Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1889 — Page 1

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TOL. XXXV-NO. 26. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

CONFESSED HIS FORGERY.

A YOUNG ATTORNEY'S DOWNFALL. J. F. Col lorn. i Well-Known and Popular Lawyer of Minneapoll, Charged With Very Peculiar Financial Methods Speculated In Real Estate. Ml5XEAroiJS, Aug. 7. J. Frank Collom, eon of the builder of Collom block, and one of the best known young attorneys in Minneapolis, has confessed to forging the same of John T. Elaisdell, the millionaire pioneer of this city, to notes and other paper, footing up the huge total of $227,000. It has been known for some weekj that something was radically wrong with Mr. ColIom's accounts. lie has been the trusted attorney for Mr. Blaisdell for several years. It appears that Collom began his peculiar financial methods upward of a year ago. Mr. Blaisdell had every confidence in the young man until a few weeks ago. Then his faith was suddenly shattered. The sensational story, however, sever came to the ears of the general public until to-dpy. Something over three weeks ago, F. A. .Chamberlain, cashier of the Security bank, met John T. Blaisdell upon the street. Mr. Blaisdell has for some years been one of the bank's heaviest depositors. "Mr. Blaisdell," began the cashier, "how much of J. F. Collom'i paper are you on?" The millionaire thought for aa instant and then replied: "I believe I have indorsed his paper to the amount of $10.000." Mr. Chamberlain became somewhat excited. "Why, Mr. Blaisdell," said he, "we have nearly three times that amount of paper in the bank indorsed by you." The capitalist's face blanched at this. "It must be a mistake, Mr. Chamberlain," he said. "I know I've never indorsed Collom's paper to any such amount There must be a great mistake somewhere." "There is do error regarding the amount," retorted the cashier. "I know what I'm talking about. It strikes roe, too, that we bad better look Into this matter at once. There is a fenegambian located in this thing somewhere." Then Mr. Blaisdell and the Security bank officials put their heads together and the result of a hasty investigation showed that something was very seriously wrong. Several brokers and money ioanera were visited and a great amount oi fictitious paper was soon discovered. "Within a very short period the imn.ense sum of $227,000 in notes and other securities was discovered. Mr. Blaisdell pronounced all the t ignatures purporting to be his to be forgeries. The bank and Mr. Blaisdell were equally interested and a rigid investigation was at once et on foot. The entire matter was put into the hands of ex-County Atty. Frank F.Davis. The attorney proceeded very quietly with the case. A private detective was at once secured to shadow Collom, the suspected forger. The books and papers in the whole matter were turned over to Mr. Davis and his associates for inspection. Prof. C. C. Curtis, of the Curtis business college, was secured as an expert to examine the signatures attached to the different notes and seen ri ties. Air. Curtis made a close and careful investigation. lie soon arrived at a conclusion. His verdict w as that J. Frank Collom was the guilty man. The next move of those conducting the Investition was to confront Atty. Collom with his crime. This c:ore was made yesterday. Collom was called into the office of Mr. Davis. Here the situation was put before the younj: Juan without any mincing of words. Mr. Hiaisde.l and several of tue bank officials were present at this meeting. The young attotDy at once broke down and confessed his crime. Collom cried bitterly and beeped his hearers not to spare. lie was almost beside himself. It is stated that the money secured from "Blaisdell by Collom was lost entirely in real estate deals. The young man has considerable real estate, and the equities have all been turned over to Mr. Blaisdell. It was reported shortly before noon that Collom's fatner and other friends would eotne to his assistance. If such proves to be the case, it is probable that the matter will be settled. Young Collom occupies a handsome residence on PortJand-ave., and lives in good style, employing several servants. He has a charming wife and two or three young children. It now appears that Blaisdell's was the only came forged, but that a number of people are cut by reason of their holding forged paper. COLLOM'S FORGERIES. New Developments tn the Case The Tonne Man Under Arrest. MlXXEAPOLlS, Aug. 8. The stupendous series of forgeries committed by K. Frank Collom, the story of which was told in these dispatches yesterday, is still the reigning sensation in Minneapolis. Fresh developments are coming to light in the case every hour, and tortizht it is known that upward of 112 forged notes are afloat in this city. In spite of the efforts of his creditors to give the impression that he is not guilty of the gigantic forgeries with which he is charged, Collom was arrested lat this afternoon on a warrant sworn out by F. F. Davis, attorney for Mr. Blaisdel. Ever since the story of the forgeries became known the creditors of Mr. Coilom have brought the greatest pressure to bear upon him. to induce him to save himself, by still farther betraying the old gentleman who had o much tnmin him. They finally succeeded. "When Mr. Blaisdel heard what had happened, he lost what ever sympathy and faith he still bad in the man who hud defrauded him. The complaint charges that Collom forged a three-thousand-five-bundred-dollar five-day note. One of the other warrants is sworn out by V. B. Anderson on a thirty-day note, issued July 6. and a third complaint was for a five-thou?and-dollar Dote, issued June lie was arraigned n few momenta later in the municipal court. The judge finally refused to release Collom on bail, on account of the numerous charges, and be will pass the night in the city lock-up and will be examiued at 10 o'clock to-morrow. A somewhat sensational theory is being adyacced to-day in connection with the case. It is hinted that Collom really intended to commit suicide when he made the desperate attempt to iump out of the window of Davis & Farnham's law trice Tuesday afternoon. lie was in a frenzied state, acd it comes from an acquaintance that he said in the presence of friends last night that he was almost beside himself when the accusations of forgery were made against him by the attorneys. In support of the theory of suicidal intent, it it pointed out that within the past three mouths he has taken oat insurance upon his life to an amount exceeding $ioo,o.v. Collom Rtmudcd to Jail. Minneapolis, Aug. 9. J. Frank Collom ppent last night in a cell at the county jail and was brought into court by a deputy at 9 o'clock this morning. A fourth complaint, entered by W. B. Anderson, contained seven different count, charging Collom with the forgery of notes aggregating ?22.000. The whole amount of forgeries complained of to-day amounted to $33.000. Bail wis fixed at $10,000 in each case, and Collom was remanded into custody, in default of 110,000 bail, for an examination next Tuesday. Killed By Lightning. Bloomtngton, 111., Aug. 11. At Piper City, Ford county, to-day Mrs. N. Premen, her eldest daughter and a baby went riding. A bolt of lightning descended and killed Mrs. Premen and her daughter. The baby, laying in its mother's lap, was unhurt. Allen Indicted. Nrw YOBK, Aug. 12. Th grand jury today Indicted Eben S. Allen, the defaulting president of the Forty-second and Grsnd-st. railroad company, for forgery in the first degree and uttering forged paper. Knows More About Practical Politics. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 11. P. M. Gen. Wanamaker spoke for half an hour this afternoon before the Y. M. C. A. oa the subject of "Practical Christianity."

THINK HE HAS TASCOTT. The Laredo, Tex., Suspect Tallies Closely With Descriptions of the Fugitive. Chicago, Aug. 8. A special from Laredo, Tex., received here this evening, gives a description of the Tasoctt suspect under arrest there, tallying more closely with that of the much sought fugitive than has been the case in any previous capture. According to details mentioned at length, the prisoner's appearance corresponds exactly with the description contained in the reward circular issued by the relatives of Snell, the millionaire, for whose murder Tascott is under indictment. The scars on Tascott's elbows and legs have counterparts upon the Laredo mau, and though there is no gold in the prisoner's front teeth, a cavity which had once been filled is there. The arrest was the outgrowth of a singular incident. Night before last, about 8 o'clock, a young man knocked at the door of Sheriff Sanchez's residence and asked for supper, which was provided for him in the ball. Mr. Sanchez noticed something peculiar about his face which suggested the description of Tascott. He went up-stairs to get the description, and while absent the servant wm asked who. lived at the house, and when the man was informed that it was the sheriff be at once departed. The sheriff hurriedly took the direction the young man went and soon overtook him and engaged in conversation with him. and became convinced that the man corresponded in appearance with the murderer of Hanker Snell. The' man was taken to the sheriff's office, where a close examination was made, and the sheritT was satisfied that he had the right man and locked him up. Different names were given by the prisoner, but he finally settled on that of A. O. Delphine of Concordia, Kas., where he claims to have been at work as a fireman on the night of the murder of Banker Snell of Chicago. He has been loaöng around in Mexico for about two weeks, most of the time with railroad men, two of whom came to see him this morning, and called him "Newt," by which name alone he is known among them. There is a fac-simile of Tascott's handwriting attached to the circular referred to, consisting of four lines of a letter, the first line reading: "What's the use of our rushing?" Sheriff Sanchez copied these words on a piece of paper, with the exception that he wrote them: "What is the use," and asked his prisoner to copy them. The fellow did so, in a disguised hand, and mechanically wrote the contraction "What's" as it was in the fac-simile writing. He states positively that he was never in Chicago; yet the two men who have been with him iu New Laredo say he has freauently talked with them about Chicago, and isplayed a thorough knowledge of that place. Sheriff Sanchez has forwarded a photograph of the prisoner to the Chicago police. THE ILLINOIS COAL MINERS.

Over Four Thonsand Families Dependent on Charity The New Hate Too Low. Chicago, Aug. S. The Chicago committee on relief for the destitute coal miners at Streator, III., and elsewhere in northern Illinois, headed by Congressman Frank Lawlcr, has issued an address to the people of the state of Illinois. It sets forth that there are. according to the conservative statistics of the miners' union, 4,032 families, making 1S.4Ö0 persons, who are dependent on charity in this district. The committee says that the arbitration compromise price for mining of ?2 cents per ton, reached in one of the mines in Streator, is too low and suggests that a further conference be held with a view, if possible, of fixing the rate at 75 cents, with a resumption of work throughout the entire diMrict. To this end, the following telegram Mas sent to-day to Mr. W, L. Scott of Krie, Pa., and Mr. Francis Eartlett of Boston, who bare large interests in these miues; Sir The unaVrvlgned, acting for the Chicago cltiuns' miners' relief cininittH, wbicU during the tat fonr weeks has collected und wnt aboutlw ' bnndred tnns of livid to the destitute miners of Northern Illinois, wish to ak you if jrou will not mcarst erue wit 1"" arhitrat.on or otherwise to settie the difficulty an d put your turn back to work. I will be pleaded to present to them any proposition you mar offer. Fbank Lawlf.r, M. C. For the Committee. A MURDER IN SHELBY. Three Men Arrested For Killing Ed Stan, ford nt Fairland. SnELBYVlLLE, Aug. 10. Special Ed Stanford was brutally murdered at Fairland, this county, last night by the Sell brothers, David, Albert and Joe, whose sister is now Stanford's widow. The party were drinkiug beer and were all intoxicated, and Joe Sell abused Stanford for not treating him. A quarrel ensued and Joe threw a rock at Stanford, missing him, Mid Stanford then knocked him down. Just then Pare and Albert Sell came up. and Dave hit Stanford with a rock and knocked him down, when all three of the Sell boys then jumped on him, kicking and stamping on him. indicting injuries which caused his death this morning. The three men were arrested and this morning brought here and locked up, charged with murder. Arresting White Caps In Grant. Mariox. Ang. 6. A bond of White Caps in Monroe township recently drasrged from their Lome widow Asmette Street and her daughter Clara, accused of gossiping, and after threatening to cut out their tongues lashed them until blood flowed. To-day Judge St. John summoned twenty witnesses from the scene of the outraze to tell what they knew of the affair, and the officer serving the summonses discovered that seven of the regulators had fled. Amoncr them were John and Charles Oliver, Jake and Pan Farr and John Stevens. Half the gang are yet in the locality of the whipping, and unless they, too. decamp, a number of arrests will be made to-morrow. Mrs. Maybrick lireaks Down. Liverpool, Aug. 8. Mrs. Maybrick, who was found guilty yesterday of poisoning her husband and sentenced to death, has broken down under the great strain to which she has been subjected for days past, and is said to be seriously ill. Her mother called at the prison to-day and had an aHectionate interview with the risonor. A memorial to the government in lehalf of Mrs. Maybrick has been signed by most of the barristers and solicitors of the Liverpool circuit. There is a general ferment throughout the country against the verdict. Want the New Hooks. Fra.vki.ix, Aug. 6. Special. The county board closed its session in this city to-day. The matter in reference to the new school book law was discussed and a full expression given. It was decided, with one exception, to order the pew books, the negative vote being cast by W. B. Zuyster, republican trustee of Pieasant townShip. W. T. I'ritchard, republican trustee of this township, was strongly in favor of the new law, as he thinks it will be a great saving to the people as compared to the prices formerly paid to the school book ring. A lllg Jump. CIVCIN5ATT, Aug. 11. Otto Ziegler, a boy fifteen years old, let himself drop from the suspension bridge, a distance of eighty feet, into the Ohio river at o'clock to-night for the amusement of a few companions. The thing was done so quietly that an hour later the watchman on the bridge had not beard of it. The boy escaped unhurt. A Uorrtbl Butchery. Charleston. W. Va., Aug 11. A horrible butchery occurred in McDowell county. A widow named Gill is lived in a remote district of the county with two daughters about grown. They were poor but respectable. Friday neighbors fonnd all three dead. They had evidently been criminally assaulted fcnd murdered. No clew to the perpetrators. To Colonise Negroes In Meilen, ClTT or MEXICO, Aug. 11. Messrs. Ellis and Ferguson have come here In the interest of their scheme of bringing negroes from the southern states to Mexico. They have thus far received no encouragement either from the authorities or from private individuals.

HORRORS OF A SWEAT-BOX

BEING EXPERIENCED BY BURKE. Ity a Rase the Chicago Officers Succeed In Freventing the Suspect's Lawyer Front Communicating With Illru A Letter From His Mother. CmCAr.O, Aug. 7. Twenty-four hours more of subjugation to the horrors of a police "sweat-box" were made certain of to-day by Chief Ilnbbard for Martin Burke, the suspect. During at least that much time longer will Burke be prevented from any communication with Senator Kennedy, his lawyer, and if indications are correct, will be made the object of all the processes that render the "sweat-box" fearful. A ruse introducing the authority of no less a person than the president of the United States secured the coveted vantage for the police. Lawyer Kennedy this morning, after having pent yesterday in fruitless etl'orts to reach 6ome understanding with the authorities, filed a petition with Judge Baker, asking a writ of habeas corpus. The petition set forth that Chief Hubbard had charg j of Burke, and had, contrary to law, secreted his prisoner instead of conveying him to the county jail, where persons under indictment should be brought and confined. Mr. Kennedy stated that he asked Chief ilnbbard to be allowed to see his client, and that Burke be taken to jail. Both requests had been refused. The petition also charged that Chief Hubbard bad ordered Burke kept in irons and chained to the floor of the railroad car brought to Chicago. Judge Baker at once issued a writ commanding Chief Hubbard to bring Burke into court at 3 p. m. At that hour the chief appeared with State's Atty. Longenecker and Corporation Counsel Hutchinson. Without any preliminaries, Mr. Hutchinson made the unexpected declaration in reply to the writ that Burke wss not in the custody of Chief Hubbard at all. Burke, continued Mr. Hutchinson, was in the hands of Officer Collins, who held him on a requisition and who was acting as a messenger for the president of the United j States. A whispered consultation here took place between Senator Kennedy and Lawyer Forest, attorney for Coughlin, who was present in the court-room. Kennedy then demurred to the return on the ground that it was evasive. When applied to yesterday, Hubbard had said Burke was in his custody and that the prisoner would be kept secluded. A wrangle between the lawyers in court ensued, which was finally cut 6hort by Judge Baker saying: "There is no doubt that Burke is entitled to see his attorney, and that Mr. Kennedy has the right to talk to his client. As for the custody of the prisoner, there can be no doubt that it lies in the hands of the person holding the writ of extradition." Burke's lawyer then drew up a Dew petition asking that a writ of habeas corpus be directed to Ofheer Collins on the grouud that the officer was bound, under his commission as messenger, to bring Borke into Illinois aud turn bini oyer to the proper authorities. This he had not done, but baa placed him in a police station of the city of Chicago, under the jurisdiction of Chief Ilnbbard. The petition charges that Hubbard was heard to say that he would not send Burke to jail before noon of Aue. l'J, as he bad a purpose of his own in keeping him out. Judge Baker then issued an order for a writ aa prayed for, returnahl at noon to-morrow. About 10:50 o'clock this morning State's Attorney Longenecker, Chief Hubbard and other police officials, together with a half dozen friends of Dr. Cronin, called at the armory and held a private conference. During the visit Chief of Police Hubbard, Asst. I. M. timming and Mortimer Scanlan together entered the corridor ic the armory upon which Burke's cell opens and stood before the grated door. "Burke," said the chiefj'we have a letter here sent to you by your mother in Ireland. Col. Summing, of the north-side post office, has had the letter for some time. Now, as it is postmarked so many days back, it probably contains nothing of interest to anybody except yourself. If you wish it, I will open it and read it to you, but this is optional." "Let me read it," said Burke. 8canlan and Stimming retired a few feet, and the chief handed Burke his mother's letter. The prisoner tremblingly opened the letter and perused it. As he read on his frame shook violently, and he cried like a child. When Burke had finished he threw himself upon the floor of the cell, and the trio of visitors left hin to his thoughts. Mrs. Conklin and others were in the station, and it had been intended to let them see the prisoner for the purpose of identification, but, seeing his grief-stricken condition after reading his mother's letter, it was decided to postpone the confrontation. An afternoon paper says that Chief McRea of Winnipeg will be one of the witnesses at Burke's trial, and that of the other suspects; that McRea won Burke's confidence, and, at Burke's request, accompanied him to the II. 8. boundary on the journey from Winnipeg to Chicago; that, at his further request, he was left alone with MeP.ae for fifteen minutes, during which he made important admissions. The authorities here are confident that Burke will eventually confess. Said State's Attorney Ijongenecker to-day: "I do not think he can hold out against the unavoidable prospect of execution for this murder. I think be will confess. I am certain that Burke is one of the men who actually killed Cronin, and nothing in the world can save htm from the gallows, except a juror who would not haug auyoody. With all the evidence we have against Burk (and there is far more than has been published) there is no escape for him. And he will drag down the others with him also. When you take the part Burke played in the conspiracy and the part Coughlin took, and what Beggs did and how O'SulIivan helped there is a.s clear a case as was ever made out. There is no escape. We have evidence that can not be controverted. Burke is so guilty, and we have such absolute proof of his being one of the men who butchered Cronin, that we are loth to accept any confession from him if it involved any leniency for him. He deserves to hang and 1 think he ought to De hanged unless his evidence should be absolutely necessary to convict more important criminals." The murder of Dr. Cronin is not the first crime of that nature with which Martin Burke has been charged. In 1Rs7 he was arrested on suspicion of having been connected with the death of a man named Tony Gallagher, but for want of proof the charge was not tustained. Gallagher disappeared after having been ejected by Burke and another man from a house in which he was making considerable noise, and some time afterward his body was fished out of the river. It bore evidences of violence, and there was a rope around the neck. Evidence was discovered to-day tending to show that the money, with which Burke made his fight against extradition in Winnipeg, came from this city. On Saturday evening last the following telegram was sent from the Grand Pacific hotel, this city: J. Hough, Barrister, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Furnish him with banket of food and fruit. Caution him against Collins, who will pretend friendship. The sender declined to give his name or address. The MJ. Hough, Barrister," to whom this telegram was addressed is the business partner of Attorney Campbell, who defended Burke in Winnepejr; and it is now made clear why it was that Campbell was not assisted publicly by liongh, but that Perdue was brought in to the case aa an assistant. Hough was to stand in the back gronnd and act aa the secret channel of correspondence. Moreover, light is now thrown on the source of Senator Kennedy's emoluments, for the instructions contained in the telegrams must have been conveyed to Burke by him. He it was who instructed Burke to eat out of his basket on his way to Chicago, and "et to eat anything the officers might give hiar , and the basket was handed to Burke on his way to the train, exactly aa ordered in the telegram and recommended by Kennedy. Late to-night it was being reported with rreat positiveness that Burke had confessed. The story was that the prisoner was much affected after a talk with State's Atty. Longenecker, and subsequently sent for that official

and chief of police. Aa interview lasting an hour was participated in by the trio. Details of the prisoner's alleged confession are lacking. Burke Identified as Williams. CniCAGO, Aug. 12. Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, was to-day identified by Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, the owners of the-cottage in which Dr. Cronin was murdered, aa the man who rented it from them, giving the name of Frank Williams.

MURDER AT ACTON. An Old Quarrel About Money Matters Kesuits iu a Tragedy. At Acton, Saturday, two men by the name of Howerton and Ilennegan, got into a quarrel and Howerton struck his opponent on the left fide of the head just behind the car with a hatchet, inflicting injuries from which the wounded man died Monday morning. Ilennegan was a section boss and was about fifty years old. He was a married man and took a great interest in the work of the catholic church, of which he was a member, and was considered a good citizen and responsible man. He was of large, muscular build, but of very even temper and proverbial for his generosity, Howerton, on the contrary, is a slim built man, slightly gray, with somewhat stooping shoulders. He has the name of being a poor paymaster, and it is supposed that it was through the dead man demanding a settlement that the fatal quarrel arose. A year or so ago the two men were in Franklin and Howerton was arrested. Hennetran would not leave his comrade in such a fix and so had the fine staid on his own account. Howerton never paid it and Hennegan was forced to pay it for nim. Last fall Hennegan asked him for the money, bnt he would not pay it, and they got into a squabble and Howerton bit the dead man's little finger nearly oft. When seen in jail by a Sextixel reporter and asked how the trouble originated, Howerton said he did not know, but on being pressed he admitted that he had bit Hennegan's finger last fall, but denied that it had anything to do with the murder. The general belief is that both men were drinking a little; that Hcnnegan asked for his money; that Howerton refused to pay it, and that they finally engaged in a fight with this result As to' it originated can not with any certainty be told, as no third party was present when it started. After the killing, Howerton swore he would die before he would suffer arrest, and the conFtable was rather backward about going after him. Two young men who live near said if authority was given them they would arrest him. Howerton heard of this, and gave himself up to the authorities, and was committed from Justice Porter's court on a charge of manslaughter. MORE BLOOD TO FLOW. The Coke Region Huns Preparing For Fresh Kioting. Greexsucbg, Ta., Aug. 11. Another outbreak is expected at the Ilecla coke works in the morning. The Huns at Mammoth held a secret meeting last night and decided to renew the fight on Monday and prevent the men at the Ilecla, Union and other works in that locality from going to work. Messengers were sent here this evening to notify the sheriff of their intention, and a posse was at once organized, consisting of forty men, with Winchester repeating rifles, and sent to the Ilecla works. Asst. SupL Kowe came here to-night He says the Huns are in a terrible state of excitement and it may be that the outbreak will occur sooner than expected. The engineer who was beaten by the desperate mob yesterday is in m precarious condition and will probably die. Another of the Injured, who had a rusty pick sunk into his shoulder, will also die. borne of the workmen are afraid to go near the works and have not been seen since the raid yesterday. The Huns say they will not allow work to proceed at Ilecla until the advance is given them at Mammoth. There are not more than a half dozen Americans in the mob. The deputies who left here to-nicht carried forty rounds of ammunition, and it is expected from the appearance of the men that blood will flow freely if an outbreak should occur. LOST MONEY AND GIRL. The Hard Luck of an Italian TTlfe ParChaser. Tacoma, W. T., Aug. 11. A singular case was tried in Justice Patrick's court yesterday. Santos Cordova, an Italian, was guardian of a prelty Italian girl, whom he hoped some day to make his wife. In April Martin Petreck, another Italian, appeared in the field and proposed marriage, but the young lady said she was engaged to Santos. Petreck thereupon asked Santos what he would take for his claim on her aflection. He named $150 as the price, and the bargain was speedily made. For $50 cash and a two-year note for $100 Santos Cordova relinquished his claim on his fair countrywoman to Martin Petreck, who soon found that the sale did not sell, as the maiden did not lavish any affection upon him. He then proposed to trade back and Becure his note, but the cash was refused. He broueht suit, but the court decided that the contract was illegal, and Petreck lost his money and had to pay costs, and did not secure the girl. Will Have to Wait Awhile. Washixgtox, Aug. 12. Numerous telegrams have been received in this city asking for information in regard to the Sioux Indian lands, and many persons appear to have the impression that the president's proclamation is all that is now needed to make the lands a part of the public domain, and as such open to settlement. This impression is not founded on the law, and is erroneous. One of the acts of congress requires that congress shall ratify any agreement made with the Indians before the agreement shall become of ctlect, and it will therefore be necessary for the report of the commission to be sent to congress, and favorable action taken thereon before the president can declare the lands open to settlement. It will be a good while before the Bettlers can go upon the lands. A Fatal Collision. Topeka, Kas., Aug. 11. The Caldwell express, on the Bock Island railroad, collided with a freight train this evening on a curve two miles west of this city. The baggage and express cars of the passenger train, many freight cars and both engines were wrecked. Express Messenger Courter was crushed to death. Fireman Pat Donovan was fatally injured and Lew Ball, a brakeman. had one leg cut off and was otherwise injured. He may recover. None of the passengers were injured. Pension florenu Changes. Washington, Aug. 10. The following official changes were made in the department of the interior: Pension bureau appointments, Harrison 8, Uarrell of Indiana, Carroll D. Judson of Ohio, Charles B. Bobbins of Indiana, Frank W. ltawles of Indiana and William M. Newell of Indiana, special examiners. Dr. Leonidas Russell of Tennessee, medical examiner in the pension bureau, has resigned. The New School Books Adopted. Warsaw, Ang. 12. SpeciaLl At a special meeting of the township trustees of this county held here to-day, it was resolved unanimously to make requisitions for school books under the new law immediately, and to faithfully carry out its provisions. His wife Wouldn't Live With Xllm. Eldorado, Kas., Aug. 11. Robert Snyder, an ex-bank robber and a saloon-keeper of this place, shot his wife and mother-in-law early this morning. The mother-in-law can not live. Mrs. Snyder will probably recover. Snyder's wife refused to live with him. The Town Darned. Sax Francisco, Aug. 12. It Is reported that the town of Truckee, CaL, was partially destroyed by a conflagration to-night. Owing to Interruption of telegraphic communication it is impossible so far to obtain any details.

A SLAP AT JUDGE WOODS

DELIVERED WITH VIGOR BY GRESHAM. The Order For a Receiver For the I., D. Si W. Set Aside After a Generous Tongue Lashing to the Attorney And the Court. Gresham vs Woods. That was not the title of a suit in the .U. S. court yesterday, but it was the title of an action. Judge Gresbam, who had so quietly slipped into town Sunday afternoon, appeared in the U. S. court room about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Inasmuch as he had announced when last here that he would not be back until September, there were many surmises as to the object of his unexpected visit. It soon became apparent when the attorneys connected with the I., D. it W. receivership case followed him into the court room. It will be remembered that on Thursday last Judge Woods oi the federal court made an order appointing 11. B. F. Peirce receiver of the I.,ß., & W. road. The action appeared to have encountered little opposition and therefore attracted little attention although there was some surprise that Mr. Peirce, one of the trustees of the road, should be appointed as receiver. Judge Gresham, who has the credit of examining into cases of this kind before he take's final action upon them, had evidently smelt a large-sized rodent, and came all the way to Indianapolis to investigate it. Among the spectators in the court room yesterday morning, besides Mr. Peirce. the newlyappointed receiver, and the various attorneys connected in one way or another with the case, was Judge Woods. With the latter Judge Gresham engaged in earnest conversation lor some minutes before the court was called to order, and it was evident from the manner of the two that the subject nnder discussion was one in which they differed widely. Judge Woods' face wore an expression of anger when Judge Gresham advanced to the bench and announced his intention to set aside the appointment of a receiver in the case of the I., !. & W. railroad. At this Mr. Teirce's face lowered, and several of the attorneys looked uncomfortable. Judge Gresham had the order prepared, but before handing it over to the clerk he proceeded to ask a few questions iu the matter, beginning with Mr. Peirce. "Is it not a fact," said he, "that the road is insolvent, and always has been?" Mr. Peirce did not think it had. "The first mortgage amounts to about $2,000,0O. Could the road be sold for principal and interest now?" asked the judge. "I believe it could," said Mr. Peirce. "Do you mean to say that you could make 6uch a sale now?"' Mr. Peirce did not know of any one who wanted to become a purchaser. Then Judge Gresham asked what the indebted? of the road amounted to. Mr. l'eirce replied, "SöO.OOO." "What are the average earnings of the road per month?" asked the judge. "About $35.000," replied Mr. Peirce. "And what the operating expenses?" "About $25,000." "The road then has been making about $10,. 000 per mouth. What has been done with this money?'' One or two of the attorneys, as well as Mr. l'eirce, attempted to answer this question. Mr. Teirce got the floor and explained that the earnincs had been applied to paying coupons and running expenses. "Yes," said the judge, "you have been paying oß coupons ou the mortgage bonds instead of meeting the running expenses. This money should have been used to pay the indebtedness contracted for labor and supplies. Yon have been paying the bondholders and allowing the unsecured creditors to go." Things were getting more and more uncomfortable for almost everybody in the courtroom outside of the able jurist who sat upon the bench, and who next began to ask some questions about the proceeding which had been brought for the appointment of a receiver. "This is an unusual proceeding," said he. "I have never seen one like it. There is no controversy in the case. Mr. Peirce seems to be working in harmony with the plaintiUl Evidently the only reason he was put on the other side of this case was to give this court jurisdiction." This awful slap at Judge Woods drew out a denial from one or two attorneys. Judge Grehnm then stated very bluntly that he believed the action had been taken to avoid paying off the indebtedness for labor and supplies. "What is to become of this indebtedness?" said he. Mr. Peirce paid he supposed it would have to be paid, but did not know how. He thought the bondholders were willing for it to be paid. Then came the wind-up, in which Judge Gresham gave some very plain advice: "If the bondholders mean to pay off the indebtedness," said he, "they oueht to come here and pay it over. There is no reason for appointing a receiver, when the road is paying expenses, unless Borne one's interests are not being observed. The bondholders do not need their interest protected, and this court will never appoint a receiver unless there is good reason for it" To Mr. Peirce Judge Gresham then said: "You are not a tit person to be made receiver of this road. The receiver must be a disinterested and independent party. You have been paying these bondholders iu preference to unsecured debtors." This bruugbt the proceedings to a close, and Mr. Peirce, Judge oods and the attorneys left the room in very ill humor. Judge (iresham's order was made in the following words: Circuit Court of the U. S. District of Indiana:' lVnjanun A. iSand vs. the I., 1. A S. railway company et al. 'ome the parties by their counsel, and the court brln? siivised in the premises ot its motion, sets nitde, cancels and annul the order entered herein on the Sth day of Augut, lh9, ajnointii g Uobert H. Y. l'eirce receiver of the property descriled in the Mil of complaint, and the mortgage sought to be foreclosed, and it is further ordered that mid receiver restore jOMPssioit of said propertv to the I'arty or parties from whom he received the same, totrt-thcr with sor moneys that may have come into his possession siuoc his appointment. And tho com1 lainant is pfiveu leave to amend bin bill herein. Aug. 12, lfH9. i. Gresham. The proceeding was the occasion of a great deal of comment among attorneys yesterday afternoon. The stories of the ill-feeling between Judges Gresham and Woods were revived, and even a little of the old HarrisonGresham antipathy crept to the surface. It was admitted ou all sides that Judge Gresham'a action was a severe comment on the character and ability of Judge Woods, and the friends of the latter were very angry. They were not alone in this feeling, which was shared by the attorneys of Mr. Peirce and the I., D. t W. railroad. One of the latter declared that nobody but Judge Gresham saw anything wrong in the appointment of Peirce as receiver. "The bondholders, trustees, creditors and company were all in favor of this proceeding," said he. A Fifty Ter Cent. Reduction. Eransville Courier. One result of the contract awarded to the Indiana school book company will be that the geography now in use, which has been sold for 1.65, will be supplanted by one in all respects $its superior, which will be sold for 75 cents. The reduction in the cost of the other books will not be so great, but it may be safely assumed that the bill for school books for the coming year will be cut down one-half compared with former years. Articles of Incorporation. Bloomington oolitic stone company, capital tock $20,000; directors, Robert Marshall, William II. East, W. W. Wicks. John W. Shoemaker and Collins A Kasse IL The ReynoldsFrazer company of Elwood, capital stock $15,000, manufacturers of machinery; directors, C. I Reynolds, G. Frazier, H. S. Macy and M, G. Reynolds. Doubtful Compliment lUegends Elaett-r. Elderly but Coquettish Widow "And this, baron, is a portrait of me when I was a girl." Baron Oh, indeed I And by one of the old masters. I presume."

CONSTERNATION AMONG SPORTS.

The Mississippi Grand Jury's Indictments Cause Alarm in Their Hanks. New York, Aug. 12. When the news reached the city this forenoon that a Mississippi grand jury had found indictments against the New Yorkers who had taken a hand in the prize fight by "aiding and abetting," there was consternation among the sports, and it was deemed expedient to take some decided steps to protect "their rights" as American citizens. An evening paper states that a small coterie of friends, sympathizers and backers got together and figured ou the particular individuals Gov. Lowry of Mississippi would ask Gov. Hill of New York to surrender to him. It was quite a list they made out and here are some of the principal members: William Muldoon, Charlie Johnston, Janes Wakely, Jack Uarnitt, Michael Cleary. Jack Cusick, Daniel Murphy, Charlie Henkle, William II. Germain, Arthur Lumley, Frederick Willetts aud Thaddäus Kich. These gentlemen were either directly or indirectly aiders and abettors in behalf of the great John L. On the other side of the house the men selected as victims of Gov. Lowry's vengeance, aside from Jake Kilrain, are Frank Stevenson, William E. Harding, Mike Donovan. Denny Butler. Richard K. Fox, Jyewis I?. Allen, Ed Mallohan, Billy Madden. Billy 0'P.rien and Pat Sharkey. Jyewis Ii. Allen, in the law office of Howe & Hummel, is the gentleman who planked down $5,000 in the dipper office for Kilrain. ft was said, late this afternoon, that the adherents of both parties had agreed to raise a flag of truce, shake hands, and see each other throucb. Cne scheme reported, was, in erlect, that the party should go South and surrender to the governor. But the scheme most favored was to engage eminent counsel and make a big fight before going South. It was suggested that Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Daniel Dougherty and Hourke Cookran be retained in their behalf. If such a trio could be secured to defend them they feel satisfied that Gov. Hill, after hearing the facts, will emphatically refuse to honor Gov. Lowry's requisition. Efforts will probably be made within twenty-four hours to retain these leading members of the New York county bar. The Grand Jury Charged. PrRVis, Miss., Aug. 12. The grand jury was to-day charged in the Sullivan-Kilrain prizefight case by Judge Terrell. The general opinion outside the legal gentlemen is that indictments will only be found against the two principals Sullivan and Kilrain. FOUND A WONDERFUL CAVE. The Remarkable Discovery of Miners In the Asphen Mountain, in Colorado. Denver, Aug. 12. A most remarkable story reached here yesterday from Aspen, Col., regarding an unexpected find in one of the principal mines on the Aspen mountain. Last Thursday night, as the story goes", the night shift in the Minnie mine Messrs. Donnelly, Mackey, Taylor and Gilfillan put in two 30inch holes in the breast of the 500 foot level and fired the blast just before leaving for the surface. On returning to the mine it was found that the two shots had broken into a cave, the extent of which they proceeded to explore. ioing in a few feet they found the walls covered with crystallized lime and lead that cl it to red like diamonds. Here cad there little stalactites hung along from the ceilinar. The lime formation resembled lace and frieze work of wondrous beauty. The care has a descent of about twenty degrees snd contains rooms and chambers grand beyond description. They had entered about two hundred feet when they found a flint ax. A little further was a pool of fresh water and a strong current of fresh air ws felt. Further on a chamber was discovered covered with a brownish muck that whs sticky. Gilfillan, who was in the lead. i suddenly stopped and said: "There pits a boy." sure enough there sat a buuian iorni. lue head was resting on the knees and the arms were drawn around the legs, Indian fashion. A stone bow and ax were found beside the figure. The body was well preserved but in trying to lift it one arm fell off. Other bodies in dirT'erent attitudes were found in the chamber but when I disturbed they crumbled. One stone man was V, vminlif r ifli V- tnao t a Vina Ami t A AlV The discovery has caufied great excitement in Aspen as the bodies do notseem to be those of Indians. HUNTING FOR PEARLS. The Residents of Albany, Wis., Greatly Excited Over Tbelr Finds. Albany, Wis., Aug. 12. Excitement in this little town over the hunt for pearls continues unabated. The people have gone wild in fact, and business has been practically suspended. During the last week it has been impossible to get men to work on the streets, matters are so exciting. It is a fact that several pearls of considerable value have been and are still being found, but the stories of large sums of money paid for pearls are "fakes." Careful investigations show that the aggregate paid tor pearls at Albany is a few hundred dollars, but the people are excited and growing more so in the belief that they have only to pick a fortune out of the mud. The pearls seeured are greatly overestimated in value by the owners, and they are loath to sell in the hope that they will bring more than offered. At Evansville. ou the Kock river, a pearl was found in a clamshell picked up there Inst night, which was indeed a beauty, and estimated by local jewelers to be valuable. The town is greatly excited, and crowds will start to work on the new fields to-day. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS After Being: Hung ISy Their Heels to the , Limb of a Tree. Catlettsbckg, Ky., Aug. 12. A widow earned Gillis and her two daughters, nearlr grown, living in McDowell county, West Virginia, were found dead by neighbors last Friday. It appeared that they had been criminally assaulted and murdered. The Hollis brothers were suspected, and a vigilance committee was organized to punish them. The captain of a push boat that arrived down the llig Sandy from Pikeville this morning, reports that the Hollis brothers were captured by the committee, hung np by the heels to the limb of a tree and then shot to death. Their Constitution Completed, Bismarck, N. Dak., Aug. 12. The committee on revision and adjustment has completed its work and a complete constitution will be submitted to the convention to-morrow. It is hardly safe to give a synopsis of the constitution at present, as many amendments are recommended by the committee aud in all probability will be adopted. Among these is the recommendation to strike out the section which provides that no corporation can blacklist to prevent laborers from securing employment A number of delegates returned to-day. Those who returned from Jamestown and Grand Forks, the points where indignation meetings have been held because of the location of the publio institutions, give amusing accounts of the proceedings. It is expected that large committees from these places will arrive to-morrow to attempt to change the vote when it comes to the final adoption of the constitution and some lively scenes may be witnessed. The Woman SnflTrag Question. Helexa, M. T., Aug. 12 In the convention to-day the committee on suffrage reported back with recommendation the proposition to lubmit woman suffrage as a separate proposition. Kennedy moved to lay the report upon the table. The motion was lost. A motion was made to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution as a separate proposition, but the motion was lost and the question rests. Sold to Schlesinger. YorifGSTOWX, O., Aug. 12. The Iron river, Yonngston-n and Florence ore mines, on the Menominee range in the Lake Superior district, owned by capitalists and iron manufacturers here, were sold to-day for $1,000,000 to Frederick Schlesinger of Milwaukee, representing a syndicate of New Y'ork capitalists already interested in the region.

THEIR nOXOR SATISFIED.

THAT DUEL PROVES A DECIDED FARCE After Going Through the Formalities VTltU Comical Solemnity the Duelists Shoot With Weapons They Don't Understand and Hurt Nobody. Atlanta, Aug. 11. A special to the Con stitvlion from the Williamson-Calhoun dueling field says: "Ox tue Field, Aug. 10. Daylight hat gone aud darkness is here. The train comes to a halt so near the state line that some of th party think they are in Georgia. Capt. Jack son and Mr. King have left the car. The traia is standing upon a dee field with a high cut in front of it; iu fact, the cow-catcher is actually in the cuL Dense heavy timber is on all sides. Trees big and little, old and young, are to ba seen only. A thick, heavy cloud hangs over everything but morning is rapidly drawing near, and the lull moon shows occasionally. There is a deep feeling of awe over all; possibly, except the two gentlemen who are i soon to attempt each other's life. On the outside Capt. Jackson and Mr. King are wander ing through the woods searching for a spot. As they move along, arm in arm, they talk familiarly and pleasantly. A place is found and CapL Jackson takes the choice of positions. Mr. King takes the choice or weapons. The principals leave the coaches with Dr. Cooper, Dr. Beatty anda few spectators. Capt. Jackson places Mr. Calhoun with his back almost squarely against the heavily clouded eiood, then the distance is stepped off. Mr. Williamson takes his position. Dr. Cooper drops upon his knees and opens his surgical case, knives, etc, while bandaees are laid out upon the ground. Dr. lieatty, mar Mr. Williamson, does the same. Then Mr. King produces a pair of pistols and the crowd gathers aroun-i Messrs. Calhoun and Williamson, who stand with right pide to right side just where they were placed. "'Gentlemen, said Dr. Cooper, 'must thii be? "Neither gentleman authorized to speak answered, and Dr. Cooper, realiring that he ha, done all he t an to prevent the tight, walks in his case of instruments. Then Capt. Seay comes forward and asks to adjust it, and is to persist ent that he has to be carried away almost bodily. Capt. Jackson is unacquainted with the gun. It is a double acting Smith & Wesson forty-tw( caliber, hamtnerless and with safety attachment. The captain soon learns the weapon and hands it to Mr. Calhoun, at the same tim explaining it. Mr. King does the same for Mr. Williamson. Nothing more remaius to be done. CapL Jackson takes a position. The word is given. "In rapid succession 6ix shots ring out. Ona comes from Mr. Calhoun's pistol and five from Mr. Williamson's. Then the colloquy occurs, which ends in an adjustment of the difficultyon terms honorable to each." THE BIGGEST WOMAN DEAD. Lanrs Wol f ord Weighing; Piine Hundred. Pounds Died at Lafayette. Lafayette, Aug. A. Special Laur Wolford, a museum freak, died here to-day. Ehe weighed IXM pounds last Christmas and was the largest woman in the world. She was born in Maryland thirty-one years ago and was married at the &gt of thirteen. Seven children were born to her, only one of whom, a little boy, survive. the was placed on exhibition for the first time at Baltimore l&tt September. She was a devout cutholio and died in the catholio hospital here, tc which she was removed yesterday. fche had been ill several weeks and death was caused by dropny of the heart. Her removal to the hospital hastened her death. Preparations for her burial are being made and are on a gigantic scale. Interment to-morrow in German cAtholic cemetery. KILRAIN WILL SURRENDER. The Trial of the Trtze Fighters to Begin To-Day. New Orleans, Aug. 11. The Time$-Lemf crat's Purvis (Miss.) special says: "In responsa to a question, the sheriff expressed the opinion that Kilrain would surrender himself here for trial. Referee Fitzpatriok, Capt. Jamieson, and Mr. Rich are here. It is stated tött indictments will be found against Kilrain, Muldoon, Cleary, Johnston, Mitchell, Denny Butler, the two Murphys, Itottleho'ders Johnson, Wakely, Stevenson and Barnett, and officers will then be sent to bring the parties back for trial. Tha special term for the trial of the parties who have already waived examination and are out on bail will begin to-morrow." PORTLAND THREATENED BY FLAMES. . A Forest Fire Sweeping Toward Oregon' Chiet City. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11 A forest fire of considerable magnitude is ragiug in Washington county, only about fifteen miles from tbis city. People living near Cedar Mills are hastening" into the open plains. The road from this city to that place is lined with flames and no longer passable. Several farm houses and barns hava been burned, with their contents, and the total loss will be heavy. The air for miles around is full of smoke and cinders and burning brande are falling in showers. A dense pall of smoks also hanes over Portland. There has been no rain for two months. Ex-fresident Cleveland's Outing. Somi Fkamingiiam, Mass., Aug. 12. ExPresident and Mrs. Cleveland stopped here this morning on their way to Southboro. In the fiarty besides Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland were Mr. tichard Watson Gilder, editor of the Cntury, and wife; Joe Jeüerson, the veteran actor; President Choate of the Old Colony railroad, who tendered the party a special train, and Mrs. Kuth Burnett, sinter of ex-Congressman IlurnetL Southboro was reached about It o'clock. While there tho ei-president's wife will be the guest of the Hon. tdward Burnett at Deerfoot farm. Editor Gilder and wife will stop with President Choate at Chestnut Hill farm, while Jetleron will be the guest of Ir. Joseph Burnett. To-morrow it is expected the party will visit the extensive shoe factories at Mariboro. Harrison AVith Itlaine. Car TIakeor. Me., Aug. & President Harrison and party arrived from Boston this afternoon. Great crowds greeted the presidential train at every stopping-place cn route, the president acknowledging the greet:ngs from the car platform. At Waterville the president left the train and spoke fcr a minute from a platform erected for that purpose near tha depot. This was the only attempt at speechinbking en route. At the Mt. Desert ferry the president was met by Secy. Blaine, who accompanied him to Bar Harbor. This evening the president is dining quietly with the Llsine family and resting after the eicitement of the Boston reception and the tr;r of to-day. More Than He Fished For. Judge. Miss Dovecote (hostess V "Why don't you come into the parlor and dance, Mr. Orkwood?" Mr. Orkwood (who loves flattery V "Ah, dealt me, you know, I dance so beastly, don'tcberknow, that I'd make a fool of meself." Miss Dovecote (reassuringly) 4,Yon couldn't do that, I'rq sure, Mr. Orkwood. You know it takes a wise man to play the fool." Struck by a Freight Train. Chicago, Aug. 12. Alma Bender, fifteen years of age, and Michael GraS" of Wheston, I1L, were struck by a freight train while crossing the Northwestern railway tracks in abnrgy near Wbeaton-st at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The girl was taken to St. Elizabeth' hospital, where her right leg was amputated. She did not survive the operation. The horse attached to the buggy was killed outright aa he buggy was wrecked.