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THE INDIANAPOLIS
JOUBNAL
A INS
VOL.
INDORSE ROOSEVELT
FOR PRESIDENT UND
Republican Editors Declare for
the Present Leaders ot
Their Tarty.
SENATORS COMMEXDED
Declaration fcr Re-Election
Albert J. Beveridge to
the Senate.
Ot
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEX
W. S. Montgomery and R. S.
Truitt to Manage Affairs of
As.s ciation.
Walter 8. Montgomery, editor of tht
Or- r.fild Rspobltcaa. is the new president
of tbe Indiana Republican Editorial Asso
ciation. He was ' tüi Just before the
adjournment of the final session of the
convention yesterday afternoon over Harry
A. Strohm, of Kntlnnd. and upon Mr.
Strohm's motion the election of Mr. Mont
gomery was made unanimous. Mr. Mont
gomery has been the v cretary of the asso
ciation for the la.t three years, and has
been an indefatigable worker for the or
ganization. Largely through his efforts
fifty new members have been brought into
the association within the last two years,
thirty of them having been added to the
lists during the year Just closed.
Mr. Moutgomery will be succeeded as
fcrotary by R. S. Truitt. of the Noblesvlllc
Ledger, who was unanimously elected. The
committee on nomination reported two
candidates for secretary, Mr. Truitt and
H. M. Smith, of the Greencastle Banner,
but Mr. Smith withdn w his name and
made the motion that Mr. Truitt's election
be by acclamation.
Another important action of the closing
session was the adoptlou of resolutions
Indorsing President Roosevelt for the pres
idential nomination, praising Senator M. A.
Hanna, of Ohio, and urging that he remain
at the bead of the national committee, in
dorsing Governor Durbln and other State
officers. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge
and the members of the Indiana Republican
congressional delegation and Republican
State Chairsnan Jamea P. Goodrich, and de
claring for the re-election of Senator Ber
ertdga. The other officers elected by the associa
tion were :
First Vice President C. F. Bicknell, Fort
Wayne.
Second Vice President Charles S. Haas,
IWabeifc.
Treasurer A. M. WIHoughby. Greensburg.
Executive Committee President and sec
retary, ex omcto. and H. M. Smith, Green
castle. J. D. Hogat-, Danville, and A. R.
Kersting. Logansport.
legislativ '..minittee First district. John
Chewning. Rockport; Second. VV. B. Mad
dock. IU"omfleld: Third. J A Kt tnp, Salem;
Fourth. E. A. itemy. Seymou-; Fifth. A. A.
Hargrave. Rockville; 8ixth. GüQfm A. El
liott. New Castle; Seventh, Leo K. Fessler,
In-Uanapoii. Kighth. Frank Braden. Port
land: Ninth, Ed T Staloy. Tipton; Tenth. A.
A. Bibbers. Crown Point; Eleventh. A. W.
Tray. Hartford City; Twelfth, K O. Rose.
Angola; Thirteenth, C. W. Rlddlck, Wina-
mac.
Delegates to .' :r, f Nat; nal Repub
lican E.itortal Association at Washington
in February J. A. KiUitr.. Kokomo; M. C.
Gerber. Madison; E. I . Rose, Angola.
Delegates to Meeting of National Editorial
Association at St. Louis In May R. E. Ma
ranville, Pendleton: A. W. Tracy, Hartford
City; Rose Voris. Frunklin; J. A K mp. Sa
lem; J. B. Hedge. Wort hlngton ; Murk O.
Waters. New Castle; Gil R. Stormont.
Princeton.
The various committees for the meeting
were as follows:
Resolutions- H. A. Strohm, Kentland; M.
C. Garber. Madison; M. W. Pershing. Tip
ton; George VY Patchell, Union City; E. G.
Rose, Angola.
Auditing- J. I. Howvate. Danville; S. N.
Cragun, Lebanon, M. O. Waters, New
Castle.
Nomination?! J. A. Kautz. Kokomo; A.
W. Howard. Sp ncer; T. J. Brooks. Bed
ford; H. M. Smith. Greencastle; Will BeeT
son. Winchester.
The resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted by a rising vote, were as follows:
"The Indiana Republican Editorial Asso
ciation, aasembbd in regular meeting for
1904, declare their continued unfaltering
allegiance to Republican principles and
policies, which have brought such great
prosperity to the American nation and car
ried the blessings of liberty and' Just gov
ernment to all its inhabitants.
"We reassert the Republican doctrine of
equality of even Aniitcwi citizen before
the law and in the use of the elective fran
chise. '"The Republican press of Indiana heart
ily approve and indorse the courageous,
wise and patriotic administration of Theo
dore Roosevelt as President of the Cnited
States, and we most emphatically fnvor his
nomination and election for another term
In the ofnYe so ablv and acceptably filled
by him. and we pledge our most earnest
efforts to thin end.
"Th Republican press of Indiana, recog
nising th wise counsel and splendid abil
ity of Senator M. A. Hanns as chairman of
the Republican national committee, cordial
ly express their appreciation of the same
and express hope th.u he will continue in
the same capacity for another term.
"The wise administration of State affairs
under Governor Wintield T. DurMn has
our hearty approval und we commend his
successful efforts to bring additional honors
to Indiana through an efficient State ad
ministration. We not.- with approval the
seconding of Governor Durbln" good work
by the State officers, In whose record of
efli eleu es we have just pride.
"We send greetings to our senior and
Junior senators. Fairbanks and Beveridge,
who have brought honor to Indiana by their
great ability in the United States Senate,
and w declare our loyal support to Albert
J. Be v. ridge for his re-election to the Sen
ate by the next Legislature.
"The ability, wisdom and patriotism of
Indiana's representatives in Congress is a
matter of just st it. pride. Tbe loyalty of
our Republic. hi congressmen to the
cardinal doctrines of the party
of Llrcoln. I' ' -on. McKinley and Roost -velt
haa our enthusiastic approval, and we
applaud their ability as advocates and de
fenders of Republican principles and pol
icies "Hon. J.im-.i l Goodrich, chairman, arid
bis associates OB the State central eorhmit
tee have our uuiud supjHirt a i.l co-opera -tlon
in th. essentia! and irnjxirtant public
service of keeping the State of Indiaua in
the Republican column, with our banners
yet hierher advanced, and every pledge for
the public welfare, through the agency of
eur party, sacredly kept and fulfilled."
RESOLUTIONS OF SORROW.
Resolutions expressing the sorrow of the
members of the association at the of
George J. Laugsdale. of Indianapolis, and
Amos C. Beson. of Winchester, both of
whom died during the past year, were
adopted by a unanimous vote, and memori
als on the !iv s and characters of the two
imn were ordered spread upon the rec
ords of the association. Both Mr. Ianas
gale and Mr 15 .son were active Jn the
organizati on of the Indiana Republican Ed-
ttoriai Association, which was effected
t enty-seven years ago.
The thanks of the association were ten
d' rt -1 to the management of the Clay pool
Hotel and to J. B. w hitehead, of the A mar
! jn Press Association and other repre
sentatives of the supply house for cour
tesies extended to the editors and their
wives.
The business sessions of the association
were opened at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing in the assembly r.,ora of the t'lavpool
President Stivers, of Liberty, road his an
nual address, tu which he referred to the
giKAU g of the aasoc utioa
WEEKLY FFT V'MSHKH
DAIUT WTABL1SHED 1964.
HANNA
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CHAIRMAN
T TV. NO. 23
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And Now They Say Mr. Bryan Has a New Sik Hat.
THIRTY-SEVEN ARE DEAD:
MORE THAN 100 INJURED
Nearly Half the Residents, of
Moundsville, Ala., Mangled
by a Tornado.
XIGIIT SCF.XK OF TI-.RROR
Storm Struck the Place While Peo
ple Were Asleep and Blew
Them Out of Bed.
TUSCALOOSA. Ala., Jan. 22.-A disas
trous tornado swept over Moundville, Ala.,
a town of 300 inhabitants, fifteen miles
south of Tuscaloosa, early to-day, and as
a result thirty-seven persons were killed
and more than one hundred injured. Every
business house, with the exception of a
small drug store, was completely destroyed.
The tornado struck the city from the
southwest and mowed a path a quarter of
a mile wide through the town.
Following is a list of tho white persons
killed:
E. P. SEYMOIR. of Nashville. Tenn.,
who accepted his position as operator at
the railroad station last evening.
A. M. WARREN, of Birmingham, em
ployed by the Alabama Grocery Company.
J. 11. REDMOND, superintendent of the
pumping station, formerly of Nashville,
Tenn.
ROBERT S. POWERS, of Tuscaloosa.
MISS NETTIE FARLEY.
The negro dead are: W. N. Miles, wife
and six children: Albert Holston, wife and
three children; Ike Holston, wife and three
children; other negroes unidentified.
Following is a partial list of the seriously
injured whites: Mrs. V. A. Grubbs. of
Kentucky, dislocated hip; R. .. Griffin,
sprained back; Mrs. R. L. Griflin, arm
broken; Lee Griffin, badly bruised; A. B.
Griftiu, eyes torn out; Mrs. Farley, fa .
cut and ankle broken; Mr. Galley, badly
cut; Mrs. Gailey. badly eut; Mrs. F. T.
Gailey, badly lacerated. Mrs. Farley, blind
ed; A. R. Taylor, leg broken; Mrs. Mc
Caney, chest c rushed.
BLOWN FROM BEDS.
Surgeons were rushed to Moundville from
Greensboro and Tuscaloosa and all possible
w.is done to alleviate the sufferings of the
injured. By the force of the storm persons
were blown hundreds of fast from their
beds in the blackness of night. Through
terror a fath r. mother and three children
fled from their Imme to seek refuge, ami in
their excitement left a live-year-old boy in
bed. To-day he was pulled from beneath
some timber and thus far it is impossible
to find any other member of the family.
Bedding, carpets and wearing apparel are
scattered for a distance of ten miles
through what was a forest, but which
is now as clear as though cut by the
woodman's ax.
Freight cars were torn to splinters, the
trucks from them being hurled hundreds
of feet from th- track.
The depot, the hotel, the warehouses,
gins, thirty homes, the storehouses occu
pied by R. L. Griffin. A. W. Wiggins &
Son. J. W. Dominiek. A. D. Griffin and
P Phtfsr, together with their sto.
Wate completely destroyed Where they
stood it is impossible to Mud even the pil
lars upon which these structures rested.
Bales of cotton, which were stored in
warehouses, wer torn to atoms, the fras
:n ' of lint lodging in trees, making it
appear as though that section had been
visited by a snowstorm. Heavy iron safes,
the doors of whlrh in some instances i e
torn from their hingvs. wt re carried away
by the foree of the wind.
A young clerk, employed ty w. p. phifer,
hearing the terrible roaring of the storm,
let himself into a well in the renter of the
store. He had no sooner found his place
of safety when the siore was completely
demolished. He was drawn out uninjured.
Ilutoc i: I sew here in Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 22 A h oy
wind prevailed all over north Alabama early
this morning, aud rain fell in torrents. At
North Birmingham, three miles from this
city, thirty-six houses were demolished or
badly damaged by- the storm, but so oae
; was killed. The town of Hull, foui miles
north of Mou'wlvill. suffeie.l from a tor
nado. The Bates Lumber Conpaay'a plan
lug department was comp! My "wrecked
I and tho negro fireman crushed. Four resl
1 deuces and one church were demolished.
INDIANAPOLIS. SATURDAY
WILLIAM
HI RAW
WILL
BE IN THECITY TO-DA!
He Will Pass Through Indianapo
lis on His Way Back to
Prison.
TWO MONTHS' PAROLE Ui
The Rev. William K. Hinshaw, under sen
tence to life imprisonment for the murder of
his wife, who was released on parole from
the State Prison at Michigan City the last
week in November that he might visit his
aged mother, who is on her death bed, will
be in Indianapolis a few hours to-day on his
way back to prison. His sixty-day parole
expires at midnight to-night, and re will
surrender himself to Warden Reid several
hours before that time.
Hinshaw arrived at the home of his
mother, six mdes south of Winchester, in
Randolph county, the day before Thanks
giving, and has spnt all the time of his
parole there. At the time he was released
it was thought that his mother could not
survive more than a week or two, and it
was at her earnest prayer to see her son
once more before she died that ho was per
mitted to leave the prison. Seeing her son
proved more effective than medical treat
ment, however, and Mrs. Hinshaw rallied
remarkably. She Is still alive, but it is
only a question of a few days or weeks
until death will come to her. Members
of the family express fear that she will
not survive the final parting with her son
to-day.
HtnshaW will arrive in the city at 9:25
o'clock this forenoon and will leave for
Michigan City at 12:20 o'clock on the Lake
Erie. There has been some little talk to
the effect that he would never return to
prison, and that his parole would be in
definitely extended or that a pardon would
be grunted him. However, no such action
has been taken by the authorities. His
relatives and friends have by no means
abandoned hope of securing a pardon for
him, but no action can be taken now until
the State Board of Pardons holds its next
m Utfort, which will bo early in March.
Hinshaw is the second life prisoner who
was ever permitted to leave the Indiana
prfe n on parole unaccompanied by a
guard.
MONEY IS ON THE WAY TO
PAY FOR ARMY POST SITE
Treasury Warrant fnr $181,000
Was Mailed to Captain Cheat
ham Last Night.
DEEDS MUST BE READY
ptdal t -v Um Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. A warrant was
drawn at the treasury to-day for J181,000,
n presenting the amount involved in the
purchase of land for the Indianapolis army
post. The requisition of the quartermast r
general f the army was received by Sec
retary Shaw this morning, and late this
afternoon it was honored by a warrant cov
ering the amount named. This warrant
w-nt forward to Indianapolis to-night, to
g. ther with instructions to Captain Cheath
am to pay the property owners and to have
the de.ds passed to the government with
out delay. With the completion of th
negotiations at Indianapolis nothing now
stands in the way of an appropriation by
Congress sufficient to begin work on Fort
Hi ojamln Harrison.
MORE SARCASM FROM
COX FEDERATE WOMEN
AUSTIN. Tex.. Jan. 22. The Tex.lt:
Daughters of the Confederacy are in re
ceipt of a letter from the Daughters of the
Confederacy of Florida Indorsing their ac
tion, in passing resolutions complimenting
President Roosevelt upon recognizing the
spirit of secession in his recognition of
Panama. The Florida organization says
that It has waited forty years for this rec
ognition and had to wait for a man of
idem 1: -wits strength of mind to
We austice where due.
MORNING, JANUARY
FORCED TO RESUM
E THE
OF SILVER
Manila Hanker Says Mexican Dol
lars Were Put in Circulation at
the Bavonet's Point.
BANKS UNDER PRESStTRK
MANILA, Jan. 22. Manager Jours, of the
Hong-Kong and Shanghai Bank, during the
public discussion now going on, declared
that prior to the passage of the supple
mental currency act banks received a letter
from General Merrltt on the strength of
which the. importation of Mexican dollars
was resumed after twenty years' prohibi
tion. The importation of this coin was not vol
untary, he said, on the part of the banks,
but was forced ou thern by the military
authorities, practically at the point of the
bayonet. American soldiers entered the
banks demanding local currency for gold,
some even going to the length cf enforcing
their demands at the muzzle of a revolver.
There were 23.000 troops landed within
three months, to pay whom the quarter
master and paymaster drew letter! of cred
it for half a million sterling, which Jours
on his part found himself obliged to con
vert into coin and consequently closed the
bank.
General Greene then Issued an order that
unless the bank opened and changed these
drafts into money for the troops he would
place Jours under guard and threatened to
lock him up.
RARE FOSSIL FOUND.
South America Yields to Science
Its First Ichthyosaurus.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Jan. 22.
News of one of the most important geo
logical discoveries ever made in South
America has just been received at the Uni
versity of California from Astronomer W.
If. Wright, head of the Lick observatory
expedition now in Chile. The find is a re
markably perfect speelmen of the ichthyo
saurus, and the significance of the discov
ery lies in the fact that South America has
never been known previously to furnish
any specimens of the prehistoric Silurians,
so valuable to science.
This interesting fossil was discovered near
Coquimbo, Chile, and the specimen has
been unearthed in almost perfect condition.
Other valuable specimens have been found
in the same place.
BROWN UNDER ARREST
Elkhart Bank Officials Held by
Marshal Pettit, Who Later Went
to Find Walter Brown.
LATTER WITHOUT BOX!)
Fpf'rial to th Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART. Ind. Jan. 22.-The expected
happened when Justus L. Brodrlck and
Wilson L. Collins, president and cashier,
respectively, of the defunct Indiana Na
tional Bank, were rearrested to-night by
United States Marshal Pettit, of Indian
apolis, as the action of the federal grand
jury, which suddenly closed its work this
forenoon, had been anticipated. The men
were arretted on warrants some weeks ago
issued on affidavits filed by a bank ex
aminer, and were under $5.000 bond each.
Marshal Pettit will tak them to Indi
anapolis to-morrow unless they are able
to furnish new bonds under the indictment.
Marshal Pettit was accompanied by Deputy
Rankin, who went to the home of Walter
Brown, and then, having been informed
that Brown was at Lima. Ind., where his
young son is sick at a mi'it.irv school, left
for that place at 7 o'clock, though his des
tination and errand were not admitted.
Brodrick and Collins had not prepared
for the crisis, not expecting arrest before
Saturday at the earliest, but they secured
bond in the sum of HO. after several
hours' efforts, and were released.
Brown returned later to Klkhart, and
hearing he wis wanted, notil . Marshal
Pettit. and late to-night was at his law
y. i s office arranging for bond.
At 11 o'clock -effort to get bond for Brown
was abandoned till morning. Marshal Pettit
allowing Brown to go to his home on his
own recognizanee. with .1 promise t- be at
the train to-morrow, if bond is not fur
ntthed. All tin e must appear ut Indianapo
lis ntxt Wednesday.
IMPORTATION
c
COLLINS
AND
23, 1904 TWELVE PAGES.
HIGH WATER IN 1ER
AND BREAKING OF ICE
E
From Broad Ripple to City the Ice
Gorge Leaves Mark on Boats
and Bridges.
BIG BRIDGES YET STAND
Damage to W ashington - Street
Structure the Source of Much
Inconvenience.
JOHX CH0YE IS LOST
His Life and that of His Wife
Sacrificed The Day's De-
vel pments.
Yesterday was a day of suspense to many
people in Indianapoln. In addition to the
loss of two lives, material damage has
l) en w rought by the high water and Ice In
White river and Fall creek, in this city
and at Broad Ripple, that will amount to
about fUtfOO, by a roush estimate. This in
cludes damage to the wooden truss work
under the River-avenue, Morris-street.
Washington-street, Michigan-street and
Xorthwcstern-avenue bridges, to the
stone v pier of the river bridge at
the Crawfordsville road. to one of
the small steel suspension bridges at River
side Park and the bathhouse and other
property at the Canoe Club and the floating
dock across the river from that place, and
to the Aquatic Club's boathouse, the
steamboat Sunshine and Denny Sullivan's
workshop at Broad Ripple. This allows
something, also, for the destruction of sev
eral houseboats in the city and the destruc
tion of small craft along the river.
A hasty bisection of most of the
river bridges and the property of
the Canoe Club by reporters for
the Indianapolis Journal yesterday
afternoon and last evening and com
munication with the city engineer and In
terested persons all along the river, indi
cated that the material damage would not
go above the figure stated.
MOST SERIOUS DAMAGE.
The most serious damage, or at least that
which will entail the greatest amount of
inconvenience and delay to street car and
other traffic, was that done at the West
Washington-st. bridge across the river. The
first break In the ice at this point, after
the long period of waiting Thursday after
noon, came at 6 o'clock Thursday even
ing. With a great roar and a crash, the
gorge of ice that had formed above the
bridge broke, and immense masses of ice
were hurled against the wooden piles that
supported the structure. The bridge trem
bled and wavered before the attack, but
held. Again the ice gorge formed, only
to break again at 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and again the bridge withstood the
fierce attack. When daylight came it could
le teen that it would have taken but lit
tle more of an onslaught to have wrecked
the bridge completely. As it was, se
rious damage was done. About one
third of the way from the western end
of the bridge, the supports were loosened
and wrenched from place so that the floor
of the wooden structure sagged perceptibly,
and the pole supporting the trolley and
other wires in the center of the bridge at
that point was thrown out of perpendicu
lar, indicating how near to collapse the
whole structure had been. At this point
a great mass of driftwood and smaller ice
floes collected all day and was being
st. .tdily added to as darkness came o. last
evening. It appeared, however, that the
greatest danger was past and no more
damage was expected unless caused by an
unprecedented rise in the river, and this
appeared impossible because of the colder
weather that set in during the evening.
At the River-avenue, Morris-street and
Northwestern-avenue bridges the damage
done was to the wooden truss work under
neath tiie floors and between the stone piers.
This is serious only in the loss of time and
the great inconvenience to large numbers
of people that it entails. It is not consid
ered at all probable that any further dam
age to these bridges will be done, although
various rumors of the complete collapse of
one or the other of them were afloat yes
terday afternoon and last evening. With
the receding of the water in the river and
Fall creek, the repair of the damage pro
vided conditions grow no worse than now
appears will probably be a question of only
a short time.
A PIER DAMAGED.
At the bridge across the river on the
Crawfordsville road the easternmost of the
two stone piers was so seriously damaged
by the masses of ice that were precipitated
against it that all traffic across the bridge
.was stopped. A row of the large stones that
project Into the stream and form the break
water lot" the jiier were torn away and a
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ACTOR STOPS SINGING
. AND STAYnMALl PANIC
Xat Wills Calms Women by Warn
ing Them to Beware Eate of
Chicagoans.
BLAZE IN A T I IE ATE 1
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 22. A panic was
prevented at the Grand Theater to-night by
Nat Wills, who occupied the center of the
stage when an electric light burned out,
setting fire to a curtain in the north wing.
When a small blaze was seen creeping
along the edge of the curtain, women be
gan to scream, and men rose from their
seats, prepared to make a hasty exit. Willi,
who had been singing a so.ig. Immediately
shouted, "For God's sake keep you seats
and remain quiet. Six hundred persons were
killed In a Chicago theater reo ntiy by bo
coming panic-stricken and trampling them
selves to death."
The words of the actor seemed to im
prM the large audience, which remain'!
ouiet. and one minute later the fire had
Ihcii extinguished by theater liremen.
LEGISLATOR STRICK EM
JN A LUXATIC ASYLUM
LEXINGTON. Ky Jan. 22. -Representative
J. T. Pride, chairman of a committee
from the Kentucky legislature to lnsiect
state institutions located in L xington, was
stricken with pneumonia in the lunatic asy
lum to-day and Is in a precarious condition.
Hi lives In 1'nion county. Pride was the
star tackle on the State College football
team in the season of 1ÄC and was injured in
the Thanksgiving panic, from which he
never entirely recovered. The trouble tu
uai i tku outruwth of that injury.
AUS
MUCH
DAMAGE
PRICE 2
I
Bvmi
MISS SAT1AII prHAFKR.
Young School Teacher Who Was Brutally Mur-l-ri
d at Bedford, InJ. From ller Latest
l'hotograph. 4
RESIDENTS OF DELPHI
BY THE ANGRY WATER
Lives Saved with Difficulty. Much
Property Destroyed and Much
More in Danger.
BRIDGES GONE OR GOING
Costly Peru Structure Barely
Holds Its Own Narrow Es
capes Rain Turns to Snow.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DELPHI, Ind., Jan. 22. Over fifty houses
are under water within from three to ten
squares of the courthouse in this city. The
water has not been so high sinee August
of llsTö. The day has been one of saving the
lives of people, horses and eattle and of the
destruction of much property. Boatmen
have been moving people from their houses
along the Deer creek bottoms. West Delphi
and north of the Monon station.
The unusual rise of the water was caused
by a gorge at the Junction of the Wabash
and Deer creek. It is thought that the ice
has partially gone out and the gradual rise
will stop within a few hours. The levees
on both sides of the river near the bicycle
bridge that crosses the Wabash are under
water and the Deer creek prairie, for the
first time in many years, is covered. The
damage it the present time cannot be cli
mated, but it will reach many thousand
dollars.
The quick change in the weather from a
drizzling rain to a blinding snowstorm had
effected the progress of Ute work of sav
ing considerable property that could other
wise have been saved.
A carload of cattle owned by FYazier
Thomas, ex-treasurer of this county, were
got nut of the water to-day at noon after a
struggle since daylight this morning. They
had been placed in a little field near the
Monon station awaiting a car for shipment.
Men In boats drove them to a high place,
where they could be reached by horsemen,
who were successful in forcing them acTOM
a swift current. Much property is still
dangerously situated and its safety depends
on a fall in the rivr.
ROADS WASHED OUT;
ALL BRIDGES SHAKY
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 22.-White river
and all the streams in the county are on a
rampage. The loss to property owners has
not been great so far, but will be unless the
river falls at once. The part of the city
next to the river is under water nnd several
families have had to move out. Communica
tion with several parts of the county Is cut
off on account of back water across the
roads. At one plaee south of here there was
a culvert with four Iron tiles under It. each
tile being four feet in diameter and six feet
long and weighing 2.000 pounds. The tile ran
under the road to carry off ajiy back water
and was held in place by concrete. The ice
jammed against this yesterday and carried
the entire structure away.
Tho Indianapolis. Columbus A Southern
Traction Company has had considerable
trouble with a washout south of Edinburg.
but a temporary trestle was put In to-day.
Si that through service between this cltr
and Indianapolis crtuld be resumed. At Tay
lorsville the telephone exchange Is flooded
by back water from the lnterurban embank-
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STARVED TO DEATH IN
THE WILDS OF LABRADOR
Confirmation of the Reixrt that
Explorer Hubbard Perished
Last Fall.
WAS AN OUTING EDITOR
QT'FRE , Jan. J.-Word was received
to-night from Chateau bay. Labrador, that
a courier had arried from KOftkWWl river
with the information that Ionldas Hub
bard, jr.. of New York, had died of starva
tion in the wilds of Labrador on Oct. is.
The remains are on their way to Quebec,
so the report say, by dog train, which is
exiM cted to reach Chateau bay some time
In March.
NKW YORK, Jan. 22. Mr. Hubbard, wh..
was assistant editor of Outing, was sent
out by that magazine to explore the interior
of Labrador. In his party were Dillon Wal
lace, a New York lawyer, and two V'ree
Indians. The explorers left Rigolette about
the beginning of July. 1SW3. Their obje. t
was to penetrate to the settlement of Nas
cauppes Indians, where, so far as known,
no white man has irer ! 11. Mr Hubbard
and his party traveled very light, mindful
of the fact that other similar expeditions
had gone out overloaded with impedimenta,
I d they trusted to the prowess with rod
and rifle to obtain food on the trip. It was
the plan of Mr. Hubbard to work Inland
into Labrador a distance of au) miles.
On Aug. 2 reports came from Labrador
that the Hubbard party was progressing
satisfactorily, but two months later r til
ing had been heard from them. Apprehen-
- wer. expressed of their probable fate,
n d espet tally as there was extreme desti
tution In Labrador owing to the shortage
of the h 1 catch.
Mi Hubbuid 's wile ha betu wailing for
him a l Quebec.
DRIVEN
m
HOUSES
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Fl
PRETTY SCHOOLTEACHER
ASSAULTED AND FOULLY
f.!
Mis Sarin Schäfer, of hlkhart,
' .ill
the Yictihi of a Terrible Crime
in Indiana Town.
WENT SINGING TO DEATH
Left Boarding House in Happy
Mood to Meet a Horrible Kate
0011 Afterwards.
ANONYMOUS
LETTERS
And Hairs of a White Man's Mus
tache May Lead to Discovery k
of Her Slaver.
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Ptaff r.rrspo.dnr of th Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind., Jin. 2J.-Mls Sara
Schafer. of Elkhart. Ind.. & pretty taah
in the Redjord High School and a graduate
of the State Normal School at Terr Hnut4
was criminally assaulted last night and then
brutally beaten to death witb a parinsT
In i. k. The trim1" was the most dastard'y
one Bedford haa ever known, and the die
covery of the body in an alley this morn
ing aroused the indignation of the cltisens)
and caused numerous threats of violence
to the perpetrator if he is caught. A ree
ward of $1.000 has been offered for the ar '
rest of the murderer.
Several clews are believed to have been
discovered by the authorities, but the onsj
direct evidence so far found are a few
hairs torn from the mustache of tbe maA
who committed the crime. The hairs are
those of a white man. Miss Schäfer made
a desperate struggle with her assailant, but
finally was overpowered, dragged sixty feet
and cruelly beaten to death,
RECEIVED WARNING LETTER.
It is believed here tht the mur
derer is the writer of uo anonymous
letters received by the young woman sev
eral months ago warning her to leave her
rooming place and containing threat!. The
fact that the letters wre received by her
was not known until late to-night, and it
was at once decided to run down the writer.
The letters havo not been found, having
evidently been destroyed, but the people to
whom they were shown at the time havo
given their testimony. At the time thev
anonymous communications were received'
Miss Schafer was rooming at the boms
of Dr. P. D. Nicholson, at 1707 South O
street. The letters were written in a cieAr
hand, on good paper, with ink, and were
of only a few words, Ther simply tated
that she should move and more at once.
Why the writer did not state. Th threats
were very mild, and said that some harm
might befall her.
The first letter wai received several
months ago; Mrs. Nicholson does sot re
member the exact date. The second one
came a week later. Miss Schafer st the
time took Dr. Nicholson and his wife into
her confidence. They did not advise her,
but a few days later she moved to the
home of Mrs. A. V. Smith, at 188 M street.
No other letters were received. She moved
there to be with Miss Ixve, a friend, and
another teacher. When Mlaa L ive went
to her home In Seymour a week ago Misi
Schäfer made tha remark that she dreaded
to walk back and forth between her room
ing place and boarding house. The facts
of the letters are in the hands of the presi
dent, S. B. I .owe. and a Louisville detect
ive employed by the School Board. Mayor
Smith and Deputy Prosecutor E. B. Ste
phen, two of the most active men In the
investigation, are familiar with the letters.
No clew as to the writer has been found.
Dr. and Mrs. Nicholson have been in
structed to give out nothing.
TALKED WITH A STRANGER.
Justice of the Peace Fltchr. who con
ducted a court of Inquiry to-day. has evidence
that Miss Schafer was Seen talking with a
mn in the Bedford postofflce Monds .V
morning. An intimate friend of the dead
woman says ho was an utter stranger. It
is believed that the man can be conne ?. 1
with the murder.
"If a man is arrested, if only on suspicion
snd two people know it. he will bo
lynched," was the statement made to me
to-night by Deputy Prosecutor E. B.
Stephenson." If any arrest is made It will
be secretly and the man will be spirited
away. The community was In an uproar
until 8 o'clock to-night, but on the
assurance that there were no clews
quieted down. To-morrow in addi
tion to running down the letters
clew every questionable character
in Bedford will be brought either before
the coroner, mayor or justice and mails
to state his whereabouts the night of the
murder. A list of the city's "bad men" Is
being prepared to-night by Chief of Police
Russell.
Sheriff Morris, of Floyd county, will re
turn in the morning with his bloodhounds,
the animals having failed to make a scent.
They ran about the shed and alleys for an
hour, but made no headway.
The brother and uncle of Miss Schäfer
wiil arrive in Bedford at 4:30 in the morn
ing. Cnless held at the coroner's reqweat
the body will be taken to lllkhart, via In
dianapolis, over the Big Four at W o'ckxk
to-morrow.
AN BXCRVD MAN.
It was learned late to-night that early
this morning a man well known In Fed
ford ran Into the office of Or. A. J. Mc
Donald and cried: "For Ood s. K . d.c
tor, give me something for my nerves."
His name is In the hands of the police, and
the story is regarded as slgnittcsnt In the
Investigation. Dr. McDonald could not be
reached.
Three courts of inquiry were held to-day.
one by Coroner Phimm- r JuMue
Fletcher and one by Mayor Smith. Before
Fletcher were a half doaoa persona to-night.
They told their story of their wasreebou.s
on Thursday night. The stories will be In
vestigated to-morrow. Refore the eu.ii.rr
w : .- r ft ,',! iri- n.is 1 s hat. r
and peeple at tbe boarding house who saw
her Just a few moments b 'ore the murdet
Koiiiin s learned. Belara tha
MURDERED
BEDFORD
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