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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
MAY Be HELD IN JASPER
Zenor Men Want 1t in New Albany
or Jeffersonville. but the Cox
Men Oppose This.
TWO TICKETS POSSIBLE

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY Ind, Feb. A.-The Third
district Democratic convention may be held
In some city other than New Albany where
IL usually has been held, and il is reported
that Jasper. Dubois county, may secure IT,
Jasper is the home of William r. Cox, who
is opposing Congressman w. T. Zenor for
the nomination.
The report that the convention may be
held at Jasper has aroused the Zenorites
who desire il to be held either I'm this city
or Jeffersonville They claim that a ma
jOrity of the district central committee Is
favorable TO Zenor's interests and will not
permit the convention TO be held at Jasper
District Chairman Thomas Hanlon, or TINS
city, declared to-day that he would select
the place for the next convention and Jas
per or Tell City might be chosen. although
he had reached no decision on the question
He is managing Cox's campaign and claims
10 have the right to fix the place for mold
ing the convention. He claims That the
contested votes in Harrison, Washington
and Orange counties. claimed by Cox, leave
the result in doubt but that If the creden-
tials committee gives these votes 10 cox ne
will win.
Threats have been heard that If Cox Sc
cures the nomination there Will be two
Democratic nominees for Congress IN the
Third district.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
MEETING OF MENNONITE
CREDITORS AT ELKHART
Proposition to Pay Claims with
Bonds Taken Under Considera-
ton by Those Present.
LENIENT SPIRIT SHOWN

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELKHART. Ind. Feb. PA meeting of
creditors of the Mennonite Publishing Com
receivership in order to keep the institu-
ton intact pending adjustment of the claims
against the company, which was embar-
raised BY the failure of the Indiana Ma
tional Bank, to which it was a
doctor was held here to-day. The
meeting was called by the receiver James
A Bell, who has been manager of the
working department of the concern for sew
eral years.
The liabilities are $4,000. and the assets
are said 10 be about $4,000 1t is said that
the bulk of the liabilities is made up OF
the claims of about eight or ten creditors
while the rest of the claims scattered
among a great many minor creditors. The
spirit manifested in the letters of many
of the creditors is most lenient and en-
couraging. One man in PENNSYLVANIA who
held a so account, on receipt of the notice
sent a draft for $50 "A donation, and
said he would wait indefinitely for the ac-
count Another sent receipt for his
account with a statement that he was
willing to lose it under the circumstances
Another sent a small contribution and add
ed that he was willing to contribute more
rather than see the institution crippled.
Thirty creditors were represented at the
meeting and after hearing the proposition
of the company TO pay the claims with
first-mortgage 5 per cent. bonds they de-
cided to hold their decision in allegiance
ten DAYS OF the total liability $4,000 is
due hanks $4,000 of il to the defunct In
is urged to give the company time to
realize on the sale of bonds.
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BENEFITS ARE PAID TO
IDLE GLASS WORKERS
Eighty-F'ive Indianians Hired for
Work in Eastern Factories-St.
Peter to Be New President.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb Paul
st. Peter, of Pittsburg, the national sec
rotary of the Simon Burns L. A. 800. dis
tributed benefits to the idle window glass
workers here to-day. This probably will
be the last distribution of the strike fund,
as the secretary hired eighty-five idle men
to take places at the American Company's
factories at Elmira, n. Y, and Arnold, Pa,
which will be operated by human blowers
The men feel elated over the prospect of
getting work IN the East, and will go there
in few days. 1t is said that the men will
go to work a revised scale and that it
will be % per cent off the Philadelphia
scale.
a vote was taken to-day for the election
of officers in l.. A. 300, and the only cam
didates for president on the ticket are
Paul st. Peter, the present secretary, and
c w. Lawrence, of New Castle, Pa, for
merly manager of the Americans No. 81
factory. The election of st. Peter is con-
Ceded-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
DELAWARE COUNTY MAN
GIVES HOSPITAL FUND
Sum of $4,000 Offered by James
Laboyteaux if Hospital Is
Named for His Wife.
COUNTY ACCEPTS GIFT
peciaI to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb 24-James Laboy-
teaux, wealthy farmer north of Muncie,
has deposited in a local bank $4,000 in cash
which he will give to Delaware county for
the erection of county hospital and will
make additional gift of $4,000 provided
the county agrees to name the hospital aft
his wife, Huldah Laboyteaux. He de-
sired that the institution be called the
Huldah Hospital or the Laboyteaux Hos
pital.
The commissioners agreed to-day to the
terms of the donor. which mears that the
county will soon have the $4,000 The hos
pital board will at once seek to raise S1O-
600 more. Several sites have been offered
free of charge.
This hospital will be the first built under
the county hospital law passed by the Leg
islature of 1903, which provides that boards
of county commissioners may assist any
hospital association for such a purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
FARM BARN DESTROYED
BY DEMENTEO FARMER
He Had Threatened to Crenate
Himself, but Was Found Uncon-
SciouS in a Hog House.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Feb. 24-William
Fesmire. a well-tc-do farmer northwest of
this city, arose at 2 o'clock this morning,
dressed. filled his pocket with matches and
told his wife he intended to set his barn
on fire, and If the building did burn she
would find his body in the ashes.
She paid attention TO his threat. but
in q short time the barn was a mass of
flames BY noon the ashes had cooled suffi-
GENTLY for investigation to be made by
the neighbors, but after a thorough search
no trace of the missing man could be found
Searching parties were sent out I'm every di-
rection, and surrounding cities were noti-
fed 10 keep a sharp lookout for him.
This evening Fesmire was found in a
hoghouse his farm. He refused TO talk
but would shake his head when spoken to.
Those who found him under the i'm
preston that he was unconscious, but his
pulse was normal. indicating good health.
lie had TO be carried to the house He is
said to be involved financially and his
friends believe he is mentally unbalanced
on account of this trouble.
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Traction Franchise Wanted.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Feb. 24.-The rep
resentatives of the Indianapolis & Gin
cinnati traction line have presented fran
chise to the City Council for the purpose
of securing a right of way on Harrison
avenue so that the line may be extended
to Greensburg The franchise also asked
for the use of East Jackson street for the
purpose of stretching high tension wires
from the main power house, which is be-
ing constructed at Rushville. The fran
chise. If passed, will be void if work on
the line is not begun by Jan. 1, 1906.
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Death Set Aside Good Intentions
of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kellogg.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. PA peculiar
coincidence in the Superior Court to-day
was the admission to probate of two Wills
those of husband and wife-forming
sequel to the remarkable chain of fatalities
in the family of Samuel Kellogg four MEM
bers of which died in as many weeks An
other odd feature OF the case was that
the will of the husband bequeathed all his
property to his wife, while that of Mrs
Kellogg makes similar provisions for the
husband and both wills were executed at
the same time and in the same manner
Mrs. Kellogg devised that her estate should
go TO her husband and at his death to the
children. Mr.. Kellogg directed that his
life estate go to his wife.
Subsequent to the execution of the two
wills on Sept. 80. 1903 both have died. as
have also Ida May Kellogg, a daughter, and
Clark Kellogg. a son.
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DEATH OF ONE VICTIM
OF KOKOMO EXPLOSION
Mrs. Turley Succumbs to Her In
juries and Her Husband Prob
ably Cannot Live.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


KOKOMO, Ind, Feb 24.-Mrs. Thomas
Turley, of the three victims of the nat
ural gas explosion that destroyed the Tur-
ley home Tuesday night. died to-day from
her injuries. The burns were more severe
than at first supposed and IL is feared that
Mr.. Turley cannot recover. The siX-yenr-
old daughter Ruth was also terribly
burned, but il is thought she will get well.
An accumulation of natural gas in the
cellar caused the explosion. Mr.. Turley.
who is a gas filter. went TO the cellar for
tools 10 repair leak for a neighbor, while
Mrs Turley held lamp in the doorway.
The lamp ignited the gas and the explosion
followed The house was ruined, the doors
and windows being blown out, the walls
bulged and the roof displaced. The doctors
have little hope of saving Mr.. Turley' s
life.
A popularity of the case is that Mr. Tur-
lev, being an experienced gas filter and
plumber. did not detect the presence OF gas
in the cellar. Ii must have been an odor-
less kind. something unheard of here in
natural gas. Mrs. Turley was thirty years
old. A little child in the house escaped in
Jury
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
LOUISVILLE GRANTS 4
TRACTION FRANCHISE
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Feb 2.-The
Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction
Company, operating the interurban line be-
tween this city and Jeffersonville and the
local street-railway lines of the two cities,
was last night granted franchise by the
upper board of the City Council of Louis
vile to build viaduct from the Big Four
bridge and to lay a street-railway track
from the viaduct to Third and Main streets
in the business center of Louisville. 1t is
said the lower board is favorable to the
franchises
OF the traction company say ii will be fin
ished within six months and that cars will
be running into Louisville before next au-
tumn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
OFFICIAL VOTE ON
THE MARION TICKET
,cial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Feb. 24.-The count of the
vote at the city primary of the Republicans.
by the canvassing board. completed this
morning, shows the following to have been
selected for the city ticket: For mayor,
Field W. Swezey; clerk, John o. Wilson;
treasurer, John w. Ryckman: for council.
William Paulus, ST., and Joel Messick;
John p. Campbell and John II. Ribison,
Milton j. Porter and Augustin KEN, j. b.
McClain and III. Il. Crumrine, DR.. Nj. +.
Baldwin and DR.. V. V. Cameron.
A total vote of 800 was cast and the con-
tests for each of the offices were so close
that the results were in doubt until the
canvassing board completed its work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
COLUMBUS DEMOCRATS
IN 4 MERRY CONTEST
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special To the indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS. Ind. Feb. 24.-The city cam
paign is likely TO develop the hottest kind
OF Democratic fractional fight The other
day the Herald, the official organ of the
party, came out in an editorial advocating
y. H. Mccormack for mayor. As there
has been a great deal of talk concerning
Mr.. Mccormack as candidate for Com
gress the editorial caused some surprise
The Herald has been an enemy of Mr. Nc
Cormack for a number of years, and per-
sons who claimed TO be on the inside i'm
nediately said the announcement was made
to get Mccormack out of the way and NOM
mate some other man for Congress. On
the heels of the editorial Mr. Mccormack
announced himself a candidate for
mayor. and soon after this Charles H
Wagner. ex-sherif OF this county. also
made an announcement that he would make
the race for mayor. The men are old po-
liticaI rivals
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
SETTLEMENT OF GLASS
FACTORY DIFFERENCES
Six Plants of the National Glass
Co. to Be Started, Including
that at Dunkirk, Ind.

PITTSBURG, Feb. A.-Official announce
ment is made that the differences between
the National Glass Company and its en-
ployes have been amicably settled, and
work will be resumed at once at the fol-
lowing plants:
Indiana Glass Company, Dunkirk, Ind
Ohio Flint Glass Company, Lancaster, O.;
Riverside Glass Company. Wellsburg, w.
Va; McKee-Jeannette Glass Works, jean
nette, Pa; Rochester Tumbler Works
Rochester, Pa: Cumberland Glass Com
pany, Cumberland Md.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
winYate Endorsed for Delegate.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE. Ind, Feb. PA meeting
of the Republican county central commit
tee was held in the Circuit Court room this
afternoon and the date and places were fixed
for holding the township conventions for the
selection OF delegates TO the congressional
convention TO be held i'm this city on Thurs
day. March 3. Ii was also decided to hold
the convention for the selection of a Repub-
llcan county ticket I'm this city on Saturday.
June I. John Wingate. editor Of the Shelby
VILE Republican. was indorsed for delegate
10 the rational convention
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Upton Republican Club.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
Upton. Ind, Feb. A.-The Republicans
of this city and county met last night at
the clubrooms In this city and organized a
Republican club with nearly 300 charter
members. The organization will be perma-
nent. A constitution and bylaws were
adopted and the following officers were
elected: President. Edward Daniels; sec
rotary, j. II. Barlow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
wabash Democratic Ticket.
N the Indianapolis journal

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 24.-When the
Democratic city convention was called to
order last night there were but five Demo-
cratic voters present. and few struggled
in later, there being but fifty present when
the nominees for city offices were put on
the ticket There was not a candidate be-
fore the convention, all of those named
being drafted into service. Dr. Felix Stone
was nominated for mayor after several
others had declined; Milo Migrants was
named for treasurer, John Martin for treas
urer. and Shirley Ridgeley for marshal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Accidentally Killed His Friend.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND. Ind, Feb. 24.-August
Horarth, aged thirty-nine, was accidentally
shot through the head and instantly killed
last night by John Kovach. The shooting
occurred in the bedchamber of the two
men who were preparing TO retire for the
night Kovach remained with the body OF
his friend until the arrival Of the police
and surrendered TO the officers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Civic Improvement League.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb 24.-The organiza-
ton of a civic Improvement league has
been perfected and ii is the intention to
begin at once work for the betterment of
the city The following officers were chosen:
President, r. G.. Hill; first vice president,
Mrs. Walter Hutton; second vice president,
Elwood Morris; secretary DR.. ID. w. Stew
enson; treasurer, George III. Knollenberg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Price of Bread Increased.
the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, Feb. 24.-The local bakers
have advanced the price of bread, begin
ming with to-day. Three cent loaves are
advanced to cents and cent loaves. which
have sold six for a quarter, are now cents
straight. They anticipate no further adj
vance in bread unless wheat makes another
big jump. The bakers say they made no
money at the old prices since the increase
in the price of flour during the past month
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
VERY COLD COMBINATION
Ice Cream Men of Five States Per
feet an Organization.

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Ice cream manufac-
turers of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan
convention here. An association known as
the Three-I Pure Ice Cream Manufacturers
Association perfected. The following
officers were elected:
President John III. Frank. Alexandria
Ind: vice president. John Cunningham, Chi
cago; secretary-treasurer, B. B. Resell, Pc
oria, Ill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. PAT. j. Nc
Mahan to-day filed an application for a re-
ceiver in the Circuit Court for the Alex
andria shoe firm of F. l.. Kern & Co. 1t was
not known that the firm was in distress.
1t is one of the oldest firms in the city. 1t
is believed that IL will pay out If given a
little time Judgment is also asked by Nc
Mahan on a note which he alleges is owing
and unpaid TO him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Many Municipal Candidates.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
CONNERSVILLE. Ind. Feb. 24-City
politics is the absorbing theme and the Re-
publicans are being solicited by four can
didates for the nomination for mayor Can
didates for Common Council are numerous
and merry scramble Is on FOR the various
Offices. March Z has been selected as the
time for holding the city primaries and the
brief time is being vigorously utilized by
the candidates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Little Child Died from scaIds

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PETERSBURG, Ind. Feb 24.-The three
year-old child OF Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Will
hite, OF Hosmer, just west OF here, died
late yesterday afternoon from the effects
of burns received by falling head foremost
into a wash boiler Of scalding water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
Antf-Cromer Meeting I'm joy.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND. Ind. Feb 24-The anti
Cromer congressional campaign will he
closed I'm this city next Friday evening
with speech by Edgar f.. Hendee, OF
Anderson. Theodore ShOckney, OF Union
City and Edgar E Hendee spoke TO a large
audience a Hendley this evening In the
Lap.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind. Feb. A.-The body Of
Prof. 4. ]. Charlton arrived tonight from
Louisville and will be buried at Hanover
Tomorrow afternoon
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