Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1889 — Page 5

THE -INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. -WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889.

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THE HANGING OF GRÜBB.

HIS EXECUTION AT VINCENNES. Details of the Mörder of Mit Gortlo Dow neyat the Princeton Fair Orooadi For Which Crime Grabb Paid tho Penalty Bit Last Moment. VINCENNES, Ind., April 19. Special. At 11 :03 this forenoon Sheriff McDowell pulled the lerer that sprang the trap-door and the form of Sylvester Grubb, the murderer of Gertrude Iiownejr, dropped seven feet at the end of the rope. The fall broke his neck, und eight minutes later the heart had ceased to beut and he whs pronounced dead. Mr. Daniel F. Kinkier, who carae here from Kansas City to construct the scaffold and superintend the execution, pronounced the hanging the neatest and most complete job he had ever witnessed. Mr. Binkley is probably the only person in the country who makes a specialty of hanjring people. Said he to The Sextisel reporter: "I was born in Wayne county, Ohio, and reared there. Four years ago I went to Kansas City, Mo., where I've resided since. I've been in this business twenty years, and I have in that time attended and superintended seventy executions, twenty of which I performed myself." . ' The hanging, which occurred in an inclosure is the rear of the jail, was witnessed by only sixty persons, in cluding the sherins from the adjoining counties, newspaper men, physicians and court officer, while thousands of people filled the streets and sidewalks on the square. The crowd composed of an equal number of men and women, while displaying a great curiosity, was not otherwise demonstrative. At 8 o'clock last night, after eatinsr a very hearty supper, slept soundly until 10 slumber was disturbed Grubb retired ind o'clock, when ty ms brother, Thomas, who paid nun a visit. The latter seemed very mneh aßected by tie met'tinar and wept like a child, but the prion?rt all through the interview, was immovable, and a soon as his brother departed lie repaired to bis couob ami reposed comfortably till alter 5 o'clock this mornimj, when he aroo. srraneed his toilet and prepared for breakfast, which vr.is served at 6:4'', and of which he partook with a keener relish than any meal since his confinement. .A half hour later he was vis-ited by tbe Iter. Mr. Keith, wLo e fie red prayers, in which he joined in a hesitating manner. Subsequently he was visited by his brother, who called to bid him a last farewell. About 3 o'clock the Kev. Mr. Keith paid him another Tiit, accompanied by Mrs. Penny and Mrs. McDowell, the wife of the sheriff. Grubb was attired in a black suit w hen the trio called, and his handsome face, clean shaven the day before, wore a pleasant bniile when he welcomed them into the corridor. The Kev. Mr. Keith and Mrs. Denny at once enaaped in fervent snnplication for the murderer's forjivtneeü, Oer which Grubb. for the first time, knelt in silent prayer. After his spiritual advisers left li:in he resumed his usual composure, but his air of deiance and bravado had vanished. The bitterness he has all along shown toward newspaper men he maintained till the last. His iiyir.s words were in tbe nature of a elur at the press and its representative. The Se.ntinel correspondent was permitted an interview with him, but, after beting and pleadincr, the only response the prisoner made to the scribe was: "You ne.vpaper men are not friendly toward me at ft 1 1. You have said some hard words gainet me, and I've nothing to say." It was 11:10 when Deputy Sheriff Ruckles entered the doomed man's cell, and read the death warrant At the conclusion. tri: bos made a fcalf-sneering remark concerning the foreman of the jury. The visitors iolding invitations to the exerr tion were admitted through tbe hall of töe sheriffs residence to the inclosure in the rear at 10:30, representativ e s o f the press being asiyned seats on the railing surrounding the platform cf theseaäold. At lö:4ö Mr. Binkley announced from r ?M v. V.fa

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the top of the steps leading to the scaffold: "Gentlemen, a? soon A3 the clock in the tower strikes 11, I request that each and all of you remove your Lats." At the first stroke of the clock every one in the inclosure had removed his hat and exposed Ms head to the burning rays of the sun. Promptly at the hour appointed the death march becan, and the clock had scarcely ceased to strike when the solemn procession, headed by the Rev. Mr. Keith appeared, followed by Pheriil McDowell, Deputy Sheriffs Buckles and 1 'attertun, who walked at either side of the prisoner. As soon as they reached the foot of 1 he gallows Grubb glanced up at the scaffold, with a smile on his countenance, set his foot lirinly on the bottom step and ascended the stairway with a slow and measured tread. His eyes bad a calm and cool expression, and there was not the sliehtest twitch of a muscle in his face. As the platform was reached the Kev. Mr. Keith read from the I'M 1'salm. Grsbb, with his arms pinioned behind him, stepped on the trar, when Depnty Sheriff Duckies secured his legs at the ankles with a stotit orl. Sheriff McDowell, who had taken bis position at the lever, then asked: "Syl, have you anything to say?" The doomed man replied: "I have got a great deal to say, but I'll not open ray mouth in the presence of these newspaper men. You might ts veil put on the rope." "You are ready then," said the sheriff. "Yes, I am ready," replied the murderer, without a tremor in his voice. Duckies drew the noose taut about bis neck, adjusted the black oil-cloth can, the sheriff pulled the lever and Sylvester Grubb's soul was sent to eternity. The drop fell at 11:03 o'clock. Drs. Hensley andSwamel then examined the body. At the end of two minutes, tbe pulse was firf, in three minutes W, at which time there was a slight twitching and drawing op of the body. At the end of four minutes the pdlse was l'X) with a slight quiver, at five minutes 160, at right minutes after the drop the last perceptible heart-beat was felt and he was pronounced dead. The body was then allowed to hang until 11:30, when it was cut down by Coroner Beckes. It was placed in a plain poplar coffin furnished by thecoonty and at 11 :4.5 was taken to the undertaking establishment of E. G. Gardner. At 4 o'clock the remains were transferred to another coffin in which they were shipped to Oakland City, at which place the funeral will occur at 11 o'clock to-morrow. Sylvester Grubb was a handsome, in tell i ere nt-lo-'kin;j fellow, aged twenty-fire, and lived with ri parents on a farm near Oakland City, Gi'-o:, county. His victim, Miss Downey, re ;!.! .it Francisco, a small station midway b'-' Oakland City and Princeton. Me w.a v-ry preponessio? woman, a,rcd nine-t""-i-. Grubb began paying attention to her e.h.. m i two years ago and eought to win her list, i ;.i marriare. Her parents, however, did j.'-t i 'm their daughter's suitor and persuaded Ii?r l.reak off the courtship. He was acG": -zy forbidden the house and the young ) tl nothing more of him until they met n . i iair proundi at Princeton on the 15th of l.s Kpltrmber. She was in company with !!'''. er Iwiy when Grulb approached her ri staked her to take a walk, hhe refused at 1'.rt out finally consented, when Grubb took ).?.- ro a remote part of the rround, aeized her by tit neck, and pul'in? a "-caliber revolver from bis pocket, fired three shots, one of which took effect in her left arm, another in her breast, und the third and fatal shot entered her left eye, ranging downward. She lingered till the following Sunday, when she died in Treat agony. Grubb was immediately arrested and lodged in the Princeton je.il. Children Cry for

During the night, however, the sheriff, fearing an attack on the jail, spirited the prisoner to Kvansville. Subsequently he was brought to .Vincennes and tried, and convicted Oct. 19, 18-S8. On Saturday night. March 2, he made his escape from the jail, and was recaptured by the marshal of Grayville, 111. On the following day a tourist printer recognizing him, turned informer. The only statement Grubb ever made regarding his crime was told to a reporter in the Kvansville jail, to whom he eaid : "I killed my sweetheart because I did not want any one else to enjoy her love." Subsequently he addressed a letter to the girl's mother containing the followim; pathetic ex previous: "When I saw her handsome face, which was ouce ay joy and pride, but now lost to me for some other that had money, it overcome me. I lost all reason and made the fatal shot th.it killed dear Gertie and ruined me forever. Mrs. Downey, you are the fault of this: you have killed your dear daughter and made me a miserable man for life. 1'oor Gertie, poor Gertie, I prayed that you might die in your right mind. If you had, I know you would have spoken in favor of me. Mr. Downey, I know you are grieved over what has happened with your dear daughter. It is grief to me ten times more than to you, for I loved her dearly. For God's sake, Mr. Downey, do not interfere with lovers again. I was driven to this; it was too much lor my brain. A miserable man in jail, once lighthearted and happy." MURAT HALSTEAD ILL.

.Suffering From a Severe Attack of Rheumatism and Ills Heart Affected. St. Locis, April 20. Mrs. H. E. Vannaraee of this city, who is a sister of Mrs. Murnt Hahdead, wife of the editor of the Cincinnati Cmnmercial-Gaiette, received a dispatch from Cincinnati last evening stating that Mr. Halstead is dangerously ill. He has been suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism, but was not thought to be in damrer. The dispatch stated, however, that his heart was affected and that a cablegram had been sent to Mrs. llalstead, who is in Germany with four children, bidding her return home at once. Two of Mr. Halstead's daughters were attending school in Berlin, and Mrs. llalstead, with two sons, joined them there some months ago. Mrs. Yannamee left for Cincinnati this morning. Cincinnati, O.. April -'0. The Cincinnati correspondent of the Associated Press called the attention of the managing editor of the Commercial Gazette to the St. Louis press dispatch of this date concerning the illness of Mr. Murat Halstead. The managing editor, upon consultation with Mr. Halstead's family at 10 o'clock to-night, obtained the following statement: "In reference to a dispatch sent out from St. IOuis and in answer to many inquirers, the Associated Press is authorized to state that Mr. Halstead is in the midst of a serious attack of rheumatism this being the eighteenth day but his attending physicians regard his condition to-day as better than on yesterday, when there were indications of heart trouble, which have not reappeared." Kumors were everywhere to be heard on the street to-night thiu Mr. Halstead's wife and daughters bail been telegraphed to return from lSeriin immediately. This caused considerable excitement. Private telegrams inquiring about Mr. Halstead's condition have been received from all quarters to-night. GENERAL SPORTING NOTES. Reynolds, the New York featherweight fighter, satisfied with his laurels, has retired from the ring. The judges for the Indiana Kennel club's field trials are Messrs. D. C. Bergundtnal, Royal llobinson and A. G. Sloo. The West side park at Chicago will offer iö,Ofi0 in purses during the first two weeks of the meetiug beginning May W Matsada Sorakichi is going to San Francisco to wrestle .lirnmie Faulkner. He will also challenge Acton for one thousand-dollars a ßide match. J. ,T. Engleman, the Chicago pedestrian, has challenged II. O. Messier of Denver to walk a twenty-live or fifty mile heel and toe race for SlXO or $öü0 a side. C. D. Colvin will attempt to make ninetyfive miles and break the tweve-hoar record in the coming six-day race at Madison square garden for a wager of Si'50. Robert Wood of Xew York and Emtnet McDougall of Philadelphia are matched for a roller skating race of ten miles at Xewberg on the 24th inst., the prize being a gold medal. The race between the three cowboys and Bicyclists Knapp, Morgan and Reading, eight hours per day, six-day race, which was to have come off at Omaha April 8 to 13, was declared off for the present. The U. S. lawn tennis association has appointed the week beginning June 10 as the time for the ladies' championship tennis tournament, and the grounds of the Philadelphia cricket club at issahickon as the place. At the coming centennial celebration to be held in New York, April 30 and May 1, an effort will be made to have a cyclists' division formed in the parade, as there are sufficient wheelmen in New York City to make a large demonstration. Steve Rrodie. the New York bridge jumper, has issued a challenge to any bridge juniper in the world, Stanley, the Cincinnati freak, preferred. He propones three jumps and 100 yards swim to a stakeboat as the conditions, the jumper reaching the boat first in two trials to be declared the winner. A match was recently shot at Bowenbrook, England, between Capt. John L. Drewer of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mr. AY. Waring of Wolverhampton, England, for $1,000, at fifty blue rock pigeons, Drewer at thirty-three yards and AVaring at thirty. Drewer killed fortyone birds and Waring forty. Dilly McMillin of Washington has posted $100 and issued a challenge to tight Paddy Duffy of Boston, who has jut returned from California, for $000 or $1.00( a side, at 143 pounds or at catch weights, with email gloves, the battle to be decided within 100 miles of New York City eight weeks from the time of signing articles. A Montana turf-writer says, jestingly, that the late enormous prices paid for trotting itHllions, SöO.000 or so, less $40,000 or so they are booked to earn, or are guaranteed to earn, reminds one of the chestnut of the old horse that brought $10,000, but it was in bull pups at $1,000 apiece. We are fast verging to the sensational in horse matters. The great New York-rhiladelphia century run has been fixed to start on Saturday, June 8. The rendezvous will be at Orange, Friday evening, where ample accommodations will be provided for the cyclers. Starting early next morning, the route will lie through Newark, Elizabeth, Plainfield, New Brunswick, Princeton and Trenton to Philadelphia. J. A. St. John of St. Louis, the well-known backer of professional oarsmen, is confident that Gaudaur can beat Teemer. lie says: "My man is a sprinter. He doesn't like long races anymore than he likes rough water. On a placid surface I don't think there is an oarsman alive that can defeat him from two to four miles, but when he gets into a seaway, no matter how slight, I can beat him with my 6kif" A Boston special says that "Spider" Weir's next performance will be given in a dime museum, where he will exhibit himself as the man who, with both hands broken, stayed in the ring eighty rounds with Frank Murphy and held him off for a draw. Weir does not like the idea of posing as a freak, but he is in desperate straits and must do something for a living. He realizes that his hands will never again be in first-class shape for a bare knuckle or skin glove fight, and he knows he must reap the benefit of the reputation earned in former battles. Therefore be has decided to accept the offer of $300 a week from the proprietor of a dime museum to spar with the "Black Spider." Weir's hands have not yet regained their natural color. The discoloration that remains show bow hard was the thumping he gave Murphy. Both wriets are painful, even at this late day. Both were badly sprained, but in no other place d oes the "spider" show any trace of his fight with Murphy. There is not a mark on his face. Col. Eh Henderson Retires. WaihinirUn Special. Col. Eb Henderson has yielded up the office of depnty commissioner of internal revenue to Capt George Wilson, and retired gracefully and in good order. He has beeu an excellent officer. It ia hardly necessary to say to the people of Indiana and Ohio that Col. Henderson haa never been suspected of mugwump tendencies, but he has done everything for democrats he could do. He has made a host of friends iu Washington in all parties, and his pularity in the internal revenue bureau was pleasantly attested on Saturday by a vi-itation irom th democratic messengers, who presented him with a unique and beautiful scarfpin. Fpshur P. Breasdale of Louisiana made the presentation speech, and Col. Henderson responded in terras eloquent enough to entitle biin to admission to a spell-binders society. Pitcher's Castorfs.

MANY BLOCKS IX RUINS.

A DISASTROUS FIRE IN NEW YORK. Tne East Bank of the North River Swept Clear From Fifty-Mnth-St. To Sixty. Flfth-St. One Man Killed and Several Itadly Wounded. New York, April 19. The biggest and fiercest fire New York has witnessed in this generation swept the ea.-t bank of the Nortn river clear to-day, from Fifty-ninth-st. to what would be Sixty-fii'th-nt. if that street ran to the river. It destroyed moro than a million and a half of property belonging to the New York Central railroad aud at least ?.W0,föö worth of lard, flour and the like belonvnnj to other parties, notably N. K. Fairbanks, the great Chicago lard merchant. The flames destroyed the two big elevators, A aud B, of the Vanderbilt system, a big brick building stretching from Fifty-ninth-st. to Sixtioth-t., and occupied jointly by the Fairbanks lard rtfineryand tho Rossiter stores, and wiped out the dock property of the New York Central railroad system from Fifty-ninth to past Sixty-fifth-st. At least one man was killed in his headlong flight from the fire at the first outbreak. A number were injured jumping from windows of the burning building, but in the wild terror of the conflagration no account was kept of them. The police have a record of the following casualties: HENRY HENNING, single, 601 Tenth-ave., a workman in Fairbanks refinery, killed by jumping from a third-story window. Jons Johnson, 517 W. Forty-second-st, likewise a workman in Fairbanks', severely injured on the back by jumping from a window. Charles Bow, 003 W. Forty-third-st., severe injuries about the head from same cause. William J. Noble, fireman of engine No. 2, prostrated by the heat while at work at the loot of Fifty-ninth-st. Edwabd H. ToeIn, fireman, likewise prostrated by the heat. The fire broke out in the southeast corner of the Fairbanks refinery where workmen were busy at the time setting up a new lard cooling apparatus. Where the tire started how, no one knew, and probably no one ever will know. Soaked in grease, as the old building was, it was a flame in an instant. From the ground floor the fire swept upward to the roof, almost with the speed of thought. The men at work in every story dropped their tools and ran to save their lives. The staircases formed a glowing chimney, throwing out fire through every floor. The windows presented the only means of escape. Pursued olose by flames, men flung themselves out by scores headlong, and behind them burst out the flames. How many were there no one could tell. Those who came oil were picked up and carried away by their friends, snuddering to think that eom misrht have been left. Crying wives and mothers crowded the police lines shouting for their husbands and sons, or begging for news of them. They were turned back and bidden to look in the thrones for those they sought. They would, the policemen hopefully eaid, probably find them there. The fire swept on. The Fairbanks refinery, the old establishment of the W.J. Wilcox company, stands upon the water front between Thirty-ninth and Sixtieth-sts., occupying half of a building, 2'0 by 200 feet, that filled out the block. The refinery was in the south half, the Kosniier store for general merchandise in the north hIf. A strong brick wall divided the building in the middle. I'pon this brick wall the firemen baed their hope of successful combaL The flames beat against it, heated it red hot; other brick walls and the roof fell in upon it, but it 6tood lide a rock. Anything save such a fire it would have resisted, but flames fed by melred and flowing lard burn tiercel- and leap high. They leaped above and around the sturdy barrier and reached across Sixtieth-st. and Dockst, slip. Over there stood the first aud the biggest of the enormous elevators of the New York Central railroad. It was elevator "A," the construction ot which cost half a million. It stood presenting its gable end to the flames which were blown toward it. If that caught fire there would be no saving elevator B, fiOO feet further up the river, and no telling where the fire would stop, for beyond were freight sheds innumerable. Between the elevators and the water front and Twelfthiave. were, first, twenty-seven railroad trancks which no fire engine could cross and next the Union stockyards, a half mile of inclosure and equally impassable. Even if a way could have been hewn through tbe inclueure and tracks the line of demarcation between the two was a stone wall with a sudden decent of fifty feet. The tracks were much lower than the vard. There was no way for an engine to reacn the elevatos except along Siqtieth-st. past the burning building, and that was then almost impassible and soon was blockecL Chief Shay saw it had led his men to a fight for li.e to save the elevator. He knew that even if they had got their engines into the railroad grounds they would be of little use, " for there was only a sixinch water-pipe there and that was insufficient. He telegraphed for the fire-boats, for the charity commissioners' two boats and for the police boat patrol. The patrol was laid up because out of repairs, but the others responded. They came down with four or five tugs belonging to the railroad company and put their pumps at work to throw water on the threatened buildings. Soon every hose was playing from some window in the roof, the pumping works in the engine-house were working to their utmost and a company of tiremen directed operations. It was all in vain. The heat from the tire across the street dried and warped the woodwork of the big frame building. Though it was sheathed with corrugated iron and protected by slate it shriveled up like withered leaves. A shout went up "there she goes," and then came a burst from half a dozen windows- at once and the building was on fire. The Rossiter stores still stood dark and with closed iron shutters. But the water thrown by the firemen sizzled aud boiled when it touched them, betraying burning heat within. The northwest corner of the walls swayed a moment, then it fell with a thundering crash. The falling wall released hundreds of tons of stones that rolled out in a blazing heap and filled Sixtieth-st., blocking it. Two engines here run the blockade and got in the railroad tracks. None could now follow. For that matter they would have been useless. Elevator A was on fire and nothing could save iL The huge building was ablae from end to end, from the ground to the top of its mansard roof. It was a grand sisrht. The Rossiters' stores still burning fiercely, lost all interest in this new and wonderful sensation. Nothing like it had been seen here before. At the first intimation of danger to the elevator policemen had warned the hose and nossel men of the danger. They fled, leaving their apparatus, and, and none too ealry, for a hundred carts of all that had been rescued from an iron shed on the river before it went to the bottom with the pier it stood on, in a common wreck, were , burned where they lay. There was nothing to be done. The firemen themselves were powerless but streams from the fire-boats and the two engines were thrown against the threatened elevator, now no longer "A" but "B," the next big building in line, but it was useless. It was 7 o'clock when the second elevator caught fire, and as the twilight fell and night came on the leaping flames reached up into the sky until they broke and fell, and burst high in the air again. The scene had then in the growing darkness tbe lurid effect that made a spectacle of awful grandeur. The thousands of . spectators were awed to silence. There was solemnity about it. The second elevator was entirely consumed, and at 11 o'clock, when the fire was controlled, a half mile of ruin sent out a furnace heaL The two elevators, with a capacity of 2,000,000 bushels, had barely I.jO.Wrt bushels in them, worth less than 100,000. Elevator "A" was worth $75,00c. jt was built thirteen years atro; and "Ii" wai worth foOO.Oi. The New York Central alio owned the building in which the tire broke ouL It was leased to Fairbanks a year ago It was six storirs high, 120 by 200 feet of brick. A hundred thonsand dollars may cover the loi upon that; what the losses of Fairbanks and Rossiter's stores are is conjectural. I'utting the former loss at $300,000, Rnssiti-r V Co. lose individually little or noiliii;. The merchants who ued the etore-ro"ins hvt goods there, chiefly flour, lard, strat-beiir I :t:i'l such, worth ?2.y.(l. The railroad b- i least i!l,:;iiO.s, covered by in.urarn-e, it if . !!. Total h-ss, :yT.,ooo. Second Nature. Putk. Visitor "What, in your opinion, Mr. Wanamaker, is needed to render the postal service thoroughly efficient?' Postmaster General (tapping his desk very iharj-ly wüU lii peuuUV-'Cash!!"

THE NEW MEXICAN OFFICES.

The Old Ring In the Saddle Harrison's Scandalous Appointments.. To the Editor Sir: I observe that President Harrison has been completely captured by the old land ring of the Dorsey and Elk ins stripe in making appointments in the territory of New Mexico. To one who is conversant with the history of affairs in that territory it looks like these lend sharks had named the men they desired appointed and their wishes were considered as the only end to be obtained. John IL McFie, lately appointed and confirmed as associate justice of the supreme court, was a register of the land office in the territory under a former republican administration. During his terra of office the land ring flourished as never before or since. Thousands npon thousand of acres of tbe public lands were acquired by the most open and villainous frauds and perjuries. In many instanced but little pretense was made as to compliance with the laws. After he went out of office and during Mr. Cleveland's administration these transactions were investigated by I'. S. grand juries and a most damnable conspiracy to rob the government of the public domain was unearthed. A man named Terrence Mullen, who served a term in the Illinois penitentiary for attempting to steal the remains of the late President Lincoln, was found to be at the head of the conspiracy, and he is now serving a term in the penitentiary of New Mexico for stealing government lands. There are now pending in the district, over which Judge McFie will preside, a large number of indictments, based upon land frauds committed while he was register of the land office. In October last a man was convicted in the district for perjury for making an entry of land, and his case is now pending in the supreme court of the territory, and Judire McFie will be one of the judges before whom the case will be finally determined. I do not pretend to say that any frauds have ever been brought actually home to Judge McFie, but it is somewhat singular that so many frauds, should be perpetrated daring his term, if he was an honest and vigilant officer, and it does seem that the interest of the government demanded that these cases should be tried before some judge wholly disconnected with the transactions out of which they arose. McFie will of course feel interested in the acquittal of the persons indicted, for it will vindicate his official acts, and make it appear that the prosecutions were "democratic persecutions," as the republicans have been charging since the indictments were returned. There are alfo a large number of civil actions pending in the same district to vacate patents for lands obtained by fraud, and for the cutting of timber on the public domain. It will just suit the defendants in these cases to have Judge McFie sit iu judement. Yerily, the way of the transgressor will be smooth and easy in New Mexico for the next four years. I also see that one L. Bradford Prince has been made governor of New Mexico, lie is also of the ring selection. lie will suit their notions most admirably. He was at onetime chief justice of the territory. He parts his name on one side and iu a most conceited popinjay, lie had no fitness for his former office and has none for his new one. He was on the bench wh'n Gen. Iew Wallace was governor, and Wallace styled Prince that "stupendous pismire." It was generally understood that he was appointed chief-justice to rid the authorities at Washington of his presence and importunities. He was a mere puppet in the hands of the land grabbers as judge and he will be their tool as governor, fcince he left the bench he has been a dealer in land grants and mines, and has spent most of his time in New York organizing schemes and companies to carry out his designs. The day of prosperity has certainly dawned a&in on the old hind rings thut were smashed by the democratic administration, and the only obstacle now It-ft in their path is that obi veteran ring-hater and honest othcial. the Hon. George W. Julian, the surveyor-general of the territory, and I suppose they will have bis scalp dangling at their belts 'ere mny moons. 11. Vincennes, April 17. POSTMASTER PEARSON DEAD. The Tnntor in Ilia Stomach Proves Fatal His Itusy Life, New York, April 20. Postmaster Henry G. Pearson died at Highwood, N. J., this morning of a tumor in his stomach, his disease being greatly aggravated by overwork and worry, The strain of the last presidential campaign did much to aid its progress, as the work of the office at that time was very heavy. During the whole campaign he worked an average of sixteen hours a day. His trouble with the lettercarriers also preyed on his mind. As early as last February Dr. Abram Jacobs told Mr. James that Mr. Pearson had a fatal malady. That was the first Mr. James knew of it, as Mr. Pearson never told anyone of his troubles. Ou Sunday Mrs. Pearson read him a newspaper article which said he was dying from disappointment in not getting reappointed postmaster. She asked him if such articles annoyed him. He replied sadly: "I have spent my whole life in fighting the spoils system, and now, at the last, to have such things attributed to me is anything but pleasing." Mr. Pearson's father-in-law will take charge of the ofiiee until July, when Senator VanCott, his successor, will relieve him. I Henry G. Prarsoa was Itorn in Kew York City in Julr, 1H'2, ami was educatPit in tlie public school. In Ortober, IsöO, he wa appointed a stamper and distributor in the New York potoffice. In the summer of P"v? he was dichargl for the reason that he was not a political worker, hut he wa soon reappointed on account cf his knowlHte of route distribution. He was appointed sitant clerk on tho railway mail line between New York and Washington in Ifta, becoming a elerk on the sanie in Iva and head rlerlt on th line in 11. A little later he was eppointe'l chief head clerk, and from 1S72 to threndof ljTfi he was aUo a iocial ascnt of the po'totfire department. In tebrnary, 1st:, hn was made Superintendent of niaiis In the New York ottice, and iu November of that year became hssiatant postmaster. Mr. IVsrson held the latter position until March '12, lsst, when he u appointed postmasir, succeeding his lathrr-in-law, Mr. Thomas L. Janie, who had then bevn made rottnater-Rencral. Amonn the unpaid positions held by Mr. Pearson wert thoe of local agent at New 1 ork for tile inspection of mail equipment and chairman ri the civil service board iu the postorlice from May, 1373, to Marc h, 1S3I. His success! ul administration of the postothce upon strictly bulneu principle and his adherence to the method of civil service relorm in appointments and promotions were so well known to th New York public and President Cleveland, that the latter reappointed him, and he has hell his office since. Two weeks a President Harrison appointed Cornelius Van Cott to succeed hlui, but ho has not yet taken office. In the last eleven years Mr. Pearsun bus missed only five weeks from hiioilice. 1 Ilia Case the 8addest. Detroit Free Press.) "This is the seventh time within two hours that vou have asked when the train left for Irnsing," replied the policeman at the Third-st- depot to a young man with a sachel. "Is it against the law?" "No, but it is rather annoying to me." "Well, if it annoys ou, how do you think I must feel about it? The fare is fc.6, and I've got to think of some way of getting out there on f 1.50." Prohibition in Iowa. Nebraska Journal. "So you are running a prohibition paper in Iowa now?" "Yes, and doing well. See this cane? It was presented to roe by the local prohibition club." "It's a beauty." "You bet it is, and it holds a pint" Great I'.dltor Can Bo Spared. Punxiutawney Spirit. It is a little remarkable, but nevertheless true, that the great newspapers are just as vivacious and original when the editor-in-chief is in Europe as at any other time. President jlarrison evidently noticed that peculiarity before deciding to let big journalistic guns go. The Only Alternative. (Puck. Maud "And what will you do, now that poor Flossie is gone?" tibyl (mourning tbe demise of a favorite poodle) "I shall marry!" Prevention of disease Is both rational anil fcciffirillf If one knows the rancoi Af moat ' als nsc., and can remove that cause, the di1 s'ji must disnppcar. Prof. Win. II. Thomp- , sou of tiie university of the city of New York, ays: "More adults are carried off in this I .. kw aIi.aiiIii I' iinap (liDdicA tk.n kp .nv COUUIIJ l-'J tlliuiiiu iuui; ii.-5T.n.-iv man tuj other one malady except consumption." The majori'; per ceut. of all diseases are caused by ttnsnsi ted kidney poisoned blood. The late Dr. 1- Lewis, iu scakingof Warners Safe Core. said, over bis own signature: "If I found myself the victim of a serious kidney trouble, 1 would use Warner's fcafu Cure."

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MOVINGThe School Book Law Taken Vp and Read by Section ami Many Important Questions Raised Some Legal Advice to be Asked. The state board of education met in SupL LaFollette's office yesterday to tnke the action prescribed for in it the new school-book law. This action ia considerably delayed beyond the time at which it should have been taken, owing to tbe fact, so it is alleged, that the members of the board did not know that the act contained an emergency clause. The members of the board present when the meeting was called to order were State Supt LaFollette, President David S. Jordan of the State university, Pregident W. W. Tarsons of the State normal school, Supt. II. L. Jones, of this city, Supt. "W. II. Wiley of Terre Haute and Gov. Alvin P. Hovey. This constituted a quorum and work was immediately begun. The absent members were President James n. Smart of Purdue university and Supt. J. H. Layne of Kvansville, both of whom telegraphed that they would arrive in time for the night session. Previous to taking up the all absorbing school book topic the life state license of ex-Supt O. E. Arbuckle of the Madison county schools was revoked, he having pleaded guilty to the charge of counterfeiting in the U. S. court. This was deemed by the board sufficient cause for the revocation of his license which was secured in competitive examination in 1884. Alter this business had been disposed of the board began the discussion of the school book question, which Supt. LaFollette stated was the sole object of tbe call. He ascribed his diliatoriness in calling the meeting ot tbe board as required by the law to his failure to note the existence of the emergency clause. - After a general discussion as to the matter of advertisement for bids and the best torra of such advertitement it was moved to take up the act and read it through by sections for the information of the members. The reading of the bill was begun by Mr. Jones, and from time to time the members noted points on which there might be some question. In tbe discussion of the subjeot of advertising for bids it was suggested that the amount ($1,000) appropriated by the legislature to pav for advertising for twenty-one consecutive insertions in the papers named would doubtless prove insufficient. A rough estimate of the charges of the papers for their spaco would place the amount at f 1,050. In section 1 of the bill the provision that the matter contained in the reader shall consist of lessons commencing with the simplest expression of the language and by a regular gradation advancing to and including tho highest styles of composition, both in poetry and prose," cannot be met, it was claimed, si" there is no set of books published of an equal series thst comes up to such requirements. Other points raised for a more extended consideration, were as follows: Will fewer books in a series than indicated by the literal expression of the law be accepted si an equivalent? lne the word "consecntive" in the section providing for advertising, -nean to include huntlay publications? Are plates to be ac ted at manuscript and can the manuscript be con iered a book? Who is to pay for manuscript loes the bond ($V),ooo apply to the contract or ia a new and pBrnt Nnd to lie required ? What is the liability of puMi-hers as to bondWnat is meant by rvsident aecurtty? How is the affidavit of publisher to be considered? Is the board compelled to investigate the truth of same? ( aa provision be made for tbe exchange ef books? Does the law cover texts outside of the eight common branches? What recourse has the board on trustee et al. wh refuse to olicy tbe law? f an existing contracts beweon truitees and book publishers be abrogated? Tu what extent does this law repoal ec. 4436. R. s.r If no bids are received, will schools be free to select fhetr own books? Many of the above points were carefully considered and satisfactorily explained. The board will distinguish between questions which it is competeut to decide ana all others will be referred to the attorney-general for a legal opinion. Although not required by statute, a request will be made that the various bidders send a set of books to each member of the board, that each may familiarize himself with the work and thus facilitate matters. The reading of tbe law was continued up to sec. 8, when an adjournment was had until night. On re-assembiing President Smart and Supt. Larue were present and the reading was continued. Most of the latter sections refer to the duties of persons other than the board, therefore it was not deemed necessary to so carefully consider them. An important point was raised as to who would be responsible for the loss if, bv any means, a fire should burn the stock of boons on band, held by the trustees for distribution. Another was the possibility of the trustees selling the books for more than contract prices; again, whether it would be an inducement for anybody but trustees to handle the books. President Smart stated that he hoped it was not the purpose of the board to question the constitutionality of the law. His colleagues assured him it was not, and that the provision would be enforced in letter and spirit. It was suggested by Trof. Smart that the board should organize into a separate commission, and that separate records should be kept. It was, after much discussion, decided to refer the matter to the attorney-general. A very important point raised is whether the law is mandatory; and another: Does the bill abrogate contracts made by tbe various county officers? Prof. Parsons moved that the Questions to be decided by the attorney-general be prepared as soon as possible, that all points raised could be answered accurately and be substantiated by the proper legal opinion. Supt. Wiley moved that the letter of the law in regard to the number of readers, five, be mandatory. Adjournment was had until 9 o'clock to-day, when definite action will be taken and an advertisement be prepared. Tho Traveler's Suggestion. Merchant Traveler. "Look here," said the traveling man to the landlord of a small hotel, "you have the freshest lot of people as help that I ever saw." "I know it; but what can I do about it? Can you suggest anything?" "Not unless you put them through a competitive civil-service examination." Rheumatism and catarrh, caused by poor and corrupted blood, cured by Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Catarrh Cared. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease, catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a recipe which completely cured and saved him froat death. Any sufferer front this dreadful disease sending a self-addrtssed stamped envelop to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 8S Warren-st, New York City, will receive the recipe free of charge. No more satisfactory investment can be made than the purchase of a really first-class musical instrument Nothing so tends to elevate, purify and ennoble as music, and no instrument that con be purchased will do more to bring joy and gladness into the home than the Lstey Organ. Its praises are sounded wherever the English language is spoken, and certainty for purity of tone, as well as elegance of design and finish, it is unrivalled. They come in various styles, specially adapted to cottage, parlor, drawing-room, chapel or church. 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IT LS AN rXFAILINU REMEDY FOR PyspepptAi Indigestion, Low Ppirits, Genava! Debility, Muscular VVeakne, Nervous KxhaiisrioD. Loss of Muscular Power, Treioulonsi.eM, MeepUnep, Neuralgia, DifineM, Malarial Poison, etc. It ie a preventive of the evil efleet- of mental or physical overwork, Extremes of Temperature, the inordinate use of spirituous liquor, liih IJvinp, Venereal Excepts, Change of Life, Vut of Exercise, etc. It givee strength and vigor to the digestive orcans, takes away the tired, slpy, litles feeling, (tivinj it new and keen zest to the jaded appetite, strengthening and invigorating tbe entire human pyptem. Tequila Tonic Export Co.. 116 Franklin Street, Chicago, III. A NEW COUNTRY! The opening of the new Ot railway aeoa Wisconsin od Micbi?an, elves access to desirable aertcilturat Ian. -is and large rxxtes ot J'lae. Meaaloek liard siwd Timber. Superior Advantages Given to Parties Who Will Erect Saw Mills or Factories. Choice fa rrr.lne lands cheap ard tnoptly on t:me. Railway Caaipaav pav. cash rnrrrdwoa. tor further Information üddre.s Y. IV. K It'll. Chief rorlneer. ftoo" Railway. Minneapolis. Mien. Wfcen I pav eure I do not mean merely to stop them foe time and then have them return aain. I man a radical enre. I have madethe disease, of ITS, EPiLLPiY or FALLIXi MCKNKSS a lüe-lon etody. I warr, or remvdr to car tba worst cum. Becauao otbars hav ailed is no reason for not now reosviTig a cire. S-nd at once for a treatise and a Free H t:,e of aiy infallible remedy. Give Express and Pot O.lie. U. a. ROOT, AI. C. 183 fearl tei., New Yerk. JOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has duly qualified a administrator of the, estate of Frederick liirschall, late of Marion count v, Indiana, deceased, haid eptate is supposed be insolvent. KUM..U t Ai.iJ! AatuiumnTfir. Van Vorhis A. Spencer, Attorneys. K-3t JTOTICE OF AIT0IXTME5T. Notice ia hereby Riven that the undersigned ta'i duly qualified as administrator of the eMate of Caroline (irof, late of Marion county. Indiana, deceased Said estate is supposed to tie solvent. WILLIAM 1IILD, Executor. Eealing i Ilngg, Attorneys. 17-'; t SALESMEN We wish a few men to sell onr goods by sample to the wholesale and retail trade. Largest manufacturers in onr line. Im-lose 2-cent sismo. Wafea 3 per day. Permanent position. No pon!s answered. Money advanced for wages, advertiripft, etc. Centennial Alanulacluring Co., Cincinnati. O. Apr. 1T-1J RAPE VINES ! Mr nerlaltv for SI ver. iver 1 e bet new and HJH old klnd: Empire Slefe, limi.nd, J"rl, Etti, Moyer. Niagara, Witt, Woodruff Hed. Moore's rlv. Nectar. Urichton. Pock Unfit (in. Iielavare. (tl. f.lvlm, ires, etc, Kiow. medium 1 year Concords. 1 nr lOeo. Aloo, Hrrawlx-rries, Rarberrls, BlAckberrx--, Gooseberries and Oirrants. H" fVnn? Ixnr fvic. Catalojfut Oee. fcEO. W. CAUPBklX, Delaware, O. WEAK MEN INSTANT RELIEF. returns. riutferrs rrvm inn effects of youthful error, eanv oecay. !rt manhood, ete., will learn of a simple remedy m. by addrasing UJ, MASON, Post Office HoxJKl,e Vol a. TURKISH HAIR CROWER. na 0. .pptrMi If frf. JO.i'tt iMTTnl. Tm ai- rtt-aM ntes ti- kmi aft SM Mar. Upw-ftr werwiM rsBt4Vter. mt ptf - --, flh, ItNwM. MJUitMAS ItaWt 10., Ac I:, , Ms tu -! . t4 . . -f..r T j ''.' fca-v. I'traw a-- k-ev U'SflFU e -i. t eawb - aa tatf i.f BS H -aw W - M' ". f Aw, ei ii! ;iTTx r- - - v .V.it.1.wl. la I nth. BMfwaa (. Ml, CO.. I. . WANTED AT ONCE, AN AGENT. MN or woman, in everv vlci-;,:v. Profitable, business. Liberal pav. All time not neces sary. Jlva referrnoea. Addreaa R. U. Woodard l Co., Baltimore, Md. PATENTS s' Thomas P. Simpson, VVtshincton, C No attv's lee uutil patent olIned. Write for Inventor'stiuidj 2-eow-lSt nfii rcj!rsiT!'"nt,1:,ora'',ni'trT,"inflr- rosiMon HLLdfiilLn permanent Salary in-ci ctsrl. Ixp. n-Wetu.'vuaiMcfi-arjr. Mr. kr., Brrf MraXkirsc.!11' PLAYS S tVinlojn' . TaKextis. S.MHV--rs. f r Kfh.Kll.t.-lubA Pf?Hl'. IW-I fUt.t'uf - iogue frtv.T. i. l)IMfi .CI:niJi (Only Reliable) TA'JSY PIUS. fW rm.ftrnl. I onr1!! u) ait? ftriaym rPcm.fi ' Hut-Ui ftr? iir .tri, aiTOT. imn'i U.S 4-r-i '.' rt;.,. lr. 1 ffti.l. Si. J au, k l,ij.M. ia. . t. kIV 4', aa, Kw

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