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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
BOWEN'S FUNERAL TO-DAY.
Louisiana Governor Says 1t Is Time
Prize-Fighting Ceased.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.-James Barry
left this morning for home much disap-
pointed, and says he will pay attention
to Conuors in the future. Tommy Ryan
also departed. Lavigne is detained by the
police. AS soon as he can get away he win
go home and rest for three months. He
will not retire from the ring, but will then
try for a match with Johnson, OF Mime
apolis. Bowen's funeral will take place in
the morning. The grand jury will begin an
investigation at the same time and fix the
blame for the death Governor Foster was
seen this evening and asked for an ex-
preston OF his opinion of the so-called glove
of the Lavigne-Bowen fight. The Governor
expressed himself as firmly opposed to such
exhibitions. He said:
81 have always been very positive and
emphatic in my opposition to the glove con-
tests carried on in New Orleans by pro-
fessional prize fighters. / regard it as a
brutal exhibition, tending TO demoralize
public sentiment and in no wise calculated
to elevate the tone Of public morals in the
community. When the effort was made to
In New Orleans 1 determined to exhaust
all the power of the State to prevent it.
and SO declared at the time. Subsequent
TO this the right of athletic clubs to have
such exhibitions was taken into court and
is still pending. 1 urged in my message to
the Legislature the passing of a law de-
claring glove contests OF this kind a crimi-
nal offense, and several bills were intro
duced to that end, but for some reason no
bill was passed.
THE unfortunate termination of the
Lavigne-Bowen contest accentuates the i'm
portance OF prohibiting any such further
exhibitions. A sound healthy public sentf-
most every State in the Union, and I be-
lieve the great body of the people OF this
Louisiana, and especially New Orleans, the
scene of such brutal contests"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
A SIMPLE INAUGURAL.
Programme for Conducting Governor
Elect Morton Into Office.

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 16.-All the ar
rangements for the inauguration Of Gov
ernor-elect Morton have been completed
and the affair promises to be one of the
simplest of it's kind ever witnessed in the
State. AT 1880 o'clock a. m, Dec. 81, the
Tenth Battalion, National Guard troops,
Will proceed to the executive mansion and
escort Mr.. Morton and his staff to the
Capitol. Governor-elect Morton and his
staff will meet Governor Flower and his
staff In the executive chamber and the
party. will then proceed to the assembly
chamber. There will be prayer by Right
Rev. Crosswell b. Doane, Episcopal bishop OF
Albany, and following that Governor Flow
er will make the welcoming address to
the Governor-elect Secretary of State
Palmer will administer the oath of Office
and Governor Morton will then make his
inaugural address and the exercises will
close with music by the band and benedic-
ton by the official clergy. At the conclu-
sion of the inaugural ceremonies Governor
Morton will receive the public generally
at the executive chamber. In the evening
the Governor and Mrs. Morton will re-
ceive Albanians at the executive mansion.
The second day of Governor Morton's ad-
ministration will find him in the midst of
the heavy work, the legislature meeting on
the 2d Of January and the Governor being
compelled to send in his annual message to
that body.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
FRIEND OF THE SEALS.
Henry Elliott Wants n New Confer
ence Called with Great Britain.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Mr Henry w.
Elliott the best authority on all details
connected with seal life in the Bering sea
and North Pacific and who. besides, has been
representing the governments interests In
the fur seals. again visited the State De-
partment to-day. He urged Secretary
Gresham to take immediate steps to procure
the cooperation Of Great Britain in the
adoption of some effective measure to save
the lives OF seals on the Pribylov islands.
Mr.. Elliott said to your correspondent to-
day that unless prompt measures were
taken the entire destruction Of the seals
Is a question OF only several years. Mr.
Elliott does not mince words in pronounc-
ing the Paris tribunal utter failure. He
says the gentlemen who constituted that
august tribunal and who represented the
interests OF the United States did not under
stand any phase or feature of the subject
they had in hand. Mr.. Elliott, who has
taken pains to inform himself on the sub
ject. is satisfied that England would unite
with this government in the adoption OF
proper measures TO preserve the seals.
The British government was also mislei
by the Paris tribunal: that government be-
lieved that the measures proposed would
AFFORD adequate protection 10 seal life. The
practical operation OF the regulations under
which seals are now taken is TO destroy
che males and leave the females. Mr.. FL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
POLITICS in GEORGIA
UNIQUE AND BLOODY FIGHT BE-
TWEEN DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS.
Unheard OF Situation Resulting from
a Queer Feature Of the Austral-
ian Ballot Law There.

SAVANNAH, Ca, Dec. 1e.-The most
unique, most disorderly and generally ac-
cepted as tho most disgraceful period of
politics in the history Of the city has been
experienced the past week. Two factional
Democratic candidates are In the field for
the mayoralty. the election taking place in
January. Under the first use of the Aus
tralian ballot system here no one oan vote
who has not paid all taxes, including those
Of this year. and registered. This provision
led to wild scramble at first and then
pitched battles daily between large forces
for choice positions In line to tax collectors
offices. He could Issue only about two hun
dred receipts a day, and as the registration
closed Saturday, 1t was inevitable that
many citizens would be shut out The two
factions hired two gangs of toughs, each
numbering about 100, and including the most
desperate whites and negroes in the CITY,
These men were paid from S to $40 q day.
To each was given a list OF names the
largest number for which the collector
would accept taxes from one person and
the money to pay their taxes with. Each
morning for ten days past the two armies
Oh poltlcal 9 mercenariss have .slusged, each
hundreds OF citizens gathering from ALI
parts Of the city daily to witness the big
paid taxes for himself. all intrusting their
names and money to the hired heelers At
times nearly the entire police force of the
city had to be called out TO establish or
der, and for over a week the presence of
about forty policemen has been constantly
required at the tax collectors Office The
armies Of Eeelers were fed at thu rival
headquarters, where many of them re-
mained all night, going out carly each
morning to resume the battle, and ut the
courthouse where beer, whisky, coffee and
sand xiches were given them. Two or three
times a day number OF the workers
skipped with their lists and money, dis
franchising many citizens. 1t Is calculated
that the cost of keeping up the two armies
which in the last few days had oeen in
creased to about 600. to fight for poll-tax
receipts. was over $4,000. They Were dis
banded early this morning. The next Leg
islature will be appealed to to amend the
scenes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
TORTURED FOR MONEY.
Masked burglars Outrage nm Aged
Couple I'm Pennsylvania.

ERIE, Pa, Dec. 16.-Mr. and Mrs. David
Slocum, a wealthy couple living near Edin-
boro, were robbed about midnight by a
gang of masked burglars. The burglars,
six in number. attacked the house and
broke down the door with rail Four of
aged couple in their bed and then beat
them into submission. The burglars set
out TO torture them into revealing the Sc
cret of their money vaults. but just as the
oil was being applied to Mr.. Slocum's feet
one OF the burglars found money chest
This and other hiding places showed up
between $s.0o0 and $1,000 in gold and green
backs. The burglars escaped and the au-
thorities are In pursuit. mr. Slocum was
badly beaten about the head
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
CHILDREN In A PANIC.


JACKSON, Mich. Dec. 16.-In a wild
panic caused by an exploding lamp to-
night among two score of young children
participating in q birthday party given by
Mrs. G.. c. Truesdell in honor of her ten
year-old daughter Irene several children
were painfully burned and several others
narrowly escaped cremation. The forty
children were at play in the parlor, when
one of them accidentally upset a large
stand lamp. which exploded and scattered
the blazing oil among them. No grown per-
their clothes afire. rushed wildly about.
Several OF the older boys finally managed
10 drag the little ones from the room into
the outer air. where their burning clothes
were torn away. A number of them suf-
fered very severe injuries. The interior of
the house was destroyed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
WAGON WHEAT 52cc
ACME MILLING COMPANY,
ss2 West washington Street
BOY MURDER MYSTERY.
Description OF Remains Found Half
Buried Near Pana, HI.

PANA, Ill, Dec. 16.-The murder two
and a quarter miles south OF here is still
mystery to the public. The murdered boys
hair is dark brown instead OF red. as first
reported, dark eyes. was about five feet
seven inches, initials "A. L. B." or "A. L.
r." tatooed on his right arm near elbow.
His body was still warm when brought to
this city. The skull was crushed with a
round instrument possibly a gun stock.
The testimony of the hunters (four Pana
the railway quarter Of a mile south OF
the water tank. was taken this evening
prints point toward this city. His old shoes
were exchanged for new ones under an
apple tree a quarter OF a mile northeast
OF the scene OF the murder. The coroner
says a verdict may not be reached for sew
oraI days-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17

citement. I was about half way between
my chair and the door when heard
pistol shot. and looking around saw HUNT
ington standing between Cromweii ana
Hayden, and little behind both, with his
revol, er pointed at the former. 1 hurried
out of the private office, and as went 1
heard several more shots fired 1 ran out
and gave the alarm and when several OF US
went into the private Office we found Hunt
ington lying on the floor with blood stream
ing from a wound in the back OF his head
and the two other men sunering from the
effects Of his deadly aim. We have always
considered John an honest young man and
If there were any weak points in his char
gance. OF course the amount he was In
the habit of spending would not have been
extravagant in a man OF means, but was
rather more than a young man ought TO
spend who draws only S45 month.
Hayden, one of the wounded men, In
conversation about the affair, said: I'VE
had only been talking few minutes, ana no
accusation had as yet been made. But the
questions we had been asking were very
pointed and were easily taken by him as
leading up to a direct charge OF theft. At
times he had talked loudly and In some
what excited manner, but just before the
shooting he cooled down and we had not
the slightest intimation OF what he was
about to do. He suddenly got up without any
show of anger. and, pulling out revolver
commenced firing. first at Cromwell, then
at me. We had no weapons and were not
likely we should have thought of doing so
even IL We had been armed, the shooting
was done so rapidly and 1t was all over so
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17

lott says that unless immediate steps are
taken TO negotiate new regulations with
States Is to proceed to kill all the females,
thus extinguishing seal life in the Alaskan
waters. Mr.. Elliott says the pelagic hunters
killing the females which, under the
law. must not even be violated on land.
The question is one of preserving the valu-
able seals or Of permitting them to be
DESTROYED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
NOVELIST STEVENSON
DIED OVER A WEEK AGO AT HIS
HOME IN SAMOAN ISLANDS.
Famous Author OF "Dr. JelxyIl and Mr..
Hyde'' Married a Daughter of an
Old Indianapolis Family.

AUCKLAND. New Zealand, Dec 1s.-Ad-
vices from Apia, Samoa, dated Dec. s, are
to the effect tnat the well-known novelist
Robert Louis Stevenson, had died suddenly
from apoplexy. His remains were inferred
on the summit Of Paia mountain, 1900 feet
high. At the time of his death Mr.. Steven
son had half completed the writing Of a
new novel.
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born
in Edinburgh. Nov. 13, 1850. He was edu-
Gated at private schools and at the Uni
versity OF Edinburgh. and was called to the
Scottish bar. but Travelled and devoted him
self to literature. One of his earliest works
was an account of his travels in California,
out the work which established his reputa-
ton as a writer of fiction was Treasure
Island" and published in 1888. Among the
most popular OF his works is "Dr Jekyll
and Mr.. HYDE" which was dramatized and
played at the Lceum Theater in London in
1885, and subsequently in the United States.
Among his other works are kidnapped"
Black Arrow" Some time ago Mr.. Steven
son, who suffering from lung trouble,
went to the south Pacific for his health. He
became enraptured with the Samoan islands
and decided 10 take up his residence and
spend the rest of his days there. He took a
close interest in Samoan affairs and has
favor OF the natives. as against the treaty
powers under whose direction the govern
mont or the Islands Is conducted.
Novelist Stevenson married a Mrs. Os-
borne, who was formerly Miss Wander
grift, Of Indianapolis, whose family now
resides In Hendricks county, Indiana. Lloyd
Osborne, who has been collaborating with
the novelist, Is a son Of Mrs. Stevenson
by her first husband
Justice James GilflIan.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 16.-After an H.
ness Of several weeks Chief Justice James
qilhlian of the Minnesota Supreme Bench.
died to-day in his sixty-fifth year.
He was born in 1929 and in childhood came
to this country with his parents, settling
In New York. He studied law at Ballston
and Buffalo and was admitted to the bar
in this city. He served In the Seventh
Minnesota Regiment through the Indian
wars and during the rebellion, being pro-
noted to captain and later was made
colonel Of the Eleventh Minnesota. When
the war closed he was commanding a di-
vision. In 1863 he was appointed by Gov
ernor Marshall to fill the vacancy on the
Supreme Bench caused by the retirement
Of Justice Thomas Wilson, serving one
year. Again in 1878 he filled a term by ap-
pointment, but since that time has been
regularly reelected, his last term expiring
with the present year. Chief Justice Gil
fillan held high rank among jurists. The
cause of death was kidney troubles. Mrs.
Gilfillan and six children survive him. The
funeral will be held from Christ Church
(EpiscopaD tomorrow under the auspices
Of the Loyal Legion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17

NEW YORK Dec. 16.-Samuel c. Seeley.
the defaulting cashier of the Shoe and
Leather Bank. spent quiet day in the
Tombs to-day. He refused TO see anybody
and declined the chaplains invitation to
attend divine service. preferrlng to read the
newspapers. he said. Seeley seems resigned
90 his fate and refuses to converse with any
Of the other prisoners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17

UPPER SANDUSKY, O., Dec. l6-An
attempt was made early this morning to
wreck the New York and Chicago limited
ON the Pennsylvania railroad. The train
runs fIsty miles an hour through this sec
hon spikes were pulled from the switch
and the light blown out. The work OF the
wreckers was discovered just f3e minutes
befoye the train arrived.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17

OSKALOOSA Ia Dec. 1S.-Complete
paralysis OF the right side prostrated Judge
Sewers last night. He was former MEM
ber OF the Iowa Supreme Court for four
teen years, and prominent In Iowa since
an early day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17

CHICAGO. Dec. 16-T. N. Hayden re-
sides at 5345 Monroe street, with his wife
and one son, twenty years Of age. The
first news Mrs. Hayden received OF the
shooting was at o'clock this afternoon,
when telegram was received from her
husband telling hei not to worry IL she
was all right. Hayden has lived in Chi
cago for many years. His father Is gen.
eral travelling auditor of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern road. Hayden was,
for some years, assistant general travel
ing auditor of the same line
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-17
Justice James GiIflInn.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 16.-After an H.
ness of several weeks Chief Justice James
Gilfllan of the Minnesota Supreme Bench
died to-day in his sixty-ffth year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-06

Columbia. S. c., is the only town in
the United States that still keeps up the
custom Of having town crier, and prob
ably the largest ia area that amy one
mans voice was expected to reach the
uttermost boundaries Of. The crier
stands upon a high tower and calls the
hours-ss1O o'clock, and all is well;" Eli
o'clock. and all is well7 zig o'clock
ire, FIRE, freg' The voice of the man
now occupying that position can be
heard anywhere within the city, and it
is remarkable how quickly he sees and
reports a fire or general disturbance.
was there once when at midnight he
cried that a child was lost, and within
five minutes it seemed as though half
Of the population was on the streets,
ready to join ia the search. lit was final
ly found under a bed, where it had rolled
and gone to sleep. When the crier dies,
the Office VIII probably be abolished.
They certainly cannot find another with
such q vOice.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-06

All kinds of composite feather decora-
lion. perfect for the purposes to which
they are applied. are now used for hats
and bonnets, and q naturalist in the mNl-
liners shop finds himself confronted with
a hundred varieties of plumage never
seen in nature, but excellent In art. for
which it would puzzle any one but the
plumassier or the taIdermist to find
name The era of stuffed birds and nat
ural wings adjoining headdresses is all
most over.
Not long ago, for instance, terms we're
a favorite ornament. The whole bird
was used. Large hats were fashionable,
and two or three of the sssea swallows
We're grouped on q single head. Speak
ing Of these birds. q milliner said with
regret, ssThey used to be only g pence.
now they are 3 shillings each" That
was in the second year after they were
worn. AT the same time and in the same
shop a wide brimmed hat was decorated
with IS pairs Of chafhnches' wings. These
were left the natural color, but others
were decorated with rose col0red star
Ings, or grass parrakeets dyed black,
and ia one was a jay, with all its 0eauti-
full plumage stained a greenish yellow.
To put creatures of such exquisite nat
ural tints, but with no particular beauty
of form, To such a use was to invite the
charge of bad feeling, both for art and
humanity. Now the nailliners have dis
covered a substitute with which no lover
of birds need quarrel, and which reflects
no little credit on their craft. Poultry
feathers, in some cases of natural c0lCrs,
but more often dyed to tints suited to
the material with which they are WORN,
are made up into plumes, wings coro-
nets and pOmpons with q grace and va-
d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-06
PhiIip D. Armour'as simple Lire.

For man Of many millions AIr. Ar
mour's life is an amazingly ale one.
He has good sized house Prairie
avenue, but there are many m4al IS Chi
cago worth, say, $3.50, 600 who live with
more ostentation than he. He belongs
to several clubs, but he rarely goes to
any Of them. He is very fond Of his
home, and he has the faculty, when
there, of dropping everything that per
tains to business. He sheds care as
ducks back sheds water. All his tastes
are Of the simplest sort.
He is not a teetotaler, but he scarcely
ever touches wine and never touches
spirits He is not boolzish man. and
his reading is chiefly confined to news
papers and periodicals.. But his books
are living men. his favorite study, char
acter. And I take it that no man in the
United States can read character more
shrswdly and clearly than he. Nova
days he leaves his office at 3 or 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon and goes for q drive.
He loves to handle the reins over a
spanking team of nervy horses. Such
exercise draws the blood from the brain,
sets the muscles tingling and stirs to
healthy action the physique of q man
who spends the greater portion Of his
day within doors.
He usually drives first to the institute.
and after chatting a little with DR.. Cum
saulus and looking in at some of the
classrooms to see If anything is wanted
lac hasa spin along the Lake Shore drive,
and then perhaps calls ia at the homes
of his sons, Ogden and Philip, Jr. He
always spends his evenings ia his own
house, with his sweet and gracious
wife, to whose influence he ascribes the
origin of much of the work which other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-06
MORE ABOUT FLOUR.
High Price Alone Keeps American Flour
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ssHave you got any familys'' asked Mae
Anderson, q san Antonio lawyer. of q col
ored man whom he was appointed by the
court to defend, the latter being charged
with having stolen q horse
PIE got no family git I looks TO you
Cor dat"
Look to me to supply you with q fami-
lys3 exclaimed the asfounded advocate.
Fl looks to you an de jury boss, I does
for q fac -
s.7T hat kind Of stuff is that you are talk
lug5H
Hits just what I says. Miss Matildy
Snowfall says ef 7 only gets one yeah in de
penopotentiary she'll wait fur me, but ef
gets moab den she is gwine ter marry de
very first niggah what comes along So
yer sees, boss. what a sponsibility dar ann
resGin on yer. Texas Siftings.