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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
SUICIDE OF A MILLIONAIRE.
Samuel A.. Miller, of Louisville,
Throws Himself Under a Train.

ASHEvILLE, N. c., Feb. 2.-Samuel A.
Miller. a prominent citizen of Louisville.
k.y., threw himself under a train here this
afternoon and was instantly killed. Mr..
Miller was here fer the winter. He was a
millionaire and a director Of the Bank Of
Kentucky at Louisville. The cause of his
rash act is not explained.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 2.-The news Of
the death of Mr.. Samuel A. Miller, who
threw himself under the wheels of a train
at Asheville, n. G., to-day. created a SEN
sation here not only from the manner of his
death, but also on account of the great
prominence he enjoyed in local financial,
commercial and social circles.
Mr.. Miller was president of the East-end
Improvement Company. which is building
the Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge;
was president of the Danville. ILL.,. water
works, which he controlled; was president
Of the Greensboro water works. and owned
half of the Frankfort. KY, water works.
He was connec ed with the Citizens Ma
tional Bank as director and was vice presi-
dent of the B.. f. Avery & Sons Company,
extensive manufacturers of agricultural
implements. He was fifty-four years old
and his fortune in the neighborhood of a
million.
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ITALIAN BRIGANDs.
Interesting Facts About Their Man
ners and Customs.
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DEED OF A MOTHER.
Attempted to XIII Her Four Children
While in a Religious Frenzy.

NAPA, CAL, Feb. "A tragedy occurred
here early this morning in the home of Peter
MetGrnich. Mrs. Meternich, while insane,
undertook to kill her four children and
succeeded in doing them all serious injury.
Her mania was a religious one and she had
the delusion that she had greatly sinned
against God and as punishment for her sin
her children were to be sold into slavery.
She had threatened to kill the children to
avoid this. Her husband went to his work
this morning, leaving all at home in APP
parent quiet, but within a half hour his wife
had taken an ak and with it fearfully cut
and beat every one of the children. The
children are Ethel, eight years; Antoine, six
years; Pauline, three years and a baby
eighteen months old. They were all struck
in the head. 1t is feared that the baby will
die as there are symptoms of coEcussion of
the brain. The other children will probably
recover.
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THE FIRE.
Testimony That ended to Show Il
Was of Inccndiary Origin.

Testimony That Tended to Show 1t
Was of Inccndiary Origin.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 2.-Testimony of
the most startling nature was given to-
day at the coroner's investigation of the
I0eaconesses' Home fire, in which four per-
sons were burned to death yesterday. The
police have taken charge of the burned
building and a search is being made for
three men who are supposed to know
Miss Anna Sommers, acting matron of
place preceding the fire and the entire
house was wrapped III smoke and flames
almost Immediately. She said three men
had been lettering around the house for
several days. When the fire broke out she
rushed to the front door and found men
in the yard. They paid no attention to
her frantic appeals for assistance in get
ting out the patients. The explosion was
evidently in the basement in or near the
furnace as the registers were blown from
their places. The police are very reticent,
but it is evident they are working on
the theory that the fire had an incendiary
origin. 1t was shown at the investigation
that the burned building was without fire
escape of any kind. in direct violation of
law. VIM. Allmeyer, one of the patients
was strapped to his bed when the fire broke
out, being under treatment for a broken
hip. Minnie Banner, the nurse. was en-
Ceavoring to unloosen the strap which
hound him when she was overcome by the
smoke and lost her life rather than desert
her patient.
The coroner has decided, after an inyesti-
cation, that there is nothing in the sus-
picions of incendiarism. and nothing more
will lie done in pursuance of that theory.
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THE JAPANESE CAMPAIGN.
Movements That Resulted in the Cap
ture OF Wei-Hal-Wci.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Japanese movements that have resulted
In the capture of Wei-IIai-Wei have been
conducted with great rapidity and skill. On
Jan. 20 upwards of 25.CN0 men were landed
at Yung-Cheng bay. on the east coast of
the Shantunk promontory, and about TWEEN
~ miles distant from Wei-Hai-Wei. These
troops formed part of the second army, I'M
der Marshal Oyama. which had captured
Port Arthur. and they were conveyed from
Talien-Wa on board a fleet of transports
escorted by the Yaycma and other war
ships belonging to the Japanese feet. a
marine brigade was landed. and encountered
a feeble resistance. which was quickly over
come. Four Chinese guns were captured,
and the first troops that were set on shore
pushed forward and seized the fortress of
lung-Chcng, the operation being conducted
with much brilfiance and dash, notwith-
standing the fact that the ground was COW
cred with deep and heav.' snow. BY the
afternoon OF Jan. 81 the landing OF troops
ceSsfuily accomplished.
On Jan. y a dispatch from Che-Foo an
soldiers had been landed at KaiYntnc. =
small island to the east of Wei-Hai- Wei, and
the following day came the news that an
other landing had been affected at Ninghai.
twenty miles from Che~Foo and about the
same distance from Wei-Hat-Wei. by this
time the JAPANESE plan or campaign had
become clear. The object aimed at was to
invest Wei-Hai-Nei completely on the land
side, while to the seward the Japanese
war vessels were on the alert and ready
to deal with the Chinese fleet cooped up
In the bay. This fleet. according TO a fugu-
tive from Liu-Kung Island. consisted OF the
Chen-Yuen. the T~ing-Yuen. the Kwang-
ring. the Lai-yuen and the Kang-Tsi.
These vessels had been taken across from
Port Arthur TO Wei-Hai-Wei as soon as
the repairs rendered necessary. by the de-
feat off the Yaiu had been effected. The
Ghen-Yuen. as will be remembered. ran
ashore while entering the bay and was SER
iously damaged, and IL was stated by tho
fugitive that her large guns were disabled
and unit for firing. Wei-Hat-Tei was com
pIetely Invested on Jan. p. The Investing
force consisted Of twenty japanese war
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SIR JOHN MACDONALD.
Marquis of Lorne's Tribute to the
Late anadln Premier.

Late anadI Premier.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Marquis of Lorne
has written a long article, which appeared
in the Pail Mall Gazette, this afternoon, on
Pope's life of Sir John Mcdonald. The Mar
quis says that the author will find all he
has said in praise of Sir John A. McDon-
aid to be echoed by all who knew him. In
the course of this article the Marquis of
Lorne remarks: English statesmen fear
that the Yankee is Away longing to twist
that much twisted thing, the lion's tail; but
only a newspaper masher' writes in that
tone and the Canadians. knowing this de-
sire. hold their own and carry their chins
as high as they like. Take the fishery ques-
ton, for instance. Canada knows the value
OF the fisheries and desires to insist on a
fair bargain with the United States ON the
basis of recognition of value. Great Britain
is apt to write off half of the value when
bargaining is being done for something
that England thinks of international i'm
portance. As one of the plenipotentiaries at
Washington, Sir John A.. Mcdonald had to
constantly combat this tendency, notably
shown by the Marquis of Ripon, who was
as much inclined to yield to the Americans
as he was afterwards anxious TO surrender
TO the Bengal newspapers in India and to
Fenian threats in irelaud'
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Mumford's Disenchantmcnt.
Pathfnd

I HIN
Where ignorance is bliss it seems too
bad that anyone should be disenchanted.
George ID. Mumford, of New York, is one
in Toxic. Japan, for $50, what he thought
was a genuine antique Satsunla vase. He
end of people went half crazy over its
various peculiar and inimitable points of
beauty. Later on he found that the thing
was not old at all: it was a vile imitation.
Now he sues the Toxic merchant for 5000.
The vase has no value for Mr.. Mumford
now. 1t looks ugly in every line. He
merely wanted it because 1t was old, he
says. Too bad, too bad.
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Sorrow in Germany.

Copyright, 1895. by the Associated Press)
BERLIN. Feb. 2.-The loss of the Elbe
with such a terrible sacrifice of life has
created great sorrow in Germany. The res
cued members of the crew of the Elbe ar
rived at Bremen to-day and their xamina
ton by the proper authorities was immedi-
ately commenced in the offices of the North
German Lloyd company, and is proceeding
this evening. A committee has been formed
under the presidency of the Secretary of
State for the Interior. DR.. Won Boetticher.
to provide means of relief for the families
of the poor people who were drowned. En-
peror William has given repeated proofs of
his sympathy with the sufferers. On Thurs
day, his Majesty sent an aid-de-camp to
the office of the North German-Lloyd COM
pany to express his coincidence and both he
and the Empress have sent kilograms of
sympathy to the directors OF the company
at Bremen. 1t is understood that he will
also give practical testimony of the pleas
ure he has felt at the kind treatment the
survivors received at LoweStoft.
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THE EIDE
Miss Amin Bueckner Makes Charges
Against Her Rescuers.

Against Her Rescuers.
LONDON, Feb. Miss Anna Bueckner,
the only woman saved from the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Elbe. in an Interview
has added the following te the statements
she has already made about the disaster.
Miss Bueckner says that when the first boat
capsized, she swan until she caught one
Of the oars of the other boat which had been
launched and then somebody ON board of
the latter craft shouted: Push her off,
She also says they tried to push her off,
but she held SO firmly to the oar that she
was finally pulled on board. Continuing,
Miss Bueckner says that the officers of the
E.be rniscalculated the time that the steam
err could keep af1oat.
The skipper of the fishing smack. Competi-
ton. which has arrived at Lowestoft has
reported that In addition to a mail bag he
saw near the scene of the collision a guam
tity of wreckage apparently from a big
steamer and he picked up a platform used
for painting ships sides. Messrs. Hoffman,
Schegel and Vevera, survivors,, sailed fer
New York to-day from Liverpool IN board
the Cunard steamship Umbria. :
Emperor William has telegraphed to AIR.
Fl. F. Foster, member of Parliament, thank
ing all those concerned for their attention
to the survivors of the Elbe and regretting
that so few We're saved.
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DIED.

WERT-At Pacific Grove, Cal, Wednes-
day, Jan. %, 1886, Clara Pauline, eldest
daughter of Frank A. and Matte Vert,
formerly of this city, aged twenty-one years
and six months.
M'CLINTOCK-Mary c., wife of T. A. Nc
Sunday. Feb. 8. at Z D.. M, at family resi-
denee. corner Twenty-sixth and North Illi-
nois streets. Friends invited.
KING-At the home of her daughter, Mrs.
w. r. Rubbish, No. II Woodlawn avenue,
Mrs. Elizabeth King, the mother of Isaac
King, in the eighty-ninth year of her age.
Funeral private, 1 O'Clock Monday after
noon, Feb. 4.
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Fruitiess search for the Chicora.

SHEBOYGAN. Wis. Feb. THE steam
err Ludington. of the Goodrich line. which
has been out forty-eight hours on q perilous
and f~ruitless trip in search of the lost
steamer Chtcora, arrived here to-day COW
cred with fifty tons of ice. During her trip
she covered three hundred miles, but saw
nothing of the wrecked steamer. Captain
Henry St.nes, brother of the captain of the
Chicora, and G. $. Whistler, Chicago agent
OF the Graham & Morton line, who were
on the Ludington, have now given UP all
hopes of ever finding the steamer.
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Ribot. replying to a question in regard
to the monetary crisis, said that q cessa-
gretable, but the nIatter could only be set
tied by an international agreement be-
tween the powers. A movement favoring
bimetallism had arisen in England. He
would use his best efforts to overcome the
opposition to bimetallism in France by
which means he hoped that France would
revert to bemetallism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

BALTIMORE, Feb. THE Journalists
Club, in annual session. adopted resolutions
asking Congress and the several States to
such action as will relieve newspaper
men from being coerced by investigating
committees and courts to disclose the names
OF persons who may give them information IN
confidence that the informant is not to be
known. The so-called sugar investiga-
ton by the Senate was the cause of this
proceeding. julius Bailey, of the American,
was elected president of the club.
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His Fortune. Came Too Late.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2~.-Frederick An
drews, aged thirty years, died at the coun-
ty Hospital last night. He was addicted to
the use of opium and the habit, combined
with Bright's disease. caused his death.
Just before ne died his sister arrived from
Boston. having searched for him all over
the United States. She announced TO him
that he had been left an estate valued at
$250,0J01 last November by his aunt, Mrs. S.
Jetfreys. of Boston. He died the day after
his sisters arrival, having first made over
to her all his interests in the property.
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IT'LL ROCK, Ark. Feb. 2.-Among the
interesting cases decided in the Supreme
Court to-day was one from Crawford coun-
ty. Charles Goode was indicted for stealing
a horse. AT the trial 1t was shown the
animal was a mare. God was acquitted,
but the State app aled. The supreme Court
holds that the word horse Is a generic
term and indicates both mare and geiiing.
and that the charge of stealing a horse is
supported by proof that either a stallion,
mare or gelding VAS stolen.
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Did Not See the Elbc Sink.

ROTTERDAM, Feb. 2.-Captain Gordon,
master of the Crathie. the steamer which is
alleged to AVE sunk the Elbe: the man
who was at the wheel of the first named
stea mer when the collision occurred and the
members of the crew of that vessel. whose
watch on deck it was at the time of the
accident. have been examined judicially and
they have all affirmed that they did not see
the vessel with which the Crathie collided.
They add that they did not see a vessel sink
and they did not hear any cries of distress.
There is absolutely no truth in the report
that the Crathie is in custody.
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o'MaIiey and Hi. Gang Acquitted.

CHICAGO. Feb. 2.-The trial of ex-State
bers of the SCALED Market-street gang,
including Major" John Simpson, under one
OF the indictments found in the Nortn-side
election assault cases, was called in Judge
Ewing's court to-day. The prosecution
stated that after due consideration it had
been decided that there was not sufficient
evidence TO convict. The jurors. under in
structions from the court, gave a verdict of
not guilty without leaving their seats.
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College Athlete Probably Drowned.

PROVIDENCE, r. L., Feb. 1t is
thought here that a body found in the In
dian river at Rock Ledge, Fla. is that of
William Norton, who coached the Brown
football team last fall. Mr.. Norton is one
of the ~best-known men in college athletics.
H graduated from college some years ago,
but although he was very wealthy and had
many influential friends in Iowa, he pre-
ferred to remain in the East to coach one
of the college football clubs. Last Decem-
Der ne left Providence for Florida.
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Ffned $50 for KiIItnr = M.u.

BUFFALO. NY. Feb. 2-John Orlowski.
the young giant. who killed Adam Eberle.
an inoffens-ve erma with a blow of his
mans saloon, Was sentenced to pay
a fine of so for the crime by Judge Halch,
In the Superior Court this morning. His at
torney. ex-Judge Lewis. threw a SEQ bill on
the clerks desk and Oricwsk. staggered
out OF the court room a free man,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

YOKOHAMA, Feb. 2.-Official advices
from the seat Of war are to the effect that
the enemy's ships are still in the gulf.
There has been severe fighting. with heavy
loss on both sides. AT 4:30 on the afternoon
OF Jan. 80 the battle was still raging. AT
Shanghai 1T Is reported th.t one of the
Japanese ironclads was disabled and two
torpedo boats sunk by the forts in Link
upgtou- The Chinese fleet is still inside
the harbor at Wei-Hai-W Wei.
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His wife Louise Lost.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. Anton Ixuehn,
of this city, has learned that his wife,
Louise, went down on the Elbe last Wednes-
day morning while she was on her way to
St. Louis to defend a divorce suit. Jacob
Conrad Wiederhold is also imposed 20 have
been lost on the Elbe.
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ReheI LOGS Henw,

COLON, Colombia, Feb. 2.-It is reported
that the government was victorious in the
recent engagement at Tolema. The rebel
loss was heavy. fully three hundred being
captured. A large quantity OF ammunition
and arms were also captured.
The daughter of Victor Nifquain, United
States Consul-general at Panama, is dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
magazine blown Up.
Advices Received nv Gresham.

WASHINGTON Feb. Secretary Gresh-
am to-day received two important cable
grams from the Orient. One was from Min
lister DENLY at Picking. saying. under date
OF FEB. 2. that three forts at Wei-Hai-Wei
had been taken by the Japanese.
The other message, from Minister Dun, at
Toxic. also dated today. and saving briefly
that the peace commission met at Hiroshima
and that Count Ito and Viscount Mutus have
been appointed commissioners on the part
OF Japan. 0
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Cholera NJ Pera.

WASHINGTON, Feb. "A one-word
cablegram received at the State Depart
ment to-day from United States Consul
Short, at Pera, Turkey, announces the ap-
pearance of cholera at that place.
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Friendship worth Havinr.

SUWANEE SPRINGS, Fla, Feb. 3
Percy Ludlow cultivated the friendship,
while visiting here, of a Mr.. Morrison, q
sturdy English bachelor. Recently Morrison
died and willed Ludlow all his vast estate
valued at more than Fl, 000, 900 sterling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
FreiEht Houses Burned.

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 2.-The four freight
houses of S. SlingerIand on the dock at
Coeymans were burned late this afternoon.
The buildings were stocked with grain, hay,
flour. feed, etc, and were entirely DESTROYED.
Mr.. S.ingeriand's loss is over $50, O09, partial
~ inS1rrp1
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Hotel Burned.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The Allen House at
the s~tockyards caught fire this morning.
About two hundred guests were frightened
from their beds, but all escaped without
injury. Loss, $4,000; covered by insurance.
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pihof n Rfmct.lusf

PARIS. Feb. 2.-In the Chamber of Dep
uties to-day an animated debate occurred
on the question of the passage of the
budgss Tor the department. Of husbandry.
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LOST.

LOST-Fur muff on Market. Finder please
leave with Charles Woerner, at j. G.
Walk & Sons jewelry store and receive
reward. Valued as keepsake.
LOST-Last night; small light .colored
female pug dog, Slightly lame In front
leg. Suitable reward for return to 37a
West Market street, Room s.
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SHANGHAI. Feb. Alt is stated on good
authority that the British. French and
Russian ministers at Toxic and Picking
have received Instructions from their gov
ments 10 advise Japan and China to ar
range terms OF peace.