Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 March 1890 — Page 1

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THE LABCIEOT

CIRCULATION!

*?f THE CITY.

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FIRST YEAR.

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A musical instrument plays this popular air

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away by A. C. Bryce & Co, Every purchaser of any article in our Children's Department will be presented with one of those four tone Calliopes. Our stock in this department which has been fitted up for the convenience of buyers in this line comprise all the newest and nobbiest designs for the little folks. Our stock of boys ranging in sizes from thirteen to nineteen is the most complete of any line that was ever shown in this city. Now ready for your inspection at our new store room.

A. C. BRYCE & CO.,

604 Main

St.,

Third Door East of 6th.

THE WORMSERS WORSTED. They lira ('mcd in a Corner on Reading KkliroiMl Mtoek.

NEW YORK, March 1 2.~~There was a genuine- corner in Reading stock on Monday, and great was tbe wailing and gnashing of teeth among the unfortunate bears who were caught in a corner. The principal sufferers are said to have been the famous Wormsor family, and the stories on Wall street about Isador and his relative# must have made their earn burn. They were the most famous men in the street. The stories of how these wily fishers for gold were caught at their own game is a very interesting one. The Wormsera have for a long time past been the guardian# of the interests of the big pool in Beading, which ia opposed to Mr. Corbin. It is al' that last week the Wormsersgot in-i ie information that a Philadelphia crowd was about to market a few thousand shares of Heading stock. On the strength of this the Worinsers, although the guardians of the interests of the big pool, went heavily short of Heading, Iioping to bag a little side profit tor themselves thereby. proved to have been the cause of the big

profit lor themselves thereby. This

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in the stock last week. They

hoped, of course, to cover the short sales with the pool's stock. The big pool, meantime, is said to have awakened to the situation, and to have promptly transferred its interests to the office of Moore Schley, on the outer side of Broad street. When the Wormsera attempted to make the transfer they found, it is said, that they were short of about 85,000 shares ol the pool's stock. Then the pool proceeded to call in its stock and the Wormsera were cornered, The members of the firm were on the floor to-day in terrible state of mind, and their brokers were covering at figures which meant to tho Wormsers a loss of a great many thousands of dollars. Tho pool was said to be selling cash stock and buying in the regular way, bagging profits at every deal from the wily operators who were trying to circumvent tHena.

MISSISSIPPI ABOUT TO OVERFLOW. The Hummer 1I»© Reached and Hullroad Travel AlMttlon«l,

MKMI'IUS, March 12.—Reports from Helena Little Rock say that the levees cannot much longer stand the high water. The danger line is readied and tho river is stilt rising, backed by a hard rain which is general. The flood knocked out the railroads at Paducah, Ky, Trains on the Iron Mountain & St* Louis, and Arkansas & Texas, are abandoned. The Mobile fe Ohio from here to St, Louis is crippled by a cave in of the tunnel at Mountain (3 leu, A few more inches will certainly break the levees below and the damage will be fr/htful, The break looked for at any ti:'

KKW OKWJANS, March 12~~Disp«thes fiom Arka isC-tv this mormngreport the river s. .. rising and that city flooded with water from ©Ighteeu inches to two feet deep. A heavy rain was falling awl assisting the rising waters.

THE DAKOTA LOTTERY SCHEME.

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JERE BAXTER.

lie Will be

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if Xashville lm« Her Say. There is much talk and very much ol interest about Tennessee's next Governor, and with one voice Nashville seems to be calling for her chosen one—Jere Baxter. He is a very young man for such an honor, possibly the youngest one who lias yet been called upon for the office, but the public know his ability and great worth. His career has been remarkable. Less than a dozen years ago Jere Baxter was a poor boy, but be has proved himself almost a modem Necker of finance, for, under his magic everything* he touched turned to gold, and to-day he is the possessor of a handsome fortune.

Public spirit and wealth so seldom go together that it is refreshing to meet a gentleman who unites the two so thoroughly as does the Hon. Jere Baxter. Mr. Baxter has ever been forward in enterprises calculated to benefit his city and state. Like so many other prosperous Americans, he owes bis success entirely to his own exertions. Once he was $10,000 in debt, for his career has had its descents. He has been a newspaper man, a barrister, a publisher of law reports, a real estate dealer and a stock speculator. Now he is an investor. When he secured control of the Memphis & Charleston road some ten years ago and became its president he was the youngest railroad president in the world. Kecently he has adorned Nashville with a sumptuous office building, the most magnificent in the city. It is called Baxter Court, He was the principal agent in the founding of Sheffield, and its success is largely due to his fostering care. Mr. Baxter has not, however, confined its energies to promoting the industrial advancement of the South. He recognizes that in its agricultural resources there is great wealth, and he devotes much of his time to agricultural experiments.

His horye, Maple wood Manse, is six or seven miles out from the city, and to reach it one must cross the suspension bridge over the Cumberland Kiver and drive through Edgefield, the beautiful eastern suburb of Nashville. Maplewood is as beautiful as its name. It lies in an open, rolling country, possesses fine water and timber and indeed, every requisite necessary for the perfection of a great model stock farm. Besides this, Maplewood is directly on tho railroad— an invaluable convenience for a busy' man like Jere Baxter,

The house is an old-fashioned country house in size and number of its rooms, but it has been remodelled and furnished exquisitely, and is witbal and most delightful place. Mrs. Baxter is a very beautiful woman, of extreme culture and intellectual charm, and one may readily see how such a wife could "inspire a husband with the loftiest aims and ambition. Everywhere throughout her home is evidence of her artistic tendencies in her etchings and water-colors, her antique furniture, the rich Eastern stuffs, the rare china and dainty bric-a-brac. Iier library of old books is priceless, and among her euriosities are a fan and comb of Marie Antoinette of tortoise shell inlaid with gold. In her own room Mrs. Baxter has a bed that once belonged to Pauline Bonaparte. It is of mahogany, most exquisitely inlaid with ormolu, and it is a most beautiful work of art On the wall in the entrance hall hang knives, swords and sabres used by distinguished men of many climes in many wars. Among them is a cruellooking Snickersnee from the land of the Mikado, pistols that were used in the Zulu war when the Prince Imperial fell, and also a pair of heavy Russian pistols most exquisitely inlaid with gold.

The most beautiful room in this house is the great dining hall., that is baronial in its size and suggestion. Over an open wood fire stands a magnificent mantel that rises to the ceiling and is supported bv caryatids of remarkable beauty and great sise that represent Peace and Plenty. This exquisite mantel is of home workmanship, specially designed by Mr. W. K. Miller, of the E. and N. Manufacturing Company." of Nashville, whose artistic work may be seen in many of the elegant home* here. At the further end a massive sideboard is brisrht with silver and crystal, and overall falls a fiord, of rich toned light from the artgl windows.—New \ork World.

Jere Baxter is a aon-in-law of Hon. William Mack, of this city. He married Miss Mattie Mack, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Judge Mack.

stklt Mill* Sh«t Down.

OtncAOd, March IE.—The wire nail men of the United States, with lew exceptions, closed their mills yesterday, and announced that, they will not resume operations again until the 24th inst, but that they will open them is not certain, as their object may not be accomplished.

This shut down, it is alleged, is part ol a scheme to force certain manufacturers of wire nails into the trust, which has been (owning for some time, but whi may fail on account of tho refusal of independent factories to join the combine. Heroic measures are now to be attempted, and all the in the country favorable to the tnw-t -hut down today, throwing thousands ol men out of emplovnicnk Both the mills in thk city joined the movement.

XNofttti *f C9»tea«* Xttti«n*ire. CHICAOO, March 11.—Jr*hn T. Lester, the wealthy stock broker, ii« I last night. He has been an invalid for two or three years, having became broken *1

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COURT MARTIAL OF M'CALLA.

THE CHARGES ACAIXIT HIX AIMS HOT DESTXED.

r«at Provoc»U«a C'l»ira«d-A Halt Called on Doetorlnc fteaate R* eer4t-«. W. H*lman Appalnt-

Baak Exj»mln«r.

BHOOKLYX, N. Y., March 12.—Lieutenant R. E. Ingereoll, of the United States steamer Enterprise, was a witness to-day before the court investigating the charges ol cruelty brought against Commander McCalla, ol that vessel. He testified to the heinous punishments inflicted on the men by McCalla, but said they had been in accord with the laws. Several men had been put in straight jackets for several days and others ironed and marched up and down the deck several bouts.

As to the Walker incident Ingereoll testified the seamen were making a great noise which repeated commands of McCalla failed to suppress. Walker Bwore at McCalla and was very violent. He was gagged with a bayonet which was removed after a while when Walker again became abusive and McCalla drew his {sword and struck him across the shoulder knocking him down.

Walker was then put under arrest in double irons- Ingereoll said there was a large number of bad men in the enterprise and Walker was one of them. Much liquor was smuggled on board and Walker was suspected of the chief part in it. The blow inflicted on Walker was not severe, and the injury was not great.

CHANGING THE RECORD.

The Senate Volesto Call a Halt on Thin Muelt Abuned Practice. WASHINGTON, March 12.—In the Senate Mr. Hoar called up the resolution reported by him yesterday for the exclusion from the record of the sentence interpolated by Mr. Call in the report of bis remarks in the discussion with Mr. Chandler some weeks ago.

Mr. George opposed the resolution as being (so far as bis experience in the Senate went) without a precedent. While it did not expressly contain a censure it was certainly capable of that interpretation. Mr. George went on to speak of the time when personalities in the Senate led to personal conflicts but said that now there was no safer place in all God's creation for a man who desired to insult another with impunity than the American Senate. Everybody knew that. And it was no evidence of spirit, no evidence of courage for a Senator to get up and use insulting and abusive language to another Senator.

Nor was it an evident of a want of spirit, or of a want of courage that the senator about whom such insulting and personal language was used did not call •he other senator to a personal account. The duello was entirely out of the question now. Personal conflict on the street was equally out of the question. How, then, had the senator from New Hampshire been injured by the change of phrase? Was it because he ought to ha\ had the opportunity to answer back? Because he had not the fisherwomans opportunity to blackguard back? That was all and that was the way the thing stood. The adoption of the resolution would be an employed censure on as amiable and truthful and as good a man as ever sat in the American senate.

Mr. Hoar said that it was not true in his judgment that there was no substantial difference between the words uttered and the words printed. There, was a most substantial and important difference. He would not follow the Senator from Mississippi into the jesting, joking, comic almanac view of the lamentable public occurrence which had given rise to the proceeding. That Senator had said that the safest place on the face of the earth for a man to speak his honest mind in regard to the conduct or character of another was the floor of the American Senate. He (Hoar) bo]ed that that would be alt^s true and, in order to make it true and to keep it true, he did not mean that the secrecy of any man's chamber at midnight should be a safer place than the floor ol the Senate from which to send out his poisoned arrows.

Mr. Daniel did not think that it would be proper to place on the records of the Senate a resolution which would inevitably be construed as a censure on the Senator from Florida.

After further debate, Mr. Call submitted some remarks in his own vindication and quoted some of Mr. Chandler's expressions in the same debate imputing to him the possibility of provoking homicide and adding of to ''the silent voters Florida," and assured the Senate that he had no idea of violating the rules.

The vote was taken and resulted: Yeas, 27 nays, 11—no quorum. Among the affirmative were those of Messrs, Gray, Pugh, Turpie and Vance. Without disponing of the matter the Senate adjourned. fa the H*n*e.

WASHINGTON, March 12.—The House committee on election ol President and Vice-President to-day considered the McComas bill which provides that the next ^gressional elections shall be held ni^.bere from states as now appornoned, new reapportionment to be made under then qongress. Is Is understood that be favorably reported at the next nft nog of the committee.

The House passed the bill reported by Chairman B*mn*, of oommitte on Indian affaire, to spt and ratify the agreement made by Sssseton and Wahpeton bands of the Sioux Indians,

Geo. K. Davis who was the most active kilter in the €h:r fight for the exposition is here aud tusisis that it Is *U talk on the part of Chicago people about the post]«men! of the or Id a Fair.

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TERRE HAUTE NEWS.

ional bank examiner for Indiana. He will receive final instructions to-day, leave for his home to-night, and assume his official duties on April 1st. Mr. Holinan is a good lawyer, an expert accountant, and will early become an efficient examiner. The resignation of Examiner Taylor not having been received, Mr. Holm an was appointed over Mm.

AMUSEMENTS.

US#!

Donald Downie's lecture on Japan last night wasoneolthe best of the series. The stereopticon views ol the country were extremely interesting and conveyed accurate ideas ol the dress and customs ol the people, their style of architecture and the beautiful scenery with which it abounds. Students in geography will be vastly benefited bv- attending these lectures. To-night Professor Downie lectures on Paris, illustrating his lecture with stereopticon views. Many ol the views are ol the Paris Exposition, and persons attending the lecture will will be given a chance to compare the Paris Exposition with the great World's Fair to be held in Chicago.

The Carleton Opera Company will give "The Brigands" at Naylor son Tuesday evenibg the 18th. There are sixty people in the Carleton company and the chorus is one ol the finest now on the stase. The solos are all ol the very best talent, the costumes are new and bright and the troupe is altogether first class. The solo work ol the opera is mainly done by Miss Clara Lane, a charming actress and good singer, as Fragolette, and Miss Alice Carle as the brigand's daughter. The sale of seats opens at Button's on Saturday and prices range from 25 cents to $1, •'The Brigands."

Next Tuesday the Carleton Opera Company will produce at Naylor's opera house the great New York success, "The Brigands." It is said that Mr. Carleton's company this season is the best he ever had. In Miss Lane and Alice Carle Mr. Carleton has two of the best.comic opera singers, as they unite beauty with excellent voices, and are superb actresses. Mr. J. K. Murray is an excellent baritone, Mr. Charles Bigelow a very funny comedian, and there are many other competent artists who support Mr. W. T. Carleton, the popular baritone, who as? sumes the part ol the brigand cliiet in "The Brigands." The entire company is said to be a revelation of vocal ability in light opera. The chorus work has been Drought to absolute perfection, and as there is a great deal of it in "The Brigands," the success of the opera will be greatly helped. The company brings beautiful' costumes and entirely new scenery with them.

The sale of seats begins Saturday h£xt. The Paris Exposition. Prof. Donald Downie will illustrate the Paris Exposition at the opera house this evening. This lecture will give one a very viviu idea of the late exhibition at Paris, the buildings, statuary, exhibits from the different countries, the Eiffel tower in sections, art, and a thorough tour of the grounds in one hour and a half. The Professor has the only views of this great fair in this country and it is well worth the time to go and see him and hear his intensely interesting discourse on this subject.

CATTLEMEN IN CONVENTION. They Advise Seen ring a Foreign Trade Inntead of Competing with Northern

Healers. FORT WORTH, Texas, March 12.—Hon. T. D. Andrews, ex-inspector under the National Bureau of Animal Industry, called the InterState Cattlemen's Convention to order yesterday, with 1,200 delegates in their seats. Mayor Broiles, of Fort Worth, delivered an address of welcome. Mr. Andrews responded on behalf of the cattlemen. He advised the establishment of refrigerators for producing grounds for the supply of the European market, and not to compete with Northern establishments. Ex-Gov-ernor Hudley, of New Mexico, was made temnoary chairman and Charles Gould, of Nebraska, temporary secretary. Committees on credentials and permanent organization were appointed and the convention adjourned on call.

SALMON PACKING INDUSTRY. rt Will be Ideated In British Colombia for the Engllfth Trade.

NEW YORK, March 12.-—Reports received here from the Pacific Coast state that preparations are being made on a larger scale in British Columbia than in any other quarter for salmon packing and that the packers in that locality feel confident of more than holding their own against all competitors. They are credited with asserting that nearly if not as fine fish will be packed in British Columbia as on the Columbia river, that the cost is considerably less in the first named locality and that the English market will absorb a larger quantity than ever before.

MOONSHINERS JN THE SOUTH. They Caomt Comjwte With the Northern Distilleries.

NEW YORK, March 12.—Colonel Thoa. Grimereon, cbief ol the internal revenue agents of the New York district, says, in an interview concerning tbe^alleged extension ol the manufacture ol whisky in some parts ol the South: "There is one district in North Carolina where there are more than six hundred registered distilleries and I guess nigh on to twice as many secret distillers—moonshiners.

Altogether

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they do not manufacture as

much whisky as a single distillery at Peoria, HI."

To Bridge the St. Lawrene*. QCEBSC, MaJth 12.—The Hon. Mr. Mercier is about to introduce resolutions in the Assembly favoring the immediate construction of a bridge across the St Lawrence between Quebec and I^evis. The engineer iikelv to be M. Eiffel, of Paris, the builder of the great tower. M. Kilfel wiU undertake the enterprise pro-* vided the Province of Quebec guarantees the interest on $3,000,000.

A Maa»«MW»tfc Gwrpm,

MAtmxmLut, March 12. Jtshnson Brand, ol Van Buren township, Brown county, died yesterday of dropsry, aged 70 years. A short time before his death he weighed 400 pounds, measuring nine feet around the girth. The coffin was so large that ft would not past through the door, and the corpse had to be put in it oat ol doors.

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WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12. 1890. KBffl§?? TWO CENTS.

THROAT CUT WITH A RAZOR.

MIKE EC AMP ATTEMPTS 81ICLDE AT THE BOSTON HOUSE.

BTe Afterwards Changei Ht» ITInil and Howls for Help The C'ouitcil'n Cbanees on the Aerial Track -t,' —•tber Zaeal.-

Yesterday afternoon Mike Decamp, of Sullivan, went to the Boston house on South Fourth street and placed his name upon the register. He was not about the hotel afterward until supper time*, when he reappeared and ate bis meal without saying much to any one connected with the house or to »he guests. After supper be sat around the stove in the office until rather late in the evening, employing his time in reading the daily papers. At 11 o'clock he seemed to get uneasy and restless and walked up and down the room in a strange manner.

The night clerk finally invited Decamp to shake dice as a means of passing the time away. The fellow consented very readily, but in the game that followed took absolutely no interest, appearing to be absorbed in thoughts ol matters less frivolous. The night clerk soon tired ol a pastime in which his- companion evinced so little enthusiam and the dice box was soon laid aside.

Decamp then announced that he was ready to retire, saying so with a languid, indifferent air that struck the clerk as being quite unusual lor a man under ordinary circumstances. However, taking up a lamp he led the way to a room on the second floor and pointed it out to Decamp as the one which the latter was to occupy. "He went into the room," said the clerk to a NEWS reporter, "and after charging me to close the door, bade me good night."

This morning about 8 o'clock Decamp came down from his room and going to Donnelly's drug store endeavored to secure a small quantity of morphine. The druggist, observing that Decamp acted rather queerly, refused to sell him the drug and the latter returned to where he had slept.

Once more in his room*, he placed a trunk against the door, laid off his coat and vest, produced a razor and stretched himself on the bed, lying partially on the back and left side. Having taken this position, he drew the razor viciously across the left side of the throat, repeating the act, as is shown by the wounds, atleast twice, the gashes inflicted being of a most ghastly description.

After doing this horrible work, Decamp sprang up and called to a chambermaid, who was passing in the hall, to come to him. The girl answered and beheld what had taken place. Decamp requested her to send for Bome one ana fell bapk onto the bed, the blood streaming from his neck and forming in a pool on the floor.

Dr. John Crapo was quickly summoned and succeeded in stopping the blood in time to save the would-be suicide's life. He sewed up the ugly gashes and dressed the part, when Decamp got upon his feet almost without assistance and walked down to the patrol wagon,in which he was taken to ot. Anthony's hospital.

Mike Decamp is a man who lias hardly attained the meridian of life and it is said that be comes from a family notable for its courage, force of purpose*and eminent good sense, and persons acquainted with them marvel at Mike's conduct. He is by trade a blacksmith and according to the statement of his acquaintances is a mechanic of marked ability. He was born at the Narrows south of the city and was principally raised there, having led a migratory life for many years, however. It is said that lately he was given to violent dissipation.

The fellow displayed remarkable nerve when his own work was being repaired by the surgeon. He bore the pain which must have been inflicted by the use of the needle, without a wince or a murmur, and once while the operation was going on remarked to Dr. Crapo that next time he would make abetter job of it.

A note was found in Decamp'a pocket bearing the words, "Good bye to all. Mike. But Mike hasn't gone and won't go for along time now.

THE AERIAL TRUCK BUSINESS. The Connell Can Sow Put an End to the Matter.

The action of the council on Monday night in rescinding the resolution passed at the regular meeting to instruct the fire committee to look into the matter of the purchase of an aerial truck is commendable. The purchase ol the truck without advertising for bids would have been illegal, both on the ground that bids were not advertised for and that the city is in debt beyond the 2 per cent limit. Advertising for bids puts the matter on a legal basis, and it is now within the power ol the council to reject all bids and thus end the matter. It has been given out by the certain members ol the council that such is their intention and that a majority ol the council have agreed that the matter should be terminated in that way. II this be true all well and good, but should the effort to purchase the truck be made, then some good citizen should come forward with injunction proceedings. There is no reason wby the track should be purchased at this moment. The buildings are no higher now than they were five years ago. Moreover the purchase of an aerial truck would either involve the extra expense of employing

fireman,

enlarging one of the reel houses and purchasing more boree#», or the useless laying aside ol the old nook and ladder truck. Since there is no immediate necessity of buying a

new

truck and the

drawbacks are so numerous it may be well to defer the matter until such time as the city can pay for the truck without paying interest on the investment. There is no question but that an aerial truck would be a valuable acquisition to th fire department, and in case of five among the high business Hocks in the business portion ol the the city it would serve the city well, but ice the owners of these buildings are taxpayers and the taxpayers have to pay for the truck, they should have at least some voiee in the matter. The majority ol the taxpayer are opposed to the purchase ol the truck.

':v Tfc« Working Start* Meetl*#. Tbe working people ol Terre Haute should give & good sudieras to J. T. Harrah tbsst evening at A. O. U. W. hall. 3«iaan 'memtim «pe«k«. Seato freeto al9. Tlfflidas®cl our citrons should appreciate their ©pp^irity, stand byj their own caaab and fill the hall to! overfiowieg. *01 brmrfer the aiatpk^ of the Knigjita of Labor.

LOCAL BREVITIES-

Colonel

T. Harrah speaks at A. O.

II. W. hall to-night on matters ol interest to laboring men. Admission free. Another resolution has leen passed by the council instructing Superintendent ol Police Stout to enforce the cow ordinance.

II the wages demanded by the Hod Carriers' Union be granted, the same will take effect on May 1st, instead ol April 1st.

Charles Washington speaks on "The Race Problem" at the meeting ol the Afro-American League at 17$ South Second street Friday night.

The annual meeting ol Prairie City Building Loan Fund and Savings association. series No. 7, will be held this evening at their office, corner Fourth and Ohio streets, rear of Byers' grocery.

Thomas Bishop, elected township committeeman in the Fourth ward Monday night, has withdrawn in favor of Wm. Willison. The committeeman in the Sixth ward is Fred Schmidt.

The B. C. Clark Crockery Company, of Kansas City, whose place ol business was destroyed by fire Monday, had among its owners Ed. Burnett and T. H. Riddle, formerly ol this city. It is the house with which Musgraye was connected.

WHY is it everybody reads THE NEWS? Because it contains all the home news, and costs only 10 cents a week, delivered by carrier.

Sideboards, new designs, low pricfB at Fisbecks Furniture store, 311 Wabash avenue.

Hughes & Lewis Wall Paper and Shades 28 South Fifth street.

Obituary.

Mrs. Edmonia White Bell died at the family residence, corner of Eighth and Ohio, this morning just before 5 o'cloek. The deceased was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., March 19, 1818, and would have been 72 years old one week from to-day. She moved to Morgan county-, Ohio, and was married October 22, 1844, to Dr. .Tames Bell. They located in Prairieton, this county, in 1850. January 1, 1850, they moved to Terre Haute, where lor twenty years Dr. Bell was one of the leading physicians ol the city. He died January 10, 1870.

Mrs. Bell leaves six children, Arthur T., Perley J., David S., James W., Emma, now Mrs. T. B. Cookerly^ and Anna, now Mrs. Charles R. Peddle. For many years Mrs. Bell was one of the most active and efficient workers in the Ladies Aid Society, and has always been known for her charitable works. In faith she was a devout Catholic and in daily life an earnest and consistent Christian. She was a most affectionate and devoted mother and her children are overwhelmed with grief. Retiring and domestic in her disposition she lived largely for her home and family but she was much be loved by friends and neighbors and all who came in contact with her.

She had been sick about six weeks, with an internal trouble that baffled the skill of the physicians. She bore her illness with patience and fortitude and passed quietly and painlessly away. The funeral will occur from the residonce Friday morning at 10 o'clock.

NO HOPE FOR THE MINERS. The Victim* of the Moroa Dliaster Mnut be Left to Their Fat«.

LONDON, March 12.— In spite of every effort all hope of rescuing the victims of the Morsa colliery disaster must be abandoned, as the fire continues to spread. The latest estimates place the number of killed at about one hundred. Seventyfive per cent of them were married and leave families. In all nineteen bodies have been recovered. Messages of sympathy have been sent by the Queen, Lord Mayor ol London and others.

Real EMtate Company Formed. A company for the purpose of buying, selling and leasing real estate and building has been formed by Messrs. Max Joseph, Marx Myers, L. J. Weinstein, A. Herz and Sigmund Uffenheinaer. These gentlemen are the recent platters of Cottage Place, in the southeast part ol the city. The company will have five directors from whom snail be chosen a president, secretary and treasurer.

Waire Earner*' A«»oetat!on. Tbe Terre Haute Wage Earners' Home Association met at the office of Martin Hollinger on Saturday evening to talk over the matter of location and other business. The meeting was largely attended, one hundred shares ol stock were subscribed for and a committee appointed to revise the by-laws. The association will meet again next Friday evening at the court house in tbe engineer's room. Every person desiring a home should be present.

The Railroad Fnssle.

Myers Bros, have gotten out a railroad puzzle which is attracting considerable attention just at present. It is a train of five cars and A locomotive with a main track, three switches and a siding, and tbe idea is to arrange the cars in regular order into a-train with the locomotive in front Tbe puzzle is furnishing considerable amusement for railroad men and others.

-f Wreck on the Roe It inland CHICAGO, March 12.—A passengir train on the Bock Island Road collided with a freight at Blue Island, a suburb, last night and tbe passenger enarine and three freight cars were demolished. John Berry, brakeman, killed. Conductor, name not known, severally injured. The passengers were badly shaken up, escaping with only a few slight bruises.

M. Antfcanjr*m fair. S&IJW

The committee on entertainments for St Anthony's lair met yesterday to arrange programmes. Mrs. Hawrly, Mrs. A. G. Nicholson, Mrs. R. G. Watson and Wm

Weiuhardt, are the committee and they have outlined a programme for each of the four nights of tbe lair which will add greatly to the interest of this meritorious benevolent festival.

Tfee Sa«# Prtbkia.

Tbe A fro-American Civil Bights League will meet at their ball No. 17| South Second street, on Friday evening. Mr. Charles H. Washington will deliver an address on tbe Race Problem. Others present will be invited to speak. Every colored man in the city is requested to be pceaeat.

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KATE HIKES PICWRES IX POJLICE COl'BT OXCE MORE,

8h* Work* The Sympathy Racket to Uie Queen"s» Taste—Farls-Hoberff Case Still Grinding—Gener» al Court Honwe Xevri.

Kate Hines is an old Irish woman with a penchant for bad whiskey and fights. She takes her sprees as regularly as the moon gets full, usually select!ug some neighbor woman on such occasions whom she can beat iuto an unrecognisable mass. She speaks a magnificent Irish-English-Daso tongue and when she is hauled up before his honor, the mayor of the city, and launches into the tale of woe which she is ever ready to relate, the scene is very touching. It's true that no one in tho court room is able to understand exactly what she says, but her moaning is distinctly audible and her mastodonic tears flvut about on the floor—all that is necessary to the accomplished performance of the sympathy racket.

In this case, however, Kate was probably not to blame. She doubtless got very drunk and tried to pulverize some one with a railroad tie, as alleged, but after all she got the worst of the scrap. The left side ol her head looks as though she had been kicked by a horse. She was released.

The Humane Society.

Articles of incorporation of tho Torre Haute Humane Society were filed with the county recorder to-day. The object of the organization is stated to he the prevention of cruelty to animals and children, and its seal is a circular tliac whereon is portrayed the Angel of Mercy remon&femthiK with a driver who is b'eatini&a fallen horse. The society is to have thirteen directors, a president, secretary and treasurer, who will attend to the enforcement of all laws with reference to the objects of the organization.

ComlntHl•ion«rN, Court.

Tho county commissioners will visit the poor asylum for the purpose of examining every department of the institution and considering the qufstion as to whether the grand jury recommendation for an enlargement of the building is based on necessity or not. The question of water supply for the house is also yet an unsettled one.

The following liquor licenses were granted to-day: George Geisulhrecht, Jacob Stump, August Wegner, George Kluij, Albert B. Ferguson and Ralph Conover.

On the Itoefe Pile.

The city rock pile presents a very lively scenQ to-day, and tho enterprising clatter of descending hammers roaches the outside. Police court was well filled up this morning and tho following persons, arrested last night for vagrancy, are engaged in geological work as a consequence: Daniel Barry, Charles Roaker, Chas1 Heingard, W. F. Hohb, Adolph Miller, Jnmcs Leonard, Hurry Miller, Willie Johnson, Charles Chicker.

The Farift-llolterir Came.

The evidence for the plaintiff in the Faris-Hoberg damage case was concluded yesterday afternoon and that for tho defense begun. The latter's evidence will probably be completed this afternoon. However, one of the counsel remarked to a reporter that he did not believe the case could go to the jury today. The arguments will occupy some little time after all the witnosses have been examined.

Don't Aei Policeman.

Last night Samuel Wbitraore, a boilermaker, sought entrance into Madam I/eahigh's place-du-razzle-dazzle on Main street, east of Eighth, and met with a rebuff from her ladyship, owing to his intoxicated condition. He then got gay, claimed to 1MS a police officer, was arrested, jailed ana fined in Police court this morning. Most men would hate awfully to pay for having acted like a policeman.

For (Safekeeping.

James Delaney was put in jail for salekeeping last night. He had been fighting with his etep father, William Walters and he was jugged to prevent a renewal ol difficulties. The two men were pretty evenly matched and further trouble between them bade fair to produce serious results.

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NEWS FROM THE WEST SIDE

Deferred.

The injunction case of the Evansville A Terre Haute Railway Company against the city, which was set down for trial in the Circuit court to-day, Was deferred owing to the fact that the Hoberg trial was on, employing some of the attorneys concerned in the former case.

Damage Cane Met.

The court has overruled the demurrer to tbe complaint in tbe case ol Fannie Payne vs. tbe C., C., C. A St. Railway Company for damages and the trial is set down before Judge Mack for April 2d. Foley & Foley are the counsel for tbe plaintiff.

The Law Library.

Tbe shelving bas been put up in tbe new library room, just opposite the prosecuting attorney's office in tbe court bouse, and several hundred volumes are already in place,

Cigarmak*r*« atrlke.

CHICAGO, March 12^—While tbe condition ol affaire has not materially changed in regard to the difficulty between the rifcannakers and manufacturers, the probabilities ol a general strike appeal* greater th ever, and by tbe beginning ol next w*,^

Is believi-d

all tbe cigarmakers in this city will strike. The Leeeh If order.

CHKiXdo, III., trch 12. —Another fifmadmiil clue fcu* seen obtained in the Leech disappearance case. He was last seen with tbe tough element known as the Market street gang. It is believed that tbe thugs murdered him and threw the body in the river and to-day the South Branch will be dragged for bis body. .. ftutterwortfc'o C«Kt*i« Cra*y.

LAPOKTE, I»d., March 32.-Business troubles have caused tbe insanity ot one ol tbe moat prominent and wealthy men ol the city—Turner W. Butterworth, cousin

Congressman Benjamin Butter-

worth, of Ohio. He has become so violent that it is stated he will betaken to the

Insane

Asylum at Indianapolis.