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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-11
The Big Freight Association.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 10--The Middle and Western
States Freight Association held its regular quar-
terly meeting at the Southern Hotel yesterday,
with Permanent Chairman j. M. Osborn in the
chair. All the lines in the association-ffty-
eighT-were either represented by their own
traffic officials or by proxy. 1t was decided. by
a unanimous vote, to advance the rate on all
classes of west bound freight from the basis of
40 cents per 100 pounds on frst-class. Pitts
burg to Chicago, to 80 cents. The Eastern mi
tial points affected are Buffalo, Pittsburg and
wheeling, and points common to them. On the
lower classes the advance will amount to about
cents per 100.
The next business disposed of by the associa-
ton was the unanimous adoption of a new form
of bill of lading. The most Objectionable feat
ures of the new bill are Theses Neither this
company, nor any such other carrier, shall be
liable for any loss or damage to said property
by dangers or accidents incident to railroad
transportation, or by fires or floods while at de-
pots, stations, yards, landings. warehouses. or
In transit And said property is to be carried at
owners risk of leakage, break age, chatting, loss
IN weight, or loss or damage caused by changes
in the weather, or by heat. FROST wet or decay,
and if any portion of the route to destination is
by water, of all dangers incident to navigation"
Shippers will be notified that on and after Jan.
no dray ticket or shippers book will be re-
ceipted which does not contain the above provis-
ions. twill be observed that the roads prac-
ticaly relieved OF all risk incident to transport
ing traffic, and it is thrown upon shippers.
The report of the classification committee was
adopted; but it contains nothing of public inter-
est. The question of organizing a west bound
pool similar to the Central Traffic Association
was not pressed but it was decided to take it up
and dispose OF IL at the next meeting, which will
be held in Cincinnati next March,
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Puzzles Answered.

By w. T. Brown. Ellettsville, No. 2174
By Meg Merrilies, Sullivan. Nos 2174, 2178.
By Reggie s., Indianapolis, No. 2174
BY Dodo. Gallon, o., No. 2l74.
BY F. w. G., Harmony. Nos. 2169 2174
By Frank Johnston, Kentland, Nos 2I74, 2171
We award pack Of cards to Meg Merrilies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-11

Newly Incorporated Companies.
The Elkhart Plow and Sulky Company has
fled articles of incorporation with the Secretary
of State. The capital stock of the company is
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Circuit Court.

Hon. A. @. Ayres, Judge.
Harry Barrett vs. the l., B. g. w. Railway
Company; damages. Finding for plaintiff for
$45.
Thos. Schooley vs.. VIM. A. Patterson ct al;
petition to set aside settlement of estate. On
trial by court
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Answers to Puzzles.

AnsWers to Puzzles
No. 2174-Picrophyll.
No. 2l75-1. Mighty. g. Ouse-l. 8. Ready.
d Staple-r. 5. Traced. 6. Whir-l.
No. 2l76- T
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ACT
TRAC TOR
TIL CK RAY
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TO- OK
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No. 2177-I Mat ATE
PLA DIT
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M r A N ia
M A l. A N d E r 8
No. ELSEWHERE ignorance is bliss It's folly to
be wise.
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i. For first complete list of answers: game
or an album.
2 Next best list: A book.
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Future of the Lake Erie s. Western.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Dec. 10-A very imror-
tant step in the affairs of the Lake Erie g.
Western was taken to-day. The road which
has been in the hands of Receiver j. 81. Cheney
for year or more. was advertised to be sold at
Muncie Ind, Dec. 15 To-day kilograms from
New York put new aspect upon affairs. The
board of directors met in New York to-day and
held an election. Columbus r. Cummings, of
Chicago was elected president and Frank G.
Hollins, of New York, vice-president Directors
Rice, Butler and Green resigned, and Martin,
Stone and Cummings were elected in their
places The kilograms say that the money to
pay all interest and the floating debt is
provided, and half a million surplus is
ready. The next step will be to apply to Judge
Gresham to stop the sale when the debts will
be paid and Judge Gresham requested to re-
lease the road from the receivership. 1t is be-
heved that under the new regime the road will
at once be pushed on TO Peoria Some persons
are of the opinion that, Iinasmuch as F. G. Hollins
is the same man who, the other day, purchased
the Pekin & Southwestern for the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, the Lake Erie 81 Western
may become a part Of that system. 1t is fact
that the Atchison people have obtained charter
for line passing east and west through this
county.
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Original Puzzles.
NO. 2191-PRIzE MINERAL ENIGMA.
In ask and mask,
In flask and cask;
In looping and scooping and scoop;
In roll and coil,
In soil and foil.
In dropping and swooping and swoop;
In rise and size.
In flies and dies;
In greeting and heeting and beating,
In beating and meeting and seating.
WEST SCARBOROUGH, Me- XoA.
NO. 2l92-DoUBLE AcRosTIc
Words of even letters.
!. The interior husk of grasses 2. The piece
that holds the cutting-tool of planer g. Flax.
(Obs) 4. A genus of lsguminons plants 5. To
stair. g. A genus of reptiles g. A cluster.
TO- A plant IL. Foaming. The primals. read
down, give an ancient manner of writing. The
finals, down. a description Of the winds.
GALLON, o. DoDo.
NO. 2193-cHA1R PUZZLE
~**@
The BGcE
Square of Four Letters-1 Tow 9 A disease
of the hair. 3. Early prov English.) 4. To
shoot rapidly along.
The Seat.
Rhomboid Across-1 A kind of clay. g To
occupy. 3. An abbreviated verb. Down. A
consonant 2 An exclamation. 3. To assert.
4. An extravagant saying. S. A prefix. 6. A
consonant.
Right Front Leg-A liquor. Left front leg
Brindled. Rung-A fortified town-Back leg
A player of dice Rung-An ornament In
building. Meg MERRILIEs
SULLIVAN, Ind
NO. 2194-TRANsPoSITIoNs.
i. Tranpose a petty imaginary money of
Persia and form trench. q Transpose a very
wicked person and form to cleanse ore. 3.
Transpose kind of wooden cloth and form me-
tallic cement. 4 Transpose a guard and form
one who hawks about fruits, vegetables, etc. 5.
Transpose a reward of merit and form crippled.
g. Transpose certain small wild plums and form
a tertiary deposit on the banks of the Rhine
XoA
NO. 2l95-RIMLEss WHEEL AND HUB.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Americans in a Mexican Jait.

PssowpEL NoRrE, MEXICO. July "a re
porter obtained permission to-day from the
Mexican authorities to visit A.. X. Culling,
the American newspaper man imprisoned
here for publishing an expose in the II Pa>o
Hcsaid of Amidis Medina, a notorious Mcxi-
can of this city. Culling was found incar-
ecratel in a lotficsomc dungeon with five
aperture for ventilation and that is the door.
1t would be difficult for Mexican hate 10
conceive of IA more ioatlsome place for the
punishment of a human victim than the
dark and resking cell in which Culling AMI
five other human beings are confined. In
the evening the door 10 this black hole is
frunely closcsi, and for twelve liours they
are conaIcilcl to endure the intolcrable heat
and breathe it, fctid atmosphere. But six
cents a hay is allowed each prisoner for food.
and at such fool a dog would curl his nose
in conicmIt iii was offered him. l. il any
wonder. then, that the prisoners presented AN
emaciatei appearance and are rapidly sue
cumbing 10 di~eaSc? Culling, however. n Ia
fr,d far-~ better than his comrade~. He j.
supplied with Wholesome diet by friends
who have permission from the authorities to
visit him.
lie j. ~ cheerful as a man Tan b. unler his
circumstance and bszirs up bravcly. bus an
insadvcEts sharply upon thc imIntency of the
American Government. through it, officials,
To- I1r,tcsf American citizens in Mexico. lie
pointed 10 several American prisoners who
are confined in the dismal dungeon with him
and said they have been confined in this
loathsomc dungeon for months. and have
not been allowed Ia communicate with the
out-ide world. When a government like
that If the United States permits its citizens
in a ~neighboring Republic To- be treated in
this human manner simply To crafty Mex
lean hate, i il any wonder that the country
ilagrantly committing these outrages upon
American citizens should hold it in contempt
and defy il. or that its citizens 81 held and
treated should share the same feeling He
appealed in vain to Consul Brigham. who
said hc was ~IOwcrlcss.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
The Texas Cattle Industry.

FoRT WoRTH, TEX, July Reports fsnm
throughout the state show that two great
cattle sections of Texas are suffering from
drought-one west of the central part of the
State and the other in the northwest, extend
ing into the Panhandle. The reports have
the most gloomy outlook for raii.s Ind
crops. Ia the western country the -. nas
been completely destroyed. Their not
enough to summer the herds and none 10
winter them. Cattle are no fatter than they
were last spring. after having passed through
the winter. The calves have nearly all died.
The grass is too far gone To be benefited by
rains. In thai stctiuh ranchmen are NOV.
ing their her,is as last rs possible.
Trouble has occurred on the trail in New
Mexico. one hundrel and eighty hc.sl 81
cattle fnom the drought diStriec> of Western
Texas are travelling northwest through New
Mexico. Thry ART headed for the Trieheri
pas. which has been funtd by local stock
men, and j. defended by a large armed force
These immcnsc herds must get through the
pass or die, a. they are too weak To be driven
back into Texas. \ bloody fight i locked
for. The cattlemcn % north Texas are anx-
iously awaiting the outcome Of the niertins
ct caiilcinen at kansis City, for the purpose.
IL i-~>ihlc. 1T inducing President Cleveland
to ncopn-i,lcr iiie oricr cxrdling the cattle
from Indian Territory. rcXas rai'lemcn -
Inmate their los al SsUpteohy having their
cattle run cut of the Territory.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
The Latest Cavern

HAzLEToS. July l-l,etWecn 3 and 4
a'clo-.k thi~ morning an immense cave ~ &c
currci on the lchirh Valley Raiirad II NJ.
: stockton Breaker. The fir>i alarm was
given by a miner employed At the slope, and
ihrongs Of people ha-tcned Ia the -i~f. The
cayc-in j, about 30 ief hong and lGo wiic
When the aoidcnt o%o1irrcd them was a ter
rihlc crash. and the -iiock wa felt for some
distance. Thnc tncks. on unr ~ watch
ven two Truck loaded with lumiA,r. were
swallowed mp by the falling ia ofthe earth.
Telegraph AMI telephone I-lo~ aud wins,
and Ia fact everything in thai Immediate
%yisinity. went down with one sudden crash.
The Anchor freight train was due about AN
hour later. and pncaution, were az oncc
taken "a have the train s~iEnalol and stopped
hcE,rc Il could rcseh the scene 81 the aces
dent. Tlsc fright train, having bcen signal
81. remained al stockton. where the fright
Wa~ unloadcd frim the ears and delivered q"
thu~c # the llazlcton merchant, who felt
inclined e. haul IL by team 10 the town. All
trains from North and South were delayed
fr some time, and the GG5 train did mol
leave the depot at this place Al all. IA eN-
cursion under the auspices of sevcral Of the
sunday schools was postponed until some
future date. This excursion would have
been a very large one, and the accident oc-
curing - early ~ it did,Probably prevented
a terrible calamity. Grading for the laying of
a new track was commenced on the north
side of the cave-in early this morning. aud
with the large force of men that are engaged
II is expected thai the track will be in such
a shape that all trains win be- able to pass
that point within Il day or two.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
The Fayette Mormon Craze.

FANErTE CITY, June J0.-rhe Mormon
craze in this neighbarhood. instead of dying
out, seems to gain strength. Several Of the
new members have had alleged representa-
tions from heaven directing them 10 take
additional wives. This new phase of the
matter has stirred the community deeper
than ever. and it will not be safe for any
.l,olygamous marriages 10 be attempted. One
of the parties directed To- plural marriage is
an old man. past 20 wears uf age. The citi-
zens have brought the Rev. Charles Frazier.
formely of salt Lake City. here from Greens
burg Ia combat the Mormon missionaries.
He has been lecturing here for several nights
on Mormonism to crowded houses. Al the
conclusion of one ofhis lectures Il prominent
Mormon arose and denounced him n a falSi-
fer. Violence would have been done Ia linn,
but Frazier implored the audience to let him
90 unmoleSted. The physicians here have
abandoned several of their Eases among the
MormonS en account u the patients claim
ing that God had instructed them not to take
the prescribed medicines. Several Mormon
families have sold off their goods and are
preparing Ia migrate L. Utah.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
He Wanted to Die.

THIN. .. July l.-Georgc Russman. a
prominent and well-to-do farmer of Salem
township, Wyandottc county, wentto Upper
Sandnsky yesterday Ia attend Barnum cir
Gus. In company with a ntighbor he view
ed the street parade and attended the show
talking pleasantly and acting nationally.
After the show hc drank Il glass of beer and
then started home. Arriving there he put
away his team and then went deliberately To
work and made preparations 10 suicide and
crcmatc himself He first sci fire to his resi-
lcnce. then TO the large barn. He then Sc
cured 4 stout strap, and after setting fire Ia
the corncrib and granary, went inside. and
fastening the strap around his neck and over
a croSSbeam. hung himself, being dead when
found.
BY hard work members of the household
and neighbors succeeded in saving the house
and the granary IN which he hung, but the
barn was entirely destroyed. Rossman was
about GO years old, aud had worried greatly
for Scyeiai years about losses he sustained in
the Central Bank. which collapsed at Upper
Smdusky several years z When found lac
had three large butcher-kniyc> and a reyol-
yer in his pockets, and Wa evidently prepar-
Ell for death in some manner.
Til, makes three suicides of farmers resid-
ing in that township in a. many years, caus-
cd bv worrying over money lost in the same
hank
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BoycotterS Sentenced.

NEW YoRK, July 1.-The convicted boy
cotters Of Thesis, the proprietor Of a concert
garden were arraigned in court to-day for
sentence. Judge Barrett made some strong
remarks 10 them ON the lawlessness of the
crime of which they were convicted. He
said that il was a violation of peace to "a
country that welcomed ~foreign-born citizens,
To a country that offered freedom and the
privilege of fright. They had violated public
rights md opinions and their otiense was
not short ofblackmail. The distribution Of
circulars before places Of business was ron
spiracy and punishable a. such. Their CON
duct if UNPUBLISHED would lead 10 savagery-
They may nave been misled by bad advice,
but their counsel should have rcbuked them.
They did not use the money for their own
advantage and this pallia;ed their ofltnsc.
He would not impose the full penalty of the
law. as they were ~workingmen.
The Judge then sentenced Paul Wittzig
aud Henry Holdorf Ia two years and ten
.--., rT'~s---, as.sr. ."si
Julius Rosenberg Ia one year and six months
Imprisonment. Daniel D~annhauser, the
most violent Of the boycotterS, got three
years and eight months in the State Prison.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Chased by a Panther.

MAUcH CHrNK July 2-Iames Booth. Il
switch tender ON the Lchigh Valley railroad
east uf Penn Haven Junction. was chased on
Tuesday night by a large pInther. and took
refuge in his shanty until after the animal
had disappeared. Immediately after his
arrival at the building he tclegraplicd to the
station agent To come to his assistance with
a loaded gun. Abe Horner. a one-legged
Waterman, armed himself with a rifle. but
when he reached the switch the panther
had fed. Booth has not fully recovered
from the effects of the scare. but j. now pre-
pared to meet his dangerous visitor day or
night. The first Booth knew of the presence
of the animal was by u terrible yell but a
short distance from where he was standing.
The sight which met his gaze almost froze
the blood in his veins. and for the first time
in his life although known to possess more
than the ordinary amount of nerve. his
courage failed him, and he ran a. fast n his
limbs could carry him. When hc arrived
al the shanty the panther was close at his
heels.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Senator Payne's Case.
MAIN STREET.

WASHINGTON, d. C., July Sit is under
stood that three reports ON the ease of Senn-
tor Payne viii be made by the Senate Com
mitiee. One will be against and n in favor
of an investigation. The third will be made
by MeSsrs. Eyerts. Logan and Teller. who
will explain why they de- not recommend an
investigation. These gentlemen say that the
newspaper attacks upon them arise from Il
~misapprchcnsion of the facts. The case had
tobe investigated in legal way and Senators
had To decidr as lawyers.
The question before the Election Commit
tee wis not whether money had or had not
been used mt Columbus O.. but whether it
had "r had not been used To- corrupt mem
ber> ufthe Ohio Legislature in their votes for
senator. 1t appeared in evidence that money
wa~ used ia q caucus at which a Senatorial
nomination was made, but il did not appear
flat Il dollar was used in the Senatorial cleo
ton itself. They claim that they have no
power tn investigate the proceedings of a
caucus, and. there was no proof of bribery in
either House of Legislature after the caucus
had nominated Mr.. Payne, ON this ground
they decided solely ~ they lid.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
State Supplies.

HARRISBuRG, July 21Con;racts were
awarded to-day To successful! bidders for the
furnishing of supplies To the State. John
Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, was given the
contract to furnish stationery To the Senate
and House AT 81 per cent. below the maxi
mum price fixed by the State, and 10 the de-
partment at 1925. The contract for paint
ing End frescoing the department was awar-
ded To John Gibson. of Philadelphia, at So
$50, and the Supreme Court room To +. 4.
Nicholas. of Philadelphia. at 5000
The Harrisburg Electric Light Company
was the lucky bidder for furnishing combi-
nation electric light fixtures at S7,iI0 A
large number of smaller contra cts were
given out, running the aggregate up to about
$50 ,00.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Determined Suicide.


CmcAeo, July 3.-Ricilard Jones. an En-
glislman. forty years Of age, who was con-
siderea in railway circles one of the mos ex-
pert accountants in America, was found
dead IN his room at the Austin Hotel this
morning. On the bureau in his room was
found a letter addressed to his friend, Charles
T.. shaw. IL ran a follows:
DEAR CHARLIE lGoadwin promised Ia
leave So that he borrowed from me al the ho-
tel. but did not do 81. VIII you please tell
him To fay Hallowcd. between State and
Wabash. forty cents and Neufclt twenty-five
cents? That. | think, covers my whisky
bills. | viii my carcass 10 some medical IN
stitute for them To- try and find out why the
mental and physical machinery of my sys-
tenn did not pull together. With kind re-
ganls to the bows, who tried 80 hard Ia make
a had egg good, | am yours in death, ~ well
~ in life. DICK joke.
Beside the latter lay an open phiai which
had contained one-cighth Of an ounce of the
sulphate of morphia, and ii told the story Of
the mans death. lie had made two lrevi-
Gus attempts Ia take his ift-one in Nom
trcal and the other in this city last Christ
mas. At various times he was connected
with the Canadian Pacific. the Chicago Bur
lington and Quincy and the Michigan Cen
trail Railway Company. He was in the en-
ploy II the Central Traffic Association at flae
time of his death. lie Wa a harl drinkcr
and had been on a spree for the last two
sr.aaIs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Conspirators Convicted.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. July 4-To-night, after
having been out twenty-three hours. the
jury ON the trial of the Anarchist leaders.
Frank Hirih. Carl Simon and Auiom Palm.
found them guilty of cunspiring 10 burn the
Court-hou>c and destroy the records, and of
melting mnbs To riot. For twenty honrS the
ballot stood ten for conviction and two for
acquittal. One of the jurors who i alleged
To be Il Socialist voted for conviction after the
first few ballots. The maximum sentence
for riot OF conspiring To riot is II years
imprisonment or q fine not exceeding 500.
Iiirth isa Cigar maker, and was manager Of
the %en-npcratiye factory started here after the
great strike several years ago. Simon is a
frantic Anarchist. Palm l. a hlriwaod-in-
isher and has been In this country but a short
time. Neither lac nor Simon can speak
English. The prisoners are all married and
nave large families.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Killed by Slate.

Sn,r,S. Pa. July 2-lienry Horn. aged
about lA ysar~ was instantly killed ycstcr-
day afternoon hy q fall Of slate ironi the
npof OF the Morris c1al bank, near Vienna,
where hc wa working. II wsiS several hours
bef,rc thc debris WA cleared away and the
ncmaiis. rrrryrned.
A pguiariy ~orsanizcd hand u hur~e Thieves
seems IT, exist somewhere in tins yicinity.
Judging in,m the number al depreciation,
committed lately. Two hor>c~ were stolen
from the stable Of Gs,irsc >truble. at Brook
field. one right thi, week, and four were
taken from a farmer residing at Pdyncs Cor
ncrs fh, SINE night. Oliver W~hittcnbcrgrr,
of this place. MOURN, the less OF a fine ami
mai which was taken Tuesday might. Other
tlucits arc said To- have taken place within a
radiu, often miles.
job Jones. a veteran of the late war, drop
ped dead to-day from iietri disease, while at
his brothers residence ON the West Hill. He
was formerly attached To the Twenty-fftli
Ohio Volunteers, and viii be buried with
military honors 10y the Sharon Post, q. \.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07
Poisoned with Tartar-EmetiC.

\ Wichita tKan) dispatch in the New
York World of July isays Anthony. county
seat of Harper county, was crowded to-day
with people To celebrate the Fourth. Judge
Culver, speaker Of the day. was just com
mencins, when Judge Blackburn. President
of the meeting, and many people were seized
with severe gripping pains in the esion of the
stomach. and soon it became known that
they had been poisoned by lemonade made
from tar~tar-emetic. The celebration was
abandoned. wagons and carriages were turn
cd into dmbulanccs, and search parties were
sent into the barns. outhouses and along the
roads to gather in and care for the sufferers.
IN the hospital that had been imprpyi,el
sixty persons at one time lay wrirhing with
pain. The local physicians and such a.
could hecIllel did everything in their power
10 alIay the pain. The lives OF many were
deslaircl of. hut all except Mrs.. Northrop.
a widow, it Is believed will recover. Two of
the booths continued to sell until stopped by
the sheriff. who poured out every drd. An
investigation viii be made, qnd the party
guilty Of the criminal negligence will be-
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