Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1891.

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INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

HeaYT-Wefcht State Championship Won in One Round by Wm. Pitts, at Pern, Hsndrjx-Calkins Harder Case Goes to the Jnrj No Clew to Mrs. NettefieVs AssassinsDisappearance of an Old Man. INDIANA. right for the lleary-VTelght Championship Won by VUUm TltU, of Teru. Srcil to the Indianapcila Journal. Peru. March 27. Tho heayy-'weight championship tight for Indiana occurred in a hall in this city to-night, between the present champion, William Pitts, of Peru, and Thomas Dixon, of Shr-lbyTille. Time 'was called at 11 o'clock, and within ten seconds Pitts delivered his first blow on Dixon's jaw, felling him like a log, and as one dead. lie made desperate efforts to stand, by drawing himself np on the ropes. only to fall down again. The wildest excitement prevailed, as the impression was Dixon was killed. The blow was a terrible one and it is thought his jaw is broken. This is Pitta's seventh successive battle. The mill 'was for $400, 63 per cent, of the gate money and tho championship belt. Six hundred persons were in attendance. Sports were Iiere from Chicago, Cincinnati. Indianapolis ana cities adjoining Pern. .Referee, Frank Potmeier, of Logansport. Timekeepers, Harry ifammil. Fort Wayne, and .Lou White, of Pern. Fonr-onnce gloves and Qneensbnry rnles prevailed. Three thoaiand dollars in bets changed hands. Ko Clew to Mrs. NeIdenVrs Murderer. Special to t&o Indianapolis JournaL Mitchell, March 27. The coroner verdict in ' the case of the murder of Mrs. HeidefTer was that she came to her death by a wound in the head at tho hands of parties unknown. Enmors were circulated to the effect that the husband of the murdered woman was suspected, but Sheriff Day returned from there late this afternoon, and said the evidence fully exonerated him in every particular. Mr. pay also said there were evidences of criminal assault. The ballet which struck her in the head passed entirely through, being found on the floor near the body, showing it to be a thirty-two caliber revolver that was used. Mrs. Neidetler was well known and highly respected. There will be a mass-meeting of all the citizens in the neighborhood held at an early date, at which overy man will be compelled to give an account of hi3 comings and goings on the day of the murder. Demorest Gold Medal Contest Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, March 27. Tho "Demorest gold medal contest" was held this evening at the Christian Church, under the supervision of Mrs. Dr. Towey, of Rnssellville, and Mrs. Mary . Balch, of Frankfort. This medal is the gift of ' a wealthy man named Demorest, living in New York city. At first a silver medal is given, and then eight winners of silver medals contest lor a gold medaL Then eight winners of (told medals ccntest for a larger gold medal, and eight of these contest for a diamond xnedal. The subject of all the speakers is about prohibition and the liquor traffic, and the contests are carried on in every State in a systematic xorm. The judges were Prof. F. P. Mount, W. E. Humphrey and A. E. Davis. The gold medal was won by Miss Mabel Coddinston, of Covington. There were nine speakers, and the grading of the judges was very close. L. O. O. F. Lodge Instituted at Peru. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, March 27. Eureka Encampment, To. 1ST, I. O. O. F.. was instituted in this city last evening by Grand Chief Patriarch troup with sixteen charter members, besides thirty-two applications for membership. The officers installed were: 13. W. Worden, C. P.; J. E. Uenry, H. P.; Charles Price, scribe. This is the second encampjuent in this city, which was rendered necessary, owing to the phenomenal growth of this branch of the order. The record of the pant two years shows a gain in Miami, Ko. 58, of over 400 per cent, and placing it, oven with this partial depletion, amongst the wealthiest and largest in the State, toKetherwitb degree teams and attendance equaled by none. Hcndryx-Calklns Cajo Given to the Jury. Fprclal to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Goshen, March 27. Tho jury in the Hen-dryx-Calkins case returned at 3:45 this afternoon. It is expected that tho jury will return a satisfactory verdict. The majority of the people thinkthat Ilendryx should Lj acquitted on account of Mrs. Calkins being discharged. She is still in cuitody and will be held nntii the case is decided. Judge Fleet's instructions to the jury were very strict, giving them forty-eight hours in which to return a verdict or disagree. Sued on pATlng Assessments. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Hartford City, March 27. Nineteen euits were hied in the Circuit Court here to-day against property-holders on Washington street by attorney Colerick, of Fort Wayne, for the Talbott Paving Company, of Detroit. The Washington-street improvement cost $3O,0OU, aud was unsatisfactory to many who were assessed. The grounds on which tho contest will be made .are that the street was not built of good material nor according to the specifications. Disappearance of an Old Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, March 27. James Beckner, eighty years old, came to this city to-day with a eon for the purpose of paying his taxes, having SlOO in his pocket. He left his son at a store and started for the court-house, and that was the last seen of him. He did not pay his taxes, and a thorough search up to 10 P. m. has failed to imd his whereabouts. He is very feeble, and foul play is suspected. New Stret-Car Company. Sreelal to the Indianapolis Journal Columbus, March 27. A corporation, to be known as tho Columbus Street-railroad Company, is being organized in this city for the purpose of building another line here. The proposed line will be four miles in length, and will reach from Seyenthstrcet station to the Driving Park, passing through the main part of the city and through two now additions. Death of Two Prominent Citizens. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Gkeensburg. March 27. Several types of severe sickness prevail in this county at present. William Philips, an old merchant at Milford, died this morning, and Hi rani D. Jewett. a wealthy and prominent farmer and Kepublican politician of the neighborhood of St. Onier, died to-day. Hand Crushed la a Machine. BpecJal to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus. March 27. In the Orinoco furniture factory, this evening, Frank Ken-ne-Iy, aged seventeen, got his right hand caught in a shaping-machine, and it was so badly crushed that it will require amputation. Minor Notes. A K. of P. lodge has been instituted at Kussellville. John Cotton, a pioneer of St. Joseph county, is dead. There is an epidemic of measles among New Albany school children. Eli btnssman. a brakeman on the Nickelplate, was fatally crushed at Wanatah. Charles lireene. of Detroit, Mich., was run over by a train, and killed, at Elkhart. An attempt is being made to revive the scheme to pipe natural gas from Sheridan to Crawfordsville. On the farm of Charles Fields, near Union City, on Thursday, the bones of a large mastodon were unearthed. The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church will hold their next meeting at Greencastle cn May 12. The bishops now

number sixteen in all. and at this meeting will determine the tiue of holding the several conferences throughout the States and Territories. Mr. Jesse Beck and Miss Maggie Garrett were married at the residence oi the bride a parents, in Peru, Thursday evening. At North Vernon, yesterday, the Jennings county bar held appropriate exercises in honor of the late Judge Berkshire At Hope a company has been' organized, with a paid-up capital stock of $6,000. for the manufacture of creamery butter and cheese. J.' A. Stoops, of New Marion, died yesterday from the effects of a blow on the head with a scale weight, delivered by John East, last December. ThomAs J. McKeehan, of Parke county, was yesterdav awarded $225 damages against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad for two horses killed. Burglars entered the Central House at Crown Point and stole $123 from a guest's room. They also entered the house of P. A. Banks and stole a watch and $3. Frank Jones, of Shelby ville, is mado the defendant in a ten-thousand-dollar damage suit, bronght by Miss Anna Detiner, of Cincinnati, on account of injuries sustained by a runaway team. The White-cap cases which were bronght in the Circuit Court at Corydon have been transferred to the federal court in New Albany, and will be called for trial at the next regular term. Herman McCleur, 6t Crawfordsville, has been appointed a deputy United States surveyor at Foston. Minn., and will assist in surveying the reservation set apart for the Itosebud Indians. Yesterday Miss Celesta Bollard, of Anderson, was attacked by a vicious dog, but with the aid of an umbrella she succeeded in keeping the brute from injuring her until assistance arrived. Samuel Nealis, a son of James Nealis, a wealthy citizen of Lebanon, was caught Thursday night robbing the money-drawer in Wysong's hardware store. He was placed under bonds for his appearance in court. A strange coincident occurred in the death of two brothers, John and Daniel French, farmers, of Vigo county. Daniel died suddenly one night, and while eating breakfast, the next morning, John fell from his chair and expired instantly. At Fort Wayne, Thursday, tramps robbed Fred Sueken, William Brennan and John Brencan, the latter sixteen years old, of $9, and then compelled the boy to accompany them. The case was reported to the police, but so far no clew to the tramps or the whereabouts of the boy has been found. On Thursday night there was hung to the flag-staff on the court-house at Ureensbnrg an effigy, with a black flag above and below. On the flags were words of warning, while attached to the efligy were several lines of a malicious nature written in red ink. The matter is causing much comment. Henry Winklebleck. the saw-mill proprietor of Logansport who forged numerous checks and notes last summer, was recognized at Portland, Ore., by a former resident of Logansport. Winklebleck's departure last summer caused the murder of his foreman, Samuel McCleskey, by Williard Harvey, the latter having attempted to seize some lumber belonging to Winklebleck. ILLINOIS.

Gleanings from Oar Correspondence and Exchanges. John Russell was fatally crushed by a falling rock in a coal-mine at Colfax. A body of armed men at Macomb are in Pursuit of a panther that attacked Stephen iunt and son Thursday. Charles A. Todd, a leading clothing merchant of Dixon, failed Thursday morning. Liabilities, $9,000; assets, $3,000. Mrs. Ebenezer Noyes. one of the earliest settlers on the site of Mattoon, died yesterday evening, aged eighty years. J. C. Van Allman, of Olney, tax collector of the township, has been found to be short in his accounts to the extent of $1,400. Joe Tansey. of Memphis, was defeated in a prize-tight by Joe Wickert, a local pugilist, at Peoria. Thursday. The mill was an especially brutal one, and Tansey was knocked out in the twenty-second round. DAILY WEATUEft BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four" hours ending 8 p. m.. March 28 Light rain during night; cooler, cloudy weather during Saturday. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, March 27. Forecast till 8 r. ji. Saturday: For Indiana Fair and warmer by Saturday night; northwest winds. For Ohio Rain or snow; warmer by Saturday night; variable winds. "For Illinois Fair on Saturday; warmer; winds becoming southeast. Observations at Indianapolis. IXDiAXiroLis, March 27.

Unit. Han Xhcr. R, 11. Wind. Weather. Pre. mmmhw HnMMMe mm smmmwmh 7 a.m. 29.71 42 91 East Lt. Rain. 0.03 7 P.M. 29.77 43 92 N'weat L'L Rain. 0.21

Maximum temperature, 44; minimum temperature, 41. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation on March 27: Tern. Prr. Normal 44 0.12 Mean 42 0.29 Departure from normal 2 0.17 Excess or deficiency sinceMarch 1. 133 "0.76 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1... 157 2.13 "T1US. s General Weather conditions. Frid at, Marsh 27, 7 p. m. Pressure. The storm area east of the Mississippi was central near Louisville, Ky., Friday morning, and near Cincinnati, with 29.64, at night. That in the northwest is moving southeastward, and is central, with 29.42, near Helena, Mont. The pressure over the country is below normal. Temperature. Higher temperature prevails. Forty degrees and below is reported from northern Kansas, southern Nebraska and from Iowa, Illinois, northern Indiana, Ohio. West Virginia and Virginia northward; 50 and below from Colorado, southern Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee and northern South Carolina northward; 00 and above near the gulf. Precipitation. Light snow fell in Iowa, near Lake Erie, in West Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania. Rains near Lake Michigan and from Illinois. Indiana and southern Ohio southward to Tennessee; also in Virginia, Maryland and southern New York. Did Robbers Cause the Racine Wreck? Janes ville. Wis., March 27. Local trainmen report that while engineer Burke, who was injured in the railroad wreck near Racine, a few days ago, lay dying in a Milwaukee hospital, he repeated constantly in his delirium: My God! Somebody has cut the air-brakes. They also say that a large sum of money was lost by the express comEauy. They also say the wreck was planned y robbers. It Is Magnetism. Detroit Free Press. 6eth Greene used to hold, and there are plenty of others of the same opinion, that a inan'd luck in fishing depends more npon a certain undefined magnetism than upon skill or bait The chap who owns up that he hasn't got it. and goes off huckleberrying instead, will live longerandbe happier. "What Else Could It He? Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "I am glad to see that the Legislature in making an eilort to suppress drunkenness," observtnl Mrs. Snaggs. "Well. I haven't seen that it is doing anything of the Kiiid," snorted Snaggs. "Then what is this anti-tights bill I read about!' Epitaph for a Democratic Editor. Here lies an editor devoid of breath; The ruling pansion Is still strong In death, For though removed from every eartulr 111 True to his record, he Is lying still. Atlanta Constitution. And the Right to Vote In the South. Atlanta Constitution. The negro doesn't want the earth. He is modest. All be wants is to have a colored judge of the new Appellate Court appointed. A Palpable Untruth. Chicago Mall (Dent) Acquiescence in the will of the majority is one of the fundamental principles of Democracy.

PATENT MEDICINES TOO LOW

Manufacturers ThinklhePeopIo Are Sot raying Enough for Their Cure-Ails. Combination to Be Formed and Retail Prnggists Watched and Blacklisted if Rates Are Cut Proposed Clearing-IIouse System. New York, March 27. The manufacturers of patent medicines are of the opinion that the public who buy tho stuff are not paying enough money for it and they aro combining for tho purpose of putting up the retail price. The last big combine of the manufacturers and drug men was in 1834 and was known as the Campion combine, taking the name after its leader. It was the strongest combination of the kind ever made. It lasted just one year. It was finally broken by the Uegeman corporation and William B. Riker & Sons, of this city, and other large drug concerns in other cities. It was an expensive tight for the manufacturers and drug men who were in the combine and it made the concerns who were fighting them rich. Since the combine was broken the cutting of rates on patent medicines has been going on steadily, and the last year or two the consumer has been able to buy at just a little advance on what the druggist had to pay. The present agitation to boom the price was begun by the retail druggists last November, and was quickly taken up by the manufacturers. An association was formed in January known as the National Wholesale Druggists' Association, with M. N. Kline, a Philadelphia druggist, as chairman. There have been meetings here and in Washington, and by branch organizations in other cities. The manufacturers who aro said to be in the combine are Schonck, of Philadelphia; Ayers and Hood, Lowell, Mass.; II. II. Warner, Dr. Pierce, J. J. Green, of Woodbury; E. T. Hazeltine, Dr. Kennedy, Tarrant k Co.. of this city; Iiiscock &. Co., Swift, the California Syrup Company, and the makers of bromo coffeine, bromo soda and other etfervescent salts. PLAN OP THE COMBINATION. The plan that these manufacturers and retail drug men want to adopt is called the Kline plan, named for the chairman of the organization. It is to charge retailers the full retail price for all medicines. To each bottle of medicine a coupon is tor bo attached, which is to be torn off and preserved by the druggist when the bottle is sold. Clearing-houses are to be established in the big cities, and these coupons are to be presented there at the end of every month, or every three months, with the atiidavits of the druggists to the effect that the bc'.tles of medicines to which they were attached were sold at the full retail price. The coupon will be purchased then for 20, S3 or 50 per cent, of the retail price of the medicine, and that will be the druggist's profit on his sales. In case any druggist cuts the price on any of the medicines his coupons will oe redeemed, but be will not receive any profit on his sales. He will, in fact, be out of pocket, for he will have sold the medicine for less than he paid for it. Besides that, his name will be put on the black list, and the manufacturer and wholesale druggists are pledged not to sell him any more medicine. Detectives are to be employed to ferret out the men who cut rates and to report to the clearing-house officials. To pay the expenses of having detectives and running the clearing-house each member of the association is to be assessed. In order that the amount of business one druggist does shall not be known by all the other men in the association the coupons of the clearing-house are all to be handled by one man, and he is to be sworn to secrecy. The association has already issued a black list. The druggists in thiscity whose names appear on it are the liegeman corporation. William B. Hiker & Sons, W. S. Moffitt. George Kompes. the City Hall pharmacy and . Kidley & Sons, the dry-goods men. They all sell the medicines at prices, as one man expressed it, that make the dealers who sell it at the regular retail rate feel like robbers. Medicines the price of which is $1 have been selling at 53 to 79 cents a bottle. The Hegeman corporation, when it got wind of what was to be done, laid in about $50,000 worth of the various medicines, enough to last two years. They are ready for a tight. The manager of Mr. Biker's etoro said such a fight would only end in making them richer; they would have no trouble in gettingall the medicines they wanted. This house and others have laid in large stocks. i ' Plainlng-Mill Men in CounclL CniCAGO, March 27. A meeting of sash, door and blind manufacturers for the purpose of forming a general organization, convened here to-day. Dlegates are present from the principal cities of the West and Northwest. It is denied by those in attendance that there is any intention of forming a trust, though it is admitted that the object of the meeting is to establish a uniform scale of prices. From another source it is learned that a trust or combination is in contemplation. Competition of late has, it is said, become so sharp that the factories are barely making expenses. For some time the Chicago manufacturers have been quietly working the matter np, and have found that most of the principal factories in the West were willing to get into some kind of protective organization. A committee of live, whose names were withheld, was appointed to visit designated sections of the country in the interest of the proposed organization, which will be known as the Wholesale Western Sash and Door Association. The organization will differ from previous ones, in the fact that it will bring dealers and manufacturers together in one body. Heretofore the two classes have antagonized each other, bnt with harmony a decided increase in prices is deemed entirely practicable. m m Feet-Washing Scene In a Church. St. Louis. March 27. A most impressive ceremony was performed by Archbishop Kenrick last evening in St John's Koman Catholic Church. It was the washing of the feet of twelve boy from the orphans' home in commemoration of the example of humility set by tht Savior in washing the feet of his disciples. Archbishop Kenrick is eighty-live years of age, and his appearance in itself lent religious sentiment to the scene. The Archbishop was attired in the ordinary sanctuary robes. In the church the deacon sang that part of the gospel pertaining to the washing of the disciples' feet by Christ. In the sanctuary had been erected a platform, on which were ranged twelve boys from the orphans' home. Upon the conclusion of tbe gospel the Archbishop laid aside bis crozier. removed bis cape and approached the orphans, whose bare feet dangled from where they sat. An assistant held the basin and the Archbishop washed, wiped and kissed the feet of the boys. Then the simple but touching ceremony was concluded. New York's Costly Aqueduct. New York, March 27. The detailed figures of the cost of the new Croton aqueduct, just published, show a total of $'24,767.417. But, iu spite of the fact that tho work is completed, the expense to the city goes on at the rate of $500,000 a year. This is caused by the necessity of retaining the engineers and assistant engineers to prepare evidence for anticipated litigation in regard to claims of contractors and to appear as witnesses for the city when the suits come np. The aqueduct commissioners have also retained an eminent law firm at a yearly salary of S100.000. This brings the annual cost up to SfiOO.OOO, although the aqueduct Is completed. Stanley Will Not Lecture in Texas. San Antonio, March 27. H. M. Stanley arrived here yesterday but will not lecture. His manager, J. B. Pond, has received a telegram from Agent McKeown, of Austin, vhiiKi antra 'l r Mriitm nf Stanlev is 80 Severe that 1 1 have been compelled to cancel all Texas dates." Mcrveown is ine ieias manager of lecturers, and has been traveling with Bill Nye. It is thonght possible McKeown went to Austin, talked to some of the unreconciled legislators, and they j i o . i v. : I 1 uiupeu uu ciauipy bo Bttvnoijr jur un atirftl ilrsATtinn f mm th rrmfHilnratn .rtnv that the agent was afraid to bill him. Tvro-llouud Prlze-Flght. Bklvidkre. N. J.. March 27.The mnch looked-for prize-fight between "Pat" Slatterv, of Denver. Col., and "Billy" Baker, of Buffalo. N. Y., came off' yesterday morn ing, at b o'clock, at a point near Stewarts

ville. Warren county. The fight had been arranged for the night before in a barn near the village, but the presence of a big crowd of toughs" prevented its taking place, and tbe principals and invited guests repaired to a strip of woods some miles distant and engaged a dance floor from an old farmer, and carried out the programme. Only two rounds were fought.' the referee giving the right to Baker on afoul. A number of sporting men were present from the neighboring towns. BLESSED BY TI1E POPE. Leo Glvos Ills Apostolic Benediction to the World's Fair The Local Directory. Chicago, March 27. An afternoon paper says: His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII, is out with 'an apostolical benediction npon the world's fair and the plan to erect a beautiful stone monument in honor of Christopher Columbus at Buenos Ayres. He says: It is proper as well as uneful to render homage to men who hare merited so well of Christian faith and human society. Columbus, in accomplishing by his genius and perseverance such great deeds has been the fountain In both hemispheres of so great influence upon mankind that few men can be compared with him. Hoping that the honors rendered him will 6erve to stimulate the Worlds Columbian Exposition at Chicago we give to your project the praiee it merits, and at the same time, as a token of fraternal love, we give the apostolical benediction. Pope Leo XIII. President Lyman J. Gage and his fellowdirectors, who havo guided the destinies of the world's fair from the inception, completed, to-night, the term of office for which they were elected. In his valedictory address, President Gage reviewed the great work so far accomplished, gavo a synopsis of the financial status of tho exposition and drew a picture of the future, strong with assurances of success. Mr. Gage refused to accept any salary for his work as presiding officer. He was frequently applauded during his address, and was tendered a unanimous vote of thanks. Mr. Gage some time ago declined a re-eleo-tion as president, but will probably continue as a member of the directory. -It is understood, also, that he will now become president of the First National Bank, with which institution he has been actively identified for many years. The election of new directors will occur early in April. It is said that a sharp struggle will occur for supremacy in the board, the railroads which have interests antagonistic to the Illinois Central having, it is said, combined forces as against that corporation. Tho final act of the outgoing directory was to confirm Theodore Thomas's appointment as musical director of the fair, and Wm. Tomlinion as choral director. The directory also approved a circular letter to the Governor of each State in the Union requesting the appointment of the representatives to attend a conference to be held in Chicago for the purpose of securing harmonious action and. if advisable, placing a certain portion of each State exhibit in a central building erected with that end in view. It is announced to-night that the national commission will meet April 1, and there is a good prospect of a good attendance of commissioners. The art directorship of the world's fair, it is said, has been tendered to Prof. Halsey C. Ives, direotor of the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. The Professor is well and widely known in art circles, both in this country nd in Europe. The mention of his name in connection with the place is received with much favor in thiscity. Want Italy to Boycott the Fair. London. March 28. The Chronicle Rome correspondent says that an influential body of political and newspaper men are agitating in favor of the Italian government refusing to participate in the world's fair in Chicago in reprisal for the recent lynching of Italians in New Orleans. The Princ of Wales will probably be made chairman and the Marquis of Lorn vice-president of the royal commission having in charge England s interest at the Chicago fair. The Chronicle thinks that Lord Salisbury's official recognition has assured the success of the Chioago world's fair by inducing other nations to follow. The Chronicle says that tbe promoters of the fair were doubtful of such good treatment after the adoption of the MoKmley tariff bilL Severe Suffering in Kama. Kansas CtTY i March 27. A , committee has reached here from Wallace county, Kansas, in search of relief for the starving aud freezing farmers of that region. When it was decided to send a committee here a mass-meeting was called to raise money to defray expenses of the delegates. Twenty dollars was needed, but that sum could not be secured out of the two hundred men in the gathering. One of the committee took his horse to Spartan Springs and mortgaged it for the sum. The 2,400 people of Wallace county are hovering about fires made of cow1 chips, and their daily fare is not enough to suffice a child for one meal. Last year was the fourth successive crop failure in western Kansas.

Dr. Holland Accepts a College Presidency. Pittsburg, Pa., March 27. Hev. J. W. Holland, D. D. Ph. D.. pastor of the Bellefield Presbyterian Church, this city, has notified the trustees of the Western University that he will acoept the office of chancellor of the university, to which he was unanimously elected by the trustees of that institution. Dr. Holland will assume the duties of his new position just as soon as he can sever his connection with his present charge. Dr. Holland is widely known as a minister, a teacher and as a scientist, and is an authority on entomology, Deing a member of entomological societies of London and Paris. Just at present Dr. Holland is prostrated with the grip. Unknown Man Kilted In a Thief Trap. Kansas City. March 27. For a number of weeks the fanners in the vicinity of Rosedale have been suffering from tbe depredations of chicken thieves. A nnmberof the farmers have set trap-guns so aimed that anyone entering the poultry-houso wonld discharge and receleve the contents oi the gun. Last night an unknown man attempted to enter the poultry-house of S. S. Hogue, half a mile south of Rosedale, and fell a victim to one of these deadly machines. The whole of his left side was blown away. He bad in his possession two large coffee-sacks, keys to padlocks, and. in short, all the tools of a professional. His body has not yet been identified. Shot Two Actresses and Ulmielf. Spokane Falls, March 27. A double murder and suicide occurred early this morning at the Casino Variety Theater. Charles Elliott, a faro-dealer, who was occupying a box near the stage, drew his pistol and fired several shots at the performers. One bullet took effect in the left breast of Mabel de Babian, killing her almost instantly. Another bullet lodged in the back of Carrie Smith, also a variety actress, inflicting a fatal wound. Elliott then placed the muzzle of his revolver in his mouth and blew out his own brains. His shots were intended for an actress named Lulu Durand, who was on the stage at tho time, and of whom Elliott was insanely jealous. Colony to Be Formed on the Bellamy Flan. Hutchinson, Kan., March 27. John Capliog. of Buffalo. N. Y., passed through this city yesterday on his way home from Beaver City, in No-man's Land, where it is proposed to locate a co-operative colony to be- organized on the Bellamy plan. He said that he expected the colony would be formed this spring, in time to put in crops, if pofsible. The colony, he thinks, will comprise abont five hundred people to start with, and is to be strictly co-operative. Decision Against an Inviment Scheme. Philadelphia, March 27,-In tho United States Court, to-day. Judge Butler gave a decision in regard to the Universal Order of Co-operation, one of the investment bond schemes of the day. ne holds that the order has no right to enter into tho contracts with members without having money on hand to carry them out. He said that counsel should come together and prepare for the appointment of a receiver, which will be done next Tuesday. A Mother of Warriors. St. Johns. Mo.. March 27. MarvB. Cushing. widow of the late Milton Buckingham Cushing. died here yesterday, aged eightyfour years. She was the mother of Milton 11. Cushing. at one time paymaster of the United States navy; of Lieutenaut Cushing, who was killed by Indians in Arizona in 1874: of Col. Alonzo Cushing. killed at tho battle of Gettysburg, and of Command er W. 15. Cushing, or Albermarle fame. The body will be sent to rredonia, N. for in terment.

AN ISLAND AUTOCRAT.

The Adventurous Career of Dr. Wllsca, an American, la the Indian Ocean. New York Record sr. A tall, broad-shouldertd man. with ft frank, handsome face, wi.s a striking figure in the Grand Central Depot the other afternoon. He was on his way to his old home in New Bedford. When he left the Massachusetts port nearly a quarter of a century ago4 he was tbe supercargo of a little trader bound for tbe southeast coast of Africa. He returns as the part owner of an island in the Indian ocean. Dr. Wilson had just received his diploma from a medical college when Suir.ter was tire 1 upon, and the young physician at once volunteered as a surgeon in the navy. He was with Farragut at New Orleans and Porter at Fort Fisher, and in other hot fights between Southern forts and Northern gun-boats. While dressing the wounds of , x !il m. a gunner in tne engagement wun rori Fisher he was himself badly wounded, and at another time was nearly drowned by the swamping of a small boat in a fierce storm off Beaufort, on the North Carolina coast At the close of the war vr. Wilson re turned to his home at New Bedford, and when he was offered the place of supercargo on hoard a trader ready to sail lor Alrica. he bade good-bye again to the old home. After stopping at several points on the African coast, the vessel rounded the Cape of Good Hodo and headed for some little isl ands in the Indian ocean off the Madagascar coast. Extensive trading was done at Johanna with the Sultan and prominent men of the island. The handsome and genial Yankee supercargo made such an impres sion on the black sultan that his Indian ocean highness begged Wilson to remain. The climate was so delightful, and the of fersof the buitan so generous, that he finally consented. He was tho only white man on the island. The Sultan gave his white friend five thousand acres of the richest land and six hundred slaves. Later he added five thousand more acres to Dr. Wilson's possessions and three hundred more slaves. Wilson sent to England and bought all the latest machinery tor a sugar plantation and at once started in to raise sugar on a large scale. He made money rapidly until to-dav he is owner of a vast estate and several thousand men, women and children, over whom he has absolute power. It was his purchase of a New Bedford whaler that led to charges that Dr. Wilson was engaged in the slave trade. The United States steamer Alliance was sent to Johsnna in the fall of 1SSC Dr. Wilson acknowledged that he had bought the vessel and had used her in carry ing his sugar to Mauritius, but she was so unseaworthy that on her last trip the cargo had been ruined. Ho denied indignantly that he had used her as a slaver, and said that she was then at Mauritius. After the officers of the Alliantehad been entertained with generous hospitality the man-of-war went to Mauritius and found the Emma Jane. She was in such a poor condition that s sne wai not seized. While the Alliance w as at Johanna three French men-of-war appeared to establish a Erotectorate over the island. The Sultan ad grown jealous of the wealth and power of Dr. Wilson, and the two had frequent quarrels. Dr. Wilson has his own array. It consists of a maior-general, a couple of colonels and a small company of privates. This army threatened to wipe out the Sultan and his forces, and it was when civil war was imminent that the French cruisers appeared. The majorgeneral, the colonels and the soldiers of Dr. Wilson's army formed in line on the beach ready to receive tbe invaders in the surf. but when one of the French men-of-war ran out a glistening gun the major-general, the colonels and the army retired. They were afterward found in a trench. The protectorate was established, but Dr. Wilson was secured in his rights, and retains his old power on the island. United States naval officers who have visited Dr. Wilson in the Indian ocean, tell interesting stories of his unique position as an island autocrat, his beautiful home and his princely hospitality. When he began his life on the island he dwelt in. a rude cabin.1 To-day he Uvea in a magnificent modern mansion on the top of a rugged mountain. It overlooks groves of stately palms, golden stretches ot sugar cane and a pretty inland lako that nestles along the edge of a dark forest that stretches down to the Thite sea beach, ihe only horses on the island belong to Dr. Wilson, and he has a tine stable of English racers. At festive gatherings of his slaves races between the blooded runners, ridden by the "Spider" Andersons and "Spike" Barneses, of Jo hanna island, form an exciting part of the sports. The mansion is furnished in modern style, and has electrio bells and marble baths. All the buildings on the estate are modern, and Dr. Wilson has a large plant for mak ing ice. His slaves live in villages of modern cabins, and are surrounded with everv comfort Dr. Wilson is an intelligent man. In his mansion is a library of live thousand vol umes, and every month he sends his pretty steam launch to an island sixty miles away to meet the French mail steamer and se cure the English and American newspapers and magizenes. He charters a vessel to carry his sugar to Mauritius. There are only two other white men on the island now. One is the machinist of Dr. Wilson, and the other lives at a little place called Pommery, hi a lonely spot twenty-five miles distant Dr. Wilson Is on a visit to his old home in America, and will soon return to his island paradise in the Indian ocean. WHEN WISE JW A 8 FLOORED. The Ex-Virginian's Version of a Tilt Between Himself and a Democrat in Joint Delate. New York Press. Round-headed and pugnacious John S. Wise, of YirginiA, is not only making his mark in New ork as a lawyer, being now the recognized 2egal expert in the country on law as it relates to electricity, but be tells stories to his groups of friends that are related all over the city. He told one yesterdav in whioh tbe joke was on himself and very much so. He had been making a speech in a joint debate with a Democrat in Virginia, when he made some aesertion about the Confederacy and its lost cause, and added: "I can speak on the subject of the lost cause with somewhat of authority, fellowcitizens, for I was in the confederate army, and I wore the gray, and I have federal lead in inv bodv. Republican as I am." 'Quick as a flash his aniagonist called out: "Where were you wounded!" Tn the valley," replied Wise. "Where were you wounded, sir!" repeated his antagonist. "At Newcastle, sir, in the valley," repUed Wise. "No, I mean in what part of tho body, sir. were vou wounded!" "O." exclaimed Wise, "in the head. The mark is on my scalp yet." "I thought so, feilow-citizens," screamed his opponent, taking the front of the platform. "I have known for years, since John S. Wise became a Virginia Republican, that he was an awlul crank, and 1 have suspected there was something the matter with his brain, lint nbw I know all about it. and so do yon. That Yankee bullet in his head knocked his brains crooked and has left him without political sense." Wise relates this story as the one time that he was everlioored tn stump speaking. Mr. Wise was chatting with the late Gen. Sherman about a year ago, when the latter asked about Mr. Wise's father and tbe period of Governor Wise's stay in Brazil as United States minister. Then he told of a hospitable visit he enjoyed at the legation in Kio de Janeiro when Governor Wise was there as minister, and how be had re mained until a late hour at night, but re gretted very much that he did not see Mrs. Wise. John S. inquired tho year and date of the visit, and, having gotten ft, said: "General, can you tell the exacthour you left the legation!" "I think it was about 12 o'clock," rosnonded Sherman. "Um-m-m," ejaculated Wise. "I am sorry you did not stay a couple oi hours later." "Whv so. John!" "Because ytu would have been presentfon the occasion of my debut into the world,7' laughed the Virginian. i . Electric Lights and Eye-Sight. BL Louis Globe-Democrat's Boston Letter. Dr. John II. Payne, oculist, says: "Most neraons who use the incandescent electrio light like a new lamp, because the light is . . 1 1. Ill A. ' . . . I wnuer anu mure unuiBDt man airer ino lamp has been in use for two or three weeks. . This is wrong. It is this dazzling white light that harms the eve. An old lamp is tho best, for in these tho light has become chanced to a pale yellow, which is the ideal color. Just as In noonday bright ness human sight is not so clear and farreaching as at the yellow sunset, so a new incandescent burner is not so good for the eye as an old one. An old burner, so adjusted and shaded that the light from it does not shine in the lace, is the ideal arti ficial light An argand gas-burner cones

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They claim that the coliee-houso is the most eincient instrument with which to fight tho saloon, and that, as established in England, it has proved a great success. It has checked intemperance, been useful as a starting-point lor other reforms, and, in almost every case, has proved remunerative in a money sense. With so many arguments in its favor, it is not strange that tbe attention of social reformers in this country has been drawn to it. The failure of past attempts to establish coffee-houses has been almost wholly due to a want of business management and tbe neglect to recognize the difference between tbe social conditions of this country and of .Ln eland. 1 hose who saw the conee-house succeeding abroad; and proving a faithful and elhcient ally of the temperance cause. imagined that it was only necessary to es tablish the same institution here to meet with the same success. It was a very siraSle argument, and the same train of thought as deceived revenue reformers as well as social reformers. The result has been that the cotlee-houees established in this country have been almost invariable failures. giving little or no aid to the opponentsof the saloon, and orovine a linancial loss and discouragement to those who 6tarted them. One of the chief characteristics of tbe successful coffee-house most be the social feature. It must be made attractive, and the frequenters must be made to feel that they are not intruders, no matter how long they may remain. This is a characterise of all English restaurants. . They are arranged with cozy nooks and comfortable sofas and chairs, where customers can sit and chat at their leisure, and remain as long as the disposition suits them without feeling that they are intruding. There is an atmosphere of contentment and comfort about them which is as attractive and appetizing as the bill of fare itself. One person or a party of friends can sit at a table undisturbed for hours, and, within the screens which shield them from the observation of most of tbe other customers, rest and chat at their leisure. American cotl'ee-houses. on the contrary. have almost, always beon arranged on the plan oi the typical American restaurant, with two or three rows of tables running down a lone, narrow room, with hardly space enough between them for customers to sit. 1 he whole atiair is suggestive of haste and discomfort and restlessness. Such a place has no attractions for a workingman after a day of labor. Human nature revolts against the arrangement, and the class to whom the enterprise ap peals are repelled instead of being attracted. The fact that human nature must be taken into account is an item that too many social reformers lose sight of. Like the bigoted free-trader, they imagine that because one policy succeeds ln some other country it must succeed everywhere else. There ought to have been enough failures of well-intentioned effort by this time to enable men with an eye to business, as well as to reform, to establish coffeehouses and make them successful by adapting them to American wants and habits. The Orchestra of City Life. New York fiun. "I cannot understand the outcry some people make against the noise in the streets," said the man. 'Jnst stand here in the Citv Hall Park, close vour eves aud listen. It is a bright day, and it is the time when the tide of city life Is at the liood. That dull, heavy boom, like the roar of the sea. is the thousand wagons which, when heard one at a time, rattle and jar so. but the thousand are like a multitude of bass viols blending in a monotonous, musical note. Above it rise the higher, shriller notes, the tinkling of a score of car bells. the shouts of drivers, the high-pitched voices of women and children, the sounds of laughter, the faint murmur of distant church or clock bells. Sometimes this rises to a shrill falsetto, then dies, until it is scarcely to be distinguished from the bass roar of the wagons on the granite. You are hearing the tremendous orchestra of city life violins, flutes, cellos, cymbals, drums. It could be set down innotes. It is not discordant. It is soothing, and the city man, who hears it unconsciously day after day, learns to lovo it unconsciously, and it haunts him with its melody in country places so that he must come back to it." A Powerful Production. New York Bun. Here is a truth that would seem like very bold advertising if the names were printed: indeed, it might not be believed. A young lady who has just produced a novel conceived a strong situation for her heroine, and then wrote it out and fainted when it was finished. She took the manuscript to the house of a literary friend, and endeav ored to read what she had set forth. Again at the end of the reading she fainted. It will be of interest to her friends to see whether the literature which was produced under such a 6train, and with such conse quences will affect tbe reading public even suiliciently to make her fatuous. It does not necessarily follow that it wilL Explained. rhilsd elphla Tim.. It is now claimed that Deacon lull Nye is such an omnivorous devourerof newspapers that be readj all the advertisements in them. It is now easy to understand ho r he lost ail respect for truth. , Well Protected. Texas Blftlnjrs. There is a man in Indiana who takes thirty-two newspapers, and you might as well try to ride a whirlwind on a sidesaddle as to attempt to impose upon that man.

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Send for Gatalogve. - IRON PIPE lias, &ieam ana nuier Goods. GEO. A. RICHARDS C8 South Pennsylvania St. TO -A-GtEjSTTS. A $15,000 POLICY Costs with, tis S2 O per year; Smaller ono S13. Pfftmpt Payment of Claims a Specialty. From ourlastAnnual Koport. Total claims ln precr si of adjustment... Tots.1 claims doe and uni ftid. $55.00 2f ONE NON'K Total nanus resisico...... llS.PU0.b5 Claims paid ln 1S90. ...... i?30.U14.J NOTICE. Therlcht rarty can secure special Uimt If Tie plies in ifssin. W. IX CHASE, tacrr. MAKCFACTCBERS CEJSVA. 2i. X. ACCIPEUT IKPEUMTT CO. DIED. "WEBSTER Oeorpa O. "Wstster. sr.. rrlflsr. 3:30 p. nv, aged sercntj-stTen. tfottce ot Xoncral will be givsa. MATTER Anra. wife ot nnry J. Msner and daughter of liaptf slen Onlxm, Msxch 27. at 9 o'clock a. ni., aped iwentj-nlne rears. J-"uneml M on flay, March So, st 2 o'clock p. xx, from laxallj residenco, Ko. 4l Indiana avenue. CLIURCII SERVICES. BaptisL First BArnsTcnuiicir.NonTnE AST Conner of New York and. Peunsjlvanla streets. The pastor, Her.W. F. Taylor, will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Special Easter music Jtty tns caolr. W. CL ttxnock. leader, rrsyrr-metting Thursday evening. Sunday-school, 8:1 5 a. m, Y.V.tLV. 6:S0p.m. Christian. CENTRAL CltBISTIAN CnUBCII, COnNEPi of Oliio and Delaware streets. D. It. Lucas, pastor, subject, 10 45 a. m, The Uring: JasV:45 p. nx. "Lewoui and bunfiay-schwl Hevlcw. Funday-school at 9:30 a, m- Howard Cale, surorlnUndent. Y. P. S. C. K. at 0:30 p. m.. Miss Pearl V. Graham, leader. At the morning aerrice the choir will render theantheuiS. Jerusalem," by i:ees, an$ Awake Ulad Soul,' by Hoiden.and a soio, Easter." by Iieese. All are Invited and welcome to Uiess serr 'toe. Method 1st. CENTRAL. AYENTJ E M ETIIODIST ETIPCO. pal Church Comer of Cntral arcane and Butler street i'rtaohlng at 10:30 a. nv ana 7:30 p. by Jtev. li. A.Uotln. I). D. Class-meetls. S:30 a. m. Sunday-school, 1!:15 p. m. Ycunir peo?J' nieetlng. 6:30 p. m. Uible reading by It v. E. P. Brown Tuesday evening. Strangers cordially welcomed. 1 rERIDLAN-STEEET METHODIST EPISCOllA pal Church Hev. IL A. Cleveland. D. IX. pastor, will jireacn at 10:30 a. m.j subject, -The UlespUa ci the Easter Liis Attained Here and Now;" and :S0 p.m., subject, The Munlng Lamps of Hope Easter lias Lighted." special Easter muslo by the choir, roorninc and evening, and the 8 we ft Oospl cf Lilies for the Lyes tuat are Weary. O'.as, t:30; Sunday-school. Y. P. B. C .,3:4 Thursday evening service, 7:45. ROBERTS PARK 21. E. CIIUBCII, X0BTXI east corner Delaware and Vermont streets. Uer. O. A. Van Anda. D. D.. pastor. Xiegnlar cias-xnert-lDgs at9:15 a. m. Preaching by the pastor at 10:30 a. nv. also at 7:30 p. m. Boms special music has been prepared by the choir for theae ef-rlrea. buudarschool at 2:15. At this hour there will be special Easter services for the children; also soirt er fetal mnsio. E p worth Les rue Tuesday, 7:80 p. ra. Mcgular prayer-meeting Thursday, l-.0 p. xau Presbyterum. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CIITJRCTT, SOTTTII. west corner Pennsylvania and New York street. The Hev. N. A. Hyde. D. L.. will prearh to-morrow at 10:45 a. m.; no evening service, bnn day -school xnwts at :S0 a. ra. The Yonnsc People's boclty meets at 6:45 p. m. Weekly praytx-zneeUng on Thursday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, COUNCh Vermont and Pennsylvania streets. Th Rev. Joseph A. Mllbum, pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. Bunday-echool at 2:30 p, m. Youna people's meeting at 0:45 p. m. Thursday evening praver-meeting at 7:30, led by the pastor. Children's Laater server wlih infant baptism, afternoon, 3:30 o'clock. 2io evening service, SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN CnTJRCTI-OOR-ner ot Certar and Elm street, n. v. Hunter, pastor. An Easter fcrvice will be held babhaUi morning consisting ot rtsponaive reading. s?oiai mnftle and a shcrt discourse. Preaching at 7.bO. bunday.school at li.20 and C E., at 3:30 p. to. Juntos c. E. at 8:30 a. ra Annual congrgaLc-nal noting on ceit Thursday evening, at wluch time rrpurU lrom all departments ot ci.uroh work will oe given. odeers elected, closing with a cocgrtgauunsl ociaL TABERNACLE CnURCH. CORNER MERIDlan and Becond streeia. Rev. J. A. Jtondlualer, D. I), paster. Preaching ry tee raitor, at 1U.30 a. n. Kunilav-school '2:15 p. m. Y. V. 8. 0. E.. 3 45 p. iu. Hervioes at 7.30 p. m.. conducted by the Murphy Gospel Teinpf ranee Leagna. Service at Inlianaoia and Mi. Jackson Chapels at 7:0 p. m. WANTED SnSCELXANEOrB. THE MA80NI0 MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIAtlon. of Cleveland, Ohio, dt-slres the srvloa of a thoroughly competent and eipenened salesman for feneral agent Htate of Indiana. Headiuarters ndiaaapoUs. Must be a member ot Lis UrOr. Address W. D. rOLBOlL Manager. 4b3 The Arcade. Cleveland, O. ANNOUNCEMENT. M RS. IL E. 8EIBEUT. TEACHEQ OF TUB banjo. Room 23 Masonic Tempi. S40 PER MONTH AND EXPENSES FAIT) rood men to sell Nursery Htock. Permanent employment. Address THE ONTARIO NUHoE. lilLS, Genera, N. Y. FOR SALE. FOR BALE BRICK RESIDENCE. CONTAINlng twelve rooms and atUa Lot corner rennaW vanla and New York streets. AdMrts or apply to Room 13. 00 East Market street. FOR 8ALE-D3Y-GOODS BUSINESS A party wlahes to sell a half interest la an eatab. llshed business ln ods ot the best county -strati n Indiana. A good i-portunltv forths rgtt party. Amount ot stock, about $10,000. Address L. D. care Indianapolis J ournaL FTNANC1AX, L0AN8-O2T CITY PROPERTY, a E. COrTCT SCO. LOAU8 KOWEY ON MORTGAGES. CL V, 8AYLE&, 75 East Market street. II f ONEY TO LOAN-6 PER CENT. ITORAC23 IU. MCILAY. lUKim IL Talbott A New a Block. SIX PERCENT. ON CITY PROPERTY" Blook. MONEY ON WATCHES, kU0XV3& elry. without pubUcity. CITY LOAN Ol I IC2-. 67 Wei Washington street. MOXTEY TO LOAN ON TAIIM8 AT T1IE LO W. tat market rate; priTllrfies rrirJ Cue. We also buy municipal bonda T1U--A CO- 72 East liar lot w Didiaaarviia.