The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 12

(HI Indianapolis Letter Carriers Have Own Sick Benefit urii Suit Sale '1250 3350 SEES JACK THE SPREADER KEEP OWN BENEIT UND 4900 Suits HOTEL man finds villain OPEN MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN News of Colored olk YWCJANotes SEEK PROO DEATH WAR WIDOWS WISH PENSIONS BOARD HEALTH REC IVES CROSSES LINE TO KILL DOG HER IVE UNCLES PEEVISH ROZEN ON ROO LYER DIs who Confnzdng HONEST CONVICT PARDONED CHURCH BOUGHT OR $50 2450 the feet i RED EARN8T Cgllector Treasurorf Walk City Hall of 630 DI Ji jt 1 Don't mentally associate this sale with thaklnd you have been accustomed to It Is an offer absolutely Incomparable from any and A every viewpoint saving of a GENUINE actual reduction just as quoted 'from REGULAR prices Carl Bass of Sullivan Ind Is spending the holidays at the home of Mr and Mrs Norman Curry He is a student at Pur due University HENRY TRIMPE President The will have a Christmas party on New day at the home of Ches ter Booth Mrs Susan West of Lawrence Kas Mrs Martha Collins of Danville Ill and Mrs Nellie Tate of Marion Ind spent Christmas day with their sister Mrs Norman Curry a Women modishly tailored cloth suits1' in? black and all the leading shades including the fancy mixture effects Lewis Dent of rankfort Ky 1s visit ing his son Peter Dent The Rev Cothran pastor of the Colored Christian Church In Chicago was the guest of the Rev Herod last Thursday Littlejohn' of Louisville Ky came riday to spend a few days with his sister Mrs Hampton Mr Littlejohn is accompanied by the Rev Mr Jackson of Louisville BEATS OUT BRAINS WITH IRON KNOB Miss Mamie Locklear will entertain her club Ushers riday after noon at 4 o'clock Wife of California Lawyer Says She Is Only Heir to McGurck ortune arranged to speak at the following i Bap tist churches enuring the week: Metro politan Second at ranklin Mt Paran New Bethel Corinthian and Union Tab ernacle The public is invited to these meetings Alleged Niece of Los Angeles Man Sends4o Ireland for Records i ENACTS ROLE 6HEBLOCK HOLMES AND DISCOVERS STRANGER MlIO HAS BEEN SMEARING TAR ON LOORS ALONZO A GOODWIN Secretary Oscar Duncan Says They Let Hlrh Visit His Wife and He Asks Divorce KANSAS CITY Mo Dec 6 Because she kbep house for him Oscar Duncan brought suit against Edna Dun can for divorce In the Wyandotte District Court His petition says that his wife Is staying at the home of her grandmother The grandmother has five grown sons Duncan says who will not allow him to visit in the house Mrs Penelope Booth entertained about thirty five young people Wednesday in honor of Iphigenia Coles and Idell Love students at Oberlin College Mrs Booth was assisted by Mrs Grace Valentine Mi Eleanor Hayes and Maud Wright and Nettie Walker Mrs Essie Thornton will entertain Tuesday evening in honor of her daugh ter Miss Addle Thornton Beginning the first Sunday afternoon in January the afternoon meetings of lanner Guild will be continued during the winter and Next Sunday afternoon the Rev Callis pastor of Tabernacle will speak His sub ject will be "The Educated Re sponsibility to the Masses" The lanner Guild Orchestra will render a program at each meeting Policeman Gets Outside Township and Must Pay ABINGTON Pa' Dec Holding that Patrolman Clark of the Abington police department had exceeded his authority in crossing from Abington Township Into the one of Cheltenham to get a shot at a dog which had snapped at him Magistrate Osman of Cheltenham gave a verdict tor an $8 valuation of the dog and imposed the costs on Officer Clark The case will be appealed an Abing ton official expressing himself in this em phatic fashion: "Does the Cheltenham magistrate think the two townships are divided as with a line fence? The officer was within his right In the The bulldog belonged to David Phil lips of Edge Hill According to the offi cer the dog snapped at him while he was patrolling his beat in Abington Town ship home Is just across the line in Cheltenham and Officer Clark fol lowed the dog across the line to a point In front of Phillips house before he se cured the shot which killed the dog Both sides were represented at the hearing by counsel and the "dog Is creating all kinds of interest in the York road section or some time the city oBgrd of Health has been fairly swamped with requests from all parts of the country for death 'certificates from people desiring to make application to the UnitedStates Bureau of Pensions A majority of the requests comes from wldotvs of civil war veterans who are unable to draw their pensions until they can advance proof of death The board has been able to furnish the certificates In many instances In others however where the deaths oc curred years ago many of the records are 'missing In such cases the widows stand a slim chance of obtaining their pensions The last request came from' Burget pension attorney living In Terre Hauteasking Information about the death of Hannah Williams first wife of the late John Williams a civil war veteran Mr Burget states In his communication: to the board that the Pension Department has refused to transfer the pension to hls second wife until the death of his former wife has been 'established beyond a djubt No record of the death of the woman can be found Seek Missing Pensioner A recent communication from War ner of the Bureau of Pensions Wash ington addressed to Dr Charles A Carter chief clerk in the Hoard of Health asks Information about the death of Charles Edwards alias Charles Dar raugh at one time a member of Com pany I Sixth Indiana Regiment Nnlted States Infantry A pension was sent to him for the last time on Nov 4' 1905 in this city Since that date the pensioner whereabouts have not been known to the department Another missing death record in the lo cal health office was discovered a few days ago when Green secretary of the faculty of the Meadville Theological Seminary Meadville Pa asked for facts about the death of the Rev Caleb Gordan Ward supposed to have died In Indian apolis some time in 1874 these missing records" eald'Dr: Carter 'go to show the necessity of ex treme care in this department' Tailored and ancy Coati One ourth Off RED LORENZ I Collector LETTER CARRIERS' ORGANIZATION ORMED SEVEN YEARS AGO PAYS ASSESSMENTS AND HAS 1400 IN TREASURY The Research Club will observe its fifth anniversary next Wednesday Dec 30 at the home of Mrs Penelope Bootlis But the most appealing price proposition it possible to offer And in connection with the heavy re ductions in price (real reductions mind you)' you are invited to choose your bargains from the exclusive styles the superlative qualities which identify Lan gen models 'as most desirable to be had at any pncd In diana SLAIN pR LOVE Son of College Professor Is Shot During Brawl 1 RAWHIDE Colfr Dec Wit ter who Is said to betthe son of a pro fessor in the University of Washington and residing at Bellingham Wash was shot and almost killed by A riday formerly of Cripple Creek and Denver Colo here Witter was In the company of a woman friend of escorting her to her home from the different saloons where she bad been drinking and carousing with several other men and women When near a point nearly opposite the door riday suddenly opened the door and began firing (Witter Immediately drew his own gun and returned the fire It appears that he must have been mortally wounded by the first bullet as he dropped dead after firing twice at hi? assailant Investiga tion showed that a bullet entered his neck completely severing the right carotid artery going clear through and out at the top of his riday at once made escape Scores of Witters friends spent the night sour ing the hills and mine workings of the district in a vain search for the slaver Officers at adjoining towns and railway points were notified and It Is hardly pos sible that he can escape capture Bishop JohnH Vincent will address the monster meeting this afternoon at Tabernacle The largest crowd of the season Is expected Two hundred men heard the speaker last Sunday A special musical program will be rendered by the A Orchestra Miss Ada Higgins will sing The program begins promptly at 3 All men are invited Young Philadelphian Steals Ride In tressing Plight JOHNSTOWN Pa Dec At Memorial Hospital here with both frozen Iles Daniel Sweeney who says he hails from Germantown avenue Philadel phia who tried a perilous ride of eighty three miles on top' of an east bound Pcnnsy flyer He was discovered In Pittsburg trying to beat his way on the train made up wholly of vcstlbuled mall and Pullman cars and othe engineer stopped and put him off But Sweeney undeterred boarded the train again riding between the tender and the forward: postal car until the troughs deluged him with water that fairly froze Ills clothing to his body Then he climbed to the roof of the car and crouched on his hands and knees till his feet and one hand were frozen stiff and practically adhered to the roof In this plight was discovered and taken off at Mineral Point and from there sent to the hospital here He Had Nearly pierced Big Steel Bank Vault When Officers Arrested Him BEAUMONT Tex Dec 26 After working several nights on the big vault of the irst National Bank of Beaumont within half a block of the ederal Police Stations and nearing the coveted thousands William Bretschneider was? captured after having been shot through the left forearm by officers Who Werfe watching for him i 1 Cashier Pondrew accidentally discovered the vault was being bored and notified Mayor Emmett Pletcher who placed officers to watch Bretschneider was discovered busily engaged In sinking the drill deeper and nearing the monev is When discovered he made a fight to get away He will make no statement other than that financial straits drove him tot crime Bretschneider ran a penny arcade and came here from Orange 1 ex Angry Young Italian Commits Brutal Crime Before Victim's Wife and Little Children PHILADELPHIA Pa Dec Infu riated because his stepfather Salvidor Trolllo censured him for not trying to earn a living for himself Antonio Cavll llera aged 22 years killed the old man by hitting him several times over the head with a heavy piece of Iron The brutal crime was committed while the Trolllo family were eating their supper at their home 1109 South Darien street and in plain view of four small children Cavll llcra escaped from the crowd of people who responded to the screams of the chil dren but was captured in the foreign set tlement at Sixty ninth and Vine streets three hours later by Special Policeman Vignola of the Thirty third District SPECIAL PRICES PREVAIL As a result of overbuying in certain lines for the holiday trade we are heavily Btocked on MORRIS CHAIRS ROCKERS LIBRARY TABLES and other pieces which are desirable at all times and seasons make the Inducement strong if buy at once 1 IRST WHIPPING IN YEARS Wife Beater Gets Punishment Nearly Ob solete In Maryland HAGERSTOWN Md Dec 26 or the first time li this county in eight years I when Jim by Sheriff beating Police Jua hlm to re slx mpnths Wilson was s5? Coniomme Olives Tartare Sauce with Dumplings with Apple Sauce Pi ime Blbn ot Beef au Jus Mashed Potatoes or rench ried Sweet Potatoes Qroen Peas Pie or Ice Cream Coffee Tea or Milk A la carte service in connection' A Atfc Cfydt Etktrton Lsixt 8 I 1 i 1 I SO I' Si Jdlss Kirby Tudor Hall will speak at the vesper service Sunday aftrnood Deo 27 Mrs Martin Rahuss will sing The meeting wlll be held In the lecture room of the Second Prespyterlan Church "At the Christmas service held at Lewis Meier Company on last Wednes day the employes presented the associa tion with a Christmas gift of J7 "The money will be used to purchase some fur nishing for the new building With an energy characteristic of what Is perhaps the strongest branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers In the West the members of Indianapolis Branch No' 39 is now pushing Its sick benefit fund The recent election of officers of the In dianapolis branch created fresh Interest In the fund and a membership campaign will be prosecuted At the same time' the Indianapolis branch elected officers an executive staff composed of Henry Trlmpe president Alonzo Goodwin sec retary red 'Earnstj collector treasurer A new board of control of seven members will be appointed by the president The sick benefit fund of the Indianap olis branch is a distinct monument to the' enterprise of the branch It Is entirely separate from the national organization It was organized seven years ago by the Indianapolis mall carriers for the purpose of giving relief to the carriers when they were disabled or sick and' for paying small death benefits to the families of deceased carriers being In reality a small car Insurance company' Benefit und Into the fund which now has eighty three members the carriers each pay 50 cents a month In case of Illness of any carrier a sum of $5 for the first week and 310 'for ensuing weeks of illness up to a total sum of 5100 is paid but not more' than 3100 is paid to any one carrier dur ing year The only exception to the rule IS when a carrier Is ill while on fur lough at which time lie Is paid by the Government? In addition to the slck fund a death benefit payment Is made to the family of a deceased carrier In the Bum of 31 per capita for all the members of the fund at thq time of the death The death benefit Is taken of the regular treas ury and no assessment Is made on the carriers The beneflt'Is entirely under the control of the branch and al! members of the branch voting for Its officers and for rules for its regulation whether members of the benefit department or not Member ship In the benefit department Is open only to the members of the A working In the city The sick benefit fund1 has been very successful during the last year and the carriers have now 31400 In the benefit treasury CAPTURED BY CONSCIENCE Remorseful Man Surrenders Numerous Thefts PHILADELPHIA Pa Dec ing leisurely Into the Camden Josiah Collings 36 years old vision street told the police that within the last year he had committed various thefts I have been unable to sleep" he said thought I had better get It all off my irst he declared he stole a bicycle from William Marlow then clothing from 935 Market street and later he said he had committed thefts In other parts of the city He was locked up pending In vestigation IS ESTIMATED AT $1000000 Great preparations are ung made for the lecture of Booker Washington Thursday evening at Caleb Mills Hall Music for the occasion will be rendered by the colored A Orchestra un der the direction of Samuel Ratcliffe The program proper will: Jxegln at 8 Seats will not be reserved after that time CITY MANY REQUESTS ROM PERSONS WHO APTLY TO 1 EDERAL BUREAU irst Religious ailure and Sellout In DelawareCounty MEDIA Pa Dec' 26 Bathany Bap tist Church of Morton was sold by ithe sheriff to Lawyer Garrett Smedley for 350 subject to mortgage It Is the first church failure and sellout In Delaware county history "Consecration and 'Separation the Hope of the was the theme dis cussed before the colored Methodist imln Isters' meeting last Wednesday morning at Bethel A Church The Rev Bailey pastor of Simpson Chapel opened the discussion with a paper At the next meeting In January the Rev Herod will read a paper on the life of Charles Sumner That Indianapolis harbors '10 000 "Jack the or "Jacks the Spreader" take your cholce is the conclusion 'Of Edward Krause the hotel man who for more than a year' with something akin to murder In his heart has been lying in wait idriVthe: villain: who has been smearinghotel and theater Ipbbles the carpetspf plant) stores And the floors of other downtown i sstabllshnents with black grease Jar 7 or weekg and months taking time of course for meals sleep Mr Krause sat in the lobby of the Hotel Ed ward (Or loafed In the lobby of the Ma jestic Theater adjoining In order to spot his enemy He had his porters and bell boys coached and they too kept a look out for mysterious stranger But every how and then when the eyes of everybody were turned in on opposite di rection the mysterious grease spots would make their appearance In a straight line across the lobbies Mr Krause did some hard thinking ofthe 3herlockHojme? variety and at last by the procesB'iipf deduction' it out In this way: 'The stranger a wan of the anarchistic type wears a rubber tube down his pants leg' TMs tube Is attached to a rubber bulb carried In bls pocket All he had to when some one Is not looking in to press the bulb and lo and behold the grease spots appear This theory was all well and 'good so far as it went but lt did not account for quite all the circumstances in the case satisfactorily or example why did the anarchist choose to smear the floors of the Hotel Edward and let those of the Hotel Morton Mr other hotel alone? Why should the Claypool Grand and Denison 'Hotels occasionally Buffer and the Hotel English escape? Why should lie tracfk uplthe stores in thel vicin ity of Illinois and Washington streets and Pennsylvania and Ohio streets and not those except a few instances In oth er sections of the" city? Mysterious Stranger Appears Mr Krause thought and thought and waited and waited And finally as In all good detective stories patience was rewarded'? One night recently a stranger made his appearance at the Hotel Edward As he walked across the lobby tramp! tramp! the grease spots fol lowed With joy in his heart and a plan in his head to summon the police before the stranger could possibly get away Mr Krause walked up to him and watched him register The stranger was from Cleveland me friend" Mr' Krause said politely to his guest I examine your "Certainly" answered the stranger evi dently mistaking Mr Krause for a shoe drummer who was preparing to distribute a line of samples as Christmas gltts He raised hls root and on the Bottom in the arch between the heel and the ball he found A i Bmall of what ap peared to be tar The stranger had evi dently picked it up In the street Mr Krause seeing the man was inno cent of any wrong intentions told him the story of the The stranger became Interested and as he was a offered to help In vestigate The two accordingly followed the tar marks out of the hotel across the pave ment and up the street until they came to the switches of the street railway tracks and there they found dozens of little of grease just like the one the stranger had picked up the explanation of the mys teryof tho concluded Mr Krause yesterday afternoon "Any one may become one without the slight est Intention of wrongdoing ou see when the street cars stop at the switches the motors drop little of 'grease that have been hanging In suspense be fore the Shock of tho stopping takes place That Is the reason that the stores and the theaters near where car stops are frequent suffer most That Is the reason my hotel on the Circle and Eng Opera House for example have es caped 'Jack the SpreaderJ The Mothers' Club of lanner Guild constituting the sewing department of the guild work will be glad to do plain sewing for the public The money earned will be expended In the work of the Mothers' Club Emancipation day' will be observed ri day by the colored people of the city at Betheb A Church There will be three services The morning exercises will be under the auspices of the colored teach ers of this city Booker Washington will be the speaker' The program will begin promptly at 11 The after noon session will begin at 3 o'clock The Rev George Sampson will preside The address of the afternoon will be delivered by Dr Isaacs of Nashville Tenn The Re George Shaffer will offer the Invocation and the proclamation will be read i by Mrs Hummonds A feature of the program will be the singing by a chorus of the McCoy school children under the direction of Mrs Lillian Jones Brown In the evening a benefit entertainment for the city Charity Organization Society will be given Olden Time Lltorarle Societie will be reproduced under the direction of George Beasley There will be several musical numbers A A Taylor and Aaron Thompson colored poets have been asked to recite The colored A Orchestra will furnish the music Ths managers of the Alpha Home are grateful to Mrs Jennie Lewis for fruits sent the home recently to Mattle president of the Dress makers' Relief Club for aprons supplied Mrs A Edwards an evangelist Is spending the holidays with her daughter Mrs Gertrude Gutherle superintendent of the lanner Guild Theodore Cable son of George Cable Is home from Exeter College where he Is a student He had the honor of winning a 3150 scholarship this his first year there 1 Among the city teachers who went away from the city to spend Christmas were Miss Ella Croker to Richmond Ind Miss Clara Perry to Mattoon Ill Miss Nora Roberts to Kokomo Ind Mrs Louise Royal to Chicago Ill Miss lora Harper to rankfort Ind Mrs Mamie Huffman to St Louis Mo and Mrs Hazel Hendricks to Peoria Ill Miss Madeline Clune 'i 2021 North Capitol Avenue Won the166 Garland Range in the guesting contest which aroused so much interest among our friends fSOSuiis ARMER NEEDNT HIRE HELP 11 His amily of ourteen Children All Work on arm BHARTLESVILLB Pa Dec Along the foothills of the Blue in Upper Bern resides Reilly Stoudt on one of the best farms In the township and to him the idea of securing sufficient farm help has never been a hard problem to solve He never wonders who will help him thrash his grain he needs not to In vite his neighbors when he butchers half a dozen hogs nor has he any occasion in the good old summer time to hire help to make hay or haul graln Reilly Stoudt Is the father of one of ths largest families In Berks County and tho youngest of them Joseph Emerson and Isaac do their share of the farm work Joseph milks the cows before and after school hours Emerson attends to the wood chest behind the kitchen and sees that It Is always full while Isaac puts the hay into the racks above each cow every evening There are no backsliders In this family of fourteen children They all have their work to do summer and winter and they are a healthy and happy set There Is no'1 dull moment on farm They all know that there Is a time for 'work and' a (time for Of the latter they seem to be full but only on proper occa sion Mr Stoudt has been a successful farm4 er all his life He takes great 's dairy cattle and Mrs Stoudt has ths reputation of making tjie best Butter in the township The family Is also a great social faq 1 tor in the neighborhood for the older children are in the prime of life popular and all single They are likewise lead ing members In the church and Sunday school thief taken just in time Table Dinner BOrts Served from 11 a to :30 Good music from 6 to 8 30 Potftce ft la Reme I Queen' rled Smelts Chkken Pot Pie Roast Young Pig AVnrpiMO rn nn duin ntn run i ran EDLD The exhibition of American' art at the John Herron Art Institute Is said to be one of the finest had there so far Two works are by colored artists One is Henry Tanner and the other Is Wil liam A Harper Those men according to competent critics do credit to Ameri can art and to the race of which they are members Beginning Jan 11 1909 the Colored Baptist Alliance will hold Its regular meetings In the following churches in the order named and on the date indicated: Jan 11 Union Tabernacle Jan 18 Olivet Jan 25 New Bethel eb 1 Second ranklin Ind eb 8 Corinthian: eb 15 Second Irvington and eb 22 Metro politan At each one of these churJhes in the evening of the meeting a Bible study on evangelism will be con ducted by the Rev McColl The public Is invited to attend these evening meetings 1 The Rev Isaacs correspond ing secretary of the National Baptist Young Union with headquarters at omsnviiie aenn win deliver a series of addresses mainly In the Interest of his special work before Indianapolis audl ucesj ingiatung toaay air Isaacs naa LANGEN CO Outfittera to Woiptn 4 7 I A Prosaic Price Returned and Surrendered After light to Grave RICHMOND Va Dee Harrv1 Dol son athree year convict for housebreak ing from Dickinson County whd escaped from the prison nnd made his way to his home In the mountains to visit the grave of his mother subsequent returning and gllvng himself up was pardoned by Gov ernor Swanson after having served out one year of his sentence 'si' Dolson who is a young iman iwent from this city to Cincinnati where he secured civilian garb nnd bv a circuitous route made his way to the mountains He was accompanied by his father when he returned to give himself up 'The elder Dolson refused to accept the re ward offered for the capture of his son WslBIl 11 WcUf jflvOTl Him it' QUITE SO Kansas City Journal "Mrs began the man Is unaccustomed to public speaking I er I er rs interrupted the chairman kindly "to err is the' whipplng post 'wps used Wilson colored was lashed George Earnshaw for wife Wilson was convicted before tfee Hoffrfian who Sentenced ct lve ten lasheb and to serve tn the House of Correction sullen and refQsefl to appeal for inerev al though he squirmed as each blow of the whip fell upon his bare bapk The whlp cornnor or A prayer service for the ministers of the city will be held Tuesday morning at the colored A under the auspices of the Interdenominational meet ing The service will be in the Interest of the ten revival to be conducted" In all of the colored churches beginning Jan l( The concert to Tues day evening Deo 29 at Mt Zion Baptist Church on the comer of West and Lafayette streets for the benefit of the free klndergarten to be established In the northwestern section of the city promises' to be a great success Mrs Lillian Jones Brown and Mrs leming have the entertainment in charge assisted by number of patronesses 1 LOS ANGELES Cal Dec After a fourteen search of the records or County Armagh Ireland Mrs Annie Courtney Benson of Los Angeles wlfe of Benson a lawyer lias filed a claim In San Diego to the entire estate of Edward McGurck who died In the south ern city last year leaving a etl Xnated at nearly a million dollars There are a host of other claimants to this estate but Mrs Benson Is tho first to seek It as a whole She bases her do rnand on the ground she Is the only living heir being a daughter of Me dead sister Benson represents his wife In the case and he has collected a large amount at evidence to support his claims While Mr and Mrs Iehson lived In San Diego they were well acquainted Gurck and according to both he often yeferre to the woman as his niece Av it did not occur to them that Bhe was his nearest living relative but a preliminary search following his death showed that near relatives were scarce and Benson began his Investigation h' 1q fho uruv tho rvilciAv Ml name to his will but developments show that he was also known as Mcgirk77 and McGurk He was born in Crossman Aglen County Armagh Ireland In 1831 Traced By Baptism Letters from Attorney Benson to the Catholic priests in that vicinity asking them to locate the church records relatingo the baptism of McGurk brought many answers Several men of this name were baptized there about the same time iinally through the assistance of the Messrs Connington and Me 7Greeney the certificate of the right Mo 77 uLkuiuuig tu uviiBuii wkb mcateci The genuineness of this ceitlficate whs guaranteed by the highest church digni tary In the British Isles rom Ireland career was traced to San rancisco The first recordof his existence in that city was found in the records of the Superior Court depart ment 4 In 1868 the date of his naturali zation as a citizen of the United States He lived In San rancisco many years and then moved to San Diego During his early life he was an active business i man but in his last ten years he devel oped miserly traits He wore old clothes about the streets of San Diego with his shoes untied and even obtained most i of his food at free lunch counters L'j Three months before his death he be came 111 and spent six weeks in St Hospital While there one of the sisters approached him one day spoke to him about the uncertainty of life and asked him if he had made his will Leaves Opening for ight became greatly excited at this and In spite of his illness dressed ahd went downtown He refused to be satis fied until he had executed hfs will The document seemed very satisfactory to him but Instead of definitely distributing his estate It left the property to be fought aver by any who might claim to be his ceirs The will was filed and It became public Thor fnr Proot nutota Lil a 1 1 i ascv4 4CLL LU Ill 1 brothers and sisters if living and If dead to their children It was soon dls cov ered that the brothers and sisters were dead I McGurcks McGirks and McGurks be gan to make themselves heard from all parts of the United States and from sev A ral countries In the northern Prt of this state a colony of McGirks and their relations even formed a club to fight for their share of the estate In "the mean time Mrs Benson represented yy ter husljand has been busy looking lor her relations who according to her I husband would also be relations of Me ok Grurck Letters received from Ireland last week icy confirmed her statement that all of her sS it rnotner siae are dead With these letters as a foundation for her claim to the estate Benson filed a notice j' of appearance in the Superior Court at I Ban Diego in which the following state ments are set forth: "Now comes Annie Courtney Benson clty of San Biego i llf0Vn a n'ece of the said i Edward McGurck deceased and being the 'oniv surviving child of a deceased sisterof the said Edward McGurck deceased and appears herein by her undersigned P' and alleges and the brothers and sisters of ala Edward McGurk deceased were dead at the time of his death and there are no nieces or nephews of said Edward McGurck living except the said Annie Henson petitioner who Is the daughter of sIster of sall deceased as aforesaid and Is the sole surviving descendant of the brothers and sisters of the said Ed ward McGurck deceased did not at the time of his death leave him any other niece or nephew than the said 4 Annie Benson Auiiw Denson prays that decree of distribution be made and en tered herein adjudging and decreeing thst ene is the sole surviving heir and legatee ana devisee under the last will and testa ment Of Snlrt dAnpfioaH tkni nil property and estate of the said decedent siiDe distributed to her as such and for such other and further order and relief as may Pe meet proper in the premises The estate of McGurck Includes the block on the northeast corner of ifth and streets the southwest corner of ifth streets the southwest corner of ifth and I streets and other property tn Ban Diego of the total value of nearly i 500000 1000 acres near Old Town a val uable tract In Santa Barbara County $30 000 in thA flllpmin k'lvinrra TJowV 1 rancisco $30000 In the San Diego Sav xmim ttnu bluck in manv nanks inLos Angeles San Diego and San ran cisco At present Mrsr Benson is living tern porarlly in San Diego where she owns considerable property All goods are marked in plain figures We will open charge with good parties Agents for Garland Stoves and Ranges urniture and Stove 1 I 28 130W Washington St op Chin Accnnti to fa A general clearance effort affecting the coat in various colors and fancy mixture The first re rductlon of this klnd that we (or any one elae so far a we know) have yet made on the stylish long coat' 3 (iff All urs you cholce of all Langen scarf and muff at a uniform reduction from marked prices which in the first place were not high 'L 7 A wrtfurr AH rur Coat 1 3 and 15 nearseal and electric seal Wathington St 4 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 1908 Cafe I 't39 North lllinoit Street XJftdftr New MiuiscemenL I "III I I I I SI fr' ft I UMfiOM Proposition t' AX jn 9 IB At A 'J Ml ft I sl i 4:1 cWWrw iHmIi I 1 ML wft I i HP i I ii 'LX el A A A JwEi TCB I A i i I i 1 XJ" HhSsBka i 1 BBw BA'ilh HP Mr Mt 1 1 1 1 SA 1 K' V'1 Bf i H'i 'I 1 0 i 1 £a'h' i w'jf ia i ii MW Hnv Chat Cotpptr 1 KL Ill 1 JXJ ping took place ine upper Ilia 1MI1 1 1 I' iifl it A I i fe 1 A I a1 5 4 yt 1 a 1 Lii mBNSb tn VjSBlHB It' 'W Mi fe' xj" I'.