Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 26 November 1895 — Page 1

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Tweniy-one years ago we started in business in Greenfield. Experienced many ups and downs during that time, but by straightforward, honest dealings, we have established our present business, which is surely an evidence that the people of Greenfield and Hancock county appreciate

KO exhibit the best and choicest stock of

methods. During the coming Holidays we shall

we ever had, and having adopted the cash in hand system we are enabled to offer you Christmas goods this year at unheard of prices. This means everything in our stock, including Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. Silverware, Cut Glass, Diamonds and Novelties. All goods fully warranted and engraved free of charge as heretofore.

THE

TYPEWRITER

HAVE YOU EXAMINED THEM Mnny Improvements Heretofore Overlooked hy Other Manual ciurers.

Address I THE SMTTH PREMIER TYPEAYJRTT* CO., 7 Li L. jVi ai J:ct bi., liek l.aj.oris,

(einovai bale.

In order to reduce stock before removing to our new room on uNorth State street, we will give

SPECIAL BARGAINS

In all departments of our

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This is a discount sale that discounts, and will saye you big money. We have too many goods to move, and every one needing furniture tins fall should call at once. It will Day you to do so. Our Undertaking Department is complete Service the best.. Prices reasonable.

Street.

Comes an Order For Twelve Hundred Tons of Armor Plate. .SicSRI BETHLEHKM,

Pa., Nov. 26.—A cable

gram has been received by President Linderm.au of the Bethlehem Iron company, informing him of the award to the company by the Russian government of a contract for the manufacture of nearly 1,200 tons of armor plate. The plate is to be used on. the new battleship Bostisiav, and calls for 1,120 tons of Harveyized armor.

This is one of the largest contracts for armor plate awarded by any nation ,in recent years. The work is to be completed by the close of next fall and will be begun as soon as the necessary plans and details arrive from Russia. President Linderman said this would keep the ordnance works of the company running throughout the winter. iWhen the news was received the flags the ordnance works were run up and

whistles blown and there is general rejoicing throughout the town.

New Oil Well.

UPPYER SANDUSKY, O., NOV. 26.—This City i& jubilant over an oil well drilled a mile

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A. DAVIS,

JEWELER.

The Old Reliable.

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"Iniprovemciitllic Order of IN ice.'

Fhree New Models.

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STOKE.

A Heroic Woman.

There are heroic women even in these degenerate days. Such a one was Edith Ledingham, the stewardess of the Iona, the English boat which caught fire off Clacton not long ago. First among them to escape from the women's quarters, which the flames attacked first, was the stewardess, and she was the first and only one toreturn. A child's cry pierced her ears. "That child must be saved was all she thought, and the charred remains of herself and the child, locked hand in hand, were found in the cabin when the flames had been subdued.

Women Stevedores.

Some of the good people of London are disturbed by the fact that women are employed as stevedores at the East India docks. They have been loading and unloading vessels. So far the experiment has been confined to vessels used for the transit of mineral water bottles and light articles of a similar character, Down to the present the men stevedores have manifested no opposition, but are inclined to regard the new departure with amusement. The women stevedores have already formed a distinct union of their own.

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INDIANA TUESDAY

HOD YALYE BURST,

Scalding a Number of Tramps, Two Fatally,

AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.

Constable O'Neal Sued FOP Heavy Damages as a Sequel to the Lowry Murder Mystery—Good Citizens' League Doing Active

Work at Franklin—Malignant Diphtheria—Other Indiana News.

WASHINGTON, Ind., Nov. 26.—A terrible catastrophe occurred at the electric light plant Sunday night.

It is the custom of the company to allow tramps to stay all night in the engineroom, and secure their aid in firing the boilers the next morning. Six tramps were asleep just above the boilers when the mud valve burst, throwing over a ton of boiling water and mud upon them.

A speedy investigation was made and the six unfortunates were found frightfully scalded. They were removed to the Western hotel, nearby, where Dan Evans of Colorado and an unknown man died in terrible agony a few hours later.

Frank Johnson of Kansas City was burned in a terrible manner and will die. The other three, Lawrence Ryan of Alton, Ills. James Ryan of St. Louis and O. O. Lee of Wooster, Mass., are badly scalded, but will recover.

They were taken to the poor farm for treatment. The town is greatly excited over the terrible affair, and everything possible is being done for the injured men.

Constabulary Sued For Damages.

KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 26.—Yesterday Henry Hoffman and Edward Bogue each filed $1,000 damage suits in the circuit court hove against Constable Finlev O'Neal for false imprisonment, the actions growing out of the stone quarry murder mystery in which Charles Lowry was found with his skull crushed two weeks ago. Sis persons, all told, were arrested for the murder. All were released after brief examination, not sufficient evidence developing to hold them. The remaining accused men also threaten to sue for false imprisonment. Officer O'Neal's bondsman, the Hon. J. N. Loop, is named as a co-de-fendant.

The Text "Good Citizenship."

FRANKLIN, Ind., Nov. 26.—TJ tors of the various city eiiurcb eg preached on "Good Citizenship" Sunday at the request of the Good Citizens' league, which is milking such a determined fight against the grunting of saloon. license!- A majority of about fivesixths of the voters in the First ward have signed the petitions now being circulated against the applicants, and one of ihe latter. Isaac Heileriek, has given up the light, and is making preparations to move to Gas City.

JHali&miist Diphtheria.

WCLKINSOX. Ind., Nov. 26.—Diphtheria- in a very malignant form has visited this community. In the family of Cornwall as Van Day no, of live children, three have died the remaining two are slowly improving. In the family of Dr. B. H. Cook one child is very sick. Mrs. JB. M. Forbes, with three other cases, are stricken with the epidemic. All the schools of .Brown township and the gival.-i/ part of Greensboro townsnip are closed.

loirMing- Saloons by Remonstrance. VALPARAISO, Ind., Nov. 26.—The Woman's Christian Temperance union are circulating remonstrances against the seven saloonkeepers who are applying for licenses. The pastors of the several churches urged their congregations '.to sign the petitions. A bitter fight is being made.

Killed The Wrong Man.

UNION CITY, Ind., Nov. 2(5.—At Pittsburg Henry Warren, a wealthy fanner, heard some one in his barn and thinking it was a robber, fired. He found that he had killed a simple-minded fellow named McCoy, who had been sleeping in barns about the county.

Appointed G. 1*. A.

INDIANAPOLIS, NOV. 20.—C. F. Daly of the Lake Erie and Western railroad was yesterday appointed general passenger agent of the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus railroad, vice C. H. Rockwell, resigned. Mr. Daly's office will remain in Indianapolis.

licatli Under i'eeni iar Circumstances VALPARAISO, Ind., Nov. 20.—Mrs. Jane Jones of Tassinong, 70 years old, was called to see her daughter, seven miles from home, who was dying. As she entered the house she was seized with heart disease and died in 20 minutes.

A Miner Instantly Killed.

ALLIANCE, O., NOV. 20.—Jacob MeQuiston, a well known coal miner, residing east of this city, has been missing from home since Saturday. Yesterday his son found his remains lying in the bushes near the Fort Wayne rai' road tracks a short distance from his home. It is supposed he was struck and instantly killed by a passing train while returning home from town Saturday evening. He leaves a wife and large family.

Blocked in a Tunnel.

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 20.—An eastbound dressed beef train broke in two and ran together in a tunnel near Steubenville and trains on the Panhandle road have been delayed for 15 hours, tl: wreck completely blocking the road. No. 21, due rt 7 a. m., bearing the remains of the late Edwin A. Myers of the Pittsburg Poot is one of the delayed trains.

French Author Dead.

i.Rls, Nov. 26.—Arthur Arnould, the French literateur, and formerly a member of the Commune, is dead. He was horn April 7, 1833. He was the author of a number of works, including one entitled "The French Revolution."

WEST FOR M'KIN LEY.

Senator Thurston and Governor-Klect Bushnell Interviewed in New York.

NEW YORK, NOV. 26.—Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska is at the Fifth Avenue hotel. In an interview he said: "The Republicans of Nebraska are for McKinley for the next presidential candidate first, last and all the time. "The strength of the Ohio man in the west comes from the fact that the working people believe in him. They know that under the McKinley law they were getting more pay than they are getting now. Business was, generally speaking, better. They are satisfied that McKinley had something to do with it, I and they want to vote for him for presi-1 dent." "Do you think that the Republicans! will be able to reorganize the Uuited States senate at the coming session the senator was asked. "Yes," he replied, "I believe we will be strong enough to assume control. I have been in Washington for a week and can say that at the .opening of the senate the Republicans will start in and reorganize that body. I believe that all of the Populist members of the senate will vote with the Republicans this session. That at least is the understanding among the leaders now, and I do not think that anything will turn up to change the program."

Governor-elect Bushnell of Ohio is at the Holland House. In an interview he

expressed the opinion that Governor Mc-

Kinley would be the next Republican nominee for president. Russell B. Harrison, son of General Harrison, is at the Imperial hotel. He said he could not talk politics at present.

HANCOCK'S REMAINS

Will Be Removed to Arlington Cemetery and a monument- Erected.

^WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—It has been decided to remove the body of Major General Winfield S. Hancock to Arlington cemetery from Norristown, Pa., where it has rested since 1886. None of the projects to erect a monument at Norristown have succeeded and the committee of the Second artillery corps has succeeded in securing the consent of members of the family to the removal.

It is planned to have the burial in Arlington take place next spring, when a monument to General Hancock, on one of the public squares in Washington, will be dedicated.

SLAIN BY INDIANS.

ffurrieniie in Louisville.

•LOTJJSVJLLE, NOV. 2(i.—The biggest gale ever recorded in Louisville swept over this city last night, the wind reaching a velocity of 70 miles an hour Signs, awnings and chimneys were blown down, plateglass windows were broken and a great amount of small damage done, although up to midnigh no serious trouble reported. rometcr was down to witliin .0*5 of the point at which the tor occurred. Telegraph ir:-.: wires were blown down and OUISAIC communication badly crippled.

Two Children Burned to Death.

Mutilated liodies of I'mtv Trappers Found in a Remote Part of Texas. PARIS, Nov. 26.—The bodies of three men and a boyo were found in a cabin near Arthur City, on Red river. They pany's unconditional estimate were trappers who had been in the 893,660.

neighborhood several days. The men had been killed"* with a blunt instrument-. The boy's breast was pierced by a Winchester ball.

A half-famished dog belonging to the party had eaten parts of the remains to satisfy its hunger. The body bore tho appearance of having been dead for several days. It is thought the murders were committed by Indians of that section to stop the slaughter of game.

NEW YORK, NOV. 26.—Mrs. William Collins, occupying a flat in West Tenth street, left her three children locked in the rooms while she went on a short er- i? known as a "rock-fill" dam to rand yesterday. In her absence the children made a fire on the floor with some newspapers, their clothing became ignited and Lillian, 5 years old, was burned to death, while Willie, 10 months old, was so badly injured thai he died last night. The third child, 4 years old, was only slightly burned.

Wires All Down.

TOLEDO, NOV. 26.—The heavy western storms in this vicinity have crippled the entire telephone and telegraph serv ice in this city. The Western Union have lost every wire into Chicago, but can work freely to Elhart. Beyond that point the wires are snow-hirieu, which renders working them impossible. The Postal is working slowly and heavily, but are pushing some business through. The long distance telephones in Chicago are all down.

Leper in New York. I

NEW YORK, NOV. 26.—A leper, in whom the disease was well advanced, was found in the street yesterday. He was taken to the offices of the health board and examined by Dr. C. E. Benediet of the bureau of contagious diseases. Dr. Benedict ordered the man sent to the reception hospital. The man said he was Fito -Delbo and that ho came here several months ago. Lately 1 been living in the tenement 32 Cherry street.

Amounts to a ISli/./.urd.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 26.—Snow is falling hard and at some points traffic will probably be interfered with if the storm continues. Specials from Hays City, Coffeyville and Independence, Kan., say the storm has almost reached the dimensions of a blizzard. At Guthrie, O. T., one of the hardest snowstorms ever known there is prevailing, following a rain and sleetstorm of yesterday.

Church Dedication.

WAKREN, O., NOV. 26.—The new Zion Reformed church here was dedicated Sunday and Monday. Among the speakers were Rev. Wettach of Heidelburg university, Tiffin, O. Rev. D. G. Fouse of Lisbon, la., and Rev. F. Mayer of Voiuicrstowi^

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VERY UNFAVORABLE

Will Be the Report on the Nicaraguan Canal Question.

LOOKS BAD FOR THE COMPANY.

Conclusions of the Commission Show That the Secrets Let Out Hitherto Failed to Convey the True Import of the Findings.

Surprise and Disappointment Must Follow—Review of the Report.

NEW YORK, NOV. 26.—A special to The Herald from Washington says: A serious blow has been dealt the Nicaragua Canal company's project for the construction of a waterway across the isthmus by the report of the Nicaraguan canal commission. Inevitable delay and a further and more thorough investigation of the entire subject are declared to be necessary before even the engineering feasibility of the canal across Nicaragua can be decided upon.

Your correspondent is able to make public a review of the contents and the text of the conclusions of the report of the Nicaraguan canal commission. This report is now lying on the president's desk, and is being considered by him in connection with his annual message to congress. The report is at such vari

ance with the numerous rumors and

predictions which have from time to time been published concerning it, that it will cause great surprise and disappointment among those who have hoped for a generally favorable report, and who have, therefore, placed credence in these rumors, which usually stated "on the highest authority" that the commission favored the route proposed by the company, and placed the cost of the canal at about §110,000,000.

The report points out that it is neither practicable nor advisable to attempt the construction of the Nicaragua canal upon the data at present available, and that the undertaking would be fraught with hazards too obvious to disregard.

That the necessary knowledge may be had of the physical and topographical conditions affecting the construction and maintenance of a canal across Nicaragua, upon which to form a final judgment as to the feasibility, permanence and cost, the commission recommends an appropriation by congress of $350,000 for extensive additional surveys and examinations, covering a period of 18 months.

With the data at hand, however, the commission makes a provisional estimate of cost of $183.472,S93, or neaTy double that of the Maritime Canal coniof $6V

The commission makes its estimate "provisional," for the commissioners say the existing data are inadequate a: a basis for estimating the cost of many structures. Some portions of the work may cost more, others loss.

The report says tiie official estimate by the company of ${!,8!W.600 is insufficient for the work that '-In several important cases, the quantities must be greatly increased, and in numerous cases the United Staves prices do not make proper allowance for the difference in cost of work between the United States and Nicaragua."

The g-ner :l trend of the entire report is certainly very .ii'avorable to the ctnial company. .i commission retrains from any direct criticism of the company's prospectus, but its report shows tna.t certain features, which the company has persisted in assuring the

The ba- public, through congress, were known to be absolutely sale and i'easable, it' put in exectiuion might jeopardize the practicability of the whole system, and possibly destroy forever the hope of a canal by means of the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua.

For instance, the Maritime Canal company has proposed to construct in Ochoa, on the San Juan river, 29 miles from (jfreytown, on the Caribbean, what hold the lake and river level at a navigable elevation, and divert the line thence from the river to the sea by a canal in excavating. This has, in fact, been one of the foregone certainties of the project, and the company has told congress that this enormous structure could be erected for #977,273. The canal commission says a "rock-fill" dam can not be build in Ochoa for less than §-1,000,000.

The commission considers that too much time and pains were devoted by the company to ascertaining the topographical country, when it should have paid more attention to the finding of the feasibility of a waterway across Nicaragua and its cost.

The commission refrains from commenting on the company's meciious of making its surveys, and. in a great many cases, its failure to make survey Certain features of its plans are com-'-mended. The report, however, presents many very interesting comparative tables, which appear to show the astonishing insufficiency of the company's data, the inexplicable smallness of the amount of work it thinks necessary to be done and consequently a comparatively modest estimate cost of construction and completion of the canal.

The conclusions of the commission are IS in number. They refer largely to questions involved iu the detailed construction of the work. Perhaps the most interesting portion of the report is the section which gives a comparative recapitulation of the cost.

Wedding- in High Life.

NEW YORK, NOV. 26.—The marriage of Miss Edith Rockefeller to Harold McCormick took place at 12:30 today in the apartments of Mr. McCormick. Mr. McCoimick was too ill from an attack of pleurisy to leave his room.

Favorable Sign of the Times.

MONTREAL, NOV. 26.—The earnings of the Canadian Pacific railway for the week ending Nov. 21 were $502,000, as compared with $460,000 for tho corresponding period of last year an increase of $42,000.

PRICE, TWO

CENTS

SULTAN'S WILL

Represents the Will of God, Says the Hl(fk est Moslem Court.

BOSTON, NOV. 26.—The following letter has been received in Boston from a reliable correspondent in Constantinople: "The Turks have induced some of the subsidized European papers to speak of these crimes as Armenian outbreaks, etc., but the ambassadors have full reports which they ought to publish that refute this and show conclusively that within a day or two after he signed the reform scheme he ordered the Armenians to be massacred in order that there should be no question of an Armenian majority in any of the provinces. The people sought the spoils obtainable and so did not execute the sultan's wish to the fullest. But the loss of life has been awful. Moreover, there seems to be no way of preventing more of the same sort. "It is the most awful crime of the century, because it is so personally falsified by its authors. "Everywhere the story is the same a deliberate preparation, and then a story sent to Em-ope that the Armenians attacked the inoffensive Turks and were reduced to order after a few had been killed. "Worse times are in store for us. Europe is divided in counsel and the Turks finding that nothing is done for this crime will go on to extremities. The highest moslem court has declared that the sultan can not lawfully be retrained in the exercise of his will, since he is the representative of God for the whole earth. "From 15,000 to 20,000 people have been slaughtered during the last month, and in consequence no less than 100,000 persons heretofore dependent on them for their daily food are now in want. The coming winter will witness a vast amount of suffering. It is not alone at Sassoun. but all over the land wliero-: these occurrences have taken, place."

BRUTAL MURDER.

Worthless Drunkard Kills His Wife and Attempts .Suicide.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 26.—JBushrod Kelcli for several years has done little but drink whisky and loiter about saloons. A few weeks ago his wife obtained a divorce from him. Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, while drunk, he went to 210 Willy street, where his wife lias been living, and coming upon her a short distance from the house, shot her in the right temple, lie then shot himself in the center of the forehead. Ambulances conveyed them to the Deacon-®-, ess' hospital, where Mrs Kelch died immediately upon her arrival. It was?:

ascertained that the bullet 111 Kelcli's head had gone bet we: :-n ti:e two lobes o£ the brain. it was exi acted and he will probably re '1./V

Kill!.

G-.AT.LiPO.- v. —.'1 iiesuerate attempt' ita v'-o ij ll -lee*' ry was nipped '•n tW. bv.-l here bv the prompt a"!'i 0 Bep 1 rtin. A pie-.' of bvt a. 11 :. eiion-ly placed i:\ th ieek::! •an to «.•. it 1V» appearance of It •a 2 .1 JStone, a des" V/a br

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a club, was 3 ea'lv to rush, whenthey were st ppcl :r t'

tin's rc.volv r. and te nn were nn-' media tely le lied in .-ir c( lis. bto'ie became surly and refuup. but obeyed at the volvcr.

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Kslli oil a Kail.

MCARTHI.TR, (.)., Nov. 26.—Sunday night a man named C. If. Rogers was ridden on a rail. After troing through this equestrian performance tor a while he was treated to a dose of tar and feathers. The affair occurred at the lair grounds at this place. The sheriff arrived on the scene and prevented further maltreatment of the culprit. The sheriff advised him to take to the woods at once, which he obeved. The offense against Rogers was speakinsr disrespectful of one of our lady school teachers at this place.

Uianlceted.

OMAITA, Nov. 2(5.—From five to 10 inches of wet snow covers Nebraska today. Snow fell all night. All the country within J00 miles of Omaha has experienced the same storm. Avhile from Chadion and along the line between ttie report was of a heavy fall of snow continuing for at least 12 hours. Allot' Nebraska semis to be included in the limit of the torm. Trains on all the roads v.-ere from one to live hours late on account of the stoini.

Channel Serviee .suspended.

LONDON, NOV. 26.—1 lie storm which has been raging along the British coasts since Saturday last continues and reports of many disasters are arriving here. The. rale is so violent that it is not safe for the channel boats to leave port, and in consequence channel service has been entirely suspended.

The Whiteley Shops to Open. SPKIN(!I:II:LD, O.. NOV. 26.—Lawyer W. A. Scott, who went to London, Muglaud, to get a British syndicate to take hold of the big Whit-eley shops, is home. It is said that he was successful, and that the big shops will be started up soon. Harry Moorehead of Cincinnati, was one of the promoters.

1 hey 1*'OIIIM1 Nothing.

ASTLTNOTOIV, Nov. 20.—in"view of tin st it incut from the deputy collector of customs at Lewes, Del., to the effect that a thorough search had failed to discover arms, ammunition or men on board the Joseph W. Foster, the secretary of the treasury has ordered the vessel's release.

I§S|§ Unknown Negro Lynehetl. PADUCAH, Ky., Nov. 26.—A negro tramp was caught trying to wreck a train near Calvert City and pursued into the woods, where he was overtaken and riddled with bullets and then hanged to

a tree. The locality is surrounded by a wildorness. The name of tho victim 13 unknownr