Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 January 1897 — Page 5

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DAS Bl'RY MYSTERY.

MISS F1TTILLA, THE SLEEPING SHOP GIRL, RETURNING TO LIFE.

Unconscious Eleven Days, Following a Swoon After Being Rebuked By the Foreman.

Danbury, Conn., Jan. 18.—Charlotte Pittilla, who fell into an unconscious state eleven days ago as a. result of a shock, is beginning to show symptoms which lead to a belief that her ultimate recovery is only a matter of time. A week ago Thursday, while she was at work in the trimming department of Holley, Beltaire & Co's hat factory here, where she has been employed for ten years and over, she suddenly swooned. Since that time, she has not spoken a word. Up to Frida,y she was unable to so much as open her eyes. The most that she could do to show that she was in any degree aware of her surroundings was to emit a slight groan when she was moved. The woman's case, from a medical point of view, is said to be without a parallel.

Miss Pittilla is 30 years old, although she does not look to be more than out of her teens. She is slight in figure, with an olive complexion. Her hair is dark almost to blackness and rolls back from her forehead in graceful waves. Her expression is at once intellectual and pleasant.

The Pittillas are English people wbo came to this country more than, twenty years ago. They were proud and sensitive, and their sorrow at the misfortune that has befallen their daughter is only equalled by their distaste for any kind of notoriety, even though sympathy follows, and sympathy they have from every one who knows them. They live in a pretty two-story house that sets well back from the street, in the best part of Danbury. A fine lawn stretches from the house to a neat picket fence which marks the dividing line between the grass and the sidewalk.

From this house of her parents Charlotte Pittilla went to her work at Holly, Beltaire fc Co's factory, on the morning of January 7th. She was in unusually high spirits and seemed to be in the best of health. At 11 D'block that morning she was taken home wholly unconscious. For four hours the family physician worked over the woman, striving in every means in his power to bring her -to. His skill went for naught. There was no trace of catalepsy in her Bymptoms. Her limbs were not rigid. She had simply, apparently, lost the power to move or control a muscle. She showed at that time no sensitiveness at all to pain.

In this condition she remained for three days, taking 110 nourishment of any kind. At the end of that period, however, when she was moved or turned In, her bed, she would given vent to a slight moan. Her temperature registered 100 degress, and her pulse beat at the rate of 96 to the minute, but her extremities were cool. So was her skin. Gradually from time to time on it became possible for her to take nourishment, but very little. Once, when the lid3 of her eyes were opened, the expression of Ihem seemed to signify that she had some Blight consciousness of what was going on about her. She could not, however, keep her lids up of her own volition. When her arms wer raised she possessed power to keep them in position.

Her father, who had watched by her bed side almost continually, thought he heard her whisper that she wanted to be taken home. She imagined she' was still in the shop. His long vigil had probably unnerved him, for it is not believed that this was possible. At any rate, Miss Pittilla has not since then shown any power to move her lips, much less to articulate.

In the days succeeding the third day the young woman's temperature became lower, and her pulse heat fewer times to the minute. Her temperature is now normal. Her pulse is regular at seventy-two to the minute. Her ability to take nourishment kept increasing until yesterday she consumed a half a cup of beef tea.

Another encouraging symptom, too, which developed within the last twenty-four hours, was a slight return of control over her eyelids. She was able several times during the day to open her eyes and keep them open for pe.\ Is of five minutes at a time.

In theii, too, was some kind of expression. They sometimes followed the face of the persbn who addressed her, and when she was besought to speak and say whether she recognized any one, little lines, the faintest imaginable, seemed to gather about her temples, just as if she fully comprehended what.was asked of her and was doing her best to make it known.

But there it ended. The expression in her eyes would become dull and then fade away. The lids wotild droop., Shp'^as hot yet ?qual to the effort,

When Miss Pittilla swooned her lower jaw dropped and her mouth has remained open. Her physicians asked her once to stick out her tongue if she understood him. There followed just the least apparent compliance with this request. Dr. J. Alexander Wade, the Pittillas' family physician, admits that he never came across the like in his professional experience. "It is a case of partially suspended animation," he said, "or a loss of motive power" through shock. I am treating her symptoms as they appear. She is undoubtedly improving, and there is no question In my mind that she will get well." "Will she suddenly regain control of her muscles?" was asked. "No," replied Dr. Wade. "I do fiot think «o. Her recovery, I expect, will be gradual. What she needs particularly is rest and quiet."

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illness. At the factory it was said that some of the trimming done by her on Thursday morning a week ago was not quite up to the mark. Thereupon the foreman of the trimming department, Charles Foster, went to her and said (that that kind of work would never do. His manner may have been a little brusque and the tone of his voice somewhat sharp., rW I

It was also said there that an hour elapsed after this reproof before the woman's illness developed, and that, years ago, she had been subject to fainting spells, but never anything so nearly serious as the present attack. In fact, it had been ten years since she had fainted at her work.

From a different source and coming from some of Miss Pittilla's companions, it was learned' that the entrance of the foreman was abrupt and that his language was sharp. He told her that he couldn't have any more such work. Afterwards he left the room, and her illness followed within a minute or two. Then, too, the factory people claim that the woman was always very delicate. This was denied by one of her friends, who should know. "She was not, by any means, a delicate girl," this friend said, with positive emphasis. "While I cannot say that she was what you would call rugged, yet she was, at least, of medium strength, and well able to hold her own with her shopmates. She was a fast and deft workwoman, and no one in her department was able to do a neater job."

FILLING A BULLDOG'S TEETH.

Operation That a Scranton Dentist Did With Hesitation, But Snccess. A powerful and ferocious bulldog, owned by Dr. Ward of Scranton, Pa., enjoys the distinction of having a big gold filling in one of his incisors, and a good many citizens, who have caught a gleam of the gold in his mouth, wonder how the filling was done. Some think it was done through hypnotic influence by the doctor over the dog, while others insist that it was through the dog's implicit obedience to his master's command.

The bulldog's name is Gem, the New York Sun says. He is as ugly in appearance as a prize winner in a dog show. His noes is a mass of wrinkles and his eyes have a wicked gleam for any one but his master and Mrs. Ward. His affection for them, however, knows no bounds. WThen Gem was discovered one day clasping his muzzle between his paws, rolling over and over on the "floor and moaning, his mouth was examined, and it was found that there was a big cavity in one of his incisors. It was decided that a dentist should be consulted. The dentist found that it would be necessary to use a rubber dam and he promised to fill the cavity provided Gem was etherized. This was done and the operation was considered a successful one, although Gem evidently thought otherwise. Some time afterward the filling came out and Gem's last state was worse than his first, for he refused to submit to another operation with ether. At the first sniff of the anaesthetic he not only added a score of- wrinkles to those already in his nose, but showed his teeth in so dangerous a way that the dentist refused to proceed. Dr. Ward insisted that he could make Gem stand on the table and have the tooth filled without wincing. The dentist was dubious about trusting his hand between the brute's jaws, but finally consented to try.

Gem was put on the table and his master stood in front of him, -kept his eyes fixed on Gem's and told him to open his mputh. Gem did so, and a rubber dam was soon adjusted In place. The dentist set to work with the instrument of torture called a burr and one of Gem's ears went down in a threatening way, while the other remained cocked. The doctor held one finger raised and kept his eyes fixed on Gem's, that never wandered from his master's gaze. The attitude of Gem's ears proved a barometer of his sufferings, when the burr touched a spot close to the nerve. When both ears went down, the dentist knew he had gone as far as dog's nature would let him go. Gem's eyes never wandered from the doctor's in the hour and a half the dentist was at work. Gem stood the final polishing, and when his master gave the word for him to get down from the table Gem danced with'demonstrations of joy at his release. Since that day he has no trouble in masticating the biggest beef hone.

Field Day to He Held Here.

The Indiana College Athletic association has decided to hold the 1897 field day in this city. The officers of the association held a meeting at Indianapolis and Terre Haute carried off the plum. It required fifty ballots to decide which college should .have the contest. The date of the big day is May 21, and on this occasion the "rah, rah" of all of Indiana colleges will be heard in the streets of Terre Haute. Sometime between now and»the meeting there will be a session of the events committee and a schedule arranged for foot ball and base ball. The State Normal and Franklin College were reinstated in the state association. It Is said that this year a five mile bicycle race will be added to the regular schedule also that the high kick and standing broad jump will be stricken from the list of events.

Daughter* of Rebekah IoAtall Officers. The Youngstown ledge of the Daughters qt, Rebekah have Installed officers for the ensuing year. They gave a banquet after tne ceremonies. The officers are as follows: Miss Bettle Crandeil, N. O. Mrs. Bettie Siner, V. O. Mrs. John McCioskey, secretary Mrs. Sallie Siner, recording Secretary Mr. O. P. Smith, treasurer Miss Anna Halstead, warden 4 Nellie Taylor, Con. Miss Grace Halstead. I. G. Mrs. Abner Leach. O. B. Levi Hammerly, Joseph Siner and Benjamin Henry, trustees: Cary Jones, chaplain Mrs. L. Iiammerly, R. S.: Mrs. Dobbs, L. S.

Cliastalu IIhi Chano«l Out.

P. O. Chastlan. who until Sunday conducted a saloon on South Fourth street, is among the mltslng. He is a much wanted man. by the way, and the police have been Instructed to find him If possible. Chastlan left Terre Haute between two days and he left Hulman & Beggs who hold a mortgage on Ms place, in the soup. Before leaving the city Chastlan gave his saloon and fixtures to Henry Lamping in exchange for 5,000 cigars. Lamping has removed the fixtures to bis home on Third street.

LOOKING FOE GORE.

FLO THOMPSON WAS OUT AFTER BUD M'COY LAST NIGHT.

She Found Him But Not Until After She Had Wrecked the Front of ^BIi Saloon.

Flo Thompson was so had last night that she was afraid of herself. Wild from the effects of a heayy "jag," ehe went out to put a few coats of bright red on the Tenderloin district. With her went Florence Gibson,' an inmate of the Thompson raeort. Flo Thompson was looking for Bud McCoy, the man whom she recently left, after he had given her a house and lot and a big roll of money, and when she looks at her face in the glass this morning she will at once arrive at the conclusion that she found him or someone just as healthy as he.

Flo's face looks as though it had been run through a pair of muck rolls. The woman toyed with the beer and whisky bottles all yesterday afternoon, and at 9 o'clock she came to the conclusion that she was in ship-shape to capture McCoy's saloon. So, accompanied by Flo Gibson, she gathered up half a dozen or more empty beer bottles and started on the war path. It was but a short walk to McCoy's place, and reaching it, both women proceeded to fracture all the window lights. Bottle after bottle was thrown through the windows, one of them passing over the bar and uncomfortably close to the head of the proprietor. This settled the whole business so far as th» women were concerned for McCoy, who knows a thing or two about fighting, went out and his first net was to knock both of the women down. Then he turned his attention to Flo Thompson. He struck her on the nose, in both eyes and on the mouth, on the right cheek and gn the left. Then he scratched her for awhile, finally letting her get up so she could make her escape, which she did without further ceremony. The Gibson woman went with her, and for the next two hours they went from one saloon to another, buying Whisky and beer and getting helplessly drunk. Finally, however, they ran into the arms of Officer McCabe, and from this place of refuge they went to jail.

CAVE DISCOVERED AT RED BUD.

Contains a River and a Deep Lake of Great Size. Red Bud, 111., Jan. 18.—Preparations are being made to explore a cave which was rer cently found by some hunters, who accidentally discovered ft while chasing' a wounded wild cat., the cave is situated in the region known as the "sinkholes," which, is eight miles west of Red Bud. The ehtrance to the cave is about seven feet in diameter, but after entering the size varies^ it being twenty to twenty-five feet td the ceiling in some places. The celling is Studded with large stalagmites. Large f-beks project from the sides of the cave and are covered with innumerable white poMts, which by a dim light resemble stars.

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19,1897.

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a HUNTING A HUSBAND.

A Mysterious Woman In Black is Willing to Buy One. The family of Frank Harris of 312 North Seventeenth street is just now the most, interesting one in the city of Terre Haute. Mrs. Frank Harris is the heroine, a woman in widow's weeds is doing the heavy part in the highly exciting domestic drama. The story in short is" tha^ the mysterious woman in black desires Mrs. Harris to give up all claim to her husband for a money consideration offered,by the woman in black.( It was some fif^ejen years ago that Frank Harris, at the time a resident of this city and a young man, kept, company witn a very pretty young gin. riariis was a poor man as ne is today, and the woman he was going with worked tor her living,

They, were lovers, Frank Harris and this, girl, out she Hound a man wno had money,, and the thoughts of diamonds, fine drdsses and a grand nome caused her to forget ail about tne young man who had won her heart and she married the money, leaving Terre. Haute in doing so. Frank Harris married' Harriett Rowe, and for years has mado an honest living for her and two children. But the old love never died out of the heart of the girl who married the bag of gold, and a few weeks ago she came back to this city. She learned where Harris was living and finally went to a family in the neighDorhood and asked about him. She became greatly excited as she learned of his married life and his children, and in an unguarded moment said aloud that she had found him at last and would have him back, cost what it might.

A few days after this she went to the Harris home. She found the wife in the kitchen, and without introducing herself, said she had come to have a talk with her. She lost no time in saying she had once been a sweetheart of Harris and declared she loved him yet and had returned after fifteen years to get him. She opened a small valise she carried and took therefrom a large roll of bills. These she thrust at the wife of Harris, telling her to take them, take her children and go, leaving her husband. The money, she said, would take the mother and her children any place in America and keep them in comfort for a year, at the end of which time she might send fo,r as much more. In fact tfie mysterious woman said she would kee'p'Mijs. Harris as long as she needed anything. It is needless to say Mrs. Harris refused. This did not unnerve the mysterious visitor in the least, however. She only drew her pretty face into a smile and safd she had hunted a long time for Harris and was not going to be thrown down now, that the game she sought was almost within her grasp. She left the house saying she would be back in a few days to see Mr. Harris. The thoroughly frightened wife asked the widow for her name but the visitor only laughed and said to tell Frank that it was the girt he used to go with fifteen years ago and he would know the rest.

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width does not vary so much, as it is about sixteen feet wide at all points. In the center of this cave flows a stream of clear water, which contains numerous small eyeless fish. A number of them were caught and placed upon exhibition here, but they lived only a few days. The depth of the stream is from twenty to thirty feet. About two miles from the entrance it empties into a large lake, which varies in depth from five to forty feet and lies beneath a ceiling about 100 feet from its surface.

Recently an exploring party had a small boat made and attempted to cross this lake, but after goin& nearly a half mile from shore decided to return. There are a great many crevices in the rocks, and it was in some of these that the skeletons of wild animals were found, supposed to be those of the wolf. Snakes of all kinds make this cave their home in winter.

THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

Measures Taken to Keep It Ont of This Coontry. Washington, Jan. 18.—The great epidemic of the bubonic plague in Bombay has impelled the authorities of the Marine Hospital service to take steps to secure the utmost possible vigilance by all officials of the United States to prevent its introduction into this country, although no fears are felt at present To-day Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Bureau, after consultation with Secretary Carlisle, issued a circular calling the attention of U. S. Consular (officers, masters and owners of ./vessels, collectors of customs, national, state, and local quarantine officers and others to quarantine regulations to prevent spread of epidemics.

Speaking of the plague, Dr. Wyman said: •"No great apprehension is felt of its introduction into the United States, though special measures to prevent it have been in •operation for more than a year. The present outbreak may be traced to China in 1894 and two. years ago the quarantine officers on the .pacific coast were Instructed to be specially vigilant with regard to it, and have disinfected the baggage of all Chinese and Japanese immigrants, and an understanding was had with the Canadian government by which they agreed to do the same, so that immigrants landed at Vancouver and coming thence into the United States would be equally safe with those coming to United States ports direct. "Cold weather is not a protection against1 the plague, as it brings about the crowding together,of mote ueople In houses.^ JThe

bacillus was discovered in 1894 by a Japanese scientist. The verm Is easjr to kill, and can be killed* by sulphur fumigation. The thermal death rate Is 178 degrees Fahrenheit. When this plague prevailed In Russia in 1878 it was found necessary to burn large village, which was it stronghold, in order to stamp It out."

RUINED IN THE KITCHEN

Is the Fate of Many Good Article# of food and Drink. it la too often true of our American households that,while the host or hostess may take unusual pains in the selection of good articles of food and drink, they come on the talble in anything but a palatable manner, having been entirely and completely ruined in the kitchen.

The choicest cut of meat may be made tough and greasy by improper cooking, and the finest Arabian Coffee may be so prepared in the kitchen that It will ^pome to the dining room weak and nauseating. It is peculiarly unfortunate for a new article to receive a blow by the cook, in the way of oareless preparation.

Postum Cereal Food Coffee 1e boiled 15 minutes and with enough of It in the pot to make the beverage the deep seal brown of thick Mocha is a most charming and delicious breakfast coffee,, which changes to a rich golden brown when pure cream is added and tastes like the milder and more expensive grades of Java.

Any one who has had an unfortunate experience in the first brewing of Postum, may depend that the fault is in'the kitchen and can easily be remedied by following the printed directions. It is quite as easy to prepare as ordinary coffee.

Some designing grocers tell their customers that this or that cereal coffee is "just as good as Postum."

There is but one original Postum Cereal Food Coffee and no imitator has yet succeeded in producing anything even approaching it in flavor and quality.

TEN DAYS DO THEY LABOR.

The 355 Others Are Holidays For the Kasy-Going Acoma Indians. The strangest people living in the United States are the Acoma Indians of the Pueblo tribe, and they can with great certainty claim the credit of having the strangest harvest ceremonies of any people on earth, says the San FranciBco Chronicle. Little is really known of these Indians, as their strange home In New Mexico is far out of the beaten paths of travel, and they seldom venture far from it.

Acoma is located about forty miles from Ft. Wingate, and the region around it is wild and almost barren. The town itself is on "top of a cliff, or rather an enormous bowlder, that rises 400 feet above the surroundin| plain. The top of this is almost inaccessible, and the Indians have only two trails, both being exceedingly difficult and dangerous. The government has sent several expeditions to Acoma, but little has been found out about the people, who look with disfavor on any attempts to learn anything about certain customs. They area harmless and simple tribe, but are as much attached to the traditions of the past. In fact, they have absolutely refused to give up their old customs in spite of all persuasion. It has never been possible to make the Acomas real good christians, although they have embraced the faith and are always glad to see a visiting priest. A church was built for them over one hundred years ago, and is still standing. They are perfectly willing to attend service, and most of them have been baptized, but they will go directly from hearing mass to some secret ceremony held in one of the kivas or meeting halls of the town. No white man has ever seen one of these ceremonies, and the chanceB are none ever will.

Another stiange thing is that the people have no respect for the church as an edifice. When it is not being used for service they see no reason why it can not be used for something else, and generally have it full of sheep. But they never molest the altar nor disturb any of the articles used in the service. On one occasion a visitlbg priest forgot his prayer book, and was Enable to go back for It. It was two years before he got to Acoma again, and there bad been no other priest to visit the place in the meantime. He had forgotten all about his prayer book, but to his surprise, found it in the place where he left It when he last used It.

The greater portion of the year Acoma is like a dead city. Men wKo have remained there several days say that some of the people will not leave their homes for weeks at a time. The arrival of visitors Is all that will disturb them, and when a party approaches the place they crowd around the top of the cliff crying and gesticulating until they find out'whether the strangers Intend to stop or not. During the long winters, the people live In doors, telling stories and playing different games. In spring £hey arouse enough to allow the men to go to the fields some distance away and put In seed. There is another long interval of quiet until the crop is pretty well along and needs watching. To watch the crop is an honor, but he who volunteers to do so is exempt from work when the harvest time comes. It is a dangerous job, though, as the watcher has to live alone near the fields, while the rest of the tribe is safe In the little^ city on the cliff.

The Acomans do Hot harvest their crop as it ripens, but allow it to remain in tho fields until everything else is ready to harvest, and then make one job of it all. About the middle of September generally the chief gives the word and the town wakes up. Where all was quiet and idleness the greatest activity prevails and excitement fills the people. They act as if they had not expected a crop, and the first part of their ceremony is to give thanks to the rain god. This they do by beating different Instruments, building fires, and singing. Several times all the people march around the outside edge of the cliff and then begin the long walk to tho fields, heavy with the harvest.

The harvest usually takes about ten days, and in the meantime it is doubtful if many of the people sleep a wink. All night long they keep up their songs of thanks to the rain god, and the next day start for the fields as soon as the sun rises. Some of the fields are three miles away, but all the crop

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the entire distance. The men do the digging of potatoes and cutting of the grain, and the women carry It on their beads to the hilltop. Greacblg bundles of chili peppers and grain of different kinds are transported across the sandy fields and up the steep' sides of the cliff, where they are deposited in the harvest house. While the crop Is being gathered the very oldest women in the town are made to work, and they go about their tasks most unwillingly. because they have no right to any of the harvest. They complain and refuse, and are beaten until they get to work. They do not do as much as the younger people, but it all counts.

When at last the crop is all in and the granaries are filled with food for the long winter, there is great rejoicing. And what a lot of good things they do have! There is wheat, corn and barley and big piles of potatoes. Tons of chill and dried tomatoes. Peaches and grapes are there in plenty, and also piles of onions and different berbs that give the meat such a fine flavor. When all is ready the crop is divided. Everybody is there, except the old women, who have no right to any of it. The head of each family gets a share, according to those he or she has to support. The younger people and children are all given certain quantities. When all Is equally divided each takes it to his home and stores it where it can easily be reached. The morning after the crop is divided the queerest ceremony of the harvest takes place. Tho old women who were left out of the division had shut themselves in their houses all night, but before doing so had carefully left large jars a few feet from their doors. At daybreak the daughters, granddaughters, and great-grand-daughters come to the door and call. All carry large Jars filled with the choicest of the harvest. and offer them to the old women. With much ceremony the old women accept and point to the jar in front of their doors, into which the offerings are dumped, and theirs are carried inside by all of the daughters taking a hand. The meaning of this part of the ceremonies has never been explained to a white man.

The Qhestion of 'Base Ball. lh There will be a meeting of those interested In base ball tonight at H. F. Schmidt's Jewelry store on Main qtreet. It is the desire that all persons wbo will take stock in a club be in attendance. On Wednesday there will be a meeting of the proposed Central League at EvansVille and Terre .Haute will be represented. Dan V. Miller will in all probability go from here.

The New Directory.

Tii--1 now city directory will be out today and tnen me-people of Terre Haute can readily find out where their friends and people wbo they wish to find live. The new book is certainly the handsomest and most complete Ebel & Co., publishers, have yet got out. The Express received the first book taken from the bindery at Moorfc & Langen's. The regular delivery will be made today.

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8AYB BE WAS A PARTI TO THE HUB. DEB OF W. K. COUNTS.

The Young Clerk Had No Trouble In Identifying the Han—Gray Most Have Ilone the KUlHng.

It begins to look as though Gray, the man arrested near Jeffersonvilie and brought back to Greencastle by Detective McRea, is the person who killed Druggist W. E. Counts of ReelsvlQe. Indeed there seems to be no doubt whatever that he is the man. George Black of Reelsville, the young clerk who was with Counts the night the latter was murdered, went to Greencastle yesterday to see Gaynor, who was takes there from this city Sunday by Marshal Starr. He was brought into the presence of the prisoner, and the minute he fastened his eyes on the fellow, he said: "That's him that's the man who held me up while Mr. Counts was murdered."

This statement places the detectives and authorities in possession of evidence which will convict one or the other of the men. When young Black made the statement that be recognized Gaynor the prisoner turned deathly pale. He shivered as with cold, but said nothing. When about to be taken back to his cell he called to Detective McRea, who went over yesterday to see if Black could recognize the man, and said he wanted to see the detective in a few days. It is believed that Gaynor sees that it is all up and will make a full confession, throwing the whole thing on the shoulders of Gray. It has always been the theory of Detective McRea that it was Gray who did the shooting^®^ 1&JV

William M. Slaughter, T. H. Riddle, George C. Dodson, Jacob C. Kolsem, Abraham Shewmaker, William A. Atkins, Augustus C. Whititaker, Frank Gilman, Samuel E. Burnett, Harry W. Kellogg, Charles N. Cliff, Charles W. McDaniels, Charles H. Mixer, Lawrence Burget, Thomas A. Nantz, Harrison Smith, Samuel C. Budd, Edwin R. Fletcher, Sutler T. Ball, Theodore Debs, Charles H. Ehrman, George E. Henry, Nathaniel R. McNabb, Otto C. Hornung, James B. Wallace, William S. Bean, Morton Boaz, R. G. Sweeney, Clarence F. Williams, ITarry R. Glick, R. L. Smith, W. R. Mattox, W. D. Miller, Frank McKee.

CAPTURED IN TERRE HAUTE.

Young Man Wanted For Stealing JHlde® at Catlln, Indian*. Captain Hyland and Detectives McRea and Dwyer last night arrested Charles Barnard, a young married man living just north of the rolling mill on North First street. Barnard is wanted for larceny,- and today a sheriff will come here from Attica to take him back to that place. It was last November that Barnard committed the theft for which he was arrested last night. On the night of November 11th he broke into a slaughter house at Attica and stole a number of hides, which he took to Danville and sold. He ^aa arrested at Danville on November 12th and taken back to the scene of his crime. On the night of November 12th he broke jail and came to this city, where he has lived ever since. He has a wife and two children. There is one pitiful thing in connection with his arrest, and that is that Mrs. Barnard is about to be burdened with maternal cares,

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The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of Occidental Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., at Castle' Hall last nigith, was a most felicitous occasion and will be long remembered by the large company present. An excellent programme of musical and literary selections was rendered besides the enjoyable dancing, which wound up the pleasures of thfe evening. The address of welcome was by John F. Petri, which was followed with interesting remarks by W. A. Atkins. Then came a recitation entitled "The Pilot," by. Professor H. M. Wills. There was a piano solo, "The Cadet Two Step," by Janie McClellan, another piano solo, "Ace of Hearts," by Miss Hermine Taenaer, and a recitation by Master Claude Wilvert. Interesting addresses were made by B. F. Williams, supreme representative, and A. C. Duddleston, district deputy. The latter told something of the organization and earlier history of Occidental lodge. The first officers installed were: Venerable patriarch, William Slaughter worthy chancellor, T. H. Riddle vice chancellor, John Seiberts recording scribe, H. R. Myers financial scribe, Charles jH. Mixer. These officers were installed January 18, 1872. Following is the list of the charter members of Occidental Lodge: T. H. Riddle, J. M. Brown, W. M. Slaughter, O. B. Stoner, John Seibert, R. B. Pooler, C. H. Mixer, F. A. Lounsberry, J. P. Ostrander, William Sheldon, Asa R. Summers, B. H. Harbert, J. H. Stoner, A. S. Gfehman, Benjamin Dresser, Levi Hirsch, George Gordon, L. T. Nelson, E. L. Girdner, J. F. Thompson, J. M. Van Meter, N. Kilmer, T. R. Oilman and Charles E. Lightner. Of the tweuty-fqur fiames on the charter list but three are now residents of the city and affiliated with the order. Others have removed to other scenes and many have passed away. Following is a list of the past chancellors of Occidental Lodge:

GENERAL SHERMAN'S BOOKS

A Collection at Them Sold In St. Lonls Thirty Dollars. St. Louis, Jan. 18.—A collection of books of the late General W. T. Sherman was sold In St. Louis last week for ?30. it consisted of about 500 volumes of army records, regimental histories, court martial records and a general assortment of war literature. The sale was made by Thomas Dooley, a carpenter who did work fpr General Sherman while the latter had his headquarters in this city

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The dealer was not aware at the time that he was securing a bonanza as when h» offered $30 for the books, which filled four large boxes be did it on a venture. On examination he found a number of valuabls pieces of literature and a large proportion of the books contained the autographs o| men of renown. There were testimonials from U. S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Phillip Sheridan and others, besides any number of books presented to General Sherman by the authors. Many books otherwise worthless were made valuable by the autograph of General Grant himself. Among the books were several copies presented by Mrs. Sherman to her son Tom. H5 is now a Jesuit missionary, and the book dealer, who knows him, intends to send him the volumes.

During the past few days a large number of people have examined the collection, and nerotiations have been opened with aeveral G. A. R. posts and similar organisations looking to the sale of the books or part ot them. L*J

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ALL EYES ARE ON INDIA.

The Plagoe Panic May Spread Throughout Cftriatemlam.

London Cable New York Sun. ,/ The eyes ol the European world aro turned this week toward India. Each day's intelligence from that stricken land makes it more apparent that the greatest tragedy in modern history is being enacted there under the double curse of plague and famine. The heart of Europe has been touched at last, and the univorsal sympathy is, perhaps, more keen because it is now tinged with apprehension. It. would not be surprising if within a month a genuine plague panic should spread throughout Christendom. The great powers have taken alarm. News comes today that Italy has summoned an international conference to meet forthwith at Rome to consider measures for dealing with the danger. There is little doubt that the response of the other governments will be favorable, and all the resources of modern science will be speedily .• arrayed against this hi'deous foe. j.

Reliable information about tho real extent ot the plague in Bombay and vicinity is lackJng,' and regarding the mortality it is only said in general terms that more thau half of those Attacked succumb. The news service of the London press is strangely inadequate, and it is from private sources that most information comes. The point which most interests Europeans Is whether the awful disease is likely to flourish in northern latitudes, if infection be Introduced here, but no evidence is forthcoming yet. It is argued by medical men, however, that if the plague Is dangerous in Hong Kong it wduld find an equally prolific field in London or Paris, so far as climates is concerned.

It is generally admitted that the plague is a filth disease, but there are certain peculiarities connected with its spread. Dr. Nankin, the well known bacteriologist, wbo is investigating the subject in Bombay, fastens the responsibility for carrying the infection upon rats, ants and other insects by which houses are infected. Rats have the plague. They die and are eaten by ants, which carry the germs into the crevices of buildings, to water... taps and sinks. Thus the poison Is diffused. and it can not be eradicated except by fire. ., This explains the efficacy of the old method of cleansing by conflagration, and at the same time the futility of isolating the sick, as in other infectious diseases. The only thing 10 do is to remove the healthy.

It is stated in the Daily Mail's dispatches, which are the only ones worth reading in the London papers, that large business houses 0 in Bombay which are infected with rats have been rendered untenable by the ravages of the plague among those vermin. They die by hundreds in the walls, and the human oc» cupants have been compelled to vacate th« buildings. It is not observed that any larger animals are subject to infection. The French, Austrian and Italian governments already have taken stringent precautions against the importation of the plague, but it can hardly be possible to escape a series of alarms from this cause during the next few weeks.

The Slave Trade.

The terrible exposures made by Gordon^' in 1879 of the cruelties practiced in the Egyptian slave caravanfr aroused all Europe and compelled the dealers to be more circumspect. Still, no year passes without the entr.y of great numbers of ebony skinned slavtrgirls into the harems of Cairo and Alexandria.

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