Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 25 April 1895 — Page 1

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VOL. I. NO. 130.

Tt's

the talk

Of the town

That showing of

Dresses and Wrappers and Bonnets and Hats and Wraps at

WARD WALKER & CO.'S.

AV want you to come in and ask to ^ee our

Chief Glassware

It the finest wo ever had. Entirely now and 20 different kinds. Wo have .just unpacked it and can't tM) into particulars, only add that it will sell for

Kegular houses would ask you from 25 to f)0c each for the same goods if tliov had it. Ivemeniher, it was the Department Store that tumbled the prices on Dish and (ilassware, and you will lind this the

GREATEST TUMBLE OF ALL.

"We will expect you to take a look at this ware and take some home with you

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Taken and Robbed.

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AN EARLY MORNING OUTRAGE.

Signals Ohangeil, Which Sent a J-ast Freight. Flying by the Station—Two Attempts to Wreck JI Train—Woman Fatally Injured by a Horse—Other Happenings Within the State.

FOKT WAYNK, April 23.—One of the most daring pieces of criminal work ever committed in Allen county was accomplished 3 o'clock yesterday morning at Dun fee, a station a few miles west of this city. road.

At that time O. S. Smith, the night operator ami ricket agent, was working at his telegraph instrument receiving train orders. Smith had just put out. the signals tor a freight train to stop. The train was abouc a mile away, when

volver. entered the small office. The leader said: "I am going to change your train signals and let that I freight go through without stopping,

You telegraph the change in signals at once, and don't send another d—n word, I or I'll blow your brains out. I'll hear your message, and if yon don't break it. there

I'll shoot, your head oil'."' I As the freight train went by the three men seized Smith, took £si from his I pockets, tore his diamond searrpin from his necktie, robbed the ticket o.'iice of money and seized every article of value in sight.

Sheriff CHustneier savs the three men were railroaders, as they knew all the train signals, knew ail about train orders, and one of them understood telegraphing train orders. The officers are still on tli trail, and have the country for several miles around the scene of the robbery covered.

ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Dummy Car and Ties Piled on tins liig Four Traek.

LAPOKTK, Ind., April 25.—Bold attempts were made Tuesday night to wreck a southbound passenger train on the Michigan division of the Big Four at two different points between Niles and Benton Harbor.

The. engine lirst struck a "dummy'' car, which had been placed on the track, and when near Sodus the train ran into a pile of ties, and but for the prompt action of the engineer, the coaches, which were filled with passengers, would have been precipitated into a deep gulley. A serious wteck and loss of life would have resulted. Certain men are under suspicion, and a thorough investigation will be made.

Who Shot Him

El,WOOD, Ind., April 2,"j.—Another effort is being made to secure the pardon of Isaac Goodman, who was sent to the penitentiary for seven years for connection with the Goodman gang of robbers, of which his son, Dick, was chief. There is no doubt as to his being guilty and Governor Matthews will probably release him.

Station Kohhed.

COJA'MHIA CITY, Ind., April 25.— Three persons entered the Kickel Plate depot at Duufee early yesterday morning, and while two of them covered the operator with revolvers the third robbed the money drawer of its contents. They made their escape, but the sheriff is working hard to capture them.

For Her Husband's Death.

WASHINGTON, Ind., April 2~.—Mrs. Little has filed suit here against, the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad company for £10,000 damage Her husband who was a passenger engineer, was .lied in the big wreck at Cochran about one year ago by running into an (.pen switch.

Woman Fatally Kicked.

BitAZJL, Ind., April 2~—Mrs. Cross, a widow residing at, Knig.iitsvi.Iie. was leading a !rac: sons horse out of the barn, when the animal suddenly whirled about and kicked at her, striking her on the side: of the head. Iter oar was almost lorn off and if is beli-wod her skull is fractured.

Wanted For freight Vcars.

WiN''U!-'i Kit. Ind., April :r.—Detective .1. A!. I:'! "cher went down to Richlnoiid and arrested one ,J. 1). Gregg, who bails iron: (-rand Rapids. Mich. He has been wanted by the authorities for eight ye

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ing li ing.

three mas'-ed men, each carrying a re- I Lie factory. Easton ran down the tr.Tjk and succeeded in stopping the train, while Underwood ran in the opposite direction and headed off a farmer who was coming to do some plowing just below the factory.

but hud evaded them.

The charge against him. is false pretenses.

Kill.

.1 ly hid...

?d IKK IS

Yager, l!: driver. st his way fright". ie

Oi'scs. .: April 25.—G. W.

,:-eon mai[carrier and haoic it h'ana while on Shelby vill'v and. his team got

Thev starred to run, and

I in attempting to stop t-Jvin hi internal injuries, whicl death.

reeci Mil his

IMil.

Itij 'a i.nd.. April ~."b—Pierce snc.l the Chicago and #.:t,'ih't damages. He aud part, of his foot ran engine side rod, fi"W around demolish

lit'Xtr-MT" IN, L. Lov. ncm has Eric railroad for war an engineer was i.ora which bsoko and

ab while toe train was •uu-

iorccii, tO. -A ira ham Rimes rd hard to beat, een married 11 limes. lb: now litii divorce, it

•M :i rrii'il, 11: Hi April

of Kewanna, has a rec In years be has limes and divorced 1 fdes applical on for th. being tlie see.aid from iiis 10,'h wife.

STORE.

Justice KIIIUIT'H Iiic-urio Tux Oji-iiion. WASHINC"o.v, April 2~.—Tho text of tho opinion of Chief .Justice Fuller iu the income tax case, which was de-

livered on the. Nth inst., was made publie yesterdav. The opinion is preceded by an elaborate review of the history of the case. The opinion proper is introduced with tin* statement that "the constitution provides that representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned ii a a os a or in numbers, and I hat uo direct tax shall be.

uu.i cxeepr aecoruiny to uie onumerauon nrovided, and also that, all duties, imyorts unci excises shall be uniform ".hroughout tlie United States."

General Cogswell IJetter.

WASHINGTON, April 25. General Cogswell passed a very comfortable uight and is reported better. The condition of Mr. Hitt is about the same.

INI I KUCiLYCcKIN

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EXPLOSION

Completely Demolished but Fortunatftly Xo One Killed.

LIMA, O., April 25.—The most serious explosion since the location of the Ohio and Indiana Torpedo company's factory, three miles southwest of the city, occurred yesterday and was caused by nitroglycerin taking fire while it was being run.

The makers of the stuff, H. Easton and A. M. Underwood, had finished their sixth run of the explosive, and

on the Nickel Plate were sitting in the factory eating their dinner, when Easton detected fire in the hose connecting some of the apparatus, lie called to Underwood, and they ran for their lives. The factory is located along the C. & E. railroad tracks, and a freight train was coming toward

The men barely had tim6 to Accomplish this, when the contents of the building, several tons of glycerine, let go.

The building was blown into fragments, and the timbers and heavy machinery scattered in all directions. A large hole, f0 feet, deep and 100 in diameter, was torn in the earth. At the Solar oil refinery, a mile and a half away, nearly all the windows were br( ike n.

Tlie factory which went up yesterday belonged to the same company whose factory blew up a couple of years ago, and was located near the same spot. A# that time Andrew Chute was blown to fragments, and Ben Dow and Tom McHugli badly hurt. They were makers of the explosive. G. R. Potter, a teamster near the place, escaped without a scratch.

WANTED TO KILL HIS WIFE Ketcham, tlii' Kxpress Kobber, Creates a Scene in Kansas City Court.

KANSAS CITY, April 25.—Considerable of a sensation was caused iu the law offices of Fox aud Moore yesterday afternoon while .Mrs. Charles A. Ketcham, wife of the man suspected of robbing the Adams Express company of if^5,000 in j.S',12, was given her deposition in the matter of the robbery. Ivetcham, who was under the influence of liquor, forced his way into the office and would have killed Ins wife had he not been overpowered a ad thrown to the floor, where lie was pinioned, and then taken to the police station.

Tlie YVeiis-r argo Express company, which was the original earner of the two packages containing #33,000 stolen from the Adams Express company between Ciiuinnati and New Orleans, sued the latter company to recover the amount which it. (the Wells-Fargo) had made good to the shipper. Compromise negotiations were proceeding and Mrs. ivetcham's deposition had just been read to her, preparatory to her signing it. The paper not only charged Ketcham, who was the messenger of the Adams Express company when the robbery occurred, with the robbery, but entered into details as to the manner in which the robbery was committed and the money concealed.

Ketcham received an inkling of his wife's deposition and it was to prevent her signing itie document that he tried to kill her. The suit of the Wells-Fargo company is to be withdrawn aud the Adams company agrees to some compromise, tlie- terms of which are not known here, final settlement having been made in St. Louis.

KENTUCKY FEUD.

Th« :i! .Mount Sterling l-ilcoly to lircak Out Allow. Mot :-,"r STEKLIXU, Ky., April 25.—Tho Blair lynching trouble is liable to break our- at any moment. After Ton nan and Koai.h were acquitted James and tles.-e Blair, brothers of Tom Blair, who was lynched, went to their home in Morgan county. Yesterday they returned and witli them were three, friends. All day long they paraded the city in a body, but what their object is nobody knows. Tlie. police are on the alert and if the Blair brothers make the slightest demonstration there will be a bloody tight.

The best citizens of the city are frying to keep down any trouble. But the Biairs are desperate over the awful murder of their broiher, and if they can settle on he ivnehe.'s some one is bound

to be kitied. .Morgan county people do not believe Roajii and Foriuan were guilty of murdering Blair, but they are determined to find out. who did, and until that is for:iid out and the murderer punished, there will be an iween the two counties.

Keport of I lie .Ntiimlitrcf Oil Oompiiiiy. XST'.w YOI K, April —The annual report of the Standard Oil company, tiled yesterday at tho county clerk's office, states that the paid-i.i capital stock of the company is «V,0' 0,(KK), its debts do not exee amount to :jdO,()()(),()()0. The report is signed by the president and John T). Archi»oiiI, W. H. Tiiford, A. M. McGregor aud Paul Babcock, Jr., directors.

Aci]iitt.t(I of a Murl«r Cliargi STANKOIII). Ky., April 2o.—After an examining trial which lasted three days Ceorge Petrey and Joe Durham were acquit tod of the charge of murdering Leonz Abt, a (German v.dio lived near Ottenheini. Abt was robbed and murdered, and Petrey and Durham were brought back from Yiiieennes, Iud., to answer the charge.

Into the Kivt.r.

("•i ti,o, O.. April i!o.—-Tlie'ro was great excitement, here over the fact that a team of horses went over the wharf into the Ohio river, into about 10 feet of tv'aier. By hard work the team was laved. The team was owned by T. J. Lmald, the coal man.

GREENFIELD, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, APPJL •25, 1895. PRICE. TWO CENTS

I I

OPERA HOUSE

ONE NIGHT.

Friday, April 26.

Down I|e Jen.

l'KESENTINO

A Comedy Drama.

This will be the last appearance of the Home Comedy Co. this season, and special pains are being taken to make this entertainment something good.

A beautiful 12x14 photogravure of the Woman's building at the oriel's Fair, on heavy book paper, suitable for framing, will be given to every lady present.

Popular Prices,

15, 35 and 85Cts

Doors open at 7:120. Curtain at sa'O sharp,

KESKKVKJ) SEATS OIS SALE AT

HARRY STRICKLAND'S WHITE HOUSE UROCK1SY.

Local and Personal.

Mrs. Wm. R. Hough was at Indianapolis today.

Mrs. Catharine Smith went to Kokomo today to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Thomas.

Mrs. Eliza Auder.-on, of Winterset, Iowa, is visit in the family of Joseph Loehr Sr..

West & Wilson have received the contract for the erection of a neat cottage on North State street for John E. Radcliff.

Tom Mitchell, of Middlelown, Ohio, who has been here a few days visiting his father, Wm. Mitchell, went home today.

Have you seen the elegant new soda fountain in Art Wilkin's drug store!' Everything is of the latest improvement. Try the soda.

We understand Elbert Tyners house wes placarded for measles yesterday but as the card is down it was no doubt a f» lse alarm.

Dontjjforget the date of the "Deestrict Skule" has been changed. Jt. will "take up" Thursday evening, May 2nd. Be sure and attend.

Approperate music will be introduced in "Down By The Sea" by Home Dramatic Co., Friday night. Mrs Huston and Dr. Sparks will both sing.

Frank S. Gorman and wife moved to Indianapolis Wednesday. Frank has a position with Mr. Jack Dalryniple, of the Indianapolis Ilayness Co.

Arthur Wilkins, the popular druggist, has placed an elegant new soda fountain in his store and is now ready lo serve a delicious and refreshing drink to all.

Will Crawford who is engaged in oil well drilling left for the Indiana oil fields today after a- few dnys visit with his wife and other relatives here.

Charles Busseriuan the conductor who was so badly squeezed between iwo freight cars here a month or more ago has recovered and was through here on his train this morning...

The strawberry season is now Oil at I

Long Beach, California, where Hob Lynn formerly of the RKI'L'I'.MI AN i„. now loI eated. Bob says the Eye office is now ready for berries.

James H. Bragg, the miller has bought of Mrs. Ella IJohm the restaurant, known

enmity be- for so many years as the Bohm restaurant. I He will have it repaired, repainted, re-

i'urnhhed and in fact fit: class style through out. doubt, do well.

I. .'•yi,000,000 and its assets and enjoy an evening's plepsnre without fear of being offended by any thing objectionable in the play or liLes, "Down by

up in firs:Ile will

110

Church people can always attend the entertainments ot The Homo Comedy Co.

The Sea" is e.-pecially free from anything of this nature.

Tlie Board of Directors of the Greenfield Building and Loan Associate have made an order reducing 1 ho premium on all loans to 12e per share per week. This practically makes the rate 8 per cent.

V. L. EAKT.Y, Pres.

JOHN COUCOKAN, Sec'y. lldwtf

H. h. Strickland and wife, Mesdnmes Will Cook, E. P. Wilson, s. G. White, L. C. Thayer, J. B. Pusey, W. S. Montgomery, Miss Ella Marsh end Will A. Hough, E. r. Thayer, Jr., W. Dudding, G. T. Randall, S. M. RufTner and Charles Vaughn were at Indianapolis to-

clay. tiationa.

WEATHER FORECAST

FOli INDIANA.

For 30 hours endingS p.m. April 2G, Fair aud cooler to-night and day.

MOOKIC

Mitchell—MacUleman.

Wednesday night, April 17th, at the home of the brides sister, Mrs. Thos. Williams near Browns Chapel, Charles C. Mitchell aud Miss Mollie Hacklemau were united in marriage by Rev. J. L. Barclay. The wedding march WHS piayed by a sister of the bride, Miss Etfie I Hackleman. The bride looked very beautiful is a pearl colored silk and carried a boquet of brides roses, tlie groom wore the usual black- The house was beautifully decorated with smilax, sweet lithiums, flowering maples and potted plants. There were about 00 guests and all thoroughly enjoyed the sumptuous supper. The uext day a reception was given at the home of the groom parents, T. J. Mitchell-anil wife east of Greenfiel.l at which everyone had a uood time.

The young couple will go to house keeping on the John Wilson farm north of Striugtown recently purchased for them, They have bright prospects and tlie best wishes of many fiienos. Those nttei ding the wedding from a distance were Omer Hackiem-iu, Knightstowh: Miss Minir'e Hackleman, Lafajette: brother! and sister of the bri'e and. Frank I Met 'arty aud wife, of Noblesville. Mrs. McCarty being a sister of the groomee.

IHSATKS.

As reported by C. W. Morrison Undertaker?. Martha Dyer, aged 54 years, Leroy Dyer, near Gwynneville. appi-ph Monday evening, April Fum-ral Blue River River Chapel Wednesday 10 a. m. by Rev. MeXew.

Cleaning find I'littint IJowii i'ai jx-ts.

Frank Keeler, the carpet cleaner is now located in the Big 4 house on Stewart Street. First class work guaranteed, prices reasonable.- Mar. 28 W tf.

Judge J. V. Hadley, of Danville, was here today and decided the case of the Findlay Window Glass Co. vs. the Wells Manufacturing Co. It was a suit involving the distribution of about £4,500. The court decided that both the mortgage held by the Findlay Window Glass Co. and that held by Attorney Horace Smith, as trustee for the general creditors of the Greenfield Stove,Works, should be set aside. This then will leave all the creditors on on equal footing and they will share the money pro rata according to the amount of their claims.

S. M. Kraeer, who is contracting oil wells near Geneva in the Indiana oil field, after a few days' visit here with his wife, returned today. He will lemove his family from here the first of next month. Mrs. Kraeer, after visiting her parents and his in Pennsylvania for a short time, will go to Lake Chatauqua for the summer, and in the fall they will locate in some of the cities ia the region where Mr. K.'s work is. He says the oil excitement is quite high and that muny people are becoming quite wealthy.

Through the skillful treatment of Dr. C. dv. Brnner and the will of God, Rose, the little daughter of 11. '.Varrum who lias lxjeu so seriously ill with pneumonia is getting better. He and wife re'.urn their heart felt thanks to their lieighbots and i'liends for their many kind acts and help in assisting in caring for the little sufferer. "A frh-nd iu need is a friend indeed." 4

The appointment of Dr. J. P. Black Republican as one of the examining pension hoard here is creating quite a racket among the Democrats. Iiis rccommeudatijn was Mgned by a large number of Democrats. There seems to to be two lac: iuu& at war. Tne Republicans are enj -ying the fun.

J. P. i:n --fid wife left... today for Pendleton to visit his son Gk3R. James I and later wid go to Markleville to visit his daughter Mrs S K. Hardy. Air. James is on of the ch'vere.-.t old ge".t e-| men of our acquaintance and thoroughly enjoys life.

Bert Cox wlm has been" working ""/it J. S. L- e-i

i: •!11--1 ilinis.- b-:: hi sl-oj)

has taken employment at. \Y. A. Waisou's shop in ii" Pudding e, M'.-'i'e block. Bert is ia i- i-e,- ,-mil ~moet!i sh.H\er and

has ny r: m'-s

Th.s-c «r.»iii-t to i.-'ba'iapoiis fodav w'e Eph "'arsh. t'harh Iowumi 11. Wed-, T. J. Far:-at. Mimei (hint, ^\r. F. i'ralt, S. M. Kvti'iier. Frank IIhoa hirnar and W. F. Me. 1! tee.

Hen Se t.r, in- has been telegraph mes senger boy at the dennt for some time, is now engaged with Henrv l'ry at the l1 air groumis traiuing ho'.- l''runU .^n.itb. now messenger boy.

Bean supppr vJ he G. A. 1!. ha 11 hursday evening. Tmcreds to be used to erect a (lug sfaff and t'ag on thi1 J!i f-.rd bnili'ing. Admission and supper 10 cts.

Dr C. A. J5ell has removed hi" oliiee rooms 7 and b, Duddingand Moore block Practice limited tj diseases of in-n, throat, ear an 1 eye. 15tf

Their will he a call meeting of the (. pril GOth I ui-

E. S. Tue-idcy,...evening

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\11 arc invited

FRANKS

door west

fe ol

to ex arums

stock of

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China, Glassware and Lamps.

Dishes.

America am! Knglaml to .o-Ot«*rsit\ LoNfoN, April 25. Sir Henry How.i"t 1* M. P.. a well known aurhora! rs ha: lty on eastern ter to The Tit

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We have a complete stock of all ntvv up-to-date

Co-.'ip ar.d -ee. Xo_troubl0 .. to i-liow our goods.

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CHINA

STORE,

i" Citizen's iauiio

THE Y/AS EHOBDf

sorn Dc-ibiS About the China-# jaoan Settlement.

I'ut Into lixiM-utioii -Opinions of tlio Ofife ciais at Washington. WASHINGTON*, April 25.—The Japa* nese officials here are disposed to treafl lightly the reports from European capitals as to trouble over the China-Japafi settlement. Minister Kurino is satisfied all will be amicably arranged, if, as he jocularly expressed it, "a temporary armistice of tlie European press reports can be arranged.''

In other official quarters, however, there is considerable apprehension aj} the menacing attitude of Russia, Germany anil France. The report that Russia had instructed her ambassador at Pekin to demand a cession of terri* tory for a harbor on the Pacific, confirms the view that Washington diplomats have long held that Russia would obtain Port Luzareff before the negotiations ended. A prominent diplomat who has visited Port Lazareff says it is a superb harbor, and will give Russia one of tni finest naval stations on the Pacific. g&Tiie cables fail to bring out tlie fact# however, that Port Lazareff is in Corea, not China, so that the Russian demand while primarily made on China, must niso be made to Japan, and to Corea il the letter's independence is recognized.

The failure of England to join in the menacing action of other European powers is explained by the fact that England already ha* her Asiatic pobses* iions and Pacific naval stations.

THREE POWERS NOT SATISFIED,

written a let(iieai Britain erica

.si'i wttn An ,i.m ii. licy -. i-ii .au -n no political i-opcral i-'ii

h: I e" a CM seas. Crsays, imv and he.r l'esi.its tliat wordd be ijetieUc in otinr difficulties els..'w nere

('onniirn't' jl t'I I Daily IN'I-V.'S pov.'ers to incut whole be gal risk

toi :uu-

toe l.hiuese I ,'v!:'in-:ca. lie riva.ii'ies there my ripen into to both

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s»:ys: Tlio risk.s

Lur

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orid i^ hopiny •n tiiat is wortii .r. We Iru-t ..uy.o:.her ppy, ion. I':,

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Moilnng will even the remuto tliat. it is not L-iS to go beyouci

C'liuiisM-n.-. xlc.

ijCNii-'N, Ajiril ^'"i.—A dispatch fron* Berlin to 'i'he Times says tliat the oU l'ercibi:rg orrespondent of the Frankfort Zeituug dechires tliat it is firmly believed in fii-j Russian capital that hipan lias n.a.le c-msiderable .secret co.U« ci.—.oii^ l-i threat Ih'itain

I-'nrnsaiJy

ST. P!-:TI-:KSI!1"UU. .-\r.ril 'Ihe govcrnmeut has sent a note ro Japan ii:ti« mating fiiiu- tliero are various con.liI lions to the treaty of peace hot woe JiV pun and Cnii.a tiiat Russia can not ul« low to, Uo. i.ui into e.-.ecui N'.ti.

in.ii in* 1'riiM*. ., April prevails h.eri

lew W.lts

oil exciteine'if nell wen Mo. ih in the shut and in 'J I hours

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of K.eepingf

.—:J uch .Met-Oil-

ion Ids tie'd. ww iI '.lced l.'VJ biir-

aiiin nit tiiis fie',1 e. 'fnere are now L0 lield out iu the western

ds. f.t is i...w will be a good on producers iu he part ol til cauiuy.

At- Lima. timre v.as no change iu the pr.ee if o.l a.id tiiere is more confidence in the belief that the pr.ee will remain to he dollar mark.

At Portia.\1, Ind., a monster well has just been shot 11 miles from hero oil' the White le.,se. The well sponted oil and was a hard one to shut in.

No hungo in l'riw.

Pi't'TsiuApril i'5.—Toe prnv posted by the Standard Oil company is ^"-3.1(1 for Pennsylvania crude oil, the same tin for tho last two days. Tho speculative market here and Oil City is firm, with offerings at ^1:. 10.