Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 June 1880 — Page 1

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CHILDREN'S

SAILOR SUITS.

Kilt Suits and Shirt Waists, in endless variety, from the cheapest to the finest, at

Owen, Pixley & Co.'s

Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Store,

508 and 510 Main St. Torre Haute.

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Knife Used With

Effect

A fearful cut on all kinds of par. ascls and son umbrellas.

READ REDUCTIONS BELOW.

All 15 and 20c Japanese parasols down to 5 cents. All 35 and 40 cent Japanese down to 25c.

35 and 40c, cambric parasols down to 25c. $6.00 combination parasols down t? $3.50. Elegant lined goods recently sold at $5.00 now $2.50 and $3.00

Large size silk umbrellas suitable for rain or sun, at $2.50 apiece. Colors are Navy-blue, Myrtle,-green and Black.

We have an enormous stock of all kinds of parasols and in order to sell all of them we have been compelled to make great reductions in the price.

Foster Bros.

Terre Haute.

OF JULY

THE

Governor's Guard

AND

RINGGOLD BAND

WILL GIVE A PICNIC AT

EARLY'S GROVE,

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SUNDAY, JULY 4th.

The Ringgold Band will give some of their best selections, and the Guards will give an exhibition drill in tire afternoon.

Military parade in the morning. The line of march will be published hereafter. Ample provisions will be made for refreshments, dancing, games, etc.

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THE DISASTER

The Captain ol the Naragansett Makes a Partial Statement of the Affair.

Several More Bodies Recovered and a Few of Them Identified.

Further

News

POVOHKEEPSIE, N. Y. June 13.—Dr. Kittridge, of Fishkill Landing, one of the survivors of the Naragansett, states that he staid on board the steamer while the fire was progressing until it got so hot that he had

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jump overboard, and du-

ring tluit time lie ilid not see a single officer of the boat, nor hear an order given, and the life boats were not lowered until the flames had made great progress. He and his son were picked up by a boat from the city of New York. •THE RECOVERED BODIES.

NEW LONDON, Conn., June 13.—Of the twelve bodies recovered from the wreck of the Narragansett the following have been identified: E. J. Horton, jewelry drummer, Attleboro, Mass. William Noyes, of New York Alfred A. Heed, of East Greenwich, K. I. Mrs. William Stevens, of Boston Highlands Mrs. J. K. Little, residence unknown. William Noyes is a brother of Benjamin Noyes, of New Haven, recently imprisoned in New Jersey for violating the insurance laws of that state.

The Narragansett was boarded by the Assistant inspector of the light boats Sunday, and she lies in seven fathoms of water. It is the opinion of mariners that the Narragansett is broken in two. She is grounded in the western extremity of the shoals. But for her grounding there she would have sunk out of sight. The master of the wrecked schooner reports that he inspected the wreck in a diving armor this morning. Apart of the port wheal house of the Narragansett was picked up early this morning in the race.

The courses of the colliding steamers lay together, but had the Ston ington sounded two successive whistles instead of one, in reply to the signals of the Narragansett, the accident-would, in all probability, not have occurred. No bodies were recovered to-day.

WHAT CAPTATN YOUNG SAYS. BOSTON, June 13.—The Ilerald has the following special:

Stonington, Conn., June 13.

Captain Young, the officer who was in temporary command of the Narragansett on the disaster, during the past two days has spent his entire time at the scene of the accident, lie has said but little about the collision and subsequent loss of life, except to express the belief that he was in the proper course when the accident happened, and that when all the facts are known no blame whatever can be attached to him. He heard the whistle of the Stonington at intervals for several minutes before the collision, but could not exactly place her, because of her lights being indistinguishable through the heavy mist and fog. He was proceeding cautiously at a very low rate of speed, and was making his course, expecting to soon pass the light ship off Carnfield light. He heard the warning of Mr. Cook en j[the bow watch the moment it was given, and with the loss of hardly an instant he ordered his engines reversed and did everything to avpid the catastrophe. In regard to the cause of the fire, in which followed the collision, he did not express even an oginion, and gave the inference that he was as much in the dark as other people With reference to the behavior^^WWs crew through the trying ordeal of savin his passengers, he says no crew coul have done more under the circumstances. The passengers on he whole behaved admirably until the cryof fire was raised, and then they became unmanageable.

MISSING.

NEW YORK, June 14.—Inquiry was made at the Stonington line office to-day for Charles Wilson, 48 Clinton street, this city. He left Friday night for Boston ana has not since been heard from.

BOSTON, June 14.—CharlesG. Brewster, proprietor of the Natural History store, was a victim of the Sound disaster. Herbert W. Warren, 75 Milk street, is su posed to be lost.

DEATH OF EX-SENATOR BAYARD.

Ex-Senator James Ashton Bayard, father of Senator B. F. Bayard, died yesterday at his home in Wilmington, DelawTare, being unconscious several hours. He had been sinking gradually for several days. Death was hastened by a fall received as he was descending the stairs last Thursday week. The deceased was born at Wilmington and was in his 81st year.

The Bayards have been almost continually in the public service since the foundation of he government, and have been peculiarly a senatorial familv.

The deceased represented Deleware in the Senate from 1851 to 1864 when he resigned. In l867 he was appointed by the Governor to fill the unexpired term of Senator Riddle. He retired from the Senate in 1869 and was succeeded by his son, Thomas Francis Bayard, who is now serving his third term.

THE E. & T. H. management is expending money liberally on improvements to the road bed and equipments. Before the season is over the track will be entirely laid with steel.

Verdict of the Corner Charging a Nephew With the Crime.

From the New Albany Ledger-Standard. After hearing the evidence in the inves tigation as to the cause of the death of Capt. John Box, I find that said Box came to his death from arscnical poison, at the hands of Moses Box.

E. WHITTEN, C. F. C.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. Moses Box, against whom the above verdict was rendered, is now in jail. He will have a preliminary hearing at such time as he may designate his readiness therefor. His wife has called to see him several times at the jail.

WILL NOT TRY TNE CASE.

This afternoon an effort was made to get a preliminary examinary examination of Moses Box on the verdict found by the cornor. Esquire Williams, before whom it was sought to bring the case, decided that under the law of the state a hearing could not be had on the cornor's verdict, and in order to a preliminary examination a complaint charging the crime upon Moses Box must be sworn to.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

What Don Cameron Would Have Done Had He Not Been Overruled.

HARRISBURG, PENN., June 12.—Senator Cameron ascribes the defeat of Grant at Chicago to cowardice. He was prepared to defy the National committee in its attempt to interfere with the work he believed belonged exclusively to the convention, but he was overruled by other supporters of Grant for the Presidency, who feared a disruption of the party if lie persisted in his defiant course. Senator Cameron has no doubt that if he had not surrendered to the demands of the National committee Grant would now be the Republican candidate for President instead of Garfield.

Governor Hoyt, who is being treated for rheumatism at Gettysburg, is, like Senator Cameron, disappointed with the choice of the Chicago convention. He was for Grant, and believes that the General would have polled more votes than any other Republican for the Presidency. Ho thinks Grant would have received a particularly large vote in the South. The Democratic nomination, he predicts, will go to Tilden, who he says is the most formidable candidate the L^ftflgtats .jmsat in the field.

RAUM'S REMOVAL PROBABLE.

WASHINGTON, June 13th—It is certainly reported to-night that the President serously contemplates the removal of General Raum, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and that the change will shortly occur. The President, it is said, informed General Raum before the Springfield con. vention met, that he hoped that the commissioner would not participate in it because such a flagrant violation of the well known civil service|order by one occupying so high and important a position might embarrass him and that while the President might not be disposed to notice violations of the order in every instance by lower officiels far removed from the Capital, yet in Gen. Raum's case his active connection with a political convention would be highly improper. Gen. Rhaum's disregard of the President's per. sonal order in attending both the Springfield and Chicago conventions has naturally offended the President. It is specially stated that Gen. Raum's preference for the nomination is not an element of the case at all.

HEAVY LOSS OF LUMBER. CHICAGO, June 14.—A special from Eau Claire, Wis., says sixty million feet of logs have gone down the broken portion of the dam, besides many houses, barns, &c. The river rose twenty-one feet, reaching the highest point ever known. It began to subside at 8 p. M. yesterday. There are one hundred and fifty million feet at the Big Eddy at the Dells dam which seems likely to break at any moment. The loss in the Chippewa valley will probably reach $500,000, and if the immense jam moves and allows the entire two hundred and fifty million feet of logs to pass out it may amount to $1,000,000. Maiy houses in the lower part of the city are flooded and there is the greatest excitenfrnt among the inhabitants.

A MURDEROUS MANIAC CniCAGO, June 14th.—It is learned tha last Friday Mrs. Campel, wife of Joseph Bambef, a farmer living near Hindsboro 111. became deranged and while her husband was in bed attemped to despatch him with an axe. She succeeded only in badly disfiguring his face and causing him to nearly bleed to death. She then fled with her blood apon, going toward a neigh bor's house for the purpose of killing him also but she fell into a ditch from extaustion and was secured. She is the mother of 12 children.

ANTI-MORMON DEMOCRATS SALT LAKE, June 15.—The Territorial Democratic committee adopted the following resolution :That it is the solemn duty of the government to provide a suitable law for suppressing the practice of polygamy in the territories and proper officers to enforce it. That this gigantic evil which has so long flourished in spite of the zeal of Republican conventions and the apathy of Republican administration shall cease. The committee selected AllenS. Campbell to go as a delegate to Cincinnati, present the resolution and urge the insertion in the Democratic national platform also, send cdpy of the proceedings to Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal, with the request that he aid Campbell by eveiy means in his power.

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TEKKE HAUTE, IXD:..—THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880.

THEBOX FAMILY POISONING

SEVERE STORMS

The Northwest Visited by Heavy Rains

Which Break Several Dams and Do Mitch Damage to Crops.

Families Taking Refuge on the Housetops.

CHICAGO, June 15.—Rain storms of great violence and long duration have raised the water in most of the rivers of the northwest to a point higher than was ever known. Grand Rapids, Wis., on the Wisconsin, is nearly under water, and one of its business men, Mr. Ferguson, was drowned. Two-thirds of the city of Oconto, Wis., is inundated. The loss in that city is placed at $250,000. The Mississippi is very high and considerable damage is reported along its banks. At LaCrosse thirty thousand tons of ice have been ruined, and at Dubuque all the low lands are covered. The farmers and others in Indiana and Illinois complain of excessive rain. All the bridges have been carried away and many fields of corn and wheat destroyed.

SNOW TN MINNESOTA.

CHICAGO, June 15.—The telegraph com pany reports that the heavy rains in the northwest have prostrated the wires and flooded the country. All the St. Paul wires are down. There'was snow in Minnesota yesterday. The weather is cold and raw to-day. BROKEN DAMS AND DESTROYED CROPS

MILWAUKEE, June 15.—Much damage has been done on the upper Embarrass and Pigeon Rivers by floods. The dam and mill near Raymondsville and the dams at Raymondsville and Embarrass and the dam at Periy's mill washed away. The dam at Clintonville gave away and the water carried everything before it, including several buildings. Great damage is done to the crops along the Embaarrss valley, the entire grain crop is probably destroyed and distress must result to new settlers. All the bridges on Beas Creek are carried away. A son of Frank Lyon was drowned while crossing the creek. Many families i^JJiatiKiction sought safety on the notase beifig tilled with water. Many of the inhabitants are disheartened ana are leaving for othor sections.

BAR MEETING.

Resolutions Respecting the Death of Judge Gookins.

The Bar met at 11 o'clock this morning in the Circuit Court room to hear the report of the committee of five appointed yesterday to draft resolutions regarding the death of Judge S. B. Gookins. Sydney B. Davis was called to the chair and Geo. H. lOeizer acted as Secretary.

Judge Carlton then read the following MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS. Again we meet to mourn the loss of a member of the Terre Haute bar. Judge Samuel B. Gookins, the oldest member of this bar, died suddenly at his residence in this city Monday evening. Judge Gookins was born in the state of Vermont in May 3oth, 1809. He emigrated with his widowed mother to Vigo county, Indiana in 1823, and from that time has resided here the greater part of the time until his death. As a journalist, lawyer, legislator, judge of the Circuit Court, judge of the Supreme Court as a neighbor, a friend and a christian, in all the walks and all the relations of life Judge Gookins stood without fear and without reproach among the foremost and most honored of the citizens of Indiana. It will be the duty of the biographer and historian to do full justice to the memory of our departed brother, and when that is done high on the roll of honor and merit, and among the most worthy and illustrious of the men of Indiana will appear the name of Samuel B. Gookins, durum et venerabile nomen.

As evidenee of our regard be it Resolved, That the bar of this court attend the funeral of the deceased in a body.

Itesolved—That copies of this memorial and resolutions be presented to the courts of this county with the request that the same be spread upon the records thereof that proper copies be delivered to the family of the deceased accompanied by the assurances of our sym-, pathy in their great affliction and that the press of the city be requested to publish the same.

Mr. Carlton then announced that the committee had selected the following named gentlemen to act as pall bearers: Harvey D. Scott, General Charles Cruft, Judge C. Y. Patterson, Judge Thomas B. Long, Cyi-us F. McNutt, James M. Allen and William Mack.

Remarks were then made by Judge Thomas B. Long, Wm. E. McLean, Harvey D. Scott, James M. Aller, Judge Carlton and Wm Eggleston, after which the meeting adjourned.

EVERYONE who ever crossed the Alps into Italy remembers the Zigzags from which he looks down on the Valley he is reaching. But the hills around are bare and hard. The generous Alleganies and the Blue Ridge are richly wooded to their top and look as soft and green as the hill sides around Lake Maggiore.

The New York (excursion affords a splendid opportunity to see all this |on June 24.

THE STORM.

Considerable Damage Throughout Indiana and Southern Ohio.

CINCINNATI, June 15.—The storm of last-night was very general throughout Indiana and southern Ohio. At Cicero, Indiana, many houses were blown down. Samuel Miller, wife and four children were all badly injured. J. M. Little's house was destroyed and all the members of his family injured. David Gerber's house was blown over and Mrs. Gerber fatally injured. The Methodist church and German Lutheran church were completely destroyed. At Glendale, Ohio, a number of houses were unrqofqd and the village almost wholly despoiled of shade and fruit trees.

At Ripley, Ohio, J. A. Tweeds' tobac co warehouse was struck by lightning and destroyed loss, $15,000 insurance, $2,000. At Shelbyville, Ind., Abraham Clarke was caught by the wind and carried into the air when he fell he received fatal injuries. Great destruction to farms reported all through the country imimediately north of Cincinnati, but no loss of life. A fall of fish is reported near Newport, Kentucky.

Abridge ovor Crooked creek, on the I. & St. L. railroad, was washed away in fact all the railroads centering in the city were more or less damaged. The water courses were all higher than ever before known, many people living in the south-eastern portion of the county were unable to reach the city yesterday. Many telegraph poles were demolished by the lightning, and telephone communication was destroyed for the time being. The loss has not yet been estimated, but it will doubtless be heavy. The telegraph lines were down on Monday night which prevented us from having any account of it yesterday morning.

HEAVY RAINS IN VIRGINIA.

WHEELING, W. Va., June 15.—A special dispatch from Richmond reports the heaviest rains known in that section for years. The Potomac river is very high and part of the town is under water. Thousands of dollars worth of timber has been carried away and several bridges disabled. The Cumberland & Piedmont railroad suffered great damage between Piedmont and Lonaconing by the bridges being washed away. No trains are running and nothing can be done until the water recedes.

CONDENSED TELLEGRAMS.

LITTLE ROCK—The Greenback State convention meet to day to put a ^tate ticket in the field. I

NEW YORK—The Long Island road will soon put on a fast day train between this place and Newport.

NEW YORK—A farewell breakfast was given to Edwin Booth, at Delmonico's yesterday.

WASHINGTON—The President justifies the removal of the two census supervisors by citing the census act of March 3rd 1879 which says "The superintendent of census, with the consent of the President, may at any time remove any supervisor of census and fill any vacancy thereby caused or otherwise occuring." The committee say this only refers to his power during a recess of the Senate. The committee ask to be discharged.

WASHINGTON—All the 'members of the Cabinet were present at the meeting today. Most of the session was devoted to minor appointments to be acted upon before the adjournment of Congress.

Telegrams have been received at the foreign office from the British representatives at Buenos Ayres and Monteviedo stating that the ports of Buenos Ayres and Eusenada are closed and mails are not allowed to land. The British squadron on the river Platte is about to| proceed to Buenos Ayres.

A telegram from Buenos Ayres, dated yesterday noon, says: "War is imminent," and a telegram from Monteviedo, dated yesterday, says: "Rumors are current that skirmishing has commenced."

THE SHIP COLLISION.

NEW YORK, June 15.—The Queen has reached her dock, and reports that at It 30 o'clock Sunday mo :ning, when abou: ene hundred and twelve miles from Sandy Hook, in a dense fog, she ran into the Anchoria, striking her just forward of the bridge, on the starboard side The bow of the Queen plunged into the state room of the Anchoria, in which three young ladies were. Their escape was almost miraculous. There was great excitement on board both vessels, but no one was injured. Two compartments of the Anchoria filled with water, and as there was every prospect of the ship sinking it was determined to transfer the passengers to the Queen. The sea was very calm and the transfer was accomplished in safety. The passengers state that the crew of the Anchoria became demoralized, and three of them leaped aboard the Queen before the vessels separated. The passengers had to assist in launching the Anchoria's boats, and the sailors were the first to jump into them as they touched the water. Immediately after the collision a boat was sent to the Anchoria from the Queen, tendering assistance, and all her other boats were at once manned. During the transfer. Miss Carson, of Rochester, New York, fell over board" but was rescued. This was the only accident The Anchoria has arrived at her dock. She is deep down in the water.) Captain Heddenwick concluded to make ah effort to bring the Anchoria into pork

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In the sundry civil bill which passed both houses of Congress yesterday $25,000 was appropriated for the erection of a custom-house and post office at Evansville.

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$1.50 PEK YEAR.

CONGRESS.

Senate.

WAHINGTON, June 16.—Senator

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Florida, chairman committee on naval affairs reported with amendment the joint resolution lately introduced by him instructing the secretary of the navy to take the necessary steps to secure adequate naval stations and harbors for the use of the naval forces of the United States at proper points on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Central America and the American Isthmus. He asked present consultation. Cockrell objected to the measure. A resolution was placed on the calender,

The Senate then transacted some routine business, went into executive session and without any reading of the President's message which goes over until the next session, adjourned at 11:40 o'clock

House.

WASHINGTON, June 10.—On motion Atkins' Senate bill repealing certain laws relative to permanent appropriations was made a special order for the second Monday in December.

On motion of Conger the Senate bill passed authorizing the sale of Fort Gratiot military reservation to the Port Huron and Northwestern Railroad Co. McLane then withdrew his sugar bill and upon motion of Hurd the Senate bill for the construction of a public building at Toledo, Ohio, passed. Demand for recognition increased into a clamor and members who heretofore had taken no part in the proeeecings joined the noisy assemblage in front of the speaker's desk. A motion that the House proceed to business on the speakers tablo was rejected Yeas, 71 nays,104.

The session of Tuesday here ended and that of Wednesday began. Carlisle, chairman of the committee to inquire into charges of alleged bribery in the contested election case of Donnelly vs. Washburne submitted a report and asked that it together with a minority report, be printed and recommitted. So ordered.

Majority and minority reports in the Donnelly—Washburne contested election case were read and ordered printed. A number of members tried to have private bills passed but without effect. At 12 o'clock the House adjourned.

WASHINGTON, June 14.—Cobell introduced a bill repealing so much of section 3,385 of the Revised Statutes as fixes the export tax on manufactured tobacco, snuff and cigars. Referred.

Blount submitted a report of the conference committee on the sundry civil appropriation bill. The statement which accompanies the report sets forth the effect of the action of the committee on Senate amendments and was received in full. The bill, as it passed the House, appropriated $21,550,647. The Senate amendments amounted to $1,740,764.

A PARROT AS A NUISANCE. NEW YORK, June 10.—Complaint is almost daily made to the Board of Health about a parrot owned near Twenty-third and Sixth avenue. Complaints of profanity have been made anonymously against this particular parrot, and two young ladies say that it insulted them. The neigh tors have tried in every way to put an end to the existence of the parrot. It has been shot

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cessfully, and a strong mixture of poison, if it was really taken, had no effect whatever on the bird.^jThe board is considering the bird.

SEYMOUR.

It is telegraphed from Syracuse, N. Y., in a special to the Cincinnati papers of to-day that Horatio Seymour has practically consented to accept the Democratic nomination if it is tendered with unani mity. That about settles it. He will probably lie nominated.

A TRIBUTE.

In the death of Judge Samuel B. Gookins, which occurred at his home in Terre Haute, Monday night, Indiana loses one of her worthiest and most honored citizens. He was a man of decided ability and varied culture, and during his long profesonal career he established a character for uprightness and integrity which was known and honored far beyond the circle of his acquaintance. He filled many public positions, and always with credit to himself and to tho satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. In every relation of life he was a true and good man.—Indianapolis Journal-

WASHIN6T0N.

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Congress Adjourned

Noon To*day.

WASHINGTON, June 10.—Both houses of Congress adjourned, sine die. All regular annual appropriation bills were signby the President in time to announce their approval before the hour of adjournment and consequently all became laws. A number of nominations failed to receive action and expired at the close of the session, among that of John F. Hartranft as colletor of customs for Philadelphia.

DUBLIN June 16—The American rifle team was heartily cheered upon arrival here by a considerable crowd of people assembled at the railwray station.

ANNIVERSARY.

As the GAZETTE goes to press this ternoon, the McKeen Cadets under mand of battalion Major W. P. Ht are marching in honor of their anni ry. They will give a dress paradey Normal school ground and to-nis give a banquet at their park

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MURDER AND SUICIDE.

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AYLEMER QUEBEC June 16—A man named Johnson, residing near here yesterday killed his brother and then killed himself,

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