Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1889 — Page 3

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

«YENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. Am Interesting Summary of tlie More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—W«ldiugs and Deaths —trime, Casualties and General News Notes. I “re nervation of Rattle-Fields. The Secretary of War has sent to Cohgress the estimates of Gen. 0. M. Poe, of the army, for proper improvements to mart and protect the works, forts, and battle-fields in Indiana and Ohio where Gen. William Henry Harrison won his victories against the Indians in the early settlement of those Territories. In Gen. Poe’s report this reference is made to Fort Wayne, now the flourishing capital of Allen County: “A considerable portion of the site of old Fort Wavne belongs to the city of Fort Wayne, the remainder being now occupied by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Bailroad as successors to the old Wabash and Erie Canal. Except the well, no trace of the fort now exists, and the part of the site now occupied by the railroa or by city streets is reduced to a small triangle, as shown by the map. A patriotic and public spirited citizen has inclosed the triangle by a neat, iron fence and erected a flagstaff within it, but, so far as I can learn, either by observation or inquiry, the city, as a corporation, has done nothing toward marking or preserving the site. Any monument placed here should be similar to such as may be selected for Fort Defiance and Fort Miami. Its cost would be about $5,000.” An appropriation of $60,000 is asked for, to include, besides, work at Fort Wayne, improvements on the following battle-fields in Ohio: Pui-In-Bay, Fort Industry, Fort Miami, Fort Meigs, the battle-field of Fallen Timber, and Fort Defiance. One Hundred and Five Years Old. A family dinner-party was given at the residence of William Kothermel, of Milton, last Snuday in honor of Mrs. Rothermel’s mother, Mrs. Magdalena Boggs, who was born at Elizabethtown, fifteen miles west of Lancaster City. Lancaster County, Penn, Dec. 22, 1783, and was 105 years old Debember 22, 1888. Her father served in . the Revolutionary yvar, and at his death was buried with military honors. Her 100th anniversary was celebrated at Bennett, 111., where she resided at the time with her son. She has five children living —the eldest, Mrs. Catharine Krieder, of Homer, 111., being 83 years old, and the youngest, Mrs. Rothermel, of Milton, with whom she resides, being 64 years • old. She also has forty-five grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. There were thirty, including children, grandchildren, and great-grandchil-dren, present to do honor to the occasion, and for all that appears to the contrary now she will live to celebrate many more returns of her anniversary, for although not as full of vigorand animation as she was a few months ago, owing to a spell of sickness last summer, yet she is able to sit in her easy chair and bid her visitors welcome with a gentle handshake and inquiry for their health, and comment upon the state of the weather. Careless Handling of a Gun. A sad and fatal accident happened near Waynetown. A party of about twenty men and boys started out for a hunt. Between 4 and 5 o’clock Clyde Biddle, one of the number, sighted a rabbit. He cocked both barrels of his shotgun, so as to be ready to shoot twice if necessary. The first load killed the rabbit, and be carelessly threw the gun over his shoulder. In some manner the •cock of the loaded barrel caught in his coat-sleeve, causing the gun to go off, the load striking Charles Earhart in the left side of the face. The shot entereu his eye, cheeks, ear, and penetrated his temple. He was taken to the residence of Wayman Batreall, and Dr. Olin, of Elmdale, summoned. Nothing could be done to save the life of Earhart, and after suffering intense pain for several hours he died. The deceased leaves a wife and son. Minor State Items. —Mrs. John Davis, the wife of a prominent farmer of Jefferson Township, Cass County, was thrown from a wagon and killed. —Patents have been granted to the following named Indiana inventors: Henry Cooprider, jr., Clay City, tractiontongue for threshing machines; George L. Elder, Wilmington, chart for educational purposes; Edwin H. Ford, Hartford City, automatic gas regulator and cut-off j Christian M. Kirkpatrick, assignor of one-half to J. M. Taylor, Indianapolis, automatic cut-off for gas; David M. and T. H. Parry, Indianapolis, two-wheeled vehicle; Frederick Rupp, Milford, two-wheeled vehicle; John B. Swaim, Newbern, car-brake and starter. —At New Albany Willie Weber, Syears old, while playing with Fred, his 10-year-old brother, pointed a flobert rifle at him, saying he was going to kill Indians. The rifle was supposed to be unloaded, but it uent off, and the bullet eutered the abdomen of Fred, near the navel, inflicting a fatal wound. | —Henry Beach, a j’oung man living near Goshen, was accidentally shot by a hunting companion. —Jack Fullom was drowned by breaking through the ice while ’ skating on -Lake Manitou. near Rochester.

—The widow of MaN Cohen, of Madison, has sued the Ohio tsjd Mississippi Railway Company for SfSDOO, on account of the death of her in December, 1887. —W D. Kisbbaugh, residing three miles ‘east of Martinsville, caught a snow-white muskrat in a trap on the edge of his fish-pond. This is the first white muskrat ever heard of in these parts. —J. C. Wemmer, of Warren, Huntington County, had his nose cut open and a furrow plowed through his lips and chin, besides other dangerous injuries, in attempting to dislodge a tree which had become fastened in another while falling. —ln attempting to remove a corn from his foot, M. W. Nolan, of Jeffersonville, pricked it with a pin. Blood-poisoning set in, and he is now in a critical condition. —The Pennsylvania Oil Company has just drilled in an oil well two miles west of Portland that is the best producer in the State. Tanks are being built, and as this is the third oil well in this field, it establishes beyond a doubt the fact Jay County contains a rich oil field. —ln one neighborhood in Montgomery Cbunty there tvere eleven births in one night. —Ed. Moreland, a .section foreman, was instantly killed by a locomotive near Valparaiso. —James Mitchelltree, an old citizen of New Rose, was stricken with heart trouble and died in an hour. —A dozen mad dogs have been killed in the vicinity of New Ross, Montgomery County, within the past few weeks. —Henry Bower, Superintendent of the Portland schools, was fined $5 by Judge Bobo, for refusing to admit a pupil after the court had ordered him to do so. —The grocery store in which the postoffice at Leo, Allen County, is located, was burglarized. A large number of stamps, S3O in cash, and several hundred dollars’ worth of groceries were taken. —Parties who keep vicious dogs at Crawfordsville have been notified that if they want their mail delivered the uogs must be restrained from interfering with the carriers. One carrier was chased out of the yard, and he took his revenge by placing the word “dog" alongside the house nujnber. —Coal gas escaping from a stove through broken mica, came near asphyxiating the family of William Eppert, of Peru. Prompt use of restoratives saved their lives. —While driving from Jeffersonville to visit the Odd Fellows Lodge at Prather, a number of persons were precipitated over a steep embankment. Peter Leclare and George Nixon sustained fractured ribs; ex-Mavor Preefer was badly cut about the face; Capt. W. H. Northcutt received internal injuries, and Fred Bamber was badly hurt about the head. Mrs. Epps committed suicide at Fort Wayne to avoid appearing in court to answer the charge of disorderly conduct. George and Albert Nuller, of Clarksville, who have saved no less than twenty-five persons from drowning at the Ohio River Falls, have added another name to their list, that of Michael Quinn, of Louisville, who attempted to cross to tile Indiana side in a dilapidated skiff, but was drawn into the rapids. —A true bill of indictment has been found in the Crawford County court against George Davis for shooting the White Cap Gregory. He was released on a S3OO bond. Gregory continues to improve, and there is now but little doubt that he will recover. An outcome of the affair is the insanity of Isaac N. Davis, a son of the man who did the shooting. He is imbued with the idea that Gregory is in pursuit of him witb the intention of killing him. He spends his time running like a deer through the woods, or in hiding, to avoid his imaginary pursuer. —The skunk farm in Huntington County is a financial bonanza to its owners. Large sums of money are realized from the hides and oil rendered from the carcasses of the odoriferous little animals. —Reuben Daily, proprietor of the Jeffersonville News, widely known as a bitter infidel, is now actively engaged in championing the cause of Christianity, and his lecture, “Twbnty-one Years an Infidel, or Why I Returned to Christ,” is highly endorsed by the Christian ministry and also by Francis Murphy. It if eloquent, witty, and powerful, as Mr. Dailey knows how to make it, embracing, as it does, his interesting experiences as an opponent to religion, and the causes which led to his conviction of his error. This lecture will be given at Aurora, Sunday evening, Jan. 6, and thereafter at other places which engage his services. —Mrs. Thomas Patram, an old and highly-respected lady, of Columbus, accidentally run a small splinter of wood in one of her fingers a few weeks ago. The wound was pricked with a needle, which caused black erysipelas to set in. The disease rapidly spread over her entire body, and caused her death. —Miles Jobson, a wealthy widower of Princeton, who was married on Christmas day, hanged himself the other night. He left a note saying that he had broken his promise not to marry again, given to his first wife on her death-bed, and that he could not endure the reproaches of his conscience.

THE FIGHT IS STILL ON.

BANQUET OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TARIFF reform league. Many Noted Men Present— Speech of Secretary Fairchild —A Letter from President Cleveland Commending the Work of the League Received with Cheers. [Boston special.] The annual banquet of the Massachusetts Tariff Reform League took place here at the Hotel Yendome Friday evening. The principal guest of the evening was Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild. Among the others were: The Presidentelect of Harvard College, T. W. Higginson, P. A. Collins, Henry L. Pierce, George S. Hale, C. R. Codman, Leopold Morse, Jesse Metcalf, and William Endicott. W. E. Russell presided, and in an opening speech said the gathering was :not one of interested capitalists to rejoice lover a political victory, but a gathering in the interests of the propagation of a (great political economic reform. A •letter from President Cleveland, who had been invited to attend the banquet, was then read. The letter was as follows: “Executive Mansion, I Washington, D. C., Dec. 24. ( i“Measrß. Sherman, Hoar and others. Committee: ! Gentlemen —l am exceedingly sorry that I can not be present at the annual , dinner of the Massachusetts Tariff Reform League of Dec. 28. This is not merely a formal and common expression of regret. It truly indicates how much I should enjoy meeting the members of your league, aud how glad I should be to express in person my appreciation of their important services in a cause to which I am earnestly attached and to acknowledge g.t the same time their frequent and encouraging manifestations of personal friendliness. I know, too, that it would be profitable and advantageous to be even for a brief period within the inspiring influence of the atmosphere surrounding patriotic and unselfish men banded together in the interests of their fellow-countrymen and devoted to the work of tariff reform. This reform appears to me to be as far-reaching in its purposes as the destiny of our country and as broad in its beneficence as the welfare of our entire people. It is because the efforts of its advocates are not discredited by any sordid motives that they are able boldly and confidently to attack the strongholds of selfishaesi and greed. Our institutions were constructed in purity of purpose and love for humanity. Their operation is adjusted to the touch of national virtue and patriotism, and their results under such guidance must be the prosperity aud the happiness of our people. And so long as the advocates of tariff reform appreciate the sentiments in which our institutions had their origin, bo long as they apprehend the forces which alone can guide Iheir operation, 60 long as they, in a spirit of true patriotism, are consecrated to the servioe of their country, temforary defeat brings no discouragement. It but proves the stubbornness of the forces ot combined selfishness, and discloses how far the people have been led astray, and bow great is the ne'cossity of redoubled efforts in their behalf. To lose faith in the intelligence of the people is a surrender and an abandonment of the struggle. To arouse their intelligence and free it frorc darkness and delusion gives assurance of speedy and complete victory. “In the track of reform are often found the dead hopes of pioneers and the despair of those who fall in the march. But there will be neither despair nor dead hopes in the path of tariff reform, nor shall its pioneers fail to reach the heights. Holding fast their faith and rejecting every alluring overture and every deceptive compromise which would betray their sacred trust, they themselves shall regain and restore the patrimony of their countrymen, freed fiom the trespass of grasping encroachment and safely secured by the genius of American justice and equality. Yours very truly, “Grover Cleveland.” Applause on the reading of the letter naving abated President Cleveland’s he.ilth was drank standing. Another thiee cheers was given and Mr. Russell then introduced Secretary Fairchild as the representative of the administration. Secretary Rairchild, after expressing his appreciation of the honor conferred by asking him to be the guest of the League, said that the election had by no means decided the question of the tariff and tariff reform. The struggle had only begun and the end was not yet. He continued as follows: “The record of Ihe late canvass brings no discouragement to our cause, but on the contrary high hopes for the future. It shows us that where intellect w as aroused, thought invoked, and experience appealed to, we made great gains; that we lost only in those places where mind was dominated by passion; where partisanship and the blind prejudice of lace and section overcame benevolence and love for a whole country. It is true the tariff should be settled and forever removed from the domain of politics, for it not only disturbs business but, infinitely worse, it prevents the simple purpose of universal beneficence for which alone our Government is fitted. It converts our legislative halls info scenes of barter between conflicting interests, whqre wrangles over means to enable men to get more and still more money from our citizens become the chief characteristics of the people's representatives. It degrades business and often makes success therein the prize of dishonor. It corrupts the people. “But how can this question be settled ? There are two kinds of so-called protective tariff—the one old-fashioned, now nearly obselete, that of Henry Clay, sometimes called ‘The Promotion of Infant Industries,’ the underlying principle of which was, if I rightly understand it, that there were certain unimportant industries which, if sustained by the promise of an assured market in this country, would in a short time become so established that they could give their products to our people as cheaply as they could be bought anywhere in the world; the other, the modem protective tariff—the tariff which was embodied in the platform of the party successful in the late election—has for its foundation the principle that it is the best for the American people to bay and use certain articles, or, in the language of the late Republican platform, articles which can be produced in this country, cost what they may, and that to the promotion of this end all the powers of the Federal Government should be invoked. The statement of the principles of this protective tariff shows it can

be settled. It could even be embodied in the Constitution. We have but to provide that no articles which can be produced or made in this country shall be imported, ot that they shall be subject to doty of 1,000 per cent, ad valorem. This would settle the question and remove it from politics. This settlement, however, can ODly be had after the principle involved has been held naked before the people: has been folly considered and discussed by them aud approved by an overwhelming majority. This question has not yet been so presented to the people, and the blame for its non-presentment rests with those business menrTmd manufacturers who were so active in the late canvass and who will now complain that your agitation tends to disturb that which for their interest ought to be settled. “I do not remember one document or one argument actively circulated among the people during the last year whioh presented or attempted to present this question pure and simple. On the other hand, we can all recall many documents and appeals the sole purpose of whioh was to divert men’s thoughts from this Siestiou and to confuse their minds upon is issue. It would be wearisome to tell the long list of non-arguments, and yet go to any Northern moral community and ask the inhabitants to give a reason for their action upon the tariff and see if you will get a satisfactory reply. Now and then yoa may hear a nebulous something about a home market, but it will be nebulous, indeed. No; snch arguments *so presented have not settled and oannot settle a principle for the future. We are told that this modern tariff idea is popular iu some of the Southern States, and that the party which advocates it will soon bB strengthened by their support. This may or may not be true. They can only be gained for it by presenting it clearly ana fairly to the people of those States. They can not be won by picturing to the people of the North the dangers which they have to fenr from old men who ceased to be rebel brigadiers before many of the present voters were born. If, however, any of those States can be gained for the cause after argument f airly made, it must be remembered that many a Northern man, many a Northern State must be released for broader, freer thought, and that the exchange thus made may advantage the great cuuse which we call our own. “ Gentlemen of the Tariff-Reform League, you set an example worthy to be followed oy patriotic and unselfish meu in all parts of our land. It is the duty of all such men never to rest, but agitate, discuss, persuade, until our adversaries shall be compelled to lay this issue clearly and directly before the American people, to the end that they may apply an enlightened intelligence to solve and settle the issue forever. ” Representative Fitch, of New York, followed. He said that President ’ Cleveland's message htid voiced the principles held by many leading Republicans, and he spoke from this standpoint. The presiding office* then read a letter from Secretary Endifcott regretting a necessary absence, and also one from Speaker Carlisle. Speaker Carlisle expressed his regret at not being able to be present, and said: “Under the ciicumstauces all I can do is to send you the assurance of my Warmest sympathy vyth every effort that may be made to advance the people’s cause in the strugglo now going on between the frieuds of industrial freedom and the beneficiaries of industrial slavery. This strugglo has just commenced iu this country, und those who delude themselves with the hope that it will bo abandoned before the triumph of right over wrong are simply augmenting the weight of the blow that will inevitably fall upon them in the future. This is nob a threat, but a friendly warning. The history of all movements for necessary social or political reforms shows that they grow more radical by opposition aud delay, und it would be wise und patriotic upon the part of onr opponents to recoguize the inevitable and accede to reasonable demands now rather than be forced to accept harder terms hereafter. “So far the sentiment in favor of a reduction of taxation and the removal of commercial restrictions has been conservative, and, if it does not continue to be so, the responsibility will rest solely on those who unreasonably oppose it. They alone can stop the agitation or confine ft within reasonable grounds by proper concessions to the demands of the people. The result of the contest in which we are engaged is not in the least doubtful. And, unless the evils of which we complain are removed—which seems not at all probabh —the agitation should go riqht on wits increased vigor and force until the public judgment and conscience refuse longer to justify or condone them. Nothing has yet occurred to weaken our faith in the justice of our cause or to abate our confidence in its ultimate success. A single defeat, even if it had been sustained on the real merits of the controversy, ought not to discourage us. No just cause is lost so long as it has a single earnest advocate among the people. “More than 5,500,000 of intelligent, patriotic Americans have attested their fidelity to the cause of revenue reform under circumstances well calculated to test the sincerity of their opinions and they will neither desert its standard nor make peace with the enemy until at least substantial justice is done." Letters of regret from David A. Wells, President Hyde of Bowdoin College, Carl Schurz, Gen. Francis A. Walker and others were read. Ex-Congressman P. A. Collins said the tariff reformers had fought a good fight, had kept the faith, but had not “finished their course." The meeting broke up after “three times three for President Cleveland and the Tariff Reform League. ” The diary of the late John R. Thompson, who was well known as a Southern man of letters, is being edited and published by Mr. R. H. Stoddard, the poet. In this diary Mr. Thompson relates some interesting anecdotes of literary London a quarter of a century ago. He speaks of Tennyson as “a quiet,-simple man, who smoked a pipe and drank hot punch with ns." For years after Mr. Thompson’s return to America he kept the poet supplied with Virginia tobacco, which he preferred to all other, and which he smoked in olay pipes, taking a new pipe for every smoke. Judge no one by his relations, whatE- criticism yon may pass upon his eomions. Relations like features, an ist upon us; companions, like clothes, are more or less our own selection. >

THE LOAVES AND FISHES

MURCHISON’S LETTER DICTATED BY A HIGH OFFICIAL IN CALIFORNIA. Lieutenant Governor Sheldon, of Loa Anreleii. Conceives the Seheme, and, Aoeoraing to Hon. Clarkson. Is Entitled to the Credit—How It. Was Done. [lndianapolis (Ind.) special. Col. Clarkson, of the National Republican Committee, when recently here, told Gen. Harrison tho true story of the Murchison letter, and it has just become public. According to Mr. Clarkson, the man who should get the loaves and flshos for tho Murchison stroke is Lieut. Gov. Sheldon, of Los Angelos, Cal. When Mr. Cleveland's fisheries message was made public tho thought occurred to Sheldon that the document’s effect could be neutralized by some sort of coup d’etat The scheme that first suggested itself to Sheldon was to wring from President Cleveland a confession that the message was absolute buncombe. “I believo I can demonstrate that the President has deliberately planned to speculate on tho affairs of the people. in a matter, too. where the gravest of apprehensions lie." said Sheldon to a friend after ho hail given tire subject some thought. Sheldon had so much confidence in tho gullibility of un Englishman that he believed Minister West would walk Into almost any sort of trap. Thoro are about Loa Angeles a number of Englishmen who belong to tho Society of St. George, a Britannic order which is supposed to preserve the spark of loyalty to the Queen wherever the subject may be. “Aro you acquainted with Minister West?" inquired Sheldon of a follow of St. George ono day. “I have such an acquaintance as a citizen, of a nation generally has with their statesmen. Why V” tho man replied. “I would like to obtain his candid views and some honest information about a mutter.” Sholdon responded. “I can write him a letter that will get an answer." said the Englishman. Sheldon then dictated tho subjoot matter of tho letter, leaving to the follow of St. Georgo to form tho sentenoes. The draft of a letter without signature was presently, given to Sheldon, who signed to It tho name* “Murchison” and directed how tho ouswer! should be mailed to him. The answer came surprisingly quick from Minister West. It must have been answered by tho return' mail. Sholdon held the letter for a duy or two until he could fully roullze his sucoess.i and then he sent conies of the letter to . tho Republican National Committee. The character of the letter wus such that the Na- f tional Committeo could hardly believe its eyes. Telegrams were sent to Los Angtelos to obtain suoh verification of the oopies os would establish the good faith of Sholdon, and Inquiries at Washington satisfied tho committee that the matter was not a “fake.” While the investigations were going on, Gen. Harrison was advised “to expootsomething good” in a day or two. This tullsmanlc message was understood when the Murchison letter appeared. As soon as the letters were given out Gen. Harrison' obtained the history of their writing, which has since been supplemented by u statement sent direct to the Presldont-eleotfrom Gov. Sheldon. In addition to the precaution as to secrecy which West had taken! in tho form of his lettor, ho hud written', over tho top ot tho 11 ret ptigo tho word “private." Neither West nor any other member of the Sooiety of St. Georgo dared make his defense public, because to charge that the West lettor was written to a member of the order would expose the* Minister to tho impeachment of being a liar—an exposure Sheldon could have clinched by coming boforo the public as tho author of the first and tho recipient of the second lettor. Thus whilo the Democrats had a good defense und Minister West an oxhoncrutlon, neithor was available. Sheldon had Innocently, perhaps, fencod In tlieir last avenue of escape by placing himself between West and the man who molded the form of Murchison's letter. It is pretty well understood that Sholdon maintained a discreet silence for partisan purposes and that the fellow-member of St. George's, for obvious reasons, kept his mouth shut. The conduct of President Cleveland in the episode—his hesitation at first, then his relentless rigor toward West—has been improperly uscribed to misconception on his part of the injury in the letter, which misconception, it has been claimed, was removed by telegrams to him from New York. Mr. Cleveland's conduct was entirely of hie own architecture. When tho letter was made public West explained to him in confidence that the letters were communications which the fellowship of a secret order licensed. Cleveland, perceiving that tho British Minister's mail might have been robbed or that ho might have otherwise been outrageously imposed upon, felt ns sorry for the Minister as he did for himself. Tho President thought that it was only fair that West should be given time to work out his defense. Both waited for the story of the letter to come out. but it did not come. After West had failed to produce evidence in his vindication the President had but one conclusion—that the Minister was a liar as well as a dunce, and that his account of how ho had written the letter was simply a knavish effort to impoßeupon the administration. When that conclusion was reached Minister West became “Mr.” West with a vengeance. When Cleveland had concluded that West was a liar Lord Salisbury, to whom the Minister had made his defense, retained faith in the protestations offered. The Premier, as well as West. Is a member of the Society of St. Georgo, and of course could see the force of the defense, which was,not open to Cleveland. .. -

A DOUBLE-BEAMED NEGRO.

Medicos Surprised by an Examination of A New Jersey Colored Man. [Trenton (N. J.) dispatch.] The Mercer County Medical Society has devoted much time to the examination of William King, a colored man who is said to have two hearts. He is about 46 years of age. The examination proved that he has a divided heart, such as is found in the lower animal kingdom. The heart beats perceptibly on both sides. King claims to be able to drop his ribs like a set of double-action window blinds, but this was done, it was detected, by his control of certain muscles. He claimed that he could change the locality of his double heart, but this was pronounced a piece of jugglery, the result of long practice. He caused his hearts, pulse, and temples to cease beating for a period of sixty seconds, and the physicians pronounced it a successful effort.

MOOREHOUSE’S MESSAGE.

Missouri’* Retiring Governor Addresses the Legislature—The Latter Chooses Officers. [Jefferson City (Mo.) telegram.J The message of retiring Governor Moorehouse, of Missouri, has been sent to the Legislature. It was a long document, and treats State matters only. It notes a large increase of taxable wealth, a rapid extinguishment of the public debt, sound condition of the public school system and State institutions, and says in no period of the State’s, history has prosperity taken a wider range or been more lavish in her gifts. The Governor recommends that the Australian system of voting be adopted.