Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 13 October 1899 — Page 2
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Republican Progress.
BLOOM IN GTON, IND.
DENNIS B. KAUNGS, - Proprietor.
1899. OCTOBER. 1899.
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HISTORY OF A WEEK.
PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS OF THE WORLD.
News of Crimes and Criminals, Accidents, Fires, Etc., from North, South, East and West, Sandwiched with Minor Affairs
Story of Cannibalism. A special from Vancouver, B. C, says: A story of cannibalism was brought to Sydney, Australia, just before the sailing of the steamer Aeorangi to this port by a French steamer. The victim of the display of savagery was a native of Hawaii, named Amaru, who aeted as orderly tc the immigration department at Noaema, in the New Hebrides. About six months ago Amaru married a native woman of Aoeba in the New Hebrides group, and on passing that island later on, decided to visit his wife's tribe. Accordingly the couple were put off in a small boat. A few weeks ago when the steamer called for them it was learned that Amaru fell into the hands of a savage tribe of natives who, after torturing him, tore him to pieces and then roasted him with two sheep. The matter has been reported to a British man-of-war. A Pressure for Peace. London special: While there is no diminution in the flood of dispatches from South Africa, recording with almost tiresome iteration the military preparations and movements of both sides, with all kinds of accurate and inaccurate rumors and speculations, the real situation remains unchanged. It is evident that strong efforts are still being made to preserve peace, simultaneously with determined energy to be prepared for any emergency. It is expected that 5,000 reserves will be called out in a few days, and that an army corps will be mobilized or the 15th or the 20th of this month. In the meantime, it is interesting to nott
that neither side shows anxiety to precipitate a conflict; but is rather inclined t
give opportunity for the play of peace in fluences.
Manv Government Horses and Mules
Killed.
Gen. Otis cables as follows: "Th( steamer Siam which left San Francisco on August 18, with 49 horses and 328 mules, encountered a typhoon in northern Luzon.
All but 16 of the mules were killed by the pitching of the vessel and the lack of ail from the necessary closing of hatches. There was no casualties among the passengers." It is stated at the Quartermaster's Department that the mules which were lost on the Siam were the trained pack mules, which were considered the most valuable sent to the Philippines.
GIFT OF THE NATION. Sword Voted by Congress Presented to Admiral Ttewey. The presentation to Admiral Dewey of the magnificent sword voted to him by Congress took place at noon Tuesday on the steps of the capitol at Washington. Tremendous crowds attended the event and the wildest enthusiasm was manifested. Accompanied by an escort o police and committeemen and headed by the Marine hand, the admiral was driven to the White House through cheering crowds. His progress was slow and he repeatedly bowed and smiled his acknowledgment of the greetings given him. During the parade the avenue rang with
rtAflfpiiin?? cheers, nnd the banks or Hu
manity took on life and motion as Hags and handkerchiefs were waved madly. At the capitol the ceremonies were singularly impressive. The presentation speech was made by Secretary Long.
whfl nnuV n jrlowinsr tribute to the man
who to-day fills the hearts and minds of his countrymen. HAHTFOSDlN COMMISSION fa T?a iti mi a Did Flairsllii) to
Circle the Globe. After a long period of idleness, Admiral Farragut's famous old flagship Hartford has been put into commission at the Mave Island navy yard. San Francisco. Manned by 500 seamen, and under the command of Commander John M. Hawley, the Hartford sailed immediately for Honolulu. From the Hawaiian port she will sail for Valparaiso, and, passing through the Straits of Magellan, putting into Buenos Ayres. St. Thomas, San Juan, Havana and Key West, the famous old shin will arrive, at Hampton
Roads about the middle of April, where
she will take on supplies and clear for Mediterranean ports and Manila, return
ing thence to San Francisco, lhe crew
that will thus complete the circuit of the globe is composed largely of recruits
who recentlv enlisted in Chicago, -in
niTiii.iti. Cleveland. St. Louis. St. Paul
and other cities of the Middle WTest.
HORSES AND MULES.
GREAT
THIS MAN WANTED WHISKY.
Sin Hp Broke Twenty-three Ixodes in
Getting to It.
John Doyll, a laborer, engaged in construction work at the Majestic distillery, Terre Haute, Ind., broke twenty-three
locks on as many doors in getting to the
bonded warehouse where the whisky is stored. He added to his record of twen
ty-three locks when he found that he was
compelled to break a lock on the barrel.
Dovll was found intoxicated and is now
in n. He will be urosecuted bv the
Government.
VEILED PROPHET IS WELCOMED.
St. Tunis' Fall Carnival and Festivi'
ties Reach Their Climax.
The St. Louis fall festivities reached
their height Tuesday night, when the
Veiled Prophet celebrated his seventeenth
entry into the city with a grand parade nnrl hull. Thousands of strangers were
in the city to view the parade, which
passed over seventy blocks from the "Den" to the Chamber of Commerce,
was
St,
Tyjre-eitmsf Record : Z : William H. Stubbs,. -a. emwiositor nv the Baltimore Sun, broke the world's" record for machine typesetting in a content for
wager of $450 a side with William Duffy J
of the Philadelphia Inquirer. ; . . . " ; The contest took place in the Philadelphia Times office. Stubbs set 66,617 ems ic five hours and thirty-five minutes, an average of 11,940 ems an hour. Duffy sel 55,026 ems in five hours and twenty-three minutes. The previous record was 10,80( ems an hour, made in St. Louis four years ago. Parachute Jumper Is Killed. Marza Townsend, an aeronaut, was instantly killed during a parachute jump ai Des Moines, Iowa. The balloon began tc descend when 200 feet from the ground, Townsend's assistant fired a pistol, the signal for him to cut loose. He did so, and the distance from the ground was- not sufficent to inflate the parachute.
Prairie to Be Ready Oct. 15.
Ferdinand W. Peck, Commissioner Gen
eral to the United States Commission
Paris Exposition, has been notified by the
Navy Department that the cruiser Prairie
has been commissioned to carry the ex hibits of the Government to the Paris ex position. The Prairie will be ready to re ceive consignments Oct. 15.
Filipino Officials Help Our Troops. Manila special: The establishment of local municipal governments by inerican authorities is having good effect. The American forces are receiving from the
new Filipino officials advance information
of all the insurgent movements south of
Manila, and are able to anticipate them.
Big Factory Burns.
The large furniture factory of the Allen-
Thompson-Whitney Company of Boston,
at South Asburyham, Mass., was de
stroyed by lire, at a los.i of from $50,000 to
$75,000, which is fully covered by instir
anee. About 130 men are thrown out of
employment.
Dewey Accepts the Home. Admiral Dewey has assured the Dewey home committee of his acceptance of the home. He urged them not to build a new home, but to furnish a modern home complete, which he could use soon. The fund has reached $50,000
where the ball was held. The ball
one of the grandest ever held in Louis. ' SHOT BY A PARALYTIC.
riiaT-le Lee Fatally Injured by the
Man He Made a Cripple.
At Spartanburg, S. C, Robert Brown
wns shot, in the back by Charles Lee two
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years ago ana uecame uuiuijieii-ij yaialyzed from the waist down. Lee was
acquitted Tuesday. Brown was propped up in a buggy on Church street when Lee passed. He shot Lee twice through the body, inflicting fatal wounds. Then Brown drove to the jail and surrendered, and the sheriff lifted him into the prison.
BRITAIN BUYING THEM IN AMERICA.
Said to Be for Use m fouth Africa-
Telesraph Line to Dawson City Is Opened Italian Government May Make Demands.
Agents of the British Government are
now in this country picking up horses and
mules by the hundred and arranging for
.peedy shipment. New York dealers say
that 12,000 horses and mules are to be bought for use in South Africa. Some are to be shipped from gulf ports, others from New York. It has long been known that American horses are meeting exceptional favor abroad, but it was not hith
erto understood that our stock was so highly regarded as this action of the British war office would seem to indicate. "As to mules," said a New York dealer, "we have already exported them to South Africa from here, and the British war office must have noticed of what value they have been. The mule is never
troubled with the Tsetse fly, so prevalent in Africa, that drives horses wild, and it can do good work in a campaign, if it
cannot be fed oftener than once in twen
ty-four hours."
TELEGRAPH LINE TO DAWSON,
Capital of the Yukon Country Is Con
tiected with. Fkaguay. Dawson City in the Klondike may now
be reached by telegraph trom bkaguay.
The line was completed from the sea to the celebrated Yukon capital on Sept. 28 and a telegraph message was sent to the
Canadian minister of public works at Ot
tawa notifying him of the event. For the
first few hours after the completion of
the line the wires were kept hot carrying
congratulatory messages up and down the
Yukon. A tariff of $3.'o for ten words
and 20 cents for each additional word is charged.
MAKE DEMANDS IN WASHINGTON
Italian Government Will Insist on Protection of Subjects. It is announced that the Government of Italy, spurred to action by the lynching of Italians at Taliulah, La., and supported by several continental States, among them Austria-Hungary, is about to insist that the Washington Government make some satisfactory arrangement to protect emigrants to the United States against lynchers, and to provide for the punishment of the murderers in such cases as may occur in spite of reasonable precautions.
Typsetting Record Broken. William H. Stubbs, a compositor on the BalfcHinJreJ Sjjn,; KtlvertUe world's record foiMna5hW.fyDejtieg a contest with William Duffy of the Philadelphia Infiir.er., Stubbs et 00,017 ems in five tutors and thirty-five minutes, or an averagWwf: 11,940 ems an hour. Duffy set 55,020 ems in five hours and twentythree minutes. The previous record was 10,800 ems an hour, made in St. Louis four years ago. Aeronaut Is Killed. Marza Townsend, an aeronaut, was instantly killed during a parachute jump at Des Moines. The balloon began to descend when 200 feet from the ground. Townsend's assistant fired a pistol, the signal for hint to cut loose. He did so. and the distance to the ground was not sufficient to inflate the parachute.
Shipbuilders j. Ti.:i,i,.l.,l.;..
iVl i. lillilUlMlUUU,
EX-SENATOR HARLAN DEAD. Last Survivor of Lincoln's Cabinet Passes Away in Iowa. Ex-United States Senator James Harlan, the last survivor of President Lincoln's cabinet, passed away in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Thursday. He had been rapidly failing for the last three months. The immediate cause of his death was congestion of the lungs. At the time of his death there were with him his daughter, Mrs. Lincoln; his nephew, James Whitford; the nurse and two or three friends. James Harlan was elected four times to the United States Senate and served in that body sixteen years. His seat in the Senate was declared vacant in 1857, while he was serving a term ending in 1801, but he was re-elected immediately. He resigned in 1805 to accept from President Lincoln the place of Secretary of the Interior, but was again elected to the Senate in 180(5 and served until 1S73. He was a delegate to the peace conven-
Lishta His Own Funeral Pyre. Louis Westerman lighted his own funeral pyre at the county infirmary, Toledo, Ohio, by starting a blaze in a haystack with his pipe. As soon as the flames spread he jumped in. He was burned to death and $500 loss to a barn and implements McKinley's Nephew to Wed.
William McKinley Duncan of Cleveland and Miss Viola Deterick of Youngstown, Ohio, are to be married soon and President McKinley and family will be present. The President is an uncle of the groom. Destitution in India. It is estimated that the Indian Government must spend 5,500.000 rupees to relieve famine in the central provinces ami that the local chiefs must expend at least one-third of this amount in addition.
Go on a Strike. TOO boilermakers and
iron shipbuilders, with about 200 helpers,
went on strike Tuesday at the ( rani) is shipyard for a working day of nine hours. Fifteen Hundred Perished, It is now estimated that 1,500 persons perished in the earthquake in Asia Minor, around Aidin, Sept. 20.
Thanksgr'Viuu Day for Canada. Thursday, Oct. 10, will be observed as Thanksgiving day in the dominion of Canada.
Sheriffs Have a Fierce Fijsht. Late Sunday evening near Albany, L T., Deputy United States Marshal Wait aiid Bob Mitchell and City Marshal Stinson and Ben Pierson had a bat tie with Henry William, alias Bob West, in which thirty or forty shots were tired. William escaped, but it is thought he was wouuded. Santiago Has a ire Company, The new Santiago fire department, organized on the American system, with modern engines, trucks, uniforms and all equipments, Sunday held an elaborate installation parade, followed by a ball. The parade was reviewed by Gen. Wood, the military governor, and the civil authorities.
Institute Was Set on Fire. Conclusive evidence has been discover
ed showing that the fire which destroyed
at Little Rock, Ark., the deaf mute in
stitute Saturday was of incendiary origin.
Schley to Command Lecion. Rear Admiral Wiufield Scott Schley
was installed as commander of the New
ork eommandery of the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion.
Arkansas Town Burned. The Town of Dequeen, 'Ark., was de
stroyed by fire. Fifty-four buildings were burned, entailing a loss aggregating $250,000; insurance light.
MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$3.00 to $7.25: bogs, shipping grades,
$3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $8.00
to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 4c; corn, No. 2, 30c to 31c; oats. No. 2, 22c
to 24c; rye, No. 2, 57c to 50c; butter.
choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh
ltlc to 17c; potatoes, choice, 25c to 35c
per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $5.00;
sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.50
wheat, No. 2 red, 09c to 71c; corn, No. 2
white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c
to 20c.
St. Louis Cattle, $3.25 to $0.75; hogs,
$3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25;
wheat. No. 2. 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 23c to
25c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 00c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $2.50 to $0.25; hogs,
$3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25:
wheat, Xo. 2. 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2
mixed, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 24c
to 20c; rye, No. 2, 02c to 04c.
Detroit Cattle, $2.50 to $0.25; hoes.
$3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00;
wheat. No. 2. 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2
yellow, 34c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c
to 2Sc; rye, 00e to 02c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 71c to
72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c: oats
No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2, 58c
to O0e: clover seed, $4.00 to $5.00.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 Northern,
00c to 71c; corn, No. 3. 32c to 33c; oats,
Xo. 2 white. 24,' to 27c; rye, No. 1. 5N
to 00c; bailey, Xo. 2, 45c to 47c; pork,
mess. $R.OO to $8.50.
Buffalo Cattle, good shipping steers,
$3.00 to $0.50; hogs, common to choice
$3.25 to $5.00: sheen, lair to choice weth
ers, $3 00 to $4.50: lambs, common t extra, $4.50 to $5.75.
New York Cattle. $3.25 to $0.75: hogs.
$3.00 to $5.25; sheep. $3.00 to $4.50 wheat, Xo. 2 red. 77c to 78c; corn, Xo. 2 40c to 41c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 30c to 32c
butter, creamery, era, 14 k to 10c.
17c to 25c; t'ggs, west
JAMES HABLAJT.
tion m 1801 and at different times was
chairman of the Senate committees on public lands, District of Columbia and
Indian affairs. He was a member of the
committee on foreign relations, agricul
ture and the Pacific Railroad. After
caving the Senate Mr. Harlan became
editor of the Washington Chronicle.
From 18S2 until 1885 he vas presiding
judge of the court of commissioners of
the Alabama claims. He was at one time
president of the Iowa University.
Mr. Harlan was a native of Clark
County, Illinois, having been born there
Aug. 25, 1S20. He graduated at Indiana Ashbury University in 1845 and became sirrintendent of public instruction in
Iowa in 1847. In 1853 he became presi
dent of the Iowa Wesleyan University
and was first elected to the United States
Senate in .1855. Originally he belonged
to the WThig party.
SLAIN AT WEDDING SUPPER.
H00SE3B HAPPENINGS;
Groom and Bride Assassinated by the
Woman's Rejected Suitor.
Charles Rankin, a farmer 27 years of
age, murdered Frank Walker and hi wife, whom he had married but a few
hours before, and then committed suicide,
at the home of James Cook, nine miles, east of Montgomery, Mo., on Tuesday evening. Rankin was a jealous lover of the bride, formerly Miss Goshorne. The bride and groom sat side by side at the head of the wedding supper table. There was an uncurtained window behind them. Suddenly there was a mingled din of screams, gunshot reports am crashing glass. The bride and groom sat dead in their chairs. The onlookers, hel? by horror of the sight, saw a flash outside the window and heard another re port. Terror stricken, the guests at tht feast summoned the sheriff and a poss was formed to search for the murderer In the yard of the house lay the mur derer, dead. He had bared his foot tha he might get a better hold of the trigge) with his toe and had then blown his heac off. He left a note explaining that h could not live without the girl, and as tt kill her husband would be to make he: miserable, he had decided to end the livei of both and then kill himself.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED.
What Oar Neighbors ar Doing Matters of General and Local Iatsrest MarriaffSS and Death Accident and Crime rrsonal Pointers About Indian iaats.
Yale's student choir is to wear vest ments. Dartmouth's new freshman class ha: 100 members. West Virginia University will not issu honorary degrees. Mount Holyoke College began its nev year with 502 students. Japan has 30,000 schools, with 100, 000 teachers and 5,000,000 pupils. Work has been commenced on the nev front for the Yule Law School building Radcliffe now offers 130 courses foi women, an increase of fifteen over las.' year. Beginning this year no charge for tuition is to be made at the Missouri Stat University. During the last six years the value of the property of nineteen leading college.' has increased 37 per cent. Friends of the proposed national university hope to persuade Congress to pass their bill at the next session. Many of the students at Russian uni versities are mendicants who solicit aim.' and wear cast-off garments. The University of Pennsylvania has many students from South America am has issued a catalogue in Spanish. Bags of flour and buckets of watc) were emptied upon the freshmen at La layette by the sophomores in spite of th(
fa?t that President Wartield had request ed that there be no hazirg. A. great deal of interest is being taken in the fortunes of the University of California and Stanford Uuivorsity. The respective patronesses of these institutions. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and Mrs. Stanford, are vying with each other in bestowing gifts upon their favorites.
Work in the Oil Fields. The oil territory west of Geneva is com
ing to the front, and as the increased price of oil is in a measure keeping pace with the advance in drilling machinery, a great deal in the way of new operations is being projected. It is thought by many that this territory is the link between the fields of
Ohio and Indiana, and that it will be only a'question of time until it is fully opened.
Some of the operators take a good deal or
stock in the report sent out from loiedo several days ago to the effect that a com
bine had been entered into by the Ohio -and Indiana operators to shut down all
new work until next April, and force the
price of the crude product to $2 a barrel. Others are inclined to make light of it, and think that drilling will continue just
the same. p Minor State Items. There is a good thing in lumber at pres
ent, and several companies in Goshen have
been organized, with prospects for more. Additions being made to the Eaton lamp black factory, near Muncie, will make it the largest plant of the kind in the United
States.
JKODoers sroie .w irom uie iamuy oi jhb- .
money had been saved to buy winter clothing. Alonzo Wilson, a farmer near Kokomo, was drawn to the roof of his barn by the ropes of a harpoon hay fork, and fell. He may die. Charles Knauss, aged 11 years, of Tip-tow-was leaning out of . a car window,
wnen his heal struck a car door, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. Detectives are trying to spot the counterfeiters in (kshen. The coin is so like the real thing that merchants are deceived. It is estimated that $1,030 of the spurious has been circulated. J. M. Wood of Indianapolis, has been .in Marion looking to the erection of a $300,-' AAA nnlil rra hnnna an1 1X7" ill Harl-k ftf
Union City, has a project to put up a $150,000 produce house. Mrs. W. L. Mahan of Terre Haute dropped dead while talking to friends a few days ago, and Mrs. Elizabeth Ludovici became sick at a neighbor's and died before she coul i be taken home. Recently Pat Lindsay of Tipton, received a coyote from a western friend. Sine. that time all the chickens in the
neighborhood have been exterminated, and now Lindsaj' has killed the animal. The employes of the two Ball brothers
glass factories of Muncie, have organized a beneficiary insurance company. The
members are taxed 25 to 40 cents a week and paid $50 death benefits and $5 a week for sickness. Wilhelm Sehickle of Evansville, while
trying to beat his way on an L. & N. train,
was killed below lioweii. fccmcKie was
making his way from St. Louis to
Evansville to see his wife, who is dying, and was unable to pay his way. ,
On a public stagean Seymour and in the .
presence or ,uou persons, w . xt. omiui otJonesville, and Mrs. Sarah Harper of Sey-
mour, were married the other day. Each
is nearly 60 years of age. The two were .
a. mu2 4- s-v aaaI- 4Kam AnI rvrt ri '-
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Herman .aiinnis was laiauy mjureu anu ;
tieorge xnomas instantly Kinea mine ju:--lich mine tit Seeleyville. They had fixed a
heavy shot in their room and had gone into
the entry until it had exploded, l he force. : of the shot tore through the wall where the: men stood. .'
The 17-year-old son of Keaisus mocusett, residing west of Brazil, went with one , nf the hirful men after coal. As thev were
crossing the Vandalia track near Seeley
ville a freicht train struck the vehiclede-
molishing it, and killed jroung Mc
and both the horses. The Logansport and Wabash
Gas Company refuses to turn gas into
houses in Peru and in places wheri
was turned off during the summer.
said there is a shortage. Jacob Foxc
brought suit to compel the compayf
lurnisn mm ana neignrjors wiia gas , ThrA is a man" in Goshen, whtfi WlW
he was 18 years old, was of medjO11 s
ure. In the last nine years he 4as
afflicted, at different times, with a debil
tatini? coinnlaint. and each tie that
cot out of bed found that he had groi
few inches. He is now sevejt fee tell.
At a denth of sixtv-four flset in East!
gansport a bed of asphaltum four feet il
was found recently. The material is
nouncedtobeofthe belt quality andi
promoters, all home people, haveleas
theeround in the East End that iti
possible for them to oblain.
At Muncie, recently; Charles Miltt
stole $ia from a roommate at a boar
house and went to EWood. Therti
conscience hurt him and he called j lice headquarters iu Elwood and gave self ur. coiifessinfif. He was taken to
cie and has been bound over to the f
Court. The uan came irom lluntmj
Muncie.
Patents have been issued to Indiati vflnfnni as follows: Charles Berst.
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Albany, punciiiug icgiswi, nuu
ir. Redkev. furnace for tire-must
irlassware: .lohn R. Duncan, Indianai
oil-burner; William F. Fribley, Bourl
churn: Granville H. Gray, Marion,
for glassware; Alfred 11. Heath, Covi
ton, car-coupling; Andrew L. Henry, i
intra svrinea: .lohn W. Lambert. Au&$m
son, mixing device for gasoline engOMSy
James G. Waggoner, Jonesville, w.ipi
for nut locks; Marion H. Winslow,
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