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News of Happenings in Indiana from the Journal's Correspondents
The Sunday Journal's
Prize Winners
NATAL DAY CELEBRATED
AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
PURÜUE STUDENTS GIVE
BIG FINANCIAL PLEDGES
FIRST EVIDENCE GIVEN
IN THE BAKER TRIAL
GILBERT WISHES TO
RUN FOR CONGRESS
TTTE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TüURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904.
Splendid Record of the Institution
During the Eighty-Four Years
of Its Life
DR. GLADDEN" S ADDRESS
il to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMIXOTOX. Ind.. Jan. 20 -Indiana
University is four score and four years old
to-day. With littln and impressive cere
monies the occasion was observed this
morning in the large gymnasium, which
was in its gladdest dress, decked with
cream and crimson, festoons of flags and
clusters of flowers and palms.
Over 7K) students, friends and alumni as
sembled this morning at 8 o'clock. The fac
ulty members and university officials gath
ered at the library and formed a line of
march which was headed by President
Bry an and Trustee Isaac Jenkinson, of Rich
mond. All of the line took seats on the
platform, which was elaborately decorated.
The principal address was made by the
Rev. Washington Gladden, I.I D-. of Co
lumbus, O., whose subject was "The Form
and the Substance of Culture." It was a
very serious and scholarly paper, In which
he pointed out the dangers of national op
timism. He censured Incapable leader
ship, under whi- h the affairs of the Nation
sometimes fall when compared with the
early part of the last century, at which
time educated men directed the course of
national progress. He regretted that the
scholars and leaders of Intellectual thought
were usually the last men to whom the
mas'." go for advice. The present ques
tion, he thought, Is how to get public af
fairs into the hands of capable leaders.
The need of the hour is to arouse the edu
cated men to their immediate responsibility.
Here, he pointed out. is the foundation of
our hope. The salvation of a democracy
Is in the Intelligence of Its voters.
Frank W. Thomas, of Danville, who
spoke In behalf of the students, made one
of the most thoughtful talks ever heard
from one of the student body on a similar
occasion.
Prof. Carl H. Eigenmann spoke for the
faculty. His subject was "Graduate Work
and Advance ? Degrees at Indiana." He
pointed out that the university had turned
out scores of eminent professors and lead
ing scholars who had taken first rank in
their respective fields of work.
Isaac Jenkinson. of Richmond, presidentof
the board of trustees, who for nearly forty
years has been connected with the uni
versity, spoke for the trustees, reviewing
the provisions of government, both national
and State, had made for education and
tracing the history of the university.
Beautiful music was furnished by the
University orchestra, under the direction of
Prof. ML Hiatt. Herr Edward Elbert
Buchheim, of Danville, gave a piano solo.
Indiana University is among the oldest
of the leading colleges of the West, having
been provided for in 1830, a few years after
Indiana was admitted to the Union. The
sum of $20.000 was appropriated by the
General Assembly of 1820, authorizing the
establishment of a college to be known as
a State seminary. Later the name was
changed to the Indiana College and after
wards to Indiana University. The first
graduating class went out in 1830 and num
bered only four. Last year's graduating
class numbered nearly 150. The total num
ber of graduates now on the university di
rectory exceeds 3,(00.
Governor Durbln had been invited to be
present and preside at the exercises this
morning. President Bryan read a letter
from the Governor, who regretted that
owing to a conflicting date, he was unable
to attend.
Dale J. Crittenberger, of Anderson, who
was on the programme, also was unable to
attend.
CHANGES PLANKED IN
LIBERAL ARTS COURSE
FpeHal to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTL.E. Ind., Jan. 20.-The facul
ty of De Pauw University since the middle
of last week has been holding daily sessions
to consider the adjustment of the new
course arrangement. The general plan of
the course in the liberal arts department is
to be changed, the alteration including the
addition of work, probably in all depart
ments. A committee of the faculty has been
appointed to draw up a tentative plan to bo
submitted to the faculty as a whole for con
sideration. If extra work is required there
must be a shifting of the hours throughout
the department, with at least one hour of
recitations in the afternoon, something
ivhic h the science professors object to, as it
will interfere with their laboratory work. A
change from the present plan will make
laboratory work in the forenoons necessary
lor some classes, with the use of additional
assistants in the various science depart
ments n lecturing and superintending labor
atory work. The change undoubtedly will
be made, but not until next year.
TRAINMEN INJURED.
Three Pennsylvania Employes
Hurt in Collision at Davis.
FORT WAYNE. Ind., Jan. 20 Pennsylva
nia baggage, mail and express train No. 25,
westbound, collided with a freight at Davis,
Ind.. to-day. Engineer J. C. McCarthy.
Fireman L F. Kring and one of the express
messengers were injured. The express train
was carrying no passengers. None of the
Injured is in a serious condition.
Defendant Sustained liy Jury.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE. Ind.. Jan. 20. -The Jury which
heard the evidence in the case brought by
Oliver Porter against his sister. F.valine I.
Wells, over the will of their sister. Mrs.
Rhoda Benham. a Spiritualist, found for the
defendant, sustaining the $20.000 bequest.
Unusual Interest attached to the case be
cause the testatrix was a Spiritualist, and
because her fri ni. Mrs. Alemla Leeds. alo
a Spiritualist, testified that Mrs. Benham
had consulted with her husband after his
death regarding the management of prop
erty. Many Inmates Still Sick.
peolal to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Jan. 20 The epi
demic of measles and pneumonia which has
affected over a hundred of the children in
fit Joseph's Orphan Asylum, causing the
death of two. h is somewhat subsided, but
there are still three score of sick boys in
the Institution and the Sisters of St. Fran
cis are working night and day taking care
f them. There are about ten very serious
OS) am and some of these are not expected
to
Shot lllmelf In the Lea.
?1&1 to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. Jan. 20 -Luther
Querln. aged fifteen, of this city, while pre
paring to resist a fancied hold-up op the
road home late last night discharged his
pistol In his pocket, seriously Injuring him.
tike ball Howlng eight Inches downw.ud
In the fleshy part of his left leg. He will
recover If blood poisoning does not int i -ene.
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Each Class to Contribute $1,000
to the Memorial Gvmnasium
Fund Graduate Gifts.
OTHERS TO CONTRIBUTE
Special to the Indianapolis Journal!
LAFAYETTE. Ind., Jan. 20. At a meet
ing of Purdue students held at Fowler
Hall this morning the four classes with
much enthusiasm pledged themselves to
contribute $1.000 apiece to the memorial
gymnasium fund, a substantial nucleus for
which was started by the Big Four Rail
way Company's gift of $15.000 last Sat
urday. The meeting this morning was
ample evidence of the support students will
give to the gymnasium project. L. Mur
ray Grant, former president of the athletic
association, presided, and President Stone
made the first talk. He officially an
nounced the Big Four's gift and said the
townspeople would contribute generously.
He also .aid students and alumni would
make donations and that he hoped to see
the fund increased to J50.000 In two months.
Harry G. Iveslie, lately returned from the
Indianapolis hospital, then hobbled to the
stage with the aid of crutches and was
entered again and again. He spoke for
the senior class and said that at meet
ing of the class held yesterday it was de
cided to give $1,000 to the memorial fund.
McPartland, the baseball player, snoke for
the juniors and said his class mid do
as well as the seniors. Georg. Meyers
spoke for the sophomores and J. Räber for
the freshmen, each pledging his class to
swell the fund.
Athletic Director Cutts was called for and
he said a good gymnasium was necessary
for the development of good athletes. R.
Caswell, a senior, proposed that all classes
take immediate action in regard to raising
the money and the motion carried like a
whirlwind. A. J. Crane, a member of the
ll"ß class, which was graduated last June.
said that his class had pledged $850 to pre
sent to the university as a ''lass present.
The meeting closed with continued cheers
and songs.
Plan to Raise a Rntlding Fond.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind., Jan. 20.-At the con
ference of the Y. M. C. A. workers last
night In the Council chamber, it was de
cided that in order to raise the remainder
of the $50.000 fund for the erection of a
Y. M. C. A. building, 700 shares would be
issued in the sum of $36 a share. This will
make a total of $25,200. The shares will be
payable monthly, quarterly, semi-annuaily
or annually for three years. The commit
tees will begin work at once.
NEW MEN TAKE THE
PLACE OF STRIKERS
Efforts Are Bein Made to Reopen
the Diamond Window Glass
Plant at Gas City.
Special to the Indianapoll Journal.
MAPvION. Ind.. Jan. 20. W. L. Llr.dhard.
president of the Diamond window glass fac
tory at Gas City, stated this evening that
he was arranging to secure blowers to take
the place of those In thirty shops who went
on strike Tuesday afternoon. Five new
shops will go to work to-morrow morning
and others will be added as rapidly as the
men can be secured. Blowers from Muncie
and Wheeling are being secured.
The thirty shops, representing 125 work
men, quit yesterday afternoon because of a
disagrement e ver the wage scale. The men
commenced work two weeks ago at 50 per
cent, under the Philadelphia wage scale.
They demand that their contract be changed
so that they will receive but 25 per cent,
lower than the Philadelphia scale. The men
met this morning and decided not to return
to work. As soon as the decision of the men
was made public the factory management
commenced to arrange for new men.
"OFF AGIN; ON AG' IN."
Big Four Train Jumped the Track
and Returned to It.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART. Ind.. Jan. 20. The Big Four
passenger train which leaves Indianapolis
at 4:45 p. m. on Tuesday had a narrow
escape from a bad wreck near Bolivar.
Heavy bumping caused the engineer to
stop, and when the train was backed about
thirty-five rods it was ascertained that a
ten-foot piece of rail had been broken and
was entirely out of place and that all of
the wheels of the three cars and part of
the engine had run over the ties and
climbed the end of the rail.
The incident happened on a straight
stretch of track, which makes the incident
all the more remarkable. Had it been the
inner rail of a curve It would not have
been unprecedented.
Indianlan Killed In Oklahoma.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BULLtTAN, Ind.. Jan. 20. A telegram
was received here to-day stating that Ed
ward Burke, a former resident of this coun
ty, was accidentally killed yesterday by
falling from a train near his home, at
Stroud, O. T. He was a brother of Homer
Burke, of this county.
Death From Membranous Cronp.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Jan. 20. Within five
days Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Smith have
lost two children from membranous croup,
which seems to be epidemic in West- Lafay
ette. The first to die was a two-year-old
child and to-day their son Calvin, aged
four, died of the same ailment.
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Hartford City Man's Tongue
Forced to Roof of His Mouth
by Their Development.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Jan. 20-For
more than two weeks C. D. Miller, of 906
West Fulton street, this city, has been un
able to eat or sleep, owing to his tongue
being shoved to the roof of hij mouth. He
suffered severely and was unable to secure
relief or have the case properly diagnosed.
Yesterday he submitted to an operation,
and it waa found that two teeth had grown
downward under the tongue to the depth
of more than half an inch. Both were ex
tracted, and Miller can get his breath with
out an effort. Physicians say it is one of
the rnoßt peculiar cases that has ever came
to their notice, and account for it by the
submaxillar ducts becoming clogged and
lime deposits having formed to that depth
In the
n of teeth.
oil to in puny Organised.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind.. Jan. 30.-Articles of in
corporation for th- Shldeler Oil Company
were filed for record to-day. the capital
stock being placed at $10.000. divided into
10 U00 shares of $1 each. The company has
b ases on the Isaac Beal. Abraham Stude-
biiker and John Knox farms, In all 240
acres, east of Shldeler, within a short dis
tance of the Albany gusher, and a rig has
been placed in position for Immediate drilling-
The officers are: Claude C. Ball,
.i.-sld :;t. T'-nv c Hefe!. lot president;
Fred R. Decker, general manager: John Q.
Otatot, secretary; O. Ü. Brown, treasurer,
all of Muncie.
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GOTTT.IKB HITZEMANN.
Treasurer of the Indiana Retail Merchants'
Association.
SOUTH BEND MEETING
OF INDIUM RETAILERS
Annual Convention of the State
Organization Is Holding a
Successful Session.
TALKS ABOUT METHODS
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND. Ind.. Jan. 20. The first
session of the Indiana Retail Merchants
Assoeiation in this city was called to order
in the Oliver Hotel by President H. M.
Cook, of Evansville, Ind. Mayor Edward
J. Fogerty welcomed the 1.200 visitors to
the city, and W. H. Madden, of Evans
ville, in behalf of the association, made the
response. The association will continue Id
session over Thursday and will transact
more important business than has been
transacted at any previous meeting of the
association. Yesterday was devoted to
the reception and registration of delegates.
The real business of the association began
this morning when the committee on cre
dentials made its report. This was fol
lowed by the reading of the minutes of the
previous convention, and Organizer E. R.
Moope. of Stuth Bend, made a detailed re
port of the efforts in behalf of the associa
tion during the past year. This was fol
lowed by the reports of seven other com
mittees. Among the speakers were Treas
urer N. A. Moore, of Indianapolis; A. J.
Dittae. of Fort Wayne, and T. M. Mad
den, of Evansville. Each address was fol
lowed by a general discussion. National
President G. R. Latt. National Secretary
Fred Mason. D. B. Jacobs, of Lafayette,
Charles EL Taylor and A. J. Mears. of In
dianapolis, T. C. Taylor, of Princeton, A.
M. Praut, Vincennes. and M. L. Corey, of
Argos. addressed the association.
M. L. Corey brought up the parcels post
bill and the penny post bill now before the
Congress for discussion, and the conven
tion went on record as being decidedly
against both bills. A letter in opposition
to the parcels post bill from Senator Bev
eridge was read. The attitude of Con
ki ssman A. L. Brick, of this city, relative
to the measures was also learned. He says
he is opposed to the measure and always
has been.
The report of the auditing committee will
be made en Thursday morning and will be
followed by addresses of merchants, in
cluding Fred Meyer, of Lafayette, Fred
Hertwig, of Terre Haute, J. Cadden, of
Evansville, Joseph E. Williams, of South
Bend. W. F. Foster, of Kendall ville. W. F.
Racey, of Vincennes. and If. E. Clark, of
Michigan City. These addresses will deal
exclusively with the unanimous methods
employed by the speakers.
The final session will be held Thursday
afternoon. J. S. Mills, of Seymour, W. H.
Legg. of Logansport and William Shields,
of Monticello, will deliver addresses. In
the evening a banquet will be served in the
banquet hall of the Oliver Hotel, the visit
ing delegates being the guests of honor.
An enjoyable feature of the convention was
the smoker and vaudeville entertainment
at the Oliver Hotel this eveniug.
The present officers of the association
are W. M. Cook, of Evansville, president;
Fred Meier. Lafayette, vice president;
Gottlieb Hitzeman. Fort Wayne, secretary;
M. A. Moore. Indianapolis, treasurer.
The arrangements for the convention
were made by the South Bend Merchants
Association, the officers of which are: F.
R. Moore, president; Max Llvington, vice
president; W. T. Kelley. secretary; Sol
Fox. treasurer. These gentlemen, with W.
H Brigger. T. C. Balrd. F. A. Wesbury,
A. M. Jones and W. M. Meier, constitute
the board of directors.
Birth of a Tiny Mite.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind.. Jan. 20.-What Is be
lieved to be the smallest child ever born
in northern Indiana, came into the world
at Roanoke last night, when Mrs. Roy Ir
vln, the wife of a farmer, gave birth to an
infant that weighed only a pound and a
half. The little one is perfectly formed.
taKes nourishment regularly, and appar
ently is normal n every respect.
Ohio Gorges are Broken.
EVANSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 20 River con
ditions were slightly improved on the. Ohio
river to-day by the breaking of the gorges
at Troy. Ind., and Cloverport, Ky. The
gorge at Trov was about three miles long
and that at Cloverport was not quite so
large. No damage is expected from the
breaking of the gorges.. The Wabash river
is still closed to navigation.
THREE GOOD
OIL WELLS
ARE
IN IN JAY
New Producers Good for 250, 200
and 50 Barrels Are Success
fully Opened.
Speeial to the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind., Jan. 20-To-day was
a remarkable day for the Jay county oil
field. Three big wells, opening entirely
new territory, were drilled In different parts
of the county. Well No. 1, on the Emanuel
Reef farm, in Wabash township, was drilled
and shot by the Colonel Drake Oil Com
pany to-day. Previous to the shot. U0Q feet
of lluid stood in the hole, indicating a pro
duction of 250 barrels at least.
A well on the John C. Bailey farm, north
of Bryant by Heeter & Gilchrist, was shot
and following the shot ninety feet of fluid
stood in the hole. The well will be good for
200 barrels.
Wall No. 1. ou the Smith Bothers farm,
five miles north of this city, was drilled iu
by the lndiana-W st Virginia Oil Company,
and will make fifty barrels daily.
Wiimnw Criminal Arrested.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SOITH BEND. Ind.. Jan. 2o.-James Ken
nedy, alias Jim Costello. one of the most
dangerous criminals in Indiana, is held by
the local police on suspicion. He was found
in the company of a local man who has a
lug criminal record, and, although he at
first denied his identity, he finally admitted
that he was the Warsaw crook. Kennedy
was In straits when placed under arrest,
having very little clothing and being with
out money. Usually he presents a prosper
ous condition, and. as he is well educated,
he frequently parses as a man of reflne-
BROUGHT
Eye-Witness Details the Killing of
Kiser at Elwood Before the
Jury at Anderson.
XO BLOW WAS STRUCK
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 20.-The trial of
A. J. Baker, of Elwood, for the murder of
Fred Kiser, of that city, last September, is
attracting unusual interest in the Madison
Circuit Court. The courtroom has been
crowded to its utmost. The State claims
that it was cold-blooded murder and that
Baker's intimate relations with Kiz.'r's
wife wa3 the immediate cause. The selec
tion of a Jury was accomplished with un
usual difficulty.
The case is being stubbornly contested by
Baker's attorneys. Judge McClure is
watching the case closely and issued an at
tachment this afternoon for a witness who
left without permission of the court. Dr.
Stockhard, who made the postmortem ex
amination after Kizer's death, v.as the first
witness to testify. He explained the na
ture of the wound. Policeman Henze. who
arrested Baker, was the next witness. He
did not see the shooting, but was in a
neighboring drug store and being attracted
by the report of the revolver ran to the
scene. Policeman Henze says the first re
mark Baker made to him after his arrest
was, "Charlie. 1 had to do it." That was
not no more than two minutes after the
shooting.
H. D. Ballard, an upholsterer at 1410 West
Main street, was an eyewitness to the trag
edy. Ballard was sitting on a dray. He
saw Baker standing on the bank corner
engaged In conversation with a man who
was a stranger to him. Ballard says he
saw Kizer approach and make a move as
if to place his left hand on Baker's right
shoulder. Baker stepped back a few steps
and Kiser again approached In the same
manner. Baker continued to step back
ward, and as he did so pulled a revolver
from his pocket, which he aimed at Ki
zer's breast. Baker held the revolver In
that position, so the witness says, five or
six seconds, and then pulled the trigger.
At the time of the shooting the two men
were five or six feet apart. The witness
ald no blows were struck by Kizer be
fore the shooting and no attempt was made
by him to strike Baker.
LODGE HALL DEDICATED.
Prosperous Fairview Odd Fellows
in Commodious Quarters.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
REDKEY, Ind., Jan. 20. Falrview Lodge,
No. 154, I. O. O. F.. dedicated its new hall
at Falrview, six miles south of here, to
night with elaborate ceremonies. All the
lodges for many miles around participated
in the exercises. The membership of the
lodge is almost altogether from the sur
rounding wealthy farming community and
is drawn from Randolph, Jay and Dela
ware counties. The lodge was instituted in
1855, being the second of the order in the
county.
The new building Is 43x80 feet, with com
modious lodge and ante-rooms, with a ban
quet hall and accessories on the first floor.
There was work in all degrees and a large
class was initiaterj.
WALKED INTO A TRAP.
Coal Miner Who Is Wanted for
Rioting at London, Ky.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Jan. 20 When the
sheriff of Laurel county, Kentucky, saw the
name of Robert Tyree published in connec
tion with the shooting of two men at Fon-
tanet by Andrew Patterson, he sent word to
arrest him for rioting in London, Ky. Pat
terson was in the same riot.
To-day the latter was sentenced to serve
two to fourteen years for shooting with in
tent to kill, and as the officers had not found
Tyree they left word for him to call at the
Jail and see his friend before the latter was
taken to prison. He walked into the trap.
Both men are coal miners.
Flood Feared at 1 o f a e 1 1 e.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Jan. 20. On account
of the heavy rains last night and to-day.
and the consequent thaws here and above
this point, the Wabash river is swollen far
beyond the normal stage, and a serious flood
is threatened. There is an ice jam above
the city, but no danger Is apprehended from
that source. As yet the river is not out of
its bounds, but it is rising rapidly, and if
present conditions continue for twenty-four
hours longer it is probable that the bottom
lands will be submerged and extensive dam
age wrought.
District Meeting of Red Men.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind., Jan. 20 Elab
orate preparations are bidng made for the
district meeting of the Red Men to be held
here on April 22. Among the men promi
nent in the order who will attend are
Thomas G. Harrison, great Icohonoe, and
Charles E. Sedgwick, grand sachem. Rep
resenta tives will be here from New Albany,
Bedford. Bloomington, North Vernon. Mad
ison, Seymour, Columbus. Scottsburg. Sa
lem, Corydon, Charlestown, Bethlehem,
Sellersburg and other points.
lee Cause Cloning: of Fnetory.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TELL CITY, Ind., Jan. 20. The Chair
makers' Union of this city has shut down.
The factory Is without timber. It has a
large amount of logs and lumber up the
river, to be towed down, but, on account of
the Ice gorge in the Ohio river above
IlMwesville. Ky., It is compelled to close till
the river clears.
NEW TRIAL DEMANDED
BK BOTH THE LITIGANTS
Unusual Outcome of a Damage
Suit at Wabash in Which Heavy
Verdict Was Given.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, tad., Jan. 20 It is not often
that both plaintiff and defendant In a dam
age case in which a large sum has been
awarded the plaintiff by a jury ask a new
trial, but that anomaly was presented in
the Wabash Circuit Court to-day, when the
attorneys for the Fort Wayne & Southwest
ern Traction Company, the defendant, and
counsel for O. H. Dixon, the plaintiff, asked
for a new trial.
The case was the outgrowth of an acci
dent in Huntington a year or more ago.
Dixon, the plaintiff, was riding in a hack
belonging to n liveryman. M. B. Stults,
which was driven rapidly out of the barn
ami upon the interurban track just as a car.
without lights, was backing toward the
power house. The driver did not see the
car. a collision resulted and Dixon was per
manently Injured. He sued both Stults and
the company, and after a week's trial here
the jury returned a verdict for $5.750 against
the company, and found for the other de
fendant. Stults.
The company believes the verdict unjust,
and asks for a new trial, while Dixon wants
another trial because in the verdict it is
not specified that the plaintiff. Dixon, is
awarded the damages, the verdict being
merely against the interurban company.
Funernl of "Poor Mim Friend.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
I ' UBANA. 111., Jan. 2u.-Every business
house in the city closed to-day on order of
the mayor for the funeral of C. A. Besore,
known locally as "the poor man's friend.''
it was the largest funeral ever held in the
city.
Lieutenant Governor Announces
His Candidacv for Twelfth Dis
trict Nomination.
WANTS ROBINSON'S SEAT
FORT WAYNE. Ind., Jan. 20. Lieutenant
Governor Newton W. Gilbert to-day made
the following announcement:
"In view of the fact that numerous per
sons from various parts of this district
are asking whether or not I will be a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Congress, I feel it my duty to say that
after full deliberation I have concluded to
ask my friends for their support. The Re
publican party owes no man anything,
while everyone who has lived under the
beneficent influences of its policies owes It
much; but, if in the wisdom of the dele
gates to the district congressional conven
tion, I am selected to represent them upon
the ticket I pledge myself to election in
November and to give my best efforts so
to represent this great and growing district
In the Congress that it may occupy the
place in the politics of our Nation, to which
it is entitled."
FOURTH DISTRICT IS
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBI'S. Ind.. Jan. 20. William E.
Springer, chairman of the Fourth district.
was In the city from Elizabethtown to
day and is as pleased with the situation
in the Fourth district as any one could be
where there is a Democratic majority of
something like 2,000. "I never said that
the Republicans would carry the Fourth
district," said Mr. Springer. "We cannot
hope to carry the district with such a
majority against us. but one thing we can
and will do, we will give the Democrats
the hardest flght they ever had and If we
reduce their majority to something less
than it has been we shall have accomplished
something, after all."
Primaries at an Early Date.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE. 111.. Jan. 20. The Repub
lican county central committee this after
noon fixed Feb. 13 as the date for holding
the Vermilion county Republican primary.
The candidates to be selected are congress
man, state senator, one representative, cir
cuit clerk, state's attorney and coroner. All
candidates to be voted for must announce
not later than Jan. 30.
Primary Date Fixed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
1 ".VAN'S VILLE, Ind., Jan. 20. The Demo
cratic primary election in Dubois county
to vote for a candidate for Congress was
to-day set for Feb. 13. There are two can
didates, Congressman W. T. Zenor and W.
E. COX.
New Advisory Board Member.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KNOX, Ind., Jan. 20. James H. State, an
Elkhart attorney, has been named as a
member of the advisory board for the Thir
teenth congressional district.
Election by I'nion Team Owners.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 20. The In
ternational Team Owners' Union finished
the business of its convention to-day. Sev
eral changes were made in the constitu
tion and by-laws. The following officers
were elected:
J. S. Church, Ashtabula, O., president;
John Fogarty, Minneapolis, vice president;
Jasper Clark. Toledo, O., secretary-treasurer;
P. O. Randolph, Piqua. O., George
Knapp, Mansfield. O., and Fitch Mitchell,
Linden. Ind., trustees. The next conven
tion will be held at Toledo.
Alleged Former Arrested.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind., Jan. 20. Frank Touhey,
wanted at Decatur for some time on a
charge of forgery, was arrested here to
night. Touhey was engaged in a quiet card
gamp when taken. It is charged that he
forged the name of his father-in-law, Capt.
W. F. Wheadon. of Van Buren, to a cer
tificate of deposit calling for $S0O. The al
1. ged forgery, it Is averred, was committed
on April 2P, last. Touhey refused to tell
where he has been or anything of his con
duct since spring.
Seeks to Set Aside a Sale.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Jan. 20. Among the
creditors of the Toby Glove Company is the
firm of Burnham, Stoefel & Co., of Detroit,
with a claim of $3.869. It has employed
Breen & Morris to set aside the sale of the
physical property of the company and its
good will several months ago to the Boss
Manufacturing Company, of this city, alleg
ing the sale to be fraudulent. F. M.
Schmaltz, proprietor of the bankrupt com
pany, Is employed as manager of the Boss
Company.
Bids on a Castle Hall.
Sperlal to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 20. The bids for
the construction of the new Knights of
Pythias castle hall were opened here this
afternoon, the lowest being that of Coats &
Co., of this city, for $26,500. There were six
other bids, the highest being that of Hege &
Co., of this city. $29.484. All the bids were
r I rr d to the building committee and the
contract will be let in the next day or two.
Work will be begun in a short time.
STATE BESTS IN THE
ABEL MURDER TRIAL
Defense Introduces Witnesses to
Show that the Dead Man
Was the Aggressor.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN. Ind.. Jan. 0.-The trial of
Cudwlth Abel for murder dragged slowly
to-day. owing to the absence of witnesses
for the State. Attachments were issued
at noon for the sheriff and coroner of
Bartholomew county, but the former was
not found and the State's case was closed
at 3:30 o'clock without his testimony. The
aged mother and the widow of the mur
dered man were on the stand this after
noon, testifying as to the death of young
Abel. Several witnesses testified to the
shooting by Cudwith Abell and to his
threatening others 1 Immediately after the
trabedy, especially George Schlechter, for
mer town marshal, wh'm, it is stated, he
threatened to put a hole through.
Immediately after the close of the case
by the State, the defeuse began the Intro
duction of evidence. The depositions of
John Adams and Andrew Johnson were
read. They were former employes of the
defendant and eye-witnesses of the trag
edy. They testified that the dead man was
the aggressor in the dispute and that he
attacked Cudwlth Abel; that the latter,
who was so badly crippled by rheumatism,
warned him to quit striking him or he
would shoot; that the young man did not
heed the warning and the defendant fired
over his head and the attack not ceasing
then, the fatal shot was fired.
Another eyewitness, also an employe of
Abel, testified to the same effect. Testimo
ny was given by the men that the deceased
had frequently called his uncle abusive
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bright conundrums, etc.
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CORONER TESTIFIES IN
THE 1EAMMUIDEB TRIAL
He Controverts in Advance the
Theory of the Defense Concern
ing Epileptic Attack.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind.. Jan. 30.-The sixth day
of the Beam murder trial was consumed
with hearing the evidence of Dr. Carson,
coroner of Porter county, who is the main
witness for the State. His evidence re
garding the finger marks on the girl's
throat and symptoms of hand throttling
could not be shaken by a bitter cross-examination.
Dr. Carson created a stir by taking issue
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jurist regarding epileptic symptoms. The
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