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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-06
ILLINOIS.

Drunken Quarrel Between Brothers-in-
Law Ends in Murder.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARSHALL, July 5-News was received here
this morning of terrible murder in Westield,
eighteen miles west of here, yesterday after
noon. Full particulars were not received until
this evening. Frank Hughes, hard character,
killed his brother-in-law, John G.. Harrison,
striking him twice on the head with club. Both
men had been drinking all day. company with
John Hughes, a brother of the murderer, and
Tom Nelson. The men got into a drunken
quarrel, good natured on the part of Harrison,
but in deadly earnest on Hughess side. Hughes
was brought here and placed in jail this evening,
having waived examination. Harrison leaves a
widow and six children. The community is
greatly worked up over the affair." it being the
general opinion that Hughes picked the quarrel,
with the intention of killing his brother-in-law.
Harrison always went by the of Loomer.
being so called from his step-father.
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THE BURK-N0LAN Fight.
Eight Rounds, in Which the latter Had De-
cidedly the Best Of the Singing.

CINCINNATI, July 5-The glove contest be-
tween Pete Nolan and Jack Burk took place this
evening at Chester Park before 1900 people
1t was preceded by some minor lights, two of
whom, Howard and Greininger. allowed their
temper to lead them into q rough-and tumble
| fight
| The Burk-No1an contest began at 718, and
was ended at ESQ. 1t was to be eight rounds
with two-ounce gloves. Queensbury rules, best
points. Frank Kelly, chief deputy sheriff, was
referee. The men appeared stripped to the
waist. Nolan weighing ITO and Burk lG4 pounds.
| Both seemed to be in excellent condition
The first round showed that Nolan WAS pre-
pared to be aggressive He soon planted his
| left on Burks shoulder, and received ON his
ribs. followed by one on the face. A clineh fol-
| ribs and Nolan delivered an aching blow on
| Burks stomach, followed by tap on his chin.
Burk began to be wary.
| In the second round Nolan quickly gained the
| signal advantage of nearly closing Burks right
| eye. and. after a cllnch. sent two singers to
| Burks nose, making him very bloody. The
| ronnd closed with light blow by Burk on
Nolan's face
| In the third round Nolan got in three blows
| quickly and pushed Burk to the ropes. where
return of three or four blows apiece.
| In the fourth round Burk began savagely
with blow on Nolans nose. Nolan gave back
a blow in Bnrks face, and there another
even exchange, when the round ended with a
ciinch.
The fifth round showed Nolan to be the quick
| er and more powerful man. He touched Burk's
| nose again, and clinch followed with cries OF
| foul but decision was not pushed.
The sixth and seventh rounds showed Burk
more careful, but Nolan still scored more points.
Both were in earnest, trying TO make jugular
| impression to end the worry Nolan managed
| to damage another eye for Burke, and the sew
enth round closed with close fighting. The
| crowd cheered for Nolan
The eighth round a succession of light
| blows and clinches, in which Burke did most of
| the clinching. The round closed with tremen-
| dous cheering for Nolan. There was wild
| rush for the cars before any public announce
ment of the result could be made. The referee,
| however, has decided in favor of Nolan.
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Heavy Loss at Harlem.

NEW YORK, July AT the hour when Har-
lem was getting ready for display of fireworks
y fire broke out in the fancy goods store of M.
Itrausky. at No 2293 Third avenue, and re-
suited in damage of some 100000 before II
was extinguished. A stock of fireworks that
Strausky had the sidewalk in front of his
store was ignited by lighted cigar-butt care
lessly thrown among them, and caused the dis
pster. Two buildings were entirely destroyed and
fwo more were Quilted. Justus Cooke occupied
the greater part of the building as private
store-house for furniture. Two hundred persons
had goods on storage with Cooke, and the loss to
Them will aggregate 800, 600. Mr.. Cooke esti-
mates his personal loss at $40, 900. Strausky
viii lose $40, 900, and the buildings are damaged
to the extent of $50 000 Other occupants of the
building lose $4,000. Insurance covers nearly
all the losses. 1t was rumored that girl had
been suffocated within the building. but this
eould not be corroborated.
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Brief Mention.

Adam Schuter, aged eighteen, was drowned at
Pesin on Sunday, while boating
Lulu Greenbanks, eighteen years old, drowned
herself at Elgin on Saturday Her body was re-
covered on Sunday.
Navigation of the Kaskaska river at Shelby
vile, which was abandoned forty years ago, has
been resumed by the launching of steam pleas
ure-boat.
motion to pay bounty for wolf scalps was
defeated before the Jasper county board, as it
was believed that number of persons in that
vicinity were engaged in raising wolves.
A Kewanee prophet, who says he has foretold
all the calanities of the last two years, declares
that Christ will visit the earth again in 1885, and
the world will come to end before 1900.
During the sham battle at Greenvile, on Sat
urday, two eunners, Ed Reece and John Log
gins, were seriously, if not fatally, wounded, by
the premature discharge OF cannon.
w. I'll Wagenseller and Benjamin Flyers
while fishing in LaMarsh creek, in Tazewell
county, discovered an old stone wall running
at right angles to the bank of the creek The
wall has been under water and is covered with
dirt There are Indian mounds in that vicinity.
The wall was either built by the Indians or ret
older race. 1t is about quarter Of mile long
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Plumbing That Is worth while.

Pnllauetpnla news,
Pullman is situated on a prairie abutting on
an estuary of Lake Michigan called Calumet lake,
and the highest point of land in the town is not
more than six eight feet above it waters It
would be very difficult to sewer the town in the
ordinary way, and those who have its affairs in
charge have introduced one that Is the
most perfect of any in America. They
have for their principal engines the mag
nifcent Corliss ones which were such features
at the Centennial exposition in Paramount
Park These furnish an abundance OF water
for flushing all the closets in town. and pump all
its sullage into large subterranean reservoirs.
where it is deodorized and converted into val
liable liquid manure, which is then forced
through pipes to a large farm about three miles
distant, where it Is utilized and makes the
ground wonderfully fertile. 1t does this at q
profit to the company, which, in addition TO the
sanitary benefits it confers on the town, should
make its adoption by other places matter Of
prime Importance
The noxious smells and mephitic vapors caused
by escape of sewer gas through the drains of the
appliances that modern plumbing has taught as
to expect and require in houses, are not to be
found in Pullman, and though its situation is
that would seem to be especially favorable
for the development of malarial and kindred
troubles it is singularly free from them, am
told Would it not be well for those who have
the charge of the sewerage system of Phiadei
phia to look into this of Pullman with view to
it's introduction herel | think it would.
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LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 5-On Thursday
last colored laborers on the Tate plantation,
nine miles below, on the Arkansas river. struck
for an advance on the wages generally paid in
the neighborhood. They then, by intimidation,
prevented others from taking their places Sher-
if Worther was called on by the planters for
protection aud went down early this morning,
About 250 colored men, assembled from
neighboring places. began making threats that
nobody should go to work or be arrested. The
sheriff attempted TO arrest Gill; a ringleader,
who resisted, and was shot BY deputy in both
arms. During the afternoon a posse went down
from Little Rock, heavily armed. when the
sheriff succeeded in dispensing the mob. and
averting what threatened to prove general up
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Eloped with the Hired Man.

PEORIA, July A man named Michaels, hail
ing from Danville. has been here hunting for his
runaway wife, He is the son of farmer. who
owns eight hundred acres of land, and he himself
years and has several children the eldest, boy,
being with him here. While Mchaels was away
on fishing expedition the hired man made love
to Mrs. Mchaels with good success. AS Michaels
tells the story, his wife cleaned out the house
and sold the contents. drew $3.50 from the bank
and fed with the red man. They made no
effort at secrecy, but went to the hotel in Dam
vile and lived in open sin there until the mar
shall arrested them and they were fned $25 and
were indicted. the grand jury being in session.
They then fed. They have been traced to
Springfield, No., and were arrested in that State
on Friday and will be brought back. Michaels
came to Peoria to meet the adulterers and had
blood in his eye. He has been persuaded to let
the law deal with them.
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Republicans and the Temperance Questio,

BosToN July ga State conference of Massa-
chusetts Republicans is called for Monday next
TO discuss the attitude which the Republican
party should be asked to maintain with refer
ence to the temperance question. and to consider
the propriety of sending delegates to the ma
tional ant-saloon convention called at Chicago
The call, which is signed by large number Of
the most prominent Republicans in the State.
approves of the resolutions adopted by the New
jersey Republican conference of May 26. and
the Vermont Republican convention of June G.,
which call upon the Republican party to take a
positive and pronounced attitude of uncompro-
missing hostility to the organized power of the
liquor selling interest of the country; TO every
where raject all overtures for an open secret
alliance with it. and to favor and promote all
practical measures for the restriction of the
liquor traffic within the narrowest limits. and for
the enforcement of all laws for the suppression
of the saloons
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and six feet thick. It is formed Of large, So uare
blocks of stone, apparently cemented together
with thin mortar.
Cash Watkins, twelve-year-old son of Thorn
as Watkins, ir., of Petersburg, was drowned on
Saturday, in the Sangamon river, while bath
ing. Two other boys were rescued in time to
barely save their lives.
At Oakland. on Saturday, while taking a ride
on a suspended wire in a basket, Grant Bailey
was precipitated to the ground by the wire break
ing. His spine was snapped in twain and he re-
ceived other internal injuries from which he will
die.
A stream Of clear water hurst out of hillside
near Oregon recently. No stream ever
seen before in that vicinity. The volume of wa
ter IS so great that Newton Boyce. the owner of
the land, was compelled to dig ditch to convey
1t to neighboring river to prevent 1t from flood
ing his farm.
a. j. Hord died on Saturday morning at his
residence, few miles north of Shelbyville, of
cancer OF the stomach. Mr.. Hord old
soldier, having served number of years in the
Rebellion While serving his country he received
injuries rendering him an invalid during life.
Only short time since he received pension of
about s., 600 from the government
Cell Howard. Of Efingham. one of the judges
at the reel races, at Centralia on Saturday. was
struck by one of the running horses and knocked
down, receiving injuries that resulted in death.
Two of the horses in the race had passed him.
anu ne leaned out over the track 10 watch Wnlch
went under the string first, when the third horse
SHE'D in on the edge and hit him while going on
a dead run
At Decatur, on Saturday, while bathing in the
Sangamon river, below the water-works dam,
Philip Banner, well-known, German tailor.
aged forty years, got caught in the under current
and was drowned Fred Rible was with him.
Neither could swim. Otto Mueller, in charge
of the river steamer, jumped in and secured
Banners lifeless body. He was an Odd-fellow
and unmarried.
Frank Butler, of Prairie City, says he saw a
snake near Niger creek which was black on one
side and cream colored on the other. 1t was as
big around a mans thigh. He threw stones
at the monster, but these missiles bounded from
its back if it were made of rubber The snake
ran away, and Butler measured the track where
it had stretched itself in the sand. This track
was twenty-six and one-half feet long.
A Jacksonville woman went home the other
day and found strange baby lying on her bed.
She was about to turn it over to the police a
waif when it woke up and she fell in love with
It's eyes. just then another woman appeared and
claimed the baby, saying she intended to leave
it with friend. but had made mistake in the
house. The foster mother refused to give up the
child and the question of its ownership is still
unsettled.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle Of Happenings of
All Kinds in the Two States.
Failure at yeenfeld-Forgery at Paramount
Fatal Quarrel Between BrOthers-in-
Law-The Wildman Tragedy.
INDIANA.

Failure or Greenfield Groceryman-The AS
sets, Liabilities and Creditors
Special to the indianapolis JournaJ
GREENFIELD, July Edward p. Thayer.
grocer failed to-day. His liabilities are nearly
Sc, 900; assets, $4,000 II. b. and Lee G. Thayer
took charge of the stock chattel mortgage
for 81 co., they being his sureties for 81, 1O0 to
Eliza Offutt, 5000 to Mary Morgan, $1,000 to the
Greenfield Banking Company, and $500 to Sew
erin, Ostermeyer g. Co, and for 5000 advanced
by themselves. New York, Cincinnati and Chit
cago dealers are the heaviest losers. Among the
indianapolis houses caught are Schnull d krag,
$500; Syfers, Mcbride g Co., 5000; Geo. w.
Stout, $780, Moore & Coghen, $l75. An attempt
will be made to set aside the mortgage.
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BURNED 10 DEATH.
Two Men Lose Their Lives by the Burning of
Chicago LOdging-House.

CHICAGO, July 5.-Fire was discovered in the
rear of the basement of the restaurant of Burck-
~ & Milan, 152 and 154 south Clark street. by
the Waterman of Kohl 8 Middlston's Dime Mu-
scum, about 4o'clock this morning, and an alarm
was Immediately turned In. The fire rapidly
communicated with the elevator, and by means
Of it spread to all floors on the building in in
credibly short time. The smoke and flames
rushed from the rear to the front and were pour
ing out of all windows by the time the depart
ment arrived on the ground. The second. third
fourth and fifth floors of the building are occu-
pied by the Benton Hotel, which was fitted up
rs q cheap lodging house. The upper floors were
formerly used as store-rooms, and were convert
ed into hotel apartments by frame partitions,
making a veritable fre-trap, in which over thir-
ty-fve people were sleeping. A young man
named Charles Speech, of the 'Evangelne"
company rushed up the stairs and aroused
Ms many as he could by shouting and
soon driven out of the Rotel by the
smoke and flames His efforts were rewarded
by seeing ten or fifteen people leaving the house.
One man, cut off from the stairway, forced the
skylight and came out the roof. Another
tried the front fire-escape from the fourth floor,
bat driven to the roof: he was slightly
burned about the head. Another man escaped
by the fireescape and came down through an
other building 1t was at first thought that ten
Or fifteen persons had been burned to death, but
subsequent search by the fremen revealed
two dead bodies. They were both men Of
Aliddleton's, who had been sleeping in their
bnnks They were found on the floor in the
middle Of the room, the fifth floor, and one
was burned beyond recognition.
In fighting the flames four hremen were badly
hart. John T. O'Malley of hook and-ladder
company, was severely cut in the shoulder by
plate-glass. The origin of the fire is mystery.
rs all fire in the ranges out 1t is probably
attributable to Fourth -of-July celebration. The
loss to the restaurant owners Is about Sc 900;
fully insured The loss the hotel and build
ing is about $4,000; partially insured.
The iremen having made thorough search of
she burnt premises, say there is cause to fear
hat more than the two persons mentioned lost
leir lives. The two corpses lie at the morgue.
I'd neither has been identified. AS the bodies
very much 1isfgured. and the guests of the
,eaton House being nearly all transient, ne
entifcation of the two who lost their lives will
difficult matter. The injured are doing
sell, and will recover.
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Attempted Suicide.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KoKoMo, July emma Hiatt wife of Nor
ton Hiatt OF Liberty township, shot herself
with revolver on the morning of the 30 inst.
with suicidal intent, the ball entering the right
temple, CHANGING upwards and out at the top of
her skull She is reported in very critical
condition, with chances against her recovery.
She has only been married two years, and has
little boy one year DID, Domestic troubles are
the cause. She says she attempted her life be-
cause living was a burden to her, and hints that
she will repeat the act should she recover.
Feeling in the neignborhood is very strong
against Hiatt who is worthless character.
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miscellaneous Notes.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WASHINGTON, July Sc. H. Stealey, Of the
Frankfort Crescent. is hero, looking for a fed
oral position. He is very kindly received, has
made good impression, and will undoubtedly
succeed 1t is said he will get a special agency
for one of the departments.
Bills were introduced in the House to day by
Dir. Holman to remove the charge of desertion
against the military record of +. W. Zicken-
1rath, and to pension Fletcher j. Dewey.
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Bold Forgery at paramount.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PARAMOUNT, July 5.-There was brought to
light to-day in this place case of forgery. char
acterized by the holiness of a professional
crook Grant Hamilton, a well-known tough
and desperate, residing about ten miles south
west of this place, presented at the bank last
Saturday a note for $3.50, due thirty days
from date, and signed by John
Bayless and Oliver Fienery, two we'll
known farmers, <esiding ten miles west of this
place. Hamilton represented himself to the
bank officials as James Rodgers, farmer, own
ing eighty acres of land. Mr.. Scott, the cash
Ter, had no cause to disbeleve him. and the
note was cashed at slight discount. To-day
the forgery was discovered, and Hamlton's ar
rest was Immediately ordered. Officers are in
pursuit, and it is supposed he will be captured
Hamilton is only twenty years of age.
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The Wildman Tragedy.
E Indianapolis Journa,

MeCfaI to the IndIanapoIIa Journa'
TUscoLA, July 5-Henry Wildman, who cut
his wife's throat on Saturday. near Atwood, and
then cut his own, had his windpipe sewed up to-
day and is resting easy. Physicians say that he
will surely die. The funeral of Mrs. Wildman
occurred to-day at Atwood The funeral was
largely attended Wildman is under a strong
guard of deputy sheriffs, who will remove. him
to the county Jail as soon as his condition war
rants. He lies abed in a semi-conscous CON
dition. He has been unable to speak word
since he was found lying in the corn-field.
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Dropped Dead on the Street.

Special to the Indianapolis JournaI.
LosANsPoRT, July 5.-Morgan Petit, of Ida
vile, White county; dropped dead on the street.
at 10 o'clock this morning. He was one of the
oldest and most prominent citizens of White
county, and was seventy-fve years of age.
Death resulted from heart disease. The re-
mains were taken to Idaville for interment
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New York,s Tax Yalnation.

NEW York. July 5.-The tax board has made
report of the valuation of the real and per-
sonal estate in this city The report fixes the
total valuation of real estate here at 81 203 941
065 increase over the sum fixed last year OF
$35. 497, 928 The value of personal property this
year is $2l7.0 27, 22l, an increase over last year
of &l4 az SD
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Fire at New Castle.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, July 5.-Firs at 1:30 this morn
Ing destroyed a two-story frame building be-
longing to Mrs G. W. Powell The lower por-
ton was occupied by w E. Smiths meat mar
ket and J. E. Fishers cigar factory. Insurance
on building. 81, 800, with $500 each on stock be-
longing to Smith and Fisher, which fully covers
all loss
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HALIFAX N S., July 5-A telegram from
fine of $500 each on the seized Portland schoon-
ers-C. b Harrington, City Point and George
w. Cushing The fines have not yet been paid,
and the vessels still in the possession OF the
customs authorities
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suicide of a Tobacco Dealer.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
BooNvILLE. July 5.-B. F. Davis, promi-
nent wholesale tobacco buyer, committed suicide
this afternoon by shooting himself through the
head Embarrassment financially is supposed
30 have been the cause, he had become in
lebted, through recent losses, to the amount of
several thousand dollars
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UNLIKE other cathartics, DIR. Pierce's "Pel-
let's do not render the bowels costve after oper-
alton but, on the contrary, establish perma-
nently healthy action. Being entirely vegeta-
BILE, no particular care is required while using
them By druggists.
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Badly Hurt In a Saloon Fight.

Special TO the Indianapolis JournaI
KoKoMo, July ST. NJ Clark, of Chicago.
representing the house of Rallock & Decker
Of Chicago, had his skull badly fractured in this
city this evening in a saloon row, being struck
with the end of billiard cue by Tim O Ranke.
He is in a very critical condition Clark was
drunk.
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Maysville zeal. Appeal.

1IaysFIIe NLa.J AppeaI,
lawyer I'D in the country called to de-
fend Mexican for some serious crime, and he
got him off. What fee did you get2' somebody
asked him. 'sWell, the fellow very grateful
very grateful. After the trial he came TO me
and he emptied his pockets. He had $40 and q
watch and jack knife" "And you 81 took
the $50 and the watch. / gave him back the
jack-knife. You didn't expect me to rob the poor
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Residences Burned.

MILWAUKEE, July Sat Hudson. Wis, to-
lay, FIRE threatened the entire city, and st. Paul
and Saltwater were telegraphed for aid. The
IRE was got under control after half a dozen
residences, including that of ex.Mayor Hyslop,
bad been consumed Loss, $l5 000 insurance,
81 600
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Flonrinr Mills namaeaa

CHICAGO July 5.-Eckert Il SWANS Touring
Mills were, to-day. damaged by fire and con tents
ny water, to the amount of so, 0O0 The FIRE was
ansed by sparks from rocket, which fell
N the roof. Insured for $65, 000