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EYEMHG So ESTABLISHED 1877- UOIAJMBUS, INDIANA. TVEDXESBAX. TXECEMBER 31. 1902. FBICJE TWO CE'1 engaged in hearinga petition filed by 4nonononononoo nnnnrmniict i TO BOMBARD TOWN that either Congressman Hemenway or Senator James Gray of Evans ville will be candidates for the Republican nomination for governor', two years hence.

The new state officials who take office tomorrow, are Charles W. Miller Gcshen, attorney general, and Sid Conger of Shelby ville. who succeeds Will Zaring as state oil Inspector. Those who succeed themselves tomorrow are R. A.

Brown, clerk of the supreme -court; B. F. state statistician Blatchley, state geologist, and the six appellate court Judges, Ulrlc Z. Wiley. Woodfln u.

Robinson, Daniel W. Comstock, James Black, William J. Henley and Frank Roby, and one supreme court judge, John Gillett. Judge Gillett has held so far as an appointee Of the governor. Is understood that all the present deputies will be retained by the officers who succeed themselves.

l'e Vani Your Boy or Girl visit our' store and 80 our many indoor games zor Christmas presents. We have aU the popular in door sports known and would call especial attention to the Ol'L TABLE On which yon can- play 75 different and amusing jjpunes. These tables are, only $3.75 each while they last. SCHAEFER'S .509 Washington Street noDononnonbon a a a a a New Crop of New Orleans Molasses at Tooley's. ooDonononoDoo Before and After 'The picture tells the story: A swollen, face made comfortable and smiling by our dental skill.

Suffering is unnecessary foolish in fact. Don1 1 "tell your trouble to the police, but bring it to ns and we'll relieve it. Rrall Denison sesssszszsaesssessssssssL i Get Your Family Something Useful 11 For Christmas present. How would one of our a is Buggies0 Carriages ti it 11 it ti i 11 Suit them? Quality the Best. Prices the Lowest.

T.J1. Fe firing Son ri Sri a4 Bee-nle ttrets, Ji levator. iO Uetz: "Will reinove to O. block January oth a .0 Where they will carryja complete stock of Groceries, Prorisions, a Fruits. Nuts: Etc.

a We are selling good' very cheap to avoid expense of moving. WetzBros oonnoDonoDono DoiDl't 1 -1- The merry Christmas times are fast approaching. presents this year will comprise beauty, usefulness and durability. We have' the assortment of Furniture end Stove in the. county, and our visitors say our store is handsomely appointed.

Can yon find in this list what you want? Side Boards, China Closets. Fin Rockers. Kitchen Cabinets, Parlor Furniture. Davenports, Extension Tables, Iron Fine. Ranges and Heating tove3, Etc.

I Home fnTnishersr for 16 and everyb xly pleased. years 0I in mm 0 A-Box in iho Ilnnd Is worth more than one in the ear, or at least it carries with it a more pleasing effect, especial-' ly if it is a. box cf the favorite I La. Pcrfocia Ghcr Have yen crbt 1-." cf cue or Xsias. gross Wait- Antonio M.

De y'Casa. a young Filipino, who is seeking to obtain naturalization papers. He came to this coun-) try after the signing of the treaty of peace by the United States and Spain. in this Tne local law re-. ship must renounce, allegiance to some country.

Mr. De y'Casa has" no coun try to renounce, and on this ground he was denied naturalization papers by 016 clryr ot dIstrict supreme court. Series of Murders. Washington, Dec. 31.

Anotner der, the fourth to be reported to the police within a week, occurred here yesterday, the victim being Lazier Gozeman, a white man, thirty-six years of age, who w.as the proprietor of a small grocery store. He was found I dead with his head cut open. A hatch- et and meat cleaver were found, both showing evidence of having been used In the crime. The murderer has notj been caught. Robbery is believed to have been the motive.

Coal Prices Held Up. Philadelphia, Dec. 31? The saies agents of the Pennsylvania Railroad company anthracite coal companies met yesterday and decided to con- tmue the present circular prices dur- ing the month of January The sales agents also declined to renew any of, the expiring contracts with large con- sumers of anthracite, action will compel all consumers to purchase coal in the open market. It is expected that the Philadelphia Reading Rail way company will take similar action. 0 A VACANCY Will Shortly Occur the Supremo Court nch.

Washington, December ti. justice Shiras of the supreme of the United States will retire some time-' during the present winter. Th date! has not yet been fixed and cannot be unU1 certain cases which have been JXTBTZCB GKOKQE SHIRAS. argued and other cases which have been set for re-argument have been disposed bf. Mr.

Shiras, however, will retire during the present session of congress in order that his successor may be. confirmed before the adjournments Among the names proposed as his successor la' that of William H. Taft, civil governor of the Philippines. Case Waa Dismissed. -Chicago, Dec 31.

Signor Mascagni, thq Italian composer, was arralgned In court yesterday on the -charge of em bezzling $5,000 from his former man ager, Richard Heard of Boston. AfteY hearing both sides, Justice Hurley im mediately dismissed the case. The courtroom was filled with Italians, who applauded vigorously as Mascagni, thankful and smiling, left for his hotel. Missed tbe RabblU Jasper, Dec 31. While hunt Ing near Ireland Ralph Stewart, a prominent young merchant of that town, shot at a rabbit and missing It, hit Roy Hardin.

Ten -or fifteen shdt lodged in Hardin's ankles and legs. All were successfully removed. Dormitory Destroyed. Valparaiso, Dec 31. East hall.

a large dormitory owned by the Val par also college, -was nearly destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire originated from an overheated stove. The loss is placed at $15,000 and is fully covered by Died of Lockjaw. ville, Dec 31 Henrj Dora of Falmouth is dead, of lockjaw, the result of a wound on his hand caused by striking it against a sharp iron projection. Child Burned to Death.

Jeffersonville, Ind Dec alia Middlebrook, aged fotir years, caught fire from a grate yesterday. She was so 3 seriously burned that she died a few hours later. Corn Shredder Accident. Richmond. Ind Dec 3L Henry Stiens.

a local merchant, while at work on his farm south of the city, had three fingers torn off in a corn shred der. That Is the Threat -Made -By rf. German Commodore At Maracaibo. HE WANTS "TO GET EVEN Postmaster Held Correspondence belonging' to German Merchants and They Are Mad. As a Consequence the cjJerman Crniser Falke Threatens to Bombard the Town.

9 Willemstad, Curacao, Dec. 31. Thb postmaster of Maracaibo, Venezuela, having detained correspondence be longing to German merchants, the Ger man cruiser Falke threatens In con- BeQUence to bombard the town, DECISIVE VICTORY President Castro Routs Revolutionists Again. Caracas. Dec.

31. President Castro arrived here yesterday and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon United States Minister Bo wen called upon the president and communicated to him the recom mendation that the issues between Venezuela and the allies be taken to the international peace court at The Haeue. Venezuela's answerawSL. be received today. Barqulsimeto, capital of the state of Lara, which for some time past has been in the possession of the Venezuelan revolutionists, has been recaptured by government forces.

The town of San Carlos and Tinaquillo have also been reoccupied by the government. The revolutionists at Barqulsimeto were commanded by Generals Solag- nie and Penaloza. They evacuated the town after losing 112 men killed and 325 wounded. There was hard fighting in the streets and suburbs of Barqulsimeto for two days. The government forces were commanded by Gen.

Cef erino Castillo. It now transpires that President Castro's recent visit to La Victoria was not of a social nature, as reported here, but for the purpose of conduet- Jne nersonally by tne telegraph the operations of his forces, at Barquisi meto. This victory for the govern ment' appears to be a direct result of the president's initiative. It has been a most severe blow for the revolution ists. Clash of Authority.

i Caracas, Dec. 31. United States Minister Bowenhas received information that the Dutch steamer Prinz Maurits has entered certain Venezuela ports blocked by the British fleet and discharged her cargo there. Special permission for the Dutch steamer tol do-this was obtained from Commodore 1 Montgomerie of the British cruiser Charybdis." The Italian cruiser Gio- vanni Bausan ordered the Prinz Mau rits away from -port, but Commodore Montgomerie directed that she con tinue tb discharge her cargo In Car-I acas this Is held to be a discrimination against American steamers, and the British commodore's 'action has A CLEAR FIELD Is Now Promised For Marshall F01 Speaker. Indianapolis, DeO.

31. Henry W. Marshall of Lafayette is now a much- sought-after individual. The fact tnat he has a clear field for. the speakership makes him so.

The men who had no pledged themselves to him before are now hurrying in to get on the band wagon. This is one time where the members who had courage enough to take a position for a candidate are head of those whd thought they were "playing policy by bolding off until the band wagon started. But Marshall, who Is making his headquarters at the Hotel English, ays he Is not making promises yet that it will be time enough to appoint the committees after he is elected. It is understood. however, -that m6st of the -have been promised.

choice! There was a politician at the Deni-son today "who is worth "special -men tion. He is John P. Walkerof Evans-ville, who has-been coroner of Van-derburg county twice and whoat the recent', election was elected county treasurer. 'The remarkable thing about him Is that both his legs are cut off above the knee Some of his friends humorously remark that with out legs he is one of the fastest politi cal runners in the state. He won in the recent campaign by a large plurality.

Most, men would have gone in "despair before the awful calamity that befell Walker, but he is smiling al ways, and he says that where there's a will there's a way." He fell under a of B. S. It. There Never I vVa. Another Quite So Good.

BY ENORMOUS STRI DES I The United Sfatrs Fortrert Ahead Darinar i lie Jlonntifal War Just Clojinr. All llranoh'1 of Industry Showed An Increase Over the ti Previous Years, New York, Dec. 31. Bradstreet'a review of the business year, to be issued Saturday next; will have the following: "To say that 1902 was the best year this country has ever expert eneed, while truthful enough in the main, does not suggest fully the enor mous strides which the United States took in the year jtfst closed. Practically every branch of industry' of ordinary trailgajid manufacture showed an increase above the best of previous jyears, and yet this immense enlargement of output was not sufficient of itself to satisfy the growing, it might even be termed insatiable, demand for all kinds of materials.

In many case3 the usual foreign outlet for our prod ucts perforce, neglected by Amer ican producers, who confined their ef forts to supplying insistent domestic demand, while in others, foreign pro? Auction was called upon to reinforce domestic with the result that new currents and channels were created in our foreign trade. Our export tradev therefore, shrunk, while our im tinrtaxnded' to iiTinreoedented fig- ures. The railroads of the country, in their efforts to hanaie the business offered them, suffered as never before from congestion and complaint of interference with production and distribution, of the products of the farm, the mine, the shop and the loom was practically "Industrial unrest was naturally "marked, as it always is in times either of prosperity or of depression and seri--ous disorganization of" some of country's basic industries resulted for a time. In many cases, however, a re sort to extremes was avoided or rendered' unnecessary by. liberal recognition by employers of changes In the standard of living it is safe to say that two' men pbtalnea higher wages or "had their working time reduced i without resort to strikes for every one wno actually quit speculation, lt is true, the checks imposed updn it by conservatism, by short crops 1 In the preceding year, last but not least, by high rate's for money, despite i the fact that stock market operations "were only about one-half those of 1901, bank those Usually reliable guides of business, showed aggregates practically equal to; the hitherto un heard-of totals of.

1901. All this was accomplished with a minimum, of fric tion, as reflected in the form of busi ness embarrassments. COHONEU'S VERDICr Cause For Ontario Itailway llorro Not. Very Clear. Wyoming, Dec.

31. The coro ner's jury which has been investigating the wreck at Wanstead last Friday night in which twenty-eight lives were lost, brought In a verdict last night. The verdict finds that -'said collision was caused by wrong orders being No. 5 at Watford. Responsibili ty for the Issuance of wrong orders we crs fcot agreed upon as between Opera- tar Carson and-Dispatcher Kerr.

That alter No. 5 had left Watford by -the trsuarace of wrong orderswe consider Crat the accident cov(S have been arevsed by the operator at Wyoming or Kings Court Junction had the railway company had more experienced operators at those points, (one being t-t a boy of sixteen), at each of which the dispatcher having had ample time to do it and endeavored to get the opposing trains stopped." The principal feature of the testi mony yesterday was the evidence of James Trover, the night -operator at Ilings Court Junction, where Dispatch er Kerr endeavored to stop the express train. Troyer, who is a boy of sixteen years, stated that he was on duty for the first time on the night of the acci-, dent and that his previous ex perience as aa ovDrator was for two nights at Strathroy. where he received only a of four messages. He gave a3 a reason tor not hearing Dis patcher Kerr calling him for seven or eight minutes that he was studying the timetable and did not recognize tLo oSc call, which he had heard only once before.

Troyer's extreme youth and apparent incompetence a deep impression'upoa the Jury. Without a Country. Washington. Dec 31. Justice Cla- arh of the districtisupreme court Is Senator Beveridge left today for Washington.

He will probably not re turn until after the adjournment next spring, as he is to be busier than usual. The statehood bill is coming up soon for final action, and, as chairman of the committee on territorieg and states, he will be in the center bf fray. The rfinort of-the committee has the en dorsement of Senator Hanna and other leaders, but Senator Quay and a num ber of powerful members are opposed. to it. Senator Beveridge, however, is confident that it will be.

accepted. Can't Shut Off, Gas. Indianapolis, Dec. 31. The Indian apolis Gas company will not turn ofT its "gas.

Judge Neal of the Hamilton circuit court yesterday afternoon handed down his opinion continuing the re straining order until the application for a permanent injunction can be tried. The decision is a victory forj the city. of Indianapolis. Judge Neali says that the case is of such tremen dous Importance that, it would be un fair to the city not to allow it the opportunity to try it on the question of a permanent injunction, and he there fore continues the restraining order until the issues for a trial on a per manent injunction can be made up. No time is fixed, the order simply say ing that it stands until further order of the court.

Down An Embankment. Marion, Dec. 31 Thirty people were hurt in a streetcar wreck at West Marlon 'yesterday. Annie Giger will probably die of her injuries, and Miss Anna Brotin and Miss Holliday are seriously' hurt and 'may die. The car dashed down a 30-foot embankment into an excavation made by the Penn sylvania railroad company, When the motorman applied the brakes they failed to work, and' the car went Into the ditch at full speed and landed on the front end, piling all the passengers in a heap.

Boy's' Fearful Injury. Anderson, IndDec 31. Robert Ir win, eight years old, wno fell from a hay-mow Saturday eveniifg, has the top of his skull crushed, i The skull at the base is cracked from ear to ear; the brain is torn in many, places and tne Drain covering is laceraiew xue boy lives ahd has chances ior recov- ry. Coins to South America. La Porte, Dec 31.

Bishop Joyce of Minneapolis, who this week dedicated the new Methodist church here, sails Jan. 6 for New York for South America, where he will preside over two large and important Meth odist conferences. Veteran Editor Dead. Valpl'raiso, Dec. 31.

Judge William C. Talcott, the oldest newspaper man in the tate, died suddenly yesterday. He was eighty-seven years For fifty Tears he-owned and edited the Porter County VIdette. I Woman's Suicide. a Evansvllie, isil, uec 31.

uarrie Wachsmuth, twenty-seven years old. quarreled with her mother and while in her presence took a dose of poison and died- Big Adventist Loss. Battle Creek, Dec 3L In the destruction last night of the big building occupied by the Review and Herald Publishing company, the Seventh Day Adventist colony is brought face to face with a second- heavy loss by fire within a year, the Adventist Sani tarium having been burned down onl-last. February. Last night's loss is ee-timated by officials of the Review and Herald, company- at $350,000, with in surance amounting to $150,000.

The firei Is supposed to have originates. through spontaneous combustion in a pile bf rags in the. pressroom. i -i Chines Rebellion. Shanghai, Dec 30.

A military officer has arrived here from Kansu province to procure munitions of war and supplies for the commander of the im perial forces. He reports that all the Imperial troops enlisted in Kansu, together with a majority of the Mohammedans there, are only awaiting Tung- fuh Slang's signal to march on Pekin, jexpel the foreigners and uphold the ang, with a force of Mongolians. train and lost his legs, but soon as hej dowager empress. Prince Tuan Is ex-recovered he entered upon a successful pected to co-operate with Tungfuh Si- polltlcal career. He does not believe!.