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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-27
zELLA WAS FRANTIC.
She Alleges that an Old Lover Has
Sent Her nm Insulting Messnge.

n
Sent Her nm Insulting Message.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 26.-There was an
other sensational episode IN which Zella
Nicoluas who is now spending a few days
with her parents here, figured to-day.
About IL o'clock this morning a Western
Union messenger boy handed afrs. Nicolans-
a dispatch, which, upon opening, she found
to be from Fort Wayne. and bearing ths
signature Of a man who once knew her
here. The message was brief. reading:
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Feb. 25.-Mrs.
Zella Nicolaus.' Wabash: Would Ike 20
meet you. Will be here one week"
The name is that Of the man who Zella
claims ruined her while out driving with
her near this city I'm 1883. He Is now In the
employ OF a Wabash company. and is at
this time in Fort Wayne. Mrs Nicolaus,
accompanied by the ever-faithful Ruhman,
started for newspaper office TO make
public the matter. Calling a reporter She
eAcitedly fourished the telegram and said
Here is an insulting dispatch I have
just received from the man who crimnally
assaulted me five years ago. and but for
whom i would now be a pure woman Not
satisfied with being In the shadow OF the
penitentiary for his crime against me,
Gaping 10y mere scratch he still pursues
you may do what you choose with this dis
patch. II he ever crosses my path am
going TO kill him as l would a dog. Had
l not been a poor, weak girl and he q
powerful man L would have killed him the
night he ruined me. IL he ever makes any
advances to me he must take the conse-
Quences"
Here Runman, who also labored under in-
tense excitement chimed IN. 81 understand
that this fellow Is selling soap. want him
TO know, once and for all. that III he wishes
TO continue In that business he must LED
my wife alone. ! won't permit any man TO
send her such telegrams this. and II
ever catch sight OF him L shall do him
up"
The conduct OF the man in sending Mrs,
Nicolaus the message-if. indeed, he did send
it's beyond the comprehension OF those
here who know him, and il Is possible that
somebody has been using his name without
authority Zella, some years ago. brought
a suit against man, which was three
times set for trial On each occasion shs
failed 10 appear as a prosecuting witness,
and the suit was finally dismissed.
Zella and Ruhman viii leave tomorrow 20.
New York and IL ~ said that her father
and mother VIII break up housekeeping in
this city and accompany them to Gotham.
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PRINCESS FLOUR
Best Made. Ask your Grocer
DIDN'T RIDE THE GOAT
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease Tells How
She Became q Mason.
She Had No Need Of Any Kind of Saddle
Because She TOek Her Degree
Through a Wicket.

CHICAGO. Feb. 26-"Yes, I am a Ma
son." said Mrs Mary Ellen Lease, in her
room at the Palmer House, to-day. 'It Is
surprising how that assertion Of mine has
been sent all over the country" and Mrs.
Lease laughed with all the glee of a school
girl.
why, do you know that have received
kilograms from several New York papers,
offering me sums from $50 and up to tell
the STORY of how became a Mason? When
was sixteen years of age I was living In
Lockport. n. Y. A friend of mine, who was
a prominent Mason, put it in my way to
witness Masonic initiation, and / saw
the three degrees administered to a candi-
date"
'Were you admitted TO the lodge room?"
'No; / was behind door that had a
sliding wicket In 1t. and / saw the whole
procedure through that wicket. So you see
that Is the way l became a Mason. For, TO
be in possession OF the secrets of the craft
Is to be q Mason"
'Mlght IL have been a mock initation?'
"No, 1t was not n mock affair. 1 have
tested my knowledge of the secrets Of the
craft, and they have been confirmed. tried
TO find out from my husband, who is a
Mason. but he has never given me any sat
isfaction. l once told him how L came into
possession OF the secrets OF the order, and
his only answer was to term the gentleman
that placed me at the wicket n fool. He
emphasized his remark with a strong ad-
jectve.
How did 1 come to make the announce
ment after so many years of silence? Un-
der rather peculiar circumstances. 1t was
while the decision OF my suit with Governor
Lcwelling was pending before the Supreme
Court. gentleman said to me:
You Will lose your case; the Governor
is a Mason
=" so am L. retorted, and, knowing him
to be a Mason, / gave him the grip He
looked astonished. and remarked that
certainly knew something about Masonry.
l then told him that / was going TO organ
ize woman's branch of the order, and SO
the story got out"
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ALLEGED WRONGDOERS.
Governor Peck and Other Wisconsin Of
ficials Charged with Conspiracy.

MADISON. Wis, Feb. 26.-The roster con-
spiracy case against Governor Peck and
other State officials was called before Judge
Selbecker in the Circuit Court to-day. The
plaintiffs asked leave to amend the allega-
tion by setting up that the defendants con-
spired TO defraud the State and a conspiracy
TO defraud the plaintiffs was part of that
conspiracy. The court denied the motion,
holding that II IL should appear by the tes-
timony that there was conspiracy 10 de-
fraud the State IL would be only a part OF
the evidence and not a part OF the cause
for action. The court held that the defend
ants We're not entitled TO separate chal-
lengeS and must be considered as one party.
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HOAX AT TOLEDO.
A. P. A. Members Frightened by Bogus
Papal Encyclical.

TOLEDO. O., Feb. 26.-The alleged en-
cyclical of Pope Leo XIII. that was the
cause of so much fear and terror among
the members of the American Protective
Association in Toledo last fall is now said
to have had its birth in Detroit. This Is
the statement made by a member of the
order who did not purchase a Winchester.
American Protective Association matters
have cooled off to a great extent, and IL is
not thought that any effort Will be made
for n judicial investigation OF the affair.
Since Treasurer Ostrander and others have
unbosomed themselves the people have come
10 regard the matter as monumental
hoax, and are contented to laugh at the
now discounted alarmists-
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NUNS FOR TEACHERS.
Public and Catholic ParOchial Schools
at Pittsburg Consolidated.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 26.-An innovation in
the public school system of Pennsylvania
was inaugurated here to-day by the con-
solidation of the Thrty-fourth-ward public
school and st. James Roman Catholic pa
rochal school, and the installation of four
nuns as teachers. The Sisters were exam
ined by the Central Board Of Education
and accepted as regular teachers. There
will be no distinction among scholars and
teachers. Protestant children Will be taught
by the sisters as well as Catholic children.
There has been no Bible reading in the
school for six years. and no change will be
made now slight falling OF in the at
tendance was noticed to-day, but whether
il was caused by the withdrawal of any
children OF Protestant or Catholic families
who may object TO the new arrangement
is not known
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III ILLMAN INSURANCE CASE.
Effort to Bar Three Companies from
Transacting Business in Kansas.

TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. 26-Another chap
ter was written in the famous Hillman in
surance case to-day by the application OF
Sallie L. IIillman. through her attorneys
to the Superintendent of Insurance Of this
State for an order prohibiting the New
York Life Insurance Company, the New
York Mutual and the Connecticut
Mutual from doing business in Kan
sas until they have complied with
the laws of this State, repeated
violation of which is charged against them
The authority held by the companies to do
business will expire Feb. 2S, and plaintiff
asks that they be denied further authority
until the laws are strictly complied with
and some assurance given that the policy
holders will be protected in their rights.
The superintendent Of Insurance has noti-
fled the companies interested that he will
hear the application of Hrs Hillman on the
Sth of March
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MOnOn Route.
rHE yESTtRUIrD PrII.usy CAR LINE

LEAVE INDIANAPOLIS.
No. 30-Chicago Limited. Pullman vesti-
buled coaches, Parlor and Dining cars.
daily. 12:o1 y. m. Arrive Chicago, p m
NO. 36--Chlcago Night Express. Pullman
vestibuled coaches and sleepers, daily,
1:10 a.. m. Arrive Chicago, 7:55 81 m.
No. 10-Monon accommodation. daily except
Sunday. $50 p. m.
ARRIVE AT INDIANAPOLIS.
No. 33-s estiDule, daily, $50 p. IN.
No. 35-Vestibule, q lily. 3:25 a. m.
No. 9-Monon acco' .modation. daily except
Sunday, 1870 a. A.
Pullman vestif q sleeper for Chicago
stands at west e 4 Union Station, and can
be taken at S'30 y. m. daily. Ticket Offices.
corner Illinois street ana Kentucky ave-
nue and Union Station and Massachusetts,
avenue
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WARNING TO VIOLENT WOMEN.
Mrs. Augusta Schmidt, the Murderesx,
Hns Noi Long 90 1--we.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind. Feb. @.-From present
indications a higher tribunal than earthly
courts will pass on the case OF Mrs. Augusta
Schmidt. charged with the murder OF her
tenant. j. Oscar Walton, last October. She
continues 20 fail rapidly, aad II Is believed
the end Is not far OF. The action OF the Su-
preme Court I'm denying her application for
bail was n terrible blow 10 the suffering
woman. and FASTENED her decline. From a
stout robust woman. in the glow OF perfect
health four months confinement has re-
duced her 20 a haggard and almost ghostly
spectacle The Old-time look OF surly de-
nance has given place 20 humiliation and
despair She means and tosses conunuAllx.
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Cincinnati. HamiltOn& DaytOnR.R.

VIII sell LAND EXCURSION TICKETS
to points in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and
TO New ORLEANS, at One Fare for
the Round Trip. Date of sale March
s. For further information call at
Ticket Office. cor. Illinois street and
Kentucky avenue.
l. ID. BALDWIN. ID. p. A.
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Max Not ne Hnnged on Gnnh Frianr.

CHICAGO. Feb. 26.-Judge Bretano. who
has been criticised for fixing the execution
on Good Friday. said I'm an interview today
that he intended no disregard for church
traditions. II was accident that that date
was selected. he said, and the day OF the
execution may yet be changed
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Open for passengers at p. m. and
leaves indianapolis daily at 1l30 p. NJ.
arriving at ST. Louis at 7:45 a. Return
ing. this sleeper leaves st. Louis at 7:45
p m, arrives at Indianapolis at $40 a. m,
ts placed on the spur track and passengers
not disturbed until a m. This arrange
ment is especially convenient to
Commercial Travellers ard Business Men.
The popular Southwestern Limited. with
hotel dining and sleeping cars, leaves In
dianapoIis daily at Il:4O a. IN: and arrives
at ST. Louis at 7:30 y. IN. Arrangements
are made by which special Is made up
at Indianapolis IL this train from the East
Is over one hour late, so passengers via
the Big Four route are assured Western
connections particularly advantageous to
PACIFIC COAST PAssENGERS
and those destined beyond ST. Louis.
For tickets and sleeping car reservations
call at Big -Four Offices, No. / +. Washing
ton street. 50 Jackson place Massachusetts
avenue and Union Station.
II. NJ. BRONSON. A. q. p. A.
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simmons Liver Regulator, by It's mild ca
thartic properties. relieves the bowels from
obstructiOns and cleenseS the system OF
all impurities without sickening or weak
aning.
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NJ. Nj. Cummings's Flour Store

Successor TO Van Pelt,
Is headquarters for the very best Bread and Pastry
Flour and a.! popular Cereals. whole Wheat and Glu-
ton Flour, Rolled Oats and Wheat, etc. at 62 North
Delaware ST, OPP. Market House. Telephone 7O3
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The BiIl Not Ready to Report.

Want the Peoer...o Decide.
DIES MONIES. Ia, Feb. 26.-In the House.
to-day, Representative Davis introduced o
resolution asking postponement of the final
vote on the Wilson bill in Congress till after
the next election to give the people of the
United States a chance to vote on the ques-
ton. The resolution was adopted by party
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
The arabs Rich Dress.

A rich man among the Arabs dresses
richly. His shirt is fine linen. His in
side vest is buttoned, the outside one
worn loose. A long paletot often takes
the place of the latter. 1t is cut part
way down from the neck. and the loose
armholes allow the arms to be held in
or outside. The wide trousers are
bound about the waist by a rich scarf.
Over all is frequently worn the loose
tunic. cut V-shape at the neck, and
with short sleeves low down. The
swell wears European socks, and his
slippers. usually trodden down at the
heel by the common or careless, are
handsomely embroidered or of fine mo-
rocco, red or yellow. The calf is naked.
Parts of his dress are dropped at inter
walls. according to the weather or habit,
There are few persons more really mag
nificent than a well.dressed Arab
sheikh or man Of wealth.-Harper'
Magazine.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

troop of native cavalry came in sight
AS the brownstins gallopcd toward us
the apes took flight and scampercd up
the trees. vanishing as if by magic
among the upper branches.
The natives managed to mend the
carriage, after a fashion, and then in.
sisted on guarding Us back to the resi-
dency, which we reached without fur
ther misadvcntures
With all our fighting but few animals
had been killed. We ourselves had
hardly a scratch, but the apes had torn
the curtains of the gildcd chariot pref
ty we'll to pieces, and no doubt would
have served us the some way If help
had not arrived opportnnely.
Altogether i was very novel adven.
ture, but one wnich we did not care to
repeat; and thereafter whenever we
went out in the state carriage we took
another road, nor did we modest any of
the apes which wc sometimes saw TAX
ing their siestas in the forks of the tall
trees
Our one experience had been enough,
and to this day recall with mingled
smile and shuddcr our battle with the
great apes of East lndia.-St Louis
Republic.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
An Old-Nev Land.

It would be difficult to find any 9th
er territory in the western hemisphere
which has been so long in process of
development, with SO little actually ac-
complished, as the peninsula of lower
California. Three hundred and sixty
years have passed since Cortez first
visited it, and, true to the instincts of
the early Spanish adventures, tempted
his hisfellow-countrymen with apocryphal
tales of the treasures that he found.
This was the beginning of the roman
tic stories about this land, which since
then have increasingly been told. but
which have oftener been the romance
of depreciation than solid fact. No
greater misfortune can befall country
than that it should become known as q
treasure land" where adventurers
Who will hazard much may hope to
gain much, rather than as one where
moderate rewards will recompense
honest toll. Such reputation at
tracts reckless men who. failing in that
which they seek, having no mind for
honest and prosaic methods of life,
readily turn to crime in order to quick
ly achieve the fortune which eluded
them.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
DESERTED D,GGINGs.

Distorted Landscape Features That Mark
Mining Folly.
The dreariest tract of country through
which have travelled for long time,
said a travelling man recently, is the
southeastern part of the state of Maine
which was the locus of the mining
craze fewyears ago.
There is no railroad in that section,
and in order to get to my destination,
the town of Machias, had to drive
more than sixty miles from the nearest
point on the railroad which runs to Bar
Harbor.
1 passed through miles of country
which was characterized by deserted
shafts of copper and silver mines, the
ore taken from which did not begin to
reimburse the unluclsy spectators for
their outlay.
Every now and then one sees the
,nouldering remains of what was at
that time believed to he the neucleus
of u future village; the decaying shells
of hotels, bearing such characteristic
names as "Copperopolis Hotel" etc. In
the neigborhood of these are to be seen
the dilapidated homes built by specu-
lators for a population which never
materialized-habit citations which were
never even dwelt in for day.
The excavations made in some places
by the misguided miners are extensive.
ana the huge artificial caverns thus
created will remain forever, empha-
sizing in their unsightliness q folly
which infected the population Of the
entire state.
The one small return which nature
gave for all this foolish expenditure of
time and money exist to-day in the
wells of pure water which were
''struclS" in the course of the sinking of
shafts through the solid rock.-N. Y.
Herald.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
HEREDITARY DISEASE.
A London Physician on It's Remotencss OF
Origin.

A London Physician on It's Remotencss OF
Origin.
We know that features, form. frame,
popularity of constitution, suscepti-
bility to certain agents, not to speak
of character, mental and moral, the
passions and the intellect, are often de-
rived from progenitors many steps up
ward in the ancestral tree. Individu-
ally we are combinations of many an
cestors. The actual traits of the par
ents may or may not be seen in their
offspring, and it is more common to
find that one or two only are repre-
sented in each child. The remainder
are doubtless derived from some an.
cestor long forgotten, whose intel
lectual powers or defects, infirmi-
ties or vigor of body. whose
faults and follies, whose bril-
liant powers or miserable failings may
be reflected in q remote descendant, as
he himself has derived them from some
distant ancestor. We are accustomed
to say that gout may skip a generation,
and why may it not skip four or five?
Hereditary tendency is probably of
far more remote origin than is COM
monty supposed. and is reflection of
the tendencies of untold numbers who
have preceded us in the family tree. It
is a frightful thing thus to look back
on the sins of our forefathers and to
recognize the transmitted punishment,
but it is in accordance with other facts
of moral origin and highest dictation.
&c %ol
people live together, or are intimately
associated, they grow like each other,
and we know that schoolboys are apt
to catch any popularity of habit or
expression of their tutor or school
master. This is undoubtedly the case,
but it is a very different thing from
heredity. Physical peculiarities ac.
quired accidentally are not transmitted.
A man loses a leg, but his children are
born with their proper complement.
For generations past it has been Gus.
tomary to cut off the ears and tails OF
certain breeds of dogs. but it has not
resulted in the establishment of race
of animals unfurnished with these use
full appendages. On the other hand.
when by curious freak of nature a
man is born with a supernumary finger
or toe he may transmit this popularity
to his children. 1t sometimes happens
that children of one sex exhibit an he.
reditary taint, while those of the op
posite sex escape it. The boys ''talze
after" the father and the girls afte,
the mother, and tendency to disease
may be more or less powerful as the
child resembles one or the other par
ent.-St. Louis Republic.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
COLUMBUS IN MADEIRA.
The Great Navigator Had Vague Evi.
dences OF the Western Land.

The Great Navigator Had Vague Evil
dences OF the Western Land.
The island of Madeira. in the Allan
tic ocean, although of volcanic origin,
is rich in fruits and grain, while it's
climate is SO equable that invalids
from all parts of the world seek from
it relief and strength.
The island is also noted as having
been the home of Columbus for some
years. 1t was on the neighboring is
land of Porto Santo that he married
Dona Fillippa, n daughter of Barthol-
omew Perestrello. the first governor
of the island.
An old chronicle tells us that in the
year 1886 a Portuguese vessel, after a
long and tenpestuous voyage, was
driven to the island of Madeira. All
the crew except three and the pilot
had died. The survivors, who were
badly exhausted, were taken by Colum-
bus to his home. They told him how
their vessel had been driven from it's
course, and of strange lands which
they had seen; supposed to be the West
Indies.
In a few days they all died; but the
pilot, before his death. gave to Colum-
bus several maps and papers which
contained notes of his voyage.
Columbus studied these papers care
fully. His father-in-law at one time
had been a captain in the service of
Prince Henry, the navigator, and he,
too, had manuscript accounts of voy.
ages which lie had made. Then. YES.
sells were often touching at MADEIRA
from all parts of the world, with the
captains of which Columbus talked.
and he began to be strongly convinced
that there were wonderful lands in the
western seas.
So he diligently porcd over the logs
and papers of his father-in-law, and the
story of strange wanderings which was
left him by the pilot whom he be-
friended. lie listened to old sailors
ss they sat by night on the deck OF
some caravel at anchor ut Madeira, and
told him marvellous tales of strange
lands and peoples. Was not the mys
terious flying island of ST. Brandan
sometimes seen in the west? Away
beyond the Cauaries did there not lie
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
Tho Death Of a Salem "wi.ard."

'''The Man of Iron," otherwise "Giles
the Wizard was one of the persons
put to death during the witchcraft
prosecutions at Salem, Mass. His real
name was Giles Corey and at the time
of his awful death he was an old mar
past eighty. When accused of being a
wizard" (which the Salem lunatics
have considered the masculine OF
''witch'l he calmly met their charges
and cody informed them that he would
die rather than admit that he had ever
had communion with evil spirits. He
was put to the peine forte ct dure death
by pressure with huge weights), his
fortitude during his dying moments
winning for him the title in the frs
linen. Y. Times
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

the lost island Of tho Seven Cities,
which two brave and adventurous mer
from his own city Of Genoa had tried in
vain to discover?
Besides all this, the gulf stream
washed the west coast Of Porto Santo
and there had often been picked up sea
beans or chestnuts. They are the fruit
of trees growing in the West Indies.
His brother-in-law, too, had found on
the shores great pieces of wood strange.
ly carved, and SO day by day there
grew more strongly within his mind
the idea of reaching Asia by steering
straight into the unknown west.
One of the first settlers of Madeira
was Genoese, named John Esmeraldo.
He came to the island in 14SO, and lived
in the city of Funchal.
He built a house for himself on the
street which bears his name. Then he
bought an estate twenty-five miles
from Funchal. to which he transferred
his residence, Colum bus, who was his
friend, occupying his old house.
The house. which in the end was
used as barn, was torn down in 1877.
A table made from wood taken from
the house at the time was seen at the
Worlds fair.
The house of Gov. Perestrello, at
Porto Santo, in which Columbus also
lived, is still partly standing, overlook
ing the bay. The east wing fell with
in the present century, and was re-
built.
The southwest wing fell ten years
ago, but is being reconstructed. The
center still stands, although one of the
walls has sunk several inches. The
stone stairs leading to the upper floors
are badly worn, and bear mute testi-
mony to the many feet that have trod-
den them for more than four centuries.
Golden DayS.