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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-12

Charges Affecting Thurm.n's Record During
the Rebeiiion.

Charges Affecting Thurms ans Record During
the RebeiIion.
William T. curtis. in chicago News
The Republicans are getting ready to attack
Judge Humans war record and are already
searching the newspaper dies for speeches made
BY him prior to and during the rebellion, to
show his intimate relations with vallsndighsm
and his sympathy for secession. A gentleman
ef. prominence here says that about year after
abe escape of Gen. John Morgan. the rebel euer-
rills, from the penitentiary at Columbus, he
rode all day on the cars with the latters broth
Or. to whom be was favorsbly introduced By
friends. During the journey Morgan
became quite confidential. and, knowing his
companion was from Columbus, gave . detailed
% much astopishment that be. 40 soon - posi-
BILE, committed IL to writing. and still HIS the
manuscripts in his safe. He 10 not politician.
and never has been, but was q strong Uniouist
and became much prejudIced against Thur
man By the facts related by Morgan that be has
never spoken TO him since. While he has never
shown the manuscript to any one. nor disclosed
its details. he claims that MorRans statement
involves Thurman in the conspiracy, and he will
soon. in ali probability. give IL to the press
It will be rememb ered that General Morgan,
his brothers, and Basil Duke, who were capt
ured while on a raid through southern Ohio and
confined IN the State penttentlary as prisonore
Of war, escaped In almost mysterious manner
aud made their way TO the confederate lines
There was an investigation of the affair, but IL
did not amount to anything. and the Union
authorities were never satisfied. IL was charged
that the tunnel was subtsrfuee and that the
prisoners made it in order 10 divert suspicion
from the true manner Of their escape. which was
suspected to have been through the door of the
prison by the bribery Of the guards.
While the gentleman alluded to will not dis
close the contents of the he holds IL - in
ferred from bis conversation that young Morsse
Implicated Judge Thurman ia tie affair as the
man Who hribed the guards and furnished the
s-capine prisoners with means to return TO the
confederate lines. This charge has never been
openly made. but it probably will be-before the
pr sent campaign il over, and the mysterious
paper will doubtless be used Co substantiats it
/ believe there 10 no question OF Judge Thur
mans attitude during the rebellion Gen. John
s. Robinson. now Secretary of State Of Ohio,
who was &C Camp Chase. near Columbus. dur
ing the war. is authority for the charge that
Judge Thurmsn's family regularly provided
comforts and d-licacies for the rebel prisoners
confined there, but never did anything for the
relief OF the Union soldiers IN the hospital It
will not be long before all of these ancient Incl
dents will De brought ont by the Republican
campaign managers, and the bloody shirt'
shaken at the bandapne.
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Oficial Orders Correcting the Military Roc
ords of C~rtain Indiana Soldiers.
Apecial to the Indianapolis JournsA
WASHINGTON. June IL The Secretary Of
War has issued orders correcting the military
records Of IudianiAns in the late war. az follows
The discharge of First Sergeant John Hard
esty, Company II, Thirty fourth Indiana In
fantrv Volunteers. Feb. g. 1868. is amended to
Ia Ike effect Feb 2 1863: his musters into service
as second lieutenant and as frat lieutenant
and Dec. "a. 1863, are amended TO date Feb g.
1863 and Sep. 20, 1868. respectively; be Is mus
tered into service as captain. same company
and regiment, to date May 4. 1865: his discharge
"a First Lieutenant John Hardestry, same reg
iment, by Paragraph, 8 Special Orders. No.
20. June Is. 1865. Obituary Division OF the
South west, is amended to read CAPTAIN John
grades durine the periods embraced between
the aforesaid dates
The discharge of First Sergeant Harrison
Shannon. Company b, Thirty-fourth Indiana
Infantry Volunteers. Feb g. 1866 10 amended
to take effect July 81. 1865 and to read SER
geant; he 10 mustered into service as fret lieu
tenant. same company and regiment, 70 date
Aug ]. 1865: mustered ont and honorably dis
charged as first lieutenant Feb 3. 1866. and he
ia mastered for pay in said grade during the
period embraced between the aforesaid dates.
The discharge OF First Sergeant Thomas j.
Charlton, Company A. Twenty second Indiana
Infantry Volunteers. May 30, 1865. il amended
to take effect April 80. 1865; he is mustered in.
TO service second lieutenant, same company
and regiment. to date Nav /. 1865 mustered
out and honorably DISCHARGED as second lieu
pay in said grade during the period embraced
between the aforesaid dates.
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GAINESVILLE, Tex. June lL-At Sunset
near here, yesterday. DR.. Wiley. prominent
physician. stripped his wife OF all her clothes
and beat her numerically. She escaped from
him and ran through the streets in AZ entirely
nude condition. The doctor pursued her, firing
~ her from HE revolver. but failed to his her,
She sought refuge In neiehbor's house. where
the doctor. on attempting to enter. was dis
armed and handed over to the officers He ~as
taken to the Montague Jail 20 prevent ~ uching
by the Infatuated citizens. Mrs Wiley, who IL
. most sstimable lady. will die from the effects
Of the beating and kicks
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Destruction Of q Bank, NIil,s and Elevator nc
Noblesviile- Loss, $4,000.
oecial TO the Indianapolis journal
WORTHWHILE. Ind. June 12-Ths bank.
mills and elevator owned by Hon. J. L. Evans,
valued At $4,000 were discovered to
b on fire 1t half past IL o'clock this
morning. and we're soon completely consumed.
They were insured in the McGilhard & Dark
agency. of Indianapolis. for about $500 The
FIRE ct this time (l:3o A. N 10 still burning The
cause Of the fire is unknown.
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Mrs. MCDONALD Opposed to Public Life.

Mrs Joseph E Mcdonald 10 a gracious.
beautiful woman. Of rather pretty form, but
symmetrical and graceful girl, with band
some. rosy face, 80 youthful as TO be iu most
striking contrast with her abundant snow-white
hair. There IL not another couple at the
capital who typify more perfectly the ideal,
and. Ia fact, the real marriage That woman
has actually added twenty years to the Son.
ator's Iife" said frieod Of the family one day.
"a Mcdonald walked past with the firm tread
OF the morning of life and look of unmistak-
able cootentment on his face. ''Wby, when
she married him he was head and ears in debt,
his good heart cheating him into Endorsing
loanine and all thst sort Of business; and now
he 10 clear a. q whistle. with a snug little
competence for his declining years" Mrs. No
Donald tells the following pretty story on her.
self. "A joke. she calls IL. To q question al
to the probability OF her husband being the
next vice-prssideutial candidate for tns Demo
Gratis. she said: "Not II can help L. Indeed.
would not care for him to be President, and I
hope he may never be drawn into political life
again. The whistle 10 too hieh-priced. He il
making money 10 his profession. and sat 10
moro than he ever did as a Senator. But that
10 not my greatest objection. public life
would interfere too much with our domestic
happiness. and that is the dream Of my life. 70
very late Of realization
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Brief Mention,

The fair weather Of Saturday and the warm
shower Of Sunday have brouRht ont the seven
teen-yssr locusts in great numbers. A few OF
the advance guard were seen before in the vi
entity Of Sycamore.
The returns of the late judicial election in the
thirteenth circuit have been canvassed by tho
State caavassing board, and on Saturday even
ing commissions were issued to J. D. Crabtree,
of Lee. and j. b. Cartwright, Of Ogle county, as
the new circuit judges.
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promised that the Indiana delegation would be
trus toits instructions and TO General Harrison.
which sentiments was loudly eheered; by Col. j.
n. Walipgford, Who has just returned from
the Wess. whore he found very favorable senti-
menrs toward General Harrisou: by DR.. Samuel
Mcguire. who saw announcement in the
change Of sentiment in his favor IN
the East and by judge VIM. A.
Moore who pledged his support, both privately
and on the stump, to General Harrison, IL nomi-
mated which hs thought be would Do. The eff
feet Of the meeting Was to show that the Harri-
son sentiment among tho Republicans of De-
catur county was practically unanimous. and
that all that was wanted WAS chance to vote
that sentiment In November. Many joined the
club. which has upwards Of 300 members now
enrolled
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JEFFERsoNvILLE. June 1l.-Rev F. A. An
drews, Of this city. was called, Saturday. to a
country church to preach the funeral of Q Mrs
Wascom- He remained over night Nth Mr..
Wascom. and was much surprised to learn that
. wedding Was to bs celebrated during the
evening. and be would DO called upon
to oficiats. The groom was Mr..
Wascom. and the bride was the
sister of the recently buried wife, tho two being
aged, respecti why, seventy three and seventy
one. The only witness of the ceremony was
the great grandson of the groom. The minis
ter's astonishment reached its height when he
was told bv neiRhbors, next day. that the pres
emit was Wascom's third wife; that the three
we're sis ters, and the second wedding Was as I'M
ceremonious as the third.
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T-Traces of precipitation.
rELEGRAPHIc BREvITIEs.

Charles Cross. a jockey, who was thrown from
his horse at the Jerome Park races on Satur-
day last, died of his INJURIES Sunday night, at
the Manhattan Hospital.
A dispatch from Longview. Tex, says that
late on Saturday night, nine miles south of that
place. in difficulty about trivial matter,
Walter Rosson, aged eighteen, shot and killed
Fletcher Welch, an old man.
A dispatch from Locke. N. Y. says Minnie
Mosher. aged sixteen years. was accidently shot
in the neck and Instantly killed by her twelve
,ear-old brother, yesterday. The boy was play
inc with a gun, which he did not know was
loaded.
Mrs. Garfield. widow of the late President
has informed the committee of the Grand Army
encampment that she will not likely be able to
accept the invitation to attend tho Grand Army
encampment, at Columbus. tho first week in
September.
Robertson. . negro soldier at Fort Shaw, NJ
T.. on Saturday night had row with . man
near tho fort over sporting woman, and killed
an innocent by-stander. Fifty masked citizens
night, and lyuched him.
A meeting of Americans who sympathize with
the lrisn 10 their struggle to obtain home rule
was held at Philadelphia yesterday. Resolu-
tons OF greeting to and continued sympathy
with Gladstone and Parnell were cabled TO them.
and $3.50 was raised for the cause of Irish
home rule.
Ex-Treasurer Harry c. Carter, of ST. Joseph,
Mo-, has been discovered to be about IS, 900
short in his books. and has turned over his prop
erty to his bondsmen. The discovery was made
IN an attempt to make settlement Carter
claims that the shortage is due TO mistake In
making entries.
A boat containing FIVE men was upset near
Vinal Haven. Me-. on Sunday. and four of them
drowned. The party consisted of John Smith,
aged thirty six; Harry Smith. twenty five; Will
lam j. Bishop, twenty-five; Edward Fellows,
twentysx and George Grant, twenty-five.
Grant was the only one saved.
On Sunday the body of one Brysson. riddlsd
with bullets, was found few miles below OAR
danclle, Ark, in the Arkansas river. few
days ago Brysson attempted to criminaly as
sault the wife OF Dock Shinu. and was pursued
by posse. IL is supposed he was ovsrtaken,
shot, and his body flung in the river
Ex-Sheriff Benjamin f. Van Camp. of Carl
| ton. Orleans county. New York. who had been
cited to appear before Surrogate Sirnor yestsr-
day, 10 account for moneys received executor
| of the Amos Kelsey estate. which amounts to
| $4,000, did not appear in court. and his where
| abouts is unknown. He is executor Of several
| other unsettled estates. and il il supposed he
| has decampsd, leaving an Indebtedness which
| will amount from $4,000 to So, 000
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The DELHI TRAIN ROBBERS.
The Gang Surrounded BY Cincinnati Police
men and Big Fight Expected.


Special 60 thu Indianapolis Journal
CINcINNATI, June 1L-At midnight CHIEF
Gill received . dispatch from Lieutenant
Schmidt, at Delhi. saying that the ''Big Four
dssperadoes had been located in an empty house
on Muddy creek. about . mile from the scene
of the train robbery. Three men ars in the
house nursine fourth, the latter having been in
jured by being thrown from the train. A patrol
wagon ana twelve mon left Immediately for the
place. and. under the directions Of Chief Gill,
have surrounded the house and IN attempts will
be made to capture the dseperadoea It
10 more than probable they will not be taken
without . fight, a. the robbers are heavily
armed.
Two more arrests were made late this even
ing in connection with the robbery. at small
village near Delhi The mon were brought to
this city and locked up. They registered as
VIM Schmidt, of Columbus, o. and VIM.
Coates, of Richmond. Ind. They did not give
good accounts of themselves and are being held
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BurGiars Captured.

MIDDLErowN, June lL-On Saturday night
the saloon of VIM. J. Koontz. At this place. was
entered from the back window and robbed Of SOS
or $50 in cash and . considerable quantity of
liquor. Yesterday morning two men Of this
place. W. II. Yount and '.Hunkey" Ike Algsrs.
were found drunk and the character of the men
at once made thsm objects of suspicion. They
were placed under arrest, and, beinR searched.
certain pieces of money identified by
Mr. Koontz wsro found upon their
persons They afterward admitted that
they committed the crime. and after . prem-
mary hearing to-day, were committed for trial
in the Circuit Court. Yount il man of good
business ability, but 10 . kind of monomaniac,
and has served some two or three terms in the
penten tiary for grand larceny "Hunkey Ike"
as he 10 known. is . worthless fellow who viii
only find his level in the prison. They were
taken to New Castle to-day for incarceration in
the county jail
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DETROIT, Mich. juno l1.-About z o'clock
this evening the people living in the vicinity Of
the intersection of jefferson avenue and Wood
bridge street were startled by four pistol shots
in rapid succession. The shots came from the
candy and cigar store ~ - jefferson avenue,
kept by John Munchthaler. When the police
arrived they found Mrs Munchthslsr living on
the floor In the store, her eyes already fixed in
approaching death. On the floor of . back
room lay Munchthsler, dying. with blood dow
ing in stream from his mouth. He had shot
tbs woman three times, one shos taking effect
IN the arm, another in the throat and . third
in the abdomen, and then. going into the back
room shot himself in the mouth Both were
dead i've minutes later. The cause OF she
tragedy 10 unknown but was undoubtedly the
result of a quarrel
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Atlanta onsfitutson-
When We elect Mr.. Cleveland want his life
insured for four years for I'm afraid OF
Thurman. Mrs. Arp has said all the time
that the Northern Democrats were no better
At heart than the Northern Republicans.
and she sticks to is 1t il not . mans
politics that make him . gentleman. In fact.
the Republicans of the North represent
the wealth and refinement of their people. They
constitute their best society. The Democratic
party of the North has got "a per cent OF all the
ragtae and bob-tail element In it-all the scurf
of immigration that lands at the Battery. 1t 10
q pity that Ben Hill could not have carried out
his wishes a. expressed 10 the Crittenden letter
and made up . new party, composed of the bet
ter class Of Northern Republicans and South
ern Democrats. Such . party would have
smothsred the Anarchists at their birth and ee-
tablished our institutions and made QUE liberties
more secure. like these Northern Repub-
licaps who are coming down here to minels
with rs They shrewd and practical. and
they are gentlemen. / have met dozen or so
lately who ara looking round for investments,
and 1 like them dined with a couple yester-
day, and sat right between them, and got a.
much dinner a. / wanted.
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Indiana Pensions.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Iudianiaus:

Pensions have been granted the following
named Iudianiaus:
j. j. Buddeli, Turner; g. w. Brown Coates
vile; G. T. Benson. Winchester; j. II. Cali
cot,. Champion D. Pr-sser, Columbia City; H.
D. Umstead. Fl Wayne; j. NJ. Scott, Clover
dale: M. Miller. Bremen; NJ. H. Frank, Peters
burg; j. Hanna, Chelsea: P. Miller, Green
castle; j. p. Adams. Bean Blossom; S. c. Mil
Ter. Anderson; Il. F. Schenck. Oatesville; j.
Abbott, Madison; NJ. Matthews. Crn,reton; j.
Evans, Jasper; G. A. West. Lawrencebure: j..
Meyrous, Sunman; F. S. McCay deceased
Winamac; P.J. Rhue. Maxwell; j. Ws-kley,
Sprayton; w. Freeman, North Madison; w. N.
Alkire, Marco; W. H. Wagner. Haugnville; S.
Hoogland. Sandusky; G. P. Roudebush. Colfax;
L. G. Orwig. Whitlock; j. nj. Goer. New Lis
bon; w. Crouch. Indianapolis; J. Fraker, Edin
burg, c. J. Sheeman, New Carlisle; s. T. Chap
man. Etna Green; w. A. Wh,tten. Kingston;
d. Hale. Buck Creek; b. F. McHenry, Merom
G. W. Waklee Michieantown: W. Al. Stewart
Marengo j. p. Boland, Brownstown; J. Coker.
Bee Camp; NJ. Bond. Columbus; g. McKasson,
Gentryville; p Dewitt. Ecksrty; c. Plat
Rensselaer,; j. A. Burns, New Providence
motherssf S. Mills. Chelsea; widow Of D. Con
ger. Wipterrowd.
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MoYTAeuE. Mich.. June 1.-The Montague
basket factory burned yesterday. the FIRE catch
ing from an explosion of fre-crackera The
factory was owned by c. 81. Cook, OF Michiean
City, Ind. and the loss is $4,000; Insurance.,
$1,000 Fifty people are thrown cut Of en-
psoyment
NORFOLK. Va, June i1-Early this morning
. building belonging to the Boston Wharf and
Warehouse Company was burned with It's con-
tents. including 900 bales of cotton Part OF is
Vas the cargo of the British steamship Kim
berry, and the remainder belonged to Reynolds
Bros. of this city. Loss. 500. 900; insured.
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GLASGOW. June 1l.-Arrived Austrian,
from Boston.
AMSTERDAM June lL-Arrived:' Schiedam,
from New York.
HAMBURG. June 1l-Arrived: Hsmmonia,
from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. June 1L-Arrffed: Elbe. from
New York for Bremen.
DOVER, June 1l.-Arrived: Persian Monarch,
from New York for London.
QUEENSTOWN. June 1l.-Arrived: City of
Richmond. from New York.
New YORK, June 1L-Arrived: Elder, from
Bremen; Spain from Liverpool; Devonia. from
Glasdow; Lydian Monarch. from London; Nor
msndie, from Havre; P. Caland. from Rotter-
dam
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II VIII BE sherman or Harrison.

<pecial TO the Indianapolis Journe.
WAsHISGToS, June LIE is my opinion
either Sherman or Harrison will head the Re-
publican ticket" said Representative Dorsey, Of
Nebraska, to the Journal correspondent this
afternoon. Mr.. Dorsey 10 one Of the most act
i've Republicans 10 the House. and 10 considered
one Of Senator Shermaus managers Indiana,
IL 10 believed" continued Mr.. Dorsey, '.holds
the key to the situation. and il she turns il she
Will win. Harrison can carry his State, and
will be strong in New York. II we put on Nor
ton. Hiscock or Phelps with Harrison We will
carry Indiana, New York. New Jersey, Connect
icut. ana every Northern State. and will sweep
the Pacific coast Harrison, In my mind. stands
10 the very front rank for the nomination. and
II Sherman il not chosen the Hoosier will be-
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ufacturers have arranged their scale. which pro-
poses general reduction Of 10 per cent This
Associa alton will not sign il, there we'll be- con-
dict At present the manufacturers are run
ming their mills just to keep their labor to-
Rether, and In hopes that the depressed iron
market will advance.
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MILWAUKEE,. June 1l.-Frsd Miller. the we'll
known brewer. died this morning from the sf-
feets OF . cancer under his arm The deceased
was about sixty years Of age. and vas sole pro-
prietos Of the Menominse Valley brewery. He
leaves . widow. three sons and . daughter.
MADISON. Ind. June lL-Albsrt Z. Pogus.
Tor several years treasurer nj the board OF water
works trustees. died to-oieht. he was unmAr.
risd. aged forty-nve and very popular Demo
ton by Wallace Hinds.
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Suicide by Hanging.

bpecial to the lndianapoIis Journal
NoBLEsvILLE. June l1.-Elms Inman, daueh-
ter Of Scott Imam, aged fifteen years, residing
with her parents at Hortonville, was found by
her father hanging from the rafters of an out
building last evening. The young lady had
been receiving attention from and correspond
Ing with wandering Snowman. for which she
was reprimanded by her father, to which she
replied that they would not have to worry about
her long. The next known of her was the find
ing of her lifsless body swinging by heavy
cord from the roof OF the out-building on the
rear OF her fathers premises. The only cause
assigned is the refusal of her father to ALLOW
her to correspond with the Snowman. with
whom she had but Q slight acquaintance.
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Funeral Of Ketcham.


GREENsBURG, June 1.-THE funeral Of Jo-
seph Ketcham, to-day. was very largely at
tended, many railroad mon coming from Gin
cinnsti, Indianapolis and various other points.
Several fine floral tributes were contributed BY
his associates. The funeral sermon was deliv-
cred by Rev. VIM. Torrance. pastor of the
Presbyterian Church. Nearly hundred carri-
ages followed the remains to South Park Gem
etery where the burial took place.
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Threatened International Trouble Avsrted.
NEW York, June l1.vAiics Woodhall, the ex-
servant Of John Gid, who was extraditsd on
charge of forgery and re arrested after she had
been discharged by United States commission
er, was again DISCHARGED oy Judge Gildersleeve
to-day. An indictment for forcing check for
$67 was found against her in this county in 1883,
and the district attorney ATTEMPTED to hold the
woman upon this charge although it was not
specsfsd in the extrAdition papers She will
embark for Eueisnd on the frat stsamsr. This
apparently ends the threatened international
episode
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Pendleton's Gas Wells.

0Deciai TO tho tndianapoIfs JoprnAL
PENDLEToN. juno 1l.-Gas was struck In well
No. 3. located at Huntsville. one mile east Of
this place, Saturday night. at depth Of $50 feet
The flow 10 constantly increasing and IL is now
believed that this we'll will prove stronger than
either OF the other two. This makes the total
flow about IL. 000, 900 cubic feet per day With
the sand-mill In full operation and turning out
quality Of sand which can not be surpassed in
the manufacture of plate-glass, and good pros
poets for large Satisfactory locating here
Pendleton is enjoyingquite . boom, and values
or.real estate are looking up correspondingly.