Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 October 1897 — Page 7

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la Vigo county's jail Tuesday wis cott-

JBped a woman charged with, murder

During the long hours of the night she

paced up and down thp floor of her lonely

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Her hands -were clasped behind her back,

her chin rested on her bosom and the pat-

ter, patter of he/ feet was to be heard until

t* |l an early hour thia morning when she threw

herself back on the cot and apparently went

to sleep

The old saying that murder will out has

again proven true, at least tbe^ detectives

believe such to be the case.

In the Arlington hotel, just across the

street from the police station, there slept

iast night another woman. She is here to

tell what she knows about the woman who

paced the floor of her cell at the jail. She

is not a prisoner, yet the police were not

blind to the fact that she was there and the

hoetlery was watched to a greater or less extent during the night. It was 9 o'clock Tuesday that .Detective MoRae alighted from a train at the Union Station. With him were two women. They were not handcuffed, but never for a moment did the detective take hie eyes off of .one of them. They were" put into a hack, taken to the police station and later one of them was sent to jail, the other to the Arlington hotel. This morning, one of them will be taken before the grand jury to testify, and there is no doubt but eveidence. will be adduced which will bring before a

Vigo county jury a woman charged with murder. WHO THE TWO WOMEN ARE. '.

That in all probability a murder was committed in Terre Haute less than a year ago has been, believed by but few people outside of the police, prosecuting attorney and members of the present grand jury. There are people who may have suspected that murder was done on December 27th last, but the coroner said it was a case of suicide and as there was but one person who knew the facts in the case the affair was never gone into by the police until four weeks ago, when it was "tipped oil" to Superintendent Hyland ,and Detective McRae that an investigation might result in some startling disclosures.

It was on the afternoon of December 27th that Mack Crookshanks died. He died with a bullet in his brain, and it is his widow who is now in jail charged with the crime. Jkiack Crookshanks was an employe of the American Express Co., and at the time, of hie death resided at the northwest corner »f Seventh and Ohio streets. Sadie Crookihanks, the widow, is only too well known In the city. While she lived on Ohio street her place was not above suspicion, in fact It was known to be a house of assignation &nd just prior to the death of Mack Crooksh&nke she was ordered to vacate the premises. The other woman who was brought back with Mrs. Crookshanks last night is 3a'ce Mitchell.

THE AFTERNOON OF* DECEMBER 27. It was in a little front room at S»ven:h and Ohio streets that Mack Crookshanks died. It was at 2 o'clock em \e afternoon of Sunday, December 27th, that.'tiie'charge from the revolver penetrated h'.s brain. It was a warm, sunshiny day and tho sheets were full of people. Mac^c Crookshanks went home at 1:50 and had bee-i at home but a few minutes when the -hot wJMch killed him was fired. The following is taken from The Express of December 2Sth:

Yesterday afternoon, according, to the story told by Mrs. Crookshanks, her husband came home and at once engaged in a quarrel with her. She had a short time prior to the home- coming asked him for some money. He insisted that his wife was spending too much "motley and she •was certain she was living as economically as was possible. There was a quarrel on other subjects, but Mrs. Crookshanks declined to tell the nature of them. It was while they were in a heated argument that Crookshanks drew a revolver and threatened to shoot his wife. He had often made these

's6 ?•', threats before and the wife was not greatly jf frightened. She was combing her Hair while the argument was going on and didn't even hi look around when her husband made the threat and drew the revolver. 'However, ith she soon realised there was murdet in his |f6 heart, for without saying another, word he pressed the pistol against her head andpulled the trigger. th But the gun did not go off. as the cap was defective. Mrs. Crookshanks did not l| wait for the second attempt to be made, but,

I half dressed, she threw the door open and jQ I ran out in Seventh street. She hurried into ilf Ohio street and ran to the house of a neighbor. where she told them her husband wasA Ih trying to kill her and had already shot at Ji fcer once. She was told there was no dan'.h jier and as soon as she became calmer the woman to whose house she was accompanies iier back home. They opened the door and 31 horrible sight met their gaze. There on the rt white bedspread lay Mack Crookshanks. He was dead, but the blood was flowing irbm a. ilh wound in his head and running down into ttf the bed. The police were summoned, also the coroner, and the body was taken to the

Biorgue. The post mortem was held last sight and the verdict was that Crookshanks had cpnjr ,, mined suicide. The bullet from the, reI Jciis Tolver was not found. The ball entered be-

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Did Mack Crookshanks Comfiiit Suicidc Last Djefccnfber Or Was He Murdered in Cold Blood By Sadie CrookHis Wife?

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the frontal bone and then glanced downward! to the base of the brain. Here it again glanced and is thought to be lodged iti the victim's thoat. From first appearances the case was a. very mysterious one. However, the coroner, after examining the body, rendered the suicide verdict. The coroner was first suspicious from the fact that no ono had heard the pistol shot. Then there was the statemnt of Mrs. Crookshanks that her husband had' shot at her.

When she made this stiateifaeh'l tlfe" coroner hunted around for a bullet hole in the wall. There was none to be found and he questioned the woman very closely. Finally she said the revolver had not been discharged, but the cap had snapped. This was proved correct when the weapon was examined. The examination showed that two cartridges had been cut, but had not been discharged. The third trial was the one which brought death to Mack Crookshanks. There was another point which, while not worth much, was closely watched by Dr. Payne, and this wa6 the fact that the revolver was found under the bed. It was reckoned, however, that when the weapon fell from Crookshanks' hand it struck bn the handle and rolled under the bed. If not thia Mrs. Crookshanks might have struck it with her foot when she walked up to the bed.

In another part of the article, and acfbrding to the story told by Mrs. Crookshanks, it is shown that they were quarreling because Mrs. Crookshanks was going out. Mrs. Crookshanks told a reporter at the time that she had intended to go out for the afternoon. She did not state where she was going, but did say she told her husband she was going to visit a relative. AFTER MACK CROOKSHANKS' DEATH.

Mack Crookshanks was burled, but the widow did not long wear mourning. On the contrary, it "was but few weeks until she came into The.Express office and w.inted to insert an advertisement. It was notice to the public and read about s»s follows: "Mre. Sadie Crookshanks has removed to the southwest corner

Third and Mul

berry streets, where she would be pleased to see all of her qld friends." The advertisement was not printed, but Mrs. Crookshanks moved to Third and Mulberry. Sbe had the house repainted and newly furnished throughout. Two or three gir|s made thdir appearance at the place and soon Sadie Crookshanks was enjoying prosperity ol a questionable sort.

Within a few yards of the house she was occupying there lived several respectable families, and ft was but natural they made strong objection to th6 conduct of the people at Third and Mulberry. Reports came to the police of midnight revelry beer drinking parties and general hilarityv. Finally, in the early spring, the opportunity the police were waiting for presented itself. A young gfirl came to the place in 'company with a man. She was probably IB vwus of age and wore short dresses. The -place was raided and Mrs. Crobkshanks1fined and ordered to vacate at once or spend her future days in jail. This she did, going to the east part of the city. Finally sh» went to Indianapolis and remained there until yesterday evening, when Detective McKae arrested her and brought her back.

WORKING ON THE CASET

Superintendent of Police Hyland defkilfd both Detectives McRae and Dwyer on the case, and these two men have worked diligently for four weeks, poisibly for a longer time. The information whi^h came to the detectives first was that Mrs. Crcokshanks had told some one it va£ she .v.no had kiiied her husband that he had not committed suicide, as was suppttic-]. The first thing the detectives Jid, therafure, was to find the person to whou fhir. story had been teld. It required a week's time to do this. The police heard she was in Iudianapolis, and there Detective. McRae went. He searched the city thoroughly, aided by the Jndianapolis deteictlves, but could not find Grace Mitchcll .' -J

She had left Indianapolis, and as the Indianapolis police did not know her the trail was lost. But it was not for lqng. McRae and Dwyer learned where the girl's relatives lived, and it was then a waiting game. They posted a man who could be trusted with the story to watch for letters, and finally one came. It was from Grace and she was back in Indianapolis. When this letter came the grand jury had adjourned and there was another wait. Grace Mitchell was closely watched, however, and when the jury convened again she was interviewed by a detective. She admitted, after a little pressure had been brought to bear, that Mre. Crookshanks had told her she bad killed her husband, and in addition to this gave the officers the name of another girl who knew about the matter. This girl was Ida Griffith, who lives at Paris.

ROUNDING UP THE EVIDENCE. Detective Dwyer went to Paris and found Ida Griffith. He also found Ella Tuiner, who knows something of the ense. These two girls were brought to Terre Haute yesterday morning and testified before the grand jury. Jusjtwhat they told the grand jury is. of courSf*not known, but it must have been the s*me story they told *he detectives, and if it was it only tightens the coil woven around the jvorciin new la ]i.'. There are still other girls who know about the case. They are Grace Mundy of Marshal. Agnes Lee of this city and Tillie Holeomb. In addition to these there is a girl in Tippecanoe street who will be called in the case.

The iwa girls from Paris returned home yesterday afternoon. They were it one time inmates of -the resort on Third street. The Griffith girl is well known to the police. She stayed with airs. Crookshanks until the latter was forced to break up her house on Third street.

THE STORY OF GRACE MITCHELL.

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tendefit Hyland at police heaffasMi«l» test Bight Grace Mitchell told her story to an Express reporter. "I was housekeeper Ior Sadie Crookshanks when she lived in Terre Haute," she began. "I Hke the woman, fof she always treated me well and I hope the person who. turned her up will have bad luck forever. 'Crookle' was always talking about her dead husband.- She often toM me hsw they, used to fight and quarrel. She wis often despondent and would sit for an hour at a time looking into •"Vacaiicyv ondwhen asked what she was thinking abouj would.often say she was thinking of Ihe. quarrel she had.with her husband the day he died.""' '.i' "Several times have heard her talkiii# to herself about him. Weil, you remember when she was pulled. It was while she was in that twtible and laboring ufider a good deal of excitement that she told me something I never told a soul until I told McRae. We were sitting in a room alone when she bagan talking about Mack. *1 never did it a. bit too soon,' she said as she walked up and down the room. 'I never did it soon enough. I ought to have done it a long time ago and I would be better off now.' "I said to her, 'Sadie wha,t do you mean? What are you talking about?' "She Mid, 'O, they always said I did it and I was always blamed for it ..but Grace I never, done it.' 1 "I said to iter, 'Well, Crookie, don't wori'y about it. Of course ySu didn't do it, so there, let it go.' "She kept on walking the floor and then turning to me said, 'Grace,-1 did kill him I've got to tell somebody. I did kill him. I can't keeip the secret any longer, it is killing me. I was going out that Sunday afternoon to see a man who worked in a bank. Mack knew I was 'going somewhere but didn't know where it was. I had a date with a man at the postofflce and was dressing when he came in. I had on my chemise, shoes and stockings and was combing my hair when he came into the room and began quarreling with a He told me he woud whip me if I went. He said he was sick and wanted me to stay with him. I said I wouldn't do it as I had to gb out. He repeated he would lick me and then, tired of his abuse, I shot him. He fell over on thfc bed frith the blood running ou-t of the hole in his head.' "I asked her what she did with the revol-*-ver after shooting him and she told me Mia threw it under the bed. She told me nevfer to tell what she had told me and I never did until I told the detective."1*^

THAT BLOOD SOAKED''MATTRESS? Grace Mitchell nibbled away at a ptec^oj. candy she had in her hand and after pinning a pink to her dress continued her s.toltes With a shudder she began telling about 'the1 mattress on which Mack Crookshanks 'l'a^ after being killed. "Just think., I slept o9 the very mattress Crookie husband died^ on. I never knew it until Ve were getting ready to leave Third and Mulberry streets

The Tetre Haute detectives and police officers have never believed the theory ofi suicide. When the coroner rendered hi* verdict in the case' it-was common talk! about the station that there were too many suspicious circumstances connected ^ithj the shooting to convince them it was .jjuj-j cide. It was pointed out in the first place that while Crookshanks might have an ungovernable temper, Mrs. Crookshankq had a mind of tier own and was, in theirt belief, a dangerous woman.

In the second place the position in which the revolver was found was another thing which caused the police to doubt the s61cide idea. It will be recalled that the pistol with which Crookshanks was shot was fOUnd far under the bed It would have beetffcl* most impossible, the detectives have^iflways thought for the pistol to have rolled that far under the bed. It was possible Mrs. Crookshanks might have kicked it under, but then she ran out of the house as soon, so she says, as' her husband trijjd to shoot her. and did npt return until, she came in with a neighbor and found her husband dead. Detectives McRae and Dwyer have often talked the case xjver and When the first information reached them that Mrs. Crookshanks had told some one she had killfed her husband both of the officers worked untiringly until she was landed in jail and witnesses to appear against her found. At the Indianapofis end of the line Detective McRae was given valuable assistance by Detectives McGuff and Wilson.'*

WHERE SHE WAS FOUND. Detective McRae found Mrs. Crookshanks working in.a restaurant at 241 East WasbingtSn street, Indianapolis. The restaurant is owned by Harry Wise. The woman was accompanied to the train by several friends, one of them supposedly her lover. She would not talk for publication last nij^ht.

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TERRE HAUTE PAINTER.

Newton Kempfer Kills His Wife and Badljr Wounds His Little Child.

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At Donaldville, near Brazil, "^yesterday morning, Newton Kempfer, a Terre Ht^ite painter, shot and killed his wife and ^Weti turned the revolver on his little girl}, inflicting a wound in her thigh. Kenlpfer left Terre Haute yesterday morniBgi*and arriving at Brazil went direct to the fio&ae where she was staying. She was fou^jTip company with a couple of young menv^i^3 without a moment's warning Kespfer pulled his revolver from his pocket, leveled it at his wife and fired. The womatt fell back dead, the ball having penetrated' her lungs. Next the brute turned the revolver on his little child, sending a bullet through her thigh. He then turned and fled. Searching parties were org*sized and soon the murderer was captured.

He was caught in Brazil while he was riding through from Harmony on a street car. Kempfer is known in Terre Haute: having come hare U«t spring from Lafayette. He first attracted public notice

came to police saying, he had

left h&ae, and it was believed he had Srownedluimsel fin the Wabash fiver. KempJler^rote a^ ca'ra tov¥ife Express denying that he was dead. He- afterward brought his family here, renting a house on South iTenth street. He did not live happily with JiSs, wife and it was not long before he was ••lodged in jail on an insanity charge preferred by her. There was very little in the Jjharge and Kempfer was released, but did not live With hlB wife again. He left Terre 'Haute about six weeks ago, telling his friends he was going to Brazil. Kempfer ,1s a. good workman, but is inclined to b« ^quarrelsome .and is,§ grea^ seeker after no-., toriety.

AGAIN ON THE MAKCII

cAN OLD SQLOIBR TRAMPING FROM LEAVENWORTH TO WASHINGTON.

His Heaviest Day's Marching Advanced aim Thirty-Two Mile* on Hli WayWalking For a Laad Prize.

At 11:55 o'clock yesterday morning a bright-eyed old man in the field service uniform of the United States Army walked across the -Vandalia bridge over the Wabash river apd entered Terre Haute.

His name was A. H. Barnes and he carried a furlough for ninety days from the National Military Home at Leavenworth, Kansas. He was on his way afoot from the home to Washington, D. C., and he tarried in the city long enough to get his dinner and Jjest. for an hour, when he trudged on east along the Vandalla track.

Recently, two prominent citizens of Leavenworth, if the story.Mr. Barnes tells is to be believed, decided that they would give a certain land, prize to any veteran in the National Military Home who would walk from Leavenworth to Washington In sixtyfive days. They advertised for such a man, stating the. terms, of their proposition. It was three weeks, according to Mr, Barnes, before anybody responded, to the advertlse)H}en€. "At last," said the veteran to a reporter tor The Express, "I made up my mind, to try for the prize. I went to the citizens offering it and told them I was ready to make the effort. They supplied me with funds for the journey and saw me off on my long march."

Mr. Barnes carried ,a Utile memorandum "book with him and at every station through which he has passed. the railway agent has written down the hour of his arrival and stamped tie page with the stamp of the office. "This is the record of^my trip so far," said the man in blue, presenting the book td the. reporter. "It shows that I have been in all these stations and that I have stopped long /enough to secure the signature and stamp of the many agents along my line of travel.. When I get to Washington I shall mail this book back to my friends at Leavenworth and it will be equivalent to a deed for the land that is to come to me in case I

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stains on the pillow slip. I believes Ida Griffith was in the room at the time, but I am not certain. At any rate it was not many'hours after this that I went to Ida's room and she asked me if Mrs. Crookshanks had ever told me anything. "I said she had told me a good many things and asked her what she meant. She said: 'Did she ever tell you anything about her husband?' I said that she.had and Ida told me that Mrs. Crookshanks told her about having killed her husband. She told me the same things Mrs. Crookshanks did. I know other people she told, too. She told two other girls and I believe 1 know of one man she told her story to." "Did Mrs. Crbokshanks "know wHat you wefil Soniiifg'•*fcerik"tonight for'?'' Waf1 asked Miss "Yes," replied the girl, "she did for when we got on the train at Indianapolis and she saw me with Mr. Seeburger, the sheriff,' she asked me what I was doing there. Mr. See. burger1 nudged me to say nothing and when I didn't answer "she said, *Grace, I never told you anything about killing Mack.' I said, 'yes, you did, Crookie you may not remember it, but you did'.' This was all that passed between-us during the trip over." SUICIDE THEORT NEVER BELIEVED.

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Tfte veteran stated that he had had no trouble on the1 way and that he was feelihg stronger every day. His hair and beard were white for the most part, with some' threads of iron gr|iy. His small dark eyes were exceedingly 'brilliant and he had not lost the military carriage of days gone by. He enlisted in the 63rd Indiana and was transferred to the United States Navy. Be is 55 years old and belongs to the Division of Veteran Soldiers. He says that thirtyone years ago he was waiting on a table in Terre Haiite, having comd to this city from Indianapolis. "But I shouldn't have known the town," he said. "Evdn now that I am certain I am in Terre Haute I cannot recognize any familiar scenes."

Mr. 'Barnes ^y%'1l»#%eei)s up & stead# tramp most? oMS^'daf. "TwelVfe hdtffs, said he, "tweive 'himrs is toy day's work. My usual distance for a day's marching is* from twenty-five to twenty-six miles. Between 7:35 and 11:45 o'clock today I covered fourteen mileB and did it easy. This afternoon I shall go some twelve miles further. My heaviest day's marching was thirty-two miles, but I did not go so far by choice. A man told me that at a certain place I should find a night's lodging without. any trouble. When' I reachied the point mentioned by him I discovered that if I got to stay over night I should have to buy the" -farmer's house, so I pushed on for nine miles further. That day was a hard one' on-me. Still I awoke the next morning refreshed and ready to start once more in the direction of Washington. I left Leaven*' worth on October 5, and must be ih' thev national capital December 10. I crossed the1 state pf Illinois in seven days and the state of Missouri in thirteen days. With my strength what it is now and barring mis^fortunes I shall reach my destination on time and return to Leavenworth to take possession of my property."

ALLEGED CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

How Oxytuberculine, Dr. Hirschfelder'e Remedy, Is Made.

San Francisco, Oct. 26.—Ofljcial notice has been received by the Belgian consul, Leon Guastain, that'the minister of foreign affairs has transmitted documents concerning Dr. Joseph O. Hirschfelder's consumptive cure to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, and that the academy had commissioned Dr. Van Lair, one of its members, to make an examination.

The formula fttr making oxytuberculine, which it is claiihed makes consumption curable, is briefly stated as follows: Veal is soaked in water and Its juice Is then boiled and filtered. Glycerine, peptone and salt are put in tha^liquid, which is made slightly.alkaline with carbonate of soda. In this liquid the germs of tuberculosis are grown. When they are fully developed the liquid, with the g^rms, is boiled and filtered. The resultant liquid is tuberculine.

This tuberculine is :be ta^is of Mr. Hirchfelder's preparation. Peroxine of hydrogen is added to it, and the mixture is heated for thirteen hours, at the end of which time it is oxytuberculine. Thia is •!«rifted by a catistic soda solution and a portion of boracic acid is put in to keep it fr&m decomposing.

CENTRAL PACIFIC DEBT.

Government To Institute Proceedings, As the Road Is In Default.

Washington, Oct. 2S.—The next move of the government toward a Bnal settlement of the whole bond aided railroad question, it is said, will be the institution of proceedings against the Central Pacific road. The government has contended Shat this road is already in default, and, therefore, subject to foreclosure, but in any event, it is said, the road must default on the lsi of next January.

On thfc, first of the present month the Central Pacific's debt to the government aggregated $61,824,468, of which amount $25,339,34S is unpaid interest and the remainder principal. In aid of this road the government now has outstanding $19,811,120 in bonds, of which $10,614,120 falls due on January 1st, next, and $9,197,006 on January 1st,. 1S99.,,, Jg

There is a Claaa ot People.

Who are injured by the use of coflee. Recently there has been placed in all the grotery stores'a. new preparation called GRAIN 0, made of pure grains that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from ceffee. It aoes not cost over one-quarter as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c aad 25c a package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.

MARKET STILL

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Tib* absence ol demand for No. spring Wheat, except at a- discount- of from 86- to 9c under December" prices which* was~tt*de so much of by the bears 'near the clcge of yesterday's season,'was still occupying the minds of the traders today when the-session og^nfd. Liverpool was only from %d to '^d over yesterday's close and Paris 15 centimes lower. This caused a rather weak, feeling at the opening. December opened at from SBfcc to 95, and sagged off to SoVftc. Quite »a. sharp radly ensued when Minneapolis and Duluti stocks were gbown to be only 8,236,000 bushels, as compared with 20,512,000 last year, December selling tip to 9t5}4c under general demand from shorts,'but their wonts satisfied, the market became easier and showed a sagging tendency during the sest of the morning. The purchase of another 100,000 bushels of Duluth wheat to come here contributed to the downward reaction, which carried December down to'Ss^c There was plenty of news to encourage, taftwrs. o®he: drought east of the Mississippi waa.brctfeen yesterday's news about serloUf dVoughf" damage to 'the Australian crop"wag' rtJonfltaAM', and domestic rece'pts w6Tf modeffttet -GMeago received 146 cars of wheat. Minneapolis and Duluth got 939 cars, against 854 a week ago. The Atlantic port clearances were equal in wheat and flour to 800,009 bushels. New York reported the export demand for wheat light, but Minneapolis advised a good business in Sour tor export. New York reported the day's export trade at: seventeen boat loads. The market became very strong in the afternoon. Private Cablegrams from Paris reported stocks of wheat light everywhere and said thait the position was almost entirely in t&e control of America. Considerable buying was don® on the strength of these advices and December advanced steadily to 97%, where it closed.

Corn was moderately active. Tie market openefd easy with wheat, but' sobn became stronger and ruled firm for the r«st of rJbe sesskin The better moement was d|ie largely to the smaller movement, 360 oars today, and small estimated receipts tomorrow. Offerings were readily taken, several of the larger houses buying freely, which starred shorts to covering also. The strong cash situation was a factor. The. cables were %d loWer. Exports were 251,000 bushels. 'BecemBer ranged from 26%c to 25%@26c, closing %®%c higher at 36%@26%c.

More interest was shown ih oats. Prices were easier early, but advanced later under sympathy with c-rn and better commission house buying. There was a good shipping demand and country offerings aire smaller. Receipts were 245 cars. December ranged from 19c to 18%@18%c and closed 3-16c higher at i?%c bid.

There was very little life, tc» the provision market. Prices ruled a shade easier more from lack of interest than from any bearisSi influence. Inquiry on shipping aoeoUnt was quite active and offerings fair. Hog receipts were liberal. At the close December pork was unchanged at $7.77%: December lard 2%c lower at *4.22V4@4 25. and December ribs unchanged at [email protected].

Estimated receipts Friday: Wheat, 120 cars corn, 410 cars oats, 220 carg hogs, 30.000 head.

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Grain Carrying Kaadu Display tBe Only Firmness tn Market. New Yorti, Oct. 28.—Today'^ stoc^iharket was exclusfjveit in the hahdfe' ot the professional traders abd contained^othlhg of Significance in lis bearing on the 'gerieral conditiofc of iie^country. The Market wis ihaetive, and the movement of prices was sluggish. The traders: did the best tbev opu'.d to influence prices by manipulative buying and selling iroiL by dissemination as news rumors of their respective hapes and fearst" The only response of any moment was shown in special- GMgs, with a slight sentimental effect on the general list, but the professionals were unaWe td^lnduce any following and' in meeting Dhelr earli-eaf contracts carried,prices back to hear 'the starting point. Sugar.' after a substantial gain fell 2% points, but recovered to a net. deoline of a fractioii. The coalers as It group wefe weak on the unsatisfactory conditions of the tratle. NotwiJ»'8tandfng recoveries near the clse, their n?t, losses were a point' or oyer. The grain .carrying. roads on the other hand displayed firmness which was principally du» to roseate forecasts of •Che September earnings ot the Burlington, the statement of which is yet -to be published."

By reason of this influence,- railroads generally are a fraction high**, except{some Southern roads and the,coalers, while the industrials and specialties are-generally louver. Union Pacific was less a'ctlve and was uncertain in its mbvdWent oh Recount of doubts on just what changes-in the plans of the reorganization commitee are involved in the advanced bid to the government. The doubt applies not only to'the plan 6f financing the new company, but to the ultimate "disposition of the Kansas division, which the committee professes itself willing to relinquish to the government to ffcr as the subsidized portion is concerned. The stock clcsed higher. The sum to be paid to the government by the reorganisation committee will considerably exceed that to be paid out on this acctount, but the continued excess of disbursements over receipts In the dally operat'ons of the treasury will help to make this up. It is believed that any marked effect on the cost of mbney will thus qe avoided.

Boilds were not oh a large' scale today. Total sales. $1,680,000. United States 5's were advanced bid.

Monev on call easy at ,H4®2 per cent iast loan 2 closing at l»i@2 per.cent. Prime mercantile paper. per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual bttsineS* in bankers' bills at i85%@4854 for demand, and at 482z4@4«2% tor sixty days. Comniertiai bills, 481@481^. Bar silver. 58%%. Mexican dollars, 45c. Silver certificates. 59%©6fl '.,

Bonds—Government flrm: staie 'dull railroads heavy. _____

THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Mtxed ant heavy paaklng Good to ohotfw n»h«w»dghts 75gS^?%Common lightweights 0g» 7s Plgr .. .. 1 SO©# 0 Rdugs\ *0eS»60

S^ep—Receipts, 800 head. Shipments fair. There was no quotable change in the general she€p and iamb market. Good to chain# Genunon to medium lambs 8W4 Glol to clxdce sheep

Corn was helped ly wheat ani light Vft celpts, closing &@%c higher. Oats advanced K@%c. Provisions were a'.most at «t .standstill and .closed at substantiall|\ nno^bj^d'

obnsasbn.

4 37 4 37-40 4 40

4'50-52

Dec.... 4 50 4'50-52 4 .47 4 47-50 .4 47-50 Jan!— 450 4 52 4 47 '4 56-52 4 50-52

STOCK AND BOND MARKET. I-

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Cattle Unchanged—Hogs Higher—Sheep Un.- .. ...

c^n«ed- r9*

Indianapolis UniomStock Yards, Oct". 28.— Cattle—Receipts 806 head. Shipments, 500 head. The quality of the cattle ^as ,only fair and the market rather .quiet a,t quOtably unchanged prices.

Export and shipping cattle we quote Good to prime steers 1,350 lbs. and» upward ....... $ 4 £5® -515 Fair to medium steers, 1,3£0 lbs. and upwards ZSffl 4.85' Good to choice .1,150 to 1.350 lbs.' •. steers 26@ 4'66' Fair to medium.-1.150 :o 1,300 lb. 00@ 4^40

3 65@ 4 15 3 90® 4 35 3 55® 4 15

Me^um lo gooa 9!k to 1,100 ib. stetrs —...... Good to choice,feeding steers...... Fair to medidm steers Common to good st0CKers„..,o. 2

Butchers' cattle we qu®te: Good to choice Uelfere .1, .^f:E#i.4 80 Fair to medium heifers 35® 3-W Common ilgbt heifers 2 Rood to choice cows ^.*. .3 00® Fair to medium-C9ws ..,^.,r.,.v 3.40# 2 50 Common old cows .... .......'A... 1 51^ 2 25 Prime to fancy export bulls 3 35^,3 6® Good to choice butchers' bulls..., 2 75@ 3 25 Common to fair bulls 2 00® 2 65 Good to choice cows and ,calves.. 30 00f?40 00 Common to mediuift eWi aid

CfllvC'S ... .« 13 wfllla wv Heavv calves 3 W® S .OO Veal calves ...v.-* 500 *4#

Hogs—R(-ceipt$. 4.500 head. Shipments. 2.-000-head. The hog mapfcet wa* active, with packers and shlppn^ buying -at *dvatft«KJ prices of 2l»@5c. All Were sold, and he close was. steady. "We quote: Good to choice medium an* h»avy ..

to medium sheep 3 3 Common vheep 2 00g3 W Bocks, per head .......3^»®«

New York Coffee and Sac»r Market. K.erw York, Oft. 2$.—Coffee—Options opened barely steady at a decline of 5 to 10 points ru?«d dufl closed easy at net decline of 5 to, 10 points. Sales. a.TOO bags, including December H.85 mrctt S6,15®«.35.. Spot-Rio, weqk, mild and easy: oordova, 9%®lBc. Sugar nominal fair refining, 3 5-16: cent(rtf»gai,'D6 test, 3 13-lGc refined steady

8* "Biltlinor«

tiraln Market.

fSir»trffi*)re, Oct. 28.—Wheat—Firm spot tooBth. 99%c@$1.00 December, W.00H- Corn —Firm spot. 3K.H®Sl£c December, new or old^WHc^ iSiTu."r'

TeorJa Com Market

t^rtii Oct. 28.—Cbrn—Firm and higher No.- 2. *Oats—Firm No. white, 31c. Whisky—High proof spirits. $1.19.

p, Turpentine Starker.. S4V#oBAh. Oct 28.—Turpentine—Firm a* S9^e.' Rosin—'Firm

MONEY TO LOAN-On personal security, real estate or chattels without re- 41 mov^ T. C, SMITH, 128^ S. Sixth Stv

hi •THE1 GARDEN OF OREAWb.

Who oonld dispense with that garden fair» i^v The lotus jSawered gardes of dreams? ., Nevw »life is too homoljr or bare To cherish li flagrant spot somewhere, Buddipg to open in promises rare ili the'^agieil gardeas of dreamB,~r How could we live and not yield to despair*

Bereft of ti$e garden of dreams? Thetewr of Uying, the pangs of care, The hopes deferred, all the aarrows we bear, Forgotten, ore charmed to sleep in the air

Of the mAgitia] garc4|i of dreams.

The coveted things of life are there, In, the trwiqiiil garden of dreams. .*• Instead oi our one little life of care. There we live many Uvea ideal and fair, Great aims uplift us, all things we dire

In the mhgical garden of dreams. —Elisabeth Barton in Detroit Free Press-

&00D R0AD&

Franlc Cawnack. Attorney for Plaintiff. Prfoj.ey,'a,fee, fio.

j^ppctekribs FOR LICBNSIS.

OLD DATS.

i, ." Fine Cordorojr Driveway Coastructed S»t+.s .. eral Thooaaaal Years

Ago. fe

Gonfiiderable interest was oooasfoned among the people of Ashtabulas O., cently, and particularly among geologists, by the difiooyery of a peculiariy oanstruct" ed roadway in the Lake Shore wmpany's gravel pit at Amboy, seven miles oast of the city.

The remarkable find has the appearance of having beep a corduroy road, made of small cedar trees, and it was unearthed 88 feet below the surfaee of the greosd. The wood is in a perfect State of preservation.. Over SO .feet of this road has been uncovered. It was laid on bard clay and was covered by a thick vein of gravel.

Professor Carl Wright, teacher of geology in Oberlin university, visited tha gravel pit. and secured^piepes of the wood, which he examined. He gives it as hia opinion that the woodliad been when it was found since ihe glacial epoch, and that It has retained its natural condition several thousand years.

A piece of. a mastodon's tusk,'2 feet long, was also unearthod. It is also almost perfectly'preserved, the Ivory being a natural color after the dirt was rwaoved. -CincinnatiEnquirer: V-

Bullens, partially hollow, which expand in .the .wound, .are sometimes used for shooting deer, while, hollow headed ex* plosiv bullets in request for dispatch".* ing tigers, elephants and other big game. ^00

In the FrenchrGerraan war 4,500 brews were in the German army, of. whom 887 earned the Iron Cross for bravery in the field.

Each year abQute 810,000 is expended in sprinkling the streets of London with sand to prevenfc the horses from slipping.

Hell Gate was called by the Indian*,,' Monahtoifivk'(uPlaW Sf Bad Water").

UECALS

QHERIEff'S.aAI^B. -i

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By virtiire of ?Ln order or sJt'e Issued fromt S 6 S in I a na, to-me directed »nd delivered. In fkvoi^', ^1" of United: 8t.atea Building and Iioan In-*".',, situation, and^against Ivouise J." Miller^,," Hiram Miller, Aod^ew Grimes, receiver of,

VIgo Real'Estate"?1toipany, I am ordere to sell in be a at situated iQ. ^igpr'-fCounty, t.o-wiU i.otafe

At\A

JAR 4/liC avt/4 JA7 in

bet^^C' m.and'm Tligl^and-r: e, a wVdlyfiidn" (among ether l^nds)^ i/ lots 1, 2,'fi and 13 in"Barbour Place a subdivision, the south ibalf of section ten (lfl),"\ to el 1 2 no an a (9) west, ini Vi^o'County, State of Indiana,^ and" on"" I SATURDAY, THE GTH DAY OP NO-K

Place,

VTiMBER, 1897,

between the'hours of 10 o'clock a. rtr.' and. 4 of a id a a door of the .Court House, in Terse Haute,.. ,5^ I will of^er the rents and profits of thsjjs abo've described'real estate together with alii 1.. privileges and appurtenances to the nam*. belonging,.for»a" term not exceeding seven

years, to the highest bidder for cash, and** upon failure to realize a sum sufficient to" -r,' satisfy Judgment and costs, I will, then artthWe olTer the fee-simple In and. to said teal estate, to the highest b!dder\ for,cjjish to^ysfy the same.

The undersigned will apply to the board ol'* counxy commissioners at their next regular' session, which commences on the first Mon-v daj', iK November, 1897, for license to retail*" Spirituous, vinous and malt liquors tn least" quantities!than a quart a a titue, with the, privlleg*. of. allowing the *asne to be drank/^ on hls prfemises. His plac« of buslneis is io-gy-n dated ia"tl»« ground floor room, the same be-

UMINISTHATOB'S 8AI.K OF BE At. KSTATE. I Florence H. Surrell. administratrix of ths Estate of Emma Yatas, deceased, pursuant toy the order of the Vigo Circuit Court, VII, oa a»"80th day of November, 1»7. soil at prl--i!ate or public sale at the office of I.

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This Jiflth day. of October, 1697. ,f

Louis P. Seeburger,,

.. Sheriff

ing-^irteen (16) feet by thirty (30) feet, of frnmp bullying, located on a lot contalalng la£i:x ail'two (2)' acres and commencing twenty-two^ C22)^fOd«f.ten (10) feet and Six (6) inches wn*t'v df the southeast corner.of the west one-half of the southeast one-quarter of section 25-X«-g, ituShiiirg north fifteen (IB) rods, thence we*^ twafftv^ttne (21) rods, theses south fifteen (!•). rodsi thence east twenty-one (21) rods to ih«» place of beginning and located near the town ot tinrm'andnle, Nevics township, and State of Indiana. Thomas S. Evans.

Pierce,

3D21l: Wabash aveaue, ,the following described real* estate: LorVwcilty (20) in Fountain's addition ts the City of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Tndiaaa, as. tbe same appears on the recorded plat.i... thereof, to tbe highest and best bidder there- "-j

f°Terms

of Sale.—One-third cash dewn.,one-

third in nine months and the balance lagj

i_*— *lw!n» nnf a

eighteen mouths, the purchaser giving note

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with mortgage cfa the real estate to secure ths^ same. The said real estate to be sold pardel, or as a whole. ygm

Florence ft. Surrell. Administratrix.

Haute, Oct. 22, 1897. -MB'

Tierce, .Attorney. .•

-••y Vv FOR REWT.

FOR REXT—Fifteen acres good "und and. fight-room hOusft, two miles' southeast of fclty. known as Hunt place, a\»d within one square of Sugar, tirove church and school house: two good ba:rns: splendid location will rent 'for long time to good party. *squire at once, Frank A. Kelley, Law Offtl*,.'

Ohio street.