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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04

SHARON, Pa, Sept 3.-Last evening, while
six men were blasting huge piece of iron in the
bottom Of a stack of the valley furnace, blast
of giant powder was prematurely exploded by q
spark of fire from hammer. One man was in
jured fatally and five more seriously hurt. Fol-
lowing is g list of the injured:
William Ayers, terribly mangled about the
legs eyes and hands; @. Shiverton, burned bad
ly in the face eyes and arms. All the others
were burned, but not seriously. Ayers was the
support Of a father, mother and seven children.
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Wen-Knomn Men Killed hv : rrain.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 3-Jas. p Fisher, of
Southfeld, Mich, or Bellefontaine, o., and
Prosper Humbert, sheep-breeders who are well
known East and West, were killed to-day while
crossing the Chicago e Northwestern railroad
tracks near this city The double rig in which
they rode was struck by a train and demolished.
Fisher and Humbert were crushed beneath the
car wheels.
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Arrest of Paymaster Roberts.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 8. Samuel Roberts,
the defaulting paymaster. was arrested this even
ing. He was brought from his summer resi-
dence to this city and taken before Alderman
Rooney. Chas. Parish absolutely refused to
testify against Roberts. The defendant waived
a hearing and gave bail in $4,000 for his ap-
pearance at the Criminal Court
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Passenger Rates to the seaboard.

CHICAGO, Sept 3-There is nothing new in
the railway passenger rate war to the seaboard
Today all lines were selling tickets at reduc-
ton through scalpers and steamship agents. The
lowest rate at the scalpers' offices to New York
was $l4 over the Niagara Falls Short-line; $l4 so
was the rate over the Chicago & Atlantic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04
Racine a. ONO stata Fair.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept 3.--From l5, 900 to 90, 900
people Witnessed the races at the State fair
to-day. In the free for-all trottng stations,
ambassador won: Niger Doctor second, Reveille
third Best time 2:25. In the two-mile run
ming dash, Kansas won; Westfall second, Ida B.
third The 2;30 trot was unfinished
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04
Great Lumber Fire At Dubuuue.

DUBUQUE Ia. Sept. 8 This afternoon fire caught
in one Of the lumber piles of the Dubuque Lumber
Company, and was soon beyond control of the
fire department. The entire yard was burned,
and between 5000, 900 and 100000 feet of lum-
Der destroyed C. w. Robinson, lessee, loses
$65 900 to $50, 900; insured The loss in bridges,
tramways, etc, will bring the total to $780, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04
Al savinrs BANK SusnenfIs.

KANSAS Cry, Sept. 3.-The Journals Rich
mond, Mo-, special says: The Ray County Saw
ings Bank suspended business this afternoon. 1t
is asserted that the embarrassment is temporary,
and that the bank will resume shortly. No
statement is published.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04
DefauIting bank Clerk Arrested.

New YoRK. Sept 3--On arrival of the Pacific
Mail steamer Colon, at quarantine, F. Frinscea,
exchange clerk in the First National Bank, Of
Portland, Oregon, who was passenger, was ar
rested. He is charged with stealing from the
bank 81, 900, deposited by the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company.
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Death Of = Fasting woman.

READING, Pa, Sept 3-Mrs Washington
Kuler, who has been fasting for the past forty
eight days, died this morning. She was moved
to commence her fast BY reading Of Christs fast
in the Wilderness. When well, she weighed 275
pounds; now weighs but 100.
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Freight-Houge Burned.

KANeAs Cry, Sept s. The new freight
house for the Santa Fe railway in West Kan
sas City, which was nearly completed, was
burnediEo-night. Loss 0,000. which falls on
the contractors, Billinglsy 6 Sxene Of Topeka;
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04
THE CHoLEEA.


Inc SiCuaeion improving IN tne AntecSeo
p.p1s sont aA Marsa;l,as d;s,a+ol 80.
ma 1890 ~ go
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Il N.n,os 49,, :. r,,a.aa
woa,,os5a,, 49, e..a1,
- ,a tl,;,.4,. &
s;+n.+;o,, : ;,,,nro,,;,,o
a. Na,olaa a,..;.s !. 4.-.,... L 80,
+odar 49, ,,,.o .o,,a,, 80
trast aasaa
At poma o,,s s;sna4oh no,..4a a.. -. i,
twenty four hours l20 cases of cholera have oc
curred at Naples. The epidemic is spreading to
ao3ace9s alstrlcts. n
fresh cases and threa deatb nse Oeen s"en'y -nne
At Madras, British India, there were twenty
four deaths from cholera on Sunday.
There were six deaths from the disease at
Toulon, to-day, and fourteen in Perpignan and
suburbs.
The spread of cholera in italy has denressed
trade on the Vienna bourse Ten thousand
persons have fed from La Spezzia.
The italian steamer Abyssinia. from Mar
selles, has arrived in Penarth roads with three
cases of sickness The sick were taken to Car
diff hospital, where one died and the bodv was
taken to the sea and buried. The doctor who
attended the case reports thatit was undoubted-
ly Asiatic cholera.
-
Omcial hePorts concerning the disease.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3.-The Department of
State has received from the United States con
al - Na,1o. 4a,a,,n.,,, 49, ,.-.
~ ~ .s.'pio' .elo ~ sasrns 'ias 'lere nave
been lf3 cases OF cholera IN Naples and 70 deaths
within thirty-four hours.
Consul Mason. at MarseiIles. has sent tha De-
osu4 11aso = 1s1ai as senv sn0 ~
parUment Oh otate report, oated the 18TH uit.,
on cholera at that place. Since the disease
broke out the reuort saws. $40 nersons have
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The Cars yisit Postnonad.

WARSAW, Sept. 3.-The arrival Of the Car
has been postponed till Sept 8. Five hundred
more policemen have arrived In official circles
it is positively asserted that the three Emperors
will meet at Skiernirvec
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Amerlcan sehooner selzed.

ST.. PETERSBURG Sept IA Russian cor
yette has seized the American schooner Sophia
johnson, at Behring's island, Behring's sea, for
illicitly selling rum to the natives
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on agricultural Nomenclature which was dis
cussed by Professor Bessy, of Iowa, and Pro
fessor Beal. Professor Beal then cad q paper
on The Vitality of Seedn The attendance is
not large.
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WHEN INDICATIONS.
THURSDAY. - Generally fair
wedtder, stationary temperature,
FALL STYLES.

The various Departments Of the WHEN CLOTH
ING STORE are daily receiving from our Factory sup
plies for the early fall demand Though the weather
just now may not incline you to indulge in autumn
vestures you know by experience that the time when
these will be in order is not far off. Whenever, in
your Judgment, that time shall have arrived, you win
find the WHEN CLOTHING STORE thoroughly
ready to do justice to the subject to your wants and
to your desire to expend your money where it viii DO
you the most good" Disregarding all croakings
about the business outlook, and having faith in hu
manity and in the future busly preparing for
the biggest autumn trade in the annals Of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04
American missionaries Uniniured.

BosToE, Sept. 3-The secretaries Of the
AmericanBoard Of Foreign Missions are informed
from Foo-C Chow, China, that their missionaries,
as well as those of the American Methodist
society were uninjured in the recent lombard
ment.
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Assignment of the Wo

Assignment of the Woods Organ Company.
M1DDELEsEx, Mass, Sept 3.-The George
Woods Organ Company assigned its property to
N. ID. Wilbur. Liabilities, $4,000; nominal as
sets, $65 OO0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-04

spite every precaution of the officers. The most
careful inspection may fail to discover any. flaw
in her sanitary record, or present conditions
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
STATE PRESS.

Peen-to peaches are plentiful in Co
lumbia county.
An unknown sail boat has been touno
adrift on Tampa Bay.
Spongers from Apalachicola are meet
ing with good success.
A fruit evaporator at Quincy is having
all the work it can attend to.
The Gordon road from Wildwood to
Sumterville is to be finished at once.
An effort is being made to have the
Baptist Female College erected at Gain
esville.
The farmers of Middle Florida have
laid by their crop of corn and turned
their attention to the cotton, which pros
pect is very fattering.
A freak Of nature in the shape OF an
ear of corn, surrounded by thirty-SlX
small ones, forming a bunch, has been
found in Hamilton county.
Fifteen hundred acres of the Disston
lands on Lake ldhopehdlISd id$oC WIN
sold for upwards of $4,000.
There are six counties in the State that
have no bar-roOms, and of these four are
in South FIorida-Sumter, Polk, Hills
borough and Manatee.
Sugar cane culture is rapidly increas-
ing in importance on suitable lands along
the Caloosahatchee for stretch of coun-
try extending about 35 miles above
Myers. The cane fields range from five
to forty acres in extent, and the growth
this season is already very promising.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
Campaign HumOr.

Ratified candidates and rectitied whlS-
kew are absorbing attention throughout
republican states.-St. Louis Critic.
Ben Butler is the original and only
performer able to do a double shuttle on
two platforms without missing a step
Troy Telegram.
Beecher insists that Hayes was a polit-
ical poultice, but a very weak one. He
was only strong enough to draw Mr.. Til
denis salary Francisco Examiner.
Henry Ward Beecher wants to be
counted against Blaiue 100 times"
Does the Brooklyn divine propose to
train with the repeaters next fall?-Chi-
cagO Inter Ocean.
One of the Chicago papers puts it as
.'Blaine's tin pan BOOM" They proba-
bly, resorted to a tin pan rather than a
drum because they couldn't beat the tat
too.-Dubuque Democrat.
In placing Logan on the ticket in
stead of nominating a colored man, the
republicans wished to acknowledge the
war record of a hero. Every Confeder-
ate knows what a panic fear seized the
Southern regiments whenever the voice
/ of Logan. thus addressing his men, was
heard upon the austral breezes: 'Fellow-
soldiers the eyes of the world is on us
I hope nobody won't give no quarter in
the battle to-day! l don't propose tc
give no man show Their graves is
dug! Forward, march r'-LOuisvilie
Courier journal.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27

children, plurality of wives is a bless
ing to civilization"
but. nevertheless, this part of your
religion is a crime among civilized peo-
pie"
SIT is not according to the law of God,
declared Mr. Nye.
eve are civilized, and more so than
our oppressors. The latter object more
to our belief in direct revelation than
ANYTHING else. We are the true believ-
ers. and our converts come with US
knowing this and believing as we be-
lieve."
One of the single women in the party
with whom the reporter had cOnversa-
ton said that her parents had believed III
Mormonism for many years, and had
sent her to Utah because they could not
get enough money to go there them
selves.
''They will come over here" she con-
tinued, "as soon es they can get the
money and will join me in Utah"
What are your intentions there"
Il am going to my uncle. but l sup
pose l shall marry some man who loves
me-"
"Do you believe in a plurality of
wives2"
"Wen, | don't like the idea, and would
not care to marry a man with another
wife if | truly loved him. Mother says
it would be better for me to marry
man who could support me, with twenty
| other wives, than one who could not
support himself, let alone Il wife y
Several single men in the party are
going to Utah to earn a living, which
thev could not do in England. They
| believe in Mormonism, and will follow
its teachings. and will, if successful in
business, have no objection to a plurality
of wives.
The entire party started for Utah late
in the afternoon on special train over
the Erie railroad. They will distribute
themselves in all portions Of the terri
| tory.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
Don't Need to Define.

New York Evening Post Rep0.
Blaine's formal letter of acceptance is
not expected till after the democratic
convention, but it will make little differ
ence when it appears. A candidate who
can say that after giving that Chicago
platform careful study he is able to APP
prove it unqualified, does not need to
define his views any further.
Sergeant Edward Mcclure, familiarly
known as THE Old Sergeant" of Fort
Marion, at st. Augustine, died Wednes-
day and was buried yesterday afternoon
at 4 O'Clock, with military hOnOrs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
BUILDING UP MORMONIsM.
Arrival of Another Large Batch of
immigrants for Utah.
New York w Orld.

New York World.
The largest party of Mormon converts /
which has been landed here in several |
years passed through Castle Garden yes
terday on their way to Utah. They |
came in the steerage of the GuiOn steam
err Arizona, and were accompanied by
twenty-five Mormon missionaries. The
whole party were under the leadership
of Elder E. II. Nye, who has been abroad
for several years. The other returning
missionaries had been six months to two
years abroad. and are well satisfied with
their work The converts, numbering
sos in all, are mostly in families and are
from Scandinavia, with the exception of
100 who were gathered in England, Scot
land and Wales, principally the former
place There are no Irish converts
among them. An unusual number of
little children are with the party, but
very few old people being noticed. Mar
riageable young women and men are also
scarce, there not being over 100 in all.
Mr.. Nye said yesterday: 'Many of
these people have been converts to the
Mormon faith for twenty or thirty years
and were only waiting for an Opportuni-
ty to go to Utah"
did the church pay the passage of
any of them ?" asked World reporter.
Not one. These people all saved
enough to bring themselves here, and
many have snug little sums of money
about them to invest in agricultural i'm
plements or some business; for we have
many skilled mechanics in the party"
will the church provide them with
lands for cultivation?"
'sNo free gifts of any kind will be
made. People here have made a great
mistake in reference to this immigration
The church offers them nothing but {
good true religion. If we were to Offer
/ premiums for converts to our religion Wa
could fill Utah Territory in two year
~ with people from the Old World. Every
soul who goes to Utah from Europe goe
of his own accord and without any in
ducements from us"
"Are many attracted to the faith b,
your belief regarding matrimony|
"Emphatically they are not, and Mr.
Nve became indignant. People her
again make a mistake in this particular
We believe in direct revelation from tn
Lord Jesus Christ through our prophets
Joseph Smith. Brigham Young and Joh
Taylor, our present leader. The Lor
favors and commands a plurality c
wives as communicated to our prophets
and the Lord believes this comman
makes the world better and cleaner. Ht
man nature is prone to wickedness, an
you will find that in lands where poly&
amy is belief female debauchery an
weakness are at their minimum. An
woman would prefer to be an honorab
mother and wife to leading the othC
life, and where a man has wealth an
can give his attention to his wives an
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
The Carpetbag Era.


Savannah News.
The Southern States have so prospered |
since they have been under democratic |
rule that the people have almost forgot
ten the days of carpetbag and scalawag
corruption. and in the North large part
of the population look upon the charges
of misrule in the South, made against the
republican party, as gross exaggeratlons
or absolute fabricaUions.
A reminder of the carpetbag era goes
to the country in the shape of an inter
view. in the Chicago Herald, with eX
Governor of South Carolina Moses, alias
DIR. Warren, now confined in jail at that
city on the charge of obtaining money
under false pretences:
sometimes" said the Ex-Governor,
| with bitter smile. Il think it would
have been better for me if l had gone to
| Washington and got Clerkship. People
call me a thief because l was Governor
of South Carolina in corrupt era, but |
want to say right now that the bulk Of
the stealing, the horrible crimes in legis-
lation, the awful corruption and defiance
of deCency, which ran South Cardinals
debt to S22 100000, was before | came
into the GovernOrship. [ had nothing to
do with Scott and Parker and John Pat
terson and their New York man, kimp-
ton. They were the ones that piled the
debt up. [ was reckless, no doubt.
used to buy niggers for 81 to do any
thing | wanted done when | was speaker
of the Assembly. and | got the money to
do it with from this gang, but how they
were stealing was never revealed to me.
wanted to be Governor. 1t was a
pride-a personal and family pride.
saw that there was but one way-make
= myself popular with the niggers. I did
it, | fiattered some, associated with
I others, but bought many more. 1t was
wrong, l know. My life was ruined.
1 was made an outcast. l did not dare
l even to go back to Sumter. | had tC
meet my own father even in secret.
: am now an outcast a miserable, wretch
e ed iail bird, but even with that feeling
l can see my errors and blame nobod,
h but myself. I say-(this with the ole
pleading loolz) don't be too hard on me
9 now, will your
t Moses was not one of the worst of tn
/. set of williams that robbed the Southern
a States. For personal reasons he sough
II to tear down the social barriers that pre-
e serve a cummunity pure and virtuous
rs But he was bad enough in all conscience
y The wretched old man committed fO
IS trial is utterly friendless, deserted b
l. those who used him in the days of h
power. and even forsaken, it is said, b
y his wife and children.
There are many others of the Nose
r. stripe now in affiuent circumstances, OF
re cupying high social and political pos
T. tions and enjoying their ill-gotten gain
he Surely the day of their punishment Wi
S, vet come. Moses is doubtless one
IN those whose sins have gone beforehan
rd to Judgment. No doubt, even in Il
OF heyday of his power, Moses was a snea
S, thief at heart, but it is more than like
nd that when the Just Ruler of the Univer
u renders his Judgment on the deeds of {
ld men it will be better for the petty thi
G. than for the magnificent plunderers
nd the carpetbag era.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS BY WIRE AND CABLE.
TREMENDOUS FLOOD.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Private advices
from Pena Blanca, south of Fort Davis,
Texas, say that great water rush from
above on the Rio Grande has come down
and is now filling the Grand CanOns of
San Carlos, San Vicente and Rio Grande
to depth of more than 300 feet, and is
spreading with great devastation.
SHOT IN A STREET CAR.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 25.-Military
Cadet Gonzales. the Presidents twenty
year old son, was riding in a street car
Yesterday with Captain Pedro CARA,
professor in the military school, when
he became involved in a quarrel with
General Majors son, and the latter, with
his servant, was shot dead by Cara.
A DEAD MANS DRIVE.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N. Y, June 25.-
The severe storm which visited this place
Yesterday afternoon did more damage in
the surrounding county than in the inn
mediate vicinity of Richfield Springs.
Jack Waffle started from this village
with load of lumber for Springfield,
and when about three miles from the
village the lightning knocked down one
of his horses and killed himself. The
horse finally recovered and got up, and
the team took the wagon to the home OF
Waffles father, the hands of the dead
man still grasping the lines.
DEATH IN THE CREAM.
PITTsBURG, June 25.-A special from
Coal Bluff, Pennsylvania, says: ''SatHr
day evening last eleven persons ate ice
cream in a saloon, and within two hours
the entire party were taken with yOmit
ing and pains i'll the stomach. Severa
were thrown into cOuvul6iOns. The
party consisted of William COnlin, hi
wife and child Joseph Conlin, Mrs
Wilson, widow with three children
Thomas Williams, Robert Cook and ;
negro man. One of Mrs. Wilson's chill
dren died yesterday, and tonight one 0
the men died. Cook and Mr. and Mrs
Conlin are not expected to live, and tn
children are vegy~1ow. There is grea
excitement over the affair. Coal Bluff
a small mining town on the MOnongahel
river, sixteen miles from here"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27

The late Rogers Bey, the great Egypt
ologist and Arabic scholar, and the ols-
coverer of the tOrnbs of the caliphs,
leaves a wonderful collection of Arab
coins worth some $4,000,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-27
State of Florida, County Court for
Putnam County.

In the matter of the estate of Frederick D.
Lente, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed by the county court of
Putnam county, Florida, administrator of the
estate of Frederick d. Lente. deceased. All
persons having any demands against the es-
tate of said deceased are hereby notified 70
present the same TO the undersigned, within
the time prescribed by law or this notice will
be pleaded in bar.
WILLIAM KENBI.E LENTE,
Administrator of the Estate of Frederick ID.
Lente, deceased, Palatka, Florida,
St. Landry democrat., 1884-04-12
IS WHO KILLED HIM2''

An Incident of the Riley Tragedy in st.
Louis, MO.s-Mrs- Riley Still Living-Her
First Knowledge of the Suicide of Her
Husband-RecOvery Doubtful.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, March n,
| 81 will warrant that the woman
will live at least nine days
longer" said Mrs. CAN'T, Mrs
Riley's nurse this morning. E'She is,
sleeping now. You can look in upon her,
| but don't for the world disturb her"
Following the direction of the nurse the
reporter stepped to the door of the-cham-
Der. Mrs. Riley was sleeping. Her
wasted face was toward the door and one
hand lay outside the coverlet. The arm
was barred. So thin and shrunken was
the hand and arm that the blue veins
seemed like swollen cords. She was
asleep, but such sleep-ttful and fever
ISL, broken by strange starts and pitiful
groans-
"Has she been conscious to-day.
nurse?''
eyes, she awakened this morning and
was quite conscious. For the first time
she asked about her husband and''-
The nurse began weeping and it was
some Time before she would GO on with
her story. By patient questioning it was
brought out and was in substance this:
The patient awoke a little after nine and
asked: ''Where is Mr.. Riley?" The
nurse, thinking she melnt William Riley,
her husbands brother, replied: evil
liam was here last evening and went
away. will send for him if you want to
see him."
"No, no; not him. My husband, George.
tell you lam pretty weak. / don't think
am going to last very long l want to
see my husband and have him here. Where
is hep
s'Don't you know where your husband
is?'' The patient tried to raise her head
from the pillow. She grasped the hands
of her nurse.
ono! No! Whereis he? Tell me, have
they taken Runaway? Why don't he come
and see me?"
"HE is DEAD.n
"Who killed him?" she cried. "What
was he killed for?''
He killed himself replied the nurse.
Mrs. Riley fell back upon the pillow in
a faint. She recovered in a few moments,
however, but said nothing more and soon
fell into a fitful sleep.
If she RECEIVERS the doctors will consid-
er it almost miracle, and yet herpresent-
strength astonishes them. She may live
on several weeks.