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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-28

A MORE terrible experience probably never.
fell to the lot of little girl than to Daisy Wins
low, of Covington, Ky, whose insane mother
killed her little brother and then attempted TO
kill her. Daisy is now convalescent and will
probably get we'll Telling of the awful tragedy
she says that her mother refused to let herself
and her little brother go to Sunday school Sun
day morning and refused to let the servants
make up the beds in the morning, but made them
up herself. She said that after returning from
down stairs for her mother the latter seized her
and pulled her into the room, and struck her
three times with base ball bat, which forced
her to her knees and made her blind for while,
when she fell over.
Mamma thought was dead, and kissing me
three times said, Good bye, Daisy. I said
Good bye, Mamma Mamma knew was not
dead and took a razor and cut me in the throat.
| caught her hand and she cut me over the hand
with the razor. / fell over and pretended to be
dead, when she kissed me again and, kneeling
beside me, cut her own throat, and her head fell
on mine. got up and tried to get out, when
come one kicked the door in"
The maddened mother succeeded in taking her
own life, so that the little girl is the only sur
vivor of the dreadful tragedy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-28

GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD, the newly
elected millionaire senator from California, will
perhaps find some difficulty in settling into his
proper niche when he gets to Washington. He
does not, he himself says. care for what is called
society. and consequently cannot be expected TO
shine at receptons and social gatherings he does
not care for cards, and will be no acquisition to-
the class of congressional gentlemen who amuse
themselves after hours in way which straight
laced people regard as reprehensible. Mr.. Stan
ford has enough money, and his own word for
it, does not want any more; he is too old for the
pleasures of the table, he says and con6des to
friend that his only enjoyment is In the contem-
plation of his horses, OF which he owns about
thousand The horse questions, which come UP
for dis, IN in the Senate are not numerous
enough to tax his powers very extensively, and
he will therefore be thrown back for sympathy
in the enjoyment of his pet vanity upon the So
ciety of the Kentucky gentlemen of the capital.
These are numerous enough no doubt, but I'M
fortunately, they are devoted to the horse as a
racing animal, for which Mr.. Stanford cares
nothing. He loves the horse for himself; he
makes study of the quadruped and has theor-
les concerning mis- education and development
which are antagonistic to the prevailing opinions
among horsemen. AS Mr. Stanford cannot bring
his horse rancho with him to Washington, his
stay there promises to be something of an exile
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

To the postmaster.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-28
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

RARTs-Auerican Exchange in Paris, 50 Boulevar
6es Capucines.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
THE WEST.

The ather night sonse drunken tramps
fired the cattle sh eds at the fair grounds at
Fort Wayne. Ind. An unknown tram
was burned to dvath, and another giving
khe name of Griffin, was rescued horribly
burned.
COLONEL CUNpIFF, business manager of
the Nsseari Republican, died at St
Joseph, No., on the 4th.
TIE seventh annual parade Of the Yelled
Prophets took place in st. Louis on the
night of'the 9th. 1t consisted of twenty.
two floats, representing dozen of the
Arabian Nights stories.
W. S. hCBBELL, a well to do and promi
nent farmer living thirteen miles east of
Bismarck, %. T., was killed recently by a
runaway team. The blade of the pillow to
which the horses were hitched penetrated
his chest.
TIE st. Louis street car drivers struck
On the afternoon of the 9Th.
r. c. BLOOMFIELD was convicted at
Denver recently of fraudulently procuring
prescription claims. He was agent of the
Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle Com
I'any, composed principally Of English
SGep.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
LAND THIEVES.

Conviction ~ the Agent OF an English Com
pany-Frnudulent Work of Railroads.
WASHINGTON, October 6.-The General
Land Office is informed of the trial and
conviction Of r. G. Bloomfield, in Denver,
Col. on the 21st uit, for cOnspiring to de-
fraud the United States in procuring fraud
ulent presumption entries under fictitious
names. Mr.. Bloomfield is an Englishman,
very wealthy and the manager of the Arkan-
sas Valley Land Il Cattle Company COM
posed almost entirely Of Englishmen. This
company, j. is represented, own over 300,
900 acres Of land, controlling the water Of
vast areas cf country through illegal means.
The conviction of Bloomfield is regarded
at the Interior DE-, artnrent as highly
important in that it will he likely
the same illegal business. When the Jury
returned its verdict Bloomfield tainted in
open court II. X. Pinchney, who was in
dicted with Bloomfield, escaped before his
trial came OFT. He IS represented as having
furnished the men means to personate ac-
tnal settlers He employed cowboys until
the supply was exhausted, when he put up
paper men. Pinchney was a clerk in the
local land Office, and was of great assist
ance in successfully executing the fraudu-
lent entries. Several agents of the De-
partment Of the Interior report the
cutting Of large amounts of timber
on public lands adjacent to the line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, by large forces
of the men, who claim 10 be employed by
the Montana Improvement Company, which
it is alleged, is but branch Of the North
Pacific Railroad Company. Saw mills are
said to be running in full blast among .
vast area Of country. 1t is understood that
suits will be Immediately instituted against
the guilty parties. Reports are said to
have been received at the department to the
effect that tho AtchisOn. Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad Company. by making fraudu-
leut locations, have secured large areas Of
land to which they are not entitled.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
Desperate Conylcts.

RUsK, TEX, October 6.-Yesterday at
the terminus of the Kansas & Gulf Short
Line near Lufkin, Tex, sixty convicts
working on the road made a despera to
break for liberty. just as they had finished
their supper. With deafening yells they
started up in body and rushed for the
heighbOring woods. Guards opened fire on
them with deadly effect The latest report
says twenty-five Of them were killed or
wounded. The prisoners were in one large
body, and the guards simply emptied
their repeating rifles and small arms
into the moving mass. Rumors of
an intended mutiny in this camp
have been rife for some weeks past These
rumors were strengthened by the fact that
many OF the convicts were serving life SEN
fences and were known to be desperate
characters and extra precautions were be-
ing taken. Every means possible is being
used to recapture the thirty-five who sue
ceeded in eluding the rifles of the guards.
All avenues of escape are being guarded
and posses are being Organized to scour the
country. The scene Of the outbreak il
some miles from . telegraph Office.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
CINCINNATI SOCIALISTS.

3hsy Adopt = Platform which Every 0oo
Il Privileged tn Read.
CINCINNATI, October 9.-The Socialist
labor party in session at Schaepperies
Hall yesterday adopted the following plat
form: "As work is the only creation of all
wealth and civilization, in justice. therefore,
those that do this work should enjoy its
fruits: therefore we declare that q Just and
equitable distribution of the fruits of labor
is impossible under the present system
owing to tho production by gigantic
means. Since the introduction of ma
chinery the requirement Of which is i'm
possible except to the few. These modern
means of prOduction benefit only one class
of society. Where formerly man worked
for himself alone, there are hundreds
and thousands who work in shops,
factories and large farms. The re-
suit of their labOrs accrue only to
the owners of the machinery, factories
mines and toll This system destroys the
middle class and creates two separate
classes of individuals, the wage worker and
the bosses. The evils that rise from the
system are planiess system Of general
production, the destruction OF natural and
human forces, the continual necessity of
the material existence of the wage workers,
the suffering of the proletarian masses and
the colossal accumulation of wealth in the
hands of the few. These assertions are
proven by the present condition Of the
wage workers, who in the midst Of their
productions live in poverty and dependence,
while the hardest and most disagrrcabe
work furnishes the wage worker
only sustenance. Those who work
but little or not at all live in affiurnce
through those productions. Such condi.
ton of affairs which must grow worse under
the existing circumstances is against the
interests of manhood and is antagOnistic to
all justice and true democracy. Il destroys
the very essence IF our Constitution, which
says that all shall enjoy life, liberty and the
unrestricted pursuit Of happiness. 1t short
ems and threatens life by creating want and
suffering. 1t destroys liberty by making
and also makes political freedom imposst
ble. 1t checks the pursuit of happiness,
and happiness Is not Obtainable where hfe
and liberty are threatened. To change
this state of affairs we seek to essab-
lish system OF cooperative pro-
duction, and the distribution of its benefit
according to the wants and work OF the
producers under the control of organized
society. To overcome the continued OpPres-
sion of the wageworker by the capitalist
the Socialistic labor party is formed. We
seek the practical realization Of our de-
mandS by striving to gain possession Of the
political power through all practical MEANS"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
PUGNAClOUS MAYORS.
The Old and the New Have a Bout In .
Louisville Court Room.

The Old and the New Have a Bout In .
Louisville Court Room.
LOUISVILLE KY, October 9.-The Ordi.
nance Court room was enivened yesterday
afternoon by fistic attack by ex-MayOr
Charles d. Jacob upon P. Booker Reed, the
Mayor. Both men were witnesses in an
ordinance case. Mayor Reed had refused
to pay an old contract let under Jacobs adj
ministration on the grounds that it was
irregular and Invalid. Referring to this
Mr.. Jacob said: "rhe contract was one that
any honest man would pay, and on that no
honest man would object to- This
caused much excitement. and when MIR.
Reed asked il he refered to him Mr.. Jacob
said yes" and brought his hand down on
Reeds shoulder. He repeated the blow and
they were separated. Mayor Jacob apollo
gized to the court and was fined So. On
the outside he again attempted to assault
Mayor Reed, but was prevented. Mr. ia
cob refused to recognize the authority Of
Chief of Police Whallen, who attempted to
arrest him, but surrendered to the Marshal
Of the court. Both gentlemen have been
taken in hand by friends, and doubtless
there will be no further trouble.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15

class of immigrants than formerly, many
of whom say they have come to US because
of our prohibition law" A resolution was
also adopted that ito abate the evil grow.
ing out Of the abuse of privileges for the
sale of alcohol for medical and mechani-
cal purposes, we suggest the practicability
of placing the sale of liquors exclusively
in the hands of salaried employees of the
State"
Dr.. HoLCoMBE, State Veterinarian, re.
ports that between thirty aud forty coun-
ties in Kansas ara now infected with hog
cholera. The disease, he states, is rapidly
spreading, causing the daily loss of thou
sands of swine. Some counties have re-
ported loss of 900 from this disease
alone. DIR. Holcombe combats the idea en-
tertained by many that the malady is not
cholera, but is some new and fatal disease.
Vomiting or coughing are the first symp-
toms marking the first stages of this dis.
ease.
NEW counties are filling up.
The report that Mr.. Scoville was killed
by a street car at Topeka during the reun-
ion proved to be untrue. His foot was SC
severely injured that amputation was
necessary, but he was in fair way to re.
cover. A purse of between 500 and $6Os
was raised on the grounds and presented
to him.
JOHN ANDERSON, janitor in the Leaven-
worth post-ofice, was recently arrested
upon a charge of robbing the mails. Some
Of the properly was found in his possession.
He vas taken before United States Com
missioner Clough and bound over in the
sum of e ,oOo
s. L. On BERT has been appointed Re-
ceivss of the land-ofice at Wichita.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph end Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

= THE Naval Commission appointed by
Secretary Whitney issued its report on the
1st. The report was devoted to the de.
scription of vessels the country was
thought to be most in need of.
Elk MINISTER KASsoN has had several
conferences recently with Secretary OF
State Bayard. Mr.. Kasson is firmly of the
opinion that Bismarck is laying his plans
for the German acquisition of Cuba.
THE Imperial Ottoman Legation at Wash
ington attributed the report cabled from
Constantinople to the effect that the Sultan
was believed to be becoming demented ito
the malice of the enemies of Turkey" and
emphatically denied that there was any
truth in it.
IT was reported at Washington as an
indication of re.fving business, that a
large and increasing demand existed for
small coin.
THE President has recognized Julio Con-
zales as Consul General of the United
States of Venezuela at Washington and
Adolph Bass;nere as Consular Agent of
France at Louisville, KY.
A MEETING of the Cabinet was held at
Washington ON the 9Th. Among the
questions considered was the Spanish COM
mercial treaty and several appointments
under the Treasury, Interior and Justice
Departments.
F. A. TRIBE, Governor of Arizona, has
sent his resignation to Washington.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
THE LATEST,

SERIOUS riots broke out in st. Louis OF
the 9th, occasioned by the street car strike
Large mobs Of men surrounded various
cars, overturn;ug them into the gutter.
and beating the drivers and conductor:
and policemen guarding them. During
one of these riots, Policeman Hannah sho,
e. striker named Havey through the head
Lilling him. A very bitter feeling was en-.
gendered in consequence and worse troubles
were expected.
AT the Luke Fidler breaker, Shamokin
Pa, recently, Polish boy employed as q
slate picker, missed his footing and fell
headlong into l,ox in which were swiftly
revolving pair Of monkey" rollers. Be-
fore the machinery could be stopped hi,
body was ground to pieces.
NEARLY full and official returns from the
recent town meetings in Connecticut show
that in 162 of the 1877 towns, 20 are Repub.
lican, 90 Democratic and % equally divided
Last year the standing was almost exactly
the same.
The suit to test the validity of the Bell
telephone patents at Washington was dis
missed by Solicitor General Goode on tech.
made, it was said, to break the telephone
monopoly.
CARDINAL MCCLosKEY died ut New York
on the 10Th, aged seventy -four. He was
born in Brooklyn, n. Y. March 90, 1910.
HORSE breeders of Bushnell, ILL.,, were
considerably alarmed over the discovery
shat CHAMBERS exists in j. s. Humans herd
of range horses. Dr.. Paaren, the State
Veterinarian, examined the diseased ami.
mails and at once pronounced the malady
CHAMBERS.
INSTRUCTIONS have been received by DR..
Mckinney, Healts Officer of Texas, from
Governor Ireland, to discontinue the quar-
antine against Mexico.
CAPTAIN CLAIB, of Abilene, Tex, Man
ager of the Sansome Cattle Company, re-
ceived information that Indians had stolen
eighty head of horses from the company IS
ranch IN New Mexico near the Arizona
line.
THE ninth annual congress of the Ma.
tional Liberal League convened, at the
Peoples Theater. Cleveland, O., On the
ident, not being present, Charles Watts, of
London, England, Vice President. occupied
the chair.
The postmasters at Granitevi,le and
Sherley, small towns adjacent to Boston,
Nass., have been recommended for removal
for mailing matter at their office that
should have been mailed at Boston. In the
case of the Sherley postmaster it was al
legged by the Inspector who investigated
the m after that the postm fer maid thirty
per cent. of the valce of the stamps to per-
sons who brought quantities Of circulars
to his Office for mailing.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
SCORCHlNG TWO CITIES.

A Disastrous Fire in London Which San
Frunci>co fries to Duplicate.
LONDON, October S.-One OF the most
disastrous cOntfagratiOns that has occurred
in this city in many years broke out at i've
o'clock this morning in the Charter House
buildings, AldeEgate street, and is still
burning, though partially under control.
The fire spread with marvellous rapidity
and in less than four hours after it had
broken out thirteen of the eight-s,Ory
houses comprising the property were
destroyed The buildings were oc-
cupied by stores, mostly fancy
goods and toy empOriums. In one
of the buildings destroyed was To-
Gated 4 large printing establishment. An
other of the buildings was occupied rs a
bank. Through the strenuous efforts Of thu
tire~scn the structure was saved from total
destruction The iremen experienced
great difficulty in throwing streams Oh the
upper stories because of the lack OF water
pressure. Many O., them had narrow
eScases from death from falling walls etc.
Tue estimated loss will reach three million
dollars.
SAN Francisco, CAL, October 9.-The
Immense wilotesaie stationery and printing
establishment of II. S. Croker & Co., Oh
Bush street. burned to the ground this
morning Four mes' were buried in tina
ruins 1t is estimated thai the loss on the
building and the stock Is about $500 600.
The first alarm was turned in at 2:10 a. ILL.,,
h'rt rs The fir" O'jTinat-t in the basement
and was what is known as ''bliud fire."
the flames had already made considerable
Roadway before the extent of the danger
was known. In an incredibly short time
the whole interior Of the large five story
building seemed TO 10 q mass OF flames
and all prospect of saving it or any OF its
contents was hopeless. The building was
owned by Charles Cracker of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, and was worth
SIS. 600, but was not insured. The loss Of
II. S. Crocker d. Co. is 100000; insured
for S225. GOO. Schweitzer. Sachs l. Co.,
jobbers of fancy goods, Sansome street. the
rear Of whose premises adjOined those of
the CrOckers. lose heavily from damages by
water. The origin of the fire is mystery.
Four firemen were burned in the ruins but
two have been rescued. One of them is in
an unconscious stat.. The other two are
undoubtedly dead. The names are Martin
Hahn and Peter Heaiy.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
A Patent BILL Hlissing.

WASHINGTON, October ct has been
ascertained that an eDgrossed bill authoriz-
ing the Attorney General to begin proceed.
ings looking to the annuiment Of patents
obtained through fraud aud misrepresenta.
ton, together with all papers relating to
the measure, has disappeared from the
files Of the Senate Committee on Patents.
The bin was passed al the last session
by the House Of Representatives, and 70
ferred by the Senate to the Patent Commit
tee, but was not brought before the Senate
for final action. Senator Plat, the Char
man OF tho COMMITTEES on Patents, has writ
ten to this city, requesting thorough in
Investigation Of the.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
Bogus BOntis.

WASHINGTON, October 9.-Major Dye,
Chief of Police, to-day was handed letter
from Mr.. Hutchinson, who is in the land
business in Kansas City, stating that the
writer had traded land for $1,000 worth OF
seven per cent. District bonds, issued Octo-
Is, 1877, and made payable in July, 1882.
They are signed "Lisdley Murray. presi-
dent, and e. T. Ferris, secretary" Tie
writer said he would like to know their
value. Major Dye has written a letter in
reply stating that no such bonds have ever
been issued by the District and that they
are fraudulent He has also notified the
Kansas City police, asking that they make
an investigation.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
THE SOUTH.

A LITTLE girl named Mary Misner, at
Sherman, Tex, was teasing a performing
| bear recently, when the animal broke its
chain and fatally mauled her.
SIXTY convicts working on the Kansas
& Gulf Short Line, near Lufkin, Tex, re-
Gently made desperate attempt to escape.
The guards fired on them as they started
for the woods in body, killing and
wounding twenty-five of the number. The
remainder got away, but were being Wig
orously pursued. All were desperate
characters.
THE alleged outbreak OF sixty convicts
at Lufkin, Tex, was greatly exaggerated.
Only fifteen had the courage to break
through the lines and run. One of the lat
ter was instantly killed; seven were Sc
verely wounded and seven escaped.
The youth who robbed the stages near
Cisco and Abilene, Tex, was arrested at
Ell Paso and confessed the crimes. He
gave the name of Jesse Jones, and said his
parents were wealthy people of Eastern
Texas.
THE Board of Management of the expo
sition at New Orleans have added to their
list of special days an american Silver
Congress" assigning it to December II and
y, the two days following the american
Bankers Congress"
TWENTY-FIVE of the accomplices in the
lynching of Culbreath, in Edgefield County,
S. c., have been lodged in Jail. The other
three were detained temporarily by sick
ness.
GENERAL LOGAN was banqueted by the
logan Invincibles" at Baltimore on tie
evening of the Sth..
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
GENER Al


THE English War Office has issued the
report of Colonel Ketchner on the fall of
khartoum. The Arabs, the Colonel says,
entered the city by the Boori gate which
was not defended. He 'acquits Faraz of
tueachery. Faraz was charged with hav-
ing allowed the Mahdrs troops to enter
she city.
THE fund for the benefit OF James
Stephens, the ex-Feuian head center,
amounts to only 1900 and his friends are
greatly disappointed at the meagerness Of
the subscriptions. VT
In Palermo (Sicily) 146 new cases Of
cholel,s and seventy deaths were reported
on the &h. In Parma nineteen new cases
and nine deaths were reported, and in
other places in Italy twelve new cases and
five deaths.
THE Gaulois, of Paris, Illuminated its
building because of the Conservative gains
in France. A mob gathered and broke the
windows. Much excitement followed, and
Meyer, the editor, was somewhat ill-used
when he attempted to lAave the building.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-13

missioners' court was held yesterday
The most important business was the con-
sideration of new courthouse and JAIL
Paul Rentz has made y successful cxper.
iment In burning brick, and will at once
prepare TO make aud burn a large kiln.
From the specimen the brick will be- very
hard and OF u deep red color.
school lands IRE being taken up Ike
hot cakes. J. a. Creighton of Nova
Scotia, NJ. N Stages aud c. II. Woodward
of Coleman county, Mai. William Nc.
Morris Of Princeton, ILL.,, and J. G. Peo-
pies of Falls county, are among the latest
who wiz commence farming and stock
raising this fall
Two new store rooms on Abilene street
VIII soon be ready for occupancy. There
Is demand for more cottages There Is
not vacant house IN town
\ colony will be located at Warncld,
eight miles west, and one at odessa,
/ eighteen miles west. Both will engage
In agriculture