Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1893 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1893.

in the neighborhood of the accident opened their doors right gladly and the dead and tho wounded were harried in. When the accident was over, and before the rescuers conld get inside to their relief, there were injured men who were oaring fur their worse injured brothers. There were men who did not rush for the street to save their own live. Uegardlessof the fact that the walls might fall ana bury them once more, they stayed to succor men who could not get away .by-themselves. A man whose arm was crushed used his other arm to drag a man from that place of death. Men stayed to struggle with beams and rafters that bore down upon their fellows. Tiiey spoke brave words of cheer when their straggles were in vain. When the first of the relief corps entered tho building they were especially struck by the silence that prevailed. There were no cries to be heard beneath the debris. If any cries vere made they were stilled by dirt ond mortar that made almost a solid Uoor on which one might walk. Men did not walk upon it mom than they conld help, however, for no one knew bat what he might be standing directly above the bodies of the dead, or above some roan in wnom life still existed. Nervously and excitedly they tore away beams and rafters that made a tomb. It was a horrid task; it was dirty task. Men wonted like demons, with sweat pouring down their faces. The dust and tne dirt lav thick upon their faces, so that one could scarce tell the color of the man. XOliLE WORK OF THE FIREMEN. The trim uniforms of the firemen were mined and battered, bat never for s moment did they stop in their noble work. Every moment the throwing aside of wreckage exposed the bloody, and often mutilated, form of some one of the victims. Occasionally one of them revived sufficiently to need but little assistance to tho outer air, bnt the majority of them dusty, braised, with clothing torn almost in tatters were cartied into the clear atmosphere and through the sorrowing crowd to the ambulances and patrol wagons that were in waiting. One man was found sticking head first into the debris, ilis feet were seen first, boon they had uncovered his legs, which moved feebly, showing that he was till alive. As fast as human hands conld work those rescuers did, and soon they had the unfortunate man ont. lie was alive when he was brought Into the air, but he died before he reached the ambulance in the street. This was bnt one of tho many shocking scenes attending the most horrible and inexcusable accident that ever occurred in the city of Washington. The general opinion is that the aceident was cauisd directly by the weakening of the already shaky structure by reason of excavations made beneath it for an electric lighting system. It wasstatedthis afternoon that several days ago the clerks in the building circulated a petition protesting against this work being continned, an they considered that it imperiled the life of every man who was working in the building. This afternoon the liremen turned a stream of water into the building. This was done to lay the dust so that the work of clearing away could be better accomplished. A dytnl-in tbe-wool government clerk objected to the procedure, because, he said, the place was stored with important government papers, which would be ruined by water. A man was standing beside him who shouted back oicitedly, "We don't cara a for the pa P'Ts of a government that leta its clerks work in such a trap. It's men we are tryinn to save, not papers." The last person to be rescued was Dr. Nelson. He was buried beneath the timbers in the extreme front of the building, and was removed shortly after 5 o'clock. The laborers did not cease their eflorts until about 7 o'clook. liy this time they bad reached the bottom ot the excavation in the basement, and further search seemed neless.as thedebris in all partsof the building had been entirely cleared away, borne held that two laborers who were at work in the basement at the time of the accident were still missing, but as the search had been so thorough nothing to warrant its cuutinuanc could be shown. The work was, therefore, stopped, the streets roped close to the building and a police guard 'stationed there for the night. At the morgue the sight was one horrible to behold. The little building, in which was one ice chest and a dissecting table, was not near large enough to bold the dead bodies brought from the wreoked building. When the morgue was filled the stable was turned into a receptiooroom for the bodies. Blankets were spread on the floor and the remains were laid out asrespectably as possible under the circumstances. Blood from the bodies formed a largo pool on the floor, and the crushed skull, broken arms and leg made the scene indescribable. Then there was some of the victims who had not been crushed. They had been smothered and the discoloration of their faoes and necks gave visible evidence of tho cause of death. The President was informed of the sad event just as he reached the entrance of the White House by one of the clerks, and be at n-e interested himself rt relief measures, lean ing with satisfaci.jn what bad been done by Assistant becret iry of War Grant. SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

Stories of Hairbreadth Escapes Related by Survivors A llrave Yonng Negro. "Washington, June P. The hairbreadth escapes narrated by the survivors were numberless. One of the most thrilling scenes of the whole affair was the sight of Sj dozen men who were left in .a corner of the third etory clambering down ahose pipe to the ground. One of these men, and the first to get down, was Mr. E. Iiairc, who worked in the center of the third Uoor. The story can be best told in bis own words: "I was at my desk;" be said, "when 1 heard a great roar. There was no premonitory trembling or any Kind of warning: just a roar and crash, and the desks md tables seemed to rise up in the center of tho lloor and then disappear in a blinding cloud of white dust. I sprang for the rear window and called to my companions to follow. Those who were right near me did so. and we gained a safe place at the rear of the building near the windows. We were completely isolated, however, with no way to get down. The lloor had sunk beneath us in front, and the building was still trembling from the shock. We did not know what minute the rear of the structure would go down, and stood there almost frantic. Then 1 thought of a reel of tire hose that I knew was near. We groped through the blinding dust to this, and quickly unwound it until tho end touched the ground. Then I caught hold of the hose and slid down it, alighting safely on the ground.'7 Those who were early on the scene found the body ot a colored man in the alley in the rear of the building where John Wilkes Booth had bia borne tethered the night no killed Lincoln, lie had been seen at a third story window. Ho was warned not to jnnip. bat despite the protestations of numbers of people he climbed out and lowering himsolf from the sill let go. He was killed. One of tho bravest and most daring incidents connected with the calamity was performed by a colored boy. nineteen or twenty years ot ago. named Basil Lockwood. As oon as the floors collapsed and the dust cleared away, realizing the danA TIRED WOMAN, just as much as a sick and ailing one, needs Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. That builds up, strengthens, and invigorates tho entire female system. It regulates "and promotes all tho proper " functions of womanhood, improves diges tion, enriches the blood, diae!s aches and pains, melancholy and nervousness, brings refreshing steep, and restores health and strength. It's a powerful restorative tonic ond soothing nervine, made especially for woman's fccuds, and the only guaranteed remedy for womsrfs weaknesses and ailments. In aU "female complaints n and irregularities, if it ever foils to benefit or cure, you bavo your money back. A great many medicines "relievo" Catarrh in tho Head. That means that it's driven from the head into the throat and lungs. Cut, by its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, Dr. ISago's Catarrh licmcxiy perfectly and permanently cures.

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per of those at the rear windows, who wero wildly climbing out and calling for aid, be climbed np a large telegraph pole as high as the third story and lashed a ladder to the pole, nutting the other end in the window. By this means ten or fifteen wero assisted down tho ladder in safety. if the crash had come five minutes later J. li. Imbrie. the pension chief, in charge of the second floor, would have gone down with the wreck. He had a desk in the shattered area, and also one in tho rear of the room. He had been at the former place, and then came tack to the other desk, and, in about five minute o, the crash was heard. Then a silence followed, and Mr. Imbrie said he heurd no sound. He rushed to the rear windows, and found men jumping out. Several had made the perilous leap, but be supposes that they fell on the awning over the lower door, thus breaking their tall. Another narrow escape. is found in the experience of J. D. Kevins, of Texas, whose desk was located in the fallen section on the second lloor. He bad gone to the third lloor on some errand, and returned and had entered the door, and was about to go to bis desk when the crash came, and he stepped back. One minute more and he would bare gone down with the rest. t. S. Baker escaped with a bad scalp wound. He was at his desk on the third floor front. Tb crash came. hoeaid. without warning. Half stunned and dazed, he found himself in the cellar pinned down by debris and covered with plaster, furniture and chairs. He extricated himself as best he could and crawled out one of the windows. It was fully half an boar before he recovered himself and even now can hardly account for his escape. His coat was torn to tatters. Mr. S. Dana Lincoln, whooccnples a room of the Atlantic Building, faoing the rear of the theater building, gives this account of the scene. He was sitting at his desk at the time of . the giving away of the floors of the bnilding. He said be heard a a noise as though of dumping of bricks in an alley. He looked out of his office window and saw clouds of dust arising to the top of the building. Immediately at every window dozens of heads protruded wildly calling for assistance. It seemed tan or fifteen minutes before the liremen appeared with ladders which were immediately run up to the windows. In reality, the time was only a few moments. An incident of the day was the number of clergy, who. on hearing of the disaster, flocked to the scene. Utterly regardless of their own safety they entered the building, the rear walls of which were waruingly bulging out, and ministered to the dying and injured. Ministers of all creeds were present. LONG CONSIDERED UNSAFE.

Congress and Government - Officials Knew that the Building Was Frail. Washington, June 9. An examination of official records shows that the insecurity of the bnilding was brought to the 'attention of Congress in a pointed manner as far back as 1685. Attention was then directed simply to the safety of the army medical library and the museum. The protection of human life was not especially brought in question, Mr. S. M. Stockalager, of Indiana, who was chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds in the Forty-eighth Congress, made a report in favor of the construction of a new build mg for the museum and library in which he said of Ford's Theater, then used for that purpose: The building now used by the medical department for a iibrarr and museum is not Only too small to contain the records of the library and museum, but is unsubstantial and disposed to destruction by fire. When tho bill was before the Honse for its consideration Feb. 16, 1SS5, Mr. Stockslnaer said: h There is a medical museum, the most complete in the world, tbo result of the great war, which Is now kept In tho old Ford Theater buildiug, a building totally inadequate to its safe keeping. a mere tinier-box. surrounded by wooden buildings and liable to bo destroyed by tire at any time I visited it u short lime ago in company with the Surgeon-general, and found the building In an absolutely dangerous condition. The bulMlng was originally put up under a contract In ninety days and was very badly constructed. The east wall is more than twelve inches out of plumb. The southwest corner of the building has given away until there is a great crack In tho wall, and the otticers in charge have been prohibited from putting heavy articles in the upper story for fear of pressing out the west wall. It is, indeed, in a tumble-down condition. General .Slocum. who also visited the building, in the course of tho saxno debate, said: My attention was directed to tho importance of this proposed building by a visit to the building where the manuscripts and books and specimens are now kept, and f do not believe there la a gentleman on thin lloor who would hesitate to vote fur this bill after going there and seeing for himself the value of the contents of that building aud the danger to which they are now exposed. Congress acted upon these statements to tho extent of removing the iuanimate contents of tho museum to a new and safe buildiug. Hut Congress and the War Department thought proper to expose government clvrks to risks from which they shielded skeletons and medical books. From a responsible gentleman, who yesterday took a look at the work of the men under the doomed bnilding, this statement is obtained: As I passed the building Capt. M. R, Thorp, chief ot tUe Bureau of Supplies of the War beTart men t, seemed to bo directing some work, and stopped to see what it was. There was a brick wall running from the book of the building to the middle of the lower floor, which it supported. A number of workmen were excavating under this wall for tbo purpose, I was told, of putting in an Independent electric-light plant, and they were preparing to support it by under-pinning. It now nceras very evident to me that that as they undermined this brick wall the Hrst floor gave way; the eocoud floor, being supported by columns which rested In the fhst floor, collapsed also, and the third lloor collapsed iu like maimer. Bnilding Inspector Kntwisle, with bis two assistants, was on band shortly after the cave-in oocurred. He said that last week application was made to him for a permit to nnder-pm the building, bat he declined to give it. as it was a government building, and came under the direct supervision of the federal olticera. In fact, he bad no jurisdiction of government buildings, and was prohibited by law from interfering. The cause of the whole a Hair, ho said, was undoubtedly due to the underpinning. The workmen dug under thev heavy upright columns which support the building, and the collapse followed. One of the workmen, a colored man. who wasemployed in excavating the cellar, and who escaped with only slight cuts, saye: "I told them yesterday that the archway wonld fa 11. for every time one walked over the lioor it would bend." Mr. William F. Funk, of the firm of Funk & Fnnk, contractors and builders, was one of the tirst on the scene. Ho said be thought the wreck was caused by the faulty manner in which the work of underpinning seemed to have been conducted. He said he had noticed it several times during the last few days, and do later than this morning bad looked at it. It did not seem to him that the work was being carried on in a safe manner. Mr. Uaier said the buildiug had been. notoriously unsafe for a long time, and he Stated that it bad three times been condemned, lie said the rear wall of the building bad been bowed out for a long time. As soon as decretory Lamout returns to Washington steps will probably be taken to thoroughly investigate the cause of the disaster and to lix the responsibility if the curouer'a jury does not anticipate the department in that direction. Mr. Lamont left Chicago to-day for the capital. Tho collapse ot this buildiug has directed earnest attention to twoother great public buildings believed to be almost equally in an unsafe condition one the Government Printing Oilice, where 1.S00 people are employed, the other the rickety shell known as the Wilder Building, also belonging to the War Department, and occupied by bundreds of clerks of that department and the Second Auditor's ollice. This place is notoriously dangerous, and the floors are overloaded, all of the facts being known to Congress for years, but receiving no attention. A meeting of citizens was held this afternoon to put into operation measures for the relief of the victims of to-day's catastrophe. Brief addresses were made by 11. II. Warner, Kev. William A. Thompson, nclcrk employed in the collapsed building, and Bishop J. F. Hurst. Dr. Bnrtlett arraigned the government tor itsmoral responsibility for the calamity. Mr. Thompson's speech was largely devoted to abut of Colonel Ainsworth. chief of the record and pension division, whom he charged with being the direct, active cause pf the casualty. He said large, tine, airy, safe room in the War Department building wem kept sacred to the storing of inanimate rolls and records, while Ford's Theater, a building utterly unfit for cleiical uses, was crowded with clerks, msnv of whose Uvea had been sacriliced by this one man's

dictum. The theater had been a perfect "bell on earth." he said. No military prison or jail was comparable to it in deplorable features, while the insecurity of the structure was notorious, it having been condemned no less than three times. Mr. Thompson stated that although soventytwo years of age be had been providentially enabled to make a successful escape from the seoond story of the building by means of a ladder. THE WRECKED BUILDING.

It Was the Theater in Which Lincoln Was Shot Converted into Medical Museum. Washington, June P. The building which was wreoked . to-day was the Army Medical Mnseum. It was originally the old Tenth-street Baptist Church. It was a medium-sized structure and was painted white. About forty years ago the Ford Brothers of Baltimore purchased the property and transformed it into a theater. The interior was entirely removed, bat the old walls left standing. It was used as a play bouse until several years later, when it was destroyed by fire. The Fords then bnilt a spaoious brick theater ou the site of the old building. It was in this theater that President Lincoln was assassinated on the Good Friday night of 165 by John Wilkes Booth. After this event the govern ment closed she theater and finally bought the property for About 100.000. Again the interior of the structuro was remodeled and adapted to the use of the Uargeon-generaL The museum proper occupied the three lloors of the bnilding. While it was originally established for the purpose of investigating the wonnds and diseases incidental to war its soope has broadened so rapidly that It lately included all interesting objects of medical and surgical study. It was said to be the only museum of its kind in the world. Labor and money bad been expended on it to an almost unlimited extent. There were no less than 22,000 specimens arranged with great care and system within the walls of the museum. The second lloor of the bnilding contained the medical library of the government, a library which was said to contain more medical literature than the British Mnseum or the national library of Franco. Tho entire bnilding was usually filled with a force of clerks and officers examining and compiling the records pertaining to the judicial and hospital department of the army. INDIANAPOLIS PEOPLE SAFE. None of the Employs Residing in This City Among the Injured. When the news of tho collapse was received here, a short time before the noon hour yesterday, it created great excitement. The bulletin announcing tho catastrophebad been posted but a few minutes when it was known all over the business portion of the city, and the telegraph wires from that time till last night wero taxed for the transmission of messages from scores of friends and relatives here of clerks who wero or were supposed to be in the building. The reports were meagre at first, and the only information gained as to who was in the building was the list of names of t those employed in the department, all of whom were not in the building. During the day several residents of the city, who bad relatives or friends employed in the bnilding, received word from them and their fears were allayed, but numerous inquiries were made at the various newspaper ollice a. by telephone, seeking information concerning the later reports from the scene of the disaster. F. N. Test, one of those reported to have been in the building, and whose residence was given as this city, was found to have resided in Missouri. He formerly resided here and this fact probably led to thereport that he was from this city. W. 11. Furniss, father of Dr. H. W. Fur? niss, received a telegram from his son yesterday afternoon stating that be was out without a scratch. It was at first reported that Dr. Furniss bad been killed, and the report caused his family and friends in this city no little alarm until It was shown to be untrue by the telegram. Abraham Springsteen, a brotberof Robert Springsteen, of the When, who waa reported to have been in the bnilding at the time of its collapse, has been contined to his room for several weeks past with a severe illness, and was not at work. Edward Park, father of F. E. Park, who wasemployed in the building that collapsed, was seen at his home, io. 415 East Ohio street, last night. As soon as tho news was received here Mr. Park sent a telegram to his son in Washington, but up to a late hour last night bad received no reply, aud tho family were Inclined to look upon this as evidence that he was under the ruins. The aged parents were much worried about the failuro to hear from theirson. Later the otoial list of killed and injured cr.me, and his name was not upon it. Fortunate lurtlnnlans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. j Farmland, Ind., June1!). Telegrams were received here this afternoon stating that A. C. Black, of this town, one of the clerks working in the wrecked building at Washington. D. C, today, got out with merely llefeh wounds. U. G. Burres, also of this place, was among the fortunate, he only receiving a few bruises. JAMES GORDON BENNETT INJURED. Thrown from a Coacti and Hurt so Seriously that an Operation IJad to Be Performed. Paris, June 9. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, was dangerously injured on Wednesday. Mr. Bennett fell from a coaoh on which he was riding, and was so severely hurt that medical attention was at once required. His condition grew worse, and Doctors Kobin and Ledentu performed an operation yesterday with a view of relieving bim. Mr. Bennett was returning from the Auteuil race course when the accident occurred and was driving as the coach turned into the gateway to his hotel on the Avenue des Champs Elysee. One of the wheels struck the gatepost violently. Mr. Bennett was thrown from the seat and Btrock bis bead on the iron step. He was unconscious when picked up. After ' the medical examination Mr. Bennett risked Dr. Kobinson to be perfectly frank with him. On learning that bis condition was serious, Mr. Bennett .added a codicil to his will and then announced that ho was ready for the operation. Since the operation Mr. Beunett has had no fever, and nis friends are very sanguine of his recovery. Mr. Bennett is said also to have been seriously hurt in the abdomen, bnt only conflicting statements as to the nature of his injuries can be obtained. This evening Dr. Kobinson says there is nothing in bis condition to cause alarm. SUICIDE OF A NAVAL OFFICER. Lieutenant Raj, Formerly of Indiana, Enda ilis Life in California. Vat.f-.to. Cal.. Juno 9. Lieut Whitraul P.Ray. U. N commander of the United States coast purvey steamer Mc Arthur, committed suicide at the Mare Island navy-yard this morning by cutting his throat. lie was transferred to tho naval hospital a short time ago sullerlng from nervous prostration. Lieutenant Ray was forty-three years of ace, and leaves no family. In 1SG7 he was appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, by T. N. fitlllwell, then Representative from the Anderson (Ind.) district. Three or four years Ago he traveled abroad for about twelve months. On returning to this.'country ho was stationed on l.ako Erie. Afterwards he was transferred to the command filled by him at tho time of his death. 1 .1 wood's Commencement. Breetftl to tiis Indianapolis Journal. Klwood, Ind., June 9. Last night ocenrred the commencement exercises of tho Klwood IllchiSchool at the opera house. A free scholarship in tho University at Uloominjcton was pre1 fentid John L. U odd art! for tho Liirhent irmdn I Tb programme was a follows: "lhe iJevelopmnt or Liberty," William 1 1 roylt-s; "The lviil of Immigration." Jnmes V. Knottv, "Sum. i ner as a Statesman," Herbert I. Call; "Is Aught I l)istructlt!e(" Mlis-Kstella Armtteld: "The InI dividual in IIMorv " Ilmeretti 11 Luse: T1a J Destiny of Common Man," Noble Kuott; "The newspaper as an i.uticator, jonn 1. uouaard. The exercises were followed by the presentation of diplomas by l'rof. C. ti. Meek.

ABE AFTER PAESONS'S SCALP

State formal Students Intend to Make It Hot for the President. They Believe the Trustees Have Acted Blindlj in Dischareinjr Professor Tompkins iluncie Doctor Under Bonds. THE STATE NORMAL, AFFAIR, Students Ilave ISegun a Bitter Fight Against President Farsons. Special to the Indianapolis JoarniL . Terre Haute. Ind., Jane 9. The Normal students have begun a tight against President Parsons, and are after his scalp with no less energy than he and the directors went after Professor Tompkins. Not less than eight hundred met in the assembly hall this afternoon and held a rousing meeting. Several addresses were made, and It is plain they are bent on eecuring the dismissal of those who were unfriendly to Tompkins. One f the speakers after wards said that if the meeting had been held last night five hundred students wonld have left for their homes. Al today's meeting resolutions from former students, who are now at the State University, were read, in which sympathy is expressed for Professor Tompkins. As a result ox the meeting to-day the following was adopted, with only a few dissenting Toices: Gentlemen of the Board of the'Indiana State Normal: We very much regret that we are driven to come out and speak in more explicit tenu3 of tho fundamental cause of the evil of which we have complained to your honorable body. The communication Is based, as all our previous actlous have heon, on na earnest deftire to further the pood of the school. We recognize your legal right to control the Institution, and even to act as you have in the dismissal or Professor Tompkins. Because of our relations to him and the school we Insist on our right to kindly request your reasons for such action and confess our inability to understand thope assigned, in the general form In which they are expressed. We ease our request on the custom prevailing quite generally, which allows any pupil, or pupils, to seek the ground for changes that concern them, which Is a principle in harmony with the theory ot the Indiana fctate Normal School. We wish to state positively and conclusively that Professsor Tompkins has not Inspired this or any previous action; that, Indeed, ho has had no certain knowledge of what was intended. We wish also to continue this question further. You have removed a teacher In whom wo have abounding love, and from whom we have received inspiration that will continue with life; whose hold on tho students is surpassed by no other in the Institution, and whose influence has contributed as much to the large number of students present as any other. You have employed instructors narrow in scholarship, and In eiliciency and teaching power, which we have somewhat patiently endured and for which our own preparations s utter. Since you have done these things, we ask you to put luto Professor Tompkins's chair one who is manifestly his equal as a man and teacher. We beg you to go ouo step further for the best interests of the school; to carefully and thoughtfully Investigate the etHclency of certain departme nts of the Normal and make such changes as will assure to us and those who follow thoroughly competent and inspiring instructors. We deprecate any disrespect 6hown those in authority. e atlirm our unwavering fldalitv to the school and pledge our support to such measures as look toward its hotter unfolding. All of which is respectfully submitted by the Indiana Normal students. We have now at work a committee to secure facts and witnesses which will tlx definitely the source of the evils of which wo complain. The following was also adopted. To the Alumni of Indiana State Normal School: Feeling the need of a change In the administration of the affairs of the Indiana Normal School, and believing that the studeut interests will be more sympathetically considered by those who have been identified as students with the school, we earnestly urge you as friends and supporters of its Interests to push the plan of securing alumni representation on the board of trustees. CHARGE AGAINST A 31 UNCI n DOCTOR. Leuora Priest on Iler Deathbed Accuses Htm of Malpractice. Special to the Iudlanapohs Joorn&L Muncik, Ind., J one 9. Dr. A. K. tihldeler was arrested to-night and released on $1,000 bond, his brother, Thomas Shideler, being his surety. A warrant is oat for Frank Davis, who is implicated with the Dootor on an affidavit made by Miss Lenora Priest, bnt he can't bo found. Miss Priest is eighteen years old, and is thought to be on her deathbed from, an operation performed .May 13 by Dr. Shideler, at the request of Frank Davis, Tho yonng man is a son of Samuel Davis, one of Muncie's wealthiest citizens. Two doctors who were called to attend the girl this week discovered her condition and reported the case. Davis admitted his connection, but Dr. Shideler denied his part until he was taken to the sick girl to-day, and was instantly identified. The girl has very respectable parents, her father being poor, but honest. Colored Mao Shot for Defending a Girl, epeclal to the Indlanaroils Journal. ' Marion, Ind.. June 9. James Braxton, a colored man, was shot in the groin this afternoon while defending a white girl from a white assailant. He knows the name of neither the girl nor the man who shot him. Officers are in pursuit of the white man. The shooting occurred on Hogus hill in the outskirts of the city. Braxton is severely wounded. Tin-Plate lJut to lie Doubled. Special to tne Iudianaoolls Joaraau Klwood, Ind., June 9. Word has been given out by the American Tin-plate Company that it will enlarge its plant to double its present capacity. This step is necessitated by the great and increasing demand for American tin plate, orders pouring in at a rate that far exceeds the ability to supply with their present equipments, although over 2,600 boxes of finished plates are turned out each week. The plant, .which was at hrst denounced by many as a mere campaign scheme, has given the He to such unAmerican assertions and demonstrated the fact that it is solid aud permanent. At the present lime it is the pride of Elwood, and every citizen, irrespective of party, unites in saying that It Is substantial. If It wero a campaign argument it has turued out a most convincing one. and fully represents the bpiril of Republicanism which made it possible lor this factory to exist. Imported Varioloid Suspects. Epeclsl to th Indianapolis J oarnaL Elwood. Ind., June 9. The Board of Hoalth has received advices from tho United States health department at New York elty that live persons who came over on the steamer Umbrla, from England, wero exposed to varioloid or smallpox, and that three of the'tive Joseph llcrilnsou, Joscpu Millea and sister, Ivsther Millea were destined for Klwood. They caino. and were promptly taken and vaccinated, and are kept under surveillance. Should the disease manifest Itself they will bo quarantined and its spread prevented at all hazards. The other two. named Michael Sett and Mary Hayes, stopped at Indianapolis. Wreck at F.ll-Crek riridge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Ind., June 9. A had freight-train wreck occurred this morning on the Richmond and Logansport division of the Tanhaudle, at Middletown, southwest of this city, and as a result passenger trains on that road are runnlug, via M.uncie, from Now Castle here and to Anderson on the llig Kour. Train Ho. 87, west bound. pulled a draw bar, and when the train struck Fall-creek bridge the drawbar caught, derailing the car. The train crabbed aown on the ear. causing several thousand dollars damage, piling cars promiscuously in the creek. Conductor Folker and others of the crew were slightly Injured. New Police Ofllcr at Elkhart. Special to the Indianacolis Journal. Elkhart, Ind., June 0. The police commissioners, W. F. Wickurre, Daniel Weaver and MaJ. Joseph Braden, appointed some weeks ago by Governor Matthews, last night appointed A. B. Miller chief of police. Miller has served two terms as city marshal from May, I860, to May, 184 after which he entered the service1 of the Lake Shore k Michigan houthern railway as fetation baggage agent.' Anthony Cooley was appointed M-rgeant of the new force, lie is now on the city force. Decease of II. J. Browne. 8;c!al to th Iixllansvo'.U J nuns'.. North Manchester, Ind., June 0. II. J. Browne died here this morning of consumption, aged fifty-eight. Mr. Brown was one of the early Mttlers at Omaha, Neb- and established the first

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r newepaper in that city, the Omaha Republican. He was postmaster at Anderson. Ind., sixteen years, and Held a positiontin the Tension Office at Washington for a number of years. He moved his family here about a year ago. and in a short time began the publication of a newspaper at eilver LAke, teu miles north of this city. A short time ago he moved to this city again. He is an Odd Fellow in rood standing and holds his membership at Anderson. Sarah Arra&ntrout Won First Place. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Ind.. June 0. The graduation exercises of the Union township district schools took place at Y. M. C. A. Hall last evening. Miss Sarah Armantrout toolc first plaoe. which entitles her to represent the township in the prize oratorical content at the county fsir. Her subject. "Whlttier." was handled In a masterly manner. Homer Davidson came second, with "The Farmer or the Future," and Mi Emma Nicholson, third, with "Inrfellow" for her subject. There were eleven in the class, all being sons and daughters of farmers. Fifty Girls Strike at Richmond. Special to the Xndi&nanolls Journal. Richmond, Ind., June 9. This morning fifty girls employed by the Perfection Shirt Manufacturing Company went out on strike. The company has recently put in a new engine which, they claim, will drive the machines faster and thus increase the output and. last night, the em ployes were notified that there would bo a reduction in the prices paid for some of the coarser rrades of work, beginning Monday. This morning the girls all walked out. . The company claims the new scale will not reduce the weekly earnings of the emploves, and it is believed the trouble will 6oon be adjusted. Two Grain Men Mtslng. Sppcliltoth IndlanaDolis Journal. . Wabash, Ind., June 9. Some excitement has been caused at Amboy, sixteen miles southwest of this city, by the disappearance of J. F. and Thomas Overman, who for years have been engaged In the business of shipping grain. A week ago both men disappeared, and, though their families made diligent inquiries, nothing has been heard from either. Around the town it is said that the firm incurred an indebtedness of $3,000 to Ohio parties, for whom they were buying wheat several years ngo, and being preed for a settlement went away, being disinclined to meet disaster. . MartlnsTille Ilm;tric-L.lffht Collapse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Ind., June 9. The electric light and power company, of thin city, assigned to-day. Assets, $17,000; liabilities, $10.oo0. The Central Thompson-Uouston Kiectrienl Man nfacturing Company is a creditor for $6,500, and will be the principal loser. J. K. Scott, as assignee, gave a $23,000 bond. The prevailing financial stress is given as the cause of the failure. Two Kidnaped Children Recovered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' Terre nAUTE, Ind., June 9. Mrs. Glrard, a divorced wife, went to Martinsville, 111., yesterday, and kidnaped two children which had been given to her former husband. Lou Sharp, when he secured a divorce from her. Bbarpcame here, and. with the aid of the police, got his children, returning with them to his Illinois home this afternoon. Iudlana Notes. Rev. J. A. Adair has resigned the chair of ethics and Christian evidences at Hanover Col lege on account ot ill health. The R. . Hill knitting mill at Muncie has been sold at receiver's sale to J. J. Cameron, ot New York. The price was $1U,000. and the idlo mill will resume operations next week. Walter L. Bawyer, a painter from Dayton, O., while at work on a stack at the Muncie pulp works, yesterday, lost his footing and fell a distance of forty feet. Both legs were broken. Warrants were Issued yesterday, at Marlon, for the arrest of Harvey Williams and Kay Howells. charged with prize-flghting last Fridav night. Williams is eald to have had the best of the encounter. STEAMER PARIS BEATEN. The Campania Crosses the Atlantic In 5 Days, 17 Hoars end 23 Minutes. Queekstowx, Jane 9. The Canavd line steamship Campania,. Captain Haines, which sailed from New York on Saturday, June 3. passing Sandy Hook at 10:21 a. M., passed lirowhead ot 8:40 a. m. to-day. having made the passage from the Hook to Urowhead in five days, seventeen hours and twenty three minutes. Nothing has been as yet reported in regard to the American line steamer Paris, which sailed at the same time as the Campania and which passed the Hook at 10:05 a. m.. June 3. Movements ot steamers. Hamburg, June 9. Arrived: Rhaetla and Fuerst Bismarck, from New York. Buemerhavex, June 9 Arrived: Alter, from New York. New York, June 9. Arrived: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam; Augusta Victoria, from Hamburg. - Loxdov, June 9. Sighted (8:40 a.m.): Campania, from New York. BALL GAMES AND RACES. Boston Torus the Tables on Cincinnati and Nearly Shots Out Brnsh Men. At Boston (Attendance, 12,054.) n. e. Boston 3 0 . 0 2 O 1 O O 6 7 1 Cincinnati. 0 OOOOOIO 01 6 .3 Batteries Stivetts and Merritt; Muliane and Murphy. At Washington (Attendance, 2,000.) n. e Washingtom.O 1 1 0 2 000 1-5 118 Cleveland.. ..1 10 12 5 10 -1111 1 Batteries Esper and McGulre; Cuppy and O'Connor. At Baltimore (Attendance, 2,608.) u. e. Baltimore.. .3 O 1 1 2 O O 4 O 11 15 1 Chicago 0 030002 1 3 9 12 3 Batteries Hawk and Kobinson; McGill and Schriver. At Philadelphia -(Attendance, 2,100.) h. e. Philadelphia. 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 3 014 10 1 Louisville... .0 0 0 101 1 1 0 4 11 3 Batteries Carsey and Clements; Hemming, lihiues and Grim. At Brooklyn (Attendance, 2,200.) h. e. Brooklyn O 001 2040 7 7 3 at. Louis- 1 01 100000 3 52 Batteries Kennedy andKlnslow: Breltcnstein and Gun sou. At Sew York (Attendance, 4,000.) iu e. New Yoric 3.3 O O O O 2 O 8 12 'J rittsburg 2 0000030 05 71 Batteries Baldwin and Lyons; Killen, Ehret and JVlillcr. All Won In Straight Heat. Baltimore, June U. There was a bi attendance, to-day, at the Gentlemen's Driving Park. The races were run off in straight heats: Class 2:27; trotting; purse, $500 8. J. first, Cranston tiweppo second. Hoy third. Comet fourth. Alice Burlew fifth. Beat time. 2:24 J4. Class 2:25; pacing; purse, $.0u Miss Fauly first, Maud Morrell reeond. Grey Joe third, Annie B. fourth. Best time, 2:20 h. Clans 2:37; tmttln; purxe. $500 BesMe R. first, E. L. Kobinson feecond, frtnccsn Orloff third, Kast View fourth. Best time, 2:201. Winners of Yesterdny's ltunnlnc ltaees. At Latonla King Star. El Reno, Mahogany, Irish Chief, Hooier and Fay 8. At gt. Louis-Mlnnto G., Fatality, Dock Wick, fiexaphono, Illora, Boston Boy and Ray S. At Morris l'ark Middler, Chesapeake and Adlebert (dead he-atsj, fport, Dr. Uauaurouck, Deception and Pirate Chief. SMALL HANKS ASSIGN'. Two at Chicago, Ohm Having Ilranches In Thret Interior Towns. Chicago, June 9. August Jernberg and William 13. Gntiin, composing the bank ing firm of Jernberg. Griilin & Co.. made a voluntary assignment today to Edward Laher. The liabilities of the firm are 20.000, and the atsets J $24,000. .Ternberg also conducted a real estate bn-inss, and ut the same time as- ! signed this, placing his assets at C-X.lvO, i and liabilities at S1M.U00. Joseph lliggins, owning a pilvate bank at No. b4 Washington street. and four corresponding institution in Illinois towns, made an :t"iemneiit to (Jeortto W. Dixo- et are scheduled at $50,000. Liability not

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AMUSr.MKNTS. TWO MO HE rEUFOKMAXCES. Special engagement of the character actor. MIL J. W. CAME R. Matinee to-day and to-night. u WIDOW BEDOTT Popular Prices 10c, 20c, 30c r?Xoxt M mday MR. and MRS. ROBERT? WAYNE in "FORGIVEN." for the bencnt of Indianapolis Lodge Theatrical Mt-caanlcs. CYCLO RAMA OF THE BATTLE of GETTYSBURG NOW OPEN. 6( WEST MARKET ST. WROCGMOX PIPE roa Gas, Steam & Watcx Poller Tubes, Cast and Halleable Iron ritunri jlaolc and fralrtnlied), lTea, Stop Cocks, Engine TmminKS, Slesm tiaujres, pipe Tcugs, lips Cntters, Vises. &rew Pl&tbs&ntl lle. Wrenches, httsm Traps, Pumps. Kitchen fclnks, Ho HeWnfe Pabhlt MeUL tk.Wer. White and Colore WrpUtc Waste, aad as. other Supplies used In connection Kh Gas. Stezn a&4 Water. Natural Gas supplied specialty. S team -b cation Apparatus for Pubilo Bn invs, store-rooms. Mills Shops. Factories. Lanndrlosl lumber Dry-hou, ete. Cat snd Tnread to order an? Wrought-iron Pipe from H inch to 12 inches dhunetac Kniirht & Jillsoru 7B and 77 R. PSXNSY&VAIf 2A fil estimated, fligcins operated banks at Mascontah, berento, Gillespie and St. Ann. The assignment covers all. William L. bherwood, dealer in cloth, at 141 South arena, assigned this morning: to John C. Williams. Assets are placed at 30,000, and liabilities at 810.000. Ilndeon (Wis.) SwTlnca Hank. IIudson, Wis., June 9. The Hudson Savings Bank closed its doors to-day with the following notice: "Closed owing to the stringency of th money market We deem It best. In Justice to our depositors, to suspend for the present. Th bank has assets enough to cover all deposits." Fanners and laboring men, as well as business houses, are interested to amounts airgreffatluc a large sum. The general belief is that the banic will lind it dIUicult to renew busiuess. The city funds were deposited In the hank. Alfred Goss is president of the bank, and A. J. Goss is cashier. The last statement of the condition of the bank, issued Jan. 2, last, shows the following: Resources Loans and discounts. $tl4.00S;dae from directors or stockholders. .l"0,tmi; due from brokers or call loans. $1 1, SOO; overdraft c $5,810; bonds. $15,000: othco lixtures, $8.00O; real estate. $7,000; due from banks and bankers $72,704; cash items, $0,2SD; specie, 1'J.5: United Htatcs and national bank notes, $17.'J13. Total resources, $782,012. Liabilities Capital, $25,000; surplus. $61,813; duo depos tors on demand. $45(.160; due dc pltors ou time, $230,008. Total liabilities, $762,012. FUNERAL OP EDWIN IJOOTfl. Exercises at tho "Little Church Aronnd th Corner' Attended by Distinguished TenpV. New York, Jnne o. Tho funeral services over the remains of Edwin Booth were held this morning, at 10 o'clock, at the Church of the Transfiguration. Seldom has the "Little Church Around the Corner7' been so completely filled from chancel to doors as it was this morning an hour be fore tbo procession was expected. Actors, artists, men of letters, men whose names are known as foremost in the professions on both sides of the Atlantic, men of millions, men whom the great crowd outside the church yard pushed and squeezed, and craned their necks to sen ail were there to join in the ceremony and the 'reqniscn . to the peace-departed soul" of the greatest Hamlet of them all. Jit was not only a profoundly impressive scene, but it was un absolutely unique one. Never beloro has the American pnblio been called upon to mnrn for an aotor who for over a quarter of a century has beeu uesociatad with tho highest ideal of tho master character of an immortal author. The funeral procession was half an honr late. Finally the carriages containing the pallbearers arrived. A few moments after tne orgau mosio could be heard softly stealing down the aisles and out on the Gothic porchea, mingling its sweetness and sadness with the balm of the air. It whs Chopin's funeral march, and at its first notes th congregation arose, the solemn words of the Episcopal banal service coming at the fatne time from th porch as th procession entered the main aisle. It was the usual procession, headed by th white-robed priests and th pallbearers, and then tb whit oak coifin with its 6olid silver moanting and plain wreath of laurel. The mourning iKtmly followed, and then tho reoresentativosof the club and the orders to which the dead actor had belonged. Th service was the usual one. Jiishop Potter oMiciatcdand was assisted by Dr. Honuhton, the rector of the church, and Dr. liisphain, a friend of the great actor. Alter the exercises the procession reformed and wended its way to tho Grand Central Depot, where a special was in waiting to convey the mourners and body to Boston. Interred In .Mount Auburn. Boston-, June 0. The body of Edwin Booth arrived In this city at 0:30 this evening, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Grossman aud other nieinhers of the funeral party from New York. Without special incident the remains were transferred to the hearse in waiting and tho funeral procession was soon ou Its solemn Journey to Mount Auburn. At the cemetery some four or five hundred of the dead actor's frlemls had assembled, and about the crave were placed a large number of beautiful floral offerings. The remains were laid at rest beuMe tho-of Mr. Booth and their child, the usual Episcopal burial service being read by liev. B. W. V risbee. of the Church of the Advent. "THE PURITY OF Apollt narz Offers the best security against the dangers of most of the ordinary drinking waters." 2 LONDON MEDICAL RECORD.

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