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25 NO. 92. WEDNESDAY. MUNCIE, INDIANA, JULY 29, 1903. WEDNESDAY.

ONE CENT A COPY. i I PR i CASS COUNTYPOSSE IS CHASING A NEGRO BO AT WAS SUCKED IN AND FOURDRO WNED TO SHOOT CONVICTS BEAVERS SOCIETY BUDS WERE ONLY WADING, NOT WITHOUT CLOTHES, AS STATED Sad Accident Incidental to Opening of a New Dam at Allegheny, Pa? One Was a Young Girl if Post Office Scandal jf of the city. "Aren't they dressed?" Inquired his honor, in a shocked voice. "No, they left their duds on the bank," was the answer. The whole police force was detailed Ann IS SUGGESTED AT MARION Crawfordsville, July 28.

Mayor Ruffell received an alarm over the telephone this afternoon that a party of bathing girls Were disporting themselves In the creek near foot of Washington street, In the business part number. This afternoon it developed that the negro was headed for what is known as Suttle's prairie. This is a long stretch of country, ton. talnlng two thousand acres, and every foot of it is planted in corn. As the corn is In tassel and very tall, it will be necessary to surround the field.

The posse will station pickets to cut off the escape. The negro was seen loitering In the vicinity of Lucerne on Saturday and Sunday. He wore" shoes that made a peculiar Impression in the dust and soft earth. Late this afternoon a party of women, armed with shotguns, Joined the crowd. At Intervals of an eight of a mile small crowds are stationed around the field, guarding any entrance.

TROOPS TO REMAIN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Springfield, July 28. Governor YatcB has decided to retain troops at Danville until he is certain that no further trouble Is likely. He anticipates trouble when the local officers arrest the ringleaders of the mob. POLICY WRITERS INDICTED. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Chicago, July 28.

Twenty-six of the thousands of policy writers doing business in Chicago were Indicted by the grand Jury today for selling lottery tickets. The indictments mark the orenlng of a campaign against policy by the citizens' association. ENTERTAINED BY A KINO. I Madrid July 28. King Alfonso entertained Rear Admiral Cotton and the officers of the American antinrimn at luncheon today.

Cintm, Portugal, July 28. Rear Admiral Cotton, of the American squad-ron, together wlih the other oflicus, wore tendered a banauet her tnnlirht by the government. .1 ll vi- III t- 'a i-; i THE PRESIDENT'S VACATION. Assailant of Mrs. Joseph Watts Escaped Into a Cornfield; a Lynching Probable if Caught BT PUBLISHERS' PRESS.

Logansport, July 28. The negro who assaulted Mrs. Joseph Watts Monday evening and was today surrounded by posse composed of several hundred men In the midlst of a thousand acres of corn at Tuttle's Prairie, Is believed to have been still alive at a. late hour tonight. Up to 10 o'clock no word to the contrary had been received here.

Bloodhounds were taken to Tuttle's Prairie this evening from Wayne1, but failed to get a trace of the footprints of the negro. A large body of farmers that went to make up the posse returned here late this evening, leaving only a few of the more determined ones to keep up the search. There Is no doubt that if the negro Is captured he will be lynched. The only way to prevent such an occurrence will be by taking the prisoner when captured to Lucerne, the nearest town to Tuttle's Prairie. The negro being pursued Is believed to be one that formerly lived at Danville, but was driven from that city by fright after the riots there.

The mob Is headed by George Watts, son of the woman assaulted. Mrs. Watts was returning home from the home of her son, George Watts, when a man sprang from the shade of a tree near the road, and seized her by the throat. She managed to give scream, and that saved her from thk fate which was Intended by the brute. She was knocked down.

But before her assailant could accomplish his purpose, the son of Mrs. Watts, who had heard his mother scream, tttarted In the direction of the sound, grabbing 'his shotgun from its place on the wall. The negro released his hold on his victim as he saw Watts approaching and jumped over a fence into a corn field and made his escape. The son sent the contents of both barrels of the gun after the negro, but through the semi-darkness and in his excitement, his aim was bad. The threshers at the home of George Watts were summoned by ringing the dinner bell, and a pupse was soon In pursuit.

The party hunted all night, and guarded all roads In that vicinity. At daylight the citizens again took up the search, and the mob increased In BY PUBLISHERS' P.ESS. Denver, July 28. John Brisben Walker, the mlllllonalre magazine editor, this afternoon made a statement regarding the arrest of his son, Wilfred, yesterday on a charge of assaulting a young woman at Troutdale, who objected to the young man's con. duct and ordered him from the premises.

The statement of Walker, senior, however, seemingly fails to explain his son's conduct. It says: "I desire to state after a careful If vestigation, I find my son, Wilfred Walker, who Is Just 18 years old, wbb sitting in a chair In Troutdale when he was unexpectedly attcked by Deputy Marshal Moore. Obliged to defend himself he handled Moore, I understand, quite severely. The matter is greatly to be regretted, but the reports published do his great Injustice." JETT AND WHITE JURY ACCEPTED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Cynthiana, July 28. In the case of Jett and White for the murder of J.

B. Marcum, the following Jury was accepted by both sides at 4:35 p. Thomas Norlhcutt, Berry McNees, Jasper King, J. W. Slade, D.

E. McCau-ley, W. Jennings, Patton Kitchen, W. F. Berry, John Renaker, D.

E. Fisher, Marvin VanNook and BenJ. Tateall. All are farmers except Northcutt, who is a bookkeeper. The defense filed a demurrer to the Indictment, but it was overruled.

The defendants then waived formal arraignments and pbaded not guilty. After the Jury was sworn the court adjourned until tomorrow morning. POPS ABE AT WORK BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Denver, July 28. At the after noon session, of the Populist convention, addresses were reported by the committee and resolutions adopted. The resolutions declare against affiliation with eithpr Republican or Democratic parties and arcunqualifiedly in favor of national political action.

The Populists' principles as enunciated at Omaha in ISM were reaffirmed. MR. WALKER DEFESDS HIS II SON ONSIGHT The Order Given to Pursuing Posse PRISONERS, LET GO IBT ASSOCIATED PRESS.J Placervtlle, July the thirteen convicts who escaped from the state prison at Folsom yesterday, twelve are still at large. Joe Murphy, who was serving a fourteen years' sentence for robbery, was shot dead last night at Pilot Hill. S.

M. Gordon, their leader, who wag sentenced to forty-five years for robbery, deserted his followers, soon after they left the prison. He Is heavily armed, but It Is not known in which direction he sought safety. The negro convict named Seavis, who was reported wounded, appears not to have been injured. The eleven outlaws who remain together are making for the Sierra-Neva, da mountains.

They are closely pursued by the sheriffs of Sacramento, Eldorado and Placer counties, each backed by numerous deputies and assisted by a company of militia. Hostages Were Heleased. About twenty guards from. Folsom prison are al30 engaged in the chase. It is believed that the fugitives will soon be currounded and a desperate battle is anticipated, as all are heavily armed.

The woiU of the pursuing posses Is now less difficult, by the unexpected action of the convicts, who today released all of the free men whom they held as hostages. The eleven are now near Placerville, in Eldorado county, In rough country, not far from the mountains which they evidently hope to make their refuge. Death or Capture Soon. Now that the captives have been freed the pursuing officers have been Instructed to shoot the convicts on sight and their death or capture in the near future Is expected. The driver of a stage, which passed between Pilot Hill and Coloma, reported that he saw the convicts walking close together.

They all wore citizens' clothes and were accompanied by men who were evidently residents of the vicinity, whom they had apparently forced to go with them as guides. When last seen the convicts were In citizens' c.othes, while the prisoners wore the stripes. The latter appeared to have a hard time of It, as they were heavily laden with bundles and ammunition. Several Were Beleased. At 10 o'clock last night the convicts turned loose Bernard Schlottman, Joe Foster and the following prison officers: J.

McDonough, G. E. Jolter, J. W. Dolan, W.

J. Hopton and Thomas Sevey. They were released In tho brush about four miles south of Dlels. and came into Dlels about 6 o'clock this morning. John Klendoroff, one of the guards, tumbled out of the wagon during the firing at Pilot Hill, and escaped unhurt.

MURDER CHARGE AGAINST ALL BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Sacramento, July 28. The coronet's Jury In the case of W. L. Cotter, the guard who was killed, rendered a verdict of murder againBt all the convicts who escaped.

HAWAII MAY i Si FREEDOM tBT ASSOCIATED PRESS Honolulu, July 28. At today's session of the home rule convention, ex-Delegate Wilcox urged that the United congress be memorialized to fant Hawaii Independence. His remarks were received with applause, nr.u It Is probable that a petition embodying the views expressed will be prepared for presentation to congress. 9'ich nn appeal would doubtless receive the signatures of many natives. ROOSEVELTS USED AXES BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS Oyster Bay.

N. Julv 2. Prealdont '-U Mrs. Roosevelt indulged In a little trimming today. They shouldered ana made a goodly pile of kindling od from one of the trees that had fntteri nn th.

r.f thm hilt 1 J. ,11,1 JW house. During the day the and Mrs. Roosevelt plaved I "toque. I visit the president at Sagamore i a uay or two.

on the case and set out at a greyhound pace to read the riot art. It proved false alarm, for the bathing girls were "society buds." merely wading and would have been presentable at any ordinary function. IOWA DISPUTE NOT SETTLED BT ASSOCIATED TRESS. Dcs Moines. July 28.

The Republican state central committee held a meeting here today for the purpose of completing Its organisation and once for all of settling the controversy as to whether the Cummins or antl-Cummlns faction should control. It was agreed that the campaign should be short and would be opened up In September, hut the points in dispute were not adjusted. Cummins is understood to have declared that any disposition to embarrass him by selecting personal enemies to conduct his campaign would result in an open rebellion on his part. MAY BE PEACE, AFTER ALL. BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS.J London, July 29.

The London Dally Chronicle publishes a dispatch from a "well informed correspondent," In which it is stated that peace will ob-tain In the far east throughout the coming winter, and in support of his prediction, the correspondent states that Russn, has nind Important concessions to the United Suites. Japan and England, which would not have been made If war was a probability. He also states that Russia will shortly Issus a declaration which, it Is thought, will define her position. The corre. spondent regards ss significant the departure of two British battleships from Wel-hal-wei.

SPRINGFIELD MAN CHOSEN. STAR'S SPECIAL SERVICE) Detroit, July 28. The Central Association of Railroad Officers, representing the operating departments of railroads In the middle west elected as president J. B. Flanders, of Springfield, O.

employment of l.M men to perform work (hut could vastly he performed by 125 mtn and a like number of machines. All the labor lenders are oppoeed to any action that will bring on a tungresalonal investigation. It would he found that the various unions have restricted the output of the big shop and compelled the retention of methods that are not used by any private firm In the. world. ONE QUADRUPLET DEAD.

JBY PUBLISHERS' PRESS.J Toledo, Ohio, July 28. fine of the famous Mpychalakl quadruplets. Bam Jones Bpychslskl, died today in lta mother's arms, aged six months and twenty-five days. It was one of the stoutest of the jur, weighing sixteen pounds and measuring twenty-six Inches. Death was due tq a sudden attack of cholera infantum.

Still Being Probed TELL-TALE CHECKS BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS.) Washington, July 28. A rigid examination is now being made by postofrice iiMpectora of the various brokers' offices here to ascertain Just what suma of money were lost or made in speculation by Oeorge W. Besvers, former chief of the salaries and allowances Bank examiners are also securing a largo number of checks, which are expected to throw light on thla feature of the Investigation. It has always been understood that Beavers was a large speculator In stocks. By ascertaining the success or failure of his operations It is expected to obtain a reasonable idea as to the amount of money he received from irregularities In the department.

In this way It can ba approximately determined whether or not he secured large suma of money, as his commission in governmental transactions other than those represented In the canes already prepared against him. The work of the Inspectors thui fsr has developed that many cherks Issued on behalf of Reaver pasted through the hands of Scott Towers, postmaster at station cno of the largest branch postofflces here. Tho orr.clals nr anxious to ascertain Just what relation ex. Istcd between Heavers and Towers. An Inquiry has for some time been conducted with that end In view.

HELD TO GRAND JURY. BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS.) Mount Vernon, N. July 38. Martin Ebelt, or Bchaffer, as he was known to his Intimates, was held tonight for the grand Jury for the murder of his wife, Auguata. He made a full confession of the crime tonight.

SHOT A POLICEMAN WHO WAS PREVENTING MURDER OP SWEETHEART BY PUBLISHERS PRESS.) New York. July 2s, In full view of hundreds of persons Patrolman Cornelius Mtilvey was shot and probably fatally Injured this morning while trying to prevent a soldier from shooting hla sweet-hesrt. The soldier la Adolnh Schlnsa, 82, of the Eleventh Battery, Field Artillery, stationed at Et. Hamilton, Brooklyn. After shooting the policeman the soldier turned th revolver tm hlmaelf, but ins wound la not serious Mulvey was shot In the center of his forehead, the bullet passing entirely throtiKh his skull and out at the back ot his head.

Be loss was arrested Immediately. His sweetheart. Louisa Freedman, 1, ran away screaming after the shooting. Hehloaa has linen lit the army for two month and was on leave of alwence. He declared that he hud been away four days over his l.sve.

hut said he had nn In-tentlnn of deserting, i'clleeman Mulvnr Is and has been several years on the force, PLATT'3 NARROW ESCAPE. BY PUBLISHERS' PRE8H.1 Wllkaabarre, July 28. Phnlpa Piatt, son ot Harry Plutt, of New York, and a grandson of Senator Thomas Piatt, had a remarkable es-cape from desth here today, while being driven shout the city. The colored coachman fell from the carriage In a nt, sustaining serious Injuries. Th spirited team then ran away, traveling three miles before two hnckmen, pursuing them, hemmed the runaways In and compelled them to stop.

Young Piatt was badly frightened, but uninjured. The 4-year-old daughter of Francis Phelps, of this city, occupied the carriage with him. SITUATION IS SERIOUS. BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS London, July 29. The Times publishes a dispatch from Its St.

Petersburg correspondent, In which It Is stated that tho disorders In the Caucasua have now extended over a very large territory and have become extremely serious. There ar alwsys labor troubles In Russia, but the present state of affairs, the correspondent states, ha assumed a wore alarming aspect tlmn ever before. To add to the general alarm, tha St. Petersburg press of late has been attacking Baron Rothschild, of Paris, snd his petroleum company, charging that the baron has acquired considerable naptha land in Raku from the small native owners, and It Is feared this Journalistic campaign may direct the passions of the rioting strikers against the property of the foreigners, NEW WITNESS POUND IN THE PAIR CASH Paris, July 28. A new witness of tha accident In which Charles L.

Fair and hi wife lost their lives, near Trou-vllle, last August, has been discovered 'n the person, of a working woman living nt Trembliiy. Thi woman declares that she was nn eye-witness of the accident, nnd that Mr, Fair survived his wife, who, she says, was killed Instantly. In explanation of her long silence in the matter, she say that she returned to her home in Treniblay and heard no more of tha case until recently, when she happened to see a newspaper in which the question of survival was raised. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS nttsburs, July 28. An accident followed shortly after the formal opening of dam Nov 1 In Allegheny, at H.nr's Island, this evening, in which four were drowned.

Tb names are: JOSEPH BROWN, aged 19. HENRY BROWN, 14, brother of Joseph. i FREDERICK B0LOER, JR. EDNA SHIPLEY, IS. After the ceremonies Incident to the opening of the dam, the three boys wero riding around helow the dam in a skiff, and seeing three girl friends on the hank, invited them to Join In Iho ride.

When all were seated, the skiff was headed for the dam. When within a short distance from the structure, suction from the "bear trap" drew the boat In under the water flowing over the dam. Before the party could be reached, four of them were drowned; 4 CHANGES PROPOSED TO MEET THE PROBLEM (BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS Wnfhlngton, July 28. Tha national tonight held a meeting to consider the problems brought forward by the reinstatement of W. A.

Miller as assistant foreman of the binding In the government printing office. Hnmuel Oompers, president, and others officers of the American Federation of Labor, were present. It developed that the bookbinders are the only members of the printing trade have a clause In their constitution forbidding members working with non-union men. Three plans of action are under consideration. These are to change union constitutions su they will conform to the civil service laws; to have congress modify th civil service laws so they will not conflict with the union by-laws, or to permit the Miller incident to die out, but to continue to make federal olnnlals recognise the unions In managing government Hhopi." It understood that Public Print! Palmer expects the unions to change their constitution so they will not conflict with tho civil service act.

BY PUBLISHERS' PRES8 Mt. Vernon, N. July 28. According to Chief of Police Foley, of Mount Vrnon, Kbelt, or Schaffer, has confess that he murdered his wife, Oussle Ebelt. Ohlef Foley announced this afternoon that tho whole mystery with regard to the young woman, who was thrown into a tewer after having been choked to death with a shoe-rtrlng.

was solved. Ebelt became confused when he was told' that hi father and mother refuted his statement that he had slept at home on Friday and Saturday nights, and, under the cross-questioning of the coroner this afternoon, he admitted that he had killed his wife "because arm worried him to death and made a mistake In marrying him." He said that she had hud him arrested several times for non-support, and he was tired of it all, so he lured her from home under pretext of having a position for her, choked her to death and threw her body into the sewer, lie viewed the body with perfect composure, and seemed to feel no sorrow at all for his act. CLOUDBURST NEAR WARSAW. BY ASSOCIATED PREBA Warsaw, July 28. A cloudburst occurred at Uurkett, near here, this evening, and washed away the bridges over Beaver creek.

Many cattle and horses were drowned. BITfS BEFORE BREAKFAST The mschlnlats employed at. the West-Ins house Machine company at i'lttahurg will go nut on strike weiltiesrlay morning at 10 o'clock unless the company (rams them an Increase of 7' per cent. The executive board of the tobacco workers at Pittsburg has ordered a 26 cent assessment on all member throughout the country to raise money for the label propaganda and to continue the light against the tobacco trust. Acting Hecretary Loomls received a dispatch from Minister lliauine.

nt IkoIh, aiiylng Indications for the rulltb iiilon of the canal treaty were more fiivorulile than previously. BIO COMPANY BANKRUPT. BY AB8OCIA1EO PRESS.) Trenton, N. July 28. The Southern car and Foundry company was today formally declared bankrupt by the court.

The company Is also In tha hands of receivers. CONFESSED TO ilEO HIS WIFE I t- Marlon, July 28. The plan of arbitrating the labor question here has been suggested. This was the suggestion made tonight to the union men and manufacturers to break the present dead lock. Ray C.

Campbell, president of the Central Labor union, accepted for the union the articles to submit to the board cf arbitration. Charles H. Walsh, counselor for the Manufacturers' Alliance, promises to submit the proposition to the executive committee of the alliance at a meeting tomorrow night. It is proposed to have Senator Henna, John Mitchell, K. M.

Sexton, Seere tary Wilson, of the Mine Workers, or any recognized person a representative of labor Interests, act as arbltors. Both sides are resting on their arms. EASTERN HANDS GO WEST ARMED (By Publishers' Press.) Topeka, Kas, July 28. The young1 men from eastern cities carry revolver and scalping knives) in the Kansas harvest fields. They osme with the notion that they will have to defend themselves in tha far west.

The authorities are disarming the easterners. A QTJEET DAY AT OYSTEE BAY. conclusion has been reached that this ronnot be none. Kven the riltimlasal of Miller would not change the effect of the order. It I a curious coincidence that a cue ImilHT to that of Miller Is how pending.

Charges wer preferred agalnxt Foreman McKarland by a prwwmnn who altered that he was violating the rules of the union by requiring more work of the man who pref'-rred the charges than he (light to do. There Is no present dlspo-slti'tn to forre action on thee charges unMl the Miller matter Is out of the nay. The rank and tile of printers and pressmen are angry at the bookbinders for stirring up trouble They are apprehensive a coiiKrennlorml Investigation of the entire plant, Hurh an Inquiry would reveal tf fait that the compoal-tre have (Ix'd a minimum for hand composition of but H.VKt "ems'' a day, which is Utile more than a good machine operator can do in an hour. The printers have up to this time prevented the Introduction of typesetting machines In the cover ttftine. They have compelled the III1.

I a t-f it i-1- It IV In f-y is if ul 4 te i I ft: it )3 Sr- if 4 TV PRINTERS ABE OPPOSED TO AN INVESTIGATION More About the Case of W. A. Miller at Washington. BY PUBLISHERS' PRESS. Wahlngton.

July 28 The strain ocra-sion-d by Ihf relnumtrment of W. A. Miller in th Kovurnment printing office hits abated almost to the point of dmappear-anw. 8-crMary C'ortelyou and Public Printer Palmer hd another conference on the subject, but would make nothing known concerning their views. It Is believed the president will fully discuss the subject with Civil 8-rvl' Commliwloner proctor, who will visit him Ovstur Hay In few days.

Mr. Proctor Is an uncompromising "stand patter" In the cane of Miller. The proportion to request the president to change his order of reinstatement so that it will not have the effect of making all government shone uieu has vUtuaiiy beta abaaduntd. The.