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an INDIGNANT GRAY MAN.

He Recalls Some Pleasing Facts About
Observation-Disclosures Popularity.
A Journal reporter Y yesterday met another
Democratic wheel-horse full of informa-
tion. blended with indignation. He re-
marked that yesterday and day before
about two hundred friends of Governor
Gray had dropped into the city the purpose
of their coming being to find out what the
holy row was about.
''Shanklin." said this gentleman. who, by
the way. is Large farmer" "has been ad-
tocating the slngle-tax theory. following
in the footsteps of Mr.. Morss, of the Senti-
mel. In the meantime it is significant that
farmer Claude Matthews. Secretary of
State. has not announced himself as q can
dIdate for Governor. He says he Is a can
dldate Tor Secretary of State. but mildly
1ntimates that If the party wants him to
come mp higher he cannot refuse the call
The farmers over IndIana and the true
working Democracy arc very angry at the
course pursucd by MIR. ShanklIn and the
two other newspaper men of whom
you have spoken mir. Morss and Mr. Bali
against Governor Gray. There are some
OF US who have memories. We remember
that Cleveland snubbed Mr. Hendricks
while living. and as good as said that in
advocating rewards for his friends he was
no better than n ward politician. Further
than this. Cleveland declined to come TO
Mr. Hendrlcks's funeral. and be did not
come to the unvefing of the Hendri
monument. At st. Louis. where Fir. Gray
was the choice of Indiana for the vice. pres
idency. Mr.. Cleveland turned down our
Governors aspirations and saddled that
Ohio fossil. Allen q. Thurman. upon us'
How about 90 per cent. Of the Demo-
Gratis being for Cleveland. rs Mr.. Shank,in
sayss"
Il should like to know how he ar
rives ut those figures. On the same kind
OF calculation. as he demands first place
for Cleveland and says second place will
do for Gray, many of us will say shat
Claude Matthews who has 50 per cent. of
the Democracy of Indiana tor him, ,houid
have the nomination for GovernQr. and
Mr.. Shankiin must take nothing better
than second place."
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CONTEST FOR DELEGATES.
Pulling and Hauling Among tho Aspiran
L. a.. -.,.o.I

Pulling and Hauling Among tho Aspirants
I'm the Seventh District.
At the court-houso Democratic worker
drew the reporter aside and in q fanneliy
whisper remarked that there would De HI
TO pay when ii came TO selecting delegates
TO the national convention. There's John
T.. Shoemaker. WHO is filing the office of
Deputy state L Treasurcr. he wants to CO."
said this gentleman. mir. Shoemakers
contributions TO the State committee have
always beon 100 per cent. less thnn his ac-
count against the party for services rem
dered. lt will be remembered that
he declined tc support the Hancock
and English ticket III 1880 until
proper arrangemets were made with
the Sentinel. which no then conducted,
Marion comfy intends TO hog both candi-
dates for this district TO the national con-
ventiOn and they Will be Judge Alex. G..
Ayres. of Woodruff Place. ard John w.
Kern. recently of kokomo. Statesman
Jeems Rice now of this city. recently of
New Albany, and Dan Mustard. OF Madi-
son county, will be stepped on. Particular
care Is now being taken 10 set up the com
mittee OH organization so that Sam NOrss
may bo selected delegate at large.
Morss Is afraid 20 make the race in the DIS
trict There Rre many w0rkingneu
against Jud 20 Ayres because he was for
FrcnZel IN the street-car strike. Ayres,
Morss and Kern are all Cleveland men,
Who are the masses fori Theyir TO for GRAY.
First Place! OF course"
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that he received "all" his information aboni
tho use of money TO brIbe himself and col
leagues from Edward L. Cooper and Frank
Il. Allen. Mr. Cooper demurs. Upon
my shoulders. then, rests the responsible
" OF furnishing "all'' the information. L
herewith put forth n declaration that
Thornton lies as TO fact and tradnces as TO
principle. The part i played is easily told.
He who denies the truth rs a coward. and
don't belong to that tribe. a presumabie
friend of the teachers proposed and asked
that money be used in buving of the 'conl-
miftee." But he failed To consuminate his
self and the one approached In
Saturdays News. 70 me the proposal
was submitted. Whether 10 was a secret
or not. il did not keep with me: 10 was
spelling on my hands. and / got rid oi X.
Thornton beng n good smeller. sniiied the
the Odor from alar ana longed FOR more; Dc
entitled several times before he got the iuii
force of it, As Is known. Thornton las
great zeal In his calling. 50 he smiled nntii
his imitation brought forth the TemarkSbie
interview of Monday and tho conseqnene
beautiful collapse OF Tuesday. W nat OBJ
ject had Thornton IN enlarging upon the
wee bit of information be got from mel
PLAIN enough; he was engaged IN the de-
lectahle and manly (for Thorntonl position
of prosecuting lady teachers: lie would
have il known that these lady teachers
had used money TO bribe him and To re-
tain their positions; then he would have
q dead case against them. Great
idea: nothing small about Thornton but
his braini The acts of men loft gang
aglee.r and Just so will those OF Ben.
Thornton. detective and pcrsecutor OF lady
teachers FRANK Is. ALLEN.
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ference regarding the deliberate and calm
carefulness with which the slaughter was
committed.
The very terms of the lease upon which
Dceining hired Dinhan villa give proof of
the hideously cold blooded reconciliation
of the bu,cbery. Read In the light of later
revelations. the document, which was
written b. Deeming himself. shows that
when he took the house the atrocities had
already been Planned, and that hs became
the tenant OF the villa for the purpose of
carrying them into effect ana rIdding him.
self of the wife and children. " O stood in the
way of HE marriage to Miss Mather. whose
unfortunate attachment for this accom-
plished murderer thief and forger resulted
In her murder at Melbourne.
Benjamin Young, who was engaged by
Deeming to level the cement in the kitchen
floor covering the five bodies. says: Deem
Ing engaged me to do some work for him
on Aug. l. i am plasterer Iaborer.
He said 1t was exercise for E;m and he
wanted a bit of work. He was doing it. he
told me. for an old gentleman who had
taken the place. and he was commissioned
because the old gentleman had some
valuable carpets and the cracks be-
tween the flags cut them. When
| went into the house the passages
and kitchen were tagged over. When he
engaged me he asked: DO you understand
Il will pay You WE'LL By his direction
mixed it very good. but when We had laid
over about half the kitchen floor he told
me must use more sand. as we were get
ting through too much cement. and the old
gentleman might grumble ut tho cost.
used more sand a1d mixed the cement
poorer. We finished both floors. and then
he asked me to. o.'skim and leveP il for HIM
nicely"
Taken altogether. it is believed that DO
country has ever produced such n consum-
mate. utterly unprincipled and wholly con-
sciencelcss villain as this tiend in human
with as little cOmpunctiOn as an ordinary
man would kill a snake
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HEARTLEsS SAvAGERY.
Murderer De.ming's Method OF Killing II

Murderer De.minc's Method of Killing His
Victims Explained by Physician.
LIVERPOOL, March 29.-Dr. Hutchinson,
one of the medical men who conducted the
post-mortem examination of the bodies of
Mrs Deeming and her four children. which
were found buried under the floor at Din
ham villa. Rain Hill. has explained to re-
porter the method followed by the MUIR
dcrer. He said that the crime discloses q
calculating wickedness and oool. heartless
savagery that is almost beyond belief. The
work of the murderer was that of an ex-
pert. Only in one case was the stroke that
caused death more than sufficient for that
purpose. Each stroke severed q vital or
gan. and no more might have been accom-
plished by surgeon or butcher who knew
his business well. The children. whose
we'll L onrished condition and wellordered
clothing showed the good and careful treat
ment o. their mother. had partnken of
their evening meal. The mother. too, had
eaton her supper. The mother was first
called from the room in which sue was with
the children into tho room where the mur-
derer awaited her. This is shown from tho
position of the wound that killed her. and
the fact that cne of her shoes was of and
the other partly unlaced. lt further ap-
pears that rs she stopped TO nntire her shoe
she as attacked from behind and died al
most without n struggle. Then the chill
dren were called one hy one r0 meet their
death. Bertha. the eldest. had her til nm bs
tied behind her back with linen bandage
two inches wide. a similar bandage wRs
wound twice around her head TO
cover her mouth and keep her from crying.
pillow-case was then placed over her
head and the murderer strangled her The
hands of the second girl were also tied be-
hind her back. hut In the case of the other
children this precaution was not thonghr
necessary. One other significant and sinis-
ter fact is that although the throsts of
none of the bodies or clothing was there a
trace of blood. which leaves dreadful in-
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attacks of revolving natives. the rebels hay-

attacks of revolving natives. the rebels hay-
ing been routed.
The American and English legations at
C0nstantinople have been officially assured
schools in Turkey will DO suspended. Ne
g0tiatiOns for the settlement of the ques-
tiOn continue.
Twenty-Five hundred acres of the famous
ZolIngen forests. in Germany. have been
burned over, the fires having. IL rs an
nonnced by the authorities. been started
by incendiaries. No reason for the mali
ciOus deeds has been discovered.
A dispatch from Porto Novo. the French
settlement of the Blight of Benin, west
Africa, states that French gun-boat from
tina: place. while ascending the river Ouene.
In Dahomey, with the governor OF the
French possessions on board. was fired upon
10y Dahomians.
At the Staffordshire assizes yesterday.
John Goodall. aged thIrty-fve years. an
English evangelist. was found guilty Of as
saulting Mrs. Mary A. Siddals in the COM
partment of car on Midland train. near
Tamworth. on the night of Jan. IL last and
was sentenced to two years imprisonment
at hard labor.
The Official Journal. of Warsaw. reports
that another balloon manipulated by Ger
mans he's been seen crossing over the
frontier. The government. the Journal
says. intends to protest against this action
OF the German military authorities as q
breach of the military laws. The Gar IN
tends to inspect the troops in Poland In
April.
A high Afghan military dignitary, Tur-
bay Kahn. has recently been put to death
for Imparting political news to the British
agent at Cabul. 1t Is also reported that
the Ameer of Afghanistan has forbidden
his subjects to visit the British agency
without permission. and that fifty persons
have been expelled from Afghauistan as
British spies.
President Ezeta dined aboard the United
States cruiser Boston. mt San Salvador.
and Hospitality by the commander and
other officers of the vessel. His reception
pleased him immensely. and he was do
lighted with everything on the Boston. In
return for courtesy shown him he has in
vited the American commander and his
officers 20 a banquet ashore.
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LANDSLIDE AND FIRE.
A House Slips Down a ELI on Top of q
Church and $50, 900 Blaze FoIlowa

A House Slips Down ELI on Top Of q
Church and q $500 Blaze Followa
PITTsBURG. March 29.-A frame dwelling
on the hillside in McKeesport and occu-
pied by the family of John Hill was car-
ried from it's foundations by o landslide
this afternoon and deposited on the roof of
the Coursin-street Methodist Episcopal
Church below. The house took fire from
the stove and the occupants. who were in
iured. were rescued withsdlficulty. The
flames soon spread to the church and
thence to tho adjoining buildings on both
sides, destroying tho handsome church
structure. six dwellings and Ryan's livery
stable. The loss on the church is S35. 900
and OH the other buildings about $4,000.
The church was insured for 500. 600 in the
Phenix. of Brooklyn; Union. of Philadel-
phia Girard Fire and Marine of Philadel-
phia. and Peoples. of PittsDurg.
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Other Deaths.

SAN Francisco, March 90. - Chevalier
Dominica Togetti. the artist. died at his
home IN this city yesterday, aged eighty
six. He was born in Rome, and did a great
deal of noted work there. especially in con-
nection with the Catholic Church.
CHARLOTTETOwN, p. +. l., March o.
Hon. James Young. Judge of probate. ls
dead at the age of eighty years. His death
was duo to grip.
NYACK, n. Y, March 29.-Philip st.
Pierre, one of the best known engineers on
the Hudson river, is dea In the sixty-fifth
year OF lis age.
LONDON. March 29.-Sir William Bow
man. Bart, M. d.. the distinguished Oph-
thalmic surgeon. of London, is dead.
BRUSSELS. March 29.-Prince Dechimaya.
Minister of Foreign Affairs. who had been
i'll for some time past. died to-day.
BERLIN. March 29.-Gen. Konstatin Won
Alvensleben has just died in this city t
the age of eiRhty-three.
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STATE DEMOCRACY HEARD FROM.

Shnnklin's Attack on Gray Resented and
the Cleveland Boom Punctured.
SheIbyvii;e Democrat
The Sentinel seems to think that Gil
Shanklin deserves credit for his display of
courage IN making a speech at Indianapolis
declaring that 80 per cent. of the Democrats
OF Indiana are against Gov. Isaac =. Gray,
and that Indiana had frequently gone to
the national convention asking first place
in the hope OF getting second, but invari-
ably got left. The Democrat does not be-
lieve 1t required any courage whatever.
Courage is that quality of mind which
and difficulties with firmness, or
without fear or depression. The
quality of mind to make the statements of
Shanklin Is nothing more nor less than
aduiterated gall. cheek. q cheap advertise
tainly requires aslnlDe gall for o man to
pose q candidate for the governorship of
great State like Indiana. and go to the
home of a prominent candidate for the
presidency and there bIatantly charge such
a gallant Democrat as Isaac Z. Gray with
dupllcity and diminutiveness. How
do the friends of Isaac j. Gray
like to be insnlted In this manners
Even If Indiana we're against Gray. it
would be n reflection upon the State and
tho Democrats who refuse TO support their
own candidate. In the first place, Shnnklin
is mistaken. He has imagined that the ap-
proval of the Sentinel is equivalent TO a
nomination. No greater mistake than this
could be MADE. The Cincinnati Enquirer
and the Chicago papers will con-
duet the campaign IN Indiana this
year, whIlc tho Sentinel founders
around In political contortions trying
TO swallow its crow. Green Smith
and John w. Kern displayed very little
Judgment in Ginning in with Shanklin for
the purpose OF beiittlibg Governor Gray.
If ShanklIn knows so much about Indiana
politics anG the choice of her Democrats he
should withdraw from the race. because if
he gets complimentary vote it will como
from his own district only, and will be be-
cause his people have more courtesy, pro-
priety and respect for home candidate
Sfafa
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LIEUTENANT BETTENS DEAD.
An Indianian Who Took Part In tn
Wounded Knee Indian Campaign.

An Indianian Who Took Part In the
Wounded Knee Indian Campaign.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 29.-News was re-
ceived here to-day of the death of Lieut..
Phillip II. Bettens, Ninth Cavalry. United
States army, which occurred on Sunday
night, at Fort Huachuca. A. T. Lieutenant
Bettens. who has been stationed for o num-
Der of years at Fort Robinson, Neb, was
quartermaster In the field during the
Wounded Knee campaign, in 1S90-91. and
contracted the disease from which he died
Consumption. which was tho result of
severe and constant exposure during the
Sioux war. Late last foil, under the ad-
vice of DR.. j. Z. Summers, jr.. of Omaha.
he applied for leave of absence, and went
South, where he was subsequently joined
by his wife, the daughter of Maj. B. De-
wess late of the Ninth Cavalry.
Lieutenant Bettens was one of the most
popular young officers of his regiment.
He was a graduate of the Military Acad-
cmy, where he made many strong friend
ships through the geniality of his tempera-
ment ana the charm of his manner He
served continuously OH tho frontier after
entering the cavalry arm Of the service and
was we'll known and greatly respected In
the extreme northwest portion of Nebraska.
MIS-. Devices, who is living in Mary land, left
on Saturday niaht for Fort Huachuca, AriZ.
Lieutenant Bettens was born aud reared
near Nevay, Switzerland county, Indiana,
and was appointed n cadet to West Point
upon the recommendation of Representa-
tive Holman. He was married about three
Gle ot friends and family relatives in south
ern Indiana.
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Shanklin's Record.
ehelbyville De nocrat


The vagariss of the editor of the Evansville
Courier furnish the best evidence why he should
not be mado the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor OF Indiana. In belittlinc Senators VoOr-
quite evident that he has little in common with
the plain Democracy OF Indiana. The Crescent
tires OF sucn fool journalism.-Frankfort Cres-
cent tDenL)
years then youn be- In position TO tell how utter
~ senseless a crank newspaper can he made.
But II takes stout stomach To endure the thing
any considerable length OF time.-South Bend
Times CDem.I
AS a matter of fact. Gil Shanklin has q
higher opinion of his political worth than
any ono else ever had. He 10 swollen with
self-Importance until the tension of his
backing cords are beyond relaxation. In
1885 hc spont his time In abusing and be-
hitting Thomas A. Hendricks and Senator
VOorhees and went 80 far as TO demand
that they should retire from public serv-
Ice 10 give place for Younger blood. His
grievance then was. as he claimed. that the
Vice-president and Senator Voorhees, wero
not heavy enough TO convince Mr. Cleve-
land that he. Gil Shanklin was a heavy
weight and deserved a portfolio. He ia
still trying To impress tho ex-president
with his potential proportions by tickling
the formcr's vanity and berating Governor
Gray.
The fact that Gil Shanklin has pulfed
himself up like a spring frog. and assumed
the dictatorship of the Indiana Democracy,
and rs such ~ attempting to besnirch. dis
credit and dishonor such brave Democrat
as Governor GRAY. whom the Democrats of
Indiana delight To honor. is enough to sat
isiy the party that Mr.. Shanklin is unfit TO
be the candidate for tho party or the Gov
eTnor of Indiana. Such a man could not he
elected Governor IL he were the nominee.
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Alleged BoodIer Released ON Bail.

Srecial to the Indianapolis Journa.
CHICAGO. Mnrch 29.-Ordinary Jail cases
occupied most Of the grand jury's time to-
day. When the Doodle investigation was
resumed the indictment against Millard B.
Hereby me mber of the school board. ~as re-
turned. A capias was issued and Mr.. Here
ly was brought into court and released in
$4,000 boil. After examining half q
avenue paving deal and the Jefferson and
Urban franchise. the jury adjourned for
the day without considering further IN
CiC.ments
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"Cranks and Fools"

New Albany Ledger (Dem)
The Ledger has no patience with the idea
that we must have this or that issue or
this or that man ut the head of the ticket
to WIN the election. 1t has still less use
Tor the political fools who declare that
they would rather 60 down in defeat with
Cleveland as @ leader than to win with
any other man. In the same category 1t
ranks the cranks who say that free trade
must be inscribed on the Democratic ban
ner or victory would be barren.
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Cable Notes.

bombay kilograms announce that the
Afghan Ameer has gained an important {
victory over the kafrs by tho capture of
the town of Aemar.
Tie steamer Elder was fioated frcm Ath-
erlield ledge, yesterday, and towed TO
Queenstown. 1t will cost big sum of
money to repair her.
Rev. Samuel j. Cotton. of Carough. Ire-
land, has been found guilty of manslaugh-
ter His victim was q boy inmate of the
preachers private orphan asylum.
Official dispatches from tho East African
colony of Mozambique state that ths cRpi-
tai town, Quillamane. is now safe from the
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Living High ON othcr Peoples Money.

CHICAGO. March 29.-Robert f. Wbitta-
ker ami Charles Norbert Smith. the two
clerks who wrro reported To have embeZ-
zled sec. coo from Lamson Brothers * Co..
with which TO plunge in the wheat
pitt were arrested to-day. They had inst
returned TO Chicago and had started TO
luxnyiare in ma gnifcent apartments which
thy h nj rented on Michigan avenue. The
reason for their seeming confidence tn at
they were not in danger IL returning to
Chicago Is q mystery.
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Statesman Taggart.

Chairman TagQart is good organizer.
and would do better to cOnfine himself TO
that part of the work of the campaign.
HIS lIstle speech ut Paoli did not help the
cause. His allusion to Cleveland's mes
sage was especially inappropriate. Every
weil-posted man in the country knows that
message cost us one national election.
There is very poor politics III forcing 1t
into position TO cost US another.
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resurrection. The State ticket. with Cleve-
land as leader. wonld 60 down with a
heavy thud, Harrison would carry Indiana
by not less than 10000 majority. the Demo-
cratic party would he totally wrecked and
the entire outfit not worth hell room. No.
Democrats. no: the grand old Democratic
party must not be merged in to q miserable
mugwump organization for the purpose OF
wOrshiping at the feet of one who caused
it's defeat and humiliation in 1888.
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MONTEREY. Cal. March c9.-The steamer
Bonita, from san Francisco. was forced TO
put in this port to-day. her machinery be-
coming disabled by terrific storm. The
steamer sighted what Is supposed to be the
British war ship Warspite. bound for
Esquiinalt. from Santa barbara. The War
spite was flying signals. but. owing to hazy
weather they could not be discerned. The
Warspite was making no headway against
the storm. and, when last seen by the
Bonita, had not changed her position.
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CARRYING 1T INTO POLITICS.

Organized Laborers Demand shat tho Dem
ocrat- boycott the Panhandis.
The Chicago and Ohio River Traffic Asso-
citation. some time since. divided the bnsi-
ness between this point and Chicago. dur
ing the national Democratic convention.
The Panhandle was to carry the Hendricks
Club. the Big -Four the Gray Club and the
Nopon the Cleveland and German -Ameri-
eAn clubA IL was reported yesterday to
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Rebels Punished by Emiu Pnsha.

BERLIN. March 29.-The Vossiche Zeitung
to-day publishes the following dispatch
from It's Zanzibar correspondents: "Emin
Pasha 10 advancing from Wadelai. He has
gained victory over the force led By his
former officers. who rebelled against him.
He pursued them TO LadO. on the W hite
Nile. where he captured and shot the I'M
faithful officers.
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Have Secured Quarters.

All the Democratic candidates have Sc
cured rooms for headquarters at the Grand
Hotel during the State convention. Mr.
Sharkl!n and Mr.. Nlblack will spend the
greater part of their time. between this
date and the convention, in this city.
Among the prominent Democrats IN the
city yesterday were Colonel Matson. B. +.
LouthaIn. of the Pharos, LOgansport, and
Roy al Pursell, of the VIncennes Sun.
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London Chess Tournament.

LONDON, March 29.-With the consent of
Bird. Blackburn. Gursberg and Tasker.
Mason was allowed TO enter the masters
tournament. the second round of which
was played to-dav. The result was as fol-
lows: Mason beat Bird after forty-seven
moves tho latter .opening with To kb &:
Gunsberg and Tssker drew two knights
defense. adopted by the latter after Iortv-
five moves. Present score: Tasker ll2;
Blackburn and Mason. each; Gunsberg. ";
bird none.