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The Portland daily press., 1891-04-29

The AGchison Company will offer "a.
5OO,OOO.OO of the New Bonds of the ~.
louis q SAN Francisco Railway Compa-
my, when issued. 10 the holders of ST. Louis
q san Francisco Railway Company,s
First Preferred Stock ON n basis of ex-
change OF par FOR par, each share of stock
being entitled 90 500 in the New Bsnds.
These bonds draw Interest from October
Is9O, mt four per cent. The Atchison
Company also will extend this four per
cent. laterest buck 10 January 4, $50, so
TINT First Preferred stockholder., upon
surrender OF their certificates of stock
will receive Par in the New Honds and Tn
serest IN cash nt four cent. continuously
from January 4, 1890.
Holders OF First Preferred stock of the
80. Louis a. San francisco Railway Com
pany desiring 10 make the exchange pre-
posed will please apply for blank forms OF
acceptance and for any information de-
sired, TO the Vice-President, % MILK st.,
Boston.
GEORGE @. MAGOUN, Chairman.
j. w. REINEART, viee-President.
APPS dtt
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-29
Hoods
SarsapariIla

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for So. Prepared
only by c. 1. HOOD s. CO, Apotnecaries, Low
ell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-29
FIRST PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS
St. Louis 6 San Francisco Railway

St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
Company.
The Circular No. "a, issued by the Atehlson
Company to its stockholders, and dated May
%, 1890, explained the manner in which the CON-
MON and PREFERRED STOCKS OF the ST. LOUIS 6
SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY were ex-
changed for stock of the Atchison Company. 1t
further stated that the FIRST PREFERRED STOCK
Of tho St. Louis San francisco Railway Compa-
ny, being that held by ourselves, and amounting
to $4,000 shares, of the par value of s450o ooo.-
90, was not disturbed; and so it has remained I'M
til now, when the Atchison Company is enabled
TO Judge, from practical experience and xnowl-
edge, upon what terms to base an equitable pro-
posal to the holders for an interchange OF securi-
ties.
The many complications arising from the con-
troll OF the Atlantic & Pacific Railway Company
being exercised Jointly by the Atchison and the
st. Louis & San Francisco Companies, and the
hopelessness Of working under divided owner
ship, three railways really comprised in one sys-
an integral portion, constituted the prime factors
IN determining the Atchison Company to acquire
the stocks OF the st. Louis & San Francisco Com
pany at the time it did go, and thus TO remove all
conflicting internal interests.
The Management of the st. Louis & San Fran.
cisco Railway Company has decided to issue a
New Consolidated four per cent. Gold Bond, COW
ering all Of its properties equipment lands, and
realizes, 10 amount $50 900, 900, subject only
to prior liens OF present outstanding mortgages,
securing Bonds which will be gradually retired by
the operation OF their respective Sinking Funds
Bonds.
The present total outstanding Direct Mortgage
Bonds Issues OF the st. Louis & San Francisco
Railway Company on its own and leased lines is
6,077 800. This will leave SIS, 922, 10000
New Consolidated four per cent. Gold Bonds
available for the following purposes
To provide for retirement OF S2,S0O, 10000 At
lantic & Pacific Railroad Company's Second Mort
Principal and Interest by the ST. Louis & san
Francisco Railway Company. To provide for
complete and proper facilities and machinery
with which TO conduct operations in the nature Of
Round Houses, Machine Shops, Station and other
buildings, improved Bridges, and Equipment to
complete the road and to place the Company and
dition.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-29
Uapllai StOtk' oov,vUV pOua0s.
PAR VALUE 10 POUNDS PER SHARE,
CONSISTING OF

$4,000 shares Common Ordlnau
nary st0ck 100000 pounds
The Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Preferred
cumulative per cent stock, now offered In this
market, consists of Ten Thousand full.paId and
worcestershire shares of the par value of eI0
(say $50 per share) represented by Trust Com
pany certificates of the Central Trust Company of
New York, against which certificates like num-
Der Of preferred shares Of the par value of clio
per share OF the English company have been de-
posted.
Dividends payable at Central Trust Company,
New York, as soon after Feb. 1 and Aug. / Of
each year as accounts can be audited.
The foregoing Offering of Ten Thousand shares
Preferred stock, for which Trust Company GER
tiacates have been issued to comply with the re-
quirements Of this market, comprises all the stock
held in this country for sale, with the exception
OF Five Thousond shares of Common stock Of a
like par value of elO, (say $50 per share.)
nust Company certificates will also be issued
for the Common stock. Both classes OF stock are
offered on the following termsi
10000 SIZE ARES PREFERRED CUM
ULATIvE 8 PER CENT. STOCK AT
S4S so PER SHARE. PRICE INCLUD.
ING ACCRUED DIVIDEND FROM FEB. 1,
1891.
5000 SHARES COMMON STOCK AT
S75 PER SHARE. PRICE INCLUDING
ACCRUED DIVIDEND FROM FEB. 1. 1891.
TO WHICH DIVIDEND SPECIAL REFER.
ENCE Is MADE BELOW.
THE SUBSCRIPTION LISTS WILL BE
OPENED AT 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ. ON THURS
| DAY, MAY z, 1891, AND WILL BE CLOSED
AT IL O'CLOCK M. ON SATURDAY, MAY o,
| 1884, BY
MEccpc Q NJ WulTr o nnWnhuv
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-29
REssRs. S. " WHITE & COMPANY.

CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY, 54 WALL ST. N. Y.
BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, rs NASSAU ST,H.Y.
From whom Prospectuses and blank form of
Application can be obtained. Subscriptions will
be payable as follows 10 per cent. ON appIi-
cation; 80 per cent. ON allotment; 80 per
cent. ON Wednesday May 20, 1891: 80
per cent. on Monday, j ne 4, 1891. Allot-
ments will be made as soon as practicable.
The right is reserved to reiectany subscription
or to accept it in part If any subscription Is
wholly rejected the amount deposited on applica-
tion will be returned. II the whole amount ap
piled for be not allotted the amount paid for on ap-
plication will be applied on the sums to become
due on the allotment.
Receipts viii be given for all payments made,
and engraved Trust Company certificates issued
by the Central Trust Company will be delivered as
soon as practicable after the making of the final
payment. Any instalIment may be paid in adj
vance under discount at the rate of per cent.
per annum.
Failure to pay any installment when due viii
forfeit all previous payments.
A preference in allotment will be given to en-
ployes and customers Of III. III. Warner Co.,
Limited.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
WAS COOKED HEAD TO FOOT
THE GAS EXPLOSION IN LAFAYETTE.
Houses Burned and Many People Injured
Other state News-Heir to sixty
MilIOns-A Brewery COmpany's
TrOublss-lIinor State Items.

LAFAYETTE, Feb. 12.-[Special. AT /
O'Clock this morning a natural gas ex-
plosion took place in a double frame
house occupied by Mrs. Mary Jenners, of
West Lafayette The force of the ex.
plosion carried out the end and side OF
the house. Mrs. Jenners, her daughter
Mary, and her SOD, Cyrene, were all moro
or less burned. The son was horribly
burned, his flesh being cooked from his
head to his feet The nails of his toes and
hands came off, and there remains less
than third OF the surface of his body that
Is not burned over. He connot recover.
His mother, owing to her age and the
shock, added to her burns, will not re-
cover, in the opinion of the doctor.
Thomas Northcutt, a boarder, was also
burned on the body. His underclothing
was on fire, and he ran out into the street.
neighbors kindly tearing of the garments.
Levi Brown, who lived in the same house,
also ran into the street, his cloth
ing in full blaze. He is badly
burned on the hands and limbs, but with
out a backset he will recover. The ut
most excitement was created throughout
the city, and there has been a constant
stream of people going to the scene of
destruction. 1t seems there had been
leak in the natural gas pipes OF the COM
pany in the street FOR some time. and the
surrounding earth had become so
saturated with the gas that fires readily
burn at each opening where fence posts
were. The house in which the explosion
occurred was burned TO the ground, and
the flames communicated to the residence
of Clarence Jamison adjoining, and that
was also burned to the ground. 1t will
prove a costly accident to the company.
Young Jenners, who is the worst burned
of all, is kept under opiates, but there Is
40 hope of his recovery. Both he and his
mother it is thought will die.
Later-Young Jenners, who was in
jured in the natural gas explosion this
morning. died shortly after noon. Thomas
Northcutt, who was burned by the same
explosion, died about o'clock tonight,
and Mrs. Mary Jenners is alive but physi-
ians express no hope of her recovery.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
An Engines Grsa. Feat.

MADISON, Feb. u. Especial - There
are two immense locomotives employed to
do the hill work between this city and
North Madison on the p, c., G. & St. L.,
and during the absence of one of these al
the shops switch engine No. 432, that
came down from Columbus. performed a
feat which has never been accomplished
by any road engine since the building OF
the plane which makes an ascent of 3ll
feet to the mile and is one and one-third
miles long, making total rise of Ala feet.
With Fl. l. Miller, division superintend-
ent, j. w. Lindley, master of transporta-
ton, and ]. II. Morris, superintendent of
locomotion in the cab of the switch en-
gine, she made the ascent with two loaded
coal cars. No road engine has ever been
able to carry its own weight up before this
time. IL is most signal feat as the Madi-
son grade is one of the steepest in
America.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
A DARK CRIME
Believed TO Have Been Committed By n
Husband and Wife.

New ALBANY, Feb. 15.-[Special. /
Three months ago Nicholas Krouse, a
young farmer living near st. Joseph's
Station, six miles north of this city,
mysteriously disappeared from his home.
He lived with his step father, Joseph
Kaclean, and his mother. At his fathers
death he left the farm on which the
kaclens lived to his two sons, Frank and
Mich olas, and after the second marriage
OF their mother. who had been given
certain other property by her first hus-
bands will. the two sons permitted the
mother and her husband to remain upon
and cultivate the farm. Frank left for
illinois about one year ago and went to
work on a farm. After the disappearance
of his brother Nicholas, the Kaclens stated
that he had gone to illinois to join his
brother.
A near neighbor. being suspicious, wrote
10 Frank relative to his brothers disap-
pearance and asking if he was with him.
This letter brought Frank back to his
home, and when he stated he had come
to learn the whereabouts of Nicholas the
step!ather and mother told him Nicholas
was IL a hospital at Louisville under or
assumed name. Frank went II Louisville
last week and searched every hospital in
the city, but neither found nor got any
clew TO his brother. Then he returned to
the farm and ever since has been search
ing the woods and fields on the farm for
the missing young man. Today his search
was rewarded. he found the dead body
OF his brother Nicholas hidden under log
in the woods, bearing all the indications
that he had been murdered. The step
father and mother are accused of the muir
= L.
believed to have been committed for the
purpose of getting possession of the muir
dered mans interest in the farm. There
is great excitement over the matter in the
neighborhood where the crime was COM
mitted
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
HANGED IN EFFIGY.
Dewire, the Defendant In "A Betrayal Suit
at GreensbUrg.


GREENsBURG, Feb. 15.-[Special THE
people OF this city were greatly surprised
mis- morning when they saw an effigy
dangling from the flag staff OF the west
tower of the court house, and black
Streamers floating gently in the air from
he flag rope. The efigy and streamers
With cross bones had been placed there
during the night as warning to William
Dewire, who is on trial and charged with
he seduction of the school girl, Emma
Wright.
A great deal OF interest has been mani
tested during the trial by the people, and
.he courtroom has been crowded each
lay.
The defense attempted to break down
the testimony of the girl by showing that
she had made "a certain admission to Mat
Squires and her daughter, Daisy" that if
true, would create a reasonable doubt as
10 the guilt of the defendant. The state
afterward showed that the moral character
of these two witnesses was bad, and the
attempt to blacken the character of the
young girl fell to the ground.
Harrison House swOre that he had seen the
girl and Dewire during the month OF Sep
tember In grove near where ne lived,
and seen them in a compromising posi-
ton. He stated she wore { white dress,
and he was quite positive that the girl he
eaw with Dewire was Emma Wright, but
she went on the witness stand and fatty
contradicted House, and swore that she
was not there on that occasion, and was
not the owner of white dress, and her
testimony was corrobOrated by her uncle,
who swore that she was not the owner of q
white dress, and he had not seen her wear
one.
The defendant testified in his own be-
half, and claimed that he had been crimi-
nally Intimate with the girl on several oc-
casiODs prior to the time they were caught
together In his apartments at the engine
house. He tried TO convey to the Jury
that she was a girl of easy virtue.
The girl claimed that Dewire kept i'm
portuning her, and told her there would
be no harm, as they would get married the
next week, and through his persuasion she
yielded TO his wishes.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
A HoosIER HEIREss.
One OF the Heirs TO the Immense Anneka
Jams Estate In Muncie.

MUNcIE, Feb. 1l.-[Special. Recently
there has been great deal of talk and
much interest manifested in many places
regarding an immense estate in New York
City that belonged at one time to Anneka
JAMS, woman OF aristocratic descent,
who came TO this country from Holland.
The estate, comprising thirty-six acres in
the very heart of New York City, was
leased to Trinity church in 1870 for term
of ninety-nine years. The nearest akin
to Anneka Jams now living is said to be
Mrs. Eliza Whiterow Kyeers of New AL
bany, who is great granddaughter OF the
holder of the princely estate. There are a
number of descendants OF the family living
in Delaware county, and among the num-
Der who will come in for q share OF the
millions is Mrs. Silas Covalt of Muncie, who
is a relative of Mrs. Kyeers and an heir TO
the Anneka Jams estate. The estate.&hich
Is estimated at 500, 100000, will probably
be settled by compromise. An effort has
been made by the present occupants of
the property to compromise the matter at
S35,000,000. a number ofthe heirs live in
this state and meeting has been arranged
to be held next month, at which time
some definite arrangement will be made
TO settle the inheritance
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
THE BEER FLOWED FREELY.
A Probable Murder in dadIson-Virgil seliE
Must Die.

MADISON, Feb. 15.-[Special. THE US
ual peace of our quiet city was broken
Ehis morning by the news that Virgil Selig,
aged twenty-five, had received wound
In his abdomen from Abram Meals double
barrel shotgun, and that he must die.
Neal had invited all his neighbors and
friends TO q private dance given at his
house and beer flowed rather freely dur
ing the evening. About II o'clock wing"
Stewart and "Pud" Potter, two neighbor-
ing toughs, decided to visit the scene Of
the merrymakers, though they had not
been invited. AS is usual the unoidden
guests made much trouble. They had
barely surprised the Jolly attendants
by their presence, when the host
and the unlimited toughs became
involved in a spirited quarrel. Words
and blows followed, when Neal reached
fo- his shotgun, loaded with slugs and
bIckshot, and which had not been shot
for eighteen months, and, with an un-
steady aim, fired. The messenger OF death
went wide of its intended mark, aud
plowed hole as big as a turnip in the
intestlnes and abdomen of his friend,
Virgil Selig. Selig had on his overcoat
at the time, and the doctors were busy for
two hours extracting huge hunks of cloth,
lead and shot from the wound. The
young man was carried to his home,
and it was found that sixteen inches
of his entrails had been shot away
An operation was 10 have been per-
formed this afternoon, but his condition
made the task impossible, and his death
is now momentarily expected. Neal
crossed to the Kentucky shore about 2
o'clock this morning, but gave himself mp
o-1-T 4 D. -
dance armed with heavy spokes, expecting
fight. The affair has cast dark gloom
over the entire city because of the re-
spectability and reputation of this young
man, whose death will pay the penalty of
mans anger. Selig mas made a dying
statement exoneTating Neal. The princi-
pies in the fight have all been retained.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18

~ rheumatism. Kidney Pains. and Muscular
q a Weakness relieved in one minute by the
Cuticura An.i-Pain Plaster. 25c.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18

and devoted and good provider for his
family; the wife a model housekeeper
and perfect lady in every respect; the
children beautiful and refined, aud the
family, having considerable means, moved
in the best society and were looked upon
rs models. Not very long since the wife
became little suspicious of her spouse
and the hired girl, and in many little
things her suspicious were confirmed, but
the guilty pair were so skiliful in their do
ceit that nothing criminal could be as
serted against them, though he was fond
of embracing and kissing the girl on all
occasions. The girl. being possessed of
many charms herself, was not insensible
to the charms OF the false husband and
father, and together they enjoyed their
liasiOn.
A few days ago the wife laid plan
which resulted in her worst fears being
confirmed. Having emptied large trunk
in their bedroom, and cut or bored holes
in each side to enable her to see out, she
gave it out that she WAS going away, and
leaving the house by one door she re-
turned by another, ana secreted herself in
the trunk. She had not long to wait for
developments. The husband and girl
came into the room in few minutes, and
after enjoying numerous and atiectionate
embraces, the wife caught them in the
most compromising situation. Hastily
opening the trunk she confronted her
guilty husband and kis paramour. and the
scene that followed is beyond description
the husband pleading for forgiveness
and promising that if this ofense was for
giyen he would be true and lawful
spouse. Finally the girl was sent away,
and the matter patched up: In the mean
time the matter has leaked out, and is
causing an unusual amount of comment,
owing to the prominence of the parties.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
An Incendiary Fire.

KoKoMo, Feb. 11.-[Special. Am incen-
diary fire started at o'clock this morn
ing in Fee & McDaniel's feed stables at
this place, which resulted in the dcstruc-
ton OF fourteen valuable horses, four
head Of registered Jersey cattle and the
Office fixtures library and surgical appli-
ances OF Veterinary Surgeon G. T. Bell.
These with the partial destruction of the
stables, involved a loss OF $4,000, on
which there was no insurance whatever.
Among the horses destroyed were two i'm
ported stations owned by Fee & McDan-
iels and valued at $4,000 each, a blooded
stallion belonging to DIR. Bell valued at
81 900. and two roadsters owned by l..
w. Coffman and w. w. Dunock respect
lively valued at $500 each. The police are
working on clue which promises to re-
suit in the apprehension OF the perpetra-
tor OF the crime within the next few
h0l1ra
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
THE LAST OF EARTH.
Obssquies of the Late Col. Trip at NORTH
Vernon.

NORTH VERNON, Feb. 15.-[Special]-
The funeral of Col. Henry Tripp, who
died recently, occurred to-day. He was
the founder of the town which formerly
went by the name OF Tripptown. and
during the war obtained the rank of
colonel in the Sixth Indiana volunteer
corps. Special trains were run to North
Vernon over the 0. & NJ. and j., NJ. & l.
roads. Many visitors were also present
from the neighboring towns of Scipio,
Elizabethtown, Butterville, Nebraska, Six
mile and other places. The crowd that
witnessed the obsequies was estimated at
fully 1000. Among that number were
500 grand army veterans, and OF these 200
ha, belonged 10 the colonePs old regi-
ment. The funeral oration was delivered
by the Rev. b. +. Foster, of Indianapolis.
Among those who came to pay their
respects 20 the deceased, were Attorney
General Smith, Senator Holland, Corliss
Dixon and General Buckner. G. S. A, of
Louisville.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
MORE HOosIER HEIRS.
Several More Descendants OF Anneka Jams
Heard From.

FoRrvILLE, Feb. 1S.-[Special. There
is quite an interest at this place about the
Anneka JAMS estate Of New York city.
Since the publication OF the Muncie spe-
cial about this affair A. J. Moore of this
place and Benjamin Moore OF Eden, this
county. have revived their claims rs great
great-grandsons of Anneka JAMS. The
facts as given to your correspondent are as
follows:
Nathanial Moore, who lived IT Rush
vile, this state, and father of A. j. and
Benjamin Moore, had the best geneolOgy
Of his family known, covering three gen.
erations Nathanial was in the third gen.
Grafton, making n. J. and Benjamin great
great-grand sons OF Anneka JAMS.
This paper was at one time in the
hands OF Benjamin Smith of Rushville,
attOrney-at-law, and Messrs. Moore will
start the first of next week and will follow
up the history of their ancestors diligent-
~ until the meeting of the heirs in Muncie
next month. Nathaniel Moore, the father
of A. j. and Benjamin, commenced hunt
ing up his claim twenty-five years ago in
Cincinnati, and as their was quite num-
Der of the heirs in Rush county, he sent
the papers to Benjamin Smith, attorney
at-law at Rushvile, to prosecute the
claim, but il seems to have stopped there.
The family of A. j. Moore seems to be
in luck, as his wife has just received let
ter from an attorney in Iowa that he is
prosecutinga claim in the interest of her
folks whereby there is tract of land IN
the heart of Baltimore, Md, forty acres in
all, that is due them on the account of ex-
piration OF lease.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18

ceased, was fifty-six years old and had
been for over twenty years citizen of
this city. In almost every emergency he
was consulted by his brother physicians,
because of his wide experience and SUI
perior learning. He was one of the
trustees of the trust fund left by DIR. Lo-
max OF Marion to establish q broader
and more liberal college curriculum for
medical students. He was also delegate
to the International medical congress, to
meet in Berlin next year His remarkable
mental force and admirable social quail
ties left their impress on every one that
he came in contact with.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-02-18
ANOTHER HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
Explosion in an EIkhart MilI-One Mo
Killed and Several Injured.

hhu ScNoENA AnJcfc0s
ELKHART, Feb. 13.-LSpecial. AT late
hour last night one of the largest steel ro-
taries in II. r. Smiths combination board
mills here exploded, completely wreck
ing two-thirds of the building and killing
Schuyler Nisewander. whose body was not
found until this morning. Then about
eight rods from the point where he had
been standing when the explosion took
place Foreman Fleming was blown
about one hundred feet and seriously in
jured. Clark Wilson was blown about
one hundred feet in another direction and
very seriously injured. George Hiteman
was buried six feet under the bleach and
timbers but was kept from being killed by
some steam pipes which lay ove' him
and kept the weight from smothering and
crushing him. He was rescued in about
three hours. The occurrence is one of the
most unfortunate that has happened here
in years. 1t is supposed to have resulted
from gas escaping.