Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1894 — Page 1

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nnnco t m a i ciDOT nnnT $ muco t i u u. ESTABLISHED 1822. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEHUUAUY 11, 189 ---TWELVE TAGES. ONE DOLLAR A YEAH.

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THE WORST KNOWN.

Chicago's Experience with the Blizzard Something Unprecedented in That City. BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL During the Most Violent Part of the Storm. Many Railroads Unabla to Send Out Trains. 51 T.BBinfi l noble to Pilot the rw York limited Into the (It; The Morm of Snntr, Sleet find A iml Kenohe the Atlmiti l'on,t The full of Snotr nt Inny Western I'nlntn llit.i C'enel Report from the Morm far and Wide. CHICAGO, Feb. 12 A Hizanl of the most approved pattern, w ith snow, sleet and an energetic wind swept down n Chicago last night, and today raged with constantly Increasing violence. Great tnow drifts M'.ikwl the streets, suburban trains wore delayed and snow eweepers wert; kept constantly i:i use to prevent stoppage of tho s-treet car lines, traffic on which was badly delayed. At noon tho wind was lit. win? at the rate of seventy miles an hour, with indica1 1 oris that the storm would continue through the night with the coid-st weather ' f the year. All incoming trains are from one to two hours hue, and the roads are becoming worse bk-e-k-aded. The wind rushed around th down town corners with terrific fore", carrying pedestrians off their f'et and injuring many. .Mrs. Jane Brahany was hurled against a lire plug at Dearborn and Van Buren-sts. and fatally Injured. Jlany carriages n M k higan-ave., w here the wind sweeps straight off the lake, were uerturned, hut njne of the hipants were seriously injured. Lake Michigan was lashed into a fury and tho waves rushed over the breakwater and swept across the Illinois Central tracks into Lake Fn.nt park. So .-eere was the stum that at the public schools only about one-third of the pupils were present. Many f th-2 teachers were absent, a.s well as most of the scholars. Business at the stock yards was suspend d. A large observation window in the Iceland hotel was blown in and several guests narrowly escaped. lurr'ii'il in iolcncc During the afternoon the storm increased in violence, the wind at times rising to a velocity of seventy-he- miles an hour and the snow growing heavier. It was the worst storm Chicago has ever known and by 4 o'clock in the afternoon business of all kinds was at a standstill. At that time the big cilice buildings were practically deserted, people having started for home in order to do their traveling before nightfall. Trains were terribly delayed duilng the afternoon and tonight most of th" eastern roads did not send out trains of any kind. The New York limited on the Erie pulled out at 4 o'clock vith two engines and three hours later was twelve miles from Chicago, stuck fast, and two additional ones which had been sent after it could do mi good. The incoming New York limited n the same line stuck in a snow-bank l Fourteenth-st.. one mile from tho depot, and six engines gave it up as a bad job. Tho Kock Island started out one passenger train and It came back after ninj.ir.g something over a mile in three hours. The same conditions prevailed rn all lines, and this evening most of them declared that unless the storm moderated by midnight, they would r.ut attempt to turn a wheel. A W reck Occor. Owing to the driving snow, which made !t inqiossible to tee fifty feet, a. wreck occurred on the I.ake Shore road at fc-eventy-ninth-st. and Stony Island-ave. Th. lireman, Luther S. Webster of F.lkhart, Ind., wa.s caught between the engine and tender and badly crushed. Several freight cars were knocked into kindling wood. On the streets collisions and accidents were numerous. Charles Chase, driver cd a bakery wagon, received a broken leg when his vehicle was overturned by the wind. V. B. Cunningham was blown down by a gust of wind as he was passing the o rner of Wahash-ave. and Adams-st. His left arm was broken and lie was badly bruised. Moses Bloom, jr., member of the board cf trade, was badly Injured while on his way to the board. A gust of wind carried him twenty feet and he struck against the curbstone, fracturing his wrist. John If. Wood, manager of Carfon, Pierre Scott & Co.'s retail store, was truck by a falling sign and painfully injured. Danxrrflan Spot. An exec imgly dangrous spot to pedestrians Tras directly behind the Mafonie. Temple, which Is twenty-two stories high. The wind was drawn down tho narrow alky behind it at an awful rate end whoever attempted to cross the alleywas blown off the sidewalk and was very fujtunat if he kept his feet. So many people were injured here that a pp-oia.l detail of poiice was made to keep everybody off the side of the street. The new addition of the postoffice was badly damaged, windows were blown in and the glass roof shattered. Snow an Inch deep covered the floor and the water dripped through the roof, softened the plaster covering of the beams and great lumps of tho plaster fell to the floor. Superintendent of Carriers Stull was struck on the arm by a larges tucco ornament and badly bruised. The gale from thj lake continued furiously well into the night without abatement and before it was driven a blinding snow. Drifts nix or more feet deep, which formed in the streets along the like front, made them Impassible. The hitch, wind caused numerous fires and It w as almost Impossible . for the firemen to get through th streets. The street car tracks were practically blocked by vehicles and the snow was too deep on the sides of the street to admit cf any progress at all. Four and six horses were put on each . Are engine and even then with the most desperate efforts one block la live minutes was excellent progcress. At 11 o'clock th storm showed signs of dying out and " the wind was abating somewhat. Dispatches tonlarht from all over northera Iliiaois, southern .Wisconsin atd

Iowa tell the same jdory of furious storms and Interruption of business. The blizzard seems, however, to be abating all over this section at midnlsrht and moving east at a rapid rate. Tho mercury is now falling rapidly.

FROZE!' TO DEATH. Terrible Morien of SnflTerioB Come from Oklnliomn, FT. LOUIS, Feb. 12.-A special to the Kcpublio from Guthrie, O. T., saj's: A terrible blizzard s trink this territory early Sunday morning and continues with terrible severity. Tho wind blows a perfect gale and snow is two feet deep on thr ground. Keports of death an! suffering come in today from all parts of tho territory. In the strip of uuntry recently opened the peoplj are in a precarious condition. At lied I lock Janes Mount and family, consisting of a wife and two children, girls aged ten and twelve years, were almost frozen to death. Mrs. Fannie Spencer, a homesteader, twelve miles from Cross, was found froz'-n t-tiff. All her fuel had been burned out. .Many people are stiil living in tents, and as fuel is scarce their condition is awful. Janus Mulligan, living four mibs south of Ferry, wa found this evening frozen to death, and his partner, Uatvey N"Wcomb. dl"d f exposure and cold fifteen ininuus aftrr being found. At Ponea Mrs. Jennie Cramer and two children, Lizzie and Sallie. won dl--e.iv-ered frozen stifi in a coyote's burrow, ten yards from thir abode. Col. Henry Melton, a cowboy, who was with Hufalo P.ill at the world's fair, was discovered by a party of hunt ts early this morning d"ad under Ids horse near Newkirk. At Ana.lavko two Indian pne;s were found yesterday evening buried under a. snowbank. Fpon l"i:ig taken to a house one of the children immediately expired. The other, hovccr, shows signs of recovery. ILto this evening a r p i t reached here that a family r.anvd Sears, n siding on a claim near Woodward, was found frozen to death, but no particulars can be obtained. , A courier just in from the vicinity of Alva, another strip town, reports gnat suffering among the I.um-'sleaders near there. Over 1" head of horses and cattle are frozen and olunteer relief committees are now scouring the country, gathering together the people an l caring for them in the school house. Miss Jennie Johnston, a young Indian teacher, who came to Aha recently from ScraiHeii, la.. b-t't le-r .eho..l Saturday night for her boarding house. She has not been slnef. it is feared she was caught in the blizzard and died from exposure. Word comes from Cross that Sherman Stone and family, consisting of a wife and five children, were found sitting about a stove with their thnuts cot from ear to ear. The following note, found on a tab! mar Stone, gives a horrible story of murder and suicide in connection with tir ""v.: Wood all gone; MoMio frozen to death, the test of us fie.zintr. 1 have killed my family and now kill nns.i; to prevent further suffering. Col have mercy on us." Stone was a homesteader and lived in a tent. It is thought that after the snow melts hundreds of dead settlers will be found, alone with the remains of thousands of cattle. It KriU'lirx w York. NläV YOKK. Feb. 12. The blizzard scheduled by weather piopheis b rca h here tonight has arrived on time. In fact, it struck the city several hours in advance ,.f the time predi. ted by expert hydrographers. Tonight the su-'.ts are covered with a mantle of snow reveral inches de p. All trallie is impeded. The railroad trains are behind time and mails from all parts of the country arc delayed. The street railroads are operated with difficulty and trank: on the river ha been greatly impeded. The snow storm commenced early this afternoon and has continued for many hours. A high wind accompanies the blizzard, and Weather Pro; bet Dun says it will reach a velocity ..f sixty miles per hour before midnight. XVANC, N. Y.. Feb. 12 The snowstorm has taken the form of a blizzard in K'H kland county. Tonight a terrific wind is blowing and drifts prevent traveling in some portions of the country. Ice IlrltlKc at Mug'tra. lU'FFALO, X. Y.. Fob. 12. A cold wave has swooped down upon Huffalo and western New York, followed by a heavy fall of snow. A water famine was threatened, though men have been kept at work removing the slush ice which driftet! into the tunnel that supplies the city from the river. Dispatches from Niagara Falls announce that an ice bridge has been formed and solidified. In tho passage of the ice floes down the river a great amount of timr was brought down and is frozen tight in the bridge. it Is unusual to have a bridge form in February. Advices from other near-by towns indicate that this end of the state i- bdng blanketed with snow and that the urea of severe cold is extensive. Very Surre lit KntiKii. TOPKKA, Feb. 12. A storm is reported very severe in the western part of the tate. No passenger trains from the wes: on the Santa Fe have arrived since Sunday afternoon. The Chicago passenger train due here yesfrday at 4:;;o only reached Newton at 1) this morning. The Santa Fe reported trains running all right beyond FmNria, Topeka and St. Joe. The Kock Island had no trains into Tojx-ka up t it o'clock and rejort trains delayed and tied up all along its Kansas lines. The street cars of Topeka remmeil general traflic this afternoon and the Santa Fe officials report that they expect to have their main line open some time tonight. Two Indie of Ice In Trm. . DALLAS. Tex.. Feb. 12. The thermometer this morning was at 18 degrees above zero, with Ice two .Inches thick. The earth was frozen as hard as a rock. Yesterday it rained, sleeted and snowed, and last night a norther blew at the rate of forty miles an hour. Dispatches from the Indian territory and from all points in the pan-handle and western Texas report the weather last night and today as terrible. At San Angelo the thermometer was two degrees below zero. It is thought cattlu will Suffer greatly. Worn! Over In elrakn, OMAHA, Feb. 12. The blizzard In Nebraska ended this morning and all day the sun shone brightly. The Missouri Pacific, owing to the great fall of snow. ha no end of trouble In getting trains through, but the won't Is over and six trains will be run regularly tomorrow. The.Uelt line was not effected by the blizzard. The Burlington, Klkhorn and Union Paclfh" were little hampered by the enow, and their trains were pretty generally on time.

Ofl A REEF U. S. S. Kearsarge Aground Off Central America, All Her Olficers and Crew Being Reported Safe. SHE MAY GO TO PIECES If Hourjh Weather Should Lend Iu Assistance. The Roncador Reef a Dangerous Foe to Ships. An est Ijsh t ion to lie I n if n lr ly llie vj- Department to l'l Hie HerpotiHiliilil v of the lioitcr lmt-r.-il Sinn ton 1ionrl the lll-l'nted Mi In -Her Ofllcer and ( rcu. WASHINGTON, Feb. S. -The old United States steamer Kearsarge is a wreck on Koncador reef. She struck there Feb. 2. Lieut. P.ralnard managed iu some way to reach '-.-n today and a cable message from hini this morning announced to the navy department the fact that th Kearsarg- was wrecked ami that clTicrrs and crew were all sa.ved. The Kearsarge sailed from P.ut-au-I'riiuv, llayti, on Jan. ö; for Minefields Nicaragua, to pnde.-t Aui'-rican ir:Urests there in view of the invasion of tho military forces of Honduras. She was wrecked three days out. Koncador reel is a little over two hundred mils from the Mosquito coast of Central America. Between the coast and th if f lies Oi l Providence island, only s; -enty-iive or eighty miles io leeward of the reel". It is believed at the navy department that the otlicers an 1 crew would be able to reach Old Providence without difbcuUy iu case they wire in danger of their lives on the ret f. and il is Ihlieved that they will be safe on the reef (.ecpt in cont of rough weather. It is the iuipresMoii iils.i at the department that the Kearsarge has not gone to pieces and may not do so for some time unless rough weather comes up, although the tide.-; ar,4 currents about th- reef are swift and dangerous. Immediately virion receiving the news of the wreck the navy department suit a cable dispatch to Lieut. Brahiard at Colon ordering him to charter a steamer and pro ceed at once to the relief of the shipwreck" d crew. A I l-i aero ii Href. The Koneador reef is well known to mariners in those waters as a dangerous impediment to navigation. Kfforts have been recently made to secure the erection of a lighthouse on this point. Some time ago, when Warier Molcr and officers of the Nicaragua ian.il company were on their way to Nicaragua, th.-y were wrecked on this same i.int. Admiral Stanton was on the Kearsarge. Winn tin- New Yolk and Detroit were dispatched to Bio il was made the Hagship cf the North Atlantic squadron and Admiral Stanton, after the secretary of the navy had acted on his report of the salute if Mcllo in Bio bay was oi dored t.. proceed to Port-au-Prince and tiansfvr his flag to the Kearsarge and assume command of the station. The thief of the bureau of navigation had a reply from Lieut. Brainard at Colon about noon saying that the city of Para was aailal le to go after the crew. He was iustiucteci to either charter a steamer or secure one of the tegular mail steamers to New York, or if one of the latter was to start immediately on her regular trip to secure her to touch at Boiteador and take up the crew. He was, in fait, given discretion to do what is necessary to insure greatest sp . d in getting relief to the men of tho Kearsarge. Manton's Minfort mien. The wreck adds another to the misfortunes which have of late befallen Bear Admiral Stanton. He was summarily relieved from command of the south Atlantic station for saluting Mello, the insurgent admiral, and ordered to Washington. His explanation of his actions caused Secretary Herbert to detach him from command of the south Atlantic by placing him in command of the honi" station. He railed from New York on Jan. 10 and joined the Kearsarge at Port-au-Prinee the latter part of the month. As soon as the ship's company has leen transported to a place of safety and the fate of the Kearsarge is definitely known, a court of inquiry will be appointed to investigate the circumstances and i the responsibility. The officials say that the ship's company are in no danger. They will be able to get along all right until the arrival of relief. The navigation of a naval vessel rests entirely with her commander and his assistants and the admiral never interferes in the matter. He directs the general movements of the flagship from place to place, but leaves t he details of routes and management of the ship entirely to the commanding oflh er. Therefore, it would appear as though Commander Heyerman will be held responsible for the loss of the vessel, and on him will devolve the tusk of showing that the accident was unavoidable. He will look to the officers of the deck at the time of the wreck for a complete explanation of the circumstances. Exactly who was at fault will not be known here until fuller details have been received. COLON. Feb. 12. The crow of the United States cruiser Kearsarge was rescued at noon Saturday. All are well and healthy, except one man, who was drowned. Ho was a second-class fireman named Anderson Bobbins. The old war-hip was abandoned on Boneador reef with the stars and stripes et ill flying at her peak. The steamship City of Paris, with the crew of the Kearsarge on board, will leave this port for New York Wednesday next. The Mil Oltieer. BROOKLYN, Fib. S.-The officers aboard tho Kearsarge were Bear Admiral Oscar F. Stanton, commanding officer, F. Heyerman; lieutenants. Charles A. Forse, Charles 1 1. Lyman, Burls T. Walling: lieutenants junior grade), John Hood nnd Frederick Ii. Uralnard; ensigns. Herbert C. Gates and Thomas P. Magruder; naval cadet (line dlvixlon). Leon S. Thompson, Thomas L. Stitt, Thomas S. Bördel, Benjamin H. MfCormb k. Walter Ball and David A. Mallon; past assistant surgeon, George B. Lumsden; assistant Mirgoon, Merritt W. Harnum; raymaFter, James A. Bing: c hief engineer. Burdette C. Cowing; first lieutenant of marines. Clarence L. Aingate. Tho crew was composed of 200 sailors and marine. She left tho Brooklyn navy yard on Dec. 3L

WARS

AVENGES VAILLANT'S DEATH

FIFTEEN INJtHEI H V A IIDMn IX A PAULS RESTAin.VVr. The Deadly Ipent Exploded l- an Anarchist 'Named Ilreton. AY Im linn n Desperate Mrujzale Mih the lolice At (tin pts at Lynching. FARiS, Feb. 12. A young man who acted from motives of revenge exploded a bomb at I o'clock tonight in a caf" beneath the Terminus hotel, which is situntel io-i-i(e the S. Lazare railroad slatjon. The place was full of people at the time. A band was playing at the time and thos; present were enjoying the contentment which follows the consumption of a good dinner. All this was changed in a second. A man who had dined in the cafe was seen to raise his arm and throw something Into tie- middle of the room. A terrific explosion followed. The occupants of the room were paralyzed with terror. No one dired to nuve for some moments, fearing a repetition of the explosion, but as none came their courage returned. Then they iniestigalcd into the damage done and found that the explosion had done dreadful work. The cafe was filled with sm.-k . and lying on the floor were a number of persons wounded and moaning and I'eding. The bomb had landed upon a table around w hc h a party had been sitting and this article of furniture had be"ti reduced to splinters. The. persons grouped at this table suffered the most. The injured numbered fifteen. Nearly nil of them were wounded in the leg. Some of them were grievonrly hurt and were i--;imvu1 t a chemist's shop rear by where they were caved for. Tn the meantime th. man responsible for this cowardly act had not been allowed to esi r v. ('hinting the I'ngilltr. As soon is he bad thrown the bomb he ran out of the place and darted away. The alarm was given by persons outside, who had heard the- noise of the explosion, and chase was at once given to tho fleeing figur". A number of policemen joined in the chase. The fugitive drew a revolver and when he saw his pursuers were: getting too close, turned and filed several shots, killing a wmkinan and wounding a number of persons One of ihe men struck was a polh-eman, and his wound is considered fatal. The man was captured when K,0 yards from tiie cafe. He proved to be an undersized, psle-faced and beardless man of thirty years. His name is Lon Breton. He had been employed in the cafe as a waiter, 'out had been discharged for misconduct. Directly after the explosion the cafe was cleared, the iron shutteis lowered and the place was c'.i-std. Inter.-?" .vciteuieni tj-isted in the vicinity and an immense crowd gathered to discuss the outrage. The iu ws of the explosion also caused a sensation throughout the city. The minister of the interior visited the scene as soon ;! h.e was notified of the oecurn nc. All the persons injured are Parisians. Breton, before the explosion, had been sitting on the outside of the cafe and bad partaken of refreshments. No particular notice was taken of him as Ids actions were not su.h as to attra' t attention. As he was leaving the place h threw 'the bomb, aiming at the elec tric light chandelier. The explosion shattered the plate-glass front of the pho-e, destroyed one marble-top table and overturned others and smashed glassware and plates, their fragments flying In all directions. Wanted to l.yni-h llini. The i-cople, a larger part of whom had followed Breton from the cafe, were in a furious in.xxl .and seemed inclined to lay violent hands upon him. They believed at the time that the explosion was the work of a militant anarchist, and they clamored for his lynching. The sight of the revolver restrained them at first, but finally headed by another policeman, they rushed forward to secure him. Breton again attempted to use his revolver, but the policeman cut him over the fnv with his sabre, staggering him. He was then arrest-d. The mob again demanded that b.e blynched, ami they would have carried out their Intention had not a strong force of police arrived. The prisoner was then escorted to the office of Commissary Asagon. on the Bue tie Moscou. Five persons who were passing the street at the time of the explosion were injured by flying fragments of glass. The inquiry before the commissary showed that the bomb was constructed in the form of a sardine lo and contained a cholorate powder and pieces of lead the size of cherries. Wanted to Avenge Ynillnnt. Breton admitted to the police that hs was an anarchist. Minister Baynal, the prefect of police, and a number of detectives remained inside the cafe when it was dosed in order to prepare their reports. Squads of police are on duty in the vicinity. The bullet received by the policeman from Breton's revolver has been extracted, and It is hoped he will recover. Breton told the doctor who dressed the wound he received from the policeman's saber, that his main object was- to avenge Vaillant. Iii hatred toward the proprietor of the cafe was but a minor reason, lie said there are others who will follow his example, the object of hU associates being to destroy the burgeoise society. Breton speaks Knglish and French fluently. BAD WRECK OF FREIGHTS. Four yieu Killed on the Wheeling A laiUe Erie Bond. TOLEDO, Feb. 32. A special to the Blade from Bellevue says: Two freight trains collided on the Wheeling & Iike Erie two miles west of this place this morning. Both trains were run; Ing at full speed, the blinding snow preventing the engineers from seeing the danger. The collision was terrific, both engines being smashed into scrap Iron. . The freight cars were broken into splinters and liiled up in utter confusion. A wrecking train with physicians was pent from Norwalk. When it arrived the trainmen were still In the wreck and were extricated one by one. The following were either killed outright or have died elnce the collision: Engineer CONN ELL of engine 2ä. Fireman M'MULLEN of engine L. Engineer SAM STOWELL of engine 29 Brakeman JOHNSON of train No. 40. FOll M.EEPI-KSSXKSS t ue Iorforda Ad I'honnhn to. If you are a poor sleeper, not only do not forget to put on your nlght-eap. but on retiring also take a night-cap of Horsford'B Acll rhosphato, to make assurance doutly eure

A BLOODY STORY,

Six Persons in Perry Counto Foully Murdered. Conflicting Accounts of the Bloody Tragedy. IS IT A WRATTAN CRIME? Another Report Limits the Victims to Two Persons. The Wife and One of the Children Foully Dealt With. Millinni Arliiinnn nnd His I'ninily, ( inl(inc of !limelf. 111 1 1 V und Four Children, Iteporlcd Killed noltier Account Snj That Art mann Mumped the Life tint of Hi Wife und Itinnc .oui Mr !ll.trr' School lloux-, Acnr CiinncKnn, the- Scene o tho Crime. Dispatdes received from southern Indiana give confiding accounts of a tragedy enacted at a place called McAllister's school house, situated about six miles from Cannclton. Tint Sentinel's corivspoude nt at Cannrltoii s:n3 That an entire family named Artmaun, consisting of six; persons, had been murdered, while another correspondent telegraphs from Tell City, iu the same county, that Artmann had murdered his wife and cue of his children. Both accounts follow in this column: CANNELTON. Feb. 12. Special. This I own und entire section were much a loused tonight by the news that an entire famiiy of Fix. persons had been murdered -it a place called McAllister's school house, situated about six miles back in the country. William Artmaun, his wife and four children composed a very peaceful and popular family, and all were found dead today by a neighbor who called to sec Mr. Artniann. The messenger who brought tho news here says that the neighbor called and after repeated efforts to gain admittance he finally broke Into the house through a window and found the dead bodies. Coroner Lebhard was at once summoned, and he arrived at the seine of the tragedy late this afternoon, but his inquiry w as ban en of results beyond the fad that the jM-ople had been murdered, but by whom or when could not be ascertained. No reason could be assigned for the horrible murder, as the Artmaun family was peaceable and much liked by all the neiRhU'rs for miles around. The excitement is very high and citizens are much wrought up over the affair. A strong and earnest effort to discover the murderer will be made at once. He or they will be brought to prompt justice if there is anything in the opinions and determinations expressed h"ie tonicht, and the i nances for a lynching are extremely good if the otlicials are not very watchful over their prisoner when they get him. A'XOTIIEH At "Ot'XT. Farmer VMiiinmi Murdered IBs Wife nml Oldest Son. TELL CITY, Feb. 12. Spe-Ial Willlam H. Artmann, a farmer living about :d miles northeast of Toll City, about bicakfast-time this morning; killed his wife and oldest son. John Fa Is and William N'.ogl e were the first to reach the house. They found Artniann him; on the floor with bis murdered wife and boy. Tiny fir jr. thought that Artmann and his whole family had been foully murdered, but as soon as they entered the house Artmann jumped up and rushed at them like an Infuriated wild beast and it was with great difficulty and danger to th. nis'lvcs that they overpowered him and tied him securely in the summer kitchen. It seems as though the family w i re eating breakfast when the atrocious crime was committed. William Artniann, hi the presence of Ins five children, stamped his wife to death. Her body was in a horrible condition. Her left breast was torn off, the collar-bone broken and she was terribly mangled about the stomach and abdoiv.cn. Her left eye was cut out with a pocket-knife. While this was going on it seems as though the oldest boy, aged twelve years, tried to defend Ids mother and he, too. suffered the same fate at tho hands of his enraged father. Coroner Labhard and his deputy. II. Ximsgern, found the boy lying across his mother, his arms around her neck. His body was also terribly mangled, his nose and face mashed, showing how he had been stamped to death. The mother's body was found entirely naked and the other children had fled to the neighbors almost naked and covered with blood. When the coroner came to hini Deputy Nimsgern, who was well acquainted with Artmann, said: 'Billv. is that you?" Artmann replied: "Yes: where is my family? I want to sco them." When taken into the room, whore the bodies of his wife and son lay, he looked at them, and as he was still tied to the board, lie was close to his wife, and turning to her, he said: -Cod. Mollie, forgive me for what I have done." Nimsgern asked him whether he committed the deed and his answer was: "Yes. Henry. I did. I killed them both." The 'w clothing and furniture were scattered about the room, showing signs of a teri-lble struggle. Mrs. Artmann was a Miss Mary Kenne'dv from the northern part of the state and was a pleasant lady. There were five children, the oldest twelve years old and the youngest six months. Artmann Is about forty years old. six feet and four inches in hight and at present Is a raving maniac. The four children are now with the family of Ben Brinksnoadcr, where they fled to escape being murdered with their mother and brother. Coroner Labhart and a special constable took charge of Artmmn and conveyed him to the county jail at Cannclton. There is treat excitement among the nelghliors. Artmann afid his brother some ten years ago were charged with the murder of a peddler named Henderson In the same neighborhood. This, however, was never proven and lie has since had a good reputation among his neighbors. The coroner has not yet rendered his verdict, but all Indications point to religious excitement as having caused his madncES and the horriblo tragedy.

I ASSAULTED AT THE ALTAR.

OXi: PKIEST KMlfUKll IJOVt.X 11V HIS ASISTAXT. Sensatioiinl Scene in St. Peter's Holunn tatholie (linroh in 11 r.o.U I n . . I'nnlf in in sr the Members of ihr Large Congregation. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 11. Tlicr - was an exciting time today at t. Peter's Hornau catholic church, iu this, i ity, and the spectacle of one priest nssnulting anolhcr at the altar caus-d a psnic among the large congregation which Mtc:idcd the mass services. The pastor of St. Peter's i? the Ifv. Father William J. Hill, a man of middle age. while Father Patrick V. McDonald, a young man of about thirty years, his assistant. The latter was the -elebra-tant of the mass, while Father Hill was at the altar as deacon. When Fatlnr Hill commenced the reading of notices for the day. Father McDonald, who was kneeling, suddenly arose and, turning to Father Hill, gaid: "You can't speak here." Father Hill was taken by surprise and whispered to his assistant to k", p qu-ct, but the latter, who weighs a1n:t "n0 pounds-, rushed at Father Hill and knocked him down the altar sb-ps. Father McDonald then picked up the chalice and Father Hill attempted to take it from him. Th- fonm-r dealt him a blow' under the left car which knocked him d nvit, The startled congregation was by this time wild with excitement and several men in the front pews jumped over the chancel rail and prevented Father McDonald from doing further vichnce. Some of the congregation had in the meantime run to th" Butler-st. station for assistance and Father McDonald was taken to the rectory opposite the church and confined in his apartments.' Word was sent to Bishop McDonnell, who directed Yicur-Je-neral MeNamara to make an investigation. In tho meanwhile Father McDonald had become so violent that it was evident 1 e was insane. Later, he was remove I to St. Peter's hospital, where it was found noeessary to detail a policeman to attend him. Father Hill said that he was taken entirely by surprise, as Father McDonald had never before ibanifeste.1 any signs of insanity and he could not. account for the sudden derangement f his mind. THE BIRTH OF LINCOLN. The Eiuh -t-'iflh A n n U rn ry (lie M-rvcd Throughout I lie 'oniitr. NEW YOKK. Feb. 12. The republican i-Hib of this city tonight celebrated tho eighty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The banquet was held at Delnionico's. Over two hundred and fifty persons were present. It was made the occasion of great jollification. anI tho party leaders wee eulogized to a great extent. Edward Wetmore, president of the club, presided. The speakers wore Governor Green ha Ige of Massachusetts, John Dalzel of Pennsylvania, the Hon. Frank Hiscock, the Hon. John Nicolay, the Hon. Lemuel E. (juigg. the Hon. G. Esterbrook and Edward AVetinore. JEBSEY CITY N. J.. Feb. 32. Senator George F. Hoar favored the Lincoln association of Jersey City by responding to the toast, "Abraham Lincoln," at the association's twenty-ninth annual banquet in honor of Lincoln's birthday. One hundred and seventy-five guests, the largest number in several years, were present. BROOKLYN, Feb. 12. The eighty-fifth anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated at the Union League club this evening, where a banquet was given hi memory of the martyred president. There were 125 guests j. resent. HAS DISORGANIZED TRADE. I'rotcM A ja si in the em men Cm Sil ver Policy in. India. CALCUTTA. Feb. 12. The Indian currency association has entered a strong protest w hich has Ivel n addressed to the government in regard to the disorganization of trade In consequence of the changes in the silver policy. The protest says that tue present state of affairs shows that the closure of the mints did not do any harm, though its advantages were temjorarlly suspended by the abnormal importations of Filver, of piece goods and through other causes. Continuing, the association says that the government abandoned the minimum price for council bills at the moment success was assured and that this resulted in a panic, and that it is now Imperative to restore confidence. The Indian currency association then recommends the fixing of a minimum Tirieo fer council bills, the prohibition of the importation of silver for private account and that the sale of council bills be entrusted to an n pe.it appointed by the Indian nuance minister. YOUNG CLARK ARRESTED. (harmed Midi JuuKliiiK' Ttitlt VilililKiiu Election Itetnrn). DETROIT, Feb. 12.-James G. Clark, one of the members of the footing committee when the fraudulent count on the- state salaries amendment was perpetrated in this lily, was arrested tonisht and is coniimd In the central police station, charged with having assisted in increasing the yea vote by 4,7- votes. Clark Is a young republican politician who was bill cler.i of the state- senate at the time of the election. It has been allege,! that he came to letroit and sought a position on the local canvassing board at the suggestion of certain state o:fkers who had an interest in the salary raise. MET AN UNTIMELY DEATH. Lead in if Kduonlur Eutnlly lleuten lTotiglis Whom He Had Aided. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. Prof. Richard Hayes, one of the leading educators cf the West and one of the principal officers of the high school of this city, died here this morning from Injurk-s received Koine weeks ago at he hands of toughs. whom he had assisted financially and who beat him lieoauso he declined to continue his alms-giving. TO LIFE

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The Big Warship Aquidaban Passes the Forts, Facing a Raking Fire from All Sides. BRIEF BUT RATTLING FIGHT Big Shots Fall Like reas from Her Heavy Armor. The Furious Encounter at Rio Looks Warlike, Althonch Itnt Little Baton ge I Don to Eitber Side Eonr Killed In fh r-rorredlna nnil They hjr n Shell Elrril by tho Intnrsrnt Torpcdrt Hunt t.nauHhara Other Aim of tha A nrfarc. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 12. Ccp.W righted, ly the Associated Preai?.Tho ivmp.uath e quiet which has P-c vai!1 d hoi-o for tci Javs or more wad rudely interrupted yisterday by a furious encounter between the A miktbaa and, the forts followed by an attack by the rebel l'.oot and tho batt'-iies i:i their r-" sessiou upon tho hhrre defences of tha city. Later i:i the day anethrr light toTs place at Santa Ann,, and Ponta. tbw Areia. AH the lighting', howe-ver, only resulted in tho killing of four rn.n and, tho mortally wounding of a fifth. Thes were all citizens of Bix What loss, if any, the rebels sustained 13 not known. It had been rumored for two days thai tho Aquidalnan had returned from thnorth and that after a trip to Desterrcj she was waiting cutsido tho bay for a pood fhiuico t. run in. Conseiiucjitl'. the forces of tho government and th -rebels were cu the ouL vivo ready Vt' help or retard as opportunity offen-d In spito of this the arrival of tha Aqu'dabau was something of a surprLstJ to all. The Bebel Shli Steam I n. Tho night of Jan. 11 was unusually" cold, a Midden srjuall thrashing tha waters of tho bay and coast intj whits caps and Lavmg behind a heavy, lowlying" fog. Under cover of this thu Aquidaban approached and was almost under the shadow of Ft. Santa Cruz before she was n. This was at 4:20 a. m., about an hour before sunrise. Instantly the- liring began f re m Ft. Fama, Cruz and a moment later Ft. John joined in th" light. Little Ft. Lage, further inside- the bay, also sent her qu t to im lease the hail of missies, wim h rattled around tho daring Aquidaban. At that range, however. iot a shot reached its mark and without deigning a reply the big black ship kept sil- nt on intothe narrow channel betwi-n the fitresses. Further on Ft. Santa Cruz, imt :'.ii') yards away from th- Aqt.iduVun, worked her guns furiously, Sv ndir.g a plunging tire down upon th- d'cks of the warship. St. John, a mil - away, sent her heaviest proj.. -tiles against the rebel ship's broadside, whil- Ft. Luga swept her decks with a raking tire. A u Ida ban I n injured. A ship could hardly be subjected to a more severe test and yet il.e Aquidaban passed rapidly on, apparently uninjured. SikIi shots as s-truck her glanoel from her turrets or rebounded like peas from her armor. When just opposite FL Santa Cruz, in the narrowest and most dangerous place, she seemed to awake. From h-r huge guns fire spurted dangerously and their heavy prcijectilcs rushed forth against her enemies. Ft. Yillegaignoii. far v.j the harbor, now came into a; lion, and by her rapid fire attempted to draw off attention freim, the Aquidaban. For half an hour tho fight continued, tmtil at last the Aquidaban dreppod aiK-lvr aheagsid the Tarnandara out of range ef all host lh batteries. Then it was time to count results, perhaps three hundred shots had hi en fred at ranges from CoO yards to two miles with guns of from nine calber down to six pounders. Yet so far as can be learned absolutely no damage was done. Tho Aquidaban. though struck heavily spveral tim -s, was practically unhurt, while not a single shot, either from Ivor batteries or from Ft. Villogaignon, struck any one cf the government forts. Another Joins In. Later the Guanab.ira. one rf the rebel torpedo cruis.-rs, ojvned fire at G:C" a. tn. on the shore batteries i reetcd to protec t; the custom house. There was another tire from the shore, but neither sidti seemed to do mm-h damage. a litk later Cobras island r.nd the cruiser Trajano joined tho Guauabara and still later the Lilerta, with Admiral da Gama's flag flying, also am. into action. Thlatier, however, (ontent'd himself with liring three- heavy proj-i tiles, which passed over tin- shore defenses and buried themselves in th heart of the city. The only fatalities reported wera caused by th" explosion in the llty, a heavy -shell lired by the Guanabara. which killed four nvn, namely: Pedro M.iinetti, a policeman; Jlanm 1 de Jesus Gadarela, a shoemaker; Americo Duarte, an apothecary; Manuel Gonzales de Sda, a medical student. The lire ceas-d after a whib only to lie renewed at .1 p. m. against Santa Anna and Ponta dl Ariea. where it was replied to by the batteries there mounted and by those at Madama and IV Velho. The action was desultory, little damage being done. This was a good day's lighting for Bio de Janeiro. I .at er in the evening a few more shots were fired into the iity and an unknown man was badly injured. Admiral Julio ele Novouha has assumed command of the government's naval forces here and elsewhere. oiv from l'irkliis. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The navy department is in receipt of a mail communication from Ca jit. licking at Bio, giving a technical account of the liring and military movements that are going em i'i Bio harbor. It is said at the d--partment that no cable communication has been had with Bio for three days. GEISTTS. & BOSWELL, Cincinnati