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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-31
A REMARKABLE PRISONER.
Though Clothed in Il COnvict,s Garb
He Would Not Turn Traitor.

Passing the penitentiary one day last
week we espied Capt. j. w. Bates. the
affable clerk of that institution. standing at
the prison gate. and having heard he res
directed the old books containing a record
of the cOnvicts of ante bellum days, we
stopped and asked him to let us take look
at the ancient and interesting relic
1.-The prison received ITS first batch of 20
convcts on the 18th of October 1884 and
the last prisoner incarcerated before the re-
lease of the convicts by the Federal author
tiles during the war. was on the Sth of
was George Niece. with a life sentence.
who was known during his prison life as
No. l. and the last as above mentioned, was
Henry. slave. stealing from Ouachita who
was number 252l." which was the total
number of convicts entered on the pages of
the old book referred to.
Turning over the pages again. we found
this entry: No. 2O43. James Patton. 80
years of age. murder, Virginia life"
80 OF all the convicts received at the peni-
Tertiary. either before or since the war,
were they lawyers. doctors merchants,
, bank clerks. mechanics. laborers. or pro
fesslOnal burglars or thieves. No 2O43 was
the most remarkable. Though clothed in
the striped garb of a convict he never for
moment forgot that he was gentleman,
and conducted himself as such, nOtwith-
standing his surroundings and associations.
Bravely. patiently. ncOmplaningly, he
bore his confinement and punishment. and
by his gentle manners gained the good will
OF the prison officials and respect of his
fellow cOnvicts. Mr.. Patton once occupied
a high social and commercial position in
New Orleans, but unfortunately. i'm mo-
ment of frenzied anger. killed fellow man,
for which he was tried. convicted and sen
fenced for life. Being thoroughly trained
to commercial pursuits and an expert book
keeper. it was not long before he was as
signed to keeping a record of the cloth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
THE FEDERAL COURT.
Judge Gresham Occupies the Bench and Hears
Argument.in Two UnimpOrtant Cases.

Judge Walter @. Gresham occupied the
chair at the federal courts yesterday for
the dissemination of justice in the lengthy
roll of litigation which has been set for
hearing before him. Several attorneys of
more or less prominence were also in the
courtroom at the commencement of the
proceedings, and it was evident from the
number of briefs and the general earnest
ness of the lawyers that the suits were
somewhat weighty. and would not lack for
length and a display of forensic ability.
Notwithstanding the habit of the Judge
in frequently cutting short the prolonged
~eloquence of an attorney by recalling him
from a flight of rhetoric to the dry facts of
the law, the lawyers argumentative facul-
ties proved so pronounced yesterday that
only two casescould be heard, and these were
of but minor importance, viz. that of the
WOonsocket Rubber Company against
Joseph ID. Falley ct al, for foreclosure of
mortgage; and that of the Lapham Dodge
Company VS.. Henry SEVERN & Co..
for an Injunction to restrain the defend
ants from infringing upon the patent of a
washing machine. No decision was rem
dered in either case. The suit of Daggett,
Bassett& Hill Company VS.. a VIM. ID. Beach
and others, which was set for hearing yes
terday afternoon, had to be postponed, and
will be the first case proceeded with this
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

and Detroit, Mich. 712 cents; st. Mary's,
o., 8 cents; Gallon and Marion, o., 8 cents;
Cleveland, o., gig cents.
There is rood authority for stating that
the Vanderbilts have recently purchased
large blocks of the stock of the Cincinnati,
Sandusky & Cleveland road from tue Cor
bin-Maxwell and Graves syndicate. The
G., $. 81 G.. is 2l3 miles long, and is in fair
physical condition. While the stock which
the Vanderbilts nave secured may not give
them the controlling interest, still the in
fiuence they can bring TO bear, it Is be-
lieved, will be so great that the other stock
holders, now In a minority. Will be induced
TO turn their holdings over to the Big -Four
syndicate on favorable terms. and thus
complete. practically. a sale OF the prop
erty without much noise.
Commencing with Sunday next, the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton q DAYTON will largely
increase its passenger-train service be-
tween Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The
day train now arriving here ut 1l:40 will be
run in two sections, starting at different
times. the first arriving at Indianapolis at
1870 A. NJ, the other at 1910 A. NJ, and train
No. SO, which now arrives here at 10:45 p. NJ,
will also be run in two sections. the first
arriving at indianapolis at $50 p. NJ, haul
ing the Peoria & st. LOU car from Cincin-
natl for those points; the second section
will arrive here at11 p. NJ, and be made up
entirely of vestlbule cars. Two trains COM
ing west are scheduled to make the run
from Cincinnati to Indianapolis in three
hours, and two trains going south will make
the same time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
BOARD OF TRADE AFFAIRS.
Membership Inereasing-lmproyements Near
ing Completion-An Important Meeting.

On Monday evening next the regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Trade
governors will be held, and a large at
tendance is expected, as matters of great
Importance are to be discussed, besides the
transaction of usual routine business. The
appointment of delegates to the National
Board of Trade meeting, which is to be
held at Louisville on Oct. 16, will also be
made.
Il would like to know" said a prominent
member of the board, yesterday, what has
become OF the artesiin-well project and the
committee, under the craftsmanship of
Judge Martindale, who were empowered
by the board to push the project to compile
ton. There was a stock company to be
formed. with a capital of $4,000, and a set
of books to be opened, and several of us
believed that the work would have been
commenced at once" The matter will
again be brought before the notice of the
board. and a report will be asked for from
the committee.
The improvements in connection with
the Board of Trade building are having the
ship and attendance. Applications for
membership have been received from ThOs.
b. Mills. real estate agent, and from Henry
jameson, physician, and these will be con-
sidered at the next meeting. Two member
ships are posted for sale. rendered vacant
by the deaths of DR.. Newcomer and Daw-
son Blackmore. Each membership car
ries with it eight shares in the sur
plus fund equal to about $40. these
will be sold at the next meeting of the
membership committee to the highest bid
der.
The large passenger elevator for the con-
venience of the members of the board, and
which is in course of erection in the center
of the building. will be completed in a
short time, and will greatly tend to secure
a larger attendance on the floor, as one of
the prevalent excuses among members is a
dislike to ascending two flights of stairs.
The chry santhemum show and floral ex,,
meeting at Tomlinson Hall on Nov. 5 to
9, inclusive, includes upon its premium list
three prizes of SIS, $15 and SO, offered by
the Board of Trade for the best and most
original design of cut flowers. This is only
another instance of the ~wide-reaching in
f1uence and interest the board now possesses
| and takes in all local affairs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
The Court Record.
SUPFRIOR COURT.

Room 2-Hon. Daniel Wait Howe. Judge.
James L. Eaglesfield VS.. Anna Thompson;
foreclosure of mechanics lien. Judgment
for plaintiff for S94.9 IS.
Desire Edison VS.. Harry E. Drew; suit on
note. Dismissed by court.
Paul Pfafflin VS.. Elizabeth Pfaff1in; suit
for divorce OF grounds of abandonment;
also cross-complaint of defendant. Divorce
refused both parties.
The divorce suits of Annie Vice VS.. John
Vice and Edward Bruner VS.. Millissa J..
Bruner. taken under advisement by court
last week, were both refused.
George w. MARYLAND VS.. Louis J. Baker:
mechanics lien. James n. Rogers was APP
pointed receiver. with pond at $500.
+. III. Moore q Co. VS.. Frank Ray ct al:
suit on contract. On trial by court.
Ne,c Suits Filed.
Malinda Minor VS.. Walter Minor: divorce.
Allegation. failure TO provide.
Sarah T.. Potter VS.. Leon Couturler ct al:
on debt. Demand. $500.
Jackson Coal Mining Company VS.. Brain
ard RorisOn ct al; on account. Demand,
Ss5o.
c COURT.
Hon. Livingston Rowland. Judge.
Board of Children's Guardians VS.. Ham,
ilton Children. Motion for new trial filed.
Poole; assignment of patent. On trial by
court.
Peter Stuck VS.. Sarah Stuck. Claim al
lowed in sum of S41S.y.
Neic Suit Filed.
Dennis ODonaghue VS.. John Moore: on
note. Demand. $500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
THE FLAcK DIVORCE CASE.
A Double Life, in Which One Crime Wa
Committed to Cover Up Another.

A Double Life, in Which One Crime Was
Committed to Cover Up Another.
Washington Post
The disclosures of the late Hamilton case
only filled the public with disgust, and
reused a feeling of contempt for both the
mans stupidity and the woman's %depravity.
The Flick case presents an entirely differ
emit phase of social crime.
Seventeen years ago James A. Flack, OBJ
liviOus to duty. fell in love with. a young
girl in his b~o0k-binding establishment.
Knowing he was married, the girl yet
counted love worth more than the world,
and so for seventeen years she has lived
within a mile of James Flack's legal wife.
faithful to the faithless man, and q de-
voted mother to a devoted son.
She has lived an anxious life, q life of
fitting and hiding. to save her boy and his
father from public shame: but she lived
her life patiently, and in the rearing of her
son displayed the tender sOlicitude and
pious training that is bestowed by happy
wives.
For herself the woman did not care so
much, but for her boy. whose gentle nature
had inclined him to the ministry, she
longed for legal recognition. She wanted
the boy, destined for so serious a work,
freed from the stain his parents had put up
on his name. This is supposed to be the
secret of the divorce-conspiracy, and be-
tween the legitimate son. William -FIack,
who struck his mother when she differed
from him. and the nameless son, who idol
ICES his mother, and has consecrated his
life to good works, there is a strange coll
trast.
This is one of the unusual cases where a
double life and faithless conduct seems
doubly wicked. So long as the guilty suf.
fer justice is satisfied. But it is in the
vicarious atonement of the innocent-faith-
full wives and guiltless children-that hon
est men are moved to pity. apd by which
the selfish and dishonest should take due
warning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

which Miss Ellen M. Coe has formed from
her experience as librarian of the New
York Free Circulating Library. "Ben-hur,'
has now passed Uncle Toms Cabin"
which, in 1887, headed the list of fiction in
greatest demand. The recent report of the
Maimonides Library, in New York. gives
the same testimony. "Ben-Hur" heads the
list of single volumes of ticrionmost sought
after.
A. G.. McClurg & Co, who have secured the
publication of The Story of Tonty." by
Mrs. Catherwood. author of THE Romance
of Dollard." Tonty is La Salle's lieutenant,
and the story is one of French exploration
in America two centuries ago. The book
will be profusely Illustrated. The same
housed is preparingP auld de Remusat's volume
or Theirs, in the series of Great French
Writers translated by Prof. Melville An
be called Seven Days After the Honey
mOOu.v
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
Corporal Tanner in SeclusiOn.

WHsHIngtOu SptCdl.
his time in seclusiOn nowadays. Chance
visitors at his home in Georgetown are
kindly received. but not encouraged to re-
peat their calls frequently. His family
stand guard over him to see that he does
no more of his ruinous talking. In spite of
their care, however, he has once or twice
burst the bonds of silence to speak his mind
about Private Dalzell, whom he now re-
CARDS as a greater enemy even than Assist
ant Secretary Bussey. 1t would make the
garrulous Private's ears tingle to hear the
Corporal launch explosives at him; but
there is no question among Tanners friends
here that Dalzell has killed Tanners
chances for any desirable place under the
Tor the Pension Commissionership, and his
own for anything in a~nybody's gift now
and forever more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments filed for record in the recorders,
Office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 p. NJ, Oct. 3, 1889, as
furnished by Elliott Il Butler, abstracters of
titles. Hartford Block, "a East Market street:
Daniel B. Hosbrook to G. H. Aebker,
part of lot 6, in block 4, in Hubbard
OF ais southeast addition. --....--... 81, 10000
ROlly S. Parsley to VIM. H. Smith,
part OF west half of northeast quar-
ter OF section "a, township IL, range
Joseph NJ. Hightshoe to Z. A. Hamlin,
northeast quarter of section IL,
township 10, range 2, containing
Bertha Barter to Peter Davies, iots
237 and 23S, in Aliens second north
John Disch to August Maschmeyer,
part OF southeast quarter of section
&c, township 10, range 3, containing
Ripple Gas Company to Consumsers'
Gas Trust Company, part of south
east quarter southeast quarter Of
section %. township 16, range 3d.. 81, O72. 90
Jacob 8. Wood to Dennis Sullivan,
lot %, in Ames's subdivision OF out
Joseph II. Clark to VIM. II. Poullain.
lots 95 and 90. in Clark's addition
to- Haugbville.. 10000
Amos ID. Krews0n to Susan A. Morri-
son. lot 40, in Krewsons addition to
lrv1ngtOn- 5000
.Obed c. Refa to Levi ]. Noftzger. lot
IL. in Johnson's subdivision of block
PSI johnson heirs addition.:....- $4,000
Vim. w. Deeter to Millie A. Moore,
lot 1. in Clifford 10000
Mary A. Christian to DanielT. Thorn
ton. part of southeast quarter of
section %, township IA. range 3,
containing 3 acres...-.-.-.... 2,145.OO
Joseph II Clark TO GeorgeG G. McHaffe,
lot 40. III Clark's third addition to
West Indianapolis. 10000
Conveyances. Is; consideration +. 1891, 112.OO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
Jerseys Democratic Candidate for Governor.

There is something quite unique in Leon
New Jersey. Now that the war is over and
its results generally accepted, he says that
those who conducted it were tirst-ciassm men.
But back in April. 1866, he entertained a
different opinion. In that month he rose in
strike the name of Abraham Lincoln from q
resolution thanking Lincoln, Grant, Sher-
man and the Union army for their heroic
and successful efforts. The Trenton State
Gazette says that he gave as his reason that
Lincoln was only an impediment in the
war. Whatever it was, it sprang from the
same feeling which the year before moved
the national Democratic convention. to sde-
clare the war a failure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
Mrs. Foulke's Love of Mercy.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
An extract, copied in your columns from
the Philadelphia Press. relating to the un-
fiinching courage of Stevens, one of John
Browns men who was wounded and
captured at Harper's Ferry. contains a ref
erence to the tender heart and love of
mercy of one Mrs. Foulke, wife of the pro-
prietor of the Shenandoah Hotel, who is
SAID to rave pleaded with the crowd to
spare Stevens's life. If you will refer to
in the published report. you will find that
her tender heart and love of mercy were
not for the wounded captive, but for her
parlOr carpet. She testified that she
begged the men not to kill Stevens in the
house, fearing his blood would spoil her
carpet. W.. H.
~IANAPOL Oct. q.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
Wanamaker's Danger.


The Indiana spiritualists have, in conven-
tion assembled, denounced Pastmaster-gen-
eral Wanamaker. If Mr.. Wanamaker finds
himself jerked out of bed of nights and
slammed up against the ceiling, while the
bed executes a highland fling on its hind
legs and the bureau waltzes with the wash
stand, he needn't waste time trying to figure
it out. He need only remember that the
~spiritualists hav denounced him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
DIRECTORY

HENRY Fir Insurance Agency
- Martindale Block.
CHAS. A.---.--.--.-..-92 East Market
Pacific Mutual Life and Accident.
SUDLOW q MARSH, Managers. 02 T.. Market st,
for Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky, Tennessee and West
Virginia for the Provident Savings Life Assurance
Society of New York. Sheppard Homanss plan OF
pure life insurance, Wnmixed with banking, a
Speciality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
WANTED-SALESMEN.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at SIS per month salary and
w expenses. TO sell n line OF silver plated ware,
watches, etc. by sample only; horse and team furnished
free. Write at once for full particulars and sample
case OF goods free. Standard SilveI.ware Co. Boston.
Mass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
Grover Losing Ground.

Rochester N. " Democrat
The old Democratic State committee
stood twenty for Cleveland and fourteen
for Hill The new committee contains
eight Cleveland and twenty-six Hill men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

In case of sudden colds, and for coughs of long
standing, take Ayers Cherry PectoraL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04
RAILWAY TIMETABLES.

RAILWAY TIMETABLES.
DENNSYLVANIA DIRECT AND
Il POPULAR PASSENGER ROUTES.
Trains leave and arrive at indianapolis as follows
PANHANDLE ROCTE-EAsT.
Leave for Pittsburg d ". Y. 4sO am. 400 pm. $40 pm
" Richmond d Columbus 900 am, 400 pm
AZ. from N. Y Il Pittsbg. I;f0 am. $50 pm I0-0 PIN
" Columbus. Richmond, ETC., $40 am. $50 pm
Sleepers 10 Pittsburg and New York without change.
CHICAGO DIVISION.
Leave for Chicago ana Northwest lbs am. Il:O pm
Arrive from Chicago and Northwest 3:5 am, ais pm
J.. NJ. q L. r. R.-5ouTH.
Leaves for Louis
Vile a. the South 400 am, s:5 am, as pm. 62J pm
AT. from Louis
vie d the south 1000 am. I1:25 am, 5:45p pm. Io55 pm
l. q v. r. h-SCUTHWEsT.
Cairo Express. Leave. 720a am
Vincennes Accommodation. Leave --------- Gao am
Vincennes Accommodation. Arrive.-..-.-.-- 1eE5 am
Cairo Express. Arrive 500 pm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

Literary NOTES.
With the opening number Of Volume Y
of Good Housekeeping, Nov. 8, Helen Camp
bell is to take charge of an editorial de
partment to be entitled, "WOman's Work
and Wages
The Railroad Articles" which attracted
such wide attention in Scribner's Magazine,
are about to be published by the Scribners
in book form, under the title of The Amer
lean Railway"
Miss Ellen NJ. Coe, librarian of the New
York Free Circulating Library. reports that
Ben-Hur has passed Uncle Toms Cabin,
which. in 1883. headed the list of fiction in
greatest demand at that institution.
The famous old-time fairy tale. 1.-THE
Sleeping Beauty" with illustrations, by
Geo. w. Brenneman, of the Salmagundi
Club, is to be brought ont for the holidays
in the prettiest imaginable dress by White
a. Allen.
Portraits of Miss Constance Fenimore
Wools0n. with a personal sketch, and of
Miss Blanche Willis Howard and Henrick
Ibsen. the Norwegian author, who created
such a stir in the London season just over.
all appear in the October Book Buyer.
That "Ben-Hurr will outlast Robert
Elsmere' In popularity is the Judgment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

This month the Jacksonville, Madison
81 Indianapolis will receive from the Al
toona shops of the Pennsylvania company
q large new passenger engine, class 10"
and three of the same class will be received
this month for the Chicago division of the
c., st. l.. & Il. road. They weigh 5000
pounds, and have a tive-foot-six-inch driv-
ing wheel.
publish statistics of the railway building
In the United States during the first nine
months of the current year. 1t finds that
over 3.400 miles of mainline track have
the probabilities are that fully 5000 miles,
and perhaps more. will have been completed
before the end of the year.
w. C.. Arp, master mechanic of the shops
of the Pennsylvania Company in Logans-
port, is in the city. He has. at the shops
duced natural gas quite generally. even to
the tring-up of engines. On Wednesday
last he took a cold engine, put natural gas
In the fire-box by q device of his own, and
In twenty-fOur minutes the steam pressure
had reached,a point that the engine could
be run out of the round-house and got
ready To take out a train.
The bait thrown out by the north-apd-
south lines In the recent adjustment of
their troubles. where they make the mile
age tickets good for bearer, does not meet
with the friendly response expected. Es-
peciaily are the commercial men complain
ing. They say that the ordinary passenger.
who travels now and then, will not buy a
1.ooo-mile ticket and put up $25 for it. but
viii the rather paw his 3 cents a mile. so it
n only the travelling salesman that is hurt
by the advance of 50 on n .000-mile ticket.
The linseed-oil men in this territory ave
carried their point with the Central Traffic
Association. At a meeting of the executive
committee the following rates on haxseed
In carloads. TO be milled in transit. were
adopted TO take effect Oct. Is. From
Chicago to Logansport, Ind, gig cents; In
dianapolIs. 4l2 cents; Marion. Ind. Ala
cents; Piqua and Dayton. o., O cents;
Springfield. o.. zig cents; Valley Mill. z
cAnts; Warren, o., lOia cents; Toledo, O.,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-23
CORN BREAD.

There is a growing interest in the
proposed corn palace at the worlds fair
at Paris. as all incident in the effort to
teach the old world people the value
of corn as a cheap human food. Only 4
per cent of the production of the coun-
try now finds q market abroad. 1t is
hoped to increase this in few years to
% per cent or more. This is matter
OF great Importance to the Western
states. which are the chief corn grow
ers. Iowa is at the head OF these, grow
ing the last year the enormous guam
tity OF 352l $685. 63 bushels. This gives
for each resident of that state, after
taking out seed for S,U00,e00 acres, six
tons of corn. At present prices it is as
valuable for fuel as any other use. The
home market afforded by the distiller-
les has been cut off, and transportation
eats up its value in shipment. 1t
would be a great boon to the people
over the water if they could learn to
eat it, as it is vast improvement upon
their average food, and this country
wants to supply them.