Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1889 — Page 1

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ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

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SHOT DOWN IN COLD BLOOD

A DELIBERATE MURDER IN MISSOURI. Frank J. ltowman, the Well-Known Lawyer, Shot nd Instantly Killed by 11. M. Chmnbfri, Formerly a From tnent Resident of SU Louis. ST. Lons, Oct. 21. Frank J. Bowman, the well-known lawyer, who has figured in so many matrimonial troubles here and in Chicago, was shot and instantly killed by 15. M. Chamber, this afternoon, at Ferguson, Mo. The killing grew out of the trouble between the parties over the old Timet newspaper. Chambers was a large stockholder and principal owner of the paper up to the time of its demise. Bowman was also financially interested in it lie bought, among: other thing, the Associated 1'resi franchise of the paper and has been in litigation over the matter with Chambers ever since. This afternoon llownian, accompanied by Deputy Sheriß Garrett of St. Louis county, called at Mr. Chambers' home in Feriruson, Mo., about eighteen miles west of bl. Louis. His purpose was to lety an attachment on Chambers' life intercut in his wife's estate, or whatever other property he might be able to find. Chambers met Bowman and Garrett at the Ente. Bowman said: "I have come to levy on your property. "All rieht." responded Mr. Chambers, and he entered the house. . Deputy sherirt Garrett afterward explained that he thought Mr. Chambers had pone in to pet surue papers, lie was mistaken, for in a few minutes Chambers stepped out into the yard with a double-barreled -hot gun in his band. ... . "Garrett, you get out of this place, and get out quick," he said. Garrett walked away. '"Now, Bowman, I'll cive you three minntes f o get out of these grounds," continued Mr. Chambers. Bowman did not move, and in an instant Chamber raised his Run and poured the load into Bowman's heart. The men were close together and the full load took eilect in Bowman's het Bowman fell dead. Chambers coolly walked into the house and at 4:30 p. m. he was mill there awaiting arrest, while Bowman's body Jay in a pool of blood in the yard, nobody venturing to touch it, as the coroner's jury had r.ot yet arrived. A large crowd surrounded the place, but there was no demonstration. Bowman was one of the best known men in St Louis, althouch his reputation was somewhat unsavory. He practiced law here for inanr years and about three years aro removed to New York. Previous to his departure he fisrured in a couple of scandals. He sued his wife for divorce and afterward compromised ber suit on a cross bill, paying ser a large sum of money. Shortly afterward it was given out that he had married a woman in th East. As soon as this became known a Chieaz woman who claimed a common law marriage with Bowman, sued him for divorce in Chicago. He fought the case hard but the Chicago courts decided that the woman was his wife and gae the woman the divorce. This left Bowtnan badly mixed up matrimonially. Bowman was at one time prominent at the local bar, but was disbarred for questionable practices. B. M. Chambers was at one time a prominent St. Louisan. He was president of the Butchers' and Drovers' bank, which failed a dozen years since. After this he bought out the old Timm, succeeding Stilson Hutching, lie stayed with the paper until it failed. Bowman came here from the East a few days since to attend to the Chambers and other Jesral matters. When Sheriff Daufenbach arrived at Chambers' bouse he found the slayer of Frank J. Bowman ready to accompany him and offering no resistance. Chambers was taken to Clayton and lodged in jail. He refused to talk. The body of Bowman was also taken to Clayton, where the coroner's inquest will be held "to-morrow. Bowmau was bhot in the Lead and not through the heart. OIL EXCITEMENT RENEWED. Rieh Discoveries in Marion County, Penn ylYania lüg Kl Estate Ilooni. Wheeling, W. Va., Oct 21. An Associated I'ress reporter who visited the scene of the oil excitement in the new field near Mannington, Marion county, returned to-night- The reports first sent out regarding the coming in of the Jackson well at 1,000 barrels a day, while somewhat exaggerated have some foundation. The well did come in strong, but is now plugged, awaiting the arrival of machinery and tanks and its capacity hr- not yet been thoroughly tested. The excitement over the development of this new territory is intense. The town is crowded with oil men from all parts of the country and property is changing hands at fabulous prices. Thousands of acres of land have been leased, and those who were fortunate enough to get options before the drilling commenced are now rea'izing handsomely by selling their options. Preparations are making for the sinking of other well, and extensive operations will soon be under way. The Standard oil company controls a large number of leases in this territory. Experienced oil men say the field has a great future. The oil was struck in the "Bi Injun" sind at a depth of 2,000 feet, a half mile from the B. & O. railroad, and demonstrates that the town of Mannington is about the center of the 1-elt, which runs from the Pennsylvania oil field to the Parkersburg district. HER STORY NOT TRUE. Ann! Creen, Who Claimrd to Have Been Aanltel nnrt ItoUbed, Confesses. Newark, N. J., Oct 21. Annie Green, the thirteen-year-old girl who said she bad been assaulted and robbed of about ?G0 on Wednesday night last near her father's house at Kearney, N. J., confessed to-day that her story was a pure fabrication. She bays she spent a portion of the money at Newark, buying a watch and chain, rloak, etc., and with the remainder went to New York and secured a room in a hotel. Getting cartd in the hotel dining-room by the advances of some men, she left and took a train for Harrison, N. J. Arriving there he threw her purchases under a culvert at tha Erie raiboad bridge, then wet her clothes thoroughly, and in that condition went to her father's bouse and reported the alleged robbery. The cloak has been recovered by the police, but not the watch and chain. The girl's father still believes in her original story. Kx-Kriitor West Indicted. Chicago, Oct 21. The grand jury this morning considered the case of James J. West and Charles E. Graham, held by Justice Brayton on a charge of fraudulently over-issuing stock of the Chicago Tnnrt company, and found an indictment against them. The indictment was returned to Judge Baker at noon and capiases issued for the arrest of West and Graham, who are out on bonds of $0,000 each. Two Wer Filghtfully Horned. Chicago, Oct 21. Workmen engaged in inking the shaft at the intermediate caisson of the new tunnel about two miles out in the lake yesterday accidentally opened up a rein of natural gas. The fluid was ignited by the lamps on the men's hats and two of tha men were so badiy burned that the skin peeled off their faces. Three others wer severely burned. llesnlt of m Lamp Explosion. Vaswebt, 0 Oct 21. The residence of George Kessler, six miles sooth of town, burned last evening. His daughter, aged six, perished in the flams and his sister-indaw a young woman who was doing honsework, was so eTerely burned that she died to-day. The fire was cansed by the explosion of a lamp. Kessler and his wife were absent at the time. II Will Make Laws For Us. fKrangTllle Cotirier. One of the conncilmen elected by the republicans of Indianapolis can neither read nor write. His name is Sweetland, but he can not tell his name from anyone else's when, he sees U ia print.

WANTED BY ENGLISH CAPITALISTS. The John II. Ilass Car Wheel Works and Holler nnd Locomotive I'lants. New York, Oct 21. A Philadelphia special to the Jlerald says: I learn on excellent authority that the vast car-wheel works and boiler aud locomotive plants, owned by Mr. John Bass in Fort Wayne, Ind., St. Louis. Mo., and Chicago, 111., are likely to be transferred to an English syndicate. For many years John Bass has practically done all the wheel and boiler work for several western railroads, notably for the Wabash system, and has made a great deal of money. His extensive foundry and engine shops in Fort Wayne are annually visited by hundreds of tourists, and in this way, probably, English capital has been tempted to secure the business. 1 understand the negotiations in London have been conducted by McClure aud that up to the prevent moment the best oiler to Mr. Bas has been about H,0uo or say $2,750,000. A prominent financier here, thoroughly conversant with the at'air.does not expect Bass to sell for this price, but ttiat as the Englishmen have thrice enlarged their price already, the property will probably go into their hands at about $.1,5io,0U0. . This amount will include all Mr. liars' iron and coal mines in Alabama, which are worth a large sura. In regard to tho above, the Jlrrali has the following iroia Ft. Wayne: A representative of the UtraU called on'John II. Bass to-day to inquire into tho truth of the reported sale of his foundry and machine works to an English syndicate. Mr. Bass said: "1 have not sold my manufacturing interests to an English syndicate nor to any other syndicate. It is true that I have been approached, perhaps ten .imes within a year, by gentlemen representing English capitalists who wanted me to put a price on my property, but such negotiations have not resulted in a sale and are not likely to. "I am making money and have no desire to quit business as yet. Of course I ain in business for the money that is in it and if I should receive an oiler for my interests which I considered advantageous there is no telling what I might do." Robert J. Fisher, the confidential secretary of Mr. Bass, would neither confirm nor deny the report of the sale. Other parlies who are in a position to know, claim that negotiations for the sale of the works are still pending and that an oüer of , 750,000 was made by London parties only last week and that Mr. Baas is holding out for an even $3,0 0,000.

THE CRONIN JURY NEARLY COMPLETE Four Jurors to he Sworn in But Three Practically Selected. CHICAGO, Oct. 21. Five different times today the Cronin jury was complete unless the talesman on the stand at the moment was subjected to a peremptory challenge. Three times the prosecution interposed and twice the defense (Beggs). To-night the jury was still incomplete, four jurors having yet to be sworn in, but with three of the four practically accepted by both sides. To-morrow the proceedings will open with the state in possession of twenty-three peremptory challenges and the defense but three. Wiilium L. James, son of a prominent British-American lawyer, IL A. W. James, said today in an interview that the suspect, Kunze, was one of the men who occupied the Hat on Clark-st where the furniture of the Carlson cottage is supposed to have been first taken. Young Mr. James says that a day or two ago he saw Kunze at the jail and identified him positively. At the time of Dr. Croniu's disapfearance Lawyer James had an office in the uilding across the street from the flat. The younger James spent much of his time in this office and it was while thus engaged, he explains, that he took notice of Kunze. EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY. Only Eleven Out of Seventy Miners Escape With Their Lives. London, Oct. 18. An explosion occurred in the Bentilee colliery at Longlon, county of Stafford, at an early hour this morning. Seventy miners were in the pit at the time of the accident only eleven of whom are alive. The pit was completely wrecked. A band of volunteers engaged in making explorations for the recovery of the victims found fifty bodies of the dead miners this morning. The bodies recovered show that the victims died of gas poisoning. The rescuers were compelled to relinquish their search by the accumulation of gas. It was hoped that the search would be resumed at midnight, but the latest advices from the scenes state that a fire is raging and that another explosion is feared. The underground manager is among the victims. The record of the men flown the mine has been lost, hence it is impossible to verify the number. ' THE "RIPPER" IN MUNICH. Two Girls Found Murdered In the Streets Their Bodies Mutilated. London, Oct 21. Munich, Bavaria, has a Jack-the-Ripper mystery quite as profound as that of White Chapel. Two girls were found murdered in the streets early this morning, and their bodies mutilated in a manner to lead to the suspicion that the London fiend had started on his travels. Great excitement prevails in Munich. Report of Idnho's GoTernor, Washington, Oct 21. George L. Shoupe, the governor of Idaho territory, in his annual report to the secretary of the interior, gives the important provisions of the constitution which will be submitted to the people for their adoption at an election to beheld on Nov. 5 neit The report spates that there are over twentyfive thousand people in Idaho who are adherents of the mormon faith. The population of the territory is 113,777. Polygamy, however, is not at the present time openly practiced in the territory, but the governor adds that of the fact that it is practiced secretly to a limited extent there seems to be no doubt, as indictments are found in nearly every term of court held, and a number of convictions have been securedMany Buildings Horned. Escanaba, Mich., Oct 20. Ten business buildings and a hotel were burned this morning. The principal losses are as follows: Mrs. S. Daly. $.,000, insurance, $1,200; Cook & Co., $4,000. insurance, $1.000; Oben Helmerson, $3,000, insurance, l.-OOO; Lewis house (building and furniture), $4,000, insurance, $4,000; Mrs. Moran, $6,Ouo, insurance, $750; John Stack, $7,500, insurance, $.1,200; fifteen other minor looses, about $12,000, with insurance of $2,000. No lives were lost, but several guests of the Lewis houfte barely escaped in their night clothing, losing all personal etlect. Killed by m Folic Officer. St. Locis, Oct 20. At an early hour this morning Andrew Oelchuser, aged seventeen years, was shot and instantly killed by Officer Robert L. McCormick of the central district Young Gelchuser and several companions attempted to force their way into a dance without paying and were ejected. They then commenced throwing stones and the officer attempted to stop the trouble. He was hit in the face with a rock, and Gelchuser was about to hurl another missile, when the officer fired and the boy fell dead. The coroner's jury exonerated the officer. Indorsing the Vew Hooks. Kidg5vllle News. Head the resolutions adopted by the board of education at their last special session. A better move could not have been made, than that of indorsing the new Indiana series of school text-books. It is the dnty of every law-abiding citizen to do all within his power to encourage tho general use of a series of school books, which the very best educators of our state have pronounced equal in every respect to the ones now in use and which will save the people nearly 50 per cent in their cost Consut at Havre. Washington, Oct 21. The president to-day appointed Oscar F. Williams of New York to le coLsal at Havre, France.

JIB. TANNER TALKS BACK.

HAS NOT BEEN FAIRLY TREATED. Iiis Action IIa Been Misconstrued and the Secretary of the Interior's Mind foisoned Against Hint By Gen. Bus ey Tha Committee's Report. Washington, Oct 20. In an interview yesterday relative to the subject matter of Secy. Noble's letter of July 24 to him, Commissioner Tanner made the following statement: "I have only -seen the published letter as it appears in the J'ott of this city, and I object to the construction conveyed in the head-lines to the effect that I defied Secy. Noble on the subject of re-rating, or on the question of dominant authority in the administration of the pension bureau. I did submit to him in an unofficial letter a question which arose in my mind, as to the power to put to the test a pension which might be under suspicion of having been granted in excess rested in the hands of the secretary or of the commissioner, and I quoted to him the section of the revised statutes which had raised that question in my mind; but in submitting that question to the secretary for his decision, I did it in the most courteous and respectful manner of which I was capable. In order that there may be no further misconception of my action, I quote my letter iu fall: "DtPARTMl XT OF THE INTERIOR, 'lU KE-u or Pkxsio.ns, "WASiliswToy I. C, July 11, 1SSX J Unofficial.) "To the Honorable ecrctsry f the Interior: "My I'tAK Sin In continuani-e of th? conversation had in the interview I solicited day hefore yesterday, I desire to say to yu and I put it tiefore you as sn evidence cf my absolute good Isith in this matter that, upon looking into the law bfaring upon tha duties an! power of the commissioner of pensions, I find that which I conti M surprises me, viz: That it I am c.ipaMe of properly constructing the plain letter ot tho law, while the secretary of the interior has the power to reere the decixiou of the commissioner of pensions on appeal by a claim-ot ; nst vnom the commissioner has decided, on the other harnl, i , for any raon, it be heid that the claimant has lweo grantM too much pension, the eoruinissioier himself is the only pron who has the power to call a bait aud reduce the pension. "I confess it strides me ss a roanirest ineonsruity. It should be Pim-died at the next ession of coneress and I call your attention to it now for the purpose of dealing with the ten ca-es of claimants who hold positions In this office wh.se claim have b.en subject ot consultation between us. The law I refer to, you will l ud as follows: "'Sec. :t. Th.it sees. 4.TT1. 4.772 and 4.773 of the revised Statutes i-f the United .Mates, providing for biennial examinations of pensioners are hereby repealed: provided that the commissioner of pensions shall have the same power a heretofore to order special examinations, whenever, in his judctnent, the damn may be necessary, and to increase or reduce the pentnou according to ri?ht and justice ; but iu no case shall a pension be withdrawn or reduced except upon notice to the pensioner and a hearing upon sworn testimony, except as to the certiSc-ite oi tho examining surgeon. ApprovedJune 21, 1S7J.' "I des.r. to say right here that if you will turn to the section named and 1 hcie you will I will accept your construction ot the statute ns loyailv as I would the official opinion of the attorney gjceral of the United routes. It you hold that I have read the law correctly, I want to say to you that I have such regard for my oilieiil and personal reputation and the reputation cf thin bureau that I shall not iermit tiios cast-g to remain asthey areat present, but hall order each one of the claimants for medical examination before men whose word upon medical prints will be unchallenged when stated, and shall stop at nothing whioh shall keep all the taint of suspicion from the action of this otlice. I have already had all other cases of persons connected wiih this olliee, which have been acted upon since I took charge of it, reviewed by three men of long experience in pensi 'n inaUers, which three men were celected by the chief 'clerk and the chief of the board of review; and they report that out of twenty-four cases one case is broadly vpen to suspicion and tworeisonalily so. You can ic.-t assured that these three cases will be probed to tha bottom. "I do not propose, in any event, to have an honorable life-time smirched in the slightest degree at this period of my existence; and where I may find well-fouude 1 rea-ons lor believing that I have been imposed upoti and misled, I shall le quick to recommend the condemnation merited by the parties concerned. "I simply desire to add, furthermore, that since our interview nuht before last, I have made a comparison of action iu these casei with that taken by my predecessor in a similar class of cases, and I find that the comparison is entirely favorable to the present administration. "1 shall le happy to lay these cases before yon at any time when it may suit your convenience. Very truly yours, James Taxser." "The honorable secretary in his letter lays great stress upon see. 4, 6'. of the revised statutes, in connection with the question of rerating, which section reads: 'That except in cases of permanent, specific, disability, no increase of pension shall be allowed to commence prior to the date of the examining surgeon's certificate, and establishing the same, made under the pending claim for increase.' "It is proper that I should state that when I took the otlice as commissioner I found that on the question of re-rating the otlice was and had been since March 23, 18Sfi, operating in accordance with a decision rtndered on that date by the Hon. George A. Jenks, then assistant secretary of the interior. In the case of fharles A. Watson, of the First regiment of Vermont infantry, Mr. Jenks, whose ability as a lawyer will be questioned by no well informed man, in broad terms declares that "if in any case adjudicated under the act of March 3. 1870, the arrears of pension were not graded according to the pensioner's disability, neither see. 4,(;f'.s,1 , nor any other provision of the law prohibits a re-adjudication of the case.' "The claimant's contention was in part for pension on account of Mtn-stroke, but he made no claim for that disability until fifteen years after his discharge. Mr. Jenks states that while the presumption from the fact that he made no claim for pension on account of disatnlity from sun-stroke until fifteen years after his discharge, is not in favor of the view that the disability was great, ttill he hoi Is that be should have opportunity to show the extent of Iiis disability during that period since his discharge, and he adds: 'If theevidenee should show that forany portion of the time since his discharge he lias been disabled in a decree greater than for which he was pensioned, the pension for that period should be increased so as to correspond with the degree of disability.' "The leeal contention I leave to those eminent srentlemen, Secy. Noble and the late Asst. Secy. Jenks. Mr. Jenks' ruling was law through the department until it was revoked, and I must say that in so far as it permits a man who has been disabled in the service of the country to prove that disability and receive the compensation which the law provides, I am in hearty accord with it If Secy. Noble sees fit to construe statutes so as to make them less liberal to the soldier than did his eminent democratic predecessor, the responsibility must rest with him, and I am not willing that while so doing he shall unchallenged arraign me as operating without reason and beyond the pale of the law. "Various statements have been published over the country about the vast number of claims of employes of the pension office which have been acted upon during my incumbency of the conimissionership. The fact is that there were but thirty-three of them all told. I have been informed that there are nearly seven hundred soldiers employed in the pension office, so the public can judge as well as I how much foundation there is, regarding the point of numbers, for the criticism passed upon the office in that respect Suffice it to say, that these four gentlemen, men of long experience in the office, and of acknowledged character and capacity, in their report to me on the twenty-four cases, broadly impeached the correctness of action in one case, whereupon I immediately called for the papers in the case, and finding that the certificate had not yet been issued, I cancelled all proceedings taken in the case. But it happened that this case, upon investigation, proved to be the case of a resident of Baltimore, who was not an employe of the pension office. "Of the thirty-three cases, they reported that three were simply increase cases, a.id not rerated cases; that the action taken in two of the others was right in part d that in one case injustice had been done the pensioner and that he had not been granted enough, bix cases were reported as having been wrongly favored. All the rest were certified to me as absolutely correct. On the 20th of July came notice to me of the fact that the committee of investigation had been constituted. When (hey appeared a day or two afterward, I instructed the chief clerks to place the office and all it contained at their disposal if they desired it That terminated

my association with the committee of investigation right at the commencement of its existence. "I never saw the report of the committee on investigation until the afternoon of the day I resigned, when 1 found it on the table in the White house, and was there told by the president and the secretary that the report contained nothing which in the slightest degree reflected upon my integrity or im peached the honesty of my action ns commissioner." In regard to the secretary's assumption of his insubordination, Mr. Tanner presents a letter which he sent to the secre'ary Aue. 6, in which he expresses regret that they had fallen apart, and attributes the trouble to too little personal communication, lie says he sincerely desires that their relations should be of thorough unerstanding, confidence and co-operation, and pledges himself to do everything that an officer ought to be asked to do to make them such, and to continue them. He had been a soldier in the ranks, and knew how necessary it was that seme should command and others obey in order to produce the best results. The letter goes on to say: ' I recognize that I sit in a position where I have the opportunity of my life to serve our comrades and our country. I desire to serve them nnd it to the full extent tha law permits, and not one iota beyond. I desire to help you make this branch of the administration so popular With the veterans and patriotic people over the country at large, that in the future there can be no question where the support of the men who served and suffered would be Riven. "However you may jupire my acts, I can honestly insist that my errors are errors of heart and not of head. I never drew a breath that was disloyal to my country, my party or to my official superior. I do not propose to commence now." 'Mr. Tanner said the only comment he would make was that that letter was never answered, and that it closed the communication between hini and the secretary. "I do not," said "he, "blame the secretiry unduly for the iudiguities and discourtesies I suffered from the department Gen. Bussey sat at his elbow poisoning his mind, misrepreSf'nt'ng and misconstruing my acts and purposes. The fact is, I was not in the full sense of the term, commissioner for one continuous week."

TO INCREASE ITS STRENGTH. A Movement to Place tha Irish National Lengne on a Firmer l!asis. St. Locis, Oct. 17. It is announced on authority of a prominent member of the Irish national lea?ue, who is a resident of this city, aud for the first time, that there is a movement on foot within the' league to increase its numerical strength and place it on a firmer basis than it has ever been. In'the past years affairs in Chicago have done much to create a wrong impression of the league, and it has been ailected to a considerable extent. It is denied explicitly that the league h:s in any way been mixed up in the Chn-na-Gael or the Cronin murder. The Uev. Father O'Reilley and Col. John Atkinson of Detroit have gone to England for the purpose of consulting Sir. Parnoll and his friends on the subject, and to-night Charles O'Brien of this city, who has just returned from a conference at Detroit with Father O'lleilly, left lor Lincoln, Neb., to consult with John Fitzgerald, president of the league, and make arrangements for a thorough organization of the whole country. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC. Over One Hundred Cases in the Island of l'elee in Lake Rrle. Coixmucp, O., Oct- 17. Mayor Hunt of Sandusky, O., has telegraphed the state board of health in regard to itnr'!;Kx ravages at Felee island, the famous fishing resort in Lake Erie. The dispatch says the wildest excitement exists, over one hundred cases of smallpox having developed there within the last four days. The island contains about one thousand people, every one of whom it it is feared contracted the disease. All avenues of escape from the place have been closed by American and Canadian authorities. Every one of the entire group of Lake K.rie islands, including Put-in-Bay, North Bass, Middle Bass, Kelly's and others have quarantined against Pelee, and the Canadian authorities have quarantined the main land against the island, which has become a vast isolated pest-house. Dr. Probst, secretary of the state board, has sent instructions and has taken vigorous steps to prevent the disease spreading. EXPLOSION IN A MINE. Sixteen Men More or Less Injured Some May Die. Ft. Smith, Ark., Oct 20. A disastrous explosion occurred yesterday in a coal mine at Bryant's switch, fifty miles south of here in the Choctaw nation. A miner's lamp came in contact with a keg of powder. The explosion of the powder caused an explosion of coal dust which set the mine on fire. Sixteen men were in the mine, the shaft of which is 500 feet deep. Tho work of rescuing the unfortunates was completed about dark last evening. All of them were taken out more or less injured. Four were horribly burned nnd at last accounts were not expected to recover. The Situation In Montana. Helena, Mont, Oct 16. There is but little prospect that the political situation in Montana will see any change for several days. The couut in all counties is completed, and it is not thouuht that any other contests besides the one in Silver Bow county will be made. As the legislature now stands, counting the Silver Bow delegation, as returned by the judces of election, the democrats have a majority in the legislature on joint ballot of three, with one seat a tie. Should the action of the canvassing board in throwing out the Lunnel prooinct be upheld by the courts, the republicans will gain four members of the Kilver How delegation and have a majority on joiut ballot of five. Tho hearing of the coutett case is set for Nov. 7. A Mysterious Shooting;. San Francisco, Oct 19. Mrs. Louisa Smith, wife of a hack driver, rushed from her house this morning with a bullet wound under her ear. and said her husband had 6hot her. The husband, Joseph Smith, was found in the house, dead. It was first supposed he had shot his wife and then committed suicide, but examination showed the wound was in the back of his head in such a place as to make it almost impossible to inflict it himself. It was learned that Philip Gebhard had been in Mrs Smith's company recently, and that the men had had trouble. It is believed Gebhard was a party to the shooting, and tha police are looking for him. Talma.'! New. Church. New York, Oct 20. The P.v. Dr. Talmage announced to his congregation in Brooklyn tonight that the board of trustees of the church bad purchased, last week, the property, 150 by 200 feet, on the northeast corner of Clinton and Green-aves., on which to erect a new tabernacle to replace the burned one. It is understood that the prioe paid was in the neighborhood of 1125,000. Dr. Talmage also stated that he would personally break ground for the church on the afternoon of the 28th inst Mrs. Craig; Tolllver Insane. CiXCIXJfATl, Oct 21. Mrs. Craig Tolliver, wife of the well-known Kentucky desperado, has become insane. She is at present residing with her sister, Amanda Box ton, at Montgom ery, this county. It is thousrht the killing of her husband at Moorehead, Kr., together with trouble with her two boys, is the cause. A few days ago both of the boys threw her to the floor and beat her with their fists. A Descendant of Sir Francis. RocxroRD, UL, Oct 19. Mrs. Lydia Drake died yesterday, aged ninety-seven. She was a descendant of Sir Francis Drake. She had fourteen children, eleven of whom are living. The eldest is seventy-jiix years and the youngest fifty-two. Mrs. Drake had 12S living great grandchildren and eleven great great grandchildren. Her faculties were remarkably well preserved.

WRECKED OX THE INCLINE

FATAL ACCIDENT IN CINCINNATI. A Cable on the Mt. Auburn Inclined Plan Hallway Dreaks With Frightful Re. suits A umber or Persons Killed and Several Injured. Cincinnati, Oct 15. The most appalling accident ever known on the inclined plane railways of this city happened to-day between 12 and 1 o'clock. It was ol the Mt Auburn inclined plane which lies at the head of MainSt., and reaches to a bit;ht of between 2-) and 3Ü0 feet in a space of perhaps 2,000 feet or less. Two cars are employed one on each track. They are drawn by two steel-wire c aides that are wound upon a drum at the top of the hill by an engine located there. Nine passengers bad entered the car at the foot of the plane, and a number were in the other car at the top. The passage of the ascending car was all right until it had reached the top when, to his unspeakable horror, the faithful engineer found that the machinery would not respond, and that be could not stop the engine. Only one result was possible. The car was arrested by the strong bumper which stops its progress, and as the engine continued all its force was expended on the two cables, and they snapped like wrapping thread under its enormous power. Then the car, with its nine inmates locked within, begau the descent of that frightful elope. The crash at the foot of the plane was frightful. A cloud of dust arose that hid the wreck from view for a moment, but when it was dispelled the scene was horrible. The iron gate that formed the lower end of the truck on which the car rested was thrown sixty feet down theBtreet The top ot the car was lying almost as far in the gutter. The truck itself and the floor and seats of the car formed a shapeless wreck, mingled with the bleeding and mangled bodies of the nine passengers. As soon as it could be done, the dead were taken to the morgue to await full identification, while the wounded were carried to the nearest places where examination could be made. Perhaps the most horrible condition of any, except the nine in the descending car, was that of the passengers in the other car at the foot of the plane. They were locked in, as is always the case, and were compelled to await the coming, of the other car and its inevitable crash beside them at the foot of the track. Besides those in the car several persons standing n Mulberry-st. were badly hurt. George MLIer, who was standing on the corner of Mulberry and Main-sts., was struck by the roof and is believed to be fatally injured. He is still unconscious. Joe Huette, a fourteen-year-old boy, was badly cut about the legs by flying fragments of the car. At 11 :30 to-night it is known that there were eight persons in the wrecked car. The following is a correct list of the dead nnd wounded, all of whom are now certainly known. The fiv,e dead are: JUDGE WILLIAM M. DICKSON. MICHAEL KNEISS. MILS. CALEB IVIX MRS. MARY G. E BRETT. JOSEPH M'FADDEN, SR. The three wounded are: Mrs. Agnes Hostkttkr. Miss Lillian Oskamp. JosF.ru McFaddex, jr. Outside of these, it is believed that several others beside the two bystanders named above were more or less hurt by the flying debris. Mr. Kneiss was a teacher in the third intermediate school and lived at 14 Euclid-ave., Mt. Auburn, with his family, lie was on his way home to dinner. His body was badly disfigured and was removed to the morgue. Mrs. Ives was the wife of Caleb Ives, treasurer of the Globe soap works at No. 35 Water-st, and lived at Riverside, .she was on her way to visit her sou Franklin Ives and his bride, nee Belle Dahme, who were married a lew weeks ago. Mrs. Ives was about sixty years old and her neck was broken. The body was removed to the morgue. Joseph McFadden, aged sixty, a stone-cutter of No. 110 !Saunders-st.. Mt. Auburn, was found to be fatally injured. His right leg was crushed, his scalp cut and he was suflering severe internal pain. lie died at 2:20 o'clock this afterpoon. His son, Joseph McFadden, a young man, was taken from the wreck with his foot crushed and he was removed to his home. The right leg of Judge Dickson, aged sixtyfive, of No. 196 Auburn-ave., was crushed and bis scalp and face were wounded. He was conscious, but flighty, and not able to tell anything about the accident He died soon after being taken out Mrs. Hochstetter, wife of William ITochstetter, ot Laist & Hochstetter, was barely conscious. Jhe was severely injured about the head. She lives at Oak and Bellevue-sts. Charles Goebel, who was the man at the lever, says that he complained that the "cut-oil" was not working properly, 'T tvld the engineer about it this morning," he said, "and the engineer told me he had repaired it. Rut it was evidently still out of order, and this must have been the cause of the accident." There are several theories afloat to-night as to who is responsible for the accident, and just how it came about One thing is certain, and that is that either the pilot, Charles Goebel, lost his bead, or the engineer, Horace Wondendieck, neglected his duty. Pilot Goebel, who has served in that capacity ever since the incline was constructed, says that the engine all forenoon responded tardily to bis lever, and that he spoke to the engineer about it lie maintains that he did not lose his head, but that the machinery of the engine was out of order. The engineer, so the general rumor goes, does not admit that the fault was his, whereby he virtually throws all the blame on the pilot It is also a matter of gossip to-night that the car, when it reached the top of the incline, remained there nenrly a minute while the gate-keeper was trying to open the iron gates to let the passengers out, but which were so battered that he could not open them. All this time the machinery was pulling the cable from its attachment to the car. Experts who have been sent by the coroner to the scene say they know just how the accident happened, and will tell it at the coroner's inquest. No wreck could be more complete than that of the car and the incline running gear. Much of it is broken up into splinters too small for good kindling wood, and, except the roof of the car, there is not a fragment of tho woodwork of the ruined vehicle left so large that a three-year-old could not carry it with ease. (ireat crowds surrounded the scene of the wreck till midnight and all through the city the calamity is the solitary and exclusive theme of conversation. This inclined plane is the oldest one in the city. It was built twenty-one years ago and this is the first accident attended with loss of life at any of the four inclined planes that are in constant use. It is too early for an examination into the trouble with the engine, but there have been only two similar cases in the history of inclined planes here. In both the others the engine was gotten under control before the tables were broken. James O., Jr.,. Confesses Judgment. New York, Oct 16. James G. Blaine, jr., son of the secretary of state, to-day confessed judgment in the New York supreme court for $329.65 in favor of Dr. Foster C. Fuller. The action was brought to recover payment for professional services rendered to the defendant's wife and child between June 1 and Not. 1, 1888. Charged With ICinbezelement. Chicago, Oct. 19. James M. Johnson, the general agent of the Michigan mutual life insurance company of Detroit at Minneapolis was arrested yesterday in this city on a charge of embezzlement. The amount of defalcation is $1,377. A Hank Forger Convicted. Urbana, 111., Oct 19. The jury in the case of Samuel 8. Ford, the bank forger, last evening brought in a verdict of guilty, and fixed the term ot impruoumeat at tea years.

WRECKED ON THE CROSSING.

Terrible ltnt!ronl Accident Near Omaha, Neb. Abont Fifty Passengers Injured, Omaha, Neb., Oct 16. A terrible wreck occurred on the Burlington & Missouri road in Nebraska, at Gibson, a few miles from Omaha, at 6:1) o'clock last evening. About fifty passengers were injured. Two engines were completely demolished and a chair car and combination car were thrown from the tracks and reduced to atoms. Train No. 6, the local between Lincoln and Chicago, ran into No. 9. The former was east and the latter west-bound. Gibson is the meeting point and the place where the crew of No. 9, which is a stub-train that makes connections with the Kansas City express, stops to register. Both trains are due at Gibson nt C:45 p. m., but last night No. 9 was slightly behind. When the accident occurred, the the latter bad just crossed the spur, and the engine on No. Ü struck the engine of No. 9, burling both engines and the two coaches from the track. The combination coach and the chair car were both crowded with passengers, all of whom were more or less injured, while Teter Reuland, proprietor of the Tremont house, this city, was injured to 6uch an extent that he died shortly after being taken to the hospital. The chair car, after being overturned, caught fir and many passengers were burned in addition to their other injuries. The exact number of the injured has not as yet been ascertained. The following thus far have been reported: Engineer Gil.ESPiE, on No. 6, residing at riattsmouth. badly bruised about the body. Harry S. Weller, of the Richardson drug company, Omaha; badly cut and bruised about the head and shoulders. Mary Bvtlek, South Omaha, hand crushed and body badly bruised. She was taken to the hospital and is in a precarious condition. Charles Latre, resident of Craig. Mo.; ear cut off; head and face severely cut; body and lower limbs bally bruised. He also was taken to the hospital, where he lies in an almost hopeless condition. K. Mix. New York; shoulder dislocated and lower limbs badly bruised. Francis Elder, New York, representing the William Demuth company, bruised and thought to have received internal injuries. Fred Schtltz, New York, slightly cut about the head and face. J. Falkenberq, Chicago, lower limbs bruised and shoulder dislocated. G. W. Chaffee, Boston, slightly bruised about the head. Isaac Laikud, Cincinnati, injured about the 6houlder and head, but not seriously. J. Kalisher, New York, shoulder sprained and bruised about the body. S. Kemper, Buffalo, N. V., bruised about the body, head slightly cut and lower limbs bruised. Isaac W. Rooks, Hartford, Conn., injured about the body. CosPCCTOK Love of No. P. right lower limb badly bruised and amputation may be necessary. Engineer McCoy of No. 0, slightly bruised about the body. The two firemen, ITaskins and Martin, escaped with but slight injuries. "THE CIVIL SERVICE CHRONICLE." Its Views On the City Election and Gen. Man son's Removal. The Civil Stn ice Chronicle for October, issued Saturday, is devoted chiefly to the proceedings of the recent meeting of the national eivil service reform league at Philadelphia. Space is found, however, for the following comment on the result of the city election The Chronicle does not refer to the refusal of leading Indianapolis clergymen to preach about civil service reform on Thanksgiving day, as expressed in recent interviews with Sentinel reporters: The election had no national siRiiifiesnpe, whatever, except as the occasional mysterious appearance of a Washington orüee-holJT aroused criticism sufficient to fchow that that method of manipulating elections can no longer he sately tried. On' important lesson was taught. The removal of Mr. Vebter lriui his place a. chief of the tire department some months aso by the republicans beenme he would not dismi-s the dozen or so of democrats in that department hurt them more than a. single act oVn hurts a party. Literally, hundreds of rcpub!;cns kept thatoutrace in mind until election day and c--t their votes to punish the party that did it. It was a salutary icsstn and shows ereat propre- in the hreakint; up of the spoils system in this community. There were other caues, a for instance, the grip of the gas company upon the city, snd the pardon of toy by tho republican machine, and it apparent desire to see huu reelected to tho city ouncil. Of the removal of Gen. Manson the Chronicle says: (en. M. I). Manson was collector of the Terra Haute district in this s'ate. lie hai servct his country honorably in Mexico and during the lebvllion. 11 is highly resp.-ct.-d a a citizen, and as a public officer his efficiency and fairness have never been questioned. I: the principles of civil service reform were to beappiied to anyexeeutiveapp 'iutnient, this would seem to have tf-en the one. l'.ut President Harrison wrote the following lectcr As a consequence (ien. Manson resigned. The president appears at his littlest in this transaction, and few presidents have done littler things, lie is the president of sixty millions of people, and yet he carr es about in his mind, on the most solemn occasion, the edping of an eilictent olScer out of his fiiace. He writes a letter that makes his best friends n Indiana ahnmd, and to add to this, appears nt his elbow that ellieient agent of slyness, "1'aii" IUusdell! Pnrelmse of llnnds. WASniXGTOX, Oct 1!.Tbe following is a statement of U. S. bonds purchased from Aujj. 3, 1SS7, to and including Oct. 1, 1S9: Amount purchased of 4s, $87.940,700; of H's, J12..0Ö8,200; total, $210,8S4.f00. Cost of -is, $112,C20,2uXl.1; of 4is, $13.K7t;.42.47; total, $4.',4:V.710.30. Cost of maturity of 4s, $1"3,774.114; of 4is, fl39,3Sö,ßS2.()!; total, ?2!3,l(W,7W.C:i. Saviuof 4s. $41.153,&1.3.9:: of 4s $ß."l0,40.2; total, $47,fo4.0K;.l?. The requirements of the sinkine fund for the present fiscal year, estimated at 4,0-X, 000. have been met by bond purchases since July 1, to within f-,057,000 of the required amount. Knnsted Alive. Greexville, Ala., Oct. 19. Early this morning a quarrel between a nejrro helper and a young white man named lloberts, connected with Burk's horse show, resulted in the negro pouring gasoline over lloberts. Another negro touched off the fluid with a lighted lamp and in an instant lloberts was enveloped in liames. He ran wildly up and down the main street of the town but there was no one awake and he was literally roasted alive. When discovered he was in a critical condition and medical attention was Riven. One of the negroes has been arrested; the other has eacnied. Got, Foraker Very 111. CoiXMnrs, O., Oct 21. Gov. Foraker's condition is still a matter of serious apprehension to his friends, although he is reported as convalescing. To-day his improvement was not so marked as yesterday, and it is reasonably certain that the governor will not be able to 11 any of his appointments for this week, and by some it is considered doubtful if he will be able to speak ajruin during the campaign. Tonight the governor is reported as resting easy, but there is not much improvement in his con. dition. A Baby Giraffe. Cincinnati, Oct. 20. Tho female eiraffe at the .oological garden in this city, brought forth a young male giraffe this forenoon. This is said to be the first born in captivity in America. Managers of the zoological garden say that none have been born in captivity elsewhere except in London and none there since 1877. The younester at the zoo is nearly five and a half feet high and his estimated weight is 150 pounds. ' Senator Field's Murderer Sentenced. Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 19. Ilenry Taylor was yesterday convicted in Whitefield county of the mnrder of State Senator Eield and sentenced to life imprisonment. A Saloon Keeper Fined. JIONTICELLO, 111., Oct 19. "William Goddard, a Benient saloon-keeper, was fined 8,000 and costs yesterday for selling liquor in vioiauoa oi law.

THE HORRORS OF HUNGER.

FELT BY THE EARNMOOR SURVIVORS A Story of Terrible Sufferins; Told by the) Hevea Min Krscurd From the Foun. dered hteatuer At Se In Host Without Compass or Food. ririLAPFLrniA, Oct 21. The seven survivors of the steamer Karnmoor, which found, ered at sea when 300 miles oil Turks island, arrived in this city to-day. They teH a story of terrible suffering. The Karnmoor struck a terrible gale on Sept 4, which increased in force, and at 11 ::;0 a. m. on the following day the vessel gave a lurch and foundered. As the steamer sank the port life boat floated off from the ship. The second officer, second and third engineers, four sailors, three firemen and the cook clung to the boat and scrambled in. An effort was made to save the rest of the crew, and a draw was made of the painter, but the boat was blown away and the oars wrested from the hands of the men, to that no more could be saved. The cries of the drowning men as they were dashed about by the mountainous waves could be heard by the men in the boat. The boat drifted into the gulf stream and the air was warm, but this increased the intensity of their thirst "The horrors of hunger on the second day became awful," said Carl Crane, one of tha survivors to-day, "and it increased as time wore on. We managed to pick up sea-weed, which gave us a little nutriment, and on the third day a flying fish was caught This was immediately cut up into a portion for each man and devoured. We also captured a sea bat and sucked its blood, and then ate its flesh after it bad dried in the sun. The firrt man to die was a seamm named William Bobinson, and the second was the third engineer. Thomas Hunt One niht while we were all asleep, except a German fireman (Flagg) who was on watch, he suddenly became insane and jumped overboard. We were too weak to save him." "We were without a compass, and steered by the sun by day and the stars by night Eleven vessels passed ns. One, a British bark, we are certain saw us, and deliberately left us to our fate. When 300 miles off Hatteras we wer picked up by a schooner. I cannot describe in words our joy at our deliverance. We were so weak that we had to be lifted up on the vessels deck, and one of our men, Ed Johnson, a Norwegian, fell overboard and was drowned." The Hammoor was largely owned in this city. The following is a list of those who were lost: JUCHAttD J. GREY, master. A. PAINTER, first mate. II. SOULAS, find; engineer. THOMAS HUNT, third engineer. W. DUMMER, boatswain. STEPHEN PERRY, steward. JAMES DURAND, mess boy. ROBERT JOHNSON. KARL J. JURKESEN. EDWARD JOHNSON. WILLIAM ROBINSON. JAMES CIIYSIATUDE. AMEDEE LEAGENORE, fireman. A. FLAGGE, fireman. HEINRICH MASSAT, fireman. JAMES SINCLAIR, foreman. HERMAN TONGES, fireman. The first 6ix named were of Philadelphia, and the rest from Baltimore. Those who were saved are: II. Stone, second mate, and Thomas Metrum, second engineer, of Philadelphia, nnd William Wright cook; William Davis, Ludwig Leder, Carl Crane, fireman, and A. Köster, fireman, of Baltimore. THE POPE GROWING FEEBLE. Ills Votee Almost Insudable nt a Reception ot French Pilgrims. Rome, Oct 20. The pope to-day gave audience to a party of French pilgrims and delivered an address to them. He appeared feeble, and his voice was almost inaudible. In his address he urged the necessity of religion for the masses, and said that the papacy was a protector of the working classes. He also reiterated his protests against the attitude of the Italian government toward the papacy. The pope advised the formation of an association which shall be devoted to securing the material welfare of workmen by procuring increased facilities for labor, inculcating princif iles of economy and defending the right and egitimate claims of workmen. He expressed the hope that governments everywhere would treat the workmen with kindness and endeavor to restrain tendencies toward luxury and an undue desire for wealth. He advised masters to be kind to their workmen and workmen to be obedient to their masters. The pope remained seated throughout the reception. He will say mass for the pilgrims to-morrow, but it is reported that all proposed private receptions to the various groups will be abandoned owing to tha pope's feeble condition. Some Rare Old Bonds. The St Tyuis Repnblic. It was while Judge Folder was secretary, (said an old treapury official). One morning an old man came in to me who was from a NewEngland state. He said that about twenty years ago he found some old stockt of bondi among the papers of an nncle (mentioning his name); he had been a man of national reputation for ability, and had a comfortable fortune for those days that is, from 1830 to 1S40 and he had come to the U. S. treasury to find out if Ihey were worth anything, as they seemed to be V. S. bonds. I looked at them. They wer ten of the "old debt" bonds, and were indeed curiosities. They were old and yellow from age, but were worth principal "and interest, in gold $70.110, for there was ten years' interest due on them. You can imagine the old man's amazement when I toid him this. "Why, I would gladly bava taken $.5,000 for them." said he, ""and I ofiered them to a Boston banker for less than that, but be rather superciliously and contemptuously declined to buy them at any fitnire." I took the old man in to see Judge Folrer, vho was very much interested in the matter when I explained it to him. He had never seen any of the "oid loan" securities, and nfter these were pail and cancelled I believe he directed that one of them be framed and preserved. Well, in lesa than half an hour's time the old New Engländer walked out of the building with a check in his 'pocket on the New York subtreasury for $70,000 in gold. How that "smart" Boston banker must have curbed his own ignorance and stupidity when he learned what head th. brown away. Kesnlt r m Family Fend. Wheeun'?, Oct 20. A terrible tragedy was enacted at a point about two miles from Ellenboro, Ritchie county, about 8 o'clock yesterday. Thomas Dye, a prosperous farmer, shot Edward Schofield in the breast with musket twenty-seven heavy slugs taking effect, causing instant death. The murder was tne result of a quarrel started by Dye, who objected to Schofield tearing down a building which stood on ground owned by him. Dye was arrested. Schofield was about twenty-one yean of age and, like Dye, belongs to a prominent family. Met a Horrible Death. Wichita, Kan., Oct 19. John Coulter, a farmer living near Darby this county, was killed by a mad bull to-day. The bnll at tacked him in a field and gored him in a frightful manner. One horn pierced Coulter's throat below the chin, the end protruding from his mouth. He was dragged some distance in this manner before the horn became loosened from his head. Fired At Ity a Lunatic. Berliw, Oct CO. While Prince William of Wnrtemburg was driving to church at Ludwigsburg to-day he was fired at by a man named Klaiber, who, upon being arrested, exclaimed, "It is high time Wurtemburg had a catholic king." The prince was not hurt The would-be assassin is supposed to be deranged,