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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-11
Brief Mention.

Hillsboro has let the contract to q company to
bore in that neighborhood for gas, coal oil or
whatever may be found.
Frank Ryan, noted prisoner serving a five
years sentence at Joliet for a burglary com
mtted at Peoria, died Of spinal disease at the
prison on Tuesday
William F. Lee. young man of Terre Haute,
Ind, stole three horses from farmers OF that
vicinity, and fed to Illinois. He has been ar
rested at Arcola and taken to Terre Haute for
trial. He confesses the theft.
r. B. Barrett of Middleton, Logan county,
went into hardware store at Springfield Tues
day morning and upon request, was shown
some revolyers. He placed cartridge in one of
the weapons put its muzzle to his head and
shot himself dead. He was without money or
friends. and victim of the opium habit.
person pretending to be professor of paleon-
tology in Cornell University, and recently a
member Of the Illinois geological survey, came
to Galesburg, and by plausible representations
induced Professor A. Hurd, the professor of sci
ences in Knox College, to lend him number of
valuable geological specimens. with which to IL
lustrate lecture in Monmouth. The person
who styled himself Professor Ulrich, did not
lecture in Monmouth, nor has he since been
he's rd from
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BosToN, March 10-The John Market left her
berth at 1T" wharf at $50 o'clock this morning
and started down the harbor in search of vessels
desiring her services. There were large num-
Der of persons on the wharf who watched the
boat steam away. Just as the boat arrived off
city. The boat was blown completely to atoms,
and her of five men were instantly killed.
The crew consisted of-captain, Cyrus Nickerson,
aged thirty five years. married; Chas. Haskins,
H. Croker, engineer, aged forty five; Frank
w. Croker, fireman, aged thirty FIVE, married;
Albert Smith. cook, aged thirty, unmarried.
The bodies of the captain and engineer were
recovered by tugs that were cruising in the
vicinity. They were brought here and taken
to the morgue. No cause can be assigned for
the explosion. The boilers were inspected a
year ago and found safe. The vessel was valued
at $40 900
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The Shot at Sumter a Blessing.

3
Perhaps the best thing that ever happened to
this great country was the firing on Fort Sumter
with the guns of Moultrie and other forts. Who
can say that we are not greater Nation to day,
with freedom throughout the land. than we were
in the days of the and folies Of the South;
and the anger and prejudices of the North,
which embittered one against the other and made
the great council hall of the Nation place of
violence and dscord9 All that has been swept
away with the fail of slavery. and instead of it
has come union of all the States, more earnest
and fraternal than BEFORE with the Southern Sec
ton of the country growing more prosperous and
more happy under free labor and equal rights
for all those who live in the South. In another
generation people will likely bless the day when
Sumter.
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ILLINOIS.

Investigating Alleged Railway Discrimina-
tions Against MattOon.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NATION. March 10.-The State Board of
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners have
been in the city all day, taking evidence in the
complaint made by the Nation shippers against
the determinations of the pool. Each of the
railroads is represented by attorneys. 1t was
shown that the rate on coal oil from Pittsburg
or Cleveland to Nation was $1.04, while to
bingham and Champaign, towns similarly sit
uated to Mattoon seventy-cent rate is given.
One Nation erain-shipper, by railroad manip-
ulations, is given a nineteen cent rate on grain
to New York, while grain men whose elevators
are not so favored obliged to pay 20 cents.
The board is in session tonight, taking evil
dence. The case is one of absorbing interest to
Mattoon people, and its development is being
watched with interest by other cities of the
State
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pemonstratIon by English Sailors.

LONDON, March 10. "A procession of British sail
marched from the docks to the city this after
noon tomake demonstration against the govern
ment for neglecting to take steps toward relieving
trade of its depression. They behaved IN an
orderly manner and were loudly cheersd along
the road. They carried great number of BAN
ners, some of which bore the inscriptions
tBrit;sh Labor is Sacrificed in the Favor
of Foreign Labor etc. For time
there was some excitement, caused By
a fear that the roughs and rowdies might
take advantage of the occasion to reproduce the
riots on Trafalgar square The sailors proceed
ed to the neighborhood of the Board of Trade,
where they held meeting, and appoint
ed a committee to wait upon Mr.. A j. Mundella,
President OF the Board of Trade, and urge the
necessity of such changes in the free-trade pol
ley of the government as might be necessary to
fssive the foreign and domestic trade of the
empire.
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A REPORTERS GRIEVANCE.
An Indiscreet Expression of Opinion Concern
ing Prominent United States Official.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.-T. L. Burke, a re-
porter on the Daily Examiner. called last Thurs
day on United States Sub treasurer Brooks
for information regarding the alleged shortage
of 100000 IN the sub-treasury cash. Mr..
Brooks charged the reporter with having stated,
the day previous, that he (Brooksl was
no gentleman. The reporter acknowledged
that he had done so. whereupon
Mr.. Brooks seized paper weight and
threw it at the reporters head, missing him.
He threw second weight, and then, as stated
by the reporter thrust his hand into his hip
pocket in such significant manner that the re-
porter feared his life was in danger, and
fed to the door, bat found it locked.
Cashier Maynard. who was present, interfered,
and the reporter escaped. Sub-treasurer Brooks
was arrested the following Monday on q warrant
sworn out by Burke. The matter has been taken
up by all the reporters in the city. They held a
meeting tonight, and adopted the following res
olution:
That the attempt of the assistant United States
treasurer in this city to entrap and assault reporter
who had expressed his opinion that the official was
gentleman, served to prove the correctness of the
opinion, and act of cowardice deserving our
utmost adherence
A subscription was taken up among the re-
porters to prosecute the case.
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photography in the West.

Harper 3 weekly.
Some time ago Mr.. Will Carleton visited one of
the Iowa towns in his capacity as lecturer and
was duly placarded on the wall, 'Will Carleton
October 25" The next lecturer in the course
was Hon. Will Cumback, of Indiana. In view of
December IL" The local bill poster was in
structed to pat these bills in the place of the
Carleton ones. His paste must have been bet
ter than his photography, for having heard that
Mr.. Carleton was re-engaged for an evening later
graphical statement of the fact, and SO he posted
the new bill directly under his name, and the
unique announcement then read as follows:
Twill Carleton Will Cumback December H." and
remained on the walls of the town for several
days, till rectifsd by somebody who knew how
to spell.
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Gable Notes.

United States Consul general Waller declares
that the report that the United States consuls
in his jurisdiction talk of resigning if their
salaries are reduced, is mischievous, and totally
without foundation.
Viscount Dupplin, heir of the Earl of Kin
mouth, died at Monte Carlo. yesterday. It is
rumored that he committed suicide owing to
losses at gambling. He had led wild and dissi-
pated career, and was thirty five years old.
A conference of representatives of the powers
will be held at Constantinople next Saturday to
consider the Greek question, which is growing
troublesome. The Turks continue to reinforce
their military strength along the Greek frontier
NJ. Carrilon, lessee and maEager of Her Males
ty's Theater. London, has disappeared A sum
mons against him for unpaid wages had been
granted On behalf of sixty employees Of the
tneater. 1t is alleged that he took in at the
doors, on Saturday last, Ell 800.
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Franklin College.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN, March 10.-1he junior class of
Franklin College now reading their historical
and political dissertations. These discussions
cover wide range of topics and are specimens
of the results of the Laboratory" method which
is being introduced into the historical depart
ment of the college. The dissertations, so far,
have been of very high order. This morning
Grifton Johnson of Greenwood read his disser-
tayioR On civilservice reform Owing to the
SURPRISING and immediate interest of the sub
iect, it was thought best to have it read in the
chapel Mr.. Johnson was greeted with fine
audience of members of the faculty, students
and few citizens The reading occupied forty
five minutes, and the hearty applause at the end
showed that the audience had no sympathy with
snoilsmen
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The schaefer-vignaux Billiard Match.

NEW YORK, Marck 10.-Play in the 5000
point, fourteen-inch balk-line billiard match be-
tween Schaefer and Vignaux was resumed this
evening. The audience was larger than that of
last night Schaefer was in excellent trim,
while his opponent seemed discouraged and en-
trely unequal to the brilliant execution for
which he is so famous. The story of the night
is plainly told in the score:
schaefer-77, IL, o, /, i. o. 8, o, 25, g. 80, o. z,
II, 6. SO, o, l. To- /, 2, 4, sc, 65, $4,000. Aver
Vignaux-O, 10, o, 90, /, 80, 2, /, Is, 16, o, 6,
% AZ, 8, o, r, g o, o, IL, %, 2-239. Average,
@ 23.24. Time 2:15.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Number OF Montreal Business Houses
Burned, Causing Loss of 100000.
MONTREAL, March 10-The largest fire in
Montreal for long time occurred this afternoon,
and destroyed the business places of the fol owing
firms: Soune & Leroy. E. Leichtenbumer, Park
Bros g. Co.. the Diamond steel works, Bacon
Brothers. the manufacturers agents of the New
Rockland Slate Company, the china and
earthenware house of j. L. Cassidy
& Co., P. NJ Galarneari's store,
the Compagnie Central de New York,
Mongenais, Bowen & Co., wholesale dealers in
liquors and groceries, and E. Racine g. Co.,
wholesale dry goods, The aggregate loss is
about 5000, 900. which is well insured. One fire.
man is missing
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The Case of Bigamist Baker.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, March 10-,Albert Baker, who
resides short distance west of West Point, was
arraigned for preliminary examination here this
afternoon, on charge Of bigamy. filed against him
by the father of his last wife, Baker moved to
this neighborhood about year ago, and shortly
atterward married the daughter of Jacob Meyer
of West Point A few days ago it was discov-
cred that he had wife living near Fort Wayne
A constable from this city was sent to arrest
him. Meyer presented revolver at Bakers
head and tried to shoot him. He was overcome
however, and Baker was lodged in Jail. He then
began to develop indications of insanity, aud
played his part so well that several physicians
testified he was really insane. During the trial,
this afternoon however, he saw that conviction
was probable, and Immediately recovered his
sanity and called for An attorney to defend him.
He was bound over to appear in the Circuit
Court.
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Telephone Service Discontinued.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
EVANSVILLE, March 10.-In pursuance of an
order from the headquarters of the Cumberland
Telephone Company, the branch here discon-
tinued night service this evening at o'clock
On Sunday the Office will be open three hours
in the morning and three in the afternoon. AS
fast as contracts expire, instruments are to be
taken out and shippedto Boston The only gain to
the company by this is the salaryof one operator,
and it viii prove disastrous to newspapers, drug
gists and the police and fire departments. Sub
scribers are cursing loud anu deep, but see no
apparent remedy.
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Charged with Embezzlement.

DETROIT, March 10.-P. N. Pitman, an en-
ploye of g. W. Moore's insurance agency, of this
city, was arrested last night in Kalamazoo on
charge of embezzling 81, 900 from the New York
Life Insurance Company Pitman came here
from Albany N Y, where it is understood he
was discharged account of crookedness. He
will be held over till tomorrow
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, March l0-John B. Ruger, post
master at this city recently appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland. vice John q. Sample, suspended,
has been cutting and slashing right and left
since acquiring his Office, not even sparing dis
abled soldiers. Kruger found six soldiers on the
force, five of them being carriers, all appointed
by the late postmaster, w. S. Jingle He has
already suspended four of them, and the other
two will probably share the same fate about
April l, when there will not be "boy who wore
the blue" left about the Office to tell the story.
The first man suspended by Ruger was an old
veteran. All of the vacancies caused by suspen-
sions have been filled with civilians No soldier
need apply, as Ruger evidently thinks about the
soldiers as Vanderbilt did of the public when he
said. 1.-THE public be id" With Ruger it is
the soldier be id
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Attempt on Jules yerne,s Life.

AMIENs France, March 10.-An attempt was
made to-day to assassinate Jules Verne Two
shots were fired at him by young student, who
turned out to be the authors own nephew, and
who had come from Paris for the express pur
pose OF killing his uncle. One Of the bullets
missed the novelist altogether, the other struck
him in the leg, inficting slight wound. The
nephew has for some time been a student in
Paris, and is thought to be monomaniac
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Warsaw District M. e. Conference.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, March 10.-The Warsaw district
Conference of the NJ E. Church continued its
session at Andrews to-day. The morning exer-
cises were opened with devotional services, con-
Quoted by Rev. G. H. Beechgood. At o'clock
tbs reports of examining committees, the pass
age of character and renewal of licenses were
promulgated, followed by the paper Probation
After DEATH Is There Any Foundation for the
Dogma in Reason or Revelation9' by G, H.
Hill
This afternoon devotional services were con-
Quoted by A. IL Mckee, followed by reports At
2:3O 1.-THE Duty Of Churches to Their Minister'S
was opened with paper by J. L. Snow, of South
Whitley. The discussion was continued By
A. j. Carey. This was followed by the paper,
us 1t Wise to Organize Institutions and Modes,
Outside of Those Controlled by the Church, for
the Furtherance of Any One Doctrine or Mode
of Christian Experienced" by G. U. Wade The
afternoon services were closed with the consid-
Grafton of miscellaneous business. This evening
the closing sermon was delivered by Rev O. Il.
Brown, of this city, followed by revival services
conducted by Rev. NJ. Swadener. The following
are the various committees:
To examine candidates for license to preach
A. E. Mahan and j. w. Cain.
To examine local preachers in the course of
study-First year, T. c. Neal and o. V. L. Har-
bour second year, j. B. Alleman and j. M. Rush;
third year, A. j. Lewelen and A. j. Carey;
fourth year. e. Holdstock and T. j. Smith.
To examine candidates for admission into the
travelling connection-A Greenman and NJ.
Swadener
To examine candidates for orders-N D.
Shackleford and j. johnson.
To arrange the plan for local preachers and ex-
horters--S. g. Miller and A. G. McCarter.
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Ave hundred dogs, and ate dog-meat every
day to save their lives Late last November a
ship sent from New Foundland with load of
provisions, was lost in storm and never heard Of
The Bishop at Esquimaux Point has written
to the government, asking that provisions be
sent him as soon as navigation opens
as there is going to be starvation there in the
spring. At Pentecost many families are begging
for food and there is none to give them. At
Point Demonto no more flour is to be had,
and e.people are in starving condition.
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Yesterday afternoon, in the hallway adjoining
the United States Court, at New Orleans, Capt j.
E. Brow and M. A Grace became involved in a
quarrel Pistols were drawn, and Grace was
killed and Brow wounded, receiving four bullets
in his body. The cause of the difficulty was
suit in the United States Court in which Grace
was proctor for the plaintiffs.
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Joseph Cook ON Tobacco.

Report OF Monday Lecture.
Public opinion said Mr.. Cook, is rising on the
temperance question, and hope our churches
will, at least, rise to the stand taken in some Of
our legislatures against tobacco have no pa
thence with the low whites mouth disease
chewing. II had dog which had habit of
chewing and expectoratng miscellaneously,
should shoot him.
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On Tuesday night, twenty-five masked men
quietly took Handy Woodward, colored, out of
Jail, at Russellvile, KY, and hanged him to the
same limb that the notorious Sambo Bailey was
hanged on two years ago. Woodward was iden-
titled as the man who attempted to outrage the
twelve year-old daughter of Charles Johnson,
the station agent at Red Oak on Monday
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occasion to openly rebel and overthrow the
japanese government 1t is understood that the
head of the Progressive party in Corea was con-
nected with the conspiracy. The discoveries
made are believed to have removed all danger"
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The Transcontinen tai Fight.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 10.-Another cut in
freight rates was made by the Central Pacific
and the Atlantic e. Pacific roads to-day. The
rate was placed at 80 cents per hundred pounds
as far east as Chicago and st. Louis.
The Southern Pacific to-day made the rate
from San Francisco to Kansas City S.. 90, Chi
cago $1,000, for limited emigrant tickets.
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Chinamen win Travel In Bond.

LONDON, Ont, March ia circular has been
issued by the superintendent of the southern di-
vision OF the Grand Trunk railway saying that
oil Chinese going abroad will pass through in
bond, and the conductors will be held RESPONSE
BILE to see that none of the Mongolians are al
lowed to stop in Canada.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Shortage in the Knox County Treas
ury Found To Be Nearly $4,000.
An Insane Bigamist Suddenly Receivers His
Reason-Changes in the Lafayette POST
0ffice-The Nation Determinations.


The Shortage of Knox County's Treasurer
Larger Than Was Expected.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WILDERNESS, March 10-Mr. Gerard Reiter,
who was engaged to balance the books of the
county treasurer, to-day completed his labors,
and the worst has been realized. Treasurer
Hollingsworth is found short $78. 278. 33. This
leaves the bondsmen out Of pocket to the extent
of over $25, 600. Auditor Dick was also found
So, 500 short, but he claims he will be able to-
morrow, to show up receipts covering the defct.
The affair is the sensation of the hour, and the
Commissioners will order a full expert investiga-
ton in April. It is not thought that Holilngs-
worth will resign, as by doing so he would be-
come subject to prosecution, whereas he is now
safe
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LONDON, March 10-A collision occurred, yes
terday, between two trains on the railway be-
tween Monte Carlo and Mentone. The train
from Mentone was filled with English
visitors. A number Of carriages were
smashed and fell into the
The number of deaths is unknown, but it is be-
lieved that at least twenty persons lost their
lives. Princess Helene is known to have been
aboard
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Hanged Himself with a Towel.

EpeciaI th0 InulahaDOIlB JOurnaI.
PERU, March 10.-Robert Talbot. son Of Geo.
Talbot, an engineer at the railroad water station
at Denver, committed suicide last night. by
hanging himself with towel suspended from
a large hook in the engine-room. He was assist
ing his father, who was sick and unable to attend
to his work. He was young man, eighteen
years Of age, of excellent habits, and good
character. No cause can be assigned for his
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A Million-Dollar Fire.

VALPARAISO, Chilli March 10.-At las o'clock
this morning fire broke out in Cafe
Concrete Gale Esmeralda, and an entire
block, including the principal shops in the city,
was burned The loss is estimated at 81 ,000,-
QUO. The owner of the cafe has been arrested
suspicion of incendiarism.
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A Cut in Freight Rates.

JOLIET, H., March 10.-The Rock Island
road to-day made cut of so per cent. on fourth
class freight between Joliet and Chicago. The
Chicago 81 Alton and the Chicago, ST. Louis 81
Western roads are expected to met the cut to-
morrow.
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An Exhilarating Beverage.


A suspiciously popular beverage in the prohi-
bition State of Kansas is known as "Jeffersonian
simplicity" Four drinks of it are warranted to
make a man feel so Dig that he will insist upon
having piers run out from the Eastern and West
ern coasts of the continent toreleve his sense of
being Gro Yded.
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Gen. J. H. Devereux Seriously IN.

CLEVELAND. o., March i0-Gen. J. Fl.
Devereux, president of the Cleveland Column
bus, Cincinnati 81 Indianapolis railroad, is very
i'll at his residence on Euclid avenue. General
Devereux is one of the best known railroad men
in the country, and was a confidential friend of
William III. Vanderbilt
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a Cutting Retort.

Atlanta Constitution.
Editor Dana, of the New York Sun, says thai
neither scissors nor shears can make journal
list. This is true, but they can make rafting
good newspaper.
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Steamer Los. ON the Coast of China.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10-Intelligence re-
seived at Hong Kong, Feb IL, states that the
Douglass Steamship Company's steamer Doug
ass, Captain Matthew Young, on the China coast
cute, ran ashore and was lost off Swallow, in a
og. The vessel was insured for $500, 0OO No
turthe- particulars were learned.
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HAD not taken three doses Of Athlophoros
Tor infiammatory rheumatism before was bet
Ger, and have been improving ever since. am
satisfsd it Is the best remedy for rheumatism
there Is TO be had 6. LOCKWOOD
Millbrook, Ill.