diamond Glass Company there. The
men at the Johnston factory say that
should they leave their places there are sew
eral hundred idle workers in Hartford City
who would secure their positions.
To-day the American Window Glass Com
pany. which will not under any circum-
stances hire a blower or gatherer of l.. a.
300 i'm its machine equipment factories, even
for common labor, laid off a large number
of workers. For some time one man has
been employed TO operate each machine,
but the machine men have become so eX-
pert that one man Will now operate two
blowing machines and receive for his labor
81 80 a day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
Mr.. ROOSEVELT NOT WITH
HIS FELLOW DUTCHMEN F"
President Sends a Letter of Regret
to the Holland Society of
New York.
SPEECH BY w. J. BRYAN

NEW YORK, Jan. Clover 400 members
and guests of the Holland Society of New
York attended the annual dinner at the
Waldorf-Astoria tonight. The list OF toasts
included peace" William J. Bryan "Hol
land Cur Ally in the Revolution" Rev
Dr. George c. Dorimer The Friendly Re-
lations of the Dutch with Other Nations"
Sir Chentung LANG Cheng; Our Hero An
cestors." James NJ Beck
President Theodore Banta delivered the
opening address. and proposed the toast to
the President. which was drunk standing.
John NJ Vrooman read letter from Presi
dent Roosevelt, who is one of the oldest
members of the society, regrettting his in
ability to be with mis- 'fellOw-Dutchmen."
Mr.. Bryan spoke of his visit 10 The Meth
erlands, and concluded thus: 1T is not
upon the putocracy of wealth, nor upon
the aristocracy OF learning, but upon the
democracy OF the heart that the hope Of
universal arbitration and permanent peace
must rest. To-day an increasing number of
people throughout the world. standing upon
the heights, are learning that God is not
i'm, the ironclads. nor in the armies. but in
the still small voice OF Justice that issues
from the tribunals like that recently insti-
tuted at The Hague.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
FARMERS OF INDIANA
SHOULD GROW FRUIT
Important Advice of ]. B. Burris
to kOsciuSkO Institute-AIrS.
Meredith'S Lecture.
ecial 10 the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW, Ind, Jan. 2L-At the annual
meeting of the kosciusko County Farmers
Institute, held here, j. B. Burris, of Clover
dale. known throughout the State as a sci
entifc farmer. declared in an address that
it was his belief. after a careful study of
the problem, that wheat growing will not
again be profitable in this country, because
land is increasing SO rapidly in value and
the wheat-growing area of the world is
growing larger.
Mr.. Burris spoke on the subject of soil
Improvement" There are many hill farms
in Indiana. he declared. that are being
farmed in grain, but which should be set in
fruit trees, because grain farming is UNI
profitable on that kind of land
Mrs. NJ. A. Meredith. of Cambridge City.
Ind. one of the few women of the State
who has made a success at farming. gave
her ideas on the subject OF General Pur-
pose Farming" She said many people re-
gard special farming as the highest type of
farming, but the general farmer. in her esti-
nation, has a wide opportunity for the use
of brains and intelligence. She advocated
the growing of grass, grain and live stock
ana declared that enough stock should be
kept 10 consume the grain grown on the
farm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
INDIANA NOTES.

COLUMBUS-The Knights of Pythias
held a district meeting on Thursday which
Was attended by about two hundred Wis
itOrs. Nearly all Of the state officers were
here, and delegations were present from all
of the lodges in the district. The afternoon
and night sessions were largely attended
and a large number of candidates for the
differen. lodges were initiated in the first
degree banquet was served after the
night meeting.
MIDDLETOwN;-It is reported what
seems to be good authority that soon
as the weather is TT work on the Ander-
SON New Castle line of the Union Traction
system Will be resumed, and the road COM
pleted as soon as possible. The grade is
Sulphur Springs where it was stopped be-
cause of difficulty in securing the right
of-way across farms from there TO New
Castle.
RUSHVILLE-An aggregation of SPELL
binders never equaled in "A local meeting
held an enthusiastic crowd of Republicans
in good spirits for an hour and a half
Wednesday night at an open meeting OF
the Young Mems Republican Club. At the
close of the meeting there was a general
move to secure membership In the club
and every person present placed thir name
on the club rolls.
SHELBYVILLE.-In the divorce case Of
Josephine Thurston against George Thurs
ton, business man of this city, the plain
tiff was given alimOny i'm the sum of $2,O0o
and the defendant was given two residences
which he had some time ago decided to the
plaintiff
KOKOMO.-John y. Loveess aged
eighty-six. and Mrs. Nancy Moore aged
sixty-eight. were granted license TO marry
by the clerk OF the Clinton Circuit Court
This is the fifth matrimonial venture for
the groom and the fourth for the bride
They live i'm ColfaX.
ALEXANDRIA-The Madison County
Annual Farmers Institute, composed of
the three county agricultural and horticul-
tural societies. will convene at the First
Methodist Church at Anderson on Feb. 8
and 9, with three sessions on Monday and
two on Tuesday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
BIG FLY-WHEEL RAN AWAY;
BURST into MANY PIECES
Cause of the Accident at the Cam
bria Steel Company's Johns
town Plant.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Jan A.-As a result
Of the breaking OF a governor belt, allowing
an immense fiywheel 10 run away and
burst in the Cambria Steel Company's No.
railmill early to-day, three men are
dead, three are fatally injured and six
more less severely wounded.
1t was believed early this morning that
nearly forty persons were killed and in
jured.
When Engineer Hishler, who was stand
ing by his engine, felt the jar of the i'm
mense fly wheel running wild, ne rushed
TO the steam valve and tried 10 stop the
engine. He was too late however. for the
explosion of the wheel was almost instan-
taneOus. Flying pieces OF metal broke
steam pipes and released the scaldng
vapor. Redhot pieces OF metal were hurled
against the wooden walls and roof. setting
them on fire. At the same time water pipese
were broken flooding the floor 10 a depth
of a couple feet. making escape difficult
for the injured. All the killed. and injured
were foreign labOrers. Nothing but the
walls Of the mill standing and they
are full Of dents made by the pieces OF the
flying wheel. The property loss will be
$4,000 TO 81. 600
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
THREE DEATHS DUE TO
NATURAL GAS UPHEAVAL
Two Fatally and Nine Seriously
Injured in Wreck of a Hotel
Near Soldiers Home.
HOUSE WAS DESTROYED

Special 70 the indianapolis Journal
MARION. Ind.. Jan. 2l.-By an explosion
OF natural gas in the Home Hotel. near the
entrance of the Soldiers Home, three miles
south of Marion. at o'clock this morning,
three persons were killed. two fatally in
jured and nine severely hurt.
The Dead
CHARLES BEITEL. proprietor Of hotel.
MRS. CHARLES BEITEL
JAMES DEVELIN. proprietor of cafe
Fatally Injured
EDWARD GASKELL body horribly
twisted and badly cut on head
L. II. HOBBS. oil well contractor, aged
ffty-one; BADLY lacerated, back broken,
Internally injured.
Severely Injured
THOMAS TWIGG. badly cut over left eye,
Internally injured.
RANDALL BIDDLE. badly cut over eye
and both legs bruised and sprained.
HARRY BEITEL. head badly cut and
body bruised.
CARRIE RING. waitress, face cut; may
lose sight of one eye.
WILLIAM EAST, back sprained, head
cut
JOHN DAUGHERTY. badly cut and
bruised.
WILLIAM SHOTT. ankle twisted and
bruised and cut all ever body.
FRANK GASKELL. horribly bruised
PEARL GASKELL, eleven years old,
daughter OF Frank Gasken. legs mashed.
An oil worker. name unknown, who was a
guest at the hotel, has not been accounted
for.
Miss Carrie Ring, waitress at the hotel.
who was among the injured, saved the lives
of Harry and OrvilIe BEETLE. aged nine and
ten. respectively. She was awakened by the
her bod nd
across the room. The children were sleeping
I'm a room next TO her apartment and she
rushed TO their rescue. pulling them across
the wreckage to the street.
People all over Marion heard the ex-
plosion. and in the vicinity of the accident
the startled residents Immediately after
ward heard the agonized cries of the
wounded. The walls of the building, a
two-story frame. were blown outward, and
the roof and second floor fell, burying the
inmates. Flames shot many feet into the
air the structure collapsed. but the fire
was slow in spreading, and this fact alone
permitted the saving Of the injured in
mates.
The fire was seemingly quenched without
difficulty, but about o'clock the fire burst
forth again, and almost in an instant the
ruins were a seething mass of flames. There
is no FIRE plug within a mile Of the hotel and
the Marion fire department, though it re-
sponded promptly, unable to do any
thing TO save the building. The dead could
be seen I'm the burning building and their
bodies were rapidly cremated. IL is not
believed that there were others in the
ruins.
The explosion occurred in the kitchen. 1t
was due 10 the increased pressure in the
mains at this point. which probably forced
the gas through a weak valve and into the
hotel.
An of the injured were removed to the
Marion Hospital or 10 the Soldiers Home
Hospital. which is but a few hundred feet
away
The hotel had twenty rooms. but all of
them were not occupied Wednesday night.
Most OF the injured oil workers en-
plOyed IN fields between here and Gas City.
The building was destroyed IL was owned
by Fred G.. Seitz and valued at $500
The aggregate loss is $500. mostly insured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
SECRETARY OF COLLEGE
ASSOCIATIONS IN CHINA
Appointment of James NJ. Clinton,
of Indiana University, Made
by Y. M. c. A. Committee.
A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Jan. 21.-James NJ
Clinton, president of Indiana University
Young Mems Christian Association, has re-
ceived appointment from the interna-
tional committee of the association TO go
to China as travelling secretary among the
colleges of that country. He viii leave in
a few days for Buffalo, y. Y, where he will
prepare for the work for the next few
months, serving as assistant secretary of
the city association.
Mr.. Clinton is one of the strongest stu
dents now in the university. He came here
from ogden, his home, in 1899. and entered
the law department, from which he was
graduated the following year. Last year
he finished his work in the liberal arts
department, and Will receive his master 5
degree soon. He has won several prizes on
the merit of his scholarship.
Throughout his college career he has
been a popular student, having held many
important student offices. At present he
is president of the Economic Club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
NEW OIL WELL WITH
A FREAKISH OUTPUT
White Liquid That Is Almost as
Combustible as Gasoline Pro-
duced Near Paramount.
,ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ALEXANDRIA. Ind. Jan. 2i.-Drillers in
from the oil field north of this city tell of
a wonderful freak well now being COM
pIeted for the Gas City plant of the Ameri-
can Tin Plate Company near Fairmount,
which, instead of the regulation crude oil,
OF almost coal blackness. is producing near
ly water white oil. which flashes almost as
quickly as gasoline.
The white liquid was found TO be oil by
accident, though IL had been noticed and
was thought TO be salt water, the drill be-
ing eighty-two feet in the Trenton stratum.
A drilIer threw a match into pile Of
drillings which took fire Qickly and burned
fereelV Another bailerful of drilings was
emptied i'm another spot and the same re-
suit followed.
The product is entirely new 10 drillers.
who do not know what TO think OF the
white fluid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
NegUs of Happenings Indana from the Journals Correspondents
EFFORTS TO RECOVER HER
JEWELS WERE FUTILE
Father of Mrs. Wachs, an Iroquois
Fire Victim, Unable to Find
$500 Worth of Gems.
SUIT MAY BE BROUGHT
ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, Jan. H.-Ehorts OF the
family of Mrs. Ella Wachs of Laporte. who
was killed in the Iroquois Theater fire, t.
recover SEQ worth of jewelry on her person
at the time of her death have so far failed.
Chris Flentye, father of Mrs. Wachs, re-
turned to-day from Chicago. where he APP
peared before the police trial board and
gave evidence against officer William Glib
bons, charged with responsibility for the
disappearance Of the valuables. When Mrs.
Wachss body was received at Buffum's
morgue the jewelry was taken off, placed
in an envelope and numbered to correspond
with the body. When the envelope reached
police headquarters the number and con-
tents were missing, Gibbons's explanation
being that the envelope had been ritied
when he put il down to wash his hands.
The stolen Valuables consisted of one ring
set with three diamonds; earrings, with
opal and diamond settings; black enamel
watch and one marquise ring with diamond
center set surrounded with pearls Unless
the jewels are located and restored Mr..
Flentye VIII prosecute.