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Somebody Should Act.
gether.

There is. up to date, little indication
that the officials OF Jackson county have
high appreciation of their heavy re-
probabilities in the present situation. In
deed, there seems to have been a woeful
inattention to duty thereabouts for several
days. All reports agree that the lynch
ings at Bedford and Brownstown had been
foreshadowed since Saturday night. The
officials at Seymour must have known
that the mob was forming Sunday night
early enough to have advised the authori-
ties at Bedford. so that the latter could
have been prepared to resist the attack
upon the Jail. The mutterings OF
Monday ought to have been suf-
ficient to have caused the removal of
TRENCK from the Brownstown Jail to a
point OF safety. or to have prepared the
Jail at that place to withstand siege.
But. so lar as appears from the reports,
no honest effort was made to Illustrate the
purpose OF the lynchers in either instance.
The ready surrender of the jails testifies
poorly for the courage of the officials
therein end for their regard for their
oaths of office.
The lsw-abiding people OF Jack son
county-and we know that they are
vastly in the msjority-have a grave re-
sponsibility on their shoulders. They
must redeem the good name OF their
county, which has been terribly depre-
ciated by the events of the past few days,
Jackson county has been advertised all
over the world as the homo OF lswlessness,
where the courts are ignored and Judge
Lynch siss as the supreme judicial author
ity. Such reputation will do the county
more material harm than a cyclone, a
failure of crops or an epidemic of cholera.
But the authorities and the law-abid-
ing people can restore the reputation of
their home if they will. To do so they
must act promptly and vigorously. They
must bring the perpetrators of tho out
RACES at Bedford and Brownstown TO JUS
tics. If they do not they must suffer
the consequences in the contempt of the
whole nation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

PITTsBURG, May 20.-A terrific hail aud
rain storm, accompanied by high winds
and vivid lightning. passed over portion
of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio
this afternoon, doing great damage. The
storm broke over Pittsburg a few minutes
striking terror TO the heart of timid peo-
pie and running 100000 worth of prop
erty. The hail stones were the largest
ever seen in this section and varied in size
from hickorynut to goose egg. Win
dows were broken all over the city
and every green house suffered losses
running from $500 to $4,000. Valuable
plants were destroyed and gardeners say
crops and fruit trees have been ruined.
Through Oakland and the East End and
in Allegheny thousands of trees were
stripped of their foliage. The Phipps
conservatory in Allegheny and the now
conservatory in Schenly PGrk. this city,
were damaged to the extent of thousands
OF dollars. In the former over 700 panes
of glass were broken.
Matinee performances were being held
at all the theaters when tho storm came
up, The noise caused by the breaking
glass, the roar of the wind and the patter
of hail-stones on the roofs frightened
the audiences, and psnics were narrowly
averted in the Grand opera house. Bijou
theater, Academy of Music and the Alvin
theater. The audiences were composed
chiefly of women and children, and in
every case a rush was made for the doors,
women screamed, children cried and sew
eral persons tainted. At the Alvin a win
dow was broken by the hail, and the wind
blew a curtain against gas Jet. 1t was
aiame in an instant, but by the prompt
action of the attaches it was quickly eX-
tinguished and the large audience quieted.
During the storm there were scores OF
runaways and manv vehicles were
wrecked. a funeral cortege was proceed
ing along T.. Ohio-st., Allegheny, when
the horses attached to one of the carriages
took fright and ran away. The carriage
was wrecked and the driver seriously in
iured. The hearse was also badly dam
aged.
The horses attached to another hearse
ran away on Sixth st. and the driver, John
Hammond, was thrown from his seat and
badly hurt. Every photograph gallery in
the two cities was damaged and
many valuable pictures ruined. The
skylights in the federal building were
broken and the water decended in tor
rents, flooding portions of the building.
Cellars were flooded and many streets rem
dered impossible by debris washed from
the hills. On all the streets traffic was
suspended from one to three hours. The
storm came from the north and passed
westward, carrying destruction along its
pathway. Dispatches from many sur
rounding towns tell of the ruin wrought.
At Marietta, u, a number of the build
ings were destroyed and crops were laid
to the ground. Great destruction is re-
ported in the Belmont. Eureka and Sis
tersyille old fields.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24
BANK TELLER SHOT.
Benjamin McCullOugh's Fatal strug.
gle with Burglar.

ST. LOUIS. May 2O.-At Woodstock. q suburb
of this city, just before dawn this morning,
Benjamin Mccullough, paying teller of the
State bank of Il. Louis, was shot and killed by
a burglar. Apparently Mr.. Mccullough heard
the burglar. and arising to protect his property,
secured q shotgun. The burglar evidently
left the house and Mr.. Mccullough followed
him to the yard, where seuflle followed, ia
which the length of the gun prevented its use,
while the burglars revolver came into play
and q bullet was sent crashing into Mr.. No
Cullough's brain. The murderer escaped, but
the police are on his trail and hope TO capture
him. President Charles Parsons OF the state
bank has offered $1,000 for the capture OF the
murderer. The state will probably add $50 "a
this and the bank clerks association has de-
cided TO do the same, aud will also pay $1,000
TO the family OF the murdered man.
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EFT CeTsRA.

Miss ELEANOR CALHOUN. grsndniene OF
John G. Calhoun, is making some stir as
an actress in Paris
TIE prohibition town of Portland, Me-,
uses $4,000 worth of liquor every year
for medicinal aud mechanical purposes"
GEN. ]. B. WEAVER proposes to estab-
lish an independent school of political
science" at Des Moines, Ia, with seven
professors.
PADEREwsKI. the great pianist, has re-
turned to Europe. The total receipts Of
his concerts in this country, exclusive OF
the four given for charity, amounted to
$4,000.
ANOTHER literary landmark of London
will disappear very soon when the house
In Staple inn, occupied by DIR. Samuel
Johnson. is torn down. This interesting
abode of the great dictionary-maker is to
be leveied to the ground speedily, so that
its site may be used for an extension of
the British patent Office. 1t was while
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removed to places of safety. The patient
were all removed from 81. Mary's hospital,
which was in extreme danger. but waf
saved. The fury of the gale carried tho
sparks long distances. and at O'clocl
the fire had reached the magnificent
planning mill, factory and lumber
yard OF German, which was destroyed az
well as a large NUN Der of dwellings in that
section of the city. The scenes witnessed
during these awful two hours OF wind and
flame are beyond the power of pen tt
adequately portray. The excitement WA
at fever heat, and in many instances
houses caugh. fire and were destroyed be.
fore the occupants were aware they were
IL danger, and dozens lost their all. The
fire department labored heroicAlly bul
the waves OF an ocean would have been
necessary to check the ocean OF flames. It
is impossible at this late hour to give q
correct account of the losses and insur.
ances. The former will reach nearly
81. 800 600 with probably an Insurance Oh
100000. Fully 600 men employed in
factories burned ont are thrown OUT
OF employment, and hundreds of familieG
are homeless. as about $50 buildings were
burned. The heaviest losses are as fol
lows:
brown & Ryan, lumber. $1,000, partially
insured Judge Holden, residence and
barns. $4,000; Frank Plumb, residence,
$1,000; Mrs. II. Spindler, two houses
$1,000; George f. Cross lumber company
$4,000; Abingdon & Curtis company
Sl5O,0OO; +. German, planning mill. factor,
and 100000 ieet of lumber and furni.
ture. S3j0000; P. II. Ketcham, house and
barn, $4,000; Kirby Blakely. residence
aud furniture. s.. 800; W. T. Cooper, res
idence. $1,000; T. Skinner, residence
$1,000; Horace Johnson. residence. 5. 600
W. II. Presser, six dwellings, Sl0.0O0i
Simpson x Emery, five dwellings. Sl2..
coo; Charles Holland. residence S4,5O0f
Il. Arthur, two houses, $4,000. JONI
Clark OF Owen-st was burned to q crisp
Several other persons are reported miss
ing
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

the Chinese in the country failed to regis
ter under legal advice that the law would
be held unconstitutional. The Six COM
panies hired lawyers to make the fight.
and the Chinese generally acted under
their advice. It was not probably the
idea of congress that any such deporta-
ton OF Chinese would occur as the law
now makes necessary, but here We are,
and the full effects of vicious law are
upon us. Our earnest circumstances
with Russia for her treatment of the Jews
now seem rather Hat. II Russia sp-
precia:es her opportunity she will send US
q remonstrance against our treatment OF
fha Ehiuaaa
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24
The MARCH of LIbertY.

There is reported great excitement in
church circles over the supreme courts
holding constitutional the Geary exclu-
sion law and the probability that China
will retaliate by sending home our Ameri-
can missionaries. That would be an ex-
cellent thing. 1t would probably cause
the American people to stop and think OF
what they are doing Just now while
the country has been stirred up by the
triumphal progress OF the liberty bell, il
may be well to consider our progress to-
ward liberty. Our congress has adopted
q law that a man may be banished from
the country for not registering, in order to
prevent some other psrson from coming
here contrary TO our law. That is O cbee
full sort of thing. and in addition to il this
law provides that person arrested and
held for this offense will be sentenced I'M
less no proves himself innocent instead
Of being proven guilty by the government.
And again, the witness by whom the
proof must be made must be O Caucasian.
Are these not gems in the coronst of
American liberty2 They may be applied
to any other foreigners as well "a to the
Chinese. for the supreme court holds them
constitutional.
The law would not probably have at
tracted so much attention had not most of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24
Tobacco rs "A Propi,y.act.c.

DR.. A. S. Atkinson of Pittsburg has writ
ten a letter TO the Pittsburg Dispatch in de-
tense of tobacco as a preventive of cpl
denies. He says: 1T has been notice
able fact that in times of great epidemicI
those working at tobacco factories have
been almost exempt from the diseases,
Experiments have now been made which
prove that the smoke OF tobacco on the
nitro-gerDs of dental carries is very bens-
fetal. Recent experiments were made
with tobacco upon cholera bacili. and 40
cordinR to the strength of the nicotine in
cigars were the germs destroyed or made
harmless. The same IS trIe OF anthrax
and pneumonia All OF the germs ex-
perimented with were cultivated on gela-
tine substance. but in the human system
there would be some difference. Never.
theless. in case OF Asistic cholera this
summer, one could do no harm in becom-
ing an inveteraIe smoker for the summer
months" lie also regards tobacco as Of
use in lighting typhoid fever and other
diseases.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24
The Evil of IL.

A gentleman writing from Townsville,
Col, says he knows. and every thinking
man knows, and "the Tribune knows"
that "if the United States should adopt
free coinage you could not buy an ounce
of silver on the face of the earth for less
than 81 30" That may be admitted, but
in what kind OF money would the stated
value" be measured and paid? In dol
lars, more than three OF which would be
required to buy as much bread, clothing,
fuel, rent accommodation, and other
necessaries and comforts as can now be
purchased with S2.-Chicdqo Tribune.
True enough, and the bread, clothing,
fuel, rent accommodation, and other
necessaries and comforts" not to mention
wheat, corn and other products of labor.
which now bring only s.. would then
bring 50. This is a full admission that
the suspension of the free coinage of sill
yer and the resort to Bland, Allison, Sher-
man laws, has not caused decline of
silver but an appreciation of gold-an
admission that bread, clothing" etc,
have all declined with silver. In other
words, money has been made more
valuable. and everything else has
been made less valuable. We have
added q foot to our yard-stick
and an additional third to our bushel
This is one OF the greatest wrongs of the
gold monometallic system that has been
introduced so largely in civilized coun-
tries. AS TO new business transactions ii
makes little difference. but as to existing
debts it brushes the debtor under an in
tolerable burden. Illinois, for example,
is said by the census to have a private
real estate mortgage debt of 1884, 000, 600.
1t has been made under a gradually ap-
preciating dollar That amount OF money
now represents what $4,000. 900 did in
1873, when this crime OF the money-hold-
ers was inaugurated.
There is no greater evil to a nation than
the fluctuation OF its money standards
No sensible person believes in initiation.
None believes in contraction. What free
silver men demand now is the
stoppage of contraction and ne re-
turn to the just medium oil
our forefathers. which, by the way. has
been substantially the medium of the
world since history existed. In two hun.
bred years prior to 1878 the highest rela-
tive value of gold to silver was to 1875
and the lowest was l to l4.39. In 1874 il
passed beyond these limits and has not
been within than since. 1t is now about
to 81 All com N odities have moved
with silver. or, il you prefer it, have re-
manned stationary with silver while gold
advanced. As Prof. TAUssIG puts it,
'the appreciation of gold and the decline
OF commodities are one and the same
thing" The United States was nearly
bankrupted from 1873 to 1879. Why
Because her paper dollar was brought ia
a gold basis and thereby appreciated in
value. Australia is bankrupt now
Why? Because the demonstration o.
silver has increased her debt one-third, OF
deprecated her debt-payin0 power one
third. as you may prefer to put it. The
Tribune is right, as far as it goes.
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The statement of production is a.

The statement OF production 10 a.
United States coming rate, aud as the
United States is the only country that is
forcing its silver coinage, it is evident that
silver has s legitimate coinage use that
naturally absorbs the greater part of the
product.
But, it may be asked, of what advantage
would it be to advance the intrinsic value
of silver, or more properly reduce the in
trinsic value of gold? There are several
important reasons. The chief one is
that the appreciation of gold means the
depreciation OF everything else, silver in
Guided. II means an addition OF 80 cents
to every dollar OF debt, and decrease of
50 cents of every dollar of product. In
the second place disparity of tine value
of the two metals in their coinage ratio
makes it more difficult to maintain a
steady currency. The recent effort OF
Wall-st. to force a sale of bonds shows at
what disadvantage the government might
possibly be placed. In the third place .
deprecated value of silver offers i'm
mense inducements TO counterfeitinR. IL
is said that hundreds of thousands of
counterfeit shillings are now circulating
in the northern part of England. They
are made in Germany and are exact re-
productions of the English shillings, of
full weight and fineness. Our govern
ment kindly makes bullion into bars and
ingots and certifes TO their fneness. Pos
sibly enterprising patriots even now are
converting these into dollars of full
weight and reaping handsome profits
therefrom. 1t would of course be impos-
sible to detect counterfsit of that kind
IL wall axacuted
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

ARBITRATION is the correct mode OF set
fling all disputes. We saw how satisfac-
torily it worked here last week in the
labor troubles aud also how the Muncie
strike was readily solved to suit all inter
ested. An instance also comes to hand
from the 81. Louis Democrat '.Arbitra-
tion," said CHARLES L. Turk, who is at the
Southern, sis gaining friends in CONNER
cial as we'll as diplomatic circles. Our
London house was recently involved in a
difference Of account for quite large sum,
and the other side sent in form issued
by the chamber OF commerce Of the city,
describing how the matter at issue could
be settled by arbitration, just as though
ell the parties interested had been mem
bers and dispute had arisen over some
trifing matter. This chamber of commerce
is purely q trade protective and extern
sion association, all stock and share
trading being done on the Royal sx.
change, and this arbitration idea is
merely TO save time and expense to msr-
chants. Our people agreed, and had
every reason to be satisfied with the re-
suit, especially a. We gained the day in
almost svory item in question. The total
cost of the proceedings was about e40. or
500, and the, case was settled In two
weeks. II it had gone 10 the court it
would not have come to trial within eight
weeks, and then there would have been
ell sorts of appeals" The number Of cases
settled Dy friendly arbitration in this
country on very similar lines to these is
fncrsasips rapidly. and one Of the results
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

These and the remainder of the
nations cannot abandon their silver
coinage without calling it in
and reducing it to bullion. They
cannot afford to do that. and their people
cannot do without the silver coinage.
Some idea OF the extent of silver coinage
may be had from the following official
statistics OF the worlds production and
coinage of silver and the silver coinage OF
the United States in six recent years:
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shesnw.

Y. l. " ethIIsT
Husband-"You'll have to discharge
Dinah and do the cooking yourself"
Wife-"Mercy on US! Are you losing
your money!"
Husband-"No, but Pm losing my
health"
Wife-Oh, I see."
Husband-"Yes. The doctor says !
eat too much"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

THE tip has come to stay in this country.
1t is largely an importation from foreign
lands. In the larger cities of Europe it
has grown into burdensome custom. At
the recent gathering in Cincinnati of
hotel men New York hotel-keeper said
that there was a we'll understood scale of
tips. All that guest needs for a guide is
the cost OF the meal he is eating Ten per
cent. is very liberal tip, while half of
that is reasonable tip. II q man is eat
ing a dollar meal. the waiter will be moro
than satisfied with 10 cents left on the
sal7er. 1t is all mistake, this hotel man
said, for guests to feel that they will insult
the waiter by giving him less than a
quarter Hotel men themselves are not
exempt from the practice of tipping. The
party that came from New York hired
special train of five palatial cars. The
train and its service were chartered for
just week. On the fret day out the bat
was passed around. The collection
amounted to 500. This is to DO divided
among the train attendants, porters
and walters at the end of the trip.
Tipping has come to stay, so the hotel
men say. That it lie bad practice they
admit. They have no remedy for it, how
ever. WALLACE WAUGH OF Boston esti-
mates that tipping is 300 per cent greater
now than it was five years ago.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

ORR highly esteemed contemporary,
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. assures US that
there are dozen good Ohio democrats,
any one Of whom can knock out MCKIN-
LEr this fall. We believe it. But what
lhe rest of the country wants to see is the
eleven doing valiant work as seconds
while the twelfth does up the hero of the
hn-plate. 1t might be a good idea for
ihem to devote their attention to prevent
Ing the perennial treAchery in Hamilton
cOunty
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

II the theory OF the lynchers that mob
law prevents murders be true how does it
happen that Jackson county has had so
many murders with the Reno lynchings
Is an ever present warning? Do the
people of Seymour pretend to say that
their community is so much worse than
others in the state that this sort of warn
ing needs TO be repeated every Jew years
We hardly think so.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

1T is proposed to reorganize the Iron
Hall Why not consolidate it with the
Duiggins banks. the land investment
company and the green goods factory? 1t
strikes us there would be something Pc
culiarly fitting in such an arrangement.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

SENATOR TURNBULL of Michigan intro
duced the last bit of temperance legisla-
ton 10 be recorded. If man gets drunk
after it becomes law he must accept one
of two alternatives: Pay the usual fines for
being disorderly or give bond that he
will 90 to some gold cure establishment
and take the treatment. If he is too poor
10 pay the expense he becomes q county
Oh
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24
Death of Franklin c. johnson.

The Hon. Franklin C. johnson, q mar who
was once we'll known in Indiana politics. died
at the insane hospital Saturday afternoon of
paresis. Mr.. johnson was pro minent citizen OF
New Albany and ct one time slate setator from
that district. In 1880 he was supervisor Of
census of southern Indiana and represented
Indiana at the Paris exposition. The remains
will be taken TO New Albany for burial.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

Those little boys of Lancaster, Pa, who
hanged one of their playmates ''iust for
fun" ought to move to Seymour where
their sportive proclivities would meet with
proper appreciation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-24

THE press of Indiana with one accord
denounces the recent lynching. The peo-
pie of Indiana are law-abiding law-re-
specting people. and no considerable num-
Der of them sympathize with lawlessness
in any form.
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Wreck Windows of All
Kinds at Pittsburq,
Causing a Loss Estimated
at 100000.
CONSERVATORlES IN RUINS
The Crash OF Breaking Glass
Causes a Panic
Among the WON en- and Chill
dren at the Matinees.

Very Disastrous Fire ut Saginaw,
Mich, in Which the Best Part OF the
Town Is Destroyed and the Loss
Reaching at Least a Million-The
Flames Spread with Startling Ra-
pidity and Cause Great Excitement.
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is great improvement in the feeling
between houses. Nothing so completely
antagonizes people as a lawsuit. while q
friendly arbitration often brings them to-
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Cure Yourself.

Don't pay large doctors bills. The best
medical book published. one hundred
pages. elegant colored plates. will be sent
YOU on receipt Of three 2-cent stamps TO
paw postage. Address A. p. 0rdway
4 Co., Boston, Mass.
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A soft Snap Indeed.

Is there a softer snap on earth than be-
ing paid fine salary by some trust to
keep out OF business? 1t even beats the
prince OF Wales job. for he has to lay an
occasional corner stone.
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After the grip. when you are weak and
played out" Hoods Ssrsaparills will re-
store your health and strength.