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^ CfTT,Aac«t*.-0>tfc« », trn, WHfamr Jampk Fow1mt» Um track mmr WnrnUm. KaCi, end the oext irataathc icortraa tkccflcetaoi brakee tccaa from hie ovortaracd onftno. Bieflramea, CherWo Horton, nod tbo brakenun, W. CcrlWo, wore lying dead aadcr tlMvrwk. Tkic was the ealoiaatioa of tkc gnat •oatkwoctara ctriko, la which the mnagth of the oncalrctloa at the Xatfbtc of Labor woo pitted ogalaat tbo Miamarl Pacito railway cyctoak The aeooad trial of Georg* H. Hamilton, the leader of tha liala wiookon, W now in program in Wyoadotto. fba amkof tboaix mcnea* ’ gaged ia the work wac brought aboat by the OOnfMlO* of Wm, Vowem, cud later Fred a .a mwilimnmewi ollX'UOU mUMv B wwHawIw^W ®aMa hk teettoeny to that of Veernm. Ymtarday a mamtien wac caused by the arraotef Oharlee Babbitt and the annoanoemeat that Freak Whitney bad been impelled by his guilty eoaacienoe to unburden hk miad el tbo terrible morot which ho has carried fcr oicbteoa months. Babbitt ia abarged with the wreaking ot a freight train at Urn Fork, aboat aix aOm oast ot Kansas Ctty, ea tha eight of April 18, *888. The trap waa laid tor a passenger train, but the extra freight was caught. The confessions of the three moa, as far as they implicate their eeafrderatee ia these Crimea, do not carry mush that is sensational, bat tbo pnceestiaa hac allowed it to leak out that acacatkaal development* will be made as the trial programm. It ia elaiased that it will be I' eon cl naively proved that the whole diabolical mhcam wac the direct result of a preconcerted actioa instigated sad formulated in a [ lodge room of the Knights of Labor. Not •ely ia this said to be the com, but warrants an cot for numbers who stand high in tha order, who are charged with murder, trainwrpoking, perjury and conspiracy, and it is hinted that amcU will be made much further oast than the etate line.

WILL HAVS TO GO.

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She taftteaewe Conrlot Lease System In Georgia With Us Wool Atrocities. Atlawta, August 96.—At last the ax has folka and the iniquitous convict lease system of Georgia will hare to go. By aa executive order, signed under gnat excitement, Governor Gordon has eallsd on the lessees of penitentiary companies Noe. 2 and S to show sana* why the loam should not bo annulled. Them oomponles are principally formed of Jae. W. Engl lab, Wm. B. Lowe aad James W. Smith. Several days age the governor received an anonymous letter signed "conVim." who declared that the eon riots were being whipped because they made known the existing abases, and asked that tha matter be investigated. From Ike postmark it waa esoartainod that the letter came from the eamp under charge oi C. C. Bingham, on the Georgia Midland road. Principal Keeper Towers at sees proceeded there, bed the men polled op ia liaes aad stripped of clothing. The backs of fear men wars found to be eat and braised ia a terrible manner, as though koivm had beta used to epea the flash. Governor Gordon read tha report with indignation, aad at once abroad aa order dismissing Bingham from ■ay asrvioe ia wbleh the state was intsrested, aad ordering the solicitor general to eute him for hi* crimes. Active st<

hie being taken to protect the convict* from the rage of the lamam, and it ia said that Principal Keeper Towers took personal

Charge of camp No. 2.

The supposed report of Prison Physician Westmoreland, which was mads to Govtrnor MeDaaiei in 1883, aad which the governor weald not allow to be made public, was yeaford ay gives to tha press. It is a shocking tooital at filth aad crime, aad will help

for tha abolition of the

foase system, Thlke is ae doubt as to the governor’s In* foatisa to declare the louse annulled, owing to the violations of its provision by the Imsim. The lessees are moving heaven and earth to avert the blow which Is falling upon them, hut the governor is determined in his oouras, boohed by the public opinion of the BtUe and indorsed by the personal assurances of msmbara of the legislature. The Bede cool miaco camp, which belongs to Oompeny Me. 1. aad owned by Governor Brown, ia not oemaiained of, bot it will have to share in ak A - — « MB* WaVWmb*

Loasfrx, August 36.—The aeeae ia the keoae wbea Mr. Gladstone arose to spook lost night was highly exciting. He was trseseedensly ekeerad at the beginning of his npenah and vociferously applauded at tha aad, aad tha howls aad the cat-calls of the yoaag to rim soak into insjgui&onnee beneath the Wright of the avaiaacbe of anproving erica. Mr. Gladstoes waa ia splendid term; Us vries rang ant with all of its accustomed I Jeeoaaaoe, and the vigor of his

id exerilant health aad in-

•vwtioo to hiseaaaa. His utterances I Km fixity of the liberal position, and left Both tag to be explained as to ita lull

summarised, is that the

liberal party is aaalterably eppssed to tbs

an In Ireland

to rapport the Partite rights of the No*

sabmittedby Mr. Gladstone Chief Seerotary Balfour,

ral unionist), Mr. BredT. P. O’Connor (aatioa-

aad Morley worn will follow G. A.

to-night.

August 28. —Judgs ■storet the Michigan fo this rity last eight. He was . V. Y n ha 1738, aad was i Uaiea orilsfs fat 1819 with Seward aad Buhope Boaae and

imaaumisMimia^l waaauaag mw«ucj U basal party Is aaalier govern tsars peBey of < and squally determiaed

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Dl C., August 38.—Mrs. the great friend of the the late war, died hern year. She had •a tae peaeiea Hot by af haraerviam during

perished. Work will be suspended for an

indefioita period

ad

enough to edam tbe whole volume of water

at once, not a men would have escaped, Make-Up of a Prohibition Convention. Syracuse, N. Y., August 36.—The prohibition state convention assembled this morning at 9 o’clock. Bev. Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, of Michigan, made a long speech, and waa toliowed by Mrs.Osrrie T. Hoffman, of Missouri. A short examination was then held, with tbe object of discovering tbe standing ot aaeh delegate in his church. All were found to be oburoh members. Ninetyfive were ministers and a large number of too others ware Sunday-school superin-

tendents.

Koforcing a Fire Escape Law, Nkw Yoke, August 36.—Mayor Hewitt ia determined to enforce the provisions of tbe "fire escape" law, psssed by tbe legislature last winter. He has instructed the corporation counsel to prosecute all hotelkeepers who foil to place a rope long enough to reach the ground in each room of tha boast. Aa none of tbe New York hotels have complied with the law, a big fight is probable. ^ Ifresasil Wrrff , ie«pnp|ny|y l Chicago, August 26.—A beef famine is prsdioted, owing to losses by the drought and decrense ia the number ot calves born this menon. The Tribune charges that the dressed beef ring steads between the the producer and consumer, and notwithstanding the fow prices obtained for beeves the cost to the consumer ia aa great as svsr, resulting in a net profit of |10 to the dressed beef moRopriy. t ‘Another Break From The K. of L. Pittsburg, August 26.—Selesmsn’s assembly, K. of Ia, have decided to withdrew from District assembly. No. 3, end organises national assembly. The saleemen for. this purpose ray they will fiat aa organiser on tha road who will visit every city, and when a snfltotoat number of cities are organised a national convention will be called.

me less yesteruay aiicrnu dreo were playing eq a rai pieces, and he, swimming became tangled la tha

Aa Ota Womi MlinrEAFOlib, August 36.—The Journal's Winnipeg special says that letters from Fort Chippewa state that the starvation of last winter caused several easee of cannibalism. One eld woman admits having killed and eaten her whole fhmiiy at Little Sad river. Starvation and cannibalism are reported from Maekonsie river. Yetocaa Burned to Death. DK5T0K, Tex., AngUrt 26.—Colonel J. A. Hitehoeek, an rid Tnxa* veteran, was burned to death in a fire that broke oat at the James beano yesterday. He was one of tha survivors af the Fen ana massacre, at Goliah, in March, 1837. Hs was sevsntythrae yean of age, a native ot Georgia, and leaves a large estate. Burk or St^iss r 1 e v od. [Upsotal to The ladtqaqpoMs Newel Baltihorb. August 36.—Late last night Governor lieyd granted a two weeks’ reprieve to the colored barker, Bess, in hopes that tlQ fffll sagf—

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INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26. 1887.

Donsraifo to tha last, but was uaahio to do aaythiag mare than partially alleviate tbe suisriag* ri Me patient, which toward the last wore isartul. Tbs ooeehmoa oontiones well. No todkattoas of hydrophobia ia his case have developed. THE SHARP CASK. ! The 014 STon Nos ■olpoa Any By the •tag—A figspuiI Terra of Court. Long Branch, N. J., August 98.—District Attorney Mariiss, of New York, who ia stopping at 8—bright for a fow days, was seen lost night in reforaam to the stay granted by Jndge Potter ia the Sharp earn. He said: M I am not altogether surprised at tha dodsioa of Jadge Potter. The air waa full «f fodiratioas pointing to an outcome like this. Tbe railage are old and are on t e ground that have been argued in lower courts, notably the admisvibHity of tae evidonee before, senate committee. Now tbst Sharp has the stay, the next effort will be to get him out on bail. I shell move that it be placed at 91,000,000, for if the man gets out there is a big probability ot not seeing him again." Doom's ASoctTh* Old Mon. New Yoxx, August 26.—The sta/granted in the Sharp ease deee not appear to affect the old gentleman ia the least He slept no better than usual, aad refrains from referring to the matter in nay way. One of bis counsel, Boorks Cock ran, called upon Sharp. He concurs in the opinion that his client's mind ia failiag him. Mr. Cockrea declined to discuss the queedon of procuring bail for Ml Sharp. \ A Spgctal Tom of Coart Coovonod. Albany, August 26.—Governor Hill today granted the application of Distriot Attorney Martine,and made an order convening an extra general term of the supreme court ia and for tbe eity ot New York on the 7tb day of September next, for the purpose to insure the prompt hearing and decision in ths

Sharp ease.

OActol Matters. Washington, August 28.—It is stated here that Secretary Whitney has given Admiral Lace an opportunity to withdraw his request to be relieved of tbe oommaud of the North Atlantic squadron. Tbe president announced to-day ths following appointments: Alsx. McCue, of New York, to bo fish commissioner, and John Bridges, of New York, to bo eonsnl at Broek-

viile, Out.

Mr. McCue ia the present solicitor of the treasury. The office it not a salaried one, the law simply prosenbing ths appointment from among the ehrii officers of tbqUnited States ot a person of proved seienfffo and practical acquaintance with ths fishes of the ooesc The appointment will not neoessitate the relinquishment of his present position by Solicitor McCue. It is not yet. known who will bo appointed secretary of the Smithsouian Institution in placo of Profossor Baird.

Big Call For Clerks.

Washington, August 26.—The largest requisition for rierks over made at yie time apon the civil service commission was made yesterday by ths secretary of war, whoasked tor the submission ot 212 names to fiJi fiftythree vacancies, forty-five in tbe thoussnddollar grade and eight in the twelve-hundred dollar grade. These vacancies were caused by the promotions mode under the new rules establishing e system of examinations ror promotions in the various departments. The war department it tbe only department where such examinations have boon held aa yet.

Narrow Kecnpo of Minors. !

Nanticoxk, Pa., August 26.—Yesterday a subterranean lake, 670 fret below the surfoee, broke into a gangway in fatal No. 1 shaft, 160 fret further down, where 800 men wen at work. They barely had time fo escape, rushing through water np to their breastetothe bottom of the shaft. Luckily all were taken out safely. Ninety maim

TELEPHONETROUBLE

indefinite pvried, as the water is still running hi. Had, tha earth fissure been wide

A RUNAWAY WITS RECOVERED.

Probabilities ot tbo Bloch Coal Output This Ycar—Crushed to Psath by

[Special to Tbs Indianapolis News! South Bbnd, August 26.—South Band is up end in arm* ever the actioa of tbe Central Union telepboae company. A number of prominent citiseos have been arrested, charged with catling down the pries of the company. An appeal has been made to Jadge Noyes tor aa iajaactioa, which will be beard tomorrow.

The Brazil Budget.

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Brazil, August 28.—A cold winter seems to be anticipated in ths markets aupplied with Brasil block oosU, judging from orders already in. Tha output is now about the largest in tbe history ot tbo industry. Tbo mines ere bring worked to their utmost capacity, while e number of nsw mines not operated for tha trade tost winter are yielding liberal outputs. As a result, the miners have steady work at satisfactory prices, while tbe railroads are reaping a big harvest Tbe Chicago A Indiana Coal road one day this week transported 150 flats of twenty-two tons each to Chicago, their rates being |1 a ton. The VandaiU, as well as the Louisville, New Albany A Chicago and the Chicago A Eastern Illinois, also have their share of trade, the Vandalia, perhaps, excelling all others in the

quantity ot cool handled.

The uniform raukot Knights of Pythias, recently instituted hare, will participate in the encampment at Crawfordsville, begin-

ning to-day.

A novel excursion of miners and operators, principally from Terre Haute, but also from this district, visited Nsw Pittsburg, where are located the Alum Cave miuee, in the southwestern portion of the county, yesterday. Tbe mines are operated by a Chicago syndicate with 9300,QUO capital, recently

organised.

At a depth ot 700 fret, owing to inability to recover tbe drill, the gas well Ot Brazil has been abandoned, and a new one will be sunk by ita side, indications favored the

finding of gas.

William McKay. ofLogansport, has leased ground in tbe west cud ot the city and will remove his brick factory here. It capacity ia

18,000 daily.

A club et Brasil sportsman will build a club-house on the Kankakee. Jndge Coffey is a member of tbe elub. Mrs. Wampler Found. [Special to Tbe Indianapolis News] 1 RONTON, O, August 26.—John C. Wampler, of Craw fords rille, ind., found his runaway wif* here last night at tbe Mamie house, rooming with J. C. Wagner, alias Jesse Miller, a barber and dead brat. They came from Indianapolis together on Thursday of last week. Miller got work at Selb's barber ■bop at flO a week. Wampler came laat night on the Dayton A fronton and had Wagner arrested and locked up. There waa an affectionate meeting with bis wife, who burst into a flood of tears. She had pawned her diamond jewelry at Dayton, and was wearing her husband’s pin. They will go boms to-day. Crashed By a Saw Log. [Special to The Indians Dolt* Nowal Columbus, Ind., August 26.—Yesterday evening Francis J. Parker, who was engaged in hauling logs to the saw mill ot A. Lewis, near this city, met with s fatal accident. He was unloading n log from h<a wagon, which in rolling off caught him by the aerie, threw him so roes two other logs, meshing his ahonider, breast, head and catting off lua right car entirely. Death eg An 014 Wabash Resident. [Special to The IndiaaspoHs News]

Wabash, August 26.—At noon to-day Patrick Daffy, a prominent Wabash oonaty pioneer, died suddenly at his home In this city of congestion ot ths lungs. Deceased was seventy raars old. Ho had resided in the oounty fifty years, and leaves a Urge family. He was a prominent member of the CaUtolio ohureh here.

Minor Mention.

Landy Mahan, a young man of Morristown, accidentally shot himself, probably fatally, with

a revolver test evening.

a Fort Satur9700,1s

oaring in. Ths veterans of ths Twenty-ninth Indians volunteen are holding s reunion at La pork), commencing to-day ana continuing for two days. The attendance is targe. N. V. Brower, at one time editor af the Mtahawaka Enterprise, and afterward editor of the South Bend Register, has been nominated os senator from the forty-third district of Iowa. E. W. Beniamin, a pioneer of Wabash oounty and an old Mason, died yesterday in LaGro township, aged seventy-seven. He will be buried at ' oGro on Saturday, with Masonic honors. Mrs Hannah Kingman has entered suit In the Moatopmery oounty court against the L., N. A. A C. railway, asking fc.OUO damages for refusing to •top s fast train at Chany Grove and tat her get off K. D. Hlgley, near Tocsin, on the Cbfosgo A Atlantic radway, has s well oat ot which ths bottom has suddenly dropped. Thera Is now a deep, black hole there, which has not as yet been fiitbomed. * Yesterday afternoon Henry Boeryuae. a termer living south of Martinsville, shot twice at some boys who were in his melon patch. One of

i pain. able to locate the ball. Johnnie Vanblbbera, aged fourteen years, while In company with a man who was hauling loss near Cy prosed ale, Vanderburg county, was walking along by the sldta of the wagon when the wheels slipped, knockftig him down and passing over him, breaking his leg and crushing his skull, from the effects of wbleh he died. Tbe annual meeting of tbe old settlers and pioneers of the counties of Franklin aod Union, Indiana, and Butler. Ohio, will he beld on Batur-

A Professor Drowned.

Minneapolis, August 26.—Profossor H. 8. Whitney, of the Bxeeisior academy, on tbe •here of Lake Mlenetonka, was drowned in the Isko yeeterdsy afternoon. Three ehil-

on e raft, which went to

out to rave them, weeds aad was

drowned. Two et the children were res—id •Jive; the third waa drowned.

■ P . . „ . „ , „ ... ...jvlUfb lud. Hon. A. L Morey, af Bader oounty, Ohio, will deliver the regular annual address Rush vllle Is infested with a gang of small boys woo, for the post two weeks, bare«st fire to teren horns in dificret ports of the town, all ot which hare burned to the ground. The last to bum wes owned br M. C. Kerr. It wes fired at 1040 o'clock yesterday morning and was soon consumed. The authorities ate making strong eficsts to break up the gang, end It is believed the intaaous practice will soon be stopped. The remains of Emsley Needham. Sr., who hoe been dead twenty-three yean, were disinterred at Winchester lor removal to the new cemetery. Upon opening the casket it wm found that Um body wm totally petrified, and as solid as a rock and equally a* heavy. Persons present who were acquainted with the old gentleman eerily recognized the leotnrea. The Odd Fellows' regalia about the neck wo* also In a perfect state of press rvsiian. Ths thirty Mecod annual reunion of the old Mttlesa of Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Fountain and Warren counties wm held at Meharry'a grove yesterday, a targe number of people were pramt, and tat day wm pleasantly passed in various ways Hon. M D. While, of Crawfordsvllle, delivered on address on "SaeiaUain and Anarchy.” speeches were also made by Captain DeWtttWallaoe, of Lafayette; Rev. W. U. Ulckmon, of Urawsfordsvtlta, and others.

all felt the shock. The lightning shivered ths rafters and joists into splinters, tore off tbe oJapboerfis, made hriee through tha root end shook off nonriy all the filssSerieg Every pietare to the houae wee destroyed. One bedstead was overturned, end a siufie pedal wes smashed from the Moled see, leaving the not of Um instrument uninjured. TUX DEAD A.LIVR.

Why m Kentucky Man Convicted of Murder Seta » New Trial. Nicholabyille, An gnat 26.—Tbe attorney for Lindsey Smith, the negro who was sentenced for twenty-one yemra for killing an unknown man near Wisdom, moved the court to grant the dafrodaat anew trial, as be bad just discovered new end startling evidence, to wit: The men who was soppoaed to have been murdered wm John Thomas. He produced the man in court, •nd Joseph Robb, one of tbe witnreses, raid this is the mu thought to have been killed. The man had worked tor Robb, aad a iterward went to Woodford oounty. Smith wm ooavicted on circumstantial evidenoa. The court granted the defendant a new trial, art for February, 1888. BuIUvna Gets tbo Butter Contract. Tha board* of the several benevolent asylums met to-day aad awarded contraeta lor tbe September supplies tor the hospitals. Some frmiliar wudm are found among tha tucoesafui contractors for tbs intane hospital supplies. Lust mouth J. R. Budd A Co. supplied the Mylnm with butter aod eggs; to-day Badd and Sullivan were tbe only bidden. The ooctract wm awarded to County Clerk Sullivan. HU bid for “creamery” butter was 22 cents, while Bndd's wm 23 cents. For eggs ths price for September will be 15 oeRta, against 10 cents for the ourreot month. George W. Stoat received the contrast for groceries. J. R. Ryan tor flour, Peter Bryce for crackers. Inquisitive eittaen* not in tbe buttor business want to know if there are no other firms in this line in central Indiana with enterprtae enough to submit rids to tbe board? Or. is it n frees-out? Tbs gentlemen whose names appear seem to alternate in supplying the institution. Mr. Ives’s Lost Hope. New Brunswick, N. J., August 26.— Henry S. Ivm, his partner (Stayoor) aad Asaiguee Cromwell made a secret visit last night to Christopher Mayer, tbe recently elected first vice president of tbo Cincinnati, Hamilton A Dayton railroad, nt his residence near here, and had along consultation. The objeot of the vtait, it is said, wm to ask Mayor to advanoe 93,000,000 on stocks and bonds held by the assignee m assets for Ives A Co. With this Ivm thought he could pull through and prevent a slaughter of tbe aecuritiM. Tbe propMition wm not accepted, and the visiters returned to New York on a late train. Ivm declined to talk, bat said all his transactions were regular ana he did not believe he would be proMeuted criminally. A Carpenter Makes a Bad Tumble. C. F. Meyer, a carpenter, wm engaged this morning in repairing rop« ia tbo window*of the sheriff's office. While steading on a ladder a rope which he pulling gave way and he lost his balance. He foil to the floor, striking aniust a large plate-glass window which bad been taken out and set Mide. Tbe glaM wm broken and the noise of the frii could be heard all over the building. Ur. Meyer received some bed bruises aod had to be taken to his residence, 10J Massaohmatta avenue, in Kregelo’s ambulance. The Court Has Jnrlsulotlon. The Katie Marshall vs. W. H. Woods paternity suit, which hM been productive of various legal eom plications, bn been set for trial in tbe rireoiteonri next Monday. Lending np to tbis. Judge Ayres this morning decided that his court had jurisdiction of the com, by sustaining n demurrer to n plea in abatement filed by the defondant. The attorneys for the relator move notice that they woola nek a change orvonne. * Grovostaln A Pell’s Pollaro. New York, August 26.—It is reported today that the liabilities of tbe suspended firm of Groveatein A Pell are much larger then wm first supposed. Assignee Harding thinks tbe liabtlitiM will be core red by asset* provided a suitable market can be found for ra|uriilM on knnd. National Bunk Closed. Rochrstbb, N. Y., August 28.—Tho First national bank of Dana villa closed its doors yMterday. The bunk had a capital of 960.000, and the surplus given by tbo last report WM 922.000. NEWS COMPRESSED. Natural gas has been found at Msreheii, Til 8. R- Giflord, seventy yean old, lulcidedot Lincoln, Ilk, to avoid death fry starvation. Wlnkelmavsr, n giant, who wm said to b* the largest man in the world, Um died in Austria. It is claimed a ns torsi flow or both oil and sss hasbeen discovered near Fort Snaliing, near St. The National Association of Charities end Correction is in »sssion at Omaha, with 5U>

present.

The Tsylor county (Ky) troubles have been amtaabiy adjust**!, ths bondholders to receive 80 cents on ths dollar. Ths Pittsburg stone masons have abandoned the Knishts of Labor and will join their international sesociation. Annie Mayer, a twelve-year-old girl living on Bremen street, Chicimiati, was burned to death, her heir catching fire from a candle. Governor Bartlett, of Caltforuia. is apparently much better. The paralysis is disappearing, and his physician believes he may recover. Tbo officers of the Calumet A Heel a Mine feel positive that the greet lire in the mine has been extinguished, and they expect the shaft to open again on Monday.

A Blight Panic to Btoeks. New York, August 26.—There wm n alight pongs la the stock market between 12 and 2 o'clock this afternoon, and aosna of tho leading atoeka took* rapid tumble, but rapport soon came and both bulls and bears nailed to stop ths rush. Prices soon rallied 9 to | tor lowest. The panie waa oh rumors affecting tho eredit of several important houses. Up to this hoar there hao boon no confirmation of tho rumors.

Owoaoo, Mich., AumMI 26.—During tart hoeoc of W. a Ketch um

day to Bremen, whence it will bo rashippod to the United States. — In 1886 tbe Southern Pacific company operated 4.M6 miles of road, including the Central Pacihc; Turkey has refused assent to Ruaria’s proposal to send a repiessntattve to Bulgaria to oyersee tbo election of a now prince and will await concerted action by tho powers. Engens Hoirotou, on eighteen-year-old mulatto, arrested for leiouiously aasanlttna Miss Sapp, at Greensburg. 8. C.. wm taken out ot jail yesterday by a mob and hanged. * Seven hantood acres of oool-land in Duquoln, Ilk, have bean parobssed by W. p. Usluday. ot Cairo. Ho will oink a shaft and will toon have In oDsration assins employing from 000 to 1,000

men.

There we* a violent explosion of escaping gas In Ut* cellar of Leopold Bros. A Co.’s clothing store, Chicago, yeaterday, by which Patrick Gaff “ ,ploy *’** obmbir 1 “‘ The grand chief foreman of ths brotbarbood of railway section foremen hM started “the Coughlin promotion hind” to old Timothy Coughlin, who is charged with the MspouadtUtoy lor the Chatswortb disaster. A Washington paper rays that Hon. Geores Lothrop. United btatM minister to Russia noised through Geneva yesterday on bis wm^um^UuW ted Stales by way ot Paris, and that upoa htaavrival hem he wtU tender his rasigaauou. The government ot New South Wales having offered 800,000 sores of land to any missionary society that will undertake to civilize ths natives, tbe pope has directed that immediate attention be peM to the orihr, in order to forestall Protestant

A BIG STOCK DEAL

FRAMKXXN INSCRAYCft COMPANY

M the OM

tion. They bought $150,000 for about

Word hM bren received at Yankton, Dak., that that city hM been selected m ths mo efty of the diocese of South Dakota of the Catbolta church. The oiooeae will be called the Yauktou diocese. A cathedral will be built, and also a diocesan school. Nearly noo,Ouo will ha expended ia new buildings. A Union Pndfio train pfonaed into Send creek ten mitas from Dearer, night before ' bridge having ‘been washed sway Mattsrtoo was killed and the firamai gage-master badiy injured. An old Gesaepa woman, hearing tha cries of the people, went out wUhataatera and.stopped a Burlington train which wm roaring on to dretruerton, within a taw feM ot ths chasm.

Indianapolis has recently been the eoene of n series of important transactions to stock, which have resulted to the control of tho Franklin Fire insurance company of In* diana, this eity, passing to now hands. Some months ago agents began to quietly purchase the stock, which hM always been almost entirely held is this eity. Some of the first sales were fifty cents on the dollar. The company had been known to have done a safe business, bat instead of paying dividends had accumulated a net surplus. Tbe •took wm found by those who took tbe tronble to Inquire to be worth par. Tho purchaser*, however, made little display and took their own time, and tast month had bought np at prices ranging from fifty to a hundred cents on the dollar, almost tho en-

tire capital stock of $150,000.

The full drift of tbe company’s affairs did not appear to the majority of the old stockholders until the recent annanl meeting. It WMthen discovered that a new order of thinre wm about to be ushered in. A new board of directors wm elected; tbe old officers’ resignations were in order and were not withheld, and the following gentlemen were put in charge of the company's affairs: President, John Wocber, Indianapolis; secretary, J. M. Neuberger, formerly ot Laporte, now of tnis city; special agent, W. H. Ful-

ton, Indianapolis.

James £. Robertson, tbe former president, is understood to have accepted an offer of 90 cents on the dollar lor bis $10,000 of stock. W. J. Holliday and John W. Murphy, early in the year accepted 75 cents on tbe dollar for $3,500; tbe trustee of tbe Ricketts estate sold $10,000 at 66; John C. Shoemaker is reported to have held out tor par on $10,000, and to have received it. One of tbe few large stockholders of the old stockholders who did not sell wm J. L. Bradley, who held $6,000,

worth now considerable above par.

The pith of it all ia that the^ purchasers

made a shrewd speculation,

stock worth more than $110,000 or $120,000.

Some of the gentlemen who parted with their stock are smarting under the realization that they let go too soon. They distribute tbe blame among several parties. They say that tbe rid officer* and managers of ths company ought to have known what j the stock wm worth and that the Indianapolis people ought to have been smart enough to have made the fifty or a hundred thousand dollars instead of allowing outside partiM to step in and snatch tbe bonanza. Aa for the nsw controllers of tbe concern, they any that they came into it to make money and to eonduct the business at the old stand on insur-

ance prineiplMt

The iMt monthly statement of the company ia particularly exasperating to tho-e who gave away their stock at a little over half price. The statement ihows that tbe net surplus of CMh on hand and In bank, wm 932,000; that the company's real estate was put rat only 941,000, among the assets, including tbe Circle-street block; that the total assets, including bonds, loans, aganoy balancM, etc., were 9232,605.03; that there were no unpaid loeam, and that tbe total HaMlttiea, including the 9150,000 ot stock,

were only 1200,000.

Associated with tbe discussion of the affaire of the Franklin is the unsupported report thet the nsw managers propose to reinsure ita risks, sail the asMta, and cIom out the company’s tiusroeas in the interests of some other insurance company. This report originated, doubtlsM. because the new seere* tary, Mr. Neuburger, has for many years been state agent of tbe German Ameriean of New York, aad because the plan proposed is both ionaiblo and would be profitable. By following tbo proposed plan, the stockholders would divide a profit over their reeent invMtment of more than $75,000. But the pretout managers have no intention, they toy, ot going Into liquidation; that while that would be profitable, it will be more so to coatiaue tbe business. Mr. Neuberger, who seems to bo tbe controlling spirit of the company, wm given opportunity to reply to tho rumors referred

to.

We think we have not only brought additional money to this city, but that we will improve the baainem of tbe Franklin company. I have been a citizen of the state for thirty-three yean and have been in the insn ranee Mr vice a longer oonseentive period than any other man in Indiana. I think I have known more about tbe busineM of this company than many of itaowa officers. We propose togive Indiana, if we can, a batter company than it ever bad. Tho Franklin will be ran by insuranoe men—which it never wm before. We have taken tbe wind out of tbe compaov’e statements and will now oondnot its buainsM purely on ita merita." “Then you will eoattouein business?” “We will continue in busineM and we want tbe patronage of this community. We ask it on tha marite of whaf we have to offer. We do not propose to reinsure our risks m alleged; the oompeny will continue right here, will hold its property here, aad will retain ita offieM and chief interesta in thia eity. We have invested $1,000 in new lithographs nod necessary stationery, which we would not have done if we had dMigned abaudoning the busineM. Wo have already investad $25,000 of surplus in covernmebt bonds, worth 930,000 (he exhibited tbe bonds) “and bare a bank balance to-day of 920,00a" A Countryman Robbed. Brevity characterised the proceedings of the police court to-day. Tho tronbiM of Charteo Johnson, a farm laborer from tho neighborhood of Cumberland, and those of Katie Yob were taken np and disposed of. The young mao came to tbe rity yesterday and fell in with Mtas Yoh on East Washington street. In n thousand years or so, when the people of Kokomo come to explore the rains ot this village (if they ever do) Mtas Yoh’s name will be found pleatifhlly sprinkled through the rity court records. When Johnson left Mtas Yeh’a com pan v he fouad that seventy-five dollars had* been abstracted from his pocket. He sought his late friend oot, aad foood Her in a saloon whither she had gone with n “growler.” He assaulted her, knocking her down. Johnson was fined 95 and costs lor anlt aad given ten days aad tho usual dollars for evil association. Mis* Yoh's ease for laroenv wm eoutiaued till to-mor-row, her bond bring fixed at $500. A tramp who Mid his name wm Frank Nelson wm before the court to answer a charge of larceny. Tramps do not usually carry opera bImsm ia their clothM, bat n pair waa found on Mr. Notaoa's person. Ha may bo aa actor thus early shut out by tbo inter-state eomsoeroe law, bat. If so, be did not admit it. He wttl donee attendance before Aha next grand jury or forfeit n bond for $900, and unleu Dun's agency comes to kta relief he is not likely to give a nootaJmaec for the amount. Tbe ease against Henry Wolfe for raorivH»g stolen node was dismtaaed maoh to that geaileinan r a delectation.

street, $200. U. 0. Wire asA works, addlttoa to wsrita M Maneoa and Handera attests, 9L00& The Bm LAm rate to the G. A. B. smm Meat will be $&M. .

Mention hu been made several times of the difficulty experienced in finding some own to •are tor Cora B. Cornuil, who wu recommitted to the inaaae asylum Wednesday. The girt ta twenty-three yean of age. Her mother died but when tbe child wm quite young. Aftenrard ber father remarried and moved to Gedrgio. Tho girl wm feebleminded and sot insane, it ta arid, aad should never have been sent to theasylnaa^at there she wm kept for tea yean. Her grandparents resided in Criuasbnak Shortly after she wm sent to tbo mvIiub her grandfather died, bequeathing to Mtas Counaii $2,300, to he paid when his yenagort son should be-

by Mrs. Elisabeth Dixon, 1 TsnnssMS and Michigan si > sheriff’s deputies called yert

eared for

who

years Mira

raeeatly

re tides afi _ _ When the sheriff’s dapntfee

moraine to take Mtas Coo nail to tho asylum bar triend objected, hot aha wm taken away, despite protests. Trustee Many knew something of the case, and upon bearing Mrs. Dixon’s story west to the hospital and rata road with Mim Counaii to the eity. She will bo cured for by Mrs. Dixon until eho gets poMeottou of ber money. It ta thought tho harsh treatment Mtas Counaii hM received may have been prompted by some one with n motive. She wm recommitted on the affidavit of Dr. J. T. Bovd, who rays ah* ta wholly incapable ot controlling either her mental or physical faculties. Oa the other hand, Mrs. Dixon My* Mtas Counsii ta perfectly Mae and capable of making bar own living. The young woman wm sheltered at tbe home tor tbe friendless women for a time, bat 00old not be controlled by the managers.

BASS BALL NEWS.

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Indianapolis Tightens Its Grip am She

Tall-Holu—Games

SEVERAL NEW

STANDARD COMPANY'S]

or tho Fronts To Be Mi Wells

he the Ono

|3i

The Hoosiere took with thorn on this trip a journalistic mssoot, bat with four games played, and all of them lest, there is beginning to be ■ suspicion that beta proving $ journalistic jonab instead of a mascot; so, therefore, good Mr. Fogel, send him home, and make him walk. The game yeaterday at Washington wm 3 to 1 ia favor of WMhiagton, and Bassett, nasally a good fielder, if nothing o1m,*wm the direct cause, m he made three errors which let in three runs. Otherwise, the WMhiagtons would have been blanked. The WMbington grounds are so laid that tbe sun shines directly in the eyea of tbe first and sec ond basemen aad the right fielder, and Bsacett claims that in e$eh instance hs wm blinded so that he could not see the ball. And this is doubtless correct. Healy andHackett, and Whitney and Mack wen the batteries, and Hackett made the only ran tor tbo Hooeiers, ranching first on an error, going to second on Healy’* sacrifice, and scoring on Glasscock’s short hit, which Daily in nght could not handle in time. Brown mad# two phenomenal catches in center, and Jobnaon is credited with nothing in right mve an error. Tho Hooeiers bad men on bases in every inning rave the sixth, but could not get them across the plate. As instancing their hard inch, five men went oat on foul tips. Glasscock and Denny played a good fielding game, still each wm given an error. The lull score shows: WAsnncoToir. iwotawarou*.

Hon. A. C. Harris h one of tha attorneys tor the Standard Oil oempaay. He ta also the owner ot the form an which the “Harris” gos well ta located. Tho Standard people and their attorneys have been endeavoring to demonstrate to the public, and especially to the eoaaeil. that the preasat ratos lathe gM ordinaace are tee few to attract capital; that no company ana coma into tha city under Um ordinance aad live, rtiL,

te.

Mr. Herrta any net have in leaded it for the public ear, but ho ta understood meant]y to have said: 'It I had the gM from my well piped into the streets toriay.it would be earaiag me $300 per day, even aader tho ordiaanoe now ia forco." The Harris well 1s not a gusher. Itltasaa estimated rapacity of aboat 2,400,000 foM a day. Mr. Harris’s estimate (whether used by him or not) ta therefore critically correct, for the ordinance would permit of a charge of about 10 cents per thousand feet. ThtaUttlo gM well cost aboat $1100, or about as much m its product would yield in five days. Tho Standard people ray that it would take forty or fifty snob well* to supply the rity. ttupp«M that it only takes thirty. This number of wells would net the company which snppliet the gM (upon the basis auggMled by a Steadard attorney) 96,000 a day, or $S f ltO,000 annually. In the wildest flight of flnnarinl anticipation tbe com of the proposed pipe line ta not made to exceed $1,000,000. The first year’s income, on the basis here worked cat, will net twice tbe oost of tbe plant. If It be granted that the estimate is too high by hall, there ta still left a margin of $190,000 tor tho fint year after repltoing the entire amount iavMtod in the plant. It ehooid bo rememirared, also, that these MtimatM are based oa tbe “starvation" hum named in tbo promnt ordinance. The Octopus says thsse rats*are * too low. It wants thorn doubled. It also wants tha earth and a mortgage on the firmament.

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The Capital City oompaay will

a otter gM well in to-day.

probably

WhttroV'ir. Bins#, m— 8‘Adrc; asaYr Mock, c. Donnelly, X.,

fuanny

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S «i«sejtsn-

2j u|Hasty, p___ '> 6: Total

TotaW.—.— 1 - ,. Score by Inmug*: Waahinstou

IndUuapolia... .11 n 0 0

ron»—WH«ni. (toa

have another gM well in to-day. The SpoM farm well hM an estimated oapaoity ot 3,000,000 feet, aad m the new well ta within a mile of the Bp^ farm, It ta anticipated tha6 it

will be prolifio.

1* 7

Another Gws Town.

[Special to The Indianapolis News.]

Marion, August 26.—Upland, ten mitas east in this oounty, hM besn added to tbo list of natural gM towns. Trenton rook wm touched Wednesday. This morning work was resumed with tha most aattafortory result. The well at noon to-day is 1,010 feet deep aod fifteen feet In tbe Trenton rook,with

nbombera, Rockett. Donbls play*-Dehny and ^. 0W °/ be sunk from Bastott; BmmU, Glasscock and bhoiuoerg. First fifton to twtnty-firt (oet deeper, in tb» hope

boM on errors—Washington t. Indianapolis ft. of producing n gusher

.0012 0 0 0 0 ....« it 0 0 * n »

0- ft it— 1

'Ksntiaton i. Two-tM-a uita—

Brian. Stolen baae*.-Carroll, Mask, g, Rockett. Donble plays-Denny ana

' id bhoiuberit. ~

a. Iiiciianapoll

Haoketl, Healy (2).

Struck oat—Danny, Johnson, Hackett, rawed ball!-—Mack XHackattZ.—

. | Tima—Two hoars.

Umpire—Daniels.

Gamas Elsewhere.

New York—Chicago 1, New York 9. Welch and Clarkson were tho opposing

pitchers.

Philadelphia—Detroit 2, Philadelphia A Carer and Oetzdn were the pitchers, and the Detroits were out-played at every point. Boston—Pittsburg 8, Boston 9. Radbourne aod Morris were tbe pitohors. Each side earned seven runs. Cincinnati—Metropolitans 6, Cincinnati 15. St. Louis—Baltimore 6, St. Louis 14. Cleveland—Athletics 8. Cleveland 6. Kirby, ths Cleveland pitcher, passed through the city last evesing for St. Louis, where be goM to join ths St. Louis fin department. Remarried by ths Hebrew Rite. While Mtas Daisy Hutchinson, of Lebanon, O., wm visiting friends in this eity revsrol months ago, she became acquainted with J. Lester Gabriel, a gentleman well known ia Hebrew soolety. Mtas Hutchinson wm a handsome blonde aad n young Indy of many accomplishments. Love began practicing archery oa tbe couple with such success that they were quietly married at Lebanon about five months ago. Lut Sunday afternoon, nt tbe residence of Rev. Mayer Messing, pastor ot tho Indianapolis Hebrew congregation, tho two were again married, thia time according to the ntual of the Hebrews. Mrs. Gabriel bad given the matter careful thought aod evinced ber desire to be taken into tbe Jewish church. The aeoceearv preparation wm made, and at the second marriage ceremony she wm able to make tho responses aad repeat the customary Hebrew prayer.

Railroads*

President MeKoen, of tho Vandalia, aaoma to bo making good his reoent assertion that tbe road would beooms the "old Vandalia again." Tbe lately elected joint offioers of tho C., H. A D. and Vandalia tart night resigned their offices, so for m they relate to tbe Vandalia. C. C. Waite resigned the general managership, C. Neilson the superinteadcany, and F. H. Short tho secretaryship and tbe treMurership. Tbe duties of the general manager will be discharged by President MoKeeo, aad of tbe superintendent by Assistant General Manager Hill; George E. Farrington goes book m secretary, and J. W.

Cruft again becomes treMarer. Asphalt lasteart of Medina Mona.

Owing to the complications arising out of tho refusal of Fulmer A Co., to proceed with the improvement of Washington streat unless the city assumes the responsibility of tho car company's refusal to pay for its share ot the cost, it ta now claimed that tbe council will be forced to re-let tbe work, instead of accepting tbe offer 01 the Ctaftia Paving company, and this has revived the talk el substituting asphalt tor Medina stoae. It ta el aimed for the asphalt that it ean bo made vary durable, aod a great consideration ta that tbo traffic thereon ta eomparatiyely

noiseless.

A Curious Accident. John Ward, a Pan-Handle switchman wm struck in tho bead by a flying coupling pin to-day and seriously hurt. A train of ears on which ho wm riding broke in two, and the pin, hurled with force, struck him n heavy blow. Flannor A Hommowa removed him to Bt Vincent's hospital. LOCAL PICKUPS.

saaHfiSafc* 998 byWyKS JrJSi ssstas? °«TMM Ui Joa (SSlSu

paper dealers. were reported.

Tbe Riverside camp-meeting will elan on fun<**r- The merttai* continue to attract great te-

ffSvTSr&aSSSjP

srnSxszjszLX:-

•sun end consequent injuries —byptelm

tiff at the hand* ot defendant.

The I., B. & W. excursiontsts to Niagara Falla, darned to-day at 1230 o’clock and report the ■jMS&issa; jsjsvbsii and the Knierprise foundry era among the establishments ooMenttng to elom downaa labor day. Judge Irvin to-day fined Joseph Mayer *0 and wts for on assault on Thomas Curasa at the 3ubesriber—Please state who ta the chief of Um labor bureau here, and oblige. Thera is no state labor bureau hero, but W PTimlth, ———gf lire sum distriot sresmbly, K. of L.1ML taaatoottty oa labor stattatios ot Indiana. The auditor of state reports that tbo Globs Mutual insurance company of which MstorisS the auditor what • Mid up policy la tbe oreo-

The suit of John Medert, vld A. Ralston and others, circuit court by Jose Ayres.

uSs-csss:

W&amsm the property given 10 the sesignM to henredte

the payment of debts.

PERSONAL.

. ** W.PeMcy. of Martinsville, who has boon do- - tag j»portariaI week oa thenenttoel, hM re- & rtwunrtbfi^^of

^ *. nmrf '

Ed Denny, a weft-known yotuv men aboat

as*bo faff

Tho nfare Indian* divisions of tbo First ngimont. Uniform Bank, Knights ot Pythias, to-day go into earep at Crawfordsville to remain until Monday evening. Many division, No. 18, and Indianapolis division, No. 3, of this eity. departed nt noon to-day In company pith Kokomo division. No. 6, which goM to the camp-ground by way af Indianapolis. Aa the divisions will average a membership ot about thirty each, tbe total number at the eamp will probably be 275 or 800. The Bridegroom Came Net. Colored rireiea are said to be in a state of •xoitemut ever ia Belmont over a wadding which foiled to ootne oft. The expectant groom wm named Bailey, and after tailing the equally expectant bride that he would go after n marriage license, bo disappeared, aad that wm tho tart sera of him. 4&e wedding party, with the minister, remained ia wait until IO1SO before hceomiag convinced that the groom wm nos art.

Frank Byron, chief raginner of tho mill corner Madison avenue and Lincoln street, wm terribly bnnod about the hands while in tho engine room tart night, owing to the explosion of n gasoline tamp—tho flodh fairly dropping from one of them. Ho rnidii on Nebraska street, to which ho Wm removed. Ho ta andor the ears of Dr. Culver. The Coming o< Uu> President. Arrangements ore ranking tor the preeident to arrive ia this city daring tbe forenoon of Bopfmhsr 30, aad to remain until tha afternoon ot tha following day. Ho will ho Moompantad by Mrs. Ctavetaad, gad will bo entertained at 00* at tbo hotels, m the lv jRai'

ta^ptaytag Sem Baxter, the totaottre. wtah CGtousd’Jim" Durham..of the Mew Task arid, formerly oonueotod with 1 — t.

torCtoatanatL

lug tosM Voorbees and Harrison pitted snslMt

each other to a roes tor governor.

WUl Judkins and toe Keelteg!

Warsaw, difoUwoe off

little Msomsr 1 s swell in Um

G. A. R. exoontoa to inUateed In fehleg 1 . . While seated In tbour boot a

barely making a Perceptible but aatbe boat began tor

"Oft, I’m stab.” and ho

ous contribution to Old kera syospethy, bet Jod kins wM ft itarir nffeewd, aod now nothing 1 one to make another voyage.

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Anna Dean to Klehnel Roblolus, lot *1 te Fletcher et aL’t subdivision ot euttogi M, ft, gig.

In Indianapolis, 12,000.

Samuel Sawyer to Hnydra ft Btgtmn. pert of SS’ifiSSAWSo'"*”" * Richard 8mUh to Henry Ader, part of lot 31a Davidson’s second addition. MOO. Elton J. Oasheort to August CL loti in MarrWt subdivtatott of

Dsnata ffipftnnd to John W.

half of the north west quarter.

I

rift west quart*

least, M,s60. to Alfred 1 1 of outlet* :

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