Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1894 — Page 2

TEE IFriAKATOLIS JOUENAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1804.

Interior of Japan as well as at the treaty porta and allowing all property rights except -the right to own land ia fee clmpla, rtLSIO- APPEALS.

Work of Ilokf Smith's Ilonrd Detailed by 31 r. Reynold. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21-The work of the Board of Pension Appeals during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1834, and from that date to Nov. 1. ISM. is fully reviewed la the report made by Assistant Secretary cf the Interior John M. Reynolds to Secretary Smith. In summarizing his administration of the office Mr. Reynolds says: "Upon taking charge of the office of Assistant Secretary, in April. 1833, I found 4.9C3 appeals pending on the docket, with the work of the Board cf Appeals more than two years behind. In eighteen and one-half months, with 5,847 additional appeals entered during that period, the current appeals are being decided and tardy justice no longer follows an appeal to this department by anyi deserving soldier, widow or orphan. Thus 10,000 cases have been considered on appeal and finally ruled upon, a greater number than was ever before disposed of In the eame length of time and more than double the number considered In any like period under my predecessor." The small balance of arrears is said to consist almost entirely of claims undergoing further Investigation in the Pension Iiure.au and of others which, for their final decision, await the determination of legal Suestlor.s that will be decisive of all. Many eclsions, Mr. Reynolds ays, have' been rendered by him by which a more liberal construction and one more In accord , with the spirit of Justice and liberality, has been placed upon sundry. laws, lie recommends the following: First That Section 4718 of the Revised Statute be amended bo as to extend the proVisions relative to the payment of accrued pensions for reimbursement to the cases oft widows and dependent relatives of the soldier. Second To apply the provisions of law relative to widow pensioners, who neglect to provide for the minor children of the soldier, to the soMler hlmsell who unlawfully abandons hi family and neglects to provide for them. Third To amend Section 3, act June 27, 130, so as to clearly define title to pension to the minor children of the soldier where he does not lave a widow surviving him. Fourth The enactment of provisions of law which will make proof of marriage. In the prosecution of pension claims, of" universal application throughout the United States. 1 U,:WI,T,7l FOIl IEXSlOS. Lorhrrn'R IXIuinte of the Amount Required for the Xeit Fiscal Yenr. WASHINGTON. - Nov. 23. The subcommittee of the House committee cn pens'.ons met to-day and, after listening for an hour to Commissioner Lochren's explanation of the requirements of his oflice virtually decided to 'rejort a 'bill providing for the appopriations recommended by the Commissioner in his estimate, heretofore furnished, except In the one item of fees for examining? surgeons. The orlgnlal estimate was thai fl.0o),GO would be required to pay these fees, but Jin Lochren told the committee to-day that he thought $$00,000 would be sufficient, and that figure was decided upon. The pension appropr atlons, as decided upon "by the. subcommlfee will, therefore, be: j- or pens'.ons. $140,000,000; for surgeons' fees, S&jtf.cou; for clerk hl-e at pension agencies, JUiO.OtO; miscellaneous. S131,o70, making a total of Jl 41 ,381.570. Mr. Lochren stated to the committee that he did not believe that a smaller sum could be safely relied on to meet the requirements of the service. He said that the expenditures for the fiscal year ending June EO. 1834, had been approximately $140,000,000, and he expressed the opinion that, with no additional legislation, the figures would be about the same for the next two years. After that he thought there would be a gradual decline. The subcommittee will meet again on Monday the 3d of December, but it Is not probable that there will toe anychange in the decision reached by the committee to-day. In cae there Is no change the bill will be reported to the full committee, fo as to get It promptly before the House. , I'XCLE SAM SUED. Three Salt. Filed In Ilehnlf of Beet Sajjnr Producers. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The controverly between the sugar growers of the country and the United States government growing out of the repeal of tht act granting a bounty of ' cent a pound upon all sugars grown In the United States andTerritories by the new tariff bill and the subsequent refusal of the Treasury Department to pay bounties upon the sugar grown in the present year reached the first stage la progress to definite legal settlement to-day-. J. Archibald Murray, an attorney, of New York, filed to-day In the Court of Claims three suits, identical in character, and all seeking to recover from the. government sums of money alleged to be legally due the complainants as bounty upon sugar raised by them In the year 1S34. The Chlno Valley Beet Sugar Company, of California, sues for '143,121: the Norfolk Beet Sugar Company, of New Jersey, for $3,003, and the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company or 11.7S The complamts are based upon the allegation that the 1'nited States, by the act of Congress granting a bounty of Vx cent a pouna upon all sugar grown in the United States and territories entered into legal contract with the complainants, as -yell as all other sugar growers, and led them by Its terms to undertake the culture of beets and other plants from which sugar is obtained, but. which, could not have been profitably pursued without the benefits of such a contract. The claim is further made that the crops of the complainants were growing and the sugar resulting from them was in process of manufacture long before the passage by Congress of the measure repealing the provisions of the act granting the bounty, and the government has no right to withhold the payment of the bounties alleged to be due. The cases will probably be pushed to an early hearing In the Court of Claims, and will then be taken to the United States Court for final settlement. It 13 understood that the suits are brought as test cases, and will be vlgously contested, as an amount reaching eome $11.0uo,OuO is at stake tn the controversy. , Mil. WRIGHT REPLIES. .V Answer tn a Chicago Criticism cf the Strike- Com ml mm Ion's Report. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2L-Hon. Carroll D. Wright, chairman of the strike commission, to-day addressed an answer ,lo the open letter to the commission recently published by Harry I. Robinson, president of the Railway Age, at Chicago. It follows: "Dear Sir Yours of the 19th. Inclosing a copy of your open letter to the strike com-. mission, was duly received. I have examined the points you attempt to make ugainst the commission, and find that cvvry material position taken by you is false, while our own positions are in the main clearly substantiated by the evidence taken ly the commisison, and chiefly by the sworn testimony of the railway and Pullman officials. This evidence can be freely examined by any one you see fit to send to this office, as I have an extra copy of it, cr you can find a copy of It in the hands of Judge Worthlngton. at Peoria. The testestiraony will be printed by order of Congress, and then every one can satisfy himself as to the truth of the position taken bv the commission. I bellove the report of the commission to be thoroughly lmpregrteble as to every material statement of facts. Whatever specific answer the commission may make to the charges of the Railway Age and of other papers I presume the commission will prefer to make officially, and not to any individual publication. Such an answer I have no right to make now. because I have not consulted the members of the commission. I write this letter on my own responsibility. Whoever calls on me for the purpose of examining the testimony will be accorded every privilege." Troop AVIII Xot Hnnt Onilnua. WASHINGTON'. Nov. 23. It has been decided that the present situation In the Indian Territory Is not such as to warrant the Secretary of War in calling out United States troops, and the authorities in the Territory have been so notified. , This, however, does not mean that the government Is to abandon or in any decree relax Its efforts to bring th Cook gang of outlaws to Justice. On the contiary. United fdates Marshal Crump, of Arkansas, who has made a reputation for himself in dealing with the tough element in the Southwest, will continue with Increased vigor hU rursult of thi marauders, and It is confidently believed that, with the liberal instructions which have been given htm as to the employing cf deputies, be will not fail in hi mission. Marshal Crump and his tf?ruti r.ui purfue the same tartic - f"i: 2- -1 in r.shtlng the Indians. - . ; 1 .--; c:i titlr trail nLsht and

day until they are exhausted and forced to surrender. Dangerons Counterfeit. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Chief Hazen, of. the United States secret sendee, to-day received from Newark, N. J., one of . the most dangerous counterfeits seen In a long tlme- It Is a twenty-dollar United States note," with the "Morris" head and small seal, rheck letter "D," The execution of the work is exceptionally fine in every particular. The penalty clause in the left ppace of the reserve side of the note Is entirely wanting, also the words "series of on face. But for these deficiencies tha character of the note would be almost Impossible of detection. Mr. Cleveland's Goat Worse. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.-The usual Friday Cabinet meeting did not take place today, having been postponed because the President was not quite so well, the wet veather aggravating the gout and sprain of the foot which has kept him Indoors at Woodley for several days. General Notes. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The State Department has been notified that the Danish government has established a mission and trade station at Angmagssalik, on the cast coast of Greenland, but that navigation along the coasts and island of the Danish colonies is forbidden save with the consent of the Danish ; government. The Controller of the. Currency to-day re- . ceived notice that the Brown National Bank, at Spokane, Wash., had suspended payment. Bank Examiner Flynn has been placed in charge. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At a meeting of the millers in the vicinity of St. Louis, it was decided to run half time from Dec. 10 to March 10. Inclusive. Members of the Forty-ninth Ohio Regiment will act as a body guard at the funeral of Gen. W. II. Gibson at Tiffin next Monday. v McCormick Theological Seminary, of Chicago, has refused, for the present, to go Into the . Presbyterian General Assembly trust. , ' By the explosion of a boiler in a saw jmill at Monticello. Ont., Robert McQuarrie md Alex Darragh were killed and four .nen sertously injured. Yesterday was 'Chicago day" at the Waco (Tex.) Cotton Palace. One hundred r more representative business men of :hat city were present. Mrs. Martin, of Hastings, Col., left her two children, aged two and four years, alone in the house. The house took fire and burned, and the babes perished. At Charlestown, W. Va., Jo3eph Hasklns wa3 killed, Frank Redly fatally injured and two other workmen bjdly hurt by dynamite, which exploded while being dried. Mrs. Marcus Cox, wife of a Vancouver miser, recently died, and It Is charged her death was due to starvation and neglect. visitor found her lying on bare boards in one room, while her husband was counting gold In an adjoining apartment. Attorneys for Patrick Phillips, a Catholic about to be tried at Denver for murder, yesterday challenged four Jurors who acknowledge they were members of the A. P. A.. The Jurors swore they had no prejudice whatever against Catholics, and the court overruled the challenges. J. W. Payne, the Dos Angeles army contractor, arrested at Denver, on a charge of embezzlement from his bondsmen, having secured his release on a writ of habeas cor-' pus, has sued the detect'ves who arrested him and Chief of Police Armstrong for $40,000 damages for false Imprisonment. The congressional co: imlttee appointed to examine the accounts which Judge A. J. Ricks, of the United States District, Court, kept as clerk of the court before his appointment to the bench, will reach Cleveland on Sunday and begin the hearing in one of the rooms of the federal building on Monday. , , t -. Covrhlded by Two Women. WEBSTER CITY. Ia.. Nov. 23. Mrs. Barney Kelly, twenty-seven years of agei and her sister bought a rawhide horsewhip this afternoon and secreted It Until -they met H. II. Helnebaugh. .a real-estate and Insurance man of some prominence, and gave him a most unmerciful whipping, .striking him over the head and shoulders with the whip until he ran Into a drug store with his hands covering his head. The whipping was the outgrowth of reports which have been circulated in this city for some time touching the respectability of Mrs. Kelly and her sister. All the parties to the scene have been going In good society. Helnebaugh denies that he has slandered the women.

In Behalf of Armenians. HARTFORD CITY, Conn., Nov. 23. The agitation in this city iri" behalf of the Armenians in their native land has taken the shape of an appeal to, Secretary Gresham. p-'Ung him to protest the statements of MI...ster Movreyeni. the Turkish representative at Washington. The government Is further asked to fairly investigate the conditions in Armenia, the petitioners having such confidence In the American love of Justice that they believe if the facts are known this Nation will take decisive steps, ta end what they term the tyranny of Turkey. Klre at Xcw York. NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Fire broke out at 12:45 th!s morning in the six-story brick factory building. Nos. 19 and 21 Roosevelt street. It started from an unknown cause on the first floor and. despite the fact that four alarms were turned in. calling out a !arge number of engines, the building was Tutted. The loss Is estimated at $100,000. The first and second floors of the building were occupied by D. Kahnwilers and the Navesink Life Preserving Company. The upper floors were occupied by the Parrott lass works. Obituary. NCW YORK, Nov. 21-John H. SIckels, patentee of the Sickeis hand fire engine, died to-day, at his home in Port Chester, from paralysis. He was seventy-six years old. Ills engines were used in almost every city in the United States. TOLEDO, O., Nov. 23. Edward Bissel, a prominent attorney of this city, and survivor of the Mexican war. died at his home here this morning. He was born in Genesee, N. Y., sixty years ago. DETROIT. Nov. 23. Carleton S. Hutchins. president of the Hutchins Refrigerator Car Company of Chicago, died of heart failure at his home," in thi city, last night, aged eighty-one years. MEMPHIS, Nov. 23,-Dr. F. L. Sim, one of the most eminent phvslclans in the country, died at ti'.s home in this city, this morning, aged sixty years. Innocent Xfffro Ilauftetl. LANDRUM, S. C, Nov. 23. Last night a negro who was Charged with having ravished a whfrte girl in Polk county, North Carolina, three days ago, and who -was yesterday examined and discharged by the North Carolina authorities, was last night brought across the State line and hanged. His body was found this morning within a quarter of a mile of Landrum. His murderers were all from North Carolina. Gnnur of Post oflice nohhers. SPRINGFIELD. III., Nv. 23. An organized band of postottlce robbers, which has been operating In southern Illinois, was broken up this week at Ash!ey, 111., bv the arresc of Robert McCuIlough and Frank Blankenshlp. TJey have been bound over by United States Commissioner Duncan at Centralla to answer to a charge of stealing mail sacks from the depot platform at Ashley last winter. A 3Iuslclnna 'ovel Pica. DAYTON. O.. Nov. 23. Max Grlpprich, a musician in the Soldiers Home Band, pleaded guilty. In the Common Pleas Court, to stealing jewelry and money from the residence where he roomed, but advanced. In extenuation the strange plea that he had practiced ofi the "oboe." and thit that Instrument had a tendency to make the player insane. He was given the minimum sentence of neyear. Kleetrlc Car PniMrnRrrii Hart. OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 23. An electric motor car became unmanageable on the steep Twentieth-street hill to-night and after running two blocks at a terrific speed Jumped the track and collided with a telegraph pole. The injured are: Motorman C. Clark, dangerously hurt: Col. A. C. McCoy, of Deal wood; VA Hayden, I). O. Callahan. Mrs. D. A. A. Hart. Omaha, not serious. Found if I.OOO In u Mound. MIDDLnSRORO. Ky.. Nov. 23. By direction of an Indian woman, John McCampbell. who lives twenty m'les from here, du in a mound on his farm and found $1,000 In gold. Great excitement prevails, more coin Is thought to be burled there. Decisive. New York Evening Sun. If a girl kisses a man. The Atchison Globe. He who aits to be kissed is no man. Rheumatism is primarily caused by acidity of the blood. Hood's Sarsapariiu. purines the blood, and thus cure the dUcuae,

KATDKAL GAS THICKS

STOVES , MELTED AND 3IICII DAMAGE WIlOtCJHT AT SI1CL.I1YVIL.LE. Skeleton of a Hujre Serpent Xenr El wood Clinton Forger Breaks Jail at A'eirport State S'ewi. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., Nov. 23. Reports from all the different districts of this city disclose the fact that hardly a house in town where gas from the Citizens' Natural Gas Company is used, escaped damage during the high pressure Wednesday night. In several cases the stoves were melted down Into a pile on the floor, while number" "f others are entirely ruined. The fact is developed that the extreme pressure of twelve pounds, which lasted for several hours, turned many of the valves wide open. Expert Williams went over the entire line and discovered that the diaphragm in the South Harrison-street regulator was ruptured, but how the accident occurred no one seems to be able to find out. He stated that It was an accident likely to occur in any plant at any time, and that no one could be held responsible for It in this case. It is very probable that the gas company may have to nnke good the losses by Are, or at least, stand smit. The repairs have all been made and all danger for the present is over. MADISOX COl'XTY TEItllOR. Farmer Finds Remains of the Dismal Svramp Serpent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Nov. 23. It is announced by John Noland, one of the leading farmers of this vicinity, that the huge reptile known as "The terror of Madison county," is at last dead. The snake was famous over Tipton and Madison counties for ten years. Several citizens of this county have encountered the monster, and there is no doubt that it really existed. Some months ago. while Mr. Noland was cutting his meadow, he ran into the snake lying stretched out in the grass, and his mower cut off about six feet of its tail. Several farmers were at once summoned to assist in the rapture of the monster, but it managed u escape. The portion cut . off was taVtu tu .V.iderson and placed on exhlbitlci., afterwards being buried. Since the snake dost its tail in this manner no i.iore was seen of it, and It seemed to have totally disappeared. Last week Mr. Noland anl son were engaged In clearing a part of the old "Dismal swamp," in which the snake tmade its home, and they came on the skeleton of a big reptile, which measured fifteen feet and six inches. On examination the discovery was made that the tail part of the skeleton was missing, and the indications were that at the point where it had been cut off it must have been fully six Inches In diameter. This corresponded with the snake which Mr. Noland had encountered in the meadow, and there Is no longer any doubt but that it was the same, and that the Madison county terror is dead. The monster was thus nearly twenty-two feet long. It had been seen all over this and adjoining1 counties, but made its lair in the Dismal swamp. Dozens of reliable farmers have seen It, and been so badly frightened that they lost no time in getting away from its vicinity. David Croan, a neighboring farmer to Noland, asserts that the monster was not a native of this State, but that it had escaped from a fircus, probably from Adam Forepaugh's circus when it was wrecked in Madison county several years ago, a short time prior to the time the monster firstmade its appearance in the Dismal swamp. The skeleton will be wired and loaned to the Historical Society of Madison County, to be placed on exhibition at Anderson. A MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE, t Sheriff Dillow Una No Idea How W. It. Blnndford Got Out of Jail. Special to the Indlanapoll3 Journal. NEWPORT, Ind., Nov. 23. W. R. Blanford, the "sleepless" Implement dealer of Clinton, who was confined In the Jail here on the charge of forging $20,000 In notes, made his escape at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Sheriff Dillow was vacating the Jail for the' newly-elected sheriff, and while he was absent from the Jail Blanford made his escape. How he got out the sheriff says he does not know. At any rate, Blanford came out the front way and walked slowly up the street, down an alley and over the hill. Officers, as soon as they learned of his escape, gave pursuit. Blanford was captured in Colorado last fall, brought back here and, in default of $S,0u0 bail, was lodged in iall. . . SI SHEERIXVS STATEMENT. Why LoKaniiport Gnu Company Dismissed Itt) Appealed Cnse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPOUT, Ind., Nov. 23.-The action of the Logansport Natural-gas Company In dismissing its appeal has been the subject of general talk here to-day. The question involved was whether the city had a right to enact a contract rate ordinance, preliminary to the gas company's . use of the streets. The case has been in the Supreme Court for almost a year, was advanced on the docket, and yet had not been decided. Suddenly, without notice, the gas company withdraws its appeal and accepts the decision against it in the lower court and gives the people a complete victory. The general opinion Is the action of the court had been determined on, and the details had got to the ears of the gas combine, which would not, for thousands of dollars, have an adverse decision in the Supreme Court. The action of the Supreme Court in the' long delay has caused a demand here for an investigation by the Legislature and an amendment of the law. President S. P. Sheerin gave to the press tthe following: "The appeal was dismissed for the purpose of getting the earliest possible trial of the case on its merits. The dismissal does not otherwise, in any way, change the status of things. By agreement between the attorneys for the city and our attorneys the main case was t to be tried until this appeal from the temporary restraining order had first been decided by the Supreme Court. At the time of the appeal all parties hoped for an early decision. This dismissal of our appeal relieves the city from any obligation to further postpone the trial of the main case, and it' may be proceeded with at once. The sras company is anxious to have the litigation ended, that we may all know exactly where we stand. It will again be taken to the Supreme Court by the losing party." MARRIED AX ARAB. Romantic Wedding of Mr. A. II. Rlhhnny and Miss Alice Slefrel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind., Nov. 23. A romantic wedding took place yesterday at Auburn, DeKalb county, the contracting parties being A. H. Rihbany, of this place, and Miss Alice Siegel, of Wausoon, O. The groom Is a Syrian by birth, his home being in the State of Mount Lebanon, a short distance from Damascus. The bride is a handsome schoolteacher and a zealous worker In the Methodist Church. At the age of eighteen Mr Hihbany renounced the heathen religion and became a Protestant, through the efforts of American missionaries. He is finely educated In the Arabic language, and during his three years' residence in the United States has acquired a splendid command of the English lan.guage. The first year of his residence in this country was spent as editor of the Star of America, an Arabic paper published in New York city. He is now a student of the United Brethren College of thl3 place, where .he is preparing for missionary work. The bride and groom met for the first time about a year ago, having been brought together through their m'sslonary work, and. notwithstanding the wide difference In their nationality, it wa a case of love at first sight. The acquaintance soon ripened into an engagement and the engagement has been solemnized by the marriage ceremony. One of the conditions of their engagement was that the bride should learn the Arabic language and return with her husband to his native land as a missionary, and this agreement will be carried out as soon as Mr. Rihbany has completed his college course. ' TWO 3IAIL CARRIERS TRICKED. Removed for Falling? to Gather Letters In Outlying; Boxes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPOKTE, Ind., Nov. 23. There is great indignation and excitement, irrespective of rarty. here to-day over the. removal, by the department, of two popular mall carriers, Leonard Swanson and A. D. Balnea. Republicans, The removals were caused by

underhanded methods adopted by Postmaster Grover and his deputy, Dudley Wadsworth, son . of .the editor of th2 Argus, the Democratic organ. The men were told by the postmaster that they need not gather the mail from certain outlying boxes on Sunday mornings and they acted accordingly. In September the deputy postmaster, assisted by one of the Democratic carriers, placed decoy letters In the re--mote boxes on Saturday night, and as the letters were not gathered on the following morning made complaint of neglect of duty to the Postmaster-general. A popular petiflfcn is to be circulated by antiring Democrats and Republicans for reinstatement of the men, who have made affidavits to the facts as above and forwarded them to Washington. Two other Republican carriers were removed some months ago by similar trickery and the reinstatement of one was recommended by the authorities, but the carrier was not informed of the recommendation. The Postmaster got Into such hot water with the postal department over there removals that it is said he was backward aoout proceeding in these later cases, but the gang back of him made him do its behests. Care was taken that no decoy letters were placed in the boxes of the Democratic carriers. It is rumored that a petition will be sent to Washington praying for Postmaster Grover'a removal. K. P. Castle Dedicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 23. Anderson Lodge, No. 106, . Knights of Pythias, dedicated their new home to-night, in this city, with a reception, banquet and dance. The reception wa3 held at the castle, which was occupied for the first time last night. The lodge rooms are elegantly appointed and arranged for the special uses of the knights. The furnishings throughout are of the richest order, and visiting knights say it is the handsomest furnished castle in central Indiana. The new home occupies the third floor of the Donnelly Block, centrally located, and covers an area 144 by 12 feet. The banquet covers were laid in the Oriental cave, and 200 Invited guests completely rilled the room. Judge Alfred Ellison, of this city, presided as toastmaster. The responses were as follows: "Our New Castle Hall," John W.'Carr; "The Grand Domain of Indiana," Frank Bowers, O. K. R. S.; '"Some Slanting Remarks," Dan W. Scanlan; "An Historical Friendship," Union B. Hunt; "Our Wives and Sweethearts," M. A. Chipman; "Some Scattering Observations," W. S. Diven. After the banquet most of the guests returned to the hall and enjoyed a dance programme of twelve numbers. Wysong's full orchestra furnished music. Xeiv Tin Piute Factory. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Nov. 23. The Globe Tin-plate Company, with a capital stock of $150,000, recently organized here, last night located the site of a mammoth plant on the north side of this city. The mill will be equal In size to the largest now in operation in America and will give employment to more than -four hundred. The most of the stock Is taken by local business men, including E. E. Phillips, cashier" of the First National Bank; L. A. Jennings, treasurer of the Retail Furniture Dealers' Association of America; S. P. Jennings, J. S. Hedges, L. L. Burr, ex-Auditor Joshua 1. Morris, It: M. Watkins and Hon. C. S. Hernly, county clerk. The remainder of the stock is taken by practical tinplate manufacturers from Wales. The drilling of two immense gas wells within three miles of this city has added a decided impetus to the enterprise. An Ill-Fnted Family. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Nov. 23. This afternoon Claude McDonald, aged eighteen, was run down by some freight cars which had been thrown on a sidetrack on the P., C, C. & St. L. railroad. He was taken to the office of Dr. M. F. Gerrlsh, and his leg amputated. It is not believed that he" can recover ajid should he die it will make the third boy of the McDonald family who has met wlth accidental death. About ten years ago a eon of Hon, W. N. McDonald was run down and killed by the cars at almost the same place where the accident occurred to-day. Two years ago a son of Marsh McDonald fell from a load of hay on a pitchfork and was killed. The victim of to-day's accident is a son of .Daniel McDonald. Stole n Ilnnil Cur. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYV1LLE, Ind., .Nov. 23. Last night Stace Smith and three other men of Fairland wanted to go to Indianapolis. They broke Into the railroad tool house at that point and ' "placing a'haAd car on the track started to Indianapolis. As the car passed Acton the operator, saw it and telegraphed ahead. Decectlve Grady and assistants were ready at the Belt yards to meet them. Smith was captured after a scuffle, but the others abandoned the car jn the track and escaped. Smith has a brother In the soutnern Indiana penitentiary for stealing a razor at Fairland. District M. E. S. S. Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Itld., ,Nov. 23.-The District Union Sunday school convention, 'which has been in session In the First M. E. Church in this city the past' three days, closed last night. Yesterday morning Charles L. Weaver, State secretary; of Richmond, addressed the convention on "Home Work." Last evening Rev. C, D. Meigs, State president, of Indianapolis, delivered an eloquent address to a crowded house on "Sunday school Work." Tha, following officers were elected: President, A. Van Camp; secretary. Miss Nellie . Blackburn; treasurer, John Woy; superintendent, Rev. J. E. Stoops. . - V Suit by Lnnra Dean's Husband. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' MARION. Ind., Nov. 23. A suit for damages was filed here yesterday that caused a sensation when' it' was 'given publicity. Some time ago Mrs. Liura M. Dean filed a suit for divorce from her husband, Wm. D. Dean. The claim for divorce was based on alleged desertion and failure to provide. Dean has now exploded a boom in the camp of the plaintiff by a suit against Jonathan M. Wise for tampering with his wife. Wise is one of the wealthy manufacturers of Marlon, and Dean wants him to pay $5,000 for the alienation of his wife's affections. Verdict for Editor Kreba. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PETERSBURG, Ind.. Nov. 23. The libel suit In which E. H. Harrell was plaintiff, and C. M. Krebs was defendant, ended today. Harrell is editor of the News of this place, and Krebs was former editor of the Press. Harrell sued Krebs for $3,000 on account of an article published In the Press. After eighteen hours' deliberation the Jury found a verdict for the defendant Harrell pleaded guilty, on a ch?rge of criminal libel, several days ago on account of a defamatory publication In the News regarding Kreb3.k ' Dnndee to lie Incorporated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Nov. 23. Dundee, a small railroad station on the L. E. & W. railway, three and one-halt miles east of this city, will file articles of incorporation as a town in order to have town officers and a local police force. Dundee has long been noted as the home of the notorious "Goodman gang" of burglars. Its best citizens are at the head of this movement, and think that with a town government they will be able to bring order out of chaos. Footnndded at Sapper Time. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111. Nov. 23.-This evening. about 6 o'clock and within a hundred feet of the public square, Lee Hambush was held up by a couple of robbers. He refused to give up his money. They then beat him over the head with a club, Infilctlng probably fatal Injuries. Several affairs of this kind have occurred her? recently, tut heretofore no one has "been badly Injured. Decntnr Gas Wells Fulling. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR. Ind., Nov. 23. The naturalgas wells operated by, the Decatur Trenton Rock Mining Company are rapidly falling. This company has been furnishing gas for ,Geneva and Decatur, but owing to the weak pressure It was compelled to shut off Geneva. Many citizens are already laying In large supplies of wood, anticipating an entire failure of gas. lllnck Cat Worshipers In Session. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOlIEN, Ind., Nov. 3,-The national concatenatlon-of the Ancient Order of "Hoo Hoos," worshipers of the iblack cat, was held in this city to-day and this evening. Among the promine.'it members of the order present were J. E. Defbaugh, Chicago; E. C. Groesbeck, Grand Rapid s; A. G. Flourney, Minneapolis; Jay L. Peck, Indianapo-

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throat with a pockc. knife. His wife was expected to. die any moment. This made Allen despondent. Mrs. Allen died about the same time. He was fiftyvflve years old. ; Three Firms Lose by Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 23. Stlgleman & Son, photographers; Gilbert & Gilbert grocers, and Correll & Co., shoe dealers, were damaged by fire this morning, the total loss being about $6,000. The loss was covered by insuranc except 1,000 of the stock of Stlgleman & Son. Four Cases of Glanders. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 3. The State Sanitary Commission, with the State veterinarian, found four horses in a stable in this city sick with glanders and ordered them killed. The commission is making a tour of the towns near here. Postofflce Robbed and Set on Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 23. Word has just reached this city of the robbery of the postofflce at South Bethany, early this morning, of $30 in cash and $2 in stamps. The building was fired, but the flames were extinguished by citizens. 'dinger" Kekoe Gefs One Yenr. Special to the Iidianapolls Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Nov. 23. John Kehoe was to-day sentenced? to one year In penitentiary. He was found guilty of running a "ringer" here in the September races. Indiana Dent lis. GREENSBURG, Ind., Nov. 23. Rev. S. M. Stlmson, D. P., died suddenly this evening oi heart failure. He was well known throughout this State. He was a prominent Baptist and was secretary of the MLsionary Society of that denomluatlon. SHELJJYVrLJjE, Iiid., Nov. 23. Mrs. Joseph Wilson, aged forty-four, died last night of diabetes after an Illness of several years. Indiana Itotes. Miss Addie Hardin, of .Muncie, aged sixteen, died yesterday of br.iin fever. Ex-Judge Thomas C. Batchelor and his son George have' opened a law oflice at Vernon. , A. B. Park, a wholesale hardware merchant, died yesterday at his home in hndallville. Alexander Fall, appointed marshal to fill the unexpired term of Senator-elect H. II. Newby. has entered on the discharge of his duties. Huncheon Brothers, extensive land owners In the south part of laPorte county, had three thousand tons of hay destroyed by fire. Loss, $20,000. ! Harry Meloy, of North Vernon, has received the appointment as deputy prosecutor under jprancls M. Thompson, prosecutor-elect oi the Sixth judicial district. Dr. James S. Kyle, who died in North Vernon Thursday, -tfas one of the oldest practitioners in Jennings county. He was the father-in-law of ex-Mayor W. S. Prather. The large poultry houK5 of Adams Bros., of Elwood and Kokomo, was sold to J. II. Fear & Co.. of Frankfort, for J6.0U0. It is the largest poultry establishment of its kind in the gas belt, and at a recent shipment to New York sent 20,000. The new firm takes immediate possession of the business,' being engaged in the same at Frankfort and also at Tipton. The trial of Thomas Arnold, of North Manchester, one of the pronerletors of the South Whitley Bank, which failed a year ago. will begin Monday morning in the Whitley Circuit Court. A great array of talent prominent in northern Indiana legal circles Is engaged for the trial on both sides. Congressman-elect L. W. Royse, of Warsaw, being the principal attorney for the defense. HINTS TO REFORMERS. A Critic of the System Makes a Few Peppery Remarks. Washington Post. Those complacent prigs who lecture us through the newspapers and periodicals on the beauties of emasculated government, otherwise known as civil service reform, should enlarge the field and elevate the tone of their vaporings. We all know by this time how important, not to say indispensable, it is to have our department employes well up in geography and arithmetic; how advisable that copying clerks shall be familiar with the rivers of Central Asia and the triangulation of Its mountains; how necessary that janitors and sweeps shall be able to demonstrate the theorems of Euclid and the washerwomen have belles-lettres and the humanities at their fingers' ends. All this has been made clear to us throug the agency of that sweet little symposium of slyabub called "Good Government," and published weekly In Washington and .New York. Why do not the: prophets rise higher and embrace a wilder horizon? Why should not the "merit system" be made to include Judges, members of Congress, Cabinet officers, even the President himself? Of what use Is It to perch a gifted scholar on every three-legged stool in the department, to nave undergraduates polishing the federal cuspadors. and poets, -mathematicians and philosophers running errands and dusting the government furniture, if the men who make, and execute, and interpret the laws are left quite free of the discipline and purification of the spelling book? If a one-thousand-dollar clerk must know how to scan hexameters and bound the Congo State, why should not' a member of the bench or a Cabinet officer be required to know something about the nebular hypothesis- and the doldrums of the Caribbean sea? If messengers and door tenders have to read up on ancient history and become proficient In the use of the globes, why should not Judges be examined In botany, bacteriology and cancellation? And there are the members of Congress. Why pass them over in this otherwise perfect scheme of exaltation? Surely they, above all others, should be miracles of sapience and cuhure. They should know everything from matching worsteds to classifying bugs; from the pragmatical sanction to the theory of evolution; from the atoms of Chialdlnl to the secrets of peach-blow pottery. Why not apply the test of merit to them also? Why run the risk of having our laws made by men who could not pass an examination in the primer? The reformers ought to brace up and get a move on them. They are very amusing already, we admit, but not half as. amusing aa they could be If they tried. A Little of It Uufi a Ionar Way New York World (Dem.) Allowing Peter to be robbed at one window of the treasury to pay Paul at the other may be finance, but a very little of It will go a very long way with people who care for common ense,

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MUKDKKpi) HY STRIKERS. Dentil of Tito Doctors Charged to West Virginia Miners. CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., Nov. 23. On Nov. 15 Dr. E. A. Aultz, of Montgomery. as called from his bed to eee a patient on the other side of. the creek. The next morning the Doctor's body was discovered on the rocks, fiftyv feet below the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad bridge. His head was terribly Crushed and his neck broken. The coroner's. Jury decided that the victim's death resulted from his falling from the bridge. Residents of Montgomery, however, were not satisfied with the verdict arid further investigation strengthens the theory that Dr. Aultz was murdered. This theory is more or less substantiated by the killing of Dr. Davis on Morris creek on Aug. 9. On that day Dr. Davis, while driving down the creek on the Kanawha county side, was shot from ambush and almost instantly killed. "Bud" Clendennln, a miner, was arrested and later convicted of the murder, being sentenced to the penitentiary for life by the Kanawha Criminal Court, after one of the most hotly-contested and sensational trials In this county's history. This trial developed a plot among the miners to do away with . four or nve prominent ciuzens or Montgomery to prevent damaging testimony in the State's prosecution of the rioters engaged in the Eagle affray on Feb. 23 last. On that occasion Dr. Davis attended a number of the strikers shot In the riot who were afterwards with others arrested. A few days before Dr. Davis's murder he had been subpoenaed before the Criminal Court of Fayette county to give evidence against the strikers then on trial, and to prevent this he was killed. On the previous day . to the shooting a meeting of strikers who were dodging officers was held at Taylor Johnson's saloon, and It was there, the authorities claim, was hatched the plot ' wUch has resulted Jn two muroers. Dr. Aultz succeeded Dr. Davis at Montgomery, and his knowledge of the riot and the affairs of his predecessor made him a man to be feared. Hence. It is claimed, his death was accomplished. 'FRIENDLY BOUTS. Boxing: Contests Alleged to Have Deen Sanctioned by the Church. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 23. Three boxing contests took place to-night in the lower part of the Episcopal residence adjoining St. Paul's Cathedral, for the benefit of the St. Paul Athletic Club. The "friendly bouts" proved to be genuine prize fights in respect of knoeIc-outs, blood, etc. In the room twenty-five' feet square were assembled two hundred people. The ring was not roped off and, as a consequence, the fighters were frequently thrown over on to the spectators The tights were sanctioned by the . Catholic authorities of this diocese, and were engineered by a local sport. . . Joseffy's itoyal Rond. New York Evening Sun. Joseffy, who has been quietly waiting until the clouds rolled by, is expected to resume his public performances this winter. Meanwhile he has not been having a half bad time. He has been a teacher in a conservatory of music at a tremendous salary and receiving the homage of a devoted band of young women. Of this homage Joseffy Is apparently as disdainful as when he used to be when the public bowed at his shrine, satisfied when It received an ungracious nod. To belong to Joseffy's class is a title of honor. The class rarely numbers over twenty-five. A pupil of undoubted talent, who has studied .everywhere else, may succeed in entering It free. Everybody else pays high for the privilege. To music teachers who spend hours a day over awkward fingers, Joseffy's progress Is over' a royal road. A lesson In Joseffy's class Is five hours long, once a week. A pupil is given one or more pieces to study. In these, after a week, she is expected to be letterperfect Each pupil in turn takes , her place at tho piano. Others listen. Joreffy, with his usual indifference of manner, listens, then commends, suggesti cr con temptuously dismisses, "jjon t play that any more.' It is indeed a promising pupil who gets the reason why. This summary manner Is more taking than any amount of painstaking consideration would be. and the browbeaten work harder than ever. On the Day of the Football Game. Chicago Tribune. It was 7 p. m. The subaaslsstant city editor rose wearily to answer the twentyseventh ring of the telephone bell, and the following conversation took place: "Yes." . "I said yes." "Wha-a-a-tr The subassietant city editor fell unconscious to the floor. Doctors were hastily summoned.4 They labored over his prostrate rom tor hair an hour and he opened his eyes. Two minutes later he spoke. "It was the first time." he faltered, "that I ever knew a man to call up a newspaper office and ask If the editor would like to know how the game came out." Afrnlnst Free School Rooks. Detroit Free Press. The decision of the doctors that children in the public schools ought to have Individual drinking1 cups will perhaps remind some of the school inspectors of the chief objection the Free Press made to the free-school-book measure and the compelling of pupils to use one day books or pencils which other pupils had used the day before. If it is dangerous for a pupil to use a drinking cup which another has used how much more to u2 a pencil which other pupils have had In their mouths? .rronn. Detroit Tribune. From the mountain fastnesses dashed a courier upon a foaming horse "A landslide, a landslide," he shouted and then thundered on don the valley. The farmer dropped his scythe. "Special 'lection, b'gofh," he . exclaimed, wiping the perspiration from his brow. Greshnm Stupidity. Philadelphia North American. "Another consideration existed which rendered his offer impolitic. It will not be forgotten that at an early stage In the proceedings, when hostilities, though imminent, had not yet occurred, Mr. Oresham communicated to the Japanese government the hopes of the President that the threaten?! wasinj of an unjust war ujoa

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Tha fatally Injured are: FRANK CAMPION, legs crushed, internal Injuries; will die. JOHN HA RAH AN, right leg broken, internal Injuries; will die. John Cavanaugh. Julius Bower, Hermann Haas, John Conkers, Captain John McDonough, tire marshal Campion and John Sullivan were seriously hurt. The pecuniary damage was slight. Plea for Himself. New York Evening Sun. It seems that ome time ago Secretary Gresham a.ked for the resignation f ait employe of the State. Department, a Republican, who had been in cW '' " Harrison administration, and had cflea boasted of his intmucy . ... This officer, in order to keep his place, lirnt turned Democrat, and then trie J to propitiate his present chief by attacking in his Eresence the dead statesman who had once efriended him. Mr. Gresham stopped him. saying: "There are two reasons why you car not utter me?n t,,"r - in ny presence. The first Is that Mr. Blaine was Secretary o. d .. . that he Is dead." As Mr. Gresham Is Secretary of State and politically dead, a Me for r.illd treatment is probably involved la the magnanimous satement. Thought He Was Harrison. St Louis Globe-Democrat. "Allow me to shake the hand of our President of 1KKI." said a gentleman in the corridor of the Planters', as he approached another gentleman. Two or three others made strides toward the gentleman thus addressed. The gentleman startd first at on and then at the other. He wore a tall bat. a neat, small tie, the latter belng almost hidden from view by a long white beard. He possessed a pleasing rotundity of person, which at once bespoke peace of miivl and a good digestion, and he smiled with a paternal smile as he looked upon his audience through a pair of gold-rimmed spectocles. He was taken by the lltti group for ex-President Harrison. He la a salesman, however, and probably his enly part In politics conrl?ts in his thoroupr. agreement with Populists, Democrats 4ti1 Republicans when endeavoring to effect a sale with a customer of either political faith. Diplomatic Blundering;. Detroit Tribune. The oftener Secretary Gresham gets rapped over the knuckles the better. The chief reliance of the United States against disgrace and humiliation In Its foreign relations is in the lack of opportunity for the exercise by the premier of his uniform, propensities. If Japan had chosen, under a misapprehension of the facts, to heed the offer of mediation as coming from an enlightened people. Interested in the welfare of the growing giant of the East, there is no telling what might have happened to tarnish American diplomacy. There Is every reason for fellciatlon In the outcome, -of what mlKht have proved a very distressing incident. Hint to Gresham. Philadelphia Inquirer. If Secretary Gresham wants to go Into the peace mediation business there is an excellent opportunity for a display of his peculiar talents right In the ranks of the Democratic party. Peace is needed thero about aa much as anywhere 3Ierely Lost. Kansas City Journal. Una Vi& DrAatHfinf aKqnAn ot il n.mA. cratlc party?" inquires a sorely-Krieved. contemporary. Let us hope not. He may simply be unable to locate It. Mean Remark Philadelphia North Amtr.oun. A new play. "A Woman's Silence," has Just been produced In New York. e venture the assertion that It Is prollns with dialogue. Eleventh-Hoar Reforms. Philadelphia North American. What a zealous civil-service reformer the Democratic officeholder becomes on the roundup of his official term. Dr. Price's Cresm Biking; Powder Most Perfect Made. NATIONAL TubeWorkg, wroughtTroh pipe ro Gas, Steam and Water MiUM Iros llttiurt (blse aud gUTanzPiL WlTfi. fcti.p icxki. 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