Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER "26, 1889.

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loml rrics lor bcln and everal men got up toscfl what tvas tin; matter. On going to the place whence tho cries for help came, tuey found one man iryiutf to extricatohis rartntT from uuiler a huge timber which iad fallen upon Jiim. Invcstipation ibowcd that theHO two men had placed this lever umlcr one of 'tho upprta to the temporary frtrnctnro and had partially removed it from its position when the lever pot the advantage of them and pinned one of them down iu the mud aud bin niato was unable to lift it oil him. The uninjured man was at onco put under arrest aud taken to jail, and the injured mau taken into a house, where ho now lies aud may possibly ! from Km injuries. The man in jail proves to ho ono who. a fiw years ajjo. roiibed a iran on the Wabash road, and vein Riven four years in the penitentiary iiml but recently cot out. That it was intended to wreck the. train is made still' more evident by the discovery of a piece of bridge timber, fifteen feet long ami tourtern inches square, whicli had been placed icrnss the track about thirty feet north of the bridge. V. K. Harketloni, attorney for the company, arrived thU evening, coming In order to learn tb particulars more fully. General Manager 13radbury has instructed him to see that everything possible is done to bring the scoundrel to punishment. OTIIKK CASUALTIES. Ten Children Seriously Hurt While Trying to , Open a Dynamite IJoinb with a Knife. Franklix, Pa., Oct. 25. A number of 6cbool children found a homh loaded with dynamite near the echool-house, on the Galloway farm, near hero,, this evening. While attempting to open it with a knife it exploded with terrible results. Two of the children, named Fitzgerald and Ifogr?r, aro fatally hart, while eight others nro in a perious condition. Fitzgerald's arm was blown oil and his face was terribly dintignred. Roger's right cyo was blown out and his face terribly lacerated. The others were cut about the head and body by tho fragments of the bomb,' which had been made by some one for the purpose of killing tish. Darned by Escaping Steam. GiRAnD, O., Oct. 25. The roof of the new hot blast of tho Girard furnace fell in today while a number of workmen were engaged upon it, precipitating the men a distance cf twenty feet. The falling timbers broke a largo steam pip) and the escaping steam terribly burned William Auderson and his two sons, Dell and Charles. They were also badly cut. hilt may recover. Four others sustained bad cuts and bruises, but were not dangerously hurt. Collision on the O. & M. Fpeal to the Indianapolis JournUNorth Vernon', Ind., Oct. 25. A bad wreck is reported on tho Ohio & Mississippi at Holton this evening. The cannon-bal, train collided with a throntrh passenger train. Humors of frightful results aro thick, but so far as can bo learned no lives were lost. Both engines and several cars were smashed. Fatal Premature Dischargo of a Cannon. Zanesville. O.. Oct. 25. While tiring a cannon at a political meeting, to-night, it was discharged prematurely. William Nevitt, who wss ramming home the charge, was blown fifty feet over an em'jankmeut and fatally injured. OBlTUAltt. Francis 31. Hoots, Danker and Manufacturer, of Connersville, Ind. FpJal to the Indianapolis Journal Coxnersville, Ind., Oct. 25. Francis M. Roots, one of the most prominent citizens of Connersville. and well known through out eastern Indiana, died at 8 o clock this morning, at his home on Central avenue, aged sixty-nine years. Tho funeral services will be conducted at his late residence, on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, hv Rev. T. 11. llench, of this city. Tho following rall-bearers have been choseu: Judge Wilson Morrow, Hon. J. N. Huston. John 11. McFarlan. T. I.Gritlis. Joseph I. Little. N. W. Wright, Jacob Leonard, Edward V. Hawkins. Francis M. Roots was born at Oxford, O., Oct. 28, 1821. His father, Alanson Roots, emigrated from Vermont in 1816, and established a woolen factory at Oxford. Francis e.irly became associated with his father iu this business. In 1S17 tho mill was re moved to Connersville, where Alanson Roots died in IS"). Francis and his brother continued tho business, and during tho war held extensive contracts with the govern ment. InlSGOthey developed their inven tion of a rotary force blast power, which has become extensively known to the mechanical world. In 1870 Mr. Roots trans ferred his woolen interests to'.his brother, and in 1872 joined with William Huston and others in establishing tho First National Bank of Connersville. In nil the material growth of Fayette county he was actively flRnriritt?d for Years. In October. 1S50. hi married Miss Esther K. Humphreys, and 1 ?! A ? 1 1 " M. A 1 A? tnreo cniniren are siiu living. At rue time ox nisueatu he was worth not less than a quarter of a million dollars. He was pres ident of the P. H. & F. M. Roots Company, founders, president rirst National Bank, president Connersvillo iurnitnre Coin pauy, president Connersville Hydraulic Company, and president of the board of stewards of tho I'rcsbyterian Church. Other Deaths. Columbus. O.. Oct. 2.5. Prof. Leo Lea nneroux, the eminent botanist and paleon tologist, is dead, ageu eight3-three. lie was author of about hffy scientific works, and came to this country from Switzerland. passing through college with Guyot and Acassiz. PuiLAiTCLriiiA, Oct. 25. Joel Barlow Moorheao, a wcll-nown iron manufact urer and capitalist of this city, died this morning, aged seventy -seven. He leaves a. wife, three daughters and a son, and his estate is estimated at about 3,000,000. . Flmira.?T. Y., Oct. 25. Hon. John Jereriah MeUuire, ex-fcpeaker of the State As sembly, died at 4 o'clock this morning. He had been in poor health lor some time. Paris, Oct. 25. Kmilo Angier, the French dramatist, is dead. Infernal Machine Sent to a Railroad Man. Chicago. Oct. 23. Tho police are trying to hnd who sent from the Last to T. B. Heindle, general master mechanic of the rsickel-plato road, an infernal machine. J he machine is a globe-like- atlair. ap parently of plaster paris. aud weighs about two pounds; is eight inches long and live inches in diameter. Oil Monday last a package, wrapped in brown paper and ad dressed to the master mechanic, was taken to Mr. Heindlc's oHiee. It had been shipped from a station on the Lake- Shore road near Butlalo. There was nothing about the package to excite suspicion, but when the wrapper was taken oil the machine was found in the center of a lot of cotton sur rounded by folds of tissue paper. The odor was disagreeable, and Mr. Heindle haudled it very gingerly. Then he took it to the Lnglewood police station. Durglar Shot by a Watchman. St. Loci$, Oct. 25. There was an excit ing encounter between private watchman Cochran and a bnrglar, in the West Lnd, at 2 o'clock this morning, terminating in the probably fatal shooting of tho burglar. The officer detected the bnnrlar in the act of breaking into a residence, and called TTnr him to unrrender. The renlv was a "bullet which whistled uncomfortably closo to the oflicers ear. A regular duel followed. the oflicer being shot iu the leg, but finally hrinirinc his man down with a bullet in the breast. The wounded burglar is at the City Hospital, and is said to be dying. Ho f ives the name of John Little, but is beieved to be a notorious professional burglar xianvd Jack Connors. Tho ollieers wound is p&nf nl, but not serious. Took the Money from Under the Tlllow. Kansas City. Oct. 25. Geo. W. Thompton drew fc UO in cash out of bank yester day afternoon. Before he went home he paid a note of 700. When he went to bed he pnt the remainder under his pillow. Dunns the mcht a bnnrlar entered his room and presenting a revolver at Mr. Thompson's head demanded the money, Mr. Thompon involuntarily grappled with the intruder. During the struggle that mined the revolver was discharged, tho bullet barely missing Mr. Thorn icon's bead. Tpe thief broke away, finally, grabbing tho diod-v from under too pillow, and escaped. Mr. Thompson was badly used up in tho strange.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

What Eastern School Superintendents Think of the INew School-Book Law. Considered Unwise and Detrimental Becktoli Boots a Sorry Substitute Bar Banquet Wife Murderer Sentenced. INDIANA. What Is Thought of the School-Dook Law by the Superintendents Convention. electa 1 to tit Indianaoolls Journal RICHMOND, Oct. 23. The eleventh semi annual convention of tho city school su perintendents of eastern Indiana and west ern Ohio began in this city last night, aud continues over to-day aud part of to-mor row, allowing the members to get home for Sunday. There is a good attendance. Justin N. Study, superintendent of Richmond echoob, presides over the convention as chairman of the execntive committee. The programme of topics for discussion com prises a number of interesting educational questions, with the bars down for the in troduction of others. Somewhat reversing the order of tho programme, the topic, ,,rho Indiana fcchoolbook Law," was mado tho first order of business this morning, and the general, if not universal, expression was in condemnation of both the law and the books that have this winter been forced into the schools under it. However, there wero no resolutions adopted pledging concerted opfiosition to the law or tho books, witnctaio eirislators or otherwise. That work, if done, will be done quietly. This Lveuing's Palladium says of tho discussion: "The general expression was that the law was unwise and detrimental to the best interests of the schools, and would work only injury to the educational interests of Indiana; that the school omcials should be allowed to go into the open market and buy tho best books at tho lowest prices; that competition was such that we now had the best books the world ever saw; that they should bo selected for their merits ana auapiaiiou to xue scuoois uu results to be secured, aud that the commercial value was of small importance when . compared with merit and value. Ncarlv every superintendent present took pare in tnis uihcussion, anu tue cuiiciumou was that the Indiana school-book law was like Mark Twain's investment: He paid 5 for hogs. $.5 for corn and, after feeding tho same sold his porkers for $10. Superintepdent Study said frankly that he was opposed to such legislation, and that tnero buuiiiu uut uu oiaiu uimuruiii . ouur,nutendents Butler. Snvder. Haines. Voris. Williams, Bennett, Kromer, Cowgill and many others entertained the same views. Some favored free books." The following superintendents were pres ent: J. N. Study. Richmond: J. A. Hiudmau, Hartford City; ST. II. Cheney, YV ashmgtou, C. H., O.: H. Bennett, irankhn, U.; E. 11. Butler, Rushville; N. C. Johnson, Cambridge City; D. E. Cowgill, Van Wert, O.: F. Gillman Cromer. Greenville. O.; W. J. Williams, Franklin, Ind.; J. C. Ridge, Waynesville, O.; Cyrus Smith, Indianapolis; W. A. Luce, Blutlton, Ind.; Prof. R. G. Boone, Indiana State University, Bloomingtou: Walter Irvin, North Manchester, Ind.; W. T. Fry, Crawfordsville; Isaac Roose, Cincinnati: E. M.VanCleve. South CharlesIon; W. H. Glasscock. Greenfield, lnd.; ijnitinan Jackson, Greenfield, Ind.; C. W. ville, Ind.; W. R. Snyder, Muncie, Ind.; F. S. Alley, New Paris, O.; H. A. Stokes. Xenia, O.; P. E.Cromer, Bradford Junction, O.; T. G. Steele, Xenia, O. Par Danquet. (fecial to the Indianapolis J jumal; Greexsburg, Oct. 25. The bar banquet at the Hotel de Armond, last night, was a pleasant social event. It was given in honor of Judge Samuel A. Bonner, upon his retirement, after serving twelve years as circuit judge of the Eighth judicial circuit, and Judge John W. Study, as his successor. The members of the Rush county bar were 1 ?A 1 A A 1 inviieu guests, iviier parianing oi an ex11 A. 1 , 1 . cciient menu, eniiveneu oy cnoice music. the welcome address was made by Hon. W. A. Moore, who also presided as toast master. Numerous other responses were made, and a delightful evening was passed. Death of a Martinsville Pioneer. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Oct. 23. Mrs. Belle Ken nedy, aged about seventy years, died at her home in this city this afternoon. She was seized with a congestivo chill yester day, from which she never recovered. Mrs. Kennedy was a native or Ireland, coming to this country when but a young girl, and was married to Luke Kennedy in this city in the fall of 1843. Her husband was a prosperous farmer hero and died at an ad vanced age, about hve years ago. Dad 31 ark sm an Heavily Sentenced, ppeclal to the IullanaioUa Journal, a Hartford City, Oct. 25. David Ran dolph was this afternoon sentenced to three years in tho penitentiary for shooting with intent to kill Robert Smith, at Montpelier. this county. Randolph fired three shots at Smith without hitting him. Randolph is a desperate character, and the ver dict is generally approved. Murderer on Trial. Poeclal to the TnUan&20l! Journal. w a mw LEAVENWORTH, uct. it. me caso against Charles E. Spencer for the murder of Jacob C. Holmes, at DoPauw, Harrison county, wnicn was sent nere lor trial on a change of venue, was called this morning. There are more than a hundred witnesses in the case, and some sensational developruents are expected. Wife-Mnrderer Sentenced. FDeclal to the IndlanaDolis Journal Fort Wayne, Oct. 25. John Barrett, the wife-murderer, was, to-day, formally sen tenced to twenty-one years iu tho peniten tiary by Judgo O'Rourke. Tho prisoner's health has been failing rapidly smco tho trial, and he .will probably not live to be transported to Michigan City , Robbed in HU Mate room. Soect&l to the liHliaiiaxioiia JournaL Leav-rnwortii. Oct, 25. Mr. Brashiro, a passenger on the steamer Tell City, was robbed of 200 and a gold watch last nicht. The thief entered his stateroom and carried a way his clothes containing tho valuables. ' Minor Notes. Scarlet fever is epidemic in tho southern part of Porter county. J. Hieder. of LaPorte. was found dead in bed, Thursday morning. He retired in good health. ' One hundred car-loads of straw wero shipped from Lebanon to the straw-board-works, at Anderson, last weeic. Jesse Saunders has been arrested, in Mad ison county, for embezzling fnnds belonging to wards of his in Rush couuty. John Fry, an engineer operating a steam shovel, near Lafayette, was crushed by a caving baiiK, and dangerously injured in ternally. John Cook, jr., of Vincenncs, an engineer on the Cairo line, swallowed a teaspoonful of aconite by mistake. His Bfe was saved with diuiculty. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dalke were thrown out of a runaway buggy at Cioshen. Mr. Dalka's shoulder-blade wan broken, and i it . 11 . i. a uoiu were jniernauy injured. Mary Mershone, the evangelist, is holding revival meetings in the M. E. Church, at Lebanon, i he church is usually crowded long betoro services commence. The Clark Comity Hunting Clnb has filed articles of incorporation with the county recorder. 'The sport iu which the club will indulge will be lox-huuting exclusively. Pendleton is making arrangements to organize a Knights of Pythias lodge at an early date. A petition tor a charter will bo presented to the Grand Lodge this week. A. W. Rodger, of Martinsville, was yesterday appointed commissioner of construction of the Morgau county jail and aheritTs residence, to be erected at once at a cost of 21.0UO. On Thursday the residenco of Mr.' Ferneau.in Brazil, caught lire from a defective Hue and was destroyed. Loss, about $2,000;

Dennett. Piqua. U.: J. T. Dartmess, lippocanoe City, O.; 8. B. Cox, Xenia, 0. P. V. Voris. Hairerstownt J. F. Haines. Nobles-

insured in the Gennanlnsuranee Company, of Freeport. III., fornix). Tho houie be-

lonced to Kdwurd Lacount. George Davis, of Wabash, an orphan aged thirteen, was found on a Mississippi sandbar, half dead from hunger and exposure. Ho had attempted to drift down tho river in a skill'. Mrs. Ruth Sab ! LaPorte, who recently donated S25.tK uward the erection of a home for aged i d intirm, lias contributed $0,000 to put tne home on a solid financial basis. The Carmcl Milling Company completed their gas well yesterdav. This is the third well drilled at Carinel, "and it is estimated by competent judges to yield o.OOO.OOO feet of gas per day. Tho trial of Warren Pierson, a young negro, for tho murder of his step-father, Robert Sweeney, on the morning of Aug. 28 last, WH8 begun in thO Cbl'k CircuitCourt yesterday morning. Mrs. Isabella Mulhollaud, a widow, of Washington, who suedThomasSwannagan, a promiuentaud wealthy Harrison township farmer, for 20,000 for breach of promise. received a verdict lor sou. Burglars entered Mart Mevts harness shon at Connersville, Thursday night, and limiiiie tho sate unlocked, took its contents. It contained some pension papers, a soldier's discharge and a, mortgage, but no money. Lieutenant Malvern Hill Bamum, of the I : a. T..!i..i t- a a r-t i nes. were married at New Albanv Thursdayevening. J. II. Rathbone. the author and fonuder. also, a past supreme chancellor of tho Knlchts af Pvtums. Rnoko to a Wa audience at tho M. L. Church at MUroy. inursday night, on tho subject ol , lrue rythianisui." Tho annual reunion of tho soldiers resid ing m Madison township, Montgomery couuty, was held at tho home of Aaron Layton, in Linden. This was a township atlair and nearly all soldiers living in that township were preseur. Tho dav was spent in social intercourse, with a dinner. Oli ver -Heath and John Fitch, the two men injured in the Midland wreck, near Lebanon, a few days ago, are doing well, and are out of danger. Sherman Moon, who was killed, was taken to Youngstown. N. Y for burial. Tho coroner, in his verdict over Moon's death, censured tho railroad company for tho poor condition of their road-bed at the place of the wreck. The onarterlv Sundav-school convention of Franklin township, Montcoiaerv count v, met last Thursdav at Garfield. Frank Cox waselected president and Mrs. Miller secretary. There aro nine schools in the township, with- fifty-four ollieers, lifty-nine teachers and 577 scholars. The average attendance is511. The next convention will be held at Gravelly Run on Jan. GO. 1S90. ILLINOIS. Large Land-Owner Goes Into Walnut Plant ing on an Extensive Scale. Fperial to the IndiauaixiU JournaL TvAVk'Aiv-rp Op. T if Y,l. city, one of tho most extensive aud most PI m m . m m m euccessiui larmers ot Illinois, is at work planting walnuts on a very comprehensive scale. He is planting double rows of the nuts on each sido of the ditches and in the unused corners and waste places of ail his lauds. He is nlantinc five hnndred hnheU of walnuts on his seven thousand acres in . Champaign connty, about Rautoul, Fisher and GiQbrd, and eighty bushels on his 3,500 acres in tne Vermillion swamps. This work will be continued until all his possessions are planted according to this plan. Tho sale of walnut timber from a neglected grove opened Mr. Gilford's eyes to the value of this snecios of timber. Tho ffrnat rifimand for walnut timber at home and abroad has almost depleted the forests of the State. Iu McLean county, where walnut timber was most abundant, m.mr thousands of dollars worth of the timber has been cut within the decade.' Some extensive land-owners reaped fortunes from lliJO OUUICO U1UUC. Breaking Up the Liquor Traffic. Rockford, Oct. 25. Robert Westendorf was sentenced by Judgo Cartwright, yesterday, to four months in jail and to pay a fine of S2.000 and to stand committed until paid. He was found guilty of selling liquor without a licensn. Pntrielc Dnwnflv. whn gavo a glass of liqnor with every cracker he sold for a time, was sentenced to four months in jail and to pay a tine of $700. These are the. longest jail sentences that have ever been imposed for liquor-selling in this county. Relief Corps Banquet. Pneclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomixgtox. Oct. 25. Tho meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps of this city, today, was made memorablo and interesting by the presence of the local posts of the association from Peoria. Decatur. Snriniriicld, Atlanta, Delavan and Gibson City. 'i-1 : ; i : i 1 t ,iuo V13HUI3, uuuuuiuK euveiai iiuuureu, enjoyed a banquet to-night with their hostesses. There was a line programme of toasts and responses. Brief Mention. Willaim Downtain. a brakemau. was crushed to death on the Burlington track, at Rock Island, yesterday. Farmers in the vicinity of Carthage, and in the northern andeastern portionsof llancock county, are sorely troubled over the devastation of hog cholera. Mrs. Laura Wood, of TnHio1n. trlinn To rr was cut off by an Indianapolis. Decatnr Western train, recently, compromised her suit against the company, yesterdav, by accepting $1,300. Walter S. McQuillin. a former operator and ticket agent of the Chicago, Burlington' cc vuincy roaa at Monmouth, was arrested. Thursday ovenimr, charged with stealing about 500 worth of coupon tickets. At Tuscola. Isaac Siders was indicted, by the grand jury, for murdering his uncle, Thomas Siders, of Camargo, in July. Tho drainace commissioners of Carrett wero also indicted for misappropriation of funds in that township, which will lead to an investigation. The farmers and stock men of tho eastern fjortion of the State are disposing, as rapidy as possible, Of their cattle, and all the auctioneers are very busy. The low condition of the cattle market, and the general prevailing belief that the market will be worse before it is better, leads tho owners of cattle to wish to disposo of them. Decision Affecting Electric Can. New York, Oct. 25.Judge Lacorab, in the United States Circuit Court for tho Southern district of New York, to-day filed his decision upon the motion of the Electrical Accumulator Company for an injunction against the Julion Electric Traction Company aud the New, York Harlem Railroad Company, restraining those companies or either of them from using accumulators or secondary batteries mado according to uny of tho various modifications devised bytheJulien Company since the issue of the prior injunction in April last. The present decision secures to the Electrical Accumulator Company all tho relief they have asked for. The immediate result will be to stop tho running c;f all the storage-battery cars now in operation upon the Fourth-avenue street-railway in this city. m Negro Lynched in 3IUiistippl. Colvmhus, Miss., Oct. 25. Joo Harold, the negro who made an assault on a woman several weeks ago. was captured atTupelo, Miss., and confessed his crime. The magistrate ordered him brought to this city for protection. After proceeding a few miles one hundred determined men rode up and took the prisoner from the oflicer and hung him. Can Recover If the Promise Is Kept. Louisville, Ky., Oct 25. The Court of Appeals, to-day, decided that a suitor may recover money promised him, in Cose he refrains from a habit. The case was Albert U. Talbott. of Paris, against his grandmothers executor. His grandmother promised him $500 if he would refrain from using tobacco. Private Bank Closes Ita Doori. Cleveland. O.. Oct. 25. The private bank of Rev. J. V. Powell, at Fostoria, O.. closed its doors to-da3. Tho depositors are mostly merchants, and tho deposits sm-11. The assets are $24,000. Tho liabilities will exceed that amount. A Workman's Long und Fatal FalL 1 NnwroRT, Vt. Oct. 25. George Sebourin, aged twenty-one. a workman on tho new Congregational Church, fell eighty feet from the spire, this morning, and Was fatally injured.

iuuu iktrii'.M'ii i. (jxiiieti ouues vavatry, and Miss Martha Scrihner Maginnes, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. E. A. Slacin-

TTE CO VL-MINERS' STRIKE A11Ai UVAJj OAIUIVLi

Fall Review of the Situation in the In- . diana Field as Matters Now Stand. Block Coal Mines' Running Kith About "Half Their Complement Large Output of Bituminous Conventions of Railroad Men. Fpeofal to the Tndianaiil' JonmaL Buazil, lnd., Oct. 25. The differences between tho operators and miners of Indiana block coal have not yet been settled, but it is evident to all in tho least acquainted with the situation that the beginning of tho end is here, and has been for some time. BlacKlcgging became so common that as earli as a month ago about 40 per cent, of the strikers that remained here were at work at the operators' oiler. A supreme effort was made by tho central relief or execntivo committco to closo themine9at which tho blacklegs were at work. Apparently the effort was snccess ful. but the strikers seem to have been actuated by policy, or a desire for peace. They quit work in some instances when the strikers wero waiting on them in force, but they went to work afterward. At No. 8 mine, at Perth, sixty-live miners contracted to go to work Sept. 23. They were waited on .by . tho strikers aud all agreed to stay out; bnt, on the 2Jd. geventy-tive went to work, and the next day a hundred and nineteen were at work. They were subsequently visited by the strikers, and again agreed to quit work, but lifty-oue miners are now at work there. : Forty-six arc at work in No. 10, the newmine equipped with air machines, and twelve are at work in No. i. These mines are operated by the Brazil Block-coal Company. The output is considerable. At No. 10, a hundred and fifty tons could easily be turned mt daily, if to the present force could be added a few loaders. The company are advertising for men to load coal after tho machines, to work by the hour or the ton. The N'ickle-nlate has some men at work, as have also Weaver, Tod fc Co., at Center Point. The Jumbo mine, at Knightsville, has about fifty men. In the iniuo aro two electric machines that are doing satisfactory work. An equipment of electric machines has also been ordered for No. 8 aud the Nickle-plate, and will bo forwarded as soon as manufactured. Tho effort to closo the threo largo semiblock mines at Clay City also failed. Last week it appeared that the miners there .would demand a 10-cent advance, and that a strike was inevitable. The strike collapsed, and the mines are yielding their biggest output fully a thousand cars. a month. Meanwhile, all the bituminous mines in Parke, Vigo, Clay, Sullivan, Greene and Owen counties arc running to their full capacity. Much of this coal is being coked, und arrangements aro inaldng to plaut ovens at Linton, in Greene couuty. The coke, with some of the semi-block, is a fair substitute for block. As a sample of this activity, the Island City Coal Company's men earned, a week or so ago, $400 a day; then 500 a day for the next week. The odtput is beyond precedent, aud must increase thel.nmmit Coil Company's payroll 1,000 every two weeks. The demand is beyond the visible supply. ' The strikers are not harmonious over tho action reconsidering arbitration and offering a 5-cent-reduction compromise. Somo contend that the operators would sooner or later yield to arbitration, and when that demand was recalled the work of five months that the strike had been on was swept away. Hundreds of miners have gone to Alabama. Kentucky aud other places, as well as intothebituminousmines here, and tho number of strikers has cer tainly been reduced one-half. Ihe secreary of the relief committee says that relief s pouring in. Locomotive Engineer. DENVER, Col., Oct. 25. The locomotive engineers to-day began the consideration of the various resolutions presented to the convention. These are forty in number, the most important of which is one favoring federation, and one offering an amendment to the constitution, limiting tho number of delegates to the national convention. The latter will be heartily supported by Chief Arthur, who declares that the large number of delegates now allowed make the convention .unwieldy. Only two resolutions .were adopted to-day, one indorsing the report of tho committee on insurance. and one fixing the time for tho election of officers for Monday. The delegates will leave here to-morrow morning by a special train on tho Rio Grande road for a trip through the Grand canyon and over Marshall pass, returning here on Sunday at midnight. A grand banquet will be given them to-morrow night at Pueblo. It was learned to-night that A. R. Cavcner, of Chicago, second grand assistant engineer of the Brotherhood, tendered his resignation to the convention to-day. It was accepted. , Officers of the Station Agents Association Kansas City, Oct. 25. This morning the following oflicers were elected at the convention of the Station Agents' Association: President, Albert L. Kline, of Allegheny; crand treasurer. C. Carle, of Mason. 111. After the election of oflicers a grip and password were agreed upon, but all proceedings are to bo public and even the oath will be revealed should occasion demaud it. As soon as tho constitution was adopted the members took the oath of the order and the convention adjourned to meet in Cleveland, O., tho third Thursday in May next. Chicago Switchmen Will Resume Work. Chicago, Oct. 25. Not a freight wheel turned on the Chicago & Great "Western railway to-day, tho strike of the switchmen being still on. Tho stride is tho outgrowth of an alleged arbitrary dismissal of a switchman last Thursday. To-night, however, tho strike ended, at least temporarily. An agreement was reached referring all matters in dispute to arbitration, tho strikers meanwhile to resumo work and tho obnoxious foreman to be suspended. on DAILY WEATIIEB BULLETIN. Lbcal Forecasts. For Indiarapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 r. m Oct. 2C Threatening weather and rain during Friday night, followed by clearing weather during Saturday. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, Oct. 258. p. m. Forecast till 8 p. M. Saturday; For Indiana. Illinois and Lower Michigan Light rain; colder; northerly winds. For Ohio Rain; stationary temperature; variable winds. For Upper Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa Cleariug; colder; northerly winds. For Minnesota, Dakota and NebraskaFair; slightly warmer, except stationary temperature in Minnesotajjvariablo winds, becoming southerly. Local Weather Keport. Indianapolis, Oct. 25.

Time. Bar. 1'hcr. li. H. Yitut. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 20.05 50 HO Fouth Cloudy. 0.02 7 p.m. 29.741 50 80 North Cloudy. .T

Maximum thermometer, 50; minimum thermometer, -16. Following Is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature aud precipitation on Oct. 25: Jem. Free. Normal 54 0.11 Mean 52 0.02 I, Departure "Trora normal 2 O.oo Exoess or acneiency since Oct. l... loo l.rm Excess or dtHciencT tlnce Jan. 1.. 7.57 General Weather Conditions. Fciday. Oct. 25, 7 P. sr. Pressure. The large low barometric area, extending to-night from tho lake regions to the Gulf aud from the Mississippi to tho Atlantic, has moved only very slowl3r southeastward, central this morning over Lake Michigan, with the lowest, 211.02; it is central to-night, with 2n.r, near Louisville, Ky.; west of the Mississippi the barometers are rising very rapidly; another low area is in the extreme Northwest. Temperature. East of the Mississippi the temperatures remain comparatively

high, but from Minnesota and Lake Superior southward to western Iowa and eastern Nebraska the temperatures have fallen to below 40: the lowest, 23. is reported from northern Minnesota, and IX from eastern Dakota; west of the mountains tho temperatures are above fiO; 70 aud above is reported from tho Gulf coast. , Precipitation. Heavy rain (0.80) fell at Cairo. 111.; light rains from the lakes southward to the Gulf. mm i THE FIRE RECORD: Bnsinet Portion of Port I.eyu'en. N. Y. Burned, Entailing a Loss of 113,000. Watertown.N. V.. Oct. 23. The business portion of Port Leyden, Lewis county, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Tho Douglas House, Opera-house, eight stores, tho postoth'co and several dwellings were burned. Fifteen families lost their homes and much of their possessions. Tho llames spread eo rapidly that the people had little tune to save anything. Commercial travelers who were spending the night at the hotel lost their sample trunks, and escaped only, l1." scant clothing. The loss is widely distributed, but in the aggregate will amount to $115,000, with $11.350 insurance. Threo Disastrous Fires in One Year. necl&l to the Iiilianaaoll Journal. Bloominotox, 111., Oct. 25. The town of Downs, in McLean county, was visited by tiro at an early hour this morning, nnd a number of the most promiucnt business buildings were burned, as follows: Young Bros, drug stoo, loss $2,000, insured for $1,000: Dr. Wilson's ofticc. loss

SUO0, l buildini SlXOO: .1 no insurance; O. L. btaten, two. urs. valued at M.auu. iiiBiirauco $1,000; J. W. Staten, storo containing tho pos'oflico, damaged to the extent of $2 000, and was fully insured; Benjamin McFarland's dwelling burned, lossM.wu, no insurance. This is the third conflagration that has visited this little town in tho past year. Other Fires. Paterson. N. J.. Oct. 25. The Peerless Plush Manufacturing Company's mills, at No. 50 Franklin street, with contents, wero burned to-day. Loss.about8S0.000; insurance, $05,000. Peter Desmond, an employe, was severely burned by an explosion, and Amos Ll8on, a hoseman, was seriously injured by a fall during tho lire. Comber. Ont.. Oct. 25. This village was visited by a disastrous tiro early this morning. Tho tire, which was undoubtedly of incendiary origin, was discovered in a hardware store, and extended through tho greater part of the town. Loss, 35,000; partially covered by insurance. Wilkesrarre, Pas, Oct. 25. Smoultcr'a Opera-honse, Wollobers hardware storo and Wernett's restaurant, at Nanticoke. were burned to-dav. Loss on the threo buildings, $1C,000. $3,000, and $2,000, respectively; insurance partial. SriilNG Lake, Mich, Oct. 25. The largo stone building and stock of general merchandise owned by Martin Walsh was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning, entailing a loss of 30,000. It was insured for $9,800. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 25. Fire in tho hold of the steamship Harrogate, la6t night, destroyed cotton to the value of $20,000; fully covered by insurance. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Timothy Donovan fatally shot James Sargent at St. Louis yesterday. x E. J. Girard. a Chicago saloon-keeper. shot his bartender, Oliver Bertrand, Thursday night The crew of the schooner Louis Taullane, consisting of nine men, aro in jail at Baltimore, charged with mutiny. The Northwestern Miller announces that the C. C. Washburn milling plant at Min neapolis has been secured by an English' syndicate. Mrs. E. A. Lnnt, mother of Neil Burgess, comedian, died at her home in Dorchester, Mass., on Wednesday, of paralysis, in her seventy-fourth year. In Faulk county, Sonth Dakota, tho farmers are reported to bo in destitute circumstances, owing to the failuro of crops, caused by the drought. A woman living in Fort Worth, Tex., lays claim to the ground on which the courthouse at Cleveland is built. The basis of her claim is not known. Dr. H. B. Baker, of Lansing, Mich., secretary of the Michigan State Board of Health, has been unanimously nominated for president of the American Health Asso ciation. Michael Broderick, an employe of Kingan's packing-house, at Armoiirdale. Kan.. yesterday, put his head over the guard of a natenway, ana was iuiieu by a descending elevator. Senator Sherman addressed a large audience in the Board of Trade auditorium at Columbus, O., last night. After discussing Slate issues he devoted himself to the tariff. The shortage of Brown University on account of the operations of ex-Registrar Robinson, son of the ex-president of Brown University, will amount to nearly $16,000, instead of $4,000, as at first supposed. Two engines were wrecked and five freight cars were demolished by a collision between a passenger and freight train on the Milwaukee &. St. Paul road, yesterday, near Ventura, la. No one was injured. Four thousand women held a meeting in Chicago, yesterday, at which arrangements were made to raise several hundred thousand dollars for Chicago's world-fair project. Mrs. John A. Logan presided. At Salt Coats. N. W. T., yesterday, tho boiler of a threshing engine burst at tho farm of a Mr. Anderson, killing F. Dugan and J. Fullerton and seriously injuring J. McClellau and a younger brother of Dugan. The Cherokee commissioners are confident of success m treating with tho Kickapoo aud lo Wa Indians for their lands. The sentiment in the Cherokee nation seems to bo changing in favor of selling the lands at 1.25 per acre. John McGuire, a peddler, yesterday assaulted and robbed Mrs. Marsh, wifoofa shoemaker living in Milbnrn, N. J. Her husband caught tho peddler and nearly kicked him to death, before he was taken to jail, ine women may not recover. M. D. Trefren, a prominent lawyer and real estate dealer of Kansas City, was arrested yesterday on two indictments, charg ; A cowboy named Earnest Kurry, walked into a saloon at Walzeuburg. Col., kept by Pob Ford, the man who killed Jesse James tho Missouri bandit, and told Ford he was going to shoot him. The latter, however was the quickest on trigger, and shot the cowboy. Joseph S. Bonney, aged sixty-two, for thirty years a resident of Lawrence, Mass., and a well-known inventor, shot himself through the heart yesterday, lie took a pistol, ostensibly to clean it. tint the wound is such as to preclude the theory of accident. !In the preliminary examination of B. sr. Chambers, for the killing of lawyer Frank J. Bowman, at Clayton, Mo., jesterday Frank Jenkins, colored, and Miss Ella McLaughlin testified that Bowman made a motion as if to draw a pistol before Chambers tired the fatal shot. Napoleon Normandeau was arraigned at Manchester, N. II., j'esterday, for feloniously assaulting Clementine Abel, aged eleven years. He persisted in pleadiug guilty until informed that tho penalty might be thirty years' imprisonment, when ho waived examination, and was held in 2,000 bail for the Supreme Court. The soldiers' monument, erected by tho government, in the National Cemetery at Mound City, Kan., at a cost of 2.509. was unveiled yesterday, with imposing ceremonies, "iesterday was the anniversary of the brittle of Mine Creek, the most important battle fought in Kansas during the war of the rebellion, and was chosen as an appropriate day for the nnveiling. Sena tor Plumb made the unveiling speech. Sentenced to Die by Electricity. New York, Oct. 25. Charles Mcllvair who murdered Christian W. .Luce, while committing a burglary on the nicht of 21. last, was sentenced, by Judgo Moore in niu iii"b wvn. - u v ut k3v!sious, this inuruiuK. vu um uy electricity nt Sing Sing prison in the week beginning Doc 9. A Great Truth. Washington Prea. It the fraud eleni(nt wero eliminated from the Democracy the party -would colt lapse.

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