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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20

Special % the 1nunnapOlls JournaI-
CANNELTON. Ind, Feb. he. +. Haw.
kins. notorious Indian doctor. of this
county. was yesterday given five years'
sentence in the States prison for crimi-
nally assaulting little colored girl at
Tell City last night. The doctor" has Fl q.
urcd in many dlsgraceful acts in this and
neighbOring counties. and for the past few
years has spent most of his time in Jail or
under bond.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Branch House to Re Closed.

Special 90 me IndianspOlis journal
GREENCAsTLE. Ind. Feb. 19.-The man.
ayers of the When clothing store have de-
cided TO close their branch house in this
city, after a successful business career of
fifteen years. An overstocked market led
to the step. They will open store at
Muncie
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20

manently cured by its mild, soothing, cleans
ing and healing properties.
If you could only DO sure Of that, its
enough.
The proprietors of DIR. Sage's Remedy try
it-a record of % years, with thousands OF
the most hopeless cases, has satisfied them
but how can they prove it to your There's
10 better way than with money. So they
cay this, and they mean it: " if we can't cure
your Catarrh, no matter what your case is,
we'll pay you $500 in cash. There's chance
that you can't be cured, but it's so small that
were willing 10 take it."
What more can they say or do to convince
youf
Isn't that enoughl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
GENERAL. WEATHER BULLETIN.
Forecast for Monday,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. For Indiana
Fair; northerly winds; colder. with cold
wave in extreme southeastern portion.
For Illinois - Fair; colder; northerly
winds
For OhiO-Generally fair; clearing and
colder in southern portion with moderate
cold WRYa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Ex- Senator Spencer.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19-George e. Spen-
Ger. ex- United States Senator from Ala
bama, died tonight at his rooms in this
year or more. his death was unexpected.
After recovering from a stroke of par
alysis be sustained in 1891. he came
to Washington in December last
wards began to suffer from drOpsy.
He SO far recovered from this as to be able
to attend to business and yesterday after
noon visited the Treasury Department. Re-
turning to his room he was seized with
lowed In the night by another stroke of
paraly sis, resulting in death at III O'Clock
tonight.
George Ellphaz Spencer was born in JEFF
ferson county. New York. Nov. /. 1886.
After being educated in Montreal he went
to Iowa, where he was admitted to the bar
In 1856 In October. 1862, he was appointed
assistant adjutant-general in the army.
and in 1868 he became colonel of
an Alabama cavalry regiment During
q brigade of cavalry under Gen. JudsOn
Fitzpatrick. He received the brevet of
briRadIer-general of volunteers on March
IL. 1906. and resigned from the army on
July July 4. Of that year: He was was
Alabama. os q Republican. serving. with
reelection. from July rs. 1868, till March 3.
1873. After he had left the senate he was
active IN the prosecution that led 10 the eX-
posture of the Star route frauds and in
ter postage to 9 cents. In 1881 he was ap-
pointed commissioner of the Union Pacific
railroad, and he afterwards engaged In
ranchiDg and mining In Nevada.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCAsTLE. Ind. Feb. 19-The dwell.
ling of Elem McCray. near Brick Chapel.
burned to- night. with nearly all it's con.
tents. The wife of Ellsbury O;Hair in
running TO the fire, fell upon the ice and
hraka har lao
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Baron BieichrPder.

BERLIN, Feb. 19.-Baron Bleichr9der died
at o'clock this afternoon.
The Baron was the richest banker in Ber-
lin and one of the richest men in Germany.
The fortune left by him is estimated at
1OOOOO.OOO marks. He was one OF Prince
Bismarck's nearest business friends. and,
during the old regime. was known as Bis
marck's body banker" Throughout the
latter part of his life BleichrGder was the
object of much anti-Semitlc SANDER and
ridicuIe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Major III. A. Hambrirht-

LANCASTER, Pa. Feb. 19.-Major III. A.
Hsmbright. United States army, retired,
died this morning from cancerOus affec-
ton aged seventy-four years.
Major Hambright served through the
Mexican war and also through the rebel
lion. at the close of which he had become q
brigadier general. He then entered the
regular army. from which he was retired
several years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Removed ev'

Removed ev-
cry vestige Of Ca
tarrh in the Head,
no matter how
bad the case, or
OF how long stand
ing, by DT. Sege's
Catarrh Remedy.
Not only Catarrh
itself, but all tho
troubles that come
from il - they're
perfectly and per-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Boy Shot by His Brother.
cial 10 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special 70 The IndlanapOIls J0urna
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Feb 19.-Ernest
Lang. aged fifteen years, was shot and in
stantly killed to-day by his brother Joseph
aged thirteen years. The boys had found
@ revolver and were PLAYING with Ii. not
knowing that it was loaded. The bullet
entered the boys brain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
SHOT BY THEIR PLAYMATES
Two "Didn't- Know It-Was- Loaded"
Boys Shoot and Kill Their Companions.
Alleged Accident at Shelbyville That Had No
Witness Except the Murderer-Terrs
Haute Lad Shot by His Brother.
TRAGEDY AT sHELBYvILLE.

A Sunday Card Player Shoots His Compan-
ion in q Deserted House.
Special 10 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Feb. 19.-This after
noon. about y O'clock, Scott Miller and
Robert Portertield. young lads. aged nine
teen, went into an old tum ble- down tene-
ment in the east part of town to play cards.
The building has been vacant a long time
and stands out by itself, extending over
Little Blue river on poles. The boys went
up stairs into the garrett took out their re-
volvers. extracted the cylinders and in the
play, snapped them in each others faces
In braggadocia style. In some manner the
cylinder of of the revolvers was re-
placed. Miller says he picked it MP and
snapped it in Porterfeld's face.
not knowing it was loaded. The
bullet entered the face just
below the right eye and passed out just
above the right ear. Porterfield fell to the
floor unconscious and Miller passed down
the stairway into the road. where he was
stopped by passers-by. who heard the shot.
10 them he said: Il shot Portertield by
| accident" Portertield was taken to his
home, where death relieved him of has
sutferings in q short time.
| In Squire Landen's court Miller said:
I'VE had been swapping our guns at each
| other in play. PorterfieId had slipped the
| cylinder into his gun and L did not
notice that the gun l picked mp was
| ready to fire. 1t was an accident" The
Squire sent him TO Jail without bail. No
one was present when the shooting &C.
| Cured. and but one side of the story can
| be obtained. Porterfield's face is powder
| burned. He was q tough citizen, and was
constantly getting into trouble with some
| one. He always went armed. his favOrite
| weapon being q knife. which he always
| carried ready for use. Yesterday in q
| saloon he showed his knife and said: "BOys,
| it Is only question of time until somebody
| gets me-" Miller has been IN trouble before,
| but never in anything as serious as this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Secretary Fosters Movements.

NEW YORK. Feb. IA special to n morn
ing paper from Watertown, n. Y, says:
John w. Foster, Secretary of State,
reached here from Washington Saturday
TO visit his wife and his daughter. He left
unexpectedly for Washington tonight TO
lulu. Secretary Foster says he expects TO
sail from New York Wednesday for Paris"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20

The Weekly Journal. 81 Per Annun
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
General Notes.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19--Daniel A. Cheno-
weth. of Indianapolis. who is interested in
the manufacture of wiro and nails at Kan
awha City. w. Va. is in the city for day
or two.
r. Ii. Gruelle. of Indianapolis. has on ex-
hibition on Fifteenth street an attractive
collection Of water colors- They include
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
MINOR MATTERS.

The Hawaiian Commissioners Waiting for
the senate TO Ratify the Treaty.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-Messrs. Thurs
ton, Castle and Carter. OF the special CON-
mission of the provisional governms mt of
Hawaii, spent the day in New York. They
nre expected TO return tomorrow. This
body of gentlemen has nothing to do now
but ava ait the action of the Senate upon the
treaty to annex Hawaii TO the United
States, now pending. III they take the next
steamer from San Francisco for Honolulu,
MIR. ThurstOn and his associates must leave
Washington q week from to-day ct the
furthest Mr.. Paul Neuman, the envoy of
the lately deDosed Queen, was confined to
his room to-day by a severe cold he hopes
to he out again tomorrow. He said to-
night he had no engagement to meet the
secretary of State or the President, but
that he intended to call upon Secretary
Foster at the earliest possible moment after
that official returns TO Washington
CIeveiand's Coming Trip to the Capital.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-Most of the arrange
ments for DIR. Clevelsnd's trip to Washing
ton from Lakewood have been completed.
If the present plan is carried out Mr.. Cleve-
land will start for Washington Oh Tuesday
night. Feb. 2s. on the Royal Blue line. ar
irving at the capital early on the following
morning. The Royal Blue line has placed
ct the President-elect's disposal o
special train consisting Of three coach
es. The President-elect. Mrs. Cleve.
land and Baby Ruth will occupy the
Baltimore * Ohio private car Baltimore.
The other cars will be occupied by the
friends of Mr.. Cleveland who will accom-
pany him. The party Will include Daniel
3. Lamont and family. Wilson s. Bissell
and Mr.. and Mrs. f. Z. Benedict, of Cin-
cinnati. On the ARRIVAL of the
train in Washington. Mr.. Cleveland will
60 at once to O suite of apartments re-
served for him at the Arlington, where
breakfast will be waiting. MIR. Cleveland
will make the trip by night to avoid being
called upo u to make speeche en- route.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
Three Accidents at Liberty.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
LIBERTY Ind. Feb. 19.-Yesterday morn
ing, at the recorders office, Capt John b.
Macy fell and broke his right leg. Captain
Macy is deputy auditor and one-armed
ex-UnIon soldier, known to many through
out the State.
j. NJ. Tenders team ran away yesterday
and struck q buggy IN which Albert Conk-
lin was coming to town. After the collis-
Ion young Conklin was ished out from un-
der the horses more dead than ahve. He
is very seriously hurt.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Doughty were driv-
ing into town yesterday their horse took
fright and ran into the carriage of James
Farlow. Mr.. and Mrs. Doughty were
thrown out CT their buggy. and severely
hurt. The occupants of the carriage e.
capped injury.
Scoonovers Victim In q Critical State.
Special to the indianapolis Journal Ism
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feo. 1.-THE condition
of policemen Ed Rucker. who was assault
ed by Henry Scoonover and so badly cut
about the head and face, early Saturday
evening. is in q critical condition and may
not recover. Had Scoonever's knife cut
one-quarter of an inch deeper 1t would
have severed the jngular vein. As il was,
however. RuCk0r was cDb IN bQfeB pIaC66
upon the head and neck and once upon the
hand. He almost died from the loss of
blood. and after this had been stopped and
he taken to his homo he became uncon-
scious for time. ScoOnover was released
on a observation-disclosures bond. which is
regarded as much too low under the cir.
cumstances.
Sold Their Natural-Gas Shares. :
srecal 70 the Indianapolis Journal
CRAwFORDsvILLE, Ind. Feb. 10 The
local stockholders of the Natural gas Com.
pany met last night to take action in re-
gard to q proposition to buy the stock held
by the Chester Pipe and Tube Company. or
sell to o Dutch syndicate. The Chester
people offered to sell to local stockholders
for $40, 600. The syndicate. however, offered
the Chester people $4,000 more. The stock.
holders here were offered SS7 per share at
first but finally it was raised to 800. After
trying to borrow money to buy the shares
held by the Chester people. the stock
holders here signed an agreement to take
500 per share. The Thorntcwn stockholders
will now take action.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13
PENSION sEARCu-LIGHT.

The reports and resolutions of the G.
A r. in regard to pensions are quite as
unjust and partisan in their character
as could be expected from an organiza-
ton which processes to exclude politics
from its actions. They are the more I'M
just because they are indirect in their
character = insinuations rather than
charges. For example:
The Grand Army of the Republic has
no objection to the search-light of in
vestigatiOn being turned on the pension
list-the nations roll of honor-but it
does demand that it be the search-light
of love for and not hatred toward the
brave men who bore the battle, or their
widows or orphans.
This is evidently intended for an as
sertion that the "search-Iight" of the
present administration is one of hatred.
The most direct form of this innuendo,
eral points, is in the report of the pen
sion committee where after recounting
and denouncing the ruling of the de-
partment, the organization scouts and
denies these lnulScflmlnale Charges OI
universal fraud, and resents the i'm
putation that because some unworthy
survivors may be found discredit
shall be cast upon the entire roll, and
this great body Of brave and patriotic
citizens shall stand disgraced before the
country" That is to say, the report of
the committee asserts that the acts of
the pension department In the suspen-
sion Of pensioners are 'indiscriminate
charges of universal fraud"
To the extent that this language has.
or is intended to have, this meaning, it
is simply false. as appears by the pen
sion records. There are on the pension
rolls total of ss6,O12 names. OF these
3O.911 are pensioners of the Mexican, In
dian and 1872 wars. There remain 1885,
1O1 as pensioners of the civil war. The
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

The Financial Chronicle explains the
action of the Sherman law in bringing
on the financial stringency as going
through these stages: TT % destroyed
confidence in Europe in the stability Of
our currency and hence in the stability
of all values here; (2) stopped the flow of
fresh capital into the United States; 90
led to the withdrawal Of a large part Of
the foreign capital invested here; "a in
fected our population generally with the
same lack of confidence; 90 induced the
boarding Of gold and currency by saw
ings banks, trust companies and indi-
viduals in this country, the currency
being hid away also by the less intelli-
gent; 20 and as a result business trans
actions became impossible and so COM
merce was at a deadlock or standstiu.' -
That covers the ground.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13
THE TRUE SILVER QUESTION.

The Sentinel has repeatedly urged on
the free silver men the mistake of oppos-
ing the repeal of the Sherman law, and
thereby Identifying themselves with
measure which was not one of their
choosing. The Sherman law was a mis-
take from the first. The BIand-Allison
law which preceded it was a mistake.
They were both Of republican origin.
They were founded on the delusion that
this country could sustain the price of
silver by purchasing it at market rates.
To a large extent they were founded
also on a theory that the government
made profit by issuing money based on
credit. Being founded on erroneous ideas
they were necessarily failures. They did
not sustain the market value of silver.
They did not make any profit for the
government. They have simply availed
to conceal the fact that our currency
was on gold basis, to confuse the public
as to the real meaning and effect of BIZ
metallism, to identify the struggle for
the commercial welfare of the world with
the petty interests of few mine owners.
Among others coming to realization Of
these truths is the st. Louis Republic,
which advises against further opposition
to the repeal of the Sherman law thus:
Filibustering will do more than irritate
trade and public opinion. 1t will weaken
the free coinage movement. The impera-
tive need is a full understanding between
the West and South upon both the tariff
and the currency. The Sherman act has
been a barrier to concert of action. 1t
has been weapon the Northeast could
use, and did not hesitate to use, for i'm
pressing the West and South with their
commercial dependence upon New Err
gland, New York and Pennsylvania.
Some possible good can be found in it
by minute search, but in practical
finance and practical politics it has been
harmful in every way.
There is but one road to free coinage
and that is international bimetallism.
Until the silver men of the United States
realize this fact there can be no harmoni-
Gus and effective work by them in shap-
ing the policy Of this government. On
that policy a great deal depends. The
United States can force international BIZ
metallism. If England and Germany re-
fuse to join in the movement we can
make an international bimetallic league
that will bring them to terms. Money Is
the medium of commerce. It can be
made the basis of commercial treaties.
If France. Russia. China, Japan. the
smaller European states, South America
and the United States agree to maintain
bimetallism they can do it by shutting
off commerce outside the league. They
can all put double duties on articles i'm
ported from states outside the league.
They can all put ad valorem duties of
100 per cent. on goods exported to
countries outside of the league. Strike
Englands commerce and England must
surrender. In this country there is only
one silver question now. 1t is inter
national bimetallism or gold monometal-
lism. And in truth there has been no
other question for twenty years.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

government can at any time be power
less to protect itself or to protect the
people from criminals. We have es-
eaped the equally mischievous conclu-
sion that crime may be legalized by leg
islative trickery. These are the greatest
benefits. for they place on the execu-
tive the full responsibility of enforcing
the laws. and that is where the respon-
sibility belongs. Indiana is by this en-
forcement of the law materially ad-
vanced in the eyes of the world.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13
A SAMPLE TARIFF HEARING.

The absurdity of the tariff hearings
was illustrated on Tuesday by Mr..
Joseph Neumann of California, who
stampeded the committee by announcing
that the explanation of the needs of silk
culture. which he was entering upon,
would require three days. Mr.. Neumann
insists that silk can be produced in this
country, I'm the southern states and in Cal
ifornia, and that as a patriotic duty we
ought to produce IL instead of buying the
product of the pauper labor of Europe
and Asia. For more than a century ef-
forts have been made to encourage silk
production in this country, and at one
time there were indications that 1t would
be successful 1t reached its greatest
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

a horizontal scale would be worse than
unreasonable. 1t would be an act Of
supreme folly that nothing but insanity
could excuse. 1t would be an attempt
to do an act which would necessarily de-
feat the purpose of the attempt 1t
would not be a tariff for revenue only. 1t
would be a tariff for ridicule only-a
limburger cheese tariff. whose scent
would cling to the democratic party long
after the vase was shattered. The Sun
should crush this infantile appetite and
pass up its plate for meat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

development, however, about 1910. and
then dwindled away until in 1850 it had
become unimportant, and since then has
almost disappeared. There are hundreds
Of mulberry trees now standing in In
diana that were planted when the
''morus multicaulis' fad was at its
height
Since then there have been individuals
who felt the Importance of the patriotic
duty of developing the silk industry in
America, but not many And none seem
to have taken such view of the way to
do it as Mr.. Neumann. He advocates a
tax of so per cent. on silk goods, Is per
cent. on raw silk. and cocoons free. Just
how this would encourage the raising of
silk worms is not apparent, because
the cocoon stage is where the competition
begins. If the committee had not been
frightened away. and had questioned Mr..
Neumann as to the theory Of his tariff
proposition, an interesting fact would
have been brought out. Some years ago
Neumann invented a reel for winding
silk from cocoons, and he is interested
in promoting the use of this reel. What
he needs to accomplish that is free CO.
coons and taxed raw silk. For years he
has been trying to get congress to pass
such a law. We think he is a type. No
one will go before the committee unless
he has an ak to grind, and If congress
wishes to act in the interest of the peo-
pie it will not be guided by the advice
Of such rarsops
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

{ There Is much suffering along the At
F1antic coast OF the southern states re-
Gently devastated by the great storm
and the press Of the East is calling for
relief contributions. Secretary Lamont
has furnished 300 tents for the homeless,
and Secretary Herbert will give employ
ment TO a number Of laborers on the
government works at Port Royal, which
were badly damaged by the cyclone
Homes and crops along the shore were
generally destroyed
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

The Sentinel congratulates Governor
Matthews and the state Of Indiana on
the triumphant suppression of the prize
fighting at Roby. This blot on our
states fair name is now wiped out The
law is supreme. Indiana is no longer
a place where the scum of Illinois may
resort to carry on the unlawful prac-
tees which they dare not attempt at
home. This is a good and wholesome
thing. There is something better than
this involved in the action. It demon
strates what The Sentinel has said from
the first. that crime can always be sup
pressed when an honest endeavor is
made to suppress IT. Where there's
a will there's way" We have es-
saDsd the hepsiass sonclusion that the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13

The republican press all over the
country took Labor day as a proper
time TO say "I told you So" They
fblandly informed the workingmen that
they had KILLED the goose that laid the
golden egg," and that all the depression
I'm business resulted from an admins
tration pledged to tariff reform. They neg
lected TO add, however, that we are still
working under the blessed Mckinley bill,
which was to give high wages and steady
employment to everybody