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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-24
THE BASEBALL SEASON.
Manager Clifford at Work Organizing the IN
dianapOliS %Club-NOtes Of the Game.

The base ball season is upOn US. Manager
Clifford has gone actively to work to organize
the anime for the seasons play, and on Saturday
notified all of them by telegraph that they must
report without delay, Mari Philips, the short
stop, reported on Saturday night, making the
fourth member of the team on the ground, the
others being Kerins, Keenan, and McKeon.
kilograms were received from Callahan and
Friess acknowledging the receipt of their money
and promising to start for Indianapolis to-day.
Macarthur telegraphed thathe would leave De
troit to-day, Peltz has already started from New
Orleans, and Dorgan and Merrill have notified
the club that they will report Immediately.
Thompson also telegraphed that he leaves for
indianapolis tomorrow. He spent the winter at
his home in London, Ont. Manager Clifford will
put them to work as soon as they have reported,
and 1t IS safe to say that every member of the
nine will be on the field by Thursday. In prac-
tcing the men will be made to play their regular
positions, while the extra battery will do the
batting. Clifford was at work on Saturday on
his rules, which will be exceedingly strict. The
first time a player takes a drink he will be sub
jected to a fine of $50. ard for the second offense
will be expelled. AS expulsion this year carries
with 1t being black-listed from the entire Amer
lean, National and Northwestern associations, it
IS reasonable to presume that the rule will be
obeyed: The indianapolis clubs directors have
decided that Dan OLeary owes the club $15S,
which must be paid by April 81, on
pain of being black-listed. A telegram from st.
Louis announces the death, from pneumonia,
Of Arthur Croft, first baseman of the Indian
apolis nine of 1878. Jimmie Donnely, of last
years Indianapolis club, will pitch this season
for the Minneapolis club. Secretary Wickoff, of
the American Association, has notified those
concerned of the engagement Of players as fol
lows: st. Paul, VIM. O'Brieu, C. N. Parker. J.
Werick, Wm. Ireland, Charles Robran; Toledo,
Ed T. Brown; Harrisburg. Fred Carl, j. B. Mum
gan; Domestics, of Newark, N. j., Walter
Beatty.
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Miss Goldstein, who ran away from Quincy,
has been found in Chicago. Her action is unex-
planned.
H. B. Funk, of Flat Rock, was killed by the
discharge of his gun while he was digging a
grounding out of winter quarters.
H. Willis, of De Kalb, fell from the loft of his
barn to the floor below-a distance Of twenty
six feet-and was instantly killed.
Reports from different parts of the State
speak favorably of the new wheat crop. Indica-
tions point to a larger crop than that of last year
AT Carmi. William Sanders was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for killing Enoch Bal
l%entine, a Wabash railroad brakeman, on Christ
mas.
Thomas Elliott and Slippery Simms, both
white, and Henry Lewis, colOred, escaped from
the Cairo jail by breaking the iron bars from a
window.
John Watson, a farmer, of Lawrenceville, has
disappeared. A murder is believed to have been
committed, and the authorities are being urged
to probe the mystery.
Thomas Hayes, of Bloomington, attempted
suicide by taking dose of poisonous liniment.
He has recently made several attempts upon his
life. Domestic infelcity is the cause.
The licenses of all the saloon keepers of Nash
vile expired on Saturday. Five s~aloon-keepers
took out new $500-licenses and four new $105-
licenses. Five retired from business.
Durham Post, q. A. R., of Decatur, has de
cided to have an s.. 600 monument erected in the
center of the old square in memory of the old
soldiers of Macon county who died in the service.
The names of soldiers will be inscribed on the
slab.
There is considerable excitement at Elgin
among owners of horses over the discovery of a
pronounced case of CHAMBERS. A horse belonging
to Joseph Former, a truckman, was found to
have the disease in a most tirulcnt type, and
was at once shot. Others have been exposed to
the contagion, and it is feared Fortner himself is
infected.
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NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

Sealed proposals viii be received by the Board Of
School Commissioners, for the erection and compile
ton of a new four-room school building, located at the
corner of Union and Phipps streets.
Plans and specifications for the erection of the
above-named building can be seen at the Office of the
Providing and Supply Agent, corner Pennsylvania
and Ohio streets, on and after Monday, March 24,
1881.
Payments to be made al the option of this Board.
either in cash as the work progresses, on the certit-
Gates of the person in charge of the work, or 20 per
cent. of the estimate in cash as the work progresses
and the remainder on the 1st of July. 1886, bearing
D per cent interest, the bidder specifying the terms
of payment upon which his bid is made.
Blank forms for proposals will he furnished, and
bidders will be required to give the names Of their
bondsmen and subcontractors.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
Proposals to be carefully sealed and marked PRO.
posals for New School Buildings addressed TO Chas.
W. Smith, Secretary Board of School Commissioners
and left at the Office not later than i p. m, Saturday,
March 20. ~
By order of the Board.
ROBERT BROWNING.
Oh. Com. Buildings and Grounds.
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Fatal ARRAY Between Farmers.

MARCO, March pat Pleasant Valley, seven
miles west of here, Hut Goodman was sitting in
his house when a man named Yes Meeks en-
tered, drew his revolver, and shot Goodman in
the back, the ball passing through the body,
lodging just under the skin in front. Goodman
turned, threw Meeks down, wrenched his revolver
from him and shot Meeks three times. twice in
the forehead and once in the chest, killing him
instantly. GOODMAN is still living, but physi-
clans say he will die soon. The cause is an
old grudge of several years standing. Goodman,
it is said, debauched Meeks's sister. Meeks was
drunk.
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An Explosion of sulphur at a Colliery.

%SHAMoK1N, Pa, March 22-Two men were
killed and a third seriously injured by an ex-
plosion of sulphur, yesterday, at Carson colliery,
near this place. Zacharias Henninger and Cavel
Gatenbouskey, Hungarians, were working side
by side in a narrow chamber only four feet high.
They were on their knees, and about twenty
yards down the chamber Peter Suppoleki was
engaged in drilling. 1t is thought that foul gas
must have accumulated in a crevice above the
heads of Henninger and Gatenbouskey, for sud
denly a terrible report sounded through the
mine, followed by the falling of the roof. ITO
miners were hurled down the narrow passage
way sixty feet and fiattened and scraped against
the surface of the rocks. A great mass of coal
and slate, weighing three tons, fell upon Gaten-
bouskey, mangling and crushing his body. His
flesh was burned and twisted. and when his re
mains were removed the skin hung in hayed
shreds. Henninger was also badly mutilated.
Suppolsk was burned about the hands and face,
and his beard and hair were shriveled up to the
skin and scalp.
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
A Town Marshal W~aylaidand Savagely
Beaten by Two Drunken RufianS,
Murder at Observation-Disclosures Of a
Case of a Supposed Murder at Dan
vile. iIl.-NOtes and GleaningS.
INDIANA.
DisgracefuI Riot at Martinsville Marshal
Cox Seriously Injured.

DisgracefuI Riot at Martinsville - Marshal
Cox Seriously Injured.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARTINsvILLE, March Bon of the most
disgraceful riots that ever occurred in Martins
vile took place last night about 0 o'clock. Ed.
Mitchell and Yves. Stout headed a drunken gang
and defied all officers here. Early in the evening
threats were made against Marshal Cox, and
later, when Cox requested them to keep quiet,
he was assaulted. He resisted, but was over
powered. Sheriff Haltom attempted to arrest
Stout, and was struck by Stout, who made his
escape. Open threats were then made against
the life of Cox. Stout and Mitchell waylaid him.
knocked him down, and would have killed him
had assistance not come. Deputy Sheriff John
Conner cooked a revolver in Mitchelrs face
and arrested him. Ed. Mitchell, Yves. Stout,
Dan. Birge, Aaron Guthridge and f. w. Paxson
were arrested for assault and battery, with intent
to kill, and are under bond. The preliminary
trial will be held next Friday. Five indictments
are filed in the Circuit Court for assault and bat
terry. Paxsoni is county superintendent of schools,
and Mitchell is a councilman. Cox is an old man,
his injuries are very serious, and may prove
fatal. The excitement is high, and the people
are very indignant.
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At Covington, William Briggs was killed by 4
falling tree.
James O'Brien, of Bedford, has been appointed
cadet to West Point.
A. R. Wolf. clothing dealer, of Muncie, was
closed by the sheriff on Saturday.
Mrs. Louisa Plunkett jumped from a moving
train at Veedersburg, and received injuries that
may prove fatal.
Mrs. Duskey, of Moore's Hill, widow of Elijah
Duskey. dropped dead to day. She was ninety
years old and a pensioner of the war of 1872.
J. NJ. Brady & Coz dry-kiln, at North Man
chester, was destroyed by fire. 1t was full of
heading; all burned. Loss, $500; no insurance.
Thomas Taylor, a wealthy farmer of Pike
county, has been convicted of abortion and muir
der and sentenced to seven years Imprisonment.
The residence of Thomas Scofeld, at Forney.
was consumed by fire, with contents. Loss,
81. 200; no insurance. The origin Of the fire is
not known.
A derrick that was being moved in the Chi
cago and Bedford stone-quarry, at Bedford, fell,
one of the guys striking James GOndone, frac-
turing his skull and otherwise injuring him.
Jacob Ironsmith, of Terre Haute, went to the
river on Saturday, gave three cheers and Jumped
into the water. A rope was thrown to him but
he refused to take hold of it, and sank q moment
later.
David Keller, aged fourteen years, lives in
Floyd county, and weighs two hundred and
thirty-one pounds, He works hard on a farm,
not knowing that a sideshow would be very glad
to capture him.
The work of making barrels at the Southern
prison, which was carried on by Rydee & Hyatt,
will be discontinued on the LIST Of April. The
firm will, however, enlarge their free labor shops
at Louisville. Bowling Green and Scottsburg.
In a street fight at Muncie. Abe Stanley, of
indianapolis. was badly beaten by John Hines, a
brother of Samuel Hines. who, over a year ago,
killed John Bird. The trouble was forced upon
Hines by Stanley. both men being under the in
fuence of liquor. Stanley was unconscious for
over an hour, and it was thought he would die.
On Wednesday night several miners, closely
masked, visited the residence of one McElratte.
II miner, living near the Nickel plate mines, at
Brazil, who has been digging coal for jackson,
Andrews & Co., at the reduced rates, and, dis
playing a rope, gave him warning not to work
any more on penalty of death. Considerable ex-
element prevails over the matter. Jackson,
Andrews & Co. offer 800 reward for information
that will lead to the conviction of the guilty
parties.
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THE SOCIALIST MURDERS.
Tracing the Bonds Stolen from Eisert, the
Murdered Banker of Vienna.

New YORK, March 22.-The Vienna dispatch
announcing that part of the money stolen at the
time of the murder of the banker, NJ. Eisert, and
his sons, had been sent by the Anarchists to Herr
Most, in this country, caused no little commo-
ton in Socialist circles here to-day. 1t is known
that a portion of these stolen bonds and stocks
were offered for sale in this city. Soon after
these murders two numbers of the Vienna Tage-
blatt arrived by mail from Vienna, and were de
livered, it is reported, to Kammerer, one of
Eisert's murderers, at the residence of a lead
ing Austrian Anarchist in this city, and when
the wrapper was torn off there were found hid
den in the folds of tho newspaper a number of
stocks and bonds stolen from Herr Eisert.
Blood stains were plainly dlscernible on some
of them, and others had been marked with a
lead pencil. The Austrian state bonds, the most
valuable of the collection, were offered to a we'll
known broker Of Wall street, who advanced cash
for them. A boy was sent out with the bonds to
have them examined, and returned with the in
formation that they were all right, and the cash
for the bonds was handed over. The remainder
of the bonds have not yet been cashed, and their
whereabouts is unknown. II is said, however,
that two bankers have offered to sell them in
Europe on commission, but the numbers of the
coupons of several of them differ from the mum
bers of the bonds. 1t IL alleged that 5000. the
proceeds of the bonds sold, and the cash stolen
from NJ. Eisert, was sent to Vienna or Buda- Pesth
and added to the Austrian skirmishing fund.
Two weeks ago last Monday a young man of
about twenty-eight or thirty years called at the
office of Bischoff & Son, bankers, in Tryon row,
and offered to sell them a Kronprinz Rudolph
bond of Austria, stating that it had been sent
him from Chicago for sale. Mr.. Staka, the book
keeper of the banking house, had his suspicious
aroused, and refused to purchase the bond. The
young man called a second time, showing a let
ter from Chicago, but with the same result.
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ILLINOIS.
Death of a DanviIle Man Under Suspicious
circumstances


Circumstances
Special to the indianapolis journal.
DANvILLE, March 22.-This city has been in a
state of considerable excitement all day. On
Friday morning A. E.. johnson, a day laborer,
died quite suddenly at his home on North Jack
son street. Rumors of suspicious of foul play
began to circulate soon afterward. A coroner's
jury was impaneled this morning, and has been
in session all day. Considerable testimony was
heard some of it pointing feebly to Mrs. johnson
as being the murderess of her husband by
administering poison in a piece of mince
pie, which her husband ate on Thursday
evening about s o'clock. Since Friday evening
Mrs. johnson has been suffering from prostra-
ton. Her friends think that her condition is
caused the by grave suspicious against her. The
jury adjourned this evening having found that
the cause of death was unknown Some of the
jurors interviewed think that it is a case Of
suicide, others that johnson died from collapse
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Six Children Poisnned.

two boys and four girls, ranging in age from
eight to twelve years, left the village of VALID
mia, a suburb of this city, in search of a sugar
camp. Not finding any place to quench their
thirst for sweet water, the boys cut into trees as
they found them, and all the children drank of
the sap. On returning home all were taken VIC
lently i'll, as if poisoned. One boy. named
Custy, is dead. Two of the girls seem likely to
recover, while the other three children are
growing worse rapidly, and their recovery
seems hopeless,
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PERSONAL MENTION.


w. II. Petit, of Idaho, is at the Denison.
BENZ. Griffin, of Rushville, is at English's.
j. F. Randolph, of Noblesville, is at the Grand.
Rev. S. L. Bowman, of Greencastle, is at the
Bates.
A. A. Clark, of St. Johns, N. B., is at En-
glish-s.
I. S. Randolph, of Noblesvile, is at the Bates
House.
George C. Riley, of Vincennes, is at the
Grand.
Professor J. H. Hilton, of Toledo, is at the
Grand.
Frank C. King, of Rockford, H., is at the
Denison.
Colonel Mace Townsly, of Charlottesville, is at
the Bates.
HJ. L. McCulloch, of Wheeling, w. Va, is at
the Grand.
Chas. Weston, of Montreal, Can, is at the
Bates House.
1. J. Fletcher and F. T. Cowing, of Peoria,
are at the Denison.
Hon. John A. Thompson, of E~dinburg, was at
the Bates yesterday.
Hon. ". z. Brewer, of Charlottesville, was at
the Bates yesterday.
II. c. Brigham, of the National Tube Works,
Boston, is in the city.
The marriage of Miss Stella Hammond, at
present in Boston, to Franz Joseph U%ntersee, of
Atlanta, Ga, will take place in this city June 4.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian Church
last week presented Mrs. Myron w. Reed an
elegant gold pin, consisting of a bar set with five
diamonds of the best quality.
Information was received last night announc-
ing the appointment of .'rank s. Divine, son of
C. L. Divine, superintendent of the Journal
news rooms, as a cadet in the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DANvILLE, March 23.-Frank Carter, a pick
pocket, Ed Crosby, VIM. Mengle and Thomas
Bracken, members of the boy gang of thieves,
effected their escape from the county Jail this
morning by d~ecoying the turnkey into a cell and
locking it with a skeleton key, getting into the
attic and jumping to the ground, thirty-fve
feet. Effort is being made to recapture them.
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DePauw University.

Special 10 the Indlanapolis Journal.
GREENCAsTLE, March 22-The purchasing
committee for the DePauw University yester-
day purchased the Durham farm of 120 acres
for $4,000. The farm is beautifully located
near the city, part being incorporated into the
city limits. The intention is to erect one or two
of the colleges on the grounds, and convert the
place into a beautiful park.
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ExtOrtiOnate Fees.

SpeclAI 10 the IndlhlapoIls JOnrnHI-
LAFAYETTE, March 23.-At a meeting of the
Tippecanoe bar it was resolved that the fees of
the Supreme Court reporter were extortionate,
and that that on1cer should be salaried and the
cost of Supreme Court records reduced. The
resolutions of the meeting will be sent to every
county in the State.
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Favorable Crop prospects.

S. W. Tallmadge, the Milwaukee wheat statis-
Board of Agriculture, states that the reports
which he has received from Illinois, Ohio, Mich
gan, Missouri and Indiana indicate that there
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The Keys Murder Case.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. March pa motion for a new
trial of Alexander Keys, charged with murder,
was made yesterday, The affidavit of the de
Tense claims that the jurymen, although the or
ders were that they should be kept together,
went out with q bailiff to a saloon and drank
beer and whisky, and also talked about the case.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, March 23.-John Harkeyder,
a prominent citizen of Chenoa, on Saturday fell
from a tree he was pruning. He struck a picket
fence twenty-five feet below, receiving fatal in
iuries. -Four ribs were broken.
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will be an abundant yield Of wheat this year.
The frost has done some damage in Missouri, but
it is not very serious. The reports from New
York and Pennsylvania are very favorable.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

PROPOSALS FOR R-EFRESHMENT PRIV
L leges on the grounds of the Indianapolis Base
ball Association will be received by tie Secretary IN
til March 81, 1854. The right to reject any and all
reserved.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.

nj ASONIC-MYSTTC TIE LODGE NO. 39S. F..
VI and A. NJ. Special meeting in Masonic Temple,
az $50 O'Clock this evening, for work in third degree.
Visiting brethren will be fraternally welcomed.
c. B. WANAMAKER, W. NJ.
WILLIS D ESGLE, Secretary.
IMPROVED o. r. M.-MEMBERS OF FIFE
L above fraternity are requested to meet at the Wig
wan this sun at the first run setting of the sun for the
purpose of attending the funeral of our deceased
brother, William B. Golfer, late q member of Red
Cloud Tribe No. 1S.
II. A~LBERSMEIER, c. of r.
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Plan for Distinguishing the Fire.

BRADFORD, Pa, March 22.-William Duhring,
a prominent oil operator, and one of the stock
holders in the Pocahontas mine, West Virginia,
in which 1913 miners recently lost their lives in
an explosion, has hit upon a novel plan to ex-
tinguish the fire, which is still raging. His idea
is to have the engineer locate five of the nine
chambers, and then drill wells or holes through
the top of the mountains, an estimated distance
of 500 feet. Through the openings thus made it
is proposed to introduce streams of water until
the entire mine is flooded and the flames
quenched. A gang of rig-builders left for the
mine yesterday, whowill employ the oil methods
of drilling wells. Within a week the drills will
be in operation, but it will be fully two months
ere the mine can be flooded. Mr.. Duhring says
the cause of the explosion is still a mystery.
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Poisoned Cheese

Cleans out all rats, mice, reaches, water-bugs,
bed bugs, ants, vermin. 15c. Druggists, Brown
ing & Sloan, agents.
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brought on by a severe attack of chronic diar-
rhea from which he was a great sufferer. No
ost-mortem examination has been made.
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FOR SALE.

FUN oNLEs
TOR SALE-A HANDSOME NEW RESIDENCE
on North Meridian street.; fine lot. E. c. HOW.
LETT 3 Condit Block.
EOR SALE FARMS, CHEAP, ION LONG
L credit. Send for circular. Blue grass pasture
for rent, cheap. FRANCIS SMITH.
TOR SALE-SPECTAL BARGAINS IN SECOND
i hand or new Engines. Boilers, Saw. mills. Head
ing and Stave Machinery. HADLBY, WRIGHT Il
Co, 1l3 and l25 S. Tennessee street, indianapolis.
DOR SALE-PART INTEREST IN MANUFAC-
i turing business; established fifteen years; pays
large cash dividends annually, besides good salaries;
first class business; a No. l house; price, one-fourth
interest, $1,000 cash; reason for selling, to devote
part of time and capital to other interests: buyer must
be tirstclass man and take charge Of books; splendid
journal Office.
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POLITICAL
Sheriff..

JAMES R. ROSS WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR
- Sheriff of Marion county, subject to the decision
of the Republican nominating convention.
n. HARDING IS A CANDIDATE FOR
II Sheriff Of Marion county, subject to the decision
of the Republican county convention, April l.. 1854.