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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
HousEs AT JoHNsToWN.
Nearly Five Hundred Houses Bunt or Con-
tracted For-The Relief Fund.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, July 2O.-Mr. s. S.
Marvin and Secy. j. B. Kremer OF the flood
relief commission, were in town to-day.
They visited the commissary and other re-
lief headquarters, and expressed them
selves as pleased with what they saw. Mr..
Kremer says that over $4,000 has already
been expended in Johnstown. not includ-
ing the 100000 now being paid out. lie
did not give figures TO show clearly where
this money had gone, but said it exceeded
$4,000. One hundred homes had been
bought or contracted for costing Sl60 each;
100 costing S207 each, and POO two-story
homes to be built by Contractor Hughes
at $500 each. In addition. fifty-two busi-
ness stands had been built at a cost
OF S425 each. This would make a total of
5000 In addition some money was
spent for coffins, lumber and the like.
Over three-fourths OF the money coming
into the hands of Gov. Beaver direct was
for the sufferers IN the Conemaugh valley,
the balance being for the food sufferers of
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kremer said that it
was likely the Williamsport region would
get another appropriation, as il seemed
they had not received their share.
When asked why clear statement Of
the moneys received and expended was
not made, he said there was a difficulty in
determining as to what fund certain items
should be charged-such, for instance, as
the burial of the dead. IL was a question,
he said, whether the state had a right TO
pay for that, and until these questions
were determined, it was not considered
proper to make a statement.
Judge Cummin only spent a short time
at his office this morning, he being some
what indisposed, ard Treasurer Thomp-
son assisted him in his share OF the work.
This was the biggest days work yet and
the whole force was kept busy until
o'clock. Twenty thousand three hundred
and forty-two dollars were paid out during
the day.
Only two bodies were taken to the
morgue to-day.
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says he has no doubt that 500 stolen horses
have been taken there from Indiana alone
Sam Rivers, recently sent to the peniten-
tiary from Shelby county for counterfeit
ing, was one of briggs best tradesmen in
the matter of stolen horses. briggs paid
the thieves 40 per cent. of the value OF the
animals, and then shipped them away in
large numbers.
This, however, was not the chief source
of his livelihood, which was counterfeit
ing. He was what they call wholesale
dealer in counterfeit money. That is to
say, manufacturer of il, like Guyon,
would sell him big amounts OF it at a
time-say, ten or fifteen thousand dollars
worth, charging him probably 10 cents on
the dollar. Then briggs would deal out the
money in smaller quantities to what are
called middle-men-of whom Sam Rivers
was an instance. The latter would retail
the money for what they could get receiv-
ing sometimes as high as 62l cents per
dollar for il.
briggs has been engaged in the busi-
ness for years and his road-house, known
as the United States hotel, on Home-ave.,
Dayton, near the soldiers home, has been
the headquarters for counterfeiters for
years. Two or three of the government
officers have been hanging about
his place for a couple of weeks, briggs
thinking they were counterfeiters, as they
represented themselves. Two OF them
accepted briggs invitation, on Monday
last, to eat birthday dinner with him, it
being his seventy-ninth birthday. Not
withstanding briggs age, he is the father
OF an eighteen-months' old baby, which
Maj Carter pronounce" as smart as chip"
He has another sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter. His wife, Gertie, is a fit companion
for him. She is a member of the famous
Stadfelt family of girls of southern Ohio,
every one OF whom married a burglar or
criminal Of some Sort "Gertie" has
served a number of terms in prison She
and briggs were marriedin the Cincinnati
Jail. Another OF the Stadfelt girls married
Guyon, the counterfeiter, but subse-
quently deserted him for burglar named
Sam Cole. The latter encountered Guyon
a few years ago, and shooting scrape re-
suited, but Cole ran and escaped.
briggs, his wife and the woman
"Frenchy" were all taken 10 Cincinnati
and lodged in jail The old man will,
doubtless, get ten years which, TO h i'm,
means a liie-sentence. The capture Of
this crowd makes sixteen that have been
arrested in the three states OF Ohio, Indi-
ana, and Illinois for dealing in the coun-
teriet ten-dollar bills. Eight OF them
were arrested in this state, six in Ohio
and two in Chicago.
Jim Guyon, however, who is the ioun-
tain head, is still at large and will, doubt
less begin his nefarious business else
where soon.
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1t Would be Infamous.


Judge Woods has prostituted the judicial
power now in his hands to protect meters Of
bribery and corrupters of the suffrage because
the rascals were Of his own party. No other
construction can be put upon his extraordinary
course in reversing his own ruling. In his
original charge TO the grand jury with the
Dudley letter in view, Judge Woods said the
law "makes any one guilty who counsels
bribery'-that "n IS q crime 10 ddriSe another 10
make the attempt" In his second charge, made
n few weeks later, and after, as he admitted,
hearing from Washington, Judge Woods
charged that ''it results, of course, that the
mere sending by one to another of a letter or
document containing ddpice 10 bride a UOter, or
setting forth scheme Of bribery, however bold
and reprehensible, is not indictdbie."
To promote to the supreme court the author
of this shameless qualification done to protect
the rascals who carried Indiana for Harrison
by organized bribery and corruption would be
the most infamous use of the appointing power
ever made in this country.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
TROUBLE ON LIE OHIO.
A Collision Between the Steamboat and
Railroad Men at steubenville.

Collision Between tho Steamboat and
Railroad Men at steubcnville.
STEUBENvuLE, o., July 22.-As has been
anticipated for the past week, the Panhandle
railroad company and the Ohio river steamboat
men colided this morning. The railroad COM
pany recently received permission from the
secretary of war TO close up the channel of the
river at the Steubenville bridge for the purpose
OF replacing the channel span. The river men
appealed in vain 10 the secretary of war to
have the permit revoked. When q coal feet
arrived at the bridge this morning they found
the channel almost entirely filled with heavy
piles arranged in bents. There was a short
consultation, and without advising the
men at work in the channel of the intention,
the coal-boat Advance, with three barges
abreast came at full speed upon the pile bents
breaking down twenty-five OF them, breaking
the pile driver barge loose from its moorngs
and badly damaging it, The men on the barge
had a narrow escape from being drawn under
the tow and the work was Immediately sus-
pended. Hardly had they time TO recover
from their escape when another boat, the Pa
cihc. came down by the same route and took
away thirty-five more of the piles, leaving over
half the channel clear for the following boats.
Immediately after this the railroad company
ordered the construction of large apron piers
above the bridge, which will eifectually close
the channel for boats. Both railroad and
steamboat men are equally determined to en-.
force their rights in the premises, and the out
come will create intense interest along the
Ohio and among river men generally, as the
serious trouble threatened will demand the in
reference of the government to settle whether
the railroad has the right TO impede river nav
igation that its own trains may run uninter-
ruptedly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
LYNcHeo BY COWBOYS.
A Man and Woman, Thought to Have
Been Cattle Thieves, Hung.

n man ana woman InouEht TO nave
Been Cattle Thieves, Hung.
CHEYENNE, W. T., July PA telegram re-
ceived to-day announces the lynching at
Sweet Water Of Jim Averill and a
woman who lived with him as his wife.
Averill was postmaster at Sweet Water,
which consists chiefly Of station contiguous
TO number of ranches. Avarill dnfted into
the Sweet Water country four years ago and at
once took up government claims. He was soon
joined by woman, who took up a claim ad.
joining the town Of Cartwell. Both were recog-
nized rs hard citizens. The woman was one of the
most daring riders in the country. She rode
man fashion, the most vicious brutes and la
roping cattle could take her place with the
average cowboy For long time both have
been under suspicion as cattle rustlers. They
have rapidly accumulated "a herd, and
they came TO the country without any
thing, II is regarded as evidence against them.
This year they turned loose twenty-five freshly
branded yearling calves which completely sat
isiied the stock men that they were maverick.
ING, which particular act led 10 the lynching
From particulars received it is known that
n small band Of masked men surrounded
their cabin last night and using n decoy, sue
ceeded in getting both 20 the door They were
captured after desperate struggle, and after
being bound, were led some distance away and
together strung mp TO limb Of n tree and their
bodies riddled with bullets.
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SLOWLY DYING OF LEPRosY.
James Knvanhugh OF New Orleans Dying
of tho Dread Disease.


New ORLEANS, La, July 20.-A genuine,
well-developed case Of leprosy, located in
little and isolated cottage at the corner
OF Chestnut and Eliza-sts., Algiers, across
the river from New Orleans, was brought
to light to-day. The leper is young man
named James Kavanaugh, twenty-nine
years OF age. Kavanaugh was born and
reared in Algiers and was for eleven
years eteamster in the employ
Of Morgan's Louisiana & Texas rail-
road and steamship company. He was
quite popular among his associates about
railroad shops and in the town generally.
He is an active and popular member of
Morgan steam fire company No. 3, and is
practically cared for by the firemen at pres
ent. The disease began to show itself
about four years ago in small bro wn spots
on the chest and neck. He called in a
prominent and well-known physician on
this side of the river, and after thorough
diagnosis OF the case IT was pronounced
leprosy and incurable.
Fearing contagion, the members OF the
fire company built the little red-painted
house above mentioned, and young Kava-
naugh was placed there as n doomed man.
His father and sister moved into the house
with him, and additional rooms were pro-
vided for their occupancy. In a short
time the disease began TO spread until his
entire body was covered with brown
spots, his tongue was swollen and cracked
until he could not articulate distinctly,
nasal passages clogged, his eyebrows and
lashes fell off, toe-nails rotted and his en-
tire body was fast becoming a mass OF pu-
trefaction.
A purse of $500 was made up by the fire.
men and offered to any one who would
cure him. One or two doctors called on
him, but he got no relief, and was finally
given up TO die. Kavanaugh was seen
yesterday, and being asked how he
thought he contracted the disease
whether by inheritance or by contagion-
he said his father and sister lived in the
same yard with him and were perfectly
healthy; that his progenitors were all
hardy, healthy people, and that he be-
lieved he had caught the disease from a
young man who worked in the Morgan
shops several years ago and died from
supposed leprosy. Inquiry among physi-
clans and citizens of Algiers, and the
mans general appearance, settled the fact
beyond dispute that he is in the last
stages OF the loathsome and bideous dis
ease.
Ii is also current rumor that there are
other cases of leprosy in and about Al
giers; in fact, the people DO not seem 10
feel any alarm. and talk about the disease
with as much indifference as If il was
bad cold under discussion.
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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed and Several Injured at
Washington c. H., O.

Washington c. H., q.
WASHINGTON c. H, o., July IA terrible
boiler explosion occurred here at $3.50 o'clock
this evening. A portable saw-mill engine of
twenty-four-horse power was pumping out
water from wells for the new water-works in
process of construction. Suddenly the boiler
went to pieces, with terrible report. The dead
and injured are as follows: Dead
FRED w. WORRELL, engineer, torn all to
pieces.
NATHANIEL TAYLOR Of Bloomingburg,
badly mangled.
Injured:
JOHN TAYLOR, cOlored. badly hurt, both legs
broken.
SAM MCLEAN. bruised badly.
DAN HOPKINS, colored, bruised and scalded
badly.
CHARLES ROBINSON, bruised slightly.
GEORGE ROWE arm injured badly.
JAMES HARPER, side bruised badly.
WILLIAM LEMoTT Bridgeport, ILL.,. Ly-
stander head and ankle. badly.
JOHN 7. MORTON, contractor for construc-
ton of water-works. very seriously injured.
He was hurled with great force several yards
against tree. lie sprang to his feet and helped
others till he fell and became unconscious, in
which condition he remained at o'clock to-
night.
The boiler was hurled through q forest for
l5O yards and the fire-box was sent 100 yards in
the other direction. Cause, an oveT-heated
boiler, low water and an inexperienced en-
gineer Fred Worrell, who lost his life in the
casualty
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A FIGHT IN THE DARK.
An Unknown Man aud Cleveland to.) on
Ger Killed.

CLEVELAND, o., July 2i.--Two prisoners, w.
A. Smith and Richard n. Mansfield, broke from
the county Jail last night, going through the
slate roof Deputy Sheriff Joseph Goldsoll
went TO the western part Of the city where one
OF the men lived, and with policeman lay in
wait for the fellows. About midnight a carriage
containing two men passed along the street
The officers called TO the occupants OF the We
hce to stop, and after some talk one Of them
fired revolver at the policeman. He and
G0ldsoll opened fire in return, half dozen
shots being exchanged. Goldsoll fell at the
first volley, shot through the abdomen, and the
rig was driven rapidly away. The wounded
officer was taken 10 the hospital. where he now
lies in dying condition, aud an hour later the
rig driven by the two men was found mile
from the place Of the shooting. In the buggy
was the dead body of one OF the
men. He had been shot through the body. Il
was at first thought the dead man was Smith,
the younger of the prisoners but those who
knew Smith utterly failed 70 identify the
corpse, and tonight the police are still in the
dark. They think, however, that the dead man
was up TO mischief, for in the buggy were found
two revolvers, a club, screw-driver and piece
of rope. The horse, which had been stolen in
the eastern part of the city, was wounded in the
hip and the buggy was riddled with bullets.
it is believed that the other man was also
wounded.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
SUFFERING IN THE NORTHWEST.
Farmers Along the Canadian Border Starv-
ing-CroPs n Total Failure.

GRAFTON, Dak., July 20.-Crops in the
Canadian northwest and along the Dakota
line are in bad shape. Farmers are almost
destitute, and some instances are reported
where they are subsisting on field mice
and gophers. In the Canadian northwest
proper the crops are NIL A party of emf
grants from the Soures country was met
Thursday on the boundary line. They
had travelled 800 miles through well-set-
tied country on the Canadian side without
seeing fair crop, and say great many
settlers are leaving their land. Some fam
lilies looked Administration and had eaten
nothing but potatoes and turnips for
some months. They were afflicted with
scurvy. At one place northwest from
Turtle mountain family of English emil
grants, who were travelling back to the
mountains, had killed and were eating n
young colt. The suffering in that region
will be awful, as those who have means
will leave in such numbers as to depopu-
late that section
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
AN OHIO TRAGEDY.
a Husband Murders His Wife and Ho
Father and Kills Himself.


CLEVELAND, o., July PA special from
Byran, Williams county, Ohio, says: Hiram
Hoadly, IT,, three years ago married Miss S.
T. Newman, daughter of farmer living near
Edgerton. Some unpleasantness between
him and his wife led 10 temporary separation.
but last September they again began 70 live to-
gether. At the last term Of the common pleas
court Of Williams county Mrs. Hoadly applied
for a divorce and Glimony. and left her
husband, returning TO her fathers house.
This morning Hoadly secreted himself
near the premises Of Mr.. Newman.
as his wife was going out to milk the cows. II e
seized her with his left hand and fred three
shots INTO her breast and left her for dead. Mr..
Newman heard the report Of the shots
and started for the barn, when he met
Hoadly, who shot the old man three
times, once through the heart Hoad-
" then returned TO where his wife
fell, found her still living, and emptied two
more chambers of his reyolver-one in her
forehead and the other in her mouth-and
then shot himself, dying about IL o'clock. he
had three revolyers on his person, and, it is
thought, intended to kill the entire Newman
family
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WHITE HOUSE TOO SMALL
MRS. HARRISON WANTS MORE ROOM.
The Rush of Ofice-seekers to the Executive
Mansion Has Deprived 1t or All Privacy
Even tho Library Has Been In
yaded-Washington News.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The Star this
afternoon prints an interview with Mrs.
Harrison, which quotes her as saying that
the insufiiciency Of room in the white
house has become a matter of very seri-
Gus inconvenience. Mrs. Harrison says
that, although the household of the presi-
dent is not the largest ever domi-
ciled in the official home OF the
chief magistrate, the encroachments
of official requirements of late years upon
the apartments used for family purposes
has reached point where relief has be-
come absolutely necessary. Even the Ii
brary has been taken up for Office busi-
ness, and the cabinet-room now serves the
double purpose OF public ante-room for
senators and others admitted without
cards, as well as the place for the meeting
Of the president and his advisers. In
speaking of this subject, Mrs. Harrison
continued:
ave are here for four years. l do not
look beyond that, as many things may oc-
cur in that time, but am very anxious to
see the family of the president provided
for properly, and while am here | hope
TO be able to get the present building put
into good condition. Very few people un-
derstand to what straits tho presidents
family has been put at times for lack of ac-
commodations. Really, there are only
five sleeping apartments and there is no
feeling OF privacy"
Mrs. Harrison says that the idea OF max
al.
on the west side would not involve any
loss on account of the removal Of the pres
ent Conservatives. The extension would
enable the presidents family TO have a
private home, where the presidents wife
mirhL see her friends nrivatnlv
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
The school Book Ring at work.

VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & Co. are load
ing the mails with circulars addressed TO
school officials offering their publications,
as they say, cat the lowest retail prices at
which school books are furnished to any
state, city or schools, by contract or
otherwise. The figures thew give, how
ever, are away above the prices fixed by
the contract recently awarded in this
state. Here is a comparison between the
reduced ring prices and the prices fixed
by law and the new contract:
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BURNED AT SEA.
Tho steamer Lorenzo ID. Baker-NRrrow
Escape of Passengers and Crew.

Tho steamer Lorenzo ID. Baker-NRrrow
Escape of Passengers and Crew.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, July 22.-The whaling
schooner Franklin arrived at New Bedford this
morning with the crew of the steamer Lorenzo
ID. Baker, from Point Antonio, jamaica for
Boston, with fruit. The steamer burned
at sea. The steamer left Antonio July 10, with
six cabin passengers, nineteen officers and
crew and two sailors who were working their
passage. On July 10 fire was discovered in the
engine-rooms and was soon beyond control, as
the pumps could not be worked. The boats
were lowered, and all on board escaped from
the burning vessel except two hremen who
were drowned while swimming TO the small
boats During the following forenoon the sur
viyors were picked up by the Franklin aud
brought to this port. The steamer was burned
to the waters edge.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
LYNcHEDIN A sLAUeHTER-PEN.
A Mob ut Warsaw Hangs n Negro Charged
WIN "A Revolving Crime.

WARSAW, Ind, July 20.-Pete Willis, q
negro prisoner in the Kosciusko county Jail,
was lynched yesterday morning. Willis was
charged with having assaulted little girl, and
attempts to string him up had been made last
week. At o'clock masked mob over
powered the jailer and dragged the negro to
slaughter-house on the outskirts of the town,
where a moose was fixed around his neck and
the end of the rope thrown over the snatch
block. Willis was left TO strangle and was
found dead by the butcher.
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RUN INTO A DRAW BRIDGE.
A Fatal Stenmboat Accident Near savan-
nah, Ga.-Two Women Killed.


SAVANNAH, Ga, July 20.-The steamer
st. Nicholas, with 500 colored excur-
sionists on board. ran into a
closed draw-bridge over st. Augu-
stine creek, four miles south OF
Savannah, at 9o'clock tonight, demolish-
ing the forward part of the steamer,
killing two women and injuring
twenty-eight men and women, some
of whom will die. Capt i. G..
Boullneau. who commanded the steamer.
said the engines were reversed and were
backingwhen the crash came. The forward
decks were crowded. The upper deck was
carried away and the pilot house and hur-
ricane deck crashed down on the mass OF
people, burying them under its weight.
One of the dead was n colored cook and
the other was an unknown young woman.
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CAME TO KILL THE FAMILY,
But the Only One He Succeeded in KILN,
Was himself.

KIRKsvuLE, Mo-. July 2l.-About three
years ago James Sylvia and Miss BuckaIew,
daughter Of well-known citizen of Kirksvile,
we're united in marriage and removed to Keo-
kuk, In. About six months ago Mrs.
Sylvia returned to her parental roof.
saying that her husband would not
support her. Yesterday she received
Telegram from Sylvia saying he would be in
Kirksville to-day 70 kill the family. He ar
rived this morning and going to his wife's
fathers house allied the wife out and asked
her: "Allie. will you return to me?" The
woman replied in the negative, whereupon
Sylvia fired at her and she fell. Thinking he
had killed her. Sylvia turned the weapon upon
himself and sent ball into his brain. He
will die. Mrs. Sylvia was not hurt.
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Avn onno.Ition Picnic.

CHICAGO. July 22.-The friends of DR.. Gro
min last night determined to hold picnic at
Cheltenham on Aug. Is. This was decided
upon at large meeting Of well-known Irish
American citizens at the Grand Pacific hotel.
The demonstration will be in opposition TO the
picnic TO be held in 0gdens grove on the same
day. The latter affair is under control of e
committee composed almost entirely OF men
whose antagonism to DR.. Cronin and friendship
TO the triangle" element are well known.
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Hnnenh hra nInh.

CovINGToN, Ca, July 22.-Last night Dan
Malone, a negro, twenty-five years of age, at
tempted to assault a respectable woman, Mrs.
Rachael Skinner, living six miles from Coving-
ton. Her screams brought assistance, but the
negro escaped. Subsequently he was captured
and identified and confessed his guilt. This
morning, as he was being brought to town, he
was taken from the officers by sixty masked
men and hanged.