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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1890.
of tbe sleeper, was on fire, and screams
were issuing from it We went
to work getting tho people out,
and brought out several women and a child.
1 looked over in a a Meld and saw Abel
Angle, the cohductor. walking around in a
circle, in a daed condition. The blood was
streaming from a wound in his head. 1
called to him, and ho then seemed to regain
his composure. He came over to the scene
of the accident, and rendered what assist
ance his condition wonld permit."
Keferring to the causes of the wreck,
Mr. Gresbam said: "It occurred at tho
curve north of Carmel. and seems to have
resulted fiom insufficiently heavy rails at
that poiut. bad spiking, and a generally
defective road-bed. The rails which lex
arnintd alter tho wreck, were much too
light for such a curve, as rail heavier than
the ordinary should bo used at such a point
to prevent their turning, Tho train was
running nt a greater rate of. sped than
should have been allowed turning the curve,
and when that point was reached tho light
rail on the outside could not withstand the
severe pressure. It turned and drew the
spikes from the inside, and the coach aud
sleeper quickly Hew the track. When they
struck tbe bride it at once collapsed, and
the cars mentioned rolled to the stream be
neath. The bridge. I understand, was en
tirely unsafe, and would ultimately, in all
probability, have caused an accident, any
Low." A 3Iother's Despair.
Louis Naumann, clerk at tho Capital
House, West Washington street, this city,
who was in the wreck, was one of the
heroes of tbe occasion. Ho had been to
Chicago, and was returning to Indianapolis.
He was himself badly injured, sustaining
very painful injuries about the chest and
legs, but they did not prevent
him rendering aid which helped to
save several lives. He was found in bis
room at the Capitol House last night, with
his forehead plastered with bandages and
suffering great pain from tho injuries to
his chest. He talked briefly because of his
suffering, and, being plied with questions,
modestly told his part in saving others.
"When the shock came," ho said. "I sup
pose I was stunned, for I knew nothing for
sonie time. When I recovered I fonud that
the coach was on tire, and that
Kine lives wero in danger. I was
eo excited that I forgot my
own injuries and went to work with others
to get the people out of the burning car.
I helped to get out two women, a little girl,
Gracie Hensley. one man. and was assisting
another man when I became no faint and
weak from my wounds that I was forced to
desert tho work and crawl ont myself.
My greatest regret is that I could
not save those two little chil
dren, but had to watch them burn
to death. The poor mother . besought
ns to save her children, but it wan impos
sible. That end of the coach was thou in a
fierce blaze, ami we could not reach them.
We had to force the poor woman ont of the
coach to save her life. She would have
stayed aud burned with her children." As
tho young man talked he became much
wrought up at the recollection of the
scene; and raised himself in the bed.
"That mother's face," he continued, "is be
fore me now, and I can see her look of dc
epair as she saw her little
ones homing to death. I shall
never forget their poor little pathetic faces
of suffering, as they looked apoealingly to
ward us. Alas! alas! if I could have saved
them I would have less to regret." Tne
poor fellow had lost sight of his own inju
ries and grieved only because ho could not
have done more.
Conductor of the Wrecked Train.
Conductor Abel Angle was resting quiet
ly last eight when a reporter called at his
residence, No. 535 North Illinois street, but
admission to his apartment was forbidden
by his physician. Dr. Hodges. Mr. Angle
is not fataj ly injured, although his wounds
are very painful. On his head is a gash
four inches in length, which lays bare
the skull, his back is sprained and bruised,
left arm crushed and hand badly bruised.
At 10 o'clock last night he was
still conscions, but suffering intense paiu.
His tickets, which were found in his coat
pocket, showed that there were seven men
in the train-cruw and forty-three passen
gers on board, seven of the latter being in
tbe sleeper. Mr. Angle's son, Harry, was
with his father in the accident, but Lis in-'
1'nries were not so serious as to prevent
lis talking. He received a two-inch gash
on bis forehead and a crushed right arm.
'I was back in the sleeper at the time," he
said, "and I had just finished wash
ing my hands. , I felt the car
go down suddenly and grqsped a
seat to steady rovself. Then we went with
a crash. 'Whenl opened my eyes 1 saw
dayb'gbt right above me, and I knew at
once that we had been wrecked and that I
was right under a window of tho coach. 1
opened it and crawled out, and began to
help the others who were in distress. 1 did
not stop to see how badly I was hurt, and
did not know that my arm was crushed un
til I tried to lift a bucket of water."
A Statement from, Sir. Ilalliday.
M. S. Ilalliday, a commercial traveler for
a Boston house, was on the train, bound
for Xew Orleans. At Chicago ho was as
signed to lower berth No. 7, onthe t leeper,
and his first knowledge of the wreck was
when he awoke to find himself covered
with broken timbers and car furniture, "I
have been traveling for twenty-two years,"
he said, "and this is the first wreck I have
over been in, and I am apt to remember
it. When I looked out of my berth I could
nco that something terrible had hap
pened. The berth immediately over me
had dropped across my arms and breast,
, and I was pinned down b3 its weight.
Finally I extricated 'myself, bo that I could
creep to a window, and up to that time I
didn't know I was hurt. When 1 raised ray
arm, though, to open it, I felt it give way.
. and then f knew 1 had been injured. And
besides my arm. 1 found that my leg had
been bruised. I got out the best wav I
could and began to help save the rest. The
country people around there did everything
in their power to alleviate the sufferings of
the wounded. I was surprised, and at the
srimo time gratified, for they seemed to bo
redv and willing to help ever3body they
could." Mr. Ilalliday also said that ho
afterward examined the bridge and that it
was not in a safe condition for travel. Many
of the timbers were so rotten, he said, as to
endanger a train running even at a slow
rate of speed.
Consider the Trestle Safe.
. A Jonrnal reporter called on Wendell
Strope, the regular engineer of tbe train.
at 11 o'clock last night, at his home. No. 181
v North Pine street. He has a six-inch scalp
wound and is badly bruised. "I ran my
engine," said Mr. Strope, "from Monon to
Horton. and. not feeling well, asked engi
neer Kline, who was on his way to Indian
apolis, to run the engine. I then went into
. the baggage car, and was f itting near the
stove when the car left the track. I stepped
quickly to tho rear of the car. The car
swayed, but I did not know where the
train was The car went over, and several
chicken-coops piled on me. Then I lost
consciousness, and knew nothing nntjlT
fonud myself in a buggy on my way to a
surgeon." He hays the car left the track
fully five rails' length north of the trestle,
and considers that structure safe to run an
engine upon at a speetj of forty miles an
hour. George Plant, another engineer, who
was visiting Mr. strope, is of the opinion
that the car left tho track fully five rails
di"taut from the trestle, and that the tres
tle was struck with a force that would
knock down any similar structure. He
considered tho trestle one of the safest on
the line.
It Was a Fearful SI Hit.
X. B. Inger&oll, of Detroit, travelings
salesman for a paint-house, was slightly in
jnred, but did good service in saving oth
ers "I was in the sleeper." ho said, yes
terday afternoon, "and was about half
dressed when the shock came. The sleeper
was thrown over the bridgo and
almost upside down. I got out,
however, and found the coach ahead burn
ing up. I went back to the sleeper, got on
top, broke in the sky-light and called be
low to the people that the coach was afire.
Meantime piercing cries came from the
coach, and 1 knw people were burning to
death. We effected an entrance into the
coach, and the first thing I saw wero the
two children and a womau against the
stove being burned to death. That
end of the coach wuu ablaze,
and it was impossible to reach
them. Over in a field, some distance from
thecne of the wreck, a woman was roam-
ing about wringing her hands and bemoan
ing the fate of her little oues, burning
within sound of her voice. The whole was
a fearful sight. The country people did
their best to relieve the suffering, and acted
nobly."
Killed by the Itellf Train.
Henry Murton, of Xora, was killed yes
terday morning by the local passenger
train which was converted into a relief and
returned with the injured to this city at
11:30 P. M. The accident occurred about
three miles this side of Carmel. Murton,
who was quite an old man, saw the train
approaching and attempted to board it. The
train had not then attained very great
speed, but he was not quick enough to suc
ceed in his attempt. He was thrown to tho
ground, and his body was caught in the
wheels, Before the train could be shopped
several cars had passed over tho body, and
it was horribly mutilated. Death im
mediately ensued, and the remains wero
taken in charge by friends.
M1MJR DETAILS,
Facts Coincident with tbe Accident that Oc
curred at Hroad Ripple.
On the 31st of January, 1S84, six years
ago, lacking four days, a frightful disaster
occurred upon the Monon route at Broad
Kipple, similar in many respects to yester
dry's dreadful accident. Tnat disaster oc
curred at the bridge at Broad Kipple, over
White river, and, as in yesterday's
catastrophe the coincidence is remark
able ix persons were killed outright.
Another coincidence is that the regular en
gineer was was not upon his engine, but
had gone into the baggage-car. Engineer
Brewer, in the accident of six years ago.
however, was killed. The locomotive in
yesterday's disaster is the same that was
in the Broad Kipple wreck, and was also in
a wreck two months ago, in which a train
went througha bridge'.
Notes of Persons and Incidents.
Coroner Dore, of Hamilton county, will
begin his investigation this morning.
Charles Abbott, a traveling man from
Cincinnati, escaped with but slight inju
ries. Undertaker Blanchard, of this city, took
charge of Mrs. Eu bank's remains at Broad
Kipple.
Conductor Angle has been , connected
with railroads for thirty-tive years, but
was never in a wreck until yesterday.
Among the wonderfnl escapes is that of a
little eight-year-old son of Mrs. Eubanks,
the unfortunate lady who was killed in tho
wreck.
Superintendent Whitcomb, of the Union
railway, was the lirst.to hear of the disas
ter. Itcamerouud to him via St. Louis,
the direct wires all being down.
Late last evening another special was
sent to the scene of. tho wreck, carrying
General Traffic Manager McDoel, Chief
Engineer Hall aud other officials.
Charles Angle, twenty-three years of ago,
son of the injured conductor, was on the
traiu, and hurt. But, although suffering
with pain, ho aided in caring for the
wounded.
Deputy Auditor of State Coons went to
the station Saturday night to take the Mo
non train for Chicago. He reflected a mo
ment or two about making tbe trip, aud
then returned home. Had he gone to Chi
cago it was his purpose to take the ill-fated
train on his return from that city.
The wife of Thomas Kline, the engineer,
received a telegram from him last evening,
stating that except for a few burns on his
arms, which he received when helping to
get passengers out of the burning coach, he
was all right. He expected before he came
home to take his engine to New Albany.
Frederick Stewart, a young man, was on
his way here to see his parents, he not be
ing aware they were out of the city. He
has an nncle living in Indianapolis, but
does not know his address. Young Stew
art, badly hnrt, was cared for by friends
during the day, and is now at tho Grand
Hotel.
A gentleman who was on the train that
reached the wreck early in the morning
said he never saw such a ready supply of
liquor flasks an there was among his fellow
passengers. Tho wounded taken aboard
the train to bo conveyed to tho city were
proffered the use of a score of flasks, from
thv old-fashioned quart to the dainty and
silver-headed vial.
About twelve miles above Frankfort the
train that was wrecked struck a deaf and
dumb man who was walking on the track.
He was hurled down an embankment, but
not fatally injured. The train was run
back, but the man had been carried into a
neighboring farm-house. It was to make
up lor this delay that the train was run .on
faster time.
A man who was in the wreck came into
Superintendent Whitcomb's office much in
censed because he had lost his hat. He
ordered him to telephone to tho officials of
the company and have them order a hat for
him. Colonel Whitcomb, after the man
had finished talking, looked him in the faco
aud remarked: "My friend, you should be
bo grateful your lifo was spared that you
would think your hat of little value."
Henry Slusher, a jeweler at No. 119 West
Washington street, was injured internally,
aud suffered a crushed leg. He was in the
fated ladies' coach. When the crash came
he was hurled into the midst of a group of
passengers, and the next moment he saw
two women and two young children fall
beneath tbe weight of the falling timbers.
Owing to the spreading flames ho was com
pelled to leave the Car without attemping
to save any life but his own.
Thomas Cadwallader, of Crawford vi lie,
who was slightly injured, was in this city
last night, and gave a vivid de
scription of his experience. "I whs in
my berth in my night-clothes," ho
said, "and fell out when the sleeper rolled
over. It seemed a week before 1 reached
the floor." Mr. Cadwallader strongly con
demned the management for the delay in
Jetting surgeons to the scene of the wreck,
le says the injured were three hours with
out medical attention.
The estimates of various passengers as
to the rate of speed at which the train was
running were conflicting. Otto Gresbam
fixed the rate at twenty miles an hour; N,
B. Inger8oll. of Detroit, said forty, and
Charles Abbott, of Cincinnati, thought it
would reach fifty. All of the trains which
run on the Chicago division to this city
havo a peculiar schedule. From Chicago to
Monon, a distance of eighty-eight
miles, with eighteen stops, all trains
run at a low rate of speed,
which is not increased to any great extent
until Frankfort is reached. Here it is
gradually increased until, from Westtield
to this city, a distance of twenty miles, it is
said that forty miles au hour are often made.
Other Accidents.
The wrecking crew of tho Pensylvania
Company was called out yesterday fore
noon by a wreck in the J., M. &. I. y ards.
The truck of a freight car got crossways of
the track, aud before the switching train
could be brought to a stand two or three
cars and the locomotive were moro or less
damaged.
1 he officials of the Ohio, Indiana & West
ern road aro congratulating themselves
over a narrow escape from a serious acci
dent on tbe Peoria division yesterday. As
the train neared Muncie the 6moking-car
was derailed and ran quite a distance be
fore the train was stopped. There were
seven passengers in the car, but not one of
mem was injured annougn every seat was
torn from its fastenings, thf floor badly
broken and nearly every window smashed.
Jumped the Track.
Cincinnati, Jan. 27. This afternoon the
passenger train from Indianapolis to Cincin
nati, on the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day
ton road, was derailed by jumpiug the
track at College Hill junction, north of the
city, without injury to any passenger, and
with only tho disadvantage of slight delay
to incoming trains.
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Convicted cf Cruelty la Shooting Pigeon.
Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 27. Judge
Yerkes, in tho Court of Quarter Sessions, in
Bucks county, derided that A. Nelson
Lewis, a member of the Philadelphia Gun
Ciub, was Kiiilt3 of a niisdemt-auor in par
ticipating in a pigeon-shooting match, re
cently, in violation of a late a?t of the
Legislature, makinsr it a violation of the
law to "wantonly or cruelly ill-treat, over
load, or otherwise abusn nnj animal." The
prosecution was brought by the woman's
branch of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS
Suicide of a Maniac Who Bathes His
Wife and Children in His Blood.
Buskirk Harder Trial Begun at Bloomington
Body Found in a Creek Horses
Burned State Miscellany.
INDIANA,
Horrible Circumstances of a Madman's Sui
cide at Xortn Vernon, t
Ppcclal to tli ItnlanaiHU Journal
North Vernon, Jan. 27. This morning a
horrible suicide occurred here, George F.
Strang cutting his throat with a razor. He
was a man about fifty years of age, and for
some months has been demented, though
harmless. This morning be plunged into a
cistern, but the cold water scared him out
of his purpose, and ho pulled himself ont.
A few hours later he arose from where he
had been talking with his wife, who was
ill, and passing into another room, in a
moment grasped a razor from a drawer and
slashed his throat with it. Mrs. Strang,
who was keeping as closo a watch as pos
sible on him, rushed to prevent the deed
and grasped his arms and hands. But she
was weak, as were the little son and
daughter, who came to her assistance, and
the madman pushed them away, declaring
loudly that he would kill himself, and
grasping the already uncovered blood
vessels, drew tho weapon across them, al
most severing the head from his body.
The blood gushed in torrents, and the
stricken wife and children were crimsoned
with it. They immediately gave the alarm
and assistance and sympathy came to them
quickly, but the man was dead. Strang
leaves a wife and six children.
ISuiiklrk on Trial for Murder.
Bptclal to the IiitUHiiaitolis Journal.
Bloomington, Jan. 27. The trial of
George Buskirk for the mnrder of Elisie
Easton, at Stinesville, Christmas eve, was
commenced in the Circuit Conrt to-day.
The interest has been intense, the court
room being crowded all the time. The par
ties on both sides aro well-known, and the
case will bo hotly contested. Almost the
entire morning was used in securing a jur',
which, when finally sworn, was made of
excellent material. Upon the motion of
the defense the court ordered that the wit
nesses be separated, bnt tho jury was al
lowed freedom while not hearing
evidence. The first witness called
was James Douglass, who was
also shot by Buskirk immediately after the
mnrder of Easton. Douglass was on the
stand for two hours, and told a good story,
though there were some important con
tacting statements. He stated that Easton
was unarmed at the time Buskirk shot him,
and that he waited to see whether he was
killed before turning to shoot witness,
Douglass. It was also shown that the gun
left in the saloon was loaded by Buskirk.
It was also provon that Easton was drink
ing hard all day. In making the opening
statement, the defenso stated that they
would prove that Easton and Douglass had
been in the habit of going to the saloon of
Buskirk and "cleaning it out" Easton and
Douglass had made threats, and going in
the saloon, Easton with a revolver and
Douglas with a razor, they demanded
liquor, threatening tov kill Buskirk.
They were then pnt out of
the saloon. Buskirk then locked it up,
when Easton and Douglass tried to enter
by breaking open the door, again threaten
ing to kill Buskirk. They threw stones at
the door, breaking the latch, and broke
into the room. There was a light in the
room. Easton threateningly drew a re
volver and pointed it at Buskirk, who
picked up his gun behind the bar and shot
Easton, putting out the light. It was then
very dark. Biibkirk shot Douglass acci
dentally in the excitement, aud did not
know it at the time. It was a matter of
self-defense in the tirst and accidental in
the other. The State will close to-morrow,
but it will probably take two day for the
defenso.
Fierce Fight Uetween Brothers.
Special to the Iuaiauarolis Journal.
LirtERTY, Jan. 27. Fonr of the Kantner
brothers, of Brownsville, became engaged
in a fracas Saturday night, which came near
ending in a tragedy. John Kantner, formerly
marshal of Brownsville got into an alter
cation with Jim Kantner, who attacked
him with an ice-pick. John struck him with
the natchet. whereupon he was at
tacked Oy the two other brothers,
who besieged him with clubs
and stones. He succeeded in escap
ing to the house, where he procured a re
volver and tired into tho crowd, but did no
damage. To-day ahbu appeared before Jus
tice Jobnson, of this city, and gave 500
bond for his appearance in the Union Cir
cuit Court.
Body of a Drowned Man Discovered.
ppecial to the IihIUdaimjUs Journal.
Frankfort, Jan. 27. Yesterday morning
farmer Whetstone, residing nine miles
south of this city, discovered the dead
body of a man lying in the creek at the
foot of the embankment of the Monon rail
road. But a few slicht bruises were about
the unfortunate, and, on investigation by
the coroner's physician, it was discovered
that death had resulted from drowning. In
the dead man's pockets were found a bottle
half full of whisky and a package of cards,
showing that he was . Vandeursei), a
stove-repairer ot 5331 Halsted street, Chi
cago. The generally accepted theory is that,
while drunk and stealing a ride, he was
thrown from a car by a sudden lurch of the
traiu, aud rolled down the embankment to
the creek.
Minister Stricken Down with Apoplexy.
Special to tli Indianapolis Journal.
Valparaiso, Jan. 27. Rev. George M.
Boyd died yesterday of apoplexy. He
was born in Kentucky, in 1814. He was
three times married and bad tbirteen chil
dren, nine of whom survive him. 1836
he was admitted to the Indiana Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
tilled numerous otfices and prominent ap
pointments. He was a Knight Teu.plar,
and officiated as chaplain at the Masonic
funeral, yesterday afternoon, of George
Buel. On reaching homo he dropped with
apoplexy and soou died. The Masons and
Odd-Fellows will assist at ihe funeral.
Many ministers will be present.
Five Ilorwi liurned.
Special to the Indianapolis Joarnal
Conn ers villi, Jan. 27. A barn belong
ing to George Fleming, about four iniles
west of here, was destroyed by tire early
this morning. The contents, live horses,
one of them a valuable colt, gram, farming
implements, etc., belonged to bis sou
Charles. On these there was no insurance.
The building was insured for 200.
Killed in Stealing a Ride.
Fpecial to the lutuanapolia Jouniuu
Evansville, Jan. 27. Shortly aj dark
to-night a small hoy named Albert McDev-
itt attempted to steal a ritje'ou the Belt
road, bnt missed his hold anl was thrown
under the wbeels and terribly mangled,
both lean being cut oil. His death is only
a question of a few hours.
Minor Notes.
Eli Whitcomb, a farmer of Porter county,
died yesterday of la grippe.
Wesley Sheppard, of Locansport. was
given one year m the penitentiary 3ester
day for stealing a bicycle.
Mrs. Williard Bell, living near Pendleton,
died yesterday of lung trouble brought on
by a severe attack of la grippe.
While felling a tree, near Vincennes,
Frank Mustennan, a. young man, was
cauu'ht by the branches and crushed to
death.
John Summer, aged sixty-live years, was
drowned in bip$htwnna lake Saturday.
He was a large property-holder of Sbipshc
wana. Lagrange county.
William Shaul, an aged and hichly re
spected farmer residiug near Pendleton,
died last Sunday. He was one ot the early
Bettlers of Madison county.
While workmen were moving the ruall
tenement-houses from J. H., Watson's old
shaft, south of Brazil, to his new one. a
iouuterteitcra' outlit was fouud in the gar
ret of one of the honses. Several one-dollar
molds were fonud. together with a num
ber of bogus dollars.
Mrs. Jane Yancey, mother of State In
spector of Oils Hon. S. T. Yancey, died at
Fortville. last night, of old age and la
grippe. Her age was eighty-one years.
An order received yesterday from Wash
ington authorizes the removal of the
Marion postohice from the basement of the
court-house to th new Hervey & Johnson
Block.
A car-load of hogs, shipped by Andrew
Ilutlman, of Lapel, to Pittsburg, were
found, upon arrival at the latter city, to be
affected with rabies, and were killed by
order of the health authorities.
'Sunday night the clothing store of Sol
Lehrberger, at Shoals, was entered by bur
glars boring through the back door, and a
large quantity of tine goods taken, amount
ing to several hundred dollars.
Miss Alice DoWitt, living near Pendle
ton, was adjudged iusaue on aturdy and
taken to the asylum yesterday. Sho re
ceived a fall not long since, and the etfect
of this, together with religions excitement
completely unbalanced her mind.
Andrew Yasiski, a Pole, was dangerously
hurt, at Michigan City, in a runaway acci
dent. His father-in-law. Nicholas Kate
marak, while on the wav with the injured
man, met with a similar accident, suffering
a broken arm and internal injuries.
The Marion Street-railway Company was
sued yesterday by Mrs. Mary M. King, wife
of JoLii G. King, of Sweetser, for $3,000
damages. On the 2d of January a street
car, while standing across a switch, was
run into by a Panhandle freight car, and
Mrs. King was injured so that she has since
been unable to leave her room.
The residence and contents belonging to
George Elder, living three miles southeast
of Fortville, were consumed by tire Satur
day night. The origin was in a defective
flue. Mr. Elder and wife, with a young
daughter, very narrowly escaped from the
burning house. The house and contents
were insured in the Continental, of New
York, for &00. Loss, about SSOO.
ILLINOIS.
A Town in McLean County Disabled by the
Prevailing Epidemic
Epeclal to the IndlanaDoUs Journal.
Bloomington, Jan. 27. Dr. I. A. Wilscn,
a prominent physician of Colfax, this coun
ty, died this morning from la grippe. An
other doctor of the place 'is very ill, and
fully one-half of the citizens are disabled
with tho inlluenza. A doctor from this
city, who chanced to go there to-day, was
kept busy all day awaiting on the sick,
being -the only physician in the place
able to do duty.
Brief Mention.
Mr. Dennis Bair, a prominent young busi
ness inan'of Bloomington. died yesterday at
his home at Covel, aged twenty -eight.
Miss Joanna Kenney, of Windsor, a young
lady teacher well known in that part of
the State, died last evening at the home of
her sister in Charleston of influenza.
Martin Reistad died at Joliet Friday
night and an autopsy revealed a 32-caIiber
bullet in his brain. It had been there ever
6ince he attempted to commit suicide a year
and a half ago.
Judge Samuel Graham, one of the old
residents of DeWitt county, died 3'esterday,
aged eighty-four. He was for many years
county judtfe and bad lived at Waynesville
forty-one years.
The carpet-house of J. M. Hadley k Co.,
one of the oldest in Peoria and largest in
Illinois outside of Chicago, was closed by
the sheriff on a claim held by the Commer
cial National Bank of Peoria for $12,639.
The firm's assets are figured at $65,000 and
its liabilities at $55,000.
Mrs. Mary Deppe, of Saline county, ar
rived at East St. Louis j-esterday with a
dead child in her arms. She claims that
she left her home Friday morning and was
compelled to remain over night in Pinck
neyville, where she was refused accommo
dations and was obliged to sit until morn
ing in the depot sitting-room without fire,
and that her child died during the nicht.
An inquest was held and a verdict of death
from exposure rendered.
SAVY-YARD PARTIALLY BURNED.
Two Buildings and Contents at Portsmouth,
N. IT., DettroyedLois 100,000.
Portsmouth, N. II., Jan. 27. The larg
est lire that ever occurred at the Kittery
navy-yard, broke out this morning at 8
e'eock in the boiler-room of building No.
45, occupied by the construction and re
pair department as a machine and iron
plate shop. The fire quickly extended
along the shafting and oily timbers into
building No. 4G, occupied as a futtock-mill,
and the workmen were' obliged to jump
through tbe windows to escape. A general
alarm was sounded and four steamers he
longing to tbe navy-yard department were
quickly on hand. Despite tho efforts of
the firemen and marine guard the hre ex
tended into the machine shop and help was
then called for from the city. The steamer
Kenrsargeand a hose company were im
mediately sent over tne ferry on a steam
boat, and with the reinforcements
the fire was confined to the
two buildings. The two buildings
were built in lWo-0, and were constructed
in "stilt" fashion, granite pillars being set
upon a heavy foundation, and the rest of
the building constructed of wood. During
the war the buildines were remodeled and
connected together, making a building 400
feet in length and sixty-hve teet m width.
The loss is about $100,000. divided as fol
lows: On buildinc No. 45. feM.OOO; on No.
46, 2(5,000; department of construction and
repair and contents of tuttocK-mills, &0U0:
on machine-shop. &J8.000; general store
keeper's department. 0.000 to S10.000: be
sides the loss on tho furniture belonging to
the Juniata and .Lancaster, llie property
was not insured.
Other Losses by Fire.
CiiiLLicoTiiK. Mo.. Jan. 27. The Urown-
ings House, a large three-story hotel, was
partially destroyed by lire yesterday. The
tiro was the work of an incendiary. The
building was valued at 10.000. and was in
sured for half that amount. Landlord
Hlackbunrs loss ou furniture and fixtures
is 4.000: insurance. 82.500. 1. L. Seays
hardware stock was damaged by water
about S4Q0: insured for $b500. Hirsch &
Sherman, grocers, had their stock ruined by
water, los, $10,000; lusuranco, tfO.COO.
1SHPEM1NG. JMicb.. Jan. 27. ihe iron
store owned by A. W. Myers fc Co., with
contents, burned this morning. Loss 50,-
000; insurance, $16,500.
T. C. T. U. Is Now a Political Society.
MilwaukiAs. Jan. 27. The Woman's
Christian. Temperance Union here to-d:iy
received formal notice from- tee di
rectors of the Young Men's Christian
Association that tho . union could
no longer occunv quarters in the
Young Men's Christian Association build
ing. The notice says that, having allied
themselves with the Prohibition party.
tho women must bo treated
like any other political organiza
tion, and are therefore debarred
from occupying quarters in the Young
x t ? 1 'v, : t ... : :
This charge grows out of the action taken
at the Chicago convention.which the local
union indorsed. The notice was read to-day
at a meeting held in a hall on (irand ave
nue, instead of in the Young Men's Chris
tian Association building, it caused a sen
sation. Action upon It was deferred.
Ex-Judge LoiiRWorth's Will.
Cincinnati, Jan. 27. Ex-Judge Nicholas
Longworth, who died here a millionaire
ou the 18th insr.. left a will dated several
months ago. However, 'here was recorded
her to-day by Larz Anderson, his cousin,
a deed in the recorder's ollice dated onlv
last month, whereby. the Judge transferred
his whole immense interest in the great
estate of his father, Joseph Longworth, and
his grandfathor. Nicholas Lonzworth. abso
lutely to his wife. This, under the laws of
Ohio, supersedes the will.
Lieutenant cliwatka's CIlfl-Dweller.
Kl Paso, Tex., Jan. 27. Lieutenant
Schwatka is in the city, accompanied by
F. Howard ()'il. in charge of eleven rave
or rlirt-d well rs from the Sierra Madr
mountain. Mi. O'Neii has lived in that
country for a number of years.
and sneaks the .ptnUh Iunguagc
fluently aud some Indian dialects. The
neonlc whom they have in charge are mem
bers of the Tahnarmari tribe, and speak a
language of their own. J hey came from
Yuokova, two hundred miles from Chi
huahua, and traveled the distance on.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
foot, beatiug their master, who rode
mules. One of the men - has a
record of travel?'" hundred miles in
twelve h(urs, i nd theL e itenai.t olilrs a
wager of flu.uOG ou i.' needof this man.
The Licute lant intends to exhibit theso
strange people in the principal cities, and
afterward take them to Europe and turn
them over to Buffalo Bill.
Free Fight in a Court-Room.
CniCAGo, Jan. 28. Charges of fraud in
the Heimel failure investigation to-day, be
fore Master in Chancery Poyesen led t a
lively scrimmage. Lawyer Jacob Newman
seized heavy stamp and threw it at lawyer
Levy Mayer. In the confubion
followi Kndolnh Deirael, one of
the brothers, who failed for half
a million dollars struck Mayer
with his list, reimel's seal ring cut an
ugly gash in Mayer's face. The next mo
ment Deimel was stretched ou the floor by
a blow from a by-standnr. Lawyers Mayer
and Newman came to blows in court some
time ago in the Lindauer case which, also,
was claimed to have been a gigantic fraud.
Master Boyesen will ask Judge Collins to
norrow.to inflict the highest contempt fines
sgainst the participants in to-day's light.
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Unpaged to 'Nellie Bly."
LoGANsroKT. Ind.. Jan. 2fi. The inti
mate friends m this city of Dr. Frank In
gram, of New lork city, were surprised to
learn, through w hat they claim reliable
sources, tbat the Doctor is entraced and in
the near future will marry Miss Nellie Illy
who has just completed a tour around the
world. Ihe Doctor was born and raised
here. He was one of the medical men who
examined Miss Bly relative to her mental
condition, while she was incarcerated in a
New York insane asylnm. She had com
pleted tbe mission on which she was bent
and was trying to secure her freedom. Dr.
Ingrain pronounced her sano. Afterward
an attachment sprang up between thera
which will result in their marriage. Dr,
Ingram has a brother, John, living in Indi
anapolis. Politician Arretted for Murder.
Jefferson City. Mo.. Jan. 27. Dr. C. "NV..
Holter, a prominent resident and noted
politician of Knssellville, Colo county, was
arrested to-day on a warrant charging him
with having committed murder in the In
dian Territory twenty years apo. Early in
the seventies Dr. Holter pre-empted a
claim near the Territory line in McDonald
county. A half-breed named William loan
coutested tho claim and attempted to eject
the Doctor. In the quarrel that ensued tho
half-breed was killed. It was for this that
the Doctor was arrested to-day. He will be
taken to Fort Smith, Ark., for trial.
Americans Released from a Russian Prise n.
Bridgeport, Conn.. Jan. 27. A cable
gram from Russia was received to-dav by
J. K. Klien. attorney for Herman Kempen
ski. announcing tho latter's release from
prison. Kempenski was a resident of this
city, and a naturalized American citizen.
lie went to his native country over a jear
ago onia visit, and was arrested under the
military law for evading duty, and sent
enced to banishment to Siberia. The case
was brou ah t before Secretary Blaine, who
made a demand on the Russian government.
with the above result.
Movements of Steamers.
New York, Jan. 27. Arrived: La Cham
pagne, from Havre; lZussia, from Hamburg
Philadelphia, Jan. 27. Arrived: Lord
Gough, from Liverpool.
London, Jan. 27. Arrived: Oranmoro.
from Baltimore.
Baltimore, Jan. 27. Arrived: Missouri.
from London.
Glasgow, Jan. 27. Arrived: Norwegian.
from Boston.
Uuslness Embarrassments.
TITTSHUKG. Pa., Jan. 27. Tho sheriff of
Beaver county levied on the plant of the
Whitla Glass Company to-day on execu
tions aggregating $20,000. The factory has
fourteen pots, and the capital stock of the
concern is o0.(XX).
New Orleans. Jan.' 27. John B. Land-
Ian, cotton factor, failed to-day, aud made
a surrender of property for the benefit of
his creditors. Tbe schedule filed m court
6hows his liabilities to be S004.000; assets.
$541,000.
Obituary.
PitTPAfirv .Tan. 97 T-.T-.T.inn f nrcf-rrnT'-
ernor William Bross, one of the oldest and
best known residents of Chicago, died to
night, at 10:3), aged seventy-six years. Mr.
ident Lincoln, and his name was affixed to
flu liill Tnpn 1 i ri rr tlin infamonn lil-n-L- Intra
of Illinois. For the past twenty years he
nas oeen a large siocKuoiuer . auu euuoriai
writer ot tne lnnune.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Jan. 27. Rev. Father
Stioup, provisional Lead of the order of tbe
Holy Ghost, of theKoman Catholic Church,
died quite suddenly, this afternoon, of
pneumonia. I ho deceased was about hltv
years of age, and the head of the Holy Ghost
order in America.
Caxaseraga. X. Y.. Jan. 27. Gen. Lester
B. Faulkner died at 8:30 o'clock this morn
ing. The funeral will take place at Uans
ville on Thursday.
Another Kansas Treasurer Short
IIittciiixsox, Kan.. Jan 7. A. It. Las
ley, treasurer of Scott county, Kansas, is
short in his accounts about $4,000. lie
attempts no explanation, further than tho
money is goue, and he does not know
where. Proceedings will be instituted
against his bondsmen.
Socialism In Germany. ,
Pnilanelphia Press.
If the truth were told, the most social
istic power in the world is the German em
pire. It owns the railroads, pensions work
men, carries on vast public works and is
steadily moving towards the industrial
ideal of the National Socialist.
Too Had.
rnlladelphia Pre ss.
It is too bad that Mr. Cleveland cannot
be persuaded to reply to Mr. Blaine's tariff
arguments in the ISortli American Keview.
The prince of platitudinarians never had a
better chance to display himself.
A Barbarous Practice.
Washington Post.
The efforts to Americanize the Cbineso
seem nUont as futile as the attempts to
solve the race problem. The heathen still
persist in starting their New Year by pay-
mg ineir oiu uoois.
Tbe Tours "iVreShort.
New York Mall and Express.
Honeymoon tours' are very brief this
year. . 5lana has never been away from
mamma solon? in her life, yon know, and
George must get back to business.
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Effect of tbe Epidemic
rhilAdelpUa Frees.
It is seriously proposed to name a now
post-oilice in lllinoi "La Grippe." Every
body wLocan inlluenza vote against such
nonsense should do so.
Full of Dead Issues.
Buffalo Commercial.
Mr. Cleveland speaks of the Democratic
partv as "the 'lepository' of the best 1 Demo
cratic! principles and purposes." A sort of
morgue, as it were.
A Prophecy.
II"loTia (Mnt.) Jourual.
Tho prejudice against an "educational
qualification" for voters must at least give
way to the t.bility to read aud write.
That's What They Did.
Atr"t Oa.j Chronicle.
The Republicans knew what thev were
doing when thy put Thomas 4$. Kecd in the
Speakers chair.
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1885.
Md Tube-Works
1
Wrcnglt-Iroa Pips
roa
Gas, Steam & Water
Toiler Tulxs. Cat and
Malleable iron ratines
(hlu-k and pal vaulted).
Valves. Stop Cooks. Knjrtne
Trimmlncs, fBteamGauccs,
Pipe Toiijrs, Pipe Cutters,
Vises, Pcrew Tlates and
Dies, Wreucncs, Meam
Traps, Pumps Kittben
Mnkf. ITfie, Belting. Bab
bitt Metal, Folder, Wnite
and Colored Wiplnff Waste,
and all othersurpnes umsI
lu connection with Gas.
Meam ami Water. Natural
Gas Supplies a specialty.
Meam-lieatinir Apparatus
forPublie Building. Store
rooms. Mills. Slops, Facto
ries. Laundries, Lumber
Dry-houses, etc. Cut and
Tbrt-ad to ortier any size
Wrouclit-iron Fipe irom H
inch to l'Jinehes diameter.
KNKillT & JILLfcON.
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TELEGRAI'UIC BREVITIES.
Jim Starr, the desperado, died yesterday
in the United States jail at Fort fcmith.
Ark.
Milwaukee's millionaire. John Plankin
ton, is improving in health, and there ii
now hope of bis recovery.
An appeal to the United States Supreme
Court in the famous Chicago lake front
case was granted yesterday by Judge Blod
gett. Gen. K. A. Alger, commander-iu-hief.of
the G. A. I?., arrived in New Bedford,
Mass., yesterday, and was received by the
local posts, who tendered him a reception
at the City Hall.
Mrs. James Has;eman, the mothr of Prof.
David Swing, of Chicago, is dead at Will
iamsburg. O. She was ninety years old,
and her mental faculties were strong aud
clear to the last.
O'Connor, the oarsman, says that he is
willing to row Hanlnn any distance, from
100 yards to 100 miles, und will bet him
$10,000 to &5;ooo. or any amount at two to
one that he can beat him.
Near Manstield. Ark., yesterday, John
Tuth shot bis father because he was going
marry n wife whose right to the father's
property wonld interfere with the sona
prospects. Tho wound is not fataL
Andrew Charter, colored, aged eight
years, was received at tho Tennessee Stato
rrison, yesterday, from Carroll county, tc
serve one year for larceny. He is the young
est prisoner ever received at that institu
tiou.
Adis Melone stabbed and killed Win,
Mansfield at Horse Cave, Ky., yesterday.
Manstield was trying to prevent a ditliculty
between his brother and Melone. The
murderer was taken to Howling Green to
save him from a mob.
Scott Shamleffer, sixteen years of age,
was sentenced at Kansas City, yesterday,
to live years' imprisonment in the Stato
Keform School for house-breaking. His
parents died recently, leaving him their
estates, valued at &o000.
Tha Union Bridge Company, one of tho
largest concerns of the kind in the world,
is about to abandon its shops in llulialo
and concentrato its plant at Athens, Ia.
Tne works at Athens will be increased to
employ about eight hundred men.
The English syndicate, which has been
negotiating with Cleveland breweries,
made a contract yesterday for the purchase
of the Schlatller Crowing Company's inter
ests for 1,375,000; tho Gering brewery fof
$1,000,000, and the Stoppel brewery fof
$'Jo,XX).
The losers by the great lire in the Nevada
Block, at Cincinnati, aie talking of suing
the city for negligent work by the f:ro de
partment. There are stories that tho chief
refused to allow the men to penetrate tho
buildiu? at tho beginning to seek the 6eat
of the lire.
At Lancaster, Pa., yesterday, the bond of
WTm. G. Duttenhcp.tter, the absconding tar
collector of Columbia, was proved to be a
forgery, and the alleged bondsmen were re
leased from liability. The shortage of
Duttenhu'Oer, whose whereabouts are un
known, was $4,730.
The heirs of J. J. Albright have present
ed to the city of Scranton, Pa., for public
library purposes a plot of land 110 by 1(7
feet, upon which a suitable building will
be erected by the grantees. The structure
will be known as the Albright Memorial
Building and together with the value of
the land will be worth S100.0UO.
Dudley Murphy, a prominent business
man of Cold water, Kan., was yesterday shot
in the 'back by Dr. Strawn, with a gun
loaded with buck-shot. Strawn reloaded
and fired a second charge into Murphy'
prostrate form, then drew a revolver and
tired three additional shots at his victim
who was riddled with bullets.
Frank Black, alias Woodruff, confined in
the county jail at Chicago, awaiting trial
on indictments for horse-stealing and com
plicity in the Cronin case, received a dis.
patch yesterday from rian Jose, Cal., an
nouncing the death of his mother. Sbe had
been moro or less of an invalid for some
time, but especially so since vibiting bet
son in prison.
The steamer Ohio sunk noar Iouisville
last night When at tho foot of the falls
she sheered into the Kentucky shore, and,
in pulling her head out the stern struck
a Btone wall, knocking a bole in ber hull
on tho stai board side under the cylinder.
She continued up the river for a half mile
before sinking, going down in eleven feet
of water. No lives lost.
Mrs. Cora Scales Morris, of Reidsville, X.
C, who for several days past has been on
trial for her life at Wentworth, the county
seat of Rockingham county, charged with
the mnrder ot her husband by poison, was
acquitted yesterday. The jury remaiued
out but a short timo before bringing in a
verdict of not guilty. Mrs. Morris is a
handsome young woman of good lamily.
Edward L. Bradbury, prejident and
cashier of the Bank of outh Dakota, at
Madison, and W. O. Bradbury, assistant
cashier of tho Mime bank, have been in
dicted for obtaining money under false pre
tenses. The complaint was m:.de by the
Sioux Natioual Bank, of Sioux City, whirl
cashed a draft, a short time, ago, drawn by
the Madison bank on a bank in Milwaukee
The draft came back protested, aud it sub
sequently came out that the Madison bank
had failed. Fraud bus been detected.
Sizing Up Mr. Ilolinnn.
. Kansas City Star.
Xothmor whic h Mr. Tarsnev has done will
atrengthen him so much in the estimation
of the public as the effectual mauntr in
which he. sat down on representative Hoi
man in the course of his argument in favor
of an appropriation to improve tho Mis
souri river. The objections of that pestif
erous kicker aro becoming excessively en
ervating, and to suppress him is in the
nature of a public service. He has pushed
the economical dodge too far, and has
made himself obnoxious by his captious
demagogy
The London Times says: The new ex
tradition treaty with the United States
dot s not go an inch beyond tbe obvious ne
cessities of the case. The exclusion of po
litical oilense leaves room todotibt wheth
er the plotters of the murder of l.iucoln, or
of Cavendish, will not, under its prows
ions, be safe from the penalties iullictcd
upon ordinary murderers."
To overcome tho marks of age, all who
have gray beards nhould use Buckingham's
Dve for the Whl kers, the best and clean
est dye undo for coloring brown or bls&bm
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