Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER . 16, 1889.

cms came before the Commissioner on the application of the attorneys for the Hydraulic Brick-machino Company, of bt. Jvonis. In their petition they alleged that their clients were threatened with a suit lor infringement of building-blocks or brick, as they expreFsd the belief that on Application for patent had been mado and abandoned for tho same kind - of building block, or brick manufactured by their clients. They requested permission to inspect abandoned cases in the Patent Ofiice in order to protect their clients from unnecessary expense and snit. Commissioner Mitchell, after statins that a man may abandon his application for two years without abandoning his invention, and that until the invention has been two rears in public use or on sale the inventor has lost no part of his inchoate property, says: "It follows that to grant tho rresent application would be to uncover to the scrutiny of the public many inventions which are still the property of the applicants, and which will ultimately mature . into patents protecting such property.' MINOR MATTERS.

Both National Committees Watching the Contost In 3f ontana Compromise Suggested. fpeclAl to tl.s Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Oct. 15. The contest over the election of members of the Legislature in Montana is attracting much attention from both national committees, and members of the administration are in direct communication with the Republican agents at Helena. Several long telegraph dispatches, some of them in cipher, have been received hero, in which it is charged that both sides aro attempting to steal the Legislature. The Kenublicans are confident now that they will ultimately get the two United States Senators. It has been suggested that a compromise might be effected by which each party shall have a Senator, which would settle the difliculty amicably. Rlrer and Harbor Improvements. ' Washington, Oct. lS.Brigadier-general Casey, chief of engineers, in his annual estimates, submitted to, the Secretary of War, makes recommendations for appropriations for continuing work on the principal improvements under his charge durthe year ending June SO. 1801, anion? which are the following: Ohio river. $C0O.00O; falls of the Ohio, at Louisville, Ky $300.000; Wabash river. Indiana and Illinois, (110,000; Calumet river. Indiana and Illinois, $100,000; Illinois river. $2X).O0O; Michigan City harbor. Indiaua, $104,000. The total amount . recommended by General Casey for river and harbor improvements is o0,lti,300. The total amount appropriated by the river and harbor bill for the year ending June 30, 18CX). was $'.22,397,jl7. Patents Issued to Indiana Inventors. - Wasdington, Oct. 15. Patents were issued to Indiana inventors, to-day, as follows: Charles II. Auspach and J. J. Wllhelm, Cedar Grove, band cut tine feeder for tnresliing machine; Ellas C. Atkins, Indianapolis, cross-cut taw; George L. Heck, Lebanon, .washing machine; John B. Carter and J. V. l'ertz, asidjrnor ot one-half to M. S. Kiberling. Kokouio, and R. 8. Levi, New York, machine for grinding wood; Wallace II. Dodge, Mi?hawaka, puller: Charles C. Graham, CrawfordsvMe. shaft attachment for rarrlage8; JeHe F. Kester, Terrc llauto, alienor of one-fourth to O. E. Duny,Washin gton, electrical metal detector; Charle I. Lancaster, Fairmount, jratt; Adnlph, F. Frafcm. Indianapolis, fdxnal lantern; William II. fchoup, Mlddlebury, churn; Frank M. 8mi!ey, Ooahen, car brake; William W. Smith. Elkhart, Inhaler; lfaac M. Thompson, Franklin, sate; Edmund C. Westervelt, South Jiend, sulky plow. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the following-named Indianians: Original Invalid. B. David Chastaln. James T. Hunter, Patrick Rum ley, Philip N. Goolander, Allen Allison, Lewis A. Green, Lawsan Htone, Kobert Walls. Andrew Merkle, William Bmith, John F. listen. M. A. Jenuin?, James Leak. Isaao P. Baraett. James J. Ragy,Rmaley R. Duncan, John II. Duncan. Increase. George W. Crayton, Albert W. Kel7, James V. Baxter, William Chat tin, David Douglas. Zacharian Friermood, L. Lobdell, George W. Trow bridge, Peter Laferrv, James Coy. Robert Mitchell. Francis J. Hinitb. John Grifan. William T. eiott, Henry W.Roberts. Original Widows, etc. Nancy M., widow of Richard R. Boyd; Martha A., widow of William E. Hughes. Gen. Browne Vf 111 Take a Sea Voyage. Epeclal to the IndlanaxwUs Journal. Washington. Oct 15. General Browne will leave Washington on Friday next, to be absent about three weeks, during which time he will not receive mail addressed to him here or elsewhere. Ho will take a sea voyage for his health and desires perfect rest. He could not attend to his mail if he desired, as he will be traveling, and almost constantly on the water. 'The General has much improved in health and wants to get a complete rest before entering upon his congressional duties. Appointments by the President. Washington", Oct. 15. Tho President today appointed John S. Bugbee, of California, to be United States district judge for the district of Alaska; George W. Bartch, of Utah Territory, to be judge of probate in the county of Salt Lake, Utah Territory; TyneS. 5lctcalf, of Missouri, to he ap p raiser of merchandise for the port of St. Louis; Charles F. Weenker, of Missouri; to be collector of internal revenue for tho First district of Missouri. ' Will Attend the University Dedication. Washington, Oct. 13. Bishop J. J. Keane, rector of the new Catholic Univer- ' city. Rev. Dr. Garrigan. assistant rector, and Kev. Dr. P. L. Cbapelle, pastor of St. Matthew's Chnrch, called on the President, this morning, aud invited him to be present at the dedication and opening jof the university t Nov. 13. The President accepted the invitation, with thanks, and said he would certainly attend if possible. General Ifotea. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal . Washington, Oct. 15. Warner W. Felton was to-day appointed postmaster at . North Union, Montgomery county, Indiana, vico J. Thomas, resigned. To-day's bond offerings were as follows: Coupon fonrs, $1,500. at $1.-J7; registered fours. SlScyjOO, at 1.27; registered four-and-one-halfs. $113,100. at l.0.V4; conpon four-?nd-one-halfs. $.00, at $1.0534. All the oilers were accepted. m m Ohio Hirer Steamer Sank. Cincinnati, Oct 15. The steamer Minnie Bay, bound from Manchester to Cincinnati, with 125 passengers aboard, struck a snag yesterday while rounding to at Kramer's landing, opposite Uo&cow, O., and sank. Tho passengers became panic stricken, but the officers and crew lowered boats and yawls and safely transferred all the passengers to shore. The boat is supposed to hare broken in two aud to be a total loss. The freight was removed by the steamer St Lawrence. When built, six years ago, the Minnie Bay cost $23,000. She was insured for $12,000. Distillery Seized by the Government. Cincinnati, Oct. 15. Tho United States government officers have seized the dis- '. tillery of Freiburg fc Workum, at Lynchburg. O.. upon a charsre of defrauding tho United States by equalizing shortages from shrinkage in packages before the gauger measured the contents. This, it is claimed, saTed to them the payment of much government tax, and. being a violation of revenue laws, subjects the entire property to seizure. The whisky seized amounts to more than a million gallons. Alleged Counterfeiters Arretted. Detroit, Oct. 15. Some days ago the police were notified that tirst-class counterfeits of silver dollars were being passed in the western part of the city, and yesterday morning Detective Downey and acting De tective iliffirins arrested Sam Ashman as - the man who has been passing the spurious com. it one oi it was lounu on Ms person. but the officers say that a number of men have identified him as the one from whom they received the bogus money. Sullivan Wants to Fight Again. New York. Oct 15. John L. Sullivan announces, throngh tho Evening Snn, that he is ready to light again, and would like to have a match arranged as soon as possible. He is anxious to meet Jem Smith, and would py his expenses to America. His next choice of an antagonist is Charlie Uitchell. but he is ready to meet anybody was wm cnanenge mm. To cure any scrofulous disease or humor, try jLyers carcaparuia. it cieanses we diooo.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Compelling Teachers to Use the IJecktold Books by Threats of Revoking Licenses. Prominent Citizens of Richmond Engage in a Knock-Down Argument White-Cap Outrage Girl Horse-Thieves. INDIANA. A New Bret hod of FoUtlng the Becktoldt Books on the Schools Tried, fpeclal to the Indiana&ohs Journal. C RAW FORDS VI LLE, Oct. 15. J. S. Zook, the school superintendent of Montgomery county, seems determined that the new school hooks shall he nscd, and now thinks that he has found the "key to the situa tion." The trustee of this, Union, township, cannot see any advantage in using the new hooks, and tho consequence is that very few of the new books are in the thirtynine schools over which he has jurisdiction. The county superintendent has made a ruH ins that every teacher who refuses to teach out of the new books, or who will not form separate clashes for the few scholars who have the new. books, shall have their license revoked. One teacher bad refused to teach a scholar with a new book separately, and this is the plan adopted to bring her to time. Therefore, Air. Zook thinks he can now force the new books upon .the schools by compelling the teachers to have two sets of classes in the same department. The trustee had instructed the teachers not to form separate classes, unless there were a suflicient number of scholars using the new books. But the superintendent rules other wise, and thus makes extra work for the teachers, who must submit or have thfir licenses taken away from them. It also seems that in other townships, where the trustees aro Democrats, the new books are not generally used, and that the classes aro not separate. But the superintendent does not seek to interfere in these townships, which makes it look like he was trying to make trouble with Mr. Henry, the trustee of Union township. Restored to Her Mother. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru," Oct. 15. A strange story, and one with happy sequel, came to light in this city yesterday, in thearriv&l of Miss Minnie Wood from near Bangor, Mich., aged thirteen years. Eight years ago the father abandoned his wife, and the child, then live years old, was taken to the poor-house on account of the poverty of her mother. From there she was taken by a man named Harton, who shortly afterward moved to near Bangor, Mich. There she was again adopted by a man named Moore, then again by a man named Shire. Borne of the incidents of her childhood Jwere remembered, and letters addressed to Wm. Hale, postmaster at this place, elicited the fact that her mother, now again married, resided here. The mother, although for many years she had been vainly searching, still tirmly believed her child would again be found. The money was sent and the child arrived here safely. It seems that an endeavor had been made to conceal traces of the child bp her lirst foster parents. A Spry Centenarian. Pjxn-IaI to the Indianapolis Journal. Vixcennes, Oct. 15. The oldest man in this (Knox) county, and, perhaps, the oldest man in the State, is Daniel Frederick, who will be one hundred years old to-morrow. His family will tender him a great dinner in commemoration of the event. He was born in this county, and has always resided here. His life pursuit has been that of a farmer, and his habits have been plain, and simple, and regular. He has never been sick bat twice in his long, quiet life, and to-day he is a remarkably hale, spry and vivacious old man. His hair is still black, with bat few silver threads, and he has no use for spectacles. On Trial for Ills Life. Specfiil to the Indlaiiapolla Journal. , Faoli," Oct. 15. Samuel Kesterson was put on trial for his life at this place to-day for the murder of Daniel Nicholson, at Hillban, last January. The case comes on a change of venue from tho Dubois -Circuit Court. A hundred witnesses are in attendance from that county. The whole afternoon has been spent in securing a jury, and a special venire of twenty men was ordered for to-morrow morning. The State is represented by K. F. Bretz, of Jasper, and John Stevens, of Shoals. Thomas H. Dillon, of Petersburg, William Farrell and M. S. Mavity, of Paoli, anpear for the defense. A hot contest is to follow. Prominent Men Engage in a Melee. 6xeclal to the Indianapoua Journal. Richmond, Oct. 15. A triangular altercation occurred at the Huntington House to-night-bet ween Gen. Tom Bennett and JackBriggs and Jack Strayer. It began between tho latter two, and Briggs was renewing it when Bennett went to the defense of Strayer, although Strayer struck the tirst blow with his cane, as Briggs was much the larger and had badly beaten Strayer. who is minus a leg. In the melee the gold-headed cane presented to Bennett as Mayor by tho police force was broken in striking'Briggs across the face and side of his head. Adopted High License. Epecial to the Indianapolis Journal, Lafayette, Oct. 13. The City Council, after several weeks consideration and delay, has at last come down to business on tho liquor-license question, and by a vote of 8 to C has adopted an ordinance fixin g the retail license at $'2X) per year. The old price was $25. Under tho old law tho revenue derived was $2.K0 per annum; under the new. if all continue in business, it Will bo 21,500. L Girl Horse-Thieves Arrested, f peclal to tli Indianapolis Journal. Bloomixgtox, Oct. 15. Officers this mornin g arrested two youn g women charged with horse-stealing. When arrested they had a horse and buggy, and gave their names asElla Young and Miss King, stating that they were from Columbns. Ella Young is a well-known character, and v?ns once before arrested on a like charge. They ara now in jail. Another "White Cap Outrage. Ppeclal to the Indianapous Journal Cokyion, Oct. 15. Harry Kitterman and Edward and William Khodes were flogged by White Caps, a few miles south of Corydon, last night. They are all young men, and Kitterman is half-witted. He lived with the Khodes family, and the threo were whipped at tho same time. They were charged with stealing, and their punishment was quite severe. Minor Motes. Thomas Beynon, a iustice of the peace, liviutr near &hclbyville, committed suicide by taking morphine. A lodge of the Knights of the Maccabees was organized at Covington, Monday eve ning, witu seventeen cuarter members. Olticers were elected and installed. Ellis Edwards, whose unaccountable disappearance from Madison a month ago, immediately after his marriage, occasioned much speculation, has turned up alive. While the little daughtcrof Hiram Birch, of Standard. Monroe couni3 was eating an apple last evening, a fragment lodged in her throat, and she choked to death in two minutes. Oilman Bray, of Martinsville, charged with embezzlement by the Jackson Wajron Company, was not arrested. The matter has been amicably adjusted and charges withdrawn. The grand jury at Shelbyville adjourned without taking any action in the matter of ex-County Treasurer Posse, who went out of oftice in September a defaulter, as alleged, in the sum of 13,000. Mrs. Matilda Morrow, east of Montpelier, lost her barn, two horses, corn, hay, and all her farming implements by fire. Loss, $3,000; insured for $S00 in the Homo of New York. Cause of tire unknown. The Circuit Court Judge of Montgomery county, has ordered that the Crawford ville natural-gas well be sold to nay the debts of the company. The claim of Lyle & Smith,

of Crawford sville, for S4S0, will be naid tirst, provided that much is securod for the liolo m tho ground. Indianapolis parties have a claim of UX). While Mrs. 3Iande Showers was walking homeward at Bloomington' on Monday evening, she was met by two boys, one of whom grabbed her pocketbook, hanging by her side, with which he escaped. Her loss was $ao. Salem Lodge, No. PC K. of P., has issued invitations to thu formal onenintz of their

elegant new hall, in Lanninys Block, on Oct. 0, 16S9. J. H. Kathbone, founder of the order, will deliver a lecture in the lodge room. . At Metamora. Colonel J. J. Rubottom. and his aunt, Mrs. Lavia Rubottoin, were out driving, when their horse became frightened and went over an embankment, and very seriously, if not fatally, injured Mrs. Ku bottom. Burglars have again commenced depredations at Pern, after a short interval of silence. Monday night three residences were entered and a large amount of booty secured in money, watches, and jewelry. Indications point to experts. In the suit for libel of Clifford Fish against D. A. Jennings, editor and proprietor of the Salem Democrat, for $5,O00, a change of venue has been taken, and Judge Collins has seut the caso to Jackson county to be tried there next term. Riley Clark, who has been confined to jail in Connersvill, for larceny, and who, with an accomplice. Miller Schnalder, escaped Saturday evening, has been located in Chicago, and will be brought back tomorrow and recommitted to the county jail. Riley Clark, one ot the baby burglars who was sentenced to jail last June, has lied from Connersville. He has been permitted to do errands about the jail, and when upon such duty suddenly disappeared. Young Patterson, an accomplice, has also gone. Grand Chaplain W.Y. Monroe was buried from North Madison Baptist Church yesterday afternoon, with the honors of Odd Fellowship. Several Grand Lodge officers were in attendance from different parts of the State. Rev. F. M. Huckleberry, of Aurora, preached the funeral sermon, A discussion of great interest is now in progress at Colfax between Elder H. R. Prichard, of Indianapolis, and of the Christian Church, and Kev. S. P. Colvin. of LaPorte? aud of the M. E. Church. The proposition discussed yesterday was baptism. The debate will continue four days. On a farm owned bv Dr. D. H. Coombs, in Utica township. Clark county, a curious lind was made Saturday. David Bush was employed to fell a poplar tree of unusual size, and as it struck the ground one of the large limbs broke oft. In the heart of it a deer's antlers, a cow's horn and a number of curious shells were found. How the articles got there is a mystery. 1 Near tho same spot some time ago an iron arrow, evidently made by primitivo methods, was founJ imbedded in a tree, twenty-six inches beneath the bark. Dr. H. D. Rogers, of Charlestown, has the arrow in his cabinet. , X17LIXOIS. A Blooinington Collector Confess? s Fraudulent Collection and Implicates Others. Special to the Iiullanapolli Journal. 15LOOMINGTOX, Oct 15. The Circuit Court of this (McLean) county is busy with two of the most interesting criminal cases that have come to trial before it for some years. One of the cases is .that of The People vs. Ignatz Lederer. Lederer, formerly a tax collector of Bloomington township, is resting under twelve counts of indictments charging him with falsifying the public records and collecting in excess of the taxes assessed. There were no less than two hundred charges of this naturo, and the grand jury found an indictment with twelve counts. A motion to quash the indictment was made last night, and is being argued. Lederer is a prominent young German-American, and has been quite a leader in politics. Harry and Leon Lcchr. two prominent joung men of the city, are implicated with Lederer, and are under indictment, and their trials will follow that of Lederer. A sensation was caused in conrt this afternoon when Lederer pleaded guilty : to one count in each of three indictments!: Larceny, forgery and falsifying tho public records, and the State's attorney nollied all other indictments. Lederer said he was willing to make a fall confession that he had been made a tool of hy the Lochrs, Harry V. and Leon L who were his deputies, aud had been deputies under his predecessors. He says they assured him that previous collectors bad made "a good thing" by changing the records and making over-collections, and that there was no danger whatever of detection. Lederer claims tho public have been robbed of many thousands in this way, and proposes to give up the whole scheme upon the witness-stand as soon as the jury is impaneled and he is called upon in the case of The People against Harry Lcchr for falsifying the public records. Dr. Jehu Little, one of the oldest regular physicians of the city, was on trial for criminal malpractice. Ifis case was continued. Both cases are quite sensational, aud the court-room is crowded at every session. The Phi Delta Theta. Ctoeclal to the Inlianaili Journal. Bloominoton, Oct. 15. The national convention of the Phi Delta Theta Association of the United Slates, which is being held in this city this week, gave a free invitation public entertainment, this evening, at Schroeder's Opera-house, which was attended by Blooming ton's cultured society. The programme included an oration by Hon. Emmett Thompkins. of Columbus, C; a poem by Edward Fuller, of Duluth, Minn.; a prophecy by Carroll Ph. Hassott, of Newark, ft. J., and history by E. H. L. Randolph, of New York city. Officers of the Antl-Horse-Thlef Association. Bpeclat to the Iinllantoli Journal. Bloominotox, Oct. 15.Tho Illinois Anti-Horse-thief and' Detective Association's State conventiou adjourned to-day, having elected ofticers as follows: President, James Parker, of "VVatseka; vice-presidents, C. H. Hill, of Pana; C. H. Dalton, of Thornton, and George Steeley, of Hooneston: secretary and treasurer, C. M. Allen, of Oconee. The next convention will be held at Watseka. Brief Mention. Diphtheria is epidemic at Macon. There have been two deaths and forty-two cases. At Carbondale, on Sunday, Bishop Merrill ordained tweuty-one candidates for the Methodist ministry. An unknown man entered the house of Miss Allison, a spinster living near Springfield, Sunday night, and after striking her with a club assaulted her brutally. B. F. Lantz, a young traveling man, committed suicide at Peoria on Monday with a pistol. Financial difficulties and religious excitement are said to have prompted tho deed. Jacob Hazlett and his wife, of Rockford, rlhmttl on Snnilnv the fiftieth annivir. sarv of their marriage. They have lived in ftockford for forty years. A large number of friends tendered congratulations. George Work, of Philadelphia, who operates street-car lines in Philadelphia, Macon and Nashville, and other cities, has purchased four-lifths of tho stock in the Quincy horse-car line, and will in the spring turn it into an electric-motor line. m e Holler Manufacturers Association. Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 15. Tho American Boiler Manufacturers' Association met in annual session here to-day, with about 150 delegates in attendance. Tho day was devoted almost entirely to addresses by the ofticers and perfecting this organization. The object of tho association is to attain tho highest knowledge and promote the highest intelligence in the manufacture of steam boilers, bringing the commodity as near perfection as possible hy establishing a uniformity of requirements for material and construction, eradicating any temptation to do poor work on account of pecuniary emolument, thus decreasing all risks, and by so doing scenre safety to the lives and property of every community where boilers are used. The question of uniformity of wages aud prices will also bo considered. The convention will be in session several days. A. Stertl JCvettt. One of the most fashionable events of tho year will be the opening of A. K. Burkhardt fc Cos new business palace In Cincinnati. The opening Is from 10 a. m. to lo r. m., Thursday, Oct, 17, and there will bo grand concerts niornln. afternoon and evening. The public are invited. Many ladles ot this city Intend to go.

DOWN AN INCLINED PLANE

A Broken Cable Causes a Terrible Accident on Ht. Auburn, Cincinnati Car Containing Efaht Persons Rushes with Frightful Telocity Down the Side of a Hill Six Persons Killed and Several Hurt. Cincinnati, Oct 15.The most appalling accident ever known on the inclined plane railways of this city happened to-day between 12 and 1 o'clock. It was on the Mt Auburn inclined plane, which lies at the head of Main street and reaches to a height of between 250 and 300 feet in a space of perhaps 2,000 feet or less. Two cars are employed one on each track. They are drawn by two steel wire cables that are wound upon a drum at the top of the hill by an engine located there. Eight passengers had entered the car at the foot of the plane and a number were in the other car at the top. The passage of tho ascending car was all right until it had reached the top, when, to his unspeakable horror, the engineer found that the machinery would not respond, and that he could not stop the engine. Only one result was possible. The car was arrested by the strong bumper which stops its progress, and as the engine continued running, all its force was expended on the two cables and they snapped like wrapping thread under its enormous power. Then the car with its eight inmates locked within, began the descent of that frightful slope. What were the feelings and thoughts of the fated nine may hardly be imagined. The crash at the foot of tho plane was frightful. A cloud of dust arose that hid the wreck from view for a moment, but when it was dispelled the scene was horrible. The iron gate that formed the lower end of the truck on which the car rested was thrown sixty feet down the street. The top of the car was lying almost as far in the gutter. The truck itself, and the lloor and seats of the car formed a shapeless wreck, mingled with the bleeding and mangled bodies of the eight passengers. The following is a correct list of the dead and wouuded. The live dead are: J UDO E WM. M. DICKSON. MICHAEL KNEIS3. MRS. CALEB IVES. M IIS. MA R Y O. ERRETT. JOS. McFADDEN, so. The three wounded are: MliS. AOXES IIOSTETTER, Mii-s Lillian Oskamp. Jos. McFadden, jr. t These were the occupants of the car. Besides them, several persons standing cn Mulberry stroet were badly hurt. George Miller, who was standing on the corner of Mulberry and Main streets, was struck by the roof, and is believed to be fatally injured. He is still unconscious. Joo Huette, a fourteen-year-old boy, was badly cut about the legs by Hying fragments of the cars. Mr. Kneiss was a teacher in the Third intermediate school, and lived at No. 14 Euclid avenue, Mt. Auburn, with his family. He was on his way home to dinner. His body was badly disfigured, and was removed to tho morjrue. Mrs. Ives was the wife of Caleb Ives, treasurer of the Globe soap-works, at No. S3 Water street, and lived at Kiverside. She was on her way to visit her son, Franklin Ives and his bride, nee Belle Duehrae, who were married a few weeks ago. Mrs. Ives was about sixty years old, and her neck was broken. The body was removed to the morgue. Joseph McFadden, aged sixty, a stonecutter,' of No. 110 Saunders street, Mt. Auburn, was found to be very seriously, probably fatally, injured. His right leg was crushed, his scalp cut, and he was suffering severe internal pain. He died at 2:20 p.m. His son, a young man, was taken from the wreck with his foot crushed, and he was removed to his home. The right leg of Judge Dickson, aged sixty-five, of No. 19C Auburn avenue, was crushed, and his scalp and face were womided. He7as conscious, hut flighty, and not able to tell anything about the accident. He also died. He is a well-known attorney, retired for a number of years. He was a warm personal friend of President Lincoln. Mrs. Hostetter, wifo of William Hostetter,. of Lnist & Hostetter, was barely conscious. Sho was severely injured about the head. She lives at Oak and Bellevue streets. All those at the hospital are too badly injured to recall the terrible scene as the car whirled them to tho bottom of the incline. An eyo-wituess di scribes the causo of the appalling accident as follows: As car No. 2J reached the top of the plane, Goebcl, the cab-man, forced down the lever which shuts ott the steam. For some reason the apparatus refused to work, and the car rushed on upon the iron railing. Gcebel bent all his strength upon tho lever, but it failed to budge. On tbe car rushed madly, vrith the tremendous power that drew it. The iron-work pressed deep into tho wooden flooring, and still the cablotugged. Finally, with a grating noise, the cable slipped from tho brass clamps that held them, tbe bolts that secured them opened and the car was free. The passengers, unconscious of the doom impending, were about to step from the vehicle as it shot downward upon its mission of death. The passengers who had arisen fell together upon tho flooring of the car. Down the plane of several hundred feet it sped, and plunging upon the railing at the bottom, dashed it to pieces." Charles Goebeh who was tho man at tho lever, and who found himself unable to stop the engine, says that he complained that the 'cut-oil'" was not working properly. "I told the engineer about ;t this morning," he said, aud the engineer told me ho had repaired it. But it was evidently still out of order, and this must have been what was the cause of the accident." This inclined plane is tbe oldest one in the city. It was built twenty-one years ago. and this is the first accident attended with loss of life at any of the four inclined plane s that are in constant use. i Perhaps the most horrible condition of any except tho nine in tbe descending car was that of the passengers in the other car at tho foot of the plane. They were locked in, as is always the case, and werecompelled to await the coming of the other car and its inevitable crash beside them at the foot of the track. There are several theories afloat to-night as to who is responsible for the accident and just how it came about. One thing is certain, and that is that either the pilot, Charles Goebeh lost his head, or the engineer, Horace Wondendieck, neglected his duty. Pilot Goebel, who has served in that capacity ever since the incline was constructed, savs that the engine all forenoon responded tardily to his lever, and that he spoko to the engineer about it. Ho maintains that he did not lose his head, but that the machinery of the engine was ont of order. The engineer, bo the general rumor goes, does not admit that the fault was his. whereby he virtually throws all the blame on the pilot. It is also a matter of goesip, to-night, that tho car, when it reached the top of the incline, remained there nearly a. minute, while the gate-keeper was trying to open the iron gates to let the passengers out, but which were so battered that ho could not opcu them. All this time tho machinery was pulling the cable from its attachment to the car. Fell in a Pot of Hot SlaLeatvvili.k, Col., Oct. 15. A frightful accident happened to James Mcliaskey, one of the workmen in the American smelter, this morning. While he was wheeling out a pot of hot Blag ha rested a moment on the edge of ono of the pots filled with burning slag. lost his balance and went in. In attempting to save himself he put his arms and hands into the liquid, which caused such fearful agony that ho lost control of himself and fell into the burning mass. From the waist down to tho knees the flesh was horribly burned, also his arms, hands and head. Ho is a most pitiful sight. He was removed at once to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he is receiving every attention. It is doubtful if he can recover. Aped Woman Rurned to Death. Lansing, Mich., Oct. 15. Mrs. Judson W. Hopkins, an old resident of Lansing, was burned to death at her home in this city last night. She was alono in the house,

when her dress-sleeve caught fire from the stove. She evidently tried to get out of the back door, but it being locked sho fell to the floor there antl was ourned to death, her body being charred and roasted almost beyond recognition. She was seventy-tive years old, and had lived here for many years. ' Engineer Killed and Others Injured. Denver, Oct. 15.A passenger train on the Denver &, South Park railroad left the track between Leadville and Carno, near Divide Station, yesterday. The engine and cars were turned over, and fcugineer Andrew Doomer was buried under tho wreck and instantly killed. His fireman, E. Canahan, was also seriously injured. None of the passengers were killed, though several were injured. Three Men Buried in a WelL Trinidad, CoL, Oct, 15. While five men were digging a large well at the Victor coal mines tho walls caved in, killing two white men and ono negro, names unknown. DANGER IX THE MAILS. An Infernal Machine of Canning Construction That Was Intended for a Wisconsin Man.

Milwaukee, Oct. 13. There arrived at the postofiice yesterday morning a large sized package covered with stout grayish paper and tied up firmly with twine, There was nothing really peculiar about it, as it was placed among other mail pieces of its sort. Later in the day, however, it created a profound sensation. The package was, in short, an infernal machine of cunning construction, and contained a loaded and cocked pistol, ten dynamite cartridges and about two' quarts of medium fine powder. The package was addressed to W. 11. Neeves, aud it was only by a miracle that that gentleman failed to open it sotts to set it otf. There is no theory as to the sender. The package had been originally sent to Mr. Neeves at Grand liapids. Wis., where he has milling interests, but the Eostm aster there had forwarded it ere, knowing that Mr. Neeves was stop?ing with his brother at 2711 Wells street, he box was turned over to the police, who carefully examined it. pronouncing it an infernal machine. Mr, Neeves is forty years old, and has been a miller at Grand Kapids for years. FAILED FUR $950.000. A Texas Dry Goods Firm EmbarrassedAssets Plabed at 01,200,000. Waco, Tex., Oct. 15. The firm of Leasing, Solomon & Rosenthal, wholesale dry goods and cotton factors, state that they are temporarily embarrassed, and to-day made a sale of their stock of goods and store to H. B. Claflin & Co., of New York, their principal creditors. Their other assets have been placed in the hands of a trustee, who is empowered to collect and pay other creditors of the firm. The liabilities are placed at about $950,000. with assets estimated at $1,200,000. It is believed in business circles here that the firm can pay all their liabilities m full if given time to realize on their assets. None of the banks or other business firms of this city are affected by the failure, if such it may be called. The firm had been in business here over fifteen years, and had an interest in several other business enterprises in this city and State. All of these aro protected, and will go ahead as usual. Ohio Hank Suspends Payment. Manchester, O., Oct 15.K. H. Ellison, president of the Manchester Bank, suspended payment yesterday, and assigned to W. C. Blair. T. K. Skelton and W. J. Pownall. It is stated the assets are $50,000 and the liabilities $70,000. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. An elevated railway, costing 8,000,000, is about to be built at St. Louis. Judge McKinney, of Ithaca, was thrown from his carriage, Monday, and fatally injured. His skull was fractured. G. W. Adams, Kentucky's Secretary of State, lost a portion of his foot in attempting to board a train at Eminence yesterday. The Republican congressional convention at Hastings, Neb., has nominated Secretary of State G. Li. Laws to succeed the late Congressman Laird. The Georgia' Exchange, through which eighty thousand members of the Farmers' All lianco will transact all their business, will be located at Atlanta. Tho West Virginia legislative contest committee is about to prepare its report. The Republicans will declare that General Golf was honestly elected, while the majority report will take the other view. Judge J. D. Springer, of Minneapolis, who has held the position of general counsel for the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, has been appointed assistant to President Manville, of the Sauta Fe. A three-year-old daughter of George Riley, living near City Point, Wis., has been missing for several days, aud, as a number of bear tracks were found there, it is feared she has been carried oft by one of these animals. The Consolidated Street-railway Company, of Omaha, has purchased tho Mercer electric street railway for $5,000,000. This gives the organization a monopoly of all cable, electric and horse street-car lines in the city, aggregating seventy-two miles. William Boeing, who claims to be the owner of certain lots through which the Duluth ship-caual was cut, attempted to string a rope across the canal, yesterday, to prevent the passage of shipping. It was cut three times. Mr. Boeing's object was to get a basis for testing title in the courts. H. D. Gregg, for many years private secretary of General Sheridan, when the General had his headquarters in Chicago, and for some time a department clerk at Washington, and later a newspaper man at Omaha, Neb., was sentenced to the Missouri penitentiary, yesterday, for five years for horse-stealing. Blarine Mews. Bremer Haven, Oct 15. Arrived: Elho, from New York. Lizard, Oct. 15. Passed: . Bohemia, from New York, for Hamburg. Moville. Oct. 15.- Arrived: Ethiopia, from New York for Glasgow. New York, Oct. 15. Arrived: Ems, from Bremen, and Furnessa from Glasgow. New York, Oct. 15. The schooner Laura, laden with iron, was upset in the East river this afternoon and three of the crew were drowned. Their names were William Jackson, James Hughes and Alexander Christie. Norfolk. Va., Oct 15. Tho Clyde-line steamer Pioneer, from New York to Wilmington, N. C, went ashore shortly before midnight, last. night, two miles east of Ocrocoke light, off the North Carolina coast. The crew of eighteen men were rescued by life-saving people at tho inlet and landed safely. Poison in the Oyster. Philadelphia, Oct. 15. Considerable anxiety was expressed among the friends of fifteen boarders at tho house of Joseph Morgan, in Woodbury. N. J., last night aud this morning. The fifteen boarders ate of a dish of oysters at Mr. Morgan's boarding honse last night, and immediately afterward all were attacked with severe sickness. At first it was feared that the convulsions w.onld prove fatal, but this morning they were pronounced out of danger. .It is believed that in some way poison was administered with the oysters. Among the sullerers are Mrs. Belmont Ferry, wife of tho prosecutor of the pleas, and Prof. Curtis Lewis and Henry R. Russell, of tho Friends Academy. Fatal Falls from tiowr York Roof. JsY,w York, Oct 15. Almost at the same moment and within a short radius, three persons were killed by falling from roofs, this evening. Just before 6 o'clock, Lnigi Laredama. a five-year-old Italian boy, fell from the roof of tho fivestory tenement No. 5 Roosevelt street where he was playing, and his brains were dashed out upon thellaggingof the yard below. Surrounding the fall of Mrs. Lizzio O'Brien, who. with her ba bo, fell, or was thrown, from the roof of 42 Oliver street, is a mystery which the police are trying to solve., 'lhree persons, ono the woman's husband, are locked up to await investigation.

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Contrary to the prevailing belief, this political weapon was forged and effectively used lougbefore any difl'erences had arisen between certain portions of our Union, aud before, in fact, a Union of States existed, thouirh to whom credit should be given for its derisive application to tho Republican campaign policy the writer is not advised. The incident which cavo the expression birth is to some extent legendary, and is related by Sir Walter Scott in the preface to his novel "Kob Koy," and brietly is as follows: The Clan MacGregor possessed lands nnd flocks, which excited the cupidityuf their less fortunate neighbors, who, by force and other methods, gradually despoiled them of theirpropertv and drove them from their homes. The clan, thus impoverished, resisted th encroachments upon their rights, and, in tho frequent collisions that occurred, used every teraponrv advantage they gained cruelly enough. Tneir conduct, which was. perhaps, not unnatural under the circumstances, was studiously represented at the capital as arising from an innate and untamable ferocity, for which the only remedy wa6 extermination. These suggestions resulted in theproscrip tion of the clan by act of privy council, at Stirling, and permission was given certain powerful chieftains to pursue the Mac, liregors with tire aud sword, and all persons were prohibited from affording them meat, driuk or shelter. As might be exSec ted, civilization progressed very slowly uring this periodt aua the MacGregors, feeling all the severity of thu law and nono of its protection, became wilder and more lawless than ever. As the legend runs, two men of the ClanMacGreaor, overtaken by night, asked shelter from a dependent of the Colquhouns, and on being refused retired ' to an out-house, seized a wedder from the fold, and supped frugally oft tho carcass, for which they oil e red payment. The Laird of Loss, hearing of this enforced hospitality, caused tho offenders to be apprehended and summarily executed. To avenge this act the MacGregors assembled to the number of several hundred and marched toward Luss. Sir Humphrey Colquhoun received early notice of the raid, and assembled an army of superior numbers to meet them. A battle took J dace in the valley of Glenfrnin (Glen of Jorrow), where, encouraged by the prophecy? of a seer, and aided by a superior position and skillful generalship, the MacGregors were victorious, pursuing tho enemv furiously, and mercilessly slaughtering all who were unable to escape. This hattle and the fury of tlu proscrihed clan, were reported to King Jnes VI. in a manner most unfavorable to that unfortunate clan, and more stroncly to impress that impressionable monarch, the widows of the slain, to t he number of eleven score, dressed in mourning, riding on white palfreys, and each bearing bur husband's bloody shirt upon the point of a spear, appeared before the King, at .Stirling, and demanded vengeance upon those who had made their homes desolate. Uy act of Privy Council, A. D., 1G1S, the old acts against tho clan were revived, and others of tho greatest severity enacted. The bloody shirt had unquestionably acjomplished ita purpose. Wanted Mr. IVanawalter to Take a Drink. Washington Jtter In New Tork Tribnn. Strange as it may secm.despito nlllhat has been published about him in the lant live mouths, the Postmaster-general's) habits of temperance in speech and action. as well as in other respects, have not bocome known to all tho men in publio life, or even to all the members of his own party. A few days ago two Congressmen, making a tour of the departments, stopped at ouo of tho bureaus of the Postofiice Department, and after transacting the business for which they had come, said to the head of the bureau: "Have yon time to come out and get & drink!" Tho bureau chief did not have timo, fop it was an unusually busy day with him. 'Well," said one of the Congressmen, ' am going np-stairs to see the Postmastergeneral. 1 woudcr if he can pparo tho timo to go across the street.'' The bureau chief grew pale. I would advise you," he said, "if you have anything to ask of the Postmastergeneral, not to ask him to drink." And as tho Kepresentativcs were satisfied to follow this advice unquestioningly. Mr. Wannmaker's neryes were spared a great shock. Democrats Out of Work. Nebraska Journal. The Democratic editors will soon be parading tho streets with a device placarded on their backs, "Out of work." if the President does not soon appoint a Commissioner of Pensions. Tho absence of a Commissioner of Pensions to abuse for wasting the people's money on trumpery old soldiers ii telling fearfully on tho patienco of tho Democratic press. . Money That Is Soon Parted. Philadelphia Times. The fact that John L. Sullivan has already spent in dissipation all the money which he lately won by his victory over Kilrain, and is now 4,dead broke," need occasion no regret whatever. Mouey thus acquired takes wings to itself with alarm ing rapidity. Screed from Democratic Xegros. Nashville. Tenn., Oct. 15. At a meeting of the negro Democratic State cornmitte--, held in this city, to-day, the following resolutions were adopted: Wbereas, The Republican leaders of the NortU are niJprcprepentlng the two race of the fcouta bv making incendiary f pecehea wholly uncalled for. and which do more to widen the hreach tween the races than anything else; thereforo, belt Iolved. That this committee state to ths colored people of tni country that the thtug that will do the negroes of the Ninth and tho North more good than anything elf e 1 a dh isioa of the xicsrro te: be It further Resolved, That the educated and bnelnf negroes here ore doing heltrr, two to one. th.ia thoenf the North, and that the werdtu of the rknthcrniiccToeH U due tothechance given them by the white: be it farther Resolved. That thebeM. thine that the Ponthera negro can do l to ceae his war policy upon his white neighbors. CaITiage-IJuIlo'e, National AisocUtlon. SvRACUsr, N. Y., Oct. 15. About six hundred delegates, from all parts of the United States, are attending the seventeenth annual convention of the Carriace-buildera' National Association in this city. Charles II. Hergeist, special commissioner to attend the Paris Exposition, made an interesting report. Coal 8hnft Ilnraed. BpecUl to tli Indianapolis Jourau. Danvillk, 111., Oct. 15.At 1:30 this morning coal shaft No. 2, between this city and Tilton. and the buildings, were destroyed by .tiro. Loss. lo,0U0; insured! o,00C. Caue unkuowu.