Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1891 — Page 8

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8 THE INDIANA ST ATET SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1891-TWELYE PAGES.

SEASONED WITH ARSENIC.

CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG SERVANT. Other Stute Kew-Gnrt Bennstt'e ! fenee for 3Iurderlng Two Men Newspaper guaprotlon Prize Fighting at Aurora Uappy Odd Fellows. Evansvtlle, March 1. Special. Willia it Scott and hia divorced wife live at Kurtz Station. Several months a-o they epurated, as a result of frequent quarrels. A decree of divorce set them both free, and b'cott soon afterward married lady named Callahan living at Bedford, Ind. Scott, it is said, tired of her and deserted her, returning to his first wife. Recently Scott and the first wife were taken uddenly sick immediately after dinner. Both vomited violently, and a physician who was summoned thought they had been poisoned from food cooked in a copper vessel, and his belief was strengthened when the meJicine he prescribed had the desired effect. Scott and his wife recovered. After breakfast Tuesday morning the couple were again thrown into spasm?, and their condition became eo alarming that a phys-cian was summoned. An examination showed that Scott ani his wife were suffering from arsenical poisoning, which had been communicated to them through the cotfee. The arrest of a young servant girl folowcd, and she ha made a confesou in which ehe acknowledges to having placed the poison in the coCee, claiming ?he did eo at the suggestion of Scott's second wife, not knowing t'at it was poison. Inquiry was then made ahout the Erst caa?, and the girl volunteered the information that ehe had put tome of the white rond.-r in the hog meat cooked that day. uhe guilty parties are under arrest and will be held without bail until the victims either die or recover. Today the condition of both is most serious. A REMARKABLE RtVIVAU rverythlos "Std -Tracked" OW Martinsville Absorbed. JIartixsviile, Feb. 26. Special. The p3ot rem arkable revival ever held in Indiana is now in progress here in the ChrisSan church. Under the earnest preaching of Elder James Small and the impassioned exhortations of Elder W. B. F. Treat 332 persons have joined tt.e church. Of these, SCO have been by conversion and seventytwo have been gathered from other churches. This is thj largest number ever added to any church in the state at one revival and the largest in the United States except one. About twenty-live years aco E der XV. F. Dlack held a seventeen weeks' ir.eetingat liloomiagton, lndn which resulted in 250 additions to the church. This was eclipned a fer year? 8o at Ccl ambus. Elder W, F. Cowdery beld a three weeds' revival there which resulted in ninety add t ions. EluVr li. T. Sweeney, consul general at Constantinople, Turkey, took up tho meeting and carried it forward until it resulted in 311 additions to tho church. That meeting stood at the head of all revivals in the United States until it, in turn, was eciipsed by one in Denver. Col., wher there were 400 additions during a single revival. Considering all the circtimgtaires th. revival now point? on at thi.-s tlce is the most remarkab e ever held in the United States. The meetings have been held in a bouse only eeatinir 30 ) pernons. The population of the town is only 3,00. Ther is no excitement, but everything has been 4eL let racked" for the meetings. Whole f amides have joined. They join on ihe river bnk and are immediately baptized. Tney join after mee'inp adjourns. One youns man demanded to be baptized at 10 o'clock at night. The church was i'ghted and Elder Treat baptized him "the same Lour of the night." This is the eighth week and tho interest is a? great as ever ana the meeting is still in progress. The church here now numbers (jiX). Elder Small is an Irishman. Ha is a Tery plain, earnest talker. He quotes abundantly from the scripture and also from eacrtd poetry. His Irih wit blazes out occasionally like a meteor. Eider Treat is a man of great ability and they work together in perfect harmony. The house is crowded beyond its capacity and scores of persona stand up. They ait on the platform until the preacher can scarcely find a standing place. It takes thirty minute? to extend "the rieht hand of fellowship" and thirty minutes for the crowd to get out of the houe after the benediction is pronounced. GEORGE BENNETT'S DEFENSE. XX Alleges Insanity When II Killed Sott and WerkhoflC Lafayette, March 1 .Special. George Bennett, the young maa who shot anJ killed William II. Scott and John Werkhotf, has entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murdering Scott and added a paragraph to his complaint, in which be gets np that at the time of the shooting lor which he is indicted he was a person of unsound mind. The court fixed his trial for March 25. Bennett alleges that he had been hounded by members of railroad organizations by reason of the fact that he was one of the men who took positions on the C, B. & Q. railroad, at the t me of the great Etrike. His defense wid be that in consequence of the continued persecutions of Certain men, he was unable to secure employment and support his family, and was thus driven to insanity. During this time he shot Werkhoff, who was a railway man, causing his death about a week after. Scott was Bennett's friend, and had helped him on several occasions, and it wili be claimed that the fact that he ehot and lne;antly ki led Scott, hia friend, is but another evidence of his insanity. The esse created considerable excitement in days tone by, resulting in a mob going to the jail following WerkhofTa death, and attempting to tret possession of Bennett to hang him. The prompt action of the eherifF, in removing him, prevented the echeme. Bennett was kept at the northern prison for safety until a few days TTfttion Sentenced ti Baventen Trc Kocxvtlle, Feb. 24. Special. The trial of Bobert Watson for the murder of SL C. Davidson at Terre Haute last sumtrr was ca.Ied io the Farke circuit court today. The charee ws for murder in the first degree, but by consent manslanghter wm substituted, to which charge Watson rad gui.ty and was sentenced by Jude'e White to seventeen years in the penitentiary. The proceedings occupied less than two hour. The prisoner is now forty-Are, eo that this sentence is in real ty nearly a life sentence. Waton and Davidson are old railroaders and fast friends. Watson kept np improper re ation with the murdered man's wife. Davidson became sunpicious, and one night last August fol Children Cry for j

lowed Wat.-cn to his (Davidson's) hcus", the door of which had been purposely left o;n:n for him by the faithless wife. A senf le ensued and b'owa were struck, and 'ats-n fchot tho injured man, who died after declaring Wation to have been his assailant Davidson' wife wai the only witness to the trag.dy, and the feeling h'.'ra is y.o strong against her that she may be com period to mov out cf tho neighborhood. Watson's faithful ebter came a 1 the wny from California to be at her brother's tide. 1Vl-.lt Ca lii YFabsah. "Wabash, Feb. 2 b Special. The town of Lr.trro. five miles eatt of Wabash, was undr a reign of terror yesterday, and there ii a prospect of more trouble to come. A good many people there have been scandalized by the actions of Thomas Hurley and his wife, who have been conducting a questionable house. Several days ago a party of seven or eight men disguised as white caps went to the hcuse, read the riot act and then stripped all the clothes from the woman and covered her body with ah manner of indignities. Tbev did not heed this invitation to it:ove, and yesterday afternoon several young men took Iiosession of the town, visited the Hurley muse and rjfain repeated the request to leave. Hot and high works flew fast and thick, and for an hour.or more every street in the town was deserted. The young men claim that the Hurley's will go now. Lack. Feb. 2;). Special. The dispatch s-nt out from Wabash that a band of w hite caps had gathered at the house of a man named liarley near here and heaped indignities on his wife i a vorv falsa statement of a err trivial affair. There are no white caps in this section and there were no indignities heaped upon Harley's wife. A few young fellows gathered in front of th houie and were somewhat hilarious and disorderly in their conduct but that was all there was in it. Death of Geo. Stan. "Wixcn ester, Feb. 23. Special. Gen. Asahel Stone, one of the eldest and beat citiz?us of this city, died at hia residence p.t an early hour this morning, aged seventy-three. Gen. Stone was among the most public spirited men of this city and has always contributed liberally of his means to all public aud cbaritable institutions. He was the donor and founder of Fountain park cemetery, which is an honor to hia name and to the city ct Winchester. Gen. Aahel Stone was born In Washinsioa county Ohio, Jur e lil7. After Cnishiu hit education in the common schools of Cincinnati, hi natural fondness for ro?ch&nics Jed him to adopt the business of hia father, who was au extensiye contractor and builder. In 1S47 he was elected to the legiklatuie a a whig, and in r-60 waa elected to tSe utate tena'v. a'ao aervioir in the extra sexfcion of 1351. lu lo2 he wai appointed quarter-mnsrar-ceuera'. of the attte. which position h held with l.onor until hia resignation io 107. In 1S73 h waa again elrrted to the legislature, lie wa married in lu 1&7 to Miss I .yd: R. Trenton. He was a iTomioent odd leliow an waa aciiva in IctuperrC'-e work, Leintr a men.ber of the order of Good Temnlurs. Together with hit wite be pre ;ented a gift of forty aera of Itnd near Winchter, to that ci-y. for a ceunterj.J G.ive Up the Fait, Fort Wayne, Feb. 23. Gump, the faster, who oa Feb. 2 commenced his attempt to fast thirty d.j-s oa a one-thou-sand-dollar wager with Col. Geary, had to give up last evening having fasted exactly twenty-fivo d?y-. He began weighing l.'r poai'us and when lie quit he weighed twenty-four pounis less. He was attacked with fiarrhea yctterday and he W1.3 afr.d 1 of a raiid decline. The urging of i.is rnnther to break his fast on account of his declining health prompted him to quit although his physicians aspur d him th-.t he could easily hold cut for tl-e roniaT:i.:c five davj with safety. It ii todav reietted that ha did not succeed as tho money w as to be used ia liltins a one-th'uaiid-dolar mortgage from ttie home oi his parents, t'ol. Geary has aa-mmed nil the docfors' and other expenses until h fully recovers. During the fast he used thirty-eight pints of water and no food. He was feverish but ona day. Th!t Capa at .Nrw Amsterdam. New Alb , nv, Feb. 26. Special. Details of the "white cap" outrage at New Amsterdam i-hoTf that John McConnell and a woman parsing a his wife floated to that place several days ago in a shantyboat ard were warned lo leave. McConnell show ed no disposition to obey tho warning, and be removed his wif to a little c-u in on the bank, where thev began ho'i!Kr?ning. About midnight '.Tuesday fort :.. asked men ga loped through the streets aud silently and swiftly surrounded the McConnell cabin, after which the door was broken down. Tb-ir victim wete found crouching in a corner and they begg?d for their lives, but no attention wa3 pail to their appea's. Eoth the man and woman wero mercilessly ecourged with hickory switches, after which they were escorted to the shantyboat and wero sent art rift on tl e Ohio. A Determined Saielde. Milax, Feb. 23. Special. A eomewhat peculiar 8ui-:ide occurred last night at Morris, this county, on the Big Four railroad. Theodore Ilumpert, a shoemaker, who had been driuking hard for several weeks and had grown despondent, bade his wife good bye and told her he was going to lay his head on the railroad and let tne mail train kill him. As he had frequently made such threats before his wife thought nothing of it and told him him to go off and sober up. He hearing a freight train coming, ran to the railroad and knelt on the track. The train men saw him too late to stop, and he raised up a little just before the train reached him. Tho locomotive struck him ontheeide of the head, fracturing the skull and producing instant death. He leaves a wite and five children in destitute circumstances. Indiana Foatraaatera. Blue Grasf Fulton county, T. C. Shore, vice T. II. Lease, resigned. Julian, Newton county, F. M. Deweese, vice, I. O. French, resigned. Poston, Ripley county, D. Faulkner, vice A. C. Weaver, resigned. Sumanville P.rter county, C. Llnderman, vice H. S. Greer, resigned. Dogwood, Harrison county, C. Conyers, vice E. Eaker, resigned. Floyd's Knobe, Floyd county, J. M. Merriwcther, vice Laura B. Bchrieber, resigned. Grover Town. Starke county, C. E. Hoiderman, vici II. Allen, resigned. Maria Hill. Spencer county, "W. Schwartz, vice W. Schwartz, deceased. North Grove, Miami couty, A. C. Browneon, vice Susan Parks, reraovedSteam Corner, Franklin county, Mrs. N. Hitch, vice 0. A. Hitch, resigned. Dlaaatrnaa Fir from m Oil Jt. KMGirrsTOwx, Feb. 2ft. Special. A disastrous fire occurred at Greensboro, seven miles north of this place, at I o'clock this morning, consuming a number of business houses and dwtdiings, entailing a loss of S10.0CO, with no insurance. Several persons narrowly escaped with their lives. The fire originated from a gas jet in the basement of a drugstore. The wind was blowing a gal at the time. Greeniboro has no fire protection. The building entirely consumed Included Dr. Newby'a ot5ce; the HoJson block, con-

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taining the business rooms of the Copeland Hros., and Cook Ero. fe Wood's grocery store, Milton Wilson & Co.'s pump shop, Lei Ulrich's hardware ttore, and the residences of D. C. Wilson and S. H. Henshaw. A vacant business room belonging to Mr. Wilson was also burned. Dlttionnrad Ilia Own Daughter. Winamac, Feb. & Special. As a result of an investigation by the county grand jury, an indictment for incest was today returned cgainst John Elmcrick, a prominent and wealthy farmer living two miles west of this place. He was immediately arrested and srave bond for his ap-

i petiranc at the next term of court. Evi dence given by his daughters revealed tho fact that he wai the father of his own daughter's child, which wss born some two years ago, lived but a short time and Wiis buried without the aitance cf his neighbors. The story a-i told by hi abused daughter and 6 instantiated by her sister, was a pitiful one in the extreme and has furnished a subject upon which thTe is much very bitter criticism by our citizens. Snfe.niowera t Greenwood. Greenwood, Feb. 23. Special. This morning about 2:30 o'clock Edward Leonard discovered Eoine one in Grafton Johnson's office, and soon after the eafo was blown open. Leonard aroused quite a number and wiihCharleFerreea vecha"-e in a buggy, attempting to bead the three taie-blowers o!f. S. Justin's store was broken into and about t0 worth of jewelry and $10.20 cash taken. W. II. Lhhop'a and Charlea White's shops were opeued and tools taken. It is impossible fo learn how tenr-h was taken frm the Johnson eafe. This is the fourth time the safe has been blown open. The trackwalker on the J., M. t I. saw three men after the safe-blowing going norih. One Slocn I.eaa In 3Iorantown. Marti.nsvii.ie, Feb. 25. Special. Several months ago the temperance people of Morgiintown came to the conclusion that Itad HulFs saloon was being run in a disorderly manner. One night eome one placed dynan.ite under tho building and it was blown skywards with its contents. Huff collected the pieces and some billiard tables, and started B'ain with Joseph Cou'son a a partner, a license being taken out jointly. A few wees ai:o some trouble arose and Coulson suddenly left. Hull thought ho had gained Coulson'a share, but last night Coulsoa drovo over with teams and in the nitht carried off the stock to Nashville, ridding the place of a saloon. One still remains. Th Neal Jury Diaerea. Madison, Feb. 2G. Sp cial The jury in tho case oi Abraham Neal, indicted for murder in the first degree for the kiiiing of young Orvil Selig, the only sober man at a drunko.n "stag" dance at Seal's house Feb 14, has not been able to ngreo after twenty hours of dedication, eight tcandinj' for acquittal and four for conviction. The capo will be tried again in Apri and meanwhile Neal is out on th very small bond of 51,000. The eytrpatuj of the public is wih the accused man. John Patter, jointly ind;ctetl, wus dismissed, and "Wing" Stewart, a'so indicted on the same charge, cannot be found. There ia little doubt in tho public's mind ui to Stewart's ui.t. Miller fwtagha avt th FnatAl f.ln. Brazil, Feb. 2o. Speek.1. Sheriff Murphy today served process on James K. Miller on an action instituted in the Ca.7 circuit court by Frank W.Samuels, agent for the Fostal telegraph eompanv. to perpetually restrain and enjoin said Miller from cutting ind pulling down the wires and earinthe poles of their line, and ! to retrain him irom the fi ing of any fur- ! I ther affidavits against the conipnuy or it3 asents in any court of record in Clay county, snd asking a judgment of $2,000 ajainst him (Miller) lor damages a'ready done the line. When tUo papers were served Miller only laugheiL Do Not Believe tl C1'M Dead. Salem, Feb. 27. Special. Over a week ao tho eight-year-old daughter of Frank Lawler died after a few hours of sickness of what was thought to be scarlet fever. Arrangements were made for the funeral, but it has ben postponed because the body is so lilo-like in appearance that eome of the family and friends doubt that the child is de id. Mr. Law ler will hold tue remains until decomposition sets in and removes all doubt regarding the matter. Iho body and upper limbs are not rigid, and for more than a week the child has looked as if eho wero enjoying a quiet deep. Th MltcHll Traata Cna. Mitchell, Feb. 21. Special. Judge Hawk of ev Albany today decided the trustee contest between Hugh L. Kimberlin and Henry Tac of this place, in favor of Titwe, tho former trustee. This case has been one of peculiar interest. Iist April Tawe ran for a second term against J. II. Brown and was beaten by a larga majority, but Brown dropped dead before the votes wero counted out. At the November election Tawe was again defeated by Kimberlin, but ha Ftill claimed tho oihee. Kimberlin qualified, but could not act until the matter was settled. He will now take tho case to the supreme court. On ThoaaDd Dollar f r Betrayal. Waba&h, Feb. 25. Special. Millie Neireiter, a domestic living in . Andrews, Instituted proceedings for betrayal against Charles Lower, a passenger locomotive fireman on the Wabash railway. The case was finally brought to the Wabash circuit court on a change of venue aud the trial bean Monday. The amount sued for was $5,000, and this morning the jury returned a verdict against the defendant lor 11.000. Lower is aupposed to be worth more than that amount. During the trial much evidence waa introduced that is unfit for publication. Feltoer Acquitted of Murder. Mitchell, Feb. 28. Special. The case of J. W. Feltner, for the murder of James Terrell of Huron last November, was given to the lurv at Bedford and he j was acquitted on the gronnd that he killed him in self defence. It will be remembered that Terrell had gone to Feltrer's saloon and they had quarreled and that later in the day Tetrell drew a revolver on Feltner, but it waa not until another man had been drawn into the tight and had Terrell on the ground that Feltner stabbed him. Myitarlooi y MUitng. Columbus, Feb. 24. Special. William, aged seventeen years, son of Addison Phillips, proprietor ot the Commercial hotel, is missing, and his whereabouts are unknown. He went to bed Sunday night, and when his room was examined the next morning he had gone, leaving his trunk full of clothing. He had a gold watch and chain and about 175 in cash. The boy has no bad hahits, and hia family is greatly excited over his disappearance. A TTrddla at Alurtlna II. ' MAfrriTeviLLE, Feb. 2C Special. At th residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. It. W. Balay, at 8 oYloclc la&t evening, the Rov. M. S. Taylor officiating. Mix Nora, the yourgest daughter, was united in marriage to Sherman Townsend cl tU9 Brportcr oilice. The wedduxa was a

quiet affair, only immediate friends and re'rtives bein present. They will reside in this city, going at once to the newly furnished home awaiting them. Jndirxn Litrta. FoirrviLLr, Feb. 2G Special. While Nelson Fort was enraged in digging out an old sycamore stump on his farm near her be excavated fifty-one Indian darts. The darta were unfinished and it is supposed that from the way tint they were piled up that the Indins had been driven aw ay, and that the darts had been there for more than seventy-five years. Farmer My.terlooaly Mltalna;. Tirrox, Feb. 27. Special. William Durham, a farmer living just west of this city, has ' mysteriously disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown. He left home Thursday morning and came to Tipton to purchase medicine for a sick chi'.d. Upon arriving here he sold a horse for $153 and failed to return home, and this was the last seen of him. Divorced and Married, Siioals, Feb. 23. Special. Yesterday Mrs. Sarah J. Manley obtained a divorce from her husband, Manley, on a chareofconvictionofaninfamouscrimein the ette of II inois. where he is now serving out a five years' term in the pen. She wa married attain within fifteen minutes to Thomas J. Hastings. Captnred th Farmer Gold. Li.vTox, Feb. 23. Special. Alexander Beasley, a prosperous farmes living just north of this city, was relieved of several hundred dollars in gold yesterday morninsr, which ho had hoarded up in an old fclirp?r. The oliicers have a clue to this boid robborv and tho perpetrators will no doubt be brought to justice. Indian I cnalon. ORIGINAL, IXVALID. Oth J. llartin, Samuel K. Lyon, Herman II. Brand. George V. Calvin. Frederick Am tcbr, Volta Clark, Alexander Sl&trr, Gabriel Drescher. mppnn I Miller, Patrick Curran, Jonathan Lyles, Zack Millegtu, Ah)rt D. Lombard, Theodore Darter, John W. Komeril, Joaa;i.an Iogeraull. (a Jdifional) Jamea Brown. ICBEASZ. James Campbell, Liias Haywood, Justus Ackermac. Iifojaioin Brewer. Michael Jakea. Jonas Cirubb. Kelson V. Co'e, John W.Swule, E.ihu J. Wh'aear. Wiiham P. Reed, William S. lie jnolJ. Jamta Arbuckle. KEI-SCE. Georga P. Toyer, Lewis P. Everett, John Luce BEtssrc axe ixcnzASx. Henry B. F. Baker. ORIGINAL, WIPOW. ETC. Nancy, widow cf John B. Hector; Mary, whiow of Jehn If. Viu; Mary, widow of Patrick T. Forto; Xancy, widow of William II. Long. , CAUGHT IN A WRECK.

A liomher of Tralruueii liadt Injured In a Ci iIod. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 27. In a collision between in Erie freight and a Lehigh Valley passenger Iraiu at East Buffalo, both engines were demolished and the following persons killed and injured: JOHN BALLON LY, braketaan, dead. Ltl iwh tmif'mrn: T. Detrick, enuineer, mortally hurt Ja.JKS RYA5. extra engineer, burned. JoilN L, MA.NMhG, firetaan, asrionaly burned. Earl Vader. helper, aerioualy Jnjared. Y.rxe trainmen: Michael Maloset, engineer, mortally hnrt. W. CaIX, fireman, injdred. ANSWERS TO CORrUSPONDENTS. ScsscKiBEit Axn Reades, Bparksville Benjamin Harnaon began hia military career in 1861 as colonel of tbe Seventieth Indiana n-giment, and after two years of service was made a brigadier general, wliicti rauk he retained till the close of the war. D. E. C, South port. Danlol Webster was a great orator and the most eminent expounder of the constitutiou in our history. John C. Calhoun was a preat logician and statesman. Henry Clay was a great party leader, a man of remarkable personal magnetism and a gifted speaker. Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts rently yet promptly oil tho Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers aud cures habitual constipation. Syrup cf Figs is the only remedy of its fund ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable tc the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to ail and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs U for sale in 60c and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any eubstitote. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL tOWSK.'U. AT. A'EW YORK. K.f. r FRFF ft j j wmm mm nrnnria I L" Ilia Iatt Book, with p re ar np 1 1 o Da, on om .db and Eaer Cur of Bpr ointorrboea, (emleeloa and loaseelKer foot Dl.illly. lmpoUnr, aterllitT, e. whether eaiued bySelf-abo, Kmlsaiona. Errora or Kiceaa. etc. addrva D J. H. TaoMraow.Oarflela ?Jao r.O.BoxSU.Oacio'U.Q. Wood's na.osTpl3LOcli33.Ou THB QRKAT KGLHII HKMEDV. Taea for aw yt ar; 1 Cfit Youtflful foU? eeaarully. (ru anard Io er all U.f latar rearm. an 1 ma axreaaea form of enl WeaJEDeta, l nit 'or. AakdruvrUta font, bnermatur- ... m IW'.Vl.ullii.il.kia fur Wood 'a I tioadtlltb.trrl Pbo-o from It fx. luMlUM 0n pc, fl . t&Tl r o-.alu Writ for eamchlaa. Adareu 1 he U oi t litwical Co., 11 woodaud ava, Wtroiw kick. MA In Ia1lanapoi:a by T. WTLl, FAHTZt-B, hi Maua PaaraiMK. M WaalOutoa Buael

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HIS DEATH IS ALMOST UNNOTICED. SarronnAcd by III) Family, II PaaecColly Paaaea Away Th ltrmarkabl Miatury f Oa ef th Coaatry'a 6lf Mad Mo. Wash ingtos, Feb. 2S. Senator Georpe Hearytof Ca ifornia died at his residence on New Hamppbirc-ave. in this city at 9:10 o'clock tonight. He had been ill for a long time and in December last went to New York City to commit with Dr. Charles S. "Ward in regard to his condition. The physician fonnd that he waa afflicted with a complication of diseaws resulting primarily from a serious deransrement of tbe bowels. Acting upon the physician's advice he returned to his family in this city and yielded himself entirely to medical treatment. Absolute quiet and rest were strictly enjoined and hU official duties were lightened as mucn as possible!. Notwithstanding the fact that ho received the bent-fit of the most careful nursing and the most ekillfnl medical attention a steady and uninterrupted decline was observed and it was seen several weeks apo that his case was a hopeless one. Dr. Ward has been almost constantly in alter. dance upon him since hisreturn from New York and duriuar the last few weeks he has been assisted in his treatment by Dr. N. S. Lincoln of this city. There was a change for the worse in the senator's condition a day or two ago since, and he grew weaker and weaker until about 7 o'clock this evening, when he pased iato a state of coma and Mrs. Hearat was made aware that his end wes near. She was tt dinner at the time and iiimediatelr joined the sorrowing group about the dyinj man's bedeide. The others prefeut were: Mr. William R. Hearet, the senator's aon; Mr. J. G. Follansbpe, of California, the senator's partner; Dr. Ward, the nurses and several domestics. Tho senator's hands wera held by Mrs. Hearst end tho physician, and so quietly and easily did he pars away that Mrs. Hearst did rot kmrv that he was dead until eo informed by Dr. Ward. He gave no indication whatever of pain or discomfort and seemed to the anxious watchers raorely to have falitn asleep. Dr. Ward Raid tonight that the senator disr lnyed wonderful fortUu-le In his illn-es nn 1 had not, daring its entire ro'ar&e, uttrd a conip aininr word or expressed the leait fear as to th result. The senator's death w8 communicated by his private secretary, Mr. John Wedderburn, to ihe pergea:n-at-arma of the senate, and was subsequently commnnicited to that bodv. The president was also promptly informed. Senator Stanford, who has been a frequent visitor to the house of his late colIftime, calle 1 there a feT minutes after hia death and extended his sympathies to Mrs. Hearst. Many other senators and representatives ana leadinp othcials called and left messages of condolence. Whi'.e the arrangements for tbe funeral are not entirely completed, it ia settled that the remains wiii be taken to San Fran ci-co for intermeni, and that the funeral r-ervicM in this city will be brief and simple. They will probably be conducted at his late residence in this city tomorrow or Monday, as it is depired to convey his remains to California as eocn as possible. George Ilearat was born in Franklin county, !o, Sept. 3. 182a Hia father bad sne to that tate from North Carolina in 1619. Tho on receired only i uch a limited education as ihe common achoola atfbnleJ in tliat Hay. Ho worked on hia father'a farm until 1A"0, when he caught tho jrolj fever and went to California. For aeveral years he was a tuiur and prospector, and subeeqnentiy, by location and purchase, he became the owner of valuable rninintr interests and a larjje employer, having at one time us many as 2,000 men at work in his mines alone, and operating quartz mills that crushed l.COy tons of ore per day. The increase of his wealth was steady and rapid and tor some yeara pntt hia income has been eomethinc like 11,000 per day. He hns been for a Ion; time the chief partner in the extensive mining' firm of Ilearat, Margin, Lewis A Co. lie ownet above 40,(00 acres of laod in San 1-uis ObisDO county, California, a ranch oi iuu.uuu acres oi er&zine lanti in ji i Mexico, atocked with a very larze herd of catUe, and a fine stable of thoroughbred horses. lie was also interested in a lartre tract of land near Vera Cruz, and in railroad buil dine ia Mexico. lbs fortune t the time of hisdeata was etimated at ?2(i.00Q.G00. Mr. Hearat'a po.itical life began In when he was elected to the California legislature and served one term. In 1S83 he was a candidate before the democratic slate convention at San Jose, Cel.. for the nomination for governor, but waa defeated hy Gen. George Stcnemau. The latter waa elected governor and when by the death of U. & Senator John F. Miller in 1883 the power of appointing a senator was given to hire be appointed his former opiooent for the gabernstonal nomination, Mr. Hearst, The Utter was re elected ia 1887 by the California legislature, which was then democratic, and his term would have expired in 1S93. His death gives the republicans, in their turn, tbe same advantage which tho death of Senator Miller gave the democrats. While in tbe aenate Mr. Ilearst waa a man of action rather than of words. He took bat little part ia the debates as he suffered from a weak voice, bat when he did address the senate his speeches were always brief but pointed. Senator Hearet leavts a widow and but oue child, William B. Hearst, proprietor of the San Francisco Exam tier. Mr. Hearst waa, in person, tall and slender, with bine eyes and long gray beard. He was a good type of the old California pioneer. He waa warm-hearted, impulsive and generous, popular with his associates in the senate, and had many devoted friends. The following tribute to the memory of the late senator is from tbe pen of a well-known Culifornlsn: "For thirty years or more George Hearet baa been one of the vital men of the West, one of the individual forces which have inspired and given direction to that quick and vast development of its resources which is one of the material miracles of the century. But it is not aa the mining expert, the organizer of gigantic enterprises or tbe possessor of a great fortune that he will be mourned. It is not an obituary commonplace but the simple troth, to say that his death will bring sorrow tn thousands of hearts. Change of fortune made no change in the man. As a senator ot the United Mates, he waa the same simple, aoatlected, clear-beaded, warm-hearted George Hearst who mined on the Feather and Yuba in the fifties and took hia share of the rough, free life of tbe claims and cabins. To the thousands of comrades who knew him he remained always aa a comrade. Ostentation was abhorrent to a maa formed on hie ragged lines, and it will never be known how many laccesoful men owe their beginning to bim or bow many broken lives were inaae easier to le because of h's bidden, helping band. To hundreds upon hundreds of tlia associates and even the acquaintances of pioneer times he waa a good providence. "Because he was eo thorough a Cali'nrnlao Mr. Hearst waa he'd in aflectioo hy all Califnrrians whose experience reached back to the days when railroads and the sharp competition of commercial life were unbroken on the coast, lbs years of hard worktnJ Intermingling with men of every social and intellectual grade gave him a knowledge of human natnro and a armp ithy with its defeotf and weaknesses which kept him from that pride of purse and hardnee ot fee ing- that eomelimee go with the riches ef the eelt-made man, and while be bad a singularly keen perception of character and ashrewdnrea that befuee all pretender, hia heart waa tender, hia charity trrat and hia cafucfty for forgiveness inexhaustible. Neither o bussiness, politics, nor in private life would he cherish enmities, but when blows were necessary, he would give aa well aa take,

Tl JACKETS and CAPES The full line of these garments which we open now is new from end to end. Many of the etyles we cannot duplicate. FIRST COME FIRST CHOOSES. MONDAY MORNING A epecial sale of about one hundred Infants' Long and Children's Walkin; Coats, all late styles and new goods, 6lightly damaged by water, at a great reduction in price. LACE CURTAINS. New and beautiful patterns; rare quality. Note a fine line of Nottingham, Irish Point, Brussels, Tambour, Cazaban, Muslin end Muslin Spots, Chenille, Derby and Silk Curtains. L S. AYRES k CO. N. B. Dre;s Making Department closed until March 9. Mesdames Ayer and Phelps are in the East reelecting spring and summer tty'.ee. for he was a man of intense and strong character, but the battle over, be was for shaking bunds with a good humor that had in it no mixture of gail. If he haa left enemies he has passed away bating none. Without previous experience of public life, Mr. llearjt, the miner and man of business, went to the aenate, and although in that body he apoke seldom, he brought to bis duties a conscientiousness and an industry that made him highly useful to his people in his committee work. The sturdy good tn of the inan, hia knowledge of s airs and pirticularly of the needs of the Pacific const, mre than compensated his constituents for deficiencies as a pntdie speaker, lie earned the esteem of the senate and the best men in it became h'a frieuds, as good men did everywhere. "U s death in a aeriona pnblie lost not alone to California but to tbe entire Pacific coast and peculiarly to the miners, whose spec al friend and advocate be wes. In the death ot George Hearst a stu man, an able man, a good and very humble man tins been taken away. He had a manly, a gentle and a lovinc hrart. There wit' be moist eyes in thousands of western homes, grand and humble, at the news of his death, and the sorrow will ii"t be least in the CHbhins dotting the cauyocs and streams of the Sierras." Other Death. At London Sir Joseph William Bazalfatte, engineer. At S-an Fra:ici?co W. S. Sears, collector of internal revenue. At Pierre, S. I). Representative Horace J. Austin of Clay cointv. At Lancaster. Pa. The Rev. John B Beetzkees of Helena, Ark. At London fleorje Kynoch, conservative M. P. for Aston Manor. At Topeka, Kas. Representative J. L Andrews r,f Cowlev county. At I'hiiadvlphi The Very Rev. Patrick A. S. Stanton, D. D., 0. S. A. AtWeiirar Admiral Huesner. MINISTER PORTER'S RECEPTION. Otw Seven nundr-d Arartena Freisnt Our Itatl n Trade. Rome, March 1. The great event of the eason here was the reception given to American residents of Rome last night by Mr. Porter, the U. S. minister. Invitations had been seat to all the Americana in Rome, including those who have become al'ied to Italian families by marriage. The guests were received by the American minister aud MLs Porter. Seven hundred Americans were present at the reception. Ail the American consuls in Italy hnve joined in a report to the government of the condition of trade between Italy and the United States with a view to calling the attention of American merchants to the opening atTordcd hera for an extension of their foreign commerce. The consu Is, both in the northern and southern portions of Italy, are confident that the subject has been presented in such a manner that it cannot fail to command public attention. The people of Italy, the report says, are favorably disposed toward American products. Queen Margaret yesterday Tinted the foundry to see the statue of the American republic and grouna representing the army and navy deeiened for a soldiers and sailors monument to he erected at Portla'td, Me., which have just been co npleted by Mr. fcimuion tha American ecuiptor. Her majesty had a lon conversation with Mr. Simmons, expressintr herself 8 highly pleased with the sculptor's work and complimenting him upon his success. In the naval group is a reprefentation of Admiral Farrazut, which was at once recognized by the queen. Kinz Humbert wid also vi3it the foundry to view tbe work of the American sculptor. CONDENSED COMMUNICATIONS. "A Farmer" writes from Chambersburg denouncing the fee and salary bid. as it pasaed the house, as a eham ; denouncing the appellate court bill and opposing an appropriation for an Indiana exhibit at the world's fair. George Berry of Brookville writes Tire Sentinel: "I recollect everv democratic etate convention held since 1S18, but the next will develop more fun than any of ita predecessors." J. E. Newgent, writes from Clinton Falls, saying that the greateet amount of wear on the roads is from the heavy laden wairons ueed in conveying the materials for and productions of wood-working mil s, lie eueiresta that a wag n-load of lumber or timber be limited to four hundred feet for a wagon with narrow tired and five hundred fet for a wagon with broad tired wheels and that grain, gravel, etc., should be limited by its weight in pounds. "Succor," writing from Nbrtonburg.complains of tho injustice' of our road laws, saying that the farmers are compelled to keep them in repair whde people w bo live in cross-road villas and use them most do nothing toward their maintenance. He sugjeeta that the law be eo amended that all owners of teams eha l be made to contribute to the support of the roads, and that road supervisors be replaced by one competent man in each township who will have charge of this matter. A correspondent at Anderson writing over the signature of "Democrat" says that the demand of the people is for the immediate tnking effect of the fee and sa'ary act. The result of having this law take -fleet four years years hence will be to kill ad effort "at reform in thin direction, lie condemns the iut rease of salaries front what they were in the original bill and dec'arcs that it is unreasonable to allow men to make fortunes whi e in office who were never able to accumulate mony by their unaided efforts before their official term. He concludes by asserting that if an emergency clause is not attached to the fee and salary bill and the governor vetoes it, it will mean certain disaster to the democratic party of Indiana In the future.

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TO CONTROL WHEAT AND LIVE STOCK Option Dealing to H Knocked Oat j the Scbetne liuslnete Men and Alliance at War A Fatal liank Failure Nwtea. TorrKA, Kna., March 2. A new al!ianee movement contemplates the formation of a huje train anl live stock trust, including Nebraska, Kat.sas.'Mif-souri and Iowa. Frank McGrath, prepident of the farmers' al ianee, says that the project is one of the resuhn of thu failure of the alliance legislatures to pass certain bills. Legislation, he says, is too rlow a means fcr the achievement of the al.iance's objects. Mr. McGrath eays that district alliances are being formed in every congressional district and provision is being made for building cold storr.ge and grain depots. Each district alliance will be made up of delegates from sub-alliances. In this way a constant co mmunication from individual members of the alliance is to be had. Mr. McGrath said: We will know how many catt'e each InJirldnal member ot the alliance his cn hani, anl he can hold them without eel. in,; for need of reaily caU. A record of these facta wdi be kept. individual member will ee!l hia irrain to option men or brokers, bat when be ia ob'.iieJ to aell the grain wi l tie U.'x-n by the alliance. Ite aatne thine? will follow with. cat!e. We will hire aeenti in Kansas City, Chicago and M. Louis who wid keen the district alliancea informed ei to the market and the demand. L'poa this information the demand wi.l be eupnlied and no more, at a fixed price dr termined by the alliance. No option wheat will le on the market. There will be no speculating in grain he lore harvent. The four aiatee in this trust wi 1 prhctioaMy control tt.e wheat ami c.tt'e markets of theL'ntel 3 ates. The commission etcli djy will wire farmers to tend in a certain atnour.tof wheat or cattle aa the case n.ay be, calling on the ooei b are hardfit pressed for cash. The amount demanded to supply the market that dy will he apportioned among ttie ditricu equally and in turn apportioned by the dis'-nct al.iarce. No farmer who is a member of the alliance will aell Lis produce till called npon. By thia plan, wide fluctuations in prices will be aroided. Other state alli&ncts are expected to join ilia njarement. The hardest thing wo hTe to deal with is fixing the price. We wan to ascertain the exact cost of the product and all a reasonable profit to it. This will give us a siaudard price that can be easily umiitlained. The new scheme i modeled in dek il after the whUky trueL Of coureeyonw.il eay thst our principles will not admit of it, but we have decided that we nmt fiht the devil with Cre; that is, we roust Eitht truttt and combinations with t runts and combiuntionK While th e schema wdl reverse nwtt'.ers by patting the stock men and grain men at oar mercy, we do n'f ihir.lt any injury will result. The scheme looks visionary perhaps, but ill surely be a go. A FATAL BANK FAILURE. The President Shoots Himself When tht Doors Clse McPheeson, Kas., March 2. The Second rational bank closed its doors today, Jutt before the bank closo l ita doors C J. Ile:geiund, its president, shot and fata'ly wounded himself, whether or not by accident is not known. Nothing can be learned concerning the details of the ehooting. Tiie officers of tbe bank are very reticent concerning the condition of the institiition, and myetery pervades th whole affair. War to li Kn fe. DrBfQrE, Ia., March 2. A war to the knife has begun in this state between the etate business men's association and the farmers alliance. The latter ia engaged in establishing co-operative stores throughout the state. To this the business taen'i association objects, and has pent due notice to all jobbers that tliy ruust either stop eelling goods to ttie alliance or tbe u. embers of the association will stop buying goods of them. Parties were in the city today to purchase goods for the alliance, but the jobbers refused to sell them. The alliance threatens to ret d. ate by refusing to patronize the association people. TJus'nrs Notes. Julius M. Talmer, China importer, has asigned. Sr. Louis milkmen have organised a trust, with 300,000 capital. The Illinois wheat riant has not suffered from draught or frosL The Second rational bank, McPhcrson, Kas., suspended; no statement. Lewis Bro. of Pittsburg and Wales will build a -!00,C03 tin plate plant at Joiiet. The Carson mint pent 100 bars of eiiver to China, where it is worth more than in the United States, The treasury department fails to uphold the Chicago coliector in bis recent wholesale seizure of ciirara. Capital has been f nbscribed fora twentyfour etory eteel office bui ding on Dear-born-6t, near the Chicago postoffice. The Chritie-Lathrop commission company of Kansas City, with numerous branches, assigned; liabilities, $20,0001 GIBSON HAS COMPANY. Others Indicted Ttl u Ulin for the Dynamite Plot. Chicago, Feb. 23. The grand jury thU afternoon returned two indictments against George J. Gibson, ex-secretarr of the w hisky trust, and two against hina jointly with other persons whose names are suppressed. In all these cases the charge are for attempting to commit arson and feloniously procuring gunpowder and dynamite for unlawf al pur poses. rVEBT HUMOR OF THE SET AND SCALT ft of infsney and child Wd. whether 'crturlne, die. figuring, itchinz, burning, scaly, eruskd . pimply, os Kotcnr, with lo sot hair, and every impurity of lh blood, whether simple, aero ulous, or hereditary. Is speed ilr.perraane'iti, and econonilca'ly cured ry the Cuticura Keiuedie. ons.siine of Coiicura, thv reat halo Cur, I'uticura S nf. an exquisite- fkto Purifier and B. autifirr. and Cuticara Heo'fent, tbe new B ood a d 7-ktn Purifier and greate-t ef Hum r Beme l les, whsn the best phytic an and all other temedies fall. Parents sare yoir children years ot mental and rbycal suifering. B now. Del a ye are dangerous. Cures made to childhood are permeueat. SoM ererTwhere, Price. Cntlcara 6; ffor). tSet iVsotrent. SI. Prepared y Fouer Drug and Chemical Coritoritlon. Boston, M 'ss bend lor -How to Cure Skin snl BlMd Diseases. H V Baby's skle and scalp iuriiie4 and beut.fteUa T by Cu lieu ra Soap. w Kidney rains, baekach. anJ muscular rheumatism relieved in one minute l the celebrated Cuticura Antl-Paio f.aster. SSe. f ha a TbWtim enmadr for tV.s iIkjts diessee: to lie se thcraaande ct cases ct tbs w-rt kiod aad eflng ttaad.ee bat been eured. Iidd si ctroaf Is mj t iita U lueacacy, ti:t I sri;i sona Two Borax raxz,w-.t VALUAULC T2TATI5E oa lM deue totzy srj. forer wbo wUl acad tne tlioir Exprees and P.O. ad irana, T. A SIocsju, LL.C iSl Teaxl 6u, fi. V.

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