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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1889.

General Ketchum i ono of Mr. Iicod's sup-, port en. TUe situation points uiore f.troniv in tho direction of a combination of the fcouth and West, ami a withdrawal at an arly stage in the "mucus of three of tho lour Western candidates with a view to

our Western candidates with a view to lecuring tho defeat of Mr. Keed by tho ield. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, is to-night rery hopeful that ho is the man of destiny. aeci li another are good reasons why ho should la&e nope. PENSION FKIJ AGIIEEMENTS. The Form Prescribed lj tho Commissioner Must lie Used by Attorneys. Washington, Nov. 15. Some time ago tho attention of Secertary Noble was directed to the fact that some,, attorneys practicing before tho Pension Kureau were using a form of fee agreement which materially differed from the form prescribed by the office. The regular form has the law of 1S84 relative to attorneys' fees printed on the back, with the following, in large type, at the top of the page: "Notice to claimants This contract is permissible under the law. but not compulsory." This had reference to the fact that the law fixed the fee to be received by an attorney in a pension caso at $10, with the authority to charge not more than uuder certain circumstances. The disapproved form, which does not have the law printed on the back, was adopted by a number of attorneys, mainly, it is believed, to save printing. Secretary Noble, however, decided that this modified form should no longer be received, but as this form had been cent out by the attorneys to their clients, and were being executed, ho derided to give due notice. Under date of Oct. 25, lSi; an order was issued which advised attorneys that no form of fee agreement other than tho one prescribed would be recognized which was execnted and tiled after Nov. 1 li0. Some of the attorneys have protested to tho Commissioner against this order, alleging that it was calculated to delay cases already near completion. Commissioner Kauru, however, to-day, decided that "all agreements not in the form prescribed by this oilico and executed after Nov. 18, 1SSU, aud forwarded to this olfice. will not be accepted as formal, but will be returned for correction.'' The cases now pending and on iile in tho office, which have the prescribed agreement, will not. of course, be affected. DISCONTENT IN THE ARMY. Views and Recommendations of Major-Gen-eral Schofleld C'ouceroiuc Desertions. Washington, Nov. 15. The annual report of Major-general Schofleld, commanding the anny, to tho Secretary of War is made public to-day. He pays especial attention to the desertion question, and says: "The causes of the discontent which lead to desertions from the army are numerous. They have been sought for diligently for years, and many of them have been solved. Sionje of them are probably beyond the reach of remedy. One of thete is tho naturally discontented disposition of the men who are led by that feeling alone to seek change from tho monotony of bread-win-ningin any civil pursuit by entering the supposed less arduous service of tho United States. When such men find that soldiers.no less than civilians, must work, their feeling of discontent returns, and they resort to the only means by which they can make another change. Tnese men rarely desert when engaged in an active xampaigu, however gTeat the . hardships and privation or severe tho discipline may be. It is the ordinarv labor and routine of military duties which inspire them with discontent. These causes of desertion cannot be removed. Tho troops cannot be kept constantly in active military campaign, nor can the3 be exempted from the monotony of routino duties and labor. The government cannot employhired laborers to do the work which tho troops have time to do for themselves. "it would eem that some kind of a probationary system might be devised by which the unfit element among recruits could be eliminated without resort to the crime tf desertion. It does not seem necessary that men be required in timoof, peace to bind themselves absolutely to servo five years. Asut'ricient remedy may perhaps bo found in the case of all wortny men who iind, after a few months' trial, that they have mistaken ther calling, by a more liberal exercise of the power to discharge soldiers npon their own application than has ever heretofore prevailed. Great care in the recruiting service, to prevent' the enlistment of men of bad character and habits, may bo found practicable. Measures having these ends in view have already been instituted. Also greater care in the treatment of recruits by ouicers and noncommissioned oflicers. The records of desertion from different organizations leave no room fur doubt of the fact that the character of the commanding officer has much to do with the extent of this evil. In gome few instances it appears that captains are in the habit of leaving the care and discipline of their men to the first sergeant and other noncommissioned officers, without that constant supervision and control which the captain should exercise. In all such cases, tho captain should bo promptly removed from the command which he so seriously neglects. "After all possible has been done to remove reasonable excuses for desertion, it still remains truo that the means now provided for the arrest and punishment of deserters are wholly inadequate. Only one in tivo in ever captured. This is not sufficient to deter men from committing crime. The remedy is to authorize civil officers to arrest deserters, and increase the reward so as to compensate them for their service. There is no need to increase the penalty for desertion, but to make some penalty at least probable, which is not now tbs case." General Sehofield recommends that the present rive regiments of artillery be organized into seven regiments, the organization to remain tho same except that there shall be but one tirst lieutenant to a battery. He also recommends that the enlisted strength of the army be increased to i,000, which would supply tho force necessary for the proposed reorganization of the artillery and the infantry, as well as giving more margin for recruits under instruction. He wants the infantry regiment to consist of three battalions, aggregating twelve companies, as in the cavalry. What the Militia Cost During the Tear. Washington, Nov. 15. Capt. D. M. Taylor, Ordnance Department, who has been in charge of the appropriation for the purpose of providing arms, etc., and camp equipage for the national militia, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, states that the total requisitions for the year nearly equal the uinonnt of the appropriation, aud, with the cost of transportation added, the full amount ot the appropriation was probably exhausted. A plea is made for an increase of the appropriation. It was 200.000 in ltOS, and has only been doubled once siuce for providing for the needs of nearly ten times as many people as then. Captain Taylor recommends that it be increased from 55400,000 to 1,000,000 annually. The work of uniforming the militia in the United States unifonu still goes on; the opposition to it is dying out. The centennial parade in New York, April CO, had. it is thonght. a most beneficial tendency in tho direction of uniform. A gratifying beginning has been made in the equipment of light batteries. Tho value of stores issued to various States and Territories during the year was &jl,K76 of which Indiana received $11,471 and Illinois 322,574. PENSIONS EOIt VETERANS. Residents of Indiana and Illinois Whose Claims Have Keen Allowed. Pensions have been granted the follow-ins-named Indianians: Original Invalid. Noah A. Carpenter, Add; Nathan e?enhour, Suminitville; IScnJrimln F. IJenner, Conio; Orrin hison. Corunua: James Ilarton. liourbon; hamuel M.inderfur, Newark; Jacob Fifer, Ilion; John W. YIm-. Lapel; Pamuel Jrvin. French Lick; Daniel Lej.Jv. Tocsin: Johu A. Marklcy, Richmond; Robert JIazingo, Worthlntrton. William H. Landrctb, Georgia; Georgo Wolf. j auju. i-itaiu ioiiwm, uriensiuir; llliaiu II. Jordan, Bourbon; Eliha D. Turner, Na.-sli-ille: Geor?e Corbln, Holtou; Frauds 31. Hancock, Elrod; Martin V. Williams, fsiar Creek; Coleman L. Butcher, Hartford City; Authouy Eosenbarsrer, Veedmburg; Jehu Pmkett, NewtonvllJe; Will Harris, Conner ville; Arthur Deeter, Terru Haute; James 31.

Increase Gnsham Nonis, bvotuimrg; Henry J. Burton, Elkhart; John V. Wilder, fit. Paul; I?aao 31. Gray. Madison: Adam Ilelf.Terr Ifanfr

Irwin. Union City: Christopher C. Troy, Miller Corner. David Huiith, Lafayette; Cornelius frpauhlinsr. alem; Johnson Wilcoxwm. Jefferonvllle; David Waddle. IMruV-eye; Baniuel II. Wheeler, Montezuma; John Y. Young, hurvant; Abraham Daniel, fcwayzee: Georjre Ilanuen, Cherubusco; James J. rhllllps. Grcencastle; A bi am s. Heel, Vtncennes; Charles W. fcayJe, Angola: John Atchison, Huron: Henry K. Jenkins. Leavenworth; William R. Frather. alias Charles W. Prattler, North Vernon: Agrippa Fcott. Richmond; John II. Schott. Lochiel: Lcander Davis, Fontauet; George L. Rrunenier, Whitriand. Kei.vue and Increase Andrew n. Simpson, Palmyra. -4 Itci-vsae narvey K. Johnson, Logansport; Samuel Walker, Chestnut Hill; Thomas J. Combs, (dr ceased), Troy; John 8. Braytield. Evansville; Thomas N. Russell, Rexvlllc; John Gaiiimore, E win sr. Original Widows, etc. Minor of Rocert Spoor, Noblesville; Mary J., widow of Thomas J. Coombs, Troy; Mary H., widow of Francis Farrail, Peru. TO RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS. Original Invalid Richard S. Hicks, Marengo; William T. jjnes, Enrlewood: Emanuel lierry, Canui; John O. Harris. Mattoon; Lewis F. Reck, Irving: Henry Hurst. Peoria; Cyrus Rowen. Sidney; Henry Ballard, Rossville; Germ Klein. Moro; Russell R. Ward, Rardin. Restoration William JL Gale, Montclarc lDiTea.se James M. Swales, Jacksonville: Jacob A. Schmitt, Emma; Lorenzo D. Hayues, Kinard: William M. Rly, fctillruan Valley; William H. Moore, 31 e Leans bow; James Webber, Fumnen A. Namernam, Hamilton; Francis Powell, Danville; WiUain Sisson. Lena: Washington Sanford, Caey; Samuel L. Mopps, Paris; Jonathan I Wallace, bnmerset; Doctor Turpin, Oreana; Ilirani. Langston, Anna; Francis 31. Peoples (deceased), Centralia; Nelson Liggett, Glenburn; David Perrine, Newton; Obediah Hanner, Hillsborough; Thomas Taylor, Keithsburg; Anderson G. Pulley, Marlon; Candy PriUhani. Fisher; Zimri Willard, 8t. Charles; Henry Tinsley, Fountain Bluff; Larken Lane, Ash; J. C. Hchoticld. Normal. Reissue William II. Rogers, Farina; Joe 8. Wareham, Oregon. Reissue and Increase Wesley J. Powers, St. Charles. MINOR MATTERS.

District Attorney at Pittsburg Instructed to l'roceed Against Imported Glass-LJlowers. Washington, Nov. 15. As a result of several conferences of Attorney-general Miller, Secretary Windom and Solicitor Hepburn in regard to the case of the twenty-live English glass-blowers employed at tho establishment of Chambers, McKee fc Co., of J eannette. Pa., the first-named to-day referred all the papers in the case to United States District Attorney Lyons, at Pittsburg, with instructions to proceed against the linn named and those officers of tho local assembly of glass-blowers who were instrumental in bringing the English laborers to this country, provided he is satisfied that suits can be maintained against them under the provisious of the alien-contract-labor law. The question as to the return of the imported laborers, it is understood, will not bo acted upon until after the legal questions involved in the civil suits shall have been determined. Solicitor Hepburn has given an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury that the law was violated in this case, and that the department has ample authority to send the imported glass-blowers back to England. The President Kills Seven Ducks. Chase, Md., Nov. 14. President Harrison remained all day at Bengie's Point, where he is the guest of the Bengie Point Ducking Club. The wind was very unfavorable to good shooting there throughout the day, but thb President remained at his post in the shooting blind from 5 o'clock in the morning until 11:S0. During that time live ducks alighted, and the President killed three at . one shot, tho t wo others being bagged by ' General Sewell and E. C. Knight. At 2&0 p. M. the gunners returned to tho blinds, remaining until nightfall. The President's record lor the day was seven ducks at four shots. The President will leave for Washington about 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. He is in excellent health and spirits, and has a regular hunter's appetite. Judge IJeuck's Resignation. Special the IndianipoUs Journal. Washington Nov. 15. Judge S. F. Heuck, chief of the law and miscellaneous division, Second Comptroller's office, Treasury Department, has resigned, to take effect on- the 1st prox. The Judge is an able and a deservedly popular official, a red-hot Democrat from wayback, and it is understood that his retirement is of his own free will anil accord, for the purpose of resum ing the practice ol law at his old home in Fort Wayne. His successor will be Frank Swigart, of Logansport. Judge Heuck will leave for his home via Pennsylvania, where he will stop a while to-morrow night. He has been given fifteen days' leave, with pay. The Posey-Parrett Contest. Fpecial to tho TndUnaoolis Journal, Washington, Nov. 15. Congressmenelect Martin and Parrett, and also the successor to Colonel Matson, are here. Mr. Parrett has filed with tho Clerk of tho House, through his attorneys, Alexander, Gilchrist &, Currant, an answer to Judge Posey's grounds of contest. Ho contends that the students at the St. Meinrad Seniiuary had a right to vote, since when students enter the institution they renounce all allegiance, even that of home, and tho seminary becomes their home. General Notes. 8pcil to the ImllanaiHJlia Journal. Washington, Nov. 15. Fourth-class postmasters wero to-day appointed for Indiana as follows: Keutland, Newton county, John French, vice J. I). Cheseborough, removed: Merrillville, Lako country, Wuu Hyde, vice Sidney Pierce, removed. To-day's bond offerings and acceptances wero: Registered fours, $S2.S50 at $1.27: registered four-and-a-haifs 52,000 and $5,000 at $l.or3.i. Ex-County Commissioner C. F. Alexander, of Spartansburg, Kandolph county, is here, the guest of Maj, J, H. Stine, formerly of Union City, now of the Treasnry Department. Congressman M. 31. Boothman. of Ohio, has arrived in this city, and is at the National. He has rented Postmaster Dalton's house for the season, and will move into it about a week before the meeting of Congress. The Governor-elect of Ohio and Mrs. Jas. E. Campbell, accompanied by Mis3 Mollio Owen, will visit this city at an early day. The inauguration of Air. Campbell, at Columbus, takes place in January. Postmasters have been appointed at new offices in Indiana as follows: Jas. W. Cunningham. Oldtown, Jackson county; Amos King. Whittington, Bartholomew county. Mrs. Harrison gavo a special reception this afternoon to Miss Juch, the opera artist, who was accompanied by her mother and Mr. C. E. Locke. Knssell 1$. Harrison arrived in Washington to-day. Ho will remain now a day or two only, but will return next week for a stay of some length. Hnstness Embarrassments. IIazleihtrst, Miss., Nov. 15. G. W. 3Iiller, merchant, of Crystal Springs, has assigned. Liabilities, 50.000; assets. S40.000. Albany. N. Y.. Nov. 15. James Moir. a lnmber-dealer of this city, has made a general assignment to W. J. Eaton in favor of his creditors. The liabilities aro about $50,000; assets unknown. Ronton". Nov. 15. Noves. CoLh Sr. f paintings, engravings, etc.. No. 75 Roylstou street, have assigned to . &. liianchard for the benefit of their creditors. It is understood that tho close relations of the firm with Blakeslee & Co., of New York, led to the assignment. Hklkna, Mont, Nov. 15. Benjamin H. Tattem, machinist and proprietor of the Helena iron-works, made a voluntary assignment yesterday for the benefit of his creditors. The assets are 50.000, consisting of machinery, building and stock. The liabilities will reach ?(V,000. Montreal, Nov. 15. A. W. 3Iorris A Bro.. proprietors of the J. A. Converse plaster and cordage-works, of this city, have been compelled to seek the indulgence of their creditors. The firm is an old" one,having been in existence for about eighty years. It is impossiblo to estjmato the liabilities, but they will reach, if not exceed, 1,100,000. . Mysterious Suicide at St. Louis. St. Louis, Nov. 15. About 10 o'clock tonight the body of a woman, well dressed, and with every appearance of belonging to tho best class of ocicty, was found at "the entrance of Shaw's Garden. The woman had a bullet-hole through her head. It is a case of supposed suicide. So far there is no clew to her identity, except a ring with tho letter "IL" b

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Centennial Birthday of a Terre Haute Pioneer Celebrated Yesterday. Queer Case at Spencer Elkhart Schools Closed by Diphtheria Forgeries Committed by a Boy of Thirteen. INDIANA. A Veteran of the War of 1812 Celebrates His Centennial Birthday. ' Special to the Indianaitolis Journal Terre Haute, Nov. 15. Mr. John Dawson, who was born one hundred years ago to-day, was fully equal to the excitement and fatigue of a large reception this afternoon. A few weeks ago "Aunty" Baldy celebrated her centennial birthday, and held a general reception for old citizens who in childhood knew her as an old resident. She had not known of the existence of a relative in fifty years. Mr. Dawson, on the contrary, has many relatives, and, in connection with the reception to-day, thero was a happy family reunion. He lives with one of his daughters, Mrs. Martha Douglass. Ho weighs 118 pounds, and moves about with ease. His mind is perfectly cloar, and he talks politics with the zest of a first voter. Last fall he was the attractive feature of the big Kepublican parade here. He was born in Statlord county, Virginia. He was tho son of George and Nancy Dawson, and one of five children, of wfioin nono are living except himself. A number of Washington's relatives lived in the same county, aud he as personally acquainted with them. When he was seventeen years of age. in the fall of 1800. hia parents decided to remove to Kentucky. Tho trip of 700 miles was made under great hardships. When twenty years of age he was married to Miss Sarah Robinson, who died a few years afterward, leaving a son and daughter. In 1812 he went to the war, and marched to Canada. After the war he returned to his trade as a cooper, and soon afterward married Miss Lucetta Bridewell. Two years later they moved to Lawrence county, in this State. He relates many stories of his hunting experiences in those early days of Indiana when big game was plentiful. He became a school-teacher, and during the next forty years he taught school in a half-dozen counties in the State. He had fifteen children by his second wife, of whota four aro now living. His wife died in 1872. Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren there is a large number. Some of the latter aro not known, their parents having moved to distant parts of the country. As nearly as can be estimated thero are thirty grandchildren. sixt3'-four great-grandchildren, and seveu great-great-grandchildren. Peculiar Cave at Spencer. Spencer, Nov. 15. A curious cave was discovered near this city b3' II. H. Strum, of Indianapolis, anil Richard Pinker, of this city, who explored it Wednesday night. The entrance is a hole 20 feet deep and about 3 feet in diameter. At the bottom begins a narrow and steep passage, running northeast about S5 feet. At the end of this passage was a step-off of about 5 feet, and immediately to the left was a chamber about 8 feet in diameter, the walls rising gradually in the form of a cone, meeting at a point overhead SO feet from the floor. . The walls were hung with numerous stone pendants, water at the time dripping down. A passage-way, 18 inches wide and 10 feet long, led from this opening toward the northwest to another chamber similar to the first, but about Vt) feet high. A passageway then brought the party into still another room, it being a little smaller then the first. From this a narrow aisle, CO fe'et long and 7 feet high, led northwest to a very small opening, or man-hole, through which tho reporter crawled with a lamp, and found that the passage was blocked by a large quantity of sand and debris, brought by tho rains that pour at times down the whole cave. At the end of this last passage there led off two openings, about as large as a stove-pipe. Stamping on the ground brought out the fact that a chamber was at some place under this last passage. This week a hole will be drilled to find if such a cavity exists, and also the entrance will be enlarged, makipg it easier of access. . Robbed an Aged Farmer. fpecl&l ta tli lii(V.anaiK)lis Journal. Tipton, Nov. 15. At a late hour last night officers Miller and Maulden, of the night force, arrested Charles Booth, Mao Driver and a man named Harbit on the strength of a warrant sworn out by Marion Lynch, an aged : farmer, living in this county, charging tho three men with robbing him of 8500. : Booth is a saloon-keeper at Atlanta, five miles south of here, and the other two are residents of tho same place. The four men wero in Tipton last night aud made the rounds of the saloons, after which one of the party accompanied Lynch to tho hotel. Lynch claims tho men "held him up" for his wealth, and when the accused were arrested S4C3 in money was found on them. A preliminary hearing was had before 'Squire J. M. Smith, and the three men were held in 1,500 bonds to appear next Thursday. Bond was furnished. Thinks He W1U He Enslaved Again. EDecial to the Iii(JanMolU Journal. Logansport, Nov. 15. A strange and 'novel case of insanity has been developed in this city. King Stewart, a colored man about seventy years old, who has resided in the city about a quarter of a centnry, called at tho residence of .State Senator Shroycr this morning, at 8 o'clock, and said to the Senator that the Governor of Ken- . tucky and a posso of slave-hunters were after him with the intention of dragging him back to slavery, and begged that he be protected. Senator Whroyer took him in. but in a short while tho deluded colored man claimed that he had received a 6ecret warning b3 thte way of a "telephono plauted in his luugs" that the house of Senator Shro'er would bo bombarded and he would be captured and returned to. slavery. lie has been taken to tho Insane-Hospital. Forgeries by a Hoy of Thirteen Years. 8ieclal to the Iurtiaii&pous Journal. Bloomington, Nov. 15. A youthful forger was discovered hero to-day who has been victimizing the First National Bank for the past three months. The boy's name is Otis Bruison, and he is less than fourteen years old. In September last ho presented a check for a small amount signed by Dodds A: Co., and since that date has been repeating the work until he had drawn about -$250. when the discovery was accidentally made. His method was to get Dodds to fill out blank checks, as he said his father would use them. Then tho lad forged tho DoddsiVCo. name. The bank was deceived by the fact that the body of the check was correct. The boy is now in jail, and says that he divided the money with a colored boy about the same ago. Diphtheria Epidemic at Elkhart. Epeclal to the IuliauanoUs Journal. Elkhart, Nov. 15. Diphtheria has become so prevalent here that all the city schools have been closed indefinitely. 3Iany deaths have occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Bullock, alone, and in a few days, lost all their children, four in number, while four other members of the family are very ill from the same disease. Several other deaths havo occurred, and many others are sick. The authorities have taken the matter in hand, and are making a strong eff ort to eradicate the contagion. Attempted to End His Misery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Corypon, Nov. 15. Charles Bean went from this place to Leavenworth yesterday, and was found at 1 o'clock last night in a ravine, near Leavenworth, with a bullet hole in his head. He was taken to a hotel and regained consciousness this morning, when he

stated, that he had shot himself with suicidal intent. He had gone to Leavenworth with the expectation .of securing a position on Captain Hardwick's fiect vf llatboats. but was refused work on account of his being intoxicated. The physicians say that he cannot live. He is about thirty years of age and has a wife at this place. Killed In a Kan away. E2eclal to the Intil&n&Dotla Journal. Shoals, Nov. 15, Yesterday morning Thomas Pay ton, a 3roung farmer of this county, was riding to his work, when his horso became frightened and ran away with him, running against a barbed-wire, fence with such force as to throw the rider some distance beyond the fence. The horse, turning a complete somersault, fell upon him, crushing him so terribb that he died of his injuries to-day. Successful Temperance Meetings. ppfH-lal to the IiidJauapolU Journal. Noblesville, Nov. 15. William J. Murphy, the gosDel temperance evangelist, began a series of non-partisan gospel temperance meetings at the M.E. Church last evening. The church was crowded and much interest manifested in the work. About three hundred persons signed tho pledge. The' meetings will hereafter bo held at the opera-house, as increased seating capacity is needed. Heavy Shipment of Cattle. Ppecial to the Indianapolis Journal Greencastle, Nov. 15. Thirty-six carloads of cattle were shipped from this city to-day, tho average weight of the beeves being 1,650 pounds. They -are destined for tho European market. W. R. Grogan& Son were the purchasers. The cargo will go over the Vandalia, O., I. & W. and Nickel-plato roads to New York, andthenco to Liverpool. Prominent People Under Arrest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayse, Nov. 15. William Rockhill, postmaster of Areola, and Geo. Freese and Frank Keel, of this city, were arrested to-day bv Deputy United States Marshal Robert Hanna on a charge of violation of the internal revenue law. It is understood that the violation is a technical one. Tho men were released on bail.

A Farmer Cuts His Throat. Fpecll to the Indianapolis JournaL ' Terre Haute, Nov. 15. Samuel Blair, a farmer, aged thirty-five, in very good circumstances, cut his throat at his home, south of the city. When found he was alive, but died in a few hours. A land suit gave him much trouble, and, it is thought, led to the suicide. Minor Note. G. E. M. Liston. of Jefiersonville, aged thirty-nine yeare. died yesterday morning from an attack of paralysis. Burglars raided the general store of L. F. Williams, at Centreville, on Thursday night, aud secured goods to the value of 50. Al Groves and Charles Cannon were indicted by the Perry county grand jury for the murder of Thomas Bryant five years ago. A syndicate, headed by Frank Prox and John F. Brinkman. has purchased the Phceuix factory, at Terre Haute, for something over C0,O00. Gen. J. B. Weaver, of Iowa, Democratic Greenbacker, spoke to a fair sized audience in Martinsville, Thursday, on the subject of "Money Reform." Bert Perin, of Columbus, Fayette county, has been appointed a railwav mail clerk to run over the Vandalia line between Indianapolis and St. Louis. II. A. Smock, formerly one of the proErietors of the Republican, of Martinsville, as just departed for Oklahoma, where he will embark in the newspaper business. Geo. W. Mayfield, of Spencer, an I. fc V, railway bridge carpenter, lost part of his riffht hand, yesterday, while working on a bridge near Mooresville. His hand was caught in a pully. The Studebaker wagon-works at South Bend are 150 car-loads behind orders, and the factory is crowded to its utmost. It will bo enlarged so as to give a capacity of 50,000 wagons per year. A poultry-breeders' association has been organized at Peru, with the following officers: President, A. 31. Fox; vice-president, John Champ; secretary, J. W. Pierce; treasurer, j onn jjetzner. Henry S. Curry, of Shelbyville. was thrown from a buggy in a runaway accident and struck against a barbed-wire fence. His llesh was badly lacerated, and an arm and leg were broken. Daniel Shea, the blacksmith who dealt the blow that resulted in the death of hia helper, Albert Schaeffer. at Jefiersonville, was yesterday bound over to tho court in tho sum of $1,000 on the charge of manslaughter. Jacob Ford, watchman at the Air-line tunnel, near Edwardsville, Floyd county, was struck on the head Wednesday by ' a large lump of coal that was jostled from a passing train, and suffered injuries that may prove fatal. The first stone for the first pier of the new bridge between Jelfersonvillo and Louisville was laid yesterday morning. The bridge will be of iron, will be 3,050 feet in length, and will have three channel spans of 550 feet each. Over 100,000 barrels of apples were shipped from New Albany during the season, which is about over. The growers received an average of lper barrel for tho fruit, bringing to the owners of the orchards on the barren hillsides over 100.000. A public meeting wa held at Charlestown last night to take steps toward defeating tho granting of a liquor license to any one in Charlestown township. It is said that feeling is runuing very high over the matter in the quiet little town. The Rockport Gas and 3iineral Company yesterday let the contract for boring for gas to Akerly, Samuels, Perriu & Co., of Louisville, Ky., who are now boring in several neighboring Kentucky cities. The well is to be 2,000 feet deep and cost 4,000. There will be a special meeting of the Southern Indiana Editorial Association in New Albany on Dec. 3. It is expected that about fifty members of the association will be present, and arrangements have been made for their entertainment at the Windsor Hotel. At a meeting of the Grecnsburg City Council last night, by a tie vote, with Mayor Dunn deciding in tho affirmative, the proposition of the City Gas Company to put m an electric light plant to light the city was accepted. There are to Jje put up forty streeet lights, for which the cit3r is to pay $S0 per light per annum for five 3'ears. A peculiai accident occurred at Milton Hoover's saw-mill, at Martinsville, a few da3's ago. The large driving-belt suddenly broke into two pieces, and a piece about two feet loug struck the foreman, James M. Adkins, in the face, knocking him down and badly bruising his face. One 6ide of his mustache was torn out. Connersville has a mystery in the person of a ghostly woman who parades the streets accosting women and children at night. The person is apparently a 3oung woman of about twenty, of slight stature, and dressed in plain black costume, wearing her hair braided down her back. She appears veiled, sometimes with a white and again with a black veil. The Harrison County Agricultural Society has elected tho following officers: President, James W. McKinster; vice-president, Wm. R. Shuck; secretary, T. S. Getzendanner: treasurer, Ainos Lcmmon; directors. Reed Sharp, R. B. Ludlow. I. F. Pittman, J. P. Farnesley. J. A. Harbison, H. B. Utz, S. T. Wolfe, John McRea, H. Smith, Levi Hottell, Philip Bent and Cornelius Crabill. Thomas Piercy, once a prominent manufacturer of Anderson, is slowly dying in a hovel or dug-out near that city. His case has been submitted to the authorities, but as yet they have failed to provide for tho sick man. Seventeen 3'ears ago he conducted a cooper-shop on a large scale. Suddenly his wife left him, and never returned. He brooded over her disappearance to such an extent that his mind soon gave way, and ho became a harmless idiot, roviug aboutthe countn, winter and summer, subsisting on whatever he could obtain from the pcoplo. The district convention of Good Templars, which has been in session at Crawfordsville, adjourned Thursday sight. The following officers were elected: George i . White, of Smarthburg, W. C.T.; Mrs. fcarah Stotter, of Frankfort, W. V. T.: Rev. E. R. Johnson, of Crawfordsville, W. C; Mr. White, of Motion, secretary; Mrs. Dr. Griffith, of Crawfordsville, superintendent of Juvenile Templars. .The next convention

will be held'at Frankfort, commenciugon the second Monday in February, and continuing three days. ILLINOIS.

Murder Resulting from a Quarrel for Place In a Quadrille. Eneclal to the IndlanapoU Journal. Hanover, Nov. 15. A terrible murder occurred last ni?ht at this place. A dance was in progress at tho house of a man named .Harris. There were more guests than room, and a dispute arose 'for precedence on the floor between Calvin Young and William Murph3. Word came to blows, when Young drew a Jtnife and plunged'it into Murphy's heart. The latter died in a few moments. .Young was arrested and taken to tho Galena jail. Tho murderer is fifty years old, has a family, and is a farmer. Murphy was unmarried, and was thirty years' old. Ilrlef Mention. Elish B. Powell, a prominent citizen of Weston, McLean county, fell dead at noon yestcrda3'. The Second Congregational Church of Rockford has decided to build a new house of worship at a cost of 100.000. Jacies McKinney, employed at Louden's saw-mill, fifteen ''miles from Anna, was caught b3' a belt and horribly mangled. He will die. Squire Pinkham, of East Peoria, aged eight3'-fonr, was horribby bitten on tho arms and hands by a mad dog. .Several dogs, hogs and cows were also bitten. Frank Wacaser, of Champaign, was on Thursday refused a new trial for the killing of John Cline. Saturday night Wacaser was sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiar3'. Anna Ta3lor, tho young girl tried . at Bloomington for murdering her babe, was acquitted yesterday, the jury returning a verdict that she was insane at the time she committed the act. The Fifth Regiment, Illinois National Guards, will visit the battle-field of Gettysburg, going by special train to Philadelphia, thence to New York and Baltimore, uud then to Gettysburg, where the monnmeuts erected to the Illinois soldiers will bo dedicated. Th'e merchants and business men of Monticello have organized a mercantile association for mutual protection, a branch of the Chicago Mercantile Agency. Hon. W. E. Smith was elected president, and W. S. Rigley treasurer and secretary. The executive board consists of Hon. Julius A. Brown, M. H. Wilson and W. C. Handlin. Frank Dutcher escaped from the Elgin asylum, Thursday evening, by wrenching the iron bars from the window of his room and lowering himself to the ground. This is the third time Dutcher has escaped from Elgin, and each time he goes to some point where he is not known, commits a burglary and is sent back to prison under a new sentence, and is soon afterward again sent to the asylum as an incurable insane person.' , ' TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Tho fast mail service overland from the East to the Pacific coast was inaugurated yesterday. John McCormack, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been sent to prison for six months for biting the head off a live duck. A national Men's Christian Temperance Union is talked of by temperance workers in many of the Northern States. Thursday night, at Ophir, U. T., Charles Wyman shot and killed James Kelly. Trouble grew out of a lawsuit for 1.50, begun a month ago. Miss Adeline Hord, aged twenty, daughter of the richest man in Flemingsburg, Ky., took a dose of morphine with suicidal intent, Thursday, and died yesterday. The spotted fever scourge which raged in Webster county, Kentucky, last winter, with such fatal effects, has made its appearance there again, and many people aro deserting their homes. Jas. D. Leary, the builder of the famous Joggins raft of logs that caused so much alarm along the Atlantic coast a year or two ago, is going to build another. It will be launched in a New Brunswick bay. J. Gore, of Portland, Ore., a Chinese gambler, slipped into New York a few aays ago, and formed the acquaintance of several rich men of his race, who were fond of playing American poker. In one night J. Gore won all their money, and then quietly left the city. His favorite hand was four aces and a king. Mrs. Guttenberg, of Brooklyn, who is alleged to have advised a young man named Jacob Glencklich, of Hoboken, N. J., to commit suicide because he grieved over the the loss of 9,000 stolen by the woman's husband, has been charged with furnishing the poison whereby the young man ended his life. The coroner's jury has ordered her arrest. It is said that Sister Catharine, nee Miss Kate Drexel. will soon start a new Catholic order. It will be distinctly American, and will be devoted to missionary and charitable work. She will build and endow a home for tho new order somewhere in the see of Omaha. The habit to be worn by the sisters will consist of a short veil and a shorter dress than that of the Order of Mercy. The members will do domestic work in addition to teaching Indians. DAILY WEATHER BULLETLN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 p. m., Nov. 1C Fair weather. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, Nov. 158. p. m. Forecast till 8 p. M. Saturday: For Ohio and Indiana Fair, clearing in northern Ohio; no change in temperature; variable winds. For Michigan Fair, clearing in upper Michigan; warmer; variable winds, becoming southeaserl3'. For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri Fair, followed by rain in southern Missouri; warmer; variable winds. For Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota Fair; warmer; southerly winds. For Nebraska, Kansas and ColoradoFair; warmer; southerly winds. Local Weather Report. Indianapolis, Nov. 15.

'lime. liar. Ther. 11. 11. Wimt. Wcatlier. Pre. 7a.m. 30.43 30 79 West. Cloudless. 7TT7T 7 r. M. 30.50 39 52 N'e't. Cloudy.

Maximum thermometer, 44; minimum thermometer, 30. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on Nov. 15: Tem. Free. Normal 40 Q.13 Mean 37 O.OO Departure from normal 3 ).13 Excess or deficiency since Nov. 1 . .. 20 0.50 Excess or' deficiency since Jan. 1.. 31 7.05 Plus. General Weather Conditions. FRinAY. Nov. 15, 7 P. M. Pressure. High barometers with increased pressure continued everywhere, the highest r).5Q is reported from Nebraska; a narrow high ridge of S0.50 extends from Indiana westward to Utah; in the extreme northwest, in British America, a low area is moving eastward; the lowest reported is 29.72 at Calgar3 Temperature. The coldest reported tonight is 8, at Morehead, Minn.; from the lower lakes, Michigan, Wisconsin, northern Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado, 30 and below; 40 and above from central Texas, southern Missouri, the Ohio valley and Virginia southward: 50 and above from the gulf coast and the Atlantic coast from South Carolina southward. Precipitation. Light snow has fallen in northern Texas, northern Minnesota, near Lake Superior, on the west shore of Lake Michigan and the lower lakes; light rain on the gulf coast in Texas. Jeff Davis's Health. New Orleans, Nov. 15. Mr. Jefferson Davis is a passenger on the steamer Leathers. She passed Bayou Sara at 6 p. m. and will arrive here at noon to-morrow, lie is only suffering from general debility. Altogether Excusable. AC Louis Globe-Democrat. The Iowa Democrats cannot be blamed for their hilarity over the electiou of Boies to the povemorship. They will scarcely have another chance to do ati3' shouting until about 1015 or ll20. Tjo you fcuftVr with catarrh I You can be cured if you take Hood's Harpaparilla, tho great blood paritier. bold by all druggists.

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