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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
II DEGREES BELOW ZERO
PREDICTED FOR TO-DAY
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
behind their schedule time. Passenger
traffic is very light at the present time and
many people were not Inconvenience.
No relief from existing conditions is
promised by the weather bureau officials.
Raging throughout the West and North
west is the most severe blizzard known for
years and 1t Is headed for Indianapolis.
1t is predicted by the weather bureau that
the temperature will drop 10 IA degrees be-
low zero within twenty-four hours with
clear weather.
That the cold wave will last several days
is the prediction of the weather bureau.
The officials can see no relief in sight be-
fore two or three days at the shortest and
the zero weather may continue for week.
Officials of the Charity Organization So
ciety are making every effort to prevent
suffering by the poorer classes during the
cold spell. All cases found Will be promptly
cared for and the workers of the society
will spare no efforts to find and care for
the poor who may bse suffering from the
intense cold.
Despite the snowstorm which ragged the
greater part of yesterday and last night,
delaying trains and mixing up the running
schedule of the street cars, the two tele-
phone companies and the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies had no
line trouble reported to the Indianapolis
offices at late hour last night. All the
lines were working and it is not believed
they will be damaged any by the blizzard.
Gangs of men will be held in readiness by
the four companies to repair all breaks as
last dS tHey may De reported.
STREET CAR COMPANY.
Every effort was made by the street car
officials yesterday to keep the cars run
ming as near regularly as possible Sweep
ers were constantly going over the diff
ferent lines in the city. but in spite of the
efforts of the officials the running schedule
was all mixed up. On the North illinois,
street and Central-avenue lines, during the
rush hours last night, the need of the
tripper' cars burned in the fire at the Nc
Lean Place stables early yesterday morn
ing was especially felt The officials of the
road are hampered in their work by the
constantly falling snow.
At o'clock yesterday morning the Of
fetal thermometer at the weather bureau
registered at degrees above zero. AT 2
o'clock in the afternoon il registered the
highest for the day, II degrees above, and
at o'clock last night was at 10.
Late last night the temperature began to
rise, but it was thought to be the calm be-
fore the storm.
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GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY
IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
Unsuccessful Attempts to Relieve
Beleaguered Town Result in
Their RepulSe
CAUSE OF THE REVOLT

BERLIN, Jan. 25.-An official dispatch
from Windhoek, German Southwest Africa,
says the Germans have lost heavily in I'M
successful attempts 10 relieve OkahaRdja,
that five settlers and their entire fam
lilies have been murdered and the Heroros
are threatening Windhoek.
A German patrol. which engaged the ma
tives near Hope farm. lost reserve officer,
Won Boyson, one noncommissioned officer
and six men killed. The garrison of Wind
hook numbers 23O men, part of the force
being horsemen, with the two machine
guns.
The last news from Windhoek was dated
Jan. IL, but no news has been received from
Okahandja since Jan. u. The garrison of
Windhoek was brought up to its present
strength by enrolling all the settlers and
Beers.
The German government has given up the
plan to organize an expedition Of Ger
mans in Cape Colony, as it is estimated
that they could not be assembled and dis
patched earlier than the arrival of the re-
Inducements which have already embarked
a Wilhelmshayen.
Light has been thrown by the Frankfort
Zeltung on some of the contributory causes
of the HerOroS rising in German South
TO that paper by traveller who has just
returned from Windhoek and Okahandja.
The merchants and the traders allied with
them are charged with purposely involving
the natives in debt. According TO this
traveller, the traders are mostly discharged
soldiers whom the merchants equip with
wagons and from sixteen to twenty oxen
and goods valued at thousands of marks.
The traders sell at first entirely on credit,
not requiring any cash until they make
later trips. The improvident natives buy
largely and repeatedly on these easy terms
and the merchants favor the system by ex-
tending and renewing the credits of the
traders, sometimes to 1900 marks.
The traders finally begin collecting por-
tons of the debts, taking cattle in pay
ment and at the same time selling more
goods on credit. The natives are often in
debted to several traders at once. The
Frankfort Zeitung's informant adds that
he found the merchants took an average of
20 per cent. profit on the transactions of
the traders and the latter added 100 per
cent, and usually made 20 per cent. more
on the cattle which they took in payment.
The traders further aroused the anger of
the natives by Selling the latter's cattle
arbitrarily without waiting for legal pro-
cedure.
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DENIES PRIVILEGE OF
RAISING SIX BRIDGES
Secretary Root Makes Decision In
volving Millions of Dollars
in Pittsburg.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Secretary Root.
after many months consideration of the
subject. to-day decided a question involv-
ing several million dollars, growing out Of
the application to oblige the elevation Of
the six bridges over the Allegheny river
connecting Pittsburg and Allegheny City.
The secretary denied these applications.
He points out that TO grant the applica-
tons, which were opposed by the cities Of
Pittsburg and Allegheny City, would in
volve the practical rebuilding Of some of
the bridges an extensive change of street
grades and serious injury TO improved real
estate near the river, and that the whole
would cost several million dollars. The
bridges, he says. for only a few days In
the year, at the time of high water, offer
obstruction to river traffic. The elevation
or the bridges was requested in the interest
of the large scheme OF Improvement of the
Allegheny so to afford slack water navi-
cation to the great Mississippi and Ohio
river steamers as far up the river as
Clean, n. Y.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.

RICHMOND. Ind, Jan. 25.-Edward
Fletcher. formerly OF this city died satur-
went about seven years ago I'm search OF re-
lief from tuberculosis. He left a widow and
two children. The body will be brought 10
lace, one OF the pioneers OF this part OF the
country died last night at Milton. He was
born near Milton about efghty-seven years
ago. The aged widow and one daughter
survive.
WESTFIELD. Ind, Jan. 3.-Harmon
Clampitt died at his home on North Main
street Sunday morning at 9. m. He was
ighty-one years old. He came here from
North Caroiina when but six years of age,
and had lived in this county since. He was
the father OF Mrs. Frank @. Browne, OF
Cincinnati and Mrs CarIin. of indianapolis.
wife OF Mr.. Cariin OF the firm OF Carlin q
Lennox. DIT. Frank G.. Browne is assistant
editor OF the Western Christian Advocate.
FIT. WAYNE. Ind Jan. 25.-Mahlon
Heller. aged seventy, was found uncon-
scious in his coal shed to-day, by his
daughter. He had haif-illed the scuttle
when stricken with paralysis. and lay an
hour In the zero cold before receiving at
tention. Tonight he died without returning
70 consciousness. He was a member OF the
Legislature from this county, several years
ago.
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. 25.--Dr. John Han
nahan. a leading physician OF the CITY was
found dead IN his rooms this morning az
$50 by a patient who had gone TO him for
treatment He was fOrty-five years old and
a member OF the EdktSrs fslhes AlDQeFu
Woodmen, knights Of Columbus, Catholic
Foresters and Hibernians, and came 70 El-
wood five years ago from Shelbyville
WILKINSON. Ind, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Daisy
Holiday, wife of Charles Holiday, died
this morning at the home OF Mrs Nancy
Judge southeast OF this place, OF lung
fever She was married last July and was
about eighteen years old. The funeral Will
be held Tuesday morning with interment
In Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown.
WABASH Ind. Jan. 25.-Francis Moss
man. father OF Mrs Nathan Daugherty. OF
Lagro, died yesterday OF old age at his
home in Whitley county He had lived
this part of the state sixty-five years and
at the time Of his death was ninety-four
years old. He left large fortune. chiefly
i'm real estate. Seven children survive.
LAPORTE, Ind. Jan. 25.-Bird McLane.
farmer and merchant and the oldest set
tier OF Laporte county, Is dead at the age
OF eighty seven. He came TO Laporte coun-
~ I'm 1892. He was Federal agent in In
diana in the early days and bought land
of the Indians for the government
VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. Is. - David
Krausegill, a prominent physician and
Mason. died to-day at Chesterton. Porter
county, aged sixty-hve.
VINCENNES. Ind. Jan. 81. T. May
field, eighty-three years old, a pioneer physi-
clan Of Bruceville. is dead.
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FLAKE TREACHEROUSLY
SLAIN BY REBEL MOR0S
Twenty-Second Infantry Lieuten-
ant Was Murdered During
a Farley.
COTTAS AT ONCE TAKEN

MANILA. Jan. 25.-It has just been
learned that Lieutenant Campbell W.
Flake. OF the Twenty-second Infantry. was
killed while trying 70 enter some Moro cot
tas in MindanOa for the purpose Of eX-
aiming the locality. He was accompanied
by private FOy OF the same regiment. Lieu
tenant Flake was shot treacherously, the
MOros firing on the party while Major
Billiard was parleying with them. The
Moros cottas was at once taken by assault
with no further loss 10 the expeditionary
forces The estimated loss among the
MOros is twenty killed.
Major Jonas A. Emory. Twenty-seventh
United States Infantry. who is serving In
Indianapolis on recruiting duty, spent about
a year with his regiment on the island OF
Mindanao. He states that the MOros live
in fortified hOuseS-literally, their homes
are their castles. These fortified living
places are called "cOttas' and frequently
numbers OF them are grouped together In
villages. They build some quite elaborate
forts Of stone, with bitches surrounding
them, and with bamboo spikes set into the
ground OF the sides and bottoms, so that
these bitches are practically impossible. The
word in Moro for stone Is "batto' and a
GOTTA batto' is a stone fort. His regiment
while there had some severe engagements
with the Moros and found these fortified
places very difficult 10 capture
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COLLISION ON A BRIDGE
PASSENGERS MANGLED
Three Killed and Eleven Injured in
a Wreck on the Burling-
ton Road.
BRIDGE DEBRIS BURNED

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26-The Denver express,
on the main line of the Burlington road,
due here at 6:35 o'clock last night, was run
into from the rear by a local passenger
train while taking water at Garden creek,
about forty miles north of here. last night,
and three passengers were killed, four ser
iously injured and seven badly hurt. The
wreck occurred on a bridge over Garden
creek. The bridge and two cars of the
local train and the local engine were
burned.
The express train was running behind
time because of the blizzard weather, and
had stopped at tank, just after clearing the
bridge, to take water. Suddenly, without
warning, the local train crashed into the
rear of the express train. The light pas
senger cars of the local train were badly
demolished, and the bridge was filled with
debris, which took fire. Word reached ST.
Charles, eight miles distant, and assistance
was Immediately sent from there, and
wrecking train was dispatched from here,
followed by a relief train with physicians.
AT ESQ O'Clock a. m, train was ex-
pected in over the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas road bearing the dead and injured
and two ambulances were ordered TO the
union station in readiness. But apparently
the train snow bound, for at l o'clock
it had not arrived. and no definite informa-
ton of names of the dead and injured could
be secured until the train came in.
A long distance telephone message from
St Charles at midnight was to the effect
that the rear sleeper of the Denver ex-
press stood on the bridge when the COLI
sion occurred The sleeper was badly
smashed, but not demolished. The locomo-
tive of the local train was crushed and set
fire to the bridge and the structure and two
cars of the local train were burned.
The express train managed to draw the
damaged sleeper away from the flames. 1t
is presumed the casualties occurred in the
local train, but how many were hurt in
the sleeper is not known.
1t is stated that the trainmen escaped by
jumping, but that the local fireman was
badly injured Because of the burned bridge
traffic is suspended until a temporary
structure can be erected.
The local train was the Hannibal accom-
modation due at st. Louis at $40 o'clock,
and was running almost on time, at a
speed of twenty miles an hour.
At 2:05 o'clock the relief train had not
arrived, but was making its way slowly
over the track and in the face of a binding
snowstorm. Contrary to earlier reports,
it was then stated that several trainmen
were hurt. Engineer John Nunns, of the
accommodation train, stuck to his post,
and it is believed he is under the debris,
as he cannot be found. Accommodate
Conductor y. 1. Mckay is reported seri-
ously injured and Fireman Frank Het and
Baggageman Willet were scalded by escap-
ing steam.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-Forecast for
Thursday and Wednesday:
Indiana-Snow and colder on Tuesday.
Wednesday. fair; fresh tobrisk northwest
winds
Illinois-Snow on Tuesday. Wednesday,
fair. warmer; brisk northwest winds.
Ohio-Snow on Tuesday; colder in central
and southern portions Wednesday, snow.
followed by fair and continued cold: fresh
northeast winds becoming northwesterly.
Kentucky-Snow, much colder with a cold
wave on Tuesday: Wednesday fair.
Lower Michigan-Snow on Tuesday;
Wednesday. fresh northeast to north
winds.
wisconsin-Fair Tuesday, except snow in
southeast portion; Wednesday fair and
warmer: fresh northeast winds, becoming
southeasterly.
Minnesota-Fair and warmer on Tues
day; Wednesday snow; fresh south winds
-Kansas-Fair and warmer Tuesday and
~ edlesday.
Nebraska and South Dakota-Fair and
warmer Tuesday. Wednesday fair.
North pakota-Snow, with rising tempera-
ture, Tuesday. Wednesday snow.
Iowa-FaIr and warmer on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

GIBRALTAR, Jan. 25.-Passed: Perugla.
from New York, for Marseilles. Arrived
Roumania, from Boston, for Naples and
Genoa Sailed: Hohenzollern from Genoa
and Naples, for New York
NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-Arrived: Savonia.
from Liverpool and Queenstown; iceland,
from Antwerp; Marquette, from London.
ST MICHAELS Jan. 25-Passed.
Deutschland. from New York for Naples
and Genoa.
YOKOHAMA. Jan. 25.-Sailed: Empress
of China, from Kong. for Vancouver.
SAGRES. Jan. S.--Passed: Liguria, from
Genoa, for New York.
GLASGOW, Jan. 25.-Sailed: Columbia,
for New York
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MACKENZIE ESCAPES
FROM PRIVATE ASYLUM

Donald w. Mackenzie, NJ. D., of Las We
gas. n. NJ. was arrested day before yes
terday and slated at the police station on
a charge of being drunk. Yesterday il
developed that he was suffering from q
mild case of lunacy, brought on by excess
i've use Of morphine. He was sent to a
private asylum yesterday morning but last
night made his escape and the police have
ent time.
Mackenzie is a physician and graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania sev-
eral years ago with hOnOrs but his love
for dope" it is said made him rover.
The police are making efforts to locate
him so they can return him to his rel
atiVeS
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FLOOD IS SUBSIDING
SLOWLY ALONG THE OHIO
Yards and Lawns Covered with
Great Cakes of Ice and Dam
age to Boats.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 25.-The flood
is receding very slowly and the disappear
ing water has left the inundated district
in cold storage. The swift current depos-
tied large cakes of ice on all the thorough
fares and in yards and lawns, and in some
places it is piled up TO the height of sew
eral feet. Ice has also formed in the resi-
dences that were invaded by the water
and every home is an embryo icehouse.
At Moundsviile this afternoon Victor Cox
the young son of a prominent banker, was
skating on the frozen surface of back wa
ter, when 1t broke and he went through
and was drowned before assistance could
reach him. The damage to river craft and
industrial plants is as great as that caused
by the flood of 1854.
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Heavy snow at wabash.
he indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind. Jan. 25.-There was a
heavy fall OF snow here, the storm con-
tinuing throughout to-day, Interurban
traffic is much interfered with by the snow
and cold cars being badly delayed. both on
the TT. Wayne & Southwestern and Wa
sh-LOganspOrt lines. The backWater OF
the Wabash. which has overspread the bot
toms I'm this city has frozen several
inches thick, and to-day number OF per-
sons who abandoned their homes when the
flood came. moved back. over the ice.
Trains on both the Wabash and Big Four
roads are running very late.
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Sells His Bank Interests.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN. Ind. Jan. 25.-Victor Smith.
vice president and one of the heaviest
stockholders of the Citizens National Bank
of this city to-day sold large part Of his
holdings in that institution TO Arthur A.
Alexander, who viii also succeed him as
vice president OF the bank. The retiring
official will go to California soon to become
vice president and general manager of the
Arrowhead Irrigating Company. in which
he has been interested for some time with
Proctor q Mooney, Cincinnati million
aires and other wealthy men The com
pany is capitalized at $4,000 and is one
of the biggest of the kind in the State.
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POOR HEALTH CAUSES A
SUICIDE AT RISING SUN
Reuben R. James, Seventy-Eight
Years Old, Pioneer Merchant,
Kills Himself with Pistol.
Special to the indianapolis journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RISING SUN, Ind. Jan. 25.-Reuben r.
James, seventy-eight years DID, a pioneer
resident here, and at one time largely iden-
titled with the business interests of this
city, committed suicide this evening by
shooting himself In the right temple with
revolver. He died soon after. He left a
widow and three children.
Captain James retired from business
about two years ago. owing 20 poor health
and the fact Of having an incurable kidney
trouble so preyed on his mind that the
dependency resulting is given as the cause
or the act. He was relative OF John
James, the founder of Rising Sun.
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INSTITUTE IN SESSION.
Sunday-School Workers from Sew
en- States at PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-Prominent
Sunday-school workers from seven States
gathered here to-day to attend the first
institute and conference of the field work
ers department OF the Middle Eastern dis
trict of the international Sunday-schooI
convention. The sessions will be held every
morning and afternoon of this week, and
will be concluded on Saturday
The officers of the conference are: Pres
idont. the Rev. l.. Morris Ferguson, of
Trenton; secretary, L. A. Fox, of Louis
vile, Ky: treasurer, b. T. Mitchell of
Des Moines, Ia.
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INDIANA NOTES.

TRANSATLANTIC Christian Church of
this city has made a new departure in
church work for Franklin. Miss Virginia
Kirtley Kerne, of Kentucky. has been en-
ployed pastoral helper. During the abb
sence of Elder c r. Hudson, the pastor, on
a trip 10 the Holy Land she will have full
charge of pastoral visits. take the lead in the
church societies and keep up all church
work outside the pulpit.
HOPE.-The Hope public schools were
closed Monday morning By the School Board
for one week on account Of an epidemic or
measles here. The disease is in forty or fifty
homes
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WILL VOTE ON SUBSIDY.
Elwood Citizens Want Shops of
Traction Company.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Jan. 25.-An negotiations
between the Elwood Merchants Association
and the promoters of the new Fort Wayne
& Southwestern Railroad here were broken
off to-day and a mass meeting called for
Wednesday night. at which the citizens of
Elwood are expected to decide on a united
course of action in February. when the mat
ter of giving a subsidy OF S12S,000 TO the road
will be voted on.
Elwood is strongly in favor of giving the
amount asked for if the road will establish
it's shops here. but in the absence of any
agreement TO that effect is against the SUBJ
SidV
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FRANKLIN, Ind, Jan. 25.-The trial Of
Cudwith Abel. of Bartholomew county. for
the murder of his nephew is nearing a
close. and probably will go to the jury to-
morrow. The Introduction OF evidence was
completed at noon to-day, and this after
noon Prosecutor Miller. of this city. and
Senator W. w. Lambert spoke for the
State, and Oscar II. Montgomery, Of Sey-
mour, for the defense. Tomorrow morning
James r. Cox will close for the State and
W. J. Beck for the defense.
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SENATOR BURTON is
READY FOR SERVICE
VIII Waive All Rights of the SEN
ate and Accept Papers Charg-
ing Bribery.

WASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-senator Burton.
of Kansas against whom a federal grand
jury on Saturday returned an indictment
for accepting a bride from the Rialto Grain
Company. has indicated TO his friends his
intention of waving all his rights as a
United States senator and accepting serv-
ice in the case at once. He left for St.
Louis last evening, expressing his deter
mination to force the matter to an immedi-
ate issue
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HOME HOTEL INQUIRY.
Coroner Endeavoring to Fix Blame
for the Explosion.
ANNAPOLIS Journal.

Special the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Jan. 25-Coroner G. w.
Davis to-day began an investigation as to
the cause of the explosion in the Home
Hotel, which resulted in the death OF three
persons, the injury of dozen others and
the destruction of the building There
are several gas mains which pass the site
of the building and the name OF the COM
pany owning the rotten lines from which
the gas escaped TO the basement OF the
hotel has not been learned.
A diamond ring, 500 In money and a life
insurance policy in the name OF Charles
Bethel one of the persons killed. were
found in the ruins to-day by searchers The
money from the insurance will fall to
9eitels two children. who survived No
further trace of more bodies has been
found
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Woman Held on Peace Warrant.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. Jan. 25.-Mrs.
Anna Stenger, OF St. Leon. who on Satur-
day, in the courthouse corridor. assaulted
Oswald Logenstein. was arrested at St.
Leon to-day on a peace warrant Her
brother, George Worst was also arrested
on a like warrant. IL being alleged that he
intimated that Logensteln would come 10
harm at his hands.