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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-22

candidate for Mayer Of Texarkaua. ard has hith-
erto possessed an excellent rep itation. and no
one before suspected Willacas of wrong doing.
Their friends declare the indictments scheme
TO defeat Edmonds's election
heavy Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago
freight running twenty five miles an hour.
dashed into wagon in which were riding Henry
Weiffenbach. John Jenhi ard Joseph Frank, at
Tate's Hill near Dayton. yesterday. and. tearing
the horse from the vehicle, carried it a quarter
of n mile and dropped it dead by the side Of the
track. Neither of the three men was hurt.
The wagon was shattered to flinders
A letter has been received at Baltimore from
President Cleveland. accepting his election as
member of the Browning Lake Trout Fishing
Club He expresses his qualification at his elec-
ton. and tho hope that the number or trout will
not diminish except through the efforts of tho
club. Browning lake is about six miles from
Oakland in western MARYLAND, aud is the most
noted trout-fshing grounds in the State.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITlES.

The Arensdorf brewery at Sioux City Ia,
was ed, yesterday. to Dakota man. TO be
used butter and egg pAckery
Samuel Edison. father OF t. A. Edison. the
inventor is lying very i'll at his home in Fort
Gratiot. Mich, with very little hopes of his re-
covery.
At Tifin, o.. Tuesday. Louis Watcher shot
his wife twice. and she will doubtless die. Mira
Watcher had applied for divorce because of
Der husbands abuse. Watcher was intoxicated
when he committed the crime He is under ar
rest
San Francisco dispatch says that dectectiye
Hume, of Wells. Fargo s. Co, is advised that
after the Stems Pass robbers had been
killed by the Mexican troops, recently, all tho
stolen diamonds. jewelry and money except 500
were recovered from the bodies
On the 10th inst, Lieutenant Colonel Com
zales. with a force under his command had a
battle with band of Yaqui Indians in the
Latinijo mountains. Arizona Two Indians were
killed and several wounded On the same dsy
officer encountered another band of Indians and
bad fight, in which he succeeded in routing
them.
coke train ON the Pittsbure, Virginia q
Charleston railroad ran into a rock near Green
Springs. ten miles from Pittsburg about l
o'clock yesterday morning. and the entire train
precIpitated over enbankment into the
river. distance of fifteen feet. Brakeman
Smith was terribly crushed. and will die. En-
gneer Buchanan was painfully scalded. but will
recover.
For several weeks friends of the Cleveland Y.
NJ. Z. a. have BEEN soliciting funds for the erec-
ton of new building and the purchase OF
valuable site. Thirty thousand dollars We're
pledged. when John D. Rockefeller. president of
the Standard OIL Company. wrote from New
York that he would subscribe 30. 600 If the
amounts already pledged Nega doubled The
offer has been accepted.
The Bowie county tTexAs| grand jury has
turned indictments against City Marshal George
Edmonda aud Detective john Williams. chArg-
ing them with horsestealing. EamoRes - a
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The vice-Presidency.

Boston Herald (Mug.)
The delusion that Ohio is doubtful State
has been dispelled by her later votes, but New
York and Indiana important to either
party as In all probability it lies with
them to decide who shall be the next President
The Republicans will not make the mistake of
leaving both of them off of their ticket this time
the Democrats are likely to have both of them
represented on theirs. We made the prediction
some time ago that the Republican ticket
would be Blaine and Harrison. No one but MIR.
Blaine himself could have prevented this COM
bnation if the party men were half as shrewd
in dealing with the vice-presdency as we
took them to be- Now Mr. William r. Morrison
shows that sagacious head in politics which has
always been his by pointing out Cleveland and
Gray the Democratic slate. The Republican
programme will have to be varied Il may be
Depew and Harrison. or, if Western candidate
for President is taken, it will probably be
difficult to nominate one from Indiana, and
thus, perhaps, Hiscock alone will represent the
two pivotal States. But skill in politics is
indicated being only less necessary in select
ing a candidate for Vice president the tickets
of both parties than for the higher place.
and while presidential elections continue to turn
on the votes of New York and Indiana, as they
have of late years and promise to do for the
present, the South need not again expect O
place on either party ticket.
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WASHINGTON. March 2L-At 2 P. NJ, during
the heavy thunder storm. lightning struck the
Senate wing OF the Capitol but apparently did
no other damage than to frighten the occupants
and destroy teegraphic and telephone commun-
cation between the building snd the outside
world. The flash was vivid in the chamber it
self. and startled avery one, but the proceedings
continued without more than momentary inter-
ruption In the lobby of the press gallery il APP
peared as If ball of fire dropped from each
chandelier to the floor. In the sub basement
the engineer Frustrated. Il cab horse out
side knocked down; the report was not
louder than pistol shot, but seems to have
been heard in all quarters of the wing, as if each
gas chandelier had made its own special
report In the Supreme Court every
justice, every lawyer at the bar, and every
clerk at his desk sprang 10 his feet, but sat
down again very quickly and tried to look as if
nothing had happened. Theorists have 1t that
the charge struck the plume of the goddess on
the dome. spread over the metal roof in all di-
rections and sought the ground By the thousand
chandeliers, steam pipes and electric wires IN
the structure. Similar phenomena were notice.
able in the House wing of the Capitol. BALLS
Of blue fire" played about the corridors, and
each occupant of the House Of the committee
rooms seemed to think he the especial OBJ
ject of attack. The crash led some member of
the House to the belief that the roof tum-
bling in. Electric lights in some parts of the
wing were extinguished.
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Rrief Mention

Monday, NJ. Marty, of Nauvoo hanged him.
self at his home. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
The spring session of the Congregational As
soclation of southern Illinois commenced at
Centralia Monday evening
Solomon Sapp. AGED eighty three, and Mrs
Thomas Stevens, aged seventy-ave. early set
tiers of Princeton, were married on Tuesday by
Rev o, A. Walker aged eighty four.
The omnibus "boodler" case was argued in
the Supreme Court at Ottawa yesterday The
case taken under Amusement and decis-
ion cannot ha handed down before May or
June.
Six welknown residents of Tolono were
bound over to the Criminal Court Tuesday, on
indictments returned by the Caampaien counry
grand jury IN session a. Urbana. Charley Hart
bank. Lou Miller and Bob Mccain, for violation
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HURRICANE AND SNOW.
Destructive Wind storm In East Tennessee
Several Lives Lost.


Several Lives Lost.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 2L-Dispatches
tonight state that the hurricane which did such
great damage at Calhoun, Ga, last night. passed
over East Tennessee. At and near Lenoirs
much damage was done and several lives lost
The residence of j. II. Williams. three miles
east of Lenoirs was completely swept away,
and his wife carried off in the wreck and killed.
The body of Mrs. Williams was found to-day
in the Tennessee river, where 1t had been blown.
She was in bed when the house Was blown away.
The next residence struck by the storm was
that of Geo. w. Hardin. The building was
totally demolished, but the family escaped. The
storm then crossed timbered ridge and tore MP
every tree in it's track by the roots The home
of James Linginfelter reduced to klndling-
wood. In it were John r. Smith, who
killed, and little daughter of Linginfeter, who
had leg broken. The dwellings of VIM. King
and John Gideon were blown down. Seven mem
bers of the King family were badly injured. and
two OF the Gdeons were seriously hurt
that they cannot recover. The house of Lafay
Prater was blown over garden fence but es-
capped with slight injuries. The cyclone trav
eled in a northeasterly direction. and bureau
In the Williams house was found this afternoon
half mile from where the residence stood.
AT Loudon, Tennessee. the house of Geo.
Moses was completely destroyed and every
member OF his family badly hurt Andrew
members of his family barely ESCAPED with
their lives. They all seriously injured. The
bacon from Worley's smoke house was blown
two miles away.
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Special to the Indianapolis journal.
VINcENNEs, March 21-On the arrival of the
westbound Ohio & Mississippi train, this morn|ng
F. A. Maphael. reported to the police that he
had been confdeneed out of 1885,. Two men
entered the car when west OF Seymour. and fell
into conversation with Maphael. Soon q man
dressed like an express messenger came In and
informed one of the former that he must pay
certain charges his goods would not be
loaded at Mitchell. The usual appeal vas made
to Maphael. who hand ed over $1S5. all he money
he had, taking as security an $500 check. The
sharpers got off at Mitchell to ''see tn ir goods
loaded. but failed TO return. Maphael vas from
West Virginia, and was accompanied by his
family his way to erosion, La.
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Serious charge Against a postmas ter.

postmaster at Stewartsville, DeKab county,
Mo, was to-day brought before G. D. Nj. Durham,
United States Commissioner. by q United States
marshal on two separate charges, one for taking
and opening letters addressed Others with
intent to pry into the business and secrets of
lining. delaying aud EN- bezzng letters addressed
to others He waived examination and entered
into bond, each case, in the sum of 81, coo for
his appearance at the April term of the United
States District Court. Stigan seems to have
been systematically interceptnR the
spondence of parties from here and elsewhere in
regard TO the late Stewartsville bank failure.
He was detected through decOy letters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-22
A Three-Minuts session.

WASHINGTON. March 2L-The session of the
ways and means committee to-day lasted but
three minutes. Contrary to general expectation.
no attempt was made to formally vote upon and
dispose of the tariff bill, and the Republican
members were left in the dark ac to the reason
for adjournment A conference of the Demo
cratic membe was held Immediately after the
adjournment, in room in the basement of the
Capitol, at which it out that the report
which will accompany the bill when it is pre-
sented to the House, was not completed and
another days time is required to give it SHADE
There also some discussion to the proper
time to present the bill to the House. The COM
mittee will meet again tomorrow.
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Flood at Rncine. wis.

RACINE. WIS, March 21-The warm weather
of the past week and the heavy rain of yester-
day broke the immense volume OK ice in the
river above the North western railroad bridge
and in the afternoon it began to move down the
river. When the immense blocks reached Mead
street bridge the outlet was not sufficiently
wide. and gorge formed about forty rods
wide and from fifteen to twenty feet high. The
cracking of the could be heard for blocks,
and hundreds of people visited the scene The
gorge having formed perfect dam, the rapidly
running river was soon forced over the adjoin-
ing dock property, and in less than an hour the
land con tiguous to the river was submerged.
At Herrlcks flats the river overdowed its banks
and covered the entire country south of
the river up to Thirteenth street, distance of
half mile. The water was from three to five
feet deep. and all houses were flooded. Fami-
lies we're obliged TO move out in boats, and the
roads absolutely impossible. Nearly all the
lighthouses the river. with their contents,
have been destroyed. and abutments and dock
property have been seriously damaged Vessel
property in the river is in danger. and large
gangs of men working 70 keep the craft to
their mooringS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-22
Resolutions for Harrison.

BRAZIL, March 2I-Brazil township Repub-
licans have nominated r. 81. Forbert for re-
election as trustee. with JAS. Lyd1ck, Monroe
Cutshall. and w. d. McLain for constablee, land
Geo. Standard for road supervisor. The follow
ing, introduced by Maj w. w. Carter. was en-
Enthusiastically adopted:
Whereas, We recognize in Hon. Benjamin Harri-
broad and mprehensive craftsmanship an
earnest devotion to the public interests pure and
unspotted public and private character love of
country, and all the timents and heroism of good
citizen-solder in the American army doing tho full
measure Of his duties all occasions; Therefore,
belt
Resolved, That he is first choice for nomination
for the high Office of President of the United States
by the Republican national convention.
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FRANKLIN.s GRAND-NIECE.
Amusing and Pathetic "Reminiscences b,
Her Old Pastor.

Amusing and Pathetic "Reminiscences by
Her Old Pastor.
The Rev. DR.. w. I'll. Furness, in Boston Christian
Register.
Years ago we had in our church here grand
niece of DR. Franklin, that native of Boston OF
whom Philadelphia is very proud. Her charac-
ter, far more directly than the genealogical
tree. attested her lineage. She died at the adj
vanced age of ninety-eight, kept her liberal
faith. and indeed all her faculties, her memory
even of recent incidents included. to the last. /
think her kind orthodox kinswoman, with whom
she dwelt. kept her mind wide awake and active
by suggesting occasionally some objection to the
old lady's liberal faith, asking her once. for
ample how she accounted for the fact that there
are so many Presby terians and SO few Unitari-
ians. Oh. was the reply, broad is tine road
that leadeth to destruction aud many there be
who go in thereat,' etc. Once when 1 called to
see her. she told me that one or her visitors bad
asked her (rather an unauthorized query what
was the amount of her annuitv. IF / tell YOU
she answered. you will know as we'll as do my
self Suffering from rheumatism. it took her
some time TO go dowL stairs in the morning. i say
my prayers them she said 1t saves time'-a
touch of the Franklinian economy that led her
grand-uncle, when he was boy, to suggest to
his father saying grace over the pork barrel
few weeks before her death in going down
stairs she leaned heavily the banster
that her arm broke. The physician who it
said that at her great age the bone would not
knit Consequently she could not knit, her
chief employment, (she had made afghan I
dare not say of how many hundred piecesl So
she sat in her chamber and faded away like q
gentle summer day.
II went to see her. She was much moved.
I shed good many tears she said, but they
are not tears of pain. My friends all so
good to me. and yet. she added, 1T may be with
as it was with the woman who told her min.
lister she afraid she mourning the
pronounced upon those of whom all the world
speaks we'll you may your heart at rest.
the minister remarked I've heard your neigh
bors say some pretty hard things about you.'"
II was told that, when she was dying. heI
hostess felt of her head, and then of her feet,
which reused the old lady. oh. cousin, what
did you disturb me forl' she said. L was dying
beautifully. Never mind; I'll try again told
this to a friend, an Episcopal clergyman. and ii
shocked him greatly. 1t had produced suck
effect on me. Tennyson represents man as
An infant crying in the night
And with no language but a cry.
not knowing Il presume TO add that he is lyins
all the time. in life and in DEATH on the bosom
of Infinite Love- but my old friend knew, and
she nestled there with chids perfect faith
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Murdered bx Indians.

SPOKANE FALLS, W. r., March 21-Judee
Hogan to-day received the following telegram
from Sand Point, l. T.:
learn from Indians and other parties who under
the Indian language that Pelkey Pendeton and
Pipkins have been murdered Priest lake By In
dams. w. Z. LIGHT.
The three men referred TO went up 60 Priest
lake last fall to prospect through the winter.
Nothing has since been heard of then. Pipkin
was a mid-shipman in the United States navy at
she breaking out of the war. but resigned 10 go
into the confederate army. where he served
throughout the with much distinction
The matter will be thoroughly investigated.
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The storm ia Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, March PA terrible electric
storm enveIoped the State last night. beginning
about 10 o'clock and lasting until after mid
night. In Fairburn, both the colored churches
were demolished, court house chimneys torn of,
shade trees uprooted and other damage DONE
Near Austell. a house was blown on a negro
blacksmith. killing him. Reports of the storm
In and around Gainesville show that while it
was not SO severe, much damage was DONE
The colored Baptist Church was completely de-
molished. Caiaoun suffered most in north
Georgia 1t visited by terrible funnel
shaped cyclone which cut swath seventy five
yards wide through the middle of
the town. taking in the courthouse
and station The cyclone bounded down
on the little town suddenly and after doing its
work of destfuctlon lifted from the earth to
strike again. no one knows where. Every build
ing in it's path either destroyed damaged.
The streets are full of shingles and debris of
ROOFS The storm played eccentric FRANKS, in
one instance cutting house in two and carry
ing away one-half. Then it down house
around some women and children without harm
ing hair of their heads The Bantist Church
was demolished and the colored Methodist
Church was RACED. About dozen business
places were either totally wrecked
badly damaged. and their contents ruined
by rain Several dwellings were demol-
1shed about the heads of their occupants who,
singularly enough. escaped unnurt. The south
ern arm Of the storm passed eastward through
Telefair county, taking everything in it's path,
400 yards wide The turpentine- of Whit
ten & Holland. two miles north of Lumber City,
were completely demolished, the still, commits
sary and every house and shanty being blown
away. w. B. Written sleeping IN the house
with Holland, and they rushed out to save them
selves, but had only few steps when the
house was blown them, and crushed
them so that they seemed To have hardly an un-
broken bone left in their bodies: and were killed
instantly. Two other men sleeping in another
house. were also crushed and killed by the
house being blown upon them. Several others
were wounded and injured. General reports
come in of houses blowing away. and fences de-
stroyed. A negro brakeman of the Northeast
ern train was killed by falling tree
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ARABIAN MARES.
senator PaImer's Futile Efforts TO Buy
sons-The suitan's FIrman.

Senator PaImer's Futile Efforts TO Buy
sons-The suitan's FIrman.
Washington Special.
Early last winter Senator Palmer sent an
agent to Arabia to purchase for the Senator'S
farm on the outskirts of Detroit, five full
bloodsd Arabian mares which he desired to cross
with Percheron horses and produce, if possible,
. breed OF horses that would be superior to, or
NJ least different from anything in this country.
The agent has telegraphed his inability to Sc
sure the horses. Upon his arrival at Damascus
= few weeks ago, he learned that a frman had
been issued by the Sultan prohibiting the fur
bher expectation of horses because OF the pro-
liability of war, in which event they would be
needed. This did not dauns Senator Palmers
agent nor did the historical belief that no
Arabian horses are ever disposed OF except as
gifts to royal personages and for purposes OF
war He pushed on and had little trouble In
persuadng the Sultan to revoke his hrman In
Che interest OF United States Senator. He was
slated by his success in this direction. but he
had nevertheless signa1ly failed in his efforts to
get the horses. The rules against selling did
bot prevent his success, however. He failed
from far different cause, it being mono other
than the fact that every horse shown him was
spawned, ring boned, wind broken. blind. or
afflicted with some other disease 10 which even
tbe pink-eyed. soft-skinned Arabian species are
subject. Only one horse did the senatorial
agent see that apparently was worthy OF being
transported to America, and that one. on close
Inspection, proved also to be unsound The en-
terprise was given up in despair, and the Sen
ntor has received q cable that the search has
been abandoned. The agent visited La Perche,
France, however. Senator Palmer thinks that
II it were feasible for his agent to spend
month with an Arab sheik in the desert, good
horses could be obtained This course, how
ever, is not deemed advisable Though failing
20 get his Arab horses Senator Palmers agent
will return with twenty four of the finest
Percheron horses ever brought to this country.
III d., 49, wrvf11 If
taken TO Mr.. Palmer's Fort Hill farm. where
there are many Of their kind
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MINoR MATTERS.

The Russian Extradition Treaty Considered
Dead-Stepniak Returns Thanks.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journsl.
WASHINGTON. March 21.-Ths proposed ex-
tradition treaty between the United States and
Russia is understood to be dead. 1t was sent
TO the Senate some time ago. but was laid over
till next December with the British extradition
treaty. There was much opposition to the
Russian treaty, on the ground that Russia
offers no protection TO Americans in the empire
Of the Gar, and that there was TO be no benefit
derived from it except the Russian govern
ment / have just received letter from Step
MAX the Russian exile in London and who
Is the leader Of the revolutionary movement in
Russia. and in stating that the water it is
believed that the treaty is defeated. he says:
AS the matter stands, every freedom-Ioving
American can bs as glad as we are at any new
chance of the defeat of the treaty of alliance be-
tween the Gar and the American Republic
hear from America that several promi nent liter
airy men, Dir. Fouke included, are doing all
they to influence the American Senators
against the treaty"
Dir Stepniak adds further that he shall al
oppressed millions ia Russia for the assistance
that has been rendered by the America
press and freedom loving people generally for
the part they have taken ia defeating a treaty
which WAS destined TO do no good TO Americans.
but which would work great injustice to the OPP
pressed subjects of the Car.
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SAUK CENTER, Mimi, March 21.-Cogans
Academy burned early this morning. Loss. &c.
600; insurance. SC, 600.
BALTIMORE. Md, March 21.-The four story
brick building corner Baltimore and Wolf
streets. owned by and occupied as grocery store
by Richard Stumpf, was destroyed BY fire to-
night. The loss is estimated $40, 900 on stock
aud building; insurance. S39 900
New YORK, March 21-To- night fire broke
out from unknown causes in the third floor
of the fve-story marble-tront building at No.
372 Broadway. The building is in the very
heart Of the dry goods district. Tbs fire smould-
cred and occasionally blaxed up IN the center Of