Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1894 — Page 2

HIE 1 l-AIVAIOLIS JOUIINAL, SUKDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1891.

It was through catcMng a man who wrote threatening letters. Air. Gould offered him .

a present but he reruseu. men Mr. uouiu, he said, offered to buy stocks for hlra and did not want to ac;ept any margin, but Byrnes Insisted, lift put up $10,000. with the result that the amount was Increased to J270,(X He said he could not remember juit where he got the rw,CX, but he had It all right, he declared. At the present time he held S.) shares of stock, some his own and ome on margin. "Every turn of the wheel." said he. -means $5,400 lost or pained." He estimated that he was worth XV. He refused to tell the names of the stocks, as many people might go down town Monday and lose their money. "I am willing to give the names in confidence to the committee and counsel, but I don't want thern made public." HIS REFORM' WQRK. 4 Then Mr. Goff asked as to the suppression of prostitution. "When I became acMng superintendent I put down about ) houses in the, city. After I became superintendent there came a change; these women, wh?n they came before the police commissioners and said they paid for protection, would not be believed. If they went before tha police Justices they ;vere not believed; If they went before the grand jury they were not believed. I endeavord to put an end to the evil and ordered these houses to be broken up If possible. I want to give Dr. I'arkfcurst all the help I can, although he is hounding me every time he gets a chance. Ir. I'arKhurst has created a public sentiment which would never hive existed In this city if it had not be?n manufactured and without which it would be impossible t have compelled the owners of these houses to give up their business as thy have done. When I became superintendent I believed the department was honeycombed with certain abuses. In order to put an end to that state of things I transferred many of the officers to other pre--int.. notably the Eleventh, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-second and Twentyninth. If I thought that the officers transferred were not doing their duty I transferred them again. I may say that I made It possible for the committee to conduct this investigation with the success that it lias done." (Applause.) "Thn," said Mr. Goff, "your evidence it that but for the efforts of Dr. Parkhurst and the public effect of the action of this committee you would be powerless o put an end to this state of things. Only for these things this corruption would have continued?" "Xo; it would to some extent." "Why?" "fit cause I am so tied up. I have no rower to' detail special men in any precinct. I couldn't move a man from here to the Fourtetnth-street without an order from the police commissioners." "But two commissioners have sworn that yon exercise all the power?" "That is not so." "Well, as to the blackmailing of merchants and storekeepers?" "Oh. if I was to attempt to detail corj'oration ordinance men I would not be superintendent of police in a week." ALLEGED INTERVIEW DENIED. Mr. Moss then read an extract from an Interview, in which Mr. Byrnes was reported to have said that the agents of the Parkhurst society were living on and fostering- crime. He at the same time said he would do all in his power to purge the police department. I never." said the Superintendent, "made the statements attributed to me In that interview. I reported several captains for not carr ing out their duty and asked that a rule be made rendering the Inspectors liable for their districts, but this the comn.issloners refused." "Have you ever accepted money for not carrying out the law?" i never accepted a dollar in my life unless honestly." Witness went on to say that if he had been dishonest he wouldn't have he!d his job as long as he has. "I wanted to reMsn. but I did not think I would be doing my duty to the citizens by so doing." The audience here broke Into applause. Witness then stated that as lonsr as politics governed appointments the police would never be efficient Superintendent Ryrnes then discussed the excise law and said that It was impossible to detect violations If men went in uniform, but that the commissioners would not allow them to act otherwise. Regarding the pcol sellers he said that his hands were tied until the Mayor instructed the magistrates to convict pool sellers. As soon as this was done he broke their business up. . The interference ox Commissioner Martin with the captains at the lime of the election was then referred to, and Superintendent Byrnes described the meeting as follows: "Commissioner Martin toM me he- was sting to attend the meeting of the jo"ce cap:ains I had called on the Sunday before election day to instruct them as to their duties. I told him I thought It belter for him not to come there. He insisted, and I asked Mr. McClave, the Republican commissioner, to come, but he refused. Mr. Martin came and insisted on adJri-ssin the apta!ns. and told them not to a:'.ow the United. States marshals to interfere with them. I objected to this, and instructed the men as to their exact duties." "But Commissioner Martin swore that he went -there at your request?" "He swore to what was false." "And that you asked him to address the men." That is also false. When I refused to let his Instructions go to the captains they -were so pleased that two of them came an! kissed my hand." w Witness denied that he had ever interfered with Dr. Parkhurst in his researches in the Eleventh precinct. BYRNES'S RESIGNATION. Superintendent Byrnes then said that he had written a letter to Mayor-elect Strong, tendering his resignation. He handed the letter to Chairman Lexow, who transferred it to Mr. Goff. Mr. Goff requested Mr. Moss to read the letter, which was dated "Police headquarters, No. 300 Mulberry street, New York, Dec. 13." and addressed to Col. W. L. Strong. Mr. Moss read as follows: "Dear Sir I appreciate as fully as any man can the tremendous responsibility that will come upon you when you assume the duties of Mayor and undertake the reform of the various departments of the city government. I desire not to be an obstacle or an embarrassment to you in anything that you may propose to do with, the police department. On the contrary, I wish to aid j-ou in any way that I can. I assume that you are now considering what action you taught to take at the outset of your adminIstrat.on and what legislation w;ll be required to make such action practical. I therefore now place in your hands my request to be retired from the post of superintendent, to be used by you at any time after the 1st of January a you aee lit. And let Me further say that you may be entirely free to command my service., advice nd infoimation at any time in regard to the ffa-rs of the police department, with which I hfve been so long connected. Your obei-ent servant, "THOMAS BYRNES." There was considerable applause when the letter was concluded. As the witness was leaving the stand he said. In reply to Senator Lexow: "The police force must be reorganized. The present system is all wrong." Resolutions were then passed thanking all who had been concerned in the investigation for the facilities extended to the tommittee. The chairman then thanked the district attorney for the courtesies he had extended. Mr. Goff stated that he had examined Commissioner Martin's bank books, and that there was no entry that needed explanation. He then said that he thought the thanks of the committee were ue iu omcer vegans, wno was the first follceman to come on the stand and give nformation as to the wholesale corruption in the police department. Chairman Lexow said that the committee when they went Into session at Albany! could adopt any further resolutions that they thought fit. He. on behalf of the committee expressed hope that the commissioners would deal fairly with Captain Creederr. Mr. fioff said that he desired to maJce 9 few remarks. He commenced by paying a tribute to the loyalty and devotion of his associate-, .Mr. Mess and Mr. Jerome, and especially to Mr. Moss, who hid been engaged in the work of exposing the corruption existing in the police department Ionbefore he and Mr. Jerome had. He then presented his respects to the numerous hannels through which he had received information, and to the gentlemen who had gone to the expense and trouble of employing private detectives to watch h!m. lest be rr.iRht be subjected to assault or injury. Though this fear caused his family some annoyance, it never prevented him from discharging his duty. "I have never been a moral censor." he continued, "for I am no better and' no worse than the average mnn. I have come here solely in my capacity as a lawyer and don't propose to act as a moralist or as a reformer. 1 also desire to express my wish that the private detectives, who were set by parties concerned to watch me would lay bare everything that they have een. I a?k" that they should not stab me In the back, but come here and publicly state the truth." Mr. Gcff also referred to the abuses In the police courts, excise department and department of charities and corrections, and faid the powers of the committee to compel Utlmony should lx greater. He thanked the press for Its support. Chairman Ixow, In a rhort speech, returned thanks to the various oiiiiaU for ths courtesy displayed by them, and also

to the counsel engaged in the investigation, and declared the committee adjourned.

McLnriKlilin'A Story Corroborate!. CHICAGO. Dec. 20. Rudolph Ostmann, vice president of the AJax Forge Company, practically corroborates the story of In- J spector McLaughlin, who told Mr. Goff. j that he had made considerable money by ! the sale of the Jeffrey-Clark switch patent ; to a combination of Chicago interest in 1SSL Ins,ector McLaughlin's statement that his brother-in-law, Frederick Hills, sol 1 the patent, is conceded to bo true, though McLaughlin was never heard of In the deal before. General Manager Merrill, of the Chicago, Rurlington & Qulncy road, said: "It Is true we use the Jeffrey-Clark switch And have used it for years. Where the road bought it Is more than I know, for I was not here when it first went into use." COMSTOCIC WHITES A LETTER. He Denounce Lawyer GofT In Vlgforodn Terms. NEW YORK, Dec 20. Anthony Cornstock has addressed a letter to the Lexow committee, regarding the statement made by a witness named Streep, on Thursday, that he (Streep) had paid Comstock 11,000 to drop a prosecution against him for swindling. Mr. Comstock ask3 that, as. he had been denied the right to refute on the witness stand the allegations of Streep, whom he characterizes as a perjurer and thrice convicted criminal, his letter be given the same publicity as was the allegation of the witness Streep. "The assault maue upon me by the connivance and consent of the counsel of your committee," Mr. Comstock writes, "is a monstrous perversion of personal rights." After further denunciation of Mr. Goff, Mr. Comtrtock states, at ineat length, the work he has accomplished as agent for the Society for the Suppression of Vice. He denies that he ever sought to obtain the dismissal of an indictment against Streep and asserts that, in fact; he protested against it. The case of Olfci D. Gray, he reviews in great detail, renewing his charge that indictments against that defendant wero dismissed at the recommendation of Mr. Goff, while assistant district attorney. IIUFISUD TO INDICT POWKRS. The Chicago Alderman Let Off by the Grand Jury. CHICAGO. Dec. 2D.-The grand jury, by a unanimous vote to-day, refused to indict Alderman John Powers for soliciting a bribe. Alderman Powers had been charged with attempting to secure $2T,000 to repeal an anti-cigarette ordinance. The principal evidence Introduced against Powers were the notes of the stenographer who claimed to have been concealed in an adjoining room when the alderman's alleged proposition was made to a representative of the cigarette trust. The notes, as produced before the grand jury, gave a detailed report of the conversation, but a return of "no bill" was made on the grounds, that the stenographer did not see Powers during the conversation, and that the notes were made in a darkened room after 5 o'clock In the evening. The charge against ATdfrman Powers had occasioned profound sensation in political circles, as he is a prominent member of the City Council, having for years represented the Nineteenth ward and been regarded as a leader on the Democratic side of the chamber. ROTTCX IX ST. JOSEPH. Clly Attorney Charge Pol loo Hiid Magistrate with Being; Bribed. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. IS. City .Attorney James Mytton has made formal charges against the police force and police judge that may lead to a public investigation. He charges that gambling houses run wide open all over the city; that the police visit them and accept drinks and cigars from the proprietors, and when compelled to make arrests take into custody only the keeper, letting the players continue the game and releasing the proprietor on' his own recognizance; that the police judse and captain of police hold star chamber sessions of the Police Court, admitting no one but arrested gamblers, and keeping the city attorney In ignorance of the trial and Imposing the lowest posble fine on the gamblers, without compelling them to appear. This state of affairs. Mytton charges, has beeu brought to the notice of Police Commissioners Van Natta. Ryan and Trice, but so far they have declined to Interfere. Cldfngo'N Police Reform. CHICAGO, Dec. ft. The first examination under the nev civil-service government of the Chicago police force was held to-day. Every patrolman on the roll3 must submit to a physical and mental examination, and those failing to reach the required standard will be dismissed. To-day'R Installment was 220 big oflicers from the North Side districts, and everyone of them wore a worried look under his helmet as the squads tiled into the' examination room and topk seats at the desks. The examination was a long one and tedious, but it was not believed that many of the policemen would lose their positions, as it was understood that past efficiency in the service would count heavily in the markings. No Dautnslns Evidenee Found. CHICAGO, Dec. T9. The grand jury's investigation of the office of State's Attorney Kern was continued "to-day. Several witnesses were heard, but no remarkable evidence was given. Nothing was brought out to show any criminality on the part of the State's attorney. The inquiry will -be continued Monday. IIEIGS TO PHILADELPHIA. Proposed Salt to Recover Over Three MUet of Land In the City. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The heirs of William Skilllnks, a name which his descendants have changed to Schillinger, have decided to sue in the courts of Pennsy!vanla to regain that part of Philadelphia known as Southward It contains three and onehalf square miles, is rolidly built up and worth many mill. a. Most of the heirs live in southern Ncr Jersey and belong to the Schillinger, Har.d, Townsend, Bennett, Roseman, Stevens and Hughes families. William Skilllnks was a brother of Cornelius Skilllnks, a Swtde who own?d the property in the middle of the eighteenth century, and leased it in 1776 for ninety nine years. With the twenty years of gTace allowed to occupants of land for a perfect title this lease will expire in liPti. The heirs claim that a large sum of mor.ey is held in trust by the Pennsylvania Trust Company, which of right ought to be in their possession. This money has ben derived, they claim, from the SkiU'n'ts l'?ase. and they hold that such trust . mpany must hold some document of authority on which the trust is founded. The heirs claim that Skillinks received his right for the property from indentures whien were made in legal order subsequent to h charter given to William Penn by Charles II, King of England, in 1CS1, and from this title, granted May, 1664, to the Swenson family by the Dutch Governor at Delaware, which grant was afterwards conflnnod by Sir Francis Lovelace, the subsequent English Governor of Pennsylvania, and recorded at Upland Aug. 31, 1741. SARNIA STILL MISSING. No Word Reeelved trow the Overdue Dlsnhled Steamer. LONDON, Dec. 29. A report from Londonderry says that no word has been received there of the overdue steamer Harnia. At Lough Foyle It is thought that she is beins kept well out at sea pending a lull in the storm. The wind is abating, but squalls are still violent, hailstorms) occurring at frequent intervals. A dispatch from Portland, Me.7 says: The abandonment at sea of the disabled British steamer Sarnla by the Anchor line steamer Anchoria, owing to heavy weather, and her ncnarrival at Liverpool have caused much apprehension at this port, whence the Sarnla sailed Dec 13 for Liverpool, via Halifax. The Sarnia has on board 1.100 shep and a heavy general cargo, and her passenger list includes thirty first-cljss passeneers from Halifax, thirty intermediate and sixty steerage passengers. Her crew numbers seventy-three, and the officers are Captain Couch. Chief Officer Moore. Chief Engineer Skelhom. Chief Steward Craussleld and Surgeon Dr. Roone. Movement of Steamers. QUEENSTOWN. Dec 29. Arrived: Umbria, from New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded. NEW YORK. Dec. 29. Arrive 1: . New York, from Southampton; Etruria. from Liverpool. - 1 HAMBPRG. Dec. 29. Arrived: Moravia. J from New York; Bobwuila, "."ram Baltimore.

TEWKSBURY IN LUCK

JAY COLATY FARMER FORCED TO BUY A FAR3I THAT IS RICH. Three Shelby County Yonnj; People Nearly Frozen to Death In Jtorm Other State Xew. n Special to the Indianapolis Jourral. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 23. Hiram L. Tewksbury, of near Montpelier, was in Muncle to-day and in a conversation substantiated ' the report that he is the luckiest .man in Indiana. Mr. Tewksbury is the owner of th3 "Howard" farm, east of Montpelier, and the 1C0 acres of land -which he recently purchased for $00 per acre is now yielding him over $100 a day. Mr. Tewksbury also owns considerable other property in Jay and Blackford, counties, in the oil field. He says whsn the Standard Oil Company sent agents into his vicinity to lease farms they hired h!m to go with them because of his wide acquaintance. One of the mo3t desirable pieces was the Howard farm, which was then the property of .'he hers. Ihev refused to lease the land, but were V',ry anxious to sell it. Their price was $00 per acre, but Mr. Tewsburg Cal not waait the land, neither did the oil pple, but they wanted the lease. Finally they Induced Tewksburg tu contract for the land, but after the first well was sunk he did not want the land and tried to kick out of it. The heirs took the case to court and compelled the old gentleman to take the property. The next well that was sunk proved a hummer, and since then the flow has been enormous. He will very shortly have the lara all paid Tor and a it.g fortune on the side as a result of the forced sale. THIt KG IIADLY FROZKX. Snd Gondii Ion of n Party of Young People In Shelby Comity. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. A dispatch from Shelby ville, Ind., to the Record, says: Wil liam Leavltt, accompanied by Misses Susie Maple and Marry. Mitchell, started from his home, south of this city, to Bengal, ten . miles distant, to attend in entertainment. Just after they had started a severe snowstorm arote. but they continued their Journey, leavitt was unacquainted with the country, however, and in the blinding storm they became lost. At - o clock this morn ing Henry Oltman was awakened by a man knocking at his door. On opening it he found Ieavitt almost senseless and hardly able to give an account of lumseir. Oilman finally discovered his condition and carried the rigid forms of the young women Into the house. They were unconscious and re mained t-o. They may recover, but it is thought amputation of their limbs will be necessary. They had driven to another part of the country and thirty miles from their Intenuea destination. Putnam lllntorleal Society. - Special to tbe Indianatxdis Journal. OREEN'CASTLE, Ind., Dec. 29.-fhe His torical Society of Iutnam county was or ganized at the courthouse this afternoon. It is the desire of the members signing the roll to promote among the people of the county and of the State at large a knowledge of the historical events and interest ing personal facts connected with the or ganization and development of the county, her institutions and enterprises, reminlsenc.es and traditions. There will be three kinds of members, active, honorary and corresponding J. 11. M. Allen, one of the oldest c'tizens of the county, was elected president; T. C. Grooms, M. F. McHaflle, J. W. Dunlavy. John D. llart, James Moreland. Samuel Gardner. Jamen Y. Edwards. J. H. Wilson, Alexander Breckinridge, Ed ward Huffman, Samuel Coldver, John Hendricks, sr., Thomas Horn, sr., and Peter A. Jones, vice presidents; Mrs. Laura P. Lockridge, secretary; Tucker W. Taylor, corresponding secretary; T. C. Hammond, treasurer. A committee on publication was elected, consisting of John Clark Ridpath, Jesse W. Weik. Mrs. Flora T. Laughlln. Mrs. Jerome Allen and James T. Denny. The membership committee consists of G.- C. Moore, V. II. Allee, C. C. Matson. Isaac P. Perrj'. J. J. Smiley, M. A. Bridges, W. H. Hasan. S. W. Hunter, Kzeklel Wright The committee on programme of L.-P. Chapm; D. i;. Williamson, Mrs. J. R. Mahan;Hirs. Jonathan Birch and Mrs. Conrad Cook. The society will meet in open or major meetings four times each year on the Urst Tuesday night in January, April. July and October, and In secret or minor meetings the first Tuesday night in the remaining months of the year. A' grand old settlers' picnic will be provided for one of the major meetings. The society will soon be in a flourishing condition. , IllNtoric Coat of Russian Snhle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind.. Dec. 29.-Mr. ShonfieM, of this city, is now the owner of an over coat with a. history. It came to him as an inheritance from his grandfather, 1 who owned it for forty years, and according to his story it once belonged to a Russian nobleman, who gave it to a Pennsylvanlan named Brown, who was a civil engineer. and who received the coat as a present after surveying a railroad in Russia. The coat was all the security the engineer could give on a deb: of $2,009. The coat, when given for this debt, passed Into the fam ily that now owns it at Rochester, Pa. The coat originally cost about $500. It is lined with Russian sable and shows a re markable state of preservation. It will con tinue to remain in the Shonfield family. where it 1s valued very highly for its his tory. The Miners Were in Peril. Special to the Indianapoli3 Journal BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 29. A dynamite ex plosion occurred this afternoon at No. 1 mine, belonging to the Brazil Block Coal Company. Several pounds of dynamite were placed around the smokestack of the engine house to do when they suddenly exploded, tearing down the smokestack. demolishing the engine house and damaging several adjacent buildings. Four men were at work in the engine room but escaped serious injury. John Marshall was slightly bruised. The explosion- was heard through out the city. The engine stopped and shut off the fan which forces air in the shaft. The miners were imprisoned for a short time in the mine with the air current cut off. However, they succeeded in reaching the ladder and escaped. , Wants Her Hnshnnd Back. , Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 29. Mrs. F. J. Lindsay Is seriously 111 in this city, and the cause of her ailment is attributed to the unexplained absence of her husband, who has been gone for seven years. In 1SS7 Lindsay left his family and home in Muncie and went to Colorado, ostensibly to visit relatives. For several months he wrotp affectionate letters to his wife and stated that he was preparing a home, there for her.. Finally he ceaseu writing, ana has not since been heard from, except re cently, they learned that he had been seen in Chicago. The woman Is confined to her bed and repeatedly calls. "Frank, please come to my bedside." ine ponce depart ment in Chicago has been appeaiea to. If Xot White Caps, What I It? Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Dec. 29. - Henry Husey died near this city to-day from the effects of a stab received In the bowels some months ago. The report sent out to' newspapers that it was done in a. White Cap raid Is untrue, as such a thing as White Caps in Gibson county was never heard of. An old man named Washington punished his daughter. Some of the countrv boys hearinsr of it gent tiie old man a White Cap notice, and a few nights later went out to scare him. When they arrived at the house the old fel'ow went at them, cutting and shooting. Young Hussey was severely cut. Washington escaped. Death of a "Wilderness' Warrior. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ini, Dec 29.-John TetherInton. a well-known citizen and soldier, diet! suddenly last night In his chair after partaking of an unusually hearty meal.. He served with distinction during the wcr of the rebellion in the Nlnteenth Ind ana. being three times wounded in the battle of the wlldeme?-?. The remains will be burled to-morrow unler the direction of Major May Post, G. A. R. i Fonnd a Ilahy in Ills Ilnru. Special tn th Tndiarapol's Journal. Flf VNKFORT. Ind., Dec. 29. When W. If.. Uassler. a farmer residing two miles east "of this city, went to his barn nt. 5 o'clock yesterday morning, he found ' a strange ' looking bundle lying- in", the r bay oa the floor. Removing the wrapping tbe

blue eyes of a boy baby looked him In the face and then set up a pitiful cry. The farmer took the little one to the house and cared for It and then came to the city and notified the authorities of his find. Who the parents arc is not known and. the officers have little or no clevir on wh'eh to work. The child is not to exceed two weeks old. Its clothing is made of expensive material. Reeelver for a Clothing? Firm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 2D. The readymade clothing firm of Galanty & Wolf, o this city, passed Into the hands of a recelver this afternoon, W. A. DeHority filing his bond as receiver in the sum - of $5,000. The action was forced by Israel Baumberger, of Cincinnati, bringing action against them . for $3. So far but few claims have been presented for settlement, the whole amount barely exceeding $1,000. Th firm came here from Cincinnati one year ago and has not prospered. Nail 31111 Clone for Tvro Weeks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec 29. The American Wire Nai Mill shuts down at midnight for two weeks. There are nearly eight hundred operators who will thus be thrown out of work. This is the largest Industry in Anderson, having a pay roll of $15,000 per week. The building will be enlarged during the Interim and an additional force of one hundred men employed. ColnmbuN Fair Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 29. Articles of incorporation were signed here to-night for the formation of a.n agricultural society to be known as The Columbus Fair Association. The concern is a Joint stock company, with capital stock of $3,000, divided in share3 of $.W. The incorportators are Malor W. T. Strickland, Sidney ti. Haigh and associates. An Old Citizen Drinks Lye. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 4 BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 29. Archie 'Love, a pioneer coal operator of this clly, and one of the oldest citizens in the county, drank concentrated lye at noon to-day and is in a precarious condition. Ills wife put the lye in a teacup to clean it, and Mr. Love, thinking it was tea, drank some of the lye before he discovered his mistake.

91,1(M Reward for the Murderer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 29.-The reward offered by Sheriff Kidder and the heirs of Jonathan Crumpacker for the apprehension of the murderers of the latter one week ago now amounts to $1,100, and eight detectives are working on the case. Several persons arc under suspicion, but as yet nothing has developed that would warrant an arrest. Bnd Nervs Drove Her In wane. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSOV, Ind.. Dec. 29. Mrs. Augusta Marshall, of Elvnood, was brought here this afternoon in custody of a deputy sheriff and temporarily confined in Jail. SJie is violently insane, having been crazed last week by a cablegram from France announcing the death of her mother In that country. ' Mrs. Lyons Darned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCK VILLE, Ind., Dec. 29. Mrs. Lyons, wife of Peter Lyons, of Catlin, this county, was burned to death last night She was standine before a stove and her clothing caught fire, and before the Are could be extinguished she died. She was over eighty years old. J 11 dice Smith's Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 29. Jude William H. Smith, a pioneer resident of tnis city, died here this morning aged fifty-five. Ho had long been a prominent figure here In Republican politics and was wen Known in G. A. R. work, lie leaves a wire ana young daughter. Mereury Itelow Zero. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG, Ind., Dec. 29. Last night the mercury ranged from 2 to 6 degrees below zero here. Tnis morning the regu lator at the Igan natural-gas plant froze up and stopped the How of gas for several hours Indiana Notes. An Anderson coiapany headed by C. H. Harriman, F. Bradburry and R. H. Cockefair will build a complete telephone plant in New Castle. Henry Dixon, Harry Beard and Walter Carter, all colored, were sentenced to the penitentiary for one year lor larceny at VIncennes Saturday. The boJy of Mrs. Anna Ray Love, former ly of Martinsville, was taken there yes terday for burial in liiiuaic cemetery. .Mrs. Love was a daughter of John F. Ray, a contractor and builder of Indianapolis. II YPSOTiZtfl) MURDERER Goes Free nnil the Hynnotix?r Re ceives the Death Sentence. WELLINGTON, Kan., Dec. 29. Anderson Gray was to-day given the death sentence by Judge Burnett, according to the verdict of the Jury, finding him guilty of murdr in the first degree for killing Thomas Patton. Thomas McDonald actually committed the murder, but claims to have been under the hypnotic influence of Gray. He was acquitted. Gray Is a well-to-do farmer. Patton had incurred his enmity and it has been asserted, that Gray hypnotized McDonald, then a farm hand, and than compelled him to commit the' murder. The Jury evidently believed the hypnotic theory and found Gray to be the actual murderer. KNOCKED IN 10 SMITHEREENS. The Canadian Pacific Kills the Budding Transcontinental Association. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. The plan of the Western roads to form a transcontinental association, with the Canadian Pacific as a member, has been knocked into smithereens. A communication was to-day received from that line declaring that the higher officials of the line had refused to ratify the vote of its representative at the meeting in this city, and that it will take no further part in the plan to reorganize the transcontinental association. The action of the Canadian Pacific is due to the refusal of the other lines to call off the fight against the Canadian Pacific for immigrant business at the Canadian ports. It openly admitted at the meeting that the fight against it at the Canadian ports had so injured it that it vas forced to become a member of the association. ' While asking that the other lines cease fighting it In the Canadian ports, it was unwilling to end the fight that it was making for the business coming through New York and Boston. The other lines have declared all along that they would form an association, with or without the Canadian Pacific. The chances are, however, with that road on the outside, fights in progress with the Union Pacific, and the Southern PaciflcAtchlson matter unsettled, that the association will not be formed with any amazing alacrity. A Ileorgnnlzd Road. LANSING. Mich., Dec. 29. Articles of incorporation of the reorganized Detroit, Bay City & Alpena railroad, which was recently sold under a mortgage, were fded with the Secretary of State to-day. The new corporation is called the Detroit & Mackinaw Railroad Company. It vill be made a through line from Bay City to the Straits of Mackinaw. The capital stock is $3,000,000. divided into twenty thousand shares, of which Charles H. Coster, of New York, holds 19.400 shares. nail way Assessments. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 29. The official publication of the railway assessments for the year 1S94. issued to-day shows a remarkable decrease. The reduction amounts to J2.GO0.M0. compared wdth 1S33. Of this decrease Jl.TT-O.OOO was secured by the Santa Fe. The Reck Island assessment remains about the same as before. The Atchison earnings. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. The gross earnings cf the entire Atchison system for the third week of December were 1790.911. a decrease of $72,715 from the same week of last year. The ktoss earnings of the month to date are $2,447,673, a decrease cf $ieo,412 from the corresponding weeks of last year. Mhorralter Win. NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-J. W. Sho waiter won the twenty-fifth game of the series, and the match against Ad. Albin. when the latter opened with a center gambit and reigned after fifty moves. . Final coore: Saowalter, 19; Alfcia, 7; drawn, S. . -

FINE FUN IN ALABAMA

solthi;rx ;i:xtlbmax kicks Tin: LIFC OUT OF A XF.GRO BOV. Three Other XeBroes IleiuR Chased hy Wonld-IIc Lynchers An Assortment of Criminal News. BAY MINN CITE, Ala., Dec.2D.-A most brutal crime was committed near here last nighL Tim Thompson, a little negro boy, was asked to dance for the amusement of tome white toughs. He refused, sayinjr he was a church member. Jim Jostling, one of the men, knocked him down with a club and then danced with his feet uxm his prostrate form. He then shot the boy in the hip. The boy Is, dead and his murderer is still at large. Where Was Uall When He Shotf RALEIGH, X. C. Dec. 29.-U may be safely said that the case of the State vs.. Hall has no parallel. Deputy Sheriff Hall, standing Just on this side of the State line, shot and killed Andrew Bryson, a prisoner who was escaping - into Tennessee. Hall was tried and convicted of murder In this State. On appeal this was reversed on the ground that, "in contemplation of the law," Hall was in Tennessee, where the killing was done. He was then arrested and held as a fugitive from Justice. The Governor of Tennessee sent for Hall on requisition. Hall applied for discharge, but Judge Delow refused to discharge him. He then applied to the Supreme Court, and the court, by a majority of one, decided he must be discharged because, not having been in Tennessee at the time of the killing, he cannot be a fugitive from Justice. Justice McRae Joins in the dissent on the ground that if. in contemplation of law. Hall was in Tennessee at the time of the killing, so that he cannot be tried in North Carolina, In the same contemplation of law, he must be a fugitive from Justice, for cannot now be found in Tennessee, but in North Carolina. ; Ruse of n Bartender. CHICAGO. Dec, 29. A gang of four robbers started out to-night to raid the saloons on the North Side. The net result is ono bartender fatally wounded and one dead robber. The gang early in the evening entered the saloon of v. J. Melln at No. 29 Klnzie street. Nels Beck, the bartender, was alone. Ho showedi fight and was shot through the body. Later the gang entered the saloon of Austin McGrail, No. 57 Huron street, and ordered him to throw up his hands. He said: "Oh, I rruess trot; you are going to have a drink with me?" The gang apparently acquiesced and McGrail, seizing his revolver, shot one of them through the heart and bombarded the others as they flew through the doorway. The police ar now trying to round them up. A Jtidge Slain hy Ills Sou-in-Lnw. GREENVILLE, Miss., Dec. 29. Judge J. W. Scott lies dead at Wayside, a small station ten miles youth of here, as the result of a family quarrel. W. G. Glouston, son-in-law of Scott, did the shooting. The tragedy occupied in the back room of Graham's store. Dr. Blackburn, also son-in-law of Judge Scott, beingf the only witness. Five bullets were fired into Scott's body and he died instantly. All parties are prominently connectei. Judge Scott being a leading man in this section of the country and a magistrate at Wayside. Glouston cornea from an honored Tennessee family, while Dr. Blackburn is one of the noted Kentucky Blackburns. Glouston came to Greenfield and surrendered, but refuses to talk. r . Prospect ffr a Triple Lynching;. BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, Dec. 29. Three unknown negroes called on Ed Y. Daniels, a prominent farmer residing near Eastlake, hix miles from Birmingham, this afternoon and demanded something to eat from Mrs. Daniels. Being refused, one of the negroes went out to the barn where Daniel was feeding his stock, and drawing a pistol on bim demanded his money. Daniels told him he had none, and seeing the negro was about to shoot him, attempted to -disarm him. The negro tired and Danitis fell mortally wounded. The three negroes then fled to the woods. To-night a posse is close after them with dogs, and if they are caught there will be the customary lynching. m The Doctor Shot in Self-Defense. EMPORIA, Kan., Dec. 29. The story of a sensational shooting affray reached here from Avonla, in which William Blake, a coal miner, was instantly killed by Dr. Mullin, a prominent physician of Lebo. Mullin had been called to the town on a professional visit. En route home he stopped In a saloon where Blake started a quarrel over some trivial matter. Blake made a rush at the Doctor wltL a drawn knife. Mullin retreated, but Blake followed him, and Mullin shot in self-defense. He "pumped" five bullets into Blake's body and all took effect. Blake dying almost instantly. No attempt was made to arrest Mullin. t Wonld-Be Lynchers Sued. WOOSTDR, O., Dec. 29. Christian Rhymer to-day entered suit for $10,000 against several prominent citizens of Dalton, O., alleging that they atempted to lynch him on Oft. tL on susDicion that he was the incen diary who fired the town of Dalton, which was destroyed by fire at that time. BUSINESS TROUBLES. Holiday "Week Disastrous for a Large Number of Firms. CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Joseph Ullman, of New York, and Phillip Politzer & Co., of London, to-day, filed a bill asking for a receiver for the Wolf Periolat Company, the Chicago fur dealers, whose place was closed on a chattel mortgage last Monday. New York and London firms are creditors of the insolvent company and ask that its affairs be wound up at once. WEST SUPERIOR. Wis., Dec. 29. The Labell Wagon Company, of South Superior, was forced to assign late this afternoon, owing to trouble growing out of the enforced suspension of the Bank of South Superior yesterday. The company has ouickly available assets aggregating $19),0X) and a plant valued at $10,000. Its liabilities amount to $135,000. " ST. JOIOTS. N. F.. Dec. 23. Thornburn & Tessier. supplying merchants, assigned, to-dav. Thev are indebted to the Union Bank about $300,0C0. Thornburn, who is a director of the bank, claims to possess assets sufficient to offset the whole amount of the indebtedness. The shareholders of this bank meet Monday to hear the statement of its condition. IX)UIS VILLE. Dec. 29. George Rinker, dry goods, doinr business at No. 318 Fourth steet. filed a deed of assignment to-day norma nln Kftv Vault and Trust Company. The liabilities pre said to be $30,000 and the assets almost if not equal to that amount. The creditors are mostly Eastern firms. MEMPHIS. Tem.. Dec. 29. Zeliner & Co wholesale and retail dealers in. boots and shoes, made a partial assignment todav for the benefit of creditors. The liabilities are estimated at $TiO,000. and the assets, $100,000. siow collections was the cause of the failure. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 29. The Commercial Savings Bank, a small concern, has closed its doorf. The capital stock 13 fX),Co The last statement. 4ssued oct. 2. was: Capital, $50,000: loans, $49,145 u cash and exchange, . $32,484; profits, $3,199; deposits, $S3.9i. PIERRE, S. D.. Dec. 9.-The First National Bank of Fort Pierre assigned today. C. D. Meade. - of this city, was apralvir. The bank holds nlontv L-col lateral io satisfy all claims, but was obilgeu to cioac "i ouuuv kji oiuyv touecticna. . BAY CITYl'Mlch.. Dec. 29.-The N.J3. Carlsteln Company, general merchants, today nld chf.ttel mortgages for over $100,000. securing-H. B. Claflin. of New York, and other creditors. LONDON. Dec. 29. John Cassiot Austin, wine and spirit merchant of No. S2 Great Lower street, this city, has failed for over IlOO.OOX A Little Trouble-. Detroit Free Press. "Now, sir." said Mr. G. De Lancy Wolverton, a your-t; lawyer, who was "growing up with the mighty West ana who was about to experience the joy of having a first client, "just tell me frankly and fully the r.aturo of the case." . "Well, It's like this." said the Jong-looked and hoped-for client, "I'm- havln a leetle trouble that calls fer Uai talent morn it dcve3 fer a shotgun or 1 wouldn t trouble ye. In the first place, I want ter fight a divorce case my first wiie has went and stirred up 'cause she says 'ne uvurt-e coi . over in DaUoty ain't legal. Tfcta I rrt , to git divorce papers out cgin. my 1 1 wife fer mnntn" cvay two rtr is crD t. J

a map pedller. Then 1 wont ye to see whit ye kin do to keep my boy JJm out o tho pen fer fastenln on-to a bunch o cattle that didn't belon to '1m. 1 want ye als.to light a promissory note case brung agln me and to hustle 'rjun i en Kit ball fer me if a fe'ler 1 cracke I over the heal with a club a w ek ago shouldn't git wtIL 1 may have some trouble 'bout a piece o prcp'ty I sold that didn't happen ta b'long to m. an if I'm run In fer keep'n' a little j-aloort without a license I'd want ye pvll rr.o, through all right. Then I want ye ta knock an 'tachmcnt off my persoai prop'ty an cl'ar me of a charge of Etcalin' u "hors. an I'd like to borrow $.70 .list ter kind o tide me over udtil what? Ye filn't tim to take my case? Blamed if I b'iievc ycu'w sense enough to handle a little trouble like mine if ye had time. I gues 1 11 hutl" round an' find a lawyer that knows his blzness."

AN EX-KHEDIVE DYINGISMAK, PACHA, O.M'K .HlLHIt OP r KGYIT, l'Al?SI.G A WAV. His Career ns Viceroy nud the Cuunc That Led to Ills Abdic-nt iou Ueifluulni? of Ills Troubles. CON-STANTIXOPLE, Dec. 29.-Ismad Pacha, ex-Khedive of Egypt, is dying. Ismail Pacha, ex-Viceroy or Khedive of Egypt, is the son of Ibrahim Pacha, and grandson of the celebrated Mehemet Ali. He was born at Cairo in lsr,0, and siuvecJel his brother. Said Pacha, Jan. 18, lfcci H was educated In Pari?, and on returning to Egypt, in lSi9. he opposed the policy of "Abbas Pacha, the Viceroy, whj, us it was supposed, made, in 1S53. for political purposes, a criminal charge against him. which was not, however, proceeded with. In 1S he visited France and Italy and was royally received. He had much trouble In his transactions with M. De Lesscps in relation ta the Suez canal. These difficulties were amicably settled in Jvty', 1SG4, through the Emperor Napoleon. When the undertaking was nearing completion he visited nearly all tho countries of Europe to invite the sovereigns to. be present at the opening of the canal. The Viceroy gsve serious offense to the Sultan ty the airs of sovereignly which he assumed during his journey. This was finally settled bv a new firman curtailing the privileges of" the Pacha. The attempt to Euronean'.ze the country entailed a vast national debt and iri lb7" ;he Khedive procured a temporary respite from his troubles by a transfer of his s2;ares in the Suez canal. -to the British government. The report of a commission of inquiry was presented to the Khedive, Am;. 20, 1878. It-proposed a number of financial and administrative reforms, all of whkn tended to limit the authority of IsmaH Pacha. A new ministry was formed by Nubar Pacha toward tl2 clov? of that year, and Mr. River Wilsram and M. De Bilenierex were admitted into it as representatives of the European powers. This ministry was overthrown in February. 1S79, by an emeute, which tha Khedive vas fupvtd. of fostering. A joint representation of the French and English gdvernments ronilted in the apparent submission of Ismiil Pacha and the formation of a new cabinet under 1 rince Tewflk. This arrangement lusted only a few wee'". nd rr ' of the next year the Khedive dismissed his advisors. After fome delay, when Ismail Pasha had turned a deaf ear to th uggr-stion of abdication urged ujxn him by the European consul-general, the Sultan, prompted by France and England, issued a firman deposing Ismail and nominat'ng Tewflk Khdlve. Ismail, accordingly, abdicated in favor of his son on Jum 2$. and on July 1 he left Egypt. Unable to cute permission to reside in Constantinople, he lived for a long time at Naples. In March. 18S6. he sued the Egyptian gov ernment for a claim of 5,000,UC), the greater portion of which claim he succeeded in obtaining .through the efforts of his counsel. Sir W. T. Marriott. It Is interesting to note that many of the Egyptians to this day believe the trouble of Ismail Pasha commenced when he. as Khedive, allowed the removal of Cleopatra's needle, the obelisk now in Central Park, New York, from Egypt. . SHE FOUGHT TIIK UUUGLAK. A Paser-Ily Caiu to 3Ir. Xewlln'n Ileneue and Abe AVilnon Wan CniisJit. Mrs. Abner Newlln, wife of the bailiff ot the Circuit Court, had an exciting experience with a colored burglar at her home. No. 41 Huron street, last night, about 9:30 o'clock. Mrs. Newlin had been working in the rear of the house during the early part of the evening, and when she entered the front room she met a tall negro, who was looking around in an attempt to find something of value, airs. Newlln did not become frightened, nor did she scream, but in a determined voice she asked the intruder what he was doing in the house. He replied with an oath, and ordered her to keep quiet. Mr. Newlin was not at home, and thft situation looked bad for his wife. Summoning all her courage, she ordered the man from the house. Instead' pf. obeying, he seized her by the throat and threw her to the floor. She fought him as best she could and screamed for help. He choked her all the more, endeavoring to silence her. Edward Becker was passing and, hearing the sounds of the struggle, entered the house Just In time, for Mrs. Newlin, was fast losing her strength. He seized the vicious negro and drugged him irom the woman. Several of the firemen stationed at No. 11 hose house, near by, came to the rescue, cad they aided Mr. Becker. An immense crowd gathered about the house. and some very threatening language wai heard. The patrol wagon was called, and when It arrived it looked as if a mob were surrounding: the place. The negro was taken to headquarters, where he gave the name of Abe Wilson. He was slated for burglary and assault and battery. Mrs. Newlln was prostrated by the attack made upon her, but not otherwise seriously injured. WIUTIXG PEXXY DREADFULS. Trimmed t'p 1- Publisher Who Won't Stand Originality. New York Mail and Express. Writers for the cheap story paper lay no claim to literary merit, and care for money, not for fame. They usually get from to $400 for a serial of sixty-five thousand words. This to the literateur may feem a begarly sum, but a clever fellow can turn out twelve or fifteen a year, and can usually market them. I know one man to whom I can say: "(live me a detective story in ten days," and he will have It ready for me on t:.ie day I name. This man has a regular factory for serials and sketches which he calls his "joinery." His tools are a phonograph and a typewriter. He ta.lks the whole Ktcry into the phonograph and then puts the tubes t his ears while he sits ?t the typewriter. He transchrioes his spoken, manuscript on the typewriter, revising and amending as he pounds the keys. Then he reads it over and It is ready. The stories all read as if ca?t from the same mold, and the plots of the various kinds of stories are much alike. "Orignality," continued th: fiction-foundry man. "is something1 our readers won't have." This author writes unrter eight different name3 for me, and has sn income of about 57.0U0 a year. To earn this he has to write nearly two million wcrJs a year, or twenty-five ordinary books. .otct from Mexico. CITY OP. MEXICO. Dec. 2D.-The State of Chipas has now offered the federal government all its resources in case of war with Guatemala. Barajas. who cut quite a promint-nt figure in the Romero-Verastegui duel, has Jben arreted for swindling. ' The principal theater nt liuejutla was destroyed by fire ast night, in the pani which ensued one person was killed and a number Injured. ; Reports from Lower California say that pearl fishing is proving . very profitable alonjr the coast. It is said the City of Mexico will sxju have two new Spanish dailies, also one French aud one English daily. II owe 11m Love for James. Ladies Home Journal. I came to a knoxvledge rf Mr. Henry James's wonderful workmanship in the firs: ' manuscript of hla that passed through my hxnds as a subeditor. I ft 11 in love with it instantly, and I have never ceased to delight in th.u exquislta artistry.- I have read all thai he has written, an J I have never read auvtMne of his without an ee- , static pleasure in his unrivaled tojeh. In ; literary handling no one who haa written i fiction in our language can approach him, ' and his work has shown an ever-deepanlng ! Insight. I have my reserves in regard to : certain things of his; if hard preyed I I mUM even undertake to beuer him here an4 there, but after I had done that I doubt 4f T should lihe him so ell. In fact. I prefer to 1st him alane. to take him for what ha U In Mmr-lf, and to be graU-Ail for every r'? 'Z't-l co-Tm tro:n hi