Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1892 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1892.

trains teems to bare been so flagrant that the Argentine minister, who was dean of the diplomatic corps. JiaYing observed it. felt called upon to protest against it to tbo Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Chilian authorities have, as will beobserved from tbo correspondence, charged the refugees and inmates of the legation -with insulting the police; but it seems to me incredible that men whose lives were in jeopardy, and whos safety conld only be secured by retirement and quietness, should have sought to provoke a collision which conld only end in their destruction or to aggravate tbeir condition by intensifying a popular feeling that at one time so threatened the legation as to reqnire Mr. Egan to appeal to the Minister of Foreign All airs. TIIE MOST SERIOUS mASE. But the most serious incident disclosed by the correspondence is that of the attack upon the sailors of the Baltimore in the streets of Valparaiso on the 16tb of October last. In my annual message, speaking upon the information then in my possession, I said: "So far as I hare yet been able to learn, no other explanation of this bloody work has been suggested than that it had its origin in hostility to these mon as sailors of the United States wearing the uniform of their government, and not in any individual act or personal animosity." We have now received from the Chilian government an abstract of the conclusions of the fiscal-general upon the testimony taken by the judge of crimes in an investigation which was made to extend over txearly three months. 1 very much regret to be compelled to cay that this report does not enable me to modify the conclusion announced in my annual message. I am still of the opinion that our sailors were assaulted, beaten, stabbed and killed, not for anything they or any one of them had done, but for what the government of the United States bad done, or was charged with having doue, by Its civil officers and naval commanders. If that be the true aspect of tbo case the injury was to the government of the United States, not to these poor sailors, who were assaulted in a manner so brntaland to cowardly. Before attempting to give an outline ot the facts noon which this conclusion rests, I think it right to say a word or two upon the legal aspect of the case. The Baltimore was in the harbor of Valparaiso by virtue of that general invitation which nations are held to extend to the war vessels of other powers with which they have friendly relations. This invitation, 1 think, must be held ordinarily to embrace the privilege of such communication with the shore as is reasonable,- necessary and proper for the comfort and convenience of the officers and men of such vessels. Captain Schley testifies that when his vessel returned to Valparaiso on Sept. 14. the city officers, as is customary, extended the hospitalities ot the city to his officers and crew. It is not claimed that every nersonal collision or injury in which a sailor or officer of saoh naval vessel visiting the shore may be involved raises an international question, but I am clearly of the opinion that where auch sailors or officers are assaulted by a resident populace, animated by hostility to the government whose uniform these sailors and officers wear, and in resentment of acts done by .their government not by them their nation must take notice of the event as one involving an infraction of its rights and dignity notm a secondary way, as where a citizen is injured and presents his claim through his own government, but in a primary way precisely as if its minister or consul, or the flag itself, had been the object of the same character of assault. VTKRE REALLY GUESTS OF CIIILI. The officers and sailors of the Baltimore were in the harbor of Valparaiso under the orders of, their government, not by their own choice. They were upon the shore by the implied invitation of the government of Chill, and with the approval of their commanding officer; and it does not distinguish their case from that of a consul that his stay is more permanent or that he holds the express invitation of the local government to justify his long residence, ft or does it aff ect the question that the injury was the act of a mob. If there baa been no participation by the police or military in this cruel work and no negleot on their part to extend protection, the case would still be one, in my opinion, when its extent and cbaraoter are considered, involving international rights. The incidents of the affair are briefly as follows: On the 16th of October last Captain Schley, commanding the United States steamship Baltimore, gave shore leave to 117. petty officers and sailors of his ship. These men left the ship about 1:30 p. m. No incident of violence occurred; none of our . men were arrested; no complaint was lodged against them; nor did any collision or outbreak occur until 6 r. m. Captain Schley states that he was the first on shore and was on the streets of the city until 5:30; that he met very many ot his men who were upon leave; that they were sober and were conducting themselves with propriety, saluting Chilian and other officers as they met them. Other officers of the ship and Captain Jenkins, of the merchant shipKeweenaw.corroborate Cast. Schley as to the general sobriety and sood behavior of our men. The Sisters of Charity at the hospital to which our wounded men were taken, when inquired of, stated they were sober when received. If the situation had been otherwise we must believe that the Chilian police authorities would have made arrests. About G p. m. the assault began, and it is remarkable that the investigation by the judgo of crimes, though so protracted, does not onable him to give any more satisfactory account of its origin than is found in the atatement that it began between drunken sailors. , 8 PAT IX THE SAILOR'S FACE. ' Repeatedly in the correspondence it is asserted that it was impossible to learn the precise cause of the riot. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matta, in his telegram to Mr. Montt under date of Dec. SI, states that the quarrel began between two sailors in a tavern, and was continued in the street, persons who were passing joining in it The testimony of Talbott. an apprentice, who was with Biggin, is that the outbreak in which they were involved began by a Chilian sailor spitting in the face of Talbott, which was resented by a knockdown. It appears that Biggin and Talbott were at that time unaccompanied by any others of their shipmates. These two men were immediately beset by a crowd of Chilian citizens and sailors, through which they broke their way to a street-car and entered it for safety. They were pursued, driven from the car, and Biggin was so seriously beaten that he tell in the street, ap

parently dead. - There is nothing in the report of the Chilian investigation made to us that seriously impeaches this testimony. It appears from Chilian sources that almost in tantly. with a suddenness that strongly implies meditation and preparation, a mob, stated by the police authorities at one time to number 2,000 and another 1.000, was engaged in the insult upon our sailors, who are represented as resisting "with stones, clnbs and bright arms." The report of the intendentaof Oct. SO states that the tight began at 6 p. jr. in three streets which are named; that information was received at the intendencia at 6:15 and tnat the police arrived on the scene at 6:30, a full half hour after the assault began. At that time he says that a mob of 2,000 men had collected and that for several squares there waa the appearance of a "real battle-held." The scene at this point is very graphically set before as by the Chilian testimony. The American sailors, who after so long an examination have not been found guilty of any breach of the peace so farastheChilian authorities are able to discover, unarmed and defenseless, are tieeing for tbeir lives, tarsned by overwhelming numbers and lighting only to aid their own escape from death or to succor some man whose life is in greater peril. Eighteen of tbera are brutally stabbed and beaten, while one Chilian seems, from the report, to have larTered some injury, bat bow serioas or jritb what character ot weapon, or whether y a miftsile thrown by our men or by some f his fellow-rioters, is unascertained. A FA LF ABLE UXTHCTH. The pretense that our men were fighting "with stones, clnbs and bright arms," in view of tftese facts, is incredible. It is further refuted by the fact that our prisoners, when searched, wero absolutely without arms, only seven pen-knives being found in the possession of the men arrested, while there were received by our men more than thirty stab wounds, every $neof which was indicted in the back, and Imost every contnsed wound was in the 0i ck or back of the head. The evidence the shirt officer oX the daar is that avan.

the jack-knives of the men were taken from them before leaving the ship. As to the brutal nature of the treatment

received by onrmen, the following extract xrom the account given of the affair by the La Patria. a newspaper cf Valparaiso, of Oet. 17, cannot be regarded as too friendly: "The Yankees, as soon as their pursuers gave chase, went by way of the Calle del Arsenal towards the city car station. In the presence of an ordinary number of citizens, among whom were some sailors, the North Americans took seats in the street-car to esoape from the stones which the Chilians threw at them. It was believed for an instant that the North Americans had saved themselves from popular fury, but such was not the case. Scarcely had the car begun to move when a crowd gathered around to stop its progress. Under these circumstances and withont any cessation of the howling and throwing of stones at the North Americans, the conductor entered the car, and seeing the risk of the situation to the vehicle, told them to get out. At the instant the sailors left the car in the midst of bail stones, the conductor receiving a stone blow on the head. One of the Yankee sailors managed to escape in the direction ot the 1'laza Ilelrigbt, but the other was felled to the ground with a stone. Managing to raise himself from the ground where he lay, he staggered in an opposite direction from the station. In front of the house of 8enor Mazzini he was again wounded, falling senseless and breathless." IT WAS BRUTAL WORK. No amount of evasion or subterfuge is able to cloud our clear vision of this brutal work. It should bo noticed, in this connection, that the American sailors arrested, after an examination, were, during the four days following the arrest, every one discharged, no oharge of any breach of tho peace or other criminr.l conduct having been sustained against asingleoneof them. The judge of crimes, Foster, in a note to tie intendento, under date of Oct. 22, bofore the dispatch from this government of the following day. which aroused the authorities of Chili to a better sense of the gravity of the affair, sava: "Having presided temporarily over this court in regard to the seamen of the United States cruiser Baltimore men who have been tried on account of the deplorable conduct which took place," etc. The noticeable points here are that every sailor had been tried bofore tho 22d of October, and that the trial resulted in the acquittal and return to their vessel. It is quite remarkable and quite characteristic of the management of this affair by tbe Chilian police authorities that we should now be advised that seaman Davidson, of the Baltimore, had been included in the indictment: his offense being, so far as 1 have been able to ascertain, that he attempted to defend a shipmate against an assailant who was striking him with a knife. The perfect vindication of our men is furnished by this report; one only is fonnd to have been guilty of criminal fault, and that for an actclearly justifiable. As to the part taken by the police in the affair, the case made by Chili is also far from satisfactory. The place where Kiggin was killed is only three minutes' walk from the police station, and yet. according to tbeir official report, a full half bour elapsed after the assault began before the police wero npon the ground. It has been stated that all but two of our men have said that the polioe did tbeir duty. The evidence taken at Mare island shows that if suoh a statement was procured from our men it was accomplished by requiring them to sign a writing in a language that they did not understand and by the representation that it was a mere declaration that they had taken no part in the disturbance. Lieutenant McCjea, who acted as interpreter, says in his evidence that when onr sailors were examined before the court the subject of the conduct of the police was so carefully avoided tbat he reported the fact to Captain Schley on his return to the vessel. MANIFESTED IN INSULTING SLURS. The evidences of the existence of an animosity towards onr sailors in the minds of the sailors of the Chilian navy and of tho populace of Valparaiso were so abundant and various as to leave no doubt in the mind of any one who will examine the papers submitted. It manifested itself in insulting slurs towards our men as they passed the Chilian manrof-war in their boats, and in the derisive and abusive epithets with which they greeted every appearance of an American sailor on the evening of the riot. Captain fc'chley reports that boats from the Chilian war-ships soveral times went out of their conrse to cross the bows ot bis boats, compelling them to back-water. He complained of the discourtesy, and it was corrected. That this feeling was shared by men of higher rank is shown by an incident related by burgeon Stitt. of the Baltimore. After the battle of Placilla he, with other medical officers of the-war vessels in the harbor, was giving voluntary assistance to the wounded in the hospitals. The son of a Chilian army officer of high rank was under bis care, and when the father discovered it he Hew into a passion, and said he would rather have his son die than have Americans touch him, and at once had bim removed from the ward. This feeling is not well concealed in the dispatches of the Foreign Office, and bad qnite open expression in the disrespectful treatment of the American legation. The Chilian boatmen in the bay refused, even for large offers of money, to return our sailors who crowded the mole to tbeir ship when they were endeavoring to escape from the city on the night of the assault. The market boats of the Baltimore were threatened, and even quite recently the gig of Commander Evans, of the Yorktown, was stoned while waiting for him at the mole. The evidence of our sailors clearly shows that the attack was expected by the Chilian people; that threats had beon made against onr men, and that in one case, somewhat early in the afternoon, the keeper of one house into which some of our men had gone closed his establishment in anticipation of attack, which be advised them would be made upon them as darkness came on. In a report of Captain Schley to the Navy Department he says: "In the only interview that I had with Judge Foster, who is investigating the case relative to the disturbance, before he was aware of the entire gravity of the matter, he informed me tbat the assault npon my men was the outcome of hatred for our people among the lower classes because they thought we bad sympathized with the Balmacedist government on account of the Itata matter, whether with reason or without he could, of course, not admit; but such he thought was the explanation of the assault at that time." Several of our men sought security from the mob by eucb complete or partial changes in their dress as would conceal the fact of their being seamen of the Baltimore, and found it then possible to walk the streets without molestation. These incidents conclusively establish that the at tack was upon, the nnirorm the nationalityand not upon the men. ANIMUS OF THE ILL KEELING. The origin of this feeling is probably found in the refusal of this government to give recognition to the Congressional party before it had established itself in tho seizure of the Itata for an alleged violation of the neutrality lawa in the cable incident and in the charge that Admiral Brown conveyed information to Valparaiso of the landing at Quinteros. It is not my purpose to enter here any defense of the action of this government on these matters. It is enough for tho present purpose to say that if there was any breach of international comity or duty on our cart it should have been made the subject ot official complaint through diplomatic channelsor of reprisals for which a full responsibility was assumed. We cannot consent that these incidents and these perversions of the truth shall be used to excite murderous attack npon onr unoffending sailors, and the government of Chili no acquit of a responsibility. In fact, the conduct of this government daring the war in Chili pursued those lines of international duty which we had strongly insisted upon on the part of other nations when this - country was in the throes of a civil conflict. We continued the established diplomatic relations with the gorernment in power until it was overthrown, and promptly and cordially reogmzd th new government when it was established. The good offices of the government were offered to bring about a peaceful adjustment, and the interposition of Mr. Kuan to mitigate legal severities and to shelter adberttuts ot the Congressional party were effective and frequent. The charge against Admiral Brown is too base to gain credence with any one who knows his high personal character, liecurrini to tha avidenst of oar sailors,

I think it is shown tbat there were several

distinct assaults, and so nearly simultane ous as to show that they did not spread from one point. A press summary ox the report of the fiscal shows that the evidence of the Chilian officials and others was in conflict as to the place of origin, several places being named by different witnesses as the locality where the first outbreak occurred. This, if correctly reported, shows that there were several distinct outbreaks, and so nesrly at the same time as to cause this confusion. La Patria, In the same issue from which I bave already quoted, after describing the killing of Kiggin and the fight which from that point extended to the mole, says: "At the same time, in other streets of the port, the Yankee sailors fought fiercely with the people of the town, who believed to see in them incarnate enemiea of the Chilian navy." AN F.YE-WITNESSES'3 ACCOUNT. The testimony of Captain Jenkins, of the American merchant ship Keweenaw, which had gone to Valparaiso for repairs, and who was a witness of some part of the assault upon the crew of the Baltimore, is strongly corroborative of the testimony of our own sailors, when he says that he saw Chilian aentries drive back a seaman seeking shelter from tbe mob that was pursuing him. The officers and men of Captain Jenkins's ship furnish tbe most conclusive testimony as to the indignities which were practiced towards Americans in Valparaiso. When American sailors, even of the merchant ships, can only secure their safety by denying their nationality it must be time to readjust our relations with a government that permits such demonstrations. , As to the participation of the police, the evidence of our sailors shows that our mon were struck and beaten- by police officers before and after arrest, and that one, at least, was dragged with a lasso , about his neck by a mounted policeman. That the death of Rigginwasthe result of a rifleshot fired by a policeman or soldier on duty is shown directly by the testimony or Johnson, in whose arms he was at the time, and by the evidence of Charlea Langan. an American sailor not then a member of tbe Baltimore's crew, who stood close by and saw the transaction. The Chilian authorities do not pretend to fax the responsibility ofthissbot npon any particular person, but avow their inability to ascertain who fired .it. further than it was tired from a crowd. The character of the wound as described by ono of the surgeons of the Baltimore clearly supports bis opinion that it was made by a riffe ball, the orifice of exit being as much as an inch or an inch and a quarter in width. When shot the poor fellow was nnconscions and in the arms of a comrade, who was endeavoring to carry him to a neighboring drug store for treatment. The story of the police that in coming np the street they passed these men and let t them behind them is inconsistent with' tbeir own statement as to the direction of tbeir approach and witn their duty to protect them, and is clearly disproved. In fact, Kiggin was not behind but in front of the advancing force, and was not standing in the crowd, but was nnconscions and supported in the arms of Johnson when he was shot. NO REGRET OR APOLOQr. The communications of the Chilian government in relation to this cruel and disastrous attack npon our men, as will appear from the correspondence, have not in any degree taken tbe form of a manly aud satisfactory expression of regret, much less of apology. The event was of so serious a character that if tbe injuries suffered by onr men bad been wholly the result of an accident in a Chilian port the incident was grave enough to nave called for some pnblio expression of sympathy and regret from the local authorities. It is not enough to say that the aff'utr was lamentable, for humanity would require that expression, even if the beating and killing of our men had been justifiable. It is not enough to say that the incident is regretted, coupled , with the statement that the affair was not of an unusual character in ports where foreign sailors are accustomed to meet, It is not for a generous and sincere government to seek for words of smalKor equivocal meaning in which to convey to a friendly power an apology for an offense so atrocious as this. In the case of the assault by a mob in New Orleans upon the Spanish consulate in 1851, Mr. Webster wrote to the Spanfeh I minister. Mr. Calderon, tbat the acts complained of were "a disgraceful and flagrant breach of duty and propriety," and that his government "regrets thm as deeply as Minister Calderon or his government could , possibly do;'' that "these acts have caused the President great pain, and he thinks a proper acknowledgment is due to bis Majesty." He Invited the Spanish consul to return to his post, guaranteeing protection and offered to salute the Spanish flag if the consul should come in a Spanish Tessel. Saoh a treatment by the government of Chili of this assault would have been more creditable to the Chilian authorities: and much less can hardly be satisfactory to a government that values its dignity and honor. In our note of Oct. 23 last, which appears in tbe correspondence, after receiving tbo report of the board of officers, appointed by Captain Schley to investigate the affair, the Chilian government was advised of the aspect which it then assumed and called upon for any facts in its possession that might tend to modify tbe unfavorable impressions which our reply had created. It is very clear from tho correspondence that before tbe receipt of this note the examination was regarded by tbo police authorities as practically closed. It was, however, reopened and protracted through a period of nearly three months. .We might justly have complained of this unreasonable delay, but in view of the fact that tbe gov ernment of Chili was still provisional, and with a disposition to be forbearing and hopeful of a friendly termination. I have awaited the report which has but recently been made. CHILI ASKED TO APOLOGIZE. i On tbe 21th inst. I caused to be communicated to the government of Chili, by the American minister at Santiago, the conclusions of this government, after a full consideration of all the evidence and of every suggestion affecting this matter and to these conclusions I adhere. They were stated as follows: "First That the assault is not relieved of the aspect which tbe early information of the event gave to it. viz.: That of an attack upon the nniform of tbe United States navy, having its origin and motive in a feeling of hostility to this government and not in any act of tbe sailora or of any of them. "SecondThat the public authorities of Valparaiso flagrantly failed in their duty to protect our men aud tbat some of tbe police and of the Chilian soldiers and sailors were themselves guilty of unprovoked assaults upon our sailors before and after arrest. lie the President thiuks tbe preponderance of . tbo evidence and the inherent probabilities lead to the conclusion tbat Kiggin was killed by the police or soldiers. "Third That he the President! is therefore compelled to bring the case back to the position taken by this government in the note of Mr. Wharton of Oct 23 last and to ask for a suitable apology and for some adequate reparation for the injury done to this government." In the same note the attention of the Chilian government was called to the offensive character of a note addressed by Mr. Matta. its Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Mr. Montt, its minister at this capital, on the 11th nit This dispatch waa not officially communicated to this government, but as Mr. Montt was directed to translate and give it to the press of this country it secerned to me that it could not pass without official notice. It was not only undiplomatic, but grossly insulting to onr naval officers and to the Executive Department, as it directly Imputed untruth and insincerity as to reports to the saval officers and tbe official communications made by the Executive Department to Congress. It will be observed that I have notified the Chilian government tbat unless this note lint onco withdrawn and an apology as public, as the offsnse made. I will terminate diplomatic relations. The request for the recall of Mr. Egan npon tbe ground that he was not persona grata, was unaccompanied by any suxKestion that conld properly be used in support of it. and I infer that the request is based npon official acts of Mr. Esan, which bave received the approval of this government. But, however tbat may be. I could not consent to consider sncn a question until it had first been settled whether our corresponce with Chili could be conducted upon a basis of mutual respect. THE DEMANDS 8IIOULD BE ENFORCED. In submitting these papers to Congress for that grave and patriotic consideration vrhlcb, the questions involved demand. I

desire to say tbat I am of the opinion that tbe demands made of Chili by this government should be adhered to and enforced. If the dignity a well as tbe prestige and inilnence of the United States are not to be wholly sacrificed, we must protect those who in foreign ports display the flag or wear tbe colors of this government against insult, brutality and death mfficted in resentment of the acts of their government and not for any fanlt ot their own. It has been my desire in every way to cultivate friendly and intimate relations with all the governments of this hemisphere. We do not covet their territory: we desire their peace and prosperity. We look for no advantage in our relations with them except the increased exchange of commerce npon a basis of mutual benefit. We regret every civil contest that (disturbs their peace and paralyzes their development, and are always ready to give our good offices for the restoration of peace. It must, however, be understood that this government, while exercising the ntmost forbearauco towards weaker powers, will extend its strong and adequate protection to its citizens to its officers and to its humblest sailor wnen made tiie victims of wantonness and cruelty in resentment, not of their personal conduct, but of the official acts of tbeir government. Upon information received that Patrick Shields, an Irishman and probably a British subject, but at tbe time a fireman of the American steamer Keweenaw, in the harbor of Valparaiso for repairs, bad been subjected to personal injuries in that city, largely by the police, I directed the Attorney-general to cause the evidence of tbe officers and crew of that vessel to be taken upon its arrival in San Francisco; and that testimony, also, is herewith transmitted. The brutality and even savagery of tbe treatment of this poor man by the Chilian police would be incredible if the evidence of Shields was not supported by other direct testimony, and by the distressing condition of the man himself when he was finally able to reach his Tessel. The captain of the vessel says: "He came back: a wreck, black from his neck to his hips, from beating, weak and stupid, and is still in a kind of paralysis, and has never been able to do duty since." A claim for reparation has been made in behalf of this roan, for. while he was not a citizen of tho United States, the doctrine so long held by us, as expressed in tbe consular regulations is: 'The principles whioh aTe maintained by this government in -regard to the protection, as distinguished from the relief of seamen are well settled. It is held tbat the circumstance that the vessel is American is evidence that tbe seamen on board are such; and in every regularly documented merchant vessel the crew will find their protection in the flag tbat covers them." I have as yet received no reply to our note of the 21st inst, but in my opinion, I ought not to delay longer to bring these matters to the attention of Congress for such action as may be deemed appropriate. Benjamin Harrison. For diplomatic t Tfiponftence in rtlation to the Chilian affair, epagee 9, 10 and 11. INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Feeble-Minded Joseph Thomas Makes a Clumsy Forgery at Knightstown. Attempting to Swindle the First National Bank, He Ii Landed in Jail-Mjiterr Still Surrounding the Marsh Murder. INDIANA. Wonld-TJe Bank Swindler Caught Up by s Misspelled Name. Special to tbe Indianapolis JonrnaL Kxightstown, Jan. 25. Last Saturday a man giving his name as Joseph O. M. Thomas, residing seven miles north of this city, presented a letter of credit at the Firtit National Dank purporting to have been written by Wesley Williams, a wealthy farmer north of here. The letter requested the bank to let the bearer have as much money as he wanted. He was refused the money, however, and was told to have a note made out and properly signed. He appeared at the bank this afternoon with the note made out for 375, but the signature of Mr. Williams having been spelled wrong the man was promptly arrested on a charge of forgery. Mr. Williams denies having signed any note for any amonnt whatever. Thomas is a young man and showed evidences of being very weak-minded. A preliminary hearing will be given him tomorrow. The Wrong Man Again. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Seymour, Jan. 25. On Saturday a colored man named Philip Haney was arrested at Cincinnati and brought here, charged with the murder of L. W. Marsh. Sunday Haney was driven over the same route taken by the fugitive on the morning of Jan. 1, and was placed face to face with those who saw the suspected murderer. However, not one. not even Mrs. Marsh, wife of a 'brother of tbe murdered man, who furnished him food at her house, could recognize Haney, and he was returned to this place and set at liberty. There is 'much suppressed criticism over tho numerous arrests, out of which nothing has developed. Not a particle of evidence nas been furnished against all these colored men who have been ponnced on by the alert officers. People are beginning to ask why the tell-tale knife which McGovern once owned is not traced to its owner, who stuck it in the window of the Marsh residence. The fact is there is a growing suspicion that the pnblic is being thrown off the right scent. Perhaps tbe murderer of Marsh lives right here in Seymour. Evansvllle German Dallies Fighting. r?clsl to Ui Indlanapollft Journal. Evans vi lle, Jan. 25. Frederick Lauenstein. proprietor of the E vansville Deinokrat (German daily), to-day filed a damage suit for $20,000 acainst the Oermania (also German daily) and its proprietors, John G. Neuman and Henry Rosenthal. Lauenstein alleges that Rosenthal, who was for many years in his employ, had charge of the subscription and advertising lists. The Demolrrara I Ufa wrA valued at RlOfXXL In Jnt- t last year, Rosenthal left tbe employ of tho Demokrat to connect himself with the Germania. .Before leaving, it is charged, he made copies of the lists in question. It is also claimed that the Germania, using tbe lists, sent its papers to tbe Demokrat's subscribers and enticed them away. Lauenstein asks that the Germania be enIoined from further use of tbe names. The )emokrat claims an additional 5 10, 000 as damages to business. The Demokrat had so opposition as a German daily until the establishment of the Germania a few weeks ago. The latter is a Republican paper. DePauw School of Mnslo Concert. Cprclal to the Indianapolis Journal Greekcastlk, Jan. 25. A popular concert came off to-night at Meharry Hall, which brought out a number of tbe stars from the School of Mnsio of DePauw University. Those taking part in the entertainment were Endora and Zella Marshall, Flora E. Van Dyke. Olive M. Stanley. Tbekla Bnrmeister, Anna A. Smith, Snsie Kelly and Elsanor Mores, pianists: Rosa Marqoia, Tiolinidt; Gertrude French. harpist; Herbert W. Webster, vocalist, and the DePauw Mandolin Club, led by the accomplished soloist, Jlilene F. Webster. The concert was an artistic success, and was thoroughly enjoved by its natrons. The proceeds will be applied to the parcqbss of a new concert grand piano for tbe university hall. Better Off Without Ills Tension f racial to tbe InUsnapoU Journal Muncik, Jan. 25. Oliver Williams, the Dunkirk glass blower who cut his wife's throat with a pocket-knife, yesterday, was remanded to jail to-day, to await the result of his wife's injury. For some time Williams has been in tbe Soldiers' Home at Marion. Recently he secured a few hundred dollars pension money, which he spent for whisky. His wife then kept a boardinghouse to support the family. She came here last week to visit her daughter, Mrs. Jamea Haves, and Williams followed and assaulted her, it is said, because of her re-

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fusal to give him money. The exterior jugular vein was severed, and the unfortunate victim's life may ebb away any hour. Williams claims he was intoxicated at the time. The Recent Wreck on the Monon. Crawforfliviile Journal. The Indianapolis Journal correspondent does a great injustice to the citizens of Crawfordsville in making the charge that the victims of the late disastrous Monon wreck were neglected and suffered for want of attention. It was the universal verdict that every attention possible was given the wounded and sutlering. and that both citizens and our noble corps of physicians vied with each other in their efforts to make all as comfortable as possible under existing circumstances. The wounded themselves had nothing but thanks for the kindly manner in whioh tney were cared for. How to RaUe Hogs and Fruit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Jan. 25. The Morgan County Agricultural Institute began a two days' session here to-day. The attendance is not very large, owing tor the prevalence of la grippe. Papers were read on 'How to Make Hog-raising Protitable" and "Fruitgrowing and Marketing." by James M. Mustard and Louis P. DeTurk, respective ly. Mr. Mustard has a farm near Broad Ripple, and has made a fortune in raising hogs, while Mr. DeTurk has been equally successful in fruit culture. Many farmers are present from other counties. Important Call for a Yoang Divine B pedal to tbe Indianapolis JonrnaL Bloomixgton Jan. 25. Rev. J. W. eleven ger, of the senior class of Rochester Theological Seminary, has been called to tho pastorate of the First Baptist Church of this place. Mr. Clevenger is a graduate of Franklin College, and is a young man of acknowledged ability. He will begin his work in June. Until tbat time tbe pulpit will be supplied by Rev. C. M. Carter, editor of the Indiana Baptist, of Indianapolis. Grocer Hunt Wasn't Quick Enough. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . Elkhart, Jan. 25. The grocery store of Julius A. Hunt was closed here to-day on an indebtedness of $15,000, considerable of which is distributed among workingmeu, whoso money he borrowed in sums ranging from $100 to $500. It was suspected that Hunt was about to leave the city, and he was accordingly locked np to await further proceedings. When arrested his pockets were loaded with money. . Both Died- the Same Night. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL -Martinsville. Jan. 25. E. R. Knoy, of this city, received a telegram to-day saying tnat both' his father and mother. Mr. and Airs. Andrew Knoy, had died last night at their home in the western part of the county. Each was aged seventy-eight years and tbey have long been residents of Morgan county. La grippe caused their deaths. McXary's Dig: Barn Burned. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Yokktowx, Jan. 5. The large barn erected by Francis . McNary a few years ago, three miles south of Yorktown, together with five head of horses, nine hun dred bushels of corn, and all tbe farming implements of his son-in-law, Mr. Runyan, who lived on the place, burned Sunday night, with no insurance on anything. Tillage of Brooklyn Alarmed. Special to the Indianapolis Jenrnai. Brooklyn, Jan. 5. Five members of the family of Mrs. Philips were taken with diphtheria tbe later part of last week. One died Sunday and the other four are in a critical condition. The disease is causing Quite an alarm in the village. Fell Dead at ITU Vork. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Jan. 25. Thomas Lowe, a teamster of this 'city, aged thirty-seven, fell dead this afternoon while getting out loss, six miles west of here. His death is attributed to heart disease. He leaves a wife and threu children. The Grip's Ilarvest at Princeton. Special to the Indianapolis JoumaL Princeton, Jan. 25. There have been 2,200 cases of la grippe reported in this city so far this month, with lif ty deaths. People cannot secure medical treatment on account of physicians being down with the insidious disease. ; A Trio of Deaths. Bpcclal to the Indianapolis Journal. South Benp, Jan. 25. John Eiefer, one of the oldest residents of this county, died last night. Other deaths are Mrs. Anna Kilner, of Elkhart county, and Robert M. Poole, ex-postmaster of Bertrand, a village north of here. That Spectre. "Fool Flay, Again. Special to the Indl&napols Journal. Washington, Jan. 25. The body of Granville Cay wood, an old farmer, was found in White river, near here, yesterday. Foul play is suspected and an investigation is in progress. , Minor Notes. No less than seven Democrats are seeking the otlice of Floyd county treasurer. Harvey lluber, of Lafayette, was given a three years' sentence for assaulting Myrtle Mcintosh, a twelve-year:old girl. Rev. L. L. Carpenter, Sunday, dedicated a Christian .Church at Barkley, near Francesvllle. in the northern part of tbe State The News is the name of a cleanly-printed and attractive-looking now weekly paper justed stated at Marion. It will be issued on Sunday, and will be non-political and non-sectarian. H. C. Black, dealer in general merchandise at Uainbridcre, has made an assign ment for the benefit of his creditors. Geo. Allen is assignee. Tho liabilities are placed at 2,000; nominal assets, $3,000. Rev. Samuel C. Noble, of Greenwood, a retired Methodist minister, who formerly presided iucburcbesatEndinburg and Seymour, and who is known thronffhout southern Indiana, is seriously ill with tbe grip. The funeral of Dr. A. B. Bradbury, who met with tbe sad railroad accident, Saturday, while crossing the Big Four track east of Muncie. ocenred yesterday afternoon, condncted by tho Masomo fraternity of that city. A farmer at Yorktown got stuck wjth a load of straw on a railroad crossing as the through passenger train was approaching. The driver jumped down and unhooked his team while a crowd of men yanked the wagon off the track just in time. A younn man returning from a dance Saturday night, pushed a companion through one of tbe windows of a drug store, in New Albany. This save rise to a rumor tbat a burglar baa obtained entrance to the house and had shot and killed Merchant policeman George. Red Maria, owned by Thomas Tborin, of Wabsh county, died yesterday. She was captnred from the rebels in lhC2. and was but a colt then. General Stanley took her to tte regular army service, and after his return she was sold with the condition she should never work, and her Ust owner saw to it that she didn't. Frank Cretzer, of Columbus, who was arrested in Washington. Daviess county, and returned to jail, in Columbus, for cashing a forged check at the Merchants' Bank in KUzabethtown, surprised tbe ollicers by having a beautiful young woman follow him to jail, claiming to be his wife and declaring she would stand by him even to the gates

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