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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-12
sCALPED BY THE APACHEs.
The Terrible Experience of q Young CalifOr-
MIA Scout Who Underwent IT.

mia Scout Who Underwent 1t.
Chico (Cal.l Chronicle.
A sick and sorry looking specimen of human
ity stepped from the passenger train last night
and climbed into waiting wagon and was
driven to the country His name was Samuel
Neff He is a man of about thirty years of age
and his parents reside in Pine Creek. Young
Neff IS just home from Arizona, where he has
been prospecting in the mines and acting as q
scout on the hunt for Indians. Unfortunately
for him he found the murderous red devils, and
they almost made mnce meat of him, One day
while riding through canon he was shot through
the shoulder and fell from his horse. His
assailants, fading that he was not dead, tor
tured him outrageously They cut gashes in his
face and all over his body, applied fire to his feet
and hands. and ended their brutal assaults by
scalping him. He suffered untold agonies and
prayed that death might relieve him. Finally ne
fell into faint, and, upon awakening. he found
himself being kindly cared for in miners cabin.
The miner had picked him up and carried him
long distance on horseback. Neff suffered weeks
of excruciating pain, and raved with fever,
and, as soon as he was able to travel, he took the
road for home
Last evening Chronicle reporter asked Ned
how it felt to have his hair lifted.
cit is dreadful sensation he said "Ona
thinks, the skin is being torn from the skull
that his feet are coming right up through hh
body to the top of his head. Oh, it is terrible
1t is so painful that you cannot utter cry, and
thousands of stars dance before your eyes, You
imagine red-hot needles are darting In and ouf
your flesh, and you clasp your hands so closely
that the finger-nails cut into the flesh. / would
rather be run through a threshing- machine,
ground up in q sausagemil or thrown under
locomotive than to ever undergo such another
ordeal 1t makes me shudder to think of this
tortures have gone through WITH and | never
want to look upon the face of another Indian"
do many persons survive the operationW in
terrupted the reporter.
mo. have only heard of two or three men
besides myself who have lost their hair by the
calping-kni and then lived to tell of it,"
''Mr Nef. do you think the hair will ever
grow out again2"
ooh, no; shall always have bald spot an
there. The skin was torn off for a space of four
inches square, and I'm afraid it will never heal
entirely. Even if il does heal over the baro
place will always be so painful that cannot
touch it. keep my head tied up in cotton and
sweet oil. You can see that my beauty has been
considerably marred. These frightfuf gashea
across my face will go with me TO the grave"
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Fatal Shooting at Goshen.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS journal.
GOSHEN, June IA shooting ARRAY occurred
this morning. about o'clock, in which stran
ger. giving his name as Robert Mellon, from
Salt Lake City. received a wound which is very
likely to prove fatal. Yesterday Mellon ap-
peared at Mr. Nedaurer's restaurant for break
fast The meal was promptly served. After
having finished the meal he told Neidaurer he
was working in one of the shops and would be
back for dinner. Mellon being stranger, Mr..
Hedaurer demanded pay for the meal or security
ef some kind After some words, Mellon left
his hat as security, and started away.
Nothing more was seen of him until
this morning, when he returned, and as
Mr. Nedaurer supposed wished to redeem his
hat. After getting possession of his hat he fatty
refused to pay the amount. and promptly took
occasion to back up his assertion by covering
Neidaurer with a revolver. A tussel ensued, in
which Mellon got the best of the situation.
Neidaurer, however. succeeded after a while,
in getting possession of the revolver, and sent
the messenger of death, which was meant for
himself, into the body of his antagonist. The
bali entered under the right shoulder blade. and
passed through the body sufficiently to be To-
Gated in the right breast. At this writing the
victim is still living. but 1t is thought he cannot
recover. Neidaurer gave himself up to the au-
thOPitieS.
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To the Editor Of the indianapolis journal
resided in your now beautiful city during the
years 1886 and 1887. being twenty-one years old
during my first year there. In the month of
May. 1886, bought my first shaying-box from
Mr. Foudray then called old man Foudray)
who at that time kept general stock of dry
goods in small old one-story frame house on
Washington street, about one door east of where
the indianapolis National Bank now stands. His
store house was about twenty by thirty feet, and
mis- stock Of merchandise would probably invoice
from $500 to $780, Mr. Fondray then had two
grown sons whose names believe, were Milton
and John. The shaving box is one of those old
fashioned round wooden ones, four inches in
diameter. have used this box constantly for
fifty years and | am yet using it. with the un-
Outstanding that at my death the box will pass
to my eldest son, Charles N. Carson. druggist
in Paragould. Ark. This box is regarded by my
family as one of the rare relics Of the nineteenth
century.
came from Indiana to Memphis, Tenn, in
l845, made flying trip back to Indiana in 1854,
married there and quickly returned home, and
outlaws, made and lost money, preserved my
original loyalty during all the dark days of the
Rebellion and afterwards, and forthe last twenty
years the American flag has always been about
my house, and when necessary its folds have
been unfurled to the breeze. have filed many
civil Offices here; have been, during tho dark
days, twice sentenced to the penitentiary for my
loyalty to the United States government. but i
am yet hereA am seventy years old, with hair
quite gray. JAMES CARSON.
JONxsBORo, Ark
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
ALI Kinds in the Two States.
Interesting Fight Over School Superintend-
ency Fatal Shooting at Goshen-A
HOStler Burned to Death-Gleanings.
An Interesting Fight at Logansport Over the

An Interesting Fight at Logansport Over the
City School Superintendent
special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LoGAEspoRT, June IA triangular fight is
now going on here for the position of superin-
tendent of the city schools for the next year that
is attracting general attention. Professors
Waltz, Black and Beals are the applicants. Prof.
Waltz has filed the position for twelve years,
and. as q natural consequences, has made some
enemies who have been plotting his overthrow.
and who at the last meeting of the Council, Sc
cured the election of a school trustee who was
pledged against Walsz. One of the other MEM
bers of the board is heartily in favor of the
present incumbent, while the third member is
open to conviction. Professor Beals, until re-
Gently. occupied chair in the American Normal
College, while Professor Black has for two
years been the principal of the high-school here.
he wants to be understood as out of the ring
until the board decides that Professor Waltz can
not have the place, when he Immediately be-
comes lively candidate. The school teachers of
the city have rolled up their sleeves and are cleo
tioneerng enthusiastically all save one for Prof.
Waltz. The high school teachers are also TAX
ing hand. The candidates for the position are
all prominent in the northern part of the State
as educators, and the progress of the contest
will be watched with interest.
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THE CRY In BRIEF.

The street commissioners payroll for the last
week was 1914 go
There were ifty-six births and thirty four
deaths in the city during the last week
W. HI. Ripley has been appointed receiver of
the soap firm of DR.. Hiram 5. Park 81 Sons.
Peter Barry will build frame house on State
avenue near Carter street, at a cost of 81, 200,
The Portsmouth IN. H. Savings Bank has
sued William F. Stilz and Maria r. Stilz for
Sc 900 on foreclosure.
A horse and buggy belonging to J. A. Buchan-
an. of No. 296 Union street. Were stolen from
the front of the First National Bank yesterday
afternoon.
The city health board has instituted prosecu-
tions against Peter Reuter-. Joseph Becker.
John Heron and George w. Hoffman for fail
ure TO clean vaults.
The Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association
has established headquarters at the w. G. L. u.
rooms, on North Pennsylvania street. where all
suffragsts will be welcome
Trustee Many requests that all warrants that
have been issued for salaries of teachers shall be
presented for payment on or before next Mon
day, when the interest will stop.
Morris Bowman. a brakeman, while coupling
cars in the Vandalia yards. across the river, had
his arm badly crushed. He was taken to DIR.
Jameson's Office. by Kreglo, and had the wound
dressed.
Thomas Mitchell. yardmaster of the l., D. &
s., in jumping from an engine in the yards, west
of the river at ESQ o'clock last night. was
seriously injured He was taken to his home,
No. % Blackford street, by Kregelo.
Bids ranging from 1900 to 81, 900 for the
building of the proposed new school house at
Brickvile have been received by Trustee Many,
and the work will be begun as soon as he can
make arrangements for securing the money.
The receipts from the American Opera Com
'ays engagement In this city amounted TO
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Brief Mention.

A new national bank, with capital of $780,,
900, is to be started at Springfield.
w. j. Heath, for thirty years justice of the
peace at Joliet, died of heart disease on Thurs
day.
The fee for license to deal in cider, hard or
sweet, at Windsor, has been fixed at $1,000 a
year.
The Illinois Pharmaceutical Association.
which has been holding its annual session at
Rockford, adjourned Thursday. John r Porter
was elected president, but declined, whereupon
b. +. Gardner, of Atlanta, was chosen to that
Office.
G. A. Colby, who resided in the village of
Irving Park. near Chicago, was during Wednes
day night forcibly expelled from the place by in
dlgnant citizens. on account of his criminality
toward children. His family claims that his
mind became impaired oy business misfortunes.
Archibald Strahl was shot at Litchfield. Fri
day afternoon, by Mrs. Caleb Stephenson, and
died Thursday morning The murderess was
jealous of her husbands attentions to her vic
TINS wife, and quarrel between the women led
to Strahl visiting the Stephenson domicile. where
he received his death wound. Mrs. Stephenson.
who attempted suicide on Wednesday, has been
locked up.
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The Friends of James ID. Fish Still Circu-
lating n Petition for His Release.

lating Petition for His Release.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
For some time petition has been in circula-
ton asking for the pardon of James d. Fish, the
ex-president of the wrecked Marine Bank, who
is now serving term at Auburn. The paper is
guarded carefully, and those who have signed it
refuse to divulge its contents 1t is said that all
of the old officers of the bank, ard more than
two thirds of the stockholders aud depositors,
have attached their signatures to it When
completed it will be forwarded to President
Cleveland at Washington. The matter will
probably be referred by MIN to United States
District Attorney Walker for his opinion.
When a reporter called this morning upon Mr..
John D. Fish son of the convict, and asked per-
mission to look at the paper, that gentlemen be-
came very angry, and said: Il won't let you see
it It is none of your business, or anyone else's.
I wont be interviewed, either. don't see the
use of bringing this matter up again.
any father never would have been convicted
if it hadn't been for the newspapers, which scared
the jury so they dared not bring in verdict of
not guilty. tell you my father was not the
man he has been painted. have taken the pc
ttion to a number OF my fathers old friends.
They have signed it, Many OF the officers and
creditors of the bank have attached their names
t. it. have not troubled the public. and do not
intend to. / can't let you see the petition"
Chow many persons have signed its was
asked.
81 don't know, and haven't counted them.
tell you won't give you any information"
Mr.. Ambrose Snow. president of the Board Of
Trade, who was director in the wrecked bank,
was seen by the reporter and asked for his views
regarding the petition. II think as do nearly
all of the officers of the bank he said. s'that
Mr.. Fish has suffered enough punishment al
ready He was a man in business for forty
years, and never did dishonest act in his life
Of course he did violate the banking laws, hut
he was decoyed by Ward. who also ruined the
Grants, and many other families. All of his old
friends wish to see him released More than
two-thirds Of the creditors Of the bank have
sipned tha papern
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An Amputated Hand That Rested Uneasily in
Its Graye-A Singular Experience.
Special to the Indianapolis Journai.
NATION, June 11-Frank Cave, who had his
arm amputated a short time ago, complained
that the thumb of the amputated member panied
him, and that it felt as if it was doubled under
his hand He requested that the arm be taken
up from where it had been buried and the thumb
Strengthened. The arm was taken up, and the
thumb was found doubled under the hand. as
Cave had supposed. It was Strengthened. and
the arm placed again in the ground At the
same time Cave felt immediate relief The
above is vouched for by DIR. Rignev and other
truthful persons whose word cannot be doubted.
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Need of the High-schocI.

70 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal,
Where are the defenders of the High-school9
Among all our intelligent citizens who owe to
this school their education, is there no one Just
enough to to its relief Those acquainted
with the facts in the case know that the great
majority of the attacks made upon the school
emanate from those comparatively ignorant of
the true state of affairs 1t seems incredible
that cultivated men who owe their entire ad-
vancement in life to good education should de-
Hberately endeavor to deny this privilege to
others. The man of the future must not only
be armed with the implements of common educa-
ton, but must be equipped with the weapons of
more advanced learning.
The charge is made that a majority of the
youth do not attend the hieh-schoos. There
fore the hich-schools must go. Acting upon this
principle the Christian religion is unworthy Of
attention, because but small proportion of the
inhabitants of the world subscribe to its tenets
1t is asserted that the graduates Of the High
school come forth into the business world rem
dered incapable of performing active mental
work. This is too ridiculous for serious consid-
GRAFTON. Everybody knows that its past eradu-
ates are among the most active and intelligent
mental and manual workers in the community.
If the High school be abolished what are its 700
students to doq Shall they be turned out into
the streets to pick up an education? The most
of the pupils are too young to engage in life's
hard struggle
Indiana is held in no great repute as an educa-
tional center. While Illinois, Ohio. Michigan and
Kentucky are we'll represented in the Eastern col
leges, Indiana has few pupils there 1t
seems the inclination of some of our people to
utterly crush what slight opportunities of educa.
ton we possess. Let the High school be closed;
let all learning beyond the merest elements be
suppressed and then let Indianapolis die forever.
for die she surely will. No man of family will
move to a city where there opportunities
for an ordinarily complete education and Ger
tanly no citizen who seeks the advancement of
his childrens welfare cares to remain in a COM
munty which ignores tho necessity of mental
instruction.
A GRADuATE OF THE HIaH- SCHOOL.
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A Victory for the w. C. t. U.

: sciai to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, June 1.-THE w. G. T..
CT this city, have gained another victory in
re cause of temperance. Last year saloon
,.as run on the square which contained three
Observation-Disclosures, First Presbyterian and
Episcopal The saloon was so notorious that the
owner did not dare apply for another license
So one George Shanks applied for liquor
license for the purpose of selling liquor at this
place. The w. G. Z. u. circulated a petition
which was numerously signed, praying the Board
of Commissioners not to grant the license. The
case was set for trial to-day, and, after about
twenty women gathered around the Commission
ers, Shanks concluded to withdraw his applica.
fion. The w. G. T. u. claim that they had
enough evidence against Sharks to have landed
him in the penitentiary.
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Select Society on a Ball Ground.

Cincinnati Sun.
Allen o. Myers. managing editor Of the En-
quirer, was refused admission yesterday to the
base ball park He was seen last night by re-
eerttr. to whom he gave the following account
of the matter:
There has been difference between Mr..
Caylor and myself for years l went to the
grounds to-day and presented the Enquirer
ticket The gate keeper directed me to the box
Office, and there the ticket was refused then
offered to pay the regular price of admission but
was informed that word had been left not to al
low mo admittance under any circumstances OF
course it was very mortifyine. but there was no
scene connected with it whatever"
ssWhat course do you propose to take, Mr.
Mr.. Myers in the adjustment of the difficulty2'
.'Well. don't know precisely what shall do
I have no wish to have any trouble in the mat
ter. but think am as good as some people who
go thare."
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Died while Talking of His Burial-Lot.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NATION, June John Chism, of Laxa.
this county, an old pioneer of eighty years. died
to day, under very peculiar circumstances. He
had eaten hearty meal and was sitting in a
rockingham, talking pleasantly with his son.
The conversation drifted upon Mount Hope Gem.
etery. and he spoke of having bought lot in it
because the cemetery was in such pretty loca-
ton. The words were scarcely out of his mouth
when his hands dropped to his side, his eyes
closed. and ne lay back in his chair, dead. He
has boon married for fifty seven years, and his
was the first death ia the family in all that
time.
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Suits Against the T., G. &, st. l..
aciaI To- the Indianannlis Innrnaf

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
MARION, June 1.-The Toledo, Cincinnati g.
ST. Louis Railway Company. which has been
afflicted with chronic litigation for several
years past, is becoming more deep
ly involved. During the past few days
A number of complaints have been filed here by
citizens of Grant county asking damages in
amounts from $500 to $1,000 in each
case The complaints are based on
the failure of the company to erect
certain fences and crossings, which was a cond-
ton in the granting of the right of way About
twenty more suits based on the same grounds
are in preparation. and the aggregate amount
demanded will not fall short of 5000
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q Fap6F News.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The editor of the New York Evening Post has care
fully read the padded reports of the President
honeymoon in the morning newspapers, and gives the
essential points of greatest interest in wewritten
editorial in which it very prenserly denounoes such
Under the pretext of rebuking other newspapers,
it compiled ali their choicest gossip the Presi-
dents honeymoon in an editorial expressing dis
approval of such publications. Thus its readers
could enjoy the gossip. and at the same time feel
that il was being employed for a moral purpose
1t was as nice as one of those editions of clas-
sic author in which all the naughty passages are
suppressed in the main body of the text, and
conveniently collected in an appendix.
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London Truth.
hear from a trustworthy correspondent Ia
Berlin that the Emperor William is in such q
state of weakness that it scarcely seems possible
that he can survive many days. He has failed
with amazing rapidity during the last fortnight
and his manifest debility excited most painful
impression at the parade on Friday The EN-
peror has made some marvellous rallies during
the last ten years. but, at the age Of eighty nine
nothing short of miracle can restore him.
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Steamship News.

HAMBURG. June 1l.-Arrived Rugia. from
New York.
LONDON June 1L-Arrived: France, Lydian
Monarch. from New York
QUEENSTOWN June iL--Arrived: Britannia
Ambria from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. June IL - Arrived: Werra,
from New York. for Bremen.
New York June Ii Arrived: City of Rich
mond. from LiverpooE; Ems. from Bremen; Erin.
from London.
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A victory for Indianapolis Machines.

secial to the indianapolis Journal
CHAMPAIGN, June 1.-THE great tile-ditching
sntest closed to-day. The committee awarded
7-i0 points of excellence to the Chandler e.
aylor ditcher of Indianapolis, and "a 4-l0 points
} the Plumb ditcher. of Streator. Ills. Both
machines appeared to do their work to perfec-
fi0n. Great interest was shown in the hand
ditching contest The first premium was
awarded Chandler e. Taylor, of Indianapolis.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU. June 1L-Burglars entered the resi-
dences of Jacob Theaboldt and Mrs. Openheimer,
early this morning. At Theaboldt's they gained
entrance by cutting through the window-bl blinds,
and raising the sash. They secured a gold
watch, diamond ring, gold band and carved
ring, a breastpin, and two pairs of bracelets,
etc. amounting to about SITS. At Mrs Open
heimer's they secured some silyerware, jewelsy
and money.
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inson. was the scene of fire, at an
early hour this morning, in which a hostler who
slept in the barn, John Golden. was burned al
most beyond recognition. During the fire he APP
peared at of the windows. and was supposed
20 have escaped, but at o'clock his remains
we're found. literally cooked, while his skull was
badly fractured. as though caught and held by
falling timbers
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Madison County for Bailey.

Elwood Free Press
We are for Leon o. Bailey for Congress from
the Seventh district. He was legally nominated
by receiving 60 votes out OF 119 in the conven-
ton. He should be supported by every Demo-
crat in the county. rs he received the majority
Of the votes Of delegates from this tMadison)
cnaa nfx
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An Eminent sIemphian

Memphis Avalanche.
Col Robert Black, Of the Memphis Base-ta
club. has received, so far this week. something
like $50 for Knocking The ball over the fence
three times Colonel Black Is now regarded as
ono Of the most striking characters Of Memphis
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Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
RIoHMosD June 1.-THE barn that Superin-
tendent John F. Miller. of the Panhandle, built
1t bis former residence. corner Of Fifteenth and
North B streets, now owned by Frank w. Bob