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Evening journal., 1889-10-12
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The body was perfectly recognizable, al
though fearfully disfgured The neck was
burned through almost to the spine and the
eyes were literally burned out. The dripping
mass Of lifeless clay was hastily placed upon
a stretcher, covered with a horse blanket
and hurried, by Coroner Schultze's orders,
to the police station in the basement Of city
Evening journal., 1889-10-12

ID DEMOyAIs-THE WILMINGTON PRINT
III ing Company has removed from No. ?
City Hail Place Opposite the police station)
to No. 400 Shipley street, where they are now
prepared to do Fine Book and job Printing
neatly. promptly and eheaply.
IsOR CHEAP, NEAT AND QUICK PRINT
4 ING GO TO WILMINGTON PRINT
ING COMPANY. AO3 SHIPLEY STREET.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
WORK OF RELIGIOUS BODIES
Second Days Session of the Indiana
Methodist Conference at Rockport.
Mission Matters Discussed at the Protestant
Episcopal CONGRATULATIONS Young
Women's Christian Association.
INDIANA


Yesterday Proceedings of the Conference ut
Rockport-Dr. Moore's Address.
epecial TO the Indianapolis Journal
RocKPoRT, Ind, Oct. 4.-The Indiana
Conference met at $50 to-day, for the Sec
ond days session, with Bishop Warren in
the chair.
j. A. Ward, presiding elder of the Rock
port district. made his and the pastors re-
ports. The district has had a prosperous
year in all directions.
j. H. Doddridge, of Jacksonville. and j.
A. Sargent, of Connersville, the fraternal
delegation from the Southeast Conference,
were introduced by the Bishop.
Rev. j. Z. Steele was appointed by the
Bishop to preach the conference sermon
next year, and Rev. Cleveland to preach
the missionary sermon.
The Preachers Aid Society was taken up
and q net capital of S3l, 73s.6s was reported.
The selecting of a place to hold the next
session of the conference was made the
order of the day for tomorrow, at 9 o'clock.
Mr.. CranstOn made a strong speech upon
the Book Concern interests. DR.. Moore,
the newly elected editor of the Western
Christian Advocate, was introduced for
the first time to the conference, and made
an excellent impression.
A committee to try the case of T. A. Fried
~ was appointed to hear the case again. L.
u. Beharrel and b. +. Rawlins We're appoint
ed by the conference for the defense, j.
w. Page and +. u. Culmer to represent the
church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 4-There was a large
open meeting of the Knights of Labor at
the Central Turner Hall this evening. The
prominent speakers were Powdcrly. Hol-
land and Hayes, of the executive board,
and o. o. Lake, master workman
of District Assembly IL. Mr.. Powderly
made q very effective speech, in which he
reviewed the charges made against him,
evidence, and others he considered too
trivial to answer He quoted the evil
dence on which he based the charges
made against his enemies, many of
whom had been expelled from the order.
tions from the hostile faction, and several
of these interrogatOrs were elected from
the hall. The situation tonight showsPow-
DERBY is on top. and that his enemies nave
lost organization and head. The executive
board heard evidence to-day about the
troubles in the local assemblies, but made
no decisions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
School Commissioner.

The School Board met last night. Mr..
Frenzel being among the absentees. The
meeting was therefore one of business,
without any orstory. and every man de-
parted in good humor with himself and all
the rest of mankind. The treasurer's re-
port showed a balance on hand of $7,595.24
ON Oct. /, and the secretary's report showed
expenses for September to have been Sl5,-
$685. "A. superintendent Jones reported that
Miss Fannie Fish had been employed to
give three hours' instruction per day to the
children under charge of the Board of Guard
ians. The committee on finance reported,
recommending that the president and
secretary be directed to sign. for temporary
loans, S., 200 in notes, to be dated Oct. IL.
1889. and S30.000 in notes. TO be dated Oct.
30. 1883. TO be payable Jan. 81. 1880, with in
terest at 5 per cent per annum. The recon-
mendation was adopted. The report from
the public library shows the number Of
books in the library to be 1920. OF forty
volumes contributed during the month Of
September. thirty-six were the gift of DIR
Junius T.. Cravens. The total number of
names registered as patrons at the library
is S.624.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05

The engagement of the Austin Austria
liam Novelty Company, at the Park, will
close tonight.
c.. w. Roberts. representing the Lights
and Shadows" Company, which will fill an
engagement at English's the latter half of
next week. is in the city.
Hans. the Boatman," will be repeated
at English's Opera-house this afternoon and
tonight. when the engagement will close.
The play has been well received here, and
the performance deserves q liberal patron
age.
The Abbott Opera Company will appear
at the Grand on the first three nights Of
week after next.
THE Last Days of Pompeii,n JohE Fay
Palmer's elaborate spectacular drama, is
announced as the attraction for the first
half of the coming week. The play is a
dramatIzation of Bulwers novel of that
name. and the production is q fine scenic
piece. Mr.. Palmer assumes the leading
character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Reports of secretaries.

The report of Secretary Metcalf. of the
State Board of Health. comprised within a
handsome book. is now being distributed.
Besides containing many interesting facts
and figures appertaining to the general
health and sanitary condition os
the State, the book embraces an
Introductory article addressed to the
Governor. circulars to school officers
in regard to the condition OF
schooi-houses, report of county. health
officers convention, an article on destrnc-
ton of live stock through contagious dis
eases, the reasons why the State Board Of
Health favors the establishment of the
National Board of Health, aud several other
interesting articles. The book eau be had
gratis on application to the Office OF tho
secretary. at the Capitol. Secretary Heron.
of the State Board of Agriculture. has also
issued in book form the thirty-eighth an
nual report of the State Board of AgrIcult-
ure. This publication will be found inyal-
liable by those interested in the pursuits OF
hrsnopdry
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05

escaping steam poured over them. scalding
them frightfully. One man, Emanuel lsen,
berger. aged about twenty-five years, and
unmarried. died from his injuries. Another.
Horace Wright. il is thought, can not re-
cover, and the third, Henry NJ. Sparks,
owner of the engine, is badly hurt.
Jacob Weber, who resides in C~larksville.
Clark county. borrowed agun from a neigh
Dor and started out for a days hunting. On
reaching the farm of Gay Goodwin, IN the
Flatwoods neighborhOod, he attempted to
shoot a small bird, when the weapon ex-
ploded. A fragment of the barrel struck
Weber in the eye, tearing the ball from the
socket. The breech-pin entered his skull
just above the injured eye. making a hole
could be plainly felt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Waiting for a Right of Way.

The Momence dam commissioner held
a meeting at the State-house yesterday.
The contemplated removal of the limestone
ledge in the Kankakee river was the SUBJ
ject of discussion, but at present moth
ing can be lone owing to the board
not possessing the right of way,
for which negotiations with the Chi
cage 81 Eastern Illinois Railroad Com
pany are pending. Letters which had been
received bearing upon the issue, were re-
ferred to the Governor and Attorney-gen-
eral. These officials agreed with the board
that further proceedings should be stopped
until such right of way cOuld be obtained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05

BREMEN, Oct. ARRIVED: Trave. frop
New York.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. ARRIVED: Edam
from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. ARRIVED: Augusta
Victoria, from New York. for Hamburg.
QUEENSTOWN. Oct. ARRIVED: Umbria
and Bothnla, from New York. for Liver
pool.
NEW YORK. Oct. ARRIVED: Italy and
Adriatic, from Liverpool; Wieland. from
Hamburg.
HALIFAX, N. s., Oct. "A small fishing
schooner bound from St. John. for Bona
vista. n. F., was run down, off Blackhead.
by the steamer Falcon. William Carroll,
the captain, and James Powell, q seaman.
were own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
ILLINOIS.

An Act Of Rare Heroism Performed by q
Freight Engineer.
/. Special to the Indianapolis Journal
= MARSHALL, Oct. 4.-The passengers wait
ing for the noon Cairo, Vincennes & Chi
cago train. to-day, were witnesses of an act
of rare heroism. An aged woman by the
name of Forebeck. who is quite deaf. was
standing on the track as the train came in.
She did not see the swIft-coming engine,
and would certainly have been run over
and mangled had not the engineer of q
freight train standing on the side-track
seen her danger and acted promptly.
Leaping from his engine, he sprang upon
the track, picked the old woman up in his
arms, and threw her on to the platform.
The engine was upon him, and many turned
away, expecting him to be run over, but a
quick spring carried him ont of danger, the
pilot of the engine grazing him as itpassed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
THE CORONER RENDERS A VERDICT.
Farmer Wright's Killing of Madison Pence,
of Anderson, Was Not Unsuitable.

The body of the tramp who met his death
a few days ago at the hands of Emsley
Wright has been identified by his half
brother, Frank Pence. and by his cousin.
Samuel Pence, as that of Madison Pence,
of Anderson. Coroner Wagner last
night returned a verdict to the
effect that the deceased came to his
death from the effects of a gun-shot wound
at the hands of Emsley Wright, and he
held that the shooting was not j~ustifiable.
The verdict and evidence will be submit
ted to the grand jury, and it is probable
that the arrest of Wright may follow.
The case has been one of the most re-
markable that has been before the coroner
for some time. Had not Andrew Rabb
put in an appearance alive and well. the
seemingly certain identification of the dead
wife, would have been accepted as
reliable by the authorities. The wife's
mistake was finally corroborated yesterday
by the testimony of 4. b Young; who lives
at No. 80 Tecumseh street, n who says
that Rabb was at his house last Monday.
There is now but little. doubt but what the
man. whose remains are now in the Medical
College, was Madison Pence. The Ander-
son Bulletin yesterday contained q sum-
hoA "a ~ . WI ~ CnPPOSAN3OA u sho
theory, and based upon an interview with
Frank Pence. the dead mans half brother.
The article says: He was never considered
exactly of sound mind, and would at times
wander about the country. generally carry
ing a well-wOrn oil-cloth valise and often
an TX. He would work, and
was considered q good hand,
but would usually leave without notice
or cause at the expiration OF a few days.
He was of a mOr0se and rather violent tenn
per, but to those who knew him was con-
sidered harmless. The actions of the man
killed sby Wright are those of Pence in
every particular. He was last seen about
Anderson three weeks ago. when he left his
brother Franks house, on the Columbus
pike. near the orphans home, and went
away on one of his periodical tramps.
AT one time ne owned q good farm in
Richland township, but after marrying
Alice Nelson. q wel1-known Anderson wom-
an of bad character. and going to Indian
apolis with her about eight years ago. aud
there ~squandering the proceeds of the farm.
he has been a wanderer. h left him
when his money was gone, and is said to
have died in a house of ill-fame at Indian
apolis a few years ago."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Robbed of Her Lifeline Savings.

CHICAGO, Oct. AIRS. Mary O'Brien,
sixty years of age. was robbed, yesterday.
of 5000 that represented her savings for
years. Mrs. O'Brien came from Waltham,
Mass. Wednesday afternoon, on her way
to her sons home. at Elgin. She had sold
velope buttoned inside her dress were the
proceeds of the sale. Mre. O'Brien went to
a cheap hotel, near the depot, where she
was given q room. Yesterday the odor of
coal-gas was noticed coming from the room,
occupant was found lying on the floor un-
conscious. Assistance was given with such
vigor that when Mrs. OBrien returned to
Consciousness her money had disappeared.
An employee of the house has been arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Brief Mention.

Fire destroyed Edd's coOper-shop at
Pekin last night. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$1,000.
Benjamin Hart committed suicide at
Galesburg by drowning himself in a cistern
containing only twenty-five inches of
water.
Judge Daniel Evans has begun a libel
suit tor $50 O0 damages against Lester A.
Rose, editor and proprietor of the Ottawa
Evening Journal.
Near Pekin. Joseph Reckner, a wealthy
farmer. fell from his wagon at Beckwith's
bridge, on the Mackinaw. Thursday night,
and was instantly killed, his neck being
broken.
A daughter. aged three. of A. P. Downs,
of Downs. Mclean county,, last evening.
ate a piece of bread on Which strychnine
had been spread for rat poison, and died be-
fore medical assistance could be procured.
Thursday afternoon j. ID. Conrad, of
Bloomington, a lad of nine. fell from a wal
that may prove fatal. His collar bone was
broken and his shoulder dislocated, and he
was ~shockingly cut about the face and neck
on a barb-wire fence.
The county assembly of the Farmers
Mutual Benefit Association of Fayette
County held its semi annual meeting at
Vandalia, Thursday. Delegates were pres
ent from ffty-One lodges in the county.
During the past twelve months over fifty
lodges have been organized.
The committees of the State Board of
Equalization that have not already done so
will report to the board to-day. The as
sessment of railroads and capital stock of
corporations other than railroads will be
on about the same basis as last year. The
railroad assessment will be increased some
what in the aggregate on account of in
creased mileage.
Robbers broke into the Exchange Bank
at st. Anne on Tuesday night, broke open
the safe and made away with the steel
chest inside the safe. The loss is between
s1.500 and $4,000. The bank was a small
one. and the money stolen belonged mostly
to the village board and the school treas
urer. There is no clev to the robbers. .
A canard set afioat several DAYS ago in
Jest caused a run upon the Dime Savings
Bank, of Peoria, and thousands upon thou
sands of dollars were withdrawn Thursday
afternoon. All deposits were promptly paid
out on demand. and SO great was the wish
of the officials to do what was right that
they kept their doors open until 10 p. NJ. to
give all who wished a chance to withdraw.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
ILLINOIS NEWS
Some Light Gradually Breaking in on
the Katie Hood Murder Mystery.
Revelations Of the AutOpsy-Maniac's Efforts
at Self observation-disclosures Woman Killed
An Engineers Heroism.
INDIANA.

Efforts to Clear Up the Mystery Of Katie
Hoods Murder-Result of the Autopsy.
Epecfal to the Indianapolis Journal
CoNNERsvILLE, Oct. AT the session of
the City Council. last night, q reward of
$3.50 for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer of Katie Hood was offered. They
also appointed a committee to confer with
the County Commissioners. and ask that a
similar reward be offered by them.
This morning the water was let out OF
the canal, and the missing dress-skirt was
found. caught upon ANAL. at the tumble of
the lock. situated about two hundred and
fifty yards above the point where the body
was found. !.
The autopsy of the physicians has at last
been made public. and the report shows be-
yond question that the girl was murdered;
and that a criminal surgical operation had
been performed. 1t showed also five
wounds on the head, of which two were
fatal. Evidently. the murderer had beaten
her over the head until dead. and thrown
her body into the hydraulic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Local Forecasts.

~
For Indianapolis and Vicinity-For the
t~wenty-four hours ending at s p. NJ, Oct.
5-FaIr weather.
INDICATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. As. P. M.-Forecast
till 8 p. NJ. Saturday:
For Indiana, Illinois and Lower Michl-
gan-Fair. followed by light rain in lower
Michigan; slightly warmer. except station
airy temperature in western Illinois; vari-
able winds.
For Tennessee and Kentucky-Fair on
Saturday and Sunday; slightly warmer;
winds becoming southerly.
For Ohlo-Fair. Ollowe by light rain on
the lakes; warmer; winds becoming south
erly.
For Upper Michigan. Wisconsin. MinHe-
sofa, Iowa and Nebraska-FaIr on Saturday
and Sunday; slightly cooler; variable
winds.
For Dakota-Fair: slightly cooler in east
ern portion. warmer in WESTERN; winds be-
coming southerly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
A Maniac on Murder Bent.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Oct. - On last
Wednesday Mrs. Mary Thompson. wife of
John Thompson. who lives about eight
miles west of this city. attempted to hang
herself to the door-knob. She has been
acting rather strangely for several months.
and the doctors say that her spine is the
cause of the trouble. The day before the
attempt to hang herself she secured a lar &c
table-knife and made an attempt to kill her
three-months-old baby, hut the first stroke
did not 90 through the clothing of the child
and a second stroke was prevented by her
so she can kill herself. the baby and her
husband, so they can all be buried in one
coffin. Her father has been in the asylum.
She is about thirty-two years old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Denied HI. Guilt to the Last.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct. 4.-Paul Key,
the condemned negro, was hanged here to-
day at 1884. for an outrageous assault COM
on the person of the young daughter
of Mr.. Arthur Ballard in this city last
April. On the gallows. when asked if he
had anything to say. he replied in q feeble
voice. Mo- His neck was broken instant
ly. and at 1904 his body was cut down and
turned over to his wife. He denied his
uuilf IN tho Loot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
General Weather Conditions.

FRIDAY. Oct. 4, z p. n.
PREssURE.-High barometers continue
everywhere; the highest is reported from
northern Minnesota. SO.46. Over Lake SUI
perior is a slight depression. 3O.O at Prince
Arthur's Landing. which is moving east
ward.
TEMPERATURE.-Cool temperature. less
thar so. is reported from the lake regions
and Minnesota. the lowest, "a, at Sault Ste.
Marie; 90 and above from Washington,
Utah, Colorado. Kansas, southwark and
eastward along the Gulf coast to the At
lantic coast, from South Carolina south
ward.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is falling at Sault
Ontario and in southern Florida.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
German Baptist Conference.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTICELLO, Ill, Oct. 4-The Annual
Conference of the German Baptist Church
is in session at Cerro Gordo. this county.
Thesemeetings are largely attended by men,
bers and from all over the country.
baptizing three times face. foremost. greet
ing each other with a holy kiss. and other
peculiarities. Elder John Metzger, of this
county, is the ranking bishop of the church
in the West. They have a large member
ship in this tPiatt) county, and are peace
full. quiet people. never going to law with
any one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
An Eloping wife Arrested.

CAssELToN, N. D., Oct. AIRS. j. p.
Sands. wife of the Little Falls, MIMI,
sheriff. who liberated and eloped with con-
vict John Mitchell, was arrested here this
Mitchell ESCAPED on the Manitoba train,
but will undoubtedly be captured. Mrs.
Sands is in Jail awaiting the arrival of
Little Falls officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Does Not Occur That way.

An ambiguous letter was recently re-
ceived by Encouragement Kitchener, from
X. A. Williams. NJ. D., a member of the
Kansas State Board of Health, in which the
following appeared: what is the legal
value of human life in your State that oc-
ours through neglect of railroads and cor
pOrations!' The AttOrney-general an
swered as follows: Life does not, in this
State, occur in that way, but entirely
through natural causes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY. OCTOBER s 1889

cry of four fires in as many houses, the
night before, in the heart of the business
section. ALI the fires were put out before
serious damage was lone. and in each case
it was found that rags had been saturated
with oil and fired. The incendiaries are
evidently the same gang who have been in
Northwest towns during the summer, and
to whom the big fire in Butte last Sunday
is attributed. The city is patrolled by spe-
cial police.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
New L. o. O. f. Lodge.

Special to the Indianapolis JournsL
MUNCTE, Oct. A number of citizens,
mostly those that rave moved here within
the last two years, concluded recently to or
ganize a new i. c. o. T. lodge, and the grand
master appointed DR.. A. G. .Budd to
institute the new lodge, to be known as
Energy Lodge, No. 652. A large number of
Odd-fellows from Selma. Yorktown, Al
bany and Muncie, assembled, last night, in
the new hall and a new lodge was insti-
tuted. consisting of the following members:
w. J. Bowen, Andrew Jackson. Thomas
Winsor. J. A. Hamilton, NJ. H.. Shsner. Sam
uel Yocky, L. NJ. Tyler, C. II. Bowers, j.
M. Trent, e. +. Gibbs, b. X. Rockaway.
Harvey Richard, James Gaumer and
j. C. Ross. The following officers were
elected: W. Bowen, n. G.; Samuel Yocky,
Y. G.: Thos. Winsor, recording secretary;
NJ. H. Shaner. permanent secretary; &. II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
KokemiIler's Arrest.

Henry Kokemiller. who has been wanted
on q warrant for assault and battery with
intent TO kill, was arrested yesterday. He
has W indictments of a similar character
against him. and the charge upon which he
was arrested was that of stabbing Albert
Thornton in a saloon on South Illinois
street, Sept. %. Kokemiller was released
on his father furnishing bone for 8, 600 for
his apnearauce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
Sixteen Bloody Rounds Fought.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, Oct.'4-This morning a sparring
match. with eight-ounce gloves, occurred
in the outskirts of the town, between two
young colored men. William Teller. of
Terre Haute, and Jim Duncan, of this city,
fought for nearly an hour, sixteen rounds,
in which Duncan was terribly punished.
At the end of the fourteenth round Duncan
could hardly show up when time was
called, and was knocked clear out in the
sixteenth. Teller came out without q
scratch. Teller has some reputation as q
p~ugilist. This was Duncan's initiation
into the ring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-05
SITUATION IN MONTANA.
Legislative Ticket stin in Doubt-Democrat

Legislative Ticket Still In Doubt-DemOcrats
May Possibly Get the Governorship.
HELENA, NJ. T., Oct. 4.-There has been
no material change in the legislative situa-
tion in Montana to-day. The Republicans
still claim it on joint ballot by three, while
the Democrats claim it by seven The cleo
ton of Toole is admitted by the Repub-
licans SO far as returns show, but they
claim full returns will give the Office to
Power yet. The contest for control of the
LEGISLATURE promises to be very better.