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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
NAY FIGHT In BUFFALO.
Corbctt Says Himself and Mitchell Havo
High Opinion of the $4,000 Offer

Corbctt Says Himself and Mitchell Have q
High Opinion of the $4,000 Offer.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. March 12.-Jemes j.
Corbett played here tonight TO the largest
audience in the history of the building. In
answer to q question relating to the offer
made by the Buffalo Athletic Club to give
$4,000 for the Mitchell Corbet contest.
the champion said: Although the articles
of agreement prohibit us negotiating
with any other but the Coney Island,
Crescent or Olympic athletic clubs. /
am perfectly willing to allow the Buffalo
Athletic Club to become one of the com.
petitors for the fight. like Buffalo. have
always been we'll treated by the athletic
club there. composed of the most energetic
men ever met, and if they undertake to
bring this affair off they will do SO suo-
cessfully. Mitchell. believe. has moro
friends in Buffalo than anywhere in the
country, and / suppose he will enter no OBJ
lection to fighting there"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
RtiSbGg, Cincinnati, Chicago &S louis R'y Go

The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the Pitts
burg. Cincinnati. Chicago tS St Louis Railway Com
p2ny viii be held at the principal Office of said CON-
pany, Penn avenue and Tenth street. Pittsburg. Pa,
ON TUESDAY. APRIL IL, 1898,
at ii o'clock m. for the purpose OF receiving the
annual report for 1892 the election directors
10 succeed like number whose term Of service
pres on that day and tho transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the meeting
. AT said meeting the action Of the directors IN
tno kng The execution and delivery of the mortgage
oi thls company To the Farmers Loan and Trust
company, OF New York. dated and executed Octo er
7. 1o5V 70 secure this eompanys III per cent bonds
fssue and To De issued To the extent of s75 900 OOO
%lfa ,ian % done pursuant 10 The agreement of
q the stockholders for formal approval and rafca-
ton.
Ihe transfer DOCKS Will be closed on Saturday
March IL, and reopened on "wednesday April IL
1893. 8. b. LIGGEIvr Secretarv
Pittsburg. Feb. /. 1893.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Dam Carried Away by the Gorge.

FLINT. Mich. March 12.-Shortly before
noon to-day the boom at Smiths Lumber
Company's mill here broke from the pres
sure of the ice and two million feet Of logs
began to move down stream. A jam formed
at Hamilton's dam. short distance below
the mills. The gorge was broken up with
dynamite. but formed again and carried
the dam with it The loss will exceed
$1,000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Sullivan Arrested In Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. O.. March 12.-John L. Sui
livan. the pugiljst. appeared on the stage
in theatrical performance before house
packed with people. He was arrested,
along with other aotors after the perform
ance. as is the custom In Cincinnati, and
taken to the police station. and charged
with violation of the Sunday laws. An
immense crowd followed him, cheering
Justify. The ex-champion enjoyed his dis
tinctIon. and remarked: IL am drawing
card STILL"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
DANvILLE, Ill. March I2-Last night .
passenger train on the Big Four railroad
ran into some coal cars standing on an open
switch. wreckinR the engine and damaging
several cars. No one was seriously in
jured. The switch WAS 10 ocked and the
light out A similar accident occurred at
the same place q few weeks ago. and it is
thought to be tho work Of train wreckera
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Croker Viewing the Flyers

NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 12.-To-day
Richard Croke er. of New York. and Gen.
w. II. jackson. of Belle Meade. whom Mr.
Croker is visiting. spent the day at Fair
view the breeding establishment of Chas.
Reed, in Sumner county. some thirty miles
from this city. The party returned to Belle
Mead this evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
GENERAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
Forecast for Monday.

WASHINGTON. March 12.-For Indiana
Fair Monday morning; snow Monday night;
warmer south, shifting to much colder
northwest winds Monday night
For Illinois-FaIr Monday morning; rain
or snow Monday afternoon or night;
winds shifting to much colder northwest
Monday night.
For Ohio-Rain Monday night, probably
light snow on the lake; winds shifting to
east.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Dry Goods Burned Mt Logansport.

Special 70 the Indianapolis journal
LoGANsPORT. Ind. March 12.-Fire this
morning In Wiler II Wises dry goods house
destroy ed the stock. valued at $4,000; in
surance, $4,000. Damage to building. S3,-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Drowned I'm the Ka nkakee.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPoRTE. Ind. March Thames Brown.
prominent contractor and builder of this
city. was drowned to-day in the Kankakee
river while hunting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
PRINCESS FLOUR.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Fracture Spints Special Trusses, Clutches, Elastic
Hosiery Deformity Braces and Surgical Appliances
OF every kind The largest stock of ARTIFICIAL
EYES In the State VIM. III. ARMSTRONG % 90
n SoutI Illinois street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH.

Cleveland In No Hurry to Select HIS Style OF
Religion for the Coming Four Years.
WASHINGTON. March 12.-If President
Cleveland has selected his church home in
Washington he gave no evidence of that
choice to-day. He did not attend divine
worship but spent the morning quietly
resting from the arduous duties of his first
week in office. Some attention waSpaid
to matters of pressing Importance. and Pri-
Yate Secretary Thurber remained in the of
fee the better part of the day. A little
after o'clock Mr. and Mrs Cleveland went
for drive. and for more than an hour en-
jOyed the beauty of day that " as perfect.
Vice President Stevenson. accompanied
by Mrs. Stevenson, attended the morning
service at the New York-avenue Presby-
terian Church, which Is the same they at
tended during the previous Democratic ad-
selected pew. but to-day occupied that Of
Mr.. Noble Larner. In the afternoon.
companied 10y Judge Lawrence. Of the
Court of Claims. and Mr. Lewis Stevenson.
his son, tho Vice President took an ex-
tended stroll This evening he received q
number of calls from personal friends.
Hamlin for Carlisle's Assistant.
BosToN. March 12.-rhe Herald states. on
the authority of Assistant Secretary
Quincy, that there Is no doubt whatever
that Mr.. Charles 8. Haplin will be made
Assistant. Secretary of the Treasury. In
deed. Mr. Quincy would not accept his own
appointments except on the condition that
his selection should not interfere with Mr..
Hamlin's preferment % the position which
he is SO we'll fitted 30 I'LL acceprably.
A Populist Measure In Kansas.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TOPEKA, Kan, March 12-The Legisla-
ture did not adjourn last night The ses-
sion lasted until 2 O'Clock this morning.
Final adjournment will be had tomorrow.
Several important laws wore passed. One
makes it illegal to require q gold contract
in notes, mortgages and other obligations.
and makes silver, as well as gold, u legal
tender for all debts in Kansas. This Is q
POpullsL measure.
Civil Service in tho Navy Yards.
WASHINGTON. March 12.-Secretary Her
bert says that he does not favor making
changes among the mechanics of the navy
yards because of politics and would follow
the practice of his predecessor In this
roaueot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Cable Notes.

Two small planets were discovered by
the Nice observatory on the Sth and 9th OF
the month.
w. X. Vanderbilt arrived at London yes
terday afternoon from Paris, and will 90 to
Liverpool TO inspect the yacht there build.
ing to replace the Alva.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
@i'IlIa't Cincinnati BIG 4
C'ieago & St Louis ROUTE.
Time of trains at Union Station Indianapolis
SCHEDULE, Nov. q, 1892.

ADDITIONAL TRAINS.
Leave for Benton Harb0r and Muncie as and
Hob a. N Arrive from Benton Harbor and An
6erson 2:50 and 11:O5 D. m
Arrive from Wabash st 1880 a. m.
Leave for Cincinnati at 705 a. m.
Arrive from Cincinnati at l0:30a. m.
Aodtone1 Sunday trains leave for Cincinnati at
ESQ a.
Nos. IL. 1S, 8. and II are fastvestibuled trains
with Wagner SleeTers, Buffet and Cafe Cars. to and
from Cincinnati. Chicago St Louis. Cleveland. Buf-
iaIO, New York. Albany and Boston. TIE finest
trains In America
For information rs to the exact points, time and
other particulars. call offices, i
Washington street. sc jackson place. and the Union
Station, Indianapolis.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

Many deeds of personal daring came to his
notice, but he modestly disclaims credit for
anything beyond that of opening the ball
as above described He saw a volunteer
laborer in the fort pick up an unexploded
Confederate bomb and toss it over the wall
into the ditch, where its burning fuse was
extinguished Another laborer named
Donohue mounted the flagstaff during the
bombardment and untangled the halyard
so that the flag could be unfurled. A shell,
evidently aimed at him as he climbed,
struck the base of the staff, but he finished
his work and hoisted the flag to the very
top.
The defense of Sumter was memorialized
by a series of medals struck off at the order
of the chamber of commerce of New York
for the officers and soldiers who took part.
Gibbon carries one of the medals as a SOU
venir of the event. 1t is of bronze, 81
inches in diameter, bearing on one side
relief of Major Anderson and on the other
an inscription to the Defenders of Fort
Sumter" There are few of the band living
today. Gibbon believes that he is now the
only survivor. Two were killed in the fort,
some lost their lives afterward in the war,
and many have died since, Generals Dou-
bleday, Truman Seymour and s. w. Craw-
ford being among the recent ones. The fol
lowing is a complete roster of the defenders:
Major Robert Anderson, Captains j. G.
Foster and Abner Doubleday, Lieutenants
jeff @. Davis, G. w. Snyder, Truman Sey-
mor, Theodore Talbot, Norman j. Hall,
r. X. Mead and S. w. Crawford.
Sergeauts w. II. Hammer, j. E. Galway,
John Renshaw, John Carmody, John Nc
Mahon, John Otto, Eugene Scheibner,
James Chester, w. A. Ham, Thomas Kir
nan and James Kearney; Corporals Chris
topher Costolan, Charles Bringhurst, Henry
Ellerbrook, Owen Mcclure and Francis j.
Oakes; Musicians Robert Foster and Charles
Hail. Artifcers Henry Straudt, John e.
Noack and Philip Alderman; Mail Clerk
Peter Hart.
Privates Patrick Murphy, 7. Onoratto,
Peter Rice, Henry Schmidt, John Urqhart,
Andrew Wickstrom, Edward Brady, Bar
ney Cain, John Doran, Dennis johnson,
John Kehoe. John Klein, John flanagan,
John Laroche, Frederick Lintner, John Ma
gill, Frederick Meier, James Moore, viii
liam Morter, Patrick Neilan, John Nixon,
Michael O'Donald, Robert Rae, William
Walker, Joseph Wall, Edmund Walsh,
Henry r. Walter Herman VIII, Thomas
Wishnowsd, Casper Wuttenpel, Cornelius
Baker, Thomas Carroll, Patrick Clancy,
Johh LAWS, Jdules DlBudAn, OeOrBe Elelu-
ing, Edward Galway, James Gibbon,
James Hays, Daniel Hough, John Irwin,
James Mcdonald, Samuel Miller, John
Newport, George Pinchard, Frank Rivers,
Lewis Schroeder, Carl A. Sellman, John
Thompson, G. H. Toger and William Witt
mann.
The only private soldier who was hOnored
with a special medal was Mailman Peter
Hart When the flagstaff was shot In two,
he nailed it TO some timbers on top of the
wall and kept the colors afioat Gibbon
claims that the credit for rehoisting the flag
belonged by right to Lieutenant Norman j
Hall G.. X. LENNOX.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30
SUMTER'S FIRST GUN.
PRIVATE JAMES eleBoN CLAIMS TO
HAVE PULLED THE LANYARD.

He Was In the Gun Squad of the Casemate
Under Captain Abner Doubleday and
Was the First to Execute the Order to
Fire.
Every year or two the Confederates fight
the battle over again in the press as to who
pulled the lanyard on that ''shot heard
round the world" And now comes a
claimant for the honor of having touched
off the first Union gun in that memorable
artillery duel. General Abner Doubleday,
who died during the past winter, has usu-
ally been credited with having fired the
first gun from Sumter, he having been cap
tain of the artillery company which opened
the ball for the Union
1t is matter of official record that Cap
tain Doubleday was ordered to commence
firing first from his battery He personally
took charge OF the detachment at the guns
trained on the Confederate battery at Cum
ming's point, Morris island. Naturally, in
the line of his duty as senior, he sighted the
pieces and may or may not have pulled the
lanyard. Perhaps had he known what was
to come of it he would have taken the priv
nege, or possibly have rendered it to Major
Anderson, the commandant. On the Con
lbueTdlbblUb JueIe WAS SOlu6 buedbTlCdl ny
play, and the privilege, If such it was, of
sending the first shot at Old Glory passed
around among half dozen civilians and
soldiers before it was taken up.
In Sumter, SO says James Gibbon, a
veteran now living at Erie, Pa. the usual
routine was observed, and he, as private de-
tailed for the work, pulled the lanyard on
the first piece after Captain Doubleday had
pffr tad In,
pany e, First United States artillery. He
was No. 3 of the gun squad at gun No in
the easement The piece was a 42-pounder,
trained upon the Cummings point battery.
Captain Doubleday stood by and gave the
word "Fire"
Gibbon was born in Ireland and landed
in America in 1851. He was a well seasoned
veteran of the regulars when the war broke
out. AS member of the gun squad at
Sumter he was tied closely to his piece and
performed only his routine duty that day
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

Up to 1851 boraN came to us from thl
East Indies. Persia and Italy. was refined
in Venice and I'm England aud imported at
a cost Of 81 "a pound, often more, its bizh
price offering strong temptation to adultor.
alton.
In 1869 the price had fallen to 90 conts "a
pound, and In 1879 90 n cents. and FROM
that time borlx has remained q cheap com
modify within the reach ol all
How has this been brought aboutf Out
Of disaster and human suffering. 20 sharp
that the valley first found to be rich in this
deposit bears yet the usme. The Death
Valley where the discoveries OF the h1raV
deposits found 10 1851 the remains of emf
grant wagons uudecayed, and their tracks
still plain In the hardened sand. though u
years had passed since hope left them, and
the little company one by one lay down 90
die.
Gold alone had been the object cf the
party who sought 90 enter California hy
way OF salt Lake, aud who, halting iu the
Death Valley in lnjo county, Cal, found "a
heat so intense that, added 30 the lack Of
water, Il made further progress impossible.
only a few Of the stronger ones escaping 90
tell the tale.
Later experts, sent out 90 report " geld
wers really 10 be found in the valley, came
upon the borax fields and later the deposits
in Nevada From the Pacific coast Z. .O0O. 600
pounds a year are supplied for home con
sumption, which has now reached the aston
ishing total OF 100000 pounds yearly
with a constantly growing demand. auce
introduced into family use whether In
kitchen, laundry or nursery. &c becomes an
essential.-Epicure
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

He Is a skipper Of a coasting schooner.
but he had a week OF, and as dad was laid
up with rheumatic Returned Co aud helped
out with the spring plowiug He found 10
an altogether different job than plowiug
the briny, His hitch was @ yoke 0f oxen
with the old mare on ahead, and this was a
combination that be had never handled be-
fore However, with a boy % drive. Dc
pitched IN heroically. When the crash came.
il was asademoralizingo a one. one OK got his lsg
over the chain, whiried around and slipped
down a side hill The other OK houpel over
its mate with crash, and the mare was
pulled down on her launches and sat like
Towser on a doorstep.
When the captain went 90 the rescue, he
was kicked about 20 feet by one 90 the
prostrate, struggling oxen. The panic was
complete, and the skipper few into the
house as rapidly as bis wind would allow
Here's how he breatllessly sized up the
difficulty 20 dad; "Say, the larhoari OK is
on the starboard side, the main brace Is
bottom side up, the ris-iug Is an by the
board, and the old mares some down stern
foremost What in blanknation are ye 20
Ing to do about itf'-Lewistou Journal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30
PASSING AWAY.
An Answer to a Cruel and Sarcastic Anu.
sion.

An Answer to "a Cruel and Sarcastic Anu
sion.
There is some excuse for certain people
who have an adopted home in this country
to think that veterans receive altogethertoo
much consideration at the hands of the
public 1t was not these, but altogether
another class whom Senator Frye had in
mind when he uttered these impassioned
words:
but what of us poor devils who were not
old enough to be in the armyY" is question
which is uttered every day in Washington
by young men seeking official positions.
They feel that the old soldiers are in their
way, and ought to get out of the way of the
rising generation, and that the law giving
the veterans the preference ought to be re
pealed Again and again have l heard the
complaint with sarcastic allusions to the
length Of life of veterans such as, "Will
they never die2'
Young men, half million died when
you were in your cradle Ten thousand of
them died inside of Is minutes on the morn
ing of June 3, 1864. Twelve or fifteen thou
sand of them died on June q, 1864, in the
same month of the same year all around the
bloody heights of Kenesaw Many thou
sand of them died In prison or in rebel
hospitals, naked, hungry, suffering, unloved
and far from the dear folks a, home. Many
other thousands of them today hobble on
crutches or flap empty sleeves They are
dying fast enough. Less than half amf'-
lion Of them still live, but every one ID
them, barring none, bears in his body the
mark of battle or the germs Of disease con
tracted while campaigning in order that
this government might not fade from the
earth. But for them there would be no gov.
ernment for you to serve nor to protect Won.
Don't be in hurry. These old veterans
are marching of the field brigade by bri-
gade, every yelr, Regiment after regiment
is disappearing over the brow of the hill of
time They are marching away into the
river of death, bravely as the Old Guard az
Waterloo. Don't be ina hurry, young man.
Don't be in a hurry. These old soldiers are
marching off the field, and they will soon
all too soon foi me-be out of your ungrate-
full way. God bless them; wish they could
live forever, a their fame will live Gone
are the serried columns which stood "in The
way" at Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, At
lanta, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain
Bentonyille and a thousand other places
every one of them Themopyl@. Tbeil,
deeds are blazoned upon the history OF
more fields than your weak brain can re-
member. They viii soon be out of theyay
but while they are here the republic will
give them the preference
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30
Its Broad Meaning.

Memorial day means more than honor
ing the soldiers who persisted during the
civil war 1t means esteem and love for the
spirit or independence, for courage, for ma
uonality, for progress, for enlightenment,
for universal freedom, for the democratiza-
tion of the world AS day of so broad a
significance, it cannot be too widely, too
earnestly, too enthusiastically celebrated.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

In the manufacture Of knives the divi-
sion of labor has been carried to such an
extent that one knife is handled by 20 diff
ferent artisans from the moment the blade
is forged until the instrument is finished
and smoothly wrapped up for market.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

Several years ago Max Muller gave great
prominence to sun myths He explained
many of the stories belonging to the my
thology Of the ancients as early accounts
Of the rising or setting Of the sun. The
theory was made especially useful in inter
preting the mythology Of the Hindoos.-
EXchanga
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

In Persia It is an almost invariable Gus
tom to choose wife from ameslg ones re
lations, such as cousins In a near or remote
degree and only among acquaintance
when failure has occurred IN following the
old habit. The Hebrews especially sane
toned plurality Of wives according TO the
law Of Noses and that shows how thought
ful they were Of the future of their race.-so
much SO that sterility in a wife was consid
cred sufficient reason for contractingan an
other marriage. Pail Mall Budget. -. /,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

There are ls5,OOO Canadians in the chief
cities of the United States-3S, 600 of them,
mostly French Canadians, In Boston, "a, 900
in Chicago, $4,000, mostly English Cana
dians, in Detroit, 10000 in Buffalo and 5000
In New York
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

During the university races at Putney
advertisers try to make capital out of the
crews. The vendors of patent medicines,
soups, soaps wines, bitters pipes and foods
all pounce down in order to be able to say
that their particular patent was used by
one crew or another-London News
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

Dr. John Hazlewood of Eckerty, Ind,
has in his possession heavy gold finger
ring, set with three diamonds, once the
property of Marie Antoinette, at whose
court his maternal grandmotherwas maid
of honor.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

In the arid deserts Of Peru the celebrated
rain tree' grows. This species can con-
dense what little moisture there is in the
atmosphere so as to cause a continued mist
to exude, seemingly, from its leaves and
branches.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

Belle-Charley Pruyn is the most impu-
dent fellow in our set
Blanche-What has he doneY
Belle-Why, after | had been mot at
home" to him several times, he sent note
to the door requesting our footman to tell
me that he had not called. Truth.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-30

Court q Ouse grounds.
Bids will 6e received until the Oh day OF
ne. A. D. 1898 by The Commissioners of
Schuvl 5 ill County fJT the building OF "a retain.
Ing wall, feet high, % feet long, OF m m1untain
stons on MinersYiue street; for the furuishin p
aud setting o 23 feet of granite coping, l0ylf
n,hes on The granite steps, ogelherwilh posts
al the tOp and bottom OF each hight OF Steps;
coming with posts No the ends OF the coping, Sc.
All w0rk 10 be finished within sixty DAYS after
nd Is accepted Bids for furuishlnA granite
must he separat- from the uids Offering % fur.
nish mountain stone. Full particulars can be
7nd and plans and drawings can be seen hg
applving 10 the Commissioners OF S1hlylkiu
a. un|v The Commissioners reserve the right
10 reject any or an bids. 5-l02it