Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, ,JULY 24, 1889.

feature abont their ambitions, however. They never aim high. So far as is generally known no woman has asked for a position above a clerkship. Most of thern apply for places tllrough tho tivil:service Commission, and their ambition is about the size of a first-class clerkship, which ravs $1,000 a year. Most of them are school eifis anil want places below the classified list the position of copyist being tho popular one. . . IJefore tho civil-service law was on the statute books and governed the employment of men and women in the various branches of the government it was not an unusual thing for a woman of great political power to demand a managerial position. They freouently asked to be appointed chiefs of division in the departments, and thtro are cases on record where women made Ion? and forceful tights for the positions of disbursing and pay officers, places requiring heavy bonds and entailing great responsibilities. There are none of these contests now. The Cleveland administration set the example of giving preference in the employment of clerks and copyists to males. During the last two years of the Cleveland administration scarcely a woman was employed in any of the departments to do clerical work. Those who get places now are almost exclusively the widows or prrbans of ex-Union soldiers. The Government Printing Office and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing furnish places for the greatest number of women now eraployed. When Superintendent Porter opened the Census Bureau, a few months ago, he was besieged by members of the gentler sex who wanted places, and at times in the day his office looked like a reception for a Woman's Christian Temperance Union, or some organization of that character. Mr. Porter showed the vomen all due consideration, and when ho had places to give, tendered them to women who were capable and deserving, and who could till them as well as men. At the civil-service headquarters it is said that in some of the States a majority of the applicants for offices who are certified and are eligible for appointment are women. In a few instances women registered and certified for appointment havo been selected under the belief that they were men. and the officers in the department calling for clerks havo been surprised to find a woman walk in and present her appointment when a man was expected to appear. It is safe to predict that the number of women now employed in the departments will steadily decrease, as men are always preferred. The women want more leaves of absence with pay, and require more attention than the men, and that is why the superior officers prefer the male sex as clerks. iv . There has been a steaoj diminution of the number of females employed . in the Pension Office during the past three or four years, and it is rare that one is now given a position. In this branch of the government judgment is the primary qualification, and few women can be trusted to look into a case involving judicial knowledge. Every dav one sees a goodly nuuiber of women in the crowd which Hocks about the room of First Assistant Postmaster-general Clarkson. Most of these women come from a distance in some instances a thousand miles and thev seek appointments as postmistresses. Mr. Clarkson has appointed

a large number or tnem, out he always requires the regnlar political indorsements as to qualification and merit, and tho widows or orphans of ex-Union soldiers are selected In almost every instance. A number of stories have gone tho rounds detailing how women have presented themselves before Mr. Clarkson, and by their winsome ways md glib tongues have secured appointments, but the very capable and bnsinessliko Assistant Postmaster-gtneral says they are romances founded upon fiction, and that wherever he has made the appointment of a woman it can bo shown that she was indorsed as strongly as a man would have been had the appointment gone to tho opposite sex. The last prominent office-seeking incident on the part of a woman was conducted during the last administration by Mrs. V. C. Thompson, who wanted to be postmistress at Louisville, Ky. She swept everything and everybody oef ore her. She came here, stopped at the" Ebbitt Honse, and by her strikingly handsome appearance and winsome manners made the Senators and Kepresentatives, not only from her State, but others, do her bidding, and sho won a victory which split the Democratic party in Kentucky, and threatened to turn the State over to tho Republicans. She is expected to come here again soon and set an example for representatives of her sex to follow. She is the most successful officeseeker that has been in Washington for many years. ' Public Printer Palmer has inore calls from women who want places than all of the other officials combined, lie says they cause him more trouble than all the men, as they are persistent, and in most instances deserving. MINOR MATTERS. i Features of the Programme for the Maritime Conference in October. Washington, July 23. Mr. W. F. WharJ ton, acting Secretary of State, said to an Associated Press reporter to-day, speaking of the statement made in tho House of Commons yesterday by Sir James Fergusson, Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, that no agreement has yet boen ' made with the American government for the programme of the maritime conference to be held in Washington, Oct 16 next, that it referred only to the routine of the conference. England has accepted the invitation of the United States to participate in the conference, Mr. Wharton said, with the proviso that the programme of subjects to bo discussed was satisfactory. The programme has been drawn up by the commissioners of the United States, headed by Admiral Franklin, and submitted to the English government. No answer has yet been received. The programme covers a great many subjects under the general head of navigation of vessels, for the regulation of which tho conference was called. It can bo modified, and probably will be, as it is largely suggestive in character. There is no reason to sunDOse. Mr. Wharton savs. that England will not take part in the conference. Several smaller nations, however, have not yet accepted the invitation to send commissioners, and are probably waiting until England takes linal action in the premises. Patents for Indiana Inventors. bedal to tho IntU&napoUs Journal.Washington, July 23. Patents were issued to-day to Indiana inventors as fol lows: R. B. Albert, assignor of two-thirds to A. 8. Knapp and C. Revenson, Indianapolis, folding chair, cnarles unt k, houth licnd, potato digcer; Myron Campbell. fcoutU Lend, rope clasp; John M. Fellows, Lurllngton, hand roller; Andrew T. Foster, assignor of one half to A. C. Cox, Belle Union, lap ring; Jasper T. Klons, Ox ford, flat-iron heater; David H. Miller, Ieansport, tire-setting ruacuice; tfamuel J. Miller. Canibridce City, fence-post; Charles Mother, Kuuth liend. package lor dress stays; W. A. Preston, Fort Branch, refrigerator; w. A. Pres ton. Fort Branch. nut lock: Mannaduke Slattery, a.'siinior to Fort Wayne Klectric-licht Company. Fort Wayne, core for converters; Mannaduke Mattery, assignor toFort Wayno Electric-light Company, Fort Wayne, electric meter; Charles F. Walters end W. N. UarLMde, assignors to Klchraond City Mill-works, Richmond, mill; Georgo C. W'aterhouse, New Albany, tiro-escape. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the following-named Indianians: Thomas J. Dart nor, John W. Ilictey, Freder ick llauer, fcTuith raiktr. Latcon w. Smith, John Alsup, Theodore Bally, John (Jeorge Kentschler. Andrew 8. Miller. Mark C. Thompson. William Dolan, John F. McCarty, fcfanmel M. Burke, John W. Williams, James A. Winkleback, Patrick llanna, Alfred Kinnaman. Joseph Stevens, Will. M. Donovan, Ell L. Foster. Restoration and reissue Allen M. Gentry. Increase Ellas Marhh, Jonathan HattabaiiKh, Geo. V. Humphrey, Robert H. May, David J. Fisher, John A. Moore, Thomas L. Pruit. John Gubby. Joseph O. Gutln. John Handers. Leisue Jo-H-ph Alexander, Thomas U.Cummiu?, Mitchell Joyce, Oliver M. Glason. Tnomas II. Divine. Reissue and increase William line William tt. Richler. William A. Clement?. William L. Shir ley. Original widows, etc. Mary F... widow of John Volar. Balbtna. widow of Alexander Jobst; xtancy l.., wiuow oi N iiuam D. Bieruna. Commuted by the President. Washington, July 23. In the case of Frank Capei. of Arkansas, who was convicted of murder and sontenced to he hanged July IP, 18b0, and who was respited till Aug. 9, the President haereturned tho pa pers, with the following indorsement: "The killing, in this case, was accompanied by some circumstances indicating great brutality, but it does not neeui to nave been premeditated, and, indeed, there are facts fctrongly tending to show that an actual intcatto killwas absent, lt isn't a case for

a pardon, but the sentence is commuted to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary whore such convicts are usually confined." Minister Terrell's Health. Washington, July 23. A letter just received from Brussels states that all effects of the injury to Minister Terrell's knee, which was feared would prove serious, have entirely disappeared, and he has recovered full use of tho limb. Ex-minister Parkhurst has surrendered the legation building to the new minister, and Mr. Terrell was expecting, at the date the letter was written, to be presented to the King in a few days. General Notes. Epedal to the Indianapolis Journal; Washington', July 23. Two Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day: At A villa, Noble county, John L. Henry, vice John Ilenrey, resigned; Brook, Newton county, Joseph Merchant, vice Nacy Pedergrast,. removedJudge Tynefs condition is reported very much better to-day than it has been since his illness first manifested itself. His physicians have decided that it will be quite safe to remove him, and unless there is somo recurrence of tho worst symptoms it is probable that the Judge will be taken to Deer Park on Saturday next. Attorney-general Miller will leave Washington to-morrow afternoon for Deer Park, Md., for the purpose of conferring with the President in regard to matters pending in the Department of Justice. It is understood that the visit is made at the request of the President. Acting Secretary Batcheller has 'appointed John F. Coblentz, of Arkansas, a special inspector of customs for duty on the northwestern coast. The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed the following store-keepers and "gangers: Charles II. Eaton, at Cincinnati, and Arthur H. Fulton, at Little Kock, Ark. Attorney-general Miller has just given

an important decision in the case of a naval cadet who tendered his resignation, which was duly accepted. The resignation was subsequently regarded as withdrawn, and the cadet was sent back to the acad emy. The Attorney-general is of opinion that the consent of tho Secretary of the Navy to the withdrawal of the resignation had no legal effect whatever. On the acceptance of t tho resignation, tho cadet ceased to be in the f ervice. It is said that Che Civil-service Commission is not satisfied with the present administration of the civil-service law in the Pension Office. Commissioner Koosevelt. it is understood, will make a remon strance against the course that has been nursued. Edward O. Tate, of Tennessee, has been appointed a postoffice inspector by transfer from the railway mail service. Otho II. Anderson has been appointed a ganger at Owensboro, Ky. The Mouocacv. now under repairs on the Asiatic station, will soon be put in active service again. She was stricken from the naval register after condemnation, and advertised to bo sold. A resurvey was or dered, and it was found that with no very great repairs, she would be useful for many years of river service. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For tho Twenty-Four Hours Ending 8 r. M., July 24 Threatening and cloudy weather, with occasional rains. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, July 23, 8 r. m. Forecast till 8 P. M. Wednesday: For Ohio Heavy showers; much cooler; northerly winds. For Indiana Showers; cooler; northerly winds. For Illinois. Iowa and Missouri Showers: clearing in Iowa and Missouri; warmer; variable winds. For Michigan and Wisconsin Fain no decided change in temperature; variable winds. For Minnesota and Dakota Light local showers; preceded by fair in Minnesota; warmer; southeasterly winds. Local Weather lleport. INDIANAPOLIS, July 23.

Time, j liar. Thcr. R. U7'ind. Weather. 1're. 7 a.m. 30.03 71 70 Neant Cloudy 7r.M. 30.02 01) 76 North Lt. rain. 0.03

Maximum thermometer, 74; minimum ther mometer. OIL Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on July lbb'J: Tern. JVrc Normal 75 0.17 Mean 72 0.03 Departure from normal 3 0.14 Excess or deficiency since July 1.. 34 0.15 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. bl 4.63 F1U3. " General "Weather Conditions. Tuesday, July 23, 7p.m. Pressure. The high area has slightly diminished, and its eastern edge extends to Lakes Huron and Erie, and southward to "West Virginia. A low area in southern Kansas and Texas, in close proximitv to the southern edge of the nigh Kansas (Jity 80.00 and Wichita, Kan., 2V.74 shows increasine energy, and caused very heavy rains in Kansas, Missouri and western Louisiana. Temperature. Tho temperatures in Da kota. Nebraska, Kansas, southern Iowa and Illinois are below 70. High temperature prevailed in the southern states. Precipitation. Li eht rains fell in In diana, western Iowa, Dakota and northern Missouri. Heavy rams iu Illinois, southern Missouri, western Louisiana, and very Kan., reported 3.20, Springfield, Mo., 1.50, and Jhreveport, L.a., 1.J0. Englishmen Buying American Steel-Mills. Special to the Indlanapoha Journal. Pittsburg, July 23. The statement pub lished this morning that an English syndi cate had sent agents to Pittsburg to buy up the 8teei-muis was ueniea mis evening Dy the principal steel-mill-owners. W. II. Singer, of Singer, Nimick &z Co., said to-night, however, that he had heard of the visit of the agents to Pitts burg. 'Of course," said Mr. Singer, "no firm whiennadoeen npproacnea oythe agent would disclose the tact as all wonld regard the subject as strictly contidential. My idea is that the English syndicateproposestodeal with the mill-owners on the same plan that they are carrying out wun tne brewery owners. " This is to purchase a part interest and then issue a large quantity of stock? to be told in .Ln gland. Losses by Fire. Monmouth. 111.. July 2 Fire at Little York this morning destroyed the business houses of Kogers isros., druggists; Hugh Moore, boots and shoes; Stewart fc Keynoids, drugs; I. U. Gordon, harness; Georgo M. Kay, harness; Chaiies Hassler, hardware, and John Polleck. billiards. being all tho stores in theillago but three. Loss, 2o,0U0; insurance. &7,ouo. Il4STiXGS,Neb., July 23. Three elevators and their contents, belonging to H. Kelly, E. Strowbridge fc Co. and Henry.IIoover, at Blue Hill, twenty miles south of here, were burned yesterday, .loss, fcoO.OOO; in surance, fcl,ouu. Iowa City, la., July 23. This morning tho ilouring-mill of Kyerson fc Son burned. The loss on building, stock and tixtures is about $15,000. Tho building is insured for $0,000. Death Ttevealed Ills Wealth. Torn K A, Kan., July 23. S. S. Cart wri gat died in this city yesterday, aged sixty years. He was a widower, and had lived here for years in a garret, lie was sunposed to be in limited circumstances, but events reveal tuat ne was worth probably a quarter oi a muuou. .. ins property consisted of houses and lands in this citi ranches in the counties adjoining, and citv and suburban property in Albany, X. .t where bis cniniren resme. George L. Converse Married. CoLUMnrs. O.. July 23. Hon. Gcoree L. Converse, cx-memberof the national House of Kepresentatives, was married this evening to Miss Eloise Landon. danshtr of Dr. C. P. Landon, of Westcrville, 0. Tho wedding was quiet and unostentatious, and took place at tho. residence of the bride's parents. Mr. Converse is about sixtv and the bride twenty years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Converse will reside in this city. Do you suffer from scrofula, salt rheum the great blood purilier. One hundred doses j -i i

INDIMA AXD ILLINOIS KEWS

Montgomery County's Effort to Furchase Toll Roads Under the Xew Law, A Pipe-Line Controversy Settled Rohhery TiolnniWArV f Pahiil TW Tho ftnn. at away Minister Distressing Accident. INDIANA. The Question of the Purchase of Toll Roads in Montgomery County. Special to tli 8 Indianapolis Journal Crawfordsville, July 23. To-day the people of Union, Ripley and Wayne town ships voted on the proposition to purchase the toll roads, under the plan of the new law. The total number of miles in Union township is 41 7-10 miles, valued at $28,432; in Ripley township, 84-100 mile, and in Wayne township, 6 35-100 miles. The total value in the county is S32.CS9.50, which is the full amount that is asked for the roads. The total length of these roads is 48 &M0O miles, and the average price per mile is 6027.77. There is a piece of road 3 95-100 nines in lengm in r ran turn xownsnip which the gravel road company refused to sell at the price named, $000. lne following is the result oi tne election to-day: The vote in Union township, in which Crawfordsville is situated, was 1,573 for tho purchase of the toll roads, and 103 against. The report from Wayne and: Ripley townships is that the vote was against tne purcnase, dui inis win nave no effect on the purchase in Union township. The Runaway Minister. Bseclal to tho Indianapolis Journal. Delpui, July 23. Tho disappearance of Rev. C. C. Palmer, the Baptist minister, continues to be thchief topic of conversation in this neighborhood. Before Palmer took charge of the churches at Brookston and Chalmers he filled charges at Flat Rock, near Commons, and near t ranklm, this State. His father was a prominent minister in the Baptist Church, and lived in Montgomery county. There it was that Palmer married his wife, she being the daughter of a Baptist minister. He leaves her penniless. He filled the pulpit of the Baptist Church in this city six weeks ago. Tnere is no doubt that he and his guilty companion, Miss Magoon, have gone Xorthwest together. - A ripe-Line Controversy Settled Special to tii Imlianaitolis Journal. Montfelier, July 23. Wholesale arrests were made here this morning by the town marshal when the Fort Wayne Gas Company commenced digging trenches through the corporation. It has about one hundred and fifty men employed, and they, with the overseers, were all arrested. Their attorney telegraphed the Towu Council that they would lurnish gas at reasonable rates, givo a bond for $10,000 and 8100 in money. The otter was accepted by the Council, the parties arrested were released, and work commenced again. Work of a Rabid Dog. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Columbus, July 23. A dog, evidently suffering from an attack of rabies, created considerable excitement on tho streets here to-day. The mad animal attacked every dog which came iu its way, and fully twenty-five canines ( were. bitten. An attempt was ..made to shoot the rabid dog, but it escaped, and is probably still a large. If it was actually aulicted with hydrophobia, a general outoreaK oi ine uisease may oe expectea nere in a short time. Uurned with Turpentine. Special to the IiullanapoUs Journal. Columbus, July 23. Rodger Dixon, an old citizen of this city, met with a severe accident Sunday. Ho was suffering from rheumatism, and was preparing to batho the alllictcd parts with tur pentine, when the bottle contaiuing. the 11 u id, which had carelessly been sett on a hot stove, exploded, and the burning tur pentine was inrown over uis body, badly scaldiiiff him. and so ininrincr him that h is contiucd to his bed. An Editor Robbed. ', Ppeclal to the Tmliauapolla JjorzuU. Delphi, July 23. The residence of C. B. Landis, editor of the Journal, was burglarized last night. His gold watch and chain, $25 in money, a new suit of clothes, with hat and shoes to complete the outfit, and several other articles were taken. Entrance was ell'ected through a window screen. It was a bold hnrirlarv. ns a licrht. vrn htirnlmr in tho room, and tne clothing taken, from tne neaa oi tne bed wnere Mr, Landis was sleeping. Ihere is no clew to the guilty one. The Force of Example. Special to the Indianapolis JouraaL Evansvillu, July 23. Jacob Stelecl, an ex-policeman, after reading an account of the suicide, last evening, of Fred Ruschmeier, borrowed a pistol, and, going to the house of an uncle, he walked into the houJe and told his cousin. Miss Louisa Ritter, to prepare to co to nis funeral, .before the girl could recover from her surprise Stelzel drew tne revolver and shot himself through A.i t A. i" 11' A 1 l . me ueart, lauing at uer ieei. no cause is assigned for the rash act. Fought with Molten Iron. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Columbus, July 23.Charles Rodgersand Charles Wetzel, two young "men employed in tho manufacturing establishment of Reeves & Co., here, became involved in a quarrel while at work vesterday, when Wetzel attacked Rodgers with a ladle partly filled with molten iron. The burning metal struck tho latter ou the neck and arm, mllictiug severe iujury. Kougers nas not yet been arrested. Mr. Pearson's Last HauL Bpecial to the Indianapolis JournaL Richmond, July 23. Ozro Pearson, arrested a couple of years ago for robbing a hotel at Ft. Wayne, and suspected of robbing one here this spring, eloped, last night, with Mrs. Calvin Williams, who took with her $o00 of her husband's money and half as much more in valuables. It is learned that they bought tickets via Indianapolis for Kansas City. 311 nor Notes. Prof. J. C. Black, of Logansport. has been chosen, superintendent of tne Michigan City schools. Ira Porter, minister at All Saints' Church, at Lisbon, is reported under arrest for an alleged criminal assault. Tho failure of Allen Darnell, a leading farmer near Bainbridge, with an indebtedness of $25,000. : reported. At Crawfordsville, James Mack, jr., a bartender, was lined SS0 by Mayor Russell for selling liquor to minors. The annual M. E. conference of the New Albany district began an interesting session at Corydon yesterday. James Duncan, of Fairfield, who recently fell from a gas derrick, had to have one arm amputated at the shoulder. United States engineers, engaged in securing the topography of Brown county, are encamped on Weed Patch hill. Lightning recently killed Lawrence Healy, in Cass county, and burned two toes off a man named 'Jackson, at Odessa. Recent deaths include Major B. H. Smith, of South Logansport, formerly lieutenantcolonel of the Twentieth Indiana Regiment. Edward Clark, a young mau of Ceylon, has been jailed, charged with forging a $400 note on Thomas Macy, a farmer of that section. 'Walker, the two-year-old son of Herman Berndt, of Logansport. was struck on the head by tho hoof of a horse and died shortly thereafter. , Spencer's city attorney arrested two men for peddling Bibles without licenses, but the ordinance was adjudged defective, and the defendants escaped. A little son of Henry Pettinger was recently kidnaped at Cason, and was subsequently found chloroformed and unconscious, but uuhurt, in a fence-corner. . Frai)k F. Simmons, son of. the late John B. Simmons, died from paralysis of the braiBf &t Urecnueld jestiTdaj. Ho wcj

cashier of the Citizens Bang there for some time, but about one year ago gave up his position on account of poor health.

Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, of Lafayette, and the Hon. Eli F. Ritter. of Indianapolis, will lift thft ohipf nratnra nf a. TiTThliilii tinn T-nl Ixr In be held at Charlestown on the Sst inst. Ueiphi proposes to get . more natural gas has oflered to take the Shelhvville nlant and add the gas need from Hancock county. A prisoner named Huffman was brought to Delphi from Prn. dntr hnfnrn VAttfprd.iv. and lodged, in jail.' He confesses to the robbery at Catlin, which took place last week. New Albanv frnit - oxowers state that there will be in bearing next season an increased acreago of strawberries of 450 acres. This will near I v dnnhle the shinments of the season just past. Doctor Bartlett, agent of the United States Fish C!nnimiinn rt. Oninpv 111.writes that a car-load of bass and other game nsh will be sent early in August to be placed in the strums of sonthirn In diana. Henry C. Day. the watch-maker, of Greencastle, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Jeffersoiville on the charge of embezzlement, diod last Sunday. after having served four months of his sentence. Hicks Saoro. an old citizen, was fonnd dead in his bed at the Phillips House, at ' Kichmond, yesterday morning. He had been working at his trade as a plasterer yesterday, and his death was attributed to heart failure. The mnaip.il rnTurrpBQ tn Via hplrl at. Manlove's Park, one mile and a half southeast of Cambridge Citv, on Aug. 22 and 23, promises to be one of the greatest musical treats ever witnessed in the Whitewater valley. ureat preparations are being made, and visitors from different parts of the State aro expected. A VOIincr man. nhnnt Thirty ronro nf icta hair and mustache, and giving the name of xt. kj. itogers, is reported to nave forged two checks Oil F. B. St.:?rn Sr. Cn. nf I?nh villa. The signatures were so perfect that they passeu oanK inspection, and Air. Stearns mougni tnem genuine at nrst sight. Last Monday at LaPorte, Barry, . son of TT. Ti. Wflawr rnahi Ar nf tiiA Untilr nf Via State of Indiana, wasaccidentaUy shot with ft. tnTtjft. tHIa in t Vi o hanrla nf a. rnmn!ininn The ball entered directly under the loft 1 IJ t l l i j; . n siiuuiaer-uiaae, ana passeci uiagonauy through his body, lodging against the skin below the right ribs. His recovery is considered doubtful. Enoch Covey, who escaped from the Prison North last spring, was arrested at Crawfordsville last Sunday, having returned to see his little daughter. Before being taken back to Michigan City to-day he got tho officers to take him to a barber shop and have his beard anqhair taken off clean, saying that it was a very painful operation tho way the job was done at tho prison. . ILLINOIS. The Frightful Accident Which Happened Yardmaster Landers at Decatur. Special to the Iiidlanaull Journal. Bloomington, July 23. A peculiarly distressing nd undoubtedly fatal accident happened yesterday to Thomas Landers, yardmaster of the T. H. fc P., at Decatur. In company with a number of other railroad men, he was bathing in the Sangamon river, near the Decatur water-works. The men would let themselves be carried over the dam, and when Landers went over he lit upon a sharp snag which struck him in tho back near tho base of tho spinal column, passing entirely through the body and coming out in the lower part of the abdomen. The snag was removed and he was taken to the Wabash hospital at Springfield. Another Nice Young Man., Galesbukg, July 23. J. M. Howarth. book-keeper for the O. T. Johnson Company, was lodged in the county jail to-day, on a charge of embezzling the funds of the company. He confessed to having stolen 1,000 by means of false entries, lie is a church member, and stood high in society. lirlef Mention. Dr. G. T. Kilner, ex-Mayor and for over thirty years a prominent business man of Mattoon, died there yesterday evening. Edward Tuttle, of Elgin, a young man just married, attended a picnic yesterday, and started to walk to town. He sat down on the railroad track, and was instantly killed by aLako Geneya train. The reunion of the Ninety-ninth Regimen Illinois Volunteers will be held at Barry Sept. 5, and the committee on arrangements invite all veterans of the Indian. Mexican and civil wars to participate. Assessment returns have been received at tho office of the State Auditor from all the counties in the State excepting Cook. Gallatin, Greene. Pulaski and Massac These have been telegraphed for and are expected in a few days. A trotting horse owned by II. Holcomb, of Streator, developed a clear case of hydrophobia, and was shot. The animal was bitten two weeks ago by a dog which afterward showed signs of rabies, and it was killed before doing other damage. Tho local Grand Army post at Salem, last Saturday, passed a resolution' indorsing Commander Martin's circular recommending comrades under his jurisdiction to remain away from tho Milwaukee encampment because tho railroads refuse a onecent rate. Last Sunday night a severe storm of wind and rain passed over Morgan county, prostrating the growing corn and uncut oats, both of which were greatly injured. A good many buildings, trees and fences were lown down, several horses and cattle were killed and a number of persons seriously injured. August Lake, aged twenty-three, of Montmorenci, committed suicide, at Hoopeston, last Sunday, at the home of his brother-in-law, by taking arsenic. In his pocket was found a packago containing some poison and a letter to Miss EmmaCook, telling her to keep the ring to remember him by; that she would never see him alive again, and hoping that she would be happy with Charley Yotng. A Pittsburg: Belle Killed by the Cars. Pittsburg, July 23. Miss Oppenheimer, only daughter of Moses Oppenheimer, the wefl-knowii Liberty-street clothier, and a prominent Hebrew society belle of Allegheny, was killed at Harmony, Butler county, this morning. Miss Oppenheimer was not yet nineteen years of age. It appears that Miss Oppenheimer, in company with Miss Klee, Miss Fleersheim, Miss Frey and Mrs. Herzog, of Allegheny, was riding in a wagon. A train came along and. the horse becoming Irightened, backed thenr over the embankment into the train. The collision threw Miss Oppenheimer out of the wagon between two cars and she fell on the track. Ten cars passed over her breast, cutting her almost in twain and also cut ting off' her-right arm, killing her instantly, as a matter of course. Tho rest escaped with some slight bruises. A Strange Story from Wichita. Wichita, Kau., July 23. E. T. Brown, a well-kuown. business man of this city.disapE eared last January. His hat, covered with lood, and a blood-stained car couplingpin were found near his house, and led to the suspicion that he had been murdered. To-day he returned to his home, insane, and having all the appearances of a tramp. His wifo did not know him, and ordered him from the door. Later he returned, and she recognized in the tramp her husband. A large scar on his head leads to the belief that his murder was attempted, but faild. and since then it "is supposed that he has been kept concealed by Lis would-be murderers until to-day, when ho escaped and found his way home. Ho can give no account of himself. Fatal Work of Dad Air. Des Moines, July 23. William Seid, a farmer living a few miles south of this city, was found dead in the bottom of an unused coal shaft at an early hour this morning He went out yesterday afternoon to start a wind-pump near the shaft, and it is supposed he attempted to go to the bottom of the shaft for water with which to prime the pump and was overcome by foul air. Shot His Partner. Platt City, Mo.. July 23. Thos. Shepard was arrested to-day for fatally shooting his partner, Royal Fleshman, through jealousy. - ' Ayeks Ague Cure is a vegetable preparation, and warranted to cure all malarial disorders. , ' ,

A HODEfcN MARTYR.

Mrs. Rattle Gibson Heron Sentenced to Death for Treacliing Christianity. Nashville, Tenn., July 23. Mrs. Hattie Gibson Heron, late of Jonesboro, this State, is under sentence of death in Corea for teaching the doctrines of Christianity. Rev. David Heron is welknown as a Pres by eriau minister. He went to Corea about three years ago, the wife Joining her husband a few weeks later. Mrs. Heron preached the gospel, as well as her husband, and Was the means of converting a nobleman in Corea, who began preaching Christianity. The Emperor had Mrs. Heron arrested and thrown in prison. Her case was investigated, and tinally.the sentence of death was passed. Mrs. Heron was known as the most beautiful lady in upper East Tennessee. Washington, July 23. Acting Secretary of State Wharton, upon telegraphic representations from Congressman Taylor, of Tennessee, that Mrs--Hattie Gibson Heron, a missionary in Coira, was to be hanged lor preaching the doctrines of Christianity, cabled Minister Dinsmore, at Seoul, to investigate the case, and, if necessary, or not too late, to use his good offices in securing Mrs. Heron's release. The State Department has no other advices upon the subject. Dr. II. M. Allen, secretary of tho Corean legation, and an American who has spent many years in Corea, was interviewed by a reporter, to-night, in regard tothe story that Mrs. Heron was to be hanged in Corea for Preaching Christianity. Tho Doctor laughed in ridieule at the 6tory, anh said: I was amused by it I know the Coroans too well to think they would do any thing of the kind. The story is altogether improbable. If anything of the kind had occurred it would have created the biggest sensations there for years, and the American minister wonld nave known all about it. Moreover. Mrs. Heron was not a mission ary or a preacher." The Doctor added that the Corean s looked upon Christianity with great disfavor, and had made it a capital crime. They had done this years ago. when they thought the Jesuits wero endeavoring to secure control of the government. The law was a dead letter, and was merely a form. American missionaries preached in the country, and about twenty years ago two missionaries, who had no passports, were sent to Seoul, the capital, when found to havo preached Christianity, Nothing was done to them. Interstate W. C. T. U. Mountain Lake Park, Md., July 23. The W. C. T. U. interstate conference closed its five days' session last evening. The day was given to reports, election of officers and other conference business. The resolutions are very stalwart. They declare for total abstinence and prohibition, denounce all license as criminal, and those who favor license as parties to the crimes that follow out of the saloon: demand one standard of morals for men and women; declare it worse than treason to withhold the power of the ballot from the virtuous and intelligent women of the home and lodge it with the vice and ignorance of the saloon for home's destruction; bid Godspeed to the party that stands with them against the saloon aod bears their banner "For God and home and native land," and finally recognize in recent apparent reverses sure omens of victory for prohibition. The following officers were elected for tho coming year: President, Airs. C. B. Buel, of Chicago; vice-presidents, Mrs. T. W. Tudor, Baltimore: Mrs. Jane A. Johnson, Parkersburg, W. Va.; Miss Mattie McConrell, McKeesport; Mrs. M. R. Pinkhouser, Harrisonburg, Va.; secretary, Mrs. Jennie McClurkin, Koney's Point, W. Va.: treasure Mrs. L. J. Cecil, Baltimore. The executive committee will continno in session over to-morrow, planning and devising larger things for tho next annual conference. Selling Ice-Cream Not an Offense. Cincinnati, O.. July 23. When George Muth, confectioner, was brought before Judge Ermsten, of the police court, to-day, for selling ice-cieam last Sunday, he pleaded guilty. The prosecutor suggested that the court regard that plea as a demurrer, and the court accepted the suggestion. His Honor then went on to say that the use of ice-cream had grown to snch an extent that it was no longer to be classed as a luxury, and in the liberal view the court was inclined to take of the statute its sale on Sunday could easily be regarded as a necessity. "Certainly." said his Honor. "no man was ever incited by eating of ice cream to go home ana beat his wile and break up the furniture, and I have no sym pathy with the effort of saloon men to make the law against them odious by pushing tho enforcement of the common labor law." Mr. Muth was dismissed. A Disastrous Landslide. i Ciiicago. July 23. A dispatch from He lena. M. T.. savs a landslide on the North ern Pacific, which occurred just this side of jjiles City on Saturday, is one of tne most extensive and disastrous in tho history of the road. It happened on a point on the v. ii a. .1 : ... : u u, iskirts Yellowstone river, with tho turbu lent stream on one side and a high alkali bank on the other. Without warning or apparent cause, this bank gave way. and the mass of earth, for a distance of 500 feet alone tho track, and from 300 feet awav. slid down the river, completely burying the railroatL Wealthy Man Waylaid and Murdered. Lexington, Ky., July 23. John Rose, one of the wealthiest men in eastern Ken tucky, but a notorious desperado, was way laid and instantly Killed oy parties un known, at Clav Citv. Powell conntv. veaterday. It is supposed he had ohended some one who feared his prowess, and had him slain. He had been the leader of the Rose faction in the wcr of races in t,hat section for several years, and is said to have killed five men. It is feared hi s death will ho the cause of renewed hostilities. Bishop Seymour Married. New York. Julv 23. Old Trinity Church was a scene of a quiet wedding which took place at 10 o'clock this morning. The contracting parties were. Mrs. Harriett Atwood Ayruar, of Jersey City, and Bishop George Franklin Seymour, ot bpnngheld, IlL let. 12ev. JlishoD Totter, assisted by Dr. Dix. lied the nuptial knot. While before tho altar tho bride stood beside her whitehaired spouse attired in traveling costume, with hat and gloves on. The wedding was strictly private. Edlfton on Electrical Execution. New York, July 23. In the hearing before the referee in the Aemmler elec trical execution case to-day, Thomas A. Edison was nut on the etand as a witness. and if his testimony were t04lecidothe fato of Kemmler, the murderer would surely meet his death in the electrical chair. Tho witness had no doubt whatever of the power of an alternating current to kill a man instantaneously and painlessly, and was sure in couiu uo uuuo wuuoui uurniug. m mm i i ii p mm A Disappointed Pugilist. Cincinnati. July 23. Peter Jackson, the Australian pugilist, leaves here to-daj'tor Detroit with a feeling of deep disappointment. He had been advertised to appear in a sparring exhibition last night in an up-town theater with Tom Lees, but the Mayor issued a peremptory order to the manager of the theater not to permit it. and so the house was not opened. The incident shows that the city government will not encourage pugilistic entertainments. m m Fire Hangings Set for One Day. 1 New Yor.KJuly 23. At thecourtof Oyer hnd Terminer, to-day. Charles Giblin and Ferdinand Carolin were sentenced to be hanired on Aug23. Judge vanlsrunt sen tenced Carolin and Judge Barrett pro nounced the doom of (iiblin. This will make five men who are to be executed in the Tombs on the same day. The other three are James Nolan, John Lewis and Patrick rackerham. m) m TopeVa's Valuable Find. Topeka, Kan.," Julv 23. Discovery has been made that a farm west of this citv contains a bed of fine terra cotta clay. BOds in New Jersey and Ohio, prior to this time, furnished all the terra-cotta works with clay. This industry, when properly devel oped, win ue worm to uio city about $300,000 annually. Cherokee CoininlsAlonert on the Ground. Ft.Smitii, Ark., July 2a Ex-Go v. Lucius Fairchild, of Wiscousin, one of tho Cherokee Commissioners, accompanied bv Horace Speed, of Guthrie, O. T.. the secretary of the commission, arrived to-day. CoL Alircd

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asar Absolutely Pure. "T m viawAm - . . A i. Jtrength and whoiesomeneAS. More oounonuc! ta&t tne ordinary kind, and cannot be old in oompettuoa wltn the multitude ot lov.twt, nort.-ftlht alnm or " xjvs., a v mil ir'ifc . . Wilson, another of the commissioners, took the Wagner branch at Van Puren. and went on to W ebber's Falls.' Lx-Governor Hartranf t is expected to join them on Saturday. THE KNIGHTS OP LIBOR. The Executive Board Concludes Its Business and Adjourns. Chicago, July 23. The executive boardKnights of Labor, will finish their session in this city to-morrow, and adjourn. So far as can be learned, the work of tho board during the week it has been in session has resulted in few surprises, and little besides tho issuingof new charters and other routine business. To-day's session decided to support the Seaman's Union, of Oswego. N. Y., in their fight with the Vessel Owners' Association at that place. A petition from a number of slate-roofers at 1'ittsbnrg. asking for a district charter, was refused, tho board being of tho opinion that the petitioners were non-union men, who had taken the places of union men while tho latter were out on strike, and now attempting to fortify their position and constitute themselves, if possible. Knichts in cood standring. Tho members of the board all denied emphatically that district assembly No. 43, of New York, is in danger of dissolution, and claim it is in moro satisfactory condiuon man ever. The Situation at Brazil. Brazil, Ind., July 23. The miners' relief committee to-day acknowledged receipts of $270.S0 cash and $437 in provisions, the lat ter from Evansville. The number of dependents was reported at 7SV5, an increase of 100 since Friday. Tho miners teem more firm than ever in their stand lor arbitration. The operators 1 a i r nave returned irom inspecting eiecmo machines at Shawnee, O. Unable to wait on electric machines tho Brazil Block-coal Company has bought a number of comSressed air machines and - will open mine o. 10 with them at once. Window-Glass Conference a Failure. ' Pittsburg, Pa., July 2ft. The wage con ference in this city, to-day, between tho window-glass manufacturers and workers failed to agree on a scale for the coin in ir year, and the conference adjourned until Aug. i.i, in the meantime the workers will submit their scale to the individual manu facturers in the Western district. It is thought that the manufacturers will decline to sign tho scale. Flttsburcr Sllners Go la Back to TTork. Fneclal to tlio Indianapolis Journal. Pittsburg, Pa., July 23. The coal miners employed by Joseph Walton & Co. to-day offered to go back to work at 21 cents per bushel. The firm will start their lower -works at once. It is probable that tho other mines will bo operated at this, price. Scandal In Army Circles. Omaha, Neb.. July 13. A court-martial convened at Ft Omaha, yesterday, for tho trial of Lieutenant-colonel Fletcher, of tho Second Infantry, for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Last June. while Colonel Fletcher was acting commander at Fort Omaha, his wife left hiu, and it was announced that anfe would suo for divorce on tho ground of cruelty. Shortly afterward a stoiy was circulated, said to have been set afloat by the Colonel, touching his wife7s honor and implicating Assistant Surgeon Henderson and Capt. Charles A. Denipsey. The latter, npon hearing the report, called on Colonel rletcherand gave him a severe drubbing. Later. Dr. Henderson called in company with .Lieutenant v rigut, and, in spite or the fact that an orderly was patrolling in. front of the Colonel's door, gave that Keutleman a chastising that he will not soon forget. Henderson was arrested, but was immediately released, lne affair is caus ing great excitement in army circles, and leads to the present court-martial proceedings. Owing to the absence of an important witness for the defense, the hearing of tho case has been postponed until Thursday. A Pacific Coast Conference. San Francisco. Cal.. July 23. At tho regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, to-day, it was formally decided to call a special session at as early a day as convenient and invite Pacific-coast Senators, Kepresentatives of Congrews and commercial organizations in California and Oregon to attend and consider the following subjects: Permanent establishment of ocean mail steamship lines on Pacific ocean routes, tne steamsuips 10 ue avaiiaoieior war and transportation purposes and tho lines to be liberally compensated by the government for transportation oi mails; tho application of the interstate-commerce law to the American carrying trade of the Canadian Pacific railroad; the abolition of tho bonding system of railway carriage through foreign territory; the maritime defense of Pacific-coast ports; the laying of a cable to Australia via the Pacific islands; the energetic construction of the Nicaragua canal as a means of national defense and commercial development and the encouragement of maritime commerce, and increased energy in the construction of the navy. The Ousting of tho Sooner. Guthrie, O. T., July 23. Tho decision of the land olhce ousting the 'sooners," as those who entered Oklahoma before noon of ADril 22 are called, is causing excitement throughout Oklahoma as fast as the news spreads. Two hundred ineu were in line yesterday morning waiting for the land office to open, a lare majority waiting to file on claims already entered "by men nupposed to have been in the Territory beforo. noon of April 22, and which th decision declares are not entitled to hold claims. Theeflectof the decision will be felt everywhere throughout the Territory, and endless trouble seems in store. It is thought by many that in equity the same rule, must apply to town lots, when mx or seven hundred persons in Guthrie will be aftected. If it does pot, then when other parts of tin Indian Territory are opened whole cities, may be expected to spring up before the opening day. A Oueer and Fatal Accident! Little Kock. Ark,, July 23.-A peculiar accident occurred here this afternoon, resulting in the death of a baby. Scarab, Floyd, a 14-year-old colored girl, was bathing her baby sister in a bath-tnb situated near the edge of the porch, fche lifted the child out of the water, when it wriggled out of her hands, falling on the porch, a distance of twelve feet. Sarah stood looking down at tlie child when she also fell, falling ou the. babe's abdomen. Her sister lived only u few moments. Rational r..ncauipineni ai ,miwauicee unless the railroads should freely grant theone-ceut-a-mile rate. Geuerai Booth requests each post in tho State to hold a local meeting of its members on the' National Lu

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