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The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

terman, an Englishman, twenty-six years
old, was arrested in Hoboken this morning
as vagrant. Upon arriving at the prison,
Osterman was ordered to strip for bath.
He refused. and his clothing was forcibly
removed. Hidden beneath his undershirt
was found chamois belt which contained
five Bank of England notes Of flOO each
and diamonds worth fully 1900. Warden
Grimes took charge of the property. Oster-
man is apparently. unable 30 give any lucid
account of himself. The hat he wore was
purchased at San Francisco, Cal, whether
by himself or another is not known. 1t is
believed that Osterman was on his way to
England. An effort will be made to dis
cover his friends.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
COLLECTED FAITH MONEY"
A C0l0red Woman Enriches Herself by Prom
ising Situations at the White House

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-A few days asc
woman passing under the name o. Caro-
line Clement went about Washington
among the colored people and represented
to them that there would be an immense
entertainments at the White House by Pres
ident and Mrs. Harrison on the night of st.
Patrick's day. She represented to the col
ored women that mattresses and SER
vans were being employed; that their
salaries would be liberal, and the duties
pleasing and elevating. She employed
largo number of colored women and de-
manded from each some faith money" or
an advance in cash, as an earnest of de-
sire to appear at tho White House on st.
Patiick's night, ready for duty. 1t is be-
lieved that she collected quite sum of
money in this way before one colored
woman. who had advanced several dollars,
becoming suspicious, went to the White
House. where she learned that her en-
ployer was fraud. The solicitor is now in
the station-house. being unable to give
$500 bond to appear for trial The police
officers say that Mrs. Harrison will be sum-
moned as a witness in the case.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
THE FERTILE CHEROKEE STRIP.
Settlers end TOwn-Siters Are Rungering for
It's Possession, and Are Now Stalking Claims.

Topeka, Kan. Feb. 25.-PeTsons just in
from the southern border of Kansas state
that hundreds of people are gathering there
to enter the Cherokee strip when President
Harrison shall declare it lawful to do so.
The strip comprises tho finest part of the
Indian Territory, being well watered and
timbered. The counties of Cowley and
Summer were the homes of the Oklahoma
boomers for years while awaiting the signal
from Washington, when they could rush
across the strip to that one spot so long
closed to settlement. The results of that
signal are we'll known. The Presidents
recent proclamation was so worded as to
inspire the boomers with the belief that the
Cherokee strip may be open by June I. in
case the cattle can be got out of there. The
cities and villages are rapidly filling ND
with people. From these points excursions
are made into the Territory, ostensibly for
the purpose of hunting cattle or
iset f' sites u' for homes. aea'y The to tows ss-
site speculator is also on hand. and already
more than two score towns have been To-
Gated in imagination. There is DISPOSE
tion all along the border to respect the
rights. or the supposed rights, of those who
thus prematurely locate their claims and
town sites. This disposition has caused the
belief that there IS an organization formed
for the purpose of invasion. This, how
ever, is hardly the case. The purpose Is to
protect each other against tho later claim
ants. 1t rs estimated that fully LOCO claims
have been examined and marked, the prop
erty rights TO which will be respected and
even defended, if necessary. There are
about 5000 claims in the Cherokee strip,
and there are 5000 people now on the bor-
der waiting to go in. By May II, 1900
people will have gathered along the Kansas
border 10 enter the strip. This is not the
full extent of the preparations. however.
In Oklahoma there ara thousands of negroes
ready TO cross the line northward, and
they. too, have selected their claims. Many
quarter sections in that territory have as
many as five families residing upon each
one, four of which will cross the line and
head of the column from the north can
come in sight. These negroes will be rein
forced by thousands of negroes from Missis-
sippi and Arkansas.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

Boo End Shoe Manufacturers Compelled to
Egtsign Ly the Thievery of an Employe.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Surprising develop
ments accompanied an assignment made
this afternoon by A. G. Leonard g. Co.,
boot and shoe manufacturers, No. 207 Mon
roe street. The immediate cause of the as
signment was failure to meet Sc, 400. due on
a new factory at Dekalb, Ill. The liabil-
tiles are placed at $1,000 with assets the
same. The real trouble. according to a re-
port which quickly spread, was the en-
bezzlement of large sums of money by the
firms factory foreman. S. NJ. Cutter. The
foreman, it was reported, had not been
seen since Feb. 5, and is thought to be in
Canada. Foreman Cutter is a married
man. He resided with his family in one of
the suburbs.
Mr.. Leonard stated this evening that
Cutter had been systematically rObbing
the firm for eighteen months. They were
unable to say how much he embezzled un-
til they investigated further, but the
amount is large, and the proof sufficient to
warrant them in beginning proceedings be-
fore the grand jury. which will be done to-
morrow. Most of the liabilities are held by
Boston and New England firms.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
lafayette Men Killed and Injured.

PEORIA, Ill, Feb. 25.-Two Lake Erie &
Western trains collided at Hilton, this
morning; and both engines and about forty
cars are completely wrecked. The engineers
and fremen jumped and saved their lives,
but the head brakeman. Benjamin, on the
incoming train. was thrown under the
debris and killed. Brakeman j. @. Hall on
the outgoing train was also caught and
had his left leg cut of. Both men live at
Lafayette, Ind. The accident is due to the
cite.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

tion of winter wheat averages high in all
the State covered by our report. The only
disconraging reports thus far have come
from Michigan and Wisconsin. A large
proportion of our correspondents in those
States complain of damage to wheat by the
changeable weather during the last month.
Similar complaints reach us from scatter
ing counties in northern Illinois. while in
have been damaged by excessive wet
weather. Cass. Christian. Fulton, Menard
and Scott COMMITTEES report slight damage
from the Hessian fly. but the general aver
age of condition the State over is good In
Indiana, Ohio and Missouri the average
of condition is high. although few CORE
sp0ndents report some damage from alter
nate freezing an thawing.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

Great Damage Throughout Southern Indiana
Railway Traffic Suspended.

Great Damage Throughout Southern Indiana
Railway Traffic Suspended.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Feb, 15.-The rain
end wind-storm of Monday night and to-
day seems to have been general in this
section, judging from reports received to-
day and tonight All creeks and small
streams have filled and overfowed their
banks and all low land is submerged.
Green river is bank full and pouring into
the Ohio with great velocity, and is doing
much towards swelling the latter. Farm
ers who failed to prepare for the rise will
suffer great loss. Telegraph and telephone
lines are down in every direction, and it is
with difficulty that particulars can be OBJ
tanned.
All the railroads entering here have suf-
fered. the Maekey lines especially being
put ont and train service has been unsatis-
factory. The track of the Evansville x
Terro Haute road at Ingles 10 under water,
and = train In from Vincennes this evening
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

HAMBURG, Feb 25.-Arrived: Gellert,
from New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Arrived: La Cham
pagne. from Havre.
BRowHEAD, Feb. 25.-Passed: City of
Paris, for Liverpool.
LONDON, Feb. 25-The La Bretagne. at
Havre, from New York. reports that on Feb.
20 she spoke the British steamer Ardangorm,
Captain Cameron, from New Orleans. Jan.
3, for Glasgow and Hull, before reported
spoken, with her shaft broken, and fur
nished her with provisions The steamer
Elder. from New York, arrived at Bremen
haven this morning.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
CYCLONE In TENNESSEE.
Damage to Property at Memphis ~
Brownsville-One Person Killed.

Damage to Property at Memphis and
Brownsville-One Person Killed.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb 25.-A cyclone Wis
tied this place to-day. 1t began its mis-
chievous work with the new cotton COM
press. near the depot. The stack was
blown down and several thousand dollars
injury done. Proceeding across the rail-
road track the wind lifted the roof
off new brick mill and
few yards beyond annihilated
frame church. known as the Northern
Methodist Church. Several trees were
picked up and tossed about like straws
as the storm rapidly traversed to-
ward the business portion of the
city. A severe wind and rain-storm
visited Memphis at IL o'clock this morn
ing, but beyond general prostration of
the wires no damage was done.
brownsville, Tenn, six miles northeast of
Memphis, on the Louisville * Nashville
roailroad, was struck by the cyclone at
o'clock this morning. Half of the business
houses of the town were unroofed, and many
materially damaged. while several build
ings are In a total state of destruc-
ton. After reaching this portion the
first structure of any Importance
that stood in the cyclones course was the
handsome building of the Brownsville
Savings Bank. The roof was picked off and
fell to the street with tremendous crash.
Three squares of buildings across the street
just north of the bank were unroofed, with
the exception of the house of j. b. Phil
lips IL Co. Only one residence is re-
ported as having been damaged, that
of Mr.. S. A. Baynson, Washington street.
Just following the Cyclone came a
great food of rain that completely
drenched the goods in the various
unroofed houses. causing almost complete
destruction in most cases. Loss about $50
600. The only loss of life reported is that of
woman about three milesfrom Brownsville,
who was struck by falling tree and in-
stantly killed. Her two children were Sc
veralv iuiured
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

New YORK. Feb. 25.-Judge Patterson. of
the Supreme Court, to-day denied the ap-
plication of Col. w. w. Dudley TO vacate
the order for his examination before trial
in the suit brought by him against the
Press Publishing Company to recover $50
600 for alleged libel in the publication of
ley's counsel claimed that he had been in
the State since the order was granted, but
Judge Patterson held that Mr.. Dudley has
avoided the service of the order. and cam
not expect consideration from the court
when be refuses to submit himself to its
jurisdiction.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

MONTGOMERY. Mimi. Feb. 25.-Thomas
Jancra, in a fit of jealousy, INSTANTLY
killed Christina. the sixteeh-year-old
ing her about o'clock this morning AT her
home. about five miles south of this village.
He also fired one shot at John Macke.
which passed through his right lung. but
not fatally wounding him. He then, after
trying TO kill others, but failing fired two
bullets through his own heart, while lyinR
down beside tho dead girl
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Power of Natural Gas Exemplified.

DAYTON, o.. Feb. 25.-A terrific electric
storm with heavy rain flooded the rivers
here yesterday. Rip-raps and levees were
washed out and a ten-inch natural gas
main was torn away. The water of the
creeks shot into the air like geyser, and
column of gas, resembling black smoke,
assembled two hundred feet, terrifying the
pc, pie. Tie injury 10 the gas MAINS shuts
out the West Side from fuel for heating
and cooking puI poses.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Other Business Troubles.

CARLISLE, Pa. Feb 25.-Henry r. Mos
ser, lumber-dealer, of New Cumberland,
this county, failed to-day, Judgments to
him.
TORONTO, Feb. 25.-McCraney g. Wilson,
wholesale lnmber-dealers have assigned
Liabilities, direct, $4,000; indirect, $40, 700.
Assets, 800, 900.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The establishment
of Charles G. Carpenter, manufacturer of
rubber goods etc, was seized on executions
to-day. Liabilities 100000; assets about
the same
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

SPRING DRESS q,
'I'1iI,,5, 1i;,,5, Ii';;l'ii, s s IT., BIG 4
HAVEN'T TIME

HAVEN'T TIME
To write An ad Besides. it would take too long to
tell you one half the good things the Big Four
has TO offer viii let it go this time by saying
that there Is not railroad trip the Big -Four cannot
send you
TIME CARD.
CLEVELAND DIVISION.
Depert-s410 10 am. am Ill 10 am, g. 05 pm, 20 pm,
Arrive-$9.15 am. 1000 am, 515 pm, 6.26 pm,
sl0.50 pm.
CHICAGO q CINCINNATI DIyIsI0N-EAsr.
Depart-s355 am, s645 am, 1880 am, $40 pm,
85 pm, $50 pm.
Arrfve-10. IL am. <l1.00 am, 212:10 pm. 4.65 pm,
$1055 pm, al. .35 pm.
CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI pIvIsIoN-wEsr
Depart-7.l0 am, I'll. 10 am, $40 pm, ell AS pm.
Arrfve-<3.30 am, 1885 am. 81 90 pm. 625 pm
LOUIS CAIRO DIVISION.
Depart-t730 am. -l1.05 am. 500 pm, t1106 pm.
Arrive-*3.4 40 EN-. 10. 35 am, 1850 pm, 70. % pm.
DAILY eSunday only.
]. H MARTIN, d. P A.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

GLOUCESTER. Mass, Feb. 25.-The schoon-
or Marion Grimes, from Georges Bay, to-
day. reports that on Feb. 81. while at anchor
during a heavy gale, Timothy O'Connell,
of. Shelburne, n s., Abram Frazier and
Abram Gerry. of Arichat, while furing the
jib, were washed overheard by heavy sea
and drowned. The men were unmarried.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Cincinnati, Hamilton 4 Dayton R. R.
The Pullman yestibule Line"
BETWEEN
INDIANAPOLIS and CINCINNATI

Acknowledged by the press and the travelling pub
lie 70 be the finest trains run on earth"
The greatest indGcement offered TO the public by
this service is the fact that danger has been
duced To a minimum; there can be no danger from
fire. since the trains are entirely heated by steam and
lighted by electricity and the Pintsch gas system.
Equipped throughout with Pullman's Perfected
Safety Vestibules. This vesubule system 10 30
sructed 70 prevent 0scilating motion of the
by the of vertical buffers being held in friconal
contract with each other under the enormous pres
OF fifteen thousand pounds which renders tele-
scoping an impossibility.
a trip over the C.. H d D., in oae Of it's velvety
palaces, means journey of ease and speed.
Remember, we are the best line from Indianapolis
to Dayton, Toledo and Detroit
Trains arrive and depart from Union Station as
follows
For CINCINNATI AND DAYTON.
Depart-s4:06 am f10:35 am 4243 pm 400 pm
Arriye-sl:l0 am 1890 am f1l:05 am t7:S0 pm
@10:55 pm
For TOLEDO, DETROIT AND THE NORTH.
Depart. rt.-------*4:05a am tI0:35 am 400 pm
Arrive e---.-.------&110 am 1880 am 1880 pm
sDaily. fDaily except Sunday.
TICkET-OFFICE-Corneru Illinois street and Ken.
tucky avenue. H. J. RHETN, General Agent.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 25.-Two masked men en-
tered the general store of w. C. Henderson.
at Berwyn, /. T.. on Monday night. One of
them covered the clerks with revolvers.
for the occasion. large amount of iewelry
and dry goods. and took all the money in
the safe, mounted their horses, with their
booty behind them, and escaped
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Twenty BuiIdings Blown Down.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.-A special telegram
says terrible hurricane swept over a part
of northern Texas early this morning. The
Masonic Hall in Gainesville was torn TO
pieces. the courthouse unroofed, the Santa
Fe railroad depot wrecked and some twenty
buildings blown down. Nobody was killed.
but several persons were more or less in
iured. The damage will aggregate over
S20 On0
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Communication Cut OF.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 25.-Ihe storm of
Monday night worked great destruction
with the telegraph service, and not a word
of direct communication can be had with
the South. Until IL o'clock tonight all
connection with the Southern States was
cut OFF. but at that time the Western Union
succeeded in getting a wire to Chatta-
nooga. IL is impossible to ascertain any
thing about the damage done to either
wires. houses or people, or even to find out
the area covered by the storm.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
UNABLE TO RESCUE THEM.
-Four Sailors Left to Their Fate on q Water
Logged andsDismasted Vessel

Logged andsDismasted Vessel
NEW YORK, Feb. 25:-Captain Turner, of
the American schooner Harry Prescott, re-
ports that ON Feb. 8, latitude "a, longitude
IS, he hove-to near the wreck of three
masted schooner, dismasted and water
logged, with her boats and forward house
gone, and the sea making clean breach
over her. Four men were cllnging to the
afJer-house. Owing to the dangerous sea,
Captain Turner says he was unable to rem
der them any assistance, and when last
seen the wreck was drifting toward Hat
teraS shoals
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Severe storm on Lake Tahoe.

CARSON. New, Feb. 25.-There was q ter
rible storm at Lake Tahoe yesterday. Small
craft were smashed to pieces The wharyes
were severely shaken and are almost un-
safe. The force of the wind was such that
trees. houses and wood-piles were blown to
pieces. The snow is drifting along the road
here, covering the station-houses and bury
ing logging camps.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Endowed a College with s1oo. GOO.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-Miss Susanna III.
Warfield. wealthy maiden lady, who died
a few days ago at her home. "Groveland.D
Carroll county, aryland, has left all her
property to found an Episcopal college,
which is to be named after her. The en-
dowmept amounts to about 100000
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Condition of Winter Wheat.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-The Farmers Review
for Feb. 26 will say: Thus far the reports
of our correspondents indicate that. with
the exception Of few counties. tho condi.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

We have Spring Overcoats.
They are here. They are coming
in constantly.
We have Winter Overcoats which
we are selling at 20 per cent. OH
the price, which is in addition to all
former reductions.
We have Waterproof Coats.
You are hard to suit if we can't
catch you with one of the three.
Sole agents for the celebrated
Macintosh. The only fine water
proof coat worth wearing.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

CANCERS and cancerous tumors are cured bv
The purifying effects OF Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26
Eio0da I'm Ohio.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 25.-Dispatches to
this city from Mt. Vernon, Lima. Findlay.
Springfield AID other points in Ohio report
great damage by high water and the floods
constantly iccreasing. The railroads about
Springfield are badly embarrassed by wash
outs, the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
and the Ohio, Indiana & Western suffering
the most. At Tadmor. small station on
the Cincinnati, Hamilton Sc Dayton
railroad, the south-bound Cincin-
natl express was saved from run
ming into washout by the vigi-
lance of a farmer who discovered that the
bridge had been carried away. At Findlay
cellars of prominent manufacturing eStab-
lishments are flooded and the contents
ruined. Damage has been done to the nat
ura-gas supply of both Findlay and Fos-
toria by the carrying away of pipes. All
pixies and highroads in the localities
named are in an impassable condition ow-
ing to the carrying away of culverts and
bridges. At latest reports the water was
still rising, with prospects of greatly in
creased losses.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-26

barely passed over q place where the bed
was washing away. Trainmen were LETT
there to flag other trains. The bound
passenger, leaving here at P: NJ, could not
cross the break at Ingles, and returned to-
night. The south-bound passenger, duo
here at 7:20 this evening, had not arrived az
midnight. All other trains on this ROAD
have been abandoned for the present. A
train-load of men was sent to lngles to-
night TO endeavor to save the track from
washing away What success they met
with could not be learned tonight
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind. Feb. 25.-This evening
White river is the highest it is known to
at the rate of two inches per hour. Much
damage has been done to fences. while the
many hot-beds of Mr. Walling, east of the
city, are under two feet of water, making
him a heavy looser.
At the water-works pump-house the water
is two feet deep in the engine-room. and 1t
will only require foot more to reach the
gas fires. which will likely cut off the water
supply from the city.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. GA heavy rain
last night in this county caused sudden
and unprecedented rise of all the streams
in this county, doing great damage TO rail-
roads and highways. Five large wagon
bridges were swept away from over Haw
creek and Duck creek. 1t will require
$4,000 to repair the damage done in this
county. White river. at this point, is the
highest known for years, and still rising.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, Feb. 25.-Reports
from the Mississinnawa river on the south,
and the Salamanca on the north, state
that they are the highest ever known.
Both the first and second bottom lands are
covered with raging torrent. The dam
age to stock is small, but to buildings,
fences and bridges is great.
Franklin and vicinity are suffering from
flooded roads and washed-out bridges.
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-14
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ProctoE KnosS scoggsH's famous rsse-,
ef esarss sEl 2lw4ys Be . favoxsts with
Western peSFls. TaAs yezr. strange -
say, although he r&n VERY anfortuEzsely
las Z se@sozA be ss b@eksd very strongly
b. nAHy New York turfsaen VIE te-
lisve him s~pSo1a x saRBiag sitEc9 tAs
BrooflyR q the s4bsre4a Dsob<tsl
reports t&ye been cireslased ss -
xbsthex or not hs czn ssana tr.xsEF;
bus the general opaH soR Sow l. that hs
csn. and tkat lie wtli Be prepared spe-
esaiiy FOR the Suburban. De Is quoted a.
o14s fron Is - ~ foF both events IL is
guise possible that he zasy nos start for
the Brooklyn H.ndiesp BAT may bs re-
served fer TIE Suburban
william lakeland leaves Tea-Tray
oat q the Brooklyn and cutters him Tor
the suburban. for which TIE books
quote hln 81 S5 10 !. Tea-Irsy l. Gged
and may prove dangerous competitor
That fast little sNay-b.ek horse
Tenny. belonging to Mr. y. 7. Pulsifer,
has occupied attention lately as favor
ite fer the suburban At 70 !. Some Of the
veterans like him better for the Tobos-
gan Handicap than for the Suburban.
hewoVcr.
The straight odds quoted against the
entries In ths two great eyeRts are as
follows;