The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-24

elders. There are eight members of the fac
nifty. with DIR. G.. l.. Curtis as president. DIR.
j. IL. Ford vice president. and Rev. l.. b.
school ie to give students q class drill. clos
ing with on examination which supersedes
the usual examination ut conference. Thlr-
ty-one students are attending.
Farmer Boyd Caught the Thieves.
Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
~PENDLETON. Ind. Aug. 23.-Last night
unknown parties went TO the barn of Mr..
Henry Hass and hauled away twenty-five
bushels of wheat. Last night. also. thieves
visited the granaries of Mr.. Thomas Boyd.
themselves to forty bushels of clover seed.
They were tracked to Anderson. and while
at the seed store disposing OF their ILL
gained property Of g. per bushel Mr.. Boyd
and put him under arrest. They proved to
be %neighbors of Mr.. Boyd by the name OF
William Bradley and Comstock- Com
stock, who remained outside the store as
watch. made good his escape.
Death of an Muncie Matron.
Special To the TndianaDoli. JournaL
MUNCIE. Ind. Aug. 23.-Word was re-
ceived here this morning Of the death OF
Lydia A. Ryan. wife of John w. Ryan. at
Palmyra, Wis, where Mrs. Ryan and her
husband, daughter Misa Mildred aud son
Thomas have been for som time to benefit
Mrs. Ryan's health. The remains
will be brought home tomorrow morning.
A1". Ryan was a lady of high intellectual
an interesting one In Muncie society. Mr..
Ryan is one of the ~best-known members OF
the Delaware county bar, and was once a
candidate for jud &c of the Delaware Circuit
COurt. Mrs. Ryan had been an invalid for
five years past.
Cal Armstrong's Sweetheart.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELwoOD. Ind. Aug. 23.-Miss Mae Schel-
on barger and mother, of Upton. came to
this city in haste to catch the 9:35 A. NJ.
train for Kokomo. in the effort to elude the
sheriff OF Upton county. who hid a sum-
mons for her to appear before the Upton
county grand jury and testify In the Cal
Armstrong case. She was not successful.
however. as the sheriff arrived here on the
1896 A. NJ. train over the Lake Erie railroad
and found her at the Panhandle depot.
The was read TO her, after which
she was permitted to 60 on to KokomO to
visit in Jail her lover. Cal Armstrong. the
Upton county embezzler.
Eight Broken Heads in the Party.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFORDsvILLE. Ind, Aug. 23-Sev.
eral floating gang men on the Big Four
who were discharged to-day got on q
drunk. This evening the police were mott
fed and went after them. the Mayor being
in the party. The men refused to be ar
rested and eight Of them had to be knocked
cOwD with clubs. The Mayor bad to knock
one down to protect himself. The prison.
ere were then hauled to the jail. where
they objected to being searched. They had
to be dubbed and thro wn down on the
floor and held while the officers went
through their clothes.
An Inoondiary's Work at Losantvilie.
Special 10 the Indianapolis JournL.
L~osANTvILLE. Ind. Aug. 23.-At an early
hour this morning fire destroyed the store
building and dwelling house of James
Eden. The store room was occupied by
Edward Daugherty as q drug store. He
also occupied the dwelling. The drug
stock was almost . total loss. besides hay-i
ing S31S in currency burned ND with his
stock. His loss Is $1,000. with u. 200 insur.
ance in the Phoenix. of Hartford. Eden's
loss on stOreroOm 10 500; residence, $500:
Insurance., 5000. In the Phoenix, of Hartford.
The fire is supposed TO be the work OF an
incendiary.
The E.. & T.. III. Strike Short Lived.
Special TO the indianapolis Jcnrnal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Aug. 23.-The switch
mons strike on the Evansville IL Terre
Haute was declared of this morning. the
men agreeing TO take the bank checks
dated Sept. IL for their July pay. Super1n-
tendent Corbett came hero from Evans
VILE to confer with the men. He said the
merchants in Evansville were willing to
accept them. and no thought Terre Haute
merchants would do so. A coal dealer
offered to accept them If the company
would in return accept them for freight
charges. This the company would NOT do.
Where L. Farmer Hayden?
Special TO the IndiaD apolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind. Aug. GA. o. Hayden, q
wealthy farmer of Kosciusko county. re-
siding near Pierceton. has been mysteri-
ously missing since Monday noon. He in
formed his family that he was gong away,
and they would never see him again. He
then disappeared, and his friends. becom-
ing alarmed. notified tho %neighbors.
UNNECESSARILY. 1t Is believed be has COM
mitted suicide, having lost large Gums
lately on account of going security.
Adams Couuty's Bright Coroner.
Special to the Indianapolis Jourpal.
Fort WAYNE. Ind. Aug. 23-The stom.
ach of Libbie Libbey, of Decatur, the
young lady who it was supposed was
poisoned and gave birth to a child in her
coffin. was brought here for analysis, but
it appeared that the coroner of Adams
county. after opening the grave and secur-
Ing the stomach. cut it open and removed
all the contents. sending only the bare
walls 10 the Fort Wayne chemists. This
has removed the possibility of finding any
traces of the poison
Coiored Burglars at Seymour.
SPECIAL TO the Indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR. Ind. Aug. 23.-Tbis morning
the residence of Mr.. Emery was broken
into while the family was away. Neigh
bors saw several colored men leaving the
premises. The officers arrested Eli
Blanks. who claims to reside at
No.. 275 Bright street. indianapolis
He acknowledged his enilt and gave q de-
scription of his pal" Officers nave been
running In all the colored strangers found
on the streets and have filled the jail.
Making Civil Service . Farce.