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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-04
Obituary

ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 3-Hon. Neil c. Me-
Cullough, of Ardsrson's substantial and
highly esteemed citizens, died this morning,
after a three weeks illness. Mr.. Mccullough
came to this county thirty four years ago. and
two years later in connection with Hon. Byron
K Elliott, tnow judge of the Supreme Court
and Judge Sample. (deceased). of Muncie. es-
tablished the Citizens Bank, with which he was
still connected at tho time of his death. He
was quite prominent in local politics. and al
though Democrat was of that class who be-
lieved in honest expressions Of the people at the
ballot box, and therefore often found an
tagonizing the men and methods of his own
party. In his death the party has lost a faithful
and valued adviser, and the community one of
its best citizens.
BLooMINGToN, Ind, Feb. 3-This afternoon,
at o'clock. the wife of Gen. Morton C. Hunter
died, at her residence in the north part of the
city. She widely known and highly re-
spected. She had been a great sufferer from
cancer for two years past.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb 3.-Prof Charles
Linden, the naturalist, died today in the Buff
falo State Insane asylum aged ffty.six He
was FRUSTRATED by brain trouble while on
vacation trip at Carlton Quebec last summer,
and never regainsd his mental faculties.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb 3-Horace G. Cleve-
land, CT the firm of Cleveland, Brown & CO.,
OF the most widelvknown iron manufactur-
ers in the West died to-day of fever.
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Minnesota's Republican Clubs.

MrNNEAPoLIs, Feb. 3.-The convention 10 or
ganize Minnesota State Republican league OF
Republican clubs completed its labors and ad-
joprned this morning. 1t was \ representative
body, and was made up of delegates from all ex-
cept the few blockaded counties in the State.
The discussion of candidates and platforms was
entirely eliminated. and the league pledged the
State to support the regular nominees of Repub-
lican conventions. f. e. Searles OF st. Cloud,
permanent chaFman. is a strong McGill man;
Tams Bixby, of Red wing, permanent secretary,
is anti McGill. The officers of the State league
elected We're: II. E. Byrnes, of Minneapolis,
president; Tams Bixby, of Red Wing, secretary;
w. E. Lee. of Todd county. treasurer, and a
vice president and member of the executive
ommittee from each of the sixteen judicial dis
tricts. Resolutions were adopted pledgine the
State to the Republican party; extending sym
pathy to the Irish people in their struggle for
home rule, and scoring tho Democratic party for
not admitting Dakota State. The league is
organized on the plan recommended by the ma
tional Repu blcan league.
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MINOR MATTERS.

The Ways and Means COMMITTEES Continues
Its Dark-Lantern Methods.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Two weeks ago I
called attention in these dispatches to the fact
that the majority of the House committee on
ways and means had the use of o little room in
the basement OF the Capitol, where they re-
ported in small numbers to hear arguments
from those who came here to protest against re-
duction OF the tariff asking notifications, and
that these little side hearings were conducted
with the greatest secrecy. The object Of these
special hearings was 10 obviate the i'll feeling
which would rest the part of men who visit
Washington and were refused an dience with
those who are responsible for the compilation OF
the tariff bill Since this publication came to
Washington there has been q consulta-
ton by the majority. of the commit
tee ways and means, and it
was agreed that there should be more hear
who asked for . reduction of the tariff were
given a preference might become known and
work injury. Now it is with the most extreme
difficulty that anyone get in q word edge
wise before majority of the COMMITTEES. Al
most any 0ay, however, one can find three or four
of the Democratic members of the committee In
the room of the committee on waye and means,
over in a corner, listening to the statements, in
undertoues by some manufacturer. or dealer,
or producer who is asking for something one
way the other In the bill. The short way to
bring about the wishes OF the maj GRITTY in the
House to be taken, and there to be no
puolic hearings, and the right of petition has
formed. and without any interference on the
part of the public
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Was Henry Wilson a Noblema..

VAssAR. Mich, Feb 3.-Winthrop Goliath, a
brother of the late Vice president Henry Will
son, was buried here last week. Mr.. Goliath
removed TO this county in 1869, locating in Ar
bella tow nship. whore he remained nine years.
About that time he removed to Tuscola village,
where he engaged in mercantile business, re-
naming there until three years ago, when he
went to East Saginaw, and died there leaving
four children The CoIbaths had q remarkable
history. The mother was the daughter of an
English nobleman, who fell in love with and
married Goliath, a servant OF her fathers fam
ily The couple came to Am erica, followed by
the aristocratic Embellishments anathemas, and
settled in Niagara county. New York. A Massa-
chusetts gentleman met them several years
later and took the eldest child, Jerry Goliath,
TO his Eastern home, legally adopting him and
giving him the name of Henry Wilson, who
became Vice-president under Grant
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KANSAS Cry, No.. Feb. Cora Lee, who
was recently acquitted at Springfield, No., of
the charge of completely in the murder of Mrs.
Graham, passed through this city this morning
When the people in the ladies' waiting room be-
came aware that Cora Lee was in the room they
crowded about her and stared persistently.
What is your destination. Miss Lee" asked
q reporter
My name is Mrs. Cora Graham. and not Miss
Cora Lee" she replied. Every persists in
making this mistake / my way to
Council Bluffs to rest a few days. From there
l shall go TO my mothers house in Omaha and
pass the remainder of my life in quiet. Pm
tired of being interviewed and stared at Why,
would think | wild beast from the
manner in which women look at me. Dontyou
think the State got a singing rebuke in the
true light before the word2 As I am only
twenty-seven years of age there ought to be
takes the stain from my character"
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A MODERN PENELOPE.
Mrs. Martin. of Brooklyn, Who Waited Thirty
Five Years for Her Husbands Return.

NEW YORK, Feb. "A remarkable story Of .
husband and wife being united after absence
OF thirty-ive years comes from Brooklyn. Mr..
and Mrs. Martin were married in England in
1858. After the honeymoon the husband told
his wife he thought he could do better in this
country. and he babe her accompany him. At
the time Mrs. Martin was nursing an invalid
c.e and she told her young husband it was her
duty to remain by his side till ne died. Mr..
Martin kissed his wife aud. bidding her farewell,
took 1.-THE steamer for America. A year a
year and half later the uncle died. In the
meantime baby boy arrived, and soon her
uncle breathed his last the wife. with her boy,
crossed the ocean in search of her husband. He
had not written to her. bnt she believed she
would succeed in finding him. When she
reached these shores she found trace of him.
Months rolled into years. anG Mrs. Martin wore
widows weeds. She heard that her husband
had died in a hospital in ST. Louis. Fifteen
years ago Mrs. Martin again got of her
husband to the effect that he was alive Not
long after the receipt of this intelligence she
met him for brief period, and he again started
off on his travels around tue world. Mr.. Martin
never wrote to his disconsoate wife. and she
concluded he certainly dead. Her son. who
has long since grown TO manhood, ard who has
a family of his own told that his father
had died many years ago.
Mrs Martin has resided Tor some time at No.
249 briggs street She occupied apartments
the third floor OF the building. Three weeks
ago tall, handsome. elderly gentleman entered
uSr dpdrIm0uISs auQ sue lmUo0ldteiy TcCok-
nized him as her long lost husband. There was
affectionate greeting on both sides. but the
husband did not remain with mis- wife He
lived with his son for a week. then left asthe
said, to go to England, where he is to look after
his share of an estate. He promised his wife
and son that he settled up mis- finances
he would return Mr. Martin, jr.. is success
full business man, but being q travelling sales
man. is away most of his time.
AS far can be learned, Mr.. Martin offered
no explanation of his long absence. A neighbor
deserted
was ashamed to face her again. On the other
hand. it is said he did not know of his wlfe's
that she alive Mrs. Martin
reticent when found. All she would
say Il have only met my husband
twice in thirty-6ve years, once many years ago
and in Brooklyn few weeks ago. / love him
as dearly as ever. but do not want to tell you
anything about him. l don't want to say whore
he was or what happened in these long years
have no desire to publish the facts to the world.
1t is my affair. God has cared for and
He will continue to. If my husband comes
back. all right; if he remains away-well, all
right"
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qualities Of inks. the argument that IL cent
ink is economical and the 40 cent egregiously
expensive is az silly to say that IL Is false econ
omy TO buy suit of clothes for $50 when suit
can be bought for So, or that it is cheaper TO
buy butter al 10 cents pound when 40 cents Is
paid no reference being had TO the fact that tho
10 cent butter is unfit for use while the other
grade il choice. Benedict is 10 hole, and he
ia going TO have a hard time to get out OF 1t and
retain his position. Ii will be remembered that
a short time after he took his office he became
ANNOYED at Senators. Representatives and Cabi-
net officers calling and inouiring about work and
asking for the appointments of men and women
to positions. In passion he said, one day,
that he proposed 20 show these people that he
was Pubic Printer, and that he intended to run
his Office without any advice from them.
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Hopk,ns,. Case ina the Jarx,s Hands.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 3-Ths argument in the
Hopkins case was concluded to-day. Judge
Sage's charge to the jury was read from manu-
script and covered all features of the law and
facts. The statement was broadly made that to
sign a check upon the bank and accept it as a
deposit when there were no funds to pay it.
without arrangement which would make
such transaction q loan. was a fraud He
further said that Hopkinss duty as director
and officer was TO know what was being done in
the bank. and that it was defense to saw that
he thought Harper had ample funds to protect
the bank. nor did it excuse him that Harper was
his superior officer and directed him to act as he
did. The jury are not expected to return a YER
dics sooner than 8 o'clock tomorrow morning
or before Monday.
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Minor Notes.

Sherman Hufford aged about TWENTY-FIVE
years, residing near Austin, com mitted suicide
Thursday by shooting. What caused tho
act Is not known.
The body of Charles Rhodes, a former resi-
dent OF Hobart, who froze to death in Douglas
county. Dakota, during the recent blizzard has
been brought home for burial
The United States Signal service has decided
to establish . weather reporting bureau at
Pendleton, the town to furnish the necessary
flags and poles. Everything will be completed
in few days.
A little child of Mrs. Matt Mortimer. of Bra
I'll, fell into tub of boiling water, and, though
rescued at once, was so badly scalded that death
may result Mrs. Mortimers husband was
killed 10 the rolling mill boiler explosion recently
Nathan Davis. of Brookville, aged about sixty
years. died suddenly on Thursday of neuralgia
of the heart. He was the streets the day ba.
fore in his usual health. He was a Democrat
and a member of the g. A. r.. post, which will
officiate At the funeral.
William III. j. Flesncr, of Windfall, died very
suddenly yesterday. He was a member of the
@. A. r. Post of that place, having served In
Company X. One-hundred- and -thrtieth Reci-
ment Indiana Volunteers. The funeral will
take place from the NJ E. Church. at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, tomorrow. under the auspices of the g.
A. r. Post. Services by the Rev. r. A. New
ton.
On Thursday evening Stephen Marlet, fur
niture dealer of Anderson, went into the cellar
of his furniture rooms business and at
once discovered that gas WAS escaping by the
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Explosion Followed by Fire.

CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 3-An explosion oc-
Cured in the works of the American Paint and
Oil Company, on River street. in this city, about
7 o'clock, and in a moment the building was en-
veloped in flames. The workmen Jumped
through the windows, from which the sashes
had been blown. to save their lives. and the pro-
prietors. E. Cohen and F. Ct. Mcdowell, had
only time to escape from the Office with their
lives. Policeman VIM Harrison saw smoke ia
the building and opened the door to investigate,
when the explosion took place. Harrison was
thrown across the street. He was severely
burned about the face and hands and may lose
his eyesight. The loss machinery and stock
is placed at $4,000; insured for So 5O0 The
building ia insured for S.. 900, and the loss is
estimated at $4,000. The plant was totally de-
stroyed by the flames in less than an hour
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Charges Against Insane Asy,um onc,a,.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Feb 3.-Suit is about to
be brought against the authorities of the Michi-
gan Asylum for the Insane in this city by three
discharged attendants for the recovery of
months pay. forfeited under the rules for cause
or discharge The suit is to be made the medium
of sensations al charges against the conduct OF the
institution, alleging that one patient hav-
ing propenstiss to destroy his clothing was
kept without covering ct night two weeks in
November; that two patients were kept without
food TO four days for refusing to work and
that in two cases patients very i'll were neglect
ed and left without food and subsequently, died.
The ply sicians of the institution give entirely
some of the circumstances which are given q
bad coloring in the cha rges put into circulation
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Unique Copscience Contribution.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has received a letter, dated Fitehburg,
Mass, inclosing twenty-fve-centi silver piece.
which the sender desires to have placed in the
Treasury to tho credit of Conscience. A note
transmitting the coin says:
To Whom 1t May Concern-Once upon time,
some thirty years ago, in spirit of evil minded
ness, perhaps because could, though even at
the time / knew better, took upon me to oblit-
crate the canceling marks of a five-cenr postage
stamp and use it again And. though mortal
may ever have been aware of it. l have known
it all the while Under the Mosaic dispensation.
a restitution of one-ffth deemed requisite
to satisfy the claims of justice in of tres
pass. So here one-fifth of ive is one, and one to
five makes six. AT 6 per cent sum is doubled
in about sixteen years, and this, then, amounted
to IL cents: and, doubled again. amounts to "a
cents. Now, to give the government the benefit
of the fraction, inclose % cents.
T,oyAT C1rIzrN
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Honest Men Deprived of Their SURFACES by
Democratic FOUNDERS.


Democratic Founders.
Wilmington (nel.) Special.
The second days sitting of county assessors
10 this city resulted worse for the Republicans
than even the fret did, only about 100 men get
ting their names put of the hundreds who
packed the City Hail. Police officers filed the
space behind the railing to the exclusion OF np-
plicants and their vouchers. The clerks which
the Republican committee had furnished were
rejected in the afternoon, and one applicant for
Assessment, white man. was black lacked by
Nm officer for being pushed by the crowd behind
him over the railing. Two applicants were seized
by officers just they had reached the as
SCISSORS table. and were hurried off to
the police cells. where they were released. There
was no chnrRs against them, and the only rur-
pose sought by their arrest was delay The
officers applied the ugless oaihs to the most
reputable citizens. and repeatedly drew revolvers
20 intimidAte the crowd. They blocked the way
TO honest applicants. by admitting Democratic
FOUNDERS Though rear door leading from the
Mayors office. The Republicans are Ia a des-
perAte mood, and the leaders dread 10 enter the
ordeal tomorrow. Judge Wales. sitting in the
Circuit Court of the Uaited States this morn
ine, refused the petition Of John II. Jackson Fl.
W.T. Cause and others to appoint supervisors to
guard and serutinize this assessment, on the
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Indiana Pensions.
1nu1anb fenstOnS.
washin gton Special
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indanane:

Washington Special
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianians:
Barly Aldrich, Waverly; George jackson. Car
lisle; Edward Helgar, Marysvilie: Samuel Comp
ton, Indianapolis; John Jervis. Evansville Geo.
Tinker. Rising Sun; John Reed Bellmore; VIM.
johnson, Elwood; George Powers Madison;
Benjamin Campbell Anderson; Jas. Anderson.
Pleasautvile; Daniel Purcell, Paxton; William
Walton Charlottesville; Levi Killon. Loogoo-
tee; Robert Newly, Lafayette.
Increase-Joshua Jordan, Atkinsonville; Alex
ander Manlif Holman; Joseph Sims, Coatsvlle.
Geo. Blair. Boonville; Perry Miller: Yorkton;
Jas. Boyle, Decatur; Thos. Lilly, Indianapolis;
Geo. Middleton, North Webster; Jas. Robbins;
Seymour; Albert McQuiddy, New Albany; John
Tipp, Little Rock: Joseph Cripe Kokomo; Jacob
Bernheisal, Vernon; Abraham Shearer. North
Vernon; Cyrus Vanmatre, Middletown; Justus
Warner. Shore; William Brown, Angola Louis
Bryant, Richmond; Asbury Inflow. Glenn's
Valley; John May, Ellettsville; William Cue.
Sharpsvile; Green Yager, Oakland City; Will
lam Conrad, Clark Hill; James Cotton, New
Castle; John Mitchell, Montmorenci Henry Lee,
North Grove; George Heartily, Frankton; Eze-
kiel Matthews, Brookston; Abraham Steffey,
Rochester; Cyrus jackson, Brewersville; Jacob
Miller, Selma; Hannibal Ambrose, Rockport;
widow of James Gray Muncie; widow of Frank
Goodwine, West Lebanon; widow of Peter Nc
Dowell, New Castle; Abram Matthias Landers;
Fielding Marsh, Paragon
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T-Traces of precipitation.


CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Feb. 3-Heavy buy ers
of tobacco report great excitement in Kentucky.
and people are paying high as 500 per acre
rent for good fields. A representative of New
York tobacco firm says: ''Spain has recently
which leaves her 1000 short of last years re-
quirements with about ID 900 hogsheads for the
wants of 1855. The New York warehouses are
about empty and the purchases made at Clarks-
vile this week were for immediate Shipments
Louisville operators are making every effort to
get all the dark low grades in a few hands, and
of nearly all the stock in Paducah Hopknsville,
and Nashville.
Louisville telegram reports that there is no
unusual excitement in the market there, and in
Inmates that the foregoing statement is largely
exaggerated.
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Swallowed by the Standard.

ST.. Louis. Feb. 3.--The entire plant of Wm
Washburn & Sons, of this city, dealers in naval
stores. including large oil.warehouse and the
entire interests of the Iron Mountain Ware
the Waters-Pierce Company, which 10 tho
local branch of the Standard Oil Com
panv. Washburn & Sons ran tank
line into Alabama and Mississippi,
and practically controlled the turpentine prod
uct of those States The price paid for this
plant is known. but it is supposed to be pref
ty large, it is disposed of the last competitor
OF the Standard Oil Company, gives them con-
troll Of tankage in this city. and leaves them
without any formidable competitor in the tur.
pentine trade in the South.
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Fatal Powder-Mill Explosion.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 3-The blasting corning
mill of the Austin Pc wder Company's plant in
Newburg township near this city, was blown to
pieces about o'clock this morning The mill
is used for eranulating pressed cakes Of powder.
and the machinery had just been started by
Reuben Wright when the explosion occurred.
Wright instantly killed. A large hole in
the ground marks the former site of the mill,
but of the building and contents not a vestige
remains. The mill is isolated from the re-
mainder of the plant. and this accounts for the
small loss of life. The companys loss is est
in the mill at the time, and its explosion
produced a report heard for miles The ground
shook if by earthquake. and windows in
stores and dwellings a mile and half distant
from the mill were broken.
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A Criminal Sure ndsrs.

cpeclaI TO the InuIanaDoIls Jcnrna3.
EVANSVILLE, Feb "a singular and unusual
arrest was made in this city this evening by the
chief of detectives. In the early evening the
chief received note from person signing
himself Emil Tedner who asserted that he was
a fugitive from justice and was wanted for a
crime committed 10 St. Louis He claimed to
be weary of hiding, and was ready to give him
self M. When arrested and brought to the
central station he confessed to a number of for
eerles committed in St Louis upon the order of
Franciscans and the Redemptorst Fathers, and
that his conscience had smitten him that he
could no longer hide from his shame. He will
be sent back to St. Louis tonight
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Killed by a Falling Tree.

Special to the IndianapoIis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Feb. "a prominent farmer of
Greer, Warrick county, named Charles Heilman,
met with an accident yesterday afternoon. from
the effects of which he died this morning He
was Telling q tree and in trying to escape its
fall, was tripped by twig and caught under a
heavy limb and crushed into the earth. Despite
the fact that his body was nearly cut in twain
he fingered in a conscious state for eleren hours
when death ensued He fifty years of age
and leaves a large family. He the third
brother who has experienced an untimely and
unnatural death.
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FORCED to Sign q Petition.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 3.-When the Young
two-cent fare bill came up for discussion in the
Senate to-day, number of petitions were read
protesting against the passage of the measure.
These were signed by the employees of the
Northwestern shops at Belle PLANE.
tho Order Of Railway Conductors,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men. the Order of Railway Telegraph
Operators, and others Later on, quite stir
was created when Mr.. Young sent to the desk
Wife," stating that in her town workingmen
were compelled to sign the protest. The bill il
in the hands of committee.