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

A damaging fire is raging in the woods in
Franklin township, Floyd county.
The proprietor of the Goshen Opera-house re-
fused to allow its use for the presentation of
the play "Peeks Bad Boy"
The barn ON the farm of ]. K. Gowdy, auditor
of Rush county, burned on Monday night, the
work of an incendiary. Loss, $3.50; partially in
sured
Martin Renfrow was arrested at Monticello,
yesterday, for burglary, in breaking into the
residence of Joseph Frazer and stealing clothing
and other valuables.
The New Albany street-car drivers, twenty five
in n1mb ben. are out on a strike, demanding an
increase of 81 a week. The cars are running,
manned by the stablemen.
Noblesville win build a fine music hall and
ready begun the work, from plans furnished by
Architect Huebner, of Indianapolis.
Captain D. C. Robinson. of Madison, has pre-
sented the organization of the Mexican veterans
the jack staff of the dismantled steamer United
States. 1t win be placed at the cemetery, sur
mounted by a flag, over the graves of the veter~
ans buried there.
Speeds cement-mill, at Watson, near Jeffer-
senvlle, turns out four hundred barrels of ee-
ment every day. A clerk in the office has fig
ured ON the price per barrel, and ascertained
that at every revolution of the fly-wheel the firm
makes a profit of sixteen and one-fourth cents.
AS the fastmail train. on Sunday morning,
bound from Chicago to New York, was coming
into w alTen station, seven miles west of South
Bend, a man stepped out of the car and took a
position on the platform. In a few minutes it is
thought he was attacked with a spasm and
pitched headlong from the train, which was run
ming at the rate of forty miles an your. He
struck on the back of his head, and must have
been instantly killed. The authorities have had
his features photographed with the hope of be-
ing able to ascertain the mans identity.
Sunday morning the body of an unknown man
was found on the side of the road, that had
been run over by a train on the Lake Shore rail
road between Mishawaka and Osceola, and had
both his legs cut off. He was dead when found,
but had lived long enough to drag his hmbless
body from the track to the fence at the roadside,
where he had bled to death. His discovered legs
were left lying on the track. The man was toll
erably well dressed, and had three paint brushes,
the photograph of a lady without a name on it,
several cigars, and forty-fve cents in money on
his person.
Some days ago the barn of VIM. Lem, near
Newhurg, was burned, and he accused a young
man named John Baker, of having fred it.
Baker, learning Lem was in Newburg, went
there on Monday to see him and find why he had
made so serious a charge against him. Lem,
seeing Baker approaching ON the street, drew a
revolver aud leveled at him. VIM. Purdue, pass
ing at the time, called to Lem, don't shoot"
when he turned and fired at Perdue, the ball 60
ing through his wrist and lodging in his Breast.
He then fred at Baker, shooting the latter
through the bowels, Baker will die.
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DIR. NEW CHURCH.
The Pastors Resignation Unanimously Re
jected-A Ludicr0uS Scene at the Close.

New YORK. Anri1 S-Rev. J. P. Newman to-
ni,b+ cont - II. no.icna+o,, rastor of Nfoai-
HiSiu sent III his FeslSH"l'"h as pastor u -n"Ui
son-avenue Congregational Church. The docu
ment was read to the meeting by the superin-
+ondou4oe a. c.1.o1 Tho no.closor
III LIMO NV -"
G'kes erection May l. III. newman gives Us hs
reasons for resiunine the following:
~Fi,st-Vbna If +. +r,o that nv friends renresert so
largely the piety. social influence and material wealth
of the church. Yet no guarantee has been offered them,
or to me that the discreditable affair which now dis
turbs the church may not reoecur at any moment,
and trora the same source whether the pastor Is III
ste!IeI os A3l;
oo mftgJ,madih W. F ro nG[El'gnys a j Il nf u tb!s, Why NM h ave
moIeste3 The cbrlTacb5' W. %~' love- i Inc ylork of b1th
grace and time.
Third-And while no satisfactory cause has been
vet assigned TO Justify the interruption of that har-
mony which 50 kong existed among us, yet it
as 70 be feared that those dl:aifeete9 brethren h9te IN
~ 1i"m ,hIs enurch IA "JUf! NOt WINCH '0"
" r. - nfs,ir| ,n, oi.,a+ior 10, ~, +harL n INV
friends from - /, beart mi Of love and glatitude. for
vour devotion to Christ. your zeal for the church, and
your friendship for me. Yours III Christ.
J.P. NEWMAN.
AT the conclusion of the reading. the chairman
Ill It.. e. uo,o+on
IN ~ Al Lawn y" "Np'A"5 r"'
TO rise. Not a person moved. When he called
for the negative, every one in the building in
stantlv rose. and the vote in favor Of declining to
'ceept the resignation was oeclareu uidhihlous'
The tellers announced that 1888 persons had
voted, and an adjournment was Immediately
taken.
At this moment DIR. Newman entered the
church. He was loudly applauded, and asked
to say a few words. He responded briefly,
stating that he had offered his resignation in
profound sincerity, as he thought the interests
Of the church demanded it, although his friends
protested against it. As they had refused to
accept it. he would devote his
talents hencefOrth to the eternal well
fare of those who had stood so
firmly by the church and by him. He forgave
all his opponents and asked his friends to do the
same.
After his address he pronounced the bcnedic-
ton, and the people dispersed. Tie Ranneyites
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Settling the ..ord Feud. in Kansas.

JUNCTION CITY, Kan, April s.-Yesterday
noon, as Tim OConuer and his brother Mike
were driving along a road on Dry creek, twelve
miles from here, they were warned by Ernest
Allen and others not to cross a certain piece of
land belonging to a school district Not needing
the warning, an attempt was made to stop them,
which did not succeed, and they passed ON.
When returning, later in the day, the OCon-
ners found q wire stretched across the school
district land to prevent their passage, and FIVE
men, two named Allen and three named Breen,
stationed there with shotguns aud reyolvers.
Mike 0Conner cut the wire, when Ernest Allen
rushed at one of the Breens with an ak and
chopped his head, i~nficting mortal wounds. The
party then closed in on Mike and broke ashot-
gun over his head disabling him. All the par
ties were arrested and placed in prison. The af
fair grew out Of an old feud between the Breens
and OiConners.
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Inhuman treatment of Children.

CHICAGO, April 8.-Miss Anna Schock, ar
rested two moths ago at the instance of the HUI
name Society, is ON trial in the Criminal Court
for alleged cruelty to children under her charge
in a Home at Lagrange, near this city. The
inmates numbered about twenty, and ranged
were left at the 'Hhome by INDECENT parents,
and the remainder were orphans. The home
was supported largely by public subscription.
The prosecution offered the testimony of the at
tending physician and former employees, which
tended to show that the children were almost
totally uneared for; that the "home" was horri
bly, filthy, and the basement, where the children
were compelled to pass the greater portion of the
day, was also used as a stable for a COW. One
witness declared that the usual diet for the
children was mush and potatoes, and that their
beds were soiled and wet. 1t was commended by
other witnesses that the health of some of the
children has been utterly broken while inmates
of the Mace.
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A Mistake Causes Two Deaths.

Terre Haute Express, AprilS.
On Sunday evening the two-year-old child Of
Mrs. Mary Faucet, who lives at the st. Clair
House, died suddenly. An inquest developed
the fact that the child had died of an overdose
of morphine. The child was threatened with
measles, and DR.. George Kilner had prescribed
for it. The mother testified that she gave the
medicine, as she thought, according to directions.
DR.. Moorehead, the county physician, amined
the medicine, and found that it consisted of six
parts, ONE of which WAS morphine. DR.. kilners
directions were to take q teaspoonful Of the mix
ture, put 1t in a %teacupful of warm water, and
give the child a teaspoonful every two hours.
Instead of this, the mother put in two teaspoon
fuls. Dr.. Kilner was greatly oppressed by the
thought that he had given the prescription that
had caused the childs death, and feared he would
be blamed. About 8 o'clock GA Monday after
noon he went to his room, locked the door, and
took a suicidal dose of morphine. At supper
time Mrs. Anna Bishop, who keeps a restaurant
at No Gas Main street, fearing he would do some
thing rash, went to his room, accompanied by
her sister and her son, Willie Knapp. The door
was locked and the boy climbed over the tran
som, to find the Doctor lying on the bed uneon
scious. Physicians came, bnt all attempts to re-
vive him failed, and he died this morning at 3
O'Clock. DIR. KilHeF came here about two and a
iIalf years ago from Sullivan, Ill. He is about
s~ixty-five years old, and is a large man, of fine
appearance. He has two sons, one residing at
Springfield, Ill, who has been telegPaphed The
other lives at Robinson, Ill, but is insane.
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Brief Mention.

There is not q saloon in Douglas county, and
the Tuscola Council has passed an ordinance
prohibiting the sale of liquor at drug stores.
It S~trasburg, Beck, the town marshal, was
assaulted by Thomas Colbert and two compal-
ions, and brutally beaten. Colbert has been ar
rested on a State warrant, charged with assault
with intent to kill. The trial is set for next
Friday
Two boys, named Moreland and Williams, aged
nlne and ten years respectively, living Just north
of Vandalia, got into an alteration, when the
former drew a large knife and fatally stabbed
the latter in the face and neck. Both have
widowed mothers. Noreland has not yet been
arrested.
L.. Yant, a brakeman on the Vandalia, hit little
boy with a lump of coal, on Saturday, at
Grifiths station. 1t was not thought at first
that the boy was seriously hurt, but it now
seems that one eye was put out and the skull
badly fractured. The boy is ia d critical eondi-
ton. Yant is in jail.
Early on Monday morning a stranger, repre-
senting himself tobe a farmer. drove five fat
hogs to a butchershop in Bloomington. and sold
them for SEE. The butcher advised the farmer
that he must first prove himself to be the right
full owner of the swine before he would pay him.
The fellow did not return and it was afterwards
learned the hogs had been stolen.
T. z. Biles, for twenty years identified with
the business interests of Princeton, committed
suicide there at noon yesterday, by shooting
himself i'll the head with a revolver. Two
brothers took their own lives years ago. De
ceased has a son in business at Chicago. Poor
health and mental depression are given as the
cause of the act. He was aged about fifty.
Jim Jacobs pretended insanity at the Taylors-
vile Jail on Saturday night, over his sentence of
two years in the penitentiary for cattle stealing.
His yells could be heard for blocks, and during
the night he managed to fire his bed, which
came near consuming him and other prisoners
before it was extinguished- Jacobs was then
put in irons, and afterward seemed more
rational.
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Brooklyn Eagle.

One gets to be quite Il cOnnoisseur in elephants
after seeing Barnum's herds for three or four
years, and so the true beauty Of the sacred ele-
plant is likely to be appreciated. He is round
and chunky, and has a large, mild and inteIli
gent eye. His skin is smooth, and not furrowed
like that of ordinary elephant, and he has a long
tail with tufted hair on the end. This last bit
of Information about the tail ought to send a
majestic wave of joy over the face of the Ameri-
can continent. No one can fail to have noticed
the utter inadequacy and ridiculously abbrevi-
ated proportions of the average elephants tail.
1t has always been more or less shocking to any
one with love for things symmetrical to observe
a seventeen ton elephant laboriously whisking a
thirteep-ounce tail. That is why the sacred Gle
plant gives one a sense of complete satisfaction.
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of the smaller party. Two of the citizens who
had been roughly handled by the mob had
been hurried off to jail by Democratic officials,
insult being thus added to injury The prison
bummers were armed, but their weapons were
taken from them before they had an opportunity
to use them. The mayor finally cane and in
dueed the crowd to disperse, nevertheless the
city was filed with tumult for the entire night
The presence of the State prison is a continual
menace to order and good government here. not
because of the prisoners, but the guards and
others-Demoeratic thugs, who, for party serv-
are given places for which they are no
toriously unqualified.
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Tho Wreck of the steinmann.

HALIFAx, April s.-Three wrecking schooners
are taking out the cargo of the wrecked steamer
Steinmann. The divers report the steamer up
right and the deck-houses in place, but the hull
shows signs of going to pieces. The. divers have
not yet entered the cabin, and no bodies have
yet been seen in the vessel 1t is the opinion of
many acquainted with the coast that most of the
bodies outside the vessel would be carried to sea
by the under-tow. The surviving passengers
leave to morrow for New York. The opinion of
sea-faring men acquainted with the approach to
the harbor is unfavorable to the commander Of
the Steinmann as regards the working Of the
ship on the night of the disaster.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MICHIGAN CITY, April s.-The elecGon of,
John Zebra, Democratic candidate for towlN&ip
trustee at Michigan City, was followed by a riot.
a number of enthusiastic Democrats, flushed
with victory, came out Of q saloon where they
had been drinking and attacked two or three
Republicans who were passing by. The attack
ing party was composed of prison guards, and
foremeR and employees al the prison workshops.
Those men have long been a disturbing element
in the city, being turbulent and quarrelsome. A
great many citizens, therefore, rushed to the aid
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Youthful pesperadoes Headed OF.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NEW CASTLE, April S,-As a result of the
borderrufian class of reading INDUCED in by
boys, a band of four plotted a ro~ugh-andPeady
dead-beat trip to Florida, but only two made the
start. One weakened and the father of the
fourth intercepted q letter from a confederate,
telling his boy to pillage the house, take his
fathers money and turn things over so that the
-old man" would think burglars had done the
residence. That boy did not go. The two who
started had dirks made from stolen table knives,
and one revolver. The sight of this weapon
caused the. conductor of the train to suspect
something wrong, and he kindly dropped the
boys at a station not SO far away as to prevent
their sleeping at home on their first nights
journey.
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Stable and Valuable Horse Burned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
hUNeIE, April Sat an early hour this morn
ing the fine, large frame barn of O. II. Harms,
eight miles north of this city, was noticed in
flames. As soon as discovered Mr., Harms ran to
the barn to release a valuable stallion, stabbed
within, He found the door nailed so that it
could not be opened This horse, for which he
had lately paid 81 400, with eight others, was
burned to death. Several tons of hay, a large
quantity of corn and wheat, besides wagons,
buggies, and a fine lot of. farm implements, were
also consumed, 1t is a clear case of incendiar-
ism, the general opinion being that the barn was
set on fire by some one intent on burning the
horse. Loss, SO, 900; insured for $3.50, in Spring
field Company, of Massachusetts,.
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n
A Mob Visits and DemoIishes a Disreputa-
BILE House,

A Mob Visits and DemOlishes a Disreputa-
BILE House,
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, April S.-A mob of five hun
bred people, many of them masked, assembled
to night with the intention of making a raid on
the disreputable house of Mrs. Brown and tear
ing it down. The mob was to make the attack
at 10 O'Clock. lust before that hour the police
raided the premises and pulled the
house, capturing its inmates, who are prosti
tutes, Thieves and shelterers of criminals. 1t was
at this house that Patsy Devine and Harry
Williams lodged before the murder Of Goodfel
low, for which Devine was hanged at Clinton.
After the police had departed the mob Quilted
the house, knocking out the windows, smashing
the chimneys, ripping off the siding and smash
ing the furniture. 1t is probable that this will
be followed by a raid on other d~isreputable
houses.
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
Wrestlers Vigorously Butting Each Other in
the Ribs and Stomach.

the Ribs and Stomach.
CLEVELAND, April SIN the Ross-Sarakichi
wrestling match, tonight, the first bout, catch
as-catch-can, was Won by Ross. Time, six min
utes. The second bout, Jap, was won by the Jap.
Time, ten seconds. The third bout, catch-as-
catch-can, was won by Ross in six minutes. The
fourth bout, Jap, was won by the Jap by a
scratch. Time, two minutes.
In the second bout the Jap butted Ross in the
right side and broke one of his short ribs. In
the fourth bout Ross butted the Jap in the stom-
ach, and the latter, complaining of being made
sick thereby, refused to wrestle the fifth bout.
and the referee gave the match to Ross. Ross
won the first fall, catch as-catch-can, with q roll
ing hip lock; the fourth with a three quarter
neek-loek rolling fall, four points down.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
New CASTLE, April S.-A d-wellinghouse in
Mount Summit, six miles north of New Castle,
was destroyed by fire yesterday, the flames com
municating from a shed in which the occupants
of the building were smoking meat. The house
was owned by Philip Shively, whose loss is
about 81, 600, with no insurance.
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Smith Outrage Causes the Organic
ing Of a Lynehing Party.
The st. Paul Tragedy-Suicide of a Terre
HaUte P%hySician-A Bloomington, ILL.,,
Mob Tears Down Il House of Ill-Fame.
INDIANA.
The Smith Outrage at Rising sun-A Mob
Organizing.

The Smith Outrage at Rising sum- MOD
Organizing.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RISING Sun, April There is considerable
excitement here this afternoon over the
fact that the grand jury has been recalled and in
structions given it to fully investigate the outrage
upon Mr.. John Smith. Mr.. Smiths wounds are
much deeper than at first supposed. His
physicians have now given up all hope of his
recovery and his death may be looked for any
hour. He was horribly burned in many places
about the body. and as he was hanging when
his clothes were burned off him, his face was
horribly burned and every particle of his hair
and eyebrows and Iashes. 1t is understood here
that there is a regular organized band Of sturdy
farmers in Mr.. Smiths neighborhood who, as
soon as it is proved certainly that the men in
Jail are the ones who did the crime will come to
town and take the rascals out and hang them.
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Losses in TT. wayne Bucket Shops.

Fort wayne Gazette.
The losses of Hon. G. T. Doxey and hisson-in-
law, C. R. Wilson, of Noblesville, who own the
bucket shop here have been over 500, 000 Mr..
J. C. Nones has retired from the management of
the West Main street concern, and Mr.. Palmer
c. Hardy, of Anderson, arrived yesterday to
take charge. Mr.. Nones viii remain here to en-
bark in other business He has made a record
here as an honorable business man, and the pa
irons of the concern all say so.
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No Politics in This.

HAzLEHURsr, Miss, April S.-Bob and Hans
Penn killed r. b. Rails this morning. During the
Christmas holidays Rails and one of the Penn
brothers had a difficulty, in which Rails shot
Penn and left town. He returned recently,
when the quarrel was renewed. Rials was shot
several times and cut with a knife. Rials is
quite a young man, and may be remembered as
a witness before the Senate Copiah county in
vestigating committee. He testified concerning
a personal difficulty in HazIehurst. He sup
ported Matthews for sheriff.
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District judge brewer.

TOPEKA Kan, Anril8.-Hon. DavidJ. fsrewer,
associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kan
to-day, and was sworn in as United States circuit
Judge of the Eighth judicial circuit the oath be-
ing administered by Judge Foster, of the United
States district bench. Judge Brewer left tonight
for Leavenworth, and viii start on Friday for
Little Rock, Ark, where he will hold his first
term of court.
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AS a Permanent Ornament.

New ORLEANS, April S.-The government Of
Spanish HonduRas has made application for
1900 feet Of space in the main building of the
Worlds Exposition. 1t also asks for 800 feet in
the grounds fronting the lake, on which it will
make a topographic panorama of Honduras that
will remain as a permanent oPnament to the
city park of New Orleans.
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LYNcHBUKG, Va, April S.-Inteligence from
Pocahontas says the drill passed through the
entry this morning. when there was all escape Of
foul air, accompanied with q sickening stencil.
The fire bosses made a test with lamps, but only
discovered an abundance of foul air. 1t is
thought the. mines will be opened next Satur
day, or sooner.
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Sunday BaII-Pfayfng and the Law.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
Fort WAYNE, April Son last Sunday the
Fort Wayne base ball club played a game, eharg-
ing a fee for admittance. Today Judge Heneh,
of the Criminal Court. charged the grand jury
to return indictments against the players and
their interested hackers.
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B. T. o. Hubbard, whose deficit is estimated al
$45, 900 to 500. coo. The bank is expected 10 re
sumo in a day or two. as the stockholders are
Liable ard all moneVed men.
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Base Ball.

RICHMOND, Va, April 8,-Detroit 7, Virgin
ia l..
New YORK, April s.-Metropoitan 4, Ceve-
land 9
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AMONG the high, low, rich and poor, on the
farm, in the stable, on the turf. in the house
hold, st jacobs Oil has no equal for bodily pains
and aches.
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A Monmouth Bank Closes Its Door,

Bank closed its doors at IL o'clock this forenoon.
The cause assigned is speculation by the cashier,
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR r

WAR D~EPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE HE SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, April 9, A. NJ
For Tennessee and the Ohio VaIey-Fair
weather, northwesterly winds, slight rise in tenn
p~erature, lower barometer.
For the Upper Lake Region-Fair weather,
northerly winds, higher barometer, slight rise in
temperature.