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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

Petty Schemes and Crimes Against the Bal
lot Depended Upon by Democrats.
All hope of success upon the part of Tag
CART. Coy, Wilson ct al. depends upon the
success of their schemes. The Democratic
campaign in Indiana has been remarkable
for the minimum of speakers and argu-
ment. and. a fitting corollary, . maxi
mum amount of schemes and money. Ii is
notorious that when the few Democratic
speakers of note left the State. 81 Sheerin
and Doodle came IN. Money entails the
necessity of schemes for its successful use.
The Journal has discovered q few of them,
but by no means claims To have unearthed
the full list of so versatile and unscrup-
ulous q generator of plans how to carry
elections without votes an the Taggart.
Coy and Wilson combine. few of these,
however. are here again recalled:
First. in point of magnitude. is the in-
structions to Democratic election officers
60 throw out three Republican votes By
some pretext and save three imperfect and,
therefore. void Democratic votes by some
means or other. Chairman Taggsrt PROM
tsss that this will make tho State Demo-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The leaders of the en- thusiastic Fairbanks
Club claim that they led the very success
full impromptu procession Saturday night
instead of the Marion Club.
Isaac Ware. thirty-three years old, fell
down stairs at his home. 34S English ave.
nue. last night. and dislocated his elbow.
He was taken to the City Hospital
High-school No. 2 will give an entertain
ment in the South-street Baptist Church
the evening of Nov. 23, to raise funds to en-
large it's library. A musical and literary
programme will be offered.
The body of Hon. j. Sidney Hinton ar
rived yesterday from Brazil. The funeral
Will occnr Thursday afternoon, at o'clock.
at the Vermont-street Church, under the
auspices of the colored Masons.
Andrew Bolser, aged seventy-four years.
an employe at Winters cooper shop. on
South California street, was seized with q
paralytic stroke while at work yester.
day, ana fell unconscious. Kregelo &
Whitsetts ambulance was called, and re-
moved him to his home, No. IL Ellsworth
etreet.
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RACING AT WEST.sIDE PARK.

Five Events at Nashville q Lumpy and
% Slow Track.
I NASHVILLE. Tenn, Nov. THE ninth
days racing ut West-side Park was wit
messed by about 1900 people. The track
was lumpy and slow, but the sport was up
to the usual high standard. Summaries:
First Race-Five furlongs. Hustler Won;
Bod Toombs second, Dueffa third. Time.
los
Second Race-Six and half furlongs.
Servitor won; Costa RIGA, second. Forest
Rose third. Time 1861.
Third Race-One mile. Dolly McCone
won; Emma Primrose second. Prince Ken
ney third. Time. 1:46k.
Fourth Race-FIve and half furlongs.
Colonel S. won; Hsnnigan second. Leona
S. third. Time. 1:12le
Fifth Race-Halt mile. Vida won; Sir
Carr second, Ed Greenwood third. Time,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. IA special dispatch
to the London Times from Teheran, report
ing the death of Theodore Child. the critic
and magazine writer, was shown to the
Messrs. Harper, in this city. q. Henry
Harper doubted the truth of the report.
and exhibited letter from Mr.. Child, who
is their Paris representative. dated at
Tebriz. Persia. Sept. 9. which stated that
both himself and Mr.. Weeks, the artist
travelling with him. had been attacked
with cholera. In Mr.. Child's case it being
the real AsiatIc cholera. Mr.. Weeks recov-
cred in forty EIGHT hours Mr.. Child nearly
died of the disease. but recovered in ten
through Persia. The last heard from him
was Oct. s, when he left Teheran for
Buschire on his journey as contemplated.
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Observation-Disclosures NEWS
Seven Men Injured. Two Fatally, 10 a
Natural Gas Explosion Near Kokomo.
Men Working on the Chicago Pipeline Meet
with Serious Accident While Tappinga
Main-0ther State News



Arthur Moon aud Charles Newell Fatally
Burned An n Gas Explosion.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
KoKOMo, Nov. IA terrific natural-gas
explosion occurred near this city to-day on
the Chicago pipeline. Seven men were
frightfully burned, two of whom, Charles
Newell and Arthur Moon. will die. In re-
moving plug from the mains the escaping
gas iGnited. causing the explosion.
The Wedding viii BE Postponed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 7.-William Russell. o
young farm hand of this place. entered the
residence of James Page, living two miles
east. last night aud stole from under Mr..
Pages pillow his pants. which contained
S145 in cash. On getting mp this morning
Page missed his cash and pants and
started on the trail. Russell was aus
pected and followed to Msrtinsville. where
he had gone to procure license to marry q
Miss Hankins, q well-respected girl o! this
place. He was easily taken and was soon
landed in the Martinsville jail The money
was all recovered. The wedding was to
have been tomorrow. but was postponed.
Killed by an Accidental Discharge
Special the Indianapolis Journal
DAlESN flLhs NOSs T. w uiiC huheihS 0uh-
day, William Sheer. aged nineteen. got on
stump and in pulling the gun up, the ham,
mer caught exploding the charge. The
ball took effect In the groin and passed out
near the spinal column. The young man
fingered In great agony until this morning
when death relieved him.
Minor Notes.
John Artist, q colored man. was shot In
both hands In saloon fight at Kokomo
Saturday.
In general fight at Greensbur2. over
politics, travelling man had his ear cut In
two and his cheek laid open to the hone.
Dutch Smith. of Muhcie. yesterday had
one Of his hands mashed off while compiling
cars on the l.. T.. 81 w. railway at Tipton.
Eliza Elliott. fourteen years old. was
struck by an Ohio * Mississippi train at
New Albany and died an hour later. The
girl was very deaf
Charles McAIlister, a teacher in the pub-
lie schools at Charlottesville, has been ar
rested for whipping lad named Walter
Britton, and the trial Is set for Saturday.
Coroner Driscoll. OF Muncie. has decided
that William Moffett of Yorktown, who
died o week ago, met his death from nat
ural causes. few days since Miss Ida
Map1. of Indianapolis. to whom Moffett
was affianced. went to Muncie as she sus-
pected he met his death IN on unnatural
way.
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Peculiar Accident.

George Loder. q blacksmith, was in
jured in q peculiar way yesterday. Loder
was endeavoring to remove tire from a
wheel and was vigorously swinging q
sledge hammer. The hammer glanced and
Loder received the full force of his power
full blow In the abdomen. rendering him
unconscious. He was removed to his
home at No. % Palmer street by Flanner *
Buchanan's ambulance and DR.. Crosse sum-
moned 10 attend him. The Doctor pro-
nouncsd the injury dangerous one. bat it
WAS impossible to tell at the time what the
extent of the injuries were
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Father Mollinger's Reiics.

PITTsBURG. Nov. THE personal prop
erty of the late Father Mollineer will be
sold Wednesday and on Thursday the
stocks and bonds will be offered for sale.
but the relics will not be sold until the
court decides no the rightful owners are.
According to John II. Muller, attorney for
the heirs. the church has NO right what
ever To the relics. Mr.. Muller says that It
is the intention of Frederick and +. p OIL
linger who are now in this country as rec-
resentatives of all the heirs of the de parted
priest, to dispose OF the relics here, provid-
ing the proper value can be realized. Such
relics he says, are held in much higher es-
TEEN by the Catholics of Europe than they
are in America. and If they will not bring
their value hero they will be sent across
the water.
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Deadly Hurricane I'm Texas.

GALVESTON, Nov. 7.-One person was
killed and eighteen wounded seven miles
down the island yesterday between 6 and z
o'clock during the passage of a violent
wind storm across the country from west
TO east. The devastated track was less
than one hundred yards In width and one
mile in length. People driving across the
path of the storm had their wagons
knocked TO pieces and were themselves
blown off their seats. Mr.. Paschatay IS
place was one of the first attacked, and
most seriously damaged. HIS wIfe and
children were buried beneath the runs and
bis three-yesr-ol daughter killed.
Eighteen persons were more or less ssri-
ously injured.
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Prize MONEY Ordered Paid.

A meeting of the Soldiers Monuments
Commission closed yesterday. at which the
matter of dates on the stone was discussed
with representatives of the G. A. r. with
out any action being taken. The prize
money amounting TO $4,000, for designs on
the side groups. War" and Peace was,
by the board ordered TO be paid. Cor
respondence with the artists Adrien
Gaudez, of Paris, and f. Hundrieser of
Berlin. whose sketch models were decided
best by the trio of artists who inspected
them short time ago concerning tho mod
cling of the CLOUDS was directed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
Hollis Sunday Saloon Canvass.
Estimate of a Populist.

Rev. w. w. Jones. of Chicago. who has
been making Populist speeches. said yester-
terday. when talking to Journal reporter:
This State Will GO Republican to-mor-
row by from 5000 to GOO plurality. This
will be due TO the heavy vote that the Pop
ullsts will have in the State. have made
203 speeches in the State, and know whittier
the drift Is tending and whom it will ben
eft. The tax law and the fee and salary
bill that aid not reduce salaries. have oper-
ated to drive hundreds of Democratic
farmers into the PEOPLES party. This
party will cast from AZ, 900 to 60 600 votes In
the State. l fllly believe that we will
carry several strong Democratic counties.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
A HEAVY WEEK.
Enormous Amount of Mail Matter to and
from This City.

For the past week the volume of the mail
to and from this city has been enormous.
Pension day helped to substantially swell
the bags. 1t has been hard week for pos
tai clerks on all roads running into this
city, and particularly to the attaches of
the postofiice. Superintendent Patterson.
of the mails. gives the new machine for tie
cancaling of stamps much credit in
the work of dispatchlug all the mail
promptly. BY the use of it the clerks were
enabled to double up and speed tho
work. Four hundred of these canceling
machines have been rented by the govern
msnt for one year and distributed at tho
great mail oentsrs on trial They have
been found sufficiently expeditions and
may be adopted by the department..
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lean workmen. and cast their vote for Ben
jamin Harrison. Our union to-day bae
moro members than ever before. We are
also receiving 81 more for q thousand
cigars made Since McKiniey's bill went
into effect there has been more revenue
for cigars than ever before in our history.
showing in itself that business is increas-
ing. Our nnlon has over two hundred
members: their document contained only
fifty names. showing the Mckinley bill 10
Endorsed by majority of our union.
HENRY KoRNFELD,
President G. M. /. u.
III. L. BLoSDA,
EMMETT SHARP.
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exterminsted tho gang. As result Of the
encounter three men are lying dead in
collins at Fort Stephens. q email town %
miles north of Meridian. John Tolbert. the
youngest one of the boys. had q Winchester
bullet through his heart. while his father,
Tom Tolbert. sr., had his neck broken and
his body filed with buckshor Thomas
Cole member of the sheritfs posso, had Q
bullet in his brain. the result of tho uncr-
ring aim of one of the Toiberte.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

DUBUQUE, Ia. Nov. 7.-Senator Allison
leaves here Tuesday night. and, after .
conference with President Harrison and
Secretary Foster in Washington. will
leave New York Nov. II with Congress-
man McCreary, of Kentucky. and President
Andrews, of Brown University. These
three. with Senator Jones. of Nevada, and
III. w. Cannon. of New York. constitute the
United States commissioners TO the inter-
national monetary conference. which opens
at Brussels Nov. %. Senator Allison ex-
poets il to last four or elk weeks. and that
he will be in Washington the second week
In February.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
Lost some yotea

The Democratic parade Saturday night
failed TO make any votes, and lost few.
A Democratic travelling man, who stood
and watched the club of alleged travelling
men in the parade, was so much Disguised
by the imposition that he has declared his
intention to vote the Republican ticket.
The managers of the parade had simply
followed their usual method of drumming
up q crowd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

Perry Collins. a Democratic ward -haeier,
of indianapolis. was In Bradford. o., yester-
day, going through the boarding houses
hunting for employees of the Panhandle
railway who are single and hustling them
over into Indiana to vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
ILLINOIS.

Cuttings from CORES pondents and Gleanin CO
from Exchanges.
Judge w. j. Underwood. ex-judge OF st.
Clair county dropped dead from heart dis
ease Sunday night
The Womsn's Christian Temperance
Alliance IL making ARRANGEMENTS for open
ing a large boarding house for working
girls alone in Rockford.
Reduced rates on the railroads leading to
Decatur have been ordered on account of
the sixth annual convention of the Illinois
Christian Endeavor Society.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

Ida Miller was arrested last night BIZ pa
trolmen Milan and Mathey and charged
with having been drunk. and assault an
battery on Anna Weathers. The tronble
occurred during q Dance and was the re-
sult of an old feud. Ida used n razor. and
succeeded in cutting tho other woman
slightly in the face.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

cratic by fifteen thousand plurality. The
end justifies any means with this chair
man.
A second scheme of portentsus DANCER is
the venal voter in the booth or smuggled
into the booth by the venal voter. In
formation of an alarming character
has reached the Republican State COM
mittee that such plan has been set on
foot and will be worked from o secret
Democratic agency in Cincinnati. Ii be-
hooves Republican election officers TO in
spect closely the paper in each State ballot
offered. The fact that in two or three
counties there were discovered evidences
that the ballots had been tempered with
bears out the fears of the Republican COM
mlttee.
The colonization OF voters is another Of
the criminal acts which the Democratic
committee has no hesitation IN arranging
for. Chairman Taggarts telegram to IL. A.
Barnhart. at Rochester. advie,ng him TO
place the twenty five voters camping In
his locality by last night. 10 q point IN in
stance. The fact that twenty Kentucky
negroes passed through Louisville bound
for Indiana. in charge of q notorious Demo
crat. who has q reputation for election
crookedness. is another. There are hun
treds of instances OF offers to colored citi-
zens in this city TO 60 out Of town on cleo
ton day. All this costs money-but plenty
OF that was supplied by Si Sheerin.
Thousands of dollars have been spent IN
anonymous circulars. intended to brighten
timid voters out of going to the polls.
Many of the colored voters were sent copies
of Q circular signed by the Committee of
One Hundred" There is no such commit
tee now in existence. The letter il n sort
of White Cap. Kuklux device-perfectly
harmless in this State.
Other circular letters were bald forgerles
and cheap and thresd.bare tricks One
circular. appearing to be printed on q let
ter head of the Republican county commit
tee, notified Republican committeeman
and others that their services would not
be accepted. 1t is a forgery. Another cir.
culsr. also on the same stationery. informed
Republ workers that the committee
had S25 to $50 each for them. 1t is q forgery.
Another of the election canards is the
Frick story. Frick is a Democrat. and
stated last week to q gentleman who was
at the Denison House that he will vote for
Cleveland on election day. He realized
that it was only the protective tariff that
stood in the way of his purpose TO crush
the Anal gamated Association of Iron and
Steel workers by the Homestead trouble
which he prccipitated. FrIck is like the
Bartholomew county farmer who is agains,
protection because 1t makes wages toe
high.
There are other tricks to be played. Re-
publicans have been warned and must be
alert.
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No Illegal Voters. Insane Bane. Will Be
Permitted to Vote To-Day.
There Is net likely 70 be q clash of au-
tnority ct the polls to-day If every body at
tends to his own business Peace officers
of the United States of the county and of
the city will be present under instructions
to preserve the peace and prevent illegal
voting. Thore 10 not likely to be any rope
Triton of .ne outrages perpetrated by
"Hawkins's Pess" four years ago.
for the fe.!eral peace officers
this year arc not buil-dozers and
buns. while the county and city
officers arc not likely to try to override
their authority. No trouble is likely to
occur at any point. unless possibly the
Democratic managers should attempt, as
they did four years ago and again two
years ago, to vote the insane and paupers
in thu poor-farm. 1t Ia reported that this
will be done at o'clock this morning. but
the Republican challenger will protest
every such vote and no illegal votes will
be cast. The disreputable performance
of Mr. Bynum there two years ago is well
remembered. Possibly he had In contem-
plation q repetition of it when he
Office yesterday morning and objected TO
the instructions given to the United States
deputy marshals for the election to-day.
They claimed that they were wholly be-
yond the limit of the law and de-
manded that the Judge place GER
tain limitations on them. Judge Baker
assured them that those marshals would in
no way interfere with the balloting at the
polls. but would act simply In case of at
tempt at illegal voting; that the law gave
them no authority to examine ballots be-
fore or after stamping. and that they
would make no attempt to do 30. Judge
Baker also said that he believed that
the reports rife about trouble being
likely to OCCUR owing to these APP
tied. but that a. they were FEDERAL
officers and appointed by the United States
their power exceeded that held by State
ofioers. and that they would have to be
obeyed. The Judge told his callers this
forced TO leave with what satisfaction they
sould get out of the interview.
The interview between Judge Baker and
Bynum was quite spirited. The latter had
assertions about the rights of the States
which had an ante bellum sound.
'You talk. sir" said Judge Baker, severe
~, much like those who brought on the
war of the rebellion. l want you
TO understand that the question of
United ststes over the State was
settled by the WA. The federal authority
10 Supreme and will be sustained in my
court. l hope there will be no CLASH or
trouble. You should advise your friends
that the United States law must be re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
Yale Foot-B.ll Player Injured

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. Nov. 7.-Georee F.
Sanford. the big ft-guard of the Yale
University football eleven, broke one of
the bones of his ankle at the regular
practice of the team this afternoon. He
will be unable to play any more this year.
A. NJ. Beard, sophomore, is likely to be
chosen to fill the vacant place.
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CD q A. Conductor K,l,.c.

Special 70 The 1ndianapohs Journal
GREESvILLE. o.. Nov. THE passenger
train this evening from Cincinnati on the
Cincinnati. jackson & Msckinaw road,
collided with . gravel train about one mile
south of here. badly wreckinR the train
and killing John Dauphcrty. conductor.
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No Democratx Lsft.

There Is one large Wholesale mercantile
house on South Meridian street which 10
solidly Republican. There were several
Democrats In the house when the cam
paign began, but the :ariff and money is
sues won them over.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

MERIDIAN. Miss, Nov. THE posse
which started Saturday afternoon to capt
uro or extermipate the Toibert gang of out
laws succeeded in making some of them
prisoners. but as the posse was taking the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
Nearly Froze the Track.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-TWO favorites both at
odds on, were the only successful top
choices at Hawthorne to-day. The other
winners were two strong second choices
and 10-to-1 shot. biting north wind
nearly froze mp the course before the last
race was run. The winners wero Rey Del
Mar, Clifford. Emperor Billet, Key West
and Grand Prix
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

WHAT is more bewitching.
Heavens blue arch beneath,
Than the smile of loveliness
Showing pesrly teethf
SozOdont the charm confers-
She who fails to win it ezra
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Chicago, Indianapolis & Chattanooga RAILWAY
Company Stockholders Meeting
School of Languages.

German. French, spanish. Italian A speaking
knowledga guaranteed IN five weeks. Glasses day
and evening Dr. C. I. Fletcher Il had taken I've
weeks lessons from Nine seybid when went %
Cuba got along nicely IN Cuba with the Spanish
had learned In this abort time" osl North DolAwazN
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Use Bro,rn,s Broncasnf TrocI.es

For coughs. colds and all other throat troubles
.Pre-eminently the besr"-Rev. Henry War;
Beeohor.
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$3.50 ia Chicago-SS.5O
Via Pennsylvania Line from Indianapolis.
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WEAK stomach strengthened by Beech
anne pills
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Judge Baker Gives Some Interesting
Information to Brer Bynum.
Ne Illegal Voting or Swearing In Insane and
Pauper Non-Residents Will Be
Tolerated To-Day.
Tricks and Ballot Crimes by Which
Taggart Hopes to Pull Through.
Mckinley Bill and Prices Of Farm Products
Pork. Corn and Oats Are High
er-Political Notea

Messengers bringing city
returns to the Journal Office
will please deliver them at
the door of the private room
on Circle street, the first en-
trance north of Market street.