Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1895 — Page 6

DOINGS OF lllli SOUINSq Most • .'the Time Yesterday Spent on Minor Matters. PASS ONE IMPORTANT BILL Jlunler’* Bill Changing the Time For the Flection of County Superintendents Io September Goe» Through the Home. Trying to Excluiln Lobbyist* — Bills Signed by the Governor—State New*. Indianapolis. Feb. 26.—The general appropriation bill was to have been taken up yesterday afternoon, but its consideration was postponed until Thursday. Most of the time in both houses was spent upon minor matters, but one important measure got through the house, the Hunter bill changing the time for the election of county superintendents to September. cThe bouse opened business at the ' morning session by undoing a piece of ] work done’ Saturday. The vote by j which the house killed Senator Newby’s bill giving justices of the peace power to appoint attorneys as special justices where change of venue is.4iemaudad was : reconsidered. The house then took up I committee reports and killed a job lot I of bills, among them Mr Howe’s fish I bill and Mr. Stakebake’s reward lor ! criminals bill. Finally the order of third readings was reached, and Hamrick’s bill author- i izing the formation of farmers' mutual ! insurance companies was passed. Mr. Hunter’.s. bill changing the time | of electing county superintendents from : the second Monday in .Tune to the first Monday in September was read the third time and passed by a vote of 75 to 11. Mr. Remington's bill requiring the ” dog tax to be paid to the assessor also passed. To Exclude Lobbyist*. At the afternoon session of the house i the Willoughby resolution excluding i lobbyists from the floor of the house , was passed. A resolution to pay Bow- i era, the unseated Democratic member > from Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland ! was defeated by a motion to table. The ways and means committee reported the direct tax bill for the ednea- ; tional institutions, giving the State Uni- | varsity 1-15 of a cent ou. SIOO. Purdue, 1-20 and the State Normal 1-20, cutting ; jji./off from the lat ter the allotment of S9O,- > (' 000 per year from the school tuition fund. The report of the committee was , adopted. The Slutesmati bill to appro- J priate money for locating- monuments on the field of ('hicamimga was reported favorably with the amount cut to $40,000. Andrew Jackson Censured. | I The Tfbarrel” committee made a re- { port severely censuring Andrew .Tack- i son, the member who had stated that I there was a barrel of whisky in the cel- 1 iar.placed there by the liquor league to influence legislation. Jackson was not present so the report was laid over. The bill to raise the salary of the judge of the criminal court of Marion comity to $4,000 failed for want of a constitutional majority. p The senate spent most of the morning i discussing committee reports and bills ; •on second reading. On these reports ; the senate, by a strict party vote, j adopted majority reports favoring the < repeal of the present legislative appor- ’ tionmenf and the bill which has passed 1 the house making a new apportionment. 1 The afternoon session was consumed in amending bills upon second reading. Bills Signed by the Governor. ■ j The following additional bills have . been signed by (Governor Matthews: To pension disabled firemen and re- > j tired firemen. j To legalize the acts of notaries public i whose commissions have expired. '• Fixing the terms of court in the Forty-sixth judicial circuit, composed of Jackson, Orange and Washington counties. An amendment to the tax law, as sug- ’ gested by the state fax commissioners. ! Concerning the number and pay of I ’ senate employes. Vacating portions of highways. To legalize the incorporation of GrafH- ' view, Spencer county. — To legalize the action of the common council of Lebanon in relation to a sewer. Republican Caucus. The Republican joint caucus last I night was productive of a distinctive sensation. On the third trial the faction believing that the appointing power should remain with the governor achieved a victory in the way of a compromise. A motion to reconsider the cau--...0us action with reference to the benevo- ’ lent and reformatory institutions, made by Senator Wishard, carried by a vote of 57 to 27. This leaves the former caucus action with regard to the two prisons standing. That is, their directors will be appointed by a board of Republican state officers. Senator Newby then offered a resolution which carried that a bill should be framed and passed requiring the governor to appoint nine Democrats and nine Republicans as trustees of the six benevolent institutions apportioning them so no more tirnn two ot one party should be upon one board, A few of the more hot-headed partisans of the former caucus action here left the caucus. The question of congressional "apportionment was then taken up and argued at length.; Htnresulted in the adoption of the Statesman bill with no changes. On the question of the fee and salary bill a resolution favoring a purely salary basis was adopted. This means practically the adoption of the Van Arsdel bill. ' , & It was determined that, the metropolitan police boards should be appointed by the mayors of the cities.' ■ Fouriianded Fight. English, Ind., Feb. 26;—News has reached here from Bird’s Eye of a fourhanded fight with knives between Edward and Charles Cummins, brothers, on one side, and Simp and John Lane, brothers, on the other. John Lane and : -J :". :

1 Charles Cummins will likely die. Both i are cut about the head, breast and ; shoulders. All were drunk. They beI long to good families. ATT KM I’TED ASSASSI NATION. I Kilh’ Ball Fired Through a Door Narrowly MiNHra Un Mark. Richmond, Ind.. Feb. 26.—John Rike) has Ixien invested on a charge of attempting to shoot Jacob Minner. While the latter was sitting in his house a rifle ball pierced the door, passing very close to Minnor’s head, and smoke was seen to arise from John Rikel’s barn, which commanded a view of Minner’s home, and shortly afterward Rikel Was seen making his way from the barn to his house. There has been a long standing feud between the two families, and this influenced the authorities to make rhe arrest. A smoothbore rifle was found in the possessjpn of Rikel, bearing evidence of recent firing. Choked a Mad Dog. Carbon, Ind., Feb, .26. —A dog afflicted with Jiydrophobin was choked to ■ death by Perry King, near this place, after a fierce struggle lasting several . i minutes, during which Mr. King was I severely bitten on the arm. Previous to . ; meeting Mr. King the dog attacked I George Dixon, Phillip Roberts and Leo Wehr, but was beaten off with sticks. | The same animal created quite a dis- i turbdnce north of Carbon. “ ■_ -- ■ --4Peculiar Internal Arrangement. Logansport. Ind., Feb. 26.—While attending a 14 year old boy named .Tames Mackassy Dr. A. J. Herrmann i discovered that the lad’s heart was on his right side, and that all his other in- | ternal organs were just the opposite in - arrangement of those of an ordinary human. The boy’s present illness is 1 considered very critical, but he has been i unusually healthy all his life. HOOSIER PARAGRAPHS. The United Brethren of Plymouth have dedicated an SIO,OOO church. The M. E. church at Montezema was de- . stroyed by lire. The contents were saved. Natural gas explosion wrecked the eti- i gineroom of the tinplate factory at El wood. Charles-Stout of Jefferson comity accidentally and probably fatally shot his sis- : ter Stella, aged 17, while playing with a re- ; vol ver. Eight hundred people engaged in a fox , chase in Bartholomew county. They run ; down a gray shepherd dog for a wolf while the foxes escaped. Matthew Massena, superintendent of the Effner division of the Dau Handle at. Logansport. iias resigned after 25 years of continuous service. Michael Pettit, tiu 1 Logansport veteran who inysteriotjsly disappeared on the eve of his wedding, has been located at the I Marion soldiers’ home. James Stonebrakei. aged 75,, and Mrs. i Nancy Lowman, aged 68, of Flora have been married. It is his sixth venture and her fift h in matrimony. Brazil police raided a camp of suspicious persons near that place, arresting three of them. A-lot of hardware recently stolen from Bicknell's hardware store at Green-, castle was recovered. A boy baby has been born. to Mr. and I Mrs. Richard Bartholomew of Lagro. ■ Wabash county, with but one perfect arm. ' It is otherwise perfectly formed. The de- ■ formed arm reaches to a point immediate- : ly below the elbow. Frederick Ilonglas*’ Funeral. Rochester, N. Y., Feb 215.—The body ' of Frederick Douglass arrived here this i morning at 9:25. The remains were met at the depot by the mayor and a delegation of citizens and escorted to the city building, where they lay in state until 1:30, after which they were taken to Central church, when the funeral services were held. , Arrested For Counterfeiting. St. Louisj Feb. 26.—Joseph Meyers has been arrested here on the charge of passing a silver dollar, which he claims was given him in change. He will be held pending an investigation. This makes the eighth man placed under arrest here recently for counterfeiting or attempting to pass the “queer.” Getting Ready For an Exposition. BAI.TIMORE, Feb. 26.—The Baltimore Centennial association on Thursday next will select a site soy the great exposition to be hekl in ISO* - Clifton Park, the property of the Johns Hopkin university, and Patterson Park, belonging to the citv, are the places to be consid*yed.. - - ■ .Run Down by a Train. Linden, 0., Feb. 26.—A westbound i freight train on the Nickel Plate road ran down a 2-horse rig carrying a party of people to church at a'road crossing near this pitta). Two persons were killed and two others will likely die as a result of their injuries. MARKET QUOTATIONS. ■’’Prevailing Prices For Grain and Cattie 1 . Indianapolis. Wheat—sl@s2j£c. Corn — Oats—3o<*t«XcCattle—Receipts light; shipments none. Market steady. Good to choice shipping and export steers, medium to good shipping steers. $4.00®4.75: common to fair steers. [email protected]<): choice feeding steers, $3.60@ good to choice heifers, $3.60@4.(X); fair to medium heifers, si2.9'J@3r4O; common light heifers, $2.25(82.75; good to choice cows. [email protected]; fair to medium I cows, $2 50(83,1X1; veal calves. Hogs—Receipts 500 head; shipments fair. Market active and strong. Good to choice medium and heavy, $4.15 @4.37J£; mixed and heavy packing, $4.00@ 4 20; good to choice lightweights, $3.95® 4.05;" common lightweights, $3.90®3 95; pigs, $3.1X1®4.00; roughs. S3.(XI® 3.85. -SHEEP—Receipts light; shipments light. Market quiet. Choice to extra lambs, [email protected]; common to good lambs, $2.25®4.25; prime export sheep, $3.75®4.00;g00a to choice sheep, $3.(X)®3.50: fair to medium sheep, $2.25@ 2.75: common sheep, [email protected]; bucks, per head. $2 00®4.(X). - Chicago Grain and Provision*. Wheat —May" opened 52Jfc; closed 5314 c. July opened 58%C, closed 54 Corn—Maj’ opened 44Xc. closed July opened closed opened 29Kc, closed 29%c, July opened ?7%c, closer! 27%c. Pork—May opened $10.12, closed $10.25. Lard—May opened $6.47; closed $6 50. Ribs—May opened $5.27, closed $5.30. Closing cash markets: Wheat 50jfc, com oats pork J 10.05, lard $6.35. nbs $5.10.,

'BATTLKIVITHKOIiBKKS Arrest of a Suspected Bank Breaker Brings on a Lively Row. SEVERAL PERSONS ARE SHOT i Two Pal* of the Prisoner Make an Attack on the OMcera and a General ShoMlug Scrimmage Follows, Which End* In the Finn! Capture of Two of the Desperadoes. Covncil Bi.vffs, la., Feb. 26.—A spirited fight between bank robbers and the local authorities occurred here late yesterday afternoon, in which several persons wore shot and much powder burned. Officers had been notified tc watch for the. men who robbed the I Griswold, la., bank. Just after dusk, as one of the officers was patrolling hjs bear, he noticed a man sitting in the office of the Kiel hotel who answered the diseriptiou teleffraphed from Griswold. Deputy Sheriff O’Brien was notified and concluded that'he was one of the men wanted, and' called to his assistance Deputy Sheriff Hooker, and in company with Officers Peterson and i Ware the party entered the office and incited the suspect to jail. As the five men left the hotel two • other hotel gueste rose and followed, keeping several yards behind. Just as | they reached the courthouse O'Brien , dropped behind, telling his prisoner to walk in front. As he did this the two men who had been following the party I commenced firing at the officers. Presenting their guns the officers returned the fire, the prisoner and the two strangers separating from the officers and shooting as they ran. I For some minutes the fusillade was kept up, citizens and other officers joining in the battle, which had become general all along the line, until the desperadoes were overcome and two of them placed under arrest and taken to jail, where they gave their names as John Reilly and James Wilson. The Pentona V* ounueti. ! As soon as they were secure behind bars, the officers started to look for the wounded and in the search they discovered O’Brien severely wounded, a bullet having struck him in the abdomen, entering thb body and lodging near the spine. Riley was hit in the ’groin, the bullet penetrating some two inches. i The third man escaped and fled toward the river pursued by a posse of citizens, bufhe managed tb elude them. It is thought that he is now in Omaha and the police of that city have been notified to be on the lookout for the man. In searching the men. at the; jail their pockets yielded a large Dumber of postage stamps ami a quantity of small change, I which fact convinces the officers that the -two parties . now under arrest are members of the gang that robbed the Griswold bank. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Nashville School Teacher Kcceiven a [ .Shock Which Breaks a Blood Vessel. ; Nashville, Feb. 26.—A most fearful . accident occurred in East Nashville, rei suiting in the, almost instant death of Miss Ada Slaughter, a teacher at Ward’s 1 Female Seminary in this city. Miss | Slaughter, Miss Hopkins, also a teacher ' in the same school, and Misses Pearl White and Janey Bailey, pupils, were driving in a one-horse carriage. One of the shafts broke and before the horse could be stopped the vehicle had veered around and turned over. The shock and fright to Miss Slaughter was so great that it caused the breaking of a blood vessel and she died in 15 minutes from hemmorrhage. She was unconscious from the accident until her death. The other occupants of the vehicle were but slightly injured. The horse was not running away, and the accident was a most peculiar one. HAVE A GREAT TIME. Hl*. Majesty Rex Get* a Royal Reception at New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 26 —The royal yacht Galveston, High Admiral Clark commanding, bearing his majesty King Rex, king of the carnival, and suite conveyed by the royal Flotilla, under command of his graces D. B. Wood, duke of Allegheny, his majesty’s admiral of the port, arrived yesterday afternoon and were greeted with the booming of cani nous, steam whistles, wav--1 ing of flags and the shouts of the multitude. His majesty was escorted to carnival place by a «grapd procession including the king’s imperial body guard, the Cleveland Greys, Norfolk artillery and Lasker light guards of Galveston. Thousands of spectators lined the route of the procession. The weather was clear and warm. ___ — Fatal Shooting Affrny. Asheville, N. C., Feb. 26.—Information was received here yesterday afternoon of a fatal shooting affray that oc■curred at Shelton Laurel, a wild mountainous section in Madison county. Baxter and Everett. Shelton, brothers, were engaged in a game of cards with “Boss” and Jim Stanton, brothers, when a dispute arose, with the result that “Boss” Stanton was shot and instantly killed i by Baxter Shelton, and Everett Shelton l was mortally wounded by Jim Stanton. ! Bad blood had existed for some time. The Scott Lyncher*. O’Neil, Neb., Feb. 26.—The alleged lynchers of Barrett Scott appeared in court yesterday to stand trial for murder; Attorney General Churchill fOt the state made a motion and asked that the court .grant a continuance until March 20. It was granted. t Doable Trngedy From Jealousy. Chehalis, Wash. , Feb. 26.—A. Phillipa, a logger about 35 years old, shot and killed his wife at Centralia and then blew out his own brains. Both died within an hour. The affair grew out of Phillip’s jealousy of his wife. Municipal Suffrage to Women. Boston, Feb. 26.—The legislative committee on woman’s suffrage has reported favorably on a bill granting full municipal suffrage to women. _

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FUN FROM A PRISON. A Couvlct Editor Who Has Ability and Is Open For an Outside Engagement, Some of the prisoners of the state penitentiary at Joliet edit and publish a monthly paper called Up To Date. The January number contains the following account of a difference between the deputy warden i;nd the prison orchestra. It: may he. necessary to explain that Ispen is an abbreviation of Illinois state penitentiary: 1. Concerning the tribe of Ispen, which dwelt in the valley of the Des Plaines river. 2. And the tribe of Ispen numbered 1,500 souls, and they were in bondage. 3. There was then no .king In Ispen. A deputy ruled over the land. 4. And Josephus, rhe deputy, was a kindly man, albeit be was a mighty man—a man of great stature and valor. 5. A>d it came to pass that Josephus, the deputy, singled out the musical members of the tribe of Ispen and commanded them to appear before him, as was the custom in those days. 6. And he gave unto each an instrument, every one after the kind he desired. 7. And he said unto them, “This day shall yo have a now name. ” 8. And he called them the “Orr-Kess-Trab, ” which is the mighty monos noise. 9. And the Orr-Kess-Trah was favored above the rest of-the tribe of Ispen. 10. And it came to pass that the Orr became grasping and proud beyond warrant. 11. And they took counsel among themselves as to how they should distinguish themselves from the common run. 12. And it caine to pass that they resolved that they were Samsons, and their strength Was in the hair of their heads. 13. And it came to pass that each one did get his hair cut, each one after his own fashion. .> - . 14. Now, Josephus, thedeputy, albeit be was a kindly man, remarked the style which the Orr-Kess-Trah took unto themselves, each one after his own kind. 15. And he issued a proclamation forbidding the Orr-Kess-Trah from this pompadour stylo, which was only worn as a mark of high degree in the tribe of Ispen. 16. Now, when the Orr-Kess-Trah heard this edict, they took counsel among themselves. 17. And it came to pass that they made for themselves a banner on which was inscribed, “No Pompadour Hair Cuts—No Music. ” 18. Now, the rest of the acts of the Orr-Kess-Trah, and all that they did, and the hair that they lost,- and the privileged that they no longer get, are they not written in the book of the “Chronicles of the Deputy?” Here are some items gathered at random from the pages of the paper, showing that even a prison has its news: Present population, 1,593, Last consecutive number, 3,958. December discharge list, 73. Fresh fish since last issue, 120. Received during 1894, 945. Sent to insane hospital, 2. Why haven’t we got your subscription? ’ The editorial/Ttaff of Up To Date spent Christmas in its usual hilarious manner, and we wish to remark right here that it took us all day to spend it._ Three hundred and six visitors passed through the prisop in December. Seven thousand four hundred and twenty pairs of socks darned, 509 new shirts, 197 pair new drawers and 587 new handkerchiefs were made in /the female prison in December. • , ' i *t . . V'-f.r 7- • f ."''t . . . ..." ■' j' , - -• >

Try to be kind and civil to your cellmate. Remember that he has his own troubles and no doubt feels that ho is just as much abused as you are. Quarreling doesn’t pay. You don’t get any satisfaction from it, and if it is kept up it leads to a row and then the hole, so, you see, the best you can get is the worst of it. Don’t worry the guard with talcs about any one else. He has his own troubles. Up To Date extends an invitation to all members of.the press to drop in and see us, even if they don’t stay as long as we do. Special Notice.—The editor of Up To Date, having nearly completed the sentence under which he has been confined here, is desirous ot securing a position on some newspaper where he can enlarge the experience obtained in running this paper. Penalties For Careless Coachmen. When an omnibus or a cab driver runs over a foot passenger in London streets, the possible loss of a license exercises a wholesome restraint. The private coachman and the driver of the tradesman’s cart have far less compunction in teaching an old gentleman to get out of-their way by running him down. At the worst, they are fined. Not infrequently their fines are paid by a sympathizing employer. But no one pays a poor cabman’s fines, and the loss of a license in addition means the loss of his means of a livelihood. In Paris, we belidve, the driver of a fiacre is generally allowed by the law to run over one bourgeois in the course of a year. In London magistrates are less lenient Moreover, the law makes an unfair and arbitrary distinction between the cabman’s case and that of the unlicensed driver. The former is liable to be removed from the box for good and all. The driver of the cart may continue to urge on ills wild career, though he destroys several citizens in the course of the year.—London Spectator. A Carrier Pigeon’s Return. Eight mouths ago a carrier pigeon belonging to John C. Dinan, president of the Hillside Homing club of Lancaster, Pa., was released at Manassas, Va., being one of a number engaged in a fly for the Shamrock Silver club on Tuesday. Dinan’s bird failed to return home, but last evening it appeared at its old cot. An examination of the bird showed that its wings had been clipped. As soon as the feathers grew again the bird’s instinct turned it homeward.—Philadelphia Ledger. A Speaking Repeater. ? The latest things in watches is a repeater which pronounces the hours and quarters, and so obviates the trouble of counting necessitated by the present system. M. Silvan, a Swiss watchmaker, is credited with having successfully adapted Edison’s phonograph so as to produce this ingenious result. —New York Post. nere are some oaa opinions concerning the force of the electric current given by Dr. C. F. Chandler before the Columbian School of Mines: “An inter-, esting misapprehension which exists in the minds of many people is one concerning the vital dangers which lurk in the pressure of, say, 1,000 volts. The newspapers often tell of a man who has been killed from such a pressure, whereas, in fact, such a pressure alone could not kill a buinming bird. I have frequently caught in my hand sparks possessing an electro motive power of 100,000 volts without feeling anything more than a very slight burn. The danger arista only When the volts are reenforced by a good many nmpheres or currents. In such a case the force of the current suddenly decomposes all th® ■

nuids in the body. Tito salt in the blocfl instantly turns to chlorine gas, and ttefl person who has his veins charged witfl such a deadly poison cannot beexpectefl to live many seconds. St. Louis Refl public. ■ Saf«. . H in St. Paul’s .one day a guide wafl showing an American gentleman rouufl the tombs. “Thai, sir,” said the maul “his the tombof the greatest naval Europe or the whole world hever knew! —Lord Nelson’s. This marblesarcoughfl bogus weighs 42 tons. Hillside that hifl a steel receptacle weighing 12 tons, anfl hinside that is a leaden casket, ’ermetfl ically sealed, weighing over two tons.B Hhiside that his a mahogany coffin hold -I ing the hashes of the great ’era”B “Well,’’said the Yankee after think-l ing awhile, “1 guess you’ve got him.l If he ever gets out of that, cable me atl my expense.”—New York Dispatch. I Uked Harmony. ] A short time ago a young woman of] fashion in Washington went to one of] the taxidermists of the Smithsonian in-j stitution and wanted a favor. She had] with her a bright canary bird, alive and] chirruping, and she very much desired] the taxidermist to kill and stuff the bird for her. She went on to say tht she had “hunted all over the city for a bird qf just this shade,” because she wanted the plumage to match in color a new) gown which she was having made. The bird that she brought she wanted stuffed for an ornament for her person.—Kat® Field’s Washington. A Clever Swindler. The French police have put a stop to a fraud which 4s so clever that the'swindler almost deserved the harvest ot francs which he has been steadily reaping. The nian has been making th® round of fairs and other gatherings selling a rat powder which was perfectly harmless, but struck rats dead On tWb spot. In order to convince any skeptical man he first powdered a slice of bread with the stuff and ate a piece himself and then, put the remainder under a glass case in which waS a rat. The rat ate the bread and instantly fell dead. At 10 cents a box the powder went like hot cakes. The police looked into the matter and found that the powder was nothing but sugar. They also found that the glass case was connected with a powerful electric battery, and the moment the rat touched the bread the current was turned on, thus killing the rodnet. The man was sentenced to 15 days in jail. — Paris Disnatch. Arrival of tli« Military. The Georgia Hussars were the first to respond. The organization contained 30 men in all. The mob evidently beleived that this was all it intended to bring out and laughed at them as they drew up in front of the hall. Soon after, the tramj of other military was heard, and fotu companies of the Savannah voluntee guards swung into position in front o the hall with fixed bayonets and rifli loaded with ball cartridges. By order of the mayor the guyd formed in two single lines and channel the mob with fixed bayonets in hope o breaking it. The mob was shoved bai slowly, but refused to break and ex casional rocks were thrown at th® hal. The mob was sullen and defiant and aj patently determined. Six corapnnie from the First regiment came up soo Ace sad Cue. Ethel—Don’t you think that pair o: vases lovely, George? George (with visions of last nights poker game)—Curse the things I I don’t Want to bear any thing about them. Ethel has not "spoken to George since. —Buffalo Express. The old sheepskin cloak mentioned by Paul probably cost him about'fl, U that was the common nrioe atthattimaj ■ ■ i'