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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

Herman worked under the disadvantage of be-
ing quite i'll last night. Perkins, VINO has been
in the lead from the start is now 400 ems ahead
of Divine who holds second place by a narrow
margin, with Oswald close behind him. Divine,
in his proof on the second hours work,
made bad omission. and in making the orrec-
tion pnt the words in the wrong place, causing
him to lose over 800 ems on his gross work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
The Bauer-Meyers Baby.

PIrTsBURG, April 14.--The now celebrated
Bauer Meyers baby case, in which two women
claimed the same child as their offspring, came
up again this afternoon on the petition
of Mrs. Bauer for writ Of habeas
corpus to obtain possession of the i'm
FAINT. Judge White ordered Mrs Meyers
to restore the child to Mrs. Bauer, whom, the
court decided, was the mother. The order Gre
ated considerable excitement in court and it
was found necessary to take the child from the
Meyers family by force, as they refused to re-
lneuish IT, Mrs. Meyers, one of the claimants,
is now serving a term in the work house for per.
iury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

Station, Benton county. demoishing the village
and killing or injuring nearly the entire popula-
tion. The wires are all down, and no definite in
formation is obtained
Nearly all the buildings in st. Cloud demol-
ished by the cyclone were small frame houses
occupied by workmen, who were absent, and
only their wives and children in the houses.
The pecuniary loss will reach about 500, 900 at
ST. Cloud. More damage was done at Sank
Rapids, where the property destroyed was of a
more valuable character. 1t is impossible to OBJ
tain details from there or Rices station tonight
Governor Hubbard tonight received the fol-
lowing message from State Senator Buckman, at
Sank Rapids:
''Our town is in ruins. Send US aid.
sBUcKMAN.n
Governor Hubbard at once sent messages to
the Mayors Of all cities and large towns in the
State, asking that steps be taken at once to se-
cure money and things needed, and forward them
as speedily as possible to Senator Buchanan for
the destitute.
brief dispatch has just been received, say
ing that between forty and fifty bodies have
been recovered from the ruins at ST. Cloud, and
the search is not completed. The town presents
scene of the utmost desolation as seen by the
light of Pickering lanterns, and the groans of the
wounded and lamentations of those who have
lost relatives are heartrending in the extreme.
Not before daylight will the full extent of the
havoc be known. Among the injured is ex-Sen-
atcr Hulburt, formerly Of Binghamton, N. Y.
He is not expected to live
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

WHEELING, W. Va, April 14-The Western
Nail Associations annual meeting here to-day
was largely attended. The members refuse to
say what was done concerning the compromise
with locked-out workmen. No change was made
in the selling card of nails Officers were elected
as follows: President, j. N. Vance, Wheeling
first vice president, G. l.. Fitzhugh. Pittsburg
second vicepresident. w. III. Wallace. Steuben-
vile, O.; secretary and treasurer George Ware,
Wheeling. The members INDUCED in banquet
at the Mcclure Hotel after the meeting.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That we reafirm our adherence to the
scale of prices known as the manufacturers SCALE
and the workmen who have accepted it. and
the result of what was considered doubtful ex-
pertinent and pledge ourselves to abide by all OBJ
legations assumed in their behalf.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
ILLINOIS.
A Poverty Stricken Clerk Steals $4,000
Worth of Railroad tickets.

A. Poverty-Stricken Clerk Steals $4,000
Worth Of Railroad tickets.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, April 14-J. A. Biggs. o
clerk in the Office of the auditor of the Lake
Erie g. Western railway in this city, was ar
rested to-day on the charge of stealing railroad
tickets He confessed to stealing and sending
them to Thomas Dump, a ticket-scalper In St
Louis, and j. r. Turner and B. Walker, Of
Kansas City. On checking over the tickets 285
were found missing and it is presumed he took
them all. The tickets stolen are over the Lake
Erie & Western and the Chicago g. Alton to St
Louis and Kansas City, and then over different
lines to California; their estimated value is
about $40. 900. Biggs had stolen an old stamp
from the Office with which he stamped the
tickets. He offered in extenuation the state
ment that he was poor and needed money to
buy furniture. He is about forty-fve years DID,
and has family. He was formerly on the Mis-
souri, Pacific. His bail was fixed at So 600, and
he was placed in Jail in default
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

ST. Louis after killing several persons on the II
linois side of the river. The papers presented
upon which to make requisition were declared
informal. because based upon the verdict of
coroner's jury instead of an indictment or a
complaint before justice Of the peace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
Burglar Shot Dead.

CINcINNArT April 14-Alonzo p Kendall liv-
ing with his wife in cottage at Lockland. o.,
shot and killed burglar who, with two others,
was entering his room. shortly after midnight
last night Mr. Kendall spoke twice to the man,
asking what he wanted and was answered with
oath. When the burglar. already inside the
window attempted to draw a weapon Mr. Ken
dali shot him In the head with a shotgun. kill
ing him instantly. Mr. Kendall is over seventy
years old The Mayor will not arrest him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

Connersvilie Strikers Threaten to Resort to
Violence to Prevent Men Working.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CoNNERsvILLE, Ind, April a. The furniture.
factory strike here has assumed rather a serious
phase Last Monday 100 employees returned to
the Cooley Morrison factory, having adjusted
their differences They receive an advance in
wages in some departments. The 300 strikers Of
the other three factories are still out Yester-
day morning the strikers congregated at the APP
proaches to the shops Of Munk & Roberts and
the Connersville factory and attempted to per-
suade the 'scabs" who have been returning to
their benches and those newcomers who have
found employment here, numbering perhaps
some twenty in each Of the two shops, to quit
work but as mild means failed them, they, by
threats Of violence. forced eeveral to return to
their homes. Others who were intercepted by
the strikers refused, in the face OF threats that
if they went back in the morning there would
''be blood she'd" and they would only get
through the lines over the dead bodies Of the
strikers who guard the approaches to the shops.
Many Of the strikers who guarded the APP
proaches to the shops were armed with clubs.
1t is known that some of those who were inter-
copied, but went through the lines, are de-
termined not to stop work, and have armed
themselves for defense and it is feared there
will be blood shed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
THE TYPE SETTING CONTEST.
Perkins Still in the Lead, with Divine Sec
Ond and Oswald Close Behind Him.

In the type-setting contest for the State cham
pionship at the Zoo Theater last night, there
was an increased number of spectators, among
them being Mccain, of the New York Herald,
the champion of the United States. The record
for the two hours last night with the aggregate
net for the total eight hours since the beginning
of the contest s as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
Brakemen Ask an Advance.

CHICAGO, April IA committee of six, rep
resenting the freight conductors and brakemen
each of the divisions of the Rock Island railway
called to-day on General Superintendent Kim
ball, and formally requested 10 per cent advance
in wages. Mr.. Kimball said that he thought
the Rock Island paid as good wages as other
roads, but that he would investigate the matter
and report to the committe as soon as possible
The men did not intimate that they would strike
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

ments would probably sign, but the prices de-
manded would practically bar the smaller estab-
lishments out It is expected that the number
by the going out OF the shop tailors. those al
ready out being principally joxrneymen who
have been making custom work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

Annual Meeting of Muncie Presbytery-Re-
ports From Churches and Mission Work.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
MUScIE. April l4.-On Tuesday evening the
Muncie Presbytery convened in the Presbyterian
Church of this city, and was organized by the
election OF Rev John O. McKeehan, of Hartford
City, moderator, Rev. L. P. Marshall. of Peru,
clerk. Rev Marshall preached an able sermon
to large and appreciative audience. The Pres
b-tery is composed of the counties of Miami.
Wabash, Grant, Blackford, jay, Randolph. Della
ware, Madison, Hamilton and Noblesville
There were present delegates from all these
counties-about thirty in all. This morning the
Presnytery respened in the basement Of the
church The forenoon was given to the hearing
of reports from the pastors Of the sew
eral charges These show the work
in all its departments to be in
fiourishing condition. Tho business
of the session was held this afternoon. Rev.
Geo. A. Little, of this city, and Elder j. E..
Ramsey of Upton, were selected as commits
sioners to the general assembly, to be held at ST.
Paul in May.
The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the district also convened in the audi
ence-room of the church this morning, Mrs. Geo.
"A. Little presiding. After devotional exercises,
reports were heard from the several auxiliaries
IN the presbytery, and were followed by an ex-
cellent paper written for the occasion by Miss
Nettie Bowman, of Marion, upon '"The Image
and the Superscription.n The afternoon session
was one CT much interest, papers and discus
sions being had upon the following sub
iects Persia" by Miss Eva Donaldson of
Wabash; Home Missions by Mrs. Mary
Coddington, of Union City; "a Missionary So
! ciety of 1885, by Miss Frances Efinger, of Peru;
general discussion on Methods of Works" The
meetings were we'll attended by residents of the
city. A lunch was served in the basement of
the church to-day. This proved quite a pleas
ant affair, as it enabled strangers to become ac-
quainted. The delegates chiefly returned to
their homes this evening" few remaining for
the morning trains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
Labor Notes.

The employees of the Kittanning Iron Com
pany's Rebecca furnace, at Kittanning, Pa, have
struck for an advance Of 10 per cent. in their
wages. The men and operators are very quiet,
and the outlook for an adjastmentl Is not very
encouraging.
All boss carpenters in Milwaukee belonging to
the Builders association have been notified by
their men that commencing May 1. they will
be expected to pay ten hours wages for eight
hours work. An answer is demanded by Satur-
day of this week
A largely-attended meeting Of the furniture
manufacturers of Chicago was held yesterday,
for the purpose of considering the advisability
of inaugurating system of 'sspotting. employees
who take part in the strike or lockout, and of
refusing to re-engage them. The proceedings
were kept secret.
The furniture manufacturers Of Pittsburg and
Allegheny have received formal notice that
cabinet makers and upholsterers demand an
advance of 20 per cent. on ali piece-work, and a
reduction of daily labor to eight hours per day,
on and after May l. The movement is not con-
fined to Pittsburg. but is general throughout the
country. Manufacturers interviewed say the
demands will be granted and the price of furni-
ture advanced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
Poisoned by Wild Parsnip.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE, HAUTE April A-Several small
children, residing near Coaibluff in this county,
were poisoned to-day by eating wild parsnip A
iveyearold daughter Of j. II. White died soon
after reaching home The other children will
recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

TT is by copying after nature that man gets
best results DIR. Jones's Red Glover Tonic Ii
natures own remedy, is purely vegetable, can b.
taken by the most delicate Cures all stomach,
kidney and liver troubles. so cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

NEW YORK, April H.--The firm of Seiden-
berg & Co.. cigar makers. No. SO Cortlandt
street, made an assignment today, giving $50,
934 preferences.
PHGNIxvILLE, Pa, April IA. - Holloway
Brothers, grain dealers, have failed Liabili-
ties, $50 900; assets limited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
Colonel Easts Probable Appointment.

Wash1ngton specia1
Colonel Hughes East, private secretary to the
late Vice president Hendricks. will in all proba-
biiity be appointed Secretary of State for Utah.
He certainly will be IL it is agreeable to Gov.
ssrnor West, who is expected here tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

DoN'T neglect cough and let it remain to ir-
ritate your lungs when safe and speedy remedy
can be had for 30 ceats in DR.. Bigelow's Positive
Cure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

Piles, istula, rupture and structure radically
cured. Book Of particulars 10 cents In stamps.
Worlds Dspensary Medical Association. Buffalo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
BROTHER Dunbar,s Ten Per Cent,

PHILADELPHIA April 14-Secretary Turner
to-day sent the following telegram to Mr.. Pow
Derby: Brother Dunbar offers 10 per cent of
the gross receipts of each production of his play
for the benefit Of our suffering brothers in the
Southwest. Shall accept
Mr. Powderly replied: will accept Brother
Dunbars proposition. Funds should be sent
YOU"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15

SHELBYvILLE, April 14-The grand jury nd
journed to-day, without finding any indictments
against persons supposed to have been impli-
Gated in the hanging of Miss Georgia Aldrich at
Windsor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
Action of Washington Workingmen.


WASHINGTON, April IA largely attended
mass meeting of workingmen was held here to-
night, at which resolutions were adopted calling
for the enforcement of the eight-hour law in
government workshops; rendering sympathy to
workingmen everywhere in their efforts to Sc
cure shorter work day; declaring shat the rail-
road strike now in progress in the Southwest,
emphasizes the injustice of the relations at pres
emit existing between labor and capital, and that,
as supporters of law and order, we condemn all
acts of violence and destruction of property, but
at the same time deuounce as murder the cold
biooded shooting down by hired thugs of inno-
cent and unarmed men, women andjchlldren, and
these dastardly murderers. instead of retarding
or impeding the work OF unifcation among the
industrial classes will only bind more firmly in
one universal brotherhood the wageearners of
the country. and that organized labor will not
rest until the perpetrators OF these diabolical
and murderous outraces brought to trial,
conviction, and adequate punishment admiIiis-
tered.
Representative O'Neil of Missouri, presided,
and on the platform were large number of
members of Congress. Speeches Endorsing
the resolutions, urging the workingmen
to organize, aud promising their influence and
support in securing the legislation demanded.
were made by Senators Blair and Eustis and
Representatives O'Neil, OF Missouri, Foran, of
Ohio. and Farquhar, of New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-15
A Wesleyan Denounces the Knights.
A Wesleyan Denounces the Knights.
Syracuse IN. Y.) Special.
The following letter has been sent to Jay Gould
by the president of the Wesleyan General Con
ference, and on account of the position and prom
inence of its writer will undoubtedly attract at
tention:
''WESLEYAN METHODIST PUBIdsHING-HoUsE
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT,
Apri1 122R \

'shfr. Jay Gould-Dear Sir: 1 feel constrained
to write you my congratulations for the stand
you have taken against the would-be despotism
of the secret banditti known as the Knights of
Labor. Unless the growing power of these Sc
cret combinations some way broken our
country is ruined and its business enterprises
destroyed. What is needed is men Of principle
and of nerve to stand against this rising secret
communistic power which threatens the ami
hiation of the rights of property. have the
honor to represent the Wesleyan Methodist con-
nection of America as president Of its General
Conference and editor of its literature. Thought
that il might be source of encouragement to
you to know that there is sympathy for you I'M
der the assaults made upon your name and prop
erty by the secret works Of darkness.
The great necessity of the times is light poured
from the press. the pulpit and the rostrum on
the true character tendency and workings Of
the secret orders which threaten to undermine
every interest, financial, social and religious.
"Yours encouraglDgly, n. WARDNER"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-01
SCR0FULA

Is q foul corruption in the blood tIat rots
out all the machinery of life. Nothing
will eradicate it from the system and pre-
vent IFS transmission to offspring but
AYERS SARSAPARILLA. This prppara-
ton is also the only one that will cleanse,
the blood of Mercurial poison and the
faint of Contagious Diseases. Impoycr-
lSheu hinnI l. nrnilrntiNn of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-01

The several Rcrublioan County Central Com
mitlceS OF the State are hereby instructed to
cal primary elections o the people or
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-01

Bills of Exchange bought and sold or
San Francisco, New York, and All the
principal cities OF the United states abo
Europe.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-01

Es-A General Insurance Agency is
also connected Nth the Bank. Staunch
anI reliable Fire, Life and Accident
Companies reeresented-poIic.es issued
on day application
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-01
ANGMLA.

A wrctched condition indicated by PalliI
Skin, Fiaccid Muscles, Shattered
Nerves, and Melancholy. Its first
symptoms are Weakness, Langucr,
loss of Nerve Force, and Mental De-
jecti0n. Its course, unchecked. leads
inevitably to insanity OF death. Women
frequently suffer from it. The only mc,li-
cine that, while purifying the blood, cn-
riches it with new vitality, and inyisoratcs
the whole system, is
Ayers Sarsaparilia,
PREPARED BY
Dr.. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass. :.
Sold by all Druggists: Price 81; -
Six bottles for So.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-01
MISCEL,LANEGU
PYEMIA

Is the most yirulent form of blood-poison-
ing, Less speedily fatal, but not less GER
fanny SO, is The vitiation of the blood of
which the first symptoms are Pisnples,
sites, Eoi!s, and Cutaneous Erup-
tiOns. When the taint of ScrofuI:a gives
warning OF its presence by such indications,
no time should be lost in using AYERS
SARsAPAEFLLA. the only perfect and reli-
hIooJ - SA-~
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-02-20
EXCITEMENT US4GAIED.
rroov THAT THAT PHYSICIANS TERRIBLE
CONFESSION is TRUE

u9eyetaui, o., Herald
Yesterday and the day before We
oo1isd into our columns from the
P5cbester. n. Y, Democrat and Onr9-
n,cIe a remarkable statement, maae
NV T. q. Henion, NJ. D., q gentleman
uIo ia well-known in this city IN tna'
article DIR. Henion recounted a ~o1uer-
fnI experience which befell MN anu .Ao
NEXT day we published from the same
noner a second article, giving an account
.oT Inc excitement in Rochester, ana
elsewhere. caused by DR.. Lemon
statement, 1t is doubtful II any !"
articles were ever published winch
caused greater %commotion both among
professionals and laymen.
Since the publication OF these Two
articles. having been besieged with lei.
tors OF inquiry. We sent a commqniGq:
TON IN DIR. Henlon and also to ID. ID;
Warner & Co., asking if any addltionai
proof could be given, and here IL Is:
GENTLEMEN. l owe my life and pres,
ont health wholly to the power OF
Warmers Safe Cure. which snatcheq me
from the very brink of the grave. 1t Is
not surprising that people should ques-
tim tbe statement Imade (Which is true
in every respect) for my recovery was
as great a marvel to myself, as TO my
and friends. =
j, B. HENI0N, Nj. ID.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-02-20
SCIENTIFIC.

The recently invented magnetic tele.
phone b. Frederick ii. Brown, Of Fort
Worth, Tex, was tested a few days
ago on tie Erie Railroad. The DIS
lance between the points selected, is
a hundred and twenty-five miles, ana
the test was made over the wires OF the
United Lines and Postal Telegraph
Company. Conversation was carried
on in an ordinary tone and the test was
in every way successful. The battery
connections Of the telegraph wires were
Get of and the inventors two lnsGru-
ments, transmitters and receivers,
attached. AS has been stated, these
are of the simplest description, the
transmitter being a horseshoe magnet,
either pole being covered with fine wire
closely coiled. Tie armature Is a disc
of steel. against which the voice Is
thrown and transmitted through the
magnet to the wire. The receiver is
{ similar construction, having only a
smaller magnet. The instruments are
irclosed in little circular wooden boxes,
which can he carried in the pocket.
For use In long distances the size OF
the magnet is increased.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-02-20

, TEE barnarE ghep uas ns1s door to
the bakers shop, and tbs baker had
Just gotten in a ton of coal. The coal
had been dumped on the sidewalk, and,
after the fashion of coalmen, much
nearer to the barber's door than TO that
OF the baker, to whom it belonged
The barber had just gotten the lather
on a customer when n Of the genus
tramp came in.
Put in yer coal, misterIn
NO." said the barber pleasantly
mo, my friend; that's not my coal ,you
know"
The tramp had hardly disappeared
round the corner when another opened
the door.
"Put yer coal in fur ye, mlster2"
mo-" said the barber a little sharply;
THE GOALS not mine, 1 say"
They kept coming, and seven Of them
appeared in twenty minutes, and then
to the eighth man the barber is alleged
to have said3
'Gitl The coal amt mine"
"NOw, see here,n said the shavee,
there amt no use in gittin' mad over
it. Just put up a sign sayin', This
coal amt mine.' That's ALI We need"
Say, you've got a great head, !" said the
barber; and in a few moments he had
the sign stuck on the top of the heap
of coal.
"Reckon that'l Ok it, he remarked,
The door opened and a tall man with
a shovel looked in:
Say, mister, Gia5eu put that ERE
sign UP, or did the other fellerp"
Then the barber closed his shop and
went out and got drunk-with malice
aforethought.
He had only one remark to make
when Justice Mech fined him So.
"Mr. Judge, he said, 'can't L make
that baker pay my fine?n