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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
New Thing In Divorce.

BALTIMORE, April "a dispatch from st.
Johns, n. F., stated that Frederick Winsor,
formerly superintendent of the fire depart
ment III that town, had eloped with a Mrs.
Garrett, leaving q wife and four children.
The dispatch says further that the couple
had left on the steamer Caspian for BaIti-
more. The Caspian reached Locust Point
this morning. with the couple aboard. No
sooner did she touch the pier than they
went ashore and disappeared, leaving no
word of where they were going. The man
strenuously denied that the affair was an
elopement. When a few days out from st.
Johns he went to the chief engineer of the
vessel and showed him a paper constituting
what the engineer believed to be q legal
separation from his wife. The terms of the
paper are that the man shall give the wife
SEQ in return for the surrender of all her
claims upon him as husband. Her accept
ance of this proposition, duly signed, fol-
lows. and such an agreement, the man said,
Is sufficient to constitute a divorce under
the provincial laws. At any rate, when. on
landing, he displayed the paper to a man
who challenged him, he was permitted to
go free without further molestation. On
board the ship the man and the woman oc-
cupled intermediate cabin berths, and
during the day were much together on
deck. The man said that the woman was
IN his service, and that he intended to mar
~ her as soon as he landed. The man ap-
peared to be thirty-eight years of age, was
tall, and weighed about $50. The woman
was thirty-tive, and had a pleasant face.
She had two children with her, a boy anda
girl. aged respectively about six and eight
wears
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
THE POSTMASTER'S PHILOSOPHY.
He Was q Partisan Until the November Eros

He Was q Partisan Until the November Frost
Came, and Then Became q Reformer.
Burdette. in Brooklyn Eagle.
81 am stuck on you,D remarked the post
age stamp to the envelope, and the attach
ment being mutual they went away to-
gether under the same name. This was
handed in by a reformed postmaster, the
sands of whose life are nearly run out. So
is the postmaster. Indeed. 1T is quite like
ly that he will be run out first. IL is mani
fest destiny:
This is the state Of man in civil service times;
Yesterday he got in; to-day he putteth on
More frills than an imported tenor, and puts
The tender leaves OF hope, and q new calling
Bearing the blazonry of office, with a monogram
wreathing the new initials that oft grace him,
Even as snow in harvest. Tomorrow blossoms,
Most frequently upon the nose.
And bears his blushing honOrs thick upon it;
The third day comes frost. a killing frost;
A white November frost; a cold, cold day for
him;
And when he thinks, good easy man, that he is
For another term, and hath put ND
Much money on the State and county canvass.
And thinks his loyalty unto the party
Hath set his stakes a little tighter,
A new administration knocketh at the door,
And asks to see the books and have the money
And then he finds his name Is Dennis.
Vain pomp and glory Of the other side, he hates
We.
He feels his heart new opened, and believes
In civii-service rules while he Is in.
That's business. O, how wretcned
Is that poor citizen who with both hands and lips
Hangs like grim death to the unfeeling dugs
OF the administration;
There is, between the full meal he aspires to,
And the bleak blasts that sweep the desert Wild,
More slips and chances than do Turk unseen
In the unopened mysteries of the jackpot
And when he does go out, he goes like Lucifer;
Which is a gentle way Of saying that
He goes out like the copy, sir.'
All, here he is himself, good so0th.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
The Wilson-Reher Row.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, April9.-The recent
affair between Governor Wilson and editor
wide comment. and a distorted account of
the facts has been circulated. Careful in
quiry by q correspondent has elected the
following story: The Governor, who had
been assailed by Reber in the latter'spaper.
attacked the editor, who was standing in
the doorway of Nutter's store. Reber re-
treated. and, as the Governor followed,
Nutter interfered and forbade any disturb
ance in his establishment. Governor Will
offer violence or mako any movement in
that direction. A crowd gathered, in the
presence of which Nutter INDUCED in some
threatening language, TO which the Gov
ernor paid no attention. He was not struck,
he was not elected from the premises, and
the first intimation to that effect was in the
published account above mentioned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
Trains Collide i'm a Dangerous Place.

Los ANGELES, Cal. April 9.-The west
bound, overland passenger train Oh the At
lantic 81 Pacific railroad arrived here many
hours late, having been in collision on
Sunday afternoon with the east-bound pas
senger train, near Peach Springs. Ariz., 100
miles beyond the Needles. The trains,
drawn by two engines each, met on a sharp
curve on a high embankment, and came to-
gether with a fearful crash, demOlishing
the engines and throwing them down a
bank into a stream, and carrying three or
four cars with them. One engineer jumped
ON the wrong side and fell down a rocky
steep eighty feet. He was fearfully bruised
and internally injured. The rest of the
train men and passengers escaped serious
injury, but were badly shaken up. A la
borer stealing a ride on the platform next
to the tender was crushed to death.
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1t is customary for the gateman to begin to
raise the gates as the train Is passing, so as
TO have as little delay as possible to pedes-
trians and vehicles. The gateman failed,
out on the w~est-bound rails. AS soon as
the gates were up the car moved on. The
horses had just got beyond the ~west-bound
tracks as the drill engine hit the car just
back of the front platform. and threw the
allel with the rails. The forward part of
the car was demolished. The driver and
two men on the front platform were tossed
into the street head foremost. and one man
was caught and squeezed in the wreck.
Two were so dangerously hurt that they
were sent to the hospital. They are Henry
Book and Thomas III. Spur. Charles Erick-
son, of HOboken, had his scalp almost torn
off. The driver had his leg broken and was
badly hurt internally. The injuries of the
others were trifing. John Daily, the gate
man. WAS arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
A Visit to the Exposition Buildings Reveals
Novel Eeatures- Tha Eoreixu Sectians

A Visit to the Exposition Buildings Reveals
Novel Features-The Foreign Sections.
Lucy Hooper's Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph.
/ visited yesterday. by special permission
the Universal Exhibition. The great won
~der-palace is now one immense beehive,
swarming with workmen, but bearing
signs of such advanced preparation as
gives good hopes of its thorough completion
at the date fixed for the Inauguration
namely, the 5th of May. But if it is ready at
that time. that will be a circumstance un-
heard of in the annals of universal exhi-
billions all the world over
Of course, it is hard to form any idea of
vague membranes of my first visit to the
Exhibition in 1878, when it was still in the
same unfinished condition, i should say
that this, its successor, was much more
magnificent and incomparably better ar
ranged. The Fine Arts pavilion is a superb
building, with al imposing dome glowing
on the exterior with gold and colors. The
foreign section presents, it is true, no such
picturesque and interesting detail as that
afforded eleven years ago by the Street of
the Nations; but it is ~splendidly adorned on
the exterior with a deep ~cornice, where
nude figures of children in white stncco, re-
lieved against a golden background. up
hold at intervals square placards, each in
scribed with the name of a city in
gold and c%olors, and surmOunted with
the .city's coat of arms. The effect
of this broad. massive cornice. glowing
with gold and brilliant hues like q media
val illumination, is exceedingly gorgeous.
The French departments are mostly we'll
under way. That of manufactures is very
beautiful in decoration, a curious effect be-
ing produced by heavy cords in crimson red
and white, hung In festoons along the edge
of the cornice, and with great tassels pend
ant at intervals, which extend from one
end of the building to the other. From
the floor these cords and tassels look to
the observer as though made of silk, but
that can hardly be. The borders of the
ceilings are adorned with the M of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10

New YORK, April9.-A book-keeper named
Hopkins was to-day examined in the Stew
eft will case concerning Mrs. Stewards &C
counts at the store. One entry showed
one for Miss Hilton and one for Mrs. Hilton
had been charged to the account of Mrs.
Stewart. The purchases were made for
mourning, just after A. Il. Stewards death.
The witness said this disposition was made
the back of the bill, Charge to c. NJ. S.,
per Grand Union Hotel account" Hopkins
said Mrs. Stewards bills were rendered
about twice a year, and she was allowed a
discount if they were paid within thirty
broker said the Stewart building, as it now
stood, was worth $4,000 600. This estimate
he based on the total rental, which is
S224O. 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
A Bellicose City Council.

feeling existing between Mayor Woodbridge
and some of the members of the Council
for some time. Last night, in discussing
the water-works question, the Mayor in
situated that Alderman Allen was impli-
Gated in a questionable transaction. This
brought that gentleman to his feet, and the
lie was promptly given to the statement.
A scene of the widest confusion ensued.
Blows were passed, but the interference of
the city marshal, and bystanders soon
torney filed a complaint against the men,
and both were fined by the recorder. The
affair has created much talk and more dis
gust, and a general verdict that a new
Mayor and some new aldermen are needed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
WASHINGTON AS A sUITOR.
His Unsuccessful Appeals Before He Won
the Hand Of Widow Custis.

Richmond Dispatch.
The letter, of which the following is q
copy. yellow with age and worn apart at
the edge of the folds, is in the possession of
Gov. Lee. 1t is a missive in which Wash
ing speaks of love, and it goes to show what
first in war, first in peace, first in the
hearts of his cOuntrymen" was not a ladies'
favOrite. 1t was written when Washington
was twenty years of age.
According to many accounts, this modest
youth made three attempts before he could
get a lady to accept him. 1t is said that he
in vain addressed Miss Bette Fantleroy,
Miss Mary Cary Amber. and Miss Lucy
Grimes. and finally found success and hap
piness. too, in his courtship of the widow
Custis.
The Father of his Country, rs he turned
out to be, imposing as was his character
and presence, was rather a sOlemn-lOoking
parsonage. and at the date when Miss
and lean and red from Open-air life and ex-
ercise as a surveyor and Indian hunter; but
he had been bred in excellent society, and
was a well-mannered, courteous, and gem
tie man, though If he was at that age what
most youths are his feet and hands stuck
ont with too much bigness and prominence.
His hair approached a shade not very far
removed from sandiness.
Whether this letter was to the father or
some other near relative of the girl; wheth-
cI w dSuluBtOu ever TeueWeQ MS Su1U, as ne
wrote he would do. and what became of his
lady love, are all interesting questions.
May 20, 1852.
Sir-I should have been down long before this.
but my business In fredericksburg detained me
somewhat longer than 1 expected, and immedi-
ately upon. my return from thence / was taken
with a violent pleurisy, which has reduced me
very low, but purpose as soon as / recover my
strength to walt on Miss Bette in hopes OF a re-
consideration of the former cruel sentence, and
10 see II L cannot obtain a decision In my favor.
1 have inclosed a letter to her, which IlshouId be
much obliged to you for the delivery of it I
have nothing to add but my best respects to
your good lady and family. and that I am, Sir,
yr most ob'd't, humble servant,
G.. WASHINGTON.
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ment among the students. President Stott
stated that 40 OF accusation,
nor any intimation of one, had been pre-
sented the faculty, and that the charge
handed an Investigation. In faculty meet
ing. to-day. the orations in question were
carefully compared. While both treated
along the same line of thought. Mr.. Brad
shaw had given credit where he had taken
from the other. The orations must. OF ne
cessity, have been similar, as they were BIZ
o~graphical (Webster's Life and Achieve
ments.) Mr.. Bradshaw had been guilty of
violating, unintentionally. some laws of
marps: ywR bsnef he by eop ns5nF fbe tn thoSu %Ibra'btT %t
changed the wording. The following is the
testimony of the faculty:
While we recognize that Mr.. Bradshaw has VI
olated some OF the laws of literary usages, after
ion that he is not wholly guilty of intentional
plagiarism.
For the faculty:
j. W. MoNCRIEF, Secretary.
Mr.. Bradshaw is the eldest son of j. w.
Bradshaw. and is widely known in this
city. He is but eighteen years of age, and
In four years has taken six of the regular
college courses. He is an enthusiastic
member of the Webster Society, so widely
known for its anti-"frat." principles. The
men is the Phi Delta Theta. In their strug-
gle for maintenance they have been COM
PEELED to admit quantity rather than
quality, until the present management is
made III of men almost devoid of principle.
Mr.. Bradshaw has now established the fact
that members of the frat" with allies,
have attempted more than once to steal his
grafton, at one time having a bunch of
keys; again. taking some small articles
from the house down stairs. 1t is an adj
mitted fact that the base charge above was
Matched among defeated Phis, in order to
put Mr.. Bradshaw out as delegate, and to
put in some member of that fraternity.
The act is condemned by the honest and
conscientious of all factions. Many think
Mr.. Bradshaw deserved second place rather
than third. HAZLITT ALVA CUPPY.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 8.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
Mormon Statistics.

SALT LAKE CITY. u. T., April 9.-At the
closing session of the Mormon Conference,
statistics of the church, which are: Twelve
apostles, 20 pa~triarchs, 3,719 high priests,
1885 elders, 2,O69 priests. 2,292 teachers,
1850 deacons, 81 ,s99 families. 115, 915 officers
and members, and 49,302 children under
eight years of age-a total Mormon pOpula-
ton of 153. 911. The number of marriages
for six months, ending April 6, 1899, was $50;
births, 1854; new members. 4SS; excom-
municatIOns, 113. Cannon said that many
young men were leaving the Territory to
said, had been called together to build up
Zion, and this scattering must be stopped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
Horrible Results of a Spark from a Pipe.

MASON. Ia, April 9.-Robert Shideler and
a spark from Shideler's pipe ignited the
clothing of his wife. and, as the wind was
blowing a stiff gale, she was enveloped in
flames in an instant. Terror stricken, she
husband on the other. He did all in his
power to quench the flames, but to no
avail. The grass took fire around them,
and Mrs. Shideler was completely envel-
oped in a fiery shroud and died before her
husbands eyes. Shideler's hands were
burned to the bone. He was brought to
town and his wounds dressed, but it is
feared his hands will have to be amputated.
He is nearly crazy from the shock of his
wife's death and his W pain, and his
one of the oldest in the county, having been
here for thirty years. Mrs. Shideler was
sixty-five years old and her husband
seventy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
That Charge of Plagiarism.

To the Editor OF The Indianapolis Journal
The following item appeared in the Sum
day issue of the Journal:
On the 18th OF February last the students of
Franklin College held a contest in oratory. TO Sc
lect their representative TO the State contest.
Among the contestants was Archie III. Brad
shaw. of Evanston. H., who had for his subject,
sour Constitutions Defender" The judges
awarded him third place, thus emitting him TO a
delegateshlp TO the state Oratorical Associa-
ton. Much dissatisfaction with this decision
was expressed at the time. but nothing more was
thought or 10 until n few days ago, when one OF
the students discovered that Bradshaw had
taken his speech almost bodily from an Grafton
delivered by Mr.. Harry Hyde. of Beloit, Wis,
who took second place in the interstate con-
test, held at Greecastle last spring. The students
have prepared a IN TO the faculty, set
ting forth the above facts.
This announcement caused great excite
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
Flight of .Brass Monkey Hoyt,s Treasurer

BosToN, April 9.-B. F. Trewolf, treasurer
of Hoyt's Brass Monkey Company, has dis
appeared, and Mr.. HOyt believes he has
taken with him the proceeds of their two
weeks engagement at the Park Theater,
amounting to $1,000. TrewOlf was last seen
at the theater about 4 p. NJ, yesterday, but
since that hour his whereabouts has been
unknown. An examination of his accounts
shows several discrepancies, he having
bills bi1s" which prove cue TO be still III mns sexgedi
Trewolf is but t~wenty-seven years of age.
There is said to be a woman in the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
Racing at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, April 9.-The weather was
beautiful to-day, the track fast and the
Attendance very light.
First Race-Three furlongs. Hopeful won;
Onsrad second, Watterson third. Time, 81.
Second Race-Six f~urlongs. Stuart won;
Lucy Howard second, Los Webster third.
Time, 1:16.
Third Race-One mile and seventy yards.
Jim Williams won by a length; California
Fourth Race-Half q mile. Fairy Queen
won: MOllie Williams second, Hildegard
third. Time, so "a.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10

NAvAsoTA, Tex, April 1.-TWO ministers
of the gospel in this city were actively con-
cerned in tragedies on Sunday. Rev. r. X.
Lawson, a minister engaged in promul-
eating the gospel. shot and killed a negro
named Daniel Mcleod. who had stolen
several articles from him. The second
tragedy occurred near Marlborough Station.
The Rev. Hall Miller was conducting Sun
day-schOol. and while praying, an intoxi-
school and disturbed the meeting. There
was an alteration between the preacher
and the disturber, and the Rev. Mr. Miller
went home. He returned with a shotgun
and fired the contents into P~urchard's side
kill ing him instantly. The lead man was
possessed of great bodily strength and was
brutal.
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The New

MOUNT HAMILTON, Cal, April 9.-Ap APP
proximate orbit of the comet discovered
here, March 81, by Mr.. Barnard. has been
computed by Professor Schuebele. 1t is
probable that this comet will become sew
en- or eight times as bright as at present,
with a distance from the sun of about four
millions of miles. On May 26 next it should
be carfully observed. The sky is now
cloudy here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
street-Car struck bv an Engine.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., April 9.-Hoboken
car No. AS was struck, this morning. at the
Grove-street crossing of the Pennsylvania
railroad. by a drill engine. Four men were
severely injured. two dangerously so. and q
dozen others were cut by flying glass, etc.
were being dropped for an incoming train.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
No Reduction in Their Staple beverage.
Nv o{p pofi Cc,n,norc;o1 na1at+a

This story respecting the price of beer in
Cincinnati, which in various shapes is
travelling about the country, was the basis
of a foolish April-fool joke. There has been
no reduction in the price of beer, which has
glasses for a quarter. but it is said that
there has been a great improvement in the
quality OF the beverage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10
Frances Dictator Factory.

NEW 1OrK IeIegraIn.
1t was a wise OLD parsonage who said that
if you want to make a small man big, perse-
cute him.. TO this might be added, if you
want TO make Boulanger dictator of France
keep him in exile till the volcanic French
him back in a triumphial car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-10

f. C. Lizard. a prominent farmer and
horse-trader of Lawrenceburg, KY, hanged
himself in his barn. Sunday night. Bust
cause.
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DIRECTORY
HENRY GOES
Fire Insurance Agency,
10 Marfindala RtOck

HENRY GOES
Fire Insurance Agency,
Is Martindale Block
FUNSTON, CHAS. B., Secretary. ......lS Vance Block
Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
HOLLAND, CHAS. A. $3.50: 81 East Market
Pacific Mutual Life and Accident
LEONARD. JOHN b. Etna Building
The Atna. .
The North British and Mercantile. OF London.
DARK, Gen. ms. Agts "a Market
Indiana insurance company, Indianapolis.
Citizens Insurance Company, Evansville, Ind.
Farragut Fire Insurance Company, New York.
German Fire Insurance Company. Pittsburg. Pa
Peoples Insurance Company, Pittsburg, Pa
sUDLOW q MARSH, Managers, so1t2E Market st,
for Indiana. Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and West
Virginia for the Proyident Savings Life Assurance
Society Of New York Sheppard Romans SIS plan OF
pure life insurance. unmixed with banking. q
specially.
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Steamship News.

MovILLE, April a.-Arrived: Devonia,
from New York.
NEW YORK. April 9.-Arrived: Egyptian
Monarch, Greece, from London; Ethiopia,
from Glasgow.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
A statistical fiend has figured that a man
fifty years old has spent three years in but
toning his collar. The fend should have
included an estimate as to how many years
the same man has spent chasing the rec
reant button under the bureau.