Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 November 1894 — Page 1

VOL. VII—NO. 117

OF-

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Ross

Capt. Cuttle's Watch *#5

Had to be pushed back a "half hour in the morning and a quarter of an hour in the afternoon" to make it a "watch seldom ekalled but never excelled."

Our new stock of watches have the reliable movements and consequently need no such operation.

Diamonds and Silverware, too

M. C. KLINE,

Jeweler and Optician.

WEATHIP GEPORT—Fair,warmer

There are Shaves and Then Again There are

SHAVES.

For a Real, Comforting Shave go to the

Y. M. C. A. Barber Shop

o—Barbers—6

The A merican.

Great Sacrifice Sale

Men's Winter Clothing.

Beginning Thursday morning, Nov. ist, we place on sale 530 Men's Heavy Winter Suits. These goods are all new, this season's make and were good bargains at their original prices. We bought

too many. That tells the whole story, and we propose to get rid of hem before the season is over. Now is YOUR chance and OURS as

well. Below we quote a few prices from which you can draw your own conclusion. The original prices remain on the ticket and

our sacrifice price is just below it in large Red Figures:

Men's Suits, Re» Price $

C.00

I t'i'""'

10.00

HANDLE

Sacrifice Price $ 2.75

S.OO

4 ,:

2.00

4*5°

6.00

7-5°

14.00

I5-°°

5 Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, Corner of

Main and GieenSts.

N. B. Jas. R. Howard and Will Murphy

will show you the Red Figures

lit:ADQVARTEHS FOll lOBAVCO Atfl IGA Its.

Thanksgiving Carving Sets, Turkey Roasters and Dishes of all

Kinds

BFOS.,

This is a bomlide Sacrifice Sale. These goods have not been

marked up in order to mark them down, but have the original

price just above the red figures. These goods have been placed upon separate tables for this

sale and will be designated by a large card over each one.

Look For the Red Figures.

The American

Wholesale and Retail One-Price Clothiers,

Second Store.=

Everything you want and at way down pi ices. New Furniture a Specialty. Opposite City Building.

STEPHENSON & HOLLIDAY.

8.50

9.00

16.00 10.00 18.00

12.00

99e Store

I'l.ttS FOR PEACE.

Discussed by tlio Conference on Arbitration and Conciliation.

CLOSE OF THE MEETING AT CHICAGO.

OtfT«r*nt

i'liust'it of tlio Liibor Qanntlon

Httiuilt(] tn a Manterly Manner—Formal lun of a National Comnilfinion Favored.

CHH'AOO, NOV. 1 The industrial conciliation am! arbitration congress opened Wednesday morning under the auspices of a madam president—the "madam" being Miss .lane Addams, of Hullhouse.

The particular subject for discussion was the relation of manufacturers and employes, and the first speaker was Joseph 1. Weeks, editor of the American Manufacturer and Iron World. Compulsory Arbitration Out of the Quest ion

The solution of tlie difficulty between employer and employed Mr. Weeks believed to be in the honesty and fairness of humauity in general and the American people in particular. Strikes he looks upon as the greatest of evils. The trouble cannot be met by competition or the doctrine of laissez faire leave alone. Adam Smith's political economy, said he, will not do it legislation or compulsory arbitration are out of the question. In addition to some method of getting the contending parties face to face for the purpose of arriving at a peaceable agreement Mr. Weeks thought that the most potent factor was public opinion. The recent election was referred to as an illustration of its weight.

The Sliding Scale Method.

A paper treating of sliding scales and kindred methods was read by M. M. Garland, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel "Workers. Mr. Garland's paper was descriptive of the sliding-scale system and its workings and after it was finished the gentleman spoke extemporaneously for fifteen or twenty minutes. In effect he said: "Tlio amftlKruv.itied iron and steel workers have solved these labor difficulties, and their solution has been, in operation for twentyeight yeats. The sliding-scale system and fuirness in the counsel-room have brought about a peaceable settlement. To be sure, we have .sometimes disagreed, but eventually the Ironworkers and their employers have come together."

Carroll I. Wright llcanl.

The morning session was ended when the discussion over Mr. Garland's address was terminated. The congress reconvened at 2 o'clock and heard Carroll I). Wright, United States labor commissioner, give an address 011 these three topics: "Distinction between Compulsory aud Voluntary Arbitration," "Distinction Ketween Compulsory Arbitration and Public Investigation of Labor Disputes," aod "Distinction Between Adjudication of Past Contracts and Settlement of Future Ones."

Mr. Wright said in part: •'The labor question, broadly staled, means simply a struggle for a higher standard of liv-» lug. A strike in Itself is simply a protest! against changing coudltious adversely. You know yourselves that there has hardly ever been a war that has not resulted in good. All war means the suppression of some evil, and history la full of instances which prove this. Jt is only through conflict that good ever comes in this world. So the labor conflict means the uplifting of the laboring man and the bettering of his condition. "The distinction between compulsory and voluntary arbitration Is the distinction between a contiuued conflict and the supremacy of reason, lu all cases where the courts have jurisdiction, the question of arbitration euters ln. There should always orecede arbitration an attempt at conciliation. As for compulsory arbitration, it is not to be thought of. If a law were made compelling workmen or employers to accede to a decree of the court under penalty, it could not be enforced. A man should be ashamed of himself if he does not conduct his business In such a manner as to prevent strikes. "The second division of my subject—the distinction between compulsory arbitration and public Investigation of labor disputes—has been too little discussed. I believe in these public investigations. Publicity is always salutary."

Mr. Wright then read from the report of the national labor commission in which a permanent national commission is recommended which shall move [uickly and tlx the responsibility of any strike which it may have under investigation. lie continued: ••Let the responsibility bo fixed, and public opinion will do the rest. There is not a railroad not a corporation of any kind in the United .States that would dare stand out agalnsL the unbiased opinion of men that it was in the wrong. Public condemnation is a very severe thing to face. It is often wrong but it Is good while it lasts, and until the presentation of new facts changes it. It is more potent than a mandate of the courts."

KcoitomicM of Arbitration.

Prof. Adams, secretary of the interstate commerce commission, read a paper 011 "Kconomics of Arbitration." There could be no industrial liberty without industrial ownership of property, according to his views. He recognized, but two classes of persons—the property holders and those who have no property. Without proprietorship the labor question could never be solved. There existed no interest common to all laborers. Each trade had its own interests and no combination of all trades was possible. No more was a great labor party a possibility.

The Clootng SoMion.

William II. Sayward, of Boston, secretary of the National Association of Builders, opened the evening session of the congress, which was the last, with extended remarks upon "The Relation Between Employer and Employe in the Building Trades," He said: "The labor problem should not bo approached by employers as a subject in which sympathy plays any part whatever. The employer is not such a superior person, nor Is his position so superior that he oan adopt such a paternal style. The workmen have never applied to employers for sympathy. It Js solely justice that the workmen want. The only basis which is at all applicable is that of business. The interests of employer and workmen are not Identical. Iheir relations are of the buyer and seller."

As a final remedy the speaker advocated organization of both employers and workingmen which would lead to conferences and agreements between the two classes. Both classes gain the intelligent association for con

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ference. As a substitute for con* ciliation and arbitration, as generally accepted, the speaker would substitute primary agreements and thus do away with any causes for trouble. Cure the causes for all strife instead of stopping individual cases.

Mutual Organization,

"Necessity for Mutual Organization" was the subject assigned Samuel (»om« pers, president of the American Federation of Labor. He declared that the man who assisted, in any way, the organization of labor was a public benefactor, inasmuch as organization assisted in conciliation aud arbitration.

He continued: "The strike is but one of the eruptions of the labor movement and one of the infrequent occurrences considered beside the great work that the organization of labor performs, and even these strikes men and women who are honest desire zealously to see entirely eliminated or reduced ln number. But will tbo denunciation of strikes prevent strikes? History has proven the very opposite to be the fact. The truth is that when workmen denounce strikes, when they are led by belief that strikes are to their injury, their attention is diverted from this means of defense, and greater advantagos are takeu of them by unfair, unscrupulous employers and strikers are provoked entirely unnecessarily. An organization of labor which resolves that under no circumstances will it strike reminds me very much of a militia regiment which resolved that upon the breaking out of war It would disband. "As one who has been intimately and olosoly connected with the labor movement for more than thirty years—from boyhood—I say to you that have yet to receive a copy of the constitution of any general organization or local organization of labor which has not the provision in it contained that before any strike shall be undertaken, conciliation or arbitration shall be tried. "To urge arbitration previous to the organization of labor simply means the destruction of the Interests of labor. Compulsory arbitration—compulsory arbitration? Not if the workingmen of America know Jt. I would say to you as one who is a lawabiding citizen, as one who reverts the institutions under which we live, as one who wants to help in handing down the republic of our country to our children and to posterity unimpaired, but improved, if wo can, I would say that 1 would advise my fellow workmen and women to rise and resist by every means within their power any attempt to force compulsory arbitration upon them. "1 want to say that I regard this congress as of great importance. It speaks well. It means hope for the future, when you and I, men and women, who represent opposite views, can come here and talk this' matter over freely, openly, and not lose any respect that we may have had for each other, but on the contrary make friends and friendships lasting, which. 1 know, must have their effect upon our general dealings.*"

Adjournment.

This was the concluding paper of the congress, and the body adjourned sine die. It was the general opinion of the delegates to the convention that the congress has been eminently successful.

A Commission Favored.

At the meeting of the speakers and the conference committee of the federation after the adjournment of the congress the following resolution was passed:

Having been requested by the subcommittee of the Civic Federation of Chicago having in charge the conference of arbitration und conciliation to offer suggestions as to the trend and value of the congress, as what might best perpetuate its influence, the parties who have been asked to present papers at the conference do suggest and recommend to the said subcommittee to report back to the Civic Federation that a larger national oommission be established through the Civic Federation of Chicago for the purpose of procuring the wider application of principles dlaoussed at this congress."

FOR CURRENCY REFORM-

President Said to Favor the Ilalttinore Plan Indorsed by Hunkers. NEW YOKK, NOV. lf. It is reported here that the president is considering the idea of submitting to the country a plan for currency reform. He believes that the currency system is inherently vicious that it is responsible for financial ills, which must recur so long as it is maintained. The subject will be the dominant feature in his message to congress in December. It is said he will favor many of the suggestions made by the bankers' national convention at Baltimore In September. Briefly stated, the Baltimore plan provides for a guarantee fund obtained by levying a small tax upon all of the banks. This fuud is to be used to pay the notes of banks which become insolvent.

THE BOND ISSUE.

London Financiers Agree That Stop Gold Export*. LONDON. NOV. 15.—Financial

GRAND

Will

experts

here generally agree that the new United States loan of 890,000,000 will probably have the effect to stop exports of gold from the United States to Europe for the next two or three months, but the best authorities do not think that tinissue of bonds without proper currency legislation can long prevent gold from leaving the United States. The stock exchange is Inclined to favor the issue as likely to revive activity in American securities, but regards itself as powerless to start such a movement without sustained help from Wall street.

Tiider'a Cloud.

HALTIMOKE,

Md., Nov. 15.—Mayer

llirseh, for a number of years grand treasurer of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, has been arrested, charged with embezzling funds of the order. An alleged shortage of Slc.OOii was found in his accounts. Hirsch's bondsmen refused to make good this shortage and the order turned the matter over to the grand jury.

Michigan Sunday School*.

RAPIDS,

Mich., Nov. 15.—The

state Sunday school convention received reports Wednesday showing that the number of schools in the state was 4,000 teachers, 41,000 children, 340,000 receipts of tlio state association last year, t'2,4SH, and disbursements. $2,451. Thomas 12. banksworth, of Jackson, was elected president.

I'ound In tho itlver.

ST.

Loins, Nov. 10.—The body of

John Meyers, a wealthy retired lumber merchant, was found in the river Wednesday. Me has been missing for two weeks. He is thought to have committed suicide, owing to recent losses in investments, lie leaves a family.

DEADLY REVENGE.

A Tonnesseo Chancellor Killed by an J3x-Court Oillc.or.

LATTER FATALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF.

Judiri' Allifton Appoint*

I II

or Hid Court, and

Son Merfe

Shot l)«»ad In the

..... Courthouse by the Former ... Iiinimhnt.

NASMVIU.K, Tenn., Nov. l.V—A tragedy which has no equal in the records of this, state occurred here shortly after noon Wednesday, whet: Chancellor Andrew Allison, of the Davidson county chancery court, wa? shot and instantly killed in the courthouse by the clerk and master of the same court-. George K. Whitworth. who immediately after dispatching Allison turned his weapon upon himself and inllicted a fatal wound.

Whitworth had served one term ol Ri.\ years as clerk and master, and was loth to relinquish the position, which is worth some $'20,000 per year. Since his incumbency of the place he had lived as a priuce, and was accounted rich. Hut hi* term was up two week* ago. and as the appointment of his successor rested with the chancellor, the latter appointed his own son, Gran* ville Allison, to the position, dropping Whitworth. This hurt Whitworth deeply, and he has since spoken bitterly about Allison.

Shot Him Dead.

They had not met since the new appointment ivas made until Wednesday afternoon, when Whitworth espied Chancellor Allison in a corridor outside the courtroom. Whitworth called Allison, and when the latter turned around lie found himself facing a double-barreled shotgun in the hands of his lata clerk and master, who pulled the trigger, emptying the contents of fine barrel into his face and chest. Allison fell to the Uoor dead. Mhitw-irtli laid the gun inside the courtroom door, pulled a revolver from his pocket and tired two balls into himself, both in the breast.

Iiv this time half a dozen men were in the hull and Deputy Clerk West made a rush for Whitworth, who was making a desperate attempt to fire again. West reached him in time to grab hold of the revolver, but too late to prevent its exploding, the ball entering the body and racing downward. The revolver was finally wrested from the would-be-suicide, an.l he walked into the minute clerk's ollice and lay down on a desk. Half a do/.en doctors were soon on the scene, and they went to work to find out how badly Whitworth was hurt. All the time he was as cool as a cucumber. lie asked bystanders if Allison was dead, and upon being answered in the aflirinative, begged for a pistol tlmt he might end his own life Shortly afterwards he was removed to his home, where he is slowly sinking.

CauK« oT, the Tragedy.

Besides the ofiicial differences which are mentioned above, there were financial disputes between the two men. After Whitworth had been superceded by young- Allison he was naturally much incensed, but had about become reconciled. Hut Allison owed him money, both as an Individual aud as clerk and master, and delayed the payment of it. Whitworth and lie had several conferences, and Unally they left the matter to mutual friends for arbitration. Wednesday morniug arbitrators reported to Whitworth that Allison said he would.secure about one-third of the debt and that he and Whitworth would flx the balance. This naturally greatly ineensed Whitworth, who felt that unless he g-ot the money out of Allison before his term of otlice expired to-day he would never g-et it. This worked on his feelings until he resolved upon the tragedy. Young* Allison was to have been formally sworn in to-day, but the killing' of his father loses him the oftice. The tragedy is the greatest sensation that ever occurred in Nash* ville.

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IVES WINS AGAIN.

i'ho Youngster Now 918 Point* Ahcnd of Si'luit'lVr. NKW YOKK, NOV. IR.—The third game in the Ives-Schaefer billiard match was played Wednesday night, Ives winning by a score of 000 to 250 for Schaefer. Ives' average was 54 0-11 highest run, 1 .*T Nchaefer's average, -S highest run, (SI. The score now stands: lvcs, I,SOU Schaefer, 1,082. Ives' grand average is 50, while that of his opponent is 8U 1-18. There was good attendance at the match.

National (irunjfo

SPRINGKIK I.D, 111., Nov. 15.—The national grange convened Wednesday in annual session. No business was transacted by the national grange beyond the appointment of the committee on credentials.

Fifty delegates were in attendance. The secretary reported the order in a prosperous condition, ninety-four new granges having been organized during the 3'ear and many old ones reorganized. The treasurer reported the receipts to have been §30,703 and the balance on hand $0,328.

olng flack to Italy.

O.MA1U, Neb, Nov. 15. During the last few weeks hundreds of Italian laborers have passed through Omaha en route for Home. Their object in going there, as is given out, is to work on a vast canal which is to be built. The Italian government has an agent on the coast and he furnishes transportation to the men through to Italy.

I )'ath

of Taylor.

CHICAGO,

Nov. 15.—Maj, Woodburj'

M. Taylor, formerly clerk of tho Illinois supreme court and for many years we)! known in Chicago, died at his residence. Vernon avenue.

Killed hy tho Cm.

LEVKKKTT, 111., Nov. 15. —15. II. ClosM'n, Hie Illinois Central ajrent here, was torn to pieces by a freight traiu Wednesday while attempting to cross a irack. .. •/«/.:

Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report.

ABSOLUTELY PURE

A Horrible Story of Bloodshed In Turkish Armenia.

TOWNS RAIDED HY BASH1-BAZ0UKS.

Twviily-r lvi illilKP* DoHtrnyf.il Hilfl M.OOO Ann.'tini:!* Put t- I leu I li At Mmij-MIM-I-

Saul !«i llavi' Iti'i'ii N OHll.l.Tll,

Soi'IUA, lliil^-ariii. Nov. liV--The report received by the London Daily .News from Constantinople November 12 that X, (Kin Armenians, including women and children, had been massacred in the Sassoun region near .Moosli, Turkish Armenia, during recent attack by Kurds is seemingly confirmed by a story which has reached Varna that a force of Itashi Hasouks raided a number of Armenian villages anil killed or wounded il.ouo persons. The Daily Xews' dispatch referred to said that the Kurds massacred H.000 Armenians and destroyed twenty-five villages. '1 he Turkish otlicials at Constantinople declared that the report was not true anil that it grew out of the suppression of small rising in tho region mentioned, it was added that the British ambassador at Constantinople was making inquiries into tho matter.

COST OF THE POSTAlTsERVICE.

K.vmipMs of the lirport ir tliv Secoiwl A«Mtttunt 1'iifl iiiitHliT lieueriil. WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.—Owing to the illness of Second Assistant postmaster tieneral Neilson, the report of his office Is made by tJ.uirge F. Stone, whojis acting in his stead. The report deals with that, branch of tho postal service which looks after mail transportation. For the star service itis ill own that there are K!,:J75 routes, with an aggregate length of 251,587 miles, and the total of miles traveled is 1 i.570.at an expense of 85,84(1,850. iistimaie for next year. S5.S75.000. Consideration is now being given to the feasibility of utilizing eiectric aud other rapid-motor street-car lines to facilitate the transportation of mails in the important cities between the main postoiiiees and branch ofllces aud ti and from the railway stations. A plan of this kind woulil probably include the running of a special car over the several street lines for the exclusive use of the mall service, not only for carrying locked pouches but in which a certain amount of distribution would be possible. The cost of railway mail cars was S3,'il2,.'i(M, and the estimate for next year S^.'iOS.OOO. Kail way post office clerks cost $0,578.15)4. und the estimate for next year is S7,4:(R,000. 'Ilie total number of small pieces of mail handled was 10,5511,234,255, ln which but 1,281,004 errors were made. The foreign mail service cost 551,2H9,362 estimate for next year, 81,1119,400.

THE NTCARAGTJ^ CANAL.

Muny Nomitorn ami CongrfHRtuen Favor (ilivornmelil Cmilrul. BAI.TIMOIIE. Md., Nov. 15.—The Manufacturers' llccoril of this week publishes sixty special letters from United States senators and congressmen giving their views upon the question of whether the governmont should give financial aid to secure the early construction of the Nicaragua canal. The letters are about equally divided between the democrats and the republicans, and with only a few exceptions take strong ground in favor of the importance of the canal and of its control by the I'nit.ed States government, either by the government building it and owning it outright or lending such tlnancial aid to its construction as will insure Its control bv the government.

A HEAVY LOSS.

The Ituclni'n* Portion or a Nrlirimlui Town Duiitroyed hy Fire. ITHACA. Neb., Nov. l*. Fire broke out at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening and the business portion of this town was burned to the ground. The lumber yard and olllce. (iraham's drug store, the general stores of 11. 1'. Kleapp and Wagner A\ Schroeder, Smith's implement house, together with two dwelling houses and stables wcro completely destroyed. The total loss is estimated at S25.0O0, with an insurance of about $5,000. Several persona were injured by an explosion of gunpowder in the stores. There is not a store left in the village, and the citizens are prostrated with grief at the loss.

A Hrute llanucd.

FmcDEiticiisniRo, Ya., Nov.

MHII

15.—

-Moses Christopher, the negro who committed rape oil Moselle Carter, a 7-year-old child some two months since in Caroline county anil who was arrested. tried and convicted the same day of the commission of the crime, was hanged Wednesday at Howling Cireen.

Kohher Sent to Prison.

CHICAGO, Nov. 15. Henjamin F. Tufts, for twenty-two years a clerk in the railway mail service, was sentenced Wednesday in Judge Allen's court to three years in the penitentiary at Juliet for stealing from the mails.

Xlrk Voting: Still I'rosldent. NKW YOKK, Nov. 15.—The annual ses fion vf t^e National Uasebpll league*

PRICE 2 CENTS

began here Wednesday. Little business of importance was transacted. -V Iv \u\in^ was reelected president for a term of three years.

\ldontHlly Shot lllw llrol»u»r. I NIMUUiiM,. Wis., Nov. l.V-W. (i. Donaldson, aged 11 years, was accidentally shot by an older brother while playing with a revolver in hin father's honst*. He died ip half an hour.

I', strong l««nd.

in AOO, Nov. 15.—Charles 10. Strong, manujcr of the Chicago Newspaper I nion. died at his residence in this city. West Monroe street, at 1*2:80 oclo.'l Wednesday morning, of neu« ralgi.j of the heart,

OVER THE STATE.

News Briefly Told from Various Towns ln Indiana.

Mnrilnr at ZlniiAvlllf.

I.mmANAroi.18, Ind., Nov. 15.- Without a word and without any provocation Joe Conrad shot John Motts down 011 the streets of Zionsville Tuesday evening about 7 o'clock. Zionsville is a small town just over the Marion county line in Boone county. Motts is a shoemaker with a family, and has always borne a good reputation. Conrad was always known as a troublesome fellow and has for days been nursing a broken jaw which iie received in some kind of a fracas. He is an tinmarried man. A woman was mixed up in the affair. Motts was within a short distance of his shop when Conrad, who had apparently been waiting for him, put two bullets in body. Oue ball lodged in his arm and the other in his groin and his condition is thought to be hopeless. Conrad hurried away but was captured later. So bad has Conrad's career been that some of the citizens decided that summary action was necessary. After the preliminary hearing Wednesday a mob went westward ou the road which leads to Lebanon, supposing that Marshal Hoover would take Conrad that way to Lebanon Jail. The mob was supplied with ropes and other hanging pharaphernalia. lloover heard of the move, however, and taking another road hurried his prisoner away at breakneck speed and thus saved his life.

No Salary for Their I'aator. I.NniAN-Ai'oi.ts, 1ml., Nov. 15.—The troubles in the Broadway Methodist church took a new turn, when the ofllcial board notified Hev. Mr. Murphy, the pastor sent to the church over tho protest of the congregation, that thu members had declined to contribute to his salary, and that they had succeeded in securing pledges only for SI.50 per week. It is said that mau.y of tho members who were not at first in sympathy with the board have become incensed at the pastor and the presiding elder for appointing class leaders to control the board, and that the feeling is now general that Murphy cannot be instrumental in restoring harmony to the cliuruh.

Mystery of tlin Klkhart roller'. Field. KI.KIIART, lnd., Nov. IB.—Early in October an unknown man was murdered by tramps in the outskirts ol this city. His body was held several days for identification and then buried in potter's field. Police investigation has at last solved the mystery of thu unknown grave. The murdered man was C. C. llummert, of St. I'aul, and that robbery was the motive for the crime is established by the fact that Hummert had recently fallen heir to a fortune in Germany and was in possession of a considerable sum of money at the time he was lured to his death.

Mlii is tor and True Fighter Quarrel. KOKOMO, lnd., Nov.

15.

—Itev. J. J.

Wakefield, of this city, was arrested at Tipton for attempting to shoot Albert Melton, the colored pugilist. Melton took offense at a remark made by the preacher. The latter, fearing violence, carried a revolver for defense. They :net at jTipton, and after a quarrel the minister drew his gun. but shooting was prevented by bystanders. Wakefield telegraphed home and friends bailed him out of Jail.

Counterfeit Coin In Indiana. INDIA* A POMS, Ind., Nov. 15. —Dangerous counterfeit half-dollars have made their appearance in Indiana. They are especially numerous in this oity, and several were passed here on Tuesday and Wodnesday. The date upon them is 1804, and the bogus coin seems to be a trifle lighter than the genuine. Detectives are making quiet investigations.

I'oUoned by Preaaeil H«ef.

MUNCIE, Ind., Nor. 15.—For suppei James Van buskirk, his son Albert and Miss Madge Wilsy ate pressed beef freely, and four hours later each was taken violently ill. The father and son were unconscious for hours. Doth a'eona fair road to recovery. Miss Wilsy ate but a small quantity of the poisoned meat. liurned to Death.

VINCENNKS,

ind., Nov.

18.—When

Thomas Williams, a farmer in Harrison township, 10 miles east of this city, went home from the field Wednesday he found the body of his wife, burned to a crisp, lying in the fireplace. There was nothing to explain how it happened.

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