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POM TWELVE PAGES TWELVE PAGES TUESDAY, EVENING, APEIL 16, 190L 1 SIXTH EDITION THE TAMA JW I Li WAV i 4 1 i I I i 1 i i HIGHER SALARIES Announcement is to Local Postoffice. 5 wrtOTESABX TO RECEIVE MORE. MONEY. RESULT OF YEAR'S BUSINESS OTHER "CITITS ALSO BXAP BENXFTTS. Andewon, Munci, New Albany and Others An la th Llt Sent Out fron Waahlngton.

ta "Tfc Indianapolis Nws 1 WASHINGTON, D. AprU On th bull ot business don during the last year thePostofflc Department baa made ..,.1 .1 rnr ciera mr in uuiuvnu mww many fh Indiana office 'At the In dlajianoUs office the following Increases of salary are announced: Six clerks, from COO jaft. year; 'rom 3B 10 JW alk from IK to four from ItooTsIx from to two from It seven from I to $1,000: four from te tl.lD0.nd one from to xijw. la addition; the face 1 to hare twetv clerks, half of whom will be put to work July 1 an the other six October 1.. The Increases of aalary the postmaster and hla assistants have not been cOmput ma will not be before June 10.

Other place where Increases have been fallows: Anderson, two Merita, from $300 to $sr a rear; on from roo to ona from $000 to 1700; one from tsM to J5; one from $900 Xl.eoo. uimrl. two clerks, from to" $eoo a year; two from $ioQ to $: one from $800 to tXX: three from $300 to $1,000, and ona from 000 to tUVIO. New. Albany, ona from $S0C to $0 and one from $600 to Terra Haute, one from $600 to $700; Mi from $700 to $SO0; three from $900 to i Terra HauteSHFTDeeUhtracmrawwaoya ryx).

md one Trom $soo to 11.000. wen rnond. one from $500 tt $600, aad on from $TOT to $WQ. South Bend." one from $300 to $: onefrom $600 to $700; one from to J0. and one from to fUOOO.

JefferaonvlHaOaa.from "$500 to on from JTue to $00. ETvaMTlUe, One to and four from $700 i 3osT6rncE zxPAirsioir tor On Story Bulldinir that will Improve Condition. Plans have been drawn for the one torr buTJdlnr that Is to ccranect the postoffl.ee with the maillnf department in the first building south. A soon as the specifies Moth are ready tbey will be together with the puas to wasn tngton for spprovaL The postofflce men cotiiemnrate. some extensive changes whf a the additional building Is arected.

ar.d the floor space wlu he anereasea in all departments. The Wsmp wtndow.is to be located In He new building, and prir it he Ue erops jot matung iin irkirn. It ia not known how soon work on the begin. CLAIMS "AGAINST CHINA. Jance Aakg Indemnity for JUiIon ary WASHINQTON.

D. April In the dlscueaieri of Chinese indemnities, wnicn is gotnr on at Pekln. and also at the van out foreign capitals. It has been devel oned' that the French" roveminent Is de sirous of booking after not only those claims Of a distinctly national, charaetet relatlnsj to France and French subjects. th extenslvelaes ot claims of Catholic Institutions and mlMlonsrVss la making known this desire, the French authorities have made It Clear that (hey lock on the con military claims as quit as worthy of conslrieratinn as those eon uctd with the equipment of military; ex pedltlons.

Jt is said thai some fSO.OOO Jr eons, directly and indirectly ieonnected with the missions, marty of them native converts, hare been killed or Injured during the course of the sides this much property has been! de stroyed and damaged. The claims rarer not only to French Catholic missions snd missionaries, but include also practically the entire range of irlalms In which th missions hsve suffered. I Minister Wu Alarmed. WASHINOTON. April ll Th Chines minister wss st the State Iepartment tto day In ronferenoe with Secretary Hay en the status of negotiations at Pekla.

The minister Is concerned over the de lar In brtnaing about a final adjustment. and over the current reports that the in mnitles reach a large ngure, he fears. wlU be beyond the ability. of China te meet. WILL NOT ACCEPT DoTtrnment Xmploy Establisheg a WAElUKaTON'.

D. Apriiit An ex casa Is presented in that it John A. ef Iowa. epeclaT reci procity commissioner of the United states, has declined to adept compensation ir the duties performed by lilm. because none, of the treaties negtf ttated becsme effective.

This Is one of lhe few rajwa of this kind on record. Mr. Kasson was appointed special com Tr. lea loner soon after the passage of the lasr. His salary was a year.

Inasmuch as (he treaties prepared him failed or ratification he aid not feel' justlned in accepting; pay and handed his resignation to the Prealdent. The latter declined accept it, however, and nrQuested Mr. Kasson tfi remain in offlft He will resum his duties, but without a saiary. 1 DISPOSITION OF A BODY. i A Dint.Pi Suit Baling in Faror ot th Judge Mc Vaster, of the Superior Courts has ruled In favor of th city In th broughi against It 'and Dr.

Charles Fourher, tuirinteTderit of the City llnsp'tsl Junes "Goodrich. Goodrich corr.plUned jthat his brother died in the ot ji. thst he wss not notified. and i rxh wss turned over to th MdV Iral Cm: eg' rf sn liana. He asked t2.0 tSamages.

uUg MeMaster rustalned the iclty's on th ther that mih. vrp.rUon gre not JSsble for the 'acts ef the'r employes when they are in the discharge of the governmental funcs. tlons ef th municipality. BURKED BY EXPL0SI0H 1 i Xagera Panic Stricken, by a Baahcf I Flame: tp Tb lodianapolf KewaJ Rjrrrop.D. ind Arm a.

wa eluded amor.g ttfee baker at the jlv hsTdarm ewrly this moraine; by of e.g!!" stove used for raUlr.e yneV K1 hard son. one of the I rr rw severely ttTrned in tr fa'' ghtin tfc Came, which were tr. tr.cr fo itrol. INDEX OF TO DAY'S ISSUE. i Rout for Cpt)n Partr.

FosloAcs LUt Not I trtrk for Murdrr ChambrlajB'a Fir.ny Qurrl. WhU Oi'Pwitomc Oris. Ko Indiana Kino Fffk. 0rernor lJurttn Apntr.t mnt. t1rot Qjt Ej Wlr rnoufe Nrw Uuonio Ttni XTtrrlr of Er.

4 Editorial. rX rapa. Th Pallr Th Krai rr( Strv 'rnr Uttls Ftorioa of Life. What to Eat. CaJTXmtara Srf tal tnty Ptattntlra.

.7 Advrtlm'r. Plratra In Form Marlon Cloan Pmrrp. ScaodaU at Mcnlia Methodist PollorTTirtl ta Tjurcb Ftato Two Dncitur for.tj Plonrrrj 16 Markata. Dimiit Suit FUillnc ti Council Quarrcla A rain. Factortaa Proaprous.

11 Through the Mlcroacopa. Amuaatr.rnta. Policy Men'i Victory. OPENING OF TRIAL FOR MUR DER OF WILSON. WHaon'c Mother, Wife and Sister Present in Court, Also Barnett's Mother and WHe.

When the crowd of spectators pufhwl their' way out of the Criminal Court room. at noon to day. the special venire of thirty property owners, called by Judge A ford for the trial of Jam Bar rett a the charg of mnrderlng Frank Wilson, had been exhausted and still there were no signs of an agreement cn twelve men to try his case. There were two groups of women In the room that attracted more attention than the lawyers or the Jurors or the ac cused man himself. They were the moth er, the wife and a slater of Frank Wil son Xnd through the tedious proceedings they sat Just back of Prosecuting Attor ney Rnckelshauai All were drersed In mourning aad their faces were hlddeifby ha Try black Tails.

They offered no sug geatlons to the attorneys, and did not speak a word throughout, but sat silent with their hands clasped and their eyes fixed. on the face of the veniremen as they were called to the box, examined and then excused. Prisoner' Wife and Xorther. the other side of the room was an other mother and another wife. The mother was a colored woman of advsnced age." She hell an ear trumpet to her ear and leaned forward that she might not miss a word of the examination.

By her. side and near to Baroett sat his Ife. and then she spoke to him In an undertone. He Is rather a light colored" negro, evidently about thlrty fl re years old. He did not seem restless at all, bnt contented himself with allowing his eyes to roam over the throng In the vactt part, or me room.

As one br one the soeclal veniremen were dismissed or "cause." It became that neither of the attorneys was saUsfuid with the lis. They were asked If they knew1 James Barnett; If they knew Bohert McOuat. or it they knew Frank Wilson, th murdered man. Then they were questioned as to race and temperance prejudices, and many or tbem were Because iney saia they biased against saloon keepers. Both Iilriklng Heavily.

Wilson was bartender In the Bates Inn. The testimony Jin Police Court showed that ne ana ttooerx icuuat, ty wnose mother Barnett was employed as coachman in her North Merjdian strek home, had been drinking heavily befoi they entered" the Inn. shortly 11 o'clock the. night of March IX Barnejtt Is accused of having fhot Wilson whfen the latter tried to put him out. afterl a quarrel.

The police captured Barnett a few minutes later in his sleeping room an the stable at the McOuat home. The ess is expected to last through Friday and a contest Is expected ail tfee way through. John a. Duncan. Horace Bmith and James T.

V. Hill, a colored attorney, are defending Barnett. Prosecutor Ruckelsbaus Is assisted by his chief deputy. Charles FV Benedict, who will make" the closing argument for the State. The selection of a Jury was completed this afternoon, and Prosecuting; Attorney Kuckelsbaus made the opening statement for the Btate.

i 'BLIZZARD IN COLORADO. Cattle Dying on th Ranges TtsJSc Blocked, DEVVKR. April 11 Reports flora northern Colorado are to the effect that, another storm has prevailed on the plains, for the pat twenty four hours and still, continues. It began with a misty rain and 'developed Into a veritable The loss of stock, will be great. Cattle have become greatly weakened by eaposur to the storms of the past two weeks and lack of.

sufficient food. Th snw Is drifting badly nd railroad traf fVc Is being delayed. In the vicinity of rjenver and on the plains, th storm the worst for years. I Storm Damage in Wyoming. CUETEXNE.

April It One of tb worst storms In recant years Is ras ing her. 8 now began to fall, early Mon day morning and several Inches wars added to th large amount already on th The snow is hght, and a high wind has drltted It badly. TJiree locomotives wer flcmelisbed la a freight wreck at twenty miles west or here. Traffic waa delayed five hours. The live stock losses from this and for mer Storms are enormous.

All the small ranchmen In western Nebraska. South Dakota and eastern Wyoming hav lost iieavtly. The temperature Is now "near gero. DYNAMITE EXPLODED. SSI I I I Destroying th Powr House at i 'mux's Quarry.

I Special te Th Xndianapolla Newa VERSAILLES, JnA. April 1. Last night 0e power house at Ashman's ouarry, contatnlmr one hundred pounds of dynamite, was destroyed by Bre. Tb Cuarry is ore half mile west or Osgood. Wbeu the narait exploded th report was beard and the Jar was felt for mile.

The mains and stone crusher were de stroyed. Th loss Is $3,030. with no ln snrance. The cause of the fire is un F0UR PERSONS IBITTEN. A Mad Dog Runs Amuck Near Mont romery.

(rs eclal to Tr. Indiana poll Nwl WASHINGTON, Apri) li A dvg thought to be troubled, with rabies, ivajr Montgomery, wt WlUlam Hamilton soa, W. rus snd nis four year old boy. also Alfred Clements, a farm Is borer, and WKllsra ors. Mr.

Hamilton will try tie Tr ireatment. GHDQSING i ETT LIST IS NOT BEIIDy Men Who Would be Post masters Must Wait SENATOR FAiaBANTK3 VT1LL SEE THE PRESIDENT, NO FIGHT ON PALMER HEATWOLE XOT AMBITIOUS TO BE PUBLIC PRINTER, St. Louis Congressman Takes Up the Cause of Indiana" Man Threatening Letter. (Sr ru: to The Indianapu New I Washington. i Apri; is Senator Kalrbanki has reiurnrd to W'ashlnit t(in and experts to be here for a week on depnrtmerital other buliie The I'otnffire rxiart mnt ha not.

up tr, to dny. rffeived the list of postmaster? agreed r.r. for reappulntmpnt In the Democratic dlstrirt. in Indiana, and It If presumed these ar.d other patrnnajre matters will be arranged btfore the President sLartF for California. At the White House It is said there Is no truth In the report that Public Printer F.

W. Palmer, of Ulinots. will be asked to resign In favor of Congressman Joel Heatwole. of Minnesota, who. is an old Indiana man.

is chairman of the House committee on printing, and is very popular, lth printers' organizations throughout the country, but Heatwole expects to be Governor of his State, and Is not looking for graveyard positions In Washington. The dlscharse nt Charles' 7.uokrelKle. of Rockport. from his position as inspector of the Treasury Ipartment, has stirred up, a violent protest from Congressman 'Bnrtholdt. of 9t.

Ixul. The Germirti Congressman says his compatriot from Indiana has been grievously wronged. The charge of Incompetency, he says, has injured the business of Mr! Zuckrelgle, who Is a manufacturer ef tombstones. Bartholdt has written to Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the Treasury Department, threatening to demand an Investigation of the architect's office. It Is claimed that Supervising Architect Taylor, of the Treasury Department, secured the dismissal of Zuckrelgle.

New Indiana Postmasters. Special to Tha Indianapolis News.J WASHINGTON. D. April 1 The following Indiana postmasters were appointed to day: Alert. Decatur county, Mary Stephenson, vice Maggie Stephenson, resigned; Olldas.

Harrison county, Simeon Blngsley. vice C. R. Miller. resigned; Holland, Dubois county.

Formohlen. vice Christian F. Siebe. re moved; Lasca, Daviess county, J. H.

Chestnut, vice Y. E. Taylor, resigned; Lockman, Brown county, O. W. Bow man.

vire J. c. McKinney. resigned; Moral. Shelby county.

Richard Lea go, vice C. W. Means, resigned. BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING. Committee Divided on the When Proposition.

The committee ajipolnted by. the presi dent of the Board of Trade to consider the subj ot of a new building, and the le or repair of the old one, will meet this week to prepare a report for a called meeting of the board of governors. The sentiment of one section of the com mittee appears to bo crystallizing on the When building proposition. which Is to trade th When building for the Board of Trade building and $225,000. Another section of.

the committee Is opposed to this and Is supported by a large number of the governors and members of the board. This section claims that the value of the WhTi building is largely In th ground, and that the expense of keeping up the building would be a heavy drain on the rent receipts. The feeling seems to be that the board is very likely to expend a considerable sum on the present building and slay there, although D. M. Parry, the president, savs.

such action will never be. taken with his consent, and In this matter he has a large following. BELIEYES HE IS AN HEIR. He Lays Claim to Untold Millions in Germany. Special to The Indianapolis News PORTI AND, Ind April US.

Living at Powers Station, iu the southwestern part of this county, is William Silvers, an old i man. who firmly believes that he is heir to an estate of He Is a German, eighty five years old. His father came from Germany during the eighteenth century. When the revolution brought out he was among the first te take up arms. His son Inherited th same He left Virginia and came to the West, theu a vast wilderness.

He settled In Ohio, finally moving to Indiana, and fought In the army of the West under (ren. William Henry Harrison. His son. the present William, now claims that thrmgh his ancestors he has proof of being heir to the vast sum mentioned, snd that it is lying unclaimed in Germany, and In cities of the United States. POKER PUYING WOMEN.

St. Louis Pastor Gives Them a Pointed Scoring, ST. IXHMS. April 1 Rabbi Leon Harrison creates! a sensation when he denounced women gamblers from his pulpit. He said.

"What shall say of women poker playtng women, euchre playing' women holding their own with the men In thetr competition for money or its equivalent In valuable prices Women flushed with excitement. Inflamed with a gobbler's passion, day after day In the week leaving their homes In the busy hours, deserting their little ones, their many du tlfs. demorallalng their children by their abominable example? It behooves them to cleanse away this stain on their womanhood and motherhood and to prove more worthy of their high calllr.g." Will Toueh Indian Towns. ST. JOSEPH.

April 1. The City Cour rtl will to night grant a franchise to th Chicago Southwestern Michigan electric railroad for tracks through this city. The' road will run from Chicago to St. tapping the 'Michigan fruit belt, a distance of ninety miles, and its estimated cost is The road will touch several Indiana towna When completed It will be the longest electric line In the Weat Whitney Horss a Disappointment. etS'DOSi.

April CoL McOal bay! colt, St. Macloud.won th for ty seicond Newmarket biennial slakes at the Neffmarket Craven meeting Arthur James's Magic Mirror was second and 1 William C. Whlrney's Volo dyovskt. ridden by Lester Reiff, third. Hven horses ran.

The performance of Volodyovskl was a distinct disappointment. i 4 NOTIFICATION 99 OF ASSESSMENTS. Ex Postmaster Sahm Has Different Idea3 of the Duties ROAST FDR CARTER Solicitor General Richards Is Opposed to His Release. BITTER BRIEF FILED WITH S. SUPREME COURT.

U. ARMY OFFICER A RASCAL DOCTORS SAY HE IS NOT VERGE OF COLLAPSE. ON Defrauded Government ot Large Sum and is Only Reaping What He Had Sown. WASHINGTON. D.

April l. So llcltor Oeneral Richards, to day filed with the United States Supreme Court a brief In opposition to the application for ball, filed about ten days ago In behalf of former Capt Oberlln M. Carter, now confined In the United States penitenti ary at Leavenworth, Kas on con 1 Lk wttn nax vlctlon of fraud lb. connection bor Improvements, at Savannah, Ga. Carter asks to be released because he is ill and Innocent.

After reviewing the history of the case, the solicitor general says that the validity of Carter's conviction' and sentence by the court martial which alone could try him for crimes committed as an officer of the United 8tates army in violation of the articles of war, has been sustained by three civil courts and five Judges not counting the United States Supreme Court, before which the matter is now5 pending for the third time. The solicitor general submits an argument tending to show Carter's sound mental condition, snd files with the court the affidavits of five physicians who examined Carter, and affirm that he Is not on the verge of nervous collapse. Mr. Richards says that the Investigations of the Government reveal the loss of an aggregate of through Carter's operations, ot which he (Carter) received one third, with traveling expenses added. In view of these facts, Mr.

Richards' asks: 'It it any wonder thst Carter wants to get out on ball? Ia It any wonder that he desires to be put In a position where be can personally handle the sinews of war which he obtained by fraud from the Government that educated him and gave him his standing and reputation J. J. M'COMB'S WILL. It Takes Daughter's Marriage Into Account. NEW TORK.

April It has become known that the provision in the McComb will for Miss Fannie. Rayn McComb conditional on her being married to Louis Hersog, appears not In the will of JaiYt Jennings McComb, father the yeiing woman, but la a codicil dated March 26, five days before Mr. McComb died, clause provides that In case Miss Fannie shall marry Louis Hersog she shall have an annuity of $15,000. The codicil does not revoke any of th bequests In the will. Miss McComb Is living at the family country home.

Eatherwood. with her mother. A dose friend of hers said, that sbe was not engaged to Mr. Hersog, although he had been a frequent caller at the house. Previous to her father's death she and Mr.

Hersog wer often together. This friend added: "The construction, put on the clause Is that If Miss McComb marries Mr. Hersog she wlU receive more than twice the Income that ahe will if she does not marry him. I can not learn whether she wjll abide by her father's de i clslon or not." Miss McComb, it is said, met Mr. Hersog whtl traveling in the South with her father.

The estate left by Mr. McComb Is estimated to be worth between 110.000,000 and $15,000,000. A special to the Tribune from Philadelphia says that Louis Hersog when seen at his borne In that city last night admitted being th man mentioned in tb McCemb codicil and admitted, also that he knew Miss McComb. i GOV. DURBIN'S STAFF.

Members Here This Afternoon Looking at Uniforms. Well known men from all parts of th State were In the ctty to day in response to an Invitation of Governor Durbln. to become members of his staff. They met at the aovA no' office at 2 o'clock this afternoon, tu that time representatives of three) com pan lea present with 'eJrrole of the uniforms and equipment. teat the staff must have.

This will be. boiAht by the members themselves, i 1 Fifteen memoirs of Governor Mount's staff aiT( to be retained. The official list was not given out to day, Secretary Wilson refusing to make the names public until after the staff had met and all the places had bVen finally settled. Of Governor Mount's' ejaff the following are among thofe to be) retained by Governor Charle E. Wilson; Will lam E.

Engllvb. and Charles KaBlo. of Indianapolis; William J. Henley, of Rushvllle; George E. Rockwell, of Cincinnati, A.

R. Keardsley, of Elkhart; Samuel T. Murdock, of I afayette; William G. Irwin, of Columbus; David A. Coulter, of Frankfort: Leigh R.

Glgnll liat. of Culver: Harry U. Kramer, of Indiana Mineral Springs, and Fletcher M. Durbln. of Anderson.

Others to whom staff appointments have been tendered are: Henry Marshall, of Lhfayette: James F. Slutesman. of Peru: J. McCoy, of Rensselaer; Senator E. 'H.

Woicott, of Wolcott: Edward Bowen. of Delphi; R. E. Breed, of Marion: T. H.

Johnson and William Gars tang, of Indianapolis John A. Thompson, Of Edlnbnrg; Dr. James Wtlson. of Wabash. Snd L.

P. Dovle. of Columbus. Edward J. Roblson.

Ernest J. Tripp. Dr. A. E.

Sterne, all of this city; N. Cra Fred Van Orman, Evans vllle; Walter Brown. Elkhart; A. B. Mler, and William C.

Burk, Thorn town. PLATT TALKS OF CUBANS. Author of the Amendment Thinks It will be Accepted. NEW TORK. April 16.

Senator OrvIIle H. Piatt, of Connecticut, author of what hi known as the "Piatt amendment," relating to Cuba, Is at the Murray Hill Hotel. In an Interview last night said: "The real essence of the propositions of this Government Is that the Cu Lbans recognise the right, of the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba and the stability of its government. That right, once being recognised by the Cuban constitution, there will be no trouble about the enforcement. All will be plain sailing.

The property owners and the conservative classes In Cuba almost unanimously desire the protection of this Government; those opposed to It do not eo unt for much." Cuban Committee Coming. HAVANA. April 16. At yesterday's session of the Cuban constitutional convention five delegates Senors Diego Tamayo, Capote, Berriel, Portuondo and Lorente were appointed a commission to. go to Wablnfrton to lay before President Mc Ktnley the deslrvrf of the convention regarding th future relations between Cuba ar.d the United States.

The committee win leave soon and will be accom paniwd by Governor General Wood. W. D. FOULKE IS PLEASED. Ciril Service Has Advanced Under Present Administration.

D. C. April 15. William Dudley Foulke speaks well of the McKInley administration, as a result of the Investigation he has been making regarding the manner' In which the civil service law has been observed. lie says th "miserable system" of removing employes on trumped up charges is practically obsolete, and all efforts made by Congress to cripple the law have been unsuccessful.

As to our new Insular terrl rttory, he says the civil servic law has ben recognised, and the service la much the better for It RAM'S HORN BROWN Ha Recovered from Smallpox Narrowly Escaped Blindness. Elijah. Brown Ram's Horn Brown) has recovered from th4 smallpox, aad today the quarantine st his horn was raised. Mrs. B.rown did not contract the disease.

"It was a for me," said Mr. Brown, to day." 'The disease went to my eye, and I was blind for two days, but I am as sound as ever now. of the Postoffice. CHARGE OF IIU Placed Opposite Name Albert T. iPatrick.

of NEW YORK LAWYER IS TO GRAND JURY. HELD JUDGE JEROME'S DECISION PATRICK BLAMED FOR DEATH OF WM. M. RICE. Charles Jones, Valet of the Millionaire, Testified that Patriok Planned the Murder.

NEW YORK. April 16. Justice Jerome to day held Albert T. Patrick to the grand Jury, on the charge of murdering William Marsh Rice, the millionaire. 'Charles Jones, who acted as Rice's valet and secretary, confessed during the commitment proceedings that he and Patrick had conspired to take Rice's life.

This was done by administering chloroform. According to Jones, Patrick wished to get possession of Rice's fortune through a forged will. LOUIS NAPOLEON WEDS. Grand Duchess Helena, Bride of the Prince. BRUSSELS, April IS.

The Petlt Bleu says that Prince Leuia Napoleon ht married the Grand Duchess Helena, daughter of the Russhin Grand Duke Vladimir. Prince Louis Napoleon was born July 18, .184. He Is the second son of the lite Prince Jerome Napoleon snd the younger brother of Prince Victor. the youngest child of the Rus tlan Grand Duke Vladimir, was born January 1882. TAXPAYING RECORD.

About Fifty Thousand Ahead of Previous Year at This Tim. The Barrett taw and tax collections up to noon to day reached between and S150.0G0. and it was estimated that the checks and money In th unopeneo mall would bring the aggregate to within a few thousand of This establishes a record in Marlon county by nearly $50,000. Treasurer Koehne to de til owed a numbec who were prevented from paying their taxes before the close yesterdav evening to come in and settle without the penalty being applied. GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.

President Haa Chosen W. M. Jen kin for the Place. WASHINGTON. D.

April 1. The President has decided tb appoint William M. Jenkins to be Governor of Oklahoma Territory, to succeed the present Governor Barnes, whose term will expire soon. Mr. Jenkins secretary of the Territory.

KILLED HER HUSBAND. Then th Insane Wif Committed Suicide. MASON CITY. Ia, April At midnight Ust night Mrs, H. B.

Tunura shot and killed her husband and then shot herself through the heart. It is believed she was Insane. Arizona Sheriff Killed." PHOENIX. Aria. April I6.Sheriff Kd Beeler, of Apache county, well known throughout the Southwest, was recently ambushed and killed by friends of a man whoni he had kilted, who had sworn to avenge hla A big party of oCJcer and Beeler men' is in pursuit of the assassins.

RIPLEY HIS OWN "WITNESS' Kentucky Mitlaman Tells 9, Coxv latent Story FRANKFORT. Ky. AprU It Tha Ripley trial continued to day with CapC Oar ret Ripley, the defendant, still on the? tand under croaa examination. He has mad an exoeilent witness from his own standpoint, hla answers being clesr and unhesitating. The defendant told of hi move ments after i the arrival of hla company here he morning of January 31.

His company waa stationed near the executive' mansion and penitentiary and had nothing, to do with preventing he meeting of the Legislature, II wa not in tne suuaa wntcn cnased tne legislature out of the court house and city hall, nor with the company which formed and drilled In front of the Capitol Hotel, where Goebei was lying Wounded. Th prosecution askedif he bad not said In substance to J. B. Mathews. In April last rear, that Ripley 1 was go ing away soon and knew confidentially that Caleb Powers was tnnoaent and could tell enough to clear If It be came necessary.

Th defensej objected. but th court overruled the objection. The witness. In hla reply, said he might hav said this to Mathews, but If be did he had In mind the things he had heard Impllcatlna Henry Toutsey and also th occurrence. seeing Toutsey com out of Taylor's ofilc on January 19.

was not positive, however, whether he said this to Mathews or not. Th witness could not remember whether he also told Mrs. Mathews In substance what he Is alleged to have told her hashand. but' admitted that he had asked Mathews to ao away with him. The cross examination developed nothing new In defendant's testimony.

What Taylor Said. Ripley wejit on tb stand rn his own be hulf yesterday. He did not deny h4 made the statement attributed to I him by ex Gorernor Bradley and Judge W. H. Tost, concerning ex Governor Taylor's remarks to him.

but saqa while he thought they were substantially correct In their evidence, they had JjBundarstood him. or he had failed to cottvey the proper Impression on them at thertlme. Regarding his reported statement that Governor TSylor' said Goebel was to be killed. Ripley testified: "I wnt Inte the Governor's office and found the Governor looking very bad. I told him I waa sorry tp htm loofclni bad, to which ha replied: (n the borrtbl time anybody wnuld look bad.

Rom IrrMponslbl fool or crank is likely to kUl or toll Ooekel and cause a riot around here, in which there will be many llvn or aubstanc Ilka She! that. Then I told him I did not think this would trrur avid w.nt on talking to him about ray company which I was renins equipment for. 'My Ood.l said he. 'haven't you got that company raJr yet That waa what I was trying to tell GoTrnr Hradtey and Judse Yos. but I may not hav stated it to them as clearly as I intended to." I IN A FAMILY QUARREL Joseph Chamberlain is Hotly Attacked ty Hi Sister in Law.

LONDON." April 18. Discussing the South African war at a meeting held at Cannlngtown Ust night, Mrs. Richard Chamberlain made a lively attack jon the Secretary, ilr. Joseph Chamberlain, "it Is all very wrll," she said, "for men like my brother in law. Joe, to say that farm burning Is all rieht.

but how can he know about farms or farming? Who wae father? He was a little screw maker, a very respectable profession, but It do not teach much about farms. It Ut Tt good sending out screwmakers or anything of tht sort. The war was not mude for but for Johannesburg capitalists who could not speak English." Mrs. Klchard Chamberlain went to South Africa early In the war and returned to England Coward the end of last summer. BURIAL OF W.

LDUNLAP: Business was Temporarily Suspended During the Services. Imperial to Th Indianapolis News FRANKLIN, April 1. The funeral of the late W. L. Dunlap took place this morning, a private service being held at the residence at.

o'clock, and a public service at the Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock. Dr. Ieon P. Marshall. pastor of the church of which, Mr.

Dun I lap was for many years a trustee, con ducted services The escort was the I largest seen here In many years. Among the orders participating were th G. A. of which Mr. Dunlap was a past de partment commander, the service being la its charge, and Company F.

of the Seventh Indiana, Mr. Dun lap's own company: the Knights of Pythias, of which I he was a past grand chancellor and su preme representative, as well as a charter member of the local lodge; th Odd Fellows, of which was a trusts: th Masons, of which order a leading member, and the Knights Templar, Busltvss was. generally suspended throua hout the city. ity. Si Suit Ovf Silver Service.

CHICAGO. April 16. A replevin suit to recover the solld'sllver service of th battleship Illinois has been begun in the Circuit Court by the Towte Manufacturing Company. The corporation claims that the silver service Is part of Its goods and chattels, and that It was taken possession of by tbe defendants. The service now In the possession of Nortbrrj Trust Company for safekeeping.

The defendants to the suit are William Penn Nixon, Harlow Higging botham, Charles. L. Hutcbina and the Northern Trust Company Bank. The Towle Manufacturing Company sSys the property Is valued at WEATHER BULLETIN." United States Weather Bureau. Indianapolis.

April 14. Temperature. 1 i April IV l. April 16. UMJ, 7 a.m.

12 m. 2 p.m. 7 a.m. no. 2 pm.

54 60 33 a a Relative Humidity. 7 a.m., 7H. 1 p.Bt.."sx 'Local Forecast Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity5 for th thlrtyTilx hours end jlng p. April 17. 'Jl: Occasional, to nJxht and Wednesday forenooK; fair," cooler In the afternoon.

Weather in Other Cities. Observation taken by th United States Weather Bureau at m. 75 ih meridian timer. 'i Stations. Fismarck.

N. D. Bar. Temp. Weth.

30 14 tu Cloudy Mass Chicago, IU. Cincinnati, O. Cleveland. Helens. Mont.

Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City. Mo. Louisville. Ky.

Mobile. Ala. Moorhead, Minn. Nashville. Tenn.

New Orleans. La. New York; Oklahomi. O. T.

Omaha. Neb. Ptxtsburg. Qu Appelle. Assln.

Ft. lulei St. Paul. Minn. fan Antonio, Tex.

Washington, D. 3M 4 42 40 :4 41 ea 23 44 Rain is S4 W1J a.74 30 so.rts i 2 .7 M.Tt a Sing 3 i AM Cloudy Cloudy Clear Pt Cdy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Pt Cdy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cler tnr Rain Kiln CioMidy Oar 44 41 4 St I 64 C. F. WAPrE.Nil.lNi Local Forecast Uilclal. RAIN FOLLQiYtD BY fAyV 4 jpEyrgj CITY FREE pf DEW Temporary Obh lions to jVIONET I3T TftElifofcY TO 'AC COMPLISH THIS SX STJLT Ml MORE LOANS Nl BUT CITY'S 5H0B CUT TO 11 Treasurer Kbehn' Work Thfpoii tic of th Sitrxatiofa Democrkt "Wan MoraiTlm.

City Comptroller Johdsi will, th lit of May. pay off th temporary loan, and.th 1st of Juti jtfc tefn 1 porary lo4a outstandWainsfc th cijyj th Ctty Council bavin passed th mfc StT SUMMER 4U i vir, Woo. I essary appraprUdon 1 I brainaace, Jhjat This will, for thj clear tih city of era porary Indebtedness. Th.trr 000 loan was mad th Wtftjr part of l4tj I December. and th teO.PC Soaa th fifsc of last February, The jcity now hUa enough mpney in the and sfcht; to It over uitt 'the middu'et i the first of Accuse whn making of 'temporary Ifani wlU hav to t4 resume to lid tfck'citovr umll fail taxes torn 1 But owiig to th avfty.

rast and 5 pected. 'of County "treaauw in coilcUng delinciukiM tares, tih" ariount of money ter porrowed tils year wui fall short cf ekpectatlon br. pet haps $50,000, the; cltt ettinf ') oer cejit. of all delinquent faxes the 47,000 borrowed utjof this yeap Iniorae to meet Wat gear's I4s the smount the cUyntlves from deltiv qunt taxes, represent aJthej shortage that will be found In tbefi lt treasury at th eni.of this yesr. NiprtvUloir wss maid In this year's tax" Ivv4 for meeting th shortage whtfh tae ibook shewed at the beginning of llseir.

To wipe It oul this yesr would jbavi reauired an ad ditional lew nf atvi jf 11 int. MitlLe: thej total levy 85 ceita Only such prpriattnns wer mid ei as were thought absolutely necessary! and (the jevy 1a' income to meet the If there should beiyinf bat nrk of alnnronriatfant de th mA nt fftla' year this sum wouMTalsO Hav te de ducted from the amM ofith shortsi nua no material this kind Its amount of extra afcMjrlatlons made: from, time tb time t'fJ faeet emergencies such as the smallpoj3ldrrale, and tb extra expense entail by die. nw Improvement law. wt' lsxd any saving that (might be rtti So It mated thef aooi kuih Lf this yesr wilt daWa perhar low ss 1 Tb' shortage will 'jfisv to eonsld ef ed nexj fall when tai levy for ties! year Is flked and wheftr It shall wiped owt by ait Increased Itx' lfvy or SfHowed to be carried er klSlj hope thajt, iWxt year moe delinauent'ix cjollectiops. ti' dlscoverjf of ieaterdT from taxation possjble Indira from special i 1 taxes th city dmUilsJfrtl0 hs wlshted to put oh the gas onartles arid other.

I corporations and posaDtri. I creases ia celpts fryim other sogievjesj 'will wlp It out next jyear additional levy. Is expected to be th in Irnport'it aub Ject in Che of (what th tax levy shap be. with 'lies; strong fac tor rn tae discussion, Democrat fa, a Hoi. The Dewnocrats.

lti iiolnted out bv th Republicans, will be f'p si hots" shouU the Republicans wfn Vti thf ctty next October. If th jax IVy Is fixed high to wipe out! tb ir Charts gs. th Republicans will "point crith isoorn" to th high levy. If the letyjls bot the Republicans Will fc jnt faith the sStpe scorn to the fact Jai th Democrats went out of office loping ia short bf $mono in the treasujand bo provision, for paying It. I In the latter case.

Jil lsj thought, th' llepubllcans would gil fo work to wipe' ut the shortage, an, flight perhaps mcreasful In a vear. 5 There would then tf fj thn with 'Hh Kepumicsns paa wipajs ous aot tb em octs i couia pet get yia ot. the forroera th f. jpuIlcans mtgte conduct business underithei sam plan ai In the latter case, tM difference In the result being that wlp out th shortage snd at the ilmi "time hava! large balance In the rr4suyy at tS end of their first year ln7V. They could then reduce the levy jatrtially th pext year and do some.mopn! '4'nUng." The Democrats se this danger of the futur and Ions: mor yar.

1rv offlr. i In this think, they could bring the city's Bsjoees into.oruer. They do not admit tn si jtfcer has beenj', anything wrong or utr Un their man agement. but they do aitribut th pos ent tangle to the puilcf t6 the admin Is ratio In temporarily th btidir iund and the money by other bor issues! to tide over thej time whn th city's I receipts frorfl (ordinary sources had to aed out they stlil contend that tAelr policy was 'rfrUt: snd the most economical that could jbe i devised, but the cf tlcism from prs4. jbUo and Ctty.

Coundll has been so.tivr that they, have changed policies, rjo raising the' funds needed by em poikry loans. Ther hav not had time Te. they say. to straighten out their oianees undr the enforced change. tt tysemj FRANIOAJOR rf Ha Murdered Chle i Police Tlruayille Ta.

MEADVHXE. Ps Urra rr Major, alias Daniel U.i Kehoe, hanged In the county, Jajl ys.rd this aft oooa. Death resulted frost strar.guf tton Major's crime Wi tyi murder Chief of Pollc Daniel i Srtb, of Ttu Vtlle. Fa, In November.fK whll resl lf a arrest for buralaryl McGrath knit 1 one of Major's ganfsfj receiving Ms own death wound. i came oi a i spfeetabl Brooklyn IYEB0YS POISONED.

t.i.i Pound a Bottl of vzoti Alcohol at Sheffield, trja; L. roitT. Pa ADril 16. JKIW Ing In age from eight jt. jtweJv yi.t.

found a bottle of crud'' Sol alcohol the wods. near Sheffle'l. Iterday. at' drank freely or It. 'tut an JS eu.

anu iiiufis to live. not expec Two Burned PAT A VI N. MUVr's and Ms 5ath. t' 1 I street burned Jhi rfirjMlj. and C.

I. Lawnince. the on Hen sr four years, and Frd (irk. tk flfry rtv years. buiMlfg, perinea.

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