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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-16
SENTINEL SPECIALS.



Special 70 the Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, Ind, April 1.-THE election
ordered for the purpose of determining
whether or not the townships Of Washing
ton, Steele and Gilmore would pay the tax
ashed for by the f., w. sad B. Railroad was
held yesterday and resulted ss fellows:
In Washington Township SD votes were
cast for the appropriation and 800 against IL:
in Steele Township, 175 votes for and 8 votes
against, and In Elmore Township 40 votes
for and 50 against it. Presto dent Mackey
was in this city yesterday. 1t is understood
that he starts today 10 New York to make
contracts for the necessary rolling stock for
the road. 1t issedveftised that the road will
be completed through this county in time
for the farmers TO ship their wstermelons.
AS the part of the county through which
this road will extend is well adapted TO tho
raising of this fruit, an unusually large
acreage of watsrmelons will doubtless be
planted this year
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Horrible Actions of an Iosaue Man.

UREA, N. Y, April l5.-Geo. II. Humpt a
section hand on the New York Central Road,
killed his wife and four days old child near
Indian Castle Church, Herkimer County, on
Monday, and then committed suicide. He
had been insane for several weeks and q
watch had been placed over bis actions. On
Monday afternoon the neighbor who was
acting as guard heard screams in tie house
and saw peculiar flash Of IRE, and in CON-
psny with another man broke into the house.
The building wss filed with
sulphur smoke. but they succeeded in max
ing their way to Mrs. Humpfs bed room
ard found q woman and child dying in great
agony. The bed had been saturated with
kerosene and fired. and both victims were
horribly burned. Both of the baby's eyes
were burned out, and its body was shock
ingly burned, as was the body OF its mother.
The murderer had stabbed the child ia four
places and cut the mothers throat. The IN.
FAINT lived but 9 short time. Mn. Humpt
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How much patriotism there is in our Re-
publican milIionaires AID monopolists is
illustrated by their silencs to the appeals for
a base for the Bartholdi statue of Liberty
Enlightening the World" presented by the
Republic of France. to be placed at the bay
entrance to New York. 1t remained for a
Democratic newspaper. the New York World,
ID collect from its readers the first contribu-
tions for this purpose. One hundred thou
sand dollars are required to construct the
base for the statue. The New York Worlds
collections already amount to over S25. 900.
or ole-fourth the requisite sum. Meantime
the St. Louis Post Dispatch, another Demo-
cratic paper. and under the same ownership
as the World, has started Western subscrip-
ton, which is being well patronized. The
81, 600 contributed to the New York Worlds
fund came from over %, 600 people. So it
appears that poor Dsmocrats-people who
have had 10 Governmental spoils for quar-
ter of q century-ars the only patriots We
have.
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The New York Tribune ssvs .

The murder of the young Englishman PreIler
whose body has Just been found in trunk in ST.
Louis is IS mysterious it is atrocious. The
murderer, supposed TO be DR.. Maxwell, must
certainly have known that his crime would
speedily be discovered for the trunk with its
ghestly contents was left in his room in the hotel
Indeed, the sentence written on bit OF paper
lying on the dead man-"So perish all traitors to
the great csuse'-may even be taken as an midi
cation that he desired his victims fate TO be
known. This writing might be considered also as
proof that the assassination was for political rsa.
SONS. but nothing else 10 the case bears out this
theory. PrelleT's actions and baggage were those
of intelligent travelling salesman. Other
features OF the singular story suggest that DR..
Maxwell was a madmsn.
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Ber sons work In mississippi.

Clinton tMiss) Sword and Shield
Luther Benson has closed his effective can
vsss in Mississippi, and has gone to his home
in Ladoga, Ind. Eternity alone will reveal
the amount of good Mr.. Benson did in our
State. Many fervent prayer has assembled
the great white throne for blessing to come
and abide on him and his. Mr.. Benson says
the people of this State was uniformly good
to him. We are glad he can say this. None
but people with bad, black hearts can dislike
or be unkind to Luther Benson. Thousands
of ''latoh strings' hang on the outside for
him and his in Mississippi.
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was not until the list of July, 1850, that he
wss allowed to put two OF his torpedoes in
the Ladies Well, on the flats to the east of
Titusville. The well had been pumping oil,
but after it had been torpedoed it com.
menced flowing. People began to think
that there might De something in this tor
pedo after all, and in December, 1866 one
was lowered into the Woodin Well. on the
Blood farm, and exploded. The well had
never produced q drop of oil, but now it
commenced yielding from eight to frty
barrels cay. One month later another tor
redo was used. and the production Of the
well was incrt ased to eighty barrels. Til s
sssured the success Of the torpedo for pur-
poses 9th er than destroying ships by blow
ing them up"
After the results at the Woodin Well
the torpedo came into general use through
out the oil regions. A company WIS
formed with capital OF sS00.0Oo to work the
| patent, and torpedo facoIy was erected in
Titusville. The effect of torpedoes upon the
production of the oil region was marvellous.
| Atthe time the Woodin Well was shot (1SG6)
the production was rapidly declining and
alarmists were predicting speedy collapse of
| the petroleum industry. With the intro
| duction of the torpedo the condition of
| affairs rapidly changed. In the summer of
| 90 the output Of the wells on Oil Greek was
| incrta ssd many thousand barrels. In 1865
| the total production was .697, 527; in 1883 it
was p, SS5, 966 barrels. Wells that had never
| had produced drop of oil were torpedeed
Il
ton were converted into "gushers," and old
| wells, nearly exhausted. were reviviflsd and,
in their second lesss OF life, did more than
| ever before.
Bat the great part played by the torpedo
| In the oil business did not really begin un-
TIL the opening of the Bradford field in 1915.
The sand OF this field is blackish and
hard and yields its oil reluctantly.
| The district however. is OF great extent.
| and contains thousands of wells that have
been steadily producing for years. Had it
not been for the Bradford field, the immense
stocks of oil above ground, now amounting
to 3S000,o00 barrels Of forty-two gallons
each. would not be. 1t is safe 10 say that
fully one half the production OF the field is
directly due to torpedoes. There are to-day
nearly 10000 producing wells in the oil
r. gion, and there are thousands of exhausted
| wells abandoned, with their derricks slowly
| rotting. 1t Is estimated that on the average
three torpedoes have been put into every
well drilled. Many wells are torpedoed
pretty nearly every month for the purpose oil
cleaning away the parafine In the hole,
opening fresh frsures in the rock. and thus
maintaining the production Of the well.
The Medoc Well. on the Mcclure farm. In
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Drowned bJ the Cspsizing of the Boat
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April i Mary Draper.
her daughter, aged eleven, and her niece
Carolina Dempsey, twelve years old, whils
floating down the river. TO day. Ia AZ opsn
boat composed OF two skiffs dashed together.
were drown bv the beat cspsizipg.
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matter and looking only with an eye OF pity
for the Times, We trust some person will
advise il to take lessen or two In decency;
and, while that charitable person is about it,
the suggestion mis ht also be made that until
it demonstrates having been benefited by
such lessons the columns of no respectable
Indianapolis paper viii honor 1t by any
mention such as 90 TO make pleasant com.
munity OF journalism.
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survived until II o'clock yesterday. Search
was made for Humpf and he was tracked By
blood marks 10 room, through the ceiling
He was found perched on the joisis with
shovel in his hands 10 defend himself A
wine was thrown over his leg by which ms
wss hauled down. He died soon afterEars
from the loss OF blood having cut his own
throat
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Columbus Notes.

Special to the Sentinel.
COLUMBUS. Ind, Arril l5.-John d. Lyle
and Joe f. Gent returned last night from 9
three days hunt Of the Gaff farm, in Benton
County. They brought back twenty-five
geese and three large swans.
The city Democratic primary election was
held here yesterday and full vote was
polled. David Newsom was nominated for
Mayor: Patrick Hagearty, Marshal; john
Mahoney. Treasurer; o. Nj. Palmer, Clerk.
snd joe f. Gent Water Works Trastes. The
Republicans will nominate ticket on SAT-
urday
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Three Chndren Nearly sufrooated.

SHELBYvuLE. Ind, April 15.-About 1
o'clock yesterday Mrs. Dixon Hunter. who
lives at Waldron, few miles east Of this
city, went away from home. leaving her three
children il the house. In the evening when
she returned she found the house on FIRE and
the three children inssnsible from suffoca-
ton. They were resuscitsted with difficulty.
The fire was extinguished without much dam
age.
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INDICATIONS.


wAsBIEsToS. April i6-l a. m
For the Ohio Valley and TenEessee-LOcsi
showers followed by fair weather, variable winds
generally easterly IN the OHIO valley. slight
changes in temperature.
For the Upper Lake Region-LocRl showers
followed By fair weather. north TO east winds. be-
coming variable. lower barometer. slight rise In
temperature.
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Arrested on Charge of Forgery.

MADIsoN, Ind, April ia young man,
named @. J. Hsrtly. arrived a. Vevay few
DAYS ago and opened school in penman-
ship To-day Sheriff A. M. Lewis, Of War
zen County. Ohio, and a detective arrived
and arrested Hartly. he Is charged with
forgery, and has eludsd arrest for five years.
HIS real name Is said to be Frank Cor1in.
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Mandatory Shut Down.

CHICAGO. April 15.-Adams & Westl AXE
Manufacturing Company has shut down its
works, throwing $50 man and boys out of
employment. The employees contend that
the shutdown was ordered with view TO
rearrspging the force ct reduced wages.
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ALBANY. n Y, April l5.-At caucus Of
tie Assembly to day il was decided 10 APP
point two members OF each legislative dis
trict, one Democrat and one Republican, to
act IS q commission 10 draft en- excise law
which will be acceptable to both the people
and the Nnnor interests
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Information Wanted.

To the Editor OF the Sentinel:
SRI would ike to inquire through your
paper as to the experience and results of
feeding ''oil cake meal to hogs II any one
who has tried it will state through this D aper
the results, it wall greatly oblige
HENRY w. BADEKEa,
Greensburg, April IA.
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Hon. RUFUs MAeEE qualified" yesterday
and received instructions from the Presi-
dent and Secretary of State as to his new
duties as Minister to Sweden and Norway.
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The New York Sun gars:

There is manifestly very unfair disposition on
the part OF several journals that not approve of
ceTtsin acts of toe administration to place the
blame upon the shoulders OF Secretary Bayard.
This IS wrong. We understand that for every.
thing done by this administration the Pres dent
himself wishes to be considered responsible.
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The PhilsdeIphia Press saws:

The best safeguard against cholera yellow fever
ana every other species of disease is cleanliness
cleanliness not merely of person and apparel, but
OF cir, food. water aud habita'iOn. IL must be &C
quiTed snd aintained-vOluntarily, IL the indi-
vidual Will, forcibly. If the authorities must.
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The PHILADELPHIA Record saws:

The respectable citizens" of CHICAGO are said
to De meditating the establishment of Vigilance
Committee. In other words. they propose to
break the law in order to right wrongs which
have arisen because OF their neglec. TO aid in the
enforcement OF the law.
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We notice no quotation of Confederate
bonds in bloody shirt organs. Perhaps they
are erecting shot tower to work 'sm up to
mar.
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THE new French Cabinet will probably
stick unless the members develop into 'of-
fensiYe pertisans.n
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in District, near Titusville,
twenty four times.

n District, near Titusville,
|wenty four times.
edoes were comparatively in
compared with those now in
pedoes with which Colonel
his first experiments in the
be Woodin Well were small,
ID tubes, from four to ak inches
and holding a few pounds Of
These were lowered into the
lowered with water, 30 as to
force of the explosion from
srd, and were fred by means of a
bpped upon a Illuminating cap
be top of the torpedo. Later on
rine was substituted for gun
bd the charge of explosive was in
Until now torpedoes containing as
$50 pounds of nitro-glycerine are
mmop. A few days ago such q
As used st the Markham We'll, in
Feek, and the explosion was felt for
i've yards on the surface around the
e. The torpedo was down 1,600 feet
Iarth. Thousands Of pounds of nitro
8 are daily used in the oil wells; in
!. ro-glyeerine was first brought into
- use in the oil regions. In 1917
hrst discovered gun cotton. This
aiately followed by the discovery
u analogous explosive substances
By the addition of various sub.
hch as starch, dextine and sugar,
mixture Of nitric acid and sulphuric
he manufacture of nitro-glycerine
scribed as early as 1917. On July %
It year paper was read before the
a Academy, detailing how 10 make
glycerine an explosive analogous to
Eating cotton" The process is to
mixture of two volumes of sulphuric
density sixty six degrees, Bsume
10 volume of nitric acid, density forty
degrees, in freezing mixture and into
'ur glycerine, with agitation so as to
It elevation of temperature. The en-
fixture is then TO be emptied into
The nitro-glycerine collects as an
1uid at the bottom of the water.
ghout the Oil Regions there are
manufactures of nitro-glycerine.
"a veil is ordered to be shot,"
! c, Instructed in numerous small
ce1 partments, each large enough to
Tin obtaining three or four pounds
kplos g, departs'from the magazine
ANY quarts Of nitro glycerine as
"a at the well the contents of
ed into long torpedo and
4 0 the hole. The greatest
avoid explosion, for the
ith very slight blow.
haye been numerous.
to 600 pounds Of nitro
n factory near Brad
present at the time
hem, few pounds
a put in bureau
bted TO the action
; tesm TO be vapor-
- thing TO be noted
kns EXPLOSIONS, ia that the
BALI in a downward direc-
IAN immense hole in the
gftly after the opening o.
0reek oil field, last fall, the
well was drilled into the
and proved to be dry. There was
ly a trace Of oil. On chance a 100
torpedo was put into The well hole and
There was a pause OF few seconds az
o devil" was descending the l, 600 odd
enesth the surface. Then the ground
d TIE we'll trembled, and the next sec.
column Of yellow oil one.half a foet
meter rose 100 feet in the air. SO little
lad the owners of "striking2 anything
hey had ommitted to erect any tank
nd for days the huge oil we'll played,
lg the neighborhood. 1t has been
tied that 1t flowed as much as 10000
9 in the first twenty four hours.
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The Mystery viii Probably be Cleared Up
Soon.

PHILADELPHIA, April 15-Arthur Preller
whose body is supposed to be that found in
a trunk at the Southern Hotel, st. Louis,
was in Philadelphia at least three times dur
ing the past three. years. A gentleman who
had some Information to give about Preller
called at the British Consulate and was
cloteted with Vice Consul Crump. Mr..
Crump said that he was not at liberty 70
give either the name of the visitor or the
nsture of the knowledge which he i'm parted.
He said, however. that he thought the mys-
terry may be cleared up within few days.
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What Bostonian Knows of Maxwell and
PreIler.

BosroN, April ia Mr.. Powers. who
knew Maxwell, the supposed murderer of @.
A. Preller, while in this city, says he has
letter in his possession which was mailed by
Maxwell from st. Louis, at p. m, April 6.
1t was ascertained that the day prior to his
departure, Maxwell pawned his watch.
When Preller left Boston 1t was under
stood that he ard Maxwell were TO meet at
the Southern Hotel, in st. Louis and the
date on which they were to be there was
fixed upon. After Pfellef's departure they
oorTesponded, and their Letters were of
friendly nature. Maxwell was an inveterate
smoker and driDker, but was seldom under
the influence of liquor. The story that he
was under the influence of liquor when be
left Boston. is not true. When Maxwell
went away he said he was going to St. Louis,
and should remain there until after he re-
ceived money from England, when be would
go with Preller TO San Francisco. Maxwell
wac an intense hster of dynamiters, and
have heard him say 1.-THE whole crew ought
to die" Prelier, on the other hand, was
somewhat in league with the dynamiters.
Be thought ii was a huge joke because the
House of Parliament and Tower of London
had heen blown up by the dynamiters, and
there wEs quite little tilt between them
over this outrage, which occurred during the
time they were here in Boston. Preller did
not look like an an Englishman. He looked
to me more liKe Jew, and had Jewish
nose.
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WHEAT was ''panicky" yesterday and &C.
clined.
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The Syracuse Standard says:
Almost everybody now favors woman suffrage
except woman.
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A Business Man Who Game in the Steamer
CepheIonia with Maxwell aud PrelIsr.


CepheIonia with Maxwell aud PrelIsr.
WORCESTER, Mass, April 15.-The Gszstte
this afternoon has story bearing on the ST.
Louis tragedy. w. e. Warren, a prominent
business man here, came over on the Cephe.
lonia with Maxwell and Preller. He Gays
Maxwell was twenty-eiaht or twenty-nine
years old. weighed 131 pounds. had dark
brown hair and red cheeks. When he came
on the steamer be had q little whlsker in
front f the ear and a moustache- After
ward lie let his full beard grow, and when
Mr.. Warren last saw him IN Boston on
March q he bad full beard of four weeks
growth. He said he had studied medicine
in London, and had been an assistant
surgeon in q hospital there. he had fall
casa OF surgeons Instruments He claimed
10 be champion bicyclist OF England.
When last seen by Mr.. Warren he appeared
TO have been INDUCING in stimulants. Mr.
Warren bss two letters from him IN Boston,
and one with the letterhead of the Southern
Hotel, ST. Louis, dated April 7, two days
later than the date given of his leaving the
house. In il he says be is going TO San
Francisco. and If he ti0ds no business there,
to New IsalanG. PIeller is described ss
thirty years old, Weighing 10 pounds, well
Termed. nice looking with an olive or dark
conn lsxion and dark hair and moustac ne.
He appeared studious and reticient and
more gentlemanly and cultured than Max
we'll. Maxwell told Mrs Warren that be
expected aid in getting employment in San
Francisco through Prelier's acquaintance
with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
officials.
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THE HOTEL HORROR.
Concluded from first Page.

money, and displayed plenty OF cash he
also purchased several things, including a
valuable field glass and pair OF spectsclee.
The following dispatch was .rscsived to-
day from Chief of Police Crowley. OF San
Francisco, by Chief of Police HarrIgan, OF
this city:
THE man who owns the three pieces of
baggage as numbered in your dispatch
arrived here on the 1ltb under the name of
j. O. Deauquir. He claimed TO be
Frenchman-sn army officer from Paris.
He was the only officer who left
st. Louis on the oh, and came through.
He talked with an apparent French accent,
but when spoken TO IN French always re-
piled in English. My informant, who
came on the train, says he believed the
accent assumed. He answers your de-
scripiicn perfectly except the cheek whisk-
ers. He had small light moustache and
short imperial, brown cutawsy coat. vest
and pants nearly the same color, broad
brim light drab bat dentsd ia
crown. He left ON the Australian steamer
in the steerage for Auckland New Zsalsnd.
he may leave the steamer ct Honolulu.
Search your hotels and railroad offices for
this name, and telegraph nae If yoG can iad
it. He can be arrested by telegraph il he
goes through aud don't land at Honolulu
To this dispatch Chief Harrigan replied,
directing Crswley to stop Deauqur by all
means. ne being in his opinion no other than
Maxwell. Chief Harrigan has read dispatch
es nom other places in different parts of the
country, but he gives little If any attention
to them believing that Maxwell went west
from bere and has been, or IL still, In
in San Francisco. The body of Preller was
exposed at the moTgue all day to day. The
swelling, which at first distorted the features,
hiss been reduced by injection of Oriental fluid
which also acts as preventative. all the
features are assuming more natural appear
ance and begin to look more like Preller's
picture than they did when the
body was first found. Coroner
Eidelet saws that under the present
treatment the body will be preserved with
out further decomposition for days and per-
haps weeks. No date has yet been fixed for
the inquest. The stomach has not yet been
analy zed, but will be veIy soon.