Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1892 — Page 2

©he Jtemarrat DECATUR, IND. H M’.AOKBUHN, ... roBLUHim, IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR MURDERER M’ELVAINE SUFFERS THE DEATH PENALTY. * Holt' Dl«»«trou» Fire Kaglng In Memphle—Railroad Fight In Chicago—Boyd la Now Governor—Catcher Logan Bathed to Boatlu IN THE DEADLY CHAIR. Murderer McElvatne Cheerfully Walkt to Hla Death. The murderer, McElvaino, was executed by electricity at the Sing Sing Prison, Now York. He went to his death calmly. When ho was brought into the room ho looked quickly about •nd then fixed his eyes on the chair. At a signal from the chief keeper ho walked ovor to it unflinchingly and sat down. Then ho stared straight ahead •f him as the deputies quickly adjusted the straps and drew them tight As the face strap was adjusted McElvaino grew excited and shouted, “let her go.” Instantly the current of 1,600 volts was turned on and McElvaino was silenced. Steam began to rise from the salt water In the spongos on the electrodes. The current was turned off and then applied •gain as in the case of the previous executions at Sing Sing. The first contact was at 11:49, and yas continued for seconds. It was through the head and hands. The second contact was 43 seconds later, and was continued for 36 seconds. Between the two contacts sounds resembling groaning came from the victim’s lips, but the physicians state that the man was dead and the sound was caused by reflex movements of the chest muscles. After the second contact there were no sounds or movements. The body was at once taken away to be dissected. FURIOUS FLAMES Float a Million Dollars Into Smoko. A special from Memphis, dated the 10th inst., says: A most disastrous conflagration. which is still raging at midnight with great fury, broke out in the building at No. 230 Main street, occupied by the Druse-Berne Hat Company, at 9:30 to-night The building, which was of six stories, was soon seen by the firemen to be doomed and all their efforts were •oncentrated in an endeavor to save adjoining property. They were unsuccessful, however. At a quarter past ten the Druse-Berne building fell in with a crash and a few minutes later the building ot the Glanstaff Hardware Company, w’hich adjoined it at the south fell into the space formerly occupied by the hat building. The trunk factory to the north, occupied by S. Levy, was then a mass of flames and soon was a total wreck. The fire continued spreading and by midnight, Leuhrman’s Hotel, the finest south of the Ohio River, “The Luby” saloon, • large harness factory and another building were either burning or destroyed. So far as known there has been no loss of life. The loss will probably exceed $1,000,000. CHEAPER TO MOVE. Railroads Will Not Elevate Tracks in Chicago. Chicago special: Mayor Washnurne has on his hands the fight ot his life in •ttempting to make the railroads elevate their tracks in Chicago. President Hughitt of the Northwestern, has studied the question carefully and declares it will cost the road $65,000,000 to elevate its traces. His estimate *f the cost for all Chicago roads is $350,000,000. This enormous sum is the one argument of the rail- • roads. But the Mayor has back of him an aroused public spirit and the railroads see that a desperate course must be adopted. At least tea railroads and perhaps more have determined they will not: spend a cent to elevate their tracks. Already they are looking for an eligible site outside of Chicago and it was almost determined — yesterday te buy a large tract on the borders of Indiana for immense joint y*rds. When the inevitable comes they intend moving their Chicago terminal to the proposed site and leave but enough surface track to carry the local business. It may be years before this is done, but if forced to a choice these roads will move instead of elevating their terminals. Failed Again. Berlin special: Another attempt was made to set fire to the royal castle at Koenigsborg. As in the previous attempt, the main tower was selected as the place in which to start the conflagration and the time chosen was about 8 •’clock in the evening. In both cases the incendiary poured kerosene over the woodwork of the tower and then set a light to it County Treasurer Short. The examiners of the accounts of the •x-Treasurer of Putnam County, Ohio, •re finding many irregularities in the accounts. Many tax receipts found in the hands of tax pavers are uncredited on the books. There appears to be a discrepancy of several thousand dollars. Uy er Makes Good His Escape. Richard Hyer, who wast taken East from San Francisco some time ago for embezzlement and who escaped from De; tective Dalton en route, near Fort Wayne, was in Oakland recently. It is believed that he has now gone to Austra- „ lia. Boyd Is Governor. r Ggv. Thayer has turned the office of Governor of Nebraska over to Boyd, who is now Governor according to the decision of the United States Supreme Court. ' “Get-Rich-Quick’* Scheme Fails. The National Three Year Benefit Order of Boston, has passed into the hands of a receiver. Dashed to Death, Catcher Michael Logan, of the Scranton Base Ball Club, made a misstep in chasing some roughs who had stoned him and two companions at Scranton, Pa., and tumbled 100 feet from the Delaware, Lackawana and Western railroad 1 bridge into the gully beneath, being dashed to instant death. 1 Loss By »n Iron Works Fire. The destruction of the National Malleable Iron Works, at Indianapolis, by fire, caused a loss of $60,000. England's Exhibit London special:The papers of this city devote much attention to the report on the Chicago Columbian Exhibition made by Colonel .1. 11. Sadier, British Vice Consul in that city. The Standard says that the trading nations Os all the world will compete at the Fair. , and expresses tbe hope that British manufacturers and business men will ieaJize. this, adding that it bgrdly looks as if the British Government did enough, while France is affording £90,000, Brazil and Mexico each over £IOO.OOO, and England only £35,000. It will be a serious misfortune, the Standard says, If (M-eat Britain la

not adequate y represented at the exhibition. It concludes its article by expresaing the hope that the Government will not Sacrifice the Interests of commerce by applying for smaller space than Is likely to lie required by the largo number of British exhibitors BRUTAL HLAVERA. Emln iPnaha Tells or Their Awful Work. London special: A letter just received from Emln Pasha dated at Oswa, on the west coast of the Albert Nyanza, in August, tells a terrible tale of the doings of the African slave traders. Ho says that there Is a fearful crop of them between James Gordon Bennett Mountain and the Ruwenzvi, while following the Omar Bochalid for six days, the letter says, he. Emin Pasha, found fiftyone emaciated corpses and thirtv-nlne bodies with broken skulls. Emln Pasha estimates that 1,200 persons have been carried away from that district into slavery. Postscript to this letter, dated at KI biro, on the eastern coast of the Albert Nyanza, Emin Pasha vividly describes an earthquake which occurred there on August 11th. He says that the lake which up to the moment the earthquake was felt, had been qujte calm, was turned into a cauldron by the fury of the subterranean agitation. Many people on the mountain slopes, he adds, were killed by falling rocks. Emln Pasha also says that the situation of affairs at Uganda and at Unyoro is menacing A rumor, it will be recalled, reached Europe recently to the effect that Emin Pasha was once more in serious difficulty In Central Africa. He was said to have been engaged in a series of sanguinary conflicts in the lake districts and his force was said to be in danger of annihilation. It was then said that people were very sorry for poor Emin, but that there was little prospect of another expedition being sent to his relief as was done when the news that Gordon's Lieutenant was no longer the Governor of the equator, but that a number of rebellious natives were at the helm. IS IT TASCOTTf Fred Fitzsimmons, the Murderer of Gilkinson, Said to Be Also the Murderer ot Millionaire Suell. Pittsburgh special: Police officials here think that Fred C. Fitzsimmons, the murderer of Detective Gilkinson, of this city, is either Tascott or had a hand in the Snell Murder. Fitzsimmons broke jail here several months ago, and is now.under arrest in New Orleans. Officers are on their way to bring him back. While detectives were trailing the fugitive murderer it was discovered that Fitzsimmons Was in Chicago when the Snell murder was committed, and left there about that time. Siuce then he would never go near Chicago and he told his friends many times that that was the only city in the United States that he would not visit. This leads to the belief that If he is not Tascott he was concerned in the Snell murder in some way. A special dispatch from New Orleans says Fitzsimmons, although talking freely about the murder of Gilkinson and the escape from jai), was greatly startled and grew silent when his possible identity as Tascott was mentioned. A telegram from the Leader’s correspondent at New Orleans states that the murderer Fitzsimmons, who recently killed Detective Gilkinson and made a remarkable escape from the Allegheny County Jail, cut his throat in the Parish Prison at New Orleaus and will die. Detectives were about to start with Fitzsimmons for Pittsburgh. FRIGHTFUL accident. A Baltimore and Ohio Ezpresz Train Jundps the Track. Tiffin (Ohio) special: A disastrous wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad a few rods west of the North Baltimore depot The limited express train of three cars, carrying no passengeis, was ditched by a broken switch rod, while running at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour. The locomotive and tender were crushed into scrap iron, the cars telescoped and valuable express matter was strewn promiscuously around. The body of Engineer James Emanuel of Garrett, Ind., was jammed three feet into the earth beneath the firebox. His ' back was broken and neck nearly severed. Fireman Hampton 'of Garrett, Ind., was wedged in by the tender and was fatally scalded. As the whole thing occurred in a second, neither could save himself by jumping.. Express Messengers W. D. Calahan and L. Gray of Chicago, were in the forward car, and miraculously escaped with a few bruises. Conductor Lewis and a brakeman were the rest of the crew, and were imprisoned in a car for a time, but were uninjured. The switch bar had held together by a mere thread and was evidently broken by a preceding train. The dead and injured were taken to Garrett. AN EXAGGERATED REPORT As to the Prevalence of Grip In Indiana and Michigan. Special dispatches from numerous points in Michigan and Indiana indicate a slight cessation of the epidemic of grip that has prevailed throughout the States during the past two months. In a number of places, however, the disease is raizing with unabated strength. At* Ann Arbor there are about 1,800 cases. Many of the mnst prominent citizens of the town and a considerable number of students and professors at the State University are among the sufferers. Upwards of three thousand cases of the disease are said to be in the county in which Coldwater, Michigan. Is located. Bloomington and Shelbyville, Ind., each report from 2,000 to 3,000 cases. At the latter place the death rate has been very heavy, comparatively, over 200 fatal results being reported. In the other towns, while the deaths are not so numerous as when the disease first appeared and are confined almost wholly to the aged, the mortality is still so large as to excite alarm. Physicians express the belief that the worst is over, and are confident of their ability to stay its ravages. buried alive. Poor Florence Burke of Dunkirk. N. Y. Dunkirk (N. Y.) special: For the past few days there has been the wildest excitement here over the story that Miss Florence Burke, heiress to a large for-tune-from English relatives, had been buriea alive. Her death was sudden and no death certificate was issued. Before the coffin left the house the body was examined by members of the family. It was not rigid, but was covered with perspiration and the color came and went in her face. At the cemetery a scene was created by the girl’s mother insisting that the coffin be opefied and an „ investigation made. This the undertaker refused to do. The other day the grave was opened by the Coroner in the presence of 500 people, and the coffin ’was found to be full of water. Then the people set up a cry that the girl had been drowned in her grave. After the remains had been viewed by the Coroner’s jury they were reinterred. The verdict Will be made public soon; The action of the girl’s father and the undertaker are the subject of mueh criticism, - - Bur Last Waltz. Miss Kittie Shaw, daughter Os 1 prominent physician of Pittsburgh, dropped dead while dancing at the reception given by the Pittsburgh Club in honor of the opening of the club house.

Socially the Pittsburgh Club Is the fore* most organization of the city, and the reception was the society event of the season. At the close of the reception dancing was inaugurated by the young people, and was continued until the ball was suddenly brought to a close by the messenger of death. Miss Shaw was about twentythree years of age and a groat favorite in her set. She had danced frequently during the night and was dancing the final waltz when 'She suddenly throw up her hands and fell to the floor. She was carefully carried to the reception room and medical aid summoned, but before it arrived she was dead. The sad affair cast a gloom over the assemblage and the ball was immediately broken up. * Earthquake at Omaha. Quito a severe shock ot earthquake was felt at Omaha, lasting for several seconds. The shock was felt more severely in the vicinity of. the Grand Central Hotel and the police station. A large bank of earth was loosened by the shock and toppled on a two-story frame house, occupied by S. H. Green, a saloonkeeper. and his wife and two children. The house was crushed In and the family burled in the debris. The woman and children were rescued with but slight injuries but Green was pinned to the floor by a heavy beam. When rescued it was found that ho had received serious injuries internally. The house will have to be torn down. In other parts of the city the shock was felt Died irons Exposure. Guthrie special: The recent cold weather has caused great suffering among the new settlers in the Indian country. Three deaths have already occurred, and several settlers are now in a precarious condition. Mrs. Tolford and Mrs. Warner, living in a tent near Purcell, in the Pottawattamie country, were found dead. They had died from exposure and insufficient clothing and food. E. J. Daniels, from Western Kansas, died from the same causes near Chundler, in the lowa country. He leaves a wife and five children, the youngest being only 5 weeks old, the oldest 11 years. They are all ill, and in the most destitute condition. A New Coe st Defender* For some time past Lieut Marshall, attached to the torpedo station, at Newport, R. 1., has been engaged in very close study of the torpedo construction and harbor defense. His latest invention is a submarine mine. In shape It is like a coffin and is made of sheet iron. Its total weight is 480 pounds and it contains a charge of gun cotton equivalent to 2,000 tons of dry gun cotton. The mine is so constructed that ft may be fired from a battery on shore, or by contact, at frill. A test was made from the wharf of the torpedo station and was for bnoyancy and immersion and the result was satisfactory. The mine was exploded by electricity from shore. Why They Were Discharged. Cincinnati special: Several of the Adams Express Company’s messengers who have been discharged claim the reason is the company wished them to join tbe Expressmen’s Aid Society instead of belonging to the Express Messengers’ Brotherhood. The men claim that L. C, Weir, manager of the western division of the company, is president of the Aid Society, and that J. Zimmerman, agent of the company in Chicago, is one of the executive committee. It is also claimed that Mr. Weir is one of thfe guarantee company’s officers in which messengers are required to insure. Deadly Coat Gas. A severe case of asphyxia happened at the residence of Dr. F. C. Peasley, Norwalk, Ohio. Before retiring the doctor filled the coal stove as usual, and in the morning no signs of life being visible about the house, neighbors broke in and found the doctor, wife, and child in bed apparently cold iu death. The gas in the room was very dense. It is supposed he closed the lid of the stove, but that some impediment prevented it from closing tight Neighbors went to work at resuscitating the victims. The doctor was brought out all right, but little hope Is entertained for the recovery of Mrs. Peasley and the child. Crank With Three Satchels. A crank with uhree satchels visited the Western Union Building, New York, and tried to see Jay Gould. He declared that he bad a great plan to unfold to the wizard and he wanted $1,500,000 cash and he would like it for his plan. It was feared he might have dynamite in one of his satchels. He was finally told that Mr. Gould had gone away and would not return for a week and he went away. He gave his name as Ephriam Pine. One of. the clerks said he was no doubt a harmless crank, but nevertheless they felt very much relieved after he had gone. Insanity Dodge Won’t Work. During the trial of Joseph Levo, at for the murder of Ida Kepp, his sweetheart, a great sensation was caused by the introduction of proof that Levo’s father is alive and well. It has been understood that he committed suicide twenty-two years ago while Insane. The defense claimed that they had witnesses to prove it But the old man has been identified and acknowledged by his children. It is said the defendent Is not insane and never has been. It is thought that Levo’s conviction is sure. On the Books. Atlantic City special: The steamship Venezuela, Captain Sherman, with a cargo of coffee, and bides, ran ashore on Brigantine shoals. When she grounded she had on a full head of steam and a blinding snow storm prevented those on board seeing the land. The vessel has a crew of forty-five, and it is said carries eleven passengers. Life saving crews went at once to her assistance. It is thought by some of the life saving crew that the vessel might get off at high tide. Alice Mitchell Frantic. ; Miss Alice Mitchell, the slayer of Freda • Ward at Memphis when informed by her i lawyer that She would escape the gallows, grew frantic and said that she i looked forward to the time when she i should be hanged as the happiest day of • all. Beyond the gallows she believes ■ that she will once more be with Freda. >" She became terribly despondent and , feara are entertained that she will com- > mit suicide. She Is watched by relatives; Dynamite Fiends. ' .Pittsburgh (Pa.) special: Pittsburgh, [ Allegheny, and Manchester electric car t No. 2 ran over a dynamite cartridge on ■ Beaver avenue, Allegheny. The car Was , thrown from the track and nearly all the . windows in it broken. The windows in I the house near by were also shattered. I There were twelve men, employes of the r company, on the car, but no one was j badly hurt. It is supposed the cartridge J was placed on the track by the strikers. 1 Wreck at Warsaw. There was a terrible rear end collision on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chii cago railroad near Warsaw, lod. Freight train 66 ran into the rear end of freight ■ 74 telescoping the engine and demollshi Ing the caboose which contained Conduc- . tor Edwin G Thorp, of Fort Wayne. He

was taken from the wreckage in a man*< glud condition. The engine’s crow miraouously escaped. X Mnidorous Italian's Dsod. Antonio Lalla, a Sicilian member ot the New Orleans Mafia, made a desperate attempt upon the life of Mrs. Rose Campagna, at San Francisco, and slashed her In a horrible manner with a razor. Only the timely Interference of the police prevented her murder. Lalla was lying in watt for the husband of the woman. Lalla makes boasts that he Is onoof the murderers of Chief Hennessy at New Orleans, Two Man Klllsd. While attempting to drive across the track of tbe Naw York, Now Haven railroad at the south branch crossing, Stamford, Conn., Frank Adams and his nephew, Waiter, were instantly killed. The express from Stamford struck the jnst as they bad reached the middle of the track and the mon wore mashed to pieces. The bodies were terribly mangled. In Hot Purznlt. Prescott (A. T.) special: Further information received from Verde Valley in regard to the alleged abduction of Allee Packard, a 16-year-old girl, by Indians, confirms the report It Is now thought that the Indians were Navajoes and Apaches, and, as they had throe days’ start of the pursuers, there Is little hope of overtaking the girl alive. Forty armed mon are scouring the country in every direction. A Murderous Boy. Young Will Powers, aged about twelve years, fired a shot-gun loaded with bird shot Into a crowd of boys and girls skating on Hurley’s Pond,at Gallon,Ohio, and badly, and perhaps fatally, wounded Charles Schaefer, sixty-three shot entering his right side, A little girl was struck by three shot and another by one shot, but the wounds are harmless. The Powers boy has not yet been arrested. A Cowardly Brute Punished. Richard Asch, a wife-whipper, was defendant In the Circuit Court, at Indianapolis, and the evidence showed that he seized the woman by the shoulders and jammed her head against the wall until she was unconscious. The Court thereupon fined Asch SIBO and costs, and committed him to the Work House for SIBO days. The sentence will keep Asch locked up for two years. Charged with a Heinous Offense. At New Lisbon, Ohio, Charles Ketcham, a well-known young farmer was committed to jail upon the charge of assault with intent to rape two little girls. May and Minnie Mercer, aged 11 and 13 years, whom he followed into a farm building and threatened with a loaded gun. Their screams brought assistance and they were rescued. Plunged Into the River, Piedmont (W. Va.) special: A freight train ran away on the seventeen-miie grade and ran down the mountain. At the stone bridge eighteen cars left the track and plunged into the Potomac River, fifty feet below. Three trainmen went down with the wreck, but only Fireman McDonald was killed, fils body is m the ruins. The loss is heavy. Naval Changes. Capt Schley has been transferred from the Command of the Baltimore to the Third Light House District, with headquarters at Staten Island, and Capt X. Remy has been relieved from the command of tbe Charleston and given two months’ leave. The changes are according to regulations as to the length of time officers shall serve in command of ships. t Killed Her Antagonist. Lottie Arbor and Lizzie Cullom, two variety actresses, engaged in a bloody affray at Leadville. Miss’ Arbor drew a long knife from the folds of her dress, and savagely plunged It four times into the breast of her antagonist The latter will surely die. Both women loved the same man, who had paid attention to both. Miss Arbor is in jail. Printing Office Wrecked by Fire. Charles B. Hibbard’s job printing establishment at South Bend, Ind., was partially wrecked by fire. The damage was principally confined to stock and printed matter, and the bindery. Loss, $3,000. They Don’t Want Much. field, Ohio, Rebecca Grubaugh and her busband, James Grubaugh, who were Injured In the B. &O. wreck at Hicksville, Ohio, on Oct 14, 1891, filed damage sqits against the B. & O, railroad, aggregating 840,000. . Thrown from a Hone. • John Minkler was thrown from a horse at Oberlin, Ohio, and nearly killed. His nead struck the pavement and he was unconscious for several hours. Death of a Well-Known Writer. Mrs. G. P. Barber of Lake Harbor, Muskegon County,. Mich., is dead. She was a writer of wide reputation, known as “Faith Templeton.” Shoe Girls Strike. The female shoe fitters of San Francisco are on strike on account of the employment of non-union labor. Fire at Morganfield, Ky. Business property valued at $60,000 was destroyed by fire at Morganfield, Ky. THE MARKETS CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 33.53 @ 5.75 Hoos-Shipping Grades 3.50 @4.75 Sheep—Pair to choice 3.00 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Redß4 @ .85 Cohn—No. 2.,,...., .39 <3 .40 Oats-No. 2... .20 @ .30 Ryk- No. 2 77 <3 .78 Butter—Choice Creamery .29 @ .31 Cheese—Foil Cream, f1at5...... .12 @ .13 Eggs—Fresh 28)4@ .24)4 Potatoes—Car-loads, perbu... .30 @ .40 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping. 3.25 @5.00 Hogs—Choice Light.... 8.50 @ 4.75 i Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No.-2 Red 90k@ .91)4 Cobn—No. 1 White4ojj@ .41)4 Oats-No. 2 White 3j)4@ .34)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle...., 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs 3.50 (9 4.75 ’ Wheat—No. 2 Red BS)4@ .89’4 ■ Cobn—No. 230 @ .37 . Oats—No. 2..29 & .30 . Rte-No. I .. .77 @ .79 ' CINCINNATI. I Cattle 3.50 @ 4.75 f Hogs 3.00 & 4.75 ‘ Sheep 3.00 @ 5.25 1 WHB.T-No.2Rod .93)40 .9414 Cohn—No. 2 49)40 .41)4 I Oats—No. 2 Mixed 33 @ ,s 4 DETROIT. ' Cattle. 3.00 @ 4.75 • Hogs 8.00 (9 4.25 Sheep..;..., 3.00 @5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 <9 .93 Cohn—No. 2 Ye110w...,38)4@ .89)4 Oats—Nd. 2 White 33)40 .84)4 TOLEDO. . Wheat—New...,...,. 89 @ .90 Cokn NO. 2 Yellow.', ,38 @ .40 1 Oats-No. 2 Whiteßl @ .33 I Bib 31 @ .83 . 1 ■ BUFFALO.' RbEE c'AITLE 4.00 @ 6.75 1 Live H 3.75 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. l Hard 1.00 <9 1.02 > Cobn—No. 2 43 @ .45 MILWAUKEE. ’ Wheat-No. 2 Spring. 82)4@ .88)4 ) Corn—No, 336 @ .87 Oats-No. 2 White 31 @ .32 Bib—No. 1 70 @ .81 Rarlet—No. 2 55 @ .65 I’obk-Mei5.....11.75 12.25 , NEW. YOBK. CATT 01.,..;. 3JO Hoos. 3.00 @ 175 t Sheep;..... -’4.00 @ 6.00 t Whkat-No. 28ed... l.« 0 1.08 C( BN—No. 849 @ 41 OA iS-Mlxed Western. .31 @ 47 • Burraa-Creamcry .22 @ .82 , Pobk—MOSS #.75 010.75 ■

1 MR. BLAINE DRAWS OUT. IS NOT NOW A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. HI. Formal of Withdrawal Sent to Chairman Qlarkzon-Various View, as to How It Will Concern Other Momlble Candidates—Political Gossip. Kflhet of the Declaration. Blaine Is not a candidate for the Presidency. He has made this official announcement in the following letter to Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican National Committee: Washington, D. a Hon. J. 8. Clarkson, Chairman of the B«nubllcan National Committee. Dbar Sir—l am not a candidate fqr the Presidency, and my nnme will not go before the Republican National Convention for the nomination. I make this announcement In duo season. To those who have tendered me their support I owe sincere thanks, and am most grateful for their confidence. They will, I am sure, make earnest effort in the approaching contest, which Is rendered especially important by reason of

I ShmA /o JAMES CILLKBPIE BLAINE.

iho industrial and financial policies of the Sovemment being at stake. Tbe popular lecision on these Issues is of great moment ind will be of far-reaching consequences. Very sincerely yours, James G. Blaise In speaking of his withdrawal Mr. Blaine said: “I don't suppose any man who has once sought the office can

truthfully say he doesn’t care for it. I confess I would like to be President, but I will never again risk my health and life in seeking it. The office of Secretary of State is a broad ■-enough field for me during the rest of my public career.” Democrats agree with practical unanimity that

W. B. ALLISON.

Blaine not being in it, nothing can prevent President Harrison’s renomination, and Republican Congressmen are mostly of the same opinion. Members of the administration naturally will not discuss the situation for publication. FAVORITE SONS TO THE FRONT. While no one in Washington, writes our correspondent,, questions that the ultimate effect of Mr. Blaine’s declina-

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tion will be the renomination of President Harrison, the Immediate result will be to start up all the favorite son candidacies. Senator Cullom’s expectation of a Cullom ielegation from 1111- ' aois, with some sup- I port from the new! States in the North- fl west, has already r been set forth, and ’ It Is said the Hlinois

Senator will now s. m. cullom. start in as an avowed candidate and will have his name presented to the Minneapolis convention. Senator Allison has not got to this point yet, but in the end he will probably give the lowa delegation aennission to name him. Gen. Alger, in spite of Michigan’s divided electoral vote, Is a full-fledged candidate. He may try to rally all the disaffected anti-Harrlson elements around him, and look for votes In New York and the East as well as in the South. It is more than probable that ex-Speaker Reed will take advantage of Mr. Blaine’s declination to seek a New England delegation for himself. Mr. Reed really has the Presidential

ambition and wants to get in training for a nomination. The only possible candidacy that excites much attention is John Sherman’s. Mr. Sherman himself is a stanch supporter of President Harrison’s administration. But Senator Sherman’s colleagues say he has a no-

john shbrman. Hon that the course of legislation on silver and the tariff may make him an available candidate. Some of the Ohio politicians of the Republican faith who have been here during the last week have in common with everybody else been discussing the

question as to whether or not Mr. Blaine would withdraw. The nomination of Mr. Sherman , at Columbus in January left some ill-feeling on the part of the Foraker people to the administration, and itwas gen-!' erally supposed that a great and Interesting fight between Foraker

and Sherman for the J - foraker. delegation to Minneapolis would be inevitable, with McKinley only secondarily in the race. The opinion lately expressed by the Ohioans shows that the bitterness between the factions has been decreasing. The Foraker men, who have been

quietly organizing JEREMIAH BUSK?

rison, and the effect of the withdrawal at this time may allay the bitter contest promised over the election of delegates. Blaine’s withdrawal is exciting politicians all over the country, and both Democrats and Republicans are expressing themselves freely as to the outcome. As to Senator Allison, a Des Moines correspondent sends a telegram, saying: “There is no one here who is in position to speak for Senator Allison, but it is known that when he was in lowa during ~ me campaign nh spoke in terms of irign' pralss of the administration of President Harrison, and expressed himself as favoring his renomination. His friends in this city say they think that there is scarcely any question that Senator Alli1 ' "75, 'Mfr ■ > .. ■ -fr-uUS

aon will give Harrison cordial support 1 for the nomination, and that lowa will go to Minneapolis ready to vote for him for renomlnatiom “ A prominent Minnesota Republican ■ays: “It is difficult to foretell what the

Republicans of the State will do und the changed condition wrought by the publication of Mr. Blaine's letter, but Mr. Blaine's withdrawal will probably add quite a number to those who favor the, renomination of the

President. Judge Gres- w <>. ORMHA m. ham has alwayrf been very favorably regarded by the Minnesota Republicans, and it would not be surprising should a veiy large proper- | tion, If not a majority of them, trnasfer their allegiance to the distinguished jurist, now that Blaino is no longer a possibility. " Henry 0. Payne, Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee, said that if a new mnn * 8 to be nominated It may be Secretary Rusk. Since it became generally understood that Blaine wns to docllne, Rusk’s name, ho says, has boon very prominently mentioned ip the Eaet, and now with Blaine's possitive withdrawal many of Blaine’s strongest supporters, he thinks, will favor Rusk. Some of Senator Cullom’s friends on being interviewed expressed themselves as being confident that the Illinois Senator would receive the solid backing of his State ot Minneapolis, and would be the leading candidate before the convention. One of the Senator's supporters offered to bet SSOO against S2OO that Senator Cullom would be nominated at Minneapolis and $250 more that he would win his bet. Senator McMillan, of Michigan, said: “General Alger is now a candidate for the Republican nomination and will go Into the contest with the solid delegation from hie own State, with support from many other States and with a stronger following than many people and better chance of success than most people think for." It is the unanimous opinion among Republicans at Indianapolis that the letter takes Blaine entirely out of the question as a Presidential quantity and leaves the President with a practically clear field for the party nomination. Minor Medical Mention. Db. Hammond reports that during the past ten years seventy men have died suddenly from the strain of running after street cars. Atlanta, Ga„ claims to have the most interesting natural curiosity in a man 122 years of age. Hiram Lester was 7 years old when thia country was bom and has a son 70 years of age. In a small village in France a woman died in labor. There was no physician present, but a knowing priest performed an operation by which he brought a living child into the world. This exhibition of presence of mind and expertness, resulting in the saving of one life was, however, contrary to man-made law. So the priest had to be arrested and convicted for illegal practice and was fined fifteen francs. The States of this Union are already loaded down with just such legislation, and the only reason why it Is not regarded as a general nuisance is because it is not as punctiliously enforced as in France. French physicians report a curious and almost unexampled disorder in a woman only 21 years of age. She looks as though she were 70. She Is said to have “a decrepitude of the cutaneous system.” In other respects she Is doing quite well. The wrinkling of the skin and aging of her countenance began soon after shty received a great fright, and would therefore seem to bo due to a sort of paralysis of nerve centers which control the nutrition of the skin of the face. No treatment thus far tried has been of any service to improve her appearance, and her mental condition is suffering from worrlment over it. Mr. Kennan, who braved indescribable hardships of all sorts in his travels all over Russia, says: “The vilest stuff I ever tasted was a stew offered me by Prince Djordjadzi while I was his guest in the Caucasian Mountains. It was made from the feet of cattle, including the hoofs. The taste and smell of the stable pervaded the dish." Mr. Kennan says that reindeer moss is very nutritious, but too hard of digestion for the human stomach. Tie Koraks feed it to the reindeer, and after he has partly digested it they kill. the animal and take it fortheir own food. It tastes slimy and clayey, but it Is heartily relished by those who like It. , Tests of human endurance, which have rather more of sensational than practical and useful influence, continue to be made—doubtless because somebody finds it possible to make something out of it. In London a fasting match was won by Mr. Jacques, who lived without food for fifty days, thus breaking the record. He lived on air and elevon gallons of water. In Detroit half a dozen men tried to go a week without sleep. Only one of them succeeded. Another went five days, and half of them three days. It is reported that they were not apparently harmed by the experiment. In New York three men did over 1,400 miles on bicycles In six days, the first covering 1,468 miles •with only twelve hours' sleep.—Dr. Foote’s Health Monthly. Genu of Thought Unlucky Is the man whose bread is buttered on both sides. Beware of excessive concealment that provokes malicious guessing. To brood over the past is to misspend the present, and to jeopardize the future. Marriage is a lottery, and young hus- , bands frequently draw prizes—in baby • carriages. Vulgar wealth is a repellant thing, > but it is entitled to the forbearance, at i least of vulgar poverty. The question of the hour seems to be, i Where will the sockless Jerry Simpson ; put his salary as Congressman? ‘ If you wish to scald your husband, or ' wife, as the ease may be, procure cold ’ water and heat It before using it. Those who expect to read their title clear to the better land should be able j to produce a record of good deeds. ! Imagination and memory seem to > conspire against some people by swap- . ping functions at critical junctures. • r When a man is too lazy to walk around • a mud-hole, he should not be commend- ) ed for bravery in walking through it. J When doctors disagree they do not forget to charge for the time they spend ' in the argument that precedes disagreoj ment. An Effectual Remedy. He—“ There is a certain young lady deeply Interested in me, and while I • like her, ybii know, still I never could 1 love her. I want to put an end to it ' without breaking the poorgirl’s heart. ’ Can you suggest any pian?” ! She—“Dcryou call there often?” He—“No, indeed. Notany oftener i than I can possibly help.” i She —“Call oftener.”—New York : Truth. * ■ ' J The old-fashioned “Talma.* Is Hieing ! > L revived. It Is a long and. deep cape, flti ted over th* shoulders and out on the J five yards around atthe ,| bottom. < . ( , 1

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since the recent Senatorial contest to control the Ohio delegation to Minneapolis, are badly broken up over the announcement. They are knocked out of the fight b y the loss of a candidate. The Foraker following unquestionably had a s their object the nomination of Blaine or anybody to beat Har-

THE POSITIVE TRUTH B . — » THAT ALL THE HOOSIER NEWS 18 HERE. What Our Neighbors Are Doing— ( or Genoral end Local Jnteieit—AaoU , dents, Crimes, Bulolde, Kt* Minor State Items. Joseph Whitkcup, Corydon, hanged himself. • Hannah Medley died from cxcomlv* use of opium, Brooklyn, John Brant, Franklin, colored, get, two years for stealing a quarter. I Train ran off the track near Switz City. Passengers shaken up. None seriously hurt Stephen A. Johnson, an alleged “green goods" dealer, vias jailed at Washington. George Nettebhovsf. of Monon, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Freight wreck on Big Four at Thornton caused by Iron bar falling In front of wheels. No one hurt. Large window-glass company poratod at Eaton. Work on the building will begin at once. A dozen boarders were poisoned, but not seriously, at Mrs. Elisha Lincoln ■ boarding-house, in Richmond. Harry Lawrence’s first wife Is snlng wife No. 2, Madison, for $3,000. Law- « ronce skipped, leaving them to tight It out. Two-years-old daughter of Mrs. Christopher Williams, Richmond, pot a lump of lye in her mouth, badly burning her tongue. > Matthew Clegg, ex-prosecuting attorney of Clark County, and his wife are both reported dead at Henryville, near Jeffersonville. Daniel Schbantz, a Pittsburgh, FL Wayne and Chicago switchman at Fert Wayne, was caught between the cars and crushed to death. Robert Meeks of Farmland, Is in possession of a Chinese idol made from bamboo root which is supposed to be over three hundred years old. Mrs. Oliver Williams, who was stabbed in the neck a week ago by her drunken husband from the Marion Soldiers' Home, has died. The husband is in jail. , William Jones, for complicity In the Bonecuttcr-Hobbs murder at Kempton, got two years in the Penitentiary. He handed the revolver to Bonecutter te de the shooting. Bernie Chrisman of Richmond, whe was out on bail for shooting his brother, stole the money-box out of a street car and was sentenced to eighteen months la the Penitentiary. Philip Boullion has been two yean in the Goshen jail for a debt to Stiles Carter, whom he owes $248.49. The latter pays the obstreperous debtw’s board each week. William Wkndle of Columbus, went to Madison and was so much elated at the first sight of a steamboat that he returned homo to take his wife aud children to see the sight. Thomas Worland, a prominent farmer living near Waldron, Shelby County, was cutting timber when a tree fell on him, crushing his skull and back. He died almost instantly. The woman who followed the forger, Frank Critzer, to jail at Oolumbus, claiming to be his wife, turns out to be J’ Mrs. Dora Freeman of Greensburg, wha deserted her busband in December. In the Museatituck River. Thursday, near Seymour, a young man named Busch, from near Salem, was drowned together with his team, while trying te cross the swollen stream. The body was not recovered. . . ” 'Tis said that after a shower near Clifton recently, numerous little brow* worms appeared on the ground, supposed to have fallen during the rain. They were about an inch long and entered with soft brown hair. E. T. Bouchard, of Napoleon, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. III? wife, who is 70 years old, is on her death bed, and the old man said he didn't want her to die and leave him alone. S Secretary Alexander Johnson, of the State Board of Charities, has consulted an architectural photographer with reference to having the photographs taken of all the charitable and corree'* tionai institutions In the State for the Worldtf Fair. Aunt Susan Aif.n of Goodview, died, aged about eighty. She was one of the plon<»rs of Johnson County, and had many grcat-grcat-grandchildren. She was the wife of Rev. Absalom Oren, ex-minister of the Christian Church and well known over the State. A movement is on foot to organize, a mutual live stock insurance company, whoso field of operations will be confined to Rush County. It is thought that the rate charged on this kind of Insurance is ■ much too high, and the enterprise isl being pushed by influential stock-rats H ers. '* ' Ji The citizens of Richmond are reported ■ to lie worrying lest the Big Four, whenH it gets a lino into that city, will play into ■ the hands of the Pennsylvania Company■ and In reality will givrf them no new J competition. An official of the Big FourM suggests that the citizens and press OfM Richmond borrow no trouole on thatH score boforo they soo Big Feur locomo-M tives running in there. A gang of counterfeiters and “shoversM of the queer” arrived in South Bond, andM began oporations by passing spuriousM dollars and quarters among the houses. They got rid of only a amount of the bad money before beingM detected by a clerk in a meat marketS The officers were at once informed oiM the affair, and began a search fw thiß men, but without avail, and it fe tlizinghM they left the city. They are supposed t<fl be members of a gang which has boeiM working Ohio, ar.d which entered IndlaniM| only recently. The dollar is dated 1887 MI and is a fairly good counterfeit. John Reed of Blue Lick, has gfveM| notice that ho will apply for a license t<M# run a saloon at Charlestown, and thMg temperance people there, who reeentlMl drove the only saloon-keeper owt of townMg are gathering and drilling their forces. ■ ; For some tlxe past Mrs. Alice ion of Muncie has boon quite siek witM" consumption. The other merntag htM danghter gave her a silver half which she placed in her month lowed. She soon expired from th4 eM|| sects. The coin lodged in her neo|( Ml such a manner as to choke her to Why she should have swallowed t<ho coiM is a mystery to her friends. Ella Ray of Wabash, who secured® verdict for $4,000 in a breach as suit against Edward Kisner, after had married another man, is now l her lawor for part of his fee, ho haviiMS f.'ti’ineri half of th- (imotint of <lamagMs< awarded. MM George H. Thomas Post, G. A. liidiiiiiaiMil.lias passed a resolution rM ' questing the department encampment ■ffiS petition the Indiana Leglsiatnro to struct and maintain a State’s SoidleE Home, to which the wives ot soldiers accompany their husbands as inmate <»hio, Illinois, Michigan, and Wlseongßt have such homes, and it ia believed tnMIndiana should provide for the coraft®

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