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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-17
Great Success of Dunn's Temperance Work
in Howard County-Suocessful
Fair at ConnersvlIIe.
Record of Work Performed by the
Illinois Fish Commissioner.
A Peoria Merchant Publicly Hnrsewhipped
Libel Suit Against Bill Nye-A
Child Attempts Suicide.
A Family Fight, Beginning in Whisky and
Ending in Murder.

Family Fight, Beginning in Whisky and
Ending in Murder.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
MICHIGAN CITY, Dec. 16.-At about o'clock
last evening a family row took place In Pine
township, Porter county, about five miles west
of this city, which eliminated in the killing of
Walter Bradt, by his brOther-in-law, Dayton
Clark, whisky being the cause of the trouble
Both men were farmers, living on a rented farm
owned by E. L. Furness, of Furnessville. Bradt
was the husband of Clarks sister, and all were
living in the same house together. Clark having
previously lost his wife, for several years had
made his home at Bradt's, working on the farm.
Both the mon came 30 Michigan City on satur-
day, with a load of hoop-poles, which they sold
j. II. Winterbotham. After receiving the pay
for the poles they filed up with whisky, and
when they started home, at about O'Clock in
the evening, both were more or less into xieated
Arriving at home, Bradt, being the drunken of
the Two, went into the house and left Clark to
put up the team. Bradt was soon involved in a
quarrel with his wife, who was blaming him for
being drunk. By the time Clark got to the
house regular fight was in progress
Bradt having thrown his wife down across
the bed railing, and was pulling out her hair
and otherwise maltreating her, Clark, seeing
his sister so terribly treated, interferred, which
caused Bradt to turn on him. At this Clark
drew revolver and fired at Bradt, the ball en-
tering his left eye, piercing che brain and NOR
tally wounding him. When Mrs. Bradt saw
what her brother had done, she was greatly
frightened, and ran to neig hbors for assistance
Clark did not attempt to escape, but remained
In the house. News of the shooting was at once
brought TO Michigan City by Joseph Weisman,
a farmer living near, and Deputy Sheriff H 8.
MeNulty and physician Immediately started
for the scene of the tragedy, not reaching there
however, until after the death of Bradt, as he
lived but an hour after being shot Clark was
arrested by Mr.. McNulty, brought to this city
and placed in Jail, where he remained until
about noon to-day, when he was taken to Val
paraso, Porter county. Bradt the murdered
man, was fifty-one years DID, and Clark is
thlrty-six. The reputation of the family was
not good, and the occurrence is not much of
surprise to the neiglfborhoOd. The sympathy
of Mrs. Bradt is with her brother, who did the
killing, ana she promised him when he left the
house with the deputy sheriff to do all she could
for him.
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AtOnfng for Injustice.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TIPToN, Dec. 15,-Tnere was printed in the
Journal of Dec. an item from this place giving
particulars of an unpleasant episode which oc-
Cured at temperance meeting, the participants
being Mr. James Dunn, the temperance lecturer
and Mr. William i. Bergman. The wording of
the paragraph was such as to leave the impress
sion that Mr.. Bergman had maliciousy dis
turbed the meeting. The WOmau's Christian
Temperance Union has unanimously adopted
resolutions indorsing Mr. Bergman as an hon
est, upright and law-abiding citizen, and express
ing the belief that the alteration between him
and Mr. Dunn did not proceed from a desire on
Mr.. Berryman's part to disturb the meeeing, but
was the result of mutual misunderstanding
The Rev. A. s. Norton, pastor of the NJ. E.
church, and Rev. Thomas A. Steele, pastor of
the Presbyterian church. OF Upton, fully concur
in the sentiments expressed in the resolutions.
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The Slayer of Mclaughlin,

Lafayette Courier
Captain Cox is we'll known here, where he was
born and raised, and where he became mem
Der of the Tenth Indiana battery. 1t is now
more than twenty years since Cox came near
causing the death Of Charles Collyer, the than
superintendent of the gas works. Collyer,
man of violent temper, got into an alteration
with Cox's father, and, in the heat of passion,
struck the old man blow on the head with
hammer. "Boney," as he was familiarly known,
thinking his fathers life in danger, and furious
at the attack upon him, whipped out revolver
and fired two shots at Coliyer, but happily with
out effect. Jerome Cox Is described by those
who know him as a whole-souled, generous,
princely man, refined and educated, and man
of great force of character, never provoking a
quarrel, but terrible in his resentment OF an in
suit or a wrong. Colonel Stein, who visited San
Francisco in 1871, DESCRIBES him as living at
that snne in magnificent style in the fashionable
Quarter of the city. His elder sister is the wife
of Colonel Spanldng paymaster of the United
States navy. His sister Martha is the
wife of Cyrus p Luce, OF Chicago, brother of
James P. Luce The family were among the
most intelligent and refined of the Star City
ldents of twenty years ago. "There is no doubt"
says Colonel Stein, but that '+'oney' had be-
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Rumor that Americans Will Make an At
tempt at Rescue


tempt at Rescue.
LONDON, Dec. 16.-The arrival of Hangman
Bnns will be secret and so will be his departure
The police allege that a plot exists among the
Invincibles to kill Binns before the hour fixed
for the execution, If possible. AS the date of
the execution approaches rapidly, the affair be-
comes more sensational peculiarly now, when
O'Donnen has acknowledged himself an Invinei-
ble has assured his comrades they need not fear
his "giving them away"
The police assert tonight that the British GOV.
ernment is informed from New York that
strong and well organized party of American In
vincbles left New York ON Nov. %, aboard the
steamer Assyrian Monarch, for the purpose of
attempting rescue of O'Donnell. This party OF
Americans, the dispatch says, are desperate,
and through their allies in England have char
tered small and swift steamer in London to
convey their rescued fellow to sea- AS ridicu-
lous and idiotic as the scheme must appear to
persons acquainted with the situation at
Eewgare, any other English prison.
the board has taken notice of it. and
posted strong corps of special men at Grave
send for the purpose of arresting these Ameri-
cans when the Assyrian Monarch arrives on
Sunday. When questioned about the matter, a
Scotland yard inspector SAYS the
about rescue was regarded ~ Tidicnlous The
ponce believe II the american party come at
az az its Zeal mission would be one
OF revenge against the officers
and Others engaged in the prosecution
of O'Donnell, and every effort would he made to
arrest the entire party the moment the steam
ship handed The government has issued per-
init to the police to search persons and luggage
and examine into the identity of every passen-
ger arriving aboard the Assyrian Monarch, ana
undoubtedly some arrests will be made, as the
government believe their information from New
York specific and reliable.
The police boarded the Assyrian Monarch on
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AMERICAN INTERVENTION.
Correspondence Between Minister Lowell
and Lord Granville.

Correspondence Between Minister Lowell
and Lord Granville.
WASHINGTON, Dec. leon Thursday last Sec
rotary Freinghuysen telegraphed Minister
Lowell, stating that the House OF Representa-
tves mad brought the case of O'DOnnell to the
Presidents notice in the hope that the latter
might secure reasonable delay in the execu-
ton of the sentence and ascertain whether the
prisoner was an American citizen, and also
whether there was error in the trial. In this
telegram Mr.. Lowell was instructed as follows.
GAS before instructed, you will consider
O'Donnels citizenship established. There be-
ing III Great Britain no judicial examination in
appeal proceedings at criminal trial possible
errors only be corrected through new
tri al, or by executive action upon the sentence;
therefore this government Is anxious that such
careful examination be given the proceedings in
this case as VIII discover error should one have
been committed. You are. therefore, directed
by the President to request delay of the execu-
ton of the sentence, and to ask that careful
government; also, that the prisoners counsel be
permitted to present any alleged points of
error"
Secretary Frelin chuysen is now In receipt of
a telegram from Mr.. Lowell, who states that on
the 18th he received the above telegram, and
Immediately communicated its substance to
Lord Granville, who acknowledged it's receipt
and stated 1t had been referred to proper alI-
thorities On Saturday, the 18th inst, Mr..
Lowell received Lord Granville's reply, in which
the latter, after referring to Mr. LowelPs com.
having submitted the representations they
thought advisable, on the prisoners hehalf,
those representations and all other eireumstan-
ces of the ease had been carefully examined
and considered in the manner usual in cases of
capital convictions, and her Majesty's govern
ment bad fonnd no grounds upon which it
would be justified in advising the crown to in
terfere with the sentence of the law or its exc
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLoOMNGToN, Dec. l6.--A few days ago
Thomas Ashley, of Chicago, formerly OF
Bloomington, owner of the Ashley House,
this city, caused the arrest OF William
Warden, until recently manager of the
Ashley House, or charge Of embczzlemen
Of $50, which Ashley claimed due him on
final settlement. On last night Ashley tele-
graphed from Chicago, dismissing the snir, but
before the message had been received Warden
had prepared papers for u suit for damages in
the sum of $4,000, which Will be fied on Mon
dav
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A Quiet Bay a. Hillsboro.

HILLSBORo, Dec. 1o.-T Tie town seems remark
ably quiet after the activity Of the week just end
ed, and the rest afforded all concerned in the
trial of the Emma Bond is fully apprecis ted.
The members of the jury are not to he envled.
To-day has been excessively duh to them, and
tomorrow will he infinitely worse. Judge Phil
lips, in giving them their instructions yester-
day, said that he would supply them with such
newspapers as he thought they might safely
read, and that they might attend church in a
body tomorrow, provided they would designate
the church they desired to attend, and that he
could induce the officiating clergyman not to
allude to the Bond case in his sermon or prayers
They will probably attend the Methodist Church
in the morning aud the Presbyterian in the
evening.
Your correspondent had a brief talk last night
with Mr. Jesse HanOn, foreman or the grand
jury that indicted Montgomery, Clement and
Pettus. and while he refused to give any positive
information regarding the nature of the evil
denee yet to be produced by the prosecution, be
intimated that IL would be strong and conclusive
OF the guilt of all of the defendants. He feels
confident of the success of the prosecution, and
bases this confidence upon the evidence shown
before the grand jury as we'll as upon the identi-
fication of Mont gomery.
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Church Dedication.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EDINBURG, Dec, l6.-The dedication of the
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, of this city, took
place to-day, Father schnell, of Columbus, Of
ticiating, assisted by Father BessoDies and
Father schider, of Indianapolis; ALSO Father
Schenk, of Seymour. Father Bessonies delivered
the dedication address, and there were very in
teresting services held during the day. A large
assembly was present from Indanap Oils Frank
lin, Seymour and Columbus.
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GALENA, Dec. ia day or two ago Wazel
Wanyock, citizen Of Highland, Wis, had occa-
sion to chastise his little son, aged about six
years, for some little offense when the little fel-
low told him that if he whipped him he would
hang himself. The father gave him couple of
saps, and after this the boy went to an ont
house and took a small rope and attached it to
nail and tied the other end around his neck
The parents missed the child and began to call
him, but he did not answer; so they went out to
look for him and found him as above stated
nearly stranged to death. At last accounts it
was feared he would not survive the ordeal he
had passed through,
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CohNERsvILLE, Dec. 15.-The knights of
Pythias' fair and exposition, which closed here
tonight, has been an unprecedented success,
the receipts for the week having been over 49,
600. AS an example of the profits, the barner's
kit, costing about 80 was voted to the most
popular barber last night and realized the man
ayers 1926.
The Catholic fair will open here on Monday to
continue to the LIST of January, the proceeds be-
ing for the benefit of the large church now in
the course of erection, 1t Will be conducted on
plan similar to the K. of P. fair.
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a coNGREssMAN.s CAREER.
An Illinois Member Who Began Public Life
a Page.

Gath's Gossip
My career was little curious" said Mr..
Townshend. Il was born at place called
Nottingham, in old Prince Georges county,
Maryland, the chief slaveholdiug county
north of the Potomac. Ny ancestors as I
understand from the records of Upper MARI
borough, came from London direct to Mary
land. One was doctor, another a lawyer,
ana third a tailor. | was descended from
the tailor In the eighteenth century, and
during part OF the nineteenth century, the
valley OF the Patuxent was very fine for to-
bacco, and my grandfather accumulated Q
large estate and great many slaves. My
father was not provident, and consequently
obtained the place of page in Congress
through friend OF our family by the name
Of Daniel Mace"
WHO was the Daniel NIace?"
He was an Indiana man, native of Ohio,
and was a prominent Democratic member
He became Clerk of the House OF Represent
atives at Washington in 1887 was presiden5
Polk Attorney for Indiana and was several
tunes in Congress. toward the last becoming
an independent He ended by being q Repub-
ican, and President Lincoln made him Post
master of Lafayette, where he committed
suicide just after the war. Mr.. Mace took
fancy to me, and putme in Congress as a PAGE.
Several pages, by the way, have come to Con-
gresS as members One of them was William
Scott, OF Erie, Pa, the railroad capitalist.
Somewhat like myself, he came from one of
the old slave counties of Virginia, Accomac.
Another page about that time was a nephew
OF Governor WISE a third was the present
United States Senator Gorham, OF Maryland
with whom 1 was very friendly. 1t was
somewhat the habit of the young fellows
surrounding Washington to seek these little
places about Congress. Among the men,
bers who came to Congress while | was there
was Sam Marshall, of Illinois. He is ma
tive of that State and was a lawyer and
judge. He came to Congress near the time
that became page, and took little inter-
est in me, and said to me: Dick, you come
out to Illinois and study law with me, and
90 into practice out there. You don't want
to waste your time around Washington and
old Maryland l did what he suggested.
went to teaching school in Illinois originally,
got into practice and little into busInea4.
and have been now twice sent to Congress.
l regard Sam Marshall as having almost Gre
ated me-"
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Gated the facts to her husband, who then went
down town and told his son. The young man
secured the services of n haekmau and lost no
time in proceeding 70 the BOylan residence.
BOylan evidently had premUultOn OF what
was coming, and ut first refused TO come out,
but was finally induced TO do 50, when the en-
ragged young man seIzed him by the collar. ana
with the whip obtained from the hackman in
heted a terrible casfigatiOn Boylan. Tie
latter yelled Justify to his wife 10 hand him his
revolver, but she refused to do so. Having pun
l5hed Boylan the young man returned TO the hack
and quietly drove away. 1t was supposed to-day
that young ReynOfs would be arrested. in which
event several citizens had expressed a desire to
pay his fine, but up TO tonight no complaint had
been flied.
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Dunn,s Temperance Work.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KoKoMo, Dec. 15.-Jimmy Dunn, the great
temperance revivaist, who has been conducting
meetings here for three months past, and by
whom over $500 have signed the pledge, ad-
dressed many people on the public square to-
day. The blue ribbon society raised ID temper
ance pole, seventy-five feet high There is no
abatement in the crowds that flock to hear
Dunn. The court house is packed nightly.
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A raaria Merchant Horse Mhinned.

PEORIA, Dec. 15.-Last night it was whispered
on the streets that a prominent grain and COM
mission merchant of this city had been guilty Of
insulting AN old lady on the streets, but moth
ing def mite could be ascertained. To-day the
report is known to be true, and that the of
fender was severely castigated by the son of the
lady. Hamp. Boylan Is the name OF the man,
and the insuted lady is "A Mrs. Reynolds sixty
years of age. The insult was confined to Ian
guage. The lady repaired home and eommuni-
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Libel Suit Apainst Fill Nc.

speelal TO the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGrON, Dee. l6.-Iesterday Bill Nye,
the humOrist. formerly of the Laramie Boomer
ang, now living at Hudson, Mich, was sued at
Chicago for $4,000 damages for libel, by DR.. j.
A. Dtsart, of Laramie. Disart claims damages
to that extent by reason Of an article written by
Nye and published in the Sunday Eye, of Chi
cago and Bloomington, one week ago.
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ATHENS, Ga, Nov. 6, 1851 am averse on
general principles To saving anything CON-
mandatory of proprietary articles, but there
are n few or the market that force chose of tho
profession who come IN conta3t with the dis
eased ana suffering to acknowledge Their
superiority. Among those / find Swift's Specific
to rank high. one poor unfortunate requests
me to tell yOu that he mad long been sufferer
with terrible blood faint, and securing littlet
any relief from other treatment, finally resorted
toSw1ft's Specific He claims that it had
afforded him relief, that he feels that his blOg|
is pure again, and wishes me to express }
deep Obligations with which I cheerfuly
ply. Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH JACOBS, Dru>
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NEURALGIA has very properly been called
"the twin sister" of Rheumatism. Both are
equally painful, alike stubborn, and results of
the same causes. Athlophoros proves that both
yield TO the same treatment Says Mr. j. e.,
Reed, of Los Angeles. Cal: az cannot tell you
how glad am that found this great remedy,
AthlophOros. I had violent pain in my face.
and took the remedy according to directions.
Before finished the first bottle the pain WAS
gone, ana has never returned"
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Seven Business Houses Hurned

CORsICANA, Tex, Dec. 16 Seven business
houses in Collins street burned this morning.
Aggregate loss, $69,000 insurance, 5000.
Following are the names of the principal losers
Powell & Straus, $l3, 900; insurance, IS. 1000 NJ
NJ. Burgess, dry goods, 1913, 900; insurance, 81 s.
900, Other losses, $4,000 and less. The fire Is
suppOsed TO have been incendiArY.
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Fires at st. Louis.

ST LOUIS, Dec. 16.-The ST. Louis glucose
works. situated at the north end of East ST.
Louis, burned tonight. Loss on the works, $40,-
600; stock, $4,000 Insured for $4,000.
The Lincoln public-school house was damaged
So, 900 Or $4,000 by fire tonight. j. f. Barry
and A. H. Lauham, two tiremen, were badly IN
jured
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ILLINOIS.
Work Performed by the State Fish Commits
sioner During the Past Year.
SDecial 10 the Tn5iooanolis JournaJ

siOner During the Past Year.
Specia to the Indianapolis Journal
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. l5.-The report of the State
Fish Commissioner was filed to-day with the
Governor, showing the work accomplished from
Sept 80, 1882, to Sept. 80, 1888. There were
distributed to the streams throughout the State
1,740,000 young native game fish, amounting in
bulk to eighty-seven bushels. These fish were
taken by the use of nets in pools and ponds,
where they we're stranded, after the subsidence
of high water The report states that in catch
ing chem five fish at least of varieties or kinds
not desirable for distribu to the interior
streams, are captured to each ono of the varie-
ties wanted. These excluded fish are put back
in the streams and their lives saved, so that
the years operations amounted to
saving of not less than 10, 100000 native fish,
that would otherwise have persisted. The
native fish saved in this way were distributed to
sixty different points in the interior of the
State, a part of them reaching every stream
crossed by railroad with which transportation
arrangements could be made.
On the distribution of carp the report SAYS
that in November, 1892, two lots of 1900 and
5000, respectively, were distributed, in assign
receipts for them the commission has required
statement of the size, area, depth and character
of water in the ponds, and where located, so
that the State has a complete record of every
place where carp have been planted within its
borders. Carp have now been planted in up
wards of 5000 ponds in the State, including for
mer distributions, and the distribution of Novem-
Der, 1882, not yet officially reported.
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come deranged by the repeated reversals of his
case, and, eXasperated at McLaughlin's cOntin-
ued misstatemenrs, determined on justice
vengeance, and went TO the mllionalre's office
in a frame of mind bordering close onto lunacy,
II he was not actually deme nted,'
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Mayor Harrison No Good.

Special to Chicago News.
Congressman Morrison, in reply to an appli-
cant for office who brought n letter of RECON-
mendation from Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
said: you had better get letter from some
body else. Harrison 6 Endorsement is not worth
= here. 1t may do In Chicago, but it is
worthless here"
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AKRON, o., Dec 16.-Thc Akron Straw Board
Works of John +. and Monroe Soldering. burned
this morning, except one building. valued NJ
100000. Loss. 100000; insurance. $4,000.
Cause unknown. The shop was running until
10 O'clock Saturday night.
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At Harrisburg, Pa. last night, Hughey Fox,
a burglar was shot twice in the neck by Con-
stable Kuhn, while the latter was trying to ar
rest him. The prisoner will probably recover.
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Steamship News.

HAvRE, Dec. 15.-Arrived: ST. Germain, New
York.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 16.-Arrived: Sandman,
Kansas.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.--Arrived Germanic
from Liverpool; Elbe, from Bremen.
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Sunday, but no arrests were made, as there was
no passenger list on board to finnish the names
OF The suspected persons