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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
TWO SISTERS IN COURT.
One the Widow of the Victim of the Others
Husband.

Husband.
Atlanta Special, April 30.
The trial and conviction of James Stringer
in the Lumpkin Superior Court had some
dramatic features He was indicted for the
murder of young Gaddis, four weeks ago.
The evidence was mainly that of the
wife of the murdered man, who testified
that Stringer and two or three other men
came to mis- house at o'clock at night and
called him out. Having heard threats against
him he refused to go, but she went to the
door to parley with them, and he endeavored
to escape by another door. Opening it he
made a noise, which attracted their attention.
They ran around the house in time to see him
leap from the door, and his wife, likewise
rushing to the door, saw Stringer raise a
pistol and fire. and saw her husband reel
and the crowd follow him Off The jury
found the prisoner guilty. When Judge
Estes pronounced the sentence the prisoner,
who had been stoical and unmoved through
out the whole, rose and asked leave of the
court to say few words to the wife of Cad
dis, who had been the principal witness
against him. The Judge refused to do so,
but told him he might say anything he de-
sired to the court if in a respectful and
proper manner AT this he broke down ut
terlv and wept bitterly but offered no re-
marks. Stringer and Gadds were both young
men. and married sisters, each having been
married but a short time. While the young
widow, with her little babe at her breast, sat
at the stand and swore to Stringer's guilt
she looked straight in the eyes of her young
sister a girl almost child, slender and help
less, who sat by the side of her guilty hus-
band to hear her own sister swear his life
awaV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Starved and Tortured Paupers.

New BRUNSWICK N. j., May 1.-Startling
disclosures have been made by an investiga-
ton into the conduct of the keeper of tine
poor of East Brunswick township. Since
last March this Office has been filled by
Adolph Hartmann, formerly butcher in
Midtown, who received So 25 a week for each
inmate. 1t is alleged that the paupers are
given barely enought food to sustain life
and are kept without fire and in the most de-
plorable condition. local paper publishes
an account OF a visit by it's reporter to the
institution, which states that the sick are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
A Texas Railroad Sold.

DALLAS, Tex, May 1.-The Texas Trunk
railroad. with all its franchises land grants
and rolling stock was sold here to-day, under
foreclosure, by order Of the United States
Court, for $162, 0O0 Messrs. Dickinson and
;Sortwelt, of Boston; Adams, of Dallas;
stephen and Chew, of New York, are the
purchasers This is said to be low. The
road runs thirty-fye miles, to Kaufman, and
IS graded twenty miles beyond. Several
leading citizens OF this city are interested in
the purchase, and will 90 into the directory.
This insures the completion of the road to
Sabine Pass. The purchasers, with several
leading citizens will inspect the road to-
morrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Beginning of Rev. IL. o. Hoffman's Suit
for Damages
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special to the indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, May About year ago a
girl employed in the family of Rev, H. O..
Hoffman, Methodist minister in this place,
give birth to child and claimed that the
the reverend gentleman was its father. On
examination the charges were sustained
and last fall, at church trial at Lincoln, he
was expelled from the ministry. Mr.. Hoff-
man has now brought suit for SANDER laying
his damages at $1,000. The trial comes up
to-day in the Mclean County Circuit Court,
and its result is awaited with much interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
LABOR AND STRIKES.
All Questions but One Settled by the Gin.
cinnati Cigarmakers.

cinnati Cigarmakers.
CINCINNATI, May There will be no dis
turbance here among the cigarmakers on ac-
count of the reduction of the tax. They struck
some time ago for an addition to wages, and
succeeded, as did the cigar-packers. There
remains but single question unsettled be-
tween employees and employers, and that
will not present itself till fall, when gas is
burned Heretofore the workmen have been
required to pay 80 cents month for the gas
burned while at work, mornings and even
ings. Strikes for an advance have been made
at Newark, o., and at Portsmouth, The de-
mands OF the workmen at Wheeling, w. Va.
Steubenvile, O., and Urbana, O., have been
complied with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

New YORK, May Ia certificate of incor-
poration of the Torrite Powder Company, of
Mexico, has been filed. The object of the
company is the manufacture, purchase and
sale of Torrite Powder and other explosives
for blasting and applicable in the arts and
ordinary pursuits of men. The business
will be carried on in California, Mexico and
such other parts of the American continent
and contiguous islands as shall be necessary.
The capital stock is fixed at 81 900, 900, di-
vided into 100000 shares. The company is
to exist for fifty years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
No Strike at Braidwood.

BRAIDwooD, H., May IA large meeting
of coal miners was held to-day to consider
the proposition of the mine operators for
reduction of five cents per ton for digging.
1t was decided, in view of the reduced price
of coal, to accept the reduction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

special 10 the Indianapolis journal.
SEYMOUR, May Yesterday w. H. Thomas
stock-trader of this county, went to Jen-
nings county and secured horse which had
been stolen in Fountain county. He was
leading the animal behind his buggy, when,
near Newry, man stepped from the under
brush, pointed revolver at him, and COM
PEELED him to surrender the horse He drove
to his home at Crothersville, and, securing
aid, pursuit was made, but without avail. 1t
is supposed the man was one White, of JEFF
ferson county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
FataI AccIdent to a switchman.
,cial to the Indianapolis journal.

Speclal 10 the Indianapolis JOurnal.
Fort WAYNE, May AT Ills o'clock last
night switch engine in the Fort Wayne
yard OF the Lake Shore railroad ran over
man named Albert Benner, a switchman,
crushing both legs and MASKING his head.
Death was almost instantaneous. Benner
leaves a widow, who is a student at the Con-
servatory of Music in this city. He formerly
lived at Goshen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
RnstIers DRIVING on Indian stook.

LIVINGSTON, M. T., May lit is discovered
that an organized band of rustlers are run
ming off the stock of the Crows on the
Wyoming border, and the Indians are asking
for protection. Majo Louden, at Fort Ell
lis, is holding himself in readiness to march.
1t is now believed that this gang, instead of
the Ciegans, made the recent raid upon the
Indians ranges,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
All Peaceful at milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, May 1.-The cigarmakers are
at peace with themselves and the manufac-
turers, and hold their places. The small
shops have granted the advance of 81. In
these places the men make the entire cigars,
and they had the manufacturers at a disad-
vantage, but in the large factories girls pre-
pare the filling and the men simply roll on
the leaf, aud new hands are easily taught.
There was no increase at these places.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Petersburg Sales.

PETERSBURG, May There was great &C.
hvity in the tobacco market to-day Two
special trains Of twenty-five cars each left
here for Norfolk with 100000 pounds of
tobacco consigned to parties in the New
England States. A large quantity was also
Shipped from here to points in different
southern States, and several hundred thou
SAND pounds were shipped from City Point
to New York. The aggregate sales of tobacco
and cigar stamps to-day were So, 81
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

WAsHINGToN, May 1.-Secretary Teller
says be does not intend to make any reply
to the charges contained in Senator Hills
letter except in so far as they relate to his
management of the affairs of the Interior
Department. The Secretary specifically
added, in response further inquiry. the
personal illusions of this letter | do not in
tend to dignity by an answer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
A Youthful Fire-Rne.

Boston, May MANY attempts have lately
been made to burn the Hotel Glendon. Hat
tie Thornton, aged twelve daughter of one
OF the occupants, has been detected as the
culprit. She admitted the charges, and said
she did it because she ''liked to see the blaze"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
A Grudging Endorsement.
asbinotoD Dat fno,..

In the records of the Department, Mr..
Raums administration will always stand
well. In the recollection of patriotic cit.
zens, Commissioner Raum will appear as one
of the ablest of the worst school of politi-
clans That he has been able to make faith
full collection of the revenues while using his
bureau as a section of the political machine,
may be accepted as an attestation of high
administrative capacity, but should not be
regarded as a vindication of his course.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Great Sales at Ricbmond.

RICHMOND, Va, May 1.-The collector of
internal revenue for this district has issued
since midnight last night stamps under the
new law for nearly 1000, 900 pounds of manu-
featured tobacco, 1000, 900 cigarettes and l.
600 900 cigars The tax aggregated in round
numbers S165 600
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
OFF on an Excursion.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, May IAN excursion coh-
sisting of over one hundred persons, from
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and other sur
rounding States, left here this afternoon at
o'clock, for San Francisco Cal. The ex-
cursion will go over the Chicago & Alton and
the Southern Pacific
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02


TOLEDO, May IA bold attempt at robbery
was made this afternoon at the Toledo Ma
tional Bank. A gentleman had drawn about
81 900, which he laid on the counter for a
moment, when young man standing near
seized the money and made off with it. He
was quickly overtaken, the money recovered,
and the thief conducted to the police station,
where he gave the name of John I. Carter,
and claimed to hail from California.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
San Francisco Sales.

SAN FRANCISCO, May IA large crowd was
in attendance, this morning, TO purchase to-
bacco revenue stamps. At 8 o'clock $50, 900
worth were sold, and the revenue depart
ment was in a state of siege this evening.
Over $125 900 worth were sold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Louisville Collections.

LOUISVILLE, May 1.-The collections to-
day, at the office of the collector of internal
revenue were the largest ever made here, and
aggregated $126000.6 UP to P. NJ, when the
office closed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
Internal Revenue Receipts-Large Increase
Over the Same Period Last Year.

Internal Revenue Keceipts-Large Increase
Over the Same Period Last Year.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-rAn itemized report
of internal revenue receipts for the nine
months ending March 81, shows that COM
pared with the corresponding period of the
preceding fiscal year, there was an aggregate
increase of s., 262, 900. The receipts from
distilled spirits show an increase OF So, 246,-
600 while those from tobacco show a de-
crease of 81, 60, 900. The aggregate receipts
for April show a falling off of about $500, 600,
which still leaves receipts for the ten months
ending to day about 81, 700, 900 in excess of
the receipts for the same ten months of 1882.
These figures indicate that the internal
revenue receipts for the current fiscal year
will be equal to those of last year, which
were over STAG 100000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
A Dead Man Found in a Box Car.

CHICAGO, May 1.-The charred remains of
an unknown dead man were found this
morning in detached box car loaded with
lumber, on side track at RidgeIand, a sub
urb of this city. There was a strike among
the men employed on the dummy road in
that village, yesterday, and the police adj
vance the theory of murder and the firing of
the car to conceal the crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Gamblers Captured.

New York, May 1.-The police, tonight
raided the gambling house, No. 40 South
Fifth avenue, kept by Spaniard named
Garcia Twenty-four persons including the
proprietor, were captured. 1t required the
entire reserve of the fifteenth precinct to
take them in, as they fought desperately to
escape.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

DETROIT Mich, May 1.-The collector of
internal revenue was busy all last night here.
as elsewhere, supplying new tobacco stamps
for the trade. Sixty thousand dollars worth
were given out Immediately after midnight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
A Young Farmer Takes His Own Life.
Snaeial to the IndlanapOlis Journal.

RICHMOND, May Jesse Clark, young
farmer residing near Chester, this county,
plowed until o'clock this afternoon and
then went to the barn and hung himself to
beam. His father was found dead beside the
road few years ago, and it is supposed that
he too took his life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

they have taken many orders at the full
amount OF the rebate in government tax
OF s..
AT Lynchburg, Va, the cigar manufac-
tories are all closed on account of the strike
OF cigarmakers. The increased schedule of
prices submitted to the manufacturers was
accepted, but the latter resent the attempt of
the cigarmakers' union to regulate the en-
ployment of apprentices
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
The Society of the ARMY of the POTOMAC.

WASHINGTON, May General A. A. Hum
phreys, General Horatio G. Wright and
Major John NJ. Carson, representing the So
ciety of the Army of the Potomac, called on
the President to-day and invited him to take
part in the annual reunion of the society, to
be held in Washington on the 10th inst.
The invitation was accepted. Several mem
bers of the cabinet also signifled their inten-
ton to be present.
The reduction made in railroad rates by
the trunk lines from all points and accept
ances OF invitations by most of the dstin-
guished officers of the Army of the Potomac
indicates that the attendance at the coming
reunion will exceed that usual upon such
occasions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

kept in an attic, where the snow sifted
through the roof, and without proper cover
ing. One man, it is stated, lay with the flesh
rotting from his bones from a neglected sore
Another was dying, and was being treated to
rum and whiffs from tobacco pipe, with the
death rattle in his throat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Portrait Presentation.
Special to the IndianapOlis JOurnal.

bptclhI 70 INC InulaDapOIIs JOuThN,
UNION CITY, May This evening. at Opera
Hall, John H. Slime. OF Washington, D. c.,
in an eloquent and instructive address, pre-
scented Sedgewick Post No. 49, G. A. r., with
beautiful portrait of General John Sedge-
wick after whom the post is named.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

A Missouri Edition of Tewksbury Unearthed
by County Paper.

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-The apparently very
highly sensational reports regarding the con-
dtion of the poor-farm in Pettis county, this
State, which were recently put in circulation
through the Sedalia Democrat, seem to be
confirmed, and the press Of this city demand
an investigation and the prosecution of who
ever is responsible for the disgraceful state
of affairs, and the general overhauling of
similar institutions throughout the State
The poor-house in question, so far as business
is concerned, is represented to be an old
tumble-down rookery, scarcely fiji to house
animals, and the treatment of its inmates
consisting of over twenty insane idiots and
diseased persons, many of them entirely
helpless, is said not only to be disgraceful
and abominable in the highest degree, but
utterly heartless and cruel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

Harmon Thompson, resident of Salem,
found ON the railroad track near Salem, some
time ago, his body horribly mangled. 1t was
supposed at the time that his death resulted from
accident. Childers says this is not the case that
he and another party killed Thompson for his
money and afterward placed his body on the
railway track 10 conceal their crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
Grist-Mill Burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, May flames Detraz's grist-
mill, near Brooksburg above Madison, was
burned by an incendiary, last night. Loss,
So 500; insurance, $1,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
THE TOBACCO MOVEMENT.

Tho collector of Lynchburg Does a Whole
sale Business in Stamps.
LYNcHBURG, Va, May There was the
greatest movement in manufactured tobacco
here, to-day, ever recorded in history. Nearly
SOC, 900 worth of stamps were issued, and
thirty-six carloads of tobacco, aggregating
about 800, 900 pounds, were shipped to various
points One firm shipped 10000 pounds.
But for the damaging strike by the opera
tlves, the shipment from this point would ex-
coed million pounds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

CHICAGO, May 1.-Dr. Henry Meyer has
caused the arrest of Henry T. Brett, wood
and coal dealer, whom he charges with black
mailing him. Meyer about four years ago
married woman named Gelderman, who
was possessed of $50 900 or $50, 900, whose hus-
band had died short time previously, under
circumstances that created the suspicion that
he had been poisoned. Within a year after
the marriage of DR.. Meyer and Mrs Colder
man, daughter OF the latter, six years of
age, by her first husband was found drowned
in the bath-tub, and again unpleasant rumors
circulated among the neighbors, but investi-
cation by the police disclosed no criminalty.
The arrest of Bretz was in consequence of
statements made by him to the police that
DIR. Meyer had approached him with prop
osition to poison Mrs. Meyer, and that
deadly drug was given him to administer to
the woman as she was going west on a pro-
jected visit to friends. A detective who was
assigned to work upon the case, using Brett
as decoy, confirms the statements OF the
latter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
HorsfoM,s Acid Phosphate.


Dr. Daniel Il. Nelson, Chicago, says: 81 find
It pleasant and valuable remedy in indiges-
tiUn, particularly In overwOrked men,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

Mr.. ]. D. CIsERo, OF Indianapolis, was cured
OF Biliousness OF two years standing, by the use
Of RrOwn's Iron Bitters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02

BISMARCK, d. T., May Seeding is finished
on the Missouri slope. The wheat on ex-
President Haves's farm is three inches high
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-02
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Two Well-Known Union City Men
Held to Bail for Grave Robbery.

Suicides at Evansville and Richmond
Shooting ARRAY at Logansport, Which
May Result Fatally.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-02
SAVED By Il KISS.

ga kiss saved mel" Immediately
every face bent toward. Richly, dain-
tly-clad women and moneyed men filled
the spacious room, but the silence that
followed could be felt, so eager were they
to catch every word.
Some one had spoken lightly of the
trifies that so surely make up the sum OF
happiness or woe. TRIES count for
nothing they thought; it is the great
events that determine the destinies OF
men for good or Ill. It was this that
had drawn forth the statement and the
explanation that followed.
81 know nothing" he continued, "oi
my parents or of the circumstances OF
my birth. Nothing in all the bitter past
clings so close to memory as the certain
ty that I belong to nobody and nobody
belongs to me.
In one Of our large cities, in local
ity where there are many little homeless
ones, where baseness is the ruling ele-
ment, may or may not have had my
birth at least, that was the first that
knew of myself.
Poverty isn't so hard if we've some
one to love US; but no one cared for me
and all the days were alike, and the
night seemed an eternity of time. There
is bitterness of sorrow in the lives OF
the homeless of which God only can
know.
"The snow had fallen and the cold
March winds were blowing, leaving no
choice, except the sunniest side of the
dismal street in which we found shelter.
al, with others whose years are few,
and whose homes are anywhere, had
sought the sunniest side, when lady
paused beside us, smoothed back the
tangled locks and kissed me. That was
the first caress l had ever known, and it
saved me-
1t was years before grew out OF
that life to better one; but whether
had where to lay my head, or not, I felt
that presence Of light football, the soft
touch Of a hand.
Coat Of the pure depths of her pity
ing womanbood she kissed me. 1t was
trifing thing, indeed, to kiss a home
less, friendless child; but because OF
that kiss, and with the Fathers help,
stand to-day upon the firm basis of an
honorable manhood. - Christian at
Work.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-02
C.fvNrB4LTSlT IN H.Tr

- was only people who had heen
killed that were considered goal fer
food. Those who died a natural death
were never eaten-invdriab.y buried.
But it certainly is q wonder that the
isles were not altogether depoprlatcd,
owing to the number who were killed.
Thus, in Namena, in the year 1851, fl y
bodies were cooked for one feast And
when the men Of Bau were at war with
Yerata they carried of ESQ bodies, sew
enteen Of which were piled OH q canoe
and sent to Rewa, where they were
received with wild Joy, dragged about
the town and subjected to every species
OF indignity ere they finally reached the
ovens. Then, too, just think of the
number of lives sacrificed in country
where infanticide was recognized insti-
tuition, and where widows were strangled
as matter of course Why, on one
occasion, when there had been horri-
BILE massacre of Namena people at Viva,
and upward of 100 fisherman had been
murdered and their bodies carried as
6okola to the ovens at Bau, no less than
eighty women were strangled to dc
honor to the dead, and corpses Lag il
every direction of the mission station
1t is just thirty years since the Rev.
John Watsford, writing from here, &c.
scribed how twenty-eight victims lad
been seized one day while fishing. They
were brought here alive, and only
stunned when put into the ovens. Some
of the miserable creatures attempted to
escape from the scorching bed of red-hot
stones, but only to be driven back and
buried in that living tomb, whence they
were taken few hours later to feast