Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 March 1896 — Page 2
BEADY FOR ACTION.
PRIMARIES HELD IN ALL THE WARD8 LAST NIGHT.
District and Ppnireaaiouai Delegates Choien to Represent Terre Haute at the Cpnvfntiea.
The Terre Haute end of the Repvft-, lican ptarty is nbw all l'ined u^p a aft ir^ady for the struggle w?.Cih win tie qn in a very short Mvr.e. Primaries ,we'|-e held, in all the wards of tfte •city laefC n4ght to elect delegates to the oongresstomal and Sistniet conventions, al-so committeemen for the precinai^.
Peitfect hUrmony characterized every meeting. The party workers wef$ out in force and their enthusiasm gave conclusive evMence that tCiey are only jv.ait.in5 for the firing of the initial -gUi-i to get on the war path. I:t requires but a gilance at the list of delegates to khow that each ward put forward its best 'material. Every delegate is a man o£ sound judgment and gapable of making wifcse selections at the conventions they were elected to attend.
An enthusliast-iQ meeting was 'held alt tJhe 'FoJrst wand, primary. H. C. ^Stickle was chosen dhainman and H. G. ThomtPson secretary. The following delegates and commi'tteemen were elected by.acclamation: Delegates' to congressional convention at MuHtensvu'lle, J'ohn Bora and Fred Paige delegates to di! strict convention, Ed El Vis and Dayid Watson. The com'ml'titieemen -elected are: Precinct A, John Heedwiold Preoinct B, Dr. C. M. Smfrck Precinct C, Ed Boss.
The Second ward Republican's met in Woolen's Hkll. J. W. Washlimgton was chosen, dhariPmun and E. Lawrence secretary. J. N. Packet and Isaac TiUil were elected delegates to "the congressional convention. Henry Bennett an'd John Cbx will represent the ward at the district meeting. "Ward committeemen were eltecfced as follows: Preaincst A, W am el E A George Burton D. Nelson Record.
At the Third wiard mee'iling J.T. Cranda'U was elected dhairman and J. W. Perry secretary. Th?e delegates elected for the congressional convention are Harry Freers and Samuel Moon. The alternates are Edlw^rd Mirier and Willlam: MfcKamey. iFlor the district conventi'on
The Sixth warders met at fcwump Hall. Captain Adams was made chairman and George Hetob secretary. The delegates elected to the district convention are L. F. Pel-due and Lee Williamson. Alternates, I. N. Griffith and A. H. Kildow. Delegates to congressional convention, Joseph H. Pri'ce and A. H. Kildow. Alternates, George Hebb a-nd Silas Sneyd. Following are the committeemen: Precinct A, John Goodpasture B, A. H. Kildow C, Silas Sneyd D, Zachariiah Cottreli.
At tihe Seventh ward primary, with Moses H. Waters as chairman and H. A. Condit ais secretary, Wm. C. Buntin an'd Thomas M. Vlanioe w%re elected delegates to the district convention. Henry M. Griswold and Jesse Robertson were elected alternates. The congressional delegates are Wm. H. White and Saimuel M. Huston. Alternates, E. P. WestfaM and Jehu Lewis. Committeemen were 'elected as follows: Precinct A, E. P. West-fall B, John O. Piety C. Frank Brown D, Lawrence Biwgett.
The Eighth ward meeting was a rouser, there being fully 100 voters present. Wm. Tichenor was elected chairman H'nid John A us tarmiller secretary. To the Miartinsville convention N. B. Rookwell anld W41iiam Tichenor were elected 'delegates akd Robert J. Fulton and A. J. Casey alternates. Frank A. Kelley and a^rtjin.„2tfcIC.ilnley are the delegates 'to thj& fiw'e^WaBtJe convention. D. P. Dawnes aifld Ross Bronson were Be'lacteki affterntaibes/ The committeemen H're: Precinxit A, Rk Bronson B, M. Mc-
Kinler:
C^BS,
William Dorsey and F. T. Boqig-
sltroim were elected delegates and DavDd, Jones and Harry 'Freers alternates. Samuel Har-riaon was elected committeeman of Precinct A, Harry Freers of Preoinct B, Charles H. Gkplrart of Precinct and W. C. Dorsey of Precinct D.
The Fourth ward meeting was fo^Id in the office of Voorhees & Grimes, on Ohio street. Each precinct was weM represented. In nominating representatives ft was agreed the two receiving the most votes go as delegates, the next bwo as alternates. C. W. Brown, one of the oldest voters in the ward, was elected chairman. Simon Hirschler and M. C. iRoutzabn were elecJted delegates to the' congressional convention. Ora D. Davis and L. Lybrand were selected as alternates. To the district convention A1 West and H. C. Pugh were elected delegates and Jacob Voorhees ta-nd McElroy B. Gflenni alternates, The precindt committeemen are A, Wm. Atfhon B, A1 West C, W. B. Steele D, Joseph H. Clay.
Thiomas* bflacksmith shop sheltered the Fifth ward .faithfuls. A. B. Felsenthal was elected chairman and Charles Lam-mers secretary. The delegates to the congressional convention at Martinsville 'are George W. Kreitensteiin and James Finley. D. J. Stunkard and John Bairbazette were elected representatives to the district convention. Committeemen were elected as follows: Precinct A, Jcxhn Rollins B, J. Q. Button C, S. H. Trogden D, Charles hammers.
C. W. Nehi: D, S. R. Header.
The Ninth ward primary was called to order by Joseph P. Linebarger. Charles Forrence was made chairman and William Bensinger secretary. The district delegates elected are Joseph G. Barney and Nelson Hollis. Both men were elected by acclamation. William Forrest and Jabez As"bury were elected delegates -to the congressional convention. The district convention alternates are iEd O'Neil and Robert Henderson. Congressional alternates, John Cline and Thomas Eddy. The committeemen are: Precinct A, William Bensinger B, George Dickerson O. Mount Scofield D, J. N. Buchanan.After the selection of committeemen there were loud calls for speeches from Messrs. Holli^ and Barney who have so ably represented •the Ninth ward people in the common council. Mr. Barney was not present but Mr. Hollis responded in a short talk.
Councilman Herbert Briggs occupied the chair at the Tenth ward meeting. Oito O. Carr was chosen secretary. The primary was held at Faust'.s Hall and was attended by 130 voters. Charles flPrice and Otto O. Carr were elected delegates to the congressional fconver.ition and Charles Bennett and Drake Burton to the district meeting. The precinct committeemen are:A, W. G. £avis B. A. J. Thompson C, Wiley Greenleaf: D, Albert Allen.
In Linton township the primary was held at Pimento. J- B. Dolson was chairman of the Meeting and Thomas D. Boyll secretary. C. C. Carr was elected delegate 'to the district convention and S. H. Gunn alternate. For the congressional convention Thomas •Hook was chosen delegate and S. C. Singhurse alternate.
The primary at Shank's school house in Fayette township was attended by a lajxa number ot enthusiastic Jtegubli-
ss®
J. W. D. Wolfe ipr*sid*d and W.
W. Monroe acted as secretary. To the district convention 'DjivM E. Va« Houten was chosen delegate. S. F. Reese will go, to the congressional convention at Martinsville.
The 'Fontanet primary elected Fra*nk Hoffman. Jr., and Vicfc Nash delegates to the district convention. Ed Hodgers and John Harring'ton are alternates. Robert Jones and James Judsoa- will go to the congressional convention, w.th S. B. Melto-n and James Marsh as alternates.
At the Prairie Creek primary the Re^ publicans elected B. H. Morga®, dele' gate, and Alvin R. Yeager, a-lternatei te the district eenvention. W. C. Trueblood and Sath Olafrk were elected to attend the congressional convention. After the selection of delegates and alternates £Vf. H. Piety was eleeted committeemen of precinct to succeed C. H. Morgan. The meeting was unanimous fo? MoKinley fo-r president.
Jerry Blockson presided over the Honey Creek township meeting. G. W. Pugh was secretary. O. P. Smith was elected congressional delegate and Jos* eph Woolen district representative.
C. M. Jones, committeeman, called the meeting at Prairieton to order. Dr. L. E. Carson was chosen chairman and David Cruise secretary. Robert L. Smith was elected district delegate and Horace Ip. Bentley alternate. To the congressional convention H. H. Infange was elected delegate and L. E. Carson alternate.
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
General Manager Turner's Private Oar Is Almost Cpinplets. The new car in which "General Manager Turner will hereafter travel is having the finishing touches put on in the Vaadalia paint sheps. It is a beautiful car and is fitted up with every convenience. It has the usual observatory feature, dining room, wash rooms and sieepiog apartments. (Nine persons can be accommodated with berths on the car. The wheeled parlor was sent to .St. Louis two weeks ago when air brakes were put on. Next Monday it will be taken out on the road for a trial trip.
Mr. Turner's car is numbered 28, the same number of Mr. iMcKeen's private car which
was
demolished in the memor
able Coatesville wreck. The old number on the remodeled car was 13, but the Vandalia's general manager is evidently cared to talce no chances withsuch unpopular figures.
Oregon Short Line Reorganization. The p."ian for reorganization oi t'he Oregon 'Shor^t Li«ne and Uta-h Northern Railway Co., Which plan has beenagreed to by aill the contentions 'intereists, will be officially issued tod'aiy. It calls for foreclosure and a new company, to be known as the Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. Tt preserves the entire system and also control of the block of Oregon Railway and Navigation stack, w*hieh secured the $13,000,090 collateral trust bonds, t'he new ah'ort L'ine Co, paying the assessment upon the navigation stock.
Troubles of the Air Line
At Indianapolis yesterday three complaints were filed in the United States Circuit Court by the American Loan & Trust Co., and Noble C. Butler against the Louisville, EvansvillQ & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Co. Receivers Hopkins and Wilson, the New York Security & Trust Co., and E. P. Huston and Henry Reis, trustees. The (bill sets forth that the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Co., Is hopelessly insolvent and asks for a receiver. The case will be heard April 6th.
Big Increase In Earnings.
The gros's receipts of 'the Illinois Central from triaffic for the seven months ento'ing Jawu'ary 31st was $15,071,489, an increiase of $1,640,327 over the same months of the preceding fiscal year. The excess'of receipts over operatiinig expenses iand taxes were, for the seven months, $4,647,404, an increase of $1.241,797. The grWss receipts for the month of February are estimated at $1,571,288, an estimated in'crease of $155,984 over February, 1S95.
Vandalia Agent Suicides.
S. E. Hoggard, Vandalia agent alt Arthur, 111., "died yesterday morning, supposedly form an overdose of morphine. Traveling Auditor Theobald went to Arthur to check up the office.
Railroad Notes.
W. C. Hobbs of the Kenawah dispatch is in the c?ity. J. M. Chesfbrough, general passenger agent of the B. & O., te® removed Wis heiadqua'rtens from St. Louis to Cincinnati.
President Woodford of t'he Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Riailway, has appointed George H. Smith assistant general passenger agent.
The government will begin weighing the ma:.te May 1st and the weighing will continue for 'fcwenty-eight dtays. This is done every three years and on its result depends the amount ^of compensation carriage of its ma'ls.
The Big Four today began the system of rating engines by the number of tons they haul and not by the number of cars in the tr'ain, as has been' the pra'ctfce. This system was experimented with about a year ago and found to be better than the old plan.
The Wabash recently issued an order that its employes must not go into saloons on or off duty. The Liquor D^al. ers' Association at Decatur, 111., has declared a boycott against the roajd on account of the order and is trying too get the businessmen and shippers ot that town n'ot to pa'.ffOnize it.
The Grtand Ratpids & Indiana Will be" sold Aprtl 27th on tihe suit of the second mortgage bondholders. The Pennsylvania has, in a measure, been operating the rend for years, though it li'ad its own officers. After the sale the Pennsylvania officials will take full charge,
and
it will become part of the
system west of Pittsburg.
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
Schaefer, Ires, Gamier or Plot to Play lor Sweepstakes. Chicago, March 9.—An international billiard tournament between Schaffer, Ives and either Gamier or Piot has been arranged. It will be a sweepstakes, $250 a man and $500 added money. The tornament will take three weeks, one being played in Chicago, one in Boston and the third in New York. It will commence in this city May ISth.
The Charge Not Pressi
Canton, O., March 9.—One of the most conspicuous cases ever brought in Ohio was settled today w&en a nolle was entered in the charge against Robert A. Miller for embezzlement of $15,000, there •being no evidence to substantiate the charge. Robert A. MHler is & son of President Lewis Miller of Chautauqua Assembly and was manager of C. Aultman & Co., and the Sun Vapor Light Co., whose re-organization in 1893 brought about a bitter fight between stockholders..
THE INDIANA DOCKED.
PPIlClTE NAVAL EXFEB 1MB JOT
V^T
PX)KT BOZAL THIS WEKK.
Til® New Dry Dock to So Tested 11,000-Ton Battleship-^-Apprehen-sion Will Be Feltl
WashHjgjfcoofc March fl.—navy^de-ptartmen-t is a£out to uddEfftafce t}ie (J^nr £ercnis work of d'ock&ng the first battleship of 11,000 tons displacement completed! in the country, and fhaft, too, in a- new dock that 4ias never yet he&d a vessel of oneshalf -the weight. The d.odk is to be strong and oa•pable jf holdjiig sjjjp "fcmiSding for the navy £1# ff it should suddeinly show signs of weakness there would- great da-ng€T i£ damage to a ship easting t'he goverament upward of $4,000,000.
This dock is at Port Royal, S..' C., and at present is not only the largest in the country, but also the ondy one capable of hol'ding vessels of the Indiana class. For over a year the-Indiana been in the water, waiting for ithe dock's f3om pJe#on, ^ad her bottom is said to have teeq. .iQulfid to fun extent that affects ber speed two or three knots. The expetPttnesit of taking a vessel of her size t»p a narrow stream and into a dock whose siil has barely one fout more water in i't than thte Indiana draws w,ill he watched with
great
in
terest [by.the department, the officials of which acknowledge that until the big vessel is safely out there must necessarily be isom-e apprehension regarding its strength.
The new dock w-as begun Ajpril, 1891. The design 'is tl^at of an outsider, and the department, therefore, assumes no responsibility for its succetss or failure. Tlie oontraet price was $418,000, but recent chat}g!?s and aldditions have brought t'he total cost of the Mg basin to over $450,000." Delays" occurred from time to time in completing 'it through fioocSs along t'he .coast, and it was not delivered to the .government until a few •months ago. The length pf the dock on the floor" is 420 .fleet, and the epping 496 feet, with a total length over- all of 526% feet. Its width on the bottom is 54 feet at tihe entrance anld 97 -feet at the top. The imean •depth .of the water at the entrance is 26 feet, aJfch-ough at unusrually high fides it djj inJcveaiseid at ieast two a/dditioftal feet: It 4s-kpown as 3. timber dock, and, unl4kft.niosti.of those built by the government :ha» Iiittie«ton« about it. Found'ationis for ttve-Storr and sJde-s were secnreid after1driving-tpiles into t.he soft grou,.E.d,' anid- the'department believes t'hey will stand asiysfcra'in tJhat they can be subjected fo. There is but one dock •bjnftdfcrig On! 'the Atlantic coast Ianger, and'that is'th€"'^eoond (dock alt the Brooklyn yard, which will have a tot.ad length of 670 iee,t ^ndf a depth at fche* e®tra?45pe' of 28^fefet." The Pont Royal dock ib enclosed'at its entram.ee by a stesl.caisson of fche design in use at New Yortc. To flood, (tli^'dock requires about one and a.ha^l-f hours, and to. ipuim.p t'he water out after a ship ds taken- in about:one hour. Tihis week the (departments awarded contracts for the erection of-a fi'ne rep-aar '.shop at t'he dock.. In time it p-rposed t^.-make Port Royal one of the important naval stations of the country, and the most Important nexit to New York and Norfolk on the Atlantic sea-l?oard. Li£e that at Puget Sourfd, it is well .protected -naturally and will require mo expensive, frfiifioatlons to make it sa.fe from sea# attack.
The docking of the Indiana on Thursday will be superintended by Naval Constouctcw Hanscomb and a large force o'f employes of. t'he Norfolk, navy yard, w.ho have been ordered to Port Royal for tha.t .purpose. Early' in April t-he dock at Puget Sound will also be •delivered to the .government. ^rT-his is even lajrger than the New York dock, and is located 100 mffles, back iiy Washington from the sea. It is reached by narrw and tortu,»us.. firom the main body of water, so deep-in places a'3 to make anohrage A few itorpedoes and some ..mining, casement will (protect it frm attack,
BRAINY GUESTS-
Frequently Have Trouble With What Is Fonndon Fashionable Tables. It has been discovered by some of the society (ladies in some of the-larger cities that a number of the most esteemed guests at their "functions" are more or Qess disagreeably affected by coffee, Ithis fact being particuliarQy observable among the brillaint and br'ainy ones. To meet the want of coffee flaciciers wltih whom the subtle beverage does not agree, PoStum Cereal has been quite largely introduced in fashion'able quarters. This is a singularly appetizing drink, made from cereals (wheat, etc.), which incidentally Nooks anid ^mells like fine coffee, but, instead Of producing the unpleasant disturbances with the digestive organs, as coffee does in numberless cases, it agrees perfectly with the weakest stomach and is nourishing and fattening, being made wholly from pure grains. It can 'be served strong as an after dinner coffee wilth perfeot success as to looks, taste and effect unpon the guests.
ZELAYA'S FORCES.
Nicaraguan Troops Reviewed Yesterday— Waiting on Honduras. (Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston, March 9.—President Zelaya, (Minister •Ramirez and the military, staff, Mr. John F. Baker, secretary of the United States legation, the agent here of the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua, Mr. Weiser, and newspaper men visited the •battlefield of Negarote today and were present at a review of the troops. Five •thousand men were inspected by President Zelaya, who made a speech to the isoldiars which was enthusiastically received. It is possible that no further advance will be made until -the troops •from Honduras are in a position to assist the troops of Nicaragua^ (Acting President Baca of the rebel army has sent a protest to all the Cen-teal American republics against the action of Honduras in aiding the government of Nicaragua to suppress the rebellion of the (Leonists.
Governor Greenhalge's Funeral Lowell, Mass., March 9.—Governor. Frederick H. Greenhalge's funeral* today was an imposing spectacle and a striking tribute of popular respect to the late executive of Massachusetts. T«he iremains were taken tn the First Congregational Church t:- -rt of a company of the N~ '-yird, jwhere t'he public st-rri '.eM.
Rusiness in the city ospend-ed jurSh®r tfie (funeral and buildings generally wered roped.
Tale Crew To Go To Kn gland. New Haven, Conn., March 9.—The Yale News has the following: "The Xata oC thirteea zaeo,
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and OoofcJJS, as ao&ch, wtll salt" f)r England oh lTtine 6th for Sou tham pttHt.r.Two aheilS, exaptly eim-ila-r to those used by Yajfe ljor -the past ten year* wUl fee taken^aJoUC. A letter will «be sent over withia.?a week or so, entering the Yale elgh£. in the grand .chaHftngy xnp race. A joareXul canvass of the candidates for the. c^e,w has 4eea made and has been .(ound none wiU be disqualified the Henley race requirements, which prohibits any person who.^ias done manual work ftom rowingtln -that event"
THEODORE DURRA^T'S CASE.
He Is Still In Jail and Max &>* He Hanged For Monflia. I *.!•£
San Francisco, Mar^n9.—On AjprU 6 th next a year will have passed since the m-urdier of Blanche Laimont, and yet TTheodtore Etorrant, who was convicted of her munder last November, is still in tlie oo*in»ty jail awaittmg the final aicT •tion of the Supreme Court in the case. Immediately after Durrant's, conviction ain appeal was taken, but (the case has not been presented to the Supremie Court owing to. requests for additional time made by both sides. Th.e last postponement book place a week ago, when, twtenty days was granted the (prosecution jn which to file a biHl of exoept'ions. At the ertd of this time it is believed 'that the case will be presented to the Supreme Court, but a decfeion is not expected for several months. iDurrant was sentenced to be hanged on November 21st, bcit the slow manner iii which j^istice lis meted out to murderers in this state onakes it plain he will •not meet his death much before the clpse of .tihig year. Meanwhile he Is s-pending ih-ite time at t'he county jail much the same as the rest of the Inmates. He has -few visitors, and-de-votes mfuch of his time to reading and writing. He has written a' history of his life, and lately (he 'is said to have begun the ^iudy of law.
NAVIGATION IN WOLF RIVER.
Hammond (Ind.) Citizens Object to Interference With It. Wasihinigton, March 9.—A. 'F. Knotts and E. 'M. !Ro!by of Hammond, Ind., appeared before "the rivers and harbor committee today to ask for an appropriation of 515,000 for imsproving Wolf lake and Wolf iriver. The promoters 0? the project do not hope' for an approipriation. What they want is the government to ex'tend Its jurisdiction over Wolf river in ord«r that the secretary of war may then ibe asked to interfere a-nd prevent tJhe bruMlng of stationary bridges over the river by railroad?.
Wolf river is bridged at present by t'he Baltiiziyore & O'h'io, the Lake Shore and Pennsylvania Railroads. The Calumet & Blue Island have already driven piles for a fourth -bridge when an injunction was obtained to prevent its comipl'e-tion- pending the determination whether or not it wac a government stream. Hammond City citizens do not object to the (bridging of the river, but want swinging bridges constructed in •order that the stream may be kept open' for navigation. It is understood t&e dredging of 'JVolf river is rapidly being carried on by private Interests.
THAT CHICAGO MYSTERY.
Bodies In Barrel Came From'a Medical Collesre. Chicago, (March' 9.r-^te t^is afterr noon MTS. Ciimmirigs*Or 313 Fortieth street, identified the dead body of a man found in a barrel with the corpse of an infant as that of her husband who had been an inmate of the poorhouse for £wo years. After he died his death was advertised in the usual manner but as he had gone to the institution under an assumed name and the bodj^ yya§ h°it claimed according to custom it was sent to a hospital. The students finished their work with it and an expressman was hired »to take it away. He 'probably dumped it in the barrel where it was -fourip.
The police tonight foynd the man who gave the infant's bot|y to the hospital. His name is John McDonald, and after he had proved that the'child was his legitimate son and hdd died from natural causes .he was released.
SOMETHING ABOCT' MR. WORRKLt.
An Jnterestinar(P^w»onaIity.
The gentleman who lectures before housekeepers in the. iopera house Wednesday afternoon*.is-37 years pld. Is married and resides with his family in Dorchester, a delightful suburban district of Boston. C|n the temperance and other vital questions he takes a strong, influential position on the -rijpht side. He is a member of the Congregational Club, Boston, one of the strongest and most conservative social-religious organizations in New England. Mr. Worrell is the only person who has made food discussion a large success. He. has won an established reputation in New England, where, he has lectured, each season, for the past seven years. Tickets for the lecture in this city may now toe prooured at Buntin, free, by housekeepers only.
AMUSEMENTS.
Howard Hall appeared last-night in the leading role of "Slaves of Russia." A large audience attended the, first night of the weeks' engagement of Mr. Hall and gave many flattering evidences of its appreciation. The play is an interesting drama of Russian life in the time of serfdom. (Mr. Howard Hall as "Ivan," a young serf who became an artist, was beloved by a countess and proved to be a prince who had been changed for a peasant in his cradle, had a strong part which permitted the display of much ability. Mr. Hall has -an unusually fine voice, excellently modulated, and shows a cultivation and dramatic style which will meet the demands of standard .plays. He invested the character of "Ivan" with dignity and intensity. Miss Laura Alberta, who was ithe countess, is a graceful and refined actress whose part waa a consistent -and agreeable support of the leading role. Miss Cecile Morris, as "Accoulina," an ingenue part, pleased the audience by her girlish%and natural assumption of the character. There were several parts' £iV6h with much ability. One of the most attractive to the audience was' (Mr. Brinkhurt "G-rey," the American artist. As some lines on "America" and "The Stars and Stripes" fell to him be'had a cinch on the applause of a patriotic house, but he had other good points to play.
Tonight "(Monte ChrMo" will be presented and it can be confidently predicted thait Mr. Howard Hall wi'H be a very fine "Edmond iDantes," and that the sterling play will be given satisfactorily and with more finsih and style than usually displayed by the companies that have played to such low prices.
j, The Bermuda Not Moving. New York, March 9.—It was rumored fcm.rfigfct that the steamship Bermuda was preparing to leave for Cuban waters. At midnight the suspected etewnsfcip i^d sot left bee aogfeorage, ^,
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HELD AWAY.
DHSPBHADO'S SlKGLB-HANOlD CONh' XJKST WITH »,00» MIX.
EUlB(*r Killed a Man Who O *m« to Ar rest Him—Wonnded Three Others I Besieged By 2,000 Men.5"'"
Afte* holding the sheriff of Centre county and 2,000 citi*ens at bay for twenty-four hours, the desperado, William Etlinger, was driven from his house only when the 'burning embers of the structure were falling about his head, and then, preferring death to surrendegr, he killed himsalf by shooting himself in the head.
All efforts to dislodge the man had been in vain. Every one who approached his barricaded house exposed •himself to death from Etlinger'B rifle. Sheriff Condo found a man to risk his life in setting fire -to the structure. Then it was that Etlinger allowed his two little children to leave the burning building, but his wife escaped by breaking away from her husband's grasp. He had intended to kill her as well as himself. He fired four shots after the woman as she fled from the 'building, and then stepped outside and killed himself, says the New York Sun.
Etlinger lived in the little village of Woodward, in the eastern end of this county. He was 25 years old. Several months ago he assaulted his father-in-law, Benjamin Benner, and nearly killed him with a piece of cordwood. Etlinger was arrested and secured bail.
When the case was called for trial he failed to appear. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest, but the*man had taken refuge in the mountains that surr rounded the hamlet in which he lived. He was seen occasionally, but none of his neighbors was venturesome enough to attempt his arrest.
Constable Barner heard that Etlinger •was at -home. Tfyere had been a feud between Barner and Etlinger, and the constable determined to arrest his en=emy. He deputized CJ. G. Motz and John Hosterman to assist him. The three went to the- house of Etlinger and found that the latter had barricaded himself with his wife fund 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son in the sec-? ond story of his frame dwelling.
The officers entered and Earner kicked in a panel of the door on the second floor. The constable started to crawl into the room through the 'broken door. As soon as Earner's head and shoulders appeared in the room, Etlinger fired a rifle ball through his head, killing him instantly. Etlinger then fired through the door at th6 other two men, and Motz was struck and 'Sadly hurt.
The two deputnzed constables beat a hasty retreat' from the house. They ^rouged the town, and men gathered up 'their firearms and hastened to Ellinger's dwelling. A shot from the housa quickly warned every man that came within range that Ellinger was prepared to do further jnurder in his own defence.
Sheriff Condo was telegraphed for here and, with sixteen armed deputies, went to Woodiward m.a special train. During tihe siege in the arfterjioon Ellinger sent a shot through the window of a house next to his and Fr-apk Geiswhite, whio was lying ill therein, was j}it and dangerously wounded. 'A little later Etlinger fired into it he house of Mrs. Robert Miller and the bullet ju^t missed her. John Musser, who was watching Etlinger's house, was shot •in the neck and severely wounded.
The sheriff -soon arrived and took charge of t'he siege. The thousand or more men around the house kept up a fusilade of shots until the ammunition of the little town was exhausted.
The ornly way 'that seemed possible to dislodge
Etlinger
without'Sacrificing the
lives of several men was to fire 'the house, but, on account of 'the children and Mrs. Etlinger, the sheriff determined not to resort,.to. tfcjs except as a last measure.
The house was guarded throughout the nigh't and, "as the news of the siege had spread, by dayliglft there were fully 2,000 armed .men a bout the house.
This 'morning Sheriff Condo determined to attempt to carry the house by storm. TVith a number of deputies he made a rush for the building, but the whiistle of t)he bullets from Etlinger's rifle took the courage out of the storming party and drove them back under cover. Then the
Sheriff
decided to fire
the building. James C'ornelly, a Bellefonte deputy, volunteered to apply ithe match. Under the oover of fire directed against the house by the crowd, Cornelly made his way to .the building and applied the torch and returned in safety.
The flames made slow headway ana it was fully am hour before the building was fairly ablaze. The heat of the fire drove Etlinger and his family to the cellar. When the building had become too hot for habitation the cellar door was stealthily opened and the two babes pushed through into the street. Closely following the children Mrs. Etlinger burst through the cellar door and staggered out.
The crowd was hot in anger against the woman, as they believed that she had assisted her husband in defending the -house, and as she made her appearance a cry went up: "S'hoot the witch!"
Cooler men raised a £fhout and prevented any firing at the woman. As she fled from the house her husband fired four times after her, but each shot went wide of the mark.
By this time the building was ablaze from cellar to roof, and with death certain by fire or at the hands of the mob Etlinger decided to kill himself. He suddenly stepped from the cellarway with a rifle in one hand and a revolver in the other. On a demand to surrender the outlaw threw down his gun, and facting the mob, cried out: "I don't want to kill any ot£er man -but myself, but I'll not be taken alive."
Then he put the revolver to his head and fired, falling dead in the street. A rush was made for the door, and the dead body of Constable Barner wal dragged from the burning building just as the roof fell in. Burner not only had been shot, 'but his throart had been out.
When (Mrs. (Etlinger had recovered (her composure she said that she was not a willing defender of the house with her husband, ibut that she had been detained there by him. To keep her from escaping he had tied her feet together. lEtltager had anticipated an attempt to arrest him and had made an arsenal of his house. It was his plan to hold out as long as .possible, and when driven to extremities to give liberty to the children and kill (his wife and himself.
ANew E.F. Lodee at Grant. A mew lodge of the order of Knights of Pythias will be instituted at Grant station this afternoon and evening by A. C. Duddleston, deputy grand chancellor for this district, assisted by members of -the local of lodges and Fontanet lodge. A portion of the work Wfil be done by the same team that did the work at the recent district meeting jn thid city. The members of the jaeie Jftdso made great preparer
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tkrae for the meeting there today, and will entertain the visitors in good style. They will be met at the* station toy the Fontanet band, whose services have been volunteered on the occasion. Quite a number of the members of the local lodges will go out to Grant on the Big Four train at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and arrangements have been made with the Big Four authorities to have the night train stop there tonight for thfi fet_ur»„gf Ahe Terre Haute visitors.
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*. 1 if .fe Term^Which. Prof. Roentgen Applied to Hla Light.
It moist'Bialve puzzled miny people who have been -reta'dlrng about, the (great new photographic discovery, by means of which pictures are taken through solid substances "o account for the application of the ®ame "X rays" to the peculiar electric light employed in the process. WMliam D. Weaker, edStor of the Electrical World, in disciassing the new discovery yesterday with a reporter for the Sunday Journal, gave an interesting account of the ray christening. "It is a great injustice," said Mr. Weaver, "to Professor Roentgen, who discovered 'the enormously valuable phenomena, that the rays should be alluded to as the ray's. It is also another illustration of the great power of the press, even when this power is inadvertently applied. It is the custom among scientists, that is of the scientists of the plags to which Professor Roentgen belongs, to practice exceeding modesty. "When they mak« a .(Hscovery whiteh they give free to all the world, etiquette and their own native diffidence prevent them from putting forward this discovery under their own naane. That is to 3ay, in Professor Roentgen's case, for instance, when in making his discovery public in a scientific paper read before the body which he first addressed on the subject, he referred to h!is reys as the rays, leaving 4t to the worfld to substitute .Roentgen where he upe'd X. This was perfectly understood, of course, by the scientists, and in passing the irfatter along they always referred, noit to the rays but to the Roentgen rays, just as we refer to the Crookes tube. "By some me'ans, however, Profssaor Roentgen original paper was published and the newspapers immeditely began to call the new light the ray, untH now that same ife stuck hard anid fast, so hard and fast that Professor Roentgen's name is gradually disappearing. Everybody almost now speaks of them as the rays, (and in a few morith3. When this excitement regarding the discovery has died out somewhat, most people wfil probably have forgotten all about the man who found this wonderful power 9-nd gave i't to the world. "The newspapers adopted the 'X ray' appellaitkm from very natural motives. The ray is much shorter name than the Roentgen ray. In the headlines the newspapers would find great mechanical difficulty if 'they were compelled to use the (longer word at all times. They therefore jumped at this 9 ha nee for abbreviating it into a single letter. "But, in the meantime, a grave injustice is cefltsately toeing done to Professor Roentgen, jnadvertenjt though it may be. Surely if any man ever de» served that his name should become immortalized in connection with the discovery that man is Professor Roentgen The newspapers and the public generally might well make som little sacrifice to assure this result."
TURNED TO STONE.
Petrified Body of a Woman Buried ifa 1871 Found. Wabash, Ind., March 9.—A story comes from the northern part of Huntington county of the petrification oif the body of a young girl in a county cemetery in that locafli'ty. In 1871 a young woman, named Saviille died of typhoid pneumonia and was buried in a graveyard near her home. The cemetery was not regullariy platted and aifter the lapse of twenty yetars work was begun straightening .the rows of graves. In so doing it became necessary to exhume the remains of Miss Saville. It was only after the men had tagged a't the body for some tiime 'that th^y found t'hey were endeavoring to lift a block of solid stone. In life the young girl had a luxuriant growth of hair and when the •body was taken up part of the hair was petrified, while the remainder Was in its natural state. The body was re-de-posited and covered over and, for fear df wounding the sensibilitlies of the girl's relatives, nothing was said of the matter until a citizen who witnessed the exhumfaition told the story.
ASA HUMBUG.
"Healer" Schroder is Denounced, and Uses Unchristian Words. St. Louis, M3o., March 9.—A't the Globe Hotel in Alton, IM., yesterday, the Rev. R. J. Kellog, pastor of the First M. E. Church at Bast St. Louis, 111., denounced "Divine Healer" Schrader as a fraud and swindler. Preacher Kellogg went to Boston and positively identified Schrader as the man who attempted a churoh swindle at Flora, and raid that he worked the same game successfully at Memphis, Mo., and Lebanon, besides stealing an overcoat from a Methodist minister with whom he was stopping at the latter place.
On being thus identified, Schrader dropped the christian like calm he has affected for a worldly wrath, and frantically denounced the East St. Louis minister as a dirty devil, a liar and a cur and attempted to assault him with a oane. In answer to telegrams from the chief of police, parties from Memphis, Mo., and Lebanon, 111., have promised to come and identify Schrader if •he is the swindler who visited those places.
DR. WALTER.
At the New Fllbeck House Again Today. Dr. Walters was called away on professional business Saturday afternoon and returned last evening. His parlor* were opened to receive patients again at 8:30 this morning.
Dr. Walter's great success in TeTre Haute is but a repetition of his many medical triumphs all over Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. Every one of his 100 and odd patients in this city have nothing but the highest praise for him. Their names will be furnished upon application in order that people wishing treatment toy the new methods for deafness, catarrh and other ocular demonstrations of the noted scientist's sk.lL
Czar Opens His Heart.
The czar of Russia has set aside $1^0,000 to (be distributed among the charitable institutions of Moscow in honor of his coronation. His majesty is taking great interest in the preparations for the ceremony. Among other things, the famous old Kremlin is to be lighted with 600,000 lanterns and 14,000 small eleotrio lights axe to illumine th# lower. _—
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MOTHER IS TO BLAME.
MRS. ZACHAKY IS RESPONSIBLE: FOR HEB DAUGHTERS DEPRAVITY.
at»yor Ross Talks PlaJi/ to Har—She Misleads Christian Women With a Flow of Tears.
L&uru ZacWary, thfe 16-year-old gKrft ar^dsted far drunken 1^ess Sut£l%x *n'E*g was fintti $1 and costis by Mayor Rio® yesterday unoramg. The conduct of Laura 2a-chary and the Crowley grirl, who Js yet in sSrort dresses, was re(ported fo (.Hie haghtir authorities and an in-, vetUIigalikm was &e$un. Itee poMic©hiave oitdeiis to arresft tn* Crowley girl and the two boys who were with them and bifjig thorn beUana the court. S'Lnree the Zachary giirl has been in jaiil Js. hais beeq d&lotasetd that shq in an unfortunate fflhysJ-jaB condition. The mother, who tfcte pcttoe sSay is greatly respon'sKb-lle for the deipravity of tlis? 8a.ugh.ter, en'lsted the atid otf two christian WCmen y^steaday in securing t'hta girl's release. Misled by Mrs. Zachary'a toairs, the tiWo women, accfounp&nied byMrs. Zachary, called on Mayor Rot?3 and (begged that Laura be released. When the woman lawrn-€*d from the niayor and police the taue state otf affairs they agreed it besit to keep her in! jail,and 3f possible send laer and the QjV*^y.,gjbnLftO the reformatory, They, left Mite. Zachary cryiing aft'd pleading wfith the mayoir. Mayor Ross told the woman pSaaidy she had 'been \snde!seTY-» ting and vrtis largeily responsible for Ithe girl'fe conditton, as she £s known to have encouraged her in her wayward career.* The mayor saM it pa'ined him to be| comtperieW to say it, but it was h'^s opinion thte girl was better off in jail than at home, and fa her present condition freedom was a dangerous possession. He declined to consider the mother's plea for the girl's release, and teld her he would refer 't'he case to the higher courts, w*here she muat a'ppeal for lenfflefney. Mrs. Zachary deft declaring there was no ^h-ofw for ia poor woman tlhte side of jfucfgment day, butt she hfctped 4n the wwtf'to come the Great God world be moce ienlientn with Mayor Rtoss than he had been wMh her.
The (police say theit in all .theft- experience the Zadhary anid Cowley g$rlb* young- as they are, .laire the most depraved oreatures with iwhitlh tftvey Wave had to contend. They have for a Rne t)i(me foeten a sourtee of annoyance to (the respectalble resl'denjts near their homes. It is the intention, olf IProaeciutor iHusltom* tt see tihat ithey are checked in th'elir da reef and sen/t to 'the reformatory. Tihe young men w!ho were out wtthe fhem Saturday night are known, and Uf eyMewce against thetm sufficient to convfct can be dbtained -they Will be reqjuiiTed to tanswer a criminal ch&rger
LEBAUDY'S LACHES.
Trial of the French Blackmailers Begun at Paris. Paris, March 9.—The trial of Armiatnd Rosenthal (Jacques St. Cere), Cooing Lionel Werther De Cesti, M. Balensi, a banker Ulric De Cevry, formerly editor of the Echo D'Armee M. Poldebar de La Bruyere and M. Szydlowsky, charged with blackma.iiling Hax Lebaudy, the young miil'loniaire who died recently in (the military hospital® at Am-elie-Les-B&ins, out o'f large sums of money, a'nd by the most cruel frauds, was commenced here today. Roserothia] was formerly connected wi'th the Parfia Figaro an)d was correspondent ha this city for a New Tork paper. During his lattre days Lebaudy was defended against his enemies by M'lle. Marsy, the well known Parisian actress, -to whoim he Wished to leave his fortune, t*ut who refused to accept It.
Each charge will be examined separately and the case promises to be Interesting, although it is believed thtat nearly all the facts in the case have already been made public, and they srtiow that Ulric De Civry alone must have defrauded the young conscript out of over 1,000,000 francs.
NO NON-UNION BOTTLES.
Suit to Be Brought Against the Terre Haute Brewing Company. A despatch from Alndersos. says: The Terre Haute BrtewSng Co., well known thjroulgfhbu-t) Indiana, have cancelled theEr contract with the Pennsylvania Glass Wbrtas of this ettty.for tiheur beer •bbtitles. This is- befoause 'the PennsyEVamlaipliant is non-union, a'nd the labor rtg'a aa'tJion 'have taken action agaa'nst tihem for the non-union bottles. I't haippened, however, th'at tihe company had a car fload of t'h'e bid titles made and packed. The Terre Haute company reflueed to take them, and tihe management of 'the glass (Com'pany announces today tlhat they will bring action for damages against the company an'd force payment. The bottles were made in special dies and under orders, they cfaim, and cannot (be refused now Chat ttti'ey are made. The company ateo announces th'at it,has taken s!te)ps anid wlill prosecute the parties who agitated the boycott. The company will prosecute them under the special boycott Daw to the full Wmfit.
DEBS' CASE DISMISSES
The Postal Violation Cases Ended at Chicago Yesterday. Chicago, Miarch 9.—The case of "De(bs et el." $3 at last out of the Upited States Court at Chicago. Today General Black, district attorney, appeared before Judge Grosscup anid entered a nolle pross. Th'is was the prosecution of Debs a.rtd fellow officers of the American Railway Union for interfering with traj"8 carrying the United States mail._ trial was nearly completed last February, when one of the jurors was taken iil and a postponement was necessary. Meantime the
defendants
iRg
were sent to
jail and punished by Judge Wood3 in the famous contempt case.
K. & I" H. Union Meeting. Next Saturday evening there w*Hl be a union medfinig o'f
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Ladies of -Honor lodfee*in rthBs crty.Jhe meeting wftil behefld in Re»d Mens Hall, on SoM'tih" ThTr'd street The lodges at Brazil, Hartniony, Kwightsv^lie and atauntoto have been MVatfed. Gnatid Protector W. R. FranJcis of Marion and Grand Secretary A. S. Dane of vanoennes hkve sfg^feed tiheSr intention te be presenlt.
Garment Workers Strike.
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strikers' paces.
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