Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1892 — Page 1

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FIRST PART. PAGES 1 TO S. ESTABLISHED 1821. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1892-TWELYE TAGES. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

EAL WANTED

The Whole Iist of Reformers' Demands Covered Except Protection, andThat Is Left in the Cold. People's Party Incensed at Cold Water Advocates. A WIDE SWATH PROPOSED. Both Old Parties, It Is Said, Must Get Out of the Way. 'Long" Jone Says Democrats Will Come to the New Fold. No Reform with a Republican Stamp Js Needed. A Lively Time in Fixing the Attitude of the New Party Toward Liquor The Difficulty Compromised by Putting a Kenegade Prohibitionist on the Ticket The People's Alleged Leaders Ask lor All the Offices as "Well as 'All the Reforms-Stamp of Farmers Boots in the State House Predicted. Several hundred men imbued with the idea that they will completely revolutionize affairs in this republic assembled in Maeonic hall Friday morning and placed in tbe field a full state ticket. The people's party is young and tender, but nearly ail of the men who participated in its convention had passed the noontide of life. One could not but admire the nerve of come of the orator, who, in gumming up the situation, predicted the election of a portion cf the state ticket. One candidate went so far as to fay he would run the office himself for which he had juatbeen nominated. It waa apparent that the various delegations were largely composed of men who espoused the cause of the old greenback party during the brief and etormy career of that political organization. The declaration in any nominating speech that the candidate was an '"old time Peter Cooper greenbacker" caused the greatest enthusiasm. Leroy It was after 10 o'clock before Leroy Templeton of Benton county secured order in the convention. After one of the delegates had prayed a quart-t sang for about ten minutes. Tho business was begun with the introduction of Samuel W. Williams of Knox, some years since a democratic member oi the house, as permanent chairman, and W. vV. Prijrz of Henry as secretary. A young man wearing a very flash suit of clothes read the report of the committee on organization to delegates in the front row, for nobody else heard tiim. This report humanely limited speeches to five minutes and allowed' each county ten delegates. Chairman Williams predicted for the people's party a Ion and victorious existence. It must live because it was founded on the proposition to grant equal privilege. to all nie n and exclusive privileges to none. It had been born of the necessities of the hour. There were three questions of importance before the people this year, he paid land, finance and transportation. The people's party promised the people thnt there should be a fall, free and unlimited coinage of eilver. The speaker charged that the democrats were afraid to handle the financial question lest they should fail to carry the East. This was supposed to be a government by the people and for the poole, but John Sherman claimed that it was a government for the Lanks and by the banks. lie then charged Cleveland and Crisp with endeavoring to throttle western ideas. "Oh, let's get to business," Interrupted John O.Greene, a delegate from Floyd county. "We want;to get home some time today." - Mr. Williams cheerfufTy replied that he would "ehut down iu a minute," and then talked a half hour longer. He abused Senator I'rice of Ohio and concrete for failing to act on the financial question, and concluded with the statement that Indiana was etazgering under the burden of a great debt ma lo by the two old parties. TU Fltrrm. O. II. Ballard is a very young roan from Allen county. When not writing scathing editorials for the Fort Wayne Lotor Herald he make speeches for the people's party. He was chairman of the committoo on resolutions and read the platform, which was as follows: In view of the grest soeil. industrial and economic revolution now dawning on the civilized world, and the new sod living nines confronting the American peopl, and recognizing tbet in all ages and ail civilization the great middle elate bae been the bulwark cf civil liberty the breakwater against fanatiei-m, whether in church or state; and as the life of thia rcpull o. tue spirit of civil and religious liberty, mut find their "city of refaze" in the bones, and their citadel of safety in the hearts of the great tnidd'e clans of our people, ths people s party belieree tb time ha arrived for a crystalization of lb reform forces of our e'itc. Therefore, we invito all persons who are demons of betterin?'!treir condition to join with tie in eradicating the evils which are sow to rapidly destroying the body politic. VTs demand a national currency, safe, aoand and flexible, issued by tho general government

only, a full lesral tender for all debts, publio and private, and that without the use of bauk ing corporations; a just, equitable and efficient means of distributing direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, to be provided as set forth la the sab-treasury plan of the Farmere' alliance, or aome better ayttem; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for publio improvements. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and condemn President Harrison for calling the international monetary conference, and inviting other nations to assist us in in fixis ij a value on our silver. We reeard it as an etfort to demonetize the silver dollar by an international agreement. We demand that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands -of the people, and hence we demand that all nations! and state revenues shall be limited to the neoessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange. Transportation, being a means of exchange and a publio necessity, the government should ovu and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the posto Gee system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, ehould be owned and operated by the government and in the interest of the people. The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people and should not be monopolized for speculative Purpose; and alien ownership of land should be prohibited; all land! now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all other lands owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. We demand that our present eleotion law be si amended as to allow all political parties representation on the election boards. We demand that all the state be redistricted with absolute fairness, and that in making up the representative, senatorial and congressional districts no eL'orts La made to disfranchise any e m of citizens. We demand an amendment of the present tax law to the extent that all property be valued for the pnrpose of taxation according to the net receipts derived therefore?. We demand that all officials' fee be covered Into the publio treasury and officers be paid what their services are worth in the opeu market. We demand that county superintendents be elected by a vote of the people. We demand that the office of county assessor be abolished and that the township asee.sors constitute the count board of equalization. We demand suoh revision of the law for the listing of property tor taxation that ehall compel all property, both real and personal, to be listed at a fair cash value and proper credit be given for all bona fide indebtedness. We demand that the 'government issue lecal tender notes and pay the Union soldiers the difference between the price of the depreciated money in which they were paid and gold. We favor the enactment ot laws under which the people may vote periodically upon doctnue and policies without the intervention of parties or eandidates, the results of these elections to be considered as instructions to our legislative servants, end to be enforced br impeachment when each instructions are disregarded. The national convection was respectfully asLed to adopt the following: Resolved, That the right to vote is inherent in citizenship, without regard to sex. Resolved, That excessire wealth and extreme poverty are the two great causes of intemperance. We believe that in the proper distribution of the wealth of the country by a correct adjustment of our medium of exchange, intern pertnee would be greatly reduced. Making m Ticket. dominations for judges of the supreme and appellate courts were then called for and the following were presented in longwinded speeches and nominated by acclamation: JCPOES OF BfPBEME COCRT. Second District Adam Siockinger, Ripley county. Third District Silas If. Sheppard, Marion. Fifth District N. J. Iiozart, Porter. JI DOES OF APPELATE COURT. First District I. N. Fierce, Vigo. Second District Joseph Dailey. Wabash. Third District H. C. Barnett, Johnson. Fourth District David W. Chambers, Ilenry. Fifth District Judge John 8. Bender, Marshall. Leroy Templeton of Benton county and C. A. Iiobinson of Shelby were placed in nomination for governor, but the latter withdrew, saying that he wanted to hear the ring of a farmer's cowhide boots in the corridor of the state house. The nomination of Mr. Ternpleton was then marie unanimous. Mr. Templeton is nothing if not sanguine. He stated that it was his firm belief that he would be elected, and that aft?r his inauguration as governor he would see that the taxes of the farmerfl wer equalized. He further paid he would place his veto on all pernicious raeaureH that passed the legislature. Mr. Templeton was a candidate for empress against Daniel Waugh in the Ninth district two years ego and reduced the heavy republican majority in the district to a few hundred votes. Dr. J. A. Houser of this city was nominated for lieutenant-governor. He is a strikingly handsanie man about forty-fivo years of aire and a rather impressive ppcaker. The remainder of the nominations, all of which were made by acclamation, were as follows: Secretary of State Jesse L. Hobson, Wabftsh. Auditor of State Levi C Caston, Allen county. Treasurer of State Towneend Coke, Jennings. Attorney-General E. II. Vernandes, Madison. Superintendent of Publio Instruction J, II, Allen, Vigo. Mate statistician C. II. BKas, Howard county. Reporter of Supreme Court W. II. Dewey, Washington county. A REIGN OF TERROR.

Sorry Condition of A flairs In a Missouri County. Fi'HiNGFlF.Ln, Mo., .May 30. The preliminary examination of the men arrested here recently for participation in the Taney county lynching will begin at Forsythe tomorrow. A prominent man of the disturbed section writing from his horce to friends in this city paints the situation in Taney countr in even darker colors than have yet been drawn. He declares that the reign of outlawry is such that no one is willing to pay taxes at present. In the whole county, writes the gentleman, the reign of terror continues. At this time, usually the busiest in all tho farming year, not" a man can be found in the fields in any part of the unhappy county. What little work is being done is Ly women and children. No Improvements are in progress. Fvery man in the county is either hiding in the brush or has left the county to avoid arrest. Some of them are fugitives. Others know some criminating fact, and it they toitified their lives would be in danger. A Day' pirt. fPuek.l Stranger (in the far west) "Where la your father, Bubby?" Bubby "(Jone shooting." Stranger "Will he be away all day?" Bubby "Well, that dependaon whether h' editor sees him comin.'

DEATH BY CYCLONE

Comes to Scores of People in Kansas. A Swath Cut Through Wellington. FIFTEEN BODIES FOUND And Many More Believed to Be Yet Under the Ruins. No Premonition of the Disaster Is Given. The Deadly Funnel - Shaped Cloud Strikes the Town While the People Are in .Their Homes and Does Its Fearful "Work in an Instant Hotels, Dwellings and Publio Buildings Crushed Like Card Houses by the Force of the Storm Some of the Casualties. Wellington, Kas., May 27. This oity had a visitation tonight from the funnelshaped cloud which ploughed its devastating track through the business r art of the town with immense destruction of property and some loss of life. A heavy storm of wind preeeded the cyclone about half au hour. A few minutes after 9 o'clock the cyclone struck the city, coming from the southwest. There were no promonitory s'gas. Everybody was in doors and the cloud passed with its destructive rush and awful roar unseen. Washington-ave., the principal business street, is lined on both sides for blocks with ruins. To add to the horror fire broke out among the debris of the Colorado block and a woman, Mrs. Susan Ashsr, is supposed to have perished in the flames, A solid block" of brick buildings, containing a half dozen stores and the Voice printing company's building lies pilled !n a heap of bricks and masonry. Just across the street a laborer named Fanning was taken out of the ruins, and there are supposed to be other bodies in the ruins. Hundreds of dwellings are either totally destroyed or more or less damaged. The city is in darkness, as broken mains made it necessary to shut down the gas works, and save destruction from fire. The lion. James Lawrenoe, candidate for attoroey-gener&L, had aa arm broken. Waiter Forsthen was taken from the ruins dangerously injured, and bis brother Ed was dead an hour before his release. Seven bodies have been taken from the Phillips house ruins and a large force of men is at work: removing the debris. Two members of the Salvation army are expected to die of injuries received. At Squire Smith's residence seven persons are more or less injured. The streets are litered with tin roofing, cloth awnings and broken timbers. Everybody is on the streets carrying lanterns and it is utterly impossible to get at the exact facts. The destruction is simply awful and every minute adds to the horror of the situation. The Standard ane JUa I offices are wrecked. The opera house and dozens of the best buildings are useless. Fine school buildings and churches are ruined and the loss will foot up into many thousands of dollars. No reports have been received from other points. At 11 o'clock fifteen persons are known to have been killed, and the investigation of the wrecked buildings has only been barely commenced. The cyclone did not do much damage until it reached the center of the town. On Jeffer-eon-sve. it destroyed the Lutheran churoo, but only unroofed the residences. Its most furious work wae done within the compass of four squares bounded by Jefferson-av., Aveuue C and Seventh and Ninth-eta. Every building in these ten squares was demolished and wrecked. Fortunately the residenoes in that locality are not numerous, otherwise the loss of life would have been much greater than it ia supposed to be. The Phillips bouse, a hotel, was demolished and seven dead bodies have been taken from the ruins. The work of rescue there Is only just began. The house was filled with guests and the lose of life in this one house ie thought to be great. The offices of the four local newspapers, the ilonitor, J'rete, Voice and Mail, were destroyed. The Wellington foundry waa demolished and Mrs. W. A. Shore and her sister, Katie Straban, who happened to be passing at the time were buried in its ruins and killed. Their bodies have been recovered. The destruction in the northeast part of the city has also been great, but definite details cannot be hnd. Great confusions prevails everywhere and the whole facts cannot now be learneJ. Sylva and Walter Forsythe were taken out of the ruins of Conrad's restaurant in a dying condition and have since died. Ida Jones was one of the killed in the wreck at tho Phillips house. Grand army hall has been converted into a hospital and there are now there fifty killed and injured. The Killed end Wenaded. AU tho casualties are not yet known, but tho following list is aa accurate as it can now be made. Killed: JAM KS HASTLE, unmarried, killed ia barber chair in the Phillips house while being FItAN'IC CAMPBELL, married. JAMEö MAYOU, piano tuner of Kansas City. MRS. SA3IIF.lt, recently married j crashed end burned to death. The shock has afleoted the mind, temporarily at least, of her husband. MISS STJtAND, Mrs. Ssiher'a sistrr, erushed end burned ! death. HENRY A DAMSON, a lawyer. JAMES WEAVER, oooupatioa unknown, crushed bensath walls.

I, IDA JONES, a waitress, -crushed to death

beneath a fallen wall. Fatally wounded: ' Charles Adamsox. uniiarried. Mrs. Cart. Man AX, badly crushed. Mrs. J. T. If ansa, crushsd. Mrs. Mukpuv, skull fraotured. Chable Stoker. Santa Fe conductor. Little Maggie King, daughter of the late I. N. King, wounded. i Ed Forsythe, a printer, bones fractursd and internal injuries. Sylva Forsytue, a printer, skull fraotured. Walteb Forsythe, a printer, internet injuries. EE-Sheriff Theall'S child, internal Injuries. Mrs. P.OBERT MlLLAKD, Internal injuries. James Miller, republican candidate for attorney-general, lep and arm broken. Lieut. William Frkxck. Cadet Simmojjs of the sdration army. Mattie Hodges. Gcy Colby. Dick Weaver. Carrie Mitchell. E. J. Forsythe. j Prof. Mayer and Hart Upson are missing and between forty and fifty more are injured, but none eeriously. The greater portion of the city was completely devastated and the entirej'community, consisting of between 4,000; and 0,000 people, were thrown into a statt of consternation, ana dread and fear actuated all. The shouts of the rescuers mingled with the cries of the suffering, while those unhurt dashed from their homes but partially dressed; The wind finally subsided, and in a brief time every available man in the city was engaged in the work of rescue, conducted under the leadershipjof George Whitler, president of the council. Order was eoon'brou2ht out of chaos. Work of the Storm. The elorm came in a manner that no two can agree in describing. Some eay it came in a twisted shape, while others pay it did not have the characteristic funnel shape of a tornado, while still others Bay that it simply descended in the shape of a etorm cloud. The appearance of things this mornine, howevvr, leaves no doubt but that it waa a twister, and a genuine twister at that, for trees have been torn from their roots and houses were turned right about face. 1 he Lutheran church, a mapsive frame building, one of the most substantial of its kind in the city, waa taken up, turned completely over, and now Etands with tho floor upward as solid apparently as if it had been built in that way. It ia not a 6mall building either, for it had a seating capacity of 700 people. The old court house, a solid two-etory stone structure, was completely demolished and reduced to gravel and splinters, with the exception of one little frame ortice that a pair of donkeys could draw from its foundations ; and that was left standing intact by the side of the ruins of an old court house. Its stately neighbor of yesterday, tbe presbyterian church, a very nice and tubetantial frame edifice with a seating capacity of 1,000. was reduced to the merest splinters. The frame parsonage beside it was comparatively unhurt. The Spincknel block on the north of Washington-ave., which is the main street of the city, was yesterday an imposing row of six brick buildings. Today it is a pile of little splinters, pieces of brick and pulverized glass and mortar. T 4ewspa,.er offices, reasonably large plants, the Monitor l'rcs and Voire, were in this building, and nothing is left of them but tho pied type and broken machinery beneath the ruins. The beautiful standard block of yesterday is today a wreck and ruin. It would not have more holes in it if twenty pieces of artillery had been playing on it for the fast twenty-four hours. It was a beautiul block, consisting of about six six-story brick buildings built about five years ago. In this block the Wellington Daily Mail and Sumner County standard were published. These two plants were worth not less than $200,000 yesterday. Today they are apparently not worth 200 cents. The postotfice was also located in this block, next to the Standard office. On the opposite corner of the street was a thriving foundry and stove works. It was wholly demolished. All these ruins are on the north Dido of E. Harveyave. and they are a terrible sight to behold. It is imposeibie to detail the ruins of Wasing-ton-ave. Every houeo on each Fide of the street is uprooted, the back wails are out of the most of them, and a brigade of soldiers, each armed with a gun loaded with buckshot, could not have broken tho ßlass of every window in this entire block more effectively than the etorm did. The splendid opera house is practically iu ruins, tho Phillips house across the itreet from it is completely wrecked, as if a thousand men with axes had been hacking. for a week. Tho house was a death-trap, and it is expected that before night its ruins will have yielded a half-dozen bodies. The beautiful Colo & Robinson brick block, one of the rooms of which was occupied by the Alliance mercantile exchange, ig also a complete wreck. In the collapse this building caught fire and two inmates, Mrs. Sfasber and her sister. Miss Strand, were literally roasted alive there. The episcopal church is in splinters, while a very email frame house near it eurvired tho devastation without a scratch. SIX KILL L AT HARPBR. Trrlbl B.oord of Daslh at ad PioIaUn The Losa. Akthoxy, Kai., Msy 23. A cyclone passed tbroneh the oity of Harper last night at S:30 o'olock, destroying many houses, injuring a large number of people and doing an immense amount of pecuniary damage. The first news of the disaster reached here this morning, when a train came from there in search of help for the stricken town. A special train was at once made up and, with physicians and nurses aboard, started at onoe for Harper. Tli KU11 and Wwwndrd. The correct list of the dead so far as ascertained up to 0 p. m. today ia as follows: W. I STRAN ÄTHAN. MRS. THOMAS GALLAGHER. Mrs. Gallngher's four-year-old ohild. LOUIS HARRISON. Mrs. Tomlin's child. The supposed mortally wounded are aa follows: Mrs. Howard Tomlix. Mr. and Mrs. FklRATH. Pete Girabd. Mrs. A. Fry. Mrs L. Harrisox. Mr. and Miss NANCE, Mr. Sayrrp. James Dickensow. S. C Challis, wife and baby, x Thomas Gallagher. The eeriously wounded are: F. E. Cole. llOBKKT LlRBRECHT. Peter Corby. James Dickk.xsox. A. E. Mallory aud wife, Mrs. Minor. Ezra Evans. 1 Mrs. Raker. TJinnk ÜAKKF. Mrs. Matthias, W. 0. Ll5D.

THE

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Jackson Knocks Out Slavin in Ten Rounds, Proving Himself Too Much for His Opponent. PETER PUNISHES FRANK, Landing Him Handera with His Right and Left, And Sends Him to the Ropes with One in the Neck. That lions I ..eft Arm Is Too Lengthy for the White Man and Is a Constant Source of Inconvenience A Great Crowd "Witnesses tho Match, Which Is One ot Great Fairness Slavin Scarcely Meets His Admirers' Expectations. . London, Mar SO. The Natiodal club was crowded to euffocation tonight with spectators anxious to witness the FlavinJackson f.ght. The entrance became so much obstructed by the crowd that the owner of the buildinz refused to allow any more to enter without a ticket. Two hundred policemen kept order outside the club house, where a surging mass had assembled with the expectation of being admitted. Lord Lonsdale opened tbe proceedings with a epeech and the light then began. After the first few rounds it was evident that Slavin had no chance against the bigger man, yet he always came ud pluckily to the call of time. In the tenth round Slavin was knocked helpless against the ropes, being in a terrible condition from the fearful punishment he had received. It was ten minutes after 11 o'clock when Jackson and flavin made their appearance in the ring to begin the light. The usual preliminaries occupied only a few minutes. Bound 1 Jackson led oft with a light tap on S'.avin's body. Prolonged sparring then ensued, flavin did not force the iJk'htinc at as great rate as had been expected ot him. Jackson, though he did not hit with much force, kept his lontr left arm constantly in Slavin'a face. Twioe S'avin clinched and was ordered by the referee t break away. He then tried to land bis right on Jackson, bat the latter jumped away, and the round ended very evenly. Kornd 2 The instant time wus called Slavin made a savage rush at his antagonist as though be intended to annihilate him. Rut Jackson always had his long left arm in Slavin's face. Three times Slavin rushed to close quartets with the fame futile result. Jackson theu took the initiative and drove his left and nzht in quick succession on flavin's body. Slavin appeared to be tiring as the round closed. Round 3 The round opeded amid intense excitement. Jackson kept prodding Siavin in the mouth and left eye and the eye be nan to show sins of closing. Marin kept bearing in, but try as be would he always failed to land his dangerous right on his antagonist. In the last minute of the round a splendid rally occurred when Slavin hit harder and Jacksou struck more frequently. Roth were hard at work when time was celled. Many bets were won and lost at this stare of the contest as many wairers had been mado that the fight would not last three rounds. Round 4 After the cll of time Siavin was the fmt to get to work. Jackson seemed to have already taken his rival's measure. Every time f-iavin rushed in he met the negro's left, Jackson having a shade the best of the exchanges. Round 5 Both men started in and fought through tue round at a terrifio pacs, each doing his utmost to win. Round 6 Slavin worked Jackson into a corner and landed two heavy blows on his ribs. The negro jumped out and landed a swinging left and right on Slavin's head. Round 7 Jackson time alter time bunged bis left in Slavin's face, and before the round was half over flavin's left eye was nearly closed. Round 8 Jackson was now perspiring freely but he seemed to be fresher than his opponent. Jackson again bantred away at Slavin for all he was worth and had the best of the round at the fioinh, odds of 6 to 4 being laid on him at the close. Round 9 Slavin made a grand effort to keep on equal terms with Jackaoo, but received several more stinging left handed blows on tbe mouth and eye. Jackson was shooting his right with great effect and had the best of the exchanges when the two men were ordered to their oirners. Round 10 Slavin came up very game but he was weaker than hs looked. After a few eichanges JnoVson landed a swinging right banded blow on flavin's throat aeuding him against the ropes. Before Slavin was able to reoover Jackson was on him with both hands. Slavin became dazed from the effects of this terrible punishment. The fegro fougUt hira all around the riug and succeeded in knocking him out in the first two minutes of the round. Jackson was then declared the victor amid terrific cheerinz. Jackson tipped the scales at 103 pounds and Slavin at 1SÖ pounds. Jackson's seconds were "Parson" Daviea, Joa Choynski and Jem Youn$. Siavin'e seconds were his brother Jack, Tom Williams and Tom Burrows. Mr. Angle was referee. All tbe arrancementa for the tight were admirable and the contest was one of the fairest eeen in a long timo. An innovation was haviug the ring twonty feet in diameter instead of twentyfour. How the Itete Iln. Among tbe eolid bets recorded are one of JtöOO to 200 on Slavin, made at tho Victoria club, and one of 200 to 100, also on Slavin, at tho Criterion. This battle has been discuesed and talked about for months by the sportsmen of Kngland, Australia and America. Tho men are well known on three continents. Both men began their pugilistic careers in Australia. They have fought in America and they have both whipped their men in Lngland. The contest is of special interest in America because of its bearing in tbe championship of the world. Should Sullivan win from Corliett on Sept. 7 the cliampiouship will not be affected, as Sullivan claims he is too good to fight a colored man. If Corbett should win he will doubtless bo called upon to meet Jackson. Jackson and Slavin have been matched to lig,ht before. Tho arrangements were made beforo the men loft Australia, but they have never faced each other in the ring up to date. It is claimed that Slavin wan the cause of the failure of each match. They have both fought and whipped the tame claps of men. As a rule Slavin has put ids men to sleep more easily than tho dusky lighter has accomplished the earns feat. The styles of fighting common to these giants are exactly opposite. Jackson takes thinM easily, lie dependi upon bii

cleverness and long reach to keep his opponent off. ' He relies upon his skill and fowers of endurance to tire out hia man. Ie can deliver a good etiif punch. He does not try to whip his man with a single blow, but by repeatedly landing on the vital spots. Slavin is a rusher. He pails right into his man. He has a powerful right halfarm blow that is capable of doing eerious damage if properly landed. At the close of the tight Slavin, as he lay helpless and disligured on the tioor of the stage, appeared to bo almost dead. He presented a foeful appearance, and showed very plainly the effects of the terrible punishment which had been administered to him by his dusky antagonist. He lay motionless on the hard boards with his eyes tightly closed, hia face badly swollen and discolored and his body covered with the blood which flowed in crimiaon streams from tbe cuts caused by tbe eledge hammer blows dealt by Jackson. The latter, too. had lost pome blood and showed marks of the terrible encounter in which be had been engaged, but he was in a comparatively fresh condition when the tight was over, and when S avin had officially declared "out" and Jackson had been announced as the victor, the negro walked away without any assistance from hia seconds and was apoarently able to continue the struggle much longer. He appeared to be not greatly the worse lor the encounter. Orst Interest la the Contest. It is not too much to say that no other match ever excited an equal amount of interest, ' although there was little actual money wagered until the night of the contest The scene at the national club recalled memories of Evens' supper room and Thackaray's time. The lobbies were crowded long before tho before the timo pet for the tight to begin. Sportsmen of every grade was present, mostly in evening dress. There were present dukes and earls, and marquises and baronet? and non-titled aristocrat? in prolusion. Col. Xorth, Buffalo JJill and the artist Furness were noticed among the crowd. Out of regard for the aristocratic patrons, a fiat had gone forth that no names should be mentioned. The impatience of the crowd while waiting for the fight was somewhat molhtied by an exhibition of sparring. Lord Lonsdale's epeech of introduction was rather long and was received with impatience. He expressed pleasure at being able to witness such an important contest, and said that considering the public comments on prize fighting he would beg the press to avoid using any objectionable words in their reports and to describe the contest as it really was a boxing match under recognized rules. He compliment tbe management upon the arrangements ana said he hoped that Eome rich men who had not yet subscribed would come forward and supply a deficit of 000 pounds in the purse money. Lord Lonsdale tried to conciliate the members of the club who are so dissatisfied over the heavy chargea made for seats, saying that the high rate waa necessary in order to raise the amount of the purse. Hnw tUm Frtnttpnla Looked. 1'reeentlya loud shout announced the entrance of the combatants. Slavin'e expression waa one of dogged confidence, vhile Jackson's waa that of a man who did not quite know. Both looked in the pink of condition. S'.avin with his hard bossed mupclee, due to perfect health, and JackBon like a piece of polished bronze. In the opinion of the majority there was only one man in it and that was Havin. They are now left to ponder over the fact that it is one thin$ to possess a hit such as Slavin'e, but quite another tiling to get it home. More than once JackBon's supporters felt apprehensive, while Siavin'a adherents were always expecting a great punch from their favorite, which never came. In fact Slavin did not shine as a boxer. In the meantime Jackson's blows looked playful, but they hurt. He countered well and took all the sting out of Slavin's tremendous lunges. The wonderful part of it was Slavin's stamina. The remark was often heard that Jackson waa no finisher, yet he gradually wore his opponent down and when it came to the finish he gave Slavin one of the handsomest "settlers" ever witnessed to the finest match on record. Slavin was attired in dark blue knee breeches, light blue stockings and Kuasia leather slioea. Jackson wore white drawers and black leather shofs. On his arrival in London Slavin denied himself to all but his intimate friends. He remained in the private room of the club, chatting with his friends. Jackson, on the contrary, took a drive with a party of friends in Hyde park. Ho then ate a hearty supper, reaching the club rooms at 8::0 p. m. He reclined in a bed at the club house until ho waa required to enter the ring, as also did Siavin. Despite the fact that Jackson is a negro, his victory is extremely well received. The carelessness of Jackson's training, as compared with that of Slavin, probably accounted for the betting being in favor of SJavin before tho fiirht. Jackson invariably nailed his opponent as the latter came in, thus securing a blow of double compact. Tho frequent visitations on his nose and mouth nearly choked Slavin, the blood that trickled down hia throat troubling him greatly. How the 31 Men YVns Made. The present match waa brought about in a curious way. The officials of the National club of London have tried to get Jackson and Slavin together several times. Last fall Slavin began talking about fighting John L Sullivan. He made a visit to this country with Charlio Mitchell and proclaimed far and wide that he would meet the American champion. When Sullivan's backers pinned Slavin down to putting up the money he tailed to como to time.- He took on the match with Jackson in a hurry and used it as a hedge, behind which he did his talking. He has tried to get out of his match with Jackson several times, but Jackson held to his end of the agreement. BASE BALL

Below we give the standing of the Western and National league clubs. The Western association: JVrl rrr Iran. Zotf. vnf Won, (. r-nt Columbus 24 8 7"o Omaha... it 14 440 Milwaukee. 17 9 ft5l Minnpspolts 9 14 801 Tolrdo 14 it 5f.O Kort Wayne, a 1 J.U Kanus City. 14 12 643, Indianapolis, a 18 15S Tho National league: Ttr I rer Won. fait. Cfntl Wen. ZjhI. rml Poston 2 9 743'UaisvllU. 11 1! 471 )iicao. 21 13 IS New York Iii IS 471 lirooklTO 'AI t So Philadelphia 14 IS 457 ( Incinnati.... 21 11 5" I WsnhiiiKUia. 13 2J nTelDd 19 1 4.1 St. Imis..... 12 5 3'-l PitUburg 20 17 64lllaltlmore..... 8 29 2U3 The McKinley tarifT, arranged ao that everybody can" understand it, will be found in The Skntixel's "Indiana Alruai nac for 1892," I'rice 25 cents.

TAXATION OF SCHOOL BOOKS.

An Opinion of the Attorney-General Solicited by the Auditor. The attorney-general was asked by County Auditor Taggart if the school books Ginn & Co. had on April 1, 1S02, ia the hands of the several township trustees and other school officials in this county for sale under a state contract were subject to taxation. The county auditor a!aa asked tbe following: "The Indiana school book company, or ganized and operating under the lawa ol the state, its principal ofhee being in tha city of Indianapolis, has made a return to tbe township assessor here of their capital stock, which ahewa the value of theii stock to be greater than the value of their tangible property. Are other books in tha hands of the school officials outside ot this township, wnich were unsold on tha 1st day of April, 1892, aubject to taxation?" The decision of the attorney-general waa given as follows: Sec. 11, clause 4 ot the tax law requires that the personal property of con-renideats of the state should be assessed to the owner or to the person having the control thereof in the town ship, town or citr where the same may be, except that where such property is in transit to some place in the state, it shall be assessed la such place. Personal property under the control of a trustee or agent, whether a corporation or natural person, may be assessed to suoh trustee or agent, except as otherwise by law provided, in the township, town or city ia which such trustee or acent resides. Undei sec. 19 all persons required to litt property on behalf of others shall list it separately from their own. specifying in such case the naue of the person, estate, company or corporation to whom it LeloDcs. Corporations organized under the laws of other states, and having property within this state, mast be taxed thereon. It is clear, under the law, that tiino & Co. of Boston, Mass., should be required to pay tax upon all school books which are held for tbe in iy township trustees or otiier school officers iu this state on the let day cf April. licplymg to the second interrogatory, I would respectfully call your attention to sea 74 of the tax law, which provides that wher the capital stock of a corporation exceeds ia valne that of the tangible property listed foi taxation the capital stock should be subject ta taxation npon such excess of value. In othei words, if the tangible property of a corporation is worth 140,000 and its stock $00,000, it canal be assessed upon the value of ita capital stock and not upon its tangible property. If, there, fore, the capital stock of the Indiana school, book company, by its return, is shown to ba greater than the value of its books and othei tangible property, its stock alone must be listed for taxation, and its books, which go in part to make up the value of that stock, ara not subject to taxation, wbether they be in the hands of a school olficer in this township or oi acy other township in the state. A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. ' The Probable Midnight Duel on a Lonely Street. Cnrxcn, Bluffs, Ia., May 50. W. F. Jones, manager of the Sandwich, 111., manufacturing company, who has been under the influence of liquor for several days, with a considerable ram of money in his possession, was called from hi wife's side jupt when he had reached home last night, a message etating that his presence was required at the Ogden house. That was the last4seen of Jones until his body wan found in a dark street near the hotel. He had a bullet hole in his abdomen, and his fkull had been crushed. He had a revolver clutched in his hands and waa still alive, but speechlees. A block away, close to a bloodstained hack, tha dead body of one Jack Wade was discovered w ith a pistol wound in the breast. Wade alao had a revolver. The driver of the hack, Tom Crogan, has since been arrested with a man named James Mayer. The indications are that the double tragedy occurred at the point where Wade's body was found, and that Jones' supposed corpse was dragged through the yard of a disreputable house with the intention of concealment, when Jones, recovering again, ahowed fight. Mayer, Wade and Crogan are all hard characters, and are supposed, with robbery for a motive, to have cent the message which decoyed Jones from home. It is now probable that he did not succumb when etruckon the head, and that a re- . markable pistol duel between himself and Wade followed on the lonely street at midnight. SANTA FE WRECK. One Killed and Several Seriously In Jured at Lemont, 11L CmcAfio, Mar 30. All tbe passengers injured in the wreck on the Santa Fe railway last night at Lemont, 111., have been sent to their homes in care of physicians. It is believed that none of tbem ara fatally hurt. A correct list of the dead and injured is aa follows. Killed: W. A. ISABELL engineer. Injured: J. I. Allkx of Chioaso, Injured in one ler. Mrs. Maria A. Bi&sSLil, Chicago, back ia jured. J. F. F.(gman of Chicago, slip htly Injured. I'HARLRS Faxxino. Chicago, eoalp wound. Mrs. Deli.E Fbiely, Chicago, injuries to spine and head. Mrs. Ilur.PA F. RlEK.Chieago. spinal injury. Maooie Kiltatkick., Chicago, bur about hlpaandleg. Mrs. R. M. Qciglet, St Leun, Mo, aptnal injuries. Chabi.es li. Welch, Chicago, knee injured. Cnr.is SLOSsox,3treator, III, fireman, leg and arm crushed. "The accident waa altogether unavoidable," said Superintendent Ives today, "and not an iota of blame can possibly attach to anybody. A cow and calf pot caught in a cattle guard just at a curve. It was impossible to stop tbe train and it was dorailed. The engineer remained at hia post and died bravely. We deplore the accident and have done everything in our power for the injured. The money loss ia hard to estimate, but it does not amount to much." Lssra'nc from American Glrla. X. Y. Comnierclal-Ad-crtiiwr.l Mmo. Adam appears to be Buffering no end of regret over the emancipation of French girls, brought about by their intercourse with Füglich and American visitors. She is horror-stricken, as from day to day she views in France young women escorting each other, riding on horseback alone, going out with a maid or governess without their mothers, and they go out with their brothers, too. They aro a!so seen at receptions, where they ere announced, where young men are also asked tobe present. At these receptiona that mothers of the girls do not always appear. French girls aro also seen nowadays o the street with unmarried escorts no older than themselves, and we don't hear of any greater harm coming to French girl a or any more acta of indiscretion on their part than our eldera read of in yean gone t7.