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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-30
Obituary.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec 29.-Gen. Will
liam y. Quarles a leading member of the
Carksville. Tenn. bar. and an ex-COnfeder-
ate brigadier general, died in Logan county,
Ky. last night. aged siXty-e!ght He was
one Of the most prominent lawyers in Ten
nessee and had served two terms in the
State Senate. As a soldier he was consplc-
uOus for his bravery.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 29.-NOkolaus Him..
the originator and chief organizer of the
ST George Ritter Beneficial Society. which
now has branches throughout the country.
died very suddenly of heart failure at his
residence in Allegheny. He had been at
work on Wednesday and was enjoying eX-
cellent health. lie was IN his siXty-seventh
year.
GEORGETOWN, Col, Dec. 29.-Herman
Minert. aged fifty-tWo. died to-day IN the
Sisters Hospital. lie served during the re-
hellion on board the United States steamer
Brooklyn His funeral will take place to-
morrow
LONDON. Dec 29.-Henry Norton. Of san
Francisco. formerly associated with SEN
ator Jones in the mining business, died
suddenly in London, on Thursday, OF heart
disease
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-Henry Clausen,
president OF the Clausen Brewing Company
died to-day.
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California is only beginning to wake up 10
the fact that a ffrst-ciass man has been nm
ported. His labors are enormous A pupli
of Agassiz, his speciality is ichthyoiogy.
and he is about to publish a book in that
branch of science the work of years. Be
sides conducting the university, his pen is
busy. and he responds TO many calls Tor
addresses y friend tells me that his Will
ingness and activity In this last held Is IN
obedience to the precept and example or
his early master. Agassiz enJoined MN
always TO remember that science Is out
knowledge and that il is incumbent upon
the man of science not TO be selfish and keep
his requirements to himself, but 10 pass
them on to mankind at every opportunity.
Fortunately nature has endowed Professor
Jordan with a big body, sound nerves,
cheerful nature and a brain so capacious
and healthy that il does easily an amount
of work that would PROSTATE half dozen
of the drudging refuses who form the ma
jority of university professors. What such
a man can do for science and California In
the long life that in all probability Is before
him is not to be calculated. For one thing.
he is certain to put the Stanford University
far in advance of the State institution.
which is sorely hampered by conservatism
and conventionality.
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vANCE's rAvoRIrE STORY.
What Happened in Town Where
Only One Man Could Read.
WachinptOr COrrocropdappa Cprinpfiald p o.


publican.
Senator Vance has one favorite story.
This is it: Along in the fortles Asheville.
S. c, was very small place, out of the
path of travel, and the only man who
could read was the postmaster whose
name was Brown. The rest Of the natives
depended upon him for their knowledge Of
what going on in the world, and the
habitues of the postoffice at last struck
on the brilliant idea Of subscribing to a
weekly paper in common; So when the
members of the pool and read il TO them,
beginning religiouSly with the announce
ment of rates at the top OF the first col
umn OF the first page and going through
TO the end. on pleasant days the neigh
bors didn't have a great deal of time to
devote to literature, and they got IN the
habit of coming around for their news
rations only when the weather was too
rainy for outdoor work.
At this rate Brown found that he couldn't
keep UP very well with the procession of
events and he adopted plan Of reading the
papers in order. forming a stack, showing
the latest issue underneath and taking them
growing on him, and to make matters
worse the papers increased in size about
that time by a couple of columns on each
page Still the postmaster kept bravely on,
although by the time the Mexican war
broke out there was a stack of formidable
size to attend to. As the village depended
altogether for its information on these
occasional readings IL so happened that no
body heard anything about the outbreak OF
the war until about a year after peace had
been declared. Then they reached the war
layer of the paper, and as the news began
to eliminate in the readings the excite
ment grew intense. There was only one
thing for them to do as patriotic American
citizens, and they promptly did IT. They
organized a company including every man
of fighting age in the town, and started out
bravely for the scene of operations with
their old flint locks and badger tails In
their hats. They got as far as salisbury
when they found out the real state OF
things and how badly they had been duped
Then they returned and made Brown leave
town. This is what Senator Vance really
tells as a true story.
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/ speak rather warm. bec1Ise Carter Far
rison was my personal 1rienfi. The verdict
seems TO be just"
Representative J. Frank Aldrich. when in
formed of the verdict, said: Ninety niEe
out Of every one hundred expected the YER
dict / am not in the least surprised at
the finding of the jury. | have followed the
case in the papers very closely, AM am
convinced that there were no grounds for
clemency. The defeHse certainty made no
case of insanity, AMI thy conviction would
have TO be very ma ,erialy changed II l
We're TO say anything iBa ms n Fercict
Representative Lane said: The verdict
expresses my sentiments / indorse II fully.
There is no question as TO Prendergasts
guilt
Representative John c. Black said: 81
speak not as p lawyer, for L have not fol-
lowed the testimony in the case, but as
citizen. having formed some impressions
from what / have read and heard, should
say that the verdict was righteous, and that
the twelve men who sat on the jury arrived
at a correct conclusion"
Secretary of State Gresham said he had
not been closely following the newspaper re-
ports of the trial and, therefore, he declined
to express an opinion on the result
Chief Justice Fuller asked to be excused
is not impossible that tie case may De car
ried TO the Supreme Court, and the Chief JUS
tice probably did not want TO pass judg-
ment on case which may afterwaJd come
before him officially.
a number of the Illinois delegation are out
of the city, among them being senators
Palmer and Cullom and Representatives
Post. Hit. Mccain, Hopkins, Durborow,
Wheelock, Cannon and Funk.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Henry c. Albert,
dealer in embroidery goods at No. 3I5
Broadway. confessed judgment to-day for
$50, 800.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Dec. 29.-The stock
Of Cone & Co, wholesale jewelers., was
seized this afternoon under a writ of at
tachment for $500 The liabilities are
heavy.
KENYON. o., Dec 29-The dry goods
house of NJ. Thomson was closed by Ii.
p. Claflin & Co, of New York. for So
600 on chattel mortgage. The firm has
been considered a sterling institution.
EASTON. Pa, DEC. 29.-The National
Switch and Signal Company announces that
1t is forced to reOrganiZe on account of
fir ancial embarrassment alleged to be due
to mismana cement. The liabilities are $3.50,
600. with assets probably well in excess of
that sum.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-The Illinois Supreme
Court to-day granted a rehearing of the
famous s. A. Kean & Co. assignment
case. The rehearing menas that the late
decision in the case may be reversed and
that over three hundred cases and almost
100000 may be affected.
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THE WORLD GROWING BETTER.
Crime ard Drunkenness Are on the
Decreare-SOme Statistics.
Sir Edwin Arnold In LOngman's Magazine

The average number of days OF sickness
in every decade for each man is said be
only sixteen. Under rules OF scientific hy-
giene and principles OF health better prac-
ticed. our span of Hfo-be this desirable
or the reverse-has. by the evidence Of in
surance societies, considerably increased.
The power OF unalleviated physical pain
to terrify or trouble is practically at an
end with the general use OF those benign
anaesthetics which have brought new era
OF confidence 10 the hospital and sick
room. and taken away all it's horror from
the surgeons knife. Doubtless. TO judge
from our average daily journal, murders
and suicides. crimes and catastrophes. wars
and feuds and frauds would seem TO
main the staple OF the human record.
But be il RENE mbered. that for obvious
reasons all worst and darkest is col
iected there. One might as well judge OF
public health by the painful cases de-
scribed in a medical publication as of the
vast mass OF solid human happiness and
innocent living joy by the daily catalogue
OF these fyelly trivial exceptions 10 IL. As
for "s.ns" 1.-The most serious Of which ere
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Edinburg Dentist Has Fled.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EDINBURG, Ind, Dec. 29.-J. Walter
HOrner. Edinburg's dentist. has gone and
left numerous creditors. Mr.. Horner 10
Gated in Edinburg last spring. coming here
from Louisville. His dental office de-
stroyed in the recent mysterious fire which
occurred in the Thompson Bank Block
His Office was insured for $1,000. which
amount was paid him. \ few weeks ago
he put in another Office. but only n
very moderate outlay. Last Monday he
said he was going 70 Louisville on q short
visit To-day. a letter received here
from him stating that ne had ''bucked the
tiger at Louisville and lost $500 and was
ashamed 10 return TO Edinburg and would
leave on the next train for Texas, and
that his creditors might have his dental
outfit An investigation OF his Office showed
that he had taken ali OF his instruments
with him.
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state Dairymen Adjourn.

Special to the 1ndianapOlis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 29.-This was the
second and last day os the annual meeting
at Crown Point Of the Indiana State Dairy
Association. The attendance was large at
both forenoon and afternoon sessions. The
entire forenoon was taken up in hearing
reports OF the committees and In the cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing year. The
following officers were elected: Is. Woods,
OF Crown Point, president; G.. G. Nanney,
OF Franklin. vice president; w $ Com
mons, of Centeryille, secretary and treas
tlrer At the afternoon session several
very interesting papers We're read, eSpe-
cially one by William Banks, OF LaPorte,
on DAIRY Cows and Their Feed" The
next annual meeting will be held Dec. y
and % 1894, at Centery lille. Ind.
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Ohio Horse Thief Jailed mt wabash.

Special 10 the IndlanapOIlS Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Dec. 29-Otto Fink, a
horse thief, whose home is in the northern
part OF this county, was locked up here
to-day on complaint of J. c. Laser. of
Mansfield, o. Fink only n few months ago
was released from the penitentiary at Co.
lumbus. where he served six years for
horse stealing, having been sent up four
years from Hardin and one year each from
Allen and Crawford counties, Ohio Laser
says that his horse. buggy. robe and other
property were taken, and that the thief
drove over an embankment near Mans
field and wrecked the rig. Fink claims chat
he has been railroadinS, and has never Wis
tied Mansfield. The officers are confident
they have the right man.
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Plntt Given Two Aids.

BOSTON Dec ct C. Plat, William
C. Hart and Marsden j. Perry have been
appointed New England receivers in Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island.
A dispatch from New York says that
the original document appointing receivers
for the New York. 81 New England railroad
has disappeared from the records of the
Unit ed States Circuit Court. The discovery
was made at $50 o'clock this afternoon.
The loss of this document will not effect
the proceedings. 1t is thought that the
document was inadvertently taken by
newspaper reporter.
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Mlnl.teriaI Institution Mt Farmland
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special % the Indianapolis Journal
FARMLAND, Ind, Dee. J.-The quarter
~ and ministerial institute OF the eastern
four districts OF Indiana, composed of Jay,
Blackford. Wells. Delaware. Wayne. Henry,
Union. Rush and Randolph counties. con-
vcned In this place last night To-day 3
sessions were occupied in institute work.
consisting OF the presentation Of topics that
had been previously assigned. The minis
tiers an attendance were treated 10 "A lecture
on the Book OF Job tonight. by the Rev.
Frederick Stovenhour. OF Portland. The
meeting tomorrow viii be for The aTranging
OF ministerial work and the election OF Of
flCeT.s for the eueulnfr wear.
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only such as are rnaiicious-though the
popula ton increase, they seem steadily To
diminish. We had S. Cos "habituals" i'm
1883: now the evil roll Is only y. 49, When
the pop a alton OF England was 9257.op0 in
1889 there were 2.59 persons undergoing
penal servitude: now, with a population OF
q. oSo.l1s. the nuiaber i only 94t IN $50 the
20 S22: the entire number at the same date
last year was 1903. though the popula ton
also declining In 1870. l.079.gsl persons
were IN receipt OF relief. in 1891. with IN ad-
ditfon OF more Khan 100000 Inhabitants.
there were only 774.9e5. The upshot OF these
ngures-without pressing them too much
seems surely 20 be that the 'cOsrnlc pro-
cess" IN our own little corner OF the uni
verse Is not doing so badly.
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Nixon Has Left sad Hearts.
ecial to the Indlanapolls Journal.

ANDERSON. Ind. Dec 29--To-day
friends of T. j. Nixon, a well-known grain
dealer. OF Fairmount, were in this city en-
deayoring 10 discover the grain dealers
whereabouts. Mr. Nixon disappeared early
IN the week and numerous creditors are
after him Many farmers in the northern
part Of this county, who had stored wheat
in his elevator. are left in the lurch. as the
wheat has been disposed of and the story
goes that Nixon sold the grain and fled
with the recefpts
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Rcccivcr for Hagenbecl.'s Zoo.

CHICAGO, Dee. 29.-Judge Grosscup, in
the United States Court to-day. appointed
the Title Guarantee anu Trust Company
receiver for the Hagenbeck geological Arena
Company, which had the trained animals
worlds fair. The receiver was appointed
at the suit of Carl Hagenbeck, who owned
the animals. The receivership is the out
growth of dispute over gate receipts.
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Darlington *. of y. Hall Dedicated.

Special To the indianapolis Journal.
DARLINGTON. Ind. Dec. 29.-The dedi-
catOry ceremonies Of the new castle hall of
Darlington Lodge. No. 49, Knights Of Pyth-
las, were held last evening. The grand
chancellor, Hon. James L. Watson. of
Rushville. and Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal Frank Bowers, of indianapolis,
were present. and with the assistance of
members OF the local lodge performed the
ceremony in highly pleasing manner. The
grand chancellor delivered an intensely in
teresting address. The ceremony was also
the seventh anniversary of the lodge, which
organized with twenty one members,
the present membership being LOO The hall
IS built OF brick and stone, and the man
lodge room IS 40 by so feet, and cost about
$3.50. Nearly five hundred members of the
order were present from Thorntown, Craw-
louisville. Mace, Roachdale and other
neighbOring towns. Ten lodges of X. of p.
are in Montgomery county. with member
ship of about fourteen hundred.
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District Medical Society.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR. Ind, Dec. 29-The Mitchell
District Medical Society closed its forty
sixth annual meeting in Seymour this after
noon, at o'clock. The papers read were
more interesting than any which have ever
before been presented TO the society, as
follows DIR. j. NJ. Kyle. Of Aurora, on
shock DR. g. -. OFVts, OF Seymour, on
anomalies In the Practice OF Medicine. Is
and DR. Albert f.. Stearne. OF Indianapolis
Toxic origin OF Nervous Diseases
The following physicians OF Indianapolis at
tended the meeting: f.. ;. Elder III. o.
Painter. y + Stcarne. y. &. Hearte, y.
". BraytOu and l. g. Cline.
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AItgeId Had No Opinion.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. "a reporter
called on Governor Altged this evening and
asked him his opinion to the verdict in
the Prendergast case. The Governor re-
piled: Il know nothing about the case, eX-
cept what 1 have read in the newspapers
and, therefore cannot give any opinion in
regard to the verdict
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Named the Same Receivers.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 29.-Before Judge
Hallett. in the United States Court this
afternoon, application was made by the at
torneys Of the Santa Fe for the appoint
ment of receivers for the lines of this sys-
TEN in Colorado. Judge Hallett named the
same receivers as those already appointed
for the system in general by the United
States Court at Little Rock.
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Postmaster o'Brien short 5000.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis JOurnal.
WABASH. Ind. Dec. 9.-Con ODrien.
who was appointed postmaster at Lagro.
this county. BY President Cleveland last
May. is short in his accounts 5000 and the
office was to-day turned over TO his bonds
men Inspector Fletcher of Cincinnati. ar
rived this morning. and haSty eXdmina-
ton showed that the accounts were IN bad
shape. The exact shortage subsequently
was found TO exceed 500. Mr.. % Brien has
borne a good reputation for honesty, and
says that he kept his store and pOstOfiice
accounts together, and in paying his per-
sOnal debts overdrew his postOilce balance.
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Seymour Pioneer Gone.
lnncfnl - Tho Indinnnnnlia Inr1rra1

SEYMOUR, Ind, Dec. 29.-Thursday
evening John Harton. aged seventy-three,
died OF grip and heart disease. He was one
of the old settlers of this county, and was
agent of the old Ohio & Mississippi rail-
road in this city for twenty-seVen years
He was "A large property owner. He was
q charter member Of Seymour Lodge, No.
20f. l. o. .. r. He leaves a wife, two sons
and one daughter The funeral VIII take
place Saturday afternoon, at l O'CLOCK.
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Delaware County Committee

Special 10 the InuIdndpUII5 JUuIIdI.
MUNCIE, Ind. Dec. 29.-At meeting of
the Delaware county Republican committee
il was decided to hold mass township and
precinct conventions Saturday Jan. 4, to
select members of the county committee
and delegates TO the Republican district
convention at New Castle JAN Is.
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Middleton Compnny's MIL Mortgnged.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND Ind. Dec. 9.-The w. ii.
Middleton Company. proprietors OF one of
the largest planning mills in the city, to-day
filed mortgages on it's plant and stock for
s., 900 in favor Of the First National Bank.
Assets and liabilities are not given.
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tween them. when Oscar drew his knife and
stabbed bis brother in the arm. He struck
with such force that he broke an inch and
a half OF the blade OF in the arm The
wound is dangerous.
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Thinks He Is an Accountable Crank.

MIDDLETOWN, N. ", Dec. 29-Dr.
Selden II. Talcott. who gave medical ex-
pert testimony in the Guiteau trial, said:
Il think Prendergast was a crank. His
mind was unbalanced. but | think he should
be held responsible for his crime. The laws
should be SO amended as to cover cases of
III LII nd
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HULTZ's SLAYER HELD.
Lem Willis Found by the Coroner to
BE the Masked Assassin.

SPNNAoA W eAAC Ah1AoiioPOlAo OOuAhdi
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 29.-Lem
Willis, the ex-sheriff of Sullivan, has
waived a preliminary examination on the
charge Of numbering lawyer W. G. Hultz.
A special grand jury has been called for
next week. The coroner has concluded the
inquest and found that Willis was the dis
guised assassin OF last Sunday morning.
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vurdcrous crank in Custody.

GUTHRIE, .. T.. Dec. "a long-halred
crank giving his name as Buckley from
Perry, called at the executive Office last
evening and asked % see Governor Rem
Tow. but the latter was not in. lie was
armed with q pistol and murierous dirk.
and had arsenic enough in a phial 10 kill
ten men. He said that If the Governor did
not appoint him % Office he would Kill
him and then take his own life lie was
placed In custody.
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Milwaukee paper tells OF a man who on
n plot 60xlc0 feet raised three crops in sue
cessi1n, onions. rgdishCs and cauiih0wsr and
lery. The product brought him $40, or at
the rate OF $50 IN acre
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stnbbcd lis Rrofher.

Special 70 tae Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG. Ind. Dec. 29-Charles
and Oscar Speer got into an alteration
over a horse. and hot words passed be-
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Mr.. Frank Il. HoVvard's Views.


NEW ORLEANS, Dec GA reporter
visitedthe Howard mansion on st. Charles
avenue Immediately after the receipt of
the news of the result of the Prendergast
trial. 1t found that Miss Annie How
ard, the bereaved fiancee of the assassin
ated Mayor of Chicago, was too weak to
be seen, as she is just convelescing from
a severe attack of the grip, now SO preva-
lent in New Orleans
The first intimation that Mr.. Frank 7.
Howard had of the verdict in the case was
when a reporter visited him at his home
fronting Lafayette Park this evening. He
said: II rather surprised, considering
Chicago's usual hustling style, that they
were slow in determining upon the fate
of the assassin. When L left Chicago it
was said that Prendergast would be hanged
before Christmas. 1t two months yes
terday since the horrible crime was COM
mtttsd. L have found that the lawyers of
New Orleans were of the utmost unanimous
opinion that the assassin would be acquit-
TED. 1hlS opinion was based on the theory
that he was insane. They must have i'm
agined that this sentimental plea, eff
1ectu2l mere, can be similarly utilized in
Chicago. / fail TO see why q man guilty
of such a horrible crime, even though he
be adJudged insane should be spared any
more than any one else. But this man
PrenderSaSt was not insane. After COM
hitting the crime he made all possible
haste 10 denver hllnSef up in mortal terror
lest the vengeance of the aroused and in
censed people would be visited upon him.
Dr. Lyman subsequently remarked to me
that this in itself was sufficient to disprove
insanity. / went to Chicago Immediately
after receiving word that Mayor Harrison
had been murdered. 1 discovered that all
the incidents and particulars of the crime
were indescribably horrible. My sister and
the ladies who had rushed into the room
had their shoes and skirts besmeared with
blood. The Mayor was a man who was ac-
III, and wounds and
burns evidenced that he in no wise SuS-
pected harm from the intruding assassin
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A Fire in the EII.s, Hall.

a fire in the Eiks' Hall, on North Me-
ridan street early this morning. damaget
the hall To- the extent OF So. y detective
gas pipe caused the blaze.