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

NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-The Anarchists and
policeman's locust came in violent contact
again to-day. A meeting was in progress
and the usual speeches were being made.
Finally one of the speakers, work
ing himself into q frenzy, shouted:
The police dare not come in here. If
they show themselves in here the scenes
at WaIhalIa will be repeated" 1t was Just
as he said that much that o roandsman
appeared with ten men. The cap
tain told them to clear the hall.
They marched to the front and began oper-
atoms. 1t was the ivelicst incident tina
has occurred since the trouble on
through the doorwqys. leaped through
the windows and tore the clothes from
each other In their efforts TO get out. The
police piled their clu Ds vigorously.
The man who had been denounc-
ing the police. tried To find q
way into the cellar. In less than two min
utes there was no one left IN the room,
with the exception of the reporters and o
nolicAmau
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WOMAN DRAGGED FROM BED
Bartholomew County White Caps Visit
the Home of Andrew Schrader.
S~helbyville Council Retaliates on the Ring Of
Democratic Bosses-Congressmsn Conn
in Hot Water-0ther State News.


White Caps Drag q Woman from Her Bed
and Numerically Beat Her.
Special 10 the Indianap0i Is Journal
COLUMBUS. Ind. Aug. 2S.-At Waymans-
vile, in the extreme southwestern part OF
this county. seven masked men, last night,
entered the home of Andrew Schrader and
took his wife to q woods near by and un-
mercifully whipped her. This evening she
called on her physician and related what
had taken place. She said the men had
BACKED faces and wore white caps made
of paper. They knocked at her door and
she supposed they were robbers. She had
locked the door on retiring with her hus-
band. but the parties opened the door and
walked In. Her husband offered no
resistance when they seized her.
Her back presented a terrible appearance.
being scarcely o spot on 1t that was not
bruised. She says while being whipped
she demanded why the White Caps mis-
treated hor. and that they said it was be-
cause she was quarrelsome with her neigh
bors and those about her. She declares
that she recognized two of the parties. and
that at the coming term OF court she Will
have them prosecuted. To this her hus-
band objects. Funds will be raised TO aid
in bringing the guilty parties to justice.
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Mr.. STOwELE'S FATAL INJURIES.
An Elderly Gentleman Run Over by q Heavy
Wagon on Washington Street.

NJ. A. Stowell. an aged gentleman. reside
ing ct No. So West Fifth street. was
knocked down by q vehicle at the corner
of Meridian and Washington streets yes
terday noon and informally injured. The
conveyance was o heavy carriage owned
by an employe of the O'Conner grocery
house on South Meridian street. and was
driven by q colored man named Martin
Bevins. After Stowell fell the wheels OF
the vehicle passed over HE stomach and he
WINS picked up in o half conscious condi-
ton and suffering intense pain from tie
injury. He was removed to his home by
city ambulance. The driver of the
vehicle claims in defense of his act that be
is blind In one eye and did not see the
pedestrian.
After Mr.. Stowell was taken to his homo
DR.. Maxwell was called in and. upon ex.
animation. he found that the elderly
gentleman's injuries were fatal in view or
his advanced years. Ii was not expected
that Nh. Stowell would live through the
night. A telegram was sent TO his soDs,
Myron and John. formerly on the Sentinel,
but now In P%ittsburg newspaper work.
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The Incident Growing Out of the Expulsion
of IIsIians Ina Colorado Probably Closed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-There has been
forcible expulsion of Italian miners from
Cripple Creek. Col. between Secretary
Gresham, Governor Waite and Baron Fava,
the Italian minister at Washington, but 1t
is likely that the explanation offered the
minister by the State Department and
Governor Waite will be satisfactory to the
italian government aud that the incident.
will be declared closed. The correspond
ence began with a note from Baron Fava
to Secretary Gresham. complaining that
Italian subjects working at Cripple Creek
had been driven away by Ameri-
can citizens and limiting that the
dice against the Italians. Secretary
Gresham asked Governor Waite unofi-
cIally for To enable him to
answer the Italian minister, and on the
receipt OF the Governors answer Mr..
Gresham wrote en- ex explanation TO the Baron
IN which ho said that the attack was not
due 10 race prejudice but TO q feeling
against cheap labor. Secretary Gresham
stated that living at Cripple Creek WAS
somewhat higher than In the East. and
that miners and other workmen expected
better wages accordingly. The Americans
took forcible measures of securing the end
they desired, but did SO with no feeling
against the unpopular workmen as Ital-
ians. They would have acted in the same
manner. the Secretary stated. had the
cheap Iaborers been of any other NATIONAL
ity. MIR. Gresham expressed regret for the
occurrence and hoped that it would not
disturb the friendly relations the
fwo eOunfrlaa
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CONGRESSMAN CONN "CUssED.-

The LaPorte Postmastership Making Much
Trouble for Him.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAPoRTE, Ind. Aug. 23.-Since the cleo
ton of Cleveland there has been O bitter
fight waged here among the Democrats for
the postmastership. the two leading candi-
dates being S. E. Grover and N. T. McCor-
mick. Congressman Conn has been worked
in every conceivable way, and. In order to
avoid disrupting the party Eere and to
placnte all factions, he had s. 7. Kessler.
of the LaPorte Argus. brought out. In
stead of placatin x the Grover-Mc.
Cormick factions. this only made
them all the more bitter. Kess-
ler's partner. HI. L. Wadsworth. held
the office under Cleveland before. and this
effort to get the Argus in again eet the
workers wild. Such q ruction was raised
that Kessler this evening published his
withdrawal from the race. and since Me-
Cormick held the Union Mills postmaster
ship under Cleveland it looks as II Grover
had the inside track. Conn is being round
ly "cussed" here by the opposing factions,
who boldly assert that they will never sup
port him again.
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rency TO administer the law literally and
technically. The result of that Will be TO
close every bank in the country aud place
it In the hands Of q receiver. That is q
calamity which we should try Co avoid
IN the present deplorable condition of the
country.
Mr.. Cullom expressed indifference as to
whether the resolution be adopted or re-
ferred. because he did not not think that
any information would be given thar would
disturb public affairs. When all the facts
were stated nobody would he hurt.
MIR. Cockrell-WiH not the information
rather inspire confidence on the part of de-
pCsItOrsf
Mr.. Cnilom-If the banks of the country
and the business of the country have been
going In . legal and lawful way the infOr-
good Whatever may have been the course
OF the banks of New York, BOston and
Philadelphia. there has not been an hour
when. IN the banks of Illinois and of the
the great city of Chicago, a de.
positor could not draw his check
and get the money for it. But i am not
disposed 10 ~critlcise the action OF the New
clearinghouse checks. because there might
be q CONDITION there which justified IL: and
yet / am inclined to believe that if those
banks had gone on as the banks Of Chi
cago and st. Louis did they would have
been paying cash on their checks to-day.
instead OF paying out clearin g-h0use cer.
titicatea-
Mr.. Allison criticised the phraseology of
the resolution. and suggested q moditica-
ton of &C. AS TO the clearinghouse certiti-
Gates. he regarded them as somewhat irreg-
ular. but yet he had been told that they
dId not circulate as money, and were not
% intended.
Mr.. Hill undertook TO draft some modifi-
cations of the resolution, but before he had
com pleted them the morning hour Ok piTed.
and the resolution went over without ac-
tIon.
Mr.. Hosr made an argument against Mr..
Buffers amendment TO the national bank
circulation act-repealIng the 10 Der cent.
tax on State bank circulation. PheD the
Mantle case was taken up and disposed of,
journed.
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MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2a-Another Demon
stration by the unem ployed workmen loc-
Cured In this city to-day. This time the
ance. A large aum Der of Poles attacked q
party of lsborers at work on o street con.
tract and demanded that they desist WORK.
A lively encounter ensued. but nobody was
seriously injured. The police soon appeared
mat;ng I've arrassa TSs liz y n
the formation of a crowd at the courthouse.
A crowd attacked q detective on Wanda
street this morning. Two of the assailants
were Immediately jailed. Further than
that the streets have been crowded ell day
long. and the police have been kept busy
making the people move on. There has
been no trouble since on the South Side.
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TWO NEW CASES.

Smallpox at Muncie Continues to Gather In
Fresh Victims.
Special TO the India oapolis Journal.
MJNCIE, Ind. Aug. 2S-The smallpox
epidemic remains about the same. still con-
fined in the one district. There were W.
new GASES reported to-day. those of Mrs.
David Shoecroft, colored, and Mrs. Mary
Sullivan. The condition of Mrs. Shoecroft
is very serious. Her family of five has
been q~uarantlned. The health officers are
getting the district in better shape each
day. and every person. young or old.
in that locality IS being ~vacolnated. Thou
sands were vaccipated to-day. The guard
house is up and connected by telephone.
Muncie physicians seem to be in a great
muddle as to the genuineness of the alleged
disease. DR.. Bunch, who was treating
chicken box cases in the infecred district.
still contends that il w8s chicken
pox, and will not say that
there Is SMALLPOX in Muncie.
He and DR.. Cowing. the county health Off
Ger. havo been having some heated discus
sious. Dr.. Bunch took great exception To
the quotation In this mornings journal
from DR.. Metoalf and replied with q card
to-day. giving an account of all cases
treated by him. Local Health Officer Cow.
ing replied and severely arraigned DIR.
Bunch. DE-. Henry Jameson. of Indianap-
oils. was called here and he the
disease smallpox.
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Knight & JillsOn,
20 and n
sPENNSYLVAN Ia 81


corner. The timekeepers then called time.
Tbs fourth was another round of slugging
and punching. without regard TO fouls Oh
pfZe-ring rules. in which the kid" had
decidedly the best of IL. and got first blood
awarded him by the referee. The fifth
round was q repetition of the two preced-
ing 1t, with the exception of the riot in the
third. The referee was compelled to
break the men several times. and finally
awarded the fight to the kid upon q foul
by Dwyer.
When the referee announced his decision
one of Dryers backers sprana into the
ring. gesticulating in @ wild manner and
exclaimed in a voice like a fog horn. II
won't give ND the fight. i won't give MP
the fight. Gentlemen turning TO tho
audiencel. the referee is betting on the
coon and gives him the tight to win tho
money. The coon don't win the fight"
Notwithstanding the protestations of the
man with the fog-horn voice the COON
did win the fight. 1t was for q purse OF
800, the winner receiving $75 and the
loser S25.
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RniIdinx ermits

Building permits were issued yesterday
as follows:
John Sohn, one-story frame on Virginia
avenue. near Noble, S14S5.
Grace and A. II. Ticknor frame cottage
on Bruce street, between Collage avenue
and Bellefontaine. 81. 500.
Timothy Griffin. addition to frame at No..
31S South West street, 500.
T.. o. Brown. one-story frame on Cypress
street. between Olive and Linden streets,
C6n0
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Want Carter Harrison to Marry,

Chicago Herald.
Mayor Harrison was kept busy yester.
day listening TO inquiries as TO whether
the rumor that he vas to marry Miss Annie
Howard, a New Orleans belle. was true.
The answer 10 each inquiry was an evasive
laugh. Among the aldermen there is q
strong hope that the tale may be true.
They think If the Mayor should get married
he would always be In such good humor
that he would grantall their requests. Ono
city father said he hoped the report was
true. for If the Mayor were to take TO him.
self a bride she might be able to keep him
home Monday nights and the aldermen
might then have a chance 20 do some Of
the talking at Council meetings.
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the nomination of Auditor of State on the

the nomination Of Auditor of State on the
Democratic ticket.
A son Of Otto Woodland, near Farmland.
was perhaps fatally kicked by q horse yes
terday.
The annual session Of the Montgomery
County Teachers Institute il in progress
at Crawf0rdsville.
Four stables. one horse and a dwelling
were burned at Nashville yesterday. Loss.
$500; Dsrtly insured.
The farm house of Mrs. Lucy Young was
burned near Spiceland. Loss. 8 $1,000; GOV.
cred by insurance in the Ohio Farmers.
Two colored boys at Muncie burst open
the door to the Lake Erie & Western raul.
way ticket office between trains last nlRnt
and stole ISL. They were chased by the Do
lice and captured.
The Greene County Teachers Institute
10 In session at Bloomfield. The instructors
are Prof. j. w. Carr. superintendent OF the
Anderson schools. and Prof. L. +. Starbuck.
or Vlncennes University.
The remains OF an unknown man were
found strewn along the Cleveland. CIncin-
natl, Chicago ~ St. Louis Railway, ten
miles east of Lebanon, yesterday morning.
1t is thought he was q tramp.
The teachers institute of Jennings coun-
ty is in session at North Vernon. with an
enrolment of one hundred teachers. Prof.
Sherman DAVIS. of Bloomington. and Miss
Wilmina Wallace. OF Peru, Ind, are the
teachers.
Last night Frank Wilson's stable, at
Muncie. was destroyed by fire and his fine
driving horse was burned to death. Raw
s. Stanbraks's residence and f. h. Wilson's
residence were both badly DAMAGED. No
insurance. -
The McBeth chimney factory at Elwood
started eighteen pots out of q total of forty
two yesterday morning, and next week
this number will be increased to about
thirty. and the other twelve will start up
as soon as possible.
Sheriff Fletcher. OF Winchester. yester-
day arrested and lodged in jail a man CIV
ing his name as H. c. Watson, and claim.
Ing to be from Batavia. N. Y. He tried to
negotiate sales of notes on different we'll
known men at Winchester and 1t Union
City.
Yesterday morning a barn ~ging "a
X. K. Taylor, together with a couple Of
warehouses owned by j. f. Shryer, at
Bloomfield. were destroyed by fire. There
was $500 insurance in the Home. While
fighting the fire X. E. EveleiRh. q dru ggist,
fell, breaking his left ARM.
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BOOMERS SICK AND DYING.
Would BE Cherokee Strip Settlers Suffering
from Hunger and EXPOSURE.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special 70 the Indianapons Journal.
Topeka. Kan.. Aug. 23-T. johnson. q
commercial traveller. has just returned
from an extended trip along the southern
Kansas line. He reports that q great dea.
of sickness prevails among the boomers en-
camped along the line. Many are d estitute
and have not had a square meal In a month.
There are no physicians among them and
deaths from suffering and exposure are fire.
quent. Fully half the campers would re-
turn to their old homes, but are unable to
do so. Unless relief comes to them at once
many more must die.
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Diphrheria from Kissing n Bride

JAMESTOWN. N. Y, Aug. 23.-In Kiantone.
q few miles south of this CITY. on Wednes-
day, Miss Aiken and Mr.. Amsdell were
married. The bride was q popular young
woman and many friends were at her
wedding. She had q slight sore throat at
the time and since the wedding the case
has developed into diphtheria.
Nearly a score Of her friends who were
at the Wedding and who kissed the bride
have been attacked with the same disease.
Many of the cases are serious.
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General Notes.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2a.-F. f. Stapleton
was to-day appointed postmaster at Cedar.
Vile. Allen county. vice c.. Il. Carrot re-
moved. and John Cade ct Gessie. YER
million county, vice j. A. Lewis resigned.
l.. +. Stevens. q well-knOwn newspaper
man of Columbus. o.. was to-day APP
pointed State StatistIeian for the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. vice Flickinger re-
signed. The salary 10 81. 200 a year
heports that the Chinese government has
sent IN ultimatum TO the United States
with regard To the Chinese exclusion law
are pronounced TO be without foundation.
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Movements of Steamers.

MONTREAL, Aug. 23.-The Dominion liner
Sarnia has been out twenty-six days. She
sailed for Liverpool twenty-six days ago,
but no news has since been received from
her. Ii Is feared hat something serious
has happened TO the vessel.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Arrived: Havel,
from Bremen: Teutonic. from Liverpool;
Noordland, from Antwerp.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2s.-Arrived: Spree
and Paris. from New York.
GENOA. Aug. 23.-Arrived: Vera, from
Nav York.
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Took Opinm by Mi.tnke.

CHICAGO. Aug. 23.-Mrs. Anna Lester. OF
New Orleans. a worlds fair visitor, died &C
midnight last night from opium poisoning.
She returned from t-heexposition last night
and started 10 take a dose of medicine.
Mistaking the bottle. she wed a dose
of opium. She died after medical attend.
ance had failed to relieve her.
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Yellow Fever an Georcin.

SAvANNAH, Ga. Aug. 23.-One new case
of yellow fever at Brunswick. Ca, has been
officially reported-en infant of Mrs. Cox.
There are no other suspicious cases. The
desertion of the town by the employing
class. the closing of stores and factories,
etc. works extreme hardships upon the
laboring class. Many families are left des-
titufe-
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NIethodist Iun.rant School.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

COLUMBUS. Ind. Aug. 23-Tbe itiuerant
school of the Southeast Indiana Conference
of the NJ. L. Church is holding a four days
session here this week. This school con.
sists OF the undergraduates of the
conference, or those who are pass
ing through q four years course of
study preparatory 10 being ordained
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TIL. Pr.,id.u, and The Doctor F,.hed.

President put in another days fishing To.
day, in company with DIR. Bryant. There
were no callers ut Gray Gables. Mrs.
Cleveland drove over TO the village. as
usual. and made several social calls.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23.-At6 O'Clock tonight
William Smith shot his wife through the
back and then shot himself hrough the
heart. The double tragedy occurred at tho
home of the woman's brother. domestic
difficulty prompted the act
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why They smoke.

New York Weekly.
Young Woman Tin open street CARL
don't see why some men are bound to smoke
every moment they are on a car.
Old Woman (loudiyl-Oh. let EN- smoke,
Door fellows. / s'pose their wives won't
let 'em smoke at home.
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Dninn What liz Can.

New York Commercial Advertiser
Give us rapid transit at once" shouted
the Herald. ana. suiting the action 90 the
word. 10 jumped from printing House
square, to Herald square" in one night.
Our contemporary usually gets what 10
wants
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Making Civil Service = Fare

Special TO the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
Fort WAYNE, Ind. Aug. 2S.-When the
new postmaster. Mr.. Rockhill. took charge
of the Office 10 was expected the letter car
riers ut least wonld remain In the service
until there was some good cause for their
removal. but to-day carriers Galmier. Ash
ley and Wright were summnrily dismissed.
The only reason given was for the good Of
the service" Democrats who had success
fully passed the civll-servloe examination
have succeeded them.
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Coiored Burglars at Seymour.
SPECIAL TO the indianapolis Journal.

SEYMOUR. Ind. Aug. 23.-This morning
the residence of Mr.. Emery was broken
into while the family was away. Neigh
bors saw several colored men leaving the
premises. The officers arrested Eli
Blanks. who claims to reside at
No.. 275 Bright street. Indianapolis
He acknowledged his Rnilt and gave q de-
s~cription of his pal" Officers have been
running IN all the colored strangers found
on the streets and have filled the iail.
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Of Skin Diseases, such as Salt-rheum, Eczema,
letter, Erysipelas, C~arbuncleS and kindred
ailments, and with Scrofula in every shape,
and all blood-taints, there's nothing that can
equal 1t as a perfect and permanent remedy.
That's the reason it's the only medicine Of
it's kind that can DO guaranteed. IL it fails
70 benefit or cure, in any case, you have your
money back And that makes it the cheapest
blood-purifer sold, for you pay only for the
good you get.
Con you ask morei
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He Il Now n silver Man.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
LooGooTEE, Ind. Aug. efficiently
Evan Cox, q section foreman on the O. &
Nj. railroad. at this town. placed o roll of
currency containing sl10 In n straw bed
for safe keeping. Yesterday. in his absence,
his wife,. forgetting about the money.
emitted the contents Of the tick and burned
them. money and all. There was not o
vestige remaining in the ashes.
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.-Minister Blount
had another conference with Secretary
Gresham &C the State Department in re.
gard to Hawaiian affairs. 1t lasted about
three hours and was devoted almost OK.
clusively to q review of the points made
by Mr. Blount IN his reports to the State
Department.. Nothing will be gwen out
for publication at present. IL Is learned
that the report that Minister Blount lad
resigned was premature.
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favor of the gold standard of money and by
n lot of other citizens In fav or of the IN.
limited coinage of silver.

Con gressmen Can Now Draw Their Mileage.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The p resident at
Gray Gables has approved the joint resolu-
ton making Immediately available the ap-
preparation for the pay OF mileage 20
Senators and members of the House of Rep
resentatives. and has also made the fol-
lowing appointments that do not require
confirmation by the Senate: Sylvan
Winter. of south Dakota. as special agent
TO make ailotments of lands IN severalty
10 the sioux Nation of Indiana, under the
provisions 9th act of March :. 1889; Henry
j. Bustwick. of Ohio. to be marshal of tho
consular court of the United States at
Iien Isin. China. and Moses Neal. of Okla
hcma. as special agent to make allotments
of lands in severalty to the kickapoo
Indians in Oklahoma Territory.