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INDIANAPOLIS JOUENA TT H WEEKLY nSTAULlSHED 123. DAILY ESTABLISHED 1500. I VOL. LIV. NO. 85. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1901 TWELVE PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. ON RAILWAY TRAINB t l K CENTS. c. .L. INDIANA HARBOR PARTLY F SELF-JUDGED. GIVES PLEA OF GUILTUNDING CASE Staggering Under Weight of Evi dence, He Submits Xo Longer to Pitiless Prosecution. DISTRICT REPUBLICANS EIGHT PEOPLE INJURED Calumet Region Swept by a Tor nado - Like Storm Early Last Night. Popular Sullivan County Lawyer Nominated by Acclamation at Spencer. HOPES TO BEAT MIERS FACES A TERM IX PRISON BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED .Will Endeavor to Surpass His Sur prisingly Vigorous Campaign of Two Years Ago. r 01 CH E EX-BANKER 0 0 Od GONGKESS BY SECOND WRECKED ONE INK LIED 1 - 'i, '. f Loyalty of Wife Endures to Dra matic Climax in Misfortunes Following Elkhart Crash. U. S. SHOWS HIM XO MERCY Their Occupants Buried in the Ruins and a Number Crushed or. Bruised. MsMjrjsmm M hui. f. HARMONIOUS GATHERING Notable Speech of Nominee Can didates tor State Offices Busy at the Convention. ftal Correspondence of the Journal. SPENCER, In... March 21.-John C. Chaney, of Sullivan, who made such a strong shewing in the congressional fight two years ago, was renominate! by accla mation by the Second district Republican convention, held this afternoon In the cap ital of Owen county. In naming him sigain s their standard bearer the Republicans of the district pulled off their coats and roiled up their sleeves, metaphorically peaking, and started a vigorous fight which they pledged themselves to maintain with unabated zeal until the ides of Novem ber. In accepting ,the nomination Mr. Chaney promised to wage an even more un tiring campaign than that of 1902, in which he delivered 200 speeches and made over 12.0 personal calls on voters of the dis trict. Under such auspicious circumstances the loyal party workers of the Second, who have lined up time and again for contests In which they saw no hope of success, are not without grounds for their confidence that this year is to witness the end of Demo cratic control of the district and that Mr. Chaney will succeed Robert W. Mlers in the national House of Representatives. En thusiasm and determination were voiced by every man In attendance at the meeting, which was nothing short of a loye feast, characterized by harmony and unanimity of the kind(that counts In a fight such as is at hand. Harvey E. Cushman, of Bloomfield. and Joseph R. Vorls, of Bedford., were named as. delegates to the national convention, with M. S. Hastings, of Washington, and Joseph H. Campbell, of Bloomington, as alternates. Joseph Barr, of Vlncennes, was nominated for presidential elector. Every act of the convention was taken by accla mation and tl..?re was not a semblance of a contest after, the, leaders had conferred and agreed upon a programme that satisfied the claims of every county. The resolutions adopted indorsed the national and state administrations and the Republican dele gation in Congress, favored the re-election of Senator Beverldge and commended Mr. Chaney in the highfst terms. The dele gates to the national convention were In structed to vote for the re-election of Harry S. New, of Indianapolis, for member of the national committee from this State. PICNIC FOR CANDIDATES. The convention was largely a picnic for the candidates for state offices, an unusual ly large number of whom were in attend ance, fur-after the- formal business had been disposed of the candidates were called upon to exhibit themselves and to speak that the Republicans of the Second district might learn what manner of men aspired to manage the affairs of the commonwealth during the next four years. Each one of them was compelled to make a speech they are a diffident lot, and it was ex tremely dlff.cult to get them on the stage and each was given an hour In which to do h.'s spellbinding, although there was no requirement that each consume that amount of time. Eut. what Is more to the point, the dele rates and visitors wanted to hear the can didates, and they sat and listened and laughed and applauded for an hour and a half, while nine embryonic Governors, lieu tenant governors and reporters of the Su preme Court went through their paces. All the candidates were m good form, however, which made it easier for the audience, and the speeches were unusually Entertaining. There, were some 300 people in the opera house when District Chairman John C. Bllllielmer, of Washington, called the con vention to order shortly after 1 o'clock. Senator Thomas J. Brooks, of Bedford, was chosen permanent chairman of the convention, and A. W. Howard, of this city, editor of the Owen County Journal, was made secretary. The following com mittees were named by the chair: On RuUs E. C. Faith. Daviess county; II. L. Dcney. Greene; Perry Tindolph, Knox; J. C. Charlton, Lawrence; John 13. Lloyd. Martin; J. H. Campbell. Monroe; Will II. Hayes, Sullivan; Wesley Coffey, Owen.. On Rt solutions David E. Beem, Owen; John li. Lloyd. Martin; W. H. Martin, Lawrence; O. E. Bland, Greene; J. B. Sar to. Knox; W. R. Nesbit. Sullivan; J. G. Allen. Daviess; J. B. Wilson. Monroe. Captain Beem presented the report of the committee on resolutions, which pointed with pride to the record of the Republican jarty and to the administration of Presi dent Roosevelt, and concluded: "We rejoice in the success which has at tended the public careers of our able and distinguished senators, Charles W. Fair banks and Albert J. Beverldge. We heart ily favor the re-election of Senator Bev erldge. The services of the Indiana Repub lican delegation in Congress have reflected great credit upon the State, and It is with patriotic pride that we have observed the commanding Influence they have been able to exert In the halls of the national Con gress. "We recognize with pleasure the wise and able administration of Governor Wlnneld T. Durbin. and heartily commend all of our state officers for their faithful performance Of official duties. "Iu the Hon. John C. Chaney we recog nize an able. loyal and eloquent advocate of Republican principles, a true patriot and honest man. and we commend him to the voters of this congressioual district for their suffrages for representative in Con gress." The resolutions as prepared contained an Indorsement of Senator Fairbanks for (he vice prendeucy. but when it was learned that the senator did not desrre such an In dorsement the paragraph was stricken out. W. R. Nesbit. of Sullivan, presented Mr. Chaney's name when the roll was called for nomination for a caudldat for Congress. Ha snoke eloquently of the private and public career of Sullivan's favorite son. and raid that no higher tribute could be paid to Jus strength as a candidate than that In the last campaign he had reduced the Pema cratic pluruliiy in his home county from 1.700 to For formality's sake a ote was taken, each county casting Its entire, vote lor Mr. Chaney. MR. CHANEY'S ADDRESS. A rousing demonstration accompanied the escorting of the candidate to the stage. Mr. Chaney jwke for half an hour and Ms address furnished abundant evidence of his fctrength as a campaigner. He said In part: "While I accept this nomination I realize th jrav rtir"nslbtlitiK it Imposes. With out our active co-operation I shall be able to do but little. "If I Htn lelt to myself to win or lote the battle Is lost already. "If. however, the name of Lincoln has not ceased to be an Inspiration: if the name th great captain of th armies of free dom shall contlnu to dwell In our hearts; if the Integrity and matchless ability of Ben CCONTINUED PN PAGE i. COL. 6. J If I JOHN C. CHANEY. Nominated for Congress by Seeon! District Republicans. JAPANESE TO HAVE BOTTLED THE T Seven Merchant Steamers Are Re ported to Have Been Sunk in Harbor Channel. RUSSIA FEARS CHINA Czar's Army May Be Placed Be tween Two Fires Japanese May Seize a Port. LONDON, March 23. The Daily Tele graph published a dispatch from its Tokio correspondent under yester day Inte which says: "On the night of March 22 the Japn neue fleet renewed the attempt to bottle np Fort Arthur. Sixteen war ships escorted seven merchant steam er to the month of the harbor and under cover of the honihnrdment the steamers ran In and were sunk in de sired positions. Three thousand Japanese officers and hlne jackets volunteered for this duty. An ofllcial report Is expected this evening." LONDON, March 2.'. Dispatches from both St. Petersburg; and Peking; Indi ente the Russians fear their army In Manchuria may bo placed between two firesChinese on one side and Japanese on the other. The Russians have little faith in China's promises to remain neutral, and. are endeavor ing to send military officers to Gen eral Mn' headquarters to keep a watch on the movements of his sol diers. If General 3Ia's troops harass the Russians, their action will seri ously ' retard military operations In Manchuria, and might result in a dash by Russians to Peking. The sit uation is pregnant with possibilities. One of the developments that is causing uneasiness at St. Petersburg is the growing belief that Japan will use a Chinese port to land troops. If China permits such occupation of her territory Itnssla may not content her self in seeking to secure Korea, bat probably will demand a good slice of China, south of Manchuria. JAPANESE MAY LAND ON CHINESE TERRITORY ST. PETERSBURG. March 24. The War Office Is in receipt of persistent reports that the Japanese are preparing to land on neu tral Chinese territory on the west coast of the Gulf of Liao-Tung. either atTIen-Klau-Cheng, in KIn-Chau bay or at Shan-Hai-Kwan. Although slow to believe that Japan de liberately contemplates a violation of her pledge to respect neutral Chinese territory the reports received at the Ministry of War are so specific that they compel considera tion The presence of disguised Japanese soldiers acting as spies along the Shan-Hal-Kwan road has been established and Rus sian agents report that there is every indi cation of an intended landing on the west coast of the gulf of Liao-Tung, The in formation conveyed by these agents seems to coincide with other information indicat ing a complete change In the Japanese plan of campaign or of Its entrance Into a sec ond stage rractically Involving the aban donment of further heavy landings of troops in Korea. According to advices received by the gov ernment there are only about 70.000 Jap anese troops in the Hermit Kingdom at present. It is considered possible that the Japanese reckoned on a complete mobiliza tion there much sooner, but the difficulties met with in the transportation of troops from Japan and over the roads in Korea proved more serious than expected and the Japaneseound themselves unable to de liver ax :ntal attack !n Manchuria be fore the - aaslan troops arrived in sufficient force to check them. At any rate the latest advices' indicate that the Japanese will not send many more soldiers Into Korea, They may make a diversion at Possiet bay In the direction of Vladivostok, but their main objective henceforth will be In the gulf of Liao-Tung. If the Information received Is correct the Japanese have discovered that a landing oa the peninsula Is too hard a nut to crack. and have elected to larui on the Chinese side. vhere there will be no army to repel them. The only two points feasible for landing are Chla-Wan-Tao and Tlen-Kiau-Cheng. which are connected by rail, re spectively, with Shan-Hat-Kwan and Kau- Kiau. on the Peking railroad. A landing at enner piace wouia give me Japanese possession oi a spiemna strategic line bv which to strike the Russian flank, and. If lesircti. to noid I'eJving in subjection. The Russians have little faith In the Chinese generals Ma and Mu. who might oisresara oruers rrom I'eKing and Join lorcrs wun tne Japanese. The Russian military authorities have felt themselves compelled to conclude the fore going possibility and to take the necessary precautions. The international complica tions which might arise out of a Japanese landing on neutral Chinese territory have also received careful consideration, for. al though It Is specifically declared that It Is (CONTINULD ON I'AGE 2, COL. 2.) AGAIN D If! ARTHUR SQUADRON District Attornev Refuses to Miti gate Indictment in Face of Im pending Confession. By an unexpected confession, Justus L. Brodrick, who has been fighting charges summarized in the wrecking of the Indiana National Rank of Elkhart in Federal Court, of which he was president, brought his hearing to a tragic close when court con vened yesterday morning, entering a plea of guilty to the Indictments. His sentence was suspended until after the close of J. Walter Rrown's hearing, which begins Monday. Brodrick Ms out on $10,000 bond, given by Mrs. Fannie K. Thompson, of Elkhart. The confession of Brodrick yesterday morning was a complete surprise to all but his attorneys and most Intimate relatives. After the testimony of J. Walter Brown it was thought that Brodrick felt en couraged and would continue his fight in tho court. The announcement of his plea of guilty, came so unexpectedly that for a few minutes tourt visitors could not realize what had happened. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the court convened as usual, expecting to continue the evidence which the defense began pre senting yes'terday through J. Walter Brown. Brodrlck entered with his at torneys, Spaan and VanFleet. They took their accustomed seats facing Judge An derson on the bench. When the court was called to order Mr. Spaan arose and said: "If the court please the defendant desires to enter a plea of guilty to the indict ments." For a few minutes there was a complete silence in the courtroom. . Judge Anderson then dismissed the court. During the dramatic, incident, Brodrick showed no outward signs of emotion. After adjournment he left the courtroom and Joined his wife, who had not been present yesterday morning. REFUSES TO DISMISS CHARGES. Attorneys for the defense gave as the rea son for the step taken that the government had piled up such an overwhelming mass of evidence against Brodrick and that it extended back for so many years that it would be impossible for Brodrick to ex plain all matters. A few minutes before court convened yesterday morning Mr. Spaan went to District Attorney Kcaline and asked him to dismiss the charge of embezzlement. Keallng replied that the government stood pat" on the Indictment and that if Brodrick wanted to plead guilty he would have to make It for the whole indictment. Brodrick and his attorneys then held a brief consultation, in which the decision was made. That Mrs. Brodrick and Mrs. Fannie K. Thompson, her friend, were not in their ac customed seats within the railing yester day morning when court convened was given little significance until after the plea of guilty was entered. Faithfully Mrs. Brodrick has attended every session of the court and heard her brother testify against her husband and her husband flayed by the prosecution. Through it all she has borne up bravely and shown herself a loyal wife. Aside from a colorless face and nervous working of the hands she has betrayed no sign of the strain under which she was living. Brodrick s decision -to plead guilty yester day morning was the result of a long con sultation with his attorneys and later a long talk with his wife. After his con ference Wednesday evening with his at torneys, who knew that Brodrick would have to go upon the stand and face a long list of charges extending back for many years, which no man could explain, they advised him as to tne course to pursue. Brodrick replied that he would talk it over with his wife, which he did that night. WIFE DISPLAYS LOYALTY. Mrs. Brodrick here again displayed her bravery and loyalty. Four years she spent In a hospital in a sick bed. She told her husband that If she could stand confine ment for that length of time he certainly could and then they could start out anew. Although Brodrick still maintains that he Is not guilty to the charge of embezzle ment, he was forced to plead guilty to It as the government stood firm on tne entire indictment. After, the decision had been reached to plead guilty, Brodrick, It 1 said, seemed greatly relieved. He has been liv ing during the hearing under a strain al- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3. COL. 1.) VALKS STREETS, DEMENTED Theatrical Employe Is Rendered Unconscious When Wagon Is Struck by' Street Car. THESPIANS MAKE SEARCH George Consldlne, of Fall River, Mass., property man for the "Rachel Goldstein" company, wandered about the streets in a demented condition all yesterday afternoon and until midnight. After the police and members of the com pany had searched for hours in vain and had visited every downtown hotel and rooming house, shortly before 12 o'clock Consldlne called the police station by tele phone. He had entered the Denison Hotel, told the clerk of his condition and learned that the police were searching for him. He had regained his senses and retired to a room in the hotel. Considine was on a theatrical truck loaded with scenery when it was struck by a street car at Capitol avenue and Washing ton street yesterday. Considine and Thomas Carrick. electrician for the company, were the only ones injured. Carrick's injuries were very slight and they were dressed in a nearby drug store. Considine received a scalp wound which rendered him .unconscious. Dr. Jeffries, of the City Dispensary, was called and re moved him to the Dispensary for treatment. He soon recovered his reason and Dr. Jeffries told him to sit in the hall and wait until he felt stronger. Whll he was gone Consldlne walked out. The members of the theatrical company, worried over thir fellow-member's disap pearance, offered their services as a starch lug party to look (or him STRUCK III SMASHUP, MAN 7'' ( r FRESH PRAIRIE FIRES - BREAK OJJTIN' NEBRASKA Many Buildings Are Burned and Town Is Threatened with Destruction. FLAMES OXCE QUENCHED LINCOLN. Neb., March 24. A dispatch from Norfolk, Neb., says the town was dark at noon to-day, from smoke which came from fresh prairie fires west of there. Many houses and barns near Atkinson were destroyed.. A blaze from Simmons ran thirty miles. The fire which threatened Newport is heading for the town' of 'Amelia, which it is believed will be destroyed. A dispatch from Holdrege says a heavy rain has quenched the fire that started yesterday between here, Atlanta and Loomis, but not before it had burned over a strip from three to ten miles wide and twenty miles in length. As far as known but one life was lost, that of August Olsen, an aged farmer, and the total prop erty loss Is estimated at something above $100.000. There were many narrow escapes. Mrs. Andrew Lohn and her daughter es caped the flames by making their way to an open plowed field, and three sick pa tients were removed from their homes with difficulty. The fire swept everything in its path and was carried over dry stubble and meadows at a terrifflc rate by the gale that prevailed. Three fires were started in different r'aces, the strong wind spreading the flame3 and carrying burning brands a long distance. Fifty farmers loät a majority of their buildings and a num ber of residences were destroyed. LEEDS WILL RETIRE FROM ACTIVE WORK American Tin Plate Company Officer Tenders His Resig nation. PITTSBURG, March 24. An Important change in the official life of the underlying companies of the United States Steel Cor poration is the resignation of First Vice President William B. Leeds, of the Amer ican Sheet and Tin Plate Company, effect ive April 1. Mr. Leeds desires to retire from active business on account of 111 health and to get a long rest. COL CEOUGH DENIES Hi COMPAIIlMS PÄD No Confirmation of Rumors that Northern Pacific Stock Will Not Be Distributed. FRICTION SAID TO EXIST NEW YORK, March 24. "You may deny most emphatically that a new Northern Securities Company Is being planned. We are doing our best to carry out the principles of the Supreme Court's desire." said Colonel Clough, vice president and general counsel of the company, to-day. This statement was made in response to rumors circulated In Wall street that a plan had been formulated by which North ern Pacific stock would be held In blank and not distributed. In spite of official de- nials the attitude of fome of the principals indicates that differences 'exist be tween Union Pacific and Hill-Morgan in terests. It is not 'believed, however, that these differences will prove very serious. It is thought that they hinged largely on doubt as to the legality of the Northern Securities dissolution plan. DOOMED MURDERER ENDS LIFE IN CELL Prominent Young Alabama Man Who Killed His Cousin Com mits Suicide. TUSKEGEE. AI.. March 24.-Ralph Arm strong, under sentence of death for the murder of his cousin. Miss Alice Armstrong. committed suicide in his cell here to-day. He killed the young woman because tJhe re fused to marry Mm. Armstrong was a son of the late Co!. II. Clay Armstrong, consul to Rio Janeiro under President Cleveland, and was a member of one of the most prom inent families, in the Stat'. NEXT! EISA OF MENTAL Anderson Defaulter Surrenders at New Orleans After Reading in a Paper that He Is Wanted. TELLS A QUEER STORY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., March 24. In a dis patch received by the Anderson Herald to night, from New Orleans, one of the strangest stories of mental abervatlon ever heard in this city is disclosed. Llewellen H. Vinnedge, who disappeared from the Anderson office of the American Steel and Wire Company last December, leaving a discrepancy of $5,000 in his accounts, has surrendered to the New Orleans police, and, in doing so, tells the strange story. The police at the Southern city were con fronted on Wednesday with the spectacle of a' pale, poorly dressed man, who said he was Vlnnedge, and that he had just found a copy of a Cincinnati paper in which he was spoken of as an absconder. He said he remembered nothing of having left Anderson, but had realized for several weeks that he was out of his mind, and had tried to grasp his surroundings. Com ing to New Orleans he found the Cincinnati paper by chance, and this partially brought him to his senses. The New Orleans police hesitated to be lieve the story, and queried Anderson, when they were told to take the man into custody. A rendezvous had been arranged by Vinnedge himself, and, when he was found at the place specified by him, the police believed his story. Vlnnedge was kept in custody while a letter was sent to his wife, and she told him in the letter that he was wanted at Anderson. Vinnedge then told the authorities that he had been over worked while in the employ of the Steel and Wire Company, and that, while In this condition, he was given to temporary fits of insanity. He said that at one time he pur chased a house and forgot about it. He said that if he were wanted as an ab sconder he would return at once to Ander son, sell his property, make good his short age and convince the officers of the corpora tion that he was a mental wreck through overwork. He said he would return to Indiana without requisition papers, and was placed to-night in the custody of a de tective for return. The receipt of the news in this city cre ated a great deal of interest, as Vinnedge was one of Anderson's most prominent men, a director of the local Y. M. C. A. and a leader in the Presbyterian Church. Persons here who know him before his disappear ance are inclined to believe the story which Vlnnedge has told to the New Orleans po lice. MINERS ASK PRESIDENT FOR FEDERAL TROOPS Union Men of Colorado Say Gov crnor Peabody Has Violated Constitution. MILITIA AT TELLURIDE DENVER, Col., March 24.-A special train bearing troops left Denver for Tellu ride this afternoon. The entire force at Telluride will be under command of Adju tant General Bell. Governor Peabody said to-day that he declared San Miguel county in a fctate of insurrection and rebellion because of the representations made to him by public of ficials and citizens of the town who d- clared that a body of men were arming out side the county to join with men within the county for the purpose of destroying property and inflicting personal Injuries on persans in Telluride. A dispatch received to-day from Telluride contained the news that twenty Finlanders left that place to-day. It Is inferred from this fact that the deportation of strikers and their families has been resumed by the military. It was reported to-day that the Western Federation of Miners had made a second appeal to President Roosevflt to send fed eral troops to Colorado. The union men take the ground that Governor Peabody only put martial law In force to prevent the injunction against the Citizens' Al liance becoming operative. It is further stated that the Governor has preventfd the deported men from enjoying their full rights as loyal American itizens, and the call on the President for aid contends that Governor Peabody Is violating the provi sions of the federal Constitution. TRINIDAD. Col., March 24. The coal miners' delegates exp-ct to rtach a vote on the proMsltin to return to work to-morrow. The convention is being held behind closed dcors by permission of Major Hill, commanding the troors. Martial law is in full force throughout Lns Animas county. Detachments of mili tary were sent to Scgundo to-day. VINNEDG VICT M ABERRATION MAD SON COUNTY NAMES A REPUBLICAN TICKET Spirited Contests Over Several Of fices Hold the Convention in Session Many Hours. STRONG TICKET PUT UP Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Maaren 24. For eleven and one-half hours the Republicans of Madison county remained in convention at the Grand Opera House to-day and nom inated what is conceded to be the best county ticket ever put up in this county. The convention was filled with exciting scenes, chief of which were the numerous clashes between the supporters and op ponents of Governor Durbin, the opponents of the Governor scoring heavily. 'The convention was called to order at 10:30. " 11. c: Stllwell, leader of the antis. was on the floor before County Chairman Parker, leader of the Durbin men, was well settled inhis seat, and moved the nomina tion of Judge H. H. Ryan as permanent chairman. Parker ignored the motion and called on the Rev. C. C. Cissell, of the Methodist Church, for an Invocation. Stil well again demanded recognition, and, fail ing, turned to the house and put a mo tion naming Ryan as permanent chair man himself. It carried amid a veritable uproar. George Lilly, chairman of the Eighth district, and Sheriff Tom Houston intervened as peacemakers, and Parker agreed to accept Ryan as chairman. D. D. Powell, as chairman of the committee on credentials, reported in favor of ac cepting the delegations as announced here tofore, which was done. Judge Ryan's address was a brief indorse ment of the Roosevelt administration and a eulogism of the efficacy of Republican prin ciples. It was enthusiastically cheered. Charles H. Neff was secretary of the con vention. There being no opposition. Senator W. A. Kittinger was renominated by acclamation. George Niehol, of Anderson, and E. C. Robinson, of Alexandria, were nominated for representatives on the first ballot, the other candidates being Robert Maranville of Pendleton, and the incumbent, Edward Mathews, of Richland township. Casslus M. Greenlee, of Elwood, was nominated for judge of the Superior Court by acclama tion. The fight for prosecuting attorney was the most bitter of the day. Albert H Ves tal, of Frankton; John C. Teegarden, of Andereon; John C. Shannon, of Alexandria and J. L. Richards, of Richland township' were the candidates. On the sixth bal lot Vestal drew 145 votes. Teegarden 159 and Shannot 51, and Shannon then withdrew Mr. Teegarden followed him, and Vestai was declared the nominee. George F Quick was nominated for treasurer by ac clamation. The fight for sheriff was bitter and long drawn. Richard Kirkham. of Anderson was regarded as the strongest candidate' and he led for three ballots, when E W Clifford withdrew in favor of Sol Smeltzer' of Elwood. and the latter waa named for the place. Edward J. Wilcox, for surveyor Dr. Charles Trueblood. for coroner, and E P. McMah'in and Jerome Brown, for com missioners, were named by acclamation. TRAGEDY FOLLOWS AN ELOPEMENT An Arkansas Father Kills the Man Who Ran Away with His Daughter. BATESVILLE, ATk.. March -24.-S. M. Hall, a well-known merchant of Austin. Lonoke county, was shot-and killed here last night by H. C. Hancock, of this place. Hall was shot three times. The tragedy was the sequel to the elope ment Of Hall and Miss Bessie Hancock, a daughter of H. C. Hancock, In January last. Hall recently returned to Arkansas and stated that he proposed to try to live down the past and resume business at Aus tin. Miss Hancock had been brought to her home by her father. Hall arrived In Batesville In the afternoon. Hancock made no formal statement of his reasons for kill ing Hall beyond the simple remark that Hall had led his daughter astray. Misa Hancock is a niece of Hall's wife. RUSSIA WILL ALSO BE BRAVE ON PAPER Moscow Firm Will Send Placards to China Descriptive of Rus sian Valor. MOSCOW, March 24. In order to conn teract the propaganda of the Japanese gov ernment, a firm here Is sending a number of placard and pictures to China, destrlp tiv of the valor of Ruian arm. DAMAGE AT HAMMOND Chicago Suburbs .Also Visited Casualties at Grand Rapids and Elsewhere. Special to th Indiana jH Journal. HAMMOND, Ind.. March 24.-A tornado like storm struck the Calumet region to night shortly before 8 o'clock and caused ' havoc. The little town of Indiana Harbor suffered most. Twenty-four houses wer wrecked. One person was killed and at least eight seriously Injured. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and detail are unobtainable. Two of the injured wer brought to this city in an ambulance. Names of victims, to far as learned, are: Dead. M. BARKER, proprietor of a clothin store, killed by falling walls. The Injured. HENRY VAN DINE, may die. MRS M. BARKER. TWO CHILDREN OF M. BARKER. EUGENE TRAVIS. WOMAN SERVANT OF THE BAR KERS. R. LOWENTHAL. GEORGE LOWENTHAL. Three ambulances and doctors from this city were sent to Indiana Harbor to bring the wounded to St. Margaret's Hospital and the Hammond Hospital. One ambulance arrived here at midnight bearing Messrs. Lowenthal and Travis. Both men wer taken to St. Margaret's Hospital. Connected stories of the storm cannot b obtained, all telegraphic and telephone communication between the two places having been cut off by it. Hammond is six miles from Indiana Harbor and the trolley lines are all down. The country between Is flooded by the heavy rains and wagon traf fic is practically at a standstill. The last ambulance In from the Harbor reports that f at least eight people were badly injured. It Is thought the reason that the storm did such damage at the Harbor is because many of the buildings were structures hastily erected. In Hammand and East Chicago te graph poles were blown down, street carsS tossed off the tracks and houses unroofed. Several minor injuries were reported at the police station, but no one was killed. The storm here was accompanied by a ter rific electric display, which put the city in darkness and strewed the streets with wires. MUCH DAMAGE DONE IN AND AROUND CHICAGO CHICAGO. March 24. One of the most se vere storms this city has known iu many years passed over Chicago to-night. Great damage was done in the suburbs to the south of the city, and there was consid erable loss north of the city proper. The storm did not strike the buslne.s portloft of the city In Its greatest force. In ithe vicinity of Indiana Harbor the storm was the most severe ever known there. One person is known to be dead aud several are fatally hurt. A two-story brick building, known as the Barker building, was blown down and a number of people who had sought shelter there were burled la the ruins. Mr. Barker was killed. The storm, covered the entire region around Hammond and Indiana Harbor, and was cyclonic in its nature. Telegraph and telephone wires are down. In addition to the Barker building, six other structures are demolished, and a hasty count has shown that at least thirty-two, are un roofed. It is reported that several workmen ar hurt at East Chicago, but it is impossible to obtain any information from there to night. For a distance of thirty miles from Indiana Harbor and Hammond, all the wires are down, and all the street car lines have . been put out of business by the blowing down of the wires. The storm created havoc in the town of Hammond. A number of residences were badly damaged, and two persons were In jured, but not fatally. One end of the large plant of the Republic Iron and Steel Company was blown down, causing a lo?3 of at leat.t J25fO0. . A number of business houses were unroofed and the city to-night is in darkness. So many of the electric light wires were blown down that the au thorities compelled the company to shut off all power, lest lives might be lost through contact with live wires. In the freight yards of the roads running through Ham mond much damage was done. The yards in many places were piled with wreckage. At Grand Crossing, eight milfs south of the city, a number of buildings wre wrecked, freleht cars blown about the yardä and the tracks of the railroads covered with debris to such an extent that the majority of incoming trains were compelled to call upon their passengers to at-sist la removing the wreckage from the tracks so that the trains could proceed. The telegraph and telephone companies suffered greatly south of the city. Up to midnight not a wire was working cast at Indiana Harbor on any of the three rail roads running through the place. Tele phone communication wrs joslb!? only as far as Whiting. Ind.. three miles west of Indiana Harbor. The tret cir lins run ning from Chicago in the direction of Whit ing and Indiana Harbor were all out of business, their wirs having been blown down in a number of places. To the north of the city the storm was also severe, much damaee havlns b- n don In the suburbs of Evan.ton. Rogers Park and Thornton. In ThoriKon the frame dwelling of E. Gardner was blown Into a stone quarry and was reducd to Mn11in wood. Gardner was fatally hurt and his wife suffered seriu Injuries. Several oth er people were Injured and It was impossi ble to summon aid by wire. Mounted me-:-rngers were sent to the town of Dilton. five mils away, to summon rndlcal aid. The Lutheran Church at Thornton was blown down and a number of residences damaged. The fall of rain wst an 3 nnrth of Evans ton was so heavy that the crops were bad ly damaged. It is said the lss to winter what In this section alone will amount O it midnight the tolerarh companies wer' still In bad i-hap" with small probability of being able to improve tr.fir service before to-morrow. In the city propcrno bulldinns were dam aged to any great extent, although there were a number of leveled chlmmys and thA tmok-tacks of a lew factories lot t