Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 October 1897 — Page 6

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OK. A. J. THOMPSON DECIDES TO HAKE A LiW FIRM SHOKE.

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DISBARMENT OF HUGHES CALDWELL

DECEITFUL, DISHONORABLE AND COL.L.C8IVE PRACTICE CHARGED.

»«h8t Dnff Caldwell Is Alleged to Have Said to Orin Brown in Order to Get the Warrant.

(From Sunday's Daily.)

Btate of Indiana, County of Vigo, ss., in the Superior Court of Vigo county, Albert J. Thompson vs. Siegel A. Hughes and Duff Caldwell, complaint to suspend attorneys.

Plaintiff says that he is a resident of the city of Terre Haute, county of Vigo and state of Indiana and that tne defendants are attorneys in partnership practicing at the bar of the Superior and Circuit Cotirts of Vigo county, Indiana, and residents of said city, county and state and plaintiff says that defendants and each of them are guilty of a willful violation of the following duties of attorneys as prescribed by section 967 of the revised statues of 1881, being section 979 of the revised statutes of 18!M: 1. To support the constitution and laws of thi United States and or this.state 2. To maintain the respect that is due to the courts of justice and judicial officers 3. To counsel and maintain such actions, proceedings and defenses only' as appear to him legal and just 4. To employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confined to him, such means, only, as are consistent with truth 7. Not to encourage either the commencement or the continuance of an action or proceeding from any motive of paSsion or interest

Plaintiff says further that the violation upon the part of earh of defendants and as a firm and partnership of each and'all of said duties of attorneys as specified were in this, towit:

The defenadnts and each them acting as the attorneys for one David F. Hayes, a defendant whom this plaintiff had sued for debt, during the pendency of such action before Frank J. Turk, justice of the peace of Harrison township, in said county and state, and after the evidence in said case had been closed and argument had and the case submitted to said justice, for the purpose of influencing the decision of said justice and for th~e further purpose of humiliating this plaintiff and to injure his reputation, procured said Hayes to sign an affidavit which said defendants did then and there toWitr' 'on the 8th day of October, 1897, preparer,^Charging this plaintiff w'th perjury on the„trial of said cause the day before and in advance of the decision of said justlre, and did maliciously and "purposely delay the presentation of said affidavit to any justice of the peace during day time of the day on which it was executed but delayed until late in the evening of said day and that then one of said defendants, towlt: Duff Caldwell, In company with said Hayes, the affiant upon said affidavit, went to the house of Bazil Brown, a Justice of the peace of said township, county and state and that said Caldwell then and there ascertained that said justice was absent from the state of Indiana, and would not return until the following day but the informant being a young son of the said justire Brown told satd Duft Caldwell, an attorney at this bar, that he the young son could prepare the necessary papers and issue a warrant ofr the arrest of this pj:aintiff on said affidavit although the justice was absent from the state and thereupon the said defendant Duff Caldwell, a practicing attorney at this bar, consented and agreed to surh violation of the law of the state of Indiana, and together with aitiant Hayes accompanied said young son or the said Justice Brown to the office of the absent Justice to the alleged warrant, and did then and there advise and counsel said young son of the absent justice, the said Duff Caldwell aciing as an attorney of this bar, to take said forged warrant to the metropolitan police headquarters of said city of Terre Haute, in said rounty and state, thq said police having due authority to serve warrants issued by justices, and said Duff Caldwell did then and there order -q® pjbs jo uos SunoX p-lTts aqj josjjp pufl sent justice to irect paid police to serve said warrant at that late hour of night, without waiting until morning, although said Duff Caldwell, a practicing attorney at this bar, well knew that said warrant was a forgery and that said young eon of said absent justice was impersonating and usurping the powers and prerogatives of the absent justice the peace and said Duff Caldwell then and there acting as an attorney of this bar said to said young son of absent Justice "Thompson has played us a dirty trick *n suing us and he must be arrested tonight ahd kept'in jail In order that we mav ge* even with him." or words to that effect, and that thereupon said young son of said absent justice took said forged warrant to police headquarters and turned the same over to the then acting chief of police, who immediately caused the arrest of this plaintiff on aal,d forged warrant and the arres, being* made at a late hour of jnight, and there being no opportunity for a preliminary hearing, the justice whose name was fored to the warrant being still absent out the stae, this plaintiff was forced to the county

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and compelled to regain there the entire night, greatly to his humiliation and injury and that plaintiff wa» not released ifrom said jail until the following day when the justice returned to the state of Indiana and repudiated the wart-ant and declared it to be a forgety.

And plaintiff further says that each of the defendants had, full knowledge of the absence of said justice and conspired together to use paid young son of said atH sent justice to further their own ends In said action pending before said Justice Turk and thac all of said acts so done by said defendants were done purposely, maliclouslv and with the evil intent to destroy this plaintiff's reputation without cause.

Wherefore this plaintiff moves thi6 honorable court that defendants Siegel A. Hughes and Duff Caldwell, practicing attorneys at this bar, be suspended from the roll of practicing attorneys at this bar for deceitful, dishonorable and collusive practice.

Albert J. Thompson.

Subscribed and sworn to befcre me this Kh day of ctober, 1897. Alvln M. Higgins,

Notary Public.

Yesterday morning Albert J. Thompson, the erstwhile veterinary surgeon, but now the agent of the Germania Lie? Insurance Co., gave out the information that he wae going to make somebody smoke for his incarceration in the county Jail Friday night.

Yesterday evening Or. T!aomp«on tie?™ proceedings to make go.vl his word. Inr there was filed in the court he above information, the contents which, if rc\en, means the disbarment 3f Duff Caldwell rnd Siegel Hughes from pracHnt'g at -he bar of justice in this entry. Sweeping chrrges are made and the defendants have five days in which to file an answer.

When Dr. Thompson was released from Jail yesterday morning he was about the maddest man to be found in this neck ol the woods. He said he was going to make things so warm about the court house that the janitor would have no occasion to turn on the steam before Christmas. Dr. Thompson did not relish the idea of oassing one whole night In Vigo county's old jail. The bunk was hard to begin with, the snore of the other prisoners was altogether disagreeable and the full moon and shinin? waters of the Wabash hod no charm? for hiai.

THE ARREST OF THOMPSON'. Dr. Thompson was -jailed on a warrant charging him with pe'Jury. The paper was served by Detectives McRae and Dwyri, and as no bail had beea provided for and

Justice Brown, wtmq naaje wu t-igned

to the paper, was out of the city, tteie was nothing to do but institute habeas corpus proceedings. As was stated in The Express, Thompson was alleged to have made false and felonious statements while prosecuting witness in the case tried before Justice Turk. Thompson had sued D. F. Hayes of North Seventh street for $37.50, the amount of premium on a life insurance policy, and it was alleged he swore at this trial he had paid the amount of the nremium out of his own pocket to the company. This Hayes did not believe, and it is said he found by writing to the company that not a penny had been paid by Thompson on the policy. This information in his possession he employed Attorney.-! Caldwe'l & Hughes and brought perjury proceedings against Thompson, whose arrest followed.

Yesterday some sensational features :*n the case were brought to light, and from what appears on the surface the warrant on which Thompson was arrest-id was an illegal one and was issued by Or :i lur.wn, son of the Wall street justice of the peace. Justice Brown only returned from Jewett, 111., yesterday morning and no sooner did he set foot in Wall street than he was approached by A. M. Higgins, w-io appeared as Thompson's attorney. Justice Brown stated frankly that he had not issued any warrant for the arrest of Thompson. He soon found his son, Orin, had made out the paper. When Thompson lparned this was the case he declared he would institute proceedings against the young man, first for false imprisonment, next for impersonating an officer and third for forging hi^ father's name. In addition to til's Dr. Thompson said he would prosecute Hughes & Caldwell, who are alleged to have advifed young Brown to take the step he did, ftr false imprisonment, malicious provocation and conspiracy, and the prosecution of all the police officers involved, together with the sheriff and his jailer for false arrest and imprisonment. Dr. Thompson says he explained very explicitly at the trial befoie 'Squire Turk that the payment, which Hayes had failed to make, would be charged up to him (Thompson) by the company^ but did not say that he had yet tur.iftd the money, $37.68, over to the company. He brands the prosecution as entire'.y w'.thout foundation and his arrest and imprisonment as an outrage.

THE SIGNING OF THE WARRANT. The police and jail officials are net losing any sleep over the proceedings, howevf-r. They say they are not supposed to be apprised as to the validity of warrants. If the papers come to them propevif signed and delivered by a responsible pervm, such as Orin Brown was considered to be in the Thompson case, they have no hesitancy in serving them. Justice Brown admits he authorized his son to transact civil business in his absence, but made no mention of criminal proceedings. 'Squire Brown says his son went to Officer Frepcl^.y/th the warrant and said: "I have signed this in my father's absence. If it ifitr*t"pll right let it go till be returns," or *ordfevto that effect. The officer is reported to have answered that he guessed it woujd bfrall right, and turned it over to the dfeteotivea for service.

David! F. Hayes, who caused the warrant to be issued for the arrest of Thompson, said yesterday: "Mr. Caldwell and I went to Brown's and asked for Justice Brown. Young Brown said he was out of town, but left him to act in place of his father in signing all papers.' Mr. Caldwell said: "You .cannot do that.' Young Brown said he could and would sign all things necessary, while his father was away, as he had been left for that purpose."

Hayes' attorneys claim that the facts set forth in the affidavit are true and that the matter will be brought before the grand jury. It is understood that Hayes' explanation for refusing to pay the premium on his policy is that Thompson is indebted to him for about $30 for a bar bill and for money advanced to pay various other bills.

A QUEER CHARGE.

Old Man Goucher Implicates His Son In a y'-f-- Warran. He Swears Out.

Old Dan Goucher, the gypsy, swore out a warrant for the arrest of Alex Moody yesterday, on the charge of buying stolen property. Moody Is the man who bought the horse from Jacovius Goucher last summer, which was afterwards found to have been' stolen from a farmer near Farmersburg. 'ThV Gouc hers disappeared in their 'phurlfe' 8&ji.obner soon after the horse was sold. A £ew days later Moody was called upp (by this, owny of the horse and gave it 'j&p Without a protest. A week ago the wandered back and camped aoross the river. Moody found It out and noticed the police, who' arrested Jacovius. "the~o:d man did not relish this and after making some blood-thirsty threats which scared Moody badly, for some reason fell upon this scheme for revenge. It is satd he was advised so to do by an attorney whom he consulted. It was told Goucher when he applied for the warrant that he was virtually admitting his son's guilt, he old man scratched his head, and then said, "Well, then, I'll make It 'if he did stefil it, Moody Is guilty.' He could not be convinced that this version of the affair was just as bad as the other and the warrant was Issued. Moody was arrested apd placed in jail. he Gouchers ar? a queer set. They came originally from Sullivan rounty, where, as a young man, Dan had the reputation of being the wors' fighter in the section. He is an empiric of the herb variety and travels over the country selling his decoctions to the farmers for their ills.

LIKE OLDEN TIMES.

Clinton Merchants Experiencing the Substantial Results of Strike Settlement. Special to the Express,

Clinton, Ind.. Oct. 8.—Tonight Clinton is the liveliest town in all Hoosierdom, the result of the miners receiving their first pay since the end of the big strike. The several mines paid off this evening, distributing about $15,000 among their employes. The miners and their families who have so long been living on short rations are crowding the groceries and dry goods stores and every business establishment ist being taxed to its fullest capacity, and in some of the places extra clerks are pressed into service. The streets are thronged with men, women and children, and the town has not had such a business-like appearance in years. The saloons, of course, are doing a good business, but the crowd of miners is remarkable for its good order. The merchants say that when the hour comes for closing they will have had the biggest day's business they have enjoyed in years.

STRUCK HIS FATHER.

Old Man Objected to Jim Walker Boarding a Girl at the Hous*.

Samuel Walker, -an old man well known about town, swore out a wi niit yest® .Jay for the arrest of his son, James Walker, charging him with assault and battery. He claims the (wo had a dispute and the young fellow stru.k him. The cause of the qua*rel is a girl, whom. Walker, the elder says, his son has been keeping at the home of the Walker family. To this the old man objected in very pointed terms.

No Change In Fever Situation. New Orleans, Oct. 9.—The fever situation is practically unchanged, and new cases were numerous, coming from all parts of the city, the foci frelng widely distributed. This is the record presented by the board of health tonight: New oases, 33 deaths, Miss Pauline Heitman, Miss Katie Leitsch, Sister Eulogia and Mrs. E. A. Reppert

IT WILL SOON BE GONE

MVt.lt OF THE "VISITOR" BEING CA&KIED OFF PIECE BY FIECE.,

Relic Hunters Are Swarming to the Scene of the Wreck Carrylnr Away the C' rOld and Rotten Pieces.

(From Sunday's Daily.)

If there is a man in Terre Haute who desires to see the wreck of the steamer Visitor, which was sunk in the river in 1842 by the Hiram Powers he had best go to the river bright and early this morning. In case he does not do this the chances are that, unless Edward Palmer guards the old hull with his shotgun there will not be enough of it left after this evening to kindle a kitchen fire.

Since The Express made the announcement that the bow of the old steamer was to be seen for the finst time since 1842 hundreds of people have been to the place and after taking a look at the boat knocked off a piece of the now rotten wood to bring home as a relic of the days of steamboating on the Wabash river. No less than 100 spikes have been pulled from the old hull and there being half a dozen excursions planned for today it is likely the last vestige of the old steamer now exposed to view will have disappeared before the setting of the sun today.

Few people excepting old river men knotf exactly where the steamer's hull is lying. The ordinary citizen goes down the river expecting to see the huge hull of a great steadier sticking out of the water. They expect to see something resembling an ocean steamer, and, therefore, are not prepared for the rather small appearing bow of the old Visitor. A reporter for The Express was piloted to the scene of the old wreck Friday by John Voight, who perhaps knows more about the Wabash river from Terre Haute to Vihcennes than any man living on it. He knows every foot of the bank, is acquainted with every fisherman along the river and has made friends with every dog at the different camps.

In order to be sure of seeing the hull of the Visitor it is better to go down on the west side of the river, driving through Macksville and then taking to the bottoms. Even by taking this route it is necessary to walk nearly a mile. So many people have been driving down through the corn fields that John McFall, who owns some of the finest yellow oorn in the Wabash bottoms and who doesn't want it knocked down, has chained up the gate about a mile from the wreckage and there is nothing left for the sightseers to do but walk to the wreck. By going down the river on the east side the distance is by no means as great. The only difficulty is the uncertainty of getting over to the wreck. If a skiff is at the landing to ferry one over all is well and good, but if there is none then there is nothing left for the people to do but feast their eyes on the Visitor from the opposite bank.

Edward Palmer is just now custodian of the sunken boat. Mr. Palmer has a fishing camp within thirty yards of the wreck. He has a not very vicious dog, a shotgun and all the other necessaries of a camp. In looking over the exposed part of the sunken steamer Mr. Palmer gave it as his opinion that the boat must have been one of the largest, if not the largest, ever floated on the Wabash. None but river men would know that this is the case. The Visitor is covered wth sand for the most part, there being nothing but about twelve feet of the bow visible. On the larboard side there is sand from three to twenty feet deep, while aft trees fully eight inches thick are growing in soil accumulated over the wreck. The bow of the boat is pointed toward the north, showing as was stated in The Express that at the time the vessel was in collision with the Hiram Powers it sunk almost immediately. The Visitor had been to New Orleans just prior to the accident and was returning with a valuable cargo. Instead of steering to the right and allowing the Powers, the southbound vessel, to get past, the Visitor's pilot hugged the west bank and his boat went down as a result.

It is plain for a river man to see that the Visitor was not less than thirty feet across deck. The guard rail on the starboard side was broken off yesterday but judging from its position before torn loose and the general shape of the bow of the vessel it is easy to suppose the boat was fully thirty feet beam. The length of the vessel is not to be determined. There is simply no way to ascertain the fatt except by digging the old hull out. This could be done In a few days as the sand is soft and the trees growing on the hear end of the boat would easily yield to the digging process. There i» one part of the oll .wijeck that people are very desirous of getting hold of. This is the iron

bow stem. This great piece of iron will not

yield to the repeated twists given it, how ever. The stem is fully half an Inch thick three inches "in width, and it is supposed runs the full length of the vessel. The big spikes are much sought after by visitors to the place These nails, as can readily be seen, are handmade wroughts. Some of them are eight inches in length.

Being driven in the hard oak timbers of which the hull and guards of the craft were constructed, the nails are wonderfully preserved. The bow of the boat was covered with heavy sheet iron, which is not yet rusted off and which for the sand cannot be ripped off yet. The iron is much thicker than the ordinary sheet iron of today and must have been handmade also. The boat, as has been stated, is full of sand, but nevertheless there has been some talk among interested persons of digging it out and examining the Old hull. It is thc-ught, after testing the memories of the oldest river men, that the hull of the Visitor yet contains the machinery used on the boat when she went to the bottom. One old river resident told that the boat used the old sliding valves, but that in the forties her machinery was considered to be the best in the market. This machinery may yet be in the old hull, and if it is would certainly be valuable as a relic.

Since the hull of the old vessel was discovered some one has removed the only piece of upright rigging left on the deck. This was the capson, and it is plain to be seen that it was taken out only after considerable shoveling. The hole where it was in position is freshly dug. In addition to this hole there are the bit holes. The one on the starboard side appears to have been recently taken out* One enterprising citizen who went down to the wreck Friday is "of "the opinion the boat should be taken out and brought to the city. He thinks it would be a money making scheme to dig the boat out, relieve it of the sand and tow it to the city and place it on exhibition. Mr. Palmer, of the fishing camp, remarked that he had heard from some old river men that the boat's hull was loaded with whisky when it went down and laughingly added that as the boat had been under water and under sand since 1842 the whicky, in case there was any lelt.

TERRE HAUTE EXRESSS. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12.1897.

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BIG DELEGATION GOING THIS MOSNING

MACHINERY 18 BELIEVED TO BE IN THE OLD HULL. t"

Some Say the Craft Carried a Cargo of Whisky—Facts About the Old Boat.

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would undoubtedly be rather ollly by thta time. It has been learned that the Visitor did most of the carrying of supplies to old Fort Harrison. It is said to have brought mail to the people in the tort and often came up the river with thousands upon thousands of dollars of government money. The boat was sunk one dark night in the fall of 1842. An old resident who believes he remember* the incident says that at the time there were no lees than 300 flat boats and barges tied up on the river between old Terre Haute and the sand bar north of the city. The Hiram Powers loaded with pork and other freight put out from the wharf just before dark. It was raining hard and the river was bank full, there having been an unusual freshet that year. Whether there was something the matter with the lights of one or both of the boats or the machinery refused to work he does not remember. He only recalls that the two vessels went together just at the end of the sandbar north of Old Terre Haute and west of what is now known as the Krumbhaar farm.

Here the boat is today ana while little of it is to be seen it is an historic craft, and well worth the time spent in going to look at it. The bicycle club will make a run down to the wreck today, and it promises to be one of the largest, if not the largest, run in the history of the club. The distance is short and while the roads are dusty the end to be attained is well worth the exertion.

SHE "HEAVED AND SOT.'

Colonel McLean's Burst of Poetry Recalled by the Old Hull in the Wabash. Charley Tyler is authority for the statement that the old steamer sunk about forty years ago, which the change in the current of the river has brought to view it Old Terre Haute, is the one with respecteto ^rhich Colonel Wm. E. McLean wrotei itji celebrated short poem, "She Heaved and Sot," says the Evening Gazette. ^iKi

When the colonel was asknt "kbout it he laughed heartily hut said Tyler was mistaken. The subject of his poem was nothing so stately as a steamer. He had ascended Mt. Olympus on his winged steed Pegasus to apostrophize an old flatbodt whldh Peter Benrldge lost in 1852. "It was this way," said the colonel, recalling with clear memory the comical incident, "Benbridge had loaded a fiatboat with corn and other products and had brought it safely from Raocoon creek into the:Wabash. He was beund fer New Orleans but when he reached the land below town the boat sunk. I was a young fellow then Just out of college and was editing the Terre Haute Journal. I put the following doggerel into the mouth of Benridge who was supposed to be standing on the bank lamenting the loss of his oraft:

She heaved and sot And sot and heaved And high her rudder flung.

But every time she heaved and sot A "wusser" leak she sprung. The lines got into Harper's Monthly, which had something humorous to say about Hooaier poets, and were widely copied and caused much amusement.

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.

Several in Steele's District—Hendee and Henry—E. G. Hogate. Special to the Indianapolis News.

Wabash, Ind., Oct. 9.—There are now two avowed candidates for the Republican congressional nomination in this city, with several counties to hear from. George W. Steele has stated he will again ask the honors at the hands of the party, and the Rev. S.,E. Nicholson, of Kokomo, has made two trips through the six counties of the district cultivating his boom, Carey E. Cogwill has the question of entering the fight under advisement. James F. Stutesman, of Peru, who was a candidate two years ago, will not enter this year, waiting until he considers the times a little more propitious. ExSenator Loveland has also been "mentioned" by his Miami county friends, but has declined to run. In Huntington county Dr. C. H. Good,- who was an aspirant four years ago, is considering the chances, but as the contest between him and James B. Kenner, of Huntington, at Hartford City four years ago, is likely to be renewed, it is the opinion of the best informed politicians that neither Dr. Good, whose home is at Warren, nor Mr. Kenner will go into the fight. The district is surely Republican by from 3,000 to 6,000, and the efforts of the candidates will all be centered on corraling the nomination.

Denial That. Hendee Will Run. Rushvllle, Ind., Oct. 9.—A paper at Anderson says that Edgar B. Hendee, the well known orator of that city, will be a candidate against Congressman Charles L. Henry for the congressional nomination in the spring, and that Mr. Hendee's candidacy is being pushed by his friend, ex-Congressman James B. Watson, of this city. Mr. Watson denies! the story.

Congressman Henry, Mr. Watson and Mr. Hendee are friends and Henry has no warmer supporter than Watson, whose old home Is In Mr. Henry's district. Mr. Watson announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the Sixth district next spring, and if indications arc not deceiving, he will have scarcely any opposition. Two years ago in this district Mr. Watson and Congressman Henry U. Johnson, of Richmond, m&de a memorable fight for the nomination. After a bitter struggle, Mr. Johnson won by a few votes. So strong w»s the feeling aroused that Johnson and Watson do not

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nounced his intention to retire from public life at the expiration of his present term, and this will leave the field clear to Mr. W at so

E. G. Borate For Congress. Special to the Indianapolis News. Brownsburg, Ind., Oct. 9.—E. G. Hogate, of Danville, joint senator of Hendricks and Putnam oounties, is favorably mentioned throughout the Fifth district as a Republican candidate for congress against George W. Faris, the present incumbent, from Terre Haute. The Clayton correspondent of the Danville Republican has announced the name of Mr. Hogate as a candidate for governor in I960.

MRS. ELIZABETH DISHON.

Aged Mother of Terre Haute Citizen DiesOther Recent Deaths. Mrs. Elizabeth Dish, mother of James M. Dishon, of this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edwards, 441 North Alabama street, Indianapolis, Friday evening. Mrs. Dishon was 80 years old, and has lived in this state for over thirty years. The funerai will take place this afternoon.

The three weeeks old twin children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lowery, of 919 Oak street, died Friday, one in the morning and the other in the night. Mr. Lowery is employed at Beauchamp's livery stable.

The nineteen months old child of James M. Powell, of 1919 South Eighteenth street, died Friday afternoon. It was buried at Mount Pleasant cemetery yesterday afternoon.

The funeral of the late Joseph C. Pierce, who dropped dead at Kidder's mill, will not be held till 4 p. m. today, instead of 2 p. m., as at first announced.

Kx-Congressman t/ames White. 'Ft. Wayne, Ind., Oct 9.—Captain James B. White, ex-congressman, died here today of obstruction of the bowels. He was one of the wealthiest and most prominent business meu of northern Indiana, and served as ofeptain during the war.

OVATION FOR TRACY

8IKATOB VORAKKR THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT COOPER ONION.

He Declares That the Republicans of the Nation lN Watching: With Deep Anxiety the New York Battle.

IT IS BRY1N1SU OR REPUBLICANISM

MENTION OP LOW'S NAME ELICITS SOME BITTER EPITHETS.

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Henry George's Campaign Committee Tells Why Coalition With Cltl. sens' Union Was Formed.^^|

New York, Oct. 9.—The Republican municipal nominations were ratified tonight at a mass meeting at Cooper Union. Every seat in the big hall was occupied, and the assemblage was a very orderly one. The several candidates a6 they made their appearance on the platform were received with cheers. J1^

Senator Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, was the principal speaker. He said in part: "It has been said that this contest has no reference to either state or national politics. If that were true I would not now be standing on this platform. I should not have come all the way from Ohio to engage in this ratification meeting. "I am here to tell you first and foremost that the Republicans of the nation are watching this campaign with more anxiety and solicitude with respect to its result than they have ever experienced with respect to any municipal contest in our history."

Senator Foraker thfii paid his respects to Judge Van Wyck, Henry George and Seth Low, giving his reasons why "they should not be elected as mayor of rGeater? New York. He eulogized General Tracy as a Republican, soldier and public man, and continued: "General Tracy'3 election will be hailed with joy all over the United States by Republicans. Coniingr in this way, this contest, no matter whether you measure it between him and Mr. Low, or between him and Judge Van Wjrck, or between him and Henry George, is-'a contest between Bryanism on one side and Republicanism on the other, and It is because this is a ooontesti between Bryanism and" Republicanism that the people of the whole United StiftB# in suspense, anxiously awaiting the verdict you are to render on the 2d! day 'of I speak for the cause upon the sWgess of which depended last year, as a majority of us believed and voted—the peace, tie security and the prosperity of the United States."

Senator Foraker then quoted newspapen reports showing the general revival of business. The most remarkable thing that occurred during Foraker's speech was the wild cheer which broke out among the audience when the speaker mentioned Henry V3eorge. The body, of the hall was well filled with George men, who broke out like mad at the mention of his name. As the cheering was subsiding there were a few hisses.

At mention of Seth Low the occupants of the auditorium broke out into cat calls, hisses and slvrieks of derision. "Traitor," "Backslider," "Mugwump," being yelled again and again.

General Tracy's name evoked general enthusiasm, and he was cheered by the entire assemblage. General Tracy said in part: "No issue, in my judgment, that has ever occurred in any campaign involves a deeper and more vital Interest to the citizens of New York than at preset. In its platform the party recognizes that the question of good government fflip the city is of the highest and first importance, but it recognizes also the fact that there is another issue that cannot be ignored ili any paiitical contest in this country and' that is Ihe issue known by the. single, Vord, 'Bryan-

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General Tracy then made a long argument against the posit lop taken by. tlje Citteens' Union and criticized th# deal between th® union and Henry George committee,

After a meeting of the campaign committee, selected by Henry George, had been concluded at the Union Square Hotel after 11 o'clock tonight, a statement explaining the combination of the George ticket in New York county with that of the Citizens' Union was made public. It says in part: "The purpose of the men associated under the name of the Democracy of Thomas Jefferson is two-fold. "Primarily they desire to elect Henry George mayor of Greater New York. To this end they will Insist that every personal interest shall be subordinated. "Secondly, they propose to fight with every weapon at their disposal the domination of the Democratic party of Greater New York, by whose undemocratic forces of which Richard Croker is the personification, and through the influence of" which that party, which in its essentials should be a party of the people, has become in New York City at any raie, the political weapon of the privileged classess "To accomplish" these purposes, co-opera-tion between the Citizens' Union and New York county and the regular organization in Kings and Queens county has been under consideration and to a certain exten, accomplished. "In uniting with the Citizens' Union to defeat at one stroke Richard Croker and Thomas C. Plattt the great body of voters for whom this committee speaks has taken the obvious course."

At a meeting of the Democratic city committee tonight, Randolph Guggenheimer. a millionaire lawyer, was nominated to take the place on the Tammany ticket vacated by Jacob Ruppert, Jr., nominee for president of the council, who resigned.

The World's poll of voters includes 130,693 names. Van Wyck, Tammany candidate for mayor, is preferred by 43,148 Seth Low, Citizens' Union, by 31,516 Henry George, Jefferson Democrat, 26,619 General Tracy, Republican, 21.391 Patrick Gleason, Independent, 8,019.

The total registration in Greater New York yesterday and today was 320,828.

Engllsbmen Deeply Interested In Election. London, Oct". 9.—Not even In ?.he case of a presidential campaign in the United States have the English newspapers displayed such interest as they are now taking in the struggle preparatory to the election of a mayor of Greater New York. Even the heavy weeklies today devote much space to the subject.

The'speaker says: "Never since the days of imperial Athens, or Republican Rome, has a municipal contest involved such important issues. Many a king has not had so much powep. as the mayor of Greater New York will have." ,*

PULLED HAIR AND SCRATCHED.

Two Country W^men Have a Fierce^ Fight on South Fourth Street. A

One of the most interesting fights that.has taken place on South Fourth street In many a day was "pulled off" Saturday At noon. The battle wasj between two women, and for ab«ut three minutes the exhibition ol pugi­

listic ability was hot and heavy. The participants are originally from Riley. They are women, and good strong country women at that. Tobias Sanders lives on a farm near Riley, and it w«s his, wife who was trying conclusions with Lv cinda Dorsey, wife of the Twenty-fifth street bricklayer.

It was only last spring that Tobias and Martha Sanders were divorced. Mrs. Sanders was ever ready to cook side meat for Tobias, was always willing to sew on buttons for him. She milched the cows, and was all that a good wife should be. But Mrs. Sanders became Imbued with the idea that Tobias was entirely too well-acquainted with her distant relative, Lucinda Dorsey. The divorce was applied for and secured. But the two couldn't stand to be separated and a few weeks ago were married again. Yesterday they came to town. Tho best team in the barn was hitched to the wagon and they brought in enough poultry and vegetables, butter and eggs to buy all the groceries they needed for another week.

When the noon hour came Mrs. Sanders became hungry and started out to find u«? husband. She found him. She also found Lucinda Dorsey. They were standing near the corner of Fourth and Walnut engaged ia deep conversation. Unnoticed by either of them Mrs. Sanders walked up and Inserted her fingers in Mrs. Dorsey's back hair. Mrs. Dorsey carried an umbrella and she brought it into immediate use. This caused the Riley woman to release her hold on Mrs. Dorsey's haid and for the next two minutes the air was full of not very complimentary expressions, skirts and Easter bonnets. Tobias Sanders stood by and watched the women fight it out. Both were scratched up considerably and It took them quite a little time to adjust their frizzes after being taken td the police station. Both were released with a reprimand. ,,,.

PINED, AND JAILED.

YOUNG DELANCEY GETS OFF WITH A VERY LIGHT SENTENCE,

Jury Debated Long on the Matter—Big, glnbotham Chm Monday—Other Conrt News.

(From Sunday's Dally.)

It was 9 o'clock at night before the jury agreed upon a verdict in the Earl Delancy assault and battery case. Some of the members of the panel were in favor of applying a severe punishment and others were not. The verdict read by the foreman last night was that the young man had been found guilty of assault and battery, and should! be kept in the county jail three months, besides paying a fine of $1.

This means that the part of the indictment charging him with intent to kill was withdrawn.

At half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the judge finished reading his instructions! to the jurye the bailiff was sworn and the twelve men retired to consider a vudict to regard to the Delancey case. Delanney is 22 years of age, but the indictments connected with the case were so uncertain, many of them, when brought before the jury, that the verdict was much in doubt. It was proved beyond a doubt, indeed the defendant admitted that the stabbing waa done. But the circumstances in connection were not brought out very clearly.

It was shown that young Delancey and his companion, Frank Cooper, had been drinking before they met the girl and Cuirtis. As a matter of fact they had been at a roadside resort, though this was. not brought out in court, for the reason that the prosecution was not allowed on account of the line pursued by the defense to attack the character of Delancey by specific acts.

It is said that the state had their ammunition ready had this been the method of warfare. It Is even hinted they would have brought to light some very sensational things in regard to the character of the defendant. One rumor had it that the ststo would have attempted to prove that Delancey was a factor in the cause of the separation and application for divorce of a young couple of the East End. This couple have been lately in all sorts of legal complications.

To Be Called Tomorrow.

The case of the state vs. John Higglubotham for attempted assault will be called for trial tomorrow morning in the Circuit Court. The prosecuting witness in this case is Etta May Paddock, daughter of a prominent farmer south of the city.

It was in last June that Higginbotham was arrested for the charge and bounl over to the higher court after hearing under 'Squire Bennett. Higginbotham is a young man who is employed on a farm near where the Paddeok girl Iwes. Higginbotham hes always borne the best of reputation hitherto and was a prominent member of the country church. He and the girl were driving home one SuEday night from the church, when the alleged crime is said to have occurred. Th® girl claimed the young man stopped the buggy at a dark part of the rood and attempted to drag her into the bushes. She managed, she said, to keep him at a distance. The following day her father came to town and swore out the warrant for Higginbotham'9 arrest.

Two Suits For Divorce.

Mellie Ackley has filed suit for a divorce from Dell Ackley. The parties are residents of the southern part of the county. The defendant is now a aon-resident, having left his wife over a year ago. She accuses him of cruelty and claims he left her without providing her means of support. Her attorney Is I. Turner.

Awful words caused the rupture in the Cole family. William Cole, a switchman for the E. & T. H., wants a divorce from. Maria Cole, and said she has beat ancB banged him for some time, beside having been the author a number of times of the expression, "I'm sorry I ever met you, and I. wish you was dead." The defendant Uvea in Evansville, and the couple lived together, but a few months.

Kwo'verand AppmlMH' Reporti The report of John F. Lawson, receiver,, and A. J. Dunnigan and J. R. Nixon, appraisers, of the Terre Haute Soap & Chemical Works, was filed yesterday. They find the real estate, etc., to be worth a total of $13,000. Th goods and chattels are estimated'at J5.524.36. The value of the plant brought from Evansville and combined with the one here is valued at $1,209.76, and the accounts of the company uncollected! at thati city $2,507.81. The accounts in this city are not ready to be appraised, owing io th® condition of the company's book.s

FOR A BOARD BILL.

A Oapias Suit Filed Yesterday Has a Sensation on the Side. Eliza Slowdon, who lives on the old canal, filed suit with 'Squire Brown yesterday to recover from one Lafayette Nidy $85 which she says is due her for board. Lafayetio had been living with the Slowdon woman for over a year, and, it is ossertc-t. had been buying the groceries for the hou.ifr with the "on lition that Mrs. Slowdon cook:^ them. Some of the neighbors claim the?relations of the two were oi such a charac-f£ ter that room was there for ofQcial invest!-1^ gation. A short time ago the fellow left the place and now his quandom boarding house keeper wants a board bill.

The Express Is the oniy Sun.lay morning jaaer la Ttrr# Haute, 15c a vtek.