Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 January 1890 — Page 1

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VOLUME Y- NO. 8*

Dricesare

,"R,-tho l'est

aROUNTREE'S

ANNUAL

This week will be a

LINEN SALE

.nd all persons wanting anything in my line

will do well to see my stock. My

the Lowest

And Stock the Largest.

Inderwear, and Muslin,

At a Sacrifice./

W.R0UNTREE

HAVE YOU SEEN IT?

HEWONDER OFTH.© -&-GE!

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ammmm. —Jg*L JH." .^F1—J "-'g*

ei Oak Cook. A full line of Furniture on hand.

for

iharter Oak Cook Stoves!

Ithout health there can be no comfort. Health granted, there area multitude |in noi matters the possession of which Is necessary to the enjoyment of It. As— 1 i^marrled, congenial partners and to the latter, judgment. In nothing Tri K't'uter necessity for the exercise of judgment than In the selection of the |ve with which to cook the eatables. Wisdom of selection In this particular ^ngspleasure to father and mother,' and joy to tho children, and lets sunshine

'softs of all. Shall we advise those -who have not yet piovidod them'•''is necessity? If so, then recognizing our duty we say: If it is the cattage of the poor man, or tho more pretentious dwelling of the well-to-the charter Oak Cock. If It he tho mansion of him who Is able !rc

appliances known to science, by all means let him buy tho

IZack Mahornev & Sons.

CASTORIA

lnfantS^nd_Childrgn.

"^^,du"r^ptedt0ehndwntha*I enrea Colie, CoMtlpatton, superior to any prescription I Spur Stomach, DiarrhCBa, Eructation, *w®fc XL

ARTITM I Kills Worms, gives sleep, |roaotti tt* H- A- Aacmca, M- D., B* Oxford St., Brooklyn N.

I Wilfout injurious medioOioa THE CKKTADB COMIMMT, 77 Murray Street, N. T.

SNOWED IN.

Nevada City Out Off from tho Rest of the World.

MANY FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING.

Firewood and Provision* Arc Scarce— Several DuiMlngii Crunhort Under Tlielr Heavy IVnlRtit of Snow—Opening

WuMterii ItoadH,

Tit A INS STILL BLOCKADED. NEVADA. CITY, Cal., Jan. 22.—Telegraphic communication is just rostorod after two days' interruption. Thore is two feet of snow in tho city and seven feet on tho neighboring hills. All tho ditches aro blocked and citizons are warned to husband water lost tho city reservoirs go dry. Provisions aro gotting scarce and pricos rising rapidly. Freighters tried to got to Colfa* for supplies, but after going a few miles wero turned back by tho deep snow. Many families are out of firewood and nono can be had at any prico. Tho churches remained closed Sunday. Tho schools have been closed and court adjournod for tho wopk. There has boon no mall communication with tho lower country sinco the 15th. Snow-shovolers aro working night and day on tho roofs of houses, in somo instances getting 81.25 an hour. Duspito thoso precautions many buildings havo boon crushed by the snow, among thoso Keller's house, Margaret Long's house, two Chinese laundrios, soveral Chiiyiso tenemonWiouses, many barns and Tompkins & Sons' storo. The estimated loss to tho county by tho suspension of travel, businoss and mining and damage to buildings will roach 5100,000.

SAX FITA.vcisco, Jan. 22.—Although tho snow blockade continues on the Central Pacific and on tho California and Orogoii roads thero is every prospoet thaj^lt will bo raised on the former within ine next twelve hours, and on tho latter within twenty-four hours.

At Cisco the country Is covered to a depth of over ten feet on the level, and in drifts the snow is three or four times as deep.

At Dutch •Flat on the western sloped tho Sierras there aro sovon feet of snow on tho level, two feot more than ovei before recorded. Wagon roads and ditches aro blocked and many houses havo beon crushed by tho snow, but no lives hare beon lost. Snowshoos aro the only means of getting any whore. Tho damago to fruit trees will be considerable. Should tho snow go off with rain tho damage to tho valley will bo immonse. On the Oregon road tho passenger trains bound to and' from Portland aro still stuck In doep snows at Siskiyou rango. Tho road* is blocked between Mott and Dunsmuir, between Dunsmuir and Sims, and b»twoen Sims and Redding. Passengers aro on short rations. From Simeon's north to Edgewood the road is still blocked.

CIIICAOO, Jan. 22—In Minnesota and Dakota it is very cold. At St. Vincent, Minn., it is 32 degrees below loro, and at St. Paul tho thermometer registers 18 degrees below. It is just tho reverse in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. There it is 00 degrees abovo.

PENDLETON,Oro.,Jan. 32.— BCJI Snipes, tho cattle king of Yakima, lost 2,000 head of cattle by the storm. He Is still losing 100 head daily. Other ranchmen are suffering great losses.

Killed by a lJeuperado.

SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 22.—Deputy Sheriff Jlerkelef was shot Sunday night while attempting to arrest a desperado named Hunt at Seven Kivors. Accompanied by ajiother deputy named Perry he found Hunt in a store and attempted to arrest him. Hunt was killed and Berkeley was shot liirly between the eyes.

New Jersey's Governor Inaugurated. TKENTON, N. J., Jan. .22.—Oovernoi Abbott was formally inaugurated Tuosday. In his inaugural- message he took advance ground in favor of ballot reform, declaring for registration throughout the Stato, secret balloting, an official ballot, right of nomination by potition and tho limitation of tho amount which a candidate may spend on elections.

Salvation Army Finances.

NEW YOUK, Jan. 22.—A copy of tho annual report of the financos of the Salvation Army received hero shows a pretty intorosting stato of affairs. The international liabilities of the organization amount to no less a figure than £338,849, or about 81,700,000. The assets of the army, including a small sum in bank, are placed at precisoly tho samo figure.

Those Apache Prisoners,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—The President has sent to tho Senate tho report made by General Crook and Lieutenant Howard upon the condition of tho Apache prisoners at Mount Vernon barracks, Alabama. Tho President recommends that provision bo made for locating these Indians upon lands in tho Indian Territory.

liull.m* Dyinjt of La Grippe. WINNIPEG. Man., Jan. 22.—Out of a band of 800 Indians on St. Peter's reservation, near hero, 75 por cent, are down with la grippe, and tho tribo is being •rapidly wiped out. They are without medical aid and unless speedy action iB taken by the authorities in the way of sending physicians few will survive.

Father 1 ollowed Son.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Jan. 22.—Thomas Kainoy, one of the best-known ranchmen in Texas, died Tuesday of tho grip. Immediately aftor his death his aged fathor went into an adjoining room and blew his brains out. Tho father and son will bo buried together.

THE DAILY JOURNAL

CRAWFORDSV1LLE, INDIANA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22, 1S90

PORTUGAL WANTS WAR.

Four Thouaaml Lisbon .M.-rrliiuits Call for Hlood—Attitude of llrazilhum. Lisuo.v, Jan. 22.—Four thousand merchants of this city paraded the streets Monday night shouting. "War to England."

The Commercial Association resolved to do its utmost to prevent or restrict all trade or conmiorcial Intercourse with England. Tho inhabitants of Setr ubal, a port nigh teen miles from hore, forcibly prevented a Portuguese merchant of that place from shipping goods on an English steamer, which therefore sailed without any cargo. Many American, French and Oerman commorolal travelers aro hero making the most of tho opportunity affordod to replace British goods In Portuguese markets by goods from tho countries thoy represent.

Rio JANIKUO, Jan. 22.—At a Portuguese mooting held hero it was resolvod to suspend business with English people and to send a telegram to Lisbon stating that the members of tho colony hero aro prepared to make any sacrifice for thoir native country.

CRUSHED IN A WRECK.

One Man Killed Others Fatally Injured In a Crash at Omaha, Neb. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 22.—A wrock of a (uburbau train over tho Holt Lino Division of tho Missouri Pacific occurrod ibout 8 o'clock a. m. within tho city ^imlts. William Boyle, a looal Democratic politician, was killed Instantly.

Schwarick, deputy county treasurer, Was injured internally J. A. Ilarvoy und a man named Vandoventer woro badly crushod, probably fatally S. Fraher and Frank Chevich had their legs brokon two brothers named Mitzlails, railroad-shop boys, very seriously Injured ono has skull fraotured. Soveral other passengers woro more or less bruised. Conductor William SJiiolds had his arm brokon and was badly crushed.

RABBI ADLER DEAD.

The Head of the United Ilebrow Congregations of the British Emplro Kxplres* LONDON, .lan. 2*2.—Nathan Marcus Adler, D. D., chief Rabbi of tho United Hebrow congregations o{ the British Empire, is dead. [He was bom at Hunovcr in 1803 ai*d received his education in the universities of Gottingen, Brlangin nod *Wurzburg. Ho wu appointed chief rabbi of Oldcnbcrg in 182S, of Hanover and Its provlnccn In 1690, and on tho 9th of July, 1845, was installed chief rabbi of the united congregations of the British Em-

fhe

tre.

Dr. Adler was the author of "Sermons on Jewish Faith" and of several Hebrew wcr-ka, the principal of which is "Nethlna roger," a commentary on the Targum of Onkelos.]

Arguing for Tension Legislation, WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—A committee from the Grand Army of tho Ropublic, consisting of Oonorals Morrill, of Massachusetts Blue, of Kansas Durst, of Illinois, and lvcuctze, of Ohio, was before the House cominitteo on invalid pension Tuesday. Thoy advocated tho enaotment of tho disability pension bill, which proposes to ponsion thoso soldiers who aro disabled, whether dependent or not, and also the passage of tho service-pension bill.

Tlift New York I'r.'Mivtory. NKW Yoitn, Jan. 22. —The Now York Presbytery consumed two and ono-half hours Tuesday in debating tho proposed revision of tho croed, and it is probable that tho discussion will continue several days. Whon tho moderator's gavol foil six strong spoeches bad beon doliverod, two in favor of revising tho chaptors on tho docreos and on "eloct infants dying in infancy" and four opposed to touching tho historic symbol of tho Presbyterian church.

riouorvo the Forests.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—The President has sent to the Senato a memorial prepared by a committeo of tho American Association for tho Advancement of Science, relating to the preservation of the forests upon the publicdomain. The Chief Executive approves tho sentiments expressed in tho memorial, and recommends that legislation bo onactod to prevent the rapid and noodless destruction of our great forest areas.

Met III. L'nclu'fl Fate.

GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 22.—A terrible trt.gedy was enacted in the courthouse hore Tuesday in which Kyle Terry, nephew of the late Judgo David Terry, was instantly killed and two men badly woundod. Tho killing was the outcome of tho Fort Rend troubles which resulted some time ago in suoh a bloody battle between tho citizens of Richmond.

A Whole Fleet Sold.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan.

22.—lvhe

sale

of the propellers Cuba, S. Mills, Wyoming and Florida, of the Rod-Stack line, and tho A. P. Wright. J. H. Lyon and consort, and J. M. Hutchinson, owned by Porew, has been clAjed to an Eastorn syndicate. The vossels aro worth 3737,000, but tho prico paid is not known.

Four Perished tn the Flames. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 22.— John Gorley and threo children perished by flro Monday night. Gorloy died in tho llainos whilo making a third attempt to rescue his cliildron from a burning houso. His remains wero found with bis head buried o!f and a child in his

Daiiclng for Charity.

CBICAOO, Jan. 22.—Tho annual ball of tho Young Men's Hebrow Association was held at the Auditorium Tuesday night. Thero were probably 1,500 peoplo present, and tho salo of tickots with tho premiums on boxes must havo beon $8,000 to 310,000. Tho proceeds will bo donated to charitable purposes. Tho supper was furnished by tho Auditorium Hotel, and in addition a supper was supplied by tho Iticholiou Hotel, tho gross proceeds uf which aro to go to tho Mlchaol Reoso Hospital.

WILL BEATMR. FOGG.

Julos Verno's Globo-Trottor Sur» to Bo Outdone.

NELLIE BLY REACHES SAN FRANCISCO.

She ltll» Fnlr to Complete Her Tour of.tlio Worlil In Seveuty.Threc InyH— Her Kivnl, Mlmt Itlfllnmi, still *in the Ocean.

ON THE IIOMK STKKTCIX.

SAN FHANCISCO, Jan. 22.—Tho steamer Oceanic, with Miss Nellie My among the passengers, arrived hore yosteoday. Miss Hly was taken off by a tug as soon as the steamer entered the harbor, and was taken at once to Oakland, where sho boarded a special train which was in waiting and started on her overland journey to XuivTork via the Southern Paoiflc and Atlantic & Pacific routes.

Tho special train consists of the Pullman sleeper "San Lorenzo," attachod to the "Queen," ono of tho Southern Pacific's most powerful and speedy locomotives, driven by Hank Lightner, one of tho oldest and coolest-headod engineers in the employ of the company. Although tho time is usually shorter to Chicago by the Contral Pacific, tho snow blockade at. Emigrant Gap and other points in tho high Sierras renders it impossible to get even an engine through on time. It is the presont Intention of tho railroad peoplo to run the spocial train clear through to Chicago.

Tho moinont the tug came alongsido of the Oakland pier thero was a wild rush to get a glimpse of the young lady that Miss Bisland is trying to beat in her round theworl'd tour. As she stood in the bow of tho boat approaching the wharf Kollie lily appeared to lie a young girl with a NEI.ME HI.V. Blight figure, regular features, neither particularly pretty or the reverse. Her eyes were bright and thero was a look of determination in her face in spite of tho pleasant smile, that played about her mouth.

Tho train started on its S,478-mile journey at 9 a. m. sharp, and as it spod on around the shore of San Francisco bay up into tho great San Joaquin valley crowds woro seen at every station cheering and waving hats and handkerchiefs as tho engine and one car flashed by. Everything was fcido-tracked to give tho racers a fair chance to win tho prize. At 11:10 Lat'.irop was reached, where J. J. Jennings, one of tho World's escort corps, joined Nellie My. After a short stop for dinner tho train continued its journey down the San Joaquin valloy. At every town crowds awaited tho arrival of MISB My. and in somo instances tho bund of the place was on hand to serenade her.

Tho train arrived at Mojava at 1) o'clock p. m. Froir. there it goes by tho Atlantic & Pacific route, and it is hopod it will bo in- Chicago hy Friday. At present the road is open all tho way, and should there be no washouts Nolly Bly will probably In- in New York Saturday evening to see the liothnin arrive in the harbor with her competitor, Miss His'.and.

IV SBVKNTV-TIIUEK DAYS.

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luy

Jan. 22.—.'ollio Bly will

surely win the ri'.co around the world alio is making with Miss Bisland, and it looks as if sho would beat by two days the .time she scheduled for tho trip. Sho stir toil out to make in seventy-five days the journey whioh Jules Verne's Phineas Fogg mado in eighty, but if her good, luck prevails she will complete her journey in sevonty-tliree. When Miss Bly reached San Francisco Tuesday morning she finished her sixty-eighth day, and her sixty-ninth was begun as She started across tho continent ller tour is ex.pocted to bo onded at tho Jorsoy City station of the Pennsylvania road on the seventy-third day, or Saturday evoning. a an evidence of interest hero flvo gentlemen have offered to pay 31,000 each for a swift stoamor from Halifax to intercept the Bothnia Sunday, tako Miss Bisland to Halifax and run her down on a special train from thero to this city. The butting in tho clubs now is 5 to S on Miss Illy. 8TORV or TWO UKMAIIKAIIL.K TIIITS. [Nellie Bly sulhiil from New York November 14. Sbc went by rati to I^omloii. and then across the English rbannol from Dover to Calais, going from there to Amiens io sne Jules Verno. She came back to Calais ami caught tliu regular Indian mall irnta through Krunuc and Italy to llrludlsl, on llio liccl of the boot of Italy. Tliriu'i' she sailed across the Mediterranean seff to Port Said, at tho mouth of the Sues cannl. from thore ahc sailed through tho canal and down the lied sna to Aden on the Arabian coast, and thence through the Gulf of Aden and across the Indian Ocean to Colombo, Ceylon. From Oolombo sho went across the sea of Bengal to Singapore on the Malay peninsula, and from there through the China sea to Ilong Kong on the China coast from Hong Kong through the Formosa channel to Yokohama, on the eastern tide of Japan, and thence directly across the Paoiflc to San Francisco.

Miss Bisland loft New York November 14 on the New York Centrul and went by that road .and the Lake Shore to Chicago. Thcri) she took the Northwestern to Omaha and thenco aoross by. the Union and central Paclflo roads to San Francisco. From San

Francisco sho simply reversed tho trip of Nellie Bly, r. to Yokohama, Hong Kong, Singapore, Colom

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and across to Dover. Tl.c went to Lon don by train ami crossed KuKHuni to lloUy. head, Utok fhe ferry across the lrwh sea lo Dublin, canuht the Bothnia at .,u«.vnsto»n atnl sailed for New York.

Nellie Bly hull tine hours the start of Jlhs Bisland, but it loolietl for a lun^ tim# lis thoush the latter would arrive in New York llr.st. Crossing tlje Indian Ooeuu, however. Miss llisland wa* much affno.ved to learn that the fn«t Herman steamer Km* which s.lie expected tomcetjit Southamp'.ou for home had bees tuliua off. ritherwis.,' Oh- bi-uii eure that hev voyage would success. Tin- Bothnia at CJueep.stown was the only Ixjut available and It Is a slow one, and will brfn^ her In to New York too late.

Nellie1 Bly made this remarkable tour with no other liai^ag* than a small hand sachet. She left New ork »-ith but one gown, and that upon her back. In the saehel were necessary changes of clothing, live copies of the New York World of that day and £7i»i tn Hank of ii|.-lanil notes, besides her railroad e.nd steamer tickets for the entire journey. •Miss Bly arrived at Calais in ample time to take the Brindisi mail-train. This train, commonly called the Indian mail. Is one of tho famous trains of the world. She arrived at Brindlsi on t|mo

imi

ttolc tin. steamer Vic

toria ot the Peninsular and Oriental line from that point. She left Brindl-i t'he morniin. of November 'JT, crossed the Mediterranean, and sailed through the Suez-canal, ari ivinj at Isniulia Novemlx'r From Ifcinalla'-her journey

through the lied sea. Across the Arabian sea the Victoria sped with its plucky lit tit- pussenirer. and arrived at Colombo, on the Island of Ceylon. December H. Here she left tho Victoria to lake another steamer for Hong Kong. Shi was two days .. ahead of ho- itinerary, but was obliged to yojid these two days in Ceylon.

December IS Nellie Bly. after passing, through the straits of Malacca, was at &i!ignpore, half way arouud the worlil- llerelchtduys' rldo through the Indian Orvau Carried her over the ruins of cities lmrled for long centuries beneath its tossing floods. Sim rcmaincd in the 1*. & O. steamer, which stopped at Singapore only long tiumeh to Y*-nai: the mails and its cargo to be handled, ami Decern* bcr y) Christmas eve, readied llong Kon^', on the southwest coast of China. Sh» liad her Christinas dinner in the Chinese city.

The llrst available means of transportation :\7 across the Tactile Ocean was the fust stclum* Oceanic, of the Occidental & Oriental line. This steamer was scheduled toleave HonglCong .. for S^tn Francisco December and that d:vy Nellie Bly bade adieu to the Celestial emplro. Five days later she was at Yokohama, Japan, where she arrived .Tnuuary a. The Oceanic carries Chinese qud Japanese mails to the United States. It had lo wait until Janunry 7 at Yokohama for the mail. This miulc l' live days' delay. At daylight Tuesday ilii:» H-eanic arrived at San Francisco.]

THE DIPLOMATICS CORPS. It IN ICntcrtuinml by rroMiricnt UIXL Mra. Harrison ut Stntr Dinner »l tho Whlto

Hnuitt. WASHINGTON, .Ian- 22.—Tiui scooiul stato dinnor of tho season wasjrivon Tuesday night in honor of tho Diplomatic Corps. Tho I'rosidisnt escurtvd Mmo. Romero, wifnof tho Mc.,vican Minister, to dinner, while Minister Romero attended Mrs. Ttarrison. Among- those present woro the following:

The Peruvian Minister nnU Mme. tho Ministers from Kussiu. Kmuc-'j, Hawaii, Spain, lie Netherlands, Turkey, Austria. IliuiKuVy, Nicaragua, Colombia, OJorinany, Chili, SwUwrlaud, Euglaixt, IJelglmn. frfruien and Norway, Onutemaiar Honduras. C*iina, Knuador, Hruzil, Portugal, Hay11, Denmark, the Venezuelan Minister a:id Mmo. Uolet l'erazo, 1ho Envoy of the Argentine Republic ou Hpeolal mission, the Gharge d'AlTairoii of the Argentine Ropublic, the Cliar^o tl' Attaints CoMi'ta Hica, the Charge d'Altai res ol Cor«.tu and .Japan, thu Euvoy of Hrazll on ppec'M mission Mrs. AlloilJ ofludlanapoll* Alt'.Tnny-Cioneral Mlehwnoi, Of Indiana, and H. K. llitl, of Illinois.

ROBBED THE EXPRESS.

Two Men Serure Several Thmitund ftoltiirA from a Train Near Tulare, Cal. TUI.AHK, Cal., .lat'i. '."J.—A southbound passisn^'cr (vain \va» stoppud Tuesday morning ly two masked »V Boven miles north of Tutaro. Tho robbers climbed over tiie tender to tho engine and eouipellod tho engineer to stop tho train. Tiiey then compelled tho engineer anil fireman to go with them and ordered the exprosmnan to open tlru door. Soveral thousand .dollars was taken. The '••ihhors mado the engineer and lireman accompany them some distance from tho train. A tramp stealing a ride was mistaken for a trainman and the robbers shot him in tin head. Ho was brought henrs and may recover. Thero is

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trace (if the robbers.

HE ESCAPED.

A Prisoner Clunked wltli Murthw fccnpfl from Train un! (.-1H A way. COHKU, N. Y., .Inn. 22. Tuesday morning a prisoner named Mjchael Scliriber, who was boJng taken "froin Minnesota to Now York and from thtjro to Germany, where he is wanted on a Charge of murder committed two years ago, jumped from train No. liaUuux a miltf west of here. The olllcer who had ljloj In charge had removed tlio handculls and was taking him to the dining-car for breakfast when he jumped. lie is B2 years obi and speaks nothing btit German. Tho train was" running fifty miles an hour, but ho was seen to arise and start for the woods. He has not boon captured.

POWDER

Absolutely Pure.

Said and BrinUlsL From Brindlsi she took the Indian

"uig jjisf.ANi). *nall train Calais

This powder nevervitrlea A mnrvelof purity, strength, and wholeewmonoss. More eeonomieal tlutn the ordlmiry kiiulh, and enntiol heboid In competition with the multitude of the tost, short weight alum or pho8phuu. powder, Bold only in cans. Royal flaking Powder CO.» 100, WulUtroot, Now York.