Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 January 1894 — Page 1
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Important Work For the Reconvening of Congress. TARIFF DEBATE TO BEGIN AT ONCE.
Mr. WiIson Will Open For tlu* Democracy on Wfwliu^sriHy anil Mr. Hurrmvs Will Annwei* For the Kcpiibliciiun. Cloture to 15c Applied I^thc Ar^uinent Dra^h Important Educational Iteport. Wasiunoton. Jan. 1.—In the house the coming week it is probable that the tariff riid Hawaiian questions will both figure. The tariff debate will begin as the house reconvenes Wednesday. The limit which will be set on the debate has not been«’ *cided, but Democratic leaders seem to believe that it will not run more than two weeks, four days for general debate and 10 days for debate under the r> minute rule. Whether Mr. Wilson, who is to open the debate, can speak Wednesday will depend on whether the Republicans insist upon the full reading of the bill before the debate begins. In case they do not, Mr. Wilson's opening speech will 1h> heard at once, followed by that of Mr. Burrows, who will reply for the Republicans. At the very outset of the tariff debate, howewr, it will lie antagonized by the Republicans, who will come forward with the Hawaiian matter. Mr. Boutelle of Maine served notice that as soon as congress re-convened he would call up the resolution which he introduced and which he maintained was of a privileged character. The question as to its privileged nature was held in abeyance by the speaker, to Ik- decided when it came up formally before the house. In order to prevent embarrassment on this point, ’t has practically been decided by the Democratic leaders to allow the Hawaiian matter to !»• brought up in the shape of tlie McCreary substitute for the Hitt resolution on Friday and to give that day and the next for its consideration. /It is not probable that any attempt will lie made at the outset to set a limit to the tariff debate. It will be allowed to run two days, perhaps three, and then if the Republicans decline to acquiesce in the Democratic plan a special order fixing the limits of the debate will be brought m from the ooiipnittee on rules. It is barely possible that some measure of relief of the treasury may upset pres- , ent prospect* in the house for the present week. The surplus is at its lowest ebb and some proiiosition for the repletion of the national exchequer may be brought forward. Scuttle Will Kill Time. It is not at all probable that the senate will really get down to close business application during the week, and some of th** most exjierienced observers freely predn • that there will not be a quorum during any part of the present week, and that therefore no important business will be undertaken until a week
lienee.
The senators generally feel that there is little that can lx- done in the way of promoting legislation until the house shall act upon some of the measures before it. The senate calendar contains KI4 reported measures, but there are less than half a dozen of these that will require any great amount of time for consideration. The most important bill on the calendar is the federal elections bill, and it is possible that it may be taken up, but only fo: -peeCllliMhlng, during Ibis week. The hill increasing bank circulation to the tnll amount of ixmds deixisited is also still before the senate and in condition to be taken up at any time. The senate is not likely to discuss the Hawaiian question again while the Mireign relations committee investigation A incomplete, so that the subject bids fcir to remain in abeyance for some »eeks unless there shonld be unexpected fevelopiuents. The outlook for early ■egislatio’n in the senate is not very good.
mymoio^y and biography, and that nature studies form an important part of the elementary school course from the beginning. All the conferences on foreign languages agree that the introduction of two foreign languages in the same year is inexpedient and insist on practice in reading the foreign language aloud, on use of good English in translating, on practice, on translation at sight and in
writing.
All the conferences on scientific subjects advocate laboratory work as the best means of instruction, and dwell on the utility of the properly used laboratory mftebonk. The conference on English recommends that the study be pursued in high schools during the entire four years, assigning an hour a week in the third year to rhetoric. The committee assigns a standard of four periods a week to each of the nine principal studies. The rejsirt continues: “Ninety eight teachers intinmteh concerned with the actual work of American secondary schools unanimously declare that every subject which is taught at all in a secondary school should be taught in the same way and to the same extent to every pupil so long as he pursues it, no matter what the probable destination of the pupil may be. or at what point his education is to cease. For all pupils the allotment of time and the ; method of instruction in a giveq,school should be the same year by year. It has been a very general custom in American high schools and academies to make up separate courses of study for pupils of supposed different denominations." The principles laid down by the conference will, if logically carried out. make a great simplification in secondary school programmes. Hawaiian Policy Denounced. Washixotox. Jan. 1.—The Republican members of the foreign affairs committee have completed their minority report :>n the resolutions presented by Chairman McCreary on the day congress adjourned as a substitute for the Ilitt resolution. The report was prepared by Mr. Storer of Ohio and s signed by Messrs. Hitt, Harmer. Blair, Draper and Van Voorhis of New York. It is voluminous and goes into detail into the whole history of Mr. Blount’s appointment as commissioner paramount and the course of the administration, the policy of Mr. Cleveland lx mg severely denounced. Pcrinir Sea Opinion* Filed. Wasiunoton, Jan. 1.—The opinions in foil of Justice Harlan and Senator Morgan. arbitrators for the United States in the Bering sea case, have l>cen filed in Paris pursuant to a resolution adopted by the tribunal at its last conference. The opinions embody substantially what was said by the two arbitrators of the United States. It is supposed that under the same resolution each of the other arbitrators have filed opinions. Arrival of the San Francinco. Washington, Jan. 1,—Secretary of the Navy Herbert received a telegram from Pernambuco last evening announcing'the arrival of the San Francisco at
that port.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Humored Suicide of PrenderjfHHt and His Subsequent Statement. Chicago, Jan. 1.—A rumor was current yesterday that Murderer Prendergast had committed suicide. Jailer Morris was kept busy for two hours answering the telephone. There was nothing in the story. Prendergast's actions aroused tin* suspicions of Guard Wallace and the latter told the assassin to hold out his hands until he was searched. “Why do you want to search me?” angrily demanded Prendergast. “To see if you have anything concealed about you, ul course, aiisaui'tsi the guard. “If you fellows think I'm going to commit suicide you are foolisli, remarked the assassin, as he extended his hands. “If 1 have to die I'm going to put you fellows to tin* trouble of killing
me."
Nothing was found in the prisoner's pockets with which he could do himself
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Why a College Professor Shot
His Bride of a Month.
STARTLING TRAGEDY AT MEDIA, PA.
injury.
,il j:»tu)n.x t;r i;ui CATION.
Lnipnrtanl Kcport on the (test Flan* of
Study In Secondary Schools.
1 Washington, Jan. 1.—The report of the committee appointed by the National
Piylui. •Jjieuii
|iso:.' to make an investigation of secondI^Airy schools studies in the United State:: Hms lx*cn transmitted to tin* secretary of 1 ■lie interior. Commissioner of EducaL Bion Harris pronounces it a most iuipor-
IlnndredH Thrown Out of Work. JoUET, 111.. Jan. t.—Tie* llliniiis steel
mili el , '"°d down “atnrday night tor .u, indefinite time. The mill had been in operation but a few weeks after a close for a year. By the closing tiie Joilet horseshoe factory, which was fo start to- 1 morrow, will Ik* obliged to suspend oper-
1 ' - S&& ssatfs sis
inumut - mi* wm tnrow hun-
dreds of men out of work.
Principal of the I amouft Academy For Doyn Coinmltfi an Astounding; Act While Walking; With HU Wife- Affed Couple k ml Their tiraiulHon Blungled at a Hailroad Crossing -Crimes ami Casual tic!.. Media. Pa.. Jan. 1.—S. ('. Shortlidge, principal of the famous Media academy for boys, while out promenading yesterday with his wife, who was a brid of only a month, shot and instantly killed her. He was insane from the grip. For three weeks Professor Shortlidge has lieen confined to bis home with the grip. His wife was u faithful, untiring nurse, but he did not seem to improve rapidly. Saturday he ventured out for a walk, his wife accompanying him, but he went no further than the spacious academy porches. Yesterday he took another walk, his wife cm Ins arm. lie passed people without his usual signs of recognition, and while passing through some woodland on JefTerson street people in the neighborhood were startled by hearing six shots. Then they saw what seemed to be a scuffle on the street. Among those who hea d and saw this was Chief of Police MeKnifl. who ran to the sjxit. He found Mrs. Shortlidge i dead and the frenzied man clinging to her and calling for her to conn buck to him. A six shooting revolver was lying empty by the side of the dying woman. When the bystanders approached Shortlidge attempted to drive them off ! and threw himself on the body of bis wife, now rapidly being '. hilled m death. The chief of pol'ce arrested and took 'him to the hx'kup. He was not fully dressed and so weak that a carriage had to be procured to convey him to the jail. Professor Sliortlidge is a member of an old (Quaker family. He graduated from Harvard university with honors. He first went into the newspaiKT business | and subsequently started a boarding- [ school for boys at Kennett’s square. He removed to Media in 1H74 and has since conducted on" of the most successful institutions in the country, lie was a man of culture and refinement and took par-
ticular delight in athletics.
The victim, whose maiden name was Marie Dixon Jones, was abont 20 years old and of prepossessing appearance. Her mother is Mrs. Marie Dixon Jones : of Brooklyn, who came into prominence a few years ago by her suit against the Brooklyn Eagle for alleged libelous publications about a hospital conducted by her. The suit was recently decided against her. Her brother. Rev. Henry Dixon Jones, was pastor of Christ P. E. church in this city up to Dec. 1, when he
resigned by request.
Tin* news of her daughter's death is a great shock to the mother, and it is feared she will lose her reason. The unfortunate man does not yet realize what he has done and is continually ask, ig for his wife. General opin-
ion is that he is insane.
A New York dispatch says there is a romance in the life of the murdered woman and a history in the life of her mother. The daughter, a pretty, trim young woman, was faithful when the mother's record was brought to light. The mother for two years conducted dispensaries and hospitals in Brooklyn, which received public moneys on the tonxis f tV'TtTOid- • • * , dilJi':. h'caA'il at public expense. She gained fame by a partnership with her son by getting into trouble with the trustees of her dispensaries. and would then start another with new trustees. The Brooklyn Eagle attacked hei methods and she sued lor f250,0Gfl, the largest amount ever sought in a similar action, and her son brought
a like suit. The Eagle won.
The attorney general then successfully prosecuted a suit to annul the charters of her institutions. The son subsequently attacked Dr. Joseph H. RnyI omiui at his hove* one night, using r. 1 heavy cam*, and also assaulted Raymond's wife when she came to her husband's assistance. He was arrested and convicted and given the alternative of an apology or imprisonment. Ho apologized. Mother and son are living
had stopped near it when Mrs. Barker rushed out. all in flames. The men ran to the aid of the woman, but when they reached her all her clothing was burned off. Mrs. Barker gasped: “My two children are burning up in the house.” They were rescued, but the woman died soon after. I iif'd by Iturglarx. Galehbi kg. 111., Jan. 1.—The Craig Block was discovered to lx* on fire by an officer, and before the blaze was extinguished the stock and building had been damaged $.">.000. Investigation showed that the fire started in the basement, and that burglars had entered one of the storerooms and had stolen some shoea. The facts indicate that they set tire to the building. lU'n\T.‘l> HIS HOME. I cur PeraotiM Compelled to Meet Dentil by Flume In nn Oinuliti Home. Omaha, Jan. 1.—John Cummings, his u other-in-law, wife and baby an 1 in the lu rgue. all victims of a tragedy which has no equal in Nebraska’s annals. According to the best evidence obtainable from occupants of the house in which the family lived Cummings deliberately set fire to his home. There was a quarrel about something, and Cummings tq>set the lamp and closed the door to the room in which the four people w re, compelling all to remain there. They cried and screamed and attempted to escape. but be would let none of them out. Cummings had been in jxxir health. Mealy C'hILmI Once Too Often. Chicago. Jan. 1.—Daniel Healy, d 1 - vorced for two years, went to wish hi ex-wife a happy New Year. She ordere 1 him from the lions and then tried to smoke him out by removing the stovelids. but was hers' lf compelled to leave. She sent Thomas s-ully to eject him and Scully was knocked down with a p Jo r. Healy then left, but later returned. When he demanded admittance Mrs. Healy fatally shot him in the groin. Sh was arresti d. Accident nr !>Iurclc*r? PlTTsiiciiG. Jan. 1.— Edward Lnffy, un iron worker of the west end, was run over and killed shortly after last midnight by a west end * lee trie car. Valentine Miller, the mortorman, and three others are under arrest pending tin coroner’s investigation. Laffy had a fight with the three men about an hour befon lie was killed and this caused a rumot that his deatii was not the result of acci-
dent.
Convicted Murderer Suicides. Pine Bixff. Ark., Jan. 1.—J. D. McDennoit, murderer of (4. N. Brooks, was found hanging in his cell in the local jail yesterday, having snicided. He made a rope of his bedclothes. FIFTY TIMES IT MET.
Another S aturday Might Trag-
edy In Indianapolis.
A TERRE HAUTE MAN’S IDENTITY.
lit In Haivinj; Trouble In ('oiivhieing Hi* Fureiits Tlnit He Is Alive-—Two Men Injured lu n <*as i:\plusion — Frisoner Who Wanted His Throat Cut Other Choice IiKliaua New* Notes.
Indianapolis, Jan. 1.—The old year drew toward its close with another Saturday night tragedy in Indianapolis. Mrs. Olive Ch ud. a widow aged 50, was the victim, and Louis Snyder, a bartender, the murderer. The exact details of the crime are unknown, ns there were no witnesses, it having been enacted in the home of Mrs. Cloud after the couple had returned from a marketing tour downtown. The fatal shots, four of them, were tired about 11 o'clock, and Mrs. Cloud was cold in death and her slayer seeking safety by flight before anyone else than tbc woman's young son, who had been in lx*d in an adjoining room, knew what had happened. The boy was so dazed that it was some minutes before he sought assistance. It i. known that for many months Snyder has been attentive to Mrs. Cloud and had hoped to win her in marriage. I ut it is stated that she had d e.iaed bis offer. II* 1 was inordinately jtalous of tier, and it is presumed that they quarreled over her arrangements to entertain for dinner yesterday a enmpany of
friends.
of splendid character. Chief Rose lias apologized to both and there is now abj solutelv no clew to the man who carried
: away $l.>,00U.
Itunieri uiitl Bruised.
Muncie, Jan. I.—William Cleary, night watchman in the Port glass works, was badly burned and bruised by an ex-
’ plosion of gas in the factory. Cirl's Strange IIalliH'liiiition.
Lapoutk. Jan. 1.—Miss Ida Rux, residing at Wanatah, is the victim of the Pellet that she must not taki nourishment of any kind. The hallucination has dethroned her reason and stu* is now hopelessly insane. It has Ihs m found inqxi.-sibie to break her fast and if relief is not speedily afford d she will starve to
death.
Chase'* 4 :ino. Kokomo, .Tan. 1.—The ease against Cx-Governor Chase, ehargi 1 with complicity in tin* failure of the Dwiggins Greentown bunk, is on the court calendar for this term, but it is likely to lie again continued until after John W. Paris has been tried in Clinton county, whither the charges against him will go on a change of venue. Driven Crazy by a *IoUo. Muncie, Jan. I.—John Rudy, arrested some days ago on a grand larceny charge as a practie il joke, is so seriously deranged by the action that there is litth* liojx* of his recovery. Rudy lives at Yorktown and is well connected. Tlu* perpetrators of the trick will be arrested this week. Cron liulletinH. Indianapolis. Jan. 1.—Secretary Kennedy of the ■ tat" agricultural board will advocate in his animal repon a statistical bureau in connection with hi • office. He thinks monthly croj bulletiu would bo of advantage to the fartueis.
> ••!'! •: !>' !:«*» a:: t:lari.. .
C:uh With a I iiique ami Reinarkublft
Record Finally DifthamlM.
Boston, Jan. 1.—One of the most unique and remarkable clubs of its kind in history held its .'lOth annual session at Young's hotel last night. It is composed of gentlemen who resided in Concord, N. H. The chib was formed in IM'iJ under the name of the Mystic Five, the agreement being that they should meet each year, with their wives, as the guest of some member of the club and should attend the wedding and funeral of each other. All of the members married and for many years 10 plates have been set at each annual supper, but for some years the death of the wife of Dr. Hurd bus left one vacant chair. Tin* chair, decorated with flowers, has always occupied a prominent position at flu* table. Each member of the club wears a peculiar 1 tibj p.l>, l.'illijl IS Iflc ' 'll O iio.glliu oi inemlx-iskip On the formation of the club each metiilier agreed to abstain from iiquo) uiid not to engage in games of chance. Wine has never been served at the animal banquets. After the sup- ' per fast night, rounding out the half j century record and with the possibility of more vacant chairs, it was decided to make it the last and those present will never meet i gain as a club. The record has no parallel, the nearest approach to , it being that of a chib of 12 Englishmen who met annually for nearly 20 years nut'.l .1,,,.a ..,,1,,, ,.i. g«..liciijig.-, im-
practicable.
MELLO WOUNDED.
Report That the Frailer \V:is
Struck l#y a Fragment of Shell,
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IHAUKIF.H FIVE l*lt E TTY GIKI.S. Arrent lu Fort W ayne of a Devout Young
Higamint.
Font Wayne, Jan. 1.—William Grim was arrested at the Young Men’s Christ an association last night on information of a Brooklyn detective who had been waiting for two days to catch ins man. The detective says Grim married five pretty girls in and around Brooklyn, every one of whom he courted, lived with a few months and then deserted. Grim came here about two weeks ago and introduced himself at the a.-socia-tion rooms, saying that he was hxiking for work. He had forged letters from the general secretary of the association of Brooklyn, from the chief of isilice of Brooklyn and others. Grim was very devout while in Fort Wayne and talked a good d"ul about desiring to live a pure
Christian life. IS HE A LI VET
Geriu.'iii llefthlont of Terre Haute Having Dittieiilty lu Convincing Hi* raients. Terkk H aute, Jan. 1.—Albert Kirschner, a tailor of this city, is undergoing I the novel experience of proving that he is alive. Twenty-two years ago he arrived at New York from Germany and j drifted to a Massachusetts town. Shortly afterward another man of the same name and occupation, and bearing a striking resemblance to Kirschner, committed suicide. Kirschner’s parents in Germany wi re notified and letters sent by their son thereafter remained unanswered, as they believed them to come from an imposter. To prove his identity Kirschner has sent a letter to his parents giving a detailed account of his life at home. The let ter is expected to reach ins parents in the tatheriand on this
New Year’s day.
Loganspi largest and citv is cios
with liabilities
the same.
riot!iiug Failure.
ut, Jan. 1.—Otto A. Kraus' eldest clothing hi ms.* in the I tod y. He has .C'-gned
oi asset about
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NEWS KERNELS.
CAS FMTOSION.
That V. itl«M»»" Home i use. Carrlnge Struck l»v n Net. York Cxpres* Cin< innate Jan. 1. — The alleged h»«i H» ocapant. Mi>hkI«iI.
swindl
| special dispatch from Montevideo snyaJ It is reported in this city that the Brazilian rebel. Admiral Mello, has been serious'!} wounded r.nd will soon comt
RuiL.iiug Hio’.vn To Fieces ami Iwo .»lc:i
Seriously Injured.
Hammond, Jan. 1.—Saturday afternoon a terrific explosion wrecked the main building of tin* Indiana Natural Gas and Fuel company’s plant at East Chicago. Two men, Charles Wilderhold and Thomas Lntherhof. were working on the ' acisliietci Vilen the explosion occurred, ami both were seriously if not fatally hurt. Wilderhold showed remarkable presence of mind and nerve, however, by mounting a railroad velocipede, rid- ‘ iug a distance of a mile and shutting off y, /A.llf-i.■stKwiro-i'S-V-* he fell exhausted from his injuries. The loss to tlu* eomnany is obopt s l.’M'D.
Serious rioting continues in Sicily. ()r. Samuel Baker, African explorer, is
dead.
If. Clay Se ton, for 27 years lire chief of St. Louis, is dead. 1’rendergast is in the murderer’s row and isn’t saving much. Dr. I’arkluirst's life lias Ixx n threatened again for his war against vice in New
York.
Various Pittsburg district iron and steel mills will resume business with the new
year.
Colorado business men have issued nn address in which they say that state i-all
right.
Then* is no longer doubt that Captain Wilson and party were killed by the Mata-
: lieles.
\ supposed rank has va111.-n to-Todg. 1 Tuthill that Cronin’s murderer is buried
1 in Iowa.
Maml. r Allender, F.,is'iisioimn, inur ! dered in the nioiiuEiins near Monte Curio
! and bis valuables stolen
New Year was usiienxl in by an immense . amount of noise. KITorts to suppress it in New York and Chicago failixl ignomin
iously.
Boston laborers are indignant over a |k>- ' lice census whieli reports hut S.Ottf idle men. The} ~ay tin* mnni»*r is many time-
I Larger.
Rose and (’hnrles ('oughlin have patched ! up peace and it i* said Itnse has persuaded Charley’s lirst wife to abandon divorce pro-
ceedings.
Ohio solu te has chosen Ssoiiator McCot;
Uft i*l 1
Waiunl Hi* Throat Cut. Indianapolis. Jan. 1. —John R.
Gib
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jVngtbv | :• miiition of the results of a lea tv i d > x.iininntloli. Nine sube, ninmtees were appointed by the main comInittee. each being devoted to one mihtieet ot t tie course ot study in secondary Ixlueation. The !Hl persons appointed
represented all sections.
The Greek conference recommend" i ft bat tin* average at which mini Is noy' J L' .7.', f.'-ge' ue fi iw’ereV ana tUat no aity ditiiais lie made to the advanced re- \ quirvments m Greek for admission to
j college.
/ The mathematical conference recommends that the course in arithmetic in elementary schools be abridged and only "i RifMlpriitf? of time tc
bra and geometry be given.
The conference on geography reixirts that loo much time is given to the* sale ject in proportion to the results secured. It pm onimend* that the early course in geography treat broadly of the earth, extending freely into fields which in later years of study are recognized as
belonging to separate sciences.
I There is a tendency in all the conference reports to urge that their special Subjects be taught at an earlier age than is now practiced. It is recommended that the elements of botany and zoology be taught in theYrimary schools; that systematic study of history lie begun as barly as the 10th year of age, the first py o years ol study to be devoted to
W. Thompson, George N. Leighton and James Yoast. Leighton, who was once a wealthy member of the board of trade.
were instanth" killed by a New York express train ut Patuxent Saturday night state that the victims vv**t‘* 'e** **.— v*
tended to. It is surmised that a fragment of shell must have struck him when the Aquidulsm was escaping from
'ants company, got inn pr.M.n Saturday ' for drunkenness. He got out by giving !
ita as president and the bouse has ei. ^. * 7U - ** ■ 'mI;" N" *77 i - " ik- :
Republican .
Wigton’s firebrick factory at Huntingdon. Pa., einpiiiyiiig I >" lip'll, lias closed and says resiimptioii depends on the fate reaem cl New York from a prospecting tour in file land of the Matiibeles. His journey
but | proved unsu . *ful.
unmnst Tu onwiugu oniuruuy, piouaoly Varley and wife, an aged couple, and on account of this trouble. i.i > x-o > /x
their 10-year-old grandson, a child of C, B. Meyers. The little boy was visiting his grandparents and all were in a ear-
4lut of Work.
gauntlet of the loyal
trance.
SUNK AT
.:><«• licivi iv/ i un me forts .it the en-
enqiloyed by the Maryland Steel company at Sparrows Point, will lx' out of work for an indefinite period. The action has caused great surprise, as the mills have been recently running night
and day on orders.
Ilarrlty Spouks of Hi* lloiiltli. Philadelphia, Jan. L—The rejxirted serious condition of Chairman Harrity of the Democratic national committee is denied by that gentleman himself, who ea* s that while be is somewhat run do vn there is nothing in his condition to cause alarm. He will take a month’s vacation, Think He Was Drugged. Nauvoo, Ills., Jan. 1.—Amos Roberts of the Nauvoo stone quarries arrived home from Burlington last week in a deranged and drugged condition and has been unable to give any intelligent account of himself. It is thought he was
drugged while there.
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car
riage was struck with terrific violence and smashed into kindling wood. The remains of Mrs. Varley were so cut to jiieces that they had to be gathered up in a wheelbarrow. Mr. Varley's head was crushed and the boy's skull fractured.
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t x< !■* 'eked
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In a
frying on * nrl<1g<». Pittsburg, Jan. 1.—Max Zoerner, aged 28 years, was found dying on the Fort Wayne railroad bridge la"! night with a bullet hole in his head. He was conscious and claimed that In* had been shot and robbed of 8200. The bridge wat< liman thinks it was an attempt at
suicide.
Woman Itnrnotl to Death. Rouhkllk, Ills., Jan. 1.—In an accident two and one-half miles north of this city yesterday a woman lost her liftand two children barely escaped the same fate. Stephen (iriffith oi this city, accompanied by a traveling man named Duty, were driving "past the house and
i»fsl i oi "Unim ' ■t’ < (A|,r<'!i,-H Mir Collision With Lx Fliiixlrr.
St. Johns, N. F.. Jan. 1.—The Dutch tank steamer La Flandre arrived here yesterday. Her port bow was crushed in ami all her compartments flooded. She collided Saturday with tlie British steamer Cyprem-s. which vessel had her bows driven into the foremast and the water rushed in ut a terrible rate. The
a check for the amount of his fine
drew nnt hi" Ev'l*>tv.*e i»> 1.•
check was presented. He*w:is rearrested, and now the auditor of the company, who has been investigating his accounts,
savs he will lx* held f w embezzlement, . u imam Ktciumisoii.pn
s r .W*«iU-.u.G«U--.'* , <G-*'** -.'••sixto coax a leu >w prt> >n< r to cut ms Gdi son's) throat and relieve him of trouble.
ship was so badly damaged that she sank within three hour". The crew of 27 men were saved.
R<’>i<Iy to I'ijM* Intlhinu (itiN. Lima. O., Jan. 1.—The big company headed by Calvin S. Brice and Dr. Samuel Baxter of this city, formed for the purpose of conveying natural gas from the Indiana fields to the cities and towns in Ohio where the supply is rapidly diminishing, is almost ready to commence work on the construction of the line. The undertaking is one of great magnitude, and lias been in contemplation for a year.
Error* In Indictment*. Indianapolis, Jan. 1.—A clerical error has been discovered in the indictments returned against R. B. F. Pierce and E. Tri TV .-P -.lt.-Al T 1- y XT . • 1 i_*. awa .«».«>*<* it* im *i«* >11.1 Avanv/imi bank cases which will invalidate at least a part of the counts. It occurred by the substitution of the name of Coffin for that of Pierix* and thst of Hnnghey for Rexford. How the errors occurred is something of a mystery, and there is surprise expressed that in one or two places the indictments seem to have had erasures made when* the errors occur. Absolutely No Clew. South Bend, Jan. 1.—The only bank robbery clew has been abandoned. Frank Smith, the goldbriek swindler snsjiected. turns out to have been a reputable traveling man. and the young man here suspected as an accomplice is acknoivledwed to Ik* a newsnaner man
land, arrived in New York from Antwerp, were injured by lieing thrown around tin* decks during a siieee—ion of gales. William Richardson.prominent in Brook-
a a <■
. *.■!*« 111,1^ I I«l \ ,
is dead. In cany lift* he worked on the Knox Conuty Republican at Mt. Ver-
non, o:
J. \V. Freeborn of McPherson county. Kan., has been appointed to succeed Mrs. Lease on tin* state Isjard of charities. Mrs. Lease insists that she will preside over all
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Schock an Fasy Winner*
New York, Jan. 1.—Alt»ert Schock scored 1,600 miles iu the 6-dav bicycle race, leading all competitors by more
than UK) miles.
Mr*. Irvine VIctorimiH.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 1.—The sensational Irvine divorce case, tin* parties to which were former residents of Indiana, has ended in a complete victory for Mrs.
Irvine.
Went 4>ut With (lie 4>ltl Year. PrrrsBUitu. Jan. 1.—H. H. Grafton, well known traveling man of Hewiokley and W. W. Donohue, aq oil man of Mercer, suicided yesterday.