Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1892 — Page 1

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FIRST PART. ESTABLISHED 182L INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 8. 1892-TWELYE TAGES. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

DEATH IN A WRECK.

Great Loss of Life in a Collision in Ohio Between Two Trains on the Big Four. All on Account of Neglect to Obey Orders. MANGLED HUMAN BEINGS Being Taken from the Mass of Dabris On by One. Some of the Victims Belong to Indianapolis. The Monster Engines Come Together with a Crash, Embrace Each Other and Holl Down an I Embankment, Leaving Many Dead and, Djrlns Under the Tile of Külos A Frightful Storm Adds to the Horrors of the Disaster, "Which an Eye-Witness Describes as the Most Harrowing Possible Engineer Iliggs and Fireman Brace Anions the Dead Enormous Loss to the Railroad Company. Th Killed. Engineer NEWBERY EDWARDS of Greensburg, Ind., of the passenger train. . Acting Eaggagemaster PHILIP GIBBON of Lawrenceburg, Ind., of the pasenger train. Engineer WILLIAM IIIGGSof Indianapolis of the freight train. Fireman HIRAM BRUCE of the freight train of Greensburg, Ind. Conductor DAVID HEY WOOD of In!ianapolia of the freight. The ITuaidtd. George Htcer, commercial traveler, of passenger train, Miamisburg, O., right knee pan broken, burned about face and arms, scalded about legs. His wife has just arrived at Cincinnati hospital, where he lies in a serious condition. Holtox Tekrkll, aged eighteen, son of Dr. Terrell of Delhi, 0., scalded all over the body ; cannot live. . i jCondactpr Juhn ScunADER, a passenger on the train, crushed mortally between the cars. Mrs. Morel and, of North Bend, slightly bruise 1. Cleves, O., May 15. In the midst of a terrible etorra of wi id and rain two Big Four trains crashed into each other sear bere this morning with awful effect, the full horrors of which are cot yet known. This morning the summer schedule went into effect, and orders had been isauod accordingly. Freight No. 24, a through train north-bound, had orders to stop at North Ben i to allow express No. 80, a cannon-ball special, to pass. Under the old schedule the trains passed at an other point come miles further on. Instead of stopping, the freight engineer pulled ahead and approached Cleves running about twenty miles an hour. Why he did not stop at North Bend will never be known, as he is dead, but it is thought that in his anxiety over the itorm, which might have washed out bridges, he for got the new schedule and hurried on. As the train approached Charles Smith, the telegraph operator was shocked, for he knew it should have side-tracked at North Bond and that the express, a few minutes over due then, was but a abort distance away running forty-five miles an hour to make up lost time. Smith rushed to the signal wires and dashed out the danger aigoal. Either it was not seen in the blinding rain or the engineer could not control his engine for it sped on by without leesening speed. Th Crush Omes. At that very moment the express came Into sight with the spee 1 of the wind. If any effort was made on either engine to lacken speed it was not appreciable and the iron monsters errang at and embed into each other with a roar that roared above the storm like a clap of thunder. Both engines were battered into shapeless masses and rolled otf the track. The cars behind were mashed into kindling wood and the track for 100 feet was torn up. Telegraph poles were thrown down and it was two or three hours after the wreck before word reached this place and a special train was sect to the sceno from Cincinnati. Long before, the people from the little village and from the surrounding country had gathered, and in the frightful storm were doing all they could. Many of the wounded had been taken away and the number cannot tonight be definitely known. It is claimed that some of those thus provided for are in a dying condition. Not a person on either train escaped uninjured. Taking Oal the Dead. With the arrival of the special train the work of getting out the dead began. Up to 6 o'clock five dead bodies had been recovered, four of them shockingly mangled and mashed out of all human shape. Under the freight engine, crushed and scalded were found Engineer William Hlggs and his fireman, Hiram Bruce, both of Indianapolis. Under a mashed freight car further back Philip Gibbon and David - Ilarwood were found. Nearly every bone in their bodies were broken and their faces horribly disfigured. The fifth dead body was that of Berry Edwards, engineer of the passenger train. Hie fireman, Henry Tyrell, had jumped before the crash, but had been caught under a macs of wreckage. His ehet was crushed in and his head cut. He was taken to Lawrenceburg but cannot survi? e the night John Schroeder, conductor of the passenger train, was injured in almost the same manner and can Jive but a few hours at most. George W. Jluddlor, a commercial traveler from Mi-

smisburr, was crushed between two seats, being bent almost doubl. He was taken to the Cincinnati hospital. He cannot survive. Beeae ef the Wreck. Julius Webber, the chief clerk of County Coroner Bange of Cincinnati, has just returned from the wreck and says the scene is one of the .worst he ever eaw. He thinks there are from five to ten more dead in the ruins, but the exact number cannot be told tonight "Boney" Keef, a freight brakeman, had just reached the top of a car when the collision occurred. The crash was so terrible that he was thrown over a telegraph wire forty feet into a stream of water, which alone saved hia life. He thinks there are at least three tramps under the wreck of the freight Several passengers on the ex Dress are positive that several of their number were also killed. It is certain they are missing, but may be among the wounded scattered about Owing to tho distance from tho city and the prostration of the telegraph wires by the accident, and the telephone wires by the storm, details have been very slow in coming in, and no complete list of the wounded can be given. The property lo?3 is very severe and will be $100.000. Both engines aro completely wrecked and the coaches of the express train are ruined. It is claimed that much valuable mail and express matter is lost. A dozen freight cars loaded with costly goods are a total loss. Tum Miss ng. Five to eight passengers were supposed to be in the smoker which is buried in the wreck. -Nothing is known at this hour as to who they are. It is a matter of rumor that there were five to eight in that car. No one is ablo to conceive how nnv of them can have eecaped death under that mass of wreckage. The freight train was going west and the passenger train was the accommodation coming to Cincinnati from Lawrenceburg with about thirty passengers. These were gathered from Ilatriaou, Aurora, Lawrenceburg and Elizabethtown. The collision occurred at a bend in the road west ot Cleves, about eighteen rniies from here with both trains at full speed. At the Bcena of the wreck the road was lined with cottages. A blinding rain was falling at the time. The schedule was new. Somebody had blundered. Who that was is a question in dispute at this writing. The stories are numerous and conflicting. The members of the crew who should know most about it are numbered with the silent majority and their testimony will never be heard. A woman living in one of the cottages by the roadrtid, says that she saw the trains, but heard no warning whistle. Another witness says one ehort, wild shriek of the whisile ot the train preceded the crash. Then the locomotives plunged into each other like demons and tumbled down together by the side of the track and the pa.sengr and freight cars smashed upon them in a ruinous confusion of wreckage. A hre started. A messenger rushed to Cloves. The fire bell rang. People rushed to the scene and prevented the wreck from burning up,2P&-rüßW$t;iL.T,GS&.f removed to Cleves under the care of Dr. fluche of that place. Dr. Mu.croft of Cincinnati with two aids soon came to the scene and the best care potable was given the injured. There were few of the usual accompaniments of a wreck at the scene as there were but few left on these fated trains to utter cries of distrees, and those who escaped injury were too much dazed to make an outcry. The relief was very prompt and everything possible for the relief of the wounded was done quickly, A Ittc Scan.. One of the never to be forgotten scenes was the death cf Brakeman Gribbens. He lingered till afternoon conscious all tho time. He had a young wife that he had kissed good-by but an hour before. All his grief and all his talk was about that wite. In the agonies of death, till his tongue was stilled forever, he epoke only of her. Again and acain ho begged some one to pray. At last in response to his pleadings an old colored minister stepped timidly to his bedside. The dying man beckoned the sable man of God to go on. Then and there as the fervid petition arose from the trembling lips of that colored divine there was a scene of solemnity that none present will soon forgot and none ever experienced before. His words seemed to the deeply moved listeners as if they were inspired and silent tears wet every eye. Frank Keefe, the head brakeman of the freight, eecaped unhurt, though he was thrown through the telegraph wires into an orchard. He says the freight stopped this side of North Bend and side tracked and waited till two sections of east-bound freight No. 12 passed and then went on, thinking that all had passed. A Witness f the Wreek. Philip Sander, who lives in a cottage at the roadside where the wreck occurred.eays the freight was going at full speed, but the Lswrenceburg accommodation was slowing up to stop at thn station. Ho eaw a collision imminent and fearing the cars would be thrown on the house, ran with his wife into the back yard and then returned to see two locomotives, eight freight cars and five dars of the accommodation piled in one smoking mass. Halton Terrell, the nephew of Dr. Terrell of Delhi was lying near his house. Sander took him in and cared for him. Conductor Schroder was found wedged between the buffers of two cars head downward and mortally crushed in the middle. He was only ablo to peak once after being extricated. Then it was that he gave the information that when the train left Valley Junction there were from five to eight men in the smoker. Valley Junction is lees than two miles from the scene of the wreck. This is the only baqia for fear that these people are buried in death under the wreck. Two of the men were serving as substitutes for the regular men for this rnn. These two men were Conductor Newberry Edwarde and Baggsgemoster Philip Gribben. A Marv.loee Keespe. The fireman of the accommodation train, Mr. C. W. Ritchie, had a marvelous es cape. He jumped and ran, then looking around, saw Conductor Edwards about to jump. Edwards shouted: "Is that you, Ritchie? Come and help me.'f These were his last words, for a freight car, as if dropped from the clouds, fell on him and buried him out ot sight. The freight cars were laden with iron, carnages, and a lot of other miscellaneous freight which gave it immense momemtnm and to make the matter more horrible it was going down grade. A wrecking party aided by eittzens are working with might and mala to extri

cate the bodies that are supposed to.bft under tho debris. There has been all along a faint hope that the dying conductor was mistaken about men being in the smoker. There is no disposition tonight to fix the blame on any one in advance of the official investigation. A FATAL MISTAKE.

Preparing; Meal for Food Mixed with "Rough on Rata." Evakstill, May 12. Special A very distressing accident occurred today, from the effects of which one is dead and another is in a critical condition. Mr. E. O. Smith, a prominent chair manufacturer of this city, owns a large farm near West Franklin, Ind., and for some time past they have been troubled a great deal with field mice. He started for his farm this morning, with George Zacharias, a lad about seventeen years of age, expecting to remain a couple of days, to clean up the place. Before leaving, Mrs. b truth had a basket full of provisions prepared for them, and also had prepared a mixture of rough on rats and corn meal, j lor tho purpose of ridding the place of mice, which she labeled poison and placed in the basket. She also furnished them with a small eack of meal for cooking purposes. After their arrival at the farm the boy proceeded to make some gravy, which both partook of, the boy eating the greatest quantity. After the meal they were taken violently ill, and to their horror, on examination, they discovered the boy had used the Back containing the poison. They went to a neighboring house and secured a quantity of buttermilk which they drank, causing Mr. Smith to vomit free'.y. They then started for home as rapidly as the horso could travel, sunering intensely all the way, until they reached Howell station, just below this city, where they stopped to secure the aid of a physician. It was discovered that the boy was dead, and his remains were sent to an undertaker while Mr. Smith was held for treatment. Mr. Smith was later brought to his home and is now in a very critical condition, with but little hopes of his recovery. DOUBLE HANGING. Two Negroes Die Happy on the Scaffold. Nashville, 111., May 15. Thomas Davis and Henry Dickenson, two negroes, were hanged here yesterday for the murder of Marcus Deitsch at Richview, 111., Dec 2ti, 1S91. On the scoffold Dickerson bade adieu to all and hoped to meet hia friends in heaven. Davis made a long prayer, fervently appealing to God to forgive him end heir his spirit home. The nooses were then adjusted, tho black caps put on and at 11:25 the trap was sprung and both bodies dropped ss one. Life was extinct in Davis in eleven minutes and in Dickerson in fourteen minutes. Neither of the men's necks were broken. Deitch was a Russian Jew peddler and L.the body was horribiy , ntuiiIaV" d. -the crime being comimtieu ior tue purpose oi robbery. F1YE KILLED, MANY INJURED. The Disastrous and Fatal Record of a Cyclone. Gainesville, Tex., May 16. News has reached here of a terrible cyclone in the Turkey valley, in Greer county. It swept from one end of that fertile spot to the other, literally demolishing everything in its path. Even dug outs were unroofed and people lifted out of them and hauled along the prairie for incredible distances. The extent of the loss of life cannot as yet be ascertained Five, however, are known to have been killed and ten probably fatally hurt. Hardly a person in the valley escaped without injury of some kind. Coffins are being hauled from the nearest towns. MOB OF WOMEN. Ladlca of Covington, Ky., Turn Out and Prevent a "Wedding. Cincinnati, May 1(5. A mob .of fully seventy-five determined women caused intense excitement in the streets of Cov; ington, Ky., this morning, which was intensified when the object became known. The purpose of the women, was to prevent a wedding. They succeeded. The objection to the marriage lay in the fact that the woman had buried her husband only two weeks ago. The demonstration by the indignant neighbors was so full of determination that the bridegroom hastily lied by the back way and the widow herself left the house to prevent further trouble. CLEVELAND'S LETTER. Ho Doubts His Ability to Attend the Chicago Dedication. Chicago, May 14. The following is selfexplanatory: Laxbwood, N. J., May 10. E. C. Cclp, Esq. Dear Sir: Mrs. Cleveland and I desire to etpress our thanks lor the invitation extended to u to be present at the dedicatory ceremonies in commemoration of the four hunJrsdth anniversary of the diseoverr of Amerioa. We regret exceedingly that our plana ere tuen as to give no promise of our being alls to accept your courteous in vi tstion. Yours very truly, Ukoveb Clbvblakp. EIGHTEEN DROWNED. The Dark Carl of Aberdeen Goes Down in the Hea. ' London-, May 16. In the wreck of the bark Karl of Aberdeen eighteen men were drowned. The remainder of the crew were saved, the Fox Hound's life boat saving eleven. BASK. BALL. Below we give the standing of the Weetern and National league clubs. The Western association : rr Par Won. Lott, ctnt Ken. lari. ent Colombo!.... 1 ft 7f,2 Otnsha ......... 7 9 4M Mliwsokee.. It 8 WH SU Paul ........ 8 f J". 7 Kanaif Uly. 10 7 oMi Minneapolis. S II 2n0 Tol do. 8 7 6vKJ,indlniolU 1 8 111 The National league: J cr I rtr Won. Jjott. rn'l IT. Lott. ttml Bostes .. 19 5 m FlttsWi 1 13 8:0 Uro I rn...... 13 S 619 Ntw Yore... It 11 Al :ioTolnd IS S Mlj We.tilnfios.. 10 18 41 Uasianaü. 14 11 160, Pallidal obla 10 14 417 Leulsvllls IS It MJ it. Loul.... 7 It 1 Ulmo 18 11 S42iBlUmora... S IS 18

SCHOOLS AND TEXT-BOOKS.

MATTERS OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS. An Important Decision by the State Snp.r. Intendent of Publie Instruction School Hoards Cannot Introduce Other Grammars Than Those frevtded for Hy Exist. Ing Coatraets Under the Present LawNo Fowev In Loeal Hoards t- Adopt Otfasr Ileokt Than Those Selected by the State Board Tho Approaching Convention of Coaniy Superintendent. The Hon. Hervey D. Vöries, state superintendent cf public instruction, has written an important letter in answer to an inquiry addressed him by a county superintendent as to the power of school boards to supplement text-books adopted by the state board of education, and contracted for by that body, with other books in the same department. Superintendent Vöries holds that local boards have no authority to take such action, and that in so doing they act not only without warrant of law, but in direct conflict with iL In his letter ha quotes freely from tho opin ion of the supremo court, written by Judge Elliott, sustaining the validity of the school book law. The school book ring, which it was sup posed had been driven from the state, has recently been making desperate efforts to secure the reintroduotion of its publica tions into the schools of Indiana, although tho state board had awarded contracts for similar publications as required by the law. Should the ring succeed in its schemes it would be the first step toward the breaking down of a law which has relieved the people cf Indiana from the most odious monopoly which ever oppressed them a law which has paved the people already more than a million dollars and is saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. Superintendent Vöries declares that the law must be upheld, and that school boards which adopt any other book or books than those adopted by the state are violating the law. His letter is as follows: My Dear HIE In year favor of reeeot date you say: "Our county board decided to adopt a grammar to be used jn the sixth year of the course of study, provluing it would make no difference with the lodUna school book comany. I cannot see how it will interfere in the estt. What your opinion? Should wo do it or try to get along with tho two adopted boox?" In reply would say tkat the netion which your board decided to take is not only unwarranted by the law, but directly in cou'lict with the law. Moreover, it is directly in conflict with the contracts which the state has 'with preient CDBtruerr-to furnish school books. ,-.v bo much of see. 4,423 aa relates to the adoption of books by the county hoard of education is repealed by the ebool book law of 1SS9 and the supplemental act ot 1801. There seems to have been tome doubt in the minds of the letiilators of 1891 as to whether or not the act of 18 J mads the prohibition of the use of other books than thoie adopted by ih3 state strong enou? h, and to tbo legislature of lS'Jl put in seo. 11 of tbs supplemental act, which iaasfoliowa: "See. 11. The books which Lavs been or may hereafter bo adopted by tbo tUto of Indiana for use in its common schools by virtue of this act, or the act mentioned in sec. 1 hereof, shall be uniformly used in all the common schools of the state, in teaching the branches of learning tratd of in such' books, and it shall be tho duty of the proper school officers and authorities to use in such schools such books for teaching the subjects treated in them." Tho legislature bad in mind two main pnrf loses in framing the sohool book law uniormity as to price and books and cheapness. To hold that lh.;re is any power left in the county boards of education or eity and town school boards, so far aa the common school books are concerned, to adopt any other book or books than those adopted by the state would be to defeat the law entirely and to expose the people of the state to high prioes, frequent ehsnges, want of uniformity and all the other evils which eauied tho school book law to bo enaoted. Below I quote from supreme court opinion, written by Judge tlliott, in 122 Ind., 4G2: "Section 1 constitutes the state board of education commissioners for the purpose of making selections of text-books for use in the common schools.and designates the standard which shall guide tne board in the selection of books. "Kvery provision indicates an intention to establish a uniform system, and not a provision indicates an intention to put it in the power of any officer to break the uniformity, "Nor is there a word from which It can bs inferred that the legislature intended that inferior school officer might exercise disoretionary power and thus break and deform the uniformity and symmetry of tho lyitem. "Two things are very clear: Ons, that the legislature meant to provide an exclusive privilege in order to seoure books at the best prices; the other, that tho legislature meant to prevent the possibility of any break in the uniformity of the system framed by the statute. MVs acocpt ai correct the tssumption of the appellant's eounsel, that the statnte doss require tbe people ol the state to auy the partioular books designated by tho proper ofliosr, in obodienco to tho command of the law, and that, so far aa eoacerns the öfters of the state, they most be bought from the firms to wbom the state board of education awards tho contract. We agree fully with tho appellant's counsel open this point, for we think that everywhere throughout the statute is manifested the intention to create a uniform system, and to make a body of rules which all aobool officers are boond to obey. "It was, too, tbe intention of tho legislature to equalize prices; to prevent one locality from being compelled to pay a much greater prioe for books than another; to put It beyond the power of tho local otlicers to mar tho uniformity of the system; to prevent favoritism and to open tbe field to competition. To this end the legislature constructed a system whioh required eompetitivs bidding, and, to make sure that tbe best prioee might be obtained, provided that whoever secured tho contract should have tho exelneive privilege of furnishing to the sohool othoers all the books designated and required by the state board. To permit the local school officers to treat the provisions of the statute as the grant of a privilege would prevent the attainment of this end. lo give efiect to the intent of tho legislature and secure the accomplishment of the principal object of tbe statute, il must be bold that its provisions creates a legal doty which tho trustees cantsot put on or off at pleasure. To hold otherwise would effectually destroy the symmetry of the statute and so cripple its machinery as to render it useless, and this wo cannot do in tbo faee of the historical facts whioh were laid before the general assembly by tho governor, considered in the reports of the committees of that body and debated by its members. Wo know, as matter of history, imparted to os by the most authrntio records and in the most public method, - that, with little diversity of opinion, it was agreed that there were great evils to be rsmedisd. The diflerenee of opinion was not so much as to tho exlstenee of the evil and the necessity of a remedy as it was respecting the nature of the remedy that should be resorted to for the eure of the oviL" The sub'eet-saaUar in the two adopted gramoars should bo so adeptslaid sot eat m the

echool manual, as to meet all the requirements of language and grammar. Very respeotfully, Urrvky D. Vöries, State Superintendent Fublie Instruction. THB COUNTY SUPSR1NTKNOJCNTS.

Aa Interesting Prngrara For the approaching Convention. A meeting of county superintendents will be held at the capitol June 14, continuing in session three days. Mr. C. W. Osborne ot Union county is president of the association and Mr. W. B. Black of Jackson county, secretary. The exchange of educational ideas between the various superintendents is not onlv beneficial in broadening the teacher's ideas, but the influence extends into , the echools and homes throughout the state. The educators recognize the value of meeting others in the same professional Held, and learning new methods, and the meetings arealwava well attended. A program of the work has been prepared and will be issued in a few days. The pr.pera will be followed by discueeion and three minute speeches. Mr. C. W. Thomas of Harrison county, will read a paper on "Objects and Benefits of School Visitation," Mr. S. YV. Taylor of Warwick countv, will read on "What I Do and Say When I Visit Schools." "Uniform liequirements and Uniform School Privileges in the Schools of Indiana," will form the subject matter of a paper by Mr. W. II. Eichhorn of Wells county. "Advisability of Issuing and Using a Uniform School Manual in Each County," will be discussed by Mr. Harvey Gardner, Cass county. Other papers will be read as follows: "Utiiity of School and Township Libraries," Mr. J. E. Itobinson, Morgan county, "How Mav the Township Libraries Be Made to Benefit the Tublic Schools," W. W. Pfrimmer. Newton county. "Indiana Reriing Circles," W. II. Elson, president of the fircle. "Needed School Legislation," C. t'. Osborne, Union county. "ShouI J the County Superintendent Have a Place on the State Board of Education," O. Jackson, Hancock county. "County Institute Work and World's Fair Exhibit." Oscar J. Craig, professor of political economy and history atL'urdue." Hinderances in "the Preparation of Indiana District Schcol Exhibit for the World's Fair in 1892-3," W. B. Black, superintendent of Jackson countv. MRS. PECKINPAUGH FOUND. The Cody of the Misainj; AVomam Discovered in the Hudson. New York, May 16. The body of a woman was found this morning in the Hudson river at Riverdale. It was supposed to be the body of Mrs. Rosamond Peckinpaugh of ML Vernon, Ind., who disappeared a month a aro, as it answers the description of the missing woman. There was $00 in bills in her pockets. Dr. Teckinpaujh was notified. On further examination it was decided that the body was unquestionably that of Mrs. Teckinpauglu MRS. FECKINPACGTI. Mrs. Rosamond Peckinpaugh was the wife of Dr. G. P. PeckinpatiKh, and was twonty-eight years old. Their home was in ML Vernon, Posey county, Indiana. In March last Dr. Poekinpaugh came to this city to attend the .Now York polyclinic. Soon after his wife joined him here, and they boarded together at 101 K. Twenty-liftb-st. Mrs. Peckinpaufch had suffered for some timo Irom illness, and was obliged to undergo a painful surgical operation. This seemed to affect her mind. On April 2- last she mysteriously disappeared, and, d-.'spite all the efforts of the police, private detectives and friends, no trace of her was found until today. Dr. Peckinpauirh and Mrs. Peckinpaugh'a mother went to the police station and fully identified the body as that of Mrs. Peckiupaujh. The $'K) found in the pocket of the dead woman a dress was the sum she was known to have in bar possession when she disappeared. Mt. Verxok, May 16. Special. The news of the finding of tbe dead bodv of poor Mrs. Peckingaugh in the Hudson river was received with groat sorrow here, at her home, bhe was loved and respected by all who know her, and all hoped that she might be recovered alive and restored to health. Her mysterious disappearance find;death must certainly have been causod by an unsettled mind on account of ill health. The sad ending has cast a gloom over this city. THE AST0R WILL Drayton and III "Wife Cat Off, Together with Henry Astor. New Yohk, May 15. Tho will of William 13. Astor, the provisions of which have been practically stated in theae dispatches, was filed for probate yesterday. Neither Drayton nor his wife will be able to touch a'penny of the estate. Henry Astor, the testator's only surviving brother, is effectually cut oft by a provision which pays: "It Is my will and intention that neither my brother. Henry Aetor, nor his issue, shall receive any portion of my estate." Henry Astor is tho brother who married a pretty country girl, disoleaaing his family, lie was put otr by his father with a small patrimony, and has been living happily up in Columbia county ever since. ' DEEMING'S WILL lie Bequeaths Ills Sweetheart One Tenth of His Property. MtXBouRKK, May 15. The will of Deem ing, the wife murderer, bequeaths bis goois and biography to his counsel, Mr. Lvle, excepting one-tenth of the proceeds, which goes to Miss Rounsevell, to whom Deemiag was engaged when arrested.

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THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.

A Great Race with a Bi Crowd in Attendance. Giuvesend, May 16. Tbe opening day of the so-called legitimate racing season in New York state is always e. red letter day in the racing calendar. It is on this day the Brooklyn handicap is ran, and people of all descriptions pour into the grounds of the Brooklyn jockey club in hocks and droves to witness the first great event of the season. The email better is there, the plunger is there in fact everybody is there and seems to back his opinion and to let his enthusiasm overflow at tbe slightest provocation. Today was no exception to the rule. Perfect summer weather and a fairly good track packed between 30,000 and 35,000 people about the grounds. Probably not one of this 35,000 pulled the covers under his chin last night without a case of blues, for it was raining; and rain meant a bad track, and a bad track meant that some "mud lark" would probably walk away with his dollars. But Superintendent Brush had a gang at work on the track at daybreak. Harrows and rakes turned over every particle of " the surface of the track a dozen times and, thanks to the burning rays of the sun, tbe track was fairly well dried out when tbe horses were cantered to the post to be eent off for the first race. The events that preceded the great handicap did not interest the crowd to any great extent. They had made the journey with the eole object ot witnessing a grand struggle ior the $25,000 stakes. Heady tow tbe Word. At last the bugle blew to summon the horses to the post, and the mighty multititudes of people sought advantageous positions and waited with eager, expectant eyes to see the horses come out of., the paddock. Feesara was the first to appear. Then came Madstone; also, George W Porchester, Judge Morrow, Raceland, Banquet, Longstreet and tho others. A mighty roar of applause went up as the great son of Longfellow went by the stand. The parade wag formed in front of the stand, with Longetreet in front and Russell at the nd. They went as far as the betting ring, broke and cantered to the post. All the eyes then auxioualy turned to Starter Rowe and waited for the strip of bunting to flash through the air and start the grand thoroughbreds on their journey. The starter had not complete control of the jockeys, who, by their efforts to beat the flag, delayed tho etart for fully minutes. There were several long breakaways. The j 're Off. At the next attempt they were in fairly good order and Rowe dropped his flaz with the favorite, Longstreet, being most prominent in the bunch. The lightweighted Fairview was hurried cut in front of Longstreet to make the running. 11 if rider's orders were to take the lead and keep it as long as possible. Master Doggett obeyed his instructions to the letter and the opening furlong he cave the backers of the other candidates a bad scare by opening up a gap of three lengths from Longstreet. The pace was killing, and at the quarter poie the timers marked down twenty-three seconds with Fairview now five lengths in front of Russell. Longstreet succumbed to the hot pace and dropped back alongside of Raceland and Possara. who were running easily at Russell's heols. The jockeys on ail of tbe horses behind Fairview wore taking matters easy, they being satisfied that the leader was making his run too soon to be a contestant at the finish. Around the lower turn, or at the end of three furlongs, Fairview had further increased his advantage to ten lengths. Doggett was taking ce chances of others catching him in tho first part of the race, and he depended upon good luck to hold his position to the end if his horse had the necessary speed and gamencss. LUtlefleld's Error. When well into the stretch Littlefleld, on Russell, became worried at Fairview'a great advantage and cutting loose from hie companions, Raceland, Pessars, LongStreet and Judge Morrow, ho set out to catch the flying Fairview. Tbis move on bis part eo early in the race proved fatal, as subsequent developments showed. At the end of the back stretch he bad reached the leader's shoulder, but Passara, Judge Morrow and Raceland were also coming up fasL Longstreet, having been killed off by his futile endeavor to catch Fairviow in the opening furlong, dropped back hopelessly and thoroughly beaten. It was a disgraceful position" for a 4 to 5 favorite to hold so early in the race, but the idol of tho public had been tried aad found wanting, and the race was eeen to lay between Kupsell, Judge Morrow, Tessaraand Raceland. On the upper turn, or at the end of seven furlong-a, Kuasell held first place by in open length from Judge Morrow. Indeed, the Morris candidate swung into the home stretch a good length and a half in front of Dis competitors. His backers wore jubilant and swung their hats in the air in their joyful anticipation of cashing winning tickets. Elussell Quits. Russell, however, quit just where he did last year, simply because he is an arrant coward. His heart ia not in tbe right pJaco, and hij performance today again demonstrates the fact. Maj. Covington saved considerable ground by hugging the inner rail while making the turn into tho homestretch, and when he breasts Ruepell shortly before reaching the last furlong post, which marked the endef a milo and a furlong, Rnssell threw back his ears in cowardly fashion and refused to run further. Home XEflTeetlT Whipples-. Covington, teeing that he had the race at his mercy, became over confident and began easing up on tho Judge. This performance of the clever little light-weight nearly cost Green B. Morris the race, as Tarsi, who bad been unable to get through the bunch before, came up with a tremendous burst of speed under tbe most vigorous kind of riding. Fortunately for Morrow's backers Covington turned in his saddle and discovered his danger juet in time to prevent Tarsi from stealing the race and the $25,000 stake from him. A sixteenth from the finishing point ho eat down and bepan to ride the Judge with his hands. Pessars wrs surely but surely gaining on him, aud he undoubtedly would have passed him, simply because he was being more strongly ridden, had not Covincton drawn bis whip and began to flog Morrow. In reality be was hitting Peerara on tbe nose, and each time the lash cam down Pisiara

would draw back bis head to escape punishment. Taral shouted to the lad to stop, but the youngster bad an old head on his shoulders and kept right on smashing Pessara over the nose with' his whip. The finish saw J ude Morrow victor by a head. Three lengths away, a bad third, came Russell, who was the same distance in front ob Raceland. Then came Clarendon. Banquet. George W Kingmaker, Fairview, Madstone, Tort Chester and the 4 to 5 favorite, Longstreet, a disgraced lasL VAS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM.

Unexpected Death of Judge Living tone Howl and. Monday at 12:50 p. m. Judge living stone Howland died at his residence, 340 N. Jleridian-st., after an illness of only one week, from strangulated hernia. It was not until Sunday that his condition, owing to a sudden relapse, was -considered critical, and when nis death became known yesterday it caused a shock to the multitude of his friends in this city Judge Liviigstone Howland's death will be sincerely deplored, not only in Indiana apolie, but throughout the state. Ho was? t man of the finest intellectual and moral qualities, a real force in the community which made for everything that was pure and of good report, and of a buoyant and cheery temperament, which made hin the light and soul of every circle he entered. He was an accomplished scholar a id an able lawyer, and as a judge he took the very highest rank. At a time) when partisanship was running riot on the bench in Indiana Judge Howland's absolute integrity and impartiality was never questioned, and his decisions commanded universal respecL He was always a republican, but no democrat would have hesitated fcr a moment to trust him with tho decision of any question, however grave the political interests it involved. Judge Howland was, in all tbe relations of life', a model of uprightness, sincerity and true manhood, and his death, sudden and untimely as it was, has made a vacancy in the professional and social life of Indianapolis that will not soon be filled. IN A MAD HOUSE. Unique rians of One Woman to Avoid Arrest by Another. Chicago, May 13. Miss Emma Seamans of Fremont, O., a comely brunette o! thirty-five who showed that she is of good family and has a anug balance in bank, was placed on trial in the insane court here today under peculiar circumstances. She was very indignant at being shut up in a mad house and declared it was the result of spite work on the part of an old acquaintance, Mrs. White, with whom she has been visiting. Tbe two ladies have been considering establishing a world's fair boarding house in partnership. Miss Seamans says that she finally decided not to go into the venture and angered Mrs, White by refusing to advance her money. Fuel was added to the quarrel by Mis Seamans accusing Mrs. Whits -jf theft, the latter, however, declaring the money ia question to be due for board. In revenge, or to forestall her own possible arrest by Miss Seamans, it is alleged that Mrav White decoyed Miss 8eamans into thai rail-ay station for borne, but instead drove to the detention hospital end had the Ohio lidy locked up aa inaana. No witnesses appeared' against Miss r3eamang and Judge Brown promptly ordered he! discharged. FORTY-THREE PERISHED. The Art ful Record or tne Xioslyn DU stater. Ropltk, TTailh, May 13. At 11 o'cloc last night the remaining bodies were taken from ths slope, making a total of fortythree men who perished in the terrible explosion of Tuesday. A number of the d(ad were buried yesterday and the remainder will be interred today and tomorrow. About two hundred and fifty children have been left fatherleei by the disaster and in most instance! they are toudc and unable to help them selves. Subscriptions are coming in liberally from cities and towns of the northwest, several thousand dollars already having been received. Manager Kangley of the coal company is in receipt of sympathetic messages from the Chicago board of trade and prominent persons in Washington, D. C, New York, and other eastern cities, requesting him to draw on them for financial aid to relieve the distressed. CHICAGO'S "MONTE CARLO." A Combination of Dig; Gamblers for the World's Fair. CniCAGO, May 15. If reports circulated tonight are tru Chicago is to have "Monte Carlo." It is stated upon the authority of the man renting the apartments that George and J. F. Hankins, M. C McDonald ana Michael Mallory have leased for a term of four years the floor over Paul Banner's saloon on Wav-basb-ave., directly opposite the Auditorium hotel. Here, it is elated, a gambling bouse will be run auch es has seldom, if ever, beeu (wn in Chicago. The co-operation of the Hankins brothers, MoDonald and Mallory places in existence n strong combination. None of the email gamblers about town bad heard of the venture, but they were inclined to believe that the combination was made in anticipation of the world's fair.