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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-30
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-30

IN THE DISTANCE. BY George Parsons Lathrop.
Charles Scribners Sons, New York; The Bowen
Merrill Company indianapolis Paper; SO cents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-30
BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS

Are fast taking the place of all others in factories
foundries, machine shops and mills. Parties having
their own power can procure Electric Generator
and obtain much light at much less cost than by
any other mode The incandescent and storage sys-
tenn has been perfected making small lights for houses
and stores hung wherever needed and lighted at will
day night Parties desiring Generators or to form
companies for lighting cities and towns, send Co
the Brush Electric Co.. Cleveland. o., to the under
signed at indianapolis. J. CAVEN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-30
POWEROFLEFT-HANDED MEN
Ehud and His Divine Commission to De-
stroy King Eglon, the Oppressor.
The Perils of Worldly Elevation. the Unex-
pected Coming Of Death, and the Mourn
ing that Endures for Time.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

BROOKLYN, March 29.-Dr. Talmage preached
this evening in the Brooklyn Tabernacle on the
subject Awkward Usefulness" When, by
electric touch, the fifteen hundred lights of the
Tabernacle flash up the auditorium affords a
brilliant scene not to be forgotten. The aisles,
and the corridors, and the entrances of the
church are thronged. The opening hymn at this
evenings services was
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
IMPORTANT DECISION
In a Suit to Recover Damages for Exto
tionate Freight Charges.

In Suit to Recover Damages for EXtor-
tionate Freight Charges.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 19.-About ayear
ago John B. Sheldon, a country shipper, be-
gan a suit in the United States circuit court
against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company, to recover damages for
alleged charging OfeXtOrtionatef freight rates.
He says the rates were in excess of the
maximum rates as fixed by the railroad
commissioners. The company filed pleas
setting out that it was organized by the
consolidation of five or six other Illinois
railroads, all of which, save one, had the
right by their charters to fix the amount of
charges for carrying freight and passengers.
Demurrers were filed to thepleas and argued
some months ago, before Judge Gresham.
The court decided, yesterday that the
consolidated company took its character
from the character OF the constituent COM
panies, and that one of these companies
was subject to legislative control, and that
the consolidation was voluntary on the
part OF several companies. The case STOOD
Judge Gresham held. just as if the defend
ant had been organized by the consOlida-
ton OF but two companies, one independ-
ent of legislative control and the other
subject to such control, and that in all
cases in which doubts arose as to the pow
ers of corporations, those doubts should
be resolved in favor of the public. The
case will be carried to the supreme court.
Under Judge Gresham's decision the COM
pany will be compelled to conform to the
rates fixed by the railroad commissioners.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

The most favorable feature OF the
present agricultural and business out
look is the condition of the cotton
crop. All reports Indicate that the
yield will be immense, some well-in-
formed authorities placing it as high
as 100000 bales. This is probably
an exaggerated estimate but there is
no doubt the crop will be considerably
in excess Of the large product Of last
year. AS matters now stand it is bet
ter to have lots of cotton to sell than
surplus of wheat, corn or provisions.
The competition of Eastern Europe
and India is seriously interfering with
our foreign grain trade, and the prohibi-
tions placed upon American hog prod
ucts by Germany and France are ma
terially restricting foreign shipments
Of provisions. But with cotton it is
different. This country enjoys a sub
stantial monopoly of its culture, and
cottoni is always salable at a fair price
When trade is active and the con-
sumption large it commands a better
price than during an era of prostra-
ton like the present, but it can be
easily carried over from year to year,
and if the price runs low the wealthy
cotton lords of England buy for future
use, so that there is always market
for this great staple. The enormous
crop this year will bring many millions
of money into the country, and will
make up for the shortage in other
branches of trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
FOE HIS BRIDES SAKE.
The Peculiarly Sad Suicide of Farmer
Webb, Near Honesdale. Pa.

The Peculiarly Sad Suicide of Farmer
Webb, Near Honesdale, Pa.
HoNEsDALB, Pa, Sept. 17.-R. E.
Webb, well-to-do farmer living near
Glass Factory Pond. tour miles from
this village, met Mary Pollard, a,
young woman from Bowmansville,
Ont, who was visiting friends here.
Before shereturned home Miss Pollard
and Webb became engaged. Webb was
afflicted with a nervous disease Of
which the young woman was ignorant
at the time Of the engagement. The.
disease was attended at times with
violent spasms. Shortly after she re-
turned home one of her friends in this
county wrote and told her of Webb's
affection, and she broke the engage
ment. Sometime ago, believing hehad
been cured, Webb renewed his suit and
was again accepted. On Wednesday
last week the couple were married.
They returned to Webb's farm on Sun
day last. Tuesday morni1 Webb
went away from the house tt ONE
work about the farm Not .rning
at dinner a search was made His
clothing was found on the shore of
Glass Factory Pond. His body lay in
the outlet Of the pond, in but two feet
Of water. AS he seemed fearful on his
way home with his bride, that he
would be again seized with his old dis
ease, and was depressed with the
thought, many believe that he COM
mitted suicide rather than live with
the fear disturbing both his own and
his wife's life. A singular incident con-
nected with his death was revealed on
opening his trunk after his death. A
lady's mourning hat and other mourn
ing garments of recent make were
found in the trunk, which was one he
had travelled with on his wedding trip.
The family think that he went bathing
in the pond and was seized with fit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
WILL EXPEL THE CHINESE.
The Knights of Labor Taking Up the
Cudge1 Against Them,

RAwLINs, Wyo.. Sept. 16.-The
Knights Of Labor have taken up the
cudgel against the Chinese and their ulti-
mate expulsion from the territory is prob
able. Mr.. Neesham, representing the Union
Pacific division of the Knights OF Labor,
arrived here yesterday, and was met by Mr.
Bromley, representing President Adams, of
the Union Pacific Company. Both spent
the day in looking into the causes of the.
anti Chinese demonstrations TWAS shown
that the Chinese were brought back against
their wishes. Mr.. Neesham left for Denver
last night. His last words to the CORE
spondent were: '"The information received
to-day astounds me. The sitUatio is
desperate, and calls for heroic measures
1t IS feared that there will be trouble unless
the Union Pacific recedes from its position
and sends the Chinese out Of the country
1t is not likely, however, that this matter
will settle itself in a few days without inter-
ference from any one. The Chinese here are
becoming demoralized. Thirty of them
boarded yesterdays west-bound express,
and ike number set out for the West on
foot, with baggage on their backs. The
white miners were told that they could go
back to work this morning, and they will
likely do SO if no attempt is made to work
Chinese with them. So far the Chinese have
been afraid to go down into the mines, and
have consequently been idle since the riot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
Minor Mention.

Extensive cotton mills at Lawrence,
Mass, which have been idle for year, will
shortly resume operati with 2,7OO en-
ployes.
In a railroad accident near Erie, Penn,
on the night OF the 10TH one man was
killed and several persons injured Among
the latter was the engineer, one of the sur
vivOrs Of the Ashtabula disaster, who,
Notwithstanding his INJURIES prevented a
shocking accident by tagging a passenger
train which, but for the warning, would
have plunged into the wreck.
A slight shock of earthquake was report
ed at Naples, on the 18th.
George Egelhoff, proprietor of the car
riage mandatory at Jerseyville ILL.,, has
assigned. The assets are scheduled at S25,-
SS5 and the liabilities at $16,246.
The business failures in the United States
| and Canada during the week ending Septem-
Der Is, numbered 17S.
Eight men lost their lives on the 18th
inst. by the sinking Of the barge Orient on
| the bar at Galveston, Tex.
On the night of the 18th an unknown tug
boat ran into the schooners Ratidan and
Ediom Post, at anchor off Bedloe's Island,
New York harbor. The schooner Ediom
Post sank Immediately, carrying down the
steward name unknown, and Capt. James
Smith.
Part OF a passenger train on the Ken
UuChy OeuUTdl TOdO W6I1U QOWn an EN- Ddnk-
ment near Lexington on the 18th. Engineer
Frank Watts and Fireman H. E. Burger
were killed and number of others serious
ly hurt.
A big hail storm struck the country south
OF Granite Falls. Mimi, on the 10Th, doing
great damage. Drifts formed to depth of
| three feet, and hailstones are reported ten
inches in diameter.
Miss Cramer, a niece of Gen. Grant, was
married at the mayors Office, New York,
on the 18th inst, to Alphonse Bernhardt,
of Paris. The bridegroom is a well-known
journalist of the French capital.
Henry Arthur d Co., manufacturers of
leather findings, New York, failed on the
18th, with debts to the amount Of $175,-
600.
By the bursting of a fly wheel in a rolling
mill at Sharon, Pa, on the 18th, Andrew
Blum and John Flick were fatally injured.
The Gedion family, at Shamokin, Pa, ate
toadstools under the mushroom impression
on the 18th, and Mrs. Gedion died.
The Willowdale Company Of Boston,
manufacturers of blankets, suspended on
he 18th, with liabilities OF about $780,
900.
Chauncey S. Newell, ex-chief of police at
Muskegon, Mich, was accidentally shot and
killed on the 18th inst. while out hunting.
The falling in of a tenement at Ann Ar
Dor, Mich. on the 18th, resulted in the
death of Mrs. Ausman Bailey, a colored
woman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
why a Drunken Man Staggers.

From the Philadelphia News
"Why does a drunken man stagger
when he is drunk"
A representative Philadelphia physi-
clan, scientist and philosopher ad-
dressed this query to a reporter as
they passed by a well-dressed. gentle
manipulating young man, who had
evidently looked through the bottom
OF too many wine glasses.
''You must know" said the doctor
IN responseto arequest for plain but
scientific explanation, "that the ner-
vous system, which has its seat in the
brain and rthe spinal cord, divides its
responsibility among its several parts,
much as in the executive department
of the government the responsibility
is subdivided, but centers in one
head-the president. In the case Of
man the cerebellum presiies over the
CO. ordination of movement, the cere-
brum over volitional life and the me-
dulla oblongata over respiration. In
the case of alcohol intoxication the
influence is first felt at the cerebellum,
and the victim loses that complete
control over the movement Of his
muscles which characteriZes him in his
moral state. This is the reason he
staggers. If the intoxication Is carried
further the cerebrum is attacked and
he loses control over his thoughts, the
power OF expressing, himself Intelligent
" and, in fact, all his intellectual fac
ulties are benumbed. When this mar
cotization becomes complete the man
is dead drunk. Inmany instances the
intoxication has SO affected that part
of the spinal cord which presides over
sensation that surgical operations
have been performed without produc-
ing the sensation OF pain. The last
portion of the system affected by the
rotations of the drunkard is the me-
dulla oblongata. When this becomes
narcotized respiration ceases and
death ensues.
II have gone even further than your
question implied, and have
given you all the stages Of drunken
ness. 1t is when the influence of the
alcohol is felt in no other portion Of
the brain than the cerebellum that
the individual is said to be drunk in
his legs, but all right in his head"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

ACCORDING to interesting table re-
Gently published there are about ST.
100000 acres in the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland held in
estates of 1000 acres and upwards,
the remainder, a little over 2O,OOO,-
900 acres, being in smaller holdings.
The annual entails of the larger estates
average about $4.25 an acre, and the
whole little less than SO an acre.
There are nearly 100000 acres dis
tributed in holdings of from one to 100
acres, averaging in rental close upon
500, and 188,415 acres held in plats
Of less than one acre, including, of
course, real estate in towns and cities,
which average 1913 an acre rent. OF
all estates, IA, 258, 527 acres are held
by the peerage with an average rental
of 81 an acre, and 2,421 ,531 acres by
members Of the House of Commons
with an average rental of trife over
$425. The Beaconsfeld Cabinet in
1880 owned $685. acres, the Glad
stone Cabinet of 1884, 90, 349 acres,
and the present Salisbury Cabinet,
365, FOL acres. OF these the Earl OF
Beaconsfeld (DisraelD owned 1,OO4
acres; Mr.. Gladstone owns 2, 135 acres,
and Lord Salisbury 2O,122 acres.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

Owingsville, KY, on the 18th, Morse and
James Ballard were shot dead. The prison
or was on his way to the state penitentiary
for murder.
Christopher Opperman, a st. Louis shoe
maker, committed suicide on the 18th by
putting his head in a washtub.
The body of an unknown man, who had
evidently been murdered. was found in a
canal slip at Buffalo, on the 18th.
At Jaysville, O., on the 18th, George
Vines, aged so, who had a grudge against
Amaziah Jay, son Of a wealthy farmer, met
Jay and after brief quarrel stabbed and
killed him. Vines escaped arrest.
Jasper E. Sweet, Chicago printer under
arrest for the murder of DR.. Thos. Waugh
confessed, on the 18th inst, to having com.
mitted the crime in revenge for Waugh's be-
trayal of his wife.
Frank Berte broke the neck Of William
Hazard at Cincinnati, o., on the 18th, with
II single blow Of his fist. Both men were
foundry employees.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
Smoke.

\ fire on the new pier Of the Royal
Netherlands Mail Steamship Company, at
Jersey City, on the 10Th, caused loss of
100000.
The Delaware & Hudson freight depot,
two New Jersey Central freight cars, and
the warehouse of the Glens Falls Paper
Mill Company, at Glens Falls, n. Y, were
destroyed by fire on the 18th The loss on
the freight depot and cars is S10,00O; fully
insured. The loss on the warehouse is S1O,-
000 insurance, $4,000. The fire was prob
ably of incendiary origin.
The mandatory of the Smith American
Organ Company, corner of Montgomery and
Clarendon Streets, Boston, was partially
destroyed by fire on the evening Of the 1Sth
inst. Loss, 100000; insured.
Prairie fires have been raging fiercely in
the vicinity of Bismarck, D. T., at least
fifty farmers have lost everything. The
total loss is estimated at in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
Rush q Sprague's Touring mill, at Leaven-
worth, Kas., the largest in the state, was
destroyed by fire on the 18th inst, causing
a loss CT $1OO,0 900, with insurance of S6O,-
600. The fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion.
A fire caused by gasoline explosion at
Mt. Hope, Kas., on the 18th, caused loss
of $4,000.
S. X. Metzger & Sons packing house, at
Elm1ra, n. u, was destroyed by fire on the
10th. The loss is estimated at $5O,OOO;
insurance $4,000.
The Louisville (Ky.) Spoke Factory
burned on the morning of the 10th. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000. Origin of the
fire unknown.
On the morning Of the 10th fire broke
out in the yards of the Southern Pump
Company. at Nashville Tenn, and spread
ing rapidly, consumed 100000 feet of
lumber and the mill buildings. Rhea &
Sons grain elevator, the Indiana Lumber
Company's yards, the gas works and the
ice factory were seriously threatened, but
were saved by hard work. Loss estimated
at over 100000; insurance 100000,
principally in foreign companies.
Fox q Co.'s glass works, at Durhamville,
n. Y, burned on the 10th. Loss $780,
600; insurance $4,000. The works COW
cred three acres Of ground.
Fire broke out on the morning Of the 18th,
in Bishop & Runkle's unoccupied building
at Crystal Falls, Mich, destroying that
building, an adjoining store, the Green Bay
House, McGlinchey's saloon and few
smaller buildings. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
Fire at Chicago on the 18th inst. burned
out Pitkin e. Waugh, theatrical printers,
and several other firms. Loss, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
Deeds of Blood.

After celebrating five minutes, the Jury
in the De Mores murder case at Bismarck,
OAK, rendered a verdict Of acquital.
A meeting OF anarchists in Paris on the
goth broke up in row. Many persons
were injured by revolver shots.
Pat Rush. a section boss, was murdered
by Mike Carroll, an insane man, near
Browns Canon, Col, on the 18th.
News was received, on the 18th that q
man named Olson, who was suspected of
assaulting and numbering young girl, was
captured and lynched by a mob near Rosa
Lake, OAK, the previous evening.
A stranger, supposed to be a German
named Schneider, from Fond du Lac, Wis.
was found suspended from the bridge over
the James River at La Moure, D. T., on the
morning of the 18th. He had worked with
a threshing crew and had been drinking
freely. He had but little money, and was
about so years old.
James Welsh and a companion attempted
to break up a colored dance at Indianap-
oils at an early hour on the morning of the
18th. Two officers were called in, and were
Immediately assaulted and one of them
knocked down by Welsh. On regaining his
feet the officer fired three shots, instantly
killing Welsh and seriously wounding a bv-
stander.
The date to which Riel was reprieved so
that an appeal OF his case might be heard
before the Imperial Prlyy Council, is Oc-
tober Is.
A horrible crime was brought to light
near Cool Greek, Tenn, on the night of the
10Th. The body of Sam. Ogle, a wealthy
farmer. was found in a ravine, horribly
mutilated his head being almost severed
from his body. Two white women were ar
rested on the charge OF having committed
the crime, and the most intense excitement
prevails.
While attemntino 10 rescue their hrotbar
Jack from the hands OF deputy sheriff at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

In the current number of the Brook
lyn Magazine, Mr.. Joseph G. Hendrix
makes some strong points against the
features of common-school education
which seem to be ludicrously incon-
sistent. He notes it as a curious fact
that many city boys reach the end of
the school course without being able
to tell what monkey wrench is, or
describe q cross-cut saw, or define the
uses of turning lathe, while piston,
a steam box, or throttle valve are
all far beyond their ken. They can,
however, tell the number of elemental
ry sounds in the Language and the sig
nificance of the whole cluster of dia-
critical marks, all of which soon fade
out of their minds. In other words
they lose a great deal oftime in study
ing what will be of no practical bene-
fit to them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
MOntreaI'S Plague,

A dispatch from the plague-stricken city
of the 18th says: "Dr. McNierce, assistant
health officer, was informed yesterday that
there was a case Of smallpox in an eating
house. On proceeding there with an officer,
the occupants would not allow him to en-
ter. He forced an entrance and saw six
men eating their meals, and in a room ad.
joining, found lad down with bad case
of smallpox. The boy was removed to a
hospital, and the doctor discovered that
the boys father was sitting on a Jury in the
court of Queens bench in a murder trial.
Going to court he exposed the man and the
judge discharged the jury. The sheriff dis.
charged the man from further attendance.
The court adjourned, and the health officers
disinfected it. A larger number of cases
than those authenticated occur daily"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

CALIFORNIA fruit dealers, who for
merly paid $500 a carload for the
transportation of freight from the Pa
cific coast to Chicago, have made, re-
Gently, arrangements for transporta-
ton at the rate of $500 a carload.
This is enough and more than enough
for the service rendered, and it is not
improbable that this cut in prices will
lead to further cuts by competing
lines. It has been demonstrated by ex-
perience that number of rival lines Of
railroads willnot form iron-clad pools
at high rates, for the profit is so large
that members of the pool will slyly cut
under pool prices for the sake of get
ting more than their respective shares
of the traffic. High rates of transpor-
tation, where there are too many lines
to do the business, destroy themselves,
and end in prices that hardly pay the
cost of running the trains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
Tenement House Horror.

A fire broke out at New York on the
morning of the 18th in the fve-story double
tenement house on East Eighty-frst Street.
Nineteen families lived in the house, en-
bracing over 100 persons, most of them
young children. They were all hastily
aroused, and some OF them escaped by the
stairway, while others descended the fire.
escape. Mrs. Rueblinger, the wife OF a
baker living in the house, made her way to
the roof with her three young children and
her babe. Not noticing an air shaft she
fell down it, distance OF sixty feet, and
she and the baby were instantly killed.
The other children were warned of their
danger in time to escape their mothers
fate. The pecuniary loss was only 81 800.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

A coRoNER's jury in Jersey City, has
delivered itself of an important YER
dict. This jury was called upon to
serve in the case of one of the victim
of druggist Am Ende's mistake. After
fixing the responsibility for the death
upon the pharmacist, the jury added
20 their verdict this: "And we recon-
mend that the the proper authorities
prepare measures to prevent such an
occurrence in the future" Freely
translated this means, that the au-
thorities draw up laws that will pre-
vent carelessness or mistakes on the
part OF compounders of drugs. While
the authorities are about it, they
should go further. They should pre-
vent the idiot who did not know sit
was loaded from killing his best girl
or his grandmother, and as
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23

DANISH bankers have entered into
an agreement which might furnish a
useful hint for their brethren on this
side of the water. A bank clerk hav-
ing been detected in heavy embezzle-
ment, and it being shown that he had
been enabled to carry on his game
through outside transactions with
bill-brokers, the banks have agreed to
refuse entirely to do business with any
such who can be shown to have had
dealings with bank clerks. In this
country the boycotting need not, per-
haps, be made to apply to bill-brok-
ers, who are tribe not so well known
as in the trade centers of Europe, but
it might be useful for the banks to
agree to refuse to make advances
to grain, provision and stock brok-
ers who conduct speculations for
bank officers.