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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
A BLOODY AFFRAY.
Two Men Killed and Two Fatally Hurt
over n jug OF Whisky.

NEWPORT, Ark, April 11.-News of
bloody ARRAY near the junction of Black
and Current rivers has just reached here.
Eight men INDUCED in a free fight, two
being killed and two more probably
fatally wounded.
The fight took place in stave camp be-
longing to the 0xley stave company. A
Jug was the bone of contention. Steve
Ross, the foreman, and a man named
Anderson had some words about the di-
vision of the whisky. Anderson pulled
long knife and cut Ross in the left arm and
right shoulder. Ross seized his gun, but
before he could use it Anderson had buried
his knife several times in the bodies of
four other men, one of these being r. j.
Moore, who was stabbed through the heart
and died instantly.
Finally Ross succeeded in getting his
gun to work and sent ball into Ander-
sons body, which passed through his
heart and out on the left side. he made
an attempt to reach Ross with his knife
but fell dead in the attempt. Two other
men are very low and not expected to re-
cover. Anderson, who, it is said, came
from Kentucky, had the reputation of be-
ing desperate. 1t is thought that he is
wanted in that state for a couple OF
rnurdarz
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WAS HE MURDERED7
"A Soldiers Mysterious 'isappearanoe ut
Noblrsville Probably = counted For.

a Soldiers Mysterious 'isappearance ut
Noblesville Probably = counted For.
NoBLEsvILLE, April 7.-[Special. New
facts have developed surrounding the
finding of the large skeleton in the east-
ern part of this city few days ago, an
account OF which appeared in THE SENTI-
MEL at the time. Howe Davidson, an old
pioneer OF this city, in a conversation with
a SENTINEL reporter this morning made
the following statement concerning the
recent discovery: I'm 1866 or 1867 a SOL
der OF the late war came to this city and
stopped at the house that was then situa-
ted on the exact sDot where the human
skeleton was found He had large sums
of money on his person, as he exhibited
them to all. Shortly afterward he disap-
peared suddenly and has never been heard
from since to my knowledge. In 1868 pur-
chased the land and noticed newly made
grave few feet from the house and
thought number of times that i would
investigate the matter by digging into the
mound, but being pushed with other bust
ness matters l neglected il. Now, the re-
cent exhuming of this skeleton is clear in
my mind that this traveller was MUIR
dered for his money"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15

Judge Green lost fine barn by fire at
Upton Tuesday night.
Mrs. McCormick's residence at Spencer
was burned Wednesday.
Mrs. Jacob Wells, a pioneer of Upton
county. died Tuesday, aged seventy-three.
The residence of Charles Whitesell Of
Huntington was robbed OF money and
iewelry Monday night
Mrs. Charlotte Tyree, widow OF Capt.
Thomas Tyrce of the war of 1912. died
Wednesday at Greencastle, aged ninety.
The full name of little two-year old
daughter of Robert G.. Storm OF Coates
vile is Opal Edna Cleo Loretta Candosa
Eva Storm.
DR.. j. A. Reiner oil Advance went to
California in March. During his absence
his residence and all the outbuildings
were destroyed by fire. Loss, $1,000.
The town council OF Sullivan has re-
solved to pave one street with brick as an
experiment. The brick will be home
made. as the clay is excellent in that
county.
b. b. johnson of Kokomo, and G. T..
Crowder of Peru have purchased the
Richmond Daily Item and will publish it
under the firm name of johnson * Crow
der. The Item is an evening penny paper
In its fourteenth year.
The Rochester and Utica land company
of Rochester, n. Y. has just closed one OF
the largest land deals ever made In Della
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Northern Indiana Teachers.

HUSTINGToN, April 1o.-Ispecial.] i
Three hundred teachers and superin-
tendents are attending the Northern In
diana teachers association meeting here.
This morning w. II. Hershran, superin-
tendent of the Delhi schools, read a paper
on 'The High School-Its Relation to the
Common School and University" which
was followed byia discussion by the associa-
ton. Miss Anna Frederickson of the
Laporte schools read the First Year of
School Life" Miss Anna Larose, super
intendent of the Logansport school, read
paper on Public Opinion and the Pub
lie Schools" Miss Nellie Parham OF the
Elkhart schools delivered all address on
the "Dearth of Good Teachers" Papers
were read by A. E. Danison of the Cam
den schools, Walter Irwin, superintendent
of the North Manchester schools, w. o.
Bailey, superintendent of the Angola
schools, and I. J. Sanders. superintend-
ent of the Warsaw schools. This after
noon an excursion was run over the Chi
cago & Erie railway to the lime kilns and
an exhibition blast was given. The next
session will be held in Goshen. The ses-
sion closes Saturday with addresses and
discussion by the educators of the state.
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THE BOWEN HEIRS WIN 1T.
TEST CASE OF A LARGE NUMBER.
other state News-Mysterious Disappear
snce-Fataily Burned-A Poisoning En-
blOyment Coming Races - Severe
S5orm-AItnor state Items.

DELPHI, April 1O.-CSpecial. IAN i'm
portant suit, brought by Stewart, admins
traitor of Abner II. Bowen, occupying
three days, before Judge Lyman Walker
of Peru, who was called by Judge Rey-
nolds to try the case, terminated last
night in a verdict for the heirs of the es-
tate. The controversy was on a charge Of
one Of the heirs intermeddling with per-
sonsl property alleged to belong to the es-
tate and appropriating the same to his
own use, valued at about $4,000. The
heirs claimed the property by gift from
the decedent, having been given to them
by Mr.. Bowen a few days before his
death.
The evidence of the gift was very strong,
and the case was hotly contested by able
attorneys on both sides The verdict of
the jury meets with almost unanimous
approval OF the people. The same ques-
ton involved in this case is pending in
some forty or more cases, and it seems
evident the heirs will sustain their claim
to the notes and mortgages now sought TO
be recovered by the administrator.
The examination before the county
auditor in relation to placing on the
duplicate over five millions OF personal
property, claimed to have been omitted
during the last eight or nine years by MIR.
Bowen and the bank firm, has been in
progress for two weeks, and the matter
taken under advisement by the auditor.
Ii this officer should decide not to enter
the vast sum on the duplicate, on account
of insufficient proofs or legal right to do
So the end OF litigation is near at hand.
The decedent left real estate valued at
n 4 ,r,& 20 oaA
No doubt but some of cases will be ap-
pealed to the supreme court, during which
a feeling of suspense must be awaited.
The interest manifested in the develop
ments is on the increase, as the court
docket Is mOnopolized by these cases.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
A Shit for Dnmnrn.

WABASH, April Especial. Thirty
of the citizens of Wabash have placed
500 each in the hands of the board Of
trade to begin suit for damages against the
Indiana steel company because of their
violation of their contract to erect their
plant here. The Indiana steel company
was organized by Pittsburg parties, and
signed written agreement to erect an
immense mill here last fall, when the
scheme fell through. The company de-
clined to pay reasonable damages, and for
this the action is begun. The demand
will be for $4,000.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
INDIANA MAIL CONTRACTS
Awarded for the Four Years Ending June
so, 1895.

Awarded for the Four Years Ending June
80, 1895.
The postmaster general has awarded
contracts for carrying the U. S. mail in In
diana during the period from July, 1891,
to June 80, 1895, on the following named
mail routes: From Corydon to Laconia,
daily, J. P. Stewart OF Washington, d. c.,
S3l7 per annum; from Soest to G., r. & /.
railroad station, twice a week, O. L.
Yaden, s32; friendship to Benham. daily,
o. L. Yaden, S216; Waymansville to Free
town, daily, o. l.. Yaden, S192; Camp
bellsburgh to Hook, twice a week, o. L.
Yaden, Sl02 Story to Maumee, daily, O.
J.. Yaden, $239; Monticello to Wayback,
tri-weekly, ]. L. Jones. SIPS; Logansport
to Fulton. tri-weekly o. L. Yaden, Si93 !;
Fulton TO Rochester, daily, o. l.. Yaden,
S2lS; Shelbyville to Noah, o. l.. Yaden.
S67; Bristol to Troy, daily, j. S. Adair OF
Gainesville. KY, 1925; Maria Hill TO Dale,
daily. o. l.. Yaden. SSS; South Bethany to
New Bealesville and return, tri-weekly, J.
S. Adair, 500; Collinswood to New
Era. dai y, Milton Myers of Collinsville.
$1,000; Webster to Richmond, daily.
o. l.. Yaden, SAB; Central to New
Amsterdam, daily, sl5l Luray TO Spring
port, ]. A. Fultz. $50; Muucie to New Cor
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
LOVE IN COLLEGE WALLS.
An Elopement From College Hill that
Caused Quite n Sensation.

An Elopement From College Hill TINT
Caused Quite n sensatiOn.
MILAN, April 10. = Especial. - The
classic and usually quiet little village of
Moore's Hill, Ind, was treated to an ex-
traordinary innovation last night that will
long be remembered b. the students and
many of the citizens.
Moore's Hill is the seat of Moore's Hill
college, one of the leading institutions of
learning in Indiana. 1t is a methodist
institution of the strictest order, and is
noted for being one OF the most quiet and
orderly schools in the state. The dis
cipline is very rigid, and the closest sur
veilance over the students is observed by
the faculty. Consequently the elopement
and marriage of a couple of the youthful
students caused quite an excitement in
college circles, as well as surprise to the
many friends of the contracting parties.
The high social standing of the young
couple makes the case all the more
interesting. The groom, whose name is
Scott Hyde, is the son OF an eminent
methodist divine in indianapolis and is
himself preparing for the ministry. The
bride is the daughter of the Hon. George
Brumlev, prominent politician now
holding federal appointment at Wash
ingtOn. They are aged respectively sew
enteen and nineteen. By prearrange-
ment they met at Aurora last Tuesday
and went together to Covington, KY,
where they were quietly married and
come by steamboat back to Aurora where
the bride remained few days visiting
friends and the groom came on home. II
was their intention to keep the marriage
a secret and continue their studies
in college, but somehow the
secret was discovered and
last night their fellow students
gave them rousing charivari that could
be heard for miles around. The bride is a
beautiful girl and much loved and re-
spected by all who know her. The groom
like his father, is man OF striking ap-
pearance, an unusually brilliant scholar
and an accomplished elocutionist. They
claim that they knew their parents would
object to so early union which was
their object in going away to be married.
The faculty has taken no action in the
matter. and Mr.. Hyde will probably con-
tinue his studies in college.
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with the Methodist foreign missionary
society by which he decided his real estate
to the society, and the society assumed all
OF the indebtedness and agreed TO pay Mr..
Thomas 81 900 and his wife $500 per an
mum during their natural lives and to al
low them to retain as longas either of them
lived a good house and lot free of all ex-
pense TO them. The society saves the
$1,000 per annum by Mr.. Thomas death.
The real estate was valued at 5000
Mr.. Thomas was a soldier who served over
three years during the rebellion with
credit to himself and his state.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
ANDREW w. THOMAS.

His LiberaIity TO Church sooiety-His
Recent Death and Bursai.
WARSAW, April 6.-[Special. ANDREW
w. Thomas, an old and widely known
citizen of this town, was buried yesterday.
Mr. Thomas was for many years prom
inent business man and manufacturer and
was greatly respected for his upright,
manly way OF dealing. About six years
ago he found himself with large amount
OF unavailable assets on hand in the shape
Of real estate and large Indebtedness
hanging over him. He made a contract
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Hamilton County Farmers.

NoBLEsvILLE, April Especial. THE
one of the largest attendances that ever
assembled here. Although the meeting
was secret a member of the organization
informs THE SENTINEL correspondent that
an unusual interesting time was had. and
much business was transacted. Several
committees on resolutions reported and
the move uent for The erection OF an ele-
vator in this city was finally settled. A
committee was appointed to select suit
able grounds for the structure, which is
expected to be built some time during the
coming summer.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Burial of n Pioneer.

SEYMOUR, April u. Especial : The
funeral of Mrs. Fannie McCollum. con-
sort of the late Rev Thomas McCollum,
took place today, and it was one of the
largest and most impressive occasions OF
the kind here in years. She was born in
Nelson county, Kentucky, Sep. Is, 1910,
and came here with her husband in 1853,
the year Seymour was laid out. and she
had resided here since. She was an
esteemed Christian lady and a pioneer
member of the Christian church. She
had been lady of remarkable constitu-
ton and OF untiring industry. Her death
was the result of pneumonia. Three sons
and one daughter, Mrs. L. l.. Shields, sur
yiye her.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Clark's Absence Accounted For.

MUNcIE, April Especial. 1T has
now developed that Lewis B. Clark, the
missing stock dealer OF this county, was
not foully dealt with, but absconded,
leaving creditors to the extent of nearly
$4,000. Before departing he transferred
his $4,000 property to William ii. Hiatt,
who in turn transferred it to Mrs. Clark
Mark Topp of this city, for 81 200, and
Amos Foreman of Eaton, this county, for
81, 800, are two of the losers from whom
Clark borrowed money. Clark always
bore q fine reputation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
The Aldridgs Murder Case.

JEFFERsoNvILLE, April Especial J.
The jury found John Aldridge guilty with
a two years sentence of imprisonment.
Aldridge in quarrel with William Glea-
son struck him with piece of iron. Both
were boys about sixteen years old. The
Aldridge family seems unfortunate. Six
years ago Ben, the oldest son, WAS drowned
in the Ohio river. Four years ago Bette,
the daughter, was shot and killed while
alone in the parlor with her lover, George
Iakel, who said she committed suicide.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
A Suicide by Hanging.

MARrrNTvTLLE, April 8. - Especial. j
Mrs. John Oliver of jefferson township
committed suicide last night by hanging.
Her husband went to the smoke house
and found her hanging to a beam. Her
body was yet warm. She had tied large
handkerchief about her neck, climbed
upon a chair and tied this to a rope sus-
pended from above. She then kicked the
chair away. She had told some of her
family that she would kill herself because
OF her sixteen-year-old granddaughter S
DOWNFALL.
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STATE PRIMARIES.
Nominating Primaries at Several Points for
tire Many Elections.

NOMINATING primaries at Several POINTS Tor
the Many Elections.
BRAZIL, April 1.-THE republican party
of the city of Brazil in convention last
night, nominated the following ticket for
the May election: Mayor, w. d. McCul-
Tough; treasurer, Thomas Henderson !;
clerk. John Mcdonald; marshal, Levi
LOwderback; councilmen-frst ward,
William Spears; second ward, w. w.
Moore; third ward, George Oswald The
democratic party makes no nomination
against Mcdonald for clerk, who Is Grip
pie for life, wholly unable for manual la
Dor, poor man with family to support.
He is given clear field out of sympathy.
BLUFFToN, April IL Special. / The
democratic primary passed off quietly to-
day. The principal fight was for mayor
and marshal. For mayor, l.. w. Walbert,
present mayor, was nominated over j. r.
Hale by seventy-six majority; city treas
-urer, III. ID. Cook over w. A. Marsh by
eighty-seven; city cler-, John Miller by
-434; city marshal, Foster Harbaugh by
twenty-three, over four others; council
man Third ward, A. Cook over Brown,
forty-four; Second ward, Harpst over
Evans, twelve; First ward, DEAN over
Hundred, eight.
FoRT WAYNE, April H. Special. THE
democratic primary election was held this
afternoon, the Austria ian system of voting
being used. G. A. Zollinger was nominated
for mayor, Henry FRANKIE for marshal,
Charles McCulloch for water works trus-
tee and a strong candidate for councilman
In each of the ten wards. The ticket will
20 through with a rush.
LAPoRTE, April 12.-[Special THE
democrats held a mass convention last
night and nominated the following city
ticket: Mayor, L. II. Scott; treasurer,
George Arnold; clerk, William Voght !;
marshal. James Purcell; water works
trustee, John Ii. Ball.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
A Mi..inr Man Comes Home.

WINDFALL, April Z. -[SpeciaI.l - In
March, 1869, Rue Westevelt, of this town.
ship, then young man of sixteen, took
his gun for hunt in the Upton marshes.
He never returned, and after search it
was concluded that he had killed himself
and that his body was lying in the marsh.
Yesterday "Rue" surprised his people by
reappearing among them. He Is now a
successful railroad man. and prosperous.
He makes no explanation why he never
wrote
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Looks Bad for Oats.

NoBLEsvnLE, April l1.-[Special. 1T is
now almost the middle of April, and from
the best information that a SENTINEL re-
porter can CLEAN from the farmers
throughout the country, there are not five
acres of oats sown in this section of the
state, the cause being the wet weather
that has prevailed for the last month or
more. II looks SIS If the oats crop would
be total failure. Fruit buds are nearly
ali DESTROYED.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
A Dancerou. Place to Work.

ANDERSON, April 1O-[Special. l-Leathe
Sinner, q deaf and dumb girl employed
ut the Columbia encaustic tile works at
this place. died very suddenly last night.
She expired in convulsions and exhibited
symptoms which indicated that she died
of poison inhaled or absorbed while she
was working at the factory. Other girls
working at the game place have been
taken i'll and compelled to quit work and
some have been partially paralyzed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
A Young Man Contesses Forgery.

Fort WAYNE, April s. = Especial. -
Charles Parent, young man of respect
able family connection, is in Jail awaiting
trial on the charge of forgery, and admits
the truth of the accusation. Young Par
ent sold to William Kallugh, ex-postmas-
ter, note purporting to be signed by De-
CROFT Herrick and Horace Herrick. His
father resides at Independence, Kas.
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Honorably Acquitted.

ROCHESTER. April ESPECIAL. THE
preliminary examination of James On
stott, who was arrested at the instance of
Chicago detectives charged with the muir
der of Michael Overmyer, ended today in
the discharge of the defendant after full
hearing of all the evidence. The defense
introduced no evidence The finding is
quite in harmony with public sentiment,
as he was generally believed to be inno-
cent,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Decatur County Fair.

GREENsBURG, April 12.-[Special. THE
Decatur county agricultural society was
yesterday reorganized and officers for the
year elected as follows: John Childs,
president; Ed Ressing, secretary; with
new board of directory. The fair will be
held in this city Aug. % to %.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Indiana Pn.tmn.ter-.

Bloomingdale, Parke county, w. Mccoy,
vice J. S. Woody, died.
Eugene, VermiIlion county, ID. Coma
way, vice W. n. Hosiord, resigned.
kingsland, Wells county, L. Buckley,
vice f. Hutchlns, resigned
Messena, Hendricks county, L. S. FL
more, vice I. b. Alexander, resigned.
Plano, Morgan county, NJ. q. Llttell.
vice j. II. Donaldson, resigned
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
DePosED FROM THE MINISTRY.
The Split Ia the Evangelical Church StiI
Making Trouble.

DUBUQUE, Ia, April 11.-Three minis
tiers have been deposed from the ministry
OF the evangelical church OF North Amer
lea by the Iowa conference, which is hold
ing its annual meeting here. The charges
against them all are allegiance to the So
called rebel faction of the church, which
is headed by Bishop Dubs OF Chicago.
Seven other ministers were allowed TO
leave the conference under charges They
will be forced to go outside of Iowa to get
pastorates, for the churches in this state
are loyal to the faction headed by Bishops
Thomas, Bowman and Esher. Bishop
Bowman is presiding over the present con-
ference. The conference adopted resolu-
tons condemning Dubs as an arch traitor
and pledging their allegiance to Bishop
Bowman. The resolutions provoked q
stormy debate, but were adopted by a
large majority. The conference Will be in
session for several days.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Met a Horrible Death.

FoRT WAYNE, April ESPECIAL. Fire
man Charles Astmann of this city, en-
ployed on the Nickel-Plate roairoad, met
with horrible death at noon today at
Burr Oak, half way between Fort Wayne
and Chicago. He was standing on the
steps of the locomotive, leaning outward,
when he was knocked oft by a cattle
shute, doubled up and frightfully mangled
under the boxes OF the tender wheels. He
leaves family.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Heavy Mortgages Recorded

NoBLEsvrLLE, April s.-[Special. THE
largest mortgage ever given in Hamilton
county, and perhaps the state, is now in
the hands of Recorder L. p Fedora. 1t is
given by the American stra wboard works
to the International trust company of
New York for $l,500,000. The mortgage
is upon all the company's factories in the
United States, and the object in view is to
negotiate for an extensive loan. Also
another mortgage was placed in the
recorders hands today on the Midland
railroad company to obtain money TO
enable it to extend the road farther west,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
Gets Two Years.

COLUMBUS, April 1O.-[Special.] Alice
Knapp, alias Moore, who robbed Mrs. Ed
Robbins yesterday morning, was on plea
OF guilty sentenced to two years in the
WOman's prison at Indianapolis today by
Judge Keges. Bertha Knapp, the girls
sister, will probably be sent to the reform
school for girls
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
KiIlad nv His Train.

NoBLEsvILLE, April l0.-[Speciall Mr..
Gallager, all extra conductor recently put
on the Midland road, was instantly killed
under the wheels of his train at Roach
vile, a small station forty-eight miles
west of here, at an early hour this morn
ing His body was shipped to Louisville
this afternoon, where his wife resides.
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Sale of the AvsIlne House.

FoRT WAYNE, April 1i.-[special. THE
Aveline house, one of the largest and best
known hotels in Indiana. was sold today
by Miller & Moritz to Thomas B. Shoaf of
New York City for 100000. The sale in
cludes furniture aud fixtures. Possession
is to be given on or before June at the
option Of the purchaser Mr.. Shoaf is a
wealthy carpet broker who has invested
many thousands Of dollars in Fort Wayne
realty.