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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-27
CLAIMS TO BE IMMORTAL.
Visionary Schemes of Messiah" Teed, Head of
the New Sect of K0reshans.

PITTsBURG, Oct. 26-The celibate So
ciety of Economics, whose wealth has
been estimated at s15O.0OO,OOO. have in
dorsed the doctrine of Cyrus Teed. who
came here from the West to interest the
members in the new sect of Koreshans. of
which Teed Is the head. On Saturday
night it was decided by the board to sup
port DR.. iced in whatever way they could.
Yesterday the announcement of the pro-
posed change was made to the Economics
in church. Teed claims to be second
Messiah, and that he is immortal. In an
interview concerning his plans he said: II
will, i'll the near future, establish q store
In Pittsburg on nv system of equable COM
merce. ! will establish hIg central house
in Chicago, and expect my cooperative
system TO come into general vogue in ten
years. did not come here for their money;
/ want their moral support and credit
Through their influence / expect to bring
closer to me the other five celibate societies
in this country"
DR.. Teed claims that he VIII execute
many marvellous engineering feats after
his ideas once get into power. such as
building a six-tTack railroad across the
continent and emitting o pathway fifty
miles WIDE through the Rocky mountains.
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TIED TO A TREE AND BURNED
Horrible Punishment Inflicted on a Ne
gro for Numbering a Family in Texas.
Where FagOts We're Piled High Up Around
Him and Ignited by One of His Race.

QUEEN CITY, Tex. Oct. 26.-The negro
Lee Green, who murdered the family of
farmer Lowe. .sevenmlles west of Queen City,
Saturday. was arrested last night near
Kildare and hurried to Jail at Linden.
crowd appeared at the Jail
ut 5 o'clock this morning and
demanded the keys from the sheriff's
wife, who was forced to deliver
them. The determined men who composed
the party took Green from jail and locked
the door and delivered the keys back to
Mrs. Lanier, the sheriff's wife. The sheriff
was absent with posse hunting the negro.
They took him to the scene of the
tragedy and turned him over to
the husband of the murdered wom-
an. who obtained q full confession
from him. Green acknowledged that he
did the deed for the money-S60-and
killed the family to avoid detection. He
at first implicated three other negroes, but
finally said no one aided him. but another
negro shared in the gain. The last-men.
toned negro is In custody. awaiting fur
ther developments
All day long men from the adjoining
counties as well as from all parts of this
one, continued to arrive at Mr.. loves
farm. At 2:30 O'clock trace chain was
placed about Green's neck and fastened
to tree SO as to hold him in q
standing position. At this stage of the
proceedings forty-sIx negroes piled fagots
high up around him. an old negress touched
the match to it, and In few minutes his
soul passed into eternity. only fifty-six
hours after those of his victims. The
crowd numbered from five hundred to one
thousand, both blacks and whites.
Mrs. Lowe and children were buried side
by side in one common grave. The other
child is doing we'll and is out of danger.
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Other Losses by Fire.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 26.-Pine Grove. a
village on the Newport road, nine miles
east of Lexington, suffered severely by fire
this morning at IL o'clock. only one build
ing heIng left standing. The fire originated
in the large brick grain warehouse and
elevator belonging to Jones IL Gay, and oc-
cupied by William McEwan. VINO had but
about one thousand dollars worth of stuff
in il; there was also good deal of grain,
hemp. etc.. belonging to others. The fire
caught where some negroes were boiling
hemp In the basement. There was no IN
surance on the contents. Loss on elevator,
$4,000; insured in the Liverpool, London
and Globe for 5000. The flames were car
ried by igh wind to the store OF Mans
field & Little.which was consumed. Loss
on building 81 200; no insurance; on stock.
g.. 200: insurance. SSC0. Two OF three other
small buildings were also destroyed.
MARsHALLTowN. Ia, Oct. 26.-The Brit
tain Pork-packing Company's plant was
nearly destroyed by fire to-n ght. involving
probable loss of $4,000, amply covered
by insurance The fire was caused by the
explosion Of lamp IN the engine-roOm.
Sparks were carried a quarter of mile
and burned two large barns and other
property on the fair grounds belonging to
Gilman * Shorthill.
SPRINGvILLE. Ala. Oct. 26.-Fire to-day
destroyed the stores OF J. X. McLendon. J. :.
Courson and Cox and Afford, the office of
the Springvilie Advance, and several other
buildings. Loss sSU,C0O; insurance 5000.
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BOUND TO VOTE.
Illinois Supreme Court Asked to Compel Elec.
tion Officers to Receive Ballots of Women.

CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-The Supreme Court of
Illinois will be asked to take mp the Ques-
tion of the right of women to vote for
school officers at the next election. This
forenoon Byam, Weinshenk q Herschel
prepared q mandamus to enforce the right
of women to vote. Mrs. Ahrens appearing
as complainant. In order to facilitate mat
tiers. attorney Boyle of the board of elec-
tion commissioners, on behalf of the men,
bers, waived the right to q hearing in the
lower court, and the papers in the case
were taken to Ottawa to-day. Andrew j.
Herscbel wired the Supreme Court notify
ing that body of the case and the urgent
necessity for an immediate hearing. If the
case is not decided before the day of cleo
tion the polls will be the scene of uncom-
Portable rencontres between the women
voters and the judges of election. and will
afterward be productive of innumerable
suits.
Attorney Herschel said this afternoon:
81 represent Mrs. Ahrens, and am posItiy 70
] am right "a the matter. The Supreme
Court cannot but reverse the decision of
the board of election commissioners. The
application to the Supreme Court is in the
shape of petition for mandamus to COM
pei the board to place the names OF women
who possess the same qualifications as men
on the registry list"
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Train Delayed by a Stream of Oil

PITTsBURG. Pa, Oct. 26.-Two new oil
wells at Mcdonald, Pa, overfowed the
tanks yesterday. and the oil ran down the
hillside. covering the tracks of the Pan.
handle railroad 10 the depth OF several
inches. When express train No. Z came
along from the West the engineer was
given warning of the stuff on the tracks.
and the train was stopped. Knowing that
If be attempted to pull through 1t his tram
and its precious load would be in danger,
he at once set to work. and with the as
sistance OF the bystarders soon had the
tracks cleared and the fluid cut off so that
1t flowed in different direction along the
the train was enabled 10 proceed city
ward. The passengers marvaled much at
the sight, and had the novel experience Of
being on the first train that was ever de-
layed IN q like manner. Had the train
come III contact with the oil without warn
ing. In the night time, n serious catGstro-
phe would have occurred.
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MUNCIEES GREAT ENTERPRISE.
Mass-Meeting Of Citizens and $4,000 of tn,
100000 Wanted Was Subscribed.

MUNCIE, Ind. Oct. 26.-One thousand en-
thusiastio citizens assembled In Wysor's g
Opera-house tonight, at the first grand
mass-meeting for obtaining subscriptions
to the S200. .OC0 factory fund being donated
by citizens, to beused to secure the loca-
tion of industries in this city. The meet
ing resembled the famous Murphy temper
ance meeting. and many were the cheers in
response to unexpected subscriptions. For
several weeks the volunteer committeeman
have labored untirIngly until within
the past few days, when hopes of raising
snch an enormous sum had about vanished.
Saturday night the committee was encour-
aged with the assurance of the location of
industries that would add two thousand
workingmen to our population If the fund
be raised by Thursday, and, as o result,
$4,000 was subscribed to-day. IS. 200 of the
amount at to-night'slmeetinG. Henry Wy
sor's donation of $4,000 was the largest
individual subscription. Until to-day
the total subscription reaches over Sl67. .0C0.
and for the first time the committee say 9
the desired amount will be raised. Mayor
Brady has issued proclamation urging the
suspension of all business throughout the
city tomorrow and Wednesday, TO give ell
chance to assist in the work.
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ONLY TWO WE'RE SAVED.
Sixteen Persons Drowned and Three Killet
In u Collision at Sen.

Sixteen Persons Drowned and Three Killed
ia N Collision at Sen.
LONDON, Oct. 26.-The British steamer
Boston, from Cardiff, for London, has ar
rived ut Falmouth. after having been in
collision with the British bark Charlwood,
759 tons, Captain Salmon, from Antwerp.
for Valparaiso. The Cbarlwood foundered
almost immediately after the collision.
with n loss of sixteen lives. Three men
were killed on board the Boston at the
time of the collision. and the steamers
bows were badly stove in. The captain of
the Charlwood, his wife. son and a gov
erness and the stewardess, together with
all the bark's officers and six of the seamen,
a total of sixteen persons were drowned.
in spite of the desperate efforts made by
the lite boats of vessels which happened to
be near the scene of the collision to rescue
them. The efforts OF the would be lite
savers were baupered by the darkness
which prevailed at the time the accident
took place-4:45 in the morning. The spot
where the two vessels met was not far
from tho EGdystone rocks, fourteen miles
from Plymouth. Only an apprentice and
the captains daughter were saved.
Another marine accident is reported OFT
the Cornwall coast. The brig Viceroy was
wrecked near ct. Ives and seven persons
were drowned.
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REPARATION DEMANDED.
Chilian Junta Notified by Minister Egan that
Atonement Must Be Made.

ChiIian Junta Notified by Minister Egan that
Atonement Must Be Made.
SANTIAGO DE Chilli, Oct. 26-The United
States government o-day, through Minister
Egan, formally demanded reparation from
the government of Chilli for the attack re-
Gently made In Valparaiso upon number
of the seamen of the United States cruiser
Baltimore The demand made by the
United States minister is no Informal sug-
gestion that the government at Washing
ton expects some kind of satisfaction for
the killing and wounding Of the Balti-
more's sailors. 1t IS q friendly put notifica-
tion, given according to directions re-
ceived from the State Department OF
Washington, that the United States de-
mands an immediate explanation of the
whole affair and reparatiOn for the injuries
inflicted.
Acting upon the instructions sent TO him
from Washington Mr.. Egan presented the
Chilian junta with a detailed statement of
the results of the investigation made by
Captain schley. Of the Baltimore, and by
had shown that Charles RIggan, one of the
Baltimore's petty officers. was brutally as
saulted by several Chilians while he was
riding on street car. Riggan resisted,
but was dragged from the car and mur-
companions. Turnbull, another of the
Baltimore's wounded mon, who died to-
day from his in jurles, received no less than
eighteen stab wounds IN the back. two of
them penetrating his lungs. After giving q
full list OF the Baltmores crew who were
injured by the mob, Sir. Egan's statement
called attention to the fact that thirty five
of the cruisers crew were on the day OF
the riots arrested. unnecessary violence be-
,ug used by the police. and that they were
detained IN custody without due course.
In conclusion. Mr.. Egan said that the sur
geons of the United States war ship ex-
pressed the opinion that some of the wounds
inflicted upon the American sailors were
bayonet wounds and that this clearly
showed that the police officers of Valparai-
so. who are armed with bay onets. tbok part
in the attack. The Americans were with
out arms and practically defenseless.
Mr.. Egan, in presenting the Chilian junta
with this statement of the assault OIL Amer.
ican sailors. expressed In distinct terms
the feeling Of great Indignation which the
State Department ut Washington feels at
the whole affair. and especially at the
brutal conduct of the police of Va lparaiso
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OBERLlN. o., Oct. a6.-Prof. Ellis. of
Oberlln College. to-day received long
personal letter from his sob. Mr.. John T.
Ellis, who is IN immediate charge of the
government rain-making experiments in
Texas. in the absence of General Dyren-
forth. Mr. Ellis gives full and authentic
details of the bOmbardment at San Diego
on the 18th inst. which closes the ex peri
nenting for the present season. He states
that the success on the occasion mentioned
was the most complete Yet achieved and
70 bimself and all others present. including
elusive proof that rain. IN useful Quanti-
ties, can be produced artifeially, and at q
trihing cost compared with the resulting
haneif
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HE WAS BURIED ALIVE.
Horrible Sight Presented to the Family of q
Man Supposed to Have Died of Heart Disease.
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ERIE, Pa. Oct. 26.--Two weeks ago farmer
George Heydecker. of Green township. ap-
parently died very suddenly of what was
supposed to have been heart failure. The
remains were buried four days later. from
st. Johns Lutheran Church. of this city.
ana temporarily inferred in q neighbor's
lot in the Erie cemetery. pending the pur-
chase of one by his family. The
transfer was made to-day, and
when the remains were eXhumed
the casket was opened at the request OF
his family, and horrifying spectacle was
presented. The body had turned around,
lying on it's face, and 1t and the interior of
the casket bore traces of terrible struggle
with death in its most awful shape. The
distorted and blood-covered features bore
evidence of the horrible agony endured.
The clothing about the head and neck had
been torn into shreds, as was, likewise. the
lining of the coffin. Bloody marks of fin
Ger-nails on the face. throat and neck told
or the awful despair of the doomed man,
who tore his own flesh in his terrible
anguish. Several fingers had been entirely
bitten off and the hands torn with the
teeth until they scarcely resembled those
OF q human being.
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ROLLED down FORTY FEET.
Passenger Train Deraiied and Fifteen Per
sons KILLED and Fifty Injured.

Passenger Train Deraiied and Fifteen Per-
sons Killed and Fifty Injured.
PARIS, Oct. ga passenger train on the
railway between Lyons and GrenobIe was
derailed near Moirans to-day and ran over
all embankment
The train, which was running at high
rate of speed at the time of the accident,
was drawn by two locomotives. The acci-
dent occurred on q steep incline and curve,
and IS supposed TO have been due to
defect in the brake of the Sec
end locomotive. The embsnkment over
which the train rolled Is forty feet
high. The carriages lay in a shapeless
heap at the foot of the embankment. Fif-
teen persons were killed and fifty injured.
Three of the injured are not expected to
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BEAUREGARD is DEFIANT.
If an Attempt II Made to Arrest Him Some.
body Will Suffer, He Says.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ST.. Louis. Mo-, Oct. 26-General Beaure-
gard Is here. and was questioned this even
ing concerning the South Dakota lottery
indictments. He denied in emphatic
terms that he had any official con-
nection with the lottery. his duty
being simply supervisory. to see
said he could see nothing wicked OF i'm
moral In the lottery, much less criminal,
and In strong terms defended the lottery
He spoke in quite defiant tones saying no
indictment could be found against him on
truthful testimony, and if any attempt is
made to arrest him he will make somebody
suffer. He has as yet received no notice OF
his indictment. He expects to start
Thursday for New Orleans.
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SCARED To DEATH.
An Indian Girl Fatally Frightened by "Ca-
lamity Hank" and His Terrible Yell.

CHADRoN, Neb. Oct. 26.-Quite a number
of Sioux indians were in town to-day trad
ing among them an Indian girl of seven
teen. Curiosity led her to look into the
window OF John Larkin's restaurant, W here
Calamity hank" broken-down gambler.
was eating O lunch. Hank turned upon
her as joke. raised his arms and. with a
terrible yell. started toward the girl. She
turned pale. and with a moan dropped 10
the pavement unconscious. She was taken
to her parents teDee, where she died at 9
o'clock, literally scared TO death.
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THE WIZARD DEFEATED.
slossor Wins the Great Game of Baik-Line
Billiards from Schaefer

Billiards from Schaefer
NEW YORK, Oct. 26-The great billiard
match at the fourteen inch balk- line game
on 5 by 70 table. eight hundred points
I'D, for stakes of g. 600 and the whole net
gate receipts between Jacob Schaefer. of
Chicago. and George Slosson. of New York.
drew q great crowd of billiard experts
and admirers of the gsme to Chickering
Hall tonight. It was few minutes after
o'clock when Schaefer came before the
audience. The game began ar STA
Slosson won the bank and played
with the whito ball. By open play
he scored twenty-four points and
then missed difficult shot. Schaefcr made
a run OF twenty points aud then sat down.
He played quick game. with n great deal
of dash, while Slossons play Was marked
by apparent study over each shot In the
beginning of the second inning Slosson
scored forty-nine points Schaefer made
eleven points and missed on an easy shot
Slosson failed TO score. and Schaefer made
a rnn OF fifteen in the next inning. siosson
then failed TO connt after making fourteen
points. and, Schaefer then made run OF
forty-four by some fine nursing and rail
shots. At tho end of the fourth inning the
score stood 20 to 81 in favor Of Schaefer. In
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OTHER CASUALTIES.
a lamp Fell Into Box of Dynamite and
Four Men Were Injured.

a lamp Fell Into Box of Dynamite and
Four Men Were Injured.
CUMBERLAND, Pa, Oct. 26.-At 5 O'clock
this evening terrible explosion of dyna-
mite occurred at the quarries of the Cum
berland cement-mill, near this city. by
which four men were seriously if not fatal
ly injured. 1t is the custom of the men to
carry the explosive in a box holding half a
peck, and while the box was being carried
up the high ledge into one of the tunnels,
workman dropped his miners lamp into
the dynamite. A loud explosion followed.
and four men were hurled from the ledge
To the ground beneath. while others many
feet away were thrown to the ground. The
injured are: jacob Hammersmlth. face
and head cut; injured internally: will die.
A. j. Taylor. breast hurt and injured in
ternaliy; will die. W. keifer and Charles
Thomson. seriously injured about the head.
beside internal injuries. The latter may
recover.
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whesiinr's Bridge over the Ohio Opened.

WHEELING, w. Va. Oct. 26.-This was d
notable day in Wheeling. il being the oc-
casion OF the informal opening of the new
highway steel bridge of the Wheeling
Wheeling leland lin the Ohio river, which
comprises tho seventh ward of the city.
The bridge. together with the new one lead
ing from the island 70 the Ohio shore
was built entirely by Wheeling capital.
The main structure contains the longest
highway truss span in the world. Fully
$4,000 people crossed the bridge the first
day.
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Struck at q Grade Crossing.

EVANSVILLE, o., Oct. 26.-Fred Himkens
and William Fitzpatrick. two farmers. both
married, residing near Frazeysburg, were
struck by Panhandle train at the Frszeys.
burg crossing this morning. Himkens
and bis team were instantly killed. and
Kilpatrlck was fatally injured. The train
men were put under Arrest An officer
COmDanled them to Columbus and will
bring them back for a hearing.
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Found Hi. Son to BE q Dcfau,.er.

CINCINNATI. o., Oct. 26.-To-night the
sad spectacle of father finding a son
guilty of shortage in a financial trust was
exhibited in this city. Young William
Munson has been for several years first as
slstsnt secretary of Fulton Building Asso-
citation, No. 4. His accounts were recently
suspected. An examination followed. To-
ported publicly TO the shareholders that his
son was s13.700 snort This leakage has
been going on sevel al years.
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lnrried a Counress. but Deserted Her.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Oct 26.-while in
Paris in 1856 James Il. Stearns, a New York
broker. married the Countess Elvina Mon
tbloDg one of the most arristocratic MEM
bers of the French nobility. On their re-
turn TO New York they iived happily for
awhile, but Stearns soon tired of his for
egn wife and finally deserted her. This
morning she received decree OF divorce
for this cause in Judge Stovers court. with
permission to resume her maiden name.
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INDIANAPOLIS MORNING. OCTOBER 27,

survive the night. and fifteen others are in
a critical condition, one person having both
legs broken. The bodies OF two of the
victims are crushed and mangled beyond
recognition. A relief train has arrived az
the scene Of the accident, and the work of
rescue is being carried on with the aid of
torch-lishts. The scene IL a slckenIng one.
Cne of the rescued is little girl, VINO was
found crying and carressing her dead
mother
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Jumped the Track.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Oct. 27.-Early
this morning the passenger train east from
California, over the Atlantic & Pacific,
was wrecked near Pine Vitas. The news
as received is meagre, but it is supposed
that the engine first jumped the track and
the coaches followed. j. NJ. Williams, eX-
press messenger Is the only one reported
seriously injured. Others are badly shaken
up, but none of them seriously hurt,
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Hydrophobin from n snake Rite.

MERIDIAN, Miss. Oct. GA colored child.
aged six years. died in terrible agony of
hydrophobia Saturday afternoon at
Marion. She was bitten o few days before
10y dog that in turn had been bitten by u
moccasin snake. and in due time showed
symptoms Of hydrophobia, but was deemed
harmless.
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Drive for Life through a Prairie Fire.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Oct PC. Prairie fires
have been raging all last night southwest
of here, and many thousand dollars worth
of hay, grain. farming implements. ETC.,
have been burned. 1t is also believe that
q number of houses have been destroyed.
ThedrIver of the stage from Chandler had
q thrilling ride over the prairie, the ve-
hicle catching fire. 1t was a drive for life
for fifteen miles. The driver was terribly
burned