Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 7 December 1893 — Page 1

VOL. VII—NO. 371

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A A N O D1F1T MAY BE A HOUSEFUL OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH

BLUE MONDAY.

It was dubbed blue Monday By old Mrs. Grundy A long time ago. No wonder that under /,! This serious blunder

The working was slow.

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AFTER YOUNG GOULD

A Woman's Demand on Hlru for $40,000.

HE DENIES HER CLAIM AGAINST HIM,

And Paint. Iler In an Unenviable Lights She I* an Indiana Girl, and Ha. Had* Kir Umclt a KMIouI

History.

GEORGE GOULD SITED-

NEW YOBK, Dec. 7.—The summons and complaint in Mrs. Zella Nicolaus' suit through her guardian, Albert Euhman, to recover $40,000 from George J. Gould, were served at a late hour Wednesday. Lawyer David May of the firm of Howe & Hummell went to the Western Union building at Dey street and Broadway in the afternoon with tho papers. Before they had been served, and in fact before Mr. Gould had come to town from Lakewood, N. J., he authorized Mr. Somerville, the press representative of the Western Union, to give out the following statement relative to his position in the matter of the charges brought against him by Mrs. Nicolaus of having unlawfully obtained from her and misappropriated a ohook to the amount of *40,000:

Mr. Gould*. Statement.

"I have absolutely no knowledge of a suit of the character mentioned In the morning newspapers. It any k-gal papers are served upon me the case will be referred at once to my lawyer. I never gave the woman check for 140,000 or any other amount. It Is evidently a scheme to extort money from me. The woman flrst eame to my office nearly a year ago and claimed to know several prominent persons In Chicago with whom I am acquainted. According to her representations silo was here without monoy, and being desirous of returning home she said she had come to me for a pass. I never give passes to women, but out of sympathy for the girl's position I did decide to help her and gave her money enough to take her back to Chicago comfortably. Within a weok she came to my office 'iguin and said her departure for Chicago had been delayed and confessed she had been obliged to spend part of the money which I had given her, and therefore did not have enough to enable her to return home, as she bad intended. Thereupon I gave her some more money, but when she came back again a week later I refused to see her, because I had tins decided that she was not telling th. truth That is all 1 know about the woman."

Familiar flfare at Gould's ortl'o. Mrs. Nicolaus was a familiar figure to the employes about George Gould's office in the Western Union building. Sometimes, Mr. Somerville said, she would come and wait for hours in Mr. Gould's outer office when ho was out of town. On such occasions she would hardly believe the clerics' statements that he was away, and fearing they were deceiving her as to Mr. Gould's whereabouts she would lecture them prettily and with mock seriousness on the sin of telling a lie.

Mr. Gould declined to say anything to supplement tho statement he gave out. Messrs. Ilowe & Hummeil were as little disposed to talk about the case as was Mr. Gould. Mr. Hummell said "Mr. Gould has twenty days In which to file answer to our complaint Until that answer is filed I can only say you will uei absolutely no information from this office."

An Indiana Girl.

The young woman came to New York shortly after tho holidays, less than a year ago. She was born in Wabash, lnd., eighteen years ago.- When she was just budding Into womanhood, be-' ing still in her sixteenth year, she was married in Joliet to one of the leading merchants of the place, whose name she bears. Mr. Nicolaus was a rich widower with children. Ho bought his girl wife liorsosjand carriages and Indulged her every whim. But the end came abruptly one day when she loft her husband and home and went to Chicago. Thore her girlish beauty at once attraoted attention. During har stay there she held full sway over a little coterie who used to frequent the inner circle of her establishment en the north side of town.

Her Career In K«w Tork*

She came to New York early last winter to make a stay of some length pending the result of an action for divorce which she had brought against her husband. Soon after her arrival she left the hall bedroom of the plain bdarding house in which she had resided and took a suite of rooms at the Sturtevant house, where she registered as Mrs. Zella Nicolaus. This was late in January, 1S93, and the hotel people soon began to have a great reaped for their beautiful guest as a customer and no little curiosity about her as an individual. During her six weeks' stay at the hotel her bills were never below 8350 a week and frequently ran over $300. She remained in her rooms the greater part of the time, and when she did go out, if it was only to post a letter or attend a matiuee within a block of the hotel, she went In a cab.

Young Mr. Bang, the cashier of the hotel, the son of the. proprietor, said that when Mrs. Nicolaus left the hotel four of her trunks were kept because she did not pav tho bill for her last week's board. When Mr. Bang went up to see her and ask what the troublo was she simply said a friend had failed to keep a promise and she was embarrassed.

Iler Life In Wabaiih. Ind.

CHICAGO, Deo. 7.—A Wabash (lnd.) dispatch says: Rozella Lytic, or Mrs. Nicolaus, the woman who is suing George Gould, came to Wabash from Richmond, lnd., abrfut ten years ago. Iler father, David Lytle, is a poor man now, us he was then, and the daughter, who is a remarkably fine-looking blonde, soon secured a situation in one of the dry goods store. Zella soon found Wabash too slow to suit her ideas and after a year or two here went to Logausport. While there she met a man by the name of Christman and managed to make a claim against him. This case came to trial in the court here, but was compromised fore a verdict was reached, Christman paying tlOO. Zella went from Logausport to Kansas City and other western points, coming here occasionally to visit her parents.

Steamer Waldo A. Avery, grain laden,

Co, of New York, Firemen's Fund In-! ^royed at surance Co., Of Caftfornla. Mackinaw straits. Loss, (30,000.

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0RAWFQRDSVILLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7,1893.

FIRE IN A FEMALE SCHOOL.

Three of the Inmates Injured and Others Are Mlsslnc. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. T. The Southern female university burned to the ground Wednesday night. There were seventy-five inmates. Three were injured as follows: Minnie Dean, of Warrior, Ala., fatally burned Virginia West, servant, badly burned J. J. Robbins, badly burned in saving Miss Dean.

H. G. Lamar, the business manager, thinks all the girls were saved, though several are still missing and may have been burned in the building. He say6 several servants who slept in the third story are still missing. It cannot bo told until tho embers are raked and the girls brought together what deaths there may be to chroniclo. They ar» scattered in avery direatios. Ths loss Is $30,000 insurance, {20,000.

TUs fire started from a defective flue in the dining-room at 10 o'olosic. The girls, seventy-five in number and from all parts of the south, were in their beds. The watchman gave the alarm and the teachers hurriedly roused tho sleepers and rushed them from the burning building. It was ft frame structure and burned like gun-cotton. Thu girls had no time to dress, but rushed out in their night garments, screaming and wild with fright- Miss Dean was burned while rushing back to save her dresses. The West woman was out oil by flames on the third floor and after being badly burned jumped to tho ground and broke an arm and leg. J. J. Bobbins was badly burned while rescuing Miss Dean.

Fast in tho Ice.

DETROIT, Mich., Dec. T.—A wholb fleet of vessels are fast in the ice-fioe at the head of Lake Erie, and all efforts to release the boats have been in vain. The steamers Susquehanna and the Kittie M. Forbes attempted to force their way out of the river, but are now securely fastened in the ice at Bar point Tho steambarge White Star, with the schooner Sweepstakes, is still in the ice-floe off Colchester. The tug Kate Williams is trying to force a passage for the boats, but so far without success.

MeUo Pillaged the Town.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—A dispatch from Minister Thompson dated Petropoli8, Brazil, informs the state department of the arrival of Admiral Mello at the quarantine station at llila Grande, on the coast south of liio de Janeiro. The dispatch further says that Mello pillaged the town of Hila Grande and then sailed away toward the south

A Hotel liurnud.

PEOBIA, Dec. 7. The Wellington hotel, a large brick building, was partially destroyed by fire. The guests were wild with excitement and one of them, Albert Glasford, of Minnesota, jumped irom a third-story window, seriously injuring himself. The firemen prevented others from doing so and all were rescued in safety.

Heavy Registration.

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—As a result of the special registration ordered by the election commissioners 50,906 names were added to the polling lists. The election for a successor to Mayor Harrison will occur December 19.

Suffocated In a Wall.

GBUNDT CENTER, la., Dec. 7.—A man named Tull was cleaning out a well when it caved in on him, and he was suffocated before help cams. lie was an old soldier and lsavss a wife and several small children.

Elevator Burned.

CHAMPAIGN, HI., Dec. 7-.—A grain elevator belonging to T. W. Porterfield at St. Joseph, 111., was destroyed by fire. The loss on building and grain is estimated at 17,000, with 83,000 insurance.

Shot in a Family Quarrel.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 7.— Abner J. Smith, a former Louisville lawyer, shot his brother-in-law, S. W. Duncan, during a family quarrel at Eastwood, Ky., Tuesday. Duncan will live.

Stole a SI,OOO Team.

ASSUMPTION, 111., Dec. 7.—Wheeler Adams, a well-to-do farmer living a few miles west of here, had a matched team of horses valued at 11,000 stolen from his barn last Monday.

Death of a Pioneer Lawyer. VIROQUA, Wis., Dec. 7.—Judge William Terhune, a pioneer lawyer of Vernon county, aged 73, was found dead in his bed at his residence Wednesday.

Defaulter Axworthy Dir.-

HAMILTON, Ont., Dec. 7.—Thomas Axworthy, the defaulting city treasurer of Cleveland, O., died at 8:50 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.

Beat a Burglar to Death.

LUBECK, Pa., Dec. 7.—Dr. Roger Seffans, Jr., of this place, caught a burglar in his house and beat him to death with a revolver.

Want* the Fee System Abolished. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Attorney General Olney's report has been transmitted to congress. He urges abolishment of the fee system.

Iuftueosa in London.

LONDON, Dec. 7.—Influenza is spreading in this city. Seventy-four deaths have been attributed to the disease within a week.

Death of an Inventor.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Henry Goebel, who invented the incandescent electric lamp, died of pneumonia in this city, aged 75 years.

Saved.

HAZI.ETON, Pa., Dec. 7.—The fire in the Crystal Range mine is increasing in force. The four hemmad-in miners were saved.

It Cost Millions.

LONDON, Dec. 7.—A total general loss of £33,231,215 was caused by the sixteen weeks' strike of English coal miners.

Flames III a Navy Yard.

NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 7.—Fire in the navy yard here did damage of nearly 1300,000. It originated in cotton waste.

SHE GIVES TROUBLE,

Lllluokalanl Said to Have a Plat of Her Own.

A RUMOR AS TO HER ULTIMATUM

She Insists That Uncle Sam Must Agre« to Maintain Her In Power The lVcnldent's Action Dlscn»sed

I'J' the Senators.

WANTS MORE A98UBASCES. WASIILNGTON, Dec. 7.—It is stated, on what is considered good authority, that the dispatches which were received by the last steamer from Honolulu early last week from Minister Willis announced tk#t ho had offered tho deposed Hawaiian queen the support of the United States government in securing her restoration according to Instructions, but that she declined to accept the assistance of the United States unless this government would agree to sustain her in power.

Mr. Willis reports also that the supporters of tho queen have no funds and very little influence, and that her private fortune is not sufficient to pay the expenses of a government for more than a few weeks even if she should be restored. Nor was he able to Batisfy himself of her ability to obtain the means necessary to carry on the government, particularly as she will need a considerable army to protect her life and enforce hor authority.

Fears Forcible Resistance.

The queen herself realizes the situation and declines to make an attempt to recover her throne unless she is assured that she will receive the continued and actual support of the military forces of the United States as long as it ia needed. Mr. Willis is Qf the opinion that any attempt to restore the monarchy will be forcibly resisted by the existing government, and be declined to take the responsibility of trying to upset the provisional auth ority and restore the queen to power without farther instructions.

Merely a Guess.:

While there is no actual knowledge of the instructions sent Mr. Willis by the Corwin, it is believed that tho president has directed him to inform the exqueen that her conditions cannot be complied with that the United States government cannot undertake the responsibility of sustaining her in power for an indefinita period and that unless she is able to protect herself and preserve her own authority the proposition to aid in her restoration must be withdrawn. It is believed, too, that Mr. Willis has been instructed to preserve the status quo until he receives further advices from Washington.

Discussed in the Senate.

There was a spirited discussion of the Hawaiian question in the senate Wednesday, The debate arose over the resolution offered Tuesday by Senator Hoar (rep., Mass.) requesting the presideut to forward to the senate all the correspondence on the Hawaiian question.

Senator Hoar's Argument.

Senator Hoar said the resolution covered the period of three administrations and he hoped and believed that the instructions would show a settled and consistent policy—certainly down to recent time—in regard to whioh therehad been no party or political differences of opinion. If the president's message meant anything it meant that the president was meditating the question whether he should by his own executive authority commit an act of war against a friendly power. If what was apparently proposed to be done had not not been done yet Senator Hoar desired that the swift and indignant remonstrance of the American people should make itself felt and be heard. The president, he said, was getting into the habit of adopting rather extraordinary language in his dealings with the other branches of the government.

Mills Defends the President. Senator Mills (dem., Tex.) opposed the resolution. He denied Senator Hoar's intimation that the president meditated an act of war on the contrary, the executive had respectfully submitted the question to congress and given them the information at his disposal, such as he thought appropriate to submit in his- message. The president's action in the matter had been strictly confined within the lim.ts of executive authority. The only question presented was: Did the the United States government interfere and overturn the existing government of Hawaii? If it did it was the dnty of the people of the United States represented in tho government to make restitution and reinstate the government which they had overthrown. Senator MiI,s asserted that the entire Hawaiian difficulty had arisen because tho sugar planters of Hawaii wanted to obtain the bounty on sugar to be paid to them out of the pockets of American citizens. It was not in the president's power to wage war against Hawaii, and he had not claimed that it was within his power. But whatever power the president had in his hands he had exercised. The absorption of the islands by the United States was perhaps only a question of time, but if that was to come to pass he hoped it would be done decently and in order.

Opposod by Vila..

Senator Vilas (dem., Wis.) alio opposed the resolution. He referred to the remarks of Senator Hoar as to the reported action of the president being an act of war, and asked whether the landing of the troops to overthrow the government by virtue of their force was not an act of war.

Senator Hoar replied that there was no pretense that there was any act of .force or of war. The troops were landed under the allegation that they were to be used to protect the lives and property of the American citizens. Senator lloar continued, saying that the queen yielded to armed insurrection and not to the American troops, •mm

Favored by Hill.

(Senator Hill (dem., N. V.) said ho seldom agreed with the tsenator from

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Massachusetts (Senator Hoar), but h« did agree with him in this particular, that the resolution was an ordinary and simple on®, asking for information from a department of the government in relation to a most important matter. What the senate might see fit to do when the information was furnished was another and a different subject altogether. He had no reflection to east on the preceding administration or on the present administration. It had been publicly hinted that Instructions had been given to upset the provisional government, by force, if necessary. That would bring up the question as to whether the president had the right, by the use of the army or navy and without the consent of congress, to restore tho previously existing status, even conceding that the former government of Hawaii had been overthrown by fraud or force. Tho information asked for In the resolution was asked because the senate was entitled to it. No good reason had been presented or could be presented why the president should not promptly comply with the resolution. There are reasons why the information should be given hero and now. Perhaps at this moment the navy of the United States, cooperating with the United States minister, might bo seeking to destroy the provisional government by force. No senator knew what the president had done, and the resolution sitnply called upon him to inform the senate on tho subject. He concluded by declaring that on principle there was no objection to tho restoration.

Shermau Supports the Resolution. Senator Sherman (rep., O.) favored the passage of the resolution. Whether Mr. Stevens was justified in what he did Senator Sherman said he was not prepared to say, nor would he decide that question until he had the fullest and fairest opportunity of examining what could be said on both sides of the question. There was one thing which appeared to him to be very plain, and that was that the congress of the United States had not been treated in the open and fair way in which an administration, a part of tho government of the United States, should treat the congress of the United States. The president aud the executive officers of the government might as well understand that the people of the United States did not like this. All the facts ought to be communicated to congress. Senator Sherman said that all he dcs:red to say on the present occasion was that if it was the purpose of the president, by the use of military force, to restore the queen in Hawaii, it would be a fatal act of public policy, a great injustice to the people of the United States, and almost an insult to the congress of the United States

Senator Fry (rep., Ma) gave testimony of the high character of Mr Stevens and declared the readiness of himself and his colleague (Senator Hale) to defend him against any attacks that may be made upon him.

The debate was closed by Senator Call (dem. Fla.), and the resolution was adopted without a division. After a short executive session the senate adjourned.

A Ilouae R«.olutlon.:

In tho house Mr. Hitt (rep., 111.) introducod a resolution, which was referred to tha committee on fireign affairs, calling on the president to communicate to the liouse copies of the instructions given to our minister to the Hawaiian islands regarding the protection of the lives and property of American citizens there, or any contemplated change in the form of government The resolution also declares that it is the sense of the house that the intervention by the government of the United States, its representatives or armed forces, in the affairs of a friendly recognized government to restore or overthrow and substitute a monarchy therefor is contrary to the policy nd traditions of the republic and the spirit of the constitution.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE

Mr. Grosvenor Want, to Know About Suspended Pensions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—A letter from the attorney general was laid before the house stating that there were no employes in his department below the standard of efficiency.

Mr. Grosvenor (rep., O.) offered a resolution giving the names of 1,900 Ohio pensioners dropped from the rolls and asking for a reason and other information from the secretary of the Interior.

The sonate amendment to the resolution appropriating #50,000 to carry out tho provisions of the Chinese exclusion act as extended was agreed to. At 1:10 the exercises in connection with the unveiling of the Bhields statue began and the house adjourned.

PENSIONS IN THE SENATE.

Yoorhees' Rills Declaring Them Vested flights and Regulating Suspension*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Senator Voorhees (dem., Ind.) opened his pension campaign in the senate by introducing two bills one deolaring a pension a vested right, regulating suspension of pensions, and granting appeals to the supreme court of the District of Columbia the other defining sundry crimes against the United StateB in the administration of the pension laws.

Senator Manderson (rep., Neb.) introduced a bill to amend the Internal revenue laws.

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A Memorial to Gon. Jamras Shields Unveiled.

GIVEN A NICHE IN STATUARY HALL.

Voile's Bronze Statue of the FHUUIIH SULdlrr. Jurist and Slatosmun Is LloiHcar.d with Appropriate

Ceremoules.

IN A HEBO'B UONOIi.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 7.—The memory of James Shields, soldier, jurist, statesman, received glorious homage in the national capital. Tlnve states -—Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota paid the tribute through their chosen representatives and congressmen from all parts of the nation looked on and indorsed every praise sung in honor of the gallant hero. The ceremonies took place in ttoe historic statuary hall in the capitol.

The Statue.

The statue is a bronze, military figure of heroic size on a granite pedestal on the front of which are the words: "Gen. James Shields, warrior, jurist, statesman." On the other three sides are the arms of Illinois. Minnesota and Missouri—states which Shiolds successively lepresented in the senate. The statue is the work of Leonard W. Volk, of Chicago, and wan an exhibit at the world's fair in that city.

Parade Headed by Cavalr.r. At 1 p. m. the parade formed in front of the National hotel, and thence proceeded to tho capitol, headed by a troop of cavalry from Fort Myer, led by the Arsenal band. Following in line in carriages were Gov. Altgeld and staff, of Illinois Gov. Nelson and staff, of Minnesota Gov. Stone and staff, of Missouri the statue commission and members of Gen. Shields' family,* veterans of the Mexieun war, members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Emmet guards of Washington, and members of the local committee.

The procession marched down Pennsylvania avenue to the ''Peace" monument, then up the hill and around the capitol to the main entrance through the big rotunda into statuary hull, and mounted the Btand built fur the purpose. At ona end of the stand Gen. Shields' statue stood, at the other the white stone statue of that other son of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln.

Ceremonies of Unveiling.

The hall was crowded with senators, representatives, newspaper men, men and women. Standing room was at a premium. The ceremonies began with a brief speech by William H. Condon, of the statue commission. He told of the object of the assembling and introduced Miss Katherine Shields, the general's daughter, who pulled a string and the flag which covered the bronze fell astde and revealed the statue.

Then Gov. Altgeld was introduced. He briefly reviewed the military and civil career of the dead general aiid eulogized him in eloquent terms. Iu conclusion he said: "Let the young men of America learn from thisstatuo and from the careor of Gon. Shields that the paths of virtue and of honor, the putbrt or glory and immortality are open to them all

Other Addresnes.

Gov. Altgeld was followed by P. H. O'Donnell, of Georgetown college, who recited "The Sword of Cerro Gordo." Other addresses were made by Gov Knute Nelson, of Minnesota John Tarsney, of Missouri Lieut. Gov. Wares, of Pennsylvania, and Senator Turpie, of Indiana.

A COSTLY STRIKE.

Its Recent Troubles Cost the Lehigh Valley Koad •1,000,(100. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.—As already announced the strike of the Lehigh Valley employes has been declared off. The correspondence between the New Jersey and the New York board of arbitrators, who represented the strikers, and President Wilbur shows concessions on both sides. The company recedes from its position "never to recognuc labor organizations," so emphatically announced recently, and agrees to receive committees representing men who have grievances. This principle is the right to lay grievances before tho proper representatives of the country through the medium of a committee or committees. A prominent official says the loss to the road on gross earning during the period of the strike has been 11,000,000.

Cut Her Own Throat.

DANVILLE, 111., Dec. 7.—Mrs. Kitty Townsley, wife of William Townsley, aotraveling salesman for*a Crawfordsville (lnd.) music house, committed suicide here by outting her throat with a razor, She had been visiting this city for several weeks. It is said that she was despondent because her husband's business called him away from home so much of the time.

.o •Prentlergast on Trial. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—The trial of Patrick Eugene Pendergast, for the murder of Mayor Harrison, began Wednesday. The day was spent in an effort to secure a jury.

May lie Lyuc-hed.

BERLIN, Ala., Dec. 7.— K. I". (Sinilli. Jr., was killed and robbed Tuesday night. John Smith (colored} was airented and will be lynched.