Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1893 — Page 6

■ ©he democrat DKCATURjIND. *. BLACKBURN, ... PußUßnnn. 1803 JULY. 1893 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa •W• • • / 2345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 37 | • e ® ® ®_ EVENTS OF INTEREST THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PAST WEEK. Powder llnuae Explosion Kilin Two Per-sons-An American Missionary Inhumanly Treated-Piratical Outbreak—The French Minister Leaves Bangkok. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Powder House Explosion at Huntington, Ind. A powder house located on the river bank at the western limits of Huntington, Ind., and containing twentyfive pounds of dynamite and 690 pounds of powder, was blown to atoms in some mysterious manner. Two bodies were discovered in the vicinity horribly mangled, one being identified ss Hugh Harvey,about twenty years old, and the other lad is believed to be Homer Householder. So terrific was the explosion that window glass was broken a half mile away and buildings in the heart of the city trembled with- the shock. The powder house wns completely wiped out of existence, no two bricks remaining upon each other. The bodies of the victims were blown a distance of 200 yards. They were stripped of their clothing and Harvey's head was found some distance from the body. A shirt band alone remained upon one body, while the other was identified by his shoes only. No one knows what caused the explosion. The fact that both victims were seen in the vicinity of the pow der house with a target gun before the explosion seems to indicate that the magazine was fired by astray bullet. John Gooley, engaged in drilling a well near by. was struck on the left arm by flying debris, but escaped severe injury. Unprovoked Attack. New York special: Letters received by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in this city contains news of an unprovoked attack upon Miss Anna Melton, an American missionary, who was stationed at the time of the outrage in a little village among the Nesterian Mountains in Turkey. Miss Melton escaped with her life but mercilessly beaten and bruised. The . letters containing the story of the as- ' sauJt are dated from Amadia. Tutkey, June 14 last. The matter has ws-an called to the attention of the State partment at Washington. j ■ No More Silver. The United States sub-treasury at Chicago refuses to receive any more silver. ‘'We are Unable to handle the big amount of silver we have on hand.” said one of the officials, “and until it can be all counted and checked up we will not receive any more over the counter. For some time past great quantities of silver have been brought here by the banks to be exchanged for currency until the amount has become greater than we can handle, and we have had to call a temporary halt. This is all there is to the matter.” Ten Millions for Indiana. Nicholas Ensley, United States Pension Agent for the district of Indiana, has forwarded to Washington the report of his office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. The report shows that there was distributed through the agency during the year the sum of sll,880,117.47. About $10,000,000 of this amount was paid to veterans who lived in Indiana. The next payment at the agency will begin August 4. It is expected that there will be paid out between the 4th and 10th of the month about $3,000,000. Piratical Outbreak. Singapore ‘•poeial: A piratical outbreak occurred among the Aehinez passengers on board the Dutch steamer Rajah Kongsee, trading on the east coast of Achon. The Aehinez attacked the crew of the steamer, killing the English captain, mate, and twenty-two of the Asiatic sailors and wounded fifteen others. They then quitted the vessel, taking some of the passengers as captives. The steamer, with the wounded, is now in Dutch hands. I'OokN Like War. Bangkok (Siam.) special: M. Pavie, French Minister resident, has lowered'’ the flag over his office, and has notified the Siamese Government that he will leave the. city to go aboard the French warship Inconstante. He has requested the Government to provide pilots to conduct the Lutin and Comets down j,the river. French subjects in Bangkok will be placed under the protection of the Dutch consul. Attempt to Destroy the Books. There was a-mysterious fire at Huntington, Ind., in the office of the Western Lime Company. The safe was opened, and the account books were taken out and piled on tiie floor, alter which a match was applied. The blaze was extinguished,before much loss accrued. It seemed to be the jmrposeto destroy nothing but the books. Factory Burned. The bonnet wire factory of Moses F. Clark & Co., at Medfield, Mass., wasstruck by lightning and together with its contents destroyed by lire. Loss 320,000, insurance $12,000. Jockey Killed. Jockey Thomas Fly nt) was thrown from his mount at the Brighton Beach race track and received injuries from which he died soon after’. Flynn was mounted oil Subrosa. BATTLE WITH TRAMPS. One Lulled and Two Mortally Wounded Near Sheffield. Two men were mortally wounded and one instantly killed in a pitched battle between tramps and citizens near Sheffield. Ind. The dead man is known aS Al. Jennings, alias “Butch,”of Toledo, Ohio, shot through the heart. The mortally wounded: Jack Gallagher, Allentown, Pa., shot through the laxly at the base of the spine: George Dorch, village of Whiting, driver for South Brewing Company, shot through abdomen and groin. The tramps, nine in number, led by ■

Gallagher, a one-armed ex-convict, at--1 tacked a caoin occupied Ivy a fisnor- ’ man named William Tims, who was sheltering a huntsman, William Purdy, with whom Gallagher had been fighting. In the cabin was Tims’ daughter, . Mrs Emil Stolly, who had given birth to an infant an hour before. Her husl»and and George Dorch were also within. The battle was a hot one ’ while it lasted, but the tramp’s ammunition was limited, and when/dt was exhausted they were quickly routed. Purdy after the melee guarded Gallagher from neighbors bent on a lynching. By the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the crowd of people that gathered later, Deputy Sheriff Elliott of Crown Point, Ind., was wounded in the calf of the leg, Martin Donald, a huntsman, in the left arm, and Frank Zehnifsky. a woodman. in the left leg. The scene of the battle is an isolated place in the swampy region, near the Indiana-Illi-nois State line at the head of I>ake Michigan. A BLOODY BATTI.E. The Fleming Bandit* Pursued Into the Mountain*. Another battle has been fought on the bloody border ground between Kentucky and Virginia. As a result four of Virginia's State troops are dead, six are dying, and Oliver Fleming is j shot through the body, probably a mortal wound. f For years the Fleming brothers and an innumerable following of relatives have terrorized the mountainous regions of southwest Virginia and southwest Kentucky, defying alike the authorities of first one State and then the other. The family stands charged with almost all the crimes on the cal-; endar, from murder and stealing down ; to moonshining. Eyeryjnomber of the | family is utterly fearless and all are j well armed. Their strongholds in the caves of the Cumberland*Mountains are many and almost inaccessible. About eight month's ago a family of | three were attacked in their cabin, the ■ the man shot at the door, his wife brutally outraged and then shot, as was also her child. They were left for dead, but the woman lived long enough to make a statement to the effect that the Flemings were the guilty parties. For a long time no effort was made to | arrest them. Finally the Sheriff of Wise County secured the co-operation of the State, and backed by the militia, sixty strong, and each member sworn in as a deputy sheriff, started out to run the gang to the earth. In some way the Flemings got wind of the proposed attack, and instead of flying, they hastened to meet the troops. The soldiers were ambushed in a deep and heavily wooded ravine, and the Flemings, armed with Winchesters. did deadly work. They killed four soldiers outright and fatally shot six others. Only one of the outlaw's, Oliver Fleming, was shot, and he is believed to be mortally wounded. The militia stubbornly held their ground, I however, and at last drove the outlaws j back, but did not succeed in capturing | any but the one wounded. The dead j and wounded and the prisoner were placed in charge of a detail of twenty men, who started back to the county seat, while the Sheriff and the remainring forty members continued in pursuit of the three Flemings, who are re«lforced' by two others. JLjr PAULDING M'-- $$ . The Ohio Town Nearly Wiped off the Earth. For the third time within two years the flourishing little town of Paulding, Ohio, was visited by a most disastrous fire. The two previous fires were bad enough, but the more recent one exceeded all the previous ones in point of destructiveness, and nearly wiped the business portion of the town out of existence. The fire originated in the Famous Clothing House, from what cause is unknown, and continued with! increasing fury until thirty-nine of the ' principle business houses of the town I were laid in ashes. Paulding j had one of the handsomest court houses in northwestern Ohio, was comparatively new and was the pride of the city, but to-day it is a mass of smouldering ruins. The Thompson House and other of the principal business blocks around the public square fell a victim to the flames. The fire department was utterly powerless to I check the advance of the fire, and it was only when it exhausted itself through the lack of further food that it was gotten under control. The loss will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars and, while the insurance is liberal, it will not near cover the loss. FRIGHTFUL WRECK. An Excursion Train Collides With a Freight. Buffalo-special: The excursion train carrying . the Sunday schools of the ! Bethany and Bethlehelm churches of Buffalo) on the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad, was wrecked at East Aurora. N. Y. One man was fatally injured and fourteen to twenty others, old and young, more or less seriously hurt. Two engines were crushed into masses of twisted steel,and lying in the bottom of the turntable were covered with the timbers, broken glass, and iron of the two first coaches. These were filled with excursionists and that they escaped with no more serious injury is almost mit’aculous. As near as can be learned the accident was due to carelessness. The scene in the wrecked coaches was almost indescribable,'the women and children being thrown under and over the scats and through the windows, cut with- flying splinters, broken and bruised limbs. The coaches took fire from the engines, but this additional horror was averted’by the prompt action of the village fire department. FRENCH FIRE Poured Into the Siamese Forts and ITun- [ dreds Killed and Wounded. A dispatch to the Paris Temps from Saigon says: “A telegram from Strungtreng an-1 nounces that Captain Villers.commanding the French forces at Khong,- reopened fire upon the Siamese on the morning of July 19. In the course of the day the French captured Forts Dondua, Dongo, and Donhan, thus confining the enemy to Fort Donsom. “The last-named stronghold, though protected by tm-ee Series of well-con-structed fortifications, was captured on the following day without loss to the French, who now .occupy the entire group of islands. Only the town of Khoiig.remains to he Jiaptm-ed. It is estimated that. 300 Siamese were killed and 200’were wounded in the last encounters.” A Bangkok dispatch says that the Siamese Government, which is anxiously awaiting advice from Great Britain as to the French territorial i claims, has been informed by Lord Roseberry that the British Government must first receive Lord Dufferin's report on the matter. The Sherman Act. The New York Bondbuyer prints the following: “Just as we go to press we learn that President Cleveland has had made by one of the most comne-

• tent of officer# of the Government, * • thorough canvass of both houses of i Congress on the silver question. The , conclusion reached by the President’s • canvassey points to a long and exciting , and bitter contest in loth branches of Congress. The eventful repeal of the bill may be brought about, but not i promptly. The extra session will doubtless run into the regular session without an agreement on this disturbing question.'” OUT OF WORK ‘ An Army nf Laborer* in Denver and Colorado. But Nothing to Do. Denver special: The closing down of many silver mines and smelters and the reduction of working foreos'df coal mines, railways, and manufactories, because of the reduction of the price of silver, has caused a deplorable condition of affairs among the laboring classes. It is estimated that there are 10,01X1 men in Denver unable to secure employment. Tnere are 20,01X1 in outside towns in the same condition, one-half of whom are making their way to this city, where they will become a public charge if conditions Ido not speedily change. In order to avoid this all the Commercial bodies in thiftcity Will meet with representativesof eastern roads, and the latter will be asked to make a $5 rate from here to i the Missouri River for this class of people. It is argued that these men are not paupers, but if they can get into the agricultural districts they will bo able to secure employment in the harvest fields, where, men will soon be in demand. The Typographical Uniort lias appropriated SI.(XX) for the purpose of sending unemployed men to their homes in the east. The railways have I been asked to make a sls rate for the [ men to any point between here and i Chicago. I A Michigan Village Wiped Out by Fire. The business portion of the town of j Ewen, Mich., 150 miles down the j South Shore Railroad, has been cn- : tirely destroyed by fire. It is a village of some 2,000 people and in the whoie place only two stores are left standing. The fire is said to have been of incendiary origin, and a message received at the South Shore office says the homeless people are holding as a prisoner a I man supposed to have started the blaze. He is almost certain to be lynched as the people are worked up almost to a frenzy by the loss of their property. The loss is about a quarter of a million and the insurance less than SSO,(XX). Burned to Death. Three men were burned to death in a fire at an oil well near Toledo, Ohio. , Their names are: David Arnitt. contractor: Lemuel Lockhart, oil dresser: David Ramsy, driller. The well was being drilled on a farm belonging to the Ohio Oil Company, about half way between Freeport and Woodside. Tho last screw was being turned, when the well suddently began to flow furiously.. i The flood of oil soon reached the boilI ers near by and ignited. So rapidly did I the fires spread that only two workmen i out of five escaped with their lives, and they were terribly and perhaps fatally burned. All the men are married. Lizard in His Stomach. ' A young man named Wilbur Richey, employed as a farm-hand near Wheat Ridge, Ohio, while drinking from a spring about ten aays ago swallowed a lizard. Physicians so far have been unable to render him any relief, and it is feared it will cause his death, as he is in a precarious condition, not being able to partake of any food except o small quantity of soup and milk. Fatal Blast. ? While contractors were blasting rock at the corner of One Hundred and Twenty-second street and Fourth avenue, New York, an explosion sent a huge mass of rock, weighing about two tons, crushing through the side wall ol 61 East One Hundred and Twentysecond killing two people and seriously injuring three, who will probably die. Rate Catting Begins. ♦ Chicago special: ■ The Hocking Valley, in connection with the Chicago & Erie, has made ass rate for tho round trip from Columbus to Chicago. The Pennsylvania, Big Four, and Baltimore & Ohio will be compelled to meet the deduction. Took Cramps. Charles Sames was. drowned in Sager's Pond, Valparaiso, Ind. With companions he was bathing in the pond, when he was seized with cramps. Uttering a cry of “Help!” ho sank before assistance could reach him. Found Her Boy Dead. When Mrs; Ervin Lang of Elkhart, Ind., awoke the other morning, she found her young son, who had been sleeping by her side, dead. He was apparently well when he retired. Brakeman Killed. W. a brakeman on the Fort Wayne Railroad, fell between the cars between Canton and Massillon and had both legs taken off. He died soon after. Farmer Killed. John Krider, a wealthy and prominent farmer,was thrown from his wagon at Elkhart, Ind., by his runaway team and his skull fractured, from which he died. . THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 25 © 5 25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3 00 & 6 < 0 SHEEP—Fair to Choice 400 @5 1)0 Wheat—No. 2 Spr.ng 02 @ 63 Cohn—No. 2 39 @ 40 Oa'TS—No. 2 27 @ 28 Hye-No. 2 48 Ct 50 • HUTTEB—Choice Creamery....,, 1»!4® 2"’s Eggs—Ki esh . * 13 Ct 13’j Potatoes —New. per brl. 160 @225 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 35 @ 5 ooi Hogs—Choice Light 3 50 @ 6 W Sheep—Common to Prime..... 3 00 @4 25 Wheat—No. 2 Red ts @ 59 Corn—No. 2 White 39 @ 40 I Oats—No. 2 White 33!j@ 3*?a ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 oo @ 5 oo Hogs 3 00 @ 5 75 Wheat—No. 2 Rfed 67 @ 58 Corn—No. 2 3« @ 37 | Oats—No. 2 24!2@ 25)4 Rye-No. 2 42 @ 44 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 oo @ 4 75 Hogs shimi. @ g 00 Sheep 3 00 , @ 5-00 Wheat—No. 2 Red co @ «0!$ Cohn—No. 2 41J4@ Oats-No. 2 Mixed... 4»j4@ 34J4 Rye—No. 2 49 @ 51 DETROIT. Cattle... 300 @475. Hogs 3 00 @7 00 SHEEP 300 @ 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red. G 6 @ 66 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 41 @ 42 Oats—Nw 2 White 34!<>@ 36)6 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 62 @ 63 Corn—No. 3Ye I low. 41 @ 49 Oats—No. 2 White 31 @ 32 Rye......... 51 @ 63 Cattle—Common to Prime.... 350 @ 550 Hogs-Best Grades..... 4 00 @ 600 Wheat—No. 1 Hard..TTZ77S77T7 72’a@ 73-j No. 2 Red 69 71 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 62 @ 63 Corn-No. 3 3o!< 2 @ 40'6 Oats—No. 2 White 3310@ 34!f. Rye—No. 1 M>~ct 52 Barley-No. 2 54 @ 56 Pork—Mess is no @lB 00 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 r>o @ c 25 lions 3 00 @6 75 SHEEP.. ... cOO @5 00 »%HEAT—No. 2l,gd. 71!G@ 79U Corn—No. 2 49 "@ so Oats--Mixed Wcateim.ies 37 @ 38 ' Hutter—Creamery 19 @ 21 ■ PonK—New Mess 1£ on @lB 75

: STATE GROG SHOPS, THE PALMETTO DISPENSARIES CAUSE EXCITEMENT. South Carolinian* Are Bald to Be Dl««a< Hrted with Their New Liquor Law -Big Failing Off in the Sale of Intoxiennt* and Lose Drunkenneae, However. Bold by the SUtc. According to a dispatch from Columbia, S. C., the greatest excitement prevails there over the State dispensary

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Is probably not such another largo establishment in the country. The building, a cut of which is given, is a large one, situated on Main street just a few yards from , the State-house grounds. With the exception of a small office for the railroad commission and an agricultural journal, the building is' wholly devoted to the State's whisky enterprise. The measure recently put in force was carried through by Governor Tillman, and forbids the sale of liquor anywhere except in government disjxmsaries and by persons appointed by the State. Ever since the law went into operation, it has met with bitter opposition especially from the liquor dealers. These base their opposition on STATE DISPENSARY BUILDING. COLUMBIA. 8. G the ground that the State has thus created a monopoly for itself and, secondly, that it cannot engage in trade. The dispensary at Greenville, one of the largest in the State, has been closed by Judge Norton until the law’s constitutionality can be determired. The cass will be heard in the Circuit Court, and if the law is here declared unconstitutional, similar cases will be opened in all the eight Circuit Courts of the State. But affairs will still, probably, remain unsettled until the Supreme Court can pronounce on the matter. Although there has been less drunkenness and less liquor sold in the State since July 1, yet, financially, the dispensaries have been nearly failures, averaging only from $25 to $45 a day. A largo brewing company sent some ale into the State the other day, which is also contrary to the dispensary law, in order to test its legality. Many saloons are in operation on the quiet. The first arrest, made Saturday, under the new law, was tlmt of an Italian, Vincent Chico, of Charleston, for selling beer last week. Three State constables and a dozen spies went to the man's house, searched it from garret to cellar, and conflscaiel not only liquor but almost everything else they could find. An angry crowd watched’ the proceedings. Several photographers were present, and the people cried for them to take pictures of the spies. The scene in the police court was equally exciting. The crowd hissed the officers and Chico cursed them, and one drew a revolver against him. Many wealthy citizens offered to go bail for the Italian to any amount.Other liquor dealers were subsequently arrested. These are only the first of some forty or fifty cases of violation of the law which the constabulary are now working up. THE SHERMAN LAW. The Act of Cbngress Which I* Cansing All the Talk. The Sherman law, about which so much has been said of late, is as follows: SECTION 1. Tbe Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to purchase, from time to time, silver bullion to the agaregate amount of 4,600,gg> ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered in each month, at the market price thereof, not exceeding $1 for 371.25 grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment of such purchases of silver bullion treasury notes of the United States, to be prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such form and of such denominations, not less than $1 nor more than SI,OOO, as he may prescribe, and a sum to carry into effect the provisions of this act is hereby a proprlated out of any money In the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec 2. That the Treasuiy notes issued in accordance with the provisions of this az:t shall be redeemable on demand, Ip coin, at the Treasury of the United States or at the office of any Assistant Treasurer of the United States, and when so redeemed may be reissued, bnt no greater or less amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any time than the cost of lhe silver bullion, and the standard silver dollar coined therefrom, then held in the Treasury'purchased by such notes; and such Treasnry notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except where otherwise, expressly stipulated in the Contract, and shall be receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues, and when so received may be reissuod; and such notes when held by any national banking association, may be counted as apart of its lawful reserve. That upon demand of the bolder of any of the treasury notes herein provided for, the Secretary Os the Treasury shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, redeem such notes in gold or silver coin, at his discretion, it being the established policy of the United States to maintain tiie two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such as mav be provided by law. . , Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasnry shall each month coin 2,000,000 ounces of the sliver bullion purchased under the provisions of tht-act into standard silver dollar* until the first day of July, IBM, and after that time he sha I coin of the-silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act as much as may be necessary to provide for the redemption of the Treasury notes herein provided for, and any gain-ot seigniorage arising from such r coinage shall be accounted for and paid into ths Treasury. . ... . j Bec. 4. That the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the requirements of exi»tlng law and regulations of the mint service governing the methods of determining the amount of pure silver contained and the amount and charges or deductions, if any to be made. - Sec. s. That so much of the act of Feb. -8, 1878, entitled "An act to authorize the coinage of the standard sliver dollar and to restore Its legal tendt r character," as requires the monthly purchase and coinage of the same into stiver dollars ot not less more than $4,000,0t0 worth of siber bullion 1* hereby repealed.

Bkc. 6. That upon the passage of this act the balances standing with th* Treasurer of th* United FUte* to the respective credits of national banks for denosli* made to redeem the circulating note* of auoh banks, and all deposits hereafter received for like purpose, snail be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, and the Treasurer of the United States shall redeem from ho general cash in the Treasury th o'rculatlng iMica of said bank* which may (ome Into hu< posies* on subje tto redemption; sndupon she ertlti> ate of the Com troller f the currency that such notes have been received by him and that th; y have been destroyed and that no new notes will bo Jsaued in their place, reimbursements of their amount shall be made to the treasurer, under suoh regulations as the Hecretary of the Troaeury may prescribe, from an appropriation hereby oreaud, to be known u national bank notes; redemption account," but the provisions of thia act shall not apply to the deposits received under Seitton 3of the act of June 20,1874, requiring every nations! bank to keep in lawful money with tho Treasurer of the United States a sum equal to 6 per cent of its circulation, to be held and uaed for tho redemption of it< circulating note*, and the balance remaining of the deposits so covered shall at the close of eaeh month be reported on the monthly public debt statement as debt 01 the United States bearing no Interest. SEC. 7. That this sot shall take effect 80 dayt from and after its passage. BILL NEWBY GUILTY. A Springfield Jury Find* that He la "Rickety Dan" Benton. Tho famous unit, involving an alleged pension fraud that would swindle the Government out of $20,000 or more, has boon decided at Springfield, 111., and Bill Newby ia declared to be “Rickety Dan" Bonton. Tho case is probably the most remarkable that has ever been tried in tho United States. The object of tho trial was to determine the identity of a nifti who claims to be “Bill" Newby, but who the Government is sure is “Dan” Benton. Bonton, if that is his name—and tho jury says it is—was under criminal indictment for personating Newby in order to procure a pension Government. It seems tjiat Bill Newby was a soldier who was supposed for twenty-uine years to have been killed in battle. z\. short time ago tho defendant in this trial put in an application for a pension, claiming that he was Bill Newby, and that, instead of being killed, ho hail been badly wounded in tho head and leg and had been taken to Andersonville prison. There he was known as “Crazy Jack." When in course of time he was released, a demented, “rickety" yuan, he says he became a wanderer and drifted about the country for a quarter of a century, becoming an inmate of various poor-houses and of the Tennessee penitentiary. Then his reason partially returned and he came to realize that ho was Bill Newby. He went out among his old neighbors and declared himself. He recognized old friends and talked in such a ipanner of old times that he convinced many of them that he was really old Bill. It must be so, they urged, for nobody but Bill Newby would know things he spoke of. Some members of the Newby family, including his old wife, who had long been drawing a pension on his account, received him as genuine. Finally he himself made application for an original pension and then his troubles commenced. An investigation of his case resulted in establishing his ■ identity to tho satisfaction of the government officials as “Rickety Dan" Benton and his arrest, indictment, trial and conviction followed. In opening the case ths Government commenced with Dan Benton as a child, after it had shown Bill Newby to be dead and buried. He is traced from White County, Illinois, into Tennessee, where he ana his mother were taken by one Andy Wooten. There Dan grew up. He was known to the people of the neighborhood, and so was his mother Lyaia. Finally he was sent to the penitentiary at Nashville for horse stealing, and remained there for twelve years. He was Dan Benton, the son of Lydia Benton, and there was no other pretense. Thus it was until 1889, when 'he left the penitentiary. He was an inmate of many poorhouses in Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, both before and s i X f /J? Ax w BENTON, ALIAS “BILL” NEWBY. after his incarceration in the penitentiary. In these he was registered as Dan Benton. The witnesses of the government testified to events which succeeded each other in perfect rotation, while those of the defense left a gap of twenty-nine years. They all testified to the identity of the defendant as Bill Newby, but in their descriptions of how Bill Newby looked before the war they varied greatly. The most important witness for the defense was William Cohoon, a soldier and a member of Com] any E, Fortieth Regiment. Ho became acquainted witn Newby in the army, and on the 4th of April, two days before the battle of Shiloh, stood guard with him for twenty-four hours. While on guard he had a conversation with him which he had never repeated to anybody. After the reappearance of Newby in 1891, the latter, without anything having been said to draw him out, talked about that conversation. The witness was satisfied defendant was Newby. Mrs. Newby, 96 years old, believes him her son, and two sisters and a brother testify that he is certainly Bill Newby.. Newby, supposed to be dead, never received his discharge from the service, and had he established his claim he would have been entitled to pay during all these years, amounting to about $22,000. The extreme penalty of the law for his offense is fifteen years, in the penitentiary. Public sentiment is divided as to the correctness of the verdict and many are bitter in their denunciation of the jury. FRANTIC CHICAGOANS, j Crowds of Moneyless Excursionists Obliged to Remain in Milwaukee. More than 1,000 people were left on the docks at Milwaukee Sunday night who-held, return when the excursion boats Christopher Columbus, City of Milwaukee, City of Tojedo, and Arthur Orr left for Chicago. Each one of the steamers when they arrived was black with people. Vesselmen shuddered at the recklessness shown of human life. Following the boats came the revenue cuttefl Andy Johnson. Captain Davis had received reports in Chicago of the way the steamers were lodded down, and he slipped his moorings and stood down the lake after them. At Milwaukee the Johnson’s men, when tho steamer returned home, compelled each to leave when its full quota was aboard, and over a thousand had to retrain behind. <

law. The big government liar-room in Columbia is now In full ,o[wration, running twelve hours a tiny, and turning out on an average from 12,000 to 15,000 flasks per day of whisky ■ of various kinds, as. well ns gin and other liquors. The State has gone into tho business on a big scale,and there

WAR IS ALMOST SURE* FRENCH DEMANDS TOO HEAVY FOR SIAM. IVlille Many of thn Term* of tho Ultimatum Are Acceded To, tho Moat Vital Demand. That of tho Concession of Territorial Righto, I* Not Granted. Blockade of Bangkok. There is trcublu in tho land of tho white elephant. According to late ■’able advices France has technically de-

dared war against Siam, and, if Englund docH not interfere, the king of the little Asiatic country will in all probability be compelled to witness .the annexation of part of his kingdom to French domains. The line of boundary is again the cause of dis-

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pute. Hitherto a line of mountains lying between the Mekong River and French Annam has l>een regarded as tho wosterq limit of French possession in Asia, but tho French it appears have revived an antiquated and obsolete claim set up by the old kingdom of Cambodia, to which their possession in the eastern peninsula formerly belonged, their immediate object of coursoj-being to make the Mekong their western boundary, instead of the mountain range which formerly separated them from that river and its fertile valley. If the Mekong was a straight river, tho movement on the part of the French Could not affect Siam in the least, however objectionable French encroachments might prove to the English colonies on the west of tho Mekong, but, considering that further south after entering Siam proper tho Mekong make# a detour east, thus forming iu a rough triangle the Siamese province Luang Pruban, there is little wonder that th'g.Eastern King looks on the establishment of this L vT/'Z * —-v J \ i \ l! ( /■ I .A* \ PLsisf / /n e “ 1 f » A M MAP or SIAM. *> river as a boundary as the practical surrender of the above mentioned province. The French surveyed the territory between the Mekong and the mountains, contemplating a line of steamers on the river. To frustrate this the King of Siam established forts on the Mekong and forbade the French to enter his kingdom. Tho French commander ignored the order and the Siamese killed a French inspector of militia in the upper Mekong river district. Then followed the "crossing of the bar” of the Menam by the French gunboats Inconstante and Comete, and the firing upon them’ by the Paknam forts. France then gave her ultimatum |0 Siam, demanding jurisdiction over both banks of the Mekong, an indemnity of 3,000,000 francs, not including 'that claimed by private parties, and the right, as a guaranty of good faith, to occupy the mouth of the Menam. Failing toaceept the principle of this ultimatum within forty-eight hours, Bangkok was to be laid under siege. Siam has made reply to the ultimatum altogether unsatisfactory to France. She Considers the demands too heavy, and concedes only the least important of the conditions. Mis Majesty declares that he will grant but half of the indemnity and territory asked. The French minister retires after declaring the blockade of Bangkok. Advices at tho time this is written say that the Siamese warships which are anchored one mile from the French are crowded with men ready for action. Their intention is, in case the French commence hostilities, to steam down and ram the French gunboats, attempt to beard them in force, and attack the crews with fixed bayonets. In the event of war iieihg declared England, Russia and China may also become involved. The blockade of Siam would mean an immense loss to England’s commerce, and the concession of the territory demanded by France would establish a French-British frontier in India-China and give France a dear entrance to Southern China, while cutting off China from Siam. The French pretend to see iff every move the hand of British intrigue, and while Great Britlin has not yet iliterfei ed, there is little doubt that she regards French adjacency to her provinces in Upper Burmah with about the same degree, of favor as has been evinced by the King jf Siam on his own account. Brieflets. FOUR men were injured by an explosion of ccal gas in a mine at Edwardsville, Pa. * Attorney General Olney has been the guest of President Cleveland at Gray Gables. By an explosion of dynamite in a ?hanty in Minneapolis Gus Alson was blown into fragments. Louis WIRCH LINGER, an aged shoemaker, committed suicide at Columbus, □., by taking morphine. John Neumer, a young St. Clair County, Hl., farmer, was overcome by heat and has become insane. Monroe Bonehrake wasjun over at Bristol. Kan., by a freight train. Both legs were cut off, causing death. REDUCTIONS by Southern roads are not satisfactory, and the outlook is for a still more extensive cut all along the line soon; The engagement of Dr. Albert Shaw, sditor of the Review of Reviews, and Miss Bessie Bacon, of Reading, Pa., is announced. The jury at Fresno, Cal., in the case of Richard Heath, charged with the murder of E. B. McWhirter, was unaole to agree. Charles Greeton, a 17-year-old bicycle rider, was killed by falling over an embankment with his wheel near Lebanon, Ohio. The steamer Paris made the westward run from Southampton to Fire Island in 6 days 9 hours and 30 minutes, breaking tho record. W. E. Simonds, ex-Comml sioner of the Patents, has'boon cleared of the charge of irregularities in office, preferred against him by a firm of patent lawyers.

HUSTLING HOOSIERS. ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVEft THE STATEAn Interesting Huininary of the More Im. portant DolnK» of Our Neighbors—Wed. dings and Deaths—Urlnits, C'asualtleq and General Indiana News Notes. Teachers' Institutes. The following arc the places of holdingand tho dates of the County 'Teachers Institutes for the year IblKJfor t)\B State of Indiana: Adam*, pcostur. Aug. 28-Kopt. 1. Allen, Kort Wuyne, B«pt. 4-8. Bartholomew, columbu*, Aug. 7-11. bentou, Fowler, Aug. 21-'AS. Blackford, hartford < ir.y. Hept. 4-8. Boone, Lebanon. Aug. 28-hept. I. Brown, Nashville, Aug 111-L. > Carroll, Delphi. Aug. .1-26. Case, Lojaneport. Aug. 28-Sept. 1. Clark. Charlestown, Aug. 91-.5. Clay, Brar.il, Aug. G-IH. Cliutou, Frankfort, Aug. Vl-25. Crawford, J.eaveuva ria, Aug 28-Sopt. 1. Daviess, Washington. Aug 11-18. Desrhorn. Lawrencebqrg, Aug '4S-Fept. L Decatur, Groousburg, Aug. 'Jb-Sept. 1. Dskalb, Auburn, Aug. UI-mO. Delaware Muncie, Aug. 21-25. Dubois, Jasper, July 24-'2S. Elkhart, Goshen, Aug 21- 5. Fayette, onnor.vllle, Aug. 21-Fept. 1. Fountain. Cotingtou. Aug H-ik Franklin, Brooktillo, Aug. 28-.:ept, 1. Fulton, Rochester, Aug. 2t-'25, Glbsou, I'rluoetou. rept. 4-8. Grant, Mat ion, Aug. 28-hept. 1. Greene, Blooiuhold, Aug. z.-23. Hamiltou, t iceio, Aug. 21 -23. Hancock, Green Held, Aug. 14-18. Harrison.Corydon, Aug. 21-23. Hendrickx. Danville, ug. 7-11. Henry, New Castle, Aug 21-25. Howard, hokomo, Aug. 2b-hept. 1. Huntington. Huntington, Aug. z - c ept. L Jackson. Brownetowu. July 31-Aug. 3. Jasper, lloiißHolaer, Aug kb-Sept. 1, J- tlerson, Mad sou, Aug. 21-25. Jennings, Vernon, Aug. .1-25. Johnson. Franklin, Aug. 14-18. Knox. Vln.ennex. Auc. 28-Sept 1. Kosciusko, Warsaw. Aug. 2b Sept. 1. Lagrange, l.agra; g«, Aug. 28-Sept. 1. Lake. Crown Point, Aug. 21-.'5. Laporte, Lapor.e, Aug. 14-18. Lawrence. Mitchel. Aug. .4-18. Madison, Anderson, Aug. '2B-Nept. 1. Marion. Indianapolis, Aug. 2b- ept. 1. Marshall. Plymouth. Aug. 28-Sepv. 1. Martin, Nhoals, Aug. 7-u. Miami, Peru Aug. zl-23. Monroe, Bloomlngtou, > ug. 21-25. > Montgomery. Crawfordsville. Aug. 21-25. Morgan. Martinsville. July 31-Aug. 4. Newton, Kentliud, Aug. 2i-20. Noble Albion, Aug. 7-I'. 1 Orange. Paoli, Aug. 14-18. Owen peneer, A g. 7-U. Parke, Rockville, Aug. 28,Sept. 1. Perry, < annelton, Aug 14-19. Pike. Petersburg hept. 4-8. Porter, Valparaiso, a, g. '.B-Sept. L Posey. Mi. Vor. on, July 31-Aug. 4. Pulaski, W1 amao, sept 4-8. Putnam, Greencastle, July 31-Aug. L inchester, Aug. 21-J> Ripley, Versailles, Aug. 14-18.“ Rush. Rushville, Aug 21-25. Scott, Scottsburg. Aug. 28-Sept. 1. St eiby, Sheloyville, Aug.'2l-25. Spencer. Rockport. Aug. 28-Sept 1. Starke. Knot. r>ept. 4-8. St Joseph, South 1 end, Aug. 28-Scpt. L Stubone, Angola. Nov. 6-10, Sullivan, Sullivan. Aug. 21-25. Fwitzerlund, Vevay, Bept. 4-8. Tippecanoe, Lafayette. Sept. 4-8. Union, Liberty, Aug. 21-25. Vanderburg, Evansville, Aug. 28-Scpt. L Vermillion. Clinton, July 24-28. Vigo. Terre Haute, Aug. 28-Sept. L Wabash, Wsbash, Aug. 21-25. Warren, W illlamsport, Aug. 21'25. Warrick, Boonvlle. Aug .14-18. Washington, alent, Ang 7-11. Wayne. Centerville, Aug. 21-23. Wells, Bluffton, Aug. 7-11. White, Monticello Aug. 28-Sept. I. Whitley, Columbia City, Sept. 4-8. Minor Mention. There are ninety State banks in Indiana. Scarlet fever scare at Vernon has abated. “zXunt” Sally Bradly, 89, is dead at Greencastle.. George Russell of Crawfordsville, has a colt with one leg. F. P. Hill catight a cat fish .weighing 118 pounds near Seymour. The Fayette County wheat crop, it is estimated, will average but 18 bushels to the acre. Counterfeiters .are making and circulating spurious silver coins near Jeffersonville. Convict Robert Beasley, sent up for two years from Bloomfield, escaped from the Southern Prison. Charles David, ex-mail line captain, and an old’citizen of Madison, suddenly died at bis home in that city. Princetown, the town that was almost entirely destroyed by fire, has now organized a fire department. John BenningEß.a prominent citizen of New Haven, Allen County, was thrown from his buggy afew miles east of.Fort Wayne and instantly killed. Geosse Snively,Columbus,has been granted a pension amounting to S6OO. , Hu-rcfuses to accept it as he. is ableBodied and says he can earn his own living. Andy Mandebach was fatally shot by a lad named Little while frog lunting near Washington. Little claims he did not know his companion aas in range. Their ages are 17 and 11; respectively. Mrs. Sarah Stoner of Brunswick, Mo., filled a SIO,OOO damaffo suit at LaPorte against tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Mrs. Stoner was a passenger on a train that was wrecked at Wellsboro last October. The gas well being drilled near Farmland by a stock company of farmers, was shot recently, and the output is estimated at 3,000,000 cubic feet daily. Several other wells will be put down in that locality immediately. Isaac Wall committed suicide, at Clark’s Hill, by throwing himself in front of a passenger train on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railway. He was a paralytic, and was to haVe been renloved to the poorhouse'. Patents were awarded to the following in Indiana: Lyman Cooper of Patoka, sawing machine: Edgar Green, Albion, typewriting machine; Oscar S. Guernsey, Seymour, car coupling; Moses E. Myers, Cambridge City, gate; Ralph W. Nye, assignor of one-half to J. G. Scott of Richmond, attachment for cooking stoves; Henry G. Olds, Fort Wayne, churn: William T. Putnam, Brightwood, oil burner; Frank A. Sinith, assignor of one-third to J. Krause of Flora, heating drum. WM. Casson was fatally injured in a runaway near Upland. When crossing a bridge at terrific speed the boy was thrown head foremost from the buggy against the timbers of the bridge. The skull was crushed and the specula) ivere driven into the brain. Mrs. William McMorris, near Hall, Morgan County, threw a bucket of scalding water out of a rear window on her 2-year-old child, which she thought was playing in the front yard. On hearing, its piercing screams she ran out and carried it into the house. Pieces of flesh fell from its face, arms and logs, and it died in great agony. Several weeks ago at Albany a mad dog bit a horse belonging to George Hitchins and the animal was afterward closely watched. The other day the horse was taken suddenly 111, showing signs of the disease, and died next day in great agony. While farmer Noah Howe was at Edinburg, his4-year-old boy, who was playing about tho premises, observed a large rat run under an old haystack. Tho thought occurred to the boy that he would burn the hay stack to get the rat, and ho at once applied a match. All of farmer Howe's possessions were in the barn near by, and all wore burned. Loss estimated at $1,500, with no insurance.