Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 February 1896 — Page 2

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Jackson," sa/id Walling', "amd it the •public believes one (tfhey should beKteve the other. The story Us absurd In the extreme. If -Che autthor can produce the alleged larfter, ©he oain prove that what «he has said is true, but unless she oam do this, tier story must join those otf Jackson and May Hollingsworth.''

During yesterday 320 mien, 94 women, 16 children, 6 reporters and 5 officers visited Jackson's cedl. One of his callers wais a minister's wife, who told thim that he would be hanged, no matiHer whether the jury found Mm guiQ'ty or returned a vesrtl/itot of acqudt'taH. She eaid tlhat a secret society hald been formed, itihe object of wttoiidh wais to "take thsis iife at ail •hazards. Another visitor g-ave him a (novel, entiJEled "A Better Atonement," whiich 'he is mow reading.

SCOTT JACKSON'S LETTERS.

Damaging Statements Made In His Correspondence With Wood. The Enquirer of yesterday was enabled ito present some evidence which throw® light on this remarkable case, such as ttvas aio't yet /been thrown-. The popular Impression has 'been all along that the (connection of Wood with the case was greater than had yet appeared. Some there are who 'believed from the develjf opments which have been made that his connect ion with the case was only casual, aind too remote to implicate him in itihe murder of CPearl Bryan. There were

Btall others, and especially at his home, (who (believed he was in this city, and that i'f he did not (make the trip here with her he (followed soon afterward #md was ihere during the week preceding her death.

This has 'been denied 'by Wood in a ttacit sort of way, ibecause he has obeyed well the instructions of his attormeys to mot talk.

But the Enquirer has succeeded in gietting hold of some ifacts bearing "on Wood's connection with case, which (have not before been given to the public. They fit in with other facts which lhave been revealed and complete the chain of circumstances more fully than [heretofore, and (point more clearly to Jackson as the (chief actor in the case. They also practically put Wood out dl the case, and tend to confirm the belief held by somie that there was another third person who had something to do with the circumstances leading up 'to the death of Pearl .Bryan.

In the first place it has been learned that when Jackson first went to Greemcastle he became a sort of lion in the social circles of the town. Many of 'the young women were anxious to meet (him, and did so through Jackson's (brother-in-law, Dr. Post. 'It was through him and his iwife that Pearl Bryan met the man suspected of her (murder. •After she had "become well acquainted with him Ihe paid considerable attention to her, a.nd it.seems certain torn what has been learned that he was the one who ruined her, and that young Wood's •assertion that ihe had never sustained improper relations with her is true. In the first place there is a dentist in Greem'castle, in whose office Jackson did some work, who will at the proper time tell all he knows. .JackHon Suspected.

As the story goes that dentist suspected Jackson's relations with the girl. He therefore acoused Jafckson of it and he admitted his illicit relations with Pearl Bryan. After this knowledge came to the dentist he told two of his friends oi£ it, and they consulted what had best be done ifor the good of the girl.

They decided at first to tell her brother. Them they concluded not to do so, (but to tell her (brother-in-law. They went to his place of business, (but (did mot And him in. -A'fter leaving there they concluded it was mone of their business and that tihey would not say anything. 'After the trouble between Jackson and the dentist he went to another dentist's office and that 'manmi issed a large 'number of his 'tools afte'r Jafckson left the town. They were afterward found in 'Indianapolis. These facts will establish the claim that Jackson was the'cause of the girl's oondition. That -he informed Wood of the trouble 'there is no doubt, but just when- Wood does 'not undertake to say, though it was .not -long after she discovered her condition.

This assertion leadls to the (further one that Pearl 'Bryan almost certainly •found 'herself in that condition in September, and informed Jackson of it, who, in turn, inf ned Wood, and implored his aid to get her and himself (Jacks.on) out of the trouble. To prove this there 'is herewith a -letter written 'by Jackson Which has mot been imad'e public'before, received 'by himithe Batter -part of October, 1895. In writing to Wood Jackson always began his letters with the words "Hel'lo Bill" Following is the letter:

The First Letter.

"Hello Bill—Sorry 'to hear Bert 'is 4n so bad a fix. Impress it upon her heart ithat it -is ali her own- fault. You miust stand by me in this, for you are the only one II can write to for help. IN"ow, here is a prescription that I have never known to fall. (Here follows a (prescription, the use of which is well known to students of medicine.) Tell Iher to take two or three good 'hookers' 'before going to bed. Tell her to take ihip baths. 'I think these will bring her around all righ^. (Now, Bill, here is the .most important of all. J. S." [Here Jackson wrote that Wood should endle-avor ft a 'himself have relations i«rith the girl that 'he himself had sustained, and cautioned him to say to iher that he (Jackson) said such relation -would aid her toward getting out of Jjer trouble. Then he says in the letter ••I think you can scare her into it." Then Ihe goes on: "Now, Bill, -don't go baiek on me. You know if ever I can do anything for you I will. I am aflw-ays your chum. J. S." "P. S.—Be sure and do the last part I asked you to -do, and be sure to burn this immediately. J. S."

The signature to the letter is J. 8., wade in 'the form of a monogram, the letter drawn down through the S. -It will -be observed that mention is made of the prescription which Wood spoke rf soon after his arrest. Wood said he gave the letter to Pearl Bryan- without preparing the gin and cloves as directed.

It will also be observed that Jackson »#krd Wood to frighten Pearl Bryan into consenting to his demands, indicatinsT'that Wood had not before sustained improper relatione with her.

Prom another letter written last •month, it is evident that there has been some, hilt nM mu'rh. correspondence •between Wood and Jack.s^n between the October letter and the one which frere (follows, and which was received •"by Wood the day following its date: "J Hhvo lloom." "Cincinnati. Jan. 23, 1S96.

Bill: 'I expect you think I

have forgotten yru. but I have not. 1 have been awfully busy this week. I have -no: 'boon over to Kentucky yet, so you may know that I have been 'busy. work 3 day in the college and am in the dissecting room at night, so you see I am busy .for sure. "Well, for .business. Tell Bert to oomeon I have a very nice room with a nice old lady. A friend of Walling is jading to do the* work, an old hand at

the biz. We go tojhis (home tonight for supper. He Is a chemist. I think I will ibave enough money, but 'tell "Beit to bring all she can, tfor it -may come handy. Tell (her to (leave G. C. so as to get (here (Monday night. Tell (her she can go home in four or five days. Push It a-long. IDon't go back on me now when 1 am this (near out of my trouble, ©e sure and burn, this as soon as read. Your chum always, D."

It can (be observed that a reference is made to Kentucky. This is not believed to refer to any (preparations he was making -to get rid of th& girl, but to a woman he visited there. The great point and revelation in this letter is the assertion about the room that Jackson had here, and that aboUt the friend of Walling who was to perform the criminal operation. There has 'been a belieif, as heretofore stated, that there was a third person in the case other than Wood-, and this letter seems to confirm that belief. The question is: "Who is 'he?" This 'letter also fixes the time for (Pearl Bryan to ileave for Cincinnati, and she did leave so as to get here on Monday night. January 27

Yet tluere sure oither ielfctetrs Bind testiJackson ds the following, received at South IBend the day after it was mailed -here:

After the Mnrder.

"OiinaLnnat'ii, O., February 5,1896. Hello Biill—Be awful careful what you say. I am expecting itwuble. Oh, Lord, stand by me. Do you think Doc will' Wnl^e him. I made a btfg masCake and it's goitoig to get me into txoi*bile. Don't forsake me mow. Now Is When I 'need you moslt. Write Doc. HeTl'l stand up for me, won't the? Say, Bali, wish I (had (never seen tlhat girl, 'never saw G. €. my Itough luck any wiy. Be sure an/d buirin thii's limmedii-a-tely. Don't let any one see lit. Now, Billy, stanid by you'r odd chuni. D. (The letter is the -inBtilai of Jackson's nlickmlatme, "Dutsity.")

The letter was written (the day of Jackson's arrest and ota the same day the letter was written whic/h was ©emit back here t'o Mayor Caldwell 'by the mayor of South Bemd. The LaMber Hetlter 'hials been published and was obteiilnied alt South Bend by it'he mayotr after the Enquirer had suggested eucih .rntetrtceptiitain of Wood's mail. It was the leitter wthildh atslced Wood (to wriftie a letter tbo (the girl's parents, sign (her (naime 'to Dt anld make lit appear -that she had gone (to Chicago or some oither place.

The last letter recditved by Wood data be seen (to (be tlhe ari'aid o(f a despairing main, who expedbeld any ml-nute (fco he arrested, lainid was enideavorJing bo cover up Ms tracks. AH (these latter^ would seem to effedtualfly dispose of doubt about Jackson's guiillt daa the case, amid Mis active partLaipaU'ion (iln—ait Jea^t ttSie pneparatibus for—(the deed which endekl in Pearl BTya'n's dea'th. It also puts Wood out of the case, so far as the tmurder dls concerned.

The next lelter received by Wood from mony whlifch show that Wood was motto this city a)t or abioutt the time Pearl Bryan was.

A prominent tiiMzeri of Greancaisitile •will testlify t)0 seeling Wood a't -the depot Mondaiy, January 2?tih, taikillng to pieairl Bryam. Buit (that he hlad accompanied her there he deindies and :the proimiimenlt citizen spokein of says WoOd was -there wtifth a buggy to take his father home when he arrltved on the train Which Pearl Bryan boarded to come to this city. Wood's father got off the tnaliln, amd his son m'et anid (aiccompamited hilm to the buggy and drove hbrne w.i'th Mm. A letter from John W. Wiil'bfong, clerk of the ^ftrcuii't Couilt ait Plymouth, Ir.d., says Wolod was at hiis house on Fri'diay might, J-aimulairy and rema'liniad there uinitil Mcrn'd'ay following, latnd took (the train for South Bend. A no their leitlter from the mlighit operator at Crawfordsville Jumofcion says he was there Friday mornoinig from. 2 to 4:30 o'clock.

Th D^ptroy^d.

Another lei titer (Menitiifies h-iim as -getting off tihe-traiin at (the junction at 3 a. im», and as having a bicycle whutah was checked (to Plymouth.

Thus iit wild be seen that Wood iais traced (to South Bend and could not have been here from Thursday 'rtighlt, the 30th of January, until his arrest alt Soutih Bemd. Between Monday arid Tlhursdlay (n/ighit his paren'ts say he was at hkme alnd from (the time he reached South Benld umfil (his arresit h'is frienidls i'n that town say he was away from there.

Friends of Wood in Green castle iSa.w ©ome of 'tlhe letters received by him from Jackison, wiMoh hiasve (beien hereto reprCinted, alnd will swear to the ciontents.

The sitairtd'tng evlideriee con'tiained in thero. ils entirely new and there are 'in them some pointers for the dietedlives to look up. It must be observed that Wood obeyed Jack-son's instructionis to burn his letters, *and the copies hereto pointed have been reproduced by Wood from memory. As already s'laibeid, theilr contends were re'aid by ait leiaist tlhree reputable men in Gree.n'cia.stl'e, who j.^iil, when the proper time coimes, ooirroborate all thalt Wood has re-wrQttein of them.

HATTIE GANS.

The Woman Whose Acquaintance With VnvitTcrs Was Glv«»n Notoriety. Miss Hoiati.'e G'ains,' (the youmg Jady who hais been unfoaitumaite emough to have h-sr maime m-entiO-ned iin conn'sotilcun with WalU'mg amid Jackson, cadled on ^fayor CaJdwell WedJn'e&diay afternoon, says the Ctncdnna'ti Commercial Gazette.

She sard that she feared hsr conn-ec-ititon witih Scottlt Jtaicksoin miiglht be m03-conis-trued, a.nd for that reason sihe would like to make a statement to the morn'inig (newspapers so dlhat Che pub'l^: w'o'uld u'ndeirsbaivd 'hiefi* ce?e.

Two repoiUeirs who htave been making the mayor's office itheOr home since 'She arrest of Jackson and WaJliing were sent for. 'a'md (then Miss Ganis tctd 'the otliotwitag s'tory: "I finit rn-et Sootst J'xcks'cn. some time after New Yeiar'-s. Mfcis Smith, who worked WiCh me in the Glenn build'jng, gave Tfie am tafroducit'ton. He seemed 'to be a very hifoe young main and hJs department whlile an my company wias t(hat of a g'e:ntlleman. He called at my home in CuimmiLnsviMe several times to see one, arnd on one or two occusi'O'nB escorted me to tlhe streelt car in the evening. "On 'the Sunday previous to his arrest he oaJkid cit my houae in the evening. He said that he had been 'to hear Moody at (.'he Y. M. C. A. iin i!he a-tternoon amd that he had been very favorably nmpi £iS3ed w.^ih the Qodture. He talked for some t.'tme aibomt the lecture and how lit •had imp-re-ciP5*d Wim. I muu-t say that I was somewhat surprised to learn th'ait he had been "to hear the lecture, for I n'ev-eir b0"'jveKl thai' he cared very much fo.r einit-fir'tia.toments cf 'thijs maiture. I believed h'itm too indifferent 'to matters of 't)h'."te k«?nd, but when he 'bct»d me that: he had been '.o hear Moody, I thougtlt •bhat I hlad made a mistake in judging h'"3 ohiac^aciter. At my suggcilKon, we wc:mt to a spirit uaMJuic stance otn tCiu'3 w'.'ghlt '3n Cuan-m'insrJlle. He was not eit ail impressed with what he saw ttiwre and tdld me thalt Que had a friend that could dlo the saime 8hlng. He '3acd that

Was noiihing but trickery. "On (the day of tthe air rest—'bhat waa Wectoievad'ay—I was wiaJkiing along Fifth

dbne^t, timid to a ehbeeJtare no- xefere^.to tiioed a crowd otf seveiM (humxir^d peopte duct to toeto ^ry day Mfe. A litUe eageally 5iookiia(g aft ©otneKhfa^ -ttraJt was scrutiny to this direct*® -wouW ddsolosc displayed to t&e ahtoiw window. I pushed the fact that mamy young men who are my way ibhirtMi«ih itihe crowd to see wihalt received with open arms by society are it wcuTilha* ttole peoa?le were iooktofc alt channel houses Of HbeMtolsm and amd fouintd ,tha)t (Some of 'the clortJhing 'bauchery. Whatsoever fright be the which, htad been fouaud cm the £ourad ialt Far't UhoimaB was d'ispQayed Whem I saw itibAs I walked on, aa I

master. "Just ap I was Heaving I felt some one tap me cm the shoulder, arrdJ turning I found Jackson standing before me with my poicketbook in his (hand. 'Here ds you-r ipockefcbook,' he said: 'I 3uet wanted to show yvu how eatsy you could have your pocket picked.* asked him whether JielfraicF fiotfo^ed- hae from the school. Aft^'iomfe %eaftjaaicy,'*he said that he had, and I told him that I dfid not want him to dTd ^his.as 1'ddd not believe it to'lbe }u©t'the Tfropet' thing for a young lady to be waited £oir on the street corner. (He promised never to diO It again, and then he walked with me to Mabley & Carew's, where I had some shopping to do. He said he would nvait for me on 'the outsidte, though I asked him not to wait. When I came out he was still .there. He then •went with me to the Glenn Building, where. I (had some /business to ait tend to, and waited fior me more than .half an hour, when he took ine to fhe car. "It 'is needless for •metb say'.that I was surprised when heard .of (h.is ,"arrest the following morning. He never said a word ito--me concern!ng Pearl Bryan or hie jntettttoms. I never met Walling, though *.I. saw him

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twice with Jackson at Heider's restaurant. I want to say tha,t neither Jackson, Wailing nor Miss (Smith were friends olf •min'e. 'but maere acquaintances. It was my misfortune to meet Jackson, and not my desire. ,.J noticed in 'the pafpers this moraiing that Miss Smith says she was at my house QaSt •Sunday -afternoon. This is not 'true, for I have not 'leen her since she returned) from (Louisville. I know nothing concerning Jackson further than that he always treated me like ai gentleman. I n^ver saw him smoke nor smelled liquor on his ,breath." *Miss Gans .bears an. excellent reputation, and her manv friends regret very much 'tihe notoriety she has been unfortunate enorugh to attain in the matter.

JOHNT. NORRIS.

The Veteran Defective, Advances a Theory That Is Full of Logic. Captain John T. ENorris, the weiilknown OpringtfleBd deteotivei, is dm (the city on prdfasslonal business.

Tlhie (Captadn Is always & man of ideas as well a® (action. The greait fB\rt Thomas murder mystery has been as interesting to him as it has been to all others during the .past two weeks. Consequently when a Commercial Gazette representative icarne across" him yesterday and 'inquired what he thought of it, 'the Captain was not 'Willing to speak his mind. "It seems plain to me," he' siaid, "when ever a crime is committed the first 'thing to look for Is the motive or motives. No crime is ever committed without ome. (My theory is just this: Jackson and Walling killed that girl. Why? I believe Jackson and others who sent her to Cincinnati had been intimate with her in Indiana. She was in tr-oulble. iShe was sent: to Cincinnati to suibmit to an operation. Walling was secured to perform that. Very likely he became complicated with her. too. The girl •became anxious—the situationwas desperate for Jackson and Walling. ©ometh#g had to be done. They resolved "to 'kill her. Now, 'how was it to (be-done? If -they wanted ito make it look like suicide they could have cftamcedl throwing Ihier off one of the (bridges. I'f not discovered ~fin the act it would have (been probable for one in her position. But for whatever reason they decided to kill her. "Now, why should they want to bring an unknown negro into their plan. What was the motive? Did you notice that Jaokson's razor was found in his satchel? 'Now, whenever a colored (man does a .murder or gets into a fight, what weapon does he always use? The 'razah,' pertainly. Jackson had that razor with him whem he picked up the colored (fellow, (driver Jadkson, and forced him to drive ou to Fort Thomas. They were desperate, (but thiey planned •skillfully. Their .plan was to take the ine'giro and the girl out there. When they got to the spot they got out with the girl, took her away, cut off her head with that razor, .put the head in the satchel. They left the meg.ro to hold •the horse while they did the bloody work. They expected to find him there when they oaime hack. They had their revolver-ready. He was to be shot dead, through the head. The revolver was to fbe put in his hand, (the siatcfhel, with the girl's -head, by his side, t'h-e .bloody razor an his pocket. Wouldn't it have been a plain case?—tho negro outraged the girl, he murdered her, cut her .'head off—there is the head and the razor to show it. Them in a terror of fear or re'morse he ©hot himself. Doesn it look straight? But suppose another suspicion could be suggested—Jackson and Walling could mot have been brought into it. After they -had cut off the girl's head and killed the negrp they had driven back to the city toy another road. There was not a point at which they could be brought Into -the case. They might have returned that buggy. The only one who had seen the girl in connection -with it was the negro, and he was -dead, and he couldn't say anything. "That's just my -theory of it," continued Captain No-rris. "I'f that negro

Jackson had stayed with that horse he would have 'been a dead man today. He was haK-friglhtened to. death,..just as they wanted him to (be he was unknown, as they, wanted they picked him up on the street, knowing he could •not (be dangerous after he was dead, lif he was -noticed driving the carriage across the river, what oif that? The girl was going to have the Operation performed in Newport, and Jackson was hired to take her ov.er. but instead of leaving her in the city he had taken her out to the fort,"outraged and -murdered her. In any case, the murder •would have been committed &n 'Kentucky. and there would not have been the slightest evidence to disprove a complete alibi'for'them." lit' Sr«» Iin'iit. Mt r«-«'nV«t!«».

Greencastle Democrat. There.is rnuch moralizing in reference to the recent tragedy in the viclnity,6f Fort Thomas which so sadly affects Greencastle 'families and society. Many find it a text from which to lecture parents for mot governing with more rigid 'rules and discipline, thus intimating that such occurrences are generally the result otf over-indulgence or failure of parents to exercise pre (per care and oversight of their children. The cohcTuich is,not a just one. No amount of solltuda, watchfulness and parental care c.vjld guard an innocent and con-flding p&^sam being over-reached and undfrro-'by depraved and brutalized libertines, when t:he latter are well connected and received in the best society. The. fault is more with society than with parents. It is prone too much to ju&ge^fhose seeking its entree by their wealth, pretensions aind connections Instead of weigb-

T^BJB IULUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1896.

bcS? convdetions of a .parent^regard to the

fitness tfo a young manlto Associate with his daughters, he could not avoid the op

wnem 1 saw hums wauiaju w, "7. not feel to the least taterestekL to tfae port unities afforded MiR.'bJ'- sociaa runoTin QITA iKfa MiJWilCS.

tions to make his iowrtdibus fcttaoks. The southern idea of tfearth to the seducer and betrayer is i* good urBwri£t$m 1^it, if .11

A STARTLING DISCOVERY. it .--./s Ninety Per Cent of DeHfness Can Be

Ctored.-su 3

of Dr. Lyiraani P. Walter, noted OhVcfeugo eye, ear, uiase ainfd lUbroalt sctontiiat, -whose neteiemit nuarvetouB cures o"f diBelaetis "olf tihoee orguins by newly disoovened mettihads taas 'beenr tlhe woander of the xwekffiKM world. -k 'U"K

It hials (beein scdenltJiflcaitly arid prajdt'lda31y denwrnstraJted to 'the ctttotcs of ithe leadlto'g liiedflcail ooaaeges tlhat the new rrueltlhoids wfill cure 90 per cenit of deaftuess aind are (eubtsoHniiteily tofaJllCble in idhie treatment o'f thalt filthy disease, oalllairrth. And to aill $teeiaiSe9 of tihe eye, notse amid tbzKMait 'the meitlhidds (htave been proven: fair supetrtotr (to any others ever developed by menJiOa/l a^sieairch. The stotaJifehltenfinig of croesiea eyes, ain opwar 'tton onoe dlamgenous lamd greatly -to be dreaded, 1®' now buit 'tlhe 'work of a £^w monaenjts and Is asjoowipliishted withtoiut pain aui4 w3.1hou(t the \ise of chloroform.

Med ileal men aire noft yet -thrOuigui praading itttie wondienf ul cure recently effected by Ir: Waa/ter upon Walter Roisbeck, (tlhe famous "d^faf mute cycH!islt." Rosbeck h(aid been deaf amd dumb since •has thaira year. Dr.. Walter made a mtou'te -examiiinialtion of tlhe case (anid gave assurance that (he could partially restoire 'hleianling, 6f molt en'fcireiy. Wonderful tnough it may seem, and in tr-ulth is, in three moai'Chs th'e young man could not only'h'eiair perfectly, but his power of ailticulaJ'tlion ^loiwily reiturned and he now oonvejnses feuiiriy weld. Tlhese are fladbs itha't are well known to the mefdtoal world and cam be aulthenibioated by proofs tbait cannot be "gtaiipsaid.

Dr. Wal'ter will foe at tilie New Filbeck House Tuesdlay, Febrruary 2&th, and will remain one week.1 Tuesday and Wednesday iWil be devoted to ex!aimiinatiioms and itihe doctor especially desSreis to mee(t oases where otihems have failed to effect a cure. Exam/'iination ils free.

NEW INDIANA FAIR CIRCUIT

A Successor to Indiana-Illinois Circuit Formed Some Time Ago. The Central Indiana Fair circuit was organized in this city yesterday as a successor to the Indiana-IlUnois circuit, Which was formed several weeks ago, says.. the Indianapolis Sentinal. Some dissatisfactions- ^arose over the dates in the Indiana-Irliniois association and also over the .fact that several cities were dropped from the circuit "and severai dates changed 'by the Illinois members and the representatives of Terre Haute. The fair associations.that were in the grand Indiana fair circuit last year are with one or two exceptions represented in thg new association that has been formed and Illinois, is le/ft to take care of itself.

The officers of the new association

President—'E. H. Nebeker, Covington. "Secretary and treasurer—W. W. Morgan, of Crawfordsville.

The following circuits were agreed upon:

Bedford, Biinbrid^e ifrd Tipton—August 3 to August 7. iSheridan and Bloomington—August 10 to August 14.

Lebanon—August 17 to August 21. 'Fr-anikfort—August 24 to August 28. (Lafayette and Covington—August SI to (September 4.

Crawfordsville—September 7 to September 11. Indianapolis—September 14 to September 18.

It was agreed to give 'stalls and straw ffree to all horses entered 'for speed. Purses will average $2 000?to each meeting. Five per cent enhance fee 'and 5 per cent from winners will/be charged.

A WAITER BECOMES ..iM

AN HEIR.

About #500,000 I-eft tp, ..pim By His Father's Will*.' Sacramento, Feb. 29^—^Matthew Gogovitch, who, until yesterday, earned a living as a waiter iri^th.^ restaurants of this city, has received news from Austria that he is heir to a fortune. He turns out to he the stin of Stive S. Gogovitch, a wealthy niam of Pastro, Austria, and who, durlng'-the war with

MRS. PETRIE'S PET POODLE.

She Wauts It Burled By the Side of Her Hnsband. New York, Feb. 20.—A family feud mars (the peace of the Petrie family, of 'Brooklyn, It is due to the desire of Mrs. IDelbert Petrie to have the body of her pet poodle dog buried by the side of her husband in the family lot in Greenwood cemetery. The other members of .the Petrie family object strenuously. From Undertaker J. Jj. Meeks Mrs. Petrie has ordered an exquisitely made casket for her dead pet. Mr. Meeks said he had-much difficulty in satisfying his customer's demands. The funeral is set to tak^iplace on Sunday next. j--,

Police A flairs at Danvlll«. Special to The Express.

iDanville, 111., Feb. 2ff^Owing to the recent arrests of Dartviie policemen for extortion the city Council has but little -faith in the ability^o-f the police force to run the city. A -4©w departure was determined on at city council this evening. It was ^&Qfded that the city should purchase 'itwo Brst class blobd hounds. fc "f ltabr Schw»' Wttt'lMe.

Now York, Feb ,^20."—Christ'3-n Schwab, the 9-weeks o&bpy o-f Bernard Schwab, who was shot by his grandfather, Franz (Midhael Schwab, after the latter had killed his wife on Tuesday night and also shot the son, Bernard. is dead. (His father is wry low and will likely die.

$Sr ic'L^y

RAILWAY AFFAIB8,

AU TANDAL1A PA8SB1IOKB *QUIPV£NT TO UNDERGO BBPA1B.

Big Summer Buslnrss—Ixxjo

lives WUl Be Looked After.

GeneraJ Maniajgar Turner has ordered every piece of paBsextger equTpmecft of the VaawJaliia toe taken Sato the shops, •Uhoroughfy overhauled, repainted amd placefd to a oon'd^JtiSon second to itbait of no roojd in ttihe oountiry. This work Willi begto wt onioe amd will toe compleited be-

In another potftkm oftlblte fcaswe will be fore 'tihe sumnmer touainiesa begins. The found am ia®nO|iiin!(Sfein«Wtr*6f the oomiMg j^ud h*"" a teunge eimounit of passenger .t,

equd(pmiein

and, wlhlie Bill of it to in fiair

ooWdfltJion, Et Iks m^t uip to that stsandjand deisired by Genierail Maniaiger Turner. On many of the oafs tlhe odd atyle ait brake te used. Ttodo will be taken off and the moot ton-proved quick acting device suSbdtiiltufted.

The. motive powear wHl also receive same albtentton from Mr. Arp. There are severtail ltocoanoitavels In the shops needling repairs. Some have tosen repaired, but not En a satttsfactory-man-jmer, ip.-nri ats a relsu®t ore in bad shape. Wihem itihe anacftMnes-kTe turned out they •wiitfi present qui)te a ddfCeremit appearamce. Much of thfe old Vanda&ia style of -dtnipOlng wffll be m^estfng and the Pesninsydvandia Sidea fimtroduced. Amobher dhange will be the transfer of the nxum/bets firona ithe sand box to (the cab.

In the ooach house alt tihe shops a neiw 6a!r 'Is being fitted tup for General Manager Turner. It W4U toe sent to St. Loulfe nest week 'to be supplied with steana hearting appara&UB.

CENTRAL PACIFIC AFFAiRS

Farther Testimony By C. P. Huntington Before the Senate Committee. Washington, Feb. 20.—Senator Morgan today oomltlEiued hlls exanainaitiiion of Mir. C. P. Humitiimgton* cancernliing the affaiirts oif the Central Pacific Railroad Co., to conneotSton with the hearing of the senate committee. The questions submiitbed today were baised largely upon tihe refpotrt to. Pacific roads made by tlhfe Plaititdson commlBSion, but Mr. Hunttoigtom saM he did not remember to (have eve* read1 the report. He saad •the Oenltraa Pwcdfftc haid been buJU't upon assets amWtn/Wing' t» $44,000,000, of wlhioh $28,000,000 cotnsisted of government bonds, but that lilt hlad cost more, for aid the eeouriitiiiea were solid for less 'than pair to cunrenoy «und wdt'h the proceeds go'li weJB purchased, whidh, on an average, oodt albout $1 to currency for each 60 cents' wotrltih. Tt was necessary to use gold to all trairusact lions oin the Patoific ooa®t wlhen Itihe roed was constructed. When, the work was completed the oomlbrtaiot company owed about $10,000,000 alrud, aSltlhougfti Hit received $50,000,000 in Cenitnad Pacific stock, its assets Would not have pai!id its debts. The company, however, dame out ahead in the enid by iftofldiilng the sitock until its value increased.

President Morrison's Tart Remark*. Cfhidatgo, Feb. 20.—The Sanlta Fs, NloirbhweiSitenn, Rloick Isttand, Burfinglton, MU'waukee & St. Paul and all the other Western roads etogaged to carrying ooal Ito 'tlhe Missouri river, were before the interstate ooari'meiroe commJiss'iotn (today to explain itlhe'ir rea&oiri for cutting rates to the recewt coiall irate -ssrar. The representatives of eiajoh of these roads tried ito p-iiaice ilihe respcin&i'M'lity on the ctihers. When -ilt cainve (tlhe Alton's time to speak, Ghanrmian W. R. Morrison took an indirect filing at President Blackst/one's recent lainimiall, in Which the public treatment of the railroads was vigorously d'anfouraced. The Alton's irepresenloaldive a'd'mlitted hJ3 rciald has met all the cuts (that has beien made. "And iif the commission ibad r^ ad-e such a na.te iais $1 a '6on^" broke u.M*.ie c-hlaifr-man, "you would -hiave denounced 'it as an acit of tspotoutioin, unjust, a usuirpa,tion of power, a oonfllsaalticm of property. You would have -^eacrtbed it In •these and aill the o'Llh'ers terms meaning the same thtog it-hlat you fellows know •how to use wfJ.Lr eft'eot, when you 'think ©onie one 'Is Ihuinlliiing yoiu."

Thte toqulliry wi'Hl be resuimed alt Waehtogton ait some fulture t'kne. Pour Nortlh'we&t'ern roads have mow signified .iheljr 'Unit'cmlM-cm of giving the Gr^nd Army men oJll they ask in the way of i'jmiitul.'ion of tickets for their annual encampment ait Sit. Paul nex)t September. They a.re the SOhicago Great Wes/tern, -tlhe WiscO'n'Sin Centipal, the MiaunicU'pcliiis & St. Louj3 and 'the Iowa Cenitiral. All the d.fliers w'Hl doubtless do the same in the end.

AUSlrifl, illiu W UW, uui «"B Turkey, was comiptrol-l^r'for the prince intendent of motive power and machinof Montenegro-. The ,§ecret of Mat-

thew's (family (connections comes to •light through -the receipt of a letter by him from relatives in Pastro, announcing his father's death, at that place, in the latter part of January, together with the news that he has fallen heir to an estate worth nearly half a million doillans.

Senator John Gogovitch, olf Eureka, Nev., is a nephew of the dead man, and, according to -the letter received by Matthew, a-lso comes in for a comfortable legacy. Young Gogovitch ran away from home when fourteen years of age, -and joined the Austrian- army. After .serving -his term of enlistment he came to this country. He has been in California about six years, princlpaKy serving as a waiter. .•••**'*

iuiprovficl Wreclt 'i'miit Service. The installing of W. C. Arp as super-

€ry

has brought about a number of

chang-es in the method of work in the shops. Together w.th Master Gar Builder 'McKeen, Mr. Arp is arranging for (better service in the matter of getting the wreck trains out. Heretofore there has been no -system from the fact that the road had -few wrecks. The new •management of the system is taking steps to meet any emergency and to this end has arranged 'for signals to -be used when the wrecking cre-w is wanted.

H»ilro!«l *otm'.

The Vandal2a pay car came in off the Michigan division yesterday evening covered jvi'th snow. The engine pilot was covered up to the headligh t, the oab windows were banked, as were also the ooach steps. Paymaster Crawford siays the drifts -are very large all along the road.

H(arryBryatnit, V-ainidali'a yard clerk, will leav£ for Hat Springs early in March, to be gone thirty days. p. i\ HUdireil'h, road foreman of enginios 'on the Foo-rJa division of the Vandalia, was martted ait Napc-rvHU\ 111., yesteirtiuy to MlisS Fawnie E. Smith. The clerks in 'the Peoria division offices presented h-lim w'jih a P-Vt of Dresden fruit plates and a sett of pearl handled sillver fruOt kn'ives. Mr. and Mrs. Hlldreah wtl'i aairiVe in Terre Haute today.

The ruJe authorizing weekly watch flnspeltkin3 has been putt iln force again on the Vand'aiDx Ihves.

E. R. D-arlow, cfierk io General Manager Turner, is in St. Louis attending the funeTal of hJ3 bixuher-ln-law.

OffloMs and .tra'.'nmen are complaining of the inferior quuMty of coal fur,niteh€«d the Michigan division of t£ie VandaOia. They claim the engine men cannott keep g-beam with St.

Charles GarsiOn. agent of the Central 9tai.es Dispatch ait Peoria, is in the city.

John Heffner, heretofore a clerk to

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TraJtasmaeltetr RaMy's ofl3oe, bas been oattled to Sk. i/ouds for work In Superintendent of Tetegtraph Ray's offloo. The htanklltog of passenger trains and passenger crows has beem taken out of the hanxte oif Mr. Raldy amd: a. girent deal of speoudatkm among railroad men is tihe result, especially since Clerk Heffner Kals been fferanfcferred St. Loulis.

John Defane, Jr., tamd J. F. Blue of tifltis city have been grounded a parent on a xaiilway firog for crocsatogs. Bxperlenoefd radiroajclera who have exam-toed •tfbe device pronounoe £t & success and well calculated to make its inventors rdoh.

WITH THE CATHODE RAYS.

Novel and Successful Experiment* Hade in8»n Francisco. San Francisco, Feb. 20.—Successful experiments have been made here with the new cathode nays by Dr. IP. 'M. Jones, Dr. Carlton and Allan Baiboock, an electrician. It took three days of experimenting (before a successful result was obtained. Ini -making these experiments, no -camera Was used and no foous was neoessary. The objects to (be photographed were merely laid on tbe outside otf the plate holder, the (wooden slide of which was not removed. The vacuum tiibe was suspended above the objects. The cathode rays made its mysterious penetration,' and cxn the sensPtized plate In -the shadow of the dense-objects.

The (first thoroughly successful experiment was made with a number of common objects placed on the plate holder. These were, first, a small circular pocket pin cushion, made of silk, with a number of pins inserted at tihe edges second, a pasteboard pill (box containing two pins, a steel staple, a brass hook, a doubie-tpointed tack, a brass-headed taidk and a shirt stud with spiral wire third, a wooden lead pencil wti'Bh a metal rubber tip -fourth, a brass hinge.

The experiment was a success. The silken pin cushion was (faintly Shown, and every spin was visible. The outlines of the piH box were visible, yet every article in the box was clearly shown on the plate. The graphite in the lead pencil was shawm by a heavier shadow 'than (that made by the wood or the metal and rlibber at the tip.

The next experiment was of exceeding interest. Into the edge of a solid piece of pine wood, threequarters of an inch thick, was driven a screw. The piece of pine was placed on the plate-holder, the current was turned on, and the cathode rays did perfect work. When the plate was developed the shadow of the wood was shown, and distinctly visible was the outline of the screw, the threads being thoroughly perceptible.

The next experiment was entirely different from the (tests ^that had preceded it. The corpse of a little bird was placed on the plate-holder slids, and" there -permitted to remain under tlhe vacuum tulbe fo Jjwo hours. The plate showed the form of the bird and-indis-tinctly the bones df the neck, wing, leg, shoulder and breast. (Dr. Jones believes that longer exposure would have produced a plate showing most of the bones of the skeleton, and* having but a mere indication of the body.

Mr. Edison's Experiments.

Orange, N. J., Feb. 20.—After experimenting tor -two weeks in his laboratory in West Orange, Thomas A. Edison yesterday succeeded in taking an instantaneous photograph by -means of the Roentgen rays -from fluorescent tubes, the rays having penetrated a heavy card-board and vulcanized fiber plateholder. In another experiment, a sharp-ly-defined image Cf a metal strip was made on a plate four and onenhal'f inches of wood between the plate and the fluorescent tube, and after an exposure of twelve minutes the photograph -was taken-. Mr. Edison sSud that by the end of the present week he will •be ready to try to take a picture of the human -head and make other interest|organization—Mrs. ing photographic experiments.

Miss O'NeU's Kumorotl Kiiffacpment. -New York, Feb. 20.—A local paper says: It was rumored last night that (Miss Anne O'Neil, the leading woman of William H. Crane's company, now playing "The Governor of Kentucky at the Fi-th Avenue Theater, was soon to be married to (Henry C. Miner, the proprietor of that theater. It was said that the marriage would take place within a -few weeks, and that Mr. and Mrs. Miner would make a tour around the world. (Mr. (Miner was in Washington last night and Miss O'Neil refused to see a.reporter who went to the theater to ask whether or not the report was true.

Brilgewater aud Smith Feud. Special to The Express. (Brazil, Ind., Feb. 20.—Wesley Bridgewater and wife, prominent citizens of near Saline City, this county, were brought here yesterday charged with assaulting with intent to kill Mr. J^e.u.ben (Smith. The families live on adjoining farms, 'but there has been bad

It lhas been decided to place electric •bedls in every department at the shops to be sounded in case of a call for the •wreck train. The result of this system will 'be that when a crew is wanted the hostler will run out the engine, the engineer will run to the yard office (for orders and the crew will be off for the scene of the .accident within ten minutes. Heretofore it has taken from thirty minutes to two hours to get a wreck train out and on the road.

feeling between them :for years. A few nights ago they got into a quarrel when Bridgewater, it is alleged, urged on by jjjg wife, seized an ax and struck Air. Smith on the head, inflicting a wound 'that may result fatally. They were placed under heavy bonds and the case continued until February 29.

Yesterday's Steamship Arrivals. Southampton, Feb. 20.—Arrived: New York and Spree, from New York. iMadta, Feb. 20.—-Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck, from New York.

L-iverpool, Feb. 20.—Arrived: Majestic, from. New York. New York, Feb. 20.—Arrived: Georglc, from Liverpool: Britannia, from (Marseilles S-outhwark, from Antwerp: (Munchen, from Genoa UVerra, from Bremen.

Glasgow, Fob. 20.—Arrived: Austrian, from New York. Bremen. Feb. 20.—Arrived: Spree, from New York, via Southampton.

A Farmer Assassinated.

Wichita, Kan., (Fab. 20.—'Charles Hodman, a prominent Harper county farmer, was assassinated- in his own yard at Anthony last night. Rodman had returned from a drive to the country and was hitching bis horse, when some one fired tw.o'shots at him from ambush The first Shot tore his left arm open and the other entered his-breast, killing him instantly. Thp murderer escaped the darkness. Rodman had no known enemies, and the murder is a mystery. He leaves a family.

A Children's Home Barned. Delaware, O., Feb. 20.—The Delaware •County Children's Home burned at mldlnight. All the inmates escaped. The weather was extremely cold, and the children had tobe drivtan- along distance through the freezing wind to the city opera house, where they were kept during the 'nigh t. Th'e loss on the building was about $25,000, with $10,000 insurance.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. 25a

Oysters! Oysters!. 25c "per quart at Mooney's, 825 Main street.

CUBANS DEFEATED.

SPANISH TROOPS KILL THRITY OF CUBA'S PATRIOT ARMY.

An Engagement Near Jarruco, Which Insurgents Were Trying to Capture— Weyler Knllstlng Cuban Sattoes..,

Hanrcuna, Feb. 20.—The government on Tuesday seat troops tto Jteuracco, (tihtfei proviince, cin .regyort that Gomez arte! Maceo were attacking the town. The Insurgents burned the jaffl, liberated thirty-tour prisoners and dtestroyad & number of huts, but were repuilsed by

tlhe gaarSaon when trying ttlo captigre Ja» rucoo itself. •. .•* Colonies Hernanidez, bit the hteasdi of 1,000 Spanish caviaflry, arrived ct Jtaoosoco at sunrise and aUtateked tlhe iaasurgemts. They telflt twelve deaJd cm 'the field anid retired wiUth (many wouasdleld. Only tha^ee sp®dS»efire were wo^uided.

Geraenals AUdieooa aind Dlnaoes resxxrt that, to seveutefl Bkirnutehes wiitJh ItUts faroes umdier Gomez am)d Maoeo, a (number of dnswrgen/ts were MLeid and mamy wounded. Tlhte tasurgenits were dniveo from ome po3i-tlon to amid liber and finally foroeid ito divMe toto smaUl bands, retreaitang tin aJl dl3re*otJons. The priinfciSpal battle took ptooe alt San Marcos. Offioial reports received a't Havanta. place (tlhe tatsmrgfiffnts* Josta alt tihainty killed.

General Altalmiro bias been engaged wii'th the insurgents und'er Mantuel Suarez, dn 'the provSrinje of Sanita Clairai The insurgents lO^fe^hteetn kftl'led

The captairt gerf-cWal Is ooftMlettog bda pHams for the "eJJtfeS^vtf "titrations against the limsurgettiBs,' Whrfch,1 it tio understood, (he w?fl cortdtict' ta pearsotnS, witih the view of 're^toring order eus qutfckly (as possible*

It is reported rem Jaruwoo that (tlhb forces of Gomez and Maceo are batily demoraMzed as a result of tthe eng*agiemernts fiought Tuesday (amid Wednesday.

Genarlal Palndo (has organized a new batSaliom of volunteers at S&gua* in fumthenance of Captain Gtemiertal Weyler's purpose ito pusih tfche enliistment of natlive Cubans and citizene.

The afflaiir alt PaSo P-rlieeilo tocrelases in impontamicte as (further details of It aire learned, and the official re^pccta given out (indijoa'te 'that (tihiera wtaa a greialt sEauglhtier of insurgents. The troops, whffloh were, ^t its s&iM, Car ouitnuinbeired, performed herol'c euohievements anld, ilt is sa.itd, 'the 'Bosses •nflioted upon the umsurgente were so heavy tbalt 'the amteHl of decomposing corpses (Js uneinldurabOfe for a dMamce of three miles fram the field. The insurgent tassefe are no.w started to have been nearly 300 dead and wounded. 'Havana, Feb. 20.—»A .rumor today that! Gomez had -(been wou-nded has been followed tonight by the startling rumor that Antonio (Maceo has bee® killed. This, like a former rumor, has not beeni (confirmed. Colonel iMoline met the insurgents under Maceo today between' La Catalina and San Nicolas and the flgfht is said to have resulted in very great loss to the insurgents, besides the reported, death of 'Maceo.

MRS. STEVENSON PRESIDENT

Elected the Head of the Daughters of the lfpvolutlon. Washington, Feb. 20.—The Daughters of the American (Revolution occupied the entire day in the election of officers, some of whom will mot be announced until tomorrow, as the count of the vote was not completed tonight. Mrs. Stevenson, the wife o'f Vice President Stevnson, was elected president general. (She aicknowJedged the honor in a .gracious speech in which she expressed her thanks Ifor the honor conferred upon, her. The othler officers elected were: I Vice president general in charge of

Phillip Hichborn,

i'Di strict of Columbia-. First Vice President General—Mrs. (Rose F. Brackett.

Recording Secretary General—Mrs. (P. Main. Corresponding Secretary General— Mrs. John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin.

Registrars Generals—Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Brackett, Virginia. Treasurer General—'Mrs. Amos G. Draper, [District of Columbia.

Historian General—(Miss E. B. Johnston. Surgeon General—.Mrs. Julia OleaVes Harrison.

Chaplain General—Mrs. Elizabeth Bullock. Libj^irian General—Mrs. A. N. iMcGee.

Among the v.ice president generals elected were Mrs. Mary Harrison (McKee and Mrs. Robert Stockton Thatcher of Indiana, and \Mrs. A. II. Ward Hinkle of Ohio.

At toniglht's session reports from a number of state i»egents were read showing 'the work done during the year.

FEARS FOR FISHERMEN

Thirteen Reported Pro'.vncd in the Lake Near Ttiiffttlo. 'Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 20.—A rumor waa current in the city today that thirteen fishermen had lost their lives while out on the lake during yesterday's storm and though the report cannot be substantiated, it .is believed that a number have perished. Between 300 and 350 men are known to have been on the ice fishing when the storm sprang up about 10:30 a. m., and it is thought that some -failed to make the land. As a large 'number of those fishermen are pollocks, their absence would not be likely to be reported -for some days in any event. Several of the returned fishermen report terrible expediences during th blinding snoiw storm. Some narrow escapes c**mrred. Alltrains entering here are from one to four hours late.

Henry Will Bo Kenojnliiated. Spe-ial to the rnflianapolls News. Washington, Feb.

20,-Congressman

Henry has returned .to Washington. The victory he wan -in Delaware county to

securing the delegates from thlaA county together wii-ih his own gives enough to jionVmate. Mi. Henry ieaw St the one- necessalry v^e oan easjV hp secured, as tihe re are five counties in wttiah doleS1^*® are to be seledtad, 90 regards renomtnati'o.n as

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rvr.' m^ir:tes in D^iawiaire county. Mann of Deaaitur w3ll. it SS exndcted, be-dhe DelooHattc nominee. Mr. H^nry regards the diabrict as RepubliSSw Sn -two to llhree P"" itaiity.

Mlnl«t«r TIITIOT*" Kxj»t"'»nt!o"' Madrid. Feb. 20.-Mr.

Hannte Taylor,

-the Uni3t«ld Spates -minuter, te a note to 1 the Duke of Tetuam, minuter of Jore^n affairs f.iys that he preferred to oa8.

mtM the nature t#v" who commawlKl the «,ravj1 toa sent by Spain the Columt?.sn SSiSn, whfcfc contain^ offensive .V neoofle ®nd -tJhte cus'.smis allusions 'to 'the peopit diuu ^vr^-w! o*f th'e United States, so that tae cordJaB relaittons be»twfe«i uhe two ooun.riea should not be 'disturbed.