The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-28
NEWS IN SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume of the Principal Events at Home and
Abroad Published in the Issue Of Oct. %.


port that be has resigned or will resign.
New York defeated Brooklyn in Satur-
days ball game for the worlds champion
ship.
was destroyed by fire. entailing a loss of
Glass-workers in the Shenango valley.
PENNSYLVANIA, will demand a 10-per-cens
increase IN wages Nov. l.
The new cruiser San Francisco was sue
cessfuily launched at. the San Francisco
ship-yards. The vessel will be completed
IN the spring.
Mai. T.. A. Burke. ex-Treasurer of Louisi-
ana, left Calais for Brussels a week ago.
He has not returned to London. nor has he
started for America
Jacob w. Odenwilder, an ex-register of
wills of Northampton county, Pennsy1-
vania, has been arrested for embezzling the
States money while In office.
s. s. Thompson, of Vermont, widely
known In railroad circles of the United
states. died Saturday at Frankfort, Mich.
He leaves a fortune of 100000.
The giraffe born in the Cincinnati Zoolog-
zeal Gardens last Sunday sickened and.
despite the care of it's keepers and the pray
ers of the entire community, it died.
Deputy Sheriff Franklin, while trying to
arrest Josh Dobbs at Gallatin, Tenn, ac-
cidently shot Dobbs in the head. Dobbs
had been indicted By the grand jury for
marrying his niece.
Bids were opened at the Navy Depart
menS for the construction of three new
steel cruisers. There were five bids, the
lowest being Sl.225.000, for two vessels.
made by the Columbian iron-works, of
Baltimore.
John g. Longer. d~efau'ting treasurer of
the Swedish Orphanage at Mayvllle, n. L..
has been sentenced to five years imprison-
ment at Auburn. Edward j. Riddle, a
bank forzer, gets five years In the prison at
lJaQuemora n "
IRON he Second Edaion Of Sundays Journal
The Harlan Court-House War.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct 26.-Judge Lewis
IS again in possession of Harlan Court
house, and his numbers are constantly in
creasing. He has sixty-five well-armed
men, and is confident of capturing Howard
and his party. An account of the feud has
been received here giving the stories of both
sides The Howards claim that the trouble
originated in the killing, in self-defense
of Robert Turner In 1882, and that Wilson
Howard under Indictment for killing VIM.
Turner In the Quarrel ensuing cannOt get
q fair trial. and therefore resists arrest.
The Turner's, represented by Judge Lewis,
claim that Robert and William Turner
We're murdered without provocation and
Wilson Howard must be brought to trial.
The Towards greatly outnumber the Tur-
ners and can secure justice at least. Judge
Lewis is not a relative of the Turner'S and
was drawn into the fight only in the dis
charge of his duty.
Hugo Helburn, who has justreturned from
Harlan Courthouse, thinks the present sit
uation Is more alarming than it has been
at any previous time in the. county, and
predicts serious bl00dshed. During his
short stay there he became acquainted
with the leaders on both sides, and is fully
conversant with the history of the feud.
he says it is impossible to live in Harlan
county any length of time without becom-
ing involved with one faction or the other.
M nhAx1f of~ hun1 nd 1 - %Io 10000
lowers Of Hills toward .'D Els forces roe.
reside principally outside of , the
town The people are supplied via Pine
vile. wat hirsy-three miles of as bad mount
ain road as can. perhaps. be found in the
State. The town is cut off from supplies
and communication because of this road
being am uscaded by Howard's men. Those
upon the native resources when the limited
store supplies give out, unless the siege is
raised, which is not likely to be done, ex-
,cept by the interposition of the State
militia.
Speaking of the county and its resources,
Hugo Helburn says he wouldn't live there
for the entire county with &. fence around
1t, and full assurance of the community
from molestation by the natives. The peo-
pie live IN a semi-ciyilized state, with but
little excuse for existing. Every man car
fies a Winchester rifle, and. when he is not
shooting at his fellow-man or killing SPUR
&SAf totth III AOllC ~ pCOVlO
raise a little corn for moonshine and bread.
and export nothing but a little ginseng and
n few pelts. The razor-back hog Is a IA
miliar object in the town. and enjoys as
many privileges as the inhabitants. The
town wells are contaminated by all kinds
OF foreign matter, and the water is simply
poison. Nobody but q native could live
there any length of time.
Fast Mail Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-General Superin-
tendent Bell. of the railways mail service,
has made public an important change in
the traDscontineptal fast mail service. that
will take effect Nov. 10, 1889. On March 4,
1859, the time going west from New York
to San Francisco was 12S hours and Is
minutes, which was reduced to 11S hours
November schedule. the fast mail time
going west from ocean to ocean, will be
Jos hours and As minutes. One very
important feature is the fact that
the day and mails will all be distributed
by 10 A. [. On March 4 the time from San
Francisco to New York was al hours. On
May 4 the time was reduced to III hours,
by closed pouch, too late for delivery the
same day. The new schedule will reduce
the time from ocean to ocean to Ill hours,
thirty minutes; that is Jour days. fifteen
Francisco SEQ" at t : =. M NJ, after the tS't clos. Ss Of
business. and arriving at New York
Mt 1876 A. NJ, with the mails 80 assorted as
to permit immediate delivery. his is q
gain OF $3.50 hours on the March schedule,
an a gain of 1873 hours on the May sched-
nle, but as the arrivals at both ends will be
An the morning instead of evening, itmeans
q gain of a full day over the May schedule.
In both directions the service for all the
large cities will be adjusted to unite with
the transcontinental train at either Chi
cago, Council Bluffs, or Omaha, so that
the advantages will be reflected
i. throughout the entire East and West.
Over the entire route from ocean to ocean
the mails will be assorted in what are
known as fully sixty feet measurement
railway postofices. manned by experienced
clerks. and the deliveries and collections of
the pouches at the intermediate points will
DC by means Of catchers and cranes. There
will be no change in the cars west of
Omaha, q distance of 1,S70 miles. The new
arrangement carries with it some very im-
portant features. as the general superin-
tendent of the railway mail service will
hereafter have the right to fix the schedule
from ocean TO ocean, provided that it is not
made faster han the quickest limited
passenger trains over the same line. This
new service is said to be of the highest
Importance to the ranscontinental business
interests Of the country.
Bad Gang of Bruisers.
BosToN, Oct. 6-This afternoon John
J.. Sullivan and a party of followers, among
whom were Tommy Kelly, the ex-champion