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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
EIGHT DAYS ALIVE IN A COFFIN.
Face Which Turned Blue and Remained So
IA Remarkable Story.

A Face Which Turned Blue and Remained So
IA Remarkable Story.
Louisville Commercial.
But few people in Louisville know VIM.
Hancock, who has been living on Market be-:
tween Clay and Shelby Streets for the past IF
teen years. A reporter yesterday caught glimpse
of Hancock, who has had a remarkable expert
ence, and bears mysterious record in the neigh
borhood in which he lives A neighbor who pro-
fesses to know Hancoeks history yesterday told
the reporter the following:
sixteen years ago VIM. Hancock was man
OF some means, living then in Kansas City. He
was taken i'll, and day by day grew rapidly worse.
his allment puzzled his physicians, and finally
his life was despaired of, and a few days after
ward he was pronounced dead. An undertaken
was notified and he prepared the body for burial
The funeral took place, and the body was laid In
the receiving vault, preparatory to being placed
in the ground Eight days afterward the under-
taker and his assistants went to the cemetery.
and while In the acr of moving the coffin to the
fresh-dug grave, were startled by hearing noise
inside the coffin. The lid was forced off. and the
men were much mystiied on beholding the blue
color of the supposed corpse. A physician was
summoned and an electric battery was put to the
corpse. IN few minutes VIM. Hancock was on
his feet again, after having been supposed to be
dead for eight days.
A remarkable particular of the resuscitation
was that Hancock always preserved the blue
color OF his skin. He was a tall thin man, with
small whiskers. and so blue was the skin all over
his body that it presented a peculiar and aston
lshlne appearance. He never stirred away from
nome except to visit a game at cards with few
friends. He moved to Louisville shortly after
his remarkable resuscitaton which made him
the subject of much curiosity in Kansas City.
His story has never before appeared in print
blue Bill" as he is called by the few who know
him, Is the father in law Of John Hemming, who
was formerly civil engineer. Hemming was
distinguished more for his rapidity in running
through large fortune than in anything else.
At the age of twenty seven his father died, leav-
ing his only SON 5000 000 Two years afterward
Hemmng did not have money enough to buy a
suit of clothes.
Hancock lives in strict seclusion and rarely
ever goes out now for card playing. He has but
rarely been seen upon the streets. He lives with
his children, Mr.. and Mrs Hemming, on Market.
east of Clay.
During the time that he lay in the coffin he
remembers nothing, and was, so far as any signs
given out. dead. He Law i'll for some time. and
the only medicine he used was mineral wates o.
different kinds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
The Nailers, Compromise.

PITTsBURG. Feb. 19.-The news that the
junction Iron Company of Mingo. O., had
effected a compromise with their nailers, based
on twenty-cent scale, with $3.50 card rate,
caused no little eommotion among manufactur-
ers and uailers of this city. The former claim
that the break will have no effect upon the other
manufacturers, and that to morrow's meeting
will prove this. The nailers, who jubilant,
are OF the opinion that the strike will end in a
short time. Among the feeders, however. there
is a feeling of dissatisfaction. Joseph Chrlsty,
one of the leading feeders OF this city, asserts
that they will not accept any cut in wages.
Said he, 1--WE joined the nailers for the twenty
one-eent scale. that is we want 10a cents foI
cutting a key of ten-penny nails, and as we have
stood by the nailers, they cannot reasonably ash
US to accept a reduction. If they accept the
twenty-cenu scale, they will have to bear the re
duction themselves"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Extenr and Cost of tine Coke Strike.

PITTsBURG, Feb 19-The action of the coke
day, in resolving to accept no compromise, has
had a tendency to increase the bitterness of
the struggle, and settlement seems further
away than ever. More men were idle to-day
thsn at any time since the beginning of the
strike Only two small works werei1 operation.
and these were not running full. Notices viii
he posted up by many operators on their tene-
ment-houses. in few days, making final de-
mand upon their tenants to vacate their quarters
on March |, and after that time evictions will
likely become general.
This morning, about o'clock 600 Hungarians.
armed with rifles, revolvers hatchets and clubs,
marched with martial precision through Mount
Pleasant to the Standard works. It had been
reported that work was to begin there to-day,
and the parade was for the purpose of prevent
ing the resumption. No attempt, however was
made to start the works The magnitude of the
strike is greater than many people imagine The
amount OF cash invested in the coke business
from Pleasant Unity to Fair Chance-would
reach SIS, 000, 900. This great sum does not in
clude speculative investments in coal lands.
but Is the aggregate of the cost price
OF the different plants of the region. Not
only Is no interest being made on this great
total, but, on the other hand more capital is be-
ing expended in keeping the property intact
from external danger from strikers and internal
danger from flooding. The monthly interest is
almost $780, 900, while it is impossible to COM
pute the expense account without access to the
books. The railroads are losing freightage to
the amount of 800 carloads per day. On the
other side, about $500 laborers engaged il
operating the works are losing So, 600 daily in
working days they have been idle gross loss of
1927. 600
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Revival at Union City.

SpeclaI TO the IndIanapolls journal.
UNION City, Feb. 19-Never in the history of
this city has there been so much discussion Of
religious matters amongst all classes as there is
at the present time. The revival services at the
M. E. Church have been growing in interest for
the last week, the church, which is the largest
in the city, being crowded to its utmost capacity
each evening. Many persons, some of whom are
the worst characters in this city, who have never
before had anything to do with the churches, are
attending daily. and hundreds are
thinking seriously over their spiritual interests
The effects have been so great that the skating
rink is shut up. the saloons abandoned and the
altar crowded with penitents each night The
conversions number over hundred within the
last few days. The excitement is very great and
is increasing daiv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The total imports of dry goods at New York
during the past week were valued at s. 085, 268,
and the amount thrown on the market at So. 221,
S82
The Fidelity National Bank, the outgrowth of
the late Fidelity Safe-deposG and Trust Gonna
ny. of Cincinnati, has received its charter, and
announces that it will begin business on March
!, with a capital of ST., 100000.
Gardner Pepper, of Locust Gap, Pa was as
saulted last evening by two men, who struck
him on the head, inflicting fatal injuries Pep
per was prominent candidate at the recent
election and the assault is supposed to be the re-
| suit of political quarrels.
At Mingo Junction o.. Thursday night, Chas.
Hall. prominent citizen, murdered by
chicken thieves. Hall thought he heard noise
in his chicken-ho and went out with a lantern
to investigate, when one of the thieves drew his
revolver and shot him dead. The thieves es-
capped.
his father, John Lille, the noted Green county.
Kentucky, desperate, near Liletown Ky yes
terday. The son upbraided his father for get
ting drunk and mistreating his family, and the
latter shot his boy in the back while he was ring
ing the bell for dinner.
The Rev. T. G. Quinn, of Osceola. Wis. was
found drunk in Broadway, New York. yesterday
morning His nose was bleeding. His watch.
worth $1o0, was stolen as we'll as $l30 in cash.
He told Justice Welde he was on his way to Eu-
rope, duu cOulu not account Tor MS Illuminating
condition He was temporarily committed
P. Hastings, son of wealthy farmer, residing
near Silver City. Ia, was found yesterday morn
ing sitting upright in chair, at his fathers
house, with bullet-ho through his head A
revolver lay at his side on the floor. His parents
and other members of the family have been
absent in Liberty several days. Many OF his
friends believe he was murdered.
The United States revenue cutter Richard
Rush, which left San Francisco Jan. 2 for Behr-
ing strait. in search of the missing whaler.
Amethyst, returned yesterday. The captain
reports having found no trace Of the missing
vessel or the Corwin The cruise was unevent-
full The wsather intensely cold. but no
suffering was experienced among the crew of
the Rush.
On Thursday night, at Pine Bluff. Ark, G. T.
PRESLEY, proprietor OF the Magnolia House.
found +. w. Brigham, OF Cherry Creek. trav-
cling man, in a room with two other dodgers. and
ordered him out An alteration followed. and
PRESLEY fred several shots one killing Brigham.
who died while Presley was stamping him with
his feet Brigham had been in the city couple
Of days, and had been spreeing. Presley is in
custody.
At Brantford, Ont. Martin o. Van Fleet. the
defaulting treasurer of Huron county. Ohio. was
brought before Judge Jones on an extradition
warrant Auditor Owen of Huron county tes-
titled to shortage of 500 90 in Van Fleets c,,sh
account The stub Of o receiptbook was pro-
duced which showed $l1, lse, while the cash
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Labor Notes.

LOWELL. Mass, Feb 19--Nearly all of the
mills on the Concord river, which were stopped
by the high water. started on full time this
morning
SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, Mass, Feb. 19.-The
Assabet Manufacturing Company. WOODEN goods
manufacturers. who employ about one thousand
hands have given notice that wages will be ad-
vanced 10 per cent on March l.
READING, Pa. Feb. 19.--The two thousand
men employed in the Philadelphia g. Reading
Railroad Company's shops here were this even
ing notified that increase in wages in all de-
partments would be made on March /. The ra-
ito of the proposed increase was not disclosed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Nominations Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Feb 19-The Senate to-day
confirmed the following nominations:
Morris Taylor, of Dakota, surveyor general Of
Dakota; d. 7. Bramble. of Dakota, receiver of
public moneys at WATERFOWL, d. t.; c. O.
Knapp. of New Mexico, receiver of public
moneys at Santa Fe.
Postmasters-N. S. Barnes, at Paramount
w. Va; w. B. Colston. Martinsburg, W. Va
j. c. Franks, of California. United States
marshal for California; w. M. Campbell of
Minnesota United States marshal for Minnesota.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
A Row in Camn.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Feb. 19-For good and satisfactory
reasons, so far. at least as concerns the people
at large Captain T. NJ. Robertson, postmaster at
this place, has not been ousted by the admins
tration. He was reappointed under President
Arthur and his term continues about ten months
yet or courses scramble has been made for
the Office, and Of course the Captain was proven
to be Extensively PARTISAN but the scramble was
a little too lively, and the charges were rather
complimentary than otherwise. at least the Pres
ident has been accused of so thinking II has
been generally understood that the oficN had
been promised to a wire worker here in whose
interest a party official is now in Washington.
The situation is not pleasing to all, and an cleo
ton is called by the Democratic township COM
mitteemen for March 6. to determine the Demo
cratic choice in the matter. There will be fun,
but spectators are not allowed to vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The House committee
on postofices and post-roads to-day unanimously
agreed to report adversely all bills before it for
the purchase or construction Of telegraph lines
by the government. Wednesday and Thursday,
March and 4, the committee will hear argu.
ment from all persons who desire to address the
committee on the SUBJECT of government contracts
with telegraph companies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
WASHINGTON MISCELLANY.
TConcluded from First Page.

was seeking subordinate position in the Post
Office Department, and the following converse
ton occurred:
Mr.. Vilas,' said Colonel Hawkins. won't
you give this young man piace9"
NO. said the Postmaster general. This is
no almshouse."
and the young man is no pauper.r replied
Colonel Hawkins Now, Mr.. Postmaster gen
eral, at your door sits colored Republican, Silas
Ross by name"
''And that niger will remain there as long as
am at the head of the Postofice Department"
replied the Postmaster-general
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
The X. of L. and the Catholic Church.

MONTREAL. Feb. 19.-Mr Powderly, head of
the Knights of Labor, is here interviewing the
Roman Catholic Bishop who is opposed to the
order, and oontemplates conforming it. The
executive council of the diocese is considering
the question. Mr.. Powderly and prominent
local officers of the organization had long con-
ference with the Bishop last evening. and it is
understood their representations were considered
satisfactory by the Bishop, and for the present
the matter will remain in staru quo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
A Bankrnnt State.

New YORK. Feb. ia special from Trenton.
n. j.. says that the effect of the decision of the
law unconstitutional has been to practi-
cally bankrupt the State; that there is not
enough money on hand to meet the ordinary ex-
penses, and that the Stsse Comntroller has shut
down on all demands, refusing to sign warrauts
of any description. Even members of the Leg
islature were not permitted to draw their pay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
A Dishonest Mail Clerk.

Special to tine indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Feb. 19-This afternoon Joseph
McDormitt, seventeen years DID, was caught
opening box and rifiing mail in the Fort Wayne
postofice. He pleaded guilty before Commits
sioner Harper and was committed TO the Marion
county Jail, to await the action of the federal
grand jury in May. He confesses to having alb
stracted valuables and notes. He has been
guilty Of petty tnefts before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Steamship News.

NEW YORK, Feb 19.-Arrived: Ems, from
Bremen.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb 19.-Arrived, Britannia
from New York
LONDON. Feb. 19--Arrived: Assyrian Mon
arch, from New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
ATTEMPT at snioida.

This morning. shortly after o'clock, an un.
known man lodging in the building opposite
M@nnerchor Hall, on East Washington street,
took dose Of morphine, with suicidal intent
When discovered he was in critical condition.
and there was little hope for his recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Ambushed and Assassinated.

McLEANsBoRo. Feb. f9.-John Mann, .
wealthy farmer, was ambushed this morning on
the road near his home by two unknown assas-
sins and shot dead from his horse. The motive
for the deed is mystery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Had a Dreadful Con oh.

and raised a considerable amount Of blood and
matter; besides, was very thin, and so weak
could scarcely 60 about the house. This was the
case of man with consumption arising from
liver complaint He recovered his health COM
pletely by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery Thousands of others bear SINH
lar testimony
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20

book only showed $1.192, and so with other az
counts The amounts appear to have been en-
tered correctly and afterwards changed. As.
Van Fleet was an officer year, his defaIcations
must have commenced soon after he assumed
control of the treasury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Reduction I'm Railway Commissions.

CHICAGO Feb 19.-The ST. Paul, the North
western, and the roads composing the Chi
cago. St Louis and Missouri River Passenger
Association, it is announced to-day, have
ducing commissions so per cent In this connec-
tor. if there have been any developments re-
garjng the dispute about business to st. Paul.
they have not yet been made public.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
An Embezzling Insurance Agent

PITTsBuRG. Feb. 19-R. F. Lucas, an insur-
ance agent of Cleveland, o., was arrested here
last night on charge of embezzling 81, 900 of
the funds of the Equitable Insurance Company
of that city. He left for Cleveland this after
noon in charge of an officer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Editor WattersOD.

LOUISVILLE. Feb. 19.-At midnight Mr.. Wat.
tersons condition was more favorable than for
ten days past. and strong hopes are entertained
for his recovery He took solid food to- night
for the first time in a week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20

THE sign over the store read as follows
"Books, Stationery, Drugs g Medicines" He
went IN and asked for copy of Group in Chill
drens and the clerk handed him bottle of Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20


/ SUFFERED for two weeks with neuralgia oil
the face, and procured immediate relief by using
Salvation Oil MRS. WIN. c. BALD,
433 n. Carey ST., Baltic, Md.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
GRATEFUL-COMF
E PPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.

"By thorough knowledge of the natural law
which govern the operations of digestion andnutrtion
and by careful application OF the fne prope ties OF
well.seected Cocoa Mr. Epps has provided our break
fast tables with delicatey favored beverage which
may save many heavy doctors bills. Il is by the
use % Of n dgs .nas eonst
resist every tendency to disease Hundreds of sabtls
rnaladies are floating around MS ready to attack
a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves wer fortified wsh
pure blood and properly nourished frame n--Ciyil
Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only
in half pound tins by Grocers labeled thus:
JAMES EPPS s. CO.. Homoeopsthic Chemists.
London, Englxnd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
Pythian Celebration at LAFAYETTE.

Special to tho Indianapolis Jou1nal.
LAFAYETTE, Feb. 19.-The twentieth anniver-
sary of Pythianism was celebrated in this city
this evening by Lafayette Lodge, No. 81, and
Curran Lodge, No. Ill. The exercises took place
at the Mascotte Rink. The following was the pro-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-20
gramme:

After the literary programme ball was given
and participated in by q large number of
knights and their friends.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
FOR MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY.

1t is learned from different sources
that Mr.. w. Fl. Harrison, of the town
of Randall, will be a candidate for
Member Of Assembly. We have no
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Harri-
son, but his neighbors who know him
speak highly in his favor. 1t is said
he came near the nomination two years
ago.
The friends of Mr.. r. F. Roberts, of
Bristol, suggest him as a suitable can
didate for Member of Assembly. We
have long been acquainted with Mr..
Roberts, and know of no man in the
county better posted in the general
affairs of the country and the various
home industries of the people.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
NEW CONSERVATORY OF
FLOWERS.

Mr.. Lewis Turner, formerly of Lake
Forest, ILL.,, several months ago COM
menced the establishment of conser-
vatory of flowers in this city. It is
located in the southwestern part OF
the city, on grounds capable Of being
handsomely improved, and which the
proprietor will soon have put in good
shape. The improvements are already
extensive. There are two green houses
each 112 feet long; one of them Is feet
in width, and the other 10 feet, giving q
total of greenhouse room 224 feet long
by Is wide. This is room enough in
which to furnish supplies for two
cities of the size of Kenosha, and theil
neighborhood surroundings. Mr..
Turner will for the present devote his
attention to the propagation of differ
emit varieties of roses, and has now
from one to two thousand on hand
many Of them suitable for transplant
ing, and probably all in another year
Mr.. Turner has been too much hurried
to improve convenient cross-roa(
from Union street to his conservatory
but it was ascertained ladies of the cit,
had readily found their way to it
This is not strange, for it would b
difficult for flowers to be grown in 81
obscure place as not to be discover
able by the women. This is illustrated
by the beautiful Egyptian lotus flower
blooming in Fox Lake, near the south
ern border of Kenosha county. Am
ber," the woman contributor to thu
Chicago Journal, had such passion
to see the "lotus bed," which could bt
approached only by water, ventured il
a small row-boat for that purpose.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
AN ALLEGED $685. ESTATE
INVOLVED.

1t was announced last week, stimuli.
taneously in Milwaukee and Chicago
papers, that suit had been commenced
in the United States Supreme Court at
Milwaukee in behalf of from twenty to
thirty heirs of the late Governor
Charles Durkee of Utah to recover for
them a property of about 100000
which, it is alleged, was wrongfully
withheld or Incorporated. Mr.. Dur
kee held the Office of Governor of Utah
about five years; he died in January,
1870. He was among the early settlers
of Kenosha, and for many years one of
the most active and influential citizens.
The most prominent events of his life
are known to most of the citizens here.
and need not be repeated. 1t probably
had not been suspected here that Gov.
Charles Durkee died possessed of so
large property west of the Rocky
Mountains. We were intimately ac-
quainted with him for a quarter of a
century or more, and it may have been