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7 NBIANAPOLI JOUKMAI w A fJuftJ1 VOL. Mil NO. 131. INDIANAPOLIS, 3IONDAY MORNING, MAY 11. 1903. PRICE 2 CENTS. 0N rixncU1 LAITY HONORS CtfATARD The Aged Bishop's. Silver Jubilee Inaugurated by a ; Big Mass Meeting in Tomlinson Hall. A. Mi SWEENEY PRESIDES ADDRESSES MADE BY S. P. SHEERIN, GEORGE WOLF AND M. W. CARR. Senator Beverldge Given an Ovation and Invited by the Bishop j to Speak. . NATiONALANTHEMSSUNG GATHERING OF CATHOLICS GLOWS WITH PATRIOTISM. Bishop Chatard Presented With Purse of $1,200 and He Responds Feelingly. Glowing with patriotism and vibrating with religious feeling, the Tomlinson Hall mass meeting yesterday afterroon In honor of Bishop Francis Silas Chatard, of the diocese of Indianapolis, was in every way a remarkable occasion. To iake part In the civic demonstration which Inaugurates Bishop Chatard's silver jubilee 4,000 people filled every inch of available space in the great auditorium. The audience was nota ble In that so large a part of It was com posed of young people and children. Long before 3 o'clock, the time set for the meeting, the hall was well filled. The preponderance of children wai at once no ticeable. Fresh, young faces looked up from every side, while here end there the black-iobed. sweet-faced sisters exercised their silent guardianship. There were plenty of older people, some w.ho had taken part In the reception of Bishop Chatard twenty-five years ago. The clergy was well represented, most of the rriests being reated on the stage. The J-iudlence was entirely representative in character, of di verse elements, but animated by a single impulse to pay tribute to th) notable life and services of a good man. ' GREETING TO THE BISHOP. Just after. Bishop O'Donagrue, auxiliary bishop of the, diocese, entered Hishop Chatard, v In his purple roben and purple skull cap, took his seat to the right of the chairman's stand. Instantly every one In the great audience arose to j his feet and remained there until the bishop, pleasure reflected from his serene tkce. took his eat. Then there was a hearty demonstra tion of applause, which continued several minutes. Bishop Chatard bowed and raised his hands in smiling deprecation. The Knights of Father Mathew Military Band marched to the front of the hall, playing a stirring patriotic air, the stage gradually filled with the dignitaries ani Andrew M. Sweeney, chairman of the meeting, seated himself beside Bishop Chatard. When Mr. Sweeney arose to make the opening speech the applause broke out again. There was no mistaking the genu ine sentiment and enthisiasra. Mr. Sweeney, after he had finished, turned to Bishop Chatard and handed him an en velope containing a check for $1.200, the gift of the laity of Indianapo'ls. The bish op's hands trembled slightly ra he took the Sift, and again he smiled his pleasure. A. M. Sweeney's Address. Mr. Sweeney's address was a model of Its kind. He said: "We have gathered here this lovely aft ernoon from the different parishes of this city, with representatives from various par ishes throughout the diocese of Indianapo lis, to lay at the feet of his Lordship, Rt. Rev. F. S. Chatard, the tribute of the grate ful hearts of his children. We come to ex tend our sincere congratulations at the ap proaching close of the twenty-fifth year of his episcopate. "On next Tuesday will occur the anniver sary of that extraordinary evnt. He came to us In the meridian of his manhood, but the quarter century in which he has ar duously labored for our spiritual well-being has left Its unmistakable impress upon him. Of him It may well be said that he has proven himself the pastor bonus, the good shepherd. Using the words of the psalmist, we may properly address him, saying: 'Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui In diebus suis placult Deo. et inventus est Justus. Behold, the great ortest who in his days pleased God. and was found Just. It was ever his delight to Interpret and im part a knowledge of that "lumen de coelo for the spiritual advancement of his flocks. NEW LUSTRE. "He has added new lustre to the labors of bU sainted predecessors in this diocese. His most absorbing interest has been the ex tending of God's kingdom on earth. The life of a Catholic priest Is one of great labor and self-sacrifice; a life ani mated by charity and directed by evangeli cal prudence. It Is a life, when properly lived, that seeks no earthly rewards, but tolls on unfalteringly, soothed and sustained by the hope of securing that peace which this world can neither give nor take from him. It is the sacred duty of the man who consecrates his life to the sanctuary to mirror morality, to lead to a better world and to pave the way. Have you ever stopped to think what would be the depths of depravity to which meu ould sink by the withdrawal of th lessons and the restraints which our moral teachers and leaders are constantly pre senting and urging for the betterment of society? AVENUES TO EVIL. "How arralllng to think of the avenues to evil being paved for passion and pur suit. It Is our bounden duty to honor and support our spiritual directors, those who comfo.t the widow and the orphan. who brush the tear of anguish from the cheek of dlspair, and comfort the last mo ments of the departing soul. The highest good of a nation is its moral acd religious culture, and these we secure through our religious teachers. It is eminently proper, therefore, that -we should pay this respectful homage to our venerable Jubllarian on the attain ment of his silver Jubilee, and to thank kind Heaven for having bounteously length ened his life to celebrate this auspicious day." APPLAUSK FOR BEVERIDGE. Whlc the chairman was making his ad drees the aud'ence suddenly began a furious handctapplng. and the hall was electrified by a iTresh ovtburst of applaure. Senator Albert J. Beveridge had entered from the rear f the tage, and was being escorted to a! scat Immediately behind Bishop ChaUixl by Father Francis Henry Gavtsk. i of St. John's, and others. The bishop turned, recognized Senator Beveridge, and grasped the senator's hand warmly, ex pressing his pleasure. Then eight hundred children began to sing in full chorus the "Jubilee Song." Eight hundred little throats poured forth a volume' of harmony that routed silence from every corner of the hall. To the bishop this feature of the meeting was one of the most pleasurable of all. Smilingly, lovingly he watched the children's faces as they sang, and nodded his gratification. The children were all from the Catholic schools of the city, and were directed by H. A. Haldeman. "Hail this silver Jubilee, All hall. Hall, all hail, we sing to thee, All hail. Hall long life and health to thee And blessings night and day, AU hall." So the children sang the hopes of all the audience that the long life of the good prelate might be continued many years In the full enjoyment of health and mental vigor. Simon P. Sheerln. Simon P. Sheerln, president of the New Telephone Company, made the address of the afternoon. Simple, effective and elo quent, Mr. Sheerln's address voiced the feeling of the people of the diocese. He said: "In the summer of 1S77 the people of the State were .startled by the sudden death of Bishop De St, Palais at St. Mary's of the Woods, where he had Just bestowed the honors on the graduating class of that year. "He had come Into the diocese when the church was small In numbers, poor in purse, and practically without educational facili ties. Largely through his personal efforts St. Mary's of the Woods had risen from a story-and-a-half log cabin, situated on eighty acres of mortgaged land, to a suc cessful institution of learning, counting its graduates by thousands. ' "It seemed entirely fitting that the good man's life suuuld close at the scene of his greatest labor and highest achievement. The prayers of the good sisters, the pupils and their parents for his eternal rest rose to heaven, sweetly laden with the perfume of the plants and flowers beautiful con tributors to a beautiful scene through which he had moved with pleasure a few short hours before. "The bishop of Vlncennes being dead, the next question of interest claiming the at tention of the people of the diocese was, 'Who will his successor be?' It was uni versally admitted that no better man could be found. But it was conceded, with equal unanimity, that a younger and a somewhat differently equipped man would be required. CHANGES IN STATE. "Great changes had taken place in Indi ana during the incumbency of Bishop De St. Palais. The whole State had risen from comparative poverty to a position in the front rank of American progress. The Catholics had shared the early privations which was proper as well as inevitable and had borne without complaining their honest part in the vicissitudes of the pioneer. It was no easy task to accomplish the educa tional and other work which they had laid out for themselves, but to their everlasting credit be It said that, though having little to give, they gave that little with a will and did their Jull share In the upbuilding of the religious and educational Interests of the State. "Now, new conditions confronted them. Although much had been done, they were, after all. only at the threshold. Methods that were far In advance In 1S40 were sadly out of date In 1S77. The church always closely identified with very Interest of the state must be in position to do Its whole duty, under the new conditions, 'as It had done under the old. The spirit of progress was abroad In the land. Indiana was typi fying, in her career, the great possibilities of free institutions, and the new bishop, it was hoped, would be a man who would take his place in the advance rank not only of his own people, in a . denominational sense, but of the whole people, In the wider responsibilities of citizenship. PERSONALITY OF CHATARD. "There was in Rome a gentleman an American priest, who had already gained reputation as an educator; a gentleman wose position as president of the American College In Rome had given him superior opportunities for studying men; a native American, whose Americanism was of that real kind which became more strongly American the greater his opportunities be came to mix with other peoples of the world. "He was a native of Maryland great, broad-minded. Catholic Maryland, which, at the baptismal font of American Inde pendence, stood sponsor, by deed and speech, for a liberty as boundless as the earth and a freedom of conscience broad enough to embrace all humanity. . "Twenty-flvc years have passed since the modest, cultured president of the American College in Rome was made blshp of Vln cennes and Indianapolis. Never was man better equipped by nature; training and experience tor the responsible position to which he had been called. From the day of his arrival in this diocese until this hour. Bishop Chatard has been a leader of thought and action In every movement that has been made for the upbuilding of the people of Indiana nor oniy his own people, but all the people., HIS UNSELFISH CAREER. "His great culture and ripe scholarship have always been at the disposal of all. His convictions he has always had, and has never lacked for courage to express them; but he has never stood for a right or priv ilege for himself .Or his own people that he has not been willing to accord to all other people. A gentleman under all cir cumstances, he has ever been accorded the fullest possible measure of respect "He has labored as few men have been called upon to labor. His position has often been a most trying one, but never for a moment has he flagged In Interest, never has he taken a backward iook-much less a backward step. . "Whether rlgntly or wrongly, the world Judges great organizations of men relig ious and political largely by the character of their leaders, It would be extremely fortunate for each of us. If our worth as citizens, would measure up to the high val uation which the people, of Indiana have placed upon the useful, unostentatious, but always interested, citizenship of Bishop Chatard. "His step has lost a little of Its elasticity and. as should be expected, his body a lit tle of Its great capacity for endurance but the loss of these Is compensated for a thousandfold In the seeds of g-ood deeds scattered by him throughout this diocese In his twenty-five years of labor, which will bloom and ripen and take root and bloom again, and so continue, beyond the time when the youngest child in this audi ence can hope to live. SPIRIT OF THE MEETING. "It a In recognition of these great vir tues, this immeasurable service, that we have gathered here to-day In this public manner to bear public testimony to the great personal worth of our good bishop. We come to offer him our warmest, heart iest congratulations and to express our sin Cere appreciation of his great services. "This audience is representative from every standpoint. It embraces the whole gamut of human aspirations, hopes and fear. Little children, in the early bud of lire, led by the hands of parents; old men and women, with the world behind them, in God's great gift of faith, calmly awaiting God's good time to call them hence; truly, extremes meet here. In every heart, how ever, there Is but the one thought the great, burning desire to pay honest trib ute to honest worth, and In eorie degree repay 'with love the loving kindness we have all received at the hands of him In whose nnor we have gathered. t cVicall not atteniDt to eniimpmu tv specific Services of Bishop Chatard. Why siiould Tf9 undertake to offer matfcematic4 proof of that the truth of which every man, woman and child in this State carried in hl own heart? "We humbly thank God for Bishop Cha tard and his great services, and pray that many years may yet be spared him to labor In this vineyard of his love and beet en deavor." WAVED AMERICAN FLAGS. After a selection by the Father Mathew Band, the children sang "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." At a signal from the director a tiny American flag flashed in the hand of every child and was whirled in small circles of flame. The effect was stirring. The meeting at once took on more strongly than ever the character of a pa- triotlo assemblage. Those on the atage clapped their hands. Bishop Chatard, Bishop O'Donaghue, Father Gavlsk, Father Dowd and the rest. Mr. Sweeney then Introduced George Wolf, who spoke in German. His address was largely biographical, reviewing the life of the bishop In student days In Bal timore, as rector of the American College In Rome, as friend of two Popes, and of countless dignitaries of every nation. Mr. Wolf traced the growth and progress of the diocese of Indianapolis under the beneil cont administration of Bishop Chatard and spoke of the personal Influence of the bish op in sweetening the lives of his children In the faith. Again the children sang; this time, "My Country, Tis of Thee," and again the flags waved for love of country. This was fol lowed by the singing of "The Star-spangled Banner." Michael W. Carr. Mr. Sweeney Introduced Michael W. Carr, whose address follows: Rt. Rev. Jubllarian, Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Donaghue, Mr. Chairman. Rev. Fathers and Fellow Catholics: I greatly appreci ate the honor of being asked to speak in the presence of this vast assemblage of my fellow Catholics, and especially so because the occasion we are celebrating appears to be both signally providential and a source of sincere rejoicing on the part of the people. "As you are already apprised, this out pouring of the Catholic laity of the city and diocese of Indianapolis is to testify our Indorsement of the official career and our appreciation of the delightful person ality of our beloved bishop, the Rt. Rev. Francis Silas Chatard, and to gladden his great and kind heart by tangible and af fectionate expression and felicitation on this the day before the eve of his sliver Jubilee in the episcopacy. We find 'warrant for this manifestation of our apreciatlon and affection, not alone In our hearts, and In long established custom, but also espe clally In the nature and constitution of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COL. 6.) ONE KILLED AND ANOTHER FATAL LY WOUNDED AT DANVILLE, ILL. Bad .Negroes Who Tried to Rob an Old Saloon Keeper "While He Was En Route Home with $300. COLLISION ON RIVER BRIDGE VEHICLE UPSET BY fA CAR AND PROMINENT PERSONS INJURED. Alrln Robinson, His Wife and Son and n Young? Woman II art Wedding; at . Graduating; Exercises. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE. 111., May 10.-Calvln Dan iels and William . Ferguson, two husky young negroes, came to Danville last Wednesday from Chicago. About 1 o'clock this morning they waylaid Victor Vande volr, a saloon keeper, who was going home with about $300 on his person. They choked and beat Vandevoir severely, but although he Is over sixty years old, he put up a vig orous fight, and, breaking away, shot Fer guson In the breast, killing him Instantly. He then shot Daniels in the head, inflict ing a fatal wound. Ferguson roomed at 1410 Dearborn street, Chicago, coming here from Danville, Ky. Daniels was a hand on a DUluth and Chicago boat. GRADUATED AND MARRIED. Miss Grace Grnver Received Diploma and Husband at Same Time. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111., May 10. The large audience in attendance Friday evening at the graduating exercises of the senior class of the high school at St. Elmo, 111., was treated to a complete and very pleasant surprise. After the presentation of the diplomas th Rev. Shouse was called on by the principal of the school to address the class, which was composed of five young women and one man. During the course of his remarks Mr. Shouse asked if there was any one in the audience who wished to be with the solitary young man on the graduating stage. This was the cue for Robert Hunt, a Chicago. & Eastern Illinois Railroad conductor. As he walked forward from the rear of -the opera house he was greeted with loud and long cheers. The true state of affairs was unexpected until he was standing in the center of the stage with Miss Grace Gruver, one of the graduating class, with the Rev. Shouse saying the words that made them man and wife. After the ceremony the young couple were overwhelmed with congratulations. By taking an Eastern Illinois train they cleverly avoided an attempted good-natured charivari party headed by the St. Elmo Band. COLLIDED WITH TROLLEY CAR. Vehicle L'pset find Pro Injured, n Young Woman Seriously. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111., May 10.-An interurban Danville-Georgetown car this evening col lided on the Vermillion river bridge with a vehicle, upsetting it and severely Injur ing the occupants. Mr. Alvin Robinson. who celebrated his golden wedding yester day, had a rib fractured. His wife was severely bruised, as was also their son. Guy Robinson, managing editor of the Dan ville Dally Press. Miss Amy Broadway was the worst injured of the party, receiv ing a very severe contusion on the head. Interurban Line Opened. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE. 111., May 10. This evening the first car was run a few miles west from Danville on the new Interurban railroad to Champaign. Cars are running east from Champaign to St. Joseph. The line will be completed In July. FISHING IN LAKE ERIE. TV0 HIGHWAYMEN SHOT Grover Cleveland and a Party of Friends at Middle Bass Island. TOLEDO, O., May 10. Former President Grover Cleveland arrived to-day et Middle Bass island for a week's fishing. With him are Rear Admiral Lamberton. Judge Jud son Harmon, of Cincinnati. John U. Lloyd and Jethro G. Mitchell, of Tuxedo, and C. C. Dwlght. of Chicago. They are all guests of Leroy Brooks, who met them at San dusky. The trip to Middle Bass was made on the steame Laketide. Mr. Cleveland refused to talk politics. ..r r. 1 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE CONFLAGRATION IN THE LUMBER DISTRICT OF OTTAWA, ONT. Hundreds of Houses and About $300, OOO Worth of Lumber Burned In a Few Hours. MANY . FAMILIES HOMELESS DETWEEX 300 AND GOO, TOTALING NEARLY 2,000 INDIVIDUALS. Former Convict Snspected of Startins the Fire and Arrested on the Charge of Incendiarism. DUNLO, PA., PERILED BY FIRE RESIDENTS WORKING TO SAVE THE PLACE FROM DESTRUCTION. Fonnder of the Town of Blasdcll, N. Y., and Ills Wife the Victims of a Fire and Explosion. OTTAWA, Ont., May 10. A fire, suspected of being of incendiary origin, this afternoon and evening destroyed hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber In this city. John White, who has Just been released from the penitentiary after serving a term of imprisonment for arson, was caught near where the fire was first discovered. He was taken to the police station and will be charged with starting to-day's conflagra tion. The fire originated within a stone's throw of where the great Hull fire of April 26, 1900, was checked. The Hull fire started on the opposite side of the river and spread to the Ottawa side, destroying millions of dollars worth of property. It burned out near where the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway enters the western part of the city and It was In the lumber yards near the railroad that to-day's fire originated. Two hours before the principal fire started two smaller blazes were discovered and quickly extinguished In the lumber yards near the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was 3:30 when the third was discovered. When the brigade arrived at the scene it was found that the water main had been damaged and no water could be obtained. When the brigade did get water the fire was utterly beyond control. It swept along over the same ground that the former fire had gone, the only difference being that it was going In the opposite direction. There is a large cliff which, extends from the Ottawa river Into the corner of Mar garet and Preston streets. The fire area was on the flats below the cliff. At two or three points it came very near getting over the cliff and had It done so nothing would have saved the city. At 9:30 to-night the fire was under con trol and was confined to the following area: The Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway on the south, Division street on the east. First avenue on the west and the Rich mond road on the north. From the Parry Sound road to the Richmond road Is about one mile and from First avenue to Division street is about one-quarter of a mile. While the fire was burning fiercely among the lumber piles the whole brigade of the city, which had been summoned, were forced to remain idle. For an hour not a drop of water was thrown Into the flames. A stiff southwest wind was blowing, and by the time the water main had been re paired the lumber yards were a mass of glowing embers. From the lumber yards the flames spread to a group of frame houses on the outskirts of the city former ly known as Rochestervllle, but which is now united to the city. Every house in the little settlement was destroyed. Another lumber yard In a thinly settled section northeast of Rochestervllle was swept by the fire In a short time. This brought the Are to the more thickly settled sections. After leaving the lumber plies the flames swept over the pine street which runs east and west, down Willow, Poplar, Anderson, Ecklcs, Somerset, Spruce, Elm, Maple, Al bert and on to the Richmond road, or prop erly speaking, Wellington street, where it was stopped, a short distance from the Canadian Pacific Railway depot. At 6 p. m. It was feared that the fire would get over the cliff, on the top of which is St. Jeanne Baptiste Church. In the rear and a short distance back from the church is the residence of the late Hon. David Mills. The family began moving out at 6 p. m., and the hearse was in readiness to move the remains of the distinguished Canadian should the necessity arise. The firemen, however, succeeded in keeping back the flames. Fifteen million feet of lumber were de stroyed. It belonged chiefly to J. R. Booth and was sold. The loss on the lumber will be about $300,000. The buildings burned were principally dwelling houses and stores. They were all built since the last great fire, and were either solid brick or brick veneered, as the city would not permit of any other kind being erected. The loss on the buildings is estimated at $300.000. mak ing the total loss SGOO.OuO. Mayor Cook said that there were from 500 to 600 families homeless, or about 2,000 individuals. All the parties are supposed to be well Insured. The mayor tatd the city would oppose any aid being asked from outside Canada, and personally he thought that the city should grapple with the situation without any ap peal for outside help. Town Menaced by Forest Fires. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. May 10. One of the fiercest and most damaging forest fires in the history of the Allegheny mountains has been raging since early this morning about Dunlo, the big coal and lumber town in this county. At 8:30 o'clock to-night much apprehension Is felt for the safety of sev eral camps of lumbermen working for Kuhns and Goodwin, who were in the great district which had been swept by the flames. Some of them may have perished. They would have to flee from the camps ahead of the fire and as no tidings have been re ceived from them there Is much alarm. The flames came toward Dunlo with ter rible fury and at noon, every man. woman and child in Dunlo was out doing every thing possible to save the town from de struction. After hours of lighting the prog ress of the flames were checked but it will require vigilance all night to "keep it under control. LATROBE, Pa., May 10. A disastrous fire is sweeping Chestnut Ridge, destroy ing much standing timber and burning large quantities of railroad ties and lum ber at the various camps bet ween Blalrs vllle and Derry. FIRE AND EXPLOSION. Herman Blasdell and Wife So Badly Burned They Die. BUFFALO. May 10. Herman Blasdell, of North Collins, a former assemblyman, aft er whom the town of Blasdell, N. Y- la named, and his wife were so badly burned In a fire which started from an explosion and which destroyed their home to-day that they died a few hours later. An adopted son, who was the only other occu pant of the house at the time of the ex plosion, was slightly burned. Mrs. Blas dell was conscious for some time before her death and from her it was learned how the explosion occurred. Awakened early In the morning by a strong smell of gas, she began an Investigation. When she reached the hall she struck a match and Instantly there was a terrific explosion. The walls of the house were forced outward and one side of the building dropped. Fire broke out in half a dozen places, and the whole house was soon in flames. The adopted son, who slept In a remote part of the house, rushed to his foster mother's rescue and succeeded In smoth ering the flames that enveloped her. Mrs. Blasdell walked out as far as the street, where she fell unconscious. Mr. Blasdell, who had been awakened by the explosion, endeavored to reach the stairway, but found himself cut off by the flames. With his night clothing ablaze he was forced to Jump from an upper window. The shock of the fall and the severe burns resulted In his death. Mrs. Blasdell died at the home of a relative. TWO PLACES IN DOUBT. Full Result of the Kentucky Demo cratic Primaries Not Yet Knows. FRANKFORT, Ky., May 10. So far the race for auditor and commissioner of agri culture are the only ones over which there was a contest which are not still in doubt as to the result In Saturday's primary. In the race for clerk of the Court of Appeals J. Morgan Chinn, the slate administration candidate, is claiming his election, while his opponent, R. L. Greene, claims a ma jority for himself of at least two thousand. Three of the four candidates for attorney t general are claiming that nomination, Judge Ira Julian being the only candidate who concedes defeat. J. Wlllard Mitchell and N. B. Hays, two of the candidates, are here to-night, and each claims that the official count will show him elected. Charles Car roll makes a similar claim for himself. The nomination for superintendent of public in struction has two claimants, J. 11. Fuqua and Ben Watt, each claiming a small ma jority on the official count. Fuqua appears to be In the lead In the vote so far reported. There Is some talk that a state conven tion may now be ordered to ratify the work of the primary and thereby remove all doubt as to the regularity of the ticket nominated, but nothing has been given out by the party authorities. THE CRISIS THIS WEEK LOCAL DEMOCRACY PASSING THROUGH DAYS OF STRIFE. Not for Years Has the Party Been So Divided on Purely Municipal Questions. WHAT REACH'S SUCCESS MEANS IT WOULD SOUND DEATH KNELL TO TAG GART MACHINE. Several Strenuous Days In Store for the Leaders of Both Factions In Fight for Supremacy. The crisis in the local Democracy will be passed this week. Six days, beginning to day, will be devoted to the most active organization fight In the history of the party. Not since 1896 has the party been so divided and not since 1833 has It been so divided on purely municipal questions. In 18 it was the silver question that split the party and the sllverites won in spite of the possession of all the election machinery by Taggart, Kern and the oth er leaders. In 1893 the renomlnation of Mayor Sullivan for a third term was a trying situation for Taggart and his ma chine, which was then new and not pro vided with the improved attachments It now possesses. The party did not want to renominate Mayor Sullivan. Col. M. A. Downing, in a fair fight, would have been nominated. That would not have been a Taggart victory, and Taggart demanded control and his nominee at the sure cost of defeat. In 1896 the machine was simply overwhelmed by the unorganized silver horde. Since then the Taggart machine has recovered Its grasp on the organization, has had things Its own way until James L. Keach announced his purpose to wrest control from it. MADE HIS PURPOSE CLEAR. At the start Keach made his purpose clear. He said he intended to smash the machine. If there were enough Demo crats In the city to do this he said he would be their servant. If the Democrats want the Taggart machine he would give them opportunity to say so. He has left no room for doubt as to what his electlpn meant and every step of his fight has been directed against Taggart, Fanning, Bell and Kern. Reach's candidacy involves two elements of the party his largo personal follow ing, which includes the anti-Bryan element and the element Bryan and anti-Bryan that is ahti-Taggart. Keach, too, ) has opened the way for many young men of the party who regard the Taggart machine as a block to their success. Arrayed against Keach are the numberless person al followers of Taggart, the roeri he has obligated by administration favors and the machine "workers." The machine has power and Intelligence and Is possessed of the machinery of the primaries. It is deal ing the hand and can stack the deck. There are those who believe Keach can win with a fair deal, but there are few who believe that the machine is going to possess so im portant a factor as the primary machinery without using it to the best advantage. REACH'S ORGANIZATION. Keach has an organization built on the same plan as the official organization. It l4 long on Gold Democrats. Half the official organization belongs to it It is well ordered and has worked along systematic lines. It Is thought to be better than the official or ganization, tpvhich Fanning controls, and the use of which Taggart, Bell, Kern and the others will have. Keach is rich and has powerful financial friends, so that his or ganization will not look far for nanancing. The machine, too, has ample financial re sources and many clubs to use that Keach cannot roach. Keach was regarded as the ehrewdest of the old machine leaders in tact, one of the men who was detailed for the big schemes and who always delivered the goods. He Is bold and practical, and undoubtedly furnishes the most powerful and astute leadership against the machine that has ever been offered. On the other hand, the machine has the political sagacity of Taggart. This is rec ognized as the biggest trump card it pos sesses. For seventeen years Taggart has ruled. The rout in was followed by his personal triumph In 1S95 in his election for mayor three times. Before the party was aware of it he had constructed the machine that has remained invincible every year, except in ltfS. when a sudden and unex pected question precipitated It Into the mire. But it was dragged cut promptly, mas queraded fn sllvert and regained Its old standing within a year. Two years ago it dictated the nomination of Charles Ma guire and met defeat. The vote polled for W. F. Moore at that time was a surprise, being nearly 40 per cent, of the vote cast, and was regarded by. politicians as indi cating a protest against the machine rather than a testimonial to Moore's qualifica tions, "Rule or ruin" was yelhod against the machine then, but it ruled with ease, and Keach helped it. He fought Moore like a fury, and called him an "illegitimate candidate." PRESENT PROPOSITION. The proposition now is: "Can the ma chine control the organization of the new committees, and, if not, can it control the nomination for mayor?" Its answer has been made. Joseph E. Bell, the machine candidate for mayor, has been given the use of the old organization. If Keach is defeated It means Bell's victory, for he has stated In a public Interview that he felt he had a right to ask as he had asked men to stand for committeemen In the precincts. Kern, the machine candidate. Is not asking that much. The machine's an swer is that it regards the organization as absolutely necessary for the success of Bell and consequently is making its fight for control. Its defeat 13 conceded to mean the end of Bell. Back of Bell's candidacy Is the power of control which Taggart seeks to keep. He must keep It. Ktach's right Is against him. No matter how much Keach may intend not to "hurt" Taggart, his victory will be the worst blow ever delivered to Taggart. Back of Taggart is the state machine now in control of the state organization, and menaced with rout if the masttr hand is defeated in his own g-arden spot. If Taggart cannot control Indianapolis It will have far-reaching ef fect, because It destroys confidence in his state machine and gives the "Big Four" stimulus. So that Taggart is an issue in the contest, whether he will or no, whether Keach will or no, and he must retain con trol. TALK OF BOLTING. Both factions talk of bolt. Keach men say they will abide by the result if there is no "unfairness" in the primaries, and in the same breath they charge the machine with all the unfair practices possible. Many of them eeem to be prepared for the result and ready to bolt. In the machine ranks are those who refuse to accept a bolter of 1896 under any pretext - They say his success means the beginning of a series of revolutions td eradicate the silver ele ment and "reorganize" the party. There is even said to be a letter in existence written by Kern, In which he Intimates this bolt by asking if the 20,000 men who were loyal to Bryan in Indianapolis can be made to follow the leadership of Keach. No one suggests that Kern would lead a bolt, but that expression and a similar one In a published interview are taken to mean that he looks for such a calamity. The next four days "will be days of strenuous work. Both factions are making house to house canvasses in precincts, many meetings are being held each night and all the resources of each is being em ployed. It is a fight to a finish and the machine must win or pass into oblivion, for the ascendancy of a new man like Keach under the present conditions would mean the utter destruction of the machine. When the smoke of battle has cleared away at the end of the week the victorious faction will have control and will face "the common enemy" with only half an army and Inevitable defeat. If the Judgment of disinterested observers amounts to any thing. It will be a hollow victory for either so far as the municipal elfction is concerned, for the party is now hope lessly divided over the question of control. FilST TRAIN DERAILED. Engineer Killed and Seven Persons Injured, a Woman Dangerously. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 10. Southern passenger train No. 12, which leaves Knox vllle at 9:35 a. m. for Asheville, N. C, Jumped the track about noon to-day one mile west of White Pine, Tenn.' The train consisted of engine, combination express and mall car, baggage car, two day coaches and two sleepers.' All were derailed except the sleepers. The casualties: ROBERT B. HOLLOMON, engineer, of Knoxville, was, caught beneath his engine and crushed to death. Injured: Ed Brazleton, fireman. Knox ville; W. S. Staley, express messenger, Knoxville; Ben Whltesldes, baggagemaster, Knoxville; F. P. Abernathy, postal clerk, Salisbury, N. C; R. E. L. Mouncey, postal clerk, Salisbury, N. C; Sylvia Smith, col ored, passenger. White Pine, Tenn.; Horace Webb, colored, passenger. Knoxville. Of the injured, all of whom are painfully hurt, Sylvia Smith Is the worst Injured. She may die. The train was running thirty miles an hour when the accident occurred. No cause can be assigned for it. The rails were torn up for two hundred feet, and a delay of over six hours occurred to travel. DREAD SPOTTED FEVER IT ATTACKS YOUNG BLUE JACKETS ON RECEIVING SHIPS. Three Recruits Dead and 1,200 Men at the Lea go e Island Navy Yard Possibly In Danger. PHILADELPHIA. May 10. The Press will to-morrow say: "Deadly cerebro-spinal meningitis, popularly known as 'spotted fever,' and one of the hardest contagious diseases to combat, has broken out In the ranks of the 1,200 men aboard the receiving ships. Minneapolis and Puritan at League Island navy yard. Already it has killed three young recruits, while five more vic tims are hovering between life and death. Grave fears prevail that others among the embryo blue Jackets who ate, worked and slept with the stricken may fall into the fever's embrace. This prospect has alarmed the officers at the yard to such an extent that a heroic effort will be made to prevent a spread of the disease, not only by con stantly watching the men, but by remov ing them entirely from the two receiving ships. "To-day the work of raising thirty-five tents will be started, and as soon as the canvas shelters are In place the 1,300 young tars will be put out to camp, giving them plenty of fresh air and more room for ex ercise, which, it is thought, will materially lessen the chance for further inculcation of the disease. When the men leave the Minneapolis and Puritan both phlps will be subjected to a thorough fumigation. 'I am doing everything in my power to pre vent the development of any more cases of this fever, said Rear Admiral SIgsbce, the commandant, 'nothing that will pro tect the lives of our men will be left un done.' "At the hospital of the naval home, to which the sick from League Icland navy yard are treated. Dr. Lung, the surgeon in charge, declared that the results from the outbreak on the receiving ships are not so bad as is usually the case with the dis ease. Three have died,' he said, 'and we still have five others suffering from the fever, but. these, unless something un toward develops, we hope to pull through. The hospital is very much crowded now with patients from League Island. Besides these who have the cerebro spinal menin gitis we have many patients suffering with mumps, measles and other complaints " Zona Lihre to Be Reduced In Width. EL PASO. Tex., May 10. It is stated seml-offlcially that the government of Mex ico will detach Zona Libre from the differ ent States, making it a part of the federal district of Mexico. The free zone Is a strip sixty miles wide, extending along the bor der from California to the gulf. All state offices in the zone will be abolished. The territory will be governed by mayors and the district by governors. The strip will be reJuced'to twenty miles. Ohio Mob Dispersed. FREMONT, O.. May 10. Mob violence which was threatened In thU city last night as the result of the alleged killing of Otto Mlschke by one of thre negroes subsided at 4 o'clock this morning. The three negroes who are charged with the crime are securely locked in the city Jail at Norwalk and the excitement that was rampant tor several hours last night has about subsided. OIL LAI VICTIMS MRS. LONG AND DAUGHTER DEAD AND SON SEVERELY INJ I'll ED. Went to Bed In Their Frankfort Home and Awoke to Find Mailt Robes Aflame and Bed Burning. TWO ACCIDENTS WITH KIFLES JOSEPH T. NASH, OF WARREN, KILLED BY THIU:E-YEAH-0LD SON Woman Near Vlncennes Dangerously Shot by a Man Who Was Carelessly Handling a -Target Rifle. EXPLOSION T LAFAYETTE SALOON PARTLY WRECKED AND OXE MAN SLIGHTLY HURT. I t Glass Blovrlng Machines to De Put In tbe MarlnR.IIa-t riant at Mon de This Summer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind.. May 19. An oil lamp caused the death of two persons here this morning and serious injuries to another. The victims were Mrs. Alfred Long, wife of a proi'nlnent business man, and her daughter Funny, aged Ave years, who both died in Palmer Hospital, and Clarence, a three-yCar-old son, who was severely burned and may recover. Accord ing to report, Mrs. L.mg and her two chil dren retired last night leaving a lamp burn ing near a curtain, which became Ignited and fell on the bed When the sleepers were awakened thelrj night robes were on fire and the bedclothes burning. Passers-by heard screams and went to the assistance of the sufferers, but before the fire was put out the flesh iof the victims was charred. Clarence, the three-year-old sen, escaped with some bums. Mrs. Long died at 8:30 o'clock this morning and her daugh ter Fanny at 4 p. m.i Another report sayi the fire was due to an explosion of the? lamp. The children were in one bed and Mrs. Long In another. The oil was hurled o"er, Mrs. Long but shi frantically rushed to the ether bed to rescue the children. Instantly she was enveloped in flames and as she seized the children their night xobes took fire and all three were aflame. The mother then at tempted to get out fof.the house, but was overcome and fell a an adjoining room. house. Owing to th? fact that'none of the victims could tell how the accidnt hap pened the exact de' alls are unknown. SHOT BY ri'OUNG SON. Josepli T. Nash, f Warren, Ind., Ac Cldentariy Killed. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. WARREN, Ind., May 10. Joseph T. Nash, proprietor of the Nish machine shops at this place, was kllle l by his three-year-old son this afternoon. He had taken his fam ily about four miles north of here to spertl the day on the river. He had been shooting turtles, and was leaning on the muzzle of his rifle. His little ;-on was playing at his feet, and in some foanner discharged the gun. The bullet toiik effect In the neck, severing the Jugular vein. He bled to death before physicians could reach him. He leaves a wife and four children. Victim of st Target Gnn. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind . May lO.-Mrs. Frank RavelUtte, living five miles south of Vln cennes, was dangerously Injured by being shot with a target f.un carelessly handled by Lee Smith. She probably will die. SALOON TVTIECKED. Explosion of a !fvlr Installed Gas 3Iaklnar Machine One Man Hurt. Special to ths India napcl Journal. LAFAYETTE, Indi, May 9. By the ex plosion of a newly-Installed gas-making machine the large saloon of Ambrose Metz ger, on North Fifth street, was badly wrecked this morning and persons in the vicinity fled in frlglyt from what they be lieved to have bterf an earthquake. The explosion occurred About 9:30 o'clock in the basement of tile building and blew out the large plate glass windows In front.' the front doors, the entire back wall of th,a place, lifted Into th- air two immense lron sidewalk plates In frvnt of the building and broke hundreds of bottles of liquor. One of the men who helred Install the machine was burned, but not seriously; Yesterday Mr. Metzger complied the Installation of the new machine. ?ilch was an invention of Harry Burton, a graduate of the class of 1901 at Purdue. Ist night the Illumina tion in the saloon ind poolroom was bril- -llant, and shortly after midnight the lights were turned out V hat caused the explo sion can only be surrilsed. but It is believed that the gasoline vharrroer in some way became overheated. The flro department was called to the tfene and extinguished the flames started by the explosion and which threatened the entire block. Build ings a block away were haken, but no other damage was rlone. The loss in tbe Metzger place is mde than 11,500. M WILL USE IiLOpVINO MACHINES. t Monde Glass Plant to Be Equipped vrlth Latest Latjor-Savlnn Device. Fpeclal to th Indianas -J lis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. M:y 10, Thomas F. Hart, a member of the pcut!ve board of tht American Window Glass Company, the trust which controls the blowing machines, stated to-night that vhe company would this summer equip the Icjal plant, the old Mar- ing-Hart factory, v?th the machines pre paratory to use nex season. Several thou sand dollars will tx.; spent to Improve the Riant. Instea1 of natural gas a plant will e put In and procieer gas will b ujwd. This settles all talk f the sale of the local factory. Mr. Hart 'Mid that th American Company would sell J 11 its pot factories, but would hold its tan' factories. Mr. Hart has lust returned fiom a trip to Europv where he weht with Ither American officials to examine the blo;ng machines in use la Belgium, and also tie wage system in Uta there. Hnyden's Bandsmen Sned. Special to th Indlanarlla Journal. LAFAYETTE. Incj. May 9. Attorneys for the town of West li fayette have filed suit in the Superior CoUk't against Hilton Hay den, the defaulting! ex-treasurer, and h!s bondsmen to recoverthe amount lost by the town through th Soculatlons of Haydea. The suit comes wlthli the statute of limita tions, as the time flfd by the bond expired Saturday, May 9, ail he proceedings were taken by th town U protect It from losinr on account of anyjtechnlcality that m" I i