Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1890 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1890.

has voted the ticket of any other party. The official before whom the preliminary investigation was made yesterday is John P. ThistlethwaHe. the democratic Mayor of Richmond. Mr. Jackson furthermore made a careiul inquiry and satisfied himself that there was not a particle of political animosity in the case; that it was simply a sincere and determined effort on Hanson's part to bring to justice the rneu re-; BDonsible for and accessory to Blount's murder. This was Hannon's sole inspiration and motive. The Ma3'or?s office in the city building was th6 scene of the investigation, Mr. 'lenipler being present in the capacity of deputy to the prosecuting attorney. ilis presence was deemed desirable because of hismtimato knowledge of the circumstances attending Blount's death. Dr. Edward F. Wells, superintendent of the Kichmond hospital, was the lirst witness summoned, and his examination occupied over three hours. The investigation began at 10 a. m., and shortly atter 1 p. m. proceedings were suspended long enough to allow the four gentlemen to get some lunch. When Dr. Wells emerged from the Mayor's office he was visibly nervous, and when the Journal correspondent began a little additional inquisitorial work ou his own account the Doctor hesitated and asked for tilteen minutes' grace. He hurried down street, and. returning in a short time, he was approached again by the correspondent. A question concerning the condition of Blount's body, and to what extent the examination at the hospital had revealed his injuries, caused the Doctor to say that ho had been examined by a legal process, and had no wish to say more than he had already said to the reporters. DR. WELLS S STATEMENT. The statement made by the latter was as follows: Thomas J. Blount was admitted here Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1S90, and died about midnight of Monday, Sert. J9, lbOO. He was comparatively quiet on entering the hospital, but soon became very boisterous. I saw hiin the same afternoon he was admitted and found him very weak, unsteady on his lega, loquacious and with a coated tongue. He became more and more boisterous, his appetite failed him and he could not sleep of nights. On Wednesday nitcht a sleeping draught was piven him, with but little effect, and the same was ordered for Thursday nignt On Thnrsday evening, about 9 o'clock, the attendant of the ward, Charles Tompkins, reported to Dr. Druley that Mr. Blount was not being affected by the medicine, and that the quantity they had on hands would probably not be sufficient. The sleeping drausrht was a solution of bromide of jotassiuin. Dr. Druley then came and consulted me on the advisability of Injecting morphia. I accompanied him to the ward, found Mr. Blount in bed, Mr. I. A. Wood, the night attendant, holding his arms across his breast. Ir. Blount was complaining that the attendant had ued him ungentlemanl j, and saying he would not remain in bed; that he had better beds than thw at home, etc. Mr. Wood denied mistreating the patient. Friday Mr. Blount was given a bath by Mr. John Marsh, assistant Uar attendant. ho stated that lie found no bruises on the body at that time, except an old ouo on the lee:. baturday.during a temporary absence of the attendaut, Mr. Blount attempted to tret out of bed and was found on the floor. fcunday morning Ur. Patterson and myself visited him and found bis pulse full and bounding, making ninety-two beats per minute, -while his temperature was alout 1023. On making manipulations of the side, Dr. Patterson tLouzht Le detected crepitus, 1. c., a feeling of roughness, as though one bone were irrating against another, probably indicating a fracture of a rib. The chest was also extensively disoolored. He srew rapidly worse and died Mondar uight, about 12 o'clock. The case was immediately investigated, Sunday morning, after Hurting the evidence ot t-repitua and the discoloration of the chest, with the result above stated. And it was concluded, following his 'subsequent death, that his death was caused by inflammation of the lungs. WELLS GROWS MOKE EXPLICIT. Superintendent Wells also reviewed the history of Blount's brief life and tragic death at the hospital, stating that the pa tient was put in a single room because he was so boisterous, being placed in Ward D, on the second tloor, though he was changed to a lirst-iioor ward when it was found he was in a serious condition. The Doctor explained the system of registering patients at the hospital, how they were turned over to the attendants to be bathed and examined, and the plan of daily reports. He explicitly stated that there were daily report on tile of Blount's condition from Sept. 23 to tho time of his death. When examined upon his admission there were no bruises on Blount, ex:ept one on his leg, but his condition, according to the Doctor, was bad. and his chances boor for surviving more than one monh. Dr. Owen Druley was in charge of tho ward Blouut was in. bnt, being absent at the time. Dr. E. L. Patterson took his place. In spite of Dr. Welltt'a assurance that daily reports were kept on tile he took occasion to say, afterward, that the reports concerning Blount may not be ou file, ile also said he thought the dormitory in which Blount was . placed was unoccupied, which was not the case. He knew nothing of Hannon's being an eye-witness to brutality on the part of an attendant, but it may be remarked hero thatanothcr attendant, named Marsh, corroborated Hannon's statement of the tatter's standing in the dormitory during the time of the assault. When questioned as to Hannon's ability to observe and remember the Doctor admitted him to be in possession of those faculties and said he would certainly see a thing as it occurred, and that his reasoning powers alone were at fault. The additional fact that the Doctor signed his" discharge as 'cured" will make it difficult to impeach his testimony, provided the effort is made. Dr. Wells testified that he called the attention of Blount's father to the discoloration in the side, but the latter denies this assertion. SIGNIFICANT POINT8. It is a significant fact that neither in Dr. Druley' certificate of death, on which the burial certificate was, of course, issued, nor in any statement to Blount's relatives, was any cause assigned for his death other than that of pneumonia. It will be noted that "asphyxia" was the cause entered on the big books at the asylum. Concerning the discovery of a fracture in the examination of Blount's body at the institution. Dr. Wells testified that crepitus might indicate a fracture, when all doctor's know there is no "might" about it that it is a certain indication. In reference to notifying the family of tho deceased. The Doctor said that Druley wrote Mrs. Blount and then telegraphed her. saying her husband was in a critical condition; that he again telegraphed her Monday morning, when the father came. Although he should have known full well the importance of holding the accused attendant until an investigation could he made. Dr. Wells let him go, after a . weak effort to have him remain. He testified on this subject that, upon finding Blount in such serious shape he sent another attendant, named Michael CShea.

to assist Wood. The latter then asked if he should consider himself relieved from duty, and whether the Doctor held him responsible for Blount's condition. To this. Dr. Wells replied that Blount was a natient with marks of lniurv on him and liable to die, and that he (Wells) was ques tioning him for information. Wood an peared satisfied, but came to him again . Monday morning and informed him thathe was going away. Dr. Wells replied that ho had better await the investigation. but Wood insisted on going, saying he could be found at Logan sport when wanted. He then asked for his money, was paid oil, receiving 'J0.50, and departed. According to Dr. Wells, Dr. Patterson remarked, Monday, that he was not certain whether or not mount s ribs were broken. The superintendent must have bad some idea of calling for a coroner's inquest, but. unfortunately for the good name of the institution, he hesitated, con suited the statutes and was lost, for he said, after looking the laws over, be didn't think it necessary to summon the coroner. Dr. Patterson resigned on Oct. 15 and returned to his home in Metauiora. This fact is significant in view of the after developments, yet there are many people in Kichmond who aro slow to believe his resignation due to Blount's death. It is either a case of utter unfitness or of criminal negligence, for be it remembered that Dr. Wells failed to farther investigate tho condition of the body, even after bis attention was directed to the evidences of a fracture. Most of the afternoon yesterday was spent by the prosecuting attorney and Mr. lenipler at the asylum, but little progress was made in the investigation for ouie reason or other. Mr. Kooutz, president, and Pierre Gray, attorney of the. board of trustees, arrived just beforo the qnartet left for the institution, and accompanied them. Dr. Wells had telegraphed

for Mr. Gray, while Koontz came for n ad-

i'ourned meeting of the board to-day. Joth gentlemen said the trus tees desired a searching . investigation that tho responsibility might be placed just where it belonged. They further naid tne uoarti wonia lane immeuiaxe action iu the matter. It is somethtngnnusnal to have a special grand jury summoned, but it had to be don or the case would have gone over until the November term. The grand jnry will meet to-day and begin the exam ination of witnesses. Last evening Prosecuting Attorney Jack son received a telegram in answer to one sent to the Logansport authorities, to arrest Wood, stating that the man was under arrest, and had asked to know the charge against him. Chief Bennett, of Kichmond, was sent after him, and tho reply returued that Wood was wanted for murder. The latter was working in a bakery at the Northern asylum, and his whereabouts ;was known, from the fact that he had written within a few days to a female employe at the Kichmond hospital. Wood is said to bo a well-built man of about twenty-five years of age, live feet hix inches high, and bore a good reputation prior to this trouble, lie denies stniving, kicking or abusing Blount in any way. Superintendent Wells began the practice of medicine in Ohio, subsequently removing to Chicago, where he remained until 188, when he made bis appearance at Shel by vi lie, Ind.. where he is alleged to nave announced his arrival by methods 3ot countenanced by regular practitioners. Wood Placed Under Arrest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LoGAsroRT, Ind.. Oct. 27. J. A. Woods was arrested in this city this evening for the murder of lawyer Blount, in the Indiana Insane Asylum, at Rich mond. Wood was employed in the Logansport Asylum from November last to July, when he left and found other employment in the city. About six weeksagobewentto Richmond andwas em ployed there as an attendant in thehospital for the losane. Ou the 1st of October he returned to Logansport, and has since lived here. - When arrested he expressed much surprise, and stated that Blount was brought to the hospital while he was an attendant, and was alive when he left. He was arrested on a telegram from Hichmond, and officers will reach here at midnight to take him to that city. Indignation at New Castle. 8pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Nkw Castle, Ind., Oct. 27. When the news of the inhuman treatment of Jay Blount, at the Eastern Hospital for Insane, resulting in his death, became known here to-day, it created . a perfect whirlwind of indignation, and the excitement became so great that when a few indignant individuals asked for men to go with them to help oust the management of the malodorous institution by main force and put decent people in chargo.thore was no lack of volunteers. Bettercounsel prevailed, however, and justice will ho allowed to take its course. Mr. Blount was well knownMiere, and those who knew him best pitied him most in his great misfortune. The affair is the talk of the community, and everybody joins iu the demand for, a change in the management of the institution. TEAM KECORD AGAIN LOWERED. ISelle Hamlin and Justina Cover a Mile at Independence, la., In 2:13. Independence, Ta., Oct. 27. The leading event to-day at the races here was the performance of the pole team Belle Hamlin and Justina. They were driven to-day by their old-trainer, W. J. Andrews, who handily took the laurels from their owner, Mr. - Hamlin. The team was started after one warming up mile. Down to tho half mile they were confronted with a strong head wind that perceptibly shortened their clip. The tirst quarter was made in o3y. In the half they shortened the gait a quarter of a second, making it in 1:003.4. On the third quarter Justina made a break, ;.and lost half a second. Up the stretch they came like the great thoroughbreds of Ben-Hur, and the earth trembled under their ponderous tread. At the distance flag Jnstinadonbled her shoe and broke again, but speedily squared herself and stopped the watches at the wiro at 2:13 Uat. beating their previous mark bjr a quarter of a 6econd. Many watches recorded 2:1234 on this heat, and it is safe to say but for Justina' accident the team would have made it iu half a second better. Mr. Andrews was overwhelmed with congratulations on his performance, but he bore his honors modestly. Nelson and Ills IJorses at Home. , Watekville, Me., Oct. 27. C. II. Nelson's string of horses, including the famous stallion Nelson, arrived to-day, ail in fine condition. i Tried to Restrain Cincinnati's Mayor. Cincinnati, Oct. 27. Contrary to general expectation, an application was made this afternoon for an injunction to restrain Mayor Mosby from appointing the members of the Board of City Affairs authorized by the act of the Legislature passed on Friday last. The application was made to Judge Hunt, of tho Superior Court, by Louis Keemelin, William Montgomery and Ed Dunham, of the Board of Public Improvements, which was abolished by the same act. The ground of the application is that the act of the Legislature was illegal aud void, because itis unconstitutional in beintr a special act conferring corporate powers,' and in that it limits the selection of the members to the two leading political parties. A temporary order was issued. Mayor Mosby said to-night that in the morning he would go ahead and appoint Messrs. Thomas G. Smith aud T. W. Uraydon. Bopublicans, and Messrs. Gustav Tafel aud May. Frehheimer, Democrats. Senator Sherman Talks to Ills Neighbors. Mansfield, O., Oct. 27. Senator Sherman was the central figure and principal speaker in the first Republican rally held in Memorial Opera-house to-night. An audience of about one thousand people greeted the Senator upon his first public appearance in his own city for many months. The Senator's speech, which was delivered in tbe conversational manner he always assumes while address ing his neighbors, touched upon all the congressional work done since tbe Republicans gained control of the governmental machinery. Speaker Reed and Major McKinley were praised for their work, and the mention of their names was the signal for outbursts of applause. The Senator dwelt longest upon the new tariff law and explained its salient points. A Revengeful Thief. Chicago, Oct. 27. An exciting incident took place on Wabash avenue to-night, in which the chiei participants were a noted thief named James Prenell, alias "Shauty," and Miss Alice Oakes, who resides with her parents at No. 525 on that avenue. A year ago Miss (Jakes, who is a handsome girl of about seventeen, was a witness against Prenell upon a charge of burglary, and upon her testimony he was given a year in the penitentiary. As he was being led away to the jail at the time he threatened to "get even" with her, and being released from bis confinement a few days ago. startout to-night to carry his threats into excution. He met the girl near her home and attempted to kill her with a knife, but her screams brought two detectives to her rescue. Prenell was arrested. Church University Hoard of Regents. Nkw York. Oct. 27. The annual meeting of tbe Churchy University Hoard of Kogents, which is the central educational board of the Protestant Episcopal Church, established by the unanimous action of the Episcopal convention last October, was held here to-day. President E. N. Potterythe advocate aud general secretary of tho board, presented hi annual report. Among the measures discussed and adopted was the proposed meeting of a general conference in this city next May, representing all the educators of tho Episcopal Church in the United States. ' mt Called to Their Door aud Shot. Oklahoma City, Oct. 27. John Weber and Henry Switzer, living at the same cabin on the line of their adjoining claims were called to their door last night by persons unknown and shot and killed. Their bodies were fouud this morning and brought to this place. It is supposed the murder was committed by contestants to their claims.

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Death-Bed Confession Brings to Light an Old Uurder in Brown County, Governor Hovey at NoblesYille Hand-Car Struck by a Train and Two Men Bad!y Injured Uninailalle Newspapers Seized. INDIANA. v An Old Harder in Brown County Revealed by a Death-Hed Confession. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Edinbckg, Oct. 27. About the year 1874 or 1S75, a stock-buyer named Jamison, from Ohio, made his appearance in Brown coun ty, and was known to carry big sums of money with him. He stopped at the residenco of one John Curry for. tbe night, aud seems to not have been seen or heard of afterward. His mysterious disappearance at the time created considerable stir and talk, as Curry, bore an unsavory reputation and was suspected of many lesser crimes. The matter of Jamison's disappearance soon blew over, however, and has been buried in profound silence ever since until a few days ago, when Wm. P. Taggart, who was brought to death's door, revealed the terrible secret which had been weighing on him foryears. Just about ten minutes before his death he stated to those about him thathe and Curry and another man had' murdered Jamison for his money, and diqL secure $1,800 cash oil his person. ' Uurry has been dead some six years, and the whereabouts of the other mau, if still living, are not stated. Taggart was a man who drank lots of whisky,, but was never suspected, and stood reasonably well with his neighbors. He was well known in that part of the country, and at that time was worth considerable money. He is well connected, and the matter of the revelation has been kept very quiet, but has crept out. Governor Hovey Attends a Camp-Flre. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Noulesville, Oct 27. A camp-tire was held at the opera-houBe in this city, tonight, under the auspices of Lookout Post, No. 133, G. A. It., the W. K. C. and Sons of .Veterans, participated in by members of these organizations throughout the county. The attendance was so great that tbjare were were a great many who could not gain admission. Addresses were delivered by Governor Hovey, Mrs. Agnes liitt, past department president of the W. 11. C. of Indiana, and several local speakers. Gov. Hovey. in the course of his remarks, said the only reason why the Union soldiers who fought in the war of the rebellion have not been given the same measure of pensions at the hands of Congress that has been given to all tbe surviving soldiers of all former wars is simply because the fSoutnern voters will not allow their members of Congress to vote for such relief for the federal soldiers, for the simple reason that the confederate soldiers cannot receive the same treatment at the hands of the Americau Congress. After the camp-fire Lookout Post gave a lunch in their post room to all visiting comrades. - . Democratic Love fur the Soldier. Special to the In dlanapolls Journal. Sueijbyvillk, Oct. 27. The last Legislature passed a law giving township trustees authority to appropriate a sum not exceeding $50 for the burial of Union., soldiers where the family have not sufficient means to defray the expenses of the interment. The intention of tbe law was to take tho burial out of the range of pauper funerals. 'This city has a Democratic township trustee, St. Clair Ensmiuger, who thinks $i0 is good enough for a soldier, aud has refused to give over that sum for tho burial of comrade Samuel Hill, a brave soldier who died a few weeks ago. His niggardly conduct is being severely, denounced by the soldiers of this county. This is but a sample of the Democratio love for the soldier all over the State. . Two Men Injured in a Collision. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Warsaw, Oct. 27. A passenger train on tbe Lei River division of the Wabash railroad, while rounding, a sharp curve in Jackson township, twelve miles southeast of this city, at an early hour this morning, struck a hand-car on which were live section men. All endeavored to jump before the engine struck the car, and three succeeded iu doing so and escaped with a few slight bruises, while the other two, Patrick Shea and Dennis O'Honlihan were serious ly injured, the latter's injuries being of an internal nature, and his recovery is doubtful. Hardships of the Anti-Lottery Law. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fokt Wayne, Oct. 27. The entire edition of the Fort Wayne Daily Journal ot yesterday was thrown out of the mails by Postmaster Higgins because the paper published an account of a Catholic church fair, which contained a list of the numbers which had drawn prizes. The Morning Gazette was also stopped because it contained a short item regarding the lottery of a sofa pillow for tho benefit of a poor family. Subsequently the objectionable article was cut out and the Gazette papers were rcmailed. . . , ' Suicide by Morphine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Oct. 27.- Some time this morning Joseph Dunfee, a peculiar sort of character, swallowed ten grains of morphine, and is now dying. He lost his wife some time ago, and his mind hasbeen unbalanced ever since. Two doctors have done their best ail day to keep him on this side of the grave, but have now given up all hopes of saving his life. Consignment of Opium Seized." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fokt Wayne, Oct. 27. A. F. Bolman, United States marshal, to-day seized a piece of frieght supposed to contain opium, at the Pittsburg freight-house in this city. The consignment came from Detroit and was directed to Denver. It was seized by orders of Kevenue Collector Butler. Ilrakeman Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shymour, Oct. 27. D. M. Bond, a brakeman on the Jeflersonville, Madison & Indianapolis local freight, was instantly killed here. at 1 o'lock to-day, while uncoupling cars. His foot was caught in a guard-rail, throwing him under the train. Bond resided in Jeffersonville and was married. Crashed by Falling Slate., Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Oct. 27. Wallace Hinton, aged twenty-six, was instantly killed in the Buckeye mine, east of this city, at Clark's, to-day. Hinton is the second man killed by slate falling iu that mino in three -reeks. A heavy damage suit will bo the outgrowth. Blew Out Ills Brains. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Warsaw, Oct. 27. Nelson B. Norris, one of the most prominent men in this county, committed suicide last night, at his home in Monroe township, bv blowing out his brains with a revolver. Failing health and financial reverses caused him to commit the deed. Hoboed a Missouri Jewelry Store. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Fort Waynk, Oct. 27. Frank L. Gay. of Hnntertown. this county, the son of respectableparents. has been arrested at Arenzville for robbing a jewelry store at Antralea. Mo., of 31,500. lie will be taken to Missouri for trial at once. Found Dead In the Yard. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Sullivan. Oct. 27. Dr. J. A. Walters, of Paxton. Ind., was found dead in his father's yard at 3 o'clock th is afternoon. He was apparently well an hour before. 8ome kind of heart trouble is supposed to be the cause. - Minor Notes. Samuel Miller, a prominent citizen of Montgomery county, died last Sunday. He A - 1. A' - was a partner oi uio carriage una or. j. a.

Miller & Brother, at Craw ford svi He, and was one of the wealthy men of that county. Gen. Lew Wallace will speak next Thursday at Washington. Daviess county. Washington has struck a How of lithia water, and thero is talk of erecting a sanitarium. James Fleming was seriously injured in a runaway near Tipton, while attending a funeral. The A. O. U. W. at Evansville celebrated the twenty-second anniversary of the order yesterday. The Purdue foot-ball team and the Wabash College team will play next Saturday at Crawfordaville. George Ward, acred thirteen, residing near Marion, was fatally injured while toying with a revolver. Ira Brandon, a grocer of Winchester, made a general assignment late Saturday night to J. S. Engle. Workmen, while excavating a street at Terre Haute, unearthed four skeletons of men killed by the Indians in 1815. Rev. Wm. F. Zander, of Youngstown, 0 has been tendered, and has accepted, a unanimous call of the Salem Ketormed Church of Fort Wayne. Dr. C. M. Swibart, one of the leading physicians in northern Indiana, dropped dead on the treets of Warsaw Sunday. Heart disease was the cause. The barn of George Switzer, near New Ross. Montgomery county, was set on tire Sunday night and destroyed, together with a horse and farming implements. . Samuel Pnrrier, colored, was struck on the head with a brick by a white man named Hall in an altercation at Vincennes, and hia skull was fractured. Hall is under arrest. Van C. Turner, of Jeftersonville, desires information of Peter B. Turner, aged sixty, employed as a cooper four years ago at Sellersburg, and since employed in Indianapolis. ILLINOIS. Fatal Result of a Quack Doctor's Arseaio Treatment for Ague. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Oct. 27. Samuel Wallace, son of Prof. L. A. Wallace, died to-day from a peculiar cause. About four weeks ago while in Colby, Kan., he was treated for ague by a quaes: doctor named Huff, who experimented on him with a new arsenio treatment. He was given so much of this that it finally killed him. Four other boys out there who were likewise treated are reported as dying. Huff has lied the country. A Maniac's Bloody Work Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Belleville. Oct 27. Lewis Rittenhonse, a young man recently released from a mad-house in St. Clair county, ran amuck with a shotgun near Prairie, da Lang to-day. Ho first encountered Lewis P. Talbott, a neighbor, and fired both barrels at the unsuspecting man, shooting him in tbe head and left lung. Talbott is not expected to survive, liitteuhouse reloaded the gun, and, meetiug his brother, shot him in tbe side. He next opened on bis father, but tbe old gentleman closed on him, and after, a desperate struggle overpowered him. . . Bad Place for a Deaf Person to Walk. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomixgtok. Oct. 27. A passenger train on the Big Four railway this afternoon, struek and fatally injured Maggie Walsh, a deaf and dumb girl, aged twenty, who was walking up the tracks m the yards in Bloomington. Brief Mention. The young son of Mike Nolan, of Meredosia. was killed Saturday night by being thrown from a horse. Thomas Callahan, a railroad fireman living at Galesburg, fell off his engine at Rio and was instantly killed. . The Lutheran Synod of Central Illinois is in session at Nokomis, and its meetings are largely attended and full of enthusiasm. At Marengo, tho Ryder House and barn, Morse's livery stable, Jobe fc Ott's barn, and several other smaller buildings were burned. Loss about $3,500; no insurance. Miss Allie Paddleford, aged twenty-one years, daughter of the Hon J. 11. Paddleford, dropped dead while at the supper-table, Saturday night, from congestion of the brain. Dr. Louis S. Allen died suddenly, at Rockford, aged seventy-seven years. He had .just seated himself at the breakfast-table. ' when he leaned back and quietly ceased to breatho. . WESTERN UNION OPERATORS. i ; Brotherhood Men Threatened with Discharge at Fort Wayne Strike at StI PauL Special to the Indianapolis JournaL FoitT Wayne. Ind., Oct. 27. Manager Perry, of the Western Union telegraph oftice in this city, received orders to-day

from Division Superintendent Wright, of Cleveland, to discharge all operators who are members of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers. There are only three operators in the Western Union office, and they were advised by tbe leaders of the brotherhood to withdraw from the order to retain their positions. The odicials of the brotherhood say that organization has wonderfully increased since the Western Union company began to make war upon it. and they are inclined to thank them for the free advertising the persecution has given them. St. Paul, Oct. 27. All the operators, thirty-seveu in nnmber, in the Western Union Telegraph Company's ollice in this city, struck at 8 o'clock to-night, and all the company's wires into the city are idle.' The walkout is on account of tho discharge by the company, a few days ago, of six operators, supposed to belong to the brotherhood. The discharged men called on Superintendent McMichael, in Minneapolis, this afternoon, to try and effect an agreement, but were not recognized, and the strike is the result. The telegraph company sent at once for the day force to take the night men's places, but the strikers met them ou'the street and kept most of them from going to work. The six men discharged Saturday were reported as being officers in the recently-organized Telegraphers' Brotherhood. A meeting of the brotherhood was held yesterday to take action on those discharges. To-day three more men were dropped and that precipitated the strike. The men make no demauds for themselves, the strike being solely on account of tho discharges, which, they assert, were without any given cause. Tho majority of the 150 operators employed by tho Western Union in this city are members of the brotherhood, and it is confidently claimed that all the dav men belonging to the organization will go, out in tbe morning.. The men here say that the W estem Union operators in Chicago and Omaha will also strike to-morrow. Chicago Steam-Fitters Quit. Chicago, Oct. 27. In accordance with the vote at the meeting of their union last night, the steam-titters of this city, to the number of between 500 and 400, went on strike this morning. They demand that eight hours be considered a day's work; that for all over-time they be paid at double rates; that the minimum salary of steamfitters shall be $3 per day. aud that of their helpers 2 per day, and that the union be recocnized. The bosses are not so strenuous about any of the terms, except the recognition of the union, and this they say they will never grant. The men claim that two of tho bosses have already acceded to their demands, and they expect tbe others to do likewise. They say they are prepared for a long fight, and that they will be assisted by tbe national a.HHociation. About W per cent, of the steam-fitters of tho city are out. Hundreds of Hoc Dead from Cholera. PiTTsnuRd, Pa.. Oct. 27. Word was received to-night from Brownsville, Pa., a place some sixty miles up the Monongahcla river, that tour hundred head of fat bogs being fattened at Hamburger's distillery had died and were buried in a trench. Dr. Edward L. Carter, State veterinary surgeon, of this city, was called, and, after a careful investigation, pronounced the disease as hog cholera of tho very worst form. .Meanwhile the rest of the drove, some seven hundred, had been driven through tho streets of Brownsville and shipped Fast, mainly to Philadelphia. It is said many of tho hogs dropped dead on the streets, but were picked up aud shipped with the living. Many animals owned by the farmers in that vicinity have since died.

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HIGH FRIEST SITTING BULL, The Old Warrior Leading nis People in the Messiah Craze Ilis Female Lieutenant. Washington, Oct. 27. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has received renorts from the Standing Rock agency in South Dakota indicating that the "Indian millennium" craze is increasing among the Sioux Indians. Great excitement over tho matter prevails among tho Sitting Bull faction of the Sioux, who are anxiously and confidently awaiting the coming of the millennium next spring. Agent McLaughlin, in a long report to the department on the subject, says: The superstitions notion coidph from the more southern Sioux, aud is doubtless tho same craze that has been ngitatis? theShoshones, in Wyoming, and the Cheyeunes and Arapahoes, in the Indian Territory. Sit-, ting Bull appears to be high priest, and tbe latest apostle of this latest Indian absurdity. Sitting Bull's influence as a disturbing element seems to have increased during the last year, and this is partly accounted for, the agent thinks, by the presence of a woman from Brooklyn, Mrs. C. Weldon, who went to the agency in June, 1889, announcing herself as a member of Dr. Bland's society. She has lavished numerous and costly gifts upon Sitting Bull, and this has made the chief more insolent than ever. The agent devotes large portion of the report to Mr. Sitting Bull, giving him a bad reputation. He says he is a man of low cunning, devoid of a single manly principle in his nature, or an honorable trait of character; bnt, on the contrary, is capable of inciting others those who believe in his powers to do any amount of mischief. He is a polygamist. libertine, habitual liar and active obstructionist and a great obstacle in the way of the civilization of these peor'e; and he is totally devoid of a single noble trait of character. The officials of thd Indian bureau here look upon tbe situation as serious,' but think they can bridge over the trouble. - BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. Reaper Manufacturers Announce Their Ina bility to Meet Lrc Payments. Springfield, 0., Oct 27. Amoa Whiteley & Co,, the remnant of the great Whiteley reaper interests, issued a circular letter Saturday ' to creditors, stating that they will be unable to meet large payments which fall doe next Saturday. At the time of the great East-street shop failure, in 1887. that large firm held Sl.S50.000 accommodation paper of Amoa W hi tele v& Uo. In the East-street settlement Amos W hiteley & Co. assumed the payment of one-half this amount and the Kast-streot firm the other half. This debt of $675,000 was bonded and secured to creditors by a mortgage on the real and personal property of Amos Whiteley & Co. This amount was to be paid by live annual payments 01 120.000 each. 1 he second payment was not fully satisfactorily met. 1 he firm regrets its inability to pay up, and asks for time. It is believed the firm will be backed up so that it will be able to pull out all right. Other Troubles. Buffalo, Oct. 27. The firm of Clark & Partridge, proprietors of the Queen City planing-miils, to-day made a general as signment. The preferences aggregate about SlOO.000. They include tlie Manufacturers' and Traders' Bank, of Butlalo. SSO.O00: Com mercial Bank, of Buffalo, $1,500; Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. M.2t0: Tavlor 5c Crate, lumber-dealers, $21,000; McNeill & Kuntz, $8,000; Noyes &, Sawyer, $5,000; Colvert Lumber Company, So.ooo; Lay cock Lumber Company. $10,000: C. P. Hazard. $16,000; W. B. Hazard, $9,000, and others smaller amounts. New York, Oct. 27. D. II. Wickham & Co., importers of diamonds, at No. 24 Maiden Lane, assigned to-day to Nathan j. Newiller. A preference is given to John Munroe & Co., in an amount not to exceed one-third of the estate. Assignee Newiller was not prepared to make any statement this afternoon about the firm. He said, however, that its business yearly aggregated $1,000,000. The senior member ot the tirm, D. H. Wickham, is the father of exMayor Wickham. Camden. N. J., Oct 27. Receiver John Hood, of the defunct Merchants' 13ar.li of Atlantic City, to-day began suit in chancery against Oliver R. Duncan, late cashier of the bank, to recover 510,000, alleged to have been improperly used from tho funds of the concern. The Potato Crop. Chicago. Oct. 27. The Farmers' Review makes the following estimate of the potato crop for 1890: , Av.bus. Total per acre, yield. Illinois 21 2,745.000 Indiana 27 1.718,000 Ohio 49 7,0S2,000 Kentucky. 33 1,420,000 Missouri. 26 1.942.0O0 Iowa. 48 6,021,000 Kansas 21 2,401,000 Nebraska : 27 1.790,000 Michigan eii 0,541,000 Wisconsin 50 5,8"3,000 Minnesota. 77 4,935,000 TJakotas 43 2,65S,O0O Totals 42 48,834,000 The crop in the other States and Territories will not probably exceed 73,790,000 bushels, making a grand total for 1890 of 122.731,000, against our estimate for 1889 of 233,701,000, for aud 18S8 of 216,640.000. Tragedies In Texas. Austin, Tex., Oct. 27. "Bill? Darnwell, ex-policeman and keeper of a "Chili con Came" stand, this afternoon shot and killed a woman, Maggie Null, and then blew out his own brains. Drink and jealousy were at the bottom of it. Darnwell leaves a wife and children. Yesterday, ten miles below town, on a cotton plantation, four Mexican gamblers fell out over a nionte game, when one of them drew his pistol and shot and killed the other three. Tho murderer has not been arrested. Brooklyn Defeated by Louisville. New Yokk, Oct. 27. The sixth rame between the Brooklyn and Louisville teams for the championship of the world was played at Washington Park, Brooklyn, this afternoon. The weather was bitterly cold, and the wind fairly froze the blood of both spectators and players. The game was one of tbe best-played contests of the series, and was won by the Western nine only after tho hardest of fights. The scoro was: Louisville, 0; Brooklyn, 8. Men, Cattle aud Horses Mangled. Yuma, Col., Oct. 27. A disaster occurred on the Burlington railroad in Yuma county this morning, in which a freight train was ditched and fifteen cars loaded with cattle aud horses were thrown from the track. The animals were horribly mangled and not one will escape alive. A man named Marron. who was accompanying the st'ck, was instantly killed. Others are reported injured. Panic In a 8chool-Ilooin. BALTiMOUK.Oct.27. A lot of waste paper canght fire this afternoon in the basement of St. Francis Xavier colored school, No. 410 Courtland street. The school was in session, and when the alarm was given the children bscame badlv frightened. Katio Smith jumped headlong from a third-story window and was probably fatally injured. The lire was quickly extinguished. Moreioenu of Steamers. Nf.w Yohk. Oct. 17. Arrived: Eider, from Bremen; Anchoria from Glasgow; Helvetia, from Loudon. Quekxstown, Oct. 27. Arrived: British Prince, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool. Southampton, Oct, 27. Arrived: Ems, from New York, for Bremen.

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Louis, 7:30 am, ll-.SO am. ltOOp m, 11:03 pm. Oreenoastle and Terre Haute Accora'dailon. 4:00 pm, Arrive from St. Louis, 3:15 am. 4:15 am, '2:50 pm, 5:24 pm. 7:45 pm. Terre Haute and Oreen castle Acconi'daUon. 1 0:00 am, Bleeping and Parlor Cars are run on through trains, Ferrates and nil onnation apply to ticket i(tou the com iauy, or 11. K. DKlilNU. Asaisunt ueneral Paasenjrer Agent K;(ilfl"Q i 'i n- V THE VE3TIBULED 'ULLMAN CAR LIJTE. L&AVX lit DUN APO LI 4. Ko. 38 M on on Aoo, ex. Hnmlay 9:15 pm Ha 32 Chloago Llm- Vullman Vestlbuled coaches parlor aud dining car. dsJljr 11:23 ara ArriTe In Chicago 6: 10 pm. No. 34 Oiioajro Nirbt Ex., lullmaa Vestlbuled coaches and s'eeiersf dally 12;10 am Arrive In Chicago 7:S5 am. AfcMVK AT LNUIA.NAPOL14. No. 51 Vestibule, daily... 3:00 pm No. 33 Vestibule, daily 3:45 am Ko. 3i Monon Acl. ex. Sunday 10 40 ant Ho. 48 Local freight learea AlAbauia-st. yard at 7:05 am. Pullman Vestlbuled Fleeera for Chicago stand at wwt en- ot Union utatlou, aud can be taxeu at Hold p. m. daily. Ticket offices No. 28 South Illinois street an 111 Union station. in! WroEgM-Iroa Pipe roR Gas, Steam & Water Boiler Tube. Cant and Malleable I run Fit tines (black and galvanized). Valves, Stop Cocks. Enpino TTimmines. fiteatn Gaupe Plpo Tones. Flpo Cutter. Vises, creve l'lates and Dies, Wrenches, eteaia Traps, Pumj'R, Kitchen. Hlnks. ITofe, Helting, Bab Mtt Metal. Solder, White and Colored Wlplnp Waste, and all other fcupplies used In connection with Gas, fcteaui and Water. Natural Gaa Buppliea a specialty. Steam-heating Apparatus for Public- Buildings, fctorerooms. Mills, hops. Factories, Laundries, Lumber Dry-houses, etc. Cut and Thread to onler any size Wrought-iron Pipe, from inch to 12 Inc hes diameter. KNIGHT Ji JILLSON. 75 Jc 77 B. Funnsylvania st. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Bishop Richard Phelanof the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburg, has returned from his visit to Ireland aud other portions of Europe. The Brooklyn police started oat yesterday to begin a recount of the population of the city. The tabulations will he made at the Mayor's office. Mrs. Jane Clemens, mother of Samuel Clemens, better known as "Mark Twain," died at Keokuk, la., last night, aged eighty-seven years. Henry Frantz, a well-known resident of Ithaca, N. Y., while temporarily deranged from drinking, jumped from a bridge in the University ravine in that city, and was instantly killed. John Lamdretb. aged forty-two, lately from Springfield, 111., committed suicide at Denver. Col., yesterday, by hanging. He labored under the hallucination of poverty? while, in fact, he was weli ofT. The nintieth anniversary of the birth of Count Von Moltke was celebrated at New York last night by one of tho greatest festivals of musio and oratory that has been held there.- Gen. Franz Sigel and Hon. Chauncoy M. Depew were the speakers. The body of Daniel McCarthy, an old soldier, was fished out of a fort-foot well at Leadville, Col., yesterday, where it had been for several weeks. The water was being used constautly, and its peculiar odor and taste recently resulted in an investigation, with the result stated. Sunday morning an unknown negro passensor boarded a train on the Houston Texas Central railroad at Xavasota. He refused to pay his fare, and had some words with the colored porter, whom he subse quently snor, ana Killed, lie then pulled the bell-cord, jumped off and escaped. While some workmen were engaged on the 1'atterson Park extention at Jlaltimore, yesterday, the bank caved in upon them, killing one and seriously injuring others. The name of 'the dead mau is John McIiride. Patrick Arthur is in a dangerous condition. The others will recover. The gradnal but constant decrease in the price of the Ohio produce by the Standard Oil Company has at last forced the independent producers and rotiners of northwestern Ohio to combine. To this end a movement has been begun looking toward the consolidation of all outside refineries and producing companies for mutual pro tection. Natural-Gas Famine at Pittbarg. PiTTsnuKG, Pa.. Oct. 27.Tbere was a natural-gas famine in several sections of Pittsburg and Allegheny to-day. Although the officials of the Philadelphia Naturalgas Company claimed that the pressure in their pipes was from four to six ounces, many families partook of cold dinners, as the gas died oat altogether in om sections. It is promised that after the tivehnndrefl puddling furnaces are cut off to-morrow all private consumers will have plenty of gas. Cot Off Her Lover's Head with a Razor. Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 27. In Gwinnett county, yesttrday, Fannie Chambers, a negress. after quarreling with Pierce Wright, her lover, cut off his head with a razor. ' m m mm And Is It Not Iliglit? Atlanta Constitution (Dem.) In this country our form of government meansequal justice to ullnndftpocial favors to none, but we are ranidlj drifting away from the original doctrine. Under the rining tht-ory of paternalism we have clans legislation for tbe fishermen and the aiannfactnrers. Money is taken out of the national treasury for an exposition, or to relieve Jlood ftullerers, or to turn a little ciek into a big river. Democrats and IlrltUhers Think Alike. Chicago Inter Ocean. One reading the Kimlish newspaper! alone would suppose that the United fctates, by protecting her own manufacturers and laborers, had committed a hih crime. There aie. Democrats who seem to believe that Americann commit a criiuo when they legislate in favor of Americans. Getting AUruied. Wash!nxton Tent. Mrs. Frank Leslie is moving on Washington, and without a husband Iu Utj.

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