The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-20
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Smallpox is rapidly spreading in all sections
of Montreal
All the schools in Kingston, Mass, are closed
on account of an epidemic Of diphtheria.
G.. 0. Craig, a farmer, wa. skot in the back
by a stranger, and killed, at Smiths Grove, Ky.
There is a denial of the reported reign of terror
In the Fiat Top coal regions in Tazewell county,
Virginia.
w. w. P~earsall, on trial at Goldsboro, N. c.,
for the murder of Thomas Grow, has been ac-
quilted on the ground of insanity.
AT Hubbard, Neb., Frank Williams, brakeman
on a freight train, was shot dead by a tramp,
whom he attempted to eject from the train.
Forest fires in progress at Straitsville, Ohio,
since Saturday have done thousands of dollars
damages, but are thought now to be under con
troll.
'Alone in London a new play by Robert Blu
chanan and Harriet Jay, was produced at the
Park Theater. New York, Monday night, and
we'll received.
The taking of testimony in the divorce suit of
Mrs. OKeefe VS.. Ross Winans was begun in New
York yesterday. The examination of witnesses
was conducted privately.
The executive committee of New Orleans citi-
zens, who are trying to raise money to continue
the exposition another year, express themselves
as confident of ultimate success.
Michael Mulaney, an inmate of the Westmore-
LAND county Pa almshouse, has confessed
himself guilty of the murder of James Tearney,
during a row in a Pittsburg saloon in January,
1871
yesterday, judgment was given against the
prisoner, and he was held for extradiSion. He
is wanted in Detroit on charges of rape and
and robbery.
The report of the receiver in the case of the
i~nsolvent Wilson Sewing Machine Company
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allowed. The heaviest claim allowed is that of
Logan Fl. Roots, of Little Rock, Ark, for
$50, 900.
At the second meeting of the creditors of
James r. Osgood & Co., the Boston publishers,
their liabilities were placed by the firm at $40,
600 and the assets, in round numbers, ut $100,
900. The firm intimated a desire to discontinue
business.
The Virginia COMMISSIONS of Agriculture writes
S. W.. Tallmadge, of Milwaukee, that the condi-
ton of wheat and oats in that State is wretch
ed. The State, he says, will not produce more
than 1000. 900 bushels Of wheat, against 1000, 900
bushels last year.
The horribly-mutilated body of a man named
Saunders, who disappeared from Omaha, Ark,
some weeks ago, was found in the woods near
that place on Monday. A prominent citizen of
fancy county, Wis, named William Lynch, is
suspected of having murdered him.
The Indian police and a posse of citizens had a
desperate fight last Thursday, in the Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory, with a large party of
thieves who were driving off several hundred
head Of cattle. One desperate was killed; two
others captured, and the remainder escaped.
The body of Robert Massingbury, of Sussex
county, Virginia, who had been missing for
some time, was found yesterday, near his
parents residence. on the Norfolk & Western
railroad. 1t is thought he was murdered. The
body had been partly eaten by dogs and buzz
yards.
E. G. Shepherd, proprietor of the Toronto
News, has been arrested on a charge of crimi-
nal libel, on complaint of Major Dugas, of the
Sixty|ifth Battalion. In an interview printed
with drunkenness, etc. Shepherd was released
on bail.
Fifty Chiraca Appaches, of New Mexico, left
their camp on Sunday. They cut the military
telegraph line, connecting the camp with head
quarters. The military authorities have been
expecting trouble, and are prepared for it. All
posts and settlers have been notified of the &C.
curreDce.
Governor Pierce, of Dakota, has received a
letter from President Cleveland regretting the
necessity of enforcing the executive order for
v~aeating the Winnehago reservation. He 1.-THE
Governor) asks the settlers. as a favor. that they
observe the provisions of the same, so as to pre-
vent trouble.
The Senate committee on interstate COM
MERGE, consisting of Senators Cullom, of Illinois;
Miller, of New York; Plat, of Connecticut; Cor
man, of Maryland, and Harris, of Tennessee, is
in session in New York. Invitations have been
sent to a number of organizations and 1ndivid-
uais In New York to present their views.
About 8 o'clock Monday morning the dead
body OF Mary johnson was found in an alley in
the lower part of Chattanooga, and it was sup
posed that she had committed suicide, but on in
vestigation 1t was found that she had been
beaten to death. Her husband was seen whip
ping her on Sunday night, and has been arrested
for numbering her.
The American Bell Telephone Company has
invited a conference of representatives of all
companies operating telephone lines under
license of the Bell company, at Boston on the
9Th OF June, and to continue until the 18th.
The delegates will be the guests of Bell Tele-
phone Company, and the meeting promises to be
a very important one.
Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, is out in an in
terview in which he denies much of what ap-
peared in an interview with General Beatty, a
prominent candidate for Governor, to the effect
that Foster was looking after Sherman's seat
in the Senate, and that Foster had formed a
combination with FORAKER and Sherman, looking
TO the chances of Foraker for Governor.
Papers on which to base the demand for the
extradition of Maxwell, the murderer of Preller,
at the Southern Hotel, st. Louis, who is now
under arrest in Auckland, New Zealand, were
signed by General Marmaduke last night, and
will be forwarded at once to Washington. They
name Detective JAS. Tracy, of the st. Louis
police force, and Frank r. ONeil, of the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch, as the States agents to
bring the murderer back.
A bloody fight occurred at Hickory Grove
Church, nine miles from Jacksonville, Fla, on
Sunday, between the West brothers and the
Langford brothers. The fight arose in conse-
quence of the publication, during the last cam
paign, of some letters which were of a very
personal character. In the melee VIM. Lang
ford was killed outright, George Langford was
so severely wounded that he is not expected to
live, and Taft Langford was wounded in the
head. Eugene West vas shot, and Abe and
johnson West were cut, but not seriously.
Unhappy Political Pilgrims.
Washington Special.
A more innocent class, still, with which Mr..
Villas and leaders like Mr. Randall have to con.