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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-27
UNPROvOKED MURDER.
Clay City Desperate Shoots James Biggs-
Talk of Another Lynching.
| Special TO the Indianapolis Journal

Clay City Desperate Shoots James BigGs-
Talk of Another Lynching.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CLAY CITY. Ind. June 26.-Poor Jim
Bjggs, the victim of Silas Owens's murder
GUS bullet Friday night, died here this
morning. All Clay City is furIously indig-
nsnt. and there are strong indications of q
mob going to Brazil. where Owens is incar-
cerated. and string up the desperado.
BiRgs was steady. peaceful miner. who
recently came here from Kentucky. He
had the respect of all his companions and
had offered no insult To Owens.
The unprovoked shooting as one of the
most infamous crimes ever committed here.
Owens has been noted as al all-round
tough for years. A few years ago he
shot Jim Cook. almost killing him.
Friday night he got on a spree.
and running across Biggs accused him of
throwing rocks at him. Before Biggs had
time TO guard against any danger Owens
fired, striking him in the neck, the ball
ranging upward and lodging somew here at
the base of the skull Biggs was paraly zed
in bis lower limbs and partially 80 In his
arms. He was delirious at times and lin
gered in great agony until death came.
Before the shooting of Biggs, Owens had
been firing his revolver on the streets. but
usual the marshal did not modest HIM.
The marshal Is severely criticised for not
taking charge of such characters before it
Is too late to avert trouble.
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GANG OF BURGLARS ARRESTED.

Terre Haute Police Take In Two Men and
Two Women with a Pile of Booty.
SPECIAL to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. June 26.-The police
this afternoon arrested two men and q
woman. against whom there is strong evil
dence in the robbery of the Buckley dry
good store Saturday night. Tonight another
woman is under suspicion at police head
quarters. The two gave the names of John
Henry and L. L. Mings. and the woman
claims to be Mrs. Mings. They have been
at a private boarding house since June 9,
and in their rooms were found many evil
dences. not only of guilt in this case
but of crooked work elsew here.
Money to the amount of $3.50 was found
in u trunk there was valuable lewelry, IN.
Guiding fine gold watch. Two saws such
As are used In saving iron were also found.
Mings has recently been shot in the hand.
he says IL occurred by. accident while
handing q revolver. A hat belonging to
one Of the men is spotted with blood. and
there Is u bullet hole In it. In the money
was torn two-dOllar bill. which the dry
goods store keeper identified, and about 50
In pennies About that many pennies were
taken among the 5000 robbed from the safe.
Mings says he came here from San Francis
GO, and Henry says he came from ST. Paul.
The trio took their arrest coolly and baf-
fled the police when questioned as TO their
movements In detail. The woman arrested
tonight says she is Mrs. Cam, the wife of o
machinist, and that her husband left her
yesterday. The police know be did not
leave until to-day. She had lot of pen.
MES and two revOlvers in her room. On
the 18th OF this month burglars robbed q
house at the edge of the city and got among
the things q gold watch. The man of the
house shot at them several times. He has
not yet seen the gold watch found to-day.
Late tonight the police arrested the man
who is passing as the husband of the Mrs.
Cam and sent him to Jail, charged with
burglary.
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SUIT AGAINST THE MINUTES.

a sullivan County Citizen Thinks He Got
the Worst of 1t in Terre Haute.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. juno 26.-Wlillam A.
Bunker, of Farmersburg. Sullivan county.
to-day filed suit for damages against Judge
Cyrus F. McNutt. John g. McNutt, ex-
County Clerk John c. Warren. Mckeen's
bank and the Terre Haute IL Indianapolis
railroad company. In a long complaint the
plaintiff says he recovered jud gment for ga
5O0from the railroad company. which. with
interest when the Supreme Court affirmed
the lower courts action, amounted TO
$500 The McNutts were his attorneys.
and be claims that they took &, $50 of the
money by Misrepresentation and lntimida-
tion. when they were entitled TO only about
Sl,l00 They had the money in bank. in
stead of having il paid into court. and he
alleges that when he sought to protect his
rights, by filing q protest In the court.
County Clerk Warren would not record it.
Mr. Scott Maple. OF Sullivan. is Mr..
Brunker's lawyer.
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A Sheridan Doctor Makes No IncisiOu In
the Body and Uses No Poisonous Drugs.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
SHERIDAN. Ind, June 26.-Dr. J. c. j olliff.
of this place, has discovered what he be-
heves Is q new process In the art of en-
balming, which, according to history. is
something similar to the ancient ERy ptian
method. From practical test body has
been kept for two years. The fluid is in
jected into the stomach through the nasal
passages. hence not an incision is neces-
sary. body so EN- balmed retains lifehke
color until mumiticatlOn sets in, which is
usually In about seventy-fve days. Your
reporter was shown specimens of turtles
fish and q veePs heart which had been en-
balmed for fourteen months. The time re-
CURED TO embalm a body is not more than
ten to fifteen minutes. 1t has been used in
embalming two bodies in this VICINITY the
past week TO the entire satisfaction of tie
friends. There are no poisonous drugs
used in the composition of this wonderful
fiuid.
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VIOLENT DEATHS.

Champion Double Thick Window Glass
Blower Leaps from a second-Story Window.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind. June 26-James At
kinson, while crazed with drink, jumped
from q second-stOry window. at his home.
last evening. and ruptured his heart, dy-
ing o few minutes later. He was about
forty-three years DID, and was known as
The champion ouble-thick window glass
blower of the country. He recently re-
turned from Alexandria. where ne had been
working in the DePauw plste-glass works.
Body of Coiored Man tho Tracks.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HUNTINGTON, Ind. June 26-The body
of a colored man was found in the east end
of this city on the Wabash railroad track
this morning. His injuXies might have
been made by locomotive last night He
was q young man about twenty-five years
old. There were no papers on him by
which he could be identified. He was
buried to-day III the intrmary cemetery,
Cut to Pieces by the Cars.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
Dyer. of Milwaukee. a member of the
United Green Glass Makers. fell from a Wa
bash, st. Louis 81 Pacific train early this
morning three miles west of this city. and
was instantly killed. The entire train
passed over the body; manaiing il shock.
iugIy.
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sfs.oo-Monsreat and Return-sIs.oo.

The Lake Erie & Western II. r.. in connection
with the Wabash aud Canadian Pacific railroads,
has been selected by the Indiana delegation as
the Official Route to the international conven-
ton, Young Peoples eociety OF Christian En-
deavor, Montreal. Quebec. July TO 8. 1893.
The rate from Indianapolis TO Montreal and re-
turn Will be $500, which includes "A boat ride
on the beautiful ST. Lawrence river from Kings
ton TO Montreal, also the side trip from Toronto
TO Niagara Falls and return. The retuIn limit
OF the tickets will be Sept. Is. 1893. which will
give those itvailing themselves OF this very low
rate ample time 10 visit the many points OF his
aorical interest throughout Canada. well as
the various Eastern summer resorts and famous
watering places SO accessible TO Montreal.
The Christian Endeavor train will leave In
dianapois via the l.. Il. 4 W. X X. at leo u.
m. Monday, July 3D., and run through To Mont
real without change. IL will be composed OF
magnificent palace sleeping and drawing room
cars. well as day coaches The rate Tor sleep
ing car berth Will be 80 90. Secure space in
sleeper at once. as they are being rapidly filled.
Reservations OF may be made. and any
further information obtained by calling adj
dressing a. II. se!lars. City Ticket agent. liz
South Illinois street. ar
4. L. DAILY. General Passenger Agent.
H c. PARKER, General Traffic Manager.
Indianapolis, ind.
Ir nm ara aEa M
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Murderer Fitzthum Eiectrocuted.

AUBURN, n. Y. June 26-Murderer Fitz-
thum was successfully electrocuted in the
State penitentiary here at 1874 this after
noon. FitZthum's crime was committed at
Buffalo. April Z, 1892. He was q butcher,
and. while his wife was In Europe, lie main
tanned illicit relations with Mrs. Roehrl.
On his wife's return from broad. Fitzthum
rented rooms from the ROehrl family, and
be and his wife went to Housekeeping. The
two families did not get along we'll to-
gether. On the night of April Fitzthum
made some uncom plimentary rein arks con-
corning Mrs. Roehrl. which the iatters son
resented. Fitzthum seized butchers
knife and drove 1t through the boys heart.
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The Viking Ship OF for Chicago.

NEW YORK. June 26.-The Viking ship
left her anchorage this afternoon and
started on her trip 10 Chicago. There was
little demonstration hey ond salute from
the MiantOnOmoh. and considerable tOot-
ing of whistles and dipping of flags from
the craft in the river. party of college
boys left on the boat who will help Cap tain
Anderson and his crew to row the vessel
In case the oars are found to come IN
handy. They came from Yale, Harvard
and the Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. 1t is expected to make stops at
Newburg, Albany. Buffalo. Cleveland and
Def
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BROTHER AND SISTER DESERTED.

Their Worse and Better Ealves Join For
tunes and Decamp Together.
Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
sMUNCIE, Ind, June 26.-Alonzo King. o
contract plasterer. has deserted his family.
leaving q wife and four small children. He
took Mrs. William Mahony. his sister-in-
law, with him for company. Mr.. MahOny.
the deserted husband. and Mrs. King, the
forsaken wife, are brother and sister. Mrs.
Mahony is the twenty-year-old daughter
of William Jordan. of Portland. and she
had been married only year. Mrs. King
suspected the infidelity of ner husband
and often reprima him. He answered
that he would leave her If she objected to
his conduct. and he made his word good.
Mr.. Mahony could not be convinced that
his young wife was guilty of any wrong.
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Yale commencement. Exercises.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 26.-The one
hundred and-ninety-t third commencement
exercises of Y ale. begun yesterday with Pres
ident Dwights baccalaureate sermon. was
continued to-day by the class-day exer-
numbering lS6, met and marched in body
to Battall Chapel. where the presentation
exercises were held The class poem was
read by Rufus nj. Gebbs, of Baltimore. and
the class GRAFTON delivered by L. A. Wells,
of Hartford. The subject of Mr.. Wells's
Grafton was Some Ideals of University
Life" After the Grafton, the class ode.
written by Charles NJ. Pope. of st. Louis,
was read.
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DROWNED In SUGAR CREEK
Franklin Girls Went in Bathing and
Two Got Beyond Their Depth.
Quartet of Male and Female Burglars tTerre
Haute-Murdered by Clay City Desperate
Queer Elopement from Muncie.
SAD ENDING TO A PICNIC.

Party Of Franklin Girls Go in Bathing and
One Ia Drowned.
Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
FRANKLIN, Ind. June ga party Of
Young women went from this city to
Clark smiil, on Sugar creek. for picnic, this
morning. In the afternoon about 4 o'clock.
number went bathing in the race.
just below the mill dam. Two
OF the girls. Miss Nellie Waggener.
and Miss May Gorby got beyond their
depth and the former was drowned, while
the latter was rescued with difficulty. she
being unconscious when brought ashore.
The body of Miss Waggener was recovered
BY divers about o O'clock. She was sixteen
years old and was the daughter of Lycur-
gus Waggener.
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Demanded sa 600 mud Co, II,

MooRHEAD. MINI. Juno 26-About |
o'clock to-day an unknown man entered
the Merchants National Bank, and, pre-
eenting revolver at boOkkeeper Van
Vhssingen. demanded the money. After
securing So. 600 In gold ami currency he got
u buggy and made OF. He drove TO the
Red river. where he left his buggy and
SWAIN the river. Posses have gone up the
river on both sides. and it is thought that
the thief will be caught. In his buggy.
when found at the river, was found $40 In
money and q bOX or 44.callbre cartridges.
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One Of Which BIT q Lebanon Man While
Handling - Bunch of Bananas.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LEBANON, Ind. June 26.-William Rams
dell. q clerk in Beck's grocery. WINS bitten
on the hand to-day by q tsrantula while
handling bananas. Immediately after be-
ing bitten whisky was poured down his
throat until he was under it's influence.
He 10 In q serious condition, but will prob
ably recover. Two hours after Ransdell W az
bitten o nest or the tarantulas vas found
in tho banana. and nearly two hundred
young ones were killed.
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DENVER. Col. June 26-Col. Samuel p.
Rose was awakened at his residence early
this morning and, thinking 1t came from
burglars. he took his revolver and started
to Investigate. When about half way
down stairs the revolver was accidentally
discharged. the ball passing through his
abdomen and causing death before ply
stefan could reach him. Colonel Rose was
one of the prominent lawyers in the West
He came here from Memphis. Tenn. fifteen
years ago. and served as q colonel In the
confederate army.
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Coilapse of n Hotel.

FORT SCOTT. Kan. June 26.-The Ire
mont Hotel. in this city. four-story brick
structure. collapsed this morning at go
without warning to the one hundred occu-
pants. Ii was believed that five or six per-
sons had been buried in the ruins. but
when the search was completed 1t was
found that no one was killed. Essie Cald-
we'll and Ida Morgan, cham bermaids, were
the only persons injured. They fell from
the third floor. and were badly bruised. but
not seriOusIy hurt
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Fire at Ridge Farm.

DANvILLE. ILL.,. June 26.-At Ridge Farm.
this county. fire broke out in Louis Dillon. 8
livery barn. this morning, and did much
damage. The losses were: Louis Dillon,
81. 500; insurance. $500. Harold's imple-
ment house. $4,000: insurance. g., 800. Reese
carpenter shop. $500; no insurance. City
Hall, $500; no insurance.
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satolli Blesses All School,

ST. PAUL, Mimi. June 26.-Mgr. Satolli
conducted mass at ST. Joseph's Academy
yesterday. In his prayer he said BLESS
this school; bless all schools" and then,
turning his eyes toward Archbishop Ire
land, he added: And the Faribault and
Saltwater schools particularly"
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berry Still In the Lead.

DE KALB. Ill. June 26-John Berry. the
cowboy rlGer. arrived here at $50 p. NJ. He
came slxty-elght miles in little more than
twelve hours. Gillespie and smith are on
the road somewhere. but just where nobody
knows. Berry looks more than ever q win
ner. as both he and the horses are In good
condition. Berry left De Kalb at 1850.
Doc Middleton retired from the race at Du.
bnuue.
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Pioneer Jesse Lee Found Dead.
Special 10 the Ihdianapor Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind June 26.-Jesse Lee.
one OF the few residents of the city who
came here in the early thirties. was found
dead this morning He was born in Vir-
GINA In 1913. Lon Lee, the vandalia con-
ductOr. ia a son.
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CLEVELAND. June CIV. H. Quayle, the
weil-known shipouilder, was stricken with
paraly sis q few days ago. and death re-
suited az 1880 o'clock last night. at his
was fifty -tive years OF age. and was widely
known on the lakes.
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Union Men Favor Arbitration.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, June 26. Union labor
in this city had grand demonstration to.
night at Sunset Park. The meeting was
held for the purpose of advocating arbi-
tration in the settlement of the present
strike of the Machine and Bench-hands'
Union. Fully ten Thousand people were
present. The meeting was addressed by
Miss Belle Pierson of New Albany. w. H.
Kliver of Chicago. Hon. JIG. Shanklin. Hon.
Cicero Buchanan, Capt j. w. Wartman,
Mai. j. G. Winfrey. Representative John
H. Foster and w. Nj. Akin. jr. Resolu tions
naming q committee to bring about arbl-
tration were adopted. The meeting was
preceded by parade. in which three thou
sand men participated.
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"Spirit" of the Times.


A newspaper dated in the forties and q
flask of whisky were found in tearing down
house In Hartford. Ind. 1t is not often
that the spirit of the times Is thus doubly
perpetuated.
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Mrs. See. Want. Her Inheritance.

Special Ia the Indian apolis journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, June 26.-Casbier
Joseph III. Shoemaker. of the Farmers De-
post Bank of Montpelier. L. c. Neal and
attorney Anthony G. A. Mason. all OF
Montpelier. have been sued st Hartford
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Movement. NJ ,r..m.r.

Movement. III Steamers
NEW YORK. June 26.-Arrived: Ems, from
Bremen; Alaska from Liverpool.
QUEENsrowN, june 26--Arrived: Arr
IONA from New York.
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The Anarchists at Home.


CHICAGO, June 26.-The Anarchists ar
the Santa Fe road. Quite q crowd had
gathered at the Dearborn station to wit
ness the arrival. The three men and Mr.
Dreyer left the train at Twenty
third street to avoid q demonstration
and went quietly TO their homes. On the
way mp from Joliet the three men promised
Mr.. Dreyer to eschew anarchy forever.
Schwab expressed the sentiment that
next to freedom the most deslr-
able thing was security. and the
other two men agreed with him. At
their homes they were greeted by few of
their friends. who congratulated them on
their return. The men were Overjoyed at
regaining their freedom. The meeting of
the men with their families was touching.
Governor Altgeld's action created no
great surprise here. While it was not
looked for to-day. 1t was expected from the
matter that the pardons were merely q
question of time, and q short time at that.
Ever since the men went to j 0liet there has
been q strong movement on foot Tor their
release. The great mass of Germans. the
Turner societies and the foreign element
generally have been strong in urging their
freedom. Few petitions so large as
those those, sent in H behalf of sehwaS:
prepared in this country. They came
from all parts of America. and included as
signers men of every stamp of opinion and
every grade of position and wealth. The
Chicago papers comment on the pardOnin 9
of the Anarchists as follows:
Times These men were wrong. but not capt.
tally wrong, In the method of their agitation for
redress OF what they considered grievances.
Governor Altgelt has done no more than right
in giving them freedom for the rest Of their
days.
Inter Ocean: Governor Altgeld has exercised
his constitutional right. But he did not stop
with the exercise of his prerogative. He went
out OF his way to criticise the judge who pre-
sided the trial court and the chief detective
who ferreted out the testimony IN the case. This
was without excuse and positively outrageous.
Herald: OverZealous friends of the par
dOned men may make the mistake OF claiming
that the action taken yesterday by Governor
Altgeld removes the stain Of guilt from the mem
cries or the Anarchists who stop at Waldheim.
1t does nothing of the sort.
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Indiana Notes.

George Buckles, q farmer near Elwood.
has half-grown duck with legs and feet
of chicken. 1t scratches for food and
never goes near the water.
Joseph L. Wood. aged seventy three, died
OF apoplexy at Muncie yesterday. He IS
the father of the Maucie city engineer. w.
III. Wood. and Julius Wood.
Martinsville recently sold twenty-five
thousand dollars worth of bonds to a Chi
cago firm. but the money is not forthcom-
ing. and tax may be levied to raise water
works funds.
Buck" Costello, q Lake Erie d. Western
switchnan, WI o had his hand mashed while
coupling cars at Muncie. Saturday. Is re-
ported to have died of lOckjaw at Mobiles
VILE yesterday.
Judge Custer of Marion, has decided the
injunction suit brought by Gas Citv against
the Marion Street-railway Company. in
favor of the defendants, and the street rail-
way will 80 ahead.
The Fort Wayne Daily Press suspended
publication Saturday. lJ IL understood
that a Syndicate has been formed and ar
rangsments made TO continue the publica-
tiOn OF the paper as an independents sheet.
Robert Hayes found on the farm of ID. X.
Hostetter. near Claysville. Ind. the largest
and Oldest tortoise on record. Ii bears the
name of "G. Winslow. Government Sur
veyor. 1903" This animal is on exhibition
at Claysyille. Ind. By Marion Beasley.
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Do not associate this brand with cheap cigar
cites or those made by the trust.
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was. at the time of his death. the president
of the Patriotic Order Sons of America,
Washington Camp No. 80
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Cut tn Pieces by the Cars.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
INDIANA OBITUARY.

James Hams, for Twenty Years Trustee OF
Wabash College.
special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind, June 26-James NJ.
Hams. aged seventy-fve. died this morn
ing AT his home in this city. He was born
and always resided here. He was a large
stockholder in the New Albany National
Bank. and had been president of rhe insti-
tution since 1866. His estate is valued at
100000. He was q trustee of Wabash Col
lege &C Charlottesville. position he had
neld for nearly twenty years.
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City by Mrs. Mary Nj. Sees. They are
charged with securing transfer or her
share in the estate of William 4. Barch-
man by fraud. paying her sl.400 for an IN.
terest which the will afterward showed
amounts to $4,000. Mrs. Sees resides In
Pennsy lvania whore attorney Mason
went for Shoemaker to secure the tranfer.
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Sudden DsrnI.e of Maj. F. Il. Weldon.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
Fort WAYNE. Ind. june 26-Maj. Frank
r. Weldon died suddenly this morning ut
his home on Douglas avenue. He was per-
fectly well yesterday. He has for many
years filled the position of chief clerk of
the mechanical department. of the Penn
sylvsnIa Company aud was prominent in
Grand Army circles. He was past COM
mander Of George II. Humphrey Post, and