Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 July 1889 — Page 1

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T10ILFIELD IN TERRE HM

The Exchange Well Goes Through Signs of Oil and Brings Forth -,/

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Si »,V 'A THERE IS DISAPPOINTMENT BUT MUCH HOPE AND BELIEF.

The Drill's Progress Eagerly Observed by Those Present, Who Report to Outsiders.

Yesterday morning the oil fever was high, because it was expected the Exchange well, in the rear of the BronBon house, across the track from the Union depot, and less than six hundred feet from the Diall well, which was not only a "gusher" two months ago, but a "stayer" to-day, would reach the depth in the oil sand where-the oil was to find relief from internal pressure and be sent sixteen hundred feet through the big pipe to the surface to gladden the eyes of the interested and curious. The oil didn't come when the drill was sent some deeper than the 1,620 feet, at which it stopped Wednesday evening, but as it went deeper and nearer to the depth of the Diall well—1,030 feet—there was increased nervousness—also increased oil indications. The oil came up in the pumpings the rope showed much trace of it, but the oil did not overflow. For a few hours there was great hope, but as the drill sank deeper into the oil sand, or the stone, the indications grew less, and about four o'clock the anxious stockholders and the curious left the derrick. The water volume increased but there is much contradictory testimony as to the quality and quantity of the water. Some say that it was Baity, others not some that it was artesian, others not some that it rose hundreds and hundreds of feet in the pipe and others that it did not, but the accepted report last night was that it completely dampened the prospect of oil. The disgust and disappointment was spread all over the city because much confidence had been placed in this one well. However, there were those who believed that when the best showing of oil was made the valuable fluid Bhould have been given an opportunity to collect and come to the surface, and it was said that it did so at the Diall well with such opportunity that the old Rose well was spoiled by drilling deeper. Whatever may be the fact as to this, it is now accepted that on the first showing the Exchange well fell short. There was a report last night that the drill would be sent deeper, to 1,700 feet anyway, to find what could be found.

The disappointment of the afternoon passed away with the stories told about the hotels and on the streets of the exciting day, and by this morning those best informed will realize that, while the finding of oil at the Exchange would not have been of any great significance, becauee of its close proximity to the Diall well that, considering the history of all oil fields, the failure is of no disastrous significance. It is true that the Diall well yet flows oil, at the end of more than two months, in a way that but few wells have done. The statement that it is flowing water is not true it is to-day, without the aid of "shooting,"one of the beet wells in the country and this fact alone is enough to satisfy men who believe in oil indications that there is a big field here. To show how a hasty judgment can be formed we call attention to a dispatch to the Oil City (Pa.) Derrick dated "Brush creek, July 15th," from a point in the ascertained oil region, in which it is said that a well which "flows once an hour? had come in and "is good for fifty or seventy-five barrels a day. This well," continues the report, "is only about four hundred feet west of a north and south line from the old Glerac oil company on the Marshall farm, and which was drilled in '88 and abandoned as no good. ThiB new Btrike will give Brush Creek anew lease of life and there will be several new rigs started at once." The history of all oil fields is like this—even to showing that a well forty feet away from the paying one proved to be a "duster."

The Crawfordsvllle Well.

Special to tlie Express. CKA\VFORDSVJT,T,K, Ind., July 18.—This

evening the well is 1,755 feet deep, 350 of of it in Trenton. It was originally started for gas, but it is now thought that the prospects are more favorable for striking oil. The well is free of water, but a new rope put on a few days ago has become quite greasy for about fifty feet, showing that a small vein of oil must have been passed. The rock is now quite dark and sharp and gritty but not very porous. The drill goes down about fifteen feet a day but nr work is done after night, as astrike is expected at any time. The driller, a man of experience, thinks that the prospects are quite favorable, and the citizens are on the qui vive.

The OH Market.

(Jir, CITY, July 18.—National Transit certificates opened at 93 ^c highest, 95r,!tc lowest, 03%c closed 95%c. Sales, tf9,000 barrels clearances, 524,000 barrels shipments, 29,701 barrels.

PITTSBURG, July 18.—Petroleum dullish and better. National Transit certificates opened at 937-^c, closed at 95}^c closed at 935$c.

Mrs. Pillow Wants $100,000 from King.

MKMPIUS, July 18—The attorneys for Mrs. Mary Pillow filed a bill in the circuit court this morning against Colonel Clay King for $100,000 damages for defaination of the character and slander. The present suit is the outcome of a suit commenced in chancery last month by Colonel King, enjoining Mrs. Pillow from taking possession of certain property in Arkansas, which she claimed had been deeded her by King. Colonel King in his bill made some severe charges against Mrs. Pillow. Mrs. Pillow is the widow of General G. J. Pillow, of confederate fame, and is connected with some of the beet families in Tennessee.

John I. In Chicago.

^CHICAGO, July IS.—The understanding in sporting circles is that John L. Sullilivan intends to remain here until tov. morrow or the next day after.

BASE BALL.

The Jndlana-IltlnolH League Goes to Plece^i —Yesterday's Games.

The Indiana-Illinois base ball league is now a thing of the past. Danville had been scheduled to play here on Sunday and Monday but it is said they violated the schedule and arranged games with Champaign, at Danville on those days. Mr. H. F. Schmidt wrote to O'Brien, the home club's short stop, who is now in the city nursing a sprained ankle, and in the letter he said that Danville had made the above arrangement with Champaign without consulting him and that he withdrew his club fjom the league as soon as he knew of the breach of trust. He added that he had previously known of Danville's greed. Lafayette will follow Terre Haute out of the league because Champaign broke a similar trust with Lafayette. The Illinois clubs simply took advantage of the fact that the league organization was of no binding force, and that they would not be compelled to pay a forfeit. A few days ago, when THE EXPRESS said the league would go to pieces, THS EXPRESS was called a liar, etc. but THE EXPRESS was then speaking advisedly, a great deal more so than when it mislead its readers by believing and publishing what was told it by some of the local people. Mr. Schmidt writes that the club will keep together and will play games here with other Indiana clubs, but there was a tip on the street last night that at least two of the Terre Haute team had decided to accept other offers, one of these Schneider, the manager. v- £•.

Terre Haute Defeated at Lafayette. Special to the Express. LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 18.—The score

by innings was as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 Lafayette 10300 0 00 Terre Haute 001000 0 0

9 0-4

Base hits-Lafayette, 6 Terre Haute 2 Errors—Four each. Batteries—Lafayette, Copeland and Scliaub Terre Haute, Elteljorg and Schneider.

Lafayette will follow Terre Haute oui oi iui league. CHAMPAIGN,July18.—The score was as

follows:

1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9

Champaign 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5—8 Danville. 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1—6 Base lilts—Champaign, 10 Dauvllle, 8.

Errors—Champaign. 6 Danville, 4. Batteries—Wlhnlugton and Wilson for Champaign Mauckand Tultey for Danville.

Umpire—Brennan.

The Indianapolis Club.

WASHINCT ON,D.C.,July 18.—President Young, of the National base ball leBgue, said to-day that he had heard nothing of the repoited financial difficulties of the Indianapolis club. He says the managers of the club are too shrewd to give up their franchise, which would mean a loss of $15,000 outright, and expresses the belief that the club will play out the season under the present management.

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MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING. t•'j

Longshoremen Peppered With Bullets From Some Unknown Source. NEW YORK, July 18.—A mysterious

case of shooting, in which three longshoremen were made the victims of somebody's malice, has just come to notice. Prank Myers, of 6 Benwick street, and Edward Fanning, of 21 Palisade street, both longshoremen, walked into Chamber street hospital yesterday, with pistol shot wounds in the body. The men said that while at work on the Ocean steamship company's wharf, at pier 35, North river, they were shot by some person or pereons. The men, after having their wounds dressed, went away. At, noon to-day James Egan, of 290 Spring street, came into the hospital with three pistol shots in his body. He, too, said while working on pier 35 yesterday afternoon Bome mysterious person or persons shot him. After the bullets were extracted he left.

The Bhooting has thrown everybody on the pier into a state of terror, and every one imagines he will be shot. The police are engaged in trying to find out who is doing the shooting, but as yet no arrests have been made. The theory given out as the cause of the shooting is that several longshoremen were discharged some time ago and their places were filled. The three men who were shot were among the newcomers, and it is believed by a great many that the discharged men are trying to get even.

FLAMES AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Half of a Four-Story Business BIOCK Burned, at a Loss of $80,000. COT.UMBUS, Ohio, July 18.—A dis­

astrous fire occurred about one o'clock this morning in this city. The half, of the four-story business block on north High street, owned by the heirs of the Breyfogle estate. was completely gutted. The German furniture company occupied the first and second floors. and their stock, valued at about 840,000, was totally destroyed. The upper floors were occupied by J. A. McAuley's awning and tent factory. His loss is about $6,000. The loss of the building was about $20,000. The roof on the King building, a handsome six-story brown stone, supposed to be fire proof, was burned. The loss was about $1,500. The total loss is estimated at about $75,000 or $80,000. Three firemen were injured, but not dangerously. Several barely escaped sffuocation. Families living in adjoining buildings were rudely awakened and some had narrow escapes.

Murdered by a Maniac.

WOONSOCKET, R. I., July 18.—Dennis Ryan, an unmarried farmer, 40 years old, was fatally shot Wednesday morning between eight and nine o'clock, by Saladin Cook, on the C. W. Cook farm, in Cumberland, four miles from here. After the shooting Cook disappeared. He is doubtless insane, and has been in an asylum two or three times. He was set at liberty three months ago. He was at the auction sale of the standing grass, and said he would allow no one to cut it, stating that he would shoot whoever attempted to do it.

A 8 wed lah Musician Dead.

MINNEAPOUS, Minn., July 18.—An Ishpeming (Mich.) special says: Professor Benjamin Owen, aged 54, died to-day of appoplexy. He was a native of Sweden, and came to America with Ole Bull over thirty years ago. He had traveled with Nielson and the beet opera companies, and was the composer of several pieces of popular music.

AERONAUT BOGAN DROWNED.

The Story of the Pilot Who Saw the Balloon Drop Its Car in the-Water.

THE CAMPBELL AIR SHIP AND ITS OCCUPANT LOST.

The Graphic Description of the Loss of the Man Who Made ,One Trip Too Many.

NEW YORK, July 18.—Pilot Phelan, of the pilot boat Caprice, who brought the bark Belt into port, reports that on July 16, in latitude 39 :30, longitude 71 :40, he sighted from the masthead, at along distance away, a balloon dragging its car along the surface of the water. He gave chase to it, but at sundown, when he was about three-quartere of a mile from it, it collapsed and disappeared from sight.

PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 18.—At about 7 o'clock Thursday evening a big balloon passed over this city heading in a direction that would have brought it over Buzzard's bay or Vineyard sound in an hour or two. A great many people here believe that the balloon was the missing Campbell air ship, as no ascensions are known to have been made hereabouts.

There seems to be no longer any reason to doubt that Hogan is dead. Pilot Phelan was seen at the offices of the pilot commissioners this afternoon. He said: "At 5:30 o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday last, when we were 150 miles south southeast of Sandy Hook running before a stiff twenty-five mile north northwest breeze, the lookout aloft sighted two schooners and a peculiar looking object lying near them on the surface of the ocean. "One of the two schooners was to the leeward of the object, which the lookout took to be a square rigged schooner, and was bearing northward. The second schooner was bearing east southeast. "We made up to the object and at about half after six made her out to be a balloon about fifty to sixty feet in diameter. She was in longitude 71 deg, 30 min, latitude 35 deg, 56 min. As it was getting dark, and we knew that probably, some one was in danger in the balloon we crowded on extra sail and fairly flew over the water toward it. At about 7 o'clock one, hour and a half after we had first sightecTthe balloon, when we were one hundred yards from the balloon it parted from some heavy object in the water which it had been dragging along, and flew up into the air. When several hundred feet above the surface of the sea it was caught in the north northwest wind and went before it east southeast at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour. When we first sighted the balloon and drew close enough to make her out shd was egg-shaped and lugging very hard at what must have been the car. About five ropes held her to the car, which was buried several feet under water. The balloon was assuming all kinds of shapes, inflating and collapsing. At the last try it collapsed at the end and assuming the shape of a pumpkin arose in the air. There was nothing hanging to the ropes of the balloon. If Prof. Hogan was in the balloon when we came up with her, then he was drowned. Assistance could not have been rendered to him by the schooner I spoke of as being to leeward and bound northward. It is not at all improbable that the schooner bound east southeast may have something to say when she arrives at her destination. We cruised ovef the spot in which the balloon and its car parted. There were no signs of life, no evidence that a humon being had found his death in the water. There were no floating objects. Everything was aB quiet and as calm as a mill pond. At the time a heavy haze prevailed, though the sky was clear."

Hogan was 46 years old and made over four hundred successful balloon ascensions and thirty-two parachute jumps in the twenty-eight years he has followed the dangerous business. He was regarded as the foremost aeronaut in the world. Some of his friends are still hoping that he may yet be alive and landed in some out-of-the-way place. He had a contract to appear in Ottawa, Canada, to-morrow to make a jump, and they regarded his absence as a sure sign that some serious mishap has befallen him, or otherwise they say he would surely appear to perform his contract, if he had to crawl on his hands and knees to do so. [Hogan is the man who had the contract for the parachute leap at the fair here last year, but he is not the one who made a fortunate escape from death by the fouling of the balloon and parachute ropes. His assistant, Bartholomew, was the one. Hogan was here, however—En. ExrRESs.]

Aged Lady Fatally Hurt.

Special to the Indianapolis News. SEYMOUR, July 18.—While attempting

to alight from a wagon at her home farm, near this city, last night, Mrs. Emma Barkman, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed ladies of this neighborhood, was thrown violently to the ground by the sudden starting of her team, receiving internal injuries that are thought to be necessarily fatal.

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Good Trap Shooting.

Special to the Indianapolis News. CRAWFORDSYILIJE, July 18.—Captain

Bogardus, of the Oklahoma Wild West combination, and Ed "Voris, a local shot, yesterday afternoon shot at twenty-five English sparrows each, thirty yard rise. The score was one of the fineet ever made in the county, each killing twenty-three out of twenty-five birds.

Car Works Bnrned.

WABASH, Ind., July 18.—The extensive car shops of the Eel river division of the Wabash road, located at Butler, were almost destroyed by fire yesterday, throwing over one hundred men out of employment. Several fine coaches and much valuable machinery was burned. The loss will be nearly $100,000.

He W$s Cured.

Irate Wife—John, this is the fourth time I've caught you in the kitchen talking to the cook. "Well, my dear." "The next time I find you here I'll— well, I'll discharge her—and do the cooking myself."

He has never offended since.-"{Ameri-can Glass worker.

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1889.

THS COUNTY LANDS.

What the County Auditor'* Report Shows mm to Their Value. The following is a table taken from the county auditor's annual report to the auditor of the state showing the average valuation ot lands in the county as shown by the returns of the townafaip assessors. In many oonntiea the same tables include the average valuation of city lots but no record of the number of lo|s in this city is kept except that the number of lots in each plat'of a subdivision or addition to the city is designated in the several plate. The total value of iote in the city is $5,475,445. The total value of lota and improvements is $10,396,025, which shows that the value ot improvements of property in the city is but a very small fraction lees than the value of the lands in the city. The following table shows the average valuation and the value of improvements in several townships. ii

HARRISON TOWNSHIP.'

1889. 1888.

Average value of lands $102 10 Average value of lands and Improvements combined 119 20 (115 60

HONKT CRKKK.

Average value offends 32 GO ...... Average valne ot lands and Improvements combined 39 06 38 80

PRAIRIBTON.

Average value of lands 21 30 Average value of lands and Improvements combined ... 26 40 25 40

PRAIRIE GRKKK.

Average value of lands 15 20 ......... Average value of lands and Improvements combined 17 66

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LINTON.

Average value of lands 18 80 Average value of lands and Improvements combined 21 Gf pnmaoN. Average value of lands 17 30 ......... Average value of lands with Improvements 20 43 20 20

21 40

RILKY.

Average value of lands 18 00 Average value of lands with Improvements 20 65 20 CO

LOST CRKKK.

Average value of lands..., 24 40 Average value of lands with 1mprovements 27 27 27 00

NKVINS.

Average value of lands 13 70 Average value of landswlth Improvements 16 70 16 70

OTTER CRKRK.

Average value of lands 20 70 .......... Average value of landswlth Improvements 25 42 26 80

FAYETTK.

Average value of lands 17 10 Average value of landswlth Im- :r improvements 19 74 19 60

SDSAR CREEK.

Average value of lands 17 40 Average value of landswlth lm- .. provements 20 80 ^0 20 l.lBy a comparison of the figures in the right-hand column with those opposite it will be seen that the combined increase in the valuation of both lands and improvements iB a healthy one over last year, and is an excellent indication for the growth of the county. Although the average value of lots in the city is not indicated in the auditor's report, yet the total is considerable. The value of both lots and improvements in the city have been increasing rapidly since April 1, and would not be an accurate indication at the present time. At one time in the early spring at least two hundred buildings were in process of construction. Since that time Anton Mayer's new business block on east Main street has been al most completed and W. S. Rea's new building has been commenced and is progressing rapidly, besides many others of less prominence. The exact Bhowing for the county is equal to the general good showing for the city, as will be seen from the following summary which includes all lands in the county outside of the city: Number of acres in the count 250,168 Value of lands In the count 15,700,170 Value of lands, plus Improvements 6,660.700 Average value of lands per acre 22.78

The average value of lands in Vanderburg county is $22.67, showing in favor of Vigo county lands of eleven cents per acre.

Cleaning Out the House Boats, Special to the Indianapolis News. VINCENNES, Ind., July 18.—Sheriff

Gowers and posse, of Lawrenceville, 111., came here searching for parties who had robbed the shoe store of Kenner & Co., of Flora, 111., and a portion of the plunder was found concealed on the "Red Boat," a notorious craft moored on the Illinois side of the river, and belonging to a woman naned Ella Roucheville. Wm. Cockrum and Wm. Hancock were under arrest, but they afterward escaped from custody. Last night the city council passed an ordinance compelling all house boats moored along the river front on the Indiana side to leave. They are a dangerous and disgraceful lot of barges and are infeeted by a bad gang.

New Trial For the Sharon Divorce Case. SAN FRANCISCO, July 18.—The supreme

court of California to-day rendered a decision on the appeal from the judgment of Judge Sullivan of the superior court refusing a new trial in the celebrated Sharon divorce case. Judge Sullivan held that the marriage contract between the late ex-Senator William Sharon and Sarah Althea Terry was valid, and that arties were legally husband and wife. Jhe supreme court finds that they kept their marriage (if there was one) and their relations as husband and wife secret, and for this reason the marriage was never complete. The case is remanded for anew trial.

J. H. Putnam, of Tioga, Pa., has been at work 9ver since the flood in drying out about one thousand two hundred legal papers. He bung them up to dry on a line just as a washerwoman would. The writing is as good as ever on most of them and in some very old and almost faded manuscripts the ink haa been brought out again by the water.

In a village in New England the following superstitious belief is prevalent: During service in the church, if the church clock

Btrikes

while a hymn is

being sung, the belief is that some parishioner will die within the week. So strong is this belief that the striking mechanism of the clock is always stopped during services in which hymns arp sung.

A Cincinnati in an used 10,000 gallons of water on his lawn laat year. His neighbor trusted to, providence to sprinkle his, and when the fall came he had the beat lawn.

A colored domestic in Baltimore tall a distance of eighty feet into a aink hole by a floor giving way one night laat week. She escaped without serioua injury.

fflE NEWS OF TOE RAILROADS.

Wall Street Mueh Excited Over the Reported Salt of the Chicago & Alton.

IT SEEMS TO BE AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT.

Missouri Pacific Takes it in—Bad Effect on the Richmond Termioal—Railroad News.

NEW YORK, July 18.—All day to-day Wall street was kept busy with reports of conferences of railroad officials and bankers and after the cloee of the exchange it was asserted that the safe of the Chicago & Alton to the Missouri Pacific had been oompleted and the first deposit of the purchase money, to the amount of $2,000,000, had already been made. The rumors carried additional weight from this fact that Vice President McMullin was already in this city and that Chairman Walker, of the Inter-state association and General Manager Clarke, of the Missouri Pacific, are expected every hour. Neither Kidder, Peabody & Co., nor Drexel, Morgan & Co. would admit that they had any knowledge of a deal, but in epite of this it was generally believed that important developments were pending and that an official announcement ot the absorption of the Chicago & Alton would be made. The probability that Missouri Pacific would control the road caused a sharp decline in Richmond terminal, which company extended the Georgia Pacific and made a connection with the Gould system, on an understanding that it would be given all the business east of the Mississippi. Jay Gould who is credited with holding 50,000 shares of Richmond terminal, is said to have sold out his interert in that company.

General and Personal Mentloh of General and Local Interest. Clarence McKeever, of the Van, is in Indianapolis.

Logan Chance, night ticket agent at Brazil, was in the city yesterday. Traveling Passenger Agent F. E Scott, of the St. P., M. & M., was in the city yeeterday.

One of the favorite amusements indulged in by the young ladies of Montezuma is riding on a steam shovel.

Thomas Bell, an engineer on the C.,V. & C., stopped off a few hours yesterday on his way to Indianapolis.

The C. & I. C. now averages thirtyfive car loads of coal per day, the output of the Coal Bluff and Coxville mines.

The O. & M. ticket office at Washington was entered Tuesday evening, in the absence of the ageqt, and $15 stolen from the ticket case.

One of the treetle bridges on the new E. & R. road will have over two hundred thousand feet of lumber in it and will be a "three-decker," consisting of three tiers of trestles, one above the other.

Mr. D. W. Rider, chief clerk for General McNulta until his retirement as receiver of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad, who has been on the Wabash several years, has received the appointment of general superintendent of the Jacksonville & Southeastern railroad, with headquarters at Jacksonville.

Frank Beatty, the C. & E. I. brakeman who was shot by Charles Sheward at Cayuga, on the evening of the 14th of June, has entirely recovered and showed up for duty Tuesday morning. Sheward was identified Monday by Beatty as the man who shot him, and

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The Restoration of Grain Rates. NEW YORK. July 18.—Vice President

Blanchard said to-day, when queetioned about the diversity of dates of the Central lines for the restoration of grain rates, that probably the matter would be arranged harmoniously, and the date fixed upon would probably be August 1st. At the meeting of the general freight managers of the trunk lines, the subject of a through pro-rating arrangement was nnder consideration. A proposition was made which will receive the consideration of the roads. The form of this proposition could not be learned until the roads had accepted or rejected it.

RAILROAD N1CW8 NOTES,

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very good Bhow of going over the road. Logansport Journal: For one hour and thirty minutes Sunday thre was not a train moving on the C., St. L. & P. road between Indianapolis and Columbus, which, Superintendent Miller says, is the first time such a thing has occurred in the history of the road, and is due to the abandoning of freight trains on Sunday.

Sullivan Union: Lawyer Hultz has brought suit against the E. & T. H. railroad for $20,000. Last winter a law was aseed compelling railroads to display lackboards announcing the arrival of trains and if late how much. They failed to comply with the law. He will also bring Buit against the 1. & I. S. for alike amount.

Covington Friend: The principal officers of the new Wabash road were in this city Monday, discussing the feasibility of exl ending the road on to Terre Haute. They are gentlemen that mean business, and while of course they did not say what they would do, they seemed to think the extension would be a paying investment. Let our citizens take hold of the matter, and secure the extension if possible.

The Clay County Miners' Tote. Special to the Express. BRAZIL, July 18.—Reports from private sources accepted as reliable place the vote of Harmony, Knightaville, Perth and Cardonia, as taken to-day, at 405 for the etrike and 112 for going to work. Doubtless the entire vote of the district will show about the same ratio.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.—The Journal's Brazil correspondent reports that a secret ballot has been taken in the block ooal region to determine whether the miners would resume work at the prices offered by the operators— 70 and 75 cents a ton. The returns are not complete, but enough have been received to indicate that the propontionto go to work waa defeated by at least four toon*.

MB. BLAINE.

Hla Sen, Walker, Ketaraa to Washington and Talks About Hla rather. WASHINGT ON,July 18.—Walker Blaine returned this morning from Bar Harbor and waa at hia deek in the state department, as usual. He reports hia father, the secretary, as quite well, and greatly enjoying the sea breezes. Mr. Blaine said there waa not the alightsat foundation for the story of his father's resignation, nor for the report that he contemplated resigning. Secretary Blaine, in all probability, will not return to Wsahington before the first of October, when he expects to occupy his new residence on Madison place, opposite Lafayette square, the old Seward mansion. Mr. Walker Blaine will have an interview with President Harrison before the latter leaves for Deer Park, to oonsult with him about his proposed visit to Bar Harbor, in August. It is among the probabilities that the president will have a vessel at New York and make the trip by sea for the benefit accruing from an ocean voyage.

Colonel Wilson to Go to West Point. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18.—The

announcement of the appointment of Colonel J. A. Wilson as superintendent of the military academy of West Point is expected at the war department to-day.

This officer is Baid to have been selected for the place by the unanimous action of the secretary of war, General Schofield, and the chiefs ot ordnance and engineers, and the delay in making the announcement is Baid to be due to the desire to select Colonel Wilson's successor as superintendent of public buildings and grounds in Washington, so that the two appointments might be made at once.

The DerTlsh Leader Wants the Earth. LONDON, July 18.—In the house of

commons this afternoon the Right Hon. E. Stanhope, secretary of state for war, read the reply of Nal-el-Jumi, the dervish leader in Egypt, in response to the demands made by General Grenfell for his surrender. Nad-el-Jumi says in his reply: "Your force is nothing to me. I have been sent to conquer the world. I can not stop now. I call upon you to surrender. I will protect you. Remember Hicks and Gordon."

In his dispatches accompanying Nad-el-Jumi's reply to the war office, General Grenfell states that the dervish leaders fighting men are well fed and in good condition.

Dr. McDow Expelled From a Society. CHARLESTON, S. C., July 18.—Dr. Mc­

Dow, the slayer of Captain Dawson, was expelled from the South Carolina medical society to-day. At a special meeting of the society the following resolutions were passed:

Whereas, It has been brought to tbe notice oi tbe society tbat Dr. T. Ballard McDow has been proven by bis own confession guilty ot Immoral, unprofessional and ungentlemanly conduct, and tbat, after tbe notification, tbe said Dr. McDow bas failed to appear before tbe society to exonerate himself from tbe said charges.

Resolved, That be be expelled from the body.

Three Killed By a Boiler Explosion. CHICAGO, July 18.—The boiler in the

planing mill of the R. V. Stone lumber company, on Hoyne avenue, exploded at 8:15 o'clock this morning. The mill was blown to atoms, scarcely a board or a sign of machinery being left. The following were killed: Jefferson King, engineer A. Dollar, laborer Fred Beiffel, teamster. Four other employes had most miraculous escapee. The finnncial loss will be $20,000.

Killed by a Runaway Flow Horse. INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.—In Greene

county this morning a 20-year-old Bon of Hiram Camden was riding a horse which was attached to a plow. The animal became frightened and the young man was thrown to the ground. In falling one foot was caught in the harness, the horse began to run and young Camden was dragged over the field. After being released he lived but two hours.

A Mother's Awful Deed.

PITTSBURG, July 18.—Early this morning the bodies of Mrs. John McGregor and two children were discovered in nine inches of water in a small creek near Youngstown, Ohio. The woman had first drowned her children and then herself. Her husband had left her in destitute circumstances and she was yeeterday seen begging for food.

Black Caps at Hartford City, Intl. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., July 18.—A

mob of 100 men with black masks over their faces attacked the house of Nancy Vincent, a notorious resort at Montpelier, this county, last night. One male inmate was whipped with switches. The other inmates escaped. The Vincent woman was caught and tarred and the house and furniture demolished. The occupants have fled.

Paying Out the Johnstown Funds. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 18.—To-day

Judge Cummins and Banker Thompson, having charge of the relief funde, began paying out money to the sufferers. Up to noon $0,000 had been paid out, most of the checks being for $80, the lowest amount paid to a single sufferer.

Marriage Portions for Royalty. LONDON, July 18.—The government

has accepted a proposal by Mr. John Morley that an increased allowance to the prince of Wales, enabling him to provide marriage portions for his children, be submitted for the proposed special grants.

Foreign Motes.

The Swiss socialists have decided to send a pros test to tbe bundesrath against tbe acUon of tbe procureur-general, In regard to German refugees.

The English government bas notified tbe French government that tbe tatter's refusal to aeeept tbe conversion scheme will cost Egypt yearly £200,000.

Tbe English jockey club will withdraw the license of R. (i. Sherrard, tbe celebrated Newmarket trainer. Charles Wood and Henry Mackey have been warned off the track.

The anniversary of tbe death of ex-Fresldent Juarez was observed by the Liberals at the City of Mexico, who marched in grand procession to tbe cemetery wherein Juarez was burled. Some students In tbe procession shouted: "Death to tbe clergy "Death to the Conservatives."

Mr. Lincoln, the United States minister, visited the camp of the Massachusetts riflemen, at Wimbledon, yesterday, and was accorded a hearty reception. Tbe American team afterward visited tbe Crystal palaee. They go to Paris Saturday, and will sell from Liverpool for home July 31st.

Daily Established in 1851.

NEWS ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

A Young Lady's Death Caused by the Excitement oi a Runaway.

A PECULIARLY SAD ENDINQ OF A YOUNG LIFE.

The Sewer and Cemetery Funds Go But a Sliort Way in the Payment of City Debts.

Miss Ada Belle Robertson, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Taylor Robertson, died at the family residence, 1,041 north Eighth street, at 7:30 a. m. yeeterday, after an illness of two weeks. She was an unusually strong young woman when in ordinary health, but was slightly affected with a nervous trouble. About two" weeks ago she was returning from a drive when the horse became frightened at a train loaded with machines and began backing the bugg^ toward the train. She jumped from the buggy and caught the horse by the bridle and succeeded in stopping him. She drove to the barn and unfasted the horse from the buggy. The report that she was thrown from the buggy is untrue. On account of her nervous affection and being in rather bad health at the time, she was taken sick, and died of the result of the nervous trouble, increased by the excitement and unusual physical exertion. She was in her 19th year, and was a member of the Firat Baptist Church. She was engaged to Mr. Edward Hardy, a passenger conductor on the P., D. & E. railroad. The funeral will occur at Lockport, from the M. E. Church, at 10 a. m. on Saturday.

Stricken With Paralysis.

Mr. Elisha Sibley, of 1525 south First street,was stricken with paralysis at 9 a. m. yeeterday, and tbe attending physician thinks that there is but little hope of recovery, owing to Mr. Sibley's extreme old age. Mrs. Sibley was out in the yard when he was stricken and when she returned found him lying on the floor. Since then he has been unable to speak or take nourishment. The right side is affected more than the remainder of his body. Mr. Sibley is 86 years of age, but has never been troubled with symptoms of paralysis. He has been blind for about six years, but has always been able to find his way about the premises without assistance.

Terre Haute Millers In Rockvllle.

Two Terre Haute men were here Saturday (their second visit) looking over the ground with a view to eetablishing a mill here. They ask for a location and building, to be paid for when the mill is in operation. They propose if they come to put up a mill with a capacity of 125 barrels per day, and will establish a permanent grain market. Both are experienced mill men, and are at present employed by the Kidder Brothers. They are favorably impressed with Rockville as being a good location, and it is to be hoped some arrangement can be made whereby these men can be induced to come here.—[Rockville Republican, i-

A Young Woman's Fall.

Miss Carrie Reedy, of north Thirteenth, employed at Miller Bros.' cracker factory, fell from the railing of the gallery at Dowling hall, yesterday, and received injuries that may prove to be serious. During the noon hour a few of the female employes went into the hall, and Miss Reedy undertook to walk the rail. She Btruck the floor twelve feet below the railing on the back of her head. She soon recovered apparently, and tried to continue her work, but later was compelled to go home because of increasing pains. .j

A Minister's Surprise Party. The good folks of Prairieton, Old Grove and Mt. Pleasant, on Wednesday called on the Rev. J. N. Watson, who is in charge of the Prairieton circuit M. E. Church, it being his 55th birthday. A repast was spread by his many friends and before their departure they presented him with a new hat, a fine parlor rocking chair and many other useful articles. The day was spent in a most enjoyable manner by all present and departing they wished the reverend gentleman many returns of his birthday.

The K. of P. Kncampment.

The Uniform Rank, Division No. 3, K. of P., is preparing to attend tbe state encampment of the K. of P. uniform divisions of the state at Warsaw, August 5-12. A paper was circulated yeeterday and many signatures secured to ascertain the members who would attend. The encampment will not be distinguished by any prize drill or other special events, but is intended for the benefit of the several divisions of the state by bringing them together and the recreation of the members.

The City Treasury.

The city treasury is rapidly approaching bankruptcy again, as to the general fund. Of the $17,000 which the council transferred from the sewer and cemetery funds at the last meeting, but little remains. So many city warrants were unpaid, pr 1 the city employes had been so long out pay previous to the transfer, thaV money has disappeared with marvelou. ipidity.

rcli Keopenlng.

There will a grand reopening of the A. M. E. Church, on south Thirteenth-and-a-half and Franklin avenue, Sunday, July 28. The Rev. T. M. Thompson, pastor, will have some of the best speakers in the Lexington conference to assist on that day. It also will be a grand rally to raise the debt on the church.

Colonel Thompson's Address.

Colonel R. W. Thompson will deliver his address on "Personal Recollection of the Presidents," at the^Columbia club's rooms, this evening at 7:30 o'clock.

Sir JuUan Pauncefote Going for Bis Family WASHINGTON, July 18.—Sir Julian

Pauncefote, British minister to the United States, visited the state department to-day and bade adieu to the officials for a season. He sails from New York on the Etruria for England. He will return to Washington in October, bringing his family with him.

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