Telegram-herald., 1891-11-07
STATES BADLY MIXED Up
A Troa5isscm ms Boundary Question
bstsesR indiana ana Ohio.
TIE DIVIDE IS TWELVE NILES WEST
Ohts Claims = Wide strip sf asssisr-
DOM sna Insisaa Uasts - Gss
kssa At IN. Expssss
ef ifiiasis.

"ioc - loc noFgne.n BOUNDARY OF tne
state - nothing at the southern
line. IL IS not generally known.
but 1t is nevertheless . fact
that survey party. sent out
by the national government, has
been at work on the problem for the
last two months for the purpose OF
locating the boundary line between the
two states. The work has been under
the direction Of Prot Mendenhall aud
has been personally conducted
by Col. Sinclair. The work
has been completed within the
last few days. and the surveying party
Is now preparing its report which will
be ready 70 sabnit to the government
Ia about three weeks The survey. IL
Is said. viii probably establish the fact
that the true lise as declared when Ohio
became stats commences II miles west
OF tho present boundary line at the
north and runs directly south to tho
present line between Ohio and Indiana,
thus making strip Of 1900 square
miles TO which the state Of Ohio lays
ciain The strip described includes
the cities Of Tort Wayne, Richmond
and Union City and total population
Of SEQ. .o3l
The agitation Of this question COM
m-nced about o year ago through Q
resolution adopted by the Ohio legis-
laturo reciting the facts ss stated and
asking the national government to cor
rect the line. The detail of the sur
veying party to locate the line was or
dered by the government in compliance
with this resolution.
An inquiry into tho causes that led
to tho juggling of these boundary lines
discloses that at the time Ohio was
made stats there were post traders
located at Richmond and Fort Wayne.
whose trade with tho Indians was
very profitable. If tho line had teen
run correctly these posts would
have been taken into tho new state of
Ohio and the OCCUPATION Of these
traders would have been gone. The
post traders accordingly bribed the
survey party which located tho line
AID Richmond and Fort. Wayne were
left on the Indiana side.
The question is considered here as
HiS baAt OiCs AOk buOu-Q VIC
claim Of Ohio be pushed, Indiana, it is
claimed here, viii insist upon having
as her right corresponding slice of
Illinois. The state charter provides for
q certain width at the northern boun-
Cary. This, it is provided, Is to be main
tanned on the east aud to be continued
on the west until the line reaches the
Wabash river. which it follows to tho
Ohio river, which constitutes the south
ern boundary OF each state. The claim
will be pushed, it is said by members
Of the legislature here all the more as
the city of Chicago would be included
in the territory, should it be captured
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Fernando Jones,
whose long connection with the real
estate title business has made him
recognized authority on the question of
land boundaries, ridiculed the
proposition that the Indiana line
could be moved SO far
west as to include Chicago.
and Indiana" said he, has been sur
veyed and established by COM
mission appointed for that pur-
pose by both states aud the federal
government, and granite blocks have
been set up at several different points
as monuments of the boundary. 1t is
settled principle of law that boundary
lines SO established cannot be dis
turbed. The claim that the Ohio-In-
diana line was falsely placed by tho
surveyors who were bribcd by
tho post traders-which is likely
enough--does not affect the Illinois
Indiana line, which has been accepted
by both parties and about which there
Is no charge or hint of fraud. ! think
it will be safe for some time yet to ad-
dress letters to Chicago. III
Died white Fighting the Fire.
BERLIN, Nos. 6.-Thc village of Ho-
hen6ckle, Saxony. had q mayor and
police force. the latter consisting Of
one policeman. During the FIRE which
destroyed three houses both the mayor
and the policeman were killed while
trying to extinguish tbs nameA
CHANGE ~ COINS.
New Dssisxs Adopted for Halves, Quar-.
tsrs ssd Dfaea
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6-Ths half and
quarter-doliar and dime silver coins
that have been familiar since 1885 will
be retired from circulation after Janu-
ary next. and new dssign viii Be
substituted after that date. The new
designs may be described ~ follows:
On she diverse. or face. of the coin Is
IN ideal female head representative
of liberty, looking TO the right with .
calm and di9niAed expression. with an
olive wreath around her head and .
Phrygian cap on back. On . bAnd or
filet ever the front Of the hesd u In
seribed ths word Liberty" and over
the head NJ the top Of the coin II the
metts. In God We Trust" Around
the medallion are thirteen starr. repre-
sensins the thirteen original states, and
ss the bottom the date Of celnsga On
the revsrse or back Of The coin
appears the seal Of the United
States - adopted In 1,y7. which
may % described - follows: An eaaies
displayed with open wings; charged on
the breast . shield sae>nt siS pallets
gales. . chief azure. holding Ia the
dexter claw Ga olivs braneh represent
ing peace. aad IN the sinisser ela~ .
shesf of thirteen arrows representing
war. In its b>ak the eagle holds .
scroll esstssninx the motto. e Pirri-
hu. 4 aan.s esssgssA above and about
the head ~stA th&<sses sssrs enviroaeA
~ eieeds The viii ~ tAs ae-
ssrn Of TIE halt aoIlsr and
aesrs>r dollar. While she dsnse will
have for shs ss>erse. sr fsce, the ssms
hess - the hsff ssS quarter 1otlarA.