Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 June 1887 — Page 1

A COQDCU Meeting That Came Nearly Lasting lill Midnight,

The city council met last night. The usual monthly batch of bills were allowed. I Many property owners asked for the enactment of an ordinance making it the duty of the street railway company to sprinkle their tracks during the months of April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Referred. I City Assessor Shep Watson reported tiie completion or the assessment of personal property for the year 1887 as follows: Personal, $3,918,495 additional improvements, $127,830 polls (4208) $2,104 dogs (646) $646 females (48) $96. Total, $4,049,171.

The total interments during May in both cemeteries was 26. The pest house was leased for threa years to the school trustees for school purposes at an annual rental of $100.

City Marshal Thompson asked for the appointment of a deputy. Laid on the table.

When the confirmation of Thomas Grosson as a member of the Are department came np Mr. Mr. Hybarger, the minority number of the committee, stated that the appoint ment of Crosson was made without his knowledge. Crosson was placed on the force as a Democrat and yet the Democrats had no voice in his selection. After a considerable discussion the matter was laid over till the next-meeting.

ORDINANCES.

The fee and salary ordinance for the year ending June 1, 1888, was passed. It makes but two changes in the salaries as at present constituted. The first confers upon the oity treasurer 1% per cent, on all collections of delinquent taxes and the other is an important change with reference to the janitor and market master. The ordinance whs carried unanimously. The most important salaries are: Mayor, $1,500 clerk, $1,500 deputy clerk, $720 marshal, $720 and fees street commissioner, $1,000 civil engineer, $1,400 city assessor, $500 city attorney, $1,000 and &> for each commissioner's report and fees councilman, $150 per year city treasurer, $4,000.

Dr. Weinstein moved an amendment to the report of the committee before the ordinance was plaoed on its final passage that the salary of members of the Board of Health be made $200 instead of $150. The council, by a vote of 9 to 3, negatived the amendment.

An ordinance was read ohanging the present police ordinance so as to abolish the polioe commissioners and substitute four councilmen, two of each party. As there was no emergency claase, however, the drdinance went over till the next meeting.

Burchard.

BTJRCHARD, June 6. [GAZETTE special.] —Mr. James Branson, of Farmereburg, was seen in this locality last Wednes-day.-*—Our supervisor is doing some good work on the roads. He says the new stock law will be strictly enforoed. —-Mr. James Williams was in Crawford County, 111, last week. -Mr. James Pinner and wife visited in the vioinity of Oaktown last week. The patrons of District No. 4, Curry township, have unanimously selected James H. Wood, from near Farmersburg, to teaoh their school again, which speaks in high terms of Mr. W. as a pedagogue. Mr. Henry Johnson and wife visited Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Payne last Sunday. Deputy Constable Everly, from Farmersburg, was in this vicinity last Wednesday on business.- Mr. Stephen G. Anderson and wife, of Fairbanks township, were the guests of- W. Z. Payne's family last Sunday. Mr. J. E. Anderson and wife, of Sullivan, visited relatives in this vicinity last Sunday, Mrs. Nancy Pinner and Jane Jewel are on the sick list this week. Mrs. Grafton, of Paris, 111., visited her daughter Mrs.|fIra Drake, last week. Mr. John 1, Lloyd, \V. Z. Payne and E. W. Harris attended the grange meeting at O. K. grange hall

last Saturday.

Funds for th«}

TOM A. HAWK.

Great

Protestant Cathedral

NEW YORK, June 8.—-The first active steps toward raising funds for the proposed protestant cathedral have been, taken by the opening of subscription list". The pledges of money received include one of $100,000, made by Mr. D. Willis James, and others said to aggregate half a million dollars. The list of subscriptions will not be made publie until Thursday.

., A Bicyclist Hurt. LONDON, June 8.—Temple, the American bicyolist, met with a painful accident yesterday while practicing on the track at Coventry. He was going at top speed when his maohine broke and be was thrown heavily to the ground. He was severely cut and bruised.

Miss Messmore Hurt.

Miss Edith Messmore was thrown from a buggy in Sterling, Neb., last Saturday, and was taken up for dead. She did not reoover consciousness until

Bunds? and still lies to precarious

condition.

FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY.

Religious "Differences Cause a Babe's Death,Beating of a Mother and Suicide of a Father.

PITTSBURG, Pa., June 7.—Frederick Hermann, aged thirty-five years, employed as helper in an iron-mill, yesterday afternoon killed his daughter, aged nineteen months, beat his wife until he thought her dead, and then out his throat, severing the windpipe and jugular vein. Hermann is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and an intelligent, sober man. His wife is a Gatholio, but on questions of faith they have managed to agree until recently. The first two children were baptized in the Evangelical Luthern faith, but Mrs Hermann reoently determined that the baby should be baptiled into her ohurch This was done two weeks ago, but the father was ignorant of the fact until today, when a friend told him. On returning home from work be spoke to his wife about the matter, and telling her that now it was a question of the death of one of them, started to get a knife. The wife jumped from the window and he followed her fo a neighbors house, where he beat her into insensibility with a brick. Returning to bis home he seized a razor and nearly severed the head of the baby from its body and then out his own threat. Hermann will probably die before morning, and his wife is in a very serious condition. The dying man has written a note saying that his wife deceived him, but that he forgives her, and Herman is still living, but his case is considered hopeless. His wife will probably recover. Hermann has made a will bequeathing $3,000 which he has on dedosit to the German Evangelical Lutheran Orphan Asylum at .Richmond, Ind. and directing that his two sons be educated at that institution.

JAMES G. BLAINE.

fie Sails for Europe This Morning With His Wife and Daughters.

NEW YORK, June 8.—Mr. and Mrs James G. Blaine and their daughters, Misses Margaret and Hattie Blaine, left the Fifth Avenue Hotel shortly after & o'clock this morning and reached the North German Lloyd pier at Hoboken, N. J., at 6:30o'clock, where they boardedthe steamer Ems, whioh sailed for Southampton at 7:30 o'clock, having been delayed half an hour waiting for the mail pouches.

The steamer Adriatic, on which William O'Brien is a passenger, sailed at 7 o'clock this morning.

TRAFFIC IN CHILDREN.

The Public Startled by New Revelations— The Offenders To Be Prosecuted. LONDON, June 8.—Since the revelations made by the Pall Mall Gazette and the passage of the criminal law amendment bill, the public have believed that traffic in children was impossible, and the case in Lambeth Polioe Court therefore caused a universal sensation of horror. Edward Prooknell and three women were arrested, charged with keeping houses of ill-repute and having procured for their patrons scores of girls ten to fourteen years of age. The prisoners and their victims were all of bumble rank, and the evidence so far proves that the seducers of the girls belong to the same class. The government will prosecute the prisoners, all of whom were remanded. Detective Stevens, in tfye employ of the Reformatory and Refuge Union, who has taken the priucipal part in bringing to light these crimes, states that during the past four years he has rescued four hundred girls between the ages of four and a half and fourteen years from lives of crime.

German Matters.

BERLIN, June 8.—The Strassbnrger Post denies semi-officially that Prinoe Yon Hohenlohe will resign the Gov-ernor-Generalship of Alsace-Lorraine.

A bill was presented in the Reichstag yesterday to regulate municipal appointments in Alsaoe- Lorraine.

An explosion of fire-damp has pccurred in a ooal pit at Gelsen kierch en in Westphalia. The bodies of forty-one persons killed by- the explosion have been recovered, and twelve more are b&< lieved to be dead.

VIENNA, June 8.—The government has proposed to Germany that negotiations be opened for a new treaty of commerce.

Floods in Hungary.

VIENNA, June 8.—An exceptionally stormy winter and numerous heavy snow-falls account to a l.irge extent for tie present disastrous fkxxls in Hungary. It is stated that ncr amount of dyke inspection can prevent the occurrence of floods in the Theiss V.dley un

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TODAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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Great Increase of Earnings of the sylvania Railroad. A looomotive on the & Oat Chester, Pa., exploded this morning, killing one man, and seriouslg injuring several others, some fatally

W. W. Corcoran is reported better today, 'r:.i" A grand reception was tendered Cardinal Gibbons at Baltimore today upon his arrival in that oity.

The stockholders of the Pennsylvania railroad oompany held their annual meeting at Pittsburg today. Tne old board of directors were re-elected. The report for the yiear showed an increase of $3,026,260.30 in the freight earnings and $23,081.93 increase in passenger earnings over the earnings of last year. EX-VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER*

S FUNERAL.

The funeral of ex-Vice President Wheeler was largely attended at New to a

A COWARD'S DEED.

The saloon and dwelling of George Mason,colored at Michalsville, Ky„ was blown up wHh a dynamite bomb this morning. No one hurt. The cowordiy is supposed to be that of some enemies who have had an eld grudge against Mason.

The Berlin Germania admits the truth of the report that Duke Paul, of Mecklenburg—Schwerin, has returned to the Catholic churoh.

Oberlin, Ohio, was badly damaged by the storm yesterday. Chief Justice Merour, of the Pennsyl vania Supreme Court, died today.

There are 280 cases of small pox at Santiago De Cuba. Owing to the judicial election at Chioago today there was no session of the Board of Trade.

The Thistle won the yacht race today, with the Geneeta seconded the Irex third.

Parnell has. accepted the Gladstone plan of fighting the coercion bill and hereafter no obstructive motions will be made except on points that are considered vital.

Michael Davitt has sent a telegram to President Fitzgeraldrof the Irish Nat ional League, asking assistance tot the victims of the Bodkye evictions.

Red Shirt and Broncho Bill, of the Wild West Show now in London, paid a visit to the House of Commons last night arrayed in their war paint. Bed Shirt told Baron De Worms that he didn't think muoh of laws.

A farewell banquet was given to Editor O'Brien last night at the Hoffman House, New York. Ex-Mayor Grace presided and among others present were Governor Green, of New Jersey Chas. A. Dana and Wm. Dorsheimer. At the close of the banquet, Engene Kelly, on behalf of a number of donors, 'presented Mr. O'Brien with $25,000 to aid the cause of home mle and assist familitm that have been evioted.

Forcibly Evicted.

DUBLIN, June 7.—The evictions at Bodyke were continued today. Tenant MoNamara, who was behind in his rent defended his house, bnt the bailiffs broke a hole in the wall. Logs and boiling water were thrown through the hole at the evicting force. A policeman who was holding the Colonel's umbrellas dashed through the opening made by the bailiffs and other officers followed him. A fight ensued and the tenants were evicted and afterwards arrested. The bailiffs oharge the tenants with having thrown vitrol upon them, but this is denied. A tenant named Murphy made a similar resistance to eviction from his holding.

That Arithmetical Problem. The adding together the figures 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 so as to make 100, and without using the same figure twice, it must be understood that the problem is to be solved without recourse to more than one sum. This is the objection to the solution of a correspondent printed in last night's GAZETTE. One addition and one use only of «eoh figure must make 100. There is no trick about the thing it can be done.

The Queen's Jubilee Year.

DUBLIN, June 8.—The gunboat Banterer took the Sheriff of County Clare and a body of polioe to Clare Island, where they evicted twelve tenants. The scenes witnessed while the writs of eviction were being executed were deplorable.

B. F. Havens, superintendent of the government building, advertises for proproposals for drain pipes. The date was at first set for the 20th but it has been changed to the 14th of June.

Senator Voorhees* brother of Sangamon county, 111., is in the oity. This is the first time Mr. Voorhees was ever in Terre Haute.

Hon. Bayless W. Hanna has sent Senator Voorhees a beautiful cane made of black haw wood, richly carved,

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EXCITING RUNAWAY,

A Street Car Horse Plunges Jpto :4Jiin Brown's Saloon

Its Leg Broken and a Bullet Ends Its Existence.

A queer runaway accident happened this morning about 8 o'clock on the street oar line on Third street A car on Third street, A car pulled by two horses for south Third street came east on Main and at the turn near the court house the coupling in some manner got loose and the two horses, with such of the paraphernalia as was hitched to them, started to go south at a lively vote. They did not take to the middle of the street, in whioh case there might not have beeu any serious result, but they ran alongside the stone wall around the court house. The ground along this route is rongh owing to the stone which has been used there and the several obstructions they met land the swinging apparatus they carried behind them served to increase their speed and make them more and more scared.

By the time they reached the corner of the conrt bouse (at Ohio street) they were in full swing for an exciting runaway and the few spectators who happened to be witnesses of the scene were led to expect that something was going to happen. The horses fctill kept south, hugging the west side of the street and just missing Deputy Sheriff Griminger^s rig at the corner of Third and Ohio. When they got in front of Fisk's former pump shop they ran against a big post that was sticking up out of the ground with terrify force.

Here one of the unfortunate nnimnlB broke its leg and the force of the collision separated the two horses. The unhurt one took straight dawn Third street. The other, now goaded with pain, madly turned in on Walnut street at Third, on which historic spot, on the southwest corner, stands Jim Brown's saloon. The Animal ran west and in its mad cavoatings tried to go up the stairway right back of Brown's side door.

Changing its wind, however, the poor beast plunged straight into Brown's side»door. The astonished bar-keeper could not have more surprised if he had seen a telegraph pole walking in the door. The horse crashed the saloon floor,its broken leg put pitifully and ran tip ag&inst a billtarff table flirt was in the center of the room. South the billiard table is a door oovreed with a curtain whioh openes into the wine room establishment. The animal tried to get into that room, but oaught at the threshold and held.

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The poor beast was removed to Young's wagon yard and to relieve it of its suffering Officer John Voit, by authority, ended its pain by a shot.

A Singular Series of Marriages. JONBSBOBO, Ga., Junn 7—A singular series of marriages has furnishedamusement for many of the people of Fayette county in the last twer years. There were five Hamuer boys and the same number of Starnes girls. As the Hamber boys began marrying Mr. Starnes' daughters in succession he protested but in vain, the last couple eloping to be married here Saturday. Mr. Starnes, seeing himself thus outwitted, went to the house of Mrs. Hamber, the mether, and almost by force put her in his bug gy, and riding off to Fayetteville, mar ried her, thus completing the circle of a family union.

An Innocent Man Lynched.

LOUISVILLE, June 7.—J. M. Grimes, editor of the Jasper (Ind.) Times, passed through here to-night. He had just returned from a tour over the ground at Eckerty, Perry county, Ind iana, where the man, John Davis, was hanged on the charge of having outraged Ella Flanagan. He says that it is now known that John Davis was not guilty of the crime, and died at the sands of the lynchers an innocent man. His brother, Clay Davis, who made the assault, has not yet been apprehended, and it is thought is in concealment somewhere in Indiana. The White-Cappers are still in pursuit of him, and if caught he will swing. Mr. Grimes farther states that Ella Flanagan is not the young and tender flower reported, but a large raw-boned woman, She was undoubtedly outraged, however, and brutally treated after it. The lynohihg party who executed Jonn Davis is composed of members of the notorious "White Cap" regulators, who have been, such a terror to evildoers in Indiana.

Death of Judge Shelton.

At last Jfidge Shelton, who hss been a terriEle sufferer from a complication of maladies has been relieved from pain. The following dispatch has been received:

MARTINSVILLE, Va., June 7th.

To H. H. Boudinot: Judge Shelton died this morning at 5 o'clock.

MRS. J. W. SHELTON.

Gladstone.

LONDON, June 7.—Mr. Gladstone in a speech at Newport inveighed against the change of venue provided for in certain cases by the Irish Crimes Act amendment bill and against the measare being made permanent.

H. W. Carry Reelected County School Superintendent Today.

He Gets all the Democrats and Three Republicans.-.-0n« Vote for Grosjean,

From Voaday'tDmilr v*

This is the day fixed by law for the election of a county school superintendent by the County Board of Education whioh is made up of the trustees of the different townships. Harvey W. Cur%y, Democrat, is the present superintendent. The term is for two years. The present board is a tie politically, six being Democrat and six Republicans, as follows:

Harrison—J Reichert, Honey Creek—C Rigney,D. Prairieton—Arthur Jones, D. Prairie Creek—8 Rynerson, R. Linton—Posey Boyll, R. Pierson—Wm Payne, R. Riley—A A Gordon, P. Lost Creek—M Ripley, D. Nevins—Samuel Webster, D. Otter Creek—Oscar Hall, D. Fayette—Wm Holdaway, R. Sugar Creek—Wiley Black, R.

THE ELECTION THIS AFTERNOON. The trustees were late in getting together this afternoon. The hour for the meeting was 1 o'clock, but it was after 2 o'clock when the board met in the County Commissioners room. There were rumors previous to the meeting that peveral of the Republican trustees were going to vote for Mr. Curry. The County Auditor having the casting vote in case of a tie, it was settled in advanoe that Mr. Curry would be elected.

County Auditor Armstrong called the meeting to order. Mr. Rigney, of Honey Creek, was elected temporary chairman and Mr. Webster, of Nevins, was elected permanent chairman. The object of the gathering was stated. All the members were present.

Mr. Gordon, of Riley, nominated Mr, Curry. Mr. Reiohert, of Harrison, nominated John S. VanCleave.

There were no other nominations. Mr. Gordon moved that in balloting the memberu vote for no other candidates than ftoee placed nomination., Rynerson, of Prairie Creek, opposed the motion on the ground that no arbitrary measures should be used to compel them to vote for certain candidates.

Mr. Gordon's motion was defeated—8 to 4. •Messrs. Rigney and Black were appointed tellers.

The vote was: Gurry 9, VanCleave 2, Grosjean 1. The result was reoeivea with applause by quite a number of spectators who had gathered to witness the proceedings. The result shows that three Republicans voted for Curry and that one Republican deserted Van Cleave for Grosjean. The result quite astonished Mr. Reichert, who seemed very much disgusted at the split among the Republican trustees. Mr. Grosjean stepped up out of the crowd and said: "I would be obliged if the gentleman who voted for me would change his vote to Van eave." Mr. Reichert said, amid a general laugh, "Well, I didn't vote for you." Mr. Grosjean's appeal passed unnoticed and the trustees then adjourned.

Killed by Lightning.

•ST. LOUIS, June 6.—A special from Fort Worth, Texas, says: An accident occured near Stnngtown, Parker County, last night, during a storm. A family by the name of Peebles were soundly sleeping when a terrific peal of thunder and a blinding flash of lightning aroused the sleepers, with the exception of Mrs. Peebles, who, on investigation, it was discovered, had been killed by the lightning. Her infant child, which was in her arms at the time the flash was also killed.

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Instantly Killed.

ST. Louis. June 6.—Agnes Rickby, 11 years of age, was instantly killed by be mg run ever by a street car in front of her home on Eleventh street. "Speaking about the artist who painted fruit so naturally that the biids came and pecked at it," said a fat reporter, "I drew a hen so true to life that after the sage threw it into the waste basket it laid there.'*—Peabody Reporter.

Mills Burned.

ST LOUIS, June 6.—A special from Louisiana, Mo., says: The diamond mills and elevator burned at ISO o'clock Sunday morning. These were the oldest mills in this part of the Btate,having been built in 1832. The present owners are W. A. Jardon, J. A. Estes and J. M. Zook. There was $8,300 insurance on the mill building $1,200 on the floor in the mill $3,000 on the elevator and $2,000 on the wheat in the elevator, which will fall far short of the loss.

AN Irish setter was found by several young men who were hunting across the river. He proved to be the property of John Staff and had been missing several months.

TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.

Hanry Heuer Takes a Dose Poison Last Night.

from Monday* D*il/.

Henry Heuer who is employed as a bartender for Fred Kickler, and living at 1723 Syoamore street took a dose of morphine last evening about 8 o'clock. His daughter, who was in the room with him, saw him take the poison. She immediately gave the alarm and several persons who were in the neighborhood ran to her assistance. Dr. Taylor was summoned and after four hours of hard work the would-be suicide was restored to corciousness. No cause is assigned for the rash act. Heuer has served as a bartender at several saloons. He was at one time elected a constable of this township. *"•-,-*

THE PRINCE'HAS A CANCER.

Truth Leaking Out About the Condition of Germany's Heir Apoarent. LONDON, June 7—It is well understood here as a matter of private information that all the talk about the recovery of the Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany is nonsense. The simple faot is that the Prince has a cancer, and will share the usual fate of those afflicted with this disease, which has never yet been known to alter its mode of procedure on account of the rank of its victim. It is, of course, highly proper for Prof. MacKenzie and Prof. Virchow to speak learnedly of malignant growths and their removal. This phrasology is well understood in the profession, and does not prevent the initiated, from already beginning to disouss the personal qualities of the young son of the crown prince, and what sort of a successor he will make to the aged emperor.

CHICAGO'S JUDICIAL ELECTION

The Red-Fiaggers Ag&in Defeated in Yesterday's Election. CHICAGO, June 7—In the judicial election yesterday the main contest was between Grinnell and Clifford on one tioket and English and Kraus on another, the fonr being Democrats- The rest of the ticket was indorsed by both parties. Grinnell and Clifford were citizen's and lawyers' nominees and Bng4 lish and Kraus wv* (he regular Democratic ominees. T]be red-fiaggers usedf every effort to beat Grinnell. Grinnell' and Clifford have a majority of about 15,000 eacb, carrying every ward in the city but one.

A Cincinnati Shooting.

CINCINNATI, June 7—Yesterday after at No. 605 Elm street, Fred Bawer shott Pauline Bogenscheur, then shot a Mrs. Zell, at the same place and immediately shot and killed himself. Mr.Bogenscheur has been married but is separated from, her husband and has been living with: Bawer. She was visitiog at this house today where Mrs. Zall was washing. Bawer came and quarreled with Mrs. Bogenscheur and shot her through the side of the head, a most dangerous wound. Mrs. Zell was shot in the breast but not seriously hurt. Bawer had been married but had separated from his wife.

New York's Sunday Liquor Law. NEW YORK, June 6*—Sunday Captain Williams, of the polioe, with witnesses, proceeded to the Fifth-avenue Hotel, St. James Hotel

and

Gilsey House,

where they were served with wine. The three test

caEes

as to the legality of ser

vice by hotels of liquor to guests on Sunday has thus begun. One hotel on the American and two on the European plan have been chosen. Captain Williams will now swear out warrants, and on Tuesday afternoon, doubtless, the waiters will be arraigned.

Blaine Calls on Whitelaw Reid. NEW YOBE, June 7—The Hon. James G. Blaise made along call on Whitelaw Reid in company with Stephen B. Elkins last evening. Mrs. Blaine and her two daughters, Miss Margaret and MiBs Hattie, arrived this forenoon and joined Mr. Blaine at the Fifth Avenue hotel. There were many callers on Mr. Blaine today, among them being Charles Emory Smith, of the Philadelphia Press John A. Grow, and others.

MASONIC

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Missouri Grand Lodge Will Excel All Liquor Dealers. ST. LOUIS, June 7—The adoption of measures by the Masonic Grand Lodge of this state for the expulsion of all members of the order engaged in the liquor bueiness is creating dissentions in the body, mainly among the Germans who say selling beer is no greater offense than drinking it. A serious split may occur.

A Young

Lady

Sworn Into

Office.

NEW YOKE, Jane 7—Miss Mima R. Pollock, who has been appointed by the board of aldermen a commissioner of deeds, was today sworn into office by Deputy County Clerk Thomas F. Gilroy.

Dr. Hyde has a copy of the Cape Girardeau Eagle dated July 12, 1862, aud published for three months wiiile the army was stationed there.