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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-15
Minor Notes.


Fire in the streetrailway hay barns at Rich
mond yesterday, did damage to the amount of
$780, insured.
Elizabeth Mckinney, of Columbus. has been
granted divorce from Leander B. Mckinney,
better known as the notorious Buck Mckinney.
A poor-house inmate named Samuel Lewis,
colored. was killed. near Richmond, by an east
bound Panhandle train, yesterday, his head be-
ing nearly severed from mis- body.
Cyrus W. Armstrong, one of the oldest citizens
of Evansville. died on Wednesday, aged eighty
one. He was at the head of the Armstrong
Furniture Company, the largest establishment
in that part of the State. He leaves widow
and several grown children.
A stock company has been organized at
Rochester with capital of 50 000 to bore for oil
gas and the officers duly elected. The COM
pany propose securing the old we'll driven by the
town to the depth of 500 feet, and will extend it
until they strike oil gas All of the stock
was taken within six hours. The directors will
take immediate steps to secure operations, and
push the work to success or failure.
Arrangements have been completed for the
reunion of the Eighth, Eighteenth and One-hun-
dred and fifty third Indiana regiments, and
First Indiana Battery at Wabash on Oct Is. 1t
is expected th&t over one thousand soldiers from
all sections of the State will be in attendance.
Hon. Stanton J. Peelle will deliver the principal
address Soldiers will be granted a special rate
on all railroads of one and one-6fth fare by se-
curing certificates at starting points.
The Fort Wayne Electric-light Company has
begun suit against Michigan City for infringe
mont of patent in using the Jenney electric
light, which plant was put in last spring by the
Jenuey Company, of indianapolis. Michigan
City is amply protected by an indemnity bond,
filed by the Indianapolis company, and only
figures in the suit nominally. as the real test is
between the two companies. The suit, which
will be tried IN the United States Court, is con-
sidered of much Importance.
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MR.. KUHN Masked TO EXPLAIN
Formal Presentation of Charges Of Per-
nicious Political Activity.
The Collector Invited to Explain at His LeiS.
ure-President Cleyelands Indignation
Said To Be Largely Imaginary.
coLLEcToR KUHN.

Charges of Pernicious Partisan Activity For
maIly Preferred Against Him.
Washington Special to Chicago Tribune
The Indianapolis collector of customs, A. M.
Kuhn has chancAto be martyrized. To-day
the Treasury Department. forwarded him charges
that have been filed by the executive committee
of the Indiana Civil-service Reform Association.
L is said that within few days Lucius B. Swift,
the secretary of the association, made secret
visit to Washington and had an interview with
the President No one is able to say what took
place or to vouch positively for the interview,
but it is known that Assistant Secretary Fair
child at once took hold of the matter. A petit
ton for Kuhn's removal was laid befose the
President two or three weeks ago. Kuhn is
Congressman Bynum's chief henchman 1t has
been through his manipulation of federal
patronage that Bynum has dowDed the
other Democratic faction in the Indianapolis
district. The charges against Kuhn cover the
congressional middle for six months past ana
reeite the way his Office has been used as po-
litical machine. OF the offenses since the order
of July IA 1t is recitsd that Kuhn was delegate
to the convention of Sept. 4; that he practically
bHlldozed taat gathering into nominating BY
num; that he boastsd of his federal position, and
80 on. His three deputies developed like per-
nieious activity, helping to break up opposition
primaries and doing other very bad things.
When asked about it this afternoon, Assistant
Secretary Fairchild said the charges had been
formally preferred, a copy of them had been
forwarded to Kuhn, and the department would
wait his answer No time had been fixed with
In which this must be forthcoming Mr. Fair
child added that so far as he was aware there
were no charges before the department affecting
Indiana internal revenue collectors. He did not
know Mr.. Swift
1t will be seen that Mr.. Kuhn can take his own
time to file his defense Unless he is brought
mp sharply it will probably be after election
before his answer gets to the Treasury Depart
ment and through it to the President. 1t is
whispered however, that Mr.. Swift and his CO.
laborers will not permit this; that they picked
out the Indianapolis collector simply as a test
victim If he be punished before Nov. for his
fragrant violations of the civilservice law and the
Presidents order they will take it as evidence
of the administrators good faith, and will fol-
low up the offenders.
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THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

Aid for misunderstanding the Members of
the General Executive Board.
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. lathe executive board
Of the Knights of Labor held a meeting at 8
o'clock this morning to consider the question Of
sending aid to the locked-out cotton workers of
Augusta, Ca; the curriers' and tanners at Salem
and Peabody, Mass, and the journeymen plumb
ers, of New York city. The General Assembly
had already voted that money should be appro-
priated for their relief 1t was resolved that the
sum of $4,000 should be devoted to this pur-
pose, SIS, 900 in each of the cases considered, and
that further sums be sent as needed.
Mr.. Powderly held conference at Fordfs Ho-
tel, last night, with fifteen sixteen colored
delegates to the General Assembly. They rep
resent the colored assemblies of knights of La
Dor of Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi
and other Southern States. The object of the
conference the formation OF bureau of
colored Knights throughout the Southern States
for the purpose of securing acc lrate statistics
relative to the condition of the colored people
and their relation to white laborers wherever
they are employed together. These statistics
are to comprise everything in connection with
the hours of labor, the treatment they receive
from their employers, their wages, cost of living,
etc. 1t is proposed to learn whether they receive
the full liberty and rights to which they
arc legally entitled. But" Mr.. Powderly
said, in speaking of the conference
and its object, "the question of social equality
is not one of the objects of the bureau. Its OBJ
ject is to stimulate the colored people TO work
for their own elevation" The delegates he met
were bright, intelligent men, who seemed we'll
fitted to aid in improving the condition of their
race.
1t was decided to elect chairman and secre-
tary and to have assistants in each of the South
ern States
Immediately after the General Assembly was
called to order this morning the work of ballot
ing for members of the executive hoard was be-
gun. There are six members of the board 10 be
elected. the general master work. man, the gen.
eral secretary and the treasurer being ex offcio
members. The entire morning session was
consumed in balloting for members of the gen
Thomas B. Barry. 3O4; John w. Hayes, 2S4.
Barry was elected
Second Balot-John W. Hayes 335; A. A.
Carleton, l24 Hayes was elected.
Third Ballot-Wm. Ii. Bailey, 307; A. A.
Carleton. 176 Bailey was elected
A recess was taken at II o'clock until p NJ
The remaining ballots for members of the
general executive board resulted as follows: A.
A. Carleton, 292; L. B. MCGUIRE o. Carleton
was elected.
I. B. Mcclure, 331, Joseph Buchanan 2S1.
Mr.. Mcclure was elected
Ira H. Ailesworth 3l5; Joseph Buchanan $50
Aiesworth was elected
There was preliminary ballot for the cleo
board to fill the places of the two retiring mem
bers. and the assembly then adjourned to to-
morrow morning, when the election of general
officers will be concluded
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ILLINOIS.
Wife Murderer Wildman Taken from jail
and Hanged by a Mob.

Wife-Murderer Wildman Taken from Jail
and Hanged by a Mob.
MONTICELLO, Oct 14-At o'clock this morn
ing about two hundred disguised men overpow-
cred the sheriff and broke into the Jail, and took
therefrom Henry Wildman, the wife-murderer,
and hanged him to a small shade tree near the
Jail. After hanging him they shot him
eleven times, to make sure of their work The
mob was well organized. They left the body
hanging and it was not cut down until o'clock,
after the arrival of the coroner. The men
seemed greatly enraged, and were quite profuse
il their use of profanity. Wildman's body will
be inferred tomorrow.
Wildman's crime was committed July 3, 1886.
On the morning of that day he sent his elder
children to town to celebrate. His wife, an
eight-year-o daughter, four-year.old boy and
himself remained at home An old quarrel be-
tween him and his wife was renewed and she
left the house, starting toward neighbours. He
coaXed her back. with the promise that he would
cease his abuse. No sooner had she stepped
into the house than he locked the door and drew
razor. She begged piteously for her life. but
he threw her to the floor. held her arms with his
knees, and almost severed her mead from her
body. The little girl witnessed the brutal
butchery through the window Wildman then
started across the Held ana cur MS own throat
with pocket-knfe continuing to walk until he
fell exhauted TO the ground.
When his awful deed became known in the
community the neighbors met to hang him. but
desisted because of his mutilated neck. They
fully expected to lynch him as soon as he was
we'll enough, but by clever ruse the sheriff sue
| ceeded in getting him to the Jail. The grand
jury, which convened Sept 6. indicted him. A
motion for change of venue and a continuance
were both overruled by Judge C. B. Smith, but
fol nA To fo wi rim
during the session of court
Wildman was prominent citizen of Piatt
county, and owned farm worth $25. 600. He
member of the county central committee
of of the leading political parties. The
lynchers undoubtedly his old neighbors
most of whom thoroughly disliked him because
of overbearing manners. and many of whom
were relatives Of Mrs. Wdman.
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Brief Mention.

On Wednesday afternoon the house Of Mr.. j
Edwards four miles from Waverly, was entered
and robbed of ST, 400.
Peter Schwitz, an old citizen of Peoria, died
on Wednesday, aged about sixty. He leaves an
estate valued at $4,000
Harry Golf. formerly of Chicago, tried at
Kankakee, has been sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary for bieamy Three
wives. with their children, appeared against him
on the trial.
j. W. Helms grain elevator at Sidney. ten
miles east of Tolono, was destroyed by fire ON
Wednesday. Some II, 900 bushels of corn in the
building and three cars of grain on the track
were also burned. The loss exceeds $I2, 900,
with insurance of $4,000
The water works tower at Kankakee which
was COMPLETED last week, was blown over yester-
day, crushing the barn of II. H Johnson and a
portion of the residence of Josh AIdrich. Aldrich
and his wife were in another portion OF the
house at the time, and were uninjured. the
tower was I25 feet high and 20 feet across was
OF boiler iron, and cost $751; 600 The wind blew
down trees and chimneys and tore off r No
lives were lost.
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THE CLEVELAND PUZZLE.
The Hon. Frank LAWYER Kindly Explains 1t
to the President.

The Hon. Frank LAWYER Kindly Explains 1t
to the President.
Baltimore American.
The Hon. Frank Lawler seems to amuse the
President very much when he calls at the White
House, and Cleveland is always glad to see the
Chicago Congressman. On Saturday, after in
Producing the baseball nine, he asked she Pres
ident If it was so that he had originated puz-
zle. The President looked at him as if greatly
astonished at the question, and then the Hon.
Frank explained that he had been shown a puz
zle which everyone was calling THE Cleveland
Puzzle"
SIT is q little more emphatic in language than
you usually use," explained Mr. Lawler, ''but,
then, ofice-seekers are mighty peculiar people,
and | would not wonder at you using any kind
of language to some of them"
What is the puzzle" asked the President,
who had grown interested.
Give me piece of paper and a pencil and
will show you, replied the Hon. Frank
The two sat down at the desk and Mr. Law
Ter put down eleven ciphers on the paper, as fol-
lows:
O0Oo 600 90 90
The President looked at them and said: ''Weil,
don't see anything strange about that"
No. not as they stand now" said the Chicago
Congressman. But wait and see" Then he
took up the pencil again and said:
Mark straight line down from the low
right-hand corner Of the first cipher; that
changes it to g. Then mark straight line from
the upper right-hand corner of the fourth cipher.
and that makes it d. Then put another similar
straight line down on the fifth cipher and make
it G also; straight line upon the seventh cipher
to it makes it d. Then another straight line up
on the eighth cipher to it will be d also, and
straight line down on the tenth and that will
make it g, and there you have a sentence. and
one it is said. you use on the office seekers"
The President looked on the puzzle as altered,
and read:
good god, do co."
He looked at the Hon. Frank minute, and
finally said: 'We1l. Til say it to you" The
Chicago Congressman has been very busy show
ing the Cleveland puzzle all around to-day
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JUSTICE FIELD.
He Talks of mr. Story's Cast of Washington's
Face-How Jefferson Was Inaugurated,
Auahirotao EneciaI

He Talks of NIr. Story's Cast of Washington's
Face-How jefferson Was Inaugurated.
Washington Special.
ut was the custom In older times" said Jus.
tice Field to day, ''for the President beginning
with George Washington, to visit the Capitol in
state at the opening of the sessions of Congress,
and there to deliver personally to the two houses
his annual message. The heads of departments
made formal calls upon each other at the begin
ming of new Administrations, and the court then
began it's practice OF visiting the President and
the Vice. president. All these formalities have
since terminated with the exception of the visit
of the judiciary. Jefferson was l believe the
first President who did not visit the Capitol at
the beginning of the sessions of Congress to pre-
sent his annual messages. Jefferson could not
make Q public address of FIVE mIuutes' duration,
and he deterEined TO send In his message in
writing by a secretary This was done, and
since his time no attempt has been made to re-
vive the old custom. The heads of departments
afterward ceased their formal calls.
by the way said the Judge, 'it is matter
or surprise to me that so much has been pub
lished about leading public men of this country
that Is exaggerated aud oftentimes absolutely
untrue. For example, there are q great many
people who believe that when jefferson was in
AuRurated President he mounted his horse at
the White House. rode unattended to the Capt.
toll, tied bis steed to the fence and delivered his
inaugural address. AS matter of fact Jeffer.
son was inaugurated in much the same style as
bis predecessors He was driven from the
White House to the Capitol, attended by music
ana soldiers, and delivered his excellent inaugu-
raj to an audience of goodly size.
The ousts and photographs which we see of
Washington" continued the Judge, s.are not. /
Shink. accurate pictures OF the man Houdin.
you VIII remember took plaster cast of Wash
1nRtons race and the remainder Of his head was
filled in according to the Imagination of the sculn
tor. Houdin's original plaster cast Of Washington
De now in the possession of our famous Ameri-
can sculptor. now living in London Mr.. Story.
He obtained IL at sale Of the effects of some Of
Houdin's heirs. Raw the cast in London this
summer, and In II can trace but slight resern
blance to the traditional features of Washing
ton as seen in the histories and libraries of our
public schools told Mr.. Story that he owed it
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Death Of Judge James j. Key.


Judge James j. Key, who was we'll known in
Kentucky and Indiana, died at his residence in
this city, late yesterday evening. He was born
in Washington county, Kentucky, In 1917, and
belonged to the Key and Marshall families of
Maryland and Virginia. For many years he was
clerk of the Circuit and Mason County courts,
of Kentucky. after which he was the law part
ner of Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,, In Terre
Haute, Ind. just previous to the war he was
judge of the Circuit Court in Perry county In
diana he was sent to England by Attorney
general Taft. in 1876. to represent the United
States in cotton claims involving a considerable
amount OF money. His father was nephew of
Chief justice John Marshall, and there also ex-
listed relationship between the families of de-
ceased and the author of 1.-THE Star-spanged
Banner" Francis Scott Key. He leaves q wife
and three children
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"The Boys" Need Not Be Alarmed.

Washington Special.
1t is not known that any federal officials were
hauled over the Goals at to-day's Cabinet meet
ing. The splurge last week was, like the Presi-
dents proclamations intended for temporary
effect. Two or three Office holders may be forced
10 quit running for other positions. and one or
two obscure and friendless employees be dis
charged, but there will be no genuine effort to
punish the violators either of the civil-service
law or of the July order. The indignation of
the President over these offenses has been
greatly exaggerated. He does not read the
newspapers, and unless the complaints have
been made in the most formal manner possible
and forced upon his attention, Mr.. Cleveland is
able to say he knows nothing about the charges
1t thus happens he is to-day in profound ignor-
ance of notorious instances of "pernicious activ-
ity" that are known all over the country. The
Presidents displeasure over the Louisiana Of
fcials who had abused their trusts in trying to
renominate Floyd King was almost wholly i'm
agnary. The interview on the subject with
Collector Jonas of New Orleans, was pure fic-
ton. The Delaney candidacy in Wisconsin has
come 20 the notice of the administration, posi-
bly,, through the Democratic congressional COM
mittee, which is alarmed at the outlook in the
Second district II Delaney could be forced to
make way for compromise man who would
unite all the Democratic factions, the interior
epc0 or the natlOnal ADMINISTRATION WOula De Tor
given. The friendliness of Postmaster general
Villas for General Bragg is not of that kind
which would help him punish Delaney simply
for revenge.
In the Indiana cases there is absolutely no
loophoie for mo President The vigorous civil
service reformers there have massed all the dam
aging facts, showed them under the presidential
nose, and now calmly await the first vindication
of civil-serviee reform at the expense of party
success The ans wer they will get will be that
the charges have been referred to the proper de-
partmeuts This means that nothing will be
done till after election 1t is doubtful if the In
diana people knew what tremendous rock they
were heaving at the President Between this
charge in front and the New York city troubles
in the rear, the Southern spoilsmen are literally
bowling with delight at the plight of the admin
istration They first got copies of the newspa-
per organs which gave the inside account Of the
conferences between Private Secretary Lamont
and Cabinet officers Whitney, Manning and
Bayard on one side, and representatives of the
local factions on the other Now they are pick
ing up copies of the Indiana document, which
are eagerly sougbs after in Washington The
design is to show their constituencies that civil
service reform and 'psrncious activity of office
holders" need brighten no Democratic officials
who want to take hand in politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-15
MINOR MATTERS,
Condition of Crops in Indiana, as Reported
by the Agent of the Agricultural Burean

Condition of Crops in Indiana, as Reported
by the Agent of the Agricultural Bureau.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct 14-The detailed crop re-
port of the Department Of Agriculture will be
issued tomorrow. Following is the report of
the Indiana State agent: Corn continued to i'm
prove during the first half of September. Little
injury has been done by frost A number of
destructive storms passed over the northern part
of the State. doing much damage by overflow
The reports indicate slight Improvement n all
summer crops. The first severe frost occurred
on the night of the Both ult, but all vegetation
remained in good growing condition Irish po-
tatoes are reported to be rotting in the ground.
These reports came from localities where the
late continued rains prevailed There are no
reports of disaster to any of the crops in the
southern part of the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-15
wOmen's Tribute to Judge Chase.


Washington Special.
The meeting of the women clerks in the Treas
ury to pass suitable resolutions upon the re-
moval of Chief justice Chases ashes from Wash
ingtou, although not exactly popular move, be-
cause it was engineered by Mrs. Belva Lock
wood was yet very appropriate oue No man
ever so acknowledgement young men entering
the departmental service as Chief justice Chase
and he often spoke of his failure to get govern
ment clerKship which he applied for when a
young man the most fortunate event in his
life. His celebrated reply to young man who
asked his help IN getting government clerkship
is we'll known:
I'll give you half dollar to buy yourself an axe to
go to work with, but l won't give you government
clerkshp. I've ruined two three promising young
fellows that way, and I've made up my mind not to
ruin any more
He did, however, try the experiment of putting
twenty women in the currency division of the
Treasury, and the 5000 women in the country
in government employ to-day may we'll remem-
Der with gratitude the great man who had the
moral courage TO inaugGrate this movement.
Perhaps the Chief-iustce wanted to save tho
5000 young men from destruction, of whom 80
per cent. would have been utterly ruined were
they in the places of these women.
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OTHER LABOR NEws.

The Strike of Minneapolis Switchmen Causes
Delay in Moving Goods.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 14.-All the old switchmen
of the Milwaukee & St Paul road Joined the
strikers last night. and their places were
promptly filed this morning. Several confer
ences were held between the switchmen and the
railroad managers this morning, but no compro
mise was reached. The st. Paul switchmen
have net accepted the invitation to Join the
strike. They say if the Minneapolis men are
successful they will gain the same raise without
a strike. The Milwaukee road brought I'D from
Milwaukee. this morning. about sixty switch
men and special policemen. Merchants are hav-
ing considerable difficulty in securing transpor-
tatiop.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-15
The Best News in a Paner.

Joseph Pultzers Interview.
what sort of news have you found of tina
most value from the journalists point of view9A
Local news, by all odds Give me local news
in preference to any other all the time. There
is no man on paper of greater value than the
best reporter. The only trouble is so many ex.
traordinary qualities are required to make up n
frstcl reporter that he is hard to get and
harder to keep"