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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-03
Smallpox on Board Railway Train.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-Two new cases of smallpox
were discovered yesterday in the persons of
mother and daughter, passengers on an incoming
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne train. The unfortu-
mates LETT Queenstown, Ireland. OH the steamer
Spain, and arriving in New York, bought trans
portation for Joliet. this State. The mother,
however, was sick before she left New York, and
yesterday morning the train officers discovered
that she was afflicted with smallpox. She was
then delirious. and could neither give her name
nor tell where she was exposed to the disease.
AS her daughter. who was also discovered to be
i'll, was only eight years DID, and too badly fright
ened to be coherent, she was useless as source
of information, and nothing could be learned of
the pair but what their tickets and the marks on
their baggage indicated. They were at once TAX
en- to the hospital, and every precaution had to
guard others from the contagion, but as many Of
the passengers Oh the same train were exposed,
it is feared that more cases will result.
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Coal Miners Vote to Return to Work.

PITTsBURG. Jan. 2.-The coal miners conven-
tion at West Elizabeth, to-day, decided by a
two-thirds vote of the delegates present to re-
tnrn to work at the operators terms. The con-
vention was representative gathering, delegates
being present from nearly every pit in the four
pools. Work will be resumed in all the mines
along the river on Monday. or as as ar
rangements can be made to start them. The
strike lasted four months. and was the most
stubbornly contested struggle ever known on
the river. Fully 6,000 men were engaged in it,
of this number about 1900 returned to work be-
fore the strike was decided at an end The de-
cision Of the convention has caused general re-
joicing along the Monongahela valley.
The employeesof the Edgar Thomson steel
works, of Braddock, Pa, accepted the FIRMS
proposition of 10 per cent. advance, with
twelve hours days work, and signed the scale
for the ensuing year to-day. The mill will re-
sumo operations in all departments on Monday.
The furnace men, to the number of 700, were
paid off tins evening and discharged because
they refused to accept a Hopper cent advance and
work twelve hours a day. The workmen want
ed three turns day, eight hours each. This
was refused by the operators, and the furnaces
were banked.
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ROsINA voK,Es.

Quarrel with Her Manager Over the Cues
ton Of Short Clothes.
Speniaf TO the indianapolis Jonrnsa.
NEW YORK. Jan. "a curious controversy is
the result of the venture by the Rosina Vokes
Comedy Company in America. John Stetson,
the manager under whom they are playing, has
taken especial pains to announce that they have
not done we'll financially, and that they will go
back to England at once the completion of
their term in this city. On their side it is de-
clared that his hostility is due to anger over a
business complication. and that he aims to ruin
their project of Western trip on their own az
count Rosina Vokes was the youngest and
merriest of the vokes Family, who played a
great deal through the United States ten to fiji
teen years ago. She married Cecil Clay. a Lon
doner of some wealth and social position. and re-
tired from the stage. Lately she Joined In the
London society rage for amateur hlstrlonlcs and
was the leader in a company that developed rath
er unusual talent for noyices. They got the no.
fion of an American tour as avowedly swell am.
at6nrs, and to that end made contract with
Stetson; but at the last moment he made up his
mind that Aneomania was not extensive enough
here to provide admiring audiences, and
that ridicuie was to be feared
from the rest of the people. He insisted that
the company should not be advertised as anna
except as TO Rosina and one low comedian. They
we're to have appeared at the Fifth-avenue Thea
ter but the prolonged run of "The Mikado'
there led Stetson to put them into the Standard.
This change insured poor audiences, regardless
Of the merit of the entertainment, and the re-
ceipts fell below his guaranty, while they were
equally disgruntled in playing to empty chairs.
Things were in this unsatisfactory state when
Stetson asked Rosina to wear tights in "A Christ
mes Pantomime Rehearsal which is a short
buriesque in the current bill. He urged that a
skirtless role was essential in a burlesque and
success could not be obtained without it. She
replied that it had been positively agreed by the
London society amateurs that no impropriety Of
conduct or costume should be committed during
thsrtour She had taken great pains to plan
and practice frisky dance in a long-trained
Dress and the intricacies Of its management she
was sure, made q novelty that fully compensated
for any disappointment in nudity She would
not alter her costume The upshot, as stated on
her side of the controversy. is thather American
prospects are blighted willfuly.
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smnctnre NAV omicriv raysrsa ths fortunes ~
the two factions.
An eloquent incident OF the general hurry
burly was a visit to John Kelly by q self-ap-
pointed delegation of Tanmany members. who
Peter B. Sweeny, the Tweed ring thief, as boss
of the organization. Sweeny had just returned
from his long exls IN Paris, and recollections of
his braininess as Tweed's managing political
partner recommended him to their judgment.
They argued that his record was of no account,
so long as he had never been convicted, and his
prolonged absence, they thought was valuable
In having kept him free from local issues. Mr..
6elly laughed at the idea. and then got angry,
according to the best report that can be got of
the interview. On Sweeny being asked about
it ne said: America is the land of jokes. I've
heard nothing abroad half so funny" Neverthe-
less, the project was perfectly grave to It's con-
coiyers.
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President MoNeiI,s Defaloation.

CLINTON, Mass, Jan. 2-This morning Bank
Examiner Gatchel received orders from the
Comptroller of the Currency at Washington to
take full charge of the Lancaster National Bank
and examine into its affairs. A notice that the
bank had suspended business was posted on the
door this morning. President McNeirs where-
abouts is as yet unknown, but all the indications
point to his being in Canada.
Me Neal secured but few available assets from
the institution before his flight. The following
is q list of the valuables he took from the vault
on the evening of his flight: Bills. $6,000 gold,
$780, Herdic Company bonds, $4,000; one note of
F. c. McNeal to W. III. McNeal. So 600; one note
of the Wyoming Meat Company to Lowell Cattle
Company, for So 600; one note of F. M. Nelson to
F. Watchburn, for $1,000; note of Watchbnrn.
for So, 600; three notes of the West Rutland W.T.
Marble Company, for $500; total, $36. 400.
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The Murder Mystery at Austin. Tex.

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. "a. P. Woodbridge,
chairman of the citizens committee. to-day off,
cially announced reward of ST., 900 for the ar
rest and conviction OF the persons guilty Of
the murders in this city of the
following named persons: Mrs. Eula Phil
Ups and Mrs. m. H. Hancock, both white, and
Mollie Smith, Eliza Shelly. Mary Ramsey and
Grace Fance, all colored. The first victim, Mol
lie Smith, was murdered Dee. 3d. 1884 IL is
doubtful IF James Phillips, who was found
seriously wounded the night his wife was muir
dered, and who was arrested on Thursday night
charged with being her murderer, will recover
from his injuries.
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NEW YORK NOTES.
The Third-Avenue Theater Abandoned by
Manager j. M. Hill.

The Third-Avenue Theatsr Abandoned by
Manager j. M. Hill.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New YORK, Jan. 1.-The Third-avenue Thea
ter is tonight once more abandoned by losing
manager. j. NJ. Hill is the present deserter
He is said to have sunk $24, 900 since his lease
began, at the commencement of the present sea-
son. The house is big and handsome, and is sit
uated in region which, its builders thought
would yield full audiences at cheap prices. Nc
Kee Rankin was the first manager and he went
out a bankrupt in four months. One of the Incl
dents of his term was the playing of Forty
mine" to matinee audience that actually num-
bered fewer persons than were engaged in the
cast The representation was gone through with
in grim gravity and perfect conscientiousness
The next tenant was Miss Kate Claxton, who
lost good portion of her considerable wealth.
Next, Tony Pastor and Mike Leavitt tried a va
riety show there and the experiment cost them
thousands of dollars, which both were abundant
~ able to stand. Last fall, when Mr.. Hill came
to town to take possession of the Union square
Theater, he hired the Third-avenue as side
venture believing that more persistent main
tenance of firstrate performances would eventu-
ally establish popularity. But he is convinced
OF his error, and has ceased with the first week
profitable engagement of the season-that of
Singer Sullivan with O minstrel company. The
house will now become dime museum.
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Obituary.
ODItuarys
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENcAsTLE, Ind. Jan Nv. NJ C. Blake
Familiarity known as Captain Blake, died of pa
ralysis last evening, at his residence in the
northeastern part Of the city, after an illness of
several weeks Captain Blake was born in Oldham
county, Kentucky. on Sept. %, 1913, and while
still a young man moved to this county. where
he has continuously resided for over Fifty years.
He was married in August, 1884 to Miss Mary
Matlock, and the widow and three children sur
vive him. Mr.. Blake was prominently identified
with the early growth of this city, and was wide
ly noted for his energetic business and fine So
cial qualities. Together with his son, he has
conducted large insurance and loan business,
and for long time was the indianapolis Jour-
nails agent in this place. He was Methodist.
and member Of the College-avenue Church. The
funeral occurs tomorrow at, o'clock. from the
family residence, on Franklin street, Dr. W. M.
Earring conducting the services.
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A MINISTERIAL sPAT.
An Unpleasant Scene Between Rev. j. ID.
Fulton and Rev. u. r. Pentecost.

An Unpleasant Scene Between Rev. j. ID.
Fulton and Rev. u. r. Pentecost.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-The Rev. Justin D. Ful-
ton is once more in row. He has of late years
been the most sensational of Brooklyns preach
ers. Although the newspapers have not re-
ported his sermons, they have been listened to
by big congregations. and for time he has
drawn people enough to fill rink building His
new trouble has antagonized many of his pulpit
brethren in the City of Churches. It came Of
his exploit in conference meeting of pastors of
different denominations about forthcoming re-
vixal services by Evangelist Moody. The Rev.
DIR. George f. Pentecost was making an address
as to the desirabiity of united effort in support
of Moody's revivalism. and his argument for
harmonious undenominational work was some
what prolonged Fulton arose and interrupted
him with: How long are we to be detained to
hear what we all know beforehand My time is
valuable. if yours isn't and what's the use of so
much CAB. CAB, gab I call Brother Pentecost to
order.a
There was some commotion of establishment
for Pentecost is a greatly respected divine; and
then tho chairman, the Rev. DR.. Chamberlain,
requested the speaker to go
IF / am out of order will willingly take my
seat, said Pentecost
you are certainly in order-exceptionally So"
said the chairman, with significant gesture at
Fulton who was still standing. Facing Fulton
in calm, dgnitied manner, Pentecost said:
Before going on, move that Dr. Fulton be ex-
cused from attendance at this meeting"
Cries Of Second the motion" Good" and
"Amen" arose on all sides. Before vote could
be taken Fulton walked out of the room.
Fulton's attack on Pentecost is construed as a
fresh outbreak of the old rancor. Pentecost is
a strong revivalist He came to Brooklyn from
Boston, as did Fulton, and long ago they were
rivals in evangelism Pentecost is popular in
Brooklyn, where he has periodical revivals in his
own church, and, besides. holds big meetings
on Sunday afternoons in the Academy of Music
In comepetition with these services are Fulton's
rink assemblagas. Fulton once proposed an
exchange of platforms for one Sunday, and
Psntecost declined in manner that gave offense
Since then Il-feeling has been apparent.
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Fatally stabbed at the Dinner-rahle.

Special to the indianapolis Journas.
MARSHALL, ILL.,, Jan. 2-Yesterday Sam Jones,
q well-known lumberman, gave a New Years
dinner to his workmen. During its progress
Curt Lane one of them. became noisy and quar-
relsome. He had been drinking heavily. Mr.
Jones endeavored to quiet him, whereupon Lane
attacked him. Jones, being hard pressed By the
furious and whisky -craEea man, picked up q
large knife from the table and plunged it into
Lanes back to the hilt. The blade penetrated
eight inches into Lanes back. inficting fatal in
juries. Jones came mp this morning and gave
himself mp. Sympathy is with him, as he is
good ,aatared. generous fellow. and quite pepu-
lar with st
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Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
SHELBYvILLE, JAN 2.-Sherif Magin yester-
day took John A. Wills to Anderson to answer
the charge of horse-stealing In conversation
with the sheriff Wills stated he had served in
the penitentiary for the wrongs of other people
as long as he proposed to; that he had served
two years in the southern prison for the crime
of forgery committed in Rush county, in which
there were associated with him three other
men of that county. He said they agreed to pay
him 81, 600 not to turn States evidence against
them, and one of the men gave him $209 the
other horse and buggy, and the third nothing
One of the guilty parties. he says resides in De-
caturcounty, one in South Bend and the other he
does not know where, and he now proposes to ex-
pose them and bring them to Justice.
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Leprosy in Minnaaota.

LANSING, Ia, Jan. 2.-It is authoritatively
stated that there exists, near the village Of
Spring Grove. Houston county, MINNESOTA near
this place, a large number of cases of leprosy
The afflicted persons are all Scandinavians The
first case which appeared was upon the person
of an old man. and was at first thought to be
measles, as red spots appeared all over his body.
Later he was seized with excrutiating pains in
his limbs, and the extremities began to wither
This continued, and the epidermis began to scale
off. and now there is but semblance Of skin
over the flesh The body retains its flesh, but
the limbs have withered and dried until the
fingers and toes seem like sticks and seem ready
to drop off This disease also exists in three
other families, all related Physicians say that
it is imported, and is perhaps contagious.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Jan. 2.-Since the incoming of
the present administration good deal is being
done here in Washington for the soldiers who
were disabled on the confederate side in the late
war. In nearly all of the bar-rooms, restaurants
and hotels in those portions of the city most fire.
quented by Southerners are contrbution-bo boxes,
on which is painted, in plain white letters. sc.
S. Soldiers Homes which, interpreted, means
contributions will be received to aid the Confed-
crate States soldiers homes. I asked gentle
man in one of the places where contribution
box has for some .time been located, whether
any one ever dropped money into the boxes He
replied that he had often seen quite liberal con-
tributions made. Most frequently, he stated.
they were made by crowds who had congregated
and seeing the boxes and the inscription, began
discussing war times. Their patriotism becom-
ing fired, they showed great deal of fberality.
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UEFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OEFICkR
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3, A..
Special Indications for Twenty four Hours
from A. NJ, for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Cloudy weather, with rain; slightly warmer this
afternoon, followed by colder weather during
Monday, and clearing.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee--Local
rains, generally followed by colder, clearing
weather. winds becoming variable, and finally
shifting to northwesterly.
For the Lower Lake Region-Cloud weather.
with rains, southeast winds, becoming variable,
falling barometer, slightly warmer to-day, fol-
lowed during Monday by colder weather.
For the Upper Lake Region-Cloudy weather,
with rains and SHOWS. variable winds. generally
northerly; colder in all portions of the district
except in the vicinity of Lake Superior where
the temperature will rise slightly,
For the Upper Mississippi Valley-Local rains
and snow. generally followedb by clearing weather
colder except in the northern portion, nearly
stationary temperature, variable winds, gener-
ally northerly.
For the Missouri Valley-Fair weather, in the
northern portion, clearing weather in the south
ern portion, northerly winds, becoming variable,
slowly rising temperature, except in the extreme
southern portion, slightly colder.
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CAPTAIN GERROIR's CRIME.
The Master of q Schooner Charged with Con-
spiracy to Wreck His Vessel.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. Jan. Captain Jeffrey
Gerrvir, master of the schooner Racer. wrecked
off Portland on Monday last, was arrested last
evening by a United States deputy marshal.
charged with conspiracy to wreck his vessel and
defraud the owner. Captain Gerroir had taken
the schooner on shares. agreeing to defray all
the expenses, and pay the owner one-ffth of the
gross earnings. She had been absent thirteen
weeks, and, in the meantime, the Captain had
drawn upon the owner for $780, and, it is al
legged, disposed of the catch Of fish, converting
the proceeds to his own use. Gerroir. it is
claimed, wrecked the schooner to cover his
transactions. He claims that she had 5000
pounds of fish on board when she went down.
having disposed of $4,000 pounds at Cranberry
island, for which he received 81, 290 cash, which
went down with the vessel, as did, also, draft
for 5000.
Captain Gerroir was taken to Boston. under
arrest, from Gloucester, to-day. He was ar
raigned before United States Commissioner Hal
lett. on charge of scuttling his vessel. and was
held In $1,000 for examination. 1t appears that
the vessel had a very successful trip. having
taken 80, 900 pounds of fish before she put in at
Sydney. on her way home. AT this point, Ger
roir took on two female passengers for Portland.
The crew say that the captain stopped at sew
eral ports on the way home, and that all hands
udu d SoOu Llulo Renefdi!y. AZ ono VI ZIG
ports it is claimed that the entire cargo
of fish was sold for cash by the captain. One of
the female passengers makes an affidavit that
she saw the captain cut hole in the vessel with
a Ratchet, while the vessel was leaving port. and
to overhearng the captain refuse to promise his
wife to sail to Gloucester with him in the schoon-
er because of the probability of her sinking on
the trip.
One of the crew, named Sherman, said: II
also overheard the captains remarks about the
schooner sinking, and went to the captain, tell
ing him he must not run the vessel on the rocks"
1t is also said that Gerroir was heard to say
that he would rather have the vessel sunk than
not, as she was old, and the insurance on her
would be satisfactory to him.
Shortly after the vessel sailed from Portland,
and when sixteen miles off Cape Elizabeth, it was
discovered that she was rapidly filling. and she
sunk in forty fathoms, the crew taking to the
boats and reaching land after suffering intensely
from exposure. It is asserted that the captain
has admitted that his affidavit claiming that 3d..
900 pounds of fish were lost with the vessel, to-
gether with the money received for part of tho
cargo, is false, and that the hold was clear when
she sunk The extreme penalty of the crime
with which Gerroir is charged is death.
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The Dolphin at Sea.

WASHINGTON, Jan. captain Meade, of the
Dolphin, is in Washington, but as he has not yet
made his official report to the Secretary of the
Navy, he declines to be interviewed with regard
to the performance of his ship The Dolphin
sailed from New York for the capes, and thence
turned toward the Bermudas in search of gale.
She encountered a twenty-four- gale, during
which the wind reached velocity of seventy
miles an hour The vessel was placed in several
trying positions with regard to tho sea-
and the shaking up which officers and
crew received made them all sea-sick. The
ship made twelve knots an hour throughout the
gale, and from this it is inferred that her per-
formances were very good. It is not learned
that she suffered any damage She reached
Fortress Monroe yesterday.
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The Alleged Author of the Morey Letter

PiTTsBURG. Pa, JAM 2.-William M. Price,
chairman of the Maryland Democratic State
committee in 1880. has been admitted to practice
at the Allegheny county bar. Mr., Price, it will
be remembered, was charged with being the
author of the famous Morey letter,
which caused so much excitement during
the last days of the Hancock Garfield
campaign. In admitting him to the bar, Judge
Ewing stated thatthe charges had been carefully
investigated by the examining committee of the
bar, and had been shown to be utterly without
foundation, and that the court had also been
had been slandered.