Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 29 September 1893 — Page 2

THE TELEPOHNE.

By Waltib B&ADrrrxi.

BLOOMINGTON

INDIANA

Signs of September: 4 'Fresh vac

cine virus.

Seven States in all hold general elections in November Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Virginia.

One million paid admissions to the World's Fair is the record of last week. But one other International Exposition has surpassed this the Paris Exhibition of 1889. At the Centennial and also at Paris the attendance was increased with each month, and there is every reason to suppose that each succeeding week will show increased gate receipts until the close of the Fair. The receipts will exceed those of the Paris exposition , the admission to that fair being but one franc or about twenty cents. Naturally the management of the World's Columbian Exposition feel encouraged as to the final outcome of the enterprise which has taxed their energies to the utmost, and on the success of which they have staked so much.

displeased at the attitude of the Governor of Indiana, but the great body of our citizens are likely to take a different view of the matter, and will rejoice that the State of Indiana is no longer to be disgraced by brutal exhibitions long since outlawed in all civilized communis ties without an attempt on the part of the the constituted authorities to prevent the same. Roby's rein as a fistic arena is over. "May its shadows ever grow less."

That was a most remarkable gathering at Chicago last Sunday when representatives of nearly all religions met at the First Presbyterian Church in that city. Five Buddhist priests assisted at the orthodox Christian service, and there were present theologians of nearly all the creeds known to civilization or barbarism Hebrews, Buddhists, Calvinists, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians, Mohammedans, Confucians, and so on throughout the list. These people, all wanting to go to heaven, but differing as to the most desirable and practicable route, were drawn to Chicago by the parliament of religions born of the Columbian Exposition, and if they succeed in escaping from that seething vortex of sin with any remnants of their creeds in presentable condition it will certainly be conceded that their religious have a foundation of a substance more substantial than the "staff" of which the wonderful structures of Jackson Park are composed.

A substitute for ice has been invented by a French newspaper man, but it will only be used in skating rinks, as it is not cold. The latter quality of a normal temperature is one of the great points urged in its favor for skating purposes, as it permits the feet of the skater to circulate in an atmosphere of the same degree Fahrenheit with the balance of the body quite a desideratum in hot weather. Artificial ice skating rinks have been successfully operated in different places notably at Jackson Park, but the lower limbs of the skaters would freeze while their bodies sweat profusely a very unhealthy combination. This new substitute has all the practical advantages of ice for carrying skate blades; is not cold, does not melt and is practically indestructible. The process of manufacture is a secret, of course, stolen from nature as it is a'leged, and is likely to remain concealed. It can be made in three days, under the hottest sun. The one thing necessary for its manufacture and preservation, is good ventilation. M. Leo Anatole Joque is the name of the inventor, and he proposes to build one of his rinks at " the San Francisco Mid-winter Exhibition, and will prove to the world that his invention is not a 'joque" if his name is a synonomous term for a laugh-provoking incident.

CAPITOL CENTENNIAL.

A Notable Celebration of an His-

toric Event.

TnE world moves, and the dime novel of our boyhood, replete with Indian scouts, trappers, dead loads of game and an occasional maid of ravishing beauty and wondrous charms, interspersed with the most blood-curdling and horrible cruelty and bloodshed, has been replaced by the 5-cent, detective novelette that thrills its readers with impossible crimes filled with improbable scoundrels giving to the wonderful hero au unheard of reward for his superhuman shrewdness in runuing down crimes wherein he is shown to be himself an adept. Recent investigation has shown that there are six firms engaged in the business in New York city, and their combined production is 200,000 volumes of blood-curdling literature every week, and their yearly output is believed to be not less "than 10.000,000 volumes for the entertainment of American youth.. Such books are a travesty on literature whose influence is far-reaching, aud baneful to the last decree, filling the vivid imaginations of youth with false ideas that years of education on hisrher lines mav never b able to eradicate.

His Honor Convinced. Courier-Journal. It has not been so very long since the old English court rules passed out of observance, and when thoy were in vogue nowhere were they observed more strictly than in South Carolina. The rules provided that a lawyer when he spoke must wear a black gown and coat, and that the sheriff must wear a cocked hat and sword. On one occasion a lawyer named Pettigrue arose to a speak in a case on trial. "Mr. Pettigrue' said the Judge, "you have on a light coat. You cannot speak, sir." tOh, vour Honor, v Pettigrue replied, 4 'may it please the court, I conform to the law." "No, Mr. Pettigrue," declared the Judge, "you have on a light coat. You cannot speak.1 "But, your Honor," insisted the law3'or. kiyou misinterpret. Allow me to illustrate: The law says that the barrister must wear a black gown and coat, does it not?" "Yes1 replied the Judge. "And does your Honor hold that it means that both gown and coat must be black?' "Certainlv. Mr Pettigrue, cer tainly. sir' answered his Honor. "And the law further savs," continued Mr. Pettigrue, "that the sheriff must wear a cocked hat and sword, does it not?" "Yes. yes, Mr. Pettigrue," replied the court, impatiently. "And do you mean to say, your Honor," queried Pettigrue, ''that the sword must be cocked as well as the hat?" "Eh? er h'm!'! mused his Honor, "you er continue your speech, Mr. Pettisrew."

Governor O'MallyoI Roby called on Governor Matthews of Indiana at the Capitol, the other day. The interview that ensued was not altogether satisfactory to the Governor of Roby. Th? Governor of Roby called the attention of the Governor of Indiana to the direful results of the recent raid of the forces sent into his domain by the Governor of Indiana aforesaid, and represented to his excellency tnat his action was likely to result in great injury to the tax duplicate of Lake county, which was to be materially swelled by the investments of the Governor of Fobv within territory tributary to the Governor of Indiana. The Governor of Indiana, while appreciating the advantages likely to accrue to the commonwealth by reason of the enterprise of the Governor of Roby, was firm in his determination to use the constitutional prerogative vested in him to see that the laws are faithfully executed in this instance, at least and the thrifty citizens who have looked forward to extended employment as deputy sheriffs to keep the peace among a multitude of Chicago toughs while viewing athletic exhibitions of so-called science and alleged skill in defiance of statutes made and provided, are likly to find themselves out of a job by reason of a higher pewer that proposes to do the duty that their chief has seemingly failed to even attempt. The Governor of Roby was very much

An Age of Copper, f a n Ion Iron. M. Berthelot. the French technist, in a recent communication to the Academie des Sciences, states his belief in the some time existence of an age of copper in addition tp the thrc-e recognized archaeological eons of stone, bronze (copper and tin) and iron. He bases his opinion chiefly upon an analysis of a piece of copper which had been found by M. de Sarzee in the court of antiquarian investigation in Messopotamia or Al Jezira. as the Arabs designate the famous stretrh of country between the Euphrates and the Tigris. The fragment thus chemically determined proves to have neither tin nor zinc entering into its composition, there being simply traces of lead and arsenic, vvater and the atmosphere had made ravages into the specimen, w hich was practically a sub-oxide or a compound of protoxide and metallic copper. As the ruins from which the piece of metal was taken are authoritatively considered to be more ancient than even those of Babylon, M. Berthelot does not hesitate to promulgate the theory that an age of copper preceded the bronze and iron periods, especially as the examination of the component parts of a portion of a metallic scepter which, it is alleged, belonged to a Pharaoh who Veigned in Egypt some 8,500

vears betore tnnst, snowed no sign

of the presence; of tin.

A Parent's Hope. Texas SlftiniLS. What's papas boy going to be when he grows up?" ''Policeman." "And what'll he do when he is a groat big policeman? 'Club the stufiin1 out of pupa."

Addreifles by President Cleveland and William Wirt Henry and Others. The centennial anniversary of the laving of the corner-stone of the Capitol was celebrated- solemnly and impressively on the broad plaza tnat stretches out fTQm the east front of the building, Monday afternoon. One hundred years ago, Washington, the lirst President of the Republic, r.s grand master of the Free, and Accepted Order of Masons, wearing an apron and sash woven by the wife of Lafayette, laid the foundation of the great marble pile that is now the admiration of the world. Over the saineroute, Monday, President Cleveland was escorted by dashing cavalry, marching infantry, blaring bands, and a vast multitude of people to add his presence and words to the celebration of the anniversary of that event. Arriving ar, the Capitol, the parade disbanded and the ceremonies of theday were begun on the stand erected at the oast front of the Capitol. After the preliminary exercises Lawrence Gardner, the chairman, made a brief address and closed by introducing President Cleveland as the worthy successor of Washington. The President was given an enthusiastic greeting. He said:

While I accept with much satisfaction I tho part assigned to me on this occasion,

from a pile of wreckage. Tin- p.i r.. a in the forward ears, although they received a severe shaking up, and many were badly cut and bruised, were foremost in the work of caring for the injured. Thoy were taken as soon as possible to Manteuo, where they are being cared for under tho direction of the railroad oliicials. None of the trainmen are able to account for the wreck, as a man was sent back from the first section as suon as the stop, which was made necessary by some defective machinery in the locomotive, was made. This llagman has not been seen since the wreck, and he is probably the only man who can give the real cause of the disaster. It is thought by the railroad officials that the second section was running at a pretty good speed, having no intimation that the first section would stop at this unexpected point, and that the flagman failed to get back a sufficient distance to enab e the engineer of the second train to reduce his speed. The coroner's inquest at Kankakee, Tuesday, developed the fact that Thomas Ames, tho engineer of the second section was criminally negligent. Tho evidonco showed that both sections of the train were late. The details of the casualty are heartrending to the last degree. The Big Four officials believe that the responsibility for the wreck will not fall upon their employes, as the accident occurred on the leased tracks of the Illinois Central. Trains of the Hig Four on that division are run br motive power furnished by the Central and all trains are run under its rules and subject to the orders of Its dispatcher.

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can not escape the sober reflections which these ceremonies suggest. Those who suppose that we are simplv engaged In commemorating the beginning of a magnificent structure devoted to important public uses have overlooked the most useful and improving lesson of the hour. We do, indeed, celebrate the laying of a corner-stone from which has sprung the splendid ediiice whose grand proportions are the pride of everv American citizen, but our celebration is'chietly valuable and significant because this edifice was designed and planned by great and good men as a place where the principles .of a free government should bo developed in patriotic legislation for the benerit of a free people. If representatives who here assemble to make laws for their fellowcountrymen forget tho duty of broad and disinterested patriotism and legislate in prejudice and passion, or in behalf of sectional and selfish interests, the time when the corner-stone of our Capitol was laid and the circumstances surrounding it will not bo wor.h commemorating. The sentiment and the tradititions connected with this structure and its uses belong to all the people of the land. They are most valuable as reminders of patriotism in the discharge of public duty, and steadfastness in many a struggle for the public good. The inexorable application of this standard will always supply proof that oiir countrymen realize the value of the free institutions which were designed and built by those who laid the corner stone of the" Capitol, and appreciate the necessity of constant and jealous watchfulness as a condition indispensable to the preservation of these institutions in their purity and integrity, I believe our fellowcitizens have no greater or better cause for rejoicing than is found in the assurance that their public servants who assemble in these halls will watch and guard the sentiment and traditions that gather around this celebration, and that in the days to come those who shall airain commemmorate the layinsr of the corner stone of their Nation's Capitol will find in the recital of our performance of public duty no less reason for enthusiasm and congratulation than we find in recalling the wisdom and virtue of those who have preceded us. Following the President's brief address, William Wirt Henry, a descendant of Patrick Henry, was introduced as the orator of the day and spoke in an impassioned strain worthy of his illustrious ancestor. The address is of too great length for our columns, and of necessity we are compelled to omit all but the closing peroration, which was as follows: When we entered the family of nations as a republic it was predicted that our government would be snort lived, but now the ablest writers point out elements of permanency in our institutions, chief among w hich is the devotion of our people to their form of government. Our forefathers trusted the permanency of the government they founded to the virtue and intelligence of the peoplevirtue and intelligence. Divine attributes given to man when he was made in the Image of God. As the two cherubims with outstretched wings covered and guarded the holy oracle in which was deposited the Ark of the Covenant, so may these guard and protect our constitution in which is deposited the priceless jewel of liberty, as it is transmitted from generation to generation till time shall end. And, tilled with the patriotic spirit of our fathers, may those who administer the government come year by year to this Capitol, and by wisdom in council do continued honor to their memory in controlling to tho happiness of this great people. 'Illustrious founders, ages on ages shall your fate admire, No future day shall your n:ime expire. While stands the Capitol's immortal dome." Other speeches were made by VieePresident Stevenson, Speaker Crisp, and M. M. Parker. A grand chorus of 1,500 voices rendered numerous selections and the Marine Hand was on duty to add interest to tho occasion.

CLOWS IKS OWN MX.

A BIG FOUR WRECKFrightful Causalty Due to Carelessness Near Kankakee,

Eight Killed and Sixteen Injured, Many of Whom Will Die. At 9:29 Monday night, the second section of the south-bound liig Four passenger train crashed into the rear of the first section, that had stopped unexpectedly at a point ten miles north of Kankakee, teleescoping one sleeper and two coaches, killing eight people and seriously injuring a largo number, some probably fatally. Tho rear cars of then rst section wen the Ohio & Mississippi sleeper and two chair cars, all fairly well tilled with passengers. As soon as the extent of the disaster was realized physicians were telegraphed for to Kankakee and Manteuo, and ten arrived at 11:40. The work of rescue was immediately begun, and one by one the horribly mutilated bodies of the dead were removed

Nominations by the Prosidrnt for Associate Justice and Minister to Italy. The President, Tuesday sent the following nominations to the Senate: William H. llornblower, of New York, to bo Associate Justice of tho Supreme

WM, B. H0KNI5LOWKK. Court of the United States, vice Samuel lilatchford, deceased. James U. Van Alen, of Rhode Island, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Italy. Judge llornblower is a graduate of Printeton University and on of the foremost lawyers of 2sew York city. He has never been active in politics, ar.d has made his excellent reputation purely by his attainments and labors as a lawyer. He is a decendant of Josiah llornblower, a famous English engineer. The Electric Launch in Australia. Australia is following the English lead in the introduction of the electric launch to its waters. An Australian correspondent gives a description of a handsome model of this class of craft, 45 feet long, with a capacity of carrying over forty passengers. When going at full speed the launch travels at from ten to eleven knots. She is also constructed to carry sail and has already created considerable wonder and excitement among Sidney boatingmen, especially when she has been sailing along dead before a northeaster in company with some of the crack 24-foot half deckers, which carry an enormous spread of canvas and "have very little draught, and which travel almost as fast as the wind itself On occasions like these the Haidee. as she is called, has a way of hoisting sail and pretending that she is an innocent sailing craft with none too much speed. The half deckers come sailing after her, picking her up hand over hand, and as they get along side perhaps commence to throw out sarcastic hints as to towing, etc. This is the skippers opportunity. He reaches forward and gently and almost imperceptibly puts on the switch. Very shortly there is a change in the state of affairs and the crew of the halfdecker stare in wonder at this new form of the Flying Dutchman which

is propelled by an invisible power. A Sad Case. Texas Sittings. 4 'I see that you are in mourning again. Have you had another death in the family?" said Mr. Riverside Park to a Harlem Widow. "Not that I know of. The last death in my family was that of my husband about a month ago." 'But last week you were dressed in bright colors." ''Yes; but that was a special occasion." "What special occasion?" UT was going on an excursion with some geat lemon up the Hudson. Now that that is over I have resumed my habiliments of woe," and bore the poor creature broke dowi: and sobbed convulsively. Tho smallpox at Munvio continues tc ;ivtt a gnat ileal of trouble. Threo now cases were reported, Tuesday.

A NEW DEAL

&l. Negro Robber Protected From a Mob by Militia.

Would-be Lynchers Meet With Unex. pected UeaMfttuoe Klevoa of the Mob Killed. Wednesday night, at Roanoke, Va a mob attempted to take a negro from jail ind lynch him. Tho militia were caUed 3ut and ordered to fire. They did so with ieadly effect. Eleven persona were killed and nearly a score wouuded. some fatally. Robert Smith, a negro, Wednesday, assaulted and nearly killed Mrs. Henry llishop. Mrs. Bishop was at the market with a load of produce and Smith bought i box of grapes. Ho asked her to go with him to get the money, and taking hor to i house near by, locked the door and bound her. Then drawing a razor he demanded her money. She gave it up and while doing so jerked the razor from his hand. The negro choked her, threw her iown and pounded her head with a brick, leaving her for dead. Mrs. Bishop shortly afterward regained consciousness, and returning to the market, told of tho outrage. Detective Baldwin soon arrested tho ne?ro The excited crowd attempted to take Smith away from tlio oilicer and lynch him, but Baldwin, with the prisoner on a horse, dashed away at full speed and soon had him behind the bars. An immense crowd of people came to the jail, but were finally persuaded by the Mayor to disperse, but later tho crowd reassembled. At 5 o'clock the Roanoke light infantry marched to the jail by orders of Mayor Trout. About dark the crowd, increased by a hundred men from the vicinity of the woman's home, headed by Mrs. Bishop's son, attacked the jail. At 8 o'clock portions of the mob battered at the side door of the jail, where the militia and Mayor Trout had retired. The shooting was commenced by the mob, and the Mayor was shot in the foot. The militiamen were then ordered to return the tire, and a volley from about twenty-five rifles was poured into the mob, with the result stated above. During the excitement the negro was taken from the jail by ollicers and secreted. The dead and wounded were removed to a drug store and to the oilices of near by physicians. The militia then dispered. The nilitia are still under the Mayor's orders, and he is firm in the position ho has assumed and declares that he will uphold the law. WHOLESALE MURDER.

An Entire Family Butchered by Unknown Miscreants-

Another Riot on Indiana's Fair Escutcheon Plunder the Supposed Object. Monday night, in Harrison township, Daviess county, nine miles from Washington, an entire family of six persons wore butchered with hutchets. The family consisted of Dennis Wratten, his mother, wife and threo children. The eldest of the children, a girl of twelve, is still living, although unconscious and with her head cruelly gashed. Denson Wratten was a farmer, thirtyfive years old, a good citizen, in moderate circumstances. His aged mother lived with the family and drew a pension. She did not bank hor money and was supposed to keep several hundred dollars about her. This money was doublcss the motive for the murder. The house is a log one. a story and a half high, and has a log kitchen annex. The murderers entered by a window, breaking in the rah. There was evidences of a fierce" struggle. Wratten was sick with typhoid fev t and incapable of resistance. The old lady was found upon the iloor, cut terribly about the head, and both hands cut off at the wrists. All were found dead upon the floor, except the baby, threo years old, which was killed in bed. The murder was discovered at 0 o'clock, Tuesday morning, by a neighbor. Thirtytwo dollars in money was found sewed in the wife's dress and $7 in a drawer. The bureau drawers had all been ransacked. There is no clew. The murderers are supposed to have been tramps. Tracks of three men were discovered near the house. Bloodhounds have been brought from Seymour to trail the murderers.

A THIEF'S DEN.

What a Deteptlve Discovered at the Mint Kobber Home, Henry Cochran, who stole 6131,000 in ?o!d from the United States mint at Philadelphia, and who is posing as a weak minded man, is shown to have been a consummate scamp. For years he lived alono in a big house in Darby, a suburb. The building set back a hundred feet from Woodland avenue, and is perched on a hill. Uhief of Secret Service Drummond investigated the house, Tuesday. In the parlor, dining room and other apartments where the public visited were religious pictures, Hibles and hymn books. In tho cellar was found a false door, which flew back by touching a spring. This led into a tunnel that ended in the street, the mouth being concealed by glass. In the house were trunks full of clothing, thirtytwo new hats, a razor for every day in the month and twenty pairs of shoes. Six crucibles ior melting gold were also found, as well as dies for making counterfeit coin. He had the top of his house iitted up like a smelting room, and could drop to the cellar through a trap door and then run through the tunnel should he be surprised. The place was. in reality, a monster thief's den. Cochran was a devout Presbyterian and shielded his wickedness by a religious cloak.

FIVE DEAD BODIES.

A Horrible Discovery In the White Chapel District, A small house in the White Chapel district, London, was burned at an early hour, Tuesday. After the tire a search was made of the rnir.s and the bodies of a man and four women were found. It is supposed they were asleep when the fire started :md were overcome before they had a chance to rscape. Water is being sold in various places in the Cherokee Strip at 5 cents a glass or $d a ban-el.

THE PROMISED LANDOpening of the Cherokee Strip to Settlers One Hundred Thousand Boomer 8 warm Into the ,New CMn" Aa Ua promUlnf Outlook. Ad Arkansas City, KanM dispatch of th 16th says: One hundred thousand peopl9 settled upon the Cherokee atrip today. At noon the signal was given announcing the passing of the land from th United States government to the boomer and a race such as was never witnessed before and will probably never be sou again was begun. On tho lines Jn the vicinity of the various border towns the boomers had gathered in great number As far as the eye could reach in either direction could be seen men mounted and in wagons and on foot, cbsely packed together, making a solid column 200 feet or more wide in the middle and tapering away to a mere streak o! black in the distance. The scene when the column broke atlha firing of tho signal gun and each individual

entered the contest for acommon prize cm be imagined better than described. Confusion reigned everywhere. So closely were contestants packed together that ths start was a hazardous one. Horsemea were unseated, wagons overthrown and pedestrians prostrated in the mad rush to be off. The cries of angered mon mingled with the neighing of panic-stricken horses, tho shouts of the racers, the clatter of hoofs, the rattling of wagons, and the shrieking of locomotives combined in a roar like that of a tornado. In the race many men wera injured and somo killed. Of the latter some met death by accident and two were murdered. Tho details of the crimes are nou known, but the dead bodies, one stabbed and the other shot through the head, tell the manner of death. Many dead horses have been found on the prairie. Some died of overexertion, some were killed by falling la the race, and others receiving broken limbs in the rough prairie were shot by their owners. Promptly at 13 o'clock the signal was given and over the line went the crowd. The sharp crack of an army officer's revolver was immediately followed by tha reports of a hundred carbines. A hoarso yell went up from the distance, and tho lino got in motion. Horses were palled oat at once tron the ruck and dashed across the prairie. Then a dense cloud of dost obscured the line for a moment, but a brisk wind from the west cleared it away, and the men and wagons could be seen scattering as the slowest were left bahind. Now and then a wagon would go over with a wheel knocked off. A horse was seen to rear in the air as he was s truck by a wagon tongue and fall back. His ridfer was up in an instant and bent over his horse. Then he arose and from his gestures, it was plainly seen that he had beea left at the post. The crush to get on the trains of tho various railway lines was awful. After the cars were full people climbed to tha roofs and soon covered them. They clung to the steps, invaded the engine, and evsa crawledmpon the trucks The efforts of the deputy marshals did no t avail much after the first few had showi. their certificates. The trains left hundi'eds of disappointed people who were unable to get m foothold. Engineers were instructed to run carefully, for word had come to Superintendent Hartman thu attempts would be made to tamper wi th the train. Miscreants had removed ths straps and spikes from the bridges in the strip, and men were out all night repairing and inspecting bridges. Spikes had also been found removed from rails. Judge Wal)ack,special agent of the land" office, has advices showing that the number of people who made the run (nto tho Cherokee strip far exceeds ell expectations. The laud oliice had counted on 60,000 people to make the run. Fully 100,000 started in the race, and estimating tho families of the married men at one to each certificate bearer, the Cherokee strip tonight has a population of 200,000. This' low estimate is made, for thousands of the boomers were young unmarried tteaf hundreds were unmarried women, and still other hundreds were old single roe or women. The advices of Judge Wallack show the racers were divided about as follows among tho border towns: Arkansas City. 30,000; Orlando, 25 CO; Caldwell, 1000; Hennessy, 10,000; Stillwater, 10,00tH Kiowa, 3.000; Hunaewell, S.000; other pjints, 4.000. Brilliant Hues. South American nrc-lici havo been o illed living diamonds. In tho same part of the world is also found a pale tfray or particularly di-ir-ible look intr moth which may be called a living1 lantern. Kept inelosoA in u ho for twonty-four hours il will bo found whon the box is op-;ud tknt tho body of ths moth is ,'ivin forih sufficient HltIk to onabto one U r;v.tl plainly auy ordinary tvpo. A msni tc of gfhtft fronted hoxos oont'iini:: tnso moths Kallmann coiUennria u.ituraiiHUi calJ i hem --when phu-e-l aroatui the room alYoKl nearly us much lihl as so many wax caudles.