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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
A COWARDlY ATTACK.
w. NJ. Fortescu- OF Leavenworth Murder
ousIy Assaults His PoliticnI Rivnl.

ousIy Assaults His Political Rival.
LEAvEYwoRTH, Kas., April l5.-W. ".
Fortescue, late republican candidate for
mayor in this city. made an attack upon
Col. Anthony this evening on Delaware. st.
with the evident intention OF numbering
him.
The men met at the corner OF Fourth
and Delaware and Fortesque approached
Anthony, asking him if he was armed.
Col. Anthony replied that he was not
Fortescue then drew a slungshot and
aimed five or six blows in quick success
sion at Anthony's head. The blows were
warded off so that they did little damage.
A bystander then interiered and stopped
the cowardly work With an invitation
to wait few minutes Col Anthony pro-
ceeded to the Times office and procured q
revolver and within ten minutes was back,
but Fortescue did not wait. He was
gone.
During the late campaign the Times sup
ported the people party candidate in op-
position to Fortescue. FOrtescue was de-
feated, and, though he assigned no cause
for his brutal attack, it is supposed that
it was on that account Fortescue was
surrounded by his friends and apparently
was awaiting an opportu nifty to make the
attack. Col. Anthony is sixty-seven years
Old 1t is well known in the city that his
right arm is disabled and his left arm has
been SO crippled by rheumatism for
months past that he has been unable TO
put his coat on without help. Fostescue,
while not big man, is big-boned and
muscular
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
HE CAMP MORTON CASE.
Editor winship Takes Serious Issue With
DIR. Wyeth

BosroN, April 15.-Editor A. E. Win
ship, of the Boston TraretIer, who was in
the Sixtieth regiment, NJ. V. NJ,
at Camp Morton, Indiana, in 1864,
and knows the condition of the camp
and its prisoners, takes issue today editori-
ally with DR.. Wyeth, who. in the Century
for April, makes grave charges of cruelty,
neglect, etc., at that camp. The editorial
SAYS:
This is the purest fiction. as We are in q
position to know. Gen. Darlington Of Boston,
on the retired army list who had
command of Indiana and organized most
of its regiments, states that no man
was either starved or frozen to death at Camp
Morton; that the article of DIR. Wyeth will be
proven by unimpeachable contemporary
records and the testimony OF surviving off,
GERS and confederate soldiers 10 be
in every essential statement absolutely false.
Fortunately the documents are available and
every way complete for the disproval of every
specific charge.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE.
Another Victim Counted Among the Dead
"A Second CRse.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 2O.-Another
victim is counted to the poison in the
food at the wedding feast at Lyndon, Ky.
V. B. Snooks, father of the groom, w. b.
Snooks, died at his home at Eminence to-
day. OF the others the fol-
lowing are not considered out of
danger: In Louisville Mrs. B. i.
Guthrie, George Peacham, the colored
driver; at Anchorage, William G. Terry /;
at st. Matthews, Mrs. S. S. Hite; at
Ormsby, Mrs. Gus Hardin; at Lyndon, l..
l.. Dorsy and j. r. Terry. Terry is ex-
pected to die. The others are considered
better There are more than forty doctors
engaged on the many cases in one capacity
or another and they have at least three
distinct theories as to how the poisoning
occurred.
Another poisoning is today added to
that at the wedding. At the boarding
house of ]. C. James here yesterday ice
cream and strawberries were served and
this morning Mrs. James, Mrs. Lena
James, Monroe James, Lafayette James. j..
V. Davis of Paducah, Russell james, Mr..
and Mrs. S. f. Badgeley and Mr. and Mrs.
Hite Shepperd were al taken sick Davis
was very seriously affected for some hours.
All are now better
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
BRlBeD THE WelGHERS.
Members of a Wealthy Lumber Company
Serious Trouble.

Members of a Wealthy Lumber Company in
Serious Trouble.
CHICAGO, April 15.-It appears that s.
r. Howells, head of the wealthy firm OF 5,
R. Howells & Co., dealers in lumber, with
headquarters in this city and branches at
Omaha and Atchison, Kas, was secretly
arrested by the federal authorities yester-
day, brought before u. S. Commits
sioner Hoyne and held in $1,000 bail for
his future appearance. The reason for
kee ping the arrest secret is the fact that
warrants are out for the arrest OF two OF
Mr.. Howells' brothers. One of them
lives in Atchison, Kas., and the other in
Omaha. 1t is said that evidence is in the
possession of the interstate commerce
commission which will prove that Mr..
Howells has Systematically bribed certain
weighmasters of the Western railway
weighing association at Missouri river
points to record false shipping weights.
The weighmasters in question will be ar
rested aud proceeded against under the
interstate commerce law.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
The Portuguese Fire on a
British Expedition.
Lives OF the British Colonists
Seriously Endangered.
Another Bloody Massacre in
Madagascar.
Russia Nearly Ready to Open the
European Carnival.

LONDON, April 20.-Dispatches received
here from Durham, South Africa, show
that the Portuguese authorities are TAX
ing high hand in Mashonaland The
latest instance of their hostility to the
British interests in that district is likely
to cause further tension in the relations
between the governments of great Britain
and Portugal There are number of
British colonists who have settled in
Mashonaland and mails destined to them
are carried by way Of Beira, Portuguese
settlement.
Upon the arrival of the British mail
sacks at Beira the Portuguese authorities
held them and refused to allow them to
be carried to their destination. Great
Indignation OIL the part OF the British
colonists has been aroused by this high
handed proceeding OF the Portuguese.
Further details regarding the firing
upon the British steamer Agnes, which
was engaged in conveying the expedition
under the command OF Col. Willoughby,
and the seizure of the cargo boats en-
gagged in the same service, show that Col.
Willoughby endeavored to secure he re-
lease of his vessels by the payment OF the
usual customs duty of per cent. imposed
by the Portuguese. The officials who COM
manded the force which seized the boats
refused to accept this payment, and or
dering the British flag hauled down,
hoisted the Portuguese flag in its place.
The Portuguese declare that the British
are excluded from the Pengive river which
the boats are navigating when seized and
which is the chief water route to Mashona-
land. Several ofthe British colonists have
been imprisoned and most of the British
settlers have returned from Mashonaland
on account of the arbitrary action of the
Portuguese. There is ever evidence that
a serious rupture is impending between
the Portuguese and British authorities
A dispatch from South Africa says that
Col. Wiloughby mas reached Delagoa bay.
He reports that on his arrival at Beira he
applied for permission to proceed to the
Pungwe river and offered to pay the pre-
scribed duties, but as he received no an
swer after forty-eight hours he started
without permission, when the Portuguese
opened fire upon him, seized his two
steamers with mails and provisions and
imprisoned sixteen of the crew. Col.
Willoughby SAYS that the lives OF the
British at Beira are in great danger.
The explanation OF the seizure given at
Lisbon is that Col Willoughbys vessel at
tempted to proceed to the river without
paying the duties.
A report OF fighting between the Brit
ish and Portuguese, published to-day. is
believed TO refer to the seizure of the Will
loughby expedition.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
a Pair of Lovers Commit Suicide Under
Peculiar Circumstances.

Peculiar Circumstances.
New York, April 20.-A young couple
registered at the Grand Union hotel, For
ty-secopd-st and Fourth-ave., Sunday
morning, as p. b. Brand and wife, and
were assigned to room d s, a large room on
the third floor. Tonight at $3.50 they were
found dead in the room from gas asphyx-
iation. locked in each others arms. They
had employed the old familiar method OF
inhaling gas through rubber tubes held In
the mouth. On the woman's breast was a
large and beautiful bouquet. evidently
purchased by the young man for the oc.
casion of death.
None about the hotel know who the
couple were, but they were evidently
Germans. He was of light complexion
and she was dark. The young man was
last seen about the hotel alive Yesterday
morning, and the fact that there was any
thing wrong about room ID was dis
covered by the chainbermaid reporting
that she could not enter it or get any re-
sponse to her knocking
When the door was burst open it was
found that the couple were in the bed
wrapped in each others arms. The bed
had been pulled out into the center of the
room to place directly under the big
chandelier so as to give a better oppor-
cunity for their work. The man was about
twenty-five years old and the woman
twenty-five. They left four letters, two to
Mrs. Miller, of 2l0 Z. Ninth-st., one to the
coroner and one to a woman in Williams
burg.
The remains were removed from the
hotel tonight with some attempt at Sc
crecy, the undertaken removing the plate
bearing his name from bis wagon. The Mrs.
Miller to whom one letter was addressed
refuses to state who the suicides are. The
letters have not yet been opened.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
REFORM IN MARYLAND.
New Democratic Organization Formed
to Purify Politics.

BALTIMORE, April 16.-The political
movement within the democratic party
looking toward reformation in state leg
islation and administration has taken
definite shape in the organization of the
Maryland democratic reform club. The
Sun says the members of the club are
gentlemen from the state of divers pro-
fessions and callings, but all known as
democrats and in favor of reform in state
and national politics upon democratic
lines and principles" F"
The president of the club is Philip d.
Lakrd, who in the course of his address
said. 81 need not remind you that this
is party association; that its aim is to
promote the welfare of the democratic
party byadhering strictly to its principles
which time has made venerable. and in
the battles of the near future by uphold
ing the strong, clean hands of Grover
Cleveland"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
WORK OF The WINDS.
Towns in Texas and OkIohama Almost
Wiped on tho Map.

LIBERAL, Kas., April 17.-Reports
brought in this afternoon state that the
court house at Hansford, Tex, in course OF
construction and nearly completed, was
destroyed by cyclone Wednesday after
noon. A brickmason and another man
were killed; names not given. Huff
Wright, citizen OF the little town was in
jured. Every house was more or less
damaged.
From there the cyclone travelled in a
northeasterly direction to Paludora, a lit
tie town on the Beaver river in Beaver
county, Oklahoma, which place is reported
as entirely destroyed. Both localities are
many miles from railroad and telegraph
and this accounts for the lateness of the
news. Further particulars could not be
earned
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
Another Imbroglio.

OTTAWA, Ont, April 2o.-It has been
learned that the schooner Maud S. of
Shelburn, n. s., which had sailed short
time ago for the Bering sea sealing
grounds, put in at Good Success bay in the
Argentine Republic and discovered num-
bers of British sailors there who had been
ship wrecked and compelled by the au-
thorities, who succored them, to man a
life saving station at that place. 1t is be-
lieved to be case demanding prompt ac-
tion by the British government and further
information has been asked from the cap
tain of the Candian schooner.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
Another sIadnen.oar nra..nore.

MARsEILLEs, April 2O.-The latest mails
from Madagascar bring report that the
Sakatavas of Marrombo have massacred
the governor of Tubear and fifty-seven
Hova soldiers after the Sakatava king had
promised the governor an audience. The
victims bodies were horribly mutilated.
Thirteen Hova customs officials were also
murdered. The inhabitants of Tubear
fed in terror to the French colony on the
Island OF Nossibe, near Madagascar. At
last accounts a French gun-boat was
cruising along the Madagascar coast wait
ing for Hova reinforcements.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
JOE MuLHATTEN INSANE.
The Boss American Liar Taken to n Chi
cago Hospital.

CHICAGO, April 20.-Joseph Mulhstten,
the travelling salemans' nominee for presi-
dent of the United States during the last
presidential election was tonight locked
up at the detention hospital. Last
January he was thrown from a
street car in New Orleans and the fall
produced conclusion OF the brain, which
has now apparently caused insanity Pre-
vious to being taken to the hospital tonight,
II. b. Mulvaney, lodge brother, found him
roaming about the streets in a demented
condition, At their room Mulhatten
drew revolver and attempted to shoot
Mulvaney. Mr.. Mulhatten will probably
be sent to private asylum for treatment.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
DEATHS.

At Grand Rapids, Mich.-M. H. Ford,
congressman from that city.
At London-Edward Green, NJ. P. foi
the Stowmarket division of Suffolk
At st. Louis-Judge Garrett s. Van
Wagner, a prominent member of the bar.
At Nevada. MOI J. Lindley, a distin-
guished ex-member of the st. Louis bench.
At Boyleston, Mass.-Mrs. Mary E.
Cough. widow of the late John B. Cough.
At Benton Harbor, Mich.-Father At
kinson, the oldest methodist preacher in
Michigan.
At St. Augustine, Fla.-Mrs. John W.
Chandler of Massachusetts,, wife of the ex.
congressman.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
AN ILL-sTARReo ADVENTURE.
MIsfortunes of n Party OF Oklahoma Gold
Hunters.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kas., April 20.-Henry
Buchanan, a gold digger from Oklahoma
arrived here Friday last and told marvellous
tales about the rich gold fields in certain
portion of the new territory. He de-
clined to give the location of the field and
Sunday, eluding the vigilance of his
friends, started back to his diggings. A
party OF sixty secured a bloodhound and
followed his trail for some distance into
the territory.
Yesterday, while encamped in gulch,
a cloud-burst overlook them. The gulley
was flooded and the gold-hunters barely
escaped with their lives. Many of their
horses were drowned and all their outfit
was lost. The adventures returned to-
day a disconsolate looking crowd.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
The BeIlicose NIanipuris.

SMLA, April 20.-A dispatch from Ran
COON, received today, says that the jobraj,
the younger brother and heir OF the
maharajah of Manipur, who deposed the
latter in September last and who has been
proclaimed regent, has, with 1000 Mani
puris, occupied the strongly-entrenched
position so successfully held by Lieut..
Grant until the latter was ordered to
evacuate it. 1t is presumed that the posi-
tion in question is Ft. Alongtaing near
Thobal previously referred to in dis
patches as Ft. Thobal) where April 4
Lieut.. Grant repulsed a force of 1900
Manipurs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
Further Complication.

LONDON, April 20.-A telegram from Pre-
torio. South African Republic, announces
that Boer expedition. with the consent
OF Portugal, will establish republic
in either Mashonaland or Manicaland.
This project, if carried out, will affect
Manica territory, claimed by England,
and will result in further trouble between
England and Portugal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
The Coroner. Verdict.

Mr. PLEASANT, Pa, April 20.-At 8
o'clock this afternoon the coroner's jury
announced its verdict on the Morewood
not case as follows: .
That the deceased came to his death at More
wood on Thursday morning. April 2. 1891,
about o'clock by bullet discharged from q
gun or revolver in the hands Of the depu-
ties Of the sheriff of Westmoreland county.
This applies to each man killed in the
-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
wm Attack the Insurgents.

LONDON, April 2l.-The Valparaiso cor
respondent OF the Times says that the
Chilian men of war Imperial, Lynch and
Condell, all of which are supplied with
torpedo catchers, are starting for the
North under orders to attack the squadron
which is commanded by officers who have
revolted against the government.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
wcr,d,. Fair Laborer. Strike.

CHICAGO, April 20.-Yesterday the labor
ers engaged in grading Jackson park in
preparation for the worlds fair decided to
demand increase in wages from Sl.50 to
Sl.75 per day. The demand was made by a
committee this morning and the contract
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
Captured SANTANA.

CALCUTTA, April 2O.-The British ad-
vance iorce in three columns has captured
Samana Ridge The casualties on the Brit
ish side were slight. The Miranza losses
are not known.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22

ors declined to aceede TO il. The order
TO strike was then given. About 600 men
out'of the $50 employed struck this after
noon. There has been no distur bance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
Another Miner, strike.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 2O.-Seven thou
sand coal miners are expected to strike to-
day at Jellico unless some agreement in
regard TO the spring scale of wages is
reached.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
1T is MAYOR wAsHeuRNe.
Mayor Crieger withdraws All Objection
to the Late Election.

To tns Late Election
CHICAGO, April 20.-When the official
canvassing board met this morning to de-
clare the result OF the late mayoralty elec-
ton Mayor Creiger (dem.l, through his
attorney, withdrew all objections to the
canvass as completed last week and asked
that Hampstead Washburn rep be de-
clared mayor-elect.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-28
A BROIL WITH FRANCE.
THE TREATY OF 1918 VIOLATED AT
ST. GEORGES BAY.
A French Warship Stationed There to
Prevent American Fishermen From
Taking or Buying Bait.

New York, May27.-A Halifax special
says: A cablegram from st. Johns,
Newfoundland, says French warship
at st. Georges bay refused to allow
Americans to take or buy bait there.
Under the treaty of 1918, Americans
have the same rights as British on the
French shore, and they have never be-
fore been interfered with by the French.
The consul has telegraphed Blaine for
instructions.
WASHINGTON, May 27. = Respecting
the action of the French government in
stationing warship at st. Georges
bay, Newfoundland, which prevented
United States fishermen from obtaining
bait, it is SAID at the state department
that action cannot be taken, nor can
an opinion as to the merits of the
case be given, until further advices
are received. 1t has not yet
been made clear to the de-
partment whether the warship has
prevented our fishermen from buying
bait, or whether it has prevented the
French inhabitants from selling it.
These are two very distinct and differ
ent propositions. In the first case it
might be taken as an assertion OF au-
thority over American citizens, while in
the second case the French authorities
might be exerting undeniable authority
over French subjects.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-28
ARRIVED AT CALLAO.
The Charleston at Last Heard
From.
She Puts In at the Principal
Port of Peru.
The Itata's Whereabouts as Much of
a Mystery as Ever.
Her Peaceable Surrender in Chilean
Waters Confidently Expected at
an Early Date.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The navy de-
partment today received the first news
from the Charleston since she left
Acapulco, the first of last week, in con-
tinued pursuit OF the Itata. When the
vessel failed to touch at Panama within
the time expected, the department said
it was very probable that it had been
decided to keep straight on down the
coast, and that the Charleston would
next be heard from at some Peruvian
port. This prediction is fulfilled,
for the port at which the
Charleston announced her arrival is
Callao. The whereabouts of the Itata
are as far from being known as before,
for Captain Remey reported that he had
seen nothing of the Itata on his cruise
down the coast. The Charleston will
Join the squadron under Admiral Nc
Cam in Chilean waters, and it is sur
missed report will at no very distant
date come thence, announcing the peace
full surrender by the insurgents OF the
elusive craft, which the United States
government will libel and perhaps for
felt for violation of the neutrality laws.
PARIS, May 27.-The Mexican legation
officials here explain that the coaling of
the Chilean insurgent warship Esmer-
aida, at Acapulco, does not imply that
the Mexican government has recognized
the congressional party as belligerents.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-28
ON TO BERING SEA.
The Rush Sails For the Seal
Islands.
The Bear Also Ordered to Pro-
ceed to Alaska.
Their Instructions Supposed to Be
the Same as Last Year.
Special Commissioners En- Route to
Study the Seal Question and
Check the Contractors.
Associated Press Dispatches.

SAN Francisco, May 27.-The revenue
cutter Richard Rush, Captain Coulsen,
sailed for the seal islands in Bering sea
this afternoon. She had on board
Special Commissioner J, Hanley Brown
and Special Agents Major Williams,
Colonel Barnes and Mr.. Nettleton. The
duties of the special agents are to super
wise the seal-hunting at the various
islands, and see that the conditions of
the contract with the government for
killing seals are complied with. Special
Commissioner Brown will make study
of the sealing question and report at
Washington on the return of the Rush.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The secretary
of the treasury this morning telegraphed
the commander of the Rush to sail to-
day. Orders for the revenue cutter Bear
to sail for Alaska were also sent by tele-
graph this morning. While it is impos-
sible to obtain positive information as to
the character of the instructions to the
revenue officers, it is generally under
stood that they do not differ in any es-
sential particular from those of last year.