Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1893 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOilNING, . DECEMBER 20, 1893-TWELVE PAGES.

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An epidemic of grip prevails at the Michigan City penitentiary. Over one hundred cases are said to exist. Th? celebrated Conrad brothers, who paralyzed the Harrison county white -apa. have gone to Kansas to reside In the future. Muncie is gradually getting back to her former thrift. There are few if any desirable houses for rent no, and it will not be long until there will be a demand for more. Muncie Herald. Crawfurdsvillo' high schcol scholars are en the war-path because dancing after pchool hours has been forbidden. They claim that they helped buy the school piano to use for dancing purposes. It is reported that a voung: lady of Munde, who U liurcsted in cerurnlcs and who has an eye f"r the beautlTul. Innocently a:-.k--d her big brother If he would I ring home a jack pot from his clt:b s thru siie might decorate It. It was II. Benvnt. not Bennett of EvansviH who died in Now York Citywhile vndt-rgoiug medical treatment. Idr. B'.mer.t wis? a retired merchant. For a number of years he was president of the Merchants' rational bank of Evansville. .May Zollinger of Ft. Wayne passed through a -vere attack of diphtheria, but her 1 in it turned black from th kne down. Tin discolored flesh a.uml its normul coior down to the ankle, but the f lot remained dead, making amputation necessary. The puV.i.r school children of Rochester observe potato day annually. This yar it csme on list Thursday. Each child brings a donation of potatoes, which are fold and the proceed g for the sole support of a bed in the children's pavilion of the city hospital. The Ki vi r.'tmiy grand jury adjourned without .r.aking a report ki the case of Eugene A. Johnson, whose mysterious deatn oceunvtl s -r.-,e months ago. A number of witnesses were examined and no evidence was ad lured other than that tha d-.-a.th was due to natural The c'.erman bor.evoTent society of New Albany has elected the following officers: John Jaobl. piesident; Fhilip Host, vi e-piesider.t ; John Finger, treasurer; l"r-d Snu-,7, financial secretary; Anion Scharf, recording secretary; Frank AVüseriherp-r, Frank Zitgeibaaer and Ma.th.ins Bok. trustees. der.. Canly pot 1. A. lt.. Brazil, has cho -n the f.Hoving o"icrs to serve tha ensuiog year: Post commander, J. N. JMlley; senior vi.'f-T.mmaiider. Edward F. GriT.n; junior vice, Ooorge w. Jamw; officer of the d iv, S. II. Lybyer; ctlicer of the guard. Frank Hedges; chaplain, J. S. Ktihgg. FuMi-i installation Jan. 4. 1S01. August Mnzc-il. a young German of Peru, received wor 1 that his sweetheart, who was on her way to Peru to marry him. was detained at the Baltimore immigration oiTicc ad not allowed to proceed. Aui-Uot appealed to Mayor Zern of Peru an 1 the mayor telegraphed the Baltimore office to release the girl anil he would see that che was duly married. The Lagrange Register insists that the iiext republiran candidate for judge of the Elkhart-Lagrange district must come from the latter county. Elkhart has had the judg for a perioi of eighteon yeais, or ever since the present district was formed. The Register thinks it would be Indefensibly hog-pish on the part of Elkhart county to insist on a continuation of its monopoly of the Judgeship. Lawrence Yarner. known as the "Harmony Kid," who with Marx Gumberts, was indicted for Involuntary manslaughter of George Franklin at New Harmony by the late grand jury, appeared in the circuit court Tu-sday and plead guilty to the charge. He was released on j:i.000 bail, which he promptly furnished. Varner made the trip from California to answer the change. Mt. Vernon Democrat. Indiana has recently furnished a president of the United States; presidents for two of the largest universities in the country; the most successful novel writer; the most ropular poet and now furnishes a beautiful young woman who has sued the richest man of his age In the country' for $49.000, which he gave her a check for and now seeks to avoid the payment of. Truly Indiana is well at the front. New Albany Ledger. Goshen council. No. 1.1SG, Royal Arcanum, has elected the following officers for 1SS4: Jacob Gingrich, regent; L. W. Waterson, vice-regent; A. A. Meyer, orator; C. J. Macklin, secretary; J. II. Elaine, collector; J. A. Arthur, treasurer; Georg I. Smith, guide; A. II. Arthur, chaplain; S. E. Smith, warden; John Lehman, sentry; William C. Smith, trustee; A. It. Beyerle. representative to gTand council; C. O. Charlton, alternate. Hugh Fkenor, ag?d eighty-four years, and Mrs. Mary Heron, aged seventy-two years, were married at Little York, Washington county, a few days ago. The groom rod. on horseback to Salem, a distance of thirteen miles, and returned on the day of his marriage. He is the originator of the Fletner peach. Fleener's son. who is a prominent physician, married Mrs. Heron's daughter, and the "old n.an" has taken In the "old woman," which makes it quite a family affair. William W. Steele, foreman of the wire drpartrnent of the Ear bee iron works, has just completed a massive wire elephant, ten feet high and twelve feet long, for th ? midwinter California exhift to be held in S.tn Francisco. When place.! on exhibition it will be cover: with California, oranges. Tha frami will require 8O.O0O oranges to cover It. The "wire JumN" will be shipped Tue day next. The doslgn is a clever plec of mechanical art and reflects much credit upon the national reputation of the Earbee works. Lafayette Courier. Ad Springer, night watchman at the handle factory in North Marion, had an experience Saturday night that he do not car about repeating. About S.SO he started on one of his rounds of the mill, and visited a pile of refuse left burning some distance from the factory to see that the fire had spread any. He had, just turned around and started toward the mill, and In doing so had to pass vptt.1 freight cars thrown in on the switch. When near the end of one of the cars a man arose from out of the darkness and fired a revolver at him point blank. The bullet went through his stiff hat not an inch above Don't Forget s u B that everything uzca in making F1 VAl o i t i 8 I is named on the label, information not given 5 by makers of other g brands. 0 You know what H J you use. Cleveland's. it a ill ... a x m a.a a. rnA r.

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his head. The hat fell to the ground and the dishargf of thf revolver at nucli close range stunned Mr. Springer for a moment so that he did not give chase to the man. who Immediately struck out for the railroad and came toward town. Marion Chronicle. In the Boone county circuit court last Saturday Judge i'tephenfon made an additional allowance amounting to JJ'JD to the attorneys hired to assist in the prosecution of the lirown-Wesnr murder case. Of this sum Attorneys rtrlll and Cofer of thl3 place get J10O each; Prosecutor mil $50. and J. G. Adams of Lebanon Jü'K This allowance makes th attorney fees amount to $1 O'.o and runs the costs of th 'ase, which must be paid out of the Hendricks county treasury, up to nearly J3.00X If Bxne county has any more murderous feuds the parties thereto will please do their killing at home. Hendricks County Uuzette. Friday morning at Pt. Isabel occurred a sad tragedy that cast a gloom over the entire place. Miss Llla Iowns, a most estimable young Iftdy, took her own life with a revolver. The weapon was a 32caliber revolver. She placed the muzzle n?ar her head and tnt a ball into hr temple that caused death within thirty minutes after the shooting. The course of the ball was down into the mouth. The cause for this rash act is unknown, as she was to have been marrl -d in a short time to Mr. Nesbit of the same place. It was rumored that Nesbit was away at the time to order his wedding puit. Miss Downs was twenty-three years of age and well-known and highly rcspected by everyone. A good story is told on Cant. David Eraden of Indianapolis, whom everybody knows- Capt. Dave wont duck hunting to Illinois a few weeks ago, with a small party of friends. They stayed six days and they had any amount of fun, tut it appears that ducks were not forthcoming to any very dangerous extent, the whole party in that length of time killing only one duck, and Capt. Dave a.knowh dged it cost him Hü. It it cost thi3 amount to C-ach member of the party, there In ing four of them, the duck Would co.-t J!'), and is probably the most expensive of its kind on the market. It cost pretty near as much as a rose bud at a charity fair. Jeffersonville News. James Henry, an old sMier and one of the oldest citizens of Clinton, was found dead in his led Saturday morning. He had been in poor health for some years and during th. past three or four days had been complaining more than usual, but none considered his condition dangerous. Henry was sixty years of age and a widower. He har. one grown son living in Chicago. There is but one man in Clinton who has been a resident of the place longer than Jaino3 Henry. Henry was cook on the first flatboat that ever left a. Clinton wharf f r New Orleans. It was not an uncommon thing for Henry to remark, "You folks will wake up some morning and find me dead, for when I fro It will be in a hurry." Terre Haute Express. John II. Jackson, an old citizen of Columbus, died Saturday. The deceased was seventy-six years old, and was born in Eracken county, Kentucky, but at an early age moved with his parents to Madison, Ind., where he for many years followed his trade as a ship carpenter. At different times of his life he was encaged in ship building at LouIiTville, St. Louis and other points along the Mississippi and Ohio livers. He moved to Columbus with his daughter twelve jears agn. The deceased has been an honored member of the I. O. O. F. for over forty years, and the Masonic lodge since 1SC0. He united wKh the methodist episcopal church when seventeen years old and had ben a consistent member thereof ever since. As I passing down the street the other day I chanced to stop and take a look at a display of pictures. As I approached the show window I noticed a young lady gazing intently at a picture. Smiles were playing hide-and-go-seek over her pretty fare. She setmed lost to all her surroundings and looked as if she were enjoying the beauties cf a fairy land. A bad cold compelled me to cough. This aroused her from her reverie. She looked startled, blushed and tripj-d off down the street. I walked over to where she had been standing and saw the object that had so charmed hr. What do you think? It was the photograph of her "best" fellow. He is a handsome young druggist of this city, but I wouldn't intimate who the young lady was for the world. Washington Democrat. At Delta, a town on ths Lake Shore road, ovor the line in Ohio, two men hired a horse and buggy and started out from Delta and delivered about thirty bogais Western Union telegraph messages, representing that they were messages from the 1ik.u1 oflice. As th-i mssaes were delivered outside the town there were special delivery charge marked on them, ranging from $1 to $1. Thete the men collected. The messages wvre all from parties the re-fcelvr-rs knew. Scene were business messages, and the audacious swindlers did not hesitate to make some of them death messages, carrying news of the decease of relatives. By the time fraud was discovered the rascals the had Was left the country. A similar pcheme recntly worked in Lagrarge county. On the night of Oct. 20 William Nichols, a young man who had been tending bar for Mrs. Blackschmidt for six months, started for Chicago and tha fair. At the Tan-Handle station he was h"ld on a warrant, sworn out by his employer, charging him with the theft of $125. He was searched and about 520 were found on his person. He was bound over to the circuit court on this evidence and the affidavit of Mrs. Blackpchmldt and has been forced since that time to occupy departments with thieves, murderers and all sorts of bums. His trial was set for Friday and his attorneys. Gordon & Lett, had their case prepared and were satis tied that they would have completely cleared Nichols had the plaintiff's attorneys not withdrawn the charge Thursday. Yesterday morning William NichoLs was released from the county jail. Mr. Nichols rightly thinks that he has been outrageously treated. Marlon Chronicle. Neither hard times nor tariff bills have any effect on the Scroggy manufacturing company of Frankfort. In a recent in terview with a Crescent reporter Mr. Scroggy paid: "We have all along been unable to supply the demand for our roods and are far even now, right In the dull season, behind in our orders. Yes. we shall probably build a factory of our own In the spring. It will be a brick building, two ftorlea high, twenty-two feet wide and eighty feet long. When this is done we shall increase our working force to some fifty or sixty hands, and put In rome twenty or thirty more machines. The business has clmply outgrown our present quarters and in order to succowfully carry it on we must have additional room and capital." "This business is certainly one of the most successful ever started in our city. From a small beginning the trade has expanded until now the goods are known and sold everywhere." added the reporter. In one of Marlon's literary clubs the members occasionally depart from the path of the literati and devote a few minutes in a more prosaic manner. Such a departure occurred some daya since, when having given the usual literary feast, each member was asked why nhe married. "What awful learning lies hid In the Ignorance of th" heart that loves." One had married for a companion, and had been more alone than ever before; another had gone Into wedlock's chains to assure herself of a permanent home in her native town, but fate decreed It otherwise, and her home ha been in every place except the one of her choice; another had changed her name for a home, and has been without one ever since, following the life of a true Bohemian. The answers were various and many, and some provoked a great deal of mirth for thHr quaintness and or! gin -Hity. At a social meiern La IL Eik'a

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hall recently, the "pros and cons" of the marrle-d state were expressed by the members present; one benedict said that statistics show that a married man lived longer, while a bachelor, true to his fraternity, enw and said he had heard that the- benedict's life only seemed longer. Marion Chronicle. Mort Heritage, living on the pike between Alexandria and Summitville, was in the city Saturday morning consulting the sheriff about a robbery which occurred at his home night before last. It appears that a spring wagon containing three men was driven up to Heritage's home and brought to a halt. The mea dismounted and the team was tied to the fence. The men then proceeded to Heritage's hog pen. One man was armed with a shot gun. The gun was leveled toward the animal and the next Instant there was a loud report and the hog was floundering about in the pt n squaling lustily. One of the men hopped over into the pen armed with a big knife and "stuck" the animal. The hg was then loaded into the wagon and they drove to the woods pasture, a short distance away, whore the animal was dressed. During the killing Heritage was a witness, viewing the procot ding from his parlor window. He knew that they were stealing his hog, but was afraid to protest. There is, as yet, no cine to the thieves. They drove east, but it is not known whether they went to Summitville or Alexandria, Anderson Bulletin. Sam Shackleford went to Delphi recently. He arrived a little after noon, but went to a prominent hotel for his dinner. The clerk who wears diamond studs In his shirt front was not Oh duty when he entered, so Sam in order to attract some one to the office stamped his feet loudly upon the floor. A dining room trlrl appeared, to whom Sam imparted the Information that he had had p.o dinner, and asked If he could get something to eat. The girl eyed him quizzically a moment, and said she "guessed sn," and di.-appeared. She returned presently with a few scraps of eoid victuals w rapped in a piece of newspaper, and hande.1 the package to Sam. It thn dawned upon "Shack" that he had been mistaken for a tramp. Afterward he related the circumstance in dead contidence to a friend here, remarking that he was never so plagued In his life. "What did you do?" inou'-ed the friend. "Do? What could I d:? I just took the grub and sneaked away and rat It," said Sam in his droll way; "but you bet I went to another hotel for my supper." Sam is now In businss in Koko:no, and the Journal man is safe from bodily Injury for telling the joke on him. Converse Journal. It's the same old story. The loser in the game came to town, got drunk, fell among thieves and was relieved of $30, all in one day, and still he Is not happy. The only actor, so far known in this drama of every-day life, is one William Martin, a farmer about tifty years of ag. residing enc mile west of Colfax. William arrived here yesterday and Imbibed too freely of that article that causes intoxication all too freely and was soon drunk. Officer Bolt found him shortly before 0 o'clock with his hat tipped to one side at an angle of about five whiskys. and escorted him to a hotel where he was put to bed. Nothing was known at that time of hie being robbed, he being entirely too drunk to tell or know about It. When he got up this mori.ing he disc.oveted that he had teon "touched." and left the hotel barsheaded to Inform the police. A descrlntion cf the men who were with him were furnished the ofllccrs and denominations of the stolen bills were also given them. Mr. Martin boarded the first train for home and the othcers have been putting in their time trying to dis. over the parties who touched hirn. There a few fellows around here who watch for just such cases as the above. Frankfort Crf scent. Sept. 3ft. at Millhousen, Fred Miller cf North Vernon, while under the influence of liquor, became involved in a quarrel ia John Witkemper's saloon. During the altercation he threatened to kill WitkempT. but Fount Bobbins, the bartender, undertook to dlsuade him. whereupon Miller, it was claimed, shot at Bobbins over Witkemper's shoulder, the ball striking him in the abdomen, causing death a few days later. Miller, together with his companion. George Speckhaugh, were arrested at once and brought to this city, to await grand jury action. On Monday Miller wad brought Into court, and on a plea of guilty to the charge of manslaughter, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Miller, as he sat among his attorneys in the court room, looked anything but a murderer, his frank, open countenance and his general appearance belieing the charge that rested against him. This, it is claimed by thooe who have been intimate with him, is his first offense against the law. F.ut It is the same old story drinking whisky and earning a revolver the two would not mix, and now he is called upon to surrender his freedom for ten long years as a per. a nee to Justice for the wrong he has committed. Greensburg Review. Thursday night Charles Sparks, who conducts a grocery at Eighth and Wil-son-sts.. was the victim of a crooked game of dice in which he Pst J173. Two Seymour professionals, assisted by local talent, lirured in the affair, and among the latter Is a young man cf good standing, whose connection with the affair Is a surprise to all who are cognisant of the particulars. The facts, as nearly as they can be gained, are as follows: Sparks, who han been spending money rather freely of late, was approached Thursday evening and invited into the game. He said that he had no money, whereupon he was tendered the loan of ?25 by one of the sharks, for which ho gave a check on the bank. The game was started and he continued to lose. He then legan to use his check book freely until he was $175 in the hole, and refused to play longer. Each time he gave a check It would bp for the whole sum owed and the others were destroyed. The game played was craps and Sparks did not lose until a new man came Into the game, introduced as a Chicago drummer, who, it Is said, ran in the crocked dice. It was about 3 o'clock In the morning that the game terminated and the qu&rtet engaged a iTMnn and drove to the Two-Mile house, and did not return to the city until 9 o'clock. During all this time Sparks was kept loaded to the muzzle with red liquor. Having sobered up he now realizes that he was fleeced and has hired a lawyer to assist him In recovering the monry he lost. Columbus Herald. Frank Eigga was the son of a well-to-do farmer of Preble county, Ohio, and resided with his pnruntH at the old homestead near New Paris. He was between twenty-five and thirty years of age, well-informed ajid a leader In society circles. Stalwart, handsome and in good circumstances, he was not only highly respected, but was regarded as a most eligible "catch" by the blles of the neighborhood. But he was hard to land in the matrimonial fold. Like a buttertly he flitted from flower to flower but did not flutter long around any of the fair and lovely attractions. Among those to whom he paid attention was a Miss Harrigan and it is said that to her he had promised his hand In marriage. He was not enchanted, however, with the matrimonial idea and ha sought for aome honorable way In which to avoid his pledge. It seems that no feasible plan suggested Itself to his mind. He waa a gay and careless as usual cm Saturday, u far as Uu) casual 6b-

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erver could detect, but cn the evening of that day complained of Indisposition and retired to his room at an early hour. Nothing further was heard of him until 3:C0 yesterday morning, when he came down stairs and told his parents that he was very sick. His appearance more than corresponded with his complaint, and a messenger was sent post-haste for a physician. The doctor came, and Frank admitted to him that he had taken a large dose of strychnine, so large that he had vomited it up. He had been in agony ail night, a portion Of the time unconscious. The physician applied every remedy he could think of, but all was In vain, and at 5 o'clock Sunday the young man died. Frank Itiggs was well known in this city, and a young lady to whom it is paid he was mot sincerely attached, resides here. Richmond Palladium. L. V. ltic- the superintendent of the far-famed Ferris wheel, is in the city, the guest of Officer Ol Gill. Mr. Bice Is a most affable younr gentleman and has since Thanksgiving been visiting his old home in Ladoga. In a conversation with a Journal representative Saturday he said: "The luckiest day of my life was at the time considered by me to be the most unfortunate. It w?.s about seven years ago when I was defeated In the democratic convention of this county for the office of surveyor. My opponent. Mr. Van cleave, defeated me by two votea and then Jim Waugh boat him clear out of sight. I could have given Mr. Waugh a much closer race. I was disgusted after that convention and soon left for Kansa.s City, where I began the construction of cable cars and bridges. I gained some considerable success and last year became the manager of the construction of the great world's fair wheel of Mr. Ferris. I want to say right here that I did not. invent it a-s has been claimed. Mr. Ferris Invented It, but he deserves much more credit as its promoter. I don't Eupiose there are two other men in the country' who could have raisd the capital. Mr. Ferris is the sort of a chap who inspires confidence. Why, people just put their money into the scheme without knowing any thing about it. Thc-y Just saw that Ferris was all right by looking at him. I superintended the construction of the whed and managed it during the fair. I had stock in it and still have. We have stopped the wheel now and will shortly remove it to Now Ycrk city, where it will run next year and perhaps long?r. The wheel paid bljr and the stockholders made a great deal of money. All were delighted. In fact they felt ao good over it that the other day they offered to sell the stock to Mr. Ferris and myself for 10 cents on the share, which is virtually giving us the wheel. We will accept the proposition. There was not an accident on the wheel during the entire season and all reports to the contrary are false. The crazy man. heart disease and dead engineer Ftorie3 were all cold-blooded fakes. The wheel never stopped and there were no accidents. Crawford-sville Journal. DOOSIBIJ TO 1IK Is the Verdict In the Drown Mnrder COLUMBUS, Dec. 3C Special. The excitement and Intense Interest shown In the trial of Cyrus Brown for the murder of his wife Aug. 17 culminated today In a verdict of guilty of murder in the ilrst degree with a death penalty affixed. Brown will be taken to Jeffersonville next week, where he will be held until the sentence of the court is carried out. The crime was one of the most Inhuman and cold-blooded in the annals of the county. After abusing his wife for years he, without a shadow of cause, bought a pistol and went five miles out in the country and shot her down. He was taken to Jeffersonville for safe keeping. a.i mob violence was talked of. The prisoner during the trial sat unmoved and seemed not to realiz his position. Thi3 Is the third conviction with the death penalty that has been secured ill this county since it was organized. In Jchn Jones killed John Ray, a warm personal friend, in a drunken brawl. Jonep was tried three times, each time a verdict for murder In the first degree was returned. Herring killed a relative named Cornet over a falling out about a cow bill about the same time. Both men were hung on the same gallows. The trial of Ralph Drake for the murder of Ida Ward has been continued until the next term of court on account of prejudice against the defendant. AN AXIMAIS SUICIDE. Sqnlre Gordon's Arnfonndlanil Dos Allows Himself to lie Killed. SHELBYVILLE. Dec. 17. Special. A well authenticated case of animal suicide occurred at Shelbyville this last week. Squire Chester Gordon of Marlon township had a valuable Newfoundland dog to which the family was much attached. He was quite a handy assistant about farm work and was often trusted to carry messages to different parts of the farm and care for the children. lie was especially fond of Mr. Gordon. Last Tuesday he followed his master to town and got lost from him. The dog hunted around for several hours, but not finding his master took the road toward home. When near the Big Four tracks the whistle of an engine attracted his attention. He left the pike and trotted toward the approaching train. A neighbor of Gordon's, who recognized the dog and knew the valus set on him by his owner, tried to call him back. But he only turned hl9 head and wagged his tail, aa if he recognized the friendly voice. Then he laid himself across the rail and, raising his ears, looked toward the approaching train. Neither the shrill whistle, the clanging bell, nor a well directed stone could dislodge him. It was a clear case of suicide caused by getting lost from his master. The occurrence was witnessed by a number of persons who can verify it. Killed hy he Cnr. ANDERSON, Dee. 13. Special. The mangled remains of a tramp named James Maloney were shipped to his home at Peru tonight. Last night between the hour of 12 and 1 he was attracted to a bed of hot cinders which had been raked from one of the Big Four engines, it Is supposed that he was Intoxicated and fell across the track. The round house men rar out one of th switch engines to clean the ash pan, and before they noticed Maloney's prostrate form lying across the track the engine had 6truck him, badly crushing his hips and bowels. He died today. California. New and Interesting books about California, its climate and productions, and general information, aent free. Address A. Phillips & Co., 101 S. Clark St., Chief tA 1U.

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AMOCJtT OF MOXET IXVOLVED AIrnoACiics half a. million. TMrtyeTwo Executions Issued by the Kloyd County Circuit Court The Names of the Various Creditors Vlio Held Them Indications That m. New Glass Company Will De Oraanlied. ANDERSON. Dec. 1.1. Social. The executions, amounting to 54r.6,OO0, served on the DePauws at Alexandria yesterday and the subsequent seizing and closing of the DePauw plate glass works by Deputy Sheriff Coleman, is the subject of a great deal of talk in business circles today. The failure of N. T. DePauw at New Albany several weeks ago is what precipitated the trouble. The executions, thirty-two In number, were issued in the Floyd circuit court several weeks ago. and were held by the following creditors: Louisville national bank, $10,739.09; Union trust company, $19,179,30; Fannie M. DePauw, $15,335.40; Letltia V. DePauw, $9.4S5.70; Edward Hawkins, rex-elver Indianapolis national ben. $.".- 3C0.30; First national bank of Knlghtstown, $5,324.30; Central national bank of Greencastle, $10,523: People's bank of Carlisle, Ind., $10,4S3; W. H. Crowder et al.. $15,722; First national bank of New Albany, $21.191.23; United States national bank of New York. $21,324.55; N. T. DePauw, $30,000; the German bank of Evansville, $2l,3S2.4t); Bank of Kentucky. $10.239.17; Washington D. Keys, $8,677.32; Second national bank of Louisville, Ky., $21,137.60; Laura J. Bentley. $".234.3?; Charles McCollough. J3.177.93; 'Maria A. MeCollough. $1,009.32; Chemical national bank of Chicago, $10,719.65. The DePauw plate glass company against which a number of the executions were issued will not be affected. The company Is at present lloating a bonded Indebtedness of $SOO,000 secured by mortgage, and the above creditors can do nothing more than accept a second mortgage. The Judgments against the DePauw plate glass company and N. T. DePauw are: C. F. Goodwin and J. C. Shirk of Booneville, Ind., $10,2!:3.2i; the Bank cf Kentucky. $G0.5ä0.2S: W. H. Crowder, J. F. Hoke et al., J10.6S4.43; Citizens' national bank of JelTersonvUle, $10,530.33; Bank of Commerce. Louisville, Ky., $10,fcl0.33; Citizens' national bank of Louisville, Ky.. J10.563.2S; Union national bank of Louisville, Ky.. $1..'00; Second natoinal bank of Louisville. Ky.. J21.070.38; United States bank of New York, $21,- - . r It Is thought, and present actions indicate, that the creditors simply took this mode of clearing up the Indebtedness and reorganizing a new company, the creditors of the present company taking stock to the amount of their executions. LAIIGE SIMS INVOLVED. The Money Paid by Indiana. Indians for Taxe. PERU, Dec. 14. One of the first and one of the most important suits ever entered on the docket of an Indiana court is the test case suit of Gabriel Godfrey, the last lineal descendant chief of the Miami Indians, to recover taxes paid on Indian lands and to settle the much-argued question as to whether the Indians have the right to franchise or not. The suit was ret for a hearing this week In the circuit court of this county, but owing to the Illness of Judges Cox and Walker it has been postponed to the first week in January. The suit involves groat interests not alone in the Wabash valley, but all over the state where the descendants of the many Indian tribes live. Among the Indians it was deemed best that the test case be made by Gabriel Godfrey as he enjoys the largest landed interests and Ls beeide one of the most prominent men among the Indians in the West. Godfrey has always paid the taxes charged aginst the lands held by him, under protest. If the present suit is successful then a refund of most, if not all, the money that has been wrongfully collected will be ivinanded by the Indians from all parts of the state. Cases similar to this are pending at Ft. Wayne, Huntington, Wabash and other places. The amount returnable would be very' large and deplete the treasuries of the different counties to an alarming extent. This county would be the largest loser as it contains the wealthiest Indians and the largest landed interests. Good legal talent is engacd on both sides. There 13 a diversity cf opinion among attorneys over Indian suffrage, many holding" that Indians are no; legal voters, others that they have been Wna fide citizens since the treaty of 1S54. AXOTIIKH FAKE EXPOSED. Tbe Sensational Itcports of A Recent Murder In ItraxII All Lies. BRAZIL, Dec. 15. Special. The sensational report heralded from this city to the metropolitan press of Wednesday evening and Thursday morning of this week about the mysterious death and burial of John Giller, an old German farmer southeast of this city, the circumstances tending to fasten suspicions of foul play upon his wife and her relatives, has been probed and. like many others Bent oul from here, proved to be a fake from whole cloth. Giller had no hole in the back of his head inflicted 'jy iolence, from which ho bled to death; only a scar on his face, the effect of falling upon a spittoon on the porch when he went out in th dark. His death was the result of disease. He was not one of the wealthiest farmers in the county; not worth JifM.CUO. In fact, it is not known that he had any property here, but had lands in Kansas said to be worth from $3,000 to $5,000. His body will not be exhumed, as the coroner is satisfied that there is nothing unnatural nor Irregular connected with his demise and burial. tone and Ills Dying: lUngUlrr. JEFFERSONVILLE, Dec. 13. James E. Stone, the Wratten murderer, yesterday received a letter from his wife announcing the death of his sixteen-year-old daughter, who was a victim of consumption. At the time of the wholesale butchery of the W rattens it was thought she could live but a few days. Stone wrote a long letter to his dying daughter a few days ago telling her not to fear death and to prepare to meet him in heaven on Feb. 16, the time et for his execution. lie expressed himself as rlad that there would be some one to meet him there on that day. Fuller Geta Three Years. RICHMOND, Dec. 15. Special. J. W. Fuller plead guilty this morning in the circuit court to forgery and was sentenced to . the penitentiary for three years and fined $10. His long career of successful rascality is at an end for a time at least, lie has a big record and has cases against him in several states. "My n-auithter'a Life Was paved by Hood's Sarsaparilla," rays Mr. B. B. Jones of Alna, Me. "She had seven running Bores In different places on her body, but since giving her Hood's Sarsaparilla she has become well, stronff and healthy.

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An Indianapolis Attorney's ShareSettlement of tbe Cnlbertson Case. NEW ALBANY, Dec. 13. Today Mr. A. C. Harris of Indianapolis, one of the trustees under the recent settlement for Mrs. Blanche Culbertson French, and her principal attorney In the suit brought by her to set aside the codicil to her father's will, is In the city making final settlement with the executors and trustees of the estate of the late W. S. Culbertson. In this settlement, the executors und trustees reported the exact values of W. S. Culbcrtson's estate, and out of it Mrs. French's share was set aside. Beside the $100,000 in cash or its equivalent in first class stocks and other securities, already paid her, Mrs. French will receive about $150,000 in stocks, bonds and other property, which sum, under the agreement in the compromise of the suit, is to be held in trust for her by the Union trust company of Indianapolis until she arrives at the age of thirty-eight years. Mr. S. A. Culbertson and Mr. A. C. Harris are to act as trustees for her until she reaches the age named and to control the trust, paying to her its earniigs. Mr. Harris rnd Mr. C ulbertsen will convey the $45o,000 to Indianapolis and place It In the custody of the Union trust company. Should Mrs. French die before reaching the age named and leave children they are to inherit her estate and the trust continue until they reach the age of fifteen years, when It Is to cease and the estate be turned over to them share and share alike. S. A. Culbertson, A. C. Harris and Leigh II. French (Mrs. French's husband) are to act as guardians of the children. Shou! 1 Mrs. French die before reaching the age of thirty-eight years without children, her entire interest In hr father's estate Is to revert to his estate. On this basis Mrs. French's entire interest in the estate, except Jl.'AOOi) previously paid her. was today placed in possession of her trustees, as stated above. By an agreement In the compromise Mrs. French had to pay all the costs cf the suit she had instituted, inep'.ding the fees of all the attoi neys. she has made payment in full. The attorney's fees amounted to $55,000, divided as follows: To her attorney, A. C. Harris of Indianapolis, $20,000; to her attorney. A. H. Noyes of Minneapolis, Minn., Jib.CeO; to Alexander Dowling. attorney for the executors of her father's estate. $12.500; to Charles L. Jewett, attorney for the executors of her father's estate, $12.. "00. The court cosns, which will be settled today, will not amount to f.v. The litigation, it will be seen, has been very expensive to Mrs. French. CL1) TI.MBHS MFXT. A I'nlqne Dinner Iteeently Given n( .MorrUtunn, MORRISTOWN". Dee. 13. Special. A novel and rather unique dinner wr.s given at H. B. Cole's recently unique because of the great age of the persons who partook of it. Ten of the oldest women of Morristown were present and it is doubtful if a company of equal numbers, whose aggregate or average age would be so great, could be gathered together from among the ' residents of any other town c f ee;ual size or a company in other ways as remarkable. The aggregate age of the ten was 778 year3 and the average cga nearly seventy-seven years and ten months. Mrs. Salome Morrison's age was greatest, she having been born in Maryland in March, 1S04; the others v -re Mrs. Janet Butler, born in New York October. lv7: Mrs. Elizabeth Whltesldes, Virginia, 1S14; Mrs. Sarah Creen, Maryland. 1K1.1; Mrs. Mary Hargrove, Virginia, 1S16; Mrs. Lydia Stone, New York. 1S1G; Mis'. Lucinda Macy. North Carolina. 1S17; Mrs. Lucinda Youngs, North Carolina. 1S20; Mrs. Sarah Handy. Virginia, 1S20; Mrs. Chi of Cory. Indiana. 1S.'3. Of these the youngest has passed the allotted three score and ten and the oldest has almost reached four score and ten. All but one, Mrs. Hargrove, are traveling the pathway of life alone, their companions having gone before. All but one. Mrs. Creen. live in Morristown and only one, Mrs. Cory, is an Indianian by birth. Mrs. Z-relda Hamilton, elsrhty-tive, was unable to be present. The old people enjoyed the day and of course had many reminiscences with which they passed away the time. Tin: kauthquaki: SHOCKS. EvansTille Onee More Aitnted by Seismic Dlilurbnucn. EVANSVILLE. Dec. 14. Special There were two earthquake shocks today. One came at 11:53 o'clock and the second at 1:15 p. m. The tremors were long, hut were distinctly felt in all parts of the city. The seismio disturbance seemed to be from west to ea.t and was accompani .d with a rumbling sound. The second hock was more distinct than the first shaking. Bottles a d glasses were knocked from the counters in saloons in various portions of the city. A message by telephone from Mt. Vernon, Ind., announces that a distinct earthquake shock was felt In that city at about noon. MT VEKNON, Dec. 14. Three distinct shocks of earthquake were ftdt here this afternoon. They were sufficient to shake the goods off the store shelves. 7ii' th nee. 14 A slight earthquake shock was felt here at 10:10 o'clock this I forenoon, followed by a much more so- i vere shock at 12:04 o cIook. Again at a atill more severe shaking occurred. Thd disturbance was preceded and fol lowed by a heavy rumbling that passed , aa a wave from the southwest to the ( n r.rt h I Crockcrv and dishes rattled nnd books and loose anjcles were shaken from tables. The disturbance is spoken of by the oldest citizens as the most severe ever felt here. THEY VICTIMIZED FAIlMEltS. And Will Uu to Prison Prominent Death The Muncie Storm. MUNCIE. Dec. 17. Special. William Difbcnnett and Thomas Nelson were each sentenced to one year in state's prison for robbery. The men traveled over the country in a wagon victimizing farmers. It is also -alleged that they were members of the gang of car thieves recently broken up in Muncie and Andereon. Webster Stevenson, a prominent red man, died last night, aged forty-one. The funeral occurred today. The recent wind Horm did a great deal of damage in Muncie. In addition to the injury to the Waehtell building and Times otlioe, mentioned in Saturday's Sentinel, the Whitly hotel. Swell block, court house, HefTner's saloon, Wysor & HibbU's flouring mill, the Avondale Christian church and several other buildings were slightly damaged. The estimated Aim! done to the Waehtell building is about three hundred dollars and $10i) ; on the limes Dunning, isoin uunuings are very substantial new brick structures. A niic Corn Yield. BRAZIL, Dec. 17. Special. Henry Aldendorf, a farmer near Eel river station, three mllea south of Saline City, this county, produced this past year 103 bushels of corn to the" acre by actual measurement. This Is not the first time that 100 bushels to the acre has been produced on Eel river bottom lands. Can any other section of the etate beat It?

LOA St EÄRAFJCE. The Annual January Safa in December a fi'onih Better for Ycu. About 1;0 Ladies' Cloth Coats. plain, bound, Furtrimniod. Silk, faced, Fur-lined, all Ood Cloth made, medium full sleeves, regular price 10 and $15. About 200 Ladies' Coats, Queen Anno collars, Electric Seal edge (some plainer styles) all ifilk or Fur - faced, large and medium sleeye?, former FOR S4.90 FOR 7,45 tprico 15 to 25. f The finest Jack- ) ets in our house; ! former price 35 FOR $20.00 tO 4.. CtET" A'o Garments on Approval. L S. Ap k Co. aot:i r.u i;s baplosiov. One Person lltirnrtl to n Crlap, 'ln Ot'jer Jiijnrod. ANDERSON, T-. 1". Special. A gas explosion occurred this morning on the Sorger farm. thr n ir.il' s soiv.h of Frar.kton, that result d in the death t one and serious if not fatal injuries of nine l.-Hliana:!i:5 pas trust tier.h diners; Dead : JOHNNIE CLOSSER. Burned an I injured: James Davis, Forti!l. Henry MtCurty. Fortville. Frank Beaver, lr.i;.iius-tH.. V. M. Hilürv:--, rnii:ktc,ru Jacob Closser, Frank ton. Lewis Shivelcy. Frar.ktoru C. Coodman, Anderson. P. Weber, Anderson. For some time th men have rwyn occupying a desert .-i gris engine house aj a sleeping dopartr.r;-nt. The small room was heated by an inch pipe direct fror.i a strong pas well. No mixer or regulator had K-en placed on it. This mornir.? it was t wet to work on th trencl.es ar.d the nin were in the shod playing c ris when William Davis, one cf Cuir number, got up to adjust the yas. In turning th valv the pipe broke and bef.re Davis or the men realized what had happened th" room was tiled with gas coming directl? from the well with a terril'le p'-'-ssure. It igr.ited immediately r.nl the small room was convene l i : 1 1 :.n oven. The break occurred dinctly Pi front of the door, shutting oft tl.ii.t avenue of escape. By a concerted action on s'de cf th building was fejved out and all escaped with the exception rf young Closser, who was burnt to a crisp before tha pressure could be shut off at the well. The burns of the other nine men are serious. They presented a sickening s:ght and suffered Intense pairs-. In one or tw it Is thought that death will r- suit b- f re morning. COSTBLLO MCCLAKEI CllLTV. III rnnUlimoiit A ..! nt Tir Years in the Mate's 1'rUon, CROWN I'OIN'T. Ie 14 Special. Ex-Secretary of State clrifTin c, rtinuei the argument f-r the siate this afternoon. Mr. Griffin contended tint the subsequent overt acts cf th" c-r.tcft piven on the evening of Jun 12 was a stron? feature in trie evidence tending to show a riotous conspiracy. Throughout the entire argument it was held up to th jury that live ounce -hues were more dangerous than iron Madrons. Th spe.iker state ! that the toughs and thug of Chicago came flocking to Indiana 11 ko rats and scavengers. At 2:45 ovi-x-k Jude La n cd on commenced giving the instructions t ths jury. Not one word ivas stated about the statute under whi-h the defense contended glove contests ii':d i given, nor was anything said In the instructions about a glove conti si. The jury w as told that undr-r the :; ij.tment thrit if the defendant was found guity -f prizefighting and not of ri..;j-:s conspiracy it must acquit. It reo uired but half an lwjp to give th instructions end at t :1 ö tie Jiiry retired. During th-' .ifi'r:i""!i a large mimVr cf spectators was present, and nearly all of the available seattrg capa-.'dty was consumed. At 'J.-15 tonight the Jury announced that it had agreed on a verdk-t. Tha jury was called in and af;c K ing polled returned the following verdict: "We. the jury. Pud the defendant guilty as he stands charged and his punishment assessed at inn risor.ni- nt in th state prison for a t.--rm if two years and assessed a lire of jr." Attorney I'etersoii immediately movci for a new- trial and was given until Monday to prepare the nvtioii. By agreement all th other cases hava been put over until next term. itehitim; m it ii;omim:d. raniite .'keil for n Prisoner Iinrned in Jttll He Made Tlirenl. LAWRENCEBURC. Ind., Dec. 14. Mrs. Alice King; widow cf the late D. T. King, has brorght suit, cj.air.st th city of Lawrence! ,;rg for Sj:."". On Jan. 3 last Mr. King was arreted on what charge is net stated. About 1 o'clock the following morni.-.g the city prison took fire and bef -re u-ssistanca could reach it, It was burned, tha prisoner perishing in the Harn-. Th" plaintiff alleges that her husi-and offered to pay his tine before t-iug 1k ked up. w hicli was refused. Th defrnse willst forth tho plea that King uin being' released from the prison one before threatened that if he was ever locked ur again he would set fire to th" place. The outoccne cf the suit Is watched with interest. The Modern Mother Has found thst her little ones are Improved more by the pleasant laxative. Syrup of Figs, when In need of the laxative rfl'pct of a gentle remedy than by any other, and that It is more aeeptahl to them. Children erj jy It and it benefits thein. The tri remedy, Syrup of Flea, is manufactured by the CahfurrUa VIS Byrjp Co. only.

I.Ibcl Stilt I)eelIel for Defendant. CRAWFORD VI LLE. Dec 17 Special. A lon.q-fut ht libel pu't came to an end in the Montgomery county court yesterday, the defend tiit. Stalley & Ixftin of th Frankfort Crescent, being victorious. Th ca- has been fought inc 19. when tTe Crei-rnt accused 11. DronlMrger. h poultry deal, r, of defrauding the railroads by false freight tills.