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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11

Hippo1yte's Forces Badly Defeated at Grand
Saline and the Prisoners MasSacred.

NEW YORK, March 10.-The World viii
say tomorrow: ''The steamer Coban ar
rived in this port yesterday, bringing news
of a bloody battle between Legitime's and
Hippolyte's forces. and massacre by the
victors. Commanded by Captain Frazer, the
Coban left Port de Paix March 8. Captain
Frazer brought a copy of La Pitrie, a
HippOlyte organ published Feb. % at
Gonaives, containing an account of battle
and massacre at Grand Saline. The Hippo
lyte forces in that city were commanded by
General Mompont and Jean Miseraux.
Legitime's army began the at
tack on the outpOsts early in February.
They were repulsed several times, but
finally succeeded in carrying them, and a
few days later were masters of the city.
Legitime's men were so elated with their
success that they Immediately commenced
tOplllage the town. One drunken soldier shot
one of the prisoners for some triflingmatter.
This was the signal for a general outbreak
on the part of tue soldiers. They rushed Mt
the prisoners, shooting and stan Dbing
right and left. The prisoners begged hard
and piteously for mercy, but their cries
We're la laughed ngi ,5 at and the killing went on, ~
fore has such a pitiable sight been pre-
sented. The murdered men lay about in
scores. Some were frightfully hacked and
mutilated, many of the blood-frenzied
soldiers having run amuck even among
the corpses.. plunging their swords again
and again into the bodies of the slain.
General Miserau tried TO stay the butchery,
but was laughed at and warned not to in
terfere if he wished to live. When the
lack of victims stayed the butchers they
robbed the dead and looted and burned the
town. Nearly the whole place, says La
PatrIe is in ruins. Captain Frazer thinks
the city must have been burned between
Feb. Is and March l."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
Sullivan Finds Man Who Will Fight.

NEW YORK, March 11.-Early Saturday
morning Billy Tracy, accompanied by
well-known contractor, dropped into Kelly's
saloon, at Sixth avenue and Thirty-first
street, and found John L. Sullivan and a
coterie of his friends in the back room.
For long time there has been no
love lost between the two men,
and John L. was in just the mood to be in
sOlent, if not insulting. Tracy is man
who will stand no nonsense from a cham
pion pugilist or anyone else. and in reply to
Sullivan's offensive remarks he gave no
sign of showing the white feather. The
loud talk attracted everybody in the saloon
to the spot, and finally the question of
Sullivan's ability as fighter came up.
John l.. offered to lick Tracy, but said he
wanted to do it without guns" Tracy
said he was there to be licked, and if Sulli-
van wanted to try the experiment
he would never have better
time. John l.. glared wickedly at
the saloonkeeper, and one of Tracy's
friends is said to have handed him a re-
vOlver, but before the row went further
Sullivan's friends hustled him on the side
walk and finally got him out of harms
way. The general impression is that had
the row not been stopped just as it was,
Sullivan would have been shot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
REV. L. EBEN BAYLISS.
His Congregation Is Disbanded Because of q
Long Array of Charges Against Him.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., March 1O-Tho Free
Church Of Christ, an offshoot of the Elsey
Memorial Chapel, held its last meeting to-
day, having been disbanded by the parent
organization on account of charges against
the pastor, Rev. Z. Eben Bayliss. In his
farewell sermon to-day, MIR. Bayliss de-
nounced the charges as malicious lies and
said that he was victim of persecution.
Rev. John Elsey, In an interview, stated
that Mr.. Bayliss was under cloud. Mr..
Elsey had received many letters regarding
his past career. One was from Sheriff
Morrice, of Shiwassee county, Michigan
dated March 5, alleging that Rev. +. f..
Bayliss was sentenced to two and half
years in the Michigan State prison on Dec.
IL. 1873, for felony. Another was from Rev.
John Donnelly, of OwOssO, Mich, stating
that Bayliss, while pastor of a church near
there, in 1879, eloped during re-
vival with married woman, deserting
his own wife. The same writer saws
Bayliss was once located at Hyde Park,
Chicago. Rev. William A. Keese of Lun-
enburg, Mass, writes that Bayliss came
there two years ago, but on being charged
with the above OffenseS confessed his guilt
and departed. Bayliss came here from
Boston. where it is stated that he occupied
a Baptist pulpit. He asserts that he can
prove the letters to be forgeries concocted
by enemies. He has a number of ardent
admirers here. The Elsey Memorial Church
Is composed of faith-curists, and its opera
tions have been the frequent theme of news
paper gossip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Sulky, Jealous Husband Kills His Wife and
Then Puts q Bullet in His Heart.

AUBURN, N. Y, March 1O.-At 11:4O O'clock
this morning terrible tragedy occurred in
Francis street. this city. Joseph Ressel
shot and killed his wife and then killed
himself. Ressel had been out of work for
about three months, and was irritable and
Respondent. 1t appears that the husband
was very brutal and the wife had lived in
terror of him for the past two months. 1t
Is rumored that the real cause of the crime
was the jealousy of Ressel of male board
er. To-day, while his wife was pre-
pairing the midday meal, Ressel
stepped up behind her. and, plac-
ing n revolver against her body
discharged it. the ball passing through her
body, cutting the main arteries of the
heart and remaining under the skin of the
left breast. AS soon as the woman received
the wound she ran out of the house and
endeayored to reach neighbors residence.
but expired on the way. Ressel then
fastened the door. and, placing the pistol
against his breast sent bullet through
his heart. A son and nephew of Ressel
were in the house, and, becoming alarmed
ut the shooting. jumped from an upper
window and escaped uninjured. Ressel mas
delivered beer for brewing firm for nearly
fifteen years. and had the reputation of be-
ing . hard-working man. He was surly,
while his wife was of genial disposition.
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'BEE-LINE ROUTE

THE 'sBEE-LINE"-" -"BIG-FOUR" DEAL
Is attracting considerable attention all over this
country. and everyone is wondering what the out
come win be. This not able to tell you, but
we do know the Bee-line VIII remain as popular"
a route to all points in the East and West,
matter with whom she may minge her affections
The Beelne is member of what might be termed a
family Of frailroads-familiarly known the Wander
bt sOstem-and in point Of equipment is well known
to the travelling public combining all the comforts
conveniences and securities against accidents known
American railroads The Bee-line agents continue
at the old stand dispensing the good qualities Of this
popular ne and will sell you tickets to any point
in the East, West, North South at low rates as
other lines with inferior train appointments. For
tickets sleeping berths, time of trains, and informa
ton concerning the Bee-line, cali at No. Bates
House and 1SS South Illinois street.
tt c. PECK, Pass. Agt.
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Activity Among the Oklahoma Boomers.

Sr.lLoUIs, March 1O.-The latest informa-
tion in regard to the movements of Okla
hOma boomers is to the effect that Harry
Hill. in an interview yesterday said he had
formulated his plan of action. The boomers
are to be massed at Caldwell and Hume
well, Kan. These he will lead in person,
while company from the west will be in
command of Colonel Cole, and the people
from the south will be under competent
leader. He says in thirty days he can
cross the line with, a. larger force
than Payne ever had. If pursued, he
says he will cut every wire fence in the
Cherokee strip and burn the grass to the
Chickasaw line. He will 60 to Purcell on
Monday. Col. Crocker writes to Col Hill
that the 30, 600 people in the Chickasaw ma
tion are wild, and that he can not restrain
them. Soldiers have increased in number
along the Kansas line, and nobody. can en-
ter the Territory without a permit from the
Cherokee Strip Cattle Company. Captain
Couch writes from Purcell that something
must be done, as the people there will not
keep quiet. Every day wagon trains of
from five to twenty wagons pass through
that city, headed for the boundary line.
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The Dakota Governorship.
,necial to the IndianaDolis Journal


WASHINGTON, March 10.-It is the under
standing that several nominations for Ter
rit0rial Governors will be sent to the Sem
ate tomorrow, although that for Dakota
may be detained for some days yet. Gov
ernor Mellette and Colonel Pierce, the two
leading candidates, have been conferring
together in friendly way, and have ar
ranged to visit the President together on
Monday or Tuesday, so it is probable that
no nomination for Dakota viii be made
until the three most interested have gone
over the case together. A new candida to
for Governor of Dakota has appeared in
the person of Dir. Dickey, formerly of
Crawfordsville Ind, who is pressed upon
the Presidents attention by Gen. Lew
Wallace. The rivalry between Pierce and
Mellette is a friendly one and it is more a
question of whether Northern or Southern
Dakota shall have the appointment than a
choice between men. If Mellette is chosen
to represent South Dakota. Richardson, of
Grand Forks Will be make Secretary as a
representative of North Dakota. The
President has given notice that he will not
appoint citizens of the States to Offices in
the Territories, but will adhere strictly TO
the proposition laid down in the Repub-
lican platform. This, as / understand it,
does not include judges of the district
cOurtS.
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Reorganizing the Treasury.

10 the western AssOclaleu fTesS
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Secretary Win
dom has begun the reorganization of the
Treasury Department by the selection of
Mr. George c. Tichenor, of Illinois, as AS
sistant Secretary, in the place of Judge
Manyard, resigned. Mr. Tichenor has been
a special agent of the department for q
number of years, and has performed many
important and delicate services in connec-
tion with the customs administration. He
is particularly we'll known in New York
city, having assisted in nearly all the in
vestigatons of the customs business of that
port in recent years. He is regarded as an
authority on tariff matters, and IN his new
position will have direct supervision of the
customs service. lit is not definitely known
who will succeed Assistant Secretary
Thompson. Mr.. Tichenor's nomination will
probably be included in the list TO be sent
to the Senate tomorrow. This list is also
expected to contain the name of Mr.. Walker
Blaine as First Assistant Secretary of State.
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JaY Could at st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, March 10.-Jay Gould and par
ty arrived in st. Louis tonight. The party
comprises Jay Gould. Sam Sloan, George j.
Gould, II. Marquand. John L. Mum. Miss
Helen M. Gould and maid. and Miss Mccall,
of New York. Mr.. Gould will likely remain
in Sc. Louis until Tuesday, and will be ac-
companied from here on his tour of inspec-
tlon OF the southwestern system by Gener-
al Manager Clark, and, perhaps. other
officials of the road. George Gould acted
as spokesman for his father and met the
army of reporters with the announcement
that there might be something to say to-
morrow. but not tonight. There was quite
"A large crowd at the Union Depot to catch
glimpse at the Wall-street wizard.
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Belief that They Will Be John A. Kasson and
William Walter Phelps, with Possibility
that Ben Butler May Be the Third.
Executive Departments Have No News
as to the RumOred Naval Conflict.
Americans in Samoan Waters Have Been Sub
jected to Humiliations, and Would Not
Neglect an Opportunity to Retaliate.
TO TALK WITH BISMARCK.
Men Who May He Sent as Our Represent

Men Who May he Sent as Our Representa-
tives In the Samoan Conference.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 10.-There is an i'm
preston prevailing that ex-Minister Kas-
son will be sent to Berlin with William
Walter Phelps, and perhaps Gen. Benjamin
f. Butler, also, to talk over Samoan affairs
with Bismark. 1t has not yet been decided
who will go, but these are the gentlemen
most likely to be selected. There is no re-
striction upon the President in this matter.
Germany has agreed to a conference and
Congress has appropriated $500, 900 for the
purpose of paying expenses. The Presi-
dent may send one man or o dozen. and the
case Is such q serious one, involving so
much of Importance, that it is hardly prob
able that one man will be intrusted with
the negotiations. Ex-Consul Sswall,
whom Secretary Bayard removed for tell
ing state secrets to the Republican Sena-
tors, and Gustavus Coward, of illinois,
who made the treaty with Samoa, undor
the Hayes administration, may also be sent
along to post the commissioners as to the
facts in the case, of which they have more
knowledge than anyone else, and the em-
bassy will then be equal to any emergency.
Nothing can be learned at the State De-
partment concerning the intentions of the
government in this matter, but Mr.. Blaine
has given his entire leisure to the Samoan
difficulty since he was sworn in.
LONDON, March 1O.-The Standards Ber-
lin correspondent says: ''Mr: KassOn, the
here before the Goth inst, there
fore the Samoa conference can not
meet this week. For the rest, the
difficulties are already as good as removed
by diplomatic negotiations and the recall
of officials. 1t is now expected that the
African squadron will not go to Samoa, but
will return to Germany in May, after the
departare of Captain Wissmann."
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Obituary..

ALBANY. II. Y. March 10.-Mrs. Rosa Nj.
Leland manageress and proprietress of the
Leland Opera-house, died this evening after
q short illness. She had been an actress of
served as leading lady in several prominent
companies, among which was that otAugus-
tin DAILY. She was the wife of CHARLES I.
Leland, the noted hotel manager, from
whom she was divorced some time ago.
Mrs. Leland was known on the stare as
Rosa ST. Clair.
CINCINNATI, March 10.-Mr. Joseph l..
Hall. proprietor of the immense iron-gafe
factory. this city. died this morning of
heart disease, aged sixty-five years.
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Losses by Fire.

COLUMBUS. o., March 1O.-Fire in High
street business blocks did damage, this
morning, as follows: Wells a. Tracy, whole
sale notions, lost about $4,000 on stock.
with insurance of about $4,000. Living
ston's seed store was damaged $1,000; in
surance, $780, in the Hartford, London,
and German and Northern. ]. Joshenosky,
dry goods, will lose $1,000; insurance not
given. The principal loss on buildings is
on block owned by VIM. Monypeny,
Franklin, of Columbus. Other minor busI-
ness trims suffered small losses.
WAsisrSSToN, March 10.-The large plan
ing-mill of ". II. Dyer, in this city, was
destroyed by fire this morning. Estimated
loss S35 COO
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THE SAMOAN RUMORS.
The Washington Authorities Are Still With
out News from the Islands.


WASHINGTON, March 10.-The executive
departments have not yet received any
thing to change their opinions of yesterday
respecting the reported engagement be-
tween the German steamer Olga and the
United States steamer Nipsic at Apia Sa-
moa. The reports from San Francisco did
not create much excitement at the capital,
as people here who are interested in the
matter are familiar with the fact that tele-
graphically speaking, Washington is nearer
than San Francisco to the Samoan islands.,
Editors of all the principal papers directed
their correspondents to interview public
men on the situation, but there was
nothing but negative matter obtain
able, and the situation here can
not change until some official
intelligence is received at either the State
or Navy Department It is known at the
latter department that four German IRON
clads sailed from Genoa, Italy, for Samoa
some eight or ten days ago: 1t is expected
that these vessels will require at least sixty
days to make the voyage.
Speaking on Samoan affairs, gentleman
who is well acquainted with the islands and
the situation there says If the commander
of the Olga fired on the Samoan troops from
firing directly over the neutral territory
where the Americans live and haye proper
ty, that the commander of the Nipsic would
naturally feel justified, under the
circumstances, in protesting. and in
follSwng SarSsd the actoIp protest i dsr?
protest would say that a shot from the
Olga over the neutral territory endanger-
ing the lives and property of the Americans
would be regarded as an act of hostility to-
making the protest and following it. up
would be that he had received news from
this country and knew what public seriti-
ment here was. He would also know of the
approach of Admiral Kimberly with rein
fOrcements. The American naval officers
at Apia have been subjected to many hu-
milations, and are likely to welcome tho
opportunity to revenge themselves They
are men of spirit, and the fact that the
Olga was twice as big. as theis Nipsic,
would, in the opinion of the gentlemangbe
an argument for rather than against the
probability of the report
SAN Francisco, Cal. March 1O-Naval
Constructor Fernald, who is superintend-
ing the construction Of the United States
steamship Charleston, says he had received
no orders from the Secretary of the Navy,
but had received telegram from the CHIEF
of construction of the Naval Bureau, ask
ing when the Charleston would be ready
for trial. Mr.. Fernald said the Charleston
would be ready for trial in five weeks, hut
In case OF necessity would be ready in two
in ten days additional. Regardless of ex-
penses, she could be made ready for service
in twenty-five days.
The runner that the steamer City of Pueb.
10, one of the fastest ON the coast, had been
chartered by the government as dispatch
boat between Samoa and Auckland, is de.
MED by the officials Of the steamship com
pany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
NEW STYLE OF BOYCOTT.
A Mob Attempts the Lives of Italians by Firing
the Building in Which They Lived.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 1O.-An attempt
was made this afternoon by a mob at West
Troy to incinerate thirty Italian labOrers
Trouble had long been brewing on account
of the latter having taken the places of a
number of American workmen. The latter
retaliated to-day by barricading the doors
of the wooden building in which the Ital-
ians were living, and, after saturating it
with kerosene, set it on fire. The Italians,
however, escaped through q small window
in the rear of the building. They lost all
their personal effects. The structure was
burned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE.
The Story OF German Interference IN Samoan
Affairs.

Samoa, to which the news of yesterday
directs the attention of the world, dots the
expanse of the Pacific between the 18th and
14th parallels ofsouth latitude and between
the 169th and 172d meridian of longitude
west of Greenwich. The Samoan islands,
or the Navigators islands as they are desig-
mated on the old maps. are about $500 miles
from San Francisco and 3,4O0 miles from
Sidney, Australia. A line from Sydney to
San Francisco passes through this little
group of islands which now occupy so
prominent place in the minds of three
great nations which stand in danger of war
over these apparently insignificant dots.
They are cut Oft from any cable connections
with the world. There are nine inhabited
islands in the group and between them
numerous strips and islets. The names of
the islands are as follows: Manua, Olo-
singa, Ofu. Anuu, Tutuila, Upolo. Manona.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
WHITE HOUSE PEOPLE AT CHURCH.
The President and His Family Worship at
the Church Of the Covenant.


the Church Of the Covenant.
Special to tie indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-The President
has had an easy, quiet. restful day. He has
laid down strict rule, which is To be adj
hered to during the administration, that
there shall be no Sunday work at the White
House, and that no official matters shall be
brought to his attention unless they are of
the most imperative Importance. The efourth
commandment will be kept as il has not
been for years, and the new President was
determined to get straight start to-day.
Breakfast was later than usual. Ii was
not until half past O'clock that the family
were down, and it was time to get ready for
church at once when the family worship
was over. They all attended the new
Church of tho Covenant. and made
large party-the President and
Mrs, Harrison, Russell and his
wife, Mr.. Mckee and his wife.
Miss Mckee of indianapolis. Miss New
conner, aud Miss Constance, OF Peru Ind,
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Accidentally killed His Wife.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. March 10.-A dis
tressing affair occurred in this county, last
evening, which resulted in the death of
Mrs. Thos. Love- who was shot dead by
her husband Mr. Love states that he was
replacing the handspring in his revolver,
and that his finger slipped from the ham,
iner. His wife was standing in front of
him and the bullet entered her left breast,
killing her instantly. Mrs. Love was twen-
ty-four years of age, and had been married
but eight months
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BERLIN, March 10--A memorial service
in honor of the late Emperor William / was
held in the Garrison Church to-day. The
Kaiser caused the statue of the Queen in
the Thiergarten to be decorated with flow
ers in accordance with his grandfather's
custom. This action greatly delighted the
populace, who manifested their apprecia-
ton by cheers for the Emperor All the
members of the imperial family, Count Won
Moltke and large number of the generals
Of the army were present at the services.
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Boys Badly Burned.

AKRON. o., March 10.-John Greeley,
John Ccstigan, Will McGinnis and Fred
schrank stole can of blasting powder, to-
day. and filled their pockets with it. 1t
became ignited, and all four of the boys
was fairly cooked. and he will die.
Schrank's arm was baked and his right
side blistered. His case is doubtful. The
other two were burned on the face, neck
and arms, but not fatally.
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FALL RIVER, Mass, March 1O-The weav-
ers are still firm in their determination to
strike tomorrow. They number about
10000 men, women. boys and girls. The ex-
ecutive committee has advised all strikers
to keep away from the mills and avoid any
gatherings which might lead to disturb
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ance. The weavers at the American, Bor-
den, Sycamore Wampanoag. Flint. SeacOn-
and Weetamore mills are among those who
have voted to strike.
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Robert Louis Stevenson Asks Ouestions.

LONDON, March u.-Robert Louis Steven
son. the novelist, writes from Hawaii, COM
menting vigorously upon the high-handed
action of the Germans in Samoa By what
process, he asks, did Consul Knappe be-
come the Bismarck of Polynesia, and what
is the spell over the English and American
cabinets that Consuls Blackjack and Coet-
logon remain unsupported.
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EVERY mother should keep Ayers Cherry
Pectoral IL case OF Group aud sudden colds.