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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-07
ADesperado,. Ch..e torI,ss

CINCINNATI. Aug. 6.-The detectives had
a wild chase through the streets to-day. tir-
mis- fire. The thief was George Webster, q
man of renOwn in his line He calls him
self a horse-trainer. of Buffalo. \. I. He
has two-years' record in the Missouri
penitentiary, was in Jail with Maxwell. rho
has been in Cincinnati. where he has been
successfully getting INTO and out of the
work-bousc. Tonight be is in the hospital
receiving treatment for pistol shot wonnd
in the shoulder, received IL his night this
morning
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Guthrie's First Murder.

GUTHRIE, Ind. T., Aug. 6.-About noon to
day a man named Stevens and George
Townsley. of the firm of Townsley 81 VIM
tiers, wholesale grOceTs, of this place. be-
came involved In quarrel over the owner
ship of town lot. Townsley drew his re.
volver and shot twice at Stevens. one ball
taking effect near the heart. killing him al
most Instantly. There was much talk of
lynching. and Townsley gave himself mp
for safe keeping to the soldiers at the garri-
son. This is the first murder that has oc-
CURED at Guthrie since the opening of Ok
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State Swine-Breeders.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
KoKoMo. Aug. 6.-The State Swine
breeders Association is holding its annual
convention IN this city this week. two
days session will be held, commencing this
morning. About forty representative fine
stock-breeders are in attendance and their
sessions are both profitable and interesting.
Nearly all parts of the State are repr e.
sented. A. j. Seagraves. of this county, is
o prominent figure in the convention.
through whose efforts the convention was
brought to this place.
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ILLINOIS.

The State Board Of Agriculture Predicts .
Yield Of $4,000. 900 Bushels Of Wheat.
SPRI NGFIELD, Aug. 6.-The Illinois State
Board of ,Agric ulture have reports from
four hundred crop correspondents, embrac-
ing every county in the State. returned
Aug. l, from which the following estimates
of the wheat crop are made: Since harvest
there has been larger percentage of the
wheat thrashed than usual for Aug. ]. and
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug g. John COker, of
Illinois, has been appointed law clerk in
the General Land Office. and w. A. King, of
Colorado, has been appointed a chief of
division, in the Census Bureau.
The President has granted pardons in the
cases of John w. Barley and Ora Staley,
each of whom was convicted of passing
counterfeit coin, the former in Georgia and
the latter in Indiana.
Attorney general Miller to-day appointed
Harry X. PrObascO to be assistant United
States attorney for the Southern district of
Ohio, and James Atkins to be a special as
sistant attorney in the Southern district of
Georgia. to assist in the prosecution of the
case of the United States against ex-Mar-
shall Wade.
To-day's bond offerings aggregated $685.
s1.sSs4;. 5000 at $1.29. Coupon fonr-and-a-
halle, $3,O 600 at $1.O67s. Registered four-and-
a-halfs, $4,000 at S1.067s-
1t il understood that the board to which
Secretary Tracy referred the official report
upon the trial of the Petrol has found from
the data furnished that the ship came up to
all requirements. 1t is probable that the
desire of the contractors to make another
trial will be gratified.
At the request of the Postmaster-general,
the Secretary of War has directed the Quar-
termaster general to instruct his subOrdi-
mates to pay no more government telegraph
bills until the rates to be paid are furnished
by the Postmaster general
To-day proposals for furnishing the cleo
tric-light plant for the Washington navy
yard were opened. There are five of them
that of the Schuyler Electric Company,
of Middletown. Conn, being the lowest, at
S1S, $50.
Burgess Cox has been appointed postmas-
ter at Silverville. Lawrence county, Indi-
ana. vice Il. Wagner, removed.
w. Nj. Thompson, the chief clerk of the
Office of the Commissioner of Railroads. left
Washington tonight for Boston, to make
of the Union Pacific Railway Company.
Then he will proceed to San Francisco, to
make similar examination of the books of
the Central Pacific Railway Company.
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A Fiend,s Character discovered Too Late.

A Fiend's Character Discovered Too Late.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Jacob Studer, who
has been working steadily as a farm hand
near this city for two years under the
name of Peter Grossman, disappeared to-
day, and the fact came out that he is an
escaped convict from Luzerne. Switzerland.
where he received q life sentence for
causing the death of two children
The little ones persisted in house that had
been robbed and set on fire by Studer
Studer had just plundered the residence of
Samuel Genseth. and nearly murdered the
owner Investigation of this crime was
what led to the first intimation of the fugi-
tive's true name and character.
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Railway Land ssrants.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The forthcoming
annual report of acting Commissioner
Hone, of the General Land Office, will show
that during the fiscal year ended June 80.
1885, there were certified to railroad COM
panies, under various grants, a total of
425, O46 acres of land, or 4O4, JIG less than the
total certihcatiOns of the previous fiscal
year. There were pending in the General
Land Office on June 80, 1889, railroad selec-
tions under former grants amounting to
e, 444251 acres, which is an increase for the
year of 4.O14. 3S5 acres.
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Threshing Engine Explodes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Aug. 6.-The report in
this city that neutrality-suspicious. engine
had been blown up with dynamite near
New Ross and that five men were killed is
not true. The facts are that the cylinder
head was blown out of the threshing en-
CINE of Frank Jones on the farm of VIM.
Gray, three miles east of here. 1t was
rod. No person was injured.
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Anxieties of the Army Dudes Relieved

Oh DuucS 1so11oFoH'
WAsHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The following is
posted on the news bulletin of the War De-
partment:
While he is absent, Secretary Proctor has
authorized Chief Clerk Tweedale to sign requisi-
tons on the Treasury. and other papers requiring
his signature. This action Is taken under the act
of March 4. 1874. and Mr.. Tweedale does not act
as Secretary of War, as was enormously stated
the last time the Secretary was absent.
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SANTA FE, n. NJ, Aug. 6.-There were
candidates TO the Constitutional Conven-
ton in all counties of New Mexico, bnt
there was no straight Democratic ticket in
the field in any of them. This course was
advised by the Democratic managers ON
the plea of unfair apportionment in some
counties. There was mixed ticker, called,
a peoples ticket The vote to-day through,
out the Territory was light. The conven-'
ton meets Sept. 3, at Santa Fe, and will be
almost solidly Republican.
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Died Of Her Injuries.

Special TO tho indianapolis Journal
JEFFERsONvILLE. Aug. 6.-Mrs. George
Wurfel, the lady burned yesterday evening.
died at o'clock this morning, after suffer-
ing great agony. Dr.. Peyton, of this city.
remained with her until IL p. NJ. and did
all in his power to relieve her suffering, but
only partially succeeded in alleviating the
pain. Mrs. Wurfelw was sixty -fve years old,
and was one of the most highly respected
German ladies in this vicinity. Nothing
was saved from the burning residence.
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Cincinnati saloon-Keepers Give In.

CINCINNATI, Aug. Elm the police court,
this afternoon. Jordan Thomas, attorney
for the saloon-keepers who were arrested
on charge of violating the Sunday closing
law. asked that the cases against his clients
be indefinitely postponed. They have all
agreed TO obey the law hereafter" he said.
"and ask forgiveness of the conrt." Judge
Ermston continued the cases thirty days, to
give the offenders a chance to prove their
sincerity
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Special 20 the IndlanapOHs JOufhai
NATION, Aug. 6-Superintendent A. j.
Funkhouser opened three-weeks' teach
ers' institute at Charleston yesterday. with
an attendance of $50, and the number will
be swelled to 200 by the close of the week.
Coles county teachers always give close at
tention to institute work, aud with the at
tendance of Professors Cook. Degarmo and
Mccormick, of the State Normal, valuable
instructions will be impaired.
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LABOR DISTURBANCES.
Three Of the Connellsviile Coke Firms OfYer
Compromise with the Strikers

Three Of the Connellsviile Coke Firms OfYer q
Compromise with the Strikers.
PITTSBURG, Aug 6.-The coke firms OF
Schoenmaker a Co., Mcclure e. Co. and
Cochran & Co.. three of the largest outside
of the Frick company, advanced the wages
of their employees Gil cents per ton. The
strikers demanded uniform wages, and will
probably accept the increase offered. The
advance will be on the scale basis of 81 81
as the selling price of coke, and. as coke is
now selling at 81 per ton. those well posted
say the price of coke will be advanced To
SIPS and probably S1.S5. Private dispatches
from the coke region report nearly all the
ovens idle this morning. There has been no
rioting and the leaders of the strike say
there will be no breach of the peace as
force will not be used to intimidate the
men to quit work.
SCoTTDALE, Pa, Aug. 6.-The compro.
mise offered by Shoemaker and the other
firms will hardly be accepted by the strik-
ers. The leaders are opposed to its accept
ance. unless the scale is made for the entire
region, and they have advised the men to
reject it. There is no trouble yet, the re-
ports of rioting being unfounded.
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Must Pay Duty.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Secretary Window
has informed the surveyor of customs at
Louisville, KY, that there is no law under
which free entry can be allowed in the
case of certain decorations imported by
Mr.. p. n. Clark. president of the Satellites
of Mercury" and intended for use in their
fall celebration
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presided over by Elder s. NJ Smothers and
Rev. Whey. The attendance was large,
the order most excellent and the preaching
of the kind to arouse ones religious ardOr.
Tomorrow will be children's day. and q
very large attendance of both white and
colored children is expected. The meeting
will continue over Sunday
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Indiana Pensions.
Pensions have been granted to the fol-
Indianians:

lowlng-named Indianians:
Original Invalid-Ge0rge Stahl, John Boner,
Randolph Fells. Tolbert s. Carpenter, deceased,
John Arts. Edmund Cannon, Luke MCPHERSON,
Ephraim EllOry, VIM. w. Ross. VIM. II. Shanks,
Hartman Frahley, Ambrose 3. Mcdonald, John
III. Morgan.
Increase-James N. Glaze, James Hodges, John
Z. Hayes. Bedford Z. Baldwin, Richard Hicks,
David R. McNees, Patrick O'Klef. Peter Henner,
Cyrus w. Benbow, Alfred X Dannetten. John NJ
Burcham, James A. Forrest Thomas +. Samuels,
William Beas Berlin Stafford, William Barnett,
Dawson Cain, John Ganzdoff, sylvester Heaton,
Casper HildinZer, James Felix, Peter Reising,
Charles James. Frank Knapp, Samuel s. Reed
Original widows, etc.-Juann, widow OF Mordl'
cal Mosier; Circassia c., widow of Dillis s. Bar
nett; Estelle. widow of John III. Stagle; Margaret
c., widow OF VIM. II. Stafford; Sarah, widow q
Hudson Loring.
Mexican Acknowledgements, widow Of Martin
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Crushed by q Falling Tree.

Special % the Ind1anapoHs J0urnAL
ROCKPORT, Aug. 6.-JOe Small, an en-
ploye at Herbs saw-mill, six miles south of
here, was to-day caught by falling tree
and crushed to the earth. HeMas with diff
Guilty extricated and taken to q neighboring
farm house, where medical aid was secured,
but his injuries will be fatal. He was
twenty-five years old and unmarried.
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Girls Got Tired Early.

READING. Pa, Aug. 6.-Seventy-five OF
the one hundred girls who struck yester-
day at the Reading hosiery-mills have re-
turned to work The other twenty-five de.
clare that they will not yield.
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Special to the Indianapolis JournaL
Upton, Aug. 6.-Theodore. Dedrict, q
bridge carpenter. was killed by Lake
Erie freight four miles east of here, at an
early hour this morning. He was guarding
a weak place in the track where repairs
were being made, and fell asleep. His head
were sent to Bloomington, Ill, to-day.
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The NaiIers WON.

MARTINS FERRY. o., Aug. 6.-The nailers
strike. at the Laughlin nsil-mill, against
cutting nails below the uniform weight at
the present card rate, ended to-day, the
nailers winning. Work will be resumed
fo-mOrr0yy
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Teachers Institute at Champaign.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
CHAMPAIGN. Aug. GA teachers insti-
tute, attended by about four hundred
teachers from this and surrounding coun-
ties. is in progress in this city, conducted
by County Superintendent G. X. Shawan.
Chief among the instructors are Profs. M.
Moore, of this city. and Hays, of Urbana,
and Miss Davis, of Evanston.
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Charged with Infanticide.

Specfa, TO the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON. Aug. 6.-Annie Taylor, a
resident of Dewey, Champaign county,
where she has been employed as domes-
tic, is in Jail here, charged with infanticide.
She refuses to divulge the name of her be-
trayer. and declares that she will kill her
self at the first opportunity.
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Dropped Dead at Dinner.

Special 10 Tie InuianApOHs JOurnA
Upton, Aug 6.-Mrs. Amanda McLucas,
one of the oldest residents of this county,
dropped dead at the dinner-table to-day,
at the home of her daughter. Mrs. AID Has
kett, of this place. She was about seventy
wears of are
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Died in q Prison Cell.

Special 70 tho IndlanapOEs JOurnal
LoGANspoRT. Aug. 6.-David A. Nichols
was committed to Jail this morning by
Mayor Cullen, on charge of intoxication,
and tonight was found dead in his cell by
the turnkey. Nichols formerly taught
school at Peru, Ind, and is well connected.
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Four Ribs Broken by a Kick.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MONTPELIER, Aug. Crank Baker, a
blacksmith, living five miles west of this
city, while shooting vicious horse yester-
day, was kicked in the side and four Of
his ribs broken. The doctors think it
doubtful if he will recover.
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Judge Miller Starts Home.
ecfal to the Indianapolis Journal.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Attorney- General
Miller, of the United States. and Attorney
general Kitchener, of Indiana, started for
indianapolis to-day. Attorney general Mil
Ter will take brief vacation before resum-
ing his duties in the department over which
bs.y
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Patents to Indiana Inventors.

Special the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Aug 6.-These patents were
issued, to-day. to Indiana inventors: Will
fam L. Coffin. Bloomingsport, potato planter
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AGED Pioneer Dead.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARSHALL, Aug. 6.-Mrs. Andrew Keith
died early this morning at the age of eighty
years. She was resident of the county
for forty wears.
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ECONOMY and strength are peculiar to
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the only medicine OF
which 100 doses one dollar Is true.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-07

Fox curative effects one bottle of Ayers
Sarsaparilla is worth three of any other
name.
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The Chinese Went.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Secretary Win
dom has received the following by tele-
graph from San Francisco: "The twelve
Chinese making transit of the United States
from Havana to Hong Kong, recently per-
mitted to land at New Orleans by instruc-
tion from Washington, left there the 9th,
arriving at San Francisco the evening of
the 31st ultimo, and sailing westward from
this port on the steamer Belgic, Saturday,
the Sd inst. A party of six more Chinese
leaving New Orleans the same date made
the transcontinental journey and also
sailed on the Belgic."
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DIR. John Wishard Heard From.

Special to the Indianapolis journal
DANvILLE, Aug. GA private letter has
been received from DIR. John Wishard,
dated Oroomia, Persia. June %, in which no
allusion is made to the "POcahontas" cpl
sode published in some of the papers about
month ago. That report. which was based
on information received through private
letters. was to the effect that DR.. Wishard
and Rev. Mcdowell of the Presbyterian
mission in Persia, were attacked by Nesto-
rian robbers, about the last of May,
and nearly killed; Dr.. Wishard barely
escaping through the efforts of a native
woman, who, the account said. threw her
self upon his PROSTATE body. Pocabontas-
like, and saved his life. The letter alluded
to above is the second written by him to
his friends here since the date of the sup
posed adventure, and neither of them men
tions it. The conclusion reached by his
father is that the story was q fabrication.
The Doctor states in his last letter that be
is doing well. and will shortly move his
field of operations to point in close prOx.
unity to the ruins of Nineveh.
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Secretary Rusk,s Mission in New York.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Secretary Rusk,
who left the city with President Harrison.
went only as far as New York, where he
will meet q number of railroad men and
Senator Mcpherson in an important con-
ference on the subject of the transshlp-
ment of cattle. The Secretary wants to
have the railroads SO arrange matters that
they can centralize the cattle coming over
their roads at convenient points where
they can be inspected the more thoroughly.
1t is the intention of the Agricultural De-
partment to do all in its power to prevent
the expectation OF diseased cattle. DE-.
Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry in the Agricultural Department,
will also be present at the meeting.
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New Pension Examiner.
Special to the Indianapolis JouTn@

SALEM, Ind, Aug CDR. Havilla Hobbs
was notified yesterday by Commissioner
Tanner of his appointment upon the pen
sion examining board of physicians for this
place. This is the first change to be made
here. Dr. Hobbs is a well known physician,
and is in every way qualified for the duties
of the position.
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MINOR MATTERS.
Minister Hanna Tells Of the Immigration to
the Argentine Republic.

ouuhstcT hhuu8 IeuS Oh the Immigration to
the Argentine Republic.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Before leaving
Buenos Ayres for home, United States Min
lister Hanna wrote q short report to the
State Department on immigration into the
Argentine Republic. He says it is setting
in from all countries of Europe, and the
great number of arrivals is marvellous.
They are generally assisted by the Argen-
tine government, to the extent at least of
having their passage paid from their start
ing point to their destination in the in
terror. The amount thus paid in March
alone is estimated at S1,0OO,OO0. Already
this vast influx. the Minister says is Begin
year the country shipped A.. 900 tons of
corn. This year IL will go above 100000
tons. Mr.. Hanna further says: 'In the
vast feet of merchant ships and great
European port. the United States flag is
rarely seen, but it is hoped and believed
that the policy of the new administration
on the subject of an encouraged steam
navigation between the United States and
the SOuth American ports will successfully
solve this embarrassment"
New Sugar Experiments Successful.
WASHINGTON, Aug. CDR. Wiley, chem
st of the United States Department. of
Agriculture, has Just placed in the hands OF
the Secretary of Agriculture for publica-
ton the report of experiments in the manu-
facture of sugar by diffusion at Magnolia
Station, Lawrence. La, on the plantation
of ex-Gov. III. c. Yarmouth. The report was
prepared by Guilford l.. Spencer, one of DR..
Wiley's assistants. who was detailed to
perform the chemical work in connection
with the manufacture of sugar by diffusion
on the Governors plantation. The report
cites numerous hindrances and difficulties.
the principal ones due 10 defects in the
German cutter In use. and offers some prac-
teal suggestions for improvements In the
machinery used in the diffusion process
In spite. however, of the difficulties re-
ferred to in the work at Magnolia Station,
which comprised the manufacture of
1883 pounds of sugar, the comparison be-
tween the mill-work and diffusion process
was in favor of the latter of al pounds of
sugar TO the ton of cane, the diffusion aver
age being I'D pounds. and that of the mill.
1919 pounds. Moreover. the latter included
several tons treated by the diffusion pro-
cess. bat so involved with the mill work
that the chemist III charge found il neces-
sary TO call and include it all IN mill work.
making the difference in favor of the diffu-
sion process even more.
Patents tn Indiana Inventors.
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Murderer Slick Makes Q Desperate Escape.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal
MADISON, Aug. George Slick, who
murdered Richard Cisco last night, was
found at his home on North Jefferson street
this morning by Walter Cisco, the dead
mans brother, who tried to arrest him, but
Slick cut him dangerously across the
throat and made good his escape.
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PITTsBURG, Aug. GA special from Con-
nellsville, Pa, says: This afternoon mob.
composed chiefly of Hungarians from works
on the Mount Pleasant branch of the Balti-
more & Ohio road, went to the PAUL. works
of w. j. Rainey. on the west side of the
YOughiOgheny river. and drove the men
from the works. They also drove the labor
ers out who were at work on the new ovens
there. L. j. Mitchell, the general superin-
tendent, was in the engine-house at the
time. He kept the mob at bay with a re-.
vOlver. No one was hurt and no damage
was done to the works. The crowd then
proceeded to the Clarissa mines, and OH the
way passed the Nellie works, where the
men took to their heels on seeing the mob
approaching. At Clarissa the men were
forced out, as well as laborers at work on n
reservoir. The Huns composing the mob
were drunk and wild with anger, and the
workmen only escaped injury by running
away.