Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1893 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1893.

3ay. Father Knickerbocker's children had the right of way. however. ani the greater part of the audience was composed of Empire State visitors. Hon. C. M. Dcpew's speech was the principal event on the programme. When Mayor Gllroy mH, I now take pleasure tn Introducing to you 'our Chriuncey." the rafters ran?: with applause and hurrahs and "tigers," tho latter no doubt lelng in honor of Tammany. Dr. Depew showed a sain that he "Was not only a master of language, but Incomparable in his condensed, pertinent and mirthful sentences. The audience listened as though spellbound with his wit and eloquence. A gray-haired patriot from New York, afflicted with deafness, stood under the platform, close to the orator, with his ear tube elevated and his eyeu strained to catch every word and every movement of tho magnetic Depew. lie did not speak at first according" to his prepared address, beginning thus: "Indies and ( ier.tlemen Here we are. The Mayor of this great city called me 'Dupue' to-day, and a man who was introduced to m at the fair on New York aay said to me: 'What is your name' Such is the irony of fate and the reward of greatne.-s. Tnree rents an acre wre rwJ'i for 'hicago. and Manhattan islaml was Fold for $1. This teaches us that honesty is the best policy." The exercises began about 12 o'clock with music. Then Mayor Carter II. Harrison delivered the addrcs3 of welcome. He spoke of the great success of the fair, and declare 1 that much of it was due to the collective and individual efforts of the sons of New York, whose genius was exemplified in every portion and all departments of the exposition. The home of the State of New York on the grounds had always been a scene of the most generous hospitality, and it was one of the most popular resorts within the exposition gates. The Mayor then alluded pleasantly to the good feeling existing between the two great cities of the western world, and closed with a warm encomium on the wealth and worth of the Empire State. Mayor Gllroy receive! even a more flattering welcome than Mayor Harrison as he stepped forward to respond to the address of welcome. After complimenting Chicago and the fair, he said: "There is one sad re flection connected with the White City; it is that within a few weeks, or months at furthest, these magnificent specimens of architectural art, together with all they contain or human greatness and civilization, shall have passed away. I cannot help but think that any outlay, however great, that would tend to preserve thes magnificent buildings in monumental marble would be an expenditure for which the country would receive a hundred fold In the liberal education which our population would receive In visiting them, and in the expansion of mlod and elevation of thought which they would evoke. As the chief magistrate of the empire city of this country 1 welcome ymi to the White City, created by tho metropolis of the West, and hope and believe that this renewed intercourse will bring these two cities more closely together in a bond of union and brotherly love." GENERAL POUTER'S ADDRESS. Gen. Horace Porter, of New York, chairman of the New York citizens' executive committee at the world's fair, spoke next. He also complimented Chicago, and then said: "A visit to the fair is the equivalent to a trip around the entire circuit of the globe. Here we meet the people of all nations, we hear their language and their music; we see their faces and familiarize ourselves with their manners and customs. Here we are carried back four hundred years In history. We see upon land the reproduced monoastery of La Rabida; upon the water, the historic caravels, the brave little crafts, frail in structure and diminutive in size, yet which rode the waves long enough to penetrate the mystery of the eeas. to reconstruct the maps of the world and shed upon the gloom of the dark ages the light of modern civilization: those vessels which brought to our shores the illustrious explorer, who broke the shackles of superstition, calmed the fears of timid men and gave a new world to commerce, to science and to civilization. From the progress made In the past, who can tell how far the great Republic will four hundred years hence dominate the policy of the world. This Nation was not born among the fables, tales and mysteries of barbaric ages, but planted fully equipped upon this virgin continent. It has been woven of the Ftoutest fibres of other lands and nurt red by a commingling of the best blood of other nations. America has now thrown off the swaddling clothes of Infancy and stands clothed in the robes of majesty and power in which the God who made her intends that she shall henceforth tread the earth. Today she may be seen moving at the head of the procession of the -world's events, leading the van of civilized and christianized liberty, her manifest and avowed destiny to li;Tht the path or liberty throughout the world till human freedom and human right become the common heritage of mankind. "We of New York are proud to find ourselves to-daj' within the confines of this mighty city of the West, a city whose busy thoughts and vivid images crowd the mind. In which no man shapes himself betimes to idleness; a city which is not a sepulcher of buried ages, but the birthplace of modern ideas; a city which is not lighted by the smiles of dying empires, but by the gleam of future giories. our two cities were contestants for the exiosition. Chicago fairly won the prize. To-day the people of New York come to greet you, not only through their representatives, but they come themselves with hearts untouched by jealousy, with souls unmoved by rivalry, to cry out to you with one acclaim: 'God bless Chicago; God speed the great fair " Agnes Booth then read a poem, "New York to Chicago." composed by Joseph I. C. Clark, of New York. REMARKS OF MR. DEPEW. Next the features of Chauncey M. Depew were seen on the platform. He was greeted with a chorus of cheers, and was kept bowing and smiling several minutes before he H "PJOVV c UI o) Xjjunjjoddo ub p-cq sail, in part: "One of the most interesting as well as Important Incidents of this mammoth and marvelous exhibition has been the celebrations, national, state and civic. While the governments of Europe are imposing additional burders upon already overburdened peoples to increase their great military and naval forces: while all the world outside of the United States Is either an armed camp or engaged in active hostilities, these emulous and friendly meetings of conflicting races within these walls demonstrate the possibilities and illustrate the hopes of the world for civilization and peace Great Ilritiln and Russia, Germany and1 France. Italy and Austria may, U.4 ougn their governor; and their arm lea and navies, be prepared for wars of extermination across the Atlantic, but on

this side, and within the gates of W bite CUy. each of them rejoices in triumphs of the other and applauds the the its eforts In the celebration of any excellence or advance in the Industrial arts. The influence of this commingling of races upon the lofty plane of human achievement and progress, of the comlngling of clashing creeds in the congress of religions carried bv representatives here present to all parts ot the habitable globe, must result in nobler aspirations and greater efforts for the friendship of nations and the harmony of the world." Mr. Dcpew then paid a tribute to Chicagoans. and laid special stress on the fact thit Chicago day had a greater attendance than any other one day at any world's fair. "No such crowd ever before was gathered upon a civic occasion within the walls of a temporary abiding place of a fair dedicated to industry and art," he Fall. "Properly concentrated and distributed they would form a constituency sufficiently large to be represented in the United States Senate by enough Senators to block the wheels of legislation and stop the movement of government for the next century. I will not pretend to predict how many would have been within the boundaries of the fair on New York dav had thi3 exhibition gone to New York. Figures are too commonplace, and Imagination Is un equal to the task. Rut New York was as proud and as happy as Chicago at this magnificent demostration of interest, intelligence and municipal pride in her sister city. Without stint, without limit, without reserve New York has felt an ever-Increasing admiration for the results on these grounds of Chicago's pluck and power. "The period of the rivalry of cities In the United States has passed; the period of the competition of municipalities for competitive trade has gone by. The prodigious development of the internal commerce of the country, and the equally remarkable increase of transportation facilities to meet it. have thrown upon the great cities of the United States opportunities and responsibilities greater than they can manage. It was, twenty-five years ago. possible for one great city, increasing, by liberal appropriation its rail and watrr communications to sidetrack a rival. Rut that day has gone by. The depopulation of the country and the overcrowding of the city present to each municipality problems of employment and sup;ort which, unsolved, are dangerous to peace and prosperity and whose solutions are not yet in sUht. The genius of the American people fur government will meet and overcome these perils, but at present they coniir.o the energies of municipalities within their own limits. . "The United States, stretching as it does from ocean to ocean, requires two commercial capitals one for the coast and the Other for the interior. The capltat on the coast, which must necessarily be the capital of the continent, has b?en fixed for half a century. The capital of the interior has been located by this fair. Chicago Is to be the center gathering of the products of the fields and of the mines, and New York the reservoir for their distribution Uu-ouzh tho country and abroad." .Mr. Do-

I pew then eulogized New York, and closed by saying: "All hail, Chicago! all hail, New York!" ' Hon. John R. Fellows, of New York, and Seth Low, president of Columbia Col- ! lege, closed the speaking. "America" was i then sung and the day's exercises closed i with the benediction, delivered by Arch- ; bishop Corrlgan. A parade followed, of

which the famous "Old Guard was the feiture. The iald admissions .at the fair to-day were 200,317. FRANCE'S DEAD HEI10 Private Funeral of Marshal 3IacMahon Held Yesterday. State Obsequies to Take Place in Paris To-Day A Crazy Frenchman's Deed 3Ioors Shelled. PARIS, Oct. 21. The private funeral of Marshal MacMahon was to have taken place at 11 o'clock this morning, but owing to th? lateness of the special train carrying th2 mourners from Paris to Mont Cresson, it was delayed until noon. The procession then left the house, the President and local officials preceding the coffin. Behind it walked peasants of the neighborhood bearing the dead soldier's many orders and crosses. At tho end of the line were the Marshal's two sons, Patrice and Kmanuel. Their mother did not follow the body through the village, but drove directly to the church. An immensa crowd had gathered in the village streets. In the church the officers and delegates of the Jockey Club and Society for the Relief of th3 Wounded had taken seats back of those reserved for the mourners. Everywhere, there was displayed deep regret and emotion. The bells in tha village began to toll as the procssslon left the house and continued until sundown. The coffin was covered with flowers and the altar was half buried in wreaths. The finest memorial pieces were sent by the townspeople of Montarglsle and the Jockey Club. Four prelates officiated. The rector of Magenta, Italy, who ;ame from the town of MacMahon's gre t battle to attend the funeral, assisted, and the rector of Mont Cresson preached the sermon. After the religious services the coffin was carried to the church portal, where the Mayor of Mont Cresson delivered a funeral oration. He recalled to memory the day when the towspeople had raised triumphal arches to celebrate the home-coming of the hero of the Malakoff. Captain Collet, who fought with. MacMahon when the Malakoff was stormed, spoke of the bravery and loyalty of hi3 dead comrade. The Comte d'llaussonvllle, representing the Comte De Paris, attended all tho services. The draping of the Church of the Madelaine and the Hotel Des Invalides for the state obsequies of Marshal MacMahon is proceeding, but otherwise there is not. the slightest sign of mourning in the city for the greui soldisr and ex-President. It appears that the people are too much taken up with the visit of the Russians to mark with national mourning the loss of one of France's greatest men. FIRED AT THE RUSSIANS. A StarrliiK rrcnclmmn Attracts Attention to Ills Misery. PARIS, Oct. 21. The outrageous conduct of a supposed maniac has disturbed the peaceful programme of the Russian visit and has cast a damper on the festivities. Early this morning, as the Russians were returning to the Military Club, after a day of enjoyment, a, man who was in the crowd watching the Russian officers enter the club, suddenly drew a revolver end fired it into the thickest of the people assembled on the Place de L'Opera. The shot caused a panic, for it was believed that one of the Russians had been shot; in fact, the report spread that an i attempt had been made upon the life of Admiral Avellan by a German fanatic. This report, however, is without foundation. The man who fired the shot into the crowd was promptly seized by citizens and handed over to the police, who made a rush, in force, to the scene of the disturbance. The prisoner, a man about fifty years of age, was taken into the Military Club, where he gave the name of Willis, and when questioned as to his motive in shooting, said that he suffered the utmost misery and had become sick at seeing the huge sums squandered upon foreigners while many thousands of Frenchmen in Paris alone were suffering from the want of a loaf of bread to give to their starving families. Continuing, Willis said that he wdshed to protest against such an outrage, and that he thought the best way to do so was to attract attention to this willful waste of monej'. Moors Shelled by Spaniards. MADRID, . Oct. 21. An official dispatch from Mellila says that the forts there opened fire to-day on the Moors in their trenches, and that the Spanish war ship Venadito is shelling the coast. Shortly after the tiring began the Moors fled into their own territory. They sustained heavy loss. Mellila is fully prepared for defense, pending tho arrival of reinforcements. Then the Spaniards will assume the offensive. The Venadito's rearch-light terrorized the Moors.' There is great rejoicing in this city over the news of the defeat of the Moors. A permanent garrison of 1,500 men will bo established at Mellila. The Spaniards will push their lines on the right bank of the Ouro river to lagoons on the sea coast and to the Curubu mountain chain eastward. lUNiiitirck'M Health Improving;. BERLIN, Oct. 21. The condition of Prince Bismarck has so improved that Princess Bismarck has been able to leave Frledrichsruhe and go to Schonhausen to see her daughter-in-law. Countess Herbert, who is there awaiting her confinement, an event that Is expected to occur in the near future. Prince Bismarck wants to start for Varzln. He has ent orders to prepare for his reception there, but Dr. Schweninger, his physician, vetoed the change, not because the Prince could not stand the journey, but in order to keep him in his present routine and favorable surroundings. LEFT DEBTS OF 5300,000. Tracy Reeves, Son of a Millionaire, Said to Have Disappeared. CHICAGO, Oct. 21. A local paper in the morning will print a story stating that William Cullen Reeves, of Princeton, 111., son of Tracy Reeves, a millionaire, and one of the best known men in that part of the country, has disappeared, leaving debts to about J200.CC0. After his dls. ppearance it has been discovered that he had filed at the office of the county recorder a guarantee to secure the Peru Bank and the Putnam County Bank, of Hennepin. 111., claims aggregating $S0.00o. The guarantee purports to be signed by Tracy Reeves, the father of William, as principal, and to be attested by H. II. - Ferris, notary public and vice president of the Citizens National Bank, of Prince ton. of which the elder Mr. Reeves is the head. Mr. Ferris, however, distinctly stated to-day that he had never signed the guarantee: that his name upon it was a forgery, and that his seal had been used without his knowledge. Mr. Tracy Reeves also declares that he had no knowledge of signing any such document. Tracy Reeves is over seventy years of age and is almost blind. It is easy to see how a designing man who is in his confidence could obtain his. signature under a misapprehension and to any one having a. key to the Citizens' National Bank the seal with which the notarial attestation was made. Th fugitive is a grand nephew of the poet. William Cullen Bryant, his mother having been Sarah L. Bryant, a daughter of John, who was the ioets brother. . . Ciohhtetl 1y the Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 21. The Penncv Ivan la Railroad Company has just secured control of the Cleveland &. Marietta railroad, of Ohio, which gives it a continuous road from Marietta, on the Ohio river, to Toledo, on the lake. Besides this, it gives to the Pennsylvania railroad an outlet for the lirge coal deposits In the Cambridge coal fields. For some time the Pennsylvania rallro3d has been after an outlet in the southern part of Ohio. It had the lines running eust. west and north, but owned nothing south of the Panhandle road in Ohio. This road gives the Pennsylvania possession of the large coal Held, and a continuous road to the lakes. Obituary. ROME. Oct. 21. The British embassador to Italy, Lord Vivian, died at 7 o'clock this morning of pneumonia. Lord Vivian was appointed embassador at Rome in 1SJL

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The Murderer of Lawyer Wcsiier. Tells Iris Story at Lebanon. Five Darned in a Marion Gas Explosion Terrc Haute Society Dellc Elopes -Wratten Murder Suspect. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, I ml. Oct. 21. This being Saturday, the country people of Boone county came in town early to attend the murder trial. The defendant Brown was put on the stand, being the thirty-first witness in the case. He was perfectly cool and collected, but somewhat pale, hi3 confinement having proved trying on him. Mr. Brown was examined by Mr. Duncan and testified as follows: "I am forty-six years old. I was in business here nineteen years; have a wife and four children; my parents are living. I was president of the Lebanon Light, Heat and Power Company. I spoke with Mr. Wesner in front of the First National Bank after the suit was brought by Hull. Wesner asked me what we were going to do about the compromise. I said: 'We cannot accept your proposition.' Wesner then said: T'll make it cost you $10,000 before I get through I said: 'That's all right Then he whirled toward me suddenly and said: 'Coley Brown, damn you, if you open your mouth I'll kill you I knew he went armed, and have heard him brag about his skill in the use of a knife. I have seen him throw It at a mark. He was a man over six feet tall and weighed 210 pounds or more. "I start ed for Danville on Tuesday, May 16, 1893, and stopped over night in Indianapolis. I had from 200 to $250 in my pocket. About half of it was mine and the other half beionged to the gas company. I took my pistol with me; the pistol is one I have owned for eight years. I always carried it, when I had it at all, in my right trousers pocket. Mr. Wesner was friendly toward me on that day. I had some tobacco that he liked, and he ask?d me for tobacco occasionally. He drove up in front of the hotel and called me out and asked me for a chew of that tobacco. I told him to cut the plug in two and take part of it, which he did.. I started home Friday night, but was persuaded to stay. On ths day the trial was finished I tarted for dinner, going toward the south door, as usual. I raid to Mr. Ralston, 'I'm damn glad my reputation is as good as Wesner's.' Then I said to Wesner, ' Sam, my reputation is as good as yours He turned toward me and said, 'Coley Brown, you cV.mned coward, you have a gun; pull it and shoot He repeated this and .erked a knife out of his pocket. The scabbard stuck on the knife, i then drew my pistol, and as he rushcd toward me I shot. As he struck at me 1 retreated a few steps. He was striking at me when I shot the second time, and he was still pursuing me. I stumbled and fell, and he fell on me. I was so scared I don't know how I got up. I shot him because he was trying to kill me. I did not draw my pistol till he drew his knife. I had no thought of difficulty at the time. I started out, but I saw Mr. Wesner was mad when he spoke. I have kidney trouble, and often walk with my hands on my back. I did not have the pistol In ray hip pocket, but in my right trousers pocket." In the cross-examination the prosecution endeavored to show that Mr. Brown had carried a revolver about Lebanon, but the ciirt ruled it out. Mr. Brown was on the stand about one hour, and delivered h?s testimony slowly, but without hesitation. One or two of the grand Jurors that indicted Brown were examined as to statements the prosecutor of Hendricks or his assistant had made in the grand jury room to the effect that he wanted to indict Brown for murder in the ilrst degree, so that he could not get bond, but would have to remain In Jail. Louis Marsh, a druggist, of Danville, testified that Wesner came to his store an hour or two before the shooting and got a drink of whisky. Court adjourned at noon until noon Monday. FIVE IXJLItKD IS A!V. EXPI.OSXO Mother mid Her Four Children llndly Burned nt Marlon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Oct. 21. At the home of J. H. Bailey, in this city, a stove was removed Friday and the gas pipes closed with a plug. The plug was forced out by the pressure of the gas last night, and an explosion followed which wrecked the buildin:.. Mrs. Bailey and . her four children were injured in a frightful manner. The woman wa3 so severely burned that the flesh dropped from her feet and hands. Her recovery is doubtful. Recovery of the oldest child Is also Improbable. The mother was burned while rescuing her children from the flames. SOCIETY ;mii ELOPES. Terre Hauler Surprised to Learn of the Murringe of Miss "Wllllnms. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Oct. 21. The elopement of Miss Gertrude Williams and marriage with Mr. Charles Orman is Just made known, and causes a sensation in society circles. Miss Williams has made her Ijome with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Griffith, being a niece of Mrs Griffith, and has been popular in society. She accompanied her aunt to the world's fair ten days ago, and while there met friends from Ohio with whom she remained when her aunt returned home. Mr. Orman came to the city to-day and told Mr. Griffith that he and Miss Williams were married in Chicago last Wednesday. Mr. Orman was formerly employed in Mr. Griffith's shoe store, but is now agent of the Illinois Central at Sixty-third street. Chicago. THE AVRATTEX MURDERS. Jnraes Stone, "Who First Gnve the Alarm, Is Xovr in Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., Oct. 21. Another suspect by the name of James Stone was ordered In custody to-day awaiting the action of the grand Jury investigating the Wratten murder. Stone is the man who first found the murdered family and rode into town to give the alarm. It is said his wdfe told the grand jury some very damaging things that will probably cause an indictment to bo made against Stone. The indictments are looked for some time tiGL.ASS MES IX SESSIOX. Subject Discussed nt the Manufacturers' Mcctlnj? In Anderson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 21. Thomas F. Hart, chalrrran of the wage committee of the National Window-glass Manufacturers' Association, has returned from the meeting of the twenty-six Indiana manufactories, held at Anderson to-day. In an interview to-night Mr. Hart said the meeting was in session over two hours, at the Doxey Hotel. The principal subject under consideration was how to compete with imported glass. Said he: "The general opinion was that we would be compelled to sell our American product at a discount of ninety off our list, leaving the American manufacturer without profit. Thus to operate his plant is disastrous, and must result in ruin. Som? of the manufacturers will start their plants, among them being C. H. Over, of this city. However, he will only operate for six weeks or two months, and will close down, as the others will be compelled to do. An open market will prevail, and by Jan. 1 all the blowers" will be out of Jobs If they persist in demanding the old wage scale. The Jobbers will not buy glass at anything like last year's prices' Mr. Hart intimates that his factory will not start at all. It i3 also Intimated that James Chambers, who abandoned the manufacturers at l'ittsburg, is again in the field. Advertisement for Dlgby Bell. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 21. The Pigby Bell Opera Company, which had been stranded here for a couple of days, raised money enough to satisfy writs of attachment and pay their railroad fare to Milwaukee, leaving on the noon train today. The company had been in trouble since it3 appearance in Indianapolis, a week ago, where writs were got out for debts contracted last season. Bell says they were for debts contracted by a former proprietor, for whom he. Bell, worked on a salary. The man who was backing the company tills season left them, and business baa not been good, especially la cities

I within 400 miles of Chicago. At 3 o'clock l this morning Charles II. Jones and an

other member of the company had a rough and tumble fight with George E. Pugh, a well-known Terre Haute lawyer, who was accused by Jones of faying he had taken Mr3. Jones out buggy riding. An Old Comrade Seekinp: Friends. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 21. Milton Bamett, of Olequa, Wash., a member of Company B, One-hundred-and-eighteenth and One-hundred-and-thirty-fourth Infantry, writes to this city, where he enlisted ii the late war, in qu?st of the address of some comrade who knew him when in service. He says: "When the rebellion broke out I was living in Virginia. I could not believe that secession was right, and to avoid the conscript act I ran the picket lines of Stonewall Jackson's army, swam the Potomac and made my way to Indiana. I enlisted in the army at Muncie. Wh?n the war closed I returned to my home in Virginia, and my father, who had served through the war as colonel in the confederate army, disinherited me and drove me away. I have written many times to different comrades with whom I served, but have never heard from any of them." Mr. Bamett was injured while in the service. Arrestetl a Xejyro Wlzznrd Fraud. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind.. Oct. 21. "Doc" Jeff Mojars was arrested last night in Lawrence county, Illinois, and brought to this city on a charge of impersonating a United States officer. Mojars has been wanted for some time by the authorities. It is charged that he has been visiting country postoffices and claiming to be a postoffice inspector. He would demand possession of the office, and while he opened and inspected the mall took charge of the dead letters. It is thought he secured considerable money thereby. Mojars claims to be a doctor and has been passing as a detective among the Ignorant class of colored people. He was thought to be a wizzard and was greatly feared by them. The prisoner was taken to Evansville to-night by deputy United States Marshal Thomas J. Groves. Mojars is a striking looking mulatto. He is red-headed and has a red mustache. "Work of AVhlte Caps. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAWTtENCEBURG, Ind., Oct. 21. White Caps are manifesting themselves in the southern part of this county. A few days ago farmer F. A. Reeme found a notice tacked on his barn door, bearing the outlines of a man with a rope around his neck, a skull and cross bones drawn in red ink and the following warning: "Leave in three days or take the consequences." Grant Johnson, a prominent farmer a few miles west ,of the Reeme residence, received a similar notice to leave the country. Johnson had a few' days before agreed to pay a large sum of money in the settlement of a bastardy suit brought against him by Miss Mattie Grimes, and it Is thodght the notice was given to hasten the payment of the money in the compromised case. ' Death of n Morgnu County Pioneer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind., Oct. 21. Timothy L Obenschain, a pioneer of this county, died to-day at his home in Morgantown, aged seventy-five. He was stricken with paralysis yesterday. Mr. Obenschain was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, in 18ia, and moved to Morgantown, this county, in 1S37, and has resided there ever since. He was the father of township trustee Harvey Obenschain. $3,000 Express Package Lost. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LIMA, O., Oct. 21. An express package containing $3,000 was lost in transit between this city and Fort Wayne a few days ago. The package was sent by agent Oyler, of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road, to the company's depository at Fort Wayne. Nothing has been heard from it since the money was deposited In the care of the Adams Express Company here. Shot Off Her lather's Head. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Oct. 21. At Brooksburg, ten miles above Madison, at 5 o'clock this evening, William Greenwood returned from a hunting trip and set his gun down at home. His daughter picked It up and was handling the lock, when the weapon was accidentally discharged, the contents striking' her father and tearing oft his head, producing instant death. 'nrruw Kscnue of a Dozen Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 21. Last evening at the John M. MeVay corrugated iron works a pot containing fifteen tons of molten metal burst and a dozen men had a narrow escape. Good water service Is all that saved the building Jiirtlnmi ZVotes. John Jones was fatally hurt In an explosion in Zeller & Sigler's mine, near Asherville, Clay county, Friday. He had prepared a shot and was leaving the room when the explosion occurred and mangled him frightfully. II. E. Little, editor of the Garrett Clipper, obtained $775 in damages, at Auburn last week, for a horse-whipping, administered by Calvin Harselman, the last Populist candidate for Congress in that district, and who was greatly abused in Little's paper during the campaign. The factories at Frankton are all preparing to start, and the workmen are jubilant over the outlook. Fire will ba put in the three large window-glas factories, and they will start full force within the next two weeks. The Wetherald rolling mill wdll begin operations within the next thirty days, and the Novelty flint works will be started as soon as completed and a force of operatives can be secured. BIG BILLIARD MATCH Shaefer, Slosson and Ives Sure to Come Together ext Month. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The proposed three-cornered balk-line billiard tournament with the three leading billiard players of the day, Jake Schaefer, George Slosson and Frank Ives, as competitors, has assumed a tangible form, and billiard lovers In New York may now reasonably expect to see such a tournament. Mr. Slosson has received the following telegram from Mr. Parker, a well-known billiardist of Chicago: Have seen Schaefer and Ives and they agree on following proposition: Will play one tournament in New York, two weeks after Chicago match, providing you will play in tournament in Chicago two weeks after that; each player to put in JT00 for each town, and the Brunswick Balke-Collender Company to add $1,000. Each town winner to take all of stakes, added money and gate receipts as hereafter agreed on." Whether the Brunswick Balke-Collender Company will subscribe two $1,000 purses is not settled. The New York tournament would brobably take place early in December. Ki the Hook. London Humanitarian. The Home Secretary has Issued a circular expressly stating that the "kissing of the book" in taking the oath is henceforth to be considered optional, and that the Scotch form of taking an oath is legal throughout the United Kingdom. Any one born north of the Tweed and living in the land of heather remembers for as long as he lives the solemnity with which he was impressed the first time he took "the oath the truth to tell." He saw the Judge rise up, and gathering his scarlet robes round him, hold up his right hand and say: "Witness, hold up your right hand and repeat after me, :i swear by Almighty God as I shall answer to God at the great day of Judgment that I will speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth " And however frequently he may have to appear as a witness, the solemn character of such an oath must impress him, and in fact does so. It 13 painful to contrast wita this the English mode of adjuration; its administration, not by the judge, but by a subordinate officer, who gabbles out this oath in the second person to the witness, who is ordered first to take the book in his right hand, and then, after the words have been uttered, to kiss it. Mr. Drexel Retires from Business. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Anthony J. Drexel. jr.. to-day retired from active business and withdrew from the firms of Drexel & Co.. Philadelphia; Drexel. Morgan & Co.. New York, and Drexel. Harjes & Co., Paris. An Intimate friend of Mr. Drexel stated that his withdrawal would not affect either firm in a business way. He asserted that Mr. Drexel was young and fond of society and wished to avoid business cares. Would Like to Unload. Detroit Tribune. It seems that Mr. Cleveland was not so far from the mark as some thought when he made that celebrated remark atout having a session of Congress on hi bands.

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Several Victims of the Battle Creek Horror Identified. One of the Injured Added to the Death List The Accident to Be Thoroughly Investigated. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct. 21. F. II. Smith, one of the passengers Injured in the Grand Trunk wreck here yesterday morning, died late last night. It Is not believed that there will be any more deaths. The physicians report all the injured doing well.. The coroner this afternoon discharged the jury drawn yesterday because of public criticism over the accident and the fact that one of the members of the jury was a brother-in-law of the superintendent of the road and another one was attorney for the railroad. Another jury was impaneled this afternoon. The coroner has notified the division superintendent that he expects the presence of all men who had anything to do with the accident at th inquest on Monday, an the superintendent says that he will see that they are all present Investigation by the railroad authorities shows that the wreck took fire from the stove instead of from oil lamps. A telegram was received to-day by Father Sadler, from Toronto, asking about Rev. Father Clark, of Brantford, OnL, who was known to be traveling on the train. The telegram described the missing priest as being short, slight, dark hair, front tooth filled with gold, dark overcoat, short undercoat and weight 150 pounds. The bodies were in such condition that the priest was unable to ' identify the one he sought. When he was met on the stairway, after an attempt t to find what was left on earth of his brother, great beads .of perspiration stood on hte brow. His face was drawn and he was suffering from tho deepest affliction. He said: "I am afraid it's no use. I shall ask for a better description by wire, and then make another attempt." The relatives of Peter McDonald, of Rochester, .X. Y., think he was burned in the tire. A complete list of the bodies identified Is as follows: MRS. ALBERT BRADLEY, Sarnia, Canada. J. W. BEARDSLEY, Atkins, X. Y. W. W. HENRY, ,Voonsockct, R. I. E. I. MAGOOX, Providence, R. I. MRS. F. R. McKEXZIE. Mlddletown, Conn. FRANK H. SMITH, Fort Tlaln, X. Y. T. R. STRINGER, Port Dover. Canada. CHARLES W. VAN DUSEN, Sprout Brcok, N. Y. MRS. CHARLES W. VAN DUSEN, Sprout Brook, X. Y. MRS. A. K. WARNER, Garland, N. Y. Of this number seven have been shipped home to-day. They are: J. W. Beardsley, Mrs. Albert Bradley, Frank H. Smith, T. R. Stringer, Mr. and Mrs. Van Dusen and Mrs. A. K. Warner. A list of the injured who have gone to their homes is as follows: John C. Stewart, wife and daughters, of Dalton, 111.; T. J. Monroe and George Shackleton, of Auburn, N. Y.; J. S. Archlbell, of Evanston, 111.; W. A. Ryerse, of Port Dover, Ont., and C. F. Adams, of Buffalo. N. Y. "At Rest." That is the simple inscription on the silver plate on each of the cofllns that hold the remains of the burned victims. The undertakers are acting entirely under the direction of the coroner in the disposition of the remains. The Grand Trunk officials have notific-d thent that they will pay all expenses, and everything that should be done under the circumstances will be done. Last night wenty-seven coflins were ordered by telegraph, and they arrived by express this morning. One of the victims is stated to be a lad named James G. Wortham, of No. 431 East Eightieth street. New York, the son of Amelia Worthman, a widow. James was only twelva years old, and was traveling with his sister Annie, who Is also missing. One of tho mangled bodteis numbered twenty-live, was identified by a friend today as that of E. R. Stringer, of Port Colborne, Ontario. L. Wilson, of Evanston, 111., whose scorched handbag was found in the debris, and who was supposed to have perished, telegraphed from home that he had arrived there with no further injury than a sprained foot. He left the car in which he was traveling before it was wrecked, and so escaped death. Conductor John Burke, of grain No. 9, which was wrecked, is lyinff at his home in Port Huron in a precarious condition. His leg is not broken, as at first reported, but his back is injured and his head is cut and bruised, one ear being terribly disfigurel Mr. Burke left the tunnel depot two hours late at 10 o'clock Thursday nisht, and lost time Instead of making it up. His train consisted of twelve cars. "I received orders at Lansing' said he, "to pass No. 6 on the double track at Nicholas. I was in car No. 1039, tha third from the engine, when the collision occurred, and we were running at the rate of fifteen miles an hour. Suddenly, like the crash of a cannon, the collision occurred. In a flash the car was upset and quickly filled with dense smoko from the overturned stove and lamps. By a hard tussle I managed to break open two windows and climbed out and dragged a woman after me. I took her to a shanty near by, and was returning to help others when I realized that I was hurt and could do ' nothing more. I was tniron tn luilMiniT near bv. I think there were thirty-five people in car No. 1039, and most of them were smothered to death by the pas and smoke. I don't blame conductor Scott, of No. 6," he added. "He has always been a careful man. I blame engineer "Soeyou think Woolley was to blame?" "I don't think it. M know it." replied Burke "I have been railroading since 1SJ, and the accident was caused by disobedience of orders." A disnatch from Lansing says: Railroad Commissioner Billings is going to order an investigation of the Battle Creek wreck at once, with special reference to the question: "What set the cars afire?" He thinks the car stove is largely responsible for the fire and terrible loss of life. The statutes of tho State provide that railroad companies are to heat their cars by "generating the heat for warming the cars outside and independent of said cars or by the us of heaters in the cars, so constructed thatv in case of an accident it will be practically impossible for the fire to escape from the stove or heater so as to set fire to the cars, or provided with some automatic or quickly and easily operated provision for extinguishing the fire, and when the heat is generated outside of the cars heaters constructed as provide 1 for in this section may be retained within for use in case of emergencies." The Railroad Commissioner has power to order removed any heating device that he believes dangerous. Mr. Billings condemns conductor Scott and engineer Woolley severely. He believes them both to blame for the collision. Governor Rich expressed himself very strongly on the collision at Battle Creek. Said he: "I have no doubt that the responsibility lies with tho enginecr and conductor of the eastbound train." Circus Employes Injured. CLARKSBURG. W. Va., Oct. 21. A rearend collision occurred ne.r here this morning on the Baltimore & Ohio road between two sections of the Barnum & Bailey circus train. A dozen employes were hurt, half of them seriously and one fatally. The list of victims follows: Frank Everett, Brooklyn, X. Y., both legs cut off, died in a few mlnMes; George Gilmore, Xew York city, injured internally: Robert Xeilon, Xew York, hip and thigh badly bruised; J. P. Fredr1rr Al1ntnwn. Pa.. leJTS mashed: Hnrrv Marshall, Pittsburg, ribs broken; Xathanlel A Merrill, rsew xoru, iec urouen; .:nanes Mills, Jaw broken; E. R. Richey, Honesdale, Pa., spine hurt. All the injured were sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Attempt to Wreck a Train. MIDDLETOWX, X. Y., Oct. 21. The second section of tha Erie through train from Chicago was two miles west of Port Jervls last night and going at the rate of thirty miles an hour when it run into a number of ties that had been placed on the track. It is thought that the wreckers put 'the obstruction there to derail the WellsFargo train, carrying a large gold shipment from San Francisco to New York. The engineer noticed the ties and vainly tried to stop the train. No one was seriously lniured and the train kept the track. j Guilty of Xcfillsence. JACKSON. Mich.. Oct. 2t The coroner's Jury, which has been investigating the Michigan Central disaster at this place, has

returned a verdict. It finds th Michigan Central railroad guilty of gross negligence in not complying with the city ordinance relating to the running of trains. William Ubalen. enpineer, and conductor Webb, baggageman Russell and brakeman Veangl are found guilty of neqlect in not operaUnc the brakes in compliance with the company s rules. C. H. & I. FREIGHT HOUSE BURNS. An Early Morning- Fire D009 Damage Not Exceediiifi: S25,000. About 1:00 o'clock this morning the C, IL & I. freight house, just cast of the middle of the viaduct, was discovered in flames by watchman McGulre. He run over to the Panhandle freight depot and telephoned the fira headQuarters. The tower watchman had seen the blaze, however, and the department was on Its way to the lire when the watchman's message came in. In fifteen minutes the low, rambling shed was flaming from end to end, the half dozen streams of water thrown having but little effect. At 2 o'clock, however, the sky illumination ceased. The shed is generally heavily stored with freight, much of it of a combustible nature, but the shipment on Saturday, at the end of the week, considerably reduced the storage. South of the shed, which extends several hundred feet in length, were two lines of empty frelmu cars. The roofs of these were badly burned. The west end of the structure is used for offices by the C, H. & I companv. The fire damaged this portion. General Freight Agent Stiles, who lives two blocks south of tho depot, is in Chicago. One of his assistants secured the money in the safe and other valuables before the flames entered the olHce. The oriprin of the fire Is unknown. The loss could not be estimated this morning. It will probably not exce?d $23,unu. When the department responded to the alarm one engine company Fpcd to the cistern in Alabama street in front of the police station. When the lid was raised to lower the hose into the water a spark from the engine ignited gas which had accumulated in the cistern and the blaze spouted skyward several feet. The lid was immediately replaced, but .the fire continued to rage underneath. The cistern could not be used. FIGIITIXO A KANGAROO. Some of the Dangem Encountered tn f Training? the Illj; Marsupials. Xew York Press. It Is said by those who have experimented and oucrht to know that amontf all the animals of the world the kangaroo and the . rhinoceros are not susceptible of education or training. The former possesses comparatively little brain when his size and bulk are considered, and the latter is of so vicious and dangerous a disposition as to resist all attempts at education. Within the past year, however, three kan- " garoos have been seen in Ix5ndon trained to a remarkable degree. They had been taught to box, not unscientifically, with their fore pavs, and have afforded a most unique entertiinment upon the vaudeville stages of England. Two. of the kangaroos ar now in this country, and the writer talked with the trainer of one of them at Huber's museum the other day. 'Yes," said the trainer, "a kangaroo is the most dlificult animal to tjain I have ever tried, and I've tried them nearly all. from lions to docs. They don't seem to have a great amount of instinct and they have no perception. The only trait In fheir characters. o far as I have been able to find, at all 'susceptible to training is their natural instinct of self-defense. It occurred to me. therefore, that if I could make the animal believe that he was In danger I could bring about an exciting exhibition that would pay well in the end. "The three animals I had were very docile and would follow me around without question. I began by playing with the largest of the trio. I tapped him pently under the chin, and when I attempted to repeat the tap he warded off my hand with his fore foot. I always delivered the blow in the same manner, and in a little time the kangaroo knew what to expect and how to prevent it. Then I would give him a little punch in the stomach with my right hand at the Instant of tapping him . under the chin with the left. He soon learned what that meant, and began to parry and protect himself, but I couldn't get him to lead in return nor to assume the offensive at least not for a long time. Eventually I increased the force of the taps to llj?ht blows, then to heavier ones; still no return. However, one morning I punched him a little harder than ever, and I got all the return I wanted, and from an unexpected quarterDig Frank Just lifted his weight upon hiss enormous tall and let go with both hind feet, landing with the force of a stamping mill. I was put out for an instant, and if the boys had not pulled him off I believe he would have killed me. The blow they strike with their hind feet Is terrific, and cannot be guarded against That is the danger the boxers have to look out for in sparring . with them. A hard blow always brings out those terrible feet, and if they land there will be no more boxing that night. Tb animal I have here I call Frank Junior, ant he is particularly apt an a kicker. I havt never been able to get a substitute for t-; man he boxes with, for the substitute usi ally gets one kick and quits."

THOUGHT UK HAD A IHTC lie Came to the Fnir nnd Enjoyed Ills Favorite Sport. Detroit Free Press. He looked as though he had drifted Into Chicago on the tall end of a cheap excursion. He was a thin, old man in a blue-checked shirt and a wispy goatee, and while two hundred thousand people wandered about the world's fair grounds and marveled at the wonders of the Columbian exposition, the thin, old man sat on a stone under the bridge in front of the Agricultural Building and fished. A piece of hemp cord, relic of a cast-off lunch box, dangled from a 10-cent eane with a head-of-Columbus handle. A convenient grasshopper did duty as bait. Up above, the thousands poured over the bridge and spread themselves alout tho grounds, but the thin old man fished on, calmly oblivious to all about him. "Had any luck?" asked a man on the bridge. "Pretty mlddlin. Caught 'two .sheepehead and a shiner." "Heen tlshin long?" "Yestiddy and to-day. Minnit I slapped eyes on this water I knowed there was fish in it" "Seen the fair?" asked the man on the bridge. "Nope." "Been through the buildings, haven't ' yer?" "Nope." "Goln to, arn't yer?" "Nope." "What did you come for?" inquired the other in astonishment. "Come up with the old woman and the gals." "Where are they?" "Ite-ekon they're teeterln round the buildln's somewhere." "Haven't you seen the court of honor and the golden statue?" persisted the man on the bridge. "Nope." "Why, man, it's only around the turn. Just look under the bridge," he urged, "and you can'thelp seeing the fountain, anyhow." The thin man didn't hear. He grasped the head-of-Columbus handle and watched the line Intently. "Hush!" he Eald, "reckon I had a bite." Persecuting " Veteran. Boston Journal. Hoke Smith hasn't ceased suspending Union pensioners in spite of his organs' assertions to the contrary. A case in point U that of Patrick Sheehan, of Gardner, Mass., a veteran of the Ninth Maine Infantry. Comrade Sheehan was receiving a pension under the disability act of l&o. His pension was suddenly cut off on Aug. 7 last, and he was ordered before a board of examining surceons. He was examined Aug. 30, and on Oct. 5 ho was notified that ho had been restored to the pension rolL ElKht days later, on Oct. 13, another letter from the Pension Bureau informed him that his pension was again puspended, and stated that if he did not within sixty days show cause why it should be retained it would be cut ofT permanently. So this poor soldier, who says that be has not been able to do a stroke of work for two months, must a second time go to th trouble and expense of proving that he is a deserving beneficiary of the Nation which he helped to save. The Cleveland administration calls this "reform:" but if the facts are as stated by our correspondent, who describes the case, then a better name for it would be brutality. . Gounod's Work. Boston Journal. .The death of Gounod was not entirely unexpected, for he was well along in years, and was ailing of late. The eminent composer wrote muca that is good and much that is weak. Nature gave him melody and a distinct individuality, and art helped nature. It is as the composer of "Faust" that Gounod will be remembered; and it Is a singular feature In the history of art that a great German work has been made popu lar throughout the world by th aensuoul beauty of a Frenchman's muila.