Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1889 — Page 8

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THE rSDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1889.

TEX .MILLIONS IX ASHES

AND HUNDREDS RENDERED HOMELESS Tb bo Mnnur.ictar.ua; I'ortlon of I.ynn, Man., Pr.K-tiraily M'IjmmI Ont hy Fire Bidly 'eei1e-l Leeichtnirs;, Lcki It liiiAinrns Ilouiri, LYX, Mass., "ov. 23. Lynn, the city of shots, was visited this afternoon by the pre atest fire in its history, an J, with two exceptions, the conflagration is the n.ost disastrous that has ever visited New England. The exceptions re the great Boston fire of 1S72, and the Portland fire of To-day's tire atarteil at 11 :3 a. ni., raced over eight hours, devastated a square mile of the business section of the city, ani caused a Jo estimated nt about ten million dollars. In fact, the greater i&rt of ward four is wiped out, as retard the important shoe manufacturing blocks and prominent plaees of business. The fire started in Mowcr'n woo.ten building on Almont-st,, over the boiler, and sprea.1 witU Buch rapidity that the fire department of the city was powerless to cope with it. This large wooden building was noon doomed and the flames leaped across a narrow pasairewny and communicated ilh the six-story Irick building known as Mower's block. When the fires in these two buildings got well under way it was evident A terrible conflagration would result Almost simultaneously the four story wooden ehoe factory of lienneit & Barnard, oa tVntrnlaTe., and the four story wooden building on Almont-st., raucht lire, and after a time a hurricane of flam whs in progress which blanched the cheek of all the specator. For eight hours the fl.tmes had full sway, the etlbrts of firemen and citizens seemingly being of no avail, akhougli, of course, they did valuable work. The burned territory includes and is bounded by the following street: Alrnont. Centrnl-ave., nt it junction with Willow; Union, from its i 'unction with Hp-ad to the Boyden block on ioth si !es; Mt. Vernon-st., ent re; Beach, on both sides as tar dwn as Lee's lumlxr yard; Washington, from Monroe thron 2 h to Union; Kailroad-ave., all of Exchanu'e-st; Broad, from the engine house ou both sides up as tar as the corner of Exchange; Sprintr-st., entire, besides dwelling houses too numerous to mention, on Suffolk, Amity, Sagamore and Beach-sts. Aid arrived iroru Boston, Salem, M.irMehearl and surrounding to.rns, but their united eriorts seemed to have but little effect on ihe hurricane of dame. Scenes of the great Boston and Cliiea?o tires were repeated in all their horrors. Mothers fieeinj with baizes in their amis, express wa-ons load ng at business and dwelling houses and transferr.ng goods to a p!sce of eafety, in many eases a second removal being necessary. Aterths fire had been 1.1 progress two hours everybody declared it would not Mop until it reached the ocean. So it looked and so it proved. Four daily newspapers are burned out the Item, Be, 1'reas and Arw-j three of which are issued in the afternoon and one in the morninz. Three national banks, the Centra!, Security and First, together with the Lynn institute tor eavinis, located in the Firt national block, are all wiped out. Twelve of the finest shoe blocks in the city are in ruin, and about twenty-five stores. At this writing it is impossible to state how jnany dwelling houses were burned. They were mostly occupied by the poorer class in the vicinity of Beaeh-tt. and the wharves. It is impossible to Rive any estimate of the insurance, but conservative estimates place the loss on property et 10,X,0OÜ. There were many narrow escaot-s from accidents, but no fatalities are reported. The high briet fire-wall on the B. F. Spinney block served as a barrier to the further progress of the flames up Union-si. alter the handsome structure was patted. Ihe Central coneregationsl chnrch burned to the ground between 6 and 7 o'clock. The bandponie First national hank block cost $05,000 to build. It is well insured. Located on the two top stories was the O'Ford club, which Lad the handsomest clu! rooms in Essex county. Their loss is about -?.5,0'. with a good insurance. The First methodist and First universalst churches and several schoolhouses have ben thrown open to accommodate burned out families. Mayor Newhall has caded a special meeting of the aldermen to take rction and appoint relief committees. 8. N. Breed &l Co., the largest lumber dealers in Essex county, lose everything, including their handsome irick structure on the corner of Beach and Broad-sts. They estimate their loss at $200,0iV; insurance about il2V"0. They will open for tmsine" in the morning at the office of T. A. Newhall coal company. ML Vernon-st. was wiped out em. re. On this "street were located the laree brick factories oc-rup-'ed by Francis H. Breed, Healey Bros., and "Wiilium Porter & Son. Goodwin's last factory on this street was also burned. Dynamite and powder were used at frequent intervals to Mow up wooden buildings, hut with little tf;ecL The fire virtually burned itself out. and at 7:30 was considered under control. Both companies of the Massachusetts militia located in Lynn were called out ami put on patrol duty. Several of the shoe manuiacturers burned ont have country factories, and will tran.sier their business there for the present. The Currier block on Union-sL was a fivestory brick structure, and bad been occupied on the lower floor only by W. X. Currier vi Co. ts a c othing store for two week?. K. F. Spinney's brick block on Union-st. was erected in 1:0. It will cost j.,fnA to replace it, he says. It was injured for about twothirds of its value. Faune. t Spinney and A. P. Legro & Co., shoe manufacturers, were located in this block. .1. X. Smith's wooden Lieck cn Union-st. cost I6CM, and additions to it $2,001 i. ' The building was insured tor t,500, au 1 Mr. Smitn says most of his stock was removed. A narrow escare from death was that of Ernest Willian son. who, in the early stage of the fire, voiunte'-re d to take a line of bo-e up a ladder in front of the D.izy building on Wiiiow-sL to play trom the top upon the west wali of the Mower brick block, aiso on WiliowsL He was followed by everal other veiitiireome men. some of whom were firemen, hut almost as soon as they reached the roof the intense heat compelled them to beat a hasty retreat and the hose fell to the sidewalk. Williamson was the last man to descend and was nearly suDecated before be could get a footing on the ladder, owing to its being "dogged." lie filially scrambled down in an exhausted condition, to the imen-e relief of hundreds who expected to see him perish. Thieves came in from Boston ana elsewhere In large numbers and the amount of stealing was large. A house blown np with powder at Broad and Exchange-sts. shattered windows in all direction, but the measure was effectual in stopping the tlames in that direction. William T. Ash, a slipper manufacturer in S. X. Breed's Mock, is insured for $4 1,000, which will pretty nearly cover bis loss. He says the streets were covered with a network of fallen wir-s, which somewhat impeded the progress of the firemen. The central station of the Boston & Maine railroad was burned fat, and the flames then leaped across ML Vernon-st. At this junctnre lawyer William II. Miles, Irmcis W. Breed and others asked Mayor Xewhall to have some of the brick block in Mt. V'ernon-st, and the Central church blown up with dynamite in order to stop the spreading of the flames. The mayor thought that such a course would imperil lives and be a hindrance to the firemen, who were directing streams of water at that point. Several small buildings were, however, blown np on Exchange-sL, but the effect was very slight, so fierce was the current of the flames. A. B, Martin & Co.'s big brick block on Market-si. was covered from top to bottom with carpeting and kept wet. The tov.y Itrm proprietors estimate their loss at $.V,000; insurance about fiO.000. They will rebuild at once. A fire boat could have done immense service in saving wharf property, but none was at hand, the two from Boston having got stuck on the flats. One sraa I schooner was burned at S. II. Breed's wharf. From the corner of Spring-sL on the south side of Exchange-sL to Broad-sL was row of wooden buildings varying from two to four stones in hight. in which the shon business wss first conducted when the manufacturing renter began to be established in tba vicinity of Central square. Starting from the corner of Spring-st., tue first building was occupied by Willi W. George, aal and leather dealer. Then followed in order the shoe factories occupied by William K. Hill A Co., Isaac M. Atwill, I'enoin? & Wig. fin. Jame B. Chase, Smith 6t Queereanx (shoe trimmings), Charles S. Vit torn, Milton I'. Porter and W. A. Lstes & Co. Some stock was saved from several of the biddings, bat only a small amount in the aggregate. The house at the extreme east end of F.iehange-st, corner of Broad, occupied by William A. Hath, was also blown no. A bopefal feelmg prevails, and there is co question bat that the public-spirited citizens

and shoe manufacturers will soon rally from the terrible disaster. . Over six thousand persons are deprived of employment; 200 families are homeless, and the mayor has issued a call for aid. Clothing is wanted most and quickly too. Two militia companies will be sent from Boston before daybreak to police the town. Churches and school-houses are being oceutied to-night by the homeless. Math-esses have een sent, and aid is coming from the surrounding towns and cities. GALLANT RESCUE NEAR CHICAGO.

IJrave Yoiinc Fd'owt Man the Life Hont nml Take ff a Suffering Crew. Cuickc.o, Nov. 2H. The students' life-saving Crew of the Xorth western university at Kvanston has again covered itself with glory. Last night in a furious storm, the steamer CalnuseL coal laden, from Buflalo for Dulu'th, Capt. 1. W. Greene commanding, went ou the beach just opposite the government barracks at FL Sheridan. It was in succoring the eighteen men on the steamer that the students added to their already famous record for heroism. It seems that when the Calumet left Buffalo she ran foul of a submerged anchor, which ripped off her "foot." The injury was repaired and the leakage stoppet!, but to provido for emergencies ('apt. (ireere shipped a big steam pump, which it was supposed would lift fifty barrels a niinnte. Yesterday morning, when about twenty-five miles out from khore. the vessel sprang ft bad J leak, and the water began to rapidly ! fii! the bold. The engines were put to work but to no purpose, and the steam pump was found to be unfit for use. The Calumet was headed for Milwaukee, but us Capt. (Jreeue could see no light when Bearing that city and did not dare to trut h:mt If to make the harbor in the howling snow-storm, the vessel was headed for Chicago. Opposite I-ake Forest the engineer advised Capt Greene to hu' the shore as the water was gaining rapidly in the bold. When FL S-hendan was reached, the wnter was nlnion on a level with the furnaces, and Capt. Greene wns forced to head the vessel straight for the beach. After some delay the crew'a signal of distress was heard by'F. W. Fletcher, a resident on the lake 6hore, near Highland Park, who bui t a roaring bonfire on the beach, routed the soldiers iu the barracks at FL lieridan, and then telegraphed Capt. Lawson of the Evnnston lite-aving crew. The sea was running high, and the fierce wind from the northwest throwing the waves far up on the bluft at FL Sheridan. The members of the crew were either patro'ing the beach miles north and outh et" the station, or had been relieved from duty for the night and gone to bed. These latter were soon roused out and preparations made for the long trip to Ft. Sheridan. Tne life-saving crew reached the scene of the wreck about 4 o'clock in the morning, and found the fielpless steamer and her men at ihe mercy of the waves about one thousand yards ouL An exchange of signs s and the lighting of several more huge bonfires were followed by what proved ineffectual attempts to make use of the beach apparatus, CapL Lawson having no alternative finally reluctintly gave to the eager students orders to launch the life boat, 'is gallant fcliows, encouraged by a cheer from crowds on the blull and the shivering crew on the Calumet, started with a viia through the dashing breakers for the wreck. The little boat had hardly reached the bar when a couple of high rolling waves dashed over its sides and neaily filled iL By skillful marieuver.ng., however, the boat was righted, and in the gale the crew gradually neared the wrecked vessel and shortly came up under her lee. Six men were put into cork jackets and taken aboard the life boat, and after another hard struggle with the sea were landed on the lv-ach. The boat was then taken yards up the beach by the direction of Capt. Lawson for a more convenient launching. From this point a second trip was made with much less diliicu'ty to the stranded vessel, and six rrore of the crew brought cold ard thoroughly drenched to the roaring fire on the beach. The ii'e saving ere w were so nearly exhaus'ed that CapL Lawson ordered a brief rest, which being over, the work of rescue was completed without a single mishap. CapL ireene, commander of the Calumet, was the last man to leave the dia! led vessel. The Calumet is owned by Bualo parties. She is a fine three-masted steamer, 2Ö6 feet in length, thirty-even in breadth, and twenty feet deep. The cargo of coal aggrrgates l.fiMO tons. She is lying with her head to the north, pounding on the rocky bottom, and will in all probabilities be a total wreck. The total loss will be SlUO.OOO. WILSON IS VINDICATED. No Ueason For H s rrsecut!on KxccptTliat lie is a Democrat. The cae of the United States against Representative L?e Wilson of Shelby county, on the charge of receiving illegal pension fees, was called for trial Tuesday in the U. S. court. Although the government had fixed the day for a bearing upon its own motion and enjoyed the great power of its officers in looking up testimony and witnesses, it was prompt to move a continuance. Kern fc Bailey, appearing for defendant, promptly opposed any such movement. Their client was there with twenty-five or more witnesses anxious, as was his right, to vindicate his good name. Over a month ago tne case had been set without their knowledge and government counsel had peremptorily declined a change of tlate, which had been asked localise of other professional engagements. Juice Woods promptly decided that Mr. Wilson t hould be permitted to go on with his defense, whereupon the district attorney, seeing his "political blufl" had gone as far as it could without exposing aa utterly ridiculous and groundless cause of action, "dismissed" the prosecution. This is the third fruitles efiort made by the government to create publio prejudice against him, and each time upon rirtuaby the same charge. The friends an I attorneys of Mr. Wilson tlaim. with much emphasis, that there isn't one shadow of law or fact to support the slightest charge agtinst his personal or professional honor. In the past few years he has been actively engaged as a pension attorney, and being wonder;ully successful has established a prosperous agency. Hoping to break him down, a few jealous partisans in Shelby county, for political reaons. began these infamous at.i cks. They bad evidently imposed upon the .edcral fiicers. who, until faced with the full facts and reputable witnesses, seemed to have faith in their cause. Aside from those necessary to the issues, there were a large Dumber of the best citizens of Shelby county present to bear witness to the eicellent standing of the defendant, most of whom were leading republicans, including Slate Commander Harris of the G. A. B. and a half doen of bis comrades. It is now assured that the thrice-defeated efforts at political persecution of Sid Conger, that prince of heelers, are at an end. Justice has been done and Mr. Wilson stands vindicated. ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY. A llig Sum Secured ty the II chwnyinen One of tae ItobbTS Hurt. St. Eon?, Nov. 26. About 12 o'clock last night fifteen masked and heavily armed men boarded the south-bound Santa Fe passenger trala at Berwyn, I. T., and cut the engine, mail 'and express cars loose from the coaches. They then ran the train south two miles and threw the fireman oft the locomotive. Two miles farther the engineer was thrown off, and after running four miles farther the steam was turned o'd and the locomotive "killed." Then the robbers began an attack on the express car. The guard and messenger fired some twenty shots, but finally gave in, after the robben had literally riddled the car. The money stolen is letween $20,000 and $30,000 and came principally from Chicago. The express officials say the loss Is but 900; but this Is not believed. A trad of blood show that one of the robbers was wounded. Tl Itasrnl Munt io. Iciiarspolu News. In the rase of the Benton circuit conrt inrolring the new chool book law, the decision is all that the scoundrels who have been driven out of the business of plucking the people could desire. It holds it unconstitutional. Ibe case will be appealed to the supreme court and then the people may be protected then again they rosy noL But one thiog will stand, and that is the determination to break op the ring of rascals that have been bleeding the people of this state. The people who make laws and courts can make them to fulfill the purpose of their being. . Can Edleon in It? Puck. J Ediftos U reported as saying that the world will soon be "one vast ear." Perhaps this is the scientific method of calling the world aa ess.

BOSTON GOT A SCORCHING.

BUSINESS HOUSES GONE UPIN SMOKE The lM Estimated at From lire to Ten Millions Insurance Comptrlea Hit Very Ilard-fsecnea and Ineldent Many tVrrmrn Hurt. BOSTON, Nov. 2S. The roost disastrous fire from which Boston has sufered since 1572, and one in which the property lo6a more than rivals the great conflagration at Lynn on Tuesday, broke out about tt;.10 a. m. to-day in the sixstory granite building owned by Jordan, Marsh & Co., and occupied by I'.rown, Pur re 11 & Co., deulers in dry goods, on Bed;'ord-st., corner of Kingston. The great fire of 1872 broke out at the corner of Kingston and Sumner-sL, and the alarm of to-day's lire was rung in from the same box which did similar duty at 7:15 p. toon the evening of Xov. 9, 1S72, when the fire fiend broke loose, and before being subdued consumed nearly $100,0!X,000 of property. The first alarm rung in to-day was immediately followed by the first general alarm in Boston since 172. To-day'a conflagration raged for six hours, burned over two acres of territory covered by magnificent structures, and entailed a loss now est mated at? 10,000,000. The fire was discovered by a letter carrier, who noticed tlames bursting from the top of the Brown building over the elevator shaft, in which it evidently originated. This letter carrier notified the nearest police olficer, who sounded the first alarm. As soon as Chief Webber of the protective department arrived it became apparent that a long, hard fight with the fiery element was betöre the department, and a general alarm was sent out, and this was soon followed by call upon all neighboring cities and towns for assistance. The tlames were soon pouring from all the windows and the roof of the Brown-Durrel buildiug. At S-4Ö they bad spresd to the Shoe fc Leather Exclnrge bnilding, another large granite (stricture adjoining Brown, Durrell & Co., on Bedtord-st. From both buildings the flames swept in great masses across Bedford-st. to the opposite corner thence across Kirgston-st., along Bedford to Chfuncey-st., where it was stopped in the store of Farley, Harvey & Co., the upper stories of which were burned. Three stores along Chauncey-st. toward Summer, were burued. The burned district begius at Columbia-st. on the east and extends two blocks westward along Bedford-sL to Chauncey-sL on the west; on the south side of Uedford-sL the fire consumed the entire block bounded by Bedford, Kingston. Essex and Columbia-sts. Westward of this the entire block bounded by Bedford, Kingston and Chauncy-sts., and Iiowe-place, and westward of this the? buildings on Chauncy-st. from Bedford to Exeter-place. It also badly damaged the building on the southeast corner of Bedford and Columbia-sts. Xorth of Bediord-st. it consumed the buildings on boih the northeast aud northwest corners of Bedford and Kinijston-st., and damaged the block at the corner of Bedford and Chauncey. The scenes about the fire were replete with excitement and activity. The police were prompt in roping oli the streets and keeping back the crowd, leaving ample room for the firemen. On every corner engines purled, rumbled and emitted torrents of black smoke, while hose lines by the score lay in a twisted, tangled web up and down the streets for blocks on all sides. The territory is bounded by Kingston, Bedford and Chauncey-sts. was the principal theater of destruction. Here the conflagration leveled everything. Within an hour after the first alarm sounded the whole structure of Brown, Pnreil fc Co.'s building collapsed with a tremendous crash. The flames were darting from doors and windows and the interior of the block was a glowing furnace. Pry goods and other combustible materials, with which the floors were packed, burnt into a white heat. Granite crumbled, and iron girders melted away like ice. The streams from the engines were dissipated in vapor before they touched the fire. Suddenly the cry aroe, "The walls are falling! tiack! back!" The crowd surged back for their very lives, startled by the shout. Firemen dropped their nozzles and ran to save the apparatus. Great gaps opened In the walls and bricks from cornices dropped into the street with an ominous clatter. Tnree engines and the aerial ladder and water tower were in immediate danger, and their crews buckled to the tusk of getting them out of harm's way Every moment was one of peril. Masses of tangled electric wires blocked the wheels of the machines and oostructcd the way. Firemen desperately attempted to ellect a clearance, but it was slow work, and it was hy superhuman cllort that one engine was alone saved. Lofty walls of blazing buildings were tottering and the tuen were compelled to dee. There was a confuted and de dening roar and a dense cloud of smoke and dust mounted heavenward. When it cleared away, the luxurious palace of trade had vanished, only a fantastic heap of bricks, shattered stone, twisied iron beams and broken columns marking t.ie site. Two engines w hich bad been stationed at Chauncey and Bedfordst s. still stood upright amid the wreck, but ruined beyond repair. The boiler of 2o. 22 had burst as a monstrous stone Jell directly upon it. flattening it out like a mass of tin. Tne machinery was broken and bent, and the wheels and wood work were burned entirely away. It was a melancholy spectacle. The ladder truck was charred and splintered into a thousand fragments, and the water tower was smashed into an indistinguishable wreck. Viewed from this point of vantage, the scene was one of thrilling grandeur. Direcdy opposite, the towering Ames block, occupied by Taylor Bros., was ablaze from roof to haseruenL For a time it looked as though it, too, would fall, and firemen, police and reporters gave it a wide berth. Floors fell in with stunning noise, leaving but a mere shel'. From this building the fire was steadily eating its way through to Chauncey-sL despite the thousands of gallons of water thrown upon it. A succession of sharp explosions indicated the force of the compressed and heated air in the various rooms and otliees, and from the exceedingly brilliant tlames that continuously darted through the wall of smoke which overhung the doomed structures, it seemed that broken gas pipes were playing their part in the conflagration. The immense stone and Iron block occupied by Samuel Williams and Brighaia A Co., on the corner of Chauneey-st. and Itowe-court, marked the furthest progress of the fire iu that direction. Although apparently fire proof as the Alps, it was completely gutted. On the corner of Chauncey and Bedford-sts. the large block occupied by .Smith, Hogg Jt Gardner and others, was in almost as bad a plitfhL and the buildings between these two were utterly destroyed. The leaping flames succeeded in crossing Cbauncey-st. to the upper stories of the huge Allen block, largely occupied by Farley, Harvey Ä- Co., and those adjacent as far as Essex-place. It was hard to direct streams of water effectually, aud for a time it seemed as though Washington-st. might be reached. The firemen here made a grand rally. Many lines of hose were carried through the stores on Har-rison-ave., the extension of whose rears were opposite the rears of those already burning, and the foe was strongiy fought. Other hose was taken upstairs and used underneath, and from windows across on Bedford-st. still other streams were directed upon the flames, and finally the further progress of the fire was stayed. A thrilling rescue from immediate death was made by Officer Charles Maynes of division 2, Officer Benjamin of division 16 and "Sleepy," the colored attache of City hall, about 9:45 o'clock in the building, 80 Chauncey-sL Edward E. Whiting, a veteran fireman, helped with tbe hose on the building. It grew terribly hot, the walls threatened to fall, and the cry was raised to get back, as the roof was caving in. A desperate rush was made by all bands to get out of reach of the tumbling bricks and all escaped save Whiting. He was struck, knocked down and immediately covered bv the heated debris. The firemen said that he must be killed. OihVers Maynes and Ben jarain, however, thought oiUerent, and taking desperate chances, tbey braved the fnrnace-like heat and risk of falling walla and tried to find the buried man. "My God. can no one help me?" was the cry they heard. This directed them to & pile of truck and timber, under which they found Whiting imprisoned. Frantically they pulled and hauled at the hot debris. Every moment they expected to be killed with fal'ing stones. or net on fire by tbe seething dames which darted out in every direction. Bravely they kept at work, however. 1 hey got hold of Whiting's arms and tried to pull him out, but the burned skin and flesh came off in their hands. Once more they dag away at the debris to free

the bnrned and injured man. Tliey succeeded in- this and ct Whiting ouL It was found that his ri jht leg was broken, that he was frightfully burned about the head, arms and body and otherwi injured. 11 was driven with all speed to the city hospital. It is believed that Iiis iniuries will prove fatal. Police Sergt. Kimball. Patrolman Hinesand Ex-Councilman Pavid K. Barry rescued several peojde six women and one man from the building at the corner of Kingston and Bedford-sts. The smoke bad overcome them and they lay prostrate on one of tbe upper floors. Aware that the employes had not all escaped from the building, they bravely entered, groped around in thickening smoke, and as fast as the prostrate forms were discovered, they were carried to a place of savety. The fire reached the place just aa the last of the women was being carried from the building. Among the seriously injured are: MiniAKL Atkinson, policeman. bead crushed by falling granite. John II alley, hoBeman, lacerated by plate glass. TlOiMAS F. QriGLRY, inhaled flames, burned. P;s:tkict Engineer Baktlett, dislocated right shoulder. Lr Fkohmav, fireman, hand nearly cut off. J. Dacky, fireman, leg crushed. Fireman BrssEi.r, engine 3, leg broken. The origin of the tire is not definitely known, but is generally attributed to "the elcctrio wire." The most conservative estimate of the loss at this hour is $3.000,000. OUR EARLY LAW-MAKERS.

The Men Whn I.ntd the Kmmda tions of InlianVs Cireames. The following is a partial report of the remarks made by the ilon. William II. EnKÜsh at the banquet of the survivors of the general assembly of 1SGI, held at the Grand hotel, Tuesday night: "I think nothing excited the attention and thought of the persons in attendance at your meeting th'is afternoon more than tbe development oi the fact that over one-half of the members of the legislature of 1561 are in their graves, notwithstanding it was comparatively a modern legislature. It occurred to me that if there were, so few survivors of a legislature in session only twenty-eight years ago, it might be interesting to ascertain how many of the earlier legislators are now living. "Xo that end I have devoted a conple of hours, since the adjournment of the afternoon meeting, in looking over my legislative material, and with your permission I will now give you the result of my examination: "All the persons connected with the administration of the government of Indiana from the organization of the territory in 1800 for the first qu.rter of a century are dead. The governors, judges and members of the territorial legislature, as well as the delegates to congress, in the territorial period, have long since passed away. Of the forty-three men who in 1S16 framed the first constitution of Indiana, my old friend Joseph Holman, whom I bad the pleasure of knowing intimately in the letter years of his life, and from whom I received much valuable historical information, was the last one to die. j He did not die, however, until, I think, the spring of 1n3. He was one cf the delegates from Wayne county. It is a little singular that another delegate from that county, Hugh Cull, who was probably the first tnethodist preacher on the soil of Indiana, lived to the remarkable aceof 105; but be died before Holman. I have the likeness of quite a number of the members of that convention, but none of Cull, and it would be a great favor if anyone would give me a clew- to procuring bis likeness. "Of the state legislatures, beginning with the first session in 1816, and extending down to and including the session of 1S28-21. there were blO members- elected, not one of whom, aa far as I know, is now living. I should explain that when I speak of 819 members having been elected, I do not mean 819 different persons, because in that period some were elected more than one time, or in the case of senators, served more than one session, and the same applies throughout this estimateThere was one member elected in enrly times who did not serve, abost whien I will tell you a little story. I vas trying to procure material for writing a sketch of a man by the name of Pan Lynn, who bad represented Posey county in theconstitutionl conventiona of 1816. A gentleman of that county to whom I had written, kindly gave me the information, but jestingly added thtt in early times Lynn was elected to the legislature, but went oti to New Orleans with a load of produce and did not go to the atntc capital at nil. He said some old citizens down thern thought Posey was better represented that year than ever before or since. "Of course, this was said as a joke, as some of the ablest men ever iu the Indiana legislature were from Posey county, and Mr. Lynn himself was a considerable mat . "I may a id ) ire that in the beginning the senate and bouse together amounted to only thirty-nine, but the number graduallv increased until it reached 150 iu 1841-2, at which figure it has ever since remained. "Bringing the subject still further down, from the beginning in 1816, to the celebrated legislature of 1X31M0, which was the first legislature I bud then ever seen, there hid then been 2.021 members elected, or serving as before explained, and it i a truly sad thing for me to say that of this la'ge number I do not think a dozen are now alive. 'T at present know of but nine, and I will roentioa tlieni in order, begiuing with the oldest in service: "Br. Curtis G. Ilnssey, representative 182030, from Morgan, etc. "John Pitcher, representative 1S30-31, from Perry and Spencer. "John C. Parker, representative 1S32-33, from Clarke. "llichard W. Thompson, representative from Lawrence in 1S34-5. "David Macy, rei resentative 1535-6 from Henry. "Christopher C. Graham, representative 1W.VÖ from Warrick. "Graham N. Fitch, representative 1S36-7 from Cass. "George W. Carr, representative 183S-9 from Lawrence. "Fabins M. Finch, representative 1839-40 from Johnson. "James S. Shivcley, representative 1S39-40 from Grant and Wabash. "I had the honor of being the principal clerk of the house of representatives at the session of 1M3, and bringing my examination down to include that session. I find the total of senators and representatives up to that time 3,371, and that only six, in addition to the nine already mentioned, are now living, viz: "Aaron Itow('ings, representative 1S40-41, from ScotL (Joseph F. Brown, principal clerk in ls-ll-2. is still livincr.) "Br. George Berry, senator 1S42-3, from Franklin county. "William W. Conner, representative 1313-4, from Hamilton county. "Angustus C. Handy, representative 1S43-4, Hancock county. "Franklin Hardin, representative 1843-4, from Johnson county. "David McClure, representative 1843-4, from Scott couuty." Gon. S'tone pointed out that Miles Hunt of Randolph should be added as a survivor. Mr. English concurred, and paid: " It might not be without interest to bring this investigation down to include all the legislatures under the old constitution, but I have not done so because my historical and biographical material is very voluminous, and I have not had time to examine it for this occasion, but I fear the number surviving would be found to be frightfully small. Of that truly great body of men who formed the present constitution of Indiana in 1SÖ0-51, and which was composed of 1"0 members, the number living at Che time of the reunion of the survivors in this city in October, 1S.H.5, only thirty-three were then understood to be alive. That has been only a comparatively little time ago, and yet about onefourth of that little baud have been called away, and certninly not more than twenty-four or twenty-five rurvive, possibly not that many, aa some were very feeble and living faraway when last heard from. Even looking at your comparatively modern legislature of 1861 you will find, aa I have said, that less than half the members are living, and it is peculiarly approfiriate that the survivors should meet together n this reunion to talk of old times and renew old friendships. "The enjoyment of the living is well, but there is something due to the dead. It is to rescue, as far as possible, their name and fame and acts from oblivion, and to explain and hand down to posterity the patriotic and bene. ficient measures adopted by the legislatures in which they served. Is'ow is the accepted time for gathering the necessary material for a history of the measures and men in the pioneer and heroic period of Indiana's existence, and the history of the law-makers and laws of a state is, in a great measure, the history of the state. The surviving members of the great war legislature of 1SS1 are the yery men to aid in this matter. I am glad to see they have the work well in hand. I was much interested in the able paper Judge Bundy read this afterDoon, and also In .the remarks of other gentlemen on this occasion. I hope you may continue in well-doing, and that you may all live long and be happy."

A GIGANTIC LAND SWINDLE

THOUSANDS OF POOR PEOPLE ROBBED Frederlcksn & Co. Oar the Poor Worthless Deeds and the Rich Worthless Mortgages, Impartial y Despoiling Each Fu'ly a. Million Stolen. . Chicago, Nov. 26. I is now said the fraudulent transactions of Frcdericksen A Co. of this city will reach $1,000,01(0. Their plan was to give mortgages on property to which they had no title. They have been doing, a big business in western railroad lands, mostly selling small parcels to immigrants and poor people on the installment plan. When partly paid, Fredericksen fc Co. would give a deed, taking a mortgage to secure deferred payments. These mortgages were sold, or used as collateral for loans. Ex-Gor. Bice and other Wisconsin capitalists were large buyers. Many of these mortgages are worthless. Cashier Bidgood, who is under arrest, says the business amounted to 50,000 acres a year. T. G. Cowie, Gov. Rice's son-in-law, says PJce is out $100,000; says Fredericksen & Co. got np fraudulent mortgages, gave men $5 to 6ign them and then borrow money on them. They gave mortgages on Dakota, Minnesota, and other Northwestern la!ds, and hundreds of Chicago people who have thought they were buying lands find their deeds worthless. Among the capitalists swindled are Gov. Bice, Rudolph .uneruaker, cashier Merchants' National bank, Milwaukee; Messrs. Keudrick and Rice of Milwaukee, and. S. W. ftawson, the Chicago banker shot by his stepson. Eight or ten eastern capitalists are in for about $100,000, and E. G. Comstock of Milwaukee $70.000. Mr. Cowie says a prominent Milwaukeean aided the Fredericksens by giving them a good recommcudation. Cashier Bidgood was held in $15,000 bonds for examination Saturday. Ho claimed that his connection with the Frederickseus was purely clerical, and that he knows nothing of their business. Mr. Cowie said this afternoon he would follow the Fredericksens to tbe end of the world. He says 200 Chicago servant girls have been swindled out of from $50 to $400 each and that the swindlers got f 700,000 at least. The Fredericksena hf.d no money or property, and Cowie expects to prove that the Milwaukee man was at the head of the whole business. The scheme of tbe conspirators was a simple one. Fredericksen had plats of farm lands in Dakota and all parts of the Northwest, and by picking out a suitable piece, a description would be filled out on a blank mortgage and sent to the clerk of the county, wherein the land lay. No abstract of title is requirod by Minnesota law in recording mortgages, and the mortgage bearing all the marks of a genuine document, similar to those held in great numbers against farmers, was soon back in the hands of the sharpers. Then it was easily disposed of to investors, unless the people to whom it was ottered demanded a conplete abstract, and this very rarely occurred. The Chicago loan and trust company, E. G. Southworth, the Joiiet steel man and the Ft. Dearborn bank are heavy losers. The receiver of the Fredericksens resigned to-day, ssymg there was absolutely nothing to receive. Gov. Bice arrived to-night. He says be is out $150,000 and that C. D. Kendrick, a Milwaukee real estate man, was so badly beaten that he had to assign. He says thousands of farmers iu Kansas and Iowa who had supposed they were buying lands have been swindled. He says the entire force of ten men in Fredericksens' office were in the conspiracy and besides the swindler had seventy-five men outside to sign mortgages for him, all of whom will be arrested. DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. Schools and Church in Central Illinois Ar Closed. Monttcello, 111., Nov. 2'3. Special. The terrible scourge of diphtheria is very sorely afflicting the people iu central Illinois. At Iliiopolis and vicinity there are over fifty cases, and many deaths have occurred, with many more who will die. Public schools have been closed, and all church and Sunday-school services suspended. In some cases there are hardly enough well to wait on the sick and bury the dead, for fear of catching the disease. It is al"o very bad at Waverly, Petersburg, Springfield, Pekin and other places. The disease attacks the old as well as the young, and is often followed by paralysis and heart disease. Denouncing Dressed Meat Shipments. Danville, 111., Not. 27. Special. Campbell grange of Vermillion county has adopted and published resolutions strongly condemning the citizens of Danville for patronizing the Nelson Morris dressed-beef syndicate, a monopoly which is shipping dressed beef here from Chicago. The grange protests against this unfriendly and injurious act of the city officials of Danville in permitting the monopoly to carry on business in the city, and claim that it is a short-sighted policy for Danville to jack-up and foster a monopoly which will cut off a large revenue of raouey that has always passed from the farmers' bands into the business enterprises of Danville. A call is made for the sixteen granges of Vermillion county and the grangce of the adjoining counties to mee in DauviPe Dec. 14, to consider some practical method to compel the citizens of Danville to boycott the Morris meat. Sad Indeed. Time. Neighbor "Mr. Skrimp, I have bad news to tell you." Farmer Skrimp "nev, eh? Whud mout it be?" "It is very shocking, my friend, and I advise you to be prepared for the worst." "Yas, go on." "This morning your wi'e, in attempting to cross the ford, rode into deep water and both she and the horse were drowned." 'Great snakes, yer don' sesso." "Alas, it's but too true." "By gum, but thet's mouty bad." "It is indeed a great calamity, my fried." "Wal, it jest air. It's er awful slam on me, shore. Why, neighbor, I akchly wouldn't er tuck er hun'ned dollars for that ere hoss; an' ther ole 'oman knowed hit. It jest nachully do 'pear like women folks don't think o' nothing; an they're so keerless." A Question if Soc nl Importance, Chicago American. Mrs. Selfmade "What is the trouble, MelInda? You seem distressed aliout something." Melinda "I have been insulted. I hear that Mrs. Grandergilt is circulating the story that pap i carried a dinner-pail till he was forty years old." M rs. Selfmade "And. what did you say ?" Melinda "I said it was a wanton and malignant falsehood." "Mrs. Selfmade "And you did quite right. Your father never carried a dinner-pail; he jnst wrapped a sandwich in a piece of newspaper and slipped it into his overcoat pocket." Rheumatism originates in lactic acid in the blood, which settling in the joints causes the puius aud aches of the disease. Hood's SareapHrilla cures rheumatism by neutralizing the acid ty of the blood and giving it richness and vita ity. Try Hood's Sarsaparilla. Absolutely Puroi This powder never variea. A marvel of pnrtrr, strentb and wboleeomeness. More economical tban theonltnary kinds, md cannot be sold in competition jritta the multitude of tow te?t, short wcUht alnm or jhoibst powder. Hold only In co. liOTAI. &4X1U POWDES CO., 106 W 11 St., H. Y.

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Garbled quotations from official reports, falsely credited to respectable journals, but really emanating- from the advertising department of the Royal Baking Powder Company, have again made their appearance. Extracts lrom official letters and documents are falsely quoted, and spurious words inserted to mislead the public and hoist into notoriety an adulterated lood product. The American Analyst, of New York City, says, in its issue of June 13, 1S30, "No Board of Health has ever officially in-. dorsed the Royal Baking Powder, as its manufacturers state." A careful perusal of the original National Board of Health Bulletin, "Supplement No. 0, page 33," will show quite conclusively, that "without money considerations," but in the interest of the United States Government they indorsed "Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder as the strongest and purest." In reference to the report made by the Canadian Government on Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, we refer to the Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department, Ottawa (seat of government), Canada, which will show that Mr. Wm Saunders, Public Analyst of that Department, gives the preference to Dr. Price's in strength and purity. A bogus report purporting to come from the Ohio Food Commissioner is another brainy (?) concoction of those who take the pay and wear the collar of the Royal Baking Powder Company. This Royal editor would make the public believcHat their powder, with its filthy ingredient, ammonia, had Lccfr officially indorsed, while the truth told. Commissioner Hurst of Ohio, over his own signature denounces the Royal's report as "a false and garbled statement." Commissioner Hurst adds: "This article (Royal's) pretending to quote, but misrepresenting my official circular, as it did, was a most flagrant abuse of an official paper." This fraudulent method of advertising has become so apparent, in order to protect themselves the State Board of Health of New York published a resolution passed at a general meeting condemning "the advertisement of the Royal Baking Powder Company quoting the State Board of Health of New York, as recommending, through one ol its analysts, its purity, etc.," as a misrepresentation. The origin of ammonia is filth, decomposed animal and vegetable matter, and yet it is being used as a leavening power in the Royal Baking Powder. It was decided by the National Food Analysts that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder was the one they could recommend to general family use, being free from Ammonia, Alum, Lime and all drug taint.

.eiaww i nimnin.ii Bwnf ft f .'J Pi' rZmm For said by PEARSON" & GRATEFUL COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowUdire of the natural laws which govern the. oKratiou of digeitlon and nutrition, and ty a careful application of the floe properties of wrli-selocted Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our break last tables with a delicately flavored heveraz which may sre us man v heavy doctors' bilK It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to ffitt cfry tendoncr to diea. Hundreds of suHIe maladies are floating aio'ind m rt-ady to attack wherever there ii a weak point. We mar escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure biood and a proierly nourished irim." Civil Service tiazette. Mmle simply with hoilli g wster or milk. Sold onlr n half-pound tins, hy Orocers, labelled thus: JAM Es EPFS 4 CO., Hmaoptthic Chemists, London. England. GOLD MEDAL, PABIS, 137R IV. BAKER & C0S MM Cocoa I absolutely pure and it 19 BOlUhlf. No Chemicals tre ud la iti prrpiraticn. It ht mart ikam tine timet Ik ttrrmtfh of Cocoa mixtd with Starch, Arrowroot or 6iCr, and it thrrrf ne far more economical, CMfin; Im than cm cml a n. It it driteiou, nouruhinjr, trrnthciiinr, Easily DliirSTED, and admiimldy ilcl far invalid as eil aa persona in health. Sold bjGrorers everywhere. "W. BAÜES & CO., Dorchester, Has ) HOURS Runs Easy NO BACKACHE inn o. a B OSE MAX. TVrite for descriptive cat-uoeTi. contaminfr te.4iniotiia from kno-irrd cf prpi fa kaia lwrsl frm 4 Utteardt dailjr. iA.OOli.iw uccwfuLy iren-v o,.n le Iiad vbcro there I a varancr. A SKW 1.'. i KM 101 for flliiiff tav-a rt frra with rarh narhlae, by the um cf tliia tool everybody can file their own wiwa Iiow and do It. better than tlio (rreatent expert can without it. AdapU-d to all cross-cut saw. Kvrrr oie ho owTia a mw shouH hnveoTte. Ask YonneuTorw-ite tOI.IHNU M.WVl.VO XI AC 11 IS K CO., SOS (Sit Saül C maul Street, Chicago, III, FREE TUB BEST CORN BUSKER HADE, And Blee 10 pase Story P.i, Pr. luu inn Duo mr for a Ith :tii pre and do it earner tlian with S.' f.', xi e any otuer; can be tiard on bare bamla rV. tir in tlilr.K for rld fnwty wrather or V.5i't- -tlr when UjehnMd la aorerctn be art - "Lj.." J' Med in a moment's t me to mn-t lürÜ I i?.'iw,..v" can liu-.tr BO rniie: wr dav LiuhL I wiUjuUl.,,1, Ü r.Hm. Totiitrelioiir Innre IM ptre Illustrated Pnarr, will aend it three monuia n trtai and the I orn lluWer free t J mall If yon will ftfi us 1 0 rta. to help to pay pusta) oa al. fend now, don't mi thin chance. E. F. NASON, Pub., 21 Ann St., New York. Th3 WhitQ Ilorsg & Eed Keaslcd Girl Herstsths while bone, ..w rbers ts tha red lairf Look ataj-o: liuut Cbevrm, fttitl hf touctitt'tr a rlnc Ju l fft tü red liciuifU cirU vtiu ii out l, !;! t enlff 'tn jrq wt'it nir; iniai i in inn r l 4illK (U thin I r f..irt. ant rrrft . n-n-rlm br mm 1. 1 (V emt, "J inr coutw Uwu01-4o. i:. h.soN to.. Si iaa Uru cw Y.:, Manhood RESTORED. rtBmtrT rttit-1 Tlrtlra of Toulhful Imrrudeneo, rlna Premature Iiecar, Mttohs pelnli'y, Unas Manhood. Ac havinp t-ted In rajn eTerr known re me1, ha discovered a Mmn'e mean of elf cure, m bU'tt b III aend fBe!ert f"Ki"F. to hhi fe!!ow-ilTererm. Address, 1. U. B.U.VE3, V.O. Uox Je3,rw Xork Ctij.

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CMcaso, Bcci Islasä &Facific Ry. Including XJnea East and West of the Iff Isacurl River. Tha iMroct Route to end from CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND. DAVENPORT, PES MOINES. COTTNCIX. BLUFFS, WATEBTOWN. 6IOU3C FALLS, MINNEAPOLIS. 6T. PAUL, 6T. J03FPII. ATCHISON, LEAVENWORTH. KAN8AS CITY, TOPEiA, EEJJVTB, COLORADO ePNOS and PUEBLO. FreBecüning Chair Cara to and lrom CHICAGO. CALDWELL, HUTCHINSON a ad DODOS CITT". anrt Palace Sleeping Cur between CIUCAG O, WICHITA and HUTCHINSON. SOLID VESTIBULE EXPRESSTRAINS of Through Coaches, Elecpcrs. Free ReclininaT Chair Cora and (tne: cf 113. Kiver) Dinlny Car daily between CHICAGO. DZ3 MOINFä, COUNCIL BLUFFS and OMAHA, vrttb FREE Reclining Chair Car to NOitTH PLATTE (Neb.), and hrtwpon CHICAGO and DENVER. CO LOH ADO ! kpbinqs and PUEBLO, via St. Joseph, or Kanj aaa City and Topeka- Splendid Duilnjr Eoteia daily, with Cnoica of Koutea to acd from 6alt Lnke, Portland. Loa Angeles und Bon Francisco. The Direct Lino to and from pike s Peak. Ulacltou. Garden of the Gods, the 8nitaxlmna, and Scenic Grandeurs of Colorado. Via Tho Albert Lea Route. Bolid Errrees Train daiJ7 between Cnieoo and Minneapolis and Bu Paul. 'wtUi THUOUGil Kechnin Chair Cara (FIIEE) to and from thoao rointa and Kansae City. TbrouFb Chair Car anl deeper between Peoria, Spirit Luke and Sioux Falla Via Rock Inland. Tbe Favorit Lina to Watertown, 6ioux Falls, tha Earumcr Kosorta aid Huntln and I'ishiag Grounds of the NortiiweaU The Short Line via Seneca and Kankakee offer facllitiea to travel to and from IndionapoUa, Cincinnati and other Southern, points. ForTickets, Mape, Folders, or deelrod Information, apply et any Coupon Ticltet Office, or address) E.ST.JOHM, JOHN SEBASTIAN, Oral Hacager. Gecl Tkt. & Pa, AV CHICAGO. ILL. SALE OF STATE LANDS. STATE OF INDIANA. Otfk or A t-Diroa .r t at. Notice is her br given, that in pursuant" to tba provision of an act of the r nerai Avinblr of tha bist of Indiana, entitled "An act sutbririnc tba sale and conTej-an" of certain lands of the feiste of Indians, disusing of the rrotwls thereof, and proriding for the recovery -f the owession ol any lands of the Mate unlawfully Leid, sod for tbe rent of any of tbe liml. of the tat until s Ad, ret-ling si! laws in conflict therew th. and deciarin; sn emrroncT." spprored March 9. IS-H, I v. ill onVr for sal to the highetH bidder at theoliice of thn Auditor of Mte, in tbo citv ot Indianapolis, at from 10 a. m. to 4 p. ni., on Monday, euber 0. the following described real eate, aitnate in Fo.tev county, belonging to tbe rtsts of Indians, and authorized to b sold by aaid act: The e of the s e fr qr section 7"l, township 8 soma, rsnjje 13 wet, Aprra;etnent, ?li!3. Tbe w 4 of Iba s e fr qr section as, township 8 south, rane 13 tm. A pjiraieraetit, $l;i'i. eai'l tracts of lnnd alove dcrtted will first be Cored for cah. 11 no bid for c.h is received, said tracts of land ail immed U ly la re-oBered f irssift on a credit not toerceej eve year. Interet being payable annually in adrauc?, at the rata of eix per cent. j?r annum. No bid ior It ss than the srrraied valua will be received. BKlYfcCAKR, Auditor of State. Indianapolis, lad., November 1, !. ISMtt Wm. E. McLean, lata Firat Drputr Comnilrslone s-d srtin 1 ontiniMioner of Tensions. Jos. W. Mchol, bta J-aw Clerk, Fo-tofSee De partm't. Wm. 8, ie!l. Claim Attorner. McLEAN 4 NH HuL, Attorneraat Law, l ooms 81, and 34, Atlant 'e ttuilding. AVasning'oo, I. O. Attention to Pensions, Patents ani Calms bVr the Foetotnca Pcparlmcat aud in tha Lxecutiv partment.