Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 January 1884 — Page 1

Weekly EiWHbha* la 1821.

OBBE'S CAREER,

is Cat Short in the Midst of Gay Dissipations ia ..4 a Gay City. -J

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Arrested for^ the Embesslelent of Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars

rery of Some ef tfao Money Which Had Secreted In New Terk aad Brooklyn

Citlaena Hold a Public Meeting and Notify the Emma Bond Anand Men to Ltart.

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Xellar», Tim*. CHICAGO, 111., January S.—A belated itory of a forgery to a very large amount, the flight and arrest was made public this evening by the Pinkerton detective agency. About Christmas time the ageney received a telegram from Sperry & Barnes, New York and j^ew Haven, American agents for the *rge llverpool commission house of Biumford Brothers, that their ex" change clerk, E. H. Kobbe, had absconded after forcing and converting to his own use $100,000 in exchange. The agency at once went to work upon the case, and soon discovered Kobbe here in company with a man named John R. VanArsdale, and that they were spending money very freely. While the case was being worked up, VanArsdale returned to New York where he was arrested last Triday. Kobbe was arrested secretly in a house of ill repute with one of the inmates, of whom he had become enamored, and was on the point of starting for Mexico. Four hundred dollars in money was found in his possession, and twelve hundred dolara worth of furs and silks which he lad lavished on the woman were also ftken possession of. It was found wobbe had spent (2,500 here and Van

Lrsdale $2,000. It appears he forged he bills of exchange on Bumford '•ros., which he readily disposed of to »essup, Patton fe Co., being recogni2ed the exchange clerk of the firm, and id the checks made payable his own personal order instead that of tne firm. He opened count with another bank and illected the amount of Jessup, Patton

Co.'s cbeckB, invested the money in ,»vernment bonds and absconded, inkerton says he confessed his gains ere fully $100,000. He was taken to ew York the same day he was arresti, and last Monday he took a detectto the upper part of New York, here they recovered from a dry cisirn, enclosed in a hermetically-sealed rain pipe and wrapped in oiled silk, overnment bonds to the amount of

is not known here whether any aoreof the money has been recover*,^ foble is well connected, and onr^ Qg. npied a responsible position w(ith the nman line, and his broth^y jg now thief clerk of that line.

DOUBLE BANGING.

•two ®*^atlate th* Sadden Taking Off of! Thr^e Jersey, To-Day.

NBWA^,2, NT J., January 3.—Robert Mar^a Tra? iianged at 10 :26 this momVng, He was condemned to death for the murder of his wife and child, January 5,1881. He was fifty-three years •of age, born in England. Martin was •stupidly intoxicated when he committed his double crime, and denied any recollection of the occurrence.

James B. ®raves was hanged at 11:04. •He had to be carried to the scaffold. Oraves was a recluse, and sixty-five Years of age. In the house where he lived was a family named Sodon, which included a boy named Eddie. Graves was annoyed by boys, among them Eddie Sodon, and on the night of December 20, 1881, be crept up behind Eddie, while the latter was lighting a lamp, and Bhot him dead.

The death warrant for the execution of Graves was read in the hospital. He was then borne to the scaffold. He sobbed and moaned piteously. Martin gave his counsel a short address to the public, expressing his deep sorrow for the shedding of innocent blood, attributing the cause to the influence of disease, medicines and liquor, which had an unusual effect. He had confessed, and hoped shortly to be in peace with his God. The address closed with extracts from the Episco: pal litany.

Bxettement at Htllsbore.

ST. LOUIB, Mo., January 8.—A dispatch from Hillsboro to the Associated Press soys: There is still great excitement here. To-nigjjit a meeting with Mr. Glenn, a prominent miller, as leader, was held. Resolutions was adopted that if any of the defendants were in town to-morrow morning, a public meeting would be called and they would be notified to leave at once. A movement was made to hang the jury in effigy in front of the court house to-night but the idea was finally abandoned. Tie sheriff seems very nsrveus in regard to the situation..,

Bank Cashier Gone.

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special to the Courier-Journal from Hopkinsville says that the town is much excited over the disappearance of Jas. A. Wallace^Cashier of the bank of Hopkinsville, leaving behind a shortage of between $40,000 and $50,000 in his accounts. Wallace has long been an employee of the bank_ and was trusted and respected. He is of good family and moved in the best circles. He left on Tuesday, leaving his family in ignorance of his departure, JMB-

The Toronto Disaster.

TORONTO, January 5.—Three more men, wounded in the terrible railroad collision here yesterday, have died— James Kelley, Matthew Walker, Charles McDonald—-twenty-five so far Three or four others are not expected to recover. McDonald's brother Joseph was killed instantlv. Both were sons of Edward, slightly injured. A meeting of the council has been called for this afternoon to devise meanB to aid the widows and orphans. The surviving employes of the beltjjorkB also "IS:

meet for the same purpose. A sub- ins, Gannon. Deficiencies Randall, scription list has been started by the Bums,. .Calkins, newspapars, and contributions are flowing in. All the papers call for a National Notea searching investigation into the cause WASHINGTON, D. 0., January S.— of the accident. Captain-Pike, of the Proteus, was be-

TOROUTO, Ont.( January 3.—Patrick fore the Arctic board to-day and gave Norton, aged

the twenty-sixth vie- his

THE COIiD WAVE.

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Morrison will not be able to carry his

scheme through, and they do not pro-

that Carlisle did not give the protection Democrats any representation on

the ways and means committee, although many of them voted for hirn.

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The Cholera In HgyptC

WASHINGTON, D. C., January S.

and 70,000.

Xht Appropriation 8ub-Comniitt«®s

met to-day. Chairman Randall an-

nounced the following sub-committees,

Army

Postoffice—Townshend,

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timof yesterday's accident, died at be adopted to

midnight. next expedition for Greeley'B relief.

The Maranrj Going to ss Below in t^e revised statutes for issuing and Minnesota. paying money orders, must personally MJKNSAFOLIS, January S.—The Trib* perform the services required in the une reports unusually cold weather all money order business of his office, in *1-- ...t. ,1 Ti-Vnt. At the sense that if the work is notpbysicthrough Minnesota and Dakota. At executed by his own hand, it must Brainerd the mercury is hovering be executed under his immediate suaronnd 30° below zero. In this city parvisionby a clerk employed by him it has ranged from 10° to 26° below lor that purpose, and who is in no with a brisk wind, making it T.ry din- emplojred by th. department

agreeable to travelers. To-night prom-

ises to be the coldest yet of the season and^the mercury may .touch mjjQU^30°

POBT ASTHCH, Manitoba, Janfrifty 3 —Temperature 46° below, this morn ing-

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ToBosto Janttary 3.—Reports from all over say the storm is still raging. The roads are badly drifted. Trains are delayed.

BRIDOB BLO^JFRS DOWN AT IFLAOABA. BartALO, N. Y., January 3.

A **1 GOV. BCILEIVB SUCCESSOR.

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.... ~., ~. „. The by Governor Butler. After President storm that sdt in yesterday continued Bruce of the senate administered the to rage with .increased fury, accompan- oath of office to Robinson and Lieuied by blinding snow and wind forty- tenant Governor Ames, the governorfive to fifty, miles an hour. The large elect at Once began his address. trestle on t(he Niagara Falls branch of The governor asks for more particu 1 AI' MAMIdiMiilAT the Central railroad was coated with ice, last night, and blown down to-day, forcing all trains on that line and the C. 8. to inter the city by the old Belt line. No serious accounts are reported in. this vicinity, but a wreck is reported.tra the L. M. & M. S., at Dunkirk, anjil a wrecking train sent there.

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Democrat® Revoitlng From Carlisle—Morrison—The Cholera in Egypt.

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Proposed Seareh For a Sukea Vessel and Her Treasure.

HUNTING IiOMT TREASURE.

Notification That Angun Prospects of Beaching the Lost Husier in itart ltlvor. I

WASHINGT^,' D. C.^ January 3.—The solicitor of the treasury was notified, to day, that there -would be submitted to him certain ifegal questions which had recently arisen in connection with the work of recovering the treasure supposed lying in the wreck of the British frigate Hussar, at the bottom of East "River, New York, just below Fort Morrison.

The Qdssac Was wrecked in 1780, whil$ tn her way to Norwich, Conn

rat OUIIUD iu uuo amuuuu suppossd to have on board 20,000. Going thence to Brooklyn nep^y £1,000,000, intended for the no ther piece of drain yielded $25,000. a i_ 1 I, amA AH omit

/fiyment of British troops also seventy American prisoners, chained to the gun deck.

Attempts have been made at intervals for many years to recover the treasure which it is believed went down with her, but on account of the great depth of the water and swiftness of the tide in the channel where the wreck lies, all such attempts have hitherto been fruitless. The company now engaged in the work undertook it at their own expense and risk, upon an agreement with the United States government that they should have ninety per cent, of all money recovered, and the United States have the other ten per cent., together with all relics of value that might be found. From the fact that a legal question has arisen concerning the sunken treasure, and it is to be submitted to the law officer of the treasury, the inference is drawn of abetter prospect than ever before for the recovery of the money, but nothing is known definitely about it or about the nature of the question raised.

Democratic Revolt.

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Special to the Commercial Gazette. There are some indications of a revolt against the Carlisle-Morrison control of the house among the Democratic protectionists, tome of the leaders of this class say that if Morrison shall succeed in reporting a bill from the ways and means committee it will be

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tion Farney, Townsena, Keifer.

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concerning the best plan to

secure

success by the

The attorney general decides that ... postmaster in order to be entitled to receive the compensation provided by

The Change In the ExecntlTd of Hasse chusett*. BOSTON, Mass., Januarys.—Governor Butler and staff were in the executive chamber during the morniKg. "He sent two of his staff to accompany Gov-ernor-elect Robinson to the state

house where he was warmly welcomed

lar enforcement of the registration laws and biennial election of state officers. He says on the labor question "adventurers and visionaries may try to set labor and capital in bitter hostility, stir up bad blood among the citizens and divide all the people into envious and antagonistic classes but they are only the instigation of mischief and the greatest enemies to those whom they profess to laid. All institutes relating to honors of labors, employment, schooling of children, intimidation of laborers and kindred subjects should be strictly enforced. If they are not expressive of the judgment of the people let their repeal soixe regularly."

Railroad Accidents in Ontario. STBVJBNSVILLB, Ont., January 3.—Two freight trains on the Grand Trunk railway collided near here this after noon. Both engines were badly wrecked. No one was fatally injured.

GLBNCOE, Ont., January 3.—The east-bound express on the Grand Trunk was thrown.from the track here this evening, through a switch car breaking. The baggage car turned bottom-upwards. The others kept their level. No one hurt.

CLINTON, Ont., January 3. The Grand Trunk railway express left the track just west of here to-night. The engine and baggage car were ditched As far as learned no one was seriously injured.

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A Logs to Russia.

ST. PETERSBUG, January 3.—Beside Jablonski, who took part in the murder of Lieut. Colonel Sudeikin and nephew, two others of the actual murderers have been arrested. Important papers relating to Nihilists were found at the late residence of Sudeikin. The assassination of Lieut. Col. Sudeikin by nihilists was a great loss to Russia. The assassination had a most depressing effect on the czar, who was on the point of making constitutional concessions, but is now said to be firmly resolved on most stringent and unbending measures

A Sharp Conscience

LKAVBNWOHTH, KS., Janury 2.—A man named John Byrne appeared before the United States Commissioner, to-day, and entered complaint against himself for collusion in defrauding the government of $100, while a member of the Ninth infantry, United States Army, in 1869. In his final account there was $82 (clothing money) due him, and he and the company clerk raised it to $182. It weighed on his conscience, and now he wants to confess, and get a pardon. The case will probably go to President Arthur.

The Harbor Grace Riot.

ITABBOK GRACE, January 3.—John Bray and Richard Bradbury, wounded in the recent rioting between Orange men, and Catholics, died. Both were Orange sympathizers. Bradbury was wounded by the bursting of his own oe rifle. Twenty-one persons are under

... arrest for participating in the riot slaughtered, just as his bill was tne

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congress, where he had a taken to-day. The Catholic witnesses maioritv of

nAwuiuiuii ITOID uu»uu. ,T The national board of health has infor- weather is so cold that the water froue I no nauwimi almost as soon as it left the pipes.

mation, communicated by the state department, of the continuance of cholera in Alexandria. Judge Forman, of the international tribunal at Cairo, says: "There are from one to three cases a day resulting in death, and burned. many more in which the attacked re- $7,500.

depositions of witnesses were

behind him. It is swore that the firat shot which killed

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pose to permit themselves te be used to Fire RecoM. 5^.^51 assist him in making a preside»tial CHATTANOOGA, Penn., January 3.—A ilatformfor himself. There is a good ^tractive fire at Dalton, Ga., this Jeal of dissatisfaction, too, at tne lact

m0rnin2.

caused damage to the amount

of $60,000. No details yet. AUGUSTA, Ga., January 3.—Phinizy A Co.'s cotton warehouse took fire this morning about 2 o'clock. The warehouse of Wheeles & Co. also burned. Over 4,000 bales of cotton were bured. Total loss, $200,000. The

MIDDLSBORO, Mass., January Sherman's shovel factory burned. Loss, $2,500.

HICKMAN, Ky., Janury 3.—The Furniture and Lumber company's mill Loss, $30,000 insurance,

cover." He estimates the number of Jfr0JTeSd y|arlv's plaining mill, two deaths from cholera the past summer workshops, stable, hotel, double that given the official esti- resiaencoa, TV mate of 40,0X to 50,000, owing to the etc Loss, $22,000 want of proper organization. The MILWAUKEE, Wis., January 3. rire consul general reports that in welj in- in Razall & Co. bookbmdery caused a formed official circles the number of loss of $o,000. victims is estiruat^d.at,between 65,000 CLEVELAND, O., January 3. Loss^by the fire at Republic Oil works placod at $5,000.

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PERU, Ind., January 3.—At 12:35 this morning afire broke out in one of

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Appropriations Billcock, Cannon. Sund.^ dall, Farney, Ryan.

Navy—Hutchins, Randall, Calkins. The aggregate gre loss in the year was

Indian—Ellis, Holman, Ryan- Consular and Diplomatic—Burns, Townshend, Waahburne. Pensions—Hancock, Follett, Washburne. Military Academy—Keifer, Farney, Ellis. Fortifications Horr, Ellis, Hancock. Diatriat of Colusabia—Follett, Hateh-

by water the grocery

f. Whittenberger, J. S. Hale & Co.,

t^eib,^ed with U» prep.r.to oi d£ ""00°-tlKs-bfflsnamed: Legislative, Executive and Judicial Fire tosses for the Year

CHICAGO, 111.,' January 3.—The Commercial Bulletin will publish a summary of the fire record during 1883

Holman, Horr. *103 000,000. There were 19FR

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A Heary Lumber Failure Be ported From Dubois, Penn.

Several Heary Assignments and

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PITTSBURG, Pa. January 3.—P. H. Hunker, the oldest and one of the largest confectionary establishments in Pittsburg, was closed by the sheriff, at the suit of Hill & Bros. The amouut of the indebtedness is unknown.

Niw YOM, N. Y., January 3.—Geo. F. Ballard, of the firm of F. B. Howell & Co., has been suspended from the produce exchange for misrepresenting the facts of the suspension of the above firm.

DETROIT, Mich., Jandary 3.—Aaron Wessels, a prominent business man and real estate owner, has assigned.

BALTIMORB, Md., Januarys.—Robert Moore 4 Co.. a very old house in the cloth trade, dissolved Monday by limitation.

NBWYOMC, N. Y., January 3.~Emerson, cotton broker, lent notice to the Cotton Exchange that he was unable to meet.hiB contracts.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 3.—Sherman Bros., dealers in preserves, jellies, and canned goods, No. 17 Sycamore street, assigned to C. K. Shunt. Liabilities, $75,000, of which $30,000 is to Cincinnati creditors assets supposed nearly equal.

FT. SMITH, Ark., January 3.—Irwin & Daniels, dealers in dry goods and gentlemens'furnishing goods, assigned to-day. Liabilities $12.000 assets expected to paythe indebtedness.

Reis Bros. Co., wTio assigned* in Cincinnati, last week, are prosecuting persons and firms who have asserted that the failure was fraudulent.

Agents of a number of Minnesota flour mills are in Montreal collecting orders for the American flour, in view of a short wheat crop in Cunada this year.

\A.Rank's Assignment.

ISHMSNNING, Mich., January 3.—D. F. Wadsworth & Co., bankers, assigned to H. O. Young for $180,000. The depositors get barely 20 per cent. The cause of the failure was unfortunate business loans and mining speculation.

CHICAGO, January 3.—A Daily News' special from Decatur, Ills., says: The Lorington Bank managed by Z. T. Banks for S. H. Morrell, failed liabilities, $45,000. The manager speculated. Morrill, worth $50,000, assigned for the benefit of creditors. 'i

FE TRADE AND LABOR.

Larnber Firm in Pennsylvania, Fails for #2,000,000—Industrial Hotes. TROY, N. Y., January 3.—The compositors in the Trov Times office struck this morning, without warning. It has been a non-union office for years. The compositors demanded that it be made a union office. The Times was paving more than union rates, and no fault was found with the prices. The proprietor, editors and reporters are setting type to-day. The Times will not be made a union office.f p.

PITTSBURG,,Pa. January 3.-J-The miners met in state convention here this morning, for the purpose of effecting a thorough organisation. Delegates are present from all parts of the state, and the convention will be in session several days. Officers claim that present difficulties Will not be considered.

Miners of the fourth pool at a meeting at Brownsville, yesterdavj resolved to establish camps in the vicinity of the mines working at less than the district price, if the men refuse to strike.

PITTSBURG, Pa., January 3.—A movement is reported among nail workers in the second district of the Amalgamated association, to restrict the output by stopping work every year from June 1st until September 30th,-the idea being to change restriction as at present practiced, so that work may be steady in the ceoler season and the machines idle the hot months.

HABRISBURG, Pa., January 3.—Five of the shearsmen at Bailey's nail works refused to keep at work because the company desired them to pay two helpers out of their earnings. As a result the works stopped and 200 men are out of wor&.

The locomotive works of Porter 4 Bell, at Pittsburg, resumed work yesterday at a 10 per cent, reduction of wages. Fifty men were also dropped from the rolls.

The workmen employed at the Berlin foundry, Pittsburg, have accepted a 10 per cent, reduction in wages. Yesterday they decided to strike and quit work, but reconsidered.

The secretary of the American Iron and Steel association says the decline in prices has been more serious than generally supposed. He says: "It would seem that prices cannot go lower than they now aTe, and this theory would appear to be sustained by the fact tnat owners of furnace rolling mills and steel works on hand have put out their fires," the future offered no hope of alizing living profits."

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4.1884

BUSINESS AND LABOR.

Dissolution Among the Day's Doings.

Two Banks Close Their Doors ©wisgto the Cpesulation of Officials.

Mattera-4f Interest From the Iron and Coal Districts About Pittsburg.

BUSINESS AFFAIR*.

A Henry Lumber Failure—Several As •Ignmeotfl1-Plasolutton. DCBOIS, Pa., January 3.—The firm of Putnam & Co., lumbermen, with capital of two million, operating in Odarfield and ad joining counties, have failed, but by compromise with creditors have been granted an extension of four years.

Ion Ended.

January 3.—The

has authentic informa-

wcme1, following the exun-

tion tha^enne hgg surrendered. This '•to&ly ends the rebellion.

The Situation In WTP1*

CAIBO, January S.-The khedive has written a letter to the minister of finance urging retrenchment in government expenses, and stated that he has deeided apon a 10 per asnt redaction

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in the civil lists for himself and hered itary prince. The expenses of the court are to be reduced.

Baker Pasha left Sooakim to treat with Abyssinian chiefs and secure the retreat from Khartoum of the garrison, via Khassala. El Mahdi is gaining ground the revolt is spreading northward.

Irish Emigration.

DUBLIN, Januarys.—Charles Russell, member Of parliament for Dundalk, in a lecture upon recent experiences in America, asserted that notwithstanding the deficiencies in education and money of the Irish immigrants in America, their fight for life has been credible to them as a nation. In the future, emigration should be effected under conditions securing as far as possible a reasonable degree of success —national and otherwise.

Fire Damp Explosion.

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SCRANTON, Pa., January 3.—An plosion of fire damp, at Ox ford colliery, D. L. & W. company, this afternoon, tore out the lining of the hoisting and new air shafts, and cut off communication with fourteen men in the mine. Within an hour men descended in buckets and found all alive. John Hopkins, John Jones and Wm. Morgan were seriously burned, one fatally and others slightly hurt. The cause of the explosion is not known.

Ban Into a Herd of Cattle.' ANNOPOLIS, Md., January 3.—A passenger train on the Annapolis & Elk Ridge railroad ran into a herd of cattle. The engine, tender and three coaches were wrecked. The superintendent of construction, Nicholas Deale, who was on the engine, was buried under the wreck and seriously burned and scalded. None of the passengers were injured. Loss $15,000.

France to Sell Her States Railways. PARIS, January 3.—It is said the government proposes to sell the state railways. It iB believe that Rothschilds, in behalf of a syndicate of great railway companies, has offered the government 420,000,000 francs for the lines. If the sale is effected, the government will be enabled to dispense with the contemplated loan of 40,000,000 francs.

POLITICAIi.

The Indiana Democratic Editors in Session at Indianapolis.

McDonald Being BoMed—The Senatorial Contest.

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Annual Session at Indianapolis M.fcYesterday. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 3.—The State Democratic Editorial association held its annual session at Masonic hall to-day. Nearly all the Democratic papers in the state were represented. The following resolution was adopted: We regard it the dilty of the Democratic leaders, state and local, to provide for a more extensive circulation of Democratic newspapers among the masses, that the purpose of the Democratic party be more freely brought to the understanding of the people generally, in Order that the Democratic press may be made an efficient medium for the disseminrtion of sound and correct political doctrines. It recommends editorial discussion of questions of public policy, with a view to impressing the public mind with the soundness and justice of Democratic principles and discourages a ceremonious discussion of the claims of rival caddidates for public station, it being the sense of the association that the Democracy of the union and state of Indiana, will select for a standardbearer only such men as are worthy of the support of every Democratic voter tnat the Democratic editors in convention assembled declare for a free ballot and alair count.

A letter was read from ex-Senator Hendricks, dated London, utating that he had enjoyed a pleasant trip across the ocean. Fifty electrotypes of Senator McDonald were distributed to editors free for UBO in papers, being the gift of Col. J. I. WilliamB, of the Lafayfette Times. After the election of officers the business session was closed. A public meeting was held this afternoon which was addressed by Senator McDonald on the tariff ana other questions. The meeting will close with, a banquet to-night..

The following are the toasts for the banquet: Our Government—Jokn Lafayette.

The Cltleen Huntington. The Democratic Crawfordsvllle.

R, Coflorth,

Soldier—W. J. illlgass,

Press—B. W. Allen

The Judiciary—Judge Allen Zollars, TTnvt. WnvnR. Rufus Mafee, Loaansport.

Educator-

Why Republican Party Should Uo—WScott, Bay. Bhelbyvllle. The Young Democracy—Judge Pierce Norton, Indianapolis.

Our Last General Assembly—J. E. McCullouah, Princeton. Our Foreign-born Citizens—A. Seldensttoker, Indianapolis,

Ireland's Woes and America's Sympathies—Colonel J. B, Maynard, Indlanapo-

The Dorsey Banquet a Belshazzarean Feast—W. U. Ball, Terra HauU..

The Ohio Iraatortblp.

CoLfjwnus, O., January 3. The Democratic caucus to nominate a senator to succeed Pendleton will probably be held fearly next week. The contest has narrowed down to Pendleton and Henry B. Payne. Only a fewjg can be counted on for the oth^ware dates. Members of thei**fo leading arriving and the fajfl^gfound well orcandidateB are^siyue men claim he rani zed. jE¥0ateu on the first ballot will/

Hew Political Temperance Movement.

CLEVELAND, January 3.—The Cleveland Woman's Christian Temperance union is about to initiate another political move. Planned by Miss Fiances Willard, president of the National union, who recently left here for Chicago from which point she will superintend like work through the state and local unions throughout the United States. The project is to get 1,000,000 signatures to a memorial to be presented at the next national convention of each party asking for the insertion of a piohibition plank in the platfem.

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THE BAUR CASK.

Th« Evidence all in and the Arguments Begun.

Evidence Offered by Defense Rebutting Jacob Baur's Testimony.

Mr. Maek Makes a Convincing Argument for the Defendant.

Judge McNutt and Senator Voorheea to Speak To-Day, the Kjatrer Closing the Case.

Douglass Smith was the first witness in the Baur case yesterday morning, being called by the defense in rebuttal. He testified that at the time of the publications he was employed on the Express on the Saturday evening following the first publication I was in the Express office saw Jacob Baur and Mr. Oakey there heard the conversation between Baur and Allen Baur said nothing in that con vefsation about any trouble with Duenweg over a bicycle Baur requested there be nothing more said about it without he first seeing the article he said it was impossible for such a thing to have happened, and described the premises he said he was standing not far distant from the oil room4 don't think he said anything about seeing it himself.

Cross-examination: It was between 7 and 7:30 p. m. I don't think I can be mistaken about the night I was there also Friday evening don't think I saw Jacob then don't know that the article was already written at the time Allen told Baur he would let him know when the next article would be printed: didn't hear the proof read the. con venation about a bicycle might have occurred in the counting room I mean to be understood as saying that I did not hear it thai it did -not occur within my hearing. The witness was handled very roughly by the counsel for the plaintiff, and at one time when Mr. Mack objected to the brow-beating tactics being pursued a sharp controversy between him and Mr. Dayis took place. __ t?"

Mr. C. C. Oakey was called and testi" fled that he called at the Express office with'Jacob Baur On Friday evening. The conversation between Mr. Allen and Jacob Baur occurred in his presence. He did not hear anything said about trouble between Duenweg and Baur about a bicycle. 1 5.

Eugene Duenweg was recalled and testified: I had no trouble about Charley Baar about a bicycle or anr words with him on the subject.

Cross-examination—It isn't a fact that I went into Baur's drug store and had some words with Charley about his bicycle and left declaring that I wouldn't go in the store any more I didn't tell Dr. Kuester that I wouldn't go into Baur?s ^drug store again I didn't say it to Julius Meinecke I always traded at Baur's and I didn't quit trading there because of the accident.

A. C. Duddieston, for plaintiff, testifies I was not in the Express office on Friday evening when they say Jar cob Baur was there I was in Marshall on that day [This evidence, as stated by Baur's attorneys, was offered because one of Allen's witnesses testified Mr. Duddlestonwas there at the time.]

Mr. Davis, on behalf of the.plaintiff asked the court to direct the jury in charge of a sworn officer, to examine the premises where the affair is located as having occurred.

Mr. Mack, for the defense, objected maintaining that it was not proper at that stage of the case.

Mr. Davis read a statute showing it to be discretionary with the court at any stage of the case before it was finally submitted to the jury.

The court announced that it would send the jury to examine the promises. It was agreed that the jury, in charge of Bailiff Tolbeit- and Messrs. McNutt and Lamb, counsel respectively for the plaintiff and defense, proceed to the Baur drug store. The party left the court room at 10:10 and returned at twenty minutes to II. -.

At 15 minutes to 11 both sides announced that they rested their case. The question of instructions came

Hanca up and was discussed by the attorneys. Mr. DaviB'suggested that both Bides prepare their instructions and submit them to the court before the argument to the jury commenced.

Mr. Yoorhees. acquisced in the proposal, and it was agreed that both sides present them this afternoon.

Mr. Davis suggested that the arguments be limited. Mr. Voorhees replied that it was agreeable to them. It was announced to the court that both Bides had ^greed on three hours a side.

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Sing argument. Mr. Maek's Speech.

Mr. Mack, in opening the argument on behalf of the defendant, eaid: After a long and tedious examination of testimony, the case was about to be sub"mit.ted to the jury. The charge in the complaint against the defendant is one of libel that he, as proprietor of a newspaper, allowed to be published in its columns an article injurious to the character of the plaintiff. It is plain from the evidence brought out in this trial that the defendant was not the originator of the alleged libellous article. But he gave circulation to a report that was public on the streets twelve hours before it appeared in the columns ol the

Express, and had been published the evening before in the Evening (*aMtte. The defendant did noT

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more than give publicity through his newspaper to a current rumor heard trom the officers of the law, the poor girl's father and others. This makes an entirely different case than when a person circulates a falsehood of his own creation. It is charged against him of giving publicity to a general rumor which was generally believed to be true. Mr. Duenweg, the father of the girl, goes on the stand, his wife came here as a witness and the little girl has been here and they all tell just the same story now as was circulated and published at the time the occurrence took place, and they tell it under oath in all its details.

The first issue is whether this report was true- or not. The court decides that if the defendant proveB that the report in circulation at the time the publication was made is true that Charles Baur did at the time and place alleged lay his hands upon Marie Duenweg for the purpose of committing an assault and battery on her with attempt to rape. Then the case is settled, and the plaintiff's charge.falls to the ground. Two kinds of evidence can be introduced. Every fact and circumstance tending to snow the report was true which has been brought out in evidence must be considered in justification. Now if Allen had reason to believe the report which was current on the streets and going from month to mouth, was true it is a vital and important question in this case. If so he simply gave publicity to a matter already public. Are we to be told that we can sue every man in the community and recover $20,000 damages for merely "repeating charges against a man which are being talked about throughout the length and breath of the community. Here comes a little German girl, a bright, innocent child of ten years of age. She is placed upon the witness stand and undergoes a terrific cross-examination, better than the Baurs could stand. Did she wink? Did. she falter? Did she prevaricate? No! She told her story in her straight forward, truthful manner and all the catechising of the learned counsel on the other side could not move her from the path of truth or make her in any manner contradict her testimony. What motive could this little girl have for telling a falsehood? What motive had she for bursting into tears, when she went home to her mother and told her of the manner in which she had been treated by Charlie Baur? In her innocence and childhood she comes before ou to tell a mpst remarkable story, he described the manner in which she was treated in the back room of that drug store so clearly and told the story so straight that the jury could not tell on which side of this case she was testifying. She did not ring in any "No, sirs, as Baur did, when he talked as if he had afire cracker in his throat. She says Charlie Baur asked her when she went into the store after the varnish to come with him into the oil room, as he wanted her to see all the store. In the innocence of her childhood Bhe goes with him into the room, and when there he picks her up and smells of her, then sits her on a box and leans over her and works his body in a lascivious manner.- The little girl cries, her hat falls off, and he leans clear over her body as Bhe lay on the box, as he testi"only to pick up her hat." That's ly this model young man treats little ten-year-old girls when they come into his store. Why did he take her up and smell of her? Why did he take her up and place her on that box? She did not ask him to take her up.. How did that little girl come to tell the jury that when he was down on her he worked his body Why did he say as he was leaning over this little girl on the box, "Ain't I heavy?"' Why aid the little girl cry, and this model young man then let her up and promise her some candy and pictures? She repeats her story before the grand jury and then comes before you and under the force of a powerful cross-examination tells the same story. If she tells a falsehood why did not the astute attorneys for the plaintiff catch her on the cross-examination. Ah! gentlemen of the jury, that little girl tells the truth in both cases. I do not know what a man wouldn't do who takes a little y-year-old girl, up in his arms, .lays her on. a box and shakes his body over her. Now it is said he isayoungman of good character. We don't say anything about that. He has not been running after women. Men who run after women do not entice little nine-year old girls into back rooms and make attacks upon them. Look at her testimony and think about it, and see if there is any contradiction. If there Was ever a witness on a stand—old or young, male or female, matron or maid, who deported themselves with more truthfulness, I have never seen them. Marie Duenweg, an innocent, pure-hearted nine-year old little girl, would never have gone home cryibg, to her parents, telling them that Charlie Baur had laid her on a box in the back room of his latEer's drug store, leaned his body "oVer her and taken improper liberties with- her if it was not true. Who is it that twelve 1 ours after the publication of the article in the Express goes to see about it Is it Charlie, no but his brother Jacob. He goes to see Allen and tells him if he would come to the store he could see that the deed charged against his brother could not have been committed. Jacob also goes to see the mother of the girl on the evening after the occurrence and asks her to come and the place, but he is as jaum afe^eye man until he goes on the^"£jgjTween his beingi present he

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witness of °ot tell before k"arli® ®2Hftthib ten feet and saw that took place Why, if as •«rtestified he saw it all, aid he not go to Allen and to the girl's parents and tell them that the little girl was not out of his sight during the time she was in the Siure? ^0, he does nothing of the kind, but continues dumb until he goes upon the witness stand. If Jacob Baur saw all that occurred between his brother and the little girl, I cannot see how blood could course through the veins of a.brother and he keep silent. I should.think the blood would have bursted through the arteries, unless he cleared this up. Charles Baur'B version of the occurrence corroborates the girl in every particular. That he took her and placed her on the box that her hat fell ott that he reached over her, topick it up fhof ah» c.rifld. What interest has the

that she cried. What interest little girl in the case? yet her evidence and Charlie's agree. Isn't it singuand Charlie's agree. .. lar he selected a /box just the height for the kind ot an act this fellow wished to commit. Then there's Rufus, the colored boy, who talked so much about the can. There has been too much talk abou the can. They wanted a certain kind of a can. Rufas knew where one up stairs that would bejust He went up to

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little girl were and asked Charlie if the can would do. "Its just thething," replied Charlie. Rufus then went around to the other side of the hatchway from where he could see Jacob, and asked him if the can would do. "Its just the thing," replied Jacob. Rufus then came down staira with the can, and went with it to the old ™«n and asked him if it would do. "Its just the thing," replied the old man. Gentlemen, there is a little too much talk about that can it has been put on a little too thick. The Baur family'must have all been in the back part of the store about that time, watching Charlie and the little girl. They tell you it was impossible for Charlie to have connection with her. That makes no difference it is the attempt the law guards against with jealous care. Charlie ur may not have exposed his person, but he violated the law by taking Marie Duenweg in his hands for unlawful purposes, and that is an offense as great as if there had been an actual rape. When a woman of mature years is forced by a man, the law says she must resist with all her power. But not so here. The law says in case a of a girl under 12 years of age, thoagh the will is Bilent, though consent is given, though she lie down as if going to her couch to sleep, the man is nevertheless guilty. Cnarlie first lifted the girl up, then kind of smelt of her, then draws the varnish, and then lifts her up again, places her on the box and leans over her, and if he worked his body as he says he did he is guilty. The question is, did he do that act? If he lifted her np, laid her down on the box and leaning over worked his body, the conclusion is he intended to go further and would had not the cries of the little girl prevented. Place the girl before you in her innocence, purity and surroundings and ask if you think it possible for her to fabricate such a stoiy. Fabrication could not benefit the child, could do her no good pecuniarily or otherwise. What is the cnaracter of the witness against her? Here is Charlie clamoring for twenty thousand dollars damto his "character and pocket. Twenty thousand dollars from Allen for publishing in the Express a rumor that was in every boay's mouth. There is no twenty thousand dollars for the little girl. Here is the whole Baur family and Rufus clamoring for Charley to have $20,000 from Allen, and when they get through with him they are, so one of their attorneys said, going to sue the 5ther paper,'and everybody who said anything about the repcrt for twenty thousand dollars each. The whole community is to pay tribute to

the Baur family for the alleged injury done Charley, the flower of the family and pet of the flock, the young man who when a little girl visits the store takes her into a bade room, lifts her up and smells of her and lays her on a box, leans over her, shakes his body in the lust of morbid passion, raises her clothes with his knee and when she begins to cry, lets her up and promises her candy and pictures, and because this was made public he wants twenty thousand dollars from everybody who said anything about it. Jacob Baur works in the lead. Charlie says he always did what Jacob told him. .Jacob is the right Baur, Charlie the left Baur, and Rufus the joker. Charlie, when asked why he did no go and see Mrs. Duenweg, said Jacob told him not to. Rufus, when on the, stand, w?.uld look around to Jacob with sort of a "help rife CasBias of I sink" sort of style. I say the evidence of the little irl, so pure, so clear, cannot be crushed away by all Rufus can say, nor by the testimony of Jacob Baur, nor by the testimony of the man who sues his neighbor for twenty thousand dollars.

Gentlemen, when there is this thing of interest back of witnesses it is the duty of the court and jury to scan the evidence of such witnesses with the closest scrutiny. of the session

At this morning's court Judge McNutt will speak for the plaintiff. Senator Voorhees will follow him for the defendant, speaking in the afternoon, close the case.

To Cure Stammering:.!

Alta. Californlan. Dr. Dio Lewis, in his magazine, gives: a rule for the cure of stammering, which is certainly

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in his speech, just as it is ordinarily done in singing. At first he is to beat on every syllable. He Bhould begin by reading one of thepsalmB, Btnk--_ fng the knee on the fingers at every word. "Time can be marked, saysthe doctor, "by striking the finger on, the knee, or bv hitting the thumb against the forefinger, or bv moving the large toe in the ooot. rhe writer believes the worst case of stuttering can be cured, if the victim will read an hour everv day, withithorougb practice of this remedy, and observing the same in his conversation. ....

Beer that Kills.

IRHICA, N. V., January Kilstrom drank lager beer Sheehy'B saloon this morning and died tours later. Fred Hoffman drank the same place this afternoon

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Plumb's Poker Bill.'

Chicago Times. Senator Plumb has introduced a bill for the suppression of gambling in the army, and the amount of indignation which the measure has already stirred up in the' military poker clubs in Washington faintly indicates the amount,of..consternation that would be created by its passage. Poker is understood to be the chief pastime of army life, and its suppression would cause hardships beside which those of an Apache campaign would sink into insignificance. As a result Of devotion to the game, our soldiers have become the most expert poker players in the world, and even the splendid armies of Germany would be defeated with great loss if they should ever encounter the American soldiery in this noble and. interesting game. Mr. Plumb's course is un-American and heartless. His soul has never moved by the exceeding beftfffo in straight flush, and his bjg|nf,b}ii wiH thrilled with the deJjj$op8 powerlessjp a big jack-pot^Yri question, as they/. render wprfj of doing, by teaching is|! to JJSfiftTried men to play poker ana winning their clothes, arms and 5^, ammunition.

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