Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1894 — Page 3

Muni Kaocked Clear lint! •Os Prices In our Dress Goods Department. We will make special prices on the following goods while they last: 38 in. All Wool Tricot Flannels, former price 50 cents, now 35 cents. 84 in. “ Dress “ “ 85 “ “ 20 “ 86 in. “ Plaid “ “ 60 “ “45 “ 88 In. Colored Brillianteens, “ 50 “ “ 25 “ 88 In. All Wool Bengalines, “ 81. W “ 75 “ 88 in. “ “ “ 80 “ “ 60 “ 6-4 " Flannels, “ 28 “ ;* 18 “ Nobby All Wool Suitings, the Latest Styles, suit complete. linings, thread, stays, etc.,etc., from 04 50 to 85.50 per suit. Come and see them. "VGTe Beat tlxo World For Underwear. Elegant Bibbed, Fleece lined garment, 25c.. well worth 35c. You must see them before you can appreciate their real value. Wool and Merino in same good values. dome and see for yourself. HOSIERY? Well, Yes. We are O K. on this line, also Gloves and Mittens. Fascinators, Shawls, and. in fact, everything you can think of, and all at the Prices. Blankets I Blankets ! Blankets I All we ask is, if you are needing any Blankets to see our line before you buy, as it is immense and the price is in keeping with the “times.” r CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE. Well, Now You Have Struck the Kev Note. We are second to none in this department. Our line is simply admirable. So muob nicer than ever before and quite a irr'-atdeal cheaper. Our line is from one of the largest Importers in this country. You should oome in and see before they are all picked over. They are going out every day. Come and select your Xmps-jires-ents in this line and have them put away and be sure of them. „ TOYS! TOYS!! TOYS'!! Well, it is useless to try to enumerate all in this big line, as there are 1.001 articles that we would like to mention but can’t for want of space, but remember, we are, Sja.CT'ELA. CL.A.US’ EtHADQUARTERH for any and everything in the TOY AND XMAS GOODS LINE. Groceries. Groceries. Groceries. Remember us when you need Good. Nice, Fresh, Clean, Groceries and Provisions. SPRANG & TRUE. $ ——7 ; : — — Daniel Schlegel, DEALER IN umiw RODS, SPOUTING, ROOFING, AND Tinware ofa Kinds. SWift Bspaift ami Hunte to to oft. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana. THE DEMOCRAT < AND Indianapolis, Sentinel One year only $1.50 for Both Papers. -»

Grand Hasids & Indiana Railroad. Took euect november 35. 1894. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. , No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati.. Ive 4 55pm 8 05am 8 30pm Richmond 735.. 1100..'1125 „ Winchester.... 8 34.. 12 00.. 12 20am Portland 914.. 1242 pm 12 54 Decatur 612 ~ 145.. 144 Ft.Wayne...arr 10 55 .. 2 35;. 220 “ •• ... Ire 2 55pm 230 .. 7 fOam Kendallville 405 .. 3 82.. 859 .. I Rome City 4 22.. 3 48.. 8 09.. Wolcottville r..» 4 28.. 3 54.. 9 05.. Valentine 4 40 917.. LaGrange 4 50.. 412 .. 9 27.. Lima i- ■ 503 9 41.. Sturgis 530 .. 438 .. 956 .. Vicksburg 612.. 5 22.. 10 53.. Kalamazoo, arr 640 .. 545 .. 1104 . ..Ive 720 am 7 20.. 5 50.. 1120.. Gr. Rapids, .arr 9 15.. 9 15.. 720 am 100 pm •• K ..Ive 10'25.. ,740 .. 125.. D„ G-H.4M.cr 1042.. 7 55.. 140.. Howard City 11 45 .. 905 .. 2 45. Big Rapids 12 35am 10 00 .. 340 .. Reed City , 105.. 1035.. 345.. Cadillac arr 210.. 1140.. 515.. “ ....Ive 11 15 .. 220 .. 11 50 .. 520 .it Traverse City 145 pm 710 .. Kalkaska..; 347.. Petoskej 5 40.. 3 50..Mackinac City. 7 40 .. GOING SOUTH. — - : STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 915 pm 740 am . „ Petoskey 10 20 . f 915 5 30am Kalkaska 12 27.. 1120 7 17 .. Traverse City.. 1105 MX).. Cadlll*o.. arr 2 00.. 105 pm. 850.. ....Ive 2 10.. 125.. 655 pm 855.. Reed City 3 20.. 2 35.. 7 48.. 9 57.. Big Rapids 3 50.. »05 .. 8 35.. 10 30 Howard City.. 425.. 3 55.. 9 65.. 11 20.. G. H. & M.cr 5 55.. 5 00.. 10 40.. I22spin TJlr. Rapids .arr 610.. 5 15.. 10 55.. 1240.. “ ..Ive 650dm 540.. 1140 pm 215.. Kalamazoo.arr 8 40.. 735.. 135 am 358. ..Ive 845 .. 745 400 .. / Vicksburg 908 .. 815 4 30. Sturgis 956.. 910 .'... 5 20.. Lima 10 10.. 923 534 .. LaGrange .... 1022 .. 936 <5 44.. Valentine 1081 .. 944.. 5 53.. Wolcottville... 1042 .. 954 6 03'.. Rome City 1047.. 959 6 08.. Kendallville... 1108 .. 10 16 6 23.. Ft. Wayne.. arr 1215 .. 1125 7 HQ.. •• '• ..Ive 1285 pm 1145 .. 545 am ........ Decatur 159.. 12 37.. 680 Portland 214.. 141 am 780 Winchester.... 249., 225.. 809 Richmond 8 45.. 820 .. 915 pm Cincinnati..,,j, 630., 6 55.. 12 01. Trains 2 and 4,6 run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati, C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent ' JEFF. BRYSON Agent, i Decatur Tnd The Weekly Democrat and Indianapolis Sentinel $1.50 El ? V J

zJffiK Erie Lines. Schedule In eflect Nov, 25,1894. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I ~,a p M . Chicago No. 3, Pacific Express, daily foi u No. 1. Express, dally for Chicago J. 10:45 A. M No. 31, Local, dally, except Sun-1. M dayl TRAINS BAST. ** No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I M New York and Bostons . M dally for New I 1;W p M No. Di. Express, daily for New 1:34 a. m No. 30. Local, daily except Sun-. dayf- 10:45 A. M. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus, Circlevill, Chillicathe, Waverly Portsmouth, Irontor, and Kenova, via Col um bus Hocking Valley & Toledo and Norfolk & Western Lines. J. W. DeLong, Agent. W G. MacE»wards T. P. A. Huntington First Class Night and Day Service between Toledo, Ohio, — >anh< —- St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS DAY TRAINS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. vestibuleTsleehng cars ON NISHT TRAINS. . Hfi-MULS SERVeD EN ROUTE, anu hour, DA\ CR NIGHT, at modtrate cost, . Ask for tickets via Toledo, St. Louis I Kansas City R. R Clover Lmf Route.. For further particulars, call on tßent of the Company, or address Q. O. JENKINS, Gtstrai PuHirr Iv«nt, TOLEDO, OHIO.

EVENTS IN INDIANA. Disgraceful Scene In a Church at Bremen. QUITE VALUABLE RUBBISK Practical Joker Shot — Lady Teacher Whips an 18-Year-Old Boy-Suit For Damage—Found Dead by the Boadsldo. Other State New* of Interest to Our Readers. Bremen, Ind., Dec. 25.—A most disgraceful acene was enacted in the Congregational church here Sunday evening. The Rey. Mr. Keen, a discarded minister, was in attendance at the evening services, when he arose in the congregation and commenced to abuse the presiding minister, Rev. Mr. Arthur, calling him a drunken scoundrel. Mr. Arthur told Keen to sit down, and he not doing so, Arthur left the pulpit and came down to where Keen was, picked him up and tlirew him bodily out of the church. This created an uproar seldom witnessed, and the excitement was at fever heat. Members of the congregation took sides which made matters worse. Lawsuits axe sure to result. VALUABLE RUBBISH. A Farmer’s Wife Burns *2,400 Hid In Rubbish by Her Husband. English, Ind., Dec. 25.—Last week James R. Kelleher sold his farm for 82,400, with the intention of going west in the spring. He wrapped his money in a fragment of paper and placed it in a trunk with a lot of rubbish, which Mrs. Kelleher burned, the money meeting the same fate, as the rubbish. The misfortune leaves the family practically without a dollar. r Shot a Practical Joker. Chandler, Ind.,Dec. 25.—Louis Sour, a young farmhand, went to the house occupied by the families of Robert McConnell and Francis Jaco for the purpose of frightening the children by wearing a falseface. Jaco met him at the door and knocked him down. Sour jumped tt> his feet and ran, but before he was out of range Lon Hewins fired a shotgun, which lodged 124 birdshot in Sour’s back. He was severely wounded but will recover. . ' Clayton, Ind,, DesJio—'The principal of the public schools of this place, Misb Mills, deemed it necessary to correct a refrqf tory pupil, a young man 18 years old, named Willis, timehonored method of the birch and brawn, and she prosecuted the enterprire to the extent of drubbing the young man soundly, despite the resistance offered. A warrant has been issued against Miss Mills for assault and battery by the boy’s father. Suit For Damages. Brazil, Ind.; Dec. 25.—John Colvert has filed a suit against the county commissioners for 810,000 damages. The suit is based on a claim of having contracted consumption while confined in jail. The jail has been condemned by the state board of charities and by the findings of two grand juries. A bitter legal fight is anticipated. Robbed of SI 10. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 25. — Alfred Layman of Florida was arrested yesterday on a charge of robbing Joseph Adams of Brazil. The men were together Saturday night, and while Adams was somewhat intoxicated, it is alleged that Layman plucked sllO from his pockets. Adams was an agent for tlie Red Men’s insurance. Ugly Fight In a Resort. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 25.—George Day engaged in an altercation at Sarah Singleton’s resort and used, a knife. Belie Williams was badly cut across the stomach and Flora Hays has a very dangerous gash in her neck. The Singleton woman was stabbed in the left arm and knocked tlirough a window. Fonnd Dead by the Roadside. Richmond, Ind.-, Dec. 25.—E. C. Rudy, a well known cigarmaker of this city, was found dead yesterday by the roadside. He had been to Cambridge City and it is supposed that he was thrown from his buggy on the way back and killed. Rudy was 40 years' old. He leaves a family. A Woman Chased by Tramps. Brazil, Ind., Dec. 25. —Thirteen tramps have been arrested here charged with chasing a young lady residing west of the city. They had almost overtaken the young woman when her screams brought two farmers to her rescue, who with shotguns held the tramps at bay untti she eseaped. ' A SSOO Reward. Bristol, Ind., Dec. 25.—The sheriff of this county has offered SSOO reward for and conviction of the assassin of Jonathan Crumpacker. Dogs will be used in an effort to trail the murderer.

Sentenced For Life. Terre Haute, Ind., Deo. 25.—George Roberts, who confessed to complicity in the wrecking of a passenger train on the Big Four railroad at Fontanet on the night of July 12, Tvas tried yesterday, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Heading Factory Burned. Scottsburg, Ind., Deo. 25.—The stave and heading factory owned by Julius Stdinburg was burned by an incendiary, causing $5,000 loss. Small insurance. INDIANA PARAGRAPHS. Rioters demolished a restaurant in Gas City. A mjniber of the participants were injured. The Indiana Teachers’ association will hold a thfeii days’ session at Indianapolis, beginning tomorrow. ■ O. T. Grass, trainmaster of the eastern division of the Chicago and Erie railway, died at Huntington yesterday. In attempting to dismount from a rapidly moving train Ira Lazenby of Bogansport had his brains dashed out against a bridge. .

’A POLICEMAN MOBBED. ; J Mob of Men and Boys Make It Lively For the Officers. TWO ARRESTS WERE MADE. John Harn* at Indianapolis—Police Commissioners to Be Appointed—Jeffersonville Man Bobbed and Beaten—Child Murderer—Shooting Affray at Coving* ton -Notes of the State. Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—There was a conflict between the police and a mob of several hundred boys and men on “Christian hill” yesterday afternoon which came very near resulting seriously. A prisoner was taken from Patrolman Johnson by the crowd and the officer was .thrown down, kicked and beaten. Patrolman Dilts, who came to Johnson’s rescue, had a Anger broken while trying to drive back the mob, and Patrolman Newt Shafer, who arrived later, was struck in the face. But two arrests have been made, but more will follow.

After the fight was over and peace had been restored Thomas Kane and William Burgen were arrested. The former was slated for drunkenness, resisting an officer and assault and battery, and the latter for interfering with an officer. SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. A Horsethief Who Is Sixty-Eight Years of Ago and Has Stole 200 Horses. Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 24.—Judge Gillet has sentenced • Charles Aldrich, an old horsethief, to seven years in the penitentiary. He says that his home is at Oshkosh, Wis., where he. has a wife, and that he has followed, horse stealing for 40 years. He worked northern Indiana, western Illinois and Michigan. Fourteen horses recently stolen have been found and recovered. He is 68 years old and rather feeble. He resembles an honest farmer, a role he has successfully played for many years. From statements made by himself it is believed he has stolen at least 200 horses. He had previously served one year in prison. POLICE COMMISSIONERS. New Appointments to Be Made by the Governor This Week. Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—The terms of a number of Metropolitan police commissioners expire in a few days and Governor Matthews will probably make the new appointments before the coming week closes, in the cities of Terre Haute, Richmond, Anderson, Muncie, South Bend, Elkhart, Michigan City, Logansport, Lafayette, New Albany and Jeffersonville, The commissioners re- , tiring are mostly the Republican members of the respective boards. John Murns at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—John Burns, the London labor reformer, addressed an enthusiastic meeting in Tomlinson hall Saturday night. His address related largely to the attitude workingmen should assume in political and governmental matters. He urged the breaking up of monopoly control in municipal affairs, and made a strong appeal for the destruction of the spoils system. Robbed and Beaten. Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 24.—Burglars, after ransacking the house of William Wahl, went to his bedroom and beat him while asleep. His cries awoke his wife, and before she could realize the situation Wahl’s head was horribly beaten by a blunt instrument in the hands of one of the scoundrels. Wahl’s injuries are thought fatal. The robbers escaped. Mine Accidents. Shelburn, Ind., Dec. 24. —Samuel Sivens, working in the Lofton mine, and a man named Smith, in the Star City mine, wert both badly injured by falling rock and slate. At the Star City mine an accident which wrecked the two cages came near causing the death of the engineer and fireman. An Odd Death. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Julia Harrigan, a widow, fell out of bed in such away as to break her neck. It is the presumption that she became entangled in the bed clothing in such manner that in attempting to get out of bed she fell, striking her head on the floor. Died From His Wounds. Auburn, Ind., Dec. 24.—Word comes from Fostoria, 0., that Henry Harris, who was badly wounded in a fight with tramps in a Baltimore and Ohio boxcar two weeks ago, is dead. A half-dozen bullets were taken out of his head. Murderers still at large. A Young Murderer. Rochester, Ind., Dec. 24. — Two 'Sosnins, aged 7 and 10, sons of Edward and George Brugh, engaged in a quarrel on their way home from school, the older boy stabbing the younger with a penknife, killing him instantly. The families are prominent. Shooting Affray at Covington. Covington, Ind., Dec. 24.—A shooting scrape occurred here Saturday, in which Mark Martin shot Mort Crane in the left side above the stomach. The men had been playing poker. Martin is in jail. INDIANA PARAGRAPHS. George Work, a farmer near Jeffersonville, was killed by a falling tree. David Ennis of Frankfort had an arm so crushed in a cornsheller as to require amputation. A 20-mjle footrace between George Grant and E. G. Engledrum at Plymouth, for Indiana championship, was won by Engledrum. A $15,000 high school building was dedicated at Thorntown Saturday. William P; Hutton, a prominent man of Richmond, died Saturday. An electric railway to run from Greenwood to Indianapolis has been voted a subsidy of 134,000 by Pleasant township, Johnson county. Majority, 53. ■ i ■

NEBMIStIWKS. Crop Failures Cause Great Destitution Among Farmers, MANY PERSONS BAREFOOTED Clothing I* Ho Scant That Should the Weather Turn Cold Many Will Freese to Death—Only One Stream of Water In Perkin* County—Woman and Two Children Found Dead In a Cabin. Niobrara, Neb., Dec. 24.—The suffering among the inhabitants of the drought-blasted part of Nebraska, including three-fourths of the residents of five counties, is becoming more intense daily, and immediate steps alone can preVent many deaths by starvation. Many families have not enough provisions in their homes for one week’s sustenance, and no money to purchase the necessities of life, merchants having carried jpeni to the full extent of their means. F The sufferers cannot obtain employment, and should the weather turn very cold many will freeze to death, as it is a fact that many are barefooted and have scarcely sufficient clothing to cover their nakedness. Children Almost Naked. The marshal of this place saw, 12 miles from here, children without shoes, and their pantaloons were so ragged they scarcely covered their nakedness. A mother and her two children were fonnd dead in their little cabin this week. It is supposed the mother had been confined to her bed by sickness and she and her little ones had starved to death. The stomachs of the children were opened and not a trace of food could be discovered. There is not a stream of water in Perkins county nor a living spring. Wells run from 60 to 200 feet, riie majority being 150 to 200 feet deep. The soil, if watered, raises good crops; if not, it bakes into a solid mass. The road and much of the prairies resemble asphalt, so hard packed and smooth are they. Well diggers say that the soil is a solid mass 150 fgpt down, so hard that picks have to be used to loosen it. Over this smooth surface the never-ceasing winds blow from every direction. They are filled with minute sand particles and are almost resistless.

CARRIAGE WITHOUT HORSES. An Electric Carriage on the Streets of Kansas City Canses Wonder. „ Kansas City, Dec. 24. —A horseless carriage went skimming along the smooth asphalt of Fourteenth street, in the vicinity of Cherry street yesterday, filling Mother Shipton’s prophecy that “Carriages without horses shall run,” and terrifying negroes who saw sparks and apparently sulphurous flames issuing from under it. The vehicle was an electric carriage of Kansas City invention and manufacture and is the only OHG 111 tliv Unicvvi States. The inachine worked perfectly. A speed of 11 miles an hour was obtained. The carriage was about the sh’.e of an ordinary vehicle. One seat holding three persons faces the front and another one that will accommodate a similar number faces the rear. The carriage can make quick, short turns. The storage batteries will run the machine about seven or eight hours. The carriage weighs about 2,000 pounds. Negro Uynclied. New Orleans, Dec. 24. — George King, a desperate negro, was lyncfied at the slaughterhouse below this city last evening. He had a difficulty with some butchers, and saying he. would not be bluffed, went off and got a shotgun and a bag of shot. Constable Gurr came up and tried to arrest him and the negro escaped to a barn from which he fired into the crowd which gathered, wounding the constable and half a dozen others. The barn was burned and the negro forced into the open air, where he was shot and then dragged to a tree and hung. Murdered For Two Dollars. Carbondale, Ills., Dec. 24. — Dug Henderson and Frank Jeffrey were arrested last night at Carterville, charged with the murder of Janies Towle." They both confessed to haviiig-rommitted the crime and are now lodged in jail at Murphysboro. Mr. Towle was on his way to Makanda, a village eight miles south of this city, where he intended to spend tlie holidays with his sister. He had only about $2 on his person. House Blown Up With Dynamite. Detroit, Dec. 24.—A small vacant cottage in Springwell township, owned by Charles A. Frost, was blown up with dynamite and almost completely de-_ stroyed. Frost resides in a house adjoining. All the windows in his house were shattered by the concussion and the pictures and other movables were thrown to the floor. Janies Loy and Charles Browning have’* been arrested charged charged with the crime. Two Indians; MurdefeJ. Rosebud, S. D., Dee. 24.—The wife and 6-year-old son of Yellow Bull, a subchief of the Sioux, were found in an isolated sppLWednesday terrible mutilated. When last seen they were being followed by John Lance, a graduate of the Carlisle school, and Thunder Hawke, a lieutenant of police. Lance was arrested and tells a story implicating himself and Thunder Hawke. Notorious Thief Escapes. Racine, Wis., Dec. 24. — Robert Smith, alias Janies O’Connor, a notoriovs forger, has escaped from the county jail here. The discovery was not made for several hours. O’Connor is well known to officers in large cities as a clever all-ronjid thief and has done service at Joliet and Waupun. No clew to the prisoner has been obtained. Killed In a Drunken Row. Irvine, Ky., Dec. 24.—Charles Witt shot and killed Tom, Puckett in a drunken row a few miles west of here last night. The murder was the result of an old feud. Puckett’s body had four bullets in it, one piercing his heart.

RACE MR IMMINENT. Armed Bodies of Whites and Blackn Face I&ch Other. SEVEN NEGROES NOW DEAD. Conspiracy Said to Exist to Kill White Men—No Legal Interference With the Mobs Ha* Been Attempted—Conservative Citisens Are Urging Cessation of Hostilities. Quitman, Ga., Dec. 24.—With seven negroes dead and an armed mob of whites and blacks in near proximity ta each other, the outlook for a race war id this county is startling in its certainty. The excitement is the result of the murder of Mr. Joseph Isom, one of the most substantial farmers of Brooks county. • Seven negroes’ lives were taken yesterday and last night to pay the penalty and this seems to be only the beginning of the end. An Associated Press correspondent visited the scene of action and found a posse of 300 covering a space of about five miles. The largest crowd was congregated a mile and a half from Isom’s house, consisting of 100 men, armed to the teeth and about half a mile further on there was a mob of negroes about the same number, armed with Winchester rifles, pistols, axes, clubs and everything else conceivable waiting for the white mob to come onto them. Conspiracy to Kill W hite Men, It has beeu discovered that a number of negroes had conspired to kill everyman that was in the posse that arrested Jerry Jeffreth for the killing of T. Moulden, a few weeks ago, and that the killing of Mr. Isom was the commencement to carry out this awful conspiracy. What the outcome of this will be in ths next 24 hours cannot be foretold. N o action has been taken to stop the mobs so far. Captain Tillman, father-in-law of Mr. Isom, is doing all in his power to prevent further trouble and is sending all over the country for conservative men to come and assist him in prevailing on the mob to cease action. ATTEMPTED LYNCHING. A Georgia Mob Attempts to Take a Negro Murderer From Jail. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 24.—Hon. William H. Fleming, speaker of the Georgia house, and Judge William F. Eve of the county court have finished addresses to a mob of 300 citizens that are gathered around the county jail with the intention of lynching Jake Wiggins. It is believed that better counsel has prevailed and there will be no assault om the jail. Saturday night Wiggins killed a negro named Anderson Williams, across the river in Carolina. A posse of pblice surrounded his house in the upper part of Augusta and broke in the door. Wiggins opened fire on the officers With pigt l ? l ?, in each hand Detective Joe Mawdy was' shoe in? the head'a'ntViiT** 6 ™’ ing at "the hospital. Policeman St.'* was also shot in the head and can A ably not recover. Policeman Wren-1 shot in the leg. Mr. John Davis, asj ~ tator, was shot in the region of t heart and died in less than an hou. \ The negro escaped, but a little later wa. arrested. ■ At 9 o’clock the crowd at the jail had increased to 1,000. There is no leader and it is not thought that any attempt will be made to enter the jail. The sheriff and mayor vow that there shall be no lynching in Augusta. , Raid by Outlaws. Claremore, 1.. T., Dec. 24.—The French band of outlaws, headed by Jim French and Cherokee Bill, made a raid Saturday night on the town of Nowata, about 25 miles north of here on the Kansas and Arkansas valley railroad. Station Agent Bristow, stepping out on the platform of the station, found himself covered with four guns. He was inarched through the waitingroom, and compelled to open the safe. The robbers got about $l9O. After getting rhe contents of the safe they marched the agent outside, mounted and rode away. It was feared they would rob the passenger train, .which was due, but it pulled in safely. - Awaiting Arrest For Murder. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Lewis Stone is at his home awaiting arrest upon a charge of having murdered two defenseless women in Jamestown, N. Y. He says he is innocent. He was lately employed in Buffalo and explains his presence in Jamestown on the night of the murder by saying that the train on which he was enroute to Chicago stopped at that city and he was obliged to wait several hours for another train,. Stone at once surrendered and Chicago • police informed him that they were awaiting instructions by mail, pending which he was released.

Fight Over a Card Game. Cattlesbcrg, Ky., Deo. 24.—Charles Frederick, white, fatally shot Clark Cornell, colored, during a dispute about a dollar in a card game last night. The negro wits shot five times, receiving two balls in the left side, one in the right, one in the hip and one in the left thigh. James LovejOy, white, also took a hand in the melee and stabbed Cornell twice > in the back. Frederick and Lovejoy escaped. Was It Retribution? Huntington, Va., Dec. 24.—1 n McDowell county Charles Buffalo was shot and killed by C. J. Updike, a prominent coal dealer. Three years ago Buffalo killed an Englishman within a few yards of the spot where he met his death yesterday. Hotel Burned. San Antonio, Tex . Deo. 34.—The Hot Sulphur Wells hotel and natatoriun} near this city, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Several guests had narrow escapes and none saved any of their personal effects. Loss $17,000. ( Kicked to Death. Detroit, Dec. 24.—Emil J Nozeck was kicked to death last night by five drunken men. No arrests.