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THE INDIA. NA. STATE SENTINEL. 7EDNE3D A.T MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1893-TWEVLE PAGE3.
THE RAIL WRECK AT PERU.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND TEN OTH
ERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
George C. norland of Laporte, Among the
Victim, Meets His Death Other Stat
I-An Escaped Murderer Located
Christian Scientists in Trouble Died in
Iiis Sleigh Hot Politics Warming Up
Alexandria Foot Raring at BrookviJle
Deaths A Itnshville Hermit.
Prax. Jan. 20. Special. Qne o! th
cost frightful wrecks in the history of
this country occurred early this morning
when the north bound express train. No.
16, on the L., E. & W. railway was coming
feto this ci.y, and just before approaching
the iron bridge which spans the Wabash
river.
The engine struck a broken rail and
left the rack, going on the bridge with
the engine, express car and chair-car da
railed. The bridge pave way, and the
train was da--hej into the river about
twenty feet Leiow. The express and chair
ear, which were the only cars hauied in
this train, were immediately con.-umed
by fire, and only by heroic effort on the
part of the less injured ones wore several
of the passengers and men rescued from
the flames.
The following are those injured:
Geokge S. Doblaxp, Laporte, back
proken ; died a few minutes after reaching
the company's hospital.
Hexky W. GniFFix. engineer, badly
Bcalded and not expected to live.
Feed L. Fobes, conductor, badly in
jured about the head and body but not
fatally. He was taken out of the wreck
when the fire wa not more than two feet
from him.
Brakeman R. F. Neef, severe injuries
about tue head, it was hi duty to lia.r a
freight train which followed from the last
station, and althuuh eo seriously
wounded that he was blood all over anl
iazed by the shock, uot out ot the wrec,
and eeruring a tail litrht started back to
which h ) accomplished. This is the
second bad wreck that Mr. Ne!J haa b--en
In and has each time prevented a double
horror by immediately going back far
nough tofltg the following train, which
srsa only p'.oy.'eJ just in tinio.
Frank W.uie. the fireman, who was
'so in the wrerk before just tpoken of,
and escaped hotti times, had in euch cr.so
immediately blurted back to tlasr the fol
lowing train, hut finding Nell ha I cone
for that pun. ose. hurriod hack to the oa
eie'.nnci et hid engineer, and ntUr g tting
hin out rendered inva "able service in
escuinu the other passnizers.
C. C MjF ann of Kokomo, who escaped
with a Fever) gash in the neck.
Jlr.-i. R ill a Kaeei: of Denver, Ind., re
teived severe rati on head wrists and
tad v bruised, but not serious.
w. s. Rkysos. Roanoke, Ind., is at the
hospital ser.ouslv injured.
M. Li i ming, Hauii ton, O.. express mes
ienser. shoulder-blade broken, cut and
bruised on limbs, su'IIeiing severely and
tondition critical.
A. WEUTiiziNf. a merchant tailor of this
ritv, hire hurt and oherwise badiy
bruised. His injuries are paiafui, but nut
fatal. lis is at the hospital.
BI. Fisher was able to give his nam,
hut was so dr.d that he cou d not tel!
where he lived. His injuries are not
thought to be fatal.
Word of the disaster was soon eent up
to this city and surgeons and conveyances
:m mediately started to the cune. The
esidence of Mr. NorJyae, who lives near
ite wreck, was thrown op n and the fami
'.v rendered every comfort possible to
he injured, who were taken there out of
'.ha cod. Trains were run around over
ihe Waba-h and the Pan Handle roads,
"eine transferred at the wreck.
The wreckers and hndzamen were hur
ried to the scene and traffic over the
bridge will be resumed in a short time,
nly ono span of the bridge being de
stroyed. Latorte, Jan. 20. Special. "Word
was received here this morning of the
death of George C. I'orland, caused by a
wreck on the Lake Erie &. Western road
iwar Peru. The deceased was one f La
rortfc's leading and highly respect.! ctti
rns. He was a brave soldier, enlisting in
reote liber. lS'il, as a member of company
C, Twenty-ninth Indiana regiment, and
served through the entire war, riiing to
the rank of quartermaa'er-sergeat of the
regiment He served two terms an city
clerK and filled other positions of trust.
He was a prominent mason and odd
fellow, also a member of the . A. It.
post. At the time of hid death he was
the secretary of the orphan' home, also
ti e Pins Lake asembly, and the presi
dent of the Laporte local board of fire
underwriters.
THE OLDEST MASON.
teathofthe Hon. K lward Kdgar at a Itipe
Old Ase.
Winchester, Jan. 21. s'pecia!. This
afternoon occurred the death of the Hon.
Edward Edger, the oldest resident of this
city.
He was born fn Derry county, Ireland,
March 10, 1803. He came to this country
with his parents in 107 and settled in
Augusta county, Virginia. He fa said to
b the oldest member of the masonic
order in the state, having become a mem
ber at Richmond, Va., eix-ty-nine
years a,:o. He took
the degree of roval arch charter
at Richmond, Ind., thirty years ago. He
was a charter member of the lod'e here
and represented it as its tirt master. 11
represented this county in the legislature
in 1843 and lSlö, an i has always been a
strong democrat. He was the first man to
nss) a cook stove in Randolph county. In
his earlier days he dealt in the purchase
Makers af;J stller cf i!om halting powers, ia ?iff?r;r.!
parti of Ohio, have been attested, convicted ad fried.
Every one should avoid alum baking powder, and
especially at this time grocers and consumers should
bear in mind that the late Ohio Food Commissioner, in
reviewing- the results of official analyses, said :
"The State Chemist's Analyses show the superiority ct
Cleveland's Baldng Powder
in the four hijhest qualities of excellence: It is richer in cream of tartar. !t is
richer in gas product or leavening power. From its ose there is less resWlu im in the
bread material. It does not contain any unhealthful or offensive injjiedieiit, suci,
as alum, ammonia, lime, etc. Cleveland's Superior is
Absolutely
and most desirable baking powder
manufactured."
Late Ohio Food Commissioner.
of furs, and -had an aeency established at
Deerfield, in the north part of this county,
where he traded with the Indians in this
line quite extensively.
Within twenty-four hours of his death
he was very active, but a stroke of paral
ysis ended a once useful career.
B02WELL LOCATED AGAIN.
The Murderer of Sirs. Belt Das Narrowly
Escapes Being Captured,
Winchester. Jan. 20. Special. A pain
the citizens in the vicinity of Bartonia, a
small hsmlet in the southeast corner of
this county, are excited over the appe tr
ance of Richard Bozwell. the colored mur
derer. He was seen in a large woods close
to the scene of the murder he committed
and the news at once spread, but no one
seemed willing to attempt his capture.
Sheriff James Fletcher was at once noti
fied and with a posse of men proceeded to
scour the country, but the bird had flown
and once a$raiii justice was deieated. hcz
well wa3 indicted for murder in tho fir-t
degree about a yt-ar ajo and since that
time he has eva led arrest, although he
has had several narrow escapes. The crime
with which he is charged is for the murder
of a married woinan'by the name of 3-11
Bas. Jkzwell had been k-epintr company
with Mrs. lias-s during the absence of her
husband and he implored her to elopo
with him, but thd she declined to do He
then threatened to take her life if ehe did
not complv with her request. Stil she
refused, lie then proceeded to execute
his threa's and with a razor accomplished
his act, cutting her throat from ear to
ear, and death lollowed almost instant
lv. Her cries for help aroused
the neigh'ttors who hurried to her assist
ance oM.y to find her lyuv on the tloor
covered witli her own tore and dead.
Around her were her three tmall children,
presenting a pitiable sight, liozwell pro
ceeded to cover up hia rack after the ter
rible deed was accomplished, und nothing
wf.8 heard oi him for several months afier
ward, when he was located at the resi
dence of Anderson I logs ton, living near
Marion, Ho-ton beb.g formerlj' a resi
dent of this county and " with whom K-oz-we
l was acquainted. Being located by
Sheriff John Sanders of Marion he, with
his two deputies, proceeded to surround
the home, and t'.ozwell was then requested
to come out of the house, which he did
with no resistance. Mul thdr work seemed
but an eny task, but tudienly the victim
presented two larte revolvers in the fae
oi the sheriff and his deputies. He
then took a backward relrent and left the
brave eheritl" and his de: nties to watch
their prey vauiiti in a largu woods. And
he had not been teen since until yestcr
da v.
iozwU says that he will never betaken
alive end ! i ill' Fletcher says that if lie
ever eels eyes on him that l' requ-et
shall be granted. Bozwell has figured in
several shooting and cutting ecrapes be
fore the committing of the murder with
which he is chared.
TWO PERSONS KILLED.
A Koller Implodes in the Nippanee 'Water
ft rk With Fat U Ellerts.
(io?HEv, Jan. 21. Special.) A dis
patch fro:n Nappanee tonight eays that
the large Dew boi er in the Nappanee
water works plant blew up this aft moon
nbout 4 o'clock kill.ng two persona and
wounding several others.
The killed ar.:
WILLIAM PAUKER, the endneer.
LUUNLL.U-J t i:tNCll, a citiza and mem
ber ol the town council.
The wounded are:
F.lectriciaa Johnson, vsry eeriouily injured
aad wid die.
Isaac VVhtslek.
Jami-.m c. V 11 ISLES.
Several nttier persons were wounded by
the Hying fragments of tho boiler. The
water works pUut is lo?nt-d in the henrt
of the city and the surrounding residents
and business property hai undoubtedly
suffered considerably.
Only a law months ago the stnd pipe of
the svsUrn co laps'd. and altogether the
city hart had no end of troubles with the
water works.
l)ath-.
NoBLKsvn.i.E. Jan. 13. oeeial. M"r3.
Margaret Harrison, among the oldest pio
neer mothers of Hamilton county, died
yeterday at her home a few miles north
east of here at the advanced aa of eighty
two years. She was a Christian lady in
the full sense of the term and had been
almost totally blind during the paat few
years. She leaves but a fw children, the
husb&nd having died long sinco.
Mauio.v, Jan. IS. Special. John N.
Turner died yesterday after an i.lno-
which covers the past two years. He bad
been a resident of Marion for fifty-fire
years, and was one of its mögt substantial
business men. In 18SJ he was elected
auditor of this county on the democratic
ticket, overcoming a republican majority
of 7U0. He was we 1 andfavorabiy known
throughout the state.
Wabash, Jan. IS. SperiaL Mrs.
Isaac Mitten, a Wabash comity pioneer,
died at the residen. e of bee son-in-law,
Frank Dillman. near Twelve Mile this
morning of old agi. She was nexrlv
eUbtv-live years o d and had been a resi
dent of Indiana for nearly sixty years and
of Wabash county for forty years. Her
funeral will occur here.
Andebsok. Jan IS. Special. Uavault
Crowell, who had beer; a resident of this
countv since 18J0, died last evening at Iiis
i home Bouth of the city. He was ninety
years oi sgy and nad voted every demo
cratic tcket from Jackson to ( leveland.
C'oi.UMBfS. Jan. LS. Special. Gotlieb
Hoeltke, aged seventy years, died at his
home six miles west of this city today.
He was a pioneer German of thisV.untr,
having settled here when the county was
almost a wilderness.
Maktinsvii i t, Jan 19. Special.
Mrs. James Woods, who came hero last
fall with her husband from Indianapolis
the Best
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
1 " &m
for treatment at one of the sanitariums, ia
dead of cancer. Sae hurt her breast b?t
erai years ago and the injury developed
into cancer. Mr. Woods was until recent
ly an emp oy of the Big Four raiiway at
Indianapolis.
Maiiso.v, Jan. 10. Special. Miss
El a Vailes, an estimable young lady,
sister of Albert Vailes. the well-known
newspaper correspondent, died at tier late
fio i e in this city today. Miss Vaiiea was
a very popular young lady here.
Richmond, Jan. l!). Special. George
Dtch, one of Richmond's oldeet mer
chants, died to lav.
COUNTY OFFICIAL MISSING.
An Alleged Shortage or 8(10,000 ia War
ren touulj's Treasury.
WiLLiAM!roRT, Jan. 23. Special.
There is considerable excitement here
over the rumor that Treasurer Cronkhito
is short in Lis account to the amount cf
iSO.tXH) He disappeared very suddenly
and raystfcriouly the latter part of the
past week, and his whereahouts are not
known. It is alo rumored that he was
deeply engaged in operations with the
Chicago board of trade in wheat, and that
his losses were very heivy.
The Jury Has the Case.
SnELBYViLLE, Jan. 21. Special. Evi
denco in the Goldsmith murder trial
c osed last niht and the argument was
opened this morning by William Walt
man, prosecutor of Bar holomew county.
At the opening of court Judge Hord, for
the defense, objected to Mr. Waltman
pleading betöre the jury because he has
not been admitted to the bar here, but
Judge Johnson called Waltman before
hi'ii and, alter administering tue oath,
or lered a written appli- at on spread on
the record. After Waltmau'a argument
and a hort consultation amoiiir defend
ant' attorneys court was a ijournad until
2:,'0 p. in. when the case whs submitted
witltout uridine nt bv the tlefenee. The
jury took the cas- at 3 o'clock.
Later The jury in the Goldsmith mur
der cie brought in a verJ ct oi not ruilty
at 11 : 1) p. m. In tho former trial at Co
lumbus last February a jury of eleven
m n loun 1 him uni ty and nentenced him
to live y ars' imprisonment. The attor
neys are beiug congratulatud by hosts of
friends.
31arion, Jonesboro and Gas City.
Marion, Jan. 18. Special. The coun
ty c mmissioners l ave awarded a fran
chise for a street railway from Marion to
Jonesboro and Gas 'Jity to the Marion
street railroad company. A bard s.rugcle
for this privi ege hss been waged for some
time between this company and the
Queen City company, which also has a
line here. Other companies a'so sought
tliH franchise. The bond requirol is
$7.000. Tht road is to be in operation by
July 15, the fare is to be 5 cents, and trips
are to b made every thirty minutes. The
Marion company already has a line in op
eration to t Bobbers' h"iue, w hi' h leaves
only thieu and a half rn les to be added.
An Important Movement.
Elwood, Jan. 13. A very important
move has been ma la by local sas com
panies in regard to tho leasing of gas terri
tory by the ludianspolis and Chicago
compmies who have Fred Seeley at work
securing leases on all tha surrounding
territory. The board of trade cf this c;ty,
backed by unlimited capital, proposes to
prevent at all hazards any further leases
being secured by those companies. Com
plete arrangements havu been made and
coinmi t-ei appoint-d who will at once
enter the fir Id and lease all available terri
tory for the protection of home interests
and industries. It is thought that but
little trouble will be experienced in con
vincing farmers tlut it is to their interest
to lease to home co . pai.ies.
Destructive F.re nt Evansville.
Evansvii.le, Jan. 22. Special. A
very destructive fire broke out here this
morning at an early hour. It was con
fined to comparatively a small territory in
a business part of the city. The oss will
reach not iess than S-'O.OUO and may even
reach a higher figure.
The fed. owing ara the principal suffer
ers: S. W. Keene's dry poods s'ore.
H. A. Cook öVSon, wholesale and retail
dealers in groceries.
Samuel Burnett, wholesale and retail
dualer iu notions.
Marsh & Scan t in, cracker bakers.
The latter firm was not completely
burned out, but the building, stock, ma
chinery, etc., were badly damaged.
l'nsenger Train Wrecked.
Lafayette. Jan. 23. Special. The
west-bound passenger train on the Lake
Erie it Western, due here at 5 p. m., was
wrecked three miles souto. of the ciiy
about 4:40 p. m.
The eneine was thrown from the track
by the fish-plate at a switch breaking.
The tender wa turned over on its side
and the Pancake car was thrown across
the track, one end of it demolishing a car
loaded with grain which stood on the
sidetrack. The smoking-car was thrown
out in the field and turned on its eida.
The front trucks of the ladies' car left tha
trsck.
Tie engine crew escaped by jnmoing
and none of the passengers were injured.
The Oldeet Inhabitant Mam.
CoNNEnsviLLE, Jan. 20. Special. The
o'dest inhabitant has nothing to say about
the weather. More actual euf'ering haa
been known among the poor and
wretched of this city, yet there are noble
minded persons who are doing their ut
moht to relieve the distress. Such a scar
city of fuel has never been known here.
Coal is seding at and hard to get at
that. Stovewood, eighteen inches long,
is eelllng readily at from $2.50 to $'1 per
load of a very short cord. The extreme
co d pinches many that are in moderate
rircu i stances. The mercury fell from
two degrees above freezing to sixteen de
grees below zero in less than twelve hours
Thursday morning.
Opening a Xpmt IIoteL
Mariox, Jan. 22. Specia'. An elab
orate reception and dsncing party formally
opened the new MUtiiseinewa hotel at
Gas City Friday night. The affair was by
far the handsomest one ever given in this
part of ill state. The floral decorations
were vrry fine and the supper was served
by a Lonisvibe caterer. Special trains
were run by the Pennsylvania road from
Maron, l'gansuort, Richmond, Indian
apolis and Louisville. Parties were pres
ent from the above places besides Chi
a ä i?
cago, New York, Pittsburg. Vineennes,
Wabash and Huntington. Devine'a or
chestra from Indianapolis furnished the
music.
Inrtlgnant nt the Gas Inspector.
Axdei'.sov, Jan. 21. Special. Ander
son bu-iness men and others ar highly
indignant oyer Gas Inspector Jordan's re
port concerning the condition of the In
diana gas field, and especially that portion
of hie n-Dort relative to the statement that
several dry wel s were drilled here in what
had heretofore neen a fertile field. Ander
son people ieel that Prof. Jordan's report
lias done an inca culable damage to the gas
belt. There ia plenty of gas in the Madi
son connty field and the general impres
sion Lere'ia that Prof. Jordan will be a
much o der man than he is now before
gas is a thing of memory at Anderson.
farm ITouse Burned.
Su ei.b vvii.le, Jan. 22. Special. John
W. Warble's farm residence, five miles
I west of town, caught fire last night whi'e
', the fan, by we away from home and
burned to tha ground. Warble at
the tin e was et a neighbor's about
a mi e awar. He came home and
worked at tue fire. Beco i.ing exhausted
be dipped into the barn and lav down.
Friends had seen him en;er the building,
and when he wns missed it was supposed
he had p-rihed in the flames. Toward
mornin hs was discovered in the barn
; nnconc oils and nAp.riy frozn to death.
! Loi?3 on building and contents $3,oC0, with
partial insurance.
A Iiel:g:ou War Prophesied.
Martinsville, Jan. 18. Special. Re
vival services are now being conducted at
Buffalo echooihouse, in Jefferson town-
i ship, by the Rev. Curtis Teague and a
! man named Fofter. Monday night the re
ligious enthusiasm ran unusual.y high.
, Persons pri-hent say that Teague etiled
I durit g hi dif-courat that Oct. 5. LSU3, a
i war would stHrt in Chicago between the
; Roman CAth dies on the o-io s de au 1 all
the prot stmt denominations on the
other; that tht war would mst until Xv.
7, twenty years hence, when the world
will come to uu end. '
Houses Wrecked at Lebanon.
LrBAXox, Jan. IS. Special. Martin
Hold's Work was blown to pieces by a
natural gas explosion today. Ilohl oc
cupied th pface : as a bakery snd wss eo
horribly burned thst hi life is despaired
j of. Un- oi his tmployes cannot be found
I and it is feared that' ha was buried iu tiie
i ruins. Ii so there is tio chanco of his be
J ing found alive. ' A cecond explosion ho
j occurred here today fn Bachttdl's furniture
I e:abliifiment. It was located iut across
the street from the Hohl block and was
bad y damaged and caught fire. No one
! was hurt, iortunatelv.
Keware of Entrance to a Quarrel.
Warsaw, Jan. '22. Sperial.-II. C.
Durando, a watchmaker and Lis wife,
were sitting 'at the dinner table at the
Hotel Hayes UoJy wdien Durando took
exceptions t the attention tiven his wife
by two traveling .men named Baker and
Foot respectively,. Seated st the opposite
sids of the table. After retiring from the
diniuir ha 1 to the otlice Durando requested
an upologv from Baker and Foot, who re
sponded by giving Durando a dreadful
whipping. He whs somewhat disfigured
when he canle put of the riuj. The affair
created quite a sensation.
Tfe Loved u Girl.
Anderson,-' Jan. U3. SpeciaL John
Shinn, employed at the Anderson hotel.
j took a dose .f Touth-on-rats luet niuht
j with suicidal in ent. He had fallen des
I peraUly in love with a handsome voung
girl employed at the name place. She
did not rec-procate, so Shinn procured the
poison, look a big dee and then went out
in the a ly adjoining the hotel and laid
down in the enow to die. Ho was dis
covered by the polic, but was found to
be eu'lencg more from exposure than
poison.
A I'ortnuato fire for Some.
Anderson, Jan. 21. Special Alex
andria was visited by a disastrous fire late
last nL'bt, which is tho second bi fire
at that place w ithin the past three months.
The masonic temp'e. postolfics, Palmer's
meat shop, Lowerv's barber tdiop, Kelly's
grocery and a restaurant wer burned.
Loss estimated at flO.OOJ; insurance, not
to exceed $.'5.000. The loss may be said to
be nothing, in fact, since the red eB'.r'e
where the bui'dings stood is now worth
more than it was before tho fire.
Itohbed and Bet rayed by His Wife.
CoLCMBfj, Jan. 22. Special. A letter
waa received here tonight from St. Oxley
at Moorehead. Ky., stating that the woman
who was stopping here with William Sul
livan, who claimed to be the city editor of
tho Abhland, Ky., Ihtibj An, was his wife ;
that she ran o9 w ith Sul ivan some days
ago, while he whs away, leaving their
three -little children alone, taking with
her about $70 ) of his money, and that
Sullivan too had a wife at Ashland, Ky.
j Randolph Farmers Institute.
WixcnrsTEn, Jan. 22. Speclrd. The
Randolph county farmers' institute closed
Mast evening after a meeting of two
davs. Tho meeting was well attended
I and much interest was taken in the pro
, ce dings. The speakers outside of the
county were the Hon. J. A. .Mount and
ladv and J. J. W. Billimrsley. Mr. Bil
linitsley's address on "Farm Drainage"
was excel ent ami should be delivered in
every county in the state.
Judge Nnyes Suet I for Damages.
Laporte, Jan. 23. Special. Daniel
W. Noyes, judee of the Laporte circuit
court, has been made defendant in a
$10.000 damage suit 'filed by Morgan II.
Weir, a prominent attorney of this city.
The latter charges the judge with having
stricken his name from the bar docket
and with a refusal to recognize him in
open court and alleges that his business
has been greatly damaged iu consequence.
Voting Girl Killed.
Seymour, Jan. 17. Special. This after
noon, while Nana, the niutf-y ear-old daugh
ter of Andrew Welch, was on her way to
school, she was caught between the bump
ers of the O. Si M. cats, and a link parsing
entirely through her breast killed her in
stcnt'y. She was a very bright girl, of
3 nick perceptions, and it is difficult to an
erstand how she was so easily caught in
such a fearful trap.
Killing the Peach Crop.
Valparaiso, Jan. 23, Special. The
cold weather of the past few weeks has
ki.ledtbe peach crop In this section of
the state. Where the ground has been
exposed the strawberry an 1 cranberry
crop wid be a complete failure. Furnesa
vil e is the center of a large fruit-raising
district.
Eloped Across the Ohio Ice.
Jefferson ville, Jan. IS. Special.
William Moore and Katie Leslie of Breck
inridge connty, Kentucky, and Henry S.
Raues and Katie Mills of Henry county,
Kentucky, wa ked across the Ohio on tho
ice th e atternoon and were married by
Justice Hawes. Thev were distinctively
hiifh-toned and looked upon their elope
ment as one of the romantic episodes of
their lives.
Fatally Burned.
Windfall, Jan. IS. Special. The
wife of Thomas Barnes, residing two miles
in the country is bud posed to hare been
fatady burned this morning. Her c oth
ing caught fire from the stove. Tho
flames were extinguished by ro ling her
in the snow. She has been partially de
mented for some time. She haa a husband
and several chddren.
Killed by Falling From a Window.
Evansvii.le, Jan. 21. Special. A girl
employed by Abraham Strause while
cleaning windows today in the eecond
story overbalanced herself and f e 1 a dis
tance of fifteen feet. She struck the frozen
ground head first, cave a shudder or two
and then died. Her neck was broken. Her
parents live in Tell City.
A Broken Promise Valned.
Evansville, Jan. 17. Special. In the
superior court today the jury gave Miss
Maggie Shrewsberrv a verdict against
Richard Zins for S3.000 for breach of
promise to marry. Both are prominent
young people. Zins is a member of one
of the oldest and most wealthy German
families here.
Blufft on Postmaster Elected.
Bi vrrTON. Jan. 19. Special. W. B.
Gulelius was elected pestn aster of this
c ty today, there being twelve candidates.
The vote was as follows: Gute ius. 147;
Hall. 110; Allen. SO; Offoider. SO; Trostel,
S ; Gortin, 73; Pmi ips 77; Bennet. 5S;
Howcr, 45; Sawyer, IS; Frye, 15; Wolf, 10.
Arrested for Stealing.
Bepford, Jan. 17. Special. Mike
Burke, a contractor of this city, was robbed
of SI 00 ami a gold watch last night
Charles Edwards i suspected of being the
thief, who made goo 1 his escpa omy to
be captured at B oomington this morning.
Olhcers will bring him back here.
A Boy Killed.
Terre Haute. Jan 2!. Special. The
electric etreet car line ran over Walter
Giimore, the seven-year-old fonof Charles
M. Giimore today, horrihlv mangling him,
from the efect oi which he died a few
hours later. The boy tried to cross in
front of a rapidly-moving car.
Quails Easily Captured.
Con neks vi lle, Jan. 20. Special. A
young man named Elliott, living three
miles south of this city, has a pen of twentr
quaii w hich he picked up out of the deep
snow. He says they eat ravenously, and
that he intends to give them their liberty
as soon as the snow is gone.
Fenche All Killed.
Madi?on, Jan. 21. Special. Hiram
Dean, the southern Indiana peach king,
reports the peach buds all killed by the
late co'd cnap. Other fruits are consid
ered safe. The cold weather has a so
killed thousands of quail, whole coveysf of
them being found frozen.
Valuable Barn and tirninery Burn.
Coiumeis, Jan. 20. Special. The
large barn and grainery of John N. Nad
ing, at St. Louis crossing, burned tonight.
One hundred and fifty tons of hay, a
largo amount of grain and eotne farm im
plements were destroyed. Loss, $d,000.
Partially insured.
IeponIency Leads to Suiride.
Richmond. Jan. 10. Specia!. Signor
Griffey, a well-known young man of this
city, committed su cide today by taking
twenty srains of morphine. Despondency
over Loor health is assigned as the cause.
A Child Frozen to Death.
Newport, Jan. 23 Special.l A email
child was found froz-n to death during
the cold snap at Opedee, two miles south
of here. It was put to bed on a pile of
straw in a corner of the room.
Cut His Tin-out With an Ax.
New tout, Jan. 23. Special. Last
Wednesday, at Opedee, Tom Thomas,
while working at his woodpile, fell on an
ax ami cut his throat to the windpipe.
He may recover.
IN CONGRESS.
Proceedings of Both Chambers During the
Past Week.
Monday, Jan. 10 Both houses in ses
sion. Senate: The anti-option and Mc
Garrahan claim bills were discussed.
Hout-e: A resolution proposing a consti
tutional amendment ior popular election
of senators was passed ; the swamp laud
bill was defeated.
Tuesday, Jan. 17 Both branches in pes
eion. Senate: A bill to repeal the pur
chr.se of si.ver bull. on was reported by
Senator Sherman from the finance com
mittee; the senate refused to pang the
McGarrshan bill over the veto; the ami
option bid was discuseed. House: Sir.
Brosius introduced a bill for the issue of
2 per cent, bonds and the repeal of the
silver purchase law.
Wednesday, Jan. IS Both branches in
session. Senate: Immediate adjourn
ment was ordered out ot respect to the
memory of ex-President Hayes. House:
The sundry civil bih and the report on
the Reading deal were presented; the
tioune adjourned out of red pect to ex
President Hayes' memory.
Thursday, Jan. 15). Both branches in
session. Senate: The anti-option bid
was discussed; Mr. Wolcott introduced an
amendment to the silver purchase repeal
bid. House; beveral amendments to the
interstate commerce law were passed.
Friday, Jan. 20. Both bouses in ses
sion. The senate adjourned at once out
of respect to ex-Presiden Haves' memory.
House: The deficiency appropriation bill
was reported, after which the house alo
adjourned in memory of ex-l'resident
Haves, whose funeral services were beicg
be d at Fremont, O.
"SAINT' TERESA EXILED
For Working Up n Warlike Spirit Among the
Vnqui Indian.
Hermosillo, Max., JaD. 22. Teresa Ur
rea, tho living patron saint of the Yaqui
Indiaus, who was banished from her moun
tain home several months ago by order of
government authorities, the charge against
her being that she was working up a tpirit
of warate among the Indians, is making
bar home at N'oga'es, A. T., just across
the Mexican line. She continues to per
form many miraculous euren by simply
laying on her hand, and thousands of ig
norant Mexicans and Indians have visited
her since ehe was exiled. "Saint" Teresa
is a beautiful girl seventeen years of age.
Ilorsford's Acid Thospbate
FOB KIGIIT 6WEATS x
j Oi consumption, gives speed benefit.
THE SOLDIERS TALKING
IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR NATIONAL
ENCAMPMENT.
The Legislature Petitioned by Grand Army
Posts to Appropriate S5O,O0O for the Par-
Yina nf Afcftitinf lt l"iitrr-initin' trtA Vet. I
eran t of the National I ncampment The
ilonor of the State Involved iu Its Success.
Auburn, Ind., Jan. 23. Delong post, G.
A. R., has appointed a committee com-!
posed of John Olive, V. P. Green and E. !
L. Mason to ask consideration by the leg
islature of the following resolution unaui
mouely adopted at their regular meeting:
WhereKi, The great stale of Indians has
been hihiy honored by the selecfion of its
capital cay for the next national encampment
G. A. lt., and that the citizens of said stale and
city extended to the comrades of tha whole
country a beany aad curd ml welcome; there
fore, bo ii
Resolved, That the legislature now in ses
sion be asked to donate from tha funds of the
täte not otherwise appropriated the sum of
$60,0U) for tha purp -s of properly entertain
ing the twenty ssrrnin national, enosrapaient,
to be held in iudiauapoli. ia epieiubcr, 1Sj3.
Strong Resolutions Passed.
Cakttelton, Ind., Jan. 10. An earnest
meeting of the members of Delta Hunt
post G. A. R. discussed at some length the
attitude of a few inert bers of the legisla
ture who have expressed themselves as
unfriendly to the slate participation in
the G. A. R. national encampment to be
held in Indianapo is next fall.
Aco nmittee w s appointed composed of
John Zi i mermsn, Jacob 15. Snyder and
Peter Cullen to represent the post in look
ing after the matter, and the fo lowing
was unanimously adopted, with instruc
tions that copies should be forwarded to
the legis ature:
Yhrea. Indiana has be?n accorded the
honor of entertain the turenty-fevemh nations!
encampment of the Grand Army of the Ro
putdic, whieh wid be the prestest nations,
event of lbi'3. with the exception ot the Co
lumiiisn expoit on in Chicago; and,
Whereas, lbs tiu;y confroMing oar state
therefore btoimes also a mK'ht;cent opportu
nity to show our appreciation of the grand
honor conferred on the great o 'snmon wealth to
suitably receive, welcoms and entertain the
most cigantio patriotic ort;anizition ever
known, and thus maintain tue reputa
tion snl dignity ot Indiauians for their geaer
csitr and hospitality; n ),
Whereas. 1 odiana, through her noble sons,
durin the grest iruggi lor the perpetuation
o: our ulori us government, met and su-tan e 1
the reputation lor patriotini, valor, intelli
gence and magnanimity, eeroi.d to no other
fate loyal to the union; thereiora, le it
lUsolve 1, That the honorable John Sweeney,
senator, and lionoralila Je Cunnincbtin,
representatiTe from Ferry county, in Ihe gtii
rrsl aseiiitdy, be, and lacy are hereby uit
respectfully request, t use their influence
and power to ec ire the p&sai;a of the bill rp
propristing such sums of the state deemed
sufficient by the encsmpmeut committee tt as
sist in prnper y enteitt nu the hoai of Ttr
answho will honor our itr-at state by their
prt-iHice at the national tuoiapcient in Sep
tember. Tteqnested to Favor the ISdt.
Repket. Ind., Jan. 23. Adjutant
Matthews Atkinson of Alex Trimble pot,
by d.rcction of the veterans compoainir
the organization, has forwarded to Senator
Harry Smith and Representative William
II. Ilark na the following resolutions
unanimously adopted at the Iaet meeting
of the post:
Whereas, Indinr.a has been accorded tho
honor of eutertaining the twenty-seveuth na
ii nl encampment of trio tfrand army, which
will 1)0 ono of the greatest events in tho history
of the state, and
Whercai, The honor of ths state of Indiana
S involved in tba success of this encampment
as well as tho honor of its peopU; tuere:ors,
be it
Resolved, That we, the numbers of Alex
ander Trimble post, (i. A. IL. in regular inssi
inir anssmbltd, hereby request that the senator
Iroiu thia district and the representative Irom
this county respectively support Ly their
votes and such honorable influence no they
may be ablt to ti e ttie bill now pending iu
the leviaiaturj askinc for an aopropriation of
J30.C0J for the purpose of assisting the citizens
of the state in properly entertaining the
national encampment of the grand aroiy of tho
republic.
The State Should Maintain Her Honor.
Ckown Point, Ind., Jan. 23. Action has
been taken here by the grand aimy vet
erans on the question as to what the state
should do with reference to the next G.
A. R. national encampment by the unan
imous adoption of the following:
Whereas. The G. A. R. having- honored the
CS i al of Indiana by uuaniuiouidy c hosing it
ss tho meeting place of tho tutiuusl encamp
nieai iu lb'JS', and.
Whereas, ine p-oplo of Indiana are noted
for their wealth, intellieenca and patriotism,
and to n,atntain ihe honor and reputation oi
our great slatf; therefore be it,
Resolved. That the lei; sUtare of Indlsns
should appropriate 0,000 to as-ist in properly
entertaining the veterans of our graud army
wl.o so nobly said by our nation ia its time of
great pcriL
Henry McLaughlin Post.
Salamonia, Ind., Jan. 2:). B. F. Harter,
commander, and John Rwalt, adjutant,
have been directed by Henry McLaughlin
post, G. A. R., to forward to the general
ass mblythe following reso'ution uuaui
mouslv adopted at the last meeting:
Resolved, That the present session ot tha
IecisUture be at ked M donata the sum of $50,
0C0 for the purposa of siut:ti; in Droiierly en
tertaining the national encampment of ine G.
A. K, to be he hl in Indianapolis in next iep
Umber. We deem the old vererans ft Indiana
worthy of such rtoocuiiion and such liuaucial
assistance.
It Tins Eeen the Cutom Elsewhere.
Ligomek, Ind., Jan., 23. The following
has been adopted by the grand army post
at this place:
In conformity ta custom observed by other
coramonwtftltln where national eucaaipuienta
hate l-eii held; be it,
Ri solred, Br Stansberry post. No. 125, G. A.
It. that we most respect!' uhv ask our legislature
to tnakf such appropriation in aid of the con
letup ated national encampment as will help
to meet the exegeneies tnereiore atteudiur,
and also ta place the re lit of our state end it
hospitality above reproach.
Tbe Post nt Portland.
Portland, Ind., Jan. 23. The grand
srmy post here has adopted a resolution
urging the county's senator and represent
ative to use their infla-nce to secure an
appropriation of $30,000 to help meet the
expenses of entenainingthe next national
encampment at Indianapolis. N. Head
inton, A. J. Brake and T. N. Towle have
been appointed a committee to represent
the post iu the matter.
Epidemic of Diptherin.
Bay City. Mich., Jan. 23. The boards
of education and health today decided to
cloe two of the public schools on account
of d pthcria. Miss Adeline Holmes, prin
cipal of the ninth (trade high ecliool, died
tod ty of diphtheria after a short Linens.
Her sister died a few hours later from the
same disease.
The Elost Pleasant Way
Of preventing the grippe, colds, head
aches, and fevers is to use the liquid lax
ative remedy. Syrup of Figs, whenever
the system needs a gentle yet effective
cleansing. To be benefited one must get
the true remedy manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale
by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles.
S. T. S.
Special Stock Taking Sale!
100 best Gloria cilk Urr.breMas, paragon
frames. SI. 50 quality, choice $1.
Children's 2jc Fust Biatk Cotton Hose,
15c.
Gents 25c Natural Wool Hope, l'c.
Gen's' 50c Na'url Word Hose. 2.c
Ladies' 7"c B ack ('a-dimc-r' Hose, frC-c.
Radie' 0c Fine Black Cofon Hose, 33c.
Gents' Natural Wool Shirts. 75c qua itv,
39c.
Ladies' $1.73 Fine Jersey Wool Vests,
i'jC.
Ladies S1.50 Bftsket-Trai 1 Vests, 75c
5,00J fcktiua blocking Yarn, 5c a skein.
A woman representative oi
the manu acturers oi
Will be here to show the excel
lence and superiority o! that
article and to fit the corset to
all purchasers. One week only,
Jan. 30 Feb. 4.
L. S. AIRES & CO
DEN OF HUGE REPTILES.
A Trio of Monsters Dug Out By Work,
men in Colorado.
Cakon Citt, Col., Jan. 21.--0-rie of the
most startlin finds ever made iu this sec-
ti m was unearthed today at Rockva'.e, a
small mining cmt time mi e- northeast
of here. TLcanti Fecualcomixin v w as ex
cavating in the bottom of a en ch f r the
purpose of putiir.ir in a new track w hen a
peculiar formation was ran into. Tne work
man stopped to examine fciul on iigginar
aronnd the spot th strange tiling was
foun I to b a perfectly for td t-nake.
twe ve feet in length. This find caused
so much excitement that trie excavation
was continued and at a 1 t tie distance
another rep.i'e whs uncovered, and on be
im due out. was found to he twenty-foul
feet in lenat , and a- thick throiu'li as n
man's body an 1 p-r:ec:ly petr-fi-d, and"
there i tio teüins how many of the mon
sters will b- found. The three a'ready
taken out wil make ps.rtd the Colorado
exhibit at the world's fair.
MISS AHERN CHOSEN.
he Will He State Librarian Result of the
Caticu.
Miss Nellie Ahem will be the next stats
librarian. This was decided lagt nittht at
a caucus held by the members of the two
houses. Therr were ninety-one members
in the cancui and sixty-four of tl.em voted
for Miss A hern, nineteen for Mrs. Mary
H. l'ees',11 .f Vitro county and eitrht for
Leon T. Bseley of Huntington county.
The caucus wa held in the hall of
the house. It was presided over by Sena
tor E lif-on of th democratic caucus com
mittee of the senate. It was f illed to
order at 8:30 o'clock and fibeen minute.
1st r it had adjourned. Everything passed
olf emoothlv. oniinatintr speeches were
not allowed Tellers were apto nted and
th chairman called for no rain a ions.
Senator McKelbv named Mi-s Ahern;
Representative McMuil-n named Mrs.
Beeson; e.ud Representative McMahon
named Mr. Balev. The roll of the sen
ate was called and as the
names of the members were
spoken they walked forward and de
poeited their ballots in the tel er's hat.
Then the rob of the house w as cal.ed and
the reureHvntativefl did likewise. Mips
Ahern had a wa kaway from the start,
and long before the count of the vote was
completed i: was known she ha i won.
After the announcement of ths vote ws
made a motion to make the nomination
unaniit ous was carried and the caucus ad
journed. Mish Ahern 's selection is a good one.
Sho has ie n th assistant to Librarian
Ihinn, and is efficient, intel i:eiit and
thoroughly able to perform the duties of
th office satisfact ri!y. She made a
good, clean can vas and will undoubtedly
make a liist-cla.ss o'lic cl.
The lloiler lllew Up Ten Hart
BLiFeFini.D, Mich., Jan. 22. The boiiei
in the engine-room of II. B. Hathawey's
saw and planing mill blew up last night.
Separate I o- ly by a brick wtdi were Luke
Lane, engineer, Georg Hathaway and a
boy named Maione, who Here buried ia
the ruins caused bv tho explosion. Their
cries for help wee heard, but it was forty
minutes before Lane, the last one. was
rescued from under four feet of debris.
In the first house south, a distance of
fifty feet, tvere G. Jopenhnn. his wife and
three children sittiuL' at the supper tsble.
A 1 received injurie from flying tni-eiies,
w hich rompetely demo ished the house.
W. B Barrow, engineer of the grt mill
adjoining, hal juet stepped from the engine-room
into the u-il and wash own
twenty feet. Brick and boiler fines are
scattered fr rods around Although no
one was killed an I whil the injuries of
the ten are. not fully known, their escape
was iniraculou.
31ary, the Hor-e Tlilef.
Fr. Scott, Kns.. Jan. 23. -Mary Colvin,
eighteen-year-old drl, ma Je notorious as
female horse thief about six months since,
whose youth an 1 ber.uiy ar -used sympa
thy and clem-ficy, was released from jail
Saturday afternoon und bist iiiv'ht perpe
trated another d.tring act by stea ing two
bcrtes and a carriage.
A Generous Finn.
We are informed that the proprietors,
M srs. A. P. Otdwav Co.. recently sent
three dozpn of their reliable medhine.
Sulphur I'it e-s. to the Cmho ic linm lot
the Aged, whi li is highly appreciated by
tlie directors and inmates. "As v fow
so shall ye reap." Editor Cm'Wic Union,
The Sower
Jli8 no second cbanr-a. Tho
rim supp.ii's Ins neeis It lie
tokas te ie precaution, cf
laulicg
's Seeds;
. Ferry's Seed Annnnl. forisri.
I j contain- ail i Ii. iu-i and ut
V 1nlf,rrrtdll, n fli.iril i ntn. .nj
tlanlenlnc. It Is a rerocnired
f a ntiorl'y. Kvery planter should
haveli. Sint ireeon recuest
tj D. st. FEURV fc OO Detroit, MUX. I
rnrp I I w 11 send (eald)fiee a reeelt thsl
rKrr I wi" df,T,la' timul srunitea Parts
1 1VL.L, , wh eh cured tnt nf f5 -If Ahue. Lost
ManW'O1, NiRlitl Euii!'-!!, Irnr-ot bct, Var4cxli
eta. Eds ose ump. Addre-e K. C lieurr. hex t'.i,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
GÄE.GE
ntr. B.rt numm arf t. S
ba-4 fr AMr-a arcta-U DjmI. CA
atUis, O. arte Upamt ta i ins.