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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-07
MORTALITY STABBED.
A Quarrel Between Two intoxicated Men Re-
suits in a Fatal Stabbing.

Spec1af TO the Indianapolis Journas.
WABASH, Ind, March 6.-About 7 o'clock this
evening Lawson Story, one of the Oldest resi-
dents OF Wabash coanty, aged about seventy
years, and the owner of a fine farm two miles
north of the city, stabbed Robt. Early. a young
man Of twenty-nine, i~nHicting a wound which
will prove fatal before morning. Story is in the
habit of visiting Wabash every Saturday and
drinking heavily, and it was while on a spree OF
this kind he encountered young Early. The two
became involved in a dispute. and Early, who
was also intoxicated, attempte to assault Story,
but was prevented by a by-stander. who
told Story to leave. The old man walked
hair a block, and when near the city
hall, Early came up and exclaimed: "You :"
wheeled. and as he did so Early essayed to
strike. Like a flash Story pulled a big
knife, with a broad blade. and plunged at his al
versary, the steel striking the abdominal wall,
and. being DETECTED by the interior muscles,
1t was swiftly withdrawn, and Story struck
viciously again. this time sinking the blade into
the left breast of Early, near the
third and fourth ribs and just missing
the heart Early fell violently to the sidewalk
and Story hurried down town and gave himself
up to the city marshal, who locked him up. TIL
wounded man was meanwhile picked up, carried
TO the city hall and a physician summoned. A
careful examination by the doctor proved the
wound mortal, and he was removed to his nome.
he Is rapidly sinking. and will die before morn
ing.
This is the third killing that has occurred here
within thirteen months. and excitement is rum
ming high to night Story. in conversation with
your correspondent at 8 o'clock, claimed self
defense. His preliminary examination will be
held on Monday.
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OBITUARY.
Death of John Miiligan, one of Montgomery
County's Pioneers.

Death of John Milligan, one of Montgomery
County's Pioneers.
Special to the indianapolis JournaT.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, March 6.-John Milligan,
the oldest settler of Brown township, Mont
gomery county. died at his home. near Wave
land. last Friday morning at 5 o'clock. He was
born in Perry county, Pennsylvania. March 20.
1903, and removed with his parents to near Pitts
burg, Pa. in 1914. He attended school at
Georgetown, D. c., and afterwards taught
school. In 1928 he came to MONTGOMERY county,
and clerked for Jonathan Powers in 1925. In
1880 he sold goods for i. G. Eiston,
ST., on commission. in a country store
near where Waveland now stands. In
1884 he purchased land on which Waveland is
situated, and built the first house in the town,
which was laid out by him during the following
year, the first lots being sold on Jan. %, 1885.
In 1929 he married Miss Lucinda Elmore,
daughter Of John Elmore. and a sister of C. w.
Elmore, of Charlottesville. His wife survives
him aud seven children, one child being dead.
He has been a member of the Presbyterian
Church over fifty, years. and an elder most of
that time. Joseph Milligan. of Charlottesville,
is . brother, and the deceased was an uncle OF
b. j. Milligan, of Indianapolis. Mr.. Milligan
has always been an active Republican. At one
time he was very wealthy. but lost quite a fort
une in the A. L. & St. L. railroad enterprise.
The funeral will be conducted on Monday after
noon by Rev. j. n. Sammis, at the Wavelapd
Presbyterian Church.
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use for, and they were let of; but there were not
. half nor q fourth of the number stated dis
charged
The report, also, that l., B. e. w. railroad en-
ployes had refused to pull out any cars loaded
with Champion machines. was alphabetically de-
MED by Superintendent Vantassel. He said:
1.-THE report is utterly groundless. We have not
had the least trouble, nor the slightest intima'
ton of trouble. growing out OF the present
state of affairs. / don't think the railroad en-
ployes would be at all inclined to mix in the
trouble, though, of couse, / do not know posi-
lively whether or not they would join In II the
Knights of Labor make a fight
The joint executive board of the local assem-
blies of Springfield. appointed to confer with Mr..
Whitley, attempted a conference with that gen.
tleman this afternoon, and the following report
will indicate their success:
"ro the Joint Executive Board of the Local Assem-
blles Of Springfield:
Gentlemen-Your committee on arbitration
appointed to confer with VIM. Whitley. beg
leave to report as follows: We visited William
M Whitley at his Office, at the East-street
works to-day, between IL and ] o'clock. and
interviewed said gentlemen. He refused to
as a committee of the Knights of Labor. He
said that if we would come as free American
citizens, without anything. or something, as he
expressed it, to control our actions or govern
our movements, he would give US audience.
But in answer to our question as follows: AS
we have not come to settle personal grievances,
will you receive US as a committee from
the knights OF Labor, to arrange
. plan for the settlement Of
he answered: I will say emphaticaliy, no! nor
with any other labor organization will | arbi-
trate.' Your committee feel that it is useless for
this joint executive board to try and arbitrate
any further in this matter, and that
the matter be placed in the hands of the national
board of aroitration!s The following was also
promulgated by the labor COMMITTEES: s"The
usual union meeting will be dispensed with this
afternoon, and all members are requested
by the executive bIrd not to break
the quiet of the Sabbath by any meetings or
demonstrations of any kind"
This refusal on the part of Whitley to confer
with the local committee leaves the matter in the
hands of the national organization. and the re-
suit Will be. in all likelihood, a boycott on the
Champion and East-street shops.
A report that a large number of men were dis
missed this evening from the Lagonda shops, of
which Capt. A. S. Bushnell is the head, is being
sent out by special correspondents, but it is not
q fact; only a few men were let go, and they
were special men whose work was completed for
the time. Everything is quiet. but both sides
are determined.
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A POOR PLACE TO SEEK AID.

Story of an Old and Feeble Woman Who
Sought Help in the Capitol.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. March Sit is strange how
many people think that the Capitol of the United
States is a place where all their ills will be
healed and all their troubles ended. Many
country people think that il they could only get
to Washington. and to the big. white capitol,
then the congressman would listen to them and
help them. and how many have learned, to their
sorrow, how untrue their belief is. Only yes
terday l saw an old woman, fully seventy-fve
years of age, wandering about the corridors of
the big building in search of a friend TO help her.
At last she got upstairs in one of the Hobbies of
the House gallery. and an old one legged soldier
door-keeper had given fNf~his chair to sit in and
rest herself. for she had no other place to seat
herself and rest her weary bones. She had a
picturesque look, this old woman, though her
clothes were old and worn. On her head was an
old bonnet, of a style of many years ago. A
white band of r~usching was inside the great rim,
and large and rusty black ribbons tied it under
her chin. Her face was wrinkled, careworn, and
scanned with age and suffering. Around her
shoulders was an old black shawl. and her dress
was skinny and aged. She rested there awhile
and then went downstairs, by chance came to
the door of the House restaurant, and fell on the
very threshold from fatigue and hunger. Some
one aided her to a recess OF a doorway. and there
she sat on the cold marble thing until the kind
hearted lady cashier of the restaurant heard of
it and sent her out a chair. To this lady the old
woman told her story. Last Saturday she lost
her son by an accident on a railroad. He was
her sole support, and, taking all the money she
had, come to Washington to get aid at the big
Capitol. For days she had not tasted food, and,
now she was here, there was no one to help her.
The kind lady gave her some food. and. together
with the walters. she made up a purse for the old
woman and sent her away, happy for one day at
least.
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MINOR MATTERS.
Which Are Made Pre-

Disjointed Speeches Which Are Made Pre-
sentable by the Reporters.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON. March ga great many of
the members of the House who speak altogether
extemporaneously have good reason for doing
so" said an old stenographer at the Capitol.
"Why do they not write their speeches2'
because they cannot" was the firm reply.
81 could name a score of men who often speak
on the floor of the House who couldn't write a
speech they would let any one see. Their gram
mar. their photography, their composition, are
horrible. But they get up and grind out a dis
jointed discourse and the official reporters make
a pretty fair speech out Of it You'd be sur
prised to know how many of these fellows ask
one reporter to take all of their speech, 80 that
ne can fix it all up for them. Why, there are
fifty men in The House who couldn't write a
speech. and more than a hundred who couldn't
write a newspaper article three inches long that
any publisher would print. Whyi Because
they've no ability"
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stopped on the demand Of the Central Labor or
ganization, because Of an unsettled difference
on one line, has raised the serious question. How
long will it be until the inevitable conflict comes.
where brute force will be masteri There are
few students of the labor movement and the
labor problem, as it is to be seen in
New York, who have any doubt of the
final result The differences of opinion are
only as to how long it will be before the
bayonet and bullet are brought into play.
walked up Fourth avenue to-day with ex-
general Thomas L. James. He is
the president of one or two street-car lines. The
Vanderbilts, with whom he is associated In the
Lincoln National Bank, are heavy investors In
street-railroad property. He said to me:
all know where this thing is going to end. It is
a terrible thing to think of. It makes me sad,
because I would like to see the workingmen fully
satisfied and contented. But there is a line be-
yond which they cannot be allowed to 60 in their
demands. It is not their right to saw that other
men shall not work. because they will not We
are coming slowly to that point in the conflict
where it means business. 1t is a serious thing
to contemplate, and / hope itmav be averted.
but / really expect to see ths troops called out
before the thing ends
Capt. Mike Cregan, the little Republican boss,
looking up and down Broadway and finding no
streetcar on which to spend a nickel, said to
me: 1T IS not for me to talk much about this
thing. A politician has got to keep pretty quiet.
1t seems to me that things are drifting along to
where the bayonet will be called in. That will
be bad. / do not think that the strike on all
these lines, inconveniencing so many laboring
people because a few men on a single line have
a grievance. will be Endorsed by the masses of
the people. 1t is thought to be going a step too
far. The labor organization has got a strong
~foothoid, but il is doing things that will destroy
it. They will not let a man get a place now un-
less he belongs to the Knights of Labor. If a
Knight of Labor is discharged the others all
strike. What leeway has a proprietor or an
employer under such an arbitrary rule as that2
None. He can't stand it. and when he appeals
to the public he will be sustained"
John F. Smyth, of Albany. the old Superin-.
tendent of Insurance, said to me tonight: 'In
Albany, within a short time. 1 knew of large in
vestments being made by corporations in land
that they intended to lay out in lots and improve
by building. They looked the labor situation
over carefully. taking into consideration the sue
cess the strikers have been Aaving in New York.
and within a day or two they have decided to let
their property go sunimproved for the present.
Their decision was prompted solely by the agita-
ton of the labor world. They determined that
they could not afford to 60 into any extended
work as long as matters are so unsettled. | think
this is a phase of the labor difficulty which the
labor agitators have not studied. It is. l am
told, quite general"
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The sharpless Murder Case.

CHESTER, Pa, March 6.-The jury in the
Sharpiess murder case came into court this
morning. after remaining out twenty-five hours.
with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree" johnson. the prisoner. remained PER-
fectly calm while the jury was being polled, un-
til the last man said guilty. when ar apparent
shuduer crept over him. The defendants coun-
sci Immediately made q motion for a new trial,
which will be argued the first Monday in April
The verdict is a surprise to most people In the
locality. Johnson WAS remanded tack to jail.
He seemed to realize more fully his danger after
the verdict was rendered, and showed great I'M
~easiness. 1t is generally thought that he will be-
given another chance for his life:
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Miscellaneous Notes.

Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March Crank J. Hall, of
Rushville; 81. A. Axline, Of Columbus. O., and
Ell. Goodwin, of Sandusky, o., are at the Ebbitt.
Gen. James S. Robinson, Secretary of State
of Ohio. is here and says there is no doubt that
the legislative committee investigating the
charges of bribery in the election of Senator
Payne will make a good case, and that it will be
sent here to the Senate for further investigation
and action. 1t is generally believed by Repub-
lican Senators that Mr.. Payne cannot remain in
his seat many months longer, and that he will
resign before the worst comes to the worst.
The postofice at Eimay. Grant county. has
been discontinued, and the mail will go to Mari
on. The p~ostoffice at Dildaville, Grant county.
has also been discontinued, and the mail will go
to Jonesboro.
Representative Ward presented in the House.
to-day, petitions from Knights of Labor in Gin
ton and Upton counties, setting forth the injus-
tice that Chinese immigration works to American
laborers. and calling upon the Indiana delegation
in Congress to support the measure to absolutely
inhibit Chinese immigration.
Mrs. Nellie G. Scott and father, Mr.. G.. A.
Gorgas, formerly of Indianapolis, left yesterday
for Shelbyville. Ind, to attend the funeral Of
Mrs. SCOTS brother, Albert j. Gorgas, late clerk
of Shelby county.
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Cheap Rates for Messages.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, March ct has been ascer
tanned that the six penny rate postal telegraph
system adopted by England on Oct. l last has
proved very successful. Six pence is the price
adopted for messages of twelve words. addresses
included, for all distances, just like letters are
conveyed anywhere in this country for two cents.
Penny postage is also a great success in Great
Britain, and the postal savings banks established
have given uniform satisfaction. All these
propositions are being agitated in the United
States, and the success they have attained ia
John Bulls country is pointed to as evidence to
prove that they can be successful in the United
States, and that we can afford TO establish them.
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Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
NEW CASTLE, March 6.-Samantha, wife Of
Adolph Rogers. clerk Of the Henry Circuit
Court. died at 2:30 this morning. She had been
for several years an invalid.
To the Western Associated Press.
PITTsBURG, March 6-Rev. j. r. W. Sloane.
professor of theology Of the Reformed Presby.
terrain Theological Seminary, in Allegheny City.
and well known throughout the country, was
found dead in his bed this morning. DIR. Sloane
was formerly president of Geneva College, at
Northwood. o., and for twelve years oficiated
as pastor of the Twenty-third street Reformed
Presbyterian Church. Death is supposed to
have resulted from heart disease.
NEW ORLEANS, March Capt Fred A.
Blanks, a well-known Ouachita river man. died
here last night of inflammatory rheumatism
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
-SHELBYvILLE, March 6-The funeral Of AL
bert j. Gorgas took place at 2 o'clock this after
noon, and was one of the largest ever seen in
this city. The body was taken
to the Presbyterian Church, where
a touching funeral Grafton was de-
livered by the Rev. L. L. Hughes. The tuner.
al procession was then formed and marched to
Forest Hill Cemetery in the following order:
Military band. judge of court and county
r.; Shelby Lodge, No. 80. /. O.
o. F.; Masonic order and Knights Templars;
body of deceased and friends and relatives. At
the cemetery the last remains of Albert j.
Gorgas were laid to rest on a beautiful mound
overlooking the beautiful fair grounds, which Is
the monument Of his earnest efforts.
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Retail stove Dealers Adopt the Boycott

ST.. Louis, March 6-Eighty-fve of the one
hundred retail stove and tinwaie dealers of the
city organized an association last night and
adopted the boycott as a means of protecting
their business from the encroachments of the
large mercantile houses here, who are beginning
20 include stoves and tinware in their large
stocks. and it is claimed. are in this way
greatly ~iniuring the trade of the ex-
elusive stove merchants. These eighty-fve
dealers reorganized the st. Louis Stove
Dealers Association last night, and after
adopting o resolution to patronize in no way any
manufacturer selling stoves and tinware to any
body but themselves. and other stove-dealers,
signed an agreement TO that effect
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Bought After Many Years.

washington Special.
For many years the picture of the Electoral
Commission, painted by Mrs. Fassett, has been
pressed upon Congress for sale. The price has
been SIS, 000. Mrs. Fassetts efforts to sell her
picture have been in vain because of Democratic
opposition. Tho Democrats said that the whole
memory of that commission should be blotted
out; that no picture commemoraring it should be
allowed to hang in the Capitol. A few days
ago, however. the proposition to buy this picture
was brought up in the joint committee on the
library and passed. All the Republicans voted
for it, and with them Senator Voorhees,. The
two other Democrats opposed misrepresentation
Singleton. of Mississippi, and Stahlnecker. of
New York. The price paid was 81. 800. which
Mrs. Fassett accepted.
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Blown to Pieces by Dynamite.

NEW YORK, March 6.-Ditmar. Pextar s. Co. 8
dynamite mandatory was blown up last night
Heinich HERMAN. the, w~atchman, was in the
building at the time. but no trace of him has been
found The building was a small structure
where dynamite for use on the new aqueduct
was made. 1t contained 200 pounds OF dynamite
is 8 big hole filled with sticks and pieces of tim
ber to mark the spot where the building stood.
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A Fatal Runaway.

Cpec1aI TO the IndlhHaDOH5 JUurnaf-
CoLFAx, Ind, March 6.-Leonard Isgrigg.
aged eighteen years, met a horrible death, three
miles east of Colfax. this morning, while driving
a team of horses attached to the running-gear of
a wagon. The team became frightened and ran
for several hundred yards, throwing the u~nfortu-
nate young man against an obstruction aud
fracturing his skull. from the effects of which he
died in two hours.
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WHAT OF THE FUrURE9

a Question that Will Have To BE Settled with
Bullets and Bayonets.
Eew York Special.
Tonight the thinking public Is at work fgur-
Ing out the future. 1t is already discounted.
The fact that every street-car in lothian was
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street-Car Troubles in Other Cities.

BALTIMORE, March 6.-The proposition Of ex-
Governor Bowie. president of the City Passenger
railway, yesterday, sixteen hours a day for
$3.50 per day, with two days a week off has
been rejected by the drivers and conductors. At
a meeting it was determined by the drivers and
conductors that they wanted 81 a day and twelve
hours 20 constitute a days work. The men will
.endeavor to settle the difficulty without r~esorting
to a strike.
PHILADELPHIA, March 6-The Peoples Pas
seneer Railway Company, of this city, this
afternoon. decided to reduce the hours Of labor
OF their employees to twelve, and to fix the rate
OF pay at $l.75 per day. to apply uniformly to
both conductors and drivers.
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General Kautz MAY BE Promoted.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Favorable comment
is heard here, ard received by letter from army
officers. on the report that Gen. A. v. Kautz is
likely to be promoted. He has rendered dis
tinguished services, and his modesty is that of a
good soldier. General Kautz is one of the oldest
colonies in the army. is a graduate of West
Point, and served in the Mexican war. He is
now Colonel of the Eighth Infantry, and brevet
major-general, and is stationed at San Francisco.
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Tom Nelson's Race with Death.

Washington Special.
Gen. Thomas Fl. Nelson. Of Indiana, is at the
RIGGS House. He is the banner story teller of
tha West, now that Budinot is absent He drew
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shore. The Senator fingered, but at last grew
tired, or his better sense returned, and he left
Boston and forgot his love.
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Steamahin new.

Steamship News.
New YoRK. March 6-Arriveds Polar. from
Haslburg; Britannia. from Liverpool