Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 January 1897 — Page 5

L. B. ROOT & CO.

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Doing Our,Best

By agreement between the C. H. & D., Big Four and the Vandalia the ticket offices Just outside the Union station at Indianapolis will be done away with.

The Big Four will run a special train to Indianapolis for the Jackson club on February 2. The entire club will go over for the purpose of attending the banquet and dance which the Gray club of that city will tender them on that occasion.

The Knickerbocker and Southwestern Limited on the Big Four will soon be fitted out with new coaches. They are being made by Barney & Smity of Dayton, O. They will be 72 feet long and will seat seventy people and will be upholstered in plum colored plush.

MR. BARNUM INITIATED.'

Superintendent of the County Rock Pile Was Given the Hot Foot. Charles H. Barnum knows a good deal more about the gay and wily bum than he did a week ago. Charles H. Barnum was appointed by" the county commissioners a few days ago to superintend the rock pile, now being built. Yesterday was Mr. Barnum's initial day in the capacity of superintendent. He was at the jail bright and early yesterday morning and was given a squad of three knights of the road to build fence. The hoboes said they were good carpenters, And for an hour or more were hammering away on the fence. Barnum was in his element. He was the whole thing, his only duties being to stand around and see to it that the men under him worked. Before noon, however, Mr. Barnum's smile of contentment disappeared. Henry Brooks, one of the men sent out to work, had also disappeared. Barnum made a hunt for the fellow, tout in the end was forced to walk into tho jail and tell Jailer Smith that one of his men had managed to get away. Everybody who heard the speech enjoyed a good laugh, and Barnum agreed to "do the right thing" In case the matter was kept quiet. But the bums in the cage were not to the agreement and they lost no time in. telling It. Superintendent Barnum is going to provide himself with a shotgun, a ifragon spoke and at pair of strong field glasses.

COL. F. B. MOULTON DEAD.

Dnoe a Prominent Civil Engineer in the WestSt. Louis,

Jan.

Every day tarings gobd results. Every day there is fresh news of special offerings. Nearly every department in the great store has contributed its share of trade-bringing offerings. Cv Today it's the Handkerchief and Linen Dep't.

From 9 to II O'clock ". J"®5! C5,

We will sell Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs that ate Worth IOC for ,v. ...

Huck Towels, warranted all linen, sizes 22 by 42 inches, worth 26c, for ........

None at These Prices After O'clock.

THE BIG FOUR DEAL

ft. FLAN TO FCKOHASE THE O. B. I. NOW THAT TIMES ABE IMPROVING.

A Committee Investigated the Standing of That Company and Reported Favorable to the Big Four.

A deal is at present pending between the Big Four and the C. & E. I., ,by which it Is reported from Chicago that the Big Four will in a short time "become the owners of this valuable property. A committee fr*m the Big Four has been Investigating the standing of the C. & E. I. and they have Just made a favorable report on? the 'financial condition and the earning capacity of the property.

The Big Four has within the past few years made many attempts to purchase this property and about three years ago had the deal all fixed, but the hard times came on and it- was consequently declared off. Now that business is reviving and the outlook for prosperous times are so bright they have again commenced negotiations. There will be a meeting of the officials of the two roads between the first and fifteenth of March for 'the purpose of completing all arrangements (or the consolidation.

A Change In Freight Rate*.

The traffic department of the Big Four through L. L. Hyde wired E. E. South, the company's agent in this city, yesterday, that the minimum charge on freight would be 25 cents as heretofore. This order repeals the one which was sent out in the general classification books issued Jaunary I, and 'has to do with this section in that book: "No single package or small lot of freight of one class, classified first class or lower, will be taken at less than 100 pounds it the clftss, at less than 100 pounds at Brst class rate and in no case will the charge for a single consignment be less than 35 cents."

A Change in Corn Rates*

The Joint Traffic Association has refluced the rates on corn to a 15 cent basis from Chicago to New York. Terre Haute will take this same rate. Much corn is at present moving via Newport News and Norfork. This reduction will make the rate from Terre Haute to these points 12 cents. This rate only applies to export corn and the rate on inland shipments will remain at E0 cents.

Railroad Notea.

The Big Four reports the scarcity of cars &s great as ever. G. W. Schwartz, traveling agent for the •Vandalia, was in the city yesterday.

21.—Colonel F. B. Moulton,

one of the most prominent civil engineers in the West, is dead, age 87 years. He was born in Boston, Mass., in 1810, and in 1S28 entered West Point as a cadet. He there completed his studies and became engineer of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal, constructed on th© left bank of the Potomac from Georgetown to Cumberland, this being the first and most important canal built in this country. In 1836 ho constructed the Lexington and Frankfort Railroad, of which Henry Clay was then president. He was afterward chief iengineer of the Is»n Mountain, sow a part of the Wibasb system.

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Only six to'a customer.

He located and constructed its northern branch in Iowa to the city which bears his name.

About twenty years ago Colonel Moulton retired from the active practice of his profession but was frequently called into consultation by other engineers.

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Chandler.

Greenfield, Ind., Jan. 21.—Bx-State Senator Morgan Chandler, 69 years old, of this city, died early this morning of kidney trouble, after several months/' lingering sickness. Mr. Chandler had been cashier of the Greenfield Banking Company since its organization In 1871. He served one term as sheriff of Hancock county, being elected in 185. He also served four years as clerk, being elected in 1861. He represented this county in ^the lower House for two terms, and he served one term as State Senator. He was twice honored by the Democracy of the State for the nomination as Treasurer of State, going down with the balance of the ticket in the last election. His death will be a severe blow to Greenfield. Ha was noted for his benevolence. His wife died three years ago. This was a severe blow to Mr. Chandler, and he has been gradually declining ever since. The burial will occur on Sunday next, 1 p. m. services being held at the new Christian Church.

ELECTRICITY IN UNITED STATES

It is Said There Is No £.eaa Than 381,500,000,000 Invested. In a serial paper contributed to the Electrical Engineer Lieutenant B. A. Fiske, United States navy/starts out with a statement, taken from the journal, named, that careful investigation shows the capital invested in the various electrical arts to be less than $1,500,000,000, says the Engineering Magazine.

This sum almost staggers belief, but it is probably no overestimate. Its very magnitude indicates the enormous extent to which electricity now lends its aid to the other natural forces previously brought under human control. One can scarcely enter an industrial establishment of any importance, a public buildiqg, or a private residence having any pretense of comfort or luxury without meeting with familiar or unfamiliar electrical appliances.

A peculiar feature, of this pervasiveness is the extent to which electricity has been made to contest the field with mechanical appliances, but this contest is not confined to marine appliance. It is actively waged on land. One of the battles apparently won by electricity is its successful application to the transmission of power in machine shops and manufacturing establishments. Belts and shafting have been replaced by it in many large works, and its use for this purpose is steadily growing in favor. In our opinion compressed air, though it found a place which it will probably hold among methods of power transmission, can never be made BO universally serviceable and practicable as electricity for this purpose. But the contest is extending to other mechanical constructions. Motions that once required ingenious and complicated mechanical movements are now effected by the simple magnetization and demagnetization of electro magnets. Hand worked machines have molded their hand cranks and sm^l electric motors have been substituted. Clutches, whose operation formerly required a lever and clutch fork are now made to engage by the pressure of a button or the movement of a minute switch. Electric regulation of clocks, of throttle valves and of many other appliances is now common. It is impossible to see where all this will stop. Probably electricity will continue to invade fields wherein mechanical construction has hitherto been wholly relied upon, and other mechanical movements will in their turn he supplanted.

Mrs. Belmont's Little Battle. Mrs. Henry Sloan Aid not have Mrs. Oliver Belmont at her dance Monday night and it is absolutely certain that Perry Belmont has not sent his sister-in-law an invitation to participate in the joy of the large ball he is to give next Tuesday. It is also possible Mrs. Oliver Belmont may not attend Mrs. JohiuJacob Aster's ball on Monday night, although she was prominent at the recent large -dance, given by Mrs. William Astor. jtV

Mrs. Jack Astor is generally credited with being part and parcel of the circle within the circle that Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Sloan and Perry Belmont have formed. The presence of Mrs. Oliver Belmont at the elder Mrs. Astor's ball is explained by the know-it-all's on the ground Mrs. Astor was so offended at the attitude of the Vanderbilt family toward young "Neely's" marriage 3race Wilson, her son-in-law's sister, that she sent invitation# to the woman who divorced Willie K. Vanderbilt.

But Mrs. Oliver Belmont has hosts of friends, and it looks as though she were gaining ground. Her special champion is Mrs. James P. Kernochun, an ardent friend and formidable adversary. It is said she refused an introduction to a young man because he had been so indiscreet as to offer some petty criticisms of Mrs. Belmont.

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., will soon leave for the south for a visit of several weeks. The efforts of mutual friends to effect a reconciliation between Mr. Vanderbilt and his parents* although so far futile, have some chance of succeeding before he leaves the city.—New York World.

Federal Labor Union

A number of carpenters met at Washington Hall Wednesday night to fix up a scale of wages for the craning year with the contractors and bosses, but owing to the absence of some of the leading builders, the conference was postponed. The meeting is announced for next Uond« QighU

HOWE IS PARDONED.

•S TRIED TO MAfeBT TBBKX 01BXA IN TERCU5 HAUTB.

Had Wives In Half a Dosen States Bat Was Looking For More —Sentenced From Seneca, Kan.

On the night of February 13th last Captain Hyland and Patrolman Welch arrested in this city one Henry C. Wllmoth, alias Howe, alias Wilton. He waB taken- to Seneca, Kan., where he was wanted for bigamy, and in March of last year was sentenced to the penitentiary. But he is at liberty again, as will be seen by the following dispatch: "Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 21.—Governor Leedy has pardoned IL C. Wilmoth, alias Howell, alias Howart, who. w£s serving a ten months' sentence for bigamy. Wilmoth was arrested on the charge at Terre Haute, Ind., where he was about to be married to a wealthy young woman of that city. His arrest was brought about by Miss Bella Buell of Effingham, 111., to whom he was also married. His triaj developed evidence which placed him in the front rank of bigamists, it being shown that he had wives in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, Terre Haute, St. Joseph, Mo. Fresno, Cal. Zanesviile, O.

Effingham,111.

The vessel pounded for nearly two hourB after she first struck, and the waves drove her gradually inshore, and finally she went to pieces, crumbling before the fury of the mignty waves as if she were an egg shell. At 6 o'clock Captain Charles Herman, of the life-saving service, assisted by his men, brought their apparatus from the house to a point just opposite the wrecked vessel, but when they shot out their life line it was too late to be of any service. The Bailors, who, from the moment that one of the patrolmen had sighted the schooner, were in the rigging, droped off one by one into the seething waters, and soon after one of the bodies, that of a big, swarthy. Swede, Was washed ashore.

The life-savers worked manfully. Their first line fired from the mortar fell across the yards, but slipped away over the side and was lost. The second landed in the rigging, but the sailors were unable to secure It, and it was also lost. A third attempt was also ineffectual, and then the crowd of villagers who gathered on the beach saw the last Of the men fall from the rigging and disappear in the surf, which at this time was running unusually high.

The life-saving crew made an attempt to launch a life-boat, but they were repulsed each time by the breakers, and although bystanders encouraged the brave fellows in every possible manner, they had to desist, after struggling, half-frenzied by the appalling sight of their fellows being drowned within such a short distance of the shore, and pushed the boat high up on the beach.

There were in all nine men seen on the illfated vessel. It was generally surmised that the first body washed in was either that of the captain or first mate. Three hours after she first struck, the schooner went to pieces.

Up to noon, when the fury af the waves had abated somewhat, no other bodies were sighted. There is no doubt that all on board perished.

The principal owners of the schooner Nahum Chapin were Peter Mclntyre & Co., of Boston. Captain R. E. Arey, who commanded the vessel, was part owner.

The crew of the schooner, nine In number, were shipped in Boston last November. The names follow:

S. E. Arey, captain, Maiden, Mass. A. E. Davis1, first mate, Maiden. L. A. Maddock, second mate, Cambridge, Mass.

Seamen—John Neiber, Albert Lowe, R. O. Anderson, Victor Strachen, Oscar and Antonio Aucyanich. The residences of the latter the not known.

Captain Arey leaves a widow and three children residing in Maiden Mate Davis and Second Mate Maddock each leave a wife and one child. The cargo was valued at $3,400. the schooner at $15,000. They were partlyl nsured.

Another Casualty at Sea

St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 21.—A bottle has been picked up on South Beach, seven miles below here, which contained a message, etaxing that the bark Ladras had foundered at sea on January 15. The message was written on some small sheets of paper and was signed by Captain Gonzales, who, with the crew, had taken to the life-boats. It concludes: "We have little food and water, and must perish unless soon picked up."

It is believed by seamen here that the bark went down during the gale prevailing oft the Florida coast last week. The fear is also expressed that the boats, with the crew, were swamped in the sathe^gale. 'uicfi

The Wreck of the Alvena

New York. Jan. 21.—Nothing can be seen from Sandy Hook this morning of the steamship Alvena's deck-houses. Parts of her masts, stack and the point of her bowsprit are the only things visible. The sea is washing between these.

Said to Be a Defaulter.

Lee Carrier, a traveling salesman in the employ of Hulman & Co., is a defaulter in the siim of about $600. He is also a. fugitive from justice and is believed to be in South America. Carrier one* Jived in this city.

TERRE HAirfE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING

Seneca,Kan.j

and Kansas City. His remarkable marital career covered a period of eight years, during which he had served a term in the Missouri penitentiary on his Seneca experience, it 'being deemed best to give him his deserts here before other cities got a chance at him."

It will be remembered that Howe came to Terre Haute about February 10th, and it was not long until he meta Miss Frazier, from Oblong, 111. The girl was stopping at Aunt Tillie Benson's, on Mulberry street. The smooth looking man told her his name was Howard, and that he was from Iowa. He said he was in search of a governess for his 8-year-old child. His wife .'was dead. He liked Miss Frazier's appearance and would employ her, take her to his home and pay her good wages. He also let it be understood that he very much liked the looks of Miss Frazier, and in case she suited as a governess and was willing, she might be-' come Mrs. Howard. The girl jumped at the chance of being a governess at good wages. She was tired of kitchen work, and on the whole she rather liked the looks of Howard.

He told her he would go to the station and send a telegram home to the effect that he had employed a governess and for-the servants 'to have the house in readiness. He left the house, but in an hour returned with a frown on his face. Shying up to Miss Frazier he told her that the depot officials had declined to cash his check and he could not send the dispatch until the next day, as he had no change. Miss Frazier swallowed the bait, sinker and all, for, taking out her purse, she gave Howard $3, all the money she had in the world. Howard rushed out of the house—and never came back.

Howard's next Terre Haute victim was a girl named Cooper, who was also employed on Mulberry street. He made violent love to her, telling her he was rich and was then closing up a deal for the purchase of the Mancourt property. He wanted to marry Miss Cooper and would take her to a home in the West where there was nothing but the songs of birds and the rippling of fountains. Miss Cooper produced $5. Then Howard found Jennie Moreland, a girl employed at Sam Smith's restaurant. He tried the old game, but the only thing he got was a job lot of love and a couple of ham sandwiches. On the night of Howard's arrest here the Effingham authorities came over after him The Kansas people had the first call on him- however, and he was taken

there

NOT ONE OF THEM SAVED, tl$

The Crew of a Wrecked Schooner All Drowned. New York, Jan. 21.-The three-masted schooner Nahum Chapin, of Rockland, Me., coal-laden from Baltimore for Boston, went ashore near Quogue, L. I., at an early hour this morning, and her entire crew, consisting of nine men, was lost, in sight of hundreds of people who had,gathered on the beach, but were powerless to render assistance. The vessl went ashore at 1:30 a. m. At there was a thick rain falling, and, while' was not foggy, there was a mist sufficient to make objects very indistinct at a distance of 200 yards. The wind was blowing at a velocity of about thirty miles an hour and a surf was rolling upon the beach.

but MOM time «®o Newton, HI, wh»r* .. He oyaned a moat was thaught to be dolac well. CuftaF'Vu In the of plaoing the moasy OriUotod for the firm in the bask la his own ikia* and»thaa faau~ lag hii ohaok to flu caM^4arT It wfcea 0B9 these checks wwt retwratd togetMr with the stat*m«Bt that Carrier had op money on deposit Chat Umt* was a saa»islea that all was not rifht -'tSie p*o#le at

man's believe that |C00 #111 cover th* lost.

THEY DINE QN 'POSSUM

A BANQUET GIVEN BY THE FIBBMJSN •I. AST KTBNINO

At the No, 1 Engine Hons* t* Their Numerous Frlenda aaitk* Coonoil.

The colored firemen at the No. 1 engine house proved themselves to be entertainers of the first rank last evening when they tendered a banquet to their large circle of friends on the second floor of their engine house. They had teade preparation fer a large assemblage, and consequently were not surprised at the number who came. During the evening seven tables were served, there being^ room for twenty persons at each table.

The tables were set in the large room on the second floor, which was very prettily decorated in the national oolors. The first table was presided over by Mr. 3ohn F. O'Reilly, who acted as toastmaster at the close. In his interesting talk he gave an account of the fire house as he remembered it In its first days long ago. He was followed by talks from Dr. Oombs, F.' T. Blake, Wa. Buckingham, James Lyons and John Oonrath. During the evening music was furnished by Robert Jones, Joe Grader and~Harry Southard. The last table served was that at which sat the members .of the elty council. During the evening"*the members .of this company had made ample preparation', by which if afire should be discovered they would lost no time in getting it and not in the least interfere with the spread. The members of this Company are M. F. Smith, Harry Southard, Bob Walker and Daniel Q. Roper. They were assisted in serving by Andrew Schworthy, Rob-ert-Smith, Nathan Borden, Mrs. fiurden and Mrs.-.M. F. Smith.

ANTARCTIC iCEBURGS.

SotnA rii Them Are Thirty Miles In Length. "The snowfall of each*year adds a new stratum to this ice 'cap, which is •as''dlstinguishable to the eye, as is the anhilal accretion of a forest tree writes General A. W. Greely, United States army, in the ^dies' Home Journal. "Thus in eetrtaries have accumulated on Antarctic these snows which i& processes of pressure, thaftiri^ sind regelation have formed an ice cap that in places exceeds 3,000 feet in thickness. Through the action of various forefcs—that of contraction and expansion by changing temperature being, perhaps, the most potent—'this ice cap creeps steadily seaward and projects into the &!&an a perpendicular front from 1,000 to 2,61)0'feet in height. The terhperature of the fiea'.' water being about 29 degrees, the fresh Water ice remains unwasted, and the ice barrier plows the ocean bed until, through flotation in deep water, disruption occurs and the tabular berjg is formed. These bergs are of a size that long taxed the belief of men, but it is now well established that bergs two miles square and 1,000 feet in thickness are not rare others are as large as thirty miles in length, and some nearly 3,000 feet in thickness, their perpendicular, sun-wasted sides from 200 to 400 feet above the sea." ,,

M'KINLEY'S NEW CARRIAGES.

The PresldentiElect Has Ordered Three From Chicago. President McKinley„wjll jCide„ around Washington in carriages built in Chicago. He has sent $5,000 to C. P. Kimball & Co. to pay for this part of the equipment of the White House stables, says the Chicago Times-Herald.

It was decided by the McKlnley household that three vehicles would be necessary. A cabriolet will be needed for dry days and turnB along the avenue, a landia for rain and society trips, and a brougham would carry all the members of the family. All are to be made for two horses, and the instructions to the builders was to spare nothing to make them rich—not showy. They are to outshine the old one-horse chaise, with its two seats, which has carried many- an aspirant from the station in Canton to Mecca since election.

The brougham will be done In green morocco, with a little diflfifence In the quality of material. iv

All the trimming&sare.. to be silver. The vehicles are to be flttSa with rubber tires, all the springs being &Siie<Hklly constructed to make the riding wltho&tv£he suggestion of a jolt- svii

The harnesses are to bear silver ornaments, the bits and buckles wife of the same metal. The windows will lhaW pneumatic rims to make them air-tight aad^still easy to move.

The pole sockets are

tb bfr done in silver,

padded and trimmed' Wtn rims like the windows. This completes the ifc*ms In the contract.

It is not known at ttds time where the horses will be bought, but tn!re will be need for a large addition to Canton stabler "The stablo new contains :.onfespld white hprs&i familiar by Its slow pilgrimages from the station to the house in tBfe.Ohio town. Neither' the horse nor the old fclmise with Its-dusty top, Is fit for the use krf the president, and they will probably b* left at home. It has been customary for the White House, man td have a long string of horses, and there will certainly be need for five or six to go with the new carriages.

THE WINDOW "EXPLODED

A 800 Pound Pane of Glass Shattered Without Apparent Cause. A curious accident occurred on Friday at the store of M. Steinart & Sons, in the "bursting"—for no other word will describe the manner of the-accident—of one of the large lights of plateglass in the iront part of the store, says the Boston Evening Transcript. These lights are 130 by 150 inches in Size, a little more than an inch thick, and Weigh about 500 pounds each. The accident occurred at a little after 7 o'clock in the morning, when there was no one in the store except the night Watchman and'the janitor. Both of these employees were at. the hack part of the store when they were startled by what sounded like a heavy explosion, followed by the crash and clatter of falling glass. Rushing out to the front of the store they saw that the northern most of th% two great windows had been broken in and lay in fragments on the floor. It was not a oracklng and falling of the glass, but the whole pane looked as if it had been smashed out by some giant hand. Jagged pieces of glass were hanging around the edge of the casing, showing that the trouble was not with the setting. The fall of glass was so heavy that it badly injured a handBome piano which stood in the window, cutting and denting the top as if it had been pelted with rocks.

It is considered as fortunate that there were so few persons in the store at the time, because, if anyone had been standing close to the window, there is every probability that he would have been killed. The window has been filled with canvas and boards, but it still causes the firm a good deal of inconvenience, as it makeS that part Of the store rather dark, and does not allow of showing the piano in the window. TheN Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance company, In which the light was insured, Is having a good deal of difficulty in replacing it'on account of its great size. It will cost the pampany $300 to replace the light.

The cause of the accident is a mystery. At the store there are two theories. One of these is that the pane wajt in some way weakened by the firing of the: governor's salute on the common of the day before, and gave way When it did on account'of the high wind which prevailed just at that itime. lie other theory is that the break waa caused by the two large radiators, which are close behind the glass. They were started at' 4 o'clock in the morning and had the store well heated by 7, and It is thought to be possible that the heat inside and the cold outside, acting in conjunction with the high wind, may have been sufficient to break the glass. Mr. Godding, the agent of the insurance company, who has had a great deal of experience with th© breaking of glass, thinks that the fracture was caused in neither of those ways. He 6ays it is more likely to have been causcd by the settling of tho buiiding. W'

The Express is the only Sunday paper in Terre Haute. 15 cents a tML

JANUARY 22.1897

Hul«

8AY ITS ALL SETTLED

tftas.

esp^Mn Oa Trial.

It was currently report*! oh the streets lsst night that the row in the tamiliea of Barry CMvor aadfWttttMn lhlsworth has been adjusted and thit th&rt will be no suits of any kind brought. The truth of this story is not touched

tot

as It was im

possible to see Olivet's lawyer last night An effort was made to find either Mi1, or Mrs. Oliver but without success. However, the fact that there was .no suit lor divorce filed by Oliver yorterday leads to the belief that the stofy of a compromise may be true. Attorney Hamill stated Wednesday night that he was going to file the papers in the suit the first thing yesterday morning. His failure to do this may be due to the fact that there has been a compromise agreed upon. ».

WHITECAPPfRS ON TRIAL

Twelve of Them Fined S3 and Costs For Assault and Battery. Mayor Ross* court was crowded to tie doors yesterday afternoon when the trial of the eighteen negroes suspected of being implicated in the yhitecapping of William Walker was oalled. All Bagdad seemed to be there. There- were all kinds of looking negroes and about as many whites. People crowded through the doors until the room was full and it was necessary t6 place an officer on guard to keep any more out. The women who came to attend the trial were given seats on the east side of the room and there were some fifty of them.

There was a good deal of fun brought out as the trial progressed. Some of the witnesses who had previously been questioned by Deputy Prosecutor Walker told stories which caused him to almost fall through the floor with amazement. Aftentone witness had been examined the stories were mostly the same, while prior to the trial •they were widely different. Walker told his story on the stand.. He told the mayor that he escaped by reason of his own good legs. He eaw an opening about five feet wide and he made a jump. The.first time he Jumped twelve feet and at the second Jump a distance of thirty feet had been cleared. £fe forgot to measure after that he was too busy running. The trial was not concluded yesterday though several of the men were fined $3 and costs. The hearing will be continued today.

THE TOLLESTON GUN CLUB.

A Number of Persons Shot Br the Keepars 'of the Grounds. Special to the Indianapolis News'.

Hammond, Ind., Jan. 21.—The tragedy which occurred on the Tolleston' Gun Club preserves last Tuesday is still the talk of the county, and the mutterings which are heard among the citizens in the neighborhdod bode no good for the club. The fact that a number of the most prominent citizens of the locality have been shot down In cold blood by keepers of the grounds has served to arouse the feeling against the club, whichjtoriiearly two years has lain dormant, and all kinds of threatB are being made. The additional fact that the sheriff placed the keepers under arrest within a few hours after the shooting, and took them to Grown Point, no doubt prevented Another tragedy. The sound of the gun shots had hardly died Sway before there were preparations made for a lynching, and the prompt action of Deputy Sheriff Farley in making the arrests Was all that prevented it coming off.

The history of the Tolleston Gun Club is a bloody one. The club is composed of a number of wealthy Chicago sportsmen, with Edward F. Daniels as the president. It owns, or rather claims to own, nearly 3,000 acres of land along the Calumet river. The land is composed mainly of swamps and marshes, and is fit for no other purpose than that for which it is used—a game preserve. The title to a large part of the land is in dispute, and has been in the courts for several years.

Since the organisation of the club, nine years ago, there has been a number of tragedies on the premises. Men have been found dead in the swamps and others have been found floating in the river. The mysteries surrounding these deaths have never been cleared up.

Within a year after the club purchased the property, the body of an unknown, man was found in the river but a short distance below the preserve. He was^ never identified and was buried in the potter's field. In March, 1890, the body of John Norris was found near Liverpool.' He had been dead several days, and the coroner's inquest revealed the fact that he had been murdered by a blow on the head, which crushed the skull. His murderer or murderers were never apprehended, but the blame was thrown on the keeper of the club. The following spring another man's body was found lying in the swamp just outside the preserves. From indications It was thought it had been thrown there after death had occurred. This death was also laid at the door of itile keepers. The body of Arthur Morton, of Chicago, was found In January, 1892, and, as in the other cases,.his death is still a mystery.

The tables were turned on March 21,1894, when James Conroy and William Cleary# two of the club's watchmen, were killed. On this occasion the two keepers came to a saloon in Tolleston and seeing Albert Looker, they charged him with h*vipg been poaching on the club's grounds. This Looker denied, and after a number of words had passed, Looker was knocked down by Conroy. While lying there he pulled out a navy revolver and killed both his assailants. Looker then fled, but the next day surrendered to the authorities. At the inquest he was exonerated, and as evidence of the feeling existing in the neighborhood, he was carried on the shoulders of a num^ ber of farmers to a hotel and tendered a reception. He afterward left the country, having heard that Conroy's brother had sworn to shoot him on sight. He went West, and Conroy followed him. They met, and Conroy was sent back home for burial.

By no means were these the only scrapes that occurred in the locality. In the sprftig of 1892, Bob Morris and William Dole. 'of Chicago, went to Tolleston for a few days* hunting. Not knowing that they were trespassing, they went on .the grounds of the club and were met by a number of keepers and severely beaten. A few months later two men from Hammond went up the river to shoot ducks. They, were shot at from the bank by watchmen of the grounds, and their boat was

:«B^4nr'|he

tskm home in a wagon. *nd,f0L' a

are ever ready tor a scraphesitate to go oft the groO"4* .disturbance. They taVe been trol tho banks of the riwv any one who might be out h«

they ftrani

severe

W J"

any

one they

to cone ashore, and. up*» refusal, w» 7 would sink the boats by shooting them, and then laugh at the oocupants their efforts to swim ashore. In case one was found along the banks, they wowa be badly beaten and their guo®

takett a

from thhsm and thrown

rtv?r' a

When th* ciub was flwt orgsateed the watchmen were made sP*®1*1 but It was not long before this was taken from them because

their Bru

tality. Since then they have been a terror to the neighborhood. After the killing 0 Conroy and Cleary by Looker, they ha not been so anxious to get Into trouble, ana it was thought a lesson had been taught them. The affray or last Tuesday proves otherwise, however, and there will probably be similar scrapes in tho future. °ev®^aI attempts have been'made by the authorises to break up the gang, but every effort has proved futile. \.M

Mr. Seydel, who ig mentioned above, Is a juror at the present term of the superior court in this city, and to a News reporter farmers in the neighborhood of tb« grounds, told the story of the feeling &SS9n« the fanners in the neighborhood of the grounds. He says that the club has no title to half the ground they claim, and many times the watchmen have exceeded their authority in going beyond the limits of the grounds to beat inoffensive people who were tending to their own business and harming no One. He has a suit in the courts for damages for injuries received at the hands of the watchmen in 1892, and it is believed he will recover a large sum when the case goes to the jury." ,,

THEY CAN COOK.

The Wittier Picnic Clnb Serves a Dainty Supper to Their Friends. The members of the Mid-Winter Picnic Cooking club held a meeting last night at the home of Mrs. E. R. Bryant On Cherry street. The members of the club had assembled in the early part of the evening and enjoyed one of their usually excellent spreads. Following this they had invited in their numerous gentlemen friends to enjoy the evening, the first part of which was spent at car as and numerous games. During the evening many musical selections were heard from tne talented ones present. Miss Jessie Perdue ana Miss Maud Paige being very liberal in responding with numerous songs, together wnn many musical selections from Mr. Al« crawford and Mr. Frank Kelley. During the evening the young ladies made the young men very happy by serving to them what they can a "buffet" lunch. Dancing was Indulged In by many. Those present were Misses Jessie Perdue, Sue Ross, Maud Paige, Mrs._Grace Briggs, Mrs. Alex Crawford, Mrs. Will Weller, Mrs. John Dickerson, Mrs. Seeley, Mrs. E. R. Bryant, Messrs. Frank Kelley, Frank Moore, V. K. Hendricks, Hubert Kilbourne, A. A. Beecher, John Dickerson. Edgar Dick, Fred Paige, Alex Crawford, George Crane, C. W. Clark and Harry Bryant.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Herancourt of Souih Fourteenth street entertained their card club Wednesday evening. Progressive euchre and' dancing were the order of the evening. The pretty horn was artistically decorated for the occasion and a palatable luncheon was served. The first prizes were awarded to Miss Mayme Boulden and Mr. John Redmond. The consolation prizes were taken by Mrs. Charles Griffith and Harry Davis. The invited guests were Mae Boulden, Lulu Johnson, Grace Ludwig, Mary Bombuig, Miss Strous and Marie Dempsey, Messrs. John Redmond, Howard Eckert- Will Halstead, Charles Miller, Harry Boulden^ Mr. Hany and Master Earl Herancourt

THE SLY MR. PLATT.

A Dan Quin Description of the New Senator From New York. Piatt Is 64 years old, healthy, slim and gray, says Dan Quin in the New York Journal. If there's aught In any theory that tells of the transmigration of souls, Piatt used, in the centuries that are gone to be a house cat. There's a feline sort to his grin. There's a purr goes with Flatt and then suddenly, just following SOKE friendly rub against your knee, come his teeth and claws.

Piatt is catlike In his vitality you can't destroy him. More than once the stone has been tied about his neck and he has been borne to the pool and cast forth to drown— this frequently unloved cat of politics. In each instance his would-be destroyer, on his return, would be amazed to find the worthy Thomas seated on the party doorstep cleaning his wet fur.

Plat is sly, secret, smirking, kindly and full of an orderly discretion when the public eye is on him. Catlike, he will sit on a rug and doze and purr throughout the day. At intervals he will yawn and stretch and try his claws, but always with a saintly air, as one who dreams no harm.

But at midnight, when the public sleeps, a wild yell fills the air. It Is Piatt's war cry, as, with green eyes, he lurks through the back alleys of politics. Even during the day, let the public back be turned, and the public canary will locate itself in Piatt's Interior in a moment. When the public Is again faced the right way the canary is wondrously absent, while Piatt, sending forth deceptive purrs, is just a trifle greater of girth.

One of the interesting things to come will be the relations of Piatt and Hanna when they take their seats in the senate. Hanna will be there from Ohio, in Sherman's old seat just as Piatt will be from New York: and the traps and gins, and deadfalls and snap-haunches which Piatt will set and spread for Hanna should make a future full of interest. _________

To Trim Next Summer's Gown* Ribbons in plain colors, either satin or taffeta, area good investment if they chance to be among the bargains, for there is every prospect that they will be very much used In trimming our summer gowns, and two shades of one color are the special fad just at present. It is an easy matter to imagine how effective this harmony of color will be on dainty think dresses, especially white and on colored qr^ndi^ white ribbon combined with 00W lyill ma^e a pretty variety. Araotig "rotbter .suggestions for summer gowns i§ the fancy for tiny* tucks, and those who desire to make., up their thin gowns in January can safely make use of this fashion without any fear of getting in too many, especially on the bodice and sleeves, which are both tuckfd round or up and down in groups or otherwise. Groups of three or five tucks across a frill of narrow Valenciennes on the edge of one is not a new method ofmaking thin waists, but it is very pretty and will be goo.1 style in the coming season. The tucks must be very fine in the widths used in underwear, and they are a very popular mode of trimming heavier materials which figure among our winter gowns.—New York Sun.jv.^

The

4yer, the men

barely escaping with their,l^es. A number of persons who have, been hunting in the neighborhood of the grounds have had their guns taken awx fttm them and thrown in tho river.

Charles Seydel, one of L$ke county's most prominent farmers, had an experience with the keepers in th» spring of 1892, which eame near ending his life. He owns a large farm In the neighborhood of the club's grounds, and one day, while he was out hunting oh what he thought was not the club's grounds, he was sat upon by a number of the keepers 104 seytreJy HuUtt, tr*

'gambllng game "craps," which so deeplv engrosses the triflln' kind Of colored men In the

South,

rratio

Orleans

was Invented by the arlsto-

Marquis

Bernard De Marigny of New

who entertained Louis Philippe when

the latter visited Louisiana.

'OT'SAID THE CLERK

AHD

RATMOHD,

kably DISAPPOINTED.

"T1

Cona*

Haute to

Married—AoetttMr Runaway Co*W Came to Grief.

Two conplM came to Terre Saute restart*!

Wld were

disappointed. Mraj

William Thomas of IndlaaapoHs aad Prsa^ Resdley of Harmony came In on a VanflglW train in the morning and w&e pwsnpUytaHt rested. They wire eloping. Both have better half living. Mrs. Thomas Is the wilrf of a former member of the Terre Haute •force and she cams an the way tram tW Mpital city to marry the Harmony Sweper. They were followed to this city W

Mary Carter and Raymond Early were nof arrested but they have a grudge against .Terrs' Haute that will not be forgotten for toaayj moons. They came In yesterday from- cppoJ site directions, but were not long In finding eaoh other. Miss Carter is juit 18—that ts Raymond says she Is. It was because of the fact that he couldn't get .any one else to say 'so that Mary Is not now Mr* Early. When'' Early entered the clerk's office he laid down on the counter, and handing the clerk a slip of paper on which was written the names of himself and Mary, asked that the license be made out. He was refused on account of no witness being present to swear to the age of the glrL Early went *ut and finally returned with a man, who said his name was Brooks. Appxoachlsg the clerk, Brooka said he had known "Miss Early" for years and would testify that she was of legal age. "What is that name again?" asked ths' clerk. "Why, her name Is Early—Mary Early, spoke up Brooks. "Me you sure?" insisted the clerk. "Of course I am," was the answer. "Don't you suppose I am capable of being oertaln^ when I have known her all my life?" "Now look here, young fellow," said thr clerk, "this girl is not known to you at alM

Her name la not Early, it Is Carter. You are telling me a lie and I have a notion to call the sheriff in to take care of you."

Brooka saw hia mistake, and coloring up, admitted he was not telling the truth. He said, however, that he wanted to do a good turn* He saw the young couple wanted to get married and was doing his best to help them out.

THEY HISSED OFF THE HATS.

The Gallery Gods Enforcing Chicago's Xew Theater Ordinauce. Hundreds of excited and Indignant theatergoers took the high hat question into their own hands Sunday night at the Columbia Theater by hisses and yells that amounted to a tumult, asserts the Chicago Tribune. They compelled every woman who was present at the first night of Sousa's "El Capitan" to Bit bareheaded through the performance—all but those in the boxes and one woman in the parquet, who, in spite of the yells that came down at her from the balcony and gallery, kept her wide brimmed headgear on all through the opera.

The noisy demonstration began before tne curtain went up fjr the first act, and continued till after the opera had begun, drowning out the music and for a few minutes threatening to break up the performance altogether.

Finally it was quieted by the ushers when there were practically no more hats to come oil, and the play went on smoothly.

Nobody knows who started the demonstration. From the suddenness of the outburst It might have suggested Itself to a hundred persons In the same instant. It began wltn veils of "Hats Off," that were interspersed with hisses and groans as some of the women showed a disposition not to obey. T&hen the hisses came the hats In the parquet and dress circle went off as IX they had been caught by a gale from behind.

Every woman who entered the theater with her hat on made a nervous grab at the hat pins as soon as she divined the Import of the demonstration. Never did hats come olt so kly from feminine heads as they did for five minutes before the performance bethe gan

the center of the qarquet a pretty young nan with a hat topped by a black pompon through It all, blushing scarlet, but withmaking a move toward her hat The gal gods" and the balcony youths ^Ued and at her, but she did

woman sat out lery hissed curtain Then

lisl

Loufcrback of Brazil, Beadl«^

•lie told Brazil's marshal that she, didn't cars' particularly for Frank, but she wnia pleased to have him come back home and straighten up a few affairs, after sthkh hJ oould take Mrs. Thomas or any other womari he 6aw fit. Mrs. Thomas wae pdrsoed as West aa Brazil by her husband. Mrs. Thomas is sorry she has been ao giddy and yeatordajq evening she went back to irtfhl her husband. She asked to be forgtv«m was welcomed with open arms.

lip

not

budge—HU the

jt went up and the lights vent down.

ttStoS£.*££«» front 01 ft.Vf another woman with a wide brimmed trimmed with duck-s' feathers, sat with ce fierv red all throi^h the performance, was the only woman in the theater, out-

quet

hat a She side

face

5X StCiolM o» to" $- their seats and went forward to the rail and hung far over the edge whil- they

Persons

could left Ing joined remained if to

In the demonstration, and some of theni

aed

there through the Performance as make sure no woman put her hat on

again

the ushers got the peoplep^^

Finally

quieted that the

antl-nign nai iuu |S disposed -anager Davis of the Columbia^ ^fnco regard the demonstrationasgwra

Manager

to ri that to the accept make posinu theater will the room

P?5IIC»Thar

He i*Averted, and will

arrangements for ch

germania

intQ hi3

»'o'» SS 't./. women". KllriM

Death of Zella M. I'e^body.

Woi 7Plla Peabody, aged 22, daughter Miss Zelja m. 1•

Peabody,

neral will be made later.

died

of Joseph A. and S home No. 915 last night at her pa«n North Second street, after a t»n

iitox Chapel

Theater.

TAN. 25th:

COMMENCING 1

MONDAY.

SAM.

YOUNG'S

Melville Company.

Change of PJay Nightly.

10. 20,30 CIS.

Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. IO and 20 Cents.

That Expresses it Exactly, Just as Our Reputation Fits

THE

BEST and

BEST ONLY

I In

GROCERIES and FRESH WITS

?yo?e°n^w

Pthi3

we have their trade.

How

about you.

and-

Lawrence Hickey

twelfth