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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-04
SEASONED WITH ARSENIC.
CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG SERVANT.
Other state News-Gsorge BENEFITS De.
Tense for Numbering Two Men-News-
paper SusPension-Prize Fighting at
AurOFA-Happy Odd Fellows.

EVANSVILLE, March Especial l.
William Scott and his divorced wife live
at Kurtz Station. Several months ago
they separated, as a result of frequent
quarrels. A decree of divorce set them
both free, and Scott soon afterward mar
ried a lady named Callahan living at Bed
ford Ind
Scott, it is said, tired of her and deserted
her, returning to his first wife. Recently
Scott and the first wife were taken sud-
denly sick Immediately after dinner.
Both vomited violently, and a physician
who was summoned thought they had
been poisoned from food cooked in a cop
per vessel, and his belief was strengthened
when the medicine he prescribed had
the desired effect. Scott and his
wife recovered. After breakfast Tuesday
morning the couple were again thrown
into spasms, and their condition became
so alarming that a physician was sum-
moned. An examination showed that
Scott AMI his wife were suffering from
arsenical poisoning, which had been COM
municated to them through the coffee.
The arrest of young servant girl followed,
and she has made confession IN which
she acknowledges to having placed the
poison in the coffee, claiming she did so
at the suggestion OF Scott's second wife,
not knowing that il was poison.
Inquiry was then made about the first
case, and the girl vol inferred the informa-
ton that she had put some of the white
powder in the hog meat cooked that day.
The guilty parties are under arrest and
will be held without bail until the victims
either die or recover. Today the condi-
ton of both is most serious.
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Dishonorsd IA. Own Daughter.

WINAMAc, Feb. 2S-[Special. las re-
suit OF an investigation by the county
grand jury, an indictment for incest was
today returned against John limerick, a
prominent and wealthy farmer living two
miles west of this place. He was imme-
diately arrested and gave bond for his APP
pesrance at the next term of court. Evil
dence given by his daughters revealed the
fact that he was the father of his own
daughters child, which was born some
two years ago. lived but short time and
was buried without the assistance of his
neighbors. The story as told by his abused
daughter and s10stantiated by her sister,
was pitiful one in the extreme and has
furnished a subject upon which there is
much very bitter criticism by our citizens.
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A REMARKABLE REVIVAL.
Everything "sids-Trscked" Now-Martins-
Vile Absorbed.


Vile Absorbed.
MARTTSsvILLE, Feb. 26.-[Special. THE
most remarkable revival ever held in In
1iana is now in progress here in the Chris
ian church.
Under the earnest preaching OF Elder
James Small and the imprisoned exhor-
tations OF Elder w. B. F. Treat 332 per-
sons have joined the church. OF these,
go have been by conversion and seventy
two have been gathered from other
churches. This is the largest number
ever added to any church in the state at
one revival and the largest in the United
States except one. Abont twenty-five
years ago Elder w. +. Black held seven
teen weeks meeting at Bloomington, Ind,
which resulted in $50 additions to the
church. This was eclipsed a few years
ago at Columbus Elder W. F. Cowdery
held a three weeks revival there which
resulted in ninety add tons. Elder u. 7.
Sweeney, consul general at Constan-
tinople, Turkey, took up the meet
ing and carried it forward until
il resulted in 81 additions to the
church. That meeting stood at the
head of all revivals in the United States
until il, IN turn, was eciipsed by one in
Denver, Col, where there were 400 addi-
tons during single revival.
Considering all the circumstances the
revival now going on at this place is the
most remarkable ever held in the United
States. The meetings have been held in a
house only seating 500 persons The popu-
lation of the town is only 800. There is
no excitement, but everything has been
''sidetrack ed" for the meetings. Whole
families have Joined. They Join on the
river bank and are Immediately baptized.
They Join after meeting adiourns. One
young man demanded 10 be baptized at 10
O'Clock at night The church was lighted
and Elder Treat baptized him "the same
hour OF the night" This is the eighth
week and the interest is as great as ever
ana the meeting is still in progress. The
church here now numbers 600.
Elder Small is an Irishnan. He is a
very plain, earnest talker. He quotes
abundantly from the scripture and also
from sacred poetry. His Irish wit blazes
Treat is a man OF great ability and they
work together in perfect harmony.
The house is crowded beyond it's ca
pacity and scores of persons stand up.
They sit on the platform until the
preacher can scarcely find a standing
place. II takes thirty minutes TO extend
''Lhe right hand OF fellowship" and thirty
minutes for the crowd TO get out of tine
house after the benediction is pro-
nounced.
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Do No. Believe the Child Dead.

SALEM, Feb. 27.-[Special. l-Over a
week ago the eight-year-old daughter Of
Frank Lawler died after a few hours of
sickness Of what was thought to be scarlet
fever. Arrangements were made for the
funeral, but it has been postponed be-
cause the body is so lite-like in appear
ance that some OF the family and friends
doubt that the child is dead. Mr.. Law!er
will hold tue remains until decomposition
sets in and removes all doubt regarding
the matter. 1he body and upper limbs
are not rigid, and for more than a week
the child has looked as if she were en-
joying quiet sleep.
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Business Notes

Julius NJ. Palmer, China importer, has
assigned.
81. Louis milkmen have organized g
trust, with 100000 capital.
The Illinois wheat plant has not suf-
fered from draught or frost.
The Second national bank, Mcpherson,
Kas., suspended; no statement.
Lewis Bros. OF Plttsburg and Wales viii
build a $4,000 tin plate plant at Joliet,
The Carson mint sent 100 bars of silver
tn China, where it is worth more than in
the United States.
The treasury department fails TO up
hold the Chicago collector in his recent
wholesale seizure OF cigars.
Capital has been subscribed fora twenty
four story steel Office building on Dear
born-st., near the Chicago postoffice.
The Christie-Lathrop commission COM
pany of Kansas CITY, with numerous
branches, assigned; liabilities, $4,000
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Other Deaths.

At London-Sir Joseph William Bazal-
gette, engineer.
At San Francisco-W.S s. Sears, collector
OF internal revenue.
At Pierre, ;. representative Horace
J. Austin of Clay county.
At Lancaster. Pa.-The Rev. John B
Beetzkees Of Helena, Ark.
At London-fieorge Kynoch, conserva-
tive NJ. P. for Aston Manor.
At Topeka, Kas.-Representative ]. l.
Andrews of Cowlev county.
At Phiadelphia-The Very Rev. Patrick
A. s. Stanton. ID. D., o. s. A.
At Weimar-Admiral Huesner.
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DUBUQUE, Ia, March "A war to the
knife has begun in this state between the
state business mems association and the
farmers alliance. The latter is engaged
in establishing cooperative stores through
out the state. To this the business mems
association objecls, and has sent due notice
to all jobbers that they must either stop
selling goods to the alliance or the uem-
bers of the association will stop buving
goods of them. Parties were in the city
today TO purchase goods for the alliance.
but the jobbers refused TO sell them. The
alliance threatens to retaliate by refusing
to patronize the association people.
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Gave Tn the Fast.

FoRT WAYNE, Feb. 2S.-Gump, the
faster. who on Feb. commenced his at
tempt TO fast thirty days on a one-thou-
ssnd-dollar wager with Col. Geary, had to
give up last evening having tasted ex-
sctly twenty-five days. He began weigh
ing 126 pounds aud when tie quit ne
weighed twenty-iour pounds less. He
was attacked with diarrhea yesterday
and he was afraid OF rapid decline. The
urgings OF lis mother TO break his fast on
account of his declining health prompted
him to quit although his physicians as
surrd him that he could easily hold cut
for the Remaining five DAYS with safety.
1t is today regretted that he did not sue
coed as the money was to be used in lit
ing a dollar mortgage from
the home OF his parents. Col Geary has
assumed all the doctors and other ex-
penses until he fully RECEIVERS. During
the fast he used thirtyeight pints of water
and no food. He was feverish but one
d6y
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One saloon Less In MorSantown.

MARrINsvILLE, Feb. 25.-lSpecial. Sew
erai months ago the temperance people of
Morgantown came to the conclusion that
Rad Huff's saloon was being run in a dis
orderly manner. One night some one
placed dynamite under the building and
it was blown stewards with its contents.
Huff collected the pieces and some bill
lard tables, and started again with Joseph
Cou son "a a partner, a License being
taken out jointly. A few weeks ago some
trouble arose and Coulson suddenly left.
HUFF thought he had gained COulson's
share, but last night Coulson drove over
with teams and in the night carried off
the stock to Nashville, ridd,ng the place
of q saloon One still remains.
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ADet,rmined suic,de.

MILAN, Feb. 25.-[special. IA some-
what peculiar suicide occurred last night
at Morris, this county, on the Big Four
railroad. Theodore Humpert, a shoe
maker, who had been drinking hard for
several weeks and had grown respondent,
babe his wife good bye and told her he
was going to lay his head on the railroad
and let the mail train kill him. As he
had frequently made such threats before
his wife thought nothing of it and told
him him to GO off and sober up. He hear
ing freight train coming, ran to the rail-
road and knelt on the track. The train
men saw him too late TO stop, and he
raised up a little just before the train
reached him. The locomotive struck him
on the side of the head, fracturing the
skull and producing instant death. He
leaves a wife and FIVE children in destitute
circumstances
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INCREASE
CAUGHT IN A WRECK.

Humber of Trainmen Badly Injured IN n
Collision.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb. Pin a collision
between an Erie freight and Lehigh Val
ley passenger train at East Buffalo, bot h
engines were demolished and the follow
ing persons killed and injured:
JOHN BALLONLY, brakeman, dead.
LehiYh trsinmen:
T. DIETRICH, engineer, MORALLY hurt
JAMES RYAN. extra engineer, burned
JOHN L. MANNING, fireman, seriously
burned.
EARL VADER helper. seriously injured.
Erie trainmen:
MICHAEL MALoNEY. engineer, MORALLY
hurt.
w, CAIN fireman, mildred.
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lowed Watson to his fDavidson's) house,
the door OF which had been purposeIy
LETT open for MIN by the faithless wife.
A semitic ensued and blows were struck,
and Watson shot the injured man, who
died after declaring Watson to have been
his assailant. Davidsons wife was the
only witness to the tragedy, and the feel
ing here is so strong against her that she
may be compelled to move ont of the
neighborhood. Watson's faithful sister
came al the way from California to be at
her brothers side
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The Neal Jury Disasree.

MADISON, Feb. 26.-ESpc ciaL The jury
in the case oil Abraham Neal, indicted for
murder in the first degree for the killing
of young Orvil Selig, the only sober man
at drunken "stag" dance at Meals
house Feb IA, has not been able to agree
after twenty hours of de,iberation. eight
standing for acqulttsl and four for convic-
tior. The Gaze will be tried again IN
April ami meanwhile Neal is out on the
very small bond of 81. 900. The sympathy
Of the public is with the accused man.
John Potter, jointly indicted, was dis
missed, and wing" Stewart, also indict-
ed on the same charge, cannot be found.
There Is little doubt in the public's mind
Gs to Stewards guilt
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One Thousand Dollar. for Betrayal.

WABASH, Feb. 25.I[Special.] -Millie
Neireiter, domestic living in Andrews,
instituted proceedings for betrayal against
Charles Lower, passenger locomotive
fireman on the Wabash railway. The case
was finally brought to the Wabash circuit
court on a change OF venue and the trial
began Monday. The amount sued for was
5000, and this morning the jury returned
a verdict against the defendant for $1,000.
Lower is supposed TO be worth more than
that amount. During the trial much evil
dence was introduced that is unfit for pub
LEGATION.
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FeItncr Acquitted OF Murder.

MITCHELL, Feb. %. Especial. j The
case of J. w. Feltner. for the murder of
James Terrell OF Huron last November,
was given to the jury at Bedford and he
was acquitted on the ground that he
killed him in self defense. 1t will be re-
membered that Terrell had gone to Felt
ner's saloon and they had quarreled and
that later in the day Terrell drew a re-
volver on Feltner. but it was not until
another man had been drawn into the
fight and had Terrell on the ground that
Feltner stabbed him.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

SUBSCRIBER AND READER, sparksville-
Benjamin Harrison began his military
career IL 1851 as colonel of the SEVENTEEN
Indiana regiment, and after two years of
service was made a brigadier general,
which rank he retained Till the close OF
the war.
d. Z. c., Southport.-Danicl Webster
was great orator and the most eminent
expounder OF the constitution in our his
tory. John G.. Calhoun was a great To-
gician and statesman. Henry Clay was a
great party Leader. man of remarkable
personal magnetism and gifted speaker
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White Caps a. New Amsterdam.

NEW albany, Feb. 26.-[Speciai. DE
tails OF the white cap" outrage at New
Amsterdam show that John Mcconnell
and woman passing as his wife fioated
to that place several days ago in shanty-
boat and were warned to leave. McCon-
nell showed no disposition to obey the
warning, and he removed his wife to lit
tie cabin on the bank, where they began
housekeeping. About midnight Tuesday
forty masked men ga loped through the
streets and silently and swiftly sur
rounded the Mcconnell cabin, after
which the door was broken down. Their
victims We're found crouching in a corner
and they begged for their lives, but no at
tentiOn was paid to their Appeals. Both
the man and woman were mercilessly
scOurged with hickory switches, after
which they were escorted to the shanty-
boat and were sent sdrift on the Ohio.
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Captured .h. Farmer.. Gold.

LINTON, Feb. 28.-lSpecial. Alexander
Beasley, a prosperous farnes living just
north of this city. was relieved of several
hundred dollars in gold yesterday morn
ing, which he had boarded up in an old
slipper. The officers have clue to this
bold robbery and the perpetrators will no
doubt be brought to justice.
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GEORGE BENEFITS DEFENSE.
He Alleges Insanity when He Killed Scott
and Werkhom.

ana nerkuOH
LAFAYETTE, March1.-[Special.1 -George
Bennett, the young man who shot and
killed William Ii. Scott and John Werk-
hoff, has entered a plea of not guilty to
the charge of numbering Scott and added
a paragraph to his complaint, in which he
sets MP that at the time Of the shooting for
which he is indicted he was person of
unsound mind. The court fixed his trial
for March %. Bennett alleges that he
had been bounded BY members of rail-
road organizations by reason of the fact
that he was one of the men who
took positions on the c., B. & @.
railroad. at the me of the great
strike. His defense will be that in con-
sequence of the continued prosecutions of
certain men. he was unable to secure
employment and support his family, and
was thus driven 70 insanity. During this
time be shot Werkhoff, who was a railway
man, causing his death about week
after. Scott was BENEFITS friend, and
had helped him on several occasions, and
il will be claimed that the fact that he
shot and instantly killed Scott, his friend,
Is but another evidence of his insanity.
The case created considerable excitement
In days gone by, resulting in a mob going
20 The Jail following Werkhoff's death, and
attempting TO get possession OF Bennett to
hang him. The prompt action OF the
sheriff, in removing him, prevented the
scheme. Bennett was kept at the
northern prison for safety until few days
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miller Laugh. at the Postal Line.

BRAZIL, Feb. 26.-[Special.] Sheriff
Murphy today served process on James
X. Miller on an action instituted in the
Cay circuit court by Frank w. Samuels,
agent for the Postal telegraph company.
to perpetually restrain and enjoin said
Miller from cutting and pulling down the
wires and SO wing the poles of their line, and
to restrain him from the fling of any fur
Their affidavits against the company or its
agents in any court of record IN Clay
county, and asking a judgment OF $1,000
against him Miller Tor damages already
done the line. When the papers were
served Miller only laughed.
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Indiana Postmasters.

Blue Grass, Fulton county, I. G. Shore
vice I. II. Lease, resigned.
Julian, Newton county, F. NJ. Deweese
vice, l. o. French, resigned.
PoSton, Ripley county, d. Faulkner,
vice A. G. Weaver. resigned
Sumanville Porter county, G. Under
man, vice r. 5. Greer, resigned.
Dogwood. Harrison county, G. Conyers
vice Il. Baker, resigned.
Floyd's Knobs, Floyd county, J. NJ
Merriwether, vice Laura B. Schrieber, re-
signed.
Grover Town. Starke county, G. Z. Hol
derman, vice II. Allen, resigned.
Maria Hill. Spencer county, W
Schwartz, vice w. Schwartz, deceased.
North Grove, Miami equity, A. G. Brown
son, vice Susan Parks, removed.
Steam Corner, Franklin county, Mrs
n. Hitch, vice o. A. Hitch, resigned.
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MxsterIously Missing.

COLUMBUS, Feb. 24.-[Special. will
lam, aged seventeen years, son of Addison
Phillips. proprietor OF the Commercial
hotel, is missing, and his whereabouts are
unknown. He went to bed Sunday night,
and when his room was examined the
next morning he had gone, leaving his
trunk full of clothing. He had gold
watch and chain and about SIS in cash.
The boy has no bad habits, and his family
is greatly excited over his disappearance.
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a Wedding a. siart,n.vli.

MARTrSsvILLE, Feb. 26.-[special. lat
the residence OF the brides parents. Mr..
and Mrs. b. w. Balay, at o'clock last
evening. the Rev. NJ. 5. Taylor officiating,
Miss Nora. the Youngest daughter, was
united in marriage to sherman Townsend
of the Reporter Office. The wedding was
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Divorced and Married.

SHOALS, Feb. 2s-[Special. yesterday
Mrs. Sarah j. Manley obtained divorce
from her husband, - Manley, on a
charge ofconviction OF an infamous crime in
the state OF Illinois. where he is now serv-
ing out five years term in the pen. She
was married again within fifteen minutes
10 Thomas j. Hastings.
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Indian Darts.

FoRTvILLE, Feb. 26-[Special. while
Nelson Fort was engaged in digging out
an old sycamore stump on his farm near
here he excavated ffty-one Indian darts.
The darts were unfinished and it is sup
posed that from the way that they were
piled up that the Indians had been driven
away, and that the darts had been there
for more than seventy-fve years.
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GIBSON HAS COMPANY.
Others Indicted WI IA Him for the Dynamite
Plot.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-The grand jury this
afternoon returned two indictments
against George ]. Gibson, ex-secretarv of
the whisky trust, and two against him
jointly with other persons whose names
are suppressed. In all these cases the
charges are for attempting to commit
arson ard feloniously procuring gun
powder and dynamite for unlawful pur-
poses
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Farmer prv.t,riou.Iv ori.,Iuu.

TrPToN, Feb. 27.-[Special. William
Durham, farmer living just west OF this
city, mas mysteriously disappeared and
his whereabouts are unknown. He left home
Thursday morning aud came to Upton to
purchase medicine for sick child. Upon
arriving here he sold horse for Sl50 and
failed to return home, and this was the
last seen of him.
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A FATAL BANK FAILURE.
The President Shoots Himself When thu

The President Shoots HImseI when IND
Doors Close
MCPHERsoN, Kas., March 2.-The Second
national bank closed its doors today,
Just before the bank closed its doors G.
J. Heggelund, its president, shot and
fatally wounded himself. whether or not
by accident is not known. Nothing can
be learned concerning the details of the
shooting The officers of the bank are
very reticent concerning the condition of
the institution, and mystery pervades the
whole affair
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tanning the business rooms of the Cope
land Bros. and Cook Bros. & Woods gro
Gerry store, Milton Wilson & Co.'S pump
shop, Levi Ulrich's hardware store, and
the residences OF ID. G. Wilson and S. III.
Henshaw. A vacant business room be-
longing TO Mr.. Wilson was also burned.
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Watson Sentenced 60 Seventeen Years.

ROCKVILLE. Feb. 24.-[Special. 1.-The
trial of Bobert Watson for the murder of
III. G. Davidson at Terre Haute last sum-
rer was called in the Parke circuit court
today. The charge was for murder in the
first degree, but by consent manslauehter
was substituted, to which charge Watson
plead guilty and was sentenced by Judge
Write to seventeen years in the peniten-
tiary. The proceedings occupied less than
two hours.
The prisoner is now forty-hve, so that
this sentence is in realty nearly life
sentence. Watson and Davidson are old
railroaders and fast friends. Watson
kept up improper re ations with the muir
dered mans wife. Davidson became sus-
picious, and one night last August fol-
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KMeHTsrowN, Feb. 26.-[SpeciaI. IA
disastrous fire occurred at Greensboro,
seven miles north OF this place, at o clock
this morning, consuming a number Of
business houses and dwellings, entailing q
loss OF $4,000, with no insurance. Sew
eral persons narrowly escaped with their
lives. The fire originated from q gas Jet
in the basement OF a drug store. The
wind was blowing a gale at the time.
Greensboro has no FIRE protection. The
buildings entirely consumed included DR..
Newby's office; the Hodson block, con-
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quiet affair, only immediate friends and
re 'atives being present. They will reside
in this city, going at once to the newly
furnished home awaiting them.