The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-17

| Dury promises 10 consult the turkish am
| bassador to ascertain whether British in
tuence would induce the sultan to consent
to Jews settling in Palestine.
:. AT Wicklife, KY.,a mob hanged Evan
Shelby, charged with poisoning Mrs. Sallie
Moore in 1887. At that time Vert Shelby
was lynched, but Evan was sentenced for
life and had just got new trial.
Lightning struck the thirty-fve-thou-
sand barrel tank at the Bullion pump sta
| ton of the United lines, near Franklin,
Pa. The tank contained about one thou
sand barrels of oil, which were destroyed.
Col. H Abercrombie of Tuskogee, Ala,
was mistaken for burglar by DR.. ID. II.
Baker of Gadsen, Ala, and shot dead.
Many years ago Col. Abercrombie shot
and killed another son-in-law in aquarrel.
1t Is said that the city Of Chicago has
reached an understanding with the gas
| companies whereby the former will aban-
don its suits to forfeit charters and the
latter will reduce the price of gas to $l.1O.
North German Lloyd steamers, out
ward bound, are arriving at southampton
short of firemen and trimmers, owing TO
the strike in Bremen, and are obliged to
ship English workmen to replace strikers.
Jacob Bennett & Sons of Baltimore,
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precautionary measure, the deceased
senior partners accounts with several
building associations having been found
short
Henry Miller, convicted in the q. S.
court at Florence, a. T., of robbing the
U. 5. mail between Florence and Casa
Grande and sentenced TO ten years i'm
prisonment at San Quentin, Cal, has
escaped.
Herr Arendt and Herr Wolff, two brok-
ers on the Berlin boerse. were today fined
for starting false rumors in regard to the
health of Emperor William in February
last with the object of depressing the value
OF funds.
Governor Russell OF Massachusetts, To-
day nominated Judge James M. Barker OF
the superior court to fill the vacancy on
the supreme bench caused by the death
of Justice William Allen. Judge Barker
is a republican in politics.
Gen. Alger at Seattle said: "If Mr..
Blaine indicates to the republican party
that he will be q candidate for president,
l believe he would be nominated in a mo-
ment believe he would be the strong
est man the party could place in nomina-
ton"
Bulling, the wife murderer who escaped
from the Savannah Mo- Jail while under
sentence to be hanged, has been captured
by Pinkerton detective in Galveston,
Tex. He will be taken back and sem
fenced to death under habeas corpus pro-
ceedings.
Judge Blodgett of the q. s. court at
Chicago qusshed the indictment against
Secretary Gibson OF the whisky trust,
charged with conspiracy to dynamite the
Schufeldt distillery, on the ground that
the q. S. statutes provide no penalty for
the crime.
Jewish emigration is increasing at
Odessa. But the Russian treasury people
are becoming alarmed and may secure
moderation OF the restrictions on the Jews.
The car has ordered that explosions be
made gradually, SO the Jews may settle
their affairs.
Large forest fires are raging in the vi
cinity OF the Upper Enchanted ponds
and on Parlin stream, Mich. The region
within a radius of thirty miles is envel-
oped in dense cloud of smoke almost
suiiocatne. Nothing but rain will keep
fires from spreading.
A lengthy circular note is addressed to
the European powers by the Gillian pro-
visional junta, or government represent
ing the insurgent party of Chill, pub
lished in England and on the continent,
appealing to the powers to recognize the
insurgents as belligerents.
A cloud burst over Dayton, o., flooded
everything and lightning struck in many
parts of the city. One tenement on Con-
over-st was blown down, but no casualties
are reported. The Miami q Erie canal
bank broke two miles south of town and
flooded the garden lands along the river.
The last census, official, shows that Ro-
man catholics in England number $685.
745, n decrease of Al, l46 during the last
decade; the protestant episcopals number
$780, $50, decrease of 3S,744; the presby-
terians 446,6S7, a decrease OF 24.047, and
the methodists 81, 235. an increase of E, 1856.
A dispatch from Mozambique says that
the Portuguese encouragement on behalf
of Portugal and Admiral Nicholson, repre-
senting the British government, have set
tied aInicably the questions as TO the navi-
CATION OF the Pung Wa river, the waters
of which, the Portuguese claimed, were not
open to the British.
The Illinois legislature finally passed the
ballot reform Law. 1t provides that the
ballots shall not be numbered, but shall
be preserved for six months; that the
polls shall be open from a. NJ. till 5 p. M,
and that all employees shall be given two
hours on each election day for luncheon
and voting without loss in wages.
Frazier Gilman, formerly of Waterville,
Me-, but now western ranchman, has re-
quested the governor of Maine to turn
over to him the portrait of William King,
the first governor of Maine, which hung
in the state house thirty years. He says
the picture was loaned TO the state by his
wife in 1860 at the request of Mr. Blaine.
The pope has requested several compe-
tent men to furnish him with detailed
memoranda for an encyclical letter which
he proposes issuing in favor OF reunion
of the eastern and western church. The
pope intends to give instructions to the
Representatives of the Latin church in the
east to modify their attitude toward the
rival church and 10 strictly avoid any ac-
tons of an inimical nature.
The Stanley court house in Fl. Pierre,
together with the records of the county
and two dwellings adjoining, have been
destroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000 with
no insurance. 1t is generally believed the
fire was started by an incendiary who
wished TO destroy the records of large
amount of chattel mortgages and land
titles on file, which were known to be I'M
protected by safes or vaults.
The Yard Masters association closedIits
meeting at Toledo. A resolution was
passed inviting the Detroit yard masters.