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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-25
CroD Bulletin.

No rain fell except a few light showers
on Friday afternoon in the southeastern
portion. Warm days and cool nights.
These conditions were exceedingly favor
able for harvesting and haying, but corn
and other still growing crops need rain.
Wheat threshing continues. Reports
from all sections pronounce the crop
most excellent, yielding from eighteen
to thirty bushels to the acre. The grain
plump, testing from siXty-one to sixty
three pounds to the bUshel. A fair crop
of rye is being threshed. Oats are ma
turing most rapidly and the cutting has
commenced in many localities. Haying
continues uninterruptedly during such
favorable weather and the cutting will
soon end. Timothy, in many localities,
is better than expected. Corn is still in
fine condition. 1t willis during the day,
but RECEIVERS at night. 1t needs rain
soon. The plant IS pointing in the north
ern portion and tasseling in the southern.
Potatoes are very promising. Second
crops are in bloom. Melons are late and
millet appears not TO be in good condi-
ton. Apples and other fruit yield better
than expected in the central and north
ern portions. because of no rain for so
long a time the ground has hardened
and fall blowing is delayed.
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a serere prought PrevaiIing.

DUBLIN, July 1S.-Special.-A severe
drought is now prevailing in all this sec
ton of country. Potatoes and other
vegetables are suffering badly. Corn
that bid so fair is now needing rain, and
unless 1t comes soon, will be seriously
affected. The dry weather, however, is
Offering a good opportunity for threshing
the abundant crop Of wheat, which prob
ably EQUALS the enormous crop we had
in 1879. Fruits of all Finds are scarce.
The blackberry crop will be poor, owing
to the dry, hot Weather.
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Upton, July 3.-SpeciaI-The first
arrest for pigamy for this county &C.
Cured here today and The affair has
created no small amount Of excitement
Mrs. Thomas f. Stinson of Urbana, o.,
came here this morning and swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Thomas F.
Stinson, a blacksmith, for bigamy. She
claims to have been married to him thir-
teen years ago and lived with him until
last fall. When Stinson left Urbana on
the hunt Of work he came here and, in
May last was married to Miss Anna
Murphy, with whom he was living at
the time of his arrest. Wife No. comes
from a well-known catholic family. He
was sent to Jail in default of 81 900 bail
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ANOTHER swINDLE.
Farmers of Madison County Taken in
% Whent Fake.


Whent Fake.
ANDERSON. July 2O-Special-Agents
claiming to represent an eastern firm are
trying to work a rather slick scheme on
the farmers Of the north part Of the coun-
", and II all reports are true have sue
ceeded in beating several men who usual
~ investigate matters ard things before
taking hold OF them. The scheme is
something similar to the French coach
horse swindle that was worked on certain
farmers in the north part Of the county
some time ago.
The agents have a new variety of wheat
which they carry with them showing it
both in the grain and head, and claiming
that II will produce from fifteen to TWEEN
ty bushels more on the acre than any
other kind of wheat. They will not sell
a bushel of the wheat. but propose to
furnish it to farmers and take half of the
crop that it will produce This is furnish
ing seed wheat with the prospect of get
ting a rather large return.
William Kirk wealthy farmer of Mon
roe township, today said:
1t is a pretty fair scheme to gull
gudeons with. but if anybody wants seed
wheat and will come to my neighborhood
1 will guarantee that he can buy 5000
bushels Of the same kind of wheat have
examined it and I know exactly what 1
am talking about 1t is simply a fraud.
and the farmer who bites at it will get
caught.
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MARION, July 2S.-Special-NIrs. Han
nah Kelsey of Paramount died Saturday
night at the home of her daughter, three
miles east of that town. Her death was
the result of injuries received in a fail
from a wagon at o'clock that after
noon. She had just arrived at her
daughters, having come with the eXpec-
tation of spending Sunday As she
stepped from the wagon her foot slipped
from the footboard and she fell, striking
her head violently. She lived but four
hours from the time of the accident
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OAKLAND CITY, July Especial
A special excursion from Albion. H.. TO
Marengo, Ind. was wrecked about four
teen miles east Of here this morning.
The wreck was caused by the breaking
of tho engine trucks. The baggage car
was turned over and bursted into splint-
ers
MELVIN STANLEY was caught be-
meath the wreck and killed.
He lay for half an hour pleading for
help.
George Pitcher had his skull fractured.
Milford Dickey. injured in chest.
Arch Bassitt. head and chest injured.
Sam Hardin. broken arm.
Manfred Dycus of English. Ind. legs
mangled; win die.
There were in all ten or fifteen slightly
injured.
Or. J. II. Lacy Of Albion prepared him
self with splints and bandages before
starting. which enabled him u care for
the injured on the ground.
The excursion was a select crowd. No
profane or intoxicated characters were al
lowed
An old lady of Albion wished the train
would wreck because they refused to let
her son, who was a worthless character,
go with them.
The train consisted Of an engine. bag
gage car and four passenger coaches. The
excuUsionists were all members of the
churches or congregations Of Albion, H.,
and were on their annual picnic excursion.
The engine broke down. jumped the track
and rolled down steep embankment,
pulling the coaches with it, The track
has been blockaded all day, but the man
agement hopes % have il cleared by morn
ing. Ii was the worst wreck that ever
occurred on the Louisville, Evansville x
S. Innis railrnad
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The Federation snlits.

PERU, July 19.-SpeciaL-There was
great excitement created in the conven-
ton of federation of trades and labor
unions today when nine of the different
unions of this city withdrew as delegates
owing to the convention showing a de-
sire to run the S. +. of L. into partisan
politics.
The home delegates were Joined by
several from Indianapolis, and these went
into convention in another hall.
Miss Ida Keys of the Laundry girls
union at Indianapolis made a most able
address on Woman in Organized Labor
Following are the officers elected:
President, Joseph Suchanek, South Bend;
secretary and treasurer, j. j. May,
Logansport; organizers, ID. +. Cannon,
Indianapolis; G. L. Carter, LoganspOrt,
and 2. d. Crane of Evansville.
F't. Wayne was chosen for the next
meeting.
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stonemason by trade. Heibler left the
hou-e some time yesterday forenoon in
company with a comrade known as
Shorty" Eckels. Both were known 10
be drinking men and 1t is known that
both drank yesterday. Eckels could not
be found today, but will be questioned by
the coroner when he Is located. Heibler
was terribly cut to pieces, his jaw being
separated from his face, his left arm be-
ing mashed into a jelly above the elbow,
while the hand was cut entirely Off
Both legs were broken in two places,
while the head was severed from the
trunk, with the exception of few shreds.
The undertaken said he was the worst
subject handled for wears.
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A Fire in Somerset.

WABASH, July 19.-Special.-The town
of Somerset, twelve miles south, was Wis
tied by destructive fire at / o'clock this
morning. The flames We're firts noticed
in the barn of John Eckleberger, which
was filled with hay. The flames commun-
icated to other barns and sheds in the
neighborhood and then to a row of small
business buildings, sweeping everything
in their way. In all eight buildings Were
consumed. The loss is estimated at 49,
0O0 n L. Haas, dealer in dry goods and
notions, had an insurance policy of $500
on his stock. None of the balance of the
victims was insured. The place
has no fire protection and nearly every
we'll in the town was pumped dry by the
hncket brigade.
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A Fnrmer,s story.

LAPORTE, July 19.-Special.-John w.
Rogers, a farmer living near this city,
tells the following curious story: He says
he sowed about ten acres of a field of
oats early last spring. When he got that
far along with his work a big snow-storm
came and he could do nothing more for
just a week Then he sOwed about ten
acres more and was stopped again by the
weather. After three days waiting he
sowed again and finished the field. He
used the same quality of seed all the
time. Now the curious features of the
case come in. The entire field shows a
heavy crop, but the first sowing is the
best and a distinct line can be seen where
the first drilling ended Then, the second
sowing contains a good deal of smut,
while the first and third sowingS have
practically none. He is inclined 10 think,
therefore, that the smut is the result Of
the weather at some peculiar stage Of The
development of the plant during Its
period of growth
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WHY 1T HANGS FIRE.
The sheriff of Madison County Would
Make Too Much Money.

ANDERSON. July 17-SpeciaI-The
sheriff of Madison county now has in
sight a fat take that will insure MIN rest
and peace al of the remaining days of
his life.
Many have wondered why the famous
DePauw plate glass works, which
the Floyd circuit court ordered sold to
straighten up the indebtedness Of the De-
Pauw estate, has not been placed under
the hammer.
The reason is that under the present
laws Of Indiana the 100000 valuation Of
the plant would entitle the sheriff of
Madison county fee of exactly $4,000
a sum which the owners think exOrbitant
for the small amount of work necessi-
tated in handling the nineteen foreclos-
ures. A movement is now on foot to
compromise the matter and as soon as
terms are agreed upon the sale will be
made. There is a scheme now on foot To
reOrganiZe the DePauw glass company
and place the plant in operation This.
however, is also retarded by the fact that
the $l2, 600 hobs up again.
1t is difficult TO predict just how the
matter will terminate. 1t is doubtful If
the fee, which is prescribed by law, can
be changed.
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A Spark in a Powder Kee.

EVANSVILLE, July 2S.-Special-Sat.
urday morning George Thorpe and Jo-
seph Matter, employees in Metcalfs mine
at Dale, Ind, prepared to fire a blast
After tamping it Matter went TO the
powder keg. A spark from his lamp fell
into it, causing an explosion which
knocked him and Thorpe senseless. The
latter recovered in a few seconds, extin-
guished the fire in Matters clothing and
bore him to the surface of the ground
Matters injuries proved fatal, he dying
q [ rnidnipht Saturday.
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Fell Under a Train.

EVANSVILLE, July 2O.-Special.-
Adam Rupke, about sixty years old. who
runs a shoe store in this city and who re-
sides in Howell, met with an accident
this evening which will result in his
death.
He had closed his place of business and
while attempting to board a moving train
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad
to go to his home, he missed his step
and fell across the track.
The wheels passed over him, cutting
off both legs just below the body.
He was taken to the hospital and can
not live much longer.
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A Peculiar seizure.

ANDERSON, July Especial -Albert
Poor a fourteen-year-old boy. IS the
victim of a very peculiar seizure. This
afternoon while bathing in White river
he was taken with cramps, but rescued
before drowning. His limbs and body,
how yer, held there rigid form He
was taken home, but is still as stiff as
a bone. Physicians are unable to give
him relief. He is able to talk and does
not seem to experience much pain. He
had the spinal meningitis one year ago
and his present condition is attributed TO
that. His condition is not considered
dangerous.
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Petrihed Turtles.

BEDFORD. July %. - Special - The
work Of widening the tunnel near owens
burg, twenty miles west of this city, is
rapidly progressing and will be finished
in a few days, If the workers meet with
no difficulty. Various oddities have been
unearthed while digging, among others
petrlhed turtles are frequently dug up
and recently some sort Of metal was
discovered and the analysis pronounced IL
lead. The work was TO have been COM
pleted ere now. but owing 10 an occasional
cavern its completion was thus detained.
The entire cost, it is expected, will ex-
coed $4,000.
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State Mine Inspectors Report.

BRAZIL. July 23.-Special.-The an
nual statistical report of the state in
spector Of mines for the year 1898 eX-
hibits total of ninety-seven coal mines
in operation, distributed as follows:
Clay county, "a; Parke, II; Sullivan, 10;
Daviess. s; Vigo, 6; Vanderburg g.;
Greene, 4; Vermillion, 4; Warrick, g.;
Pike, Perry Knox, Gibson, each >; Foun-
tain, Owen and Spencer, each l. The
total output for the year was 4.311,6 SAT
tons, distributed as follows: Clay, 1885,
O18; Greene 575,007; VigO, 1913, 100; Sulli-
van, 992.334 Parke, 81 ,444: Davies, S04,-
AS; Vanderburg. 266, 1S7; Vermillion. 264,-
0S1; Pike, 245,174; Warrick, 64,0OS; Foun-
tain. S7.9O1; Perry, S1,3O9: Owen, SO,52O;
Knox, 1856; Gibson, 1881; Spencer, o.
OIL. The total estimated output is COM
puted at 4.S5S,S97 tons, of which Clay
county produced 30 per cent. The total
amount of investments in mine improve
ments for the year is computed at $780,
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A Severe Storm.

sHELBYVILLE, July 2O.-Special.-
Rather a severe electrical storm passed
over this vicinity yesterday evening.
Much stock was killed and field after
field Of corn was f1attened to the ground.
Mrs. William Comstock and daughter
were standing in their doorway in Hen
bricks township when lightning struck
a tree in the yard, knocking them across
the room and for awhile it was thought
they were fatally injured. William Smith,
a Marion township farmer, was carried
fifty yards as if so much paper. He was
uniniured.
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CBt Her Throat Almost.

MUNCIE, July 22.-Special-Last night
Mrs. John Lennox Of Cowan station, near
Muncie, attempted to take her own life
with a razor. She pulled the blade across
her throat making a frightful wound, but
the juglar vein was not severed. The
windpipe was cut, also a small artery
and recovery is thought to not be posi-
BILE. She has been of unsound mind for
some time and has had a mania for kill
ing herself Mr.. LennOX forgot 20 put
his razor out Of her reach last evening
as he always has done heretofore.
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Aunt Jane Asleep.

BEDFORD, July 22.-Special.-Mrs. J
D. Thomson, better known as Aunt Jane
has been asleep since last Thursday, and
all efforts to arouse her have 50 far
proved futile.
Her case is somewhat Of a puzzling ma
ture. She had been afflicted with paraly-
sis some time ago, leaving part OF heI
body useless, while since she fell asleeI
it seems that she has been able 10 move
that portion.
Her husband died a little over a month
ago. They were among the first settlers
of Bedford and Mr.. Thomson served as
the first mayor of Bedford.
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pains to hide their faces and to escape

pains to hide their faces and to escape
recognition.
The home Of Perry BrOomfield was the
first to receive the attention of the white
cappers. BrOomfeld and wife We're
beaten with switches and the aged and
blind father of Perry Broomfield was
slashed i'm a cruel manner when he re-
monstrated with the outlaws.
The home of the Stevens brothers was
next visited. The men, three in number,
with their wives occupy the same house
One of the brothers was shot through
the leg in trying to escape. The family
claim that several members of the mob
We're identified and arrests will be made.
There is great excitement in Brown
and more trouble will follow. 1t is a
worse case than the whipping Of Mrs.
Shrdder in this county.
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A Gruesome sight.

ANDERSON. July O.-Special-The
body of William Waite. the Chesterfield
man found dead in a fence corner last
night, was brought to this city at mid
night. 1t presented a sickening sight. He
had been dead at least thirty-six hours
before being found and decomposition had
set in. Worms and magots had taken
possession Of the body and mad eaton
away the eyeballs and other parts When
found he was in a careless sitting position,
a thing which would indicate that his
death had been sudden and painless.
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The Happiest woman.

LEBANON, July 1s.-Special.-Mrs
Nellie Jones. a young widow of this city
who has been working as a domestic
since the death Of her husband about
five years ago. is today one Of the hap
piest women in Lebanon. She has re-
ceived positive proof today that she Is
heiress to a fortune of 100000. left her
by the will of an aunt, who died re-
Gently in Boston. For several weeks
Boston attorneys have searched for her,
and through local attorneys she was To-
Gated here. Mrs. Jones is an excellent
lady and entirely worthy of her unex-
pected fortune.
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4 Boy and a Pistol.

MARION, July 20.-Special.-A fifteen
year-old lad was seriously wounded
here while playing with a 32-cahber re
volver. Isaac p. Crabtree came down
from Hartford City to visit some rela-
tives and, with some boys, was playing
near the Panhandle station. Isaac had
a revolver in his pocket when one OF his
playmates playfully tossed a pebble in
his direction. The stone struck the sen
sitive part of the shooting iron, which
resulted in an explosion. The bullet
coursed diagonally down the lads right
leg, and at present is imbedded above
the knee.
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,Inrricd hr the Manor.

VINCENNES. July 20.-Special.-
Charles Edward Sanders Of Claremont,
III, under promise of marriage, entced
Mamie SHELTON. a fifteen-year-old girl, 10
leave her home in Noble, H., and come
to this city. The police caught on and
hauled the pair this morning before the
mayor. To save himself from jail san
ders consented to marry the girl and the
ceremony was performed in the mayors
court room
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kiIIed WhiIe sIeening.

WARSAW. July %. = Special - This
morning while John EVERY, William
Fawley and Milton Block were running
traction engine three miles south Of
her the engine broke down. While Faw-
ley and Black were repairing 1t, EVERY,
who had lost several nights sleep sitting
up with a sick friend, threw himself upon
the ground in front of the engine to take
a nap His companions, not noticing him,
started the machine, killing his instantly
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EVANSVILLE. July 22.-Specisl.-
Christ Lunkenheimer. jr.. went into a
we'll on Link Fahrer's farm in German
township yesterday afternoon he was
soon overcome by foul gas and died a
few minutes after being drawn out Of tbs
we'll. He was twenty-siX years old and
single.
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CRUSHED IN A TERRIBLE MANNER.
An Old Soldier Meets "A Horrible Fate
Near Marion.

MARION, July .-SpeciaI-Lewis
Heibler, member of the home, was run
over by a Panhandle train last night
and crushed in a terrible manner The
accident occurred at the strawboard
mill, just this side Of Gas City. The de-
ceased was a member of company G.,
Fifty-nintn Indiana infantry, and had
been in the home since Feb. II, 1892. He
was fifty-one years Of age and was a
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Dead i'm a Fence Corner

ANDERSON, July 9.-Special-Wsl-
ter Waits. one of the oldest residents in
the county. was found dead in a fence
corner on his farm, near Chesterfield,
this evening. Coroner Arlington was
notified and went to Chesterfield at
o'clock tonight TO hold the inquest The
deceased was sixty years old.
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The Brazil situation.

BRAZIL, July 2S.-Special.-The c. &
l. c. company this morning brought
from Danville, ILL.,, thirty machinists,
car repairers and boilermakers for their
shops here, which have resumed work
after an enforced idleness of several
weeks from want Of men. The train
crews, all of whom stay close about the
company's boarding house in the yards.
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Dead Fish in white River.

ANDERSON, July 19.-Special.-The
banks Of White river south and west of
Of this city are lined with dead fish.
They have drifted in piles and rot and
tester in the brOiling sun today. Last
nights scores of them We're gathered and
many sold, it is supposed, before it was
found that they had died from poison,
presumably that from the refuse at the
Anderson strawboard works. which re-
sumed operation the first OF the week.
In cases where the fish had been eX-
amined it has been found that their gills
are clogged with the refuse. The straw
board works at Yorkstown killed thou
sands several weeks ago and means
of protection they were compelled to
build an immense filter. The matter has
been turned over to the proper author
tiles and an effort will be made to COM
pei the erection of filter similar to the
one giving satisfaction at Yorktown.
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A DIinis,er Pronouneed Insane.

BRAZIL, July 1S-Special-The Rev.
John P. Henson, who was myteriously
missing from his family last week, re-
turning home Saturday morning and Civ
ing very incohorent and unsatisfactory
explanation of his absence was today adj
Judge insane by a commission of ply
sicians and justices. He became violent
and blasphemous. threatening his family.
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rhro.hinr sennrntor Rurned Up.

RUSHVILLE, July 20.-Special-The
threshlng separator owned and operated
by the Poster Bros. of New Salem was
consumed by fire today. This is the third
separator burned in Rush county within
the past two weeks and two OF which
is supposed to be the work OF an In
cendiary. Wheat is turning out in this
county from twenty to thirty-fiye busnels
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killed Herself with Arsenic.

PERU. July 19.-Speciai-Miss Cora
Fritz Of Miami, this county, committed
suicide today by taking arsenic. She
gave no reason for the rash act She
had been away from home four weeks
and returning last night put her clothing
in the yard and went TO an adjoining
woods, where she was found dead.
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wagon loads of fish are being killed
daily below the town by the poisonous
refuse from the mill He tells some
great stories about seeing bass that
weighed FIVE and six pounds flop them
selves out of the water in pain onto the
dry bank Sixty bushels of lime are
used each day I'm the mill. and the
strength Of this flows into the river. The
gills of the fish are eaten entirely up
before the fish dies. Three wagons
loads Of fish was hauled out of the
dam at the Carter water-power mill. The
fish are being carted away from the
river and buried, so strong is the
stencil at Eaton and Granville