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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
CAUSED BY A LANCE-B0MB
Wash-Room at the Robbins House in
Charlottesville a Total Wreck.
Two Men Badly Hurt by the ExplOsion-Er-
vile Halter Carries OF His Boy at Muncie
More of SylyesterE. Ault's Knavery.


A Colored Porter was Poking the Fire with
Loaded Eance-Bomb.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFORDsvILLE, Ind, Dec. 3l-There
was a terrific explosion at the Robbins
House this morning, two men being
injured, a stove blown up, the
Mushroom and closets wrecked and the
windows blown out. For o time
the reason for the explosion was q my stery.
but il was found to lave been caused by q
poker" Bob Thames. a colored porter.
had found a poker" in the kitchen which
was two feet long and looked like q COM
mon-sized gss-pIpe sparpened on one
end. and he had been using it
IN stirring up the fire in q coal stove for
several weeks. This morning he and the
night clerk, Frederick Mills, were In the
Mushroom, and Mills was examining his
revolver and the colored man stirring
the fire with the poker be had taken
from the kitchen. Instantly the ex ploslon
followed. and Mile ran into the Off &C. say
Ing that he had accidentally discharged
his revolver. But such was not
the case. as It was found that
the poker" was q bomb-lance loaded with
dynamite, used TO shoot into whales and
touched Oft by q fuse. The stove was blown
20 fragments, and the room badly wrecked.
The colored man was thrown down
and was slightly injured. Mills
had been struck in the leg by
two pieces of the stove. tearing
his pantaloons into fragments, and shatter-
Ing the bones of the knee. He was taken
INTO q bedroom and his wounds dressed.
He is probably crippled for life. 1t
has been found that o show troupe
recently had brought several bombs
here from New Bedford, Mass.
They were thrown into the back yard and
supposed to be harmless. the explosion
shook the entire building and caused con-
siderable commotion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
TRANSFER OF IN FRANCES
How Hypnotics Are Affected by Hidden
Materials.

How Hypnoucs Are Affected by Hidden
Materials.
Paris Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette.
DR.. Luys then showed me how q similar
artificial state of suffering could be Gre
ated without suggestion-ip SC, by the
mere proximity of certain ,tances. A
pinch of coal dust, for inst orked and
sealed In q small phisl, al ced on the
prod noes symptoms of sLffocation by
smoke; q ube of distilled water. similarly
placed. p~rovokes signs of incipient hv-
drophobia. while another very simple con-
coctlon put In contact with the flesh brings
on symptoms Of suffooation by drowning.
The intense congestion that these artifi-
cial attacks produce might determine the
rupture of q blood vessel or the ~stoppages
of the heart; il is. therefore. unwIse TO de-
scribe the experiments more fully lest any
body should be tempted to try them with
out proper precautions. But there was An
experiment of this nature that should be
described, for 1t serves as q trait d'union
that will enable me TO 40 from expert
mental to practical bypnotIsm.
The woman who had been hypnotized
earlier in the morning was put TO sleep for
o second time, and q corked and sealed
tube containing fifteen grains of brandy
was put in contact with her neck. A few
seconds later she began to make grimaces
and moved her tongue and lips as If she
were tasting liquor of some kind. She
then began talking IN broken phrases:
to drink. +" Give me something to
drink. . " Ny head pains me 70.
. y Any one would say / was drunk"
She tried to stand on her feet and fell
heavily down into a chair.
"There!' said DIR. Luys. whohad previous
ly taken his visitors out of the room TO ex-
plain what would happen on contact Of
the tube containing alcohol with the hyp-
Noticed person. Now. q strange thing is
that this artificial state of drunkenness can
be transferred to another %hypnotized per-
son."
A mai was brought in from an adjoining
room and hypnotized. One of his hands
was placed i'm the hand of the woman. and
the passage of a msgnet along their arms in
the direction of the man sufficed TO trans
fer the symptoms of drunkenness TO him.
To all appearances he was quite as drunk
rs the woman seemed TO have been q few
moments earlier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Charges Her Mother with Fraud.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
DECATUR, ILL.,, Dec. 3l.-Mrs. Lota Mich
olson. wife of William Nicholson, who Is
connected with J. MIllIken & Co.'s bank,
has filed a bill in the Circuit Court. MAX
ing sensational charges of fraud against
her mother. Mrs. Docia Bishop. The par
ties are well known in Macon. Piatt and
Champaign counties. The father Of the
plaintiff died In Champaign county.
leaving 5A acres of improved land. with
S50.0O0. Mrs. Bishop had her dover interest
in the property. The mother, 1t is alleged,
induced her daughter to deed her 272 acres,
which she sold, and later the daughter
burnt q note for over 5000, thinking it was
of no value. Rents TO the amount of 81, 500
are claimed by the daughter. The slleQa-
ton in the bill alleGe skillful fraud from
the time the plaintiff was sixteen years of
age. Sensational DEVELOPMENTS are prom
Used at the trial. The plaintiff sues to re-
cover SO, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
KIDNAPPED HIS OWN CHILD.
ErvilIe Halter Drove Up to His Divorces
wife's Residence and Carried OF His Boy.

ErvilIe Halter Drove Up to His Divorced
wife's Residence and Carried on His Boy.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. Dec. 31.-Some excitement
was created in this city this morning by
the kidnapping of the five-year-old son of
Mrs. Isaac Rush by the child's father.
Five years ago Erville Halter and wife
were divorced at Celina, o.. Soon after Sc
curing divorce, Mrs. Halter married Isaac
Rush. Last August they moved to this
city. where Rush is employed as q barber.
A few days ago Halter came to Muncie and
attempted TO get possession Of the child,
but was prevented from carrying out his
designs by the boys s~tep-father. This
morning Halter drove to the Rush resi-
dence. where the child was playing In the
yard. sliced the little fellow, put him in
the buggy and drove rapidly away. The
police were notified. but so far have been
unable to find the child or his father and IL
is thought shat Halter left town. taking
the boy with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
FOOLISH MISSOURI MAIDEN.
Sold Herself for q Quarter, but Rued Her
Bargain When the Marriage Knot Was Tied.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, Dec. 31.-Yesterday
Thomas Carroll, q former resident Of
Esston, but now of Colorado, returned
home on q visit and called at the house of
Eli Lawless, q prominent farmer, to renew
his acquaintance with Miss Annie Lawless.
who was q little girl when he went away.
In q laughing manner he offered Mrs. Law
less q quarter tor her daughter.
Thinking he was joking she ac-
cepted the money, n the girl
in q spirit of fun consented also. Carroll
was In earnest, however, and coming to st.
Joseph, he secured q marriage license. Re-
turning, he demanded that the ceremony
take place at once. Under what she claims
was an uncomfortable impulse the girl oon-
sented, and they were married by Justice
lba. As soon as the was over
the bride left him and went home, refusing
to have anything more to do with him.
Carroll LETT for Colorado this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Took Forcibie Possession.

LONG ISLAND CITY. L. l., Dec. SL-Mayor
Patrick Gleason took possession of the City
Hall tonight with a force of twenty police
and q hundred or more If his folio wers. All
were armed with revolvers TO prevent the
friends of Mr.. Sanford. who also claims TO
have been elected Mayor, from gaining
possession of the Mayors office. Mr..
Gleason intends to assume the duties for
the third term by virtue of a certificate of
election given to III by City Clerk Burke.
Neither Mr.. Sanford nor his friends will
max any attempt to gain the office by
force, but will abide by the decision of the
cOurts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
SATURDAYS Rscs Winners.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Enthusiast, at 3 to 10,
in the first race. was the only fevorite to
win at Hawthorne to-day. The other win
ners were McGinty, Rouser. Red Root and
Wheeler L.
The first two races at Roby to-day fur
nished pretty hard dumps for the talent.
but after that everything came their way.
The winning horses were My Queen. Cora
A, The Empress. Walcott and FauDtleroy.
New ORLEANS. Dec. SLIM Cornwall.
Barker Harrison. Rally. Bret Harte and
Nathan Frank won to-day's races.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Fruits of the smith Heresx Case.

CINCINNATI. Dec. SL-The fruits of the
Smith heresy case are being seen. and the
present indications are that The civil courts
will be called on to settle the trouble. The
immediate cause of the present suit is the
contention over the position of Prof. Smith
in Lane Seminary. The executive CON-
mittee Is for Smith, but the board of trus-
tees is divided. and q split in the college is
threatened The question as to which of
the two boards is the authority will doubt
less throw the case into the court. The
moment that is done il is understood sever
al of the heaviest donators to the endow-
ment of the seminary will sue TO recover
the amounts donated to the institution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Duss and the Koreah Prophet.

PITTsBURG, Dec. 3l.-President Duss IS
here from Economy and the re-
ports of MI. Teed's assumption of interest
in E%cOnomy's new government is not
worrying any body In the Harmony society.
He declares ~emphatIcally that he IS not
running iced and iced Is not running him,
nor is he likely to do so. He also said he
is not in communication with the Koresh
prophet nor did he believe anything or
any body would bring him here. However
much Mr.. Duss may have valued an alli-
snce with iced a year ago. apparently he
has very little desire for such assistance
now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
An Unlawful Brewers, Pool.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 3l.-An opinion de-
livered by Judge Biddle to-day declared
the association. which was formed by the
beer brewers of Philadelphia In 1886. and
known s"The Brewers Pool" to lave been
an unlawful com binatIon. because IL was
against public policy and restrained trade.
This association was com posed of some
forty-five brewers and firms engaged in the
beer business for the avowed purpose of
controlling the trade in Philadelphia and
Camden. and fixing the price for which
beer was to be sold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
A Place for Mrs. Lease.

TOPEKA. Kan. Dec. 31.-Governor-elect
Lewellyng has decided to offer Mrs. Lease
a position on the State Board of Charities.
1t will be one of the first appointments he
will make, 1t is reported that Mrs. Lease
has manifested her willingness to accept
the position, but IL is to be we'll understood
beforehand that, In accepting this position.
she does not in ANY way relinquish her
claim to the senatorship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Two WindfaiI Casualties.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind, Dec. 3l.-Andrew Ellis,
a farmer near this place. was struck by q
Panhandle fast train. Both Ellis and his
team were instantly killed. He has many
relatives near here.
George Stack, son Of Robert Stack, q
farmer near this place. accidently shot HIM
self while hunting this afternoon. He will
probably die.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Suicide of an Aged widower.

special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. Dec. 31.-Thomas Multi
gan. aged twenty-five, committed suicide
by hanging, He lived by hlmselfin q house
on North Fourteenth street. and to-day his
hfeless body was found suspended from
the balusters in the hallway. He had not
been seen since Thursday evening. and,
as the body was frozen stiff. it is
thought that the deed was committed
Thursday night. His wife died about a
year ago. and it is thought that despond-
ency had made him temporarily insane.
He leaves several sons and daughters, one
of whom is David Mulligan. the Pennsyl-
vania yardmaster at this point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Charged with Crime. ut lilo, ,es..ad.

PITTsBURG. Dec. 31.-There are still ff-
teen persons in Jail for alleged crimes grow
ing out of the Homestead troubles Among
them are O'Donnell, Critchlow and Cliff
ford. charged with murder, treason and
riot: Beatty and Gallagher. charged with
poisoning; nine colored %non-unIon men.
charged with riot. and James Akers,
charged with riot. Twenty-Five men were
placed in Jail charged with riot and sixteen
bailed out. eight for murder and five bsiled
out sixteen for treason and ten beiled ont
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
House DESTROYED by Fire.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
S~HELBYvILLE. Ind. Dec. 31.-The house
of David Wright. half-mile north of town,
burned last night. TIE building was nearly
new. having been built one year ago. 1t is
supposed to have caught from the flue.
The loss on house and goods is at least
g., 1000; insurance, 81, 800.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Escape of Captured Texas Marshals.

LAREDO, Tex, Dec. 3L.-Lsst night Q tel
egram was received at military head
quarters in this city. stating that Rosario
Guerrero and Marcisl Benevides. United
States deputy marshsls, who were captured
last Friday by the bandits. had escaped.
and one of them. Guerrero. had arrived at
Aquilares. on the Texas& Mexican railway,
and the other one was making his way
toward Laredo as fast as he could
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Musical Women at the Worlds Fair.
49, Uo-L E-a.t.- ~

New YORK evening Pest
The bureau of music of the Worlds Co
lumbar Exposition and the board of lady
managers of the Worlds Columbian Com
mission are desirious of making a complete
exhibition of the work OF the women's
amateur musical clubs of America.
Six conventions of women's amateur
musical clubs have therefore been
appointed TO be held during the fair IN the
woman's building. Delegates from all the
best musical clubs in America are expected
TO attend these conventions. aud each
club is invited 10 send it's president
and as large a number of its active
MEMBER ms possible. The president of
each club will be expected TO read a ten
minute paper sketching the character. OBJ
iecrs End methods OF work of her club.
after which thirty minutes will be al
lowed in which the best exeentants OF the
club-either vocal or instrumental or both
will be expected TO perform a short pro-
rramme. a diploma of honor will be
awarded 10 those clubs whose work comes
up To the highest standard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

cVtoIaI 10 tne InuIalapons JOURNAL.
MARTINsvILLE, Ind. Dec. 31.-Brown &
White, general merchants of Monrovia,
have assigned to BARLEY r. johnson. The
firm claims 1t carried about n 81. 1000 stock.
and that tie liabilities are not SO much.
The credit system and going security for
those who failed is the cause of the collapse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Further Trouble on the Midland.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE. Ind, Dec. S1.-The
Indiana Midland is again tied up. The
section men at Advance had the Boone
county sheriff levy on the road this morn
ing for unpaid wages. The mail-car is not
disturbed, but everything else that comes
along ia seized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01

tIon for a writ of hsbeas corpus was pre-
scented TO the Supreme Cour., and the writ
was granted. A decision In this case by
the highest tribunal in the State will set
tie the vexed question of who is Governor
oS WYnmInQ.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Run Down by a Locomotive.

KOKoMo. Ind, Dec. 31.-Lee Ellis. q
prominent Howard county farmer, was
run down by q Cincinnati express. six
miles south of this city. this afternoon,
and killed. He was attempting TO. cross
the track. and was caught and both him.
self and his horse killed instantly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Protest Agains, Consul smith Pi~Teon-Hoied

FrOttBt AKdIUHt NOHBuI SUlIEn FIKtDn- ftOItU.
OTTAWA, Dec. Silt has transpired that
the petition from the citizens and Board of
Trade. OF Three Rivers. Que, asking the
Dominion government TO urge the United
States government to dismiss Colonel
Smith. the United States consul at Three
Rivers. who had given Offense by reporting
to his government the u%nsanitary condition
of that place as the result of the filth of
the French Canadian inhabitants. has
been p~igeon-holed in the State Department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01

shelbyvilie Bar Bid Judge Hackney Adieu.
SPECIAL TO the Indianapolis Journal
S~HELBYvILLE. Ind, Dec. 31.-At 1:30
o'clock this afternoon the lawyers assem-
bled at the court to do honor 10 Judge
Hackney, who to-day retired as judge
of the Shelby and Johnson Circuit
Courts. Hon. b.. L. Love was called
to the chair and A. +. Wrsy
made secretary. The secretary read
resolutions that were adopted regretting
the departure OF the Judge. but rejoicing
In his good fortune at attaining q higher
position. On Monday Judge Hackney will
go to Indianapolis to present his resigns-
ton TO Governor Chase, when the latter
VIII select q Republican judge for this
bench.
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who L. Governor of wyominge

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Dec. 3l.-The first
time the authority of acting Governor
Barber has been questioned was by
Warden Briggs, of the penitentiary.
The acting Governor signed o pardon
for James Moore. who had been
convicted at the May term of court The
pardon was sent To the warden OF the
p~enitentiary at Laramie and returned
with the Information that it must be
signed by Governor Osborne 20 be of
any force with that institution. A petl-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Senator Donaldson Caffery.

BATON ROUGE, La. Dec. 3L-Donaldson
Gallery. of st. Mary's parish. was to-day
appointed by Governor Foster to be United
States Senator. to fill the place of the late
Senator Gibson, deceased.
Mr.. Gallery was born in the parish of st.
Mary, louisiana, on Sept. 10, 1855.
He was educated at Mount st.
Mary's College. Maryland, and grad
mated with honors. He began life
as q pioneer farmer in Drayson county,
Texas, but returned to his native State In
1S5S. He was admitted to the bar in the
following year. The death of his step
daughter occurring about this time neces-
STATED his giving his entire time to his
breaking out of she war, when he enlisted
in the ST. Mary's Cannoneers. a home
company, from which he resigned after
q few months service. to enter
O company in active service at the
front. At Shiloh he fought under General
Gibson. In 1868 he was made q lieutenant
In the Second Louisiana Infantry. but did
not serve with the regiment. being trans
ferred to the transmissour department,
where he served as aid-de-camp on the
staff of Gen. Joseph Walker. At the close
of the war he began the practice of his pro-
fession In his native parish. and soon rose
TO prominence as q member of the bar. He
was elected to the constitutional conven-
tion of 1879 and served In that body with
conspicuous distinction. At present he is
president of the Bar Association of Louisi.
ana. In the late campaign he became a
candidate for State Senator, to which POSI-
tion he was elected bv An overw helmIpg
majority, and rendered valuable service as
chairman of the Senate judiciary commit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
One of the Burglars Captured.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the IndianapOIis Journal.
KoKoMo, Ind. Dec. 31.-Oficer Hutto. of
this city, returned from Forest this even
ing with Albert Davids, wanted for the re-
cent wholesale burglaries at Mulberry and
Forest Monday night. Part of the stolen
goods were sold in this city. Other arrests
Will follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
MUNCIE'S BIG EVENT.

Governor Chase Sets the Whitley Reaper
Works In Motion, and n Grand Ball Follows.
Bpecial TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCyE, Ind, Dec. 31.-The inaugural
reception and ball gwen at the dedication
of the Whitley harvesting-maohine-works
iast evening. was the greatest social event
In the history of Muncie. Governor Chase
was present. and he, with William N.
Whitley, started the machinery at lC
o'clock. Afterward the Governor delivered
an address. Hon. o. j.. Lotz,
Mayor Brady and others spoke and
the event closed with a grand ball. in
which over loo persons participated.
About 2, 100 persons Will be employed when
the plant is In operation. Next summer q
large addition will be added to the works
The crowd present last night is estimated
at 200.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Mrs. Msybrick Accused OF Swallowing Nee
dies to Produce Hemorrhages.
LONDON, Dec. Sl.-Baroness De Rogue.
the mother of Mrs. May brick. states that
her daughters health is improving. h
Exchange Telegraph Company says that
the hemorrhsges with which she was re-
Gently attacked were caused by herself.
and not by the ravages of consumption.
According to some of the newspapers here
the reported illness of Mrs. Maybrickiwas
nothing less than an attempt on her part TO
create public sympathy for herself and to
induce Mr. Asqulth. the Home Secretary.
TO release her from confinement.
The st. James Gazette to-day prints an
article on Mrs. May brick and congratulates
the public upon the n~on-success of the in
genious attempt TO regain her freedom.
The Gazette declares that her illness was
caused by her swallowing a number of nee
dies that she had secreted from time TO
time. These needles produced an effusion
OF blood and other symptoms of a lung dis-
ease. and the report was at once circulated
that she was dying from consumption.
Labor Riot in Madrid.
MADRID, Dec. 31.-A serious labor riot
occurred in this city to-day. While one
thousand workingmen were marching In q
body to the Town Hall to submit certain
grievances to the Mayor they became in
volved In a conflict with the police. The
latter made free use of their eabers, while
stones and other missiles showered upon
them fr ON all sides. Many policemen and
was dispersed. Several arrests were made.