Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1895 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUHNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1893.

DEAD ON THE TRACKS

HOIIV Or, CHAHLi: WIllTTAKnit ioim e.i CHAWi ounsviLu:. PuMkililc C'iie u( Murder uuil At (outfit ftp Mnke It .ttiiteiir He Warn a Victim of the Cum. $25,000 IX DAMAGES ASKED DA VI 11 L. IJOH'MAX Si(EI) III llIICVKOtiLK, OF EV ALIIAN Y. It ctitliu 1 ion I- Fort Wayne Saloon Keeper Krlilence that the- I'latc GI.imh "Combine" I n l'uet. Breclal to the InJianapolia Journal. CHAWKORDSVILI.E, Ind., Jan. '.-County Coroner Barcus wan notified this morning that a dead man had been found by a section foreman at Vesley, six miles west of this city. He went to Wesley and held an inquest, but, no one present could identify the man, and the body was brought to this city. The body was found. lying between the switch and the main track of the Big Four and there was a deep gash in hla forehead over the left eye, one in the center of the forehead and the left -side of his face was' bruised. There was. nothing upon him to identity tho man, but when the body was brought here It was seen at once that it was Charles Whittaker, whose mother lives here. Whittaker belonged to the bridge gang on the Monon, and he has two brothers who are on the Big Four. From appearances it seemed that Whittaker had been killed by the" cars, - yet the gash in his forehead looked like it had been made with a hatchet, and the story was soon started that he had been killed and the boly placed where It was found to make it appear that he had bn killed by the cars. The coroner fount' ' there was blood on the ties and on a . and it looked like the body had bound along (or quite , a distance. Besides the gashes in his head, his right knee and left foot were "bruised. His relatives say that he was in the city last night, and as he intended going over the Monon, they think he got on a Big Four train, intending to get off near where his mother Jives, to change his clotheft; that the trainwas going too fast for him, to get off, and he remained on until the train reached the place where his body was feound. and in attempting to get off he was, killed. Whlttaker's hat was found 163 feet from the railroad, in this city, over in the stable lot of Dr. Moffett. It has been learned that two men were seen at the end of the alley leading from this stable, near 9 o'clock last night, acting In a peculiar manner. It is now thought that Whittaker was murdered In this alley and the body hauled to Wesley. The train crew will be examined tonight on their return trip, and everything tobe done to bring out the facts in the case. Besides the cuts before named, he had a gash on his cheek as if made with a knife, and there was also a gash in the back of his head. His clothes were but slightly foiled. Whittaker had a brother -who went west through Wesley last night, and he will know if the deceased got off there. . A SEXSATIOSAL Sl'IT ftronglit by Dr. IlrcyfoKle for IpttS.OOO Agiilnnt Da vtl I,. How in si n. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. , NEW ALBANY, Ind...; Jan. 7. A rather sensational suit was nlei this afternoon by Dr. W. L. Breyfogle agajnst David L. Bowman for $25,000 damages, the suit being a culmination of the failure of, the New Albany Banking Company in June, 1S93. Dr. Breyfogle charges that Mr. Bowman has mallcloualv renresented that th nlufntiff 1.4 indebted to him in a 'large sum of money and Is trying to cheat and defraud hlm,"and thaf Bowman , has caused malicious' publications to be made in certain newspapers for the purpose of Inducing the plaintiff to enter into certain questionable negotiations with him.' He alleges that these publications have prevented him from making certain deals with the assignee of the banking company, J. H., Stotsenburg. He further avers that the banking company made an assignment In 1893, and the plaintiff being the largest stockholder made a proposition to buy certain assets of the bank, of which the assignee was to be paid $12.j(KI per month until the purchase price of the assets was fully paid,' and to secure the payment plaintiff placed in trust certain properties. He avers that by reason of the publications . he has been made to convert wald assets into cash, and he seeks for a Judgment of 125,000. Since the bank closed Its djors, in 1S93,' the depositors have received 25 per cent, of their claims, and aboiu $87,000 is still due them. Dr. Breyfogle' s suit was brought against Bowman 'because the latter ha 1 threatened to present evidence to the grand Jury, which convenes this month, to secure indictments for embezzlement against the officers and directors of the defunct bankins company, the newspapers of the city publishing the threats made by Mr. Bowmtn. who was Interested In the matter through his wife, who had a large amount on deposit. Mr. Bowman denies that he, personally, . caused the articles to be published. SALOON KEEPERS HIT HACK. They AVitiit the Fort AVujnf Club iind IIotelM to Obey llio I.ntv. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FOItT WAYNK. Ind., . Jan. 7. The war between Mayor Oakley und ihe saloonkeepers, which has been on -for some t.me, plowly grows more desperate. The Mayor has succecdedi In compelling tho saloons to' .rigidly observe the It-o'clock closing hour and the Sunday law, and Fort Wayne is now prnct'cally a dry town after lawful hours. This morning the saloon-keepers snt a ctmmlttce to wait on the Mayor, demanding that, commencing next f-'undav, the Fort Wayne- Club and all of the hotels he compelled to observe the sunn hours that snloon-keeners are' required. They allege that the Fort Wayne Club i.en8 Us bar open Tong after 11 o'clock, and that on Sundays both the hotels and rhe club do a thriving busmen. The club closed Its wine rooms at the outset of the struale. us did the hotels, but it is alleged that they soil liquors in a secret way only known to the initiated.- The saloon-keepers tureaten dire vengeance If the Mayor does nt cumocl the club and the hotels to ro-.ne to t'riio. The Mayor promised them that he would nt once enforce the laws against those places. ri.ATH GLASS U AH EMIEO. Tlie Mouiirtl Comitiiiiy Hum VI-.'IiIimI to the Ulitr t'oriioritt loun. Special to the Indlanupolla Journal. KOKOMO,. Ind., Jan. 7.-Thc Diamond Plate Glass Company, of this city, concedes that the platc-glas combine Is a go. W. I,, clause, secretary of the Diamond company, was not Inclined to talk, but said; -'We have received an intimation that the matter is closed, but ve have no positive Infuimutlon It may be a week before the details are arranged. The combine Is capitalized at $:M,uo0,(KX. The Diamond company goes In at 2,000,mH. an advance of VK).t)tiO over its original capitalization. The Howard l'late Glass Company, tho last corporation to yield, wax listed at fiWo.ooo. As an evidence of this deal, jobbers throughout the West have been notified that the 20 per cent, reduction has been withdrawn and the war is at an end. A LITTLE LATE. Location of (he I'rottoaeil SoliliorN Home Hum Already lleeii Determined. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKPORT. Inf.. Jan. 7.-Th report which is being circulated over the State that a bill will be presented during the next Be.ssl.iii of the Legislature for the creation of a soldiers' home at si:nc point in the Statu has aroused the citizens of this part of the State in favor of the location of the propose! lume at Lincoln City, this county. For that purpose an enthualasile meeting of a great many of the beit citizens of this part of tlu- State was .u!d at the courthouse, i t thU city, yesterday afternoon. Oca. James C VeaU-h is on of the frlnio movers lu the matter. anJ mad? a elllng speech in favor of a law enublUhUit la home uuU tor iu Ijvutian Un

co! n City. Spencer county. Lincoln " City ' is at the Junction of the Evansvllle,- Rockport & Cannelton branches of the Louisvllle. Evansvllle & St. Louis railroad, and is the place where Abraham Lincoln passed several years of his boyhood. his mother, being burled there. The natural scenery at and about Lincoln 1 very picturesque. The ground is high an 1 rolling and a beautiful tittle lake, known as Abraham lake. Is a great attraction. There is not a day but persons are seen ta step off the train and walk over to Lincoln cemetery to view the lasting resting place of Nancy Hanks Lincoln and to take a peep at the spot whtre the Lincoln cabin stood. It Is hoped that the site will be selected for the Sol

diers Home of Indiana. II EMI Y S. HATES DEAD. He Wan IteKistcr of Indiana University mill "Well Known. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. B LOOM I NGTON, Ind., Jan. -University and city circles were shocked, this morning by the announcement of the death of Henry S. Bates, registrar of Indiana University. He had not been well for several days and went to the president's office to transact some business. He . was found several hours latgr in an unconscious condition, from which it; was impossible to arouse him, and death resulted at midnight. Mr. Bates was twice city treasurer, deputy postmaster under Joseph MePheeters and was one of the most popular men in the city. He was forty-six years old. His funeral will be held Wednesday, at 10 o'clock a. m. Death, of John E. Kiiiiikc.v. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Jan.' 7. Yesterday morning, John Edgar Rumsey, a prominent citizen of this city, was found dead in bed. About four years ago he received a stroke of. paralysis, since when he had been In feeble health, and it is thought that his death was the result of this. He was seventy-four year3 of age and became a citizen of "Tipton soon after its organization. He was a prominent and progressive citizen, and in his earlier days took great Interest in educational matters, being one among the first teachers in the county. In 1854 he was elected treasurer of Tinton county on the Knownothing ticket, and in 1872 was elected to the State Legislature, where he acquitted himself with honor and ability. In 1886 he was elected Mayor of Tipton and was re-elected In 1888. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and for thirty years was superintendent of the Sunday school. He cast his llrst vote for Henry Clay, in 1844. Dr.'Andren- DmiiilnKt on. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. THORNTOWN. Ind., Jan. 7.-Dr. Andrew Dunnington died here to-day of typhoid-pneumonia.-He "was about fifty years of age and well known and popular, He leaves, a wife and two children. Dr. Dunnington was a brother-in-law of Gideon B. Thompson, of the Indianapolis News staff. Other Death. ELKHART, Ind.. Jan. 7. Richard Rush, aged sixty-nine yeacs, who came here In 1826. long before the Indians had left this section, and who was one of the wealthiest and most prominent farmers in this vicinity, was found dead In his barn, this morningr. having died of heart disease, though the existence of the disease was unknown to him. So far as known he had never experienced any of its indications and had never been sick a day in his life. Mrs. W. O. Smith, aged seventy years, mother of the wife of attorney E. C. Bickel, died at her home here yesterday afternoon. - DANVILLE, 111.. Jan. 7. Dr. G. W. Jones, the most prominent physician in Danvilie, and a former resident of Covington, Ind.. died suddenly in the Bermuda Islands, to-day. where he had gone in search of health. He was fifty-six years old. MUNCTE, Ind., Jan. 7. Mrs. John P. Voorheese, aged sixty-five, died, yesterday, after a lingering illness. She has resided in Muucie for forty years. "EES AXD SALARIES. A Sheriff Sncccnnfully Attack the Low Famed In l!SSJ. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 7. Some time ago the Board of Commissioners brought suit against Charles E. Davis, sheriff, for failure to pay the fees collected by him, as sheriff, into the county treasury, and to make a report to the county auditor, as provided for by the fee and salary law bf'1891. Davis claimed that, under the recent decision of the Supreme Court, in relation to treasurers, recorders and auditors, the salary part of the law is inoperative, but that the part of the law fixing the fees to be taxed Is valid, and he, therefore, claimed that, as the law fixing the salary was void, trie fees taxed belonged to him, and that the board had no right to require him to pay this money into the county treasury or to make him report to the county auditor. The ca-;e was up before Judge Harney and he sustained Sheriff Davis, ruling that, by reason of the recent decision of the Supreme Court, the salary part of the law is inoperative and void. He holds that the law Is so connected together that if the salary part of the law Is unconstitutional as to these ortlcers. it cannot be enforced against the sheriff or clerk.' "AST 11 0 LOG I ST" A It R EST E I). Dr. Frank L. Moore, of Xew Albany, Captured in (irnrein. SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. T.-Postrtfllee Inspector Vlckery urrlved here to-day and took charge of Dr. Frank L, Moore, the head of a party of "astrologists' who have reaped a harvest by jthe alleged fraudulent use of the mails. Moore, who Is better known as Dr. Castor, will be taken back to New Albany, Ind., for trial in the United States Court. Moore began operations In New York city with a medium known as Madame Coley. He has recently largely operated In Ohio. Indiana und Kentucky, having five or six women and men with him. all the mall received bv them boing turned ever to him. At fjouisvllle, Ky., he o;ened an advertising bureau under the r.unie of Frank Paul and keit twenty girls busy placing newspaper advertisements of Madame Jabirl. one of his aids. Tho bureau then suspended. At New Albany lie maintains a printing office for his privnte purpose. From letters seize! by the government it seems thnt the crowd had enormous revenue, receiving several hundred dollars daily by mall. Two or three others of tho combination have been arrested. A OPERATOR'S 1ILIM)EH. I sed the Word "Head" for "Hair niid ( tin Ned Grief anil Sorrow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Jan. 7.-Satur-day E. N. Ayers received a telegram from Zanesvllle. O.. stating that his wife, who was there on a visit, was dead. To-day relatives and friends went to the train. The hearse was also In waiting when the train pulled in, and Mrs. Ayers stepped off along with her husband. It was the operator's mistake. She had been sick and the message sent was "bad." which he interpreted "dead." An In reliable lor i-cm pontic u I. Special tc the Indianapolis Journal. THORNTOWN. Ind.. Jan. 7.-ln an article published In the Journal of Jan. 7, as an Associated Press dispatch, headed, "Fight with Bandits," un.1 which comes from the Lebanon correspondent, as having occurred near this city, there is no truth whatever, save tht simple attempt on the part f on Al. Anderson, a bad character, to kidnap tho? Wlekham child. Aside from this the article is manufactured out of whole cloth, and, like sUnilur recent attempts by the same correspondent, had Its origin exclusively in the imagination of a diseased, distorted and mercenary mind. Some months ago the same correspondent, nd. presumhaly, from the same motives, took occasion to cast unwarranted reflections upon the peopi? of this town and community In the publication of a certain libelous article, and It seems time that this infamous p -tic? of distorting facts, so frequently it.duluel in by this t-orresond-cut, Fhould lie invesigated. which would, no doubt, re? lit In h!s sensational communications being rejected. F ii ne rut of Mr. A. AV. Hill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Jan. 7.-Thc funeral of A. V. Hill, superintendent of the Wabash l'aper Company of this city, whose death at Mai lun occurred so suddenly Friday veiling, look place to-dav from hjs late

Genera! Watch's movement i? a little late. I The ground for the proposed soldiers' home ' is located near Lafayette, a short distance from Tippecanoe battleground, and has already been deeded to th Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Indiana. Editor Journal.

residence. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Charles Little, of the Presbyter- :

Ian Church, and were largely attended. - At the close of the services the procession, headed by the City band, followed by Wabash Commandery Knights Templars, 113 employes of the Wabash paper mill, the hearse containing the remains, and carriages bearing the family moved through the business portion of the city to the Big Four railroad station, where a special observation car, placed at the disposal of the family to convey the party to Middletown, O.. awaited the friends. Interment will take place in that city this afternoon. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. Wabash Commandery contributed a cross of red cut flowers and a crown of Immortelles. The employe of the paper mill gave a large cross and an immense bouquet of beautiful roses, while the Scottish Rite Masons, of Indianapolis, sent a floral, double-headed eagle with the figures "C2," deceased being a. thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. McAlpin, general foreman of the paper mill, it is announced, will succeed Mr. Hill in the management of the establishment. Failure of n Dry Good Firm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 7. Schmltt & HeiTley, a leading dry goods firm in business here for twelve years, made an assignment to-day to William D. Pratt for the benefit of their creditors, without preferences. A branch store at Lafayette is also closed by virtue of tho assignment. The firm, last week, executed chattel mortgages for $14,316, covering the Logansport and Lafayette stores, wherein all local creditors are protected. Dull business and the many sales of bankrupt goods is ascribed as the cause. The assignee cannot give the amount of liabilities and assets, but the former are estimated at $2O(0o0. OH nt Sumiiiltvllle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Jan. 7. Excitement has been caused at Summitville, ten miles northeast of this city, over the discovery of oil in paying quantities. For some time one . of the gas wells supplying the city with fuel has shown signs of being stopped up from some cause and a pump was attached to the well and several barrels of oil puraped from the well. It proved, upon analysis, to re an excellent quality of petroleum and a company has been formed to secure options on all the surrounding territory and develop the field. Injured y a Gait Explosion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLBiSVlLLE, Ind., Jan. 7. The twostory frame .farm residence of David Darrah, four miles southeast of Noblesville, was badly -wrecked to-day by an explosion of natural gas which had accumulated frcm leaky pipes in the cellar. Windows were blown out, doors blown from hinges and the building generally wrecked. Mrs. Iarrah and her step-son, Roy Darrah, fourteen years old, were badly burned and otherwise injured. The full extent of their injuries is not known here, but thc-y are reported serious. ' Ended Her Life with Morphine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 7. Miss Fannie Marshall, the nineteen-year-old daughter of Mr. Thomas Marshall, of Coxville, this county, committed suicide by taking morphine. She had a quarrel with her lover, which resulted in the act of self-destruction. Mr. Thomas Marshall is a wellknown merchant, prominent . in politics, and his daughter assisted hitn in his drug and grocery store, being well acquainted with all the poisonous drugs. Bridge and Track Wanlied Out. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., Jan. 7. During the thirty-five hours ending at 6 o'clock this morning Seymour and vicinity was visited by one of the heaviest rainfalls in the past year, the fall being three and. one-half inches. The bridge across Muddy Fork, on the J., M. & I. near Vienna, and a quarter of a mile of the track were washed out and the mail and express train No. 10 on that road was run by way of North Vernon and the Louisville branch. Died a a Result of Injuries. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind.. Jan. 7. Last evening Wm. Carpenter, who was hurt several weeks ago. by stepping off a Vandalia passenger train and falling through a bridge, near Cloverland, died of injuries received. Mr. Carpenter was a brother of Hon. S.- W. Carpenter, a prominent politician of this city. The deceased gentleman was an old resident of this county. Suit will be immediately brought against the Vandalia railroad for damages. ltur!ars Attack a Safe. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SALEM. Ind., Jan. 7. Burglars last night pried open a window in the treasurer's office, entered and tried to break into the vault, breaking the combination knob off. The treasurer is unable to open the vault and does not yet know whether the burglars succeeded in entering, breaking the combination afterward as a blind, or did it in trying to effect an entrance. There was ony about $100 in the vault in money. Prosperity at Frankton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Jan. 7. The B'rankton bottle works are to be at once doubled in capacity and 1C0 new men will be iput to work at once. The old steel-casting plant that 'was destroyed by storms, is to be' again resurrected and put in operation, and W. R. Cross placed in charge. It is estimated that several hundred employes will be given work in the various industries in a few months. Date 'of G. A. It. Encampment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 7. The date of the State G. A. R. encampment to be held In this city next March has been changed from tho 27th and 28th to the 2Slh and 29th. The change is made to enable the encampment to get tha Wyser Grand Opera House for the campfire. The theater seats 1.5(10 people, being the largest available room in the city. Norrl .1. ToniliiiNoii Acquitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Jan. 7.-Xorris J. Tomlinson, of Greenwich, O., who has been in jail here for several weeks charged with stealing and embezzling $1,S00 from George McHenry while a tenant on the latter's farm, was ucquitted in the Circuit "ourl to-day, having satisfied all Injured parties. Tomllnson was captured at Indianapolis. Indiana olci, John T. Hanlin. ex-treasurer of .lay county, was robbed of $, Sunday night, at the Commercial House, Portland. Citbiens of Lima, at a public mtetlng, adopted resolutions eulogistic if the late Hishop Knlckerbacker, and .xpre.Hdng sympathy with his family in their affliction. The W, R. Wilcox lamp-chimney factory, at Elwood. has .resumed operations arter a :wo weeks' shutdown for repairs, and forty-eight shops are going day and night. The outlook Is pretty fair for the spring months, and the plant will be kept going to its full capacity. Hon. John Zulauf, of Jeffersonvllie. is making an energetic fight for the position of resident prison director. He is popular throughout tho State, wealthy and influential, and from the encouragement received from various quarters he regards his prospects as very bright. The Clinton county farmers' institute will be held n Frankfort Jan. 21 and 2.". The principal features of the programme will be a lecture by C. Hussellmin, of Auburn. Ind.. entitled, 'The Gawky Country Bov," and one by O. F. Lane, of Hainbridge, "The Farmer as a Business Man." The JeffersonvMle Board of Police Commissioners has decided that, in the future, all saloons must hi? closed on Sunday. A demand to this effect was made on tho commlssloneis several days since by a committee of the ministers. This will lead to a bitter fight, ps it is expected that the saloon keepers will retaliate and demand that business of all kinds be entirely suspended on Sunday. tilrl Torn liy I)ss. PITTSBURG. Jan. 7. Maud Williams, aged ten years, was a: tacked by two viogs on Troy Htll. Allegheny, and so badly Injure! that she may die. The little girl was walking along the street when she was set upon by a bulldog and a mongrel cur. A policeman was attracted by her cries, and when he reached her the dags had pulled her into the street and torn off nearly all her c'.othes. Her less md arms werer terrib.v la.-erated. The animals had to be beaten off with clubs. After a Ions chase ooth of the doss were killad. Victim of ('inure! ten. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7. Ralph W. Bond, aged twenty-seven years, of 2112 Norrls street, was to-day avnt to the Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane, suffering from an attack of insanity brought about. It is stated, by excessive cigarette smoking. w Buy it and try it if you want a delicious wine with a beautiful bouquet Cook's Extra Dry Champagne.

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1S1IAM ti. AY ILL SICCEED HIMSELF IX THE IWITED STATES SEX ATE. Teiiiicee Legislature Tartly Organized, but the Gubernatorial Question ot "Yet .Settled. SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS AWYIOYS TO HAVE III DD SWOR.Y IX AS GOVEHXOR TO-DAY. While Republicans AVnnt an IuvetiKution Before Inauguration Action of Various Legislature. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 7. Both houses of the Legislature met to-day. The Senate organized and elected Ernest Pillow, Democrat, of Marshall, SpeakeK' ' The House ' elected John A. Tipton, Democrat, of Tipton, Speaker, but did not complete its organization, though the House Democratic caucus selected nominees for all offices. They will be elected in the morning. The failure to organize the House postpones the election of United States Senator until Jan. 22. The Democratic caucus of both houses met to-day, and, without opposition, nominated Senator Isham G. Harris to succeed himself. He"' will be elected Jan. 22. The " talked-of opposition did not make a showing, and the nomination was so evident that it was taken as a matter of course. Senator Harris, who has been in the city for some days, left to-night for Washington. The caucus also nominated for Controller J. A, Harris, present incumbent, and for State Treasurer Ed Craig, present incumbent. Both will be elected. The gubernatorial question is the all-absorbing one and overshadows all others.' C A LIFORMA'S ' M I D DLE. Democrat Want Hudd Srvorn In an Governor To-Day. SACRAMENTO. Cal., -Jan. 7. The Legislature of California convened to-day. Republican have a majority in. both houses and elected temporary officers. The newmembers were sworn in and thereupon both branches adjourned until to-morrow. Governor-elect Budd to-day received from Attorney-general Hart an opinion in which it is asserted that there cau be no gubernatorial contest before the present Legislature, and that the oath of office must be administered to Budd. The opinion declares that the srctionof the political code which provides tie manner of the gubernatorial contest beiore the Legislature is up-constitutional in that it confers' judicial powers on the Legislature. The Democrats are arranging to have Mr. Budd sworn in tomorrow at a joint session of both houses. Prior to the joint session, however, the two branches will meet separately, when the Republicans may introduce- a resolution postponing the inauguration pending the appointment of committees from each house to investigate the charges of fraudulent returns in connection with the gubernatorial election. " -. The main legislative interest is the rivalry for United State3 Senator, balloting for which will probably be commenced next Tuesday. 1 !' " , r . - .Mlnneiiotn'M Senatorial Contest. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan, 7. The various State officers were sworn in before the Secretary. of State several days ago, and there were no ceremonies . of any sort to-day when they took charge of their respective offices. The contest for the Senatorial succession, to Senator Washburn is slightly in abeyance until the Legislature is organized, but the friends of the various candidates are not relaxing their vigUance.'and each member is approached &s. soon as he reaches the city. No accurate poll of the Legislature has yet been possible, many refusing to commit themselves until the officers of the Legislature have been selected.. Senator Washburn is confident of re-election. Governor Nelson is sure that Ije will.be chosen and Congressman McCIeary and exCongressman Comstork are equally positive that the contest will end in their favor. "Dark-horse" predictions are freely Indulged in. ' AYyonilnK Inaiigriiral C'ereinonle. CHEYENNE, Wyo., ' Jan: ','t.-Governor William Richards and the other State officers were sworn in at noon to-day, the oath being administered by Chief Justice Grosbeck. The inaugural ceremonies were preceded by a grand parade, partioipated. in by the Eighth and Seventeenth Infantry, stationed at Fort D A. Russell, the Wyoming National Guard, the Wyoming University Cadets, the Cheyenne fire department and other civic organizations. John A. Osborn, the retiring Governor, congratulated the incoming 'officials on the auspicious circumstances under which they assumed control. Governor Richards asked the co-operation of the people that the promises made during the campaign might be borne out. - WiKcoiiftlit Officer Inn ii 1411 rated. MADISON. Wis.. Jan. 7.-Gov. W. H. Upham and other newly-elected State officials were inaugurated to-day with impressive ceremony in the presence of the -largest crov.'d that ever attended such an event here. A special train brought Mayor Koch and a delegation of the city officials from Milwaukee. The State officials arrived on another special, and were mt and escorted to the Canitol, where the oath was administered by Chief Justice Orton, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, each officer being presented by his predecessor. After the ceremony a reception was held In the Governor's office. North Dakota Out of I'iiiiiN. BISMARCK. N. D., Jan. 7. -Most of the new State officers were sworn in to-day. Govern jr-elect Allen waited until to-morrow in order to allow retiring Governor Shortridge to fir.ut deliver his Mr.tfsagc to the Legislature. The Legislature will orsanlze to-mnrrow and tie message will be delivered Wednesday. The -ten-jrul fund of the State has been almost entirely paid out to-day in nettling with the retiring State officers, the accounts of State institutions being several months In arrears. InK'all"' Friend at Work. Tol'EKA, Kan., Jan. 7 To-morrow at noon the Legislature of Kansas will convene in session to continue fifty days. At the caucus held thin afternoon the speakership contest was settled hy the unanimous election of G. E. Iobdell. Great Interest centers In the senatorial contest, heightened by the work of the Ingalls element. ' who desire that , he be returned to Washington. ' Motit!inMN LeKlmlMt lire. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 7. The Fourth Legislative Assembly met at noon to-day. The Republicans have a majority in both houses and named all the officers. Senator Folsom was elected President pro tern, of the Senate and W. H. Sweet. Speaker of the House. The Governor's message will be read to-morrow. Balloting for United Statea Senators will begin one week from to-morrow. Aetor Wmi t to Aote Where They Play BOSTON. Jan. 7. The Actors' Promotive Union, of Boston, at a meeting yesterday, considered a plan of securing for the C0,W)') actors in the country an amendment to the national elecrion laws whereby they will be allowed to vote in the place where their profession may call mem on elecdin day. At present they are unable to vo:e except at their homes. Republican Xoinlueen Elected. BOISE. Ida., Jan. 7. The new State officer3 were sworn in just before naon today without ceremony. Exactly at r.oon ba:h houses of the Legislature met and organize! by the election of the Republican caucus nominees. Chilton Will lie F.'celed. AUSTIN, Tex.. 'Jan. .".In a Democraticcaucus, to-day. Representat.ves MilH and Cough withdrew from the race lor Speaker, and T. S. Smith will be elected to-nior-

row without opposition. There is no chance for the opposition to Chilton for United States Senator to get out a man. and he will be unanimously elected. He is a free-silver man. Ilepnbllean Seated. SANTA FE, N. M., " Jan. 7. The upper branch of the Legislative Assembly seated J. A. Ancheta, Republican, in place of G. W. Miles. Democrat, making the Council seven Democrats to five Republicans. Governor Thornton sent in nominations for Solicitor-general and seven district attorneys, all of which have been confirmed.

Pettifrrew Renominated. PIERRE. S. D., Jan. 7. In the Republican caucus to-day United States Senator Pettigrew was unanimously selected to succeed himself. The vote was ninety-one solid. AXTI-C1G ARETTE LEAG UE. There Are About oO.tMX) Boy Meiubern and a Convention I Proposed. NEW YORK. Jan. 7. School Commissioner Charles Bulkeley Hubbell Is preparing to hold a convention of the Anticigarette League, formed a year ago, under his auspices among the public school boys. . There Is no central organization of the league yet and th3 convention will probably supply one. The league was founded In grammar school No. 54. at Amsterdam avenue and One-hundred-and-fourth street, Professor D. E. Gaddis, principal. It now has forty thousand members, branches having- been established in all the ninety-five grammar schools in the city and in many of the primaries.' The convention will consist of three boys from each school organization. The league is entirely voluntary and selfgoverning, the boys- coming forward to enroll themselves in response to addresses by Commissioner Hubbell. The boys pledge themselves to give up smoking cigarettes until they are twenty-one and to influence other boys to do the same. A button is the badge of membership. Each school organization is governed by a council of ten, elected by the boys, and the council has the power to drop any member from the rolls who violates his pledge. A member so dropped may be restored after six months probation, but is ineligible after a second offense. The success of the Anti-cigarette League in this city caused it to oe extensively copied and it now exists in nearly every large city of the United States, numbering in all about 250,000 members, all public school boys. THE SWOLLEN KIYERS MOXOXGAHELA, A LLEG 11 EX Y AXD OHIO OX THE RAMPAGE. Damage at and Xear PItthurgr Government Dnui In Danser Fea m of Cinelnnalinns Allayed. PITTSBURG, Jan. 7. Riv;r men were alarmed to-day over the probability of a big flood at this point. The Monongahela came out with a rush this morning, and with the breaking of the ice in the upper pools the damage to boats began. Immense coal fleets were threatened with total destruction. The Allegheny is also full ' of Ice and is running like a torrent. . A great amount of wreckage is coming down, indicating damage at points above. River men said to-day that they expected a stage of thirty f?et, with prospect of going still higher. In the great flood of 1881 the Allegheny rose to thirty-three feet and great damage was done. There was intense excitement along the Monongahela wharf all day. All the boats In the harbor had steam up and were doing all they could to keep out of the way of the rapidly rising water. The channel was full of Ice and snow and the current very swift. The docks at McKeesport and the boat bottoms tied up along the river gave way early this morning and went rushing down the river. The ferry boat H. P. Sinclair broke away from her moorings and floated down tha stream. She was caught in the harbor here and towed safely to shore. The report of twenty-five feet at lock No. 4 and twenty-three feet at Morgantown caus?d a general panic among the coal operators and most ot the clerks and employes were ordered out of the offices and stationed along the river at different points to look after the safety of the craft and make reports to the general offices. There were several million bushels of coal on fleets in the harbor here and every effort was put forth to keep the fleets from being wrecked. Several coal barges, a house boat and a swinging-ferry boat broke from their moorings and went down with the current. The most serious damage in the Allegheny will be done to the government work at Herr's island, where the new dam is now in Coursa of construction. The water is now over the coffer dam and it is likely that all of the work will be destroyed. The railroads both East and West are being troubled by the high water, although no serious damage has been done on any of the lines. At McDonald, on the Panhandle, the Union News Company's stand was washed away this morning. The building was built on piles along the river bank, " and when the ice broke the piles were knocked out ?rom under it and the building Aerated down the stream. No trouble was .reported on the Fort Wayne, although a close watch is being kept on all property bordering on the river. Trains on this road were delayed by the landslide at Ben Avon, but no serious damage was done. A landslide occurred at Connellsvllle. on the Baltimore & Ohio, which interrupted traffic for several hours. The news to-night, however, is encouraging, and Indicates that the flood has done its worst as far as Pittsburg and points above on both rivers are concerned. What further damage may be done will be below. At 10 p. m. the Monongahela here registers twenty-three leet. and rising Very slowly. The best river authorities agree In placing the highest stage at twenty-six feet. Advices from all of the up-river points show that the water Is either receding or about stationary. At Morgantown it reached twenty-five feet without doing much damage, and at 6 p. m. had receded to twentyfour feet. Kittannlng. on the Allegheny, reports an eleven-foot stage, and rising very alowly. The rainfall has stopped and a freeze Is expected to-night. 'Ihe heaviest Individual loss so far reported was that at McKeesport. where fifty coal barges were carried from the docks and down the river, entailing a loss oi between $V,lm) and $IU.C30. Beaver. Pa., reports, to-night, that the coffer dam at the new government 'dim, just below Vanport. has been swept away, with a considerable money damage and the loss of one life. John McSweoney, a stonemason, who had gone out on the dam to get his tools, was caught in the crash and h;s body swept away. Joseph Ledlle was rescued with much difficulty. Now that the danger here seems to be averted, coal men are making preparations to get a large quantity of coal to Southern ports' as soon as the ice has thinned sutlie'ently, which will probably be about Thursday. Xo Fears at t'lncluiiut I. CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 7,-In the twelve hours from 6 o'clock Sunday night to C o'clock Monday morning the Ohio nt this point rose at the average rate of eleven and two-thirds Inches per hour. During to-day, from C o'clock this morning to 6 o'clock this evening, it rose at the late of three inches per hour, reaching t ;ver.ty-three feet. From 6 o'clock to-night tiil inldnight it has risen but four inches, making a stage of twenty-three feet four inches. The advent of cool veather checks the tis2 materially. There is now no fear f a load rrre. nor will there be any unless a very heavy protracted rain should set In shortly. !0.l'0 I, on iii MeKeexport. M'KEESPORT. Pa.. Jan. 7. To-night the water is up on Water street to Third avenue, "and all the families on Wator street have moved out. Water is in the Dewees Wood Company's mill and part of the mill is shu; dawn. The damage ta the plant so far will reach $1U,000. The Howard pliteglas works at Duquesne ha 1 to shut down to-night, and the Carnegie steel works are partly knocked out by the flood. Th water is four feet deep on Main Fcreet of liravjsburg. Little rain is falling now. The Ijss in .McKeesport will reach $10,003. Situation at Wheeling. f WHEELING. W. Va.. Jan. 7. The river are still rising an! considerable damage has been done. On the Cleveland. Loralne & Wheeling railroad one uride was .vashfd away at Bruce and one at Wheeling eie:k. There have been no trains north to-lay and the tra'n due jt Bridgeport at i :"d ;. ai. bus been aba u lone J at L"hrlvhvtl!c. Tha i

Panhandle. Baltimore & Ohia and Ohio river trains are all right so fur. Flood nt Engllah. ENGLISH. Ind., Jan. 7. Heavy rains during the past thirty-six hours have caused the greatest flood ever known in Little Blue river. The residences and business houses on the low ground were saved by prompt work, but the- flood was so sudden as to priclude rescue of animals. One woman, who lost heavily, attempted suicide this morning. The water is still high and the rain continues. The CoiieinnuK'h Fall. JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Jan. 7. Rain fell, all night and morning By noon the Conemaugh river had reached the highest point since last spring nine feet. Owing to the large amount of snow on the mountains this rise is liable to continue for a week, and the citizens are preparing for the worst. Iarge quantities of ice came down Stony creek last night and to-day. but no serious damage has as yet resulted. INDISCREET UIULS.

Two Student Run Away from Mount Itolyoke College. SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. Jan. 1. The two Mdunt Ilolyoke ; College girls who .caused their friends and relatives some anxiety by running away from . the college last Thursday have been found, and with their di3covery comes out the whole story of their escapade. It was on Thursday noon that Miss Alice Cheeseborough, twenty-one, and Miss Mabel Bird, nineteen years of age, of Chicago, disappeared. They were traced to this city, where they attempted to get rooms at two of the hotels, but without success. From Thursday afternoon until to.day no new3 of them had been learned. It seems that Miss Bird had become acquainted during her stay in college with a Mr. Burnett, a young man of about twentyeight years, unmarried, and engaged in the sash and blind business. Supposedly through his influence, and certainly with his knowledge, the girls left the college and came to this city, where he met them later in the day and took them to the home of his aunt, Mrs. Charles Ayers, of State street. There the girls stayed Thursday night, but on Friday Miss Cheeseborough thought better of her part in the escapade and determined to go home, which she did on that day. Miss Bird has stayed at the home of Mrs. Ayres until to-day. This morning, Mr. Burnett, becoming alarmed at the publicity of the fact that the girls were missing, decided to get himself out of the scrape as far as possible and went to the authorities of Mount Holyoke College, and told them that when. Dr. Payne, of Chicago, the girl's foster father, should arrive, he would tell him where to find her. This he did to-day and Dr. Payne went to the house this afternoon and took the girl away. They are at the Cooley House to-night and will probably start back for Chicago to-morrow, as Mtss Bird says she will never go back to the college. There Is no suspicion that the relations of either girl with Burnett have been other than proper. Their running away is looked upon by friends and authorities alike as simply a piece of girlish thoughtlessness. BROWN TO MJCI1WALTEK. KeiitneUy" Governor Take Issue with the Cincinnati Jndse. FRANKFORT, Ky?. Jan. 7. Governor Crown issued a statement, to-night, on the refusal of Judge Buchwalter, of Cincinnati, to surrender Hampton, the colored preacher, held on presentation of requisition, saying: , "After the requisition was issued on Gov. McKinley he should have seen it executed. The statements of the Judge are grossly Inaccurate. His argument is a mere subterfuge and quibble. He has usurped the prerogatives of the Governor of his State. He has deliberately refused to execute the plain command of a law of the United States and subordinated it to his own caprice. He has reproached Kentucky for crime pf which his own great State is not guiltless. He has accepted the statements of a fugitive from Justice that he feared unlawful violence if remanded as a sufficient reason for his discharge. The statutes in Ohio in so far as thev may prescribe methods and conditions ' supplementary to and inconsistent with the United States law on this subject of extradition must be admitted to be void. This proposition no one will dispute. No lawyer will claim that Judge Buchwalter's decision is sustained by any precedent In the country. If it shall have any effect it will be fruitful of discord where harmony and good will should prevail. If followed by the judiciary of Ohio it will maJte that State the refuge and paradise of all the murderers, thieves and rapists of, the South. The invitation and. assurance of welcome and protection to criminals are given bv the proclamation of Judge Buchwalter." - '- DEATH HIS BRIDE. Suicide of-a Man on the Xlght He AVan to Have Been Married. CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 7. George W. Davis, aged twenty-six years, a claim agent of the Lake Shore railroad, committed sulcido this evening .under peculiar circumstances. Early in the evening he went to a barber shop with his brother and they returned together to their home. No. I'll Liberty street. He seemed cheerful as usual. Going to a spare bedroom he lit the gas, sat down on a chair before a mirror, put his feet on another chair and shot himself in the temple, the bullet passing entirely through his head. He had not been dead an hour when there came to the house two little girls who Inquired for him and explained that their sister, whom he was to mary this evening, wa8 waiting for him at her home. Davis's family was amazed, as they knew nothing of his Intent to marry. The young lady Is Miss Anna Noonan, an intelligent and handsome girl employed In one ot the hospitals. She lives with her parents at No. Mulrson street. Davis was to have met her this evening at her home, her parents knowing of their Intentions. Then they were to have gone to Rev. R. A. George, of Trinity Congregational Church, to be married, and had planned a short trip. Miss Noonsn was greatly distressed by the sat affair, but bore up well. It Is undet stood that Davis's mother knew of 3 his having paid attention to Miss Noonan ana upbra:uea mm ror uotng so. Snlcltfe of a lln ndnumler. BROOKLYN. N. Y Jan. 7.-Thomas R. Devrell, a well-known musician and bandmaster, committed suicide this evening in a lodging house. He was discovered by his wif,e, from whom ho has been separated for some time past. He stuffed up all the cracks In his ucm with paper and had then turned on the gas. He died from asphyxiation. ITe was sixty-seven years of nge. It is thought that he committed suicide because of a cu.t for If.'.tMi') brought against him by the city of Brooklyn. He was Implicated in the Columbian celebration frauds of that city. GOOD! So Say the Gentlemen. Wool Is wool, to say'nothlng of the tariff. Speaking of wool is reminder that Paul H. Krauss. the haberdasher. Is selling the famous Dr. Jaeger sanitary wool underwear at lit per cent, reduction. This means mighty good goods at awfully poor prices. His stock of dress shirts, oartv gloves, etc.. for evening wear is replete with the nicest thinss In the city. A warned Highest Honors World' Tfiir. MOST PERFECT MADE. A pine Crape Cteam of Tartar Powder. Frc Com Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. 4 YEARS THE STANDARD.

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