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1' s. 1 i 1 I i I i i.e. J. II. WltLAROJDEAD Indiana, Lawyer Took Over dose of Opium.

PASSED AWA.T AT CXASE5T5N HOTEL, KXW TOKBL thLcoroner took the case THE S03T Or A roSJH fc H. GOYXRITOR. OF IJTDIAH'A. Sirred la the Legislature and tu Long Prominent in Demo crtie Politic. NW YORK.

April I7. James H. wu Jsrd. a. lawyer HfiBedford.

died at lbs Clarendon Bote! hew. to day. from overdose of opium A coroner will In TtstigaU the death. Jam H. 'TTlllard.

br "reason, of his prominence la politics. wss known in every cosnty In Indisns, We waa bom la New Albany. April 1. He wm a on Of Gov. Ashbel P.

who died via offlos October 4. 1S85. Losing" both hia psrents at aa early age, James attenaen Colton'a Institute, at Middletown, where alao Iff 14 be was admitted to tha Wesleyan t'nlverelty. Later he enterod Ifamilton. College, gradusting with fcngh honor.

Ha fitted himself for the bar at Columbia Coileg Law School; thence went on a prelim tour, taking hla decree In.UTV from the College of. France and tha law school of ParlJL In ha waa gradu ated from the School of Law at) Vienna. where ha obtained tha prise medal for hia diavrulslilon os the Roman law. He alao went WO miles tap the rive Nile on an'adventuroua tour. Returning to 'New Albany at tha cloae of in.

he" began the practice law. In 1X72 he" waa elected to the Legislature from Fleyd county, He declined re election, and for a time devoted himself, ta the practice of taw, though taking part In political campaigns and making a rep utatlon aa one of toe meat brilliant bra tow In the rank ot the Democracy. December XI. feTT. he 'married' Miss Kate I Newlsnd.

a daughter of the lata Dr. 'Newland. who from that for ward was aa able 'assistant la all hla" ambitions. In 1878 he was again elected to, tha Legislature. At tha session of 171 hia presentation of Daniel W.

Voorheea for United Stale Senator established hla reputation for eloquence throughout tha In May, W7. ha rwtiwed to pedford, which, from that time forward, was his horn. He served In tha Legislatures of 1SS7 land its? from. Lawrence county, wheie ha co4 timed the practice of law surceas Fpr many Tears at tended the. vAftalona of the Legislature, when not" a member, aa tha attorney of v'some tereaV At urh.

times be aas slwajs accora panl( by hla wif. whoae aptneea in pol n4 tuwa Ijrcsa and aklll aa.k, membar of the thlr4 hoae Were considered by thta au knew them aa ven superior to tha acjutrementa of Aer hua band. He was thoroughly skilled in parlla "mehtafr customs, conTeraed 1 aeveral languagea. and. had' a genial temperament that drew to him many, friend.

THE KXWS AT BEDFORD." from UTIlard that Qew. Gar Ko Eleial to Tha ItMSlanapoIla Xwa. IxsT Av in; then cooler; fair; INBIANAP0L1 YOI XXXII 113) wou stvUsii TWELVE PAGES WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 1901 TWELVE PAGES" ZZf TWp CENTS. 1 SIXTH THE BEDFORD. April 17.

At the home cf Jamea 1L Willard here, no news of hla reported tfeath 1b Near Tork had been receiTed lata thi afternoon. His houaa keeper waa In charge when The News repreaenutlva called. She aaid that Mr. VlJlankleft home one week ago last Sun day and arrived la New Tork last Bun The trU was made on bualneaa. recelrel a ard frota him this rooming." aald she." It ataied that ha rrlrd tn New Turk lat Sunday, and that ha was i The of Willard' a death waa first recelrrd here thruarh Tha Newa and it caused much aurpiiae.

Ha waa popular in this part' of the and had been aucceaafjl In his practlca and. burlnaas affairs. 1 jj REFUSED TO AP0L0G1ZL Professor OSerg.Hlg Sei igciatlon Imtaad; LOUISnLlj Kyi. April 17. Dud ley Reynol3a haa.

tendered his reatgnatloa ais lecturer at tha Hoepitai College 'of aa the result of a row with the tha tiaa of tobacco. When he went into'tha claaaroom a few days ago and found It filled with tobac jco smoke, he ordered the windows opened and upbraided he atudents la words that' caused them to squirm. The laaa left In a body and declared that not one would return until tha profeaaor had either apologised or waa diamlaaed. Ht refused to apologias and haa resigned, a GOULD'S'ANNOYER. Xts Vlt Znslata that Sha ig UJa NEW TORK.

AprtJ 1T. Jamfa M. An oiroB. ah aaya ha ia tha Inventor of wlrelees telegraphy, and who a year and a half ago. annoyed Mfaa Helen Oould "by at her home and witting many lettera.

styling himself her hua nand. has txen arreated again ahfla trying to get into Mlfte raeldenca. Ha was committed to Bellema Hospital Inaana part lion. lie maintains that ha and Miss Helta Gould were married la Banton Haroor." Mich tt, when aha waa tinder the sama of Helen W'hit. i FIRE IN A DWELLING.

i JT. Debxer'i Horn la Brijhtrood At. XJams.ed A EtaW Ftra, The borne of t'rbaa J. Dehner. 'a frame dwelling, at tl2i Brightwood avenue.

raugct nra zrom aa overneatad stove, thte morning, and waa partly deatroyed. Tha loaa cn tke houaa is estimated at JjOP, and there la conslderahla loss on tba contecta. i A atafcle in the rear of Mr. Margaret Tlrve cwf.ur.g, at 23 College avenue, caught Cre la an unknown manner lat r.lghU and waa damagaxl aboot tiOO. The boatler'a blnnrlnara.

which were la the reora where fire started, were de doctor Found Bead. April 17. Th dead of r. Hal 8. Scruggs.

who 'lived at Aui'dn. a aubvrb ot Memphis, waa found ia burry sr h) home early A bullet hole In the doctors be3 behind the left ear showed fcrw had forr e.to Us death. It la sup poae ftt mtjr Jerer ciitribed up on lt t.ir4. a. id thrum Ira" a to hesjl cf his vktltn, ma'e tf INDEX OF TO DAY'S ISSUE.

1 Raid by Ftel Strik Lil) Patrick Irwlk tmrr' Attonvtr VTlllr4 Vi AaeOsw MrtiJiol Kt. CltJ Strlk. MU Bo Ttietf HHp from Do Arr'Jr'' and tnr Nw Urhtlr rontr To Kill th tn Jto tka. Brh nf Proml i Tb Brnrtt TVUI I No Burllnrton I'ph' 1 Btlltortal. Th Di'.

Uf Hludv I In Bun; a Tmr Coodanan Dmjnrh Nar Prl Ptory rntt Uttl KtoriM t.t DbIIt Life Ctourt Hkrtial at Manila Arrhbtahop Knm Inreatail. 7 ClaMllUd Adrrtlaront. a etxirti. of Crtorr4 a 6orlal Smallpox at tlia trprkhoutt. Kate of rmitatkon Coffer.

10 Mar a. ta 11 Tl Etrtc Lloaa. 13 Throufh tha Mlcroacfr. Annwmtnu. AfiOTHEB P.IYTHIGALESTATE OOVXEJJ1IEOT TRYXNG TO SAVE HEIBS M0XZY AND TTME.

Will Arrest Active Promoter in Order to. Stop Further Waste of Funds. Deputy Marshal Boyd went to Richmond to day with a warrant for the ar reat of Mrs. L. R.

Adams on the charge 'of violating" the jmatal lawa. PostofOce Inspector W. T. Fletcher and Assistant District Attorney Lafollette went with tba deputy marshal to represent the Government at tha preliminary hearing of the case when it came before Commissioner Jesse S. Reeves.

The charge made by the Government ia that alra. Ada.ma haa been using the mills In organising Into an association tha supposed heir of Andrew Houser for the recovery an estate, when such an estata does sot exiat. Mre. Adams la but one many who haa taken an active part. in the effort to recover an aetata which la supposed to be located tn Maryland, and ia valued at POO.000.000.

Tna Government officers say they are doubtful If bin. Adams can be punished for her action, but they believe that her arreet will open tne eyes of the supposed heir. and no further effort will be mad to chase what is aaid to be a rainbow. Andrew Houser waa a wealthy planter In the. colonial daya of Maryland.

The heirs have been Wd to believe that mare than a hundred years ago he leased a large tract of his real estate for a term of ninety nine years, and that the leasee have expired. A part of the leaved territory Is said to he occupied at thte time by. tha city of Baltimore There, are It JO or more of the suDooeed heJrs; and they llva all over the United As tha plans for recovering tha estate progressed, conventions of the heirs. wera held. Tha last ona was at Kokomo, last Sunday, when acme of the heirs traveled several hundred mllea to ba preaeru They 'represented seven Stalest Their attorney, however, failed to appear, and a good many of the heirs went homa with the opinion that the estate tp which they had been giving both time ana money waa a mytnicai arralr.

and that there was no hope of obtaining any snare of the wealth. Mrs. lAdams. haa been ona or the num ber toi writ lettera and make contribu tions fo the fund for the employment of lawyers to advance the ease In the courts. The Sorerr.ment officers think she has been sincere in her belief that such an eitate.

exists and that tit will be diffi cult to prove, thst she used the malls for the purpoea or deirauaing any one. The heirs became so active in working on their plana that tha Government begun an Investigation of the alleged estate through tha Federal authorities of Maryland and at the Kokotno meeting a letter from tha district attorney of Maryland was read, which said that tne heirs were wasting their time and money A telesram from Richmond aaya arrest ass made this afternoon. the UAR1NDUQUE. CLEARED. i i i i iip Last Surrenders End Ingnraction oa Ialaad.

WASHINGTON. D. April 17. The War Department to day received the following cablegram from General MacAr thur at Manila: Colonel leader MarTn diMroe. ntna officers, aeventy soldiers.

small anns. surrendered to (Major) Frederick. A. Smith. April U.

The oath waa administered and they were released. This ends tha Insurrection there. "MACARTHUK." Cebu Not Tet Pacified. CEBU, Island of Cebu. P.

I April 17. A thousand troopa fci the Island of Cebtir are 'unable to accomplish the sur render or capture of tha two hundred Insurgent riflemen who are till out. Judce Taft. addressing the convention to day, deplored the Tact that Cebu was tha least pacified provlace, and called on the delearates.to decide whether two hundred men'would be permitted to restrain peace and proeperity. The ialand will probably, be organised as one province, Tha population cumbers 650.

OuO. THE GINN MURDER TRIAL A Pie of Temporary Insanity Made by the Defense, Special to The Indiana polls News NEWCASTLE. April 17. The defense tn tha Ginn morder trial has cloaad Its evidence. Tha theory' of the defense is that Vincent Glna.

at the time ha killed Glltner. waa of unsound mind. The general trend of the testimony Indicates that tha defendant had been an Incessant smoker of cigarettes for years, and that for two montha "preceding the crime he waa Slsptrite4, rooroae and had acted aueerly oa several occasions. Jars. Glnn.

wife of the defendant, gave way to ner vous proatration under cro rumination. Throughout tba trial tha prisoner has sat with bowed head, assuming a melancholy demeaner. DANGER AT DAWSON. iig. Glacier Sas Formed Sack of the Town.

SEATTLE. April 17 Arrlvals from Dawson on tha steamship umbo Mt aay tha Klondike ia In the throes of a glacial phenomenon. Two montha ago a glacier appeared on the hillside back of Dawson. The lea of the glacier la from twelve to fifteen feet thick tn placea. and bealdea rendering that section of Dawson uninhabitable, it threatena to render the trail leading to the cemeteries Impassable during the summer.

NOTICE TO CITY PATRONS. Owing to the absorption of the Ireee by The Newa, city subscribers may "find mora copies of The News delivered to them than they require. They will confler a favor on The News. If they will promptly notify their carriers" of the exact, number Of papers desired. SHEET MILL STA KE Situation at McKeesport Not Encouraging.

ADVISORY BOARD MAT ORXTEB. A GENERAL WALKOUT STRIKE LIKELY TO SPREAD AND INVOLVE FIFTY THOUSAND MEN." President Shaffer Appeals to American Federation of Labor Warning Notice Posted. PrTTSHrRG. Arril IT Quiet prevailed to day atout V. Dewees wood plant of the Amerlrar.

5het Ptfel Company at McKe fiort Thfro wos an absence of idle men. anj it was evident that the Strikers h.1 retired to tnelr buusea to await the decision of the national advisory board In here, as to the advisability of calllrg out the employes of the other mills controlled by the Amc rtf an 8ht Pteel Company in thetr fight. The strikers had an exciting night. It waa reported thut the company would make an attempt to bring outside men to McKeepovt. and that a score or more men were on board banfe across the river awaiting an opportunity to be smug tried into the works.

Patrols were thrown out and every avenue of approach guarded, but the report was evidently without foundation, a the expected rnovn did Dot develop. 'The hammer hou.e was the only department In operation, and unless The sheet mills resume work soon, the men In this department will have no material to work on after Friday of this week. During the night Manager Cooper posted an order notifying alV employes In the run out forre, bar mill and sheet mill to report for work on Thursday. April at 7 m. or consider themselves dlacharged.

A hl board fence ha been built about the No. 1 mill, and It is reported that an attempt will soon ba made to start it. Tha plant has sixteen milla. Previous to the meeting of the advisory board to day, lYesldent Shaffer said he would ask for power to call out at hla discretion the employes of the American Sheet Steel Company, and then, If he deems tt necessary, as a last resort, to extend the strike order to all the plants Of the United States Steel Corporation. He did not hesitate to declare his Intention of carrying out his prerogative of calling out the employes of the great combine.

If the resolution was passed by the board. He haa received telegram from different sections of the country indorsing his stand Message to Gompera. President also wired President Gompers. of the American Federation of' Lnbor. explaining the situation at length and asking for sny assistance the federation could give If the conflict came.

Fifty thousand men la considered by labor authorities to be a fair estimate of the membership of the Amalgamated Association. The association is. according to the statement of Secretary John Williams, In a more prosperous condition financially than ever in Its history. Of the total membership. 15.000 are employed by the Republic Iron and Steel Company, which Is not a member of the Morgan combine, and by the Independent mill plants here and elsewhere.

Of the American Sheet Steel Company'a planta 6S per cent, of the total capacity Is In organised mills. The company operates eighteen large plants and a number of smaller ones; six of the thirty plants owned by the combine being shut down and partially die man tied. Twelve of the plants are union mills. The" most Important of the nonunion plants are the Vandergrlft, works, the Apollo. work, and the milla at WelisvUle, and Leachburg, Pa.

General Manager Smith and Secretary John Jarrett. of the American Sheet Steel Company, were Invited to attend tha meeting of the advisory board, but Mr. Smith did not attend. Secretary Jarrett waa on hand and consumed soma time In placing before the members of the Amalgamated Association the position hia company has taken In the fight now on. Preeldent Shaffer stated that he would.

If possible, go to McKeesport to ad visa the men now on strike and counsel them to be mild In i their acta. Around the Amalgamated headquartera a general air of expectancy prevailed. Natalie Mine Idle. SWAMOK1N. April 17.

One thousand men and boys went cn strike at the Kateiie colliery to day because the Sham okln Coal Company would not accede to their demands The colliery is completely tied up. The men ask that James Bateman, inside foreman, and conductor John Yeager. of the miners' train, bo discharged, an 4 that trainmen running on the company's road between Natalie and Locust Summit receive 1 per cent. Increase over their present wagea. Pottery Workers Out.

SYRACUSE, N. April 17 Nearly five hundred employes of the Onondaga pottery are out on strike. In sympathy with the girls who went out Saturday. The men. however, say that before the last presidential election pottery employes eubmltted to a reduction of wages on ths employers promise that should McKinley be elected the wages would be restored.

This haa not been done, and the men demand the raise. Combine Against Unions. NEWPORT, April 17. A notice Is posted on the doors of the huge factory of the "Wadsworth Watch Case Company, where a strike haa been in progress, that hereafter no union labor would he employed. The Keystone fo'mpany.

of Philadelphia; the Fahlg. Of Sag Harbor; the Crescent, of Newark, have entered a combine with the Wadsworth Company. Non Unionists will Retaliate. EVANS VI LLE, April 17. The St.

Bsrnard Cnal Company, of Karlirgton. operated by unlotilsts, threiten to bring suit against the coal operators in southern Indiana, alVaing that th jy are collecting dues from the, minerit' unions which Is being used to crush the business of the Kentucky operators. Mine Strike in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD. 111., April 17.

At conference between miners' representatives and Superintendent Cox. of the Jones" A Adaroa mine, where the mlnera are out Cox refused to acknowledge the olnt Stale agreement of the operators and miners. The miners will make no further advancea toward a settlement. SKOOG IS DEAD. Alleged Counterfeiter Dies of Self inflicted Wonnda XTW tORK.

April 17. John Albert Skoog. alias Albert Jensen, the alleged counterfeit r. who shot himself twice in the head, April's, died to day. Skoog fired rwo bullets into hla head while being rd.suea by OfEccrs.

ENFORCING Switchmen's Strike on Lackawanna Closes Atines. TTE UP CONFINED TO SCSANT0N DrVTSIOJT. TWO FOREMEN DISCHARGED IF NOT REINSTATED ALL DIVI SIONS MAY BE INVOLVED. Strikers Ignored an Order Posted To Dayr Telling1 Them to Return to Work. 8CRANTON.

April 17. The atrlke of the switchmen on the Scranton di vision of the Lackawanna A Western railroad continues with no atgns of break or settlement. It has already had the effect of shutting down all tba mines of the Lackawanna Coal Company as It Is Impossible to get any cars to or from the mines, thus forcing Idleness on over lO.QPO mine employes. Grand Master Frank Hawley, of the Switchmen's Union of America, reached here to day from Buffalo and held a conference Uh the local awltchmen'a union. The men seem determined that the two discharged yard foremen, Toomey jnd Harrlty, shall be reinstated, and believe their action In quitting work will i ba sanctioned by the grand master.

In which case It is stated the strike would spread to all divisions of the Lackawanna sys tem from Hoboken to Buffalo. Oeneral Tardpiaster Horan, of Hoboken. la here In conference with Oeneral Superintendent Clark. Mr. Clark aaya the dlacharged men will not he reinstated becauae they disobeyed orders given them.

Superintendent Rlnen, of tlie Scranton division, posted a notice last night that if the men on strike did not return to work up to noon to day their placea would be. permanently filled by others. The men paid no attention to the notice. A RECEIVER APPOINTED. Door of the Parke Merchantile Com pany Are Closed.

Special to Tba Indiana porta News. MONTEZUMA. April 17. It ia alleged that Charles F. Neville has purposely absented himself.

He waa presi dent of the Parke Mercantile Company. and he went away one week ago. saying he would return in a few days. He failed to come back and the doors of the store hsve been closed, pending an Investigation of its affairs. George Kemp has been sppointea receiver, isevuie waa a Sunday school teacher and prominent In church work.

The Parka Mercantile Company is a separata institution from the Rock Run, Coal Company, although it was known aa tha company atore. Until the inquiry Is finished It will be Impossible to tell how much money has been lost, but there are reports that it may reach "3,000. IOWA BANK CLOSED. National, at Lemara, Now Baa a Re ceiver. WASHINGTON.

D. April 17. The comptroller of the currency received word that tha Lemara National Bank, of Lemara, closed ita doors to day. National Bank Examiner Meyer has been temporarily placed In charge, pending the arrival of Special Agent Thomas Thornton, who has been appointed temporary Strip for the Gforernment. NASHYILLEj Tina, April 17.

The Legislature has passed the bill conceding a strip of twenty miles wide along the North Carolina Una. and excepting mineral lands, to tfc. United Slates Government ss a part of Appalachian forest, reserve. THE VEHICLE LICENSE LASTYEAR AMOUNT THEJIINEBS SEffT TO RELIEVE STRIKERS. More Organizers Going Into Strike Districts cat Virginia and Kentucky Strikes.

Since the adjournment last night of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of after Its ten day' session here, It la learned that the miners expended $153,000 last year for the relief of strikers and their families. A large portion of this was for the Southwest strike, which Is still In progressi It Is said that the miners arc contributing more for relief of strikers now than a year ago. The bituminous miners of this 8tate are giving 3 per cenu of their earnings toward the relief of the Hopkins (Ky.) strikers. The plana made at the meetings of thf exeoutive board here. for strengthening the organisation during the ensuing year, are kept secret, but It is understood that arrangements have been made to send mors organisers Into the districts where strikes ere now in progress.

The purpose' Of this Is. if possible, to get all the men to Join the union, after which the officials believe It sill be less difficult for them to make terms with the operators. The membership of the mlnerV national organisation has now reached Z14.000. exclusive of the men who are striking. Before adjourning finally the executive board indorsed tho strike of the fcltuml novi.

miners at Thacker, W. Va. The miners at Thacker have been oat for several, weeks becauae they believe that a number of men were discharged by the ojwatora for attending; the national con ntlon of the Mine Workers here In February The trouble at Thacker baa attracted considerable attention among union men. The Mine Workers took th position that they could not permit 'tho operators to Ignore the organisation, so a strike was ordered. Tha executive board decided to contln ue the strike, where over i.nno men have been out for sometime.

These men and their families are being supported from the strike fund, and the organisation will continue to care for them until the trouble is settled. The members of tha executive board left to day for their oroes. AROUND THE WORLD. Indianapolis Man will Make the Trip on a Bicycle. Frank Edward Dunbar, night fireman at tbe Indianapolis hominy mills, la making arrangements to leave.

May 1. for a tour of the world on a bicycle. Dun bar la a sturdy fellow, of an adventurous disposition, who haa seen much of outdoor Jife. He hss lived tn thla city for tne last seventeen years, trior to that time ne waa in tne tar west, and spent tnirteen. yeara "puncning cattle in Wyoming.

Colorado and Nebraska. Dunbar aaya if he can make satisfac tory arrangements he will leave from ths south side of the Monument Place bright and early on tne morning or May and will travel all the way by "bike." except where it la Impossible by reason of roughness of mountain roads and trails. Upon hla arrival at San Francisco he will make arrangements to work his way to Hong Kong by firing the boilers ou some steamship. He expects to absent two years. A NEPHEW ENRICHED.

He Falls Heir to the Charles Mun soa Estate. Special to Tha Indianapolis N'sws. FT. WAYNE. April 17.

The will of the. 1st Hon. Charles A Muiaon waa filed to day. He was bachelor, and left all ot hla estate, excepting few minor bequests, to Brown Cooper, a thir teen year old nephew, of thia city. The estate amounts to over M0.

000. The boy la a son of William P. Cooper, formerly Ft. Wayne newspaper man. and now general a sent here for the New York Life Inaurancs Company.

PANIC IN BERLIN CHURCH. In jure d. Two Boys' and a Soldier. BERLIN, April 17. There wss a pfcnle 'a the Roman i Catholic Church of St.

Michael this afternoon, during tha choir practice. An unexplained. explosion ve rely Injured a soldier and two boys. The cross vaulting oa the eld ot tha tower and the roof were damaged. and all ths windows were shattered.

ORDINANCE. BOBBERS Two Men Clean Out Memphis Gambling REVOLVERS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN POKER CHIPS. TWO WIN; AGAINST FOUR THE GAMBLERS LOST $3,000 IN THREE MINUTES. Employes of the Place Were Count ing Night's Receipts When Robbers Entered. MEMPHIS.

April 17. Two men with drawn revolvers, robbed Ben Marsh's (rambling house, back of the Pea body Hotel, this morning. The rob bera spent three minutes In the place tnl gojt away vith thrte thousand dollar Mirth's assistant were ha the cah after the night's play. when the robbers crushed Into the room There was $2,500 in a wallet lying on a table and 1 VJ0 in bills tn the hands of Marsh. The four men In the room were ordered to get down on the tloor, and they obeyed.

The robbers seised the money and while one kept the four" mn covered the other stuffed the money in his pockets. After securing "the money on the table the robbers ordered Marsh and the others to stand up and then went through their pockets, securing only a small amount and' overlooking a Wallet la Marsh's trousers containing $310. Thepi covering thIr rvtreat with revolvers, the. robbers backed from the room and esaped FROZEN IN ALASKA. A Shelby County Man Dies of Ex posure, I Special to Tha India napolts NewaJ SHELBYVILLE.

Ind April 17. A letter was received here thla morning from an Episcopal missionary at Yukon. Alaska, announcing the finding of the dead body of Ludwlg Karcher, a former resi dent of this county. Karcher left Yu kon In January to go to hia claim, and waa advised not to undertake tbe trip alone. He was found later oy some Indiana and the body was recovered and buried.

Karcher, when he was tn the act of trying to build a lira, his rosea! thumb and finger containing a match that had not been struck. In his little camp atova waa a number of candles, the preaump tlon being that ha placed them there In the hope that he would be able te secure enough heat to preserve hia life, but he died without getting them lighted. Hla left hand waa in a heavy wool sock, and was sticking in his pocket, Karcher was a well educated man, and la thought to have aoroa'! wealthy relatives tn Germany. He possessed a number of varuaHea. and these have been preserved by the mission.

'Ills' claim was not recorded, but thla will be done, also by the mission. CUBA THEIR SUBJECT. Senators Cockrell and Proctor See the President. WASHINGTON. D.

April 17. Senators Proctor, of VermonU and Cockrell, of Missouri, had an Important conference with tha President to day regarding the situstlon In Cuba. Both Senators have made trips to the Island' since the adjournment of Congress Senstor Cockrell is representative of the rresent opposition In the Senste. Toe nensiors an rem juunnnuauy as to the conditions on the Island and they scree ss to the' outcome of the pending negotiations with tha Cubans. Senator Owkretl told the President that In hia opinion the Cubans would accept, tre terms of the Piatt sgneement in tha end.

In his view Senator Proctor concurs. i i ail i Postmaster at Gem. imperial to The Indianapolis Newa WASHINGTON. D. C.

April 17. W. Gladden waa to day appointed postmas ter at tlem, Hancock county, vice Sylvester Burke. LOOMIS MAKES DENIAL Minister Did Not Make Statements Credited to Illm. KEW TORK.

April li FranH B. Loo mis. United States, minister ta Venesuela, apent last night In Quarantine with thai rest of the passengers' on the Red 1 trier Caracas, on" which ba came from Porto Rlcow On disembarking to day, Mr. Loomla at one drove to the Hotel Victoria, where he will ba quartered until the end of tha present week, when he goes to Washington to report to the Btate Department and President McKinley. He gives positive disclaimer to the authorship of the 8an Juaa interviews, in which ha was made to say some severely critical things about President Castro, and avers that an Injuatlce has been done him in this respect.

"The fact Is," he eaid. "I like President Castro very much." PERSUADED TO ROB. Shot by Men Decoying Him Into the Trap. Special to Tha Indianapolis Naws 1 ROCHESTER. April 17.

Laat winter six members of sn amateur detective association In Liberty township arranged with Jamea Rowland, a young man of that neighborhood, to ateat a neighbor's chickens. When Rowland arrived at the henhouse he waa fired upon by the detectives, a bullet lodging In hla leg. He waa then arreated and taken before a justice of the peace, and remanded for grand Jury action. After lytna in Jail for a month he waa acquitted. To day he filed suit for 15, CM) damages against his captors, alleging that since hla trouble the people will not glva him employment, white hla crippled leg causes him much pain.

STREET CAR MEN'S UNION. Organization 'Said to Lack Encouragement. Another meeting of the newly organised Street Railway Employes' Union was held last night, but the attendance waa not so large aa had been cxpectedi and it Is understood that the promoters of tha union have become somewhat discouraged. Men who have been In the employ of the street railway company for several i rs as motormen and conductors say that tt is a fact that not over one fifth of the employes are In favor of the union, and they predict that the movement will prove a failure. The charter for tha union has arrive and will be presented at the next meeting.

The promoters of the union say It ia bound to grow and command respect. PAYNE IS SATISFIED. New Revenue Law Working to Good Ad ran tags. Special to The Indianapolis Neva) WAS I NOTO N. D.

April 17. Congressman Sere no Pay chairman of tha' House committee on ways and means, said to day: "The new revenue law Is forking; to my entire aatisfsction. Tha reduction In lncotrie has not been too' great. In fact, a still larger reduction might be made with safety. However, future expenditures will depend sreatlV' on developments the Philippines andlt Is as well to wait and see what happens' there.

1 do not think Mr. Babcock's trill to remove the tariff on steel manufactures la taken seriously even by himself." WILLIAM RUSIE FOUND. The Missing Juror Brought Into Court and Lectured. William A. Rusle, the "Circuit Court Juror who could not be found yesterday, was located this morning In Smith's H'Xel tn Easr Washington street, lie was taken beftve Judge Allen, but not being In condition to sit as a Juror, the case was postponed until this afternoon.

The Judge lectured him and Indicated that be might deal with him further at the close of the case. Rusle was kept In the Jury room all the morning. Bromo seltser. advised by County Attorney Martin Hugg. and cupa of black coffee were given him' at fre quent Intervals.

COL. HARRISON'S CASE. Nothing Yet Decided President. on by the Special to Ths indiananolla Nw WASHINGTON. D.

April 17. At the White House and War pepartment to day It was stated that there have been no new developments In the rasa of Russell B. Harrison. Aa previously; announced. President McKinley Is disposed to do something to remove all, apparent cause for dissatisfaction, but Just; what action will be taken haa not wbeen announced.

Since Colonel Harrison's return to Washington there has been re hewed talk of a court of Inquiry but this. It Is said, will not be granted. EXPENSIVE TARGET. Brooklyn Yard will Turn Out One Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars. NEW YORK.

April 17. Work on a target, to coat about ejA.000, will begin at the Brooklyn navy yara in a day or two. The tarcet. which ia to teat tha relative strength of the Gaihmah torpedo gun and the regular army twelve Inch rifle. will duplicate a section of the battleship Iowa In resisting power.

It will be faced with armor plate twelve Inches thick. hardened bv the Kruso proceaa. When finished It will be moved to Sandy Hook, where the trial will take place. WEATHER BULLETIN. (, United States Weather Bureau.

Indianapolis, April 17. Temperature. April 17. 190 April 17. 1S01.

7 am. 12 aa. 3 p.m. Si 7 am. 13 I p.m.

56 60 ft Relative Humidity. 7. a.m.. fH. 12 tC.

I p.m.. rr. Local Forecast Forecasts for Indianapolis and rb inltv for thai thirtv aic hours an1. it I p. April 18.

1301: ,3 Cooler; occasional ralnf to night; 1 cooler, jfalr weather on Weather In Other Cities. Observatlona taken by the United States Weather Bureau at I m.i 71 th meridian time: "I Stations. Bar. 14 ao.18 29. 29.

Wl (Sat Temp Weth. Clear 42 "'Clear Bismarck. N. Boston, Mass Chicaso. 111.

4a Cloudy (Cincinnati. O. Rain. Cloudy Cloudy Cleat t.Cdy Rain! Cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Clear Snow CUar Cloudy Clear t'loudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear I leveland. 34 4 34 32 2 44 7)i Helens.

Mont Jacksonville. Fls. 30.10 Kansas City. auo Louisville. Ky.

Mobile Ala, Moorhead. Minn. Su.M Nashville. Tenn. New Orleans: 29." New York $cy Oklahoma, ft 00 Omaha, es Pittsburgh Ptf.

Ou'Appeile. St, Louls, j. St. Paul, Min. San Antonio; C.i..

3ll. Below er. Ci F. R. "WArPENHANS.

Local Forrcast Orr.ciaL Commercial ub Directors Favor the Scheme. I TO WILL 2TOW BZ fcTJBMITTED BOARD OF TRADE, FACTORY MEN INTERESTED LETTERS FROM SEVERAL WHO WANT TO COME HERE. tbolat Plan, Mora Elaborate Than Any: Medal City Eycr Known Three Thousand Lota, Tha board of direct ra of tha Cftmie. cial Club tuts noon received the report af tha committee on, hew Industries favnr. lng the aocepanaf' tha Industrial 'oltrT scheme aa outlined In fThe News last Bat.

urday. The board accepted the. reoom mendation and apr rojred the proposition. 1 It will be submitted (a a meeting of, the committee on promotion of manufactories of the Board of Trada thls evening, who will recommend, It td a meeting aft th board of aovemors'tii be called aoort. The proposition was signed by James 8.

Cms a H. BrublakK C. E. Thornton, H. C.

Tnttl aadJHJ It Fay. Joha L. Griffiths, and j. W. Lovatt.

of Anderson. are interested tn financing the Khfme. The land company nrHL.be tneorporated soon, with a cspltal'ojf E0O.0OO, twa thlrd ot which roust be subscribed before the board ind Commercial Club wm begth dlspoae of thetr 7S0 W. The energies ef the promoters cf thvr'land company! will be directed toward 'the disposal of th trust lots the eoramerctal organiaaitloa before their own Iota are put on the fear et I Thai promoters "hive received letters frhrn Eastern manufacturers and from several In tpnelnnati and jtbs gss belt, asking for information In dicattng a desire to coma on the very good terms offeved. Sever al tart a concerns have already signified thjalr intention to corbe.

snJ the schemai Idokg prosperous. i It proposes free factory sites, a Bonus for factories, a central power station, water works, tifckfi freight schools, fire departtsant and otkef con veniencea that will mass a modal I In dustrial city on a i never pefore worked out The promoters of tha schema, aa al ready announced, save taken options) fcr. me iiMrcuM or siu acres ot land attuateo In Warren townahtri.1 between Irvlngton and Brightwood. The plan provides for sites lor twenty three factprteev tni be furnlahed and conveyed free of coak to the fatorles locating therecn. The land has acrvejed ena preliminary pUt mail suMlvtdinc I flw tract Into sit 4s, blocks.

Uwr he 1 (looo tn nanih r). ti4 it. at cja and iubJ lie parka. The ayndlca.a tet huPti railway trscsato ronr.ecr ins Rrtunla tet spart lor iscon wua tn rei ru'iTCaa. JURY WILL INDICT PATRIC yew York Lfllwy ir Certain Tried Ifor I Murder.

NEW 17. Lawyer T. Patrick, accused py valet Charles F. Jones of Instigating the murder of millionaire: William M. Rice.

wtIT "probably be Indicted for murder lit the first de gree. Valet Jones mky also be Indicted for the murder. Tha latter la at present In tha House of Detection, charged Only with forgery. Justice arorie. before whom Patrick's preliminary examination war decided, tl at Jones' startling, story of the commissi of tha erltnts irss sunciently correbori itedT by, Asaists.nl Dlstrler Attorney, Oaorn's witnesses; to wsrrant him In hold! ig Patrick without ball to await tha Mi tloo of the grind jury.

I Pstrtck's hearing Wi eonclnded Thtirs dsy Last. The soleVeetien at lasuA was whether or not Jones story of the ciime waa sufficiently cor bora ted. Justice. Jerome took the trsnicript of the case ta decide for himself in tha recrd Patrick would not omment on the 'decision. i Aaalstant District Attorney Osborne said: "Patrick' fill be indicted right away within the we k.

Tba Stats has no destre to deist tn proceedings. Thrrt can be no doubt of he. result of tb grand Jury' a ccnaida atlon of' the rem plaint I. believe ba re enough evidence to convict' Patrick be ore any jury." William W. Canta (0, of counsel Patrick, said: "Ot eourse ws sre.

sojne what disappointed at Justice Jeroma'l action. We are satl ifled that, not bn lota of evidence wss sabtnttted tn cor roborattort of Jones's testlavny of a na ture to connect Patrick with Rice's murder. Them wss some corroboration, it It true, tending to'icorfirm Jones" statement that ha murder Bice, but not wiah to rritlcisa the action of ths Juatlce. We dd wish te ssy. howev.

that we desire ths ntltnony submitted to the grand Jury wttk tha least posalbla daisy." '( Will Case postponed. Surrogate Fltsgprald' to day, on motjos of Counsel CantwelL granted an adjourn ment tn the Rica will contest until the first Monday la Juna. Tbe surrogate, In granting the postponement, stated, that he did so on the ground" that Patrick being tried on a criminal charge of th gravest In which tbe asms tssue were Involved! as In the civil ease pendltg tn the crvlljsulu EVIDENCE ALL IN. The BJpley Case Racheg the. Arx ment Stage.

FRANKFORT. Ky.i April 17. The Me fensa had only two mre witnesses to amlns In tha RSpJey esse, when the court convened to day. Thai proeecuuoa Sn nounced that it wouiL cail ex Asslstsnt Secretary of State J.TB. Matthews and wife In rebuttal.

Ex Asststant Adjutalat Caneral Cast'e man testified thst It wss customaryf te furnish military com with cartridges as well as gun Tha prosscu'Jos bsd laid stress on ths point that P.lpiy's company had fea fur rOshad tmmurj: when it waa eojulpped. The def ansa closed here, "i i JEx AsslsXsnt, Secretiryef Stats J. B. Matthews was called by tha prosecution la rebuttal and testified to, tha state ments alleged to have beer. male by R'O ley to him, in April year.

in. whl.h Ripley declared lh li knew enoughi ta convict Powers. Mrs! J. li. corroborated the tet4r.o.

eT her hir hand. Sha said a.s. to' her that In the event that he went Kasi. ssifct waa thinking of dolngj he would tell llr. Matthewa befnr Iean; as whatiha knew of Intereat to Pewers.

hi also said, denounced tjoverrior Tavlori a coward for runni:) off and leavi a his famllyj I Captain Juilen Kersev was the' 1 Itness In rebuttal, and the rrose uu cioaexr wun rum ipmlr Kansks Encampment Postpoafi, TOPE A. April 17. A. R. ehcstmpmett.

for i City In ll.tr, hv r.str 1 i and to cr.form President 'Mckinley's i' vt on his returg from tts'V, stale If I ert.