Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1895.

gallant aoldlers of the South. Grant left ntaken and untouched the sword of Lee. e are bigots, indeed. It we do not honor Vhe Confederate soldiers, as such, for their jtourage. Mistaken in their belief, but beJaYlna in their mistake, honestly, devotedly mui bravely, they fought a losing fight. Silver soldiers never fared a foe in battle. Jlonor paid to thern for their valor l honor to the Union soldier. The valor of each proves the valor of both.- For four long years, and they were years of battle, they stood heroically beside their answering suns. But It was ordained from the beginning that liberty should not perish from the earth. No mere gallantry, not even gallantry like that of.jthe Confederate soldliry,, can ' 'Break the guard that wait Before the awful face of Fate. The tattered standards of the South "Were shriveled at the cannon's mouth.' 'The war Is over. The scars on both sides mre badges of soldierly honor. Arms are stacked and the ranks are broken. Their B words ae beaten into plowshares, and their spears Into pruning-hooks, and love "birds are nesting in the mouths of the dumb cannons. 'Let us have peace was the last command of the great commander, whose birth we commemorate to-night. The Blue and the Gray are brothers. " 'Fold up the banners. Smelt the guns. Love rules. Her gentler purpose runs. A mighty mother turns in tears The pages of her battle years, Lamenting all her fallen sons.'" il This afternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock.

sirs. Grant and Sirs. Sartorls held a reception at the Auditorium, Hotel, and for the time set and : something over, she was busily greeting the members of the Grand Army who called upon her in large numbers. The Marquette and Press Clubs were also well represented by generous proportions of their membership. Mrs. Grant and her party will return to Washington tomorow afternoon at 5 o'clock. . ASlERICXS CLIII DIXM3U. Ipprohm tir Mrmir. Allixon, Hepburn, 'GrunvfKor and Other. PITTSBURG, April 27. The'Americus Republican Club, gave Its annual dinner tonight In honor of the birthday of Gen. U. fx Grant in Its new clubhouse, which Its members have elaborately' fitted up. The toastmaater of the occasion was Congressman John Dalzell and the speakers were (Senator W. B, Allison, of Iowa, Congressanan William P. Hepburn, of Iowa, and Congressman Charles S. Grosvenor, of Ohio. . Senator Aidrich was to have spolren on . 'The Commercial Policy of. the United States," but he wits unable to attend. Mr. Hepburn, la responding' to the toast, 'The Republican j Party." Bald: "When it became an actor fix politics it found two labor systems fighting for supremacy. Two ' ystems as radically opposed to each other ks imagination could paint. One, based on the Idea that capital should own labor; the other that labor should own Itself. The "Republican party declared in favor of free labor through its declaration for free territory. It promised material good to the laboring poor, nd the wage of labor has been tripled. It promised to increase the demand for labor, and it has gone on .enlarging the Sabor field, through the introduction ot new and vast Industries, until In 1832, there was room in the shops and fields for all who desired work. It has fostered the arts, it lias encouraged the sciences, it has promoted schools. It has kept all of its pledges, its mission for the future is in line with its achievements of the past. Under its future sway the labor question (so-called) which has vexed the ages will reach solution. The money question through -the influence it will wield on the commercial nations will be satisfactorily determined." Mr. Grosvenor spoke on "Two Years " of Democratic Administration." He reviewed the work of the administration for , two years, and severely arraigned the President and his Cabinet for their course in matters of state.. He paid particular attention to the inactivity of the last Congress, and concerning it he said: "I have no time to describe the manipulations, the machination jk . i- m t TTijA... .i-i i , Him ma j TiurtiiiniceB m ine r 11 ijr-iiiiru Congress. No Congress within the memory of man, at least, began-' with higher hopes, based on more reasonable grounds. No Congress ever turned its back -on Washington and fled to its home with half the execrations of the people of the United States that were showered upon the Fifty-third Congress. It had unsettled everything and settled nothing. It had destroyed the commercial peace everywhere and pacified nobody.It, had blindly followed the dictation of the President in the repeal, of the Sher man bill. It finally turned out a measure based on no principle but greed and no Idea but the? aggradizement of special interestfe;, Senator Allison responded to the , toast, "Grant.' His speech was confined to a review of the career and character of the great general and statesman, speaking in eloquent terms of his accomplishments in behalf of his country. The Iowa Senator refrained from discussing political matters, except as pertaining to General Grant's course in matters of state. , The decorations and menu were in keeping with the elegant furnishings of the new clubhouse, and the addresses made by local orators, were eulogistic of the General. jf. 13XSRCISES AT GALEXA. 7 Rust's Painting;, "Peace tit Union," . Presented to the City. ; 1 GALENA, IlL, April 27. Galena paid homag2 to-day to the memory of her great soldier-citizen, Grant. , The" city was in gala attire. Flags floated from all public buildings and every private house and business block was decked In flags and bunting. The exercises of the day began at 2 o'clock, when a. special train' arrived from Chicago .bearing Hon. H. D Esta brook,' of Omaha,, orator of the day, H. H. Kohlsaat,, Thomas 2a8t, Melville E. Stone and others. A parade formed at the Illinois Central Station and moved to Turner Hall. The column vns headed by Dr. B. F. Fowler, grand marshal, with forty aids and members o the G. A. R., the Union Veterans' Legion, Company M, Illinois ' National Guard, and civic organizations were In line. At Turner Hall J. 13.' Brown, president of the day, Introduced the proceedings with a short epeech. Rev. George D. Lindsay, chaplain, fTred the prayer. Judge C. C. Kohlsaat, of Chicago,' made a short address, present5ng to the city of Galena, in behalf of I. H.i Kohlsaat, the painting, - "Peace in Union," by Thomas Nast, depicting the -cane of Lee's surrender. Mayor; Bermingham responded for the city. The painting is to hang in Grant Memorial Hall, in the Public Library Building. Hon. Henry 3D. Estabrook, of Omaha, dellvered the oration of the day. MIDDLESEX CLUB BAXQUET. Reminiscences of Grant Related byGen. Horace Porter. BOSTON. April 27 Two hundred and fifty members of the Middlesex Club, presided over by ex-Governor Brackett, celebrated to-night at Young's Hotel the anniversary f Gen. U. S. Grant's birthday. Gen. Horace Porter was the first .speaker. He gave a dramatic and historical recital of General Grant's war and civic career. General Por-' ter'a reminiscences of General Grant were new and interesting and called forth .prolonged applause. Congressman Taylor, of Ohio, Bpoke of the glory of his State and her vindication, of the principles of-McKinley, and presaged her place in the column of Republicanism in tlie coming political struggles. Congressman William Alden Smith, of 3NUchli2an. the next speaker, was enthusiast ically greeted. He reverted to Grant's poK . iev in an uomingo, ana, taxing tne news from Nicaragua as a text, made a pica for the Monroe doctrine. Senator J. G. Prltchard, of North Carolina, the next speaker, in his denunciation of Democratic rule of his State and its swerving towards Republicanism and the doctrine of McKlnley was vlgordusly preeted, and his references to the progress of the South under the Republican regime was one of' the -features of the meeting. The speech-making was preceded by an elaborate banquet. AT PHILADELPHIA. Ex-Conisressman M'iie on Xelf-Sacrl- . Aetna . Heroism of Soldiers PHILADELPHIA, April 27. The seventythird anniversary of General' Grant's birth was commemorated by a banquet at the Union League to-night, at which over two hundred citizens of Philadelphia ,and many distinguished men from other cities honored the memory of the great general. Mayor Charles F. Warwick presided. Ex Congressman John S, Wise, In responding to the toast, "The self-sacrificing heroism of the rank and file of the armies of the Union and the late Confederacy."1 said among other things: "Grant's name goes flown to history as the embodiment of the Idea of fearless assault. It is so because the unhesitating courage of ' his soldiers AmltnM Ariel htm r nmalunekt. .-V. t,.V.v.--.l(4 have been reckless tmd he commanded a less valiant soldiery. The name of Le will be preserved as typical of the Idea of Vang une; ing ana unnincnmg endurance. idurance. it Is at the hca ft of to iweauso lata vast nis lot

an army of private soldiers, who, naked

and half starved,- lougnt on ana on, unui he. in pity, bade them yield, weeping and still willing to wage the unsqual contest, suceumbed at last, only on hi3 command to the power of overwhelming numbers and resources." Ex-Senator Anthony Hlgjnns. of Dela ware, spoke to "Our Reunited Country." in concluding bis speecn ne rererrea to tne Nicaraguan question and vigorously scored the administration for its policy. He said that England's real motive was to gain, possession of the Nicaraguan canal and thus control the trade of the Pacific, but: no matter what - the temporary ascendancy England might gain in the ; present controversy the control of the canal nat urally belongs to the united Mates ana we will eventually have it. GRAST IIAXQl ET ASSOCIATIOX. Many Well-Known Men nt Table In the Hotel Waldorf. NEW YORK, April 27. The eighth annual banquet of the Grant Banquet Association, In commemoration of the birthday of Gen eral Grant, Was given in the Hotel Waldorf. last night. The event was one of more than usual Interest, on account of the near ap-. proach to completion of the Grant Monu ment in Riverside Park. General Charles H. Collis presided, and at the principal table with hfm were General J. N. Schofleld, ex-Governor Cameron, of Virginia; General E. S. Parker, the Rev. R. S. MacArthur, Colonel' F. D. Grant, Henry Ehret, Police Commissioner A. D. Andrews, the Hon. R. G. Couzins, General Nelson A. Miles. General G. M. Dodge. Mayor Schieren. of Brooklyn: Colonel D. B. Henderson and Senor M. Romero. It was not until late that General Collis rose to announce the Hon. R. G. Cousins, who responded to the toast.' "General Grant." General Nelson A. Miles responded to the toast, "Grant With the Army of the Potomac." Ex-Governor William E. Cameron, of Virginia, responded to the toast, "Grant , Before Appomattox." Hon. Henry E. Howland responded to the toast, "Patriotism." - The Harlem Republican Club and the West-side Republican Club also celebrated General Grant's birthday with dinners. Annual Dinner at Brooklyn. BROOKLYN, April 27. The members of the Gen. If. S. Grant Post, No. 37, G. A. R., held their sixth annual dinner at the Union League Club to-night in honor of General Grant's birthday. About three hundred were present. Among the speakers and guests were: Gov. Daniel H. Hast ings, of Pennsylvania; Kev. Admiral Henry Erben. Hon. Stephen M. Griswold. Rev. John R. Thompson and Corporal James Tanner. H. P. Smith, commander' of the post, presided. i . CRISP IS FOR SILVER HE SAYS IT WILL BE THE SOLE IS SUE X EXT YEA It. The Ex-Speaker Thinks Democracy Should Xonilnate a Western Man for the Presidency. ATLANTA, Ga., April 27. Speaker Crisp, who is at hi3 home in Amerleus, In an Interview with a correspondent to-day declared for the free coinage of silver and gave it as his opinion that the Democrats should nominate a Western man for the presidency. In the course of the interview Mr. Crisp says among other things: "There should never have been any doubt as to my posftlon. on any question. I made a speech for free coinage ten years ago be fore anybody but politicians had considered it.. I stand to what I then said, and I have never varied. The disposition of the tar!fT clears the way for the settlement of the silver question. That question," said Mr. Crisp, emphatically, "Is now fully before us." - " "Will it be the one issue before the people next year?" "It will." said he, "and In such a way that must be settled Clrectly, not by subterfuge or evasion, but openlr, so that people may. understand it. It will not down. The majority of , the American people in both political parties are In favor of restoration of free coinage of silver. They are today behind the free silver movement and they will push It on to success and have silver re-established to Its old quantity with gold. In the next campaign the rehabilatton of silver will be the main -and controlling issue- upon which the Democracy will appeal to the people. The platform to be adopted in l&HJ should declare for the free coinage of silver direct and with a set of principles responding to the demands of the common people. we should select some good man from tne West, some man with a military record, identified with the dominant sentiment that now controls the ' party. The only fear I have is not the people are not in favor of free silver,", but that the free silver people who are in majority, may divide into factions. I am," concluded Mr. Crisp, "in favor of the free coinage of silver as I have always been and the Democratic voters will declare for it next year. The talk of Mr. Cleveland for a "third term, under any conditions has no basis. The people will not make that break in the record. His views on the financial questions are not shared by the people." , TRAGEDY AT MILWAUKEE. Cycler Sanger's Brother Killed by Ex-City Attorney Lascomb. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 27. Emil Sanger, a brother of Walter Sanger, was shot and killed by Robert ; Luscomb, excity attorney, at a late hour to-night. I.uScomb Is In jail. Sanger and Luscomb are brothers-in-law, and there has been bad blood in the family for a number of years. Sanger's, wife Is a sister of Luscomb. To night she sought shelter in Luscomb's house, claiming that her husband was 111 treating her. Sanger went to Luscomb's house, sought admission and Luscomb 'thereupon shot him. -Mrs. Sanger's body is black and blue from the beatings her husband has given her, and she has been under a doctor's care for several days. Emil Sanger is tne president or tne u. si. Sanger Sons Company, manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds, and is the wellknown bicyclist's elder brother. Luscomb is the son of one of Milwaukee's oldest and best-known families, and is a leading lawyer, with a large practice. Obituary. CINCINNATI. O.. April 27. Attorney Emil Rothe died late to-night, aged seventy years. He was an officer in the German army. He came to Wisconsin where he was prominent in politics. In 1869 he came to Cincinnati as editor of the Volksereund, but of late years practiced law. His ailment was a complication of diseases. BOSTON. April 27. Hamilton A. Hill, formerly secretary of the National Board of Trade and the Boston Board of Trade, and ex-treasurer of Oberlin College, died to-day. Brewer Kills lOO Birds Straight. NEW YORK, April 27. At Dexter Park, Long . Island, to-day, one of the greatest ' pigeon shooting contests on record was decided. On a wager that he could kill ninety out of one hundred picked pigeons, at thirty yards rise, fifty yards boundary, Captain Brewer killed one hundred birds straight. The birds were of the best, being quick and strong and very fast. Brewer used hi second barrel, as It seemed from force of habit, as the first barrel did the work effectually. Fire at Bay City. BAY; CITY, Mich.. April 27. Fire destroyed H. A. Batchetlor & Sons' saw milf, salt block and 350.000 feet of lumber at Melbourne, midway between this city and Saginaw this afternoon. The loss on the mill and salt block was $85,000. The mill was. Insured for $23,500. but the insurance on the salt block expired a few days ago and had not been renewed. The salt damaged was insured for $4,500 The lumber belonged to Whitney & Batchellor, and was worth $35,00t; insured for about J2S,iiOO. Solemn Xoble Bleyellst. England i3 laughing at the Duke of Fife, because. In learning to ride the bicycle, he has a solemn-faced footman walk on one side of the machine and a page in buttons on the other. " The French Attitude. Syracuse Standard. The French believe that a man who can grab more than they in Madagascar deserves penaNservltude. Tmpartlnr ecstasy and bliss. The Hallett $ Davis piano at YV'uUchner & Son.

A MYSTERIOUS CRIME

XO TRACE OF THE MAX WHO SLASHED MRS. HL3IES AT IX GALLS. " The Affair Looks mm If It Might Be the Work of a Lunatic Miners Scale Xot Signed" at Brazil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. INGALLS. Ind., April 27. The excitement here all day yesterday on account of the brutal assault on Mrs. Isaac L. Humes, wife of a blacksmith, has quieted down to-day. The mob thronged the streets until late last night, ready to lynch the tramp wno is supposed to have waylaid Mrs. Humes,, but several who had been arrested -were taken to the Humes , house, and each one was eclared innocent by the ' half-dead woman, who could only shake her head. There are six cuts on her throat, the windpipe being partially severed. Her face, arms and body were also hacked and gashed, and the patient-is at the point of death from loss of blood. Some of the mutilations cn her body suggest a "iack-the-Ripper" mania on the part of her unknown assailant. The case is surrounded with much mystery. Mrs. Humes was out picking "greens about 8 o'clock in the morning. She wandered into a half-finished house out of curiosity, and was there assaulted by a man. The outrage was committed with great brutality, and the man finished by slashing his victim with a razor. He threw the unconscious woman in the cellar, that contained nearly three feet of water, and then escaped. Men were working near by, but heard no screams, nor did they see any one escape from the building. An hour later Mrs. Humes crawled out drenched to the skin and half dead from her wounds. The town was quickly arousea, and a posse with bloodhounds attempted to trace the would-be murderer. The trail led north of town to a woods, and was lost at a ditch where fresh footprints were seen. The crowd returned and pumped the water out of- the cellar where Mrs. Humes indicates she was thrown. An old razor that could not be identified was found where it was thrown by the man who made the assault. Several doctors have been attending Mrs. Humes to-day, and it is thought she will recover. : - PRAISE FOR MRS. LEMMOX. She Kept . Her ; Seat at the Show and Ttto Men Failed to Get n Drink. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. .MUNCIE, Ind., April 27. Mrs. Dr. Annie Lemmon Griffin has introduced a new act at the Muncie theater that is being applauded all over the city. Thursday night, at a show, she was one of a small theater party of women, and she occupied seat No. 4, from the aisle,' The next two seats were occupied by , well-dressed but very nervy young men. As soon as the curtain dropped after the first act the two men requested that the ladles arise and let them out. Mrs. Griffin politely informed them that she would not get up for them. Both remained standing and finally appealed to the house policeman, who called Manager Wysor. He stated that the seat occupied by the woman belonged to her and she could do as she liked. Finally the men were compelled to sit down and the house fairly shook with applause made by the audience who had become acquainted with the trouble. Mrs. Griffin' has received much publicity as a result of her firmness, but she is being applauded upon all sides and her action promises to revolutionize, the conduct of those who go out between acts. Mrs. Griffin will be given a medal by other Muncie women who are calling In person and extending their congratulations. Some of the women have called on Manager Wysor and requested him to cease issuing pass checks to men and boys during the show unless to the gallery goda MIXCIE'S SO,OOQ FIRE. ArchlteeturnI Iron Works Burned to the. Ground L.aat Xiaht. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., April 27.-To-night at 9 o'clock the Muncie Architectural iron works were destroyed by fire for the second time since their construction. The stockholders are James R.' Sprankle, C. Hanika, E. T. Coney and Charles W. Kilgore. The $30,000 loss is about equally divided. The insurance is in the name of Mr. Spankle, who furnished the money to operate the plant and he will come out whole, leaving the others about total losers. There was no fire in the building during the day and the conflagration is charged to incendiarism. The Insurance is as follows: Britisn American, $1,500; Western of Toronto, $3,000; St. Paul F. and M $1,500; Fire Association, $2,500; Lancashire, $2,500; Hamburg Bremen, $2 000; Scottish Union National, $2K00; Caledonia, $1,500. William N. Whitely, the reaper king whose factory burned a year ago, looses several mower patterns. The Architectural plant was doing his moulding. THE MIXING SCALE. Operators Offer Same Price as Last Year, Conditionally. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., April 27. A delegate meeting of the block coal miners of this district and a committee of block coal operators was held here to-day, iiy the Brazil Block Coal Company's office. The session, was lengthy. The purpose of the meeting was to arrange a scale for the price-of mining for the year beginning May 1. The operators proposed to the miners to pay the present scale for the coming year, providing no reduction was made in competing fields, but in case of a reduction in Ohio, Pennsylvania or Illinois, the miners here -vere to receive a five-cent reduction, which would be the limit, notwithstanding the reductions made elsewhere. The meeting was adjourned until the delegates could submit the proposition to the miners at each respective mine throughout the district, and secure the sentiment of the miners in general. Another meeting of miners and operators will be held here Tuesday for a final settlement. It is thought the miners will accept the offer. IXDIAX.t DEATHS. Ex-Judge Charles E. Walker Sucrninbs to the Grip. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., April 27. Judge Charles E. Walker, Madison's most prominent jurist, died of grip to-day after only three days' illness. He was ex-judge of the 'Common Pleas Court here and one of the eldest lawyers in this part of. the State. Other Deaths In the State. NEWPORT, Ind., April 27. Oscar B. Gib son, a young attorney or tnis place, aiea last night. He had been sick for about five months. - He returned from Florida last Wednesday, where he had been to regain his health. MUNCIE, Ind., April 27. Thomas F. Hop ping, aged torty-nve, or omunneia. Delaware county, died last night of typhoid fever. -" . .; THE GAS SYNDICATE SCHEME. Little Companies' in the State Being Bonded for a Lnrge Amount. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. f WABASH, Ind., April -27. Information was received here to-day which indicates that the Dietrich syndicate, which purchased the Wabash natural and artificial gas plants 13 dividing up its Indiana properties into groups and bonding each group . separately. The syndicate has obtained complete control of the plants at Peru, Logansport and Decatur, although the officers of the first named companies deny that the sale has been effected. A letter from a New York brokerage house states that the plants at Wabash, Peru, Logansport and Decatur have been consolidated under the title of the Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Company. The capital stock is placed at $1,750,000, and in addition, the properties are bonded at $1,750,000. The bonds are to run thirty years from June 1, 1893 and bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The bonds are payable In gold, as ia the Interest, which falls due semiannually. None of the other Indiana plants of the Dietrich syndicate is 'included in the organization. BOARD OF HEALTH CASE. Marlon Medtenl CoIIeise Flighting; for State Recognition. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, In3., April 27. The suit against County Clerk C. M. Klmbrough by Dr. I. N. Beck because the clerk refused to grant a license for Beck to practice medicine in Delaware county was called ' for trial today before Judga . Koons, but. the plaintiff asked for a change of venue and the trla" will be heard in the Randolph Circuit CuurL The case is a peculiar one. and ia

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LININGS Cambrics this week 1 0c Witrans at.. ... ....... 35c Fiber Interlining with us Grass Cloths, yard wide.. ....... Double-faced' Silesia. ............. Crinolines at . . 37 and 39 S. Illinois nf vid' interest.' '.asr its regult will define '',la! ' .,.;. W.fI Rnr1 of Health in ; refuses to recognize certair medical colr.MW which was blacklisted by the State board, and when Mr. ; KlmbrouBn Teiuseu i v & -' diploma it was in accordance with orders from the State Board of Health. President Sno.lerass of the Marion College, is 'wealthy and 1 backing Beck in the suit. Dr C N. Metcalf and several physicians from Indianapolis, Marlon. Anderson, Logansport and other parts of the fatate were here as witnesses. , AVAST OSLY $800,000. ; Scheme of Hammond People for n Hat-oof ;at?Volf Lnke. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' HAMMON'y,' Ihd., April 27. A business men's meeting was held in this city tonight looking toward the improvement of Calumet river and the establishment" of a harbor at Wolf lake where it joins Lake Michigan. - Major Frederick R. Mott preside! and speeches were made by Edward Roby, ex-Secretary of State Charles F. Griffin arid others. A committee composed of Hon. Charles F. Griffin, Hon. Thomas Hammond, A. F. Knotts, Edward Rotr and E. W. Wickey, . was appointed arid instructed to issue an invitation to Senators Turpie and Voorheea and the Congressmen of Indiana to meet in this city at an early date to look over the ground. At the next session of Congress an appropriation of $800,000 will be. asked for to make the improvements. This matter has been under consideration for some time, but until tonight had assumed no definite shape. Wolf lakeis about three miles long and a half mile wide and is connected with Lake Michigan by a channel about one thousand feet long. The situation was investigated some time ago by1 the United States civil engineers and reported on favorably, but as the matter was never pushed in Congress it ' was Anally dropped. It is now proposed to take steps to resuscitate the report. Shot at n, Man and Killed a Male. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ; JEFFERSONVILLB, Ind., April 27. Captain R. H. Medill, government inspector of ' vessels, was to-day held in $1,000 bonds in the City Court until Monday on the charge of felonious assault. The difficulty in which Captain Medill became involved occurred at a' late hour last night on a street car. On the car was in'ex-convlct by the name of Whltesldes, who,; .without provocation,, assaulted Captain Medill w'ith a stool, inflict ing several painful wounds on the head. Mr. Medill then drew a revolver and fired three times, but failed to strike Whltesldes. who escaped frorri the cafc. One of the bullets struck driver Wyatt.- inflicting a slight wound, and each of the other two struck a mule, from the effects of which one of the mules died 4hit? afternoon. Captain Medill resides in St. Louis, and has be-n located here for some time. The cause of the murderous attack on him is thought to be the fact that Whi.'eaiJes is employed by Sweeney Brothers, the boat builders, with whom Captain Medill ad eome trouble a year ago because he failed to approve some material they intended using in a boat. . MaJ. C. T. DoxejN Oil AVell. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Iv.d., April , 27. William Decker, the veteran well driller of the &as belt, is the flrst'man to bring in on oil well near this city. "'Last night Mr. Decker. In company with - Maj. C. T. Doxey end his private secretary, returned from Fortvi'le, where Mhel well is located. It was shot with one hundred quarts of nitro-glycerine. The well was formerly a producing pas well, and Mr. Decker penetrated Trenton rock to a depth of seventy-five feet before the charge was placed. The explosion brought in, a, well estimated by Mr. Doxey at twenty-five barrels per day. The men have leased 2."O0 acres In that vicinity, and will at once begin drilling other wells. The strike has caused much excitement In and around Anderson, and farm values are teing, already, doubled. Convict Dally Released. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind., April 27. Edward Daily, one of the shrewdest convicts in the Prison South, who has been confined there almost continuously since 18SL was released this morning. Three times he attempted to escape, on one occasion his companion, John Crawford, was shot dead in his tracks by guard McRea and Dally narrowly escaped being shot. On the other occasion h wait stopped by a bullet, but

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$1.25 Wrappers for . $2 W rappers at St: 37 and 39 S. recovered froift the wound. This was his third term of seven years. He was sent for burglary from Hancock county. A remarkable fact connected with Daily's prison record is that while he was continually endeavoring to escape, durfng confinement, he was one of the most obedient and Industrious men in the institution, Trieounty SJwrioe Court Lair, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. , HAMMOND, Ind., April 27. The case to test the constitutionality of the act creating a superior court for Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties- brought by Bartlett Woods, of Crown Point, came up for final hearing in the Circuit Court to-day before Judge Winfield,- of Logansport, who was called by Judge Gillett to hear the case. The court sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court by the plaintiff. A special effort will be made to have the case advanced on the docket of the Supreme Court, in order to have it decided before the next term of the Superior Court, which convenes in this city in June. Darld Bangh's Affliction. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. - J EFFERSON VILLE, Ind., April 27. David Baugh, forty-one years old, residing with hla grandfather, the venerable Daniel Baugh, who is 107 years old. Is strangely afflicted and the physician is unable to diagnose his case. A week ago hl3 face became swollen td an unusual extent, and he attributed it to neuralgia. As it continued to spread to hia body, he became alarmed, and called a physician. Now his whole body is in a terrible condition, his abdomen, limbs, face and arms being swollen to at least twice the natural size. The only cause which can be given is a slight wound received in the back of his left hand while repairing a barb-wire 'fence. Oil Sear Fortville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORTVILLE, Ind.. April 27. For several weeks there have been rumors of a discovery ot oil near here, but the matter has been kept very quiet. Yesterday a party of Anderson capitalises, headed by Maj. C. T. Doxey, arrived and perfected arrangements for dynamiting an abandoned gas well on the Perry Woods farm, six miles northwest. Oil has been flowing for some time from the well. They have also secured the Davis well, three-quarters of a mile west Of town, which has been producing a small quantity of oil for years. This will aJso be shot with the expectation of Increasing the flow. There Is considerable excitement and a number of strangers are here leasing lands. Madinon Dynamiter in Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., April 27. Hinker Sterling, Tom Donlan and John McDonald are in jail here, the last two in default of $3,000 each on a charge of dynamiting Moore's saloon. Sterling confessed, -: Implicating Donlan and McDonald. Another dispatch says: Starling and McDonald had been arrested in Louisville on a warrant swbrn out . at Carrollton, Ky., and were supposed to be on the way to that city. Passengers objected to Indiana officers taking the men at Madison on the ground that it was a cas of kidnaping and that Kentucky has jurisdiction over the whole breadth of the Ohio river, The,.-of-ficers had to draw revolvers to prevent a rescue. Lot in the Woods u Meek. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. f MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. April 27. John Hudson, of Spearsvllle, Brown county, started to Morgantown a week ago to do some trading. When ready to start home afoot he lost his bearings and went in another direction and wandered about the woods without food until yesterday, when he came up with the first parson he has seen for a week. He was brought here almost famished and distracted. He , is thirty-five years old. Sliaalnjc El wood Man Retarns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., April 27. John Underwood, whose . mysterious disappearance three weeks ago gave rise to all sorts of rumors, returned to-day. He gives no explanation of why he left so strangely. He claims he has been on a visit among Ohio relatives at Dayton and other points, and has been in communication with parties in this city all the time. Detective Snyder has not yet been heard from. Xevr Cattle to Have n tlalf-MUe Track. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' NEW CASTLE, Ind., April 27. The Henry County v Fair Association., with over flvo

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and 39 S. Illinois St ABANDONED THE' CIT V. ? ..... (Concluded from First Pa ire.) bulk of the consuming population lives.' If the British are thus prevented from collecting froiri customs a sufficient sum of money to meet the indemnity demanded within the calculated period of time, in this case, about thirty days, the result may be hard to foretell. If they felt it necessary to continue the occupation of Corlnto for an indefinite period, they would be guilty of a violation of the jfssurances they have given our government. The only resort would appear to be an extension of the occupation to San Juan Del Sur or to any other Pacific ports that may be opened in place of Corlnto, and this would proWbly be obnoxious to us, as interfering with our trade, at least, if for ho other reason. It is feared hat th affair tin rapidly assuming more serioua phases, and Is shaping itself up so that our government may ne embroiled against its own desire. . - Senator Morgan'i Vlewn. WASHINGTON, April 27.-In speaking tonight of the action of Nicaragua In closing Corlnto, Senator Morgan said: "Nicaragua's right to close the port is undoubted. Every, nation has the power to designate ports of entry and to change them at will. To land goods at Corintp while It is closed would be smuggling, and the payment of duties to the British authorities would not alter the fact. As soon as the goods were taken into the Interior, the Nicaraguan forces would ; seize them, and either confiscate them or compel the payment of fresh duties and would i be perfectly Justified in doing bo. By her action, Nicaragua has deprived Gre.it Britain of the power to obtain at Corlnto the Indemnity she demands. If another port be Beized, Nicaragua can clos that also, or can repeal her entire tariff law, and allow all goods to enter free of duty. She 'could also declare an embargo on tmporta from all nations except those whose goods she is debarred by treaty from excluding. She could not exclude our goods, because our treaty with her prevents It, but ahe could exclude Great Britain's, because the latter has made war on her, and thus has abrogateu all treaties between them." President Zena 8eak. NEW YORK. April 28. The Associate! Press yesterday cabled , President Zelaya of Nicaragua, asking him tor, an , expansion of opinion as to the situation In that country. Shortly- after midnight the following reply was received from Managua: "Nicaragua protests before all . nations agairst the outrage which Onat Britain Inflicts upon her by the military occupation of the port of Corlnto, in order to aelze from her by force a sum of money Which is not owed, in absolute disregard of international laws and of thef dictates of right, Justice and equity. Nicaragua, although courting on the sympathy of all, as she Is powerless to oppose the aggressor, is ready to submit the case without fear, bewailing her smallness and her weakness." ; COUIXTO ASD ITS COMMEHCK. Vhe Mcaraauan Port That Hn Ileea Selieil by,. Knjflnud. Corlnto is the chief port of Nicaragua arrl the western terminus of the railway an! inland water ryetem of transportation. BuMt on a low, marshy Island, in the first inlentation of the coast, south of the spacious Gulf of Fonseca, It Is utterly defenseless save for the presence of a ridiculous little fort with two antiquated guns, which th soldiers of the republic would have been Incapable of holding axilnst a wel!-equ!prrd landing party, even t-hould they have Xriol 'to do so. The' principal street fjces'th water. Of the two prominent butldliiKH. even from steamers at anchor, one Is the i-ustotn-house and barracks and the othr If hot l. each having two stories with covered verandas. Clumpa of cocoariut tre anl b.inanafl provide a picturesque set tins for tii sand dunes and ramiblhis; line of sheds and cabins in which business la transacted an! the Indian population Is sheltered. As the steamers anchor In deep water close to th wharf, a favorable impression, is produced by the seaside street; but the traveler, on landing, finds little behind It an 1 nuk.haste to return to the ship after a dlorcl rly meal in a noisy and dirty hotel. Furtnpr out there is a lighthouse on n srnill 11 and. Steamers from 'lamburg am-hor regularly off Corlnto and carry coffee to Europe. American commerce Is, small compared with that which Is transacted on the Caribbean coast. . Near Carlisle, Ky.. William Wilson and James Conytsrs. farmers, engaged in a tight with rvo.vers and both weie proUubly, fatally wwu-ied..